Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Vol. I no 81, thursday August 5, 1943 soviet guns five Miles from Ore russian Arn is Pound germans with heavy  one franc London a 4 the a a Aniny  inching up its by gun. I it a a Boot Bai do. Nut tit Nan lieu stronghold of  after scor Rig new advances to within five Milos by a Ity. The  common Leuv said today m a Tow said that Gen Konstantin Roksoo. Kit s three main mines a it j  Lor Marci on tin City i rom the North the Ca a and the Sou a pointing especially tor the Orci Bryansk railway Miln German Supply route. La thin unique also reported the in Itutti of Sty cd last railway station before Orel on the Kins Lmh and Only five  from the City Large amounts of Materiel Aie being rushed up the be. By won routes Lor the final assault on tin City Moscow said the retreating German. Were throwing everything they had into the Battle. A de a Rah Luftwaffe attempt to gain Mastery of the air Over the Ore sector yesterday was beaten off by the red air for6e. German plane loss in the Battle was set at 70 planes. Backing up Moscow a assertion the ii the red army was defeating the nazis at Orel the German newspaper Al Gecine Zeitung said Quot the tragic Days of Stalingrad Pale before the sacrifice and valor which the German troops Are showing at  elsewhere on the Long Battle line. Red arms were making their weight Felt. Moscow said the germans had stopped their offensive in the donets Basin because of heavy casualties. Local fighting was reported at Leningrad and Belgorod. Overall losses of the German army on aug. 2 was placed at 21 auks and 180 aircraft by the Moscow communique. Neutrals hesitant on Asylum Appeal London aug. 4�?two Neutral countries. Switzerland and Turkey. Have already Given Token of making an unfavourable reply to the j Aiu d Appeal to Neutral not to provide Asylum for fascist Leal a alter the defeat of the axe. Swiss newspapers say that i Switzerland will not tit its  to the March of events Aud will Art in the  of the rights cd Asylum in accordance with her Lull sovereignty. Paiik Tea correspondents Rem it it that tin turkish reply is drawn up air Ady and d Ess not accept the Allied proposition. Turkish Circle Are said to feel that the Allied pro Irusal is contrary to International Law and is derogatory to turkish sovereignty. A hed push now cracking Sicily s final resistance regime wavering Rich fascists under inquiry by Sadoglio in British wary of nazi tale germans spread Hamburg Rumor London. Aug. 4�?German propagandists Are carefully fostering the Story that Hamburg has ceased to exist and that the City has been utterly and completely devastated a Reuter s correspondent wrote last night. It is in their interest to represent Hamburg As a dead City which is no longer Worth attacking. He added. A possibly they speak prophetically but air chief marshal sir Arthur Harris of the bomber command will decide thai not  lie full effects of the Hamburg and Ruhr raids probably wont be fully realized until autumn and Winter when the nazi armies will by denied essential replacements military circles Here believe. It was announced by the air ministry that seven Square Miles of Hamburg had been completely Des loved before monday s Large scale attack which Wras driven Home in spite of one of the heaviest thunderstorms of the summer the concentrated raids on the largest German seaport have not meant a respite for Axis held targets in Northern France Belgium an i the Netherlands it was announced Raf bombers and planes continued on Page 4j britons hit Italy policy criticism sounded on fascist regime London aug. 4�?the subject of the British governments in Liti Cal conduct of the War brought a hurly of debate and criticism Horn labor party members in the a House of commons yesterday. Aneurin seven said it was nonsense to Trust the government entirely in its plans for the occupied territories especially in Italy and demanded assurances from the government speaker that no regime would be permitted in Italy with any taint of the fascist rulers. Bevel claimed that a Mussolini was not the sole reason we Are lighting Italy and added that the present King of Italy is no Prince of  in refusing demands tor further debate on the italian situation foreign Secretary Anthony. Eden admitted that a ban had Berri imposed on political activity in Sicily but he pointed out that a Battle still was going on in tile Island. Quot surely this is not a suitable moment for a general election in busted7 new \ Orr aug. 4 a new Vork Rimes dispatch from Berne Switzerland said a Der tee was published in Rome on aug 2 abolishing the honorary