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2'Pronged Drive Ends Lull in Air Vfar
Jap Airmen Beaten over Cent. Pacific
Gen. Hale Shows U.S. Bases Advance; Feared to Strike As Navy Invaded
B> DA.\ BOWER.^IAN'
Headquarters, Seventh AAF, Cen tral   Pacific.   April   1\   <UP)-The ; By H. R. KMOKERBOCKER .lapanese appear to  be defeated in I Special to Sunday Independent
H. R. Knickerbocker:
Quick Nazi Strategy Fooled Us in Italy
But Creat Cains Were Made and We Refused to Make it 2nd Front; Cermans Haven't Civen up in Russia
H. R. KnlrJceriMMiker. Ionc famed foreitn rnrr«>«pnndent, landed witti the troopa on D Day at Salerno and covered fnr the fifhtint at that heaeliheail, at t^aino and later at Antio, until a tew daya aen when he went t« Enicland.
The foUowing diariMte* tha Allied efforta In Italy and their mean inc.
^Not Bad, Thia Captivity
the air in the central Pacific Maj Gen. Willis H. Hale declared tc¬ day coincident with announcement tbat he will assume new dutiet as rommander   of   a   land-based   air
force in a forward area May 1,        j portant, Cassino  has  thrown  what
"April 13  It thc  fiflh month an-  was at first an entirely surpri-iing
nivcrsary   of   the   opening   of   the I light   on  Adolf  Hitler's   intentions.
sustained offenf.ive against the Japs 111   haa   revealed   some   unpleasant
London, April IS.- Of all the rich, useful and sometimes painful lessons of thc Italian campaign, the one that looms largest in the minds of corrc!*|>ondcnts back from Cattino is how much it leachet about the quality of the fighting to bc expected on the .second front.
Also, and  this  ia even  more  im-
by the 7lh AAF." the General said. "Sime the opening of the offen¬ sive, our operational bases nearest Japan have been advanced 1.330 miles. Thc Japs appear defeated in the  air. They've recently moved  a
tilings aboul Hitler's own pcsition prestige and auihority in the Ger¬ man Army, which many had thought permanently destroyed after Stalingrad. The chief cause of  its   failure  to  achieve  full  auc-
large   number   of   fighter   aircraft iceat    wat    our    misconception    of
to their bases but have been unable to slop or tlow up our bombing missioni.
"When   the   enemy   rannot   stop bombers, he  Is being defeated," Baan :,MW billet Cloaer
Hale pointed out that when It helped smash the Japanete at Mid¬ way, the Tth AAF operated from Hawaiian bases but now has moved its bates more than 2,000 mi'et to- ward J«pan.^,^,...,^..,„
He said ttie mott striking evi¬ dence    of    waning    Japanese    air
what the Germant intended lo do. At the landing at Salerno we only had one division of Germana against ut, and we expected it to make a ahort, tharp fighl. then an orderly  withdrawal.  Joined  by  the
WAR'S LARGEST L
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\Bu€narest and Ploesfi Bontbed Germany Strafed
Mangle Rail Yards of Capital, Oil Fields as Red Army Nears; Record Loss as Fighters Attack With Some Penetrating to Berlin
By WALTKR CRONKITE
London, April 1.1 (UP)—Two fleets of Italy-based U. S. heavy bombers and fighters, totaling 750 to 1,00U planes, smashed vital Nazi rail com- munii alions at  Bucharest  and  Ploesti  in  Romania  loday  while  more
than BCK) other American fighters, continuing the 'air invasoin of Kurope " i __„4i,  _« ^•-, _  «___i t    Am,m
from   Britain,   lashed   10   enemy   airfields   in   Germany   and   occupied I """""' ".'*"''J°P"'y**'"''*3'!
ViuesUoned   at   American   headquarters,   Jap   prisoner   was   taken
by   firsl   U.   8,  Cavalry   Diviaion  on   Los   Negroa  laland.   Hit   leg
wound bandaged by American doctora, he silt back and enjoya a
cigarette   while   being  quizzed.
