Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-04-08 | Page 1 | Yank Bombs in Budapest Start Wholesale Evacuation of City

Yank Bombs in Budapest Start Wholesale Evacuation of City By Joe BARr BAR ARr Italy April 8 UP Highways UP-Highways Highways leading from Budapest were reported crowded Saturday with persons flee fleeing ng the Hun- Hun p l' l in n nr hu the U. U S. S ih air i f forces force's b bombing bombing bomb bomb- br bring ing of the strategic rail hub in support of the red army's ad ad- vance controlled Axis-controlled radio stations heard at this Italian listening post asserted the evacuation begun on Good Friday was proceeding In orderly fa fashion Neutral sources I indicated the people were using every possible type of conveyance in their rush to leave the city Indicating a probable transfer r I of the the- Hungarian government to another site the Budapest radio I said persons employed in municipal municipal municipal pal and civic jobs were getting the highest priorities to aid their movement The British Broadcasting corporation corporation corporation cor cor- in an attempt to capitalize capitalize capi capi- on confusion in Hungary I S 1 of r n. n J beamed a broadcast to state police asking it to assist persons attempting attempting at at- tempting to lo cross the borders and join the Russians or the Yugoslav partisans of Marshal Ti Tito to If necessary use your weapons weapons ons the broadcast said Noting the the- Berlin radios radio's assertion assertion assertion asser asser- tion that Bulgarian pilots helped defend Bucharest when the allies bo bombed bed the Rumanian capital capita April 4 B B C also reminded Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria Bul Bul- garia it had not broken relations with Russia Radio Ankara from neutral Turkey declared that the Bulgarian Bulgarian Bul But garian airmen were indeed fighting fighting fight fight- fighting ing against Russia since the al allied allied at- at lied attack was aimed at preventing prevent prevent- I ing the transfer of German reinforcements reinforcements reinforcements rein rein- and supplies to the Russian front S S