Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                The Algiers pail vol. I no. 35, wednesday. August la 1943 u. 3. Army daily newspaper for troops in Algiers area one franc attn u Falls _ nears Kharkov escape path in stubborn fight russians try to envelop All Ukraine London. Auk. Ion three russian Ann irs surging Forward i rom Belgorod Are quickly developing a huge encircling movement aimed at tile whole it Tommu cations system of tile Ukraine Moscow re inn ted last night. Unofficial sources said Liat one re View column is in hot Pursuit it fucked German divisions Only ten fillies North of Kharkov while the left Arm of the russian pincer movement has captured chug yes. Less mum 20 Miles Southeast of the tug steel Center. In the North the red army Advance toward Bryansk was less a in a Tacu a but was pushing for-1 Ward steadily the soviet cot Muni 1 que stated advancing from Orel one Force has practically sur rounded the Well fortified German stronghold of Khot nets 30 Miles Long the Railroad to Bryansk. One russian unit by passed Khot nets Aud is advancing on a 10-mile front against Kahar Chev the second and last important outpost comprising the outer defences of Bryansk. Turk War entry hinted in Ankara Long it on turkeys Best known editor and Deputy Huss in Yal Chiu said in ail article in tile  a a Varant that Tho Day Turkey is called upon to fulfil its obligation., to Britain under their treaty and our or the War Turkey will do of. Yah Hill pointed out that Turkey promised to enter tin War at Britain n Side when certain conch i he is Arase in the Mediterranean these conditions had not yet Arisen the article said. But added Quot the i act is that when we Are called to kit i under our treaty obligations we shall not need push  six ships sunk. Trucks damaged in air offensive nazis pounded Allied forces on North coast ready assault by americans on Randazzo Mannheim Raf target London aug Ion rap bombers in full Force for the first time since its set ies of devastating raids come excellent on Hamburg last night executed a j k. A heavy attack on Mannheim and stunned by their double defeat Ludwigshafen on both Banks of the Allied Force Hea Squar i ers. Aug n to enemy Esca get routes in northeastern Sicily and on the toe of Italy were jux minded without let up yesterday by bombers of Hie Northwest african air forces according to latest relents from the air front. Medium and Sank six Small ships on the North coast of the Island destroyed or damaged 38 trucks near beleaguered Randazzo and smashed rail and Road Bridges a near Catanzaro strategic rail Junction and Anahola on Hie italian toc one High Point of the Daylong air Battle against the enemy lines of communication and Supply was a devastating plying fortress attack on the Crossroads at the North Edge of Messina. It is Felt Toat the fortress onslaught May Block the Long lines of enemy pc hides streaming Northeast from the fighting front. Thus the Axis conveyances Are expected to be targets for Low Fly by a sol. It a mph Martin stars and strips stat writer with the american troops in Sicily aug. U leaving behind them a Ong line of mines to slow up vile Allied push German troops today retreated of All trouts fighter bombers crowding a i their men and Emp off Milazzo mein deep behind their Oriundo line their Orlando line rushes South from Cain do Orlando behind their sole remaining North South Road on tile american flank Genera consensus is that the Jerries have been hit too hard and of ten in the past week to attempt any really Strong stand on the Orlando stretch but the germans Are expected to keep up a steady Strong punching of counterattacks and stubborn rearguard actions to cover up their Long walk to the beaches. And. If the fighter planes Oon a Niue their Day Long strafing and i e bom Bing of the nazi  convoys it Wood seem that most Heinie would prefer walking to Riding. Prior to the taking of Cusaro today the air corf boys by in. Paul s. Green stars and strips staff writer Allied Force had que a i Era. Aug to Allied to oops today exactly one month after the initial Landing on tile Southern shores of Sicily were everywhere pushing Kwek stubbornly fighting Axis soldiers who left a methodical Trail of destruction As they bitterly contested even Inch of Hie lugged ground German units Iii the Central sector fell to it ack slowly before Advance British and american patrols who linked forces tor an All out assault Oil Randazzo key communications Center North of of. Etna. At Orel and Belgorod last thursday Hie germans apparently have not been Able to organize their forces for counterattacks on either end of Ute 250-rn lie front. Even picked nazi troops defending Kharkov. Which Stockholm reports say include is Adolf Hitler Gross deutschland and Das Reich divisions. Have been unable to halt the russian tide