June 2, 1944;AMERICANS ADVANCE ON ROME:

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JUNE 2, 1944:

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, June 1—

American troops in a spectacular, danger-fraught night time advance have pierced the Germans' powerful defense line before Rome, encircling the enemy stronghold of Velletri and capturing a towering ridge of the Alban hills from which' they could see the dome of St. Peter's.

WASHINGTON, June 1—(AP)-

Guam, Wake, Truk and Ponape isiands, now in Japanese hands, have been bombed by United States planes, the Navy reported tonight. The attack on Guam was made by Army planes on May 28. In the assault on Truk atoll on May 30, one fire was caused which was visible for 150 miles. The Army also made the attack on Wake island.

LONDON, June 1—(AP)—

Strong formations of medium bombers and fighters struck out across the English channel toward the French invasion coast late this afternoon after a heavy RAF night assault on three strategic French transportation centers.

 

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Yanks Sneak

Past Defense

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, June 1—

American troops in a spectacular, danger-fraught night time advance have pierced the Germans' powerful defense line before Rome, encircling the enemy stronghold of Velletri and capturing a towering ridge of the Alban hills from which' they could see the dome of St. Peter's. 'Without specific detail, a field dispatch filed at 8:35 p.m. said "American troops fighting in the Velletri sector of the Alban hills have made new gains tonight."

Allies Gain

Over Pacific

WASHINGTON, June 1—(AP)-

Guam, Wake, Truk and Ponape isiands, now in Japanese hands, have been bombed by United States planes, the Navy reported tonight. The attack on Guam was made by Army planes on May 28. In the assault on Truk atoll on May 30, one fire was caused which was visible for 150 miles. The Army also made the attack on Wake island.

By LEONARD MILLIMAN

Associated Press War Editor

A resurgence of Allied advances against by-passed Japanese in the southern Pacific was reported today by Gen. Douglas MacArthur a few hours after amphibious Japanese troops swept across Tungling lake in a growing central  China offensive.

Reinforcements poured onto Biak island in the Schouten group where American infantrymen were hailed temporarily by fixed enemy defenses. Two hundred miles eastward on New Guinea's coast infantry patrols ran the number of Japanese dead in the Wake-Sarmi sector up to 1,453.

Invasion Coast Gets

Additional Pounding

LONDON, June 1—(AP)—

Strong formations of medium bombers and fighters struck out across the English channel toward the French invasion coast late this afternoon after a heavy RAF night assault on three strategic French transportation centers.

The daylight raiders roared out in the direction of Boulogne and Dieppe, but the

Ninth Tactical Air Force announced only that Marauders, escorted by Thunderbolts, attacked military objectives "in northern France.”

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