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by British warships. The first wave
Of the invasion was cleared well
ahead of schedule, and by early
afternoon a second wave of seacraft
was under way.
The day before the landing the
big British battleships Warspite and
Valiant bombarded enemy positions
with their 15inch guns.
Reggie Calabria, which fell with
such surprising ease, has a normal
population of 10000 and is Gala
bria's largest city Almost all of it
is of modern construction, as the
old city was razed by an earthquake
in 1908.
A British reporter, Edward Gilling,
who landed in that area, said the
first light of dawn was just breaking
yesterday when the first assault craft
ground to halt in the shallow
waters. Soon after, he said, the
first group of italian soldiers walked
onto the beach with their arms up
raised, crying italian Sicilians."
Evening star., 1943-09-05
'MussoIini Protected
By Nazis on Island,
Italian Paper Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
AT THE ITALIAN FRONTIER.
Sept. 4.-The newspaper La Stampa
of Turin reported today that Benito
Mussolini still is held ON Ponza
Island, IS miles east of Naples, but
under German protection.
This supported a report that
custody of the fallen Duce had
caused conflict between the gov
ernment of Marshal Pietro Badoglio
and the Nazis, with the latter hold
ing Mussolini and threatening to re-
store him to power
This report added 1t was believed
that MuSsolini soon would be moved
to new location, possibly in Ger
many where Roberto Farinacci-
former Fascist party secretary and
Grand Council member now spoken
of as an Italian Quisling-escaped
disguised in an SIS uniform. Count
Galeazzo Ciano, Mussolini's son-in-
law, also is said to have gone to
Germany after Nazi-aided flight
from his house In Rome.
Meanwhile, the Italian press con-
tinued its intense campaign against
former Fascist chiefs, while the
Badoglio government stepped up its
arrests OF leaders and sequestration
OF their properties.
A Swiss Telegraphic Agency dis
patch form Chiasso said the latest
arrests included Marshal Emilio de
Bono and Luigi Freddi, italian movie
chief. But the government also was
speeding release of anti -Fascists,
among them Francesca Zanardi,
mayor of Bologna from 1914 to 1919.
The Tribune de Lausanne said the
anti-Fascist campaign clearly was
directed toward discrediting forever
IN the eyes of the masses the former
regime whose return would mean
resumption of complete Axis politics
the principal if not the only cause
of the fall of Mussolini."
1t added that the Germans had
planned coup similar to that in
Norway in 1910, planning to oust
Badoglio and replace him with a
cabinet fully devoted to Germany
with Farinacci in the role of Vid-
kun Quisling.
Evening star., 1943-09-05
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Evening star., 1943-09-05
SiciIions Cheer Allied Troops
As Invasion of Italy Is Started

mothers sitting almost in their path.
Urchins of all sizes hawked bas-
kets of grapes and figs to the pass
ing troops and more than one Tom
my sitting on load of ammunition,
rations and bedrolls strummed on
a newly purchased italian mandolin.
Italian police with small rifles
slung over their shoulders congre-
gated in front of each district head
quarters to watch.
They were the only element of the
population which didn't wave the
Allies on to new conquest.
Tension Was Absent.
The Germans did a thorough Job
of demolition to the highway where
1t runs on the side of sheer cliffs
and long detours were necessary at
several points.
British 9Th Army troops named
three of these, "Alamein," "Mareth"
and "Akarit," after three tough Axis
lines they broke in Africa
AS the forces reached their re-
spective embarkation beaches the
troops quickly arranged the vehicles
in orderly rows, then slipped off for
swim in the surf.
There was nothing of grim ten
sion about this prelude to cashing
in the back door of Europe. 1t was
more like holiday event.
This coast of Sicily is one of the
most beautiful spots in the world
from which to sail to death or glory
and you don't wonder that three
villages near Messina bear Italian
names meaning Paradise" Con
temptation" and Peace"
The countryside is almost entire
ly unscarred by war. 1t is in the
cities such as Augusta, Catania and
Messina where the destruction of
total air attack has ruined entire
districts.
Evening star., 1943-09-05
| Silence Greets
| 7st Allied Troops
Ion Italian Shore
BY S. L. SOLON,
Representing the Combined British
Press.


