Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                Fireworks Over i i t that life Haw been trained to of the of arid  Only fighters air of 76 k was m the for naval Victory 4lfrttitfttci f within Niiles f Force of the t scored one of the air l naval triumphs of the Pacific r in today naval and air a entire Jap Convoy of 38 ships virtually wiped Anion the ships sent to tie Bot or destroyed were five Des Troyer Sor destroyer escort in the task Force sent nine barges to the Bottom and or damaged an unspecified number of other Craft making the total second Only to the record of 48 ships chalked up in the task Force attack on Palau and other islands last after accounting for the the task Force sent its planes Over the Bonin and Volcano islands to heavily damage enemy ground ins total american losses were 16 planes and 19 night per new on repeatedly fleets of liberators japs hard tit for words Jap Homeland heard its first report from the new Jap prime minister on the in a masterpiece of reverse the new Jap warlord said our Empire has come to be confronted by National difficulties of an unprecedented to two years and nine months the outbreak of the the deeply distressed by pro found difficulties of their own and by pressing internal and external have encroached upon the Marianas in an attempt a Quick decision in the War and to present an appearance As if to strike at our Homeland in a single the War is now extremely in and difficult situations in various parts of our front until divine help we must endure every hardship and do everything in our Power to Over come this Getman offi  it have Brett complicity i plot to kill the Ger news Agency announced the accused officers were tried at the Berlin supreme Thev included Field marshal von Witz Gen von Hagenl von Fier Friedrich Karl Uku count Yorck von Wiar turks Arm for Home defense proposes upping of discharge pay Washington two postwar reconversion Bills were reported Back from committees last week and now await consideration be fore the one is called a Liberal the other Conser but both agree basically on two main encourage private Industrial expansion and to withdraw the government As quickly As possible from business Fields which it was forced to enter when the War another boost in discharge pay for a servicemen is proposed by the Liberal Bill sponsored by Murray of Montana and Kilgore of West the Bill would raise the Ante of mustering out pay to for two or More also providing additional benefits based on a mans Grade and length of to Cushion the changeover from War jobs to civilian the Bill also proposes that War workers be Given compensation if thrown out of work by the slashing of government War benefits for unemployed civilians would be comparable to unemployment pro visions in the servicemen a it billow civilians unemployment pay ments would be limited to weekly for for work ers with one for for three or these allowances would also he extended to All discharged members of the armed the which proposes that production and manpower be War mobilization office for two years after the is meeting heavy opposition in the the so called conservative Hill sponsored Foy George of Georgia would leave unemployment pay ments entirely up to the various state agencies with the solvency of such state funds guaranteed he i p Federal government through a sys of no interest Jap loses head after wild pitch up from scene of the bloodiest and fiercest fighting in the Pacific War comes this delayed Story of a Marine and his Jap who went to his ancestors head first when the marines hot the Bea Ches on invasion Day and advanced into the dense Island one Marine unit began digging Fox holes As defense against an inevitable one hapless Marine was caught with his Fox Hole half spotted by a charging he huddled As Low As possible into his inadequate Hole and waited for the As the Jap rushed he whip pod out a hand pulled the pin and hurled it at the but the grenade struck the Branch of a tree and bounced Hack at the onrushing the blast Tore off the japs head hut the body continued its Forward plunge and hurtled headless into the Fox Hole on top of the the Leatherneck was evacuated with a legitimate Case of the Jit a Jap bomber trailing smoke am flame makes an abortive attempt to crash his the plane hit the water several after being shot up by a Navy fighter plane into the deck of a feet Short of the Flat new Allied air i s Arm operating Over Balkans was Are Whiz at quiz a team won in a ladies night quiz contest at the Alamein defeating teams from the and of South Josephine War awarded prizes of theater sub output whittled Navy has announced thai owing to the declining need for new overseas Craft in the Pacific a reduction is being planned in the number of submarines to be two extra pages j this week i the Allied push in France brought a flood of news this plus the fact that we wanted to say won voyage to our first rotation its in proper gives you two i extra pages in this this Allied air Force is