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Vol. 1 - No 1 - Wednesday, 9 December, 1942 TWO FRANCS

First Army Strikes A Message From The C-in-C FDR Bans Volunteers
Between I8 and 40
U. S. War Output
At Two Cities SERAT
amon ERNE at PN eee EEE

Washington — Men between 18

Shatters Record
In Tunisia and 40 can no longer volunteer for
the Army or Navy, according to
an executive order issued by Pres-
One Year After
ident Roosevelt. Hereafter, both
civilian and military manpower
Light Forces Held Up needs will be met through a spe- Oo. W. I. Warns 1943
ForReinforcement But cial commission headed
V. McNutt. Selective service will
by Paul
Means More Sacrifice
Air War Still Rages be transferred to the commission.
Secretary of War Stimson
nounced that hereafter no men
an-
And More Goods
Four weeks after Allied forces over 38 years old would be drafted. —_-——
under the command of Lieut. Gen. The War and Navy secretaries
Dwight D. Eisenhower moved into have been ordered to determine Washington, Dec. 7—This first
French North Africa, a campaign and present their estimates to this anniversary of .the Japanese at-
in the protectorate of Tunisia, new commission. Certain enlisted tack on Pearl Harbor has been a
about 100 miles across the Med- men particulaly those over age time here at home for checking
iterraneah from Italian - owned who are unable to perform mili- up on our accomplishments during
Sicily was shaping up. tary service satisfactorily may now the last twelve months.
This campaign centered around
i Tunisia’s two largest cities—Biz-
be honorably discharged from the
Army.
The Office of War Information
erta, the big French naval base. released impressive figures of Am-
and Tunis, the capital. Shortly erican war production, but added

Clark Gets D.S.M.

after the Allies set foot in North the sober warning that the year
Africa, the British Ist Army, hav- 1943 would entail still further sac-
ing landed at Bone and Philippe- rifices. Donald Nelson, chief of the
Ville, mov:c across the Algerian Office of War production, estim-
border int Tunisia.
admittedly a not-too-heavily equip-
ped nor very large force, but at
This was
als
Ss
For His Part ated that the United States alone
was now producing twice
war materiel as all our enemies
as much

In Secret Trip
that time % was hoped that it combined.
might get to Bizerta and Tunis Here were the OWI figures for
before the Germans arrived in Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhowcr 1942:
strength. 49,000 airplanes, with emphasis
The Nazis, however, quickly, on heavy bombers.
landed air-borne troops, took over
i rtant airdromes at eboth these
I welcome the publication of Stars and Stripes in Africa, as will Huddles In Cellar 32,000 tanks and seif-propelled
artillery.
cities and began shifti: a con- every man of the Allied Forces. We are a long way from home.
Siderable part of the twaffe With Bribe Money 17,000 anti-aircraft guns of more
to this new theatre of war. They Only people who have experienced the isolation inherent in extended than 20-mm., calibre.
were able to operate on the
coastal plains of Tunisia, where- military operations can fully appreciate the value to the soldier of
And Gun Unused 8,2000,000 tons of merchant ship-
ping .
as Allied forces had to cross dif- news from home and friends. We have come to depend on Stars The miracle of American rear-
ficult mountains in which roads mament was demonstrated in the
were poor and forward .air bases and Stripes for tuch news. An award of the Distinguished fact that a year ago _ 7,000,000
few. The result is that the Bri- Service Medal to Lieut. Gen. Mark Americans were working on war
tish - American forces have been It is especially gratifying to know that the Army weekly, Yank, W. Clark, Deputy Commander-in- orders as against 17,5000,000 today.
held up, pending reinforcements, Chief of the Allied North African About 47,000,000 dollars were spent
at points in the hills from 15 to 30 has joined its facilities and personnel to those of the Stars and Stripes Force, was made last week at on war production, which means
miles outside the two cities.. The AFHQ by Lieut. Gen. Dwight D. that 40 cents of every dollar of
British in this area now outnum- in North Africa to give us widespread coverage of news from our Eisenhower, the Ccsmmander-in- the national income went into
ber the Americans by about three Chiet. munitions. Of this amount, some
and a half to one, with most of home countries. The two staffs will render a service of immediate and Gen. Clark received this high 13,000,000 dollars were collected in
the Americans being in armored inestimable value to our Armed Forces in North Africa and to the American decoration for his part taxes. Americans bought 33,000,000
or air force units. in carrying out a "vitally impor- dollars worth of war bonds during
.Another Allied force: composed cause for which we fight. tant and hazardous mission” to the last year.
mainly of Col. Edson Raff's famed Algiers weeks before the first The volume of railroad and
paratroopers, have been operating Allied troops landed in North truck traffic exceeded in 1942 any-
in southern Tunisia in the gen- Dwight D. Eisenhowe:, Africa. Flying first to Gibraltar, thing known before and 1942 also
eral ne‘ehhorhood of Sfax. This Gen. Clark and a party of seven set an all-time high record for
part of Tunisia was supposeldy de- Lt. Gen., U. S. Army other American and British offi- food production, being 12 per cent
fended by Italians, but the other cers then transferred to a sub- greater than 1941 and 40 per cent
day Col. Raff’s men caught a few Allied Comander-in-Chief, North Africa marine and set out for a pre- greater than 1918. It was estimated
Nazis “wandering” about their arranged rendezvous in a lonely that fully 25 per cent of our food
territory and captured 100 of them. house on the North African coast. goes either to the Army or abroad

Yank Solve Language Troubles,

In the north, several small-scale Signals somehow got switched, on lease-lend arrangements. Liv-
indecisive battles have been waged, however, for that first meeting, ing costs this October were estim-
with rarely more than 25 or 30 and the party left to return at a ated at 16.1 per cent higher than
tanks of either side taking part new and also pre-arranged time. the year before.