Distributed by the Associated Press)
ON THE ITALIAN MAINLAND,
Sept. Ave have just landed on
the beaches of the Italian mainland
and not an enemy plane, an enemy
shell, nor an enemy vessel was heard
or seen.
A man who spoke a smattering
of English and his little daughter
were the only occupants of our
beach.
You here, but no army here any
more. Mussolini gone. German
gone. We very hungry. No bread
for five days" he said.
Up to this moment we have lost
not single craft or vehicle in land
ing. and our casualties have been
very light.
Shells of empty towns and viii
lagos flank us and there is some
firing going on in the hills, but that
is all.
Evening star., 1943-09-05
at first as camoufiage for attacks
a1e

at first as camouf1age for attacks
elsewhere.
T. (According to dispatches reach
ing. Madrid, Rome and Berlin
were interested in the direction
the British would take from their
bridgehead, but were even more
concerned with what Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower might do with the
Americans and other Allied forces
standing ready under his COM
mand.
Berlin dispatches to Madrid
also seemed to indicate that this
fear of further Allied landings
elsewhere in Italy or the Balkans
plus the powerful air and naval
support given the 9th Army's
landing accounted for the ap-
parent unwillingness of the Ger
mans and Italians to contest
strongly the Allied bridgehead.)
Winter Seen as Obstacle.
Rome and Berlin saw the inva-
sion with different eyes. A Berlin
dispatch to the Gazette de Laus-
anne quoted circles in the German
capital as pointing out that winter
and SHOWS in the Brenner Pass
would serve as obstacles to military
operations in Northern Italy.
The belief was reiterated in Rome,
however, that the Allies did not
intend to fight the full length of
Italy, but may be planning to use
bases in Southern Italy for an at
tack on the Balkans.
In the industrial north, especially
in Milan and Turin, peace demon
strations were reported yesterday by
the Gazette de Lausanne which
added that fold-arm strikes were
not yet controlled despite the Ital-
ian press statements of the workers
comprehension" of the nations
situation.
Reporting on the way Italians ac-
cepted the news of the invasion, q
Swiss telegraphic agency dispatch
from Rome said There is no par
ticular uneasiness in the capital"
and dispatch to the Zurich Die
Tat from the italian frontier said
the first reaction in Italy to the
invasion was one of complete calm,
almost indifference.
The Rome radio, in an English
Language broadcast recorded in
London by the Associated Press. de-
clared Italy would accept any Allied
demands that could possibly sound
just and practicable. The As
sociated Press listener could not
confirm this statement but quoted
the broadcaster as saying that
Italians are the most reasonable
people in the world"
The Berlin radio broadcast a
Rome dispatch which said that resi-
dents of the Italian capital are
keeping exceptionally early hours.
Markets are open an hour earlier
than usual to meet an early rush.
because Allied air raids, "by inter-
rupting traffic, have adversely af-
fected food supplies in Rome and
noteably the supplies OF vegetables
and fruit" the broadcast said.
Evening star., 1943-09-05
BY DANIEL DE LUCE,
Associated Press War CORRESPONDENT.


