Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1943, Oran, Oran                               Of Pran daily it Isyol 1 no. 91 monday september 6,1943 one franc daily newspaper for u. S. Armed forces o hold 41-mile beachhead kursk Kharkov Orel sumy Junu Jim report Ger tons in full Retreat May lose donets London sept 5�?German lines in the donets Basin yesterday were cracking under heavy russian blows the Moscow communique re ported As soviet troops pounded their Way into Hova Isk Only 18 Mii pig East of . Russian pressure on the principal Industrial City of the Southern Ukraine was steadily increasing Grilii the last donets Railroad remaining in nazi hands was threatened by the capture of Gorlova 23 Miles Northeast of Stalin. In great danger of losing the entire donets the germans were also in. Deepening trouble around Smolensk and in the Northern Ukraine. Overwhelming Strong German opposition in fierce Battles in the. A Rich coast held from bag Tiara to Melito roads intact f a British 5 Miles Inland air Force smashes Bologna rail bottleneck my pierced the is fuse line set up by the germans at the Point of their deepest penetration in 1941. Konotop an important City in the Northern Ukraine on a railway leading to Kiev is the immediate target of the russian drive which captured Kroivets last week. Advanced forces have pushed to within a Quot few Quot Miles of Konotop observers said and the fall of the City is expected soon. The area around Konotop and farther North around sumy where the russians announced an Advance of seven Miles yesterday is the key to Kiev the capital of the Ukraine and the goal of the astonishing red drive on the Central front. As the soviets offensive nears the time when it will become the y autumn offensive the germans Are reported making a wholesale Retreat toward the Dnieper River in an Effort to stabilize a Winter line and maintain their foothold in Southern Russia. Although the sector around Bryansk is heavily wooded and the terrain offers an excellent natural defense for the nazi defenders the Plains of the Ukraine farther South offer no obstacle to the russian infantry and tank forces which continue to press relentlessly Forward. On the Northern end of the 800-mile front other red armies Are drawing closer to Smolensk yesterday s communique declared. Heaviest fighting was raging West of Dorado Bush 45 Miles East of Smolensk and in the Region past Kelnya the same distance Southeast. The red army appears to be making a supreme bid for Smolensk and seems to have drawn on troops which last week were engaged in a stiff offensive against Bryansk. Tacticians Point out that if Smolensk Falls Bryansk will be Only a German pocket in the midst of russian held territory and can be plucked without difficulty. For praises War workers labor Day talk urges More Effort Illinois u. To develop penicillin Chicago the Upjohn company has made a Grant of 75,000 dollars to the University of Illinois for the analysis an i eventual production of the Quot Miracle drug Quot penicillin. Scientists Hope to Speed distribution of the anti bacterial drug which is now produced from a meld. The work will be done by the cd mistry department on a three year research project. Washington. Sept. 5�?president Roosevelt called on defense workers for another notch in production in a pre labor Day address sunday. Quot that Inere Sec production Effort will be forthcoming. It will be Given gladly for love of country and for Liberty As it has been Given since Pearl Harbor to set up a record that never has been equalled Quot the president stated. White Collar workers in general will take the Day of but the workers in War plants All Over the country will be at their machines labor Day just As on any other monday. Officials of railways bus and air lines expressed amazement that for once the general Public had heeded their plea to travel sparingly Over the labor Day Weeker. Rail bus and air officials reported the Hou Day business was that of a usual weekend. Low gasoline allotments kept automobile travel in the East at its almost non existent minimum. The president handed the working men an enthusiastic Garland of Praise in his labor Day statements when he said a their record to Date has been magnificent and in keeping with the True american spirit of All out Effort for those fighting so valiantly Arl so successfully in All parts of the worm Quot committee to plan mex. Development Washington United. States members of a commission to study the development of industrialization of Mexico have been appointed by president Roosevelt including Wayne c. Taylor undersecretary of Como amp Erce. Nelson a. Rock flier coordinator of inter american affairs and Thomas r. Loo / Kew embassy Counselor for economic affairs in Mexico City. Three mexicans will also be members of the committee which was created by Mexico. Fire destroys two big War industries Philadelphia sept. 5�?two fires with an unofficial damage total of possibly five and a half million Dolivia yesterday hit two vital War industries Oil and transportation. Accompanied by numerous Aplha explosions flames destroyed the entire three Block Long grease processing building at the pure Oil company s Marcos Hook p.