Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Page 4 chinese enemy Post chunking july 22�?chinese troops have raided the japanese held Island of Huang Kila off die Fukien coast 60 Miles South of Soochow killing Many enemy troops capturing others and seizing supplies the chinese High command said today. The communique also reported heavy fighting in the Taihung mountains where chinese forces have been repulsing heavily armoured japanese troops. The High command said chinese guerrilla tactics had helped offset the enemy a Superior armament. Chunking also warned of a possible flare up in the fighting at the Borders of Burma and China japanese Are reported to have brought up four new divisions to the Salween front in addition i thing the chinese positions Western Yunnan province. The stars and stripes daily Friday july 23, 1943 London Blitz taught Tommy Crew ships make How to handle wartime fires daring rue1 answered More than 70 Luick slip on Here seven Days fun re Story smoke eaters . Camps await Axis prisoners Vav Ash i n i on. July 22�?anieri-Polson Camps await Many of tile 267,000 Axis prisoners held in North Africa the War department announced today. The department at the same time revealed that 65,038 prisoners of War were already in the United states. Meantime it also was revealed that a shipment of German and italian War material and munitions captured in Tunisia has arrived for reclamation my study at the Aher Deere. My. Proving grounds. Included in the Booty were bombs tanks tank trans a it it trailers artillery and aircraft detect my devices it was said. Soldier Best Man at Marine wedding Chicago the army came to the Rescue and a Marine s marriage went through All right. Mar William Hoffman and a Nill Domke were ready for the ceremony when the Best Man notified them that he get furlough to come for wedding miss Domke asked the Chicago servicemen Scenter for assistance i Hgt i Homas Carter api it eared j lid the ceremony proceeded with the army As usual having the situation Well in hand. Braves on Warpath so squaws dance fort Hall. Idaho because the Young Bucks have gone off to War squaws and Middle aged men Are the dancers in this years Observance of the Sun dance of the Shoshone Bannock tribes. The dancers fast for two Days and three nights. They believe the ceremonies a sure generous Harvest and Good health j i Here is at least one fire every i three Days involving army property in and about Algiers but do you Ever hear about them no. But the British army fire service does their stations in the Algiers area have Calls since Landing Here seven Atter a Day. The american forces Are now setting up additional stations which will help share the Burden but the majority of the responsibility for protecting the allies Many de ots. Docks and quarters still res us with the in h mommies who first Learned How to fight fires during the Days of London Blitz. A Anglo american relations artery cordial the fire lighters said. And the local gang with whom they j share their quart ers even went so far As to accidentally Start a Good i sized Blaze the mommies hardly to move away from their Dart game to put it out i he he station not Only has severs pumps and tenders but it also acts As a Clearing House Lur All fire Calls passing out assignments to sub stations in the Dock Aiea and Many others throughout the City with the nearest to thei tire naturally enough getting the Job rhe organization is headed by Ai l m i son. Inspector of i if Fin 1,1 a is warrant �>m2s word son is Thiefa sgt Alfred far Row of London a Veteran fire i fighter is Deputy chief with 26 men under at the main St a 1 i Mon Iota area equipment includes medium mumps and Light pumps in pm hundreds Gallons of water Pef minute. I most of the firemen completed a months training course wit to Emi a it a on fire control after bombings. Is fore assignment Here zest ? of Fth a Are into Wear the bluing red fireman badge with the Over notch army fire service a its about the Only Mark which tabs these smoke eaters As other than the run of the Mil enlisted Man no l,>rf0iis no Smoky Joe atmosphere about the tire station at i the headquarter i looked tor ten1 minutes without finding the brass is to Fth up Laddie said to slide Down from the second floor dormitory when flu alarm rings. The fact that there is no second floor May be responsible tor this. These firemen sleep n their trucks. T he first Crew a sleeps with their pants on the second and third with their pants tucked in their boots ready for a also like All Pic v they gird themselves with a safety Belt axe a life line and rubber boots. Quot a that More like the real thing i told Demitz Chiel Farrow but my dreams were Dua for another letdown tile Quot shiny red trucks were neither shiny nor red but we re Dull and British Brown As doff Sall Britain equipment the pumps looked Stout and dependable the lorry tenders