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La gaceta., 1943-07-13

Una de las caracteristicas de los
tres hermanos DiMaggio es que
tiran con admirable exactitud v
cubren grandes distancias al Ian
gar la pelota.
Bateando Joe era una maravilla
antes de que lie llamara ell ejercito
y Vicente Y Dominica bateadores
aceptables.
Vicente es ahora ell dnico que
aun esta en- las mayOres. Joe sir
We a la naci6n como soldado y es-
ia destacado en- Santa Ana.
Dominica es IN marinero, con
domicilio en- la base de Norfolk.
Ell mas viejo de los Maggie STEM
tie ahora SUI responsabilidad, en-
nombre de la familia, v desempe-
ma a la perfection uno de los jar
dimes de los Medals Rojas.
LIE escribi6 Ell otro dia a DOM
mick y lie dijo:
-Ustedes me han dejado ell sa-
CO en- la mano. Ahora me cores
ponde a mi llevarlo en- ell propio
estilo.
La familia Sc mantiene unida.
Vicente lie inici6 a su hermano la
tremenda publicidad que Joe re-
cibiera en- la costa del Pacifico.
Habia bateado Joe de chit, en-
20 desaffos, sin que nadie Sc en-
terase.
Ell hermano mayor vigiIaba su
carrera y lie do la noticia a un
"escriba".
La noticia Sc public6 y Joe con-
tinu6 bateando de "hit", consecu-
tivamente, hasta llegar a 81 desa-
fios.
Una excelente temporada atra-
viesa Ell mayor de los DiMaggio.
Por consejo de Alfonso Lopez,
ell catcher de los Piratas, acort6 su
estancia en- ell "plato". Cuando lie
pega a n pelota Y la COLE bien
la hace viajar con la misma ina
jestad" que su hermano Joe.
Vicente es mas efusivo que sus
hermanos y esta orgullOsO de su
dinastfa.
Evening star., 1943-07-12
u. S. Porotroopers in Sicily
BiQQest Air-Borne Force of War

first real test and eager parachute
troopers know that upon their per-
formance depends the fate OF future
air-borne developments.
A months careful staff work at
headquarters as we'll as the staff
combat team commander has left
little to chance. And closely tying
into this work has been equally
careful planning by the troop car
rier command.
Our greatest danger will be during
the time we are in fight, a trip of
some hundreds of miles, almost all
over the Mediterranean. From the
standpoint of the parachute troopers
that is when they are the most
vulnerable to attack by hostile air
craft or anti-aircraft batteries, once
they hit the island coast.
Soldiers Are Confident.
But jumping soldiers have the
utmost confidence in the pilots of
the troop carrier command These
troopers are convinced the pilots
will bring them safely through the
danger zone and drop them exactly
on their destination.
AS you read these lines they prob
ably will have already accomplished
their primary objective.
This combat team should be the
hardest-hitting outfit ever dropped
by air to harass the enemy's rear,
forerunner perhaps of the time
when the Army will be able to drop
several entire air-borne divisions
of parachute troops and glider SOL
diers as an expanding power nucleus
behind the enemy lines.
To move this team by rail at home
requires many boxcars for equip
ment alone, and we have been NOV
ing from one North African base to
another requiring almost four times
as many French boxcars. For the
first time, too. this team will drop
miles of telephone wire enabling
it to remain in communication
should the numerous radios be
injured.
First to Reach Sicily.
Jumping doctors, surgeons and q
dentist will carry blood plasma into
the field, according to Capt. I. A.
Smith Of Iowa City, Iowa, combat
team surgeon. His executive, Capt
Robert Franco of Seattle, Wash.
pointed out they will be carrying
many types of anesthetics, plaster
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Macarthur Aide
Backing
|Of Home Front
BY the Associated Pres.

BY the Associated Press.
PALM SPRINGS, Calf. July IL.
Col. Clinton j. Herrold, member
of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff
who has returned to this country
for treatment of eye trouble, pays
tribute to the backing received from
the home front in the New Guinea
campaign.
"At no time during the New
Guinea campaign did we suffer for
lack of supplies-it was indicative
of the wonderful backing we were
getting from home" said Col. Her.
rold, who was in charge Of co-ordi-
nation of all supplies and transpor-
tation.
There was a time, of course, when
motor transportation was mavail-
able and we were supplied from the
air." the officer added. Our supplies
we're most excellent on all save q
few occasions and at those times
the cooperation of the Australians
and Americans showed itself most
strongly-it was a case of share
everything"
Col Herrold has been awarded a
citation of the Legion of Merit for
his work in New Guinea. The Off
Ger, who has been in the Army for
26 years, is being transferred to
the Walter Reed Hospital in Wash
ington. His wife and three sons live
in that area.
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Patton
Continued From First Page. }

