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   Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Monday August 23, 1943the stars and stripes daily meet Tony Porte Ira Sicily so average Man Page 3 port by stars Cefalu Sicily Tony is 85 years old he s Ainer Iea seven times in Chicago new York and Balli i would have More. He last returned to Cefalu lout those fish. The six years ago because were too cold. All my foot and All my fro in Chicago a he said. You could i in pilose Call Tony a typical sicilian who tried to make a living under fascism. He was t very successful at it Al-1 i High he owns what passes As a first a ass grocery in these parts. Ten kids did t worry him he says he could have fed them All. Put Mussolini no. He could it feed to Hee kids and the fascist coffers too. Tony no or thought much about fascism. Mussolini and world pm fare until funny coking policemen in feel striped pants marked coming around with strange tax orders. I hey grab lied a Lew pennies of a i  and worked overtime to Beans Nee and make it timing Dorrier Anc Hie Hole. Head never i Hod before. But their was the Mediterranean right at his door and fish were food of Tony got together some kind of a net. A shabby contraption As nets go. But there were a lilt of lit fir empty belie that had to a filled and he could at least try. By then he knew there was lift it tie listening to fascist promises i hey said they give us some Money but we have no Money for my months in America if i buy a Bunch of bananas for 50 cents i know i make another 50 rents rolling them. In Sicily i think i do the same thine b t Mussolini Lake he other 50 cents a a of Tony fished. He caught sardines Ami chugged with his Home j Aai is a. By kill Aki and string 5 Aff writer Porte Ira made net. He salted them and the been to Little polite Bias gobbled them up. Selling fruit i oily insists Many Cefalu families starved with especially in the states Winter when you  a k out in us Fields and find tomatoes. Legs onions or watermelons. Little towns like Cefalu ran into another difficulty. People from the big towns running away from a lied bombs descended upon them they Hail Money and they bought All available food. Tony paying Lent on his store and nearby House cussed Mussolini As often As he said his prayers. And that was a Uon As sicilians Are a devout race. One from t in in army bouts featured by close fights Day All his 60 smallpox. He i Hen and the though or soil bread. A Arom. Tony deeper into Cio denied Check off chickens died could t eat thought that he could have done so before almost drove him frantic. Sugar and bread were just memories because 1 your american planes keep italian ships away Quot Mussolini took All the Sweet Oil for the soldiers and a sicilian just can t Cook without Sweet 01. Few it eople in town tried to work they just tried to exist. We sat there in front of the grocery a Tore and talked it Over Tony had a bit of eggplant and a Glass of wine which he insisted on sharing and he would t take a pack of cigarettes until he was con Vinced it was t our last pack his kids were Well mannered if thru asked for Quot ear Ameo Quot Tony boxed a heir ears Quot the italian people now know this Mussolini stuff All  a a Aid Tony a a we just want to i a like before honest with nothing to worry about we Don t want much three Lorn Quot Toms paved the store Ami Tony studied them with an o d knowing eve As he reached for his fishing net they make those Pas Cimi jump out of their holes. Now i go see How Many sardines in Mediterranean von fellas hurry up and kick All fascist out of Italy i Promise you. I throw big wine  by Cpl. Bill Gilham stars Ana stripes staff writer using a jolting left Jab to Good effect Driver Jack Clarkson. 153. Of the British army smashed his Way to a hard fought Victory Over Houcine an Arab middleweight in i the main event if the boxing show presented by tile special i services Section of the 12th air Force service command before a packed House at the Majestic then i ter. I he first two rounds were rather even As the algerian win towered Over Clarkson traded punch for punch with the slugging British boy. But in the third round tile Driver opened up with a two listed attack that Cut Hou inc s Mouth i and had the big Arab reeling along the ropes at the Bell. I he curtain Raiser saw pvt. I Frankie Allen an american Fea j the weight weaken in the final two rounds and drop the Duke to Sci res 123. Of Maison Carree Allen started out As though he were going to make it Short and Sweet j As he dropped series with a left i Hook to the Blea ii Lisket in the first 15 seconds of the fawning i round. Cirl football coach will use own system Greensburg  will be a pleasure to play fax it a Bali at Bell township High school this fall Roach Pauline Rug ii a blonde is much easier to look at than any Mals football coach. Miss Hugh confessed Surprise when appointed to the Job. Succeeding Quot Hong Rich who went to East Pittsburgh High. Miss Rush said that no old systems but her own news Stem will be used. Quot in a going to have a new Kyat Emall my own. No Rockne Warner or Sha ugh Ness v stuff for me. Ifs going to be a Urpi ise to everyone. Including Mem  the Only trouble she anticipates is teaching the boys How to kick. Seymour Greenberg defeats Segura miners face trial for strike activity Pittsburgh a a lid me f p. Schoonmaker of