Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Page 4the stars and stripes weekly saturday july to 1943 the stars and stripes weekly newspaper Al Ike 0. 8. Armed forces published in use Norik african theater of operations. Tho stare my stripes in Africa is edited and published by and for the personnel of the u. 8. Armed forces in the North african theater of operations. It is printed by la Echo do Aiger 20 Rue de la Liberia Algiers. Mailing address 12 Boulevard Baa Din Algiers. Telephone 386.m�?ll Christenson est. 64 it. Neville ext. <5 circulation 8-8ft. William d. Setoff ext. 66 it. Col. White ext. 67. Casa Manes Bureau Rue Georges Merci 8-sgt. Edward m. Duscher or. Oran Bureau 6 Rue hotel de Ville Cpl. Glenn Hedges telephone�?23071. Constantine Bureau special service Constantine 8-sgt. Leonard Emmer entered As second class matter at the Post office at new York n. Y., under act of March a 1879. Subscription rata to the United states too francs a year. Contents passed by the u. 8. Army censors.  or All things notes on Gas mask glasses rations and two new cures vol. I no. La july to 1913 staff officer in charge editor business manager managing editor sports editor Art editor it. Col. Egbert White 1st la. Robert Neville 1st it. Robert j. Christenson 8gt. Dave Golding fat. Herbert Mitgang Cpl. Gilbert Sweeney editorial staff 2nd la. James a. Burkhardt rat. Milton Lehman a sgt. Ralph g. Martin 8-sgt. George Hakim. Sgt. Jack Foisie sgt. Phil Stern. Chi. John m. Willis Cpl. Clarence Bonnell Cpl. Stanley me Tsofi pvt. Paul s. Green fat. Edward Vebell. Puteni poets pipe old boy and Home while stars Burn High above. Come pipe old boy its time again. I a sentry a Challenge from the rear Breaks Forth from some obscure abode of farm Folk in the \ Alley comes the bark of watch or and there hums above a solitary put. Whose lights of Green and red a Lane the Moon is out on High lets get our Friendly session in before the night goes by. You know Ole boy the night seems still there a not a soul around tis funny How our hearts do fill with grief on this strange ground. Is cutting Cross the sea of stars the Distant skies Are Cut by bars you know dear pipe As i look i of steel cold Light from search there Light Crews. In a almost sure i see the anti aircraft men abuse those Darling soul a my three so the Pride of heaven with their fair i own who me Fen so much to me i display of Man made Light now grown ill bet Ole pipe you never knew i like to the Northern lights. They Over land and sea wed go Spray away from those who picked on the Milky Way with Cream and Lay a carpet for the Moon again converge upon a Star and then Are gone with startling suddenness. The Pines beneath the winds duress you but still they loved you so. Somehow Ole pipe they must have guessed that you and i would see the Day when we would miss our i complain in sadness and in grief Best and Sands wind tossed make rat and All alone wed be. I tie Brief in lowly scrub Brush. Then i turn that a Why i think with tender i my lonely footsteps tent wards care i yearn they placed you in my pack. Again for Home. New England s and muttered three their lips a Shore p�a5,1er,.a a i and one beloved whom i adore. Of god please bring them Back j Lovely though the night May be a Lover knows its mockery. Yes pipe Ole boy you be been real True my woes each night you share the patient Friend i see in you makes you my Friend so rare. A capt. S. G. Hajjar Chi Thomas r. Creighton algerian night affirmation the turbulence of rolling tanks along these ancient streets can Only make an Arch and haughty show beside the pregnant song i watch at eve the stars come out of liberation or the tireless March while silent fireflies flit about of Victory deep planted in the the lonely landscape and the minds scents of yanks the helmeted and Olive of Sage and Heather make intense Clad. The evening air. The wind Bent no pageant of a Hundred thousand Trees kinds the stunted Pines their strength of armoured wheels can make the release heart a a Blad in prayer and Mournful sighing As a an Wisdom on a Soldier s raise lace in summer s evening breezes. Ways nor can the marrow of the Bones prom now on that pair of Gas mask glasses you May be lugging around in your Carrier Are to be used Only As an auxiliary Par of glasses for Ordinary Wear. The War department in a memorandum issued from Washington reports that recent tests of the Gas mask Type glasses showed their use beneath the mask was impracticable because of the difficulty of perfect adjustment at the temples which created discomfort and allowed the leakage of Gas in Many