Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1943, Oran, Oran                               Page 4the stars and stripes monday november 29, 1943 nazis lose eight planes in attack on Allied convey Allied Force Headquarters nov. 28�?a 30 plane German bombing attack on an Allied Convoy of North Africa Friday night iwas broken up by coastal air Force planes which shot Down eight nazi horrors allowing the Convoy to escape Aith Only negligible damage. A a u i plane was shot Dojun by a pc it a i in the Convoy. Tii aiders consisted of four eng led a take Puli condors two engr ?1. Dornier 217�?Ts, Heinkel ill s and 177 s. The 177, a comparatively hew Jlane has two propellors with a a i r of tandem engines driving each. The interceptors were British and american Beau lighters Waitier lean 9-39�?Ts and French spitfire the French pilots who shot Down four planes were taking part in their first Battle on the Allied Side since they fought against the British in Syria. Their Squadron was reorganized As an Allied unit last june. It had been on routine patrol work since Aen and had not taken put in a Battle until Friday one nazi bomber was shot Down toy a Beau fighter Pilot who changed ills course from a Cross country flight to join the scrap. The Pilot was it. Francis b. Clarks Berea Colombia declares War on Germany Bogota. Nov. Imam it yesterday officially proclaimed a Quot state of belligerency Quot a a against Nasi Germany. The proclamation was approved by the colombian Senate after an All night second Liberty ship to China american lieutenant when he a>0 sky Battle Over the Convoy a Lvi a in to bring Down the 177. I yanks shut up Quot c onto me from Page 1 a Over to warm his stands and the glow lit up his face for the first Ham showing him fair and clean shaven and surprisingly Young. Quot you re just a kid Quot the 8-3 said. In Surprise. He waa All of 34 himself. Quot How old Are you Quot to 21,&Quot the Tommy said embarrassed. He thought for a minute then added Quot in a couple of months Quot where Are you from Quot the sergeant major asked.  Quot ill bet you a like to be Back there Quot the operations sergeant said. Quot yes i  Quot we be been away eight months Quot the operations sergeant said. Quot How Long have you been away Quot the Tommy spread his hands to the fire. Quot four years a he  four what Quot the s-2 said.  the Tommy said apologetically Quot perhaps it was not quite four  he counted slowly on his fingers half to himself his boys face gleaming in the firelight. Quot there was France Quot he said. Quot Dunkirk you know and then Tunisia and Sicily and no Here Quot he nodded satisfied. Quot about four years Quot he said. Quot although it might be a bit  Quot you were in All those Quot the 8-3 asked. Quot of yes Quot the Tommy said. Quot with some  he sat Back in his chair warm now letting fire come to him. The americans looked at him without speaking a a eight months Quot the sergeant major finally said. Quot eight Lousy  the Tommy smiled a Little still apologetic. Quot some of the chaps Haven t been Back for six years Quot he said. None of the americans said anything. They just sat and looked at each other and at the fire. After a while they began talking again but to one said anything about How Long he had been Over aet Feea followed an official announcement on november 24 t h at a German Odbur Sartre bad a no if. The colombian it Schooner Quot Ruby Quot in the Caribbean sea. Hi1la of  sums at Panapa jul w1 ends m my i�yd#nn4ap4wubnebr Bros birr go a Pate Kajjy a ddts second co nuts vessel Sank by a German a boat since the outbreak of War. Ump wage agreement with operators stalls Washington nov. 28�?wage, agree opt was nearly reached yesterday by the United mine workers and operators representing about half the nations Coal output but the negotiations stalled because Southern operators walked at cooperating. During the discussions observers said the Outlook appeared brighter than at any time during the Long dispute which has existed All us year a but president John Lewis objected to proceeding with the negotiations until a larger pro the operators accepts. The principles put Forward. Southern operators represent about one fourth of the if. 8. Production while another 15 percent come from captive mines so caked because they Are owned by steel Edward re stettiniu8, or. Rights. S. Under Secretary of state inspects the freighter Chung Cheng the second u 8. Liberty ship transferred to the chinese government under lend lease arrangements. A with him Are c. T. Feng minting the chinese Consul in san Francisca where the Transfer was made and members of the chinese Crew who will Man the ship. The a texture was taken when or. Stettin fans then u. 8�?T lend lease administrator san Francisca to attend ceremonies masking the Transfer of