Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Page 2the stars and stripes sunday june 6, 194% american forces i annihilated japs on Attu Island this week the americans rang Down the final curtain on the fierce three week Battle on the Island of attn. Except for the Jap forces on the Island of Kiska Only 2,150 Miles from Tokyo yank troops have cleared the enemy from the aleutians and thus gained a position which brings them hundreds of Miles closer to the japanese Homeland. Throughout the operations on attn a heavy fog settled Over the Battleground limiting to some extant the american Aerial offensive against the invader. Despite the unfavourable weather conditions liberators Mitchells and War Hawks bombed and strafed Jap positions whenever and wherever they found the Sun shining through the infrequent Breaks in the dense log the weary but confident and courageous uj3. Ground troops battered their Way through snowdrifts six feet deep which covered razor backed ridges and gullies and chasms that carved their Way downward into unknown Depths. The fighting on Attu reminded one of the hectic and heavy fighting that occurred in Northern Tunisia As the cold weather troops fought their Way along the Ridge that commands the area Between Lake Cories and Lake Ca Nirka. Here As in Tunisia the yanks pressed Forward with bayonets and hand grenades in desperate hand to hand lighting. One of the japs most heavily defended positions was on fishhook Ridge which overlooks the Chicago Valley near Chicago Harbor. Here the jape had dug in strongly on peaks that reached High above the Clouds. American troops had to scale of degree Hills to Battle their Way to the summits where they proceeded to annihilate every hostile object. Snow storms violent winds and biting cold alternated with unexpected warm spells to further Handicap the Victory minded yanks. As of Midnight june 4, japanese casualties on Attu were estimated to be killed-1,900, Cap tured-4. As the week Drew to a close the american forces on Attu were engaged in mopping up operations and a general Roundup or isolated groups of Jap troops continues. Strangely enough during the three weeks of fighting on Attu the jape made no attempt whatsoever to reinforce their be edged Garrison. In the Battle of the Solomons the jape returned again and again squandering ships planes and men. On Attu the Jap forces were left to their Fate. There was every reason to believe that the japs Are gathering their strength in another theater of War instead of bringing reinforcements to the aleutians. The japanese High command appeared to be Content to att Back and place their few remaining chips in the Jap farces still resisting the yanks on Kiska. A Complete the Aleutian front Mai final Victory in the aleutians appeared Only a matter of time. Over Snow capped mountains such As those shown above american forces this week cleared the Jap invaders from the Island of attn i the aleutians. Butter first in series of food Price reductions air Power will end War soon Arnold Fly Lyl  hates 9 9 m in  we Washington housewives who have been watching with increasing alarm the slow but steady Rise of food prices a Rise which threatened to blow the top off president Roosevelt so a hold the line anti ablation policy breathed a deep sigh of Relief last week when the office of Price administration took definite Steps to reduce food prices. On May 7, opa administrator Prentiss m. Brown promised to reduce prices to the sept. 15, 1942 Levels. He indicated tuesday that he intended to keep that Promise by initiating the first to percent Price Cut in butter effective june 7. Housewives will now have to pay approximately six cents less per Pound. According to adminis t r a t o r Brown this is the first in a series of Price reductions. Lower prices of meat and potatoes Are expected in the next few Days. Meanwhile the Bureau of labor statistics revealed that advanced prices have raised the Cost of Liv no another 1.1 percent from mid March to mid april with the level now 24.1 percent Over the prewar average. Congress was obviously worried. The House of representatives mussed by voice vote and sent to lie Senate a Resolution authorizing the agricultural committee to investigate the present system of marketing transportation and distribution of farm products. For fourth term favorite in poll West Point n.  largest graduating class in the history of the United states military Academy 514 men was told by Gen. Henry Arnold chief of the United states army air Force that a we Are going to end the War and end it soon by bombing military objectives consistently with the maximum destructive Power we  among the graduates were the sons of 23 generals one of whom was general Arnold a son Bruce. Thirty two of the newly crated second lieutenants married immediately after the military ceremony. Hannah s stage fright fails to halt Rowdy bout Federal flood Grant by. Louis the six old Wes Kern states which suffered Mast during the recent flood disaster Missouri. Illinois Oklahoma Kansas. Arkansas and Indiana received from president Roosevelt 500,000.000 dollars of impounded pm a Money for rehabilitation in the stricken areas. The Grant is made on the condition that the states will match the Federal Grant. Priorities for construction materials will be granted. De Mobil i zat Ion Bethany Kyd a to prevent the Shock of chaotic demobilization we must prepare now to absorb millions of our boys into Industry