Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                Stars and Middle East troops Advance f c by Jam is Mcdill Nyi Lon United the first assault troops who stormed the French coast in succeeding Waves climbed Over the bodies of their dead comrades until a foothold an eyewitness who returned from the beachhead Bert news spent half an hour on the Beach yesterday and some hours More cruising within gunshot of the Sce Brandt said it is hotter than hell Over i was at but Anzio was nothing like he said that1 germans Laid intensive fire on the beaches with american casualties were heavy on some breaches and Light on the opposition met by the first wave delayed the Landing of the demolition parties scheduled to follow with heavy German defences finally crumbled under the weight of the and by the time Brandt beachhead had been firmly occupied by the american troops who then began to Advance Brandt said that the German de fenders opened fire As soon As the first boats touched the Zis seemed to pour their main fire on one Beach then shift to the next Beach when the first Beach was american assault boats went in at a High tide Over Huere Iron obstacles some of which were when the tide receded some of the boats stuck on top of the of a fair number of mines went off in the and on the the whole Brandt Conti was an unbelievable planes crisscrossed overhead con you never could look up without seeing a formation of Pla nes somewhere the planes zoomed right Over our Heads All the blasting German some boats were swamped in the Chonny there were Treen Day brings flood of blood donors up count less spurred by the knowledge that the blood of their countrymen is staining embattled French have swamped the american red Cross blood donor stations to contribute their own blood to the wartime plasma stores serving the armed National red Cross Headquarters have reported an unprecedented flood of requests for appointments which appear to be Rol Ling into the blood donor offices throughout Huckstep expects gala army musical this is the army is coming to the Middle at reports Sand script and who Are we to Rouea Tion the heretofore reliable report ing of Karl Harris Harris reports that the famed army re Lief fund production will Plav the can Huckstep Post dates for Ann Arances in the Middle East will he announced according to mesh special service those Little quirks of travel and Troon movements Durino wartime make it to schedule performances until actual adds the Camp with a cast of Over the to Vinor Berlin musical has completed a tour of England after its phenomenal performances in the train does High dive new Vomak Salvage tons went underway in the Hud son River where an electric Loco move and two Fri Trot loaded Avila plunged from a Bride Foat during switch ing the woman Crew dived overboard to safety As the locomotive took its de stars and stripes extra has Royal a j v t a Rija omra Dous rafts just floating Shore which was jammed tanks and on the said stir men crouched of behind or anything they Dould at one Point they made they Way to a German Concrete defense and that was the first they at the right of the Beach there were tall Cliffs when were scaled by the they Cap tured the gun positions there with in 15 a routes after they went every one thanked his Luck Star for the tremendous air cover v was always in evidence to the although they had never been in Battle were confident in their trains a anal there was a singly Large number of Ca despite the fierce everybody was Calm and the whole thing was tremendously Well one lad presented an in congruous sitting in the Middle of a collection of Sansalo bazookas and other deadly weapons and Reading a Little false Day Flash Tel typist error Niew Here is the Story behind the false invasion Flash last premature to the real thing by two a British girl teletype operator in the London Bureau of the associated press was practising disobeying All she punched out the message general Eisenhower head quarters announced tonight that Allied forces landed in she said she thought she had destroyed the perforated tape in the Messere was hours later at Eastern War american newspapers and radio stations got the Mes which existed Only on perforated tape and hence was not censorship because theoretically it was going four or five radio stations throughout the nation broadcast the no newspaper published two minutes later associated press killed the false Flash Ana radio stations corrected mis but those two minutes set the nations telephones one newspaper reported 500 Calls in thirty one minute of silent prayer was observed at the Polo grounds when the erroneous news was broadcast during a base Ball but the correction followed so fast the nations thrill Over the false bulletin was Short lived until the real one came through jury acquits lawyer in Triangle slaying Washington a jury of 11 Nikii and one woman acquitted Robert 67yearold for slaying his wife John nationally known after hearing Miler testify that he shot Lind in be f defense when the latter reached for a the Paramour slaving occurred on a Street As Miller was trying to get put of Linds during the Miller testified that Surj contributed to liners support Dur ing their five year relationship As result of his threats to expose j1 