Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Thi vol. I no. 23 a saturday june 19, 1943 a amp afric u. S. Army newspaper two francs Italy s belly exposed by fall of four islands the King looks them Over Allied bombers head for inner forts after successes Allied Force Headquarters june in the first phase it North african air Force operations against Hie Axis belly bordering the Mediterranean had been completed with the fall in Quick succession tins past week of the italian islands of Pantelleria Lampedusa Luosa and Lampion off the tunisian coast. After their tremendous 15-Day Aerial assault against Pantelleria. Almost totally demolishing the strongly fortified bases. Allied flyers turned toward Mussolini sillier fringe of defences a Sicily and Sardinia. Activities against the islands were moderate throughout the week Bitt weather was largely responsible. Italy itself was feeling the might of Allied Power again with Naples getting a fairly heavy raid by Raf wellingtons on Friday night. The enemy also was out on a night Mission but rap Beau fighters of the coastal air Force met him Oil the algerian coast and shot Down two. Malta and Middle East based aircraft were also in on the big picture with daily raids on Sicily Southern Italy and enemy slopping in the Aegean sea. New Allied base tile acquisition of Pantelleria gave the allies a Oase within sixty Miles of Sicily and the cleaning out of italian garrisons on Lampedusa. 83 Miles Southeast of Pantelleria and the adjacent tiny islands of Louisa left no spying eyes to note the movements of United nations convoys from Gibraltar to tin Suez canal. Prisoners taken on lands totalled 15,27a, Hie three is Secretary of War Henry Stimson announced Iii Washington. There were 11,135 on Pantelleria Over 4.000 on Lampedusa and 140 on Lino a. The fourth prize of the week. Lampion was uninhabited. It had Cost the Axis 102 planes in their futile attempt to protect these last remaining tits of the once great italian Empire. Allied losses Over Pantelleria and Lampedusa were about 40 airmen and a a few planes a Secretary Stimson said. Descriptions of tile terrific onslaught dished out by the strategic and tactical bombers Over Pantelleria had grown almost commonplace but it remained for it. Col John i. Stevenson 28-year-old commander of a Naaf fighter continued on Page 5 a a a a ,. Ltd it a \ soc a somewhere in North Africa his majesty King George i reviews Amer Xii troops with it. Go no Mark Vav. Clark commanding thee fifth army. Photo by army pictorial service signal corps a our boy a private Jack meets King of England Algiers when i Learned that with other correspondents covering Allied Force Headquarters i was to meet King George i of England my first worry was How does one is Lake hands with Royalty naturally i realized that the steel Vised clasp was out. The King has to shake too Many paws to suffer any rough stuff. But at the same time i wanted to put plenty of i firmness in the Job it was the least i could do to further Anglo american relations i told myself. Also i wanted to if possible Gat Lier the imprint of the Kings Palm us it a mine so that i could show the i s who believe me and maybe make a Cement plaster impression like Betty Oracle did at Graumans chinese theater in Hollywood to show my grandchildren when and if j there were other things to worry about the Salute and Bow which i was to tender his majesty and nazi gave japanese Pearl Harbor dope by pvt. Jack Foisie stars and St rites staff writer also where could i borrow a clean shirt for the occasion. With these worries to keep me Happy the time passed quickly and tile great morning arrived As great mornings will. The Corres i Pendents were to assemble at tin Public relations press room and be sure and Wear ties with the i uniform. That wits the tip off we had t actually been told that it was the King we were to meet but who else would rate a tie it. Was at the press room that it. Col. J. B Phillips and Colt Tiel j. V. Mccormack the pro officers attempted to introduce a Little Algiers june in delayed a after three strenuous Days of formal reviews and informal get together with Allied troops in North Africa. King George i of bog land remained in seclusion at Iii Hillside Villa today resting in preparation for the resumption of his tour. Drew Middleton of the new York times Reynolds Packard of United press and Dave Brown of Reuters it was a Long distance to his Villa Tor we had to drive around the crowd which had gathered downtown to cheer the British ruler upon his return from inspecting British sailors. The col respondents and pro officers were formed in a single line. At the head was the press party covering the Kings tour then the reporters win had just returned from Pantelleria. Then came the rest of us and then came the censors this was one of the few times in the business when the censors played second fiddle a photographer from the signal corps Ana i were the Only enlisted men in the group the line after considerable struggling did a right face and Forward marched along the Stone continued on Page 16� mine head Lewis faces toughest Choice of life can accept ruling set by War Board or Call strike by sgt. Dave Golding stars and stapes staff writer John l. Lewis Boss of the United mine workers stands at the Crossroads today. He can either Kike the Road toward a peace til solution which the War labor Board was expected to Chart Over the weekend or he can ignore the b lard and Lead the 500,000 Coal winners Over the Rocky Road to another strike when the latest truce expires at Midnight sunday. The dec Ision is undoubtedly the hardest that Lewis has Ever been called upon to make. He has the