The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-06-14
Germany Busy
Moving Ruhr
Industry
Bases at Bremen.
kiel Visited
by Allies

(By International Sews Servicel
The dawn OF United Nations Day
today which Is also the third ami.
yersary Of the occupation OF Paris
by The Nazis found Italy nervous.
ly awaiting the expected Allied in
vasion OF Sardinia and Sicily while
Germany was speeding removal OF
its war industries from the bomb
blasted Ruhr.
The Nazicontrolled Vichy radio
was reported TO have told France
that the invasion OF Sardinia and
Sicily. Mediterranean stepping
stones between Africa and the tia
liam mainland, is imminent" as
result OF the fall Of Pantellerla and
Lampedusa.
Authoritative Report
The report OF evacuation OF war
plants and war workers from the
Ruhr came from authoritative quar-
ters in London, In the wake OF the
latest blasting OF the war.important
manufacturing city OF Bochum. in
the Ruhr Valley. and devastating as
saults on the German naval bases
Of Bremen and KEEL by American
bombeTs
Today brought lull in the ware
fare In western Europe and In the
Mediterranean as Allied air forces
prepared for the next blows at the
AXIS, Gen Dwight y. Eisenhower's
I NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. only recon
| Nuisance flights The only re-
port OF air activity over Europe
came from DNB. Official German
news agency. which said single
British planes appeared over north
ern and western Germany during
the night but dropped no bombs.
On The Pacific front, Gen. Dol-
glas Macarthur headquarters an
nounced another heavy assault on
Rabaul. New Britain. major Japa-
neSe base north OF Australia. The
Rabaul attack came in the wake
Of second Allied air victory within
a week in the Solomons area, in
which at least % OF approximately
20 Zero fighter planes were knock
ed out in combat over the Ameri-
oan-held Russell Islands
The latest assault on Rabaul was
concentrated on the Nanakanau
Airdrom. where recent Allied rec
onnaissanIe disclosed at least 2Il
enemy warplaneA were based.
Attacking at night, Allied heavy
bombers plaster ID the field with
30 tons of high explosive and in
cendiary bombs for Two solid hours.
Japanese anti.aircrsft guns and
searchlights we're active. but not a
single Allied bomber was lost,
Fires Visible
Fires visible for 80 miles we're
kindied as great bombers Of Gen.
| MacArthur's command rained eS-
plosiyes on he enemy airfield's rum
ways and on parked planes In dis
persal areas.
But Rabaul was not the only Jap
aness base IN the Southwest Pacinc
10 reel under Allied air attacks.
Formations OF medium bombers
/ bombed Nipponese bases at Dill
and kgpang. at opposite ends or
Timor Island Attack planes bomb
ed and slrafed tracks and trails
near enemy held komlatum, New
Guinea Single Allied bombers
bombed Nipponese airhelds At Lac,
New Guinea and Gasmata on New
! Britain Island
Japanese planes made two small
"a ids on Allied territory in New
Guinea. al Coma and Port Moresby,
without caIsing damage.
In Russia Moscow announced
still further air attacks on strate-
zic rail functions behind the GER
man lines Nazi bases at Gomel,
Brvansk and ksrachey were as
saulfed for the third successive
night bv Soviet airmen flying big
bombers probably including
+ American Flying Fortresses flown
TO the Russian front from Iran.
In special communia1e. the So
Wet high command said the Ger
man nei1 ldll ttuirIH iO'hcu '"
violent explosions "a the Russian
airmen hurled bombs down on am
munition dumps and trains. Only
Two OF the hombers failed TO return.
Destroy Aircraft
Moscow announced that Russian
planes and anti-aircraft guns de-
stroyed a4S German aircraft during
the violent air hehting OF the week
ending Saturday. Russian air
losses in the same period were 1873,
giving the Red air force a four-to-
one victory for the week.
The Russian figures showed to-
tai Of 1859 Nazi warplanes de-
stroyed since the beginning OF May.
not counting those blasted on the
ground
The Moscow noon communicate
said many Germans were wiped out
and much booty setled on the front
west Of RostoY. land. gateway 20
the Caucasus. only minor activi-
" was reported west Of Moscow.
where the Algiers radio said Rus
sian forces had captured velizh.
ESQ miles from the Russian capital.