Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Algiers pail vol. I no. 104, tuesday september 7, 1943 u. S. Army daily newspaper for troops in Algiers area one franc Stalin afire Axis fighters crazy Unity after As russian prop can sop b 17 War urged Allied Force Headquarters sept. 6�?seven enemy planes and a crazy red hot propeller that was hacking chunks out of the number three engine Cowling  Stop a crippled b-17 from coming Home from a raid Over Italy. By All the rules the flying fortress should have been easy for the Axis fighters. Out of formation steadily losing Altitude and limited to 160 mils an hour by the berserk propeller the ship. The smooth running machines piloted by 2nd it. Richard e be set up by Britain and America to it of  a a a a Dis Vise closes new soviet drive continues push to Krasn Grad t bulletin the soviet comm unique last i a a or top Quot an Quot a in it port a n Vail a Ste in Quot with Ite j re. In Junction 130 Miles South of Bry by Churchill War brings nations closer together statesman says Cambridge mass., sept 6 8th army to East in smashes Calabria forts bomb Viterbo Naaf assaults cripple enemy strength in air . Great Allied Force Headquarters set. 6�?Large forces of Blond came in Wiki us Crew in gum or my  heavy and medium bombers harmed. But first its gunners a carded when the War w Over prime Naf he u counted for three enemy planes. Minister Winston Churchill said or italian air Jirlds one of the hot prop did Fly off anyway today. Addressing an audience at you h Hes North but by some Miracle instead of Harvard University following a a y a is o ,1, Rock put . Cd a a a a  do Lor Quot a a tip out it up harmlessly around the Lister devoted most of his attention i a pen my s air by Remelli ship Corkscrew fashion and fell to to the cd it rattle spirit developed Quot pm k. A a closing on burning Stahno to j Day. Soviet columns. Moscow reported were Only 14 Miles Southeast and 16 Miles Northeast of the stronghold in the donets Basin. The germans were said to have set the City at ame preparatory to retreating Belore the red army forces approaching the City from three sides. About 160 Miles North a powerful new russian offensive drive was developing Southwest of Kharkov where German defences have held steadfastly since the soviets captured the steel Center last the ground. Australians land at lae by the two English speaking a�1 lines of reinforcement or in during re int Veals Advance of our land forces. Unis a ring ret no yes # sorted flying fortresses performed the Day in Dav out working to rhe Mirson Gether of British and americans in j or Heaters of War Are Bruins the three hangars and Many san Stefano Falls As allies Advance along Reggio Road Allied Force Headquar-ter8, 8ept. 8�?britlsh Ana Canadian troops continued their Inland Advance yesterday along the 41-mile beachhead Esab is bed by the 8th army on the calabrian Peninsula in the Northern salient a spearhead Force drove ten Miles along the Reggio Road running East to capture the town of san Telano. The thrust rained the Al ies a third of the Way atreus the Peninsulas Width. Opposition Al along the front i was confined to delaying Alai rearguard action. The rugged  i Craft on the ground at Vale Rob mountainous country is a it la suit two nations closer together than nut �?T11 ult lever before la. Prime minister a a damaged and Mukh of i declared. He pointed to Anglo american cooperation in Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower a head quart Pacific crafts a my Del or britons and americans to follow. Or. Churchill said that he was Douglas Macarthur. A a not qualified to judge whether a  invasion common citizenship Between Amer a la i de South captured the steel Center  a dec a month. Russian unite which swept  a. Arthur. Into Mere a about 15 Miles South West of Kharkov several Days ago. Lae the Jap base in i Lea and Britain would become a have continued their Advance Ann i Northeast new Guinea shortly question for party dispute in the now Are threatening the important Railroad Junction of Krasn Grad. 55 Miles Southwest of Kharkov. A soviet breakthrough in this sector would put the finishing touches on tile encirclement of German troops in the entire donets Basin. In the Northern Ukraine russian tanks Clearing a path too Miles wide to the Dnieper for the advancing infantry yesterday severed the last nazi held Railroad joining Bryansk and Kiev by capturing Khutor Mikhailovsky Halfway Between Bryansk and Kono top. The russians according to front line observers Are Only 130 Miles from Kiev and continuing to Progress rapid y toward the Dnieper the last great natural Barrier on which the nazis can depend. With the railway from Kiev Cut by the russians Bryansk appeared to have Little Chance to hold out against the soviets if they move up from the South to join the forces laying siege to the City on the North and East. The Only Supply routes left to the defenders or the Central front base Are lines to Gomel. 