Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Page 2the stars and stripes weekly saturday june 26, i $43 . Pays tribute to soviet s struggle closer relationship Between two allies strongly evident Washington a Good feeling Between the three big allies Russia. Britain and the United states reached a new High this past week As the soviet Union marked the second anniversary of its going to War against nazi Germany. All the differences of the past were forgotten and All the Little things which used to rub those nations the wrong Way were pushed aside As the three countries joined in ecstatic tribute to the courage and achievements of an army and people which had met for two years the full Force of the mighty wehrmacht. Scores of tributes were printed and spoken in America. There was a mass meeting in the Hollywood bowl at which Leopold Stokowski conducted an All russian program and Many stage and screen stars appeared in Chicago 25.000 persons gathered to hear the City symphony orchestra play russian selections. A mass meeting in new York City included a vast pageant Battle songs by a russian chorus speeches by mayor Fiorello h. La Guardia and by Joseph e. Davies former ambassador to Russia just returned from a visit to the Kremlin. Suspicions melt the optimistic military scene for this summer of 1943 was of course primarily responsible for these close relationships which stressed not Only military but social artistic and scientific Unity. There no longer Coukis be any doubt that Washington London and Moscow Are at least of one mind on future military operations. Last year the soviet bunions newspapers were agitating for a second front this summer they Are strangely silent on that subject. Last year russian papers were saying Little about lend lease Aid to the soviet Union this year they Are fulsome in their praises. Whereas once the russians were suspicious that the Western Powers might not Ever pull their full weight in Battle today that suspicion seems to have melted to full Confidence. When former ambassador Davies returned from Moscow after having been cordially received and wined and dined at the Kremlin his face was wreathed in smiles. He had in his pocket Premier Joseph v. Stalin s answer to president Roosevelt s letter he did t say what was in the original letter or the reply but he did say significantly there is every indication that All of the contents of the presidents letter were entirely agreeable and that or. Stalin is completely in Accord with its  . Navy cancels Oil company contract Washington the Navy department has cancelled its contract with the Standard Oil co. Of California for the exploitation of the Navy a Elk Hills Oil Reserve. A a there is not a Shadow of suspicion in my mind regarding the Good Faith of anyone connected with the  Navy Secretary prank Knox took pains to Point out when he announced the cancellation. Assistant attorney general Norman m. Litten had previously criticized the contract As giving Standard Oil a monopoly on Elk Hills Oil for the first five years. Secretary Knox indicated the Navy will protect the Oil Reserve by taking Over surrounding lands owned by Standard. Artists arrive to paint War George Biddle Heads six Man detail a vhf wow wet Ftp f f it ftf99999?999 ii happened i Home  the East coast. Brooklyn housewives groaned Over dashboards owners Cut off service from 75,000 families because shortage. The Industry is rationing customers permission to pay higher wages in order show went on at the Ringling Brothers As local laundry of the manpower and asking government to keep employees. The circus when 112 performers Windsor rues 49th birthday new York the Duke of Windsor now governor of the Bahamas who a a resigned the kingship of England to wed the american a a woman i love a celebrated his 49th birthday in a Waldorf Astoria hotel suite and then entrained for Florida Enro Ute to the Bahamas after a six week us. Visit. Looking healthy he told reporters his Ace was Quot too close to 50 for Comfort Quot he answered All reporters questions Exren one. Quot you mentioned being King a few minutes  a newsman said. Quot have you my regrets for what you did a a sudden hush ran throne the press conference but the Duke met the situation without blinking. A a Well its a apr Sonny of Ervion int it a he asked Quot you la forgive me for refusing to go into that a in North Africa at this moment there Are More artists than you can shake an easel at. They re sketching in the Fields and markets and bivouac areas All in their spare time. There Are in addition six men who have been specifically sent Here by the United states Engineer office of the War department to i paint the african scene. Their unit Leader is George Biddle famous american artist whose murals appear in the Justice department i and they re All members of overseas Art units now Heaters of War. I other members in the unit Are i to sgt. R. C. Von Ripper to sgt. Mitchell Siporin to sgt. Charles g. Farr. To sgt. Savo Radulovic and it. Edward a. Reep. Some of their work is internationally known. For example if von Ripper invites you up to see his etchings he can really produce them. Although they were sent Here by the War department their Only order was to paint the most integrated picture of the War that they could. If they wish they can picture War As cruel Noble or Boring. The War department realizes that an artist can to be tied Down by narrow technical limitations. They a probably paint what they wanted to anyway. Were stricken with food poisoning from eating salad prepared by circus chefs. All of them concluded their performances before being taken to Washington hospitals. A huge swarm of bees descended on the business District of Paterson n. J., scattering shoppers and snarling traffic for two hours. Fast thinking farm wife mrs. Katherine Penzur suied the bees into a pail by banging on it with a stick. The first Bill providing a Polt St War Bonus for the veterans of this War was introduced into the House by rep. Joseph c. Baldwin rep., n. A the average Bonus would amount to about 304 to 4�0 dollars for every Soldier and would Cost the government three billion dollars. Re leased from internment As an enemy alien Richard Jan Valtin Krebs was classified a by his Bethel conn., draft Board. Krebs wrote the sensational Book a out of the night.�?