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Clark Batters Foe (Bracker) – 2-3
Red Army Gaining – 3-4
Heavy Toll Paid for Zaporozhye (Parker) – 5
Arnold Calls Bomber Blow at Nazi Plants Worth Cost (Graham) – 5-6
War News Summarized – 6
When Nazi Ball Bearing Plant First Felt the Weight of Bombs (photo) – 7
U.S. Air-Sea Blows Rock New Britain – 8
American is Aide to Mountbatten – 8-9
Chinese Fall Back along Burma Road – 9
A New Picture of Wake Island Under the Direction of U.S. Navy Airmen (photos) – 10-12
Board Set Up to Advise on Ship Payments to be Made to Owners for Use During War – 12
Monster Tanks and Light Rifles among Arms Tested at Aberdeen (Baldwin) – 13
Government Maps Post-War Air Plan – 13
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 14-15

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/oct1943/f16oct43.htm

Germans falling back in Italy
Saturday, October 16, 1943 www.onwar.com

In Italy... As the US 5th Army offensive continues, German forces conduct a fighting withdrawal to the Barbara Line, in accordance with Kesselring’s orders.

From Washington... General Brereton takes command of the US 9th Air Force in Britain.

In New Guinea... Japanese forces counterattack Australian forces around Finschafen without success.