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SEVENTH ARMY BLUNTS NEW COURT HOUSE
GERMAN THRUST; NAZIS CROSS ■SET1
RUM NORTH OF STRASBOURG
By
l-V;
"f
William Li. Ryon, Associated
Press War Editor
The U. S. Seventh army has
blunted the second big German
counteroffensive, this one aiming
at the vital Sgverne gap fn east-
ern France. In the north Field
Ma'rsfial Sir Bernard L. 'Mont-
gomery sent British and Ameri-
cans under hU command into a
concerted drive today along a 21-
milc front against the northern
flank pf Field Marshfft-RHrr-voHlJs
Rundstedt'a Belgian bulge. I**1
The German push in the south,
which carried 15 miles through
the northern Vbsges in five days
south of Bitche, Maginot fortress*
. city, ran into stiff resistance at
the deepest point of its penetra-
tion, -12 miles from Saverne and
the Saverne gap. But the 'Ger-
mans sent troops across the Rhine
in battalion strength nine miles
north "of Strasbourg, posing a
threat to that important French
Rhine city.
Montgomery's forces in the Ar-
,-defines sector gained 2 1-2 miles
against Von Rundstedt's northern
flank* but U. S. First army forces
driving south from the Grandme-
nil area toward Bastogne were
slowed by bad weather and in-
creasing German resistance.
The U. S. Third army fighting
on the southern flank in the Bas-
togne sector yielded two miles in
the Mithamps area northeast ' of
the city under pressure of afleast
21 counterattacks in two days.
^Another mile was given up a-
rftttnd Wardin, three miles south-
east of Bastogne.' The with-
drawals wfcrc described as order-
ly line - shortening operations on
the narrow waist bf the salient
The;tf;'sS. Seventh army in east-
ern France cleared the Germans
from WingenvSur-Moder, on the
fringe of the Nazi drive, and kept
open lateral communications to
Hagu'enau, 19 miles to the south
cast. ■ \
JThtrtJprman crossings of the
Rhine were made ?t Gambsheim
and Offendorf, and some units
pushed west toward villages foiir
and six miles from thex~ river.
Prisoners taken carried only
enough rations for one day arid
seemed to have little knowledge of
why they were sent across.
jtee of Honor
To Seat Officers
Monday Night John ^. Keliey
Buys Sinclair
Ruby Lodge No. 14, Degree of
Honor, will hold installation Cer-
emony Monday night at the W.
O. W. hall at 7:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Shelly Sanderson, national
field director, and Mrs. Kathryn
Wilcox, state president, will be
present.
All members are urged to at-
tend this important meeting. Mrs.
Clara Howard,' the president, will
be in charge.
WANTED
Boys,J 3 years of act or older
with bicycles to handle es-
tablished newspaper delivery
routes.
LIBERAL COMMISSIONS
THE ORANGE LEADER
Circulation Dcpt .
SAVE!
This Newspaper
■For the City-wide Waste
Paper Salvage Drive held
the Last Sunday in each
month.
Put this paper with others
you have saved and tie
them into neat, tight bund-
les so that you'll be ready
to put them out on your
front porch on Sunday,
January 28, foe the boy
scouts to pick up and load
into box oars fas shipment
Save magazines, wrapping
paper and card board car-
tons, too. Wrap eich type of
salvage paper separately
and bundle it securely. -
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TODAY'S
EDITORIAL
Joseph E. Bergeron and Miss
Myra Wanda Thomas, of Orange;
Rudy H. Gasscr and Mrs. Ada
. Saltier, of Orange; Curtis C. Nor
..well and Mrs. Wanda L. Nowcll,
of Kirbyvllle, were issued mar-
riage license here Friday.
