Apr 27, 1944; Hollandia Airdromes seized:

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY APRIL 27, 1944:

April 27. — (AP) —

Powerful United States Sixth Army forces seized two Hollandia airdromes Tuesday and were closing in on a third key airfield objective of the campaign launched less than four days before

April 26.—(U.P.)

American troops, giving a bold advance notice of their attack by a, "voice of

 doom" warning for Germans to surrender, have moved to within 24 miles of Rome in a series of thrusts miles of Rome in a series of thrusts at the center of the Anzio head line, dispatches revealed on Wednesday.

April 26. — \AP) —

Waves of Japanese jungle troops fire throwing themselves desperately against Allied  

 r o a d  blocks in central Burma and are "perishing in droves" as they try to b r e a k the stranglehold clamped on their communications by thousands of airborne "chindits," an Allied spokesman announced Wednesday.

LONDON, Thursday, April 27.—(AP)—

Blasting at an Axis fleet presumably attempting to evacuate large numbers of the besieged forces at Sevastopol, the Russians have sunk five German and Romanian

transports and damaged two others in the past 24 hours, Moscow announced Wednesday night.

' LONDON, April 26.—(AP)—

An American bombing force of more than 1,000 planes attacked Brunswick and targets elsewhere deep inside Germany "Wednesday—carrying the monster Allied air offensive into the twelfth consecutive day—without loss of a single bomber and without being attacked once by enemy fighters.

BUTTE, MONTANA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1944

Australians

Occupy

Madang Base

American Forces

Meet Few

Japanese Troops

By, YATES McDANIEL

ADVANCED ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,

New Guinea,

April 27. — (AP) —

Powerful United States Sixth Army forces seized two Hollandia airdromes Tuesday and were closing in on a third key airfield objective of the campaign launched less than four days before. One hundred and f i f t y miles to the southeast, other American troops pushed northward from the

Tadji airdrome to occupy Aitape v i l l a g e after a short skirmish in which Just one Japanese was killed.

Occupy Madang

Two hundred and eighty miles farther south, an Australian force occupied the enemy supply base of Madanq — with it’s airdrome — on Thursday a f t e r overcoming an enemy rearguard and then pushed northward from the coastal town

from which the bulk of the enemy force was believed to have withdrawn a month ago.

Yanks Advance

on Beachhead

Are Now Within 24

Miles of Rome

By REYNOLDS PACKARD

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NAPLES,

April 26.—(U.P.)

American troops, giving a bold advance notice of their attack by a, "voice of

 doom" warning for Germans to surrender, have moved to within 24 miles of Rome in a series of thrusts miles of Rome in a series of thrusts at the center of the Anzio head line, dispatches revealed on Wednesday.

Only eight of the enemy heeded the broadcast  to surrender warning and the rest were steamrollered -under an  a r t i l l e r y  and i n f a n t r y attack as the Americans generally improved their positions around Carano. This advance, followed swiftly upon the deepening of the American right flank below Cisterna, four miles to the east.

Japs Perish in

Droves in

Burma Area

Allies Mow Them

Down by the Thousands

By THORBURN WIANT

SOUTHEAST ASIA HEADQUARTERS,

Kandy, Ceylon,

April 26. — \AP) —

Waves of Japanese jungle troops fire throwing themselves desperately against Allied  r o a d  blocks in central Burma and are "perishing in droves" as they try to b r e a k the stranglehold clamped on their communications by thousands of airborne "Chindits," an Allied spokesman announced Wednesday.

Preceded by heavy artillery and mortar fire and supported by light tanks, the yelling, yowling Japanese came charging into the Allied wire and through mine fields at numerous points on a broken 100-mile front and are being mown down by British, American and Indian troops, he said.

Fail to Break Through

Russians Sink

Five Axis

Troop Ships

Germans Report

Offensive on

Romanian Front

By TOM YARBROUGH

LONDON, Thursday, April 27.—(AP)—

Blasting at an Axis fleet presumably attempting to evacuate large numbers of the besieged forces at Sevastopol, the Russians have sunk five German and Romanian

transports and damaged two others in the past 24 hours, Moscow announced Wednesday night.

The Soviet daily communique reported once again "there were no essential changes at the front" during the day, but official German and Romanian announcements said the Red army had broken the land lull by opening a large-scale offensive Tuesday on the Romanian front, scoring local break-throughs

which were sealed off.

Yank Bombers

Hit Germany

“Without Loss”

Gigantic Pre-Invasion Air Offensive

Goes Into Its 12th Day as

Brunswick, Other Targets Are Blasted

LONDON, Thursday, April 27—(AP)—

R. A. F. bombers were out in great strength over Germany and occupied

territory Wednesday night, with Essen as the main objective, it was disclosed authoritatively Thursday.

By W. W. HERCHER

' LONDON, April 26.—(AP)—

An American bombing force of more than 1,000 planes attacked Brunswick and targets elsewhere deep inside Germany "Wednesday—carrying the monster Allied air offensive into the twelfth consecutive day—without loss of a single bomber and without being attacked once by enemy fighters.

The thundering overture to Invasion was beaten out with another 1,500 tons of bombs. Between 250 and 500 Fortresses and Liberators made the 900-mile round trip to Brunswick, and a communique said none of the fighter escort, ranging  from 500 to 750 Mustangs, Lightnings and Thunderbolts, made any contact with German interceptors,

 Night Raiders Out

The Nazi-controlled Luxembourg radio went off the air In the night, warning that Allied planes were approaching. Later the Berlin radio said Allied raiders were approaching western Germany.

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