Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1944, Strasbourg, Alsace                              Four gents december 1844 As prey a new year eyeful the Sphinx has Ever had in the Shadow of the eleven asset of the Allied nations stationed in Tho Middle East link arms in a United greeting to the new from left to Tho girls Wear Tho uniforms of the Palestine cypriot Chosta Akian polish transport Creek French Mission South african american British British Waal and British staff photo by senators Call for supreme Effort on diplomatic front us c civil service jobs held open or War rans Roose velt signed an executive order freezing wartime civil service employees in their temporary Posi Lions to give preference to return ing War veterans for permanent civil service the action specifically prevents wartime expansion in civil service jobs from becoming permanent on fhe civil service employees who have not Benn Given per manent status prior to this week will remain in temporary status and civil service jobs will be thrown open later of competitive examination with preference Eiven War the executive order covers per sons who were Given temporary or duration appointments to civil service positions rior to adoption of the civil service commissions War service regulations i in signing the order president Roosevelt said one of the primary purpose of War service regulations was to insure positions not already filled on a permanent basis would not he so filled until veterans could have equal Opportunity with others to compete for and i order that our returning veterans May have see civil service on Page 8 army news service Washington a Call for supreme effort1 to Elve the diplomatic problems in Europe was sounded this week by senators Hatch of new Mexico and Ball of they made the Appeal after conferring with president Roosevelt at the White House in a statement pencilled out at a news the two senators said that after an hours discus Sion with the president of the whole Field of foreign affairs we arc More strongly convinced than Ever of the Gravity of the inter National particularly As it relates to future cooperation to maintain there is no easy solution in Sifft of difficult problems and responsibilities facing the United a particularly the Bri Tain and they so much is at stake that we believe the country must make a supreme Effort to solve the immediate problems in which we nudist have the cooperation of our Over 2o billion Washington the sixth War loan drive has reached More than above its of the Treasury Morgenthau Dis cios Edwith some reports yet the total May surpass the record of the fifth War Jack Frankish killed Al Jack United press War correspondent on Western front was killed saturday his Barbara was notified by the War Frankish had been with up nearly ten years and went Over seas last serving in Lon Don until three months ago when he to the last weeks stars and stripes carried a Story by Frankish from the first army front on he Mas Sacre of Flo unarmed american pos by German is Roth who supported Roose velt in the last and Hatch denounced the present trend of events in Europe which they said was crystallizing into the old Pat Tern of Power it would be Ball impose the Dumbarton Oaks organization on top he pattern now prevailing in the specific instances such As Greece Aro not so disturbing in themselves As the fact such incidents arise out of unilateral Hatch said he was move impressed than Ever with what he termed the necessity of organizing the United nations at Wilce into an association capable making the fort of decisions which lie feared Are being reached by Russia and Britain acting although they declined to Dis cuss it was apparent that Roosevelt had taken them behind the scenes of the troubled inter National recent political events in Poland and other european countries have revived unofficial demands that the major allies form some sort of group compar Able of the combined chiefs of staff to act on political problems but this has to Avail the big three meeting which appears now have been postponed at least until after the presidents inauguration on in two weeks of most bitter Field marshal Vou Rundstedt armoured punch drove through first army lines for Over go but it has now been slowed narrowed and put into american ground and air forces Are beginning to recoil wife tremendous Liti George Patton rushed tanks and guns up from the South and launched an offensive on Rundstedt lower Courtney Hodges regrouped his with go drawn first Anisiy units and Hung reek peace Parley fails negotiations to halt the greek civil War by appointment of a Regency have broken Down and the problem is expected to be referred Back to representatives of the govern ment parties have turned Down Elas but it is under stood that the archbishop i of Athens is in a position to recon Vene the the fighting in the capital in Piraeus and Epirus still goes although there was a ceasefire order wednesday enabling the Elas delegates to reach Tho con Ference in a British armoured wearing British Battle dress and carrying pistols and the three left Wing delegates joined foreign Secre tar Field Marshall Alexan ambassador British minister of state Harold Millan and american ambassador to Greece Lincoln Macveagh in an unheated House for the second archbishop damask Inos of Athens is seen As one Regent acceptable to both most de Legates Are thought to feel this Regency should be established in on his dramatic arrival from London Christmas Chur chill said that no one should have in his mind the idea that Britain desires and material advantage from adding whether Greece is a monarchy or a Republic is a matter for the greeks alone to them funds tests upper hampered by bad american and Raf bombers and fighters Are working in close con j unction with the first battering Supply lines in the rear and pummelling troop concentrations at the front to a Point where All German advances toward Liege were diverted since december the explosive Day when the wehrmacht unleashed its Rundstedt salient has changed its shape find the initial at Mons below the other at Northwest of american casualties on the Western front figures disclosed on 26 killed up to i wounded missing total germans captured since Day developed into a of tank powered spearheads forming w with its Bottom pointing the first army troops holding out in the indentation were pulled and the nazi salient filled out into a u before Christmas As soon As american frontline commanders recovered from the As soon As Artil infantrymen were re grouped and general Dwight Eisenhower swung into action patrons third army at tacked the Southern Arm of the see counter blows Page 2 3 Jap cruisers sunk off Mindoro Island new years Day game As a special new years Day the Payne Field flyers Wilt meet a football team from Tripoli in an exhibition game at Oclock monday afternoon at speral service office an Allied american planes and torpedo boats Sank three japanese cruisers and damaged a battleship a heavy Cruiser on tuesday night in routing an 8ship ene my task Force which inaccurately shelled positions in southwestern Mindoro for 20 announced Mac this enemy Force which was was the first major one Ventur ing to Battle since the enc is disastrous october defeat in the Philippines sea was under steady attack from dusk to mid following the same pattern of nonstop bombing that preceded the invasion of War planes have thrown four heavy assaults in five flays at enemy airfields on the main philippine Island of Clark Field was the target for the latest attack and was blasted by pounds of the japs sent up at least 50 3u of which were shot bringing enemy losses to 214 planes destroyed or damaged Over Luzon in the four some of the planes were from swiftly constructed air Fields on Christmas morning brought the bloody 07day Leyte Samar pain to an except for mop Ping up when Ameri can amphibious troops invaded Taloban last enemy con trolled port on and Swift annihilated the in announcing the conclusion of the Battle of Macarthur termed it perhaps the greatest defeat in the military annals of Tho japanese the Fana tical defense of levee and Samar Cost the japs Deal and 493 while losses were wounded and 172 during the Campaign the japs lost 359 War see Jap cruisers on Page 2