Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                By Mac Iling ick fans Fitl a Ariay Al matter it m office to printed by Paul ii pfc 3 september 1944 pall Caitone officer Jyh v editor staff Richard Alft Odate editor Arthur photographer Matt Mcdade and Dean United Aimy Public relation signal British Public rela Reuters and Soldier coned Ponden in Erman or Zanoth pm for Allied strategy by major James Richardson own in sending the first Allied tanks and troops across the German Border North of Trier  Eisen continued a Long series of Brilliant deceptions he has Practised on German High com Mand since had concentrated their Force before Aachen in an Effort to Block the first army thrust Northeast of they had also rushed reinforcements to the Metz area to oppose the third army drive toward Saar Eisenhower drove his Armor and infantry Midway Between the two areas for the first invasion of Ger reports indicated that the Force Northeast of Liege had taken Quick advantage of German this Force in resuming its thrust was reported across the Border in the Reupen area South of feints trap nazi High command thus within 100 Days of the first Landing in Allied forces Are fighting on German while much of this Quick Success is due to the overwhelming Allied much of it is also due to Allied Eisenhower and his colleagues actually began to outwit and con fuse the Germany strategists before Allied troops landed in a series of carefully staged including feints and commando led the germans to believe the main landings would to in the paste Calais it was not until after almost two months after the actual landings on Day that the germans concluded that they had been fooled and moved ele ments of the fifteenth army from the Pas de Calais to reinforce the hard pressed seventh but that time it was too the new1 dazzling tricks were pouring out of the Allied strategy nazi soil no longer inviolate the deceptive British thrust South of Caen had paved the Way for the american breakthrough into american armoured columns fanned out ii Many directions to mystify the German High one sped East Ward to the Brest another rolled southward to a third turning northward rolled to the outskirts of Argenta to form the lower jaw of the Falaise on August 15 came the landings in Southern the slight initial resistance encountered indicated the of Landing Sites came As another Surprise for the then armoured spearheads from the North instead of heading directly for Paris thrust both North West and Southeast of the the Northwestern Force helped forge trap below the now Allied troops Are fighting on soil the nazis boasted was in for the German High the invasion of must be truly in words die most a kindest Cut of i grins i Jingle Bells a Hom ing who has been overseas for a Christmas or has wished he could get Home at yuletide when the family tree is ablaze with lights and a marooned by a sea of pretty Eugene Nogar had writ ten letters to that effect and his no sticklers for got an so when Nogar re turned Home recently after two years shouts of merry Christmas greeted the army Pilot when he walked into the and there in the living room stood a glittering tree and beneath a Mountain of tissue wrapped stateside1 commandos this an weep it was with great reluctance that the trolley the thousands of army gis stationed in Philly during the transportation strike to i guard trolleys and made their strategic withdrawal from that fair City a few weeks reports have it that Philly Folk did themselves up proud by providing Bakh Sheresh Street dances and other entertainments for their i put the Philly Campaign was not without liquor stores were closed during the strike and while the army was in town bomber output High Washington the web lifted the secrecy veil on americas heavy bomber disclosing that More than four engined bombers left american factories in the first eight months of this production reached a thousand monthly in 1913 and has been increased to the rate of monthly since last Carrot top miss America Atlantic 19yearold miss from Washington is the first redhead to win the title of miss America in annual pageant held and How at tit your Tot War Multi Gate morpheus is mighty Detroit an Uno servant car thief stole John Cobbs Cai and drove it for several blocks be fore glancing into the Back seat and finding wac Mary Baker sound when he disco Vered his sleeping the thief evidently parked the car and stole away into the night for Baker knew not that she had been accidentally kidnapped until a Kirchiner police found the ear and sound Button from some where John Donahue wrote Peter Casey explaining that he was seeking a Lucy Casey who lived somewhere in North asking if this is the the Sarge explained that met Lucy five years ago but in the ensuing Lucy was lost in the he was anxious to locate Peter Casey didst know but she did know Many cases so she