Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Page 4the stars and stripes weekly saturday september 18, 1943 the stars and stripes weekly newspaper Al Tell. S. Armed Force published la Tho Norik afrum theater at operettas. A Tho stars and stripes to Africa is edited and published by pod for Tho personnel of Tbs j. Ii. Armed forces by the North african theater of operations. It is printed by la Echo do Aires m Roe de la Liberia. Algiers. Mailing address 12 i Bookhard Sandia Algiers. Telephone Sam a copt. Christenson. Bat. A cant. Neville. Bit. 6ft circulation to it. William d. Estoff ext. Us la. Col. White i but. �7. Casablanca Bureau Rue Georges Merci a sgt. Edward m. Doscher or Oran Bureau it Rue hotel de Villes sgt. Glen Hedges telephone�?28671. Constantino Bureau to Roe Seguy. A sgt. Jim Brans. Biter to Bureau special service. Ebs sgt. Joe confort. New York Bureau 205 e. 42nd St., to sgt. John m. Wllling. I Palermo Bureau Gior Nale de Sicilia. A sgt. Leonard earner. I entered As second class matter at the Post office at new York n. Y., under i am of March s. Is. Subscription rate to the United states too francs a year. I contents passed by the u. S. Army censors. I prodigal son vet i no. I saturday september is 1943 publications off Eer Nat Ousa editor and acting publications officer business a snare manuring editor Art editor staff guide to Italy la. Col Egbert White copt. Robert Neville capt. Robert j. Christenson a sgt. David Golding 8gfc Gilbert Sweeney editorial staff it. J. A f. R. Kent jr., t-8gt. Hilary h. Lyons t-8gt. Milton Lehman a sgt. Ralph g. Martin 8-sgt. George Hakim 8-sgt. Jack Foisie sgt. Richard Bruner sgt. Edward Vebell sgt. George Dorsey sgt. Paul s. mall Call seven a month dear editor there is a great injustice being done the american Soldier overseas and to the. Civilian population As Well. I saw it in Ireland i saw it in England and i see it every Day Here in Africa. I refer to the fact that we americans i Lave too much Money with us overseas. The harm done to the civilian is this All of us and especially new troops coming in pay extremely High prices for everything. Wine is a Good example. Two Hundred francs for a bottle of seven franc stuff. The american is often glad to pay an outrageous Price either because he does no to like to quibble or because he has the Money and wants the goods passing it off with a a Well the Money is no Good to me Over Here by paying these High prices we Rob the civilian who continues to get his old Standard wages. Instead of raising the Standard of living Here As we like to think we do by scattering our Money around we actually Are lowering it. In be heard Many frenchmen say that they did not like it and i done to blame them. The injustice which is done to the Soldier is that he is being robbed the merchants Are Likely to laugh at him and despise him for being a sucker. But the More important Point is All the while we Are scattering our wealth Over the world we Are impoverishing ourselves Back Home. Every Penny wasted Over Here will have to be repaid in eventual taxes. That wont be fun after the War Home or if he wishes sent to dependents. This would help the Soldier financially and would tend to bring on a better understanding Between us and our allies. Looking at it selfishly How is a Soldier going to compete with a defense worker who has been making enormous wages in getting a new Start or even living unless he has something saved when he gets Home this idea is basically sound and even this late in the game if it is acted on soon it will do untold Good in solving Many problems which we will meet after the War in occupied countries. A capt. John g. Cassity a Soldier overseas should not be Given so much Money to spend though i believe he earns every Penny and More too. A Large portion of his earnings should be retained in the states for him until he gets Back. Aside from having a Nice comfortable Start in the Bank upon his return he will be Able to buy just As much As he does now. If no one has the Money to pay High prices the prices will come Down. A Law should be passed which would retain All but say seven dollars per month of a soldiers pay. The Lump sum collected would then be paid upon his return from an it Alo amerio an dear editor Italy was Defeated and has sur rendered. Italy a country which has carried the full weight of american and British military strength on its own soil has had its Homes towns cities and monuments destroyed. Other parts of this Beautiful country have become a Battlefield and will continue to see destruction until the nazis have been driven out. This ancient country is crippled by defeats and is no longer an Empire. Dictatorship brought War upon the people. Surrender was the Only possible Way out to save lives and prohibit Complete destruction. It is our duty to help defend and drive every German Soldier out of Italy. We must show the world italians can fight and work when they Are on the right Side. And they Are on the a a right Side now Italy did not want War does not want War but if the nazis insist upon using Italy for a Battlefield the half