French Now Speaking English

in them. 4ir hettles have however, The eight men huddled behind The OWI'’s report ended with
been growing in intensity as Al- bushes and trees, scarcely moving a warning against too great op-
lied fighters and bombers make and not daring to whisper, until timism. "The production tasks of
daily sweeps over the Tunis and a light flickered in the windows. 1942 will seem easy compared with
Bizerta airports and the Nazis re- Then they moved into the house. those which loom ahead,” it said.
ciprocate by bombing. almost By LINCOLN BARNETT By ROBERT NEVILLE and carried out important nego- "For next year our program calls
nightly, our forward bases in Al- (Correspondent for Life) Oran — American soldiers sta- tiations almost under the noses of for so great an increase in muni-
geria. Algiers—Just three weeks ago tioned here and French civilians Axis agents. As Gen. Clark him- tions production that we will have
Allied bombers used in these self told this part of the story:
this city blazed with the light of living here are having a wonderful "The house was filled with
to produce two-thirds again as
battles have been DB7s, B26s, time getting acquainted. So far much as we did in 1942. Next year
sullen neutrality. Germans and French military officers in uni-
B25s and the Bl7s. The British
Italians lounged in its hotels. Its everything’s been rosy as a honey- form, although they had come in calls for greater tasks and presents
have also used a new bomber in
forts anc. garrisOns were mere dor- moon in Utopia, with the French civilian clothes. We conferred all us with equal if not greater ob-
the twin-engined Bisley, which
is akin to the Blenheim. The C-47
mitories for idle and discontented trying hard to explain how glad day and night, stopping only to stacles. The record of the past
soldiers. ~~ they are to have us here and the year gives us no cause for feeling
transport has been used to haul ;jcook our own meals, until we had
Now Algiers is dark, but alive. Americans reciprocating by spend- gathered all the information we
the job cannot or won't be done.”
men ad materiel to foward posi- Allied transports, freight «ss and ing beaucoup francs and by pass- As an added filip to the anni-
tions. Th P-38 has been used as a
warcraft move ceaselessly in and ing out unheard of quantities of wanted. versary, 15 warships, including an
fighter as well as the British "Meanwhile, the Arab servants
about its magnificent hill-cradied such previously unobtainable tid- who had _ been’ dismissed for
aircraft carrier and the new 45.000-
Spitfire. harbor. Its streets are jammed bits as chewing gum, candy bars ton battleship New Jersey, were
Perhaps the week’s most im- with wide-eyed Yanks staring at and cigarettes. safety’s sake by the head of the
launched in a single day.
portant and encouraging event nousehold had decided something
befezzed moslems and veiled Arak Although Oran was perhaps the suspicious was going on and had Heartening news came from the
was a sweep made by the Royal women. Lorries and jeeps roar toughest city in North Africa to gone to the Axis-controlled Vichy Pacific theatre of war,-too, on this
Navy in waters between Italy and down boulevards that last month take, all that seems now to be police. Our conference received anniversary. The Japs now hold
Tunisia. Four Axis merchantmen, heard only the clatter of donkey forgotten. The other day two word that the police were on the only a tinu beach head near Gona,
including two troop transports, carts and trams and the occasional units, one a Zouave detachment way. A French general in a mili- New Guinea, against advancing
and three enemy destroyers. were burp of an Italian Fiat, American and the other an American com- tary uniform changed into civ- Australians and Americans. In the
sunk. ‘ movies, baned by Vichy, have re- pany, which fought against each ilian clothes in a minute. I last Solomons, U. S. forces took five
turned to every theatre in town. cther in an engagement near saw him going out of the window. Jap bases on Guadalcanal and
Japs Lose Double They are old, but they are Ameri-
can.
Oran, paraded side by side, in col- Other French officers were going
ums of three each, down the Bou- in all directions. Our staff gather-
again routed Jap naval units bent
on reinforcing their units there.
U. S. Sunk Warships For the first time since World
War I an American Army of oc-
levard Clemenceau after a joint ed papers and guns and hid in
flag-raising ceremony in the local an empty
The full story of what happened
at Pearl Harbor a year ago was
wine cellar, listening
cupation stands guard in a mod- Place de la Bastille. intently as our host talked to the also released in detail. On the
Washington — An official re- ern European city. For though it The M. P.’s and the Oran police owner of the house over our morning after the Jap attack
capitulation of the naval losses lies in Africa, Algiers is no colonial cooperate nicely in keeping order, there was scarcely a warship and
sustained by the United States outpost but is politically and cul- and while some uf the boys are heads. "T had 15,000 francs in my not very many combat planes in
and Japan in the year since Pearl turally part of metropolitan France. momentarily inclined to overestim- pockets_ and a revolver in my the Hawaiian area able to repel
Harbor follows: : Handsome store fronts on the Rue ate their wine capacity, the town hand. I was undecided, if the po- further attacks. The warplanes
United States — One battleship, Michelet are more reminiscent of shuts up tight after 10 p. m., when lice came down, whether to shoot were replaced in a few days and
four aircraft carriers, seven crui- Fifth Avenue than anything Amer- no dogface is allowed té be about them or bribe them. But after now, a year later. of nineteen
sers, 24 destroyers. icans saw in Belfast, Glasgow or except on very special business. we had spent an hour in hiding warships damaged on that histo-
Japan — Two battleships, six Liverpool. After the misty British Another new regulation in force the police departed.” ric occasion, eighteen have been
aircraft carriers, 11 cruisers, 59 Isles, U. S. troops are gaping with now here is that all men in town Leaving the scene, the varty repaired.
destroyers, These figures do not pleasure at the glistening white must wear blouses (not field jac- had to cross a nearby body of The report disclosed that the
include damaged warships. in buildings of Aigiers which, many kets), must not wear leggings, water in a rowboat. The weather Japs made four attacks with 21
which category Jap losses were say, remind them of Mexico or must sport a tie and, in general, was rough and each of the offi- torpedo planes and that 30 dive
twice as great as American California or Arizona. be spic and span in appearance. icers took off his uniform and bombers came in eight waves due
lnser. (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 3) ring a half-hour period.
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Page 2 STARS AND STRIPES

