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interpreting
The War
By KIRKE L, sy,rpSo
Associated Press W sun

Full significance Of ~ 'Fa
rout and virtual aanib3 'ns saa
two German armies in tho ot d
M Mos box can be I n.s Milne,
only when the next test c, o,,ae
the Rhine itself. '0'NeS %
Front line reports retleo.
expectation that it will c0 We @
any moment, probably 'G N at
north Field Marshal Montga w 1'
ABc Army group Of Ame .scn'5y'
tlsh and Canadian troops has g. t Oh
poised there for days on - tSs os'a
bank awaiting General Fiss,ssea
er's signal to cross over ints ~'''
heart of industrial German ,s IL
Allied air scouts have sss..,
and attacked Nazi reinforcsrsa.'a
moving up in the north. Ce~n ,a
anticipation of fresh power Nh.
by well rested troops to sbatts s'yS'
Rhine defensive moat ar,rr "s
north of Cologne to the Arrs .s
corner on the Neder Rhine r'.'
have been redoubled by The ~.
tern of sustained recent bombtr ',
No road or rail hub on the NAV,
routes leading to the Rubr t,,'
the east has been overlooked w.,
foe also has Eisenhower's .' ~
broadcast word for it that o,,,
potent source Of Nazi war por.'
is due to be eliminated.
Official Allied confirmation Il,
field reports that all remain.
Rhine bridges have been dest-oy
ed by the enemy, abandon,
scores of thousands of troops sI
lacking as this was written !.
seemed highly probable, howeys,
for two reasons.
In the first place Nazi denoT,
ton officers charged with MA
duty would be likely 10 take M
chances in view of the execution d
comrades held responsible for IN
failure to destroy the Remage
bridge before American force
crossed it to establish the ca,
bank bridgehead. 1t is also possbl
that morale collapse among We.
bank troops caught in the Amer
can squeeze attack prompted 0
ders to cut them off.
| Toward the close Of the Fir
World War when defeatlSm ar
smouldering revolt was rampa
on the German home front, SteI
were taken by the army hiI
command to insulate the armi
in the west. Rigorous efforts
prevent communication betwe
the wavering home front and d
battle zone were enforced al
were successful. There was no
my collapse then, and if it h
come now west Of the Rhine
could be the beginning Of the el
of organized resistance in &c
many.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
WITH THE AEF:
PEOPLE You Meet In 4 War

/ and yard to the company COM
mand post. She was Bess Mackin-
tosh of New Philadelphia, Ohio.
She has delivered doughnuts-
she makes them herself on a port
able machine - to Seventh Army
troops in Africa, Italy, Southern
France ard Alsace.
In July she should be eligible
| for trip home but she doesn
intend to stay. By October, she
figures, she'll be handing out
doughnuts in the China-Burma-I In.
dia theater.
1t. Col. Ashley Woodbridge OF
Clearfield, Pa, is one of those
filters who says you can't fly a
DESK" which is why he doesn't
wear a full colonel's eagles.
He wants to fly and he flies one
Of the toughest planes in the bus
mess, the BPS Marauder bomber.
He started with a Marauder out
fit which flew to England early
in 1912. Only Is of the planes
made it. Woodbridge was a second
lieutenant then.
On November 20, 1912, he and
his group took off for North Afri-
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BY \. I. GOLDBERG
Substituting for Kenneth l..

IN ALSACE- lR People vol
meet in a war:
Sgt. Joseph Octave, OF Eliza
beth, N. j., of the 63rd Division
got a COW by trading an electric
grill, very scarce article II
France or Alsace.
But the COW presents a problem
If Octave gets orders to move
what about the COW?
The sergeant asked mis- colonel
pleased, COULD he get his COW
moved if he got orders to move.
The colonel said yes, maybe, il
he gave the regiment three days
notice, got a health certificate fo1
the COW, and arranged its trans
port.
Over their beakers Of fresh milk,
Octave's buddies are betting that
if that COW ever moves, it will &C
in the form of steaks.
Cpl. George Popovich, of Akron
Ohio, swore it's true that the bear
walked his post all night but most
of the regiment politely decline to
believe It,
This is the story: 1t was late
in January when the Vosges were
covered with snow and night fell
quickly in the forests. Came tlmee
for change of guard at the out
post and Popovich felt touch on
his shoulder.
"Ah, good old Herbert, here on
time" muttered George as ne
glanced back and saw what ne
thought was the parka encased
form of Sgt. Herbert Thomson,
of Passaic, N. J. He handed over
his carblne and headed for a fox
hole, opened a box of K-rat1on
and turned in for the night.
He awoke before dawn to find
Thomason standing over him.
why didn't you wake me Tor
guard duty?" the sergeant de-
manded.
"You relieved me last night"
George answered. Where's my
carbine?o''
AS George tells it: eve went
to the post and there was the bear,
carrying my carbine, walking
post, back and forth, back and
forth. I suppose he was gripping be-
cause no one came to relieve him.
Anyway. we chased him, and l
got my carbine back
The Red Cross doughnut girl
climbed out Of her truck and
ploughed through the muddy road
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BY ERNIE PYLE

IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC
(delayed)-We were launching our
mid-morning patrol flight. The sun
was out bright, and the day warm
ly magnificent. Everything was Sc
irene.
I l had already become acquaint-
ed with some of the pilots, and be-
fore each flight l would 60 to the
ready ROOM and find out from
the blackboard the number OF the
planes my friends were flying, so
| I could identify them as they went
Ipast.
Lieut.. Jimmy Van Fleet is one
of the pilots 1 know best. We got
acquainted because we have a
mutual friend-War Correspondent
Chris Cunningham, with whom !
shared tent and sometimes worse
through Tunisia and Sicily and
Italy. Jimmy and Chris are from
the same hometown-Findlay, o.
We knew the very moment he
started that Jimmy was in trouble.
His plane veered sharply to the
right, and big puff of white
smoke spurted from his right brake
band. Then slowly the plane turn
ed and angled to the left as 1t
gained speed.
The Air Officer up in the as
land sensed catastrophe, and put
his hand on the warning squawker.
All the sailors standing on the cat
walk, with their heads sticking up
, over the edge Of the flight deck,
quickly ducked down. Yet such is
the rigidity of excitement, l never
even heard the souawker.
1t was obvious Jimmy couldn't
stop his plane from going to the
left. He had his right wheel locked,
and the tire was leaving burned
rubber on the deck, yet it would
not turn the plane. And it was too
late for him to stop now.
1t had to happen About midway
of the flight deck, exactly opposite
from where I was standing, he
went over the side at full tilt, with
his engine roaring.
His wheels raked the anti-air-
craft guns as he went over, his pro-
peller missed mems heads by in
ches, his left wing dropped, and
in a flash he disappeared over the
side.
1t all happened in probably no
more than six seconds. had stood
frozen while it went on, unable to
move or make a sound, eyes just
glued to the inevitable. We all
thought it was the end for Jimmy.
But it wasn't. We got him back
three days later.
When the plane again came into
view, only the tail was sticking out
of the water. And then Jimmy bob
bed up beside it. He had gotten
out in a few seconds.
"Get your smoke bombs over"
the Air officer doomed to the crew
over the loud speaker. Those were
to make his position for any ship
that would pick him up.
| When ne SoI OdCh 10 us, Jimmy
told me what happened from there
on. He said that when the plane
went in the water, it went so deep
that it got dark in the cockpit.
jimmy wasn't hurt by the crash.
outside of small cut on his fore.
head.
He pulled his various. buckles.
opening his hatch cover and re.
leasing himself from his seat har.
ness. But as he did so he fell for
ward The plane was riding nose
down in the water, of course) and
in a moment was standing on his
head, under water, and in a hell
of a fix.
But somehow he got himself up.
right, and then he couldn't get out
because his radio cord, attached
to his heimet' was still plugged in
to its socket back of his seat.
So - ne if. {ook his big sheath knife
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WILLIAM A. WHITE MEMORIAL

EMPORIA, Kas., March 2l'-8'
The william Allen White memo,
rial foundation has commlsSloneu
10 Davidson, New York sculptor
to do a bust of the late EmpoIl3
editor, Mayor Ora Rindom' 1our'
dation president, said today. Sew
eral organizations are raising .
$4,000 fund for. the LnPo''
Memorial projects.
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CO to help in the invasion He Ia.
ever since-97 of them-has logsea
LOCO hours in B26s, with n; III.
than 400 OF them combat 1iyl45,
He took command of ms 0on H.,
groun last November. The OIL.
other man of that original srGrp a
of 10 Marauder pilots stu ac NV
around these parts is It. Co,'
George Kneen. of Darby, conn.
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY

THOUGHT FOR TODAY
This have I learned-that always there Is
something
Some lovely thing for which to thank our
God.
Perhaps some blessing which we did not
value,
Some gift on which we in our blindness trod
But If with Weakened eyes we look about us,
We find His gifts are ours in lavish store;
And when we start 10 thank Him for these
blessings,
We vonder that we could have asked for
more.
S. S. TIMES.
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Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star and the News
accept no responsibility for the personal
views Of Mr.. Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many OF his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
of making people Think
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22

