Saturday, June 25, 2011

Current Events June 25, 1943;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JUNE 15, 1943:
A new Allied bombing technique with enormous possibilities—shuttlebombing
by planes flying from England to North Africa on one raid and
returning on the next—was disclosed by the Air Ministry yesterday with
the arrival here cf the Lancasters that hit Friedrichshafen Sunday

New Allied air blows at Sicily and Sardinia, switching the attack from the
Italian mainland to the islands, were disclosed yesterday coincident with Axis
reports that the United Nations now have a strong naval force standing by in
Gibraltar.
Formations of 2,000 bombing planes may be
hurled against Germany by fail, and double that number could attack in day and-
night raids three or four month's later, it was predicted here today.

The Germans are materially strengthening their
forces in France, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson declared today as he estimated
the size of the Nazi armies in Italy and France.
Ten to 12 divisions have been moved | into France and several to Italy he
said. "They may not have been withdrawn from the Russian front."
he also revealed latest figures on U.S. casualties as 7,528 killed, 17,128 wounded,
22.687 missing, 16,615 prisoners, and added that the army has "planned operations
which will require great numbers of our troops and in which very heavy
casualties may be expected.

            THE STARS AND STRIPES
Daily Newspaper of U.S, Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations
                New York, N.Y.—London, England Friday, June 25, 1943

'Shuttle Bombing' Threatens ~
Axis From North and South,;
Splitting Nazi Night Defenses
RAF Bombers Strike
Twin Blow; U.S.
Fighters Sweep
A new Allied bombing technique with enormous possibilities—shuttlebombing
by planes flying from England to North Africa on one raid and
returning on the next—was disclosed by the Air Ministry yesterday with
the arrival here cf the Lancasters that hit Friedrichshafen Sunday.
The Lancasters devastated three acres of the Zeppelin works at Lake
Constance at the beginning of the week, flew on to North Africa, and then, returning
to England Wednesday night, pounded the great Italian naval" base of
Spezia and fired large oil stores. The feat, spotlighting the possibilities
for forcing the Axis to spread hs defenses thin and guard twice as much territory,
was announced just as USAAF fighters, now growing in strength in the European
theater, went out on their first announced mission in support of RAF bombers.
Double Work Fur Axis

Allied Bombers
Attack To
Invasion Isles
Italians Hit Back at Syria.
Egypt; Last Rail Ferry
* To Sicily Destroyed
New Allied air blows at Sicily and Sardinia, switching the attack from the
Italian mainland to the islands, were disclosed yesterday coincident with Axis
reports that the United Nations now have a strong naval force standing by in
Gibraltar.
At the same time, Cairo announced that Liberators of the U.S. Ninth Air
Force have knocked out the fourth and last of the main rail ferries linking San
Giovanni on the mainland with Messina on Sicily across the straits.
Italy struck back, sending bombers to attack communications in Egypt and an
advanced airbase at I-atalcia, Syria, which they evidently feared could be used as
a jumping-off spot for Allied bombers in an invasion of the Balkans.
Report Fleet at "Gib"

2,000Bombers
To Hit Reich
Observers Predict Huge
Forces Will Strike
Nazis This Fall
WASHINGTON, June 24~Formations of 2,000 bombing planes may be
hurled against Germany by fail, and double that number could attack in day and-
night raids three or four month's later, it was predicted here today.
More than 1,000,000 lives in the invasion forces will be saved by the aerial
devastation of Germany, one observer said. He expressed the belief that President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, during their Washington conference,
decided on a concentration of British-American air power to demoralize
the Axis from the air.

Nazis Have 12 Divisions
In France, Stimson Says
WASHINGTON, June 24—The Germans are materially strengthening their
forces in France, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson declared today as he estimated
the size of the Nazi armies in Italy and France.
Ten to 12 divisions have been moved | into France and several to Italy he
said. "They may not have been withdrawn from the Russian front."
he also revealed latest figures on U.S. casualties as 7,528 killed, 17,128 wounded,
22.687 missing, 16,615 prisoners, and added that the army has "planned operations
which will require great numbers of our troops and in which very heavy
casualties may be expected.

