SECOND FRONT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 16 October 1942, Page 2

SECOND FRONT

ENEMY REPORT OF ALLIED j PREPARATIONS INCREASED R.A.F. ACTIVITY A i (Roc. 10.10 a.m.) .. London, Oct. 15. The British High Command intends to give in to the Russian demand for a second front and make Normandy the scene of the attempt, says a Berlin official news agency. This, it says, is dcducible from the increased R.A.F. activity and from German observation of a great number of landing boats massed. The news agency lists as preparations for this landing large-scale commando raids, including that on Sark and an attempt near Cherbourg on September 12. An attack was made on a coastal port of the Casquets Islands early in September and an attempt to approach the coast near Armoville on October 7, when coastal defences drove off the British boats. Further attempts were observed on other points of the coast of Normandy in the same period.— P.A. “FEASIBLE AND POSSIBLE” MR WILLKIE SAYS IT AGAIN REPORT OF RECENT MISSION Washington, Oct. 15. “A second front is feasible and possible,” said Mr Wendell Willkie after he reported to President Roosevelt on the results of his mission abroad. “I said it in Moscow and say it again today.” He added: “The President has described as entirely wrong reports that he criticised my second front statements. I based my appeal for a second front on talks with generals in all countries and on the recommenda •tions of military leaders in Britain. Russia. China and the United States.” Mr Willkie declined to say whether M. Stalin would be satisfied if a second front in Europe were delayed until next year. fie added that Germany would never conquer Russia. After a few days rest he would make careful, crystal clear reports to the American people. “I do know, because I discovered at first hand that a lot of us. including public officials, will have tc stretch our muscles and minds before we win.” Expressing confidence in an Allied victory, Mr Willkie said: "We have the power and resources on our side. I am chiefly concerned over the cost not in money but in human lives and human values, and whether we are going to win the peace.”—P.A.