Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Page 8the stars and stripes weekly saturday August 14, 1943  Tow  re to happened at borne big town Small talk a a the Doss vilify that mrs. Hannah Williams Dempsey will Coart decision giving her former husband lieutenant commander Waw Waham k Dempsey custody of their two children was revealed at White quietly through la its is a Fini my this week when the former showgirl engaged a new ten to land unopposed West of a allies in Sicily continued from Page i featured two daring Amora raids that gave the nazis a bad Case of dts double trouble. The first came before Dawn sunday when a yank Force stole northeastern a Atto Mev David Tepp. Mrs. Dempsey insists that she was quite a to cent of any wrongdoing regardless of what jacks witnesses May have said. A Chiofo urn Oak Frk health authorities closed swim i Stair As fi33se panels sum showed in increase eth m deaths in six weeks in the Mia to area. The . Lafayette. Formerly the luxury liner Normandie is today almost floating on Ahi even keel and pumps Are still slowly draining the massive ships Hull j too rapid draining would have made the ship Rise suddenly and break i her Back. Or statement issued by the Buffalo District Council three of Tho United electrical radio and machine workers of America Al to affiliate denounced John i Lewis As a Quot traitor to our nation be-1 cause of the services he has rendered to our . A from Bush-1 Ville ind., comes the news that Wendell l. Winkle favors Cleveland fori the 1944 Republican convention jut will approve  except Chicago where opposition to  policies is Strong. The 132-year-old Rock House erected in Mio in the St. Louis Mo-water-1 front has served a a City Hall school House sail loft fur warehouse and a Saloon. But now Tho Coset guard has rented it for a Brig. Off Tours promised not to alter Tho Interior and commander Beckwith Jordan added Quot we Hope we wont even have to use it.�?�. Assistant i Secretary of War John j. Mccloy announced in new York this week that negro attorneys will be commissioned in the army As. Judge advocates. At Seattle wash., Boeing aircraft officials disclosed that flying fortresses can operate at an Altitude of 40,200 feet after the removal of a censorship restriction forbidding mention of flights Over i 35,000 feet. I Smalt town topic a a a i Francisco Vega of Juarez Mexico was sentenced to jail for 601 Days charged with smuggling Bobby pins into the states. At chel Tham pa., 23-year-old mrs Sophia Simmons a pretty blonde Mother of two children confessed that she acted As a Lookout while her 25-1 year old husband and 50-year-old Frank Maleski robbed two grocery stores. The Trio was captured daring their third burglary. A 21-1 year old blonde mrs. Betty Ryan Yarborough went to work As new Orleans first woman dog Catcher. The government arrested Morel than 30 civilian employees of the Brooklyn Navy Yard on charges of i payroll padding. The Fri said thai several of the employees took Days i off and had friends punch the time clock for them. When Kathryn i Frances of Bessemer ala., enters the Waves Shell be the last Oil the of Rourke family to leave for the services. Her five Brothers Are scattered among the army air forces Marine corps army and Navy paratroopers. Sam Rayburn speaker of the House of represent-1 Alives in a speech at Commerce. Tex., said that the army now has i 2,000,000 men overseas and the a avy will be twice As Strong at the i end of this year As it was at the close of 1942a dispatch from i West Palm Beach fla., reveals that the recruiting of bahamian labourers for work on United states farms to relieve the manpower i shortage has been halted. During this past Spring and summer 4,6001 men and women were brought in from the Bahama islands. I mrs. Paul Bernhardt and mrs. Charles Henderson of Reedsport Ore. I recently started out on a fishing trip when a Young Cougar crossed i their Trail. They tossed their fishing net Over him and brought Home i a live Cougar but no fish. I Broadway to Hollywood a a a Walter winches Little girl Walda starts her screen career under the 20th Century Banner. Lana Turner is bickering with my a again. The studio insists that she must reduce be a blonde again and aet like a mom with no night clubs or else blonde Peggy Maley a dead ringer for the buxom Turner Gal will be Given a stardom buildup. Hope dare and Dixie Davis have nixed their recent feud and reconciled. The theme song of the san Quentin prison radio show is a a time on my hands.�?