Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                M n5 v at British Chi in which two americans sir Ber Twil of British Middle East is in  Kerney who was awarded the of Jofh Empire to Tom left Robert fiscal director of who was awarded the older of the British rank of com brisk clash occurred on the 1tett my Aimy enemy raiding party number 18 Efren and Thiim it out As it at Vitt filtrate Allied Vican combat patrol led i Ralph Decker of Junction of Tyr monday took a num Ber r prisoners and wiled three germans in routing the enemy out of a Strong Point South of Bologna with hand grenades and demolition Dewey Victory Flag to Macarthur the first amet Cait Flag that was Over Manila when the City was captured by americans in 1898 will to sent to Macarthur at his the battleship Oregon commission said last week that it was packaging the Flag now in the museum of Spanish american War relics Here to be flown to the f Cip ated in be lies Here led Burma Road and the breaking of the land blockade of the suggested re naming the link Stilwell Road Honor of Joseph stil Well former commander of ame rican forces in the Chin Burma India Hurley immediately accepted and thanked Chiang who credited Stilwell for his contribution in fighting through the link to to the Stilwell Road will be an Omen of said the Wedeme yer echoed this promised signal corps photo by Fay British Headquarters last sir Bernard cp2nmart4erinchief of British Bri of High degree on two americans Robert and Kerney to whose work in this theater has particularly who served in Tjimis theater longer than any other american Paget be stowed the order of the British Odeh is fiscal director of Usa the citation stated that 0nl has had the Burden of con All matters of finance Phout the command a arduous As ame purchasing methods have kid be changed to conform with existing British then it stated that due to of dells hard and misunderstandings had been avoid thus speeding the completion taht Kernel who has served in this theater for 31 was award the British if spire medal by Paget and the citation listed the enlisted mans extraordinary during the construction of Camp he was in charge construction division vehicles and in this position out his duties in a highly efficient 4as assistant to the project Engineer assigned to another Middle East Camp he was responsible for coordinating organization and construction of this As assistant to the officer in charge of the initial construction his i titter Vand responsibilities were Many and far greater than those normally As signed to a Man of his he filled the position of super visor and carried various construction responsibilities of the Dakar Airfield and base he is now top sergeant in charge of initial organization of the new construction program at North Africa in this he is immediate Assis Tant to the officer in charge of construction on pro throughout his service in the Middle has produced work of the highest order with Complete efficiency and a High Standard of morale which has an inspiration to his Bataan vet does 3year hitch with filipino guerillas Luzon Alfred Bruce of who was one of 12 soldiers sent through Bataan lines in 1942 to help organize gue Rillas among filipinos reported Back to the army nearly three years thin and he returned As Captain of the guerillas after helping organize a Force of be tween and three out of original 12 americans he adding that japanese treatment of filipino prisoners was mass Stilwell is new ground Force chief Washington Joseph Stilwell has been appointed commander of the army ground forces and will take Over his new command announced War the four Stair Ige Nerad succeeds Ben Lear who is now Deputy commander in charge of administrative matters in the european Sally fans out pair dancer Sally Rand won dismissal of a six year old damage suit filed against her by a couple of Custo mers who charged she bit them be cause they took pictures of her every time her fans got out of the court Rule the time for trial of the suit had miss Rand said that after All she was entitled to some Washington a women Anne corps unit composed of negro was is being formed Foi overseas the we jealous suitor kills Seattle schoolgirl n 18 year old merchant con fessed he had shot and killed Marilyn High school fresh in her South Seattle Home Squires gave himself up at a precinct police station soon after the police described him As a jealous was killed by a shot fired through a Kitchen window As she washed the dinner crime wave warning Edgar Hoover of the Obj Nayares that difficult years lie ahead unless the new trend toward lawlessness is Fri chief revealed that Bank robberies increased during 1044 for the first time in 12 bandits rubbed or attempted Rob 37 in the last year As com pared with 23 robberies or attempt robberies of Banks in he Nimitz moves nearer Tokyo Ance Pacific he Chester Nimitz has his Well West of his at Pearl Harbor in be closer to the scene of in the states plan added vet Aid continued from Page 1 or the establishment of a Small another Type of i Bill is being studied by the Washington legis which is considering the creation of a Post War fund for huge Public principally designed to give sex servicemen