The Red Cross doughnut girl
climbed out Of her truck and
ploughed through the muddy road
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
Ex-EmpIoye Of Times
Made 1st Lieutenant

IT. Edward Eber. -. Of 2502
Newport. former manager Of p
Times branch station. and now p
navigator with the 18th Air Corps
in Italy. has been promoted from
second lieutenant to first lieuten-
ant, letter 10 his family revealed
TODAY.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
PARFAIT BODY POWDER NIT
1 90

FIu' 20 rcd. Tar
Ailer bathing, enjoy the
LUXURY OF slited ar blown.
plentiful talc-ing. Sealed
within thc mitt are 6ta
ounces Of finest talc-the ex-
citing bouquet Of this pow
der rs exclusively Parfait.
in gilt box.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
ID Heroes 10 Attend
w ar DeaGI'S Memorial |
CSse Pictorial Reutew)
BY VERA BROWN

went in by truck because tho
weather was TOO bad for aircraft
The paratroopcrS insisted that
Forrest tell about his German
general:
There isn't much except |
was out on reconnaissance near
TrOycs, when civilian came
running To tell me some GER
mans wanted to surrender.
They'd been cut Oft.
~ was highest ranking officer
me, sergeant. Anyway Wc
rolled into farm yard where
the HelnicS had set up a head
quarters. Eight enlisted men
came out, then captain.
Finally "A general. was knocked
cold. lie saluted and I saluied
back and he demanded a gen
eral Ia take him in.
II said I'd try 10 find one and
we started with two wounded
Germans and the general ON the
tank. the privateS walking he
hind. We found his general.
SPEAKS TONIGHT
Capt. Claude w. MlStoud -
OF Cleveland, Miss. wcarcr of
three Purple Hearts. VIII speak
tonight MIlStend, n tank man
lost a leg in the fight for Florence
Capt James II. Cruick>hank OF
New York City who wears that
infantryman'S Combat Medal
Silver Star, also came along thai
long road up from Africa.
Chemical warfare is represented
by 1t Walter ]. Mcdowell. Char
lottc. \. G. who led "a platoon OF
chemical smoke generators.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30

II YOU should meet IS war
heroes face 10 face. each worth a
book, just where would YOU start
Fifteen Of such heroes are in
town today 10 be guests Of honor
tonight az the Masonic Temple
when the Detroit symphony or
chcStra plays It's first memorial
for the war dead.
More than 1000 relatives of
Detroit Scrviccmen who gave their
lives 20 their country viii be
present.
First meet the boys from BaS-
tognc, airborne troops Of the 10lSt
Division who fought through
Christmas Day until the gallant
Armored broke through
20 their and
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
2Days TOGO,
ShyS6OO,OOO

Total contributions 81 S93.26o 40
today brought The Red Cross
war fund campaign receipts 20
S4s07. .55O.55.
More than $500 0Aa must be
IA SEQ in the last Two days OF
the drive I'm order 10 achieve inc
goAl OF S5.lS7OQ0
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
OTHERS CoNTRIBI TT

The Detroit Gear Division of
tht Borg Warner Corp. sent IN
S,l)O0 and the Office workers and
CH). Il. donated S4653. Detroit
WpmenS Council OF the Navy
League donated So in memory
off Mrs. Richard Thornton Brod-
hesd. one OF the councils original
organizers.
the Nina Albright Nobc benefit
-et1f.~et-t t4rr-f4etFett- Institute
ofsArts, March 13, crossed S32l43
FOG the campaign
Following IS a list OF The days
cdgptributioDSs
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
RESCUED HAM RESCUER

Tho boys Of the 10lSt arc Sgt
James T.. Colucci. "A. Of Niagara
Falls, squad leader of the para
chute infantry and Cpl Henry c
Gogola, 2l Chicago, each with
two Purple Hearts and two PreSi-
dental Citations. They had a
great talk with Sgt. Elmer For
rest. 25, Of the Fourth Armored.
who fought for two weeks 10 get
through 10 the l0lSt.
Said ColuCCl.
II guess none of us will forget
that Christmas. And when the
general said nuts 10 the Ger
mans, well that was the last
touch"
Both the boys jumped into Nor
mandy, then into Belgium. Oddly
enough IN that terrific action al
BaStogne, they didn Jump. They
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
CLTR GNES SIS.fsO