Two Mexican boys, charged
, with theft of Max Ooldfine's au-
Peace does not travel on an tomobile here during the month
empty stomach. Hungry men of December, were returned to
think about how to get the next Orange Friday night by Police
meal, not how to .prevent the next Chief R. F. Bass. Furthei
war,-. Disease — political as well OI'dS of the city Yecorder's
as physical — thrives where there here Saturday showed' 12 erfexts.
is malnutrition. Allied officials for drunkenness, two .for
trlize that the food situation in theft of car, three" fqiymvcstigii-
Europe will become increasingly Hon and three for disturbing the
serious during the next six peace.
months. Carefully checked Al-
lied estimates have been made of
what food Europe has. These reJ
veal that large imports will be re-
quired if the people in liberated
cities and in1 those countries most
devastated by the war are to sur
vive. Maximum shippt^' spi
must be saved for military Sup-
plies to crush the Germ
the Japs. Therefore, m^sf of the
Imported food for Europe during
this critical periqd must come
from the nearest sources, the U. S.
and Canada. /
Of the six/basic foods needed
for relief grains, tats and oils,
animal y^proteins, pulses (dried with
The Denton A Cappello Choir
SUPPLY LINE
DOOMS EFFORT
Bcl-
with American Forces :it
beanf^and peas), sugar, and milk pjUITli Jun, 5. (Ap) — German
—X¥. S. has ample quantities ^industrialists havewBegun export-
only two the grains and pulses. jng funds for safekeeping ' and
Some of the very important tissue. arranglng for development of new
building foods most needed for re- weapons for another waFTaccord-
FREE GUNK
FOR CRIPPLED
HILDREN SET
JAN.19
LET'S DO
SOMETHING
ABOUT IT!
lief were removed from nation-
ing last summer
ncht U. S. food
hopekvof
ing t| information available here
Fears of immi- tCKjQy,
surpluses and uoy, moves are said to have
eprly victory were dis-jjeen taken surreptitiously at the
ioh of the Nazi party as
pel led at the Arnhem bridgehead. instigatioh , of the Nazi party
The American people, having the pnrt o( lts program to remain -
money to spend, will consume all cretiy jn power after Germany's
the food in the four categories in defeat.
short supply if rationing controls previously the party has rigor-
are. removed,, \ ously banned sending funds out
There is no question that the ^ the-Mich. - Now the Nazis are
vast majority of Africans would ^idTo beenciuraging and assign
willingly carry on with ration industrialists to get out as
points as well as bullets and-bonds ml|c^ money as possible with the
for victory. The War r ocKf Ad- g jm of saving themselves and
minlstrator should be urgea\ to advancing \lhelr postwar aims,
urge stricter rationing without fur- simultaneously the Nazis arc
ther delay,. Starvation must not tipCiar(>d requiring large German
follow our armies of liberation. If factories to set up small ''techni-
we use too much of our food at cfl| <^jjces" or "research bureaus"
home, it will prolong the agony having no obvious connection with
of war. Hunger abroad means their sponsors. Their existence is
chaos. Chaos means the need for j0 be known only to a few key-
military policing, with additional pCr80ng
Uvea lost, We can well afford to Operating at "scientific "'re-
tighten our belts a notch now to gclu-L.|j bureaus, a see ret corps of
voiccs svrong, the Den,-
•On AC&PPeR" vholr-JJrom "' the
North Texas State l'eue'he^s.'col-
lone will be heard in concert here
Monuny night at 8:3(0 o'clock in
the Stark high auditorium. Their
.appearance is sponsored by the
Wange* Association for Childhood
Eulieation.
While ' the average musician,
who takes two or three courses in
this field", Dr. Bi^iri has had 40
hours oKcomdUMffihg. He studied,
in the Eastman School of Music
under Kari\van HoeSen; as a
member of the- Westminister choir
under John PUnley Williamson:
undjy* "ftollis. Dafin of New York
university, one of the best known
music educators in the country;
under Conductor Finn of1 the fa-
mous Paulisf Chorister, who is
now In charge of the music for the
Catholic Hour; and under Hugh
1 Boss, conductor of the Schla Can-
tprum in New York.