Tarnopol Also Falls To Russians
38-Day Battle Ends; Slaughter In Crimea As Pocketed Germans Stage Mad Flight
By ROBERT MUSEL
l.«ndon. Sunday. April It (UP)—Red Army forc« charRed tn within three milM
Washington, April 15 (UP)—The
war't largest sedition trial, featur-
six other divisions  known to be in ing Adolf Hitler among othert, will
Italy    last   Sepl»mber,    until   they jbegi,, |„ federal court here Monday,
Thirty   defendants — 28   men   and two    women — will    go    on    trial
chargei
u^riaww,
•y to promote azi   govern-
raached the Po River, where they would  trv  to  make  a ttand.    For that   purpose   we   had   and   used jsutncient forces. jXaiia Faded l°t
\    But the enemy refuj&ed lo fall In ment in the United Slates, sircngm is seen in u. a. navai oper-. wilh our plan. Within a few weeks'    Hiller    Joseph   Goebbelt    Rudolf alions  by the Pacific  Fleet,  which thev   had   neariv   30   divitiona   inl„ j on    ,u      i i v,  v-    •
penetrated 1,0()0 lo 1.50(1 miles inlo'IUlv and chose to contett everyj"""- *"<" •** O'"" '"K" ^'^"* ¦" a fully-alerted enemy aiea in deli-'foot of the way. As I have re- listed at confederates of the ac- ance of Japanese air power. j ported   before    it   was   at   though cased men and women in the gov-
"Thc Japs never liavc had a''I"" <^*^'""]"" «*""''?'"*''''*''''**" crnmment't bill of particulars. The belter opportunity to sirike our: ^,''l*«*'*d }°. '""^V ^^' "'"P. »' defendants face Dossibl. maximum -Navv from thc air than thev hadlKuropc and find where it would be'l'f^ndanU face pos.s>ble maximum in the l.ast few weeks Thev didn't ""«" advantageous to meet Ihc |>enall.cs if convicted of 10 yeart have what  it takes," hc said, | Anglo-Americans, , in  prison  and $10,000 fine each.
fighter
Hc Aaid that Japanese opponition will continue lo be tough. "But unless the J.ips great¬ ly reinforce their air arm, our future progress in th Pacific air war will be determined entirely in Washington—not to any extent  in  Tokyo."
Hale   taid   the   objective   of   the
I    They   could    not    have belter   deci.sion   than    to
made    a pick   the
havc been cau.sed by a blanket of bad flying weather over the conti¬ nent.
Striking their third paralyzing blow in 11 days against enemy supply lines in Romania. U. 8. IStli Air Korce Flying Fortresses and Liberators hurled hundreds of tons of. high explosive and fire — bombs on mangled rail yards and other targets in the Romanian ¦ apital and at Ploesti, center of Romania's oil fielda.
