Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Page 2 the stars and stripes the Star wednesday june 16, 1943 and stripes newspaper of he u. 8. 4 a in a ers daily armed Farmers pubic thed through troops in the Algiers area. The stars and stripes Albers daily is edited and published by personnel of the u. 8. Armed forces in the North african ii is printed by l Echo d Alger. 2# Rue i Boulevard Baudin Algiers. Telephone Ville est. Ii. Editorial est. Aft White est. 67. De la 336.6#-circulation, s fridays inclusive far and for the theater of operations. , Algiers. Mailing address la. , i St. Aget. Be sgt. Bill is Tuff est to strictly personal in or w a mum a. Pup tent poets ack non ledge men i is made of the cartoons general editorial service supplied by a Gay the office of War information comic strips feature stories and Lank the army weekly and of and special services War vol. I no. 4.1 dept. Neus supplied june 16, i 43 staff it. Col. Egbert White it. Robert Neville it. Robert j. Christenson sgt. Dave Golding editorial staff sgt Richard Pruner in i it. Herbert Mitgang pvt. Willard publications officer editor business manager unating editor to it it err Cpl. Harry wat a Ilham pvt. Jack Loisie. Pvt. Paul Green. Signers Datebook red Cross service club a Telephone 305-84 the american red Cross service club a i to blvd Baudin is the Best place in pc n to meet your buddies or your waa c of you Haven any a Ieie kicks there is a place or you to write letter Home catch up on your Reading or even take a Bath. Executive offices 29 Rue Carnot. Telephone 305-801. American movies Are shown Dally in the red Cross operated Empire theater Hie list following gives the Day a activities at the Bervie club. In your Barracks bag Here is the place non a ill a500&Quot bark mob lion they deserve. The has a Good assortment re ii a Bop nor 27 Bod. Baudin across theater Library already of current later Street from Cameo turkish Baths pm radio 12 15 Lou Igei. A pm truth and Gram 0>era House. 6 to pm Rad Al lounge i. 7 pm Christian science in. Program consequences pro program. Meeting movies English speaking movies Only Are listed Here if you understand French you might consult local French newspaper movie lists Ana find your favorite stars Haman tiar. Hie Rue a a a Bath Bas been taken for american and British is requested that you soap and Tow. J open monday 8 am-7 30 pm Cadi Carnot Over entire to servicemen. It bring to i own every Day to Xci i Bond office War Naaf a u. 8 service Bonds May be purchased at to Bond office. Empire then Lei bldg Rue j Fenfert Roe Hereau and Ai 12 h a f command Speta be meet Section 27 blvd Baudin pvt. Peter e Miller of Ferndale mich., can tickle the ivories with a pen knife. He carves minute work. Of Art out of hunks of a billiard Ball. Most of his sculptured figures stand no More than a Hall Inch High yet none of the detail is missing he considers his finest piece to be that of Mother Mary outlined against the broken Cross with a babe in her arms and a child clinging to her skirt. Another masterpiece is Hie head of an american nurse it. Betty Hanna i j ton. Who was his Ward nurse during a recent appendicitis operation. He is now Doin one of it. Bene b. Knapp another nurse. Miller also carves nudes but with no inspiration just nervous reaction. A his largest work to a e is a 14-Inch nude carved in male Jug any he began ids Hobby by carving monkeys out of Cherry pits. Coon graduating to profiles of High dad and his girl Friend. Once ii carved a horses head on the seat of a chair. It was Good but no one would sit Down on the chair afraid they cd get kicked. I guess. His overseas sculpturing set consists of a single tool a three Quarter Inch tile ground Clown to a Sharp Point. Miller. 