Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1943, Oran, Oran                               Page 2monday, september 13,1943 Otil Mill newspaper of the 0. 8. Armed forces published mondays through fridays. Inclusive for top in Ibe Oran area. Tie stars and stripes Oran dully to edited and published by and for the personnel of the u. 8. Armed forces. It is printed by la Echo d Oran 6 rut hotel de vice Oran. Bdl orial and circe Lauon office Rne hotel de tue. Telephone it. We Faun  Lister 89071. Clerc Lauon dept s-8gt. Glen Hedges 83071. Bdl orial dept 83837. Acknowledgement is guide of the cartoons comic strips feature. General editorial service supplied by tank the army weekly the Western newspaper Union and of news he the office of War information and special services div Stan War dept. Yank about town entered As second class matter at the Post office it new Fork n. To a under mjf4 of Ovnik yowl act of March 3, 1978. A a f. Contents past by the to. S. Army Casara hot a Bahle to the u. S. By individuals. Vol. I to. 98 13, 1983 sort publication officer. Katoum la Cost Egbert White editor and acting Oblie Attras officer Cut. Robert Neville officer in Toutge managing editor. A sol Harry Watson editorial staff set. Robert Mcintyre set. James Harv Fugan Cpl Boh neither. The roving reporter to irme Pyle. In Sicily a the engineering forces in our army Are trained and organized to a High degree and engineering morale is a proud and High Strung thing. It used to be the fashion to sort of sneer at engineers but that Day has now certainly passed. Even the infantry takes off its hat to them a for not infrequently the engineers Are actually out ahead of the infantry. Before launching into the Many details of How the engineers work ill explain How their organization is set up for it will make it easier for you to understand their Job. Each infantry division has a battalion of engineers which Quot is actually a part of that division and works and suffers with it. A battalion consists of four companies totalling around 800 men. Leap Frog. Some times All the companies Are working in separate places with the division s various infantry regiments. At other times when in mountainous country the whole division has to string out in a single line 20 Miles or More the Engineer companies keep leap frogging each other letting one company go into 24-hour Reserve about every three Days for much needed jest. Ate new permanent Bridge for the Supply convoys that will be following for Days and weeks  often there is jealousy and contempt Between groups of similar types working under divisions and corps. But in the Case of the engineers it is a sort of Mutual esteem society. Each respects and proud of the Ether. Corps engineers Are so Good that they Are constantly on the heels of division engineers and a few times with division a Hundred Are How much Money did you lose playing poker this weekend. Add a Chow wat to the list of places where brother has met brother. Pvt. Henry e. Thomas of new York City was sweating out his Noonday meal at Ca Astei when he saw someone that looked vaguely familiar to him. It turned out to be his toothed pvt. William b. Thomas whom he had t seen in More than two years. The lads fought All through the african Campaign without knowing that the 5 other one was in Africa too. And in Case you Are interested if you re escorting a wac about town air i want to buy her a Beer at alb place or Joe s joint a it is perfectly of to do so. Pay Jib attention to the Quot no women signs they Don t refer to Waco a. All of us have some Little thought or some Little ritual that we go through every now and the a to bring our loved ones Back Home a Little closer but our nomination for the most original Way of spanning the Occam goes to t-4 Frank Ficq jct who keeps his watch six hours be Binal our time so he May know the Hiir of the Day in new Yore and therefore what his wife is doing. Attention ail nor com toss toned of in ers that new no club is ready and open for Busi Giying lifts dear editor / some time ago i read a letter in mail Call about vehicle Drivers refusing to give american soldiers a hit. The writer to that letter had a lengthy argument and in it some ways he May have been right. As a u. S. Truck Driver i have this to say about the matter. Every member of the u. S. Armed forces knows that we Are All governed by rules and regulations. If you Are loud not to pick up unauthorized persons they mean just that. So the next time you Are refused a lift by a Driver instead of being bitter just remember he has a Job to do. He would like to give you a lift but with thousands to soldiers on pass daily it just cant be done. He Hasni to the time. In a a truck Driver. I know. Wartime election dear editor in reference to your mall Call to september 1, we beg to differ with you upon the subject to Quot wartime election. Our civic books definitely state thai. To Lime to War presidents to the United states remain in office until the armistice is signed. Then the newly elected president will take office. Pvt. Clarence m. Patterson the answer Man dear editor i Hope you will print the follow re Check your source to information and see if the above is not Correct. A. Cut. James Fouche article a Section 1 of toe oort i tuition slates that a the executive Power shall be invested in a president of the United states of America he shall hold his