Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1943, Oran, Oran Vol. 1 no. 69 thur toy aofost5,1943 if. S. Army hews Poper one franc Rome Low busts a. Hitler a b. Musso new York amt. New political conducting Italy debated. London aug. A the subject of the British government s political conduct of the War brought a flurry of debate and criticism from labor party members in the House of commons yesterday. Aneurin Bevan a Aid it was nonsense to Trust the government entirely in its plans for the occupied territories especially in Italy and demanded assurances from the government speaker that no regime would be permitted in Italy with any taint of the fascist rulers. Bevan declared Quot Mussolini was not the sole reason we Are fighting Italy Quot and added that the present King of York limes dispatch from Berne Switzerland said a decree we published in a Rome August 3 abolishing the honorary rank of Quot Corporal la the italian militia Quot Moi Kritini and Hitler Are the Only two holders of this rank. Hitler received the rank when he visited Italy in 1938. Naples bombed Inthir raid Raf wellingtons strike at night germans Retreat id mountains As am font rumble on Sadoglio regime hard pressed to control peace seeking nyties in refusing demands for further debate1 cm."1 the italian situation foreign Secretary Anthony Ede non political activity in i cuff but a a led fool a we far he pointed out that a Battle still 4ri"or<l� Eli a a Quot a Eju going on in the Island. Quot sure a Long Arm of Allied air lir this is not a suitable moment a a we a a Ched but and truck at for a general election in Catania a tree la port and railway Cen been declared causing much a of of laughter on the floor 2-3. Raf wellingtons repeated Eden differentiated Between a them it be Ore 115 Hepting unconditional surrender they Ropp. Tons of explosives on from a government and recognize lag a government. Quot i would be sex Aerial assault Tremley pleased to accept Uno Ondl italian Mainland tinal surrender from Hitler to it was still Daylight when the Morrow Quot he emphasized. Quot we Are last bomber left the target and us a War Cabinet anxious to see headed for Home. The first flare Italy accept unconditional sur rend As dropped soon after 8 pm. A jul various to me the la within 90 seconds the whole place a pates a Torea us so that or can was Ihu Minaxi it err More than sob then carry the War More vigorous flares and every detail of the City in to Germany and we Are and was clearly visible. Among the jobs to see peace in which Italy first to drop his bombs on the Tarcay play her part As a respectable it was Squadron. Leader James m. Nation once again Quot the foreign bowmen. Secretary concluded. A marshal Pietro Bado tio s government yesterday was hard pressed to maintain its wavering hold on the War Wear peace seeking italian people. While new demonstrations for peace were reported in Genoa and other Northern italian cities the Sadoglio government on its tenth Day in Power threw out hints to the outside world that it was prepared to Quot negotiate Quot with the allies but not to capitulate. A for foreign consumption radio Rome took the line that Allied terms limited by official announcement to unconditional surrender were too hard. In broadcasts meant for the Home front Rome sought to embolden the people with remarks like this Quot its almost a month since the enemy set foot on sicilian soil it will not be an easy task to occupy the italian but if Neutral sources were right the italians were Little moved by radio Pep talks. In Genoa said a dispatch from Berne Dock workers gathered in the main Square and attacked the Sadoglio government for a a a a. A a a a 11 a a 4%-&Quot wa.1 v a go a red army five failure to seek peace. In other Industrial cities workers Are said to have manifested their in the Stormy atmosphere of prolonged unrest five parties of the political left which last week fell under the governments official ban Are said to. Have demanded that the marshal Bow to the Peoples will. But apparently supported by the army and undoubtedly under prepare from inet yesterday continued to risk a possible revolt. To some observers it seemed that the fall of Sicily and the resumption of widespread Allied bombings might bring the feverish italian situation to a head. In Allied capitals As earlier in Berlin there was speculation As to whether the Sadoglio group could Long hold Power. In the House of commons lab rite Emmanuel Shinwell asked prime minister Winston Churchill whether Britain would recognise a socialist government in Italy. Avoiding direct reply or. Churchill said that in such eventuality Britain would Confer other allies. British Advance near Catania t Allied Force