Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                January stars and Middle destroyer famous Chapeau in Molter Ratikan setting 1 i the destroyer sent to Jidida to i pick up King Ibn Saud was the first american Man o War Ever to enter that it was piloted in to safety by a Barefoot Arab during his the Kinsor lived on the deck foreward of the fore gun his tent was pitched sloping from the Turret a pen was built on the Fantail of the ship Over the the King offered to Send enough sheep to feed the entire Crew As his guests for the trip but Lack of accommodations prevented More being taken aboard than were necessary for the needs of the Royal the first night out of Ibn Saud had the entire officer complement of the ship As his guests at the banquet was in Arab while american officers squatting on the deck around the two movies were shown to the King the fighting Story of an american car and brought to a store of the Navy in Saud seemed to enjoy both the arabian Royal party brought own Cooks and charcoal these of the party not entitled to Dine with the King went to various Corners of the deck and there cooked their own meats Over the charcoal the usual blackout was not maintain the Kings servants were amazed to find below deck some rican negro Cooks and mess it took a Good Deal of persuasion to convince them that these Navy men Wero not also the fact was not entirely cleared up even when they made ready to depart from the Arab communications men on Board maintained Contact with Mecca every half hour during the entire trip to on the trip North the offensive Power of the  was demonstrated to King Ibn Saud who watched while a guns were fired and depth charges dropped Rooseve it m eels Churchill continued from Page 1 an unprecedented Honor to the was seen in the visit of Kiir Ibn Saud who departed from arabian soil for the first time in his life in order to meet Roose the president had flown to a crypt from Russia after motor ing Over Mountain roads Aloner the Black sea to Sevastopol and seeing scenes of Stark destruction wrought by the the route followed took the presidential party Over the nearly Century old Battlefield where the historic Light brigade made its famous charge in the crimean War of an Aimy at plane brought Roosevelt to Eurit from an air Field mar Sevastopol where he was bid Farewell by soviet foreign commissar accompanied by a guard of the piano set the president Down at a Basi in the Suez canal area and his party was greeted by Pinckney american minister to and Benjamin commanding general of they proceeded by car to a Suez and thence aboard a Navy Cruiser anchored in the great bitter Lake through which the Suez canal presidents daughter along members of the presidents party included his John Boettiger Harry presidential aide Roosevelt chief of staff vice Wilson his naval aide military aide vice Ross my the presidents physician Andi Stephen Secretary of the King Farouk was the presidents first being piped aboard the Cruiser with full naval honors after talks took place before and during luncheon Andi touched on Many questions affecting egyptian american rela an official army ment tuck Hassanein chief of Farouk Cabinet Leahy Boettiger and Harry Honkins attended the the Kinin returned to Cairo by air communications discussed Hailo Selassie and members of his staff Fame aboard the Cruiser later the some a com by the minister to a piano had been dispatched to Addis Ababa to bring the emperor to an american air base in the Vicinity of Cairo where lie was housed As a guest of the before proceeding to the Suez Ca Nal area to meet the speaking in the presi ambassador to London John Winant is shown with Hie president As they conferred in Alexandria prior to the meeting of the president with Dent and the Negus discussed improvements in particularly by Between the u and Ethiopia and both expressed Hope of closer relations Between the two it was Roosevelt took advantage of the Opportunity to thank the emperor in person for a site and buildings which Ethiopia gave the for use As a legation in Addis Selassie was accorded full naval honors As the was escorted ashore when the meeting colourful costumes most colourful of All the meet Ings was that with Ibn Saud who came aboard the following after noon amid ceremonies in which dignified sweeping costumes of the arabian guests stood out in dramatic contrast to the Navy Blue of the ships american sailors Narm in Cruiser stood at strict attention As the arabian King and his party Wen escorted aboard the ship to the of Bugle Calls and the shrill notes of the Bosun they gathered Aroun curiously to observe the Coloru of the Kings persona1 bodyguards and Hie arabian Monarch had tra veiled from Riyadh 800 Miles across Arabia by automobile to Edda where he was picked up by a Navy destroyer sent by the presi Dent to pick up his Royal guests members of saudi personal staff covered the foredeck of the Des Troyer with Rich Oriental