Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Page 4the stars and stripes daily slavs creeks harass Axis partisans driving on three fronts Mascot thursday july i 1943 London. June 30�?reports received Here today indicate that Gen. Drama Mikha Ilovitch a Patriot army has started a three front offensive against eight German divisions in Yugoslavia and the greeks in the Northern mountains an lighting two German divisions. While yugoslav partisans in their offensives were breaking through the German ring in Northern Montenegro and flooding out into tie mountains of Eastern Bosnia. Rutting railways and axes Supply lines greek guerrillas were clashing with German troops on land and sea inflicting casualties capturing War materials and carrying shipping. Hie yugoslav breakthrough said the reports came As a Climax to a month Long Battle against the germans. The Victory marked the failure of Tho fifth Axis offensive against tie guerrillas. The sector in whih the breakthrough of culled  a 50-Mi in stretch Between Sarajevo and Vish Grad. And ruts the Only railway toward the Var Clar Valley the key route of the ays Supply a lips three of the eight German divisions were said to have already last 50 percent of in to effective in tie mountains of Northern Greece guerrillas clashing with two divisions of German occur to i lion troop its withdrew after a it Civ my Rny nor casualties and took Wil t ii item much German War material in Southern Greene. Italians of a feed 300 casualties when Thev tangled a a the guerrilla bands in several a tons the italians Abo lost much War material Nehid no a in Milder or Mountain guns on the Aegean so greek sea Mer. Ril is of crating motorized fist u a Holts in i with cent ii red German mach4 Quot on. Were Harry n German shinning around the greek roast and islands a Gijon simple so dal adopted be to list by american Engineer outfit War crimes by pvt. Pall s. I stars and strips Green staff writer a Good Soldier China s Gas hauled by Goatskin raft Washington one of China a most ancient forms of transportation was used on a Large scale fur tile first time when Goatskin rafts carrying 31 tons of Netro Leuin products arrived in Chun Kiiu from Shansi a thousand Goatskin were ii of in making three Large rafts which were do Flat d and dismantled for Shu Wient to their starting Point. Chinle officials estimated that Tho use of these rafts represented a saving of oooo dollars in transportation charges. Mines take big ship to Axis tonnage loss blow to nazis when you notice the kid parading around town dressed in his All i uniform you might think the american army is getting its soldiers awfully Young these Days. But take a closer look and you la see he s  i Joe 13-year-old Mascot of an Engineer unit out at i the Airport. F the midget Soldat is a Good look j Jig youngster and with his deep tan lie might pass for an Ordinary j american boy. Actually he s part Arab and part French. He s proud As punch of being adopted by the yanks and the responsibilities of being an Quot american Soldier Quot rest none too lightly on his frail shoulders. Joe has Quot seen action Quot against the germans and by All rights should be wearing a wound Stripe Here s How it a happened. About a week before the american landings a Jerry Soldier probably stink walked up to Joe near tile air Jort. Where lie lived with his family. The Jerry started talking to Hun in German which is naturally greek to Joe so he said politely in arabic that he no Lumpree. Tile German thought the kid was making fun of him. Pulled out his gun. Aud shot Jot in the leg. I the French were afraid to dress the wound for fear of retaliation. So Jim was Laid up in ins House i for a we a when the yanks a i Rived. Joes dad a it a Job at the i Airport where he got a doctor to j ii up tile leg Vii h the ugly scar on lits leg. J the kid does i feel too kindly about j Jerries. Once tie saw German pcs a oilers boarding ship in the Harbor Quot say. He asked ins Buddi is. What you do Wuth prisoners Quot they were being sent states. Quot Vehe you no he demanded. Quot Thev with his own cot equipment. Every lands reveille with at Chow with his and necessary morning tie them lines up own mess kit. Roosevelt appoints former Diplomat espionage continued from rage i providing had been convicted of treason by a lower court. Tire men were sentenced to death while the women were Given sentences of 25 years each. The prisoners were granted a new lease on life when three circuit court i a Ges ruled unanimously that judge William Campbell. Who had handed Down tie a sentences had Givin improper instructions to the jury and that evidence compiled by the Fri w is improperly introduced at the trial the six defenders were recently arrested and charged with hav put is to hamper War production. My assisted in preliminary