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Washington Journal., 1945-07-27

M6onilo. - General George s.
&ennep erflGrte, Dob ole auiierte
9uftmadt I'M Ba3ifif 10 iiberpdlti-
geno lei. Dab nod Den 9uftangriffen
bel 5ufiinftigen 9anoungsoperatio.
men oie Eruppen foftilf uuf feinen
@ioerItan0 ltoBen peroen.
@uom. II lle6er 1920 omerifani,
ide uno britii6e GrGger : 5lug5euge
itelten 0ie iopaniide Quftflotte boil
Zig folt iiber @eit Sonibu uno fu-
men in SdApdrnen nod Dem 6ren-
nenoen Morinebofen Sure 5uriif,
nm sic am Oienitag begounene Ser
ni6tung Ser faiierliden iapanii6en
6lotte fortieben.
NmerifoniIfe 8rGger : 5Gitgdeuge
beid6oigten ieds iapaniide &riegs-
ififfe, eini6lieBlid 5peier S6laft-
idiffe, zines groBen 5lug3eligtrd-
ger8 uno Oreter Sdla6tihiffe nab.
reno britii1e Grdger : Mai6inen in
fooroinierten 9uftihlagen gegen oas
litoli6e Sapon einen gsforte = ErG.
ger, orei Sanoelsihiffe uno iieben
fleinere 6obr3euge bei6aOigten.
Rie BON Sen gln1erifanern beid)d.
oigten Shladtidiffe ipuroen in Aoi
miraI GbeIter NimiB' &ommunique
ais @in6eiten ser Sic : 4lalle ioen-
tiFi3iert = ifnpere adlten, oie bon
sen Supanern oltrH @inrid)tnng bon
6lugoeds in ErGger oeriuanoelt
moroen iin0.
Son Sen bei1d0igten &reu8ern
maren 8pei Idpere uto Der brittle
elm leidter.
Ger 6Iug5euetrdger tultroe I'M
&ommunique nift weiter ioentifi-
3iert.
Der aomirol erflGrte, 6aB Ser
Iffpere &rpu3er Eone" uno ser
aSDooo", Elm leidter &rel3er,
ulGper brenneno" 8uriidgelalien
muroen.
&reu3er uno 3erit0rfr Ser Grit
ten 5Iotte bombaroierten am friiben
Morgen Ben 8oiierflug5eug : Stiib-
punft &ulbimoto, Ben 6lugplas
Sbionomiiafi, cine &%o0ioitation un0
Washington Journal., 1945-07-27

8oris. - 5ronfreids ebemaliger
8remierminiiter E0uaro Galaoifr
erbo6 Die BeiGuloigung, OaB allies
Ginnen un0 Erahten BON @fdrlbon
Senri Bbilippe 9etain uno ieinem
0ifp . Neginre nur oaroli bInaus-
Iief ,,oie fran3oiiihe Republif unO
9emofrotie gu 5erltOren."
Sn beftigem Rreu5Derbor in Dem
2onoesperratspro8eB gegen @arlbaa
Netain entbiiate 3uOor Der friibere
fron80lii6e @remtier Saul &eDnauo,
ouB 6ronfreid uno @rOB6ritannlen
i'm Mui 1910 oaran Oa6ten, Stallens
&riegseintritt 81 D%erbinOern, in Dem
lie MuIiolini NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
in Noroafrifa maiden miiroen. Step
rouo Ioete, bob er iel6it l@robbritan-
MEN oen 8oridlag maGte, 0bmobl
er linn mi0erItrebte. Der Ylnn mur-
0e aber infolge oeS @iOeritanos pon
8remier @burdia folengeloIlen.
Sn Dem marmen, ii6erfiiaten Sc
ri1tsIdol, mo audi EeDnaitoS BOr=
q1nger, @ooiioro Galaoier, alS 3eu-
ge ouftrat, b0rte Yetoin, Der Der 3u-
Iommenarbeit mil Geuti6lano uno
oes Qan6esberrots bei6uloigt miro,
oen Mnsiogen pollig teilna6mslos gu.
@s ipiegelte Ii6 fein @us0rud auf
Ieinem @eiidt mieoer, uls ReDnauo
i'm einen Berrdter naunte. &ep-
nouo bate nod anoere Gfnge 81
.lagen:
i. gr mari ROnig eeOpoGo Ser
gelgier 9anoesDerrnt Dor;
9. 8e6olpptete, ooB 8etain iid
ser Mufriiitung 5ranfreids bereits
1884 miOeriebt bot;
3. grfldrte, Bob Yrdiioent Hooie-
belt an Betain elm in ,,i6arfen 8or-
ten" gebaltenes Gelegramm ri6tete,
in Dem er iagte, OaB 6ranfrei6 Die
6reunoidoft Mmerifas oerlieren
Washington Journal., 1945-07-27
2 Jahrc 3mdthaMs
fir NemtIdkcn 3lr3t