business agriculture and education a said Secretary of Navy Frank Knox this week. Speaking at the Bethany College commencement exercises Knox also urged wider and better education in the maximum Public interest. New York sixty four percent of the people Back Home favor a ourth term for president Roosevelt if the War continues according to a current Fortune Magazine Survey while 59.2 percent will oppose a fourth term if the War is Over. Almost three quarters of the number of persons questioned feel that president Roosevelt has done a Good Job of running the War and >6 percent stated that his handling at the Home front problems was Good. A fair and a poor replies averaged about ten percent on each question. In Princeton n. J., a Gallup poll Quot trial heat on the coming presidential election gave Roosevelt and vice president Wallace 54 percent of the National vote with 46 percent voting for gov. Dewey of new York and Gen. Mac Arthur. Dirigible new York widespread Post War be of dirigible As cargo carriers was predicted this week by Karl Fickes Airship operations manager for the Goodyear tire and rubber company. Fickes said that dirigible a would be most prominent in Long haul and Large tonnage transportation Over water probably carrying trans Atlantic and Pacific cargoes for one-1 the Cost of shipping by air army training Washington the War department has announced that an additional 103 colleges and universities have been selected to participate in the army specialized training program. Twenty two of these schools will be a a Start units where soldiers will be classified for special types of study. The department also announced that by the end of july nearly 60,-000 soldiers will be participating in programs coveting advanced engineering foreign area and language study medical pre medical dental and veterinary medical training. White Plains n.  sensational Hannah Williams Jack Dempsey divorce Case which was temporarily adjourned when attorn is for the former follies Beauty testified that she was in a a a highly nervous condition a was prepared to move into its third round this weekend. The request for a second adjournment was refused when the court ruled that Hannah was suffering from nothing More than an acute Case of Quot stage  her a a attack started when mrs. Mary Coehlo sex housekeeper described in court the frequent kissing and drinking bouts she witnessed when Hannah entertained coast guardsman Lew Jenkins and his sex manager Benny Woodall. During the housekeepers testimony she rushed out of the courtroom crying a a How could Jack do this to me a attorney for the former heavyweight Champion called on detective Ned Peterson to testify for the prosecution. Peterson described How he and Dempsey last november raided Hannah a lo6 Angeles apartment. As Dempsey broke Down the door Benny Woodall wearing a woman a red jacket rushed out of the bedroom. Dempsey grabbed him and threw him Over his Bead. Then he and the Champ entered the bedroom and found Hannah in bed. A pair of menus shoes were underneath the bed. While Dempsey was tossing Woodall around mrs. Dempsey yelled a a Darling Benny what have they done to  earlier in the week Dempsey a attorney vigorously opposed the defense lawyers attempt to play in court several a hot phonograph records in which Yvette Colbert a French refugee is alleged to have confessed her ardor for the exch amp. President Roosevelt last week Hung another Shingle on the capital facade a kind of super super War production control Agency to be known As the office of War mobilization. At the top of the new body which will include such vital members As the secretaries of War and Navy and chairman of the War production Board is James f. Byrnes until now Byrnes was economic stabilization director and before that a Justice of the supreme court. The Job of the new by Chi As stated by the president will be to Lay Down the Law to. A score of agencies bureaus and offices dealing with various phases of the Home fronts War Effort to unify policies develop integrated programs and see that the programs move. If it works it might be the Long sought answer to the demand for a supreme command which Woald held the final decision on War front matters. Too Many of the score of government War agencies have heretofore worked at direct Odds with one an Kihei congressional comment generally hailed the move and applauded Byrness Elevation to head the group. As economic chief he was considered top Man on the Price control situation even above opals Prentiss Brown. Now it was agreed his Powers would be Only slightly less than those of the president. In his first speech after the appointment Byrnes pledged himself to coordinate the War Effort in civilian government to the same degree As it exists on the military fronts. Big guess of the week was the Content of the huge Manila envelope Joseph e. Davies president Roosevelt a personal envoy to Premier Stalin turned Over to the White House upon his return thursday from Moscow. Whatever Stalin May have sent Back it was assumed by most As concerning russians reaction to future events in the War As mapped out by the Anglo american staffs the president and Churchill a fortnight ago. Davies return revived talk of the reported resignation of Admiral William h. Standley As ambassador to Russia which floated through the capital earlier in the week. Rumours had Standley piqued at the presidents action in using Davies for Kremlin contacts