Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 July 1944 — Page 5

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of Stream Homeward; French Praised.

By JAMES MeGLINCY |

United Press Staff Correspondent

fidence to the Freneh—to. convince

= them / that President Roosevelt

t what he said when he that democracy would be tored. In that line the French lice were assured that they had the—right to arrest anybody—in-

“cluding American soldiers — who

violated France's Napoleonic code or ~ local laws. © Attempts were also made to curb the wild west frontiér town spirit

* which permeated Cherbourg during = the early occupation stages when

. trigger-happy soldiers were firing

at the slightest noise or move, From now on, explanation will be demanded for every shot fired. The officét said that the condition of Cherbourg had been about

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pound package to one with over 100 letters with it. “Of course these men with a favorite girl really rate. oh esierday we sent out a package of 75, all from

the uvérseas re pouch Jas’ been and it will

.|be at their home address during their overseas furlough or leave, the mail is sent there. Otherwise it is forwarded to their next rest

or reassignment center.

kin. a day. makes the soldier happy.”

what the army expected, but not as bad as some had feared. He said that there had been far fewer booby traps than had been. anticipated,

particularly in the port area. The Germans did a bad job in their effort to destroy the water system which is all-important for sanitation and hospitals. They cut two mains but left the filter plant untouched. Electricity was still cut off today due to the fact that owsrlines run

still in German hands,

to feed itself indefinitely.

different editor. The old editor

“too close to the Germans.” of

catch

camp “It keeps us busy,” said Cpl. Lar“We handle about 2500 pieces But then it is mail that

from Caen via St. Lo, which was

Cherbourg had enough food to ilast for a month without help from although there were plenty of mines, the army. Moves were being made to arrange for fishermen to resume operating off the coast, which au-

thorities said would enable the city The local newspaper — Cherbourg Eclair—is ‘being re-issued tomorrow under a different name and by a/the Far East, so we are working

- On: Treasures in War Zones.

By MARSHALL M¢NEIL Scripps-Howard Statt Writer WASHINGTON, July 6~—~Amid the waste of: war, an American commission of experts is helping preserve the artistic monuments and works of art in the battle

the peace conference on what art

them to their rightful owners. Already the commission’s work has helped preserve art treasures in Italy. Monte Cassino Abbey would be standing intact today if

Germans had not used it as a strong point from which to aim their fire on our soldiers. Rome's religious monuments were spared by our airmen, and even the Germans did not scorch the city. 4-' As our armies move into the Normandy peninsula, they are accompanied by arts and monuments officers, trained at the school for military government at Charlottes ville, Va., and equipped with maps and atlases showing the art treasures that should be preserved from our gunfire, if possible. Established Year Ago

The ‘agency, khown as the American commission for the protection and salvage of armistice and historic monuments in war areas, was established by the President about a year ago at the suggestion of Chief Justice Stone of the Supreme Court. Associate Justice Roberts is chairman of the group and David E. Finley, head of tite National Gallery of Art here, is the vice chairman. Mr. Pinley said it was the American commission which had furnished maps of Rome, giving the locations of art treasures and historic monuments there, ‘Other maps of France, Denmark and Belgium have been furnished our armies and “The army,” Mr. Finley said, “is calling for even more of this information and lists of works of art in

on that... . These maps and docu-

Sentimental Lilli Marlene; Sweetheart Song

Trained "Gommiiesion Checks

“this war was not going to be the

' lofficial recognition in the camps

areas, and it is preparing to advise

IS TIMES

Of Both Allies, Nazis, Has Come to u. Si

". By NEA Service LONDON, , July 8.—It begins to look more and more” as though the “Tipperary” and “Over There” of!

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‘Honor | Flight ”

for hed _ Nurse - Killed | ol ; & 2% ’ rE | A on Service. | ! i“ Tribute will be paid Sunday #0 the late Lt. Ruth M, Gardiner, Indie anapolis army flight nurse who was killed in service, when the official dedication of the army's Gardiner - | general hospital is Keld in Chicago, . “A portrait of Lt. Gardiner, after _|{ whom the hospital is named, will be unveiled as a feature of the cere

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product of a British or American | tunesmith, but of a... After nearly three years of un-

and foxholes of the allied armies, ‘Lilli Marlene™ recently was‘ pub lished in England. Less than a month after publication, daily sales hit the phenomenal figure of 4000 and the song now is heing tried out |% on the radio in the United States. Almost’ every one has heard one! or another version of this senti-

treasures the Germans have stolen so efforts can be made to restore

mental. soldier's song about the Girl-Hé-Left-Behind, Who-Lingers-in-His-Frontline-Dreams. It was

monies.. The portrait‘was executed by Edmund Giesbert of Chicago,

Killed on Mission

jinstant hit. -It ‘was such a huge

first published in Berlin in 1941, . Instant Hit Lani Anderson, blond Swedish| songstress who is said to. have been! : a close friend of Hitler, made a re-| } cording of the tune which was an!

