Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 5, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Vol. I. No. 58 monday july 5. 1943 u. 5. Army daily newspaper for troops in Algiers urea one franc islands in heavy Naaf raid Sicily puts up Strong ack ack fighter opposition by Mil Ion Lehman Star arid s rip it staff Witter it Al liked Forck Helix car i Kris. 4 in their heaviest continued Ai a it k since the Lull of Konope it i did Pant Jena bombers of the strategic and tactical air Force it yesterday smashed actin it key labels on the ital Dii i it a an k a i in ii and said into i he ase. Whim islands live i a a a Sib be a led to coils taut attack by i tues of is it a til West african a f Nee Tel a i cd the Powell Al victors Smi trolls lighter oppo s 11 in in Sicily but rallied Only Hight 11tit�r Piott Chinn Over sap dim a during the aids in which Light medium and heavy bomb a is pin input co ten enemy planes and Ouk Haaf piano were destroyed a tile Hilt Hest ratio die Axis has been Abe to gain in its recent attempt it to to at bark Allied for 11 Tati hts. Targets in Sardinia were Chili fou Aud alg hero Aird Romes in the Northwest Section of the Island Cali Peterrs in the South and Mills in the Wes fighters accompanying the formation of b-25 Mitchells. B-2 it marauders and b-17 flying fun i attacked the radio stations at alg hero and Pula on the Southeast const lighters who took Pun in i raid were p-38 lightnings and p-40 Hawks and the entire Sardinia attack the w no of the Stuit Egie air Force. At. Alghero the bombers four buildings Ai the Alghero Verlilla Airfield and struck the hangars administration and storage buildings Gin Large fire seen. Over at ills Ai drome the b-25�?Ts covered the Field with bombs and b-26s flu. H followed in the attack confirmed the report at Capot Erra the marauders caused two explosions and probably one fire in an a ii dump of Pula the radio station. A bivouac area and gun Emp lacing in Quot were strafed by p-40\s. I ii in the strategic air Force pounding Sardinia the Light a nil medium bombers of the tact continued on Page i i Senate body passes dependency boost Washington july i the and n Ivy department loud prop Sal to rat e allowances for service mens dependents Ani to relieve service men from making i first in Gith s payment on dependency allowances took ii not Lier step Forward Over tile weekend when tin military committee unanimously approved the Bill it now goes to the Senate for a vote the senat a committee also approved by a ten to six vote the i Wheeler Bill to prohibit the draping of rattlers until next january i. Quiet Marks anti subsidy Bill ta3jesh after veto Eisenhower cites Day s significance at Brief ceremony by is r a i let i it it and strikes s n i m ii it i v t Wilder Cen. Giraud flies to . Martinique talks will begin soon Gen. Henri Honore g Ira lid left Algiers by plane t it a the United states Over the weekend the French committee of National lib i Erat Ion announced yesterday. His departure for military conference. Iii Washington made quietly j and not immediately a mounted although it generally known j that the trip soon to be made he accompanied by commandants be puff re and Poniatowski of staff and by it. De Vais scan Viret aide de Camp. Regarding the developments in j Martinique it said an envoy will to sent the re to Confer with i Admiral Georges Robert on the i handing Over a of control of the j French Antilles to the French j committee. The move decided i upon after Robert had indicated j to the United states he is willing to abandon pro Vichy governing of Martinique a a to avoid already on tor conf or once with Robert is vice Admiral i John Howard Hoover. Commander whole nation Beach in that j it a quiet fourth of july i yesterday lot Ainee in an let Quot and san h s tii Kilt it. To a re Ere lit 11� to remind them of a Quot to fourth t a i july t a i it by it soil Quot except quiet unit Rete til Quot Nix St re to Quot and building Quot decked with american to log it this tune flanked by by if and French of a i and weather lid wa., goop and hot Ion Wen tie Sharp reports of firecrackers Intel to a climaxed with Bright night fireworks tie Pici lies in Park when Ion ode ments and speeches unwed without stint the traffic snarls caused when practically a derided to go to the country. Stowed away until bet it times to come were the fourth of Only doubleheaders hot drugs a no Titus Tard. Ice cold Brittle Quot of Beer easily to tip most impressive Observance of the glorious fourth in this part of the world hat conducted both United states. Great Britain and France at allies Force Headquarters High ranking Allied officers wit Ney id a colourful ceremony climaxed by what