Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Page 4 tue stars and stripes daily blast British Union head nazi plants confers in Moscow the Kina at Malta hit key centers in Ruhr Belgium London. June 23�?making their first Daylight attack on 11 in much bombed Ruhr a Large Force of flying fortresses yesterday blaster the Holtz synthetic rubber Plant at Recklin Hausen As British and american planes smashed new blows Home to Germany War industries in Western Europe. Less than eight Miles Northwest of Dortmund tin Holtz Plant is one of Germany a largest synthetic rubber plants. No detailed reports of damage done have been received yet but the Pilot of the last plane Over Lite target said it looks As if tile germans Arr going to have to build themselves a new Plant j through my bomb sight All t saw was a great Sheet of flame Hoking up at  while the Ruhr attack was taking place. Another formation of fortresses visited the general motors Plant at Antwerp Belgium and accompanying fighters shot Down seven nazi interceptors from these two operations 20 american bombers Are missing a third Allied air attack marked the. Day As the Royal air Force raided the shipyards at Rotterdam in Holland. Rap reconnaissance planes have brought Beck accounts of Gred damage to nazi Industrial concentrations in a lie Ruhr Valley in a new Sun by Are devastated the Defries tar largest Martini Dusseldorf Aion shows 1550 acre key buildings of tory Germany s Moscow sir Walter Citrine general Secretary of the British grades Union Council has arrived in Moscow for discussions with soviet Trade Union leaders on policies for developing Trade Union activities of the United nations. It is exacted that the conference will include a plan of closer cooperation Between american and soviet Trade Union movements. Sir Walter on his recent american journey failed to secure agreement with the american federation of labor on a pro sisal that the u. S. Labor group join the Angl it its it Viot Trade Union committee. Japs shun red arms . Supplies reach Russia via Pacific Washington. June 22 rent of american  Viet Russia by Way of the is proceeding without any nation ii incident s.  docs not want to take on of the. Present time Navy tary Frank Knox told a pre Ference today. A thursday june 21, 1913 . Hails soviet spirit russian offensive to Mark 3rd year t e Sta King George shakes commanding an r of station it nov s tour of North Africa. Marshal sir Keith Park. Hands with group Captain Merton at Malta a Surprise Stop in ills Halo Ute left of Melton i air vice tool Plant Are badly damaged enemy raiders bust monday night drapes bombs on scattered Points in South and Southeast England and in the greater London area causing slight damage and a Small number of casualties is try announced. One a destroyed.  Knox be id that by tile year s end the United states will have an aircraft Carrier flex to Quot several a inn s As git it is the seven ship f lot Ilia it had at the Start of the War he gave no figures but said construction was progressing very Well and that carriers were to my into commission rigid Aion the air min j joining the. Fleet Quot Knox declared hostile plane that the Carrier additions will let eol All types. Including auxiliary carriers. Pilot is Crew chiefs idol Moscow june 23 among tile first congratulatory messages received by Premier Joseph v. In on the second anniversary of tin Russo German War was a Tibiae from president Franklin d Rouse Elf. Praising soviet co make and the Quot almost incredible sacrifices which tin russian people Are so heroically  the president declared the growing might it Allied nations is being brought increasingly to Bear on tin common enemy. Secretary of state Cordell Hull wired his conviction that the third year of War will find German soldiers facing millions of russian soldiers ready for combat but also to take tile  other Mesa is were re uve.1 from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox and cd  so Bloom the House foreign a fairs com Nutter. From chunking. Or Sun of a president of the chinese soviet cultural relations association wrote Premier Stalin expressing the Heartfelt admiration for the heroic role displayed by the soviet Union and for the Faith heroism and dogged bravery of the red  in Viv years Ai Man Lull contrast to this Day two when millions of Ger it poured across the Border the continued on the 1200-mite King visits continued from Page i aircraft detectors. Tile trip was without event however. At Tripoli the King stepped from the Aurora into