Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-12
TokyoSaysJa
Must Halt Raids
ToAvertLandinq
Rocket-Firing Planes
And Bombers Continue
Attacks on Homeland
BULLETIN.

GUAM. Friday. July 10 (P1.
An air fleet of from 500 to
$50 Superfortresses poured
more than 5000 tons of fam
ing explosive bombs before
dawn today on four Japanese
cities and oil centers spread
over 480 miles of the hor.e
islands on HonShu and Shi-
koku.
The raiders struck from
Uwajima, on the west central
coast of Shikoku, to as far
east as Utsunomiya, a city of
10000 lying go miles north of
Tokyo on the North Tokyo
Plain.
BY TIE Associated Press.
GUAM, July IL. American
bombing and rocket firing planes
attacked Southern Japan and its
island approaches Wednesday in
a followup to the big carrier and
land-based air assault on Hon
shu, and a japanese military
commentator told his people
that adequate defense of the
homeland from invasion required
that the growing challenge be
met.
(The Federal Communications
Commission, meanwhile, record
ed a Tokyo broadcast that two
carriers of a British task force
sent 210 planes Wednesday morn
ing against Sabang Island, off the
northern tip OF Sumatra, TOO
miles northwest of SingaporeO
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz an
nounced today that strong forces
of Corsair fighters and Avenger
torpedo bombers" raided Kyushu
and the Northern Ryukyus Wednes-
day. They bombed, rocketed and
strafed hangers, shops and build
ings at Miyazaki Airfield on South
east Kyushu, the Inujo Airfield on
Tanego Island to the south and in
stallations in the Amami group IN
the Northern Ryukyus.
Large Areas Wiped Out.
New devastation to the Japanese
homeland was reported by the 21st
Bomber Command, which announced
43.5 per cent of the industrial city
of Akashi and 95 per cent of the
Maruzen oil refinery have been
knocked out in Super Fortress at
tacks. Only five large tanks and a
few smaller structures remain in
tact at the refinery, IS miles from
Osaka. The Kawasaki aircraft plant
was in the RACED area of Akashi, 10
miles from Kobe.
Admiral Nimitz had nothing fur
ther to report on Tuesdays raid
by more than 1000 carrier planes
of Vice Admiral John S. Nc
Gains Task Force 38 at a net
work of more than 70 airfelds in
the Tokyo area. His only pre-
lirninary reports" on the action
making an incomplete assessment
of results through Tuesday morn
ing, had listed 154 enemy planes
knocked out, all but on the ground
The Tokyo radio said the carrier
assault continued for a 12-houl
period, during which augmenting
land-based planes, including more
than 500 Super Fortresses, pushed
to beyond 1900 the number Of
American raiders over Honshu thai
day.
Enemy propaganda on the in.
tensifying air assault cannot be ig.
nored," a japanese military COM
mentator said over the Tokyo radio
to his people.
Called Prelude to Invasion.
Future attacks from the air un-
doubtedly will be the prelude tt
the decisive battle on the homeland
without being able to resist (this
air. challenge, we cannot annihilate
the enemy on the homeland"
previous enemy broadcasts
had emphasized to the Japanese
that American air mastery did
not necessarily assure success
full invaSion.)
Admiral Ninitz said Marine air.
craft scored rocket hits Tuesday
night on "a number" of enemy ships
of unidentified category off the
south coast of Honshu. During the
day, Navy search planes set three
enemy small cargo ships afire of
the China coast.