The Stars and Stripes is edited and published by and for

personnel of the U. S. Armed forces in North Africa, through
combined facilities of The Stars and Stripes, and Yank. Printed
the
the
by
Army Permits
Canned (Cables
L'Echo D’Alger, 20 rue de la Liberte, Algiers. Mailing Address: 10
Boulevard Baudin Algiers. Contents passed by the U. 8S, Army censors.
STAFF
Publications Officer, E. T. O. U. S. A. Major E. M. Liewellyn-
Publications Officer, A. F. Hq. Lt. Col. Egbert White Personal cables may be sent to
Ist. Lt. H. A. Harchar the United States and Great
Publications Officer, A. F. Hq. Britain, it was announced by A. F.
Hq., provided such messages are
The editors feel that they have waged and won a major cam- censored at their source by army
paign in producing, only a month after Allied forces first landed censors stationed in cable and
radio stations.
in North Africa, this first issue of The Stars and Stripes to be pub-
All messages must show "Sans
lished in this theatre of war. Origine” in the preamble until
Our first battle of this “campaign” was in obtaining the tons appropriale APO cable addresses
of newsprint needed to supply the many thousands of troops here have been assigned. Contents of
messages must not refer to any
with even a four-page weeky newspaper.’ Fortunately, that battle was APO, unit, organization or geog-
won easily, for we had a good friend here in the publisher of L’Echo raphical location other than the
d’Alger, who willingly lent us the paper until such time as we could general one "North Africa”.

get our own. It js also in his composing room that our editorial ma- For the present, personal mess-
ages will be restricted to two of
terial is being set and it is on his presses that the newspaper is seven available sentences:
being printed. (1) Have arrived safely in North
We had to overcome sizable pockets of resistance, elsewhere, how- Africa and am well,
(2) Many happy returns of the
ever. For instance, the type we used in printing The Stars and Stripes day wish I were with you.
in London could simply not be duplicated in Algiers. T) -sult is (3) Your letters arriving safely am
that we can hope here only to approximate in appearence the well and happy.

newspapers we have been accustoned to reading at home. (4) Have

you please
not had
write soon.
any news from

Other peculiarities of French newspaperdom caused mumerous (5) Christmas greetings and Happy
other headaches. French column widths are marrower than ours. We New Year to you.

had trouble with their linotype machines, The letters " W ° and (6) Hope you have received my
letters I miss you. Do you have the consent of your commanding officer ?
* K ". for example, were cither non-existent or misplaced, while (7) Love.
French quotation marks were so unlike ours that we decided to use

Campaign A Marvel of Planning;

Messages can be filed at any
double apostrophes instead. They have no dollar signs, which means civilian telegraph office (Postes
we'll have to write out American prices. Telephones et Telegraphes) on
the telegram form and will cost

First 3 Days Were Hardest

_ The wartime stock of French newsprint is so inferior to ours that 50 francs.
our photographic reproductions are bound to suffer. We've already Specimen cable:
discovered that the beauty of even the most glamorous Hollywood Adresse : Mrs Jones.
519 Sixth Avenue.
actress is likely to suffer somewhat when transcribed to the -pages Baton Rouge, La., USA. It was 9 p. m. in Washington. meet—fog, tides, gales. There were
Millions of Americans were rehearsals for the actual landings.
of this new Stars and Stripes Texte : 5 — 7.
sitting around their radios listen- Some of the convoys had to be
Finally, linotype operators and printers who can set and handle Signature : John Jones. ing to the Saturday night pro- refuelled enroute. Weapons, med-
type, to say nothing of men who can write the copy, are not exactly It is anticipated that ordinary grams, some of the best of the ical facilities, ammunition. food,
telegrams will be permitted when week. Suddenly the soft music of money all had to be provided te
numerous in the U. S. armed forces in North Africa. We've liad to American dance bands was bro- meet the estimated demands of
better facilities are available.
select our objectives carefully and then make several well-planned ken by the tense voices of an- battle. Communications between

