Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1943 — Page 2

ALLIES CAPTURE

MANY PRISONERS

Axis Forces Isolated on Peninsula and in

Tunisian Hills.

(Continued from Page One) Gen. Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander,

personally directed the final phases

of the lightning 36-hour offensive that engulfed both Tunis and Bizerte within five minutes of one another yesterday. Eisenhower has now returned to allied headquarters. Simultaneously, it was disclosed that Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr, tank expert and commander of the 2d U. S. corps, has been transferred to another important command and replaced by Maj. Gen. Omar N. Bradley of Missouri. Bradley took over the command of the 2d corps following its transfer from southwestern Tunisia to the northern front and directed the

successful assault on the great naval!

base of Bizerte. Air Power Evident

(Patton, known to his troops as “Old Blood and Guts” because of

| being rounded up by the thousands as allied troops crushed pockets of resistance isolated by the thunderbolt 21-mile British tank thrust from a point northeast of Med jez El Bab to Tunis. Completely cut off were the fieeing remnants of the garrison of Bizerte as well as German and | Italian troops still holding out at Tebourba and Djedeida. Tunis and Bizerte, Tunisia'’s; largest cities and both strong points; expected to put up stiff resistance,] fell within five minutes of one] another soon after 4 p. m. yesterday. Isolated street fighting continued through nightfall even this had ceased.

Bizerte a Good Harbor

One of the biggest surprises of the whole Tunisian campaign was the ease with which the 2d U. S. corps and co-operating French troops

seized Bizerte, whose land approaches are guarded by hills honeycombed with defense works. But frightful aerial pounding for days had done its work.

Bizerte harbor can accommodate

late afternoon, but by|

DEAD BE GREETS YANKS

Axis Troops and Civilians Gone as U. S. Troops Enter ‘Stronghold.’

By C. R. CUNNINGHAM United Press Staff Correspondent BIZERTE, May 7 (¢ P. M) (U. P.).—The first Americans entered this supposed last stronghold of the axis in Tunisia at 4:15 p. m. today. | There was little resistance, the pre-

liminary aerial and artillery bom- |

'bardment apparently having done! the work of saturating the vaunted | German defenses. | The city apparently had been de|serted by its civilian population and by its defenders as well be{cause there was only a scattering of enemy fire. The American commanders believed that the German rear guard, knowing the show was over, were saving their ammunition. German 88's barked a few times. American detachments moved out at once to silence them. The first Americans to enter was a reconnaissance company. I accompanied it. Then at dusk, came the American tanks and their 75's soon mopped up what little was left in

toughness and daring tactics, (1o combined fleets of Britain and the way of resistance in this key

presumably would play a leading | role in coming Mediterranean landing operations. He is one of the ablest and experienced American field commanders.) Hundreds of allied bombers, fighter-bombers and fighters were} mercilessly bombing and strafing Italo-German troops and vehicles clogged with troops, destroying many vehicles and starting numerous fires. Eisenhower’s communique yeported the allies were enjoying |

| the United States and because of | | its natural defenses is considered in many respects as great a stronghold | as Gibraltar. It is only 145 miles] | from Sicily and its airfields are within two hours flying time of Rome. With a population of 20,000 persons, Bizerte is the second largest city in Tunisia. a 35-mile advance in 15 days across |extremely rugged terrain. The starting point of the Americans was|

“complete mastery of the air” and|,5 0c west to Mateur, wose yo

were meeting no effective opposition.

| ture unhinged the whole axis de- | fense in northern Tunisia. One

Its fall climaxed] "Te a from Rome.

naval base and beautiful Mediterranean city which normally has a population of 20,000 persons. Six months ago tonight I watched Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower direct the start of this campaign, the American landing in French North Africa, that now has culminated with the capture of this strategic city only a couple of hours by

To all intents and purposes, the African campaign is over.

Cunningham’s dispatch indicated the thoroughness with which allied

Ranging ahead of the British, oi. column drove through aerial might, aided in the latter

Ist army, allied bombers, fighter-|

Ferryville, athwart swampland be- |

stages, softened Bizerte for easy

bombers and fighters sank 17 ships, | |tween Lake Bizerte and Achkel, capture by ground forces.

get fire to a destroyer, scored hits | on several other vessels and blasted | dock installations in the gulf and) harbor of Tunis yesterday. This brought the two-day toll of] enemy shipping to 42 ships and five destroyers sunk or damaged.

