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WILKES-BARRE  PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1944
PRICE TEN CENTg
YANKS SMASH LAST LIN
OF GERMANS BEFORE ROME
False story Of Invasion Arouses II.S.
story Sent by Associated Press;
Blame New Girl In London Office
New York, June 8 (UP)—A filse announcement b.v the AisocU sled Presa that the European inva¬ sion had started flooded newspaper offlcei and radio atationa all over the nation «^th telephone calli late today.
The announcement waa credited hv the AP to Gen. Dwifht D. Eisenhower's headquartera and aaid "Risenhower'i headquarters an¬ nounce Allird landing* in France." This wai followed in a few minutea hy sn order to withhold it from publication and later by • manda¬ tory kill, a phraae used on presa Rssnclation wirai to make certain thnt a diapatch is not published.
Meantime, however. the an¬ nouncement was broadcast on the Columbia Network, the announcer Interruptinit tht runninir of the Belmont Stakes to read the new*. Prayer at Palo ttraunda
At the ainnti-Plrates ball game st the Polo Ground*, the false an¬ nouncement    waa    read    and    the crowd stood and offered a minute'i iTsyer.
The New York Slate Racing '"oinmission wai about to cancel the! lost two races at Belmont track: when it learned that the dispatch | was in error. Officials at the track I decided to check the "flash" before| reading It over the loud ipeaker| Kvstem to the 34.23.1 fan* and a*[ a result did not read it at all. i
The National Broadcasting Com-j pany and the Mutual Broadcasting .System carried the announcement nn part of its network and like the roiumhia immediately withdrew It. The Blue Network also broadcast, the announcement  arjd then killed
Angel af Mercy in Khaki on a Distant Beach
While a murderoua flrc fl-om enemy plUboxei and machine gun neata  atrafea  the water,  a  flrat
aid worker clean* and dresaea the wound of flghter who ha* dropped on the weat aand.   Other
Per Ita relief from hmi Wy*- Mblg VaUejr om Ouuik nwoMi •f eeel air mavtag la Iron* the ¦erth. The eoal we*ther will pre- T«ll moat •( tlM week.
men In the unit keep head* low to avoid being hit by enemy flre on Wakde.
TRANSPORTATION :idF NATION FACES- THREAT OF STRIKE
Affects 250,000 As Calm Period on Labor Front Ends
By IMTED PREM
The     first     comparative     cslm period In weeks nn the labnr front  ro " "        by    new
Vicious Jap Attack Smashed on Biak Island
Find 100 Suicide Bodies in Caves; Landings Unopposed on Nearby Islands; Lone Liberator Kills 500 on Woleal
By DO.N CASWELL
Allied Headquariers. Southweit Pacific, Sunday, Jun* 4 (UP)—Veteran American 0th Army troops smashed a vicioui Japanese counter-attack on Bisk Island Thursday, killing 81 enemy loldier* In the neweat out¬ break of heavy fighting, while U. 8. troops mopping up enemy-held areas overlooking Mokmer Airfield found 100 dead Japaneae In mountain  cave.'-, it wa* announced today.
A spokesman for Gen. Douglas MacArthur diclared that the Japonaee found  in   the  mountain cavei> sur-
t  rounding  the   .Mokmer  Ridge  posi-;    \'/,,,,    D^ula    i tttmwmt
Ij«  Naclon    Bueno*  Aire*  new*.|»'«»   disturbed   Saturday   by    new  tions which  dominated coaatal ap-'   i^ VIV   fVrUV   lyrurfl paper,  blew  it* liren  to  announce »•!'«'>"»'«»"''* "^¦^'"¦.*"¦"".J''.""!  Peaches to the airfield •apparently,   American   WoU the  invasion   on   the   baai*  of  the'-   the    latter   so   seriou*   that    it  had committed suicide." .fantVI IVUfirruy
AP n««h (might cripple the nationa highway; .«..,,. ' 	
«L-^xii . 1. tranaportation .y.tem. j »^<« »" ^'•'••y »»'•"•«•
It w^s the Mcond tim* La Naclon'    At   Chicago   the   Central   States'     MacArthur* cAmmunique reporl-
u was ine seconn lime L.a .-MBCion •¦ rnimcll    annnnnce.l    that •<!  further expansion  of Amer can
has sounded   ts airen to announce Url\era    *-°"nf''    ¦""""""".'"";  nn^iiion,   in   the   <»choiii.n   I.Unri.
