Italian airmen who raided Haifa, Palestine, caused wide spread damage and touched off great fires, an Italian military communique claimed today. The fires were visible for a distance of 125 miles, the communique said. The raid, the first air onslaught against a Holy Land objective, was carried out yesterday morning.
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