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September 17, 1943

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Clark's Order of the Day

By Wireless To the New York Times

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Sept. 16 -- The text of an order of the day issued by Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark, congratulating the British and American officers under his command in the combined Fifth Army, follows:

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PUSH TO NAPLES ON; Gen. Clark Congratulates 5th Army in Furious Pursuit of Germans FLIERS AID BREAK Reinforcements Flowing Into Beachhead, With 8th Army Closing Gap PUSH TO NAPLES ON AS ALLIES ADVANCE

By Milton Brackerby Wireless To the New York Times

casualties heavy

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KUBAN BASE FALLS; Nazis' Caucasus Toehold Crumbles, Menace to Crimea Grows LOZOVAYA IS SEIZED Red Army Prongs Stab Closer to Dnieper-Desna Breached KUBAN BASE FALLS TO SOVIET ASSAULT

By the United Press

USSR forces take Novorossiisk, threatening Crimea; take Lozovaya for 3d time in 16 mos; take Romny, Kiev front; Gers rept new USSR offensive south of Lake Ladoga, Leningrad front; USSR forces cross Desna River and take Novgorod-Severski below Bryansk; map

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CITY REACHES 41% OF LOAN DRIVE GOAL; Spurt Is Noted in Purchases by Individuals as Well as Larger Investors PRESENTING RECEIPTS OF WAR BOND SELLING COMPETITION CITY REACHES 41% OF LOAN DRIVE GOAL

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NYC sales at 41% of quota; individual purchases increase

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Notable Deaths

1943Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (born 1893)^[†]

Friedrich Zickwolff was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.