Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                May 1945 stars and the Capitol and lady with the lamp in Victory glow i i a wounded american his wife and daughter gaze on the dome of the Capitol which shed its blackout mantel and leaped into brilliance on Victory in new York the statue of unlighted since Pearl except for a Brief 15minute interval in shone with twice irk prewar radiance As the new flood lighting system flashed the Victory signal across the own some shoved off for others hit Road to Tokyo while Over Happy veterans of world War were being discharged into civilian life in the states last thousands More sailed from French ports bound for the Pacific and the redeployment plan went into immediate effect on both sides of the Atlantic exactly As Schedu May in the states tote discharges came As a stunning Surprise to Over a thousand of them had just returned to their Camps from 45day furloughs fully expecting to return to combat duty a Large group Dis charged from fort Dix were men of the 27th now fighting on their last Day of army life was filled with the red tape of Dis charge papers were final physicals disability claims Gold embroidered discharge emblems sewn above the right pocket of their then came the Light of the Day and of the years that went banding out of those discharge papers and the final pay plus the first in of one Hundred Bucks discharge on the other the units which took off for the Pacific were told it might take them six Mouths to get there As they will be Given today furloughs in the states plus additional Okinawa continued from Page 1 for the army through were and with supported by tanks and Artille doughboy of the ninth sixth division fought for the Crest of a conical Peak which forms the Eastern sector of the japanese line crossing Southern this dominating position from which enemy gunners directed heavy fire against american hold Ings was assaulted after several Days of relentless troops ascended the Barren slopes under a heavy mortar fire and captured the observation the Strong Lyde fended Yona Baru Airfield also and the yanks brought up reinforcements for a final drive on Okinawa inner defense other units in Europe were Alert but before they leave the continent  have eight week training campaigns on japanese equipment and drilling in France and these troops will be under a senior experienced Battle already in the whose name cannot be he is expected to have the assistance of a number of Macarthur Junior offi cers brought in from the Pacific japanese equipment also is arriving to acquaint the troops with their new announced that a letter had been sent to All senior commanders containing a Guaran tee that veterans who fought in both North Africa and Europe would not be sent to the such divisions Are the which fought in North Africa and Europe the first armoured Divi which fought in North Africa and Italy the ninth infantry and the third veterans of both North Africa and Western and the 34th which saw service in North Africa and tremendous task ahead widespread changes in person Nel of these units makes it impossible to exclude entire divisions from but men who have with them on both continents automatically would have enough Points to guarantee their somervell announced that the regular troop ships Are being augmented by some 400 converted to carry from 350 to troops the movement of the Supply chief is Only one part of the tremendously difficult task of Pacific also Are moving to the Pacific about 70 per cent of the War material used in the equip ment will move in slower men will travel by air and in faster convoys Manila is mile from san Francisco and to from tie european from Manila it is a Jun to eventing we use in the Pacific and the Orient will have to be transported Over tremendous it estimated that measurement tons of dry cargo will have to be trans ported to the Philippines before we can invade Eto yanks swing into Plush lined9 Layover program Paris the three and a half million american troops now in Europe Are already beginning to live under the Lon prepared machinery set Uip to follow their Long combat phase number one is provision of Well cooked meals for com Bat troops who have been living mostly on Field now  also get Beds with roofs Over recreation on the sports and education in such famed old world institutions As Cam the sorbonne and the University of Rome Are while the program will be expensive and has taken several years to Eisenhower and other senior army officers believe it will be Worth All Effort and Money a vast recreation Camp to accommodate troops a week has been established on the i soldiers will be moving into the Camp next week and maps have orders to arrest no one except in cases of hundreds of voluntary courses will be offered ranging from Lite racy training to studies at army University centers and european vocational training Cour ses Are available to men on army time and credits will be accepted by american efforts Are made to Speed redeployment and partial demobilization according to the master plan under which men will be left to police Germany while some serve out the War against arabs hold win friends at Frisco san Francisco the saudi arabians have clinched their role the United nations conferences most popular they parsed up an Opportunity to make his Royal highness Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz takes the a Friend that words Are like the Sands of the desert they blow but accomplished Barrow is 77 new Edward Yankees Board celebrated his 77th birth a v maven can ilm guaranteeing to any group of United nations the right to organize for collective defense went before the world Security conference this backed by enough votes to assure its eventual the plan is designed primarily to give the pan american defense system a Strong and permanent position within the proposed world t of state Stettinius announced authority of president tru Man that the would invite other american nations to Nego Long term Mutual defense treaty following the conference formulation of the american plan with approval of virtually All the latin american states and most of Tibe big Powers Russia remains to be heard from puts this conference Over one of its big Gest the greatest obstacle remaining in the opinion of authorities is the development of a formula for setting up International trustee ships that will allow the and other Powers to develop military bases they believe necessary to be this country is especially concerned about retaining Pacific bases captured from the delegation received London approval of the tentative Anglo american trusteeship forum but on Russia re Mains to be heard new pan american conference a pan american conference to draw up a Long term treaty to re place the wartime pact made at Mexico City in March probably will be held at Washington in novem the a the heart of the proposal is that any group of nations has a right to plan collectively for its own defense so that if the projected world Security Council fails to prevent an armed attack on one of them aid1 the others can go to its fore Ign Secretary an Thony Den left the United nations conference like soviet commissar Molotov who preceded Eden left to handle problems arising from the end of the War in on the Way Home through he conferred with president Eden left at a moment when Small nation opposition to big Power plans for world Organiza Tion appear to be a the major Powers Are now in fairly close agreement except on the Issue of International trustee a while the Small Powers have withdrawn their earn the Mew w w he i French minister May any Despu now have to be settled from London since Geoge foreign is the next Delegate to rect tip thus the a conclusive actions taken United nations conference been the setting up of working commissions acid Contin Ittzes Init the admission to the and the Flag of Argentina has placed alongside those of the other 48 United nations attending the conference and because the flags Are arranged in alphabetical order the Argentine now occupies first place in the on the new which has been the subject of hot the conference seemed moving Ward a program which would bind the United nations Tor accept its decisions within a limited the big a were concerned lest the court gain authority to dictate purely National world Bill of Stettinius this week proposed that the drafting of an International Bill of nights ithe four become the first task of the new world or Stettinius said that the Issue of human frights May Well be the most one raised in the san Francisco con voiced the opinion that the economic and social Council of the new league should act to standards for Freedom of from want and from explaining that the big four had agreed that enumeration of div dual and collective human rights could not be attempted at this Stettinius said that a commission of human rights under the social and eco nomic Council should draft a code which could be accepted by Mem Ber nations and made an Gral part of their own systems of new Rule on gobs mail Washington postmaster Gen Oral Frank Walker directed that effective july 1 newspaper and periodicals May be mailed to naval personnel Only when re Quested by the the Navy requested the order to con serve shipping apace and prevent nonessential Molotov visits Kaiser shipyards soviet foreign commissar before returning to Moscow Latt took time out from discussing the re hot polish controversy at the san Cisco and visited the Kaiser shipyards at Richmond hero fee is shown shaking hands with Robert of a at the left to ambassador ave Rem interpreter Pavlov and Henry j press