Current Events July 31 1943;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JULY 31, 1943:

Three small/Italian islands off the Sicilian west, coast have surrendered

unconditionally, it was announced, today, and

Allied warships have bombarded the mainland again in

a mounting land, sea and air offensive.

British air fleets, apparently crossing' Hamburg

off their target list1 as virtually destroyed after seven raids

in 120 hours, .switched the greatest air offensive of all time back

to the bomb-pocked Ruhr Valley last night and Heavily attacked

the production center of Renischeid

American troops used flame throwers to route the

Japanese from .coral and log pillboxes and advance through Lambeti

plantation east of Munda yesterday, it was announced today.

                                              THE DAILY NEWS

                              HUNTINGDON, PA., SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1943.

ALLIES' LAND, SEA, AIR

WAR ON SICILY MOUNTS

3 SMALL ISLAND

OFF SICILY'S WEST

COAST SURRENDER

Mainland Subjected Another Heavy Attack

By Allied Sea

Power

By "VIRGIL PINKLET,

United Press Correspondent

BULLETIN

Madrid, July 31. —

Premier. Marshal Pietro Bado'glio of Italy. had established direct contact

with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, through representatives sent by

airplane to North Africa, reports from France said today.

Allied Headquarters, North Africa, July 31. —

Three small/Italian islands off the Sicilian west, coast have surrendered

unconditionally, it was announced, today, and

Allied warships have bombarded the mainland again in

a mounting land, sea and air offensive.

Additional progress by land forces in Sicily was revealed in a

communique. The British 8^th Army below Catania inflicted'

heavy casualties on the defending1 German forces and the Americans

captured 941 additional prisoners, including 500 Germans, in new:

advances.

A Radio Algiers broadcast said the ' German and Italian.

troops in north and central Sicily were retreating toward a second

defense line based in the Caronian mountains,-east of- the-

'San Stefano-Nicosia road.

RAF Switches Greatest

Aerial Offensive Of All

Time Back To Ruhr Area

British Cross Hamburg

Off Target List—Hit

Seven Times In

124 Hours

RECORD MONTH

By Production Center

Of Renischeid Is

Heavily Hit

By WALTER LOGAN

United Press Correspondent London, July 31.—

British air fleets, apparently crossing' Hamburg

off their target list1 as virtually destroyed after seven raids

in 120 hours, .switched the greatest air offensive of all time back

to the bomb-pocked Ruhr Valley last night and Heavily attacked

the production center of Renischeid.

Rounding out a week in which British and American bombers

dropped more than 15,000 tons of bombs on western Europe, fourengined

Sterlings, Lancaster and Halifaxea concentrated their assault

on the great machine tool factories clustered in and around Re-mscheid.

Fifteen bombers were lost, the air ministry announced.

AMERICAN TROOPS

USE FLAME THROW

TO ROUT JAPANESE

Fire Streams Thrown Into

Pillbox Slit, In First

$uccesful Try

In Pacific

By BRYDON TAWES

United Press Correspondent

Allied. Headquarters, Southwest Pacific, July. 31—

American troops used flame throwers to route the

Japanese from .coral and log pillboxes and advance through Lambeti

plantation east of Munda yesterday, it was announced today. . . .

Using the weapon successfully for the first time in the Pacific

war, thie U. S. soldiers . Crept through, enemy positions under

cover -of tanks and planes to send

streams of_ fire through the pillbox gunslits.. . .