Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1943, Oran, Oran . Marine paratroopers flashes from the front continued from Page 1 particular Airfield Hadnot yet been taken by the allies. Said the Driver �?�1 aimed the half track a nose for Texas and put her into High c surprised was everybody that nobody got hit. Total Cost of printing the first american newspaper in Italy was four dollars and 50 cents. The paper is a Small one Page Sheet which the 45th division has been putting out for years now. Sgt. Don Robinson Oklahoma City is the editor sgt. Bill Mauldin. Phoenix. Aria., is the cartoonist. Others helping them Are Cpl. Bill Barrett of Cleveland sgt. George Tapscott of Oklahoma City and Cpl. Fred Sheehan of new Fork City. The group commandeered a Small printing press in Victoria while the snipers were still making noise. F this Seldom happens. Observation planes Are supposed to observe and sometimes get into a dogfight with a fighter plane in Seli defense. But you done to often hear of a dogfight Between two observation planes. In this one. The p-5i knocked Down the italian plane. The Axis Hoys did no to have time to Lay mines or set Booby traps last week because we pushed Mem Back too fast. But now some of the More curious americans Are waking up in the Hospital if they re Lucky. Capt. Robert Hermann Jacksonville fla., tells of the two gigs who saw a Nice looking gun resting peacefully on a table. One of the men suggested that it might be a Booby trap but he wanted the gun so he took a Long piece of string gently attached it to the gun and went All the Way out to the foxhole jumped in and pulled the string. Nothing happened to the gun but the foxhole blew up. There was a mine in it. The other a i. Watching the whole thing from the distance now has the gun. Parents still keep bringing in their children to army Headquarters asking when the americans Are going to open schools and teach English so their kids can go to America. Sitting in the Barber shop getting shaved was pvt. Wilfred j. Thomas Milton Ore. Thomas is a paratrooper and was explaining just How he killed three italians in a Pillbox. And All the time the italian kept shaving him. It is a very Good thing that not All sicilians can understand English. Niedzielski noted pianist will give final recital the noted polish pianist Nied Zielski who received an enthusiastic reception from american servicemen at his concert two weeks ago in the Oran municipal theater will give. His last at the municipal theater Mon Lay at 6 00 p. M. Niedzielski will play a or Ogham of works by Beethoven Mozart Listz. Chopin Debussy Paderewski de Falla and Cyril Scott. Tickets can be reserved daily at the municipal theater from 10 to 12 and from 3 to 6. The pianist whose tour s under the auspices of the polish ministry of information in London wll also play in some of the american hospitals in and near Oran. New York. Bbl in a broadcast describing the american bombing of Rome said that Premier Mussolini a a spent the entire raid in a shelter constructed especially for thursday Jaty 22, 1943 the stars and stripes Page a _ v. A ,