�. The girl who now has Errol Flynn a heart in a Sling is Nora Eddington and her old mans a sheriff. Navy men serving with la Eddie Duchin on a anti sub Marine destroyers escort report that eddies ear for music is aces when it comes to picking up straying a boats. Doughboy everywhere will be sorry to learn that the gorgeous Alice Faye has quit the films for a full time Job raising a family. The first Broadway Serviceman Back on the old Job is the club 18�?Ts Roy Sedley with a naval medical discharge. Leo fold the Leon and eddies Thrush makes his 600th Short wave broadcast to Holland this month. Comedian Bob Hope who arrived in North Africa Early this week will tour Africa four weeks before heading for a stint in the Middle East. On Capitol Hill. The sixth in the series of Bistric meetings Between prime minister Winston Churchill and president Franklin d. Roosevelt had the nations capital buzzing with excitement and activity this week and the following item did not receive As much attention in the press As they would have if these two famous gentlemen had not decided to meet again. Selective service Headquarters announced that a nation wide Pool of All non fathers has been ordered so that no More family men will be drafted before All available single men Are called. The White House revealed that Paul v. Mcnutt chairman of the War manpower commission has been assigned the Job of checking the lag in . War plane production. Presidential Secretary Stephen t. Early said that the War mobilization Board had discussed the matter at its last meeting and that the president had told Mcnutt to Quot try to work out something.�?�. Another interesting Story from Washington says that Upton Sinclair the author and publisher has threatened to sue the was if it does not Grant him More paper to carry on his literature and propagandist activities. In an official proclamation setting sept. 9 As the opening Day of the third War loan drive president Roosevelt called on every citizen to give All possible not Only that the financial goal May be reached but a a to encourage and inspire those of our husbands fathers and sons who Are under a dozen fronts All Over the world.�?�. And thus another week of a a America at War Drew to a close. Cape Orlando. The Landing party destroyed enemy installations and took 1,500 prisoners before joining american troops in the capture of Santa Agata. Other 7th army units battering for some Days at Inland san Fratello finally swept into the town. The sea raiders struck again after consolidating their forces. Under cover of darkness Early wednesday they swarmed up the Shore three Miles East of the Cape. Realizing the germans  be caught napping again they attacked under cover of a heavy umbrella Jot air and naval fire. The Advance was slower this time As the enemy showed his Teeth but All counterattacks were thrown Back by the time the main body of troops joined the sea soldiers. Steady Progress on the East coast the Story was one of slow and steady Progress against continual harassing by the enemy from the slopes of it. Etna. One by one they smashed into coastal towns Aci Reale eight Miles North of Catania Guardia three Miles further until they reached a Point 15 Miles from Catania in their relentless March toward their next major objective Taormina. Heaviest resistance was met in the Central sector where the Axis forces fought with fanatical desperation. During the Early part of the week the 8th army fanned out from the Catania area to push up West of it. Etna while the 7th army moved East from Troina which had fallen before the 1st division after a terrific struggle. The British swept into four towns a Belpasso Biancavilla drano and Bronte bringing them some ten Miles Southwest of Randazzo controlling the Only major North South Road left to the Axis leading to Cape Orlando. Meanwhile the americans fought their Way into Cesaro on the Troina Randazzo Road forcing the enemy to fall Back / to the East. Wednesday it was announced Forward units of the 7th and 8th armies had met for of Urchill set a i for sixth meeting soviet moves continued from Page in Stalingrad smashed Forward in february of this year to recapture Kharkov. But the soviets had pushed their Supply lines ahead too rapidly and after holding the City for a month retired across the Donetz in March and set. Up their Strong defense line. At that time the germans also recaptured Belgorod to the North and chug Rev to the South main outposts of the Kharkov fortification system. Now five months later the russians first summer offensive is ready to Pluck Kharkov from the nazi limb and add it to their victories at Orel and Belgorod last week. Chug yes fell thursday night to a soviet army driving from the Southeast russian big guns were already pounding the German defenders with a ceaseless artillery barrage while the red air Force rained heavy explosives on the railroads leading from Kharkov. An escape corridor of less than 30 Miles was the Only path the nazi legions could take to temporary safety before the soviet Onrush. In the North other russian troops continued their Advance to Bryansk and have almost isolated Karchev about 30 Miles East of the City. The germans a apparently Are placing most of their defensive j Way by Cpl. Al Kohn stars and stripes staff writer two years after the drafting of the most significant document of world War ii in a conference off the coast of Newfoundland president Roosevelt and prime minister Churchill today Are preparing for their sixth and possibly their most important meeting. The Atlantic charter signed aug. 14, 1941 by the two Allied leaders stated the Hope of the United states and great Britain to establish a peace after the a a final destruction of nazi  the common principles on