a lift when jobs Are another Bill would give veterans free tuition at the University of Bonus Bills bonuses in Bonus Bills ranging from to one grand Are under an educational Bill Arkansas veterans annually to continue their also pending in Arkansas Legisla Ture is a proposal transferring to a vocational education fund for the rehabilitation of disabled in one proposed Bill would give state veterans prefer ence in state jobs another would guarantee that who were employed by the state before the would get their old jobs Down Texas pending legis lation would erase the poll tax for All soldiers and in Many no Bills have actually come before the House it self but committees Are drafting and discussing acted last year the one exception is new Jer which passed veterans legis lation last new Jersey Grants servicemen Loans up to to establish themselves in to lending the state guarantees 90 per cent of the at least ten states Are seriously considering lowering the voting Are from 21 to these include new wis Utah and if a Man is old enough to they he is old enough to 16 tots die in fire Maine a fire swept a childrens Home last kill ing at least 16 whose Ages ranged from six months and a eight other child Ren and the proprietor of the Eva the flames quickly swept the Structure and prevented firemen from res cuing the who were Chil Dren of women employed in War buy More War Bonds throw Lull which had t6 Cut their Way foot foot to do a Job people thought was impossible a Tileti the men men worked still work under conditions which Are unbelievable until you see them mountainous in rain and the Allied nations can feel proud of the hard work done by1 their the South indians and tile terrain in itself was bad enough but the japs added More they had to be blasted from the Jungles one by when you look at a map of the world a drive from Ledo to my Itkina to Salween seems to the soldiers it is the longest Road in the the general Alaska vet in Hospital Post new and heavier blows against the enemy and also hailed the new Road As a Monument of Friendship Between the speak ing Over the Abc army hour in reply to Daniel his successor in who had messaged that the Ledo Road is now cleared of said i take off my hat to the men who fought for it and built never saw the Taj mahal or called on a Inalia Rajah first and third strike into Reich continued from Page 1 to below they achieved what press dispatches said was a strategic Spring Board for attacks against the Industrial Ruhr and Simpsons troops had been relatively inactive for six weeks during which time they moved into the Roer positions vacated by the first at the of the French and american forces punctured deeper into the Northern and Southern shoulders of the Colmar pocket and Are now 17 Miles French and american units under the French first army command wedged within a mile of the North Eastern outskirts of Colmar in an out flanking while French forces took a town Northwest of Mulhouse against fierce pressure is increasing to Force the nazis from a 25mile longstanding salient which menaces Strasbourg from fleeing transport smashed Allied planes Hunting Road con Voys made another kill when they slammed into a concentration of German vehicles East of bullets and rockets destroyed trucks and damaging 571 trucks and two this mass of transportation is believed to have been the last of von Rundstedt equipment flee ing from the ill fated deflated Belgium at the same the eighth air forces marked its third anniversary of destruction in hitlers fortress Europa by hurling a 1000 bomber raid against the meanwhile Raf heavies struck three blows against coupled with the German made rumours of an impending offensive by the came the statement by Comman Der of the Supply de Claring that general Eisenhower forces have enough supplies on hand to mount a major Harvey White Harvey of has arrived in the Middle East and assumed com Mand of the base a Veteran of the alaskan Cam White returned to the states in the Spring of 1944 when the alaskan theater was shortly thereafter was named Post surgeon and commanding officer of the station Jefferson White took a station hos Pital unit to Alaska in the Spring of 1942 and prior to that had led it through a year of training with the 35th division at Camp Robin he had for 18 years previously been battalion and regimental surgeon with the 138th Missouri National prior to coming on Active ser White was associate pro Fessor of physiology at the Washington University medical University he joined the faculty in 1921 and be came an associate professor in he had graduated from the same school in 1920 and had previously attended Blackburn col before trans Ferring to Washington University for his premedical training and degree in just after returning to the states from the new base hos Pital commanding officer took a special three months course in psychiatry at Mason general hos White has one har vey an infantry sergeant now serving in Luxem Burg or and a Massey who is attend ing a Cadet nursing corps school at Washington University school of new special service head Trauscht has been appointed special service officer of Trauscht was formerly executive officer and headed the Middle East film sex