Current Events June 15, 1942: HEAVY TOLL TAKEN IN CRIMEA/BLACKSEA:

                              The       Bee

Danville, Va., Monday Afternoon, June 15, 1942

AIR-SEA BATTLE RAGES OFF ITALY

RED FLEET AIDS SEVASTOPOL

Violent Barrage Takes Heavy Toll Of Axis Forces

Battles Around Crimean Port, Kharkov

Rage Fiercely; Reds Holding On Grimly

MOSCOW, June 15.—(AP)—Steaming into the fight

for Sevastopol with its guns-thundering, the Soviet Black

Sea fleet was reported today to have brought aid to the

hard-pressed land garrison by laying down a deadly barrage

which took a heavy toll of the Axis assault forces.

The battles in the tight-drawn siege lines around the

Crimean port and on the shell-pocked front east of Kharkov

in the Ukraine continued with undiminished fury.

However, there were no further reports of German

gains on either front since dispatches of yesterday which

said the Germans had pushed forward in"some sectors at

Kharkov and turned loose a full-scale onslaught against

Sevastopol in an attempt to smash the Russian defenses

by sheer weight of men and armor.

Rome Says Three British Warships Sunk, 5 Damaged

Fascists Warplanes, Strong Protected

Convoy Engaged In Great Running Fight

ROME (From Italian Broadcasts), June 15.—(AP)

—A violent battle between Italian warplanes and one of

two strongly protected east-bound British convoys negotiating

between Africa and Sardinia resulted in the sinking

of two cruisers and a destroyer and damage to five

other warships, including an aircraft carrier and a battleship,

the Italian high command asserted today in a special

communique.

These heavy blows were struck yesterday when Italian

torpedo planes, bombers and fighters swarmed upon

one convoy protected by two aircraft carriers and other

warships, and the action was resumed early today,.the

announcement said.

JAPS CLAIM OTHER BLOWS OFF MIDWAY

Now Report U. S.

Sub and Cruiser

Sunk In Battle

TOKYO (From Japanese Broadcasts),

J u n e 15.—(AP)—Imperial

headquarters announced today that

Japanese naval forces had sunk a

cruiser of the Francisco type.

The Port Arthur News

PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, MONDAY, JUNE 15. .1942.

HUGE AXIS TOLLTAKEN BY BARRAGE OF VESSELS

Crimean And Kharkov Fight

Fury Undiminished

NO NAZI GAINS LISTED

German Attack Is Timetable

'Round-Clock' Affair

By Henry C. Cassidy

MOSCOW, June 15 (AP)—

Steaming into the fight for

Sevastopol with its guns thund-

dering, the Soviet Black sea

fleet was reported today to

have brought aid to the hard-pressed

land garrison by laying down,

a deadly barrage which took a

heavy toll of the Axis assault

forces.