Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1945, Cairo, Egypt 1945 stars and j a Tau stews by Arthur Benjamin to hoj negro Stalf Cor respondent for new Yorks belongs one of the rare experiences of this he Learned of Ger Many unconditional surrender from Pope Pius Ottley had been fortunate enough to obtain a Early after noon audience with his holiness in the 1 sat he recalled last week in the Middle alone with his holiness in the audience we were discussing the misery and suffer ing this War had brought All eur the Pope looked utterly our conversation had paused when the Vatican Secretary of state entered and handed a slip of paper to the his holiness looked at read then moved came the negro air corps and ground the american japanese i thought of the 92nd division before la Pezda and the 34th that went into Mussolini end we had driven into Milan and arrived just in time to see nine bodies handing head Down above a gasoline his mistress and the bodies Hung head a special treatment the italians re serve for their the thoughtful mob had tied the dress of Clara Petacci around her Knees so it fall Over her the next Day there was a mob of thousands and i forced Way thinking that Here might be another great incident for a i reached the Gas station and on his was an italian Workman laboriously scrub Bing the pavement where Musso Lini s blood had i had seen two great events of the War the liberation of Paris convulsive birth of a Peoples regime in and Mussolini dying gasp of All those tells passed through my mind As i searched the Popes face after he had so its Fin pms Roi Ottley his eyes first to the then to in a tired voice he almost whispered its Germany has the liberation of Paris this was what i had been wait ing for and the months of with our troops in combat passed through my it started with d plus we had gone into the Omaha 68 Miles from Cherbourg after five miserable Days of High seas when our list land because of the High and the Luftwaffe gave us everything it came the beachhead with its loss of life and material the Days with the red Ball watching the men work night and Day to keep the supplies moving i to that Ever shifting thought of the famous negro antitank unit 1 covered with patterns then the liberation of a great moment in the i thought of the outfits id been with in the jewish brigade of the British Cairo yank finally free set Harry Thompson Brindid be of been liberated from a German prison Camp and thereby hangs a Back in his a greek girl whom he married in Athens in received harrys purple in a posthumously awarded ceremony from Ralph then commanding general of his three old son watched the Harry had been thought killed in a bombing mis Sion july months after Harry was to be alive in a German prison it now Hes free after 22 months and wants a crack at the recounting his arrival at stalag near he said they were taken off the train and turned Over to 200 Young German sea men who were told these Are the american the Swine who destroyed your Homes and killed your you have therean Dahal Kilometres in which to exact your Brundidge said the seamen for ced them to run All the Way to the jabbing them with bayonets All the one Man had 67 wounds when they arrived Turco were Ricas More familiar accompanied was heard in the Post the Well known voice was that of Lowell the now in route to the having arrived in Cairo but to few hours thomas1 remarks were entirely extempore amusing and a Middle East Veteran Tho Mas had spent some time with the embryonic now the in Heliopolis in world War i and therefore knows Cairo and the Middle East he told of picturesque characters whom he knew including Lawrence of Arabia and Allenby the Bull talked briefly of his re cent experiences in Germany with the 9th army and described some of his More interesting misadventures in connection with 15 years of news but his concluding remarks were a message to the men and women of Affett some of you have been Here for a Long without the Job youve it would have been impossible to win a global As Ive gone roaming around the Ive found the part played by men in isolated spots just us youve done such a Good and others like it looks As if the Job will soon be speaking on behalf of myself and the people Back we have far greater appreciation than you May race with Jimmy Thomas presence in Cairo is virtually As unexpected to him self As to amet right he is runner up on a race around the trying to Over take another colourful figure who had dropped into Cairo last week it All began when Thomas was in route to the states from Ger where he was attached to the 30th division of the 9th he had reached rolling up an air score of Miles Over and on the evening he was scheduled to Fly Bank to ame Little indians coming this Way a new Uso ten Little Agatha Chris ties mys Tery chiller which is currently enjoying a Long run on Broad is due to arrive in amet following conclusion of its pc tour on May the overseas production is an replica of the Broadway Payne Field Host saturday of car to of Friendship a part of Bah visiting the the and Hie also looked m on the eve from left to right head of the a nth when Lowell arrived at Camp Huck top he found a Earl editor of script Thomas the Denver Post Ami before he became interested in Hio old newspaper and publicity work in so Whan they met they found lot of Mutual to talk signal corps encountered his old Jimmy Doolittle revealed that he was bound somewhere and he invited Thomas to come since it was necessary for Thomas to return to the states they decided that he should catch up with Jimmy somewhere along the a place would be saved for him on the when the commentator landed in new York around he was slightly punch drunk from air speak for two he but after a Short he renewed his Globe Thomas is not sure when or where the meeting take at any rate he is hot on tie he is making regular broadcasts to the states when radio facilities Are the pie eyed Piper while Thomas was broadcasting from Germany during the closing Days of the he had an inter Esting experience in where the legendary pied Piper not Only the City of rate but lured away its in the Center of Hamlin atop the Rock City was a Gigantic so constructed that each hour1 the pied Piper Story reenacted by but when Thomas the Rock with its clock had collapsed and a series of tunnels and containing Large stores of Fine Champagne and been discovered heat from the soldering embers was causing an appalling number of Champagne bottles to As Thomas his Mission into the Tunnel was merely to save further property As he staggered Only from an armload of rescued heard a cheerful Noi flinging about the beam of his he spotlighted Happy whose Shanter was awry and whose were clutching two depleted of who Are you asked the Scotty Drew himself Tuo and replied i am the pied accompanied by every Munster in the Huckstep Ana Payne Rose to the customs searching parcels for stolen government Issue Anglo egyptian Friendship club visits american Field even dance in rhe service Mission of Portland Cement and Secretary of the club Mahdy of saudi arabian minister of social Fuad Mon Nib and f at pro a serious problem has Arisen recently which could inadvertently involve Man or woman in every customs and other Federal through personal inspection and by the use of Are discover ing quantities of stolen govern ment property which Are being smuggled by military personnel from overseas Heaters into the in planes and ships or sent by the seriousness of this offence cannot be too strongly it is in direct violation of both the articles of War and Federal Crim Inal Laws and is punishable As an urgent Telegram from the War department has been included in an amet memorandum concerning the it states in part articles discovered include much of which is critic in an attempt to evade inspect Many packages Are falsely certified As War trophies or per Sonal seriousness of act the Provost instructed to assist the customs will cooperate with the department of Justice and local police in apprehending and bring ing the accused to Many do not realize the extreme seriousness of these of fenders Are guilty of violating Federal criminal Laws As Well As military wives and other recipients of stolen govern ment property Are also subject to criminal prosecution by Federal and state while infractions of military and Federal Laws May have been unwitting on the part of certain ignorance is no you Are liable to courts martial and the penalty will be the question arises what con i Send Norae overseas personnel Are free to mail any personal including items bought in an without breaking it is pointed out that pm items of which Are purchased in a Are considered As ones per Sonal but since such clothing is exactly the same Asgi you should not risk mailing it unless you have either a receipt from the pm or a statement from your commanding certifying that you bought the clothing in the enemy firearms another Angle which might involve Ament personnel is that of enemy you Are permit Ted Possession of such a a German Luger for but you definitely cannot mall it postal regulations strictly forbid the mailing of explosives or fire arms which can be concealed on ones Bishop Oxnam visits amet and Palestine Bishop Bromley president of the protestant Federal Council of the churches of Christ in met with amet Dap jains this week during a Brief stay in he then left for a visit in the holy land after which he will return to the his seas journey began in where he took part in the nement of the archbishop of and included Germany and