that threatens to envelop the City within the next few Days. The German escape Gap to uie West of Kharkov has been narrowed to 40 Miles with russian troops continuing to press their advantage. Tile russian grip on the important Kharkov Sunu railway an initial Section of the main line to Kiev was tightened by the capture of tristan Metz about 30 tittles South of sum. When red troops1 filtered the City they found a Ger-1 Man concentration Camp and re leased the prisoners one Corre j a Ponder t reported. German defense troops with j drawing into the City of Kharkov i tor a last ditch defense Are Lea Vlug behind great quantities of Materiel. The russian communique1 announced. In one Day. Soviet a blips approaching the Ukraine City captured 212 tanks 139 guns of i various calipers 96 mortars 323 machine guns 618 trucks and 315 railway cars containing ammunition supplies and equipment. American ambassador William Harrison Standley has returned from a four Day trip to the principal Industrial centers of the urals with a favourable impression it the efficiency of the new russian manufacturing area according to a dispatch from Reuters. A to Many respects Magnitogorsk compares favourably with our steel plants at Home a Standley told the press. He made the trip in his own Rhine while Mosquito bombers attacked objectives in the Ruhr the air ministry announced today. Air Craft of the fighter command meantime went for enemy airfields in prance and the Low countries. The bombing of Mannheim marked the fourth anniversary of Goering a Promise that Germany w Otilde not be bombed. The twin cities Are in the upper Rhineland and have a total population of nearly a half million. They Are key centers of railway and River communications and the Inland port there is the second largest in Europe. Mannheim Ludwigshafen was St attacked on april 16. The night when the bomber command also Ray ded the Skoda w works at Pilsen in Czechoslovakia. Beach Road tile Surprise commando continued on Page ii ing fighters and fighter bombers came in on a plastering Rob that of the tactical air Force. Left a litter of 20 vehicles Quot looking enemy opposition in the air was onely and useless just outside of negligible although anti aircraft town. The same Story has been fire was often formidable. Three duplicated on All three sectors of enemy aircraft were destroyed Dor Allied front ing the Day and one was downed sunday night. Three Allied Craft failed to return to their bases p-38 lightnings ranging Over the foot of Italy strafed Small boats and troops at Mou Strace successfully attacked locomotives at Locri and Rochela and elsewhere in tile Region smashed radio installations and freight cars. Meeting no enemy fighters. American War Hawks made a sweep Over Southern Sardinia. Other War Hawks of the insert air Force on sunday blew an ammunition train to bits Southeast of Cape Milazzo. The Only town captured monday was Vedara. About a mile South of i. Etna where the Bill army is mopping up scattered enemy resistance. Allied troops Are moving Over h train far worse than the worst encountered anywhere in Tunisia. Lack of roads hinders the Progress of mechanized warfare while the country itself is a mass of Steep Hills and deep valleys. To the difficulties of nature Are added the Man made obstructions of the in mum Irum. Nazis past masters at demolishing in the extreme North along the Law is an planting mines. Tile meeting of new Pacific drive nears Villa base seen next objective italians love Balcony scones Bun by allies by to sgt. Milton Uchman stars and stripes staff writer with american forces in Sicily a this is a tale of two towns two Small sicilian towns and what happened in them when the americans came. They Arentt important towns you wont find their names on most of maps. But they Are typical towns a Capizzi and Cerami and the Way their inhabitants greeted the invaders was rebated on a larger scale throughout the ensure yank Advance in Sicily scenes Are Adonil and the proc Lama these Balcony by the italians. Lion was received with applause and cheers. The noise was especially loud when tile Secretary who had an enormous voice boomed the out a the citizens who collaborated in the capture of a German Soldier will receive a Bounty of 2,500  one citizen raised both his arms and bellowed Quot Viva in America a when the proclamation had been read the town priest was Allied Southwest Pacific Headquarters. Aug. To a a conference of top Allied military and naval commanders to plan Lor new offensive drives in the Pacific yesterday overshadowed military reports in this theater meanwhile concentrated activity by Allied forces indicated that Villa Ai drome on Kolom Angara Island would be the next objective Iii the Solomon group. Heavy and medium bombers unloaded 63 tons of explosives in two attacks on the base which is