Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1943, Oran, Oran                               Vol. 1 to. 124. Thursday october 21,1943 of franc daily newspaper for ii. S. Armed forces nazi Ukraine 5fr Banff Kwh of Tali 2 -1 Loire pc Umrai rid paper cites Friendship tails russian View. Moscow oct. 30�?the Long twisted and brilliantly spotlighted conference of Britain the United steles and the soviet Union opened without fanfare Here last night when foreign Secretary Anthony Yenti Secretary of state Cordell huh and foreign comm Lobar Vyacheslav m. Molotov and their a a attended a preliminary bust Nea meeting. No important statements were issued after the two and one half hour meeting and it no Public announcement until the conference a a whole ended. As a Patent Mea a of forestalling conflicting reports it was agreed that no delegation would Issue a Public statement except with the approval of the other two. The conference it was said would be exclusively a three Power affair an announcement evidently aimed at spiking a Rumor that King Peter of Yugoslavia or a representative might attend As Delegate or of server. It was considered probable though not officially announced that secretaries Eden and Hull would bus marshal Joseph Stalin before leaving Moscow. The russian View of the conferences main purposes was set Forth by the Moscow newspaper Izvestia in a Long article which mixed frankness with great cordiality. Is Vestal Foremost government Organ stressed the growth of Friendship an veg the pro mater russian. American governments and pointed to the United stand on Italy s armistice and of belligerency As a conspicuous example. The work of the International food conference at hot Springs a was cited As proof that the allies recognized that it has become indispensable to resolve great problems arising from the Community of the struggle to coordinate Points of View a Tell according Tol Svetla the Mosow conferees can be expected to take up such postwar problems As relations with a Defeated Germany the status of the Balkan nations and the future of Nasi satellites Admiral Cunningham leaves for new Post Aimeb Force Headquarters oct 30�?following Tere Wsul Here my fas Given by Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower and at to of til by teg sees officers the this theater Admiral of the Fleet sir Andrew cent Ingham left by plane fir London yesterday the ask ame ble duties me Britain s first sen i attending the Brief leave taking ceremony saturday night were the amed military naval eos eague with commander in chief of the Allied naval fee in the Meriter of mutant theater by in Italy. Dependency railway joining Dnepropetrovsk Kiev severed London oct. 20�?the German unas in the Ukraine Between Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk tottered perilously today after the soviets last night cracked the last railway linking the two important Dnieper River cities. The red army severed the route which had been used by the Weh nacht to shift troops and muddies from one position to another by capturing Pat khat a the Junction 60 Miles West of seven Ico occupied by Slov patriots Washington oct. 20�?vic-lor�ese yugoslav Patry Ete have of copied seven Ca Northwest of Zagreb on the vital Zagreb Lonb Ljaba Railroad after renting German fee in the area according to reports which reached the capital yesterday. The unrelenting native troops now Are Eaid to be pressing northward to nazi Retreat still orderly resistance stiff on for s desk oct 90 a the bin providing increased allotments to dependents of enlisted men of the lower four grades in All branches of the armed fences was on president Roosevelt s desk today. The House approved my passed by the Senate on a voice vote yesterday allots 90 dollars a month for the first child and 20 dollars a month for each additional child. The present so Dollar monthly allotment for childless wives is not changed. Army Navy Marine corps and coast guard men of the first second and third grades May take advantage of the allowances but not in addition to receiving their regular allotments for dependents quarters. No change was made in the 42-Dollar allowance for a Motherless the Junction which is also the Hub of the entire rail network Between Dnepropetrovsk and Odessa fell to the soviet forces driving southward from Kremen chug 80 Miles up the River from Dnepropetrovsk after their major breakthrough Early this week. Unofficial reports in Moscow said that the greatest masses of russian soldiers and material of the entire Campaign Are being used in this sector. Berlin yesterday claimed that As Many As 500,000 red army men Are advancing in the Kremenchug sector to Dnepropetrovsk on the Bend cd the Dnieper. At Melitopol. 110 Miles South of Dnepropetrovsk and 170 South of captured a Poreche it was reported that a Nev German 6th army was taking part in the fierce Street fighting now in its seventh Day. The original 6th army was killed or captured at Stalingrad when Ite commander. Field marshal Friedrich Paulus refused to surrender to the russians. The new 6th, which a fighting along with the German 17th army is  to be made up of miscellaneous units from other armies decimated in the fighting in Southern Russia. Charged with holding the Southern end of the German line extending southward from Melitopol through the Crimea to the Black sea these two armies Are now fighting with their backs to the Dnieper River on a line that has been flanked on the North at Zaporozhye. In addition the soviet River and Austria. Furl sans Mima threaten the Railroad which runs Southwest from Zagreb to Rijeka and the line which branches off and runs South to the important Adriatic port town a fierce Battle was re per a town a fierce Battle was reported in Progress and the offensive in Montenegro was said to be mounting. £2 Surprise blow Chilli. For a divorced wife the Bill my retains the present limitation to thrust from Kremenchug May de on of Nim in Ovalo jump i twin into o Flora Alm the Rolf in met Allied South Pacific Headquarters oct. 20�?a second Surprise blow at the japanese base at Rabaul still reeling from last week s great Allied raid was delivered yesterday by Low flying medium bombers which destroyed 60 enemy planes and Sank three ships. Flying to the targets through bad weather the bombers dropped to tree top level Over the new Britain airfields of Rapopo and Tobera to destroy 86 planes on the ground then went on to Siruc a destroyer a gunboat and a t�,000 ton cargo ship a. Sec Contact or in a so he a Ort include two parents from Complete control of Melitopol. Nih to 68 a Miara one Parent from the preliminary fighting for hinted Are other questions Likely to 57 50 dollars one Parent and Kiev on the Middle Dnieper seem Ane brother or sister 42 to 66 Dol Lars and one brother or sister but