Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Page 8the stars and stripes weekly saturday. July 3, 1843 Silver stars awarded . Possibility seen of Rome attack Congress continued from Page i London a the question of. Re a so said the bombing Rome was raised Iii the rec would Ald creameries be House of commons this week and cause they to amp ave notice of shut foreign Secretary Anthony Eden i a no Down gave a definite answer that the i one opa official warned tile rap would not hesitate to attack Cost of liking would shoot up 50 the italian capital a a if such action should be convenient and Edens statement was in reply to a question in the House whether the italian government been asked that Rome be declared an open City. Eden said that the British government no Trace of any kind of request of this sort. A the responsibility of the bombing should be placed on Premier Mussolini a the foreign Secretary percent in six months if tile anti subsidy Bill goes into effect. This naturally worried labor organza owl shuts Down 58 Home offices Washington july 2�?elmer Davis director of the office of War information ordered the closing of 58 own Field offices in the United states by july 15. He took the action to conform with reduced funds allowed the Agency by Congress. The House ordered the own a w a my Tiv 4 4vv4 a to v.v4 v j v a a. Lions because the administration Domestic Branch abolished but the declared. Quot Nob Xiv invited Mitsuso ers would have to demand wages Ini to attack France and no one increases. This would raise grave been keeping wages Down with the Assurance that the Cost of living especially food prices will also be kept Down. Labor was therefore forced to warn the government that if living were not lowered work a 101 a a a i White House. Meanwhile Senate restored its appropriation although forbidding the publication of pamphlets for distribution within Ute u. S. Congress completed action on the military establishments approx i privation Bill and sent it to the two government for gallantry in action during the tunisian Campaign maj. Gen. Terry Allen commanding general of the 1st division decorates col. John Bowen of Huntsville ala., with the Silver Star. Awaiting his turn is a sgt. Billy of. Wesson of Alvarado Texas. Inn in amex Arrance Ann no one increases Lins would raise grave Weiwu Wink Twu Gucci Mut us invited him to Send hts bombers to problems for the administration a Quot Vilces do sed up shop with Tiv attack London. I believe the Best i and upset the delicate balance be Ming of the new fiscal year. The Mussolini could do for hts country tween wages and prices that i depression born works projects is to note it the Unn rations i stir so far been maintained administration officially went out i Monr offered to him Quot Phi Lopp Nufler Turnina her or chief objection to sending Al, he bombers Over Rome is Bern iture brought a change in leaders flashes from the air front la s not superstition in the men Wiio Fly in the planes against tile Axis its just making sure thai All tile gods of the air ate properly worshipped. Some pilots and i lieu gunners carry rabbits feet letters from the girl tack Home bits of Ilak that missed them Odds and ends of All kinds. A sgt. And Waist gunner Richard r Brown of Waycross ga., braves the fates with a Wool sweater Given to him by his Uncle a. T. Brown of Cross River n y Olio saw hrs share of action in world War i. Sgt. Browne a Uncle sent a note along with the sweater which the gunner now keeps in his shirt pocket this sweater Quot the note reads Quot went through five major offensives in 1917-1918 the second Battle of the Marne Aisne Champagne St. Michiel and the Argonne. Wear it and you will be a a a because the Jerries and by Eti is have been taking it easy these last Lew Days avoiding our bomber and lighters As a fiery plague the gunners in the Squadron in Winch 1st it. Robert a Johnson jr., of Longmeadow mass., is armament officer have been getting a Little Rusty. So it Johnson got the Job of building a setup Lor gunner and target to simulate combat to come. It. Johnson a marksmanship contrivance is a Rube Goldberg invent ton including the body of a two and one Liaf ton truck a gun Turret from a flak beaten marauder and a Kite target made of old Lead pipes. The gunners ale knocking hell out of the target and Hie lieutenants Only Pio Blein now is supplying enough kites for the gunners disposal. A a a the far reaching tentacles of tin California chamber Oil Commerce have stretched ail the Way to a desert airbase in Northwest Tanca and. Although no converts to the state have been made among the nearby arabs there already been the conversion of an Iowa lieutenant. It began with it. Herbert o. Perry tym fortress1 navigator from Burbank. Cat., who worked in the Disney studio before the War it. Peri y posted along a Dusty Ravine a sign with a Black background and yellow letters Reading a a los Angeles City