Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1943, Oran, Oran                               Or if daily tripes it v a vol. 1 a. 145 fiume Neww fair 19,1943 oat franc daily newspaper Fot u. S. Armed farces ally Esmail genial Camter blow on 8tt  British p-40 s blast thrust before fee moves Alund pock Hkadquar-tkr8. Mot. Ibo enemy of banter Itti to forming up three mfg of atom. On the both 84 Militan chinese need Aid after War Atlantic City or. 1��? , Chi Mese eth Guif to the United nations  Tom Quot the m m. A y _ memes h. Muon imps mire finally Kihei met of file estimated thai free Chima Mem m a pvt Svob w hmm la1 territory he Flea Quot thirty percent of liberators Pound Jap bases Fields la Marshak Isles Allied action costs enemy 2 ships 7 planes at Zhitomi reds fighting in outskirts of Korostek Amy right flank were what inert Jet am they got under Way yesterday by British ground forces and fighter the action took place near the a deigns or Arch and Perano one Milos from the Sangro utter a ter the British had forced alight Siphn in the face of a Femy artillery fire which was general along the entire Battle front yesterday. Hie fighter bombers were rushed in to attack gun positions and troop concentrations after observation showed the enemy often sire had already begun to move. A military spokesman said the German forces were Quot severely handled although no specific results of the action were Given. We Mem j artillery Iio Tohtz Quot in the lbs of the Gennan Winter a no to boomed Down into Allied port ion All along the front. Paru Eulario heavy shelling was reported North of Venafro on the 5th army right flank night before last. The Ajner trans at Venafro were thus Between the file from the enemy s big guns on the my Croce Heights just North of the town and the flooded upper reaches of the vol Turno River to the South. Rivers reached flood stage yesterday All along the front after Days of unending rain and for the fourth successive Day the rain the mud and. The Mast heavy artillery held the battled unchanged. Enemy artillery was also Active in the Mediterranean coastal sector of the 5th army left flank. Allied guns in answer Fred on several German boats in the Garl Guaiano River which forms the do Viding Une Between the two forces at that Point. A spokesman said. A a the enemy was making increased use of land mines particularly along the West coast and pointed out that a Well trained division could Lay As Many As 18.000 such Minna in i night French warned again of Wing Sal am Jed South Pacific Headquarters. Nov. In Liberator bombers of the 7th t7. S. A Para have made a heavy assault on Fahdt and mine atolls in he Marshall islands firing one a hip and Post by damaging three others it was disclosed today. Pilots left the Jaquit hangar Oming and set fire to dump areas fit the seaplane bases on Raeji and 15th hits gun fiem at Elusis raids Over Europe London nov. 18�?the French people were again warned last night by a spokesman of the inter Allied High command to stay away from military targets. For the first time specific targets were mentioned by name and the spokesman listed to que 84 localities in Nance where factories will be the objectives of heavy Allied bombings. Quot As to the exact Day or hour Matiang till tie car  fre Chuvas we win go to far As to announce that these operations win strike chosen targets in the following hammered objectives on a amp Kin Island in the Gilbert group. Several Large fires were started but Clouds prevented accurate observation of Tim damage. Yesterday Allied escorted torpedo and dive bombers plastered Kara Ai drome on bougainville1 is want with 89 tons of explosives. Runways Supply dump seas and gun positions were Well covered with How a in the so George Chancel new Ireland heavy yank bombers caught a Convoy and scored two direct hits on a 6,000-ton Japan. Paris Quay de Javel Gen Hilliers Colombe Aig Entell Billano ourt. Ivry and Courbevoie. Other designated Quot target areas Quot were Metz Nantes be mans Limoges Toulouse Montau Draa. Lille fits Strasbourg Lyons. Bourges. Clermont Ferrand. Quot in order to shorten the War. Allied air forces Are of the opinion the spokesman declared Quot that it is essential to neutralize urgently those plants which Are engaged in making tanks guns trucks planes locomotives and All component parts such As bal bearings Springs and rubber  the spokesman concluded with a plea that All frenchmen working or living in the designated areas take necessary precautions for their  we so a Down and five others probably destroyed in new Guinea a and a a actions Over weak and the Ramu Valley. Valued planes sunk a japanese merchantman at Hansa Bay. New Guinea. 