Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Vol. I no. 25 a sunday May 30, 1943 ca�7atfr Ica u. S. Army newspaper two francs for Churchill agree on future course of War two military staffs far East leaders end Long huddle Washington the Roosevelt Churchill conference ended this week in a a Complete agreement on future Oigt rations in All Heaters of War a to use the words of president Roosevelt. That statement was the official answer to a world that had been asking breathlessly for some hint As to what plans the conference was making for the future course of the Allied War. But while the statement in itself told Only that America and Britain had reached a greater cooperation than Ever before much had come from the two leaders themselves during the fortnights consultations to indicate what was in the air it was a certainty that the War in the Pacific would very soon be stepped up to the level of the european operations. It could be considered almost another certainty that the Battle of Europe would begin sometime in 1943, preceded by an Ever increasing bombardment of hitlers hideout from the air. Concurrent wars Churchill himself earlier in the week declared at a press conference that the european and Asiatic wars a a will now be concurrent and not consecutive a and in his address to Congress he stressed immediate Aid to China As one of the chief problems of the Confer Pantelleria blasted / y it Llan naval base 50 rifles off the coast of Tunisia has been re we cd k Naaf bombers. Above smoke rises from a burning of dump As marauders Mitchells War Hawks and lightnings strike the Oil storage depot in one of last weeks raids. Two Ruhr cities blasted in Allied raids on Europe London Dusseldorf and Dortmund. Two of Germany a most important Industrial cities in the vital War producing Ruhr and Rhine valleys were devastated in mass raids Lase week me chief problems of the Confer q Zaidorf Gen Ninon enee. Substantiating the imminent third largest Inland Nort and in All out offensive against Japan a Arost Mland 15011 and pm was the presence of far East Al lied leaders at the meeting including it. Gen. Joseph Stilwell commander of american forces in the far East and Gen. Sir Archibald waved of Britain whose Job would be the re opening of the Burma Road. Churchill also listed the opening of a new front in Europe continued on Page 16 u. S. Ready for Axis prisoners Washington a prison Camps have already been set up in different sections of the United states to accommodate Axis prisoners dispatched from North Africa it was announced this week by Secretary of War Henry l. Stimson. Secretary Stimson emphasized that the incoming German and italian soldiers Are not being brought Over to replace our own labor although Many of them will work on farms and other places in accordance with the regulations of the Geneva convention. The total number of prisoners to be allotted to the United states the Secretary said will depend on such considerations As ships and food Supply. Prisoners will receive the same food rations As american troops. Axis prisoners will Wear their own uniforms dyed dark Blue with the stencilled letters �?�p.w.�?�, indicating prisoner of War. They May Wear their rank and decorations and retain their personal effects with the exception of Money and Bonds which will be held in Trust. In addition to food clothing and housing enlisted men prisoners will receive a minimum of ten cents daily for incidentals and 80 cents additional if employed outside the detention Camp. All officers will receive an additional monthly allowance for maintenance deluding on rank. Allowances Range from 20 dollars for lieutenants to 40 dollars for Field marshals. Officer prisoners will also be permitted orderlies from enlisted prisoners. Italians and germans will be segregated in different Camps. Meanwhile in North Africa Gen. Henri Giraud announced that the 40.000 Axis prisoners captured by the French troops will soon be put to work repairing roads and helping with the Harvest. Portent railway Junction the Raf a loosed Over five two ton bombs every minute in addition to dropping Block busting four tonnes and thousands of incendiaries. In the Dortmund area already half flooded by the blasting of the two Ruhr dams two weeks ago the Raf reported huge fires were still raging thursday four Days after the raid. More than two thousand tons were dumped on Dortmund some 50 Miles East of Dusseldorf and an important Iron Ore and Coal mining Center. An air Armada of almost 600 planes biggest Force to be assembled for a single raid since the famed Cologne Blitz of last Spring carried out the Dortmund Mission pouring an average of 33 tons of explosives and incendiaries on the area every 60 seconds during the hour the bombers were Over the City. Thirty eight of the planes failed to return. Damage to Dusseldorf was expected to have drastic effects on the German War Supply. The City is the heaviest producer of tanks anti aircraft guns and arms and magnetic mines for the nazi War continued on Page 4 allies discuss new Post War food plan hot Springs va., polite handshakes and formal words of Welcome were Over. Delegates to the United nations food conference after a week of diplomatic fencing were getting Down to the Job which had brought them top Ether to Outlin inroad for Post War Mankind to travel toward Freedom from want. Their aim As one commentator phrased it was a a to save the world from recurrent cycles of abundance which cannot be shared and from famine and disease which must so often be  the scope of the conference was narrowed to include Only Post War distribution of food stuffs. The subject of Relief for occupied countries will be undertaken at another conference to be held soon the state department announcer. Greece hardest hit delegates from the 44 nations formally approved their hosts decision but informally they still talked of Relief for the starving millions. France with its liberated North african colonies already eligible for Relief Greece perhaps the hardest hit of All Axis trampled nations and the realistic soviet delegation wanted to talk of wartime production and distribution of food now. But judge Marvin Jones the conference chairman stood firm on the conference limitation. A permanent International commission to Deal with food and re lated problems was formed. The remainder of the week was spent in a a feeler speeches by the delegates. Richard k. Law chairman of the potentially