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lamb,” II Duce barked in the heyday of fascism. Today Italy leads the existence of a beaten cur. » ~—~Retribution as sure and as deadly as that which ancient Rome exacted from Carthage has béen visited upon the country Mussolini taught to live like a beast of prey. What happened in France in 1040 was a splendid spec-

, 1000 Tons of Bombs Drop on Emden in Day Attack

LONDON, Sept. 27 (U. P.). —Flying Fortresses, inaugurating the American air force's use of “area bombing,” - plastered the German U-boat base at Emden with about 1000 tons of bombs today in a pioneering assault perhaps setting a new course for the “allied aerial offensive against Europe. The Emden raid, probably was the heaviest attack the 8th United States air force yet has against a single target. Ordered for the first time to hamhome the attack regardless of ther, the huge fleet of Forts gave Nazi U-boat and ship-building ‘8 Shatiering | blow despite a

overcast which prevented deobservation of the results. delivering the massive weight ‘high explosive bombs and in- + cendiaries to a fountainhead of the - resumed U-boat war, the Fortresses NOantied on Pass Five)

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Americans Advance 11 Miles In Fierce Battle Before Naples i's: wis tomes

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, Sept. 27.—The 5th army surged forward as much as 11 miles in the rugged hills below Naples ing the winter. in pursuit’ of withdrawing German forces after determined | resistance in some of the fiercest fighting of the Mediterranean cam. |IN€ Of their lines, the Germans are

S paign, t was announced

officially today. Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark's army drove all along the line, scoring | raw off troops from the east, but

the maximum gains on its right

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Analysts Believe Allied -Action Necessary to ‘Get In on the Kill.” By HARRISON SALISBURY

United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Sept. 27 Conservative

Russians Smash Over| Dnieper on Either Side of Kiev

MOSCOW, Sept. 27 (U. P.).|and tempo that the United States

—Rilssian parachute troops|and Britain may have to speed ar-

were reported showering RO an mvasion - of

that the Russian army's summer

army o crossings and invested the A ihe Nazi high last German position on the/command finally orders its forces east bank before Kiev, Kremenchug, Dnepropetrovsk Special Appointment and Zaporozhe. The possibility that the need for Soviet assault forces were StOrm-|,.y strategic decisions has been ing across the Dnieper on either foreseen by the allies is suggested

side of Kiev, the capital of the{by some indications that the apUkraine, while frontal assaults re-|pointment of Gen. George O. Mar-

determined defense line.

the suburbs on the east bank, front Supreme allied reports said.

here that the German garrison had opened a of a bution begun evacuating the city, which the desk of GitheF President Rootes

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in London believe that if the Rus-

their present pace, they would reach the gates of Germany proper dur-

Despite the progressive shortennot believed to have been able to they nevertheless are doing their

base within EE es ace ) The allied offensive in Italy and An official announcement said| ‘he spreading unrest in the Balkans that north of Salerno the Sth army| Undoubtedly are absbrbing the. surhag His they can be rounded up. a sl drive against the GerAis, Who Wee wiligrawing, Thus the allies obviously face &

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duced the Germans remaining in [shall U. 8. army chief of staff, as| European com=|" 1mander may come at any moment. | 3

Unconfirmed reports circulated| While : meond front cannot be|

is on the west bank, oa the Saviet {twit or Prime Minister Charen, fi

Some veteran military observers -

“objectives” in|Plus German reserves as rapidly as|-

FORECAST: Warmer tonight and tomorrow morning.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1943

tacle, compared to the man-made earthquake which has marked the demise of fascism and the Battle of Italy. Horrible as it was, there was something noble about the tragedy of France—it was the defeat of a mighty nation in open battle. There is nothing noble about the fate of Fascist Italy and the Italian scene today, : Through the dusty countryside and the rubble of

wanders a vast army of

hungry, Jovtsore, vacant-faced tramps, homeward bound

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice indianapolis, Ind. Issued dally except Sunday

to Calabria and Sicily. Individually, they are pitiable; collectively, they are not. These are the men iti three short years ago, made Italian skies quake with roars of “Duce, Duce, Duce,” as they marched off to war against a stricken France and a desperate England. As they march through the clutter of battered towns, they are rebuked by slogans, some truncated by shells and bombs, painted on the walls of ruins. “Live Dangerously!” begins the exhortation to viol

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Lion For An Hour... Italy Now Exists Like A Beaten Cur’

ence on a bit of masonry in ravaged Battipaglia. “Whatever may happen; I tell you, we shall win.” . ..

“Many enemies, much honor. Africa.”

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fends it." s+ “Vive Il Duce!” read others smeared on walls

and buildings along the shelled and bomb-pitted roads, .

Most. frequent on the. slogans is “Me Ne Frego,”

which, losely translated from

the coarse language of the

people who made Italian railroads run on time but prided (Continued on Page Five)

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Dnieper today while the Red ond front as quickly as possible gr} battled for several face the possibility that the Rus-|®

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Police Charge Rich Man

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Boats Like This Land Our Fighters

read to the Marion county adjustment board, by William Book, Chamber

Emmert Opinion Also Hits

By SHERLEY UHL Appropriation by the civil. and school city of $50,000 for the Indianapolis Symphony orchestra was jeopardized again today by an opinion of Atty. Gen. James A. Emmert which questioned the authority of the allotment as a result of failure to promulgate the 1043 statutes. The long-smouldering symphony issue was-climaxed-by- the opinion,

“It 5 my opinion thet If an ap: propriation of funds by the come mon council of a city is contrary to any law enforced, the same can-

Killed ; 2D LT. EDWARD L. MILLS, navigator in the U. 8. army air force, was killed in action Sept.

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By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Seripps-Howard Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.— The appointment of Edward R.

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Capital Calls Stettinius a ‘Natural’ In New Job As No. 2 Man in State Dept.

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ELEANOR SAYS

Father Draft Fus Fuss , ‘Funny’ To South Pacific ‘Dads, F.D.R.’s Wife Finds.

By EULALIE McDOWELL and MERRIMAN SMITH United Press Staff Correspondents WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt In an unusual “mixed” press conference told men and women reporters today that the boys in the Pacific battle theater are wonderful and she Is thinner, The president's wife recounted the impressions gained on her recent 25,000-mile tour of the south west Pacific. She disclosed that “the boys”: 1, Wonder if they'll find. jobs when they come home. 2, Never complain-—although they

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It was the first time ‘men reporters were admitted to - Mrs, Roosevelt press conference since the | excitement early in 1042 over em-

the office of civilian defense. Mrs. Roosevelt, then an OCD executive, held a press conference at OCD headquarters and could not very

end the press. She relaxed the rule today only because, she said, her trip as representative of the Red Cross might be of as much interest to men as women. She indicated t wouldn't happen again. Even so, men were outnums

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Survey Shove Critical Labor Shortage, VanNuys Claims

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer ; Ww ASHINGTON, Sept. 27. —Indianapolis will be placed in the No. 1 critical “labor shortage area Oct, 1 despite = all protésts, it-was announced = today by the office of WMC Chairman Paul V. McNutt. Senator Frederick VanNuys (D, Ind.), who was leading the fight here against such a ruling, said that a survey showed such an acute mane power shortage that he had agreed

that the ruling is necessary, “Since it means putting all the essential war industries on a 48 hour week the ruling may result in recruitments which will ease the situation,” Senator VanNuys said; “If such is the case the Indie anapolis- area will be rerated by WMO.”

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