Sicily Bombed

Other planes swept northward to] the Sicilian ports of Trapani and| Marsala to bomb docks and shipping. The axis made:no attempt to de- | fend either Tunis or Bizerte once! the allies had pierced their outer] defenses, despite earlier claims that the Germans would make a “Tu-| nisgrad” stand to the bitter end. Front dispatches told of dispirited Italian and German soldiers waiting in the streets of both cities to surrender. Some protested that they were sick of the war and said: We're not Nazis.” The Germans blew up many ingtallations before they fled.

Acknowledge Defeat

(The Italian communique today acknowledged the fall of Tunis and Bigerte. The German communique said Bizerte had been evacuated but street fighting continued in Tunis.) Allied authorities said overWhelming allied air and naval superiority would make it impossible for the axis to evacuate more than 2 few of the men from their rapidly shrinking toehold on the African continent. Thus, except for what appeared to be primarily a mopping-up operation, the allies had won the battle of Tunisia exactly six months after American troops first went ashore on the coasts of Algeria and Moroc€0. German and Italian prisoners were

Your Health

Splint Is Demanded If Fracture Is Suspected

First aid knowledge comes into

days beeause of the scarcity of doctors.

In the case of fractures, the to prepare the injured person for protect him in so doing.

First ald best serves its purpose in simple fractures.

fractures require more elaborate care. Simple fractures mean broken bones without pn of the skin. When i the skin is intact, the danger of infection is eliminated, and this | fact greatly simplifies the problem of treatment. There are no sympto ms common to fractures. Dr. Masters Many fractures do not immediately cause a loss of function of the broken part.

“Useless” Theory Wrong

The erroneous belief that. a | * fracture prevents the use of a part has often resulted in delayed care and impaired healing.

Oceasiormally there is little pain or swelling. Typically, the pain is considerable at the site of the break, and even gentle pressure sharply aggravates it. Swelling develops rapidly, and as blood is released from the point of fracture, discoloration beneath the skin, becomes evident. When the fracture breaks the bone in two parts, a deformity as compared with the similar structure on the opposite side of the body may be observed. Occasionally the patient has the bone crack. Ofter he

g Mother's Day" Sunday,

larmy’s assault on Tunis developed

| British had captured Massicault, 16

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| while another drove along the north {shore of Lake Achkel in conjunction with a French coastal force.

Captured Massicault The final stage of the British 1st]

even more rapidly. After removing a threat to their left flank by reducing blood-soaked Djebel Boy Aoukaz, 11 miles northeast of Med- | Jez El Bab, the 1st army began {their advance toward Tunis early | Thursday under cover of a 400-gun artillery barrage and the most dev- | astating aerial assault ever unleashed cn a battle front. By mid-afternoon Thursday, the miles west of Tunis. Friday morning, British tanks overwhelmed a force of 60 German tanks at St. Syprien, four miles to the east, and | pushed on to Le Bardo, junction of {five roads on the outskirts of Tunis itself, where the last axis show of resistance was quickly put down. Tunis, ancient lair of the barbary pirates, is a city of 200,000 with an excellent commercial: harbor. 5,

A Futile Gesture

The enemy now appeared to be withdrawing hastily behind a line stretching from a point a few miles southeast of Tunis southwesterly across the hills above the Tunis plain to 2Zaghouan, whose namesake peak, towering 4000 feet, is the highest in Tunisia. From Zaghouan, the line probably will curve southeasterly to Bou Ficha.

LONDON HAS AIR ALARM

LONDON, May 8 (U. P.).—London had a one-hour air raid alert today—its first daylight alarm since| April 18—but the city was not at-| tacked. A few planes approaching the Thames estuary caused it.

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practical and maximum use nowa-

real function of the first aider is transportation to the hospital, and

Compound

makes the diagnosis himself. When a fracture is suspected, the function of the first aider is to immobilize the part affected with a splint. This may be a board, a pillow, or—not to be forgotten—an ambulance stretcher. The advice of the patient is valuable in splinting with the maximum of comfort and the minimum of harm.

