Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Vol. I no. 26 a sunday Jane 6, 1943 a Ltd a / %fmc4 u. S. Anay newspaper two francs forts continue attacks against italian bases Navy uses big Cunt to Shell Harbor at Pantelleria Allied Force Headquarters june 4�?the Long Arm of tile North african air Force reached out and took a Large part of Italy within its sphere of destruction this week. The three far Flung cities of leghorn Naples and fog Gia Felt the might of the american flying fortresses and fighters who Rose to intercept them were stung badly. For three successive mornings the Queen of the skies about too Strong took off from various North african airfields assembled and moved out across the Mediterranean unescorted. On sunday the target was leghorn an important seaport 200 Miles Northwest of Rome. On monday it was the Harbor of Naples. On tuesday it was Foggia 70 Miles Northeast of Naples. Each Wras Given a Good going Over. Pretty sex waitress now welding Champ Pascagoula  Anderson pretty 19-year-old former waitress who dropped the tray to carry a Torch battled it out with sex housewife mrs. Hermina St rim ska of Oregon to win the National women a welding championship last week. �?�1 Felt like somebody a prize pug a Vera told reporters after she was embraced by her Defeated opponent the Pacific coast Champ. Quot just the same. I be never been so proud of anything in my  the new blow Torch Champion who works at the Ingalls shipyard. Won a trip to Washington and a visit with mrs. Roosevelt plus 350 dollars in War Bonds and a trophy. President labels Coal strike Defiance of government 1 a a a a he Juso serves not a single plane was lost on any of these missions. At least 13 enemy planes were shot Down. The Luftwaffe having Learned from costly experience that it was Foolhardy to dash into the formation and take the heavy concentration of machine gun fire sometimes stayed High and dropped Aerial bombs. But the bombs missed the planes and dropped on the City below. Naples again Naples was paid a return visit tuesday night by Raf Welli Tasi which dropped 4,000-Pound Juiia cards meanwhile the Island of Pantelleria off Cape Bon was getting an almost non Stop bombing As Well As four naval bombardments. There were at least 33 raids during the week. Everything from a flying fort to a p-40 paid it a visit. Every plane even the fighters earned some bombs. The Only opposition they encountered was Tok. Both the Long Range strategic air Force and the Short Range tactical air Force made it their favorite target. When the bombers retired with the dusk the Navy moved in to Shell the Harbor installations with their big guns. Shore batteries re continued on Page 8 Germany denies new offensive Gen. Kurt von Dittmar. Spokesman for the German High command announced to the world Over the German radio last week that Germany had no intention of going on an offensive spree this summer. Instead said Gen. Dittmar in a remarkable statement Over radio Berlin. Germany will adopt a new method of seeking Victory a a passive  committee plans unification of French forces by pvt. Jack Foisie stars and stripes staff writer Algiers. June 4�?there is United French resistance to the Axis today for the first time Ainee the nazi goos steppers marched into Paris on june 14, 1940. The Union of two powerful groups whose original basis of understanding was Only their Mutual love for France and their common desire to set her free was accomplished after four Days of dramatic negotiations Here Between Gen. Henri Honore Giraud French civil and military commander in North Africa and Gen. Charles de Gaulle Leader of fighting French forces throughout the world. Out of the preliminary discussions which were not entirely Serene came the French committee of National liberation composed of seven members including Gen. De Gaulle and Gen. Giraud As co chairmen. This executive body will govern the revitalized French Empire will control the reared and Battle eager French army Navy and air Force and will direct All French Effort in co ordination with the allies toward the liberation of France and the destruction of the Axis. In effect these seven men with perhaps to o others to be added later to the committee will be the War government of France just As in the eyes of the United nations Queen Wilhelmina still rules Holland and King Haakon is head of Norway. When France is liberated they will Rule until the people elect new representatives. The men who compose the committee Are Gen. Giraud and Gen. De Gaulle co chairmen Gen. Alphonse Doc Gen. A Ike rescues Duckworth for his grieving master continued on Page 3 an advanced Airfield the Young lieutenant and the Cocker Spaniel Are again together at their Home Field somewhere in Tunisia thanks to Gen. Dwight p Eisenhower. Allied commander in chief. The lieutenant carries on As a Pilot in an american spitfire Squadron the Spaniel awaits his plane each afternoon and guards him jealously throughout the night once it was a triumvirate two Young lieutenants and the dog. They crossed the Atlantic together from the United states and there were no three closer pals in the whole of Africa. Duckworth the Spaniel journeyed from Field to Field with his two masters giving them each an equal share of his affection. He knew somehow that they were doing big dangerous things and his Tail dam nearly went out of gear with wagging when they came Home from their missions. One afternoon during the Twilight of the tunisian Campaign by James Burchard stars and stripes staff writer one of the spitfires did not coca Back. Duckworth visited Pilot after Pilot Only to meet with disappointment. One of his masters 2nd it. Harold Taff of Otto ind., was there All right but where was the other Taff tried to Tell the dog their Friend was gone that there was no use waiting. Duckworth May have understood but he  believe. Hour after hour he sweat it out holding his past on the Field and looking for that Long overdue spitfire. Even when he knew it was homeless and dogs do know those things he sat there and grieved. Nobody could do anything to help him. You just can to Tell a dog its the fortunes of War and expect him to stick out his Chin. Anyway you  Tell Duckworth. This was the situation when a letter came to Gen. Eisenhower it was from or. Bion r. East dentist of the College of physicians and surgeons of Columbia uni continued on Page 8 Lewis orders second walk out As truce deadline passes Washington John l. Lewis had made Good his threat and the Coal strike was on for tile second time in a month. The walkout started Midnight