Oran Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1943, Oran, Oran                                The stars and stripes september commando operations Aid Allied landings in Italy continued from Page 1 first lord of the Admi Kot a single Landing Craft of any consequence was lost in the Lii tial Landing Accord ing to a front line dispatch from a Reuters Timothy Cleary of an officer with the Sicily based american 155 my Tom is believed to have been the first american to land in he crossed with Khe first British wave to direct Ovar the major Ity of them have been taken by the British eighth army in the first 48 hours after casualties on both sides Are believed otherwise to have been comparatively due to the weak Ness of the italian was termed foible and half today Allied Force released at read oui troops Cors tinted to and Vance throughout yesterday along the whole on the North coast leading troops joined forces with a commando party who had earlier landed and captured the town of in the Southern our troops have advanced to resistance remains comparatively but some delay is be ing caused by an increased scale of Many other prisoners have been main y these demolitions expertly the hand of the Ger out it was almost the Only indication that there remained any Boche in the Peninsula of but there have been no either on the beaches or the coastal or the British and canadians have met in Axis tanks or armoured a London broadcast said that eighth army Armor had been landed m meet just such a counter attack but that it did not Only indication of increasing resistance came in the air when Axis fighter bombers made a More determined Effort to keep the British reinforcements Ard arms from pouring across the two mile wide Straits of italian airmen Rose for the first time since the invasion in defense of Twenty fighter mostly were seen flying Southwest Down the coast to the but Raf spitfire interceptors destroyed eight of them and damaged another four with the loss of Only one of their own the enemy was forced to Jettison their bombs and dive for the Hillst were the dog fights took place in the Ravine Ard Val Leys of Italy most rugged coun in the largest air operation of the Day Naaf heavy and medium bombers smashed away it now the nearest naval base to the British wellingtons continued the attack last in All operations 12 enemy planes were shot Down against the loss of six Allied in the three Days since the invasion the enemy has lost 51 to the allies another revelation came with the announcement by Reuters that three British freighters had in Termec the Harbor of Reggio to tend heavy War Allied Force Headquarters of Dwight the commander in chief of Allied forces in North has announced that general Bernard Law of the British 8th had gone ashore and was directing operations from Headquarters on the italian it was als3 revealed that Admiral or Andrew commander in chief of Allied naval forces in the had watched the initial landings from the destroyer tartan ii the Straits o not forthcoming this time was the size or composition of the in Vasion nor the exact Points of this much was re leased that three principal land Ings were made with two objectives two forces ent in on either bide of Reggio i Rita and pinched the City off an fron the third Force came at five Pules North of this Spear after mopping up the North another five Miles to the seaport of Villa san Vuini by land 1 Are Agio fell five hours after h Villa san Giovanni was secured shortly the Pri Mary springboard of a ten mile beachhead had been also apparent now is that these three landings were protected on either flank by Small scale com Mando landings though such landings did not necessarily Coin cide with h one went in to Bagnara to the the other Between Nolito and Cape Sparti Vento in the All forces have now joined together for the Inland there operatic is were separate from the pre invasion raids for the purpose of reconnaissance and prob ing of enemy it was Learned but not revealed until that the evidence of the italian coastal defences was weak and the Confidence of the invaders thus greatly they had been prepared to go up against what was reputed to be the strongest antiaircraft sector outside the Ruhr and some 250 a guns had been located on the West coast of Calabria by interpretation of reconnaissance but when the invaders under the mighty barrage that included american they found almost All such guns had been either destroyed or a commando Leader of an advanced told of these first dramatic moments after reach ing the italian Shore we clambered up an there was no one on the Road but a Lone we grabbed him and pulled him Down to the he pro saying he didst want to get mixed up in any it became apparent we had landed in the Middle of a the silence was we fired Sev eral bursts Down the main Street without rousing we sent up flares to announce our pres still no on there were no or and i will no enemy the italian said he had taken his family into the Hife he said that All civilians had taken to the Hills unless they were pro Ameri he said the germans had cleared out three Days he said that the italian militia had with drawn into the seventeen Days of continuous Allied barrage had been too much for he though the coastal defences had been installations at Reggio had not been tampered the Post office still the phone system still important Public buildings had been left without re Agios main the Corso seemed almost said the first men into there were no Booby the Lack of resistance to the landings caused commentators to decide that Allied troops went ashore with perhaps greater safety than any seaborne invasion has yet enjoyed in this there is Only one other place in the world where such a protected As it was by Shore Bat could have it did in the world War i and both the bos chorus and the Straits of Messina Are approximately two Miles wide at their narrowest is the Delaware River that George Washington a late Flash told of How nine heavy guns that were captured along the calabrian coast were be ing turned around to Bear against the an eyewitness described How italian including a Large number of naval rowed themselves across the the Straits to Jeffers resigns Post As National rubber chief Man who pushed the country Over the synthetic rubber program William an nou roed yesterday that he had signed As director of the National rubber stating he would gladly return to his Job As president of the Union Pacific Jeffers Ive got a hell of a big Railroad that