Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Algiers daily vol. I. No. 59 tuesday july 6, 1943 u. 5. Army daily newspaper for troops in alg it a a area one franc . Aircraft i first freight glider smashing a makes a Cean hop Jap bases French Island plan talks polish Leader a a a v nip ponese plane losses mounting As yanks Advance a wa8hn i it n creased Aerial Ati to ii it the so weekend while rent rated on i Heads a Tun  Anc to in  Anc n mine to sol it Mon it Allied All hate blows in new ii have  a heavy planes attempting wit 11 a111�i i troop c it Mumm tue to Mil he  reveal Lipaut posit it Nti i area ii new a july 5 a in is marked Arith Pacific Over Lite land forces Conin Olid a ting Briegge striking distance it m Linda tilt two it a baes in tie new los line Lon in it a. July a the  trails at Lantier air freight train composed of a glider towed by a two engined Douglas Lamport landed Ait i a 28-hour trip from Canada to great Britain. The Gluvier carrying two and Hall tons of freight including vaccines for Russia and radio and vac Craft motor parts  piloted by rain Squadron Leader it. I Beys 1 he ship had no automatic Pilot and sets said the Job demanded almost hypnotic concentration by glider pilots. The Waco designed Sailplane had an 87-foot Wingspread further experiments with gliders in air f reign t transportation will be made. The air ministry announced with Robert Giraud May visit Martinique chief on present journey dealt heavy new  Island and toll of enemy to interfere movements a Allied pad fit a. In the Hula Isla lid Are la being a stoutly Hamm red loin it and by Coa. Tai batteries on nearby Bendova Island. Twice 4 ii Aii a i i a at i nip t of a tacks in Force on Tho my i s position it a Reni Iova. And la ire they  beaten not i he Jap. I f 21 Plains Over the Island yesterday. Banging nip Hines aircraft  to More thin la since the Battle Begall last  in new Guinea the americans Wilo i Hided Iii nah san Bay Are still consolidating their taxi Simions As fierce patrol clashes Are continuing on the Jap Supply lines irom Balant Tua to Bubo. Gen. Douglas Macarthur is in personal command of the new Guinea front where us. And australian troops Are drawing in on the japs Sal Amau i base just South of new Georgia Allied forces have followed up their recent sea and air bombardment of Vang Uno Island by storming the Jap held Village of Vura. Alien Allied troops went ashore they immediately overpowered the Garrison and left 300 enemy dead in the Village area. Remnants of the Garrison tied Inland la communique said. Fires raging in Cologne fortresses sweep French targets London. July 5 sauce pilots today fires Are still raging a result of the Raf Day night in which bombers took part. Region surrounding Reich Industrial City with great Clouds of ports stated. Kaik and duet Rhine from Cologne Only a slight proportion City but which contain that a recon n a is reported that in Cologne As attack Satur a ii und reds of tile entire the great is covered smoke re across the which form of the major Ity it its industries took tile As i i Sault of 1.000 tons of explosives. A Large proportion of Germany s diesel engines come from the i duet works. Both places Are railway concentration Points Nirh handle All Ira it in sent from tile Ruhr to the South and Southwest. I Marcel hop Penot Lien. Henri Hon ire Giraud s Diplomat in representative in Washington hid former of tidal of tin French foreign office Prima Lily will in aph it int Das Gen. I ands Envoi to Confer with Admiral Georges Robert in Martinique Over control of lie French Antilles it  indicated Here la t night it  predicted unofficially that Gen. Giraud May himself meet with Admiral Kola t either in Washington or at fort de Fiance com my in. Nil Cut Fly in Jour Nev to the  tin Pio Vichy High commissioner previously had indicated ins willingness to Ive up his Martinique government a to avoid by toys lied a official quarters Here noted with interest developments resulting from the visit of vice Admiral John h Hoover. Commander of Tho tenth  naval area who yet it Ida returned to puerto Rico after conferences with Admiral Robert in Martinique it  reported that Admiral Robert handed Admiral Hoover a memorandum in Winch the following Points Are brought out in detail. 1. A demand for the guarantee of maintenance of French sovereignty. 2. Non intervention of foreign armed forces. 3. Resumption of the Supply of provisions Gen. Giraud s trip is expected to last not longer than three weeks. Continued on i a 4�  funds hit record Congress rushes for Early recess Washington. July 5�?