Evening star., 1940-11-09
Large FireStorted,
London Asserts;
North ItoIy Roided
0y the Associated Press.

British bombs overshot its mark
and hit the famous beer cellar where
Adolf Hitler spoke at Munich last
night and started a large fire, the
British Press Association said to-
day.
The Air Ministry said Munich,
as well as military objectives In
Northern Italy were raided.
An Air Ministry announcement
reported military obiectives" in the
birthplace city of National Social
ism were heavily attacked at the
time Hitler was addressing a rally
of the Nazi old guard, and the press
association said one salvo of ex-
plosives missed the target and hit
the beer cellar.
The British bombers few more
than 900 miles and reached Mu-
mich before 8 pm, the Air Minis
try said, and dropped bombs for
more than an hour.
Railways, which run through the
eenter of the city, were reported
particular objectives.
(The National Broadcasting Go.
in New York had been advised
that Hitler would speak at the
rally from 1:20 pm. to 3 pm,
E. S. r, yesterday. The broad
cast later was postponed to pm,
then was canceled)
Communications Bombed.
sIt is learned that military OBJ
jectives at Munich were heavily
bombed during last nights r. A. F.
attacks on Germany" the Air Min
istry reported. THE first of the
British bombing force reached Mu-
Mich. more than 500 miles from this
country, before 9 pm"
Communications objectives else
where In Germany and industrial
sections of Italy were said to have
been bombed in the overnight raids.
The Air Ministry said Milan and
Turin, Italy, were among towns
visited by the r. A. F. last night"
Both Reuters British News
Agency and the British Press Asso-
citation speculated that some of the
bombs dropped in Munich might
have fallen close enough to disturb
the beer hall meeting.
The Press Association said because
the targets of British bombardment
were rail communications - and
most of those run through the CEN
tier of Munich-"it can quite easily
lbe imagined that those assembled
IN the beer hall to listen to Hitler
were undoubtedly disturbed"
The British planes were said to
have arrived over Munich IA min
utes after Hitler was scheduled to
begin speaking and to have re-
manned more than an hour and a
half dropping heavy caliber explo-
eives.
The Press Association said there
was little doubt it was the visit of
the r. A F. which put stop to any
plans to broadcast the Nazi
Fuehrer's speech.
London newspapers, noting that
scheduled broadcasts OF Hitler'S
speech in a Munich beer hall were
called OFF, said this was precau-
ton taken for the same reason Ger
man radio stations usually ''go dark"
at night-to keep from guiding Brit
Ash bombers to their targets.
News of the Hitler speech was
dwarfed by stories of President
Roosevelt's announcement that Brit
/. ain. would get half of the United
States war materials production.
Targets in Germany and Nazi-oc-
cupied territory which the COM
munique listed included oil refineries
at Gelsenkirchen and Frankfurt,
aircraft factories at Nuernburg and
Amsterdam, freight yard at Hamn,
Soest, Osnabruck, Duisberg, Rohrort
and the Hook Of Holland, railway
communications at Stuttgart. Mors,
Saarbruecken, Mainz and LIE Havre,
and Is German airdromes.
Lorient Sub Base Bombed.
A German submarine base at
Lorient on the Nazi-held coast also
was reported bombed with good
results"
The Air Ministry press service,
expanding the Air Ministry's COM
munique on offensive operations
against italy, said the r. A. F.
crossed the French Alps by moon
light and were over Italian ter
ritory shortly before 10 pm.
"A. 1910 pm, 1t said, "the lead
or of the force detailed for Turin
had located his objective by the
light OF parachute flares and the
first high explosive bombs were
falling on a large branch factory
of The Fiat motor works in the
southern outskirts of the city.
The bursts of the exploding
bombs could be plainly seen within
the factory area and were followed
by outbreaks of fire.
The attack was carried on "inces-
(See LONDON. page A-3)