Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Page 2the stars and stripes daily tuesday August 24, 1943 the stars and Algiers daily stripes newspaper of Hie 0. 8. Armed farces published monday through fridays inclusive far troop la the Algiers area. The stars and stripes. Algiers daily is edited and published by and far the personnel of the la. 8. Armed forces in the North african theater of operations. It is printed by la erho do Alger. The Rue de la Liberty Algiers. Mailing address i of Boulevard Baudin Algiers. Telephone kt6.60�?copt. Christenson est. Lid copt. Neville est. Editorial. Est. »5 Cir polatian to sgt. Bill est eff est. 64i it. Cal. White est. To. Acknowledgement is made of the cartoons Ramie strips feature stories and general editorial set ices supplied by yank the army weekly and of news supplied by the office of War information and special services War dept. Yank about town la you relish Coats and wine Sicily s of by James a. Burchard stars and strides staff writer Palermo Sicily do you know j so the deflated Goat Val. I a. 84 tuesday August St Usu la. Col. Egbert Wiota capt. Robert Neville Apt. Robert j. Christenson m sift. David Golding at William Hogan editorial staff not. George Cpl. Joseph Baily or. Cpl. Al St adv Dorsey to in a. Publications officer editor business manager managing editor news editor c be Robert a. Saxon Cpl. Bill Kilham. Algiers Datebook a red Cross service club War Bonds red Crow service at id blvd Baudin. 28 Rue Carnot Tete the american club is located less Culive offices phones 305 Soi american movies Are Shewn daily in the red Cross operated Empire theater. The list following gives toe Day s activities at the service club today proo ram 12 m radio program it states lounge. 2 pm aes program a sirt emails it North Africa broadcast out mete arc service club 4 to 5 pm 4 roman Catholic Chaplin will be available. Chape i 5 pm birthday party a hangouts 5 30 pm radio program is ates lounge i. 6 30 pm Twilight dance admission by by to net Only. Roof Garden. Officers9 clubs the american red Cross officers club located at 16 Rue Den i t t to Herat is open to All american officers nurses or wac officers language lessons in frenc n. Italian. Russian and Leiman Are conducted every night at 5 30, i 36 and 7 30 pm. Today s program is listed below further information May be obtained by phoning the club Al 339-18 today program 2 to 7 a Xii caricatures by Bec. 8 of pm dance. Music by the a Griffins a Cash purchases of War savings Bonds May now be made from la. Parker War bunds off Uei. Coastal air Force but c to i service office. 29 Rue hoc he also at special service Section 12th a f s c. 27 blvd Baudin. Sightseeing Cooks Toi re an instructive visit of old Algiers daily at 3 in irom Cook s office 61 Rue to my facing Post office t be tour costs 25 francs. Currency Exchange american servicemen May Exchange eur enc at u 8 finance office at 24 Rue Michelet 12 blvd. Carnot and 27 blvd Carnot during hours 7 to am to 4 30 pm notice the Allied officer 8 club is located in the hotel aleut Endrun e on blvd Carnot commissioned Oft hers men and women including captains. Chief officers and chief engineers Only. Of the merchant service i Are ii Gale tor membership no guests Are permitted but visiting officers Mav obtain a Short term membership club is open from la am to to pm sec., it. Cliffe Brown. Seaman s club Many facilities Are afforded the merchant Seaman. There is a restaurant Barracks cigarettes and Beer the club is operated by the United Seaman a service in connection with the w r a la is located at the sport s Nahr my by est club on the waterfront near place government. Going on about town must arrive do fore noon of the Day before publication. To the Date Rook editor fori Loining baseball schedules Are also desired 8iars and stripes. 