-after appropriating almost 130 billion dollars for the next fiscal year. Congressional leaders were seeking to Dis Mise of the remaining few Money Bills in time to Send tile legislators Home tor a rest later this week. Next years funds for tile army and Navy alone to Al 104 billions compared with 71 billions actually silent for the army. Navy and various civilian  agencies last year. To i in the Senate began consideration of a House approved Bill increasing the borrowing Power of continued on Pape 4> aft rth Raf raid on Cologne five ii in previously tile a Home Bat left orig a reporters of tile German radio described Cologne As i one vast Field of devastation and Lama s of debris. While tills fresh blow  being struck a the German  machine in leu British bomber tor mat ions it Token objectives at Hamb ii a and in tile Ruhr still of he., it id mines in German sea Lane j Litefa Goth u. S. Ail Force Cele Bra ted Juv f no Cli with destruct i live raids As flying forts blasted Quot he lock Gates of the a boat pens at la a Eire on tile Bay of Bis Cay. Scoring direct hits on the lories another Large fortress formation attacked lemans Coneen crating on tile Rhone air plane engine Plant for the second time in six d a is a smaller formation visit Ltd Nantes where the target  a in life raft Assembly Plant. Eight fortresses failed to return the announcement said. Earlier in the week. Squadrons of the newest. U. S. High Altitude fighter. Lie p-47 Thunderbolt destroyed or damaged ten Focke a of 190�?Tn in air duels South of it Itte darn. During attacks on enemy fuel facilities in Holland an official statement today revealed it continued on Paye 4 hoboes work now Indianapolis pity til poor Hobo the  has rut 80.000 off tile membership Rolls of the robot of America. Inc. President Jeff Davis of Cincinnati said. Out of an estimated million members 60,000 Are in tile armed forces and 20.000 Are a actually working in  plants Many others Are on farms the Hobo Kin Quot said proudly. On.  Psi a Sikorski Sikorski killed in plane crash London. July 5 Gen Wlady Slaw Sikorski polish prune minister and commander in chief of of lie polish armed forces Lias been killed in an air crash while returning irom the Middle East to Britain. A British air ministry communique states a a the Ait ministry deeply regrets to announce that Gen. Sikorski  killed last night when a Liberator aircraft in which lie  travelling crashed shortly after taking Oft from Gibraltar. The general  accompanied by mat Gen Szemet ski and other members of his staff the Only survivor of the Accident  the Pilot who  seriously injured and is now in the Hospital Quot it  subsequently Learned that i among the dead Are Gen Sikorskis daughter and maj Cassidy. British member of parliament who  Polit Ira i Liaison officer to Jen. Sikorski. The polish government met this morning in London wit la president Rask eve tech in the chair. The Deputy prime minister of Poland or. J by Kolarchek has been commissioned to carry on the prime ministers duties other ministers will continue in office until a new Cabinet is appointed. The polish Mingler of National defense. Cran Marian Kiare has been commis continued on Page 4i opposition Over Sicily is growing 38 of fighter swarm knocked Down in raid by to sol Mil. Ion Lehman state and stripes stall Antei it Allied Force idea Dquan a i i Krs july a attempting to shirk its Eastern sicilian a in Xiii. Lorn the july 4th attack of heavy and medium bombers of tin Naaf the Axis threw up the heaviest j lighter opposition since the height of the tunisian Campaign. Dining tile terrific air Battles Over Catania and gel Bim a enemy j planes were shot Down to an Al i lied loss of three aim att j Calami which is one or the keys to Sicily s single line railway system and a pot town in the Center of tin Eastern coast within the Shadow of my Etna answered the b-17 s with swarms of inter renting italian and German fighters in spite of tin air bombing i tactics and aggressiveness of the Axis planes the forts sprayed runways and dispersal areas with fragmentation bombs that sent up White smoke which soon turned Black we h shooting flames. According to maj. A ii. Hughes of Center Texas a Veteran of 40 fortress raids the fighters first went at the rear Echelon of the formation drooping Aerial incendiaries that a a exploded into strings of stuff that looked Uke firecrackers a but the pilots Ann. He said. Was not Gix i enough for direct lists. N. Bombardier described i lie Days activity As a a the roue Hest i out t h of july i be Ever spent a at Zerbini also in Eastern Sicily. The raid Over Axis Aird Romes  conducted by Mitchells find a ratifies. Medium bombers of the strategic air Force. The Mitchells dropped bombs among enemy aircraft