Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1943, Oran, Oran                               Page 4the stars and strikes a a a a Atiqi my buium a prow commando operations Aid Jeff arc dec Annc Allied landings in Italy. Post As National rubber chief ass continued from Page 1 Alexander first lord of the Admi Alty. Not a single Landing Craft Fol any consequence a was lost in the initial Landing operations. Accord tog to a front line dispatch from a Reuters correspondent. Capt. Timothy Cleary of Boston an observation officer with the of Lucily based american 155 my Long torn artillery is believed have no joined together to have been the first american Inland surge. Hour. Villa san Giovanni was secured shortly thereafter. The primary springboard of a ten mile beachhead had been attained. Also apparent now is that these three landings were protected on either flank by Small scale commando landings though such landings did not necessarily coincide with h hour. One went to to Bagnara to the North the other Between Nolito and Cape Sparti Vento to the South. All forces for the to land in Italy. He crossed with the first British wave to direct fire Over 2,boo prisoners the majority of them italian have been taken by the British eighth army in the first 48 hours after Landing. Casualties on both sides Are Bellev. De otherwise a a a to have been com Para Lively Light due to the weakness of the italian resist ice which. Was termed a feeble and a half  today a Allied Force a communique released. At. 11 00 hours read Quot our troops co rained to Advance throughout yesterday along the whole front on the North coast leading troops joined forces with a commando party who had earlier landed and captured the town of Bagnara. In the Southern sector our troops have advanced to Melito. Quot resistance remains comparatively weak but some delay is being caused by an increased scale of a demolitions. There operations were separate from the pre invasion raids for the purpose off reconnaissance and probing of enemy strength. It was Learned then but not revealed until today that the evidence off the italian coastal defences was weak and the Confidence of the invaders thus greatly enhance. They had been prepared to go up against what was reputed to be the strongest anti aircraft sector outside the. Ruhr and Berlin. Some 250 a guns had been located on the West coast of Calabria by interpretation of reconnaissance photos but when the invaders landed under the mighty barrage that included american artillery they found almost All such guns had been either destroyed or removed. It Nixon a commando Leader of an advanced patrol told of these first dramatic moments after reaching the italian Shore Quot we clambered up an embankment. There was no one on the Road but a Lone Many other italian. We grabbed him and pull been captured him Down to the boat. He pro tested saying he did no to want to get mixed up in any Maneu vers. A it became apparent we had landed in the Middle of a town. The silence was uncanny. We fired several bursts Down the main Street without rousing anyone. We sent up flares to announce our presence. Still no on arow ered. There were no mines wire or roadblocks troops the prisoners have main y  these demolitions expertly done indicate., the hand of the German out it was almost the Only indication that there remained any Boche in the Peninsula of Calabria. But there have been no mines either on the beaches or the coastal Row a or Inland. A the British and canadians have met no Axis tanks or armoured vehicles. A London broadcast said that eighth army Armor had been landed to meet just such a counter attack but. That it did not come. Only xxx cation of increasing re a stance came in the air when Axis fighter bombers made a More determined Effort to keep the British reinforcements and arms from pouring across the two mile wide Straits of Messina. Italian airmen Rase for the first time since the invasion in it defense of their Homeland. Twenty fighter bombers mostly Macc his were seen flying Southwest Down the coast to the toe but Raf spitfire interceptors. Destroyed eight of them and damaged another four with the  Only one of their own number. The enemy was f forced without looting to Jettison their bombs and dive for the Hills were the dog fights took place in the ravines arid valleys of Italy s most rugged country in the largest air operation of the Day Naaf heavy and medium bombers smashed away at Naples now the nearest naval base to the British operations wellingtons continued the attack last night. In All operations 12 enemy planes were shot Down against the loss of six Allied aircraft. In. The three Days since the invasion the enemy has lost 51 to the allies 22. Another revelation came with the announcement by Reuters that three British freighters had Ente rec the Harbor of Reggio to land heavy War materials. Allied Force Headquarters of Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower the commander in chief of Allied forces in North Africa has announced that general Bir Bernard Law Montgomery commander of the British 8th army had gone ashore and was directing operations from Headquarters on the Mainland. It was also revealed that