�., Plant where the loss of machinery Oil and grease May reach two million dollars. Important Bellefontaine Ohio machine shops of the new York Central Railroad were destroyed by flames that levelled 40 of 70 occupied locomotive stalls. Damage May reach three and a half millions according to official estimates. Gop considers Post War policy san Francisco sept. A 5�?a Post War program demanding the establishment of a Council of nations to prevent forcibly the Rise of new forms of aggression was adopted unanimously yesterday by 200 delegates of the Republican postwar policy association. The United nations would form the nucleus of the Council As proposed by the Republican group. Other Points of the program included a world court to adjudicate International disputes an expanding world Economy and maintenance of economic peace by opening the channels of world peace and maintenance of adequate National defense until a perfected system of International cooperation guarantees Ouk Security. Quot the United nations can end International anarchy forever Quot said or. Robert Low Bacon. Vice chairman of the new Fork 3tate Republican committee. Quot the Only Security is collective  Allied Force Headquarters. Sept. 5�?a beachhead of 41 Miles extending from Bagnara in the North to Clito at the southernmost tip of the italian toe today was firmly held by units of the British eighth army which landed on the West coast of Italy s calabrian Peninsula last saturday morning on the anniversary of the beginning of the fifth year of War. It was Learned late yesterday that uie depth of this Bridgehead has progressed about five Miles Inland the capture of Calanna and Melita in the rugged Hills indicated that Advance. Total distance across the Width of the Peninsula is about 30 Miles and thus the allies have covered approximately one sixth of that. Bagnara marking the northernmost Advance is almost directly across from the tip of North easternmost Sicily. Melito is the most extreme Southern Point in the kingdom of Italy. Between these Yard markers Are located More than 30 coastal towns villages and hamlets All of which Are now in Allied hands. The 41 Miles of coastal Highway and paralleling Railroad both nearly intact Are being put to Good use As the Canadian and British divisions assisted by Tho gom Mattoc. Push North and Southeast to Widen the breach in the so called weakest link in the fortress of Europe. There were startling developments related to the Allied opera Berlin blasted third time in twelve Days Northern France shudders under Allied bomb Load London sept. 5�?ber�?Tjin has received its third heavy pounding o. _. A in 12 Days and German military in  Sta lations in Northern France were pounded yesterday in Dawn to dusk operations which saw every Type of plane thrown into the weekends great air offensive. Berlin Friday night was subjected to the most concentrated air attack Ever delivered on any target. More than 1,100 tons of bombs were dropped in 20 minutes by speedy Lancaster bombers. The bombing of Berlin marked the first time an All Lancaster bomber raid portent they were 1 the North african air Force announced that it had practically succeeded in stopping All rail traffic in the Bologna bottleneck 250 Miles North of Rome. The Berne. Switzerland correspondent for the authoritative swedish newspaper Senska Dag bladet. Cabled an Eye witness account of the destruction of two Miles of tracks at Bologna communications Center of Northern Italy. Three railway lines and six major highways converge at this Allim was Ever made. Only 22 of the last heavy planes were shot Down. Northern France shuddered under the successive pounding of american flying fortresses fast hard hitting medium bombers and Clouds of american British and Allied fighters in the biggest Daylight fighter operation of the year. Fortresses and marauders at the Eye witness said that the Bologna railway network was completely destroyed. Passengers from the South must leave the train before Bologna and Taxe another til n Severia. Miles nov a of the City. Freight Tratras of a Curry must wait until the break is patched. They Are lined up for Miles on sidings at either end. Tacked five airfields while Hun a wont it Erful target they dress of Raf Dominion and Allied spitfires with american thunderbolts escorted the bombers. The witness told the Berne correspondent. The main line Junction at Trento go Miles South of the Bremer pass is also badly big formations of fortresses damaged said the Eye witness. No went Over the Paris area bombing trains have passed through the the important Renault aircraft Junction for four Days Plant just outside the City and hit still further developments in the an aircraft Assembly Plant in a italian invasion Northwest suburb. 2 a previously unannounced swans of enemy fighters Rose commando Landing Between Melito to meet the flying forts and a a1 Cape Spartivento which took rapiers Over Paris. Twenty three place nine hours after the initial enemy fighters were destroyed �?�idlil88�?zer�aceajin Over their targets. Six enemy planes were shot Down Over Northern France making the Days total 28. Only eight of our planes i ailed to return. 41 Miles of most 50. 3 a naval blockade has been established of the entire Calabria Peninsula without any interference from what remains of the the massive shuttle service from italian Fleet not an Axis warship Britain picked up Speed Iver the regains in the vital italian naval weekend and at one time saturday morning one Armada was going out As another was coming Back. Crop output in �?T43 will be 1-3 higher St. Louis a the 1843 pro duct Jon of crops and livestock will be one third higher than the 1934-1939 average and 43 percent higher than the years of the first world War. Secretory of agriculture Claude Wickart said Here. The increased production will come from the same agricultural Plant operated by 14 percent less manpower he added. Base of Taranto on the Heel of Italy. 4 marshal Kesselring. The German air Leader is believed to have been appointed commander in chief of Axis anti invasion forces in Southern Europe with Gen. Frich Tho Fen As his chief of staff and the Prince of Piedmont in command of the italian forces according to an Algiers radio broadcast last night. Other revelations on the Campaign which stirred the eager world of listeners Allied naval bombardment of Southern Italy was called the Quot heaviest concentrated attack on land targets in the history of warfare a by a. V. Con Ltd a it it on Page 4