Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1943, Oran, Oran                               Page 4 the  stake and stripes 21, 191 House group asks for for gives notion s to View vol s am As first order double trouble for Axis Wasington dec. 22 a the Pouse military affairs committee recommended today that president Roosevelt classify the veterans administration As a a War Agency of the first order in order to obviate delays in handling claims of War veterans discharged for physical disabilities. Such a designation the com Mittee said would enable the Agency to keep its present personnel it and hire additional help to. Clear us it an accumulated backlog of claims. The committee noted that the veterans administration had More than 4,000 vacancies and the funds to hire the Neces Sibary personnel but that it could hot get the men and women to fill the jobs. To the House rep. Clare e. Hoffman r., Mic introduced a measure which would require the armed services to Grant 60-Day furloughs in the United states to men who have served for1 a a year in combat areas or in locations where disease is prevalent. The Bill specifies however that men shall not be furloughed when their departure would imperil the battled not but urges officers to Quot exercise dih gence in getting  placements for those eligible for return  to wounded Washington Dee. 21 a gratitude for the service they have be bravely and honorable rendered was expressed today by president Roosevelt in a Christmas message to War vet a it Erans in government hospitals. Quot now that we know in our hearts that ultimate Victory is certain a the president said Quot we can face the Long hard struggle ahead with Confidence 4 and fortitude and let the spirit of Christmas pervade our thoughts and bring us Comfort and  �?�1 know. I speak for the nation As Well As myself when i. Assure you of our gratitude for the service you have so bravely and honorable rendered and of our continued solicitude for your welfare and Contentment. Merry Christmas to each of you and May the new year he for you and yours a Happy  ?. I my a a or a Slones differ of cause of train crash the twin submarines shark and Bream Side Down the ways of the electric boat company at Groton Conn in the first double launching ceremony in the history of the firm. Of Zue Marne hold Miami plan shades of o. Lom Burton n.  Henry were recalled Here when of the two Atlantic coast line police found a 13-year-old boy trains involved in last thursday s named. Jesse who had. Run away wreck near Here told different from Home. They wired his folks stories yesterday of the Accident who replied Quot feed Jesse to the in which 74 persons most of whom Sharks. Nobody Here wants  a iceman were Kihe amp a a juvenile judge Walter Beckham Baltimore five strike bound plants of the Western electric company were taken Over by the army at the direction of president Roosevelt Brig. Gen. Archie a. Fanner was appointed to direct the operation of the  Diss Sescoe am the nazis says Reevey Cairo dec. 22 a dissension among greek factions is a National calamity prime minister Emmanuel Tsouderos said last night in a broadcast to Greece. Or. Tsouderos in an Appeal to his people called upon them to reconcile their differences in the fight against the common enemy or return to their peaceful occupations. The prime minister emphasised that the germans were taking full advantage of the division of the greek people. Reuters reported that greek dissension had enabled the germans to withdraw at least one division. It furthermore said military operations against the germans had virtually stopped. To guerrilla bands he. Said to convey this exhortation to fraternity and Unity in a us agreement with Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson. Commander in chief a the Middle East under whose command you Are serving and in this x know i also have the support sad approval of our allies. We Are miking All preparations to Meme As q icky As possible to liberate our country ambulance 0 on trued from Page 1  the red Croas was All polished up and almost glaring. I Hope it burned his eyes when he came  but the Jerry came Down anyway. Firing his 20 my. Cannons ripping big holes into the wheels cracking through the Radiator the Windshield. Luckily nobody in the ambulance was Hurt but everybody was shaken up. To not saying that All German idiots Home Down to strafe ambulances a said Harvey. T guess it All depends on the Pilot himself. This is it the first time i be been strafed but we be got a lot of shot tip ambulances in the junk pile so there must be a lot of German pilots who done to give a Damn about