Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Tuesday july 27, 1943 opinion in Algiers the stars and stripes daily soldiers think Duce s walkout one of War s nicest shocks Page 3 sports news blonde Bai woman news of the former ducks walkout in Italy came As one of the most pleasant shocks of the War. According to a spot Check Survey of men and women of the u. Is services stationed in the Algiers Region. First hand opinion was that Mussolini s action was a decided break for the allies a deemed break for the italian people and a decided Bank in the Axis. Cpl Charles i. Joans an infantryman from Buffalo. N a. Had a feeling of butter disgust a when he heard the Mussolini news. He said its the feeling of most men in his company that my.olm1 could t take tile War in spite of his years of Balcony pest Ming and turned yellow France in the misery and an his land. A sgt. Who has been Back and brought unwanted War Herbert l. Binal overseas nearly a in Duce not fooled he just knew when be was licked a said pfc. Arthur Yovanna. Revere. Mass., an infantryman he was just getting on while the getting was Good he int fooled by Hillers hot air. And he knows lie can t win. So he gets  it s the sort of news i wish wed heard a Long time ago Sam pfc James e Craig. Warren. Aik. Al is with the maps anyhow it Good news for me kind of greeting me on arrival i be Only Ben Here a week a in the wac s quarters thie was Iola of noise and excitement v or n the news pot around. Said pfc i irate m Foster. It. Vernon n y., there was a real air of jubilation we think it s very Welcome hews a it will shorten the War a whole lot. Said pfc. Lucille c. Jarousse Ardmore. A. Pfc. Dorothy Davis of Detroit said the news a sounds food and wac Corinna Lou Gonzales of san Francisco is a a awfully glad its  she did r believe it at first she said. Cpl. James j. Osebold. Spokane Wash and Cpl Dale c. Herman Indianapolis pot the news in a dramatic manner. It was announced formally at their signal company reveille formation whereupon i the entire unit burst into cheers they both think Mussolini aet on affects them personally in that mor mongers Thev will pet Home sooner recaps most we ent to of it. A sgt. John Calhoun Chilli rot he. Tex., who has flown Over Shelly since the invasion tech third this is the beef break the italians year with the air corps and knows what air fighting is at first hand was exceedingly optimistic. He Siirid the boys of his outfit had plenty of talks Over the news an All were excited and pleased. This Guy who s taking Musso it place is not pro nazi and he won i fight us much a sgt Burch Salt a. I think Italy will fold up now i said fit. Flank Grever of new York City. The men in pfc. Paul f. W pm Beer s outfit pot a garbled version of the Story. The heard \ that Mussolini had Dilt i either Way would have suited everybody said Weinbeer. Who is from the Bronx. N  We heard about it while we were at mess this  said t 4 Arnold v Smith. Charleston. W a the men did t  much attention to eating then we have a half dozen men with us of italian descent and a hey All feel it s the Best thing that could happen to Italy Quot set Smith said pessimistic views not quite so optimistic a View was taken by t-4 John clime w Rochester n. Y., an a cd ack in he was one of very few who Felt that Mussolini s resignation no in t-5 Betty tither. Third Baseline of if Ivac Oft Hall in Hon i ,k0fihe a he snafus Uke a Man ram att w of a Quot a a a Hacker urn at i or. Officers enlisted men and a few local inns. A stiffer resistance fro to n Poi n new., mean Italy. Pvt libero Bevilacqua of ton. Whose parents were both in Fanno. Italy heard the on the radio while he was in. Guard. He thought it was some sort of propaganda at first but now he thinks hell get Home a let sooner than if Mussolini stuck i out. Cpl. Harvis Dyas of Mobile Ala. Heard the news on the radio around Midnight and woke up the boys in his tent to Tell them about it. It did no to affect them at All. He says. They just told him to go Back and sleep it off. A sgt. Max Winship of los Angeles said his company has a liars belts which is worn by a ruin the outfit it a1 a set. Bernard Sei gel when he brought in the mils i Solini news. Sgt. Seige was saved by the appearance of the stars i and stripes w hich Cor firmed what i had been considered a wild tale pitchers stand out in do face mounties 5 signal Sparks i on j he mounties cont inned their winning ways by defeating the signal Sparks 5-1 in a Sha Kolot league game played at Al Biar Field. The highlight of the game was the pitching of Joe Guise who held the Sparks to one hit. Batteries for the mounties sgt. Joe Quot Deasy Guise pitching and Cpl. Tony Arab Mastrogi Como catching for the Sparks pie. I. Conrad hurling and pie. Mike Kerrick receiving. A pvt. Bert Moskowite 1 unit correspondent / Contact Rainy of you want to fight All men who wish to sign up for the 12th air Force service command boxing shows should Contact la Joseph m. Rainy special services officer at 27 Boulevard Hamlin. Transportation from there to the pm is available at 2 39 every afternoon. La. Rainy May be reached by phoning 35617 Extension 52. Joyce loses to Armstrong have had since Mussolini stabbed i sgt. Winship said 20 soldiers took Enna continued from Page i from All sides. 