Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                It Mcdace Osif sig6al Public rela by waiter Kim us ancient streets Ott Bayeux they were met by people laughing and with Joy pelting troops Tang Long forbidden tunes of patriotism and Freedom on cafe dancing and on to Paris the excitement of that first moment of liberation is understand the Hope of a Quick March Paris is plainly Prema the germans had Given the world photographs of those Formi Dable coastal their Mas v their enormous r Beach obstacles interlaced Fields of machine n to see within a few hours of the initial assault fresh photographs of those same defend ses with guns silent or Concrete wire removed and sullen masses of German prisoners already on their Way to England was an exile rating exp it was a convince nor demonstration of the superiority of sea and land of perfected com fact experience and technical experience with which the Western alies Are advancing to hitlers fortress but it does not conceal the fact that the from the blood Normandy beaches to Paris is Lone and the Road to Berlin still tide turned at Stalingrad the germans overran the Low countries and France in a space of six but they were launch Iner an attack carefully and scientifically prepared Over a period of years Down to the last detail against an already divided and in experienced coalition weekly armed and with scarcely any Conception of modern wars the germans Are now suffering under the same Basic strategic disadvantages As the allies of but the discrepancy in Force and military skill is by no Means so the wars first great turning Point after at Stalin the end of Germa nys ultimate defeat was plainly written in the ruins amid which the German sixth army perished but it was to another 15 months before the red army reached the first of its prewar frontiers and considerable areas of russian soil Are not free even the allies faced powerful German coastal their solution was to invent specific Wea Pons and tactics to take them and it is interesting to come upon an account of the reduction of one particularly formidable German coastal Battery by Dro of Clider Parachute troops directly on the invasion ports All important the first crisis was the Shore the come with the Climax of the As yet in the third crisis is still that turns on the successful capture of port facilities capacious enough to Sustan the exorbitant demand of modern until such port capacity is secured and commodious airfields Are in operation on French soil it is Idle to look for decisive victories or deep territorial until then the whole Battle will be a Battle to secure a firm foothold and effective operating gains will be recorded in Miles and rather than in liberation of departments of but those gains will be of far greater importance than their size upon maps for As they Are made so will conditions be created which will make possible subsequent we have seen How Long it took in Italy to secure essential positions to mass forces and repel counterattacks and to prepare conditions from which the really crushing Victory of the fifth and eighth armies have now in France where the whole scale of operations is so much greater it Mav take longer before even foundations Are Laid for decisive strategic newspaper at the naval Hospital just held a contest to see who could identify a published photograph of Betty Grables the Winner was the chaplain Little boy blew a Boyish voice phoned the associated press has the invasion started yet Ive got me a Siren fixed up Here and in ready to blow it whew baby Chicago the Wrigley whole produced millions of hours of have stopped All shipments of chewing gum to Domestic dealers and henceforth the firms entire output will be sent overseas to servicemen time marches on Pine body los up when commissioner head called his morning of selective ser vice violation cases the following answered Horace Frederick hands and Edwin head held hands and Hart for jailing to report for Foote produced a misplaced draft card and was front the Blue 4 if5s3fc a Roundup of items from Camp Here a there the Ball o opinion needs pass ing around remarks Bon Jour editorially in a on War manpower commissioner Paul Mcnutt proposal to delay demobilization after the War until the labor Market can be adjusted to absorb Boin Youka editorial sgt Eugene Geiss if such is the would ii t it be advisable to wait for a dozen other Spring Cotton packing tune or u new prohibition when pm Bonfilia had worked himself into a lather Ungaar the Situ wer 10 Aliaus repealed re quests for he was to a of Chari or Rigi of Aloo had put the heat on Bonfield by using Eold explaining me you Shower very me you Shower very Aldo says the new shoes feel the 100th Issue of file 13 has arrived and it a new postpone still further for just How Long Jerry of tigers what Aii Eady Sui have the Pencil Pusher of said Mast Joeen postponed too am head will remain in his new and Oiny Caulous men Luuie have their houses and mat the Pui Emai and of Wiio have Hen ind nothing sacred ans a h year old inmate of the county jail reported that someone had stolen his false Teeth while he they were