Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Soviet Vise bends bring Victory. Slavs Battle draws tights Alint us americans por control a in Washin Htow of Balkans satellite troops said deserting to join patriots on Smolensk russian army Only 13 Miles outside Kiev London sept. 23�?the soviets inlay were at the rates of Smo 7k and Kiev it Hardy More than 15 Miles from the former and to near the Southern City that Thev could see the great domes of the j niches of Kiev glistening in the Brilliant autumn Sunshine of Lite Ukraine. Smashing into the town of Leski jubilant soviet troops were Only 13jmiles Northeast of Kiev Toda j the last German stronghold in the area Southwest of Khz Rio wha eliminated today when Berlin admitted the evacuation of poltava re mile from the Ukraine steel it enter. Poltava dominates the whole ukrainian network of railways and its capture gives the russians added transportation facilities to move men and supplies Westward to the Kiev front Orveto tji Quot al1iel> South p a i Fici in noun red the Randi re of head Quad l kits sept. 23�?un Complete control of  were 40 Milch ,. I a Quot Der cover of an Allied air Fleet evidently incorrect j Northwest of Smolensk and american Wanton a huh and described the City As one of troops a. Awn Cert a a the enemy s strongest defense ashore in  p0ln,.the Sov it Ai Quot in this Sec six Miles Nonh of pin Chhav Washington. Sept. 23-pre-Nncr Joseph Stalin in an unprecedented message to the american people read at a . War loan drive ceremony yesterday said the Success of the 15 billion Dollar War Bond Campaign would help bring Victory a Over the enemy within the shortest time a a Rushan Premier declared that the red army was successfully employing planes tanks guns and other munitions and equipment received from the i med state and great Britain in do Lay tile hated enemy from Mill tile message concluded with our american friends who Arr Partick ting in the maim Tai lure of supplies and provisions Art rendering gnat sup Ixo it or the fight with our common  germans destroying vital installations in Naples Harbor allies smash Finch Haven j London sept. 23�?sensational but unconfirmed reports from the explosive Balkans yesterday told of desertions by nazi satellite troops and fierce fighting by yugoslav a Patriot. The net impression Given of these reports was that the nazis Are hard put to control the Balkan Peninsula since italian occupying troops Laid Down their arms. The yugoslav army of Liberal no is engaged in bitter fighting for the port town of Susak on the Adriatic coast a broadcast from he army s Headquarters yesterday declared. The patriots Are said to be in control of most of the town Anc Hay moved up artillery to hell get Man positions and Pinili j Tail objectives several Miles away in the italian port of plume. Rum i ors earlier this week which stated Raf Crew rescued within four minutes Allied Force head our i ers snit. 23�?wliat is believed to be a new time record for Nir sea Rescue four minutes Flat was set by a polish destroyer which picked up an Raf Wellington Crew from the Mediterranean this week. One engine on the Wellington but out shortly after the plane had taken part in an attack on an enemy Convoy Between the Island of Elba and the italian Mainland. The Pilot decided to put his aircraft Down in the sea near three destries which were Iii sight. Pour minutes after hitting the water tile plane Crew members were on Board one of the vessels having a spot of Tea. Strong enemy positions face Allied forces tor tightened the noose of steel around Smolensk and threatened the key defense Point of Vitebsk 65 Miles Northwest of the nazi headquarter. Vitebsk is considered one of the most important nazi strongholds Between Smolensk and Veliki Luki. A russian breakthrough there would virtually As a sure Success of the flanking Maneu air by Rne units seized nearby Kaia ver now being executed by the a pit it the practically simultaneous air sea blow dramatically repeated Mies under general Popov. On the Southern flank of the Smolensk sector the fall of Ros lava was expected As red. Army units Cut their Way through the continued on Page ? marshal hits ducks policy b-25s bomb enemy ships Alu de Force Headquarters sept. 23 a communications behind German Battle lines in the Hills Northeast or Naples and enemy shipping Between Northern Corsica and the italian Mainland were principal targets of the Northwest african air forces yes. Ter Day. Few weeks and by the assistance of the germans sea line of Leseane croat Quisling troops who were from Bastia in Northern Corsica to rtt Quot a Vav i Wal in a Nae sent to Garrison Dalmatia but in i Seahorn on in Ivy a v and Salaam. Capture of Finch Stead joined he