European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                              January 1945 stars and Middle East sheep Graze on Fantail of american destroyer the destroyer sent to Jidida to pick up King Ibn Saud was the first american Man o War Ever to enter that it was i Lokodi in to safety by a Barefoot Arab during his the Kin lived on Tho deck foreward of the fore gun his tent was pitched sloping from Tho a sheep pen was on Tho Fantail of the ship Over the the King offered to Send enough sheep to feed the entire Crew As his guests for the trip but Lack of accommodations prevented More being taken aboard than were no Cossart for the needs of he Royal the first night out of Ibn Sand had the entire officer complement of the As his guests at the banquet was in Arab while american officers squatting on fhe deck around the two movies were shown to the King the fighting Story of an american car and brought to a store of the Inave in the Saud seemed to enjoy both the arabian Royal party brought own Cooks and charcoal these of the party not entitled to Dine with tire King went to various Corners of the deck and there cooked their own meals Over Tho charcoal the usual blackout was not maintain the Kings servants were amazed to find below deck some Rinn negro Cooks and mess took a Good Deal of persuasion to convince them that these Navy men were not also the fact was not entirely cleared up a Viii when they made ready to depart from the Arab communications men on Board maintained Contact with Mecca every half hour during the entire rip to of the trip North the offensive Power of the american Vossel was demonstrated to King Ibn Saud who watched while a guns were fired and depth charges dropped famous Chapeau in Mediterranean setting Roosevelt meets Churchill continued from Page 1 an unprecedented Honor to the president was seen in the visit of incr Ibn Saud who departed from arabian for the first time in his life in order to meet Roose the president had flown to Egypt from Russia after motor ing Over Mountain roads Aloner the Black sea to Sevastopol and seeing scenes of Stark destruction wrought by the the route followed took the presidential party Over the nearly Century old Battlefield where my historic brigade made its famous charge i Tho crimean War of an Ginny at plane brought to Korynt from an air Field Noar Sevastopol whore lie was bid Farewell soviet foreign commissar accompanied by a gird of thu piano kit Tho president Down it a in the canal area and his party was in raid by Pii Ickney american minister o and Benjamin commanding general of they proceeded by car to a and thence aboard ii Navy Cruiser anchored in the great bitter Lake through which the Suez canal presidents daughter along members of the presidents party included his John Boettiger Harry presidential aide Roosevelt chief of staff vice Wilson his naval aide military aide vice Ross my the presidents physician and Stephen Secretary of the intr Karonka was the presidents first Bony piped aboard the Cruiser with full naval honors shortly after their talks took place before and during luncheon and1 touched on Many questions affecting egyptian american rela an official ment tuck Hassanin chief of Farouk Cabinet Leahy Boettiger and Harry Hookins attended the the intr returned to Cairo by air air communications discussed Ilu Ilc Selassie and of his staff came aboard lie Cruiser later the some a com by the Chi a piano bad been dispatched to Addis Ababa to bring the emperor to an american air Baso in the Vicinity of Cairo where he was housed As a guest of the before proceeding to the Suez Ca Nal to meet the speaking in the presi Dent and the Negus discussed improvements in particularly by Between the and Ethiopia and both expressed Hope of closer relations Between this two was Roosevelt took advantage of the Opportunity to thank the emperor in person for a sift and buildings which Ethiopia gave the for use As a legation in Addis Selassie was accorded full naval honors As the was escorted ashore when the colourful costumes most colourful of All the meet Ings was that Ibn Saud who aboard the following after noon amid ceremonies in a Hub dignified sweeping costumes of he arabian guests stood out in dramatic contrast to the Navy Blue of the ships american sailors inane if Cruiser stood at attention As i to arabian and his Narty a storied aboard the ship if i he accompaniment of Bugle Calls and the shrill notes of the Bosun they gathered arouiv1 curiously to observe the cotorfu1 costumes 01 the kinds Persona bodyguards and the arabian Monarch bad a veiled from Riyadh 800 Miles across Arabia by automobile to Jidida where he was picked up by a Xavy destroyer sent by the presi Dent to pick up his Royal pulsts members of Sands personal staff covered the foredeck of Tho Des Troyer with Rich Oriental rugs and Brou Trot gilded chairs for their Kines use during the Al thou pro a Cabin had Ibn Saud preferred to live out doors a tent was pitched on the King slept in it