Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                December 1944 to help thetfo ill mesh Peee tree White i Eaid in part we will celebrate Day in our sad thoughts will be con with the millions of our ones who Are suffering hard and who Are lives to preserve for Mankind the fruits of Christa teachings and the foun civilization spirit lives to sold on the and in the and swamps of e urges nations his annual Christ Mas eve message to the College Pope Pius Xii called for a postwar world organization to preserve the while asserting the losing Natlo Srol this War As Well As the victorious should take part in the the Pope declared that aggression should be halted henceforth and that the aggressors should toe the Pope observed that the democratic form of whether it exists under a Monar Chy or a is Best form Tot of cwistmas1 to the hearts of our thoughts of these men will Tufto us Here at As our Dlton thoughts go out to them tonight and every night in their Distant we All know How and idea they Are to be Home with us they know How anxious we Are to have them and How determined every one of us is to make their Day of Homecoming 5 party As Pray that that Day May come we Pray until then that god Wil protect Gallant men and women in the uniforms of the United nations 7that he will receive into his infinite Grace those who make their sacrifice in cause of righteousness and love of him and his Pray that Wlton Victory will come a new Day of peace on 109th Milestone with a backward glance As the year comes to a at the Saine time dusting off Issue Marks our it was away Back on that your weekly blossomed Forth As the Middle East a few months later adopting the Masthead of stars and All of which is a Long Way around to wishing our gentle readers Only the Best the new year the pal 450 North american has Yea Tat Mustang a fighter is capable of 450 in level the mus oing also has an Altitude of More than feet and a Range of trib reappears own the Paris Edi Tion of the new York Herald Tri bime reappeared this week for the first time since its suspension four and a half years Ritter praises work of us anime in Xmas broadcast affirming that our operations i the Middle East a vital bearing on the victorious efforts of our fighting forces in other War William us anime chief of addressed the relatives and friends of us anime person Nel from the greater new York area in a Christmas night Cairo new York broadcast heard Over station to carry on this work is our grave he and i assure you that your sons and daughters Are Carriner it on b speaking on behalf the theater told the radio audience that they might take 4justifiable Pride in the work which us anime personnel is doing toward ultimate Victory for the j he spoke on a 15minute inter View jointly sponsored by us anime and the red during which Frederick special service Usa interviewed i and red Cross personnel on How they had spent trek to the holy it j i please when a Soldier from the ozarks was re ported killed in the european his Mother promptly demanded a correction because As she he did no get killed in a he got killed in the firing lines wat i the army in Germany it Werf Ciff on his new years december 1944 stars and Middle East i u a Lyl Widd i in Christmas services in the Church of the Nati it to of attending rett Glotte in processions of the latin on Dettmer the route the procession led from the old City of Jerusalem to Rac fiefs Tomb on outskirts Bethelhem and finaly to the Little town of we mayor of Bethlhem Ami High of Fitch of Church and the processions culminated in the solemn entry of he latin patriarch into the Church of the nativity and at 2 solemn pontifical vespers were in evening Over american and British service personnel made the Long trek through win and mud to shepherds around huge they gathered and at Carol singing solemn High mass was conducted by the Bishop of Nigeria at in the Church of the at the close of the magnificently Sung by the the Bdl of Bethlehem burst into triumphant army chaplain James l Flaherty of the 1st armoured division conducted mass for american personnel in the Chapel of the holy innocents in the trucks picked up american personnel and returned them to the american in canteens and hostels were open u til Daybreak to serve hot drinks to the last pilgrims straggling the american red Cross set up an emergency snack bar in the Myca and Coffee and hamburgers were served until morning ending cd Christmas in the holy stars and stripes staff photos by four Glt pick out biblical Sites from atop Tho mount of olives overlooking Jerusalem and Bethlehem capt Lames army Knees before the altar in the Chapel of holy innocents in the Grotto of the he officiated at the service for talking with one of the Church guards at the Church of the nativity who took part in the procession of the Latke patriarch left to Paul of Bernard of Jack of new York City and John of ithe courtyard of Wasilka tace nativity the the arrival of the tace Bishop of in full As Midnight mass was celebrated in Chur i of Catherine in Hie Basica of Hie american and British servicemen and women attend the outdoor protestant service in