Nuj rents 27 to 17 dollars. The Bill does no a Conga the 22 Dollar monthly deduction from the a Serviceman s pay Lor wife and de to be nearing an end. A Moscow report said that the germans above the Ukraine Capitel were withdrawing after the bloodiest Battles in the struggle for the River line. Closer to the City however the children or. The 27-Doukr deduction Weh nacht was still throwing for wife children and other rela everything into its resistance Tive. Against the encircling soviets. Up. If Vestia reminded its readers however that the War must be won before postwar problems can be solved. The solving of postwar problems Izvestia said can be successful Only if everything is done in the military to Leticai and economic Field to accelerate the Advent of this Poat Wir period. That was Izvestia s Way of leading up to a topic which Moscow has repeatedly stressed and which has been particularly emphasized stupa the to avow conference was arranged. The Burden of the fighting borne by the Rye Aikaa need for opening another front in Western Europe. To prolong the duration of the the newspaper warned after Allied Force head quart work of the infantryman May not oct. Fioz the infantryman be As spectacular a he noted Quot and Mirari Irti a that events hate taboo a tee one who does much of the therefore is Likely to be dismissed with a report of Little change on tee front or to be limited to individual Fuff Fig of  it sketching an Over All picture of infantry fighting from Al Alamein the Italy the general re Caulfi tee Long bitter Winter Days when tee first British army and the american troops were fighting in to Tea. Quot done to forget the foot Soldier s Days and id hts in the mud and flying unescorted the bombers were jumped by 60 Jap fighters Over the target. They shot Down 24 enemy planes and probably got six More. Three of the bombers were lost. Heavy bombers scored a direct hit on an 6600 ton troop filled enemy transport Oft new Ireland Northeast of Rabaul. The vessel a continued on Pago 2 sbon9t forget the infantry says favourable turn for the files is to assume a political responsibility for the excessive sufferings of of futons of people and for tee prolonged and serious disorganization of tee economic and political life. The problem of decisively reducing the duration of the War and of achieving continued on Page 3fighting and often gets the credit received four Star Praise yesterday from the Soldier who leads him Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower. The Allied commander in chief paid High tribute to the american and British foot Soldier now up to his in 1 mud. General Eisenhower took advantage of his prot conference in two months to Call Atten Rae of duty to ones country. This sense of duty Quot he declared is extremely High in the infantry the commander in chief room mended a visit to a front line Hospital rather than base hospitals to see the courage exhibited by men being brought in freshly wounded while subjected to conditions of original landings and piled us an fats a jew amps a a a a a Allied Force Headquarters oct 20�?leaving the scorched italian Earth behind them the enemy yesterday was in Retreat before the left flank of the 5th army. Further advances of three to five right forced the germans to abandon positions to which they Clung precariously since the Volturo was crossed. The germans were expected to fall Back to a new line extending from Mondragon ten Miles above the Volturo on the West coast roughly 90 Miles in a northeasterly direction to Venafro on the left of the Volturo following Down from the North. This areas an excellent defensive line since it includes an unbroken series of High rough ridges and controls the roads leading to Rome. Enemy resistance on the 6th army front remained stiff a further sign that the germans May have sent reinforcements there to hold out As Long As possible. With the Mondragon Venafro line in the West extending to the present German line in the East. Field marshal Albert Kesselring can make a stand in the narrowest pact of Italy with a minimum number of men fighting in difficult Hilly terrain from coast to coast. The German Retreat was orderly As usual and the number of prisoners was expected to be few. As they fell Bate with fighting reduced to a minimum they waged a reign of terror against the civilian populations. They burned Down houses shooting the occupants in some cases killed the cattle set haystacks on fire and used them As smokescreen. They did not neglect to blow up railroads tracks Bridges and reads and Sprinkle their path with a Liberal Supply of mines. Allied gains were most rapid in the american sector extending North of Capua to the Volturno River. In that Region the yanks took Pignataro Rocc Romana and dragon. The occupation of Pignataro was particularly important because it gave tee allies of nerd of a Road Junction where one Arm leads to Rome and tee other through the Hills to Formia on the West coast. On the 8th army front the ene a Yew yielding 6r0un<l reluctantly. On the East coast above Termo the British launched a heavy infantry attack Well supported with tanks and artillery to capture Petacciato. A stiff counterattack at mint Cufone was beaten off by hard fighting on the part of 8th army troops. The germans were putting up their strangest Battle for the High Pound around Bardnelle in the Central sector which overlooks the the fifth Road leading North from Tochi Turc. As Long As the enemy Holl out the British ale prevented from using the Road. It was officially announced today that the 78th British division is in the 8th army line. The 78th has been repeatedly praised since it arrived in Algiers last year in the Uon to the packages flood a 0. New York More than 13,000,-oq packages for oversees Heve gone through the Postoff Iod Bere a ready end said that total will probably be Lnch four or five off Loti be Cwm. Ber i deadline for Chr Tramna mall. Reader of the italian Fleet. The infantry cold and the a Nodi iwo a a w u w a a / exhibited general Eisenhower i questioned whether the Man  of in tee Street Bate Home fully a  he said it must a a k predated the Job they were doing be pretty hard for an infantryman our fighting men goes into tee Rutm average american Quot Here lying in the mud to  ground forces and i done to think Tbs mass of the Allied fighting Man is something that deserves from All of the untied states a tribute of gratitude and admiration. Quot in both Britain and the United states general Eisenhower went on the greatest proportion of icily and now in Italy. Rules stricter Washington stricter regulation governing my a Neathal War Job have become effective. A worker leaving an eur Enolal Job mag not he hired m another Job for 60 Daja Unalee the change would Ben. Fin it nil ird front ib6 us employment service