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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-17

brush and bullet went through the girls
heart
The mason thought II the work of a jealous
lover but it happened that this and any other
reasonable motive were easily disproved there
fore Mort wondered if it a Malta job
Under his questioning the father assured
the Project that neither he nor any of his
family were members but. like his father be-
fore him. he had met all his obligations TO
the society and was in good standing. The
Malta, being strictly business organization,
never kills. except for business reasons.
Did you ever make hole for somebody"
Nor asked
The man stammered denial but he turned
white from which the investigator knew that
the mason, as part of his tribute, had con-
structed one of those underground hideouts
known to exist all over Sicily and some, per-
haps older than the catacombs.
We'll who is the man." Mor went on
He must be important, he thinks you viii tell
and you are doomed because that bullet was
meant for you You may as well talk before
II is too late"
Instead the mason went to the curiously
wel-named town of Gangi. headquarters of the
gang and evidently convinced somebody that
he would not talk because there were no more
deaths in the mason's family
The man had probably let slip careless
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-17

Of those spacious under
ground chambers such as
the unfortunate mason
had built
These were hard 60 Loo
cate but there was usually
"A clue. The Italian usu-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-17

word. the killing of
the daughter was a
warning Had he
talked to Mori II
would have been not
merely a question of
his own death but
that of all his family.
kidnapping for ransom
is one OF the mIlder
punishments.
The heads of the
Malta were no oily
wealthy bat held pow
Cr OF life and death,
unequalled since the
Dark Ages Therefore
one might i'm "A & in q
them as staggering,
flashilv dressed ruff
fans perhaps glitter
ing with Jewels But
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-17

But These Savage Females Fought Back
Tooth and CIop and Many, COrnered,
Plunged "DaggerS of Death" Into Their
OLOn Breasts to PreUent Capture by the
Hated Soldier Police.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-17

II October II, 1913
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-17

r1,r H2Ip"7cAN WEEKLY
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-07-09
Nacsiticke hospodarske triky
" ceskych zemich.

Washington (OWD = Ne
d1vera k NemcGm a celkova
nespolehlivost dopravy ma Mem
CT kontrolovanych zeleznicnfch
tratfch v ceskych zem1ch zpG-
sobila nesm1rny pokles dopra-
Wy zbozf. Tento pokles dosahl
takovych rozmerd, re dokonce
i omezeny pocet zeleznicn1ch
vagon1 danych k disposici ces-
draham zahalf pro nedo-
statek naklad1. A proto v tech
to dnech zeleznicnf sprava ces-
zem1 zahajila reklamn1
kampan a pouzila rozhlasu k
zfskavani zakazn1k1. Tez po-
oznacovanl zasilek napi-
sem "hospodaTske vyrobky'' a
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-07-09

pod. bylo zruseno tez dalsf Ia
kadlo pro zakaznlky. Ale O.
patfenl nenf mnoho platn6 pro-
toze opatrn1 Cesi vidi v mem ie-
nom dals1 nacisticky trik k Wy
lakanl vyrobkG a zbozf, ktere
dodnes Sc nepodaTilo nacistdm
najlt ma svych neustalych pro-
hlldkach a patranfch po pro-
davatelnych vyrobc1ch a tova-
rech.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-07-09
VoJaci opravuji silnice
v Arkansas.

Armada oznamuje, re diva
zenijnl pluky pdjdou do Ar
kansasu, kde budou opravovat
silnice, poskozene povodnf.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-07-09

