The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-03
Military Use of City Will
Determine Allied Reaction;
Germans Resisting Bitterly
Russian Bases
Opened to
Yanks
BY Dwight Pitkin

Inc l y. and British govern
mentS put on the Nazis today the
responsibility Of spArIng Rome.
The command in Naples ammo need
tn Allies will only take military
action against Rome In so far as
the Germans use the city. railways
and roads for their military pur-
poses
The announcement followed
Pope Plus declaration yesterday
I At whoever dared raise a hand"
against the eternal city would
be guilty OF matricide"
m the Germans choose To defend
Rome the Niles Will be obligated
to take appropriate military meas
ures TO eject them" the y. s..Brit.
ish announcement said. 1T there.
fore is the sincere hope OF HtA
'ajeSty's government and thu Unit.
ed States government that the
enemy will not make Such an III.
considered choice.
Resist Bitterly
TodsyS communique disclosed
the Germans we're resisting bitter
ly in the Alban Hills defense Inc
below Rome. Although the towns
OF Nelletri and Nalmontone have
been taken by troops OF the Fifth
Army after heavy nghting the enc
ny's defense positions la this sec
tor have not yet been broken
the communidue said. The peas-
tration into the enemys position
north OF Nelletri has however been
enlarged The enemy $ defenses
are In considerable depth and hrm
resistance " being encouraged
AS the Allies pressed their drive
10 trap and destroy German mill
tAry forces in Italy. the aerial Of
fensiye against Hitlers Euro
assumed grander proportions than
ground operations The assaults
from skyways against the contn-
ent deyelopC into three-wgy
stran2lehold from Britain the Med
iterranean and Russia.
USe Soviet Bases
The dramatic arrival Of T. &.
bombers and fighters al secretly
prepared L s bases in Russia yes
terday disclosed that the first vest
east shuttle bombing bringing far
flung portions of the Nazi domain
un err precision bombing had been
a ;ompliShed. The operation. car
ried out by a large force OF strate-
Rlc bombers and fighters from Italy
against RomAnian targets selected
by Russia established Joint onen.
siye operations with the Red Air
Force. The planes seryiced at the
Russian bases for another attack
on Axis targets en- route back to
their starting bases.
Allied planes from Britain again
attacked Hitler's western wall to-
day carrying the current aerial
offensive into its sixteenth day.
More than 500 Raj bombers al.
tackled west wall defenses and rail
facilities last night
Register Gains
Allied forces in the Asistic thea
ter OF war slashing hard at Japas
nese forces registering gains in
Burma and India while American
troops on Biak Island in the South
west Pacific we're getting poised
for new thrusts at the enemy.
Americans and Chinese attack
ing from three sides are making
gains within and outside the north
Burma Japanese base OF Myitkyina.
Driving from the northwest one
column gained nearly a mile in
face OF stir opposition while in
the southern part OF the town it.
SELF. Allied troops inched forward
800 yards.
The Allied communi1ue said
British Chindit troops killed 200
Japanese before they withdrew
from a road block between NIGGA
ung and Myitkyina This BROUGHT
the claimed total for the Chindits
to at least 1900 japanese killed
tn S far in the Burma campaign.
In drive TO make contact with
the Allies in the Myitkyina sector.
the Chinese high command an
nounced 10000 American trainer
Chinese trooDs were advancing
through rain. mud and mist. These
Chinese troops, driving from the
Salween Piver area OF Nunnsn.
smashed strongly defended Japa-
nese positions north OF the Burma
Rd. The fighting in this move was
bitter.
It. Gen. joseph ". stilwells
communique said Chinese troops
in the Salween River area north
q Rrrma I'd gained the outskirts
of Chiaotou. where fierce fighting
is now IN progress
In their Human offensive the
I4ranese have captured two strong
points east Of Changteh and north
Of Changsha. This places the enc
NY % miles east Of ChangteI.
scene NJ last years bitter rice
bowl battle.
American troops on Biak Island.
I'm the SchoItsn Islands OF Dutch
Vow Cu'rea. wera rni7'orcsd TO
ray 80 fighting lulied into patrol