errnn»niiiilv   nn thr bajiis of an AP 2.10    locals     of    the    International  posltion.i   in   tne   suiouten   islands
erroneously, on the »«»!» of «" AP Brotherhood   of   Teamsters   .AFLM°ff nujch New Guinea with  unop-
mvasion    nao ^^^^^^  ^^^^       ^^^^^^  ^^^^  ^_^  .Iune;Pose<l   landings  on  Tiny  0\\ I  and
dispatch,   that   the
stsrted.     Th*   first   time   was   on
Mo*cow, June S. (UP)—The night before the arrival of "acorea" of United State* Flying Fort- res* *huttle liomber* In Ru*ala several   hundred   American   and
May 12
The  false  newi  also wo* broad-,f"^ east over radio stations in Santiago,
would hold  a strike  vote  on  .lune; i""<^"  'niii<,i,f.r. un   . in.v  v»,,i  .nu   -.....-.        ......
10 and 11.   If a walkout  is decided   "'oendi  Islets snd in the Padeaido   Russian   ground   crews   gathered 40 000   teamstera   wnuld   leave! icoup off the southeastern coast of   in   an   improvised  theater  to  at-
their   trucks.    Such   action   would affect 2.'M),000 men.
Biak. Allied planes and destroyers sup-
tend  a Russian  USO concert. At   one   point   the   Americana'
and    naval    bombardment    of   thej struck Mokmer   area.     Naval   units   sank
ported ground operations with  air i enthusia.sm was so great that the
' men whistled in approval. The Russians were taken aback for in Russia whistling in the thea¬ ter i* regarded as a diaapproval. There was a moment of embar¬ rassment and then a Ruaaian gen-
Chile and Havana The Associated  Pre** New York'Tank Plant Stopped
Offlce   ,,|d   the   newa   came   from      j^^^^     disputes     Bgain
f n«h w.r. .^III',*.mi..^nn Irr"«r 'I Detroit. Thr Ford Mntor Company three troop-laden barges along the f Irfh.y ..Z.imlnr w.. t".i^^i..,i «n>"""<ced that IU Uncoln plant's coast east of Bosnek, the corn- further   statement   waa    promlaed ,^^^    ^^^^.^^   diviaions    waa    ahut. munique said.
The  Associated   Pres.   later   car- h*"""   ''«<^»"»'   "'   "   ''"^'<   °'„"'*:      Fifteen   enemv   planes  made   the, ,„,  .  „„.j  ,„ ,,,.  .,„,.  .„..-.. inr  ABsociaiea   i-res*   laier   car- ...     ri».iiltin»   frnm    a   walkout  _.  .  i-  .-      .    .i.    oj-i     eral leaped  to the  stage  and ex-
^j^y'd'Ae"""'"'"""'""""'''-loVio^uXi^'Xa^rbiie" xroirrirrar^^v;Cwh7n'^•ht^t ^^''^^':^tv::^^z^''\v
^¦¦A  milke  by  an  inexperienced J^^^.-.^^^JO'    -.-J^-, '/rXst'eS l.^^h"' '1' *"'*'* "-^.^""i'  ^'T    P--I    VhV  pe^f^^'er "rSt'urn'e'd
Its wires todav an erroneous flash I    Tank  motor  ptoduction  was   re-, probably  destroyed. 1 ~       .. ^
announcing    that   Oeneral   Eisen- «'"n»<l   "t   the   ContinenUl   Motor I     Meanwhile,    a    single    Liberator  BABY   BOY   WEIGHS howers     headquartera     had     an-|Company plant  after a  brief tlcup hon^^er   of   the   South   Pacific  Air'    ,   oniiairvc   »T  DIDTU (Continued on  Page A-IO) (Continued on  Page A-10) Force achieved an ouUtanding lone  Zl   POUNDS  AI   DinTn
The Invdsion Is Nowhere Near/ Coebbels Is Telling Germans Now
triumph   over   Japanese   defenders i lof Woleal  laland  In  the  Carolines
Warning Flashed City as Americans Swarm Ahead
Told by Alexander To Help Beat Nazis And Save Capital; Americans in Siglit Of Ancient Spires
By ROBEBT VER>IILUON t'nitrd Preaa War Cerreapondeat
Allied Headquarters, Naples June 3 (UP)—American tanka and riflemen .swarmed through the last German defenses 10 miles below Rome tonight and the Allied high command ria.shed a radio warning to the Romans that the capture of the Eternal City is imminent. The Nazis lines were riddled at a number of vital points on the northern rim of the Alban Hills and front dis. patches twid the American armored columns were herd¬ ing the retreating enemv be- fore them on the last lap of the long and bloody road to Rome.
