The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01
War On Many Fronts

Railway and aircraft targets in oc- cupied France, to be followed by hundreds of other formatons of AL lied planes of all types.
 The invasion pledges were given by Premier Josef V. Stalin in May Day order of the day from Moscow, and by Robert E. Sherwood of the Office of War Information in open- ing the new American broadcasting station in Europe.
 Stalin, in calling for joint blows from the east and west, promised that the Red Army would pursue the German beast and finish it of in its own lair" Sherwood told the people of occupied Europe that the hour of liberation is not far distant and that the signal to rise up agaisst the Germans would be given by General Dwight D. Eisenhower when zero hour arrived.
 Attack From South
 Sherwood intimated that the att tack would be from the south also when he said the call to strike would likewise be given by General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, Allied Commander-in-chief in the Medi- terranian. Until then, he cautioned discretion against Nad attempt to provoke premature uprisings by lies and trickery.
 Stalin's order paid tribute to the triple aid already given the Rus sian fighting front by the Allies in sending supplies, tying up German divisions in Italy and crippling Ger man war industries by bombing. He Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland to called on the people of Romania, overthrow their pro-Axis leaders and make peace with the Allies.
 As the Soviet leader issued his call, activities of the Russian air force on the dormant central front indicated the approach of a Rus sian drive towards the Baltic states and East Prussia now that the wea- ther is making the ground suitable for operations. Soviet bombers struck on Saturday night at Idritsa, railway junction facing Latvia, and previously attacked the German strong point of Orsha in White Russia.
 Another Order
 Simultaneously with Stalin's or- der, another was issued by the So- viet commander in the Far East, Col. Gen. M. Purkayev, to the troops in that area to be on the alert and hold your arms in full military pre- pardednesS' for the protection of Russia's eastern borders.
 The air offensive from Britain was accompanied by similar heavy attacks by Allied war planes based in Italy. 4 communique reported that more than 1000 American and British bombers and fighters struck railway targets and supply ports in northern Italy yesterday while hum dreds of other planes pounded lines Of communication across the center of the peninsula.
 Operations from Britain main- tained the terrific pace set in the last two weeks. The procession across the channel started at dawn and continued through the day, carrying on the work of RAF bomb- CTS during the night and an assault by from 2,O00 to 5000 planes on France yesterday. Air fields in cen- tral France and the coastal fortifi- cation across the channel were the principal targets, which ranged from Lyon in the south to the Belgian border. RAP night bonbers made heavy attacks on an ammunition dump southwest of Paris and rail- way yards in the Paris region and in northern France.
 Yug0slaVs
 Yugoslavian partisan headquarters reported that Marshal Josip (Titol Broz' forces had routed a strong German column in the first large- scale fighting across the frontier in Austria, while others repulsed a German Bulgarian attack in Mace. d0nta and started eounter-attacks. Heavy fighting also was in progress in northern Yugoslayia and around Trieste.
 Tn the Pacific, American naval vessels and bombers joined In eg. tepsiye attacks against Japanese positions along the New Guinea coast, while heavy bombers attack ed Truk and Ponape in the Caro-. lines.
 Chinese. American forces contln. ued their advance down the Mo- gaung valley in Burma towards My- ttkyina. Heavy fighting was still in progress in the Imphal-Kohima