Boris - ,Sbe Stems of @erma-
M, pelhe BON Der Abteilung CUR
&ontrone BON Snformationen Der
nmerifaniiden GtreitfrGfte in GU
ropa peroffentli6t poroen iii, berid-
tete aus Gina, oaB elm oeuti6er @r5t
81 3Dei Snbren 3udtbaus peturteilt
tuoroen lit, neil er t6topierte Soen-
tifi3ierungs5eihen BON M~ngebOrigen
Der Baffen 90 entfernt batte.
9ie SS-2eute trogen in ser Ad-
ielb0ble Sdtotpierunes5ei6en, welde
ibre 8lutgruppen a%n5eigen. Ser
@rat, Or. Mlfreo @oIomann, ipuroe
bei6uloigt, oieie 3eiden entfernt gu
bnben, oamit Die Naais ni6t entOedt
sper0en fonnten.
Washington Journal., 1945-07-27

Iatiohe, SAB lie geIan9en iino, wur-
ben nidt mtlib acknowledgements,
aber inoffi5iea iagten Die 9ebOrOen
in Den @renJ6e8irfeu, man CLAUDE,
oaB ii6 fleinere &riegsperbred)er
unter ibnen %befanoen.
6erienreiienoe berihteten, in 8llen.
terd6ia leien Elm 9ubenO 6liidt-
linge in Saft, infer oieien elm Oeut-
id)er Waior un0 neun 5ran5oien,
pom oellen man annebme, oaB lie
4i~illtenten BON Soiepb 0arlano ge-
neien leien, Ser Der Gbef Ser Sidg-
01ili5 mar. IS beiBt 0oB mebrere
anoere in Banplona undergraduates
Duloen, tpG6reno Die S6ablng Ser
3obl oerienigen ,oie in ben @egen-
Sen an ser fata!aniiden @ren5e in
terniert iin0, BON 3e6n bis gu meb-
reren SunOert betragt.
IS beiBt audi in nidtamtliden
geridten, Dob Die Sponier Den
6%ran5oien biilfen Die ge6eimel
6ludtoerbinoun9en ser gea5is onrd
6ranfreid nod Spanien 8n 3ertriim.
Washington Journal., 1945-07-27
Outer Sat
fir Sapancr

