Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                V a a to Algiers daily vol. I no j3, thursday August 26, 1943 daily newspaper for . Armed forces in Algiers area one franc Berlin fires still raging London says Raf hurls 1,700 tons in heaviest raid on capital London. Aug. 25�?More than 1,700 tons of explosive and incendiary bombs sent showering own on Berlin monday night have left the German capital a red chaos of fire and smoke that is visible for Miles official sources revealed Here today. In>0 minutes hundreds of British and Canadian four motored bombers sent a greater weight of bombs smashing into the great Industrial City than the germans Ever dropped in any eight hour night attack on London an Raf reconnaissance Pilot  flew Over b rim yesterday found huge tires still burning. He reported that a great pall of  Washington and London Jap Admiral Koga reported killed i chunking a Admiral mme Chi Kota successor of the late Admiral Iso Yamamoto commander in chief of Hie japanese Fleet was killed last month in an Allied bombing in the Southwest Pacific. I according to the chinese Central news Agency l Ite Agency said that Koga died aboard the flagship in file new Ireland new Britain area. North of new Guinea. Rome policy is adopted open City moves said completed allies determined to end War quickly for says London. Pit i in b Ido gov i Ament aug 25 a m a is h a i to has asked the swis and the holy Bee to towers tour Miles Over the stricken City. Die reconnaissance Iller who was Over the City at 8 30 in the morning related that no trains were entering or leaving tile City although normally at this hour workers should have been arriving in great numbers Willersdorf and Charlottenburg in the West were Zurich. Aug. 25�?nearly 18.000 people were drowned when the Ella Tunnel received a direct hit during one of the recent heavy raids on Hamburg it has been Learned Here carnage considerably he declared. As lie passed Over Osnabrock on the Way to Berlin the Pilot could see the colossal pillar of smoke Over the City then 200 Miles away. The Eastern and Central parts of the capital were particularly obscured by smoke the airman said. It was officially stated Here that contrary to an announcement by tile German radio no american planes took part in the big raid Crews of tile bombers which made tile historic attack on Europe s Foremost Industrial Center stated on their return to Britain that the German plan of defense appeared to favor Nigist fighters Over anti aircraft barrages. The scheme apparently was to engage the raft bombers All the Way along the route and then turn scores of fighters on them right Over the target in a concerted Effort. To break up the attack. The cloudiness of the night and escorting intruder fighters helped to protect the great Force of bombers but the air ministry has re kit red that 58 of the big planes and one fighter failed to return. Ground gunners had evidently been ordered to leave most of the defense of tile City to fighters which swarmed into the fight in great numbers. One Pilot reported seeing 14 in three minutes. It is already known that at least 12 of these enemy interceptors were destroyed by tile invading Armada. Cont on Page 4. Col. 5 that i to in has adopted measures to make Rome an of a City. Swiss  said Veste iday. Among these measures according to the report. Were i a Tensive installations of the City have been put out of action and lie of Dei has be in Given to antiaircraft batteries not to up ii fire. And to lighters not to operate Over Rome the Transfer of italian and German commands As Well As of troops is under Way so that Only he Gar is a charged with maintenance of Public order will be left in the i v the rail Vagt Center of rom will no longer be used for i Italy transport or for entraining and do Ira Ning of troops. It thus will be a simple Transfer line. Preparations Are being made for Hie Transfer of military installations and of munitions factories out of t he City. Barest information of Italy a internal situation reveals Steps Are still being taken to erase traces of the late fascist regime. And member of the it a pan Public May de i ounce fascist party leaders who during the last 20 Vars took advantage of their Pasith on to amass Pees Mal fortunes the italian news Agency reputed yesterday. Cont on Page 4. Col. I ., British pledge Given soviet Union Quebe c. Aug 25 principles for the adm Wistra Ion fit euro Pean territories freed from the enemy received my h consideration at the conference Between president Roosevelt and prime min islet Churchill it want announced in i statement la get night after the leaders held a joint  Coil i Ere now. Anglo american Al forts were pledged to secure tin opening old second front in Europe in i943. It