hearted italian soldiers we fought against will turn out to be Tough customers. We with italian blood in our veins will revenge every wrong the germans perpetrate. America is our country we will be faithful we will perform our duties first and then a debt must be paid to our forefathers. We shall restore their Honor latest in the army a series of helpful hints on getting along in foreign countries is the Gray covered a a soldiers guide to Italy a with 32 pages of Good advice useful phrases and pictures. Biggest Point made by the Little pamphlet is that american soldiers should a a show the italians that the German Way Isnit the Only Way of occupying a country. The guide Points out that ital tans a a Are not All pro Axis nor were they All pro fascist. Chances Are the guide implies the chief reaction the italians will have to americans will be curiosity mixed with Awe a a you will be about the most remarkable event which has happened in living done to be rude the guide advises done to drive furiously through Vil age streets refrain from mixing n mobs or political demonstrations and respect italian cathedrals churches and Wayside shrines. As for italian wines Many Are i Mha d a read Good although some local Vinos Are reported to be a a Tricky and stronger than they taste. They will upset your stomach and go to your legs As Well As your head unless you know when to another Tricky matter says the guide is the italian Signorina. Nice girls in Italy observe social formalities and troops Are advised to proceed with caution. A done to think that you Are going to find it easy unit papers fill void for a read ingest Soldier. More than anything else Small to pick up a respectable girl in unit newspapers Are born out of Italy without running the risk of the homesick loneliness of the sol a first rate Row and remember Dier who did t get any mail and that a number of germans came says to his luckier buddy a a Butts to an untimely end through try on your letter i the american i is the a a read ingest Guy in the world the news new Continental i Hungriest. In any bivouac area anywhere you can always find a sgt. Paul. Reif was in Italy eight Bunch of Guys straining their eyes years ago got inspired and wrote in the darkening dusk rereading a a the Isle of from then to months old magazines papers now he has written other songs letters anything. On the air the among them a a dirty Gertie from jews Roundup has priority Over the Bizerte a but none has reached hottest Jive the funniest comedian the popularity of the song about an7. Everybody hunches around the that Little Island South of Naples. A a v1,1 be or is Swit it hed o u i ii a a off finally in the dark of the somewhere in Sicily last month night the Guys stretch out and sgt. Reif got inspired again not gab and gossip and Gripe. About an Island but about the in then Coe night listening hard tire continent of Europe and turn the outfit s Bright boy gets an de out a tune which he believes idea. He hijacks the company to be bigger and better than any clerks typewriter spends All night thing else he a done. The chorus putting All the gabbing gossiping written by Cpl. Irv. Gitlin goes griping into printable words on paper and Sticks the single Sheet on the bulletin Board. Within a few Days the single Sheet swells into several pages the one Guy has several assistants and the one copy grows to a fat circulation of several Hundred All neatly mimeographed. By a sgt. Ralph g. Martin stars and stripes staff writer a a native women ride american Gravy train. Laundry prices downright robbery. And then goes right into a Lincoln Steffens expose about the High Cost of getting clothes washed. Pvt. Grade Vii Kenneth Wood also has a particular liking for Little taglines such As a a Gal on your Arm is Worth two in the states a and Quot buy a it sgt. August c. Coniglio Halo american Pup tent poets like this a a there s a bread new cent Nentel new each Mere there la he a Spring ifs a grand new Continental and they still has How to sing girl and Hay enjoy Romance again Peeple dance again there a a Chance again change year sorrows for Bright tomorrows hopeful sentimental new eld in the meantime troops of the by the hundreds All Over Africa and Sicily there St army on who Mihare hundreds of these papers. Their St army on the Allied beachhead i Rondo from May do a Wistful eyes left to the Eaas to theist Corr font c scion u , inc most sol to news stories. This week and thiner from dirty ditties and a repressed no Tho to ii a his t 7 cartoons to straight laced official m of j announcements like Quot Welcome to r. And wonder if Shes still or. Smith our new Squadron and acre mutant and personnel pick up sweetly smiled the Little lass. Making room for him to pass. His eyes held hers a mais oui Bonjour think that we have met a a non non Monsieur it yes not she stopped at least he took his Cue Quot no Importe lets make a Quot Monsieur non that i cannot he smiled Assurance a a How about that cafe sur la Rue Redoute Quot Quot Mon Pere say non a her eyes appealed. A at three of clock a their handshake sealed the Date. Off tipped the