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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 21, 1943
Page
1
Allied dispatches report German forces pulling back from the Salerno plains in an orderly fashion while British patrols pursue. The withdrawal pauses to hold northern Salerno positions as Naples battle looms and Allied forces press across the Salerno bridgehead toward Battipaglia and surrounding towns.
London reports forecast of extensive German withdrawal along the Russian front as Germany economizes in men and materiel to face Allied threats elsewhere. Twenty thousand troops reportedly withdrawn from Norway. Berlin sources doubt defending remaining Ukraine while reserves move to fortified lines on the Paulist frontier.
Flying Officer Wallace of the SSAAF Beau fighter led a successful two‑group sweep over New Britain bays destroying four and two camouflaged barges. He reported a near miss as his observer warned of trees and later conducted a low level reconnaissance of Cape Gloucester before returning to Forbes.
The Red Army achieves its strongest advance since the Wimmer offensive, freeing 1200 towns in a single day. Soviet troops push 10 to 15 miles along a BM front from north of Smolensk to the Sea of Anov, while two strips cross the Poltava Kiev railway and seize Pavlograd. Pologi falls, cutting east of the Dnieper supply lines and narrowing German withdrawal gaps toward the Crimea and Kuban.
The association argues many men on the land are misclassified for vehicle priority. It notes improved priority when proper evidence is produced and urges authorities to review policy to ensure landowners receive timely supplies, parts, and maintenance.
At the Grenfell Showground a man named Robert Robinson with a long record was sentenced to six months hard labor for pickpocketing. Detectives spotted him casing crowds and detected theft from Herb Jones, while Adams and Burgess were arrested on suspicion.
Jockey Les Davis of Byde my formerly Cowra was booed after finishing second in the Cowra Jockey Club Handicap last week. An official inquiry led to a two year suspension amid allegations another rider pulled his horse in the straight. The owner and trainer were exonerated.
A fragmentary note shows melon prices near 45 per unit at a local market with vegetable tables and stalls. The text mentions English paper origins and a raised interest in market rates.
A field day at the Cowra Soil Conservation Station in Lachlan Valley will showcase erosion control practices including terracing contour banking contour furrowing and waterways. The event aims to display pasture management native woodlot development and cropping effects with demonstrations starting at 1:45 pm and optional earlier visits with picnic meals.
At Forbes on September 15 about 19 000 crossbred and merino sheep were yarded and nearly all sold. Buyers traveled from Temers to Canowindra with keen competition. prices rose 2 to 3d on August levels with various lines including Romney cross ewes and Merino wethers reaching 26s to 27s. The store sale notes strong interest and hints at a big annual sale planned for October.
Allied air forces in the SW Pacific conducted a sweep over Hoskins Peninsula near Rabaul and Cape Gloucester targets. Heavy raids on Bougainville and Finschhafen followed, with ships shelled and ground installations pounded. General MacArthur praised Allied troops for Lae victory and thanked leaders for support.
Photographs released by the RAF show Hamburg in Northern Germany almost erased after twelve night raids and a two day aerial campaign by American forces during July and August.
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