Current Events September 30, 1943;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY SEPTEMBER 30, 1943:

American fifth army troops were reported battling the nazis in the suburbs of Naples tonight alter shattering the enemy's hill defenses north of Salerno and capturing an Italian naval base IS miles south of Italy's burning and bomb-ravaged southern port.

The Soviet high command-announced today that Red army forces have captured the Dnieper river stronghold of Kremenchug to complete occupation of virtually all of the Dneiper's east bank along a 370- mile front.

A blistering air assault in which allied airmen probably destroyed Japan's main New Guinea depot at Wewak
was announced today in Gen. Douglas MacArthur's communique.
The. mighty aerial blow, executed by four-engincd bombers escorted by swarms of fighters, was the second in as many days leveled against the Japanese base on the north-central coast of New Guinea.

         LONG  BEACH  INDEPENDENT
                                Long Beach, California, Thursday, September 30, 1943

            YANKS    IN    NAPLES
Enemy's Hill Defenses at Salerno
Shattered by Advancing Fifth Army
ALLIED HEADQUAHTEHS IN NORTH AFRICA, Sept. 29.— '
(INS)—
American fifth army troops were reported battling the nazis in the suburbs of Naples tonight alter shattering the enemy's hill defenses north of Salerno and capturing an Italian naval base IS miles south of Italy's burning and bomb-ravaged southern port.
Fall of the great Tyrrhenian seaport was believed only hours away. Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark's tanks and infantry, hurling the nazis into full retreat, now occupy all of the Sorrento peninsula separating the gulf of Salerno from the bay of Naples and have plunged in strength onto the Naples plain.
More than 30 towns and villages, including the Castellammaro naval base 15 miles south of nazi-ruined Naples, were seized by the Yanks and Tommies in advances ranging up to six miles, bringing to a victorious conclusion the bitter six-day battle for hill positions dominating Naples from the south.
An American news commentator broadcasting over the Algiers radio said Clark's men penetrated from
Castellammaro directly into the southern suburbs of the nazi-devastated port of Naples.

Dnieper River Stronghold Captured
As Reds Occupy 370 Mile East Bank
MOSCOW, Sept. 30.—(Thursday)—(INS)—
The Soviet high command-announced today that Red army forces have captured the Dnieper river stronghold of Kremenchug to complete occupation of virtually all of the Dneiper's east bank along a 370- mile front.
On the west bank, other Soviet forces stormed across the Dnieper to seize seven centers of nazi resistance, including the rail station of Darnitsa, in the environs of Kiev.
Russian columns driving through White Russia meanwhile seized 290 towns and villages on the routes to
lomcl and Vitebsk, the soviet nidnight communique announced. Among the towns seized were Vetka, eight miles east of Gomel; and Rudnya, 35 miles southeast of Vitebsk. Front reports said Russian shock troops are fighting in the streets of Gomel.

Yanks Destroy
Jap Ammunition
Depot at Wewak
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST Pacific, Sept.
30.—'(Thursday) —(INS)—
A blistering air assault in which allied airmen probably destroyed Japan's main New Guinea depot at Wewak
was announced today in Gen. Douglas MacArthur's communique.
The. mighty aerial blow, executed by four-engincd bombers escorted by swarms of fighters, was the second in as many days leveled against the Japanese base on the north-central coast of New Guinea.
The allied war birds strewed 145 tons of explosives in the Wewak area, touching off a terrific explosion that was described by combat crews as the biggest ever witnessed by the air force in the southwest Pacific area. Towering tongues of flame followed the shattering blast were visible at a distance of 60 miles.