Sal36urg - MmerifaniI6e Sn-
fonteriItep, sic 6unOert iapaniide
oiplomatii6e 8eante 6elpa6en, Jog
ten, lire @efangene bdtten geiagt,
@e~neralIeutnant Siroibia Sibima,
Ser iapanii9e 8otidafter in Berlin,
meroe ieiner &egierung oringeno
empfe6len, Dem 8erlangen Der @ai-
.ierten nah beoingungSloier ueber-
ga6e iofort gu entipreden.
Gan Srancisco = Haoio Sofio
rdurnte 6ie neueiten Sdldge Ser ome-
rifonii6en SuperfortS uno Erdger-
5lug3euge gegen 0ippans Seimat-
Lamb Elm uno erfl6rte, bin intenliDier-
ten 2uftaftionen gegen oas S9ang-
bal : @ebiet ieien Elm 8oripiel 5u
2anoungen an Ser dineIii6en &iiite,
bic oarauf bere6net iein wiiroen, Die
oaiierte linfe Slanfe gu idiiben,
penn Die Snboiion auf ben Seimat-
inieln Sapans ielbit einmal in S3ene
gebt.
Die Na1ridtenngentur 0omei
idrie6 sic g~eIteigerte omerifaniide
2uftoffenIioe einem ouer5peifelten"
@eriA6 Der 8ereinigten Staaten 81,
6en arieg gegen Sapan raid gu en-
oe gu bringen, neil iie Dbefiir6teu,
oipeite @eige lpielen gu miiiien" inn
8erbdltnis CUR Somietunion, falls
ole omerifaniide Madt ourh einen
langen Grieg D|erringert meroen
inntp
Washington Journal., 1945-07-27
Nnftritt
mar %er5tunn9en

Nep Oorf - Ger frii6ere Sdat-
ANTS : Sefretdr Senrb Morgentbau
ir. iagte, Braiioent truman bnbe
ieinen 3iiftritt perlangt, nn6 iein
8erlaiien oes Sfatamtes lei ni1t
auf ieinen eigenen @ntidyluB erfolgt.
@r madte oieie @rfl1rung in Ell.
mem Snterpiew, nahoem er einem
2undeon oes Netp yorf State @ar
6inance Committee %beigepobnt bate.
Worgentban lagte in elmer 9ln-
iprahe Dor Sen 3eilnebmern am
9undeon: SD fiiblte, 0oB meme II
Sabre unter YraiHoent Hooieoelts
groBarti9er 5iibrung beenoet paren,
ais er Itarb."
Am @noe ieiner obne 8orberei-
tiing gefpohenen @orte boten ole
&eporter i'm, leine Bemerfungen
meiter aus5ufiibren uno er iagte:
,y@s geifab aaes am 5. Suli.
Sd mdre germ bis gum 8sS-9ag ge-
blieben. Aber es bat iid ni6t 10
5emo6t."
@r geitattete nidt, i'm tpeiter
wortlid an5ufi6ren, dber er iaste,
Der 8raiioent bobe ieinen &iidtritt in
einem Shreiben perlangt, uno er
bube iogleid ieine GemiiIion einge-
reidt.
Moreentbau iaste, icing Blame
fir Ole 3ufunft ieien. elm BUD iiber
0euti6lan0 Si poaen0en. oaS ii6
mit Dem io~genannten Worgentban.
Blan fir ole aontroae Geutidlanos
befaiie.
Washington Journal., 1945-07-27
Wtit @pan.
ttnn9 ertp0rtet

