Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Vol. I no. 109, tuesday september 14, 1943 u. S. Army daily newspaper for troops in Algiers area one franc new soviet Varga Ciru obscene first yanks 5th army holds own a met note Quot be in beachhead Battle Nemy ire advances my a w aide drive opens a or at Bryansk Washington. Sept. 13 a quire magazines Varga girls Quot who decorate i Barrack Walls the world Over today faced an inquiry by a Post office Board to determine whether their legs and other embellishments Are Quot of such an obscene lascivious and lewd character As to warrant the Magazine losing its second class mailing privilege. Ten of the 12 poses in the i ii 43 London sept. 13 a soviet forces Varga Calendar were cited try russian Advance threatens to slave on Central front germans put up desperate fight South of Naples by a sgt. George Hakim broke a Lull of three weeks on the postmaster general Frank Walker Star Ana unripe sic writer Bryansk sector yesterday to re As lewd the Fate of the 1844 Cal with the american fifth a Tam heavy attacks on the German endear probably already completed army sept. 9 delayed a the Central front bastion the Success a us eagerly awaited by american lust american troops landed Oil of the attacks was indicated by a troops will be on the Block when the italian Mainland at 0345 this soviet communique last night an the Esquire officials face the Post morning. As wave after wave of bouncing that russian forces had office Board on sept. 28 assault boats hit a wide stretch advanced toward to slave. To slave is 78 Miles Northwest of Bryansk and 75 Miles Southeast of . The russian columns driving at the City api it eared to be 0 it eng a new offensive aim a at a Momiu a while other soviet units a-3 6s strafe a North were hammering at the Eastern fortifications system before the great nazi base. Red army troops which captured Orel More than a month a go have taken the last big railway St a Mon on the City to Bryansk and 12 Miles away from their goal on Nommik the East it was reported from tons of Beach South of Naples they were met by into use fire from German machine guns and 88s firmly entrenched to the rear of the beaches. To to Ioina to inn following news of the unconditional sur i Render but none were caught Flat Allied Force Hifai Juak let but a by the unexpected opined ters. Sept. 13-Allied Bun Bere while in acne gun Battle and fighters from b-17s to spit 011 ill a Beach German fires continued the Day and night bombers which came Over to at tack the tremendous Convoy off Battle in the air Arena Over Naples u r n Convoy  Salerno yesterday shooting Synne acre met by terrific a tire Are now o Down eight enemy aircraft Aud Tom Lugt ships. Ought enemy up enemy Communia during the assault a German v.v��.,. Loud speaker on the Beach be in in u or a_36 invaders of the 12th air sought our men to Quot come up to Sou n Bryansk in me support command again raced at the rear of the Beach for cigarette rattle the russians were Contu tree top level through a Hail of and Tea. Walk up with your hands ctr their drive inward Kiev Dine fac to a a Nev motor in the air. We will keep you Cov Projko mrosk and Melitopol on the convoys. Twenty trucks were de  the invitation was not Aciu it per. M Dale and lower Dnieper stroked and 20 More shot up when a opted. Rath tie a 36s caught one Convoy of As Dawn broke. American troops c t Southwest Bek about 200 vehicles Northwest of pressed Inland under cover of ter main soviet units bore Down on Lagonegro. In four consecutive Rifle naval bombardment. One the junctions of Przluki and Nez cd a y s of such attacks the invaders nazi bivouac area was taken injun important German bases in pave destroyed a total of 376 tact in one instance food still in the Ouer defense system of Kiev. Trucks and damaged several Hun mess kits indicating a Zarud ene on the Southern end of the Roo dred More. My evacuation. As troops moved mile front stretching from by Between 90 and too enemy Forward towards the Foothills Bell risk to the sea of Azov russian fighters in several formations tried Hind the beaches they were met troop a a Ftp Forbing.  