Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1945, Strasbourg, Alsace                              Stars and october 1945 with the vets the u edited and pc blushed weekly by a Amy in and a Middle Sam by Amy Phosti v 119entwed port under the a of printed by by Frey ill 41 october 1945 Frank publications Richard editor an and picture sources Public signal and Toldie marshalls biennial report stresses real Sec Security Washington general of the army George United states army chief of in his biennial report to the Secretary of War said this week that we can be certain that the next if there is will he even More total than this in the recent Marshall the Security of the United states was saved he these by the allies an Byi the errors of a prepared we May elect again to depend on but if we do we will toe carrying the trea sure and the Freedom of this great nation in a paper we have ignored the hard realities of world we have been we must i with the correction of the tragic misunderstanding that a Security policy is a War the essentials of per manent Security he out lined As one the most intense scientific and including plans for expeditious Industrial mobilization even under a Distant enemy two a permanent peacetime Citi zen army to make possible the emergency mobilization of men in one year to augment a compact but powerful regular army heavy in air he said that Universal military training for an unbroken period of one year appears essential to the Success of a sound Security plan based on the concept of a citizen secret weapons discovery of the secret of atomic said can be mans greatest and it can destroy it is against the latter terrible possibility that this nation must prepare or atomic Power will affect the peaceful life of every individual on and it will at the same time affect every instrument and technique of the atomic he is not alone among the scientific advances that make the possibilities of the future so Marshall quoted a report on an hitherto secret bomb by Henry commander of the army air a Homber to carry it and to accurately direct rockets to the sources of Light and he said that the development of bombers to operate in the at supersonic speeds and carrying bomb loads of More than 50 tons already is cer it no longer appears practical to continue what we once conceived As hemispheric defense As i satisfactory basis for our the Allied Victory in world War ii was achieved Only after an up Hill Marshall he said that the stands of the British and soviet Peoples saved the United states a War on her own the enemy he said had an overwhelming advantage in Materiel at he Start of Tho War but United states Arrne was so and equipped during the past two years that it dared a11 Over the of fld with a strategic inferiority m numbers of troops the United states array a mobilization fitted the requirements of Victory so he that american combat Divi Sion was in the european or Pacific operational Heaters when the germans surrendered last May and All two divisions had seen a paper Axis Only Marshall said that German technological advances such As in the development of atomic made it imperative that we attack before these terrible weapons could be turned against but he mentioned no corresponding technological menace by in was Little real Contact the germans and the Jap he said adding the As a matter of fact existed on paper he said that the placing of american arid British forces under a single strategic Mea sure decided on by prime minister Chur chill and the staff chiefs in Washington in was the most Complete unification of a military Effort Ever achieved Byi two Allied moreover this unification acted not Only in be half of the americans and British but also in the Aid of the soviet China and the other m the global Tho Genera plan for the final destruction of nazi mar shall pointed was established at the Yalta conference attended by president prime minister Churchill and Marshall Sta Allied strategy in the Orient had been perfected in the conference at Cairo attended he Churchill and Generalissimo Chiang no cd Jadence has yet been found in at the German High command ii strategic Al though the High command approved hitlers policies in his impetuous strategy outran the Ger Man military other invasions Mussolini acted unilaterally in attacking Greece and forc ing Hie germans to overextend themselves in the Balkan and african Japan also apparently acted unilaterally and not in accordance with i unified Egic japans capitulation made need toss the plans for invading Japan which marshal iss report the plans called for a three prong de assault on Southern Kyushu southernmost Home fall by one to be followed next Spring by an invasion of the Tokyo Yokohama area he two Marshall also revealed a plan for a Cross Channel invasion of Europe As Early the summer of operation unequalled in the possibility for a major Dis he said that it was planned As a diversionary assault to re Lieve the pressure on the red the Lack of sufficient especially Landing forced its Abando Rhent in favor of the North Africa landings which proved successful beyond the original expect Job seniority gets support of the of of i seniority is key discussion topic at the veterans of foreign wars Encampment willium Al told the conclave Union servicemen Baa been kept in Good is mining during the War and Job seniority rights protected by Union he said the Al sup ported vet demands that seniority accumulate during a gis time in Lewis selective service told the assembled vets they deserved More than a even break on As the convention discussed a re solution called for statutory seniority for to qualify