Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1943, Oran, Oran                               Is f a vol. 1 no. 59 thursday july 22, 1943 u. S. Army newspaper one franc Mainland of first Jap raid Italy is target since Doolittle s tor bombers Naples area is smashed again Allied forge Headquarters july 21�?the intensity of Allied air fighting Over Sicily was somewhat subdued yesterday As american and British bombers swung the weight of their attack to the italian Mainland. For the third time in the last four Days Allied bombers visited the Aird Romes outside Naples and dropped their bombs on hangars runways and dispersed aircraft on the night of july 19 20, a Large Force of Raf and Craf Washington july 21�?american liberators smashed at Japan proper when they bombed the nip ponese naval base at Paramos Tiri in the Kurile Island group the Navy department announced today a i the naval base is 1,200 Miles Northeast of Tokyo which is Well within Range of u. S. Airbase a in the Aleutian islands where the american aircraft came rom was not disclosed in the Navy a announcement. This offensive against the japanese Home stronghold was he first attack on nip ponese soil since the Doolittle raid on Tokyo a april of last year. Meantime the Navy revealed that three More japanese warships were sunk one probably sunk and two vessels damaged As Nam residence As a  bombed the air Fie id of a result of a Eton in the Southwest Aquino Porth of Naples and left Pacific As the japs attempted at least 30 fires burning. Three of again to take reinforcements to the wellingtons after making their their besieged bases at Munda in bomb run returned to shoot up the Solomons still being rounded enemy aircraft on the Field. The by an Allied land and naval in attack was carried out with Little Cir Clement. Opposition from either night fight a a a ers or ground v batteries. At about the same time another wave of Craf wellingtons raided the Cap Dichino Airfield near Naples. Canadian Crews Over the target saw fires at Aquino and reported increased anti aircraft fire and Searchlight cancer rations. During the Day six enemy fighters were shot Down. Six Allied planes failed to return to their bases. Another blow against Che Axis air forces was struck yesterday when b-26 marauders escorted by p-38 lightnings hit Vibo Valen. Tia Ai drome in Southern Italy. To a Row Taw the first wave of Maraur is com. .7? t Petely covered the Field with a army tightened its arc around Orel number of hits among dispersed As forces from the North and South pressed it toward the estimate hangars gutted by of amp. Eds it Quarter germans in the a second formation of Macau Orel Region the russians gained Ders and lightnings shuttled Over ground along the vital Orel Southern Quot Italy several a Mendu to to ing the Day. A number of fires Supply line loss of which were started among hangars and would nearly completely Cut off the parked aircraft in the Landing in Region. Areas. Orel facing Nutcracker nazi stronghold faces isolation the German communique admit id a terrific Battle in the Orel sector particularly Oast and North of the town. V seventy seven planes were downed in night raids on Axis Aird Romes and Many other enemy aircraft were destroyed on the ground by soviet  the airfields former governor attached to argot Allied Force Headquarters it. Col. Charles Plettl former lieutenant governor and Bovi briefly governor of new York is attacked were those in the Donetz attached to the forces of it. Gen. Region and others on the Lenin George s. Patton jr., in Sicily As Grad front with Thiee soviet a senior civil affairs officer of planes failing to return. Argot it has been disclosed Here. The germans made two Hunsuc the 40 year old new yorker is Cess Ful attempts to bomb Olkhov one of Many american and British East of Leningrad but lost 24 of officers who have trained for and their planes after shooting Down ministrative jobs in the Allied four russian fighters. The Power military government of occupied Ful russian air Force which has Terri Guy. Recently been carrying the air War i and the nails reported based on sort five Dlf Lerent tvs of re amp inn built nor Hurt Honor Fnu finn pp88 biggest is the Fout to Ai 101-6 d heavy bomber which looks v a ut0e 1, our Uby Mutof. The rus new Yorks governor Lehman �"�s2�j�22sa�?j� went to Washington to guide a Bureau newly formed state impoverished Poletti served out the b tired portion of his stored Job resembling tha american Rehlin Quot Mitchel is believed to have a we Ubu than u. A planes of Gen. Go Row directs . F dive bomber a twin is often Ous cd for As a fighter smallest russian a storm Mik who Dot be nicknamed the f this Sincle mow has guns sticking out Dave it the London 46y 21�?maj. Gen. Is sea 3� p6 its a Mke. Quills out of a poro commander of the United states ?e-.8tfn a tor nto enemy Field forces in the european but my try by its fire Power. Theater �o.8, army Headquarters a a a g announced Here. Gen. A amp it let a. A a a new assignment was not disclosed. 1l0vid-l0q$0 exc00as As chief of the United states army staff a War plans division a Fin i Jun a Gen Gerow had at his fingertips in ung the combat plan for every possible v Ashing Tony United states part of the world where american lend lease Aid for june totalled troops might be tailed to fight. 