250 italian and 50 germans rushed Forward with their hands up All in a hurry to surrender to the a a americanos. The rest of them had shoved out 24 hours before westwards where a Short Snappy Battle had taken place. It we won looked like City Quot this place at least looks like a City a said pvt. George Adams jeep Driver of the first american vehicle into town. He was right. Enna which used to be a favorite pre War tourist skiing Center had a few first rate hotels with Baths est Road and nobody there unless and big rooms and sit Down toilets. Men and women walking the streets wore clothes instead of rags. The shops had a neat trim look and few of the buildings showed any War scars. In the outskirts some Homes had been ripped open by bombs some streets were blown up. But compared to ugly blasted Caltanissetta. Enna was a pretty lady with a tiny scratch behind her left ear. Sept. Raymond Daguerre. Elpaso tex., and a sgt. Victor Vengrouskie Patton pa., two boys on the Job looked slightly perturbed when they entered town. The chief of the que Stura secret fascist police strutted up to them and said Quot i am chief of the ques tura Here. I have 390 men Here. What Are my duties a the boys Arentt sure yet but the chief and his men Are Well guarded Ivory Tower town Daguerre and Vengrouskie Are the same two Guys who spent the previous night in Calascibetta the Only two american soldiers in the place. Calascibetta is a Small town of Cliff dwellers on the slope of a nearby Hill beneath Enna. Not Only had the people there never seen an american Soldier but they had nver even seen a nazi or italian. This Ivory Tower was difficult travelling from the heartiness he has a Damn Good reason. I at Enna. In addition to the warehouses full of big guns our boys located several carloads of mortar ammunition and a dozen accordions. Also maps put out the order for All civilians to turn in their weapons. Several hours later the office was flooded with All kinds of shotguns pistols some fancy sabres and 22 cans of homemade dynamite. Sgt. William Haines. Harrison. N. A. My in charge of collection estimated that More than 1.000 Small arms had been turned in w it inn a few hours. And he was still in business. Watched Battle As i left. I noticed All the people lined up against the Street Balcony listening for the loud Boom Boom and watching the smoke puffs of the artillery Battle several Miles away. The people looked and Jabb ered. And when these people jabber to one another Thev wave their hands like Flea bitten monkeys. The audience was almost As interesting As the show like Rome All roads Lea to Enna. From Enna to Caltanissetta is a continuous twist of Road Over a Long series of soft sloping Hills. Packs of War frightened people were Sti earning along the Road trudging Hack to their towns. Wealthier sicilians Rode Back in circus decorated cart driven by fancy plumed horses. Everybody saluted us or stuck up the Quot Vowls 12 Brown bombers 5 the Brown bombers were bombed and shelled by the owls to the tune of 12 to 5 in a late Twilight game at the fort l eau stadium. Batteries Brown bombers Williams Penalton and Grant owls Hernandez and Campbell. Pill rollers 16 commanders 9 despite restrictions and dysentery the Pill rollers were Able to gather sufficient Talent to subdue the commanders by a 16 to 9 margin in their first win in the Sha Kolot league. The Victor s spit Ball Tosser was pvt. Verne Clark who Hung up 17 strikeout pelts for himself and also pushed his team along with three Good hits while at the other end of the Battery Quot Little Johnny Hyduck topped his Bossy a record with four Safe bingos. Godle and Murray Cornice the Batter for the commanders and they were forced to console themselves with Only six strike outs is sgt. K. E. Speicher unit Cor res to tide it Hollywood july 26�?Henry Armstrong former triple ring Champion won his 21st bout in 24 comeback fights. He Defeated Willie Joyce in a close ten Rounder. Joyce outlasted and outran Armstrong in a previous fight last March but Henry reversed the decision. I he famous Armstrong Windmill style overcame Joyce s boxing skill. Joyces jabbing almost closed armstrongs right eve first round but Henry kept and Joyce was Able to score Only infrequently. Henry tried a Kayo the in the tenth round and almost succeeded As the Bell rang ending the contest. Those Nasty scribes make him unhappy dodgers 4 red liners i i what turned out to be a slow game. The dodgers found Little trouble in winning from the red liners. With Poth teams getting four hits each the dodgers took advantage of errors committed by the red thine a to make four runs. The Battery for the winners was pfc. My Rahv ditching and Cpl Schrey catching. �?t-5 e re in an unit correspondent i Pittsburgh _ Huck Geary the pirates Rookie shortstop who left the club to go Home to Buffalo. N. A. Says that he won t return to the club for the remainder of the season because he is dissatisfied. Huck blames his unhappiness in Pittsburgh on the baseball writers claiming he s the victim of jibes in the press. Geary has the permission of the pirate s president. Bill Benswanger to make a Deal for himself and will we Ait a few Days before starting negotiations with other teams. Geary was fined twice last War for shuffling off to Buffalo awol and this year he stayed away from the training Camp until two Days before the club broke Camp last april. Rip Sewell wins no. 15 for pirates dips do pitch clips bums 6-1 rip Jewell s Dopsy do Ball worked to perfection and he won no. 15 and his ninth in a Row As Pitts Burgh beat the dodgers. 