Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1945, Cairo, Egypt I i Joist leafed i of tieback files to flt across fib Many forthe four0wn this Forf Mil edition is the 4lrect offspring of the first paper parts which called itselfflvi6 mid Idle it first appeared 26 november rider the editor ship of Quigley and Frank one member of that staff is still with civilian proofreader and general Misha Many the time weve what wed do without Misha and sometimes after we hell the staff of a Cairo French be journal Ralph Cohen was an Early Menh Ler of the Middle East new Sand on april and Struc Pes replaced Ralph came with Misha and Joyce and general upof4aflied whose outstanding contribution was a series of drawings and word pictures of some Hodding Carter was editor 1 and was later joined toy Bob Stro these two of both were the last to be editors of the from then enlisted men have rim it completely under publications officers who normally were under assignment from new i Parade those publications officers Are Ross Palestine 4 worked Charles Here to head yank in the deserved rank of Lieut Knowlton earned the Noble nickname of Bobby sox and went to super Wise yank in the Windup officer is Frank who had headed yank in the persian is now busily pulling things together for our Windup Here and Hopes it wont be too Long before Hes Back on his own paper in South a from then on came the Parade of whats happened to some of them is a Story in Hodding invalided has written a widely raised novel about his native the winds of fear and is again edit ing his own in Burgess Scott and slim Hurley write photographer popped up in the stateside news Only last week As being tested for the film version of Bill Maul dins up Walter first correspondent inside Titos is out and wrote a swell piece about the process which you might read in the new Irwin Shaw Well always remember As the a playwright private who confused a snooty army major at Headquarters by replying to a question on How much he made be fore entering the army a the majors now looking for a Job and Irwin just turned Down another Hollywood script Art the photographer with whom this reporter crashed the Cairo conference for the first stories on the Mena is about to marry Joan Engel of the Markov Adolin Settle Down to his fathers business in Manhattan and take pictures for Earl who covered Huck step when it was kilo Only stopped sending us copy when he started Sand which he left for the Freedom of civilian news paper life in de Cunningham went on from Here to do some hangup pieces for yank both in Europe and the m r v r Ralph who with artist Nathan Glick started a novel War reportage War scope and was spotlights second is out and doing radio script sin Steve whose cartoons made a uni Crue Middle East please pass the tablets is in relishing a civilian artists Matt until recently associate is due Home soon and May become editor of North Caro Lina the news of Orange county if the porpoise Ever gets Dean editor is another Wholl be editing his own the Blackshear times Down Georgia Gua who went from Here to Start yank in Italy with estime Man Njoto Strother is editing his own paper the to Tyne who got the Bronze 1 to the italian froze Fras going Back to the Atlanta but weve riot heard Peter production Man for is Back on the Cleveland Blessing civilian he is not a Gene should by now after a Tough leg Accident in be Back in and the Sacramento Bob the magician col is an Bunsa officer now in looking Forward to resum ing that Rainbow Boom contract he was beginning when the War broke his real by the is Ned Karl Sprinkle married a wac after leaving and is Back in Washington editing news for a radio Ralph who came to us from pc dispatch fairly recently is us abound to go in for journalism drive a truck or Art another pc import be and the dubious Honor of closing this Sheet with the says Hes for radio announcing and publicity which he was doing before the War in his native new Charlie officially of Sig Nal but important around Here after Art Benjamin went to the is Back in a picture Thomas not a Soldier and not even in the Middle but still a steady contributor through the voluminous clipping service he bombarded us gave us stories our cables never Hes still sending from 97 Lexing ton the but More than bylines make up a Secretary Esther Vannati has been on the staff two and a half always unfailingly no one on the staff will Ever forget business manager Fred Guzeli after winding up accounts is off for the states and Renn Salter from where hell bring Back yank engineering ideas to Secretary Irene Rigo keeps freds of and the stay included not Only elegance at Hie grand hotel on arc director cordon i to be enjoying address file Saleh the office Coffee laundry Man and is part of this Hall of As Are the circulation departments Al Bert esses and Moony Haroon and sales turbaned the spelling of whose name must be the circulation Al ways Busy with Reader digest and newsman As Well As has had its thankless task under a variety of Bob Joe Sid and Freddy the guitar the Best of them efficient Pat Pat went on the porpoise and Leon whose sort of a a Sand script feature took Over for the final certainly the ghosts of chief clerks George Taylor and Max and file photos by Benjamin Blackman cant be George for his devastating Max for the thoroughness with which he persuaded pretty Secretary Odette Dwek that she should be then there is the Pilot one Donald financial in was going to buy us All All cameras with the Twenty pounds we gave him and which and whom weve never seen weve left out a lot of names in speeding this final edition on its Way and to those whom weve for our Lay it to forgetfulness and this woman staffs anxiety to get its 12page final to after two and a half years of associate editing and editing this writer will go Back to watch ing the shows and listening to radio for the but were also going to the column we began in the Ian the Usa to the British Rome edition upcoming while Rajnic also will be ing goodbye with its Issue 0 the Middle East Wiit without its american stars and stripes Rome will be flown Thig is a Wery Classy edition indeed a weekly comics Section efforts Are being sign a reporter to command for the 1 so Yourl probably be across As
