European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 28 1945 the stars and stripes to changes plan in transporting men taking Swiss tour special to the stars and stripes Caserta sept 27 due to the coming season of inclement weather and in order to insure the continuation of the popular Swiss Tours special service Section Tousa announces a new setup in the transportation to Milan previously units from Southern Italy flew All i tourists to Milan where they boarded trains for Switzerland bad weather grounded Many of the flights in the last few weeks and resulted in a backlog for All Swiss Tours the c703 special service Tours and transportation battalion is running a bus service to Florence men Lea Yin from Naples take a bus in the Aiu noon and arrive at the u s army rest Center in Rome in time for dinner the next morning they leave the rest Center at 8 Oclock for Florence leaving from Rome for the Swiss tour leave at the same time the lunch then Grosseto at noon for lunch then continues the trip at i Oclock from to 4 Oclock there is a Brief rest period in Siena the bus arrives in Florence at six Oclock tourists have dinner and Beard a special train at 8 Oclock they travel All night and arrive in Milan at the next morning in Milan they Are processed and leave for Switzerland the next Day Blue devils get Croix de Guerre Wainwrigh gets big Hometown Welcome new York sept 27 cans general Jonathan m Wainwright the hero of Corregidor was Hon ored yesterday at a Homecoming Celebration h i c h Skaneateles general Paul Doyen commanding general of the French in corps is shown above congratulating Brig Gen James Fry commanding general of the 88th division after the Blue devils had been awarded the Croix de Guerre for their work with the French corps in the 1944 Spring offensive toward Rome the ceremony was staged in Nice troops representing All units of the 88th division were flown to France Lor the ceremony 88th div photo by sgt Zink Harry Truman fares tells them reserves Washington sept 27 s Truman colonel the general Lead a two mile Long Field artillery did the commander in chief of the u s armed forces sign himself in an Appeal to All service men to join the army organized Reserve corps the corps is seeking Between and officers and or More enlisted men army officers and men Are beginning to receive a fou Page pamphlet outlining the country need for a Reserve and the Parade of patriotic units and then joined Secretary of War Robert p Patterson in the reviewing stand an estimated persons saw the Parade in speeches at a dinner Patter son and general Wainwright urged u s preparedness Patterson recommended that the u s maintain sufficient armed Power to guar Antee the and general Wainwright said we shall be false to our Trust if we refuse to keep America earlier in the Day general Wain Wright told the Syracuse kiwanis club that he favored the peacetime draft the general who said that he did not think voluntary enlist ment would Supply All the men needed for occupational duty emphasized that he favored selective service rather than a draft Universal britons offer food rations for Europe London sept 27 ins britons have offered to take ration cuts to prevent fam Ine in Europe following two appeals by Eleanor Rathbone and others it was Learned today about names were received after the first letter and another responded to the Appeal made last week for the vets turning Down insurance bargains guaranteed by u s by set rat Reynolds staff correspondent new York sept expected a couple of years in the army have dulled the Money sense of a lot of veterans the biggest proof of this was pointed out today by government life insurance men who Are having difficult time convincing veterans that they should convert their army insurance into j civilian policies any insurance Man in private or government positions will agree that the government policies Are i the biggest bargain in the country but the fact remains that out of the service men and women i discharged before aug 1 this year i Only about one out of every has i converted his or her policy i in the last four years Uncle Sam has underwritten life insurance with a face value i of nearly 137 billion liars Pri irate companies have lost 17 or 18 i million Yonne men and women Cus Lomers in the age bracket in which most insurance is purchased with the government offering Lightyear term insurance for the unheard of rate of 71 cents a month i private insurance companies have realized the hopelessness of com petition but according to the veterans administration too Many veterans Are Lazy while in the army the i Doest have to think about insurance so Long As Hes signed up his premiums Are automatically de ducted from his pay Check As a civilian however veterans must bother to make their own payments and it seems that that too mucin of an Effort veterans dads were much More insurance conscious of the policies issued in the last War with a face value of nearly five billion dollars nearly half were kept in Force and the government to slate has paid nearly two and one half billion dollars in claims for these policies benefits open to those who will f00d parcels of Veteran Loans go largely for Homes Washington sept 27 ans the veterans administration disclosed today it has received More than applications for Loans since nov 1944 and of that total have been granted for the Purchase of Homes four Hundred and forty one Loans have been allowed for buying farms and for business while applications have been turned Down the Agency said requests for business Loans varied in