Current Events September 22, 1943;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY SEPTEMBER 22, 1943:

The French high command said today an American unit is helping French forces drive the Germans toward the northeastern corner of Corsica, and already more than 1,000 of the enemy have
been slain.

Nomination of General George Catlett Marshall the job of commanding all Anglo-American forces of land, sea and air lends a supreme touch of irony to the description given of him as a young man when he entered
Virginia. Military Institute.
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(The story of the defection of Rudolh Hess, as reported in the Fairbanks Daily - Miner)

FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1941

Flight Proves Breach In Nazi Party
Hitler Deserted In Hour Of Triumph 

Farmer Tells Of Parachute Landing

Scotch Rural Resident Describes
Cultured Conduct of
Night .Visitor from Sky
GLASGOW, Scotland, May 13.—(1941)
The farm worker who first saw the escaping No. 3 Nazi. Rudolf Hess, when he parachuted last night from his plane near Glasgow told of how the mysterious airman had declined a cup of tea.
Taken to the home of the farm worker, Hess waited in good spirits for a doctor to attend to his broken ankle. The Nazi leader chatted amicably with the farm worker's mother and appeared to be normal in every respect.
LONDON, May 13.—German propaganda today described the melodramatic 800-mile escape flight
of Rudolph Hess to Scotland as the act of a man "mentally deranged because of physical illness," while
.kev /here there- was speculation -wvhether the Nazi deputy party leader might devulged information that
.might strike a serious blow at Hitler's war plans.
British foreign office experts have questioned Hess in Scotland, in the hospital where he is a patient receiving
treatment for a broken ankle.

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The full story of Rudolf Hess' flight to Britain disclosed years ago, when Britain still was near its lowest depths in this war, the third in command of the Nazis declared Adolf Hitler wanted to call off the fight without making any "oppressive demands" on Britain


                    IRONWOOD DAILY GLOBE
    IRONWOOD, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22,1943.

       HOUR OF INVASION NEARING

YANKS AIDING
FRENCH DRIVE
More Than 1,000 Germans
Already Killed in Corsica
Fighting.
NAZIS TERROR IN NAPLES
Allied headquarters in North Africa—(AP)—
The French high command said today an American unit is helping French forces drive the Germans toward the northeastern corner of Corsica, and already more than 1,000 of the enemy have
been slain.
Several hundred German prisoners have been seized, said the communique, which read: "In Corsica . regular French troops and patriot detachments are continuing to harass the enemy, who is withdrawing from the Bonifacio-Porto Vecchio region toward the northeastern corner of the island.
"In the course of the past few days the Germans left more than
1,000 dead on the battlefield. Several hundreds of prisoners fell into
our hands. In the Levie sector the Germans were obliged to withdraw with heavy losses after violent
fighting.
"An American commando unit is fighting by the side of patriots and regular French troops."
The Germans meanwhile were throwing a defensive ring around Naples, to retard Allied armies pressing onward from the Salerno bridgehead. Huge fires and demolitions scarred the port city.
The great metropolis of nearly a million persons in southern Italy was described officially as overhung
with, smoke.,
A military spokesman .said the enemy was establishing a strong defense line on the approaches to
Naples from, the south ,and east, but the extent of their demolitions in and near the city appeared evidence
that the Germans hoped to hold back Allied attack toward the city from the Salerno area.
                                                            Take Two Towns
.The fifth army meanwhile fougt its way steatiily east and northeast from Salerno with American troops capturing the towns of Campagna and Montecorvino-Rovella while the British chased fleeing Germans from the town of San Cipriano.

