Current Events August 20, 1943;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, AUGUST 20, 1943:

Pres. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill — while aware of Russian demand! For a second front—were believed today to have decided to give air power its chance to crush. Germany first and, in any event, to blast such a path of destruction that land armies may invade Europe with the fewest possible casualties.

Signs multiplied today that Allied armies may land in Italy and France within the next month in fulfillment of. Prime Minister Churchill's prediction that there will be heavy fighting in the Mediterranean and elsewhere "before the leaves of autumn fall."

SALAMANCA REPUBLICAN - PRESS

                               SALAMANCA. N. Y.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1943

U. S. Naval Forces Seize Islands North of Sicily

Foggia Heavily Bombed,

Axis Communications Hit

British Warships Pump Shells Into

Scalea. io Disrupt Italy's Rail

System

OTHER BASES HIT

African and Middle East Bombers

Team Up in One of Greatest

Raids to Blast Foggia

The Wisconsin State Journal

MADISON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1943

Air War Comes First

But Land Action

May Begin Soon

Allies to Soften Nazis

Before Invading

QUEBEC, Que.-(U.P.)—

Pres. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill — while aware of Russian demand! For a second front—were believed today to have decided to give air power its chance to crush. Germany first and, in any event, to blast such a path of destruction that land armies may invade Europe with the fewest possible casualties.

Invasion Day Chosen,

'Underground' Hears

France and Italy

Likely Targets

Armies May Strike

Within Next Month

LONDON — (U.P.) —

Signs multiplied today that Allied armies may land in Italy and France within the next month in fulfillment of. Prime Minister Churchill's prediction that there will be heavy fighting in the Mediterranean and elsewhere "before the leaves of autumn fall."

A high British army officer Thursday night broadcast the second Allied appeal in 24 hours to French patriots to prepare to aid the coming invasion. Indicating that the zero hour has been set, I he said underground forces have been given instructions for " thej

day and "H" hour.

Only a few hours earlier, formations of American medium bombers blasted the Nazi airdrome at Poix, northern France, in continuance of an Allied offensive to cripple Axis air power in advance of a full-scale invasion of Europe,