9ots0am ~ Die u@roBen 9rei"
bnben lire 8ots0amer 8elpredungen
noriibergpbeno alsgeiebt, ndbreno
Die bier lueilen0en britilfen 6iibrer-
perI0nlidfeiten nod &auie 8uriid-
febrten I'M ii6 iiber 0ie 8ablergeb-
niIle 81 oergepiiern uno olls3ltfin-
0en, lper in Sen 9ei6idtema6enoen
ltnterban0lungen lebten0li6 fiir
@robbritannien lpreden miro.
8remier Gburdia, NuBenlefretdr
g0en un0 Clement 9ttlee, Der 2abo-
.ritenfiibrer, iino 81 Ser 9onnerStag
erfolgen0en 8efamtga6e Der @rgeb-
niiie oes @ablgmgs bonn Z. Suli
nod 2onoon geflogen.
Srii6eItens am Sreitag miro Ser
8o6Gieger pieoer 8uriideruartet
enttpeoer g6ur6ia, ser 8arteiGef
Ser &onierbatiOen, NIT @0en nod ipie
Dor ais alBenpolitiidem @rperten,
ooer 9tttlee, nit einem neuen @uBeu-
Iefretdr ieiner eigenen 8obl.
8r1lioent truman 8remier Sta
lin uno 0ie britiiden 6iibrer bielten
Dor Dem abflug Ser 2ebteren ibre
of)te formeae &onferen5iiBung ab,
@in3el6eiten iiber Sen 8erlauf Der
Muslpra6e tpur0en nidt eroffnet.
@as lid) Srumon uno StoIin fir
8onnerStag bor9enommen baben
mar nidt gu %erfabren bod berlal.
tete, onB lie big CUR &iiffebr Der
8riten feline ser 0inge oisfutieren
miiroelr, Die altf Dem aonferen5pro-
gramm ber8eidnet iteben. 9agegen
beltebt oie M0gli6feit, oaB iie @nge-
legen6eiten oisfutieren neroen Ole
ouSidlieBlih &uBlano uno Die Ser.
Staoten ongeben ettna 5ortieb.
ung Ser 2eibpa9t : Silfe o0er Nad-
friegs : &reoite.
gttlees a(nmeienbeit in 8otsoam
erm0gli6te es, Dob Die &onferen5
nit peniger llngeniBbeit Dor iid ge-
ben fonnte, als eS obne i'm fragloS
Der 6aa gepeien iudre. gs lit Of.
fenbar, ooB feline enogiiltigen Ser
antmortli1feiten ii6ernommen tper-
ben fonnten, ~iolange truman uno
Stolin nidt beltimmt muBten, tuer
an ser Spibe 0es neuen 8riten-&e.
gimes iteben miiroe.
9b Iid 0ieie Gituation i'm Sim Ell.
ner Mountaineering beg britiiden
ginfluiies in Sen bisberigen Be-
ipredungen alssetpirft bat ooer
nidt, lit cine Srase reiner Spefula-
tion. -
Washington Journal., 1945-07-27
@efdn9nis cin
,,2iebes;G lub"

Gaming, Mid. - BorDiirfe elmer
olleemeinen MiBmirtidaft in Der
8ermoltung uno morolilde Naf-
lalliqfeit, Die es oen Sdftlingen I'M
Stootsgefdngnis bon Siio-gii9igan
ermogli9ten, Grauenbelude i'm Sc
iqngnis : Qa3arett an empfongen,
8oroeae in Sadion 81 'belu6en uno
in Der MnItalt @liidipiele gu beron-
italten, muroen BON @eneralitootS-
ontpalt Sobn 81. Getbmers gemadt.
Sic acknowledgement lparen in
Dem erIten elmer 8eibe bon Berif-
ten entbalten, Die - mie Der @ene=
rolItaatsanwalt iagte Der State
Corrections gommiliion als oas @r-
gebnis elmer niermonatli6en Inter-
iudung DorgeIegt meroen.
Gas @efdngnis, toas $4,000
gefoItet bat, miro mondmaI ols Die
gr6Bte nit Mauern nmgebene Straf-
onltalt oes Qonoes be5ei6net. GS
liegt in Der Nabe bon Sadion uno
bat nur m1nnlide S%dftlinge. gS
bat beute 5197 Sniaiien.
Snoem er oos @efdngnis ols eli
men regelre6ten 2iebes : Club fir
einiome &dftlinge be5ei6nete, iagte
0etbmers:
oginigen Ser Saftlinge tpuroe ge-
Itattet, fi6 in ourd Banolbirme
berlteaten 8etten BON ibren Srauen
Ooer S6asen tr0iten gu laiien. Gin
3euae lagte aus. oaB elm Splitting
in oas @efdngnis 2a5arett oufge-
nommen muroe, menn er elmer 4ran.
fenldmeIter einen Collar CAB.
,giniae SaItlinge puroen bon
@ngeIteaten BEG @efdnigniiies gu
8oroeaem in Der Sta6t ~beforoert.
SGftlinge baben be5eugt, uno ange-
itelte 0~ugeseben, ouB Die @efange-
men gu iolden Bldsen gebra6t muir
ben.
uginige ftablen 9rooufte oes @e-
fdngniiies, UNI 8%roitituierte gu be-
3oblen @efangene tpuroen gu
einem @qhenerfoe gu elmer @eiea-
idaft nit 5rauen in Dos CONNER
baus zines @efanignisbeamten ge-
uommen."
Washington Journal., 1945-07-27
rs Ncmtiskc SclNntcn
bel ~11Iincniud9en ectStct