probably one of the shortest fourth of july speeches on record Gen Dwight d Eisenhower. Comm an ice in i Clinef of Allied forces in North j Africa took Ilian two Minnie to vim up the significance of the covering s weight makes Iii sex Kik us july 4 Germany n tat and Bulky Reich Marsh 1 Hermann Goerrig who has had Sinh a Dill unlit time reducing is said to to seriou., ill and s it i i in from a nervous breakdown and heart rouble according to re in Iris received in this Rumor fast or from Reb to blew sources in Germain on thursday the reports said a to Rit ii a condition in Hilt wit a Quot railed to ins bedside the Berlitz ruin its added a nil Serwit to their and said thai of a i Sci marshal Wilhelm Keitel Lias a it Pla it cd go i ing As a Rem Lar of the retell defense conned. President s food policies upheld by House vote Navy sets japs Back enemy sea forces Retreat in Pacific iof american naval forces in the Carn bean sea the French Conin it tee a Quot a replays to give new and Glon i birth to tile Celebration of Bastille div july 14, a Holiday forbidden by the Axis since fall of France the roving reporter Ernie Pyle s column begins in today s stars and stripes event he said that the declaration of Independence mule in connection with a Long hard that found the United skates Fiance and Britain on different sides a now we Are handily on the same Side against the Axi Quot oppressors of he added Quot of this is a source of gratification to us if i Quot also a source of the greatest alarm a to a the Gen Eisenhower concluded Robert i my Rahv american my in to of to North Africa translated tin general swords of the French officers present at noon a Briti h Wir Tco finned on Paye 4 Ernie Pyle who writes a daily column for 125 newspapers All tilt from Alaska to puerto Rico and from san Diego to Boston has agreed to let the stars and stripes publish stuff. The columns begin today and will appear hereafter simultaneously in the three daily editions of this newspaper published at Algiers Oran and Casablanca. The columns will. Of necessity he a Little old. Since Ernie Pyle j usually writes about a month ahead of the time columns Are publish led Ernie Pyle writes in a matter , Down to Earth style. La does no to mince words and he cd Quot ii t employ superlatives and eight Dollar adjectives. He sees and i . R i bes things As they Pix a to an ordinal Guy. And he does no to traffic in heroics. Finn Quot appearance docs i ctr. La it a half pint of Only 10 t Pound Quot baldish and grading my describes himself As a a probably the Man in uniform in Africa who Hasni to slept in a Ped t a months and who is damned 1 Lek of the Back in Albuquerque new next a co where he lives in a modest Bungalow which lie helped to build and who h he says contains lumber a purloined from neighbors in the dark of the Moon or Nies closest pals an the rough and ready Type whose to tin purpose in in is to catch too biggest fish or kill the biggest Deer and who merely tolerate literary men he born and reared on a farm near Dana Indiana went to Indiana University but didst finish he lived in Washington d a for 12 years and finally adopted new Mexico As Home a sort of a place to Send souvenirs Home to a Ernie Pyle a been in the new palier business 20 years most All of it with the Scripps Howard newspapers a has had Quot roving reporter assignment for eight years. In has no assignments at All from the office goes where he pleases writes what ii pleases he w works just til same now As he did before the except that now ifs All Weir he has been overseas More than a year in Ireland. England and Africa ii Lias been writing a column a Day for eight years he has produced the equivalent of 30 volumes and has sent Back More than 200,000 words on Africa Alane. I negro fighters Nab first Axis plane Allied Force Headquarters. July 4 the first enemy i aircraft to be destroyed by an american negro Pilot a. Shot Down of a Bidav by 1st la diaries b Hall of Brazil. Id piloting p-4o Hawk it Hall w Ai fixing p-40 Hawk which formed put i of the fighter escort of the b-25 Mitchells in then raid or the caste Vetrano tin xxx in Sicily i victim in f�?Tw-190 a it a my eighth Mission it Aid i f ha1 but in i irs t in i had sen an enemy fighter close enough to shoot at i of two fw-1 tothe bomber just for got i heir bomb i a v headed far spa Between the fighters a i tie bombers and managed to turn in id the Jerri a the i lenten tit fit a it i t Ion a Buic and a ii Ticer go int it t he second aircraft the Focke we f Turtle to Lett my then suddenly full Oft no herded toward a he ground it Hui followed Unmil in saw hurl clash of to Dwight i cd at the to id when he negro s returned to their base and congratulated