Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Vol. I no. 28 monday May 24, 1943 u. S. Army daily newspaper for troops in Algiers area one franc third International to be dissolved soviet move paves Way for better Allied cooperation Moscow May 23�?the third International the communist organization founded in Russia in 1919 for the purpose of overthrowing capitalism and producing a working class revolution through Cut the world has proposed what in effect Means its own dissolution. In a spectacular move designed Poi haps to allay the f_3rs of the soviet unions lighting allies the presidium of the International recommended that the world wide organization by disbanded that its various branches i rom now on cease to be bound by the Hiles and regulations of the International end that All members concentrate of henceforth on winning a a the War of liberation against German fascism and its a  what caused this sensational development was not made immediately Clear but it was noted that the action was taken promptly after Premier Joseph v. Stalin had received president Roosevelt a personal envoy. Joseph e. Davies at the Kremlin. Davies who was formerly the american ambassador to the soviet Union has Long been one of the staunchest advocates of More Aid to the red army. The disbandment of the third International was immediately in-1 Cerp rated As sounding the j the Knell for International communist activities and As removing one of the few remaining obstacles to full american russian collaboration. The activities of the comintern As the third International is known has done More to prevent full understanding Between Russia and her allies than any other russian activity narrowly interpreted the comintern Wras not a part of the soviet government and in fact the russian government always denied that it had any official connection with the comintern. To other nations As Well As to other i divid con tinned on Page 4 rough War slashes liquor deliveries new York. May 23�?tilings really Are getting Tough Here at Home now drastic curtailments Are in effect in the delivery of Beer liquor and ice Cream in 12 Eastern states. The office of defense trans-1 por tation has reduced by 40 per cent the commercial automobile mileage in the gasoline shortage1 area As a result deliveries of Beer. Liquor and ice Cream will be drastically  pleasure1 driving already has been banned in the 12 states the District of Columbia and eight Western counties of West Virginia. Those found driving in Defiance of the ruling May suffer the revocation of their gasoline  hard hit by floods125,000 homeless As people flee River lowlands Haaf destroys 291 planes in four Days Chalk up 17-1 average against enemy airmen St. Louis. May 23-the Mississippi swollen by the late Spring thaw and heavy Rains is running wild again As the flooded Waters of the great River caused More than 100.000 persons to flee the Bottom lands and their Homes in Indiana. Illinois. Missouri Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma. As the Waters continued to mount the death Tell reached 14 two army fliers also lost their lives when their flood patrol plane crashed. More than 10.000 soldiers were pressed into service to help the civilians fight the flood. With figures still inconclusive authorities estimated that 125,000 Ait homeless and the Best tracts of farm land inundated. Dwindling scotch Sobers bartender French Unity is close main Force in Pacific for states japs face new Allied blows the realization of Unity among the French forces split asunder since a armistice with Germany Ai june 1940, appears to be approaching a successful conclusion. French circles both Here and in London were confident that a unified command will soon be established. The feeling of optimism hit the upgrade when it was Learned that Gen. Henri Honore Giraud had sent another invitation couched in most cordial terms to Gen Charles Degaulle. Head of the fighting French in London. The letter it was reliably stated sets out the great measure of agreement already reached and Speaks of the advisability of Early personal discussion to Deal with minor outstanding Points. Authoritative French quarters in London agree that it was now possible to arrive at the formation in Algiers of a French provisional Central Power which will Combine the authority of the fighting French National committee with that of the North african command. The River level at St. Louis exceeds 36 feet and a foot higher Crest is expected today. The Missouri River at St. Charles Rose from one to Over 35 feet in one Day. While flood Waters Are receding slowly in Northern Indiana Illinois and Kansas the Mississippi and its tributaries still menaces Points from Alton. 