Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Vol. I no. 15 wednesday june 13, 1013u. S. Army daily newspaper for troops in Algiers area one franc Raf pounds sicilian port in Day raid incendiaries Block busters hit Island railway terminal Reat Peaters say they la be Good los Angeles. June Del a nation of tile Leat Pleat ship boys made a personal at in Vilice St a Ion Here today 15 a i a rail Arni Home news in Brief a Max due in Coal new Vork at Mon a Cio aril late the Allied ters june pc it ice 15 the head it Quad Kurt of Mes Sina. Sicilian terminus of the train ferries from ii Aly. Was pounded by Raf wellingtons last right gut Daylight activity by the Northwest Ain an air Force was confined to Pat riling. Incendiaries and Block busters were dropped squarely on the target arca by Tjie wellingtons Des flak and numerous two Large fires were the planes returned Pite Modem a i Rehi it by it a tarted. All a wifely rut Sicily Days. Lai c i ran Liberal of ninth air fort die East Ai a promised to behave  ves police tired out Ai or a week of Street f Gilt in of i Fred ill ii Lieut a approval rile Zagt it suit Lea tor tut i i olice Quot we Are a Tiki americans we Ai not mexicans or anything Al e we Are pass in a the a a i to along to Cut out the rough  China eyes Jap move expect new 3ow to offset rout annual convention of the textile workers i cd a 400.000 workers sent a message to Gen. Dwight if l a Phoui i comm older a clue i Lea pledging the redoubling of the sme a speedy Axis defeat. Of the muons Allied forces in North of War it tort and help to in deadlock Pittsburgh hug my Lee. Of Dormont Ani russe m of Johnstown were killed and when a trolley car rammed near the by. Terminal Hen a More p liked Shanks than 7o person were injured Phi Lade i pm la to Pittsburgh bus Little Rock Ark governor handbook operators and Othet Prole. Get Evsei tial work or fight new York a of the retorts a nit dra tie by the admin it tation some Lect shut Mfd 11 Miler a isms inno unc t i it a gamblers of draft age d to the that Mut Eling Side on strength in Oliou  b Ili Coho tiered ties i to in hied one to two it out s. Muske n. Mich police touted tin Hall i Weaner 3?j, Lier recently divorce Wagner 58 and her second husband i Iii in the ruin of the woman s Bungo Wegnes six my kurd might Vav Bungalow and shot  charred tar Dies of min filth husband. Harry p i w in it a i in 41. Of re Ryti it a the sheriffs theory is that Lier a lid a to i n then set fire to tie i mid 11 in Iii Hies. Not having quiet ignitions of amen bombers of the r based in the my ked the Aird Romes of Gerb Inix  Cantua on sunday. Some 250.000 pounds of High explosives Wert dropped and five enemy interceptors were shot Down further so adv of photographs taken during the flying fortress raid on la spezia on june .5 a Hows that a i Ltd Orio class battleship received a direct hit on the Forward deck. Buckling the plating and probably damaging Forward gun Turret. According to correspondents now viewing the ruins that was pan Telleria there was Only one casualty in the British 1st division Landing part. That one casualty was a Man bitten by a Donkey they also reported that Admiral chunking june la More and More it appears that the japanese1 have us ii cled a Leal  which Borders on a Debar in in Central Clima the reason tor tilts rout is. Without a doubt the growing chinese american concentration of air powder in the chinese Interior. A triumphant special communique issued yesterday by the chinese High command announced that Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek s victorious armies have swept into the lows a of Kurgan below the j i Catiang in Supeh province and that chinese troops have encircled japanese columns operating to the Southeast of recently recaptured Sung Tao a note of caution w As added to the general spirit of jubilation which followed the lifting of any threat to this capital when the Roston shoe head Quad to buy footwear by holders of Lur one pair of shoes if fume Els la numb i in t pc lid w until oct 31 Lay and will continue Ere re or fed a nit Ion wide or 17 ration Cotillon which ii i in Coupon number 18 to to in go Lor a pair of Rush Hilo i i lines is Ioc. Manpower crisis looms As National problem army s numerical strength May reach eleven million of no Tavesi. Commander of the it chinese National military Council Pantelleria Garrison and the subordinate military chief Gen. Achille Maffei. Took Refuge in the volcanic ridges after the British forces landed. It was not until five continued on Page 4> soviet arms show gain fighting remains Static along front Moscow. Juno 15�?the fierce air War Over the Eastern front continues unabated with the red air Force claiming today that in massed raids of the Oast two weeks the soviets have put More than to nazi planes out of