| Hash Marks
raids *’ on a couple of outfits hereabouts to get this very special nouncers who save for such his- ship and shore, inter-unit and
toric moments a grave air of fi- wireless, had to be figured out.
talent. nality: There were three main points
Besides all this, we plan to make this new Stars and Stripes a news- "Ladies and gentlemen: We at which the first landings were
interrupt this program to bring mfide—Algiers, the city where
paper which will report the varied activities of the men stationed along you an important announcement. Charles Boyer made love to Hedy
the African_littoral from Bizerta to Dakar. We're looking for :oldier The next guy we want over here A powerful American
Lamarr; and Brit-
Casablanca, on the At-
is "Wimpy” Jones to open up & ish force, equiped with adequate
lantic, a city of granaries and
correspondents, and if you'd like to be one, write us and let us know. camelburger - with - _ fried- weapons of modern warfare and
phosphate works;Oran, France’s
If your outfit is doing something you think is important or interesting onions - please stand around the under American command, is lan-
great African naval base in the
corner..
don’t fail to tell us about it. If you have a suggestion, a gripe or rven ding on the coasts of Africa. It
western Mediterranean.
provides a second front.” The timetable was impresisve.
a hint, write us. If you've written a poem, send it along and the rhan- Soonr another ‘announcer’ was
American infantry broke down
There’s a doctor as says people
ces are we'll publish it. We'd also like to tee your cartoons. If you who are always tired may be suf- on the air. It was President
scatered resistance at Algiers and
have any questions to ask, we'll try our best to find out the answers Roosevelt, speaking in French to
entered French Africa’s largest
the French people, assuring them
city that first Sunday evening.
Our offices are in the new American Red Cross Service Club at 10 that we had come to North Africa
Oran was entered the third day
Boulevard Baudin. Algiers. and a 'Welcome™ sign is always out. not for territorial gain but merely
of the campaign, Casablanca the
to repel the Axis.
fourth day.‘Once the
Come in and see us. The paper will sell for two francs a copy. but
threat of Germany and Italy has
At Oran, American shock troops
if you're already a subsciber to The Stars and Stripes of London you been removed from you.’
and British Commandos he atacking
can use that subscription to cover a subscription here. If you're broke, said, ’we will immediately
the leave
center of the city from the
your territory.’ sea had to abandon their ships
you'll probably be able to arrange through your unit officer handling Even as the President’s
and take mess-
to the water when
the sales of The Stars and Stripes to buy the paper on credit. age was being rebroadcast over
French naval units and shore bat-
Space will necessarily be limited during these first few issues, but fering from "constitutional in- and over again that night of No-
teries opened fire. Survivors were
adequacy.” Try that on your top vember 7, we were landing. The
rescued by the French Navy. At
we hope in time to publish not once weekly but two or three times a kick some day. American Rangers, the armored
Casablanca Yanks ran into some
week. After that the time may come when we dare hope to become infantry marines and the blue-
trouble from the guns of the 35,000
Two girls were riding along near jackets were the first to go in.
ton battleship, Jean Bart, but not
a daily newspaper. Jeff. Baracks, Mo. when they saw Aircraft carriers, cruisers, and
enough to slow them up for long.
an animal in the road. ’What a destroyers covered their landing
Gen. Fredenhall, commanding
funny animal!” cried one. "wonder operations. The 12th Air Force,
the Center Task Force at Oran.
what it is?” The other: "it has two with Brig. Gen. “Jimmy” —_ .-
started walking toward the town
stripes. Must be either a corporal little at its head, helped screen the
ahead of the infantry when he
or a skunk. airports and at some points an|
heard the defenders were seeking
Allied Air Force was landing and
an armistice. He found a tank by
Pvt. Frederick Kirkwood, an air the side of the road and rode the
taking off by the time the sun!
force trainee, knew what he was was up. Back rest of the way sitting outside the
at headquarters
supposed to do, but he didn’t know Lieut. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, tank.. The last cease-fire order
where to do it. For 12 days he was|the C-in-C, worked through the came to Gen. Patton, comanding
first American blow at the Axis! the Western Task Force, on his cach
tl
cel
in the Western Hemisphere. birthday when :a_ blindfolded
I am a censor, and oh ! what a Another slice out for he talks of The time was certainly ripe. French officer, driven in a motor
curse ; terrain. Britain’s 8th Army was blasting car,approached the American lines
Of all of my jobs. this is the Another deletion — he wrote of a Field Marshal Erwin von Rom- just above Fedala.
worst. date ! mel’s forces westward. The Afrika Meanwhile, Allied forces had
Must cut again ; says « shipments Korps would ‘soon retreat past landed at Bone and Philippeville,
I read these letters till far in the
are late. » Benghazi to El Agheila, The Rus- far to the east, and had begun
night,
Enclosed is a picture that cannot sians were about to start an off- their penetration of the French
And one in a hundred is prob- be sent ge which would virtually lift protectorate of Tunisia. Alarmed
ably right. For in it there shows one each Camm e siege of Stalingrad. This new by these sudden events, the Axis fail
=
I hack and I cut with my trusty G.I. tent. ——~——“* |cfensive was one of the biggest decided to occupy all of France
blade I’m tired and I’m weary. I’ll give listed AWOL before he was finally} shocks Adolf Hitler had had. The and began landing air - borne
As on through the moutains of this one hell ; discovered with army friends| Americans going ashore Sunday troops at Tunis and Bizerta in an
mail I wade. Who'd write such drivvel ? Please whom he had followed into a new| Mornig — Hitler’s own favorite attempt to stave off a back door
There are letters to sweethearts, pray me tell. company. When found, the private| Invasion time—were due to play threat to Rommel in Libya. '
friends, and wives ; Well, this letter’s censored, in was peeling potatoes. more hell with Hitler’s plan than As a result of all this action
It’s strange to know intimately full’ goodness knows. any force or factor had ever done Italy woke up to the fact that the
so many lives. All’s gone but « dearest » and in a similar length of time. war had suddenly arrived at her
I read of their ‘plaints, ambitions Einstein said he didn’t under-
« with love I close. » This operation involved a stag- very door-step. Her docks, air
and dreams, stand money, but we know a sol- gering total of merchant tonnage,
This is the worst I have seen in ports, factories were being bombed
Of their, sorrows, loves, and of my life, Gier down here who has found a a fact which added to the sur- nightly both from Africa and
their schemes, What’s this ? Ye gods ! From me good use for it even though prise of Axis leaders who had England. She was in danger of los-
Here I must cut for he mentions to my wife ! doesn’t come in rolls. apparently been hypnotized by ing the last vestiges of her African
the rain, lst Lr, Georce A. GILLESPIE their own propaganda into believ- empire. Fascist politicians, radio
Phil Baker, radio comedian, ing we simply did not have that commentators and journalists
many ships left. Army, Navy, air became hysterical in warning the

Parlez-vous Francais, Soldier?

forces and merchant shipping Italian people of days ahead.
worked together with almost flaw- Cordell Hull, Secretary of State,
less speed and efficiency. Thou- whose diplomacy was responsible
sands of persons. were involved for the fact that the Allies
Don’t travel through this war like a trunk, Learn to speak a in the planning—railway porters, had so many French friends in
little French, however badly, and don’t be self-conscious about stevedores, truck drivers. clerks North Africa who welcomed our
practicing it on the French population here. Here’s a few phrase. who never realized until after the coming, sent to Gen. Eisenhower
as a starter. landing in North Africa just why this message:
You're very pretty—Vous etes tres jolie—(voo zet tray zholee) they had been shipping goods to "The planning and launching of
Matches, please—Des allumettes, s'il vous plait—(day-zah-alumett, the south coast of England that the North African campaign con-
sil voo play) ; were plainly consigned for the stitutes one of the most brilliant
I want my clothes washed—Je veux faire blanchir mon linge—(zhe north of England. What these chapters in our military history
ver fare blaunsheer mohn ) workers did not know—at the time and I extend to you and to the
‘Wait a minute—Attendez un moment—‘ah-taunday-zu mohmau) claims Hitler says he has 200.000
It’s too expensive—C’est trop cher—(say troh shair) soldiers around Stalingrad, and if —was that the labels were code army personnel participating
addresses — that "Birmingham”, sincere congratulations on a
ae ~ coffee—Apportez-moi du cafe — (ah-pohr-tay-mwah du you don’t believe it he’ll dig them for instance, might mean Algiers.
up for you. well done. This highly successful
ay There had to be reports on the operation is a real contribution
‘I don’t understand—Je ne comprends pas—(zhe ne kompraun pah) h.a.h, weather this force was likely to toward final victory.”
 STARS AND STRIPES Page 3

