Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Page 4the stars and stripes weekly saturday june 26, 1943 the stars and stripes weekly newspaper of the i. 8. Armed forces published in the North african theater of operations. The stars and stripes in Africa is edited and published by and for the personnel of the i. S. Armed forces in the North african theater of operations. It is printed by l Echo do Alfer 20 Rue de la liberte Algiers. Mailing address to Boulevard Baudin Algiers. Telephone 33l.�#�? it. Christenson est. 04 la. Neville ext. Oft circulation. 8-sgt. William d. Estoff ext. Of it. Col. White. Ext. 07. Casablanca Bureau Rue Georges Mercie 8-mgt. Edward m. Duscher. Or. Oran Bureau 0 Rue hotel de Ville Cpl. Glenn Hedges telephone�?23071. Constantine Bureau special service Constantine 8-sgt. Leonard Emmer. Entered As second class matter at the Post office at new York n. F., under aet of March 3, 1879. Subscription rate to the United states too francs a year. Contents passed by the u. S. Army censors. Vol. I no. 29 Dune 20, 1913 staff officer in charge editor business manager it. Col. Egbert White 1st it. Robert Neville 1st it. Robert j. Christenson of All things editorial staff 2nd it. James a. Burchardt sgt. Milton Lehman a sgt. Ralph g. Martin s sgt. George Hakim sgt. Richard Pruner kit. Dave Golding but. Phil Stern Cpl. Gilbert Sweeney Cpl. John m. , Cpl. Clarence Bonnell Cpl. Harry Watson Cpl. Harry Shershow pvt. Herbert Mitgang pvt. Jack Foisie pvt. Edward Vebell pet. Paul 8. Green pvt James Harrigan pvt. George i it or by pvt. Robert Fleisher. Pup tent poets Chow line blues will some Guy Tell me Why it is Eafon time in a lined to eat a up slaps into my kit the smallest piece of meat the Man ahead the Man behind get pieces Large and tender but this poor Guy can Only draw a piece that a Small and slender. I wailed once two solid hours to be the first in line but ill confess that i got less than any other time. So will some Wise Guy please Tell me Why i admit its got me beat Why they always a a fill my mess kit with the smallest piece of meat. A pfc. Everett Snell african Vigil across the Fields of fantasy the ruffled breezes play the modesty of Mountain peaks stand halted by the Sun the sound of taps Caress the Sod where freedoms sons do Lay. Their valiant Battle now is o Era their earthly work is done. No Roar of planes attend the scene no whining shells Are tossed no rumbling mastodons of steel defile an honoured grave. The Dregs of War Are drained away there is no holocaust. The wine of peace so Rich in blood is interred with the Brave. The tattered Flag undaunted Waves a Challenge to All greed. And warmly blankets tired souls in the bosom of the Earth. But in their midst a Tablet shines emblazoned with the Creed that right is won when Hie is lost a and death is freedoms need a Cpl. Charles t. Snowden i and armed to the Teeth picked poppies and posies and pressed them so of o neat. He gave us some classes he must think we re dopes. As far As More ratings go he squelched All our Hopes. But even with his kidding his razing and All. He a the beat darn officer that we Ever saw. But he a got me worried some threats he a made. I May be called private instead of technician filth Grade. �?t-5 Harold a. Lassanske Twilight journey i made my Way through catacombs of weird design and cast and suddenly i came upon the altar of the past. I took my place with worshippers and raised my voice in song i heard the shadows whispering that i did not belong. My heart was heavy As i left and tears made dim the Way Here Are nine new ways of fixing thai a a Ever present spam do you get that sudden sinking feeling that lip Curling sensation that tendency to put your mess kit in your hip pocket when the fellow in the mess line ahead of you hollers a a spam again a do you too want to go out and eat grass if you do your mess sergeant has probably not seen a copy of a favorite recipes a a Fanny Farmer for the i Kitchen put together recently by an air service prom commanded by it. Col. W. H. Phillips. Its an 11-Pige pamphlet with 47 different methods for the company Cook to put that special taste in i rations. What fascinates us particularly Are the nine methods of preparing spam. We might very easily Jill this space with wild tales of the harems of North Africa but we think a higher Public service is to print straightforwardly the following recipes planned to feed too men each which have been credited to the vast imagination of mess a Gean a William f. Marsh and George w. Bury and members of their air service group. Hey Cook move in a Little closer spam Melet i and on half lbs dehydrated eggs. I it. Water. I it. Evaporated milk a it lbs. Spam. Mix of powder into the eater stir Rani constantly add the milk slowly and allow to stand at least 39 Minuter add chopped spam to Batter Cook Melet style on a Well greased hot griddle. Pm r. Felt a it it it Ltd base censor blues soldiers Many Send Home strange gifts creamed