The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-15
American Planes TeamWith
Royal Air Force to Blast
Berlin in Nighttime Raid
New Type Of
Plane Over
London

.(By International News Seryice)
The Allied aerial offensive
against Germany roared on through
the night and the enemy indicated
today that American planes team
ed with British craft 10 blast al
ready badly.battered Berlin.
After the air ministry announced
that bomberS had attacked unlden-
tilted targets in the Reich as a
follow-up 10 day OF record raids
against the French invasion coast.
the Nazi DNB agency said hmeri-
can planes participated in the night
assault.
major British formatlons'
struck at Germany with some
planes penetrating to Berlin" one-
my news .dispatches admitted. The
DNB service. according TO the oslo
radio. claimed that German de-
lenses accounted for n consider
able nlmber OF bombers"
Meanwhile. the Nazicontfolled
yichy radio said British planes raid
ed targets IN the southern part OF
the Seine department or France.
The broadcast did not say when
the raid was carried out and IL
might have been part OF yesteT-
days daylight offensive In which
an estimated force OF 1000 Allied
planes participated.
As many az $500 separate sorties
were flown during the day. accord
ing to air circles estimates. and
American fighters scored bette
than i.to.l victory over NaH
interceptors.
A lone German plane eHaded
Londons warning devices and drop
ped bombs on suburban business
area. one projectile landing on a
crowded motlon.plcture theater.
Al least seven persons died wh2n
The bomb crashed into their midst,
and some 81 others were injured.
No Warning
There was no warning either be-
fore or after the assault leading
to speculation that the German
raider may have been new stratoi'
phere plane flying too hish to he
heard by regular listening devices.
Some Londoners, hearing the blast
and not being aware Of the plane
presence, suspected that the Narls
might finally have opened up on
the British capital with their much
yaunted secret weapon. rocket
guns reported placed on tho
French coast.
Effectiveness OF the Anglo Ame|-
can air offensive was apparent IN
at least one theater the Balkans.
The Yang lard of Sofas 100000
residents streamed out OF the Bul-
garlan capital when the nation
interior minister ordered tho cuy
totally evacuated.
Curfew Imposed
The German overseas agency,
confirming reports to that efect,
said curfew also had been I'M
posed, lasting from 6 O'Clock IN
the evening until six in the morh-
ing. Neutral capitals reported
that one-third OF the strategic rail
city in Bulgaria has been Destroy
ed by the Allied air forces.
Another effective series OF ar
raids was ported from the south
west Pacific where Allied heavy
bombers ranged deep into the Jap
held Dutch East Indies - hammer
the enemy oil refinery at Balipa-
pan on Borneo and Smharf installa-
lions at NJ caesar in the Celebes.
Explosions and fires were started
by the raiders, who negotiated
round trip OF some $500 miles from
the nearest Australiap base.
Raid Alrheld
Other Allied planes raldsd import
ant airnelds circling the enemy
stronghold Of Rabaul, on New Brt
tain.
Meanwhile. ground action was
marked by the siege OF the Jap
garrison at sio on New Guinea. AS
American and Australian troops
conyerged on the trapped Japs, the
Aussies dvanced 10 the Sio supply
and barge depot and began Smelling
II with heavy artillery.
In Russia, mighty Red army tank
and infantry columns threatened
TO trap thousands OF Nazi troops in
the frozen Privet marshes. one
spearhead Of Gen. Konstantin Ro-
kossovsky's army raced 20 miles
west OF fallen Kalinkovichi and
Mozyr. To the southwest advanc-
ed elements OF Gen. Nikolai Natu-
tins forces smashed to within 50
miles north OF big communications
hub OF Rovna, deep in old Poland.
Within the Dnieper Bend. the
Germans battled frantically to stop
the Russian advance on the key
Odessa-Lwow railway. Here. as
well as in other sectors OF the long
eastern front. the Nazis lost heaVi-
~ in men and materiel.
The occupation of lofty Mount
Trecchio. last natural barrier
shielding the Casino gateway TO
Rome. was expected shortly as,
battle.seasoned American troops
stormed the height with heavy air
and artillery support.
Acquafondata, seven and a half
miles northeast Of Casino. was re-
ported by the German radio to have
been evacuated when the Nazis
found that French troops Of the
Fifth Army occupied all the heights
dominating tie town from the
north and northeast