Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Algiers Das Lyt vol. I no. 55 wednesday june 30, 1943 u. S. Army daily newspaper for troops in Algiers area one franc army Navy proposal will raise soldiers dependents allotments Washington the Senate military at airs committee was to Duy presented with a War and Navy department join proposal to allowances tor service menus dependents and to relieve the service men from making the first Mon irs payments on dependency allow Luces. Under the recommendation the allowances for wives would remain it 50 dollars monthly but allowances for children would be increased at least to percent. Dependent mothers would in allowed to dollars or month As compared to the 25 dollars they now receive the new male if approved would hive a wife with one child ii dollars plus la dollars monthly tor each additional child for a Motherless child the amount would be 42 dollars and la dollars for each additional child a divorced Wile would a Reive 42 dollars but in no ase would she get More than the amount of Alimony decreed and still payable. Heavenly Days Gabriel figures in food squabble controversy rages As Davis resigns from food Board tile the to id spot was Washington june 28 Angel Gabriel stepped into wrangling Over the nations Eroe ram for the one Bright i the Day s development. The heavenly trumpeter brought up by president Roosevelt in a press conference when he pod that neither a food Czar nor the Angel Gabriel himself would in Aillet to get More food to americans at present immediately alter that statement former president Herbert Hoover who has been the Foremost critic of the administrations handling of the food program said that no responsible person asked flt or a Tood Czar or an Angel Gabriel but that nation needs a a food i manager actin under the president wit bin the Laws prescribed by Congress. Matters took a More serious turn when Chester c. Davis resigned As War food administrator in disagreement Over the principles of the president s program the president then appointed judge Marvin Jones of the u. S court of claims As his successor in his letter of resignation Davis said he could not defend the presidents program of a a Broad general subsidies is he did not believe they would be effective in controlling inflation unless tax and savings programs went with them Quot i find i have assumed a Public responsibility a Davis wrote the president a a while the authority not Only Over the Broad food policy but Day Day action is being exercised elsewhere the War food administrator shares with the office of Price administration authority Over food prices Congress usually changes the food policy from time to time which sometimes makes things a Little Mare difficult. In accepting the letter of resignation the president pointed out the necessity of teamwork Between the various government branches if prices were to be kept in line a what i am concerned with is the objective of keeping the Cost continued on a n 4>u.s. Acts on Cartel Deal Federal grand jury indicts three fir Slekes mine Chiel Railroad official Given new Post Washington. June Jias the Back to work movement of striking miners proceeded at a slow Pace Secretary of the Interior Harold l. Ickes appointed Carl e. Newton As director of Coit mine operations. Newton will run ail the mines seized by the government when the miners struck new ton a 45-year-old int Ive of Cleveland is president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Several thousand workers from the Pennsylvania Coal Field. Were still reported Idle today in spite of the United mine workers order to return to work plus the drastic new Law making striking in government cont rolled property i Federal offence. Most if the other nun i it have already gone Back to the pins Fields at Charleston. W va., reported near capacity production while United mine workers officials at Logan w. A representing 140.000 miners adopted a Resolution to go Back and mine the Coal necessary for the prosecution of the War for our gov continued pm rage i Washington june 29 three u. S chemical companies and four individuals have been indicted by a Federal grand jury on charges of creating a worldwide Cartel in conspiracy with German British f Allan japanese and o her foreign interests tile department of Justice announced today. Assistant attorney general Tom Clark Iii charge of the departments anti Trust division said toe Cartel embraced titanium compounds used in the production of strategic War imperials the cartels however operated Only before tin Weir. Indicted were Carl h. Rupprecht. General manager of the division of e. I. Dupont Dot mouse Fletcher v. Rockwell president of