Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Vol. I no. 77, Friday August 27, 1943 daily newspaper for . Armed forces in Algiers area commando chief Given Asiatic Post Mountbatten will Lead activities against japanese one franc Allied Leader i n a French body Betty Crabie is ii nw.-. X a v. V. _ Given partial expecting Sork Washington aug. 26�?lord louts Moun Batten named supreme Allied commander in Southeast Asia wednesday night Iii Quebec has arrived in Washington for consultations with United states military and naval authorities before going to India it was announced yesterday. Til chief of the famed commandos will head an Allied command. Similar to that in North Africa. Of conducting operations based in India and Ceylon against Japan the official statement issued from the Citadel in Quebec said his appointment Mas approved by King George i the announcement of the new commander came 24 hours after the joint statement by president Roosevelt and prime minister Churchill that the military discussions of their Chi is of staff turned Quot very largely on the War again get Japan and the by Nging of effective Aid to China a lord Louis who is an acting vice Admiral in the Roval Navy took part in those discussions chief of combined opera sons of Cal Tine for commandos since March 1942. Mountbatten is a second con in of the King and. At 43. Has had a Lon and Ventrous career in the Royal Navy Witch he entered at the age of 12. He has seen much action in tits War and has several times won citations and the acclaim of the British people by bringing Home crippled ships under enemy fire. Allied observers Nom cd out that the decision to lip a separate command in Southeast Asia was foreshadowed in the official statement of june 19 which appointed it my marshal lord a veil continued on Page 4 lord Louis Mountbatten for cited in Ottawa Moscow silent on Quebec talk lend lease Aid soaring president reveals data on supplies Washington aug. 26�?China. India. Australia and new zealand had received More than one billion 123 million dollars Woith of lend lease supplies by june 30. President Roosevelt disclosed in his Lith report to Congress on lend lease activities. About 70 percent of the shipments to China and India were munitions but raw material and machine tools Are beg sent to India so that her own production of munitions May be increased the report said. Diverging from the Cut and drive i monetary statement in his report the president made it Clear that the Peoples of the Axis countries except for their responsible leaders i eee not fear unconditional surrender to the United nations. The goal of the allies he declared is to permit liberated Peoples to create a free political life of their own choosing and obtain economic Security which Are a a two of the great objectives of the Atlantic  the chief executive added r a a until the Dav of unconditional surrender the unfed a Mon will continue to bit the enemy with All their Power greatly increased United states forces and Ere itly increased lend la a a sureties Are on the was to the Battlefront. The longer this War goes on the stronger the United nations will become. Washington. Aug. 26�?the honorary degree of doctor of Laws was Given president Roosevelt by the Earl of Athelone. Governor general of Canada acting As Chancellor of Hie University of London. Before lie Lett Ottawa yesterday. Tile citation accompanying the degree said that the president has Given fresh ii Ope help and inspiration. Both by word and by deed j to great Britain and called him a j a a Champion of Liberty in All the  i Wade Anglo american leaders hailed the recently concluded Quebec conference Between the pies Dent and prime minister Winston Churchill official Moscow has i made no comment yet. Soviet of a facials have remained silent on the i question of a three Power Confer i ence As mentioned at Quebec it a w As reported by a Reuters correspondent in tile russian capital. Unofficial circles Are said to favor the idea of the conference has j the object of definitely bringing about a land front in Western euro get As soon As possible. At the same time it should Lay Down a common program for a Pieace conference and postwar Europe the remers reporter said preliminary soundings Are being made now in the various capitals and the tripartite meeting will depend on the Prosi it acts that an agreement could be reached. Recognition committees Power Over territories is acknowledged the governments of the United states and great Britain gave limited recognition to the French committee of National liberation yesterday in twill statements whose wording was similar in most respects the two a lied Powers accredited the committee As the administrator of the French overseas territory the us. Statement said a. The government of the United states recognize the French committee of National lilies Alloo As administering those French overseas territories which acknowledge its authority a however these words we a in surrounded by phrases which carefully and at length qualified the stand of the american government. A the government of the United states takes note with sympathy of the desire of a he committee to lie regarded As the body qualified to ensure the administration and defense of French interests the statement continued the extent to which it May tie possible to give effect to this desire must however. Be reserved for consideration in each Case As it arises a a further along the document read a this statement does not constitute recognition of a govern continued on Page 41 h oily Wood a shapely Betty Grabic of the films who married Harry James the orchestra Leader. Last july 5 exacts to become a Kotlier next Spring. Betty said she would retire from the screen when her current picture is completed until after the baby is born miss Grable. 