150 Miles West and Smolensk. About the same distance Northwest. Alter Dawn saturday morning. Swarming ashore on the coast of Huon Gulf the aussies met no opposition quickly Foi med a Bridgehead and Are now preparing a direct tank attack on the enemy stronghold which is 20 Miles above a la Maua. The attack took the japs completely by Surprise. Jap dive bombers did not attack the rapidly expanding Bridgehead until six hours after the initial landings. The invasion has Cut japanese communication lines Between lae and fins Haven the next big base 60 Miles up the coast. It also exposes Salamata to double danger. For some time u. S. And Canadian forces have been pressing against Salamata i rom the South. Covering the lae landings a lied warships shelled Jap coastal gun positions and the biggest air blow at lae yet struck loosed too tens of bombs on the base. The United states. A a it will not be in great Britain a he added. Speaking briefly of plans for future world Security the prime i minister called for a world institution to preserve peace. A a the Strong victorious nations must work together a he said. Twin Reich cities struck fortresses bomb vital Mannheim London sept. 6 a the twin cities of Mannheim and Ludwig so men. Great Industrial centers allies also downed 21 Jap aircraft a Southwest Germany were at the Cost of two planes above heavily pounded by american Fly Lac. Slovaks refuse German service Ixo Ndon sept. 6�?some 15,000 so Ovak troops Are reported to have revolted when ordered into German uniforms to join hitlers anti aircraft batteries. The revolt which occurred at frag a in Central Slovakia was put Down Only after a pitched Battle with troops dispatched by Gen. Kadi of the guiding commander in chief the report said. Attlee names bars to India self Rule London. Sept. 6�?the inability of communities to Settle their own differences is the greatest obstacle to full self government within the British Commonwealth and Empire c. R. Attlee Deputy prime minister and Secretary of state for Dominion affairs said in a speech Here last night. India was named by Attlee As an outstanding example of Mutual distrust among its different communities Ceylon and mandated Palestine were also mentioned. Home news in Brief Washington army tank production it As been Cut 40 percent in the last seven months the War Dep Artmer. Disclosed because Russia cancelled orders to procure other More urgently needed weapons and the British cancelled theirs probably due to an Over estimate of i equipments. Washington prime minister Winston Churchill and the russian War Relief have jointly bought the first Bond in the third War loan drive for 15 billion dollars. The Bond was sold at the White House by Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau jr., and mrs. Churchill will auction off the too Dollar Bond in London for several thousand pounds a with proceeds going to russian Relief the prime minister announced. San Francisco a two Republican opponents have conceded Clair Engles election in last week s special balloting in the second Congress Ion a1 District thus giving California dem Ciais a 13 a Gill majority in the House of representatives. My fortresses last night. Mannheim one of Germany a largest Inland ports on the Rhine received it 59t,h raid of the War As the Daimler Benz works and other factories were subjected to the b-17 attack. Mannheim houses vital factories for making parts and engines for air planes tanks and a boats. The Herman chemical works stretching along a three mile River front were the principal target in Ludwigshafen. Usa of marauders escorting the ports shot Down two planes while the fortresses accounted for at least seven. Thirty four of our bombers were lost. A earlier yesterday the great marshalling Yards at Ghent in Belgium were blasted by Usa of marauders while Raf Bostons attacked the airfields at woes i rec lit in Holland. Thirteen enemy fighter planes were downed and two Allied planes Are missing. Field was reported unusable As a result of fragmentation and High explosive bombs droid from the forts. The bombers destroyed thief of a Small formation of enemy lighters which tried to intercept. Farther Down the Peninsula Saaf b-26 marauders and b-25 Mitchells with Long Range p-3h lightning escort