THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, APRIL 30, 1943:
—British 1st army troops northeast of Medjez el-Bab seized the village
of Sidi Ashmed today despite bitter counter-attacks Jby newly-reinforced
Axis infantry and armored with Tebourba.
The. Algiers radio identified the town as Sidi Ahmed, 10
miles north northeast of Medjez el-Bab. Maps located a Sidi Ahmed
on the shores of Lake Bizerte. too far to the north to be
the village taken by the 1st army.
The navy announced today that United States warships have" bom-
barded the Japanese on Attu island in what may well prove the open-
mg barrage of the spring offensive to drive the enemy from American
soil in the Aleutians.
India, Apr. 23 (delayed) (AP)—
U.S. P40s operating from this base have written a thrilling new chapter in aviation
history by plastering Jap targets in Burma with 1,000-pound bombs twice as
big as carried ever before by fighter planes.
President Roosevelt today appealed to
soft-coal miners, of whom 60,000 already are idle, to return to their jobs,
and said that if they did not do so by 10 AM Saturday he would use all
his power as President and commander-in-chief "to protect the national interest
and to prevent further interference with the successful prosecution of the war."
The Charleston Gazette
Charleston, West Virginia, April 30, 1943
Rim of Tunis Plain
Gained by 1st Army
As Key Point Falls
Yank Forces Battle
For Hill Position
Americans Ar« Engaged
In Heavy Fighting
HEAD HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, April 29.-(INS)
—British 1st army troops northeast of Medjez el-Bab seized the village
of Sidi Ashmed today despite bitter counter-attacks Jby newly-reinforced
Axis infantry and armored with Tebourba.
The. Algiers radio identified the town as Sidi Ahmed, 10
miles north northeast of Medjez el-Bab. Maps located a Sidi Ahmed
on the shores of Lake Bizerte. too far to the north to be
the village taken by the 1st army. The.new gains brought the 1st
army to the rim of the Tunis plain 20 miles west of Tunis, while
American infantry gained "important ground." the communique said
within ,10 miles of Mateur.. French troops in the north were roughly
20 miles west of the Bizerte naval base.
Americans Gain Foothold
American troops meanwhile took a firmer foothold on the northeastern
slopes of Neftah hill, seven miles southeast of captured SidiN'Sir, and
engaged the enemy in the savage battles for control of other heights in the area. Particular goal of the Yanks is Bald Hill west of Jefna village and 10 miles west
of the pivot base of Mateur.
U. S. Warships
Bombard Attu
Island Barrage May Be
Start of Offensive
WASHINGTON. April 29.-,INS)
—The navy announced today that United States warships have" bom-
barded the Japanese on Attu island in what may well prove the open-
mg barrage of the spring offensive to drive the enemy from American
soil in the Aleutians.
In a significant development of the aerial warfare in the South
Pacific the navy simultaneously revealed that heavy army bombers
ranged more than 1.000 mile? North of Guadalcanal to inflict "extensive
damage on the Japanese air base at Tawara in the heart of the Gilbert
islands. :
The naval attack on Attu was carried out last Saturday morning
apparently under cover of a storm that had gripped the western Aleutians
for three days.
Enemy Guns Unimpressive
STARS AND STRIPES
Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations
New York, N.Y.—London, England Friday, April 30, 1943
Allies Still Gain, But Resistance Grows
British Capture Hill
In Fiercest Fighiting;
Americans Advance
8th Army Faces Huge
Mass of Artillery
Near Coast
By the Associated Press
Driven back once by enemy counter-fire, British infantry charged
up Djebel Bou Aoukaz, 20 miles west of Tunis, and fought their way to the
crest on Wednesday, according to dispatches reaching London last night.
The assaults on this 700-foot hill guarding the entrance to the Tunis
plain from the Medjerda Valley were unsurpassed in fierceness and gained
their immediate objective only after nearly 24 hours' fighting in which 200 prisoners
were taken.
Over the entire length of the Tunisian, front Axis forces resisted yesterday, but
the Americans wrested some territoryfrom them in bitter fighting in the extreme
north.
Allied headquarters gave few details of the progress made in the north by
American troops. The communique yesterday said only that "in the north the
American Second Corps made further progress and gained some important
ground."
Axis Masses Artillery
P40s With Special Bomb Rigs
Drop 1,000-Pounders on Japs
AT A U.S. FIGHTER BASE, Northeastern
India, Apr. 23 (delayed) (AP)—
U.S. P40s operating from this base have written a thrilling new chapter in aviation
history by plastering Jap targets in Burma with 1,000-pound bombs twice as
big as carried ever before by fighter planes. Col. John E. Barr, San Antonia, Tex.,
group executive officer, conceived the idea and proved it workable. In the past
month a team of six P40s, trained and led by him, destroyed four steel railroad
bridges, severely damaged runways of two important airdromes and leveled a large
section of an enemy-occupied city.
Barr told how Japs repaired the damage after direct hits were scored on. bridges
with 500-pounders. "That burned me up, and I decided to experiment with bigger
bombs."
Nazis Told of Rommel's
Departure by Leaflets
ALLIED HQ, North Africa,
Apr. 29 (AP)—German troops in Tunisia are being showered with leaflets
citing captured German documents showing that Rommel and his
staff left Africa several weeks ago.
The leaflets tell the Germans that they have been left behind to die and
call on them to take this "last chance" of saving their lives by surrendering.
President May Send Troops
Into Mines Closed by Strike
WASHINGTON, Apr. 29 (AP)—President Roosevelt today appealed to
soft-coal miners, of whom 60,000 already are idle, to return to their jobs,
and said that if they did not do so by 10 AM Saturday he would use all
his power as President and commander-in-chief "to protect the national interest
and to prevent further interference with the successful prosecution of the war."
The President stepped into the wage dispute between the miners and operators
after it had been turned over to him by the War Production Board, which had
been ignored by John L. Lewis and his associates in the United Mine Workers'
union.
The President sent telegrams to Lewis and the secretary-treasurer of the union,
Thomas Kennedy, asking the men in the mines to "resume work immediately and
submit their case to the National War Labor Board for final determination."
Hinder War Effort
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