it Niew univ Milgi Burmil hippy a a in let i Miff dilation of Mark i is. Steadily along the coast to thrust the the Salerno beachhead two of one Battery of 105s was destroyed. At Melitopol rail Hub on the Only the major efforts were Cut off by four others fled to the Hills. While american lightnings and British attacking forces attempted to be spitfires which shot Down four cure the main Highway running nazi planes. Parallel to the Beach out Emile m heavy and medium n a a f land. German tanks attempted to bombers hit at strategic com Cut across a parched Vineyard and Muni nations Points yesterday and to outflank the american artillery last night Raf wellingtons ahead of the infantry guns smashed the Road Junction at Stop ted one tank approaching an Casalnuovo target of medium Advance artillery Battery and Caus born hers during the Day. De others to turn and run. Allies prepared to push ahead from Taranto maj. Gen. Alfred Maximilian Gruenther chief of staff for la Gen. Mark w Clark is an old hand when it comes to landings. He was a Deputy chief of staff during the first Allied landings in Africa last november. His promotion last june makes him one of the youngest a for generals in the army at 44. Retreat line from the Crimea. Ber Lingaas Duce saved Adolf Hitler has rogue his Quot Good and True Friend Benito Mussolini from an unspecific spot where the sex Duce had been held by the Sadoglio government a communique issued from hitlers Headquarters claimed yesterday. Quot German parachutists men of tile Security service and armed storm troopers today Jie formed a a operation for the liberation of Mussolini who has been imprisoned by a clique of traitors Quot the German 88 fire fails to halt yank tanks by a sgt. Dave Golding stars and stripes staff writer with american forces in i blown out of his tanks Turret communique read. The coup Suc it Italy sept. La it delayed it a in when a Shell went through the Edy declared that the Sadoglio needed. The Duce is at Liberty the face of prepared and fierce i Side of the let into tile tank government would be prepared to tilt handing Over of the Duce to enemy opposition units of the 5th1 and lived to Tell me about his sex join a8ains germans once Al by a sgt. Jac k Woisik stars and stripes staff writer Allied Force Headquarters. Sept. 13�?tile american 5th army is holding its own Quot in Hie bitter grim beachhead Battle along the Gulf of Salerno some 20 Miles South of Naples while tile British 8th army continues its headlong Rush not the from the calabrian pts Muhamm aaa. The third Allied Force Reid sorted no further northward Advance i rom Taranto but has to pied up tile Spike like italian Heel the area below the Taranto Brindisi line and is now free to move in. Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery a forces have pushed another 15 Miles northward in the last 24 hours with then general line now on an East West Axis lining through Croton. A fair sized in Ort on the Western tip of the Gulf of i Taranto. They were meeting very i Light Opi position and were advancing As rapidly As terrain and demolitions would ire Mit. The 8th army however was still More than too Miles from it. Gen. Mark w. Clarkes yanks and mommies engaged in a Quot beachhead struggle far More difficult than any encountered in either North Africa or Sicily a a military spokesman said. The allies have As yet been unable to penetrate deep enough to Knock out All the Strong German positions in the ridges behind Salerno and the beaches Are still under nazi hellfire making the Landing of Allied reinforcements and supplies difficult. British and american tanks however have r Avivm q. A ii. I been landed and Are meeting units a a to j German 16th Panzer Divi Sion in head on conflict. Tile Battle rages along the entire beachhead but is especially fierce to the North and Northeast of the port of Salerno which is in Allied hands. The deadly struggle in the Naples area has been going on for five Days a continuous series of attacks and counterattacks. The most bitter German armoured Waves were Flung against the 5th army on saturday 48 hours after the landings it was revealed Here today. But the yanks and the mommies with their backs to the sea turned Back with anti tank guns continued on Page of pact history details told Lisbon negotiations started last month of the signing of the aupied italian armistice has been officially revealed Here the bbl declared today. Negotiations were said to have begun Early in August when italian diplomats approached British representatives in two Neutral countries. The italians were told that the Only terms were unconditional surrender and no further moves were made until mid August when in extreme secrecy an emissary of marshal Pietro Sadoglio talked with the British ambassadors at Lisbon and Madrid. The emissary a general report Anglo americans As agreed to by army going into action in the tier fences. The Sadoglio government has landings on the shores of the Gulf thus been frustrated Quot the com of Salerno demonstrated rare courage