Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                September v by Ralph Cohen Little known and stories about the persian Gulf com As gathered from various sources and when Lily ports and Andre Kostelanetz performed before the Iran it Lover of classical invited the pair and their Soldier to appear at the the performance was there the the and courts ministers burst into wild the Shah then walked Over to miss Pons and remarked How wonderful the singing was and the numbers when the press took Lily by the the first thin Jar she said was where did get Sucha Lovely gown truck Drivers Tettl of the time they delivered their usual Convoy of supplies to from where russian Drivers took the string of heavy vehicles then headed toward Russia up Steep Mountain suddenly the gears stripped on one of the and it started rolling the russian at the wheel  control hopped and the big diesel crashed Over the reporting the a soviet offi cer described it in his Book As Fie verse Vodka is As much a Barra Oksvold word in the poc As spam is everywhere else in the it also is the Scapegoat of every gag As Well As spam and Sinatra weight Joe onetime roving for the pc Dis Patch had a favorite be cause of Tihe shortage of cig Aret lighter fluid throughout the com whenever hed catch some one with a cig Aret in his Mouth hed jump whip out his trusty Zippo and offer him a Joe would casually men Tion that he was using Vodka in the lighter As a substitute for the regular and that it worked after the victim usually went Home and when his lighter ran out of hed refill it with a Handy bottle of crowed gains Ive ruined More lighters that Way a Headquarters company had an oklahoman for a first it didst take much to detect that he was a regular army during a talk on military Courtesy to the someone asked if it is necessary to speak to the Captain in the third where Day get that third son stuff growled the there Are Only two of aint to men of the motor transport service in a Booby prize awarded each month for the company with the most the gis in the company were handed a stuffed White elephant while the native Drivers assigned to the outfit were Given a Flag bearing a White for whenever native unit received the Flag it displayed the Banner High and one Day an inquiring Learned that the iranians in his company showed such Pride in the Flag be cause to them the elephant was considered a sacred How when the american informed them the real significance of the the next morning it was found hanging from the latrine the armed forces radio service station at Camp Amir Abad uses As its Call announcement this is aes the Northern station of the persian Gulf command net on the the go station there adopted As its slogan this is aes the Southern station of the persian Gulf Mand recently a problem arose when a 100watter was ins talled at Muharram Airport on rein 315 Miles South of the solution arrived at was this is apr the southernmost station of the persian Grill command Dave who has Ridden the iranian state rail Way from Ahwaz North to Teheran has his own description of the 25 hour which begins at 7 you pull slowly out of Ahwaz Yards at suddenly you re Alize you have left the Yards but the train still Hast increased its by 9 Oclock Yon think its and by noon youre sure a week has at every you have to close your window to keep the flies from coining in off the coolies Heads and settling on when you get into the mountains Judd its Tun if youre Riding behind you have to open and close the windows every other minute first to keep the smok from suffocating you and then to let some tvs i air into the compartment Between youre l wreck at Drouil and utterly worthless at take it or Lump this tale has never been proved to be a and has been written in the official tory of the motor transport ser a 10ton Mack diesel was going through Zahlek pass up a Moun Tain Range Between Khurram Abad hard to get Winner of a Bachelor of the week contest at the aah redistribution station at Miami Tom Robinson is besieged by the enthusiastic Chicks who acted As Toms playing hard to get and after 35 months in the South Pacific International and up the incline in Low gear the truck wheels be Gan then they lost tract Ion altogether and the vehicle started knowing full Well the weight of his the go Driver jumped the truck rolled Back about 15 feet when suddenly on its own volition it regained its traction on a different surface of the and rolled Back As it passed him the go hopped Rode the inter Allied table Tennis in which iranians and americans was held in the Ira Nian officers huge Ball room with giant the Shah and the Empress were sitting on a raised Connolly and his staff were pre sent As were other military and diplomatic it looked More like a diplomatic Ball than a sporting the 1 iranian was playing 19yearold Martin Schwa the in was shamefully beaten in first game by to 7 because he was Jsu tense in the sur then he took out a stick of gum from his shirt of lured half to his Spon the audience including the Royal couple broke into laughter at this typically Amer ican so Luvail then smiled and lost All his he won the next games in an easy Bill Mclntyre and Leo Marschand were two characters in pics go entertainment the both believed that drinking Vodka was the Best Way to improve Russ american rela ordered to report to the list one Day for a periodic an older Lay on his bunk with a giant Mol Tyre reported despite his similar walked Over to the dental officer and announced Marschand  heres his get court Billing los Angeles charging that her proves soft husband advocated free love and boasted that he could take ills Choice of any woman on the fam put Emma Kozak Campbell has filed a Cross complaint asking for separate her William Giles is professor of education at Southern and a we known lecturer and Campbell recently sued for divorce on grounds of including a threat on his he asked custody of their Only minor 12yearold in her Cross Campbell charged that Campbell had admitted to involvements with other women and had contended that monogamy and marriage Are solely for the Protection of they were married in 1922 when Campbell was a College gobblers on Way More than pounds of Turkey Are made ready for the traditional thanksgiving Day dinners for servicemen stationed in the and the War a noun while Many soldiers and was will be Back Home this thanksgivi the army pointed out that millions will still to in the service and the stuffed Cranberry and pumpkin Pic will lie ready for them whether they Are in the army of at some Remote in the or on the High seas in route use soldiers deposits the Wolf ims pc  by by Sansone do you have this Type of Nightmare often male Call by Milton creator of Terry and the pirates theres the rub wont Tell you no away Timmin so i aim to lo5 my Zomb up time 50mebody5 5iven you a sum wont playin6 buy War Bonds where your dollars make cents