32. In with a coast artillery anti aircraft unit at one time in civilian life he was a Miler and Cross country racer until a foot injury put him on the sidelines for go Ltd. Which keep that is to mom Long is the distance us apart but Strong is the love locked in my heart and the smile on your face that i always knew is More than a memory steadfast and True. Each thought of you prayer for you whispered each night shall give me new courage and strengthen my fight. For wherever i go i never will find a Moi her Assw get or As Lov ing or kind. Cpl. Andy p. Forte Shii Burian i a sweat d out my Fate. And thought without a gun or knife i cant retaliate. I pc seen the wounded and Hie dead. Among my friends and foe i pc Learned to know what suffering meant i be watched them come and go. At All a medic m edit a Tes joined the army men Uncle Sam How Tough the scrap. I to fight for i did t care i did t give a Damn. I guess i m not so Tough i know i was afraid but still i eased the pain of men and tried to make tile Grade i m glad that though i m not Tough i still can do my part by putting Back the p. Ces that the War gods Tore apart. So to mix with japs or nazis would have Given me Delight but now i in in the medics i can t begin to fight. There is a place for each if we be Brave or Meek. To help this fight for Freedom the happiness we seek of us and and i be ducked while a thousand bombers so even if you re frightened by the raging Battles Din. Just stand beside the rest of us but still by god. Well win a it. Pai l it a i Ley mail Call insurance a i Ion Al air Force Story of the out Reuk of the mar Garfield. Empire Rue Ennu. 3 pm a. It b-17 Crew Al Fca Turing John d in fort Kochi titties of Tahiti starring Charles Laughton in a delightful Story of the Bouch Pacific. Empire Rue d Renfert Roe Hereau 6 i m for officers 8 pm. Foreign correspondent Alfred Hitchcock s stirring melodrama turbulent Europe in the Early Days of Kyj a scarring Joel Mccrae. Excellent. Regent Rue d Lily 3 and 8 30 pm. Arise my love hilarious comedy starring Claudette Colbert and Hay Millard it Marignan Avenue Durango and Abc Chemin de la sol Idaree. 4 and 9 in. Serge an i i Ork a Gary Cooper s great port i a of the Tennessee Mountaineer Aho became a National he o during world War i a must for tiles who have t seen it. Majestic Rue Borely la Sapie 3 to and 8 to pm. Ser vice life insurance up to u,000 dollars Bas be u granted be \ iceman by recent legislation application must be made within 120 Days from april 12, 194 a and the re it tan be exercised notwithstanding rejection of and prior application of any ground whatever it he Naaf life ins Folwer Empire theater bldg spec Ber Rue d Renfert Roeh Reaut notice goings on about town must arrive before no it a of the Day before publication to the Date Rook editor. To blvd. Baudino phone Jug a a ext 65. Radio program Little wonder pvt. William e. Amnion of Ullmon ala., was a still asleep in the keel mrs dormitory at Otho hours la has the fir to time that lie had seen sheets in Over six months. He was on a three Day pass and admitted that to of it had been spent in snoozing. Quot but tomorrow is my last Day so in a going get up Early about ten today $ program men of ret Tracy version Vox i a boys town starring spen and min key Rooney English Rue Charras. 3 34 and h to Edith Cavell a English version Constantine 8 45 a starring Anna niggle a splendid. 9 rude Pink. Officers club 8 pm dance for officers of 1st Dpi Lon attendance by ticket Only. Shopping the department stores listed below have set apart certain sections restricted to men and women in uniform. Prices Art generally lower than what you would ordinarily pay in the regular shop you would be Wise to do your shopping there and give the itinerant Arab pedlar the go by. You re less Likely to be Stu it k. Mon prix a 39 Rue d imy ent ire basement turned Over to troops. Well equipped soda Fountain. Prices 15 to 20 percent lower. Galleries de France 21 Rue d july. Excellent assortment of leather goods and la nips. Prim i Nimes Pew doors from gallery de Frame merchandise and prices similar to Mono Pix. American expeditionary station a 1050 pc 280 meters 11 to am atm an swing bes Mon. 12 to m personal album. 12 Loim sound off. 12 3b i m news 12 45 i m popular music. I of pm sign off. 6 of incl j Jive. To 15 pm classical music. 6 to pm yank swing session. 7 of pm Fred Waring a 15 pm a Al. Urn 7 to i m news. 7 45 pm spotlight bands. 8 of pm Fibber Mcgee mild Molly. 