Evening star., 1944-07-02
Robot Attacks Push
Anxiety and Rumors 10
New High in England
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, July 1.-The Nazis have
maintained their robot bomb at
tacks on southern England for IL
straight nights and in the face oi
rumors and anxiety, especially in the
regions thus far out Of the range Of
the missiles, the government may
unfold more Of the story of these
attacks.
AS the Germans continued trying
to counter their battle reverses with
the blind bombardment, pressure
developed in Parliament for q frank
er ofncial reporting on the weapon
and one member, Alfred Denville Of
Newcastle-on-Tyne said he would
ask British Home Secretary Herbert
8. Morrison to shorten the siren
sound for raid warnings and all
clears, or discontinue them, as .
step to counteract the inconvenience
caused by the steady procession Of
robot bombs.
Similarly, Comdr. Oliver Locker
IAmpson, Handsworth Conservative,
said he would ask the minister to
initiate q different form of alert
which would free workers for work. +"
Churchill May Speak.
Prime Minister Churchill watch
ed intently for more than SIX hours
yesterday the fight against the
wierd, explosive-laden projectiles.
He may make a brief statement to
Commons Tuesday. But indications
were that he would not disclose
much, and Vernon Bartlett, Inde-
pendent member from Bridgewater,
served notice he would ask Mr..
Morrison whether in order to les
sen the uneasiness outside south
ern England, to stimulate con-
1dence inside it and to discourage
the German people, he will consider
the advisability of publishing fig.res
showing the average of casualties
caused by each bomb leaving the
emplacements in France"
Just what was behind Hitler's in
discriminate attack was not entirely
clear here.
Some have seen these raids as an
attempt to lure the Allies into ar
invasion of the Pas-de-Calais area
where the robots are launched and
where the Germans are strong and
long prepared for battle.
From the Germans themselves
came more detailed descriptions Of
the vengeful weapon. The Berlin
radio described them as having a
rocket propelled gear" giving a
speed of 375 miles per hour. The
broadcast said each robot was laden
with 2,240 pounds of explosive, that
its range was fixed before firing and
that it was launched from under
ground emplacements which are
'indestructible for all practical
purposes"
Paper Sees Truce Effort.
The London Sunday Dispatch said
Hitler intended to use the flying
bomb as an attempt to win a ne
gotiated peace, or at least a bomb
ing truce. The newspaper named
GeneraliSsimo Francisco Franco,
Spanish dictator, as the possible
AL tllN ICpOl ICS
and charged that 'components for
the flying bomb are being made in
large scale in Spain at the big
Pamplona factory, under the full
authority and cooperation of the
Franco government.
The dispatch said the Franco gov
ernment was putting on press and
radio campaign and behind-the-
scenes diplomatic action in favor of
the negotiated peace, after accept
ing in its entirety the German
propaganda version of the "destruc-
ton of London by the robot bomb.
In this respect, a German broad
cast by Hans Fritsche, political di-
rector of the German radio, was
significant He said that "it is up
to England to stop her bombing. If
she ceases her terror attack, then
Germany will not be forced to use
the vi or other new weapons we
have in store"