The spire* of Rome were in full view, and the Americans appeared on the verge of breaking thetr armored power out onto the roUlns Roman plalna. "
A* the Yankee armor awung f( the knockout. Gen. Sir Harold l_ L. G. Alexander* headquarter* broadcaat a apecial message to tba people of Roma declaring that their city wo* about to be taken and calling upon fhem to prevent th* fleeing Xaii* from putting It to th* torch.
"Allied armiea are approaehlna Rome." the broadcaat *ald. "TiH Hberatinn of the Eternal City is near. Vou rlUiena of Rome muat bo united to preaerve your elty from deatruoUon and to defeat nur eommon enemiea — the Ger¬ mana and raaelata."
The Romans  were  inatructed ts
«»t;»n   *n«mv      '.."naon,  ounaay,  june   «   lur-i— Pf'vent  Nazi  sappers from  mining
iKve   morel?-'""''   *•"'**' A'"??, warplane*   gave,'_n«_^'Jy.^^^f inform the first Allied
i
'Nuisance Raid/ Say Nazis As 4M0 Planes Hit Coast
Its :
Nazi Attacks in Romania Broken with Heavy Loss
Road Transport Attack Most Successful Yet; 8,000 Tons of Bombs Batter Invasion Strip
London, June S  'UP)-Red Army I plementary   communique   aaid   90 By WALTER CRONKITE forces  hurled  bark strong German fighter-eacorted    German    bombera  Lnlted Preaa War C'ArreaiMndent atucks north and northeaat of the attempted  to raid the Soviet lines     "^ ^"^ "" terreapendent ancient    Somanian    city    of    Iaal at   dawn   Saturday.     Seven   enemy  _'-'*"''°';' S""?^"*' J""*  *  '^P'
(Jai«y> today for the flflh con- plane* were downed. Five more 15."'".'' l;*^ .A'"!;?. ""7'*"" «»^'I ,n,„ui.rf, .„ V.'.^'h' .u"" "¦".'"i Mcutive   day,   Moscow   announced Xaii  plane*  were deatroyed  in  an  •^•"    *» antic   Wall    '"^1^,''?"°"' wheVe mhJea h«v^^.» "'"'¦J
tonight. The assaults were car-1attempted attack on Soviet mill- »"'' ""''^"'¦>' road and rail tr^"•- ry'J"-'^L"",fj"« '^t" ?°^"' «^^^ ried out by large forcea of tank] tary objective* In th* Gulf of P"'' '" Franc* and Belgium their aih.*,*^'H,* "'T"'-"'^'*'^r for a swift and infantry, the broadcaat Moacow N^Jva i worst    pa.sting   yesterday.    Nearly *"'•<« drive through Rome,
operational   bulletin announced.       (--Brisk patrol fighting waii report-   1;<^ American heavy bombera and       "Rome la voura.    Your dutv I. A    aupplement    to    the    Moscow ed     from     the    Stanislawow    and   "«"^*rs paced that aasault with a    «„ ..ve the rlt>     Our dutv I. thi! midnight    communique    aald     the Vitebak fronU. I L*!".  """.'"i T   France*   Pa*   de    deatruetlon  of theXmv
Nails    were    suffering   alaggering     The  bulletin aaid  that  according  ™'»'.'' «"<'°°"'°«"« »reas, the aec-j      "Clllaen*   of   Bome    tiirw.r. loasea on the lasi  front.   One Red | to    verified    figrurea,    48    German  <""•'" 'wo day*. I   your InatrucWon*.    Tlie future of
Armv unit alone annihilated a bat-itank* and 24 plane* were destroyed^     (Early  today,  the  German   radioj  Romr I* In vour hands" tallon    of    German    Infantry    and in    Friday'*    fiiThling,    making    a. said Allied "nuisance" raider* were