preparations for carrying out Nim i he saboteurs themselves among whom was Herbert Haupt the. Smi of mans Haupt. Were eau tit and executed after Landing from German submarines along the Cavern Seaboard. The Fri Char Haupt and helped him in his plot to sabotage american Indus i v London. June 30 no it less than 400 enemy warships Supply ships my smaller Craft have been sunk or damaged by mines Laid in european Waters since the wars outbreak announced a joint communique from the British admiralty and air ministry. It is considered that the Tine figure May lie appreciably higher. At tie same tune tile Board of economic warfare in Washington. Issued a report stating that gel i Man and italian shipping has been 1 severely hammered by Allied bombing and by cts. Submarines in Waters adjacent to euro get. In addition the report stated the enemy is suffering from shortages Jot tue Oil and trained seamen. In Olla a. The British High i commissioner of Canada. Malcolm Macdonald revealed that Allied anti submarine warfare has resulted in the destruction of More than one a boat daily for the last i two weeks. Die London communique stated hat surface Craft submarines and Ai remit of the bomber command. Coastal command and Fleet air Arm All have contributed to tile mowing toll of enemy shipping casualties by mining. Of Tensive nun laying operations by All types of Craft surface and air. Have forced the enemy to close Many of his Pons from Oslo to Bayonne from tune to tune and have interrupted traffic in Imp it a i Faut Waterways such As the Kiel j canal the report revealed. Mines have been strewn within a Lew Miles of the enemy Shore it and already have resulted in in irked reduction in enemy Coastwise traffic in addition to dislocating already strained lines such operations Abo enemy naval strength by him to in in Ami maintain 1 Fleet of mine sweepers. He was told Back to the kill them Quot no Gen Al Joe used to a out to the air kit it every Day to see his father j and the Engineer Fellows got to i i know him and like him. Some 1 j months ago the co. Of the outline asked him whether he would like to stay there with the boys sleeping and eating with thrill Joe said. Quot Hokay a and became a j yank he picked up English in a i Short time and now Speaks it Sui i prism Gly Well. He lives exactly like the others makes himself useful during tile Dav. Lines up for Retreat then hits the Hay with tile gang he had a Little trouble learning How to make up his bed but now bes so Good at it Ive helps his buddies for inspection. He goes out with them on their weekly hikes trudging along with pack helmet and Gas mask. He can take it too. I not get much  he says proudly. Quot i i xxx american  j saturday afternoon he lines up at the first sergeants tent and gets a pass to go into town. Usually lie rides in with his closest i buddy pfc. Ben Weber of Seattle Weber or one of tile others gives him some spending Money to get what lie needs. He s always careful to have his shoes sinned. Quot Good shines. Lie smiles Quot boys use american  Weber is so tickled with him. Lied like to take him Back to the states if lie gets a Chance. He has a nine year old son and thinks Joe would make a swell pal for him in last. All the boys in the. A Ginger outlet get a kick out of him. Looking on him As kind of a kid brother they won t let him cuss. Or Gamble or smoke or drink Vino Only bad american soldiers Dunk Vino Quot he says. Quot no Good ones Quot As he says that he look a Weber out of the Corner of in eve. And smiles As ids buddy nods approvingly. Suddenly Weber s eyes John vide. And he exclaims. Joe your pocket in t  hastily Joe buttons if. Looking warily around for an m i1 strictly i. W asking ton. June 30�?prexi Kukuy Al wanted Herbert Pell. Former minister to Portugal and Hungary As us representative on the United nations commission to investigate War crimes. Significantly the appointment was made on Hie anniversary of Hitler s 1934 blood purge one of the first act of nazi violence. Tile United states. Great br.?-Ain. The soviet Union. China and the governments in exile Are ail members of tile United nations crimes commission its actual program will be worked out when All members of the commission arrive in London French. Poles russians and other nations already have compiled lists of War crimes and criminals. The s ate department said that the us. Is preparing to compile another such list. I is hoped that the commission. Which will have its Headquarters in London will be Able to hike Concrete Steps looking to the punishment of Axis agents with Nave perpetrated atrocious crime against innocent victims Quot tile Whie House said in announcing a lie appointment walkout reported in Italy factories i Ndon. June underground i ital 30 copies of in newspaper in coiled Here Tell of widespread