Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1943, Oran, Oran Yol. 1 no. 172 tuesday december 28, 1943 one franc daily newspaper for u. S. Armed forces Dnieper polka a red offensive smashes holes in nazi Kiev defense London Dee 27 a the red army today is smashing toward a Zhitomi and the polish a Border in one of the most intensive drives of the year after ripping huge holes in the German line at the Western end of the Kiev salient. In the assault Moscow officially announced the russians routed four German tank divisions and is Jolo of the enemy and destroyed or captured More than 300 tanks. The germans in this area today Are in full Retreat in an attempt to stave off annihilation. A deported by a mighty artillery barrage the Day before Christmas the russians Dot term a the nazis along a 50-Mitev front and by last Elf Fet had surged Forward 25 Miles add recovered the important towns of Rado Insl 30 Mies Northwest of Zhitomi and Bru Tiker Aneth it key Point 30 mitts Southeast of Radom Ysl. A the a pm gig to id Ruhe a initiative in this sector 6f the Ukraine after holding three full scale Ger fan a counteroffensive within Aix Quot weeks. Lie wehrmacht gained about so Miles or most heavily in a Wien Gen. Nikolai Vatu in struck thursday thebans hardly expecting the red army to at tick so soon re re bks a completely before the Quot Power of soviet tanks and infantry observers believe that the next great Battle might be waged for Possession of Zhitomi. The soviets a amp it Irreg the town about six. Weeks a go but lost it Only a few Days later when Field marshal Erich von Mannstein launched his supreme counterattack designed to Regato Kiev. Moscow reports did Bot announce How far general Vatu in a Advance units have thrust toward Zhitomi but correspondents write the Gen Nap lines of cop Nunica Tion through this Point and through be Dichev farther South Are again in danger. The russians As before Are threatening to drive a steel wedge Between the German continued on Pago i a Smith for the n. E. A. Germans cling Torriese of Ort a As Griffi baffles Bee Allied Force. Headquarters dec. 27�?the Battle for the Adriatic coastal town of Ortona went through its seventh Day yesterday As Canadian tanks drove Back the German defenders Block by Block in a drenching rain. Two and a half Miles. Inland Indian units of Gen. Bernard Toht gom Erys 8th Arriey took the Village of Villa Grande capturing some prisoners. Rad weather restricted fighting along it the entire italian front All the Way to the tyrrhenian sea except in the 5th army . Sain Sucre sector where Gen Mark dark s a dec Force captured two More Rocky Heights overlooking san Vittore two Miles Northwest of. San Pietro. New Panzer and paratroop units defending Ortona tried desperately to infiltrate to the Allied head Southwest Corner of the town but Canadian infantry and tanks intercepted and crushed them. Below the Rocky shelf on which Ortona is built smoke still Rose from the docks set aflame by the germans a the capture of Villa Grande Gaye the 8th army another effective position in its fight to the North. The town is about a mile and a half above the Ortona Orsogna Road and is situated on a secondary route to Miglianti. The troops who took Ville Grande surprised two Erie Why Panzer columns and knocked out several tanks. Fierce action developed around the Crossroads Between Villa Gran continued on Pago 4 l tale of shoes s lamps9 a Plain mall a i by sgt. Milton Lehman stars and stripes staff writer More Toan 8,000. Pairs of shoes and quantities of det Ingv contributed by the a. Amp army base quartermaster Salvage Section Are being distributed to the Naples area to tip a week spy. Toe Allied military govern Kent. These gifts will Lief to fill one Efth Moet pressing needs Are Cut off from the great clothing factories of toe North. Base Salvage Section officials said the shoes and clothing would not be repaired do meet army standards but will prove adequate for civilian Wear distribution started last week is to a pfc conducted through the anti communale i Assiat a Zafy Llew Agency under the supervision of the1 welfare department Amo. The Sanur procedure followed for food Goveda the distribution of shoes mod clothing. Tri distributing shoes exceptions afe made in cases of men who1 a re not new by but must have Fairi it Rood shoes Lii their work. Preference is Given among this of Btl to workers in construction in docks a ships and those whose labor requires much walking or carrying it of loads at present women Are often replacing worn leather shoes with wooden clogs and sandals. Amo miso said. That an