Current Events June 28, 1943;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JUNE 28, 1943:

Wellington bombers of the North African Air

Forces dropped bombs in the dock area and on industrial plants at

Naples in an attack Saturday night, Allied headquarters announced to-

day.

The Italian Sunday communique previously disclosed that the Naples

area had been the objective of a Saturday night raid,- and asserted

that only slight damage had been done.

U. S. Ninth Air Force Liberators shattered Axis hangars, pitted runways and started

fires at two airdromes near Athens yesterday in a powerful followup to

the Thursday raid at Salonika which opened the trans-Mediterranean

aerial offensive against German and Italian holdings In the Balkans, it

was announced today.

American bombers, blasting Kiska in seven raids, started large fires in the

Japanese camp area and damaged anti-aircraft emplacements at that

Aleutian Islands enemy outpost, the Navy reported today.

A Routers report from Stockholm said today that United

States battleships have reached the Mediterranean and

joined the British battle fleet.

The report, quoting the Scandinavian telegram bureau,

came a day after the Italian fleet was reported to

have sailed into the open sea—perhaps for a fight, or perhaps

for a safer refuge from Allied bombs pounded from

two sides of the mainland.

                           Cumberland Evening Times
                 CUMBERLAND; MD., MONDAY, JUNE 28,1943

American Heavy Bombers Lash Axis Holdings

In Balkans; Naples And Athens Are Targets

Blistering Raids; RAF Attacks Nazi Convoys
AERIAL BLOWS

ARE TRADED BY

ALLIES , AXIS

Allied Headquarters in North

Africa, June 28 (AP) — Wellington bombers of the North African Air

Forces dropped bombs in the dock area and on industrial plants at

Naples in an attack Saturday night, Allied headquarters announced to-

day.

The Italian Sunday communique previously disclosed that the Naples

area had been the objective of a Saturday night raid,- and asserted

that only slight damage had been done.

The Allied communique today did not indicate the size of the attacking

force, that struck the strategic west coast Italian port of the

amount of damage.

Six Axis planes, attacking Allied shipping yesterday, were shot down

by coastal air .force planes and two more were brought down by naval

gunfire, it was announced.

Other Italian Areas Attacked

The Italian Monday communique, broadcast from Rome and recorded

by the. Associated Press, said Allied planes, attacked Gerbini,

Catania province, yesterday and caused some .civilian casualties.

Reggio Calabria and several other smaller localities on the toe of the

Italian boot were reported raided last night.

"Anti-aircraft defenses at Reggio Calabria shot down two enemy

planes," the communique said.

"Another enemy plane was destroyed in an air battle by German

fighters over the south coast of Sicily."

TWO AIRFIELDS

NEAR CAPITAL

OF GREECE HIT

High Explosives, Including

Blockbusters, Loosed On

Elevsis and Hassani,

During Sunday

HANGARS SET AFIRE;

RUNWAYS PITTED

Dock Area and Industrial

Plants of Naples Feel

W e i g h t of Allied

Powerful Bombs

By GEORGE TUCKER

Cairo, June 28 (AP)- U. S. Ninth

Air Force Liberators shattered Axis hangars, pitted runways and started

fires at two airdromes near Athens yesterday in a powerful followup to

the Thursday raid at Salonika which opened the trans-Mediterranean

aerial offensive against German and Italian holdings In the Balkans, it

was announced today.

High explosives were loosed effectively at the air fields of both

Elevsis, 10 miles west of Athens, and Hossani. southeast of the captal,

and Allied leaflets were showerd over the entire area.

Despite savage efforts by. Defense forces to break up the raids, the

four-engined bombers executed their mission and returned without a

loss.

KISKA BOMBED

SEVEN TIMES

BY AMERICANS

Large Fires Started In jap

Camp Area and Anti-Aircraft

Emplacements

Damaged In Raids

NIPS ARE STRAFED

Japs also Reports Six At

tacks on Japanese In

South Pacific With

Bomber FightersWashington/June 28 (AP)—American

bombers, blasting Kiska in seven raids, started large fires in the

Japanese camp area and damaged anti-aircraft emplacements at that

Aleutian Islands enemy outpost, the Navy reported today.

The attacks, by heavy and medium bombers, escorted by swift

fighting,planes, came in a battering series on-Saturday, and brought to

16 the number of times Kiska had been struck in three days.

The Navy also reported six South Pacific aerial attacks, with damaging

hits at Japanese bases at Kahila, Rekata Bay., Munda, Vila and Ballale

in the Solomon Islands.

U.S. Fleet in

Mediterranean;

Italy's On Move

London, June 28 (AP)—

A Routers report from Stockholm said today that United

States battleships have reached the Mediterranean and

joined the British battle fleet.

The report, quoting the Scandinavian telegram bureau,

came a day after the Italian fleet was reported to

have sailed into the open sea—perhaps for a fight, or perhaps

for a safer refuge from Allied bombs pounded from

two sides of the mainland.

The Italian fleet sailing was reported also by Reuters,

quoting an Algiers radio report credited to the Spanish

newspaper Arriba.

Neither story had any official confirmation