The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25

laintalnlnR a shuttle attack,
since outgoing formations
passed other groups return
ing to bases after unloading
their bombs.
As the daylight offensive
got underway, considerable
conjecture arose as TO
whether other Allied bomb
ers hammered German-heId
targets on the continent dur
ing the night. Although the
air ministry had no announcement
OF action, both neutral and enemy
sources indicated that the Balkans
may have been pummeled.
Alerts we're sounded in several
sections OF Switzerland. leading to
the belief that Allied bombers may
have passed close to the Swiss
borders. From Stockholm came
the report that United Nations
Nlall hLlhIh'u wv hnlu'Htlucu
places near Zalaesezsg, In western
Hungary
Raid sofia
The Nail DNB agency added 10
this report Of Balkan air action,
saying that Gghter-cscorted Amei1-
can bombers carried out a MONDAY
raid yesterday on much bombed
Soma. capital OF Bulgaria.
Yesterday. American and Brit.
ish aircraft teamed NJ 10 hammer
targets In western Germany and
northern France. over the Reich
alone, an official communique said.
81 Nazl planes were destroyed In
yesterday daylight attacks
The Allied Air Forces continued
active in Italy, too. mainly proyid-
ing cover for tho Fifth Army units
smashing inland from beaehheads
| south OF Rome. Objective, OF the
INnxlo-American troops which surg.
I'D ashore. from landing craft on
Saturday vas the vital enemy COM
munication line extending along
the storied Applan Way. This
highway already was under boni-
bardment by Allied artillery. AZ
well as naval guns from United
Nations warships standing offshore.
A. Appian Way
Frontline dispatches indicated
the Allies we're making good pro-
gress and an unconfirmed report
by the cairo radio said Lieut.. Gen.
Mark w. Clark's troops already
have reached the Appian Way.
Anzio, port adjacent to captured
Nettuno, was revealed officially 10
have been captured by Clark's men
who steadily re increasing their
control OF the Tyrrhenian coast OF
Italy.
an Disorder"
In Russia. the Red Army in ths
north hammered relentlessly &C
the heels OF a routed enemy which
was retreating I'm disorder" all
along the front south and south
west of Leningrad. After captul-
ing the historic towns OF Pushkin
and Pavlovsk, the Russians sever
ed the vita Krasnog Vardeisk-Nar-
va railroad in a violent battle which
left at least 1900 enemy dead and
many prisoners in Soviet hands.
Next important rail hub that sp-
| peared ready to fall to the victor
/ ious Red Army was Tosno, con-
trolling the railroad escape route
| from Chudovo In the area JUST
above his junction, an official Rus
sian communique said, the Ger
mans are retreating hurriedly, I'M
der threat OF encirclement'.
However. to the south. powerful
German forces pressed tank and
infantry counter-attacks against
the Soviets in the Vinnitsa area.
Outcome OF these battles was not
Immediately known.
Suffer Blows
The Japanese air force and shin
ping facilities suffered blows. both
in the Central and Southwest Paci.
&c. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
commanding the L. S. Pacific Fleet.
announced that American Army
and Navy bombers hammered eight
targets on six Atolls OF the Mar
shall Archipelago over the week
end.
The Yankee raiders blasted at
least enemy aircraft and dam
aged FIVE Jap vessels, while suf-
fering only small" losses despite
heavy Nip fighter opposition.
In the Southwest Pacific. Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's fiers de-