Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                I no. 32. Friday May 28, 1943 Jap forces peril China s capital enemy seeking control of Rich Rice province u. S. Army Day newspaper for troops in Algiers area army makes local shopping enjoyable for All soldiers a a some a Little earful in Dempse y divorce one franc Chung King this capital of fee China is facing its most Seri a Gnu threat of the five year old struggle against the Japan be in Tader. A powerful enemy army in into two forces each estimated at 30,000 men have unleashed a two pronged attack from Lake Lungting. Some 300 Miles to the West. Their sea flank secured by Burma and the Phi 111 Pines the japs l aver turned to their old front Iii Central China with two very a Al objectives control of tire Rich Rice top of Honan province and Captan of chunking Headquarters of Generalissimo Chiang Kai a Hek i presumably thir ultimate objective is to end the Quot China incident Quot this year arid establish a a new order at least on tile Asiatic Mainland tile japanese High commands strategy appears to to to bypass Hie Long Yangtze Gorge a yawning chasm and militarily a defensive masterpiece a which guards the Honan plateau with chunking beyond. From heir bases West of Hankow and Lake Lungting the men of fax Mikado have sent a Force North against the vital Yangtze part of Chang. And a Force South against the City of Changsha terminus of an important Road leading to chunking the Northern Force in two weeks of operations has covered 50 Miles and yesterday its capture of Chang Yang. 18 Miles South of in Chang was admitted in the chinese communique. Fall of Chang would open the Yangtze Gorge to the invaders but they Are expected 1 to shy away from the difficult lob of penetration. Instead the Jap army i l probably swing North around the obstruction. The Southern Force was progressing steadily toward its objective fall of Changsha would expose the Honan re crop to destruction and some 650.000 tons of Rice. China a Staple food would be lost. A late bulletin from chunking admitted a deep wedge in Chi continued on Page 2 by set. Rich Aku Al at it i Slars and Stupe Stan in try no if a a a Lary s a a Ftp Allied Kolni in 5 v cwt a a lid in de win Backet fur Mother or that i genuine moroccan leather purse for Sweet heart were opened this week n a Eipers thanks t a Tel a in of Algiers de or men. Ill f Neh i  and maj a a to i. In Doeh.  far he u s the flares Are now catering to i Tom . Italian Isles pounding continues Allied fliers Down 3 enemy planes Over Sicily area Cus actual he. The newly opened a 0t, Are special sections of civilian department stores now turned Over to men in uniform with Loose change in their in pads the Ponx store 39 Pup n is a tinned if pet ire basement floor Over to the fro is while i reel a Acme the Street from the moodily apr Mur it a a Storo of 46 Pue o j. In and a few. Away is the a or irs de France with Soldier Section on the a second Hoer at the Mono Pix store huge j signs warn civilians that the Section is reserved going Down the j stairs the first to Lect that Greet i the Soldier Cusie Ncry a eve is a fully Pouf turned Suxia Fountain the second object he notices is the Lovely it behind the Fountain i along Side tile counter there is a Victrola which blares Forth with i musical interludes while you sip a Cooling Glass of Orange de the refreshing drink will set you Back i 2 50 francs. A generous dish of Sherbert costs the same then the re Are delicious lettuce and to or Jeff a Date Hes n  your j a late. In Good old american cab Bage they a Cost seven cents but Here you Shell nut 3 50 francs j prices on items displayed or the Mono Pix basement Are 15 to 20 i it recent lower than the p. Ices in the upstairs store. Beautiful red. Blue Brown and Green leather handbags Brief cases change purses picture frames and cigarette cases run from 16 to 700 francs. Nereus a Price to fit every pocketbook. Mothers everywhere would enjoy receiving a hand made arabic sewing or fruit Basket. They Are made of native grasses and come continued on Page 2 White Plains. N y m to a i he trial of Jack Dempsey divorce suit against his win Iii former Hannah Williams a is Al Jou mod today on her rum claim thai mrs Dempsey sudden had been prostrated by illness the adjournment followed testimony by Harry Goldman Bronx sports photographer that he had seen mrs Dempsey and Benn Woodall tight manager occupying he same Bod in mrs d in so apartment. Both were asleep my cording to Goldman Goldman s testimony substantiated the evidence of in red it Visei Day by mrs Mary Coello who testified that when she  tin horns keeper for Hannah there was much kissing some drinking and a Little staggering at tile apartment. Woodall was on the receivin1 end of the kissing and one thu lightweight Champion Lew Jenkins was doing considerable drinking mrs. Dempsey who As Hannah i Williams used to sing Quot cheerful Little  got a big Yuneli earful earful today when Goldman admitted he had bin drinking a.