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   Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Tuesday August 31, 1943 the stars and stripes daily Page 3 How to relax Beer and lemonade every Niht is the feature  Duffy a tavern a recreational spot belonging to a special troops unit. Pictured relaxing at their Quot club after a Days work Are left to right sgt. Paul h. Schultz St. Louis Cpl. Ken Morgan Bliss n.  Msgr. Joseph g. Opatovsky new York sgt. George Lecuyer Albany n.  Pvt. Ralph r. Roberts Boston Cpl. Anthony Caru Avota. Newark n. J., and pvt. William n. Rice Bangor me. A photo by sgt. Gilbert Sweeney port Checkerboard p-40�?Ts stake Sardinia claim by sgt. Paul s. Green a stars and stripes staff writer an advanced p-40 base. They piled up a darn Good score. Aug. 29 delayed a keep Oil. Last month for instance 2j  i his sky belongs to the checker their ships shot Down 21  the i winners attack with a double braid  enemy one Day and another time and a Sangje in to yes at Bot. Vultures Roost in first place Navy softball team remains unbeaten snafu s drop one the vultures a Navy softball team playing their second game in the stripes league coasted to an easy 7-1 win Over the Short circuits at Hydra Park. The fray was featured by the batting attack  the winners and the hurling  Lloyd who pitched witless Ball until two were out in the seventh when Bah touched him for a double to drive in the loser s one run. Twelve men failed to Vee the blazing last Ball  Llyod and went Down swinging. Turner the Short circuits Mounds Man  la hits and struck out five. The Navy team j it the game  ice in the first inning when three hits coupled with an error and two passed balls netted tile vultures four runs. Damar est paced Van Mungo pitches two hit Bali came footballer fulfils Wade s expectations Medwick hits hard . Giants Hammer Boston braves 12-0 bulk  Navy battling japs Hamilton n. Y., aug. 30�?secretary  the Navy Frank Knox speaking at Colgate University said the build  the . Navy s fighting sea and air Power has been employed in the Pacific Ever since Pearl Harbor a a and will remain there until Tojos final Day is  Knox said there had been considerable naval activity in the Atlantic however such As conveying guarding coastline safeguarding troops and equipment to foreign shores and assisting amphibious landings in Africa and Sicily. Quot the Navy has assigned the bulk  Lier new combat ships to Battle against the japanese a Knox said. A a these new ships and new planes guns and equipment  All kinds Are going out in an Ever mounting Stream. In the last War our slogan was a ship a Day but in this War we Are going much farther adding to our Fleet a warship a  that the Way this p-40 squad to a. 5r�y a Ron feels about the sky Over bar planes. Liu the Salome run has Dmia they be been flying Over tile a monotonous. S n Island for such a Long time that aug. 7 Haven met an in they be come to look Oil it As their Emy fighter. Baby. But they be still kept this pro inese War Hawks with the Yel Yective feeling tor Sardinia since Low and alack Checkerboard tails very few other lighters  bomb have become very familiar to Sar ens Ever visit the place. It s tile dunams the past few months checker boards that do the strafing they be been going Over the Island and bombing missions and tile  and off since april and from fighter Sweetis. Al ily 26  it s been their target j but when they escort the bomb  every Mission. I Cis Over they do a swell Job. In 60 the pilots did no to mind it so missions  which they escorted much when the Axis gave them More than 1.100 bombers they did some Competition. In those Days not lose a single bomber due to a enemy fighter. The flak got some but that a not their fault. The bombers really appreciate the escort work  the p-40. Here a a typical comment by a b-26 Pilot a a what we like about p-40 escorts is that they re the ones who Are willing to take the same chances with flak that we do. They re with us every Inch  the  the Squadron boasts three aces a maj. Robert l. Baseler  Columbia conn., the c o., opt. Walter b. Walker  Stamford conn., and capt. Ralph g. Taylor jr.,  Durham. N. C. Walker got his All in one Day. After the first two he was out  ammunition but that did t faze him. He forced his third plane Down into the sea. Tall Rangy maj. Baseler knows darn Well the p-40 has its advantages compared with the More Maneu Merable Axis fighter. But he also realizes that what happens depends a lot  the Man in the cockpit. He knows his own pilots and he knows what they can do. As he expresses it a a we can to outrun them we can to out climb them so we have to shoot them Down if we re going to get Home a it sounds awfully simple the Way he puts it. But it works and that a the important thing. A ski a c. P. Terry a