Daily Post - 21.10.1943, Blaðsíða 4

DAILY POST
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R.A.F. Bnrraa Blitzes
Bewildered Nazis
Rabanl Japs Badiy
Hit Again
London, October 20th.
In the SW Pacific another
smashing blow against Japan-
ese air power and shipping at
Rabaul has been struck by the
Allied air force.
The communiqué from Gen.
MacArthur’s HQ to-day reports
that Mitchells’ and medium
sized bombers without escort.
made the attack yesterday after
noon.
The raid was pressed home in
spite of bad weather and heavy
. anti aircraft fire, with the re-
sult that 60 Japanese aircraft
were destroyed. In the har-
bour, one enemy destroyer, a
gunboat and a 6,000 ton cargo
vessel were sunk, and another
6,000 cargo ship probably
sunk. An enemy corvette was
set on fire. Only three Allied
planes are missing from the
raid.
During the last two raids on
Rabaul, 237 Japanese aircraft
have been destroyed.
Jff northern New Britain a
Japanese troop transport re-
ceived a direct hit yesterday
from an Allied aircraft.
In New Guinea, sharp clash-
■ es are reportéd between Jap-
anese and Australian troops
north of Finschaven. An enemy
counter-attack gained the
Japanese a little ground.
London, October 20th.
In Burma, RAF aircraft,
sweeping over a wide area yest
erday, plastered Jap communi-
cations, barracks, and air bases.
Eleven locomotives and 35 wa-
gons were damaged, and sheds
and buildings were left blaz-
ing. — All the planes returned
safely.
Advance in Italy
(Continued from page 1).
against enemy roads, railways,
troop positions and airfields, —
particularly in the Rome area,
have been made during the
last twenty-four hours.
The biggest raid yesterday
was carried out by the same
Liberator force, which some
time ago went for the Ploesti
airfields in Rumania. The Li-
berators’ target now was the
railway which hugs Italy’s Ad-
riatic coast. The raid lasted
half an hour, and the road was
left blocked in at least four
places.
Other targets yesterday in-
cluded the enemy airfields on
Crete and Cos, as well as an
enemy convoy off Crete. Two
enemy seaplanes were destroy-
ed. Only one Allied machine is
missing.
WASHINGTON: — Doctor
Meredith Burrill, director of the
United States board on geo-
graphical names, in a report to
the Secretary of Interior Har-
old Ickes, told how the Ger-
mans had fortified the wrong
town in Norway.
The report said that there
are three towns in west centr-
al Norway all named Leikang-
er. One is a small village in the
political division of More, and
the other two are in Sogn and
Fordane.
The German high command
ordered the fortification of
Leikanger in Sogn and Ford-
ane. The German commander
in that district knew only one
Leikanger — the wrong one.
He worked two years in bu-
ilding fortifications before the
new Nazi supervisor discover-
ed the error.
London, Oct. 20th.
An Admiralty communiqué
to-day announces that two Bri-
tish destroyers yesterday in the
Adriatic Sea intercepted two
Italian steamers, manned by
Germans. One they sank, and
the other they captured and
took to port.
In Reykjavík.
Today ...
AMERICAN BROADCASTS
1300—1335:News Headlines.
Music of the Opera Cavalle-
ria Rusticana. Personal Al-
bum with Helen Forrest.
1600—1713: McDonald’s San-
te Fe Trail Symphony. This
Is The U. S. A. Oklahoma.
Mail Call with Mickey Roo-
ney, Bert Lahr, C. B. De-
mille. News Headlines.
2203—2318: Fred Allen Pro-
gram. News Roundup and
Sports Page. Andre Kostel-
anetz Program.
MOVIES
NÝJA BÍÓ: “The Moon is
Down”, with Sir Cedric
Hardwicke, Dorris Bowdon
and Henry Travers.
GAMLA BÍÓ: “Wake Island”,
with Brian Donlevy, Robert
Preston, Mocdonald Carey,
Albert Dekker.
TJARNARBÍÓ: “Priorities on
Parade” with Ann Miller,
Betty Rhodes, Jerry Colonna.
Red Piocer Thrnst
(Continued from page 1).
west of Kiev. The roads to the
Ukrainian capital are littered
with dead Germans and the
wreckage of hundreds of lorri-
es, tanks and other enemy ve-
hicles.
At Piatikatka, the Russians
captured 15 trains fully loaded
with war material; 30 tanks —
including 17 “Tigers” — 170
guns; 1,300 lorries, and vast
quantities of other war materi-
al.
Moscow has revealed that in
the break-through, the Red Ar
'my completely routed the 6th
the 23rd Nazi armoured divisi-
ons; the SS division “Gross
Deutschland” and the 161 st me
chanized division.
Carelesi Talk
Gosts Lives
World’s “Flghtingest” War Macbine
Each jeep, beíore delivery, is given a thorough testing over the plant’s proving ground.