were Blunt Ani pugnacious and not to be argued with when they Are fire i kind. Olvir Quot Hook and Laider Quot Wagon is in american three Quarter ton truck their longest ladder is 30 feet Quot no we done to have sirens either explained Farrow Quot just a hoi n. If the Algiers army of re de part ment is needed go to tilt nearest phone Andi lilt receiver ask port Exchange Extension 227 2> in sure and give Correct location of the fire or far the to it of Kes and a Good Driver Row. Like a Good chief Lead Way on a motorcycle thy have answered Many other types of distress Calls the. Y Haw assisted in the evacuation Ltd the wounded alter bombings they have pumped out ship ballast tanks and once extricated a in gtd from one Titiev have Given artificial respiration and first Aid they have resend people from fire and drowning but to Date they hew never saved a fair Damsel in dist Ess. Thief fair sized fires stand out in their red inked Logbook heavy Rolls of smoke from Shin Ped up at quayside. Impossible to fight from do kide. Sgt. Farrow and Crew commandeered Rowboat. I towed their hoses nut to the tug and fought the Blaze from her decks three seamen from the Shin were rescued a a Quot another Shin fire this time fought it from dockside. Specially trained men wearing a 38-Pound breathing apparatus and As by Stos my s went Down into smoke filled hold rescuing three men overcome by the third Quot big Quot fire was nothing More Titan a soldering pile of nuts and bolts it wa.-, not until they had waded for hours through the hot junk that they discovered the cause a pile of oily rags fired by spontaneous combustion. Fire prevention is the rest it on Sivility of individual units but firemen do one imm it rant Unsung Job at present they have a pump and tender and chemical extinguishers sanding by every Load my or unloading a petrol Tanker m the Harbor. When tile air raid Siren blows All stations an alerted Quot Aho int Job is to douse blazing platies noted Farrow during one raid a sub station Laded to respond the station itself had been an off the Book of iteration is per formed by the mommies for their ordnance pals next door using heir breathing apparatus. They go d in and Salvage to or Paris from enemy planes which have fallen into quite shallow water and now i a ked. A a what happens when you turn this switch it a i a wow sitting in the Headquarters c it of Rol office nodded Quot go ahead and try it you la find i did ii was the alarm Bell. Out. Ufos m the station tie Tommy firemen were scrambling aboard heir trucks end the motors roared into action without so much As a cough they were Quot ready to Roll Quot inside of 60 seconds Farrow shouted to the men and to me Quot that s the first false alarm we be had when people phone up most of them a shout like the flames Are lick Oil it their feet Many yell Only Quot tire come Quick Quot and the hang in without giving us the address fullers give us the wrong address but our motto is when in doubt turn them the army fire station has a direct line to the French fire department in Algiers the difficulty of language has been overcome he use of the International distress Mal sos and tile Addless of the fire. London july 22�?the first aloud cargo ships to reach Turkey i rom the United states by the direct route through the Meriter North Africa arrived at a South Ranegan since the allies landed in pm turkish port without mishap it was retorted Here today the ships three medium sized Weighter from the american Atlantic sea bord made the Mediterranean run together and passed through the sicilian Channel on in last Day of the bombardment d Par Pelleria close enough i a a tim i mid to Sec our bombs bursting i Bey carried military and civilian supplier most of it lend Lea it Aid or flit turks according to the re la Ort. One inside the Straits of Gibraltar. The three ships had a formidable fighter cover until they were beyond the sicilian Channel they were fitted with special guns my carried trained gun Crews tint completed the trip without either a to kit or air attack synthetic rubber production High los. Angeles july 22 a the United states by tile end of next year will be producing synthetic rut Itier car firms at the rate of one every second it atm a Ltd a a it it a a today by k is i,.,? or. Chairman of the Board of the hinted states rubber company. Davis reported that in 1942 american Industry turned out 22-000 tons of synthetic in biter the ii years production will i 275 quo tons and the 1r44 tonnage is expected to total approximately Kyo 0 0 toils More than in the he a a production year 194i Axis reaction continued from Page ii Catholic world Quot had proved air attack continued from Page n inaugural flight Chicago inaugural flight of the first four engined army car go trans hot plane produced at the Chicago Plant of the Douglas aircraft company will take m of Paul of the dedication of the 