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[[underlined]] July 1st [[/underlined]]
At the Elysée Palace today the officers of the United States Army are doing their best to get the Q.Ms' to pass out cash and pay checks faster than hands and mind can act. A line forms here; a line forms there. At the bank -- usually a Société Generale or the Guaranty Trust the presence of the American is more marked these days of the month than usual. The crowd resembles a bargain sale rush.

The officers' Louvre Hotel closed this morning. Likewise the American University Union in Europe. Both of these special [[last line is written too far of the end of the paper to be legible]]