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ASfjSte- ....» ... ■tinHEIKP.I, was ruisyl-years.time,cl mu s-ns he e big , part at be to the rhway cold ten at a -he e was'ayton ts de-hob-» rich num-1 Or-rrtownT,oqal Soldier Takes Part ......Tn Caplurc of 3 Cc mansIndustry, labor,Press to Ge Pvt.. Stanley Howard Leavy, sonis having his share of experiences with Allied troops in Italy, as an Associated Press story proves.Private Leavy enlisted in the Army on June 19, 1942 and entered the Paratroop division,. He received his bask training at Camp Wolters, Tex. and then transferred to Fort Benning, Ga„ prior to being sent overseas.The Associated Press account follows;WITH THE U.S. FliTH ARMY IN ITALY (Delayed)—Three little Heinies went to market and three little Heinies wished they hihd stayed at home. x-1The reason was that the maricet was in a town in no-man^-iand. The three had lined theirhelmets with grapes and melefis and one had two chickensr£d to this gun. They walked irferrily down theDunphy explained, “We'were onchecking oh any stray Heinies who' might be about. . Christensen said They made no trouble and we brought themw1NiiWASHINGTON CAP)—The ArmyilKgi^urs1:centive youid man:ne nextcorpiftg in the' oppKJSTfg'diree-fe Pvt. Charles Christensen, 15^5^North %Keeler Ave., Chicago, Pvt, CaTl Dunphy, 64 Sunshine Road;' Upper Darby, Pa* and Pvt. Stanley Leavy, 321 Rural Avenue, Williamsport, Pa.The three doughboys saw thewipr give industry, labor and the _£fess a detailed and confidential look into the war’s future next week so they may know precisely the military- job that lies ahead.Undersecretary of War Robert P.Patterson announced the two-day conference yesterday so the home front could get a complete outline i azin®‘, *i -v„d' ’ + KEW-Ti kie said publican platform my com; vice, wl nominee ranks.The Rlt; inee of ;ge: “1giving secrets s just Thurs-ig the • steps, bound'through no-man’s-land without their once trying to escape although atGermans first and quickly dodged one point w® bad to hide from aaround a corner.They waited until the Germans crossed to “their sfde of the street and then stepped out.Leavy said: “They were so surprised and frightened they just dropped their makeshift market baskets and held up their hands. Itwas a fast surrender.German patrol which was three times the size of ours. Evert so .they didn't attempt To yfell, but they knew what would .have1 hap-pened if they did.The prisoners were handed over to the Fifth Army Command yes-terday morning when the three doughboys returned.niof present military strategy and its probable cost in men and munitions. About 200 industrialists, labor leaders and editors will be invited to sit in on. the Army’3 secrets.Patterson told a news conference the meeting should “have a wholesome effect on war production and counteract any tendency . there might be to take it easy” _on the home front.Members of the combined labor victory committee have been asked to . send.. representaUvesv. ofwhich will be headed by President William Green of the A.F.L. and President Philip Murray of the C.I.O. A number of War Department contractors have been invited, along with the top officers and directors of the National Association of Manufacturers and the United States Chamber of Commerce.A--delegation -of .newspaper^pub-lishers and editors is being designated by the American Newspaper Publishers Association and the American Society of Newspaper Editor*.question WillNairnMSiAiMANSRffbnr-N at the S has arm bers of element In the Elizabet Lloyd, tMurphy music, t psr.Ylw Grigsby Hugh W Chang due ., to M«u ian ers and Miss Hi Miss M
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Gazette and Bulletin
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Sep 22, 1943
Page 8
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Delaware C.
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