Algiers Oran
(Continued from Page 1) (Continued from Page 1)
Like their fathers a generation tied it in a bundle. In another
ago, American soldiers here are Oran, as we've discovered, is
quickly learning to say, "Bon jour more @ suburb of Marseilles than
bebe,” and ”Voulez-vous du vin?” a gateway to the Sahara. What
All English-French dictionaries in with 40,000 or more refugees from
town were quickly sold out, but Europe crowded into the city lim-
the language hasn’t presented any its even before we arrived, hotel
insuperable barriers. Chortled one rooms are now out of the question
private: "Those French gals un- end such things as 24-hour passes
derstand the sign language. I had are forgotten privileges. Baths are
a date with one the other night another hard item to get, and hot
and she didn’t know no English and | water is virtually unknown. The
I didn’t know no French, but she} PX’s are due to open any day
seemed to know just what I was} now, but in the meantime some
after.” of the boys who were much too
Both Americans and the people lavish in their initial gifts to the
of Algiers are flabbergasted at the French populace are getting
surprises of the last three weeks. | mighty low in some things, es-
Security in London and Washing- pecialy tobaco.
ton was so good no one had any The language presented some
idea Americans were coming. The difficulties at first, and this cor-
French, assured by Axis radio respondent, whose French is more
broadcasts that U-boats had des- practical than fluent, acted as an
American officers who came to North Africa secretly by submarine weeks before first troops landed. troyed the whole Allied merchant interpreter to any number of new
Left to right : Col. A. L. Hamblen, Col. Julius Holmes, Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, Brig. Gen. L. L. marine were stunned by the ap- arrivals. After three days in Africa,
pearance of an enormous fleet. U. however, the soldier gets over the
Lemnitzer and Capt. Gerard Wright, U. S. Navy. AFHG Signal Corps Photo. S. assault teams marching on the shock of hearing people talk funny
city with guns set to fire were French and begins to teach the
Clark astonished when the “enemy” waiter, the Arab shoeshine boy and
opened up the gates to forts and the street merchant to speak his
(Continued from Page 1) handed out wine instead of ammu- lingo. He even begins to feel a
700,000 francs which had been continued on their way. Was essential to send a staff of nition. Most surprised of all were little sorry that these people never
brought along in case bribes The purpose of Gen. Clark’s professional officers to contact the German agents who discovered learned how to speak sensible
were needed. Suddenly the boat mission was described by Gen. and make use of these men and too late to get away what was hap- English. The few problems of
capsized, and clothes, money, oars, Eisenhower in these words: obtain essential information.” pening. speech which remain have been
gend@rals, colkeyela and captains "About three weeks before the The information was obtained Most vivid in the minds of most solved by posters stuck up all over
were thrown into the water. campaign opened, it became evi- and thus, in the brief campaign Americans who landed here on town which list the most indispen-
Clothes and money were lost, but dent that there was a large group in Algeria and Morocco, a great November 8 is how they threaded sible phrases,:such as: "I want
the oars were grabbed, the boat of Frenchmen in North Africa many Allied soldiers’ lives were their way down streets past Arabs something to eat”—Je desire man-
righted and the party in time anxious to operate with us. It doubtless saved. herding sheep and mothers airing ger; "I want a glass of wine”—
children. Many invited passing Je desire un verre de vin; "Where
Americans into their homes and is the toilet?”—Ou est le W. C.?

