Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1945, Strasbourg, Alsace November 1945 stars and Gulf pics Camp Lowe life seems lower than a snakes belly Iran once the Center of Railroad activity in Southern is now Little More than a ghost there Are still some 300 men Bers of company 754th railway shop and company 788th military police Hie railroaders remain to Dis assemble american equipment for return to the the military police company serves us port he quarters and pulls Security guard at Lowe Anil the no abandoned Quarry these mostly of Illinois and Wisconsin have been in the Pusc 27 every phase of military police life is pretty Dull around the there Are plenty of efforts made to ease the but even the efforts become Monotone life is a Only with the hone of getting out in the four nights a week Yon go to the outdoor movie to see a picture for the second or third after the Yon eat a couple hamburgers at the snack play the drink too much Admire the polish and Bead for the once every new Moon theres a not dancing with the buxom lassies from the polish Camp in after the its All the girls Are loaded into trucks and returned to their wandering with Vodka theres a Camp bar which Dous a pretty thriving the five nights a week its something Anjoul having a a Vodka and soda Coke is rationed in your your Elbow on a and your fool on to rail permits your Nind in letting you forget that youre stuck in deserted Camp As have less than i Points and Are a Good ten years from being too much and you nurse a Terri fic hangover in he Victor West has a Smo Dilla physical training improvising weightlifting equip ment from Railroad Gondola wheels and Iron Vic has a pretty fair gym in one of the de he claims to have one time or every Man in the company interested in developing Atlas via the Smodilla but few last beyond the first its hard to keep an interest in anything a round the boys who do manage to continue the run into some pretty stiff Competition from native of who Are guests at the gym several nights a the boys have a Terrace Gar Den they Are really proud its the result of ten Oclock cur few at the parties adjourn to the Garden for con the Garden consists of two a few chairs cration hox Type and a on piece orchestra in the area Between two bar lighted by a 150 Watt Chicago postwar the orchestra one of the finest in the a Wisconsin fingers a mean squeeze the Lions Are mighty proud of and his music is required for every Occa the Fellows Are livery time a Uso accordionist plays at the he is invited to compete with Debee at the Gar Dens after the drinks i the there Are various characters around the area who help keep the boys thorns t5 Marvin rebel from Birmin who tells some might tall Hunting Reb is the Rumps biggest boar hut Lack of transportation has limited by pro Bert Tavender Camp his trips this Hes sweat ing out a discharge now and has throwing Farewell parties for Over a theres also Michael Nikon Nick Heads a Baluchi guard company he tells Many tales of his their their swears they should All be Nick hails from theres a neighbourhood bar in the he and Sam Dago Scialabba keep the boys in talk ing about their respective postwar plans for Nick figures hell Rake an easy income off the Gin Dago assures him that after subscribing to sail Abbas protective hell have to bum Jitney for Dago is courting a very pretty lass employed by the snack possessed with wolfish Doest contribute to the courtship by growling Sweet nothings info the ears of the the in company b have a lot of fun Bill ask any of morale is lower than a snakes life is to rip living Only because eventually it can be lived in the they Are mostly having no Battle stars and Only two Eto and Good conduct ones but Treyve pulled duty in Southern Iran for Over two he May be a go without a Butto one awed local talk on Udo r starts music for All series with the Luxo Karnak tourist season about to music for All is beginning a series of talks on ancient Egypt by fair former Field director of the egyptian exploration he will kick of monday evening at 9 with an illustrated and promises similar to pics for succeeding highlights of the music Center s week include1 a full recording Mozart the marriage of Figaro sunday night at by the Glyn Debourne Gerhard win ners Beethoven sonata series wednesday at nine and a film on the horror Camps of Germany thurs Day Newstein Geysels Zadarlik Edevice Washington a radar like seeing Eye for the Blind is being developed by the army signal corps at the request of the surgeon the new sensory Aid projects a Light beam instead of radio Waves from the front of a nine Pound Case which is carried like a lunch the beam produces Bright spot on any in its the is reflected Back find detected by a photoelectric Coll in lie a cell creates an electric curent which produces code signals a single earphone connected to the Case by a its effective Range is from two to 20 and various signals indicate different the user can easily Tell the direction of the obstacle by the was he is holding the heros the Man you want to sue get his Job is to get civil Ian replacements for gis at Hes Charles chief civilian personnel recently lie filled in the void left by the homing next will lie replacements for Point Happy gis on he glory Road to the since the dark Days of e Ala Muin in Kaiser has interviewed Over applicants for mechanical and labourer jobs with the originally a civilian employee for the North african military Mission and later As a the sergeant has had the herculean task of accepting or rejecting the thousands seek ing jobs with the he lived in Cairo several years before the he worked for a steamship an Auto sales an american Oil company and British intelligence before joining Drake and Piper in the afrika Korps threatened at Alain Iii in july and person Nel fled to then chief in charge of pay was asked to take Over