or May 31 when More than 500,000 members of the United mine work Ere refused to return to work in West Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Alabama Kentucky Colorado Wyoming Utah new Mexico Indiana and even Iowa. President Roosevelt ordered the striking Coal miners to return to work by monday. He declared their strike was in Defiance of the government of the United states the president said that solid fuels administrator Harold l. Ekes would continue to operate he mines under the contract terms approved by the War labor Board and negotiations will resume just As soon As the miners go Back to the pits. Shaking As the commander in chief the president made the following statement i must remind the miners that they Are working for the government on essential War work and it is their duty no less than that of their sons and Brothers in the armed forces to fulfil their War  revise draft status meanwhile Lewis offered no comment on the fact that the governors of Alabama and Tennessee ordered All striking miners reclassified on draft status stating that such miners were deferred for occupational reasons which do not exist of Cir. The Beetle bowed and stubborn Lewis was standing alone today the object of a nation s indignation. Not even from labor came any comforting words but instead condemnation at impeding the War Effort and giving Comfort to the enemy. Senator Harry f. Byrd wanted to know whether a a the president or Lewis was running the nation the House of representatives wasted no time and passed the Connally Bill a a freezing strikes for the duration. Yet on the very eve of the strike it appeared for a time that an agreement Between the Coal operators and the ump might be reached. A temporary settlement was suggested by Ickes which would last for 30 Days and give the miners a Dollar and a half increase until a commission could make a Survey on the Portal to Portal Issue to determine the continued on Page 8 opinion poll reveals soldiers Metier a burned up by War strikes St borne a a Germany a Dittmar explained not Only expects an Allied attack but feels sure that it will have to be made soon. The question of who can attack is not so important As who must attack. Since Germany could therefore wait for the certainty of attack she could prepare her defences and her forces to strike the maximum blow against any invasion  Dittmar said the current Calm of the russian front must be considered in its relation to the invasion threat. Quot this necessary condition is never considered by our enemies when they declare the time of offensive warfare for Germany is Over and that the initiative has passed to the enemies of Europe a the spokesman said. A a tile German people do not realize that we Are benefiting ii of the Blitzkrieg period of the past. Our position in Europe is  american soldiers in North Africa Are becoming increasingly bitter Over the growing labor strikes at Home and Are especially resentful of the recent Coal strike according to a Survey conducted throughout this theater of War during the last Borth by the stars and stripes of Africa. Tlle it Survey includes a sampling or Soldier opinion from virtually every Large unit and from virtually Sevetz Type of outfit in North Africa. The opinion of combatant soldiers at the front As Well As of troops in the rear areas was sought. The Survey is based not Only on a great Many personal interviews made by the staff of the stars and stripes but also on the Many hundreds of unsolicited let ers tins newspaper receives from Soldier readers weekly. The question asked in personal j?j�rv2es was a simply worded you think of the Coal i Ike. Rare was the Soldier without an opinion on the subject and usually this opinion was expressed forcibly although in some induces the stars and stripes was asked to withhold the Many a name. Many soldiers who were Union members in civilian life were interviewed. The result the stars and stripes believes is As accurate a reflection of Soldier opinion on this subject in this theater As is possible to obtain. Boiled Down the Survey showed that almost 90 percent of the men urged drastic government action against the strike leaders As Well As against the strikers themselves. Fully 70 percent declared the strikers should be inducted into the army and returned to work on a cd rations. A substantial minority expressed concern that the people Back Home still done to realize that a War is going on. None of the soldiers had any use whatever for John l. Lewis. Almost without exception soldiers offered to change places with the strikers. Typical of the comments were these a they should draft every one of them and Send them Back to Guadalcanal or Oer Here to  a a the men should stay in the pits stay at their machines and let their recognized leaders Complete satisfactory  Quot the boys really Burn up when they read news reports of strikes in War  Quot the government should step in and take better Steps to outlaw strikes in time of  a signal corps Corporal had this to say Quot the most discouraging thing we All discuss Here is the Home situation when we read about War workers striking absenteeism and the complaining about  sgt. Frank Middledorf of Lafayette ind., former Railroad worker and a member of the mail clerks Union said this a a Reading and hearing about strikes in vital industries Back Home really Burn the Fellows up. I say induct the strikers in the army if they done to appreciate that their lot is better than  one Man was of the opinion that the  another one just out of Tunisia said Quot How can they expect us to do the Job of dying like men for i 4 a ates at Home like an old maid trying to Mother a dead end kid a in about ten percent of the cases Soldier criticism accused labor leaders of trying to prolong Tho War by holding up supplies and making More Money for themselves. The majority has something to particular to say about Lewis president of the United mine workers Union. One infantryman called him a a a Bushy Eye bowed Goat another believed Lewis should have been sent Long ago to tile tunisian Djebel where Quot he would have been too Busy ducking 88�?Ts to worry about wages and hour.,.�?� even soldiers who carried their Union cards into Battle with them were bitter. A sgt. E. Ditchkus of Kearney n. J., said his father had been a  Coal Miner for. A _ _ to. A a w a f mini i Iii jul chore  t enough Money in the 119 years and he knew Diat it was United states to pay off a Guy a a to go hungry a during a strike Wyllo gets a German flame thrower but in ins lace or a a tank Cut him1 continued on Page 3