cases. A substitute eyeglass for use beneath the mask is being developed. But from personal observation it would seem much the better thing unless you re practically Blind without glasses to forget th9m if and when you re caught in an enemy Gas attack. Chow line addenda Watermelon Muskmelon Ana grapes will soon be appearing regularly on most i menus in North Africa according to the quartermaster Nat Ousa. All three items Are grown locally of course. The watermelons already being sampled by soldiers in French Morocco Are the Small round variety occasionally seen Back Home and they Arentt bad either. The Muskmelon so they say taste rather Flat and Lack the sweetness of the american variety. They re Large and Yellowish White on the inside like Honey Dews. Africa grows three kinds of grapes. Besides the table variety which Are Green skinned there Are wine grapes and dark grapes which the natives use mostly for wine. Incidentally the quartermaster says there will be no Strawberry Shortcake or strawberries in any form on the army Board. African strawberries offer too much Chance of dysentery. Kale anti lettuce which until now were forbidden Only in certain parts of the country have been blacklisted everywhere for the same reason. Repeating an old warning of you buy grapes or any other Rind less fruit from local markets and vendors be sure to Wash it thoroughly before eating it. Unless you want to spend a lot of time just a Sittin. Sir we found him among the other prisoners. He Bays he is hitler9c father. Set. Lurch military drinking cause and effects by Irwin Shaw special to the stars and stripes around the purple Hills Are dark but Eastern Heights Dunsheath a spark of gleaming Silver and the Moon of june and Algeria is soon aloft and Bright. The lonely fires be churned to powder by the bullets angry Pace through better nobler flights the truth is Learned for sounds of guns is but the louder sound of soldiers Camps Burn Low and of singing men whose words Rise choirs from the ground. Of Soldier voices sing of love 1 a Cpl Wilbur g. Isaacs they say. It. Gen. Brehon b. Somervell commander of services of Supply All the drug store admirals and powder room generals can t Sway us from the determination to win the War As quickly As possible As cheaply As possible in american lives and to do the Job thoroughly/1 Robert p. Patterson undersecretary of War Quot there will not be in the near future or for a Long time to come any decrease in the amount of materials needed for military production pvt. Houston Quinn of the . Army in England who spent a leave working on a farm Quot i reckon ifs the Way i can be most useful to the country a a of tit Lias shown me plenty of kindness and i figure on making some friends among the folks Quot Eric Johnston president of chamber of Commerce a Ato government will allow unemployment Frank Knox Secretary of the Navy Quot during this year the nary will reap its first major Harvest from the planning and Tvorik instituted nearly three years ago. We have passed the Days of blueprints. From now on each week will Mark the addition of new and powerful combat ships to the Fleet. Each Day trill snark the addition of scores of deadly naval planes. Each hour unit add guns and shells to our arsenals by thousands dreg Sticks what with All the Hullabaloo Over Sloppy and lackadaisical saluting by some officers there Hadnot been much said about the old problem of How to cure them of standing or walking with hands in their pockets a civilian hangover which makes brass hats with a military tradition see red. One White haired colonel we talked with recently had that seems the perfect solution. He wants the army to make it compulsory for officers in town to carry a walking stick similar to the swagger stick British officers sport. With a stick in his left hand the officer is forced to keep his right free for saluting. Then too. The colonel says. A walking stick unconsciously gives the wearer that a what the hello air which goes we poll with any uniform. The colonel himself carries a sawed off Bamboo piece part of a fishing pole he haggled from an Arab Street Vendor. He a hoping the officers where he a stationed won t be too slow in taking the hint. Wound healer Mast of the men who saw action at the front Are familiar with the use of sulfanilamide As an immediate measure to prevent infection of open wounds. Not so Well known is penicillin a newly developed drug generally accepted As far Superior to sulfanilamide in staving off Margerine and other Tyr c9 of infection. There is a limited Supply of penicillin in the North african theater