knocked  out   17 enemy  tanlca  and total   of   214  tank*   deatroyed   and  over   western   Germany,   approach-!    The   Allied   announcer   said   he
23n plane* ahot down *ince the Nazi' ing   the   aouthwestern   Reich,   the spoke    fnr    bnth    Alexander    and attack*  atarted  Tueaday,  breaking| FCC reported.i [Italian    Premier    Marshal    Pietro
a aix-week lull on the main sectors      More   than   2,000   American   and, Badoglio.
aelf-repelled guns, the aupplement ¦aid.
Captured Nazis were quoted that in the German-Romanian 103rd Motoriied Regiment some eom- aniea had lost all but 10 or IS men in the flve-day battle.
Savage air figrhting continued over the battle ares, and  the aup-
of the Ruasian  front.
The Bulletin aald there were no Important change* on other aec¬ tiona of the front and aaid that on all fronta Friday Soviet forcea de¬ stroyed a total of 37 planea.
PREMIER SEES CHANCE TO UHiTE YUGOSLAVS
London,    June    t.    (UP)—New Yugoalav  Premier  Dr.  Ivan   Suba-
WLB IMPOSES FIRST FINANCIAL PENALTY ON PLANT WORKERS
^  .aid  tonight   he  -.-ed,,.here .vT^tllS^'^o^nmUi^
recalcitrant  war ..  ,  _ui—.i...  «»  ... i.....i.._
Brilish fighters and fighter-bomb-| A* he spoke. American troop* ers swept over hundreds of square stormed into Lanuvio. by-pn*sed mile* of occupied territory, bring- German atrnnghold at the foot of Ing railway right-of-ways, highway jthe Alban Hilla, and Labico. two bridges, radio station*, fuel dumps, j nille* northwest of fallen Valmon* airfields, warehouses, military con- tone on the Via Casilina. voys and lone German diapatch Oerman* In South Cut Off rider* under their rocket, cannon American and Canadian troop* and  machine gun  flre. aimultaneouaiy effected a juncture
The air ministry aaid the attacks | on the Via Casilina. clearing the on road transport were "among the | enemy from that historic highway most comprehensive and successful all the way from Caaaino to beyond yet attempted" and disclosed that | Valmontone. The juncture cut off British    planes_ were    completely  any  Germans   remaining  south   of
the   road   and   threatened   the   re-
By. JOSEPH W. ORIUO
London, June S (UPP)—The Ber¬ lin radio tonight began kroadcosl- ing reports that 'the invasion is nowhere  near."
Meanwhile continental dispatches aaid the Nazis were strengthening their fortifications along the Span-
daya before Whitsunday last week
waa a good  chance of establishing ,,jg,  penalties  on a  united   front  in  Yugo*lavia  and'   j^^jj^  worker*   fo
for   the   first  time.
essential  objective  of  pre-invaaion
per.uading    resistance   movements!f^^jhi banned retroactive applica- '"'="'^«'    /.     !V..
to  aet   aaide   their  differences  and ^.^^^     ^, ^g^,    adjustment 1 Hammer (ooat Twice
work   together   for   the   country »_^g^.j,jj ,,    j^^l machinist* at San j  "While fighters and fighter bomb-
treat of those north of it.
