TO BE DISCONTINUED.
COMMAND SN PHILIPPINES. (Rec. 11.0 a.m.) MANILA, Aug, 22, General MacArthur has announced that his command is discontinuing participation in the Philippines administration as from September 1, because it is no longer necessary. The Associated Press sfays that all Army hospitals and health services will be handed to the Philippines Government fully equipped and staffed. Schools have been reopened for hundreds of thousands of students. The United States Army is expected to continue building major bases which will hold, after independence, large numbers of personnel who will remain in the Philippines, particularly servicemen for the handling of supplies for the occupation forces throughout Asia.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 268, 23 August 1945, Page 5
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107TO BE DISCONTINUED. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 268, 23 August 1945, Page 5
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