Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1945, Strasbourg, Alsace                              I 34 Cairo four cents August t945 f civil jobs for vets Washington the civil ser vice commission has restricted All new applicants for jobs to War asserting that the an set the example in hiring returned under the new at least government jobs will toe opened to Competition by veterans within the next two these jobs Are now held by temporary War service All Federal until fur ther will be filled either by veterans or Federal employees who have Boon or Are about to be re leased from their the ban on receiving new applications May by lifted Only when vacancies cannot be filled by veterans or government who Are involved in the reductions of the government Force through the h in ideation of certain the does not anticipate a Sharp reduction of personnel some such As the veterans and will expand Bradley takes Over Omar Bradley was Groin in As new veterans administrator this in time to catch the full Force of demobilization and As veterans organizations were charging the government with fail ure to prepare for returning ser Bradley told a press conference that he had some ideas on Legisla Tion and on such problems As super seniority for veterans but he declined to discuss he indicated that he might make cer Tain changes in the cumbersome setup of the veterans adm Nistra veterans problems were discussed later by president Bradley and two officials the veterans of foreign wars after Bradley assumed his reiterated that what the veterans want is an break and that he intends to see they get Here Are the latest no developments on getting out theres no cheerful news about getting out of the army As stars and stripes but goes to a group of army chaplains place a on Gnu of Cetemen falter of de Phoi who was one of the to fall when the invaded in left to Cester n Walter Walter h Ralrh fort Madison and it at by Arshag would evacuate Cairo is the Cairo arabic newspaper Al mouthpiece of the a dist nationalist party declared this week that the keeping of american troops in Cairo would threaten the Independence and sovereignty de Gaulle received by president Truman Charles Gaulle arrived Here thursday for talks with president the big British Bush transport plane which carried him across the Atlantic was met by a Large crowd of military and naval officials including of state James Byrnes and French ambassador Henri later president Truman welcomed general de Gaulle in a Brief colourful ceremony on the South grounds of the White the two Allied flanked by their diplomatic then entered the executive mansion for Tea and their first informal con persian Gulf packing to leave Iran by november All american troops with the exception of the minimum necessary for maintenance and Security details and those required for at operations will be evacuated from Iran by announced persian Gulf command head quarters command Headquarters will be moved to Hotra Mshar by 1 and Only a few troops will remain in Teheran to serve As guards for u s property at Amir Abad Post and Camp Atterbury tentative estimates place the to Tal number of troops who will re main in Iran after nov 1 for the purpose of caring for Metal fatten at approximately men the number of remaining troops within the command will then be reduced As installations Are the largest numbers of troops will be returned to the states in and under present Tion most will travel via Green project of most men Suriou Cal in Iran Are involved in the Gigantic Job of breaking up an Amu command crating re cording and shipping and Supples from pc some the material is of a critical nature and is shipped directly to other Heaters of there were american in Toan exclusive of at there Are 85 army re original of these must be liquidated before All remaining troops can be withdrawn from graveside rites Mark anniversary of chaplain corps at air Casablanca Graves of army chaplains killed in line of duty in French Morocco were visited and decorated by North african air transport com Mand division chaplains during the Observance in Casablanca of the 170th anniversary of the found ing of the chaplain wreaths were placed on the Graves of Mel Wertman protestant chaplain of a at the american cemetery in Casablanca and Clement falter of who was one of the first to fall when the yanks invaded Morocco in capt who was in route to a military assignment in was killed a plane crash in Casablanca Early tins father falter is buried at Fedala within a stones throw of the very Beach where he was killed during the Tufi ceremonies highlighted a three Day conference of Najj chaplains in Casablanca presided Over Paul had of the air transport com mands chaplains with head uart in chaplains from throughout the Nivision attended the conference which was held at the historic Jufa site of an Early Roose Vel Churchill col who was assistant Nestor at the Basil Church of is making a world torn at bases and he formerly was attached to the 4u air shortest War new York Russia s a against Japan was the shortest Over waged Between two Majo lasting just sue history strangest surrender will be signed a week from to Day on the Missouri in Tokyo v american forces will sift onto the Mainland of Japan sunday morning airborne army troops will Laud at Katsugi 14 Miles Southwest of the japs have orders to Clear this area by c Saturn Macarthur will land at the same time and Marine forces will land at oko Vilta naval base in the outer Tokyo Bay which by then will been cleared of mines and these arrangements were made with the japanese emissaries the Manila preoccupation Jav Swath Macarthur a desperate Effort to Samb time the were handed 5 000 000 highpoint men in the next a copy of the surrender 12 months has promised by j they will he of War although critical score still re Mains in the War or died that no enlisted Man with 75 or More discharge Points toe sent overseas unless he this indicates that the critical score will be Cut to 75 possibly in a series of two or More stated a in army ground forces have ruled that no enlisted men of 37 of More shall be sent Over seas service forces and the excluded from the not sending out any in rated men of until Clear that the japs have accepted the unconditional surrender in Good said Burn the 85point total will govern enlisted mens while the score for was will remain a the present discharge system for officers will remain no reason for delay but Stimson asserted that once the Jap troops have been a revision will he in allowing a lower critical score and giving credit for service after May when a lower score is further reductions will Mac Haa Ann representatives of the and new zealand will join the de China and Sia in the scattered surrender Points elsewhere on their fronts the japs Are f orally sur rendering after period in which the enemy has fought Back in Korea and the russians Are moving the Navalhas of Porf Merit leased by the lost in the War at the beginning of the the red army has started establishing military administration in Man Churia and has caged thousands from the once Fine i i be made periodically to insure that discharges proceed at the highest rate permitted by the will a in the to insure that those who have Long est and hardest service receive first consideration for said he added that military necessity should not delay Many releases see 5 you can enlist in  the War launching a new program to build in a Volunteer has offered furloughs of up to 90 Days at lome and a reenlistment Bonus to Hose now in service who enus1 n the regular the enlist ment period would be for three y qualified servicemen will be Dis charred reenlisted and promoted to the Grade held at the time of in the army who in list in the regular army will be granted furloughs up to 90 Days depending upon their length of those overseas qualified for furlough will be returned to he to enable spend their furloughs at said the Rangoon the Southeast Asia command announced arrival of japanese envoy from Saigon to skin negotiations for the surrender of an estimated rooms in this the envoy who treat with chief of staff to lord Louis Mountbatten the surrender will Lake place at Singapore Early in to the mountains of Luzon in the fanatic japs Stih held chunking announced that me formal Jap surrender in Cana involving will take Placo in banking to which Advance units have already been sent to establish surrender details Macarthur announcement of the surrender details also included other terms for the All military and civilian forces must be moved from the initial Landing area at Katsugi and All air Craft must be grounded until the allies notify the enemy of their Dis after the airborne 8ee begins on Page 2 rent of the reenlistment Bonus depends upon the Grade he d at discharge and upon the length of continuous Washington than a Quarter of servicemen were killed in world War ii of which the Overall combat casualty total is now these Are incomplete since casualty re ports Are still coming p the latest army total while the Navy lists a breakdown of armed forces total shows wounded missing captured