oNS GSOAS AOL NA1ON oSS A1 CSS1
"Ano, vestu 81 dam z toho u
delat," pov1dal a tesil Sc. ITO
nebude NIT v celem hradec-
KEN kraji nikdo. To budu NIT
nejkrasnejsf pamatku ma koru-
novaci c1sare Ferdinanda -"
Kdyz Duchacovi zpoceni a
rozjafen1 z tanecni boudy sc
vratili, cht6l selku provesti je-
ste take on. Kdyz Sc k tomu
trostoval a sedlak pTi tom TAX
nejak podivn6 starostliv6 pohle
del, jakoby Sc mu milovanou
zenu sveTithi rozpakoval a O.
baval, tn 81 kovar vzpomnel ma
opatrnou jeho jfzdu sem, uho-
dill Sc do celia, zdvihl korunova-
chi POLAR a celou tvaTf radost-
ne Sc sm6je volal:
"Vivat, vivat, at 81 to Dude
Pepfcek nebo Liduska, nebo o.
ba najednou!"
Mlada selka Sc zapyfila a
zard6la, ale Josef Duchac o.
chotne a rad 81 S kovafem pfi-
tukl a pfipil.
Toto rozradovanf zp%ovzdale-
q videla S Harlem Spatou cd
lance vracejfcf Sc Aninka.
"Cemu pax to pripljfte?" dy-
chtive Sc tazala.
"Jak ii to S Harlem Spatou
slus1, jaky z vas Dude hezky
parek," small Sc kovar Exnar.
Pc tech slovech slys1cf je
Karel Spata S kovaTem rychle
81 pritukl a tazav6 pohledel ma
Duchace.
"Vzdyt jsem ma tebe Sc swat
bou cekal, ably tt Aninku nekdo
neodloudil," Zasmal Sc sedlak.
TAX vsichni slavili slavnostn1
den Praze V tie nejleps1 nala-
de a radosti a Ludmilu upf1m-
ne teSilo, re vsechno tady vi
della.
Gale taklhe uzili jsme vseho
libovala ST.
Kdyz Sc schylovalo k veceru
znacne Sc ochladilo a Exnar
pohledev k zapadu, kde slunce
zapadlo do cernych mracen,
jejichz okraje zlat6 olemova-
10, starostlive prohodil "Poc1-
tam, re nam ma cestu dom1 "a
enc prset!"
"Tak dame ma obruce plach-
tn, name vsechno S sebou," ko-
nejsil no Spata.
"Vsak Sc jiz tesim domd!"
zvolala mlada selka.
ga ia bych chtela byt v Pra-
re tfebas az do smrti," prohla-
sila Aninka.
w Praze je blaze, kdo ma
penfze," uvazoval Exnar. "Zde
Sc kazdy "a gros nail, ale jest
Ii dali
Kdyz Sc vratili ma nocleh,
Nacek Kiml je jiz vyhlfzel. Sly
skalo Sc mu.
"Jiz jsme tady, hospodaTi,
ma zahalce tuze dlouho," pro-
hodil k Duchacovi. "Fuxi zbuj-
nell, vystali a odpocali 81, zac1-
mali bit a v%yhazovat, Tehcou."
mo, vsak casne rano wye
deme," odpovedel Duchac. "Je
still pax isl Betusce, jake man
zelce, neco z Prahy ma pamat-
ku koupil? ="
Nacek Kiml mlcky radostne
pfikyvl.
EXnarova pfedpoved sc spl-
Mia. Kdyz casne rano vyjeli,
bylo zachmufeno a pod mra-
KEN a brzy potion spustil Sc IT,
chy, trvaly studeny dest, ktery
je provazel az dojeli zpet do
do R1kova.
Panlmama Duchacka byla
jiz jake ma trn1, kdyz jej1 Idle
ky tax dlouho z Prahy Sc ne
vraceli. = Proto, kdyz konec-
ne pfijeli prostydlf, prekrehli,
Sc dvojnasobnou radosti je uvi-
tala. Nacka Kimla jeho zena
Betulina, jak il Mack meme
volaval, mohla uskrtit, kterak
vroucne no obj1mala a lined
zkousela hedvabnou zasteru,
liz il V Praze koupil.
Mlada selka take rozdelila
pamatky, jez z Prahy celemu
staven1 i veseckym pfivezla.
Vratila Sc jake broskev cerve-
"a, vesela, spokojena, coz vse-
cko panfmamu velice tesilo a
1spokojilo.
"Je tuze dobre, re jste jeli,"
,hvalila pax Josefovi jeho w
oravu ma korunovaci. "Ludmi-
a Sc pekne povyrazila a nynf
Dude nit dlouho 0 Gem pTfjem-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-07-09
-. DEDECE j! Z :.
ROMAN Napal DR.. vACLAv kEzNfcEK
Napsal DR.. VACLAV REZNfCEK