office during the term of tour years and together with the Jop. 23lclent. Chosen for the same term shall be elected As follows a there is no amendment �6 the Constitution which alters the above statement in any Way.  toe presi it enc has certain Powers in time of War conferred upon him by Congress  the Constitution is not one / a of them a editor. A Over age ing information. It will make a lot of a bewildered gis amp lot a amp a dear editor Pior. Percent occupied with an especially difficult demolition they have pushed on ahead and. Tackled fresh demolitions themselves. At first practically All the officers of an engineering battalion were graduate engineers in civil life. But with the army expanding so rapidly and professional sex Ness. Its a rated at the Florida Prience running so thin most of the younger officers now assigned to engineers Nave just come out of officers school and have had Little or no engineering experience. Little experience. Standing above and behind these division engineering battalions Are what is called Ocupe engineers. They Are under control to the second army corps and can be shifted anywhere at corps command. The oops engineers follow up the division engineers smoothing and strengthening the Nece Marily Hast work to the division engineers. In describing the one Between division and corps egg been capt Ben Billups to Alamogordo n. M., put it this Way our Job is to Clear the Way tor our division to roughly 2j000 vehicles to move ahead just As quickly As possible. We Are interested Only in the division. X Quot if we were to build a temporary Span across a blown Bridge and that Span were to of lapse one second after the last division truck had crossed it we would have done the theoretically perfect Job. For we would have cleared the division and yet not wasted  to time by doing More than we needed to do. Quot when we have passed then it is the corps engineers Job to Cre of the enlisted men Judy a Little handful in each company have Ever had construction experience the rest Are just run of the mine one time clerks butchers and cow punchers. That Tittle handful to experienced enlisted men in an engineering company carries the Load and they Are As vital As anything x know of in the army. Practically every Man in an engineering company has to double in a half Docen brasses. Today he win be running a mine Detector tomorrow hell be a Stone Mason next Day a Carpenter and the Day after that a Plain pick and shovel Man but a mall go the Flam vim labourer at Home he s picking and shovelling under fire about half the time. In the books of organization the duties to engineers Are manifold. But in the sex in i Hiz cd warfare in Sicily Many to their Quot books duties just Don t exist and tip eur main Woik is concentrated d in into four vital Cater Rea. These tour Are Road building and Bridge by passing Clearing of mine Fields finding and purifying water for the whole division and providing the division with maps. The latter two Doht sound very spectacular but believe me they re important and 111 Tell you about them at length before the series ends. Club blvd. A Ilienne across the Street from the barque of Algeria. There is Beer and music from 11 am to 8 pm and you must slow your rank to get in. Speaking of the blvd. Gallienne that Street was the scene of one the Days More humorous happenings. From a parked red Cross Clu Mobile came a Stream of excited girlish Seal in is which could have meant almost anything. The mystery was quickly solved to the Delight to the curious crowd when out Cam a lit so easier a trussed up badly frightened Little porker. Hmm the red Cross does no to care who it hires these Days. During my hurs of duty on the streets of Oran i have been asked question after question pertaining to the answers below which Are in accordance with such orders As the military police of Oran have received. T. All shirt sleeves will be Roll i heartily agree with Corporal j. Dillon a letter on Quot Over age if replacements were not available i do not believe the Congress of the United states would have passed the Bill releasing men past 38 years old from the army. This was or Triniy taken into consideration and played up tig to Sway Public sen de Down and kept buttoned. 2. Trouser cuffs will not be rolled or stuffed into sri of tops. 3. Pipes and cigars May be smoked on the streets. 4. Wrist watches May be worn. 5. Shirt pockets Wal be kept buttoned. Regardless of the orders Given to troops in staging areas or replacement centers concerning the above they have no effect when the troops Are with Orang a limits. B.  