Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-03-04 | Page 1 | Money Means Little at Anzio So Soldiers Send Pay Home

Money Means Lif Little tle at Anzio V V So Soldiers Send Pay Home ANZIO BEACHHEAD AD Italy March 4 UP-T UP This UP-This beachhead With Wilh its h heavy fighting may maybe maybe maybo be bo a little short on entertainment entertain entertain- ment facilities but it Is saving the American soldiers here a alot alot lot lol of or money One of the finance officers Captain Frederick H H. Dictz Hackettstown N. N J. J estimated that U. U S. S soldiers were sending send send- ing an average of or 70 per cent of C their army pay to their fam- fam mc During the two months I U before coming here their average average average aver aver- aver aver- age was 30 per cent V DIetz explained that the c in increase increase increase in- in crease was due to the lack of opportunities to buy things On the beachhead theres there's just absolutely nothing to spend money on ont he said Bald There arc no stores no no peddlers no Italian resta restaurants uran And the doughboys have difficulty difficulty difficulty culty trying to play cards Dietz Diets said noting Its hard to play poker Into in to foxholes N V i