MESSINA, Sicily, Sept. de-
layeO .-Carefree Sicilians gawked.
cheered and sold fruit to the Allied
invasion army deploying along Mes
sina Strait today.
Although 100000 civilians from
Syracuse to Messina could easily
guess that the next few hours would
bring an attack against Italy by
troops who conquered their island,
they waved British and Canadian
troops on to battle as if they were
their own sons and brothers.
For several days long lines of
troops, guns and motor transport
have moved through the cities to
docks for embarkation. The high
ways were packed today with forces
moving to the beaches directly op-
posite the tip of Italy.
In virtually every cove, landing
craft were drawn up on the sand
awaiting their cargoes of men and
weapons of war.
Handed Out Bouquets.
scores OF QucKS, those amazing
2l2-ton amphibious trucks which
were the mechanical stars of the
Sicilian attack, rumbled bumper to
bumper around sharp curves in the
mountainside coastal highway.
They were the prize sight of the
day for the Sicilians.
Girls in freshly ironed Sunday
dresses smiled from doorways and
some handed out bouquets to the
troops when traffic blocks ahead
kept the ducks" motionless.
Old folks clung to easy chairs at
the edge of the road, unmindful of
the dust and -mouthed at the
continuing military pageant. Vet
eran Army drivers had to keep a
lookout for black-shawled grand
Evening star., 1943-09-05
Invasion
Continued From First Page }

the Italisn natives were smiling.
waving greetings and throwing gifts
OF fruit to the invading Canadians.
There was yet no report of a
landing by the American 7th Army
"a fact which had the enemy OBJ
Vlously worried. The German mill
tary commentator, Capt. Ludwig
Sertorious. speculated in a broad
cast on the possibility that the pres
ent attack was intended only as a
diversion and that major landings
would be attempted somewhere else
soon.
Elaborate demolitions similar to
those the Germans employed to de-
lay Allied forces in Sicily few weeks
ago confronted the invading troops
as they famed out from the stretch
of beach along which the first land
ings were made.
DemolitiOns Ineffective.
These demolitions, which an Allied
communique described as largely
ineffective" seemed to indicate that
the Nazis had hoped only to slow
occupation of the bridgehead.
A German news agency report
broadcast by Axis sources reported
that yesterday afternoon three
British freighters entered the harbor
OF Reggie Calabria and landed heavy
war material, which obviously was
for tank units engaged north of
Reggie Calabria in. heavy fighting
with the German panzer grenadiers."
This was the only indication from
any source that tanks had gone into
action for either side or that heavy
fighting had begun. The report was
received here with skepticism.
Reggie Calabria airfield, which can
be used as a fighter plane base, was
captured by the Allied assault wave
as it pushed rapidly inland from the
beaches.
Big Battle In South Unlikely.
Whether the Germans could risk
large forcS on full-scale battle
anywhere in Southern Italy, where
the Allied Air Force rules the skies
and where railroad and other vital
means of communication have been
battered into uselessness, appeared
doubtful.
Oficial reports indicate that Ger
Evening star., 1943-09-05
Girl Refugee, II, Gets
$500 Weekly Job
VI .A..an