Red Cross Opens Big New Club

gave them oranges and _ wine. If you're stationed out of town,
Along the esplanade overlooking you get to Oran for the day by
the docks thousands’ gathered truck or thumb. There’s generally
to cheer the disembarking soldiers @ weapons carrier,: jeep or wine
shouting the while "Vive Roose- cart going your way. Sometimes it’s
Six Story Building velt!” and "Vive 1l’Amerique!” possible to hire a horse-and buggy
The mood of the day was prob- driver for short taxi service. The
Will Feed 500, ably best expressed
ranking French
by a _high- horses of Oran are not, incidentally
officer who, on snorting Aarbian steeds. They are
Seat 900 being captured
leased, exclaimed:
and at once re- slow, matter-of-fact workmen who
"This is what go about their business paying no
I call a ‘belle guerre’!” attention to driver, klaxon or the
A service club for U. S. Army The honeymoon is now over and American Army.
enlisted men and their guest Algiers is crowded to strangula- That’s not true for the Arab
among the Allied forces was opened tion. Every good hotel in the city children. They follow you down
by the American Red Cross in has been taken over by the Army the streets with baskets of tan-
Algiers yesterday, a month to the and owners of many fine villas gerines, oranges, dates and al-
day after Allied forces made their have been evicted by billeting monds. A_ soldier who doesn’t
first landing in French North Afri- officers. There are no steel struc- have half a dozen trailing him
ca. The club is located at 10 Bou- tures here and thus there are few feels lonesome. They'll sell you &
levard Baudin, about two blocks|- effective air-raid sheltfers. Algiers postcard or a newspaper at every
south of the Algiers Post Office, was altogether unprepared for opportunity. Half of them tote
in a new, modern, six - story the blackout emergency and met shoe-shine boxes and manage to
building acquired from the Stu- it largely by simply switching off get your shoes half-polished be-
dent’s Association of the Universi- the electricity in most places after fore you can stop them. One lad
ty of Algiers. 9:30 o’clock. We've had one all- whose clothing resembles a badly
Arrangements for the club were night raid, and since the bombs worn rag rug has been doing an
made by William E. Stevenson, in Pvt. Frank Hall, of Springfield, Mass., and Pvt. Albert Dager, of excellent business by proudly dis-
travel right through the flimsy
charge of all Red Cross opera- buildings anyway, we saw little playing the typewritten recom-
Ambier, Pa., in front of new Red Cross Service Club in Algiers
tions in this theatre of war, and point in going downstairs) We mendation of a soldier client:
Howard Barr, regional supervisor AFHQ Signal Corps Photo. simply sweated out the raids in "To all who shall see these pre-
of service clubs who found the new bed. Americans who nevdr saw sents, greetings:
building ideally suited for the re- the London blitz marveled at the "Know ye that reposing special
creational use of the troops of this curtains of flak that set the Al- trust and confidence in the fidel-
task force. The building has an gerian sky ablaze. ity of Boric Acid I do hereby ap-
auditorium seating 900, where will point him ist Sgt. in the Shoe
be shown free American movies Things had not moved as fast Shine Boys Army of Algeria from
four nights a week. It has-a large as many Frenchmen here hoped. the 26th day of November, 1942,
snack bar, where sandwiches and They believed, for instance, that (Signed) Joe Blow, 3rd _ Lieut.,
coffee will be served, and a res- American food would quickly ar- Underground Messkit Repair.”
taurant capable of seating 500 rive. For their part, Americans There’s good cold beer to buy
which will be opened as soon as who thought war-time living in up until such times as the bar
possible. There are three lounges, Britain difficult are now exper- runs out of it, and there’s every
two game rooms, a large gymna- iencing life in a heretofore Axis kind of excellent wine from pale
sium and a series of smaller rooms. dominated land. The hundreds of and tight Mascara to sweet and
From 15 to 20 beds will be available German and Italian "armistice heavy muscatel. There apparently
in the new club for transient en- commissioners” here bled Algeria isn’t a sirloin on the continent of
listed men. almost to death. Because they Africa, but if you get there early
es
ee
removed cattle and sheep Algeria you can manage to get a good din-
Besides the movies, musica] shows now has no milk, no butter, no ner nevertheless. I had one meal
to be given by a company of
wool. It has no fowl, no mutton, of hors d’oeuvres, soup, brains and
French artists are planed for Fri-
no beef, no chocolate, and no liver, rice, tangerines and dates,
day evenings and symphony con-/ ©
Sugar and, since it has no fuel for example.
le
eRe
mee certs may be given Sunday after-
for fishing boats, practically no The movies have opened for 3
noons. Mr. Stevenson and Mr.
fish. Rationing of other food c’clock matinees wirh two films
Barr also hope to have dances for
makes the _ British rationing— starring Fernandel, a_ kind of
the men once or twice a week,
which many Americans thought French Robert Benchley, and
with girls from the university as severe—seem by comparison some-
dancing partners. Already a con- there’s also a local edition of the
thing conceived by a gastronomic
siderable library has been collected| ™ society.
Folies Bergere.
for the new club’s use, Radios cap- Folies Bergere. The Red Cross is
able of getting American short| | There are some comodities in charge of the African version of
wave stations and pianos for the) s: which Algeria still remains rich. USO. NAAFI and the _ Service
use of soldier musicians are fur- U. S. officers have bought enough Club, having taken over the Re-
nished. Chess, checkers, darts and of the famed French perfumes, nault Automobile show rooms as
backgammon will also be provided. lipsticks and cosmetics to glam- an information - recreation center.
Besides being a service club, the orize their wives and girl friends They're busy now giving answers
building will serve as American for years to come. Citrus-starved to three very old questions :
Red Cross headquarters for all Yanks and Tommies from Eng- "Where can I. get something to
ae
er field supervisors in this theatre of land are consuming oranges and eat?” Where can I get a bath?”
war. Mobile canteens outfitted with bundle they tied more’ than and Where can I get a bed?”
field kitchens making and serving tangerines by the carload and Little by little the smaller in-
doughnuts and coffee will be or- strewing tlh@ rfé>clings over the cidents of the three-day cam-
ganized and sent to Army units Algerian countryside Algerian paign here are beginning to come
in isolated sections as well as to wine may be purchased freely. It out in reminiscences at mess and |
the front. Hospital visiting and contains 13 per cent alcohol and over bars. There’s the story, for
civilian relief will be directed from its effects are slow but inevitable. instance, of the lieutenant colonel
this headquarters. The Red Cross Uufortunately many soldiers have who captured eight French sol-
has also provided The Stars and been impressed by the quantities diers with a package of English
Stripes with a suite of offices on available for ridiculously low pri- cigarettes. There’s another story
New Red Cross Service Club at Algiers ces and have not adjusted them- of the lieutenant who drove his
the fourth floor of the building.
selves as yet to its retarded kick. tank into town, only to have it
7 The cold rainy season has be- surrounded by admiring women
3londie (By courtesy of King Features Syndicate) by Chic Young. gun, there is plenty of mud here and children,
and the red soil of Algeria sticks But all in all, Oran to most of
te boots like glue. The compara- the men is a pretty pleasant
tive comforts of British military place to be, despite the fact that
stations are a thing of the past. it gets colder at night than one
In Britain convoys brought the would expect in, of all places,
men cigarettes and chocolate and Africa. The men stationed outside
any number of luxuries, Here con the city are working hard to
voys are engaged in supplying the build up their camps, and miracles
Army with guns and tanks and have already taken place. Plump
military supplies. Although Algiers the American Army down in a
is only an intermediate station—a field of mud and ‘ere 48 hours
supply base for troops 200 miles are up, there’ll be adequate drain-
to the east—Americans here have age, a central lighting system
begun to taste in small measure and running cold Gf not hot)
what war can really mean. water.
 Jage 4 STARS AND STRIPES SPORTS

