Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Thursday August 26, 1943fhe stars and stripes daily Axis Bitt expressed Best in prison Camps jars to be a turn. The stockade to owners from brought Tell the German by mistake in the same Cage with the italians on the night they were brought Back from Sicily. The next morning the guards found him pretty roughed up and quickly removed him to the Cage containing his fellow German prisoner. From the ies irony of american guards and interpreters who have seen and talked to the Cap lives from Sicily the turbulence in the Axis Barracks already evident in Tunisia has been growing steadily and now the Barracks a rocking on its foun Intel prefers in this which the first Prissila have been a Story that would give or Joseph Goebbels and his clerks plenty of reason to function overtime. Pfc. Edwin Nonemacker of Newark. N. J., who was born Iii tile Black Forest Region of Germany 20 years ago Aud can speak every i Lei Man dialect from hoc Deutsch to Platt Putsch says a the Cher mans Don t like the italians Ain More one Genoa private told me that bullets Are too Good for them. Another explained Why the germans put the italians in front of them set a that they would t shoot i the germans from the rear a reverse hot pvt. Anthony Sacco of new Yolk an italian interpreter stated that one italian mortar squad on Sicily reported firing balk on the germans who were protected by the Defi Lade of a Hill. Another italian interpreter. Pvt Dana i j Ciu Reio of Philadelphia was told by italians of a coastal defense unit who turned their guns on the germans behind them alien the americans began to land on tire teaches. They told me that neither they nor any of their officers wanted to fight that the germans were merely using a hem As a shield Diciurcio says Quot and these gunners did t plan on being a shield any longer. They told me that before the invasion of Sicily they were stationed on the defences rear Bien to. They said they went through six hours of terrific bombardment and when the americans came up on the beaches they threw up their  at Licata a whole battalion of italians were waiting to surrender. Borne of the men and practically All of officers had their suitcases and bags packed and were ready to go. According to sgt. Alfred Carlo of Brooklyn the italians All asked Why the americans did no to come sooner. A a you a have been by to kit. Milton Lehman i stars and stripes stuff writer / prisoner was put j Welcome in Italy Oner tied before a a prism id car Quot but now Italy is Down by German  three gripes two other italian interpreters i from Brooklyn pfc. Harry Schear and pfc. Andrew Gal ii report that the italians Are by and Large a Happy lot extremely pleased with the treatment they Are now receiving and anxious to get on to new York Philadelphia and Brooklyn where most of them declare they have relatives. I a Quot when they Gripe a says Galli they Gripe about three subjects Hitler Mussolini and Ciano who they say married Mussolini s daughter to get her  whenever they mention Ciano s name a says Schear. They follow it up with a string of  Youthful germans the germans in the stockade according to non Marker. Are All Young it tost of them about in years of and brought to Sicily from the Southern front in Russia late last Winter most of the germans were wearing Haggle uniforms some arrived without shoes. Others without shirts and All of them blamed the Success of the invasion of Sicily on the italians just As Uliey blamed most of their defeat in Tunisia on Uvea but theres been a marked change i attitude since Tunisia fell tile old Bumpious boasts about the future of Germany and Are fading away and prisoner answer the will Germany win a i Don t  germans who Art ports sgt. Joe Signoracci hurls no hitter in softball leagues sgt. Joe Signoracci Star hurler of the Dusty ducks pitched a no hit. No run game As the ducks walloped the b go team 9-0, in a regimental league game played at Al Biar. Signoracci fanned 15 men and Only one Ball was hit out of the infield any team in this area who would like to take a Chance against the docks May schedule a game by calling Flag 21 through Freeck Nui Ami asking for of. Findley. A fit. M. Cabin to nit con is Poleat t was featured by the Brilliant Fielding of both clubs and the Superb pitching of Grives Ami Lloyd of the vultures Ami earner Chiola of the tee Esters a Eric c. P. Terry unit correspondent / Lier army now uie question with a quiet. Unlike the beginning to fear the worst the italian prisoners Are beginning to look Forward to better Days most of Thea italians Are very old one inmate was 66�?and practically All of them Are from me oldest class tire italians have called into service. They sing almost All the time they act like a Bunch of kids no matter How old they  says sgt. Carlo. A a some of them ask me Why we put up the barbed wire barriers they say they certainly Aren t planning on running away. Trey say the invasion was no Surprise to them Only they did not know when ii was  you ought to see them work. A says pvt. Diciurcio. All you have to do is give them a shovel and they la Stait right  one Middle aged italian private speaking to one of the interpreters summed up an attitude that seems to be spreading up and Down the italian Boot we fought against the germans in the last  he says. Why should we fight with them now a a Many saved in War zone