The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-28
Attacks
inNorthern
france
Decisive Battle on
NOyOrossisk
Sector
(Ry international News servlceJ

(hy international News Serrlce)
Germany's battered industrial
Ruhr valley was blasted anew ear
ly today by big British bombers
which rained death and destruc.
ton on Essen home OF the huge
lA.upp armament works.
As hundreds OF massive four-en-
gined Landcasters. Strings and
Haliiaxes returned before dawn
from the Essen attack and mine
Trying operations in enemy waters.
new waves OF Raj warplanss
streaked across the Channel in the
erection OF northern France.
The British air ministry conced.
ed the loss OF % bombers In the
Ruhr and mine-lsyinE raids. indi-
eating at least 400 planes took part.
The latest heavy assault on the
Ruhr followed an attack at dusk
yesterday in whcih two formations
Of swift Mosquito bombers swoop-
ed low over Jesa, in Germany's
Thuringia province, to blast the
worldfamed Carl Zess optical
instrument works and Schott optical
glass factory in the face OF fierce
anti aircraft Are.
In addition, the instrument works
al Jena, l35 miles south and west
OF Berlin, were protected by bal
loon barrsge. Three OF the mos
quitos failed 10 return. The air
ministry said two of than were
seen 10 collide over Germany.
Decisive Action
In Russia decisive battle appear
ed under way northeast OF Novoros-
sisk. Black Sea naval base on the
Germans shrinking Caucasus.
Bridgehead.
The Red army high command said
only that heavy fighting was In pro-
gress in the Noyorossisk sector.
but a German communique prev
iously declared the Soyiets had
flung several infantry divisions
and tank units al the NaEi defense
lines
The German controlled Paris ra-
do saw in the reported Russian
Offensive neats Novorossisk a pre-
lude to Operations exceptionally
grave in scope and minated that
the Russians were trying to regain
control OF the Kerch Straits and
to wipe out the Nazi foothold In the
oil-rich Caucasus.
Today's Russian noon commune
que said Soviet long-range aircraft
raided enemy airdromes at undis'
closed locations. Red Army Ar
tillery also was reported to have
d stroyed blockhouses and ammu-
milton dumps west OF Rostoy land
gateway 10 the caucasus. and II
blockhouses near Lenlngrad, on the
northern front
Heavy Blow
Allied airmen in the South Paci-
hc dealt the Japs a heavy blow by
dumping IS tons OF bombs on the =
Nipponese base al Lac, New Gul-
nea. as American land, sea and air
forces relentlessly battered remain
ing Jap troops on the Aleuttan Is
lands OF Attu in the North Pacific.
The assault on Lac was carried
out by coordinated forces OF heavy
and medium bombers and fighter
planes. While the bombers braved
heavy anti-aircraft barrage to
blast the Lac Airdrome with high
explosive and incendiary bombs,
setting fires visible "a miles, the
Allied fighters sent down a con
tinuous and murderors curtain OF
machinegun FIRE
The Nips sent up no intercept
ing planes but their anti-aircraft
Are downed one Allied fighter.
Other Allied Bombers mean
while raided the Jap base al Mad
ang. also on New Guinea. and raid
ed coastal areas between the two
enemy bases.
The japanese sent 80 or more
bombers and fighters to attack
Allied positions in the Area in
New Guinea. They caused only
slight damage.
On Attn. capture OF Chicagof
Harbor and the village OF Atu APP
peared imminent. Their fall would
cut on remaining Jap forces from