Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Saturday july 24, 1943the stars and stripes weekly Page 7 head of 1917 stars and stripes recalls some press room history by to sgt John m. Willig stars and stripes staff writer the yanks of the first world in chief. Issued a directive statin War scribbled reams of poetry in that Quot this paper is to be a paper their spare time howled lustily and prof Anely at Tho Chow denounced second Loveys in their letters to the editor complained bitterly about the Quot rag Quot calling itself a Soldier s newspaper and in general weren t much different by and for the Soldier Quot a a statement later incorporated into the Masthead. They weren to Taihung any chances. Editor arrested there were numerous attempts from their sons of today where hamper the free presentation a a i a. In Rny a. _ of t Vik re l m their army Sheet. The stars and stripes was concerned. But ask any Veteran of those Days like maj. Mark a Watson who was officer in charge of the old stars and stripes about tile first ref newspaper and hell deliver a superlative loaded essay on a publication whose Breezy Lively and sometimes Bawdy career made journalistic history. Foreign co Respo Noe it maj. Watson As a 31-year-old Captain and executive officer for the press and censorship division of intelligence in 1017 and later As head of the paper played midwife at the birth of the first stars and stripes in Paris. Then he we nursed it during Ute dog Days of its you til More than any other single person. Now in North frit a of the news and once capt. Guy t. Viskniskki first off Leer in charge who organized tile paper and established its editorial policy was actually placed under arrest. Gen. Pershing ordered ills release however and in every instance where editorial Freedom of tile paper became an Issue Gen. Pershing upheld the diaper a a staff. Between the editorial feuds ghastly silence. Thinking his question had gone unheard the general remarked More loudly Quot whereas Wallgren Quot revival there were a few snapped whispers. Then while the major assured the general that Wallgren would be in shortly the others scrambled to the Back room dashed cold water Over the Limp cartoonist brushed him off with a couple of Quick swipes and shoved him through the door. Like a real Pup tent poets to an Arab lady one flashing Eye is All i see Bellind the veil you always Wear. Exotic scented secrecy. Perhaps a smile is lurking there. Your shapeless Robe May Well conceal that you Are Young or old and frail who knows for one May not reveal the mystery behind that veil. To hear you laugh or weep or Sigil to see your face would be a thrill but thank Iii lord you be me by i have a girl in Jacksonville �?y3-c Harold in langs1x of i we9re taking a trip and sailing with the tide we be got to rid the world know of a Guy we cant abide. Go though it s on a trip we Are old Adolfs Quot on a a pvt Jack j. Zurofsky Soldier Wallgren came to Atten Tion although it was a Little Over sync the word to Adolf that a Jpn Voct Art it Var re rms must done. Quot just wanted to Tell you i Admire your work a it Rey much a the As Loreign correspondent for tile maj a remarked. Quot and they Baltimore Sun the major headed were certainly one helluva Bunch. Straight for the office of the stars \ there Harold press now editor end stripes for a critical look see of new yorker Magazine almost the moment he landed. It j Winter kill eminent bibello was t Long though before the Ai,<1 a cok it Nel in tile army Survey turned into a rehash of old mow Hudson Hawley Loreign Between the major and it. Resp Onck it and Alexander woo 11-col. Egbert Wiite present Boss of the stars and stripes of Africa but just a Meek Wistful private first class Back in lk17 alien he worked on the staff of that first paper. Campaigns for War orphan funds a a a and other activities carried on by general a pm a roam writhe Brilliant and erratic editorial a Rry a a he a staff the several major scoops on the War including the first Story of the famous lost battalion. The poets Kipling and Kilmer were frequent contributors to the 1918 version of the Quot Pup tent poets Quot column you be probably heard All about the men on the editorial staff Quot Greil then he continued. Quot have you always done this Quot there was no answer. Beginning to think the whole outlet was slightly deaf Ute general said again harshly a have you always done this Quot the silence was becoming painful when Ross saved the Day with we be started