‘Ounce of Prevention’

Only rarely do people with simple fractures have to be treated for shock. Such splinting prevents further damage and contributes immeasureably to the patient’s comfort. When a hospital is reachable, the patient should be taken there. Modern care necessitates the use of X-ray equipment and apparatus usually available only in hospitals. If the arm is involved, the patient may be taken in a private car. Those who are now trained to first aid measures may well devote some thought to prevention. Most accidents are preventable, and a continuous barrage of propaganda against carelessness brings continued good results. Three to ten weeks are ordinarily required for fractures to heal, with the very best of first aid and subsequent treatment. It takes only a second or two to remove toys from stairways, turn on the light. and fasten small rugs

It was, at the start of the campaign, the most strongly fortified harbor in Africa, its land approaches guarded by hills honey-combed with defense works and equipped with huge coastal guns commanding both the sea and the land behind. The best fortification experts of France had constructed its defenses before the war with the idea of making it impregnable.

BUTLER COEDS FACE SPRING RESTRICTION

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building (beyond the west tower) on the second floor. 2. No women students those attending classes in mathematics and home economics are permitted at any time in the west wing of the building (beyond the west toweD) on the third Teg 3. Wolnen ‘students fe nét nermitted to use the stairs landings and benches above the first floor in the west tower. (No mention was made directing the movements of women faculty members.) And the coed who pays no heed to the directives, and is ‘“‘cotched in the act” of violating them, will receive a warning for the first offense. Disciplinary probation will follow for a repeate performance of indiscretion. According to Dean Ward “the type of sociability which has been occurring is distracting to the army | Istudents, interferes with military |regulations and is in poor social taste. “In addition it is extremely inconsiderate of women students to detain cadets in conversation, as they receive demerits if observed by their officers,” she wrote. “Army regulations forbid sociability, except brief greetings, between cadets and Butler women in the building and on the campus. The university accordingly requests that Butler women at all times exchange only very short conversations (if any), with army cadets and that they avoid all lingering with cadets about the building or anywhere on- the campus.”

PYLE CAMPAIGN FOR © MAY ENDS TUESDAY

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cigarets with $58.30, by -all three shifts of department 359, Allison

division, General Motors Corp., and 22,800 cigarets with $57, by the vibrator and yaxly department of P. R. Mallory Co., Inc. Also, 22,000 cigarets with $55, by all three shifts in departments 356 and part of the first shift of department 319B at Allison division, General Motors Corp, and 20,500 cigarets with $51.25, by Allison's department 372. Employees of the Railway Service & Supply Corp. and employees of the Doddridge-Beck Co. at Milton, Ind, each contributed $50 to uy 20,000 cigarets. The cigaret fund was started when Ernie Pyle wrote from Africa citing the need for cigarets in the battle areas. Readers demanded that some action be taken so The Times co-operated. Here is how the plan works: The Times has arranged with major cigaret companies to purchase cigarets for shipments overseas—at 5 cénts a pack. They will be sent to any theater of war outside continental United States. In place of the federal stamp, there will be a sticker on each package reading: “The Indianapolis Times’ Ernie Pyle Cigaret Fund.” If any firm, group or group of

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employees contributes $50 or more, their names also will be placed on the sticker. If you desire to contribute, anything from a nickel on up, mail or | bring your contribution to The In-

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Legion to Hold | Big Bond Drive Parade Sunday

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sions will move south’ from the starting point, Pennsylvania and St. Clair sts. at 2 p. m. A reviewing stand will be on the west steps of the federal building with ranking army and marine officers and Legion high officials invited to watch the parade from there.

lice on white bicycles, forming the famous “I” to break a path for the marchers, will be in the first division. Describing the parade as one

which will “far exceed any Legion |convention or world war II parades Indianapolis has witnessed,” the parade marshal, James C. Ahern, pointed out that the band of the Canadian Legion will travel hundreds of miles to be a part of it. The Indiana State band, repre-

led by Carl Preble, New Castle, will march. Legionnaires in this band, professionals in some of the most widely-known AEF bands of world war I, played with Sousa and other famous leaders. Others entered include uniformed color guards from Muncie post 19, Marion post 10, Tipton post 46, Whiting post 80, Gary post 17, Crown Point post 20, Columbia City post 98, Brownsburg post, Hartford City, Richmond, Shelbyville, East Chicago post 78 and Gagy posts 214 and 270. About 900 will come from Lake county, and 40 and 8 box cars will be included: The usual route for parade in downtown Indianapolis will be followed, south on Pennsylvania st. to Washington st., west on Washington to illinois st., north on Illinois to Market st., east on Market to the Circle, and around the Circle to North Meridian and disbandment at Meridian and St. Clair sts.