The dsyS gifts were from
industrial and business Organi-
Zauons, both corporate and en-
ploAcS. The furniture industry Of
Detroit donated an incomplete
collection of Sl2.72073 through
the Furniture Club.
The Great Atlantic and Pacific
Too Co. and employees sent ln
S543S while the Woodall In
duttricS. Inc. employees collected
S5F92.SO, a % per cent increase
over last year Michigan Tool Co.
dokatcd $4,000 and MESA en-
ploNcS, S2.07l.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-10

machine in Sid
ney. Ohio. last
Friday night
destroying his
a automobile.
+ o w ! e RS car
was destroyed
two days be-
fore while re-
turning from
Flint. . He
had pulled off
the hig h way
and was walk
ing back to get
some help when
a n o I h r auto
crashed into his
.,nnl.nA nnr
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-10
Authors Drake And
Cuyton Make Debut

NEW YORK ST CLAIR Drake
and Horace r. Cayton, authors OF
what has been acclaimed as the
race relations book Of the year."
viii make their literary debut in
New York City, Thursday. Nov 8.
This will be the first time \ New
York audience especially \ liter
airy audience has had chance 10
see and hear these newly arrived
scholarG
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-10
Truss SII0L;yZIs

MISFORTUNE jumped on
two photographers last week.
Odell Bradley and Earl Fowler.
Bradley suffered a broken right
arm when a car crashed into his
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-10
LOSES $500 TO THUGS

Abraham August. 81. Of 1885
Longle!loW told police that three
thugs AIMED with some blunt m
s'runent struck him ON the head
while nca~ Mack and Hastings and
rnooed him OF $500
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-10

SOUTHWARK BOUND Is
Joe Little Ziggie) Johnson il,
former emcee and producer or
shows at Club Congo and Club
ZOmbie and seeing for the
first time how people live in
gia, Florida. Alabama, Texas
Arkansas and Oklahoma . and
he's really enjoying II. Joe
is head man Of the show in
which Marva Louis Is the fea-
tured attraction. Accord
ing to Joe. Marva is going great"
and the people climbing on the
band wagon" He is looking
forward to date in Detroit dur
ing the month Of December.
THERE'S AN ARMY sergeant in
The city who was doing very well
until he met three pretty young
girls and then things began
10 happen When II was over.
the sergeant was minum bill-
fold containing his money
and now hes searching for the
three little cuties. . He will oe
satisfied II the girls will mail the
oIlltold 10 the Michigan Chronicle
e.. as II contains his discharge
papers Jerry Brock. who died
IN a hospital IN Lexington. Ky.
last week was the first Negro In
Michigan To own a new Cadillac
car. This Mas back IN 1920 =
and Jerry, who was operating the
old Acorn club al 1905 ST. Antoine
street. had 10 buy the automobile
through white man . Atty.
-Aldrck Baxter. A FIVE pas
Senger phaeton with green body
and red wire wheels.
GOING BACKWARD Those
in the know believe that the
race batting during the recent
election especially that of
the supporters Of Jeffrics
has set race relations hack two
years and there's talk Of q grand
jury investigation Of some 81 the
race chatting done which
was worse than that Of the ls43
campaign.
THIRTY YEARS as head
Of the New Jersey Manuel Train.
ing school al Bordentown. y. J.
are behind William r. Valentine
Sr, who came out here this week
10 visit his son, william Jr.
patient in Harper hospital -.
- A
Harvard and Junior Nalcn-
tine Is graduate Of Bates college
and New York School Of Social
Work The latter was director
Of the Urban league Office in Flint
before coming here as sdministra-
tive assistant.
ANOTHER LETTER comes
comes from Cpl. RolIo =. Vest
g.. and this time he's In Japan
hut still promoting fights
and his fighter. Cpl. Bill
Vaughn of Detroit won by a tech
nicai knockout over sgt Whitley
Miller Of New York in two
rounds. lie and his good
pal. sam Rodgers. were in the
tornado that struck of Okinawa
last month hut made up for
lost time when they hit tho dirt
In Japan.
WORD COMES that II
John Glover was severely injured
~ Martha. cuariC ut weeks back.
From the information sitting
this Nay Glover and several other
els were preparing for a game OF
horse shoes when one fellow picked
up Save and began driving IT IN
the ground the Stave struck
BOBBY trap when exploded. kill-
lng the soldier and severely lnjur-
ing Glover There was relief
for Mrs Claudia Carter Monday
when her l+-year-old daughter re-
turned home. The child left
home last Sunday and didn't
tell any one that she Was spending
tho upck with an aunt
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-10