National Lead products co. Claude Garesche. Director of the same firm and Gustav Jeb san. Vice president of Titan company subsidiary of National Lead. The id c tent alleged that Beton tin War tile defendants and their foreign partners divided the i con in lied on Pago 41boissons resignation accepted no comment made on Giraud s plans for u s trip on the prowls to of i Neil. Commissioner for col n t e French committee of Nat on a a liberation get try a Uve Ped to resignation of Pieta hoi -.on, governor general of French wed Aine it is understood that Poison whose resignation w is said to tie in the inquests of French Unity will carry on his Dot is ump be is replaced by a new App n a the committee of National i i Erat Ion in a oms nun que when followed a the tee Bour meet in yesterday declared that Ross us successor will be named a a very is Kofl observers get of u i e d a a bosons Sten Down was the at m mantled a on of a to i not a Limi nation of Oft coils who no f \ in co Oner a ted with the Vichy overt ment although the we St of net g Vernor Caon rate i lamely mph the Abies following their invasion of North aft Ca Ani in tune off Ltd a i tie use of i file no Nve a abilities if is sat a font Gen Clin yes de g onto or it it a am a in his demands far Bis ousting. It was b it Isson who was in Quot Horff of the defending forces when do Ca Quot pets fre French forces wifi Brit so naval Simp of made a futile attempt to inn t at Dakar log fake that chief West Africa f to no mention was made in the co inn Rio use of the commit co concerto. The Mono a trip of Gen Henri lion ire Ornu i to Wabi pc ton Bat technical military conferences from Washington. Hove or came the in am ment of Steuben p t l pm White Home Secretary Cha Gen cur a us will o n i t the gluten states Early said t git it was his us Deis Iod n that git Aud win no in b s min tare my div los in a1 of the frn h Nord ii african army rather t in in the pol i a Cai it Ecith f Leader with Gen de of Elf of the French North Africa without water As conduit Breaks heavy air attack damages leghorn Squadron Marks up 100th Mission without losses Ai lied Force head Juar 1.1 us june 29 one Hundred missions and not a Man lost was the claim Wilt ii Oil of the flying fortress squadrons which in a i leghorn was Abb to make As ifs last Plant landed and every Man stepped out uninjured. Participation in sundays Loo bomber raid on the italian put not Only marked the is Hadrons 100th successful Mission but was a Milestone Iii la months of combat flying Over Western Kur Ojie North Africa Sully Sardinia and Pantelleria As Well As Italy proper during tiles months Iii unit. Which is Corii matured by Cap Robert j do of los Angeles in count eled 77. It enemy aircraft deployed 24. Damaged Many others and unload i 1,200 tons of ii ribs on the enemy. Tile Oulu 1111 a a plane was Hist was when a fortress piloted by Apt Donald a Swen ten Carpi. N i. Plummeted into thu English Channel but rescued. Capt e m Texas one of Squadron who Laid Over i Ember 5 la the Crew was Slack jr., Maria seven men in the went on its first Rouen France on Seji-1912. Was Well pleased200,000 children get milk ration in Africa Washington june 29 during the summer there will be 80.-000 daily Servings of milk for children in North Africa and for nursing mothers and others needing it. The office of foreign Relief and rehabilitate or operations announced in reveals a program for the speedy re establishment of civilian Lite in that area. Since january the red Cross has served 200,000 school children w Ith daily milk rations in French Morocco Algeria and Tunisia. In addition food. Clothing and quarters have been already distributed throughout Tunisia. The City of Algi is awoke yesterday morning t find itself without water officials attributed the shortage to a breakdown in one a Nna til it noun conduits located at i the mount Ain Reservoir which sup i plies Hie City. Army hospitals Felt the shortage and were forced to prot a info service Lysol. Alcohol and other makeshift methods of instrument sterilization. However there was no i serious disruption of their Roi Itin. A Large number of army trucks in the City were requisitioned to haul water tor drinking an miking purposes. Civilian hosta is were also affected but to officials that j this situation was now under con hoi. Repair work is progressing As rapidly a it p Idle but the restoration of service Wall be gradual and Complete Supply will not be available until sometime today. Notice t a strand stripes Cir Illarion department effective today will be unrated at the agricultural building i i Boulevard Baudin just across the Street from tile american bed c Ross club. The editorial department will follow in a Day or so. With results of the last Mission look at the map and you la see where leghorn i.