Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Vol. I no. 116, thursday september 23, 1943 to Algiers daily or u. S. Army daily newspaper one franc key bases reds Hammer at last defences of Smolensk Kiev soviets push b-24 Transfer Points ,z4s make fun Arviv closer to to win,el_0.cnswe first attack Ywe org in Salerno announcement today that a Large Force of b-24 liberators from England is operating under direction of the Naaf was seen by military observers As a possible indication that a great part of the Allied Winter Aerial offensive against Germany May be carried out from Mediterranean bases probably in Southern Italy. Our bombers in Italy should London sept. 22�?soviet forces. 5� Able to 0pe at from 15 to 20 were hammering at the inner de is a no on 11 during the Hunter tenses cd Smolensk and Kiev today r Stripe red to about on third As after driving to within is and 2d an a in nah la Wing Drys Dor Miles Respet ively of he two to j a a 5 non he of a l Imper am German bases in Russia. In Quot at Britain. A Moscow dispatch asserted. The greater number of the 5,000,-000 russian soldiers reported in a Ion along the 1,000-Nuie front were being used against the key bastions in the North and Touth. And were driving nearer their goals Over a German machine which apparently was disorganized and seeking Only to avoid Battle with i the fast in Oving red army. Loc  soviet out flanking movement which proved sue on Corsica liberators bomb a a. A h shipping Industry a a a a at Bastia leghorn first Day of autumn proves Winnie right engineers7 Orji hailed Allied Force Headquarters sept. 22�?a Quot Strong Force of b 24 liberators of the . 8th air Force in England began to one rate und r the a Section of the Northwest african air forces from african bases for the first time Viscidy to Pound ports at both ends of the germans most Likely sea escape route from Corsica. The targets were Bastia in Northern Corsica where hits were scored on several ships and fires today is the first Day of autumn an autumn which prime minister Winston Churchill made famous on july i when he told the world that Quot before captures villages sector British take vital Junction of Potenza Allied Force Headquarters. Sept. 22�?lt. Gen. Mark w. The leaves of autumn fall there breathe11ofter a Short would be heavy lightly in the 1v la on la be to e  d a. In the sector South of Salerno american troops swept Forward to take the two towns of Campagna and  Hary a sgt. Dave Golding stars and stripes staff writer mid explosions were set off and with tue 5th army in leghorn 75 Miles away on the a we tvs or Italy set. 21 it delayed a this italian Mainland where a in Orch Cess Ful against Orel and Narko j is on platoon out of a company ant vessel was left in flames and appeared to be going into High engineers co. E for the records hits were made in Industrial areas. Gear against Smolensk. While on eave a or b or c. Both harbours were crowded with Strong Force drove City from the nor army columns were heading past Usu Lauing m the City on the North and South equipment eight Days after the in Craf wellingtons last night the encirclement of Smolensk unas in b-24 liberators from the dts air Only after 72 hours of cons ecu Force on monday bombed military Tive toil were the companies Able installations at Venice on the to get organized. Then the pres Northern Adriatic. It was said that sure slackened and the men were this was the first raid on Venice. Placed on shifts. Before these engineers could plunge into their Mediterranean. There has been heavy fighting in the Mediterranean. Sicily has fallen and the allies have crossed the Moat to hitlers european fortress and in Italy Are hammering at its Back door. Soon the leaves of autumn will fall. And the leaves of a mein Kampfl will turn yellow too. 7 7.7 00111 Narbors were crowded with Ive directly on the Realise this outfit was stretched spied Jno tiie David zit nid on i of Quot i a or cheats other red along the beaches where the i 2 i h Lar Lluc Emht were heading past americans landed still unloading Bastla was followed up by Raf and i dlll\5 Al cell i in i i. Engin mint Pitrot he pc Aftaw Roaf wellingtons last in Trot. I in Corsica doubt edit will begin  ail nazi escape routes have been Cut and the Cir a can be plucked off the German limb As were the other wehrmacht strongholds this summer. Advancing rapidly toward Kiev in the Triangle formed by the railroads to Neshin and poltava the soviet armies in the Ukraine were meeting Little resistance from the weakened German divisions which during the past month have been forced Westward from Kharkov More than 240 Miles. The nazis have found no respite from the crushing russian attack and May not be Able to establish a stable defense line even on the West Bank of the Dnieper. The River itself observers say does not offer a serious Barrier to a Strong offensive thrust. While the upper Dnieper area was definitely coming under russian control