6y tHe ASSOCIATED FreSS.
LOS ANGELES.-Angela Lans-
bury, II, came to the United States
three years ago a refugee from en-
battled Britain.
Today Miss Lansbury, daughter
of British stage and Film Actress
Moyna MacGill, has a screen con-
tract with Metro Goldwyn- Mayer
with a salary of $500 weekly with
options graduating upward to So 900
after seven years.
Evening star., 1943-09-05
Russians Announce Italy
Invasion Without Comment
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Sept. 4.--The first news
of the British Canadian landings in
Southern Italy was broadcast to the
Russian people near the end OF the
regular 1890 news report last night.
Brief London dispatches were
quoted announcing the 9th Army's
predawn crossing Of Messina Strait
under the cover OF artillery fire.
The morning newspapers reprinted
the same dispatches on back pages
with the other foreign news under
the title Landing operations by Eng
lish and Canadian troops in South
ern Italy There was no editorial
comment.
Evening star., 1943-09-05
American Raid on Cantor
Reported by japanese
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-The Toxic
radio, in a broadcast recorded by
NBC, said force of American planes
including nine BIS bombers and l3
P-40 fighters attacked japanese in
stallations at Canton, in Southeast
ern China, today.
The broadcast said that two of
the American raiders were shot
down.
The japanese report was without
Allied confirmation.
Evening star., 1943-09-05
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Evening star., 1943-09-05
Peace Calls Sounded
BY Italian Journals
As Invaders Advance
Ry the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
BERN, Switzerland, Sept. A.
The Italian press today COM
mented on the Allied invasion
of the Italian mainland with
unrelieved pessimism, which was
regarded as virtually preparing
the people for a coup de grace,
and some of the newspapers re-
newed their calls for peace.
La Stampa of Turin said Italians
must find a way out of the war"
in the quickest and best way pos
sible."
The Badoglio government, La
Stampa added, is conscious of this
necessity and favors it.
After displaying a calm, almost
Indifferent manner toward the in
vasion yesterday, the press broke
out today with editorials which
contained few words of resistance.
All Italy Exposed.
"The tragedy is in its culmina-
tion," declared Rome's II Messag-
gero, adding direly that further
attacks are possible rather prob
able, at every point on the peninsula.
All Italy is exposed to blows"
TURNS Gazetta Del Popolo COM
mented that defense of the southern
part of Calabria presented many
difficulties against an enemy holding
dominion of the sea and air.
"a manifesto demanding IAN
immediate peace with all demo-
cratic nations" and abolition of
"the guilty monarchy" has been
distributed throughout Italy by
the italian League for Human ,
Rights, the Stockholm newspaper
Dagens Nyheter said in a dis
patch reported to the Office of
War Information tonight.)
Raid Impresses Italy.
The pounding which American
Fortress bombers gave Bolzano and
Trento Thursday, crippling rail
traffic through the Brenner Pass,
had impressed Italy, Milan dis
patch to the newspaper Der Bund
said.
The fact that the Allies decided
to strike the southernmost point
Of the Italian mainland, instead of
hitting farther north, provided the
chief surprise for Italians concern
Ing the invasion, Rome dispatch
to the Gazette de Lausanne said,
This dispatch, passed by the Ital-
Ian censor, said that behind the
"apathetic attitude" of the Italian
population still rests hopes for peace
hopes which have been given i'm
petus throughout Italy by words
of the pope.
Expected Blow Elsewhere.
Political circles in Rome recently
expressed belief that the Allied
armies would strike to the north
in the region around Naples or pos
sibly even in Tuscany in an effort
to cut off and encircle Southern
Italy.
Berlin dispatches received in
Stockholm indicated that the
Germans. too, were not certain at
the outset, at least, that this first
assault would be the major Allied
thrust at Italy. The Aftonbladet
correspondent said the Germans
were delaying throwing their full
defensive strength against the
British 9th Army while waiting to
determine whether other attacks
may develop. 1t is plain, he added,
that the Nazis regarded the land
ings in the Reggie Calabria area
Evening star., 1943-09-05

It's common sense to be thrifty.
War bonds help you 70 save and
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Evening star., 1943-09-05
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Evening star., 1943-03-28
PetWorth Women
To Hear Talk by
WAVES Officer

women Bluejackets" will be the
subject of talk by 1t. Hazel Market
of the Womens Naval Reserve be-
fore members of the Petworth Wom-
ans Club at luncheon meeting at
noon Thursday at the Wallace Me-
mortal United Presbyterian Church.
The speaker is assigned TO the
radio section of the Office of Public
Relations. She is a graduate of the
University OF Washington. Before
entering the service, she vas educa-
tional director of Station KIRO
Seattle.
Mrs. Arthur C. Watkins, president
Of the District Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, will be the guest of honor
Luncheon will be served by specia.
committee including Mrs. v. H. Sc
horn, Mrs. H. C. Sigourney, Mrs. F
v. Brown, Mrs. w. R. King. Mrs. R
E. Holm, Mrs. Arthur Dunn and Mrs
Ruth E. Mills.
Contributions for the Red Cross
War fund will be accepted by Mrs
R. C. voolfolk, chairman for the
club.
The Red Cross community surgi-
cal dressing unit. organized anl
financed by the club, will open fol
registra ton between 10 am and ;
pm. Friday at the Petworth Library
Mrs. T. S. Typman has been ap.
pointed chairman with Mrs. Otto
Hammerlund and Mrs. Alice Waite
vice chairman.
Evening star., 1943-03-28
Group to Tour USO Clubs
In H0rse-DraUn Shay

