Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Page 2 the stars and stripes daily the stars and stripes Algiers daily newspaper of the i. 8. Armed Force published a through Friday. In elusive for troop in the Algiers area. a. A Al Quot Quot Rel re cd by and for the personnel of the ii. S. Armed Force. The North african i healer of Ope at on is printed by i i Cho d Alger. 2 Rue de la . Algiers. Maim address Neyme eur Ai Quot a a a la. C . Tat. Ill. Whited it relation. To sgt re a. I Stoff. Fat. A to. , Quot cd for comic strips feature tories and or a Crew Quot Quot a Quot do Quot kit a a. ,.u office of mar information and special services mar dept. Vol. I. A. 7p _ a wednesday. July 21. Isla yank about town wednesday july 21, 1943 the roving reporter a a by Ernie Pyle staff la. Tel. Egbert White a a. La. Robert Neville publication. Officer la. Robert j. I Kristenson editor to sgt. Dave Bolding Busine. Manager. Managing editor Algiers Datebook red Cross service club it till Ess ser let by to boo baud in to Rue Carnot int the american club i located executor offices phones Jos 8�� american movies ire shown daily in the red Cross ope1 ated Empire theater the list following give me Day s activities Al the Servile club today 8 program 12 to m had Lopi Ogi a Iii <u8 ,go 4 to i in a a Hoto la i no m Hap Imin Mill to her Diuble a a Hapah. A 3� i m radio Pio ram i s lounge i 30 i m a musical review by Lite or it fins i fluting i officers9 clubs the american hed chubs of Fth Ehr club. Lot ated at la Rue Dei Felt Roc he i eau is open to All amen tau of litres nurses or Mac officers l4tiigoage lessons in Frencht Llangan. Russian Ana to finn Are conducted every night at 5 to 8 to and 7 30 pm Loilau s Pio Giam is listed below Furini Moor mat in May be of taxied by photonic me club Al 339-18 Bond office War Bonos May it Pui chased at he Raaf be id office Imp t the Alef by. G Rue of Sofen Rocher Iau Aru at sin p Ber vice Cwi Nano spec server strut ii. 27 bid a lid in insurance la i is Are timing Irce ived from the Dep dents of casualties Only to tie thai their son. Or husbands Eft utile or it. Insurance the in penance of of Taining the maximum amount of Tonsur not Eca in it be Sti Saed too much a personnel it the aimed Force s should recognize thei obligations to their turn a lies it a beneficiary will Terr Ive the fun i amount of the policy have you tor the Mai mum amount of n tonal service life insurance Xvi Ion Al m k \ be Lii i ism Hin i up in of a Dollar a. Ova n giant a a Voemel by get. Ent legislation Appl. Ion must be made within 12 t Cav Fri in a a i 12 194j and the Rig a ran be exercised Noi withstand rejection of any prior or on and round whatever he Haaf life ins off or Empire i neater Blob spec so re 8, it the �1 Renfert Cochereau. Town topics ,. The sights along Rue Michelet get stranger every Day. Monday night two yanks and one French Damsel were spotted climbing All Over the roof of an apartment building evidently trying to retrieve something they had dropped out of a window. And speaking of roofs the a c s in that apartment House beat the heat by retiring to the highest . A sgt Nan Rue. A wac. Tis now writing poetry. Aside to special services doughboy in mis area Are anxiously awaiting for that super extravaganza Star spangled rhythm.�?�. Theres one elderly Grey haired major in town who returns a Salute with a warm smile that makes a i feel glad about the whole thing Inema actress Joan Crawford is hiding her face on billboards around town announcing the arrival sin a of the film. Quot a woman s a Ltd a a i be real reason who the yanks in this Section dont mind being confined at the nth general dispensary is the presence of two of the loveliest nurses in North Africa. It Kihei Wester Man of Englewood n. J., and i t Edith a Quail of Brooklyn those two Ward boys. Jimmy and Tommy. Also make your stay easier i tie t s a. \ Victory Garden craze has struck two doughboy in Hydra. A new directive forbids the washing of government vehicles with water topay8 program 2 in 7 pm i i n nature by or Ber 8 31 pm violin i o concert by to Lionel falter nub 81 f Arnowitz r a 8 c the Aii Ifo officers club is new open Ai hotel Alem applications Lor in Embri ship will be receiver Only duri tif the fellow my he Xii la of am to i Joem 5 i pm to 7 to i m movies bullish Clung movies univ Are listed Bere if iou understand fit in h von Mig lit till Sui local French newspaper no v i list and nod your favorite a a a is. Slit in of h in w Ashington la us pc i is i h comes to tile Aid of the Alii Empire tut d Renfert Koch Ereau and 6 a m. Officers show. 8 in one Ana wry the in Cost version of 8ao-a t int s Best with Enol i vim huh Bieloh marshal Abc. 64 Rue Michelet. 