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58TH YEAR, NO. 51 — 48 PAGES
CNITED    PRR«« WIr* Nawa   terTle*
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1944
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TACLOBAN
CAPTURED
Yanks PassAachen To Next Nazi Line
British Turn. To Converge On Schelde
F. D. R. Demands Power In Advance' for Delegate To World Peace Council
Speech Climaxes Rain-Soaked Tour Of All New York; Hits Isolationists
New York, Oct. 21 (UP)—Presi¬ dent Roosevelt, climaxing a rain- drenched campaign tour of New 'ork's major borpughs, tonight •nianded before the Foreign Folic>' Association that the Amer¬ ican   delegate   to   the   United   Na-
Highlights of Roosevelt Speech
' New York, Oct. 21. (UP)— Highllghti of President Roose¬ velt's address before the Foreign Policy Association in New York tonight:
"All of our thinking about foreign policy . . . must be con¬ ditioned by the fact that millions of our American  boys are today
83 Rescued After 2y2 Years
Fight to Open Great Antwerp Port For Allied Supplies; Will Hasten Victory
tions loiiniil be Riven in "Hdvancp"    fighting, many thousands of miles IB)'  JAMES  F.  McGLlNCY
power to act with other nationa in enforcing peace even by force ifi necessary.
The President said such author-1 lity must be granted if the post-i war "world organization is to have iny  reality at all"
And at the same time he prom¬ ised rhat no "secret treaties or any! secret guarantees" would be dcvcl-1 oped by Secretary of State Cordell | Hull or him and that the defeat ofi (lermany would see "the Nazi con-1 spiratori" left without "a ah red of control open or secret—of the in-| struments of government," |
>asis Reaping Whlriwind
At the same time the President i re-stated the principle of uncon¬ ditional surrender, applying In thej most Immediate sense ' > Uermany. saying that once Germany is de¬ feated "wc shall not leave them a; single element of military power i or of potential military power."
"As for Uermany."  he said  In a speech that was broadcast over tkei blue   Network   und   the   National | Broadcasting   Company,    "that
J tragic nation which haa sown thej wind and Is now reaping the whirl- j wind-we and our Allies arc en-; tirely agreed that wc shall not bar-, gain with the Nazi conspirators. or| leave them a shred of control open or secret of the instruments, of government."
Mr.    Roosevelt    said    that    the Allies had "reVcted " the possibility j, of   coming   "to   terms"   w ith   Uer¬ many and Japan because "the de- - lislon   not   to   bargain   with    the! tyrants  rose  from  the  hearts  and souls and sinews of the American, people.    They   faced   reality;   they, appraised  reality:   and  they   knew: what freedom  meant." Attark« Isolallonlsis !
.\lr. Roosevelt was bitterly cril- hal of the "Isolationist" attitude of   Republicans   in   Congress,   say-j
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If Ihe RcpublUan.i     ere to win'
control    of    the   Congress    in   this
election       inveterate      isolationists
Would   ociupy    positions   of   cpm-|
manding   influence   and   power."
m    Ue  singled  out  in   this  category |
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from   home country. . . hard   and fought."
in defense of tlieir . There are still many bittur   battles   to   be
Taken by Subs From Philippines Before Invasion; Tell of Brutality
(jten. Douglas MacArthur's Head quarters,   Leyte,   Philippines,   Sun¬ day, Oct. 22.  (UP)—The  rescue of 82 American officers and men from | the  Japanese   by   Philippine   guer¬ rillas and removal of all but two toi. hospitals in Australia several weeks ago was revealed tonight in an an-'| nouncement   which   also   disclosed; that  an   undetermined   number   of; American   prisoners   of   war   were' brutally murdered by the Japanese,
A special announcement by Gen.' Douglas MacArthur said that all I the men except one were survivors 1 of a group of American prisoners' of war who were being transported from the Philippines to Japan when their convoy was attacked by a United Statea submarine, which sank their transport and at least two other ships.
