Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                Japs Spring w Iri As the first Monsoon Rains Chur Ned Southern Burma battlefields into Jungle the japs sprung full scale attacks on the Bay of Bengal and Manipur the which has already advanced As much As 15 is interpreted As a diversionary move aimed to Force the Transfer of Allied troops from Northern Burma where the japs Are falling Back under in creasing Allied pressure unable to get reinforcements through the Allied the dwindling Jap garrisons in North Ern Are being nut crack ered Between Chin Dit troops driving Down the Salween sector and Stilwell chinese forces sweeping from the southj1 which have already isolated the Jap base at on third of this Jap Biasion is now in Allied hands after bloody Street fighting during which the railway station was Stilwell arrived by plane at myst Kina a few hours after its improvement of the situation in the chinese province of the scene of the enemy biggest drive of the was revealed in a chunking communique which announced initial successes scored in general chinese statue of Madonna survives Cassino by Clinton Casst up Cassino is a Haggard Monument of War the remnants of the houses around the Continental hotel Are ring Uphill 1 be queer natural formations of not the slightest resemblance to mans twisted steel a orders Are pro truding lik9 Pam Trees blown about by a among the rubble of the the Madonna statue stands intact in its fifty Yards Down the Road from the Church there Are the Fower covered Graves of the two War Cor British Cyril be lev ail australian Roderick Marcclo Nad who were killed on thurs str of it Egic Island Guinea stars anti middie East stars and stripes millinery comes Tiroui s 16 Douglas Macarthur leap Frog offensive in the Southwest Pacific carried another 110 Miles closer to the Philippines with the capture of Wadke Island and a beachhead on the adjacent dutch coast above Hollandia american troops of the sixth army wiped out every Jap on Wadke Island who had survived the tremendous Aerial and naval bombarded sent which preceded the within a few hours planes were Landing on the Wadke air strip which brings Davao in the Philippines 1100 Miles of Liberator bombers and still stinging from the greatest naval assault of the Pacific within 695 american troops who landed near a tape on the new Guinea main land several weeks ago have expanded their beachhead to 65 Miles of 4co Miles from Tokyo the Pacific air War was a gated this week by the heaviest Daylight assault of the War in the Central Pacific when Navy and Marine Shore based planes cascaded 230 tons of bombs on Toje in the Eastern other targets were Truk and Ponape in the Biak Island in the Schouten and weak on new a Lone Liberator was Only 400 Miles from Tokyo when it dropped its bombs on Shim Shiri and Metoi islands Halfway Down the the was the closest penetration to the Nippon capital made by Attu based the Fornor no mans land is now one fast flowing Pool five feet Deen of Crystal Clear water showing the litter of Iron and wrecked Green leaves Are starting to error on the italian civilians Ore Ike skeletons after living Here throughout the Thev Are dressed in German outfits include Inoa girl of 17 British Hygiene service workers and Civ Liah workmen a new cemetery for the great num Ber of bodies found under the miss Ida arc girl stationed at a yugoslavian refugee Camp in the bustled into the stars Ansti piss office recently i h an unorthodox seems that miss Mcnar wanted to learn the Art of making paper to a Start i d she explained Ive got plenty of clothing to distribute but happened to the shipment of hats now just How do Printer make those Bolike hats from newspapers Well Vertein the Peter guiding Genius of the Madcap stars and stripes went into full carefully demonstrated How to make paper hats and mits Mcnair left happily with piles of papers and the Mastey of proof of her acquired Prowe s is seen above As four Young Start and stripes Arnt yank creations the Camp itself has blossomed Forth in a newspaper advertising mans dream As Mcnair Nester carrying the banners of leading Bob around the Chapeau Arent from shia Parelli but there fairly serve As Insu tors against heat and fulfil their Young and old from the of Debbie Sun of the staff photo by winged Victory closes new York the army air forces winged one of the years outstanding Broadway closed after its 212th perform it netted More than a Mil lion dollars for army emergency immediately following the last the cast left for Hollywood where it will assist in the filming of winged Victory and continue a stage run in Down town los Senate okays tax Bill Senate has passed by unanimous approval the new Federal income tax simplification Bill designed to relieve 30 million tax payers of computing their income levies greatly simplify filing for 20 million already approved by the in which it the Bill now returns for final consideration of minor changes made by the no Delav in its passage is skin plays to Clarenes Lirt the skin of our Thorn ton Wilders pulitzer prize play of last opened in Cairo Wedner Dav night and performances will be repeated at and to Morrow night at the Ritz sharia a presenta Tion of the Anglo american theater yanks in the cast include Fred wac Yonny Sechter Frank Hatfield and its de air depot jitterbugs Send Allied lassies Home weak and worn the last Middle fast air depots service belied name recently when a Bevy of f is arrived to add Charm and femininity to an enlisted Nten were was from polish service women and ats who stole the time tight from Girlie floor show imported from a nearby town As an added at Hie dream evening ended Kenny Small reluctantly boosts Setfa Cohen of Palestine info the truck while in the usual order want Cpl Shirley Dorothy Yonny Sechter Ahji Fenny Petal after an evening of Invy of the hat footed delegation at Hie Dep Eta were these cd wac Yommy Pellor number Wilile her face 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