Pounding   57S   miles   eaat   across the   Balkant   and   shepherded   by relays  of  Lightning and   Thunder¬ bolts   fighters,   tha   heavy   bombera R>-nftv-fsaurrf V j   .        j   v     ..     ... clamped   a   huge   military   pincer
\P^rJ;    J   *'"'        ^      ^ *•¦¦•   <'«»t''oy«<l   by   bombing   and on   Adolf Hitler't  panicky  talellite
Allied  Headquartert,    Southwest|shelling, he taid, !,,    Marsal   Ivan   S    Konev'a   '•nd
Paiific   Sunday, April 16.    (UP)—I    Three aaawy «««|tal vaaaels were Ukrainian Army drove on Iaal. 185 Australia  jungle   fightera  on    tha sunk  off Prittwita Point,  north of miles  north  of  Ploesti northern    New    Guinea  coatt arajAitape,   at   bombers   ranged   alongl    j^g   Cerman
countries, some penetrating to the Berlin area. I by   capturing   Lyubimovka  in
Thc twin blows in tupport of the advancing Red Army in Romania a I.i-illile advance and pushcd
and against the Luftwaffe's anti-invasion defenses ended a one-day lull —     . . -       -"^
in  tile mighty  Allied air  offensive} against   Axia   Europe,   believed   to
Aussie Jungle Fighters Moving On to Madang
IMPHAL FRONT
at Rabaul, New Britain, where Sol
onions-based      Mitchell      medium
I rged DI»lo.?aliy bombers, torpedo planes and dive-
_,.,., . I    The defendanls are also accused bombers unloaded 89 tont of bombt
southern   end   of   Italy   ¦'"'^ »«>;'of  consnirlni since  June    1840   to I""  devastated  Installatlona Thurt-
...,   ._.    Lets   meel   Uiem   there   and   let »'  ton»P"'"8 » ""  June,   i»40,  to^^^    ^^^      Dduglas    MacArthur't
Centralis')'''"    ''V   '"   j'l^^'-   ^''*'''   "''>'   ""'"¦"'"'"-    -"¦¦""'     >¦-"   •"-'   "•¦•"
puthing   toward   tha   large   enemy I the    northern   coatt   and
baae of Madang from captured Bo-1 Wewak    airdromea
gadjin  while  Allied   airmen   twept Dagua with 20 tons
over  icaltered  Japanese    airfields'parked   planet   were
and sank at least five tmall ahips, Wewak and amoke was visible for <io°ri'>h<«n''i^a«
it wat announced today. ,30  milet after  the  attack. s-ianwra uiai
The heaviest raid carried out de- Two Japanete cargo shipt of spite adversa waather over the i small tize were tunk in the Mapia Southweit Pacific battle area wat > Itlandt  of the  Dutch  Rast Indict,
DNB   agency   re
Sees Chance to Crush Japanese; Tension in City
By DARREU. BERRIOAN
New Delhi. April 15. (UP)-
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gosiavia, during the day.
heavy bombers within range of th< major war production centers of Japan.     When    this    is    done,   liie
or    ita    hill    defenses.      Again    the
il   will   have   reached
stage.''
:o« .lap Planes, 108 Hhi|m
Hale revealed thai lotal U. *. rasualties in Ihe Marshalls bomb¬ ing raids from November lo date weie 33 killed. 13.^ wounded and il5 missing. Seventh AAF planes in five months, he aaid, havc destroy¬ ed 206 Japanese planes and prob¬ ably destroyed 128 more, wilh another 14 damaged.
Since December. Kales' 7lh AAF bombers have sunk, probablv sunk or damaged 108 Japanese ---ps of all types.
American   losses   from   all   causes „,.,„_   ,_j through   the   Gilbert   and   Marshall j ^'»'°"   """,
^o"Tat'"'i:er;''2.'35%cr°c'e';rhat'dl-"nv's   opponents   before, on   Ihe   number   of   sorties   flown,; Not Beaten in Kuxtia of  which   l.fl5  per   cent   were  ducj    You  will  find  no one at Cassino to enemy action, lor   Anzio   low-rating   the   German
Since Feb. 1, the 7th has lostigrmv. Indeed, wr doubt if the Red six henvy bombers while operating Army low-rates the Germans. Why on moir'lhan l.'iO bombing mis.«ions,|,p„    ^^e    the    Germans    receding
upradvise,   counsel,   urge   and   cause ^ communique reportad, the  pe.iinsula." j insubordination,   disloyalty,  mutlnv|>|„y^ Along Ooaai
Again at the Anzio beadiliead we ^^^ ^^f^^g, ^( j„jy ^y membert of j'  A   headquartert   apoke.sman   *n-
n.il..  nn  the  Ihe militarv and naval forcet of the nounced that Auttralian patrola on miies  up  ine _ ^^^   ^^^  Guinea   coatt   continued
. . „ , ,        . 1 to move northward along tha ahora
0»John  r.OKRe,  special assistant Uf  Astrolabe   Bay,   driving   to   the
to /Rlorney General Francis Biddle Gori   River   at  they  move  toward
will  preseni the government's case jigjang   jg   ,„iie,  above  captured
which   has   been   building   up   for oog^djim.