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General Marshall Called
Greatest Military Genius
As Young Military Student,,
He Was Called a 'Clumsy
Recruit.'
By FRANK CAREY
Washington—(AP)—
Nomination of General George Catlett Marshall the job of commanding all Anglo-American forces of land, sea and air lends a supreme touch of irony to the description given of him as a young man when he entered
Virginia. Military Institute.
In his early days as a plebe at V. M. I., the "West Point of theSouth" where his great ideal, Stonewall Jackson, once was teacher, Marshall was classed as "a clumsy, unpromising recruit, ill-looked upon by the exacting faculty of the ancient institute."
                                                         Critics Ate Words
Early critics were destined to eat their -,vordo quickly, however. Marshall graduated from V. M. I. in 1901 with the highest military rank in the cadet corps—and a. few years later, a high ranking American officer in the Philippines said of the then young lieutenant: "Keep your eyes on George Marshall; he is the greatest military genius of America since Stonewall Jackson."
This bouquet was the result of Marshall's efforts in working out a practice plan for the defense of Manila. Marshall's commanding officer even recommended that he be promoted to brigadier general in one jump, but the recommendation was not acted upon. ,
Although he was described by General Pershing as "the finest officer
o£ the First World War"— principally because he organized a secret movement of more than 800,-
000 men in 14 days in preparation for the Meuse-Argonne offensive—it wasn't until 1939 that Marshall
won the rank of general. It wis then that he. was appointedto the nation's military "hot spot"—army chief of staff in a country where the rumble of Europe's guns already were being heard, 
Not for long was the nation left in doubt as to what the rangy, lean six-footer thought about America's military condition.
                                                               Not Ready for War'
"We are not ready for war. We are not even ready for defense," announced the blue-eyed field soldier
with th,e short, pugnacious nose.


 M'ARTHUR TROOPS
ADVANCE 60 MILES
 Australians Seize Village 60
Miles Northwest of Lae.
By BOB EUNSON
Allied headquarters In the southwest Pacific—(AP)—
Only two days after i.he fall of Lae, New Guinea airborne troops of Gen. Dougla MacArthur seized a village 60 mile to the northwest while waves of American bombers wrecked air dromes, bridges,. trucks and roads
along a path of future conquest for 350 miles north.
The seizure of Kaiapit by trans port-flown Australians last. Saturday was diclosed in a communiqui today.
Thts new stroke, which the Japanese futilely tried to erase by counterattacks, and the latest air strikes with 97 tons of bombs and 123,000 rounds of ammunition all the way from south of Madang up to Wewak, clearly indicated the determination of MacArthur that his victories at Lae and Salamaua shall yield quick dividends.
The Japanese airforce, obviously concerned by the upsurge of Mac-Arthur on the New Guinea ground
front and the hammering dealt by Adm. William F. Halsey's growing air might in the Solomons, struck back on both arms of the 750-mile battle arc.

EDEN RELATES 
STORY OF HESS
 Hitler Didn't Want Britain
Defeated, Hess Told
English Duke.
By E. C. DANIEL
London—(AP)—
The full story of Rudolf Hess' flight to Britain disclosed years ago, when Britain still was near its lowest depths in this war, the third in command of the Nazis declared Adolf Hitler wanted to call off the fight without making any "oppressive demands" on Britain.
The story of the No. 3 Nazi's fantastic flight "on a mission of humanity" to Scotland was told in an official government statement after two years of silence, during which Hitler was allowed to worry over what' his deputy might be telling the British. The official account, made available to commons today by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, revealed very few facts that had not leaked out at least in outline to the public.
                                                                     Listed Terms
It did, however, contain a specific list of six peace terms, one of which stipulated Hitler's refusal to negotiate' with Prime Minister Churchill, who was accused of planning the war since 1936.
What Germany wanted from Britain, Hess said, was a free hand in Europe and especially with Russia, but the forebodings of a long war, for which Germany was ill-prepared, were seen .in Hess" statement,
Upon his arrival in Scotland In May, 1941, Hess told the Duke of Hamilton that "the Fuehrer does
not want to defeat England and wants to stop fighting." He said he made the flight without the knowledge
of Hitler, a fact that had been suggested by the confusion of German propagandists in dealing with the situation when Hess' arrival was announced.by the British.
                                                               Prisoner of.War
The official statement said nothing about Hess' present whereabouts or his state of health, but it concluded: "Hess has been dealt with as a prisoner of war since his arrival in this country and will 50 continue to be treated until the end of the war."