Trained to precision, the forty
young men and women of tho
Denton A Cappel-la choir offci1 a.
performance that is exciting both
to the trained music lover and the'
man in the street.
The PortNArthur Society for,
Crippled Children will hold a
free clinic,for
crippled childr&i January ID.
! 45 The clinic will be held at
the First flap! 1st church. B48-3th
It., Port Arthur, TexasX Cooper-
ating with the Crippled CiHldretv
;r>0;'iety will be the Por
Wealth Unit, and the
■ County' Health Unit, the
j.resscd in )>urplo velvet and Newton Health Unit, arid the Har-
wliite satin robes, they movejdiii - Tyler County Health Unit.
iuukly to their positions in the I Members of the staff of the Crip-
ohnianx formation, in which they pled-Children's division ol the
always sing. The^condu.ctpr takas ' '
THOSE PARK AVE WRECKS
are ■' becoming ton numerous to-
pans unnoticed tor sumit ccAson in
tliirixiNt lew day> tour ear col-
lt«>..iv JiiiN- ""oecnried kince- he-
uinning of the holiday senium on
Pm1t uveinie and Sixth street, ae
cording to Vi-purts. Just what can
be done to eliminate these hazard
examination off1'1'* collisions the author or this
roiumn Is unable to stly, although
it ,Is believed that something can
■ind will be done to improve the
situation. Probably there should
be some mote stop lights and sig-
nals on important thoroughfare
Intersections.
h s position, jind immediately the
They sing
State Department of gducat ion
Austin , Texasv will also assist
Special ists from John Spply hos-
J0PEAD UPON THE WATERS
be found many days hence was
viV(dly portrayed in the "Christ-
masNnn the high seas" program
cHrrieck out by the Orange Pilot
clii'b. pJyvious to the Christm^
holidays. WThe Orange club
and' e'ach' pltaFoeTv^. "ex- j ^^Ji'cWle'.ge coming trom
on. and as' amine the chiRlren and advise I ■
me there is no hes|^ition, and as
far as the audleor-: ——
clumsy "getting
The result is a graceful per-
formance in which Dr. Bain plays
on his human ."'symphony of
voices"' with even igreater pi^-
cision and variation than a skilled
organist. Bain guards clos^lj^as
a' professional seeret-ivis method
of enabling his singers to staj t
their programs without permitting
the audience W5f®p0ver how they
receive tliejr pitch.
"ftie tickets are priced at 75c for
adults and 50c for children, tax
included. All aerVfcprnen will be
admitted, free. —Tickets are on
sale at all public schools, at the
Administration building JocMed at
501. Fifteenth s(i',eet, and at Mrs,
Roy Greenwood's home at 40U
Cypress street, phono 2583.
nCi oss- chapter to
lesiwuion, ana as' me ............ IkixV* WMh nuitabto and
ice can tell. 110 i parents or guardiarts as to what I1"1,, ' 1 , jx? . 1
tl,e'wpitth." imay be done to help t'h« child. |««b c «'««" *.fV w wfu d
T;; [be at sea on Christmas day. Let-
bring our men back sooner.
technicians is said to hove been
given the task of safeguarding all,
plaps and drawings concerning
new weapons,as well as niato',ials
required for their production.
Station Business
\a barber here
Week's Program Of
Police Training
John P. Keliey,
sTJlifSi" .2- School Announced
tion agency on Gfeon avenue and
Tenth street and ha5 assumed The five - week police training
charge with Cecil Keliey, his son, 6<*ool enters its fourth week of
as manager. Kelly, a naUve of study tomorrow night at 7 o clock
Woman's Division
In 6th War Loan
Sells $575,000
Thp woman's division of the
Sixth war- loan drive in Orange
county turned fn a total of $575,-
000 of the more than seven' mil-
lion dollars, included in the self-
imposed quota, according to Mrs
J. E. Alexander, chairman of the
committee.
