The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-11-20
Allies Raid
Nazii Plants

Germany munitions ana chem
ical industries staggered today un.
der another powerful Allied all
assault, the latest in a continuance
OF the campaign to bomb the NaIis
out OF the war. =
Strong contingents Of Royal Air
Force bombers smashed at the
Rhlneland city OF Leverkusen. six
miles north OF Cologne. as we'll as
other targets In the Rhine valley
Leverkusen is THE site Of large arms
plans and a center OF the Reich's
chemical industry.
The Leverkusen assault. in
which five Raj aircraft were re,
ported missing. followed Thursday
nights twin attack on Berlin and
Ludwigshafen. The latter city. fur
Their south on the Rhine, is also an
important center OF the chemical
industry and the home OF the pow,
erful |. G. Farbenindustrie Works
As the Raj formations, which re
quired As minutes TO pass a given
point. sailed forth across the Eng.
fish Channel, fires still ragged with
in the German capital as a result
OF the previous nights gatherings
Immediate observatidh OF results
achieved in the Leverkusen raid
was prevented by unfavorable
weather conditions.
Admiral Kichisaburo Numura
who could have foretold the Jap
sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. to.
day assumed the role OF prognosti-
Gator for the Japanese when he
warned them OF the beating in
store for them al the hands of the
United States.
The envoy who sat In an ante
room at Washington at the hour
that Jap planes bombarded the
Hawaiian and Philippine Islands, to
start the Pacific war told the Jap.
anese that America will increase
its already mounting assaults on
Nippon.
Hereafter" he said in a Domei
broadcast. gseorded by the IEitsd
Statss Foreign Intelligence Sery.
ice. Americas counter-operations
against Japan. with Anglo.Amer-
lean sea power as the roo. sill be
fastened and will steadily swell. .
And well might Numura warn his
people. for the United States al.
ready was developing its aerial as.
saults against Jap Island bases in
the central Pacific; extending their
air operations in the Southwest
Pacific, and pushing forward Allied
ground forces in New Guinea.
As air assaults by heavy Amer.
lean lsnd-based craft pounded TO-
the sixth consecutive day at the
enemy-held Gilbert and Marshall
Islands. carrier based planes blast.
ed the Jap airdrome at Nauru with
80 tons OF bombs
The 'drome and shops were heav-
lily hit and fires were started among
several Nip planes
on the ground we're
smashed. small ship was set
afi:e and two OF seven intercepting
Zeros were downed
only one American pilot was
wounded and no planes were lost
as the Yank airmen struck al the
base. some 500 miles west OF the
Gilberts.
simultaneously. other carrier
based planes raided Betio Island,
part Of the Taraws atoll. 400 miles
10 the northeast. Large fires were
started in oil dumps
And large Liberator bombers
again hit Mile Island in the Tara
wa atoll and pounded Tarawa II
self. as well as Meloelap in the
Marshalls. No American planes
were lost although two were dam.
aged in the Marshalls operations.
Four-engined Liberators struck
at the Surabaya naval base al Java,
requiring a 2,600-mile round trip.
and blasted enemy oil fields and
airdromes on the island.
Attempt Recovery
In Europe, the Germans threw 10
huge tank and infantry forces in
an attempt TO retake the important
rail junction OF OYruch. capture Of
which was announced last night by
The Russians. Soviet air. borne
troops established themselves in
The town on the vital Leningrad.
odessa Railway and repulsed re-
Deated counteT-attacks by the
Nazis
other skytroops OF the Red
Army descended on the right bank
of the Dnieper in the Cherkassy
section. 50 miles southeast OF Kiey,