Evening star., 1942-01-27
Troop Landing News
Surprises British,
Holding Up Story
Had PIonned to Announce
Arrival Tomorrow;
Public Joyful
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 27.-The sudden
United States War Department an
nouncement yesterday that the
United States Army was in North
ern ireland jolted British arrange
ments for releasing the story
for Wednesday morning papers
throughout the world.
The British opened their ewes
wide with surprise when the Wash
ington flash came through for i'm.
mediate publication.
Sweating and swearing censors
were showed under with piles OF
stories they thought they would
have two days to look over. But II
was joyful news for England.
That's better" one ex-service
man of the World War said. "De
Valera premier Of Eire) will have
to think fast about his bases now.
Fire has remained neutral despite
indications that the United States
and Britain would like to use some
Of the ports in Fire they used ir
the last war.
Londoners Are Pleased.
In the London pubs it was noticed
that obvious satisfaction at tn.
arrival of United States troops wa!
linked with bitterness against the
Irish for withholding their bases.
1T doesn't matter much where
they are going to be used" one So
year -old man said 80 long as they
make the Irish see the war is really
on their doorstep"
A bartender commented, II don'
care If they are just a platoon ane
a corporal. They're here and that!
what we wanted"
A third group was gloomily dis.
cussing the Libyan and Singapor,
fighting. Hearing the news. they
whooped and a girl in a ire.
fighters uniform slapped q male
friend on the back.
That's the only thing we'll b,
talking about tomorrow"
Immediately after announcinf
the arrival of American troops ir
Northern Ireland the B. B. c. notec
last night there had been Slight
enemy air activity" over Northern
Ireland. No damage or casualtie.
were mentioned.
Several Thousand in Group.
The ofncial account OF the land.
ing said:
Several thousand men of ar
American infantry division landed
at a Northern Ireland port recently
They are combat troops with tn,
usual components of field artillery.
After being greeted by British mil.
itary and civil officers and b. Amer.
lean ofncers. the troops marched
OF to take transportation to theil
encampment. the B. B. c. said.
In the last war there were 1868.
600 United States troops in France
Lloyd George, wartime premier
said In his memoirs. At the end O
September, 1917, there were 6l,53l
in October $1,000. at the end o.
4$OSCAApCI 4ZO,UVU anu aJ UIlc DCRul
ming Of 1918 659,1O4. twenty-five
American divisions were engaged or
the western front between Septem.
Der and November II, 1913.
Use Biggest Headlines.
; London newspapers used theil
biggest headlines to trumpet tn,
arrival Of the doughboys.
The Yanks are here again,
shouted the News Chronicle all ths
way across its front page.
The Daily Express used a seven.
column headline and four columns
Of pictures showing the troops land
ing
In q dissertation to its readers on
the origin of the word Yankee,
the News-Chronicle soberly ex-
planned:
1T first appeared in this country
in the early 1905 as a general
nickname for any inhabitant OF the
United States.
But in the United States the
name applies only to natives OF
inhabitants of New England States
and Northern States generally"