spam 18-24 is chopped spam. 1 it. Fat. 2 in flour. K Eann milk. 8 pts. Water. Heat fat gift in flour stirring constantly. Allow flour to Rook but do not Brown. Add wafer stirring rapidly then add milk allow to Cook until desired thickness is obtained n luring of evasion ally to prevent of scorching. Add chopped spam mix veil and Pepper to taste. Blit tears gave Way to knowing >0 nut use a a it. Serve on Oast. Stars and stripes staff writer smiles As i found the door of Day. The former Way is not for me that visit was the last for Only flt a it is Light candles on the altar of the past. Is sgt. William Callahan remember dear of do not be a prude dear when i am far away. Just have a lot of fun dear slip out each night to play. The lads i left behind dear. They too must have their fling be sure to treat them kindly. And dance and laugh and sing. Tile years Are All too few dear for reticence to wreck. And should i find it True dear 111 wrung your pretty neck. A pfc. S. Kravchuk desert song a myopic White Camel hobbled up to the horizon and caught the Glaze of the Sun s last desperate rays on his Pink irises. The Camel Knelt with pious nod on face the dipping flame and softly wept and turned his Throat to god. Must gracious Allah you have made a Alabaster and in a glad but one thing More limn All tile world now haunts me my soul is sad a and Allah sign Oke in Thunder Quot blessed sacred Symbol of my Power what Dost thy Camel heart sire a spa burgers to in. Spam. 1 la. Debt pirated erg. 2 la chopped �?�1�?� Type biscuit. ? lbs. Flour. One Quarter Ltd it hydrated onion. Chop spam with Fine bladed food chopper. Then chop Bis mite through it ame chopper. Mix the ingredient together and prepare to Fate. Do not use malt. Mold in Paddy form and Fry in shallow fat until Brown and Terve with rat up or Spanish Ranee. Spam loaf spam loaf i made the rame a spam Hurger except one to no. To ran of tomatoes i added together with one half la. More flour. Form into loaves and bake a in baking a meat loaf. Serve with Spani a sauce or Cream sauce or cat Xii. Spam a la Griffith Holh. Spam dired Small one half Inch Rube. 2 and one half Gal Cream Ranee i level til Poon poultry reasoning. Pepper to to in be. Prepare spam and Brown the Rube the chief base censor a mild and patient Man named maj. Walter Becker who was born to these Days of War and worry in East Elmhurst n. Y., works in a Large airy room with plenty of Elbow space in one of North africans largest cities. It is most fortunate that the Good major is mild and patient. He has already seen enough to develop spastic feet muscular ties and migraine head ache in men not so Well endowed with a Calm and tolerant nature. Maj. Becker does no to censor a1 the mail himself. No one could. His Job is to supervise and safeguard the health of his 14 second lieutenants seven first lieutenants and two captains whose Job if is to develop myopia from Reading your letters and take their lives in their hands opening your packages. Sometimes the Maior imagines that the men in this theater have a grudge against him generally. And against 2nd it. Moron Stren Ebere. Of Ishpeming mich., m particular. It. Strengberg is also of the Placid easy going temper his i duty is to see that no Soldier i North Africa sends his aging grandmother a time bomb a Carton of int or a decaying Burro. While none of these particular packages have been stopped by his Section yet. He expects them Al dry two humps have i a the Camel said Quot but i can never Happy of of. Grant my wish or strike dead. Omnipotent and mighty Allah bless me give me three a in on a Gurva de make dream saut most any Day and is prepared to and reason with Phil try season no Ami dispose of them Quot Quot Quot do i in a Quot Kham a Quot a he i 0f package censorship. Cd Ara it a to Rrt of St Ovberg together with per. R a of Elji la to Horn As Rev of Washington and 40 a quoth i pvt. Eugene Ward of Machias one half la Irmyr irate err. % a  Floi r Maine his assistants Are obliged i la hopped Quot a Quot Type Bih Mit. J to Oolep suspicious packages mailed a a lire scam very thin and dip in a by of s in Africa. While packages Bamer bread in flour and Hilt a Uitz. Meal to most people mean birthdays and w ii ii h Choulet be Cray Ned with Pepper Christmas packages to Stren Terr it in shallot fat until Brown serve i with Catsup or a Cream Gravy. Do not a Ward contain the threat of sudden death. Even hand grenades consider the hand grenades. They come in almost every Cay. With deadly Monotony. They be been put through the mails by privates to their sweethearts by majors to their mrs. Some of them cd Gur group dentist Here a to our dentist god bless his soul. It you Don t have a cavity hell make a new Hole. Of. What a screwball he keeps us in a a stitches a keeps razing our medics and makes fun of our  its a a rough a he exclaims with every extraction. With cocaine and forceps he gets a Little action. He makes i in of our sergeant and the Way he works. But