which were based the a a Hopes for a better future world were expressed during one of the darkest hours for the Allied cause. The wehrmacht had extended its Conquest of Europe into Russia Axis troops stood on the Border of Egypt a boat sinking exceeded ship production and the United states had not entered the War. A few weeks later Churchill said the declaration needed Only a a the stroke of Victory to become a permanent part of the history of human Progress. Stroke of Victory now the two great leaders were ready. To launch that stroke of Victory which would build a lasting peace based on the Eglit Point Atlantic charter. After completing an important session with the Canadian War Cabinet Churchill was last reported in Niagara Falls n. Y. On his to an unknown destination in the United states. There was no hint that he might meet the president in the United states however since it was officially an strength in an All out fight to hold Bryansk at the risk of losing Kharkov. It May be that the German High command has Given up its Hopes in the Ukraine but Bry bounced that the meeting would ask holds the key to Smolensk take place in Quebec rather than the main wehrmacht base in Alln Montreal As first reported. Russia. The loss of Kharkov will prime minister s trip to the be a serious blow but the loss of Border indicated a possibility that Smolensk would mean that the he might join the chief exec germans had Given up everything in Russia. Tive on the latter a private train and conduct their highly secret conference in route to the Canadian capital. Military operations coming at a time when the allies have passed the defensive stage and Are striking the enemy in Sicily Russia and the Pacific to begin a concentrated attack on i carefully chosen on their records1 the conference is expected to re Rome bombed continued from Page i Randazzo. Difficult terrain in this area the allies wore fighting in fantastically difficult terrain. The country is full of Steep Rocky Hills and deep valleys. The germans blocked their Retreat with demolished roads and houses planted mine Fields everywhere and hid machine gunners along the route. They seemed to take Little notice of their losses which in some cases ran As High As 90 percent. The bag of prisoners reached 130,000 by the end of the week mostly italians. The fifth week of the sicilian Campaign bore a striking resemblance to the fifth month of the North Africa Campaign. On the surface it was the same situation on a smaller scale. A Veteran of the tunisian fighting and there were Many in Sicily might scratch his head and mutter a a looks like i came in  on april 7, five months after the North african landings the first yank met the first Tommy on the Gafa gabes Road and hollered affectionately a a hello you bloody  on aug. 9, five weeks after the sicilian landings american and britishers again of bombing accuracy pilots and 1 suit in extremely Imi Loriant United Bombardier were again specially i nations military operations debriefed to Lay their bombs on Mili signed to make a reality of the tary targets Only and were warned against damage to churches and historic shrines. In the first raid Only one of Rome a More than 400 Casablanca demand for Axis unconditional surrender. While it Wras certain that Russia would be wit 1-in formed of the de joined hands this time below Thelza Nise Ai drome just North of a Troina Randazzo Road. Pies. Religious buildings was damaged. J visions reached by the president this w As the Basilica near the and. The. Prime minister Moscow san Lorenzo Yards. The Littorio Yards Are in the North Section of Rome and Are a focal Point for the rail traffic which flows Down the italian Peninsula from Genoa. In the East Central Section of the holy City lie the san Lorenzo marshalling Yards through which run the electrically powered trains travelling from Florence and the cities of Northern Italy Down to Naples and other Southern Points. Both have been much used for German military movements according to sources Here. From London came the news that Raf bombers based in England made the Long trip across the continent last night in greater strength than Ever before to make a concentrated attack on the important Industrial cities of Turin and Milan. Yesterday american b-26 medium bombers escorted by lightnings heavily pounded the Graz denied that marshal Joseph Stalin or his personal representative w Ould attend the meeting. Although Many political problems concerning administration of conquered territory faced Roosevelt and Churchill the probable extremely military nature of the conference was indicated by the presence in Canada of the prime ministers a a military brain Trust and the absence of his foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. Subscriptions taken if you want to Send stars and stripes Home you can take your subscriptions to any stars and stripes office listed in the Masthead on Page 4 or you can Send too francs for a years subscription to stars and stripes Rue Georges Mercie m Casablanca address All inquiries concerning subscriptions to the above office. Terry and the pirates by Milt Caniff