Pouring through the breachea and fanning out to right and left, Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clarks dough- boya virtually completed their eon¬ queat of the Colli   Laziali  Ranee,
er.  ataged  the  greatest  Nazi   hunt j „f  ^.^.^^   the  Alban   Hill*   ar*  Sti
_.        .      ,       ..      ,. ,        , Clairfield. Tenn., June S.  (UP)—
Thursday in a bombing and strafing!^ 21-pound baby bov. believed to attack which took a casualty toll I ^e the fifth largest baby in medi- of an eatimated 500 Japanese. |p,i history, was born here today to
The apokesman laid the  bomberi Mr. and Mra. D. Marion Teague. roared in over Woleai at a low alti-1    p^. . H. Rogera, attending phyai-
.....      ,   .   tude and surprised 2.000 enemy per-1 j,ig„    ,„i^   ^^e  babv  and   mother'*
but claimed that it was "called off,""""*' working on the airfield.   He j jj        ,,   •satiafactory" afler a .     ri.nrM»nHifivp    from     Yugoaiav "°" """ """"'¦--"¦""¦"» ""i"''- ""»¦-J^  '^"" ....,...,
by Roosevelt." However, according ¦''«''' an eslimated 200 were killed ^im^^n d^H-ery. Mrs. Teague, who .p.ru.Pn'^X Marshal 'TIS has between the nlernationa Associa- Fortresses and Liberators twice .ortheast-of Rome on the laka •( to Stockholm reports, the German;'"'' 300 wounded.. Olher Liber- ^.^jghs nearly 200 pounds, i* 21|w"r„ed In an exclusive interview '*"" °f Machin.sU (AFL. and 104 hammered the French invasion ^^e ,ame name, waa reported la pre.,s was warning the Vople thai" or", <-«rricd   out   raid*   on  Truk. ,.,g?, ^.^     Her husbSnd. described'Jhit    unless    uni^vT  established Sa^^ front   dispatch   from   Reynolda
•exceptional    circnmstance."    mayi>>'""'"   »nd   Puluwat  in  the  Caro- ;,  a^^ium-slzed  coal  miner,   is'clv"     war   wil    sweep   the   nation the   IAM s   refusal   to   permit   its period   under   an   estimated   8.000  paekard of the United Pre., wh*
-    •¦ ¦      "--- --  '^'--—- . ^. -- »  "v"    war   will 1 ,,^   „„™i,-,..^..h>n,...   .„   wnrU  tnn. nf homh. .! said 'German oppoailion sUrted tO
bombers   ..rumble and the Fifth Army took
lllMration. .u„,,w'Francisco'wilh   their employer* _      „,.^.  „...
Subasc    who   will   leave   ahortly     ,j,^        ,;      ^.^^ ^^j^ ,„ connec-'since the pre-invasion blitz opened' ""."V-" }"'"'""' ^°''_??i:L'-°.°F!". ":55l!"*v?.l.*,fll tion with the iong-atanding di.pute nearly two months ago. U.S. Flying !''7h^''^'\^,V,^^f   j;,„,
twice
IS mllaa
cause a stoppage of all private tele- ""'""' cn Thursday and Fridn.v, the j.i.    The baby is the couple's firati'MIke   a   great   tidal   wave,   uncon graph  traffjc. i commujnique reported. ehild. trollable   leaving only chaos
Here  in  Britain.  Supreme  Allied  Bomb Other lalanda
D.   Eisenhower  sent  a   message  to nrea,    Allied
War   Snnmiary
ia^id. of Engineer   f.on"h1asUrn!l"^"'^      Commander Gen.  D>vighl      Throughout the Southwest Pacific f?ont   to  F^rare   to  "Ipair   bomb^^ wi::^"?,^^'''"J^.n *"l"'    '"""""'    "'"'^l*    "'
ihattered  rail  lines  leading  up   to tf ^^^VJ^ " In' h?v- .1"? "1 '"''"«!"'? f"''''''
th. weatern Invasion front I'""^ aaying. In the Netherlands East Indies air-
the weitern Invasion front. |    „j^,^,^^    ;„    j,,^    history   of   the drome*  on   Amhoina,  former great ,.      ,   „   -,.,„.„   h,,,„„   ,(„,   v.