12 blvd Baudin. It Hong 336 66 Extension 6.5 radio program american expeditionary station 286 meters-1050 kilo cycles Adays program f 36 to 8 06 am reveille round up town Tattler. And who was the Brawl minded a a Siage door Johnnie who attempted to Force his Way through the Side door of a local theater the other night one Guy even rated a slug on the jaw. Twas certainly reminiscent of the Good old Days when the stage door i lends used to mix it up along Broadway. Aside to Orang a yank about town Tell Glia rile maim the lad with the sax for Sale to get in touch with lied Munson at the Algiers acc club. We like the Story of the two Waco a who gave a i a lift in their jeep and when the id departed at his destination one turned to tile other and said Well of All the nerve. We give him a lift and he does t even ask for a Date Quot. If you have i a laudable radio for Sale Contact in it. Albert Hilliard at tile Beda Kin Dep t. And it. Bill Jacob i wants a guitar. Call 30242. Wonder who the Lovely Gal is who cheers on Cpl. Norman Sanderson Iii every bout he lights at the  in and the Ope looks Slie gives his opponents. Those train whistles Are enough to drive a Guy nuts. R-5 Jot i ii p. Cummings Ziec above Oran item. They say Warbler buddy Hughes is one of wac a sgt. Nan Rae s favourites. I -5 e. H. Hansen tosses a i it of it in to Hie snore pal rollers for then line policing. Movies  pea King movies Only Ore mss de Here. Of you understand French you might consult local French newspaper movie lists and find your favorite stars. Lady in questions starring Rita Hayworth. Arc movie House in Empire theatre Rue d Renfert Cochereau 3, 6 and a pm. La tip la to 11 4.1 12 �0 12 1a 12 30 12 45 i 15 1 30 2 in 3 30 3 45 4 of 4 30 5 of 5 30 6 to 6 30 6 45 7 in 7 15 7 30 8 60 pm 6 15 pm 9 15 pm 8 36 pm to of pm to 30 pm to 35 pm to 45 pm am am am m i m pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm african same session personal album sound off. G i Jive. F fighter command b a n cd a in a i. News. Break for music Tensai. Donald Thorne a ensa a Craf rhythm in Blue t ensa. Rec re Broadi ast Al Donahue orchestra Are you a Genius Melody matinee. Norman Cloutier. Tommy Dot soy. Fibber Mcgee and i 11 y rap gang 8how Tensai. Royal Marine band Tensai. Fred Waring news. Think of a numb r Tensai. Bob Hope. Bbl news. Barracks bag sidewalks of North Africa Bing Crosby show off the record Tensai. News resume slumber music sign off the poet Man. Rings once with Quot i Hai e been thinking that perhaps lion might fit this True Story in your column. My Mother bought me a service Cap As a both Day gift Aud got permission from the third postmas tei general to Send it Over Hoe i sweated it out for Tiro months Lief Ole us arrival last thursday. That same Nigut i Lune it to an officers reception party at the hotel tar Nail Ain Taya and while it Aas there on the rack some officer took it and did not even leave me a duly old Garrison Cap for a substitute. Nota i is til have some fail ii in human to ones if and i hate to ii Rue my Kotlier about it and make a unhappy so i thought if you filmed this Story in your column the offender would turn it in where i can pick it of. Hest wishes Deon Sutton civilian technician Well ifs in print. Deem Sicily when you return to the states will you be Able to arise at the banquet table and Tell the height of it. Etna the average number of children in a sicilian family and the reason Why restaurants serve Brown Macaroni to some customers and White to others no Well this writer Doest know either but during quite a bit of ramblings in Sicily since Landing on a Day with the 1st division we have picked up a Good Many items of information which we hasten to pass along. You can take pm or leave emas you see lit. Sicily is easily defined. It is a lot of Hills surrounded by water and a rat ions. The sicilian inn a Guage is something no i should learn if he expects to visit Rome. A roman speaking pure italian would no More understand a sicilian than a resident of Manhattan would understand a native of Brooklyn. Vino key word if you know such words As Quot Aqua Quot and Quot Vino you will not go thirsty. Newcomers to Sicily weaned on North african wine will do Well to proceed slowly. One quart of Good sicilian brew will put you under tile table about jus quickly tis three quarts All lean style. Sicily exports one Brand of wine known As Marsala Why Well never know. Its Sweet but not too bad when made wit ii a special egg mixture exporting will be on the bum for some time to come. A . Navy Shell hit Hie Marsala wine Plant and did t do it any Good at All the most popular pastime is milking goats wherever sicilians can find them this old custom generally is followed in tile Early morning when citizens will gang up on ii Goat on the City streets or pastures armed with buckets tin cans and bottles. After an hour or is permitted to go about his business. Sicilians like to build towns right on top of Small mountains. This quaint idea dates Back to by when