lit col Benjamin o Davis. Or. Ii squad it a commander who comes from Washington d. C. On hi., units first Victory i no j ton. July \ a japanese surface Force consisting of three Light cruisers and tour destroyers. The first appearance of Jap naval units since the new Allied Pacific offensive began routed in a night Bat tit Oil red Box a Island in the Solomons after trying to Shell positions on the i land the Navy depart Lieut announced today. An undisclosed number of tis naval Craft replied to the Tami Bailment and tile enemy ships retreated in Short order Quot the report stated this the first action Between surface vessels in the Southwest Mantic since last november american forces meanwhile con a Ixia ted their , and push Forward while warships Quot Learned along the main enemy in the Northern Solomons Quot Helling Jap tia is and Stalla i ins at Munda and Vila Japan a High seas Fleet has not yet a i in ired and the enemy is using to air Arm alone to the Allied Advance along the 700-in lie arc dotted with isl ids i ii japs lost 124 planes on new Georgia wednesday and i thursday alone against 25 amerlean Dan. Admiral William i it Halsey commanding naval operations in the Pacific one announced. Ten pilots were rescued in tile last two Days 14 laps fighters and eight dive bombers were shot Down on raids Over w Ashington july 4 the Mon s ainu inflation program is ill intact today i i is id edit he Mise veil s i us of the Bdl p. Is so in Congress Winch we a uld have banned gov Ltd in Iii it us i Kim lies to keep Down retail prices upheld by the Hope of to pies to ii i in is Mer i lit week end Chi Quot surprising development to curved when legislative opponents of Quot to Baldy Laded to secure he Neves ii. Two by Joritta overrule theve o inc sustain by l 4 i Louse ii ii ii mus wild of do 22o votes ran again.1 ii willed is 27 i&Quot., than the null it or i quirk a Cong leaders to it Egan to wik nil a Cotrupi Imirse tags a Rutlt admin Tai Ion lord Zeive Hinds tor carrying out the subsidy program because d the break Iii the anti mib Side front it seemed probable the Money will to voted for another six months Lite Success of the administration., policy indicated by an avidin moment from Bureau of labor h. Millies t hat a further decline in meat prices has been ruled. I i Bureau saw Hom tor Moi Price reductions Loc Lood due in Pari to the subsidy system meanwhile tin Senate considering a House approved Resolution extending the life of the commodity credit corp., which the original purpose of the Hill the president forced to veto i my a use the subsidy ban had in 11 included the president denounced i to anti subsidy legislation in one of the strongest messages he Ever ent to Congress Ile called it. Quot an Bill a High Cost of living Bill. A food shortage Bill Quot which would set the Soldier the worker and the unorganized consumer a it with the Farmer informed on fun be 41 daughter of Spaatz arrives in London a on tinned on pay 4� i onix it a. July 4 daughters of two Well known americans were among 52 red Cross women arriving Here. They Are Katherine Spaatz daughter of it it in Carl Spaatz commander of the Northwest african air Force and Kathleen Kennedy daughter of Joseph i Kennedy former ambassador to England. Ivac weds Lance Corporal follow la Liev hat i i by not. Div stars and Shipto ski nor staff writ it i Thiu d overseas mar Ria look place yesterday afternoon America Independence Day when to Josephine Mclane. 01 Pittsburgh became a Bride of Lance a it Ora 1 Hubert Heckman get the Brill h army and Devonshire. Ping land i he rein on a. Lei i Iii t he Algi Ervilla it i c a i sin Ell in tonner con ii to mar Mique. I in mar. T or my cond hied by chaplain Paul i win Low of ciiicj4gc a ii Jane St i 1 i. A s of St Paul in Brid in no 111 i la 111 Pittman of Cauca Acle As be t Man a chaplain window pronounced the newlyweds a husband and wife Quot a Shower of Rice descended upon Tiiu in head. Thrown by the j larg gift i a up s thai Wen i present to see the Lim of their number to marry overseas \ Short a it Ceplo ii a Heid Aper tie ceremony shortly alter the reception the couple left tor a three Day Honey hmm i in new mrs. Heckman who does clerical work in an army office first met Lier husband five months ago after frequently running of it on her to Chow. I warn Alit is after their original meeting the planned to wed but regulation. Forced them to wait three months in the meantime or Sheehan ii Rived from Martinique in tune to 1.in them their Mal nag License another item ironed out Beton their final plans were made when Josephine convinced foul it ert. That it would in More feasible for tax in to return to Pittsburgh rather than Devons me alter tile