Apparenlly    fearing    German, United   Nations  haa  it   been  more Dutch    naval     base,    Boeroe    and <A^'"„'!. Jl"T!r.i.^,he   gI" mani
I
4.000   member-machinists   to   work tons of bombs
more than 48 houra In those shops.   |   Joining     the     heavy
Public, industry and labor mem- assault blasting gaps for Allied in-  overdomination of the approaeke* ber* of the WX.B voted unanimously Y"*'"",, armies   in   Field   Maraha   ^g Rome."
on the new formula to epforce com- "f" „ "f"'   7" h^nT.!rf?'«f Slm'-'h I Knwnr *>««~ "'•* piiance   with   orders   of   the   San I def*nae«. w*re hundreds of British ' „..,„.«    m    a.
.    u . .    T     .. I Francisco   regional   WLB   and   the «nd   American   medium   and   "«ht      Despite    the    neornea.    ef    tt*
The   Americans   slugged   through can bring in reinforcement*. Land- national board requiring the union bombers J a,S1v i.T.V.H  ^n  n^H.r nf »h«
ings were made on  nearby islands ,     ^^J^  ,t,  restriction   on   overtime     In   a   24-hnur   period   from   Just  Army Issued an  order of the
ipire*
and   force,   on   New  Guinea   con- -„r-|i"pendiAi"negotiation of a new ^rlZ^lA^^'t^lf'^^lLl^'K l.'^'tuZX^^^
timaled    that     lome    4.500
Have an Explanation
Berlin   offered   thhe   explanation thnt "D-Day" wai fixed for a few
'n Today'a laaue
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Editorial     C—»
J'nvlea    B—«
g<»«^«l       A—14
Sl^rt*    B-l
"^••»  B-10
Outdoor ...,„.,
Japa are far from ending their of¬ fensive efforts in that area.
Reporta from the Russian front told of German attacka that were beaten oft in Romania and the ac¬ tivity   of   the   Russian   air   forcea
Joseph Goebbel*  radio expeits, who Special  Invasion  Paeka Far behind the Biak Lsland front.'    General     Alexander     flashed     a
nart bren predicting the drive into it «hs revealed that thousands of Australian forces pushing north- warning by radio lo the people Europe would come any day. sud- portable packs, each containing i ward along the British New Guinea of Rome, telling them to unite to denly switched tactics anrt aaid It sufflcient aupplies to last 30 men!coast .speeded their progress to- save their cilv and to defeat the would not come for aome time. 21  daya  were  being diatributed  to ward   Hanaa  Bay   and   Wewak   by Germans  and  Fascists.
unlU  of   the  Allied   Expeditionary lending on Karkar Island off Cape Force.   The packs weigh 80 pounds Crolsilles. The  record  pounding of  Europe
and     contain     cigarets.     tobacco. ¦ I continued  at its  peak of intensity.
matches,   ahoestrings,   letter  cards.   •'RO-XAZI BILOAR LEADER      j The coast was hammered and auch • toothpaate. shaving and toilet soap I RKPORTED KILLED IX RAID       attention was paid highway trans- seemed to be on the increase, land razor blades.    II was explained ]     London, June 3 -(UPi    Dr. Alex-] portation    that   it   was   ealled   Ihel
'the     packs    would     maintain     the I ander-.Slanichef.  key pro-Nazi  flg-1 most   succes.<iful   yel._   Fliers   camel    There were great potentialit;es in Itroops    until    post    exchange.*    rnd canteens   arc   established    on    the ; continent.