character to such extremes As that of James l Lightner of los gatos formerly of the 7th infantry division at fort Ord who borrowed Money to buy a grand piano and is now giving music lessons join it on the front Page colonel Truman writes to All servicemen our country which you have served so Well needs your continued patriotic sup or stowaway returned of Post in Hawaii Hamilton Field sept 27 ans pvt Richard Stilson of North Sanford n who stowed away aboard a Home bound c54 spymaster at Hickam held Hawaii july 17 was returned today with out getting to see his girl Friend a three Day pass in his pocket Stilson had slipped aboard a plane carrying three brigadier generals and 20 colonels posing As an Assis Tant flight Engineer discovered shortly after the Takeoff he said he intended to spend his pass visit ing his girl a civil service employee at Mather Field Sacramento and return to Hawaii the same Way instead Stilson was greeted Here by maps and spent nine Days in the of nor guardhouse no charges were Cost collars Ana com 1 prised land buildings and other property acquired by the Navy for War production use by contractors Hensel said there Are 58 other government owned plants costing i dollars which will be declared surplus they have port in the organized Reserve corps when you leave the service i am personally interested that As an enlisted Man you enlist in the reserves or that As an officer you accept a new commission in the officers Reserve corps in so do ing you will contribute to the future Security of our country in the president came out of world War i with the rank of Captain he stayed in the officers Reserve and became a colonel a Large number of soldiers some in Germany have also offered to take ration cuts Point ing out the waste or food in the army be officers visit yet retains old Job under court order Boston sept 27 ans a discharged Lowell Soldier won his former Job Back today under terms of a consent decree entered in Federal court before to Valley air Ace gets highest medal 126 plants shipyards marked surplus by Navy Washington sept 27 ans Navy yesterday declared 126 Industrial plants and shipyards sur plus and turned them Over to the surplus property administration assistant Secretary of the Navy h Struve Hensel said the facilities Washington sept 27 ans War department announced today the posthumous award of the medal of Honor to 1st it Raymond l Knight of Houston whose daring and self sacrifice accounted for the destruction of 24 enemy aircraft during the Allied drive into the to Valley in Italy last april 2425 his action eliminated German planes which were intended for at tack on Allied forces moving for Ward to establish their first Bridge head across the to although his Thunderbolt fighter bomber was battered by antiaircraft fire he judge George c Sweeney j refused to bail out Over Friendly the Soldier Arthur n territory realizing his units Cut Ine Soinier he Beri j ical need for planes a few minutes wac formerly employed As a Latel he was caught is treacherous i i f f t Driver by John f Partelo operator air conditions in the apennines i Tat if Iii ill Loci Lair of a transportation company in where he crashed and was killed Viqi Vii Vui i Lowell Knight personally accounted for 14 in his petition to the court of the grounded enemy planes in brought through the office of the i the daring dec level attacks and Massachusetts attorney general j led attacks which destroyed 10 Herbert said he had been refused others reenlistment questions will be aired tonight Caserta sept 27 colonel Barrett c Wolin of san Francisco i completed their War production Ufa sept 27 special to stars and stripes brazilian officers who Are touring Europe As employment guests of general Mark w Clark i the decree entered by agreement arrived yesterday in Vienna fro of both parties orders that her Salzburg where they visited Theibert be reinstated immediately in commanding general of the u s this former Job As a local truck forces in Austria j Driver and that Partelo pay him in route to Vienna the members 100 dollars in adjustment of Back of the party were the pay irom oct 10 1944 when he e guests of maj Gen Stanley e Ein first applied Lor his old Job Washington sept 27 ans Hart commander of sfas 26th the restoration to work is control of the late president frs Hyde Park Home planned As National Park military guard of Honor by Ufa ordered returned troops the officers of whom j were members of the be which fought in Italy under general Clarks 5th army and later under his 15th army group Are headed by maj Gen Joao Baptista mas1 care has de Moraes former com Mancer of the be other members of the South overage reds released from military service i occupancy of the big House on the Hudson Kiver Are completed Titis was Learned from family i arid government officials loony associated press reported they said Legal trailer of the estate is expected to be Naie soon to the National Park service of the department Moscow sept 27 a the along with the rambling stucco Over the american expeditionary George Hicks Nan at present colonel Alvaro Prat ii with a Swec i order station at Caserta tomorrow toned in Rome to give him some j Aguiar Paulo Figueiredo Ferna doing Many o thousands m it vie the program will begin a 8 pm personal properly belonging to Sancya tie Clio urn g a fliers arid Trie or tier Rej Ivi Vic it Iii col Wolin will discuss the ado liver e Rodi Cuch of new Ken crts de Cas Ocllo Branco leased nun out 32 Yearb of age at the present time 1 caste Ucciardo 56 int 2 Tel London sept 27 200 000 Obich in widely Cantu