making daily flights Over Yugo Albania and fighter planes sweep the skies Clear of aircraft in areas where partisan under Mau Shal Are other fighters dive bomb and strafe roads along which German trans port Light bombers go Forth and at tack targets reported partisan units with which closest Contact is one of the most important and dramatic phases of the Balkan air forces activity has been the Fly ing of High priority supplies to liberated parts and the evacuation of partisan wounded and Allied fliers who have been forced to Hail out Over yugoslav the Type of supplies to he sent is decided upon after consultations with the partisan High determine what is needed Ino Stur Douglas sky train transports american flying mainly Douglas sky train have been doing a major part of this ferrying the on the other have been responsible Foremost of the escort the Balkan air Force is just about heterogeneous in tones of aircraft used As in the tips of its in addition to those already mentioned there Are and five different types of italian including the Macruhi if Tito needs Aerial Relief he Sig nals the new air Force and a strik ing Force is placed at his airfields have been set up in the Balkans manned by special British and american technicians and guarded by a portions of the Balkan air Force Are calculated not Only to the present German Gar Riso Ning difficulties enormously in the Balkans but have important Mons rating to patriots 1ne Active Allied support and co fifth Bond drive Way Over the top the end of the fifth War loan of War has revealed that americans bought an Overall total of Worth of War Bonds the he termed the results of the drive excellent news to Send to the fighting men of ame the total exceeded the established goal for the fifth drive by More than four billion dollars and set a new record for War financing pleased with the Bond praised the wholehearted cooperation of All the american people the remark Able achievement the turkish government has called the nation to arms and teed civilian defense against sur prise Parachute and coastal land Ings or Frontier infiltration follow Lii the break with All Between the Ages of 16 and 60 and females from 20 to 45 Are included in the mobilization instructions in the use of arms have with prison penalties for diplomatic circles expect that Turkey May shortly break off tons with Vichy whose Amassa m Gaston is reported preparing to Turkey is quiet and the average citizen remains to excited about the situation and Waits to see if the diplomatic break will Lead to Premier Sar Coghi stated the decision for War would depend on and the nazis have Only commented that Thev retained free hand concerning the Turk ish former German ambassador von Papen was to have been arrested by the Ges Only bulgarian representatives saw him off at the Ankara Railroad station and Thev reported that he appeared nervous and de fourteen ql8 cited Wasi Hington the legion of Merit been awarded to 14 sol Diers who offered themselves As human Croinea Nies in experiments concerning submitted themselves to infection with the Toni wages Donegal War on krauts with vocal pellets takes own life Washington Pardee who commanded a ask Force in the invasion of fran died apparently taking his own he As insult of Battle the Xavy 11aly Virginia who a year ago was playing on Broadway with Katherine Cornell in lovers and today is the fifth army secret Wea Pon against the germans in miss wife of a staff sergeant in came to Italy for the Tso to entertain at the the fifth Arrne was Asnin a radio to broadcast propaganda to the it was deemed that a feminine Voce Iii rat have a attraction for nazi this is the owner of the radio voice Toni from America that reaches nazi ears from a station in she is Virginia former Broadway and makes her speeches to the enemy in excellent German a Trace of american press miss an accomplished actress who Speaks Excel Lent Ger Man with a slight american a got the her american accent was desired because it would convince the enemy she was not a German girl turned pinup for enemy on her daily programs to the enemy she became Toni from and gave Little speeches Between musical she didst Tell he germans to nor did she criticize she mentioned names of germans recently captured and1 asked their buddies to write the prisoners wives arid Sav ing the men were Safe and she also read items from German newspapers on the food shortage Back Home and related incidents tending to show Der fuehrer is not All Hes cracked up to the allies Learned that the Ger mans listened avidly to thinking they might to see what she looked like Ameri cans fired shells which burst in scattering photographs of Toni Over the German miss Robinson was educated in Italy and and started her theatrical career in she came overseas with three other girls in the cast of Bov meets girl assisted by she has put on Sev eral plays in Algiers and often within sound of artillery and frequently in makeshift such As converted but the boys always liked said miss