Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Tuesday August 17, 1943 the stars and stripes daily Reading habit Page 3 Poi to mechanics climb toward top bums slide in do face with easy Victory some More losing two i he mechanics it tile Shew in gum league brushed aside the com sluggers for the second time in the series by the store of 15-1 Mechanic sgt. Petersons outstanding hitting brought in six of the 15 in oni Granade was the hitting Star for the dodos getting three Lur three. A i t. Joseph m. Rainy unit cot respondent i new Lort in be Hal ,rh7\j� a by re j Stewart of jew i Ork <1 to enjoys an Issue of the stars an a that a Quot it i Riler Irno it Quot i Pird by troop. It seems  he Oum a a for destroyed enemy planes he dirt hit Fri Quot a a r bed ply is one was destroyed  direct hits from fragmentation bombs. Naa Fotioo runs scored. Sgt. Peterson. Out of three trips to the plate. Lumberjacks 13 b bus 8 walked once hit a Home run with bases loaded and singled a pm. Harry t Ole unit Home news in Brief Washington starting today gasoline Coupon value in me Midwest and Southwest will b. Cut or. Four h re sine Drivers a gallon and a half a week the   vehicle owners will not he >,iippi.,i a. S5sbjs Sotito a nut Tern North the Raison  vhf nov rho nver Dickerson 2it. Owner and. Echtor of we old h1 or vcvwrw1 ukr is Ltd a a i r  Vorko a Dued to 34 degrees is the list of die la to s Lafayette formerly the French liner Normandy Ai cording to cant was it Khz the j�?T1 0&Quot a Char a of a Salvage of the ship which the a no 1,. Sen a a it a a welder Torch he has stated that when in Augh is Cut to 30 degrees All the water will be out of the Hull  or ply a ted a a a a 01 Zero Over the superstructure or. Walkers 6 yanks 5 after Al Schacht had delighted a Large crowd at the municipal stadium wit i his famous act the Street walkers currently hotter t Han a barrel of Louisiana hot sauce won their seventh straight game in the Sha Kolot league edging the Little yanks. 6-5 in ten innings. The win knocked the Little \ Anks out of third place Ami advanced the Street walkers to that spot m the Sha Kolot league. A pre. Ramon c. Miller to nit correspondent i braves 9 guardsmen 4 the braves come a Victory Over the guardsmen 9-4. Collet ting nine runs to i Weir opponents lout Ai municipal stadium. The game a Well played the margin of Victory lying in the big bats of Cpl. Paddy Driscoll who hit three for four i and winning Pitcher Ballones three for four. A set Norm Ostrove t unit  in a shewing us league contest the Lumberjacks continued then. Hitting spree again-1 the by s. Respondent \ winning 13 8. Collecting 13 runs on 15 hits. The b b s Only got three hits from the offerings of pie Ashley and t-5 Mckenzie but Nassed the plate eight times. Hitting honors want to sgt. Poth Cpl. Cross and Cpl Armbruster each collecting Thiec hits. A sgt met Brian unit correspondent t yanks nip Browns Washington sinks Detroit to fifth How they stand Sha Kolot w l. Pct mounties to i 909 Falcons to i 909 Street walkers 9 3 766 Little yanks 12 4 7.50 linemen 7 6 537 Little beavers 3 4 428 barnacles 6 8 425 Pill rollers i 4 200 command it s 2 13 133 Shew Ino m Bangor  electrocuted while repairing wire containing 2,300 volts. E. O sen lather of live an air raid Siren when children was he tout lied a dodos 4 Essa Yons 2 the dodos and their Stai pitch pvt Andy Anderson made it two in a Row by beating the essay ohs 4-2. Andy Quot was red hot dealing them up to the Essa Yons. He had a shut out until the eighth inning when is Sayons Pitcher Bryson singled two men in. It. W l. Pet howitzers 13 i 920 mechanics 5 i 833 has be is 6 4 600 Road runners 6 4 600 i Lumberjacks 6 4 600 braves 8 6 571 pm sluggers 4 6 400 dodos 4 0 307 guardsmen 2 4 .250 bus i 9 too hermits 0 i too eurasian triumphs .,,.du c0 an went a Call that a japanese was sulking i i scene of a Hie san Diego police nabbed a suspect and whisked him to Headquarters. There it was discovered that the Japan. Of it As George a. Scott president of the san Diego Uso club seems in to aves stakes the operetta �?