eel, vestu a pri tom u paslre
dial 81 k nj udelat osm knofl1-
XII re strfbrnych pen1zkG, jez
byly pc korunovaci rozhazova-
ny. Novina O tom, jakou wa
cnou pamatku T1kovsky kovar
z Prahy z korunovace 81 prive-
I'll, lined roznesla Sc pc celem
meste a ku krejc1mu Rejchrto-
vi chodili Sc i nejvaznejsf mes
tame dfvat nejprve ma sukno,
pc nemz cfsar Ferdinand pri
korunovaci kracel, a pax ma
vestu, jiz z neho pro Exnara
usil.
Kdyz 81 Exnar pro hotovou
vestu do Jaromere pfisel, Ct
hal nan mlynar Zarazka.
"Padesatku, kovar1, yam "a
tn vestu DAM" nabfdl kovaTo-
vi.
"Vy jste, pane otce, z lacine-
no kraje!" zasmal Sc mt Elk
mar. - "Davate mne Ia vestu
padesatku a ia v Praze jenom
"a sukno dostaval stovku!"
A to slovo platilo. Vypra-
velo Sc, re Exnar ma vestu, "a
niz mohl dostat stovku. z ia
romero pov6st O te vzacne ko-
vafove veste roznesla Sc pc &C.
lem kraji. Mluvilo a povldalo
Sc O nj a Exnar byval pTedme-
tenn obdivu, kdyz Sc v nj v ia
romeTi nebo We Skalici objevil
Ludmila v Rikove brzy Edo
macnela. L1bilo Sc il zde, Sic
j tady k duhu. Vsechno j v
novem domove svedcilo. Jfdlc
i voda a horsky vzduch j take
nijak neschazel. Lide 81 ma nj
rychle zvykali a ona ma ne. Je-
dnoho dine odpoledne, kdyz by
la sauna We svetnici, prisourala
Sc Ia nj stara Lantka.
eco pax jste chtela?" ptala
Sc il mlada selka.
"Jdu jen tax s radou," po-
v1dala stafena.
Ludmila ma nj taZave hled6.
la.
"Kdyz je nekdo tax podob-
ny a stastny, jake, selko, w.
zacala starena, ":tedy kde kdo
mu zavidi a brzy dostane Sc dc
lidskych hub, kde no zle jay.
ky pTemilaji. A tomu Sc d.
predejit," pronesla Lantka.
Mlada Duchacka il s 1cast.
poslouchala jsouc zvedava, &C
z toho Dude.
"Kdyz klepny zacnou o ne.
kom klepat, tax jest nejlepe
udelati 81 ma kancce u zastery
uzel. Uzel ten zp1sob1, ze
klepny Sc pomatou a re Sc jim
ma jazyku udelajf puchejTe.'
"To snad ne?" divila Sc Lud.
mila selmovsky ma Lantku pa.
tT1c.
"Ano, ano, puchejTe -"
"A je to jiste?"
"Jako re We slive je pecka,i
ubezpecovala il Lantka. "A
chce-li pomlouvana klepny Wy.
trestati, tax jenom at jehlou
propichuje EASTERN a to bod$
klepanf do jazyka ="
"a slysela jste nekoho, ze
mne pomlouval?" vazne yep.
tala Sc mlada selka.
"Pan B1h chran, to neslyse.
la, ale ia to jen tax povidam
do zasoby, kdyby Sc to trebas
nekdy snad stalo," vymlouvala
Sc Lantka.
Nine ma lidskych recech do.
celia mic nezalezi," hrde prone.
sla Ludmila. "A tim meme ma
klepnach a klepech -"
A pax Lantku nechala We
svetnici samotnou.
"To je nejaky pysny divous,'
usoudila staTena a mrzute Cd
.sourala Sc pryc. "Ten mlady
svet je divny, nicemu never,
caram Sc smeje, zazehnavani
zavrhuje ="
Mlada selka panfmame po-
vedela, s CHM il Lantka vyhle-
dala. Pan1mama, kdyz vysle-
CHA, co starena povidala, ami
necekla, ale kdyz Lantku pot
kala, lined ma nj uhodila.
"Kdo pax nasi mladou ostou-
Lantka Sc otazky tie ulekla.
"zadny, zadny --"
"Tak proc jste "a nj chodi-
la s radon prot klep1m a KEEP
nam?"
"To ia USE mise il chtela je-
nom zavdecit, ably, az pojede
Ease do Prahy, ma mne neza-
DOmn6la a n6iakOu nam3tkl1
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-21
FURTHER TAXATION
OPPOSED BY GROUP
Ways And Means Commit
tee Tells Administration
To Cut Spending

