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No. 195. DAILY fr BROOKLYN, N. FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1943 Tell Italians: JUlSUV. Ekaffile.

IRigs foir GcofconiicB; Hiviesf $ock Roosevelt-Churchill Message to Italians 'v'M II tt Sf 1 A l(ltn 1 1 I ik, m. I 4 i ft FROSCH INDICTED Die for Mussolini Or Live for Italy Pamphlets Demand IN NUMBERS RACKET Wall Street Fieirc iNleip U. S. TO YIELD LEPKE FOR EXECUTION Justice Department Reverses Stand After 'inconsistency' Is Hit Louis (Lepke) Buchalter will be surrendered by Federal authorities to be sentenced to death in the elec- by the', New. York State Court of Appeals on Tuesday, the Brooklyn Eagle was informed reliably today.

This change of faoe on the part of the Department of Justice, whch ha been stubbornly refusing to surrender the Brownsville killer, came about as a result of action of the Court of Appeals, which communicated with the Department of Justice, calling' it attention to the "inconsistency" of its recent action. With the highest State court's views before It, the Department 'of Justice decided to reverse it stand, most recently exemplified yesterday in a letter to Acting Continued en Page 7 18,000 Prisoners Captured In Sicily, Yanks Got 12,000 London, July 18 (U.B An Exchange Telegraph dispatch lrom Allied North African headquarter today said that 18,000 Axis prisoners have been captured in Sicily, 12,000 of them by Americans. Washington, July 16 SUNDAY Tb, CffiaiTjno ALLIES SMASH PAST VIZZIMI IN BIG PUSH Take Over 20,000 Captives in Hardest Fight of Campaign Allied Headquarters, North Africa, July 16 U.R) The fiercest battle of the Sicilian campaign raged only 15 miles south of the east coast port of Catania today, after Allied forces had smashed through VizzinI in a see-saw battle on the central front and Amerl cans seized the road junction of Canicattl on the western flank. Capturing more than 20,000 prisoners and many tanks and guns, the Allied offensive surged forward against increasingly desperate Axis resistance as General Montgomery's 8th army fought its way into the Lentinl area on the edge of the Catania Plain and beat back heavy counter-blows in which the Nazi Hermann Goering division suffered severely. (Delayed dispatches from Sicily said Gen.

Dwight D. Eisenhower was at the front but it was not immediately clear whether these reports referred to his earlier visit.) Monty Smashes Naais Montgomery, who told, correspondents he was "quite satisfied" with progress so far, hurled his veterans northward from Augusta to the mountainous and narrow Lentinl front, where the enemy had massed considerable strength for a counter-attack. The re-formed Nazi 15th Panzer division as well as the Goering division were in action but the 8th army smashed back every Con tinned on Pago Veronica Lake, Saddened By Baby's Death, Gains Hollywood, July 18 (U.R) Veronica Lake gained strength today despite her grief over the death of her prematurely bom son, Anthony Detlie. The child, born July 8, died yesterday of "prematurity," Dr. Raymond McBurney, the film star's physician, said.

and Prime Minister Churchill today served on the Italian people a life-or-death demand that they overthrow their leaders and make peace or suffer the consequences of invasion and total wai; at home. President Roosevelt The text of the message from to the people of Italy foUoiosr Prime Minister Churchill the President and the Prime Minister I "At this moment the combined' armed forces of the United States and Great Britain under the command of General Eisenhower and his deputy, General Alexander, are carrying the way deep into the territory of "Die for Mussolini and Hitler or live for Italy, and for civilization." That was the keynote of the message carried to Italians by all available United Nations radio stations as millions of pamphlets, bearing the ultimatum, were dropped by Allied air forces over the length and breadth of the Italian peninsula. The message clearly threatened invasion of the mainland presumably as soon as Sicily is in hand unless Italy surrenders. "The time has come for you to decide whether Italians shall die for Mussolini and Hitler or live for Italy, and for Raid (UP) President Roosevelt was set, Mr. Roosevelt and people but one alternative to be blockbusters tomorrow.

are threatened by "the great Continued on Page 4 Kiska Japs Shelled 5th Time in a Row Washington, July 16 (U.R) A light C. S. surface craft bombarded Japanese positions on Kiska again yesterday morning, the navy announced today. That was the fifth shelling thi. month of the Japanese positions on Kiska, only remaining enemy base in the Aleutians.

