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 "They may not have been withdrawn from the Russian front."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

____________________________

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.

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."

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.

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.