Those heading the various de-
partment committees were: Spe-
cial sales, Mrs, Fay Raleigh; spe-
cial projects, Mr,s. Frank Malloy;
church «rganizations, Mrs. Meade
Graves; Parent - Teachers associa-
tion, Mrs. John Anger; Women's
. Club, Mrs. John Lawler; business
womenV organizations, Mrs. Geo.
D. Craft; beauticians, . Mrs. Pat
O'Bi iep. ; '
Mrs. Alexander expressed
personal ihanks to the women
Of Orange for thi>ir wholehearted
cooperation in the dritffe , v—
southeast Texas, spent 17 years
in the district court room.
for this week is
in Orange as a member of the P' OS'am
force at the Alamo barbershop. u , s:„ . ,r^, v ,
The Sinclair agency was pur- Ai™u*Z , ^".Vk ^1V
chascd from Weldon McClelland A'd; Clifford Matthews, assistant
and C. C. Clark. Mr. Keliey said, chn,ir^ar[ l>_( th,^ °l'nnK«l County
that he yds considering operating
the station both day and night.
Stamps-Baxter
Quartette To Sing
Here January 21
The Stamps * Baxter quartette, tion
which sang to an overflow crowd
in Orange several weeks ago, has
been secured for a return en-
gagement in response to the many
requests received.
The popular singers, will appear
In a concert presented by the
Riverside Singing Convention of
the Air under the sponsorship of
the Riverside Association on Sun-
day night. January 21 at the Riv-
erside Assembly Hall No. 1.
Red Cross:
January 0: ^"Traffic Control
and Accident Investigation," rep-
resentative Iqf Texas state depart-
ment of public safety.
Januuary 10Y"Jurisdiction Fed-
eral InvestigatiV^ Agencies", G.
A. Garrett, specialx agent; "Juris-
diction, State, Courity and Local
Investigative Agencies," E. L. Bdr-
ker, Consolidated Steel Corpora-
Iris Lodge Will
Meet Today For
Night Workers
v<
-With 28 mem|fre attending, a
regular meeting of Iris lodge No.
286 was held at Odd Fellows hall
Fciday night when six candidates
, received initiatory degrees. Plans
Hinh ^rhnnl P.TA'c werc made at "J'* mectln« *
• MJJ" Jt nOOl w I " 5 special meeting td' be held at 2
o'clock this afternoon for mem-
bers who work at nignt. "
Kitchen Damaged
As Cleaning Fluid
Catches On Fire
Motor Corps Opens
New PrograhKOn
Red Cross Work
The Red Cross motor rorps has
iniiugurate<l a new pi'ogram for
their meeting on the first Wed-
nesday of-each month this year,
Meetings are held lit 7:30. o'clock
in the motor corps room of the
Red Cross headquarters on Wa-
ter street.
iieyjrtmaiy purpose of the
clinic to discover crippled chil-
dren who have not had any
treatment and then help provide
such treatment 'is is,needed, but
children who twyjp. 'ieen under
treatment m'iiy to the clinic
for a cheek-up examination.
Wliere treatment Is indicated for
a child and help is needed by the
parents iii providing such, the
members of the stall of. the Crip-
pled Children's division will be
on hand to offer "the services of
that division. The Crippled Chil-
dren's division offers treatment t'o
any mentally normal ehtld under
21 year* of age whose parent* are
unable to provide needed- treat-
ment, The treatment offered by
the Crippled Children's division Is
j limited to the field of bone and
]plastic surgery and treatment is
given by orthopodie and plastic
surgeons approved as specialists
by the Sntte. Health department
and in nationally recognized hos-
pitals. 1
Children with such disabilities
as caused from infantile paralysis,
spastic paralysis, osteomyelitis, ar-
thritis, bone tuberculosis, old
fracture, contracture from burris,
club foot, dislocated, Jiip, harelip,
cleft palate, spina-bifida, and
day
ters received by the \hib from
those participating in Hie won-
derful act of hpspHjility, fii\whieh
deepest gratitude Was expressed,
represented that, phase {if Hie
scriptural axiom "For thou sha
find it after many days"
Mary Prances Hickman is gen-
eral chairman of the program
which.will consist of a lecture on
the work of the Red Crosb. both
others are accepted.
