Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1945, Strasbourg, Alsace Vol 43 Cairo Lluri Chiddie Hlf four cents october 1945 to in s i he casuals Shi Al amen the y ree ears later shortly after Midnight tonight the army troop transport Cristobel at port said is expected to Point its How towards Hampton carrying Back to America passengers and thereby Mak ing room at hucksters previously jammed casual go Point ers scheduled for processing next it is estimated that after the Cristobel sails not More than 25 70 Point men now on orders will loft in most of arrived at the Center from saudi Arabia and other outlying stations too late to make the although of the Lucky ones now Enro Ute Home were in the 70 Point the group also included 198 15 members of the army nurse if civilian one one War depart ment worker and one merchant also Aboa Ixl Are 008 at most of whom served an average of 15 months in the Middle and Are headed Back the Al for further major High Pointer High Point Man is Ivan who ran up a critical Point score of Points without the Aid of ten Battle a presidential citation and a Bronze gives him a big Edge Over All passengers aboard the Low Man on the totem pols is la Rue Lutkins with 17 Points who is being discharged for the convenience of the Eril run jumped gun on amet by having already sent see Cristobel on Page 7 butter off ration list soon Washington fats and oils Are slated to drop from ration lists by january or agriculture Anderson told a Senate subcommittee thai by hoped Butler Points could be lifted soon and was As confident us can be that fats and oils would be off the ration lists by the first of the meat was added to Andersons list by director of departments office of requirements and both appeared the sub committee which had called a Spe Cial session to determine if poli tical pressure1 was being exerted on the department and opa to keep foods 011 the ration chairman Tom Stewart asserted that be had information that excessive shipments to Europe would deprive americans of their rightful share of the worlds wont be huge Ilar Digg testified that the amount to be sent to Ger Many would depend on Calory a Lions specified by he Allied control Council in any would Mil by Chester opa adminis Trator has urged Congress to continue rent and Price controls Date of in prevent the threat of inflation he pointed out people Ai tempt to spend hut n Small portion of their estimated at before production and Supply have greatly it would Ijar partly increase the pres sure on bits three years ago this week one of the great Battles of the War was at its height the Battle of Alamein saved the Middle East for the Allied serving with the British eighth army was the ninth United states army air Force today the desert is once a Day an egyptian state railway train wheezes into this station Between Mersa mat rub and the photo by return of overseas troops now nears h a if Way a with Sti 11 Togo Washington the tremendous task of shipping american sol Diers Home from the Atlantic and Pacific is rearing the Halfway five months and one week after vie barring unexpected developments or the War expects to attain the following goal which it has set for itself All troops in Europe Home by a Chi excluding Hosi a food As occupation forces and for the disposal of pro All troops in the Pacific Home by next excluding those needed Cor the occupation of Japan and for the disposal of sur plus of and for outposts such As Guam and the by overseas sol Diers had returned to i he a total of arc yet to come Hack besides those who will slay overseas for the when the european War american soldiers were in Eto in the Mediterranean in the Middle East and North Africa and in the persian a total of men wore being utilized for he euro Pean some will stay of had been re deployed to the states on of the a Largo percentage of Lowi Point men will Likely Stav for some time to make up he needed for the or unfaithful wife los Angeles Bill stars and stripes famed cartoonist in Italy and North has filed suit for divorce from pretty blonde Norma lean alleging she has the 24yearold Pirn Winner whose Book up front was a Best names a former Elmer of los an As seeks custody of their Twoy Earold Bruce born while he was in Man to wind up the army property problems in Europe Ami to Man such outposts As ascension about troops re main to be returned from the return of men from Pacific areas necessarily has moved slow on Pacific strength was with troops in the Burma arid India the total therefore needed to win the Pacific War was by of these had Jie ii returned to the out of the remaining group will come a Largo part of the required for occupation and but about no slated to come Home Eto redeployment easier redeployment from Europe is loss of a headache to the army transportation with Shorter no conflicting move ments going on and geography which permits Large concentrations of men at debarkation to bring the boys Home from eur the corps is using 27 per cent of its troops the British liner Queen 75 Victory ships which have been to carry troops and a Fleet of 200 Liberty ships accommodating Between 500 and Coo dozen carriers and cruisers will he added to the Homecoming Fleet from Europe next three More converted Liberty ships and 22 More converted Victory ships arc expected to go into action the return from the Pacific has been slower due to immense sea the deployment of Titas last performance Honolulu this is the army played its Farewell performance Here monday night the cast of 103 men had travelled Miles in 39 months on the shows compose author or i Iii Berlin was on hand for the final the men Are Enro Ute to Camp via san for their discharge troops widely scattered leases from the South Pacific to Japan and tic necessity of shifting occupation forces to Japan and former Jap held Home for Christmas the transportation corps is using 73 per cent of its troops transports in the and Between now and men arc expected to be re an additional will be either in staging areas or in last troops of the 43rd division were expected this when two the Neshoba and were scheduled to nine ships Are at sea with the 38th the first is expected 37th and 31st divisions will to Home before veterans in the Pacific have complained that the army is fail ing to use cargo ships which Are returning to the states transportation officers Point that freighters do not have an adequate water Supply to carry troops and their holds Are not intended for human ventilation would be especially on a Long even converted Liberty and Vic torn ships Are uncomfortable Ana Are therefore used for Shorter trips on the stage door canteen closes this weekend new famous stage door canteen will close october for Lack of a permanent the canteen has been housed temporarily in a hotel since it was ousted july 91st from a building about to be torn since then the american theater Wing has had no Luck in finding since the canteen opened March it has been Host to put your clocks Back on summer time ends in the Middle the change of time will take place at Midnight when clocks will be put Back one Enow Eckern the Point will fall below 0 december it according to Robert Berry in testimony before the Senate Mili tary affairs committee this Headquarters has had no official confirmation of this cheerful news and with holds any statement until information is conveyed through the usual Chan Bui amt did have definite news on the shipping program from this the tier to the stressing the fact that its aim is to so far All Eli Gible personnel during the month in which they become a met sailings at the moment the next months shipping schedule shapes nip this Way Mccrea will arrive at Khorran Mshar around the 19th of november with room for 1 some of which he draw from the persian Gulf ser vice command and some of which will get on the vessel at having taken amet personnel from port said to Hampton will make a return trip arriving at Casablanca around the 2tst of november to return men from abets Western porpoise expected to arrive at port said about the of november with space for Al out most of he 60poinl men of sea fiddler is expected at Casablanca about november with room for about who will be drawn from that Vici nity of Nash and another which has taken Home amet and Pic will return to see Points on Page 10 says lend lease arms Are used politically Washington of state James Byrnes has protested the use of lend lease arms for political purposes As they have by the dutch and British in the far both allies have been asked to remove the Emblem from the military equipment they Are using against the nationalists in indo Nesia and in jeeps get blame for divorce Kate spinal injuries caused by rough Riding in jeep and other military vehicles Are responsible for thousands of divorces among discharged according to the Denver osteopathic physician told members of the Oklahoma osteopathic that jolting in conveyances built for Sturdi Ziess rather than Comfort led to irritability and emotional he explained that an incessant ache in the tissues adjacent to the vertebrae might cause Many men to be just ornery and Plain hard to live a magician joins us this week stars and stripes begins a new you can do by conjurer in of bobs first column appears on Page
