European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Juine surplus your Bond contest to find out what the soldiers postwar plans Are is just but those of As that intend to go into cosiness Are More interested in the surplus colonial these bitter seeds fantastic lies about he had a Jong curled up during the Day and came Down at night his body was diseased and deformed in America he had to be kept in a he was a Bloodthirsty property at the present time we know nothing More than there is a Law giving a Veteran prefer ence on sales of surplus pro the government has been mail ing pamphlets to both Large and1 Small civilian business stat ing just what is for where and How to get it what s printed or Joes Benefit what we need More than anything else printed matter on the there is Only one Way that i think of this inf could reach every i in the the is through the stars and army surplus property for army personnel should be obtainable through the army by that i mean air Force property through he air radio and equip ment through the signal cars and jeeps through the transportation heavy Duy equipment through the the information s needed nov while we Are still m 12 there Are smiles the smiles of German people stand like a prostitute in sunday but one Basto observe More critically to notice the sneer in their pass shortage if someone has the welfare and morale of eat  do something to improve the notoriously bad furlough system operating Fot com z Headquarters and i now we should of discrimination and discord were planted not Only by Hitler and his is but also by american troops against coloured american troops in Belgium and now heres one for Ripley in Ger when a White american Soldier or officer tries to prejudice the mind of a German against a coloured american in sure the first thing that enters the germans mind isl perhaps we didst lose the War after elimination every time i Sec the the next in print i get More and More How about a drive against using that or Haven we had enough 21st for this headline from s s next War Jet planes termed i was greatly surprised to read an article in s pc s concerning William Lango introducing a Bill to get rid of Bel Bottom he made the statement that sailors just dont like where in the hell did he get this idea a Sailor  be a Sailor without the be just another what does he want to us into a zoot suit Navy the Navy is As old As we acc we w men or com z getting i no dispute but even com z men like to think that after a arduous pull they can take a in six or nine months the majority of pm in my outfit have not had or a two or three Day for periods ranging from a year and a half to Over two since Day we have been working at very High is x Bonus in see to it Bonus which would have been ours if we had been Al Lowed to reenlist when our last enlistment Many of these enlistments expired after the Selec Tive service act was passed and we were not allowed to 4280 free insurance Ucucu will suing at a Cir it physically and we Nee try if the folks at Home want to do a something for us that would be under the present furlough Why not stamp our Only one Man can be away from j government insurance paid up when the outfit at a to get that we Are pfc Frau Man a seven Day leave to the filing the application and awaiting approval of Headquarters it takes an average of six weeks one Man was gone 35 Days on a seven Day furlough because of san fued at this it will be two years before men at the Bottom of the outfits list receive a s s item stated that commencing a week or so after be Day the percentage for fur Lough or passes would increase to 15 our outfit just allows one Man per platoon to what is the Story if the army wants it that but it is unjust and in some cases bitter 834 laugh if Hitler is dead he must be laughing in his Soine of the sons of democracy who came Over Miles to destroy him and his doctrines of hate and discrimination Are still carrying on his policies of racial hate and Back in More than a few White officers and soldiers were very much upset every time they saw a White girl with a color de some of them tried to prejudice the English people against the coloured they used every trick they knew to get the people of England to discriminate against the negro they told Many Paris edition printed at the new Herald Tribune 21 Rue de Lor the armed forces under auspices of the information and Educa other editions London Nice Plung Stadt and new Yorac 205 42nd passed by the army and entered As second class March at the Post new under the act of March Voi so 104 ache pain beat this one wounded in a Tio with the a Back disability that cant be cured but told that i could not be discharged because if i i would go to work As a civilian and that would also cause my Back extra so Power barrel must have fallen in son of 6903 peace almost fatal to famed officer jeep threw Abrams of fourth 3 Days after be by James Cannon stars and stripes staff writer wit fourth june the third army was new in com Bat and the old Man talked to Cor respondents under the Trees of an Apple Orchard in the fourth armoured has an exceptionally aggressive Young officer named the old Man but this Type never lasts get but Creighton Abrams he lived through the but the peace almost killed three Days after be his jeep overturned and threw it was the first time he had been Hurt in the in he was hard and Cool and had great style and a sense of there was a purity in his anger and his hatred of the it was not the deliberate and roast ering toughness you detected in a lot of youth returns to his face eagles have replaced the Silver leaves and youth has come Back to his that was Pale and Haggard in he no longer shaves tils head but lets his hair grow to Toothbrush a lot of his officers Wear a few carry swagger Sticks he still wears you expected him to be uncomfortable at a running a com Bat command out of but you find him at ease and working hard at problems that must seem Petty after plotting the Relief of but he talks about his monotonous occupation chores with the same tenseness with which he discussed an action but soon the talk comes