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. - tR -
The powerful HOUSE Ways and
Means committee, III bipartisan
chorus, dec 'ared today the public
can stand no more taxes and told
the administration 10 cut down
spending if it want3 to block infla-
ton.
The committee said its second
wartime revenue measure, calling
for 81, 40, 000,0 in new taxes-is
all that can reasonably be borne
by the taxpayers at this time. :"
The total was only splash in the
bucket 10 the $40, 500 COO, 1000 the adj
ministration asked to fight the war
and initiation.
Although firm in it's opposition
to further taxes, ire full commit
tee report hardly went as far as
a separate statement by Republi-
cans on the committee who told the
administration it must stop it's tax
demands.
For too long the over-burdened
taxpayer has beer the forgotten
man, " the Republicans declared.
For too long the watchword has
been spend and spend, tax and
tax"
The time has come they con-
tinued. when nenceforth the ad-
nlinistration, instead Of insisting
upon squeezing more and more
Continued on Page Two; Col. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-21
Report Of F. R., Stain,
Churchill Meet Expected
Nazis Stage Nuisance
Raids Against London

LONDON, Nov. 20 -R)- A
small number of German
planes struck at Britain tonight
and few reached London In
nuisance raids which caused
slight damage and cost the
German air force two planes.
A few casualties were report
ed.
The Nazi planes dropped high
explosive bombs in one London
district, in two other places in
the home counties and In
southeast England.
Later it was learned that
several houses were damaged
in the London area and it was
feared there might be a num-
Der of casualties as some peo-
pie may be trapped in the de-
mOlished buildings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-21
JAPS OPEN new
DRIVE IN CHINA
Launch Offensive Along
1O0-Mile Front West
OF Tungting Lake

CHUNKING, Nov. 20 R Re
inforced Japanese columns, sup
ported by wal planes, have launch
ed a new drive along a 100-mile
zlg-zag front westward from Tung-
ting lake and advanced in some
sectors 10 20 miles, a Chinese
communique announced today.
The Chinese high command &C
bmowledged the invaders had ac-
cupied Tall, a highway town 30
miles south of the Yangtze river
port of Ichang. but said more than
1000 Japanese had been slain IN
the fighting in that area.
A counter-offensive by the Chi
nese from the mountains west of
Tall on the Japanese flank was
said by the Chinese to be develop
ing favorably The communicate
also said Chinese troops attack
ing the environs of Ichang scored
further successes"
The Chinese central news agency,
reported that Chinese planes had
strafed Japanese columns in the
Tungting lake area and that 20
small boats loaded with troops
and supplies on the Ii river had
been sunk and so others left burn
ing.
At the same time American
fighter planes, supporting Chinese
Continued on Page Ten; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-21
YUC0SLAVS FIGHT
FOR TWO ISLANDS
Seek To Force Germans
From Isles Commanding
Approaches To Fiume

LONDON, Nov 20.-(R)-Yugo-
slav partisans under Gen. Josip
Broz (Tito) grappled desperately
with the Germans tonight for the
islands of Kirk and Crew, which
command the approaches to Flume
through which Hitler has been
pouring reinforcements in the long,
costly effort to beat down the ever
increasing menace to his south
eastern Europe flank.
Nazi sea-borne troops gained ini-
tial Judgements on both islands
and heavy but as yet indecisive
fighting erupted.
This was the most important OF
half a dozen Yugoslav fighting
fronts. In central Bosnia the Par
tisans were pushed back slightly,
but in the Croatian coastal area
they threw back all Nazi attacks.
The Germans fear of an allied
(rontinpod op pape Ten. Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-21
LEBANON DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT SEEN
French Promise Speedy
End OF Disagreement
Over Issue

LONDON, Nov. French
authorities in Algiers, faced with
the possibility the British might
have to take control of Lebanon,
promised speedy settlement to.
night of their conflict with the Leb
anese over that little republic 5
independence.
The Morocco radio broadcast q
communique in which the French
committee of liberation said il
now was able to define its posi-.
ton with a view to speedily set.
Ting the dispute arising from the
arrest last week of Lebanese Of
ficlals after the chamber of depu'
ties had voted to throw off French
control granted through a League
of Nations mandate.
"a solution must be found with
in the framework of the mandate
received from the League of Ma
tons and in accordance with the
promise of independence" made
by the French in 1871 when Vichy
control was overthrown, the com
munique said.
Meanwhile, conflicting views or
the gravity of the situation were
expressed by British and French
representatives at Cairo.
''The tension in Lebanon hasn't
relaxed, a serious situation still
exists" said Robert G. Casey,
British minister to the Middle
East. after visit to the Lebanese
capital of Beirut.
On the other hand. General
Georges Catroux. French commit
tee representative sent to inter
vene in the troubled Arab state,
told correspondents in an inter
view:
''You can see it is calm now.
There has been much inexact news
sent out of here about the revolt. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-21
BY E. C. DANIEL

