London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1942, London, Middlesex                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday dec. 22the stars and stripes daily newspaper of the . Armed forces in the european theater of operations. The stars and stripes is edited and published by and  personnel of the . Armed forces in the european theater of operations. Printed by the times publishing company ltd., at printing House Square London e.c.4. Telephone Central 2000. Contents passed by the . Army and Navy censors subscription is 26 shillings per year. Staff . A Ivi. Llewellyn associate editor 1st it. H. A. Harchar associate editor 2nd it. J. C. Wilkinson editorial Board staff sgt. Russell Jones staff sgt. Robert Moora staff sgt. Ben f. Price sgt. Bud Hutton pvt. Mark Senigo and Veo Raan Tom Bernard us or. Vol. 3 no. 44. December 22, 194378 billion the War in Cooling the United states nearly six billion a month and the outlay for the current fiscal year alone will be about 78 billion dollars nearly 22 billion More than president Roosevelt figured on last january the Bureau of the budget disclosed recently. In its simplest terms this Means the . Is spending about $2,473.00 every time the clock ticks. More than the average wage earner makes in an entire year. The total War program amounts to 230 billion at present and of this amount 50 billion has already been spent during the past 27 months. Against the estimated 78 billion for War which will be spent in the fiscal year ending june 30, 1943, it is estimated oui receipts will be some 17 billion dollars. The budget Bureau estimates that the amount of borrowing necessary to provide the balance will run 63 billion dollars. Explaining the 22 billion Dollar jump Over president Roosevelt a january estimate the Bureau said the chief causes were the expanding War production the increase in the size of the armed forces and in their pay checks and the payment of allowances to their dependants. It takes no mathematical Genius to figure out the fact that War Bonds will have to be sold and sold fast to keep War production in High gear. And that Soldier is where you come in. Buy Bonds. Buy All you can. And Start buying today. The government needs your Money As Well As your services to win this War fast. Shell out to the nearest a a Bond a officer. The line forms to the right. The goal is 63 billion dollars by june 30, 1943.football s Cornin it was just another fall Over Here in great Britain. No football. No class reunion. No Crisp saturday afternoons with Bright yellow chrysanthemums to add color. Just the same with Christmas Cornin round the Corner our football season opens in England with circulation of two reels of americans Best pigskin classics. Right now Georgia a Peerless Sinkwich Michigan a Kuzma notre Dame s Bertelli Governali of Columbia and dozens of other headline makers Are galloping across the screen making score after score to the immense satisfaction of thousands of football hungry eighth air Force boys. The first of the two films in which they appear is an excellent composite picture of the big game thrills of 1941. The second is a dramatic resume of the Best clashes this year. On thanksgiving Day for example Penn met Cornell in their yearly tradition Laden struggle. Less than three Days later dynamic shots of the contest had been developed incorporated into the a a 1942 a reel and were winging their Way toward England under the Arm of an officer of the eighth air Force service command. An officer who realized what football Means to those of us Over Here and who took the time and trouble to do something about it. A unanimous vote of thanks is due him and to Fred Corey de Cox and their staff and to the Atlantic refining company who paid the Bill. Company officials worked at their regular tasks during the Day and toiled at night to get the movies ready for you and on their Way. If these men could be Here and observe the reception the results of their work Are receiving it would be Reward enough. So it s third Down and four to go. Don t lean too far Forward in your seat. And Don t get impatient. If the show Hasni to reached your station yet. It s on the  on Sand As Hitler sees the tide of War lapping at the foundations of his a a new order a a in Europe he is hastily attempting to strengthen the foundations of his House built upon Sand. His Effort is not new. Napoleon attempted the same feat Rafiei building a similar Structure prior to his invasion of Russia. A study of history discloses the fact that both a a dictators quot have used a Quisling so a for their purpose both used Force persecution bribery and starvation. For the a a piling in this new a a foundation Hitler has selected such men As Laval of France and Musset of Holland. These a a supports quot Are Rotten to the Core worm eaten and weak. With the first Strong wave of the invading a a tide quot they will collapse and destroy with themselves the House they now help to support.ffqsh/7 aa/i4 pvt. Leon a. Hall attending the army air forces technical school is one i who is beginning to feel at Home in the army. Thinking his serial number sounded familiar he checked personnel records and found it was the same he had used in world War in no. 1,777,235. From Richford vt., comes the sad tale that All Frank Archambault did was move some Fountain pens from one Side of his general store to the other but he was arrested on smuggling charges. One half of Franks store is in Vermont the other half is in sweets Burg Quebec. So when Frank moved his pens from the american to the Canadian Side Royal Canadian mounted police charged him with violation of customs regulations. The mounties it seems always get their pen. More excitement on the Home front. Mickey