26, formerly was the wife of Jackie Coogan. Her marriage to James was the event of the year to the nations Jitter Bug set. Giant raid hits Foggia airfields lightnings smash Low level blows at parked planes Zenkova Falls to russians soviets Advance 85 Miles West Swiss hint  peace Frontier report rumours armistice London to fete Britain Battle London aug. 26�?the third anniversary of tile Battle of Britain will be commemorated sunday. Sept. 26 throughout the country it was announced by the air and Home Security ministries. The  i Falls within the most decisive phase i of tile massed attacks by the Luft a Wafie in 194 when tile German jail Force was unable to bring Britain to its Knees by concentrated bombings. I sept. 2b does not Mark the Date of any particular air engagement Jit was said but will be observed in j memory of the entire series of air a Battles known As the Battle of Britain. Hundreds of Luftwaffe i planes were downed by the Raf and by ground batteries during the period tile film. Battle of  made in the uni cd states by it. Col. Frank Capra will be shown in Britain soon it was a noun cd the picture was seen by prime minister Winston Churchill in Quebec. London aug. 26-count Durn Grandi former italian ambassador to London is reported to have arrived in Lisbon to negotiate with a British delegation for an armistice according to an italian Frontier correspondent of the Swiss newspaper die tat. The correspondent said his arrival is evidence that italian negotiations for an armistice and possibly a separate Pieace Are boing seeded padding tins development has caused new tension in Italo German relations. There is no confirmation of this report from any other source. Earlier Reuters reports from Lisbon quoting reports from  said that there is a Strong impression in Rome that Grandi will shortly seek Contact with the allies on Neutral soil. During last weekend there were unconfirmed reports in Madrid that Grandi had passed through Spain Enro Ute to Lisbon on a spacial Mission. London. Aug. 26 russian hoops l a lined Westward irom Kharkov toward Kiev yesterday Iii new Breaks through tile German defense lines. Moscow announced last night. Striking toward the poltava Kiev railway soviet forces occupied Zenkova an important transport lion Center 85 Miles West of Kharkov and about 45 Miles Northwest j of poltava the official communique said the soviets Are now closer to the Dnieper River on which Kiev is located than at any time since the nazis began their russian Campaign in 1941. Their new drive has carried the red army to within 30 Miles of poltava and that City appears to be the next target of the forces which captured Kharkov monday. Northwest of Kharkov the Rea army smashed info Akl Hyra a railway Junction which has changed Ila lids several times since the russian first occupied it two weeks i ago. While the soviets continued to push past Kharkov other columns were pouring through a Pis in the German lines West of Stalin in the i donets Basin. 250 Miles to the South. The germans have sent Laige reserves to Seal the Breaks continued on Page 4 Salamata s fall expected shortly Washington. Aul. 26-Amel-ican and australian troop Are closing in on the japanese base at Salamata in new Guinea and today at one Point were Only a mile from the Airfield. Allied Pacific Headquarters reported today. Correspondents reporting from new Guinea say that the Success of the drive which has pushed the japs in five Days from strongholds held for months has electrified the Jungle Battlefront. Capture of the Salamata Airfield would be of great value to the allies bringing japanese bases on new Britain within easy Range of Allied fighter planes. Pearson trains on Capitol Hill for contest with Henry Ford japanese was san Francisco the wac is recruiting japanese american girls from ten War Reio cauda centers in tile West Detroit aug. 26�?the a a race of the Century a Lias been announced wit i motor magnate Henry Ford 80, Opp Kosing Washington columnist Drew Pearson 46. To determine who is the better Man. Ford challenged Pearson to a j foot race bicycle race or jumping contest after the commentator said in a broadcast that the gov eminent might have to take Over the Ford motor company because Fords health was failing. T done to know How old or Young tills Pearson is or what Shap get he a in or what he has Ever done in the Way of athletics a Ford said a a but i can lick him in anything he suggests. I never Felt better in my  Pearson replied that Henry Ford looked like a formidable adversary Hie last time he saw the executive but accepted the Challenge a a with any vehicle foot bicycle or Model t  All that was necessary for the contest to Start was for Ford to choose the a Weapu it no and Foi the two to agree on time anyplace. Allied Force Headquarters. Aug. 26�?btl rating  Ligh Uings and precision Bomi in flying fortresses and libera on yesterday lashed out with triple Sledge Hammer blows to make a j shambles of the big network of Aerodromes at Foggia. Near the i Adriatic coast in Southeastern . In one of the most successful i Surprise attacks of Hie War p-38 lightnings swept in at an extremely Low level to shoot up scores of parked aircraft and Safe mucked ground crewmen and flyers who had been caught Flat footed. Tile first wave of the deadly p-38 s hit tile target at 0900 flours created great damage to grounded planes and strafed a Tram on Hie other Side of Hie Ai drome before the enemy realized what was going on. No Axis fighters were Able to get into the air. But one hapless Ju-52 transp it it was shot Down. When the second wave came ill 15 minutes later to shoot up seven parked Ju-52rs there were still Only five enemy Craft in the air. Then. Almost at the same moment while fired aircraft blazed a brightly below american Liberat ors from the Middle East began i blasting the nearby Foggia railway Yards from More than 20,000 feet with High explosives. They blew a freight train to pieces smashed a gun Battery hit an overhead railway Bridge and nearby warehouses i and caused a great explosion among some Railroad workshops. Half an hour later came the i cd Max As fortresses of the Naaf escorted by other lightnings began raining Down High explosive and fragmentation bombs on the Airfield Landing strips from 20.000 feet i in the air. With its ten satellite Landing grounds around an Ai drome near extensive Railroad Yards the Foggia air base is one of the largest in  when the swarming american lightnings flying at less than too few to. Began blitzing the surprised enemy it marked the first time in this theat r a hat Allied fighters were employed in Large numbers for Low level strafing of an Airfield a ter a Long distance Fugl a Leader of the Marin Quot attack was it. Col George m. A Nicholl. Of Memphis the fighter group s executive officer. On hand to Greet him and his Hardy band of airmen when they returned to base was it. Gen. Carl Naatz. Commander of the Northwest african air forces and maj. Gen. James h. Continued on Page 4 Post War Public works proposed Buffalo. N. Y., aug. 26�?a postwar program of Public works construction offers the nations a a Best Lopie of easing the transition from War employment top it each employment a maj. Gen. Philip b. Fleming Federal works administrator told the convention of tile new York state federation of labor. Tile nation with few exceptions however has not yet put rep it ared to redeem Hie Promise of full employment and Freedom from want he said. Pointing out that americans were inadequately supplied with essential i Blic works before the War. Fleming said that conditions Are worse now because building has been deferred in wartime and Normal Wear and Teal Lias not been made Good