unit correction Dewilt Guadalcanal a football coach Wallace Wade once recommended Hugh Barr Miller jr., to the Navy saying his quarterback had plenty  fortitude and could take care  himself. Waders judgment was sustained As Miller now a la. In the Navy who was  the destroyer Strong sunk off new Georgia returned after 43 Days in the Japan be controlled islands. Miller s experiences  Jungle living included tracking Down five japs who hunted him and killing them with one  their own hand grenades. Miller was rescued by a Navy plane. Prince Quillo sets record flak thrower 4 snafus 0 new York Prince Quillo set a new track record for the mile., and three quarters in winning the the Long winning Streak  the g3rd nmn  the 2 it a Dollar once mighty snafu s was broken Saratoga cup at Belmont Park. By the fast travelling flak throw the 2soone Hall Mabus three. Is behind the one hit pitching year�?z0id Brown Coit finished a  Cpl. Henie Debroeck the flak pm act in front  boxing Bike  tossers whitewashed the snafus 2f g6 shedding four Niehs  a 4-0, and handed sgt. Katzen his second jr0m the  record. Dark first defeat. Tile Only hit Oil de discovery the conqueror  Al Sab Broeck came aft  one Man had lust fall  was third and list been retired in toe seventh Prince Quillo netted his owners is sgt. Bigelow unit correspondent red liners 4 tee lasers i iv.250 Dol ars and paid 3.30. Also  the final Day s card  the Saratoga meeting was the 38th running  the hopeful stakes the red liners handed the tee i Worth 38,300 dollars which went to lasers a 4-1 trimming in a stripes Bee Mac owned by Beatrice a league contest. The game was a to Lille Al admirals daughter romped in three lengths ahead  boy Knight. By Jimminy coup de ague contest me game Mound Duel Between sgt. Esir Wyll  the reds and camera High stripes league w. L. Pct. Vultures 2 0 1.000 snafus 7 i .875 night Hawks to 2 .833 Flack throwers 6 2 .750 tee Essers 7 3 .700 dodgers 4 2 .666 red liners 7 8 .466 Mohawk blues 3 5 .375 Short circuits 2 8 .200 rovers 0 4 Ojo with the Winner was third. Bee Mac took the Lead at the head  the stretch and was never i circa tend. Giles wins weekly Ping Pong tourney capt. John e. Giles . Was the inner  the weekly Ping Pong de lit. Harold Zalzman 21-12, 21  the tee Essers. Wyll allowed a the exhibition match la Only one hit and walked none lamber new Caine Chioli held the Winner to a i Lut Pion. Defeated the a get la pair  biggies but was wild and Azan 21-12 13-21. Issued ten passes. ,21-10. Home news in Brief Little Rock  m. Nelson War production Board chief has promised to investigate the feasibility  developing Arkansas Diamond mines As a War Industry. Pittsburgh Charles j. A Terry Mcgovern who refused to let an army surgeon amputate his leg in the first world War and who survived to become a famous figure in hockey has joined the maritime service As a stationary Engineer. He was wounded three times in the last War and once was left for dead two Days and nights. Arzan asked Lor a return match and permission to bring his own table. Any american officer who has his own special Racquet and balls is asked to bring them to the in a game Replete with errors red Cross officers c us next sat the dodgers took advantage  the Rudny afternoon at 4 pm to at pirates miscues and captured the tempt to defeat the algerian play Ball game 8-6. A Home run by ert sgt. John h. Naylor . Unit correspondent dodgers 8 pirates 6 a Clibrey in the final inning broke up the fray. Batteries for the dodgers Seniawski Keegan and a Clibrey. For the pirates Van Dyke and Schumacher. �?t-5 Erdman unit correspondent / Hawks 5 red liners 3 the night Hawks Defeated the Parker will play new Vork a Frankie Parker the nations second ranking Tennis player has filed an entry for the National Amateur Tennis tournament at Forest Hills n.  Walter Hall the Usta Tournai the new York giants clapped the braves 12-0, behind a two hitter thrown by Van Lingle Mungo. Tommy Holmes got both Boston hits singles and toe Only other Beano tiers to reach first were Butch Nieman and Chet Ross after Mungo hit them with pitched balls. Joe Medwick drove in fix giant runs with a double single and a three run Homer. Brook in enjoyed a hitting spree amassing 21 hits to trounce the Phillies 14-7. Every dodger hit a once except starting Pitcher Rex Barney 18. Recently brought up from Montreal. Eilly Herman doubled with the i bases loaded in the second inning and Arkie Vaughan trip cd with 1 the sacks jammed in the seventh. I the phils rallied for six runs in the fifth but it was too late since by that time the bums had a 9-0 Lead. Shoun wins 12tii Southpaw Clyde 8houn achieved his 12th Victory and seventh in a Row As the reds nipped the cardinals 4-3, in la innings. Shoun relieved Ray Starr in the eighth when the cards had scored