The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-03
GERMAN REPORTS
 MUCH DIFFERENT
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kOQkltAluGu lIOLl E2kG ~ nioue said, ''but apart from the de- struction of farm property neither material damage nor casualties were caused"
 An oflcial news agency dispatch from Amsterdam said that two large fires last night destroyed Q ship chandler's warehouse at Ymui- den, the Netherlands railroad build ing and a customs warehouse. The cause of the fire was not given.
 Nazi informatlts said that Ger man planes this morning again ate tackled England, particularly objec- tives north of London. A number of air battles developed, it was said.
 Describing yesterdays German raids the official news agency said that pilots observed violent fires at various points in England, in- cluding "heavy smoke clouds" above Swansea, Cardiff, Portsmouth and Bristol. There was smoke column $500 feet high over Bristol, it was said.
 h German Briefs Berlin, Sept. 3.-(UP)-G German quarters reported that 54 British planes have been destroyed SO far today with loss of 12 German planes. It was reported that 39 British planes were shot down in the air and 15 destroyed on the ground.
 The DNB News Agency claimed that German raids against the Bri- tish Isles were continued through out the afternoon with bombers concentrating on objectives in Southern Britain.
 Air battles continued and 1t was claimed that more British planes had ben shot down.
 Berlin, Sept. 3.-(UP)-An epi- denic of head colds, which Berlin CTS attributed to British raiding planes that had made them huddle in chilly air raid shelters at night, put new vigor in denunciations of "perfidious albion" today.
 It was estimated that during the last week, Berliners had spent more than 12 hours, in the middle of the night, in air raid shelters.
 Italian Report
 Rome, Sept. 3-(UP) = British planes last night bombed several points in. Northern Italy, including Genoa, Italy's greatest port, Italian headquarters said in conmunique today. It said Italian planes had bombed a British navy squadron in the Mediterranean, causing serious damage.
 The Italians claimed that three of the British raiders were shot down by anti-aircraft guns and four Bri- tish planes operating with the Med iterranean naval squadron had been destroyed.
 Several bombs were dropped by the British at Genoa and killed two persons and wounded 15, the con- munique said.
 Describing the Italian attack on British naval vessels general head quarters said that the prov of an aircraft carrier was dmaged serious ly and that damage was done also to 8 battleship, cruiser nd destroy CT. The attack wa splaced merely as Gin the central Mediterranean
 The British planes which attack ed Northern Italy, the Italians charged, violated Swiss neutrality in reaching their objectives. The raid- CTS visited "a number of localities
 New Type Of Bomber
 Rome, Sept. 3.-(UP)-The Ital- ian air force has started using new type of dive bomber called the Picchiatelli--for fighting British naval units, the general headquart- CTS communique disclosed today.
 It was reported that the Picchia- teIli resemble the German Stuka dive bombers but have greater flying range and bomb capacity. It was said also that they can launch aerial torpedoes while in power dive. Pilots for the Picchiatelli were described as selected for daring and physical stamina.
 The planes were used in an Ital- ian aviation action yesterday against British naval units in the Central Mediterranean, according to today's war communique.