began she counted on the thorough Ness of Donahue who had Evi Dently compiled a list of North Jer sey cases and also written them of his according to re the Jersey cases of All clans Are now calling each other and looking for the lost Casey wrote the him of the search and please let me know if you find i cant wait to see How this turns bolts from the Blue Roundup of items from f to 4 i there v one of the brightest corp Iris in these that Limpid phrase includes most of the dark Conti nent even unto Tes that written by Larry Howard in Bonjour under the title howards Arent belly laughs there simply mostly writ ten in the two sentence paragraphs that Arete framework Brubaker column in the new iaa1 it int taking away from howards own wit to Point out that Bonjour goo looking makeup and Type set his nuggets off to far better advantage than most such columns Here Are a few of the Howard paragraphs it look is As if the mess Hall will never they go to All the trouble of flying in fresh tomatoes and then serve them mixed with the funniest expression we have Ever seen on a Gas face was spread ajl Over the Guy who Shook out his newly laundered pants and got two separate the pants had been Cut neatly in two and folded to Gether As bars of the future will disintegrate at 120 degrees instead of the usual thereby wont melt in pockets or drool on Alii we want to say is who in h intends to live in climate like that after putting in their War time Over Here leave pm unidentified bodies found lying in the mess Hall will not be returned to their respective either Wear your or Stav a Wuy from the buy More War Bonds spymaster reports the debut of a new Middle East orchestra led by Maestro Noah though it still has the undistinguished name of the base its evidently off to a promising the trumpets blew for the first time during a ufos on the outdoor stage and Maestro As sky master so respectfully Calls that As soon As Stew music can be the orchestra will be Able to furnish the Jive hungry gis of this base with plenty of solid in the band for that first concert were Jimmy Canistraro Gus Degrazio de Nucilli and Ray Melchiorre de William Storr and Marvin Marks George Mcnerny Don Palm Drums and Robert Ord Way trombone and Eli Gold Man trumpet and Bugle too Early keep it and heres hoping the music arrives Zero beat recently asked some of its readers in your opinion what Are the five most important Battles of the european War said Hannafey Battle and fall of the Dun the Normandy said George Ramos Battle of Stalingrad Lenin Grad sicilian fall of said Donald Heater Dun t4 Orrell French the Battle of Sci Liam fall of the Foggia Norman air bombardment of Zero beat prefaces these with we sincerely Hope that no one will agree with any of the list and that will Blossom like weeds in a in this Corner the discord is so confused you might Call it the Battle of Zero this rep of stars and stripes were glad that didst come up accepts with pleasure Ernie Gurtner kind invitation to see what goes with outside weather reports Ini Sand blasts Home port movie sound we wrote a few weeks Back we  quite mean ing that we didst so much Dis believe our tuners word As that we  quite believe it was so diverting As he made it Well get to hear that wonderful sound machine we dont know when and while were on the subject Well have to warn you were no dividends via to Hobby Are Evi Dent in cadavers Story about Ray whose peace time one was photography in Chi assigned in the army to a communications he kept it in has done a lot of Pic tur taking Accord ing Tio Robert recently wound up with a feature article and a layout of pictures in popular Ray claims that Africa is the most photogenic spot on the face of the Earth and looks for a great up surge in color photography after the his first camera is 32 years old and he claims it still takes As Good pictures As it did in several of his photos Are Hung in the Dearborn camera another Allied publication is in the news with the Celebration of its first the Middle East com mands which each month presents vital information for Active troops in so Bright and Slickly illustrated form that usually official information becomes alive with in that year special articles have been for aim by Field marshals Montgomery and Mark Clark and air Marshall Sholto congrats 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 Dags shortwave band at or 5785 Cairo time september 15 Melody Roundup songs of the Todd Wil sons september 16 Bino Crosby show the old groaners own program 9 Andre Kostelanetz Ith his smooth arrangements september 17 news let ter round about the album by to september 18 performance and the Starr lineup great music guided by Walter september 19 to scratch danc ing in the Home september 20 with Dinah line theater three men on a Charlie Isabell Jebel and Sam be september 21 Parade the top death went alone for a with Gene