THIRTY-FIFTH RAID

Evening Star, Issue 24296, 10 September 1942, Page 5

THIRTY-FIFTH RAID

HEAVY ATTACK ON FRANKFURT MANY LARGE FIRES LEFT BURNING (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 9.30 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 9. Last night a strong force of ' our bombers attacked the Rhineland, particularly Frankfurt. Large fires were left burning. Fighters conducted offensive patrols over occupied territory. Seven bombers and three fighters are missing. Two Coastal Command aircraft are missing from patrol yesterday. This was Frankfurt’s 35th raid. Last night 12 enemy aircraft were over Britain. Two were destroyed. ENEMY DEFENCES STRONGER GLARE OF SEARCHLIGHTS (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 11.20 a.m.) RUGBY, September 9. The sky was clear over the Rhine last night when a strong force of R.A.F. bombers, mostly four-engined, attacked objectives in Frankfurt and elsewhere. Frankfurt appeared to have been given new defences after the heavy raids on this district. Some of the crews estimated that there were between 200 and 300 searchlights. They could see the glare of the searchlights in the sky when they were still a long way from the city, and saw later the red glow of fires. The anti-aircraft defences along the coast of France, as well as towards the German frontier, have also 'been strengthened. NEW BRITISH PLANES IN ACTION LONDON, September 10. Britain’s new fighter-bombers, the Whirlwinds, were tried out to-day. They attacked four German trawlers near the -Channel Islands' and sank two, CONFLICT IN CHINA CRIMES OF RETREATING JAPANESE “ THIS IS THE ENEMY'S HEW ORDER " NEW YORK, September 8. The Chungking correspondent of the ‘ New York Times ’ says that the blackened ruins of deserted towns and villages greet the Chinese troops . reoccupying towns in the wake of the Japanese retreating from Kiangsi to Chekiang. According to reports by a Chinese war correspondent, rotting corpses and bleached bones are scattered about the streets, and the silence of the graveyard is interrupted only by the eerie chirping of insects. As the result of the scorched earth policy, the few remaining houses have been denuded of everything of value. Two hundred and eighty corpses were counted in a vegetable patch near a. demolished Catholic church, and nearby creeks were choked with hundreds of bodies. The raping of luckless women has heenrampant, and many committed suicide in the wells to escape. Thousands, of children were captured and shipped to occupied areas for special training and upbringing as Japanese-minded puppets, The Chinese military leaders say it is vital that all efforts should bo made to recover the children before they are hopelessly lost. Cholera,, malaria, and dysentery are alarmingly widespread throughout Kiangsi. There are so many corpses that not only water, but , the air itself> is poisonous, and medical care is lacking in large areas. The correspondent concludes : “ This is the enemy’s new The retreating Japanese have ruthlessly scorched the earth for the entire length of the Chekiang-Kiangsi railway, states the Chungking correspondent of the' United Press. Every citv and village has been destroyed and the entire countryside looted. nnafi they were unable to carry away has been destroyed. The Japanese unsuccessfully attempted! to destroy the air bases at Yinshan, Chuhsem, and Kmwha. ADVISER TO CHINESE CABINET FORMER AMBASSADOR APPOINTED NEW YORK, September 8. General Chiang Kai-shek has appointed Dr Hu .Shih, who was until recently Ambassador in Washington, to a new position of High Adviser to the Chinese Cabinet. Mr Wei Tax Ming, a prominent jurist, will succeed Dr Hu Shih as Ambassador in Washington. POLICE OFFICER KILLED ANOTHER OUTRAGE IN EIRE (Rec. 11.50 a.m.) .LONDON, Sept. 9. A detective sergeant was shot dead while driving alone in daylight from his home in County Dublin to headquarters. Three attackers escaped on bicycles. The sum of 5,000 reward has been offered! for information about the attackers. The Belfast police rounded up Ml men in County Down suspected of complicity in the attempt on the life of a special constable near Rostrevor. Gunmen fired five shots into the constable’s house. He and his wife and children escaped injury. MR CHURCHILL'S REVIEW DEFINITE ALLIED STRATEGY FOR WISHING WAR LONDON, Sept. 8. The war debate in the House of Commons collapsed 50 minutes after Mr Churchill finished speaking. There were only four short speeches. Nobody among those who remained in the House seemed to desire to continue the debate, and progress was reported. The ‘ Daily Telegraph,’ in a leader, states: “Mr Churchill’s review gave the impression that the Allies have a definite combined strategy for winning the war. That is probably the main reason why the statement stilled! discussion.” .... The ‘ Daily Mail,’ in an editorial, states: “Mr Churchill’s reference to our sincere resolve to go to Russia s aid as quickly as possible is as vague as his previous recognition of the urgency of creating a second front in Europe in 1942. Nevertheless, Mr Churchill succeeded in leaving the impression that a definite stage has been reached in the war, and emphasis is now on attack, not defence.”-