COMMANDS FIRE FIGHT.
ING 'cHUTISTS-capi. James
X. PcrieL New York City.
who commands the all-Negro
SSSih Parachute Infantry Bat
TALON which is playing a vital
role in the control Of forest
fires in the great Northwest.
A graduate of the Infantry
school al Fort Bennings. Capt.
Porter trained his unit. now
stationed al Pendleion. Ore.
from IFS sciivaiion and for IA
months has occupied the posi-.
iion Of commanding officer
US. Army Signal Corps photo
from Bureau Of Public Rela.
lions.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-16
Nelson Proclaimed
Greatest Golfer

DAYTON, O., July Is. (UP)-FOr
the first time in his career, Byron
Nelson Of Toledo, Ohio, was acclaim
ed by most of his fellow journey
men Monday as the greatest golfer
the game has ever known.
Such golfing veterans as Denny
Shute, former British open champ
ion; Craig Wood. duration National
open titlist, and Fred Corcoran.
tournament manager of the Profess
sional Golfers association-tO men
ton a feW-all were strong in their
stand that regardless of Bobby
Jones, Walter Hagen and even the
immortal Harry Vardon-Nelson is
the all-time tops.
Nelson, now 33 and a veteran of
u years of professional tournament
golf, won that acclaim Sunday For
he climaxed the greatest winning
streak in the history Of the sport by
beating Sammy Byrd Of Detroit, 4
and 3, to win the 9th National
PKA tournament.
In doing it. he left Byrd's dreams
Of eight years scattered over the
rolling Moraine Country club course.
Yet Byrd today was one of the first
of Nelson's fellow professionals to
rank him as the greatest.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-16
CoustiinQ
Along
Bv TY COBH

RENO, July 1G. CUPl-COach Jim
Aiken of the Unieervitr of Nevada
WolfDack is ready to step out in
the l945 football season, after long,
lean war years Of aIl-ciVilian ma
terial and a depleted student body.
Instead Of starting from scratch
as usual with an an-new team.
Aiken is welcoming back eight let
termen. headed by Buster Mcbride,
230-pOund tackle and captain who
made many 1914 All-AmericanS as
a sophomore
And the Wolfpack is taking on a
major gridTOn slate, meeting Uni
VerSity of California, TulSa'S Golden
Hurricane. Utah. ST. Mary's. Utah
State, Brigham Young, Arizona
State. Fresno State, Toncpah Air
Force ana an unnamed service team
III ten-gane schedule.
Mcclure. still growing at 230
pounds, will be- a tower Of strength
for the NcVadanS Other returning
lettermen, all III the At class, in
clude guard. Gus Cammarano, 235,
and Matt PICclnI. l95. tackle Jack
Dieringer- 1873, and center, Ben
Coren 100
That will giye Aiken a heavy vet
eran line for Coren made the
United Press All-Pacific Coast sec
ond team last year, and Dieringer
received honorable mention
Quarterback Len Mariner. just
turned 10 viii be available for at
least part Of The season and Merlin
Shea. l90-round letterman half
back. is retulning to the Reno
campus.
In addition. Fred Forson, I9O-
pound fullback Of four seasons age,
has been discharged after three
years in the Southwest Pacific and
may also seek a varsity berth
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-16
MAR K ETS
N. Y. STOCKS

NEW YORK. July 16 tUPl-Stocks de-
chned Monday on light trading inspired
Ev highly favorable war news.
Reports circulated in the financial dis
Irict that the Big Three conference would
report Russian entry into the war and
THIS shorten its duration. quick end
Oi the japanese war. il was pointed out,
would C0mplirate the reCOnversiOn pro-
gram.
Selling was not particularly heavy but
with demand lacking II took but small
amount 10 bring declines of a point or
more III d long list would complicale the
leconVersiOh program.
All the trading groups We're depressed
Losses of point and more were noted
IN American Wooden. Santa Fe. Briggs
Chrysler. Checker Cab, Corn Products,
Delaware & Hudson, Distillers Corp
Seagrams. Guantanamao Sugar Preferred,
Homestake Mining, International Har
Vester. Johns Manville. Lima Locomotive
Montgomery Ward, Southern Pacific, and
Westinghouse Air Brake.
OIL yielded fractions except Amerada
which rose II points. Bethlehem Steel
retreated after equaling its high for the
year and late in the day had a frac-
tional decline. L. s. Steel touched G9R
off ;, and came back slightly Pam
American AirNays featured in turnover
along with Columbia Gas and each gave
up a fraction United Air Lines had a
small gain on the recommendation by
the Civil Aeronautics Board that it be
given Il Hawaiian route.