Commissi it a the reason Given officially Here flt r this renewed strength in the air is that Large numbers of american and British fighters including air cobras and spitfires have been it it into commission. The russians released today an unik Irant Over All picture of the soviet tron arms product on which said that new production figures were established in met a most of russian Industry has be in moved to the urals outside the re re of the i Luftwaffe and the German army end apparently the s Industry is now going into h go gear big gains woe registered in ordnance and aircraft gun Man fact lire. Tile germans in their incest radio discus ions of the Eastern front have made nude a mystery of Why there has been such a Long Lull in ground fighting on the russian front the fact that in advancing1 summer two armies with Mil ions j of men armed to the Teeth Are on posing each other at the Eastern front without any fighting of con a Eque Noe furnishes the internation-1 a1 press we Ith an Opportunity issued its monthly War review. Tins review said the chinese had retaken most of the ground lost in the Jap offensive but added mat tile enemy was bringing up More reinforcements and supplies and obviously did not intend to let matters stand Here. Japanese losses in recent Justin in the Taihung mountains were placed at 14.000, with no apparent let up in the Battle the jails still retain their hold on Chang the big Yangtze River port just below the Gorges but chinese troops have retaken the Banks of the Yangtze below Chang and Are thus in a position to Cut off the enemy i rom further supplies. Meanwhile american aircraft continued its pounding of Jap i to sit ions particularly of gasoline dumps and runways. The big air base of Nanchang South of Han continued on Page 4� no decision yet for Dempsey White Plains. N. Y., june 15 a Jack Dempsey won the first round of his court Battle with his Wile. Hannah Williams when the supreme court i in rec dismissed her counter divorce suit based on adultery charges. The charges w Ere dismissed because the tonner showgirl failed to present in court Yvette Colbert French chanteuse whom mrs Dempsey had named As co respondent. Mrs. Dempsey is allowed to sue tor separation on grounds get cruelty but Jack denied that he Ever struck or shoved tier Jack admitted however that tie did a assist three men out of Dis Kitchen by slaps shoves and a firm grip on the seat of their trousers. Jack also revealed that tile Trio had been drinking and mrs. Dempsey had asked him to eject them. The end of Hie Rowdy divorce bout came As the referee reserved decision on Dempsey a divorce suit to a i and announced that he will make Washington. June 15 postwar America May retain an army of 2.500,000 men a House of representatives subcommittee has been j advised in an official report. The Reid Ort revealed the govern i ment is considering maintaining an armed Force of that size a for a considerable time Atter cessation of most Active hostilities Quot meanwhile the nations manpower situation was reported getting More serious. Manpower director Paul v Mcnutt told the House appropriations committee that requirements of the armed forces and War tidus tries Wail cause a manpower shortage within the next year. He said More than a million women will be pressed into War jobs to Coin a sensate Lor the dram on Industry after Mcnutt disclosure that about 11,000.000 men will by in uniform by years end. The selective service director. Maj. Gen. Lewis Hershey announced that the army will get More hard boiled with men now excused from the draft. He said men still listed in class 3d Wilt be deferred Only it their induction would mean extreme i hardship. He defined an extreme i hardship Case As one where a a Man has two or three children his wife is an invalid and has nothing but what he earns and the Man has to take care of his Wile and children get their meals and Wash the children s clothing before going to work Quot in his testimony. Manpower director Mcnutt said the armed forces will number 9.200,000 men by the end of this month while the year end bit a1 will reach 10,900,-000. To reach that figure 1,700.000 j men will be added to the services in the next six months besides an additional 700.000 to be drafted As replacements. Mcnutt also presented figures indicating that the total National labor Force will be raised to the record number of 64.400.000 workers during the next year. To meet the needs of the armed forces and the munitions Industry 2.500.000 workers will be shifted from civilian production this will permit munitions factories to raise their personnel from 10.000.000 to 11.300.000 persons. Hired for War jobs will be another 1.100.000 persons not normally employed including housewives and students Al chiefs asks president to veto anti strike