a free French motor launch manned by White Clad French soldiers with Bright red pompoms on their berets. Just behind Mussolini s triumphal pylons erected on the waterfront at tile head of the Piazza Imperator. Gen. Bernard l. Montgomery 8th army commander greeted tile King. Who then inspected a guard of Honor drawn up on the Dock. Along tile route of tile Kings procession were solid lines of troops of All types including Field Butch in Rolv to questioning col Knox indicated that the u. S. A blockade has Cut off supplies Fry the Jap Garrison on Kiska Island in the aleutians but said that they might be getting a trickle of supplies through by Means of submarines he added that bad weather had slowed up the bombing of the Island Secretary Knox a statement in the meantime was amplified in a declaration on Allied shipping by rear Admiral Howard ii. Vickery vice chairman of the u. S Man i tune commission who pointed out that United nations shipping is on Hie upgrade while Axis shipping definitely is on the decline. Allied Force Headquarters. June 23 a Man May a no hero to his Valet but a u. S fighter Pilot is quite like to to the idol of his Crew chief tile enlisted Man res a risible tor maintaining ins plane. Sgt. Ben Kelly. 22. Of Fredericktown. To. For example thinks the Pilot whose spitfire he cares for is tile i it est flier in the world he May not be far from wrong either because the plane is piloted by a j. Frank a. Hill of Hillsdale n. Who has six enemy aircraft to his credit. Quot he a a great Guy to work  says Kelly. Quot when lie returns from the the a Little fuselage Victory. Out the spitfire dirt by a Mission he always give. In details  the sergeant a. Entov Able task of adding Black Swastika to tile every time Hill scores a every Mechanic sweats Safe return of his ship guns Are protected against patches Over the muzzle. These Are blasted Oil when the gun is first tired. So that Stile first tiling the boys on the ground look for when the plane zooms Low Over the Field after a Mission. If the patches Are missing it Means the Pilot s fired his guns and that Means Well it May mean another Little Black Swastika. Quot in the Mediterranean once a valuable source of in an  including Neia dutch ers and Bakers and maintenance i capacity tor building new men at a Tush tonnage now is limited to French Unity adjusted continued from Page i men at a Field Hospital patients we of could not stand insisted on being held up to see his majesty. Tile King had Tea in the after non with the Lith Hussars first regiment of which the King was co Mel in chief and we Iii vied at most i two ships  the Admiral said. He observed that Germany i reflow Teddy had made claims it could win the Battle of the a Lanitic if a boats could sink i too too j Gross registered tons of Allied shipping monthly in a final sex with the Derbyshire yeomanry for monthly. In a final of the Honor of Bern the firs. Allied it in troops to enter Tunis the King spent the night with Cion. Montgomery sleeping in what had once been the Headquarters of an italian Field marshal. Germans asserted 403.000 tons or re sunk in May. The Admiral said. American shipyards alone turned out 1.200.000 Gross tons. Cen. Key Heads Iceland troops London maj in William s key has formally assumed command of u. S. Troops in Iceland june 17. Succeeding maj. Gen Cli Arles h Bonesteel. For a Sciort time after the death of it. Gen Frank Andrews in an Iceland plane crash maj. Gen key was acting commander of Eto he is f>3. Maj Gen. Bonesteel Iceland commander since sept 1942, was awarded the d. S o on departure to an unannounced assignment. Riots Over continued from Page i worst in 27 years the mayor i blamed the influx of War workers from to get Southern states. Local Fri head John s. Bugas thought the riots were the spontaneous Cill munition of racial feelings in tile i City. Meanwhile National negro leaders in Chicago wired president Franklin i Roosevelt to make an immediate radio Appeal to halt racial Stille they recommended that governors of All states appoint interracial committees to investigate area. Ousting of officers of pro Axis Axis tinge Blit pointed out that a Complete reorganization of the French army must be gradual. A Large percentage of French officers Are in German hands and there is a shortage of Young officers in Africa. While strictly French political differences were considered quite outside the province of tilt allies any measure bearing on military operations was thought to be of proper Allied concern especially since