Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1943, Oran, Oran                               Spa by a Oil vol. 1 to. 159 thursday december 9, 1943 one franc doily newspaper for ii. S. Armed Forcee res tighten grip c.�9,, extends limitations let a soviet wedges splitting nazi Ukraine forces London dec.0 a extending their bulge in the Dnieper Bend Southwest of Kremenchug the soviets today Are drawing an Iron grip around Znamenak but fierce German counterattacks have forced Thorn Lent. R the red army Moscow radio a Aid last night is storming one position after another in Cne direction of a Nahiena. In spite of the appalling state of the roads and is inflicting heavy losses on the nates. Hie russians have formed an extensive flanking movement in both sides of Znamenak and now Are bearing Down through heavy Washington Dee. 0�?the so nala and House yesterday approved a Resolution extending for six months the statute of limitations under which rear adm. Husband Kimmel and i. Gen. Walter c. Short eau be brought to courts martial in Benne Etoh with the japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Military regulations require trials be held for any offender within two years after his offence was committed hut the Navy and army officials previously had waived the statute of limitations until do months after the War since High government leaders Felt that trials in this time might disrupt the War Effort the Senate acted after sen. Pm air sea of. Amino three towns fall forces Jetport pansies at Ware to allies 5lh controls vital that Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox and Secretary of War Henry l. Stimson he impeached unless they immediately bring to trial the Pearl Harbor commanders for alleged neglect of duty. The Resolution was sent to the White House to await presidential important railway Junction in the press Cost do second Cain m already in control of most of the rail lines Between Ttye Chi Cir River and the Znamenak Kriwoi a a Jijo Fhy  today. Wop Toter it deep a Between the German armies in the Nochera and Southern parts of the Ukraine. A new russian thrust is within it Miles of the soviet troops a Selling Cherkassky on the River North of kremes Ching. And the red army is spreading out Over the entire Region correspondents reported last night. The soviet position on the Kiev front has again become serious with the russians retreating under new blows by the Panzer divisions of Field marshal Erich von Mann a Stein. Nasi tank forces estimated at Between 1,200. Judd 1,700 tanks were hurled against the soviet lines about 45 Miles West of Kiev last night punching the defenders Back although the wehrmacht was unable to score a breakthrough. A since the nazis Are falling Beck in me Dnieper Bend and in White rusted their Only Hope of holding some kind of Winter line inside Russia is to gain a major Victory around Kiev. Unless they can crash the soviet lines Here the germans May find themselves outflanked in a giant operation to the South and North invalidating any  gains in the Kiev Zhitomi sector. / fast moving soviet units were reported i Punk up the hastily constructed German defences in White Russia Northwest of Gomel. The reds Are bringing up supplies by Sleigh since Many of the roads Are impassable to motor  the enemy is resisting bitterly observers said in an Effort to keep their last foothold on the East Bank of the Dnieper Between a Hloben and Rogacheva but the russians Are cleaning up the territory Village by Village. German prisoners captured since the heavy snows of last week reported that their units were badly prepared for. The harsh Winters of White Russia. Four columns Advance on Jap Hill stronghold Allied South Pacific Headquarters dec. 8�?powerful Allied air and sea forces yesterday joined the new Guinea Jungle Battle for the Hill Village of a amp Reo the most important Supply i an the Huon Peninsula. Ranging off the Huon coast. Allied naval units Sank eight Large nip ponese rafts heavily Laden with supplies. The big naval guns also shelled enemy Shore installations. A Fleet of american air cobra bombers relentlessly hounded japanese ground positions on the Peninsula. A vital a Bridge was destroyed and the yank bombers swept Back and Forth Over an important enemy Supply route. Four australian Coli pcs driving in Tain drenched Jungle tracks slowly gained ground in their of a Tir a Washington dec. So Allied press comment on the meeting of president Roosevelt prime minister Churchill and president is met Inonu of Turkey in Cairo on december 4, 5, and 6 was marked by a mixture of optimism and careful restraint. Most observers took the View that the meeting should net be taken As an