Daily Post - 14.11.1943, Side 4

SUNDAY POST
Eighth Units Gross
Sangro River
Destroyers Support
Fifth Army
London, Nov. 13th.
Today’s communique from
Allied HQ reports that British
patrols of the Eighth Army
have crossed the Sangro river,
and also reports local gains hy
the Fifth Army.
. The weather has been bad on
the Italian front, with the re-
sult that both ground and air
activity has been on a reduced
scale. However, there has been
some fighting, and General
Clark’s men have captured an-
other couple of towns on the
Mignano-Venafro sector.
Allied destroyers have been
operating in support of the
Fifth Army, by bombarding
enemy positions in the arca
immediately inland from the
Gulf of Gaeta. Allied aircraft
íilso co-operated during the
bombardment.
In the Adriatic sector, the
British Eighth Army yesterday
repulsed more counter-attacks,
and after British patrols had
managed to cross the Sangro,
the main forces have continued
to consolidate and reinforce
their positions on the souih side
of the river.
Fierce Frghtlna
oo Leros
London, Nov. 13th.
There is more news today of
the fighting on the Dodecanese
island of Leros, where German
troops landed yesterday.
A Middle East communique
says that throughout yesterday
the Germans continued to re-
inforce their troops and con-
solidate their beachhead. Sharp
fighting continued, and casual-
ties were inflicted on the ene-
my. Allied aircraft made
sweeps over the island in sup-
port of the British and Italian
troops, who, according to latest
reports, are engaging the ene-
my in heavy fighting.
Other Middle East aircraft
made widespread attacks ag-
ainst enemy airfields and ship-
ping in the vicinity. They afc-
tacked the airfield at Kas twice,
and the Maritza airfield caihe
in for a heavy attack. The har-
bour and shipping at Suda Bay
in Crete v/as also bombed tvVK-e,
and a German convoy ín the
Aegean Sea was successfully at-
tacked, two direct hits being
observed on a lárge motor ves-
sel and on an escort véssel.
Facts . .
(Cont. from p. 2.)
Besides routi'ne sweeps over
the battle area, Allied aircraft
flew (o Albania yesterday to
bomb an enemy airfield aad an
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Five German machines rveré
shot down yesterday for the
loss of three Allied aircra'.t.
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More clashes between the
Italian population and the Ger-
man troops are reported from
Milan. A state of emergencv
has been declared i í I.o nbar-
dia.
The communique from the
HQ of the Yugoslave Army of
Liberation, reports that inore
German communications have
been destroyed in Yugoslavía.
In Eastern Bosnia, a whole
group of enemy Alpine troops,
specially trained in Russia,
was wiped out.
cable tranrway at the rich
Caracolas mines is a spectacul-
ar engineering feat. The six-
mile (seven kilometer) double-
cable tram, operating three
miles (four kilometers) íbove
íEea level, spesds huge steel
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* * *
“Union gives strength and
firmness to the humblest.” —
Publilius Syrus, Roman author,
in “•Sententiae” (50 B.C.).
* * *
Beginning with the autumn
term, geography will be taught
i in New York City schools with
the aid of flat “globe” maps
showing the continents in true
spherical relationships. The
maps, which will replace the
Mercator projection charts,
show hov/ close to one another
by direct air routes are nations
and cities long considered to
beseparated by vast distances.
Bricker Seeks
Nonination
Chicago: —- The United
Press reported that Governor
John V/. Bricker of Ohio has
announced he will be a candi-
date for the Republiean presi-
dential nomination.
New York. — Secretary of
the Navy Frank Knox warned
against wishful thinking that
the war will end soon. Knox
then expressed the hope ihat
the conflict will not be over
until allied troops have mareh-
ed into Berlin and taught a
stern and unforgettable lesson
to some future warmaker. Knox
asserted “I hcpe and pray that
we shall not end this war too
1 soon. In the last war we did not
want the armistice when it
came—we wanted to go into
Berlin. We mnst not stop fchis
time.”
Allles Blasting
(Continued from page 1).
Northern France and Brittany.
Eleven locomotives were de-
stroyed or damaged, as well’as
s Gozen tugs, and • several lor-
ries and barges.
From all these operations not
a single Allied aircraft failed
to return.
in Reykjavík ;
Today ...
AMERIGAN BROAÐCASTS
SUNDAY, NOV. 14.
1000—1045: IBC Chaplins’ Ser-
vice Hymns From Home.
1300—1400: News Headlines.
The Army Hour featuring In-
fantry Band Concert, & Piano
Recital by Sgt. Reino Luoma,
U.S.A.
1530—1600: Command Perfor-
mance with Judy Garland,
John Charles Thomas, Kenny
Baker.
Y.M.C.A. SERVICES
Communion (Non Conformist)
9.30 a.m. Morn. Service 10.00
Speaker Rev. R. Jack.
MOVIES
TJARNARBÍÓ: “In This Our
Life” with Betty Davis, Oliv-
ia de Havilland and George
Brent.
NÝJA BÍÓ: “Now Voyager”,
with Bette Davies and Paul
Henreid.
GAMLA BÍÓ: “Andy Hardy’s
Private Secretary”, wit.h
Mickey Rooney and Ann
Rutherford.
U. S. Flyers Aid In Taking Munda
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps pilots move their torpedo bombers
out of revetments on Guadalcanal airfield for bombing runs to
Munda, Japanese-held base in Souíh Pacific. Continued Allied
bombing attacks pave.d the way for the ground troops to capture
tlie Japanese stronghold. U.S. Army, Marine and Navy fighter
pilots brought down 358 Japanese planes during the air offensive
| against Munda and made many destructive raids on enemy
shipping in the area. ,
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