you were Likely to find a greek or roman climbing into your bedroom window with drawn sword. It was easier to pour boiling Oil and big rocks Down a Hill than up. Foods the thing at the moment the average sicilian does not think highly of Mussolini. He is More interested in food. To most american soldiers he sicilian is a person who opens his Mouth exposing a set of fangs which would drive a dentist to madness and moans Mangiaris this Means he wants food. Children vary the theme by saying a a Caramel an which Means Cand t Here Are several ways of handling persistent  and  the maps frown on gunplay so it is Best merely to shout  this Means Sci am or get the hell out of Here it is the sicilian equivalent of Quot Aile Quot in Attica. Sicilian cities All look about the same from Catania to Gela. The big exception As far As we it seen is Palermo. Here you can bin a cab or Barouch Remote with a Lei. But sicilians Are learning they no longer talk in lire it s Quot in Dollar for just about everything from a shoe Shine to shampoo. Do not run tor a bomb shelter a or Quot Ricovero a when you hear loud humming. Tins will be mosquitoes which come out in squad formation at night. What with mosquitoes cold water showers Mangiaris and millions of pictures of Mussolini Sicily May not please the Over fastidious. But there Are Many souvenirs for go getters and Many of the gals could get a second Leer on Broadway. Still we have a Choice Well Winter in Rome. Islands give us Claustrophobia. Mail Call in i Witt Bork la in i Nad it Way a bin Gloria Jean males i. Run a pie 3 30 and 8 30 for. Virginia City or i Ai Flynn fees a finning on the Side of Law and order. Regent Rue do july 3 and 8 30 pm the a rea1 by to Rory a lie i Hap in and Jack Oak in in in by la Haw a Ore about a couple of Axis agent. Olympia Lur Desly 4 and 9 in convoys a thrilling Story of men and ships who Clear the Way for the merchantmen. Vox Rue Charras. 3 36 and a 45 pm i ten gentlemen from Wert Foint a the Young a gentlemen pros their Worth with Maureen o Hora to look at Abc and Marignan theatres 4 and 9 pm dig shot an amusing comedy with Guy Arbee and Una Merkel. My min Uit Rue de Chan a. 2 30 and 9 Imp. Maison Carree Pittsburgh Starling Malene Cit Rich Eden Cinema ave. Louis  la 6 pm. Maison Blanchi announcing new movie policy Pup tent poets premonition beyond these tears. Beyond the pounding of my heart to seek Dull stillness in the night ahead of me where rain Falls softly As the Thunder Dies away to question airy worlds with never a reply How shall i Calm  fears How shall i still this cry clinching my fists anew breathless As dying fires will brightly flame when fuelled Brief yesteryear unsatisfied desires a pvt. Harry c. Hew land at base theatre there will be a new show every sunt Desand thurs matinees. Sun tues. And Thor Al 2 i m shows nightly at 6 30 Ami 8 36 in stage show every sat. At 8 by Bob Hope coining tuesday. Theater As you were american red cry stage show opera House. Brest it a Square 7 30 pm Carinos mimic Hall French Al revue Rue do isly if 39 pm. Music sports baseball codes is Road runners Al Biar 6 36 Imi. Softball monarchs is. X s engineers 6 30 pm. Junkies is. Yar Birds a engineers. I pm. Pirates is Mohawk blues Hydra. 6 30 pm snafu is. A get Haw if. Al Biar 6 30 pm Clay pigeons we Fly die transports thru rain Snow or Shine with cargo of All sorts we re always there on time. We take off in the morning and get Back Lute at night we always keel a going to help win this fight. Bong hours and hard work Why should we complain. Our duties we never Slink to us it s All the same. We deserve some credit Fame and glory too. Cause we keep hauling Victory through the Blue. One. F. L. J. Ungar thin Ami i Cut. A sol. C. M. Hood of Knoxville t�?Tcnu., sends ins sincerest appreciation to Chest lire Cox and the other arc Gais who presented him with those Happy birthday wishes and cake. Whatever  to that enlisted  discussion and How come Oil officer refused to Grant a stare and stripes reporter permission to interview nurses under Nis command. That not Cricket. Another lad about town has a size Vij Long dark Olive Drao Blouse and trousers a officers for Sale. This pillar is rapidly turning into a Gimbel s bargain basement. Have you head of Hie Moron who work cel in a morgue so Long he became slab floppy. Pie. Tony or Benedict Nas come to the Aid or Cpl. R. S. Waterman whose dog Cim wound recently