Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1943, Oran, Oran                               P�9 4the stars and strikes to no by a mtg 27, ,1943 yanks keep punching in allies make new a of big a r _  distance record Lig Kwag Are northward smashing fugal deluge Europe first americans greatest airborne to reach Palermo operation of War Are foot soldiers says Gen. Swing the War. He revealed that u. 8 airborne troops for the first time went into Battle As a compete unit carrying its own engineers artillery and even surgeons and chaplains. Gen. Swing was High in Praise of u. 8. Parachute and glider troops saying they vastly seeded up the operation. Speaking of one u. 8. Airborne combat team. Gen. Swing1&Quot mid they took the Brunt of the German attack near Gela. They stood off German panzers All Day sunday and Well into monday before they got reinforcements and finally were Able to throw off the germans and Advance. If they had not been on the spot the whole operation might Well have ended in a fateful  Mussolini exit the German maintenance works. At trondheim and the aluminium Mants at Sharaya were hit hard by the attacking heavy bombers. The target area at trondheim was left a raging mass of explosions and flaming Oil. Portress Crews _ said. Aerial photographs proved the accuracy of the american bombing technique. Not a single Bemb fell outside the target area it was announced. In the Daylight attack in Germany a. Northern conquered territory 17 enemy fighter planes were shot Down and one fortress did not return. A continued from Page 1 Palermo quiet continue a from Page 11 by. The allies have one single demand to make of the italians and that demand is unconditional sur traps and neatly camouflaged boxes. But the italians defended them Only briefly before coming out and surrendering. It was a different Story with the jerrys and their 88�?Ts. Capt. Hugh by James a. Burchard Stern and stripes staff writer Palermo. July 22 delayed a when you get pm on the ropes keep punching. American infantry and armoured forces followed this a Fristic adage to the letter today which enabled them to Complete a lightning drive to the North. At its conclusion they occupied this capital City of Sicily chopping off the Western tip of the Island and setting the stage for a coup de Grace ordinarily a City of half a Mil Lam but now somewhat reduced in population due to evacuations caused by Allied bombings. Palermo offered no resistance whatsoever. The last few Miles proved no More than a triumphal Parade after Early opposition from German artillery in concealed positions. Entitled to take a Bow As the first americans to reach Palermo were a group of foot soldiers. Striking from the right through Corleone to the coast and then atm Wing Emit warts toward the City. They were on the outskirts by noon. Inhere most of them marked time awaiting the arrival of the Armor which had started from 70 Miles away in Castle Vetrano the Day previous. The Armor rolled up to the City proper at 1915 o clock where an italian general met an american Genoa. He surrendered the Barracks and then accompanied the american general to the Center of town where another italian general turned Over Palermo with appropriate ceremonies. Prom what we could see in the Twilight Palermo had been hard hit by repeated bombings. The docks particularly were a shambles. Citizens were anxious to Tell about the terrible raids which drove thousands to the Hills. They lined the streets until dark wildly cheering such few american vehicles As were permitted to travel Down the Broad principal Highway. We accompanied the leading reconnaissance element of the armoured on the big push to the sea across the Northwest tip of Sicily. Before deporting Castle Etrano we Learned that Marsala had fallen with thousands of prisoners taken including two italian and one German colonels. Except for snipers who killed a couple of americans there was Little opposition. Maj. H. P. Tucker of Winston Salem n. Placed an artillery Battery in position fired a couple of shots As persuaders and demanded Marsala s surrender. It was promptly forthcoming. Near Salem due North of Castle Vetrano the americans occupied a Small Airport where they found four my 109�?Ts. Many italian soldiers and to germans. The armoured moved along smoothly unto just outside 6an Cigar eur 20 Miles from Palermo. These an enemy gun position was shelled. In town the civilians held up my signs which read Quot Down with fascism up with  Ami Iii the neighbouring. _ a we a town of ban Giuseppe  toe to. They mobbed the Road dam amp flight on a bomber of Jas i pub Chi Washington the War department today announced that american airmen had established a new distance record for plane Lowed freight loaded gliders a 1,234 mile trip from Sheppard Field. Texas to Maxton air base n. C. Two Large gliders loaded to Capa w City with special maintenance a too to to Quot a important it0"� _ military objective. In trend Hen ��2 nerf Haravay Norway. It was an a a that the flight made a nine ter Day  Over Germany and Nunn Idov  hours and 45 minutes in bad occupied countries in another series a missed by Saaf Headquarters weather might help to be erf raids aimed at destroying the Large