Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1945, Strasbourg, Alsace Ill 26 four cents june move release 4time fathers fails in House Washington mar shall reiterated to the House appropriations committee this week army plans a strength of by june and that he can assume no Date whatever for Victory Over the chief of staff said that future circumstances May permit additional demobilization a and a reduction in the size of the half million Man european occupation but that again he would hint 78 or 80 Points Washington Capitol Hill expects the army soon to present 85point score for Dis charge to either 80 or final decision awaits the reports now being compiled from Field com make no definite commitments at this Marshall spoke to the com Mittee while Albert Engel was attempting a legislative coup whereby the 36 and a half billion Dollar War Supply Bill might the vehicle to Force discharge of fathers with four or More but with the War firmly holding its ground against this change and encountering no other the House rejected Engels move and passed Theen tire Supply Bill with no changes from the departments 337 killed in suicide attack on Bunker i 11 Washington Jap suicide planes scored two direct hits on the Carrier Bunker causing 656 off Okinawa on May the Navy has the flagship of vice mits Cher survived four hours of Fla Ming death but will fight despite losses of 337 19 mis sing and 26v the big Flattop reached puget sound under her own Power where she is undergoing the big Carrier was first struck when a single engine Jap fighter dropped a 500pound delayed action bomb then crashed itself among34 planes parked on the flight a second div bomber launched another 500pounder which crashed through the flight exploding in the gallery be the plane also crashing on Mitscher was on the Bridge when the attack came and Esca Ped unhurt although 3 officers and 11 men of his staff were Kil and about 20 u became Mucho York to a recent in coming troop ship a tug Load of was screamed Over the loud speak one Over gels kissed without Tommy leaped from the trans swam to the tug and was smothered in kisses by ten enthusiastic Washington american Battle casualties now total an increase of from that reported week of this total Are army casualties and Are from now York City to americans lined Railroad platforms a net whistle stops to voice a tremendous Welcome to d Wight in Eisenhower returns the Pluto of a throng on fifth new seated beside Ike in the first car in line is mayor Fiorella radio City is on the press War ii veterans Are going to in s i c t o Kun the realization that today Veter ans will be tomorrows leaders was expressed by president Truman and Joseph former ambassador to great with added optimism that the veterans administration will function to everyone addressing patients of a big Vete rans Hospital in while in route to san president Truman declared that in the next generation the veterans of this War Are going to run the United they fought to save Truman and now they want to fight to maintain he said that is their the president promised an improvement in the veterans picture when Bradley takes Over As veterans replacing Frank he told the wounded Eoli Diers we Are trying to reorganize the vet Erans administration along modern and it is no reflection on the head of the veterans Bureau who is going but we want a Man who fought in this War who is frontline and who understands what the front line Soldier thinks about i think we have that Man in one of the Ablest commanders1 that we have in this similar remarks were made by former ambassador Joseph Ken Nedy before a meeting of the Catholic War veterans at which he and Hines were presented with who him self lost a son in the urged returning vets to disregard the charges that they make up a pres sure and to take effective part in Public the danger is not that veterans will Rule the but that unworthy men will get con Rou of the stated Vete rans organizations crusade for appointment of returning sol Diers to controlling positions in every government advisory Bureau or committee dealing with veterans Stettinius resigns Ca Post to head United states group at Security yank in Paris rates Lousy in amour dept say the French women yanks Are Lousy in the parisian Satur Day a poll says the yanks Arent nearly so Good lovers As the girls had expected from Hollywood either too unbearably too too too Devi May care and unable to distinguish respectable women from the other except in the French women have found the yanks Lack Charm and the sentimental land they whistle at women in the linkup rests last Jap hold on Luzon Macarthur announced yesterday the Complete liberation of the philippine Island of climaxing a Savage Campaign which began six months More than japs were killed Dur ing the Manila with liquidation of the last Jap stronghold in Ca Gwynn Valley by american forces in Northern Luzon the australians on Borneo Are making Strong completing the Reconquest of the 300 Wells of which have been blazing under the Jap Torch for the past three an aussie column which landed at the Oil refinery Center pushed through the wrecked storage tanks and Power stations to find that the Jap Garrison at Miri has fallen Back to several Hundred Miles Down the West the towns Popula Tion had the Bagayan Valley finale is being hastened by the linkup of 37th infantry pushing from the South and the Lith airborne advancing from where their glider landings saturday morning were the first reported in the Southwest alight ing on the Rice captured the Aparri the first built by the enemy in the Philippines after they invaded Aparri Decem Ber joint session of Congress to get pact monday president Truman has bounced the of Secretary of 6tate Stettinius and his immediate appointment to the United nations As chairman of the United states delegation in the newly created x organizations general the president added that he would nominate a to Stettinius next week arid All indications Point to former Supre me court and Iwar in Fob who will the president to the big Toee meet ing next month in the president will the United nations charter a joint session of the sonata and House of representatives Mon while the president immediate approval of this charter to make a Hying thing in his address closing the san Francisco conference this it is expected the Senate will a month to Dis cuss the for the treaty to to accepted by the nation a two thirds of the Senate is that g4 if the entire Senate takes part in the this in an in formal a reported that 58 senators favor five More said they would probably vote for it and none flatly against it of the in reserved decision and 2i could not be senators Connolly and Vanden democratic and Republican members of the United states legation to the flew to Washington with nations offi Cial copies of the blueprint Lor world peace signed tuesday by the fax United As chairman of the Senate foreign relations com Connolly said he believed it should go through the legislative machinery quickly arid with considerably More than the necessary Senate Ina Jority Leader Alben Parkley expects ratification by August delegates the other United see Sig Ftp Nius on Page 8 bail re dance feature festive 4th with tame observing the fourth As a Hal Holiday and with Ball games at gezira in the the Cross is planning to finish Olf Independence Day with a hangup dance at the Alamein club from 8 til the dance will be the first held on the newly installed tile dance floor of the Anglo egyptian being Lent the americans for the evening in Honor of out great National All army enlisted men and and their dates will be As will All american civilians and local residents with the new red Cross dance the entire show will be for Camp Huckstep and Payne which Are not any special dances on either Post Are cooperating with the cd and the red Cross in arrangements to this a big night for All americans in the Cairo transportation from new wac Cairo hotels and both Payne Field and Huckstep has been arranged direct to and from the Alamein the club itself has had a Slick revamping to make room the new dance which has been Laid out under a Shell near the Tea Garden and will hold about 500 refresh Nientsu will be on the typical american including hot cold drinks and1 ice music will come from the Sahara the dance with Jimmy Jay Lor doing the vocals and co sos exhibiting Sam bus and other and theres eve talk office works All in looks like a6me chs of Home for the details of apart Pear on Page to ii