surgical platoons prove efficient Allied Force Headquarters. Aug. 25 frontline surgery reached new efficiency during the sicilian Campaign with the formation of surgical platoons which operated within the Shadow of c Bat operations the surgeons of lice Nat Ousa disclosed Here today. Severely wounded men who ordinarily would have been transported five to six Miles in an ambulance received on the spot treatment which worked to prevent Shock and saved Many lives teams of skilled surgeons and technicians in platoons broke away from Mother Field hospitals on arriving in combat areas and followed the attacking troops As closely As possible. With shells literally bursting Over their Heads and the tide of Battle about them these platoons used the latest surgical techniques to treat fractures abdominal wounds gangrene Chest wounds and head and face wounds. Col. Edward d. Churchill of Poston consultant with the surgeons office who observed these platoons in action described their Success As one of the great advances of the War for military Medicine. New rail cars handling mail special railway mail cars now exp White the delivery of soldiers mail in North Alrica according to Headquarters of the military railway service transportation corps. Chugging daily Between Points in North Africa these 20-ton Box cars Are manned by i railway mail c clerks and Are assigned exclusively to soldiers correspondence. Prefabricated Iii America and assembled in Africa 12 of the ingeniously designed cars Are in use i at least four tars Are always on j Hie move others Are spotted at Railhead for loading and still others Are held for emergency demands. Supplementing plane truck and ship deliveries an average haulage of 4,744 pouches and sacks were earned from aug. Isl through aug 15th. Five two Man teams Are 1 provided at each end of Hie run Alai i lie trip is a two Day chore each Way. Rations Are carried by Hie men and a to a along tile line furnish meals at principal Points. I Hod lures 4 rovers 2 the red liners Defeated the rovers 4-2. In a stymies softball league game which featured a pitching Tine Between sgt. Esir wry. Of Hie rests Ami Dyke. Of the rovers will Hycki tin losers to Only Hue Lulu while his mates were limited to four by de tile rovers of Iiene the scoring in Hie third Ming whim they pushed Over one run Ami added another in Hie fourth Hie reds Cam from behind to score three times in the sixth and added their Bual Marker in the seventh. Hie hitting of pfc. Cliff hard who doubled w till the buses full in the big sixth inning ared of. Archer win it Volp it it Uhi two biggies in three tries highly kit reel tin winners attack a is to. Jota la. Naylor or. Tomt correspondent j \ _ vultures 2 tee lasers i making then initial appearance Iii the stymies softball league the vultures a Navy team replacing the no records Defeated tile tee lasers 2-1, at Al Biar. The game Zivic loses to Bobcat Philadelphia a Aba Light weight Champion Bob Montgomery 136. Spotted sex welterweight Champion Fritzie Zivic eight pounds and beat Hun at his own infighting game in a ten Rounder at Shibe Park. Montgomery a blistering body attack and Youthful stamina slowed the ancient but willing Zivic Loo much Lor the i its Burg he i to gain Hie decision despite a late rally. The a a bobcats took seven rounds. Zivic two and one was even. Montgomery showing himself to in one of the rings hardest body punchers a us the flirt Man Ever to slow Zivic up to such an extent at infighting. Although the champs title was not at stake ik1 fought As though it was on the line. Montgomery s next fight will be a Tili bout with Beau Jack in september. Zivick a next bout will in a rubber match with jolting Jake la Mot to. The belter from the Bronx who is the Only Man Ever to defeat sugar Ray Robinson. Flak thrower 3 Short circuits 2 with Heine Debroeck pitching steady Ball Hie flak throwers Defeated the Short circuits 3-2. At 12 Biar Joe Lombardo flak throwers slugger sewed up tin Ball gait in Hie sixth inning by lashing out a single with the bases loaded. Is set. Big Al unit correspondent tee Essen 6 Mohawk blues i 71k Lee kissers snapped a loping Streak when they tinned Backun Mohawk blues. 6-1, at Kout it a Field. A sgt. Cameron Ion  tip in a pitching Duel with Phil her of tile blues until sgt civics fore slapped an outside pitch for a Home run a fit. Tits unit Cones Semient feeble a s drop 19th straight tilt Whit sox add to athletics distress cards Bury bravos major leagues National l l  f Vav. L. Pct St. Louis 75 39 05i�?T Cincinnati 64 52 552 Pittsburgh 63 55 534 Brooklyn by 57 .513 Chicago 55 60 a Philadelphia 54 65 .454 Boston 51 62 451 new Yolk 42 74 .362 american league w l pct new Yolk 71 44 617 Washington 64 56 .533 Detroit 60 53 .531 Cleveland 59 54 522 Chicago 61 56 521 Boston 56 61 479 is. Louis 52 62 456 Philadelphia 46 77 342 Hulse nips Nowicki in 660-Yard dash Buffalo n. Y. A Bill pulse King of the american milers took inst place in the Huo Yard run Al the Buffalo uniformed fireman association track meet. Hulse ran the 660 in 1 11 6. Beating pvt Jot Nowicki former Fordham University runner by less than a foot. In a special 660-Yard Handicap run Hulse. Forced wide on tilt Tunis finished in 1 20.4, again nip Ping Nowicki by inches. Bib Green of the University of Virginia was third. Both times by Hulse Are new records for the annual fireman a event. The Philadelphia athletics extended Uidl losing Streak to of straight As they dropped a doubleheader to the Chicago White Box 7-6 and 7-0. The a a kept the siring alive the hard Way in us first game. Bobby Estarella put Philadelphia ahead. 