partisans the a Tlack by in 8lve t a1ues one j Cly Abs desertion of the nazi cause of the coastal air Force two Shim Madan t Quot a a Quot Mack a Quot .1, w at the backdoor to the Balkans Jap new Guinea Garrison Halfway Between lae and Padang on the northeastern coast. Jap units opposed the Landing an Allied communique reported. Finch Haven 60 Miles Northeast of lae was outflanked by Allied troops Only yesterday when aussie the strategy which less than a fortnight ago overwhelmed lae evidently incorrect. Heavy fighting was also reported Between the patriots and German formation in the Interior. Battling for control of tile Lub Lyana Trieste railway the patriots succeeded in destroying six Miles of track according to a bbl correspondent. The correspondent observed that German traffic through Italy s big port of Trieste had been seriously hampered. Tile Battles in Yugoslavia the bbl reporter stated were made possible by italian arms which fell into Pat not hands during the last i to it a i z a the sooner the germans Are thrown out the speedier will be the liberation of Italy marshal Pietro Sadoglio told the italian people this week in a second broadcast Over radio Italiana. Indicting Mussolini and his whole fascist policy the marshal reviewed events leading to the surrender of Italy and concluded with an eight Point declaration on behalf of tile italian government. After the Strain of wars in Ethiopia and Spain Italy had enough work ahead to last her for a Century the marshal said. He accused Mussolini of catapulting italians into a War for which they were totally unprepared and of sacrificing their armies to the German command. The germans the marshal said considered the italians an inferior people ransacked their provinces and forced them to live on insufficient rations Well below the German Standard. Mussolini s plan of dispersing italian divisions Over the whole of Europe Sadoglio said a coincided with the diabolical plan of placing German divisions next to ours in order to annihilate them at an opportune moment. This the italian people will not  in his declaration news of which reached the outside world yesterday Sadoglio stated that the italian people and armed forces had sworn allegiance to the King and would have nothing More to do with fascism that the italian people did not betray the germans but were themselves betrayed by the fascist nazi combination that German behaviour since the armistice had widened the Gulf Between gel Many and Italy Aud that the germans must be thrown out of Italy. More Good Pacific news came yesterday from Admiral Chester Nimitz reporting on last weekends naval assault on the Gilbert islands. A Carrier task Force and naval bombers struck a blow which covered 500 Square Miles of Jap equatorial outposts. More than 200 sorties were made against Tara Iva Makin and Parnama in the Gilbert group and against Nauru Island. 400 Miles Southwest of Makin. Our losses totalled Only four planes Nimitz stated. British forces were in control of four of the dodecanese islands which flank German occupied Rhodes and Crete. Raf spitfires defending the Allied base on the Island of cos have already shot cd atari i i i a a _ Barge was hit and two bombs struck an escort vessel. Other e-25s were called in from the strategic air Force for pinpoint bombing of Road junctions and key Bridges behind German lines North and East of Naples. Gun and troop positions in the same valued Force Headquarters sept. 23 German troop in Naples Are scuttling ships and blasting Harbor installations Aerial photo reconnaissance revealed yesterday. As yet there have been no signs of nazi evacuation from Naples but the fact that the germans Are destroying so much appears to i rid hate that they do not expect to Brable to hold the City indefinitely. Four months of concentrated air attacks by Northwest african air forces had already ruined most of the docks and sunk most of the 30 slips in the Naples Harbor but there remained salvageable quays and ships which the nazis have now destroyed. Fires have been burning fiercely and Many explosions have been heard from Naples in the past few a lays but thick smoke had Cove cd up what was actually taking place until the photo reconnaissance yesterday. South of Naples the germane have Many troops concentrated in the Strong protective ring of sex eel Lent defense positions in Tjie High Hills North and Northwest of Salerno. This vital position is also the Pivot of the eastward swing Back of nazi troops from the South i Ern Salerno sector. In All other sectors British and american Progress has been slow continued on Page 2 Down n a Jurii in me same report i genian a up a Esubi general area were also bombed. One reported. One of the first