Portugeis ziment for drafting 18-and 20ear something should be done about it. I am 42 years old and Nave applied for a Transfer to the enlisted Reserve with a letter of employment attached. I have met All the requirements contained in All circulars released on this subject and would like to get some action on same. Of we Over age men have to wait until the War is Over to be released Well you know How much of a Chance we have of getting amp Job. Think it Over pfc. E. T. Hughes Ait Dep t Oran Datebook in an Imp rent the ceremony at the Empire m Friday night the in dam of the red Croes Art contest and exhibit presented the award to the winners. American red Cross by a general be released became of censorship Regn Batione. The first prise of 28 Dehart went to in w n for. Wafer color forget Mareel the following tubs offer snack Toaru libraries Reading writing rooms miscellaneous indoor sports motion pictures and live entertainment. All Are open Dally to servicemen of the u s. Armed Forest. Empire Clur 18 Rue Alsace Lorraine open from 10 am to 0 pm. Arc Casino theater a three showings of american films daily�?2, 3 45 and 7 00-. Moua Imir theater Hue an fou Douck and de Bailes. A a Noontide a with Joan Gabon and ids Lupino officers club blvd Clemenceau and Alsace Lorraine open 10 to 10 . A Hama Pretare was entitled Quot portrait de Somatt and the trophy was accepted for Hia by his sister. The third prise was awarded to Start Hodge of woe Chester maas., for his Quot Moutain Side. In add tin to theae Prises Oer Tif Leales at honorable mention were presented to sgt. John Billings pfc. William Schock it George Blekher Cpl. Anthony Cyrana William Manro and John Ginley. Allied club 8 blvd. Up Allenl open from 10 . To 10 . For Erv Bloemen of the Allied nations glues a also be Colon offic Ebsa club open to american officers and nurses members Only daily 2mm 2 p.  To 10 80 p.  Snack bar open Nom 2 p. A to 10 p.  Liquor bar open from 1 p. K. To 10 p.  Be colisee�?8 Rue Aru aerie special show for Allied forces at 6 pm a a convoys starring dive Brook plays through sept. 16. Becenti theater after a p.  Every even tag except sunday Anglim speaking movies. Consult arc Fot current film. Arc Empire theater hours of showings Are As follows k. 4 and 8 p.  Dally. For name of pictures playing consult the Empire clubs bulletin Board. Stage entertainment daily.  the following clubs Ace operated or enlisted personnel of the army iary and wac Only. They Are open Dally from 11 am to 8 pm. Beer sold exclusively. Blvd Paul Doumer museum a paintings sculpture archaeology natural history and collections. Near blvd Sebastopol. Open daily except mondays. Hours 3 to 6 pm. Usa depot Joe a joint around Corner from hotel Continental France s future in their hands Mega flaw Jurg 08-r from a Boom town in California called san Francisco comes tews that hag a disturbing ring. M has to do with Waco scrawling on their a a tummies quotes Are theirs through barbed wire while real live machine gun bullets whim Over their Heads. This hit to training seems to be part of an infiltration course the gals Are taking. The course is 75 Yards Long and outside of the barbed wire and a few charges to dynamite going off and the machine gun bullets to course there is nothing at All in the Way to obstacles that the girls have to put up with. Just the same even though they do shoot the bullets three feet Over their Heads we Are not sure we approve of sort goings on. In the i rat place the wac a were supposed to relieve men for front line duty by taking administrative posts behind the lines. And in the second place although a Are sure that the ladles would make very Fine crawlers under barbed wire wed just As soon they did t  Are plenty of soldiers in the army to crawl through All the barbed wire that has to be crawled through and. We Don t like the idea to going Home to a Bunch of Battle scarred Tong Hes who will Tell us about their twin theron lines. We just Tot like the tone to the whole thing. And of we re wrong it Bear aug to. Al a place next to Barclay Bank building churches Santa Cruz port a arrange Mente have been made for sightseeing Tours through this historic fort. No visitors after Sundown. No transportation provided. Contact special service Section for further information protestant sunday services a two ., methodist Church anew and Chasseur. Lutheran service with communion held Here at 4 fac. Chris Tan science every wed. Sun. At 1930 hrs. In reformed Church Rue Alsace Lorraine and Rue Pierre couture a. E. S. Program monday 13 Catholic masses daily in holy spirit Church place de la Bastille at 0800. 0700 0730, 0600 and 0830 hours. Dally masses in the Cathedral. Place Jeanne do arc at 0600, 0845, 0738 and 0800 hours. Also in Oran civil Hospital at 0845 1915 hrs. Sunday masses at 0900 in Hospital Chapel. 11 15 in to of leers clinic. Confession in Hospital Chapel on sat. Afternoon from Lcoo to 1700 hrs. Sat. Evening from 1900 to 2000 Bra. Also heard in chaplains office 4 blvd. Creme Noah a on sat at 1700 ins., and at 1038 ins. On Sun. In the Abc Empire club. Jewish Dally synagogue at 1900, blvd Tolie and sue Magenta. Also on . At 18 39 hrs. On Sun. At 0900 hrs. In Empire club. Other faiths Church to Jesus Christ to latter Day saints. Sun. 8er-Ylce at 09 30 Era. In Empire club. 8 m-8 00�?bennie round up 11 00�?african sol no session 11 30�?personal album 11 45�?novatones 12 00�?downbeat 12 30�?news 12 45�?g. 1. Jive 1 00�?xavier Sugart 1 15�?norman cd tier 1 30�?sammy Herman Trio Ltd 1 45�?yarns for yanks 2 00�?concert Hau 2 30�?tune twisters 2 45�?melody round up 3 00�?bb c. News 3 15--rental band 8 38�?melody matinee 4 30�?bing Crosby 4 45�?sound off 5 00�?news summary a 06�?telephone hour 5 30�?aldrich family 6 00�?ralph Pinch org movies Gungl amp a speaking 6 15�?ray Kyeer i War Aring at a a officers Beach. Movies saturday evening at the officers Beach Aln a Turck at 2130 hours. Abc Vox Thea term located in fill Makse. American shown 2s Tun a at 2 15 to 7 15 sat. M 6 45�?fred 7 00�?news 7 15�?i Irry James 7 30�?tour Biray and mine 8 00�?bbc. News 8 d bequest program my 9 00�?kate Smith 9 30�?command far Formano 10 00�?spotlight bands 10 15�?news summary my