red crosses. Id like to meet some of those Guys personally. Sometimes a he said he told of the Donkey Trail where the Road Bottoms had fallen out and there was nothing but bottomless Sticky mud sinking deeper and deeper of night blackout driving in a a visibility Aero rain of by passing huge freshly made a hellhole in the Road when the shoulders Hadnot yet been cleared of mines. Sometimes he made As Many As Throe round trips a Day from the Battlefield to the Clearing station to the evac Hospital and sometimes the Hospital was As far As 70 Miles behind the lines. But How the Hospital is Only eight a riles away within shelling distance. Just a week before German shells were Landing right in the Hospital area. We had to take the patients out of the Beds and some of them came right off the operating tables and we had to keep the oxygen tanks going All the time in some of the ambulances until we transferred All the patients to another Hospital. When we get serious eases Hyce that we have to go real Mew just about five Miles an  said Harvey. Harvey does no to mind going slow because he a that kind of an easygoing Casus i talking Guy. Back in the pre War states on a Little farm a in Cincinnatus. N. Y., Harvey had 36 cows and a Coon dog. Harvey s friends pfc. Allen Mcclure of Richville n. Y., and pfc. Henry Rosenbloom of Midland Park n. J., like to Tell the Story of the time Harvey Home Back to Camp several Days late from a furlough. When the of asked for an explanation. Harvey said that he was All set to Home Back on time but that it was such a Beautiful Day for soon Hunting that he just stayed a few Days extra and he hoped nobody would mind. By this time Harvey and the rest of the ambulance Drivers had finished their corned beef and were going Back to pick up More patients. 1 upstairs the eight Jerry Pilmes had decided to go somewhere else where the flak Wasny to so thick. The engineers were William said that Dade county would make myer whose southbound Tamami this Christmas the happiest Jesse West coast Champion struck a has Ever had. Broken rail throwing three cars a a a across the North bound track and Washington travel ration Frank Belknap Engineer of a my May be instituted if the Public northbound Tamami West coast Shane to change its habits trans Champion which slowed into the Porta fion director Joseph b. East-three1 derailed cars. Belknap s As Man Annm Irwi a Survey  Myes w�1 that one out of every ave blinded and prevented him from try a . Railroads and one seeing the derailed cars was de but of trips in 1943 was Nied by myer who insisted he dim Imez Sencial med the Light As soon As his train _ came to a Stop. A. _. A. C a of a Chattanooga  to Marx thrash a negro whose Mem was almost abreast of Myers to went Back to the time of presi him Hii?rmv#wrwrs3 Dent John qut Ocy Adams and who waving at him. But myer asserted rec aued by pm the dead after the i5e Battle of Choc Lemauga died near went even further to warn Belk i2hrd birthday. He was the Nap he insisted that Belknap had a rot a Rit Odren and is sur from one and a half to two Miles valved get to Stop his North bound train. _ another investigation by the in Pittsburgh a Federal court Testate Commerce commission order to Pittsburgh revoked the will begin next monday at Rocky citizenship of Arthur Heinrich mount n. C. Wolfter 30-year-old native of Oer Many who was a member of the German american bund. Judge f. P. Schoonmaker in his order said that Wolter at the time of his oath of allegiance to the United Washington a Secretary of states a a mentally reserved his Al the Treasury Morgenthau de to -the1 German Reich a bounced the Senate today for mutilating the governments ten and Washington the first Suc a half billion Dollar tax Bill. He a earful air plane will repose to the declared that the Treasury would United states again. President be better off with no Bill than one Roosevelt announced disclosing providing Only 2.100.000,000 dollars that the historic aircraft will be additional Revenue. Exhibited in the Smiths Nian inst Secretary Morgenthau criticised tute after a 15-Jtear visit to eng business pressure groups for their land. Orville and Wilbur Wright efforts to Amend the War contract let the plane go to England after  negotiation Law saying a the the Institute refused to recognise smartest thing business can do is their flight As the firs. The to leave it alone unless business smithsonian credited Samuel executives want to spend the rest Langley with the first flight but of their uves before an i Vestiga since has recognized the Wright tog committee. Profile so claim. The Law enables the government to