Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                V it Suvar v i i f of Cauca a s i War at 5 v 1 f it Imit Itji tire Sunj b Friday production i letdown and the b of the k leaders v of the War in Europe with at associated press for weeks they have been search ing for some Way to get these across to the american peo ple there will be relatively few men discharged How Many re Mains to be there will be some furloughs for men Enro Ute from Europe to the hut Here again the number is for of there will be the swiftest possible direct Transfer from the Battle Fields of Ige Mahy to Island a of in general it As far As to give actual combat troops a few weeks at Home before Terigo after War weariness threat Texe military Lead ers lies in the Assumption that a kind iof War May set in after the first outburst of Joy Over the Victory in Europe which May delay the Transfer of millions of men from the Europe to Pacific with arms and As it this Monument census reveals big swing to South Washington the census Bureau said the South and West gained nearly population Between april 1940 and july while the North decreased nearly despite to men the Bureau estimated the nations population at the end of the period at californian population Rose 26 per cent nearly to head the new York state lost Pennsylvania and Minne Sota and Oklahoma lost More than in Europe 5 task win probably take at least six there May be a period of rela although commanders will prevent this if they can to forestall any Public clamor for the return of troops to the commented the in this would he japans greatest Hope of moderating the effects of her defeat and gaining a american military leaders have been hammering Home for months the fact that the enemy remains in of Wuerful military position in the Pacific and estimates by War Are that the japs have men in though the chinese could Muster an effective Force against if equipped with american arms and Given modern the impression Here is that so much time would be required that it a bund not be the most effective Way to defeat apparently the idea of relying primarily on chinese manpower has been heavily to if not abandoned the picture could be Chari Geti for the particularly if rus Sia would join the War against a said air transport flies Hal million wonder than 000 wounded and ill american sol Diers were flown out of combat zones last with Only 28 deaths occurring in the men were evacuated to medical centers both overseas and in the without a single loss by enemy 20 per cent of All american casualties returned to the in 1944 were flown by Frt i ear tool so docs Ogeil Turbo gave concert at Camp one of the service entered a request for Iturbi play Beethoven Moonlight Jive dive at neb Ernest missed his partners hand during an intricate Jitterbug was unable to dived headfirst through the second floor window of a dance Rubadu dub the army pm depot in new York buried itself in a myriad of mysterious figures recently and came up with the news that it purchased More than pounds of soap for the army during if youre still this grand total can be reduced to about 70 pounds per no to blues for the army or blackmail speaking to an anxious altar bound couple Over the John a marriage clerk at insisted that bv6 was confined bed and could not possibly per form the but the i both of whom Are Mem Bers of the army medical were loathe to a few min utes the undaunted gis showed up at his Home and in formed him that they would treat him until he was Able to perform the it to sell Oil project Washington the 000 canal Petroleum project in Canada will be terminated by june announced the War the White horse pipeline and refinery will be offered for Sale to Canada or other in so hungry i could eat a horse baptism embarking on his second Day in combat on the Western Grover Bruce of already had one Jerry to his credit a smashed Hel met and an incredible tale of which is confirmed by his buddies in the 45th on his first Day in action Bruce crawled into his foxhole just in time for a Ger Man eager to get his initial crack at the he poked up his exactly two seconds a Bullet entered his helmet above the right buzzed a semicircle inside his helmet and dropped out Over his left the i pocketed the Bullet and calmly killed the Fame 15 the Spur currently engaged in the Philippines Vincent Volpe of new York was thinking Only of his stomach when he wangled a Deal for a Likely looking but when this prospective Chicken dinner chanced upon another he unfurled his spurs and proceeded to demolish him in Short Volpes plans for the Skillet were considerably dimmed by this excellent since that Volpes rooster has become a definite threat in the filipino National cockfighting and As the rooster presumably gets tougher with every it does seem Likely that the Skillet is definitely Adf the w