Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Vol. Of no. 36 saturday August 14f 1943 . Army newspaper two francs allies smash toward Messina american bombers hit Rome Homo again forts Hammer Imperial City for second time bomb marshalling Yards at Littorio and san Lorenzo Donkey Only Friend of italian general Allied Force Headquarters Here a the italian prisoner Story to end All italian prisoner stories. Yanks pushing their Way through the Countryside of northeastern Sicily picked up a wandering italian officer who turned out to be Gen. Fiumara second in command of the Napoli division. The proud officer was captured with a companion who had stayed with him to the last a Donkey. By sgt. George Dorsey stars and stripes staff writer Allied Force Headquarters aug. 13�?in the second historic All american raid on Rome heavy and medium bombers of the Northwest african strategic air Force today delivered new crippling blows to the san Lorenzo and Littorio marshalling Yards. Flying fortresses of maj. Gen. Kharkov today lies in the Inex James h. Doolittle a strategic air triable grip of a russian noose russian troops enter Kharkov s North suburb enemy driven Back to Sicily s coffin Corner 7th army movement flanks Randazzo in bitter Battle by pvt. Paul s. Green stars and stripes staff writer Allied Force Headquar-1 Lus aug. 13�?sparked by Tho rein Citable Success of the second american amphibious Landing on the northeastern coast Allied forces have battered their Way to several Points 35 Miles from Tho goal of Messina driving the Axis deeper and deeper into the Collin Corner of Sicily. Observers described the Allied position As a a one of great cheerfulness a and it was in the sicilian town of Mezzoiuso c pm. Salvatore i Marco f lips found  Home and family pretty much As he left them 15 years ago when he departed for  Josephine embraces him As mama and papa i Marco look on ice picture on Page 2. A photo by army pictorial service Force heavily pounded the rail a s soviet troops smashed into the generally conceded to n la Road installations at san Lorenzo City a suburbs from the North could not hold out my i 8 the first wave reaching the. Target with red armies pounding at the the exceptionally difficult or shortly after Hoo hours. Mitchells City s approaches along a co mile rain Wius Bivins Hie a a and marauders blasted the Littorio arc. There seemed to be Little pos trouble than the enemy is ful>1h Yards at almost the same Tim ability that the packed German i so p-38 lightning fighters escorted visions could withstand the Multi  1 let of it it 1011 to coh the heavy b-i7�?T., the me hurtling assault that Lias chum b-25 and b-26 bombers. Swept inure than 75 Miles across the first raid on the italian ll1 0 i la is of Southern Russia Dur capital and Home of the Vatican King tie last week took place on july of when a Force i the Center of the Ukraine so a Quot a a a it apus re Mere of 500 bombers dropped Over 1,100 Coal and steel production and Hub d been a a a quickening move tons of bombs on these same rails. Niibu i. Ment the Oast Tew inv a it it harass the advancing troops As the frontline was Ali tiled Down to under to Milfs. Commenting on reports that the evacuation of Sicily was in full swing officials explained there Way Yards. News of this attack created a juror of both acclaim by the allies and condemnation on the part of Axis sources which of the Railroad network that serves i t in Pas few Days of Small a great part of the soviet Union Droving Over the Straits to Kharkov a immense strategic value has been evidenced by the severe struggles both sides have made for mule pack bring up trains rations by sgt. Jack Foisie stars and stripes staff writer a a a to a troops in the Lamina of these men enabling them to accomplish their Al Central Sicily a pack train of 12 sicilian mules started into the darkening mountains beyond Cerami one night this week in an attempt to reach the second battalion which had been without rations for 48 hours. Fifteen american mule skinners most of whom had never seen a mule until a few Days ago went with them. Eight mules and 13 men got through. The second battalion with the exception of company a was resupplied for 24 hours they could go on fighting. I he Jenny had gone Over terrain where the jeep could not venture. Amid the vastness of the sicilian hinterland lighted Only by the erupting explosions of night Battle the Yankee suppl men had located their battalion command jux St and had delivered the goods. These were the same men who were continually getting lost in the blacked out cities of Algiers and Oran a month ago. These fifteen mule skinners Wero loudly tried to Brand the raiders the City. Since the War started in la a a Ltd j noting men such As As Savage barbarians. Such Axis june 1941, the City has changed h e a v y equipment denunciations were made in spite hands three times and this week \ 1 evacuated Iii Small of the enemy a record of frequent it looked As if the fourth Transfer jut4l� violations of both the churches of control is imminent. The italian Mainland. The enemy is believed to be sending out Only non essential personnel and highly trained fighting men such As ideology and property. Axis propaganda finally became so exaggerated that it brought Forth a rebuke from Pope Pius Xii. As on the previous Rome raid. Kharkov first fell to the germans in september 1941, when tile wehrmacht launched the initial drive of the Campaign. For two years the germans held the the american airmen who were to i City until the surprising russians participate in the operation were a after liquidating tile 6th army at continued on Page 8 i continued on Page 8 most superhuman task. The mules obtained on a rental basis from the