Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1943, Oran, Oran                               The ibo Lafity it of Congress a Fps Ltd f daily dec govt. Sol act vol. 1 no. 152 tuesday november so 1943 one franc daily newspaper for if. S. Armed forces British Sangro again near Archi British founding nazis from sea Allied Force head Quad Thiis nor. 29 a a Britts Cruiser sad three a Estreen Eon tinned the recent Allied naval attacks on German land Pool Lions in Italy with a bombardment saturday of the Minturn area on the West coast area just above the sri Liana River. A a few Days previous two other British destroyers bombarded the Small port of Vita nov about 2# Miles South of Ancona on the East coast. Allied Force Headquarters nov. 29�?eighth army forces hinged from their Sangro River Bridgehead yesterday to crash Forward against the Center of the Gorman left flank Anchor defences in the heaviest fighting on the italian Battlefront in weeks. Simul 15th if Raf bombs Par do 0 a second crossing of the Sangro. Back by a counterattack they reformed to Advance again and secure their position. The main Battle however was in the River Mouth Bridgehead. Where advancing British Indian and new zealand troops were hit bar brutal counter attacks in which the enemy threw in flame Turow ing. Although the Way had been softened by a prolonged Allied air find land bombardment the enemy backed into his. Powerful Hill defences just beyond the River fought Back with everything he had. Including ground support aircraft. The attack began saturday ngh behind a heavy barrage by a off Lery and planes of the1 tactical. Air Force. By yesterday 9th army troops were making Quot Good Progress according to an Allied communique. Quot heavy fighting continues Quot the communique said. The first prisoners captured Many of whom were from Lorraine and Poland were reported badly shaken by the preliminary ground and air attack. The 8th army drive was entered against the heavily fortified German. Positions about a mile and a half from the Adriatic and the same distance above the Sangro. The British were said to have reached the Center of the Anchor fortifications in the Hills but there was no mention that the Heights had been actually taken. Forty nazi planes attacked 8th army Forward positions in four Waves but each wave was reported intercepted by Allied aircraft who forced the enemy to Jettison his bom of bombers and fighter bombers of the tactical air Force flew almost continual night and Day raids against the enemy front line Ridge positions from near the Adriatic to Casoli. Just above where the second Bridgehead was established. On the 5th army front where a jittery enemy increased his artillery and patrol action american troops took two Hill positions on the right flank and fought off an enemy counter attack North of Venafro there was continued evidence yesterday that the enemy was reinforcing his positions All along the 8th army front in addition to which his big guns and patrols kept up a constant Quot offensive  Allied airmen Deal reds losing trap on Mozir japs heavy blows Jap Cruiser. Destroyed off new a Ireland Allied Force Headquarters nov. 29�?the railway Tunnel and Bridge at Dogna on the fringe of the italian Alps 60 Miles Northwest of Trieste were bombed for the first time yesterday by b-24 liberators of the 15th air Force. Pilots reported bomb hits at one Entrance to the Tunnel and on one end of the Bridge. The Dogna line except for the Brenner pass is the Only direct rail route from Italy to Germany. No enemy fighters were encountered but both the bombers and their p-38 escorts ran into heavy flak Over the tar Hev. A a two airfields at stamp no eight Miles South of Rome were bombed last night by Raf wellingtons which set a hangar and several other buildings afire and scattered fragmentation bombs among parked aircraft. The bombers were fired upon by flak batteries in Rome and several enemy fighters were seen although none attacked. B-26 marauders and their p-38 escort shot Down five of 14 enemy aircraft encountered Over the South coast of France. B-25 Mitchells of the 12th air Force bombed the harbours at Dubrovnik Sibenik and Zara on the yugoslavian coast. Large explosions and fires were seen at both Dubrovnik and Sibenik. Bombers of the tactical air Force flew 13 missions yesterday in their sixth consecutive Day of full scale ground support for 8th army troops attacking along the lower Sangro River. Troop concentrations Power stations and Road traffic were attacked by a-36 invaders North of Rome. Eight enemy aircraft were destroyed during the Day and seven Allied planes were missing. Allied South Pacific Headquarters nov. 29�?Allied airmen yesterday struck heavy blows at the japanese in widely separated areas from the Solomons to new Guinea. Heavy bombers severely damaged a japanese Cruiser