1,030 million dollars making an he formerly commanded the 29th aggregate value of us. Assistance infantry division and had seen to the allies of Nealy 13 billions service in world War i in the this is the first time that lend Philippines and China As Well As lease Loans have exceeded the Bil at various Domestic posts. Lion Dollar Mark in a single month. The full Power of the Axis propaganda machine turned yesterday to a bitter denunciation of the Allied air attack on Rome. Everything else was ignored As Rome and. Berlin spouted their condemnation. The main theme of the Axis line was not unexpected. It seems like the allies bombed Only a Csc dental districts and that their special targets were churches. No mention was made of the Railroad Yards or airfields hit. Quot even rather poorly educated average britishers and americans were presumably award that Rome does not contain any military objectives a editorialized the Voelk Ischer Beo Zachter of Berlin hitlers own newspaper. There was not a word about Rome being an important Railroad and arms production Center As Well As the seat of the fascist government and the italian general staff. The italian news Agency was More explicit in pointing out the non military places allegedly hit by Allied bombs but it Mode no mention of any military installations the Adrihan targets according tothe Arfency included the comoters of Camp Verana the poly Finical Hospital the University City and the Bastille of san Lorenzo. All these buildings mentioned do lie close to legitimate railway targets. Radio Paris jumped the gun by putting protests into the Vatican a Mouth. In a dramatic meeting the Paris station announced the head of the Vatican secretariat expressed to the american charge do affairs at the Vatican the holy seems indignation. Quot a the american admitted his own disgust of the attack a was the fantastic Axis report. There was not one word of confirmation of this anywhere else. O loudly the Axis countries will attempt to goad the holy see into a Strong denunciation of the attack but no such protest has yet come from the Vatican j Berlin said the attack was made by Anglo american airmen who a a Are emulating the methods of american  the Tran Ocean news Agency compared the bombing to the destruction of famous Trail dings and Art treasures which the Axis has Laid to Allied bombers in. Recent weeks. Allied military Heads were not surprised by the Axis reaction. In fact they had predicted that Berlin and Rome would describe it As an anti religious attack and would try to make the most of it. Any fears that the Home reaction might be unfavourable however were dispelled quickly. Newspaper editorials and radio commentators agreed that the bombing of one of the worlds most historic cities was regrettable but vitally necessary. One paper said it was glad the allies Are carrying out their threat to bring the War Home to the Axis Peoples in every Way possible. Yonks canadians join forces in drive on key City three members of the . Women a army corps Chat with spats of the French army in North Africa. The was belong to one of the first unite of the Iju amp army a feminine units assigned to service abroad. Propaganda Seel grinding out tales on Rome bombing Allied Force Headquarters. July 21�?joint american and Canadian drives yesterday brought abut the capture of Enna key to Sicily a Inland transportation system it was announced Here today. The 7th army under it. Gen. George s. Patton. Or. Attacked the town from the West while a Jan adrift Ftp column struck from the Southeast. The Mai enemy resistance was provided by German elements As italians surrendered in droves. The British forces Are locked in a great struggle with German troops just outside the Southern Edge of Catania. German corpses littered the Battlefield As the Axis paid a heavy Price for its defense of the important coastal City. Allied military sources reported that two enemy divisions Are slowly withdrawing from the Western part of the Island toward the Northeast. They Are apparently without transport ion. Italians made prisoners by the allies assert edly have charged that some German elements Are falling Back toward the Northeast with the View of making a getaway into Italy. In making their withdrawals the italians said the have taken much of their por tation. Other italians _ 4 have  their government Fly failing to Supply them with Suffle Lent arms ammunition or por tation tor the successful defense of Sicily against the overwhelming superiority of the allies. It was announced today that Gums from French Morocco Are fighting with the american 7th army and participated in the recent advances. Famed for their Talent for guerilla warfare the Gums Are particularly suited to operations in mountainous Sicily. Details of the capture of Bisco i Airfield in the South of Sicily reached Allied Force Headquarters today. After fighting their Way through the mountains to the 3,000 feet High plateau on which the Airfield is situated the allies were forced to engage a regiment of the Hermann Goering division in an intense tank Battle according to the report of an Raf officer. When the struggle had ended in an Allied Victory the area was strewn with the wreckage of tanks trucks and guns and the bodies of germans and italians. Damaged aircraft of All types including 30 Messerschm mitts several Ju-88�?Ts and me Llos were lying about the airbase. Some planes were about to be loaded. The bombs were lying next to them when the Allied air Blitz made any further operations impossible. Operations boards left showed details of the enemy attacks made from this Airfield. Hashes Ftp Ike Hotd one of tiie first sicilians to get wounded for the american cause was gios Connery. Gios voluntarily acted As water boy and litter bearer for the first paratroopers who came Down. He did that until he himself stopped a piece of shrapnel and had to be evacuated. Gios lived in new York City for 14 years. In the original arrangements the army agreed that the italian civil police in towns would continue to direct traffic after we took Over. But when the mba a rounded up prisoners they picked up the italian gendarmerie too and stuffed them onto prison boats going to North Africa despite the High screeched italian protests which nobody understood or believed. So now the overworked Mph a have to direct traffic also. A we were very surprised said the Hal track Driver under an Artesian Well outlet which he was using As a Shower Bath. The Hal track Driver was talking about the time he and his Crew drove right onto an Airfield Only to find Jerry guns opening up on them from All sides. This continued on Paga 4