6-1 sew ,11 allowed Brooklyn s Lone run in the first inning when Arkie \ Aidian doubled and Dixie Walker sin-1 led. Rube Melton who started on tin Mound for the bums was charged with his seventy defeat of the sea son. 1�?The burs scored the winning run in the fourth Frame on Bob Elliot s single a Texas leaguer in Back of second by Elba Fletcher land Vince Dimaggio a drive into i left. Chicago a rampaging cubs trounced the giants. 7-1. Bill Nicholson s Lith Homer with none on in the fourth inning a tarted the fireworks but Stan Hack s single with the bases loaded in the same inning brought in the winning run. Bill Wohrman drop ted his sixth game of the Campaign Rookie Hank Wyse Hung up his fourth win in a Row for the by wins and allowed eight hits. Mel offs triple and Ernie Lombardi a single in the fourth saved the giants from a shutout. Reds take Pii ils Gerald Walker s three run double in the fourth inning pave the reds a 5-3 Victory Over the Phillies. Cincinnati had scored single runs in the second and third innings and walkers them from behind. Relieved Ray Starr and received credit Triumph Max Lanier pitched and batted the cardinals to a 3-0 Victory Over the Boston braves in a night game Lanier allowed no braves Oast first after the second inning to gain his sixth Victory of the Vear. Manny Salvo w ent the route of Boston and gave in ten hits the Yankees and the White sox split a doubleheader. New York taking the opener. 5-1. And the in the i Vox retaliating in the Nightcap coming 15-3 Soud Chandler notched win no la Jwj the , Frappe allowing  Blit five scattered hits. Chicago got 12 hits off Marius Riksto in the second game. While Fdl a Smith reinstated from his suspension by manager Jimmy Dykes gained his a Isth Victory. Albe Reynolds. Cleveland Sace Rookie hurler. Pitched two hit. Shut out Hall to defeat the senators. 9-0 in a night Quot ame in Griffith stadium. The vow nov allowed Man a or t iou Boudreau and non Quot bes Hurt a hotter. Norl Chi pallor to remain away from the Barber shop. Having vowed that they will not shave until the tribe loses a Hall game blow brought Clyde shoun in the fourth for his sixth braves sign Captain of Alabama team est Road and nobody goes there Quick shave. Along with the people Carne a stretched out Convoy of our heavy artillery ready to help punch a Hole to the coast so that other divisions could Cut East and hit the Axis boys on the flank while the British kept pushing from the South. Everywhere the choking thick White alkaline dust covered the scene by Talcum powder after a Bostons the braves have bounced the release of two fielders and the acquisition of other. Ben Geraghty former an in an a i 11 new Missouri coach St Louis Chauncey e. Simpson Missouri University a athletic director has been named to succeed naval la. Don a m Otas head coach of the Missouri football team. Missouri will be after its second straight big six championship this year. Tigers clawed the athletics broke an eight game losing Streak defeating the tigers. 8-4. On the strength of a four run rally in the eighth inning. Prince Henry Ohna w As the losing hurler. Herman Besse who received credit for his first win of the season for the a a. Left immediately after the game for induction into the army Poston pinned Hack the Brown-1 so ears. 5-3. On Rookie George met Kovitch a first circuit clout of the reason in he fifth inning with two men aboard Bobo Newsom victim of in winning blow was Jalso the victim of Oscar Judd a liner which it Newsom on the head and bounced into Centerfield u r a single big Buck finisher the inning and then retire i As Judd went on to his ninth Triumph giving up five hits. Bobby in it err blasted his ninth Homer in the second with none on. It was Newsom s second american league loss and sixth of the season Anova Star has been released on option to Hartford in the Eastern league and Bill Brubaker a former member of the Pittsburgh pirates has been sold outright to Hartford. Laurence Clement 23. Of Cam i Bridge. Mass., and Captain of the Alabama University baseball team. But with no professional experience Lias been signed and will report immediately. Major Leacue standings american league w l pct. New York 50 32 .610 Detroit 43 39 .524 Washington 45 42 517 Chicago 41 41 500 Cleveland 41 41 500 of Louis 39 42 .481 Boston 3.9 45 .464 Philadelphia 35 5j 407 National St Louis Brooklyn Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago Boston Philadelphia new York league w l. Pct. 54 28 .659 51 38 .573 46 38 548 43 42 506 39 46 459 35 45 .438 37 49 430 33 52 .388