Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1945, Cairo, Egypt And Midoux East fest Tufty and St Pei u edited and to blushed weekly by service publication m the Middle mailing adorm and comte i by army r 92 entered matter at the poit office at under act of printed by Imp Paul 5 february 1045 v Knowlton publications of Gene editor staff Ali Odale editor Amer production mail and Dean Broome and picture United Public signal Britus Public rela a Lief conetto Depte in the mail t letters Are on sked letters fro Home have been per cent of air mail 1 a and a n Var in 4 Tai Xiy be surprised figures released by j3epi show than an in Somme of mail for Over seai5 personnel must necessarily be transported by air mail letters Are particularly this is due to several the number of american troops overseas has in created considerably and a Gargantuan volume of mail floods army Post the exigencies of War have made urgent demands upon All available air cargo and the that Winter has created Adverse flying conditions have caused the increase in the transportation of mail by the War revealed that in no onions Chicago the army Dis closed that it has found a new Way of providing hamburgers for front line packed two to a can with Salt and Pepper and featuring Char Coal broiled they can be eaten when necessary but Are improved by they will be packed into 45 Pound Field ration supplying enough food for ten soldiers for one briton hurls foreign Trade Challenge England that Bri Tain is prepared to fight for Over seas Trade on a big scale immediately following the defeat of Ger Many has been indicated by lord minister of reconstruct in a speech to British business lord Woolton urged that Thev seek overseas Trade imme rather than concentrate entirely on meeting the needs at the world abroad is hungry for our he and we must not tempt our customers overseas to find other sources of letters was carried by but in this figure jumped to per in Only per cent of All air mail was actually transported by air while 01 git ins per cent came by prospects not Bright although figures for december were not it is Likely that the situation was even More overseas commands have been that prospects for improvement of air Carriage of mail Are not it is thus advantageous advise your Home Side correspondents t0 write More email is always transported by and it Coines whereas other types of particularly air will continue to arrive or the Howe front Salt Lake City after an my sergeant flashed a Salt Lake City policemen went to his Rescue on the double and arrested a civilian for cussing the Navy blues a Down town theater recently offered this double Bill heaven can Waitl give me a lets keep it clean 3rmf Gordon cons states and we infer that Charles Kralj of la is just a trifle finicky concerning sugar reports to his one and before he writes his he Combs his hair and changes into ods the Blue l from a there stupid of Camp Tucki Tepni a crib the other Day Al Nissl won a place in rank with radios immortal live Mike Sand scripts reporter the Loose got the seems that the i noon broadcast was Over and the staff lingered in the control room batting the Breeze a bit before they had gab bed for about 10 minutes when a rapid fire of phone Calls awakened the staff to the cold sweated fact that they had not gone off the that the Mike was very much alive and after clicking off the transmit they worriedly sat Down Andi reconstructed the conversation to determine if they said anything to Embarrass the what kept the incident from becoming one of radios spicy saved the this wac Ruth Ebner of the staff was there cure for african sleeping sickness new new drug which appears to cure african sleeping sickness was announced in official journal of american Scien the drug is a combination of arsenic and Butric acid and Harry Eagle of the Public health service concludes on the basis of 200 patients treated that there is reason to believe it gives a definite cure in two weeks in Early cases where brain and Ner Vous system have not become in the disease has been so incur Able that Large areas of Africa Are gave the West its hat the Man who is credited with originating the famous ten gallon has apparently of heart born in new he later adopted the West As his i provision Belgium with the Battle front blanketed in american gis Are wearing Snow suits com posed chiefly of their White Long to camouflage their Hel Treyve found ladies White unmentionables to be just the of gis and generals this is an old one but gis on the Western front still Tell it concerns the time Eisen Hower was telling prime minister Churchill that staid British Tom Mies were exerting a Good in Fence on the More or less exuberant As Churchill beamed with a i dashed into the May i borrow your keep he now it was ikes turn to see what i mean said the general a year ago he have asked the sign which greets everyone who approaches the Engineer depot enlisted mens club in Khorram according to the Pica reads take heed be who go thru these portals and pass in not under the two column head Crocodile Dies with Bullet