rugs and brought gilded chairs for their Kings use Suriner the Al though a Cabin had been ibid Saud preferred1 to live out doors Ami a tent was pitched on the King slept in it in food for the entire including live was brought aboard at servers of ceremonial coffee1 Ibn saudi entourage numbered including his Prince a Dulu his princes Moham med and Emir Mansour Ibn Aziz Shaikh Abdullah Suleiman minister of finance Shaikh Yussif Deputy minister of foreign and Shaikh Hafiz minister to great in were included the Kings communications Ines an official two ser vers of ceremonial ten guards with sabers and daggers chosen from the principal arabian Cooks and matters of common concern Marine William now minister to saudi accompanied the Kino Andi acted As official interpreter at the conference with the Ibn Saud came aboard be commanding general of with Jofin daughter of predent on Board the presidential in great signal fore lunch and his talks with president Roosevelt continued through 1 luncheon and afterwards on the Cruiser according to an official announcement in the mid dle the discussions were in line with the presidents belief that Heads of governments the world Over should get together Opportunity permits and Exchange views in order the better to understand one another prob lems and to discuss matters of common concern to the two coun 5outof8 overseas Washington Tho Mas Deputy chief of told a Senate military committee at a hearing on manpower controls that the army is five eighths three eighths in the of those in the five per cent Are including the wounded from per cent of the army is on special limited including the saudi visit was concluded after three Oclock in the afternoon and his party was transferred with full honors to the destroyer which then pulled the with the president and his party soon after Ward weighed Anchor and headed North through the Suez canal to Winant in Alexandria the next Day Roosevelt received aboard in Alexandria Harbor prime minister Churchill and Stet ambassador Winant had earlier in the Day conferred with the the meeting with Churchill had been arranged while they were at the Crimea a similar arrangement had been made with of state Stettinius before he left the conference for Moscow to continue his talks with commissar Roosevelt had invited Winant to meet him in Alexandria in order to give the ambassador a firsthand report of the Crimea conference before the presidents return to jabbed at Senlo Hiver Point South of the Highway As fifth moving through Huw continued Active along t whole stretch of the nazis on the eighth front near Adriatic again employed a new rocket blasting at Allied positions Southeast of Allon sine with projectiles weighing Over 100pounds and firm at Thuc rate of about one a in the news paper Der bund Adolf Hitler had ordered marshal Kesselring to evacuate Northern and that withdrawal is in Mark com manding the 15th Amy said last week a nazi withdrawal was Likely at any Royce gets stateside Post Washington Mai Ralph Royce has been appointed commanding general of the army air forces personnel distribution the former command 1 ing general of succeeds Hubert royces new command is now located at Atlantic City it is being shifted to it processes aah person Nel going to and from overseas assignments and also operates aah convalescent before his recent return to the Royce commanded the 1st tactical air Force provisional end which operated in the Vosges mountains Region of France with the 6th army draft boards continued from Page 1 in the Senate military affairs committee for in a radio broadcast sunday War Stimson said that we dare not delay longer in passing the Bill since deadly shortages Are looming before us and a crisis is at to praised the House the and deplored the Senate lethargy on taking decisive Stimson asserted that in some important there was As much As a 90 per cent turnover of labor last the inevitable result of this failure of american democracy is now becoming apparent at this i crisis of the be 1 unbalanced picture Stimson radio address was soundly attacked by Omahoney of Wyoming who termed the broadcast an utterly unbalanced account of the manpower our soldiers have not been let Down by the Home he citing figures showing that the has supplied the United nations with eight billion dollars Worth of War exclusive of i like to think that we alone of All nations in the world have done this Job on a free system by the voluntary acts of our said Ito yank turns Down Job As tax collector los Angeles two months ago Olive Al Grismer sent a Check to the internal Revenue collector Harry Westover As an instalment her 1944 lust week she got it Back with a declined with thanks note from Guarino some where in a Friend in los Angeles sent to a wrote letter in some Way became lodged Between the pages of the Magazine while in the mail sack so Here is your Westover accepted the Dejaeck with the notation no delay due to War buy Mobe War