Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1943, Oran, Oran F�9� 2the stars and strikes thursday december 23, 1943 the stars and stripes daily newspaper by and for the . Armed forces published monday through fridays inclusive for troops in the Oran and Casablanca areas. Editorial department 5 Rue hotel de Tlle Telephone 25957. Circulation and subscription department i rut hotel de Vilie Telephone 23071. The stars and stripes daily has been established by the stars and stripes of the North african theater of operations the Headquarters of which is at 12 Boulevard Baudin Algiers. Acknowledgement la made of the cartoons comic strips feature stories and general editorial service supplied by yank the army weekly the Western newspaper Union the Camp newspaper service and of news by the office of War information and army news service. Entered As second class a Ritter at the Post office at new York n. Y., under act of March 3, 1879 contents passed by the u. S. Army censors not mailable to the a a. 8. By individuals yank about tote evacuating wounded vital wartime Job clip Sheet. Til 1 be. Is thursday december 23, 1913 staff publication officer Nat Ousa editor a business manager officer in Clarge managing editor fat /.,/� sgt. Robert i. Mcintyre sgt. Jim it. Cel. Egbert White capt. Robert Neville capt. Robert j. Christenson a it. William h. Lister sgt. Harry Watson Harrigan Cpl. Harry Shershow sgt. Since the Day we landed Here we have been flooded with special a a Home front Quot columns from Back Home which the folks include in their letters to us. Today we Are offering you a Chance to get even. Cat oat the following column sign your name and Send it to the folks Back Home a Cpl Harry Shershow Date by sgt. Robert Mcintyre stars and stripes staff re Riter the huge task of rescuing american casualties from the frightful Nightmare that is the front line rebuilding them and in Many cases returning them to their families Falls under the non glamorous title of records and evacuation next to the actual combat work the evacuation of wounded is the most vital Job and biggest Challenge hurled at the allies. According to capt. Mortimer m. Cohn new York City co of the records and evacuation unit the lbs area is like a huge Reservoir into which pours the casualties said Captain Cohn planet Are the thing for they enable us to get the cases within a few hours. The medics up front Are doing such a Good Job in first Aid work that when we receive the casualties our work is half done. At the height of the tunisian Campaign air plane evacuation was so rapid that the cases Hadnot stopped bleeding before we had them placed in Hospital ships Are next in preference for evacuation work since they afford the to ruffled an easier ride greater room and therefore cleaner and brighter surroundings. Por the men Able to get around there is the inevitable Chow line Ray Reynolds to Georges Mercle Casablanca Telephone Beacon .82 new president dear editor if a new president is elected during time of War does he take the stand before the War is Over or does he take the stand during time of War a pvt. Shannon v. Corwin the new president takes Over during the War editor. Rosalind Russell dear editor my buddy and i were discuss ing Rosa land Russell i say she comes from Waterbury Conn., and he says no. Will you please let us know a pfc. Donn o. Martinelli a Waterbury Conn. To Corredo editor. Dear a a a a we have been hearing some great reports from you folks Back Home. Things out this Way though not As exciting As the stories you Send us Are humming. Everything in a North Africa Sicily and Italy is now in a great upheaval. Factories which have been shut Clown for a Long time Are now opening up and factories which have Beer open for a Long time Are now shutting Down. The ration has hit us hard out this Way. Such things As fresh milk scotch and soda bananas and filet mignon Are things we Only dream about. But As Long As we know that you Are getting your from the Italy. They put they can be served in the Ward arrive by plane train or ship. The if they prefer. Books games and casualties Are met by a staff