Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Vol. I. No. 29 tuesday May 25, 1943 allies meet no Axis air resistance one Island hit continuously for 24-hour period Allied Force Headquarters May 24�?the Mediterranean Island of Pantelleria has been bombed almost continuously for the past 24 hours without any attempt by the Luftwaffe to interfere. American bombers and fighter bombers of the North african strategic air Force hit the Island three times within five hours on sunday and last night Raf wellingtons followed up by dropping Block Buster bombs on docks and airfields. American p-40 War Hawks. Carrying bombs also visited the Island. Attacking gun emplacements on the coast. B-25 Mitchells and b-26 marauders did the heavy bombing. Sardinia also was attacked twice yesterday by american p-38 lightnings. An ref Beau fighter of the coastal air Force shot Down two italian sm-79�?Ts on sunday night. Reports from other Heaters of War Burma fifteen of the 30 japanese planes which attacked Chittagong Airfield near the Indian Border were shot Down. The Raf lost two planes but both pilots were saved. Balkans a yugoslav patriots have killed or captured an entire italian Garrison of 713 As fierce lighting continues Over a Large part of Bosnia and Montenegro germans have hastily reinforced italian forces. China a a major japanese drive on chunking the chinese Capitol is believed eminent. A Large scale nip ponese offensive has already been launched near Chang some Miles East of chunking. Europe the Raf bombed the Coke ovens at Zeebrugge in Belgium without the loss of a plane. German raiders hit at two places on the South coast of England causing considerable casualties. Three Axis planes were destroyed american wings lost 36 planes during attacks on Europe last week. Russian the red army along the Donetz River pressed Forward in the i Sichansky sector too Miles from Kharkov and won a Sharp Battle to retain new positions. Berlin reported new soviet attacks in the Kuban area near the Black sea. U. S. Keeps Faith mrs. Kelly learns los Angeles May 24�?tile american Public holds Faith with its War heroes mrs. Colin Kelly widow of the american Pilot who died sinking the Jap battleship Haruna Learned yesterday.  complained of her inability to rent a Home because of a landlord ban on children. She was immediately deluged with offers to House her and her three year old son Corky who holds president Roosevelt a personal nomination to West Point when he reaches 18 years of age us. Army daily newspaper for troops in Algiers area web faces crucial test in walkouts leaders condemn Wildcat strikes As unauthorized food meet opened to news men hot Springs. Va., May 24�? the press of the nation was pacified today. The International food conference in session Here today threw open its doors to the newsmen. For weeks the newsmen have been at Odds with the government for Locking them out of the conference. Only after rep. Fred Bradley. Of Michigan and Frederick Smith of Ohio threatened a congressional investigation did the conference take Down the bars. The two representatives charged that Locking newsmen and legislators out of International parlays and executive sessions is  representatives of the United nations attending include Richard k. Law chairman of the British delegation Herve Al hand chairman of the French delegation Carlos Muniz brazilian ambassador and delegates from Belgium new zealand Bolivia China India. Iraq Mexico Canada Russia Yugoslavia. Ethiopia and the United states. The feeding of the enslaved Peoples of the world during the postwar period is the main theme of the meeting. Marital doghouse1 Chicago judge Joseph Sabath has invented a new kind of Doghouse for husbands. When or. And mrs. Simon Belchik of Chicago brought their marital affairs into his court Sabath solved their dispute by sentencing Belchik to live for 30 Days in the basement of his Home without speaking to his wife. Quot but judge pleaded Belchik a a that a unfair. My wife has been doing All the talking from the  his pleas went for nought. Yanks mopping up on Attu Island Washington May 24�?amen-can troops have launched a triple drive against japanese remnants holding out in the Heights to the West of Chicago Harbor on Attu Island in the aleutians. Fighting is raging amid Sharp peaks rising 1,500 feet in the air. First mention of japanese air attacks on the Island were made in today a communique. The first Battle Story to come Back from the front told How a japanese speaking american officer advanced beyond the front and hailed a japanese major through the fog asking for the location of his command Post. The major told him. An hour later the command past was raided and 50 japanese killed. Spellman in Iran Iran archbishop Francis j. Spell Man arrived Here in a u. S. Arm mail plane. He said Field mass for soldiers and visited an american Hospital. Washington May 24�?the rash of strikes which have broken out in the Auto and rubber