the soviet drive toward the Bend of the River was gaining strength. Mobile spearheads were 29 Miles from Dnepropetrovsk and 22 Miles from Zaporozhye the key cities on the Middle Dnieper. Soviet artillery was already heavily shelling Melitopol on the main railway from the Crimea and ground forces Only three Miles from the City were expected to enter the communication Center at any moment. An american commando unit Isata a i fighting in Corsica Side by Side a Iticia Tuuu plunge into their a a la Baly yesterday with patriots and the regular maelstrom of work they had to j"2.5 Mitchells bombed two rail and French troops it was announced land ahead of the infantry Clear a a a Way Bridges Northeast of Ca in a communique issued by general the beaches of mines and carve  in. Naples area and strings Henri Giraud yesterday. The Ger out roads through the Sand with j wc1 it is re j0 walk across mans Are being driven toward the their bulldozers. Both Bridges. B-26 marauders bomb Northeast Corner of the med tiered cancello Ai drome in the same Ranegan Island. The full text of general Giraud a communique follows their bulldozers by the eighth Day the artillery and mortar fire had become a area Nightmare of the past. Only the an important Road Bridge at daily raids by German planes Over Benevento. Communications Center a it Rora. O. _ the Harbor remained. In the eight due North of Salerno was reported f a Guy Fri French Days these engineers toiled on the to have been knocked out by a conf in a Beach the Jerries paid them 58 moderate Force of flying fortresses. A Zithri Ratini Fth enemy visits. Which got two hits on the 300-foot i fron the bowl now they were tired. Their a Long Structure. The Bridge is a j n Lri Tigues were dirty. Some of the men land Mark in Italy and a connect 1 Eastern Coiner of the were stripped to the Waist. Few ing link of German Supply in the a to were clean shaven. Ifs hard to Naples area. In the course of the past few keep clean living in a foxhole on Al tactical air Force concentrated a a the i neans jul of j1. Beach with Jerry coming Over at on enemy troops and transports a thousand dead on the Battlefield. Regular intervals. North and East of Salerno. Enemy. Several hundreds of prisoners fell from this platoon or from any traffic was reported somewhat less group scattered along Salerno Bay than on Days immediately previous. You could just reach out Blindfold j red and grab a Cross Section of America. The sergeant in charge was a Salesman from Brooklyn Sidney Strover from Brooklyn also was an sex factory worker sgt. Terry Consone Cpl. Fred Burroughs. Buffalo tex., had been a rancher sgt. Tony Christian Ravena n. Y., had worked on a continued on Page 2 House world of s plan nazi brutality in Italy belated by bet gees by John o. Kearney stars and stripes staff writer Washington sept. 22 House last night put representatives on record As favouring United states participation in a a appropriate International machinery to prevent future wars by passing the Fulbright Resolution 360-29. House leaders emphasized before the voting that the Resolution did not commit the country of Congress to any peace plan but was into our hands. A a in the be vie sector the germans were obliged to withdraw with heavy losses after violent fighting. Quot an american commando unit is Figi iting by the Side of the patriots and the regular French  landings on Corsica were first announced by general Giraud two the Days ask satisfactory Progress has been consistently reported. Voila several Miles apart. At tile same time Birosh troops pushed Forward to occupy san Cipriano slightly North of Mont Corvino. In the extreme South British troops met Iii tie opposition when they captured Potenza vital Junction Point of five roads in the heart of Southern Italy. Speeding up the capture was a Small British patrol which stowed away on an italian train hopped out in the  outskirts and then spent Lour Days on a Hill overlooking the town reporting All German troop movements in the area. Tile main Force of the British 8th army still advancing up the West coast continued to meet Light opposition in addition to numerous mines and demolitions. Northwest of Gioja Midway Between Taranto and Bari a Small British patrol had a Sharp engagement with retreating German troops killing 50, destroying three armoured cars and capturing a Large number of prisoners. In the Southern Salerno sector German troops have been swum Tittle up in an eastward curve so thai they will directly face the upcoming 8th army and prevent an attack on their left flank. In the Hills Northwest of Salerno in the it. S. Angelo de Cava area British troops on the Northern end of the Bridgehead Are encountering stiff resistance. In the difficult terrain tougher than anything Allied troops have met so far the germans Are solidly set in carefully built defensive positions overlooking the main Road to Naples. British supplies must be brought up through narrow passes arid carried by the men themselves. Large fires have been observed in Naples indicating perhaps that the germans have been destroying supplies which cannot be transported. However the germans have continued on Page 2 Churchill paints Bright picture of War Progress merely an expression of sentiment. 