rank of Corporal m tin italian militia a Mussolini and Hitler Are the Only two holders of this rank Hitler received the rank when he visited Italy in 1938 veterans near Battle Climax in mountains marshal Pietro had Agho. Eminent yesterday was haul press my to maintain its wavering Hod. On the War weary pc  italian people while new Demon St rations for a it Ltd a were reported in Genoa and other North in k Illian cities the Sadoglio government a Oil its Tern Day in lower threw out hints to the outside world that it was prepared to Quot negotiate i with the allies but riot to capitulate. Meantime demands Lur the abduct Ion of King Victor Emmanuel and the resignation of marshal Iba Doglio were being made by italian patriots in Turin and Milan j i for foreign consumption radio Rome took the line that Allied terms limited by official announcement to unconditional surrender were Haj hard. In Broad casts meant for the Home front Allied Force head Quad Neon swim it r la ule tors us 4 por be f1&Quot&Quot Limp people with remarks like this in a Row the Lorn Ann of Allied its almost a month since tile air Power reached out and struck in my set foot on sicilian soil. It at the strategic port and railway Raf bombs Naples port wellingtons strike Stra Getic Center but set. Hilary la. Lyons and Stripe staff writer Allied Force head Quad i , aug 4 hammered by relentless Allied blows from a land and air Axis forces Iii Sicily today faced the beginning of the end. Still stubbornly resisting and not even pausing to gather and jury their dead the germans lighting in the craggy sicilian Nills retreated farther into their Mountain Lair. While today s Allied communique Calif red itself to a Rex Jet of general very satisfactory Progress and to details of past operations there seemed Little doubt that the big push which has already broken into vital Points All along wih not in an easy task to occupy the italian Mainland in an evident Effort to please the people Sadoglio has ordered an inquiry into the fortunes amassed by fascists under the Mussolini regime. Radio Rome announced. Hinting at possible scandals. A committee will investigate the personal and fixed property of every Holder of Public office and every person engaged in lit Ockl win Quot activity Between Ort ? 1099be Ond a the Whol it pm  Eden declared causing spatca1 from Berne d cd work much laughter on the floor. Hers gathered in the main Square pm much laughter on the floor. Eden differentiated Between accepting unconditional surrender from a government and recognizing a government. R would be extremely pleased to accept unconditional surrender from Hitler tomorrow a he emphasized. Quot we Are As a War Cabinet anxious to see Italy accept unconditional surrender. We Are anxious to see the facilities Given us so that we can then carry the War More vigorously to Germany and Are anxious to see peace in activity Between oct. 22, 1922. And july 24. 1943�?from the March on Rome to Mussolini s resignation. But if Neutral sources were right the italians were Little moved by radio rep talks. In Genoa said a dispatch from Berne Dock work Center of Naples on the night of aug. 2-3. Rap wellingtons repeated their raid of the night before As they dropped tons of explosives on the City which has so far borne the Brunt of the new Aerial assault on the italian Mainland. It was still Daylight when the last bomber left the target and headed for Home. A the first flare was dropped a Kwh after 2000 hours a in Biti an i a i. And attacked the Sadoglio government for failure to seek peace. In other Industrial cities workers Are said to be resorting to periodic Short strikes to impress the government with their impatience in the Stormy atmosphere of prolonged unrest five parties of the political left which last week fell under the governments official ban. Are said to have advised workers to leave towns that May soon fall under Allied bombs but apparently supported by the army and undoubtedly under pres. Wilder finer was illuminated by More than 200 flares and every detail of the City was clearly visible. Among the first to drop his bombs on the target was Squadron Leader James m. But Kurnen. He said Quot scores of wellingtons bombed within a Lew seconds of each other. I he defences Lay Low until the flares started. Then they opened up but were soon swamped. The target was alight in record time and As we Carne away i it not pvn i aug. 4 a emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia driven from his throne by Italy s fascists but Back in Addis Ababa after Britain s african victories today let the world know How he feels about