Current Events April 23, 1943:

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY APRIL 23, 1943

North Africa, April 22 (UP)—The British Eighth Army drove four)

miles north of Enfidaville today and was reported continuing to advance

against fierce resistance after capturing Takrouna in hand-to-

hand fighting in which husky Imperial troops hurled screaming

Germans over the cliffs to their deaths on the rocks below.

Undersecretary of War Robert O. Patterson reported today

that Flying Fortresses and Liberators,

in their unescorted April 17 daylight raid on Bremen,

destroyed or seriously damaged at least half of Germany's

big Focke-Wulf aviation plant and shot out of action 95 of 150

Nazi planes sent op against them.

The senate Truman committee,

revealing that United Nations ship losses to submarines

in 1942 were around 12,000,000 tons, today assailed the navy

department's "hush, hush" policy about sinkings and its "unimaginative"

anti-submarine campaign.

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Screaming Germans Hurled

Off Cliffs By British In Wild

Hand-To-Hand Encounters

Eighth Army Beats

Off Powerful

Counters

WERE THEY TORTURED, EXECUTED?

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North Africa, April 22 (UP)—The British Eighth Army drove four)

miles north of Enfidaville today and was reported continuing to advance

against fierce resistance after capturing Takrouna in hand-to-

hand fighting in which husky Imperial troops hurled screaming

Germans over the cliffs to their deaths on the rocks below.

Allied armies were tightening both ends of their siege arc about

the Axis in Tunisia as the First Army on the northwest front advanced

within 24 miles of Tunis, beating off powerful counter-attacks

which cost the Axis 27 tanks and 500 prisoners. With clearing

weather, air forces gave strong support today to the British

armies in the two battles being fought 45 mile apart.

British parachutists are serving as Infantry in the front line

fighting, it was disclosed officially as the battle grew to a

peak of bitterness never before equaled in Africa, particularly

on the Eighth Army front where hand grenades, knives and bayonets

were brought Into play.

Even these weapons were thrown away in yesterday's battle

to clean out Axis nests at Takrouna and on surrounding

heights just west of Enfidaville, Ned Russell of the United Press

reported from the front. Axis troops refused to surrender even

when the British had driven them to the brow of the cliff and

many were hurled over bodily.

With Takrouna's fall the Eighth Army was able to accelerate its advance

and late reports tonight said its vanguard had reached a point

four miles north of Enfidaville inside the Axis' mountain defense

AS the concerted Allied drives ground away at the Axis Tunisian

bridgehead bit by bit, the Germans were reported using their

best troops in repeated but unailing counter - attacks which

brought about serious losses for both sides.,

Take Banana Ridge

B-17's Blast 95

Nazis in Raid

On Plane Plant

WASHINGTON, April 22. «!«.

.—Undersecretary of War Robert O. Patterson reported today

that Flying Fortresses and Liberators,

in their unescorted April 17 daylight raid on Bremen,

destroyed or seriously damaged at least half of Germany's

big Focke-Wulf aviation plant and shot out of action 95 of 150

Nazi planes sent op against them.

He told a press conference American losses were "higher

than the average" since 16 of the bombers failed to return. But

latest figures, he said, show they accounted for "nearly two-thirds

of the German planes In the air," definitely destroying 68 and

damaging or possibly destroying another 32

.Navy's 'Hush-Hush7 Policy

About Sinkings Is Assailed by

Senate Truman Committee

WASHINGTON, April 22. (UP)—The senate Truman committee,

revealing that United Nations ship losses to submarines

in 1942 were around 12,000,000 tons, today assailed the navy

department's "hush, hush" policy about sinkings and its "unimaginative"

anti-submarine campaign.

But it said that the overall shipbuilding program "must be

considered a tremendous success" and the U-boats will be

beaten. It pointed out that 8,090,800 deadweight tons of cargo shipping

were produced by American yards in 1942, and estimated that

18,000,000 to 19,000,000 tons will be produced this year.

And it commended the navy for doing "a magnificent job in building

a first class fighting fleet." It said the fleet's "quality is extremely

high, and the quantity is increasing each month." It paid particular

tribute to anti-aircraft defenses which have been installed

on warships since Pearl Harbor.