[Homer_J_Simpson]

Crimean Key Won (Parker) – 2-3
War News Summarized – 3
5th and 8th Armies Smash Attacks, Take High Ground (Bracker) – 4-5
Polls See Willkie Weakest in West (Gallup) – 5
Foe Thrown Back in New Guinea Bid (Kluckhohn) – 6
Five Senators Viewed Britain from Hotel, Hints Oregon Mayor, Scorning Their Report – 6
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 7-9
War-Wise Pilots Train Navy Fliers (Baldwin) – 9

The News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions – 10
Winter Approaches on the Russian Front (map) – 11
Russians Winning Back More Devastated Land (Parker) – 12
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 13
The Nazis Plan ‘Successive Stands’ in Italy (map) – 14
Army Expects Germans to be Stubborn in Italy (Shalett) – 15

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/oct1943/f24oct43.htm

Allies bomb Japanese base on New Britain
Sunday, October 24, 1943 www.onwar.com

American bombardment of Rabaul [photo at link]

In the Bismark Archipelago... Allied aircraft raid Rabaul, New Britain Island, for a second time in two days. One Japanese destroyer and five merchant ships have been sunk in the raids.

In Italy... Elements of the US 5th Army capture Sant’Angelo.