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Publication: Middle East Stars and Stripes Friday, August 24, 1945

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   Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                Ser vide to has been catching 6fl6ugh five Bass to feed the entire Skeleton Crew guarding this largest of All ghost to fight Monotony an army clerk from re sorted to his favorite Hobby with a Fly Rod and went fishing in the rapid Stream running through the nearby fortress town of Khurram capital of ancient Louris a Veteran of 21 months in the for the sergeant has been Hook ing fish ranging from two to five pounds with nothing but pieces of sausage for bait and his buddies on the 24man Security detail guarding the great silent Camp have had their diets supplemented do the tasty Camp located High on the iranian plateau Midway be tween the persian Gulf and the soviet in along with 13 other its ghost Camps disposition by the army Navy liquidation observe jewish holy Days a limited number of army personnel of the jewish Faith May be absent from their duties in order to observe begin Ning Friday 7 and ending sunday and yom beginning sunday evening 16 and ending monday even arrangements will be made with Section fim place is Florence Mcgovern of Havana of Larue r Lut detachment c and pfc Lut mrs gets a trip to Rome and ten pounds expense Money for the picture he submitted of Hie will m her wedding to Walter a fifty place is miss Charlotte in a Ziobert the 4af Apo he sets a 25 Dollar War g judging Tough the judges admittedly bad a Tough time making their choices from the 118 photographs submitted and those who followed the Parade of faces stars and stripes has been running of the entries will from stars and stripes your newspaper owes me no Liv but in the name of i rail to see any reason Why it should be maligned by Helen As was the Case in the 10 i i of the Menthal Vou were quite there were no Raat Focious and Belous statements As Cpl Dudley would have the Reading Public your quotation from the letter to the ave and their response was in my would have army newspapers print nothing if it Hurt Hie Linenthal Story satisfactorily a filled the definitions of a news requirements May be found on pages 9 to 12 of the army news paper editors under the subject of editorial operation if the press were to shy away from fee truth when it perhaps the ans Story about the Captain m the which also appeared in the same should have been he was found to be a bigamist and in the 3 stars and Marlene die verbal at Frank Sinatra want very c Cpl Dudley states that i Joeritha is no longer Here to de fend Correct but just exactly what basis could he for a defense there Mere no lies m your d to better clarify the whole n in s1x amet Eri isted men and myself wrote the letter we Tifuh we wrote it Al frs g sti11 think that Alfred is definitely not in the least Way qualified to represent us after our and cps has said convinces us Cpl Dudley states that she knew i dont think that she could have known him quite As Well As we we spent 4 hours a Day with him if Dudley still thinks hat the item was i wild glad to mail her a photostat Aucter and the a Goldberg Evvi panel were it col Robert theater Exchange officer Joseph Nel son g George i Public officer Edwin information and education and i Allan of amet Ord they made their choices in pub All entries were posted on boards in the courtyard of amet with numbers below each each chose Inis resulted in 30 still in the running then the same procedure narrowed the Field further and finally numbers 59 and 114 re 89 was picked for first place by four of the five no 59 was chosen for first place by one and second by three 114 was picked by four for third place and by one for second Grescher Bride two of the winning men could not be located for quotes on their entries but stars and stripes was Able to reach Cpl who summed up his feel Ings for his wife second in three immortal words the Darling Gresch Hast been overseas Jong fact the former miss Evelyn Sayer Hast been Gresch they were married june 4 just before the Corporal shipped he s unabashedly proud of his Bride s second place of Cour she should have gotten and says Shes now taking the Cadet nursing course in Shes has Verv blonde hair and blueish Green Hes known her a year and a half Many wives entered Lutkins is living in Havana while her husband is overseas and her portrait in her gown was one of the most striking entered in the most attractive con the Winner Larue Lutkins second Walter Creich third place miss Charlotte Graham Cliffs miss Charlotte Gra Ham is 19 and a student at the women College of the University of North amet gis showed great Pride m their wives during the of 118 66 were of wives and 52 of Girlfriend or sweetheart the special service office has started mailing All entries Back but asks that All men be patient about when