for jobs which they held no prese vice world War ii vets Are making a bid for leadership with at least one younger candidate openly out for a Junior vice commander traditional stepping Stone Post to commander in chief of he is Edward of surplus property probe Washington veterans hav ing trouble trying surplus prop erty were promised help from Stuart surplus prop erty Symington is going on a Field trip to find Rea sons for the delays and disappoint ments Eugis Are experiencing in Many Congress heard that at fort 100 servicemen with letters authorizing them to buy surplus army motor vehicles  get any since the vehicles were being sold to Symington says he will announce a new regulation making it pos sible for vets to secure surplus property with a minimum of delay and a Chance to exercise preferences granted them under the sur plus property Job and loan totals Washington heres the i Jou and loan score the War commission reports veterans got jobs thru employment service during i this were world War ii the remainder world War Spanish american Philippines insurrection and Boxer since november gis have applied for Loans and of them were granted for Purchase of said the veterans and in new York state 451 veterans have been granted licenses to oper ate liquor package stores with the application period still open 149 disabled am included in this legion tangle washington1 Omar administration Lias tangled with the ame Unican the nations powerful reports the United John Thomas Al legislative alleged that Bradley proposed the veterans turn Over to the Federal housing Agency Home loan features of the it Bill of Taylor said the legion belief All vet activity should centralized in the this was promptly denied by who claimed Hail never committed himself on he Home loan his reply As legion sources were Quick to Point not make Clear whether he did or did not favor Sincli a Phi Welcome Home turned out in full Force to Welcome Alexander Patch to his Home town with a Parade and an honorary doctor of Laws from nearby Lebanon Valley College Gregory Pappy fam Ous Marine fighter Pilot and ten other Marine heroes received the congressional medal of Honor from president Truman in bolts from the Blue weakly Roundup of items from newspapers Here there Flash it aint hot As it used to be in the unbelieving aim canites ask themselves in dust rag can this he Abadan the thermometer registered a measly 100 degrees the other Way and even Tho the following Day it climbed to no one pee met to and that As hot As it got All next skating in Case Vou were Over bewildered by the multiplicity of rank in the army of the United you should be glad you Are not in Francis writing in Zero beat reels off a few ranks used Ethiopia for the lowest rank is which Means literally chief of a but Doest say a thousand the head of a cavalry unit is a the right Wing of an army is commanded by the Gra the left by the tie Advance guard is headed the a regimental head is a Mac and an army commander is Degiac on first now that the when Are we going Home is says san script the next one is what is the first thing we Are going to do when we get there so their reporter on the Loose buttonhole a few men on the Loose got these results mat soon As i get to new York in going to get John of the first things in going to do is get a quart of Dale going to bed for a need a now we sky Masier tails what it will be like for the last the lock he is he pr7 a0 leave the Field and will lock Tho after everyone else has following this hypothetical i Limi his last Day we see him get up at thru Force of habit Cook ins own Wash his own mess walk to Headquarters and turn in a morning report on himself to then to the Tower to Check on in coming there is which he oks to meets the pass engers and take Thorn to the ing Wolf and fixes them a to fill in a Lull he tries to play Ping Pong with himself and Reada the bulletin Board which Haa borne nothing new for As the Eun sinks behind Tho he puts on his tie after six Oclock and guides the last plane he checks himself weighs his bag and escorts himself to the waiting As the plane circles the Field he looks downward and is so Over come by the poignancy of the scene that he depo dope makes education seem Worth especially if you can Cret it at Florence Jesso a gazes local boy who went to the Tousa study Center in offers some interest ing data quarters Are in a former fascist aeronautical and conditions the least i the Guys had since entering the German pcs serve your meals at sweep up Shine but students Mako their own no is ins swimming and Tennis Are part of the recreation reasonable bar Friendly girls in town and you can wander around safely on the streets Day and you can dress anyway you except no no ties Are not worn m of the classes Are civilian professors from american colleges teach most of lightning flashes Salt air cruises and a Chance for Isaak Walton fans their skill As soon As special services boat rides get according to prop 115th macs Squadron is welcomed to Abadan after is months in the they Tant Gonna like it put Welcome says dust dope re porting on their Swank new re treat for depot an extra Long lots of dance scads of tables and 12piece band and 12 pretty Mamzellis to serve getting read for the Zero beat tells state Side editors to scratch them off the feeling it timely to warn of a possible after the Warner Flicker Casablanca the town from the picture of the same has a Ricks backlog reports i hat the boys of the 1250th have dubbed their rendezvous in Down town Casa after Humphreys even if Bogart and Ingrid Berg Man Arent there As time goes Theroh by Sansone did you enjoy hit Movitt