Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                It vol. I no. 99, monday August 30, 1943 daily newspaper for . Armed forces in Algiers area one franc Boris death details Are still myster bulgar King said shot after recent meet with Hitler London. Aug. 29 Bulgaria was m poll Leal turmoil today after the sudden death yesterday of Kiiu b i is. The nation s Sovereign Omeo 1918. While Axis Agen Bulkan Monarch Lark s lost pants pressed returned Clos claimed to cd Aloe a Quot of of heart Dis Neutral sour a i had been re Ahi Secour that Bons or. In the his in re flit the she sea t Mac into in i in pcs wi1 Man k tie Semi 5 v Indianapolis a the much pub Ici aed pan s lost by la. Gen Mark Clark when the rubber boat overturned during his secret pre invasion Mission to North Africa were washed ashore and have been sent to Algiers. Mrs. Clark said they not Only were found but they were also cleaned and pressed. A it. Severe illness Quot reports from said bluntly that assassinated the cd a went on to a d been shot three stomach h As he got car at the Sofia station the week the King had inned from a meeting m r add i Hiller in gel Bulit Aruin National swirl h has been a Mere rubber stamp parliament for a King cwt More ire lined toward i tutorship. Is expected to meet so n to elect three regents who will govern Hie country until Bons six year old son. King Simeon it. Reaches his majority. The army took an oath of allegiance to the boy King today. In lie meant line. The government of Premier Braeman Filo ruled tile country. Judging from Balkan standards. Bons had to be considered one of the Cleverest politicians and diplomats in turbulent Southeastern Europe. He ruled a country which was economically tied to Germany but whose people were ardently pro russian. Bulgaria was the a most Defeated Quot of Germany a allies of the last War. Having lost territory to Rumania Greece and Yugoslavia. Fairly in 1941 Hitler held before Bolis the dazzling Prospect of restoring those territories to Bulgaria tile Price Boris was to pay was to allow the German armies to be Bulgaria As a springboard for an attack on Greece and Yugoslavia. After Hitler s successful Balkan Campaign of the Spring of 1941. Bulgaria got the rumanian Section of the Dobr Ujda the yugoslav part of Macedonia and the Greece Region of Thrace. The one thing Boris was never Able to do for his adv Germany was to bring ids country into War against Russia. He knew that the deeply pan slav bulgarians would not stand for that. As time went on Hitler took an Ever stronger hand in bul cont inned on Page 4 nazis seize All Denmark danish warship Unis scuttled Stockholm aug. 23 a the dam la government has rejected the German to Tima Tum presented by the German minister Werner Host and resigned. Felt Ord my t it swedish press reports today marked Law has been declared throughout Denmark the. Result of the ultimatum would p Ace Denmark completely under German control. A general strike is said to have broken out and there Are rumours that the germans a arrested Denmark a King Christian danish naval vessels scuttled Heinse ves in Copenhagen Harbor and six other warships escaped to swedish ports carrying civilians it was reported. The danish Navy consists largely of destroyers submarines and coastal defense torpedo boats. Three Large German troop transports disembarked German incan try and tanks at Copenhagen yesterday morning reports the Sven ska Dag bladet of Stockholm other newspapers report Strong German forces including tanks Are now patrolling Copenhagen s streets. Direct communications Between Denmark and Sweden Are still broken and direct confirmation of a1 reports Are not yet obtainable a radio announcement by the German commander however confirmed the fact that disturbances had taken place. The commander said that the danish government is no longer capable of maintaining order. Quot the  it added. A a Are caused by enemy agents and Are directed against the German army. In consequence. I declare martial Law for the who e of Denmark Iii a broadcast on bbl s Nome service today a danish speaker gave some of the background which has led to the outbreak of resistance to the germans in Denmark while the country outwardly had been passive since the germ ins marched in three years ago. Continued on Page 4 Hope Langford Given warm Welcome Here tile Bob hop1 program Star ring Bob Hope. Frances Langford. Jack Pepper and Tony Romano is on tile return trip to America. But British. French and american soldiers from Algiers to Bizerte. Tunis and Sicily will Long re Mem in a the moments of gaiety and laughter these talented performers brought to this theater. In Algiers the Hope troupe appeared at the municipal stadium before Row upon Row of Khaki Clad doughboy and Doug girls representing the forces of the Allied nations. Their visit to the