THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JUNE 16, 1943:
While RAF blockbusters smashed up the Sicilian ferry port of Messina,
panicky Italian laborers were reported yesterday 'to be quitting work on
Sardinia's fortifications and fleeing to the mainland by the boatload to
escape the expected Allied invasion. More than 5,000 workers already
have left Sardinia, and others employed on defense works are
demanding to be sent back, Moscow radio said, quoting a Berne dispatch.
Allied fighters and light bombing forces struck across the Channel
yesterday, a few hours after RAF night raiders had resumed their
pounding of the Ruhr with attacks centered on Oberhausen. Other RAF
night intruders swept the Low Countries and France, destroying two
enemy planes and hitting trains and barges.
American submarines, operating in Far Eastern
waters, have sent 12 more Japanese ships to the bottom, the Navy Department
announced today. Some of the sinkings, none of which has been announced
previously, were off the coast of southern China and some near Japan itself.
Germany, already faced with the task of countering an Allied invasion, was
beset by another threat yesterday—the massing of huge Russian forces on the
Moscow front apparently for a blow timed to fall with the opening of the Second
Front.
Finland, which never missed payment of an
installment on her debt to the United States until she became involved in war
with the Soviet Union, will resume payments again tomorrow.
THE STARS AND STRIPES
Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations
New York, N.Y.—London, England Wednesday, June 16, 1943
Blockbusters Smash Messina;
Italians Reported Quitting Work
On Sardinia Forts to Flee Isle
Axis Continues to Report
Allied Ships Massing
For New Blows
While RAF blockbusters smashed up the Sicilian ferry port of Messina,
panicky Italian laborers were reported yesterday 'to be quitting work on
Sardinia's fortifications and fleeing to the mainland by the boatload to
escape the expected Allied invasion. More than 5,000 workers already
have left Sardinia, and others employed on defense works are
demanding to be sent back, Moscow radio said, quoting a Berne dispatch. It
added that construction of fortifications in the Iglesias and Cagliari areas had been
halted.
Increasing Axis nervousness over the next Allied onslaught in the Mediterranean
was reflected in expanding accounts of Allied troopship concentrations
in the Mediterranean. Only silence in Allied quarters greeted these German
and Italian accounts but the Berlin and Rome statements made it appear that a
big Allied force was gathering off Pantellaria.
Nazis Howl
As RAF Hits
Ruhr Again
German Radio and Papers
Plead With People
To Pull Together
Allied fighters and light bombing forces struck across the Channel
yesterday, a few hours after RAF night raiders had resumed their
pounding of the Ruhr with attacks centered on Oberhausen. Other RAF
night intruders swept the Low Countries and France, destroying two
enemy planes and hitting trains and barges.
Three Nazi fighters were shot down over France in yesterday's daylight sweeps,
which carried the newest phase of the Allied aerial offensive from bases in
Britain into its fifth day. It began with last Friday's daylight attack by U.S.
bombers on Wilhelmshaven and Cuxhaven, in Germany.
U, S. Subs Sink
12 Jap Ships
Destroyer Listed as Lost;
Cargo Ship Afire After
New Guinea Attack
WASHINGTON, June 15—American submarines, operating in Far Eastern
waters, have sent 12 more Japanese ships to the bottom, the Navy Department
announced today. Some of the sinkings, none of which has been announced
previously, were off the coast of southern China and some near Japan itself.
One destroyer, one large transport, five medium cargo shins, one large trawler,
one patrol vessel, one small supply vessel and two small cargo ships were listed as
sunk. One large tanker, one destroyer and one medium-sized transport were
listed as probably sunk.
In New Guinea, an Allied patrol bomber set fire to a 4.000-ton Jap
freighter with two direct hits with 500-pound bombs at Humbolt Bay.
Allied medium bombers raided Hollandia, Kaimaua and Babo, in Dutch
New Guinea. Jap planes attacked Guadalcanal, in the Solomons, and Goodenough
Island, off New Guinea.
'Reds Mass Near
Moscow-Berlin
Complete Army Believed
Ready to Strike as
Invasion Begins
Germany, already faced with the task of countering an Allied invasion, was
beset by another threat yesterday—the massing of huge Russian forces on the
Moscow front apparently for a blow timed to fall with the opening of the Second
Front.
Berlin radio reported the assembling of the troops :md said a complete army
was involved. The announcer added, however, there were no signs of an
immediate attack.
While fighting on the Russian front has died down in most sectors, a Soviet attack
in one area, near Byclev, succeeded in piercing the German lines. The Red Air
Force continued its heavy blows against supply and rail targets.
Finns Get It Up Again,
Will Meet Debt Today
WASHINGTON, June 15 (AP)—Finland, which never missed payment of an
installment on her debt to the United States until she became involved in war
with the Soviet Union, will resume payments again tomorrow.
Th« Finnish government has notified the United States that it will pay 5168,000
which is due tomorrow under the debt settlement agreement..
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