The spokesman aaid other poil-
apparcntlv  were  convinced  that  if
We   landed   there  50 n    .< ¦   , ¦    .    ..  1 'coast    fr.im   the   main   .Mh   Army United Slates
L"5."l'^.l':.rJ...'\:'r.,:"_'?-..!!l"'L'.?:f:Uronl,  now  the  Cas-smo   front,  and
we    menaced    the   Germans    wilh
I culling in beliind them, the enemy
i>    itl    \»--- -«.  k. .....   K..f  would    hatten    lo   withdraw    from
Pacific Uar may not b. over, bu.^^^^j,,^  ^^^   ^^„.,.y  ^^^^  ^„  r„^^  ^^^^^ Uvwovcars,
Germans   proved   that   they   were 1 „Ti'_1A^:^''...'^''."l'^". .'l?.^*'!^!!"^..?!*.:"""'   "<>^'^<i   Bogadjim   remained making   the   plnns.   or   rather   they were   changing   the   plana   we   had made.
Instead of withdrawing from Cassino. they reinforced it so effec¬ tively that it still stands there, a model of defensive fighting, and liiev threw in a force againat the beachhead atrong enough al first lo have made our position pre¬ carious. .Tliese enemy troops were drawn from northern Italy. Yugo¬ slavia and even France. All this wa.s done wilh that speed of dc- movement   which   has
brealh  of many of Gcr-
in the Marshalls and Carolines.
BRITISH IIKHTROVKR LOST
frnm Russia so fast that many military commentators are writing them (iff as finished? Wc do not ourselves   among   those   of
Ixi.Klon, April 1.-..    (UP'- The ad-] Ini'lu'lc  - u. ,.„.„ i
mirallv announced tmlny thai the Ihat opinion. I say «:« because I British destroyer HMS Laforey has hnve just bren discussing the point been lost. Conimander of the ves- with teveral old Cassino "-oH^JK''"^ sel was Capl H. T. Armstrong,! We think the Oermans derided to who plnved an n.tive role in the, pull out in Ru.ssia the same way Anzio   beach   landings. ' (Conlinucd  on  Page  A-3>
Stop Planes to Dublin; Coal Crisis Hits Rails
London, April 15. (UP)-Eire's reduction In railroad trantporta- .conomic and geographic Itolation tion.^I.i ^l^'^^^'J^-^JT/' firsl tightened tonight as the Allies j European neutral to feel the pinch aharpened policy of cracking down Lf economic pressure which U.S. cn neutrals which might give direct Secretary of State Cordell Hull ina- or   indirect   aid   to   the   Axis   was P-Jcd^.ast^Sun^day^wou^d^appI.v^^to
lmplem*nted by two new actions, ^pj^pt^j „ y g request that It close Plane service between Dublin and [hj German and Japanete legations, I/ondon was suspended and Eire, whose continued functioning were feeling the effects of a British deci- g^u jj, jeopardize Ihe military se¬ aion lo hall conl exports, was ,,urity of Allied forces in northern forced   to   order   the   most   drastic irpja'nd and provide a vantage point
for Axis spies.
Under thc new transportation re¬ strictions, railroad main line passenger services will be ^ut lo two days weekly, while freight trains will operate four dsys weekly
Elizabeth DillniK of Chicago, authr- ,„,rhanged tince the Autaiet broke of tlie "The Red Network," an* Japanese forcet into tmall groups LoU de .Lafayelte Washburn of „,i,jn ihjy i^ok the town without Chicago and Tacoma. Wash., or- resistance Thursday. He taid the ganizer of the National Liberty Gori River wat a "broad dimcult part.v, obstacle" on the route to Madang,
Among  the   men  are  Joseph   R.     He  revealed that the Americans McWillianis of New York nnd Chi- in the Admiralty Islanda have now
cago, founder of the Ciiristian Mo' bilizcrs; William Dudley Pelley of NoblesvIUe, Ind., who led the sil¬ ver Shirts, and George E. Death- rage of Sl. Albans. W. Vn., who or¬ ganized nnd guided thc Knights of the While Camellia,
Pelley was sentenced on Aug. 12, to. 15 years in prison for violating the sedition act.