indication that Turkey was about to enter the War on the Allied Side. At the same time it was stressed that the turkish president s journey to Cairo was evidence of his Friend Liness to the Allied cause. Typical was the comment of the London times which said Quot the turkish government has a never compromised in its Fidelity to ideals of International Liberty and peaceful Progress which the United nations have  the new York times declared Quot by her rigid insistence upon Neutral rights Turkey has contributed much already to the frustration of German Aims in the Middle East. This last communique May Quot continued on Pago 4 peat edit counterattacked from their Superior positions and just As often the hardened aussie Jungle fighters have driven them Back. One aussie column based on a amp Toelberg advanced through some of the Island s worst Jungle country against Savage enemy opposition. Another Force which crossed the song River last week is said to have encountered Strong resistance near Zongora Village. The third Allied contingent was reported to be moving swiftly along the coast supported by tanks. A fourth unit consisting of australian militiamen was fighting North of the Kal Weng River. Land fighting at Empress Augusta Bay in the Solomons quieted Down considerably a communique said but support dive bombers staffed the Mondito Altara and mos Igetta areas. An ammunition dump was destroyed and numerous buildings and huts were destroyed. Fighter escorted liberators pounded the nip base at Cape Gloucester new Britain for the third straight Day. More than 155 tons of bombs shattered gun positions and fired Supply dumps. Cuban stowaway rotates sad Tate Allied Victory certain Gen. Smuts. R Cairo Allied Victory is certain and next year will probably be one of the mod decisive years in human history Gen Jan Smuts prime minister of the Union of sooth Africa told the Prate Here today. Gen. Smuts who has recently been in England told newspaper men that he was returning to sooth Africa my re confident of Victory than Ever before. He added the Hope that this will be the fast Christmas of the ear by Cpl Harry Shershow Start and stripes staff writer he pulled a big chair up to the desk sat. Down and looking very much flee a dead end kid who has been exposed to the Sun too much said Quot my name she is Antonio Garcia. I am from Havana Havana Cuba. You know where is it Havana i am 15 years Mui i have it one sister in new York and one brother who is prisoner in Italy. His name is Juanita sergeant and he is with a fighter Squadron Quot his Garrison Cap which was three times too Large for him Slid Down Dver one a  pushing the Cap Bock to a rakish Angle he looked around at the Walls. He was we a Irig will Shofed service shoes which was the Only item of. Has. Clothing that was t dirty. Hie rest of his part fatigue and part dress uniform consisted of White painted leggings grease soiled coveralls a Field jacket with the extra Long sleeves rolled up to the Elbow a dirty of shirt and a web Belt with an Eagle emblazoned buckle. Quot i have been overseas twelve Monts a he continued in his Spanish tinged English. Quot my brother he put me in his Barracks bag and he took ape on ship with  he could t explain what it Felt like to be the contents of a Barracks bag but he did rattle off an itinerary which included Algeria and Tunisia. When his brother left for Italy Antonio was left behind by order of Quot appropriate Quot authority. Then began his series of rider bumming and the amp is cheeling in Tunis Algiers and Oran. His guiding Light usually turned out to be maps who took him to their Camos and station amps to a end and House him for a few Days. Lighting up a cigarette and blowing Billows of smoke through his Small nostrils he continued with his life Story. Quot ail a time maps pick me up be continued on Page 4 Pilot brings nazis Down hard Way Allied Force Headquarters dec. 8�?a 24-year-old sooth african spitfire Pilot with the desert air Force in Italy recently shot Down his Squadron s Teeth enemy plan Eythe hard Way. Attacked by 12 Foeke wolfs the Pilot shot Down two a hit i own Ali Fly off he my kit attempting to crash land he collided with another Foeke Wulf. He twice tried to bail out of Bis smashed spinning ship but his Parachute stuck. A Short distance from the ground he was thrown Clear his Chute opened and he landed some 60 Yards from and 6 see ones after his wrecked plane. Mihailovich orders All fighting slavs under own Banner London dec. 8�?general Mihailovich commander of the yugoslav army and War minister of the yugoslav government at Cairo a is ordered All armed groups in Yugoslavia to submit to his authority an official statement revealed