HINT INVASION THIS SUMMER

For First Time Since Campaign Started.

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together with alleged American re-

attacks. It is obvious from axis reports that they fear an imminent attack on the Dodecanese. The Germans have taken over the Dodecanese defense organization and it is reported that they evacuated virtually the entire civil population, especially Greeks, who comprise the bulk of the islanders. The biggest puzzle to Hitler is whether the allies plan a coincidental blow against north Europe as soon as the Mediterranean attack is launched. The Germans obviously are most concerned about Norway despite the fact that the lengthy daylight season already has un to make the approach of any allied invasion fleet most difficult.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather Burean

All Data in Central Wartime Sunrise...... 5:37 | Sunset TEMPERATURE (May 8, ee Sp Mol 83 Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7:30 a. m. 1. 2

Total precipitation since Jan. 1...... 9.3 Deficiency since Jan. 1 4.75

The folowing table shows the temperature in other cities:

Atlanta

DONORS

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All three shifts Dept. 359

Employees of the Gates Mfg. Co

Haight, Davis & Haight Inc Employees of Hendren Printing Co

Illinois Bldg

Jean Mundell Please Do Not Mention My Name

Mrs. Robbins

Grace Simmons Mis Stella Roberts

inforcements, have been assembling | in Syria for eastern Mediterranean |

A contingent of Indiana state pos

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Allies Ahead of Schedule

Members of Local B-1048....... cisened

Allison division General Motors Corp..... dhais Vibrator & Yaxly Dept, P. R. Mallory Co All three shifts Dept. 355, also part of dept. 319-B 1st shift, Allison division General Motors Corp. Dept. 372 Allison division General Motors Corp. Employees of Railway Service & Supply Corp. Employees of the Doddrige Beck Co, Milton, Ind.

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ORDERED BY OPA

10 Per Cent Slash Made in!

Meat, Coffee, Butter

Retail Costs.

WASHINGTON, May 8 (U. P).— The government today began meeting labor's demands for a lower cost

of living by ordering a 10 per cent

cut in the retail prices of beef, veal, pork, lamb, mutton, butter and coffee, and indicating that a roll-back ranging to 30 and 40 per cent in the price of canned and fresh vegetables would follow. The 10 per cent price cuts on seevn major food items will become effective June 1. But once machinery for rolling back prices is

set in motion, an OPA spokesman said, it can be used on any item within a few days.

The present objective of Price)

Administrator Prentiss Brown, who announced the roll-back program last night, is said to be return of the cost of living to the Sept. 15, 1942, level by July 1. The cost of living has increased 26 per cent since last September and OPA hopes to reduce it by 2.5 per cent during the next two months. Food Affected Most

“The greatest increases are present in the food line,” an OPA spokesman said. “That is where OPA will strike and strike hard. We expect to knock the price of fresh vegetables down 30 per cent, and in some cases, 40 per cent.” Reductions in many prices will be effected next Monday by imposition of new dollars-and-cents ceilings. The roll back in June is expected to make these additional savings to consumers: Beef and veal, 3 cents a pound: pork, 4 cents a pound; butter between 4 and 5 cents a pound; coffee, about 3 cents a pound.

Bring Your Own Girdles—or Else!

WASHINGTON, May 7 (U. P). —The war department is not buying girdles and brassieres for the WAACs any more, so new recruits have to bring their own or go without, WAAC officers said tonight. Showing complete indifference to apparel usually considered “essential,” the department is not even furnishing allowances for these items. One WAAC said she understood

whether they were satisfactory. WAACs will don their summer uniforms May 15.

