Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Vol. I to. 7o, thursday july .\9, 1943 u. 5. Army daily newspaper for troops in alg lers area one franc fascist party dissolved yanks seize four More Sicily towns Battle at Catania see saws As nazis make last stand Allied Force Headquar-ter3, july 28�?american forces in Sicily have advanced at least 15 mics eastward along a North coast lie it which extends Inland Mills my they now occupy 11 no North to South the towns of Chialu Pouzol Petra a and All i c rations attain social distinction c a it a n Isett a. Sicily Lech n. George s. Patton. Or. Coin Mander of the american 7th army. Recently lunched Here with Allied officers in what had one been a luxurious fascist Palace the place had once served As a German Headquarters and according to one staff of i Leer the dining room might have belonged to King Louis Xiv. Quot we had a Beautiful Tablecloth Fine porcelain a Quot i what looked like Gold plated i silverware a the officer said but we ate cd rations Quot he added b-17 s lash Milan objectives near Naples Italy s transport rail installations Are bomb target disturbances reported As ruling body is disbanded a Quot a Vatican spokesman hits fascist Rule sources revealed men a military Here today. I he new Advance gave lies greater control Over six sir Itee in roads and stage for the Light which Rule finally the Fate of the the americans closed the Alai least i set the will de Island in on the Northern Axis defences and the canadians engaged German in an intense see saw Battle on the Central it ont the Battle for the strategic Corner of Sicily nearest Italy appeared to be reaching the slugging stage. According to the latest information released Here the Allied front runs roughly South from the Small p u t. Of Cefalu to Petralia and aliment. Then Southeast to Enna Bud Dusa and Ramacca. And finally East along the Gorna Lunga River to the coast. Germans Are believed Here to hold Strong positions along a line running South from san Stefano on the North coast to Nicosia. Southeast to Agua and Cate Nanu ova then Down to where the Hermann Goering division faces the British 8 h army across the same d Taino River. Tile germans appear to he re Sikin sible for the defense of the whole line. Whih. W its natural Mountain and water barriers. Continued on Page it allies again hit Hamburg Hanover raided in heavy attack the Sui still o i tanks Hack Munda path Light units push on to showdown Washington july 28�?united states ground forces yesterday threw Light tank units against japanese positions in Jungle terrain in the Munda Region where american advances at us Northern tip of new Georgia Island have narrowed Down to Yards. As the stranglehold tightened on Munda the last Jap foothold in the Solomons a spokesman at Al-1 lied Pacific Headquarters said today that the Battle now loomed As a tight to the last Jap Light american naval units bombarded Munda from the sea and smashed another attempt to Supply the hungry Garrison sinking one Jap Barge and damaging two others in a flotilla attempting to break in from nearby Kula Gulf. Allied aircraft continued their unceasing Aerial bombardment of Munda and smashed once again at Bougainville Island to the Northwest. Navy Secretary flank Knox meanwhile disclosed that army liberators had attacked Wake Island in the Central Pacific. Despite considerable fighter opposition and heavy anti aircraft fire the u. S. Bombers scored Many hits and smashed up wakes principal Airfield he sold far to the North. Army War Hawks and Navy Ca w Boas car continued on Page if London. July 28 the heaviest concentrated air attack of the War was carried a stage further last ingot when for the sixth time in 72 flours and for the fourth night running Allied bombers a in very great strength attacked Ham Haig again the air ministry today announced. J he Poi t of Hamburg Germany a a second City and boat building Center is now second in the list of most bombed cities in world having with Bremen feed 104 attacks Cologne Heads the list with 120 raids. I he continuous battering Hamburg began Over the weekend with Allied bombers setting the Ball rolling on saturday night with the lightest raid of All time followed by Daylight attacks the following Days. While a Large formation of Fly i ing fortresses were hitting the i digest German Jairt again yester Day another group of the forts from the 8th