Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                Ent ins if imf4ff be v m Dent Roosevelt returned this week from a 15day secret tour of Paci fic and alaskan military installations during which he conferred with Douglas Macarthur and Chester Nimitz concerning new offensives against the Jap in a nationwide made upon 1m return from the deck a destroyer in puget the president gave an account of his journey and expressed Confidence that the Pacific War is going but the theme of his message was that the United nations must pre pare permanent Pacific defences to guard against future aggressions by the to accomplish he it is essential that our control of sea and air navigation from Tho puget sound to Siberia and North pm China be undisputed after the it is necessary that the maintain bases nearer Japan on some islands which Are the territory of other United we have no desire to ask for any possessions of the United he but the United nations who Are working to Well with us in winning the War t am to glad to join us in Protection against must keep Vigil in proposing a virtual postwar quarantine of Japan for several he declared that the word and Honor of Japan cannot he trusted and that we must be fully the president revealed for the first time that More than a million troops Are now overseas in the Pacific while devoting most of his re turn broadcast to a Survey of his the president said that his Honolulu conference with Nimitz and chiefs representing All Pacific areas had resulted in Complete Accord on the program to defeat Japan and he reiterated to news acts plans Sives on Justl m Idle 1944 Nien later that our War Aims in the Pacific Are still to free Philippines and drive the japanese to unconditional this was the presidents first joint wartime Cross table conference with these top Pacific on his Way he made a Surprise visit to bases in the aleutians during his fast inspection congratulated troops for converting the fog shrouded islands into a Strong defense Chain on such Short he conferred at one base with vice Jack commander of the North Pacific and lunched with 200 sailors and marines in their eating i food from a Metal postwar Frontier the president was impressed by his View of the hawaiian and Aleutian he revealed that he intends to set up immediately study of the aleutians with the View of making the aleutians a place to which Many veterans of this especially those who do not have Strong roots in their own can go and become Pio he disclosed that his tour was made on a Cruiser which has Boon through 15 Pacific engagements he praised the press for their modern Miracle Man Ner in keeping secret his whereabouts during the Roosevelt also mentioned that he had seen a new Type Landing operation using All kinds of new equipment and new training required for such an on Chester Nimitz told newsmen that the defeat of Japan May be accomplished with out an actual invasion of Japan he said that he was not con that an actual invasion is although military occupation of their Homeland after the War will be necessary to the War is anew experience for the he we dont know How much Thev can take before  throw in the hunted by japs for 33 months on Pacific Isle one of the eerie St and most harrowing Inci dents to come out of the Pacific War is the Story of George a 12yearold chief radio who has returned to the when the japs invaded and occupied the Island of Guam shortly after Pearl Tweed escaped from Agana on december the 31 months of enemy of he lived in the Jungles fled continuously from a per manent 50man japanese patrol As signed to Hunt him ills lonely and constant flight from his Hunters ended when the yanks a vessel re moved him from he Island on Tweed is now Home and enjoying his furlough except for the nagging of literary publishers and promoters sent to exploit his he Lias received offers from dozens of including radio and the 1 think its a lot of said disinterested in not going to make any commitment until i get to Washington and am authorized to do actor sues Dorsey Hollywood following the free Orall at the apartment of bandleader Tommy that sentimental gentleman of swing is being sued for by Pana Manian actor Antonio Ismael Icaza who claims that his ear was Cui by a bottle tossed by the party and subsequent Brawl Are the same in which actor Jon Hall was Moon will signal Start of Ramadan if the Crescent Moon appears to night Over it will he the Herald of the moslem month of sheiks throughout Egypt will a watching for the expected to be seen August As soon As it is a Cannon will be fired for the first time since the War minarets in Cairo will be Illumin ated throughout the when fasting is ninth month of Tho moslem lunar was instituted by Mohammad in Honor of the first revelations made to him from keeping of the fast is one of the five main pillars of from Sunrise to Sunset the faithful mos Lem neither drinks nor Smo the end of the Days fast is announced by the Muezzin giving the Sunset Call to prayer from the minarets and by the sounding of a throughout the night until you can distinguish the White thread and the feasting and entertaining relieves the labor of the iced Kamar Al traditionally the Days Coffee shops Are far into the night and the meat ban is lifted for the Ramadan lasts 29 Days and is succeeded a three Day second great feast of the islamic the lesser bullitt in French army Algiers William former United states ambassador to has enlisted in the French army As a foreigner to take part in military operations on French he will hold the rank of and it stars and mid Jle East Only 48 hours irom after trooping throughout Britain and what More natural spot for these this it tie army git to in Ralph although Tho new Yor washing Toulon Donome engagements Are far theres still something new in this is the army which Middle East gis can look on As a world this is an Irving Berlin a soldiers which got its first tryout while the Al Soldier musical recently was playing at it replaces a briefer number of the original score and is virtually what it says it a gis Pithy Berlin lyrics introduce the idea and a satirical in the vein of what has become an essential in recent musical Carmen Betty Grable and Hedy Lamarr Are Tho leading the Ballet Nas been staged by Robert an experienced hand at matters in civilian and the lyrics will be sting by Steward when used to sing with Fred Clark honors unit the show opened last night a Benefit for the two leading egyptian the Mohamed any society and the red Crescent so under the patronage of although the Al civil Ian audience paid through their collective noses for the the show goes on Gratis for free to Allied As it did in its recently completed tour of where soldiers of the fifth such a lift out of the show that Mark Clark struck off a special citation for for the local the cast still without much in the Way of a will continue its soldierly getting Chow a couple of hours before the six doing two full length shows and then Back to the mess Hall for How would Lillian Jack Barrymore and the other Glamor Ous stars of the nineties thrive on a regime like that of is the Jones civvies goods on Way Nel chief of has issued the Long awaited order which lifts the ban on the manufacture of Many civilian the directive empowers plants in areas Chich have labor surpluses to make Consu mers goods hitherto wipe strongly opposed by the army and is termed by Nelson As the last in his program to provide a mechanism for Par tial conversion of Industry from wartime to peacetime Urry Larry Al Eddie Oconnor a it y t vsl1 v fir t for v x 3 i t t w n lumbering up in a Sandy strangely different from the hundreds of stages they matured Are Ceno Angelo Buono and Louis Bottom to top members of the Allon when Bednarcik was his two partners joined up so the act could stay together and Uncle Sam kept pm that watching Are Gene Berg who used to skate with Sonja Henie and starred in the Center theater ice shows Jimmy whose radio singing was a Kate Smith discovery and Jimmy whose act is what the Well dressed Man in Hailem who by Wilson see Pope Rome the Pope saturday received separately Hugh Wil former ambassador to and Admiral William former ambassador to Cecil Dies in crash Washington rear Charles was killed base in the the Navy of was Captain of the Cruiser sunk after heroic action in the Battle of Kula Reward offered for killer fort Wayne in re wards have been offered for in formation leading to the arrest and capture of the mysterious killer or killers who has Mur dered three fort Wayne the last of the mystery murders came Light last week when Phyllis 17yearold High school was found victims were Wilhelma Haag february and Anna Kuzeff in buy More War