forces-Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery.
Air commander in chief, Medi-
terranean air command-Air Chief
Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder.
Commander, United States naval
forces-Vice Admiral Henry K.
Hewitt.
Commanding general, American
forces-Lt. Gen. George S. Pat
ton, jr.
Commanding general, Northwest
African Air Force-Lt. Gen. Carl
A. Spaatz -
Commanding Northwest African
Tactical Air Force-Air Marshal Sir
Arthur Cunningham.
Commanding general, Strategic
Air Force-Maj. Gen. James H.
DoolittIe.
Air officer commanding North
west African Coastal Air Force
Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugh P.
Lloyd,
At 81 Gen. Patton is said to be
the wealthiest career soldier in the
American Army. He is perhaps the
most widely publicized but the least
understood general officer in uni
form. He is something of a George
Bernard Shaw. cocky, not above
clowning sometimes in an effort to
get his point across.
The public is familiar with Gen.
Patton, the commanding figure with
the high-pitched voice whose sui
phurous expletives are unmatched in
the Army. the polo-player, athlete,
pistol champ who can shoot jack
rabbits from a command car, the
self designated 'bloodthirsty mer~
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Million in Bonds Paid e.
For Part of jap Bomber
nv tn. Associsted press

BY the Associated Press.
ATTANT'JC 's~u N " ~'''-'
12.-Julius Klorfein yesterday added
part of japanese
.ver Guadalcanal to his coll
lection of objects for which ne -,
pledged nearly s3,000,000 TOR war
bonds in the past few months.
The bomber part bro"olt y '''"-
lion dollar War bond pledge from
Mr.. Klorfein, who recently pi>- ...e
same figure for bonds which brought
with them Jack Benny's violin.
Other collectors items the New
York cigar manufacturer owns in
clude the autographed galley proofs
OF Wendell Wilkes hook. "One
World" for 100000 worth of bonds;
a string of international code flags
for $500, 900 bond pledge. and dia-
mond solitaire ring for 1000 worth
of bonds,
Evening star., 1943-07-12
-Four CIergynen of Air Force
With Porotroopers in Sicily

Nav" another said. "Chaplain's
don't jump. He's Just goin' along
for the ride {
But when the troops poured out Of
door, 1t. Kuehl was right with them.
And they didn't know" he
chuckled, that it was my first
jump"
The chaplains agree the only way
they can win and keep the para
troopers confidence and respect Is
to jump with them and take part in
their daily activities.
1t. Wood. who has jumped fiye
times, believes there is more religion
among the paratroopers than is ex-
pressed in formal services. AS he
put it:
"One cannot jump out Of a plane
unhesitatingly into the clear blue
air without confidence In God.
know because I have done 1t. When
a man loses that confidence he loses
the physical power to go out that
door. To stand in a plane and pre-
pare to jump Is deeply spiritual
experience.
when the jumpmaster says stand
up and hook up, the plane takes on
an almost religious atmosphere. You
can sense it as you stand there.
This Is a serious business. 1t Is a
moment for prayer.
Men Breathe . Prayer.
"And whether or not the man has
been to church on Sunday morning
makes little difference, for he Is
praying now, his lips sometimes
forming the words, his hands some
times making the sign of the cross
a prayer that is surely acceptable TO
Almighty God"
And Tor the troops with whom he
works, 1t. Wood composed a para
troopers prayer:
Almighty God, our heavenly
Father, who art above us and be-
meath us, within us and around us,
drive from the minds OF our para
troops any fear of the space in which
Thou art ever present. Give them
confidence in the strength Of Thine
everlasting arms to uphold them.
Endow them with clean minds and
pure hearts that they may partici-
pate worthily in the victory which
this Nation must achieve in Thy
name and through Thy will. Make
them hardy soldiers Of our country
as we'll as of Thy Son, our Saviour,
Jesus Christ. Amen
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Rv John THOMPSON,