-, a died in the apartment but Deni Al a was drunk the witness said he was f req Lien i y in Woodall s hotel loom when the wife of the former heavyweight Champion visited Woodall. It Oldman or drove Compton l t raining. D Lipsey Woodall As also testified that tie with mrs Dempsey to lies where Jenkins was by pvt. Jac k t St ars and stripes Allied Force i kits. May 27 the a a f orce continued circus Over Sicily Pantelleria yesterday. Kusik staff a ppr head Quad North Alric Ati its three ring Sardinia and although not As 400 has the familiar unit named Jenkins and Sjma its figures Quot on with his wife on wednesday Lianes Partick flood threat eases up few danger spots left in Midwest in such Force when almost rated. I Vin Teller la. Italy a Rocky fortress nine 50 Miles East of Cape Bon rapidly winning Malta a title worlds most bombed Island. All military targets no matter How insignificant were being at i asked. Gun emplacements and chinese general in fortress raid rites to Honor dead on sunday there will be a special memorial Day service sunday at Elalia cemetery in Honor of Hie american soldiers who died for their country the grave o f every american Soldier will be decorated with Flowers chaplains Donai of Forrester and Thomas j Kelly will conduct the Catholic mass at 9 am Elvire will be a protestant service conducted by chaplain Julihn a Burgess at 2 pm. A i soldiers in the area Are invited to attend the services. New tie ups hit 6 areas 50,000 rubber workers still out As you were a has something for All the boys to see new York. May 27-strikes interrupted War production in Hall a dozen towns and cities today with 50,000 rubber workers still Idle in Akron. Twelve Hundred men walked out in a Canton Ohio roller bearing plan because women workers had been promoted five thousand men Are Idle in a Toledo jeep factory. Cleveland Buffalo and Lacrosse wis., Are the scenes of other disputes involving several thousand men. Slip construction is delayed at Mobile Ala. Where 7,000 ceased work. Jamestown n. \ is the scene of the latest stoppage 1.900 having walked out of a roller hearing Plant because of a wage dispute. Hie web asked the rubber workers in Akron to return to work in line with a no strike pledge officials saying that the Board would not reconsider its wage decision while the men were out. It was the web decision reducing an increase of wages from eight to three cents an hour which caused the walk out maybe the boys done to sit on the Edge of their seats these nights but they done to sit on their hands either because Quot As you  the new american red Cross revue now showing nightly at the opera House is a i show with a professional touch. Credit that to Martin Jones red Cross entertainment director for North Africa who selected some delicious Delove ties. Draw red them Iii tight clinging Satin gowns gave them a Hollywood setting with Good music and some rehashed burlesque skits and came through with a bang up show. It starts out with w o. Wilmont Trumbull and his coast artillery regimental band swinging out solid stuff like "b-19&Quot and a a swinging the blues Quot to in Bull s boys worked with everybody from Serge Kous Sevitzky to Tommy Dorsey and they re Topnotch. The first skits Are draggy have just a Little too much but things get much better quickly Cpl. Joseph Sheckard. Who to sing with the new England opera co., gives out with some Good songs but he might As Well have stood in bed because tile soldiers were focusing their undivided by a sgt. Ralph cd. Martin stars and stripes staff writer Don t sit Oil Al Louis. May 27�?although tile Mississippi Missouri. Illinois and Wabash Rivers Are reported i a ceding there were some danger Points in the flooded areas the Mississippi is threatening the alias powder Ilia it 120 Miles South of Here. Also in peril is the generating Plant at grand Tower. Ilk. About 25 Miles North of the Atlas Plant soldiers and civilians Are battling along a too mile stretch from St Louis to Cape Girardeau to Ana below Peoria at East Alton to keep waders within levees. Two thousand and four Hundred soldiers from Scott Field Are erecting sandbag levees at Dupo and Columbia. Mo., and at Gran-1 it City. Ill at evacuated Beardstown. The Illinois River laps within inches of a three foot superstructure hastily built atop a 28-foot sea Wall. The danger was Over As far As Indiana was concerned exeunt for Posey county where the Wabash River is nine Miles Wade in some places. The Arkansas has receded after break my water Mains serving Camp Robinson. Planes have been flying food Medicine cots and blankets to Hood victims. Allied Force Headquarters. May 27�?maj. Gen