LONDON, Nov. 20-lR-A mys-
ferrous explosion wrecked a five
story building in London's night
club belt of Soho last night and
for a while had Londoners dis
cussing the possibility that the
Germans had employed one of
their oft-threatened "secret wea-
pons."
During the day enough evidence
was accumulated to dispel the
supposition that a noiseless invi-
slble projectile might have caus-
ed the blast, or that it was due
to any kind of enemy action, but
the exact cause nevertheless still
was obscure tonight, and SEEM
ed likely to remain so at least
until Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-21

Germans Leros, Zhitomir
Wins Prove F. D. r. RIGHT

tide of battle which is running
against the Hitlerites.
The most significant blow was
the counter attack climaxed by
the recaptllre of Zhitomir in the,
first real SET back given the Rus
slams since the Soviet offensive
began more than four months ago.
The significance lay, not so
much in retaking the city less than
week after Its capture by the
Russians, as in the proof that after
months Of retreat the Germans still
were able 10 mount fierce coun-
terattack, involving two or three
armored divisions and perhaps
100000 men.
Coming iiead-on from the west.
Continued on Page Two; Col, ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-21
SHOWDOWN SLATED
Administration Losing Bat
tie To Save Consumer
Subsidy Program
BY ALEX H. SINGLETON

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. - (PH -
The administrations price control
machinery collided with another
challenge today-a threat to re-
move coal and oil from OPA juris-
diction-as President Roosevelt S
stalwarts waged an apparently los
ing battle to save the consumer
subsidy program.
With the subsidy showdown due
Monday in the house, bloc of
lawmakers from coal and oil pro-
duction states announced that 209
signatures-just nine short of the
I required 218-had been collected
On a petition to force action on
their proposal.
Well collect the rest of them
asserted Representative
Calvin Johnson GRID. The petit
ton calls for committee discharge
of the Disney Bill to turn control of
oil prices over to Interior Secretary
Ickes. johnson plans to offer an
amendment to include coal.
The move another in a series
of rapid fire developments on the
nations economic front-left the
confronting this sit
uation as it strove desperately to
preserve the program it has chosen
fer holding the line against lntla-
ton:
l. Likelihood that the house, prob
ably by an overwhelming margin,
will approve legislation containing
a prohibition against subsidy pay
ments--a device which the admins
tration intends to use to keep down
retail food prices.
2. Refusal Of the House Ways and
Means Committee to approve more
than one-fifth Of the $40, 800, 0OO, OOO
iii new taxes which the treasury
said is necessary to help curve IN
1ation.
3. A new drive for creation OF
a single food administrator, with
control over prices as well as pro-
5uction. which would leave the
Office of Price Administrator an
empty. executive shell The propo'
sal is supported by the House Agrl-
cultural committee and the house
Republican food study committee.
Mounting demands on Caplto
Hill for the scrutiny of executive
appropriations, including war ex'
pendi.ures.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-21
NO CONFIRMATION
May Draft Psychological
Drive Aimed To Attract
Nazis' Surrender

LONDON, Sunday, Nov. 21.-R-
A Reuters dispatch from Wash
ington early today said an an
nouncement was expected soon in
Washington on meeting of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Prime Minister
Churchill and Premier Stain.
There has been no Allied con-
firmation of any meeting at pres
ent of the tri-power leaders, but
Axis sources for several days have
limited meeting between the
three was im1ninent. suggesting
Cairo as the conference spot.
Speculation in London has sug-
gested that one result of such a
meeting would De /; psychological
offensive aimed to attract bomb
shaken Germany's surrender when
the Allied armies strike in the
spring.
An Allied declaration of princi-
pies for treatment Of defeated Ger
many was suggested as a possible
means OF Fastening the end of the
fighting. A similar appeal was
made to Italy before her capitula-
ton by Roosevelt and Churchill,
backed up by dire threats of de-
struction.
There have been fresh rumors of
German peace feeler seeking a
definition of what unconditional
surrender" would mean. One such
rumor said German resistance on
the home front was being bolster
ed by the uncertainty as to the
country's probable fate.
Another rumor said German mil
itary leaders had Turkish foreign
Minister thurman Menemencioglu
sound out British Foreign Secre-
tary Anthony Eden on the probable
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-21
BRITISHB0MBERS
HIT LEVERKUSEN
Strike AT Source Of Vast
Quantities OF German
War Chemicals