lighting front in Sicily was a memorable one to the entertainers. During their three Day stay. They put on seven shows and Nlay \1 before 10.000 men each show Quot the biggest audiences and the biggest Wallop of my  Hope said of this experience and it was obvious he Wasny to kidding. The farther Forward you go. Hoj get added. The More appreciative audiences become. Hope and his troupe performed closer to scenes of actual combat than most of his contemporaries. A North african town he was appearing in was bombed several times and in Sicily he witnessed one Brigt a bout with Axis planes. We Hope scared the first time the Jerries dropped their calling cards in his Vicinity Quot Well no too  he said. Quot luckily i was in the of in and jumped into a ditch. As you can see he loves to pull up his trousers leg and show the wound i Cut my  Quot did he show Speed getting in that ditch Quot add a miss Langford. Quot he beat me into it by fully two  before Bob departed on the trip Home he Short waved a message Home to the mothers and fathers of the boys lighting Over Here and said Quot you Don t have to worry about your boys Over Here. They re doing a great Job. You folks keep sending them the ammunition and guns. They know what to  aim new efforts at Bryansk estimated 50 nazi divisions unable to steady lines London. A 29 a ii s i a n or Recs were driving Westward in a Lapid Hanking movement on Bryansk after capturing  saturday the latest soviet army communique announced. Red army unit wig a nearing toe Kiev Bryansk railway outside of Sevsek and t i Calcino to sever this main Coni nut meat Ion rout act Ween Gentian  s m the Ukraine and the Central Iron inc a per a Ive was Ai sum it  the weekend Oil a Derat flus d Over i a i w r i n la y a 11 a represents an Mi-143111 for the Kus a Recd the or based on the to it the w Firma Elit is reported Tierce count rat leks Iii this and German losses have severe. The defense 01 it a is imperative to forestall or Iii soviet thrust at Smo Britain lays Spain policy Hoare registers London complaint embassy revues Stalingrad movie was Migton an official audience of United states officials Ami United nations representatives saw the premiere of the film Quot the City that stopped Hitler heroic Sta Ingrad Quot presented by the soviet embassy recorded by 24 russian army cameramen of whom eight were killed the thin was shown by Andrei a Gromyko newly appointed soviet ambassador to the United states lying hah w a and Sunn. Sesic Portal to tactical mans. Since they Man defense line chit s. Waging sector been Bryan a pow Lunsk. West of Kharkov. Russian forces w hich had bypassed Kopelva to capture Zenkova last week moved into i he former Center and increased Hie pro is me on poltava about 3d Miles Southeast of Kopelva. The russian spearhead has thrust deeper into the Rich Ukraine and has now passed nearly too mile beyond Kharkov. Soviet units Are Messing southward to Cut off t a Kiev poltava railway line which extends East to the donets Basin. This railway i Ovines the last Supply route to the German divisions defending Stalin arabist the russian columns moving Southwest from Oroshi Novgrad and South from Izvuk. The Battle raging in the Ukraine was reported by observers to be one of the greatest of the entire soviet German War. An estimate i Quot id German envisions or 650.000 men has been unable to draw a stab1 defense line in the vast parallelogram formed by Kharkov Kiev the Dnieper River. Rostov. Dnepr pet  and a rash i v Rad Allied talks to continue Churchill expected to visit Roosevelt Washington. Auk. -9 Primo minister Kinston Churchill is exp cited Here this week to a continue 1m> discussions with president Roosevelt. The British Leader will broadcast to the British Empire and to the world tuesday afternoon from Quebec and probably will leave for the United states tile next Day. Complete plans for a final offensive against Germany will be taken to Britain by the prime minister a Reuters correspondent said in a Washington dispatch. It military plans were re Rawn up by the Chiel executives and their chiefs of staff it Quebec the forthcoming meetings Here May be devoted largely to formulating an to american policies on the important political questions facing the allies. Plans for the Quebec meeting were initiated immediately after the fall of Mussolini it was disclosed yesterday. The end of fascism was considered by Roosevelt and Churchill As indicative continued on Page 4 mrs. Roosevelt will visit Australia Sydney. Aug. 29�?mrs. Frank a. Roosevelt arrived in new zealand on her current tour of american bases in the South Pacific area. She will continue on to Australia where government circles Are making preparations to show the american first lady the australian War Effort War charities and to include on her itinerary Many . Army Camps. She is expected to