THE CAPITAL TIMES
MADISON, WIS., SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1942
Nazis Open New Drive Below Rostov
RAF Drops 'Ceaseless Rain of Bombs on Duesseldorf
RACINE JOURNAL-TIMES
RACINE, WIS., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 1, 1942.
Reds Admit Nazi Advance
In Area South of Rostov
MOSCOW, Aug. 1.—(U.P)—Red
Star, official organ of the soviet
army, intimated today that any
Russian soldier who retreated
would be shot, as the noon communique
acknowledged that the
Germans had broken through red
army defense lines south and
southeast of Bataisk.
I t was the first admission that
Russian positions had been penetrated
in the critical Bataisk area,
some 15 miles south of Rostov,
although German gains had been
admitted three times in 24 hours.
Admit Soviet Retreat
RAF Bombs Smash
Dusseldorf Factories
More Than 600
Big Planes Drop
Block Busters
Attack Concentrated
For 50 Minutes;
Many Fires Started
LONDON, Aug. 1.—(U.P.)—British
bombers during the night dropped
more than 150 two-ton "block
buster" bombs and 100,000 incendiaries
on the great German
industrial center of Dusseldorf in
what the air ministry said today
was "probably the most concentrated
RAF attack since the war
began."
The ministry said that the RAF
pounded the Rhenish-Westphalen
war industry area with a "ceaseless
rain" of bombs for 50 minutes.
A large number of huge Lancaster
as well as a "great force"
of all other types of heavy and
medium bombers participated in
t h e attack.
Many fires were still burning at
Dusseldorf at 11 a. m. (4 a. m.
CWT) when reconnaissance planes
approached the city, the air ministry
added.
Other Fronts Raided.
An admitted loss of 30^bombers
indicated that well above 600
planes engaged in the attack
10,000 Japs Attempting
To Consolidate Aleutians
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—(U.P)
—Official navy disclosure that
some 10,000 Japanese troops are
believed to be in the western
Aleutians was accepted today as
evidence that the enemy apparently
is attempting to consolidate
its position in the island chain.
According to a navy spokesman,
probably one-hp'? of the
force was believed encamped on
the three islands now known to
be in Japanese hands—Attu, Kiska
and Agattu. The other half
was believed to be aboard ships in
the area.
Is Formidable Force.
Considering the small size of
the islands, military experts believed
the invasion troops represent
a fairly formidable' holding
force. And size of the concentration
was regarded as evidencing
Japanese desires to retain their
established foothold in the
world.
There is no evidence yet that
the Japanese have extended their
o p e r a t i o n s beyond the three
islands already occupied. Delegate
Anthony J. Dimond of Alaska
reported he had been informed
unofficially that the enemy
may have landed on the Pribolof
islands about 250 miles north of
Dutch Harbor but the navy
spokesman, in reply to inquiries,
said that "we are not in a position
to say that they aren't there
but we have no evidence that
they are."
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