Current Events June 24, 1943

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JUNE 24, 1943:
RAF night bombers, striking a heavy blow at the Ruhr chemical
town of Mulheim, pounded out yesterday a month of the most intensive
air bombardment ever delivered—31 days that saw 10,000 tons of explosives
and' incendiaries lay waste all the Ruhr's major production centers.

A U.S. BOMBER STATION, England, June 23—When the crews were briefed
for the raid on the chemical works at Huls at the northern end of the Ruhr
yesterday, S2 officers told them: "They make synthetic rubber at Huls."
When they returned, the crews told S2 officers at the interrogation, "They used
to make synthetic rubber at Huls."

RAF Wellingtons, carrying
their nightly burden of bombs in the Allied air offensive against Italian
cities, hurled two-ton "block-busters" into the key railway center of Salerno,
30 miles northeast of Naples last night, only 12 hour-s after American
Mitchells had heavily damaged the same area.

       THE STARS AND STRIPES
      Dally News in the European Theater of Operations of Operations
           New York, N.Y.—London, England Thursday, June 24, 1943

RAF Raid on Ruhr Concludes
Heaviest Month of Bombing;
Italian Ports Again Hit Hard
10,000 Tons of Bombs Hit
Valley in 31 Days;
USAAF Also Out
RAF night bombers, striking a heavy blow at the Ruhr chemical
town of Mulheim, pounded out yesterday a month of the most intensive
air bombardment ever delivered—31 days that saw 10,000 tons of explosives
and' incendiaries lay waste all the Ruhr's major production centers.
Within hours after the RAF completed its latest pounding of the
Reich's rich industrial region, USAAF heavy bombers were retried crossing the
English east coast. IN the absence of a communique at a late hour last night, no
details of their operation were available.
With the 'bombing of Mulheim, air observers said, the RAF's job to strangle
the heavy industry of |he Ruhr is almost complete. Only a few isolated towns like
Gelsenkirchen, steel and chemical manufacturing center, Herne, producing coal
and chemicals, and Humborn, less than 70,000 population, have not been visited
by a major force of bombers.
                                                               Huls Still Burning

Huls Used to Be
Rubber Center.,
Crews Report
But It Isn't Any More;
One Fort Returned on
Two Left Engines
By Andrew A. Rooney
Stars and Stripes Staff Writer
A U.S. BOMBER STATION, England, June 23—When the crews were briefed
for the raid on the chemical works at Huls at the northern end of the Ruhr
yesterday, S2 officers told them: "They make synthetic rubber at Huls."
When they returned, the crews told S2 officers at the interrogation, "They used
to make synthetic rubber at Huls."
The crew of the B17 Dearly Beloved barely got home to tell about it.
Dearly Beloved was well into Germany when one engine on the right wing quit.
1/Lt. Eugene G. Haynes, of Birmingham, Ala., said it was best to stick with the
formation and drop the bombs on the target. A few minutes later, the engine
on the right side stopped and Lt. Haynes had no choice.


40% of Naples Arsenal
Destroyed; Hits On
Torpedo Piamt
ALLIED AIR FORCE HQ., June 23 (AP)—RAF Wellingtons, carrying
their nightly burden of bombs in the Allied air offensive against Italian
cities, hurled two-ton "block-busters" into the key railway center of Salerno,
30 miles northeast of Naples last night, only 12 hour-s after American
Mitchells had heavily damaged the same area.
As the drive to smash Italy's war "industry from the air continued.Hhe North
West African Air Force command announced that reconnaissance photos
showed that 40 per cent of the royal arsenal at Naples had been destroyed by
raiding Wellingtons and American Flying Fortresses.

