Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1945, Strasbourg, Alsace                              Ill 27 Cairo four cents july 1945 All pointers Gei Reen Light by essential Board every enlisted Man who has 85 Points and every wac who has 44 Points in tame has been or is now being returned to the and All cases coming before the amet Board from commanders asking that enlisted personnel with Points for discharge be declared essential have teen turned these arc among the latest developments in the Point discharge system is it is working in this while actual return of i divid Ual shoos depend on the transportation All enlisted personnel with the required Points May rest assured they have made the first and biggest step towards the amet Board of officers for med to consider requests from various commanders that certain personnel with the necessary for discharge be declared essential has handled Many such cases but so in every instance these requests have been officers must to surplus release of officers from the is entirely dependent on them being declared sur regardless of How Many Points the officer May offi cers Point scores apply Only when they first have been declared no officer replacements Are being from the preparatory to the War dept Aromenta shortly expected announcement of the critical score replacing the interim 85 or amet also revealed this week the percentages of scores of men and women assigned to the com this will give you some idea of where you stand in the Africa Middle East release scheme Star spangled Battery fizzles through july 4th classic nor All of the fireworks were provided at the Alamein club evening shindig the enlisted Waco touched off plenty of them in the afternoon at gezira when they showered the wac officers of Rall team with the greeted the Star studded Battery of Benjamin Leffy commanding general of and William truck chief of like cousins to win a 261 a second after Tho above photo Josepine wac faced out a resounding of come corps photo by she Tokyo enlisted men percent 35 or Over 4j 90 to 84 75 to 79 70 to 74 65 to 69 60 to 64 59 or less 6 9 15 12 49 enlisted women Points percent 44 or Over 7 40 43 19 35 to 39 36 30 to 34 23 25 to 29 4 20 to 24 5 19 or less 6 Pope blesses Navy Vatican Pope Pius has blessed the United Navy and expressed the Hope that the mis Siori of the greatest Navy in the world would be to and defend the most precious treasure of this the Popes declaration was made in an audience with the United states con Gressional naval appropriations Harry Hopkins retires Washington the White House has announced the retire ment of Harry Hopkins from government service because of ill the longtime associate of president Roosevelt and special assistant of president Truman had Only recently completed his most widely raised diplomatic preparing the Way for the Forth coming big three meeting to which Truman had hoped he would be Able to accompany Byrnes is new of state James Byrnes John cur in Dies Australia John prime minister of austra died wednesday from congestion of the City slickers polish off res win by Larry Leonard highlighting a festive july the Cairo District enlisted was softball team she lacked the wac who were bolstered by the services of commanding and William chief of the score was b6 to in a less publicized the 38th general Hospital winners of Ute first half in the Shangrila league with 27 victories against two skinned the unknown Host s hair empty As yank pos hold strange reunion a dissenting the Senate monday confirmed nomination of James Byrnes As Secretary of in testimony to the popularity of their former these gators gave their approval within half an hour of president tru mans at the suggestion of democratic Leader committee hearings were dispensed with and the successor to Edward Stettinius was approved in record at James Byrnes has serv Ved his country born in he was elected1 to Congress in 1911 and served until when he retired to Pri vate Law in 1930 he was elected to the from which he retired in october to become associate Justice of the supremo he later resigned this to become War Mobilizer under president Roosevelt and since the letters death has conferred frequently with president he has Long been a close Friend of Truman and will accompany him abroad for the Forth coming meeting of the big three in York nine Young air corps men lifted their glasses in a Toast to one of the strangest reunions of the and also to an unknown Host who brought them invitations to the reunion were patiently scratched on the Bottom of aluminium Coffee mugs and on the Damp Walls of a Budapest Pri they said meet me at the Plantation hotel new York 6 on june the reunited gis claim they never saw the Soldier who scrawled the message around the but All recalled it was signed by a we waited for Evans to but he never showed said one of the eighth air forces re we drank to the i who gave us added another maybe he will see this Story somewhere and come to next years he1 kids wont miss comics if Butch Nav York Gotham Juve Nile population got its funnies just he same sunday morning when its understanding Fiorello read the comic strips on his weekly due to a Union strike of newspaper and mail Many families were unable to get the sunday la Guardia also promised the moppets that the funnies would be aired every Day during the against two Cairo military District the 170th my 3 to with a Brilliant exhibition of pit Ching on the part of Arthur i Curie Gleghorn and okie they allowed Only two the chief interest of the Holiday program at gezira was in the wac for it not Only brought the officers into the but it marked the first tune the City slickers known otherwise As the enlisted had gotten an Opportunity to engage their the Cairo in they made the most of in a fun producing contest which was opened when Giles walked onto the Field with the Aid of a a first Aid station had been established along the first base line audit carried a sign familiar of Many enlisted person of it had been provided for officers and its presence added to the there were also two special ambulances flying stars to designate a general As a neither ambulance needed no casual ties were general Giles pitched for the see City slickers on 8 with the Okinawa Campaign just a bitter memory to the marines and infantrymen who fought Tho spotlight swept North highlighting the activity of the North Pacific Fleet operating off the Tokyo Badio reported that five american warships shelled Kara futo Island in their penetration of japanese the tapering Island is the Jap held half of Sakhalin Island which lies vertically alongside the of Asiatic dividing the sea of Japan from the sea of Only once before have american Fleet units penetrated these that was last week when a North Pacific task Force virtually wiped out five ship japanese Convoy in the sea of was the first surface action of any size in the North Pacific since March when the japs were driven out of Attu and evacuated in Clear weather few Miles South of the american ships steamed my rough the a futile islands and Knockett out the Convoy against  lire from Small automatic the Popup on Oki Nawa still lingered As isolated Japa hiding out in the Hills and caves ambushed and killed six american cleanup squads herded 802 More prisoners into boosting the foes losses to new landings in Marianas Stilwell made his first appearance on the Island a com Mander of the tenth he stood with 500 soldiers atop Hill see warships on Page 2 i University to in fowl the first University Center sponsored by United states Anisiy will open july 9 at Florence with a student Cody of men and women represent ing every Branch of the army in in announcing the opening and the curriculum of the head of the University training said he the student total to reach by the students will Wear uniforms but there will Beno classroom distinctions Between officers and enlisted yanks in Berlin Berlin the Veteran second armoured hell on wheels deployed in the suburbs monday and the first american gis entered the Russia held Center of Ber with an american Indian Lead ing the Way Down the Unter Den he was Harvey Nat of the Utah Indian reservation and wears the Silver Bronze Star and purple heart with Oakleaf Hundred Bullion year Washington government spending passed the Hundred Bil lion Dollar a year Mark for the first time in history in the fiscal year ended the trea sury says this record is not like Lei to be for some time to Washington armed forces casualties since the beginning of the War have reached a total of an increase of since last on the basis of individual names received through june army losses made up of the a regate while Navy losses totalled