By United Press
The Berlin radio went off the air
suddenly early Sunday morning after flashing a warning that "enemy
planes" were approaching the Capital. U.S. Government monitors reported the
Nazi station's abrupt blackout.
LONDON. March 4.—(/P)—Berlin was
bombed by American Flying Fortresses today for the first time in the war a part
of an extensive daylight attack on Eastern Germany by the U.S. Eighth Air Force.
LONDON, March 4.—
(AP)—
Moscow announced t o n i g h t
that Soviet troops striking toward the Pskov,
Warsaw railway south of Pskov captured Pancvo, three miles east of the rail
artery, while Red Army troops in the north won several 'heavily fortified
strongpoints" in their fight to widen their Estonian Bridgehead below Narva.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, March 5.
—(Sunday)—(AP)—
Standing the ground in one of the
fiercest fights of the Pacific war, American invaders of the Admiralties killed
or wounded 3000 Japanese, attacking in waves in "a final desperate attempt"
to win back Momote Airdrome, headquarters announced today.
PEARL HARBOR, March 4--(AP')—
Army and Navy bombers struck
again at Japanese strong points on the Eastern Caroline Islands and the Marshall
Islands, dropping a total of 25 tons of explosives on airfields, docks and
shipping March 2.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1944
Yanks in First Raid on Berlin
American Heavy
Bombers and Fighters Carry Daylight Aerial War to Hitler's Doorstep; 40 Planes
Fail to Return
By United Press
The Berlin radio went off the air
suddenly early Sunday morning after flashing a warning that "enemy
planes" were approaching the Capital. U.S. Government monitors reported the
Nazi station's abrupt blackout.
LONDON. March 4.—(/P)—Berlin was
bombed by American Flying Fortresses today for the first time in the war a part
of an extensive daylight attack on Eastern Germany by the U.S. Eighth Air Force.
Plunging 600 miles into the heart
of the Reich, one formation of heavy bombers hit the Capital itself, it was
disclosed tonight, with the help of an escort of
Mustangs, which also went all the way to
Berlin to equal the deepest fighter penetration ever made into Europe.
Fourteen bombers and 26 fighters
are missing from the operations, headquarters stated in a tentative accounting
that said nine enemy planes were destroyed "by the fighters.
The number shot down by gunners in
the Fortresses was not yet known, headquarters added.
There was no disclosure as to how
many of the missing bombers were lost in the attack on Berlin.
THROUGH
BITTER COLD
The Fortresses thundered through blinding
snow storms and 58-degree below zero temperature in the substratosphere.
to make the first American attack
on the capital. The once-mighty German air force sent up only 30 to 40 fighters
in defense
of the city.
RUSS GAIN AT
PSKOV, NARVA,
IN UKRAINE
By TOM YARBROUGH
LONDON, March 4.—
(AP)—
Moscow announced t o n i g h t
that Soviet troops striking toward the Pskov,
Warsaw railway south of Pskov captured Pancvo, three miles east of the rail
artery, while Red Army troops in the north won several 'heavily fortified
strongpoints" in their fight to widen their Estonian Bridgehead below Narva.
The Russian nightly communique,
recorded by the Soviet Monitor, also reported gains in the Ukraine as Soviet
Troops south of the captured iron-mine town of Krivoi Rog
crossed the Ingulets River and
captured
seven localities. Among them were
Zagradovka. 25 miles southwest of Krivoi Rog and the final rail stations on the
20-mile spur railway from Krivoi Rog southwest to Nikolaycv.
This leaves the Germans no natural
defense line short of the Ingul River, 44 miles to the west, said the United
Press. The Ingul empties into the Black Sea at Nikolaycv
3000 Japs
Cut Down in
Admiralties
Americans Lose Only
61 Killed in Fierce
Los Negros Battles
By MUURLIN SPENCER
A L L I E D HEADQUARTERS,
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, March 5.
—(Sunday)—(AP)—
Standing the ground in one of the
fiercest fights of the Pacific war, American invaders of the Admiralties killed
or wounded 3000 Japanese, attacking in waves in "a final desperate attempt"
to win back Momote Airdrome, headquarters announced today.
This turn in the tide of battle occurred
Friday night and yesterday morning on Los Negros Island, invaded last Tuesday
on the northeastern side of the Bismarck Sea Admiralty group.
Seven hundred dead Japanese were
left on the battlefield, and were buried by the Americans.
The invasion to date has cost 61 American
lives and 244 wounded.
The bulk of this price was paid
in hurling back the fanatical onslaughts of the Nipponese from ridge positions
a mile and three quarters inland Friday night and
Saturday morning.
NAVY
BOMBARDS PORT
Seadler, the harbor for Lorcngau
on near by Manus I s l a n d, from which enemy reinforcements have been moving
eastward to Los Negros, was bombarded by American
destroyers.
Carolines, Marshalls
Given New Pounding
U.S. FLEET HEADQUARTERS.
PEARL HARBOR, March 4--(AP')—
Army and Navy bombers struck
again at Japanese strong points on the Eastern Caroline Islands and the Marshall
Islands, dropping a total of 25 tons of explosives on airfields, docks and
shipping March 2.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz said today.
The attackers returned safely despite anti-aircraft fire.
Nimitz, in a press release, said
the Seventh Air Force Liberators hit Ponape nnd Kusaie in the Carolines.
Ponape, -140 miles cast of the enemy
base at Truk, took eight tons of bombs on runways and buildngs.
Shipping and dock areas were attacked
at Kusaie, southeast of Ponape.
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