about six Miles from Munda. The tight for Villa is expected to prove even tougher than the foot by toot Advance which finally captured Munda last week since tile japanese Are attempting to maintain a larger Garrison there observers pointed out. In the new Guinea sector saturnalia was heavily Rakuc a by heavy arid medium units which dropped 103 tons of bombs on the town and on targets in the Harbor area the official communique meeting of Advance units of the 7til army moving Down Iron Cesaro and the 8th army pushing up from Bronte sealed the trap on an undetermined number of Axis soldiers retreating East toward Randazzo. It is Uncertain How close tile allies i Nel rated to that City which controls the Only important Road still in enemy hands leading to Ca a do Orlando. The Battle expected there momentarily will undoubtedly be a hard one since the germans Are retorted to have concentrated Many of their remaining defences there. Advancing with the americans Are Toni Anies of fierce French moroccan Gums meanwhile a revised estimate raised from 300 to 1.500 the number of Axis prisoners captured in sundays highly successful raid from the sea by 7th army forces on the North coast. A majority of these were said to be italians. To is now revealed the amphibious attack was made behind enemy lines in the Region of Terrenova. Live Miles Southwest of Capo do or continued on Page ii one plane Foi every 50 shots a. We a a a. Because it lies away from immedi plane and was welcomed cordially ate Battle line. When six aim i everywhere As the representative of one of russians great allies the Capizzi. In the North Central pan of tile Island was Only lightly Al -.�?. A a i p0r fee ted during the two Day fighting presented to the herniation As the a new mayor while the tar Escalle \ an interest Long Mae Light of the or chief of police la Stout in j new Geol Ria Island Campaign was portent gentleman wearing a Black dispatch added. Wilkle Cleveland cop City in 44 Rush Ville  Wendell l. Wilkie favors Cleveland for the 1944 Republican convention but will Aini Rove any City except Chicago where opposition to his Post pol Tores is Strong. Can soldiers came up the Mountainside to tile town they met one italian infantry company the cheers of the townspeople standing on tile curbs and no resistance. Soon after tile arrival of the first americans the townspeople gathered under a Balcony in the town Square to hear the first proclamation. The mayor a Ripe fascist had departed quickly the night before and the town Secretary was selected to read the document. The Secretary was a Stout ital uniform with a Broad red St Nix Down the trousers it assumed new importance As be exr of Law and order under the Allied military government. According to sgt. Domenico Auciello of mass., an interpreter the Carabiniero local police received their authority from the King and alone among sicilian office holders had kept to Weir jobs without Minnie the. Off by fascist party in a world involved i tank. In politics and War tile Carabiniero were grandstand observers. On the second Day of Capizzio a new order the local citizenry were revealed today by Allied Headquarters. At the outset of tile Battle a Jap sub Sank a ship on which three top ranking officers directing the offensive were passengers. It. Gen. Millard f har Cambridge Mon commanding army forces in tile South Pacific and rear admirals r k. Turner and t. S. Wilkinson joint commanders of amphibious operations were taken a Destro it or before the ship War policies is Strong he told Rea a publican National committeemen Ian with a Grey suit neatly knot wit ii whom he conferred Here last i ted tie and Horn rimmed glasses again standing in the town Square a ctr swimming in his Broad face. I continued on Pafe a it was also disclosed that it. Cmdr Harold Stassen tonner governor of Minnesota is on Active duty As Flag Secretary and personal aide of adm. William f Halsey or commander of u s. Naval forces in tile South Pacific. St. Louis american anti aircraft lire Lias in several engagements downed an average of one enemy plane for every 50 shells fired it was announced by maj. Gen. Iirvin h. Campbells or. Chief of army ordnance. The Best figures for world War i were one hit for every 17,000 shells and a hit does not necessarily mean a Knockdown. Or pointed out. Suggesting that Germany lost the Battle of Britain by using Small too and 200 Pound bombs Gen. Campbell said the United states is concentrating on larger ones weighing Between 2.000 and -4,000 pounds. He contrasted the Lase failure in american bombs of less than one percent with the German average of 20 percent. Slav Cabinet quits London it is Learned in Allied government quarters that As a Climax to the yugoslavian government crisis the Cabinet has decided to resign and that a Cabinet of civil servants May to formed