Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1943 — Page 2

NAZIS EXPECTING

BALKAN INVASION

Is Convinced That Will

Back Door of Reich. WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS

German General American The

By

Staff Thrust

AngloBe Aimed at

Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, May

I.—Reports received here

indi-

cate that the Nazi general staff is now convinced an early

anglo-American invasion of in order to get at Germany Marshal Rommel,

the Balkans by the back door. according to

will be attempted,

the same sources, is

Uncle’ 5 Answer

Treasury department's war bond

glready in the Balkans, speeding up defense prepar ations If poster answers the Jap execution

fot looking over the chances for a counter-stroke against the Middle East, perhaps via Turkey or the Black and the Caucasus. The allied blow is expec Soon as Tunisia falls and the Mediterranean can be opened to united nations shipping. For this reason Hitler has given his consent to the withdrawal of Rumanian and Hungarian troops from the Russian front. It also is one of the reasons Why he has been calling in stooges, ons by one, for contefeiices during the last few wecks among them being King Boris of Bulgaria, Regent Nicholas Horthy of Hungar arshal Antonescu of Rumania, Major Vidkun Quisling of Norway Pierre Laval of Viel, and others

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Valley of Danube?

The decisive battles of this therefore, may take place valley of the Danube. That been the traditional avenue of invasion, so far as central Europe is concerned, for 2000 vears. Slavs, Romans, Mongols, Turks, Greeks, tile German tribes and others have Used it again and again. If the gllies ise it now, thev will be treadfg a well-worn trail What the Hitlerites seem to afraid of is that the Red army advance across Bessarabia and mania to the north bank of Danube while the anglo-Saxon allies push upward through the Balkans to the south bank of that historic stream. Then togather they would fhvade Germany via Belgrade, Budapest, Vienna and Munich Mean. while, most likely, the Russians would be hammering awav at the

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Rhone, the only avenue of advaice northward, would have to be traversel befere the allies reached the old battlefields of northern Franc where they fought German 1914-18 An offensive against Ital probably knock that country the war, but the Alps would have to be crossed to reach Germany. And the Brenner pass and sthier passes are heavily fortified. The three best routes are said to be, first from the lines which the Russias are now holding: from the Bridish isles, now probably the strongest and best prepared milibase in the world, and, lastly via the Balkans—preferably with the aid of Turkey

JAPS CLAIM SUBS SINK 32,000 TONS

Br UNITED PRESS submarines sank 32.000 tons of shipping during the last of April and early May, a communique broadcast by Tokyo radio said today The communique said the ships neluded a 12.000-ton tanker sunk in the Southwest Pacific, a 12.000ton transport and an 8000-ton cargo vesse

BERLIN BOASTS AGAIN By UNITED PRESS A Berlin radio broadcast said today that the luftwaffe and anti-air-craft fire had destroyed 669 British and American planes during April, 237 of them in the Mediterranean area The report was not any allied Quarter.

Would

out of

still

tary

Japanese

of American fliers who bombed

Tokyo.

RESERVE MATERIAL LOW, JAPS WARNED

By UNITED PRESS A Tokyo industrialists compiained today that Japan's reserve of war materials is low and increased production is needed to match the United States’ output. The office of war information said Kisanosuke Yamada, administrative liead of the Mitsubishi heavy indusand of Nagoya aircraft proinction, made the admissions in a Tokyo radio broadcast Other Tokyo broadcasts reported approval by the cabinet of emerency measures to mobilize essential services efile step up preduction,

R. AF PUNISHES IAPS’ BURMA BASE

NEW DELHI May 4 (U. P). — Royal air force planes delivered two punishing attacks against Akyvab, major Japanese base in Burma, yesterday and last night while patrol fighting continued on the Arakan front, a communique said today. Bienheims escorted by Hurricanes kindled fires in Akyab yesterday morning and Hudsons went back to the attack last night. R. A. F. bombers raided enemy positions in the ground fighting area or Arakan, where the general fronts remained unchanged. Not a plane was lost in