in St. Georges Channel off new Ireland with a Allied naval planes Sank six nip ponese barges loaded with More than 200 troops and artillery Between new Britain and new Guinea. More than 100 tons of High explosives were rained Down on Buka Island just North of Bougainville. At the same time Allied dive bombers swooped Down on an Airfield near the port of Buin on Bougainville a South coast. Another sky Fleet attacked objectives on Green Island North of Bougainville. Allied air armadas also Flung vicious blows at weak on the Northeast coast of new Guinea. Thirty grounded aircraft were Boi bed and huge fires were started in Supply dump areas. Other bomber units intercepted a japanese bomber patrol near Fin Chafen and shot Down eight of the escorting fighters and probably five More. Light raids were made on Rabaul Harbor in new Britain. In the Bougainville fighting the american beac1 Lead deepened and now covers about six Square Miles. Supporting us. Air patrols hammered japanese positions around Empress Augusta Bay. An Allied spokesman stated that More than 1,000 japanese have been killed by artillery and infantry fire in the last .10 Days on Bougainville. Total american casualties wounded As Well As ruled were set at about 1,000. A in new Guinea australian units have Cut the enemy s escape route from fallen Sattelberg to area and Are pushing a sea Nead 10 Miles into the Jungle. At Pearl a Oor it was disclosed that five japanese officers committed mass Hari Kari when their troops Brome and ran before bayonets of tto 165th infantry in the last desperate fighting on Ivi Akin in the Gilbert islands. The 165th is the former Quot fighting �,9th&Quot of world War i Fame. Out Lor polish third division fighting in Italy Allied Force Headquarters nov. 29�?it was announced yesterday for the first time that the american 3rd infantry division is now fighting Wetth the 5th army in Italy. The a names of the 45th and 36th divisions had been previously re the 3rd is one of the most experienced of the american Divi-7 Sions having taken part in the first landings in Africa and in the Campaign in Sicily. Cir Leader of Twe wars. Marks 69ili birthday London nov. 29�?prime minister Winston Churchill who led his country through the dark Days it 1940 and 1941 to the turn of the tide of War against Germany will be 69 years old tomorrow. No special Celebration will Mark the Day and for the prime minister himself. It will be just another Clay of working toward the Complete defeat of the nazis. When or. Churchill took office As prime minister in May 1940, his country was in its darkest hour. Although Britain was Defeated on the continent and the Island faced invasion or. Churchill was hopeful but promised Only Quot blood sweat toil and  Quot i take up my task with buoyancy and Hope. I feel sure our cause will not have suffered or fail among men. This time i feel entitled to claim the Aid of All and i say come then let s go Forward together with our United strength a he told his country in 1940. Throughout that year or. Churchill made almost weekly reports of the Progress of the War. And though the news was not Good he bristled with Defiance to Germany. Which Felt that Victory was near. Quot Well fight on the seas and the oceans. Well fight in the Fields and streets Well fight til the Hills. Well never surrender Quot be said. Wanks Drain bean buckets in was Tes it Quot a a a a a a s Bosses ump Confer for first time Washington a captive Coal mine operators yesterday for the first time joined wage negotiations Between John l. Lewis. United mine workers president and representatives of the nations Coal operators. International news service reported that it was the first recorded time in the history of the goal Industry that operators from every septic i of the country were conferring with the Utlaw on the wage question. Previously contract problems have been worked out through a master pattern applied to separate areas negotiators Are seeking to draft a contract to replace the temporary agreement Between Coa administrator Harold l. Ickes and or. Lewis. By sgt. Jack Foisie Scurf and stripes staff a its Naples the bid Oaken bucket is dry in Naples. The last of 175,-000 bottles of Beer which the germans forgot to drink has been consumed. You have the word of Signorina Madonna the Quot come Wiz me Quot girl of the Peroni brewery when she says sadly Quot no come Wiz me. Birra  time was when the barrel shaped Signorina was the Belle of every Yankee Soldier in Naples. Ever since the first Parachute scented the brewery on via Nova Cap Dimonte the Apple faced dispenser of the suds has been besieged. So thirsty were those yanks for the sight of this plump but comely Maiden that they More than once stormed the Gates for a glimpse of Here and the Beer. Signurina Madonna though she was not at All Adverse to the flattering