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   Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                December 1944 stars and Middle East Tai Tow cd visitor to the holy land will later trek into the Hills of Galilee 682 feet below Tea level to Scenic Oon ung Soldier pilgrims will be formerly of who lives his Home Headquarters for Cross Tours to a probably sooner or and finally descend Lake Tiberias Wei Archibald beside the take and Cis who go on red former Ryan War chaplain and gathers groups on his porch overlooking the the take of by and Points out the rites where it n believed Christ stilled fed the multitudes and let Down the net for the miraculous draught of these pictures Tell about the visit one Soldier group with Harte on a recent tour to the Crown into his Oriental filled with relics More than 2000 years old and explains a garment worn in Bible to Wilbur Elmer Hel v i Harte cd visitors take Here is Uke Tiberias seen from a swim and rabble at the Bottom of the Lake for ancient Stone Hldi Are sometimes found some 200 soldiers a week have Harte on red Cross Tours since the War who is has a Large Library of ancient history and he spends much rime in this easy chair from where he can look Over Uke Tiberias and read and his motto never finish a Day with out learning at least one thing Doit didst know or Harte moved to Tiberias in he helped raise funds to build the Jerusalem sitting with a red Cross tour group on is Harte Points out and explains Sites believed to have spent much time and performed he usually winds up his talk with Friendly the drawing of a Harte was in charge of work with in last he Caf in Burma and was a Friend of Rasputin and the russian Royal and was decorated for work in last was by England and Virginia Coburn is the ration tokens Are Wampum at refugee Camps obsolete Blue ration tokens Are in route from the states to the Middle East for use in Yugo slav refugee Camps to solve a situation which arose when refugees refused Cash pay ments for work they were the problem came up when 24 yugoslav refugee workers refused which is ordinarily video for purchasing Small Lux uries such As Needles and writing Camp commit decided that some sort of work incentive was needed so an Urra official struck upon the idea of using discarded ration when opa gave its Urra immediately shipped a million tokens to the Middle in the six yugoslav Middle East refugee directed by there Are about persons who fled the War in the refugees themselves built their Camps and keep up in addition to doing All other necessary work at Camp centers twas Okay to Wear those hash Marks ass asst its strictly on the up and up now this business of wearing overseas service and if you have been wistfully thinking that the three or four or More overseas stripes to which youre entitled would look mighty Sharp on your of sew them the prohibit ing the wearing of 6months stripes before you Are hoinesideboun4 Aas been rescinded for several weeks although Many gis not sure of the were wandering if ing them  absolutely Tufi Lutr some however and Arent they laughing  
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