A powerful American and British force under U. S. Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark surged ashore in the vicinity of
Naples, a third of the way up thE Italian boot, at 4 a. m. today. It was immediately engaged by German forces fighting fiercely in the midst of the chaos of Italy's unconditional surrender, but Allied headquarters announced that, operations were going according o plan and that prisoners already had been taken.
Naples, a third of the way up thE Italian boot, at 4 a. m. today. It was immediately engaged by German forces fighting fiercely in the midst of the chaos of Italy's unconditional surrender, but Allied headquarters announced that, operations were going according o plan and that prisoners already had been taken.
The Japanese airforce, staggered by losses approximating 1,000 planes in
little over a month in the south and southwest Pacific,is believed
depleting its strength in China and Japan to support worsening ground
situations in New Guinea and the Solomons.
ADRIAN DAILY TELEGRAM
ADRIAN, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1943 PRICE 4 CENTS
ALLIED TROOPS POUR INTO ITALY
Nazi Headquarters
In Italy Smashed
British 8th Army Blocks Off
Entire Southern End of
I t a l i an Toe
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS lN North Africa, Sept 9
A powerful American and British force under U. S. Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark surged ashore in the vicinity of
Naples, a third of the way up thE Italian boot, at 4 a. m. today. It was immediately engaged by German forces fighting fiercely in the midst of the chaos of Italy's unconditional surrender, but Allied headquarters announced that, operations were going according o plan and that prisoners already had been taken..
At the same time it was announced that waves of Flying Fortresses, striking six hours before the armistice with Italy yesterday, had wiped out German military headquarters in Italy with a terrific half-hour bombing of
Frascati, 12 miles outside Rome. Official reports said the town, nearly every building of which was occupied by German officers, has levelled. The town, with a population of about 12,000, is famous for its wine
North, Central, Italy Occupied
By Germans, Berlin Report
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON, Sent. 9 —
A German military spokesman announced today that "north and central Italy have been occupied by German
troops," a Berlin broadcast said today. "In so far as the occupation had not been carried out already, it has
now been done. In most towns of Italy the armed forces allowed those forces to be disarmed (by Germans) without offering resistance," declared the broadcast, still quoting the Nazi military spokesman. At the same time the spokesman declared Allied troops which landed Tuesday on the Gulf of Eufemia, north of Palmi, had been enveloped by German troops and "their annihilation was imminent Wednesday evening."
Reuters reported f rom Stockholm that Hitler had held a war council today at which it was decided to reinforce the German Po line in northern Italy and fight to the last man.
At the same time the German radio began issuing a stream of orders, apparently for the purpose of confusing the Italians and contradicting earlier steps taken by the surrendering Badoglio regime in Italy
Jap Air Force
Suffers Huge
Losses
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
Southwest Pacific, Sept. 9 (UP)'-
The Japanese airforce, staggered by losses approximating 1,000 planes in little over a month in the south and southwest Pacific,is believed depleting its strength in China and Japan to support worsening ground situations in New Guinea and the Solomons.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters said today "the enemy apparently is drawing heavily from other fronts" in efforts to "rehabilitate his air forces from a succession of recent heavy defeats" such as the destruction of more than 360 planes at Wewak, New Guinea.
Then headquarters added: "As a result, he is becoming weakened and vulnerable to air penetration in other theaters." New air losses were listed in today's communique which also reported Australian veterans of African campaigns brushing aside Japanese patrols five miles northeast of Lae, New Guinea, and
strengthening ot Allied paratroop positions seized to the northwest. Twenty-one Japanese planes def ini t e ly were destroyed and nine others probably as the enemy atempted to raid Darwin, Australia,
attack Allied positions on New Guinea and resist a heavy American plane raid on Bougainville in
:he Solomons
LARGEST DAYLIGHT
OF WAR SMASHES
_ EUROPE
Terrific Attack May Be Final
Prelude to Invasion
From the West
NOT ONE PLANE IS LOST
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS '
LONDON, Sept. 9—
With Allied forces swarming into the heart o£ fallen Italy, the greatest formations of American and British bombers ever hurled across the channel by daylight pounded today at enemy ports and air fields in northern France, carrying into the. eighth consecutive day a terrific aerial offensive which may form the f inal prelude .to invasion from the west.
The unprecedented assault, launched in conjunction with the largest invasion exercises ever seen in the channel, climaxed 18 hours ot steady pounding of Hitler's At l ant ic fortifications during which not a single Allied plane was. downed by German air units charged wi th de f ending Europe aainst the long-awaited Allied push.
Enemy naval vessels and coast artillery were among the prime targets of the vast bombardmentaccompanying the invasion rehearsal which kept the French coastline alight all night with
bomb bursts and anti-aircraft fire and rattled windows this morning six miles inland from the English shore.
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