lain w Ai Ching a chinese air Force it commander flew in one of the american b-17 flying fortresses which raided com Iso Airfield in Sicily yesterday. He was in the formation attacked by nearly 50 enemy fighters. Turret gunner in the general a fortress was an american born chinese. A sgt. Lee Wong Gem the sergeant Holder of the air medal wit to three clusters was making his 50th Mission. Gen Lam is also american born Birthplace is Salt Lake City. He Learned to Fly m the United states in 1917. And Corn. Very used partial production has been re-1 attention on i use delicious dishes. Sued the Goodyear Plant As 4 000 returned to their jobs but Firestone and Goodrich plants Are Idle. Production is Normal again at the general tire Plant where Only a few walked out saturday. Odio we Ere scattering themselves liberally All Over the place just standing and smiling or strutting slowly around the stage. They did not have to do much else. Jones had a Paramount makeup Man work on them. Rosemary Ames designed the gowns some 01 the honeys include Adelaide Swallow physical education instructor from coining n.  Helen Boko a St. Louis High school history teacher Rosemary Ames of the stage and screen and Nina combi Nina has a helluva lot of twinkle in her toes and knows How to make the transition from classical Ballet to hepcat Jitter bugging with a keen sense of Pace. Mike Lewis. Jacksonville Fla. The red Cross Guy who did a Short stretch in Hollywood about ten years ago. And could give Mickey Rooney lessons in mugging does a Honey of a Job acting the part i of a Man hungry woman president 1 getting All ready to meet the dash i my French ambassador. The French ambassador is Irving Bernstein a Skinny Little runt of a Guy who is a walking Carbon copy of sad sack ii a of Brooklyn and Broadway has when in Vaude i Ville for the past ten years playing everything from the borscht circuit to the Rico Palace. Staging has been ably taken care of by Seymour Klosky who Learned All the angles at Rico pictures. As for some of the acting most of the boys have never been on any stage before and they Haven to much time for polishing. They should get a lot better As the show goes on. Some of the gags Are from Esquire. Some from Minsky and some from hunger. But its a Good show beamed straight at soldiers and you Don t want to even think of missing it. Raids slow nazi War production London May 27�?following the raid of 500 raft bombers on the Rhineland Industrial Rita of Dusseldorf which was considered the second heaviest of the War Neutral murres our Brj hip nazi minister of economics Walter Funk that recent raids have rendered Dortmund Omsberg and other German manufacturing centers Idle As far As munitions production is concerned earlier in the Dav the British ministry of economic warfare stated that Allied bombings have of. He Nev industries by 20 t Orr of Essen was Lister a Ftp Roach s most devas Tater City Twenty seven British aircraft were lost 011 Hie Dusseldorf 1 lid scattered military traffic were strafed yesterday. Planes from both the strategic and tactical forces carried out missions Over the Island. H Nemy air activity was slight re est ver icy where about 50 me 109�?Ts attacked a formation of american flying fortresses. The bombers taking full advantage of Hon  gun it Ower de i i Yod thee planes without loss to hems ive.6. One other Axis aircraft was shot Down during Hie Day and the coastal air Force got a Heinkel in during the right. Allied losses were two planes. Anti poll tax Bill to get House vote Washington. May 27�?the House of representatives has voted to take rep. Vito Marcantonio a anti poll Bill out of the rules com m it tee and Clear its Way for passage. The Bill which was stalemated last year through a Southern filibuster in the Senate ii legalizes poll tax As a prerequisite of voting where a Federal office is involved. Coal Parley resumed web decision reopens talks Washington. May 27�?mine operators and members of the United mine workers have re opened negotiations under a web decision in the soft Coal dispute. The decision involved five Prin pal Points first. Web declined to Grant tile wage increase of two dollars daily which the Union sought. Second the Board directed miners and operators to continue collective bargaining on the Porta i to fat ortal Issue. Third it recommended that miners and operators seek an agreement wherever mines operate on a six Day week miners would have a fair and equal of Jooi to Unity to work during each of the six Days. Fourth it raised present vacation pay from 20 to 50 dollars. Fifth it directed the operators to furnish without charge safety equipment and working tools. It is indicated that the ump expected an agreement before saturday the strike truce expires on sunday but is Likely to be extended Long As negotiations Continua