Headquarters aug. 4�?hammered by relentless Allied blows from sea land Quot scores of wellingtons Quot he said Quot bombed within a few seconds of each other. The defences Lay Low until the flares started. Then they opened up but soon were swamped. The target was alight in record h�et3�adf k1tokenvs Hundred it is of Lacend Ary bomb ing to unfavourable reply to the Al switch land Turkey cold to Allied plea in Bzdon. Aug. 4�?two Neutral Trad As we came Quot War Ivorid Hare Swad top Waif and a hundreds of incendiary bomb a a fires in parallel lines Light across a 85 to the Al i be 9rea the target looked like a .116d Appeal to neutrals not to pro flattened Christmas tree vide Asylum for fascist leaders a a Christmas tree. After the defeat of the Axis Swiss four enemy aircraft were de newspapers say that Switzerland St oyed during the Day. Two Allied will not fit its neutrality to the p1 failed to return to their March of events and will act in the Parcase of the rights of Asylum in a the tactical air Force severely Cordano with her full sovereignty bombed and strafed enemy Posi Ankara correspondents report that tons around the base of it. Etna the turkish reply is drawn up Al yesterday. The attacks were the ready and does not accept the Al heaviest m several Days and kept lied proposition. Turkish circles Are Pace with the increased Tempo of said to feel that the Allied propos the Allied Advance along the Al is contrary to International Law ground. Mitc Hellec Bostons and and is derogatory to turkish Baltimore participated in the at . So steady Mercury in about to sour artillery moves to bombard Orel alg do August is Here and nothing is More typical of August than the weather. The weather experts claim you can expect about two Days of rain almost anywhere la my rth Africa next month but that wont help. Those two Days win be just As hot As any of the others. Quot the raindrops Are very Large when they Start Falong but they evaporate speedily on the Way Down and develop into not much More than a warm Sticky nest before they reach the ground Quot the weather Man at Afaq explained in a gloomy tone. In the Interior regions of North Africa during August there will be some violent thunderstorms and a lot of spectacular lightning Whf ii All this is taking place the temperature May i e hovering around 114 degrees which will take much of the Kie out of any electrical display. To the troops in Sicily the sirocco next month will mean much More than Fust the name of enrol Flynn s yacht. The dry sirocco picks up moisture Over the Mediterranean and comes out Over Sicily like a blast from a steel Furnace. The weather people warn that the sirocco and the Long duration of varying summer heat on top of the dry atmosphere will make you a lot More tired than Ycu think the big weather Book says that Over a Pend of 33 years the average August temperature along the algerian coast was 82 degrees. In Morocco its a Little better. The coolness of. The Atlantic pulls at the heat there until you strike the Eastern slopes of the Atlas mountains where the air whips at you on its race up from the supercharged Sahara. In Case you re interested in Palermo the average maximum in August runs to 82 degrees but it might reach 114 or so when the wind is up. Rome is a slight improvement with four Days of rain expected but its not a particularly Cooling rain. Each Weatherman has his own private theory on How to keep Cool during the hot season but none has any general solutions to pass on. The heat problem is for each person to solve in Lus own Way. London aug. 4�?the red army is moving up its big guns for a bombardment of the nazi held stronghold of Orel after scoring new advances to within five Miles of the City the Moscow communique said today. Moscow said that Gen. Konstantin to Kossovsky three main armies Are plunging Forward on the City from the North the East and the South pointing especially for the Orel Bryansk railway main German Supply route. The communique also reported the capture of Styc a. Last railway station before Orel in the kursk line and Only five Miles from the City. Large amounts of material Are being rushed up the newly won routes for the final assault on the City. Moscow said the retreating germans were throwing everything they had into the Battle. A desperate Luftwaffe attempt to gain Mastery of the air Over the Orel sector yesterday was beaten off by the red air Foroe. German plane loss in the Battle was set at 70 planes. Backing up Moscow s assertion that the red army was defeating the nazis at Orel the German newspaper alg Meme Zeitung said Quot the tragic Days of St Ungrad Pale before the sacrifice and valor which the German troops Are showing at Orel. Berlin