strikes in Hie Northern Industrial City of Turin this past March yanks Force japs Back in Pacific the newspaper called Tulia  1 few Italy. Disclosed that strikes began because of Hie failure of factory managers to pay a promised indemnity of a month s salary to workers in bombed area Jesse Jones continued from Cage i opinion Well at Supply deplete forcing a Large remarked that in his tilings were going pretty Home. Government officials sometimes use this met Hod of arousing the president when they feel be is neglecting a Jar of the Home to it it. Publicizing their disputes they believe. Will cause the president to take some action in the matter in his statement. Wallace reviewed the Iii Story of the Effort to build up stockpiles and charged that Jones had Quot failed dismally Quot to acquire the material As authorized by Congress 18 months in Tore Pearl Harbor the vice president said president Roosevelt 14 in midis ago transferred to the Bew full control of strategic a t rials but Jones never accepted that authority a he referred to Jones As a Quot hams ringing bureaucratic obstructionist and backdoor  Wallace charged die Reg also with stalling on die rubber program and other critical materials. Including oils fats and minerals he maintained Jon a acted a d be though. It would by to Washington a the tide of japanese advances has been turned into a gradual withdrawal toward their Home bases by recent american operations in the Southwest Pacific said it. Gen. Joseph Mcnarney Deputy chief of staff of the army m testifying before a Senate appropriations committee. Gen Mcnarney also remarked that tin ability of the United states to Transfer grilled forces in Large numbers to various Battle fronts All Over the world and to keep up a steady Stream of supplies to of a allies a doing much to Quot hasten final Victory Quot our stepped up Aerial warfare and the self Confidence we have gained from our african achieve the passing from a an aggressively Oldie general told a in Ber More than 80.000 workers in. The rial Mant alone stopped work the Iep Oit said. While the total number of striker was Between 40,000 and 50 000. Although troops were ended in. The authorities gave was end agreed to pay the promised indemnity in instalment it was stated. Commenting on the walkout the paper claimed an tinder room i worker organization exists which is so rung enough to direct act in in widely separated factories and even Many employers showed themselves to ik1 in sympathy with Hie workers against the government. Inputs Mark defensive to Tensive War. Committee in p-47 performance in Battle cited Short War i la to profit. And As it to to operate i in Forte it Reg at a Lii Abner postwar i Sciand promised business t. To Gago a declaring that the Aims of the  program were to assist and not compete with private enterprises. Philip Fleming. Federal works administrator in a speech today to Tho associate general con to actors gave his Assurance that private Busine would have a free hand in building for tin Post War  Fleming stated that the Federal go bument had no intentions of Inie Ferin with private Busine in their endeavours to build up i Pix-1-War Trade by let not build monumental Public buildings in towns that have a greater need for sewerage system or a uni event airports in cities that Don t need Airport a it. Fleming advised Washington the War department reported that the Bittie to nit performance of the p-47 Thunderbolt the army s newest High Altitude fighter indicates it will out match the Focke Wulf 190. Which is considered the let it German plane of that class Hie first detailed report of the Thunderbolt is based on two Days act nil Over France when the f-47 s shot Down four Focke cult i and damaged two others. Toe Thunderbolt is tie heaviest sin a die motored . Fighter pow eid v Ith a 3.ojo horsepower pre 11-Whit Ney uprooted engine a hid supercharged tor combat t a 40.000 feet. It has a Speed of More  400 Miles an hour. And Cai us eight it 1 Caliper machine guns  plane is used mainly for is Cor my bombers to Europe. L a 4 8 i l5� Del Nice Coad today avs Al Capp Tanav i i we our r us i a a Quality of it f pc of v our merchandise i r Hihi j  Matfie f Quot u if. Ai if a a in a Rvl 2 a a a it a. A u havoc cited it  t from Cage ii y his in franc Usa of Headquarters re. Lied that a new lock in the submarine Basin was shattered a inn or lot is also wets hit in  was officially described As i pea tee example of huh Altitude pie. I Ion Bombico \ Quot the new lock had taken tie German nearly i month to build it lacked Only a Bori b proof roof. It was announced in London that the rap is setting a new monthly record for total bombing loads dropped on Germany. Twelve thousand tons were a loosed in May but that figure already Lias been topped by 1,500 tons in june it was stated