and its use at the moment is confined to treatment of certain select cases the Afaq medical Section describes penicillin As a Brown powder produced by growing a Mold in a Broth culture from we hich the drug is extracted. The process has not yet been adjusted to Large scale production however. Unlike sulfanilamide penicillin can be administered to the patient Only by injection distilled water being added to make a solution. J. M. Vav. Sergeant lurch looked thought ully Down the bar which was i free deep in other thoughtful representatives of the armed forces. A a the subject of drinking a sergeant lurch said a a fascinates  the swallowed a Little red wine algerian Vintage 1943. A a drinking its cause and effect its social purpose its use and abuse. A Man could write a Large  a two Beers a said private Damson to whom the sergeant was addressing himself. A a civilian drinking a sergeant urch went on a country club drinking drinking on trains female drinking but most of All military  he drained the wine and delicately drank off the foam on the first Beer. A a military drinking would occupy several Long chapters. It is not a simple sings a Ribald song about an ancient King he makes a slighting reference to Georges Carpentier the atmosphere of the bar noticeably cools deterioration of relations among the allies sets in like Hoof and Mouth disease in a dry country and in a Little while what was a group of charming Friendly men who had fought the Good fight together becomes merely problem 6043 a bars after 7 p.m., for two platoons of  a a two Beers a said private Damson. There is a solution to All this a said sergeant Lur ii. A a the first Day a Man comes into the army he is extensively examined and tested. Tile army discovers How far he can see How Many times a minute his heart beats the state of his lungs his height weight subject. It has Many sides. It Island age his mental prowess comical and tragic. It is a prob Down to the last Square Root. I Lorn to the authorities and a source of later regret to the military  a a two Beers a said private Damson. A there is nothing More pleasant a said sergeant lurch a a than the sight of Strong men standing together at a bar at the cocktail hour each Man buying his round like a gentleman cementing old friendships making new ones joining from time to time in communal song. British and american and French toasting the Gallant suggest one new test. The liquor test to be entered on tile Many a permanent record to be carried with him As Long As he remains in tile army. The test should be an All inclusive one. The Man should be tested on rum whiskey Gin Beer wines still and bubbling simple and fortified on Vodka aquavit and Blackberry cordial on Kummel Rice wine and Sliv Ovic since in a global War a Man May be called upon to face the liquor of any nation at a moment a  a a two Beers a said private dam son. A a also the Man should be tested under All climatic conditions a said sergeant lurch. A there Are hot weather drinkers and cold weather drinkers and there might be a careful selection made on this basis of the men who Are sent to Alaska and the men who Are sent to new Guinea. Then the men should be tested in different moods As a Man will show different capacities when he has just succeeded in making a Date with a red Cross girl for three weeks from wednesday than when he has just been busted from master to private Buck. A a then after All the tests have been made the Man is Given a card with his picture and fingerprints and his rating. Private1 so and so capacity in hot weather depressed seven Beers. In cold weather elated twelve scotches. Allies making Jolly plans for a quiet dinner talking Over old. _ _. Campaigns As the evening grows every time Pri on. But too often among those present is a military Drinker who has an Uncertain knowledge of his own  sergeant lurch sipped at his Beer thinking mournfully of military drinkers since history began who had Uncertain knowledge of their own capacities. A that is the nub of the trouble a said sergeant lurch. A a the Man grow s Over Jovial he slaps three British grenadiers weight 190, stripped playfully on the bark he interrupts a game of darts he vate so and so enters a bar anywhere in the world he presents the card to the bartender who Stamps it with the Date and stops serving at the seventh  sergeant lurch put his Glass Down firmly. A a you could release fifty thousand Mph a for Active duty a he said. �?�1 think Iti Send it along to the adjutant general a  a a two Beers a said private Damson. A a As i was saying a said sergeant lurch a a the subject fascinates