average of 3a00q, pieces of null have been handled by the Post office in Naples san cd december 10�?Twhen it was reopened m restoring Post service it. Was found necessary to Issue Stamps sur Chat god by am. In the Case of the United states done for the first tone in occupied territory since the Spah re Al Eric a War. Or the Supply of Stamps used by am in Sicily was insufficient for distribution by toe Naples and Salerno Peet offices which Are toe Only two now it operating on too a tall she. As a result Rallan Stamps. Were used after Beidof Crew minted with w Mcm Ink to i Ruluf imitation impossible the it Over. Priming read Van very of ill stare Al Leaton Allied military Levarn front and prevents a sort of philatelic x Black Market since quantities of italian stomp were Victot Faay a on Pago 4jlong Island in Pacific occupied by Allied farces Allied South Pacific Headquarters dec. 27�?powerful american Marine invasion forces yesterday landed on Cape Gloucester on the Western tip of new Britain behind a thunderous naval barrage following the longest sustained Aerial bombardment Ever seen in the South Pacific. Swift moving spearheads. Captured sectors East and West of the liar or immediately after the establishment of the Bridgehead. At. The same time other Allied forces stormed and occupied Long Island 85 Miles West of Cape Gloucester and about the same distance East of the japanese base at Padang in new Guinea. The. Long Island Landing puts Allied troops on the flank of the nips retreating along the Shore of the Huon Peninsula. Swans of japanese bombers and fighters swarmed Over the Gloucester invasion area after the yank beachhead were firmly est to abolished. Protecting Allied sky squadrons shot Down 38 Jap bomb Era and 25 fighters for a total of 81 enemy planes. The allies admit ted the loss of one ship and seven i Al Craft. The second Landing on new Bri Tain bras preceded by 12 Days of heavy continuous bombing of the Gloucester a Rea since the first invasion of new Britain at Araw on the Island s Southwest coast nearly two weeks ago Allied bombers poured about 1,700 tons of bombs of Gloucester targets. In daily assaults. Allied airmen yesterday tossed another 300 tons of bombs on the Harbor and coastal defense installations during the invasion. A special communique issued by Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur said that the landings confirm our hold on Western new Britain and presage ouf growing command of the Bismarck sea reaches. By add dancing our air bases it increases the air threat to a barfs Supply lines and will shortly bring the Nav eng admiralty islands area within decisive reach of our land based air Over Rabaul big Jap sea. And air fortress on the Northern tip of new Britain about 280 Miles Northeast of Gloucester heavy Allied bombers destroyed 13 More japanese interceptors with seven More probably destroyed. The allies lost four planes in the operation. A off Kavi ehg in Northern new Ireland Currier borne Allied bomb Ere Sank one enemy destroyer two Large cargo in amp Sels and three barges the bombers also damaged a Obs Troyer and a Patruff. Boat. On new Guinea s Huon Panin Aula australian. Troops. Captured toe sons tel Village. Of wafted Oil 28 Miles Northwest of puts Naples off limits to 5th Naples has been declared off limits to troops of the american fifth army by it. Gem Mark w. Clark because of an increase in typhus fever victims. Only those units based in the City will be allowed to enter. V not one american or British Soldier has been stricken with typhus there yet according to the British broadcasting corporation and authorities have taken All possible measures to Check the spread of the asks every Man to do his duty before the germans evacuated Naples they destroyed the City s water system and disabled the main pumping and sewage Dis systems. Allied Force Headquarters dec. 27�?Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower declared today he believed the european War will be won next year provided every Man does his full duty. In a Farewell meeting with the press before departing to take up his duties As supreme commander of All Allied forces in the attack to be launched from the West general Eisenhower said a a a a a a Tiu Riih Luis Gen. Sir Henry Wilson As gnat est tactician London dec. 27 a Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson a former commander in chief of British forces in the Middle East whose succession to Oen. Dwight d. Eisenhower As supreme Allied commander of the Mediterranean theater was announced on Christmas eve has been described by prime minister Churchill As