accounts of the Landing in cos a fortnight ago said that one Raf plane came to see what things were like a and was followed by spitfires and British transport aircraft. Italian units request service with allies by Ralph h. Major or. Special to the stars and stripes Italy set ?e235iehmya 1nporifd 10 the provisional head in can army quarters of the Allied military gov authorities today Are handling eminent of occupied territory and \ 4 4 i i _ a. I direct hit on a heavy flak Battery was observed. Fighter bombers strafed some too enemy vehicles moving northward from the Battle areas. Bomb carrying p-40s scored a direct hit on an enemy merchant vessel in the Harbor at Manfredonia on the italian East coast. Our aircraft encountered virtually no enemy planes Over Italy again yesterday. French Cain in Corsica with kid gloves the problems of italians volunteering for service under Allied leadership. Whether italian soldiers should of regarded As demobilized troops tap tried Semi enemies or allies is a Puzzle still to be solved by Mili tary men who Are leading the United nations War Effort in Italy. More and More italians Are report ing to american army officers asking for definite orders and authority to prosecute the War Effort in tile name of the italian government. Although comment is restrained and no official statements have yet been made lists Are being drawn up of the italian units ready and equipped for combat and the observed policy has been to keep the italian outfits organized prepared for what might come pending receipt of a decision. Several Days after the entry of a Small number of american troops into Salerno an italian colonel re offered his entire regiment for duty with the american or British forces. Throughout the territory already occupied by United states forces individual italian officers and soldiers and even entire units Are begging to fight their former ally. Administrative machinery to handle this development is being set up and it is thought that an officer will be named to head the demobilization of Volunteer italian troops. All requests thus far brought to the attention of am got men or army officers have been turned Over to higher Headquarters along with information concerning the number state of equipment and training of the troops concerned. Plans for italian troops May include a general Call for volunteers to fight with the Allied forces it was indicated Here and such work is now occupying much time in 5th army Headquarters. Green urges Job planning i Omaha neb., sept. 23�?the United states must prepare without delay a peacetime production program to provide jobs for demobilized servicemen president William Green of the american federation of labor yesterday told the National convention of the american legion. The labor Leader declared he had Kyj i in no patience with those who feel increases Nelson says used Force Headquarters sept. 23�?French forces in Corsica increased their pressure on the retreating germans yesterday while Allied naval and air forces maintained a blockade to prevent nazi evacuation from the islands East coast today a French communique announced. The French offensive was highlighted by a daring attack in the Region of Solen Zaro on the lower East coast. Following is the text of the communique during yesterday our Light detachments increased their pressure on the enemy who is retreating towards the northeastern Corner of Corsica. A daring attack carried out in the Region of Solen Zara resulted in heavy losses for the enemy and the destruction of Large quantities of materials. The Allied navies and ail forces Are maintaining a very effective blockade of the Eastern coast of the Island making it difficult for the enemy to evacuate materials or personnel either by sea or by  . Plane production that a postwar depression is inevitable. Quot on the contrary a he said opportunities for nationwide revival of activity in construction manufacturing and service Fields Are  defending the record of labor in the War program or. Green included the american legion among groups which he said a a have heaped slurs and denunciations upon the organized workers of  even spokesmen for the american legion have at times been guilty of rash and unreasonable statements a he told the legion to its face. Washington sept. 23-the month of August produced a three percent increase in air plane production according to the 14th monthly munitions report issued yesterday by Donald m. Nelson 5 the War production Board. During the month the nation produced Ijaz Plum with a weight increase of seven percent. The weight increase reflects the trend toward heavier models especially bombers. Or. Nelson is now in London for discussions with British production