Chancellor Adolf Hitler's serial blitzkrieg against the British Isles last night "and early" today seemed momentarily to have been shifted from London to the Midlands area, One slipped through the city's ring of defences and dropped two bombs. The night was black, there was no moon and the weather was bad for bombing, but even the weather did not account for the let-up in aerial activities recently.
For the past three nights the metropolitan area. has been: comparatively Quiet, but industrial centres in the AMidiinds have suffered heavy blows from night bombers. in attacks reminiseent of the worst nights London's ordeal, Asked why night raids on London have slackened, an air expert said that "it has been the general opinion among high Air Force oMclals for some time now that the Luftwaffe is unable to undertake {wo oF more blitzkriegs simultaneously, especially at night.
200 Persons Trapped "We have noticed from the experience of the past fow weeks that if the Germans concentrate night bomb-Jers on London, other parts of, the country Feeeive' little attention. That appears 10 be the best evidence that the German Air Force is not overblessed with experienced night bomb-
Although the raids on London were light yesterday and the night before, some German bombs found targets with disastrous results, Nearly 200 persons were still trapped in the smouldering debris department store basement shelter hours after two high explosive bombs and an oil bomb struck the building.
Some bodies and some persons still riving were taken from. the ruins yesterday morning while firemen ex-{inguished the blaze which threatened to cremate the remainder of those still rapped.
The Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security issued a joint communique which said German air activity over London was light yester= day.
Enemy air activity today was eonned to a few isolated attacks by single airearft," the communique said. Bombs were dropped on a town on the southern coast and in two places Ju the London area. Only slight damage was canted and there were ne casualties ju the London area except one place where the mumber mall."—United Press,
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