on our Way. Tell him to expect us a Well be there most any Day. Tell i ii in that we know Well have a very i it pleasant stay. We re packing up our valuables and sailing far from Home. We be said Farewell to those we love and to our Fertile Loam. To re sure that Well be welcomed when we see n Duce at Rome. Departures Are a soc ret that must be Keurt. You know. To any i from any wac i wonder when we meet again my lace Joe you la remember recalling nights we Sint out Here. Those promises so tender. Perhaps you la say in your Nice Way Quot your face is most familiar but then again i can to be sure. For faces Are so but Iti be Brave no army Knave will guess that i believed him. Or know the torture that was mine for thinking id deceived him is sgt. Nan a a Long dissertation on the cartoon i and Ute censors would t like it it a St a excellent background. It was j we told you How we go. A few minutes later that the Edi Jobu. You can rest assume of course. Sets precedent Quot we were mighty proud of that the major recalled enthusiastically. Quot we were pioneers in the Field of army newspapers and we had to fight for a lot of things which had never existed before. As a matter of fact some of your papers current policies Are a is it i on the solutions to our the major is 06 now a quiet and soft sgt Oken family Man but with the same piercing Blue eyes that out stared Many a Gene flays when an army written by soldiers was Akin to Cott who died a few months ago. All of them were privates except Wool est who was what you Call a technical sergeant today. Quot then we had two cartoonists Cyrus Loroy Baldridge an Illustrator now and Albian Wallgren of the Marine Cories who did tie humorous cartoons. Pershing s visit of All the memories lie holds about those Days the major ukes Best to recall the incident that occurred the Day Gen. Pershing made one of his infrequent visits to the stars and stripes office. Sort of an inspection As Watson re Mem be Phi. The men had All scrubbed and tonal staff pounced on the wavering Wallgren. Quot Why the hell did t you answer tile Gei real Quot they demanded angrily. Quot i did no to know what he meant Quot stammered Wallgren. Quot i that Ughoc lie wanted to know was i always we won t miss Tokyo. Since Adolf loves the noise of hosts we re coming with a crowd. And All the men Are sprain lists that nature has endowed. With just the right abilities for sewing Adolis a shroud. We re going on a trip you know retrospection Why is it that Hie time i spend with thee like minutes tick away the to men to Hee and soon too soon we part yet memory towers tile minutes into hours arid Days and weeks. A Hundred times i live again with sighs As in Sweet retrospection my soul seeks to picture thee More dearly contemplate each Lovely feature gaze into thy face and hear again in accents Low How great the love thou Bearcat me. Tear drop its Trace my face for grief thou Art not Here. For happiness thou Art so very a maj. Pall f. To 17. Eau Iff to Mai Call we want lace dour editor As an answer from the rest of the army to pvt Edward majors keys letter of july to printed in the like to Home around and take a Iron paid him a visit. Later in Tho look at my col i coition of pin up girls brother when War afflicts a Man like it has you then Sherman was right some time we l have a couple stars and stripes. A it a Wlong the0f a wind Dales together. A conic Chai Quot lace a i a-11 Lursky old boy and Well go Over in eyes that l a be in it n had a scrubbed and comic Tnp Nara cure Nace j Sirij arse a boy and Well go Over Seral in the j polished themselves into models of voicing the opinion of at least the Iii j turn the ice Cream Freezer for f newspaper military neatness All except Wall Roa Jorl y of soldiers in toe army j the ladies Ald on thursday after As Akin to Iteni who had been on one of his saying Quot pvt Malarky is full noon. I i. Of it o Iorli u m a _. Treason and intolerable to Many usual excursions the preceding army men. Of those Stormy Early weeks following the first Issue the j or had plenty to say. It was night. Retrieved from the maps he was shoved hastily into a Back room until the Gen my should something of a herculean Job to have gone keep the paper As the expression the general arrived As scheduled. Of the rank and tile of the army. When the paper was set up Gen. John j. Pershing As commander of Malarky. If the Reading of such a comic strip is so bad for the morale How j do you a Olmut for Tho fact the it i after the War the British eighth army chased i dear editor Rommel All Over half of Africa j Many of us soldiers woo have exchanged some Small bilk with the men and then asked casually Quot whereas Wallgren Quot there was a after Reading their favorite strip been overseas for a Long time in their paper Quot Union wonder How Long the army will Jack?4, i wonder if pvt Malar sky would reunion in Ceja a a it Vogt Yre a t m a or w �>>.