LONDON. Nov. 20-(P)-Brltlsh
heavy bombers, striking for the
third time in three nights at the
sources of vast quantities of Ger
manys war chemicals and poison
gases, last night pounded Lever
kusen. an industrial suburb of
Cologne, and today lighter Allied
planes followed up with a day
light foray against other targets.
The principal goal for the Raj
last night was a group of plants
belonging to the great I. G. Far
benindustrie Chemical Trust,
known to produce ingredients used
in the production of poison gas
although not the gas itself. The
towns Importance as a source
of explosive chemicals is rated
alongside Ludwigshafen, which
the Raj had blasted heavily on
both the preceding nights.
In peacetime it is the center
Of a great dye works employing
as many as 10000 workers. It had
been bombed four times before
by the Raj and presumably was
just recovering from blow de-
livered Aug. % when the fleet
of four-engined bombers swept
over again.
1t was estimated unofficially
that as much as 1000 tons of
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-21
Confined on Page Zen; Col. y
MYSTERIOUS Blast Wrecks
Large Building In London

Authorities made an investiga-
ton of the blast soon after it oc-
Cured, but did not announce their
findings and today everybody con-
cerned with the incident apparent
ly had gone week-ending.
The explosion - London's third
mysterious blast in a week-knock-
ed out the walls of a building on
narrow street where the sales
rooms of most major film com
panies are situated and shattered
windows for a quarter Of a mile
around.
One report was that film had
caught fire in the cutting room
of company which makes docu-
mentarv movies for the ministry
Continued on Page Ten; Col. 81
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continued Page Ten: Col p Continued Page Ten Col -
British Battery Returns
Here After Lengthy Tour

went first to New York from Camp
Davis and then moved to Camp
Edwards, Mass; Fort Knox, KY;
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; San
Francisco, Los Angeles and Texas.
Only the trips from New York to
Camp Edwards and from Camp
Stewart here were made over the
highways. The remainder of the
tour, which totaled more than $4,000
miles was made by train with
short hops for some personnel in
Guiding travel in jeeps, trucks and
airplanes.
The stay at Fort Fisher will be
brief-on Wednesday after two days
of demonstrations the unit will
Continued on Page Ten. Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-21
GAIN five MILES
Pierce Nazi Positions In
First Real Fighting In
Italy Recently
NEAR SANGRO BRIDGE
Heavy Rains, Deep Mud
And Swirling Floods
Impede Operations
BY holland NORGAARD

BY holland NORGAARD
ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS, ALGIERS, Nov. 20
R-Breaking through Ger
man forward positions in the
first heavy fighting on the
italian front in recent days,
the British Eighth army
lunged forward five miles to
capture Perano, it was an
nounced today, thereby
threatening an important in
land sector of the Nazis'
heavily fortified line behind
the Sangro river.
Against heavy artillery fire,
wretched weather and difficult ter.
rain, the Fifth Army also made
some gains above Venafro along
the northern sector of its front.
The capture of the village Of
Perano put the troops of General
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery within
less than a mile of the only bridge
crossing the Sangro river between
The coastal road and point ten
miles from the Adriatic.
Near Vital Road
From their new vantage points
i, and near the village Eighth Ar
my units could look across the
river at short section of an ex-
tremely important lateral road up.
en- which the Germans are depend
ent for supplying large forces en-
trenched in the hills overlooking
inc Sangro.
This road extends from Sanvito
Chietno on the Adriatic coast along
G winding course inland through
Castelfrentano, Casoli and Palena
to Roccaraso. Along most of its
distance it is well behind the river
and screened from the British, but
opposite Perano it loops down into
a valley to within less than half a
mile from the stream itself.
All gains were made against
sharp opposition. Big guns On both
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