Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Algiers daily vol. I. No. 1.9. Tuesday. July 20. 1943 u. S. Army daily newspaper for troops in Algiers a Rea one franc air Armada bombs Rome a a a a a a yanks capture Caltanissetta Unity Italy s sole Hope Scorza says fascist Secretary makes final Call for All to fight Kaim. Al Kohn is by and stripes staff Witter a Tutti a Call to arms1�?T m nut to flight by Italy s Man of the hour t til scor a was a last ditch s ii i it 111 �11 it in italian Unity in the Iii a i la f greatest peril in to i 4 m he nation Over radio unto Secretary of the it i i Par v said a a Italy is now in Ute greatest danger she i teed in ail i r Quot resist resist. Resist he exhorted them time Atter time a a it is not enough for the enemy to hurry i is indispensable for Hun to go like wildfire if he wants to retain any hot a of Victory. Today the enemy has the strata a Gie nutritive. It we resist the initiative will go to pieces in his hand a there was a Lack of boasting my an impression of Frank shaking in the speech by Hie fascist it t Lei ii who during tile last month has replaced Mussolini in shouting the rallying cry for the italia tis italian cities have been destroyed bet n e but i rom the wreckage arose the Unity of the italian people scoria declared to a Jie Ople vv11.vs Unity has been noticeably wavering recently. The italian people were told diet enly that they were responsible f or their entre into War. A a we hold that the War. Rather than an in reliable s rate Gie political and Peon ame necessity was an in avoid Ible demand on our race a the Secretary shouted. Scorza pointed to Britain a heroism As an example for the italian people admitting that the italian Nave which ruled the Mediterranean for two years is now dominated by the allies he asked. A shall we especially when the enemy did not continued on rape 4� c 25 Flics 350 Miles on one Good engine Allied Forti tefts. July 1� Dis of c i Ecol la lot Mal a Ider on one i a Juar so ting a new Lilyin 4 a b-2> engine. Cap Curtis a m hark from a 3 to Miles in Horn it i t in Lei of Tampa Ria Naples Laid covering the two and a Hill a t Ion on Ute in jut v 17. It a besides Ane Cap Anontine de to Lay tie non fund oiling in Millers plane hid a shot up Al inc d Gay Stern and a broken hic haul system and in could not Transfer gasoline from Tlle useless right tanks to the la it engine. They had to Jettison everything on the plane except tile one Good engine i i men of i Mied a bucket brigade the Railo operator and. Co Pilot passed stun to tile Navi a Gator who e Ive it to the gunner. Who threw it out the camera Hatch they took an axe and hark i away what they could not pry i Loose. Agrigento is n a a a Rich prize by Amus a. Burchard stars and strikes staff writer Agrigento. Sicily. July 1h delayed the tan of Aspi Gento and adjoining Porto empedocle. I finest seaport on the South sled \ Iau coast proved a Rich Harvest i tor the americans. The americans counted an ital-1 inn brigadier general among the ebon prisoners taken when the town of he fido population Tell four bait thous of t in guns also fell into american hands. J the drive on Agrigento Start at 0300 hours on july loth when american artillery moved to positions commanding the City they Cut Loose at Daybreak displaying Beauty till marksmanship. For a time. Italian artillery replied. Hut it was a hit and run performance once our shells . Troops sweep into Inland City British Only three Miles outside key port of Catania Forck had Luau i kits. July in b a wit Over weakening enemy resistance in a Laige adv Atlee into flit Lieut of Sicily tie Amel in an tin rim lit. Captured ii to a to it in of nearly 40.000 Popo iut i in which commands the lands Central Tail lines and highways it a. Announced Here today As All Allied tones moved North a d. The British Wen within hut Miles of important Catania in the East coast and americans British and canadians in the Center of the Lrons made Long advances. Of some it Points the a111�us had penetrated Rio Miles nun the Island. The taking of Caltanissetta in the hear of Sicily a Sulphur mining Industry undoubtedly presages i combined move of the i Mil army group to converge Oil tie key Central town of Kuna. J univ 12 Miles away Vav till fun i in their hands allies will e Mil col i a whole land Trail imitation system Catania s approx lies have continued on Page 4� t he in seen 3rd division action military objectives shattered in heavy attack on capital Fly to sgt. Milton Lehman shirt Arni Stripe staff writer Force Headquarters. July 19 Al ome burned today. I he communique which will soon arrive from Here will Tell you about the railroads marshalling Yards and air installations that were bombed at Points known As Littorio san Lorenzo and Zampini in tile capital City of Mussolini s Long a offering Empire give the Overall picture of one of the greatest air attacks Ever launched from he continent of Africa and the heaviest air bombardment Italy has Ever suffered. At this time i done to know How Many bombers and fighters went Over the targets nor How much damage was done these figures have not vet been re East by Allied Force Headquarters. But from what i Contd leaning Over the pilots Compart ment in miss Maisie a to and from what i heard the returning Crews say about the raid it appears tonight to have he a a Gigantic Success. If the Axis was not surmised by the arrival of one of the great to. If it he greatest in armadas to leave the shores of no the Africa then it was totally unprepared to receive it. Started to land in their midst despair because of this however they tossed in the sponge i watched the entire show from a continued on Page 4 croup completes smashing drive yesterday together with a group of selected correspondents i listened to a 3fi-year-old one