Registration for the clinic will
begin at II .10 in the morning. I'ar-
un5i ere - Urged to have children
. .. „ ... registciMsd by 11:80 a. tin. - The
locally* and nationally with par- fo„owill# c,ol)nUes nrc laciu(ied:
ticular attention being directed to
the local program. The lecture
will be followed by answeis to
questions advanced by...tlie listen-
ers. Ny—'
Joseph A. Campbell, a vice-
chairman of the board, was the
fi(-st speaker on the newly organ-
ized program antl he reviewed in
detail tl c local and' national or-
ganizations., The program 1ft- in-
tendedrvto familiarize the motor
corps members with each phase
of Red Cross work.
Mi's. W. L. I'lchev presented a
lecture on tly: work-'ol the staff
Minor, damages were done to assistants this miinth at I) special
the kitchen of.the home of O, T. meeting.
Hickman at 42(1 Flaherty courts,
THE ORANGE PUMP PRIMED
is an expression that should be
eSslly interpreted , by those ' fa-
vfniliar witli what it takes to
''prime" a pi'imp to make it use-
ful iu performing it's part in mov-
ing water or any other fluid by
comparison with -a program that
will utilize the "primed pump" of
progress that is now operating in
the Orange area. The "pump"
has been primed with funds pour-
ed in front governmental"aftjfi-
cies and industrial concerns witji
the. result that there Is a beautiful
flow^of business which can be
kept going provided the "pump'
is kept in action. L. D. S. A I.
FUNERAL RITES
Riverside addition as a result of
cleaning fluid-used in the home
being ignited. The alajfm given
at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon
was answered by th£ fire deinn t-
nient. Damages to the kitchen! today,
were rouglily estimacd at about'
$25.00. * -~T " 1
The February program will be
in charge of Mrs. C. --K Raleigh
who wdl secure a spcaUo; from
the'camp and Hospital service
committee, Itjwas announced Sat-
!Destroyers Beat
Vidor Tax Dates Receiving Station
January 17,18# 19 Desettes Also Win
. County Tax Assessor - Collec-
tor O. D- Butler announced Sat-
urday that his outside dates for
-collection of'"taxes and assessing
for 194_5 would be at Vidor Janu-
ary 17, 18 aftd 10 from 9:00 a. m.
to 5:00 p. m. The collections and
Coming from behind in the last
two minutes of play, the Consoli-
dated Destroyers nosed -out'.- the
U. S. Navy Receiving Station, 24-
20, in the fi«st game of a double*
header-staged at the high school
gym Friday night. The CoHKoli-
To Meet Monday
HOTIPIIIPPBPMM I (pL.,_ .... I w*
assessments will brf made at the(^Bte<^ Desettes defeated trfe Or-
j sub-court houBe.. This will be the unge high school girls, by a 28-11
only date for collecting and asses-
sing for the month at Vidor, it
was stated.
tf?f , ■
count in the-sccond game.
The Stark Senior and Carr Ju-
nior high school P. T. A.'s will MILEAGE DOESN'T COL'NT
meet Monday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock at the Stark high school. Torrington. Conn. (Ap>. —r Mrs.
The executive meeting will be Luvarne Hinson received a pack-
held at 3 o'clock and full attend- age and>*~ postcard in the same
■nee la urged. ' Immediately fol- mail delivery — both postmarked
lowing the executive matting the the same day The package, how-
soplal hour will be held with Mrs. ever, came from India, more than
A. D. Bates. Mrs. Monroe and 10,0on miles away, while the post-
Mrs. W; H. Uzsle serving as ho - card was mailed from Wlnsted,
. „• 10 miles distant. y
Furs Sell At
V Ceiling Prices
Sam Barton, an Orange fur buy-
er. returning home Saturday from
New Iberia. La., said that the de-
partment of conser\'attpn had sold
50,000 muskrsts "it. celling prices,
baaed at 91.10 for muskrats. mice
and pieces at 10 cants; niink. *4.«5
and coot* at f 1.15.