recover overpayment on con Wilmington. Cat a 30-foot tract there excess profiteer piece of falling steel which killed proved a he said a a and As a Resu amp to Rarry e. Baker awl wanted for the the army Navy and maritime Ocon first fatality to 40.000,000 my Mission have recovered Moca than hours of work at the California five billion dollars Shinobu Udog corp. Cards at Wilmington. Morgenthau scores Senate on tax Bill Scranton pay making their weekly trip Home to Scranton pay a from their new Tersey War jobs or. And mrs. Russel Cato sr., found their two sons dead to bed of Gas fumes. Green Lasos wis. A the Northern Baptist convention has purchased la Sonia. A 5,000,000-Dollar estate to Green Lake for a a promotion of Christian education  the 1,070 acre property with its luxury hotel and a score of other buildings will be used As a youth Assembly ground. Savannah  fire in the Savannah Union depot destroyed thousands of pieces of Christmas mail More than 200 hags of parcel Post several thousand pieces of first class mail and a Large Quantity of registered mail is Well As registry records went up to flames. Grosse Point Mich. A this Christmas will be the last to four years at Home for Arthur h. Wyatt. Sentenced to four years in prison for using the mails to defraud Wyatt received the judges permission to go Home for the holidays. He will have to return to Indianapolis by december 27. Ithaca n. �?one Hundred student patients at the Cornell University infirmary were removed to an Ithaca Hospital and University dormitories when the infirmary s heating Plant broke Down. The Cornell Christmas recess began three Days earlier than scheduled because of the influenza and Grippe epidemics. Courtney  members of one family and a seventh victim were killed to a collision Between an automobile and a train at Courtney. The car lacked Only Tocher of Clearing the tracks when it was struck by the Pittsburgh Browns Lue passenger  air commons pounds Bangkok new Delhi dec. 22�?heavy Allied bomber in the first Long Rango raid since the formation of the Eastern air command attacked objectives to Bangkok during the night of december 1b-2b, Strong formations of u. S. Bombers raided docks while the raft raided the Arsenal area. U. 8. Fighter bombers further intensified their attacks Agoto enemy positions and Supply dumps to Northern Burma. The Saaf bombed and strafed 12 specific areas South of Kaml amp no tast saturday causing Large and starting Man italian liberals ask for conclave London the head of the a i tical parties to Naples. A Sottung to the bbl Are awaiting a response to an Appeal directed to president Roosevelt prime minister Churchill and marshal Stalin for permission to hold a Congress of the committees of National liberation in Naples within the next few Days. According to the bbl. Allied authorities have withheld their consent taking the View that such Large scale gathering so near the fighting zone might Lead to disorder that would impede the Allied War Effort. Leather plants returned Bostons thirteen government operated leather plants to the Massachusetts towns of Salem Peabody and Danvers were returned to private ownership this week. They were seized by the Arm november 20 when a labor dispute stopped production. Williamsport pm. A the last real daughter of the american revolution died Here at the age of 100. Mrs. Annie Knight Gregory s father was a drummer boy with George Washington at Valley forge and Rose to the rank of Captain to the War of 1812. New York Merchante Here report that servicemen Are contributing heavily to the phenomenal Sale of Lacy items with Christmas purchases of slips night dresses and Robes to the 70-Dollar Price Range. Heavily taxed furs Are Siso Good Sellers sales reaching 39 percent above last years figure unions vote i vomit Moet from Page a other four cents an hour to payment for overtime above the 40-hour week. A straight four Yenta an hour raise had been proposed and rejected by the Railroad men. It was anticipated Here that a counter offer will be submitted by the brotherhoods at a Union management conference scheduled today. The unions according to the International news service Are willing to accept an Over All wage boost of eight cents an hour. That also is the increase sought by the non operating unions. Observers believe that before the strike deadline arrives the presidents intervention will be effective. If the worst occurs it was said with Compromise offers remaining unacceptable the government will almost certainly take Over the railroads As it did in the last world War. Lib Labner  Garnea to is rack/1 it a eco amp scam a  time.  Al Capp