a maltese cat was missing when m is. William Neyman of san Francisco dumped an armful of laundry into her electric Washer clamped on the lid and turned the switch. Along with swishing sounds came angry bowls and Blue Sparks. The lid was opened and out jumped Mickey with a furless Tail. Incidental information we be finally Learned How at least one flying fortress got its name. Comes the news that the bomber a a Memphis Belle a a is named for Margaret Polk of Memphis tenn., a senior at southwestern College. The Pilot it. Robert Morgan of Asheville n.c., is her Fiance. We would like to raise three cheers for Edward a a buddy a Browne he did something we feel Many of us have had a secret desire to do. Brown a negro Boxer needed his shirt for an evening Date. He called at the laundry and ran into an implacable chinese laundry Man s dictum a a no ticket no  Brown left in a Huff and soon returned with a gun to Back up his demands. Quoth the Placid chinaman a a you got ticket ? quot Brown fired several shots at the ceiling and floor Whereat the laundry Man yielded the shirt a without asking for the 12 cents due. An Anonymous employee of the new York newspaper . Swears it really happened. She was out with an old boy Friend recently enlisted in the Navy for an evening of dining w ining and dancing. When the Check arrived the boy Friend tossed Down a fistful of currency remarking that time worn phrase a a i m spending Money like a Drunken  his eyes alighted on his sleeve Whereat he cried a a my gosh 1 am a Drunken Sailor a pet. Ford Kennedy Minneapolis minn., who does your sport casting Over Here reminds us of this nifty Hitler is finding that the russian Steppes Are definitely not stepping stones to Victory. J. C. W. M Santa will skip tunisian but Xmas in Cairo will be More Bountiful by the associated press for american troops on tunisian fronts there will be Little to distinguish Christmas from any other december Day. You can to set up a Christmas tree in a foxhole or entwine Holly around the Mouth of a Cave and to soldiers in the Field the traditional Holiday delicacies Are Only tantalizing memories. Most of the men will be willing to Settle for mail from Home and a Little less enemy activity. The soldiers would appreciate enormously a change from canned hash stew., Beans Steak and kidney pie and All the rest that goes to make up Bat Lezone rations but there can be no general appreciable variation from that diet. Here and there individuals or Small groups can manage to get a few eggs a few lean chickens or possibly a Turkey. Even so the atmosphere is hardly festive. Knowing Christmas will be pretty grim at Best american soldiers Are patently More interested in hearing from families and Fiancee. They gladly would forgo a feast to get letters. Some mail has been coming through but much of it was written before this operation started. In army Post offices mail handlers Are saying a a Well get the stuff out to the boys if we have to carry it All  right now there is More a a stuff a a letters and Christmas packages than most of the troops thought would arrive by Holiday time.38 letters at once for Many however it is feast or famine. One Junior air corps officer received 38 letters in one Batch. It was suggested he ration it and read one a Day but he  wait. He took his enjoyment in one intoxicating gulp. By contrast numerous soldiers had no mail at All. Some have been three or four months without word from Home. That is particularly discouraging to men Ai the front. Whatever comes in though is being rushed Forward rapidly to troops in the Field. Protected in so far As possible against enemy air raids chaplains will hold Christmas services Reading Over again those biblical passages which even in wartime create a certain glow and there May be even an occasional attempt to sing  not the same All such Brave efforts cannot dispel homesickness nor do More than reflect Paley and wistfully the old Holiday spirit. However in cities such As Algiers and Oran which Are crowded with american troops Christmas naturally will be somewhat merrier. Nevertheless the sort of Christmas the men Are used to can be Only vaguely approximated. Some americans will be entertained in private Homes. The red Cross will do everything possible to cheer enlisted men in service clubs where singing and perhaps a Little dancing can be enjoyed and some Knickknacks provided. Because of food shortages eating places find it difficult to depart from the usual menus in which fowl and trimmings have not had a place for several christmases. The Christmas tree custom is by no Means alien to North Africa but suitable Trees Are scarce and even in better years commanded a Good Price. This year an acceptable tree costs Between $2 and $2.50. Though Many Are willing to pay that Price Possession of a tree would Benefit the buyer Little As there is practically nothing to use for  Cranberry sauce if americans can contrive to serve fowl for Christmas there certainly will be no Cranberry sauce to Garnish it for cranberries Are unknown Here. There will be slim pickings for Oyster dressing. Limited quantities of oysters can be bought in special Booths on the Ron m a a Yyi a a a a a a a a a x8aiirgww associated press p. In North Africa . Troops appreciate a change from canned hash std Beans or kidney pie and All the rest that make up Battle rations m and then they even manage to buy turkeys eggs or a few lean checked in this picture doughboy examine some vegetables purchased from native Market somewhere in Tunisia. City streets but you take your Chance whether they Are fresh. Pie is a rarity. Pumpkins Are grown in this country but few persons know what to do with them. Mince pie is out of the question. Some French families intending to have