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Publication: Middle East Stars and Stripes Friday, June 1, 1945

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   Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                Rules4 Soldier golfers who use the get Cha sporting club were brought up to Date this week in a directive from the amet special service stating tha Tonty those proficient the game will use that a card of introduction from the Huckstep or Payne Field special service officer will now be required in officers and enlisted men using the gezira Golf course a certificate on the face of the card As follows i certify i am a golfer of reasonable Standard and experience effective june 7 the card will be presented at the Secretary office at gezira be fore the individual can commence the directive it is not transferrable and must be produced on the request of any 6f Cial of the club at any time during a each player must have of Golf clubs in his pos sharing clubs will not be the card will be countersigned and stamped by the issuing offi should the individual have a Handicap at a Bona fide Golf the term reasonable Standard will equal a 20 the new system will be effective june enlisted men will be allowed to play at the sporting club daily from 0900 to Jelso except on Fri Competition Days and poster Limerick contest open to Allied forces British Middle is offering a series of prizes open to All men and women of the Allied forces for slogans or Limericks emphasizing the need for conserving tires and batteries until the War with Japan is Over first prize is for ten with a free railway furlough War rant for the Best poster me pounds and the same free railway warrant is offered for the Best slogans and Limericks on the additional prizes of one Pound will be paid for every Post slogan or Limerick used in the Only one entry May be made in of the three classes by each service while the contest is open to All military in the mid dle the language used must be All entries must be addressed to propaganda Campaign oae with the senders number rank and unit writ ten on a separate piece of paper and pinned to the All slogans and Limericks must be printed in Block letters or Type written while posters must not be bigger i ban 30 by 10 Central Council is formed for Cairo area players an Effort is being made to form a Central Council of the Amateur theatrical societies in the Cairo area which All interested Ameri either units or have been invited to the group plans Mutual Aid for All its weekly lectures and courses on mondays and thursdays and an Effort to make up for the Lack of shows that will he coining into the Middle East with the cutting Down of All those either i acting or backstage won should Contact the acting Secre Cairo Amateur drama coun Victory father of nine inducted Philadelphia John Beau father of nine was inducted into the army after draft officials said they considered him a Job leaving a shipyard to become a Railroad worker without their the family will receive Jno nth by allotment from the june 1945 memorial Day in amet and men of Camp Huckstep paid a memorial Day tribute to Hie dead american military cemetery near soldiers Are shown standing at attend in after wreaths were placed on each of rhe taking p who placed a spam of Csc Sfurm v he 5 t t i i sons that magic number a cause As far As Moet of us Are concerned but same am Elf inhabitants left it fat behind when they played the favorite num Bers Bere Are some Marf personnel who there was no stopping when they started adding up the Points of Iedward Kartell of Payne he May be abets High at any he tops our list with 126 e int even a Fatherl Domestic ser vice of 31 17 months Over the two Bronze air medal and 12 Oak Leaf clusters did the next in line is Walter a Camp Huckstep with 115 constituencies of which Are stars and stripes cartoonist and new production Steve has a healthy total othe other r Day services held throughout photo by signal George praises his at staffs on fourth anniversary me fourth anniversary possible personal contacts Between it was command Lily and civilian of fils harold1 George com Eimi manding tuesday issued a congratulatory message to men under his president president Truman also lauded men of the in a Brief message to the com George in part Only four years ago today the air transport command was no More than a Short letter from the commander chief to the Secre tary of beginning that to be flown to since that the men and women assigned to the air trans port have built a global airline system of More than route Miles that ably serves our armed forces in every continent on by january at had delivered combat planes Over with per cent arriving such rapid mass delivery from factory door to fighting front enabled americas phenomenal Industrial output to be flown imme digit Eletto combat hastening Allied air High priority cargo borne in at planes has been credited with turning the tide of More than one important the air Supply ton Miles in decisive flexibility and Speed to All phases of military a significant innovation in the science of at service that totalled 439 passenger Miles last year made new base opened in French Morocco a new North african division Hase unit has been opened at port French to be used for redeployment of the base is the 1272nd George the War department has called its role a part in the greatest transportation problem that has Ever been undertaken in that greatly facilitated strategic and diplomatic decisions pointing toward Victory and a promising presidents and prime i ambassadors and generals repeatedly have thanked you for courteous and efficient to accomplish such the combined efforts of More than enlisted men and women and civilian employees Day lift at planes Over More than Miles Over 24 Equi Valent to 80 times daily around the world at the most of you have been too under the pressure of stacking record on record to meet combat theater to realize fully the accumulated weight that air transport has thrown s against our nations you that histor let me assure will appraise highly your valuable contribution to your country and to the demo Freedom and decency for which this War is being stars and stripes loses press Medico stars and stripes wont be quite the Peter testers going Home for nearly two years Hes been this papers production Mana talk for the Guy who sees to it that procedure at the press goes along in an or Derly this means1 that from the time the typewritten copy has left the editors Pete has been mainly responsible to see that it comes out in the finished form the editor has it involves staying at the press thurs Day nights and Friday mornings throughout the urging native printers to Stop press while a Cut is pulled up to print clearer or a line is cleaned of clogged he also knows his Way around a pack of Pete did All these Complex Cho res with supreme Good Hes made his 85 Points and Hes going Back to Cleveland and its but in the Middle East he leaves behind a rare repute one weve go or local civilian and he seemed to know Ever expressed anything but genuine liking for our Iran asks that Allied forces leave by 8 Teheran reminding the United Britain and Russia that the British Iran treaty of 1941 stipulated that Allied forces would1 leave Iran within six months after the cessation of hostilities in eur Iran has announced that she expects All United British and russian troops to he out of the country by november Aqwa adj a Fig Elf gift months Dve Selig fetid Trot trailing Mali keel lit thrice a zoomed to but i to forego his Cliance at two tit with 107 Payne shield fates a Alt Hui Jack Stiler his Aeo rior Stiles has served in 56 All tout have been spent v a Camp Huckstep Wai Ter matches of 107 h who is also state shed at is Rie Xun line leaving the glorious for the we 7 John Conners of amet with w a Cairo Mas Byrnes conned Atwith 96 both Conners arid by v nes have be Jack without stands next in line with 92 Points which represent 56 with 31 overseas and Frt Points for Campaign a regular army Hes staying from the 1211th a Bale of unify comes word that their men were also counting it Ela Gerie Glanzrock Points total Raymond Shelley and her Bert Matthews add up respectively scores the was were playing num and it looks As it Edith Moffat of Camp has the with 48 Points which exceed by four the wac claim to civilian three Cairo members of the first Small detachment which arrived in the Middle Easton de have More enough Dorothy Maude 46 and Jeanne Merrick Elizabeth top kick of the Cairo was has 45 Points but she elects to stay a number of Cairo and Huck step was eked out 44 due to incomplete these Are not inclusive and you May have just As Many Points As the persons if Good Luck and Happy has most Gohs Sylvania soldiers Lead the nation in winning the congressional me dal of the states historical commission pennsylvanians have won 14 of the 140 me awarded army personnel in this egyptian professors inspect at base West coast cheerful Washington ser vice has ordered state directors in Washington and Oregon to postpone indefinitely the Induc Tion of specific West coast ship repair Yard employees regardless of age or classification because of the necessity of repairing ships in those this from first University is inspecting heavy construction equipment during a Vitt Abdel ass or Mohammed came Lerey Post american of the Post maim if Atco i r  
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