sees self As next target for Allied heavy bombs Stockholm aug. 4 a Berlin expects to be the next target for Allied 2.000 ton air raids. Swedish newspapers report that evacuation of ail school children from the German capital has been ordered on top of an Appeal to All adults no to be compelled to remain in the City. The swedish newspaper Quot Afton bladet said approaching fear and panic prevails in the capital. A the City a population expects Arlin to be Laid in ruins at any moment Quot the newspaper said. Berlins Ponce president announced the Quot confirmation of All Timber planks necessary for the construction of air raid shelters and Berlin papers Are giving much Sace to publishing advice on at raid precautions since the port of Hamburg was levelled by the recent series of attacks by Allied bombers. And air Axis forces in Sicily today faced the beginning of the end. Still stubbornly resisting and not even pausing to gather and Bury their dead the germans fighting it n the craggy sicilian Hills retreated farther into their Mountain Lair. While today a Allied communique confined itself to a report of general Quot very satisfactory Progress a and to details of past operations. There seemed Little doubt that the big push which Lias already broken into vital Points All along the Axis defense line was nearing the threshold of Victory. Sun baked and hardened. Allied fighters Many of them veterans of desert campaigns appeared to have Learned every trick of Mountain warfare. Everywhere along the narrow difficult front they were doing Well. On the Plain that stretches before Catania the Allied reported new successes particularly on the left sector of the eighth army front where enemy resistance has been As desperate As. Any yet encountered. Here the Axis troops were being driven Back several Miles to Interior lines of communication at the foot of tows ing Etna. South of Catania patrol activity my increasing. In the Central sector of the front the German death. Toll mounted As canadians and British struck steady blows. The capture of Catenanova. Surmised yesterday. Was confirmed today and it was revealed that of the first time in More than a week the germans used tanks against British infantry to the South. The skirmish Cost the germans probably Elemento of the Hermann Goering division three tanks including a Tiger. It Vas also revealed that agora 10 Miles Northwest of Catenanova changed hands several times before the allies finally sealed its Fate. This prong of continued on put we 4 san Ste Fuzuo Felt after bitter fight by sgt. Jack foible Start mad stripes staff writer with american troops Down from the mountains and in americans reach Munda airfields Allied Pacific Headquarters. Aug. 4�?american ground forces have advanced along the coast to the Eastern end of japanese airfields at Munda on new Georgia Island. Allied Pacific head quarters announced today. The communique reported smaller gains Inland from the japanese stronghold despite stiffening enemy opposition. Much Booty fell to the advancing americans the communique added. In North Central Sicily july 31 delayed a the yanks came Down from the Hills today and took Over the Little coastal town of san Stef Ano with us important Road leading Init pm to Nicosia which also is in american hands. Onde the germans had been driven out of their defences to the West the occupation of this bitterly contested spot became Only a matter of reaching it. The retreating enemy had pulled out All the treacherous tricks in his bag of demolitions to slow Down our Advance along the Highway and nature had done her Best to confuse us in the rugged ridges but that Pioneer spirit that the schoolbooks always talk about did no tend with your Granddad. It remained for g company of an infantry battalion commanded by it. Col. Irving of Schaefer of Montrose col., which had fought for a Ive Days without rations and with Only one night of rest to Stream to san Stef Ano. They came in ready for a fight but the last of the germans had fled by mule some two hours before the civilian population reported. There were unfurled German dead still on the outskirts of town As mute evidence of the savagery of War. But even More grim were the yanks who had passed through the minefields flanking either Side of the blown Bridge across the dry River san Stef Ano just West of the town. In attempting to real town through this deadly Garden of anti personnel mines two company commanders the battalion operations officer and at least five others had died. There was a look of bitterness on the k company men wandering about tie streets of san Stefano that i have never seen on the face of any men before. The first four i a met wore Cowf wed on Pago 4