was Abo revealed in a message of congratulations sent by tile conference to the red army and a its great Leader Stalin and to the entire russian people on Hen historic Victory at Kharkov the message said Quot we pledge redoubled Al torts to secure the opening of a second front so that the immense resources of Britain and her allies can strike a decisive blow at the already weakened enemy apr Brin Victory and liberation to tortured in rot in and Complete the destruction of fascism before the end of 1943 a since political discussions Are still going on with exiled govern melds the Churchill Roosevelt statement on the subject refrained from mentioning decisions reached on that score. The system adopted in Sicily and Italy s former african no Welles comment on resignation Washington. Aug 25 a the state department last night refused to confirm or deny press reports that assistant Secretary of state Sumner Welles had resigned. At bar Harbor. Me where be has gone for a few Days rest. Welles said he had Quot absolutely no  the Washington evening Star previously had said Welles had tendered his resignation and added hint tills will be acted Uxa a after president Roosevelt returns i rom Quebec. Canadian body assured action will come soon Naaf raids ships rails invaders crack Cruiser in two Allied Force Headquarters. Aug 25 the Allied air offensive against weakened Italy slackened yesterday As the Naaf confined itself to tile use of ii lit or bom Bens in trass lug raids against railways and shipping. Neither heavy nor medium bombers took to the air during the Day. But Raf and Roaf wellingtons Tern Allied out another of their Pun Muti fascist Leader shot London. Aug. 25 former fas schist Secretary general Ettore Muti was shot and killed by police Quot while attempting to escape Quot aug. 23. It was announced by the italian news Agency. He had been arrested the Agency said following discovery of serious abuses in the administration of a state controlled organization. Muti was one of Italy a leading air aces and was Secretary of the party from october 1939, to october. 1940. In 1941. He was reported to favor a separate peace. Lories could not be applied to Ishing night raids wit ii a visit to Friendly countries it said the the steel works and Railroad Yards statement added that a distinct at tone Annunziata on the Gull lion must be made Between Conn of Naples tries which have a legitimate and american a-36 invaders ranged recognized government and those More than 120 Miles North of the is nuts of Messina to launch a two Lon nation attack on the Road and rail junctions at Capri in the West i coast Gulf of Policastro. Another wave of a-36�?Ts roared Inland to Send their bombs hurtling Down on Cist Rovillard a key communications Center in the Middle of the instep of tile italian foot. More i Iglauer bombers raided the rail town of Bihari on the East coast. American invaders which have become one of the Best All round air weapons the allies have put info use in this theater rounded out a Busy Day with a daring attack on an enemy Cruiser Oil the coast of Italy. The speedy div bombing a-36�?Ts smashed the warship with two 500-Pound bombs which blew off its Stern and left if burning. This was the first time a Large enemy naval vessel was badly hit by the deadly invaders which Sank Many Small Craft during the Battle for Sicily. In other attacks on enemy snipping an Raf Beau fighter made is Cannon attack on a Schooner which blew up and Sank Aff the italian coast in the Rome Region the same plane set a Barge on lire cont on Page 4. Col. 4> which have not. As the conference ended and the chiefs of staff and Oiler invited cont. On Page 4. Col. I Fri cracks spy group Owca Secretary four others taken love is a wonderful thing this soldiers girl discovers Washington aug. 25 miss Bernice Lynch 21-year-old Washington stenographer and her Fiance. Cpl. Brnard f. Trainor somewhere in Brazil will be married by phone if the War department the coordinator of inter american affairs american red Cross. Pan american airways and Western Union have anything to Sny about it. Miss Lynch with a Clergyman at her Side tried for three Davs to get Trainor on the phone but censorship made it impossible to give the out orator at Natal. Brazil enough information to locale him. While acting Secretary of War Robert a. Lovett and Nelson Rockefeller inter american coordinator promised miss Lynch a triple a phone priority a the next thing to a War message tile other agencies will attempt to get Trainor to a Telephone. Meanwhile the Soldier has been wailing for a throne Call for three Days. And it was his idea in tile first plat Washington. Aug. 25�?the arrest of four women and a surgeon by tile fat has been credited Wilh smashing a Detroit spy ring which