Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Algiers dam vol. I. No. 77, Friday. July 30. 1943 j. S. Army daily newspaper for troops in Algiers area one franc Axis cracks Eisenhower a appear for to italian people tells nation Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower Allied commander in chief in North Africa yesterday called upon the italians to Lay Down their arms and said Quot we a a coming to you As Gen. Eisenhower a proclamation which praised the italians for discarding Mussolini and promised Allied action to rid Italy of a a the German aggressor who is Ashing on. July 29 in Eva still on italian soil a was broadcast from Algiers at noon 11 Felt flirt of _ invasion details told in speech by Roosevelt Rome radio says peace main Hope of new regime Axis Dent Roosevelt in his radio speech in Many weeks i is night told the american people Italy. That the a a was be inning in crack paining an Over All picture of the War. Or. Roosevelt p Edi t a i the comp defeat of Fasci in promised Bene its to servicemen lighting he Axis and Rou Gilt t a Spur tie h enc or it to greater efforts the president backed l r me min Stet w a Stan Churchill in declaring that unconditional surrender a is til it Illy terms the the Ite i nations would accept from Italy yesterday to the United states and Britain As Well As makes stand Sadoglio orders fascist leaders confined to jail the f till text of Gen. Eisenhower a message Fol bus a we commend the italian people and the House f Savoy on ridding themselves of Mussolini the Man who involved them in War As the tool of Hitler and brought them to the verge of disaster. The greatest obstacle which divided the italian people rom the United a Lions has been removed by the italians themselves. The yanks canadians Advance slowly Allied Force head Quad guru nov and Japan and he As Only remaining obstacle on the Road to peace is the Ger served that a Axis Quot criminal Quot could punishment. For the fir t time the president revealed details of tile sicilian invasion and paid warm tribute to All Allied military leaders and men but the speech was mainly aimed at civilian list Liers at Home and As a Strong Appeal to War workers to redouble their contributions 11 Victory More than once the president warned against any easy optimism emphasizing that the a lies still have far to co. Twice or. Ros velt took aim at his Domestic critics. Early in the speech Whf was broadcast from the White ecu he declared unt the United nations intend to restore Quot conquered Peoples to the dignity of human beings even if it meant Steno no a a on the toes of those americans. Who Call that kind of foreign policy crazy altruism a later in the speech the president attacked those who. He said had been spreading the report that Quot while we Are succeeding great a on the fighting front we Are failing miserably on the Home for no Quot the president called this a a a false maintaining that production on the Home front and notion on the fish in Ltd front were a inexorably tied planning for the Post was warm. He added wa1-already under Way. Peace. Radio Rome declared yester by is the Only goal of the new italian government of marshal Premier Pietro Sadoglio. Anni her radio Rome broadcast heard Iii the United states asserted Flat a a democracy Winch has a pure ital ters july i Iii the face of inn Ena Meler is tunning in desolate German resistance All while radio Rome a declaration along the sicilian front. American that peace is the new government s forces in Hie North and canadians Only aim was contradicted by Oiler in the Centi a i sector have con broadcasts Over Italy a official rammed their advances adding four Cho station the general picture More towns to the Allied holdings painted by both italian and Neu it was announced Here today. T ral news sources was one of a troops of the american 7th nation in turmoil still angrily Man aggressor who is still on italian Ali. You want it each. You can have peace immediately and peace under the honorable conditions which our governments. M. A. ,. ,. ,. B my have taken poll a caste demonstrating against its former have already offered you. We Are coming to you is Buono and Gangi and it is assumed fascist masters and impatient of that Hie canadians have taken nearly All official restraints. A Leonforte. This inst town is known cording to a Swiss source the de to be in Allied hands and is in Mand for an immediate peace is the sector where the canadians growing More insistent. In an apparent Effort to maintain order the ministerial Council of marshal Sadoglio s government liberators. Your part is to cease immediate1 / any assistance to the German military forces in our country. Of you do this we will rid you of the germans and t e Uver you from the horrors of War. As you have already a Een in Sicily our occupation will be mild and Beneficent. Re or men we return to their Normal life and Joern Ancl Central fronts. Probably i four important decisions. These their productive avocations and provided All British the most important american con were. According to radio r Ime tile hive been advancing. Capture of these towns Reorg sents advances of seven to Pight j Miles along much of Tho North late yesterday afternoon announced and Allied prisoners now in your hands Are restored safely to us and not taken away to Germany the hundreds of thousands of italian prisoners captured by us in Tunisia and Sicily will return to the countless italian Homes who Long for them. The ancient 1�?Terties and traditions of your country will be que t is Gangi. A town in Miles Inland which is Only la Miles from strategic Nicosia the Junction Poult for four highly important Interior roads. President s speech armed not be suspension of All political Kirtle during tile War the dissolution of the chamber of deputies whose membership under Mussolini was entirely fascist the liberation of with the taking of Guitti amil111 persons imprisoned by the Pas Castelbuono Miles Southeast 1 lists on political pounds and the of Cefalu. A the americans Hove imprisonment a a tor Security service will forgotten chief executive promises benefits for War veterans Washington a the following is the text of the president s speech Over a year and a half ago i said by the Congress Quot the militarists in Berlin Rome and Tokyo started this War but the massed angered forces of common humanity will finish it. That Prophesy is in the process of being fulfilled. The massed angered forces of common humanity Are on the March. They Are going Forward on the russian front in the vast Pacific area and into Europe. Converging upon their ultimate objectives. Berlin