This is an original March 29, 1945 issue of Stars and Stripes London Edition from the Archives of Wartime Press.  We are releasing for sale some of our newspapers from our private holdings.

VOL. 5 No. 125          Thursday, March 29, 1945                           8 Pages

Article headlines in this issue are:

 

Tanks Cut Deeper Into Reich

1st, 3rd Armor Nears Link-Up; Fight For Frankfurt, Mannheim

900 Heavies Hit Berlin, Hanover Plants

Ships, Planes Hit Ryukyus

Russians Take Gdynia; Only 12 Mi. from Austria

Yanks Ashore On Cebu Island

Demonstrate in Vienna

Vignettes of War — Mopping Up Operations (84th Inf. Div., Sgt. J. D. Medders)

Report Kesselring Said No (Gen. Blaskowitz)

See Argentina ‘Friendly’ Now (Gen. Edelmiro Farrell)

New ‘Gen. Chaffee’ Tank In Use on West Front (Maj. Gen Adna R. Chaffee)

The B Bag Blow It Out Here

GI Constituent’s Views

‘Winged’ Hindrance

Eager Seabees

Hash Marks

Hubert / By Sgt. Dick Wingert

Outboxes the Switchbox — B29 Gadgets Go Haywire, Pilot Socks Them Sane / By Ernie Pyle

Dorothy Thompson Says They Did

Did U.S., Britain Err By Ignoring Exiles in Plans to Run Germany? / By Peter Lisagor

Manpower Bill Gives Byrnes A Big Stick / By William R. Spear

American Forces Network

Slow Murder By a Sadist — Wounded Doughs Starved In Filthy Nazi Hospital / By Ed Lawrence

German Mayor of Aachen Shot; Crashed Nazi Airmen Suspected (Franz Oppenhof)

Help Wanted—And Given

Li’l Abner / By Al Capp

Oklahoma Ags Cop NCAA Title — Kurland Stars for Victors In 49-45 Nod Over NYU / By Jay Barnes

Leafs Subdue Canucks, 4-3; Bruins Lose

Red Wings’ Surge Nips Boston, 3-2

Bears Gain Finals In Minor Series

Diamond Preview — Bosox Roister One Big: Headache for Cronin / By Charlie Slocum

Revisions Made In Hoop Code

Ring Scoring System Modified for N.Y. Bouts

Galan, Owen to Join Dodgers; Hart Lost

Policeman’s Lot Is lot a Happy One As the Beat Pounds Him

Around the 48 Yesterday

Miners Take Strike Vote As Ickes Pleads Peace

Navy Cuts Building Program

British Officials Talk Food (Capt. Oliver Lyttelton)

They Found a Home

Sub Albacore Lost (USS Albacore)

Byrnes Insists the Curfew Stays

Arms 58% of Lend-Lease

Death Rattle

French Get U.S. Cargo Ships

Quints Born Die (Mrs. Ada Turner)

FDR Urges Senate to Approve Manpower Bill

Feed ’Em, They’ll Fight (Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey)

Coyote Hunt Raises Howl (Rep. Max Schwabe)

Two of a Kind (Pvts. Verle and Virgil Lubberden)

Mississippi Flood Is Held

House to Probe Yet Hospitals (Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines)

Correction, Please—Not Yet — Snafu Sends Home Front Cheering ‘War Is Over’

United Nations Jurists To Plan a World Court

Arnold Says All Hands Needed Against Japan

Expect Stiff German Fight for the Ruhr

Nazis Flee Berlin

Terry and the Pirates / By Milton Caniff`

 

****************************  Tomorrow Insert ******************************

 

America’s War Stand. . . A Guide For World Peace? / By Robert Iglehart

Victory Tune May Be Sour Note for ‘Big lnchers’

Hepcats and Bookworms / By Joseph Wechsberg

After War It Will Be Moving Day For GIs Who Got Wanderlust in Khaki / By Michael Seaman

Nation Divided on Military Training

Veterans’ Postwar Notebook — Discharge Check List

World War-toons

The GI Huddle

Socialistic Act (Sgt. R. Greengard, Eng.)

The Bonus Question

‘Citizen Army’ (Wm. D. Neale, Capt. FA.)

Eight More (Sgt. L. J. Martinek)

World Cooperation

World Police (T/4 Sidney Fox, Med. Bn.)

From Ageing Hands (Pvt. R. Joe Botsford, AAA.)

Think Twice (Sgt. B. Bellush, Ord. Co.)

‘We Suggest. . .’ (T/Sgt. Joseph E. Sweeney and T/Sgt. William J. Conners)

The U.S. Press

Main Street the World Over / By Igor Cassini

“Tomorrow the World” Grounded / By John R. Fischetti

ACS Men Link U.S. and Allies To War Fronts (1/Lt. Charles J. Hartley, T/Sgts. Leroy C. Massey, Donald L. Eckhardt, Vernon R. Dean, S/Sgt. Andrew F. Macauley, T/3 James W. Hukle, T/4 Joseph D. Andrews, T/5s Jack H. Jacobsen, E. Reed, David P. Corson, and Pfc Jared J. Nelson)

It’s a Good Thing: They’re Not All Twins’-The Old Man (56th Thunderbolt Group, Maj. John B. Wells, S/Sgt. Willie R. and Pvt. George R. Kelly, Sgt. Elmer F. and Cpl. Kenneth W. Stouffer, 1 /Lt. Clem and Cpl. Chester Omichinski, S/Sgt. Louis C. and Pvt. Joseph K. Matta, and S/Sgt. Bronislaw and Pfc Walter Sokolowski

3 Com Z Negro Units Given Merit Plaques (552nd Port Company, Capt. Clinton Freeman, 703rd Medical Sanitary Company, Capt. Paul E. Johnson, and 3896th Quartermaster Gasoline Supply Company, 1/Lt. E. A. Armstrong)

Bald Spots in Their Victory Program (Sgt. William Bowman, Pfc Edward Keenan, Pfc Sam Miller, Cpl. Roy Bru, Maj. Lawrence G. Treece and Cpl. Gerald Bromhead)

Fort, Mustang Fliers Win DSC (95th BOMB GROUP, 1/Lt. Charles T. Jones)

SPAMLAND SHAVINGS / By Sid Schapiro (1/Sgt. Clifton B. Devoe, 93rd Bomb Group, Pfc Harold V. McFarland, CAPT. Joseph G. Walton, Pfc Charles W. Harrell, Cpl. Leon Z. Dickman, Pvt. Henry L. Dickman, Col. John M. McCulloch, Sgt. William Bodayle, 1/Lt. Arthur C. Cundy, S/Sgt. Calvin C. Gehl, Col. William A. Gayle, Pfc Elisha Adams, F/O Joseph
A. George, F/O Joseph R. Coker, S/Sgt. Donald K. Kopet, Capt. John R. Kopet, 2/Lt. Mary A. Andrews, Sgt. William O. Youse and Lt. Col. John D. Landers)

Warned Mates Before Leap (7th Photo Reconnaissance Group, Capt. Robert J. Dixon)

‘Look, Cleopatra!’ (M/Sgt. George F. Fields and 1/Sgt. Cleopatra V. Daniels)


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