Mit 9e3ug auf einen @eri6t ans
3openbagen teilte Der britii6e Sem
Der nit, Dob in einem Monat 500
600 2anominen, melde Die 9ents
iden in 0dnemarf leeten, p~oaitdnOig
entfernt iein meroen.
yOie SGuberungsarbeiten mer0en
bon Den oeutlben Soloaten auSge-
flbrt", iiigte Der @niager 6in6u, uoie
ou6ei ieit Dem 10. Mai rs Cote uno
200 8erpunoete gebabt baben."
Washington Journal., 1945-07-27
GrWdrtet kalr1 Wider|tand BEL neutrality-suspicious.
politi(he 3ntrieen
fommen ans &lcht
Stolicml Ieate i'm 111ai 1910 veefamFt" trerScn, er'
FIGrte ~tseynaMO ais 5emec int pctoin'pro3cE c'ss'
ne M1itIdmIN an Sent pEan abitrcitcnN

miiroe, wenn es ii1 init Den Na3lS
einlaiien loate;
a. Sagte, bob elm fronoOlildbrltl.
iher 8un0, Sen @burhin in ben les.
ten Stunoen Ser Gritten &epubllt
porgeiflogen bate, ,,ein Soeal IT.
oos zines cages oerlDirtlidt ruerOen
muB";
5. SteIte Ieinen @iOeritano ge.
qen sen @afienitialtano nit 0entlf-
Lamb oor uno CAB oie @riitoe an,
pesbol6 0ie 8riten Die fran0OTtlhe
6lotte in Dram I'M Sommer 1910 an
g%riffen.
@eIegentlif gerieten ReDnalro nno
Sic orei 8etain oertei0igenoen An-
m1lte oerartig aneinonoer, oaB elm
@eI6morener oarum eriudte, oaB
lid Ser 8ro3eB mieoer nit Betain be-
foIlen ioae. @epnalto gnb bas Sc
beimniS oes geplanten ,,&uufs" Sta-
liens preis, ais sic 8erteioiger ieine
Qusioqe angegriTfen. SIZE 3~ielten OF
fenbar oaraui ob, Gepnauo perlon-
lid gu 6isfreoitieren. Saques 5lorg-
M, Ser duBert iarfoittid iein fam
frogte 8eDnouO 10 san3 bon unge-
f6br:'
NM MN. !Serr Mennalt0, mir
SEN sic bite Dem @erifs er3dblen,
inter meldem umitdn0en sic Nfuiio-
Iini obne @nglonbs @iiien am "a.
Weai 1910 elm Ronoominiiim (9fit-
perpnItune) in 8uneiien unO aequa-
torialdfrifa anboten2"
@ie elm 0eitidenbieb fam &ep=
nou0S antrport: sd babe niemals
uid nur 0aoon getraumt, Mufiolini
9uneIien o0er irgeno einen Reil
Observation-Disclosures on3ubieten." @r
Iogte, oaB ser @eoanfe urIpriingli6
BON Dem fron5oiiiden 8otihoiter in
gfom Gilmore 5rnncois Boncet) aus
gebeft muroe, Ser einen gmiii6r Oa-
nit nod 9aris idifte. @r ba6e ni6t
oaran geglau6t, 10 fubr &epnano
fort, Stalien ouf oieie @eiie neutral
balten GIT f0nnen. gr 6ega6e lif)
nof 2onoon, 10 iaate &epnauo, in-
Dem er energil6 b%eitritt, Sic 8riten
oon oem 8lan MIDI unterridtet 5u
baben. un6 babe iiber oie 8oridld-
ge nit G6urdia mo nnoeren britt
i6en Miniitern gelproden.
SD muBte, Sab sic Sdladt bon
5ranfrei9 duBerit gefd6rliG iein
piiroe," 10 erfldrte Ser friibere Bre-
mier. General @eDgano iagte, er
Tonne g%eipinnen, Bob es aber Iebr
fnapp mare. @enn elm italieniider
angriff geraoe in 6ieiem Iugen-
b[id erfolgen fpiiroe, f0nnte er ser
9ropien iein, Ser oas Sab gum lie
berlanfen bringt. QuBeroem err
innerte i6 mid oaran mas mir
Summner 8elles fur5 porber err
31blt bate. gr iagte, er iei bon
Mufolinis &lage beeinorndt geme-
len, ooB Stalien an einem O3ean
iibe, ser an beioen Seiten Deridloi-
len lei. Sd fragte iie (Oie griten),
OF es mogli9 lei, cine 5ormel aus
5uorbeifen. oie sic Staliener beirie-
oigen Tonne, inter Der 8eoingung,
oaB tie neutral bIeiben rln0 na60em
ser &rieg BON Ben Aaiierten, geDon-
men mar"
Gie britii6e &egierung Derfparf
sen Ylan, 10 iagte &eDnauo peitpr.
Washington Journal., 1945-07-27