okie of Britain a finest tacticians. General Wilson commanded the Rainy of the Nile under Gen. Arr Chiba id Wavell present Viceroy of India in. The Brilliant Campaign which drove the italians from Egypt and Cyrenaica in the Winter of 1m0-41. He subsequently led the British troops a against the overwhelming Axis Trees in Greece and evacuated 88 percent of his troops under the Host difficult conditions. He maintained Contact Fth patriots in the Balkina and. Directed the operations in the dodecanese. Quot the Only thing needed for us to win the european War in 1944 is for every Man and woman All the Way from the front line to the remotest Hamlet of our two countries great Britain and toe United states to do his or her full general Eisenhower praised the morale of the Allied fighting men and their ability to adjust themselves to Italy s mud and Mountain War. Just Back from the front he said he was constantly amazed at the ease with which american and British soldiers can adjust themselves to the most horrible conditions. Regarding his future he said. Quot my own and personal Job immediately of course will be to do what 11 have done Here. That is to Weld the directing team to Gether in such a Way that no real friction Ever develops that people Trust each other work in unison and go into this thing with their full weight. Quot believe that we have developed there that sense of partnership which has come As nearly As is humanly possible to the Elimina Tom of the friction that has been typical of Allied action in the , general Eisenhower throughout the conference stressed the importance of Allied sea air and land teamwork. Concerning future operations in the Mediterranean theater he said that he was sure that the forces in this area would like fury in the year to come. He acknowledged that the War in Italy has been a Quot hard Uphill fight but noted its favourable Progress. Scharnhorst Pride of nazi Fleet destroyed by British steel workers pay conf ova Fly acute m. Dec. 27�?the Over retroactive pay. Or 3,800.000 steel workers in 214 pants became the week end As contracts Between management and the United steel workers Cio a of tired x. I tie majority of planes shut Down Over the Christmas a weekend. But International news service reported May would remain closed a request by the Union the old contracts by kept fit free during Pew negotiations and that f agreements he retroactive to Exon ramp too of the old was rejected by the War labor dec. 27-,the Royal Navy last one of its biggest prizes of the War sending the German. Scharn Horst to the Bottom of the Arctic sea after a running Battle lasting 18 hours. The he Vily armed 26,-Oooton warship ventured from her i Dine place on the coast of Norway. To attack a British Convoy bound for a russian port. Units of the British Home Fleet protecting the Convoy went into action yesterday afternoon against the Scharnhorst and the other vessels of a German naval Squadron ther Battle ended last night the admiralty announced but no details have been issued on the engagement which inflicted the most periods loss to the Nati Fleet since the Bismarck was sunk in North Atla Tib in May 1941. Sea eng Gem entry one of the few in Abr encounters German slips have dared to enter in world War 11�?was the Cush nation of several years of Effort by the Roy Al a svy to entice the Scharnhorst from he Bert. Last july. The Homo Fleet reinforced by an american task Force salted within 87 a fire of Bergen hoping to attract the a Scharnhorst and the von Tir pud the Reich s Only 35,000 ton battleship. The germans did not leave their base in Alten fjord near North Cape on the extreme tip of Norway but British midget submarines later entered the hide out and damaged the von Tirpitz. A the Scharnhorst had earlier Felt the sting of British naval rifles. The British a battleship renown hit her in Northern Waters in april 1940, on the Day Germany inv ded Norway and Denmark. The Schaphorst ran for cover and two months later she was bombed and. Torpedoed and. Forced to put into Kiel for repairs. Early in 1941, she and the Gnu Isneau her sister ship preyed on British shipping in the Atlantic briefly and in March of that year put into Brest on the French coast. A Early in 1942� both battleships made a us oct Soful dash up the Channel. To. A German port although they were damaged. After the Scharnhorst was repaired she took Refuge in the norwegian fjords,., leaving Only occasionally to prey on russian bound convoys. It was on. One of these ventures that she met her end last night. Completed in 19 the Scharnhorst was 741 feet Long and car 0a Higo a i