Admiral sir Andrew b. Cunningham commander in chief off Allied naval forces in the Mediterranean had watched the initial landings from the destroyer tartan ii it the Straits of Messina. Not forthcoming this time was the Sise or composition off the invasion army nor the exact Points off Landing. This much was released that three principal landings were made with two objectives two forces ent in on either Side of a a capital Reggio i and pinched the City off an Iran Vise the third Foroe came to at Galileo Marini five Miles North off Reggio. This Spear Cafter mopping up the teen. North another five Miles to the seaport of Villa san Vanni by land assault. \ Job Teglo fell five hours after h Washington sept a a 5-rthe Man who pushed the country Over the synthetic rubber program Hump William m. Jeffers announced yesterday that he had re signal As director of the National rubber program. Stating he would gladly return to his Job As president of the Union Pacific Railroad Jeffers said Quot in be got a hell off a big Railroad that needs attention it is lust a Case off feeling that i can contribute More in this emergency out there where they Are having some terrific problems than i can sit tire a Here in  there is no possibility of his taking Over any other government Quot bottleneck a Jeffers insisted. Jeffers has suggested to president Roosevelt that Bradley Dewey Deputy director and president of the Boston chemical firm off Dewey and Aimy. Succeed him. Dewey has been named acting director. As Jeffers stepped out of the rubber picture there still was a shortage off tires for civilian vehicles and no general Relief was expected before the Middle of next year. It was understood however that the problem off getting synthetic rubber into production has Jerome a downhill Job. Almost three fourths of the proposed number of synthetic rubber plants will be operating by the end of this Morch. By january 1 All of them will be in operation turning out 870,000 tons of rubber annually. Detroit vacation gasoline is available for vacation motorists if they work for it they must head for the grand traverse Bay Cherry Orchards work at picking cherries and Taring Back to the ration Board a note certifying to the hours they spent picking. Pm jew.  Navy destroyer escort vessel will be named for Seaman Frank Slater killed to the Solomons. His Mother mrs. James Slater will Christen the ship with water from the Well Funk dug at their farm Home four years ago. A new York the Board of directors of u. S. O. Camps has recommended payment of 12,000 dollars each to entertainers Gypsy Markoff Jane Froman and in Orraine Rognan for Clipper crash injuries received in Lisbon last february. Washington Archibald a amp Mcleish librarian of Congress announced that or. He Shih noted chinese scholar and former ambassador to the United states has been appointed honorary consultant to the Library off Congress on East Asiatic literature. San Francisco a chinese merchant seamen a Union Here has been accepted for membership in the local Cio Council and hag a Yitoi for a charter to the Cio National maritime Union. Salt Lake City the 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 month and one bottle of wine every two weeks., Baltimore Sumner Welles whose resignation As undersecretary of state has been persistently reported by unofficial political sources of id yesterday that a there a absolutely nothing in a report that he would be a candidate next year for u. 6. Senator from Maryland. A Washington the National police Gazette again May be sent through the mails the Post office department announced. The. Pink. Sheet Magazine was barred from the mails for a year on the grounds that it contained improper pictures and lewd language. Washington Kentucky congressman Andrew May chairman of the House military affairs committee will push a Bill Leou iring every Able bodied male Between 17 and 21 to take a full years military training and Gri Odic one month refresher courses. He says a million youth scan be trained annually preferably after leaving High school. They would a my nue studies while in training. May believes the Bill should be rushed believing Uncle Sam should carry a Quot big stick Quot All the Mif after the War. Boxing Cottam Terrt from Page 3 from a Down under Quot proved that a Little Man could stand us against the big Fellows while Quot lil Arthur Quot Jack Johnson showed the world. T a a a what a powerful Man could do guarantee no enemy with both a punch and science. Following Johnson came Jess italian said he had taken Willard a towering giant whose his family into the Hillk he said that All civilians had taken to the Hills can. He said the germans had cleared out three Days ago. Me said that the italian militia had withdrawn into the Hills. Seventeen Days of continuous Allied barrage had been too much for them he said. Though the coastal defences had been destroyed installations at Reggio had not been tampered with. The Post office still a Tood. The great reach proved nothing when he fell before the Tariff in a louts of unless they were pro Ameri the Quot Manassa mauler Jack Dempsey who in turn had a repetition of the sol Ivan Corbett Battle wished on him when