There also are George Sl.vve.sler Viercck,   Nazi   propadandist.     and (icrhard  Wilhelm  Kiinze, German- American     bund   leader,   both New York,    Kunze Is serving se Icnces   of   15   years   for   espionage and five years for counseling evs- ov sion   of   the  Selective  Service  Act.
counled 3.000 Japanese dead aince the first U.S. landing Feb. 29, An unestimaled number of Japanete bodiet   ilill    are   unditcovered    er
GENERAL EISENHOWER AT FOOTBALL GAME
Wembley, England, April IB.   (UP)
the communique reported. Planea, P-Ta Attaek
Other Solomnns-bssed planea striking at Japan't Bismarck Arciiipelago bases bombed the Kavieng airdrome on N'ew Ireland with 25 tona of bombs, losing two planes to anti-aircraft fire. Light naval unitt, presumably P-T boats, destroyed six enemy barges and damaged two oUiers In Wide Bay. on the New Britain coast 60 air miles aoutheast of Rabaul,
The Rabaul attack, coniinuing the ceaselest South Pacific air of¬ fensive through the 10th week, brought to more than 6,100 tons the total weight of explosives dumped on the battered enemy stronghold since the beginning of February-
HEAVY FIGHTING ON IN YUGOSLAVIA
London, April 1,V (UP)—Heavy flghting has broken out In the heart of Yugoslavia where German forcet are attempting lo drive the Partisans of Marshal Josip Broz (Toto) from the Fruska Gora hills 30 miles northwest of Belgrade, it waa announced loday.
The German atlack, designed to turprlie   the
On. A. T. Cowan't crack 17lh Indian Diviaion for tmashlng its way Into the beleaguered Indian citv "in one of the best battles of
U, S. nth and 9th Air Forces' long-range Mustang, Lightning and Thunderbolt flghters luffered  their ,,,„ ^„_„
highest   loss   as   they   battled   bad     .p,      o    .i       .   »  ¦ _    ^
weather in widespread attacks on', 1^''^ Southeast Asia commander airfields over ocrupied territorv and! ^°"''*'? Co«'"> » headquartera by central  and  northern  Germany.      Ijppp   't was learned today, to com-
Tt.1,1.,   »:~i,. . 11  J   ^ mend the jungle  fighters   who, cut
.„ thel^^RrmirK '""*w to. '«'';"¦" Off for three weeks by Japanese An.iri «n nil ^A^l- ^"V^! f^i^lroad blocks along the imphal-TId- tl i^ZrZtV"t'^"',^^°y'V^ "•¦-Idim road and depending on para- S^^.^.l?.v.H fn^ !i'" "''¦•:J°'"'"''' ""'^Icluites for food and ammunition. n?H,e?«, M,.v ."'''^'r'' °''''^^''/'^n'f'¦'^ through to reinforce the &"in"s"lallXnTrra?rn*; J^' -P"«''" Hard-pressed garrison
hangars and administration build¬ ings.
