The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
HitIer's Beer-Cellar in in Munich Bombed After
 His Talk
DORNIER AIR WORKS
 AMONG OBJECTIVES
British Sea Lanes P0und= ed-HarbOr in Thames
 Estuary Also Attacked
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS


 United Press Foreign News, Editor
 Air and sea warfare roared to a new peak today after the American freighter City of Rayville was sunk by a mine off Australia and British bombs burst around Adolf Hitler at Munich. A heavy bombardment of German railroad tar gets at Munich while the Nazi Fuehrer was speaking in nearby beer hall was disclosed as part of tremendous offensive by the Royal Air Force against about two score German bases and the great Italian industrial cities of Milan, Turin and Genoa in north Italy. Rome threatened "severe" reprisals for British and Greek air attacks on Fascist tar gets.
 The British air ministry, with tongue n-cheek, took the attitude that bombardment of military ob- iectives in Munich during Hitler's speech there was concioence, but the British newspapers reported that "Hitler's beer cellar was bombed"
 One report in London was that some bombs missed the railroad and hit "a famous beer hall although there was no claim that Hitler had been endangered.
 The British were more positive about the purpose of other raids, including a blast of bombs aimed at the big Dornier air works at Fried richshafen and attacks against Ital- ian bases at Sardinia and Derna Gin North Africa) and the German-held submarine base at Lorient on the French coast.
 The attack on Lorient was of spe2 cial importance because of the in creaSing seriousness of Axis subma- rine and aerial attacks on British and neutral shipping of use to Brit ain. That this campaign was being felt around the world was suspected in connection with the sinking of the 5,883-ton freighter City of Ray vile, although 1t was not known what nation planted the mine that sank the American ship.
 The City of Rayville went down with loss of one life about l20 miles from Melbourne and was the first American marine casualty of the war.
 In another phase of air-sea war German dive bombers were said by the NaA high command to have sunk six and possibly eight more British merchantmen and probably one cruiser of 10000 tons in attacks yesterday.
 A harbor on the Thames Estuary as well as factory targets in the London, conventry and Birmingham oreas were attacked by the Axis air fleets, the high comand said, and fire started at many points. Aerial battles continued today over the British Isles.
 The war in Greece appeared to be little changed, the Italian high A1O SeAAAo claims of success and the Greeks reporting only minor changes in the lines.
 The Fascist high command mere ly reported that bridge heads be- yond the Kalamas river, in Greece, had been strengthened and extend- ed. This would indicate slight pro- gress in the last few days in the direction of Janina.
 Earlier reports of a strong Italian drive on the northern front (whee Greek troops entered Albania and approached Koritza) were not sup ported by dispatche yesterday ol today although further rainfall may have interfered with Italian opera tions on narrow mountain roads. Greek troops were reported tc have moved slightly nearer to Ko- ritza and 70 have an Italian col umn surrounded in the Pindus area Its capture was expected today. ac-
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