Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1944, Cairo, Egypt I established toy proclamation of it command ing general of army ground for on the 169th anniversary of George Washington election As commander in chief of the Continental was celebrated by parades and demonstrations on army posts and in cities through out Mcnair started the Days activities with a review of troops at the army War armo red divisions at several Camps held programs and special infantry demonstrations were Given at anti aircraft training Center at Camp and the Field artillery replacement fort undersecretary of War Robert Patterson was at Camp divisional ins while in new Orleans six blocks of canal Street were roped off for a Sham Charles of Pitts and 2nd Ernest child of broken along with eight other were to nored and received army awards in ceremonies at new Yorks City switch to infantry own More than american enlisted men equivalent to about one and a half divisions have been transferred at their request to the in i Jar Allied armies continued to while the main refusing to be drawn into raced toward the Pisa Flo Renc Rimini or gothic where they Are expected to make a hol Dordie German guards Are covering the withdrawal with machine gun and mortar but have resumed a general Retreat All across the eight army Forward elements have pushed seven Miles North of the ancient of after Clearing the City of Des Pite heavy Rains which somewhat their fast be Rimigia was Headquarters for leaders who organized the fascist March on fifth army troops broke through German defences about nine Miles North of Grosseto and further East have pushed to the Southern Shore of Lake while French troops occupied Radico Fani and four neighbouring towns along a the towns of Chissi and Wetona have been cleared of the Arnold in Italy rapid Advance on the Adriatic front took Allied troops to Grot and Allied patrols have reached Ascoli a provincial capital of commercial As Allied forces swept to within cheesecake spices menu at Swanky air depot club this fancy Brushwork executed by an unknown presumably now adorns the bar in the 19th photos Day rcom and Rumor hath it that these lasses ate Quie the thing to help you keep Cool on hot is it vice versa note the delicacy of the intricate the artists feeling of rhythm and what sensitivity what bits photo by s Johnson by Johnson when the 19th photo charting squadrons air Echelon hopped the Pond and arrived at the midd e East air one civic minded s Joseph decided that the answer to their common nostalgia for things ame rican was an extra special Day not a crude Day room to be carefully avoided except in desperation but an inviting place with the atmosphere of a Joe managed to procure a build and he set to work in his own inimitable assembling lumber and other materials from hither and much of it was abandoned material he found on the having kindled the interest of Doc Rittenhouse and a few other they All slaved clean ing up and creating writing Ping Pong poker tables and Dart games from Odd bits of Lum assorted nails and cheerful but not a surefire drawing card was added in the form of a Classy Complete with Interior lighting and three enchanting paintings of Long Stem med american Joe want not Only is the Day Doorn a Success but the envy of the entire depot and men from other outfits Are there visiting ats girls Are also Welcome to share the cold Beer or Coffee and dough very Welcome and even when this Day room extraordinary int blessed with the sparkling presence of feminine there Are always the three Little undressed Maidens at the Shooti Bint h was an not need that Genera Gertge army chief of and general Henry of have reached Italy for conferences with Allied Comman Ders and a tour of the More than German prisoners have been rounded up since the Start of the present the fifth army alone being credited with the capture of among them were identified men of the Luftwaffe which was said to have left Bel Gium on june this is these cond division to reach Italy from the Western prisoners have also been taken fro the 16th division which came from the resistance on Elba ends fresh nazi reinforcements were put to flight after a three Day Bat the in the Hills bordering the Etrus can and problems of Supply Are reported to be greater obstacles to Allied advances than enemy re the Allied spearhead is now More than 110 airline Miles above Rome in the area North of is considered Likely that if the German High command Deci Des to defend Northern ups selring May be Able to assemble 19 of his original 26 divisions in the to French troops under Jean Lottre de tvs sign landed Sun Day on the Island of where Napoleon spent More than nine months in and by tuesday had wiped out All German Resis eighteen Hundred italian and German prisoners were captured in the three Day Campaign about 500 others killed or wounded the French colonials met with stiff resistance in some parts of the but were aided by ame rican and British naval units and air for the first time since the French Flag flew Over Porto Fer the the Island of South of was hut found to have been deserted by its German occupation of the two islands gives the allies a springboard for attacks against retreating Ger mans further tunisian Victory now showing in virtually a prologue to the vents in tunisian Victory has arrived on Middle Kast produced by ame rican and British Arm film it is a Seoul to the eighth or rvs unforgettable desert Vic while both British and Ameri can technicians of civilian lie d d the cutting arid tunisian Victory is essential concerned with the Cis and mommies who freed Africa of the germans and the italians May the film is Bein pre seated in the Middle East by to e British ministry of information and the United states office of War Ravenna Tarot Lei Civitavecchi Jeffs six graduate at Musafi Safis Middle East Branch has graduate a class in intermediate those getting certificates for the 12week course the equivalent of a two hour credit in College semester hours Are Russell Lloyd Charles Kayser and Samuel s Robert Jewett and 1st in one Day new own to Weity four hour service in removing american Battle casualties from England to America has Lieen Esta the at has already handled air evacuation cases on the various world Battle i bored scouts introduce new 1 b Enzone blitz9 screwball Italy delayed eight Piper cub pilots recently carried out probably the most unsuccessful raid in Aerial history and returned without losses after encountering no enemy fighters or antiaircraft a reconnaissance Check showed that damage was confined to one fire in a German held the raid in tiny planes was made by a group of american observe buy More War Bonds Tion plane pilots who Grovv bored with their role in the War artillery observation and to become a bombardment group for a their bombs were Twenty cans of gasoline and which they pushed out of their planes upon German hoping they would ignite on con we should All get air medals for this history rankins said Edward Cooper of it is the Only one in recent months not made by mighty smarts of four engined we failed to shoot Down 120 enemy we do not obliterate the despite the which was not thick enough to walk we did not Start fires visible for eighty nurse corps lauded Buffalo the record of army and Navy nurses is one in which every american citizen can take president Roosevelt said in a message to members of nursing associations in one of the most necessary things to keep up the morale of our fighting men is the knowledge that competent nursing care is always Ai hand for those injured in the president v i a agents out to nip Gas bootleggers Block Market in rationed gasoline is now raging in the states and against operations of seasoned criminals Are profiting on the Gas the secret service has declared open in tie first two weeks of the 101 professional criminals were according to turning their attention from counterfeiting currency to forging Gas the gangsters Are thus robbing american motorists of Gallons of gasoline each an entirely new secret service corps has been set up to Battle the Gas bootleggers and up reports that the Campaign is considered by secret service Only second to its most important Job protecting the the organization wants to keep currency counterfeiting at the Low level they have now reached and also to stamp out the counterfeiting of Gas ration buy More War Bonds first to land to Margaret Stanfill of the distinction of being the american to und in is shown Here sorting bandages for wounded at a Field a