fir sic Siderung oes Seemegs 0urA
oie Malaffa : StraBe 81 betra1ten,
neil 0aourh unier Nahi6ub 8n Den
ga5ifif : Streitfrdften erbeblid &c.
fur8t mir0," iasteliie i'm 2eitartifel.
DIAN ioa ii6 uorltellen, oaB Singa-
pore foum 800 Meilen bon 8orneo
entfernt lie9t, no Jest Die o%uitrali-
iden GrupReM i'm @efedt iteben."
Washington Journal., 1945-07-27
icu ecflckcnc
Na3is intcrnicrt habcn

San Sdbnition M~inoeitens
5tpan3ig 5liidtlinge aus befreiten
21noern unog mabrafJeinlid mebr,
0ie iiber Die 9ergpfaOe Der 8orenGen
panoerten un0 ourd oie 9i0niiOa
idmammen, befin0en iid jebt in
@anoen Der ipnniifen 8eb0roen.
Sbre @dmeH un0 niAt einunal Die.
Washington Journal., 1945-07-27
2lneriff amf Singapore
lit IN pcrbcrcitmne

Colombo, geplon - Die ugimes
Of geplon~ iaste, Dob man balo cine
groBe Oifenlipe Ser 4aiierten nit
'S%ingapore als ,groBem 3iele" err
marten fonne. ,JSingapore lit ni6t
acknowledgements CUR 8ieoer6enib-
ung nls elm GROCER 5lottenliiiB-
punft, ionoern Dor alien alS pidtig
Evening star., 1945-12-25

with C rations as usual 1t. Gen.
Alexander M. Patch held quiet
reception afterwards for his staff.
For the majority it was the third
Christmas overseas. For myself 1t
was the fourth-the first on board
a plane to Panama, the second en-
route to Tunisia and the third, in
Sicily. To all of us that night, 1t
seemed we would spend a never
ending procession of unmerry and
unhappy Christmases in bombed
out villages far from home.
The chaplain who held services
that night in Saverne was fresh
from the States. He was full OF
fire and prayed for damnation of
the Germans and victory for the
Allies. The officers and enlisted
men with five overseas stripes and
five campaign stars listened patti
emily and they prayed for those
at home.
There were skirmishes and pa
trolls out all night and there were
casualties. In front OF the lOOth
Division, a minor attack to close a
salient developed. The Germans
were clearly discernible in the
bright moonlight and snow, and
their attacks ended in slaughter
One German was hit about &c
feet from in front of the Amer
leans. He screamed for an hour un-
til two of the soldiers, fresh from
the States, crawled out and brought
him back. One of the soldiers was
killed as he pushed the German
over the edge of an American fox
hole. 1t was a rough Christmas.
Evening star., 1945-12-25
Col. J.C. Swonk Spent
His Last Christmas,
1o43, in Holy Lond

