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   Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Page 2the stars and stripes the stars and stripes Algiers daily newspaper of the u. 6. Armed Forres published mondays through fridays Ine us re far troops in the Algiers area. Personnel Tho Quot la ruler a i to a Dud Quot a published by and for the St a rated he i v i i t a Chr no rth Trifan theater of operations. It a. V1. A d Alger us Rue de la Liberia Algiers. Mailing address to Boulevard , Algiers. Telephone 2m6.m-Li. Christenson tat ill. Neville eat. Editorial est. To circulation ext. Till. Col. White ext 67  of la Ltd a to on. Comic strips feature stories and by the office of War up red Hgt Auk the army weekly and of news supplied a Quot formation and special services division War dept. It contents passed by the c. 8. Army censor. Monday june 7, 1943 vol. I no. Us june 7, i Bill. Col Egbert White it. Robert Neville la. Robert j. Christenson rat. Dave folding editorial staff sgt Richard Bon pvt. Herbert Mitgang pvt. Staff Bruner Willard a sgt. George to i la a in. Publications officer editor business manager managing editor Liakim. Cpl. Harry wat Algiers notebook dear editor it seems to me that the re Are a lot of men in this mans army a including Waasi wearing the air gunners wings. These wings arc Lor the men who Are on flying status of the u. S. Army air corps and Are not to be worn by any person or persons in other branches of the service. I have talked to some of the boys who were wearing gunners wings and who had not earned them. They told me they thought the wings looked Nice on their uniforms and they Wear them when they were on pass. I sgt. A i Iii it j. Windham Maxwell Anderson plans play on Anglo american Unity by a sgt. George m. Hakim it stars and stripes staff writer when the curtain comes Down Pite the fact that tonight on the eve of St. Mark red Cross service club the Auh re an of to Cros Kcf but. At id k vhf mud ii is the Best j be in town to meet your buddies or your w Mac of you Lave i any Side kicks there in a place for you to wine letters Tome cult h up on your Reading or even Ink a Bath Amer an movies Are shown daily in the red croak operated Empire theater the list following gives the Day activities at the ser let club. A a a Josi thine Baker. Popular singing Star. Who has been wowing hem at the. Collate will be at a he Empire theatre Mon tues and wed Al 7 in she ail be supported by a to i band. Important notice no organised entertainment or social events have been scheduled to be Hod in the service club building dining the Tco to i beginning monday. June 7lli an it a pm in Aion of program Falt Littles in the Bunning la be in process throughout the us # Daice programs ail be remixed on w Edn Esdar june Letl it with the a pining of a roof Garden for outdoor Twilight Nam log watch for announcements regaining plan of to Ket distribution. Radio programs  be heard in the states lounge eat h Day at 12 15 p m and 6 30 pm. T he usual religious services will be held throughout the week without interruption under the supervision of u s army chaplains. N to pot the books Back into the circulation they deserve the Library  adv Las a Good assortment of i current literal in. But is open for donations 27 bled Xia Udin across Street from Cameo i healer. Turkish Baths Haman-1 Iak 100 Rue Sadi Carnot in Natl has been taken o a it univ for american and Brit us servicemen it is requested hat you by g  own m a and town i on Ever it Day to a. P. Rhonda it x am-7 Hiim. Bond office War Bonds May de purchased at he Naar Boim office Empire theates bldg i or j Renfert to he Frau. And at Yjih a f set Nalt i in in and spot to i services tic ton. 27 blvd Boudin insurance movies English speaking movies Only Are listed Here. If you understand French you might consult local French newspaper movie lists and find your favorite stars w Ake Island Paramount dramatic Poi naval of the defenders of  is land. Empire Rue d Renfert Cochereau 2 to pm t.  giri., Hedy Lanier i Ana Turner and Judy Garland. Empire Rue d Renfert to Hereau 5 4o pm a. Sergeant York a Gary Coopers great portrayal of the Tennessee Mountaineer who became a National he c during world War i. A must tor Thos no Haven to seen it. Regent Rue d Lisiy 3 and 8 pm. Men of Bois town Starling spen i be. Tracy and Mickey Rooney English version. Vox. Rue Charras j 30 Amil 8 pm. Or Yankee Doodle Dandle James Cagney leads the cast of this highly entertaining patriotic a Ong fest that comparatively recent. Plaza. Avenue do Era is valor3 30 and 8 pm. Theater Josephine Dakers the popular sing or appears nightly at Soo pm at the Coli see in a repertoire of songs that made her one of the most popular figures on the French stage. There Are two other acts consisting of a band and a French comedian but miss biker is on for about so minutes and carries the show incidentally there is newsreel which has a clip of Leningrad that contains some of the most amazing Battle is cues n a Mon of d re it f. Life i nor Anci. Up to a Khz  has do o granted be i v ii men by recent legislation. A up Lea i tor must be made within to Haji from april 12. 