Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1945, Strasbourg, Alsace He hold co jobs in Pusc Baluchi guard c november 1945 Aiwaz not Manv company commanders Are found in the enlisted ranks of the but stationed Here at Camp Lowe there Are four gis holding sergeants Anthony thai and Edgar Corpora Kelly Stevens and Michael Nikonchuk Mem Bers of b 788th head two companies of Baluchi guards who act As Security guards Over american and installations at Quarry Camp and the iranian state Railroad Yards in Baluchie Are the most effective civilian guards to be found in Thev Are professional1 Loyal to their employers and they were originally brought to this from a sea county in the Southeastern Border of to guard British interests in the americans rapidly Learned of their effectiveness and recruited them into army Baluchie Are organized into military a private earns 8 rials a Day 40 rials and 50 a rial is Worth three All draw rations of and and arc quartered in Railroad Box cars or any other shelter available in the area they they Are a Well disciplined lot who go about their duties Enthus patrolling their posts swinging their night Sticks the Only weapon they use As if the world were no one dares trespass without the i cd Are treated with Hie with clicking of peps Dent and a hallo every i is a sergeant to his by Way or reciprocal assures his privates fat they Sho Uldall be learn English phrases and use them at every gis pick up stray phrases of persian with proper use of orders to the sergeant mid Nikonchuk have 10 Baluchie under of the number guard n Tho Railroad Ilion live in boxcars and tents inside inc there is one who serves As and posts the Tripp one for each eight hour make routine inspections of the after they Are on one Cook serves the in trip at the thai and Nick have grip Holm up for repairs the the state departments Relief ship for repatriation of is Laid up Here with engine trouble and probably will be for another three when repairs Are Shell pick up civilian passengers for America at Naples and by pro Bert Tavender companies Corban bairam this edition of stars my stripes will be reaching you about the same though its press Date has Ceru moved up for the Corban commemorating Abrahams a Cafice on All who can afford it Slaughter presents Are exchanged and new clothes tire this is one of the great feasts of officially it began yes As is the custom with Manv begin the Holiday Early by tacking on a Holiday before the Holiday it Emit inns through monday if is part of the mammal Cere Mony observed in when holy carpets Are brought to the Hoard of the islamic Faith from ail Over the world pilgrims the journey if it is at All those who cannot Honor the me Morris of the per forebears at Ramiv 27 these patrol the fences 24 hours a letting no one in or out of the Camp except by proper Reed and Stevens Are in charge of the abandoned Quarry Camp there Are 80 Baluchi a stationed at the they and work inside the Camp As there Are no american troops stationed at it is necessary to have i armed with around to supplement the Baluchi this requires three soldiers during the two at these i company commanders May not have Battle tales to Tell when they get Back to the lint they can amuse the Gangat Tho Corner bar for hours with Sto Ries of their using the i Lingo no fishing in Khorran Mshar Knorra Mshar the Rains came to Khorran Mshar last week they came in torrential Truan ask any Veteran of the pc what the Rainy season is like in this part of after three Days the Rains went away for that surprised everyone and this week they been reve Linnin Days of Sunshine want so Long ago that every one was cursing the despite the the Khorram Shah area is still covered with hundreds of miniature lakes and layers of Slick and Sticky in front of command Headquarters Are two Large separated Only by a High in the midst of one Lake there is a Beauty full printed sign that looks As if it were strictly the sign says with Deadpan seriousness no fishing allowed five Pusc men find a Home Khorram Shar five including one Veteran of nearly 1c years became the first in the command to enlist in the regular army drive when they took the enlistment oath before Gustav Anderson com manding officer of William the commands recruiting officer Admi nist ered the oath to the All of whom enlisted for three year himself a vet of years As a Reg Vilar army presented each with his discharge from the army of the United states after the ceremony which made them members of the United states army for the next three enlistees Are Ray mond Detroit Robert Luther Alston i e Bernard co Francis Rockford Thorn and the Only regular army hold permanent ranks of ser Geant and music for All highlights on the music for All program for the week include a recording by the Vienna state opera of Strauss Der Rose Kavalier on sunday at 9 a two piano re Cital by Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick monday at Foj and the second of the series on Egypt by the tuesday at Victory Bonds Washington with less than a month to go in the Victory loan the Treasury announced that in Bonds had been sold toward individual North Dakota was the first state so pass Tho Halfway Mark in e Bond Waddy by Ralph Viggers african Quail have larger breasts than stateside so asserts John gazes base Legal and mississippian Woods stomper from Way after he returned from his first North african Quail Hunt 100 Miles South of Casablanca where he and party bagged 44 of those most palatable of All Bir i could hardly believe my eyes when i saw that the breasts of african Quail were twice As big As the american my Mouth watered in anticipation the Hunter goes on to say that had he not been on safari in a strange land he would have after the Birds first that they were full Spring the Captain out is the which also brings up some stuff about the feathered ones the classic Quail is a migratory old world Bird about 7 with Varie gated and Buff Plu Mage above and1 White attempts to introduce it into ame Rica have not been very Success the Cyc adds that although Many Birds in America have been termed they Are unlike those that resemble Spring chickens in