rioc tries

and fighters

‘the operations and the communique confirmed in s

ald the crew of a plane lost Sun-

RUSSIANS REPEL GERMAN ATTACK

54 Enemy Plaries Shot Down in Dogfights Over

Caucasus. 1

May 4 (U. P)-—-The off a German nfantry attack on a Soviet bridge- | head on the west bank of the Donets below Balakleya in the Ukraine today, killing 100 enemy officers and men, while Russiart and axis air forces traded blows along the length of the front A Russian broadcast said fliers shot down 54 German planes in dogfights west of Krasnodar in the northwest Caucasus Sunday and vesterdav with Soviet losses | totalling 21 aircraft. | Russian bombers emy airdrome south of Balakieva and wrecked 12 planes the ground. the mid-day communique 2id. Two others were down in air combats over the airdrome

7 Bombers Attack

Northwest of Moscow, seven Ger man bombers attacked a Soviet battle formation west of Kalinin Gunners shot down one plane and anti-aircraft fire accounted for a second. Soviet

MOSCOW, Red army beat

Soviet

raided an enon

shot

on the Kalinin front attacked a German troop position and in hand-to-hand fighting killed 30 men and captured one heavy machine-gun and a trench mortar In the Caucasus, guns opened fire for

scouts

heavy tim:

Soviet the first

Lin recent weeks against the shrink: {ing Get i man peninsula emy

ead on the TaMore than 200 entroops were killed and fou batteries were silenced midnight communique

‘man bridget

wtiliery he Monday said. HOOSIER PAPER ov ITS DARLINGTON, Ind, May 4 (U P.) —The Darlington Herald, weekly newspaper founded in 1889 suspended publication vesterday for the duration, Charles Marshall, owner, announced. He said that manpower shortage’ prompted the suspension.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Now They Say We Shot Up Brooklyn

Br UNITED PRESS The Berlin radio charged todav that American fliers become proficient at “terror raids” by shooting up Brookiyn back home. The discovery was reported in a broadcast heard by the federal communications commission. The Berlin they had proof gunners “shot off the roofs of apartment houses” in Brook'vn. They obviously referred to the accidental discharge of an antiaircraft gun following Sunday's practice air raid alert in New York.

FORTS REPLAGED ON GUADALCANAL

AN ADVANCED AIRBASE, South Pacific, April 29 (U. P.) (Delayed) —Flying fortres chief bombing weapon in fighting at Guadalcanal, have replaced with range Liberators in area, The switch, ommand indicted cause the Liberator range and a slightly capacity than the fortress, more heavily armored. Distance is the major factor here rather than protective ability I'he fortress’ best high level bombing—also has less place here in the jungle-screened enemy bases ind scattered shipping

NEW WAR PLANT AT ET. WAYNE READY

(U. pP)

the

propagandists said that machine

ses. the the been

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the South Pacific air was made hehas a longer larger bomb whieh is

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FT. WAYNE, Ind. May 4 J. E. Keenan, manager of new plant of the National Can Corp.. Ft. Wayne, said today that eapacity production of U. 8 army supplies will be in full swing within 10 days. The building was completed last spring machinery wag not installed until recently, The plant, already producing on a small scale, will operate on three shifts, 24 hours a day

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Reich from the direction of Poland a GUISe(te. the British from the channel ports ghd allied forces from North Africa Military observers believe that wien the allies get ready to launch their second front in Europe they will attack in several places at oree’ © AFTER dave Gf relentl —perhaps as many as four or five b forces Bre established on the: 2nd much heavy Aghting Norway might be the scene of one Horthwest bf Guataloans forced ‘the attack. Western France and ands ed with. Dorthern sector to evacuate ow countries might be another in Febridary sothe t an Southern France and Italy also ave thems had ceased on exposed, and so are the Balkans On Mav 2 ih the. aftericon But geoeraphical or other reasons (Organ XBT, op WINE Jn are against the major drive coming hombed Japanese installations at Munda fh Norway or southern France [in the central Solomons. Even if Norway were occupied in Brunke Dont Bro. dive : a a AAG VIR hay on-| toto, the allies would still . he as 3 ar Lighthine WwW 3rhesk, " \C ries ling i patiro ctivity, far from Germany as they are now. It would help in dealing with U-boats in tile North Atlantic, but

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