powerful British group a joke out for International stabilization of prices lowering of tariffs and the creation of a world food poll. This he said would help meet the vast demand for food that would come with the end of the War. New zealand a Point most favourably received of All the suggestions was the new zealand delegations Point about making food available in proportion to individual needs not just in proportion to the ability to pay. An International credit organization to augment purchasing ability might be the answer they thought. The French representatives headed by Herve Al hand received a great ovation upon their Entrance to the conference Hall. It was a United delegation the first France had been Able to show since the nazis overran their Homeland. There were both Gen. De Gaulle and Gen. Giraud appointees present. Two a a incidents marred the first weeks proceedings. Newsman were barred from the first two sessions and Only after fierce howls were they allowed to attend. Representative Frederick c. Smith rep., Ohio had to be reassured that or. Kuo Pingwen chairman continued on Page 16 they spent two Days of hell on Peytie prison ship in Tunis this is the Story of two Days of hell. It s a Story of 691 British Ana american soldiers crowded together on an italian prison ship several Miles outside of Tunis and of How they were bombed and strafed Day and night by their own planes. This is the Story told by maj. William r. C. Ford former Pittsburgh lawyer and pvt. J. M. Mcguire. Dutton Ala. The boys Call him Quot Lucky Quot Ford now. He a a special service officer for an armoured outfit. Maj. Ford with two other officers and a Driver were on the flank of the now famous a a Mousetrap sector a Hunting Lor the divisional up. A turn on the Crossroads the signs had been changed brought them right in the Middle o some concentrated gunfire and by a sgt. Ralph g. Martin stars and stripes staff writer the four ran for the wheat Fields. Three got hit. Maj. Ford Only one uninjured bellied Over to the other three and administered first Aid while the bullets were still whistling Over the wheat. When the shooting stopped the quartet found themselves completely surrounded staring into a Bunch of Jerry sub Mach me guns. At the Bour a. Maj Ford was sent on to a prison crap in the Tum outskirts just about that time too. Pct. Mcguire was ushered into the same Camp. Mcguire who worked in Public relations office was Clemul Fern four French correspondent on a i a a St Arch for the French foreign of Hon. They were by passing a blasted Bridge several Miles out of font do Falls i when a 47 nun. Aud some machine guns opened up on them. Before they could do much of anything they were surrounded and immediately marched four Miles to the other Side of town. There a German command car gave them a lift brought them another ten Miles. Finally a truck picked them up and dropped them off at the prison Camp. Late the next afternoon All of them were marched to the Tunis docks. Hut before they could pile on to tin prison ship the air became thick with planes our planes Winch started plastering the place in the re lilting confusion some prisoners escaped but the rest were brought Back into town and penned up in the town Park until Nightfall at the town Nark it was t Long continued on Page 16 Allied air Force bombers strike Axis sea base bombers hit Sardinia Sicily Pantelleria in 91 separate raids by i it. Jack Foisie stars and stripes staff writer Day and night throughout Thia last week the bombers fighter bombers and bomb carrying fight ers of the Northwest african Ait Force worked Over every military objective on the three Mediterranean Island fortresses of Sardinia Sicily and Pantelleria. In the past eight Days there have been 54 separate raids on Sardinia directed against 29 separate targets most of them airports or harbours. There have been 20 raids on Sicily with 20 targets. Italy a Malta there have been 17 raids on Pantelleria. Italy a tiny a a Malta Quot 50 Miles off Cape bon�?17 raids on one target. For the Island is so Small that every bombing Mission virtually covers the Island. After Pantelleria the most bombed targets of the week were Vil acrid and Decimo Mannu airfields in Sardinia. Yesterday Decimo Mannu received its sixth attack and Villacidro its eighth. The Blitz was not Only smashing protective Barrier of islands but it was taking a heavy toll of the Axis air Force which Rose to defend the islands. In nine Days 362 German and italian planes have been shot Down by Allied fighters and gun toting bombers. American and British losses during i w�?~2? we Quot 35. In other word i a score to better than ten to Oner strategic Force fights the Brunt of the air offensive was being borne by the strategic air Branch of the Naaf. Tills Long Range bomber group with its fighter escorts is commanded by maj. Gen. James h. Doolittle and its personnel is almost entirely american except for one rap Wellington Wing. The tactical air Force which was used for immediate result bombings during the tunisian land fighting also was Active. Raf wellingtons made the most of the night raids sometimes carrying continued on Page 16 Campaign cited As health Victory Allied Force Headquarters in he tunisian Campaign was More than a Victory Over the Axis it was also a medical Triumph Over disease and Battle wounds. The mortality rate of the injured was reduced to far less than one percent from the nearly ten percent mortality of world War i. In the first world War an average mortality rate was 113 out of every 1,300 wounded. Disease among the soldiers was almost non existent in a Region that saw 52,000 deaths annually from malaria alone ten years ago. Authority for these statements is maj. Gen. Ernest a. Cowell director of Allied medical services in this theater. He also served in the first world War. He helped treat the wounded at the second cattle of Arras in France when there were five surgeons for every 70,000 men. In today a British 1st army there is a Complete surgical team for each 2.000 men. A a when All the statistics Are known the world will stand amazed at the miracles of medical and Ingual Healing that have taken place in North Africa a Gen Couch predicted. He believes the american British and French forces to be a a the beak est army in the  the general lavish in his Praise of All branches of the medical services paid special tribute to american and British specialists continued on Page 16a