March 24โ AP โ American heavy bomber! In a significant demonatration of their growing command of the air, the Americana aent about bombers and approximately the same number of fighters on the mission at a coat of three bombers and five fighters. The escort destroyed two Nazi aircraft on the ground and shot down a third as it was taking off. The Americans could not shoot any great numbers out of the air because, as a headquarters communique observed tonight, "few German interceptors chalienged either the fighters or the bombers.
Flying Fortresses struck tniies to Frankfurt and to Schweinfurt, market the 14th time in March that American heavies had bombed German soii. Frankfurt is a big manufacturing and distribution center with large raiiway yards and aircraft and other war industries. Liberators were given the job of smashing the Nasi airfields in France, both long distances from British bases. Nancy is miles due east of Paris and St. Diticr miles northeast of Bordeaux in south central France.
These fields were the fourth and fifth major German air force installations attacked by the Ameri-. The American daylight offensive followed a double night blow struck by the RAF objectives around the industrial metropolis of Lyon in southern France and the railroad center of Laon in northern France. The RAF's Mosquitos also made another of their stinging attacks on the Rhineland rail and water communications center of Dortmund.
Two British planes were lost. The night raids brought the total of Allied planes over Germany and occupied territory in 36 hours of 6, or 6,, and their bomb load to approximately 7, tons. Barr of New Orienans, nationai president announced today, day.
The first, Api 10, wiii be heid at Greensboro, N. Aithough Senator Byrd D-Va has announced he is-noot a candidate for president, Barr', organization is pushing its draft movement. Dewey accused the national administration tonight of fostering "a deliberate and dangerous policy" of suppressing news and said the people knew "far too little about our own foreign policies and practically nothing about our diplomatic commitments.