the u. S. District court has overruled a defense to lion to quash indictments returned against 30 Coal miners under the Smith Connally anti strike Law in connection with walkouts in the Western Pennsylvania Coal Fields last june and july. The miners Are All members of John l. Lewis United mine workers and will go pm trial sept. I. Judge Schoonmaker ruled the act a valid exercise of War Powers adding this country is involved in a very serious War and operations of of Algiers and lost the mines must not be  decision. As usual Washington a in a unanimous decision the War labor Board tins week denied a maintenance of membership clause and dues checkoff to the Cio United automobile workers for 60.000 employees of the Chrysler corporation apparently in answer to the recent strike record at the Chrysler Plant the web decision received the approval of the three labor members As Well As the vote of t he management and Public Mem frers on the Board. It was one of the few cases in which the Board refused to Grant Union Security to a Large and Well established Union in a Large company. The Union demand was denied for Only six months however and May be presented again at the end of that period. The Board stated that future consideration of the demand will depend upon the Industrial relations situation at the Chrysler plants. The War labor Board this week co John Kjier Kane d also announced thai a Public hear co i Ltd it a Wiliam Johnson Lor u on a us i 1 i a a conspicuous Gay Lantry in action the dispute Between the John l. And intrepidity at risk of their Lewis United mine workers ail jives am beyond the Call of duty Quot the Anthracite Coal operators injuring the raid on the Plesti Oil the Pennsylvania area. In 20 Fields aug. I. The double award weeks of discussion the Union and j marked the first presentation of the operators have been unable to the highest United states Decora negotiate a new contract. Lion for a single air action. Home news in Brief   new Haven  William Lyon Plelps. 78, critic lecturer and professor emeritus in English literature at Yale University died alter a Long illness which however did not prevent him from working until a most his last hours. Serres visits Canvas series took a count of five before being Able to pull himself off the floor but came Back Strong for the remainder of us round Allen visited the Canvas twice in tile second but each time bounded up without taking a count. Both boys tired rapidly in the third but the Arab had enough left to take a close decision. Fireman Bill Hardy a . Navy featherweight made his Fristic debut a losing one As he took a boxing lesson from Driver Dick Franklin. 122, of the British army. Franklins left Jab kept Hardy a head Bobbing like a woodpeckers dome throughout the fight. Pfc. Harold Dronin 147, of the in s. Army earned the judges nod Over torpedo Man Howard Mcglynn 154. Of the . Navy. Drouin s first round Edge in which he had Mcglynnn a Knees buckling with right uppercuts to the jaw. Carmel us i the verdict. Sanderson loses Southampton n. Y. Cisco Segura. Ecuadorian Star lost hts first match this to Seymour Greenberg of Cago 6-4, 0-6, 6 4, in the round of the Southampton tat Ion round Robin at t window club. Sidney Wood Defeated in Hunt 6 i 3-6, 6-2. A three Way j tie involving Greenberg. Segura and Bobbie Falkenburg of Hollywood must be played off to decide who meets Wood for the championship at in end of the five round Robin matches each had four victories and one defeat i Antenna s veal Chi i Mal Mvi Mea Job Browns Trade Clift St. Louis a the Browns have traded third baseman h a r i an d Clift and Pitcher Johnny niggling to the senators for  Ellis Clary Pitcher John Miller and an undisclosed amount of Cash. Cpl. Norman amen Cali army spite the urging Friend  medal of Honor Cairo the congressional medal of Honor has been awarded to Sanderson an lightweight de of his wac girl solve a of 132, a three round the blonde wac did plenty of Shadow boxing j throughout the Brawl. Pvt. Joe Gallagher 112, former flyweight Champion of England made his first appearance on the service commands card and was held to a draw by Alio uate a Tough Little Arab flyweight from Maison Carree. Sapper Jock Breen 118, of the British army dropped a close decision to Pissani. An Arab bantamweight who made Breens sunburned beak his target for the night. Sapper Joe Fornengo a British army lightweight Drew with to Krane 134, of Algiers. Mourane bounced Joe through the ropes in tile first and they punched each other dizzy in the second. Fornengo put on a rousing rally in the third to earn a Well deserved draw. Bums buy infielder new York a tim Brook v la dodgers have purchased Bill Hart. A third baseman from us new Orleans club of the Southern association. Hart 28. Leads the league in homers and runs batted in Alai is hitting .320. Brooks trim Bruins 9-2 yanks win the Brooklyn dodgers got hot and Defeated the cubs. 9-2. The Bruins manufactured their two runs in the first inning alien Bill Nic Emlson poled his 18th Home run with a Man aboard. Curt Davis went the route for tile bums to Waister his seventh Victory and Hibi Thorn the loser we As charged with his tenth loss. Pittsburgh beat new York. 8-1. Scoring seven runs on two homers by Jim Russell and one by Vince i it it miggy it. Cincinnati Clung to third place j with a 7-5 Triumph Over the j braves. The reds had to come i from behind before winning As Boston took a two run Lead in the first inning on Elmer Nieman s Homer with one on. The Phillies scored four unearned runs in the sixth inning Ami two More in the seventh to defeat the world Champion Cadi nals 6-5. In the american league the Yankees went 13 innings before Downing the indians. 