111., to Cape Girardeau to. The Illinois liver has also been acting up. F. Xxi reamed a 26-foot Crest at Peoria and at Beardstown 111., women children and aged persons Are being evacuated while the army and state militiamen fight a torrent which threatens the town. The population of Vincennes ind., was breathing a Little easier today As the Wabash broke the levee three Miles North of the City spilling the pressure into Law rence county 111. Families in the Arkansas lowlands were ordered by the army to evacuate again As the Arkansas River spilled Over to inundate part of the fort Smith area. New York Bai tenders in new York City Are eyeing the dwindling scotch cases with grave concern night club operators agree that six Mon his from now a Case of scotch will be a bigger attraction than a show combining the talents of libellous Lana Turner crooner Frank Sinatra and Striper Gypsy Rose be Coal peace Hopes Rise web report opens door to solution Mickey Ava split los Angeles. May 23-Ava Gardner room y. Pretty film Starlet was divorced from screen Cut up. Mickey Rooney. Miss Gatun i told the court. A a Mickey just simply wont stay Home  Washington. May 23 a the main strength of american military and naval forces outside of the United states is now concentrated in the Pacific president Roosevelt revealed at a recent press conference. He added that american air forces in that area were almost equally As Large As those in the euro it Ean theater of operations. This information canid As a great Surprise to  in View of general Macarthur recent plea Attr More planes in the South Pacific. The president also told the press that the stage of fateful decisions had been reached in the War strategy conferences which he and prime minister Churchill Are holding with their military advisors and revealed that he intended to Confer with the Canadian prime Munster Mackenzie King and other Allied leaders along the same lines. He said that he and prune minister Churchill expected to get some j preliminary recommendations from the combined military and naval staffs probably in time for a general conference next Friday night. Turning to the Home front president Roosevelt said that the United states was shifting from Hie production of cargo ships of the Liberty ship Type to the new Type Victory ships which Are faster and More powerful and which can be used to better advantage after tile War. Jap Fleet chief to keep White House Date a Washington May 23�?Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto com Mander in chief of the japanese Fleet will not a a dictate peace terms in the White House a As he once said he would. For Admiral Yamamoto is dead. Japanese Imperial Headquarters announced that the ambitious and i Miral had been killed while directing front line naval operations in april. The Story goes that his plane was shot into the sea while he was engaging the enemy. Informed Washington sources. I however have raised a few eyebrows Over this official version. There had been no naval engagements in april important enough to warrant Yamamoto a presence in Tulve dangerous Waters of the j new Guinea or Solomons area. They pointed out. More Likely they Felt. Tile sea lord had committed i Hara Kari in disgrace Over Japan a j recent naval defeats. Another possible explanation was that Yamamoto having outlived his useful Ness in the eyes of the military gang now running Japan was done away with the murder being coated with a heroic buildup death in a flaming combat plane. Still another possibility is that the Admiral had been one of the passengers in a transport plane that crashed Between Singapore and Bangkok in Thailand sometime in april. A japanese broadcast in burmese has reported j the loss of the plane and the death of some very High ranking officers. Yamamoto had a fanatical hatred of foreigners especially americans. He was an Able officer however. Who foresaw the value of air plane carriers As Long ago As 1915 when then was not yet a single one of them afloat. He played a big part in the planning of the Pearl Harbor attack and was in command of the Mission the sunk the British warships repulse and Prince of Wales off Singapore a few Days later. But i rom then on his fortunes began a steady decline. Certainly he was never farther from the White House than at the time of his death. All in All. Japanese propagandists had had a Busy weekend. They countered their sinking of an australian Hospital ship by accuse my the allies of sinking one first. They then accused american forces of using a it Ison Gas on attn in the aleutians. Washington hardly Felt it necessary to deny these claims. President Roosevelt commenting on Yamamoto a inability to keep his White  appointment i simply uttered a a gosh and Shook j his head slowly from Side to Side. Washington May 23�?hope for an Early settlement of the Coal strike was seen today in the lengthy and statistical report submitted by the three Man fact finding panel of the War labor Board which left the door open for numerous