King Faruk and William chief of read the extra edition of and stripes which announced the second front invasion tuesday the King was paying an unofficial Call on the staff at at the staff potato by Uncle Sam prepares to Wash hands of Coal Biz 21 Pound baby born a 21 Pound baby bid Evod to 1 e the fifth largest bom in medical his was Lorn last week to and Marion Mother is 21 and wait res almost 2aj pounds while her As a Coal doctors said that both the and mothers conditions Art satisfactory after a difficult Dflia j the baby is the couples first Washington with All Good Trie government wll be out of the Coal busness within a Fow t0 per cent of the nations soft Coal mud dry has been restored to Pri vate management and of hard Coal my tunes a aus Only Lorman ratification of the government first begun Ope rating mines u months ago when production soil Coal in returning the Interior Kiu Oki i caves a Nagu Raeul and Luxor Are now on Maio Piave to Lue no Usu Urey Cun Luisiii Pineir War Niue resp ii Unuer their own ice duo  Elul Ucb Pitu such a less vigorous com Proa Caon Luu cued to ii Pur Muu lust year us compared Wii ii uie year Lcuio will be channelled Jii july a new labor plan who go operation in the  u Sidauy Stream of labor into War industries under strict new Job controls requiring All workers except Farmers to Clear through the employ ment Olce in seeking the will Muke it possible for a worker anywhere in the country to take Lus most useful place on the Industrial fring Suid manpower chief Paul he asserted that the Overall plan places Oil a nationwide Lasis a priority referral plan under which Only men in feed to the employment Bureau May be Louis Wai Edall was walking two Days last week or d going into cards As a Wildcat strike of bus Drivers and Street car operators rendered cites 75 buses and trolleys a million including Many War were affected dully by the tie up which stemmed from dissatisfaction pay clauses in new contracts grained the motor men upshot of the whole matter was the local boards act the Day after strikers paralysed City local draft hoards became 1a ing All strikers who held occupational John chairman of St Louis draft boards said should be immediately considered As having quit jobs essential to War Effort and should be 1a and inducted Inko the armed forces regardless of on that however strikers voted to return to work in time for the evening Al lumber and Sawmill workers throughout the Pacific Northwest returned to thus ending tie ups in hundreds of vital lumber operate about Al men returned to their jobs although Cio members remained firm in their refusal to work pending a reply from presi Dent Roosevelt whom they asked to Barber shortage on German subs Philadelphia a German submarine stopped a portuguese refugee ship in mid Ocean recently and removed two americans before allowing the ship to proceed Dis closed the 4th naval District it was revealed that the nazis first removed All passengers from the vessel to life presumably prior to sinking the but upon radio orders from the 385 passengers were allowed to three persons lost their lives in the the americans removed by the nazis were Virgilio magma of new and Manuel Pinto of the mystery of their detention is unexplained although Aristides brother of said he things the Ger mans took his brother because they needed shaves and my brother could never have Ben mixed up in International he was just a said Aris Flat Ushers Wilt when Gas escapes Brooklyn escaping Chlor Ine fumes spread across two blocks of a Brooklyn shopping District last feeling Between 60 and 100 sending Moie than 30 to hospitals for and affecting approximately a available ambulances and 20 physicians responded to the police Call after a chlorine tank rolled off a truck and sending Gas fumes into Homes and sub no casualties were reported Al though residents and pedestrians were temporarily blinded and sub Way and Auto traffic was comple Tely tied a rat Rooper wins pm h for heroism Washington Paul a paratrooper from c eve has been awarded the congressional medal of Honor for heroism in Italy last february when he volunteered to Lead a patrol into enemy territory to de Termine the strength of nazi to prying around in enemy held territory for four the patrol returned without a single casualty and with valuable information which resulted in the Cap Ture of 21 deaths of 27 others and the routing of an entire enemy unit of 125 at the Cost of Only two american while leading the Huff killed one enemy machine gun Crew with his own machine reports courts martial delayed Washington the courts martial proceedings against husband Kirnel and Walter Short have been postponed until december e tried concerning the Pearl har Bor the Senate Jud Ciarav subcommittee voted to extend the trial after hearing Navy Secretary Forrestal express his personal opposition to trials for Ken Rel and Short for stars and stripes scoops pm first official word of the Allied invasion reached United states forces in the Cairo area shortly after noon via a stars and stripes invasion extra the staff particularly wants to express its thanks to the following whose facilities and co operation made possible the printing of special Issue in record time Barbey and the motor Pool ii to help with the Dis Tribu