of phonographs Are found in each doctors who 6ort them out and As Ward and you can almost read by sign them to hospitals especially the glow from the Piir ple heart equipped to handle their individual ribbons plied on each bed. Wounds. V so rapid and. Efficient is the a a what we Are in reality Quot said evacuation system that by the time capt. James Lewis Pittsburgh pa., the wounded have been loaded Captain Cohn s assistant Quot is a huge factory for evacuation. A in sorting out the injured we take into Tonsi Deramion All the factors which deter whether a Soldier goes Home is placed on limited service or is returned to Active duty Back at the evacuation a by air plane received the most Praise from captains Cohn and Lewis. Quot while ship and train evacuation Are excellent Quot aboard the floating Hospital they have already received treatment for Battle Shock at a frontline evacuation Hospital. Cases demanding immediate operations and blood transfusions have been treated yet there Are operating and a Ray rooms aboard ship. Quot each method of evacuation has its own advantages and disadvantages Quot said Captain Cohn. Quot both the air plane and train have double decked bunks like the ship tunisian Campaign dear editor did the tunisian Campaign end Mav 7th this year As you say a pvt. M. A. Lucho v it Eye the tunisian Campaign ended this . Reply to Quot Soldat Quot dear editor the French Quot Soldat Quot who voiced his objection to the Quot Black Market in Oran is right in principle but wrong in certain facts. Americans rebel at the thought ref their 50 piece orchestra to give concert o the 50 piece municipal orche.5 supplies sent overseas or their Pec table Drunken soldiers. Bettye a hubbies dear editor borne of us boys have had an argument on How Many times Betty Oracle has been married. I say she has been married twice. Could you Tell us How Many times she has been married and to whom a Hugh w. Campbell 82 Betty grab a him been married twice. First to Jackie Coogan then to Harry . Shorthand Book dear editor do you know where i can obtain a shorthand Book to study i wish to acquire a useful skill and i and something about it in an old copy of your Quot stars and a a pvt Kim Carr special services in the Barclay Bank building or one of the red Cross clubs May have a copy yen could use. A editor. Use being sold at outrageous prices to civilians. Americans resent the Quot Black Market Quot institution. But it is unfair and subversive to imply that corruption vice or cheating Are the monopoly of any one group. It is false to say that the Quot Black Market Quot is limited to a special area or that the traders Are of a certain racial religious or National background. It is giving the Green Light to one group to continue nefarious practices unmolested by pointing the Finger at another minority group. It serves Only hitlers propaganda to create distr list and dissension among the soldiers of democracy and to find a scape goal and oppose those ideals for which we Are fighting. If the Quot Soldat Quot wishes some free cigarettes with Blue White and red Stamps on them i wish him every Success. But he should not is a Soldier of the allies pull a Goeb Bels and help spread nazi propaganda. Is sgt. Leonard Stanley share of these things we i be thankful because there Are plenty of other things we can eat out Here a spam Salmon Vienna sausages and so Forth just to mention a few. Things in the police department tra will give a concert this sunday. Are As Busy As Ever and the police december 26th at c pm in the conservatory of music Corner of Vej Mungar and Rue Hans a half Block from the end of bid. Gai Lien. Or. Buono manager f the conservatory will conduct. Tickets at 15 francs Are now on Sale at blotter is getting More blotted each night. The other Day the maps picked up a lot of perfectly res notice a Leiding which was left at the Allied Clah can now to picked of at the Empire club upon presentation of the Check issued by the Allied ctn clothing which has not been called for Qihua two weeks will be Tornez Over to the army. Alcazar plans Gay Christmas party Christmas services Christmas eve lutheran service and communion a pm methodist Church protestant communion 11 30 pm dance room Empire club Catholic Mats 11 36 pm theater Empire club episcopal communion 11 30 pm off Leen arc club the wac glee club and the cemetery Cape choir win Reader the following schedule of Christmas Earle i to 8 pm around Center of town t of pm local station to Pattat 9 38 pm at ugh Ting of Trot in front of grand hotel place do la bait to. An Allied nation Christmas. Party will be held december 24�?