Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1944, Strasbourg, Alsace Four cents september 1944 arming against phoney reports each Washington the War and Navy and office War information have warned of false rumours concerning the surrender of urging unit they be Given no credence unless officially announced by Eisenhower a it is quite possible that there will he no Day which can to culled the end of the War with the statement instead of a surrender in the German armies May disintegrate and surrender piece it was there should to general the Headquarters of the Allied expeditionary forces will to the first to know might be inspired by foe a is Pence rumours might be spread by enemy propagandists Hope to cause confusion among the Peoples of the United nations and to induce us to relax our the statement pointed the new York Herald reported this week that washing ton is already filled with rumours and noted that president Roosevelt last Friday for the first time jointly met with the four top military mar William Ernest King and Henry Artt was also stated that Tho War announced there was no objection to army participation in civilian celebrations in the see peace rumours on Page 8 yank pos Here to rejoin units an Allied prisoner of War group recently released by the bulgarian government was due la arrive in the Cairo area last most of the repatriates Are ame rican fliers officers and enlisted men forced Down Over the bal kans in bombing the balance of the group Are dutch and polish Tho americans will be installed in a tent Camp at Camp Huckstep to await transportation to their respective units for further of the men interned in so have been hospitalized in Stan but the remainder were to arrive in Cairo on route to their former line sheaf several Small German towns Southeast of Aachen were taken yesterday and a German attempt to recapture Roet first Hun town to fall to the the first army is closing on the Frontier Between Reupen americans fight in the boat pens of american troops Are fighting inside threatening Iho Siegfried line along a fifty mile front Between atthe belgian and just Over Tho on the opposition is two German counterattacks have been repulsed and sheaf indicates other salient Are being thrust into this final massive defense Barrier before Hodges first army hag the German Frontier town of East of Reupen at Tho Siegfried line and other american tint army troops hold Over the Border from Reupen and 9 Miles front German rail Center of in Toje Center of the line men Piirto through soviet forces smash across czechoslovak voice belches As he quits films Hollywood Frank Sinatra declares thai he is through with Hollywood and will make 110 More instead confining himself to radio his explanation movies the voice enlarged upon his objections to the film capital by saying of his its a Good thing not Many of those jerks came up As rapidly As i if they had you get near them without running interference through three despite his personal Sinatra said he would continue to do radio work in hol Lywood he Cavise its a Good place of raise children the Sun and you theves honoured Washington Gilbert Xavier formerly commanding Gen eral and chief of Usa has been nominated for the rank of major a russian troops have driven across the Czechoslovakia Border Mouth of and Are advancing towards n hungarian Plain which is about 150 Miles Northeast of breakthrough followed the capture of Krosnow where Petrovs forces had stood poised for several columns of marshal Malinovsky Are continuing their decisive Alvance through the South carpathians into the Broad Plains Leach incr to Hungary on wednesday red troops reached the wide Stiver leading to the and captured 212 Miles from other forces rushed within25 Miles of Ca Pital of Southern another whose surge through Bulgaria has been masked in is reported by the germans to have pressed through the Rhodope mountains and descended into darting russian columns have enveloped and disorganized the germans in Swift moves designed to disrupt communications and seize Vita roads and railway in Western German troops have been pushed across the Reed Dies former James Reed of noted for his opposition to the league of nations and National is he was order virtually into the arms of marshal Titos forces storm no towards the Danube to join he red have advanced beyond Roku Plejo in the Thunder of Titos salves which Are crumbling German positions at Belgrade Zagreb and Are blending wit soviet guns pm placed on the rumanian Rumania communiques report that rumanian forces have broken Hungary proper at u Point 117 Miles from Buda on the Northern important nazi bastion of the a Rcw River and key Stone of East prussian fell on wednes Day thus providing the red see soviets Page 2 Philippines blows Cost foe 68 Shi 268 aircraft the Southern philippine Island blazed from Ono end to the other this week As Ameri can naval and air forces threw two of the heaviest attacks of the Pacific War at the enemy Island Bas the double assault Cost Tho laps 89 Jap vessels sunk or probably the first sledgehammer blow was carried out by swarms of cur Rie based supported by american destroyers and Cru Isora which their first penetration into philippine As some of the bombers were ravaging Island airfields and waterfront areas others searched Tho adjacent coastal Waters for enemy one Squadron of planes caught a Jap Convoy of 32 loaded cargo vessels attempting to escape from Hinaman Bay at the North Eastern tip of the Island and blasted every ship to two other cargo of received direct hits off Zam land targets hit were waterfront installations at Auriga and Bagayan while the air drome at Davao was heavily Bat opposition developing of he g8 Jap planes destroyed in this fill but eight were destroyed on the american aircraft losses wore Light and no damage was sustained by surface three clays later the Carrier based planes returned to Knock Down 50 enemy fighters and Des see Philippines on Page 8 wounded vets plea ends strike in super fort Plant ample draftee Supply Washington men already classified As 1a and 18yearolds can Supply the needs of the armed forces for the remainder of this selective service Headquarters draft officials estimated that men will be available from these Chicago a wounded Cassino veterans speech to work ers at the Chrysler Dodge Plant Here saturday sent strikers Back to their Assembly Melvin convalescing at Gardiner hos told strikers that american Mort than anything caused the German defeat of Cas if you people could have seen men thirsting in to wed Down on the beaches of Sicily and shivering in the cold of the italian youd go Back to work he the b29 engin4 workers return to their in Pennsylvania and West Vir Ginia Sof Coal mines seized for the government reopened Days after the government had taken the government is now in pos session of 33 Coal mines owned by 15 production snagged in Texas in it took Over two plants of the Hughes when company officials refused to obey orders of the War labor Board to extend the expired con tract of Cio steelworkers the company is owned by Howard millionaire flier and movie at workers of two plants of the Cleveland Graphite Bronze were Back at work after Lynn of the Cleveland ordnance District and officers issued a backs work the mechanics an Independent had called the strike six Days before As protest at the discharge of one f his columns Are punching into Germany just Southof the under Pat on has taken Luxembourg Ca pita4and pushed to four Niles from the inside american French troops of Ipa tons third army have joined forces with american and French troops of Patch seventh army from the cutting Gernian troops to Lihe West beyond1 the seventh now pushes up the Saone to Pelfort in Tho Valley Triangle formed by Swit Zerland and tradition Al Gateway to the Havre surrenders in comp fiefs second Abrl Tosh army is meeting very stiff opposition Northi Worp and along the Albert at heavy German artillery shells British now extending into at Havre the German Garrison has surrendered to the Canadian first opening a great ports facilities the considerably nearer the front Brittany where German resistance still holds by striking across the Albert the British second army has opened the Supply line to the front from whose prewar tonnage was far heavier than other Channel the Siegfried line at Siegfried sheaf states that neither of the two Bor Der Crossings constitute an imme Diate assault on the fortifications which lie some Miles Back of the with the caution characterized by frequently being several Days behind frontline correspondents sheaf described the Crossings As meaning that the in Vasion of German is under Way in a senior staff speak ing for saw reason for Long term optimism in the see Siegfried line Page 8 our casualties reach Washington casualties in All branches of the services up to 21 totalled Stimson announced last week that army casualties now in All including killed and of the have been returned to in the first 25 Days of the in Vasion of Northern France there were less than of the coast guard and were killed and