he met Tun Ney. Quot gentleman Gene Ike his predecessor Corbett knew the Knack of getting in and out throwing punches while in full swing. In winning Over Dempsey Tunney returned the game to the scientific Era although the fans who like the blood and Thunder style could phone system still worked. Import not see it that Way. At a ast they Tant Public buildings had been left would never admit. From Schmeling to Sharkey and Reggio a main Street the Corso then on to camera the Champion Garibaldi seemed almost Friendly ship travelled with each fighter said the first men into town. There adding something new to the game were no Booby traps. The Lack of the one and Only Clown of the resistance to the landings Caus game Max Baer a Good fighter if de commentators to decide that he had a mind to fight mixed Allied troops Quot went ashore with comedy and Fristic ability Only to perhaps greater safety than any have his clowning stopped by Jim seaborne invasion has yet enjoy Braddock a Veteran at the time de m this  but still Strong enough to put there is Only one other place in across the telling blows the world where such a Landing. Louis a credit to game protected As it was by Shore Bat when Joe Louis took the title teries could have occurred the from Braddock he added the Neces bos porous. It did in the world sary zip which the modern boxing War i and ruled both the bos was lacking. Nobody fazed Joe chorus and the Straits of Messina and he took them All As they Are approximately two Miles wide came. To Many of the snorts Fig at their narrowest Point. So too. Ures of the modern Day. Quot fighting is the Delaware River that George Joe a Quot tactics Are a throw Back to Washington crossed. Those of the old Days like Rudy a late Flash told of How nine Robert who could shuffle but still heavy guns that were capture could hit a terrible Wallop. Paper Gas tanks for fighter planes a u. S. Fighter base in England sept. 5�?auxiliary paper mache gasoline tanks installed of the bellies off Thunderbolt fighter planes enabled the aircraft to escort american flying fortress bombers in raids on the Ruhr a United press dispatch revealed Here today. The dispatch quoted an official statement that the addition off the tanks which High Altitude fighters can Jettison when emptied gives the fighter plane Protection that is greatly increasing the safety of the bombers. Unable to give fighter Over to big bombers in the Early penetrations off Europe thunderbolts equipped with the spare tanks have recently gone All the Way to Wem Chimg Between Cologne and Bonn on the Rhine River a round trip of More than 700 Miles. Fighting forces shift High posts Art exhibition Al la Iii it Lull along the calabrian coast were being turned around to Bear against the foe. 4 an eyewitness described Bow italian prisoners including a Large number of naval personnel rowed themselves across the the Straits to be Good wine Quot the older surrender. The better k will  v but All in All on this the 51st birthday of modern boxing the present Day fans Are getting More for their shekels and rot having to play Quot jiggers Quot for the raiding parties. May it continue to grow it gets Washington sept. 5�?important transfers and new appointments in the army Navy and Marine corps were announced Here today. Brig. Gen. Hoyt a Vanden Berg just returned from North Africa where he was chief of staff of the strategic air Force under Gen. James Doolittle was named Deputy chief off staff off the army air forces. Succeeding the late maj. Gen. William upshur maj. Gen. John Marat a was named commander of the Pacific depart ment of the Marine corps with Headquarters at san a Banc a so. Capt Thomas l. Catch whose battleship shot Down 12 japanese planes in the Battle of Santa Cruz last october was appointed Navy judge advocate general. He succeeds rear adm. Walter b. Wood Json who retired after 42 years of service. Opens at arc big wigs come to gala event with africans greatest display of Silver stars and Mph command Gold brass since the Casablanca conference the first annual red Cross Art exhibit opened at the Empire club last saturday afternoon. The works displayed were of a uniformly High Quality and represented for the most part efforts of american and French officers and soldiers. Speaking before an invited audience of High american and French army and naval officers local dignitaries and members of the american and French diplomatic corpsman ame Mara Val Berthoin president of Des association Des Artistes Africain 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 palette. Franco american Unity was being further strengthened. The Board of judges both american and French were reluctant to award prizes without further deliberation and therefore postponed this step until tuesday. The judges Are chaplain Marvin d. Brown. It. Col. William h. Beers. Maj. Herbert j. Slingo it William t. Poole. M. Be Landes. Madame Maraval Berthoin m. J. Taillet m. Valentin and m Moreau. The red Croas has done a magnificent Job in arranging this exhibit and special acknowledgement is due Bernard Katzin and Jeanne Luther who worked Long and hard to make it the Success it is. 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