Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1944, Cairo, Egypt Iff Jav nyx is i 35 Lull fast if wait toll the award last by courage three More three to one with his fue tand ammunition running latest feat shortly after fighter authorities officially credited the seven planes on the told the Young gis All men and women of the armed forces in he Usa limb Are entitled to enrol today and tomorrow Tor any one in a eight courses in the Resi Dence education program sponsored armed forces classes in each course will be held twice weekly from at american officers and enlisted men will be excused from their duties at 4 Oclock with the permission of their Section Heads or commanding courses of six weeks duration Are offered in review algebra fundamentals of advertising is a nine week course and Sciort nand and typewriting Are offered on a 12week the schedule Breaks Down like this mondays and thursdays typing and Book keeping tuesdays and fridays shorthand and French wednesday Sand Satur Days review arithmetic and Only Cost for these residence Cour ses is the registration fee the Institute supplies text books instructors and administration possible High school or College credits must be worked out with the schools you have previously at tended for which purpose the Institute has a questionnaire service through which it offers to act As with your this service is free with your registration fee if youre not Reg terms for a but Fust us Nurmi about your credits the fee is but can be fee this to this Jerii replied Sumpty i feel very at the same time the dec was awarded to col Donald commander of reptiles fighter group which destroyed More planes than any other in the european Pacific aces too the Pacific aces were giving the japs Richard 23yearold broke the existing record of planes the air by Downing Srno Jap plane in a raid on new b former farm with his in the incidentally won z a prize which put capt Eddie Rickenbacker in somewhat of a the leading Ace of the first world War had promised a Case of scotch fast Fller in the South Pacific to better his record of planes downed in when news of bongs Stell Ardoin was Rickenbacker i Media that the offer still stood if he could find the War scarce Rick soon received two wires which solved his Dilem a hotel Man in Florida and a night club operator in los an Geles both volunteered to give the required Quantity of scotch no Giggle water 9en Douglas Macarthur announced monday that liquor is out As a Reward for bongs feat of bag he has the highest admiration for Bones record breaking naval Bill sails through House Washington with a be does not regard liquid spirits As an appropriate recognition himself Doest drink but promised the boys on new Era party when spirits a now it looks As if there will no party another Marine Ace in the South Gregory is missing in action after Down ing u Jap he has been awarded posthumously the con Gressional medal of Honor when Boyington went on his final mis Sion he and Joe another were tied for top Pacific honors with 26 planes each registration May be made today april 21 at Mart american University from in to 0 and from 5 to 6 p m Booth at he Usa Days from noon until question representative Francis Oase stated that be bad information that five gallon Oil cans Worth 92 50 each were being resold to the americans m iraqi at Case asked Why an understand ing cannot be reached to main Tain identical charge san Francisco the torpedo or Anh sinking of an Oil Tanker d in the arabian sea a month ago has been a noun fifty four officers and men were lost 26 others were rescued Washington with the end of easter congressmen re turned to the capital and set into motion the largest naval appropriation Bill in the history of the Bill the Rev is granted for naval the House military affairs committee without a single opposing the Bill provides for self prope led nonself propelled vessels naval planes exclusive of thousands of training aircraft and a a and coast guard personnel of appearing before the committee on behalf of the Admiral Ernest commander chief of the said whatever the we know the japanese Well enough to realize that we cannot regard Victory in the Pacific As anything Short of the destruction of the japanese of Empire As a military Power to accomplish that destruction we must deliver the heaviest attacks of which we Are capable As soon and As often As possible where it will Hurst destination Tokyo this will require every every Landing every air plane and every piece of material am the trained personnel to Man them that Cau made it is no secret that Tokyo is the ultimate objective of All these said under Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal also appeared before the the speedy passage of the effective june is it will raise the total War Cost to counter blows ease pressure on India bases the Jap Gamble o capture in p my and vital Allied sup ply Points in the Mon soon season sets in has apparent la been frustrated As Allied forces nmn capt Turlej important positions i and British units improved their holdings in the Hills 10mile rite Paddy Belt protecting the the counter offensive has hurled the the Mani Imp in the Kohima sector the japs Havo been stopped in their Monsoon season late meanwhile infantry hundreds killed in Bombay ammo blast Bombay following the disastrous 48hour fire during which an ammunition ship was blown up and hundreds of persons killed port authorities have dynamited the charred dockside to facilitate future shipping exploding ammunition from a military warehouse hurled embers Over a Larse injuring thousands and killing at least 84 although it is feared the number of dead 4s much cause of the ure is diplomats on the spot tight censorship has been clamped Down on All diplomatic material flowing to and from excluding that of the Russia and British common the new put into effect this Are designed to curb the flow of information that might be helpful to the ene Neutral diplomats May now Send Only Plain language Tele May not Send couriers from Britain and must submit formerly secret diplomatic Pouch matter for buy wore War Bonos i in Northern have driven the japs from Nhkum with heavy enemy casualties this places the americans within 20 Miles of the enemy at to the South Allied airborne troops were re ported to be attacking Jap communication and Supply lines Only 50 Miles from the entire Jap strategy based on the arrival of the Monsoon Sasoji which will halt All ground operations for at least four months May also develop to be a tactical error the torrential Rains normally Start in May but old time Burma Resi dents say a late Monsoon is Likely this year since there has been an abnormal rainfall during the Winter months thus there is a possibility of eight More weeks in which to open the land route to India and