~. A a a. At e pm in the arc Alcazar club. Me Vauchee it was announced. Today by cub director Raymond e. Miner. Santa Claus clowns and magicians Are but a few of the. Highlights that will give the affair a typical Yankee touch. On Christmas Day Ahmed Sam i the Alsari Ash Lei ajl wed nation service 5n str Alca Aars Albany. Loj Oay Alhambra theater Christmas Day protestant service 10 am Empire club Cary Grant Ethel Barrymore Hedy Lamarr Eddie Cantor Bingo. Crosby and Benny Goodman s or tie conservatory. Chestra Are a few of the celebrities we Heve never seen. Thieves broke into an arabs Gro very store the other night and mad2 off with two dozen oranges. Politics have dropped Way off. The boys have been so Busy that they Haven to had time to hold any recent elections so it looks very much As if Gen. Eisenhower is in for another term. You Are probably wondering Whai we Are driving what we Arf wearing what we Are saying. Very often we wonder the same things. There Are Many styles of vehicles .1 this part of the world. We real ize that we Are not setting the style at he moment. The most popular Type of conveyance is the country truck weight two and one h a if a tons. Most army families prefer this luxury liner with its air cushioned tires and Oil fed Lubirl cation to smaller models primarily because we can be packed in so closely. There is a lower priced automobile the four Cylinder one a a up 7� quart ton this is a very Pic a a a popular Model with the officers. Enlisted men Are sometimes re warded for Good behaviour by so Nung them As Drivers of this Model. A Hing strikes rather a smart Rote in the arabic surroundings. Everyone it seems has switched towards the military lines in dress. Plain Ordinary overalls have been >3 streamlined Greene up and Given a new title of tuxedos and tails have disappeared from the night clubs and night clubs / too have disappeared. You might care to know that Necktie knots Are currently bring pulled into Small dirty balls. The boys Are saying that this Iwar can to last forever. Of course there is no guarantee that the War shipyards to close on sundays Washington shipyards will be closed on sunday after january 1, the maritime commission announced. The decision was made partly because of the manpower shortage and partly because of the desire to give workers a regular rest Day it was said. But provide Only a single aisle. The plane is cramped but its Speed overcome All of its this business of evacuation Isnit All medical work not by a Long shot. Like All big jobs its accompanied by tons of paper work. Casualties must be recorded from the very moment they re wounded. Their Progress and whereabouts must be known at All times. Handling the reams of the captains paper work Are t Maurice Yosinoff Providence r. I., t Frederick Abies Passaic n. J. And a sort. Harold a. Krone Chicago 111. Quot we be been doing a big Job a Captain Cohn said Quot but we feel we re still Only making a atari when i say a we i Moat certainly include All the frontline nurses doctors and their staffs of enlisted men. They have the really Tough Job of evacuating casualties from under the it try noses of the germans and that a almost As bad As fighting again Oran Datebook american red Cross the following clubs offer snack oar libraries. Reading writing rooms miscellaneous indoor sports motion pictures and live entertainment All Art open Dally to servicemen of the u. S. Armed forces. Empire club is Rue Alsace Lorraine open from 10 am to 9 pm. Officers club blvd. Clemenceau and Alsace Lorraine. Open 10 am to 10 pm. Arc snack bar 4 Rue am Pere. Open daily to american servicemen from 10 