ship which was named in Hener of Chang Kai Shek the chinese a tie Ham Hoot companies and their entire output is ooh med in the production of Stoel the Quot captives Quot have not been represented at the conferences. The Union and operators Are trying to reach a settlement on wages to take effect when the government restores the mines to private ownership again. Lack of such ton agreement precipitated a nation wide Coal strike several weeks ago when the miners refused to for the operators unless they a contract. President Roosevelt then ordered Secretary of Interior Harold l. Ickes to take Over the mines and the latter signed a temporary contract with the ump. French cooperation with allies okayed collaboration of the French committee of National liberation with the United nations War Effort was unanimously approved wednesday by the committees consultative Assembly. The expression of France s approval of the joint War Effort was contained in a Resolution presented in the name of the foreign affairs committee. The Resolution was signed by delegates representing All shades of French political opinion. The note was the culmination of three Days of general Dicu Sedon on the foreign policies of the French committee. Nazi Flok returns c-47 to course valued Force Headquarters nov. 28�?it took some heavy flak from German batteries near Rome to remind the Crew of a c-47 transport plane bound from Sicily to Naples that they were somewhere they  be. Lost in heavy weather on the Way from Sicily to Naples the Pilot overshot the Landing Point but did no to know it until flak began cutting through the wings. The plane escaped with nothing More than the flak holes. Raf heavies us Stu be from Page do ass a later. Lancaster and  poured move than ljob9 tons of High explosives and incendiaries on the capital in about 3d minutes bringing the total since thursday of last week to More than 8.009 tons. The third heavy attack of the week followed nuisance raid by mosquitoes wednesday and thursday and powerful attacks monday and tuesday. With the germans unable to defend their capital by air experts said it was almost impossible to attempt to intercept two major raids within a few hours. Berlin depended mostly upon six great Cones of 50 searchlights each. Many batteries of anti aircraft guns threw up patterns of flak whenever a bomber was trapped in the Light. New York the French edition of Wendell Winkle s Book Quot one world Quot was released by its new York publishers under the title of Quot be Monde est in Quot. In a special message to the French people for the occasion or. Wolfl Kie said the urge to be free rests in the hearts of muons of frenchmen who need the help of Quot their Brothers who Are fortunate enough to be  he added Quot we must give them that help so that tomorrow a Century and a half of French american Friendship shall once More signify Liberty to All the  Washington More than 19,-000 officers and men serving on United states merchant ships have received the merchant Marine combat bar for Active service on vessels which have been in direct combat action against the enemy while delivering War cargoes overseas. Since dec. 7, 1941, nearly 4,800 mercant seamen have been reported dead or missing while 547 Are known to be prisoners of War. New York seventy Federal agents bolstered by 30 City policemen staged 36 liquor raids on new Yorkus revived Bootleg liquor Industry the raiders arrested 44 persons in taverns stores a newsstand a wholesale Butcher shop and other places in Manhattan Brooklyn ant a Bronx vast quantities of illicit liquor along with the equipment for cutting it. Bostons heavy snows that crippled transportation facilities have aggravated a critical milk shortage in Southern new England. The milk Supply available to Consumers will be sharply reduced this weekend since not More than half the daily farm output la expected to reach Rural receiving stations. Even before the weather made the shortage More acute the areas demand for milk was exceeding Supply by ten percent. Milwaukee  surplus 0. Small arms ammunition will permit the closing of the Milwaukee ordnance Plant it was announced by maj. Richard j Smith Only a few Days after lie said the sat Lake City Plant Ouid close for the same reason. St. Paul  e. Stamen former governor of Minnesota and now a Navy Ueunten pfc it Anima new Baa been unan qom Quot a w is into Iier Eno Orwa of my me trim can state Central committee meeting in St. Paul for the 1944 Republican nomination for Prosl Dent. The motion of endorsement waa presented a after several gop leaders dry Larry that Stamen waa Quot definitely a serious contender Quot for the Nondon Stem. Pre War . Relations revealed Washington nov. Job additional details of Jug Vasos a a lean relations during the decade before Pearl Harbor were disclosed