Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1944, Cairo, Egypt V r j y Academy and tie out Brj he Sei ived Irum ghost the the if pig changes holds the and wears w stars a with three it 4race 13yfrarold Anne live at their Home in pro a Keith assumes mesh command after a term As chief of staff Usa Simiel his mesh executive officer will be Richard one of the figures in the development of the Delta service command and Camp Huck Camp Huckstep will be under the command of James William former Infin Over hit new duties As us api chief in of Tyrone gets wings Corpus Christi Tyrone screen deceived his Gold Navy wings in a gradual ceremony at the naval air he was immediately transferred to Atlanta for further training As a Marine Sec cents gives big in a plan to Speed up in further popularize v mail the army postal service will offer a priority rating to letter forms bearing six cents postage beginning May this scieme will step up delivery Tempo at both stamped v Blanks will be processed sent from base postal offices toy air overseas and in the states and Given the highest priority of ser vice personal postage will be placed on the rear of the Flatt Jne form and in the top right hand Corner of the folding Type generally by letter in the to in sure rapid authorities request that the phrase via air mail be printed across the first line of the body of the troop ship bored a Ujj i economic Mission in Points to future Here economic activities of the United states in the Middle East have been coordinated As the american eco nomic Mission in the Middle East under the direction of James the United states has a vital interest in the future of the Middle said it seeks those resources that Are or can be made surplus in fair Exchange for goods and technical Aid that the states can the which has expanded from the original Fourman group which arrived at Middle East head quarters in now embraces All activities in the Middle East of the lend lease the company and foreign economic administration throughout the Anglo american Middle East Cen plans for Balkan future in the Mission is plan Ning Allied economic policies in the working in collaboration with the British and Middle East territorial the army develops new training tactics army training has shifted from building Large combat groups to training Small highly efficient units to be use4 As replacement the change in training tactics coincided with the recent announcement that the american army now has reached its full strength of Battle veterans from overseas giving the Benefit of their developed in actual american economic experts have geared their activities to assistance of the War and to Aid in develop ment of a sound Economy for the Middle if in the midst of was we can work concluded Landis in his announcement of the we dare not believe that peace May separate if we have Learned that it seems to me that the future of the Middle East already is it is a future not of exploitation and conquering hut of quiet agriculture and Industry based upon a belief in the economic brotherhood of sol seamen and naval gunners on Only 70 lives were lost in the sinking of the american troop transport san an noun cent the War shipping Admi the troop ship was sunk by enemy action in the Pacific last the statement credited Gallan expert Lifeboat handling and the teamwork of the Navy and merchant Marine with pre venting a heavier loss of of those 243 were picked up vyv another the Liberty ship Edwin Mere Dith 868 by the destroyer my and 48 by a pan american airways flying boat which made a hazardous Landing in the heavy a Liberty the John Sank 21 Miles off Stanuk Island in alaskan Waters last with a heavy toll of Only 15 of the Crew of 80 Are known to be saved since but one life raft is still unaccounted cause of the sink ing is the John Straub was a comparatively new headed North on its third i Gamp at West african at base went Tearly As Wacky As the plump Happy cast itself during the two tight stand of the two act musical comedy from this first show to be presented in the new theater at this Camp flew in from Central Africa last week and dropped a laugh Load songs and sketches came close to rolling appreciative audiences in the Brand new aisles of this big Stone theater that is a Pride and Joy to every i Joe in these Complete even to a Short inter the flying entertainers a routine six months had prompted a general in India to put them the Hump Happy originated about that Many months ago in the Assam where it was spotted by a brigadier general who made Short work of taking the men out of their regular army placing them in charge of a Spe Cial service officer and starting them 6n a tour that was to hit practically every base in tuck named to succeed Kirk Pinkney tuck has been appointed United states minister to to succeed Alexander who has become american member of the Allied advisory for Italy after serving in Cairo for three tuck began his foreign ser vice career in Egypt in serv runs Deputy Consul at he charge of the american embassy at Vichy in 1941 and was interned by the nazis in november 1942 when the nazis occupied the whole of ony last month he was returned to the United states aboard the repatriations ship the 53yearold career Diplomat has served Manv nests in the mid dle East As Council at on the staff of the High com missioner to Turkey and As Consul in Hes also been stationed in Brussels and he is a lieutenant com Mander in the preview in the desert 44 lend lease Breaks All previous records Crow lev foreign economic Admi announced that the sent weapons to the Allied nations in january and february at the record weekly rate of seven thousand 230 250 planes which included the first shipment to Russia of the p47 Thunderbolt covering the first two months of said that the Peak rate of shipments had totalled Over 1moo almost and Over jeeps and tank slacker sentence Sticks Cincinnati a fou year sen tence and a Fine imposed on Jimmy former Detroit redwing hockey for violating the selective service act was up held he the circuit buy More War Bonds lights against a dark a desert Post theater of modern design looking More like 3 ship of the sea Hian the desert formed the background for the Middle last preview of Ping Crosby latest going my Way yanks throughout the world have gotten Republic Shoof tit of Hie picture through the army film of which this Camp Huckstep showing one of the soiled world Premier these first a lighters saw ring in an unusual Young priest who steadies the faltering Parish of old father so richly acred by Barry Fitzgerald Ireland Abbey players that he already seems to have copped 1944 acting Istah the troops flame came from the Range of mountains separating India and Over which Many 6f its members had Fabii in their jobs As members the they travel entirely by plane carry their own stage props and at present there making their first appearances in the North african Only three members of the Casic boast no professional entertaining experience John Cobbs Salt Lake City John and a Pestcoe of the lads Are George Jack Cleveland Bob san Antonio Dalton George Jack and Al Holden of Al Roth is stage manager and theres a three piece band Larry of new and 1st Jack officer in plans now indicate a trip around african army bases and a swing toward Cairo and the my dle East hero Nicholas 44yearold regu Lar army infantryman and Veteran of two to whom the congressional medal of he nor been awarded the medal was presented to the heros Mary of the nations highest award for valor was won by Minue near Medjes on april alone and he charged a German entrenched position with fixed killing approximately 10 enemy machine gunners and after destroying the position he continued routing enemy from dugout positions until he was fatally International i 4hams invited to attend get together the United nations Amateur radio Donven Tinnette will hold its next meeting in the bystander m the National hotel building on sol Imori Pasha Friday May radio hams of the United nations Are invited to join the Irr Ouji by giving their serial num army addresses and prewar Call signs to Marsh sex us 1 More ing meeting will be from til 1 and the dinner meeting at for which there will Bea charge of baby grand1 will throw party the red Joss is having an open House at its new baby grand for All ame rican and enlisted Friday May from 5 till 10 the party will be a form of than you and come look sover for All who made the new club at 9 Sha Ria Sultan Hussein a
