Current Events March 25, 1944;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY MARCH 25, 1944:

 

RACINE, WIS., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 25, 1944.

Nazis Retake

One-Fourth of

Ruined Town

By REYNOLDS PACKARD

NAPLES.—(U.P) —

German reinforcement have entered Cassino through a series of ancient tunnels, it was disclosed today, bolstering nazi forces that already have r e captured o n c - q u n r t r r of t h e ruined town

Enemy troops now occupy a belt several houses thick running from the southern extremities of the town all t h e w a y past Highway 6 into northern Cassino. To  w i t h in about 250 yards of a well which marked the most advanced point which Allied Fifth army troops had reached before the b ig a ir bombardment of March 15. United Press War Correspondent James E Roper reported in a front' d i s patch.

"Heavy fighting continues in Cassino where the general situation remains unchanged." The communique said.

Tunnels Under Town.

Three tunnels dug under the town in t h e fifth century—in connection with searches for buried treasure, according to local tales—enabled the Germans to move their troops in from one strongpoint to another, a headquarters spokesman said. In recent years the tunnels had been used as w i ne cellars.

Longest Raid of Recent Series

Starts Fires in Greater London

LONDON—CUB—A few German

squadrons gave London one of

t h e sharpest fire raids since the 1940-41 blitz. A few German squadrons gave London

one of t h e sharpest fire raids since t h e The nazis dropped hundreds of

incendiaries, interspersed w i t h –a number of explosives, in various

p a r t s of g r e a t e r London, but hundreds of volunteers assisted firefighters

to nullify the enemy's effort t o b the capital.

A Pale Imitation.

For a few t h o u s a n d Londoners n e a r  t h e bombs, it w a s sort of a  p a l e imitation of t h e destruction going o n i n B e r l i n last night as t h e royal air force renewed t he a t t a c k on the German capital. For t h e remainder it w a s l i k e most recent London raids—a big f i r e works

display which almost was impersonal, because so much fire was going u p  a t  t h e r a i d e r s and so comparatively l i t t l e was coming down.

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