Battered Naples to be Evacuated
More Fears of Invasion of Italy (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) Received Thursday 7.30 p.m. LONDON, April 7. Naples Is to be evacuated, according to a Zurich correspondent of the Evening Standard. Telephone communication in Naples has broken down and rescue squads are still working in piles of wreckage. Reports from Stockholm say all Southern Italy is in a state of alert as a result of the devastating Allied air raids on Naples and Sicily. Italians believe that the Allied raids are a prelude to the invasion of Italy. The Daily Express Stockholm correspondent lists these invasion reports:— 1. German armoured trains are being rushed south to form a mobile defence system. 2. Italian newspapers give prominence to stories of an anti-invasion secret weapon. 3. Black Shirt Militia have formed special squads to deal with paratroops and saboteurs. 4. The Italian Government has adopted regulations putting all civilians under martial law in tto event of an invasion.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 68, Issue 84, 9 April 1943, Page 5
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