Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1945, Cairo, Egypt B rown january 1945 stars and army it Pius service Newyork it was after mid night on new years eve in Miami at the empty office of the Miami Post a Vete ran cop Reader was in charge of putting the paper to with the raucous noises of new year re Velry filling the streets and the town celebrating the arrival of the White sat Down at his typewriter to bang out the last copy before a descriptive on the years end Celebration in he started the piece convention but a few words Whitehurts personal abomination of the wartime merriment spilled it became a bitter hymn of hate against the he slapped the Story on Page 1 Esmart lashes Beach resort commandos and the presses started i tic the feeling of a Job Well Whitehurst went Home and put himself to next the sound off reverberated not Only through Miami but the rest of the in those with hangovers read the denunciation of them in its next edition the Post obviously Embarrass repudiated Whitehurts editorial in the Guise of a news artice in a conspicuous two column of on the front making deep Genus lesions to Mia mis War they added in conclusion Whitehurst does not continue to work Whitehurst awoke to find him self jobless but nationally famous alone inhibited newsman who finally realized his dream of let Ting Fly with no holds no punches following is a partial text of Whitehurts article a couple of blocks revellers drank to the new far Down the lanes of an Uncertain they saw brighter Days even if they could not make out the hands on their own wrist Hal drunk women heard their drunker men Tell Why this bloody mess so far away would be Over before another new year to yanks in tanks and so last night did part of an americanism which is so ready to fight War that knows no no oozing no dying no fear of death celebrate the coming of the new raw whiskey does not smell Good even when mixed with mens perfume but some men find easier to inhale than the odor a week old wound or a sweaty Over on Palm Beach the was the few More evening Little More a few More Over the War was being fought from the wave washed sounds of a Placid Over there were men who know How War puts terror in timid hearts but they were there talk about they had in combat wit h draft they had won deferment they were they said toasts to their in discharged vets snub vacations to get Back on jobs Washington the veterans Frank reports that discharged servicemen of this War Are Stream ing Back into civilian jobs Imine Dintel upon passing up the readjustment unemployment allowances granted them under the go Bill of almost half of the total counting those who Are have gone to work within four weeks after thy left the armed less than one per cent of the in Mufti have drawn unemployment pay during nov single week since the Legisla Tion went into in reporting Ohan in Complete Survey of veterans status said that such payments Rea Ched a Peak during the week of i3 when a total of in benefits was paid to Vete even some states had practically men on the want schooling one which n Large number of veterans Are taking advantage of is the educational provision under the go Bill of Dis charged servicemen Are going to school or receiving vocational and Hines believes that a million and a half Vete rans of world ii plan to take up full or Par time College Hines says that ser Vico men Are intending to take Par time College work and that another plan to take full time College Ward employees didst like it 829 output soars Ricas two of ame b26 super fortress plants Are producing a total of 135 disclosed War production Krug that the production of super fortresses must be tripled by he also said that the Overall munitions program for this year has been increased by in addition to the program already this includes the production of equipment for the French Pooch reaches goal Jersey Little Brown Puppy which hitchhiked All the Way from new a total of ended his journey last week in the arms of his new Twoy Earold Marilyn Diamiah the diminutive dog was passed along from station to station by goodhearted pilots and soldiers who read the typewritten tag attached to his giving Mari Lyns address and i Arn just a Little Pup who cant t have travelled Many dont Stop me magnate Dies Louis James who started his Railroad career As a Telegraph operator at the age of 14 and Rose to become president of has the Day the army was on its Way to take Over control of Montgomery Chicago pickets were out Early parading in front of the store in the Snow As the first workers arrived for this picture was made the government Ward controversy has now gone to Federal court where affidavits Are flying thick and steam the War heat joins Effort dug out red flannels and other cold weather trappings last week after James War mobilization asked civilians to hold temperatures in All Homes and Public buildings to s degrees in order to save millions tons of soft Coal in 1945 and stave off an impending he also ordered a mandatory Brownout which will ban ail illuminated outdoor advertising and any ornamental or display lighting which uses Coa generated at the same the govern ment forbade the future operation of passenger trains which provide seasonal service to recreational or vacation the or Der also direct Ltd railroads