Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1943, Oran, Oran                               Vol. 1 no. 143 wednesday november 17, 1943 per for ii. S. Armed forces yugoslavian pilots raid Borman held Airfield in 6reece a.  a airmen blast Athens area Allied Force Headquarters. Not. In a yugoslav air Crews trained in the United states and flying bombers recently presented to them there hit the germans for the first time yesterday As part of an Najaf b-24 liberate. A formation bombing enlists air drone at Athens Greece. In one of War s instances of poetic Justice the first blow by the yugoslav airmen against their country oppressors was struck at the same Ai drome from which the airmen had once escaped by plane in the face of the German Advance. The planes flown by the yugoslavs were latest Model liberators presented to them in Washington by president Roosevelt last september. The aircraft were formally accepted by King Peter in ceremonies at Cairo Egypt Early this month. Many of the yugoslavs had flown with the air Force in their own country before it was invaded and after escaping by Way of Greece in their own planes fought for a time in the Middle East. Yesterdays raid on Eulysis was reported successful. Bomb hits were seen on hangars buildings and in revetments where several fires Here started. A second attack on the Athens area was delivered by b-25 Mitchells of the tactical air Force which bombed the Aramaki Airfield. Twelve enemy fighters were encountered but results of the raid Yere not immediately announced. Weather Cut Down the operations of fighter planes Over the Battle front. German fighter plane activity Over the front jut nned considerably last week with 146 aircraft sighted Between wednesday and saturday it was announced today. None of the enemy planes was aggressive and what combats there were a took place while the enemy was naming for Home. A total of it Nasi planes was shot Down. Rain mad bog allies on italian front Allied Force Headquarters. New. 16�?w.th the wheels and Boot of opposing forces locked in heavy mid action on the italian Battlefront yesterday was limited to slight Janat gains above Venafro and continued Active defense by the enemy o f his win Tei soviets 30 Miles from Poland Ibio Ilii in the High Oon try around it. Croce Jost North Venafro two enemy counter attacks of scored american troops f rom a Hail Post i. In a continuation of the see a. Jockeying for positions which has been going Ca for nearly a week. On the 8th army right flank British troops made a Small Advance West of Atessa and farther no the 8th army petrol encountered enemy units West of the Sangra River. Vessel destroyed in Beko Island Vicinity Allied so uth p a o i f i c Headquarters nov. In a heavy Allied bombers yesterday destroyed a japanese Light Cruiser and a 10.008 ton merchantman in a series of raids in the Buki Island area in the Northern Solomons. Adverse weather restricted other serial aeration but tight raids were made in nearly every sector. Disclosure of a recent raid by liberators of the 7th Saaf against enemy installations on Betio Island Ana Tarawa atoll in the Gilbert islands group was made in a communique issued by Admiral Chester w. Nimits commander of the Pacific Fleet. Pilots encountered intense ack ack fire Over the target but succeeded in starting several Large blazes. Further raids on Betio and Mille atol in the Marshall islands by liberators were also announced. Minor patrol clashes marked the ground fighting on Bougainville Island where u. S. Marine and army units continued mopping up operations in the area surrounding occupied Piva Village which was occupied several Days ago. Pineville . Paris Kitty. Forge Ridge Tsozik submitted to a court ordered shampoo and was acquitted of a murder change Here. He had been accused of shooting Jack Oam my a last december but witnesses described the Slayer As blonde or Sandy haired. Pvt Kelly hair is Brown. Judge j. 8. Forester ordered the shampoo to determine whether the soldiers hair had been dyed. It had t Chicago for 35 years Law Green Stefan was the Friend of Chicago hoboes. Every Christmas and thanksgiving she opened her South state Street restaurant to a thousand or More Down and out men and gave them Turkey dinners Quot a Quot died in 1936 As she was preparing another big Christmas feast for her  this week Jeff Dovis King of the hoboes announced that the men had perpetuated her memory in an Oil pointing bought with Minin and Nickels they had saved for two years. Camp Crowder to. A an emergency furlough was arranged for pvt Franklin a. Wogg a Here when he was notified that his dog had stiffened a stroke and was dying in Albary n. Pvt Higgins was five Yean old 4a 1998 when he required the dog. Wilmington. . T. L. Williams put physician at the Denver ordnance works told a conference Here Ann Quot women up than men in production of Small we a Mew Niit. Uon. Women have been trained in a few months to do precision Jot that were thought to require 90 years experience he added. Omaha  second largest Corn crop on record�?5,086000,-000 bushels was predicted by the department of agric Timure on the basis of november 1 conditions. The predicted crop would be under last year reoncd1 production but would exceed a. Ten year average yield. Other predictions included a wheat crop considerably under the 1942 yield a tobacco crop slightly under this year record crops of peanuts and potatoes an Apple crop 31 percent smaller than that of 1942. Washington rubber director Bradley Dewey warned that the next six to nine months will bring the most critical tire shortage of the War and advised holders Ofa b and c gasoline cants to Cut their driving to Quot Bare Necee site of said synthetic rubber production is going according to Scute Date but the deities for making urea Ere still  swale report on 61 voting stirs activity in political parties Washington. Nov. 16�?global planning Long the exclusive Forte of military strategists entered the political realm yesterday and sent both parties looking for their geography books. The Senate privileges and elections committee touched off the activity by favor ably reporting the Green Lucas Bill to facilitate voting by the armed forces. Although the Bill has not yet been discussed on the floor of the Senate to say nothing of the vote that must be taken politicians of both sides were preparing themselves for a 1944 Campaign that will transcend National Borders. Hie Green Lucas Bill provides basically that a Board composed of two republicans and two demo. Crafts will supervise the i vote both in the United states and abroad. The War department is directed to provide transmission of the overseas ballots to the United steles by Pesne. The Bill also stipulates that the Board shall cooperate with