Drive for
Beachhead
NAPLES, May 24.—AP—May
24.—(AP)—
Canadian tanks
broke through the heart of the Hitler line today and swept up the Llri valley
to the Melfa river, 13 miles from Cassino; American troops recaptured Terracina
on the coast, and a Yank armored avalanche burst from the Anzio beachhead and
cut the Appian way barely 25 miles from Rome.
Americans Down
77 Nazis
At Cost of 48
Planes
LONDON, May 25.—(Thursday)—(AP)—
Berlin experienced an air raid
alert early today as RAF night bombers apparently
followed up a record American led
daylight assault of 7,000 sorties against Fortress Europe.
Charleston, West
Virginia, Thursday Morning, May 25, 1944.
Canadians Shred
Main Hitler Line;
Aerial Pincers
Rock Nazi Europe'
Army Raises
Order for Heavy Guns
Cisterna Cut Off
By Beach Forces
Americans Win
Terracina
Drive for
Beachhead
NAPLES, May 24.—AP—May
24.—(AP)—
Canadian tanks
broke through the heart of the Hitler line today and swept up the Llri valley
to the Melfa river, 13 miles from Cassino; American troops recaptured Terracina
on the coast, and a Yank armored avalanche burst from the Anzio beachhead and
cut the Appian way barely 25 miles from Rome.
The Canadians,
thrown Into the Italian fighting as a separate army corps for the first time,
smashed through the Hitler line at Its strongest point and raced on five miles
beyond Pontecorvo, threatening to trap German garrisons there and at Aquino,
two of the most powerful fortress-towns in the enemy defense belt.
Berlin Undergoes
RAF Night Smash
Americans Down
77 Nazis
At Cost of 48
Planes
LONDON, May 25.—(Thursday)—(AP)—
Berlin experienced an air raid
alert early today as RAF night bombers apparently
followed up a record American led
daylight assault of 7,000 sorties against Fortress Europe.
A target of Flying Fortress bombs,
Wednesday, the German capital was warned by the Nazi radio of the approach of
night raiders shortly after midnight. It was the 11th American raid on Berlin.
Spy Orders
Broadcast
To Europe's
Patriots
LONDON, May 24.—(AP)—Allied
invasion commander Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower tonight sought to turn Europe's
restless millions into a vast espionage force to support the impending Allied
blow from the west, with the broadcast of new sets of concise spy instructions to
the European underground.
In the, third such broadcast via'
the Allied radio a spokesman for
the supreme commander called upon peoples of the occupied countries of
western Europe to supply complete and accurate information on the enemy's
movements when the invasion gets underway.
The broadcast stressed accuracy but
warned the people, however, to "do nothing active now."
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