The Stars and Stripes – London 1944 08 08 (PDF)

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Vol. 4 No. 238 – Tuesday, August 8, 1944
Articles’ Headlines: … Monument to a General ( Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair ) ….. Nazis Drive to Cut Off U.S. Spearheads – Panzers Push for Sea; Yank Columns Stabbing East; Closing on Ports ….. Gobs, Reporters Escape Death In Nazi Ambush – Shore Party, 4 Writers Rescued by Tanks After Officer’s Dash for Aid / By Bud Kane ….. Marauders Hit Brest Harbor ….. Strike in Philly Ends, Service Again Is Normal ….. U.S. Heavies Aid Russians Near Silesia – Bomb Oil Plants 100 Miles From Front; Rail Link Taken Below Lwow ….. The War Today ….. DeWitt Is Named To McNair’s Post ( Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt ) ….. Jap Council Chief Dies ( Yoshimicha Hara ) ….. 7-1/2 hr. Gonorrhea Cure By Penicillin Disclosed ….. Gen. Walker Is Killed Leading Yank Assault ( Brig. Gen. Nelson M. Walker ) ….. Triple Trouble for the Cook ….. Paris Bound ….. Forbidden Fruit ….. A Worthy Cause ….. Hash Marks ….. The Spirit of France Is Heard As Rennes Sings the Anthem / By G. K. Hodenfield ….. This is The Army ….. Notes from the Air Force ….. Straight From the Front / By Ernie Pyle ….. Army Poets – Men of the Ninth / By Pfc. W. L. Diddams. ….. PRIVATE BREGER / By Dave Breger ….. Browns Widen Margin; Yanks Slap A’s 6-1,1-0 ….. Star at Short ( Eddie Miller ) / By Pap ….. Sammy Byrd’s 208 Captures Michigan Open Golf Tourney ….. Beverly Hills Play Won by Byron Nelson ….. Sports Sidelights ….. Help Wanted–And Given ….. Minor League Results ….. Twilight Tear Faces 2 Tests ….. Frnka, Tulsa Mentor, Named to All-Star Staff ….. HOW THEY STAND ….. Seahawk Streak Ended ….. No Time for Sports ( Goebbels bans all sports events. ) ….. Cardinals Edge Redlegs, 5-4 – Pittsburgh Cuts Cub String With Double Victory – Giants Split With Phillies; Bums in Cellar Again As Braves Win 2 ….. Talbert Topples Segura In Cleveland Net Match ….. Li’L Abner / By Al Capp ….. Japs Say Yanks Hit Philippines ….. Name Griswold Fighter Chief ( Brig. Gen. Francis H. Griswold ) ….. 3 Bars in the Family; Who Wears the Pants? ( Capt. Helen Grote and 2/Lt. Charles Sheeran ) ….. Hint Bulgaria Seeks a Peace ….. Security Confab Postponed ….. NEWS FROM HOME – 26 Are Injured As Crack Train Jumps Tracks – Olympian Breaks in Half In Minnesota; 20 Hurt Near Taunton, Mass. ….. A Healthy Mechanism ….. Ex-Presidential Guard Dies ( Col. Edmund W. Starling ) ….. New Philippines President ( Sergio Osmena ) ….. Denver Landmarks Go ( Wazee Street ) ….. British Press Hails Lightning Stab by Yanks – London Editorials Call Americans Past Masters Of the Blitzkrieg ….. Radio Highlights ….. Terry & The Pirates / Milton Caniff