1943 and the right it an to exercised notwithstanding rejection of no i Lur App Leat Ion on any ground whatever it he Saaf life Ink officer Empire theater bldg. Spec serv sect i be d Renfert Kolt Meteau it jewish Sha services the jewish holy season of Sha both. Of Pentecost which commemorates the giving of the ten commandments on mount Sinai commences tuesday evening june Fisha both services will be eld at the red Cross club in Algiers on tuesday evening at 6 to p m and on wednesday and thursday mornings june 9th and 10th, at 9 30 a m. The thursday morning service will have special memorial i Skori meditation. At the request of the chief of chaplains col Parker rabbi Ferdinand Isserman it 1 a pie Israel. St Louis will preside at these services and in cooperation with the Hie of chaplains will be available for jewish services in this area. Dear editor i wonder whether you know who audio was tile Man Whir name was Given to the Boulevard where the stars and strives offices Are located. Baudin was a Deputy of Paris at the assembled National in the year 1�51 on la 2nd of that year Hie Prince president. Louts Napoleon Nephew of Napoleon i. Made a coup d Etal which Lead to the second Empire and to the Franco prussian War of 1870. And to file loss of Alsace Lorraine i thirty three leftist deputies. Among them Victor Hugo were banned. The top e of Paris protested Anjul Barra acres Weic it up in the old Paris baud in. When the soldiers of Napoleon the Small came. Went on tile Barraca and shouted you shall sin How a Deputy Dies for Liberty a As a Bullet shuck him in Hie Chest Iii his memory a Monument was it cled on the spot where he1 was killed a reminder to it the working class of his courage and death whenever there us a popular demonstration in Paris the Public always goes i Salute  one of her most popular heroes. Let us Hope that when the a i i lilies of the democracies enter i Paris again  shall not be forgotten particularly by the j americans. For  was a link who from Washington through Abl aha in Lincoln and president Roosevelt have helped men and guided them to film to throw off the shackles in favor of Freedom and Liberty. Yours sincerely. A a. Richard in a Little the. Apr Oil Broadway there will be no audience cry of author author a despite the fact that it is one of the smash hits of the current season Hor the author has forsaken the main Stem tor Attila and his name in Case you missed it the Lim time is Maxwell Anderson. The author of a Winterset and High tor and the mask of Kings is an Urbanc looking gentleman slightly Over six feet and Well Over two Hundred pounds. Hrs hardly the aesthetic fyn that the poetry of his plays suggest. Or Anderson  to writ a1 play about Anglo american a Riper Hon in North Africa during the i recently com Laded Campaign i in i Here to get background  he said. And from what i be seen and heard it has worked out beautifully so far Anglo american cooperation. I in convinced will Lead to International stability when the la War is ova r Quot that has always be it n our Basic trouble each country is jealous it i its sovereignty and suspicious of its neighbor to prevent a recur i Ranee of this thing we be got to build our Post War we Al on a Skeleton of  he turned from his discussion of world problems to the theater. In America the theater is very definitely skidding downhill  audiences Are larger than Ever a he said. Quot outside of Sidney Kingsley a play the patriots and Thornton Wilders skin of our Teeth a the Quality of the plays Are d finitely inferior. That invariably happens in wartime. It happened in  or. Anderson was a it Ductant to t a chose americans greatest stage actress but he finally broke Down and named three. Helen Hayes Katharine Cornell and Lynn Fon Tanne. He did no to hesitate at All in naming Alfred Lunt As ins male Choice. I on the subject of great playwrights in which he is