Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Sunday june 6, 1943the stars and s i it t r c. A Page s in a singing in the desert. Of a $8$ . A a a a a a a he >4. It Pip k \ a. I a. A f i a a >3 a a k s la a j a s % i 5 is Vav Salt it v 5 r 1-= t j avg amp it Quot i few . It happened lit Home  Rie East. In Philadelphia 45,000 pounds of Maine potatoes were seized by the opa and taken to it. Dix n. J., which had been without potatoes for a week. Further West Pittsburgh established an 11 30 pm curfew for girls under 18. Judy Judson 29, became Maryland s first professional woman jockey when she was recently granted a License at Pamlico. The liquor Stock in the vault of the fire ravaged Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston we sold to a hotel for 171,000 dollars. Adolf g. Fischer of Brewer Maine caught the seasons first Salmon in the Bangor Pool and sent it. As usual to president Roosevelt. Civic leaders of Harlem n.  Cd a tried to reopen the famous Savoy ballroom closed following vice charges. Rochester n. Y., milk men have Cut their deliveries to every other Day to conserve rubber and . Robert m. Roloson Chicago multimillionaire perished with his wife and two of his three children when fire destroyed their Home in Winnetka. The South. Teen aged boys were recruited throughout Alabama to Harvest the potato crop in Baldwin county. The City Council of Atlanta ga., outlawed the drinking of hard liquor in Public places and Tho Sale of mixed drinks within the City limits. Eight persons were Hurt by an explosion at the Gulf Supply corp. Plant at new Orleans. At Athens tenn., triplets one boy and two girls were bom to or. And mrs. Ben Ellis of Cokercreek giving them one Doican children. In Huntington w. Va., 50 taxicab Drivers struck for the third time within a month Over their company a plans for More cabs during the Early morning hours. The West. In Spokane Wash Stephen Edwards a Colville Indian was on trial charged with killing another Indian with a can of peas. A Dallas tex., judge ruled that a Mother with six children has priority Over her husbands sweetie when it comes to shoe ration Stamps and put him under 1.000 Dollar Bond. Oklahoma county raised 40.000.000 dollars in one Day to buy a new Cruiser the uss Oklahoma City. The better government league of Reno nev., adopted the slogan vote or shut up a. Walter Mcgraw a Billings mont., packing House employee suffered a fractured Skull when a Toad of pigs fell through an elevator Shaft on top of him. The drawbridge at 4th Street san Francisco went up and remained stuck for More than a week. Broadway to Hollywood. When Harry James played the Paramount theater in new Ork City 7.000 Jive fans wearing zoot suits and rolled socks broke a policeman s ribs and smashed a plate Glass window while waiting Lor tickets on Broadway. Lovely Betty Grable who recently gave Georgic raft the Brushoff is asking her studio for a vacation in the East to see her current heartthrob Harry James. Appears As though Ann Sheridan Bruce Cabot Julie Bishop and Errol Flynn Are ablaze. George Jessels autobiography in which he mentions his Lois Andrews has her doing a slow Quot when sequel to his Book. A a so help me a called you la need it. When one of the better known producer directors noticed a pretty  inkling along the Street he ran up to her Quot is Peggy famous she answered a a someone already has my name is Peggy Lee Satterlee. Intellectual Gypsy Rose Lee is writing a new Book a ghost in the woodpile a while starring in another a a Star and Garter. R. B. Gurkhas use medieval knives to Sharpen pencils chop Heads they were always smiling allays laughing like a by. Kids just Young enough to think the whole world was a big joke. But when night came these smiling laughing Little Guys would creep quietly with their their 18-Inch knives and when they came across a big Guy they Rould Hack at his thighs if some Ody came at them with a Bav let they would chop at his Arm otherwise they a just ?nf11 themselves to lopping off Heads hich they do quickly clean nth a professional touch. Ask Jerry or any one of muss a Kovs about these gurkhas about heir Kukri. Many of the big. Bad Iris boys in Tunisia were scarce nto such a terrific Case of jitters  these steel wielders that they by a sgt. Ralph g. Martin stars and stripes staff writer jumped off Cliffs rather than face and fight them. That Kukri was enough to scare the hell out of anybody. Especially when it suddenly gleamed out of a dark night. Razor Sharp curved wicked looking the gurkhas use it for everything from head cutting to Pencil sharpening. Rumor that they Only use it to draw blood