rather than the usual embassy channels. Secretary of state Hull however said that so far As he knew there was nothing to substantiate the Rumor. Standley was in the news not so Long ago when he hinted that the russians were seemingly not too appreciative of american lend lease goods and Moscow subsequently plastered its thanks in the world press. Political leaders who woke up too late to steer their party from its disastrous pre War isolation policies Are planning a come Back in the National scene at the wars end. Republican committee chairman Harrison Spangler has announced the formation of a gop Post War advisory Council to formulate a realistic peacetime program for american Progress. The program will be used As a basis in framing the party a 1944 Campaign platform domestically speaking. The 49-member group is composed of All 24 Republican governors five senators 12 representatives and eight party officials. The manpower muddle continues to cry for solution. Paul v. Mcnutt Silver haired chairman of the War manpower commission has declared that military demands will eat up half the 3,000,000 workers now deferred for occupational reasons by the end of 1943. This will leave Only some 1,500,000 workers As the maximum number of men who Cam be deferred under the Industrial clause excluding the agricultural worker deferment. Likewise Only about Zzz of every too Able bodied fathers will still be deferred from service because of dependency. Own announced that the debate As to whether National compulsory legislation will be needed to fill the manpower barrel depends largely upon the readiness of ame Kifaru housewives to accept jobs both in War industries and on farms. Since the first of the year the women a land army has recruited 60,000 women for farm work but More Are still needed. An estimated 4,000,000 women already Are working in essential War production. All the figure planning still entered around the armed forces requirements which Are to take almost 11,000,000 men for War duty by the end of 1943. Even the Navy has lowered its requirements for draftees particularly on eyesight As the manpower reserves get Slimmer. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau has evolved his own plan for helping to plug the holes in the inflation dam. He has revealed that in the future All big government War loan drives will be aimed first at the Public and then to the Banks separately so that More of the Money jingling in the pockets of americans War workers can be taken off the Market. By this time most of americans motorists done to give a Hoot whether the Long promised synthetic rubber comes through or not since the problem of obtaining gasoline has been steadily getting worse. That a probably the reason there Wasny to much fuss Over rubber director William Jeffers statement last week that by 1944, you can forget the rubber problem in the United states. There will be enough for All cars he said. It was a Good bet that the nations Drivers were right in forgetting the whole business. Government officials inspecting the country a synthetic and aviation gasoline plants reported that production probably would have to be doubled since the loss of american air planes and vehicles in the War thus far has been far below expectations and thus we have More warplanes in the air than we Ever expected to have. Mrs. Taft Dies Washingto no mrs. William h. Taft widow of the 27th president and supreme court chief Justice William Howard Taft and Mother of senator Robert Taft of Ohio died last week at Tho age of 81. She was buried at Arlington cemetery. New postage stamp Washington a new United states postage stamp commemorating Poland a resistance to the nazis will go on Sale june 22 in Chicago and Washington. This is the first of a series of la Stamps honouring the Peoples of occupied Europe. Postmaster general Frank Walker. Who made the announcement explained that Chicago was chosen for the first Day of the Sale since it has the largest population of polish descendent. Lincoln Kin dead Springfield . Louis Todd keys Niece of Abraham Lincoln a wife Mary Todd Lincoln died Here at the age of 87. Before her death she furnished important personal data on Lincoln a life. Predicts Jap invasion new York a Strong attempt to gain a foothold on the Pacific coast will be made by the japs sometime this summer according to Kilsoo Haan. Washington representative of the korean National front federation broadcasting Over lbs last week. �?�1 have reliable reports that the japanese Are planning to strike at the West coast at the United states Between june and october 1943.�?� he stated. Haanes prediction was greeted with scepticism by people who remembered that the u. S. Still holds Hawaii and has a Navy in the Pacific. Blondie by Courtesy at pm features Syndicate by Chic Young Etc Moo tue fit St Pocuc nuts f fcvf2. Top mave to amp of a it it Raj As a atop As a Ocks Are babies allowed Greenbelt my. A the . Government never said it objected to babies but about too expectant families living in a federally operated housing project Here Are beginning to wonder. A clause in the new leases states that Quot the tenant must notify the government of any change in composition of the household. Additional members shall not be permitted occupancy of premises except with written Perm is Ion of the government a the leases read. Seventeen thousand residents of the project feel that the government aiming at mothers in Law