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   Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                La i Iti i ill hold i Hai i Sigeru Rump hold that Tiger september 1944stars and Middle East by Ken Abbott Central the past 18 months probably More peo ple have travelled through West Africa and Central Africa air transport con Imand than by any other at Wing in the world and in most cases have stopped off at one certain relay Camp located in the Middle of the african Bush in most cases the individual has been sitting in a cramped position for Many hours As the c47 trans port plane flew Over the desert isolated Barbaric country that lies Between the Anglo egyptian Sudan and the Northern most out posts of French equatorial the individual is wants a Good Good food and in most cases he will take a Shower and hit the for an hour before bunk fatigue like Many other Charles Bishop from Colum Ohio and working on the Lino of the at had followed this Gen eral he was driven to Camp Over Dusty trails and had an hour to loaf before the mess Hall Bishop took his Shower and played Down on the Bottom deck of a double Decker to Enjoli period of but the permanent party men at this Camp had other you for the past seven months they had been training two leopards from cubs ramp they had been brought in from the Bush by two natives and As cubs the leopards were As gentle As after seven months however Tho scene the two Kittens were pretty Well they Rona from stars and stripes ton Ytit Haw had a very from Whir i a let will icon please vet us right diet Doo Lilli Home Tokyo from carriers Asch planes before or after 1m2 chalks afo 498 the Date of the Doolit Ilo raid on Tokyo was april dec for Hollywood the Navy has notified Patricia Orourke that her Wayne former has been awarded the distinguished flying Cross for heroism and extraordinary achieve ment in a fighter plane attack on the Benin he repeatedly attacked despite heavy flak and destroyed six medium bombers on the tank throws hot curve Washington Allied armies in France Are using 41ton Chur chill tanks equipped with flare throwers capable of hurling fire 150 we the weapon was described As the most powerful flame thrower in the world and is capable of sending a of fire around sure some four feet Long from nose to Tail and packed plenty of Wallop in those huge paws and the oldest had always been the gentler of the the youngest had kept her mean disposition and was a True cat of the several times native boys had been clawed while at tempting to feed Mata in her onetime thrill because of susies tameness she became a real often the men allowed her out to run at will about the army Many were the pictures taken to Send Home to mom of some i holding a real live african Leopard in his however to our Biall this was he was just a tired transient seeking some rest before the evening unknown to this i several at men left Susie out of her Cage and allowed her to enter through the door of the transient according to this it is a that one will Only experience like the most of us would Bishop gave one jump from the sack and started climbing up the bed Post to the second the Leopard was not to be out Susie from the time of being a cub just could not stand the sight of Bare flesh Bishop was completely the Leopard Fol Lowed made one claw it rear exponent of the scared trembling with fright thought his part in the War was All a few minutes later the local ills had controlled their hysterics and called their pet Back to them leaving one very scared sergeant to climb Down off his lofty to the permanent party boys it was love at first sight but to Susie the Camp it was in the raw and right with in pawing fighting ferry Pilot reported nazi Row Ohio Gustav one of the two Wright Field pilots who first flew spit fires across the is a German prisoner of announced Wright Field authorities this after Wright Field received two spitfires and lengthened their Range by installing new fuel sys the two planes test hopped Hack to in one of the was who to finagle permission to go on a combat to did not Homo until Hist Earold Pilot was listed missing in a Tita event that want scheduled or Bamfo of this is the army met his brother Clifton Johnson at Camp Huckstep after not having him for three Clifton was formerly at a West african at and is now at Payne Field while Orlando has been with Tita since the Chow started in new both boys Are from pint tots in Sherry puts Ward new York Willie Sheppard and his brother left unattended at their Homo on West 117th discovered a pint bottle of Sherry Bidden behind an Oil they polished it several hours later they were found unconscious and rushed to Bellevue where their a lady was diagnosed As alcohol fortress 10 die ten Mem Bers a fortress Crew in training at til port Field were killed in a crash near Marshall plugs for Small peace trained youths George marshalls proposal for the smallest possible peacetime army supported by civilian reserves trained through Universal conscription has received widespread congressional in his directive issued us policy for All officers planning the per manent postwar the chief of warns that a wartime army May be needed Long