Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1944, Cairo, Egypt New hand defences planes id break the run Russia Nasr thrown a fourth army into the in the four the key City of Flag on tie Border has captured and red troops have advanced 43 Miles self Embet 1944 f is Mil Muffi Ilyf remains Aid to Gen of the under grand or to mention further Nego with polish Premier Sta the czech carpathians to tight has Cost the germans and hungarians their last stronghold in Wester other forces in Rumania Are through the Broad Mure River Valley leading Down to the hungarian week Texe Battle held Tho ii eau combined russian and polish armies the nazi de fenders in Savage tank Battles on Tho outskirts of particularly in the Triangle toe City where the fight frantically to prevent a wifi of mean on the Balkan the yugoslavs and russians converged at and russian forces occupied capital of Bulga the motorized columns which rolled into the City on Friday even ing were composed 90 per cent by american Baltic offensive opens on Moscow reported that major Battles were developing in Western Latvia where the rus sians opened a drive towards Riga from the Baltic Battle quickly overshadowed action in other sectors and it was reported that Over a million troops had been thrown against Jerry on a 170mile forts Parachute Aid to fighters inside Warsaw and West of Narva scooping up More than towns in that sector Battles Are also Progress ing Soith Weston Boga at Jelava Jerry is savagely to hold the coastal Curri Dor connecting Gierman oops in Western wanes drop supplies Joying fortresses dropped ammunition and to the polish underground Home vital army chief tells vets the 26th annual convention of the american legion this week heard an impressive group of speakers As it prepared to choose Ite successor to National commander Warren Marshall revealed that the army now has committed More n t than 60 divisions to combat with cropping of american supplies eight joining them this i civilians in the total strength of j791 heavy raid on gound and air forces deployed in i the customary Strong the chief of staff is in Eal now Over four million the air War the escorted flying fortresses with supplies for Warsaw landed at russian bases bombed Hungary on their Way to italian bases wednesday and took off for Britain the Raf rained incendiaries on Bremers Havert and used two ton bombs in an attack on the Reich Kiel naval base and la Heht were other targets of the British based from Italy the15th Saaf soared Over upper Poland and the doing or ordnance works in yank heavies smashed an Gor Man Field near Athens and 500 bombers hit naval Supply off bomb Lull broken from Forres no Dent Robert Richards wrote of Tho discovery of the largest flying bomb Assembly Plant work ers reported it had the capacity to produce hundreds of bombs daily and that it fed the Calais Sites after a 15day robot bombs reappeared Over South Ern in lighter scale than the previous attacks and some of the pick Aback announced that during the continuous six Days bombing of German occupied Europe which began sorties were blown by Thtree american air for dropping tons of this Means that on an average Over two american aircraft were Over occupied country every minute during the six Davs in France yanks Honor american dead last a Marshall appealed for unbending Effort on the Home front and pointed out that any failure in supplies will be resented by individual sol Diers who will place As much importance on his own life As the final week of Victory advances As he does Green asks for Resolution speaking from the Admiral Nini Ite said that the Campaign to reconquer the Philippines would be commanded by Macarthur and that As Coli Inland Erin chief of the Pacific Fleet he saw the navys As protector and supporter of the president William Green of the american federation of labor asked the organization for a Resolution praising labor he Luis generally re cognized for having adhered 99 percent to its no strike wartime such a Green would help mend tin breach Between the legion and the Al occasioned by the legions statements again he pointed out that president the Navy and War production Board had All praised labors magnificent Job in War pro Frank Hines veterans told the convention that financial benefits for disabled veterans of this War were starting at rates it look last wars veterans 26 years to More gals for overseas Washington legislation to permit woman marines and spars to serve outside the Continental on so volunteering was passed by the House and went for ice Bill would allow women to serve m Alaska or the american Jap doom sealed at Quebec meet Quebec president Roosevelt and prime minister Churchill jointly promised the conclusion of their second wartime Quebec meeting that the forces of the United states and great Britain will join for an fallout assault on Japan As soon As Germany is de stressing the Complete Unity and Success of