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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                                We Man the part returning possess purpose senior none military i 1 f f a Vijil j 61 of hts it to be h a Peri spent a life Region supports and the veterans of want world War i veterans protected from outings by world War it foreign been by the Oil company and Sonora radio and television All Tei Erans of the Oil company will be granted a years leave of absence to study under education provisions of the i Bill or if the amount provided by the Bill is the company will make Loans without the years leave will extended if the is making satisfactory on the the Sonora plans to absorb thou Sands of returning servicemen be cause of their training in electro president Joseph Gerl stated that Many have already gone to work in radio and television fac while Many others Are in Conchee have own Point plan conscientious objectors Are counting under a self devised Point system similar to the array about 900 Conchee will be discharged Over a years period beginning in a their own system allows one Point for each month of service 12 for each child born prior to 1945 three for a wife taken before May 1945 with Point deductions for discharges will come in order of highest Point with no arbitrary figure set for it applies to conscientious objectors in 113 work lord Haw Haw captured with the British second army scar faced lord Haw British renegade who mouthed German propaganda throughout the has been captured with his wife by the British second he is William native of new of the even More troop ships have been asked to dress and Fly All flags immediately upon a no Paradea Landing piers throughput be Crook Lviv Jersey Staten and the new York areas have been freshly Broadi Wayt parades like those held after the last be pos soldiers will be whisked directly to ceased sent Hizme on the first big shipment of men to be greeted by the Welcome Home program arrived in steady Stream will some men have landed by ships in the new York area and a considerably smaller group has arrived toy proposes abolishing service income Tux has been proposed that would exempt All men and women in the armed forces from income taxes on ser vice said he would Oner the measure As an amendment to the first Revenue Bill to come before the Senate in order to remove a distinct in Justice in our National tax policies against men and women in the armed under the present Bridges Many servicemen and women will return Home to find personal problems acutely increased by income taxes which have accrued during years of War Plant gis called Back into uniform Washington army person Nel released to work in War plants Are being recalled into army ser with All to released due Back in uniform within three draft director also announced an indefinite Blanket de ferment of men 30 and Over who remain in useful he said this results from the narrowing of the War to one the draft Call will in Cut about 25 per cent to men a month beginning in but Hershey predicted that As a result of the new leniency for older it will be necessary to Call increasing numbers of occupationally deferred registrants 18 through Wei air tug Whit Fang a cheerful these Giris welcomed the first Van of Homecoming go arrive in the states from Europe after be that Over Rumor is just Fol nothing in i yet shortly after chairman May of the House military affairs com Mittee called for prompt discharge of All soldiers Over 35 except key the army adjutant James Ulio announced that our Best judge ment is that we can defeat Japan quickly and completely with an army which a year from now will be info statement was in Accord with the previously announced preliminaries of the Point Dis charge May amplified his state ment by saying now our Princi pal enemy has Union there should be a More drastic reduction in armed forces than the army has yet reduction is in Prospect but cannot be put into effect immediately without jeopardizing current operations the release of combat Railroad men sought May urged release of men Over 35 because most of them have families and business obligations and Are most costly to retain in ser vice because of vast sums allocated to dependent wives and he concluded by suggesting Cut backs in military manpower should be made in proportion to cutbacks in War in William director of the War planning said that three fifths of the enlisted personnel do not intend to return to their former defense transportation director Monroe Johnson recommended that the army release experienced Railroad men now in uniform to help move the Fier Hting men from Europe to the reviewed the homeward flow of men from Europe by plane is expected soon to reach a of about a transportation of these men will require a plane flight across the Atlantic every six minutes Day and big East coast air terminals like Laguardia and Miami Are being used to Debar veterans returned by while Hunter a and Bradley wind Sor Are the main ports of entry for returning tac tical selective service announced a limited number of men under 26 with minor physical defects would be drafted for limited service All 4p cases Are to be the plan to draft nurses has been dropped by the War which also has reduced from 50 to 38 the enlistment age in the Day unit plete in Hawaii the first com to arrive in the Pacific being transferred from Haa begun training