Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1945, Cairo, Egypt M a liquidation to work John Central Field office of the army Navy liquidation has announced the establishment of his office in Cairo at 6 sharia Al sheikh Garden his office is responsible for the disposal of surplus War property within the area of the Africa Middle East theater and the per Sian Gulf command of the United states the geographical area for which Virden is responsible includes the entire continent of a saudi Arabia and was pointed out that there Are no extensive surpluses of military property in the Africa Middle East theater and that until american troops Are redeployed elsewhere there will be no appreciable quantities of consumer Field representation the Cairo office is responsible to the office of the army Navy liquidation established in Washington Early in 1945 to dispose of surplus property of the United states government in Over seas Virden announced owing to the Large geographical area Foi which he is he is establishing regional Field representatives in Accra in the Gold Nairobi in East and Johannesburg in South the office of the Field commissioner previously established in Teheran will continue to be responsible for the disposals of sur dons property in Iran and the Rose Here she the famous Tokyo Rose of radio Tokyo Zero hour Shes been identified As Iva Ikuko to a los Ange Esborn american of japanese this photo from the year Book of the University of California at los from which the 30yearold Iva graduated six years now she says that circumstances forced me into ins Sinclair gets ethiopian Oil rights new York president of the Sinclair Oil corporation announced that emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia has granted a exclusive Oil Concession covering his entire Square mile Empire to the Sinclair Oil pan of it under 50 year in return for the right to explore for and ship out of the the Oil company will pay royalties to the emperor in Addi Tion to building one or More schools and clinics and research it also will pay for educating ethiopians in the United states for the next 10 under the All Oil development rights for the entire territory will Resac exclusively with the Sinclair corporation for five Zepfel Volbert 1945stars and is your Compass Sel for the states these Guys Are going to saudi Arabia diet Rutt Lufi heres de outfit in which has four Down and one to Moat of us giving a Groat peal of time and Energy to count ing devising angles on How Home and wistfully thinking of the Westward the 1927th aviation Engineer which has built four of the largest air installations in has turned its eyes its off to saudi Arabia to build its most extensive airbase right in the heart of the Sands of an Advance party has already departed and heavy engineering equipment has been with in a the entire company of 5 officers and Over 200 remaining officers and enl rated personnel of the Viviet Engineer Sec about 500 american or local civilians and approximately italian workers will be settled Down m the desert about Midway up the saudi arabian seemingly in the Middle of a no where of Sand and be jiving in tents and therell be no Cairo m which to let off Hope its the last till be the toughest Job the boys Nave yet and from amet Engineer and Ken Neth Kidd executive Down to the that its the although the 1927th was not actors to enliven the be cause of Dakar was off Bounds four of the seven there were two chief some played volleyball some drank eau de the atomic Brandy it was considered most unwise to indulge in chiggers not Only was Dakar beset with it was also besieged by a prolific Breed of which seemed almost impossible to and As if fleas we rent there one of the runways of of Airport at Dakar is shown getting its first coast of signal corps Tiv ated at Camp Huckstep until last its personnel had completed or were completing four major Airfield these included of Field at Merri Field at Zellaha airbase at Tripoli and the Large expansion of Payne in Early the construction division of which had recently completed the building of Payne was assigned to a Rush Job at air operations were skidded to hit Dakar on june 1 and of canes Field was badly in need of repair since the Rainy season unfortunately Ren dered its runways suitable for sea it was up to the yanks to beat the is men who later became 1927thers were recruited from various Engineer organizations throughout amet and with civil who Are hired by the engineers for special were flown to heavy equipment was shipped by sea from of first ticklish problem was the necessity for Hasty plans and negotiations with the French gov since it was impossible to Whin Eckles into the army arranged to build of air for it seemed As if a Jinx had accompanied them to for one the big Rock Crusher which could dish in 150 cubic Yards of crushed Rock per hour that a incidentally just didst show so they were forced to fall Back on the pitifully slow local the is men had not been organized into a smoothly working much of the heavy equipment didst arrive until March and the soil on which of was constructed was strictly from so in that Square Yards of a 20 Inch foun i at Ion of the Job want both men and officers were working like Bell to beat the deadline nine hours a Day and seven Days a week for the first two nor were there Bright lights and Bis were the memories of these chiggers Are indelibly imprinted on the mind of Frank Gregory who describes their activities with considerable it seems that the Little buggers inter themselves in ones flesh and remain undetected for three How the flesh swells and festers like a matters Are further complicated if the chigger has Laid eggs in the feasting one victim almost lost a toes whom the 