lost night. Observers Here said the general s order apparently was an Effort to bring units of Oene Rai Tito s partisan army under his control. The germans Jive opened a Strong offensive against the Trio forces a communique reported. Fresh German units it was said have arrived from Albania Nice and Austria. The main Center of fighting was reported to be in toe sector around Sarajevo Bosnia and also in Herzegovina meanwhile the British government today clarified v its attitude toward Quot the new developments in  replying to a question by a labor party member in the House of commons Richard Law minister of state assisting foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said he was not yet in a position to say what would be the relation of the two guerilla forces of generals Tito and Mihailovich to King Peter and his government recognised by the British government As the legit mate yugoslav government which has been established in Cairo. Asked whether Britain was still supporting the guerilla forces the state minister declared that Quot our policy is to support All forces in Yugoslavia which Are resisting the germans. As things Are now we Are giving the partisan forces More support than we Are giving genial Mihailovich for the simple reason that the resistance of the partisan forces to the germans is very much greater Quot Middle most Piones Blest Salonika Cairo heavy bombers of the Raf winged their Way 800 Miles Northwest of their Middle East bases last night and plastered with explosives the railway station at Salonika key rail Center of northeastern Greece it was announced bottle raging for it. Maggiore remaining Crest Allied Force Headquarters dec. 8 a under Clearing skies Over the 5th army front Allied troops fought upward into the Hills Southwest Quot of Mignano yester Day to capture i. Camino and three villages. The places taken Are Cocu Ruzzo Acque amendoia and a third Village with the same Naethe As the Mountain. All Are within about five Miles of Mignano in the Hills just to the South of the Entrance to vital Mignano pass. The capture of it. Camino puts the allies in command of one of the two important Heights Over. Looking the first six or seven Miles of the vital Highway and Railroad from Mignano Westward through Cassino to Rome. It. Maggiore the other Vantage Point was being heavily fought for yesterday with americans in Possession of virtually All the High ground except the Crest itself. -. Throughout the Maggiore Cam Ino area scene of the heaviest fighting on the 5th army front Allied forces were in Possession of most of the High country and were fighting in places Down the Western slopes. A it. Camino was taken Atter a German counterattack on monday drove British troops from 2,000-foot monastery Ridge of the Mountain s Southern Heights. Mommies reported seeing Many German dead on the Ridge yesterday As they stormed across it on their Way up it. Camino. There was no mention in today s Allied communique of action at the Northern Side of the Entrance to Mignano pass. Clearing up operations were reported West of Fig Nano which is ten Miles above the pass. On the 8th army front the enemy threw several counterattacks against the coastal Bridgehead across the Moro River but All were beaten Back. Lanciano was shelled by the enemy night before last. The 90 the Panzer grenadiers have now taken the place of the German 65th infantry division on the coast it was announced today. The 65th was reported badly battered in its head on clash with the 8th army in the crossing of the Sangro. One battalion of the enemy division was so badly shot up that it was commanded by a sergeant major the highest ranking Man left. Heft today. The flames of Large fires billowed upward from the Railroad Yards As the bombers left the target. American bombers from the Middle East attacked enemy shipping in the dodecanese off the Island of Leros. Hearings opened on vet discharge pay Washington dec. 8 a the House military affairs committee today opened hearings on a Bill to provide mustering out pay for veterans of the present War. Committee chairman Andrew j. May a d that he hoped to Lay the Bill of fore Congress next week. Earlier he had said that he did not think. It would be possible to take action on the Bill until after Christmas because so Many committee members were out of Washington. Or. May declared that he did not think the Bill in its present form was Quot quite  As it stands now the Bill would give persons receiving an honorable discharge 100 dollars if they have been in the service for less than three months 200 dollars if thy have been from three to s4x months and 300 dollars if they have been in the service six months or longer