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Show ; More Servicemen To Be Granted Furloughs Announcement that the War Department has removed all limitations limi-tations on the number of soldiers who may receive thirty-day furloughs, fur-loughs, should not mislead the families of men overseas because, after all, the War will- continue until victory is achieved. General George C. Marshall has announced that the number of servicemen returning from war zones will "increase markedly" in the next few months and that theater the-ater commanders have authority to permit the men to return whenever, when-ever, in their judgment, they can 1 be spared. I It is natural, of course, for fam- ilies to want to see the men who I have been overseas and for the 1 men themselves to want to see their families. While a great many I may receive furloughs, the total of those who come home can only be a fraction of those abroad. The people at home should ex- tend a warm welcome to the fortunate for-tunate soldiers, sailors, marines airmen who get the coveted furloughs fur-loughs and remember, despite dis- I appointment over the inability of others to return, that the men 1 who come home have earned their furloughs. The services have set up a system by which to grant furloughs in accordance with a rule, which it is believed will be fair to all. |