~ii�?T37 the lord High executioner in is me operetta the Mikado. He saw a fire and watching it when the gendarmes zipped up. Was standing around new commissioner new York Edward Morgan former Pennsylvania station Redcap  resist the temptation to carry a lady a suitcases while on a visit from Mitchell Field he was hauled into night court for carrying bags without a License. The judge suspended the sentence and military police took Over. Ambulance men vigilantes Riding Active the ran9e a9ain with troops in Guy gets int the american Sicily a when a at the front theres Only one person he wands to see. That san ambulance Driver. On the big Day there were 26 ambulance Drivers with ten ambulances a 2nd it. Leslie j Weill a second platoon. For these 26 there was no such things As Quot hours or  Thev worked As much As 62 hours at a single stretch and when they did no to have enough ambulances they used jeeps trucks ducks half tracks anything. At the beginning there were first Aid Quot middlemen a since there were no Clearing stations. So the boys drove straight up to the front right through the blasting strafing bom Bing until they found the wounded wherever they were pfc. Clinton Bailey Salt Rock w va., and pfc. Michael Russo. Fitchburg mass., spotted two wounded soldiers on the Bottom of a Bill where a Battle was going on. While some colonel covered diem with a Tommy gun the two Drivers crawled some 400 Yards and brought the casualties out. Things have quieted Down to a system now. The boys work the front lines in shifts. But there is still Little rest for the weary the shift that returns from the front has to report to the Field hospitals in different sections and then they be got to evacuate the wounded to Hospital ships and planes. A a it s not a bad Job a said pvt. Rubin Stacy Shelbourne Falls mass. A a if you like  j w Altenburg  vigilantes ride again on the cattle ranges of Huerfano county. They Are out to rid the ranges of rustlers who steal cattle for the Black Market. Only sheriff Claude Swift knows tile identities of 20 men each a Deputy sheriff and each a six shooter expert who operate at strategic Points in the widespread Range land. Sheriff Swift reports that the rustlers Are beginning to look elsewhere for their beef. New York a eurasian owned by the Mill River stables splinter from obscurity to win the 74th running of he to avers stakes americans oldest racing feature at Belmont Park. It was tile first major Victory for eurasian. Fairy m a n ii ii r s to owned by the Fox Catcher farms ran second a neck ahead of the Greentree stables famous Victory. New York or. Chianti Powell has been appointed to the new \ Ork state athletic commission succeeding Bill Brown. Or. Powell is the first negro to be appointed to the boxing Board he is president and editor of Hie Harlem newspaper the Amsterdam news steel production in 4 3 sets record Washington. Aug. 16 the greatest steel tonnage the world has Ever seen will be produced in the United states in 1943, web chairman Donald Nelson said today. The drive to obtain 2,000,000 extra tons in the last Hall of the year has passed the half Way Mark already and the goal will probably be reached Scon he declared the share the steel Campaign whereby deferred or cancelled allotments Are transferred to plants which can put them to immediate use accounted for the first million tons. The second million is sought through increased production and accelerated completion cd facilities. Ping Pong tourney has close finals it. York Pion from finals Albert Garber former new University Ping Pong Cham and it. Harold Katzman Brooklyn battled in the of the weekly Ping Pong tournament at the red Cross officers club. Both Garber and Katzman were previous winners in the regular saturday Artemon tournaments. Very evenly matched they had a contest. It. Katzman win-21-15, 22-24. 22-20 a Kaye Sylvester 1 Ping Pond correspondent Tami Kaytes Tommy new York a Tami Mauriello 191, of the Bronx Kafoed Tommy Campanella 181, new York. In tile third round of a scheduled to Rounder at the it. H a in i i t o n Arena. Mauriello May be shelved i for a month on account of a deep Cut on the upper lip he received in the first round. The Cincinnati reds dropped the dodgers another half game off the Pace As they beat Brook Lyn twice 9-2 and 4-3 in the first game Elmer Riddle had an easy time notching his 15th Victory As the reds slapped de head for four inns in the sixth inning and Bill Sayles for five More in the ninth. Pittsburgh halted the Phil seven game winning