Bill Washington. June 15 the entire Mal strike situation moved toward to explosive Climax As sundays deadline approached with no agr is that the Lead lock would in broken the National labor picture was further clouded by organized opposition to an anti stake Bill now Lahore president Roosevelt. Wil-1 in Green american federation of labor head warned that the country a workers will Quot rebel if the measure becomes Law appealing to tilt president to veto the Bill Green called it it a a Bodge rim e of in american fascist an i anti Laboric i tat i i Quot meanwhile the War labor Board i Epa cd to hand Down a decision later in tin week on tilt Coal wage dispute it the president signs the Lull tin Tam re will have Legal a to Unity to carry out the recommendations which United mine Winkers chief John l Lewis has Del a the web is expected to Call Lewis to testily on tin unions demands Lewis himself called a meeting of the unions policy committee presumably to decide what action to take if the truce expires before new wage contracts Are reached. The Only Bright Cloud in the picture were the settlements in tween the ump and operators in Illinois and Central Pennsylvania agreements with other operators Are still deadlocked on the Issue of Portal to Portal pay. French Concession will go to China speculating a said radio Berlin Quot naturally the germans do not join in these  a decision on Hannah s counter suit for separation within two Mon tils. The Berlin radio reported that j negotiations Between Sicily France and the puppet banking government in China for the return of the French Concession in Shanghai Are to Start shortly the Concession is the last French extra territorial area in China. The return of the territory comes after the move of great Britain and the United states in renouncing All extra territorial rights in China. The difference is. However that Vichy France has followed Bremen badly hit by u. S. Bombers London june 15 a German naval installations at Bremen were heavily damaged after sundays Daylight raid. American army Headquarters Here revealed. United states heavy bombers scored a close concentration of bomb bursts on a part of the Bremen shipbuilding Yards while at lest a Doz n hits were made on and around the Atlas works buildings Atlas is one of Germany a largest shipyards. Pilots who photographed the damage on Dusseldorf reported that Many fires were still burning 39 hours after Friday nights record attack the official German news Agency indicated that the City a life was still far from Normal to o Davs later when it announced horse races had been cancelled at Dusseldorf on sunday a a for technical  Anaconda officials fined for fraud port Wayne run june 15-Anaconda copier co. Has been fined 10,000 dollars by a Federal court on fraud charges due to false tests Given Copper wire for War purposes. General manager Thor Johnson labor party holds firm favor Post War police authority London. June 15�?the  labor party in the opening sessions of its annual conference heard a Strong plea for a a St War International tardy with sufficient Power to guarantee Kace. One of the party a leaders. Home Secretary Herbert Morrison called for the establishment of a world political authority Quot with Teeth end claws and adequate armament which would not Only preserve the jmj Ace of the world and the defeat of any aggressor but which would impose peace upon the nations of the world by Force if need  Deputy prime minister Clement Atlee assured the delegates there was no truth in the Rumor that the party planned to continue the a political coalition after the War. By a six to one majority the conference decided to continue the electoral truce by which no party in the government puts up a candidate against the nominee of a party which has previously held the seat. Many delegates urged the ending of the truce to give party members Freedom to fight a socialist cause Atlee and Morrison however led the movement to retain the truce insisting that breaking it would mean withdrawal of labor ministers from the government. Japan a Lead in returning the con cession to the Wang Ching Woi was fined 10,000 dollars and sen government which is completely controlled by the japanese. In any tended to two years in prison while Plant manager Frank Hart Case the action indicates the Dis was fined the same amount and appearance of foreign dominated 13 months in jail. Both company areas in China after Hie War. Officials were placed on probation Argentine policy Buenos Aires. June 15 Argentina is entering a period of a a great understanding with the United states according to rear Admiral Segundo storm foreign minister in tilt new government headed by Gen Pedro Ramirez. He Felt that Argentina a foreign policy would he based on collaboration with other american nations