Star general who is assistant chief of staff and opera ions chief for la. Gen Carl a St wit commanding general of the Northwest african air Foree. De i a the Mission Seth a Tod in i s significance and projected of Sicily likes Allied Rule the following is a translation of the text of leaflets dropped. N yesterday a raid Over Rome Quot to the citizens of Rome you have already been Wai Ned that military objectives in the Vicinity of Rome Are liable to be bombed by the Allied air i orce. When this occurs the fascist government who have consistently concealed from you the facts about the War. Will pretend that we Are trying to destroy those cultural monuments which Are the glory not Only of Rome but of the civilized world. It is possible moreover in order to lend plausibility to then lying statements that the fascist government or their German associates will themselves arrange for bombs to be dropped on the Center of Rome and even on the Vatican City. We leave it to your intelligence to decide whether it is Likely we should waste our efforts on targets whose destruction is useless for our purpose. We have declared and we repeat that we shall be aiming at min n v objectives communications War industries military in titillation air ports Allol which Are being used for the sole interest of the germans. I Hose objectives have been carefully chosen and our pilots have been specially trained in accurate bombing. It is however impossible while aiming at military objectives to avoid some destruction to civilian buildings it is our intention to reduce ij11 it destruction to a minimum. Since our attack will be in Daylight you will be Able to see for yourselves that these statements Are True. You can therefore conclude that any bomb which drops far outside the target area will be the work of the fascist government in deliberate attempt to deceive you by kid i i i l l k n us Cor Rex Minden t a cryptic radio message Carn in from Iii Bouch alter Dawn when to american 3rd division and its supporting element were weeping ashore m overwhelming strength on Sicily a a to to Nisei dodger from number the he Beach. Bat in behind Hill shelling our Barge. Iii cruisers reply was Brief Quot you mean Iii Ort three Sand y ung Inland we Vesp led it Hie in nut pm. Get the an rocked i ii the concussion it lilt rapid the Broad ides and then i Hurd and final message Era ted Quot a pile number hip Beach Nice to in i Hank you thus ended the last Bouch resist inc the ii met t. In an i my chive of t ii 3rd dint in pc 111 ii in a few hour. Int mop than a die Ision an i a ii Iii of it Nhat troop., and ail to ten a i i i a in chiding n in i the peed and it it i Gam a Ion of t has ii embark i i w i Magnil Icmat. Irid emf t a Pil Vale ii pm. It i i Vin it Cit. get Vii i. Pc Ooi 11 pm ii g 1 a k. In ten 1mm w t. Up and ii i ask on til i Quot. I Al i in i f i i n k it 11ie Amel i. An a i Gnu hide. M Dei. Wop to get t ii. Up ail possible peed est a i v Brulee ii of eight Miles teen p i i Velv a mile Long in i u a tin a x a continued on pug 3 Allied forge h Kadi car i Krs. July 13 crowds of sicilians it the Southeastern town 1 Nido broke into Frame cheering when in a moot civil affair officer read to them the proclamation of Gen Dwight d Eisenhower the allies determination to destroy fascism it was declared her today. A Bri ii officer who witnessed the demonstration has returned i rom a tour of occupied territory thou Mil a a a and with report., of Many l.0t it his an sex Cit sicilian friendliness Al i tie am r f officer had tim ted Reade the proclamation tit delirious populace swept him up and carried him on their Boulder in a triumphal proc Aion ii Mug 11 the to a n later hit hop 1 Nom conducted High Mit which tie moot officer occupied tit seat a i Hon u tor 20 years nerved tor la Tow ii. A chief Ever where it Broon went the it Ople sex dbl Edl \ of Cut d ire to cooperate with a Mac it the i lied a did Arv Ltd Over run id it t it x it pied to it r to n y Iii s. I u e i Visi t he of f Leer v Dee ii impr., with the or d i i j., of the town 111 1 til i Lek if of feet Ive d n 11 Geo the pert in. Ill upon it want Lei e that he Ard tie most hitter recrimination i leaped on t he head it of the Quot a i in i. Who had been quartered it nth Island the allies Here Wen greeted As liberators and the i in i pot grist led people broke out Gil l. Continued on Page i by i tit tack on Rome a he said. I Quot tins been considered for some time it was avoided As Ion As possible but the lire of Axis communications through Italy runs through Rome making it a vital military objective once til military operation reaches the stage where a a tack in rom cannot be Avo dad we have now reached a Pond Quot said the goner i. Quot where if a necessary to at t ack Rome Quot Rome is obviously target providing the axe with food for its propaganda Ai a tim when Axis prong and i is having a hard Lime making reasonable of but Rome t1 d a was attacked with the titties scientific precision Over redlined of a miming in Hon and bombing is always a precision device to get b cd to what the Opert of Ion i hot or 1 had to say we have selected the Best most expert group in this theater for this lob he Sud Quot Rome will to attacked Only by tim units who have d my t a a a a i i limit Dot met their actin icy Quot not Only Vav re the units a Lee ted with a re. Buteo re military target in Rome that Vav is bombed today was a lofted of or a Carotolo con to a at Ion it Fth safety Factor i he Tant Clos if to any signify of n re Quot is Inifi fusion is Oyer of a mile and a half away my nor bomber Crews i Lave demonstrated t h of t hey can bomb As Clos is Al Yards to our troops As they did during the Landing on Pantelleria without having a Ingle a nub go ast Ray Quot the Mission for today a bombing \ continued on Pone in
