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Eeasy fillied fiir Raids
Over Germany Coitiaee
LONDON, June 22 — The air assault on Europe both from
ihe north and south goes steadily on.
More than 700 British bombers were over Germany, their ma-
in target being Krefeld in the industrial Rhineland. This morning
American heavy bombers followed up this attack by making their
first daylight raid in strength on the Ruhr and -Belgium.
The Air Ministry this morn-
ing announced that the R. A. F.
had sent a strong force of hea-
vy bombers to raid Krefeld,
which lies just west of the gre-
. at industrical area of the Rhine
land. The attack was extreme
ly heavy and concentrated, and
although there were some clo-
uds over this target when the
raid began, the weather clear-
ed later.
Krefeld has often been att-
acked before, the last time
nine months ago, but it has ne-
ver been bombed on a large
•scale. It has a population of
170,000, and it has very impor-
tant steel, textile and chemical
works, as well as coal mines.
It is the centre of railway traff
ic between the Ruhr and West-
ern Europe. From the night’s
operation 44 bombers are miss
ing.
This attack has been follow-
ed up to-day by heavy Ameri-
can bombers, which flew in two
main formations to raid impor-
tant German industrial plants
in' the Ruhr and in Belgium.
A strong formation of the
Eighth American Air Force
pentrated without escort, and
through heavy anti-aircraft fire
and fighter opposition, to the
Rhur, where the main target
was the syntheticc rubber-
plant, which supplies, most of
Germany’s Buna-rubber.
Another American bomber
formation, with American, R.
A. F., Dominion and allied figh
ter squadrons escort, went to
attack objectives in Belgium,
tfheir main target being the
General Motors plant near Ant
werp.
In both these raids, bomb-
ing results were good, and many
Nazi fighters destroyed.
Escorted Mitchells attacked
the German shipyards in Rott-
erdam, destroying seven ene-
my fighters during the raid.
From all these operations 20
bombers and four fighters are
missing.
Other Allied air activity on
the Western front during the
last twentyfour hours included
a raid on an important airfield
in France; intruder operations
over the Lod Countries, and
successful Beaufighter attacks
on enemy shipping off the
Dutch coast. Canadian pilots
did some useful train busting
in enemy occupied territory.
Roitino Reported
io Detroit
Messages from the United
States tell of sporadic rioting
in Ðetroit.
Troops are said to have
been brought in to restore
order, and 1,300 arrests to
have been made — 80% of
them Negroes — and 23 pe
ople — 20 of them Negroes
killed.
Thousands of industrial
workers have been brought
to this now war crowded
city, with resulting congesti-
on of public facilities, and
pro-Axis elements are re-
ported to have been very ac-
tiv, taking full advantage of
the situation.
Messages from the Middle
East report the arrival of the
British War Minister, Sir Jam-
as Grigg, in Cairo, and say that
Sir Archibald Sinclair, Minister
of Air, is also -in the Middle
Éast.
Japs Trounced
Again In Air
In the SoU;th-West Pacific,
the Japanese have taken anot-
her trouncing in the air, the
third in a week.
This time it was in an air
battle over Lae, when Allied
pilots pounced on 36 Japanese
Zeros, and shot down two-thirds
of them. Allied losses are offi-
cially described as light,
Other Allied aircraft went
for the forward enemy base for
the Mubo area, Salamaus, and
gave the aerodrome there anot-
her heavy pounding. Japanese
air bases in Timor took a 2Vz
hours’ blitz from Allied aircraft
during the night.
Disclose Losses
Id RnssAxis War
LONDON June, 22 — On the
second anniversary of Hitler’s
attack on Russia, to-day’s Mos
cow communique reports only
patrol and activity on the
Eastern Front.
A special statement issued
last night gives some detail of
German and Russian losses dur
ing the two years of war.
According to these official
Soviet figures, German losses
are listed as follows: 6,400,000
officers and men killed and tak
en prisoner; 56,000 guns; 42,
400 tanks, and 43,000 aircraft.
The Russian amount to 4,200,
000 officers and men killed and
missing; 35,000 guns: 30f000
tanks, and 23,100 aircraft.
Axís Raiders Oser
England
LONDON — German raid-
ers over Britain in greater
strength than of late. They
dropped bombs at scattered po-
ints in soutern and eastern Eng
land. Damage and casualties
are reported. One enemy air-
craft was destroyed.