and Tokyo. Tile first crack in the Axis has come. The criminal corrupt fascist regime in Italy is going to pieces. The pirate philosophy of the fascists and nazis cannot stand to adversity. The military superiority of the United nations on sea and Lind and in the air has been applied in the right place and at the right time Hitler refused to Send sufficient Bell to save Mussolini. In fact hitlers troops in Sicily stole the italians motor equipment leaving i alien soldiers so stranded that they had no Choice hut to surrender. Once age in t he germans betrayed their italian allies a s they Hod done time and again on continued on Page 3 Washington. July 29 i pealing his Promise that the Arm a cd forces would not be forgot in a or this War. President Roosevelt last night outlined a six Point pro Grain for planned legislation governing reception of America s armed millions Back into civilian life. Tile president including tile statement in his world wide radio talk said Congress must be prepared to meet the Post War problem Well ahead of time instead of waiting to do a a a Hasty inefficient and ill considered Job at the last moment a his proposals for legislation to lie passed by Congress included mustering out pay. Unemployment insurance education and Job training. Hospitalization rehabilitation and pensions for the disabled and social Security credit for the time so ent in the armed forces. The president described these goals As the Lea t to which the veterans of the present War Are entitled adding that the a a government is drawing in other serious constructive plans for certain immediate Forward moves. Quot within a few weeks a he promised Quot i shall speak with you again in regard to definite actions to be taken by Hie executive Branch of the government and specific recommendations for new legislation by the the chief executives six Point formula to prevent demobilization of the armed forces and merchant Marine into a a an environment of inflation and unemployment follows 1. Mustering out pay for All Large enough to cover a reasonable period of time Between honorable discharge and the finding of a new Job. 2. Us employment insurance for the individual Veteran if no Job is found after diligent search provided he registers with tile re j . Employment service. 3. Tile Pix it a Unity of govern event Jaid Trade training or education for All veterans. 4. Unemployment com herniation and Federal old age and survivors insurance credit for Hie period of service with the forces. A. An enlarged and improved program of hospitalization rehabilitation and medical care for disabled veterans. 6. Ample pensions for disabled veterans. Completed their encirclement of i. Antenna at 6 900 feet Sicily second highest Peak. Tile capture of of Antenna gives the allies a commanding height and an excellent observation i want. Pollina is a Hamlet a few Miles from the a on Hills about eight Miles Southeast of Cefalu. Whose capture was announced yes Tern a in taking Leonforte. The Canadian forces Ila pc acquired the most Forward position in tile whole Cen frat Section. The town is 10 Miles past Enna the Smi iian Hub City and Only seven Miles South of n Cosia newest reports from the front gave an unmistakable impression of a Sharp intensification of Axis opposition the advances of the 7th army in Hie North have been greatly hampered by systematic German mining of the few available roads. Hurricane hits Texas Galveston. Texas. July 29�?a tropical Hurricane sweeping in from Hie Gulf of Mexico has let i six known dead. 17 missing and property damage of More than 1,009.000 dollars in Galveston alone Early reports showed today. Gusts that reached a velocity of 95 Miles an hour in Houston Sank a . Engineers dredge off Galveston. Seventeen of the Crew of 54 Are still missing but some May have reached Shore. Shipyard were halted at Houston hundreds of windows were blown out. Telephone and la Ower lines were Down. At Ellington Field thousands of air cadets fought to keep their advanced Trainer planes from being Sicily prelate thinks Italy will negotiate Wrom try american army at Palermo. July 29�?cardinal la Vitrano of Palermo described As one of Italy a most influential prelate. Is said to have told an american correspondent that he be ice Lala will soon a got ate peace the Cardinal exp s of the opinion a int if Germany tried to prevent Italy f of making a separate Mac. Hie italian Artyv would Fin hip Alison to drive Iii. Nazis out of the country for Security of All High fascist personalities presumably including Mussolini. Milan apparently continued to be the chief Balian Center of unrest the City a principal newspaper a con acre Della though published under strict censorship on Only admitted that rioting in Italy a second largest City has been intense and was not yet wholly under control. Tile palier reported severe digging Between fascists and workers in the suburbs and described the struggle As Long bloody and severe. Many workers it was further acknowledged had refused to report for work although it was asserted that with continued on Page ii air activity strikes Lull carried away by the High winds. Greece. Nazi radio says Rommel in Greece London the elusive Field marshal Erwin Rommel has turned up in Greece for the moment according to the Berlin radio which deduces the fact from newspaper pictures showing Rommel on his arrival in Salonika. S Nee his trip to Cairo was interrupted by the British 8th army. The desert Fox has at different times been reported in Sicily. Italy. France. Yugoslavia and now Al lied Force Headquarters. July 29�?for the third time in four Days heavy bombers of the Northwest african strategic air Force did not operate and the Days Aerial activity was Conlin Ltd to a series of strafing and Light bombing sweeps Over noir fleas tem Sicily and Sardinia. Tile important Road Junction of Regalbuto. Which is on the main Road from Catania to Enna was attacked by Raf and Saaf Bostons and bait mimes. The town Kaiui the approaching roads were Well covered by bomb bursts. Returning Crew members reported a Large explosion Iii the target area. Usa of a-36 invaders and p-49 War Hawk fighter bombers attacked the Tonia Cesaro Randazzo Road which cuts through the heart of the enemy lines in northeastern Sicily and destroyed More than 30 vehicles carrying men and supplies to the front. It was announced Here today that the recent raid on Rome was the most successful Daylight Mission of the War. More than 1000 tons of bombs were dropped on the target. Out of a total of 700 Allied bombers and fighters which participated in the attack Only five failed to return to their bases
