Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                Friday january 1945 istrip6s is edited wild pub used in the Middle address Start and by army a filtered As to Kattef at to fit Post office at the act of printed by Paul 3 january 1945 knowl Tori publications Gene editor staff t Richard associate editor Mph Peter production and Dean Broome news and picture own United signal British Public rela correspondents in the it preference new York the National on postwar civil ser vice problems expressed the belief that plan for the exclusive or practically exclusive appointment of veterans would in r Timoc become progressively More harmful to the effectiveness of the Public making recommendations to the National civil service legion on a postwar program of Veteran pre Ference in the civil service the committee report asked that the present standards for Entrance in service be they urged that Veteran pre Ference apply Only for a period of five years after of hostilities or after the discharge of the whichever was and that preference foe conf hied to original Entrance into civil ser vice and not to later want passing grades further committee suggestions were that veterans foe to obtain at least passing Mark in competitive tests before being entitled to preferred that pre Ference be granted in the form of credits to be added to earned examination ratings with disabled veterans receiving no More than ten Points and other vets no More than five it was suggested that retention in positions in event of reductions in personnel or Job abolition foe based on seniority and efficiency ervice the exclusive or practically exclusive appointment of veterans would be to deep seated the nature and meaning of our such a virtual monopoly would in time become More harm Ful to effectiveness of the Public we believe any such system is unnecessary and Dan the report was prepared toy a headed by president Robert of Temple other members included president Harold of Princeton Lee of Brieto my ers Charles president of american rolling Mill mid Seward director of the Oakland Community Chest and George Etheridgee of n at fh6s 30 Millionth mile own the euro Pean division of the at celeb rated the completion of two years operations by flying its equivalent to trips around the the division has removed More than american wounded from Europe to the United 1 9tj regardless of Veteran civil i handled service employees who left their jobs for military service should be Given credit for seniority purposes for the entire period they served in the armed it was Public interest and the interest of veterans themselves require the maintenance of impartial and economical Public ser the report would undermine morale Grant preference in pro motions to any Large class of veterans would not Only jeopardize the promotion opportunities of those already in service and undermine the morale of our Public service but would increase the Cost of government operation it went 11 we believe that any plan for 000 pounds of cargo and air and email in it ferried air including thousands of four engined and once delivered Gallons of badly needed gasoline to George patrons third army tanks Dur ing the sweep through about pints of whole blood Are now reaching the Western front daily by Means of the c47 evacuates 500 kiddies own a c47 trans port plane piloted by Harold Donohue of Tak ing off from italian Lias evacuated More than 500 children from he never read it Camp Many months Ralph Shiff Man checked out an enlightening Tome from the Camp Ellis Post Library and forgot to return As time passed so did the from Camp Ellis to a Post in Kan Jand from Kansas to and while Shiffman Wias shifted hither and pleading notes from the Camp Ellis librarian were following the Book has just been its to develop Good Vignette Pihsia Idelphia Little More than a year Bartley Lamil ton successfully cleared himself of draft evasion chaises before fed eral judge George re Bart Leynora a Soldier looked up Welsh to thank him for what you did for on his uni form was the purple ships that pass new paths of Edwin Dunham and coulis first crossed when they became pics in the 4th Raider battalion of the they fought on new Georgia and Guam both were wounded twice and both were hospitalized at the same the two marines were then sent to different Camps in the states to await discharge and a few nights they met again at Midnight at the Corner of Broadway and 42nd in new the Exma Rines and mar veiled at coincidence and followed joint paths into the near est bolts from weekly Roundup of items from Camp newspapers there from the i come from Egypt is full of comes the Story via Dis Patch about a Roor cling made by chaplain James Catholic since the Spiri Tual message delivered by father Murphy was directed Only to the turntable for later rebroadcast to Gas in he there wad informality and laxity in the when the Sermon was ended a Friend Shook the chaplains hand and complimented his perform the following sunday pm men tuned in to hear father Murphys transcribed the