REPORT 5 HOOSIERS

KILLED IN ACTION

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Otto Schultheis, was killed in the line of duty. He was last reported on subchaser duty in the South Pacific.

Prisoners

PERSONS listening to a Berlin short wave broadcast have notified Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Smith that their son, Pvt. James O. Smith, was among Americen prisoners “interviewed.” Pvt. Smith referred to a fellow prisoner, believed to be Vaughn Deardorf, Mooreland, in his broadcast. The parents have been advised by the war department that their son is missing. » s »

The war department has notified Mrs. Ruby Austin, New Albany, that her husband, Sgt Frank Austin, is a German prisoner. He was last reported in North Africa.

Honored

Capt. William H. Wemmer, husband of Mrs. Marie Wemmer, 5260 N. Meridian st., has been awarded the Purple Heart for

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A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

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China’s “Rice bowl” in the hope of knocking China out of the war by

| starvation.

Fourth Term Unpopular

Pulse-feeling trips by S-H reporters, covering most of the country, net these conclusions: Political trend still runs against Roosevelt. Fourth term is unpopular though there's widespread belief it will come to pass. Wallace on the ticket would be clear liability. Willkie could corral most votes against “the champ.” Most popular war administrator is Jeffers; it seems to be due to

for like men who get things done. Most unpopular individual throughout the country: John L. Lewis.

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Outlook for the Ruml plan is brighter. Best informed sources here think it will pass—or something very close to it. - =” 5 ” ” ” Look for another out-burst from Jeffers. Order creating the office of civilian requirements in WPB gave OCR final authority over civilian requirements for rubber, power to review Jeffers’ decisions. Jeffers is not pleased; Nelson may have to back-track—again. » 5 2 ” » »

Something stronger than the Connally anti-strike bill will pass the house. House members, sore at the senate for pigeon-holing its Smith anti-strike bill and other labor-control measures, may get even by substituting the Smith bill for the Connally bill. House military affars commiittee is expected to act Tuesday. Meanwhile, house labor committee, long inactive, begins hearings next week on Landis bill requiring labor unions to make semi-annual financial reports to the government and on the Woodruff bill barring aliens from becoming unoin officials. Latter is aimed at Harry Bridges. 8 2 n i ” ” ”

Price ceilings on meat and gradings on which they are based may be wiped out if OPA Administrator Brown accedes to request from house interstate and foreign commerce committee, which wants all grade labeling and standardization orders, issued or about to be issued, suspended till after hearings scheduled for May 24. Request wasn’t aimed at that—but may apply, officials say. » 2 LJ os

Paper Drive to Start Again

WASTE PAPER collection drive will start again soon, though officials dread it. Paper shortage is due mostly to manpower shortage, and salvaged material won't meet all needs. ” ” 2 Members of house military affairs committee are privately skeptical over advisability of contempt citation against Mystery Man John P. Monroe (Kaplan) of the big red house on R st. in Washington, They doubt whether contempt action could be made to stick against a defense of bad memory. Meanwhile, certain officials are chagrined that they made unnecessary explanations about visiting the Monroe mansion, since committee is giving social life on R st. the once-over-lightly, and is protecting big names. And committee members say they'd have done it more lightly still if Monroe hadn't made himself into a mystery man by refusing to talk. » ” ” 2 ” ”

Colleagues say Rep. Everett M. Dirksen's trip to Chicago to attend anti-isolationist gathering was the start of his 1944 campaign to unseat Senator Scott Lucas (D. Ill). Republican Dirksen has become a leader of the house G. O. P. strategy board. But his vote was missed on the Ruml tax plan for which G. O. P. leadership was plugging. Three more votes would have put it over. ” ” ” ” ”

Add politics: Some American Legionnaires see National Commander Roane Waring as a Democratic dark horse from the South for the 1944 presidential or vice presidential nomination. Since returning from a sight-seeing tour of the African front he has been making numerous speeches on the war—and on John L. Lewis, ¥ 4 # 8 8 8 Sentiment grows in congress for government subsidies to hold down prices. Some members of the house Republican committee to investigate food problems have been converted, G. O. P. has, so far, favored the fam-bloc-farm-bureau plan for puncturing price ceilings, instead. Coal crisis helps change their minds. ¥ #4 #4

