Sunday, April 18, 2010

Current Events April 18, 1942; U. S. STRIKES BACK; JAPANESE WAR INDUSTRY BLASTED


                                              Oakland Tribune
                OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1942

U.S. BOMBS TOKYO, 3 OTHER CITIES
Kobe and Nagoya Set Afire;
War Industry Area Blasted
Raids Herald Big Offensive Say Leaders
House Military and
Naval Chairmen
Predict New Attacks
WASHINGTON, April 18.
(A.P.)— Chairman of the
House Military and Naval
committees maintained today
that the bombing of
Japanese cities, as described
by Tokyo, meant the start of
an offensive war "by the United
Nations in the Far Pacific.
"It is the beginning of a general
offensive," asserted Representative
May (D., Ky.),
chairman of the Military Committee.
"Although it is hard for me to
believe anything Japan says, this
bears out my prediction o£ 10 days
ago that Tokyo would be bombed
shortly."
"It is the beginning of a general
offensive," asserted Representative
May (D., Ky.),
chairman of the Military Committee.
"Although it is hard for me to
believe anything Japan says, this
bears out my prediction of 10 days
ago that Tokyo would be bombed
shortly."

Yokohama Hit; '9 Planes Down'
7-Hour Alarm Sweeps 1000-Mile Course "
On Three Islands; Raiders Believed Based
On Carriers or on Aleutians or China
TOKYO (from Japanese broadcasts), April 18.—(A.P.)
The Japanese command announced that hostile warplanes
bombed Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya and Kobe today
and caused air raid alarms to run through three of the four
main islands of Japan. Observers said the raiders over
Tokyo bore the insignia of the United States Air Force.
These were the first air raids in Japan's experience.

Laval Forms His Pro-Axis Government
New Chief Retains
Three Key Posts,
Leaves Out Dorian
VICHY, April 18.—(AP)—Pro-Axis
Pierre Laval formed a new government
aimed toward Increased
collaboration with Germany today
and kept three key posts—foreign
affairs, interior and information—
for himself.

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