Usa of swept Over Hanover renter of the nazi rubber tire Industry. Last week the american heavy bombers destroyed a Large percentage of the German synthetic i rubber output when they attacked continued on Page it one of the strongest implied de Nunez it ions of a cism nod nazism Ever made by Hie Vatican was broadcast last night by the Vati it an f by radio station to Spain according to the rec a Vatican radio spokesman said the Pooh condemns those who dare place the fortunes of a whole nation in the hands of one Man alone a Man who. As such is the prey of a Aion errors and dreams 1 it is essential that a pre Stab i pushed set of Laws lie placed alive both rulers and ruled beyond reach of arbitrary Allied Force head Quad Rialto july 28�? intent on cup a Nung Italy a transportation by tem. Flying Foi to esses of the Northwest african strategic air Force. After two Days of inactivity yesterday resumed to Weir attack on i ail Road Yards and installations on the italian i Hying through heavy weather which made visibility poor the tons hit tile Railroad Yards of lion and Ca Biri in the Vicinity a of Naples. While the flak was Light Over both targets the Foit messes were intercepted by 15 to 20 enemy fighters Over Lioni. I Aree of the attacking planes were shot Down victories were credited to to sgt. Kenneth c. Thompson of Ventura Cal to sgt. Anthony tories of now York Civ. And set August Evans of Dayton. Ohio the much bombed Cap Dichino Ai drome near Naples was hit again on the night of july 26-27 by Raf wellingtons who started two big fires in the target area direct hits were made on tile runways and Ai drome buildings explosions were Seal after the wellingtons had returned 20 Miles from their target ton the some Nischt both Raf a heavy red Ond Roaf wellingtons visited the 7? d us Monte Corvine Gravelly Ai drome i. A ii yesterday. In Southern Italy and started fires Dmn o t?1?6 a get Arm wred Nix among Ai drome buildings on the gone Pool reached Field. Fascism ends on birthday of Mussolini Orel front dwindles eight soviet armies converge on City i he fascist party in Italy has been dissolved and severe measures Are being applied to enforce the dissolution it was announced last night Over radio Rome the order to disband was issuer by the new headed by Benito , p?-.t s it run meter marshal Pietro Sadoglio. The end of fascism in Italy coincided with the 60th birthday the of its founder Benito Mussolini whose whereabouts remained in known to the outside world the death sentence for the fascist Pirty was imposed following widespread reports of Riotut and demons rations in and the principal ii Allan Cit irs. Even before the ban was formally issued tile official a i t do a Rono of div announced n t\7 in ita1v is no Niobe u f tix t no on had turned to s j.,1&Quot and is Foremost Soldier in its hour of crisis. During the Day another formation of Usa of b-17�?T.s carried out an unescorted raid on Canna Ai drome. 20 Mil North of Nantes it was til f i is t time that this Ai drome had in hit and several Lar a fires were observe i As the bombers left their target a tie s out i to a Sofroni format Ion of b-25 Mitchells end �7 marauders escorted by p-?3 i fete ii errs. A cited sea Tea Ai drome in Southern Italy. Returning Crews continuum on Page it soldiers in Sicily mum on Mussolini by sgt. Jack Foisie stats and stripes staff writer with american forceps in taken to North Central Sich y Lute ural i Drivers seat. 26�? delayed a the Yantis tri Morl a Quot at sector fighting Mussolini s soldiers pie in sic do know a a skid have just Beard that Mussolini is Leoti d m Cov of no longer the Boss of Italy. N y. C a of the �?~offrby1 v mtg of Ulen in smacked a heir was passed off by lips knowingly and suggested that men with Hiller had created the new Deal. one paratrooper one Point a Crescendo of 19 counter a i tacks the soviet communique said today. Moscow said that eight Strong soviet armies advancing along broadcasts three railways two highroad and there were three River valleys found Strong-1 a est resistance to rite North and South of Hie nazi stronghold but 50 More inhabited localities fell to the soviet troops. One russian column seized a Railroad station to the South of the City while another column advanced to favored positions Northeast of Orel on Hie West Hank of the Oka River. Russian armies Southwest of the City maintained heavy pressure on the 