alternative of accepting the Compromise offer gracefully or taking the consequences which no labor Leader has had i face in Over a decade. Anti strike Law for the first time As a result of wartime conditions labors main weapon in collective bargaining the strike has been shackled by the anti strike legislate in which provides for a years imprisonment and a 5,000 Dollar Tine for any person or persons instigating a strike in an essential Industry. Up until now president Roosevelt has Given no indication of whether he would sign such a drastic Bill. The legislation however can become a Law ten Days after its passage without the presidents Sig nature. The ten Days Are up on wednesday. More or less overlooks in this clash Between Lewis and the administration Are the Coal miners who do hive something of a Case. They have not enjoyed As High pay As has come to Many in War Industry. For their Basic five Day week seven hours a Day. The miners receive 35 dollars at present. The six Day order recently instituted by fuels administrator Harold l likes does not cover the situation because it does not guarantee that All miners will work six Days a was a another Ini it Octant Factor is that the miners do not work a full year. Consequently their annual income is Down in comparison wit ii much of Industry. It was pointed out by Ickes that the office of Price administration already had granted tile Coal operators approximately 13 and 14 cents a ton to cover the exp lenses incurred in paying overtime to the miners. The perplexing dilemma which faces both sides is that the miners have already received All the wage continued on Page 3 Washington the office of War information revealed this week ii n w German espionage agents collaborated with the japanese in preparing tile sneak attack on p ii Harbor. According to the Fri Bernard Julius Otto Kuehn German agent and member of the nazi party placed in the hands of the japanese vice Consul at Honolulu detailed tabulation of the u. S. Navy ships at Pearl Harbor four Days before the attack Kuehn went to Honolulu in 1035 ostensibly to study tile japanese language. He banked 70 thousand dollars the first three years. Tried before a military commission in Honolulu for violations of the United states i it de Kuehn was convicted in february. 1942 and sentenced to be shot. Later tile sen knee was commuted to fifty years hard labor the Story made Public for the first time revealed How the Fri aided by army and Navy intelligence in rued How Nagoya Kila japanese Consul general at Honolulu furnished the japanese foreign office Complete signal systems for the transmission of intelligence regarding movements of the u. S Fleet at Pearl Harbor one signal was a Light in the window of a House in Kalama a Small Community on Oahu Island the House was occupied by Kuehn and his wife Friedel both German nationals. Arrested dec. J. Kuehn at first denied having anything to clo Wiki the conspiracy. Later the japanese told All tile details. Kuehns Story disclosed How lie went to japanese vice Consul Okuda and furnished a signal system whereby the consulate could trails nut tie number and types of ships at Pearl Harbor As Well As com continued on Page by military trim to tile Motley lot of British and american and one brazilian Corres indents tile regal Bow was Rod lied to a slight inclination of the head. But col Mccormack hoped that we would be Able to stand at attention with chests out and stomachs in. He eyed several correspondents who Are As Long on re pot tonal accuracy As they Are around tile Middle. The several con Espond its blushed and cast envious eyes at but less rotund rivals. I Ani not mentioning any names for i like to get along with such men As boys of fifth army ready for big push by Don Whitehead a p. War correspondent i with the fifth army am j Quot any Soldier a a said Gen Dwight Erica troops tinned by wind Anc j i Eisenhower on a tour of the Sun toughened by Hie hardest a fifth army a who goes through tile physical conditioning of their army filth army training Wil be Muc i car ers Are Well advanced in better prepared to meet tile initial King suggests grog sailors guzzle pop a North african Pori june in delayer King George of England while inspecting an a i it Jean warship suggested to its commander that lie a splice tile a n Brace a which in the Navy is the Cie for breaking out la up it a tie King apparent y was unaware that us vessels carry to liquor. But his invitation is As accepted every gob Drew a d male order of pop training preparing them Tor tile berated Allied assault of euro whenever or wherever it May come. Never hive american troops received a More intensive spec to j Battle tra to Fig til in they Aru receiving division by division in the fit to i Amer in army j centers scattered throughout North Ahi i never have american troops be a in better physical condition re i born is tie basis of its sculling realism based on hard won experience in til tunisian Campaign the fifth army commanded by Gen Mirk Clark is not pulling punches in getting tile boys Rea in for their next move it cannot afford to be soft it Isnit soft. Shocks of Actu ii Battle. The training i have seen is comprehensive thorough and eff client. I have found leadership to be on tour today along a Section >1 tile Mediterranean coast Eisen How i saw installations at one Harbor ordnance shops and Supply imps la stooped in a station no spit a for an Iru p to an a where Are the Battle casualties0�?T�?T was the lir a. Thing tie asked. In several wards lie stopped to has with w minded solders among cd be questioned a re pfc. Raymond i Marco. Of Rochester n. Y. Cpl. Newt to Calkins of Buff am n. A continued on Page 5