6-4, in the lop half of the ninth by hit ting a Homer with one on but Guy Curt right tied tile score Iii the last in of with a two run circuit clout. Russ Christopher then loaded Hie Baw a and walked a i to Berger to Force in the winning run. In Hie second game Orva Grove broke a Lour Gaul us ing Sling holding Hie Mack men to my him. Rookie Don Black allowed Hie Ohlson eight blows and wan charged with us loss. Philadelphia needs one More defeat to tie us record set in 1966 by the red Box and tied by us athletics in 1916 new York rebounded from yesterdays double beating and Defeated the tigers. 4-1 tin game was decided in the sixth inning when Joe Gordon Home red with one Man on. Bill in Ber held Detroit to do hits and received it edit for hts sixth Victory. Boston scoring All their runs off Hie Veteran Al Smith beat Cleveland f-7. After Smiths departure in uie eighth Marvin Cen. Or Ami Joe Heving hurled witless Ball ii in George Woods was credited with hts fourth Mound Triumph although he needed help from Tex Hughson in the eighth. Senators split Washington broke even with St i minis the senators Grabbe d the opener 10-5, and St. Louis took the second game 2-1. Stan Sta nce was Hie big gun in the first game hitting two homers one in the first inning with none on and another in the eighth with one aboard. Iii the second game sex Brownie Johnny Niggeling was the victim of his own wildness. Niggeling gave two singles and two walks to Force Iii a run in the second inning after two were out. The brownies scored the winning run in the sixth when Chet Laabs slunk stole second took third on niggling wild pitch and scored on Milt Byrness single. 77 in cardinals plastered the braves 14-5, and extended Boston s losing Streak to 13 games in which they have bowed to the redbirds in the Only National league game scheduled. Every card hit Ai least once Deb Garms lording the Parade with four safeties. Grid dodgers train new York a general manager Jtennis Shea Saki Liat head coach Pete Cawl Hon and assistants aide dont Iii and flank Bridges expect 40 players to show up for the Brooklyn football dodgers first practice at Bear Mountain n. A. On Friday. The football giants already have a week s practice at Bear Mountain tin teams proc Tice on different Fields but eat together. Sapper Stan Ace Boxer fights for the fun of of la it eke i \ victim Washington five year o i d Ola Mae Carver who in 1940 was judged the fifth most Beautiful it Bibl in the nation. Died Here of Lue Kemia. She had had 15 Bood to an futons. Medal for general London a Brig. Gen. Frank a. I Armstrong commander of the combat Wing of the 8th Saaf i Lias been awarded the distinguish de service Cross for gallantry in 1 action in the heavy United sates bomber raid on Amsterdam april 5. at that time 150 enemy tight ers attacked his formation concentrating on the leading plane which was piloted by Armstrong. He kept the plane under control through 25 attacks in which the ship was hit five times the Cita-1 lion read. 1 pacer drops dead Decorah Iowa Bob Dodge a pilfer owned and driven by Paul mat son of Rochester minn., fell Lead at the finish line on the county fair track 12 years ago. Bob s sire Joe Dodge fell dead at the truck Entrance. Bob Dodg will be buried alongside his is re Iii the track infield Foreman returns Pittsburgh or. Danny Foi Ling a for seven years Otoe of the toughest guards in pro football is returning from retirement to play again this year Bijj the Chicago bears sapper Stan Whitney of Hie Royal engineers is a Soldier Wihs ukes to Light for us fun of it. He proved this at tile age of 14, when he won the Schoolboy championship of England with a ringside weight of 77 lbs. I for some time after tie won the mite weight championship Siau found Little Opportunity to engage in his favorite pastime until Hie Early part of the mar when he decided to return to us ring to represent his outfit the London Rescue party. In Ute seven bouts that followed he won six and dropped the seventh a close one in which his opponent barely earned the referees nod. Upon his arrival Here a Short time ago Blan had not boxed in Over a year but soon proved i two appearances at the Majestic j Fiat his ability for throwing a plenty of leather had not deserted i him. In each bout he beat a Tough Arab opponent. Two weeks ago he took uie measure of Tenai a Laid hitting Arab slugger. In his previous match Stan Hung up a Clear Cut be cities Over Kadorian algerian welterweight famed for his lethal a top. Sapper Stan has a profound respect for the abilities of i amb foremen. He says they Are natural punchers with Speed to Burn and Liat they can take plenty of punishment. Alien asked if he intended to take up a professional career within the hemp after the duration lie said �?�1 look upon boxing just As a Means of keeping fit. I like to fight for the fun of  Stan was outspoken in his admiration of american boxing which he said was governed by Wise legislation which protected a Young fighter from being burned out by limiting the number of rounds he could fight. In England and other countries he added a Young fighter is often washed up by the time he reaches the Ripe old age of 21. A Cpl. Bob Saxon