sprightly wench. Quot broken English broken French Bure can mend a Fellows heart who says yanks can to make a a tart a a it George Neumark when i return when i return i want no blare of trumpets. Cheering shouting noise. I want no wild acclaim people shrieking madly a hats off Here come our boys a when i return just make it quiet and calmly grip my hand. Look into my eyes once More 1 11 understand. Then let me see the Beauty of Homes Trees and the valleys places i once knew the things we once took for granted til War hid them from View. I want no blare of trumpets cheering shouting. Noise. Just let me see you smile forgotten is the War. Dearest even now i need these things. When i return much More. It sgt. J. D. Govlek inventions with Christmas coming on in three months the army has adopted a technique the civilian sometimes uses to avoid getting nothing but purple ties in his Christmas sock. The army has figured out what it wants in the Way of new weapons and devices and straightforwardly invited the inventors of America to come across. Through the National inventors Council the army has publicly requested one Detector to locate nonmetallic land mines and another to spot unseen enemy soldiers moving through Jungle trails. Other useful objects listed include a Light enabling soldiers to see objects at night but invisible to the enemy a better method of identification Between ground troops and Friendly planes a new Inex let pensive me skit Metal a Means of darkening metals especially aluminium a device for absorbing or eliminating poisonous Carbon monoxide and bigger and better methods of sabotage for friends of the allies in enemy occupied territory. And the army wont object if the inventors produce the goods before thanksgiving. . J typical enough is a Little Sheet Quot the compressor Quot put out by some engineers in Sicily. In addition to several columns of intimate and How gossip of and by the different companies there Are also swell Little stories such As a a How to eat c the article explains open the can and feed contents to the pig placing the can carefully aside. Then you roast the pig to a turn just the Way you like then you get something like a a Tail spin which is a single daily Sheet 30 inches Long crammed with nothing but news from All Over the world. Edited by pfc. Gray Graham the paper emphasizes to its readers that they re getting today a news mostly informal most of the smaller papers go in for Snappy live wire stuff with the emphasis on the informal and the unsubtle. Like that unit paper which Calls itself editors b. Morris and c. Dugan run a special Quot definitions column in every Issue. These definitions Are definitely not out of the dictionary and frequently could not be repeated at sunday school picnics. Something on the same style is the of Acle a a tiny four Page affair readers digest size which always says whatever it pleases. The Lead Story one Day was headed no names please Only hand printed Sheet i be seen is Emily Post a a one Side one Page affair put out by a single nurse Quot please done to mention my name. A. She draws All the cartoons gets the dirt and prints it herself and writes All the poetry under the heading Quot putrid poetry a which really Isnit quite that bad. And when an Issue comes out without any poems she always inserts the note Quot the editorial staff just Wasny to in the mood occasionally. The nurse editor splashes out with a screaming headline a Dracula has been it a dramatically turns out that Dracula is just another pet name Tor a big Black cat who has been sticking his nose into the tents. With the nerve of a Greeley or a Pilitzer the nurse also leads off occasionally with a fighting editorial like the one about the was which implied that if the was could go out with the officers Why the nurses go out with the enlisted men which is a Good question. From the super unpretentious Emily a you come to an offset Job pictures and everything called Quot Engineer Fui Quot edited by t-5 Kaleita. One of the really Good pictures right on the front Page was a pie of the first sergeant digging a latrine fancy Job another fancy Job is put on by a combat Engineer out lit. Printed on pretty yellow palier. Whole tone of this paper is on the conservative Side looking and Reading like a Well groomed carefully prepared Sheet put out Back in the states. Not so serious is a paper pleasantly called which has Long articles on things like the Anatomy of humor a which Isnit about Anatomy at All. Some of the newspapers Are put out for a whole division on the move. The 45th division papers staff found a working printing press in Vittoria and put out the first american paper in Sicily. Editor sgt. Don Robinson and his boys have done a Sidell Job against really Tough conditions. In the unit paper class is the fifth army edition of the stars and stripes where the news is monitored from the radio and printed on trucks which can be moved anywhere anytime. But As Many unit papers As there fif6, an it we Haven to half covered the Field Here there still Aren t enough. You can still hear the i saying Quot Butts on your letter