�. A a a a Day after the smoke i lad cleared away i cautiously entered his office. To my Surprise lie was of Happy As a Lark. Quot you know Quot he explained Quot when everything we print is Correct and accurate our readers Are silent to Ion we begin to wonder if anyone is Reading our palier. But let us make a mistake and our t-3 Ray Maiu is j readers descend like a plague of locusts. Those encounters always a end with tile Sale of a few More subscriptions for if a Man feels that the editor might include something in his palier justify my a libel suit that Man will always take care to read every Issue?.�?� in All seriousness i wish your a i my continued Success. And if Ever your editorial flare brings Forth Sohma ones Challenge to a Duel be Wise and choose the pen. Ifs a dangerous of wielded with an adept hand. A up. Charles Gentges keep us overseas after the War. We dont relish the idea of being in an army of occupation for several years. It would t be fair to keep us overseas for a Long time and to discharge to troops Back Home immediately. Why does no to tile War department throw some Light on tills perplexing problem a but. Sol Laffer Shangrila dear editor Tebrin stains dear editor in your mall Coll of several weeks Azo you printed an article of Tju i us it. I a Here is a Man writing with ii anyone knew How to get ii a a i no Ltd arc nut at on i wine spots out of Clothy and promptly got an answer. W �?~i1, i have the sixty four Dollar question. Do you have any idea hew to got Tebrin stains pm it of clothing i washed a pair of pants with prisoners of War receive 34 dollars an Tebrin Tablet in the pocket per month and Beer on tile Side and it made a stain the size of a there is no inclination to Lay tins1 phenomenon at your Doorstep. Benign pen and a non malignant attitude there is no to be peeved at facts set Forth in one of you in columns and there is no feeling of slight due to an omission. I m a get blaming you for the Coal strikes Aid even of Tough our guests knows mess kit. Here a hoping Fennec me something a it Xit it a inf. Soldier bragging a 4 though the flying fortresses bag Tho Home Ligpit Many Axis planes in not threaten yet a with dire a Amity. Tile Mere i Csc Liat you failed to mention the Quot me a kit repair unit Quot Arn the a Rifle. Bluing Conia a in the recent Cam pain will not it a used As an sex proc really every to Jinki Siead the i Cust to address it you in scorching and stripes i notice that language. I Ain of the opinion that another outfit is griping about not Evn an editor is entitled to an an a of share of the in eight. Xxii i a it re of kindness. However if your Mumn Quot Mill Calls a is a Critt Rion of letters received kind words art1 Rev. It proves conclusively that the Edi. It of is subjected i to a Carnige far a ceding and three a a a j b a m is in re Ai. T or a u Al amp Rry a a a hut there is nothing More a a a re Iii to i it ran Elt lit or than to be otitis is extremely disgusting and ire sorels me w by much of a Bunch ii fourth Grade school kids doing k r damnedest to let every body k of that thy we to on the Honor loll. A Etimet Ilig. I it a Liy. I think that eve try i xxi Cor no to with the african. I a did a pretty Good a Ltd. F. A h s in in it it re by re Rood to in the Gen. Go Oicle Al Batton pm Omni and in the a or can 7th army in sire Points out objective to sol. Nathan Pruitt formerly his stable buy at fort Riley Fia Rosa p who Wargi tip of first to i Epi he r n tire Beach at heir. Sort Pruitt in ahoy Tor pit a a had t a Ren Gen. Rattan Jar tie Piast to or no photo Fly Appl u it nod with the hanre7\tuis no Quot. I once knew an Offtor in a a Missouri Czar St ii a v a. T was a re a Critt r but h i it ers Gro Someth Ines i r fran a do Recta. Day he by lied toe err ret Ore mar in or am Hirv Pretre of of rc4tth is a i the 4 offed. Lau Yuh h a a i w my j i tie my Cit the re accomplishments. W to also paid of the fact it ret a Little Praise Occas a wit flout a in for it we up who toe p fit up lit slur t s i we want fat do ii to pm and a the Hal Back vat r a was Csc o ii i v. In a i j