Coal Strike
Is Called Off
Until Oct. 31
Lewis Sends Men Back,
Providing Government
Operates Mines
WASHINGTON, June 23—
America's third coal strike within seven weeks ended today when John
L. Lewis instructed the 530,000 striking members of the United Mine
Workers to go back to work under a truce lasting until Oct. 31.
The principal provision of the union's truce was that the government
retain control of the mines. They have been under the jurisdiction of Secretary
of the Interior Harold L. Ickes since the first work stoppage May 2,
when President Roosevelt ordered him to take over the mines, by force if necessary.
Failing to reach an agreement with the mine operators, Lewis bowed to the rising
anger of the nation generally and sent his miners back to work with these words:
"The miners are going to work for their government, not for the coal operators."
He added that Mr. Ickes had given assurance that the minimum wages and conditions
prevailing would 'be continued.
A mere trickle of the 530,000 strikers came back on the early shifts, but as
union leaders spread word of the truce increasing numbers reported during the
afternoon, and a general resumption of work was expected tomorrow.
                                                     War Work Curtailed
____________________________

Friday, June 24, 2011

Current Events June 23, 1943;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JUNE 23, 1943:

Formations of R.A.F. h e a v y
bombers thundered over the southeast coast toward the
continent early Wednesday after American Flying Fortresses,
completing round-the-clock smashes on the German-Ruhr
for the first time, kindled a square mile of blazes that
raced through the German synthetic rubber town of Huls Tuesday.

John L. Lewis Tuesday ordered his mine workers back
into 'the pits until Oct.-31, with a broad indication that
during that time they would resort to the courts to obtain
the portal-to-portal pay they failed to get from the War-
Labor Board.

John L. Lewis Tuesday ordered his mine workers back
into 'the pits until Oct.-31, with a broad indication that
during that time they would resort to the courts to obtain
the portal-to-portal pay they failed to get from the War-
Labor Board.

For 45 minutes this morning, American P-38
fighter pilots made pass after pass into a flight of 36 enemy Zeros,
scoring 14 kills and nine probables without loss to their own unit.


U. S. Bombers Smash Nazi and Italian War Plants
                                        San Antonio Express
                  SAN ANTONIO, LXXVIIi—NO. 174—78TH YEAR TEXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1943

LEWIS ORDERS MINERS BACK TO WORK
Americans Set Huge Fire
In German Rubber Factory;
Batter Naples Industries
By Associated Press. . LONDON, June 23.—Formations of R.A.F. h e a v y
bombers thundered over the southeast coast toward the
continent early Wednesday after American Flying Fortresses,
completing round-the-clock smashes on the German-Ruhr
for the first time, kindled a square mile of blazes that
raced through the German synthetic rubber town of Huls
Tuesday.
The American raid, which plunged directly int. the heart of
Nazi war production, came shortly after the R.A.F, had blaster
the important Ruhr steel town of Krefeld with upwards of 2,000
tons of bombs.
Wednesday's R.A.F. Operation indicated the Allies were keeping
up the bombings, which a German war reporter in a Berlin
broadcast described as "conveyor-belt actions.

Union Travel
Pay Lawsuit
Indicated
By Associated Press----
WASHINGTON, June 22.
John L. Lewis Tuesday ordered his mine workers back
into 'the pits until Oct.-31, with a broad indication that
during that time they would resort to the courts to obtain
the portal-to-portal pay they failed to get from the War-
Labor Board.
The action came just a few hours alter the W.L.B. had referred
the coal strike to President Roosevelt with a call for the use
of "all the power of Government." to force Lewis into a working
contract in line with W.L.B. directions.

Allied Flyers Whipsaw Italy,
Start Huge Fires in Naples
ALLIED'-HEADQUARTERS-IN-- NORTH AFRICA
.American' Flying Fortresses and British Wellingtons intensified
the. announced campaign to bomb Italian industry out of the
war with day-long attacks which left the vital factory area of
Naples smoking from 25 great fires, one covering an area a mile
wide.

U.S. P-38 Fighters Score 14 Kills, 9 Probables
IN 45-Minute Battle with 36 Japanese Zeros
By Associated Press
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA,
June 22,—For 45 minutes this morning, American P-38
fighter pilots made pass after pass into a flight of 36 enemy Zeros,
scoring 14 kills and nine probables without loss to their own unit.
Allied headquarters' noon communique
announced our interceptors in the Lae area of New Guinea
attacked and decisively defeated an enemy formation o£ 3G
Zeros, destroying or damaging 23 enemy planes.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Current Events June 22, 1943;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JUNE 22, 1943:
Slashing into a force of Zeros approximately t w i c e their own number,
American Lightnings shot down or probably destroyed 23
.Japanese pursuit ships over Lae yesterday to give General Mac-
A r t h u r ' s airmen t h e i r second consecutive air victory in two days.