to Dis continue after March 1 any Pas Senger train schedule on which the occupancy of seats and space did not average 35 per cent during this move was likewise aimed at the conversation of precious it does affect suburban and interurban shortly before Byrnes made his Harold solid fuels Haj asked the actors of Large buildings through hit the Kasi to reduce their build ing temperatures to 70 suds Industry gets Okay rage son Chicago fire kills 14 do at least i were killed and five others injured Early tuesday in a Sii Erta Cular fire in neral Clark ii North Clark Washington on the Home Beer received official Sanc Tion by War labor Board this the web decision was made when strikers at three Paul breweries declined to return to work on grounds that Bee making is not an essential War ruled that Beer is essential to civilian morale and the closing of breweries threatens substantial interference with the War go War workers where service men have been released from the army to work in tire it was stated that such men Are under no compulsion to join the the problem came up in plants where the maintenance of Union membership is part of the Benny shirt tale delights president Roose in one of his rare wartime evenings drank a Toast at the annual dinner of the radio Cor respondents to american fighting men All around the the got a big kick out of jokes and skits put on even including cracks by comedian Jack Benny acting As master of describing Bis trip told How he Sio Ppd off in Chi Cago where he Rife boil tit shirts at Roosevelt and wards tha labor disturbance stemming from the seizure of Montgomery Ward properties took on uglier aspects this week As tooth the army and the Montgomery Ward com pan accused each other of responsibility for the business con fusion arising out of army operation of 16 company properties in seven in one of 53 affidavits filed in the disbursing said it seems incredible that any company would embark on a policy of wrecking its business for pose of discrediting its govern John Mckay quoted Robert Bard replaced manager of wards Royal Oak store As say ing he would just As soon be with Hitler As to comply with your request to accept army employ ment under the condition of Sei Back to Normal in operations Are nor and virtually All Crews in at All Cleveland electric illumination plants following their seizure by the army on presiden tial the army was ordered to take Over operations when 100 Coal Pas Sers in company plants walked out and threatened to paralyse All of Cleveland War Industry transportation in response to the army Back to work the local Union president directed the striking Coal passers to return to shirker a vide got Ite first 1945 program blueprint in the fort a request by Jaines web for a of aged 26 to for the armed in his request Byrnes Laid Down a Job priority scale for the Fiew in an Effort to prevent substantial losses in men in least important War jobs will be called in the the threat of work or fight legislation the Send ing thousands of workers through out the nation scurrying into essential Many major production centers Bave reported the heaviest gains in Job seekers since the War a Chicago draft starting the Ball has already Serif four selective service registrants to be inducted into the Arne it for skipping out on their War another Chicago Board ordered All its 4f registrants to report at offices for questioning on their pre sent in selective ser vice officials slapped nine strikers into they were among 400 workers involved in a seven Day walkout following1 a dispute be tween local unions and the rub Berset More than Job the greatest number since the first Days of the Day in flooded War manpower commis Sion offices in the Wisconsin Minneapolis showed a 125 per cent increase Over the corresponding period in december Paul took first place with a 400 per cent kind aware after in wac stated that applicants reported at their r off ices last the spokesman highly commended the they highly Capa ble and qualified 4fs from ser vice industries just the kind were the wac director of the area reported that the re cent ban on horseracing and the work of fight order had boost the number of Job applicants by 85 per a Large number of these Job he were formerly connected with racing in new Boston figures were up 40 per cent for the first week in january while Pennsylvania applications Rose 20 per reported no requests for the statement of ability required in transferring i Job seekers in the Chicago most of whom were males of draft numbered during the first week in this was an increase of Over corresponding period in transport spans in six hours last Vord in aviation the army double decked transport counter part of the b29 super fort set a new transcontinental Speed re Cord last flying nonstop from Seattle to in six hours and nine the average Speed was 380 Miles an the Gigantic transport was piloted by Dick Well known Boeing test and carried army and Boeing Mer Rill took off from Seattle at arid landed at the nations capital at covering a Dis Tance of air known As the the super transport has the b29s minus bomb Bays and other military equip with a second fuselage superimposed on the be executive Dies Charles retired vicepresi4eiit of the general electric died following a Long he retired from his Post in