am to 8 pm. Snack tickets on Sale at bar. A a / movies Empire Rue Alsace Lorraine. Movies today at 12, 2, 4, 8 and 8 pm. Mogador 10 Rue Salles. Limiting we will go with Laurel and Hardy. Plays through dec. 84. Special air vice Neny a show at 6 pm. Coulee 8 Rue do Art Luerle. A Pride and prejudice a lab Greer Geryon Laurence Oliver Maureen of Sullivan. Daily through dec. 24. Special servicemen a showing at 8 pm Gale real and rot of Armit pm 7 pm musicians wanted be Mceben of the s. Arme of a rate temm a la a few ha4 a tote it a Lii a or a Stew Asch Coattea we who would mkt to form a orchestra Lor two to Aceti ovo to if tri to Contact it Joseph Brin of Rios to poor bite. A Tah my Mart Marr it it he fora pro Stant Sor Loo. 10 45 am lbs Bdate. Command protestant communion 11 39 am american can Retery Chapel protestant service 9j9 am 5th barn poet office Catholic Mam 11 am arc of spire dub 4 pm american cemetery Chapel concert Casino t Bleak is i wont actually last forever and per Lavoisier. A three hops k bit longer. Anyway done to you think we be got a Fot of spirit and plenty of gumption when to look into each other s. Bloodshot eyes and say Quot wot de hell. War can to last . J we have no complaints about it the climate. After All it Isnit anybody a fault if the Rotten rain never stops if the aun Comee out Only when we be gone in if it gets so Damn cold in the gloomy mornings that we fall in line wearing our blankets. Daily to All Allied servicemen a Mem 3 am to 8 pm. Offers wide variety of snack lunches and mixed drinks. Downstairs reserved for enlisted in officers upstairs. The following Elute Are operated for enlisted personnel of the army Navy and wac Only. They Are open Dally from 11 am to 8 pm Beer sold exclusively. Joe a joint around Corner from hotel Continental. No club open trom 1 00 pm to 8 00 pm daily. Located in the Flo a club. Blvd. Gailien. Beer sold exclusively. Gay floor show. Al s place next to Barclay Bank building Waldorf Bab on Rue do Arwi two blocks below Rialto a and Regent Heaters. Muse ii is private museum�?9 blvd. A industries. Open Between 2 and 5 pm. A on Tain collection of sculpture paintings sums archaeology and souvenirs of the War of 1870. A. E. S pr06ram on u and s a Htiu be at the 8an a a a a is stripes editorial office 5 i hotel de Volle every big lit thai week from 7 Ontl 9 pm for Toten Clews. Fall details will he Given at that time. The weekly concert Fob owing Retreat at Flace Fech wih he Given Friday and 8�nday at 5 16 pm. For this week Only no concert will he Given satyr or film Cal special Xmas Shol s Day zooming movies for All children accompanied by a u. 8. Serviceman. At 10 30 and 1130 pm. A 6s in the showing of Popeye Donald Duck Peter. Rabbit and other. Brake Pearean \ dancing a Pink club .30 in due tra. Ctn a visor do color Moobi other than that we manage to Olom open to Termi Olin ago keep Pace with Anny regulations my Tew Only daily Trow in which seems to be our Dri Marr of. A to ice bar open from wet Temu 0�� a a 8 pm. Liquor bar open Warll from 6 pm to 10 pm. Officers bar you Are doing a grand Job and Are Oer shop open daily from 10 am to really fighting a hard War the rpm w 7 a a w ask a Tjhin Ifim Jihor american merchant sea we my have a Mem a club 8 Rue Ramier. Meats Chicken broiling in the oven for and sleeping facilities available to the time when we wih be seeing american merchant teamed Only you again. Foyer Franco Allie smack a a bar Cor. Blvd Clementean and sincerely -.,�?�?� Gallieni. Entrance on Gal heal Upen thursday december 23 6 30 90�?reveille round up mews 11 �9�?african swing be�?loa-1136 great music 11 45�?03 Jive Lerir Neul album 13 15�?bing Crosby 1230�?news 12 45�?blue Barron 1 15�?richard Tribert 130�?hi. Neighbor 1 45�?bad backs of rhythm 23e-Ouicert yen 330-Rbcnews 3 15�?melody round up 330�?sound-off 3 45�?yarns for yanks 439�?melody matinee 6 0�?the quix kids 535�?the family hour 030�?duffy�?Ts tavern 6 80�?paul Whiteman presents 7 00�?bbc news 7 15�?fred Waring 730�?village store 800�?obes Oran a 00�?btng Crosby show 935�?comedy caravan 1035�?news summary 1035�?Harry James 10 30�?sign-off