around and no one knows More about their Mission than the 30 year old colonel from in his the new Ford with the wide track and the combat command chief proved the old Man was wrong gun is the fastest tank in any army v Norcros country he Doest believe tanks be As important in the Chi As they were in the Road conditions prevent he he thinks it will be impossible for Supply trams to travel 100 Miles a Day Over bad did Over the High ways of have the 88 but tanks should be very festive against the he have one pretty Good tank a but don6 have the As far As i and if they have them at All they dont have them in the quantities the germans had in sure they dont have the Panzer Aust the Panzer Aust influenced tank tactics but they never stopped any push with it or influenced the outcome of a single asked what was the key to the great Success of his he chewed his Cigar and rubbed his Chin until you heard the hairs fire Power and ability to move it he and the fac i there is no first weapon in the the the artillery the there All when its that Way you have a Good hell is Atil Airfield in Iran jo300 stationed 1 Here by Andy Rooney stars and stripes staff writer june 7 somewhere Between Egypt and on the desert wastes of near this Little 300 american soldiers Are stationed at an Airfield where the temperature has risen As High As in the Shade and where ice cold american Beer is served to men working on the line every 30 when people Tell you to go to John of Chi this is where they Abadan is a Gas Stop for at planes flying Between Egypt and India or As the Geo graphical Back door to it served As the depot where Ameri can lend lease trucks and Materiel were turned Over to the the iranian government has asked All three Britain and the withdraw their military personnel from Iran now that the War is no american Soldier at Abadan feels a Trace of antipathy toward Iran for that really a hot spot last the temperature aver aged 119 in the Thermo Aso cause my a the doctor tells me i might As Well meter often registers j30 m the Tiche and pain in the army As be and this iranian hell discharged and ache and pain As a reputed to be one of toe hottest the Bottom of the Man spots in the is certainly the hottest army Barracks Are made with thick Brick a unique Cooling sys private Breger hey i dont think youre Gonna get a very Good Readin this time Tern consists of what is known As a desert air All win Dows Are covered with screens made of a native the Moss is kept wet by natives who throw water on the Moss wind blowing through the wet Moss screen is supposed to Cool the but the boys consider it a Cool night when the temperature in the bar Racks drops below in they Are ordered to sleep under Mosquito netting which makes it ten degrees the dispensary is the Only mechanically cooled build ing on the and that is kept at a temperature of about for heatstroke Vic Tims can get some there Are very few compensations for the men stationed at working hours Are from five in the morning until when every one knocks off for the it is impossible to work in the in order to keep the men working on planes from drying the station co has arranged to have a Beer truck make the rounds every half hour with cold Beer and coca cola Are plentiful at this forsaken doing nothing favorite recreation one group of at passengers walked into the transient Passen lobby and found a i who had been stationed at Abadan 30 months trying to convince three  arabs they should vote straight the Republican i they get that Way in out on the Fronc porch of the air with the temperature Well Over another two year Man sat idly on a what do you do Here for recreation a passenger asked the Lone Soldier that what in doing the Soldier said with a Glassy it managed to sneak off and come Over Here to have a Tittle fun watch ing the air planes come to and go i the passenger did not know he was intruding on the soldiers recreation period As there was special service officer directing the i town is off limits the dirty Little town of Abadan is just a mile or so but sol Diers cannot even get Comfort in knowing they could go to town of they wanted they would Abadan is off pilots starting from new York or the Midwest plan the trip so they hit Abadan about four in the morning because that is the coolest the next time you want to spit out an oath at the first ser just say go i Chiang Hopes to visit new june 13 Abc correspondent Lowell Thomas broadcast from chunking last night that Generalissimo Chiang Waishek had told him he hoped to visit the gis died in ship losses june 13 sinking or damage to ships Cost the lives of american soldiers in the War against Ger Many and it was disclosed nearly half were lost in the sinking of two British transports and More than 900 drowned when two american transports were Tori Pedoe and forty ships carrying american troops were hit by enemy torpedoes or 35 of were the covering the period from to May included losses that occurred in the european and Atlantic areas but did not in clude casualties suffered in Landi Ings or ship losses in the no More applications for s an staffs both the american forces Nev work and the stars and stripes recently carried notices in this newspaper asking experienced men and cop readers desiring trans Fer to these organizations to sub Mit r thousands of applicants have submitted their professional qualifications and it is impossible for an or stars and stripes answer Allau vacancies now Are further applications can be const selected personnel have been asked for through Churchill lists deaths june 13 minister Churchill told today that fatal casualties in gains armed forces from to april totalled the Navy Tost the army 552 and the Raf entertainment in Paris movies today Carrolls with Dennis okeefe and see my Olsen and Johnson and Grace Olympia Midnight Carrolls with Dennis and Constance stage shows a poppy no to of negro of Conw by with a London passing thru Prenest variety f Empire Tow French variety concerts palais de 8 miscellaneous 8taqe door Tawf at 1830 and dancing to partners methodist cd Dick 4 a wow Harmony a negro in spirituals at 303oihours 0w