the closest he comes to labor is a couple of jerks. He got up one Bright morning they say. Aid in the War against Germany a together we will break the Backbone of the fascist  me rail baked spam a ran spam. Make a paste of Mustard foundered vinegar and Pel per Clare scam in bake pail Inver Iii with the paste and bake. Cd Iliad spam s ran dired scam i no. Of ran Chili con Carne. I no. 2 and on half ran tomatoes. I lace diced Sim in a roasting pan Over tire pour i Hill con Carne and tomatoes Over spam and heat. Fried spam dip pm in Batter then in flour Fry a n Riddle helmets Brassica bayonets perfumes and the ruins of ancient Carthage. A a sometimes i wonder a says lit. Strengberg a if there s anything left to Carthage. From Here it looks As if the boys have policed up the whole damned City and put it in the  the packages no matter How they look Are Given the judgment of the experts before they re passed on. The censors have axes pliers scissors chisels mid hammers to do their delicate work. When to Eye be finished opening a Little Box in their Hunt for Teller mines howitzer shells and machine guns. They must put it Back together again. Most of the time they put it together in better condition than it was in when it arrive i the method of tying packages generally indicates the unit from which the sender comes. Headquarters soldiers will fasten their packages with rubber bands signal men will be wire medics tie theirs in with adhesive tape and Gauze. But no matter How they Are packed the Eye of the censor remains keen. There s no telling a a you never know for  declares pvt. Key a a but when you Arentt sure you open or up. Like that Luger pistol for  the Park Arr for that one was innocent Lookin except the Eon tents were listed As  As Tho word souvenir always arouses suspicion the Box was of it ened. The package censors uncovered a Fine cocked Lurer pistol with one Shell loaded in the chamber being mailed by a Soldier to his wife. What the Soldier had in mind the censors Are unwilling to guess. The Job of the package censor in that Case was not to protect Tho wife but rather to prevent Booty from being mailed out of the theater. Quot the pistol the censor says belongs to the  and so do the howitzer shells enemy or Friendly machine in i j. Dins bayonets Pas masks and Alt libel Lee on the package Wran other equipment found on the Field per As Safe which generally of Battle. Smaus that. Although the charge j one ease came in recently How has been removed the primer is Over. That Hod Little to do with till m exec Lieut working order. Regulations unless you want to regard the other spoils of War bring in certain sanitary Pecau what happens from this Point which Are by military Law the Lions in the censor s manual it. On in is pretty much a matter be property of Uncle Sam. But some Strengberg recalled the Cne of the a a a a a a a tween you and your mess sergeant How find their Way into packages j Herman finer. If came in a Park Joseph Stalin lauding Allied tilt secret weapon of the army is Wing Home before the censor stops age directed by the sender to his still the Kitchen Range. We. Too Thorn the Mauser rifles the 50 Mother the Mger belonged Origi har seen Many strange Convoc Caliper machine gun ammunition j Nally to a German aviator who Lions emanate from that Glossy he German s mines which Are i crashed. Tho details Are a Little and impartial weapon. We have in Man Quot Hen annoyed to  and we wont go into seen pancakes fit for Little More Bike feet and scatter 350 steel than mortal butt plates we have examined scrambled eggs that John l. Lewis a renewing of collective bargaining is the logical Means of providing just be and Equality to cd thirties a maj. Gen Willis ii. Hale commander of the seventh air Force Why Tell the japs when they Are going to be hit i can Only say at this time that the blows Are coming three feet and scatter 3 baits in every direction. Quot we can Tell by  says would make proud hens wish they j met very Well had never grown up. But we have Dovo re a pm instinct Quot when we see a also seen what happens when Ute a Skafte labelled French perfume Cook with the marital touch and that w it i Jas about in Pouls Lluri a sensitive nature comes face to has the b,.npra contours of a Tor face with a ration truck. He is pro. Our suspicions Are aroused the everlasting glory and most be-1 Dav after Day the packages loved Comrade of the soldiers he Rome in with their assortment of feeds. French coins Bath towels soap anything else we can do to help Gas masks Mercur Chrome eggs them to it in finder was preserved in a bottle of alcohol and Well packed in n pasteboard Carton. A a the unit censor passed it on to us a says it Strengberg. A a to Cee what our reaction would be we rent it. Back Aud fold him to Bury the Damn thing a if you have any idea of getting hitlers ears to decorate your mantelpiece you d better plan on taking them Home in your Barracks bag. The censors Are on the Alert. To sgt. M. L