Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                February 1945 Marfard you can Strong attack fifth army launched the strongest american attack in Italy since october against Ger Man positions Southeast of Bolo Gna and gained initial announced gains of up to 600 Yards were made against stiff enemy machine gun and mortar opposition in the attack described As in tended to Gam limited the Allied Advance also continued in the Serchio Valley with the villages of Monte Bono and Rana Iao East of the Serchio River being occupied in addition toothed ground lost to the germans in de yank artillerymen fired rounds of ammunition preceding the attack in the Bologna crash in Italy kills 23 Rome Allied announced that a heavily loaded transport plane of the 12th Saaf crashed into a Mountainside 60 Miles North of Rome saturday killing ally it three of 26 persons three army nurses were among the yes there real hot being made right Here in Egypt especially for sundays  Gulf foot Ball game at seems the veterinary corps teased the facilities of a Cairo Butcher saw to it that the shop was then ground up 750 pounds of beef and four hogs into the makings of hot the dogs were prepared by native labor under army supervision but Cis also and Here Are some of them at the left to Phlip Carl Richard Clark Burt and Malcolm signal corps photo by conversion stays in game extra period loses out Chicago the National foot Ball league rules committee voted an emphatic no on proposals extra Point and provided for an overtime period in event of in fact Only one noteworthy re vision of about 15 suggested has received favourable action from the committee so the six Man group will submit a Rule to clubs calling for a 15yard penalty against a team whose player Pute a Block on an opponent with the Aid of his arms or other Rule changes favored by the committee and up for consideration toy the league Are allow player to Catchi u punt or wide Field goal in the end and run it thus abolishing the automatic allow the offensive team one More play if either half ends while the Ball is keep the clock running be tween the try for an extra Point and the following Kickoff with the kicking team allowed a minute and a half to put the Hall Back in a grounded pass from Center be classified As a Fumble with either team eligible to run upon under present rules officials must decide whether the Backfield Man actually had pos session before make it necessary for a in formation quarterback who Rea Ches for the Ball to take it from thus eliminating some of the to add a 15yard penalty a gain on a completed Al though the passer has been rough under present rules he can take the gain or the chief of pc Julian the chief coach the Amir Abad mountaineers in the cuff command who Komsi to Cairo Mentor of the pc a for their Hattte with us anime he was named coach of the year in the pc Tig football two works at Valentine dance the baby arcs Cairo will have a special Valen tined Welcome mat out on Friday at another of these Al american dance this is to be a pretty elegant affair two Payne Fields Sahara hot shots and hucksters will make with the music from 8 until 119 two ballrooms for dancers refreshments and As Dan cing plenty of american Valentines from the local the legation and owl the red Cross due to a Lack of that a ticketed cos will not be admitted to the club after 7 but you have plenty of time before the Valen Tine dance to get they Are available at Camp hucksters ser vice Payne Fields service the arc rec Hall at base Hospital and at special i Isa Fri hint full offence scale West in Washington acting secy of War Patterson hinted Friday that an Allied offensive is Immi nent on Tho Western front and he voiced doubt that the germans could Stop the russians at the Oder Patterson warned that even the fall of Berlin might not end the he disclosed that Only about soldiers Are within the Continental and that of them Are in training As replace ments for overseas units and an other in training As tac tical units also for the balance the Are House keeping units consisting of men who Are either overseas veterans or limited service Patterson said physically Quali fied men performing noncombat duties overseas Are being transferred to combat units and that about men have been with drawn from Home installations and sent abroad As infantry replace a i High time that 1 m h it Uncle Sam says Vandenberg Detroit Arthur Van Denberg of Michigan has reiterated his pleas for the to join her major allies in a fast treaty to keep Germany and Japan a Nentl he stressed that the time is in an address to a Home state the Veteran Republican who once was violently asserted that some of the United nations will continue to go their Way until they Are sure of americas stand on foreign to to keep Germany and Japan out of piracy for he urged that the join in Allied with constant armed cooperation immediately available through the president without reference to Vandenberg expressed belief that our silence confuses the allies and often provides them with self justification of unilateral decisions which coincide with our it is time for us to say what we will do and what we will not and it is time to Start the he the senator also said that he wanted our american self interests protected by our spokesmen As British self interests Are protected by Churchill and As the self Inte rests of the soviets Are protected by no Butts for them Salt Lake City the Utah state Senate int bothered Over the cig Aret none of its 23 state senators touch the Ding Dong daddy reaches end of line after picking up 12 matrimonial fares dry vote sustained Washington the supreme court has denied that it has Juris diction to act in the Case of sol Diers who complained against their county going dry in a recent a petition to the supreme court was made by soldiers from John Eon which voted dry toy the soldiers Assort that the elec Tion was fraudulently 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Llie san fran Ciro unable i Iii up Belgium entirely cleared of huns continued from Page 1 focus of attention is Oil the five clams which control the Roers water level and provide electrical Power for the two Are Al ready in first army and the capture of the remaining three would Clear the Way for the Brit ish and american forces under marshal Montgomery to plunge into the Cologne slow gains through Drao roofs Teeth and mines 11 Miles inside Germany have enabled Hodges Infarct Dyment to extend and strengthen their grip on the West Bank of the Between the new assault above echternach arid the Battle for the Patton is loading n second Force of third army Divi Sions East of the outre a Gap in the enemy Pat ton has advanced to within three Miles of one of the stoutest Siegfried at the Northern end of the the germans Are showing considerable uneasiness about the situation Berlin broadcasters say that All signs Point to the fact that Eisenhower has concluded his preparations for a new Large scale attack on the Ruhr and that a new Battle is imminent East of Niji Negen arid Between the towns of Julich and in Southern French and american i nips compressing the Cochnar pocket from the Iio tit and have linked up in the ice capped Vosges mountains and Fin ally put an end to the Lon stand intr nazi threat to formed into a solid of the French first army and the american seventh have shouldered the germans Back from Well dug considerably deflated the bulge captured and Cut off the last escape Bridge across the More than enemy prisoners have been taken from the Cochnar pocket since the offensive was launched on and experts say Sundstedt is meeting the same Fate Here As he did in the Arden Allied fighter bombers Ham mered at the retreating columns and also ripped into Bridges and rail Center on both sides of th1 Nelson n new Post announcement is made that Joseph Nelson has been assumed As assistant chief of staff of he succeeds Manly has Jevc Rived an Soihr