Evening star., 1941-09-01
British, Ndzis
Step Up Tempo
Of Air Raiding
Germans Bomb Hull,
R. A. F. RhineIund
And Ruhr Industries
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Sept. l.-BrlLaln II.
A. F. and the German LuftWaffe
stepped up their aerial offensive
overnight as British bombers
smashed hard at the Ruhr and
Rhineland induStrialS centers of
Essen and Cologne and the Ger
mans bombed Hull.
CThe Germans, claiming that
seven British planes were shot
down, acknowledged that night
raids had been made on Germany
from east and west. evidently the
effort of British and Russian
air forcesD
In the operations which the Brit
ish said were carried out despite
cloudy. unfavorable weather, the Air
Ministry said "a considerable force
of R. A. F. bombers carried the
attack into Germany.
In addition, docks at Boulogne
were reported bombed and mines
laid by plane along German coast
wise shipping lanes.
Seven British bombers and a fight
er plane were listed as missing.
The r. A. F., in one Of its busiest
days since last fall, began its attack
at dawn yesterday.
The offensive continued almost
without stop and when night fell ad-
ditional raiders left England for the
continent.
Daring Attack on Bremen.
Among the many attacks which
reached Lille, Cherbourg, the Meth
erlands coast. Brest and targets near
LIE Trait and Lapnion, the Air Min
istry said, an American-built fort
ress plane made a daring daylight
attack on Bremen.
AS though in answer, German
raiders, coming over in formation,
made a night attack on northeastern
and eastern England. A communi-
que said residential property was
damaged and a number of casual
ties caused.
The main point struck in north
east England was Hull which on July
II underwent the last heaviest raid
on Britain.
Two public air raid shelters in a
WoTking-claSs district in that east
coast city were hit. Rescue squads
still dug in the ruins today for trap
ped persons.
In another district two domestic
shelters we're demolished and 3 per-
sons killed and 10 rescued. Several
surface shelters were blasted in an
other section.
The raiders dived on the city
through a heavy anti-aircraft bar
rage.
Anti-aircraft guns were heard in
the suburbs of London for the first
time since July 27. but no AFRAID
siren sounded and no bombs were
dropped.
Claim Nazis Outnumbered.
The British said their daylight
attackers Yesterday outnumbered
German fighters.
Many pilots were over enemy
territory more than once during the
day but there we're few combats,"
the Air Ministry news service said.
Enemy fighters seen were nearly
always in a minority and mostly
kept away from our formations.
1t was one of the biggest days for
the fighter command since the bat
tie of Britain"
Two British fighters were officially
admitted lost and one German
fighter was reported brought down.
Another German plane was reported
destroyed during the night.
A former Australian sheep farmer
who piloted the bomber over Bremen
said he flew at such heights that he
encountered temperatures of 81 de-
grees below zero across the North
Sea.
Our bombs fell in the middle of
the port" he said. There was no
fire from anti-aircraft guns and we
saw no fighters.
In fact, it was peaceful Sunday
afternoon"
Invasion Season" Open.
Longer nights and more propitious
weather in the English Channel
mark the opening today of the in
vasion season." against which Prime
Minister Churchill has warned
England.
Home troops were keyed to greater
alertness, which was reflected in
the civil population, and, as though
in warning, the LuftWaffe gave
Britain one of her most severe raids
in many weeks.
There was no indication, however,
that the increased German attack
presaged any military action.
The German planes came over
in formation instead Of singly as
in recent weeks, and officials de-
scribed them as more numerous
than of late.
Meanwhile, newspapers reminded
the nation that the United States
was not in the war and said sup
plies were not coming over as fast
as some thought.
Urges America to wake Up"
With the headline America,
Wake Up" the Daily Sketch said
Americas realization OF danger stlll
was only in the mind.
1T would i'll become us to rebuKe
her since we ourselves were slow
enough in waking up" the news
paper said.
But she needs to do more than
she is doing now if her promises
are to be kept. There is no ques-
ton that she has meant all her
promises in the letter and in the
spirit.
But she must realize how urgent
is our necessity just as we realized
it after Dunkerque. And she must
make the same sort of effort that
we made then and have done our
hest tn keen IlD ever since"