sicilian Farmers were not so imbued with the necessity for reaching the second battalion. They bucked and reared and threw their loads and were accordingly caressed cursed or kicked by their Amateur handlers. The chief Packer was Cpl. Robert j. Kees a Farmer from Reding Ohio. An old hand with the Missouri species of Critter even he had trouble with the sicilian variety. The jeeps and the Jennies rendezvoused behind the Hill beyond continued on Page 2 Tommy Manville tries Riga. That was nine months ago when people were still fumbling for the Ball in the changeover from peace to War. What is America like now and a a _ _ m How does it fool to be Back in the again for 7th Limo states from overseas . Was never like this West la Guerre by to sgt. John m. Willig stars and stripes staff writer new York aug. 13�?it Wras on their whips and British mommies the Early morning of a Bleak autumn Day that i last saw America As i stood on the rail of a troop ship snaking out of new York Harbor and headed Southwest to of in their shorts you Tii Ink its too quiet. Later i Laid the ghost of Africa once and for All on the Corner of. A a a Broadway and 44th where i had Lorn intent the fall of the town a gone to we atch the crowds after Deve a a mint which would Lead to join sea raiders the. Main body of american troops on the Northern coast swept Forward eight Miles to join the sea raiders who had beaten Back Ull attacks on their Bridgehead. The 7th army captured Naso South of Cape Orlando and pushed on to take the town of brio on the coast about five Miles East of the Cai. Isolated pockets of resistance in the Cape area were being cleaned out. In the Central sector bitter opposition was still met in the Battle for Randazzo last enemy Inland Strong Point but the americans were moving in on the town from the North. Flanking movements Are better suited to the terrain than frontal attacks. Other 7h army units advancing from Cesaro were within four Miles West of Randazzo while 8th army men were pounding at the Gates of Maletto five Miles Southwest. The three pronged assault made new York Tommy Manville the Asbestos heir who has so Many. We we. Sex wives that a has trouble keep Cooks for it is their Job to feed a them straight has announced tile men whether it be a hot meal i that he is prepared to take his in bivouac or a a a rations in the seventh trip to the altar next checking in at a hotel. Day dreaming i was almost startled out of my wits to hear a voice saying Quot Shine Soldier a Good one or you done to pay for  there was an italian kid next to me Writh a shoe.  Aii Liviu Iii Al no me Wuu a Snoe Larned Back just ten Days to. 8hine Box Slung Over his Shoul it was funny that ride in from Jer amp the Airport in a taxi. Almost All a he Way i pushed my nose against. A a a a Quot a we a vow. I Xue important town of Rte arc. In 7 Tho cab window like you used to new passers by stared at to but land from rip Oslo was cym bling j see kids do in family Jalo pies out did t care. The kid grinned beneath the 8th army attack. For a sunday afternoon drive in rugged and walked off while i Allied naval units were softening. The summer soaking up Street was thinking a a it can happen up both coastal roads to pave Tho Allez Allez the collapse of the Axis position in the Center and restrict enemy movements to both coastal roads. British Advance the British position East of Mac. Etna showed an Advance of four Miles As the mommies closed in on riposte 35 Miles from Messina. I shouted. A j the important town of Giarro. In Slit trenches. They were led by it. John r. Simons of West los Angeles the battalion Supply officer. These same men had searched the Mountain blackness All the night before without locating the Bat monday or tuesday. Number seven on the 49-year-old playboys nuptial Parade is 19-year-old sunny Ainsworth like five of her six predecessors a blonde chorus girl. Miss Ainsworth differs from imaging me patu1 Uii icis hum Talion tonight they knew they a ? have gone before in. A. J mat she Bac a a ulu j _ must not fail. Perhaps it Wras the knowledge that failure meant capture or death for their hunger weakened comrades somewhere out there on the Battlefield which sharpened the senses and steeled that she has had one third the marital experience of Manville. She was married at 14 and again has a four year old child. None of Manville a other wives had been married previously. For a sunday afternoon drive in the summer soaking up Street was thinking a a it can happen scenes and Reading half out loud re. But to reassure myself still the warding on the store and moire that i was actually Home i walked Over to a cabbie. Quot just got Back from Africa a i the warding on the store and building signs spelled out in Good old american. It we As exciting being Home but there was something else too a kind of a lost unreal feeling As though you did no to belong Here any More. It hits you Quick. You think where Are All the jeeps and trucks began Quot yeah a the Driver glanced at me a a How a everything Over there a he didst wait for an answer. A a got a Nephew myself somewhere in Africa except i Haven to heard and command cars motorcycles j from him in a couple of months and frenchmen on bicycles and wine wagons with arabs cracking the boys Are doing pretty Good continued on Page 2j softening up both coastal roads to pave the Way for further Progress. In the Northeast the . Navy bombarded roads and railway and Highway Bridges East of captured Brolo from Paino to Marina i Patti and along the Eastern artery British vessels shelled the area North of riposte and the Road from Taormina to Cape All some 15 Miles below Messina. The fighting during what l probably the last full week of the continued on Page 8j,