who assists her husband as director
of the E Street Club.
The open house at the Salvation
Army club will include religious
service in the auditorium at 5 pm.
which the public is invited to attend.
Other USO member agencies oper-
ating clubs here include the Ma
tional Catholic Community Service
which operates the club at 9l6
Tenth street NV; the womens di-
vision of the NCCS, which operates
the club for women at 1914 N
street NV: the Travellers Aid So
ciety, which has charge of the club
at the east end of Union Station;
the YMCA, which operates the club
at 1876 G street NV. and one for
colored servicemen at 1916 Twelfth
street NV, and the YWCA which
operates a club at Seventeenth and
K street NV. and another at the
Phyllis Wheatley Branch at e0l
Rhode Island avenue NV.
All of the 1857 clubs under the
USO program are to observe the
open house today.
Evening star., 1943-03-28
Washington Chapter
OF France Forever
To Hear Lecture

A lecture in French by Andre
Cheradame. political scientist and
writer of note, will be sponsored by
the Washington Chapter of France
Forever at $50 pm. Thursday at the
Arts Club.
M. Cheradame, whose writings re-
veal long history of successful
prophecy regarding Pan-German-
ism, will speak on the direct and
indirect destruction of enormous
populations by the Germans, which
he considers the vital problem of
the war
Several of the speakers books
published in English are The Pam
German Plot Unmasked." The Mys-
tification of the Allied Peoples" and
more recently Defense of the
Americas"
Seats for the lecture must be re-
served in advance Tickets are
available at the Office of France
Forever, 1719 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV
Evening star., 1943-03-28
Engagement Pad

Hampshire avenue NV; lunch
con; speaker, Miss Margaret
Mead, anthropologist and author
What Makes America Tick?"
JANGOS-Tuesday, $3.50 pm, 324t
o street NV, annual meeting.
District League of American Per
Women-Today, 4 to pm, craft
tea; speaker Mr.. E. C. Ropes
present Day Russia" Tomorrow
Bpm, members business meeting
followed by presentation of IN
formation Please by Victoria
Faber Stevenson.
Agnes Scott Alumnae-Tuesday, 6: sc
pm, KenesaW Apartments, Six
teenth and Irving streets NV
dinner meeting; speaker DR.. Mar
jorie Shearon, "Occupationa
Problems of Women in Washing
ton
PEG Sisterhood - Wednesday, II
am, YWCA. presidents Rounc
Table; election of officers.
St. Johns Mothers Club-Friday
1:30 pm, school auditorium, 1925
Vermont avenue NV, regular
meeting: speaker, Frank E. Cane
Catholic Church in the USO.'
Selections by the school band.
Argo Lodge, B'nai Birth Auxiliary
Wednesday,, lis pm, Jewish
Community Center, Red Cross
program; speaker. Mrs, Franklin
harrington, former Jap prisoner.
Beta Sigma Pi Kappa Chapter
Thursday, pm, ITO Fourteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1943-03-28
Home Economics
Group to Have
Dinner Meeting

Mrs. Emily Newell Blair and Miss
Mary Craig McGeachy will be guest
speakers at a dinner meeting of the
District Home Economics Associa-
ton at $50 pm. Thursday at the
YWCA. The meeting is sponsored
by the Home Economics Women In
Business.
"Women's Part in the War Effort
will be the subject of the talk by
Mrs. Blair, who is chief of the WON.
ems interest section of the War De-
partment and former associate edi-
tor Of Good Housekeeping. She is
also the author of numerous maga
zine articles and a book, The Crea-
ton of Home"
Miss McGeachy, a First Secretary
OF the British Embassy and public
relations officer with the Ministry of
Economic Warfare, will talk on
Contributions of the Canadian Girls
in the United States to the War Ef-
fort" She will not only discuss con-
tributions of the British girls in the
United States who are wearing the
official uniform, but will tell how
other British women are carrying
out important assignments.