on the ground and i heir p-38 escort shot Down six enemy planes in the air. The marauders attacking Zerbini shot Down 14 enemy planes ill Fiat continued on Page 41 Creek King promises Post Victory elections red airmen Batter nazis fighting reported in Smolensk area overtaxed City water Supply forces daily tap shutdown soldiers and civilians within the City limits will have to do without tap water for n be hours each Day. It wigs announced yesterday. The shortage is Only temporary and is expected to continue for another week or to Days the water will continue to to turned off from la am until 8 pm each Clay until the entire problem of supplying water to the City is overcome. The local water department  reluctant to discuss the matter. One official said the rapid growth in the City s population had greatly overt a red the existing facilities of supplying water. Matters weren to bellied much recently when one of the main conduits which is under repair broke Down. Army hospitals Are not seriously affected. Arrangements have been made to Supply them with tap water 24 hours a Day Hospital of tin its. However Jim item out that this Supply of a Lei a not fit to drink an i mud be chlorinated first. Cairo july 8 King George ii of Greece in a broadcast Here last night promised a general election for his country within six months after the enemy had been j cleared from Greece the King of the hellenes said that a free expression of jux Pular opinion could not be held while his country  a theater of . Tint that As soon As conditions  anted Greece would decide by popular vote what form of government it wanted j King George  recalled to the j greek throne in 1935 after having i been in exile for 12 years a year later Gen John Metaxas became Premier and tried to fashion a fascist state. Metaxas died shortly after Italy attacked Greece in the fall of 1940 in the Spring of 1941 the germans came to the italians Aid and marched into Athens two weeks later King George again fled the country establishing first a greek government a exile in London but later moving it to Cairo of ail the occupied countries of Europe Greece has doubtless been the greatest sufferer. During the first year of Axis Rule there greeks starved to death by the thousands. Hundred., dying daily on the streets of Athens malnutrition  the ii Iii Greece epidemics raged everywhere in the country. It appeared Lur a tune that halt of Greeves population would be wiped out by sheer starvation. So serious wa., tile situation that the allies broke their Rule against sending food to enemy conquered countries and allowed Many shipload of food to la sent through the blockade into Piraeus Harbor under the dire Cri in of the International red Cros. I, week strangely enough a Berlin broadcast in English brought up this subject of food in Greece. Rudolf Kindler editor of the Frankfurter testing one of Germany a Best known newspapers has been i rating Greece and has returned to Germany with glowing reports of nazi a accomplishments Quot there before Hitler came to it Ower k ire her  regarded As one of Germany a Best. Journalists in the last few years he has been known As one of Joseph Goebbels Ablest. Most obedient writers. But even he admitted albeit somewhat obliquely. That things had not been right in Greece Moscow july 5 air Battles continued to overshadow the localized actions along the Eastern front a russian communique issued today disclosed that red army Byers had shot Down Iii German aircraft during last week with Only a loss of 18 planes. For the first time since late March came word of lighting in the Smolensk sector where the russians said two successful efforts pierced flu outer enemy defences. It can be recalled that last March a soviet iwo prong Advance on Smolensk bogged Down about 40 Miles North and Southeast of the City. There were no other indications of Large scale fighting in this Sec or although both the Berlin and Moscow radios mentioned that German troops were withdrawing eastward in the Smolensk area. Observers were inclined to believe that the nazis were consolidating their forces around this important City. Smolensk has been in German hands since 1940 and  Adolf hitlers Field Headquarters during the Winter of 1941 and 1942 it has been the capital of German forces on the Central front and the springboard from where they hoped to capture Moscow. Now the tide has turned and the streets of Athens again pre the wehrmacht is busily strength sent scenes of animated  Sadd ening its defences. Then again Kircher in his broadcast. A the peo i the germans May lie getting i ready to launch another offensive continued on Page 4# i aimed at Moscow