The   enraged   Japanese   Immedi¬ ately   began
MacArthur Warns Japs to Be Decent to Prisoners
Urn. Uougiaa .'MacArthur's Headquarter*, {.eyte, Philippines, Sunday, Uct. '23.—(LP)—(ien. Douglaa .Ma«'Arthur today Issued a umrning tn the Japanese military Irmlen in the Philippines that, as commander In chief of 1.8, invasion force*, he will hold enemy leaden inmiedialely responsible fnr any failiin' to accord prisoners and  Intemrrs proticr treatment In  which  thry  are entitled.
.MacArthur addresaed hi* warning tn the coninwnder in chief of the .lapanrKe inllltery forces In the Philippines, Field Alarshal Count I'arsurhl.
"The aurrender of Inited States and Philippines furcrs in previous campaigns were made with Ihe belief that they wnuld receive the dignity anil honnr and prnlcrtion of military prisnner» as provided by the rules and custom* of war," .>lacArthiir said.
".Since then, unimpeachable r\idencc lias been rece'ivcd of degradation and even brutality tn which Ihi-x- prisoin'ri havr licrii «ubj<-rteil III  violation  of  the  ninxt sacred rode nf martial  honnr.
"For tho*« actions, the Japanese govrrniiirnt will be respon¬ sible to my government.
"A* coninuuider In chief of ground  furcek in  thr  Philippines,
' I   shall. In  addition during  the  i'ourM<  of  the   present   campaign.
hold  Japanese   military   Icadcm  iiiiiiu-dlptely   n-spnnsible   for  any
failure to accord military prisoners, civilian prisoners and Chilian
internees the proper trratinrnt tn which they are rnlilled."
matter of weeks.
"We . . . have made the Cinod Neighbor policy real In this hemisphere . . . this policy can be. and should l>e, made uni¬ versal."
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". . . certain politicians, now very prominent in the Republi¬ can party, have condemned our recognition iof Russia), I am impelled to wonder how Russia would have survived against Uer- man attack If these same people had had their way."
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"During tlie years wiiich follow¬ ed 1920, the foreign policy of the Republican administration was dominated by the heavy hand of isolationism. Much of the strength of our Navy was scuttled . . . larifl' walla went higher and high¬ er .. . there was snarling at our . troop.s ill the Sclielde Estuarv
former   Allies   ...   ail   petitions    „ „ „ that this nation join in the World i"'?*.
Allinri    Simi-pniP    HpaHmiai- ^^^'y   Dcgaii   a   wholesale   mas.sncre
Hlliea. SUpiLllie   Heaaqiiai-,of the American prisoners, inachinc- tera.  Pans, feunday, Oct. 22 gunning tiiem as they sought to (UP)—Geiiuan    forces    le- '^''^"P^ '*"> sinking ship and shoot-1 treated toward a new defense I'"l.""'"'."'*'*^ ''^"'" ^" "^ore.
lin*.    rm    tlio    Rnpi-    IJivpi-    1 "J., ^^¦° °' "'^ *^ survivors,  1st  Lt.' line   on    tlie   Koei    Kivei    lo,Richard  L,  Cook  of  Los  Angeles, miles   east   of   fallen   Aaciieil|and S Sgt. Joseph T.  Coles.  Caao !
Saturday,   white   ty^o   Alliedi^'¦" ^'^^'^^..''''''^y with the Phiiip-
armip*  c-nnvPi-irpH   nn   tIip Pi""  «"«•"'"¦" "ho assisted them ainuei*   tonveijrea   on   the after they reached ahore, the snc-
eneiny   pockets   commandingUiai release disclosed. By robkrt .¦»ilsel
tlie Schelde E^liary into Ant-! ''AH of the men arc in good con-1 London, Sunday, Oct. 12 (UP) Red Army troops in a 20-iiiile ad- werp, clearance of which h,',"?' "¦'"r'^P' "vc recovering fromi vance, yesterday reached the Danube River 84 miles'south of Budapest miffht mean final victorv in n ,. .. 3" K""""",, wounds. None and reopened a great offensive to win the Hungarian capital, while migni mean linai VlClorj   in alis hsted as serious ¦ the »nno„n,.».  Bcrim  admitted   that  massive   Russian  tank   columns  had  driven  20
Reds Reach Danube Only 84 M'l^s from Budapest
other Armies Near Juncture in Slovakia; Huge Masses of Infantry Follow Tanks In Powerful Drive Into East Prussia
Naval Expert New Feature of The Indeiiendent
Offering anolher nrw feature fnr reader* of thr Hunday Inde¬ pendent, the service* of Melcher rratt, fanioii* naval expert, have been obtained. HI* writing* uill he nf particular service a* the war in the Paciflc—a naval war —begin* lo open  up.