War Correspondent Representing the Com
bined American Press. distributed
by the Associated Press)
WITH AMERICAN PARACHUTE
TROOPS BOUND FOR SICILY,
July 9 (Delayed) Before midnight
tonight the greatest force of air.
borne troops ever launched by the
United States Army will be settling
over the face of Sicily. spearheading
the invasion of amphibious troops
scheduled to follow about four hours
later.
Coincident with this attack on
the under belly of the island, Brit
ish troops will be landing along
the eastern coast. Their invasion.
too, is being led by air-borne troops
due to land on the island about
two hours ahead of ours.
A parachute troop combat team
is now undoubtedly fighting hard
at the rear of enemy soldiers as you
read these lines.
The bulk of the air-borne fight
ing is expected to be handled by
the particular combat team which
this reporter is accompanying as
a jumper, making his second combat
Jump. The first jump was made
last November is with Col. Edison
Raff's parachute troop battalion
near Tebessa. Algeria.
Tonights venture is on a much
greater scale than that mission or
even the 1,50O-mile flight from
England which Col. Raff's battalion
had made earlier.
Chaplains Also Jump.
Proflting by its experience, this
combat team is carrying different
equipment which will be used in
different tactics. And for the first
time in our military history, para
chute infantry is being accompanied
into combat by parachute troop en-
gineers, q much larger parachute
troop medical detachment and two
parachute troop chaplains.
Planning for this operation has
been on q more exacting scale than
anything hitherto attempted by air
borne troops. In reality 1t is the
Evening star., 1943-07-12

Of paris to make leg casts, ex-
plosives to blast a hole in the ground
for an operating room and modi-
fed version of the marine para
chute doctors jump kit. The team
dentist, 1t. Alexander p. Suer OF
Philadelphia. is also qualified to ad-
minister 6rst aid and treat facial
injuries.
As far as this reporter is per-
sonally concerned he will also, by
virtue of his mode of transport,
be the first American newsman to
reach Sicily. And his dispatches
will be written on q typewriter
dropped by a separate parachute
providing, OF course, that the ma.
chine is not broken in the fall.
A former Northwestern University
football captain, 1t. Col. Robert H.
Wienecke, 80, of Glencoe. Ill. q
peacetime insurance agent, directs
the supplies for this combat team.
Loaves of bread, bundles of cloth
ing, boots, boxcars, ammunition.
thread and K rations aren't CLAM
orous, but without them the para
chute troopers would not be able
to fight.
Equipment Is Varied.
1t. Col. Wienecke has been in
North Africa since the first advance
party arrived to establish head
quarters. Part of his work now Is
in arranging for extra ammunition
to be flown in after the combat
team has arrived to supplement the
rounds they carry with them.
Some of the other equipment the
jumper carries with him-which 1t.
Col. Wienecke must supply via tenn
| peramental French 40 and 8" boz
cars-are Jump knife, sulfa drugs,
notebook, pencil, matches, water,
filtration tablets, anti-malaria pills,
salt tablets, hand-grenades, COM
pass, watch, first-aid pouch, emer-
gency rations, spoon. soap, razor.
pistol, gun, ammunition clips, can
teen, intrenching tool, bayonet,
trench knife, parachute and life pre-
server.
His Office also arranges for grave
registration, trafnc control of all
ground movements, ambulances to
be transported by sea, salvage Of
used parachutes and captured ma
| terial, hiring Of labor and main
tenance Of motor equipment.
The troops who will be making
this jump recently celebrated the
anniversary Of their organization
with barbecued beef and a hogs
head Of beer. They have been train.
ing for this one goal for many
months, going through more rigor-
GUS schooling than any parachute
troopers had ever done before.
1t has been terrifically hot these
last days while the troopers worked
to complete last-minute tasks. The
sirocco (hot windD roared over us,
sending the mercury to 146 and
compelling us to swathe our heads
in towels. Sometimes these skilled
shock trops have been able to get
clean and momentarily cool under
ingenious showers rugged up near
an ice-cold Arab well.
Evening star., 1943-07-12