make at least one broadcast to the australian  crack Italy s rail installation bombers break up fighter swarms All across Italy Allied Force head Quad i ers. Aug 29 Sui striking Al i ail was centers in Hie Interior of Italy bombers of the Northwest african air forces yesterday put a Quick bins on the Railroad Yards at term. 75 Miles North of Rome. O-17 fortresses of the Saaf made a concentrated attack there Lor five minutes blasted Many buildings including repair shops As works and the Royal  one of tile four motored bombers waft attacked by fighters hut about to to 40 i in liners were engaged by escorting p-38 i i hit in is. Which shot Down six me 109 s. Enemy fighter resistance continued Strong Iii a desperate attack to head off the bom Bel s Over cancello. Near Naples. 15 enemy fighters went after Saaf b-25 Mitchells Anet three of the lighters were downed. The b-25 s covered the i abroad Yards and also shot no radio installations on vent Otene Island Oft Naples. Over a versa a1.so near Naples about 30 enemy fighters attempted to intercept a Large formation of b-26 marauders escorted by p-38 s but ii of the fighters wore destroyed. The bombers added to the already heavy damage in the Aneisa Railroad Yards. For the first time in weeks. P-40 War Hawks which or pc been roaming Over Sardinia practically at will encountered enemy fighters. About 30 of them jumped the p-40�?Ts near Lumin Maggiore where they were bombing factory buildings. And after a dogfight six me-109 s were shot Down. Tactical Force bombers also gave the toe of Italy a concentrated blasting the attack being stepped up Over the previous Day. On the night of aug. 27-28. Raf Bostons bombed gun positions at san Giovanni directly across the Straits from Messina without encountering enemy fighters. Raf bal i mores and basins attack i amezia railroads and Saaf b-25\s went after Cantanzaro. It was disclosed Over the weekend that 40 enemy planes were shot Down during the Large aug. 25 raid on airfields at Foggia the largest number Ever downed by bombers in the North african theater. Thirty eight were downed by b-17 a and two by escorting lightnings. Lisbon aug. 29 sir Samuel Hoare has left Here to return to London after leaving with Gen. Francisco the British government s complaints concerning Spanish discrimination against the allies it was Learned yesterday. He recently concluded a series of discussions with the Spanish dictator near Madrid. The Hoare Franco  included a discussion of Spanish administration and a Licy not Only in Tangier and Spanish Morocco but also in metropolitan Spain the British ambassador said in an interview on the eve of his departure although some of the complaints have been remedied Hoare Drew Francois attention to cases in which the Spanish executives to icy of equal treatment of belligerents has not been earned out effectively. It was reported that Hoare loft with Franco several memoranda concerning assurances of non intervention in Spain and in Spanish internal affairs and that on the i strength of these assurances the conference ended in Complete i i it j isl  Quot p-38�?Ts steal spotlight in Foggia air show by set. Paul s. Green stars and stripes staff writer it an advanced p-38 air out in the Pacific base. Aug. 26 delayed the Little p-38 stole the spotlight from his big bad bombing Brothers today when flocks of them roared Over Foggia in their first Long distance Low level strafing attack of Aird Romes in this theater. It was the Best air show in Many weeks. Although the results were sgt dec tabular enough the raid was an outstanding example of the magnificent teamwork displayed by cent teamwork displayed by lighter pilots. The world has come to think of coordination in terms of bombing Crews but this attack showed that bombers have no Corner on the teamwork Market they must share the honors with til fighter pilots. A tremendous amount of careful preparation went into the planning for this raid. Low level strafing attacks and hedge hopping have been used rather often after that the flyers held two where there Are plenty of wide Oigt in spaces. But places like Italy Are heavily insulated and planes Are easily visible for the alarm to be Given. Once the enemy is alerted he can easily mow Down planes coming Over Low above the ground. For that reason hedge hopping is a dangerous Way to spend your spare time especially around airfields bristling with ack ack. It was decided the Chance must be taken when bombers Over Foggia found they  get at the Well dispersed aircraft As easily As the speedy Little p-38�?Ts could do the Job by sweeping right Over them. For about a week before the raid everyone was Busy with detailed planning. The procedure was settled and extensive briefing was held and the pilots rehearsed in their parts for Hie big show practice sessions at nearby Field continued on pans