Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1944, Strasbourg, Alsace Ii 36 four cents september 1944 mums the word but mom cant contain herself it will or so this touching Story from Over Obi Way would ii concerns a homesick i Jacl Cho who got a 20day a Crl Man would think first of finding an idyllic Retreat some wherein the Hima Layas when vacation time around but our hero had a far Mure ambitious he decided to spend his leave with his wife in where do suppose the after a Heartt heart talk with a he boarded a and not hours later landed in a cer Tain City in Dimaid where lie Hail wired his spouse to meet say a word to a Blissful Days passed and Fortune of smile pm our me promoted a return plane kissed his helpmate bid her say a word to a Back at his station in More Days then and this Laddie chuckled to himself that no line would Ever be the Wiser about his Happy but a nip a Friend wife announced that she is confession in ree faces and a hero Camp Upton folded Camp army reception renter Here has he in moved out thus virtually ending activities at this comp where More than soldiers first sampled army p Roe Ess ing of recruits from the York metropolitan area will i done at fort with Toon in command of a combined Ian fatuous in two was established in tin summer of first in Germany an american cavalry recon Nail Ance Squadron of the third army maims of he the Allied unit in penetrate the German reports the thrust was made last a Miles behind what Are normally enemy lines in the course of a reconnaissance opera Kimmell son missing submarine commanded by Manning Sun f hear husband Kiim Nel is overdue Ami presumably every yank in Paris was a hero to the reported correspondents on the liberation of the French these three their filled with unforgettable queried a Clas Toon at he parked jeep on the champs their eloquent expressions form a Raro we Comei soviets reported to slave linked with Titos forces russian troops have crossed the River Danube to yugoslav soil and have joined with mar Shal Titos says the yugoslav while out flanking movements North of Warsaw sound a prelude to tin final lunge at the polish russian ukrainian armies Mrike out from rumanian oilfields and thrust Lumir Armor into the yugoslav and bulgarian to Jud ukrainian army fanned Mil from Plo Asti his right Wing pressed through the narrow transylvanian Moi lain passes and enveloped ii Mil Junction of his whig More Plains Wesl Ploe Sii and Toni Ileri Ibe Frontier deft uses of Jurann Malinovsky moved he aimed to prevent the battered Ger Man forc Xis from making a stand and gaining time to his Gomilar dash to tier no Severin brought soviet troops at the foot of the Danube Rivers Iron which covers Tho yugoslav Border in Miles East of latest reports from Titos ghz revealed that partisan bands were skirmishing five from Lin capital meanwhile the 2nd ukrainian imps who entered Bucharest swung sonic to join general Tol in shins 3rd ukrainians edging along Lii i Edgarian to Hoy seized the of Gilgin and nosed into Bulgaria after fleeing germans when mos see soviets on Page 8 third army forces yesterday secured their Bridgehead Over the Moselle beyond correspondents reported patrons forces and the seventh army had joined very close to the Gorman Canadian spearheads wore seven Miles from the 21st army groups spectacular pro Gress was slowed Down by stiffening Gorman adopting the Blitz technique with a Success that Causell Diu Inar to Tell Tho German people we Are beaten by our own the allies this week chased most of the German army from sent it reeling Belgium and pursued it Tho Gates of Over four years the Hun Hud burned the City and killed official shape communiques remained considerably behind reports of correspondents on sunday reported american columns inside s11aef did not confirm these reports un1 till wednesday when it said that third army had been battling against stif Fening resistance along the Mosel this runs into the Reich at the Luxembourg Border and curves Awny to about forty Miles East of Nancy the French penetrations were made the official spokesman at the same time offering no confirmation of reports that patrons men had up with Patch forces from the germans hold to ports announcement of this develop ment came with Eisenhower s Appeal to foreign workers inside Germany to do everything possible to prevent destruction of facilities needed by the Allied armies since Battles soon will be fought on German remaining in German garrisons Are bitterly holding out at clot Mel ports whose use by the Hajj is would open up potent Supply ports for material to be used in the coming Battle for the the commander at has seen his Force of reduced Liy nearly the Gar Rison no Havre has been offered surrender terms by the allies but holds to its Job of delaying use of great port by the these As Well As the pocketed ones of Dunkirk and Are getting Allied shelling from Sci in the weeks rapid events were eighth army units slashing at Rimini in the Adriatic Indian troops of the 8th army have Cap tured la North of Flo High ground was 5th army patrols have entered the weathering it Omentum of Tho eighth army push in the Adriatic sector had brought British Cana Dian and polish assault More than Miles through a Gap in the gothic line to within 4 Miles of Rimini capture of the City would open the Way for a sweep up Tho Broad Plains into and Iho importance the nazis attach to the coastal town is indicated by the fanatical fury with which their first paratroop supported by a resisting our resistance was reported weakening under the eighth army though paratroopers there had been ordered by Kessel ring hold out for three bitter fighting rages around the important City of four Miles Inland from the focal Point of the Battle is at hut Canadian and British troops his meeting fierce opposition All along the line cast the Kessel Iii troops have had to abandon Many key Ridge in tin Western sector of the Ita Linn american patrols have gone into provincial Capi Tal and Junction of six vital nine Miles Northwest of Iho Arno negro and japanese american see Rimini on Page 8 Ere it Joe demobilization plan was Lliel t Thikar made Public a Ami readjustment pro Gram which will give soldiers with lung Over sons service and those with dependent children priority fur return to civilian life when de Many is partial from the Peak strength u will Art individual rather than a unit and will be set 1111 on a Point schedule giving Credif Foi Lokaj months in the total months decorations indicating combat service and de pendent children up to a maximum f three most Lengl of the reduction in total will occur in the ground Wilh Consi Vlerah v fewer released from the air vice which will be in great r Pinarr Tonii in As replacements come Avail Ash fru Iii ground forces and new asian Al troops will pm or err Inid in was tie car i in on the Job until is find some troops thu theanor will be directly to the Pacific As part of the huge task of focusing strength n tin1 system of enable the release of sonic men Surv Iarj in the Pacific As Well As in and their replacement by men from in rape Oil the u May take months shipping for ten Foi ring ame rican armed the Pacific will get 1 the in inline oni thai it Mav Lake to ome of the fortunate ones in Ardless of a mans priority certain types of person Nel will not be designated surplus As Long As the War with Japan officers will be released Fin be spared i Lilart necessity determining Are non More work for Navy Secretary of the Navy Maine predicting a Long hard War against the announced wednesday that be no demobilization of tin Navy when be Runny is or until if Pacific foe is on the be Xavy is expanding and will Ion finite to Forrestal pointed out Torii col lapse of will in fact in crease Tho work of Xavy during Transfer of striking poster to the Pacific lie How that the is giving thought to demobilization proce Dure for when the proper time comes and is establishing a Prio Rity system similar to that announced by the wai1 the army demobilization plan was announced after military committee bad imposed a Limo air period of secrecy on the ban was lifted lie Day the plan evolve House and Senate military comm and army had conferred Ai the re nest of Secretary of the War the matter to there Praseu to tiers of he people demo proposals will affect of thousands of Popple hundreds of thousands of see demobilization on 5 see Patton on Page 21 t somewhere along the tout of his spectacular sweep across France at the head of the third Gen George Patron was presented with a new pistol by an the Packin he always wean two of lights up with a big inn As he is his new sidearm info a