40-mile-wide German Supply corridor while red tanks smashed i infantry lines to the North. Moscow said two thirds of a German tank division rushed to the Aid of i the foot soldiers was Deal roved i peace rumours Al Alt e although the italian radio Lite. R to to if a Der we established the great i Xiv of news from Neutral As Well As her Man sources left Little doubt that i Italy was Seething with unrest. The nations chief Industrial City. Milan was apparent1 v a Center of a n to fascist demonstrations a to am Way strike of some promotions was also admitted on German the Good peo pfc. Springfield these front line fighting a More or less general a so what a they were too Busy at the moment scrambling up the dockside Nile in hand or passing the ammunition to the yawning Breech of a 105 Nim. Howitzer or Clearing a path through the barbed wire leading to a newly won Beach and probing that a til for mines so that the fighting men could jump in the surf for they had time. Most of tile men. Commenting asked a a does it mean the War will end sooner a asked pfc. Clifford Dirks an Engineer truck Driver from Madison s. D. A a is it a latrine Rumor or is it fact a queried a pessimistic private Attilio Paunella who drives a others wanted to know Wiio had a swim if instead of questions a poor old chanted. Pfc. Paul Richter of Marion Ohio who had been on a sniping expedition did no to particularly care who was the Boss of Italy. �?�1 Don t think the italians will fight Good against us no matter who tells them he said. With the ousting of Mussolini the numerous slogans and heart messages of Hope attributed to the Duce which Are scattered Over the Countryside became grimly ironical. Especially in this coastal sector the single word Quot Duce a appears in White paint on any prominent slab of Stone just As Back in the states our cute Young Brothers would paint in equally prominent spots Quot Johnny loves the communique reported local russian successes at Belgorod. Leningrad and in the Don Bavin. Meantime a German military Commenator it. Gen. Dit Tinar in an apparent attempt to condition Hie German i Hoople tor the loss of Orel last night broadcast that German reverses on the Eastern front were due to numerical superiority in men and materials. Any number of rumours about italian peace proposals none of which were confirmed. Over the Ankara radio came a statement that the a a italian gov i pm Merit shows willingness to negotiate with the Stockholm i Newstr it to s made much of a Swiss Rumor that marshal Sadoglio was a ready discussing the conditions of an Annist with Allied officials at Vatican City. Another Berne Switzerland report to tile new York times Deco fed that marshal Sadoglio was seeking to gain time before formally entering peace negotiations hut had sent civilian intermediaries to the Vatican City to talk Wall Allied diplomats meanwhile radio Rome warned italians not to listen to a a sensational re Morse a which it said were being circulated the nature of the rumours was not disclosed. Presidents speech an important radio address was to have been made by president Roosevelt at Washington last night. The text of the speech was not received in Algiers until a late hour this morning and will be published in tomorrows stars and stripes. The speech was delivered at 9 30 pm Washington time which is 3 30 am Algiers time. It was to have been a half hour in length and Stephen t. Early the presidents Secretary announced that it would be an important utterance about the War. Eur rebukes of among outstanding Allied officials Only Secretary of the Navy i i Auk Knox ventured the guess that King Vittorio Emannuele Iii and marshal Sadoglio the new italian Premier might soon attempt to take Italy out of the War. Other Allied leaders including president Roosevelt and Secretary of state Cordell Hull con fined themselves to praising thur Chiho a speech As a forceful statement of Allied Aims. Editorials in Moscow a im1 is took the Churchill line that the allies should hit Italy hard and promptly if surrender is not forthcoming. Perhaps the most significant word spoken by president Roosevelt on the italian crisis yesterday was a rebuke to the office of War information for calling King Vittorio Emma nude Quot moronic in si1 id an language broadcast. 7 r fre silent said that the word had been used without the state departments knowledge and that continued on Page 4