Some formations penetrated as far east as an airfield In the vicini¬ ty of Berlin. The fighters were only a few minutet from the Or¬ man capital and touched Its outly¬ ing suburbs. They reported meet¬ ing no enemy fighters, but flak was heavy. The aweep wns the longest undertaken for purely atraf¬ ing purposes,
Othera attacked  barges,  flaUars. a   factor>'   and   locomotives   in   the  p,i Reich.     At   least     17     locomotives were destroyed bv strafing, Bombera Well Protected
Probably more than 600 Fh'iiig Fortresses and Liberators, spIilliBK into separate forces as the.v mi- proached their targets, took part in the unprecedented dual assault on Bucharest and Ploesti, It was the first time that the heavy bombers were escorted/ill the way by Inrr - Partisan forces aiidl"nKe fightera and that' the two from    ther    vantagcl important   Romanian   targets   had
„- ne^^d ^.^first   footb,3^°giS^e   in1^'"'«    ovc'^looliing   the    Danubia"n been  hammered simultaneously of lEngland   todav'a.,   S   't^Vj^lpMnn. was thrown back with heavy      Encountering   German    intercep-
n-lin Wembley Stadium where a crowd  ?""¦»" »""<'.""'^^'''^7;t ^'°"' ^""ll""' 'hth iTvi.Lw ^^ 7?//*,'l,'' BC nf   H^OOO   iave   him   a   tremenHnii. t'»an headquarters said. era, which   previously  had   left   the
a^Cvation tremendousj    other Parti.san units are engaged]heavy   bombers   to   hit   Bucharest
ct '    The   Allied   milltarv   chief  shook '"   beavy   fighling  with  a  Chetnik|and  Ploe,«ti  unescorted,  shot  down Viercck Is serving one lo five years hands  wilh   every   player  on   both!'"•'««'•'' ^""V'.S'  ^^'''^''>•  ^*' "',','7l v»nU Li.^"'^''     Headquarters     al for violation of the Foreign Agents teams and  addressed  Ihem  briefly, i''°"tb west of   he lugoslnv capital   Nap e sad. Registration Act, The players, who wero mostly aer-""^  ¦wlft-strlklng Giicrr  la   forces     The   Liberato
then  kicked   off, ""     •'—'—   ••—-   oh„,.u.   nn,.r..t      ww.i.
SWEDEN REJECTING DEMAND TO STOP SUPPLIES TO GERMANY
ALLIED BOMBS HARASS NAZI LINES IN ITALY
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London, April 15. (UP) Stock¬ holm dispatches aald today Sweden probabl.v would reject American and British notes demanding that shr cease exporting hall bearings and tools and special steels to Ger¬ man.v, but Turkey, in the face of .similar demands, pledges all aid possible to the Allies.       ,_„„,,,! Allied   planes   kept   the   peninsular
Though Sweden was not expected I )<      hopelessly tangled,
to reply formally to the two notes     ^_-.^^ tf-ii... i»„,i »..«„»   n. until late next week, the tenor of
By RKYXOI.DH PACKARD
Allied Headquartert, Naples, April 15 (UP)-RAF Wellington and Liberator night bombert rained block-busters on three Ilalian west coast ports before dawn today, further complicating the Germans' problem of supplying their   front   line   troops,   as   other
editorials in Stockholm new.s|iapers
indicated   the   anawers   would    be
negative.
Fear Retaliation
acceded to the Allied requests, (jer many undoubtedly would relnli."'c with a reduction of vital exports. SMch as conl. lo Sweden. With the Allies unable to break Germany's blo.knde of the Baltic, Sweden would run sho»t of supplies nnd evenlunlly face unemployment, the newspaper said. NYA  Dagligt Allehanda, another
beginning April 24. Praitic as the;Stockholm newapaper. contended present cuts are. observers taid lliat Sweden always had stood for they might he followed by even | free trade with all countriet and greater restriction*. could not break her contracts.
On the Italian land front. Britith troops were disclosed to have un¬ dertaken a drive eastward from Minlurno near the Adriatic coatt, .advancing a mile and occupying A»t^-'i,'.V.j«r ..1.1 ihof If qweden'the village of Tremensuoll, 11 miles Aflonbaldet  said that  If Sweden  ^^^^   pornia,  where  the   Germans
bring  in  supplies   for  the  Cassino front.
Intensive enemy movement waa ob.served southeast of Carroceto on the Anzio Beachhead, wilh the Germans attempting to screen their deployments behind a new barrage from" their long-distance gunt in the Alban Hills. Thete wrapont were reported to be of 11-Inrh cal¬ iber with a range of more than .^0 milet and mounted on multiple- trucked railway carriage*.
are    continuing    their   nllnrka German rail communications.
rs   attacked    Buch- onjarest.      while     Flying      Fortresses (Continued   on   Page   B-5)
Can "Cruah" Japaneae
Mounlbnlten told tht troopt they "now have the opportunity of crushing the Japanese in northern Burma". Afterwards, he returned by plane to India.
