Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                Striate has passed and Back to the House its own revised version of the manpower differing sharply from the original Bill was passed by the the new legislation authorizes the War Man Power commission to place an employment ceiling on violations Are punishable by a year in jail or a the House voted 211 to 177 to Send its work or jail legislation to conference in an at tempt to Compromise with these the associated press stated that this vote is a Victory for the administration Over who had sought to Force imme Diate consideration of the Senate administration forces insisted upon a conference which they Hope to retain the major provi Sions of the House the work or jail which was the House empowered draft boards to order men 18 to 45 into essential War work on the penalty of induction into the armed five years in Pri or a March 1945 stars and East f photographic classic May become permanent Monument to Marine bravery t american republics sign economic pact Mexico City the 16day inter american conference of 20 american republics ended with a plea by of state Stettinius for Argentina to join the com Mon struggle against at the final press chairman Tom Connally of these Nate foreign relations committee reminded that Argentina membership in the american family of nations carries obligations As Well As the proposal for an eco nomic charter for the americas was adopted the measure favors higher Irving stand Ards and elimination of Trade barriers but clauses calling for free Trade anal Tariff reduction were when Joe associated press photographer with the wartime Shu picture took the above picture of of the 28th regiment Plant ing the american Flag atop of Suribachi on i to he was interested mainly in recording the news of the but now it that i graphic shot May become a Monument for All times to the bravery of american fighting a Bill has been introduced in Congress calling a War Monu ment to be constructed in Washington bated 6n the subject of Hie at the original shot at representative Joe Hendricks who introduced the shows a copy to Lanham As they discuss the press Britain makes plans for switch to Pacific Fco ddn a Shams minister t of sir James told the House of commons this week that Large number of men in the Bri Tish armed forces would be re leased from service after the fall of while men now in civilian reserved occupations would be called in affirming British participation in the Pacific he said that it is not Only right but in he added that her role in the Jap War would Call for a complicated process of redeployment of swoosh Pilot is Frank Pilot of the famous the has returned to Kirtland scene of his Days As an air this he came in a slightly different capacity he has been appointed commanding officer of the the famed was the Only 1m7 to escape when the Jap anese raided Clark Field in the Philippines shortly after Pearl a air was based on the thrilling adventures of the battered swoosh and its Mother of top kick has eight stars in service Flag bad noose for Hitler mos Cav the newspaper Pra Dii do Laid that Adolf Hitler must not be sent to exile on an Island like Napoleon As has been suggested but that needs the it said firm and specific Deci Sions have been reached by the United a bimts on those guilty of starting and continuing the buy More War Bonds on a quiet Street in lives a Small Grey haired lady who spends a great Deal of her time writing to and thinking of her children in the armed her role As a wartime Mother is similar to that of Many other american except for the fact that in her win Dow hangs a handsome eight Star service Emblem which was presented to her by dim John Leila an elderly is thus honoured As South Carolinas first service Mother and her distinction is equalled by few other american wests numerous service men sons Are scattered All Over the her second John West is top kick of the the Antithesis of All car Toon and fictional first is a compact and meticulously neat Young who is pleasant to privates and is Seldom he is proud of his though most of his Brothers and his Waco sister enlisted with out the usual encouragement of a draft John West straight away denies that his family is particularly on the con he grew up much the same As any other fam eight of us had the measles at one time mama nearly went crazy but despite the wherewithal of mumps and stumped the ten wests grew up Hale and Hearty and seven boys and one girl went into the Day the governor came some months the family received it High Honor on behalf of South Carolina when Johnston came Down from the state capital and named As the states first service the governor was accompanied by representatives of the american be 1 John West the american legion auxiliary and c who took part in the West wrote John that it was All very to no other such Emblem has Bee Given in South Carolina and it is unlikely that More than a few have been awarded in the the interesting fact about the Emblem is that it had to be specially designed and since service emblems with a grand total of eight stare were West had Only an inadequate Sevenstar West is proud of her Large Brood and of the fact that so Many Are in the she writes them cheerful letters reiterating that everything John was impressed the oldest began the West exodus into uniform in Guadalcanal hero killed on iwo iwo John first enlisted Marine to win the congressional medal of Honor in this was killed by japanese artillery fire on the Beach on the first Day of the Battle for 27yearold hero of Guadalcanal from was leading a machine gun platoon through a heavy artillery barrage when he and several of his men were caught by japanese fire soon after they hit the Beach in the opening although Basilone could have staved in the Afir the Guadalcanal Campaign he had volunteered for another tour of overseas Manila As Basilone was wanted to spend the rest of the War the congressional medal of Honor was awarded Basilone in for gallantry at Luviga on Guadalcanal on firing a machine gun arid Basilone piled up 38 japanese bodies in front of his emplacement As the japs sought to Knock out his machine when he joined the Marine corps John was just a kid at the time and tremendously impressed by the figure his big brother Cut in a Marine in he followed choosing the who is next to joined up a year concerning John is still after War broke charges served for two and a half years in the South Pacific and received the Silver Star for distinguished service in the Battle of during one bit of he destroyed 25 Jap Pill boxes in a feat which involved considerable he would run within pitching distance of a Jan pull out the hurl the grenade and hit the ground until the debris stopped then hed move on to the next and repeat the Charles later fought on Tarawa and Sai where he was he is recuperating at a naval hos Pital in John has reached his ninth year in the before the he served six years at fort Camp Davis and fort during half this he and his younger brother Dan soldiered together and were when War both were eventually sent Daniel went West to the Pacific where he was stationed for 27 John was sent to Roberts where he served As first sergeant until transferred to a in the same Capa he is due for rotation the two members of the West family who entered the army via the draft Are Ansel and a staff was killed in Normandy shortly after the in the kid of the teenage is now learning to be a radioman at Carnap Crow Gertrude until was family representative in the air corps and stationed at fort she was assigned to the paratroops As a Chute at the request of who realized that it was unwise to live alone at her Gertrude was released from the rugged individualists of the fan Rule Are the 21yearold twins Carl and Harl who enlisted in the whom John describes As the character of the is stationed at Hawaii while Harl is on Cruiser duty in the the quiet recently turned up with six Battle France pays 40 millions to Washington a Check for was presented to Leo foreign economic by Christian a French Supply As an instalment of the French provisional government on materials shipped to French North and West Africa during the last two years under this brings the total payment to the British govern ment has assigned 40 Hospital trains to carry wounded american troops in Europe and England under reverse Crow Ley Cost of operating the trains will be borne by the British who have also assigned a number of ships for the same the latter include three Hospital ships and five Hospital nine nominated for four stars1 Roose velt nominated nine lieutenant generals to the temporary rank of fourstar they were Joseph deity supreme Allied commander in the Mediterranean Omar Bradley commanding the 12th army group in Europe Carl commanding the strategic air Force in Europe George commanding far East air forces Mark com manding the 15th army group in Italy Walter command ing the sixth army in the Philip Pines Brehon com manding army service forces Jacob commanding the sixth army group in Europe and Thomas Deputy chief of staff to there were Only two generals on Active duty in the army and four five Star generals of the Conchie Volunteer i for starvation tests Minneapolis chosen from among thousands of conscientious objectors who volunteered their 36 men Are being slowly starved at the University of Minnesota to test the effect of Star vation diets now common in eur later they will try suggested rehabilitation1 obtained during the Experiment will he used in pro Grams in War torn