The Navy led Consolidated
throughout the game until two
-4-minutes before the finish. Bob
Porter of Q. S. C. dropped in a
foul shot to tic the score at 20-all.
Veteran Ed Lonker scored on u
lay-up shot fo assure the De-
stroyers of victory-.
Aftfrr the close first'half when
the Desettes led by «n I1-* mar-
gin, the more ' experienced Col-
solldated girls opened up to tally
Jefferson, Orange, Tyler, llardin,
Jasper. Newton, Liberty. and.
Chambers. However, children in .
other couniifcs may be examined
if parents' so desire,
Mr, C. T: IJrackl/i, vocational
rehabilitation superivswr from the
Houston office will lie. present to,
l-onfer wlj.h cripplcd children over
10 years of age wfio "may be in-
terested In a training program. *
Interested persons contact Mrs.
T: O. Land rum, telephone num-
ber 2245.
Bridge Classes To
Resume Monday
Announcement wait made today
from flu. FPHA-USO office that
the bridge claffl wilt resume me<!t-
i'ngs oh Monday,'January 8th ♦ at
eleven o'clock in the lounge of the
^dult building,. *
All ljidiesl'Who enjoy bridge, or
who want learn the game are
Invited to 'join the clips where
hplp will be given to beginner* or
to those who want to improve
their game. An invlbition is. ex-
tended to anyone who is well ac-.
quainted' with the game to join
this group and give the others the
benefit of her knowledge.
Red Cross Annual
Meeting Thursday
Open To Public
The annual meeting of the Or-
ange chapter of the American Red
Cross will be held Thursday after'
noon at 5 o'clock at the USO club.
This meeting fa open to anyone
who holds * II annual member-
ship and all othef interested per-
sons are welcome to attend.
Officers lor the coming year
AIMER
Mrs. Ann fettle Mosler, 85, died
Friday night at her home, 1004
Burton street alter an illness of
some time. Mrs. Mosiuf, e wjdow
or the late Court Mosier, daugh-
ter >f the late Mr. and Mrs. O. W
Burton. Sr., was born, reared and
spent her entire life lit Orange.
Her people were, among the orig-
inal settlers of this section. She
was a member of the McDonald
Memorial Baptist church.
Surviving her are one son
James C. (Boy) Mosier; three
daughtcre* Mrs. J. G Lewis, of
Wcsf^Monroe, La.; Mrs. Berta
Block, of Orange and Mrs May
PerklriSj of Houston; Iwo brothers,
Fred A. Burton and John Burton,
both ol Orange; 22 gl and children,
13 great grand children. ',
Services will be held atV the
I'uller'Iwnerul chapel at 2 o'clock
this afternoon with Rev. Keliey
W. Terrell, pastor of the McDon-
ald Memorial Baptist chutcli "offi-
ciating. burial- to be in Evergreen
cemetery under direction of the
Fuller futieral home.
Active pallbearers will be: A,
E. F Burton; iaf Shreveport; Wal-
ter. Vertls. Bryai). Arthur, Charles
4nd Rufiis Burtoti, all of Orange
and Everett Stnaihali, of' Beau-
mont,
Wkt '
14 gfltimts Bernette Watson was j will i>e elected at this meeting
high scorer of the" evening with .and a report of the peat year's ac-
14 points Ruby Diggs led thus tivitles will lie read, it was an-
lo-ers with 8 markers. nounced Saturday.
GOOD EXCISE
New York. <AP) Gin rum-
my, backgammon and svich pas-
times are banned in New York
night chilis under «T directive of
Mayor Kiorello Laguardla to the
police. The night spot owners*
arenl' objecting. "Glad to have an
excuse to cut it out," said -Sher-
man Billingsley of the Stork cluib.
