Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Page 4the stars and stripes weekly saturday september 4, 1943 the a stars and stripes la d. 8. Armed fore a Psi lived la la North african the Ley of operations. The stars sad stripes la afr Lea is edited sad published by and for the per a mud or Tho v. S. Armed form in the North african theater of operation. It is printed ? la Echo a Alf or is Roe in la Liberty Algiers. Mailing us amp bid 22, to Al Yard Sandia Algiers. Telephone 386.66�?c�pt. Christenson ext. 64 copt. Neville ext. 65 Areo lation to sgt. William d. Setoff ext. 66 it. Col. White ext. 67. Casablanca Baron a me Georges hereto 8-sgt. Edward m. D Ascher or. Oran Borean 6 Roe Betel de Ville s-8ft. Glen Hedges telephone�?23071. Constantine Borean it Boe sepoy 8-sgt. Jim Evans. Biserta Borean special service ebs 8ft. Joe confort. New Temh Borean is e. 42nd St., to sgt. John he Willis. Palermo Borean Gie male de Sicilia 8-sgt. Leonard Emmer. Entered As a Emend class matter at the Post office at new Terk n. V., Nuder aet Al Marsh 8 Isis. Subscription rate to the United states too francs a year. Contents passed by the u. 8. Army censors. Tol i be. 88 saturday september 4, 1943 St at publications officer natou8a Oft it. Oel Egbert White edit leg and acting publications officer copt. Robert Neville bes Ness Mahfet of Chi copt. Robert j. Christenson Beans gang editor a set. David gelding naval representative it. . F. R. Kent or. Art Bater at. Gilbert Sweeney editorial staff Ted it. James a. Brebard t-8gt. Milton Lehman t-8gt. John by Willy 8-8ft. Ralph g. Martin 8-sgt. George hah in 8-sgt. Phil Stern 0-Sfft. Jack Olsle. At. Richard Bruner 6gt. Edv re Cpl Clarence Bonnet pvt. John Welsh in. Or All things unfair and cooler Odyssey piece and paging Santa in the Shadow Vebell 8ft. Paul 8. Green mall Call i desired data dear editor i would like to obtain the details for the recently announced play writer s contest. We were in the midst of the sicilian Campaign and evidently missed the Issue with the Complete details. A it. J. Bernard Knighten sponsored of notional theater conference through special ser a vices Section Nat Ousa the play writing contest in open to men and women of the american army. Money prices and postwar College scholarships Are offered to Winner. Any length any subject skits and blackouts musical comedic and radio scripts will be accepted. Manuscripts should be typed. Two copies must be mb-1 muted to special services before sept. . On removing rotors dear editor it seems that certain oils take it upon themselves to disable vehicles belonging to other organizations chiefly by removing the Rotor and leaving in its place a broken one which makes it impossible to engage the vehicle. If a person does this in a town or City would he not do the same thing in the Field not thinking How the other fellow would make out we have tried to replace some of our stolen parts but it seems that whenever toe need a Rotor we have not been Able to get it therefore i Appeal to All Drivers to have a Little More consideration and to remember that we have a War to win. The sooner we get it accomplished the sooner we will be Able to go Home. But of you keep up this sabotage it can t be done. Each outfit and organization has so Many vehicles to do a certain amount of work and by disabling vehicles there is less Chance cd getting the work done. At present our unit has two vehicles on the deadline through no fault of the Drivers. These cars Are out simply because someone was thinking of himself and not of others who Are fighting for the same cause. We know we should see our chaplain but this is no joking matter a Cpl Frank m. Cuccolo xxx irs psalm dear editor in reply to one of your Pup tent poets it. Edmund o. Strauss in his poem of the Xxiii psalm he seems to be pretty Rusty on his Bible Reading. In fact in his hero experience he has never been within two jumps of hell however when he does realize just How close he really is i feel that he will be a different poet As Well As a different Leader in our army. So it Strauss for a scripture review please read the entire third chapter of St John. A Cpl i vice Wyatt Reader Wyatt not it. Strauss is wrong. The xxx tips psalm is the title applied to the 23rd so and so unit. Psalm defined is a song thus the xxi irs psalm has no relation to the psalms of . Pup tent poets is unfair and cooler the weather expert at Afaq predictions subject to change without notice passed out a bit of september advice this week the Gist of which was not to stand Short on raincoats Field jackets or blankets. September he hedged should be dry if everything goes according to schedule but practically nothing in the Way of weather Ever does go