gave Germany information about the Ford motor company the Pullman Plant in Chicago and the Western electric plants in Ohio. The quintet is subject to the death sentence if convicted. Key figure in the arrests is miss Grace Buchanan Dineen Canadian born 34-year-old descendant of French nobility who cooperated with the Fri in rounding up the spy ring but nevertheless is being held. Others Luiu led in by the of big san to espionage net Are mrs. Theresa Behrens 44. German hungarian Secretary of Hie y we a a International Center at Detroit or. Fred William Thomas 44-year-old Detroit surgeon and two unnamed alien women. F by director j. Edgar Hoover revealed Here that Hie spy ring had been trailed since 1939. He stated that miss Buchanan Dineen was recruited into the German spy service in Budaj Iest in 1941 by Sari Delia Jek. Vassar graduate who lectured widely in the United slates on hungarian folklore. Miss Buchanan Dineen after getting spy training from the germans came to the . Just before Pearl Harbor according to Hoover. Later she became convinced that she could not carry out nazi in is auctions and decided to cooperate with Hie Fri from that Lime on All Lier information was cleared through the Fri and the . Intelligence services Ottawa. Aug. 25 the secret decisions readied at the Quebec conference will be transmitted to Germany Italy and Japan in the Quot Only language their twisted minds seem capable of understanding Quot president Franklin d. Roosevelt assured the Canadian parliament in a 15-minute speech that was broadcast throughout tile world. Canada w As in a festive nun id today. It was the first time in history that an american president had visited the Dominion to address members of the Canadian parliament. President Roosevelt was introduced by prune Munster Mackenzie King although the president did not reveal Many details of the Puetx a conference his speech had a ring of Confidence that was More revealing than what he said or. Roosevelt stressed Hie fact that All decisions had been reached in Complete Harmony and with a Hie determination to finish the War in tile shortest possible  in his Brief address the president made no reference to Russia. Except to say that our enemies Are still trying to Divide and conquer. A but we shall remain Allied As cheerfully As we refuse to be conquered a lie declared. The text of the speech follows prime minister members of the parliament of Canada and All of you my Good friends and neighbors of the Dominion. It was exactly five years ago last wednesday that i came to Canada to receive Hie High Honor of a degree a Queens University. On that occasion one year before the invasion of Poland and Tiree years before Pearl Harbor i said we americans Are no longer a far away continent to which eddies of controversies beyond uie sea could bring no interest and no harm instead we in the americas have become a consideration to every propaganda office and general staff beyond the seas the Large amount of our resources vigor of our Commerce and strength of our men have made us a vital Force in world peace whether we chose it or not. We did not choose this War and tilt Quot we Quot includes each and everyone of the United nations. War was violently forced upon us by criminal aggressors who measure their standards of morality by the extent of death and destruction that they can inflict upon their neighbors. In this War canadians and americans fought shoulder to shoulder As our men. Our women and our children have w worked together and cont on Page 4, col. 2 Beau fighter Pilot has some difficulty with a Schooner Allied Force Headquarters aug 25�?back Safe in Ortli Africa today after at least three close brushes with death were flying officer j. S. Hayden of town Sill Plymouth and sgt. A. R. Cottle of Harrow Middlesex the Pilot and navigator of an Raf Beau fighter which attacked an enemy Schooner off the East coast of Italy near Rome yesterday. In pressing Home a Cannon attack on the enemy vessel Hayden dived so Low that his a a fighter flit one of the ships masks which broke up and crashed on Hie deck immediately after the Schooner blew up and Sank. Contact with the vessels Mast had damaged the Raf planets starboard engine and undercarriage. So the Pilot turned for Home. During its limping return journey the aircraft was jumped by two fw-109�?Ts which opened up fire but broke off the attack without doing any damage. Soon afterwards however the Beau fighter conked out completely and Hayden and Cottle scrambled off it and onto their Din a just As the plane Sank beneath Hie Waves. A american destroyer which had seen tile British fighter in trouble sent out a boat to pick up the two airmen. Right now they Are resting up. Thankful to have been spared to fight another Day