in food for the entire including live sheep was brought aboard at servers of ceremonial Coffee Ibn Sands contour acre numbered including his Prince Abdula his ponces Moham med Ibn and Emir Mansour Ibn Aziz Shaikh Abdullah Sulci minister of finance Shaikh Vii suf Deputy of foreign and Shaikh Hafiz minister to great in were the Kings communications an official two ser vers of ceremonial ten guards with sabers and daggers chosen from the principal arabian Cooks and matters of common concern Marine William now minister to saudi accompanied the Kin and acted As official interpreter at the conference with the Kins Ibn Saud came aboard be Anba Sandot to London win Aiu is shown with the president As they conferred in Alexandria prior to the meeting of the president with nazi evacuation of Italy hinted parties jabbed at Allied positions on the Senio River from Cougno a to n Point South of the Fen Zabolotna Highway As fifth army moving through heavy mists and continued Active along Tho whole stretch of the nazis on the eighth front near the Adriatic again employed a new rocket blasting at Allied position is Southeast of Alfon sino with projectiles weighing Over 100 pounds and Iriner at Tho rate of one a in the news paper Der Uttend reported that Adolf Hitler had ordered marshal Kesselring to evacuate Northern that withdrawal is in Murk com manding the 15th army said last Wetick a nazi withdrawal was Likely at any Royce gets stateside Post Washington Ralph Royce has appointed commanding general of Tho army air forces personnel distribution the former command ing general of succeeds la Short royces new command is now located at City hut it is shifted to it processes aah person Nel going to and overseas assignments and also operates aah convalescent before his recent return to Tho Vloyce commanded the 1st tactical air Force provisional end which operated in Tho Vosges mountains Region of Franco with the oth army commanding general of talks with John daughter of president on Board the presidential Cruiser in great bitter signal corps fore lunch and his talks with pre Roosevelt continued through luncheon and afterwards on the Cruiser according to an official announcement in the mid dle Tho discussions were in line with the presidents belief that Honda of governments Hie world Over should get us Opportunity permits and Exchange views in order the belter to understand one another prob lems and to discuss matters of common concern to the two coun 5outof8 overseas Washington Tho Mas Deputy chief of told a Senate military committee at a hearing on manpower controls that the army us five eighths three eighths in the of those in the five per cent Are including the wounded from ten per cent of the army is on special limited including the Sands visit was concluded after three Oclock in the afternoon and his party was transferred with full honors to the destroyer which then pulled the with the president and his party soon after Ward weighed Anchor and headed North through the Suez canal to in Alexandria the next Day Roosevelt received aboard in Alexandria Harbor prime minister Churchill and Stet ambassador Winant had earlier in the Day conferred the the meeting with Churchill had been arranged while they were at the Crimea a similar arrangement bad been made with of state Stettinius before he left the conference for Moscow to continue his talks with commissar Roosevelt had invited Winant to meet him in Alexandria in order to give the ambassador a firsthand report of the Crimea conference before the presidents return to continued from Page 1 jul Tiu Senate military affairs committee for in a radio sunday War Stimson said that we dare not delay longer in passing the Bill since deadly shortages arc looming before us u crisis is at lie praised the House the and the Senate lethargy on taking decisive Stimson asserted that in some important there was As much As a 90 per cent turnover of labor last the inevitable result of this failure of american democracy is now becoming apparent at this crisis of the he unbalanced picture Stimson radio address was soundly attacked by Omahoney of Wyoming who termed the broadcast an utterly unbalanced account of the Man poster our soldiers have not been let Down Liy the Home he citing figures showing that the has supplied the United nations with eight billion dollars Worth of War exclusive of i like to think that we alone of ail nations in the world Hayo done this Job on a free system by the voluntary acts of our said Eto yank turns Down Job As tax collector los Angeles two months ago Olive cd Grismer sent a Check to the internal Revenue collector Harry Westover As an instalment on her 1944 last week be got it Back with a declined with thanks note from Guarino some where in a Friend in los Angeles sent to a wrote letter in some became lodged Between the pages of the Magazine while in the mail sack so Here is your awol Westover accepted the Check with the notation no 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