limits Quot a Enid ads his Crew Bruch is All California except for co prior it. Allan j. Oswaldt of Hartley Iowa. That i a is Only 7.777 Miles away. As for o a kit of Iowa they be already sold him on the idea that the rest of the United state is merely a suburb to California and Iowa is scarcely More than a picnic ground. A a a they Call him the sad sack lies sgt. J v Jerkovich or Loraine Ohio. And his Squadron s mail orderly til headache Job of the army. Quot when there s no says St Jerkovich Quot they threaten me. They Tell me not to walk out claim because i might get shot. When there is mail. They threaten me b a cause they dont get enough. When they get enough they done to say the Sera ant ha., his share of troubles. His family in Loraine just wrote him a letter saying that they were pulling out kit and Kah Ltd lie Tot Cilidor Nta. The sergeant who used to work As Cable splicer for National tube a i of Aine subsidiary toll s steel does no to want his family to co to California. Quot in a engaged a lie says Quot i was planning to bring my wife Back to Loraine with me. Where i have All my friends do von know what my parents told me that they were moving to California so i could have tree and open air when i come Home the sergeant pointed at the desert Quot look at he declares a the univ the within 50 Miles is a Herd o sheep. I be plenty of dry the boys of the Squadron like to list in to him at night Especial during the weeks when he was not Only responsible for Huu Lim out my but also for making or my guard assignments Quot when we listen to said one of i mates Quot we feel much better. The sack make us tee philosophical a said another. The presence of a than City in the Center of the italian capital observers Point out. Heavy bombers continued from Page i _ of existence after turning Back developments in the food pie about 130 million dollars to Tho Treasury. The National resources planning Board also expired for Lack of congressional appropriates Chester Davis stepped Down from the Post of War food and ministral or and was replaced by j i Iota. Marvin Jones. Davis resigned because he maintained that inflation can be controlled Only As in England by tax and savings programs that would Drain off excess purchasing Power and not by in accepting the resignation m a i i. I i i it i Volt i la Viv la or err to return i the president pointed out he too Down enemy fighters were shot believed a tax and savings program was needed. But he explained that the tax . Arsenal Moscow the soviet army newspaper. Red Star heretofore conservative in its estimates of american Aid. Said yesterday that Tbs United states Lins become the veritable Arsenal of the democratic countries and surpassed Germany and her allies in All types 41 at i do lit t it u. Ohl lit a Xiii 111 blows a nah we Quot Ami mtt1p Congress not provided. A the in atm ail a Long on of Ingr isolation he requested and sub of armament production ferry Termini. ,.jili� relies were the next Best method the red Star also pointed out of preventing the Cost of living that Allied naval forces now held n spiralling up and the Pur j sup emacs everywhere on the seas chasing Power of the Dollar from spiralling Down. If a Compromise is not worked out or if Congress forbids subsidy payments Over the presidents veto a new Way will have to be i ferry terminus City in night raid a monday and tuesday. In both in f stances bombs wet so a Bnrstim-1 from Walin up and Hie Pur in the marshalling Yards and ferry installations. Leghorn a valuable ital a port and Oil refinery Rev was the second enemy stronghold in flus theater to by visited by a too �?.-. A bomber hut of Alvim fortresses found to we Ard off rising prices of the european War theatres. In the period of less than a week starting fires of immense pro portions. The forts we a Over Tho to re ref not be Tii contrast to th0 her Rny i on Mea Ina. Eek risk was no it and on a one enor it a Fol Jbf offeror a Pomr Nunt g to a oop1 pomp exact in nip Mouth of a or a nip Venns visit ref to if 17�?Ts in in pox Damag not not. The country is set for a dangerous whirl on the inflation merry go round. French continued Nom Page i Gen. Henri Bourrat. Who will be in charge of French flying forces everywhere. Named to round out the Are vice Admiral Louis Collinet. Chief of staff of or Audi Snow and rear Admiral Phillippe Aubo Neau. Chief of de Gaulle s naval forces. Gen. Alphonse juin and Gen. Georges de i Aminat Giraud s and de Gaulle a army chiefs of staff have been members of the War from its founding. The Only Sunrise in the naming of the new members photographs f Kori hours of marshalling of defending forces w.,s the Ofui Artirp Funni to a run or Quot a a which of Noel free French and not tool Damn up was hone to the nil Stor British when they made a frus a do 0au, Man in Corte Soond depot with at inst two me rat d attempt to take Dakar key a Horn Sid tanks having bin do City of the West african bulge. I St roved find o Pup Baoy do ma1? cd Tho Huil Ditursi of Tho do not n so sufferer col 1 �?