8th air Force hits targets in Norway London the targets for u. S. Bombers in Norway tuesday were the mines at Knaben and the Power station at re Kano. The unescorted forts and liberators destroyed six enemy aircraft at a loss of two bombers. On the raid was the bomber Quot knockout Dropper Quot which became the first fort to Complete 50 missions with the British based 8th air Force. The Quot knockout drop or Quot has put in a total of 80 combat hours and dropped 228,000 pounds of bombs or Tinl on my Allied Force Headquarters nov. 18�?flying fortresses of the 15th army air Broe yesterday gave the big Nad held Ai drome at Etouria. Greece its third b 25 Mitchells raided the nearby Kai Makl Airfield for the second time in three Days. The bases both of which Are important to the Germana for operations Over the War spotted islands of the Aegean sea. Were reported hit hard. At eleusis the forts bombed five of the Ai drome s nine hangars and damaged the a a her four. Concentrated hits were also seen in the administration building area. Crew members reported several Large explosions and targe columns of smoke coming from the revetments indicated several aircraft had been hit the forts encountered heavy flak but no enemy fighters. The Mitchells started eight tires at a Alamat and scattered bombs in dispersal areas and on runways. The mediums met intense flak Over the target and were also jumped by enemy fighters two of which were shot Down. An Allied amphibious plane on a sea Rescue operation in the Adriatic was shot Down by two me-109�?Ts, made a crash Landing on the water and Sank. A second Rescue plane was sent to the scene and picked up the survivors of the first. Nazis Smirk a in i in a in i Istam # Adriatic a \. / v a a. Quot a ,. Museum guard cries for Good old baas9 writer. By sol Stanley store and stripes staff Naples the Little Gray Seum guard started to cry Between the statue of Flora with the Horn of ibid too and the Brame Mug of Tullius Julius Orsa former London nor. 18 marshal Ervin Rommel troops yesterday stormed Krik in Tho iwo Iii Adriatic just below seized Cri Venica on the Mainland i sat the guard Down on the opposite Kirk it was reported Here sandbags which the museum had today. Desperate partisan units ate stacked ground to protect the Art attempting to Stape defensive Kir and patted him on the Back and meshes on Kirk As Well As along the coast. Marshal Rommel reportedly Hun de Well equipped Mot mixed forces into the Cri Venica sector in an attempt to Clear the coast of All partisan forces. The patriots Are said to have been cutting railway fines and occupying key coastal positions to harass the enemy Supply lines. Yugoslav forces it was said yesterday threw Back a Strong German drive to regain control of the vital railway linking flume Tod Northern Italy with  the sector of Tula in Central Yugoslavia 50 Miles North of Sarajevo partisan Are reported carrying out stubborn Battles against Superior enemy forces. Told aim it was t As bad As All that. Then i took out my notebook and started to write Down Why this very Ordinary Tallan civilian was crying his head off. He sounded As if he had bananas in is Mouth he was talking in Bunches. All the time he was trying to wipe his eyes with a piece of cloth from a torn leather Ette briefcase. He opened it and pointed to an Apple and a boiled potato with one big bite taken out of it Quot that Sall i get to eat All Day Quot he said sniffling a Little Quot one Rotten Apple and a cold potato. Everything was All right when that Mussolini had to come and open his Olg Mouth and the whole world fell  the Little Gray Man seized a Battle axe eight feet tall and made a Mil of thin air chopped Mussolini to pieces stamped on the pieces and feeling somewhat better got on with his Story. Quot i got a wife and three girls Yelling at me to do something. What can i do i had a Good Job in the museum because i am a wounded War Veteran. I left my foot at a amp Porto and the government gave me a Job and a pension. My wife used to get s Little Money and my oldest daughter used to work. Altogether we made 1,200 lire a month which was better than most. T was no Workingman 1 was a professional. Why once a week or so i d go Down the Street and think it would be Nice to have a Little meat Andje a go in and get a Pound of tripes or Hocks and we d All eat in i used to spend 18 lire