particular i in Well versed. Anderson again hesitated to voice opinion and hedged by saying the it America had no great playwrights. I suppose if you pin me Down to a Choice i would name Thorn to n w Ilder Robert Sherwood Ami Sidney Kingsley As the Best we have a he said. Quot George Bernard Shaw is my idea of a gnat playwright. I Don t particularly cart for Eugene o Neils  Anderson s Choice of the greatest play Ever written was  and As an after thought he added Quot oedipus Rex us King but he said that just now the theater going Public Back Home was interested in War plays despite the War. Songstress warbles lilting tunes for african soldiers set c i was just a Josi folks read her she notice goings on about own must arrive before Sioon of the Day before publication to Tbs Dale Book editor to blvd Boudin phone 336 60. Ext. 65 Painton Speaks Here tonight i first of a series of discussions by distinguished War correspondents in this theater on Public affairs to be conducted for officers j under the auspices of the american red Cross will be held at 8 pm tonight in the red Cross of i hours club. 16-Bis Rue d Renfert j Cochereau. The audience will be invited to participate in the Dis members of the armed forces of i High wil1 a led by Fred the United states who have been a a nth a correspondent of wondering what to do with the or Paul my r in songs they have written or Aret on ,5  1 bad Sod planning to write Are now  the tunisian to have Timeir Opportunity. The of is ifs and sir of the staff a 8&Quot-�?o a a Quot sur Stytz t contest for songsters Art american arts exhibit of paintings and drawings by american soldiers. Monge galleries 7 Rue Monge 2 by Ltd is from red Cross 9 to am-12 am 3 pm-7 in a. Officers9 club 8 i m Frederick r Painton. Reader dig St  speaking on Quot Why Battles Are Boring a discussion and ewes  9 to in a Noel cowards movie a w he h w t  prelude to War and Quot air Enire theater tie d Enle Roth read 1. Shopping the department stores listed Bein have set t apart certain a c Ion re re to j in men and women in uniform. Prices Are generally lower than what oui would or Dinar 11 y pay in hot in in i r shop it ii would be Wise o do von she p a p their 8,1,1 fhe itinerant Arab peddles the go by. You re los Likely to be stink. Mon or in 39 or i i in. Entire b Genie id turned Over to troops. Well thumped Fountain. Priv it 15 to 20 Pere. It a lories de France 21 Rue d Imp which Are a Good at the j j ram buy Primin me few led de France mar it hat liar to Mon prix. From gallery i a a in Library 12tb a. F. Service command finial services Section Library a open daily from 8 am until 8 pm. It you have any Good entertaining fiction stowed in your Barracks bag Here is the place i is sponsoring a song contest for the american armed forces in North Africa to stimulate the production of War songs. There have been Many War songs written in world War ii but not one of these tunes has proved As popular As Hie songs that emerged from the last War George m. Cohan a Over there a for instance has not been topped. Now. The special service Section welcomes All gigs who have or hunk they have Talent for willing songs to participate in this contest which starts now and will end july 15 in Fie conditions of the contest Are Ai follows 1 a the words and music must be original. 2 they must be written i ably 3 the songs May to i Uteri in piano arrangement or in piano vocal arrangement a i Only one song May be submitted by each contestant or pair of contestants. 5 All personnel of the american armed forces May compete Lins includes commissioned As Well As non com in is cloned ranks and All components. 6 songs must be accompanied by names of tile author and composer rank serial number and Apo address. I 7�?types of songs May be military patriotic descriptive lyrical or comedy. 8�?songs must be sent to special service Section Nat Ousa where arrangements for judging cached duty from the air corps. Or. Painton is one of America s Best known correspondents his article secret Mission to North Allien leads tile May edition of Reader s digest. Laval ships French Paris june to a Pierre Laval. The nazi collaborationist Lold the people of France saturday that  mute French persons must be shipped to Germain Laval ordered Hie 1942 military class mob i it it at once to meet the nazi Ltd a in old i a i impressed labor Atter 18 years of dizzy and Lacu Iai a it Cess in France. Pome Baker is Back among own people doing tile things likes singing and dancing. Tile Philadelphia girl who