STATE OF ALERT IN SOUTHERN ITALY
fEARS OF INVASION German Armoured Trains Speeding South N.Z. Press Association. —Copyright Rec. 1.30 a.m. LONDON, April 7. According to the Zurich correspondent of the Evening Standard, the city of Naples is to be evacuated. Telephone communication in Naples has broken down and rescue squads are still working in the piles of wreckage. Reports from Stockholm say that all southern Italy is in a state of alert, as a result of the devastating
Allied air raids on Naples and Sicily. The Italian people believe that the Allied raids are the prelude to the invasion of Italy. The Daily Express Stockholm correspondent lists these "invasion points":—Firstly, German armoured trains are being rushed south to form a mobile defence system. Secondly, Italian newspapers give > prominence to stories of the antiinvasion secret weapon. Thirdly, the Blackshirt militia has formed special squads to deai with paratroops and saboteurs. Fourthly, the Italian Government has adopted regulations putting all civilians under martial law in the event of invasion.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 83, 8 April 1943, Page 5
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