cenary" who has been reported as
saying-although the men around
him hold he never did-that he
would like to settle the war with a
personal tank duel between Marshal
Erwin Rommel and himself.
Scholar, Poet. Philosopher.
This picturesque personality-the
blood and CUTS" aspect of his ma
ture-is the one which Gen. Patton,
with his tongue in his cheek, turns
toward the world. What the public
is less familiar with is Gen. Pat
ton. the military scholar. poet and
philosopher. He is deeply read
man. He has published number
of military treaties but he also has
written a number of philosophical
and poetical works which he wishes
| published if at all only after his
| death-and that he hopes will come
in battle.
Because all his life he has
preached that wars are won by at
tacking necessarily he is sometimes
pictured as a reckless devil-may-
care commander who charges wildly
against the enemy at any cost.
Nothing could be more incorrect.
He does not waste troops in spec
tacular assault and when he orders
an attack it is against objectives
within the power of inspired men
to capture. He believes in military
daSh-and loves it--but he also
teaches military caution lecturing
his officers once in the United States
not to rush entrenched antitank
guns head on with tanks.
The quickest way to hell. gentle
men, is to 60 roaring at the muzzle Of
an antitank gun," he said. always
outf1ank it,"
Gen. Montgomery, who was pro-
noted from lieutenant general to
general by King George vi fol-
| lowing the British 9th Army
triumph over Marshal Erwin Rom
mel in Egypt and Libya, is nom
smoking, nondrinking veteran of
the World War, in which he saw
service in Palestine, India, Mesopo-
| tamia and Flanders.
He is a strict disciplinarian. Those
under him recall that he ordered
quarter-hour's physical training
at 7 am. for all headquarters Off
GERS and clerks under 40, soon after
he was appointed general officer
commanding Britain's Home Guard
in 1941. All ranks up to brigadier
had to run 6-mile course once
week. This course was personally
laid out by Gen. Montgomery, and
he himself frequently ran the dis
tance.
He was with his men at Dunker-
que, and revenge for that defeat
is a burning desire with him. Yet
Gen. Montgomery has great respect
for the enemy.
Praises German Soldier.
''The only way to win is to defeat
the Germans on the battlefield. The
German is good soldier and will
fight, though / believe 1t Is true
that once you get him down he
cracks up" he told an interviewer
last year.
He has definite ideas about keep
ing his men In fighting trim. Morale
! depends on success" he said. Give
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Nv tba ASsoc;otn5 n,.

BY the Associated Press.
AT AN INVASION CENTER IN
NORTH AFRICA, July tDelaye6. i.
-Four jumping padres are ready to
carry the cross with the parachute
troops on the invasion thrust.
They don't have to go with the
paratroopers. They've elected to go
voluntarily to give the troops spirit
ual aid and comfort in their first
combat mission. Their altar might
be in an ambulance, q tent, an
abandoned building or under the
open sky. But the men will know
their padres, as the soldiers call
their chaplains, will be with them.
They are Capt. Matthew j. Con-
nelly, Denver. Colo. Catholic; 1t.
George B. Wood, Austin. MINI.
(Episcopalian; 1t Edwin J. Kozak,
2114 Eastern avenue. Baltimore
(Catholic), and 1t. Delbert Kuehl,
Hopkins, MINI. OEpiscopalian).
The parents of these boys have
nothing to worry about" 1t. Kozak
said. Their sons are we'll taken
care of wherever they are, even If
we have to fly to them and jump
from a plane to reach them. II
they can't come to us, We go to
them"
Garry Equipment for Mass.
The priests will take with them q
special kit which fits over their
shoulders and contains everything
needed for mass SO that regardless
of where they 60, mass can be said
for the boys on the spot.
1t. Kozak was the first Catholic
priest to become a qualified para
chutist, and has nine jumps to his
credit since going to Fort Benning,
Ga, last fall.
Father Connolly, who was at the
monastery of the Holy Cross Abby
in Canon City. Colo. before enter
ing army service, has had eight
jumps.
Being with these boys has been
a wonderful experience he said
They like to think they're tough,
and they are-physically. But in
side, they aren't as tough as they
think they are"
1t. Kuehl, rs and the youngest OF
the jumping padres. has II jumps
on his record. When he went up
for his first one, the troops looked
with surprise at the cross on his
jump jacket.
"Is he gonna Jump" one trooper
whispered.
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Capture Of Syracuse
And Licata Paves Way
For orReinforcements
BY LEWIS HAWKINS,