skyrocketed to lame and a weekly salary of 7.000 dollars As Fiance s top entertainer will be on View tor soldiers starting today at the american red Cross Empire theater. She will appear monday tuesday and wednesday doing two shows at 4 and 7 pm. She has been in North Africa since the fall of France in 1940 and has been it entertaining soldiers pre nth and american Ever since. Soon As she finishes her Algiers engagement. Miss Baker will go on a tour of army Camps under the auspices of special services. Not Many soldiers Here in North Africa were old enough during the Giddy twenties to be in pans and see Josephine Baker during those i years. How she went to France and i made her reputation is a Story i that simple enough she loved to j sing and dance a not uncommon characteristic among her race. She heard of a troupe going to Paris 0,1,1 saw the manager and was signed find up. She really ran away from Home to become a Peri or Mer. It just happened that the parisians took to Josephine As a i takes to a letter from Home. She became an overnight Success and then a sensation in 1925 she was starred in tile holies Bergere and then alternated Between that and the Casino de Paris. They came from All Over Europe and american and Asia to hear the coloured girl sing French love ballads Back in the states Josephine name in the news the wonderingly about the Philadelphia girl who a i it classed with Maurice Chevalier and mis Tinguee As the leading entertainer on the French musical comedy stage. America read with amazement of her popularity of How she married an italian count and then later a French millionaire. Miss Baker made one trip balk to the states in 1938 she was int attraction at new Yorks Swanky be Mirage and appeared with Fanny Brice and Bob hopi in the Ziegfield follies. But Josephine had become too much a part of France. The new Vogue for a Wing and Boogie Boogie was gaining attention and respectability. There were new and younger coloured stars coming up and miss Baker decided to return to France where she was welcomed again with open arms. She sings her songs in French and English. In fact she so acclimated to France that she sing with a French accent. There is song you done to want to miss that is called. Quot Jaime von Beaucoup a which describes a its difficulty in making love to a French girl miss Baker is Happy about to All. She likes the reception she receives before White and conred troops. Her philosophy is eve i pie she believes thus War has mrie a lot of people understand a lot of things after All when you get on the baft Elfield god dont care whether you Are Black White or  she  Dave holding. Pup tent poets have been sen it is my 9 songs made by thie subsection. May by written special in Euler ilk or Pencil although Ink is delimit a preferred because of legibility. To Stiles must not have been pubic lied previously. �?T1 a re no manuscript paper is a table it May be improvised by using Large sized office station try. To it will not be Possich a a Oil s to contestants. Four songs will be chosen a winners rim will be Sung the army expeditionary stall turn 13 the Over tons and published in the Star Quot and strip s. U any or All the songs Are of Suffi Curtly High Merit assistance will be Given in arranging tor publication. The contest is now on. All entries must to in Hie hands of the judges by july 15, 1943. Storm in my heart tile storm in my heart is Over its Thunder and turmoil an gone but though my heart s tempest is ecu a my love for you lingers on. For it has but grown More steadfast. And absence can never erase Hie love i once thought would Wither tis there end it cannot be ended. Iii Lite itself is consumed from Dawn i Pond despite the Cannon s thrust of knife we will continue. Dusk and then by Roar the re it for distance has watered heart soil and cherished Mem ties have bloomed �?1st of. William Appel message Majestic Moon in several hours i i rays Oer Manhattan s towers will Bear this thought from far j above from me unto my lady love. Despite the ceaseless work and a strife and then Earth renewed and will reign which heals All All pain in heart and sinew7. At last on to ii Green cleansed that peace wound and ends Moon i charge you. Listen founds to a lure my Faith so Majestic i Well j hasten on Yoni Dot ii dwell my lady love. Tell of Strong a that in truth it cannot be too Long lie i i it urn to when m several i hours i rays renew again this love of �?1st it. Arth i h Econn  
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