The enemy did not return the fire. Navy officials refused to say whether there was any particular target, especially in Gertrude Cove, which U. S. forces were especially anxious to subdue. However, the number of sheliings indicate that strong enemy shore installations are located there.

WHERE TO FIND IT fata Natal it Oaitaariea 14 Farratt 11 Fattoraa Kadi 11 Baal Batata 4 Saeiatr a Sparta Taka Mr Ward 11 Tkaatara 1 1 Tnaa Wanca It Taakar Fan IS 15-14 II 15 1 (-1 11 -S 11 rltrt Cranwart Dr. Brady Editorial Fltkllu Mm Financial Galna Flaaan Orla ant Sm Kama Frant Hat-aica Lattar Oat Uadlar Dncla 5 Want Ads fftMW It IS MaTlea Matte civilization." Although no time limit Churchill offered the Italian capitulation to suffer "the tragic devastation of war." The message emphasized that the air over Italy Is dom inated by vast numbers of Allied planes. They were dropping pamphlets today, but It could And the Italian seacoasts Attorney Blames Testimony Against Cops for Dilemma' Abraham Frosch, 28, of 2728 Kings Highway, former ball bond wizard, was indicted and arraigned today before County Judge Taylor on charges of operating the numbers racket and conspiring with others to contrive a lottery. His attorney, former Assistant Attorney Michael Kern, told tha court that hla present "dilemma, Was brought about by revenge because of his testimony against crooked and corrupt police officers during the Amen investigation. Judge Taylor held Frosch without bail.

No dfete for trial was set. He faces five years in prison, heavy fines and the imposition of a penitentiary sentence which was suspended in Supreme Court because of his aid to the investigation. The prisoner' enlistment in the Merchant Marine and his Induction in that service, set for today, were nullified by his commitment. Assistant District Attorney Charles N. Cohen, who presented the case before the grand Jury, told Judge Taylor that Frosch's enlistment in the Merchant Marine, after, his arrest on these charges, was merely a vehicle to enable him to flee the jurisdiction of the court.

Scored by Prosecutor That Frosch had succeeeded to the policy racket throne of Abe Bebchlck, who was murdered in Continued on Page 7 eeend; Lady Gremlin, third. est accumulation of British and Allied sea power ever concentrated in the Mediterranean," the message said. "The forces now opposed to you are pledged to destroy the power of Nazi Germany power which has ruthlessly your country. "This is the direct consequence of the shameful leadership to which you have been subjected by Mussolini and his Fascist regime. "Mussolini carried you Into this war as the satellite of a brutal destroyer of peoples and liberties.

"Mussolini plunged you Into a war which he thought Hitler had already won. In spite of Italy's great vulnerability to attack by air and sea, your. Fascist leaders sent your sons, your ships, your air forces to distant battlefields to' aid Germany in her attempt to conquer England, Russia and the world. "This association with the designs of Nazi-controlled Germany was unworthy of Italy's ancient traditions of freedom and culture traditions to which the peoples of America and Great Britain owe so much. "Your, soldiers have fought not in the interests of Italy, but for Nazi Germany.

They have fought courageously, but they have been betrayed and abandoned by the Germans on the Russian front, and on every battlefield in Africa from El Alamein to Cape Bon. "Today Germany's hopes for world conquest have been blasted on all fronts. The skies over Italy are dominated by the vast air armadas of the United States and Great Britain. Italy's seacoasts are threatened by the greatest accumulation of British and Allied sea power ever concentrated in the Mediterranean. "The forces now opposed to you are pledged to de- stroy the power of Nazi Germany power which has ruthlessly been used to inflict slavery, destruction and death on all those who refused to recognize the Germans as the master race.

"The sole hope for Italy's survival lies In honorable capitulation to the overwhelming power of the military forces of the United Nations. "If you continue to tolerate the Fascist regime which serves the evil power of the Nazis, you must suffer the consequences of your own choice. TO DESTROY FALSE LEADERS "We take no satisfaction in Invading Italian soil and bringing the tragic devastation of war home to the Italian people. But we are determined to destroy the false leaders and their doctrines which have brought Italy to her present position. "Every moment that you resist the combined forces of the United Nations every drop of blood that you sacrifice can serve only one purpose: To give the Fascist and Nazi leaders a little more time to escape from the inevitable consequences of their own crimes.

