The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-30

| was acCOmpllSned Dy precision u- struments and results were not ob- served because of 8 cloud cover"
 Tokyo's anti-aircraft defenses put up only ''meagre and inaccurate" resistance, the communique said, and none of our aircraft was lost from enemy action"
 3rd Largest City
 It was both the first night mis- sion for Brig Gen. H. s. Hansell's s Saipan-baSed 21st bomber command and the first night attack ever staged on Tokyo, the worlds third largest city and site of some of Japan's most vital war plants. The communique did not identify the ex- act targets, saying only that "in- dustrial targets" were hit.
 Neither did the communique indi- cate whether the attack was car- ried out in one sustained sweep by the B-29's or, as Tokyo radio indi- cated, in two separate waves.
 The frankest Japanese communi- que yet issued on the results of Superfortress attack sai dfires ''that continued to rage in part of the areas affected. were put under control by 5:30 a. m.", but insisted that no damage had been caused to important installations"
 The communique said casualties were extremely slight"
 A brief War Department an- nouncement confirmed that the Superfortresses had struck Tokyo yesterday" for the third time in six days and promised further de- tails after the bombers had re- turned to their Saipan bases.
 Radio Tokyo reported that waves of B-29's, hitting by night for the first time, thundered over the capi- tai dropping demolition and incen- diary bombs from 11:50 D. m. to 2 a. m. 10:50 a. m. to p. m. We'd nesday, EWT), then returLed for a second attack from AIS a. m. to be- tween 4:30 and a. m.
 Tokyo, seeking to belittle the as- sault, asserted that only 20 planes participated and dropped their bombs through heavy clouds in a drizzling rain.
 A German transocean dispatch from Tokyo said, however, that the present situation" had forced au.. thorities to close the city's schools at Il a. m. daily and quoted Pre-, mier Gen. Kuniaki Koiso as appeal. ing to the population for emerge. tic coperation to put out fires Planes leaving Saipan at dawn reach Tokyo around noon.
 ''TerrOr Attack"
 Koiso called the night foray g terror attack which exclusively af. fected residential and shopping dis.' tricts and reinforced the strength of resistance in the population rather than breaking it."
 He said the government was talk. ing immediate measures to aid bombing refugees, but warned thai further air attacks must be expect" ed as long as the Americans hold Saipan. The nation must give it's Hast" to make the hour of reta- liation possible, he said.
 The superfortress assault served to emphasize the quickening tempo of the all-out American air often. sive against Japan and her Pacific outposts, also highlighted by these developments:
 1.-An army air forces spokesman disclosed that 372,528 of the l.. 500000 combat sorties flown by U. s. Planes since Pearl Harbor were against the Japanese and said everything was being done ito aug ment the present facilities for striking at Japan"
 2.-Liberators of the Seventh Air Force dropped at least 165 tons of bombs on two air strips on Two ill the Volcano Islands, 750 miles southeast of Tokyo, from which the Japanese have been taking off to intercept the B-29s and to raid the B-29 bases on Saipan.