-. Right on the pm Cap of Italy that s where we kicked them sunday. I think a wound up our loot it with a proper i Salute to the unrest increase Gestapo to guard Industrial Points London. J Utie 29 As Allied bombers carried their of Tensive into Europe for tie ninth successive night reports of increasing unrest Iii Western Germany were strengthened with tin announcements that Heinrich humbler Chiel it the Gestapo has sent a special division it of Stirn trooper., into the Ruhr District with unlimited pow or members of the Hummer unit will guard Coal trains railway stations and key Industrial Points and have authority to proclaim a Quot state of emergency a a it was stated by the b rim radio. This Actu n follow., re Jioras of a mass exodus f rom the ruin due to the c i tinned havoc spread by round the clock Aerial attacks on it a Many a thickly populated Industrial centers. British and u. S Bon Liers a v attacked tare Els in Western in i Aerodromes and rail centers in France while Rae to Dor us Ani Horn Ane Cank to o Tiffiny ships and damaged i or Tilers off the nether Aud Ca t one Large Force of flying for x bomb do by at instal a on at St a Aire while another a tacked the fighter Airfield at Beaumont in Roger starting Large fires. Be Ding target of Allied bombers monday night was the key Rhineland City it Cologne this was the 117 attack on the Reich a i fourth largest City. The last attack on Cologne took place Jura 16. Reconnaissance photos t a in of bochum show that i rap1 raid i of june 12 Over that City la veld 12 acres in the Center of the City. Nine factories three of them of the highest priority were affected j tile Stahl Werke Combine one of j continued on Page 4 flying forts hit Oil tanks smash Railroad tracks Allied Forck i frs. Jim 29 be Thorn an Kalian port town wit ii valuable Oil be in nes 20 Miles nor ii West of Rome. Was hit by a 100-b in Ber by i z of flying Pirtie is yester y. Tax eth one month to the Day a t a f la flits pail their last visit to the italian City in their nine minute blasting of leghorn til strategic audio be bom Ber t a ated such havoc that five hours aft r the raid. The n-111� port was still in heavily coveted by smoke that an accurate assessment of Lama a was Imi of style re Don oohs taken liter showed the results of the raid in the Oil of i Erv. The Oil for Ai a t Ink had. Seab c e and it w is to a or thick so wok that Cut off t la Eide target from f"l9bi clo e in n a it t on for in the air Wellton h sn�ash"1 tile Railroad lines ie1 Rig to the Marshall if wards Traks runt Rig East of the Cit ant a Quot our so in i supple do i it and two it u is in tie Harbor tour a re ant a is n and n a Inlet ice a Quot it Erus of a Ness Lily tisir1 by tile to Lifis for Trainin a Quot re new re Dama de arid lid were a Iso s or a ii and n car til. To or a tax Ion. Mir a vats Aud in dust Al Dis Ahu i is. Una in Vester Reav a raid Over Naples a h its i Uteri flak and Hon of a in pfc a on no it on and air Kfaft ewer t in was Terc Etas Ash do to mod rate Quot Over the to to and of in on Erie tiv tight to n i. I a Rev i Mic t ii Iron Llu be to o boy ibo i j ago their run was encountered Clef Protection f r r o h i ii was a us k s Eon who i a As Roma denser St tick in v Lien the for Ress bombs a Quot a Stova Quot a a tanks will the Beavy bomb is War att a Hiiva 1 a Quot in i Quot its fir f raid f to fiver 20 have Reed Jum bom Liers of the Cor to we 1 a f in at i a it pm were Busy Atta Kuig air cd throw ii a t1�?T i a i the and lir Itti of Fard i a b-96 marauders escorted by r-4 i War Hawks bombed of trued on Page 1 report Italy Fleet move Spanish news papa reveals departure London june 29 the imminent departure of the italian Heel from Home bases highlighted Axis radio report g received from the continent today. The reports should not be taken very seriously since it is unlikely that Rome would announce such a move. The Rome correspondent of the Spanish newspaper Quot Anba a a pro Axis publication wrote that the italian Fleet has sailed a a mysteriously and aggressively for an unknown Destino Ion. Military correspondents emphasized tin breakdown of Many of the continents transportation facilities. Transportation has been the worst of Germany a problems they admitted. The controlled press Point d out that available Axis troops Are inadequate to guard closely most of the european coast line As Well As the 1,200-mile front in Russia. The general Tenor of the articles implied that the Reich would have to hold the bulk of its strength in Central Reserve to reinforce continued on Page i