Ohio State Takes Big Ten; Navy 13. Army 0

NATION'S GRID SCORES
72,000 Fans See Eli Wins First (THE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21
Underdog Navy
Buckeyes Trip Big Three Title
| Army 40, Princeton 7. Georgia Tech 20, Florida 7.
Whips Army
Michigan, 21-7| In Six Years Before 16,000
Boston College 37, Boston Univ. 0. Tennessee 26, Kentucky 0.
Dartmouth 26, Columbia 13. Duke 47, North Carolina State 0.
Fordham 20, Missouri 12. North Caroiina 28, Virginia 13.
Gettysburg 45, Dickinson 20. North Carolina Preflight 14, William
| Georgetown 21, George Wash. 0. and Mary 0.
Holy Cross 28, Manhattan 0. Maryland 32, Washington and Lee 28.
Randolph-Macon 6, Hampden Syd- ANNAPOLIS—Navy courteously
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio State’s/its first Big Three championship Penn Lehigh
State 14, Pittsburgh
7, Lafayette 7.
6.
ney 6 provided a mule for the Army as
Buckeyes won their second Big Ten |in six years by defeating Harvard Penn Military 7, Lebanon Valley 0. Mami 13, South Carolina 6. the Middies crushed the Cadets, 14
title since 1939 when they over-| im _their annual classic, 7 to 3.
Syracuse 12, Rutgers 7. | The Citadel 21, Davidson 9. —0, in the strongest spectacle in
powered their most bitter rival,; Harvard won a statistical margin, |Haverord 14, Swarthmore 13, Clemson 12, Furman 7.
the 43 year history of the service
Michigan, 21 to 7 before 72,000 fans. |#nd outplayed the Elis during most Temple 14, Oklahoma 7, West Kentucky State Teachers 24,
Yale 7, Harvard 3. Murray Teachers 13. game.
The Michigan line of Seven Oak- Of the game. But Cantab’s one big Lakehurst Naval Air Siation 27, Muh- Louisiana Tech 33, Memphis State 7. Less than 16,000 fans sat in on
posts played the entire game with Opportunity to win the game, a lenburg 7. Jacksonville Naval Base 16, Pensa-
the proceedings that customarily
a single substitution but the line |!ong run to pay dirt by Don Rich- Drexel 29, John Hopkins 6. cola 10.
draw 100,000 or more. Because of
cculdn’t stop the aerial thrusts |@rds. was nuilified when
Linco!n 34, Delaware
the play
State 0. Chattanooga 33, Newburry
Miss. State 34, Miss. 13.
7.
gasoline and rubber rationing, the
and Ohio State scored all three; W@S called-back because both teams Western Maryland 28, Coast Guard 0.
Geneva 31, Bethany 9. Presbyiarian 41, Tampa 7, crowd was limited to those priv-
touchdowns through the air. were Offside. Morris Harvey 7, Wayneburg 0. Morehead Teachers ‘18, Maryville 6- ileged few culled from within a
A Michigan punt. blocked by|} MHa'fback; Ed Taylor of Yale East Stroudsburg 13, Panzer 7. ten mile radius of the Naval Acad-
Charles Scuri, Ohio State’s All- and Richards of Harvard squared | Southwest emy. The Corps of Cadets were
American candidate, paved the/off in a mognificent punting duel,| Middle West Baylor 6, Southern Methodist 6. themselves denied the annual treat
way for the first score. Ohio State|while the two teams sparred for'! Rice 26, Texas Christian 0. of witnessing the game. It was be-
Notre Dame 27, Northwestern 20.
took the ba'l on the Woiverine 35. openings. In the final minutes of Wisconsin 20, Minnesota 6. Hardin Simmons 0, Texas Tech 0. cause of this curtailment of travel
ae oo tw right lo half. the Crimson _— Indiana 20, Purdue 0, that the Midshipmen provided a
ack. then
passes
hurle wo successive ed
to Paul Sarringhaus,
from its own 30-yard line
left| into Yale teiritory. The
deep Ohio State 21, Michigan?7.
attack Great Lakes 6, Lliinois 0.
Rocky Mountain mule mascot for the Army team,
and it was for the same _ reason
halfback. the first for 20 yards and stalled on the ground, but Bob lowa Seahawks 46, Nebraska 0. Utah State 14, Wyoming 6.
Michigan Siate 7, West Virginia 0. Greeley State 14, Colorado College 13. that the Navy’s Midshipmen were
the second for 12 more and the| Fisher right guard. put Harvard Arkansas 14, De.roit 7, divided into two groups, one of
Arizona State (Flagstaff) 3, New
initio” teuchdown. jinto a 3—0 halftgme lead with a Dennison 24, Wittenberg 6. Mexico Aggies 0. which made up the cheering sect-
Ohio State scored its second |field goal from the seven yard line. Ohio Wesleyan 13, Western Reserve 12. ion for the Army.
counter in the third quarter on @|
58 yard touchdown pass from Sar- |40
[pn the third period Taylor punted
yards from behind his own
Cincinnati 9, Xavier 0,
Tulsa 33, Creighton 19. West Army, a 1¢—5 favorite, was com-
Ilino's Wesieyan 14, Ulinois Normal 6. Stanford 26, California 7, pletely outplayed and outmaneuv-
ringhaus to Bob Shaw, right end.|eoal line to Richards. Richards Miliikan 7, Ilinois College 0. Oregon State 39, Oregon 2:- ered. Scattered millions throughout
In the third period Michigan |fymbled, then scooped up the ball Wooseter 24, Wright Patterson 13. Washington State 6, Second Air For- the world heard a fabulous tale
Oberlin 26, Earlham 13,

Stagard n'a fwo passe orice afr, 8 touchdown, The play

theland raced through the entire Yale ce 6.
on an out-of-bounds 'ick om Rowling Green 19, Grosse Ile Naval Idaho 20, Portland 14, : of Navy previously beaten by
Yoledo 14, Bradley Tech 13. UCLA 14, Washington 10. William and Mary, Princeton,
y' ) passes. A Se€ri<-S\ was called back on an off-side pen- Base 7. Georgia Tech and Notre Dame.
oe ae Full-| sity, giving the Crimson a terrific
. 5 . letdown
Kansas State 7, Iowa State 6.
Oklahoma A and M 55, Drake 12. Friday's Scores refusing to permit Army even to
get beyond the Cadets own 43-
In the final stanza a recovered : , Washington 19, Missouri Mines 6. Wesleyan 20, Simpson 6.
fumble gave Ohio State the ball on! In the fourth — Yale er Piitburgh 13, Emporia State 0. Peru 45, Hastings 0.
yard mark in the first half.
the Michigan 32. On the next play ©med to go into sae lead. but Elis Kansas Wesleyan 9, Forthays Staite 0. Western 22, Washburn 0 Meanwhile the Middies, taking
Sarringhaus passed to Horvath, Opes were dashed when Cleo, Ouachita 62, Louisiana Northeast their fourth consecutive game
who caught the ball on the five |O’Ponnell,
and toe-danced over
Harvard right halfbac, |
intercepted a Taylor pass. In the
South Center 0.
Maryville 52, Warrensburg 0.
from the Cadets, were throwing
. last few minutes of the same Auburn 27, Georgia 13. West Texas State 14, Lubbok Air their most potent offensive of the
Alabama 27, Vanderbilt 7. Base 6. season at Army.
Nig aia nai period, Hugh Knowlton, Yale
e left halfback, passed from his own While half of Navy’s Midshipmen
Lon horns Win 38 to Tim Hoones. right halfback, cheered lustily and even became