One former member of The
Star staff, 1t. Col. John G.
Swank, a copy editor before en-
tering the Army, spent Christ
mas of 1943 at the Holy Manger
in Bethlehem.
Col. Swank was stationed at
Cairo, Egypt, at the time, at
tached to the diplomatic corps.
In the company OF several other
officers, he made the pilgrim
age to the Holy Land.
Col. Swank was a veteran of
the World War, in which he won
the Lorraine Cross for gallant
action in the battle of the Ar
gonne. In World War II he was
sent overseas in September, 1912.
Col. Swank came back from
Egypt in September, 1914. But he
never lived to See Christmas
Day.
Col. Swank died suddenly of a
heart attack on Christmas eve,
just a year ago, at his home in
Alexandria, Va.
Evening star., 1945-12-25

in Loiano, a typical shell-torn but
once beautiful country town. To-
Gated on the mountainside with but
one street, Highway IS, running
through it.
went to mass Christmas morn
ing with the local citizenry, and
the village priest gave the sermon
in Italian. I had my picture taken
beside a sign that read: Danger,
Road Under Heavy Shellfire, Keep
1000 Yard Interval" That night
lone Jerry plane "Bedcheck
Charlie" - came over and paid his
respects. He strafed and dropped
antipersonnel bombs-his way of
saying Merry Christmas" and our
ack-ack men put on a real old
fashioned Fourth Of July show for
him, and for us. That was Christ
mas, 1914.
Evening star., 1945-12-25

of Won Rundstedt to pierce or flank
the 1st Army lines.
I'VE had q wonderful Christmas
dinner that day." said Gen. Collins.
The big German drive had been
directed against "the hinge of the,
bulge" the Eupen- -Monschau-
Elsenborn line.
This line was held by the 5th
Corps commanded by 1t. Gen.
Leonard Gerow, with Gen. Huebner
who had been promoted from the
command Of the famous 1st Division
which then formed part of the corps
las deputy in command.
The worst fighting had taken place
three days before Christmas. The
German drive had been stopped and
the great tension was over. On
Christmas Day, however, there was
a belated attempt by the Germans,
to recover lost ground. The brunt
of the attack was taken by the 1st
and I'd Infantry Divisions.
Anxiety in Simpsons Area.
II remember last Christmas very
WELL" said Gen. Huebner." I took
occasion to visit all the command
posts of my old 1st Division and
renew old aquaintances. I recall
that at some of the command posts
they even had bowls of egg nog."
Christmas eve and Christmas Day
found Gen. Simpson, commander of
the 9Th Army which had been poised
for drive toward the Rhine at the
time Of the German break through,
waiting anxiously at his headquar-
ters at Maastrich, Holland.
The job of the 9Th Army, which
had been stripped of six divisions
to aid the 1st Army to the south,
was to defend at all costs the north
ern flank Of the 1st Army. Gen.
Simpson had five divisions left.
1T was doleful Christmas eve
and Christmas" Gen. Simpson, who
is on temporary duty in Washington,
said today.
To the south the 1st and Sd Armies
were fighting the terrible Battle Of
the Bulge" Gen. Simpson had
ordered his troops thoroughly dug
IN to meet an attack which might
come at any moment against his
weakened lines. The fog was too
heavy for reconnaissance which
would reveal enemy movements.
So the holiday season, says Gen.
Simpson, was just a time of con-
slant anxiety in which he recalls no
outstanding incident.
Evening star., 1945-12-25