Tension was reported mounting In Imphal, about which the Jap¬ anese have thrown a rough semi¬ circle.
Front dispatch Indicated the enemy drive from norlh of Imphal was gaining in strength with heaviest immediate fighting report- around the Japanese-occupied Pungshigiin peak 10 miles norlh¬ ea.st  of the  cily,
Tlie Southeast Asia communique, however, described the fighting there merely as "local action'". Thc communique added there was no change in the Kohima area, lon miles north of Imphal. where of¬ fensive operations against .'nemy road blocks near the slrongnold wero reported "progressing."
A Japanese news agenry corre- .spondent asserted that a "batter¬ ing rnm of Indo-Japanese forces" wns advancing on Bishenpur, L'."i miles southwest of Imphal, and Moirnng. 10 miles farther south (Conlinued  on   Page   B-5)
a •flanking spearhead down tiie ea-st nide of tlie historic siege city to a point eight miles from the Black Sea, while .'lOO miles to the north* west othrr Ru.ssian troops captured the (ierman strong* hold of 1'arnopol in south* eastern Poland after a 38-dax battle.
Moscow announced that th* two Soviet armies of the Crimea, pressing the enemy's battered rem¬ nants into a 500-square mile pocket at the southern tip of the battle* scarred Peninsula, had taken 37.000 prisoner! in the flrst week of ft whirlwind eampaign which haa cost the Ctermans and Romaniana apDrpximatcly 66,0(M men killed er
In yesterday's advances Gen. Feodor I, Tolbukhln't 4th Ukrain* ian Army and Gen. Andrei I. Yer» emenko's Maritime Army hurled the enemy from more than 60 towns  and settlements.
One So\-let wing came within . light fleld gun range of Sevastopol b.v taking Lyubimovka, nn th* north shore of Sevastopol Bay guarding the northern approachea to the city, while 11 milea to th* southeast, another Russian column advanced 13 miles to Shull, nin* miles cast of Sevastopol and eight miles northeast of the Blark Sea at Balaklava. where the Light BrI* gade made its renowned charg* la the Crimean War of 1854.
Big Port Raided
The war's second Battle of Sev* nstopol was opened Friday night. .Moscow revealed, when powerful formations of Soviet bombert raid* ed the port and rail atation area, hitting concentrations of German Iroops, stores and ships massing in the bay In a desperate attempt t» evacuate the remnants of an enemy army that once was estimated t* have numbered 100,000 men. Hug* fires were left raging in the for¬ tress cily, Moscow tald.
Other So\'iet planes and warship* of Ihe Black Sea were reportad maintaining an airtight blockade of the ,'>,')-mile stretch of coast ttill in German hands, cutting down scores of enemy ships trying t9 carry out a "Dunkerque evacuai* tion."
The Moscow midnight bulletia announced that Black Sea Fleet planes were inflicting heavy blows on enemy vessels attempting t* evacuate "the remnants of th* routed German and Rnmanlta formations." Yesterday a Soviet squadron, pouncing on a large eon» entration of self-propelled landinc barges and other craft, sank tW* (Continued   on  Page  B-5)
War   Siimiiiai'T
Softening Up of Kuriles Goes into Its Sth Day
Japs from Wake In Costly Effort To Raid Marshalls
Latest report from Russia showed and Kavieng were battered. Several the sweeping Red Army only threeiships were sunk, with both planes mllet ' from Sevastopol. German and P-T boals in actions  Gen- forces pocketed and moving down jeral Hale of the 7th AAF said the disorganized forces fleeing to the .Japanese appeared beaten in the sea. There the Black Sea Fleet and air as his forces ran up one-sided n^ ^^i| | |y^'^| p 'D'mrf; Red Air Force  combined  to make  scores In the Ceniral Pacific. i    ¦n„„„i'u...l,„. ".„„,, ,',     ..-n.