the new French army has been largely re equipped with Allied material. The Allied command had worked Well with Fen. Giratis during tin tunisian Campaign. It was Only natural that if desired such relationship should be continued. Hence tile recent Allied request to keep Gen. Giraud As military Colima rider in North Africa the Compromise plan was announced to the press by Jean Mon net. Acting commissioner for information. A few hours after the commit tees three hour session tuesday afternoon. He explained that tin solution has been premised by i Quot military considerations a the decision was reached after Quot absolute unanimity a among the 13-Man i committee the fourteenth and i Nill member. Henri Bonnet the commissioner for information a i Rived yesterday from Hie United a states. The text it the decree very definitely divided tile two spheres of influence Gen. Giraud is to continue As head of All French forces in North and West Africa. This territory Tunisia Algeria. Morocco and Dakar embraces about 300,000 French troops at least 200.000 of which Are fully equipped and ready for Battle. His commander in chief will be Gen. Alphonse Jinn. Who was Field commander of French troops fighting with tile British 1st a army and the american 2nd corps. Gen. De Gaulle will command All forces in other French territories other French territories include the Levant it Syria and Lebanon and three colonies in India four islands in the Western hemisphere. Two in the South Pacific and Over 1,000,000 Square Miles of Central and South Africa. The majority of de Gaulle a troops Are now in Syria de Gaulle a chief of staff is Gen. Edgar de Larm mat who Lead the fighting French against Vichy in the syrian Battle of 1941 j front soviet lighters and anti aircraft defences brought Down 17 enemy planes during three German attempts to  the Leningrad in on the upper Donetz Small groups of German and russian sparred Lor better ii Simions the. W Hole of the German group w a. Reported wiped out while the russians suffered no losses. Turkey disaster toll hits 1,304 Ankara with 1 304 killed. 900 injured and More than 5.0 h made homeless workers of the turkish town of Ada pazar. Near Istanbul were still searching amid the ruins and debris for additional victims of sundays devastating earthquake. More than 30.000 died in the same general area in the 1939 earthquake. A it fast  they could to rescued. Victims were carried to a a a Cial ambulance trains and rushed to Istanbul hospitals. To shelter the homeless. 500 tents were dispatched to the stricken area and line Crews were endeavouring to restore communication from tin damaged Countryside to Ankara. The quake destroyed about 1.000 buildings and sever in damaged another 1,000 in Ada pazar while nearly half of the buildings in the town of nearby Hendrek were wrecked. Many of the buildings destroyed or damaged by the quake housed offices of the turkish government. Air Force continued from Page i medium sized towing half a vessel which 30 Miles from of the Island. Soviets shoot two Moscow caught while stealing bread intended for civilian distribution. Two employees of Stalingrad food stores w Ere executed by a firing squad this week Ltd Abner a i 8 -5 of go or a a by Al Capp but a m a has loved hah i he i s of  get Over they of All l. Ker a no phew. Abner err Bly a Vrr Hill Sener marry g of Emo Oves him Roo inv Quot Ait of course that klans nothing to v do will. Tou go through or vessel which was dozen barges the was sighted about the Southeast coast was escorted by a destroyer and a tug. Both of which put up a barrage. When tile merchant vessel blew up. Barges and destroyer were attacked. In addition to patrol activity yesterday Allied planes also came Home to base with detailed reconnaissance photographs of the damage done in Daylight raids Over Naples which is now among tile italian cities reported to be evacuating its citizens and Over the j nearby target towns. I at Naples according to the air photographs heavy damage was discovered in the a Industrial districts. With approximately 40 or cent of the Royal Arsenal destroyed and at least three direct lists made on the torpedo factory. Artillery Barracks motor trans poit depots and the railway Center where approximately 40 hits were scored were severely damaged in Cancelli practically the entire motor transport and stores depot area was devastated. Sixteen buildings were destroyed when pictures were taken of this vital italian air Dex get town 24 hours Atter the raid four fires were Stilt burning