Army leader hails British team play
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Tension over Tunisia mounting in Germany
Stockholm, Sweden (UP) –
The newspaper Allehanda reported from Berlin today that tension in Germany “is mounting hourly” regarding the outcome of the battle in Tunisia. The Berlin report said that “big events are believed imminent. The Germans were reported to be most curious regarding the morale and fighting ability of American troops which they have heretofore tended to deride.
German sources said that the North African battleground should prove of:
…historic importance since it provides a test of the quality of the new American soldier.
They asserted that the battle now underway:
…one day may perhaps be considered of equal importance with the Battle of Carthage.
Blood serums held reduce mortality
Chicago, Illinois (UP) –
RAdm. Ross McIntire, Surgeon General of the Navy, today attributed the “phenomenally low” mortality rate among wounded Marines on Guadalcanal to Red Cross blood serums, sulfa drugs and flying ambulances.
The death rate among wounded U.S. troops in the Guadalcanal fighting is 1%, he said, the lowest recorded in military history.
He said:
One of the principal factors in this phenomenal record is the improvements in treating the wounded on the field. Blood serums and sulfa drugs have helped immeasurably, and so has the practice of flying the wounded back to base hospitals after preliminary treatment.
The wounded are treated first for shock, the greatest single cause of military deaths, Adm. McIntire said.
He spoke at a meeting of secretaries and editors of state medical associations held annually by the American Medical Association.
Troops pick ‘sweetheart’
Reykjavík, Iceland – (Nov. 20, delayed)
Miss Ida Horowitz of New York was elected “Sweetheart of the Iceland Command” today in a contest conducted by the Army newspaper. She received 47% of the total vote.
U.S. manpower plan believed near solution
Spectators think President may scrap WMC, set up new agency
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Fires back at Zeroes –
General swims half-mile after Japs sink trawler
By Don Caswell, United Press staff writer
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