"All your Interests and all your traditions have been betrayed by Nazi Germany and your own false and corrupt leaders; it is only by disavowing both that a reconstituted Italy can hope to occupy a respected place In the family of European nations. "The time has now come for you, the Italian people, to consult your own self-respect and your own interests and your own desire for a restoration of national dignity, security and peace. The time has come for you to decide whether Italians shall die for Mussolini and Hitler or live for Italy, and for civilization." Abraham Frosch REDS CRASH NAZI DEFENSES IN OREL DRIVE Foe's Vital Base Raked By Planes as 'Troops Push to Within Gunshot Moscow, July 18 (U.R) Russian forces' driving through breached German defenses into the nose of the Orel salient brought that vital Nazi base within the rang of the Red army's heavy artillery today As the spearhead of a two-pronged offensive agalns the exposed salient carried to within gunshot of Orel, Red air force planes dominating the skies dealt massive blows at the key stronghold. Assault forces had smashed formidable belts of fortifications and were advancing at an increased tempo beyond Setukha, 28 miles east of Orel, and pushing south from Elenskoye, about 40 miles to the north. (Capt Ludwig Sertorius, German radio commentator, reported that the Russians had extended their offensive and were waging it with Continued on Page 4 Fishing Officials Fear Spread of Boston Strike Boston, July 16 (U.R) Fishing industry officials feared "today that yesterday's walkout of 500 crew-members from 100 fishing boats in protest against the lowered OPA celling prices might spread to other New England ports, Fishermen walked off piers here and in New Bedford, claiming it was impossible to stay in business under the new ceiling prices.

Lt. John Roosevelt In Sicilian Operations Algiers, July 18 (U.R) Lt. John Roosevelt, son of the President, participated in the Sicilian operations, the S. Army field newspaper, Stars and Stripes, disclosed today. He was one of the officers aboard an American, destroyer protecting the Gla landing, the paper said.

Victory Garden Despoiler, 66, Shot, Gets Limit Jail Sentence Special to the Brooklyn Eagit Huntington Station, July 16 A 66-year-old Victory Garden vandal, after keing shot in the hand by a watchful owner, was fiven the maximum sentence for malicious mischief today by Justice of the Peace Richard C. Cotter. Domenle Lino, whose plants had been destroyed several times saw a man in his garden at 2:30 a.m. today and shot at him. After summoning a patrolman, Lino found a cane in the garden and bloodstains.

He recognised the cane as the property of Frank Alba-nesi, 66, a near neighbor. Patrolman John Hoffman found Albanesi at home with his hand bandaged and arrested him. Justice of the Peace Cotter sentenced Albanesi to six months in jail and fined him $250, with an alternative Jail sentence of 90 additional days in jail. He said the heavy sentence should serve as an object lesson to despoilers of Victory Gardens. POLICE EXAMINE SKELETON WASHED ASHORE Richmond County medical examiners today were ex-.

smining a headless, armless and legless skeleton washed i ashore by the tide at Midland Beach last night. Police said tip skeleton was found by May Weinstein of 1033 Olympia Boulevard, Midland Beach. Continued en Page 7 Fierce Air Raids Rock Naples and Palermo Japs Claim 5 Transports, 22 Yank Planes in 10 Days St Vnitei Prest Japanese fliers sank five Allied transports, damaged an other and shot down 22 planes in the first 10 days of July, a Toklo broadcast, recorded by the United Press in San Francisco, said Friday. The Japanese admitted 10 of their planes failed to return. bombers of the Middle East Command joined the assault on Italy by dropping almost 400,000 pounds of bombs on the vital airdrome at Foggia, 80 miles east northeast of Naples, near the Italian east coast Palermo Blasted At the Sicilian end of the Axis Ufa line, the northwestern port of Palermo was subjected to another heavy air assault Billy Mitchell medium bombers spilled 100 tons of explosives on the city and port areas, starting many fires and causing at least one big explosion in four hours of steady bombardment These and other sharp air attacks put the Allied bombing on an Continued on Page 4 Allied Headquarters, North Africa, July 16 (U.R) Allied bombers rocked Naples yesterday with Its heavest raid of the war and made a bold bid to cripple the Axis Sicilian campaign by smashing the enemy's lines of supply and war production la Italy and Sicily, Allied announcements revealed today.

American flying fortresses flew over Naples in waves, dropping hundreds of tons of high explosive and fragmentation bombs, principally! on the dock, railroad and arsenal areas in continuation of the raids on the big port begun Wednesday night by British and Canadian Wellingtons. Smoke rose 21,000 leetfrom the city's wreckage. Seventy American Liberator heavy JAMAICA RESULTS (Empire City Meeting) I Ellens Chance, first; Little MUly,.