This is an original Jan 26, 1944 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.


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Vol. 4  No. 72  Wednesday, Jan. 26, 1944                             4 Pages

 

Appian Way Is Reported Cut by Allies — Advance Is Believed 1½ Miles From Main Rome-Naples Railway — Kesselring Moving Forces North to Meet Threat; Nazis Say Town 20 Mi. From Capital Has Fallen to Invaders

 

Invasion Coast Pounded For 20th Time in Month (Capt. John B. Stratford Jr., 2/Lt. Chester A. Vijali, Maj. Gerald Johnson, 2/Lt. Wallace G. Maxwell, 2/Lt. Albert Niemi, Lt. Col. Glen E. Duncan, Capt. Dewey Newhart, F/O Edward J. Downey, 1/Lt, Robert Knapp)

 

Reds Drive For Estonia; Enter Kerch - Hit Nazis From Armored Trains in North; Enemy Renews Vinnitsa Push

 

51 Japanese Aircraft Are Destroyed In Pacific Area - Rabaul, Wewak Hit Again; Enemy Destroyer Set Afire Off New Guinea

 

Conferees OK A $300 Bonus

 

Bennett Escapes, Gets the Story Out (Correspondent Lowell Bennett)

 

Gen. Alexander Directed Italian Landing Personally (Gen. Sir Harold Alexander)

 

New Casualty List

 

N.Y. World-Telegram Has Got Nothing on Us (Tommy Manville, Barbara Allison)

 

Coningham Named to Lead 'Invasion Force' of RAF (Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham)

 

American Gossip

 

Post-War Employment

 

Hash Marks (Lt. Bill Davidson)

 

Story Behind the Invasion Story — A Brilliant Maneuver Rich in Anecdote Is Reviewed (Lt. Col.
E. S. Adams, Capt. Fordyce Gorham, Clark Lee, Lt. Robert Stanley, Lt. Gordon Smith, Lt. Archie Boswell, Don Whitehead)

 

Hubert By Sgt. Dick Wingert

 

Airmen, MPs Beat Infantrymen in Team Match — 5 Straight Wins Highlight Card At the ‘Corner’ — Unpopular Decision Goes To Kozak; Molina Gets Another Victory (Pvt. Primitivo Molina, Pfc Herbie Williams, Pvt. Vince Kozak. Pvt. Nick Gugliardo and Pfc Ray Wyzykiewdcz, Pvt. Robert Spencer, Pvt. Jesse Chavez, Cpl. Robert Fertig, Pvt. Homer Molina, Pvt. Frank Brozowicz, Pvt. Nathan (Chief) Harjo, Sgt. Johnny Ruth, Sgt. Gordon Buckingham, Sgt. Marian (Pette) Corley, Pvt. Sam Hendley, Pvt. Ed Synowicz, Pvt. Jerome Cawley)

 

John P. Grier Dead (Race Horse)

 

New York Ring Body Rejects NBA Proposal (Sammy Angott and Beau Jack)

Wildcats Upset By Great Lakes — Anderson’s 26 Points Aid Bluejackets to Triumph, 46-36; Buckeyes Win (Nick Vodick, Bennie Schadler, Otto Graham, Jack Coleman)

 

Ohio State Swamps Chicago, 83—44 (Don Grate)

 

Cage Standings

 

Allie Stolz Stops Callura (Angelo Callura)

 

Jack Throws a ‘Lulu’ at Lulu (Beau Jack, Lulu Costantino)

 

24 Cage Contests Feature Giant Show at Barons Court

 

First Presentation Of Slocum Plaque To Branch Rickey

 

Six Marks Set In Ice Spree

 

Cage Results

 

Georgia Appeals Fine On Use of Ineligibles (Dr. W. D. Funkhouser)

 

Li’l Abner / By Al Capp

 

Sei, Star Fives To Vie for Lead In Depot Loop — Undefeated Cagemen Meet Sunday for First Time This Season / By Irv White (Pfc James M. Winiesky, Pfc James T. Whaley, Pvt. Pat Inglese, T/5 Robert Christman, T/Sgt. Charles Robinson, Pfc John D. Rousomanoff, Cpl. Horace Mamala, Pfc Louis S. Hawley, Pfc. Johnny “Lefty” Procovic, Pvt. Roman L. Pfeffer)

 

Irish, Dartmouth Elevens Scheduled to Meet Twice

 

Help Wanted—And Given  (S/SGT. Paul H. Argabright, Pvt Joseph Bauchner, Lt. James R. Bisbee, Robert Bittjcks, Sgt. Roy N. Bohen, S/Sgt. Robert Butler, Capt. Vinnie Canelli, S/Sgt. Burton Carters, Joseph Caruso, Anthony Caruso, Lt. Virginia Chrisman, ANC. ; Cpl. Thelma Clauss, Russell Cohen; Sgt. Lawrence H. Daidone; Lt. Elizabeth Dean, Paul DiMestico, Pvt. George Di Salvio, Maj. A. M. Eayton; Pvt. Charles English,  Pvt. Antonio Fatica,  2/Lt. Eleanor Freinberg, Pvt. Robert Heasley, Sgt. Dorothy R. Gisser, Capt. Carl W. Kungpe, T/Sgt. Albert E. Young, Sgt. M. F. Batt)

 

German Planes Sent from East May Hit Britain - Last Week's London Raids Said to Be First of Revenge Attacks

 

'Skirts,' Soldier Musical, Makes Its Bow in London

 

Sen. Van Nuys, Indiana, Dies in Washington (Sen. Frederick Van Nuys)

 

AFN Radio Program

 

It's Two Years Today for Some of Us — 50 Days After Pearl Harbor, First GI Reached U.K. / By Carl Larsen (Pfc Milburn Henke)

 

Air Finish Fight Is Sought in Italy (Maj. Gen. J. K. Cannon,

 

AFL Rejects Invitation To Attend Labor Talks

 

Army Lists U.S. Dead, Injured in Train Wreck (Lt. Clarke G. McCarthy, Lt. Thomas Carson, 2/Lt. Warren Dill, Cpl. Peter Martin, James C. Kidd, Richard Smith, Dan Lionidakis, Harvey Broxton. Gilliam Blackard, and Nanie Black, Vernon L. Gaffros, 2/Lt. David L. Stamper Sgt. Richard T. McGee)

 

P47’s Now in Italy

 

News From Home

Runoff Appears A Certainty in Louisiana Race - Song Writer Has a 30,000 Lead Over Candidate of Long's Old Machine (Jimmie H. Davis, Rep. Lewis L. Morgan, Earl K. Long, Huey Long, J. Emile Verret)

 

Banker’s Term Commuted (Gov. Andrew Schoeppel, Ronald Finney)

 

Shipping Line Indicted (Moore-McCormack Steamship Line)

 

Lockout-Strike Ends (Winchester Tannery Co.)

 

Red Skelton to Wed? (Muriel Morris, Columnist Louella Parsons)



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