LONDON, July 12.-In capturing
10 major ports and towns in Sicily,
including the important harbor of
Syracuse, the Allies have cleared
the first big hurdle on the way to
complete conquest of the island,
London observers declared today.
Possession OF Syracuse and Licata.
which has an anchorage capable of
handling of small ships. will permit
the attackers to pour in reinforce
ments, heavy equipment, munitions
and other supplies much faster than
would be possible on the beaches
alone.
The occupation of the major towns
gives them strong base for or
ganizing and undertaking the next
stage of the offensive.
Syracuse and Licata appear to be
at opposite ends of the great arc
of landings around the southeastern
shores of Sicily, making it possible
to pour in fresh strength from both
ends of the front.
Already Moved Inland.
The taking of Rosolini showed
that the forces which landed at
the extreme southeast tip of the
island and captured Pachino al
ready have moved inland between
10 and Is miles toward Ragusa.
The other six towns listed as cap
tured are on or near the coast.
Avola is about Is miles south of,
Syracuse. 1t. has a minor port and
alrf1eld and is on a coastal rail line.
Noto is an inland town a few miles
from Avola and also has an airfield.
ISpica is another inland point a
few miles south of Rosolini at a
junction Of the roads leading from
Pachino and from 'Pozzallo, another
captured coastal town about Is miles
west of Pachino. .--
Scoglitti is another small port a
few miles east of Celia, which has a.
good air field and an anchorage,
although no good harbor.
Messina May Be Menaced.
Licata, with a peacetime popula-
ton Of around $4,000, and Syra-
cuse, with some $1,000 inhabitants.
are two of the islands most i'm
portant towns.
The capture of the Catania Air
drome, reported by the Morocco
radio, would mean the seizure of
the main Axis bomber base on the
east coast. 1t might also herald a
rapid thrust northward from Syra-
cuse toward Messina, where the
Sicilian shore reaches within 2 miles
OF the Italian mainland.
Catania Is 30 miles north of Syra
cuse and the air field might have
been captured by airborne troops,
If it has fallen.
The presence of 1t. Gen. George
S. Patton, jr,, in command of the
Americans, announced in Malta,
suggested that the Allies are pre-
pairing to use armor on the plain of
Licata, which lies between Licata
and Celia, the scene of the main
American landings.
Enemy Forces Inland.
The 100-mile stretch of coast,
with all harbors and airfields, was
secured swiftly and apparently with
minimum fighting, which suggested
that the main body of enemy troops
still is to be encountered.
Axis radio reports have been say
ing that the main defense forces
are held in the interior of the island
pending development of the Allied
attack
The announcement that Gen. Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery is leading
the British land forces in Sicily
was received happily by the London
public, which regards him as fore
most among fighting generals.
Evening star., 1943-07-12
La Guordio Suggests
Trading Liquor to
Canada for Meat

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 12.-Mayor
F. H. La Guardia would like to
make q swap-New York City
Liquor for Canadian meat.
Mayor La Guardia, now on
a mission for the Permanent
Joint Board Of Defense for the
United States and Canada, said
in a transcription made in
Canada and sent here for his
weekly radio talk yesterday:
Here in Canada they are not
quite as short of meat as we
are in the East, but they're
rather short of liquor. I told
them I'd be glad to swap liquor
for meat and, II that could be
arranged, 1 think we'd get the
best of the bargain"
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Jobs
Continued From First Page)

availability from his local USES
office. Such statements shall be
issued only II the worker cannot
be employed full time at his highest
skill in essential activity in this
area or for compelling personal rea-
sons,
This section shall not apply to
transfers within the Federal serv-
ice, nor to transfers among plants
or establishments of the same en-
ployer." s -.
Violations Often Unintentional.
The other amendment, providing
for a record of previous employ
ment," was described by Mr. Hetzel
as protection to employers in non-
essential activities. He said he
felt that employers are, trying to
abide by the regulations, but they
are often unintentional violators.
He gave this example: as,t
A dime store manager asks a
prospective worker if she had been
previously working in an essential
activity. She may have been work
ing in hotel, restaurant or laundry,
or some other locally needed activity,
but she either misstates or simply
does not know that the activity was
considered essential. On her state
ment the employer hires her. A few
days later the laundry finds out
where she has gone and complains
to the area VINO director. The new
employer says he did not know she
had been laundry worker.
Under the new system the new
employer cannot hire the worker
until he has statement signed by
the worker, containing the worker S
name, social security number and
the name, address and type Of busi-
ness of the last employer.
Must File Statements.
The regulation requires that the
employer file these statements and
make them available for inspection
upon request of VINO representa-
tive. ... o.. ,..-.,, .--...>, -.,--.. .-,,.----. -.
Mr. Hetzel explained that the reg
ulations already required that en-
ployers get a statement of availa-
bility before hiring workers who
were last employed in an essential
activity but said nothing about re-
quiring statement of availability
or any other work record from work.
ers who said they had been last en-
ployed in non essential activity.
He said the new regulations would
probably be most effective In cut
ting down the movement of un-
skilled workers out of locally needed
sctiuties-particularly because work.
ers will hesitate to sign a false
statement.
Evening star., 1943-07-12

the troops success and their morale
is high. You can do anything with
an army if its morale is high"
He instills into his soldiers feel
ing of personal responsibility for de-
feating the enemy. His soldiers
know him we'll bv sight. for he turns
up suddenly among them. and his
staff officers hold him almost in
reverence. He has the look of an
ascetic in his sharply chiseled fea-
lures, thin lips, aquiline nose, blue
eyes and jutting eyebrows, but a
will of iron bellies his appearance.