Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                L Amy office by 1 the id of july 1045 editors e ave july ser vice life insurance death claims Cave the representing an increase of 300 during the past 4ght f from the veterans administration stated in when the National service life i suran to sept of death claims were but during the next sight and a half approved death claims Rose to 307264 representing in face value of 18ji i945 a had been approved for the tremendous task on the veterans administration May be More clearly seen by comparison with the combined War risk and us life insurance operations covering 28 years since world War during this period Only death or Dis Abiley claims were while cases hand led by the veterans adm Nistra Taring the last four and a half years have far exceeded that in the first 15 Days in were handled at a rate of a Dayan cases Are being disposed of More rapidly than they Are of a world War h Serviceman or woman is slightly Over broader educational benefits the repeated rumblings and re quests on Capitol Hill for expansion of education provisions of the i Bill of rights bore fruit this week when Florida introduced a Bill which would increase dependency allowances or veterans obtaining Edu cation under the i As it now the i Bill provides a schooling vet monthly for subsistence while with an increase of monthly for one or More the Pepper amendment would increase this to for two de for and up to f 350 for beneficiaries men Over 25 would no Lon Ger have to prove that their Edu cation was interrupted toy military they would be entitled to the benefits As veterans the maximum now four years of education but Pepper would Grant qualified students in professional courses such As me Dicine up to seven tax Freedom for veterans tax Freedom for All world War ii veterans through the rank of major who have no taxable in come other than their pay has been advocated by George of geor he believes that the tax Bur hanging Over the Heads of May them entering vigorously into civilian he proposes preferential taxation to Aid veterans while amortizing i Loans made to buy farms or and he believes that All men in the services specially enlisted should be of taxes incurred since by Matt Mcdace with malice toward some when her husband was drafted into the Sophie Nati attempted to solve her problem by leaving two of her Small child Ren at the draft which had put the b on her breads you take care of she told the startled chief clerk and marched out carrying her nine Montgold baby in her Bond drive Way Over w1ashingibn the mighty seventh War loan drive Fonnay ende4 on july 30 with a record breaking total of in since Many mostly e Are still to be the grand total of the drive will probably not be known before july additional hundreds of millions Are expected to chalked in when the final accounting is fired last shot in Eto by gis in the j87th regiment of the 97th which has arrived in the credit 19yearold do Menic Mozzetta of with firing the last american shot in the european Moz Zetta says the incident was just like any other nights he fired the shot while leading a squad to cover the Rescue of a wounded Soldier near Czechoslovakia on the in Trot of May off the shoulder it Law son who is serving with the 6th Marine division on Okina has plenty of witnesses to prove that he gave a Jap Shell the cold during the last stages of the Brammer saw an object coming through the air at great Speed and1 it hit the on the spun me threw me eight feet Down onto another Terrace and sent my gun flying in the other the believed to be a 105 then slowed a big Gash in the ground1 and hit again 300 Yards away and sex the most incredulous part of the incident is that Bram Mer was not Hurt in the not even and he has witnesses to prove it pfc whats mama the who have seen Only German uniforms for the past five were a Little nonplussed when members of the 474th infantry regiment arrived in the Oslo occupation in some Clever noting the insignia on the doughboy have been calling them United to prevent further mistaken William commander of the has ordered All gis to War american flags on their to Frank Beaven whom shall i say is calling marked Man the strange at traction which Robert Quinn has for lightning has his buddies in the 40th division on Negros struck by lightning three the sergeant is still going the first and second bolts from the Blue targeted Quinn when he was crouching in his foxhole and the third struck him while aval the Only Mark left on this human lightning Rod is a red splotch on his Georgia peach of was sure that the Pear shaped rubber balloon that landed in Bis peach tree was neither peach nor hed be ii Reading about those Jap balloons filled with explosives that have been reported in some of the Western he called the Fri and shuddered till they then All stood and gaped at the helium filled suddenly it burst with a bang and Ever Vine scurried for a few minutes later a Man found a White tag nearby this is a army weather observation will the finder on woman blood Bank Chicago Mabel English Bride of a Chicago service has donated blood u bolts from the Blue weekly Roundup of items from Camp newspapers Hare there first place this week in the Parade of Camp papers must go to the West african to mix a couple of Meta took an editorial hot