July 6, 1944; ROBOT BOMBS TAKE HIGH TOLL:

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JULY 6, 1944:

100-150 "Buzz" Bombs Daily Hitting

London Area—Damage Not Equal to Blitz

LONDON, July 6. (UP)—

Prime Minister Churchill disclosed today that the Germans were bombarding London with robot bombs at the rate 100 to 150 a day and in the first three weeks of this assault had killed 2752 persons, a high proportion of them in the British capital. Some 8000 others persons have been hospitalized for injuries, but a large proportion of them were discharged after only a few 'days, Churchill told commons in his awaited statement on the pilotless plane attacks.

Both Mustard and Lewisite Gas Used

By Nips—Disclosure May Bring Action

14TH U. S. AIR FORCE BASE IN CHINA, June 29. (Delayed) —(UP)—

Capt. Ralph F. Thompson, a U. S. army chemical warfare intelligence .officer, confirmed today that the Japanese were' using poison gas against the Chinese de- fenders of Hengyang.

 

66th Year No, 157  Lowell Mass. Thursday July 6 1944

2752 Killed, 8000 Hurt

In Three-Week Period

100-150 "Buzz" Bombs Daily Hitting

London Area—Damage Not Equal to Blitz

LONDON, July 6. (UP)—

Prime Minister Churchill disclosed today that the Germans were bombarding London with robot bombs at the rate 100 to 150 a day and in the first three weeks of this assault had killed 2752 persons, a high proportion of them in the British capital. Some 8000 others persons have been hospitalized for injuries, but a large proportion of them were discharged after only a few 'days, Churchill told commons in his awaited statement on the pilotless plane attacks.

Altogether, he said, the Germans discharged 2750 flying bombs from their launching platforms on the French coast from the start of the assault June 13 through 6 a. m. today, but a very large proportion of them either failed to cross the

channel or had been shot down.

"The house will be favorably surprised to learn that the total number of flying bombs launched have killed almost exactly one person per bomb,"

he said.

The average number of deaths from the German robot bombs was

130 daily, a relatively light figure in contrast to the slaughter of the

1940-41 blitz. During the night of May 10, 1941, 1436 Londoners were

killed by German bombs dropped from piloted planes.

From the beginning of the war to last June 1. Air raid deaths in London totaled 51,778, while another 62,868 persons were injured.

Reds Open

New Drive

In Poland

Germans Hurl

Reserve Into

Action in West

LONDON, July 6 (UP)—

The German high command reported today that fighting had flared on a 125-mile front in southern Poland, indicating that the Red army had opened a new drive which formed the lower wing of its great offensive aimed across the Polish plains at Germany.

A Berlin communique said the battle line across southern Poland between Kowel and the upper Dnestr had blazed into action, but the cautious first reports, lacking Moscow confirmation, did not make clear the weight and scope of the operation.

U. S. Army Officer Finds

Evidence in Hengyang Area

Both Mustard and Lewisite Gas Used

By Nips—Disclosure May Bring Action

14TH U. S. AIR FORCE BASE IN CHINA, June 29. (Delayed) —(UP)—

Capt. Ralph F. Thompson, a U. S. army chemical warfare intelligence .officer, confirmed today that the Japanese were' using poison gas against the Chinese de- fenders of Hengyang.

Thompson found evidence of use of both mustard and lewisite gas, he reported on his return from a special trip to Hengyang to investigate Chinese claims that death-dealing gases were being employed by the Japanese.

Slaughter of Japs on

Saipan Seems Inevitable

Trapped Defenders, Massed Body to

Body, Plan Battle to the Death

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS

Pearl Harbor, July G Iff*)—

Impending slaughter of  Japanese, massed body to body for a last ditch stand on Saipan and the swift seizure of a second enemy airfield 800 miles southeast of the

Philippines added emphasis today, to a highly significant prediction by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz.

What we learn on Saipan we will use in assaults on other Japanese positions," he said at a press conference in which he pointed out that Saipan’s larger land mass afforded valuable lessons for future operations.

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