industries confronted the War labor Board today with its most crucial crisis since jts inception. The walkouts. Which labor leaders called a a unauthorized a in both instances resulted from dissatisfaction with wage rulings handed Down by the Board. Between 35.000 and 40 too members of the Cion a United rubber workers Union stopped work in Akron a major plants in protest against a labor Board ruling which awarded the rubber workers an increase of three cents an hour. The rubber workers had asked for eight cents an hour retroactive to last june Sherman s. Dalrymple. Ukr president condemned the strike and ordered the workers to return to their jobs under the no strike pledge. Dalrymple said the Union was petitioning the Board for a a reconsideration of their  the leadership of the United automobile workers of America in Detroit promised that it would do Quot everything possible Quot to obtain a resumption of full production by today in the Chrysler plants where oneration8 have been hampered since May 20 by a series of Wildcat strikes. Meanwhile the strongest criticism of the Board came from the american federation of labor today which said that the current operations of the Board were a a in direct conflict with the agreement reached by labor and Industry when the Board was originally  William Green Al president. A said that this statement did not imply that the Al was ready to repudiate the no strike agreement. Congressional award to Pacific air Ace Washington. May 24 Prest Dent Roosevelt awarded the congressional medal of Honor today to capt. Joseph j. Foss who shot Down 26 japanese planes to set a new individual record for this War. Foss tied capt. Eddie Rickenback Eros record in world War i. Tile president described Fosse record As an Aerial achievement unsurpassed in this  capt. Foss is 28 years old and was in almost daily combat Over the Solomon islands from oct. 1942 Chron h mrs. Dahl plans second marriage Oklahoma City. May 24�? mrs. Edith Dahl blonde showgirl is in the news again. She has announced her intended marriage to Phil Kaye her tour manager. Mrs. Dahl saved the life of her flyer husband when she made a direct Appeal to Generalissimo Francisco Franco during the Spanish civil War. The couple later was divorced when the u. S. Pilot with the Spanish loyalists re a turned to America. Conference statement is drafted i Washington. May 24-the stage of Quot fateful decisions has been reached in the War strategy conferences which president Roosevelt and prime minister Church ill have been holding with their military advisors for the past two weeks. It is expected that a general statement will be issued i either today or tomorrow. The statement which will Tell world As much As military Security permits already has been drafted for final consideration. It in presumed that the president and the prime minister will hold a joint press conference on tuesday patterned after the Casablanca meeting. Newsmen already Are ruling out sensations since the disclosures Ore bound to be very guarded. However there is some speculation which suggests the possibility of unexpected changes in Allied commands. It is generally agreed that decisions made during the last few Days will be reflected at first by intensified air bombardment All Over Europe followed by diversionary land attacks aimed at confusing the Axis. Fri nabs forger new York May 23 John de Siderio of Jardin place Brooklyn was nabbed by the Fri after he had paid off winning patrons of his bookmaking business with counterfeit gasoline rationing coupons Fri investigators said that Desiderio had enough fake coupons to Purchase 10,000 Gallons of gasoline. One franc troops Aid civilians in flood areas health situation feared by u. S. Authorities St. Louis May 24�?federal authorities today feared e serious health situation As the flood Waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries continued to spread havoc through the states of Missouri Illinois Indiana Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma. The loss in property continued to mount and available statistics estimated that damage ran into millions of dollars. The death toll remained at 14. Sixth service command troops and civilian defense engineers toiling heroically Day and night Suc its Sully evacuating the 4 too in Nabi Tanis of Beardstown 111., to higher ground As the levee along the Illinois River gave Way. The menace to Peoria still continued As the swollen River gave no sign of subsiding. Amphibious jeeps were pressed into service in upstate Illinois and Indiana where the flood Waters Are receding and did a wonderful Job in rescuing stranded civilians. Communities in Missouri were marooned when the rampaging Mississippi breached a levee at Claryville. One Hundred thousand acres arc under water near this City where the Missouri and Mississippi join and the surrounding area for 20 Miles at this Point is inundated. A in a replies to soviet chief killer in suicide