22�?prime minis i marshal Pietro Bado Iio in pro the vote nevertheless was the ter Winston Churchill in his most testing the italian people from first congressional expression a i comprehensive War review i cd German reprisals. A. A a Lima 7 i nah a 4a1#i a i 40 1,14,1 u few a 4/ / a Tivi / x a in was air. V i Silviv n with the St army on violating the simplest German congressional regression he  the Isle of Capri sept. 19 regulations of Public floggings of Vorng this country s participation june 31. When he to i Grill id Hall delayed a the people of Naples civilians shot Down in the streets in an International peace plan. I in the Battle of the Atlantie Quot Are being subjected to a pogrom by machine gun squads seemingly opposition was developing yes yesterday declared in the House of like massacre by the German Mili set up for the purpose of wiping ter Day to a Bill to increase allot commons that a year of almost tary in control of the City an All signs of life from a thousand merits to servicemen a dependents uninterrupted Allied successes was italian naval officer said today Yards of sidewalk. And through Aud Rpp Andrew May chairman a nay a Prev Cuje Complete deaf ter fleeing alone in a Rowboat these tales run stories of fascists hts1i Striction of nazi tyranny a a across the 25 Miles of water that separate Capri from Naples. Ticac lines run scones of fascists a Striction of nazi tyranny and using the military confusion to in Sac. N e a Quot prussian militarism. A fake vengeance on Well  at least two we a tracing every Allied action from germans Are flogging italians in  fascist leaders. I observers Nad predicted that the the beginning or the North african the streets for violations of simple the severity of nazi Rule in Bill would be passed quickly in an landings or. Churchill painted Italy shows up starkly in the text Effort to win a nuns against.  an not misfit  who traffic regulations he said. _ a officer added that he had seen As s. . Pm Lamarion pub Many As 50 persons hastily arrested Naples sept. 12 by the and shot on various Maeer Ore i Glt Man commandant. I. I assume from today absolute a a win votes against the an optimistic picture of the War s Burton k Wheeler Bill in the sen Progress. Discussing developments ate which would do Fer the Indue in the Mediterranean theater he tion of pre Pearl Harbor fathers said by increasing benefits to fathers a a in Sardinia four italian i texts Panf Nuh Titian who have a 1 assume i rom today absolute by increasing a events cd Lacueia in Ourainia Lour icarian Ai come Hor the nil command of the City of Naples and service it was thought there visions have driven out the German f environs. The civil and military would be fewer objections to draft Garrison and american forces have Page and rapine to nazi cruelties Jan an authorities Are under my a nor Annta Unitas a a a . A in Warsaw in 1940. Wherever Allied 77----v Headquarters every citizen who behaves a a a a Sun we in Chin urn hmm i Xianu Vuu Ipaige was launch a provide a Refuge for italian civil discipline will has been stron6ly opposed by High with the announcement of the ital ians the accounts Are repeated. Haye my Protection anyone who army and Navy officials. Military i Ian armistice which was a signed at these accounts Tell of hostages acts against the germans will be spokesmen said the armed forces Syracusa on the night of sept. 3.�?� being taken everywhere of bloody k required the additional manpower or. Churchill old of the difficult punishment exacted from italians continued on Page 2 1 to carry out offensive plans. Ties facing both the allies and ing them. The Senate military now landed in their support. Affairs committee is now holding the prime minister said the hearings on the Wheeler Bill which italian Campaign was launched a a the real difficulty a he said Quot was thaw the italians were powerless until we landed in strength. We would have done More if it had been possible to help this unhappy government who were beset on every Side by insoluble problems both with courage and Good Faith. A a we offered and prepared to land an american airborne division in Rome at the same time the armistice was declared in order to fight off the two German armoured divisions which were massed outside it but owing to the German occupation of the Rome airfields which took place in the last Day or two before the announcement of the armistice of which investment the italian government warned us a it was not possible to carry out this part of the plan which was i think pretty daring. To cast this powerful Force there in Rome under conditions which no one could continued on Page 2