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’We . ^ ,sible for 1.322 prisoners becausedenly the captain with me said, *what is. that French truck doing there?’I looked and yelled that it wasfull of Germans. Then two Krauts jumped us, mine wrestled me behind the truck but the captain broke away and escaped. Two more Germans hopped on me and stuck a gun in tny stomach.The captain got back to our lines and in a few minutes they (the Americans) began to fire at us so the Germans walked me to Demene where I found ten of my men Who had been at the road block. The Krauts had plenty of equipment hidden behind the grape vines and trees back there— three 155 mm guns, 88’s and trucksand horse-drawn vehicles.”HOT MILKTwo of the boys were wounded and a French woman brought them hot milk. Later, a French doctor and a French Red Cross nurse came with food and tookcare of them.They’d questioned me a littlejust after they took me. Now they took me to battalion headquarters and questioned me again. I sat there smoking and eating fruit while they tried to tet me to talk.Late that afternoon they called Ine back and questioned me again. I began to suspect that somethingwas cooking. Then that night they called me in a third time. That was the time the German major took me out and said he’d surrender if I’d make arrangements.They got a patriot, a German lieutenant and a woman nurse, placed them in a car and stuck a white and red flag on the vehicle. W6 got through a road block the Germans had set up and ran into the Maquis. The patriot exolained our mission and the Maquis took us to the Americans. I got out, fixed things up and we went to the battalion CO. He sent me backthey kept drifting -in all the nextday.Lt. Coggins received his reward though. They let him sleep all the next day before he went back to work.Gl ReleasePlan Aired3rd ARMY(Continued from Page 1)WASHINGTON. Sept. 11—Giving additional details of the Army’s plan for releasing troops following the defeat of Germany, War Department spokesmen over the weekend said that regardless of a man’s discharge priority standing, certain types of personnel will not be designated surplus as long as the war with Japan continues.Army News Service said tentative plans call for the weeding out of men eligible for release and sending them back to ’’surplus pools’’ in the United States as fast as shipping space will permit.But no man in a unit that remains in service my leave it until a qualified replacement is available, it was said, and therein, Army News Service pointed out, lies a possible stumbling block for many skilled technicians.’If military necessity should entail the immediate transfer of a unit to the Pacific, there may conceivably be no time for the men to apply for discharges,” a WD announcement said. But spokesmen said that consideration will be given to these men when they arrive in their new theater.The frank warning was given, too, that the majority of ships proceeding to Europe will continue on to the Pacific with troops and supplies. Very few ships will turn around and return to the States, it was bluntly stated. This, of course, will mean. ANS said, that return of all surplus men to the United States may take many months.THESE TWO LITTLE NUMBERS work at H. D. Hover’s fashionable Ciro’s in Hollywood. Hover put in a rumpus room”—complete with a boxing ring. When patrons start a brawl, the gals dish out the gloves and act as seconds. Between rounds, they administer to the contestants* needs. Their names, if you’re interested, are Betty Perkins (left) and Lydia Ramos. —(Acme Photo)Nazis in France CaptureSportsman Jock Whitneyeast and south side of the village.Reuter’s said the enemy tried to break through Allied lines between Hechtel and Helchteren but were hurled back with considerable losses to both sides.At the same time, nrr' , 'd patrols roared into Sainte Marie on the Schedt River.In Belgium, British elements hurled a second bridgehead across the Albert Canal at Gheel. whb'h is 12 miles northwest of the original crossing at Beerincen. It was said that enemy opposition at this point is most severe. Reuter’s said the Nazis were bringing up fresh troops from Denmark.Striking east along the coast from Ostend. Canadian infantrymen entered Zeebrugge withoutmeeting any opposition.South of Meuse between Namur and Liege, the Allies fought their way into the village of Nemille En Condroz, 10 miles east of Huv.The first American shells burst on German soil at the Ardennes Forest at 1900 hours Sunday, according to a frontline correspondent. Late tonight it was reported the American 1st Army spearhead had advanced to within 9 miles of%ie German border in its drivetoward Aachen.Verviers, 12 miles southeast of Liege and only 13 miles from the German border, was captured.In Brittany, Allied infantrymenwere fighting house-to-house in the outskirts of Brest. Today’s communique also said that the German commander at Lochrist has surrendered, but isolated enemy groups continued to resist in Arew. The Krauts still were holding out stubbornly on Crozon Peninsula which forms the southern shore of the Bay of Brest.Eight to DieHitler PlotLONDON, Sept. 11—The German Overseas News Agency reported today that the former mayor of Leipzig. Goerdler, and seven others accused of complicity in the recent plot to overthrow Hitler have been sentenced to death, according to Allied press dispatches.The Nazi agency added that Goerdeler was the leader of a party which intended to set up a dictatorship together with generals after the assassination of Hitler.’’Goerdeler negotiated with the enemy abroad about the plot and assassination,” the agency was quoted as saying.MAAF HEADQUARTERS, Sept. 11—Col. John Hay (Jock) Whitney,multi-millionaire sportsman now astaff officer of the MediterraneanAllied Air Forces, was captured bythe Germans in Southern France on Aug. 21, while on an Air Force assignment,, it was disclosed today. A Stars and Stripes frontlinecorrespondent reported from Southern France on August 23 that Col. Whitney was in a group with four other persons who were surrounded by German troops. Onemember .of the party, a French i officer, escaped. Reports on theincident indicated, the correspondent said, that the American frontline troops in the sector failed to warn the colonel and his companions that they were approaching the German lines.Colonel Whitney entered active service June 22. 