4 arum 9 in a also at Marignan Avenue Din undo 4 and 9 pm Nai ii i i i i Nice starring Dick Powell in a fast moving must a1 show Vox. Rue Charras 3 and 8 30 pm. Farron me Sarong those Abbott and com Iio. Are at ii again . Rue d in it j and 8 30 Minke Giri ? a a Light comedy slurring i Ana Durbin maj St in Rue sorely la Basie 3 and 8 30 pm i he pied Piper Monty Vav. Of it at his Best in a Story of France s darkest hour it splendid Cinema 9 Rue de cons anime daily 3 to and 9 pm. T he follow my Are ensa shows. Road to Morrocco it Eden Cinema Manson can eel. Mai. I./, a Pope in a comedia a inc a Guyot Viilet. That Dame t rom Berlin. Sally nazi was in rare form last night. So rare in fart that her propaganda broadcast Short waved from Berlin was greeted with Hearty anti derisive guffaws from tanks in this area spotted listening to the program. In her most sorrowful ton a a Sally said that she is an american and told her listeners How much she Quot regretted the fact that these handsome batiks were All the Way Over Here fighting in such an unnecessary she pleaded with the doughboy saying a a somewhere Back in the.s.a. Your beloved Are saying. A where is my j wandering boy tonight a that a a i is pressing went out with a Ima l Onia beaten will protect the radio program Vork in Cir a Ami is inv Quot there no song that save heaven Quot 1 a Quot a will protect lip Trail. S. Navy War Bond drive a War Bond Cli Ive affecting All la s Natal personnel stationed in tins area 1,1 Al i for a a a a week. Ending on july to the goal of this drive is in percent. Shat is 90 percent of the personnel allot magic percent of their a for the Purchase of War Bonds ail naval personnel concerned hic in eel to cont a the War Bond promotion officer at v Navy Headquarters detachment with the. S. Army in the Mediterranean our first Day at sea on the Way to the invasion of Sicily was like a peacetime Mediterranean cruise. I the weather was something you read about gently warm and funny and the sea As smooth As velvet. We were kept at Sharp Alert for at any moment we could be attacked by submarine by service ship or by air. And yet any kind of attack even the fact that air body would w ant to attack ant body else was so utterly out of keeping with the a benignity of the sea that it was hard to take seriously the possibility of danger. I had thought that i might by afraid at sea. Sailing in this great Fleet that by its Mere presence was justification for attack. And yet i found it impossible to be afraid As we sailed along. I help but think of a paragraph in one of Joseph Conrad s sea stories i had read just a few Days before it so perfectly expressed our feelings about the changeless sea that i in going to Pion a ii Here it was a Story called the written about the last War. In it Conrad said whet first used to a a re the commanding officer v is the tin chancing lace of the water with its familiar expression Neith i More Friendly nor mop hostile c a Fine Days Tbs Sun strikes a Fork upon the Blue Here and there to peaceful bit of smudge hangs in the distance and it m impossible to be in a that the peaceful Clear horizon traces the limit of one great fur Cular ambush a one envies the soldiers at the end of the Day wiping the sweat and blood from their faces colliding tit dead fallen to their hands looking at the devastated Fields the torn Earth that teems to \ offer and Blet d with them one does. L a lha t he final brutality of if the ferocious frankness of blow struck with ones hand direct Rad and the straight spouse. Well the sen Rives nothing of that. And seems to the the Raven pre notice goings on a on it town must drive no fore noon of the Hay before publication to the Date Rook editor forthcoming baseball schedule Are Niso desired so a and St right is 12 blvd Bandie phone jj6 60 ext 65 today s program theater i he Casino Vish i Mhz a his mane and her Colic and the solids diabolo Champion lev elite map ported by girl., and an excellent orc Tsira Hue , daily Ai 9 i m and sat. Sun. At j pm Church services at gospel Hall. For All i m pro Manl All m i troops i. Sports if Falcons baseball Little Val is mais ii Blanche 6 30 in. By s is has teens. Munu pal 8ta pm i. T s Lum Herja. A american 286 11 of am i i 30 a m i i 4s am 12 of ai12 to i m 12 to pm 12 46 pm i 16 pm 1 to pm 2 of pm 3 to pm 3 45 pm 4 of pm 4 to pm 6 of pm 6 15 pm 5 to pm 6 of pm 6 to pm 6 45 pm 7 of pm 7 15 pm 7 it pm 8 of pm 6 15 pm b to pm 9 of pm 9 to m to of pm to to pm to 15 pm it to pm expeditionary station meters loan kilo cycles join All Iran suing