a Day for food. Now it would Cost me my month s salary to eat for four Days if i were getting paid any More. Quot i sell everything my rings my watch the chairs my wire s brooch and the mirrors to get a Little Money for food and the prices Are continued on rage 4 Vinson wares against scrapping steel plan Washington nov. 18 a to c a Little steel Quot wage formula will be shattered with consequent inflationary effects if Congress App govt a a Resolution granting an eight cent an hour pay raise for 1,300000 non operating Railroad employees stabilization director Fred m. Vinson told the Senate interstate Commerce committee yesterday. If Congress exempts one group from the application of the Quot Fittie steel Quot formula. Or. Vinson said then the executive department would in All fairness be compelled to abandon it for other groups. Or. Vinson added that if Congress desires some change in the standards of wage stabilization it should write a formula applicable to tul. Or. Vinson s stand was intr pet Edas reflecting increased administration and congressional agitation Over the wage and Pri e que stir a a United press writer termed i Vinson s statement Quot More evidence of the administration s unyielding determination to Solil the Ore sent stabilization  the eight percent increase was passed by a special Board cod vetoed by or. Vinson who e authority to do so has been challenged. In turning Down the eight ent proposal or. Vinson approve an alternate sliding scale adjustment Thich would increase pay or non operating paid men from tear to it cents an hour. Spokesmen for the unions which Are currently taking strike vote assailed or. Vinson a plan As unpractical. Soviets pushed Bock by German last ditch try udoh. To. In a a powerful German counterattack in the Zhitomi sector has forced the russians to retire from several places but the soviet army has entered the outskirts of Korostek begun fighting in the streets of rec hits and opened a heavy offensive in the Dnieper Bend. More than 150.000 43-ack German troops and hundreds of tanks were thrown without regard to losses into an 18-mile front near Zhitomi in an attempt to halt the red army s Westward lunge which nearly carried Over the polish Border earlier in the week. Field marshal Erich von Mannstein was making the supreme bid to take the Edge off the soviet s pointed attack based on the Zhitomi a Fastov wedge West and Southwest of Kiev correspondents said. But his Hopes of smashing through the russian lines seemed fruitless. Severe As the German attack he been military observers pointed out that the nazis were taking extreme chances in their anxiety to Stem the russian Advance. The weather in the Western Ukraine is breaking up rapidly and Rood conditions Are deteriorating. If von Mannstein s tank forces press Forward too recklessly they May of trapped by a Swift russian flanking move from the North around Korostek. The latter rail Junction seemed doomed to fall within a few Days at most. General Nikolai Vatu in was not pulling his. Ukraine army from the attack Here to relieve the hard pressed sector to the South determined rather to first drive the wehrmacht from its last stronghold before the polish Border. In addition to smashing at Korostek from its suburbs to the Southeast the soviets were already beginning their familiar encircling movement from the Southwest. Another russian Victory in the immediate future seemed probable in the Gomel Recht Tsa sector on the Southern flank of the nazi White russian line. Soviet forces were in the suburbs of both cities and Small patrols had penetrated into the streets of acc hits. Where they were meeting determined opposition. The Road from Recht Tsa East to Gomel across the Dnieper River was Cut last night though it offered scant Hope to the garrisons in both cities since the entire area is surrounded by the armies of general Markian m. Popov. The a Ong awaited soviet drive in the Dnieper Bend was mentioned for the first time last night by a Moscow communique which said the russians were throwing Large forces towards the manganese Center of Nik Opol for several Days Berlin has spoken a Large scale red offensive in this area and it now seems to be developing observers said. Soviet operations in the kerch pen Sulea of the Crimea have been regarded by bad weather blast kills 6 York own a a an Exposi a at the naval mine depot he a killed at least six and try a it a a a others. The blast a a him Miles away from this  town made famous by Lori Cornwallis surrender to the am a p m the