Current Events September 2, 1943; U. S. 105,446;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY SEPTEMBER 2, 1943:

Russian troops driving forward on the Voronezh front today captured the town of Sumy, important Ukrainian
regional center about 100 miles northwest of Kharkov, Moscow announced in a special order of the day.
The special order was the fourth to be Issued by Premier Josef Stalin in four days as the Russians rolled
the German forces back along the 600-mile front from the Smolensk-Moscow road to the shores of the
Sea of Azov.

The coastal jaw of a slowly closing Allied pincer pressed nearer 'the Salamaua, New Guinea, airdrome
from the southeast today as Japanese defenses cracked. A spokesman for Gen. Douglas MacArthur characterized the enemy's crumbling resistance as "rearguard." an indication that the Japanese are giving way.
On the coast, below the airdrome and the Francisco river mouth, the Japanese for some time have been

Liberator bombers of the U. S. Tenth Air Force dumped a "great weight" of ixplosives on the railway yards at
Mandalay yesterday, it was announced today in a headquarters communique which said "excellent results were reported with numerous hits in the target area

Allied sources said today that Adolf Hitler has spread 8,000,000 troops along the 6,000-mile coastline of his continental domain and was about to Impose martial law on all Europe in preparation! for the anticipated Anglo- American invasion.

Army losses in the 38-day conquest of Sicily numbered 7,500 killed, wounded and missing to bring the army's over-all war losses to 70,872 and lift the announced casualties for the armed services and merchant
marine to 105,466 since Pearl harbor.

 
    SALAMANCA REPUBLICAN-PRESS
                     SALAMANCA, N. Y., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1943
 Reds Capture Sumy as Nazis Retreat in Donets



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                                FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER  2,1943

Soviet Forces
Capture Sumy
Germans Lose
41,000 Troops
At Taganrog
London, Sept. 2.—(AP)—
Russian troops driving forward on the Voronezh front today captured the town of Sumy, important Ukrainian
regional center about 100 miles northwest of Kharkov, Moscow announced in a special order of the day.
The special order was the fourth to be Issued by Premier Josef Stalin in four days as the Russians rolled
the German forces back along the 600-mile front from the Smolensk-Moscow road to the shores of the
Sea of Azov.
The capture of Sumy, a vital rail center, carried the Red army within 185 miles of Kiev in its westwarddrive across the northern Ukraine.-.
London, Sept. 2.—(AP>—
The Germans, by their own admission, were hastily withdrawing today from their once strong Donets basin
salient in southern Russia presumably in fear of an even greater debacle than the one at Taganrog which the Russians say, cost them 41.000 troops. Berlin military circles attempted to explain away the retreat by telling
Swedish correspondenta that greater forces were needed in the west to meet an expected Allied itn vasion.
But Moscow communiques told  a far different story—one of an avalanche of Russian military power sweeping against and around outfought and outmaneuvered Nazi armies.
                                                  35,000 Germans Killed ''

 Allied Pincers
Press Nearer
Salamaua Field
BY WILLIAM F. BONI
Allied Headquarters in the Southwest Pacific, Sept. 2.—(AP)---
The coastal jaw of a slowly closing Allied plncer pressed nearer 'the Salamaua, New Guinea, airdrome
from the southeast today as Japanese defenses cracked. A spokesman for Gen. Douglas MacArthur characterized the enemy's crumbling resistance as "rearguard." an indication that the Japanese are giving way.
On the coast, below the airdrome and the Francisco river mouth, the Japanese for some time have been holding out on the western edge of Roosevelt ridge at its junction with Scout ridge, which runs northeast
from that point. Latest reports indicate that the Americans have skirted enemy pillboxes and foxholes,
sent the main spearhead along Scout ridge, and assigned another force to eliminate the virtually surrounded Japanese at that point.
                                                      Aussies Near River Mouth

Liberators Hit
Railway Yards
At Mandalay
New Delhi, Sept. 2.—(AP)—
Liberator bombers of the U. S. Tenth Air Force dumped a "great weight" of ixplosives on the railway yards at
Mandalay yesterday, it was announced today in a headquarters communique which said "excellent results were reported with numerous hits in the target area."
While the four-engined Liberators concentrated on Mandalay, twinngined B-25 Mitchells attacked Japanese rail installations and communications in other parts of Central Burma. All planes returned safely from the day's operations, the bulletin said.
The B-25s demolished several buildings at Monywa and scored diect hits on rail yards at Hsipaw.
Hits on a cliff near the Hsipaw yards were believed to have caused landslide upon the tracks.
                                                     Carry Out Raid Aug. 29
Hitler Steps-Up
Preparations For
Allied Invasion
BY JOHN A. PARR1S
United Press Staff Correspondent London, Sept. 2.—(LP)—
Allied sources said today that Adolf Hitler has spread 8,000,000 troops along the 6,000-mile coastline of his continental domain and was about to Impose martial law on all Europe in preparation! for the anticipated Anglo- American invasion

Casualties In
U. S. Forces Now
Total 105,446
Washington, Sept. 2.—(AP)—
Army losses in the 38-day conquest of Sicily numbered 7,500 killed, wounded and missing to bring the army's over-all war losses to 70,872 and lift the announced casualties for the armed services and merchant
marine to 105,466 since Pearl harbor.
The latest army figures were given at a press conference today by John J. McCloy, assistant secretary of war. He said that of the 70,872 casualties in all combat zones, 9,- 209 were killed in action or died of wounds, 20,159 were wounded, 21,764 were missing, and 19,740 have been officially reported prisoners of war.
Of the army wounded, McCloy told a press conference, more than 9,000 have recovered completely and
returned to active duty. He added that the total of missing included a large number of Philippine scouts lost in Bataan and Corregidor.
Navy casualties announced to date are 21,556; marines 7,904, and the coast guard, 363. The latest merchant marine summary showed 4,751 dead and missing.
In all the services, the dead now total 19,863.