compromises. Indicating that the straight two Dollar daily increase requested under the a a Little steel formula is unlikely the report however said. That the Board is Able a a to Correct Gross inequities for the effective prosecution of the  one of the principal issues which the Rex it it included in this category is the Portal to Portal compensation the miners want their pay to begin when they enter the mines and end when they leave the mines. Under present operations the report pointed out the miners working Day includes Only the actual productive time and Dees not include the time necessary to descend and ascend to and from the min a. In the Case of the appalachian miners 83 minutes Are consumed dais a before productive time commences other possible concessions outlined which would Speed a Settle continued on Page 4 Tunisia rails restored at lied Headquarters. May 23 eight Hundred Miles of railways wrested from the Axis in Tunisia Are now in operation despite Complete or partial destruction of 40 Bridges by the retreating enemy at least 50 serviceable locomotives and several Hundred freight cars were left behind by the Axis. Brig. Gen Carl of Gray or director general of the military railway service in North Africa told How Mast of the roads were carrying equipment from two nouns to ten Days after capture thanks j to the work of British Railroad reconnaissance units sometimes working in no Many a land. This we Ork was under the command of col. B. H Crosland and it. Col. John Rattan the Speed with which american engines were assembled also helped to Carse the transportation problem. I Normal gauge engines were assembled at the Dock in 30 hours meter gauge engines arriving completely knocked Down. Were carted Overland to narrow gauge terminals. Four to five Days later they too were hauling loads. It. Col. J. J. Daughterly an american railroader. Supervised this work. Allied Force Headquarters. May 23-the Northwest african air Force in the last four Days of operations has destroyed 2j1 enemy planet against Lite loss of 16 of their own or a better than 17-1 average. Every uni it Ortlani Airfield Harbor or other military Center in Hie Axis islands guarding the Boot of Italy has been bombed or strafed at least once since last thursday. Allied airmen have bombed Points in Italy itself at far North As Grasse to. Is Miles Northwest of Rome. It was Here that the american flying Poi tresses destroyed 58 ouf of 59 aircraft dispersed on the Field not Only has air Suji priority been maintained Over the Mediterranean islands bul the smashing attacks against Axis shipping have made the newly opened shilling lanes Iii Italy a onetime a a Mare nostrum that much safer for Allied shipping. The tunisian Victory returned to us our Short water route to the Middle and far East. Our current operations Are designed to keep it secure a 311 air Force six it Kesman explained. Quot and the increased bombardment has not done any Good to failing italian  of the 291 enemy planes destroyed 213 were smashed on the ground the other 78 in Aerial dogfights. Day by Day Box score shows pc the most successful operation took place last thursday losses enemy Allied May 18-19 73 4 May 19-20 113 i May 20-21 89 7 May 21-22 16 4 Toliese operations have been carried out by two forces of the Naaf the strategic air Force com based almost entirely of americans and commanded by maj. Gen. Continued on Page 4 polish jews resist  kills self in protest London May 23�?reports received Here from Poland indicate the germans Are meeting stiff resistance in their Campaign against the jews in the w de off ghetto in Warsaw indications also Are that the population of the ghetto in Cracow has been wiped out. German s. S units have been waging Battle against the jews in the Warsaw ghetto for More than a month after apparently having met resistance in their search of jewish Homes for fire arms and other illegal materials. The nazis Are reported to have used artillery and armoured cars while last i thursday the Luftwaffe is said to have dropped incendiary big my amp after the water Supply had been Cut of the jews resisting Are mostly Young men who had been spared in earlier massacres As reserves Lur forced labor. Reports say the people of Warsaw Are supplying them with food and with arms. One a arly account was that 1,000 germans have been killed. A secret polish radio station reports the germans blame the jews for a a thinking up the raids which devastated the Ruhr Valley dams. In London. Sch Nool Zie Gelbeim Leader of the jewish socialist league of Poland and one of the polish heroes who helped to organize the defense of Warsaw against the German invaders in 1939, took his own life As a protest against the mass extermination of his fellow men by the germans in Poland and As an Appeal to the conscience of the civilized world in face of a Slaughter unprecedented in history