Current Events May 30, 1943;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY MAY 30, 1943:

The United Nations have worked

out every tactical detail of their plan to invade the European

continent.

Preparations n a t u r a l l y are shrouded in strict secrecy, but indications

from many quarters in Britain and the continent suggest

that the hour for the general sea, air and land offensive is close at

hand.

The fierce battle for the northwestern

corner oi the Caucasus is still in progress. The Soviets

are maintaining a day and night bombardment of the Nazi

defense line northeast of Novorossisk, and a new flareup is

expected at any hour.

HOUR FOR INVASION

OF CONTINENT NEARS

LONG BEACH INDEPENDENT

             Long Beach, California, Sunday, May 30, 1943

REDS UNLEASH HEAVY ATTACK

Warships of Allies Take Up Strategic

Positions to Assault Fort of Europe

LONDON, May 29.—(TP)—The United Nations have worked

out every tactical detail of their plan to invade the European

continent.

Preparations n a t u r a l l y are shrouded in strict secrecy, but indications

from many quarters in Britain and the continent suggest

that the hour for thfe general sea, air and land offensive is close at

hand.

The London News – Chronicle gave prominence today to a report

that British warships have taken up strategic positions in the

Mediterranean and elsewhere. The newspaper said a number of

troop ships had moved into the Mediterranean on Wednesday. A

number of Allied barges have been concentrated in Tunisian ports

within easy striking distance of Sicily, Sardinia and Pantelleria,

which presumably will soon become an important Allied" naval

and air base for the purposes of this major operation.

The Daily Telegraph said today in dispatches from Madrid that

Mussolini had presided over an emergency secret session of h is

Fascist party chieftains to map out a plan of defense of his prized

Mediterranean islands.

24-Hour Bombardment of Nazi Lines

Maintained Northeast of Novorossisk

MOSCOW, May 29.—(TP)—The fierce battle for the northwestern

corner oi the Caucasus is still in progress. The Soviets

are maintaining a day and night bombardment of the Nazi

defense line northeast of Novorossisk, and a new flareup is

expected at any hour.

At the same" time, a Finnish communique reports a powerful

Soviet attack in the western sector of the Karelian isthmus. Rus-

sian artillery forced a break in the Finnish lines, allowing Soviet

patrols lo make incursions into Finnish territory.

Tonight's Soviet communique still gives no details of the Kuban

battle. However, the communique reports new outbreaks on the.

Lisichansk front. Here Soviet units broke into German trenches and

consolidated a new forward position.

The Germans counterattacked but were forced to retreat, leaving

!00 Nazis dead on the battlefield.