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ATHENS--Greek forces driving ahead "on all fronts" are within about five miles of the Albanian port of Palermo after collapse of the entire Italian right wing north of the conquered fortress of Argyrocastron, an official spokesman said tonight...
...Greek forces pushing toward Albania's No. 2 seaport of Valona were reported within about five miles of Palermo on the Straits and about twice that distance from the town of Khimara...
...Greek destroyers, the Vasileus Georgios I (King George I) and the Vasilissa Olga (Queen Olga), off the island of Syra in the Cyclades. The destroyers zigzagged and opened up with anti-aircraft guns. The warplanes flew away. Two nights before, Italian warships forced the Greek liner Attiki into Palermo, where authorities refused to let her continue her voyage...
Last week Luigi Cardinal Lavitrano, Archbishop of Palermo (Sicily), issued a pastoral letter. Chiding was His Eminence's tone. He cited statistics showing that "66% of the Italians do not hear Mass on religious holidays, and only 12% of Italian men receive Holy Communion on Easter...
...loudest of these is Klaipeda, in Lithuania. Klaipeda's station LYY, a radio holdout, has steadfastly refused to join the Union Internationale de Radiodiffusion, which assigns European broadcasting frequencies, and broadcasts loudly and persistently on Erin's assigned frequency. Officially assigned on the same frequency are Palermo and Catania, Italy. With all three going at once in opposition, all England usually hears of Radio-Eireann is an occasional bit of brogue breaking through a great and garlicky palaver. Last week Radio-Eireann had still another plaint. For the infrequent times Athlone can get its signals across, some British...