attacked two Landing Fields in the Graz Anise area about 15 Miles North of Naples and another Field Al my Turno 40 Miles North of the great italian port. Thousands of fragmentation bombs and tons of High explosives were dropped on the runways and disposal areas at Graz Anise. Resuming Crew members reported the target area Well covered with bombs which caused three Large explosions and loft enemy aircraft burning on the ground. In other air actions Over Italy. Bostons Mitchells and wellingtons bobbed and machine gunned the Battipaglia railway Yards 40 Miles South of Naples troop concentrations and motor transports in the toe of Italy and the railway Yards at Villa Laterno an important Junction where traffic moving South Over the coastal Road and railway from Rome splits before entering Naples. Rev. Pugh expected in Algiers Friday the Rev. Or. William b. Pugh chairman of the general commission on army and Navy chaplains who is now on tour of the War Heaters is expected to arrive Here Friday. Or. Pugh i i Confer for several Days with chaplains in the Algiers area before going on to other Large cities in this theater. Allied Force Headquarters sept. 6�?a British destroyer in the initial stages of Hie landings on Italy received a semaphore message from a commando in a farmhouse in Calabria. It said a a five of us have 200 disarmed italians in a rail Tunnel. Can you Send a bout a the ships Captain replied �?�1 do not want italians. Why do you want a boat a a a we have been Here Over a week and wish to report a the commando said. The commandos report am bushing and wrecking several italian staff cars a skirmish with 50 German and too italian paratroopers who had been sent to wipe the commandos out. Cd to that kind of fighting and demolitions Are rapidly approaching the scale used in no them Sicily. Air opposition Mains Light. There was no Materia lateral Advance along the the North and South coastal Highway up to 2000 hours last night an Allied a Jonikes Man said. Tile boundaries is ill remain at Bagnara in the North and me Ito in the South although patrols have probed the defences beyond these Points German tanks were reported to have been a a sighted by advanced Allied elements. This was the first sign that not All Heinie had withdrawn northward. Some 50 Miles above Daghla a the Peninsula becomes a narrow neck of land. It is in this bottleneck that the Axis a make their stand using the town of Catanzaro As a stopper i k tary observers believe. Up to now resistance has bet. Almost totally italian. Italians continued on Page ii share your paper Back in Hie United states a a share your car a campaigns growing out of Gas and tire shortages Are an old Story. Over Here a newsprint shortage impels the stars and stripes to suggest a a a share your paper Campaign. If every Reader will pass his copy along to somebody else the demand on limited newsprint supplies can be held Down. Please pass on the word that a a its smart to share and arrange with your friends to make one copy of stars and stripes do for a number of readers. If nobody is a paper hound everybody can read the news. French soldiers receive High . Decorations in the Long courtyard of the Hospital Maillot in Algiers eight soldiers of the French army yesterday received High awards for gallantry in Tho first formal presentation of american decorations to French enlisted personnel since the first world War. The awards included two distinguished service crosses and six Siver stars All Given for outstanding action during the tunisian Campaign. The ceremony began with the flourish of horns by the senegalese Tirail Leur band which stood guard of Honor together with a detachment of american troops. The soldiers receiving awards All patients in the Hospital where they Are recovering from wounds received in Tunisia came to attention facing the group of French and american officers. Maj. Gen. We s. Hughes Deputy theater com Mander Mode the awards in the name of Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower the French army was represented by Gen. Paul de Winck. Pierre Voison chief adjutant of a Tirail Leur regiment received the distinguished service Cross for his action Quot under devastating fire from enemy tanks artillery Anil dive  the second dec was Given to Andre Galvez a Cannonier second class for a a extra Ordinary  members of the Lnch colonial army the French regulars and the foreign legion who received Silver stars were Ahmed Ben Abdallah a Rifleman Mohammed Kazemi Rifleman second class Johannes Kiy Smitt Legionnaire second class Marcel Trova Rifleman first class Cpl Georges Gomy and set Francois Angeow