1927th is losing for also Well re members the night the Rains the men had been billeted in a fairly comfortable French bar but men on bunk fatigue had often noticed that the roof was ominously speckled with air leading one to doubt its ability to withstand much Mois whether or not they should do anything about the roof was often discussed but some argued convincingly that the Spanish tiles overlapped and Wert like a Sieve this conclusion was shattered the night of the not Only did the roof behave like a but for some it rained so hard in the Barracks that it was impossible to see the other through no fault of the c rations were the Staple diet during the Dakar this gastronomical Delight became rather deadly after several months so a few gis tried their hand at deep sea since they could never catch enough to go a few eager beavers went out one planted a stick of dynamite and collected the which ran ged individually from one to 25 Pound native fishermen began to suspect that nature alone was not responsible for diminishing hauls and for the tendency of fish schools to Migrate further into the the French government said Stop so the yanks went Back to c Merrifield in the construction of of air an admirable comradery existed he tween gis and with a Complete Lack of army officers lined up for Chow before the one mess Hall along with enlisted and indulged in the same volleyball and eau de the construction div Ision had started Merrifield Field utilities an organization of 50 High Aliber techno the Rainy season at Benghazi with personnel recruited primarily from the 1081st was holding Forth and the men scarcely saw the Sun form 1 to the end of but the in Benghazi most of which is masonry was completed in june in the same Zellaha air base at Tripoli was approved located near the Blue med and studded with gently swaying Palm had the Phy Sical appearance of a travel poster the base itself was built on the site of an old italian Airport in the enclosure of Mussolini famous 80mile the said to have been the favorite of airman Italo had been converted into a Small British fighter base during Rommel re Zellaha although certain buildings were rehabilitated and made a part of the new building the construction of Zellaha was downright the runways were of no value for Hearvy air they were completely destroyed and re p laced by three Large of about big enough to accommodate located below sea it was necessary to undergo a formidable amount of earthwork involving about 000 cubic Yards of Cut and Stone from runways had to be crushed and hauled from Aziza some distance from the also delayed Asphalt work on the it was april when this tremendous base with runways Messing and recreational facilities for 2 000 warehouses and a Hospital was the he 4fclrequised months of by 250 gis and officers i italian its was a far cry As Thakar a11 Gene the people were Friendly and Desmet a hungover Alle Giance Payne a glue Sarae which was originally completed in october underwent a vast expansion program which car ried it practically to the Gates of these which included four new were also built by the 1927th and wire for in March 45 in Complete facilities for the re depot group were built although the 1927th is shoving off to saudi some of Iti troubleshooters Are scattered throughout amet on special jobs another esk Edge has received there of for his work in Ara Bia where he has been surveying for the past 11 the men who form the 1927th Are mostly experienced construction men from Vivvie while the remaining have developed Saj j tie construction Trio 1927th is a composite of the 2967th the construction de 1081st Engineer Utility detachment and the 600th composite the construction division oper ates directly through arid is headed by it was originally organized in the Spring of the majority of its personnel were drawn from various units throughout the generally were on is throughout the con traction division until the 1927th was this whose co is Leonard is assigned to Engin Eer officer for operation disc if you a amet personnel charge May to in the command to Lions with Vav governmental bureaus in which have expressed a accept discharged personnel Tilar american civilian a ate the u missions and sul at Federal economic Tuuu office of War office of strategic and the army and Naty liquidation is although details from each of the agencies will not be until next a sur vey of each of the personnel directors indicated that there is a definite need for american and women in Many that wac pinup contest Halass remember last weeks announcement of the wac Pinero con test Why you must have missed a Story on column Page too int it Twa to Middle East Washington Twenty four engine transport planes have been allocated to three United states airlines designated to Fly inter Continental air six of the originally designed for peacetime passenger traffic but acquired by the army for cargo and troop Carrier were allocated to transcontinental and Western air for use on a pro posed service from the United states through Southern and North Africa to Cairo and from Cairo through Iraq and saudi Arabia to eight of the planes went to pan american airways which was authorized by the civil aeronautics Board to Fly a route link ing the United states with Central and Karachi and Calcutta on the West and East coasts of formed Cleveland formation of the Middle East which will engage in the Export import business Between the states and 23 Middle Eastern is announced under the presidency of Dan brother inlaw of columnist Drew Ward Well Howell will head the Prin Cipal office in the idea Herman of Only served six months but solved the bag Probki fitted two Small wheels to he Boito up of the thing and now he along behind s
