| Show British Planes Blast Reich With New Raid LONDON March sarch 3 UP UP The The i It a RAP A F rounded out a week of ot the heaviest aerial offensive in history Tuesday night with another attack on 01 western Germany as the reich reportedly sought the Vatican's aid to halt the allied bombardment of ot axis cities Three planes were lost in theraid the theraid theraid raid and in mine laying operations th the air ministry said Preliminary reports indicated that Tuesday nights night's attack on western Germany was carried out In n the face of ot heavy weather and consequently was on a much smaller small small- er scale than the raids during the I previous six nights I IThe The German radio said a few British planes bombed western Germany in bad visibility Cas Cas- I 1 I vere were light and damage unimportant unimportant unimportant un important the broadcast said The Anglo-American Anglo aerial offensive offensive offensive of of- was keyed to pave the way for an invasion Berlin itself was still ing from the heaviest raid of ot the war var Monday night The German r radio announced that persons persona were killed and wounded and neutral sources said that hundreds perhaps t thousands of ot Berlin residents residents residents resi resi- dents were homeless Among buildings damaged in the Berlin assault a Berne Beme dispatch said were the American and British British British Brit Brit- ish embassies The German radio claimed that five churches three large hospitals and many monumental monumental menu menu- mental buildings were destroyed ignoring that Germany Introduced the technique of ot large- large scale bombing of ot cities with her assault on Warsaw in the early days of ot the war and then blasted British cities with everything she had Foreign Minister Joachim von was reported In a Zurich dispatch to have urged the Vatican to intervene with a view and the United States with a view to a truce on n attacks on open cities From Berne came a report that thai Germany and Italy already have agreed in principle to such a truce The pope always has strongly condemned the bombing of ot cities and Swiss sources said il it was possible he was discussing the matter maller with Archbishop Francis J 3 Spellman of ot New York who is now visiting the Vatican One of ot the principal problems In arranging any truce would be bethe bethe bethe the defining of an open city city- normally a city entirely without military objectives Every railroad railroad rail ran road station every factory turning out war materials and every government government government gov gov- building could be considered considered considered consid consid- ered a military target Dispatches from neutral countries countries countries coun coun- tries as well as broadcasts by by- bythe th the tho German radio indicated that th the tons of ot bombs dropped on onI Paa Pane Pact Two Two Two- I Column Seven Senn BOMBERS BLAST 1 REICH ANEW Continued from Page Pare On One Ond Berlin Monday night wrought widespread destruction some of it itin itin itin in the center of Berlin The reich capitals capital's face shows many bad wounds which will take a long time to heal the Swedish Telegraph bureaus bureau's Berlin bureau reported The worst-hit worst districts provide a weird demonstration of air wars war's destructiveness British fighters rs and fighter- fighter bombers struck the last blow of the aerial offensive against Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope before bad bad- weather set In over over the continent Tuesday night They attacked railways and other targets in occupied north France and Belgium damaging several lo locomotives locomotives locomotives lo- lo In daylight yesterday One plane was lost While plane crews rested last night British and German long- long range guns dueled across the English English English Eng Eng- lish cha channel mel for an hour and a half Terrific explosions shook the English southeast coast as the German shells burst In the Dover area |
