Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Page 4 the stars and stripes daily reply issued to Wallace Jones publishes lengthy denial Washington july 6�?Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones issued today a lengthy denial of charges by vice president Henry Wallace that the reconstruction finance corp., headed by Jones  delayed the Board of economic warfare program for the acquisition of strategic raw materials president Roosevelt  deplored the airing of official disputes in Public and asked War mobilization director James f Byrnes to smooth out the rift. Byrnes brought about a Compromise last we Elk but the controversy  flared up again with Jones statement Jones accused Wallace using unscrupulous tac is with malice half Truvis. And no a ruths at a l Quot he said he pleaded guilty to attempting to safeguard the taxpayers Money. Adding thai squandering in wartime was no proof of patriotism. The Basic disagreement Between the officials concerned the part that private Enterprise should be allowed to play in wartime Jones de Laird the government should seek to preserve private business use it whenever possible in the War Effort and operate directly  when necessary. Wallace acc ipod Jones of actor Quot As if it Wotiz a lie a sort War and As if the irn Kir Tant thing was to operate the pc at a profit. In the absence of Wallace. Milo Pekins executive director of the Board of economic warfare denied several counter charges made in the Jones letter Perkins stated that Jones  not proved and cannot p Ove that he bought what the vice president charged him woth not buying. Home news in Brief a a Washington soldiers overseas May no longer receive tier Sonal message phonograph discs. The War department Imil a mop to this practice As a precaution against the transmission of military information however mailing of discs within the United slates will be  say Crete raid unimportant new York three Hundred radio City elevator Ori Rafors went out on an hour Long strike during the heart of Hie Rush hour the operators objected when the management tired a window cleaner for non payment of Union dues. Chicago the right to entertain servicemen  Start d a fued among the ladies. Five Hundred hostesses held a mass meeting to protect against being shelved in favor of other girls Wio  let Een waiting tor months to serve. London the German radio today minimized the Imi it Ortance i of the recent commando raid on Axis held Crete. Berlin claimed that Crete was a German fortress and that the Island would continue to function As a Gigantic aircraft Carrier in the Mediterranean. In rebuttal the British ministry of information pointed out that Britain s Gigantic aircraft Carrier Malta  not been visited by German Quot boarding Quot parties As  Crete. Thursday july 8, 1943price plan rejected subsidy payments killed in Senate Washington the United nations Are grateful to the merchant seamen because no ship  failed to Tail due to Lalair troubles void rapt Edward Macauley of the War shipping administration at a maritime convention. The convention renewed its no strike and to support of the War Effort pledge. At the same time the maritime commission announced that the once famous Dollar line Quot shipping company was for Sal Navy sinks continued from Page i Washington Oveta Culp Hobby. Wac director ha., taken the oath a. Colonel in the regular Anne at the same time Chiel of St Aff general George c Marshall raised the goal of the new women s army corps to 600.000. Col. Hobby believes that the new wac dams will Spur enlistments.  la Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said that the wresting of the initiative bom the enemy in the Pacific was Only indicative of growing naval and air strength in All Heaters of operations and that our Fleet would someday sail into Tokyo Harbor although the Ables hold the upper hand in the submarine Campaign the Secretary warned that the germans Are mailed and resourceful and the anti us Campaign must continue relentlessly until final Victory. While addressing the american legion. Col Knox warned a Lins Crapping the tremendous u s Fleet after the War there could not Nave been a Pearl  said the colonel Quot if we  not  a Iii w of hinge on naval conference after the last War Quot Buffalo a y the Curtiss Wright air plane manure nor have reused a method for transporting a huge vertical Airn me in by ail in a recent trip from Buffalo to Miami. Fla. A Fin was ,7 i to the belly of a commando transport and flown All the was Sicily hit a it continued from pave la italians scorch sicilian Harbor Reuters reported yesterday that Italy  adopted the scorched Earth policy and  already applied those tactics to the bomb battered sicilian Harbor of Trapani. The reports also quoted the fascist party directorate who said Sicily is now ready for every Saint ice Trapani one of Sicily s principal ports lies in the Northwest Corner of the