in trying to establish Bush town Accra palaver tells this Tarzan esque Africa is the Story and that All there is to even if you do have to explain to the folks that the Barracks int crawling with it happened sunday night near the perimeter Fence where the Croc was attempting to gain in Gress to the he didst know the Edward Hufft was1 ser Geant of the guard and headed authority on Hale dues new George authority on the revolutionary War Patriot Nathan is Shaver tosses him a Curt Grunt which implies dont go Gettin you dont own the Guy who smiles plea Santly in your direction Penara tory to asking for the loan of he left his in the so the Story hell give it Back in just a a half hour later a razor thin Blade of soap is re same Type of character will up at How about letting me use a Corner of your Bud Only Wanna wipe my by the time you return from the powder room All that is left is a dripping backlog editors blinked their let out a Section 8 and front aged this item for All at men sweating out we circular Section 9 reads As follows overseas cause of the natural desire of All personnel in the military ser vice to serve Many Are initiating requests for such prac Tice adds an unnecessary Load to already overburdened channels of communication and will be tinted must be a bad priorities Arran gement but the first copy of the Tripoli prop Wash to Breeze into this department is really its second this is a four Sheet mime oed Tattler which announces on its cover Page this is not a Scripp Hpward from that policy announcement and from its Patter and a Reader becomes aware of the fact that the prop washboard of scribes has a nose for humor As Well As for theres also a department of modern confucianism which include the Man who gives in where Hes wrong is Wise but the who gives in when he is right is dont complain if you Arent getting what you be thank Ful that youre getting what you the things we hear Are never As interesting As the things we Over j 4x4 May be the official colonel but i will continue to refer to it a a ignorance is Bliss Western front a couple of de Brenda and Jerry took a Quick nose dive under a parked truck when Jerry started laying Down a hot artillery when the storm was they crawled feel ing Lucky that they found such a convenient that until they saw a re lettered sign on the trucks was the military mail new York Gotham who have had previous trouble with shells and grenades sent Home by souvenir conscious went dashing on the double to an apartment House at 560 West 172nd lying innocently atop the Chute on the sixth floor was a suspicious inside they found a army hand grenade which they later discovered was harm the police assumed that some Soldier or having1 tired of the had chosen that me Thod to dispose of Down toward the Post at Gate when the Crocodile rambled across the Fence the native blinded by the jeep nearly fell Over the scaly and turned several shades the Croc fell into the Hufft jumped out and put the first Bullet squarely through the rep tiles what it was doing so far from water no one the vicious looking four foot Critter has since been skinned and Hung up to dry s to what happened to his meat the natives were Fine the gis at Dakar Are taking up Bonjour offer to print any censored classified Heresa Sam ple wanted native must have Best references from native must not complain if i wants to bks found Brown zippered on sunday noon in front of mess contains maps will direct that character analyst is at it again in Payne Fields sky Mas and the characters he magnifies this week Are what every respectable latrine could do with last week he dissected the movie theater remember theres the old beg ins the Kongwei Cheeky he elbows his Way to the front of the starts spreading his tools As far As the Eye can when the Guy next to him Himble Points to the items and asks they be the old Welcome mat out at get together club it is probable that no City in the world has Cairns Medley of the United and for the past few a few representatives of these armies have set about to provide a meet ing place where members of the Allied loth men and women of All could be Given an Opportunity to meet and know each other under pleasant surround the accent was on comradeship not after a summer and autumn season at the Gertoge As it is launched its Winter season a few weeks ago with great from now on thursday evenings at the club will meet at the South Afri can Ouma conveniently located on Soliman Pasha above the metro the welcomes it costs nothing and membership is there will be dances and discussions to entertain and refreshments to satisfy you the club started on a shoe string 9 and the struggles of a Small executive including two american officers and four enlisted but the idea caught on an now the club has received recognition Ini both Washington and sub menace again shallow Ca Nadas defense stated last week that the North Atlantic As it Hast been for months alive with German he warned that we Are having ships i sunk Day by Day and added that it is absolutely essential to keep troop movements out of the
