Evening star., 1945-08-05
12MoreC Cities
Get Warning Of
Ruin byB-
720, 900 PomphIets
Tell Population to
Flee or Be Killed
ny the Associated Press.

GUAM, Aug. S Sunday -
The destruction dealing United
States Goth Army Air Force
served notice today on IL more
japanese industrial cities and
their combined population Of
100000 that they were ear
marked for devastation by Super
Fortresses.
Plastering the cities with 10000
Pamphlets warning the Japanese
people to surrender, evacuate or ole,
a fleet of B-29s few over the marked
areas early today and brought to
a total of 81 the vital, war-making
targets forewarned in the Super
Fort commands deadly campaign of
psychology plus explosives.
Chief forewarned city was va
wata, densely-populated city of
$4,000 on the southern island of
Kyushu, 1t is the largest single iron
and steel center in Japan.
Oil Center Also Marked.
Another of the list of doom was
Akita, population 10000. With
Tsuchizaki, its port, on the north
west coast of Honshu, 1t is the CEN
ter of Japan's largest oil producing
fields.
Other cities we're: Hachinohe,
Urawa, Fukushima, Takayama. Tot
tori, Iwakuni, all on Honshu; Saga,
Miyankonojo, on Kyushu; Otaru,
largest port of Hokkaido, and Ina
bari, OH Shikoku.
Three of the II, Yawata, Miya-
konojo and Imabara, already have
been raided by B-29s but have yet
to feel the full devastation of the
great fire-bomb attacks.
Yawata was the first B-29 target
In Japan and the first raided by
the Super Forts in daylight. China
based planes of the 21st Bomber
Command, then pioneering the war
operation of the big bombers, at
tackled the steel city June IA, July 7
and August 20, 1914.
Third Warning to Cities.
Miyakonojo was raided six times
in April and May by Marianas-
based B-29s. Carrier-based planes
attacked 1t once in May and Oki-
nawa-based planes once in July.
B-29s struck Imabari May 8.
Today was the third time group
of cities had been warned of ap-
preaching raids in the campaign an
nounced July % by Maj. Gen. Curtis
Lemay of the goth Air Force.
Promised destruction subsequent
ly followed to ten of the forewarned
cities.
Only yesterday the bomber COM
mand disclosed that 5000 900 leaf
lets outlining the Allied surrender
or-die ultimatum had been dis
tributed by the B-29s over Japan's
home islands, from Hokkaido toI
Kyushu, with especial attention to
Honshu and the empires capital,
Tokyo.
Kuriles Base Attacked.
A Friday attack on the Kataoka
naval base on Shimushu in the
Kuriles by 18th Army Air Force
Liberators and raids on small Ship
ping Saturday of China and the
japanese main island of Honshu
were reported today in a feet COM
munique.
The Liberators, based in the
Aleutians, also struck Kokutan Cape
Search planes of Fleet Air Wing /
1ank small cargo ship. damaged
4 dredge, pier, a radio station
, lighthouse, and other installa-
Ions on the south coast of China s
Chanting Province.
Seaplanes on the same day
''ombed and strafed small craft in
iangchow Bay, and Privateers sank
! small coastal cargo vessel in Tsus-
lima Strait.
Fleet Air Wing 18 Privateers rang
ing of Japan's Honshu south coast
shot down an enemy fighter, dam
aged another and probably sank
lugger. Of the east coast, other
planes of that wing downed one en-
envy fighter and probably bagged a
second.
Japan's Railways Blasted.
Japan's vital network of railroads
are receiving the same aerial maui
ing meted out to Germany's system,
but the Japanese are taking it with
little opposition.
United States Army Strategic Air
Forces announced yesterday that 81
Mustangs raided the Tokyo area Fri
day and destroyed IA locomotives.
damaged 6 more and so railroad
cars.
Only 10 enemy interceptors met
the challenge. Two of them were
shot down, third was hit and IA
grounded planes were destroyed or
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