potato and turned into a pot of or to quote last week Bonjour featured an editorial titled Bory Orsad sack it was pointed out that the staff was becoming a bit confused As to what it could and could not print As far As the censor was the staff had found that frequently Good news items were deleted either because the according to their interpretation of the were not permitted to pass certain articles when there was mention of the nearby City or because the articles were held up for so Long As to be no news with the Aid of command ing officer George paper asked higher head quarters How come Back came the reply that there was no reason Why Bonjour could not mention the name of the base and its location at the same in other we can now say that Mallard Field is near Dakar As everyone so Chalk one up for the editorial staff of Bonjour and its Cam theres certainly nothing Back Ward about Zero which re minds us of the Chicago tribunes celebrated daily boast the worlds greatest newspaper in that this eritrean weekly has an anything but shy 18point towline above its Masthead Reading the Best Camp newspaper considering the thousands of american Camp newspapers most of which can scarcely have made Way into the a feds of this does seem a rather Al embracing piece of but if it makes editor Irving Tuman and his staff Happy and their readers con tent that there getting the Best Iri this Best of All possible whats wrong with that for All Zero beat certainly is a Good Lively with plenty of local Camp stuff to make for solid Reading interest in East one occasional feature has just made its first a cartoon strip titled the yanks in by Raymond Gay who Hap pens to toe a British Captain and editor of the Aden Gays work has appeared in Many mid dle East papers and were glad to find him now contributing to an american especially one that Calls itself the Best Camp news paper p at the Are Plav u Lead position in All the can ment Lones heat the opening of tie locale s immature Golf or As Zero heat puts it the Onmi mature Golf course in Eritrea or any spot cover ing Elliis gorgeous continent Par for the nine holes is 28 arid and Man making including proves will be presented with a free Carton of uen Gazis Wiesert observer records the end of the first of its season with 16 Well in the Lead with a 928 average for 14 the officers Are their nearest rivals having won 9 arid lost 5 for a 643 desert observer notes that while the officers recently won Over 11 he 2 to it remains to be seen whether 11 is next to the cellar and they can hold up under the pres sure of the Many teams which Are steadily and then the pc dispatch gives top position to the winners of the commands Spring baseball conf the Camp Atterbury Stream by Licking the Amie Rabid Post 65 and 96 copped the championship with a record of 13 wins in 14 that late june game was the finish of a winning Streak that began april the league championships apparently caused a Good Deal of a Stew out Persia Way where Amier Abad rules me Khorran Mshar is supreme on the basketball anime ask has the softball title and now Atterbury is the Diamond and Atterbury is the Only team we can spell or be with any ease How would the others look in a sunday morning lineup Back in the states keeping in the sporting spirit is sky the Oran four pager which devotes two profiles to Athl Etic theres Young Mick As they called in his Baltimore boxing Days from li22 to in the 50 fights he fought from the time he was until be was married at Young Michey lost Drew two and won the he gave up fighting when he got married this space is reserved for those who would like to make their own comments and became a Litho Grapher to support his family of then theres John cos of la who not Only a Jitterbug but when he was at school in played soccer and was Active enough in track and Field events to be something of a though he was an Inte rior decorator before the army got John plans to return to College and become a physical instructor when it lets that two Lively characters for a single Camp paper lightning flashes the vips club out Abadan bus rag Way stands for the club and Means very important and l Brown submitted the name and thereby won 500 dust rag says the contest was so close the judges had a Tough time and added extra 200 rials for the must have been a Good runner up because Xvi Pps is a soc to with we cant begin to convey it but the buc slip column by is an enthusiastic but that because the Post and had a visit from Frank Sinatra see a Shoul Dve seen fru lie trying to Lite her cig just after the voice autographed her All Jer Saites were welcomed like Lon lost Sist ers and fran and Ginny Slechta Hail i he Honor of having fran Kie As a guest at their dinner writing in antics on whats Cookin with the do faces has the same sort of with allusions the Post will get but which might As Well he in Esqui Maux for All this baffled Peruser ran make How the suns of Araby can affect a Weatherman mind is re in these lines from we 19 by Eddie Ocnoff trucial backdoor of crucial where none can find a Home All this May sound carbolic its not a work of Art but its meant to be significant ivs meant to be you May think its worthless and definitely no but so is dear old its literally re like to make that Point As now i say May heaven please have mercy on those who must remain