civil Ian personnel and hold Ranie stricken employees in he succeeded and two weeks later when the engineering returned from he was Given the Job he hns been in charge Ever Huckstep and Payne Field personnel have also been chosen through his fluent in italian and English and conversant in greek and Charlie is Well equipped to sift and decide who gets a Job and who talk ing to As Many people us he this poly Lingual i Learned to size up prospective Job seekers i have Only about t5 minutes for each he but in that time 1 can pretty Well deter Charles amet civilian personnel finds the lieu is Busy nil in the Days work listening Over the phone and taking care of matters on his desk at the Samo Hes been this Busy and Busic Tor three years choosing personnel in the Cairo area for the signal corps photo by mine their the records show Ive been wrong in Virv of Swiss German Kaiser was in egyptian subject Enlil he enlisted in army in december Hes stateless at present but Hopes to obtain ame rican citizenship and go to the slates when Bis Job is finished his position and to pick chose evidently has spread far and enough to cause one Uwell applicant to write a letter addressed to general he got the files in his office disclose some startling lines on the part of for a self styled egyptian poet wrote 12 full pages extolling deploring bloodshed and the differences Between nations and wound up by for a Job As a i urn so he said 1 am 19 years old but without ride i have the mind of a poet in the thirties or i have he Honor to be one of the men of for this reason i have for1 a Post of african sleeping sickness Washington drugs which in experiments show action against the acute manifestations of african sleeping sickness have been Deve loped Here and being tested for Efficacy in the later stages of the says the United states Public Lyleath there would be two Ems to every officer Washington How Many men want to Stav in the army a War Survey among servicemen indicates that about enlisted men would accept extended Active duty and about a that adds up to less than two enlisted men for every the checkup revealed that a pro Xima Tely 61 per cent of the officers would accept Reserve commission and that 24 Ner cent of this group would also accept extended Active among the less than 3 per cent indicated any definite interest in enlisting in the regular emails but use those anyway while microfilming service o was discontinued in this theater on a a the War department has announced that All microfilming of email is ended effective i the announcement emphasizes thai in View of Hie savings in bulk and weight effected even though i he letters Are not the continued use of email letter forms is urged As Long As the Supply already distributed is including official written on folding Type email forms will lie transmitted Between the United states find overseas Heaters by air regardless of the amount of postage no Post age need be paid on such letters sen by military personnel to secure such but the word free will be written in the upper right Corner of the envelope and the senders Complete military address will appear in the upper left such letters will be Given air transportation in the United Stales Only when postage at the airmail rate of p cents per ounce or friction is a plentiful Supply of folding Type email forms can he obtained Al All Apos in his nothing like a frequent Short note to the girl Friend and the folks at one off today adds the theater postal Robert 66 enlisted men sign on in Camp Huckstep army drive Camp Huck Tii recruiting has announced that item have enlisted or Reini isted up to of these signed for three one for 18 and 3s for a one year eight of the i year men and 33 of those sticking a your have waived Tho furlough due them upon reenlist t 5 William 2isih Cairo Rayon Plant new York a Viscose Rayon costing Between and will be constructed in Cairo by Oscar Kohorn Industrial says the sees Australia As draw to West coast workers san Francisco a Large number of West coast american Industrial workers would Migrate to Australia if offered specific statement of says Norman agent Genera to London for Martin is convinced a Quick completion of Australia migration policy is necessary to reap Harvest of highly skilled workers now in California from the East who want to work in Henie wants out Chicago Sonja if enic Ami first Man to sign up at is now in the states on assisting Steve with recruiting Are Bernard clo and recruiting sergeants Harold Leonard and Joseph in Washington a War announcement said that warrant officers and flight officers May enlist or reenlist in the army in the first Grade master such enlistments must he within Days of release from Active ser those Reen listing for three years May pc any Arm of ser vice they choose and either the China Caribbean defense command or alaskan those signing up one year will be unassigned and not Given Choice of Arm of service or ask Job Miracle of management Washington the Job of Daniel Reed Topping have agreed to but have no divorce Topping is Back from Sor Viti with Ufi Marine corps in the Pacific and the skate actress is Here for Jer ice Treyve been married a Plage for everything new teachers of the Oak tree school in nearby Raritan township have been graciously accorded Permis Sion to smoke in the schools boiler in making the the education Board agreed that smoking is generally accepted supplying americas wartime army the biggest Enterprise in history through a Miracle says an annual re port by Brehon ask some Well attributed the Miracle to the talented work of men recruited extensively from civilian transportation and other if Japan haunt capitulated to the atomic the report the army had ready another Wea Pon to Spring on it was a Mobile 36inch mortar firing a Shell a Shell weighing nearly two tons and designed for use against japanese