bailed out of a bomber. Tony has offered his own Puppy Bunkus to Waterman. Incidentally those two an corps of i leers it. Wright i Noble of gloss Besiei county. Va., and it. Thomas limn of Sapulpa okla Are taking two parakeets also known As a a love Birds a to Sicily with them As mascots. The two Birds Are expecting a visit Oon from another Birds Hie Stork. Too bad about that i who worked like blazes to get one night Oil to escort a Gal to a dance Only u have the girl phone i her regrets. Tins same girl was spotted about town tile same night with another Guy. Don t Cate a Hoot salutes me or not. Of Ai my training a time be fore this have to Exchange everyone with this calling second Logie j Lear a it or second Louiese answer to my comments As it Gat cts saluting merits a reply. J i wish to Correct several items j mentioned therein. When i stated Algiers arca i meant just that and i was on loot during the t free weeks mention cd not on duty Ai a desk nor Wall the military police. Personally i whether a Man it is it Matt Eland policy. For War we didst salutes we he n in town. Was Happy and satisfied arrange nuut. I shall hate it to the judgment of others As to the kind of of Ricer is cond Looie Quot must be. Ill be Content to depend on the opinions of enlisted men alone. I know what a Quot benzine boards a would Tell him. I have a Hunch that when i was a s Tai ant in this Man s army a a second i Xue Quot was wearing the t cornered pants. The Thorne can title me anything Quot about tile unpleasantness of the army at tunes and More especially. Of some of the individuals. To me the service comes first and always will. I know what it stands for. Com a it that with the 1/ooie�?Ts attitude. Wonder wily the Looie guts enough to sign his is one raft in the water and another under. Cong to action. I find it hard to put into wolds just How much this Means to the boys Here at the Hospital. Having taken a very impersonal poll. We find that everyone agrees on the Good Job done. What it. Means a it the morale is impossible to express. The red Cross the engineers and their working patient must get a great satisfaction seeing the hundreds of doughboy enjoying themselves. When we say thanks for everything to them we say it for All who come Here present and future from the army and the Navy of France Britain and the United states. As Ion Quot As we have Jye Ople like these who put their Hearth and fouls into keeping others hippy. We have ten. Their smallest i our highest Praise a i of. Harold no fear of being forgot Effort deserves and Furman voting by mail lastly i ? lacked name major la n retiring 5 final corps thinking aloud. Tomorrow night at to pm., the aps is presenting a new he diet show tagged  the program is patterned after those Midnight lights out shows that were so porn tar Back Home pm the Good old  remember. A Sci Dick Bruner for Comfort dear editor this Lett it r is one of appreciation for the wonderful work done by the red Cross at the second convalescent Hospital. Under red Cross sponsorship an Engineer unit built rafts and lounging chairs for the convalescent patients. Some of the patients assisted in the Woik the results Are grand. These men de i serve All the Praise in the world. They worked hard for Many Long hours in the hot Sun to make things More comfortable for us gis who were unable to help. T now there Are plenty of chairs a Pavillion and All the comforts of a Beach resort Back Home. The Fie dear editor. Is some of the congressmen done to like tile idea of unregistered overseas soldiers and sailors voting by mad in the 1944 elections in t that Fine Isnit that just Lovely it seems that a number of the gentlemen especially those from the poll tax Belt Are worried again about states rights. In this instance the Light of a state to determine the eligibility of its voters. To this sort of obscure arguing the answer is so simple honest and important that to overrule it to Bellow it Clown can result Only in a bitter situation More than slightly touched with treachery. The answer is a question what better qualification can a Man have for voting than that he be Iii uniform away from his Home fighting for the Freedom of irn is i. Jim Sayre generals health Good Atlanta a maj. Gen. Edward King who directed artillery on Bataan was in a a Good heat he As of last february according to a postcard Fie wrote then to his wife from a japanese internment Camp