Island. According to in another Mission yesterday. While the strategic air Force a blasting out a tune of heavy destruction Over Sicily medium and Light bombers and fighters of the tactical air Force were playing an accompaniment of lightning i blows at the italian Island outpost i Mitchells hit Biscari and Raf Baltimore attacked the Trapani Milo Airfield in Daylight yesterday and the 24-hour schedule was maintained tuesday night by South african Bostons and Balti mores and Raf Bostons which raided the same Fields Catania important naval and the retorts a Long Chain of demo i on Tlly a a Eastern coast of lotion charges  been set off at i Sicily. Was attacked due slav night the Side of the principal Quay i during allot these operations Aerial photographs were said Toj two enemy planes were destroyed have revealed Many craters along j while live Allied aircraft Are miss a third of the 500 foot installation 1 my. Aussie officer save flies shattered bomber Home nation s miners return to jobs Washington. Jury 7�?As the Coal strike finally rec died a delayed end. Congress to a step to remove one of the Federal control Over labor conditions in the Coal Fields. I the powerful and conservative rules committee of the House i voted to table a Bill extending the Guffey Coal act. Which cont ois prices and labor Standard in the soft Coal Industry. This action effectively kills the measure unless the House votes to bring the Bill out of committee which is improbable president Roosevelt requested the Extension of tile act which was sponsored by senator Joseph f off eve. Democrat of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile nearly All the Sot and hard Coal melt a were Back at work today most mines hit Normal production in Pennsylvania and Alabama will blast furnaces resuming operation in those areas control Vanguns Island lying Southeast of new Georgia Island i and tile site of the u. S. Landing july 5. The third in the Central Solomons since june 30. Stubborn Jap resistance was encountered on Vanguns in contrast to the Opi to sit Ion on Bendova Island which was dissipated after about an hours fighting june 30 with control of Vanguns. Tile allies now hold the Semi Circle around the Southern and Western sides of new Georgia the main Island of the Central Solomons. From Australia it was made known that lessons Learned in the u. S North african landings last november and at Amchitka Island in the aleutians in january were put to Glt of use in last weeks operations in the Solomons and new Guinea. Preliminary reports indicate that in the Solomons landings and those it Trobriand and Wood Lark Island groups off Eastern new j Guinea utmost smoothness prevailed. With an army. Navy and air Force coordination such As Wall furnish a Model for future operations. Landing at Trobriand and Wood Lark groups marked Hup first test of joint army Navy amphibious training which  been going on in Australia for months under supervision of real Admiral Daniele Carboy. Training of this Type included the lust of some officers who  been in North Africa and who gave first hand teaching based on experience. Allied air cooperation throughout the operations was said to have been too percent with the Royal australian air Force cooperating with the u s flyers. Washington july 7�?a question Mark today Hung Over the Fate of the administration s aniline lation program. This was brought about by a confusing series of votes by which the Senate finally rejected a Compromise plan Foi Price control subsidies. At first the Senate passed the House approved Bill which extend it the life of tile commodity credit j corp. And provides 525 Roll Irons tor subsidies to Quot Roll backs retail Ithai prices the vote was 32 to i subsidy Ioe. There it on marshalled a Lien forces and brought to a vote the question of subsidy payment alone by the narrow margin of one vote the Senate re versed itself arid decided to forbid any government subsidy expenditures whatever. Following up their Victory farm legislators then brought to a Vonti matter of continuing the life of the acc i his Loo Vas kill i and by a vote of 36 to 29 president Roosevelt  iou Siy vetoed a Bill reject Liq sidles challenging conure talc the  tor Hon by overriding the to. Position to subsidies tiler collapse1 m the House which sustained the veto and approved payments now tile Senate a confused the Issue again with its lever a i Prev sub is to i ii a opt poll Chiang asks continued from Page Dfwar output continued Nom i age 1> people s sympathy and understanding of the chinese fight against the invader and spoke of the common Bond uniting them in their respective Battles tor liberation. From London came a Cable signed by general Sikorski polish Premier written just before lie left on his last journey that ended in his death tuesday. Sikorski wrote our nations were the first to offer armed resistance to aggression. They Are fighting not Only