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SOUTH END REPORTERCapt. Lang Leads Yanks in Holding Foe 3 Days■ frs. Ruth Lan* was informed■ in a letter received Monday from her husband, Capt. Steve Lane, that he had received shrapnel wounds in both lees but was5 stitt with his outfit.Ration Timetable5 How 250 men of the 10th ar-i mored and 4th infantry division under the command of Capt. Steve Lang. 36. of 11732 Stewart. ■ beat cff attacks of two German panzer battalions during the Nazi drive against Luxembourg city, preventing for three days die Nazi capture of the town of Ber-dorf. was related in a press dispatch last week.A large number of enemy tanks destroyed and 350 Germans killed is the score that Capt. Lang's tanks, infantry and engineers piled up in their battle with the Nazis. The captain's losses were four killed. 20 wounded, one medium tank and four half-tracks. The Americans capped their epic stand by withdrawing under the I direction of Capt. Lang without the loss of a single man.Plant Booby Traps Before withdrawing, however, they booby trapped the town to 1 delay the enemy and permit the ! arrival of reiief forces to prevent a further German advance.The armored units under Lang entered Berdorf Dec. 18. where they joined elements of two companies of the 12th regiment. 4th infantry division. Ordered to ! hold the town at whatever cost, they drove off German columns 1 llie night of Dec. 19 by artillery fire. During the morning of the 21st the Germans attacked under a heavy artillery fire from three sides of the embattled Yanks and again were driven back. Three more attacks of the Germans were repulsed before Lang received orders to withdraw, which they did under cover of darkness.PROCESSED FOODS r— Blue stamps X5 thru Z5 and A2 thru I G2 (book 4* 10 points each, good j indefinitely.MEATS. CHEESE. FATS. CANNED MILK — Red stamps Q5 thru X5 (book 4 . 10 points each, good indefinitely.SUGAR—Sugar stamp 34 (book 4*. 5 pounds, good indefinitely.SHOES--Airplane sumps. 1. 2.3 (book 3. each good for one pair indefinitely.FUEL OIL—Coupons 4 and 5 • 1943- 44 period* good thru Aug. I 31; coupons 1 2. 3 1944- 45 period* good thru Aug. 31.GASOLINE — A14 coupons expire March 21: B5. B6. C5. and C6 coupons good until further notice.WASTE FATS — Each pound worth 2 red ration points and 4 i cents.Miss Fisher to SingTomorrow Over RadioShirley Fisher. 19. daughter ofMr. and Mrs. John Fisher. 11325 Yale, will sing a group of songs on the Italian Hour program : Thursday. Jan. II. 1 to 2 p.m., over station WGES. Her selections 1 will include They Call Me Mimi. j i from La Boheme; One Fine ; Day.” from Madame Butterfly,’ and When You Are Away,” by ' Victor Herbert.Roseland Theater WilliStart Midweek SerialStarted as PrivateCapt. Lang, who started out as a buck private, commands two platoons of tanks, two platoons of armored infantry, two undersized! :ompanies of foot infantry, and a squad of engineers. He was recommended for officers' candidate school by Gen. Patton at Fort Knox. Ky. He received his basic [.raining at Fort Benning. Ga. Capt. Lang has been overseas four raonths.He met his wife, the former Ruth Kartzke. at the Jackson Park hospital, where she was a lurse and he an undertaker's apprentice. They have a daughter. Ruth Elaine, six months old.Because of the popularity of lt;serial; on Fridays and Saturdays, the Roseland theater will soon \ present a serial every Tuesday, c Wednesday and Thursday, the a management announced yester- i day. The new midweek serial will j probably be the Black Arrow. a s dramatic story of Civil War days t and of Indians and Wild West t outlaws. ----* l rT HST. THERESE— OFST. ANTHOh— PRESEf
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Chicago South End Reporter
Chicago, Illinois, US
Wed, Jan 10, 1945
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