Daily Post - 23.06.1943, Blaðsíða 4

DAILY POST
Low-Level Attack on Jap Ship
Allied planes swoop in low to bomb a Japanese transport, her
decks loaded with supplies, during the Battle of thq Bismarck
Sea. Spray from a damaging near miss on the far side can be seen
amidships. This vessel, along with the rest of the 22-ship Japan-
ese convoy, was sunk by Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s Allied bomb-
ers with the loss of only four planes. Japanese loses were 12
transports, ten cruisers and destroyers, at least 72 planes and all
but a handful of 15,000 men aboard the ships.
Heavy Damage Shewn
Naples Suffers
Heaviest Attack
In the Miditerranean, North-
West African aircraft in day
and night attack have given Na
ples one of the heaviest batter-
ings this much bombed city has
ever had.
The attack began on Sunday
night, when R. A. F. Welling-
tons dropped a heavy load of
high explosives, and many
thousands of incendiaries, most
ly on the railway marshalling
yards.
This was followed yesterday
afternon by a raid by 100 Fly-
ing Fortresses, which concen-
trated on the industrial area.
Photgraphs, taken during the
raid, show 25 fires going full
blas, with a lot of new ones gett
ing started.
Among the targets hit was
the Royal Arsenal, the torpe-
do factory, and what is appar-
ently a huge oil or petrol dump,
for the pictures show a great
flash of flame about a mile in
diameter.
Other formtaions of Fortress
es went for the air stores de-
pot at nearby Cancielo, where
direct hits were scored on many
of the storehouses. In a runn-
ing battle with Axis fighters,
which lasted half an hour, three
of them were destroyed, and
seven damaged. One Fortress is
missing from all these missi-
ons.
American medium bombers
also had a busy day. They went
for the railway yards at Sal-
erno and Battipaglia, south of
Naples. The damage caused in
these attacks yesterday, say
correspondents, has gone a
long way towards disrupting
the entire railway system in
and around Naples.
In southern Italy, Middle
East aircraft have kept up their
regular blasting of the ferry
terminus by heavily attacking
both Reggio di Calabria and
San Giovanni. R. A. F. heavy
bombers put in the night att-
ack on Sunday, which was con-
tinued by American Liberators.
The mole at San Giovanni is
known to have been demolis-
hed, and other targets were
also severely hit.
The Liberators also scored a
smashing victory over some 40
Axis fighters, of which they
destroyed, without loss to them
selves.
iDgrease In Dse
0! Plastics
Plactics provide the widest
range of substitution, although
this industry does not owe its
origin or its rapied growth to
the demands of war. The ease
with which these materials may
be moulded and shaped makes
them invaluable in the construc
tion of aircraft and miltary
equipment.
Prepared by uniting simple
organic compounds, plastics are
derived from coal, petroleum
or vegetable matter. Celluoid,
the first plastic, was invented
in 1865.
The largest class of plastics
is that of the synthetic resins.
The ubiquitous Bkelite, produc
ed from phenol and formalde-
hyde, was the first of these.
Casein plastics, made from
milk, cannot be used extensi-
vely in belligerent coutries, be-
cause milk is needed for food.
Speedboat for Sele
14 feet long Equipped
with 8 Cyl. Eingine Speed
25 M. P. H. Also Surboard.
Sigurður H. Ólafsson
C. o. Fossberg, Vesturgötu.
Reconnaisance photographs
taken since Saturday’s raid on
the Le Creusot Schneider Works
show that heavy damage has
been done to rolling mills, steel
works and locomotive machine
shops.
French National
Comraittee Meets
The French Committee of Na
tional Liberation is meeting
in Algiers.
One of the chief points of dis
cussions will be the appoint-
ment of a Commander of the
French forces in North Africa,
and the reorganisation of the
French Armed Forces.
Meets ðfrican Piiots
Sir Archibald Sinclair, Brit-
ish Minister of Air, who flew
out to North Africa at the same
time as the King, has been meet
ing the pilots and ground crews
of the Air Forces, to whom, the
Minister said, is due to a large
extent the fact that the initia-
tive is now in Allied hapds.
s. . O. .. S.
Save Our Secrets
Cites Post War
Needs
The American Fedration of
Labor magazine in its June
issue published an article by
Under Secretary of State Sumn
er Welles, portions of which
follow: It seems clear that any
from of iríternational organi-
zation to function successfully
must be premised upon recogn
ition of a few cardinal princip-
les:
There must be, through inter
national agreement, a combin-
ation of armed forces made ava
ilable by powers which are pre
pared to do so which may be
used nationally or on a broad-
er scale and which can and will
prevent gression and render in
ternational conflict impossible
and generally see to it that the
peace of the world is maintain-
ed inviolate.
There must be an internation
al tribunal to which internati-
onal controversies can be re-
ferred and wherein internati-
onal confidence can safely be
placed.
There must be an efficient
international method for out-
lawing certain kinds of arma-
ments and for inspection of all
national armaments.
There must be created appro
priate practical technical organ
izations to deal with economic
and financial matters and ad-
vis members of the nations
thereon so that autarchich com
mecial and financial polices
will not be pursued by indivi-
dual powers and so that the
post-war period may be an
epoch of economic co-operati-
on with rising living standards
instead of a time of cut-throat
competition and falling living
standards for us all.
There must be a recognition
of the principle of equal sover
eignty of all states, whether
great or small.
British Naval Dance
Members of H. M. S. Batt
leaxe are tendering a dance at
the Laugavegur hut this even-
ing Music will be furnished by
R. A. F. and Icelandic bands.
Ladies are invited.
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