formations of plying forts Ance problems for air Force units Axis War production machine. Pm a today s communiques revealed \ London july 26�?making their longest bombing Mission of the War u. 8. B-17 s yesterday cover London july 26�?while Industrial Hamburg still shouldered London maj. Gen. Joseph m. Swing of Gen. Eisenhower a staff describe a the role of airborne troops in the invasion of Sicily As. The greatest airborne operation of made Ttye raids All of which were to Heaters of operation. Successful. Brig. Oer it. Frederick the previous record was a 1,177 that Large forces of american heavy Anderson bomber chief of the mile trip made during a 500 mile "�?ohe1� made their deepest Pei United states 8th air Force said journey from Montreal to England Toto Germany sunday a after the rat. Quot the flight to which was announced july amp trondheim was the longest the fortresses have made in mry the _ a ter of War and marked the begin italics crisis Ning of a new phase of  submarine and. Icon turned from Page t ments from the Man to the Street and from press and radio observers however were legion. H Duce s resignation whatever its relation to the War s final outcome has astonished the world and filled the Allied nations with Tremer Dous satisfaction. There was to agreement however on what ii Dace s exit meant. In Britain the United states and North Africa two schools of thought were promptly formed. The first took the cautious View that Italy remained fascist and committed to prosecuting fac a therefore it was argued Mussolini s resignation was of symbolic importance Only it did nothing to Chairge the course erf the War. Stress was placed on the fact that Render. Sen. Joseph Guffey erf Pennsylvania said Mussolini is the first of the principal War criminals to fall. This is a step id the final unconditional surrender of Italy. _ Athens a who italian fascism must be entirely eliminated before Italy can Galfi be received into the family of Law abiding peace Loving nations of the world. Sen. Kenneth s. Wherry of Nebraska declared Quot naturally it is Gratifying to led the first reconnaissance units in told How they had jumped off Quot Mountainside town of Santa Ninfa. Quot we made Good Progress until we hit these anti tank guns. They were Tough. Our assault guns final Hap Mitchells escorted by spot fires bombed the Fokker factory at Amsterdam while american medium bombers also with spit fire escort raided Industrial Irner what a of Horhn sunday night Ghent. The Conan unit. Said that had said Quot the War  Many squadrons of Raf Pepito he added that Quot Italy maintains ton and Allied spitfires and u. A her Faith in her Given word Quot amp a thunderbolts made sweeps Over Parent a reference to tto into Belgium and Northern France to tary Alliare with Germany. Support of the bomber operations. A the a Thor Point ref View while Nineteen heavy bombers and seven of strengthening the italian will meantime details of saturdays t fight of of persuading the Al record raid on Hamburg in which lies that their most dangerous tons bombs were Afa Ower enemy to Italy was gone was a i gown in 50 minutes were re read that Mussolini has sent to fils by. Did the Job and a Damn Golf More _ optimistic servers of this resignation. He is a Symbol of fas Job we captured 20 prisoners cism but at most he is no Quot More German prisoners. That3 some than a Symbol. One Man did not thing you understand. Those Fel make up fascism nor can one lows  Man s hum Tiami atone for the the pass seemed not to be Clear wrongs of his criminal comrades of snipers even when we wound our the surrender of Italy ust be Way through about 0700. But it was utter and Complete. The italians,.not interrupting the Ever rolling must place themselves without res a Convoy of tanks Hal tracks and �3��fkw Mussolini a resignation a a toning As a confession of fascist As Well of the attack matched the Effort As person la bankruptcy. They Fere frames and smoke tour pointed out hat the King had High to the night sky and violent explosions were Erva ii. At the disposal of the allies before they can find peace a jeeps that kept on coming headed for Palermo. Since we Don Whitehead of associated press Clark Lee of International news and myself were in a recently acquired italian Fiat they seemed to directed by capt. Hugh r. O far Rell of Athens a. W a a out not a bit 2 Marks it was. Fortunately very mountains clouded by smoke and a hip flaming Fields. Two germans and h american Lay Deal dear the one on the mountainsides pc either half of them wounded. Bumin vegetation which had Miles Many bean a German War reporter told of his visit to the City after the raid. Quot streets were covered with piles of Glass shelters pitted with bomb craters and blocked with burning beams from  previous record raid waa against Duess Eldorf and Muenster Las when t1 weight of bomb6 was Given As Well Over 2,000 tons.  nights operations Cost the Iii its 43 while Only u Are missing from the Ham org raid. Another two Miles and we emerged into open country. Paler caught fire that Day. In our Days drive we overtook to. Half hidden in a a. Could be seen As a Dit Quot White mass on vision on the Road it was a Samii the sea. But we were not destined tor sight and yet it remained in to get there As quickly As we had press Ives the mighty Arm of Uncle de to see meaning in a Doglio a hoped. Once More enemy Artie a certainly had stretched far. Lery opened up and a half track new photograph or before a Shell turned that spot Ciccina lit actin big into so cried Earth. Iii of a a a harder to pass than the enemy a?st5�?