Farragut, Idaho, June 21.—(AP)
.—Lieut. Comm. Everett N. Jones of the medical corps, USNR, now
stationed at the U. S. naval hospital here, received an official
citation today for meritorious service during a South Pacific
naval engagement early this year. Commander Jones was aboard a
heavy cruiser which fought Japanese aircraft. Although his ship
was badly damaged, the commander remained at his station
u n t i l certain all the Injured had reached the safety of the upper
decks.

Soviet Russia, I commemorating the second
anniversary of it's successful resistance against the
most powerful invasion ever known, triumphantly proclaimed
to the world today: The Germans have stopped
believing in victory."

The broadcast said that German losses during the two years
of war were 6,400,000 men, killed and missing.
"Our losses." it continued, "were 4,200,000 killed and missing."



Raids Hint at Big New Offensive by Yanks in Pacific

The Helena Independe
HELENA, MONTANA, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1943

RAF Scores Triumph in Germany
Foe Girds for Climax,
Weakened by Loss
Americans Report,
Great Victory
In Pacific Zone
U. S. Fliers Defeat
Force of Japs
Twice Their Size
A l l i e d Headquarters in Australia, Tuesday, June 22.—(!AP)
Slashing into a force of Zeros approximately t w i c e their own number,
American Lightnings shot down or probably destroyed 23
.Japanese pursuit ships over Lae yesterday to give General Mac-
A r t h u r ' s airmen t h e i r second consecutive air victory in two days.
The noon communique, counting up the results of the victory
by the speedy twin-engined Lightnings, announced that 14 Japanese
planes "were actually seen to crash or blow up ond the remaining
nine were in flames and losing altitude.
Complete destruction" of the remaining nine ships was declared
most probable."
After the battle -was over only 13 of the original force of 36
Zeros were believed to have been able to return to base.
Damage to our own planes, all of which returned, was described
as "slight."
Action on the part of both the Allies and the Japanese flared in
the air over a wide area, while ground clashes—long unreported
took place in the vicinity of Mubo, 12 miles southwest of the
Japanese base at Salamaua.

Former Montanan Has
Citation for
Valor During Fight
Farragut, Idaho, June 21.—(AP)
.—Lieut. Comm. Everett N. Jones of the medical corps, USNR, now
stationed at the U. S. naval hospital here, received an official
citation today for meritorious service during a South Pacific
naval engagement early this year. Commander Jones was aboard a
heavy cruiser which fought Japanese aircraft. Although his ship
was badly damaged, the commander remained at his station
u n t i l certain all the Injured had reached the safety of the upper
decks.
He was praised for "unselfish devotion to the welfare of the
wounded" In the citation by Rear Admiral T. S. Wilkinson, U. S. N.,
deputy commander In tho South Pacific area.
Upon graduation from the Unlrcrslty of Oregon medical school,
Jones Joined tho navy as lieutenant (Junior grade) but reisgned
In 1930 to accept a position at the Holy Rosary hospital,
Miles City, Mont. Latci ho was a
practicing physician »t Wolf Point, Mont.
Reds Report Nazi Loss Is Terrific

Russians Celebrate
Checking World's
Greatest Invasion
London, Tuesday. June '22.— (AP)
Soviet Russia, I commemorating the second
anniversary of it's successful resistance against the
most powerful invasion ever known, triumphantly proclaimed
to the world today: The Germans have stopped
believing in victory."
In a special broadcast on this, the June day which Hitler used
two years ago to f l i n g his vast armies at the Soviet X'nion, the
Moscow radio declared the invader's defeat before Moscow had
been "the decisive event of the second World war" and that the
Nazis entered the. third year of the Russian campaign bankrupt
of victory and Buffering a legacy of progressive defeats both in
Russia and North Africa.
The broadcast said that German losses during the two years
of war were 6,400,000 men, killed and missing.
"Our losses." it continued, "were 4,200,000 killed and missing."