My 1912 and 1943 Christmases
had been spent in Algiers. Christ
mas, 1943, was spent in a comman-
deered French apartment with q
tree unwittingly cut from a gov
eminent forest preserve and deco
rated with painted pine cones and
bottle cap candle holders.
We tried hard for merry Christ
mas that year and succeeded to q
far greater extent than we had
thought possible. Despite the fact
some cheap North African eau de
vie declined to burn when poured
over fruit cake and language diff
culties made caroling and converse
ton difficult, we managed to catch
a reflection of the Christmas spirit
We felt must pervade the States at
the time.
But Christmas 1914 was the real
McCoy-turkey, chestnut stuffing
oyster gravy, candied yams, hard
sauce, Virginia ham, eggnog, real
lights and ornaments and, best OF
all, ones own family with whom to
enjoy it.
Evening star., 1945-12-25

transferred from the 9Th Army to
the 7th Corps. On December %
Gen. Harmon arrived personally at
Gen. Collins headquarters at
Marche with the astounding in
telligence that one of his armored
cars had been knocked out by three
German tanks about two miles to
the north.
This meant that the Germans had
gotten a force of undetermined size
in the rear Of the 7th Corps. Gen
Collins ordered Gen. Harmon and
his division to move at once to take
the important road junction OF
Ciney.
Gen. Harmon got there ahead OF
the Germans, caught them in the
process of assembly and annihilated
their column. This apparently
cleared the rear.
Next. the extremely important
road junction Of Celles, Belgium
was In danger. A German success
there would have badly disrupted
1st Army communications and sup
ply lines.
On Christmas eve, Gen. Collins
and Gen. Harmon conferred in an
old Belgium chateau near Celles. As
result Of this conference, with
dense white fog swirling around the
turrets Of the old chateau, the corps
commander ordered the I'd Armored
to attack on Christmas morning.
Collins Toughest Decision"
but no sooner had the order been
issued than a staf1 oficer arrived
from 1st Army headquarters with
instructions that under no circum-
stances was anything to be done
to endanger the junction with Gen
Mathew Ridgeway's 18th Corps and
that If necessary the 7th Corps was
to fall back to be ready for the main
German attack At that time this
was expected to be toward Liege
from the general direction of Houfa-
laiSe.
TT was the toughest decision
had to make during the war" Gen
Collins said today.
Should I take a chance OF weak
ening the I'd Armored?"
II ordered Gen. Harmon to at
tack"
The division launched its attack
on Christmas morning. The actual
battle proved relatively easy. The
German column was practically an
initiated. This ended the last effort
Evening star., 1945-12-25


pie go to great expense to paint their
trees white but on Oahu natural
silver colored trees can be had from
the sugar cane fields. About three of
them clustered together and a few
paper seals pasted on the branches
do the trick.
All churches in Honolulu were
filed to capacity on Christmas Day.
Those who couldn't get in to town"
for the services could attend appro-
pirate ceremonies at their own bases.
It makes fellow feel kind of
warm inside to see Christmas tree
on q battleship. One day between
Christmas and New Year I expert
encsd that sensation. The one
saw was in the wardroom and I was
told there were two others on board.
The cookies and cakes you people
back here sent us meant a lot, too.
They didn't always arrive in the
best condition but a fellows thoughts
Evening star., 1945-12-25
Mrs. Sullivan Honored
By Catholic Sorority
By the Associated Press,


MADISON, Wis, Dec. 25.-Mrs.
Thomas F. Sullivan, Waterloo, Iowa,
whose five sons lost their lives on
the U. 8. S. Juneau of Guadalcanal
in November, 1912, has been award
ed the 1945 Theta Phi Alpha Siena
Medal, given annually to a Catholic
woman who has made a distinctive
contribution to Catholic life in the
United States, national headquar-
ters of the sorority announced yes
terday.
The award was established In
1887, the 25th anniversary of the
founding of Theta Phi Alpha, and
was called the Siena award in honor
of st. Catherine of Siena, patroness
of the group,