Anti-Poll Tax Fight Again

HOUSE 1S SURE to pass the anti-poll tax bill again, when it comes up May 24 under discharge petition. But in the senate there'll be another filibuster by Southerners (similar to strategy which licked the bill in 1042) 2 ” ” ” Tolan committee on war migration is about to get a new lease on life, but with admonition te narrow its operations, bring in no more recommendations for over-all revision of the war production set-up. Meanwhile, senate is displaying new interest in the Pepper-Kilgore bill—to set up the same office of war mobilization the Tolan committee recommended. Dissatisfaction is mounting at the way production set-up has been functioning (row over civilian supplies, row over high octane gas-rubber priorities, and half a dozen others.) Last year administration fought the Kilgore-Pepper bill, wanted nothing to do with its super-administrator over all other war agencies. But signs point to a change here, also, if Maloney civilian-supplies bill passes. Complete shakeup of war agencies, particularly WPB, might be the way out. # ” ” ” G. O. P. congressmen are gathering data in home districts on NYA training for war industries; hope to make a case with it to abolish NYA or drastically cut its funds.

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‘PLAN AERIE SERVICE FOR MOTHER'S DAY

The annual Mother's day services of the Indianapolis Aerie of Eagles will be held at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow

in the Eagles hall. The program has been planned by James W. Jones and the arrangements committee. Jacob L. Smith will give the invocation.

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service with the U. S. army air forces. Capt. Wemmer, who is 41, entered the air forces in May, 1942, as a first lieutenant. He was advanced to his present rank several months ago. He serves in a specialist position with the flying personnel. Prior to his entry into the armed forces he practiced law with his associates, John G. Rauch and James R. Chase, in the Fletcher Trust building. Capt. and Mrs. Wemmer have three daughters, Hildegard, Barbara and Gretchen, all of whom live at home.

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TUNISIAN GIRLS

KISS TOMMIES

Pelt Victors With Flowers; Germans Depart Without Real Fight.

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months after the start of the came paign, Promptly at 12:32 p. m. (Friday), a British 25-pounder gun on the nearby plains pumped six token shells into Tunis “for historical purposes only” and brought to an

end the axis dreams of conquest in Africa. A lowering smoke pall hung over the city and the first few drops of a heavy shower were falling as British tanks and armor moved into the outskirts about 2:45 this aftere noon, There were a few brief brushes as the tanks converged and a few shots were audible in the town. But the bulk of the German forces had run out two hours before and the stragglers were surrendering. Six gave up to me. They came up grinning with their hands in the air. They told me they stayed behind purposely. “We're no Nazis,” said one. I reached the center of the city with one of the first reconnaissance groups and the traffic was like Fifth ave. before gas rationing, A Gere man motorcyclist walked out and gave himself up to a tank. A scout car passed us loaded with German prisoners, including two doleful looking brigadier generals. The troops couldn't take care of all of them.

YANKS CONTINUING ALEUTIAN ATTACKS

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with a view to softening up enemy positions. Since March 1, Kiska has been subjected to 215 air attacks, with as many as 15 being carried out in a single day. If the reoccupation attempt is made, observers said, it will have to come during the next month or two when the Aleutians weather moderates. The weather, at best, is seldom good. It will not be an easy operation to take Kiska, or even Attu, the other Japanese base, 172 miles west of Kiska, The enemy is well dug-in, There is a submarine base there and the enemy's submarines could provide some degree of protection against a sea invasion force. The enemy also has strong anti-aircraft protection and probably shore gun emplacements. . But an invasion force would have . the advantage of a protective air. umbrella operating from nearby . Amchitka. ! Without those islands, their northe ernmost base would be at Para: mushiru, "in the Kuriles islands. There is a naval base there, which would be in easy flying range of heavy bombers—816- miles from Amchitka. Amchitka is 1927 nautical miles from Tokyo, outside the radius of

laction of present Liberator and

Flying Fortress bombers with full bomb loads. But it is within the theoretical operating range of the most mods« ern American heavy bombers now building which are understood to have vastly greater range. Those new type bombers have not yet been reported in action.

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