of Tow Tod tinny iia ittes were Stibi lifted but when judges picked the Winner it turned out to be a Clever Mem the name and word Coiner Irving Kaufman is awarded the Choice of any trip the plane makes in the near fun Zero beat looks into a Crystal Section 8ball and comes up with an eritrean Horoscope wherein the Swami scribe muses with two years behind us and with the rotation Outlook being a dubious it May be interesting to look into the future and see How some of us will be faring in the years to we therefore take this Opportunity to give a Cross Section View of what the future holds in store for some of the illustrious characters of this 1946 Ramos returns from emergency furlough to the Heeney spreads re mors of was coming to take 1960 Cotter announces new for eritrean 1965 Zach Watkins puts in claim for Back social Security 1975 quartermaster Dis covers new elongate Darm sleeve which will accommodate All Over seas 1984 Sam Foster retires As Zero on a 1999 recently to enters Yale As oldest under graduate in history of the school under i Bill of 2000 57th overseas Celebration of the eritrean unit is held at downtown Asylum for the Hope Lessly Tift de the term occupational x to editor Harris stars and stripes apologises for not Check ing and takes off its upper to you for keen to reporter Johnson beware of the influence of Hollywood press agents a 30foot to dugout boat of Wah Wah Wood now owned by special service of Accra will take deep sea Fisher on trips right from the it will also serve As a life guard boat on heavy Beach but dont try to go on warns continues the front Page account theres nothing about it in army but according to Many native last weeks stars and stripes stuck its Masthead out and almost got scalped by Huckstep editor of Sand script and also a staunch citizen of the desert seems that Dick Johnson out on the Gold coast filed a feature on the Hobby shop out Johnsons from shortsighted information Given to Liim by the red Cross at the was that this tinker shop is believed to be the Only one of its kind in the Middle and prob ably Harris soft soaps at first by say ing that the boys at stars and stripes Are Nice Guys and Johnson at Accra is justifiably in then he explodes the contradictory fact that special ser vice and the arc at Camp Huck step have been operating a Hobby shop for nigh onto two according to the distinction of having the first Hobby shop in the Middle East probably goes to the 38th general which has been running Artand crafts activities for Over two years is the Day on which the of the sea was and you leave the seas alone on that Dav out of deference to else some thing unpleasant deep sea fishing has been a recreational activity on the Gold coast for some but this is the first occasion that an army owned boat is available right at the five to six Strong paddlers Man the dug painted in five Brilliant and with All sorts of designs Are the product of West african the boat is thus made up to keep it from but not on nothing can save it on tuesday somewhere along Central african near at base gave birth to a new unit its Happy sounding title Wadi to its debut Issue shows surefire Promise of a Lively four pager in the near say the editors As newspapers Wadi a know is in a class with the holy roman Empire which was neither nor since we Are a week an army and an Apo any resemblance to news living or dead is purely a popular feature of this new Huso Tattler will probably be its Ripe entitled Tough Monkey janitors get per which int peanuts Kansas City what goes on in the austere Jackson county courthouse in strictly Monkey and not since the Day when a malicious prisoner on the 12th floor jail flooded several floors Pielow by opening a big water has the political stronghold buzzed with such it seem incredulous to county officials that tour chattering Little monkeys Are going to work in their own Hall of Justice the one vice presi Dent Truman got his and be instated on the county payroll at a dream salary of an hour among sceptical courthouse employees Shook their Heads As the monkeys Engineer Frank explained that his monkeys Are highly paid since they have trained in operate haners in the who Calls his Clever Little employees says he has 48 working for the monkeys have been hired to make a non political sweep of the the top floors of building Are heated by hot air carried through narrow ducts in tin Walls and these Duetts have Ute cleaned since Truair held his first political office a Monkey will be inserted or Hiigli an air vent into the Wall attached to him Are wire brushes which he drags along the Dun to a vent on the lower returning to the he makes a second trip with a Small vacuum cleaner which picks up most of the soot and dust loosened by officials still shake their in amazement and murmur something ominous about Monkey b u s i