�. The mid West. Floods and lightning caused severe damage in scattered sections at work in six 0f Ohio. Hardest hit was Cleveland where floods stopped Quot ail and bus traffic and closed Bridges. Poor boy married Rich girl when 19-year-old Jean flick daughter of the vice president of the Armour packing co., became the Bride of Clarence Malo 25-year-old welder Helper at the Carnegie in Sinois steel co. The Michigan Senate conducting its first impeachment trial in 71 years removed probate judge Michael e. Nolan of Ironwood on charges of racketeering in secret marriage licenses. In a test Case involving negro workers in a Texas Oil refinery the War labor Board ordered equal pay for White and coloured workers doing the same work. The Board also ordered such classifications of a a coloured labourer so and a a White labourer so discontinued. Or. James Monroe Smith former president of Louisiana state University asked for commutation of his 8-to-24 state prison term for forgery ,. An Evansville ind., Plant produced Over one billion rounds of ammunition in Les than a year and a half. Out in Wyoming. Yellowstone Park buses will not of Eva a this summer mine be of the Parks hotels lodges or cafeterias w ill be open. Eli Duette note for a acts by  it. Dolores k Hott. Of Sheridan a vhf r no a in walking Down the Street with a Man in civilian clothes the  walks on the outside if the Man is married. If unmarried it do a a not matter but if the wac is smart Shell walk on the in rid to avoid having a passing ear splash her with  judge says no to Macfadden divorce the West coast America learns there were a few other straws in the wind to show that America and the soviet Union had eliminated most of their old differences. The recent dissolution of the comintern apparently Means that Russia has abandoned an old policy of interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. A new Moscow publication War and the working class a made its appearance with the theme that Russia s chief Post War aim is to live on peaceful terms with All nations. In America Here was a curious sidelight to the disbandment of the comintern. The Dies committee admitted that it no longer had much grounds Tor investigating communist activity. A supreme court decision this week ruled that american citizenship could not be cancelled on the grounds that the alien seeking such citizenship was a member it Hie communist party. The court decision came in a celebrated Case involving William Schneiderman Secretary of the California communist party Wendell Winkle had argued the defendant s Case without fee in the interests of civil liberties. In Many other ways the United states v. As learning More about Russia than Ever in the past movie goers flocked to see the sympathetic portrayal of Russia in the Midure taken from the Davies Book. Mission to  Book shops displayed prominently such books As a a Mother Russia a by Maurice hindus. The scientific Field saw the creation of the american soviet medical society to promote the Exchange of medical information Between the two countries. Einstein employed in naval research Princeton n prof Albert Einstein the world renowned scientist is doing research work for the Navy Bureau of ordnance the Nobel prize Winner is working on mathematical problems connected with explosives and the Jan governing them. The 64-year-o d physicist came to the United states As an exit a from Germany and became an american citizen in 1940 Miami physical cult Urist Ber Narr Macfadden s divorce suit against his wife the former Mary Williamson was dismissed by Florida circuit court judge Paul d barns in contents n that charges in the complaint did not constitute grounds for divorce the 75-Vear-od publisher filed a complaint Lari january charging a extreme cruelty and violent ungovernable temper a against his wife whom he married in England 31 years ago Macfadden said she had broken two of his Teeth with a Metal razor Box in their Englewood n j., Home the san Francisco collector of internal Revenue solved a pin shortage in his office by asking All taxpayers to pin checks to their statements. Marines leaving for Pacific Battle fronts carry Coly makeup kits pattern d much like Tho carried by the Kirk they left behind. The Cne a difference is that the Marine kit a a camouflages the i lace to repel insects. Alarm for a minor fire in san Francisco was answered by two chiefs both approaching in different directions. I Poth bad their sirens going full blast so they crashed mind on. With one chief and two Driver injured. Nine year old Marilyn Winkler. Of cast fac. Cal., inked five girdles in a Mountain to Aid two army fliers who crashed in a glider. She built a fire and watched Ever them for hour until Hein arrived. Commenting on the Root suit riots in i of Angeles psychiatrist Joseph Carien said it is natural for service men to resent the cot suit Quot which gives a distorted impression of  he said the Airape shapers suffer from Quot an overwhelming inferiority Complex a Bron Drav to Hollywood the month Bill of judge gave Macfadden a when in to file an amended ump la int. Coffee rations Washington Cost supplies Are so nearly Normal that the opa has made Coffee Stamps Good for a Pound every three weeks. When the Coffee situation was at its worst a Pound had to last six weeks. House passes Bill for new food Czar Washington the House agricultural committee by an 18 to 8 vote approved the Bill to create a food Czar and strip the office of Price administration of authority Over rationing and prices. The Bill is opposed by the administration and would put food Powers Limiter War food administrator Chester Davis. Skinner Ann Cerin is planning to tease the Broadway play goers this fad with a new opus a he hones to get Oro wed Quot men gentleman and others a radio ringer i a a a we Ley. 28 of Beverly Nils gal., up red to show in for her wedding with it Charles Bonfie her a gtd. For a a mole reason. The night before she he married but Pony Goodman s famous Piam t - starch. Ann Perni Neton former 7.ieofeld follies Star. I wearing a hoop skirt in a revival of Quot student Prince Quot Guys who it min Ber her Lovely cams say its a Sham i co or them in Paul Lac Fri a and Charlo Boyer both of whom made their screen debugs a cab driven were made honorary member of the Hollywood 4 a Driver Syndicate. Martha rave a been feeling Rick Ever rime she returned from her Norih african trip. Mer w Coley deciding i heard was his most distinctive feature stuck if into the Cement of Graumans chinese theater. He friends lifted the element in or far would dry into a siiri Block in he d have to a a have. But he kit stroking his Beard and each hair dried separate everywhere retail prices Pound when the to percent with going to packers of meat were reduced from three to six cents a  of Price administration Cut meat prices by sul Ridy payments of 250 to 300 million dollars annual to Roll Back prices of butter and Coffee. Annual subsidy Pax menu will bt1 made of 65 million and 35 million dollars. When aircraft production topped the 7.000 figure for May. War production Beard chairman Donald Nelson called for 8,000 planes in june. The m p