I    Over     the    Dover    .Htraits     the [weather    today   was    clesr    siid   a slight  breeze rippi'd a smooth lea. 'visibility  wa*  good.
-e,  Uu.d to fight up the coaat. jconir-^^_^_^   ^ ^^^   ^^^ ppratiacked-TrancVW-Bei: : -   -d  dealroy  the  wlthdr.^
In   Burma   the   nel   w*.   elo»»<' w-.-d-.  normal  oolicv of referring B'"ni. enemy,
about  MVit^yina.  In C..-;:..-.  -•.mw S"?,;^,^",';:^:::;^^'^?"^^^^ "jS     The.Ps, de Calais and Boulogne     "Rome will com. .fterward," can   fliera   lent   their  '^'d   '<>  ""f u was understood that the princi- »r«^'"  «"*  hit  hoth   in  the  morn- t-'rj,"- • -
he Japanese ""v*  '"  ""»" P™.*' pal   reason   for  the   departure  was mg and afternoon by the big planes  .„^^'ca^''h»5"'S'riven *i bin ince. but it was -nduated that ili^e   hat   the   board   was   reiuctan^   to w ose   bomb,   were   heaH   clearly An-'oT-Roln^  >?.ir:ot^ero.J^
Imln     \^M». m.rUeH an  .Imo.t i.ninterninted .¦SO but   it  was   presumed   to   be  on   th*
10
marked an almost uninterrupted .10        .. , - ,  .w.     »¦..       um.
day.   of   aasault   on   the   Invaaion "orthern slope of  the Alban HIIUl ,. _    .TBuA'v K*i-B<n nno.f Earlicr.   the   capture   of   2,u00-fo<lt
l.s. AIRMAN SA\ED ^°"'"-     ,       .     . iMt.   Casleilaeio.   on   the   northern
A     dispatch     received     by     the.One Fighter I.*«t nm of the hiUs and 17 miles south-
United Press in New York Salur-1 The 1,000-plane U.S. armada lo.st east of the capital, waa announced, day from Democratic Yugasiavia, one fighter. Three other fighters iCBS Correspondent Eric Sava- news agenry of Gen. Draja Mikhail- and three attack bombera were lost reid reported that Fifth Army ovitch, said that three Anierican in the widespread tactical aweep forces swinging around to the north airmen     parachuting     from     their over  France  and  Belgium. and   east  of  the   hills   atruck   with
Th*   might\   U.S.   Sth   Air  Force such fone tliat "German unlta wera
ure  in   the  new  Bulgarian  cabinet,   over also from bases in Italy. |the start of shuttle raids vrith one Yuaoalav viUaee of
was   renortert   tndnv   tn   have   heeni of aeriea of bsse. in Russia.   Every   plana near tne  lugoaiav Muag* or	
killed in an Allied air raid on Sofia      On    Biak    Island   the   Japanese bit  of German territory Is now in  Stand on May T had been reacued,assault   followed   a   3,00fl.ton   RAF ..haltered  apart."
in the mlrt,tnfrtinlLs ic msneu-  fought OS thev did on Guadalcanal'eaay   range. '  Tbe   Japanese   also  by     Oen.     MIkhailovitch a     force.'nighi   attack   on   the   French   in- German. Stunned
vera which mlrhfhax^ hurled Bul-  but  thsre  will  be  no  repetition  of iwere given eaue* for worry ai the, after    German    machine-gun    flre voaion coast, on the great Trappes     .Ive never before aeen *o raaay
g«ria   into  ««r  «»alnst Russia on  that  terrific  itruggla against   oddsj American-Ruiaian   oo-op*ratiou   ao, from   th*   gnmnd   had   kill*d   twojfrelg'it a*»embly yards on the out- dead German,  along the  road MT
fhe .idS of Gen^IHy. ibecau*.  thi*  tim.  th*  American*!ohvl,u*ly lncrea«Nl other* I        (Continued on Pa«e A-10)        I        (Continued en >*«• A-10)