Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1944, Cairo, Egypt F entered at second claw matter at Post office at aet of printed by Paul june 1044 put Mcthom officer Richard Eck Taj Arthur Matt the stars and stripes by Waiker Griffith Foster o sons of your kindling eyes Praise to where Youe country Standard the stars and stripes ablaze and shining in the summer Sun see How it dips and sways caressed by every Breeze that blows above the the the colors dear to every the the the that gaily coloured Emblem streams in splendor there on High the Symbol of fraternal a Beacon in the sky to eager and ready prepared to fight and die where freedoms sons now fight for her beneath that Banner there upon the on land and in the beneath the Gallant stars and the Flag without a they strike for life and Liberty that Hope May live in hearts oppressed and lands enslaved they Battle to maintain fair Freedom in this world of to Speed the tyrants fall before the Freeman ringing cry of Liberty for and when a lasting peace is won for All when truth and Justice Rule and every land is free with smiles and tears Shell Welcome who on the land and sea upheld his country and the starry Flag unfurled will wave Serene when Victory brings peace to All the splendid thy Loyal son within whose breast still Burns the Freeman love of who now so quickly turns to thee with patriotic with leaping pulse discerns the throbbing of a nations heart within those rustling folds and dearer far than life to him his country Flag he running off at i lie Mouth gloves to give Secretary Hull Tore off the diplomatic kid British minister of production Oliver by Mileton a Bare isted battering for stating that the provoked Japan to Lyttleton afterwards explained that he did not mean that Japan was forced to make War on whatever he he made an egregious ass of his remarks did the cause of Anglo american Amity no Good and fed the japanese propaganda machine Strong meat to justify the warlords of the before their War weary Lyttleton Gau Cheries is on a Par with the attack made the Day before on Stalin by senator Burton free speech is not an unmixed Blessing when men of Lugli official standing run off at the Mouth like and Wheeler to endanger Allied Solidarity without which we could lose tie Miami what8 in a name pvt Bill Purdy left his Home in Itha for Camp his sweetheart sent him lots of cookies and affectionate same week he finished Basic training and was an other Bill Purdy moved into Camp Croft and was surprised to receive cookies and letters a girl he had never when he wrote to the who worked in a Buffalo department regretfully explaining the she wrote last Bill Purdy 1 re ported after a furlough Home that his girl is now Bill Purdy what to do authorities at the Farragut naval base have a problem 19yearold John my an unhappy John tried for eight months to break out of his draft status in Desperak finally entered the Navy under his younger Brothers enlist ment everything was Fine until Johns Mother revealed All to the draft authorities Are undecided whether to Send him Home or allow him to stay in the Navy under his own could be Camp Van ans reports this one As adding that i gripes Arent always while bivouac ing one night in the hushed dark of Missi Chow hounds of the 255th infantry took one sip of their Java and began Yelling Boody for a few the poor Cooks caught but a Quick investigation revealed Attiat the complaints were not in the soupy the boys had been soup ing up dishwater in their cups and washing mess gear in the Coffee snafu the passionate private los Angeles the next time John Zaykowsky feels an urge to steal a hell probably re member a certain night this the private was driving a Young lady new acquaintance Home when he decided that what with hed like a when he came in on the he get the Surprise of his the Young lady Sank her Teeth through the soldiers lower lip Hung on like a Bull the scene shifts to a Hollywood Hospital where the private received treatment for uncontrollable bleed 3if dogs life Ashville by this the new Mascot of the weather Wing at the aah meteorology station will have he is eager Beaver a three leg god Fox former Mascot Ito air cadets at the University of William Star signed the orders for his Transfer and ordered that he tie issued a per diem of four meat hones while this dog face lost his right rear leg in an bolts front the a weakly Roundup of items from Camp newspapers there is the its not nearly Strong the swell Job done by the persian Gulf command in forming an All i orchestra for Andre Kostela Netz to direct As accompaniment for his Lily in a tour of that hot some weeks ago we told you that it was planned to do that very thing for the celebrated musical couples visit to the but there being a great Gulf fixed be tween the planning and the doing of a military we hedged with a couple of ifs and comes pc Dis Patch with the news that the idea has become a 45piece it made a Good Story for Richard drawn from permanent ordnance and signal clerks and amateurs and the men worked night and Day As soon As Kostelanetz arrived with his celebrated smooth the first audience came with an obvious scepticism director and orchestra were frankly App re but Assoon As begin the beguine and lilys to hear the gentle Lark were there was no the thing sold dont mistake were not repeating that old Bromide about there being a place for culture in the that miss Pons Hap pens to be one of the generations musical sensations is beside the the real thing is that Des Pite countless persian sum Mer heat and Dat Ole red tape teamwork crashed its More than a Little late for us to bring it up but with the passing of Call of the 13th com the succeeding organization is going to keep the Masthead Fly ing but with another the unit will be the 55th Laos those com people always Are filled with All sorts of Call nicknames that Are a bit baffling to simple infantry Folk like you can soon look for a new paper in these the name of which will be decided by a contest of names submitted by personnel of the group by a july 5 by a circuitous route weve finally received a copy of the news paper Macarthur says he be its remarkable not so much for its slight by for its shrewd mixing of news to Appeal to the Allied troops of the South theres australian and English news Type is mostly six Point to squeeze in As Many words As pos sible and theres a great Deal of War and political Well us the australian racing results in which the yanks seem to be As interested As their allies nearer its normally a daily of four but ours is a weekend with a special picture and comic Page two pages of clip pings from the worlds press and a Batch of problems that certainly would pass some empty the answers Are printed on another upside Down to discourage Gold has been shining quite a while now and its Success in an Active area certainly must baffle who thin the English speak ing allies dont get along Zero beat has an interesting yarn on East Africa Lynn mailman he says that lit spite of that remark Ive got to write some the tone is men in Post for the last month have aver aged writing More than one letter per Man per and in the last five months this has been about the he also Points out that a couple of Hundred postcards add to the with an emphasis on photos of african the blackout Type wearing Beautiful smiles his office col Lecta at and hours and the unit has its work completed on them by the morale to this tale is for prom test Lettera has a slightly familiar series with a refreshingly readable twist in a new column called the Guy next to idea is be cause we All Wear the same clothes do the same eat the same curse and swear about the same we forget that Back in civilian life we Are Indi living in a multitude of different so we hit upon the idea of publishing each week a sketch of the private life of one of us gis because for All we a new Jack an a Jim Brady or the next president of the United states Mav be living next to us disguised a a first of these biographies con Cerns the High wind that blew Over new England in 1937 and what it did to the livelihood of Bill Shepherd and his they had a fishing they got ashore during that Hurricane to find their House their nets gone and a need to Start life All Over they went for a year with out new movies or but their Plain handwork got them going shoot tvs telling of the yarn is compelling and it the finish makes Bill the More human by reporting that this Dee sea Fisherman cant swim these american troop shows Are aired by egyptian state broadcasting on the Long wave dial meters or 620 pcs mondays and on meters or 13i8 pcs tuesday through Sun Days shortwave band at or s7s3 Cairo time june 30 Roundup ranch bands Kay july i Mccarthy with Greer july 2 american news let ter items from the album with Elsie july 3 performance variety music guided by waiter july 4 of july Spe Cial guest july 5 Dinah front line theater George Washington slept with Jack Carson and Carole Lan july 6 Parade Frank Sinatra and Bea Wain chills with Gene