session Melody hound up yarns for yanks. Men of not at the console Enra news break for music .e.xkal. Dancing time en8a music of the allies in Ai rebroadcast from arc la tin ame i ban i louies. Nan music. Melody matinee leu Steeles no atone yank suing session sports interview Dinah Shore Londona l ies on a ensa swing time f n s a it f cd Waring Neu s popular music Fibber i gee and i i v fac Neus m Usu room a f n s a i he m. Vul ii i i i a e show the Barrat is r g on the air f is a. Popular must new rest me slum he mil1 n sign off chitchat tend there is nothing the matter with the world a and a inf s the inv it is with us Ppd it and Neiyer occurred to me before that it might be Flint was in enemy Waters during War time m by it remained that was we shall never know by throughout our loner voyage and right up to Iii it final drowning of Anchor we never had on she be strike from a Hove. From below nor from the horizon. In the faint Light of the dusk. A forms became indistinguishable. Near by ships were Only heavier sinus against the Heay background of night now you thought you saw something and now then was nothing tile giant Armada on All sides of us was there Only in know ledge. Then out of nowhere a rolling Little sub Chaser took Dun shape alongside us and with us motets held itself steady a pm 30 Yards away you could not see the Shaker but a megaphone voile came loudly across the water telling of a breakdown on one of the troop Carr it ing Barge farther Back we megaphone advice Over to him. His response came Back out of the darkness. The Loire was Young you could picture the Ladish skipper Over there in his tousled hair and i life Tucket rolling to the sea in the Mediterranean dusk some pc ung men who so recently had been so normally unaware of any sea at All the Book a Ejier in your Bank perhaps and now Here he was a strange new Man in command of a ship a suddenly transformed human with awful responsibility carrying out wit ii great intent Ness his Small part of the enormous aggregate that is our War on All the lands and seas of Hie polje. In his unnatural presence there in the roiling Darkne s of the Mediterranean you realized vividly How everyone in America has changed How Evert life suddenly mopped and suddenly Bogan again in a different course everything in this world has stopped except War anti we Are All no n of new professions out in some s Range night Taring for each other. I hats the Way Vou Felt As you heard this kid this pleasant kid who was delivering Nur groceries five veers ago now bawling out across the Waters strange nautical word with a disciplined deliberation that carried in them the very strength of the sea 11 self. Tin Strong matured words of the Captain of his own ship saving ate. Aye. Sir. If there is any change i will use my own judgement and report to von again at Dawn. Goodnight then the whole darkness enveloped the american Armada not a pinpoint of Light showed from those hundreds of ships they surged on through the night toward their destiny carrying across a his ageless and indifferent sea tens of thousands of voting men professions fighting for. Well at least for each of new. For other. Dom 6 to Bui Kiotis 6 .0 i a. Al Biar auction an upon univ i o Puk up trinkets and to in. Of Vav d at i pm Kohl a it lev Pun Hast d without Ana it Hanie fall Mon a f Vav a it i and v. ave nut p. In. At 9 am it t Wen \ a Iii pin 0 i .,. It currency Exchange service Amel Nan servicemen duo ext hat la r. I tim v at i s i a la e ii ice Ai Jon Muho. I. 12 blvd Carnot Ann 27 Bim Carnot during hours 8 to am to 4 pm. Sightseeing it ooh s lot a a an in St Rue to if visit a a old Algiers daily at j pm from cock s o fee 61 Rue do Lily Post of Iee get Muir costs 25 Frau. S turkish Baths to Quot a a it or s.,in Carnot this Bath a beep Over Iti Reu for America n and by ills r servicemen it is req steel to at Oubri a votive up map and i. Wel hours 7 30 la 30 m. An i 2 30-5 30 in a. Gtd daily a be tit to Day. French staff chief visits.s. Fifth army Hea do har irks american i h Arm generic Henr i Jinn. Chief Ltd of tilt general staff of the French aum has completed an inspection to the enteric in 5th Ai my s training centers and Eon Lerances with i t Gen Mark w Clark and members of his staff in which training methods were discussed. Gen. Jinn inspected a guard of Honor of american troops and later visited one of the 5th army s training centers where he witnessed a demonstration of modern Battle tactics. The 5th army is assisting in the training of French troops which Are receiving the latest american weapons equipment and supplies to prepare for the Day when they