Nashville May 23�?As police approached George Johnson negro cafe operator to arrest him in a bus terminal he killed himself. Johnson was wanted for the rape murder of the 19-year-old wife of it. George Scoggin of Des Moines Iowa. It. Scoggin is stationed at Camp Forrest. Orphan fund approaches goal new trial denied Detroit May 24�?a new trial for Max Stephan who was convicted of treason for helping a nazi flier to elude the Fri after escaping from a Canadian prison Camp was denied yesterday by Federal judge Tuttle. Stephan has been condemned to hang. It looks like the yanks with the help of their British friends Are going Over the top in a big Way in the War orphan fund drive. The goal of approximately 540,-000 francs or More for the too orphan girls who were blitzed by the Jerries was in sight yesterday As contributions swelled the total to 437.086 francs and 70 centimes. Monday incidentally was the biggest Day of the drive with the sum of 124,113 francs and five centimes collected. Sundays total amounted to 6,475 francs. The Day started pleasantly enough when it. Col. Bruno Marchi and capt. Jacob Magnani of the 2nd battalion of an infantry unit marched into the office carrying an old shoe Box. In the Box were 52,843 francs and 50 centimes. Every officer and Man of the outfit had contributed to the fund which the officers said would have been much greater had it been nearer payday. The sum was the largest turned in by any one unit. The sweetest contribution came from the 149th wac Post which turned in 8,622 perfumed Frau notes. Headquarters and head quarters Squadron of the 12th air Foice service command came through with 26,260 francs. The first battalion of an anti aircraft unit subscribed with 19,545 francs and 50 centimes. Other Large contributions came from the enlisted men of Afaq with 4,200 the crypt Section of Headquarters Squadron of the 12th air forces 1,000 the no. 2 company of a British convalescent depot with 700 a  regulatory Section with 500 francs a communications Squadron with 2,230 a depot Security command with 5,000 nurses of a station Hospital with 3.675 and the Crew of a merchantman with 1,700. Then there was the letter from a British parachutist who sent in a too francs and wrote a excuse this Blooming terrible printing for i am useless at writing with my left hand. Guess that a what my wife says when she receives my  we would guess pal that she still thinks you Are a great Guy. A letter came from pie. George Brownfield. He donated 1,000 francs and had a Story to Tell. He wrote How he and his four Brothers and two Sisters were placed in a similar institution when they were very Young. The Home gave him a Chance to go to High school and one year of College. Pfc. Brownfield has never forgotten and is glad of the Chance to help others. At the end of the letter there was a note from the censor. He added his 500 francs. That a the Way it has been going. The entire fund drive has been filled with Little human touches from people with big hearts. The place to Send or bring the Money is the stars and stripes to Boulevard Baudin. In a reply to the stirring message of congratulations Seny by marshal Vasilevski chief of staff of tile red army on the termination of the tunisian Campaign Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower Allied commander in chief paid tribute to the russian army on its Brilliant performances which he said a a inspired us throughout the entire  Gen. Eisenhower a reply reads. Quot ail the troops of this command have received with enthusiasm the messages sent by the commander in chief of the red army to pres a ident Roosevelt and prime minister Churchill upon the tunisian Victory and your message to me and general Alexander sent in the name of the commander in chief �?�1 thank you sincerely in the name of the Allied soldiers sailors and airmen in North Africa for the generosity of your congratulations. A throughout the operation we have followed with unceasing interest and have been inspired by the Brilliant performance of the red armies. It is our Hope that the Quarter of a million prisoners that surrendered in the final phase of tunisian fighting and the 1,700 Axis air planes destroyed Here during this Campaign have definitely weakened hitlers band of brigands. We unanimously Send you our Best wishes for your continued successes. Quot Dwight d. Eisenhower Quot Allied commander in  pigs feet plentiful but spuds scarce new York there is a shortage of spuds in the East and the folks who like their potatoes Are feeling mighty Blue. The depleted Supply can be traced to the South their potatoes expecting the govern growers who Are holding on to Ern ment to raise the ceiling Price. The Supply of prime meats in new York has decreased somewhat but for some unexplained reason there is plenty of pigs feet notice for mechanical reasons the stars and stripes must go to press by 7 pm. Consequently our coverage is based on All news received up until i pm