LOOTING REDUCED
ALLIED ARMY SUPPLIES TRUCKS NOW GUARDED U.S. DRIVERS BRIBED (10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. The pilfering of army supplies in northern France is being reduced following the use of methods which have been found successful in other areas said Brigadier-General Joseph Dillon, Provost Marshal-General in North Africa, Italy and southern France. General Dillon said the only way to prevent looting was to place armed guards around trucks with orders to shoot. Racketeers in France and Italy sometimes paid army truck drivers 30,000 dollars monthly for diverting a truck-load of supplies daily. There were numerous pitched battles on the highways between Italian gangs and soldiers, but after 22 Italians were killed in six weeks the situation was brought under control. General Dillon said he regretted that a substantial number of Americans had succumbed to temptation. Some soldiers earning 50 dollars were sending 1000 dollars weekly to the United States and were thereby trapped.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21604, 5 January 1945, Page 3
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