american or British soldiers As Christmas guests Are planning to try to bake Lemon pies. There is no authentic Christmas pudding Fruitcake nor Candy. Soldiers can have oranges tangerines and dates however and perhaps a handful of English walnuts if they find the right  buy gifts exchanging of gifts is greatly curtailed by North africans economic burdens and shortages of merchandise most desired by Holiday shoppers. Boys serving in Britain thought it was Tough trying to buy presents there but conditions Are far worse Here. It will be impossible for the american Soldier to buy a French girl silk stockings for there simply Are no silk stockings not even in the Black Market. Here a a typical shopping experience two persons calling at All the Best stores in Algiers devoted the larger part of two afternoons getting a pair of House slippers which Cost nearly $4 and would be Worth considerably less than half that almost anywhere else. Perfume stocks Are Way Down jewelry items except in expensive lines Are growing scarce a Good handkerchief costs about $1�?if you can get it. Thus Santa Claus will be compelled by the Axis squeeze to by pass North Africa this year. There la be. Presents a package for n Soldier in the Hospital containing an can cigarettes playing cards tooth a comb hard Candy writing papa razor Blades. And there s going Al a party in each Hospital Christmas children at the american Mission % in suburban Cairo have invited Vale scent americans to a party the before Christmas. Perhaps the biggest treat will be by children from St. Clare s school i will make the rounds of every hos Ward in the Cairo area on Christmas i singing All the old carols a a Ade Stefi is a a a a the first Noel a a a silent nil and the others. Take the chaps in Camps. The a British welfare organization in Junction with the american red c is looking after them. There Sta pork and Christmas cake beautifully in Pink and White with a special o the nurses mess Christmas pudding from an old English recipe mince mixed nuts and candied Peel. 1 unit in the Middle East however ted British american and Allied f alike is getting  club in Carioca Iron and Points West in the Middle East not a single american in the . Armed forces Man or woman sick or Well will go without Christmas dinner. The red Cross and the British Nasafi organization Are seeing to that. Its far away from Home. It s All strange and different. But whatever can be done to give them a bit of american Christmas cheer is being fixed. Take the chaps in the Hospital thank heaven not too Many of them. No one knows where the Turkey is coming from but by Hook or Crook it s going to be there. There la be a Christmas tree not the real thing but a Good ersatz one with candles balls and Silver stars. At the . Army red Cross a w hich will be opened tomorrow in ltd it Cairo s newest hotels a tree will be j up and there is going to be a real Chi Mas eve affair with Small boys Sinju carols soldiers joining in. And even Sal Claus while on Christmas Dav authority Are planning to provide 500 dinners beginning with fruit cock tails including Turkey and a a All the fixinsv1 and what about american Nuse they Are having their own celebrate too. They be fixed themselves a pit Christmas dinner. A a we re going to have fruit Cocci baked Corn Green Beans and Fri potatoes and the red Cross said a get us a Turkey and. Of course. Can Sill  said miss mama ret  Smithsburg md., a Small Bright Brunette in charge of the Mes room. The nurses Are buying one Anou Small presents a a not exceeding piastres a a so that everyone will Given and received a present. A a perhaps the Best moment of a said miss Pound a a is going after breakfast when we Alln a. Mes room and open our presents j Home around the Christmas tree. Crew of transport plane listen t0 swing music on desert flick by Henry Correl United press War correspondent Cairo dec. 21�?1 waved to members of the eighth army Only a few Hundred feet below and listened to swing music from London As i cruised Over the desert towards the Forward lines in one of the . Transport planes that Are playing such an important part in winning this Campaign. A a that a not so hot a said the Pilot switching the radio off a a we had some Good stuff a Short while  these pilots flying great planes that bring up hundreds of tons of essential goods to the fighting men Are doing a great Job. Their planes rarely travel empty and when they return from the Forward areas they frequently carry wounded men to the base hospitals. Aircraft landed at a Forward ground where advanced fighter so iwo Are based. They carried Many petrol and 200 Miles of wire among stores. In one Case 25 of these transport out of the morning Mist and with minutes of Landing a Long line oct were loaded and ready to take 0 another  250 tons a Day this transport Section can not 250 tons of supplies every Day. Through the air evacuation casualties were flown Back to t to by Jove that a a Good one and we used to think you yanks had an Odd sense of humor a setting transport records carrying great quantities of petrol and vital supplies to the Forward areas the daily Fleet transport aircraft piloted by men of the Raf . Army air Force and the British overseas airways corporation. Are setting new records flying across the Western desert to advanced Landing grounds in Libya. On dec. 14, almost 70 of these giant in a single Day. The record established in when just under 1,300 casual evacuated from Forward areas anal 1,000,000 pounds of store h advanced bases besides passengers should be easily eat l0 j end of december with the i casualties which Are much 1 up month. Some of these aircraft Are wisc 1,500-mile round trip from theft the Forward areas including. U and refuelling during Daylight Gnu