Allied Victories Put
Germany in Bad
Plight, Experts Say
London, June 31.— (AV)
Germany was reported today to be moving substantial
reinforcements into France as the eve of the
second anniversary of Adolf Hitler's attack on Russia
found an increasing number of military observers convinced
that defeats and perils of invasion have forced
Axis chieftains to abandon hope of knocking the Soviet
Union out of the war.

Allies Smash
Again at,
Italian Sites
Commanders Appeal
Directly to
People for Peace
By D. AMEL. DE LUCE
Allied Headquarters in .North Africa, June 21.—
(AP) — Thunderous new Allied air attacks across
wounded Sicily, against the Messina strait separating
the island from the Kalian mainland and against island
airdromes, were disclosed today as the Allied
high command broadcast direct appeals to the Italian
people to "demonstrate for peace."

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Current Events June 21, 1943;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JUNE 21, 1943:
American airmen were revealed today to have carried
out a double-barreled attack on Japanese strongholds in the Gil
bert island group last Friday night, hitting Tarawa at the
same time that another bomber formation struck at Nauru.
The Nauru attack, made by navy fliers, was previously disclosed
by the navy department.

Allied bombers attacked airdromes, wrecking parked aircraft
and ground installations,-and shot down 16 more enemy planes in
a series of new blows at Axis air strength on the stepping stone island
of Sicily yesterday, a communique announced today.

Lancaster bombers
penetrated deep into Southern Germany last night to blast
Friedrichshafen, pre-war Zeppelin center now producing vital
war materials the ministry announced today.

                                San Mateo Times
              SAN MATAEO CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1943

U. S. Maps Plan to Run Mines
Operators Now
Out of Picture,
Capital Thinks
Drastic Steps Seen to Return
500,000 Miners
to Work
WASHINGTON, June 21—
(U.P)—Coal Administrator Harold L, Ickes met today with
John L. Lewis regarding the new strike.
The nature of the discussions was not disclosed, but it was
said that Lewis and Ickes would meet again tomorrow.
Ickes' office .issued the following statement:
"Secretary of Interior Ickes and some of his staff today conferred
with the executive officers of the United Mine Workers, John L.
Lewis, John O'Leary, John Owen, and Percy Tetlow. The conference
is to be resumed tomorrow.
U. S. Organization
"There will be no further comment today from the office of the
secretary of interior." Ickes and other government officials
are considering establishment of a "permanent" federal organization
to operate the nation's coal mines for the duration of the
war, it was disclosed today.

2 Jap Isles Raided;
Nip Air Strength
In Pacific Drained
U. S* Bombers
Hit Gilbert
Island Group
WASHINGTON, June 21.—
(U.P)—American airmen were revealed today to have carried
out a double-barreled attack on Japanese strongholds in the Gil
bert island group last Friday night, hitting Tarawa at the
same time that another bomber formation struck at Nauru.
The Nauru attack, made by navy fliers, was previously disclosed
by the navy department.
These bombings suggested the possibility of an American aerial
offensive against the Gilberts, one of the so-called "hornet's nests'
of Japanese islands flanking the Hawaiian group.
                                     Japs Avoid Fight

SICILY FERRY TERMINUS
BLASTED BY BIG BOMBS
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. North Africa, June 21.-(UP)
Allied bombers attacked airdromes, wrecking parked aircraft
and ground installations,-and shot down 16 more enemy planes in
a series of new blows at Axis air strength on the stepping stone island
of Sicily yesterday, a communique announced today.
The day attack followed a blockbuster right assault Saturday by
British Wellington bombers at Messina at the northeastern tip of Sicily,
opposite the toe of the Italian boot. Bomb bursts were seen on the
ferry terminus and industrial and dock installations.
                                                     Naples Hit Again

RAF BOMBERS BLAST
FORMER ZEPPELIN BASE
LONDON, June.21.-(U.P.)_ Lancaster bombers
penetrated deep into Southern Germany last night to blast
Friedrichshafen, pre-war Zeppelin center now producing vital
war materials the ministry announced today.
After Radio Factory
The main target of the long range bombers, which made a
round trip flight of about 1000 miles, was the Luftschifbau radio
factory. The main buildings of the plant, producing equipment for the
German army, were hit by heavy bombs and damage was believed to
lave been severe.
Three bombers were missing on the long flight to the shore of Lake
Constance, a major production junction for seaplane, flying boats, and
gliders.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Current Events June 20, 1943;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JUNE 20, 1943:
Organization of -a powerful
Army-Navy amphibious force .which probably would
spearhead American troops in any major invasion of Hitler
Europe was .announced Saturday by the .Navy Department.