is just so much unadulterated hooey. Peaceful pastoral these gurkhas Are a peaceful pastoral people and they re not really indians. They come from Nepal 16,000 feet up in the Himalayas on the Northern fringe of India Between China and Tibet. They re so far away from everything and everybody that they get five months off to take a three months furlough. That a simply because it takes them a full month to walk Home from the nearest Railroad station. These boys sign up for a four year hitch but almost always stay on for 15 years and retire on a pension. Practically the whole outfit is a family matter because when somebody returns from a furlough he usually brings Back some nephews or sons or Brothers who we ant to join up. No British recruiting officer or anybody else would think of going into sacred gurkha country for any reason whatsoever. They remember 1815. It was in 1815 that the British were warring with the gurkhas worrying about the Kukri. When it was All Over so impressed were the British with the guts of the gurkhas that they asked them to become part of the British army. And they did. Had some relative in the gurkhas before he was Able to get in. Boss of the outfit is the great great grandson of the colonel who in the 1814 fracas challenged the gurkha join the gurkhas since then getting into a gurkha battalion has been a much prize Plum for army career men. Practically every one of the 14 British officers in the battalion Leader to single combat in front of both armies medieval style. The Kukri won that one and they put up a memorial to the colonel in the Calcutta Cathedral a a my Grandfather and father also were killed while serving with this battalion a said the colonel. A a its a tradition a ifs also traditional that the British officers use the Kukri just As their men do that they learn How to speak gurkha i or Khas Kura. Only three percent of the men can speak English. So All the orders All the briefings Are Given in gurkha i. I was there during one of the briefings. It sounded like chinese with a Brooklyn a ctn Rice eaters Short squat Square with powerfully built necks and shoulders the gurkhas can carry incredible weights. They live on Rice and Curry sometimes supplemented by Tea Jam biscuits and very occasional Goat meat. They also go for British Beer and rum. Their uniform is the regulation British shorts shirt neat Gray Wool socks Green overseas hat. Ana when Thev snap to attention and Click their heels and Salute its Sharp and stiff almost ritual like. The gurkha is the Ideal Soldier because he loves to obey orders to the letter never hesitates never reasons Why. None of them hold commissions from the King. They can reach the rank of Jamadar one Pip and Subedar two pips. Top gurkha is the Subedar major whose rank is somewhere Between warrant officer and second lieutenant. This Bunch first left Home in May 1941, when they put Down a revolt in Iraq. From there they moved to Persia then Egypt and Cyprus and finally got Back just in time for the big show at Al Alan Gin. There was a big Jerry gun on the Mareth line zeroed on an important British Airfield just bothering the hell out of the Field. So he. Sent the gurkhas out from Benghazi to handle this slightly suicidal Job. It was night work As usual and after it was Over the gurkhas had to dig themselves in on the other Side of the Hill and stay under hellfire All next Day. They finally got away that night. But they re proudest of the time they outflanked a Jerry anti tank ditch in the Wadi a Arrit. Thereby turning the tide of the whole mar eth line Battle. To reach the High Hills on the left flank of the Wadi they marched seven Miles with full equipment clambering like goats Over 600 foot Hills Over a scalable sheer Cliffs. And soon after they got there they threw Back a Jerry attack completely occupied the whole left flank forcing the germans to evacuate the anti tank ditch thereby opening the pass for the British Armor to punch through and push up quickly to gabes Sfax Sousse. The Goat March before the final push into Tunis Gen. Alexander held up the British 8th and pulled out the Indian division transferring it to the 1st army As a spearhead. Things happened quickly after that. Then there a that hoary old traditional Story about the English speaking Jerry who spotted an English speaking gurkha in a foxhole and lunged at him with a Bayonet. The gurkha twisted is body a Little just in time. You missed me a he said and then whipped out his Kukri and slashed. A you missed me too a said the Jerry. A a hell i  said the gurkha a a wait til you shake your  a up. A Ltd Ibex briefing in Cut Khali a or a a s ate