after the defeat of Thea is in order to help establish the peacetime conditions adopted by the a Large standing Marshall told the army has no place among institutions of a modern democratic state based on the Conception of government by the it prepares Only the brawn of the people for leaving no adequate provision for develop mar the latent military leadership and Genius of the people As a tiie policy directive is based on the Assumption that Congress will approve a scheme of military training under which every Able bodied Young american shall be trained to defend his remaining a member of the Reserve i components of the army for a reasonable period after his train ing is while details of the permanent organization cannot be determined until the nations postwar commitments Are the organization Small in professional augmented in an emergency by a citizen army has been the american Way since the Republic founded and he made the basis of All plans for the establishment of postwar chairman May of the House military affairs committee gave his wholehearted approval to the which a interpreted As giving a new impetus to move for Early congressional consideration of peacetime draft evacuate air Crews from Rumania Rome about 50 per cent of the bomber and fighter crewmen of the 15th usaa shot Down in attacks on rumanian oilfields Are now safely in Allied More than a thousand returned in one mass Aerial evacuation from Rumania which Cost one escorting fighter in a clash with four enemy head quarters was will give feminine touch to Xmas emails two now developments on the email Christmas cards Navy personnel Are eligible to compete in the 10pound con test for the Best original design submitted before 1 to the com manding attention of the special service Type of j so Are All army personnel and american civilians working in Isaf Ime arid while was remain eligible in the command the Usa time contingent also will its own la a company meet ing this the girls elected a committee of judges to pass on the Best designs submitted by their on the committee Are Josephine san fran Ces Magadelne Perron and Charmion on the committee of for the Usa time Christmas card Are wee willie1 me Gill Dies Indianapolis William my known As wee former baseball coach at North Western died at his a major league Pitcher in the Mcgill played with Chi new York and Philadelphia t James Richard Saul Steve Belaski Steve Mill Keri and wac Charmion Christy prospective entrants should re member to conform their drawings to the regular 7i by regular email Blanks with drawings done in dark Crayon or j8 the Ait Mya Date Tot finishing Ite Job against chairman Clifton Woodrum Penio of told the House postwar military policy com his statement Wood Fum said the Date had been chosen by the Over a year As a basis for tactical planning purposes and was not Rega Dedas an outright prediction German resistance would toe ended by that t discussing Navy Supply needs m the rear James Irish told the same committed that the Navy expects to be fight Van the Pacific at least through declined to be drawn into the discussions of when the War May telling reporters at his news conference that he is about the Only Man who Hast expressed an continued from Page 1 senator Lelbert Tho of acting chair Man of the Senate committee signs of Victory in addition to demobilization and readjustment other measures reflecting Confidence that the european phase of the War will soon be Over have been made they include the announcement that 17 More food items will become ratio free at the announcement by the War production Board that drastic for the resumption of Large scale civilian production will Start to operate following Germany the opening shots were need in what promises to be a heated Senate on participation in the world peace or the major controversy seems to be hinged on the question As to whether the president will have the authority to commit the american forces to hostilities against an aggressor without con Gressional Nanette in Cairo Kunsa has opened a permanent theater of its own in Call my it the Garrison it has taken Over the former Pri Tania cabaret on Emadel known All american Furlou Ghers As the Street of the broken first production in the pleasantly agreeable Little theater is a revival of which first saw the Light of Day in new York Twenty years Vincent Youmans wrote the score which includes such hits As want 10 be Happy and Tea while the singing int anything to brag theres a cute Little leading one Lois and an amusing David i for londoners on peace jump gun festivity London a belgian radio later dismissed Asun that Germany had capitulated touched off celebrations in London which gave an inkling of what the real occasion will in one restaurant a sole Doub Ter was roared Down when he tried to a drink of very old Brandy which the proprietor Hud been saving for the the report was carried in the press of tuesday afternoon and also on the radio it was Beard in pubs and cafes with the result that everywhere people started Ohio state Stab Bill former guard on the Ohio state and Pilot of a b24 Liberator was killed Over Italy last  
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