the downfall of Benito Mussolini. In a message to the London news chronicle he said. We in Ethiopia having particularly suffered from Hie consequences of Mussolini s contempt or the claims of Justice and humanity have greater cause than most to rejoice that he has made his exit m  the Axis defense line was nearing lie threshold of Victory. Unbaked and hardened. Allied fighters Many of them veterans of desert campaigns a appeared to have Learned every trick of Moun Ain warfare. Everywhere along the narrow difficult front they were doing Well. On the Plain that stretches before Catania the allies reported new successes particularly on tile 11 f f c a tilt if ii n. Left sector of the 8th army could Sec hundreds of incendiary Lolu Whf re enemy resistance has bomb fires in parallel lines right As desk iterate As any yet in a Cross the area Tho target looked countered. Here the Axis troops Uke a flattened Christmas tree a were being driven bark several. Let a a a a qua see peace in  inn  under Pressman Italy can play her part assure from the germans the bari1 respectable nation once again a j Doglio Cabinet yesterday continued the foreign Secretary concluded. Continua on Page 4, Eisenhower in Salute to Malta a comeback like a flattened Christmas Tref four enemy aircraft were destroyed during the Day. Two ailed planes failed to return to their bases. The i a tical air Force severely bombed and strafed enemy positions around the base of i Etna yesterday the attacks were the heaviest in several Days and kept Pace with the increased Tempo of the Allied Advance along the ground. Mitchells. Bostons and Baltimore participated in the at tacks. Memphis Belle Story ends in tailspin Memphis Tenn a the Romance of the Memphis Belles has been w to .1 i it a r l Miles to Interior lines of communication at the foot of towering Etna South of Catania patrol activity was increasing. In the Central sector of the front the German death toll mounted As canadians and Brit ish struck steady blows. The capture of Catenanova surmised yesterday was confirmed today and it was revealed that for the first time in More than a week the germans used tanks against British infantry in the South tile skirmish Cost the germans probably elements of Quot the Hermann Goering division three tanks in continued on Page if Tais head Quad Cendo of attack until tin whole which for i tired Malta task is Complete. For this inspiring from the Axis has a la ,1,�?~ vow i a Quot Quot a a Quot a it the Chance to t a it u ? Fri v r a Quot de bled to Field Marin pres acc , Waltl Shal lord Gort be of a Hting Sere announcement Here t la fon1na 11lces under i us command and to grounded after one of the most Roic Island served As Allied Marti a citizen of the heroic  publicized army love stories of the ssi ?3 iroc Sis a up Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower Al die fhe owning Suges fule darned Quot flying  after que Quot Arclar 1prrad?e a of a a Quot Ltd a a Waluch is be been Ink a tsp s  will be no wedding of the it and 2nd filipino Reg Quot . Is by Moosic of the i whose name stems irom a Phoeni after completing 25 successful my  in experience of the United nations Cran word meaning Quot shelter was a is Loija ver nazi targets in eur j Gen a Din i d5hy?red in this War. Malta has passed sue Host to the Allied chiefs. A a the Memphis belief was a of u i  Chles of Ces sively through the stages of for attacks against Sicily 2.000 turn i the states with  Reuben a ate 8ave woeful unpreparedness tenacious bombs a Day were brought from ? 1 original Crew to Quot the Philippines free piirl1 endurance intensive preparations bomb dumps in old quarries in i la to ii of. War plants. Maj. President a. Lied commander in chief it Aid invasion irom me Island which is to mute to Gallant Malta yesterday just 60 Miles from Sicily s nearest in the following statement the j Point. For several Days Malta. Epic of Malta is symbolic of the whose name stems from a Phoeni Quezon predicts filipino Victory Camp Roberts Cal. Aug to the second Battle of the Philippines will re establish the re pub Manuel endurance intensive preparations i bomb clumps in old quarries un-u/j1 a -.-j. And the initiation of a fierce of de ground caverns and Hayfield juror an greeted his Fiancee with a position. It is resolutely deter h be loaded in the sweltering heat s we Ltd arrived and said they milled to maintain a rising Ere-1 continued on Page 4, us re a us a a a a a a Elli a y of president Quezon said he would riot. Rest until the japanese had been driven out of the islands and in Philippines Republic brought i Back into Power in Maud