The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-29


red capital but/acknowl1
. edged that the raiders left fire
raging and inflicted severe dam
age
The daylight raids came In thu
wake Of a powerful blow agains
the Norwegian capital OF oslo. AI
important aircraft factory bore the
brunt OF the pulyerlz .ng long dist
ance assault.
The oslo attack. requiring a I.
300 mile roundtrip flight. coincid
ed with a mosquito assault on thd
German port OF Hamburg. The ali
ministry. describing the raids al
carried out I'm great strength.
said no Raj bomberS we're los
during the nights operations
In well concentrated bombing
the Raj heavyweighis poured their
explosives on Oslo's Keller air
frames factory, where enemy fight !
ter planes and troop,carrylng trans
ports are repaired The ministry
announcement said the objective|
was clearly defined.
After the night raiders returned
TO their British bases coastal obj
servers along the English Channel
saw swarms OF fighters and bomb
erE speed toward tho French coast.
Tho daylight raiders headed to-
ward the Pas de Calais and Bou-|
logne areas Later the German rs-
do at Cologne announced that Al
lied formations were over Bran
denburg province. OF which Ber-
lin IL the confer
Ports Pounded
An official communicate from
Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson's
| Italian headquarters revealed, that
! Wellington and Liberator bombers
OF the Mediterranean air force
pounded the ports OF Piombino. Or
betelo and San Stefano In western
Italy.
Tremendous fires and violent er.
/ ploslons were touched OF iamonE
harbor installations at the ports.
which earlier had been blasted yes
terday by American Fortresses.
Much OF, the German supplies and
reinforcements destined for the
Nazis forces opposing the Firth
Army at the Anzio beachhead flows
through these Italian ports.
In addition to these ports. last
nights raiders struck at the i'm
portant Na2i held port OF Genoa
in northwestern Italy.
on the ground, all italian bat.
tlefronts were quiet. with only
desultory artillery and patrol sc-
tiyity.
/ On the eastern front. a lull was
reported for the seventh straight
day by the Soviets However.
German and Bumanian commun-
ques insisted that the Red Army
was pressing a furious tank paced
offensive north OF lasi, with vio-
lent battles raging after the Rus.
SLAMS scored some local penetra-
/ ton"
From Adm. Lord Louis Mount
/ batten's Ceylon headquarters came
the cheering report that strongly
reinforced Allied jungle fighters
were hopping up the remaining
| Japanese strongpoints in the hills
around the Indian base at Kohima.
/ Terming the counteroffensive
! spearheaded by tank-supported
English troops off TO successful
start. the official announcement
/ said liquidation Of remaining enc
my strongpoints continues"
The British and Indian forces
which lifted the siege OF Kohima,
well inside the borders OF Assam
province. dug the Japs out OF po-
sition after position southeast OF
/ the Allied base.
Mountbatten. treating OF the Bur-
ma campaign, admitted that The
/ japanese have been strongly re-
/ inforced since his command was
formed. but predicted that the AL
lied offensive will be successful
after much hard fighting"
And in the Southwest Pacific,
American airmen blasted Wewak,
Rabaul and other enemy.held air
dromes in the Bismarck Sea area,
while L. S. ground forces strength
ened their perimeter about captur-
ed Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea.
In the Aitape sector. $50 miles
east Of Hollandia, where men from
the Send division are located. a
small enemy party made a sui
cidal night attack Tuesday night
on All Island but by dawn not Il
single living Jap could be found
on tho ielp