"People come in. ask .for a deck
of cards, kept a table six« hours
and bought l\Q' liquor or food."
IN DKMAND
Bismarck, N ?). (AP) H M.
Hendrickson. Granville, wanted
to be sutq he got e Job. " So lie
applied ftin the position as doof-
keepei in both the senate and the
house for the 2Mb session of the
state legislature. -
He got «m both -ywxd his name
went down on both payrolls— but
oot.foi long H'1 picked the sen-
ate position. The house is still
looking iyt * doorkeeper.
..
iy Leonatd Milliman, Associated , .
PiW War Kditor v-
American invasjon coh'voys were
icjxirted closing in on Luzon is-
land in the Philippines today us
V S. land, sea ind air forces in-
vaded, shelled or bombed widely
scattered ' Japanese - beUt key-
stone Islands. : i '
The quickening tempo of the
Pacific war brought these devel-
opments: .
1. Tokyo i-Uio reported three
new Allied convoys on the move
in Philippine waters, .including a
heavily guarded invasion flotlTla
west of Linton on which Manila is.
-nutated. *
2. Gen. Douglas MacAtthur
umounced the unoppiiscd i,tvvu-
sloh and capture of•Maruidu'iue
island, 12 miles south ol Lu oh
and less than 100 miles from Ma-
ilia. it Is the seventh island to
be retaken In the Philippines. "
3. Adm. Chester W. Nlmiu an-
nounced fast V.,S. carrier forces
destroyed II1 Japanese planes and
27 ships In their two-day raid on
Formosa and the Okinawa islands,
linking Japan and the Philippines.
.Sixty - eight other ships —ware.
maged. ■ '
For the first time sea-borne N.
U. S\planes "rctiJied the China
coast! >ntey scarcTied ftOO mih i ol
the coasHinc from Foochow to
Hongkong \ind reported they
could have flown on to U. S. air '
bases in the interior.
5. Another U. S. task force
shelled major harbors on Ilaha ,
lima and Chichi Jimu m the
Bonin islands, 050 miles south ol
Tokyo and 1,300 miles west of
r,9r.«p°*a-
6 About 70 or 80 Supcrforts
bombed western Kyushu in the
Japabese homeland, apparcotly -
lutling for the etxth time at the
impoitaut Omura aircraft fac-
tory.
7. Japanese troops in fl0Uth c'/.
west China recnpturcd., Wanting,
Burma - road fortesr .town near
the Bnrmn-China frontier.
a. The navy announced the
loss of the destroyer Held In the
Philippines. The Reld, with a
complement of 202, was the 51st
U. S. destroyer lost hi the war:
9. A Japanese communique
clulmcd two U. S. carriers, a but-,,
tteshlp and a transport were sunk
by Nipponese planes attacking a
convoy west of
Presumably these ships were in • V
the task force which the Japanese
Uoniel news agency reported was
m (omponylng a convoy trf about
loo landing craft sighted west of
Llrtguyen gulf, nortlytfcst of Ma-
nila and tho site of the original
Japanese invasion of Luzon more
than four ^cai.H ugo.
'Another large group of Allied
ships, including about ten con-
verted 'olrtraft carriers, was re-
ported West Of Panay Island, pre-,
sumably headed northward in the
direction of Luzon and American-
held Mindoro and Marinduqtic.
The third Convoy was "sighted
speeding westward in waters south
of Negro* isUind'y, farther baefc
along the same route. ■>
Tokyo Vfldlo emphasized that
"the Ijattlo of the Philippines will
decide the outcome of the war,"
and the "decisive struggle" will
lie [ought iH Liiym. \
MacArthur s^ld that thTij
the surprise invasion - of mollii-
tainoj^k Marinduque his furcos
galfied control of the Slbtiyan
sea and established direct contact
with the southern coast of Lu-
zon."
111* planes, sweeping over enctny
airfields throughout the islaildx
'destroyed 30 more Japanese air- •
Craft.
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