THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JUNE 12, 1943:
The RAF, resuming it's deadly offensive
against the armament centers of the Reich, sent the greatest force
Of heavy bombers of the war to attack several targets In the Ruhr
and Rhineland last night, concentrating its greatest deluge of bombs
on Dusseldorf, it was Announced today.
Both air and naval action was renewed and increased against the
small garrison" of Lampedusa Friday, the Rome radio said Saturday
in a broadcast recorded by the Associated Press The report added
that the garrison has "refused a call for surrender and is heroically
resisting "
Japanese storage buildings at Akyab, in
Western Burma, were bombed by RAF planes Saturday and enemy
anti-aircraft positions and a body of Japanese troops were machinegunned
in low level attacks on the area a British communique said Saturdav.
One small sector of the soft coal fields shut down and another
voted to follow suit Saturday, protesting government
fines on miners for the June 1 walkout.
The walkout movement, the third in little more than a month, started
in Alabama Friday when three mines, employing 615 men, had to
stop operations. Nearly 1,600 workers at three Windber, Pa., pits decided
at a meeting Friday night to strike.
THE MARION STAR
MARION", OHIO, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1943
RAF SENDS LARGEST AIR
FORCE OVER RUHR CITIES
Allies Turn Air Force
On Lampedusa Island
Assault On Another Italian Stronghold Starts as Planes Crush
All Opposition on Pantelleria.
by The Associated Tress
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, .June 12
Cumberland Times
CUMBERLAND, MD., SATURDAY, JUNE 12,1943
RAF Renews Its Deadly Offensive Over
Reich; Allied Warships and Planes Are
Besieging Italian Island of Lampedusa
RHINELAND WAR
PLANTS TARGET
OF NIGHT BLAST
Cities of Duesseldorf and
Munester Subjected to
Attack of Unprecedented
Strength
43 BRITISH PLANES
LOST DURING RAID
"Great Damage" Inflicted
by More Than 2,000 Tons
of Bombs Dropped on
Vital Foundries
BY EDWARD D. BALL
London June 12
(AP)—The RAF, resuming it's deadly offensive
against the armament centers of the Reich, sent the greatest force
Of heavy bombers of the war to attack several targets In the Ruhr
and Rhineland last night, concentrating its greatest deluge of bombs
on Dusseldorf, it was Announced today.
Muenster was the biggest target along the secondary objective, the
air ministry said, and 43 bombers were lost In the assault which fol-
lowed by only a few hours n heavy daylight precision ral<; by 200
American four-engined planes against thp naval bnses of Wilhelmshav-
en and Cuxhaven
Weight of Bombs Sets Record
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE
BISMARCK, N. D., SATURDAY, JUNE 12,1943
Allied Power Turns on Lampedusa
Resisting Garrison
Refuses First
Surrender Call
ALLIED HEADQUARITERS
IN NORTH AFRICA (AP)—
Northwest African air forces turned their attention
against the Italian island of Lampedusa, 85 miles to
the south, after the fall of Pantelleria Friday, headquarters
announced Saturday.
Bombing of Lampedusa was begun In the early afternoon and was
continued throughout the night, the announcement said.
Increase Aerial Action
Both air and naval action was renewed and increased against the
small garrison" of Lampedusa Friday, the Rome radio said Saturday
in a broadcast recorded by the Associated Press The report added
that the garrison has "refused a call for surrender and is heroically
resisting "
Yank Bombers
Batter Kiska
WASHINGTON —(AP)— The navy
reported Saturday that in continued
RAF Bombers Blast
Japanese at Akyab
NEW DELHI INDIA—(AP)—Japanese storage buildings at Akyab, in
Western Burma, were bombed by RAF planes Saturday and enemy
anti-aircraft positions and a body of Japanese troops were machinegunned
in low level attacks on the area a British communique said Saturdav.
Buildings at Pacah enemy positions at Theizang in the Kaie valley
and river and road transport along the Chindwin river vailey
were damaged by other bomber and fighter formations, the British announced.
New Coal Walkout Spreads to 2 States
Miners Protest
Over $1 Fines
For June 1 Strike
WASHINGTON — (AP)—
One small sector of the soft coal fields shut down and another
voted to follow suit Saturday, protesting government
fines on miners for the June 1 walkout.
The walkout movement, the third in little more than a month, started
in Alabama Friday when three mines, employing 615 men, had to
stop operations. Nearly 1,600 workers at three Windber, Pa., pits decided
at a meeting Friday night to strike.
The vast majority of the nation's 400,000 soft coal miners and practically
all of the anthracite workers remained on the job, however.
The Alabama shutdown was described as a direct reaction from Interior
Secretary Icke's announcement that United Mine Workers who
struck early this month would be fined $1 a day for each day off the
job under terms of their old contract with the operators.
The U.MW. and its president, John L. Lewis, protested the action,
declaring government operation of the mines by Itself failed to continue
terms of the contract.
The Pennsylvania development, a union official said, was a two-fold
protest. In addition to the fines, the miners were objecting to what they
called failure of the War Labor Board to approve a wage increase
of $1.30 a day, representing underground travel time.
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