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."
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