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effort.  .      .  Further  north  the  38-i     Sweeping westward in the north,'Army and  Navy bombers,  blasting
day  battie'for Tarnopol   ended  by,the    Kurile   Islands-beyond    the capture  of the  cit.v.    It  wns  indi-|Aleutians     were      pounded      once cated also that the Germant were uting troops rushed from France,
again and ll began lo look like a .soflenin-up process,,,, There were no new reports from the Pacific Fleet, but il appears one was al¬ most due.
With Americani taking over, the air war over Germany and occupied countries    was     resumed.      From Italy went Liberntors nnd Fortress¬ es   to   smash    the   rail   yards   at j^      ^,^^   ,^^   opporiunity   wns   at Bucharest   and   the   oil   fields   at ,,^„j   ^^   ^.^y,,,   ,,,p   Japanese    in Ploesti,  giving  direct  tactical .suP",Burma. Further north General Stil- pprt    to   the   advancing   Rua"'*""-[well's   Chinese   continued   their From Italy went fighter planes for i^rcsslve    action.   .   .  .   There
Japan's northern defenae line In the Kurile Islnnds. cnrried their smashing attack Into the fiflh day Thuraday night and Friday morn¬ ing wilh four more assaults on Paramushiro and nearby islands. It was announced today.
Raising the total number of roi^ i tack
Marshalls,    striking    before    <*— Fridav at Eniwetok atoll.
Two of the attacking bombaw were shot dnwn and a third prok> ably destroyed by night flgnt«ia of the Fourth Marine Aireralt Wing which intercepted the enemjT planes and forced them te Jettiaen their bombs. All explosives land¬ ed in the water, the announe«iiiaat aaid. Only  >lragre Ack Ark
The American raidert ever Hm Kuriles met only meagre antl-air* craft fire from Japanese batterlai| which were beliesed to have been heavily damaged in the terrific at* that   has   atruck   the   main
Lord  Mountbattcn  flew  Into  Im- to 17 In five dnys, Ventura search jenemv bastion  of Paramushiro aUg r.^:'„r"' Z^'ZiJt:"]t"tJ''l; ^^'%"L *:•:"..*!'•  \^:'"«   r««",f,times smce the raid* ataned Man-
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the   greatest   strafing   'xploits   of ^^niplainls In India that newt waa """""
out     from   Aleutian     bases   to  hit I day.
Paramushiro    and     Shumushu   on     file Thursday night-Friday mom- Thursdny night in the van of lllh ing attacks  increajicd  the  pace ef I Army  Air Force  Liberators  which ] the roaring assault on Paramushiro blasted    PaiHmushiro    again    and'to   a    trip-hammer    succession   oT the  war.    Some even  reached  the belng"wilhheid""""° """"¦ *¦"¦"¦  """" ^'T,*"    "    Onnekolan    the  tame|blows   that  struck  three   timet  in area   of   Berlin   and   10   airdromes] night. one night. Earlier Thursday night,
were  attacked, |    Wilh   the   Anzio   Beachhead   re-|    The Pacific Fleet announcement | the   mnin   enemy   base   had   been
ported now tecure. Allied air power^of the late.'t Kurile  raids disclased smashed by Army Liberators whic^
General MacArthur reported tht turned  hard on German  bases andjalso   that   Japanese   bombers   be-;alsn hit Matsuwa and Shashikotan
Australians moving on to Madang, Jtupply  lines,  with   heavy   raida  on'lleved  based  on   Wake  Island  had'only a few hours after a pre-dawa
with widespread raids conlinued on'vltal areaa on the northweat Italian'attempted their firat raid on Amer-lNavy   attark   on   Paramuthir* tlM
ramaining Jap baaea. Again Rabaul icoatL Ucaa  baae*  In tb*  newly-captured iaame morning.
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