and the ability to strike Munique concluded. Later reports on the Swiss radio Back under Adverse conditions. Said that Mussolini had been. _ brought Back by plane to the ital in Mainland from a med terran i ? Bap torn of _ fire from eau Island. The fascist radio in Jerry 8ss even before reaching the shores made a spectacular recoup a amp tisk be ass r f a or Emmanuel and marshal Sadoglio. And two More 00 stations Loyal to marshal Bado. To were either inaudible to the a Ven a Veteran outfit might monitors or did not broadcast at hav it been rattled by this hot re All. Caption at Daw but by 0700 hours German broadcasts of ted Blunt ibis unit rallied together eight in that marshal Erwin Rommel tanks and rolled on to the Little tire Quot old Fox of the desert is now Railroad whistle Stop of albanello. In control of Italy As far South As destroying three tanks one Pill Bologna. Beme radio announced Box and one ammunition truck that marshal Kesselring commands Enro Ute. The outfit also captured in centrals Italy. Neutral observers two German tanks in Good Condi seem to believe that final author on try for the defense of Italy rests As a result of the Speed with with Kesselring. I which this outfit regrouped its there was Suu some italian re forces plus the action of an Artil Sist auce in the Seething Balkans Lerv unit which moved up ahead the German radio admitted. Fight 1 of the infantry in the Early morning entered around rag Usa and the germans main threat to to port of Kotor in Yugoslavia or beachhead below the where yugoslav patriots joined the Hyer was wiped out by noon. Italians. At Durazzo in Albania the Luckiest Man in the tank lied landings in Italy took place Quot inside the tank Hie flames ran is information Al relayed to the u.s., British and russian around in a Circle twice and the next thing i remembered i was on an outlier fight was going on radio. Company was capt. Martin  Pe-1 be utter enemy fire which British forces Berlin said. Ter son. Of Kansas City who was capitals. In Lisbon further con the Quot deck Bapt Peterson related for aces held according to a a tile first thing i noticed was a a a. A Fth Quot a 01/�?T that my glasses were folded in .11 j a n Adrian earpiece and unbroken. Then i sat. Pro it or of the holding my head wondering when of since 1941, attended. The the ammunition   i. M. K vrw2xfm waa k a Flat no s Orrender be required unhurt the Shell killed two members major Tadj a made in Al Quot Pialo a a Quot und it i Aly. The italians were reportedly others besides killing several sail. A ,.nk j., not ors when it was obvious that the a of Tawa fumes were out of control an demanded i Hon 24 hours the or pushed the blazing next Day italians commune Craft into the sea. Noted with the Headquarters of three enlisted men attempting Dwight d Eisenhower Allied to Rescue the wounded Distin-1 come Nander in chief and accepted gushed themselves in fighting the Allied terms. Fire. One of them sgt. Raymond Gen. Eisenhower and Gen. Sir Geibel. Of Pittsburgh went into Harold r. G. Alexander Deputy the burning tank twice to pull out commander in chief were present the wounded men. Sgt. Carmen according to the by cd a version of Guarino. Of new York City and official Story at the signing of pfc. Thomas wether Wood of Bay the Armisce on sept. 3. As has Ville ore., worked with sgt. Get already been disclosed announce Bel despite the danger of an ill ment of the armistice was delayed nent explosion. Until sept. 8 to fit a moment deem on Shore two other enlisted men a Mosi favourable Quot to the allies demonstrated coolness and Cour-1 Barly the next morning and la. Gen. Ear Naples. Continued on Page it Mark Clark landed uniter de lie sirocco affects Gas arabs alike this week has been just a lot of hot air�?101 degrees of it in Algiers on sunday 105 at Maison Blanche and 107 at Ain Bisida. Tile sirocco the hot dry wind coining in slow from the desert is responsible and everybody in town is really sweating it out. Even the Arab kids seem too hot and bothered to worry much about shoe shining. It was unquestionably the highest recorded temperature for the year Quot solemnly said the army Weatherman. The sweat starting sirocco seems to have headed straight for Algiers because the 107 degrees in the suburbs Here was tops in North african temperature for the Day. Even Bisk a Hotshot City at the Edge of the Sahara registered lower temperature�?99 degrees. Done to put away your turkish towels yet because the Weatherman Isnit predicting How much longer i his sirocco May hang around. It often Sticks la the place for several Days