will Aid in hit liberation of France. I does that sign Over the Casino music Hall free Entrance but Only to officers and civilians really mean what it says the bellhops at the hotel left i dont Page or. Jones a they Page Monsieur Jones. Cap Tain Albert m. Wharfield convalescing. Ironic but True it one of the dirtiest streets in Al j Giers is named after one of Frances most illustrious men. Ambrose pare the father of modern i surgery. Coast guardsman Lew Jenkins is scheduled to go a round or two aboard ship thursday night. Dynamic Jack Barnet. Of Movit tone news Back in town after covering the invasion j three doughboy a sgt Mike Orouark. Of it. Savage my. Sgt de stickier of Baltimore and pvt Ray Rogeer of Philadelphia. A Quot lad in fatigues were disgusted to discover the mysterious disappearance of their Barracks bags and the rest of their clothes that was an interesting sight at a he officers mess in the Tam building when a ii strolled by the in line of officers sweating out i How line and held his Salute while he officers gave their return salutes like the rockette gals in precision Drill. Algerian lottery pays plenty for / / franc investment by s sgt. George m. Hakim i St ars and stripes staff writer distributed full tickets Are divided into ten parts each of which Sells for la francs entitling the Holder one tenth of the total prize in by tilt that it thinking aloud. Wonder when All those stage screen and radio stars who have i in telling the american put in of their plans to entertain the troops verses will finally arrive there a overseas we mean. Overheard a wac on a bus the other Day sax that her one ambition is to learn to balance a Basket on top of her head a la Arab style. She must be thinking of taking in washing when she arrives Home. Wonder if they have ice Cream in Italy. No one should miss Jack Oak in s spectacular and energetic portrayal of Musso. The Heel in Italy a bin to. In the picture a a the great dictate t he film arrives at the Olympia theater on thursday. That All Lur Day. Every two weeks in Algiers a lottery drawing is held and ten people out of an approximate total of two million split a luscious Mue million France pie among themselves. The lotteries Algeriene in Case you done to know it. Is As much a part of North african life. As Oca Colas and ice Cream sodas were a part of ours. What s mole. Its strictly on the up and up. Its role is so accepted people of this country seemed incredible to Mons l in Sec eur general de finances of Algeria. That the american Soldier already have known everything there was to know about it every Soldier has run across the lottery Salesman however. And a lot of them have Appal nth bought lottery tie Keis. For the Benefit of both the initiated and uninitiated Here is How in works Lins Well organized. So Are con trolled lottery system extends Over the countries of Morocco. Tunisia and Algeria. Periodic drawings Wiliah Are held in Algiers apply to All tickets sold by the coterie Algeriene in North Africa. An organization of underwriters has been established with representatives in All the principal cities of North Africa where winning lot tiv tickets will be honoured re tailless of where they were purchased i Wenty eight separate lotteries Are held throughout the year. Wilt a drawings scheduled for every two weeks. For each drawing 200,-000 full tickets Are printed and a to the event that his number or part of his number is drawn. Every ticket Holder has one Chance in ten to get at least ins Money Back. Ii the first number c the ticket corresponds to the inst number drawn the la francs re refunded. If the inst two numbers correspond the prize ii proportionately higher and so on up to a figure of six numbers to which fails the grand prize of one million francs each of the of tile ten winning tickets gets one tenth of the prize. I i net annual proc eeds of the Ott Civ. Amounting to approximately 50 million francs Are turned Over to social organizations in Algeria. French Morocco and Tunisia each Conin re getting its prolate shale. I lie principal organizations receiving these benefits Are Secours Algeriene the Clearing House for a number of local North african charities the Comite Central. An organization which supports the families of War prisoners and the French red Cross which uses much of its a Phi Chi la t Ion to Send undernourished children to summer Camps. The psychology of the people wit i respect to the lottery is interesting. I hey do not look ii Hui it in any Way As a form of gambling the Money involved is t4>o Small and win or lose the vicarious thrill of anticipation makes it Well Worth the Cost