according to schedule. The Good old african sirocco i will be the cause of the Quot dry showers Quot during the month meaning we May have something Akin to a California Dew. The Quot wet winds Quot Aren t due until november following which will come what can be called by no other name than rain and very cold it will be too. As for Sicily the weather Man emphasizes that things Are rather unpredictable. Theoretically Sicily should be reasonably dry for the next three or four weeks but there have been a couple of Down pours there recently that would make Pago Pago Blush with shame. The aforementioned Field jacket will come in Handy during september a Cooling off period especially when you re walking your Post in a military manner around Midnight and most especially if you happen to be perched on some Hilltop. September is the month when the weather in North Africa will be Quot modified gradually a which May or May not be a bit of forecaster Buck passing. Up in the mountains of Algeria and Tunisia misty Clouds will Settle during the wee hours and blankets plural will be needed. Fighter Pilot to his armorer what Are your thoughts As you wait for to to return out of the Eastern sky a a a you to whom i owe so much. I Fly our Kite Comet like into the wild Blue yonder or race across the desert seeking vengence fighting our Battles alone. Into the night you work away the hours fitting the ship for the Dawn our next Days flight. Your toll assures me Lite when i meet and Challenge Fate ,. Grieve not pal if some night am late. A from a letter by sgt. Keating sacrifice aeons ago it seems since i have viewed your face. I dose my eyes and dream envision your embrace. You placed your Seal upon me with your kiss. How can i but constantly be remembering this i shall remember laughter peace not fears shall carry in my heart your smile not your tears. A pvt. Mitchel Ulatowski obligation and when in Days to come r we look Back on these years of War we will be glad we took the Challenge. Peace was Worth fighting for i.�?t-5 William Shrader or. Alert the blackout was upon him like the dripping rain he feared it not nor did he flee. For his was sterner stuff whilst others ran he stood his ground nor listened to the sky nor shelter seek on his face nor move a single nerve. His chances darkened in the blackness yet he stood by for he was death Odyssey piece those few soldiers who have stood on the northeastern shores of Sicily and looked across the Straits of Messina May have forgotten that in that neighbourhood Are a couple of rocks famed in classical lore. They Are Charybdis on the sicilian Side and scylla in Italy. The rocks Aren t easily distinguishable nowadays and in fact More than one Modem scholar of ancient mythology has Felt compelled to question the accuracy of Homer who immortalized scylla and Charybdis in the Odyssey. Anyway according to Homer it seems that the Cave under scylla housed a dreadful sea monster which had six Heads 12 feet and a voice like the yelp of a Puppy. Every once in a while during the Day the monster would stick All six Heads out of her Cave and snatch seamen off passing ships. Charybdis Wasny to quite As horrible. She lived under her Rock too and the Only work she did was suck in and spit out the sea water three times a Day. A silly sort of occupation this department says. Needless to say your local sicilian has probably never heard of either scylla or Charybdis and does no to believe a word of All this. Paging Santa watches cameras with films and cigarette lighters Are a Bernard Garnett first on the want list of the armed forces in Africa this department Learned this week As the result of a very informal and not too scientific Survey done in the Man in the Street manner. You done to need to request these things from the folks Back Home if they Are to be shipped As Christmas packages. Under army postal regulations the folks Back Home Are free to Send anything they want or you want without the formality of request if it is done in the name of Christmas. And of the f. B. H. Do their mailing before october 14, postal service promises delivery by Christmas Day up to the tune of 10,-000,000 packages. While watches cameras with ifs a the forty Steps if you visit the Rock by a sgt. Phil Stern stars and stripes staff writer there a a place in Gibraltar Britain a guardian of the West enhance of the Mediterranean where lonesome americans gather and or my Money it is unique both n physical surroundings and the kind of hospitality that pervades it. They Call it Quot the forty Steps and it nestles right in Quot the Rock Quot thousand feet above the shimmering Mediterranean. From it you can see the Spanish City of Algeciras and if you squint hard enough across