8 30 pm Maxwell House program 9 of pm ban at is bag. 9.30 in a squared cd tie. 9 43 pm popular music. To of pm Nign off. Pvt. A. H. Wagoner of stil water. N. A a a brought in this bit of a yarn about mans Best Friend when a certain anti aircraft nun Crew in the alcids area first met Queenie in february she was a wild and wooly Amazon. Today thanks to the Yankee influence and to a certain terrier name i Lucky Queenie is a sedate and gentle Mother of live Pupp is. The maternity Ward in this instance proved to be a dark and Cool Corner underneath the cot of pie William a to Valley. Of bos on i was he who befriended Queenie when the poor Doc had no Home me. S a slight mistake Deal editor please put me right or should i say at ease. You have been giving miss Josephine Baker a big hand lately in the stars Ami stripes. I in All haywire. The reason being that Early this year i read in an English jmj Ier of the same stage Star dying a pauper in Portugal As a result of the nazi invasion in France also giving a full account of her past successes on the continent. Is this the same Star i am thinking of if so please put your answer in mail Call if possible. Thanking you. Yours sincerely Lamb. A i de. Note it s the same miss Baker mate and she Lye feeling better As thousands of soldiers who have heard her sing will testify. Soldiers do. They dont get the artillery on the ground but they sure As hell get it on every raid they make they sleep in Pup tents in the mud or Sand and have any number of strange animals for bed partners. As for the diet not Long ago i read in the stars and is ripes a paragraph concerning the bid of living personnel. It said they should not eat Gassy foods such As Beans spam Feineis or cabbage. Well what Are they going to eat when All they get three to my is a Day is spam weiners or Beans so. Pencil up hers of Algiers Oran and Casablanca and you red Cross club soldiers done to think for one minute that the air Force gets any better Chow or treatment than any other frontline Soldier outfit because you re All a sgt. Elton wrong. A. Conda British forges Frog Ham a 993 pc and 341 meters break for my sir. Hic relay 70 years of Sony from he Loyal Albert Hall arc relay world and heme news. Hic relay grand hotel 7 is pm 7 45 pm. 8 of in a 8 2� pm line 8 06 pm. Newt. Broadcasts 10 45 pm Aud 12 Midnight. Library Lith a. F. Service command apr Lal services Section Library a open Dally from 8 am until 8 pm. If of Navy solves fresh water problem col. Barr awarded dec two medals Washington a new Way of making sea water drinkable was demonstrated Here by the u s. Navy for newspapermen. Two lieutenants in the Navy medical corps have developed the new process. Which permits a shipwrecked Man with ten Small packets of chemicals to Supply himself with drinking water tor 20 Days. The new method is primarily for the use of aviators forced Down at sea. The purifying equipment consists of two chemical compounds and four plastic bags. The survivor fills a bag with sea water and dissolves in it a chemical which precipitates several of the unpalatable elements. Then the mixture is transferred to the various sacks until tile final filtering makes the drinkable. Washington. June 15 a the Man who developed the technique of dropping 1.000 Pound bombs from fighter planes col. John e Barr of Gilbert. S. C., received three medals at the same time. Col Barr won the Silver Star for proving that a p-40 could carry twice the bomb Load that it had Ever carried before and the distinguished flying Cross and air medal for having completed More than 75 operational missions. The colonel is with the United states army an based in India. He introduced her to the i line and she promptly became a Chow hound. He introduced her to i Ucko and now so has become a Mother. Pfc. La Valley has not made up his mind whom a Een should a any relation Between Alfet Ferre Headquarters and new York City is not purely coincidental. I lie idea of naming buildings and streets after the great White Way was developed by a Apt. John Forney of new i re Lily pfc. Theodore Angelo of Pittsburgh and t-5 Robert Vanderslice of Bloomsburg a. So it is that the officers pm has Bern dubbed r. La. Mary and co., the finance Sermon is on Wall Street the Center of traffic is at times Square and an overhead archway is Holland Tunnel. Headquarters officers Are in the Flatiron building. But some of he fills have protested against referring to the Chow line As the Stork Rich. No greater love dear editor upon arriving at a base City on a pass i talked to a lot of people sailors. Mac s and other soldiers. And they seemed to think that