Streak taking a twin Bill 8-2 and 2-1. In the Oskui or. The pirates mauled three Philadelphia fingers for 14 lists with Jack Kraus being charged with his seventh defeat. The Boston braves continued on their winning ways nosing out the Culm 3-2 the Bruins scored their i ii t run in the second Liana on Bill a Bolson s 17th Home run de Hany Wysk i pitching eight innings lost his third game while Manny Salvo went the route to i leg is ter his fourth win. St Duns and new York divided a Doi Alt header the cardinals took the first game 11-1, and the giants came Back to capture the final. H o George Munger was the winning hurler in the opener and Johnny wit tip was the loser. Zuber is hot in the Vine lean league Bill zither turned in a bit of Sharp pitching for the league Lead my Yankees allowing the Browns Only two hits As the yanks won 2-1 Hie brownies scored their Only run in the third inning when Don Gutteridge singled stole second and continued to third on i Catcher Ken Sears wild throw. The speedy Gutteridge scored a moment later when Crosetti kicked Cliftos grounder. Washington beat the tigers 7-4 and dropped the bengals into fifth place. Going into the ninth Hie score was tied at 4-4. Mickey Vernon singled scoring Angelo Guliano and Jake Powell poked a in into right scoring George Case and Mickey Vernon. Early Wynn achieved his 13th Victory and lefty Hal Newhouser absorbed his Lith defeat Thornton Lee came up with a i rec hitter for Chicago and the White sox blanked the Boston red sox 2-0. The cd lox scored both their runs in the third on Luke Applings double off yank Terry tile Cleveland indians scored their seventh straight win taking a 12-9 slugging Bee from the Philadelphia athletics. Hawks win twice to hold second place in softball close dog Way out los Angeles a default divorce Jas granted mrs. Joy Jeffers from Rev. Joe Jeffers after she testified the pastor of the kingdom Temple conducted a symbolic burial ceremony for her in the t mountains. Draft gets Chalky former feat i weight Champ Chalky Wight had his heart set ii serving in the u s maritime service but his draft Board leaded differently because Wright failed to notify his draft Board when he was sworn into the Man time service a month ago he was ordered to report for induction on August 28. And will spend the duration wearing Khaki instead of Blue and White. Due to the Fine pitching of Cpl Gabe the night Hawks downed the red liners 7-1. The Hawks made nine hits off Owens and Wils and the red Inners had four hits off Cpl. Gabe. Cpl Ottis leg zen Schmuch did the heavy Hilting for the Hawks. Night Hawks 3 rovers 2 night Hawks Defeated the Roy ors 3-2. Cpl. 3-2. Cpl. Gabe drove in the winning run in the fifth inning scoring Cpl. Ott from second. Sgt. Hariss v. S. Ostrander unit correspondent i s Bonus for Rowe Lynwood a a Schoolboy Rowe was Given a Bonus of i too dollars by the Phillies for winning ten games Schoolboy hit the Mark with a win Over the pirates. It is understood that the Veteran Light hander will receive too dollars for Carli Victory from now on until the end of the season. Flaks 5 records 3 with Cpl. Paul spell pitching Superb one hit Ball the flak throwers entered the win column again defeating the rovers 5-1 is sgt. Bigelow unit Carres pendent Mil ted no errors As against three and one for the rovers. Is sgt. Galiney unit correspondent j mohawks 20 no records 7 the Mohawk blues came through with a barrage of 24 hits and 29 runs to trounce the no records team 20-7 in a league tilt at Al Biar. The losses were held to ight hits which accounted ii r their seven runs. Every Man in the blues lineup slapped out at least Hie hit and runs were scored in a very inning but the second. A Cpl. F. S. Grayson unit correspondent tee Essers 7 circuits 5 the tee Essers squeezed out a win Over the rovers in their first meeting of tile current round. The final score 1-0, is evidence of the Well played gam1 that ended in record time. Sgt. Carnet chichi twirled shutout Ball allowing Only three scattered hits. The winning team collected five hits and com softball standings stripes league w. L. Pet snafus 4 0 i too night Hawks 7 i .875 tee Essers 6 i 857 dodgers 4 2 .666 Mohawk blues 3 3 500 Short circuits 2 3 400 red liners 4 6 .400 no records 2 3 400 flak thrower 0 i too rovers 0 i too