33--million Dollar a actor on july to. It was announced Here Ila new Ai. Christened Quot sky i a Ester will carry 15 tons of sup i plies or 50 fully equipped soldiers j w so United out that pro Dur i Mon had begun within a year of ground breaking for the new p ant on of the largest Wood i built Truc trios in the country moved in Low Over the target to a inn goo hi., to. On the Mound As Well Airfield buildings and in is Alia Ion. Sci in enemy anon were left Burt my Crew my tremendous blast i ii owed by a re i tire which seem i d to he bin pm in the hangars and other Airfield buildings in a it a Woods near the Airfield a brisk fir was burning As the wellingtons wheeled tor Home. Their was in opposition i rom the enemy a de reuses. R of to Quot �?~7r, ,1,1 Htun Ruder air raft attacked roads and Pron of it Mun Mattor it m Rall and sri a if a s log of enemy aircraft i Quot of Ruhr. I to Allied planar missing dam aids goods flow Washington. July 22 the of ice of w in mobilization is aiding in coordination of procurement and simply of goods for Leos liberated by the Allied forces director junes f. Byrnes told the press Tod i v. Polive rotating to foreign economic problems is directed by the sate i a Paru nent Byrnes said but that de Par one it Iliad brought government agencies eone in red with overseas economic affairs together for conference. Tilt w in m a by ligation Chiel said three liberated a a direct ors had been appointed i he Tho inst month to work with i Harv governments in the freed Dis riots Thomas Wallace Dies food prices Sot Are senators on tour Washington army uniforms and dog tags will be worn by five senators when they i four the Battlefront As investigators for tie Senate military of lairs committee and the Truman Ommittee. If was reported Here the uniforms will give them military prisoner status if captured senators Are Richard b Russell. A in Orv Cabot Lodge. Lis a to Chandler. Tkv. James m. Mead. N y. And Ralph brew Mer Maine i army on Broadway Washington a new Soldier musical show. Written by mos Hart will open in of of it or on Broadway the War depart men Gnu ameed today Hart is the author of a lad in the in i co author of Quot the Man who came to dinner Quot Quot you can to take it with you and Many other musicals and plays Schenectady. N. Y lieutenant governor Thomas Wallace died 1 pneumonia in Ellis it Spital s it Nadav night he was 43 mrs old and was the first Republican lieu on int governor in 19 years he Ouk office in january i h go i Homas e Dewey. He had served two years As Schenectady comm attorney Lii Abner new York. July 22 paces of Rood and beverages Are Frozen effective next Monda y far rest a Hents and hot Els in the Aren to it a Washington to new York the i regional opa administer to or announced today some 250.090 eat-1,u�?T places will lie the a Veu of april to april to will a it the new it rices. Treasured pet Berkeley Cal. A mysterious old Box which looked like hidden hmm ire was found in the attic of a of owned by Vernon tii a Geek when tile Box was opened Budock and wit found a illumined cat and a letter which i Mummy was a Sac led cat mum an Egypt in a Otna. The mum a Quot Bas been offered to he University of California whole false. I lie papal letter expressed Hope that another attack would not he forthcoming and pointed our that the Vatican City is the Center of Rome. He invited the vicar to Send urgent prayers to Trie Savior to hasten work of mercy so that after arms have been lain Down and spirits appeased. The Light of Joy of the mile peace May again slime on i troubled ,vvber.�?~ in the message was Bere a word of condemnation directed at Al flier Side and the Vatican has made no offic Ial pro i Cost is tile Axis radio and press h Ive predicted la Axis protests Over the bombing completely overshadowed Quot Chou to the meeting Between and Mussolini monday the smile Day As the attack. Berlin old that. The two Heads of the j Axis reviewed the situation in the Mediterranean and took All the Tun measures Hgt ensure vie a r or. I tut Iii a. Military Nide thin in id unc train Hap innings in so lev one thing is certain namely a ,.< f lilt the enemy succeeded in Landing considerable forces Quot about War Willi Russia Ditt Ini rat cred the German audience n is 1 Bat Quot the fight is going Nib Lei circumstances which As ii Iii a a us a us 8110 la e we a cd Ltd by Al Capp a Hain t got Ohff. In Stock at the moment Granny. The Markt r a tight right now. Blit 5/x n t g something not i j Haig bins turns up Ahll toss it to Way mine jobs filled Washin non the reload 1 4 Quot Nin to til Jolis in com in bid molybdenum unties a Quot a ii authors a by Armi air \ t War to be 11 ii u an tin Ault Hon Zahon follow oiv�?T,11v� my i reel nit civilian mini is. Pm Al sir Patrick Duncan 11 v the 1 j a 11 in sick Duncan. Cotov 2 ,7it it of til us in or i. 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