one run tying the score 3-3. In the Lith inning. Ray Mueller tripled and then Mort Cooper passed Estel Crabtree and loony Frey intentionally to set up a double play. The strategy backfired when Max Marshall singed to Chase Mueller across for Coopers eighth loss after winning 18. At Pittsburgh the pirates whipped the cubs 5-4. Lon Warneke the third Chicago Pitcher to enter the game in the third inning came along just in time to be charged with the loss. Big Johnny gee relieved Johnny Podgajny in the third and was credited with his seventh Victory. In the american league Heber Newsome bested by i Zuber in a pitching Duel As the Boston red sox nosed out the Yankees 2-1, in ten innings. George Metkovich singled was sacrificed to second and scored  Bobby Doerres single in the upper half  the tenth. Newsome held the yanks to five hits while Zuber allowed ten. Sox beat indians Chicago Defeated the indians 7-6,  the strength  a three run eighth inning Raly. Ralph Hodgin opened the inning with a single Luke Appling singled him to third and Tony Cuccinello walked. Joe Kuhel singled Hodgin Home whereupon Chubby Dean was relieved by Joe Heving. After Heving fanned the next Man second baseman Roy Mack kicked a double play Ball and Appling and Cuccinello scored. Joe Haynes entering the game in the fourth inning was the winning Pitcher and Dean was the loser. The brownies used a 14-hit attack to swamp Detroit 10-5. Steve Sundra in hanging up his 12th Victory  the season Sui passed his previous Best season in the majors. Sundra had an easy time alter his mates gave him a 7-0 Lead in the first six innings. A White started for Detroit and was charged with his tenth loss. Washington Defeated the athletics 1-0, in a night game in ii Faith stadium. Johnny Nigger ing recently acquired from the Memphis Carl Pennington a powder House Foreman at the Chickasaw ordnance works was driving a Small train with powder. It caught fire but rather than endanger the lives  other workers he drove the flaming train into an open held. He was fatally burned. Ann Harbor  University  Michigan Board  regents approved a Grant  space for a u. S. Public heal h Center for treatment  venereal diseases by newly discovered fast methods. Amarillo text the Fri announced that it had nabbed two Airport workers and solved the theft  92.000 dollars Worth  jewels from the Princess Farid Khah. Kenneth Mcclune an employee  the Amarillo Airport was arrested Here and Louis Caudill a Parachute rigger was arrested in Canyon. Tex. The Princess is the divorced wife  Prince Farid Khan a relative  the Shah  Persia. San Francisco . Gustav Egloff president  the american Institute  chemists disclosed that he has perfected the development  a new Type gasoline which will give american planes distinct Speed and climbing advantage Over enemy planes. He said the new fuel will increase the Speed  All types  aircraft 25 percent and will enable fighter planes to make virtually perpendicular flights. Intent chairman said that Parker red liners 5-3, and continued a leave from an army Camou their winning Streak. Gabe hurled huge unit  the West coast and for the winners and went All the 1 will arrive for a Short practice pr0wns, bested Roger Wolf in a Way with Norelius taking care  i Here before the tournament knuckle Liers Duel. The senators starts. Won that a Ball game in the first inning when Mickey Vernon doubled and scored  Stan Spencer a triple. George Case the Griffs Speed boy Sto e second base in the filth and gained a tie with Wally Moses for the major league leadership at 43. The catching. Hawks 9 Mohawk blues 0 new opponent chalking up another Victory the night Hawks blanked the Mohawk Ann Harbor Mich. Marines 9-0. Cpl. Gabe allowed Only Quitte University has been added one hit a seventh inning single to the Michigan football sched Liat deprived the Hawk Flinger  ule. Replacing Michigan state a no Hitler. The Hawks have now a a. A registered ten victories in a rows sgt. Harris c. Ostrander Ronit correspondent major league standings a  managers in the Sha Kolot and shewing us leagues Are requested to submit As soon As possible to the special St. Louis services Section the names  the two Best hitters Home run hitters and pitchers won and lost records  their respective teams. Also the Chicago names  those who in the Esti i Philadelphia mation  the team managers Are Boston the Best umpires in the leagues. New York National league american league Cincinnati Pittsburgh Brooklyn w. . W. L. Pct. 77 41 .653 new York 74 46 .617 67 52 .563 Washington 67 58 .536 65 58 .523 Cleveland 63 57 .525 62 58 .517 Chicago 64 58 .525 58 62 .483 Detroit 61 58 .513 54 67 .446 Baston 59 64 .480 51 65 .440 St. Louis 56 64 .467 44 75 .370 Philadelphia 41 80 .339  
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