they receive its a big Job and May take a Little and the judges Are sorry they had to limit their choices to three the colonel and the majors had a tougher time picking the most attractive than they Russ Poush pact Moscow Russia and Poland have signed a treaty fixing the new Russ polish Border Ana determining the sharing of German reparations under a treaty negotiated in accordance with the Yalta new Swiss wrist tickers featured at go emporiums time want in of in v t t almost 93 per Retif being established ill a capacity of lion Disch i now prohibits voluntary5 list ment for men Between 18 and so a recruiting Campaign May be r of Senate naval affairs committee says that permanent peacetime Stre Rigtje of the Navy win be officers and men Aai additional off Loews essm reservists have muted to apply for j Al Hough none can be authorized until proper legislation is Tex would footing u the Navy has lowered aft Call from of these to go into the Livy and into the the coast guard announced tuesday that is has begun a Dis charge program which will reduce its strength from to within the next ten re turning the service to a peace time based on the navys Point sys demobilization plans Call for the discharge of coast guardsmen and spars monthly Only exceptions to the system Are certain specialized personnel who must be held because of military no develop time went fast in Post exch an throughout amet As word wildfire about the new shipment of Swiss watches which saved the purchaser from to on the stateside although pcs in the command have always been stocked with citrate the items recently put on Sale brought a Rush of i customers and a Quick clean out because they came directly from Switzerland sans transportation sans sans in sans distributors com amet Exchange attributes All credit and thanks for the bargain watches to Eto Exchange i met col Marshburn recently in the states relates and in the Courgi conversation he mentioned the negotiations with Switzer land to bring out watches for Mili tary i questioned him on the possibility of cutting in for a proportionate share for amet he graciously offered to help Des Pite the fact that he is not getting nearly enough watches to cover his with the Permis Sion of amet Headquarters re turned from the states by Way of pans where arrangements with Marshburn and the Exchange procurement officers in Switzer land were the recent gust of watches which breezed out of the exchanges As fast As they came the Price advantage the i gained when he bought Ose of the specially shipped watches of How the old Stock Swiss watches Are pro cured they Are imported in America by special distributors who have to pay customs carrying charges and insurance the distributors then allocate a certain percentage to the armed tagging on their profit percentage the watches then come to us through army Exchange to be sold at a Price lower than the local Market or the american but still a far cry from the new ones we sold and will sell again to the blood still needed Guam about pints of whole blood have been used by the armed forces in the past year while this figure was previously held a additional supplies Are still needed t0 sustain the ing phases for treatment of the wounded and for blood starved nationals be released soon from Jap prison on getting out continued from Para 1 and will toe to a few ugh by specialized classification and men employed in speeding demobilization in this country who mint await replacement by Low scow men from the War will take every possible step to Speed men How by air and sea and is enlarging stateside separation centers in or Der to reach soon a discharge rate of men a the greatest number we Ever sent overseas in a year was about said pet now to enough men Back fast enough to discharge men in 12 Stimson warned Pacific that the necessity of disarming millions of Jap troops and insuring to against treachery May slow up the return of High Point men from that he pointed out that Macarthur had combed out All 85jpoint men before Vij Day and therefore could not be expected to disorganized his invasion forces by withdrawing men of lower scores until events prove there is no risk in our occupation of Stimson agreed fully with the presidents plan to continue select Ive there Are now army men with years of he and if we do not continue regular induction of doom Large numbers prolonged first Job demobilization in step with Stimson chief of staff Marshall is sued a directive outlining1 the Mission of War dec following its first he is to demobilize the the fourth air Force disclosed that it had received or Ders to discharging officers with Points ranging from 36 to the system will free personnel having no critical und Erite apparently individual eligibility scores Are 70 for Cap ams and 58 for first Liew 42 for second 36 for flight officers and warrant Ems still  
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