The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-14
BALKAN REVOLT
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(Continued from Page 1) der garrisons forced the Bulgarian government to proclaim a state of siege at Skolpje, a town of 65,000 persons no miles southwest of Sofia. Other towns also were declared in a state of siege.
 Three Executed
 At Struma, 72 miles southeast of Skolpje, three men were executed for allegedly attempting to incite a revolt.
 Reports from the neutral Swedish Telegraph Agency called the Mace- donian revolt bloody" All Bulgar- ian officials have been killed in Sev- eral small towns, 1t said. The Mace donian patriots were receiving aIn- munition from "the enemy" 1t said, presumably meaning the Russians.
 Radio Berlin broadcast a trans ocena news agency report from Bud apest that death sentences had been threatened for anybody in Hungary who sheltered enemy parachutists. The threat followed recent Soviet air force raid on Budapest.
 There were authoritative reports after that raid that parachutists had been dropped. Hungarian news papers said yesterday that official investigation showed observers had mistaken parachute flares for para troop landings.
 Hundreds of Macedonian guerril- las were cooperating with the un- derground movement of Gen. Draja Mikhailovitch, patriot leader who has resisted the Axis invaders since the fall of Jugoslavia.
 Axis reports claimed that severa of the patriot bands had been trap ped after fierce skirmishes.
 Underground Leaders
 Mikhailovitch conferred last win ter with underground leaders iron Bulgaria and other Balkan coun' tries on plans to arouse a Balkan revolt. Only last week, it was dis closed that he had contracted al underground pact with Guerrilla leaders in Poland, Greece, Bulgari: and Rumania to sabotage the Axi war effort in those countries whil' his Chetnik patriots carried on il Jugoslavia.
 The aim of the five-countr! guerrilla agreement" it was sait was to embarrass the German wa effort that eventually an occupation army of 1.5O0, 900 regular occupation soldiers would be needed. ! Skolpje, on the main railway lin l from Athens to Belgrade, was under stood to be the chief center of pa . triot resistance. From there the un derground leaders organized raidini ] parties which attacked communica tions vital to the Axis. Traffic re gently was suspended on several raj lines because of sabotage. Reports reaching diplomatic guar ters in Turkey from Bulgaria sail German authorities were sendin Gestapo agents to supervise war fac
 tories and communications after
 wave of sabotage there. Bombed Bulgaria London, Sept. IA CU.P) = Radio Sofia reported today tha unidentified planes" bombed sever i. al Bulgarian points during tn night.
 The announcement. heard by tn ] United Press listening post here was attributed to the Bulgaria. . high command.
 ] (Eovlet bombeFs were active owe ] Eastern Europe during the nigh
 and were reported to have bombe
 eastern Germany. eastern Hungss! . and. according to one report. Buch ! arrest and tine PloesEl oil fields ( Runanla. Presumably the BulgaI { fan attacks were carried out eitiif , by Russian planes or by Allied aig craft, possibly including nyiil 1. foFtresaek, operating at extrenl range from the Middle EaStl. The Bulgarian high eomman
 aald that several bombs were dFop ped on "nen.nliiiaEy tafgets" ! |, Inhabited places in Bulgarian teyl taFy.
 St said that Aene of the elyllia 1. population weFe wounded. A "a