warm words and message were climaxed in the with father Murphy and As the Gas turned away from their ers they suddenly heard Nice in not a in just cold my the perils of Disko Drew excellent material for a Republic pictures Triumph is John whose life and hard times Are far from Johnny became Soldier in since he has been shot cracked his Skull while diving injured his Back when he fell from a tent been bitten by a been struck by it was the lightning that really stopped after spending 68 Days in the poor John went Home on fur hoping fervently that the Jinx was but on return ing to Drew Field from his Home in by he was thrown heavily against the railing of the observation his head was Cut and he was badly shaken next week chapter of Disko rides sugar report was mail from borne any sweeter than that received by an infantry out Post of the Dixie division on More Tai the packet of dropped by a cub plane just before Chow plummeted into a Large syrup they were rescued by Harold Bank of this youre sure hot to speaking of rotation and who spymaster items Hargis Johnson who met Kis replacement a few Days ago and escorted the newcomer around Payne Field to protect him from any possible Hargis even the Middle East Rookie with one of the bases steel his theory is dont let your replacement get out of it Bea time before you Cam get another rotation is thought about a bit by some a even Bob Mest script columnist and program director of Camp hucksters Felt that the subject of might be popular enough for a song him Here it is to the tune of lets get away from it a lets take a plane out of get at on the Ball to make preparation for us on lets get away from it a c46 to a c54 from Accra lets change our go Home on rotation lets get away from it i lie away most every night just thinking How id hate to get Back Home two years from now a Section 8 lets hurry Back to old Broad Way you can keep Groppas and dolls or take a Taluka Back Home to lets get away from it and if you stay Long enough you will eat them until they Are squirt ing out of your the eggs Are very any self res petting stateside Hen who happened to look behind her and see such a tiny egg would probably attempt to sneak the thing into the nest of some other Hen she didst but you can roam the streets until you Are completely Sand and Seldom see a youll see horses and asses and a of but youll have to go a Long Way before youll Ever see an egyptian must have been a Lazy Senegal sunday afternoon that prompted one of the Bonjour scribes to Doodle off this nostalgic reverie Days when you were sweating out your in every letter that came in a Long envelope scared hell out of the Boss to get you another the Day the final greetings for your final Phy out to see whether you were going to be put the army to police the area around the grounds As soon As you were sworn ing to take everything under the Sun with you to drunk on the bus going to last Day you were in civilian your first night in an army Camp first first impression of All first mail from Home after induct the first time you had to Salute an of just dreaming one of the most amusing close ups of Egypt was unfolded by Mike cab ill no rank in the Gold coast i am quite certain that when get Back Home some of the peo ple who know that Ive been to Egypt will expect me to talk in a very Learned manner on such to pics As Sarcophagi and the ruins of ancient my it May be both interesting and educational to go poking around in such places As tutankhamen Tomb 01delving into the life of of eau but i  do that and get drunk at the same with first things come the Only ruins i had anything to to with were the ruins that used to hang around the pole Nord bar guzzling bottles of Stella what i would like to know where do egyptian he eggs Accra single Sheet daily who Dat crops up occasionally with Keyhole items which Are very even the title of the bulletin mimics the pidgin English of the local a so it was no Surprise to see a phrase of native jargon in the following paragraph what has Goodson got that you Haven got what do we see when the lights go on after the first act of a Uso show last night but that great big curl haired commando and a Bru Nette acid she Sweet him too much Waves reach Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor the uth naval District received its first Large contingent of Waves when 11 officers and 200 enlisted personnel arrived Here this several thousand More Are to Supply line shortened it has been revealed that Turkey is now permitting the shipping of War supplies to rus Sia through the Dardanelles january 20 we a smooth half hour by Howard bar lows offer ing no time for comedy with Claudette Colbert and Walter pid january 21 of Charm con ducted by Phil Spitalney and Fea Turing his Al girl n Liws let the weeks events in America relayed by Fred january 23 to bring ing you up to Date on the popular stateside january 24 Benny and his usual gang in his usual Laff january 25 an album of old timers by Abe Lyman the spine chiller presenting this the Man who knew How with Char Les