Show U iii US U.S. S SI BOLSTERS RAF R A F OFFENSIVE American Warplanes Stream to England By Associated Press United States warplanes now blasting the axis on many fronts are already being ferried to BrItish BritIsh Brit BrIt British ish operational bases to join join in the theR theR R RAF's A F's great aerial offensive against the continent London sources reported Tuesday Meanwhile signs multiplied of German nervousness oV over r a possible possible possible ble allied invasion of nazi ed Europe Norwegian a advices d v vie I c e s reaching London reported several more German German German Ger Ger- man divisions had arrived in Norway Norway Norway Nor Nor- way as a precaution against possible possible possible pos pos- sible allied invasion and that the Germans were barricading the coast with concrete strong points and masses of barbed wire D Dutch quarters in London said German Field Marshal Gerd von Runstedt was building up a nazi bicycle army in ih northern Fran France e and B Belgium in defense against new British commando raids and anda a possible allied invasion attempt D Dutchmen ese escaping ping from Holland Holland Holland Hol Hol- land said the Germans were taking taking taking tak tak- ing the entire production of f bicycle bicycle bi bicycle bi- bi cycle factories in the low countries countries countries coun coun- tries and Denmark and reported mounting anxiety among nazi o oc occupation occupation oc- oc troops troops' over the prospect of a British invasion Dutch refugees said German a authorities au an- had forbidden soldiers to sing the song so popular a year ago ago ago- ago We We Are Sailing Against England London observers said they expected expected ex ex- to see the red white and blue insignia of U. U S S. S army bombers bomb bomb- ers in the sky any day now and the London Daily sketch declared Soon at airdromes all over Britain Britain Brit Brit- am ain there will be gathered the force of planes that will make this country country coun coun- I coun-I try the worlds world's greatest air base hundreds of United States aircraft air air- craft giant craft giant bombers medium bombers and dive bombers flown bombers flown by American air crews Other developments Sea war warfare far e eA A A Berlin radio radio ra ra- dio broadcast asserted that more than tons of shipping had been sunk by axis submarines operating operating op op- crating off the American Atlantic Continued on Page Peg Three Column Two L r U uI U. S SI BOLSTERS RAF R A F OFFENSIVE Continued from Page Pace One and Pacific coasts in the last three months The broadcast said that 1772 tons of British and American ships had been sunk of off the Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic seaboard between January 15 and April 14 and that Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese raiders in the same period had sunk 22 ships off the Pacific coast VICHY CRISIS CRISIS Admiral Admiral Jean Darlan commander of all Frances France's armed forces told his fighting men that you can rely on me meas meas meas as I rely on you to proceed further further further fur fur- ther along the path of honor and to defend the empire With this enigmatic expression Darlan left open the important all-important question of how far the path of honor would lead toward active military aid to Germany now that the new premier Pierre Laval has pledged the conquered republic to solidarity with the reich RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN Soviet CAMPAIGN Soviet AIGN-Soviet Soviet parachute troops described as strong enough to free oc German villages and hold hold them against all counterattacks were reported landing behind nazi lines while the red army also reported gains ains on the Moscow and Leningrad Leningrad Leningrad Lenin Lenin- grad fronts Soviet dispatches said Russian troops in the Leningrad sector had lad captured 17 nazi strongholds in n throwing back the German division A red army declared declared declared de de- that 1500 German planes had lad been destroyed by Russian fliers and antiaircraft batteries from March 1 to April 14 and other soviet accounts said red air squadrons had shot down 15 German German German Ger Ger- man planes in a battle over the arctic port of On Central Front FrontOn FrontOn FrontOn On the central front where the Russians have been slowly closing a giant pincers around the German German German Ger Ger- man escape escape corridor from Moscow Moscow Moscow Mos Mos- cow the soviet radio reported the capture of an important point of resistance with 1300 nazis killed in n 48 hours of heavy fighting Advices reaching London Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day said the Russians were within artillery range of key German base miles west of Moscow Hitler's field headquarters re reported reported reported re- re ported that German troops on the central front had annihilated a trapped Russian force and said the he Vienna infantry division had lad beaten off numerically superior superior superior supe supe- red army units after weeks of heavy fighting S |