attention could not for one minute to hoodwinked by these thirsty Romeos. Carefully she rationed thefil nut Brown brew and Only with the most authoritative credentials would you be beckoned by a Quot come Wiz me Quot to the Beer cellar. But ail that is past and today the Signorina is surrounded by nothing but empty bottles and a handful of lire. She is very sad she says. However a dazzling Ray of Sunshine descended upon the dismal scene this afternoon when the manager of the brewery Mario Pascal announced that he had made a Deal with the american army to get into production again. When the Assembly line moves at full steam hell be Able to turn out 24,800 bottles a Day. 1 Meanna Belga a bottle too Notta a Stubbles Quot he exclaimed glowing with excitement. It flu be about two months however before the sabotaged machinery can be repaired. You see a German a Eutena to called on or. Pascal on september 27. To am very interested in machinery Quot said he. The nazi was shown the Beer continued on Page 1 raid on Jap base chunking a the chinese press today acclaimed the american air raid on the big Jap base of Shinchiyu on Formosa Island thanksgiving Day As an indication of growing Allied offensive spirit in the far East. The raiding Mitchells and Long Range fighters swept Over the big Ai drome at Low level blasting installations and aircraft with fragmentation bombs and returning to strafe what was left the 14th air Force announcement said. Airmen of the 14th air Force and the chinese american composite Wing were credited with knocking out at least 31 enemy planes. Fourteen Jap bombers and one fighter were destroyed on the ground. Six bombers and seven fighters were shot Down. Also destroyed were two German Junker transports and one Stuka dive bomber. All Allied planes returned safely. The air Force announcement said the raid had caught the japs off guard and that the whole base was burning when the raiders headed for Home. 250,000 germans face capture in great Marsh area London nov. 29 a swarming through the marshes of White Russia soviet troops today Are dra\7ing. Closer to the important rail junctions of Mozir and Zahl Boltl 75 Miles apart of the Len Ingrad Odessa trunk line. The army of Gen. Konstantin k. Rokos Sovsky has followed up its capture of Gomel Friday night by Clearing virtually a enemy forces from the area Between the soph and Dnieper Rivers Moscow reported and now is fanning out in a powerful a drive toward the polish Border. The Southern flank of the army is swinging around to encircle Mozir 90 Miles Southwest Oft Gomel and the last German stronghold above Korostek. The Northern Frank is less than 12 Miles from a Hloben at one Point and less than 20 Pilles at Kurober after crossing the Derevia River the encirclement of a Hll blk has begun correspondents said and an estimated 250,000 to 300,-000 nazi troops Are threatened with capture if they attempt to escape to the we St. Rapid advances according to front line observers Are out of the question in this Region. Four great Rivers the Dnieper and its three branches the Bosh Privet and be Resina Drain the entire area. Each has hundreds of smaller tributaries forming a network of streams across the marshes and wooded Plains. Such terrain reporters added requires intricate mane vering at which the russians Are proving themselves More adept than the retreating Wehr yacht. Adding to the difficulty of  in White Russia is the worst fighting weather in several years dispatches said. Although november has almost ended Only Light snows have fallen and those que j melted. Heavy rain and sleet have made the marshes completely impassable in Many Piates and turned Ordinary f i dels into quagmires which offer Only traps to mechanized forces. It was reported. Farther South where the weather has been Kinder to the armies of tanks and machines the Battle of the Kiev bulge continues to rage after 16 Days of heavy fighting. The germans last night claimed the capture of Korostek 50 Miles North of Zhitomi but an official soviet communique  the russians beat off fresh Vernny tank and infantry attacks. Down in the Dnieper Bend the sjviet3 continued. Their slow Progress in spite of several fierce German counter attacks. The nazis ardently concentrated their efforts to halt the russians Southwest of Kremenchug but. Moscow said Fqy led to Check the red army Advance. Urra overhead to Cost 10 million Atlantic City n. J., nov. 29�?director general Herbert h. Lehman former governor of new York of the United nations Relief and rehabilitation administration yesterday told the conference Here that administrative expenses for the remainder of this year and All of next would total about 10,000,000 dollars. Or. Lehman submitted his report to the Urra subcommittee on administrative Cost. It the amount in t needed it wont be spent Quot or. Lehman asserted