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Publication: Middle East Stars and Stripes Friday, April 28, 1944

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   Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                Neon Binm have Iata commando spectacular Strong units More Burma to at near m North revealed that a Force joined l British Ench and dutch the Indian Dawn attack f base on r cent of the Pila notes were in the Power wharves Han arid j radio stations were repeatedly hit and in the town area were left four vessels were Sunik and at least22 Jap planes were destroyed at the Cost of Only one invasion continued from Page 1 ba5k for Home front air raid Vic travel from Britain was suspended As of last night except in matters of urgent National importance which cannot be a German ports in the except have been closed to shipping As a result of the mass by Allied air of new Type which swedish sailors describe As almost impossible banish sabotage reached a new Germany forbade transportation from Denmark to explosions rocked Copenhagen fac tories and offices and German tanks patrolled the Ger Man troop movements proceeded on extensive Scales according to Stockholm Sweden Sticks to neutrality these described Sweden As swept by fear of invasion swe Den still stuck to her permitted bail bearing exportation to whose critical bearing factories Are a constant target of swedish Telephone communication with Den Mark was Cut off by German or but it continues Normal with Berlin except for breakdowns Cau sed by Allied raids on the Finland again turned Down a Liberal russian peace which the allies interpreted to mean the country is either completely under German domination or is gambling on continued German soviet warns Spain Francos Spain was warned by Moscow that Neutral countries contacts with Hitler Ite Germany can no longer be the soviet people Are not Likely to for get the tens of thousands of so Alied volunteers Francos Spain has sent to assist Hitler against the soviet Portugal began to indicate she will Stop exportation to Germany of a vital aluminium Al after insurrection on three War order was restored in the greek Fleet at Alexandria and King George of Greece requested George Papandreou to form a new Cabinet to succeed the Short lived one of Sophocles Turkey announced she had Stop Export of Chrome to Germany As a Neutral careful not to but As an ally of the California minion Type building in the heart of pictured at Cis have designed two chapels for protestant and roman Catholic the protestant Chapel forms the larger of the buildings two and opens into the smaller Chapel with the roman Catholic altar where the sacrament is for Large Catholic congregations the panel Between the two altars is Hie Catholic re Edos is reversed and the larger Hall becomes suitable to accommodate a greater number for a roman Catholic staff photos by by Arthur Benjamin Central Africa this is simply the Story of How a few men helped to design and decorate one of the most Beautiful and unusual chapels to be found on an african army three men were sitting disconsolately in the Post guard their infractions were of a minor nature and they were Thomas roman Catholic chaplain of new was making his usual rounds when the routine was shattered he this unusual said one of to have been discussing the Chapel Mill we Spuhl like to do something to make it an outstanding build inc on the we know that we Are not artists but we can and have done a Little painting and building and us the Chapel now stands it is just another Barracks building with cant we do something to make our Post Chapel different father Duross was All for the he knew his Way through army channels and he was a Good he got that Trio assigned to him for the Dick of had some ideas on designing the exterior and he offered to go in on the the English Camp adjacent to these yanks became interested and sent Over their who had been an artist in civilian Shep designed the tropical Field stones their joint problems were Only native paints were obtainable and a Way had to be found to mix water color pigments with Oil bases so that the paint would last in the searing Sun of the Central african father Duross had to Bor Row and promote All the Neces sary tools and but after Many a Days labor there emerged from the fundamentally i Barracks a Chapel closely resembling the old califor Nia the Walls and floors Are painted to resemble Field stones pretty unfamiliar quantities in Central they Are done to realistically that you have to run your hand along the painted sur face believe it is paint and not father Duross with twinkle in his eyes you i knew my boys were not really they just needed and they proved didst Thev  Virom Page of 5 Lind Villi act Are first Atid air they May Well be the general Sam from general and life party flew to Capetown on a Spe Cial Ana while that area Fiade stops at a number of Union of South Toas especially struck with the Beauty of with the delightful clinic the equally delightful they the win Effort up to the a train ing program Atid ground forces running and i our principal Vav Giles was y Mizio act Kenya grown Folk Joiy Bot countries again after the a real he to be Able Toa neet the High officials of both governments and to to know them person really All Nice in have always about part of the world be will seb other pets v Stop Back to Cairo was in the heart of the agricultural Section of the Egypt Iasi and nearby of the largest Edson is sunni big a Fine Post said Gen i was particularly pleased to see the clean and neat mess Halls and this Post and air Field will be of Gre it importance Tor the duration of the Edson and All his men Are to be congratulated on the work Thev have done and Are they need some construction there and Thev going to get he Back at Giles said he was sorry he had not beef Able to visit the remaining stations m but that he heard Good reports on them from William his new chief of who had hit ail stations Between Accra and Khartoum on a recent but the general likes to see for so its quite Likely he will turn up at these other posts before Pacific continued from Page i expected a great portion of the Jap garrisons which were defending the Hollandia air Fields have fled into the the entire perimeter around Ati ape has been cleared of japs and Allied fighter planes Are Tak ing off from the Airfield in sup port of forces fighting at Hollan the new american stroke Hast lessened the air onslaught on other Jap Roundt Hemlock bombings continue on a Dang and other costal Points on a few Guinea As Well As Wake Island and the Carolines and american forces have also occupied use Lang the Western most of the Russia continued from Page i Ghina and Oji both sides of in the Lvov Region where Zhu Kovs 1st army has absorbed a full week of nazi the red army seized the initiative at least and in North White a nazi attack against the soviet Bridgehead across the River Narva in est Lionia was pushed Back with great German Berlin rather than mos issued reports of furious so Viet attacks against besieged Sevastopol in the Moscow said simply that the germans and rumanian by attempting a full scale Dunkirk evacuation under a deluge of soviet bombs and shells As troops of two russian armies cracked through the outer defences of the blazing naval  
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