the War and Navy departments in putting ballots in the hands of All eligible servicemen and in establishing voting procedure. If the Bill is enacted candidates face the problem of placing their Campaign arguments before the nation soldiers sailors and marines scattered All Over the Globe. It is estimated that More than ten million men and women Are now wearing a service uniform and that More than two million of these Are overseas. Their votes theoretically could swing a presidential election though practically political analysts Point out that not every Soldier can be expected to put his x on a ballot not when he May be dodging Jap bombs or German snipers. But for those in the service who Are in a position to spend time concentrating on 1944 political issues both major parties will probably use Short wave radio extensively radio is far quicker than overseas. Besides it is conceivable that pvt. Smith might resent Quot sweating out Quot a Long delayed a Gar report Only to find that it was held up because some candidate had filled the mail bag with literature extolling his own praises. Hull no secret agreements Hull it ten Congress results of four nation agreements in Moscow Washington nov. 16�?Secretary of state Cordell Hull will shatter a Long standing precedent to address Congress thursday at noon on the four nation agreement reached at Moscow. Senate leaders were unable to recall when a Cabinet officer had been so honoured by Congress. In a press conference yesterday Secretary Hull emphasised that he. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and foreign commissar Vacen halal Molotov made no secret agreements it their recent meeting. The. United states. Great Russia he said were shipping crop sign mail n Qaq agreement on the Toad policy of assuring each Nasi overrun nation in Europe the right to select its own government. He pointed the the of Prin Spaes on the military situation in Italy As an example of what the allies stand for in a countries. The four nation declaration or. Hull declared Carne about because each of the four nations desiring to end isolationism decided to go Forward with a Broad Basic program of cooperation the ideas expressed at Moscow represent the views of american leaders and the thoughts of the american Public the Secretary and. Germany Fate after the War nazis using free barrage balloons say Anion pilots Gomel encircled As reds capture Kaganovich London nov. 16�?the red army today is less that 30 Miles from Poland Only As far on reasonably Good roads As the distance Between Camp Kilmer and Uptown new York. While soviet columns raced to be the first across the Border the main Force of general Nikolai Vatu in 1st ukrainian army was encircling Klo Rosten 50 Miles North of Zhitomi. Instead of sending a frontal attack against Korostek. The russians first were systematically cutting All the Junction communications. One spearhead was Only a few Miles from the railway going 25 Miles North to Avruch. A second spearhead captured Kaganovich 25 Miles Northeast of Korostek. Other units were aiming at Korostek from the South and Southeast tightening a net that observers expected would very soon sweep the City into the russian v Story Basket. In their smashing drive toward the polish Border the soviets last night captured bar Novka 112 Miles West of Kiev and about 30 Miles past Zhitomi which was capture. Saturday morning. In this sector the russians Are exceeding the average Speed of 42, Mies a Day they displayed on the drive from Kiev 4nto Zhitomi last week. Crashing South from Zhitomi the russians sought to close the germans Westward escape Gap by reaching the upper Bug River. As the action increased Zhitomi was becoming the Hub for soviet of Quot in Sives in three directions North South and West. In White Russia the wehrmacht position at Gomel was t to Ming increasingly perilous under the repeated blows of the russian armies which have exp tended their grip West of the City past rec hits. The last railway leading West from Gomel was severed yesterday by the soviets who took depict to. 35 Miles beyond. Since the army is now Tosini in be other Force have been under the front Gate of Gomel for mor that a month the latest Man Euver surrounding the City May produce disastrous results for the defenders within the next few Days. In the difficult terrain around go met. The russians Hare been cavalry to Good advantage. The Advance on the gome tor has nearly closed the Gap Between the Dnieper River and the or let marshes making any German escape from the area More hazardous. The 12th air support command in Italy nov. 13 delayed l a spitfire idiots ded. Encountered free floating barrage balloons Over no Man land today they reported upon return from routine flights Over the Battle area. Only a single Quot sky elephant Quot was sighted by an Early morning Patroi but later in the Day about six of them were Drifting slowly at about 15,000 feet the pilots told sgt Art Everett Bay City a Lulu of the air Force Public relations office. The balloons were believed to be Wehnan and several were shot Down. The use of free balloons As anti aircraft devise if such was the purpose intended is unique in the Rattan Campaign although a new mirages were reported during it Battles in Tunisia. Fighter planet of the 19th air support command made More 188 sorties Over land and sea today. According to or. Hull will be left to a larger organisation of nations than the Allied commission which will take Over administration of the italian government for a Quot temporary period after the Allied armies move out Quot distribution of information among the United nations has Gre Tiv improved since the conference the Secretary stated and Many problems which previously existed have now  disappeared. A soviet monetary Mission will soon visit Washington to discuss Post War currency and Trade problems or. Hull added he knew of no two countries caring common infers Sti and Flint Long Inte Ratis in the Mim umm my 8mm Union anti the hmm state for asks for u. S. Contribution to world Relief plan Washington. Not. 16�?Fleet-Dent Roosevelt yesterday asked Congress to authorise a a a. 8 appropriation for the United nations Relief and rehabilitation administration. Each nation or. Roosevelt said will determine for itself the amount and character of its contribution. It was hoped he added that a Small fraction of the National income of the contributing states would be sufficient to help the liberated Peoples rebuild Homes factories and farms the Urra agreement provides Only the framework for giving Quot first Aid Quot to liberated nations or. Roosevelt asserted Quot the Agency will make a beginning at the tremendous Job of aiding War victims but the unrated Peoples themselves will assume the greater share of this