��?Toh1 damage Hilt Bau a of clone is of by oho which St in Hung Over Rev Quot Hen Tho pictures were Token Nib Trofo ass0 Smoot of re Tho n 1910 my offices. The experts were caught a Little off balance As Bourrat. A Giraud Man. Became Tho i ii i a a pm Fyfo boor who we of a although Buisson earnestly tile sole air chief played Ball with the Vichy in Lino that Bouscal was accept inv to in gave full cooperation to the both factions is not too St Art in Ahi s after the Aledo Amene a in View of the fart that lie Demon evasion of North Africa Plain Strate his As a Rood Modi do postal and a dietary and Ater when he headed tile Giraud Dill the de and brought week was tile filling out of the j unit a step closer. A in cup Vns Simno Sibie a Tom Quot u1, a Aimi Leary anal Ator when he headed Oil tinkers r on a Railroad Nav d facilities under his control Mission which met w Trio a a notifier top event of the Busy Igau lists in London a or t. At. T i a. Imor ii ii to 4411 % a. A a a a r Al. In ii to n of to o nor bwe f an n at fam Mir Iees a supreme War , i Collinet was once commander was til to rail Perl so Jorr of of n v is to a Iii rpt raid made a hot ill Quot to ill i Vijh a it of nil i us of ii it o a. Tho were Gen de Gaulle a a roof by Tho Home of which the Job of bringing into in chief of de Gaulle a Navy but Claser cooperation the forces of he joined the forces of Giraud Gen Henri Honore Giraud and after a disagreement with his com Mander. A Bonneau is the present Ned the o a of Tho Pacific offensive con unused from Page la new Georgia islands it want revealed. An Allied Sii Kesman said thai raids began on Rabau on Tho Iii ii of Jam 39 and continued until Dawn with alternate Waves of flying forts and liberators keeping the enemy Aerodromes neutralized during the Trobriand anti Woodstock occupy Mon. Possession of the big Jap airbase at m Linda by the Amo Lea us will be a direct threat to Tho Jap base at Bouga Neville to til Northwest and a group of hoses at bum Farsi Kieta and Buki. U 8 air forces from Guadalcanal Hove be n pounding Munda con a steamy for weeks in a a softening up operations. Then a Allied on Louglin l viewed in Washington As Ute spark which May touch off decisive naval engagement. It is Tell that Japan can no longer avoid an up a test of sea Power it she wants i it prevent the loss of Rabaul. A to Winch would expose her Supply lines. Washington observers Point out that Japan Cancun Aloid to in each Pacific Garrison tend Tor itself. As was done in the aleutians Japan appears to be committed to maintaining her Barrier of South Pacific Island defences to the extent of risking a Large portion other Fleet air Force and thousands of men. Action is tile third the Solomon. The last aug is when landings were effected then followed the occupation of the Ruoy cd islands in february. J the present offensive in first occurred Guadalcanal Fomo it in of a get i. Paw we no foils Loo h a too look bust ers n the or in met of to Voja in h a Poi fat feb me of min Nib in Litiff a req my o a v web to Quot of Quot Ven f div a it a ofom ins or it eos of i of to . Quot see Naples 11 a Iri be a airfields hit rile week of increasingly heavy air blows was rounded out by repeated missions by american medium bombers against airfields docks and Barracks of scattered i cries in Sicily and Sardinia. Wednesday was one of tile biggest Days of the week for the Usa afas b-25 Mitchells and b-26 marauders escorted by lightnings smashed away at three Imi it Octant sicilian airfields while flying fortresses were heavily attacking a i Lermo and to a p Falco in North and West Sicily. Runways administration buildings and dispersal areas were plastered by the medium bombers at Soiacca Milo and to Rizzo. Three enemy fighters were downed one by an anti aircraft Battery of it sown forces. In the heavy raid on Palermo flying fortresses started fires among military stores and scored seven hits on a Large Barracks. For the first time flak and fighter on position was negligible Over this City. This state of affairs could not be considered too seriously however. In View of the fact that enemy opposition was at its usual strength during most other raids on the Island. The medium bombers another Field Day the week when they made damaging sweeps Over dec i mom an no. Mibs Nihil venation and alg hero Vertilia airfields Iii Sardinia. I heading the new appointees was i chief of the fighting French Navy. Photographer decorated after the Battle its time for decorations. Here is the first signal corps enlisted Man. A sgt. La it Renzo Alcook of Low Angeles cal., to receive the Silver Star in North Africa. Brig. Gen. J. V. Matejka of he chief signal officer is shown pinning the decoration on sgt. Alcook who was cited for his bravery while photo a a Phiiip under fire the Landing operations in North Africa