1942. in the grade of captain. After attending a staff school, he was assigned to the 8th Fighter Command in England. In February. 1943, he was transferred to the 8th Air Force to become a oublic relations officer, a post he held until June 12, 1944. when he was transferred to MAAF.The 40-year-old colonel was married to Betty Cushing Roosevelt in February, 1942, and their home is at Manhasset, L. I. In peace time, he was widely known inracing circles for his expensive stables of champion thoroughbreds. He was also a polo enthusiast and a playboy who was frequently seen in New York cafe society.In Hollywood, he financed themovie ’’Gone With The Wind”while chairman of the board for Selznick Pictures. In addition to his other business activities, the colonel is president of the Museum of Modem Art in New York. He had inherited an estimated 100,-000,000 dollars from his father, the late Payne Whitney.OveStripesAre Now Approvedfrom all walks of life and from every state in the Union. Most of the noncoms attended army specialist training and other service schools. The cadre included one private who was bucking for his Doctor of Philosophy in civilian life. All but one of the negro officers with the line companies worked their way up through the ranks to the infantry OCS and they’ve been with this divisional unit since, it was activated on October 15, 1942.At that time they were at Camp Breckenridge, Ky., where they trained until moving to Fort Huachuca in the Arizona desert. Completing advanced training ;he 92nd Division left for the Louisiana maneuvers, and after the usual intensive training and staging they landed in Naples.Shortly thereafter they headed for the front. Although in the line facing the German, like any other division with training in the States, they’re comparatively untried, butonly because no large-scale fighting has occurred recently in their sector. Otherwise, the men are in excellent physical shape and according to their officers this plus their training and brand-new equipment gives them an edge on the enemy.IN WORLD WAR IThe medics in the' division are made up of negro doctors with the exception of two surgeons. High praise has already been rendered to the ’’forgotten man who is right up there—the enlisted medical personnel.In the last war the 92nd was activated as a national service division at Fort Riley, Kansas Tne division saw service with the AEF, especially in the Argonne. One regiment distinguished itself by remaining in the line ! hree months without relief. For this the regiment received a French citationj Before the 92nd moved into the line, Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, 5th Army commander, told the men and officers that they had anonporlunlty to cover themselveswith glory, fighting side by side with other Allied armies in Italy.BANGOR, Me. — Miss Carrie Hutchins, 83, of Bangor believes she has established some sort of record in making surgical dressings for the Red Cross. She began the work in the first World War and recently completed her 1,000,-000th dressing for use during the present war.Ovei’seas stripes for World War II are now making their first appearance in Italy. The stripes, a golden yellow bar for each full six months, of overseas service, are mounted on a khaki backgroundand will be issued through unitsupply officers.They are worn centered on theouter half of, and parallel to, the left sleeve of the garment. The lowest stripe must appear four inches above the end of the sleeve. When adding stripes they must be sewn parallel and abo1 other stripes and must be five-sixteenths of an inch aoart.These World War II overseas stripes are a quarter of an inch wide and one and three-eighthsinches long. They may be worn on OD or khaki shirts, blouse,field jacket and overcoat.The overseas stripe for the lastwar consisted of a gold ”V.Routed JapsFleeonRaftsIIKANDY. Ceylon, Sept. 11—The routed and harassed Japanese forces fighting in the Chindwin River sector of Burma have crossed the river and are regrouping their units in the jungles beyond the river which separates the Japs from the Allied armies.Allied aircraft continue to spread disaster among the broken Jap divisions as they hunt out and rain bombs on the camps where the Japs are frantically trying to reform. Down stream, the Japs who chose the river escape route are hurriedly sailing south on any craft available including steamers and makeshiftrafts.LILAWHUT PYO MEAN AY-YES-SO' HAIN’T CONTENTED ) BUT WIF YO’ NEW y-Zy MONEYPERFESSION 'WHICH Y CAIN'T BUY.IS SKONKSV— J EVERYTHINYO' IS MAKIN' ^FO' INSTANCEPLENTY O’ MONEYS (cucprr)-HAIN'T vYO'?JL SHIP---11AO’ COURSE TH'SKONKS IS VURRY COMPANIONABLE —B; T-SOMEHOW-THET r I AIN'T ENOUGH !AH YEARNS FO' TH'COMPANIONSHIP O' A . HOOMINWHEN AH FOUND .OUT THETNO 'OOMtN BE IN WOULD ASSOSHEEATE WIF ME,AH TURNED TOBEULAH Mc BUGLE —BUT ( G/J/L PO - EVENSHE RE------MEi-BUT, WHO'D MARRY UP ^WIF ANYONE IN MAH CONPlSHUNr-yBEIN\ONLYTHING FO' YO' T'DO IS GiTYO'SEL.F Awife rr* /DAISY MAE,THAS5q ______ MAE.THASSWHO, IS RlfcHT/r-BARNEY - W!LL YO'GIVE ME A WEEK OFF?AH AIMS T' FIND AN'MARRY UP wifDAISY MAE• *'.07.* IVB//■NCORN-CRAp-JO O-LAYSHUN(XE//R(W 1*44 fcf UfcTm. Eon V I(By Courtesy of United Features Syndicate, Inc.—Distributed by CNS)
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