Sister of Mrs. Constance Smith, 25 N. Arsenal ‘ave. Lt. Gardiner was killed July 27, 1943, just 10 miles northwest of Naknek, Alaska, while on a mission for the evacuation of patients, by..air transport. Beginning at 2:30 p. m. the proe gram will include speeches by Brig, Gen, Fred W. Rankin, army medi cal corps, representing the surgeon general, ‘and Col. ' Florence A, Blanchfield, superintendent of the army nurse corps. They will speak on women and their contribution ta war medicine, Music will be proe vided by the 344th army service forces band at Ft. Sheridan, IIL

success, in fact, that the Nazis tried to soft-padal the song be-] cause it was hogging so much radio, time. But it was. no use, “Lilli Marlene” (which is pronounced “Lily Marlane”) was just the right] sentimental, nostalgic note strike a responsive chord in the homesick heart of every ‘fighting man on any front. The British] 8th army picked up the song from| the German radio and from Get-|

man and Italian prisoners Sapmred, “A song is a funny thing” says Equally important was the prob-

during ‘the Libyan campaign. Philli i They immediately substituted | | Jimmy p,- president of Peter|lem of lyrics which would exactly

| Li hold recapture the nostalgic, sentimental Seis own words and dozens Gt Mae ape ee “ . ol pb nh of the an original. ' LONDON, July 6 «U. P.).—GerMoi German ana “ltalian - ike a disease. Te catch it and you| 10° Tesult, and the official Eng- man Foreign Minister Joachim von across North Africa. Such was can't get rid of it. When I first| ion Version of the song, starts i [hs Londan dere the song’s appealing, sentimental heard ‘Lilli Marlene,’ I thought it|.. tist and another, it may be, his quality that almost none of the | was a nice tune, but I certainly Underneath wl lantern by the| ite. substituted lyrics ‘were bawdy—an never thought I'd publish it. But Darling, I remember the way you/| ~The Londoner’s diary of the Eves almost unprecedented fact in army| | finally so many people asked for it used to wait. a : {that I had no choice.” a hi I standard told the story today ‘When the tune got back to| Publication wasn't easy. There] tenderly you Pex {of how Ribbentrop became ill dure Britain, no music publisher would was the question, first of all, of] That you lovd me, you'd: always | "6 the last month of his ambassa~ touch it with a 10-foot pole. It!copyright. That was solved by pay- | be |dcrship here and was advised by was, they reasonéd, an enemy song. |ing reproduction rights to the Pub- | pry Lilli of the lamplight, his physician to see a dentist. The But as the song began to be sung— lic custodian, who will hold the My own Lilli Marlene.” dentist told him his back’ teeth unpublished though it was—more ‘money for the German copyright; were infected. and more people began to demand owners until there can be a post-| “Take them all out at on Ribikntrop said:

the music and lyrics. {war settlement. The dentist pointed out that a

damage, s0 far as possible, by our ling the work of his + agency, “there | {furnishing maps and trained per-|wholesale extraction might be fatal bombers and by our army in its is nearby the great cathedral of sonnel to the army, can be even!to the ambassador, and agreed to advance through the territory in| Chartres, one of the great Jmonu- partly instrumental in saving this | remove only a few back teeth. question, | ments of France, whose destruction great cathedral, the money required] ‘Another dental surgeon was sume “If our ‘army passes through would be a calamity. . {to operate this commission next|moned and his fee was $26. Ribe

The cover illustration for the sheet music. of win Marlene” captures |

the spirit of the haunting melody. RIBBENTROP OWES LONDON DENTIST

ments , , . are designed fo prevent

Paris,” Finley continued, explain-! “If this commission,’ “through | year will be well spent.” bentrop still owes him.

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