recovered from the Mouth of another four million left roads Washington four million motor vehicle went out of use throughout the nation in they Are in replaced As re ports the Public roads adminis a were the angry Waves Arthur Leon was held in Bond for grand jury action on a charge of wearing a naval offi cers he was arrested a few hours his wed incr to a a group of irate Waves it got Wise and stopped the Bestland san ans Edward Wasemiller is a 10yearod farm Bov who was recently arrested for draft evasion after he gave himself up to the Salinas explaining that he had faced to Register for selective when his real was Wasemiller found himself in Fede ral court explaining that he Hal assumed the pose with Hopes of joining his two older Brothers who were already in the Edward thought he would be pushed into uniform before his True a could be was sent Home by proxy ans in an unprecedented Kenneth Beatty will deliver the valedictory address in the High school graduation this Hes Pinch hitting for Ronald who is now in the Navy and asked his minister to take Over for is Lousy with pm san Edward general counsel for National selective said week that California has More draft dodgers than any other baby Bond Washington a special new i War Bond costing will soon be offered for Sale to men and Home serving in the coast guard and Mari time the Bond will pay off at cartoonist Dies Hollywood John creator of the syndicated strange As it died after a heart Inq Nave Judea a a Cade or More their wives Anu Nave Hud their nuance Lor a de tempered with tue ambitious and 01 those Wuu Are px0ucjty a lot 01 i he no Nave piano ii uie but upon the cautious Sec my of those no have Neveu free ilium Dicoiu Scance Long since unaccustomed to the Rio that is the the loss of Liberty that is tue Tane 01 Soi Dier Emo matter now you May feel about Wentner to base at Home will be too Cau iiou6 m i Usu to avoid an unemployment tangle by keep ing up me uhf Aulii Lunger than overseas soldiers would us last remains that the Camp a such As Are Avert wants demo Arent afraid to Oiler and serve As Heany opinion uncomfortable looking position no one Tut artist Grubba drops a single hint with the invasion in the Jerry was getting ready to change the rib Bon on his by the did he get the ribbon or is he Gonna one out the Way we Are is Jerry and his new fighting stance much in the same searching vein is an editorial in referring 10 a Story had carried the previous on the Lack of interest an inter Allied get together among the Field ten Tinea As Many Al lies showed up Van As t that to be since in parts were m the minority anyway but there Evi Dently were enough yanks on hand for the Payne Field boys to Start the transatlantic with a joint committee of yanks and the i lassies Are promoting entertainment program wherein the Mutual education will be neatly coated with the easy camaraderie that always results once the ice is As David Allen was saying the other Day in Between the ways and Means of making wider contacts Are St ii sought after in this Over in the Corn men danger and annoyances the Karl whose first two initials form the the of his column in Sand scrip take it Lias been in the Hospital but the column went on thanks to the vigilance of one who Calls him self or herself the office Atout Harris the Pinch hitter the look As though he had too much wrong with but you never can Tell about these army docs letting a patient Loose once Treyve agreed to take him the office cat advises that the Camp Huek step glee club is getting ready to take in part of the Huckstep hit Parade and that miss Dottie a thur Murray mul Ionie of the red Cross reports she might have two or three Astaire in her wednes Day night dancing and that the horses Are there made in the carpentry red by plywood out of band the Indian news Middle East publication of the in Dian quotes Mark Clarks tribute to troops in the italian undaunted by a determined unfavourable terrain and often in extremes of troops from India Are displacing an aggressiveness which comes from disciple leadership and each mans personal valor and determine As the fifth army Comman Der and As one who has seen these Indian troops in i warmly commend them for the work they Are the paper itself some corking Good action stories about the indians notable Eucce 883 in i la their age old War cries and their ruthless ways with the from Italy and Forward to this Story of the Shower boy who found a secret a few pipes and a but it works live a when a i walks into aides torture the would be bather is completely at Altos these american troop shows Are aired by ii apuan state broadcasting on the Lort gave dial meters or 620 pcs mondays and on 2226 meters or 13i8 pcs tuesday throw a Sun Slitor Linace at or 576a Cairo time june Melody Roundup ranch House bands Joe june 17 Mccarthy with Carmen june 18 news let Teh news from the album songs by Betty june 19 performance you never can music guided by Walter june 20 to scratch dancing at june 21 Dinah Shore line theater this thing called love with Alice Faye and George june 22 hit Parade Frank Uncle Hen Rys Rose Bush with Agnes More head and Ellen