Current Events June 9, 1943;

This was reported today, June 9, 1943

Allied planes dropped a demand for the unconditional surrender

of Pantelleria yesterday but no reply has been received, it was

announced officially tonight.

The Japanese, who seldom have been disturbed in the island stepping stones they

seized southeast of Singapore leading toward Australia, were given their

second grim hint in 10 days by far-ranging Liberator bombers yesterday.

American bombers attacked Hongay, 30 miles

northeast of Haiphong in French Indo-China yesterday, heavily damaging

coaling docks, warehouses, railroad yards and power transmission

lines, a communique from Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's

headquarters announced today.

             Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., Wednesday, June 9, 1943.

ALLIES DEMAND SURRENDER OF PANTELLERIA

ISLAND FAILS TO

REPLY; CONTINUE

HEAVY ATTACKS

Allied H e a d q u a r t e r s in

North Africa —( UP)— Allied planes dropped a demand for

the unconditional surrender of Pantelleria yesterday but no

reply has been received, it was announced officially tonight.

A communique said that when no reply was received,

the Italian island was bombed from the air and shelled from

the sea and it "will continue to be subjected to bombing,

bombardment and blockade."

The special war bulletin added that the demand was made

in order to save the garrison and population of the island

from unnecessary suffering.

Liberators Bomb Harbor

of Waingapoe; Give Nips

Hint of Things to Come

Allied Headquarters in Australia—(.'I')—The Japanese, who

seldom have been disturbed in the island stepping stones they

seized southeast of Singapore leading toward Australia, were given their

second grim hint in 10 days by far-ranging Liberator bombers yesterday.

Yank Bombers

Raid French

Indo-China

Chungking — (-T) — American bombers attacked Hongay, 30 miles

northeast of Haiphong in French Indo-China yesterday, heavily damaging

coaling docks, warehouses, railroad yards and power transmission

lines, a communique from Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's

headquarters announced today.

Dense clouds of smoke rising to 5,000 feet and visible 30 miles away

marked the target area after the raiders passed.

All American planes returned totheir bases.

The Tokyo radio in a Hanoi dispatch yesterday said the northern

Indo-China region had been bombed, but asserted damage was negligible.

Chinese dispatches, meanwhile, reported that Generalissimo Chiang

Kai-Shek's forces had smashed the Japanese defense line southeast of

HwajunK, the key to the Chinese rice-producing region around Lake

Tungting in northern Hunan province.