the air corps always gets the Best of everything. Tile Point id like to make to All these people who landed in the bigger North african cities and fought the Campaign from behind disks or at the ref Cross clubs is this the tactical units of the air Force Lead the life the frontline Unsung heroes Deer editor during the time i have been in a Hospital i have read quite a few articles in the stars and stripes about the Saacs. They always seem to get All the publicity you never seem to think of the that the nurses do. Is written for them Why not spend time you lavish on Villi the nurses and self what work a pvt Joo not a word in the Imper some of the the Waack a see for your a nurse does in a Days Stanley St Kas or. New army truck goes to sea Gas mask Check urged by British 10th Force sea old age pension new York a workers pension agreement., t ii e first of its kind covering the entire cloak Industry was recently concluded Between employers and officials of the clockmaker a a Union under the terms of the plan the 35.000 Union members will receive a retirement income of 600 dollars a year at the age of 65 employers will contribute three percent of a v re is to the fund. Sgt. Alme Green of Portsmouth va., who s stationed with a pro outfit in town says he likes Algiers because of the Hustle and Bustle and because there Are Quot Beaucoup Mademoiselle sgt. Green used to by a rain Road fireman on the train going from Norfolk to Raleigh and after the War he wants to go Back to the same Job and also marry the Gill who writes him a letter three times a week. Quot another reason i like Algiers a said sgt. Green Quot is that its a Seaside town and i was born ant raised in a seaport is set. Ben Dodds of Miami fla., is in town for a 10-Day rest. Sgt. Dodds is a gunner on a b-26 and has been on 15 missions so far. He intends to do a lot of sight seeing and he thinks that the people Here Are very Friendly to soldiers. Washington. June 15 a the War department announced yes a ter Day that the army is now using i a two and one half ton Amphia ions truck called the which will enable troops weapons am i munition and supplies to be moved across water. On the ground the Quot Duck Quot acts like an Ordinary truck but when it hits the water the propeller is slipped into gear. According to re flirts it can carry a greater Load than its predecessor the amphibious jeep. A the Quot Duck is 31 feet Long about eight feet wide. And seven feet High when the Canvas top is Down. I on land it carries 35 men on Waler. 50 or More depending on the freeboard required in any particular water crossing. Gen. Hollar is Eto Provost Marshall London u. S. Army Headquarters Here have announced the appointment of Brig. Gen. Gordon g. Hollar. 55, As Provost marshal of the european theater of operations. Succeeding Mai. Gen. William s. Key who is now commander of United states forces Iceland. A native of Sioux qty Iowa Gen. Hollar began his military career in 1917 when he enlisted in tile Iowa National guard. London june 15 a president Roosevelt s Stern warning to the Axis Flowers against the use of Poison Gas in War supplementing prime minister Winston Churchill s two earlier warnings will be followed by a fresh Check on the soundness of civilian Gas masks in the United kingdom. Ellen Wilkinson Secretary to the ministry of Home Security said that scrutiny Woald be especially invited in the East and South coast areas because it was known that Linier had plenty of bombers and Large scale bombing attacks might be Germany a counter move As soon As the Allied offensive began. We have ample stocks of Poison Gas m this a country and we can dish out As much As we have to take she said. Quot there is Only one Way to answer Gas attacks plaster the enemy with a ten fold concentration of his own Poison. We i re ready Quot in Waves expanded Washington an extensive program of expansion designed to raise to 48.500 the number of women Waves in tile service by the end of 1943, has been announced by the Navy department. It is planned to put 13.500 of them in naval aviation work. Four training stations now instruct wave Parachute riggers Aero Grapher mates aviation machinists mates link Trainer instructors control Tower operators aviation Metal Smiths and synthetic training device operators