by the state depart sent in the first of two Vot venues forming a part of the foreign relations series in which the departments diplomatic correspondence is regularly Towd Tovy the volume lists nearly 709 detailed reports of Japan aggression beginning with the occupation of Manchuria on sept. 18,1931. Successive military actions the volume says were accompanied by japanese diplomatic protestations of non aggressive intentions against China. The japanese creation of a puppet state in Manchukuo u. So a application of a non recognition policy and the u. S. Protests Over the closing of China Quot open door Quot Are related in detail. Chapters Are devoted to the nip ponese my Kitar action at Shanghai in 1933, further japanese penetration into China from 1934 to 1938 and Japan abandonment of cooperation with other Powers in efforts to limit naval armaments. The last two thirds of the volume Tell of the various aspects of Japan a undeclared China following what the i called an Quot incident Quot at folo Bridge at Shanghai 7, 1937. Civilian bombings by 3 japanese and other acts ering the uves of u. Chi Ineare recorded in a  for each rear from 1937 to 1941 with a separate Section on the sinking oif Ike d. Amp 8. Pansy on dec. 13, 1937. Saunas cat a the Champion a around Cowboy of 1943 is Louis Brooks Pittsburgh okla. The Rodeo association of America announced Here. He won the Bronco Riding event and scored Points in Bull and steer Riding calf roping and steer wrestling. Homer Pettigrew Grady n. M. Was runner up to Brooks. Rockford 111.�?some Hunter who exchanged Luggage with mrs. Darius Conklin Rockford 111., in a Chicago train station must have arrived at his Lodge to find the customary Dainty feminine things and a wedding License strange equipment mrs. Conklin on thriving Home discovered that she had a Shotgun and a Supply of shells but philosophically figured that her Surprise was Small compared to that of the Hunter when he went after game armed Only with certain unmentionables. Chicago opa agents Are investigating Moro iban a Tim Layral retail food establishments following the discovery of shortages in 80 percent of their ration Bank accounts used to facilitate of ration Points. Suspension proceedings have already been tiled against eight restaurants and six markets. A Detroit a the most Rev. Francis j. Haas was consecrated Bishop of grand rapids in an elaborate ceremony. Archbishop Malete Giovanni dog Nail apostolic Delegate was the Consecrator and archbishops Edward Mooney Detroit and Moses eras Klisey Milwaukee were co Consecrator a. Bishop Haas formerly was Dean of the school of social science at Catholic University Washington and chairman of president Roosevelt committee on fair employment practices. The museum dedicated to the great russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky at Kiln has been restored tags the soviet news Agency says after being virtually destroyed by the germans two years ago. The work of restoration began As soon As Kiln about 50 Miles Northwest of Moscow was retaken by the red army. The germans Tass says used the museum once Tchaikovsky in a Home As a Pigsty. Two Allied bom Bers says a Dis Patch from can Errol have probably sunk a Large enemy submarine off the East coast of Australia. The submarine disappeared following a machine gun Duel Between the undersea boat and one of the bombers. A Vichy diplomatic source the Swiss press states has admitted that marshal Henri Philippe retain is constantly watched by the Gestapo. According to this source he is not permitted to leave Vichy but has not been placed under arrest. The marshal according to Rumor has ceased to carry out official duties partly because of nazi restrictions partly of feds own volition in protest against haul measures. The position of marshal Petain has for the past week been a subject of keen speculation throughout Europe. The German press according to Reuters says that Benito Mussolini whom Swiss sources reported a suicide is in Quot a prolonged state of nervous collapse Quot and suffering from an internal disease which makes it impossible for him to assume Active leadership of Republican fascist Italy. The roman Iasi government according to a report broadcast by Hungary s official radio is planning to evacuate the capital of Bucharest and the towns of Plesti and Constanza. Far of Allied bombings is the reason. Lib Labner k by Al Capp Tibke dead in bus crash Roseville  per were killed and 33 injured a Portland hound bus % a private car and port in a do Tofu rms a a Borilla 3�?~bd>cu. Vust Daar Watt. 4�rwtm. A a. Cutout 8 c Fol Mil Al 41 a. \yr0jurjt Wawa Cic to Lxi at you. Afifi. A Al a aia Ait Joasil Oil a �0 que wr�4 45 Yob a Lar Tuuu amp us cur a leu Dot. By Al to Jsam it Iti fit och 9km Slu a Hullo k 4h -4-Rvsjr to Ajcuc it f i