for Independence but for Yue democracy in both internal and International  the passing of the double seventh Day. As the chinese Call the Dav >1 the invasion because it took place on the seventh Day of the seventh month was the brightest a hey  known in Many a Moon. Production poles will name new Leader soon Allied Force Hea Quak tors. July 7 from a tunisian Airle Csc today came the Story of a Cool. Quick thinking australian Copilot whose flying skill saved the american Crew of a medium bomber an american Pilot was guiding his Mitchell bomber Over a sicilian target sunday when a dozen enemy fighters hopped his formation and sent six Cannon shells tearing through his ship the Pilot was wounded both elevators of the plane were shot away. The Tail Assembly was ripped and the left Wing Flap Wras hit As the Mitchell nosed Over Ai div Tel downward at a High Speed. It looked hk1 curtains in fact the Tail gunner tried to Bale out. But the escape Hatch was jammed. At this Point in stepped i t Noel cot Fey 22-year-old australian from Sydney the bombers co Pic of Poi forming a Small Miracle of airman ship. It Coffey Pul de tile Mitchell out of its dive Broughtt limping Home and made a Sale belly Landing he was Given assistance by a sgt Edgar Mitchell. Of a wifi it Ort news. A. Tail gunner and a sgt la in Ludwig of Johnstown. A. Turret gunner eat h shot Down one of a group of harassing German Messerschmit is Quot the Pilot was kidding me Atou the trouble i was having All the Way Back. Even though he was  the australian member of Thusa of explained later. Quot i remember once lie said head get me a let of on How to Fly  soon As we landed a London july 7 the new chief of the polish government in exile is expected to to selected shortly after the funeral of Gen. Wladis Law Sikorski. Premier and head of the polish army is held Gen Sikorski died with 15 others in a Gibraltar plane crash last saturday. It was announced today that another of the victims of the crash was brigadier John Percival Whitely who was also a member of parliament. Gen Whitely  no official connection with Sikorski s party w High was returning from Cairo of or an inspection tour of polish forces in the Middle East. The funeral for the polish Leader wig will lie buried temporarily on British soil will to held As soon As his body can be brought Here from Gibraltar. Overall munitions showed no change. As the months outstanding Gams. Nelson lusted a live percent Rise in output of aircraft and aircraft equipment  weft As a two percent increase in deliveries of naval vessels totalling More than 200.000 displacement tons. Merchant ship deliveries reached almost 1.800.000 dead weight tons a a new High that a. Never been equalled Iii shipbuilding history Quot a out the actual amount of work done in shipyards declined four a it i cent from april. Nelson revealed that of the four major production programs merchant slaps Are the furthest advanced with 44 percent of the years objective finished at the halt year Mark army ordnance and output of naval vessels reached 43 percent of the 1943 goal in six months while the year s air Craft program was 35 percent by june 30. Munitions Are now being turned out at the rate of More than 60 billions yearly he said. While total production for the 12-month period is exacted to surpass 65  admits it continued from Page flix Abnery Al Capp l l e 9t  of ill. Cd  i. Courses fax cd to the. Island tonight shies. He also promised the losing of luxury restaurants and hotels. Ii Duce cited the Quot idiotic hollowness of the ladies of Rapallo who. He said  organized a Golf party on a Green having 22 holes. Musolini was quite incensed Over tins bit of frivolous Ness which was reported in the provincial press. He declared j ladies who amuse themselves with 22-Hole Golf would deserve to be sent and they will be sent to work in the Fields and the  throughout the speech which covered ten major issues Musso Lini spoke with particular affection about the italian people. He said the Quot italian people deserve All our affection and  then lie described the hardships the people  endured and said the example they  set was nothing Short of  and i do not know actually what More could be asked of our people he admitted they give us their soldiers. They give us their Money the last loan was sub scribed entirely by Small subscriptions the big ones were few. They tighten their bit a and they suffer the bombings  Mussolini a reference to the Scarcity of Large loan subscription bore out the stories that the wealthy people  lost i Aith in the lire and were investing then Money in tangible assets such a it real estate instead of government Bonds. Other Points covered by Mussolini dealt with the necessity of further discipline in Industrial and agricultural production bureaucracy Iii Public administration repeat a lion of prisoners and need for discipline in controlling the supplier of ail Good