10 Sep 1943
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1943
Page
1
Allied reporters say troops and guns rush by air and land from Port Moresby to reinforce Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s forces advancing on Lae, Japan’s air base, as Owen Stanley mountains see rapid reinforcement today.
German leaders predict a four week climax as Berlin halts Swedish granite for victory monuments. The piece surveys pending Allied offensives in Italy and Western Europe, noting air raids, amphibious preparations, and the Lae operation as Allied forces press in New Guinea.
Soviet forces advance across northern Ukraine along a 100 mile front from Bakhmach to Zenkov closing on Kiev and the Dnieper defenses. New gains include Mariupol area towns Barvenkovo Volnovakha and Chaplino as Red Army threatens Priluki and Romny.
Allied headquarters report British troops occupy Taranto while Rome faces German attack. In Naples a Fifth Army counterattacks halts German armored assaults as Rome shells fall and battles surge across northern Italy with reports of puppet regimes and strategic port threatened.
In Atlanta on September 10, officials said Southeastern farmers face labor shortages with little expectation that prisoners of war will be available in large numbers. The Fourth Service Command stated POWs can be used only where shortages are severe and mainly to salvage crops, not for full agricultural work. About 6,000 POWs are already harvesting peanuts in Georgia Alabama and South Carolina, but cotton harvesting likely will not rely on them due to limited suitability and efficiency.
Adolf Hitler announced in a Berlin radio broadcast that Italy's capitulation was foreseen and caused by absence of will among its leaders. He claimed Mussolini resisted harsher wartime commitments, and blamed the fall on elements sabotaging Italy’s entry and on Duce Mussolini’s push for expanded war powers.
Berlin radio reported that German naval units and marines attacked Spitzbergen on Wednesday. Prisoners were taken, munitions and fuel stores destroyed, and radar and meteorological facilities damaged. The broadcast claimed heavy Allied casualties and suggested a new German base far east of Greenland. British sources offered no comment, noting Italy's collapse could shift Allied attention.
Berlin radio reports Mussolini was carried from the royal palace on a stretcher and taken away by ambulance. The AP notes the July 25 removal came from a secret coup planned by King Vittorio Emanuele and Premier Pietro Badoglio.
John M. Hightower reports from Washington that the Balkans powder keg appears perilously near eruption. Allied strategists fear a premature blow, with major powers watching for signs of flare ups and shifts in regional tension.
German reports claim occupation of Valona Durazzo and Elbasan while Swiss and Reuters dispatches indicate a powerful Allied fleet heads to Albania. Observers warn invasion could loom as Britain and America escort convoys toward the Adriatic coast amid Balkan tensions.
Ernie Pyle writes from Sicily describing Allied artillery overrunning a German hill while praising U S bond drives. He notes money and hard work at home save lives and shorten the war, urging readers to buy bonds to reduce bloodshed and sustain fighting spirit.
New York, Sept. 10. Arturo Toscanini, moved to tears at the close of his symphonic concert, reflected on whether the news would reach Italy where he faced fascist repression. NBC broadcast the program with his wife, son, two servants, and NBC's Samuel Chotzinoff present. The concert launched a three-program victory sequence celebrating the fall of fascism and the surrender of Italy.
London dispatch says Norwegian high command indicates Spitsbergen island base 600 miles east of Greensland fell to a German land ing force. Italian Navy ships surrendered at Gibraltar to Allied forces. Chinese communique reports Japanese assaults repulsed in southern Anhwei and Kiangsu Henan border area. Berlin radio claims Mussolini would head a German-sponsored National Fascist government.
London reports a brief lull following an eight day nonstop Allied air offensive against the continent. The period shows Allied air superiority in the theater and signals the start of a new phase aimed at building full aerial dominance. Joint U S RAF operations highlighted the strength of the Allied air effort.
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