the Straits the shores of Spanish Morocco in Africa. You reach Quot the forty Steps Only after clambering upward through a Maze of winding alleys and twisting stairways that bring you out on Morello a ramp. Quot the forty Steps is actually the apartment of Cpl. Jim Pace former Miami lawyer who now works in an army finance office on Quot the Rock Quot and it gets its name from a Street which leads onto the ramp. The Good Corporal started his sort of self appointed Uso club four months ago with the idea that the few americans at Gibraltar and those passing through ought to have a place to get together. In the four rooms and Patio of pacers layout you la always find on a representative evening an assorted collection of yank soldiers sailors merchant seamen and airmen. Everyone is invited and when a colonel or major drops in Cpl. Pace is liable to Greet him with his favorite salutation reserved for officers Quot Park your rank on the piano sir and come in and have a Good time with the  visitors May drink and eat to their hearts Content in this definitely non i Paradise. A tally is kept of their consumption in a Little Book designed especially for the purpose and at the end of the evening they pay just what the stuff Cost no More. The apartment boasts a clubroom with a phone radio and two pianos you Park your rank if any on the one at the left. A fixture of the place is Lola the Spanish maid. She a Tough a Sailor tried to make a pass at her the other Day and she slapped him Bow legged. The wolves howl at a distance now. Regulars at Quot the forty Steps Are Cpl. Curly combright of los Angeles sgt. Howard Gassier of Chelsea mass. And capt. Clifford lord of san Francisco. They Are stationed at Gibraltar and they will Tell you that Quot the Steps has saved them from an Early death from boredom. The night i was there a yarn swapping Circle included an army major some flyers a Man from the american consults office some torpedoed merchant seamen and a Sailor. In a quieter room some men were writing letters. Quot i just started the place to have something to do and to keep from going a Rock Happy Quot Pace told me. So if you Ever get to Quot the Rock and you re lonely for someone you can talk Quot american with remember that the Latch is always out at Quot the forty St  replenishment High mountains often catch at skirts of Clouds As they sleep floating far too Low to miss the jagged fingers of those thirsty Mounds which reach up. Thirst. Thirst. Flowers below raise your weary Heads Beauty not so vain does drink when skies give Way to sheets of rain. It. Winifred e. Cochran Anc Aidman i know one by far the Best the fearless Soldier of them All a who defends us against infest of disease on moments Call in Day or night sometimes both if there by need for his skill his efforts Bend to save and mend not to mutilate or to kill. Films and lighters Are the big three they by no Means Complete the list of wants. Many want new pictures of their wives sweethearts and mom and pop or even the kid sister. Mostly they done to want cans of spam or candies or perishables. And unanimously they done to want neckties or stuff they can get in a a Chi. Thomas k. Jones pm Here. They say. Est tvs senator Robert a. Taft of Ohio Quot a do not believe that we went to War to establish the four freedoms or any other Freedom throughout the  or. Eduard Benes president of Czechoslovakia before the nazi Conquest Quot almost All the nazi rulers officials politicians and Gestapo agents can be bought. Imprisoned men can be released for  it. Gen. Jacob l. Devers. A in a Tousa Quot we must face the fact that the postwar period will require As much courage possibly even More fortitude than the War years themselves or. George Gallup head of the american Institute of Public opinion Quot one of the most important factors in determining whether a voter is for or against assuming a new role in world affairs is not geography. It is a matter of education Quot maj. Gen. Lewis b. Hershey commenting on the High proportion among rejected draftees of those turned Down for mental and nervous reasons Quot maybe we Are All unfit for Modem  it. Col. Phillip g. Cochran a commenting on the High ranking generals in that be vice Quot the brass does t seep out of their hats into their hods. Col. Elliott Roosen in by to a group of american soldiers in North Africa attending a forum held for servicemen on leave Quot the movies must have been pretty bad in town tonight for you to come to hear  Joseph e. Davies former u. 6. Ambassador to Russia Quot without Russia there can be no stable peace 9 Roane Waring National commander of the american legion Quot every Jap not an american born citizen should be sent Back to Japan Quot