2-1. In a night game which was held up one not or by a Power Plant failure in tin 13th, Joe Gordon doubled and scored on Long flies by tuck stain Back Aid hoi lie hems Ley. Washington nosed out the White sox. 4-3, As dutch Leonard set the sox Down with four hits. Sherrard h4>bertson led the senators attack on Orval Grove with a circuit clout will one aboard in Hie first inning. The Auklet is suffered their 13t.h consecutive defeat As the Browns Denny Gatehouse held them to four hits and beat the a a. 3-0. Only one philadelphian reached second and that was on Vern Stephens error in the seventh. Detroit and the red sox split a doubleheader Boston taking die opener 4-3, and the tigers breezing through the Nightcap 10-0 manager Joe Cronin Pinch hit for Heber Newsom in the seventh inning of the first game and knocked in two runs with a double. In the second game the bengals scored four rums in the first three More in the third and finished up with three markers in the eighth As Rudy York banged out his 24th inane run with two mates on base. Pvt. Joe dugo pitches no hit no run game in do face tilt pvt. Dugo the has beens Ace Mounds Man entered the North african Hall of Fame by pitching a no hit no run game Over the b bus 7-0, at municipal stadium. Dugos team mates supported him with airtight Fielding. Only in the fifth Frame were the b bus Able to threaten when Quot rip Quot Lange yanks hurler scattered six hits White his mates kept the bases cleared completing three double plays. The Little yanks sewed up tin game in Hie second inning with a five hit barrage that netted three runs. To Cpl. Wayne Gaddis led the Little yanks at the plate with an error and a walk put two men three flite while Chiecuto collected on base with none out but two a three safeties for the losers strike outs and a forced play at a sgt. Lange was the winning second stopped the rally. Pitcher with sgt. Don Shelton be the batteries were for the has a. Beens dugo pitching and Krippse tonight at 7 30 in the special catching and for the b is cos services office. 13 Rue Laudeman pitching and Yetter catching j there will tie an important meet new York More than 1 000 pickets marched around the new York world Telegram newspaper Plant tarrying National maritime Union banners and signs protesting the writings of columnist Westbrook Peeler. Some pickets wore the uniform of merchant Marine officers and others wore ribbons inscribed Quot torpedoed at  the marchers chanted Quot we Aie out to win the War. What the hell is Pegler for a Ruffin beats shans new York Bobby Ruffin. 133, of new York took a close decision Over Cleo shans 134, of los Angeles. In a ten round bout at Madison Square Garden. Dugo struck out five and walked one while Cosman fanned six Ami did t Issue a free pass. It sgt. G. R. Espensen unit correspondent i Little yanks 6 mounties i the Idle streetwalker gained a tie for second place As the yanks trimmed the mounties in the Sha Kolot league 6-1. A sgt. My of All Sha Kolot and shewing urn league managers for tax purpose of deciding the procedure to be followed in determining league champions. Discussions on the play offs of respective winners will also take place. Hind the la Ute of ,�5 the ten hits g Loco moing. Philadelphia father divine. Negro cult Leader has evicted a Saint from his heaven because the Saint was taking too Many Gin Rubdown. The deposed resident is St. Thomas negro fighter who scored eight consecutive knockdowns while in Good standing in heaven. Divine said that Gin. Boxing and my Way of life Quot did not mix. St. Thomas is now Plain Thomas Reed. Do face standings Sha Kolot new York a Federal circuit court of appeals upheld the conviction of Anthony Cramer As a traitor who tried to assist two of six nazi saboteurs landed from a sub in Florida in 1942. Cramer must serve a 45 years sentence. Fort Dix. N j a thousand soldiers be sent rep which is threatened shortage. Spokesman offered Assurance that at least a to Camden to help process a bumper Tomato with spoilage at canneries because of labor w l. Pct. Falcons 13 i .928 mounties la 3 .785 Street walkers la 3 .785 Little yanks 13 4 .764 Little beavers 5 5 .500 linemen 7 8 .466 barnacles 7 9 .437 Pill rollers 2 7 .250 commander 2 15 .117 Sii Ewing us w. L. Pct. Howitzers 12 i 923 mechanics 6 i 857 Lumberjacks 8 3 .727 braves 9 6 .600 Road runners to 6 571 has beens 7 7 Soo guardsmen 3 5 375 pm sluggers 4 7 .363 dodos 5 9 357 hermits i 2 .333 bus i to too plate pvt. Jackie Narron loping twirler giving up Ami pvt a a Arab Quot Mastro Tooh care of the catch a Kenneth r. Tuft unit correspondent barnacles 6 Pill rollers 5 Al Schacht entertained a crowd of soldiers and sailors at Al Biar while the barnacles were beating tile Pill rollers 6-5. Seaman Jim Casey the winning Pitcher gave up eight scattered hits. Phm2c Papsdorf did the work behind the plate. Y2c m. Ort was the leading slugger getting a double and two singles in Lour times at Bat. A by in Shanghai Seely 4ume correspondent  
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