North mus plaque to pm units three amet quartermaster units have been awarded the meritorious service unit the presented for Superior performance of duty in the accomplishment of exceptionally difficult tasks and for maintenance of a High Standard of was received by the 500th pm car 592nd pm and the pm Supply United newsreel Calls it a War United established by overseas branches of the major american newsreel companies in conjunction with has been designated by the govern ment to report the Progress of the War on All this composite newsreel appeared in 16 languages in 37 countries in Asia and the Pacific cooperating newsreel companies included 20th and Middle East symphony the Middle East symphony or Chestra is offering two concerts this tonight and Tomor Row night at 9 in Ewart memorial including on its program Brahms first symphony and the Beethoven fourth piano concerto with Eileen Ralf As soloist stars and Page 7 letters draw explanation for saudi arabian Airport Washington construction work is continuing on Tho Airport at Dhahran in saudi Ara begun during the War As a part of the United states army program for redeploying european forces to the but not yet completed the time Japan sur Ali is was disclosed this week after Philip Philby made Public idlers he had recon cd from two american sol Diers protesting their being assigned to work on the plans for the which ies on the great Circle route from Cairo to wore first discussed ii out two years and after lir Irish and american military authorities agreed project would Aid the United slates department undertook Nugo packing forget your live ammo live ammo in Barracks bugs of Timur news at staging areas and ports has the we oversell Heaters a Pinch told to Check and double on homeward hound gis and their Ujj instructions informing Guys they Arii to severe disciplinary action if arsenals turn up in b in pcs Are to be there Are to be inspections at unit stations and embarkation each Soldier will sign a statement saying he Hast any ammunition and that state ment will go to the i with just in Case clip of should drop out of his stuff at some state Side theres a record kept of inspect ing for later use if you wont be but Caa office will anticipating that 200 United states airliners will be operating Over Miles of world ways within two the United states civil aeronautics administration this week announced plans to increase its foreign offices from three to six immediately and to a total of 1c in the new offices for the current year will be at Lisbon and san puerto Caa offices already Are operating at Rio do and the Panama canal beginning in july Caa Hopes to open offices in a Bue nos Santiago and new each office will be staffed with a minimum of three technical one each for air Carrier maintenance and five Hundred a card raises Fri eyebrows Boston an army transport officer of the troop ship Belle Isle was arraigned on a charge of in Federal some of which Fri men said was used i n s500acard game with a incs Siun on his Soucy Boston Fri said Robert ship transport and a Messman played a while at 8500acard while Belle Isle was lying Oft Greenland on october Russell pleaded innocent before com missioner Martin a card game among several Crew members for High stakes narrowed Down to a woman game Between Russell and a Soucy and in order to recoup his losses Russell allegedly took Over army funds in his custody and continued the game at 8500 a Idaho senator Dies Washington senator John Idaho died after a brio tuition with saudi Arabia for per Mission to build the under the agreement subsequently worked out Between saudi Arabia and the United the american government was to build the Airport and operate it for a considerable length of time though the title to land was to remain with saudi when the period of United states operation lids and control of facilities was to become saudi Arabia preliminary work was begun under this agreement and materials were in route to saudi Arabia when Japan How it was decided to Complete the jul military funds Al ready available because the Airport will Aid in bringing american troops Homo from War Heaters and will also serve the Community tvs american civilians work ing for he american arabian Oil company at this is the largest american Community Between Europe and the far construction work a continuing with civilian labor and the american soldiers now employed there m supervisory tasks Are Gra being sent Home under the Point system which governs the United states army demobilization m All these sol Diers Are to to gone from Dhahran by the end of this gotta so skin Nicola Ber Rado in charge of the officers pm at Camp Dushane returned from a 7day furlough in Italy Early this week to Tell a Story of one of the most remarkable coincidences of family reunions brought on by the the fact that he visited his parents and two Brothers and two Sisters after not having seen thers in 20 years while in Uronia in the province of is merely incidental to the rest of Nicolas while returning to Naples in to his african station via he walked Down the streets of that City and saw a familiar he walked up to stranger and kissed him on both Cheeks and then embraced him in the demonstrative manner of who Are you asked the perplexed f am your brother Nicola re plied the eldest then the youngest of the two Don whom Nicola had not seen during the past four years and did not know was m Italy As a Cic re turned the Buss in great excite ment and sputtered you gotta so i dont remember How you you gotta so fat i almost dont e you too stammered Little with this the two Happy soldiers returned again to Uronia to visit mama and papa ibis time the reunion was Complete the chaplain had to get organized Casablanca anything can in is red Cross girl Irene Kinles Opi r recently she attended Church services at the red Cross Vox club theater with a group of for some time after the appointed hour for the service to nothing she and her group of churchgoers grew More impatient As the moments dragged finally the chaplain apologetically announce that he commence until these cond Organ concluding with the sad the first Organ has just been