for Jap it was in the Normandy la Nohns on wac assigned role in occupied Europe new York Ruth a War correspondent recently returned from indicated this week that was will play an important role in the occupation of conf tiered As far Back As last she wac officers were assigned to the army school of military government so it seems obvious that women will hold an important was in Europe want to stay and finish the i Job they started Des Pite the said miss co fort Max la cards Ace was inducted into the army Here this Giles continued from Page 1 Doe until a suitable replacement is he declares him is the co must then submit a giving Complete valid reasons for his to the com manding officer of the if the latter upholds the decision to retain the report must then be presented to a Board of officers at this Board consists of Robert assistant chief of g2 Alton inspector general Robert signal officer and Joseph assistant chief if the reviewing Board upholds the two previous the Case is then submitted to Vipon whom rests final a unemployed vets worry officials officials and congressmen Are both puzzled and concerned Over the rapidly rising unemployment among veterans of this by the end of Job less Able to work and who had applied for jobs receiving unemployment compensation under the i Bill of officials Are particularly concerned since Large scale demobilization is underway and some veterans will soon be re turned to civilian while administrative spokesman admitted they could not explain the they voiced opinion that the veterans natural reluctance to leave Home for jobs in other locales May be the Crux of the associate chief of the Bureau of veterans place employment stated that uses is now placing monthly about veterans in jobs the figure is not considered out of proportion although is quite Large for such an Early Date and is going to get warning to veterans a warning to unemployed Vete rans who Are drawing benefits has been made chief of veterans u Rel nor vets not to draw unemployment compensation unless absolutely Hines pointed out that there is no provision to replenish a veterans in employ Niento fund after he has drawn upon it for 52 if he should need Money at a later in Esprit 01 losing his he would have no More Job Protection under the i Bill of if Congress should vote a Bonus for sums already drawn out under the i Bill would be deductible from the the on cleanup sixth in Fig lit army troops grift Dong out slow gains against the Mountain shield de enemy on and Mindanao with a line of fortifications smashed on Luzon and a linkup on three months of up Hill fighting on the largest Island in the Krueger blasted the Tunnel Chimbu line in the mountains East of a Headquarters spokesman described the Cap Ture of Wawa Dani t by men As the fall of the last Shim by line stiff fighting lies ahead As the japs Are withdrawing farther into the Mountain Mindanao mopping up the two infantry Divi Sions Linfred up slightly of be in the Caraballo Moun Macarthur said that the juncture brought to an end organized enemy resistance in this vital area the main High Way into the Bagayan that Valley is expected to prove the Las ditch Battleground of the japanese on action on Mindanao Island was officially termed the mopping up but thousands of japs remain to be dug out of Mountain positions before the Island can be considered the enemy Gar once estimated was bisected wednesday when the infantry division swept North and met the div which came Down from a Cavalar splitting the Island from North to South was largely a Victory for scores of enemy lasted Bridges were rebuilt hastily to keep the Swift columns the Cam Paigin forced the japs from the Central plateau into the mountains where an inevitable Cave Cave clean out confronts the take Naha continued from Page 1 which has flanked Shuri and now threatens to Cut it off from the marines forming the West Ern claw of the pincer on Shuri penetrated the Rock walled Castle which was the Keystone of Japan Ese resistance in this Southern tip of the first division marines entered the Castle after sur prising Jap defenders swimming in the infantrymen of the seventh division have begun a frontal As Sault against the Cliff positions from which japanese Are delaying the american Advance below Yona the Doug feet were reported to have a hold on the flanks of the Cliffs where the japs were but they were pinned by heavy machine gun and mortar and the japs fighting from within the caves had some shelter from the driving at one time the japs lunged into a suicidal Banzai charge which penetrated american lines More than on third of a mile before it was thrown Back with the loss of Between 150 and 200 attack ers Satchel charges thrown from Long poles which were Whir led Slingshot fashion Over their the suicide attack appeared to be the enemy Only effective action in the pilots rammed their explosive carrying planes in to ships in Okinawa sinking one Light Fleet unit and damaging 12 Admiral in Initz averred the damage was Light to and that 77 raiders were shot during one of the raids a Jap bomber glided in to a belly Landing on american held Yon Tan Airfield and disgorged a handful of suicide assault they set fire to a number of american planes be fore Thev were Roosevelt Stamps three and five cent bearing Franklin Roosevelt will be issued beginning june 27 in tribute to the late  
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