��r��t# guns were the citizens of Mon amp thug Jug of ame photos Reale four  outside paler a my Sriry after kit in operation to thirsty dirty Ameti Caa to Kheda. Then came trouble. The winding Road through mountains provided perfect spots for enemy artillery command tog strategic Road turns. And sore enough on one such turn a leading scout car suffered a direct fait but a u. 8. Assault gun settled that difficulty with a Shell squarely through the italian gun a he he in a to Gunny is. Several prisoners were rounded up. One was an. East Pru afian working with a building battalion. Father of five children and disgusted with the War he revealed maim to actions said a German 83 and heavy machine guns were ahead. He was absolutely Correct As we soon discovered for ourselves. This 88 manned by Ger mans proved a Tough hut and held up the column More than an hour. A flanking platoon was sent out while other riflemen climbed mountains overlooking the German gun. But it remained for a brigadier general to get action. He called for self propelled .75 assault a Bering Over vehicles Yah it mating Era in. An australian patrol re Quot Vura  Palermo was parted the b-24 in which he was the same and except for one Lane Riding exploded Over Ramn Valley Buim tor to flames the Soene was to new Guinea after being attack that of a Fri Antic carnival de by nine zeros of which it shot prisoners a italian a popped up gown two and probably it third from All Over As americans took thus Gaard s last Worts to Over the City. Thousands were correspondent pals were grouped in od2 huge estate. From cannot shoot pictures in a the Start of the Campaign to the room Quot sent not for Carlos Sforza recently the chief spokesman for fascism but for marshal Bado Lio who to foreign eyes at least is regarded As anti fascist. Much a of was made of the tone of the King s and Sadoglio f announcement. Neither it was noted had said anything about Italy a winning the War. The King merely said that Quot Italy will find again while the marshal had merely said that the War would go on. Both speeches had called for strict obedience to the new government but neither Leuned calculated to restore the fighting will of an army which has gone from one defeat to another surrender and if there were Way and Large numbers of which to intentions yesterday to Haigazn both Tunisia and Sicily have sur with the italians it was noted rendered almost thankfully. Dent. From new Bock yesterday. Some observers were Atoo Tochin according to route Fth the of door a As Jesu to Crsp x a Hattin it listen  Ini gone. Be sure Are the the United nations offer to it Dan first the Frascht regime and the Armad takes that rapport to surrender . Thyl Haban whatever Goi Long Ai it is not Yea that and a words Quot whoever imagines he can interrupt Normal development or who seeks to trouble the Public order Bill be struck without  the phrasing of that warning seemed to indicate that there had already been interfere ence with a Are Yang it the Quot Normal  s weight to reports that the Public to sick of the War to and has become More and More re wet amp hmm of tag wed. _ sol is As the London Dally Telegraph put it Quot it remains to be seen whether this continuance of the is the marshal s policy or War whether it reflects a not unusual ten stage on the Road Between military collapse and a compit the change of policy. The latter to by therefore no _ has taken place. In in qty. On the other hand there Haa been a can me of Leaden Ponape a portent of stub greater to coma in try usar Fht aae. _ w whatever toe to  North prisoners have come in to two other War correspond far the More probable whether retirement opened a huge crack to fast and to Sueb quantities that cots have been killed to action to the change to effected by marshal the Auto Armor of it has been Impo Nible to count the 8outhwest Pacific Mel Jacuby Baoguo or by someone else psychologically As them. That s a Job requiring the of time Magazine and emm the Allied terms act Forth at tartly the Axis was Mere than Over use of several adding machine Tarot to of the new York Tims Casablanca were unconditional on the defensive. I l Abner by Al Capp tacking aircraft factories at lock and Hamburg the seaplane base St Wustrow and the shipyards at Kiel hits were observed on All targets despite heavy flak and fighter opposition. A Large number of enemy aircraft were reported of Siroceo. Last night a Strong Force of British bombers raided Essen the Center of the Ruhr and Home of the Krupp works. Prelim Djury reports indicated that the bombing was of no entreated and effective. The British air ministry said that 25 bombers and one fighter Are  from last night s opera tons which Atoo included intruder patrols Over Northwest Germany. But the action last night was onto the latest of a series of heavy raids that began with the Hamburg attack