needs it is a Case of feeling that i can Contri Bute More in this emergency out there where they Are having some terrific problems than i can sit Ting Here in there is no possibility of his taking Over any other government Jeffers Jeffers has suggested to presi Dent Roosevelt that Bradley Deputy director and presi Dent of the Boston chemical firm of Dewey and Almy succeed Dewey has been named acting Dias Jeffers stepped out of the rubber there still was a shortage of tires for civilian vehicles and no general Relief was expected before the Middle of next it was that the problem of getting syn thetic rubber into production has heroine a downhill almost three fourths of the pro posed number of synthetic rubber plants will be operating by the end of this by january 1 All of them will be in turning out tons of rubber boxing continued from rage 3 from Down proved that a Little Man could stand no against the big while lil Arthur Jack Johnson showed the world what a powerful Man could do with both a punch following Johnson came Jess a towering whose great reach proved nothing when he fell before the tev offic louts of the Manassa mauler Jick Kernp in had a repetition of the Salivar Corbett Battle wished on him when he met Tun gentleman Gene his knew the Knack of getting in and throw ing punches while in full in winning Over Tunney re turned the game to the scientific Era although the fans like the blood and Thunder could not see it that at they would never from Schmeling to and then on to the Champion ship travelled with each fighter adding something new to the the one and Only Clown of the Max a Good her if he had a mind to mixed comedy and Fristic Only to have his clowning stopped by Jim a Veteran at the but still Strong enough to put across the telling Louis a credit to game when Joe Louis took the title from Braddock he added the Neces sary zip which the modern boxing was nobody fazed Joe and he took them All As they to Many of the sports Fig ures of the modern fighting Joes tactics Are a throw Back to those of the old like Rudy Robart who could shuffle but Atill could hit a terrible but All in on this the 51st birthday of modern the present Day fans Are getting More for their shekels and rot Havig to play jiggers for the raiding May it continue to grow like Good the of for it the better it will Home hews Brief gasoline is available for vacation motorists if they work for they must head for the grand traverse Bay Cherry work at picking and bring Back to the ration Board a note certifying to the hours they spent Navy destroyer escort vessel will be named for Seaman Frank killed in the his James will Christen the ship with water from the we prank dug at their farm Home four years new Board of directors of Camps has recommended payment of dollars each to entertainers Gypsy Jane and Lorraine Rognan for Clipper crash injuries received in Lisbon last librarian of announced that he noted chinese scholar and former Ambas Sador to the United has been appointed honorary consultant to the Library of Congress on East Asiatic san chinese merchant seamens Union Here has been accepted for membership in the local Cio Council and has applied for a charter in the Cio National maritime Salt Lake Utah whiskey ration was Cut in half by the state liquor commission which allotted holders of state permits a limit of one quart of whiskey a and one bottle of wine every two whose resignation As undersecretary of state has been persistently reported by unofficial political sources yesterday theres absolutely nothing in a report that he would be a candidate next year for senator from fun Washington the National police Gazette again May be sent through the the Post office department announced the Dink Sheet Magazine was barred from the mails for a year on the grounds that it contained improper pictures and lewd Andrew chairman of affairs will push a Bill requiring every male and 21 to take a fu11 military Sainani and periodic one month refresher he says a million youths can be trained preferably after leaving High Scols would n udies m training May believes the Che veg Uncle Sam should a Bis stick All the time of Tel paper Gas tanks for fighter planes a fighter base in paper ache gasoline tanks in stalled on the bellies of Thunder Bolt fighter planes enabled the aircraft to escort american Fly ing fortress bombers in raids on the a United press Dis Patch revealed Here the dispatch quoted an official statement that the addition of the which High Altitude fighters can Jettison when Emp Civet the fighter plane Protection that is greatly increasing the safety of the unable to give fighter cover to big bombers in the Early penetrations of thunderbolts equipped with the spare tanks have recently gone All the Way to wesseling Between Cologne and Bonn on the Rhine a round trip of More than 700 fighting forces shift High posts Tant transfers and new appoint ments in the Navy and Marine corps were announced Here to Hoyt Vanden just returned from North Africa where he was chief of staff of the strategic air Force under James was named Deputy chief of staff of the army air succeeding the late William John Marston was named com Mander of the Pacific depart ment of the Marine corps with Headquarters at san Thomas whose battleship shot Down 32 japanese planes in the Battle of Santa Cruz last was appointed Navy judge advocate he succeeds rear Walter Wood Json who retired after 42 years of Art exhibition opens at arc big wigs come to gala event with Africa greatest display of Silver stars and High command Gold brass since the Casablanca the first annual red Cross Art exhibit opened at the Empire club last saturday after the works displayed were of a uniformly High Quality and rep for the most efforts of american and French officers and speaking an invited audience of High american and French army and naval local and members of the american and French Diplo Matic Madame Maraval president of Des association Des Artistes expressed her admiration of the works on exhibition and the great satisfaction it gave her to realize that through the medium of the Brush and Franco Ameri can Unity was being further the Board of both Ameri can and were reluctant to award prizes without further de liberation and therefore postponed this step until the judges Are chaplain Marvin d William Herbert Wil Liam Madame m j Valentin and m the red Cross has done a magnificent Job in arranging this exhibit and special 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