Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                I production v 194s v Consi aters and Wlliet is to i in Congress re tons that keep As permanent bases vital Pacific islands wrested from commander of the of cation future aggression if it f 110eib retain control of Pacific and the Carnegie end that neglect of sea Power before the War almost proved catastrophic must not barter away the great naval machine it has built at such to keep bases will mean the necessity of fighting for them again in some future he audit is questionable whether the nation could keep up such cycles introduced legislation 1 directing that the claim permanently any a former Jap Island designated by chiefs of staff As necessary for the maintenance of world peace and 2 authorizing the to hold american liberated which belong to Friendly nations until the original owner or until their Mutual occupation can be arranged 10 i tinier he to let the know that we never propose to the american Flag hauled Down iwo Jima or any other blood bought key bases to the Arnold plotting Blitz for nips ninth aah Henry aah said he hoped to have sufficient Pacific bases by the end of the War in Europe to make Japan Rock under the same devastating air Power that has blasted our air Force can do any Damn thing it wants to Over Germany from any Altitude and on any tar he not a cubic foot of air Over Germany is controlled to discussing the shift to the a Arnold said lots of retrain ing will be necessary for More War Bonds these these Island har Bors will have been paid for by the sacrifice of american he they will have been scooped out of the Sand and Coral and volcanic Ash by a Gene ration of americans giving their their ingenuity and their failure to maintain bases essential for our defense raises the fundamental question How Long can the afford to continue a Cycle of fighting and building and winning and giving away Onty to fight and build and win and give away again Rich As we Are we do not have the human or physical resources to dissipate our Patrimony Gene ration after generation in this he said the nation must not Only keep the Fleet but must con stantly modernize and improve it so As keep ahead of aggressor possessed As we Are for the moment with naval he it is difficult to be Lieve we will permit this Power to be squandered or bartered away we will never do i am if we understand what it might mean in terms of americas we who have gone through this War have paid the penalty of forgetting the lessons of years be tween this time we shall win Victory despite our past mis takes but next time the penalty of forgetting May be the loss of America and of def Ida Iho Allah ism to Fly through the ily writing mile High slogans Cong 1s a past he was president of skywriting of America a few Days the re tire skywriter got a Little Souve Nir from his Aerial stamping which is now Tireem Ted by the flying wings of it was a fireman rub Ber Lifeboat which was Accident ally released from a the raft landed on the roof of his Long Island Tore off a few Les and immediately inflated itself for Active right there on camerons he notified Mit Chell Field and a Crew of gis were sent to retrieve the runaway i shells out when a Shell from a German 170mm gun landed in the cellar position of 15 Ameri can gis and officers in Philip Puleo of Newark immediately hopped up and hoisted the Pound projectile out the it immediately who per formed this feat without much says he became so frightened afterwards that he could not speak or i Shook for two he Lucid he is also he that he could never do it again though did save 15 Domestic note those of you who remember your Days As a Rookie which to us Are almost synonymous with up might be interested to know that Igi dish washing has become such big Busi Ness that the army has thought fully published a technical Bulle tin describing the most efficient and economical methods of Pearl the according to information reaching deals with Gallons of water and compounds and is extremely unlikely to revolutionize the tried and True the Young in heart a 52 year old German Soldier was Cap tured in Frankfurt and queried by an army who asked what a Man of his age was doing in the the Kraut May or May not have been cracking Wise in his but with considerable he replied in a Mem Ber of the Hitler to blessed Are the Meek the army gives in to conscientious objectors and sends then scooting Back to Cowie but in the Case of a Foury Earold German Shepherd it seemed the Only the reluctant who refused to train to take the offensive against the ene was returned to his i of is Calvd of tilt and is to Tell stateside hospitals what gives with their old All overseas combat and noncombat Are invited to Send stories to outfits quarters at 203 East 42nd there the rapidly getting Misier staff of James Sweeney works the material into two Sar Din packed issues a in the first number 60 units were mentioned in the 15th 307 Are re the distributed exclusively in uses drawings and photographs and has such titles As Battle fighting Over what you think and can you top this there also after yarn son shoulder general marshalls idea stemmed from his thoughts on Hospital trips he had made during which he found the men were constantly yearning for mail from their old Why asked the Gen Start a Clearing House to meet the demand and so we have out a new and rising i publish ing Abadan dust bowl announces the winners of the go Genius these lads showed that Marshall want the Only Man with an idea to put it in practice Howard Wilke came first with his portable air cooler for hos Pital ships James Collins took second prize for his tire changing machine third prize to James Sims for his c46 engine buildup stands and fourth to Crest Marston for a spark plug honorable mentions went to Calvin Smith for his potato Peeler and to Jack Watson for his c16 Type maintenance at the award Ings by Roy Brown the base also got a preview of its Long awaited snack Tempo of of Cluin a stint Crystal aging and comes up with the re Ieving thought that even observing and forecasting will fit its followers for civilian life for did you know that testing milk for butterfat entails an Effort very similar to twirling the operating a theodolite will come in Handy in surveying and Tele scope operating map spotters should be Handy to Novelty firms printing the words of popular songs on pinheads for obvious any Day now Vasko ought to be get Ting his that verbal caricaturist of sky master comes up with a new character analysis theres one in every i and this is How the breakdown Coes the yelps at the Driver to make with the is usually the first one to give that holy be careful glance when the Driver takes a Bend on two the Guy who rushes to the Drivers when he spots the seat already he mutters to a do i hate chisel ers like that the i who climbs into the then Parks by the when others Start shuffling by and on he whats the big Rush theres plenty of room in the the old always picks on a i for griping about this base and reminiscing about knows everyone will have to Lis also knows when theres grip ing to be there eager to the proverbial goes through his routine at the slight est when the bus stops longer than he wails lets get this cattle car when the Driver starts grinding its the instruction Book in under the and when the Road is he quips Why Concha go Back we missed a same Type will curse Driver for stopping to pick up another double curses when Driver Doest pick him weathermen May seem to live in in ineffectual world of their own that assuming weather men Are supposed to do some thing about the weather which they assure us they but like less stargazing Folk Thev have an Eye on the postwar 19 Field editor Alfred Vas to to set him apart from foreign editor John Gra bits from the bases pm bargains at Camp with the proper publicity in Sand is becoming a leading topic of discussion along with to the Andi to on easter coca Candy and cakes were distributed to every mess Hall Bak Sheresh from the piggies have reduced to 4 cents per Nib pretzels and Peanut fare free with and Are Cut Eritrea Bowling the Only one in an my Cor poral chalked us the seasons re Cord with a big according to Zero Sam Fos Ter bowed out of the lbs editors desk with the immortal words the Zero beat continues liked by a damned by and read by from Accra to the persian Gulf who Haive fur loaded at the Tel Litwinsky leave Camp in Palestine bring Back fond memories just Tho fresh or the or the but of Joe the this clip per artist tells you he trimmed them in the last War in a haircut he i can repair any i or native Are smiles in Aden according to the be cause stars and stripes ran a Story and picture of their softball we want you adenies to understand that the pleasure of publishing that horse hide Story was that were open House at All hours to anything that any Post in the command May Send trouble is you dont Send in its a big Day for when we Are Able to get a i store outside the 30mile Cairo and we really  Send appeals out if we could Send men Hitler fall will Spur army chief of told a Senate military committee that the death or capture of Hitler would Contri Bute tremendously to the collapse of the already faltering nazi War the disclosure of marshalls views came from two senators who declined to be quoted by they said the general con tended that Hitler As a Symbol if not the Man himself is the chief inspiration for the fanatical resist Ance about which Eisenhower wrote in a letter to president buy More War Bonds