Total of Japanese planes destroyed in the great air battle
-over- Guadalcanal Island Wednesday was
boosted by the Navy Saturday from 77 to 94 and the bulk of
the destruction was credited to a force of 74 American fighter
planes piloted by Army, Navy, Marine and New Zealand pilots.
Six of the American planes were lost, but the pilots of two
were rescued.

After battling through two years
of the hardest war people ever have been.' compelled to
fight, the Russians are confident that they and their Anglo-
American allies will complete the destruction of the Teuton
aggressor before another anniversary 'rolls around.


42 ITALIAN PLANES DOWNED
      SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS
     SAN ANTONIO,- TEXAS, SUNDAY- MORNING, JUNE 20, 1943

U. S. AMPHIBIAN FORCE
READY FOR INVASION

Army, Navy Create
Strong Unit Ready
To Make Landings
Thousands of Soldiers and Bluejackets Prepared
To Carry Out With Speed, Precision and Perfect
Co-ordination Most Difficult of Military Assignments,
Says Navy Announcement
By Associated PI-CM
WASHINGTON, June 19.—Organization of -a powerful
Army-Navy amphibious force .which probably would
spearhead American troops in any major invasion of Hitler
Europe was .announced Saturday by the .Navy Department.
A. statement which, described he formation and training of the
outfit that now numbers untold thousands of soldiers and blue
jackets declared it was "ready to carryout with speed, precision
and perfect co-ordination the most difficult of military assignments—
a landing on a fortified hostile shore."
Some units of the force already have, been in service in the Pacific.
The operation against Attu Island was initiated by those
units under-the direct, personal supervision of Rear Adm. Francis
W. Rockwell, commander Amphibious Force, Pacific fleet.
Rockwell's counterpart in the Atlantic is Rear Adm. Alan C. Kirk,
                                                   Eliminate Differences

Jap Air Losses
At Guadalcanal
Now 94 Planes
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, June 19.- -The
Total of Japanese planes destroyed
in the great air battle-over- Guadalcanal Island Wednesday was
boosted by the Navy Saturday from 77 to 94 and the bulk of
the destruction was credited to a force of 74 American fighter
planes piloted by Army, Navy, Marine and New Zealand pilots.
Six of the American planes were lost, but the pilots of two
were rescued.
A Navy communique giving these new details of what Secretary
Knox Friday called a "glorious victory" also disclosed that
at the time of the attack a group of American cargo vessels escorted
by destroyers,'was in the vicinity of Guadalcanal.
Only Minor Damage
Approximately 30 enemy bombers tried to attack this convoy,
but succeeded only in damaging a cargo vessel and a landing
craft and inflicting "minor damage" on a second cargo vessel,
the Navy said.
The minor damage to the second vessel had not previously
been reported.

Reds See Victory This Year,
Mark War Anniversary With
Big Preparations for Climax
By Associated Press
MOSCOW, June 19.—After battling through two years
of the hardest war people ever have been.' compelled to
fight, the Russians are confident that they and their Anglo-
American allies will complete the destruction of the Teuton
aggressor before another anniversary 'rolls around.
That is what they thought last year, too. But this year there
is - every reason to believe that their confidence will be borne
out. The great, victories by both the Allies arid 'the. Russians in
the.'last, year plus encouraging words uttered by Joseph Stalin
in his-May-Day order of the day have boosted their confidence to
a highfer point, perhaps, than at any lime since- Hitler attacked
that- Sunday dawn on June 22 two years ago.
Lauding the Allies as never before, .Stalin on May Day told
the Russian people that the Americans and. British were going
to follow-up the African successes by- opening a second front
in- -Europe.