.
Gg who caught the ball in midfield|
and raced to the Harvard end zone’
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 hoarse for Army, the Middies gave
some indication of what was to
to sco,.e the winning marker. Brooklyn College 27, CCNY 26, Lincoln 20, Howard 6. come when Gordon Studer, 167
Hampton Institute 27, Virginia Union pound Casper, Wyo., back, romped
First Southwest Fourth quarter Harvard threats Buknell 27, Franklin
Colgate 13, Brown 0.
Maschall 0.
12,
9
28 yards to Army’s 27 midway in
. . were frequent but most of them Duquesne 13, Lakehurst Naval 0. LU 18, Tulane 6- the first period. It was Studer
T t! 12 Y were smashed by the brilliant work Muitienberg 20, Aibright 0, Morgan 30, Virginia State 0, who later was injured and carried
I e in ears of Capt. Spancer Moseley, Yale Pennsylvania 34, Cornell 7. Morris B.own 12, Clark 12,
Newbury 21, Wofford 12, from Thomnson Stadium on a
center, who pleyed Igke an all- | stretcher’ Harold Hamberg, 150
American throughout the game. | Middle West North
ro 12.
Carolina College 16, Greensbo-
pound prancing back from
—_— oo | South Carolina State 27, Benedict 0. |L’Onoke,
AUSTIN, Tex.—Texas A and M . “ Cincinnati 21, Miami 12, Ark., and Hillis Hume,
Tuskeegee 25, Alabama State 0.
tried to take Texas by the horns, Rice Beats T. C. Dayton
Ednrends
20, Ohio University
Teachers 14,
0.
(Springfield VPI 20, VMI 6. !
180 pound back from
Ohio, who were the big stars in a
Alliance,
as % were yesterday, and was toss- Teachers 7
Wake Forest’33,-So Carolina 14,
ed bv the Longhorns for a 12-6 ; William and Mary 10, Richmond 0 Navy victory that wlil be remem-
Fort. Scott 12, Parsons Jr College 2.
loss. With this victory, Texas took|,, HOUSTON, Tex. — Windell Wil- Fort Riley 39, Kansas Wesleyan 6. bered as one of the Middies more
its first Southwest Conference ti-|!@ms,
tle in 12 years.
right end, led Rice to a
smashing 26—0 victory over TCU
Great Lakes Naval 48, Northwestern
John Carroll 0. Akron 0. ~
0. Southwest dramatic.
Tulsa 40, Arkansas 7. Hamberg provided the _ chilled
Marshall 13, Bradley 7.
It was’ a seesaw battle entering yesterday. . Missouri 42, Kansas 13.
Texas 12, Texas A and M 6. customers one of the _ Biggest
the final quarter. Welch twisted 71; Right Halfback Dick Dwelle| Missouri Va'ley 62, Central Missouri 0.
Texas College 40, Wiley 0.
Texas Mines 61, New Mexico State 6.
thrills early in the fourth period
yards to a touchdown, tying the/ scored two touchdowns bv line pvlun- Nebraska Wesleyan 31, Hastings 0. Hardin Simmons 12, Howard Paine 0.
when-he took Kenna’s punt on Na-
score. ees and climaxed a brillant day on St. Louis 26, Washington 0. vy’s mineteen and. shook off five
With four minutes remaining in|the gridiron with an 84-yard dash Wentworth 39, Kemper 13. tacklers en rcute to Army’s thirtv-
the game, the Longhorns started|for another counter.
West Virginia State 12, Wilberforce 0. West eight for a forty-three yard sprint.
Central Washington 6, Pasco Naval 6-
on their own 34-vard line and/ The victory kept alive Rice’s ho-
ran through the weary Aggies to! pes of winning the Southwest Con- | South Colorado 31, Denver 6,
Fresno State 6, San Jose State 0.
Army made its first real threat
lete in the fourth period when
the 12. From there, Halfback,| ference title and virtnally elim- Catawba 26, Appalachian Teachers 0- Utah 13, Idaho 7. Kenna drifted back from Army’s
Jackie Field went over left tackle| mated TCU from championship Chattanooga 61, Centre 14, Utah 8S ate 21, Wichita 13. twenty and heaved a long nass to
to score the winning touchdown. 'consideration Florida A and M 44, Xavier 14, 8 Willamette 26, Whitman 0.
Tes Salzar on Army’s forty-nine.
Army moved into Navy territory
for the first time then when Na-
Dartmouth Wins vv was venalized for offside, and
‘Quakers Show Power, short!v thereafter Kenna rin-cd
NEW YORK—Dartmouth's In- through rieht euard, reversed his
dians took the twitching tail of Defeat Cornell, 34--7 field and streaked to Navy's twen-
Columbia’s Lions, tied it’ in knots ty-two for a tw-nty-four yard run.
and walked off with their tradi-' Kenna and Salzar collaborated
tional game at Eaker Field, 26 PHILADELPHIA. — Displaying in an end-around maneuver to ad-
to 13. its finest potentialities, Pennsyl-|ynee to Navy's seven. After Lom-
Paul Governali, Columbia half- vania whipped Cornell, 34-7, in the vardo picked up a yard, Army was
back, passed for two touchdowns 4th encounter of their annual nenatized back to the eleven for
making his seasons’s total 19 game. Penn was stalled three times |delaying the game. On _ fourth
touchdown passes, tying the col- in the first period inside Cor- down, Hume intercepted Kenna’s
legiate record set by Davey O’Brien nell’s 25-yard line exactly as the ,Pass on Navy’s three and ran it
of TCU, in 1938. — Stalled against Penn Sta-‘out to the Navy twenty-two.
John Sayers, Dartmouth’s fresh- e. With the clock ticking into the
man halfback, contributed three However, from then on the power final seconds Army moved back to ee
ee

touchdowns, with Paul Douglas, exploded, producing 18 first downs. the Navy eight, but after Kenna
Ray Wolfe the outstanding pass on 238 yards by rushing and 147, and Refalko moved to the three,
receivers. ™ by passing with six touchdowns (Navy braced and took over.

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