their they asserted that its chief purpose was the focusing with utmost rapid Ity of All the resources of the u and Britain on president Roosevelt indicated that the vast problem of As Well As the strategy and under the complicated for the crushing defeat of had been considered at the con he also stressed the tremendous distances separating the Pacific Heaters of action and asserted that there Are necessarily three commands Macarthur Southwest Pacific Pacific and South East airman and Jungle fighter decorated Washington Forrest Vosler of Livonia who asked that he be thrown overboard to save the Crew of a Quinat has been awarded 7he congressional medal of although wounded in the eyes and both drove off German planes his repaired his radio despite an inability to and then saved the life of a wounded Tail gunner when the ship landed in the water heroic conduct during a Battle on Bougainville last january also won the congressional medal of Honor for Jessie crowd former Timber contractor from Prowdley left a place of safety to drag two wounded infantrymen to his citation a then leaped atop a Light tank and led an assault on a Pillbox Dis regarding wounds in the Chest and left of and the i War july 18 of area k a Cna Hing driving them Back across fre Brereton airborne army holds own from Page i West but for obvious Shah communiques Are not specific on these Points Hun raids freed City wednesday ninth largest Netherlands City with a population of celebrated its liberation by american and Brit ish but in the night took the beating of its life in a Ger the Home of the Phillips radio is without air raid and the damage casualties from the frantic German raid is described As Jerry a k finally was repulsed but u was another indication of that has captured documents indicated finns accept russian terms up enter Tho with Finland will immediately with draw to the 1940 in Rand 6 0rt of in i 6 p0rt of Tho lease the Peninsula and a 4 p y land and Aiva to the soviets for 50 a destination Berlin Spokane athletic Oflund table has sent cigarettes to Eisen Hower in they Are to be distributed to servicemen we know will be there1 when the cigarettes Lebanon recognized Washington the United states officially recognized the in dependence of Syria and the Lebanon this week by appointing George Wadsworth As minister to the two Wadsworth has been Servings diplomatic agent and Consul general in Bei rut and Hull said that the eventual right of Syria and the Lebanon to Independent Vas recognized by the of 1bc mandate entrusted to France buy More War Bonds acting Premier Eniste take Liis into account Dis germans in North it is reported Are under soviet com one of the general terms of the provides for the Complete isolation of Finland from the rest to Asco ver this will be put into by a russian commission of Fin lands communications with the outside world including Tele Post and travel warship named for Knox the Frank a destroyer named in of the late Navy secy was launched Tho ship was christened by tie that Hitler has ordered the evacuation of Over million Ger mans from the Rhineland Between Aachen and Cologne the East Bank of the Rhine appears to be the desperate Hope of the Hun and even this is now threatened by the out flanking move of the air borne where the Allied air troops landed in the dutch fanatical some still in their tried to destroy canal which will be vital to the Allied but in blowing them up left Many of their own men on tour Side of the canals to face death or snipers hold out in Border Beme daled Panzer i Hions Are squandered in rear guard units appear from the russian front and the Long rout which began in Normandy has slammed to an impetuous halt resistance for patterns men heaviest resistance came from North of encircled Aachen to but to the germans it a Novi of frightful Cost and to patrons third army Only a slight by wednesday Patton men had pushed Forward towards Dieze and Bacca iia Miles Southeast of these two spearheads Are oppo sed by veterans of the italian and african campaigns using roadblocks and making their Retreat tree by live through the thick around the lower but the yanks continued their painful after their linkup with the Northern the seventh army from Southern France be came part of the american sixth army group under Jacob lovers and Overall command f now it faces the naturally open but Well guarded Southern end of the Feie Fried line and Start of a High Way to along the Channel the Canadian army took adding five thousand to a bag which sheaf estimated had topped since june Gen Eisenhower also announced wednesday that All organized resist Ance has ceased in Brest and our troops have cleared the enemy from the Crozon two hour armistice to Swap prisoners France american and German forces declared a two hour truce on Tri one Day to permit a Small Exchange of prisoners the yanks exchanged ten Rev sound for a group icons who had been captured in a River