In hi* flrHt article, starting a new serle* on hi* return from a tnur of the Pwillr on a nrw I. S. hattlcKhlp, hr dr*rribr* the*e floating fnrt* In term* nf the men who flght them. It give* a picture of what the*c boy* are doing.
Read Fletcher Pratt'* fir*t article  today  on  Page  A-II.
Court were  rejected  or ignored."
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"In 1935 I asked the Congress to join the World Court . . . the Republicans voted against it . . . In July. 1939, I tried to obtain a repeal of the arms embargo ... It was made plain .... that wc could not hope to attain the desired   revision. . . ."
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"... I hear voices on the air attacking me for my 'failure' to prepare this nation for this war . . . those same voices were not so audible fh-c years ago . . . giv¬ ing warning of the grave peril . . . wc faced."
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"The majority of the Repub¬ lican members of the Congress voled against the Selective Ser¬ vice Act . . . repeal of the arms embargo . . . Lend-Lease law . . . extension of Selective Service. . . ."
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"If the Republicans were to win control of the Congress in this election. Inveterate Isolation¬ ists would occupy positions of commanding Influence and power < , , politicians who embraced the policy of Isolationism . . . are not rellatile custodians  of the  future
of America."
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"There are some who hope to see a structure of peace , . . with the telephones In. the plumbing complete, the heating system and electric iceboxes functioning , , . the United Nations have not yet produced such a comfortable dwelling place. But we have achieved a very practical expres¬ sion of common purpose. . . ."
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"It is clear that If the world organization is to have any real¬ ity al all. our representatives must be endowed in Rdvan.^e . . . with authority to act." »     •     •
"Never again ... can we wash our hands of maintaining the peace  for which we fought. . . .'
11 More Ships, SO Planes Downed by Navy Fliers
By >IAl; R. JOHNSON   .
U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters. Pearl Harbor, Oct. 21. (UP) Pacific Fleet carrier aircraft con¬ tinued their aggressive support of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's invasion of the Philippines yeslerday. sink¬ ing or damaging 11 ahips and small prafi and destroying 50 more Jap fiiese aircraft. "Adni. dies •Jlmitz announced today
as serious." the announce¬ ment  said.    The men will soon be
Thp   fSiitish   Spi-iinH   Avn.v    r*"'   *'^'^^  *"  '^"^    United    States ine   IJllUsn   Secona   Aini.\,,froni   the  military  hospitals
in a hjrlitning five-nule dash Cdd-Blooded Murder
westward hnked up with Can-     Revealing  the story of the men
adian troops on the Roosen-'::!!° "'i^P^''^^'°'S,;I*P''"'»«''">"ds,
dahl Canal, M mile.s north ofL^„Tiivedlr''Jno^e"t''hSn ^^^'^^l^rl
Antwei'p, to tighten the nOOSej*"   Japanese-occupied   areas    Mac-
on    possiblv    20,000    enemv ki'''*11'j'"''* i* *¦"'"' '^""^ °''^°'<*- ' ' - • I blooded murder.
The Americans, after performing I forced  labor on an  enemy airfield
The commander of the Aaehcnl'","'" aouthcrn Philippines, were garrison, a Colonei Wilck. belated-1 "''"K shipped north when their Iv surrendered with 600 of his men }°"^'°-V was attacked by an Amer- at a point just west of the city ''"" aubmarine. Their transport where thev had held out after Lt.!""'' "' '«»»t two olher enemy ships Gen.  Courtney H. Hodges' Dough-1 were sunk,
boys    completed    the    mop-up    of]     "The   Japanese   guards   dellber- Cii.irlemagne's old capital Friday, German* Pull^ut
Under a thundering barrage from .all types of guns, the main German defense force in the Aachen    area,
than a score of counter-attacks de signed to break the siege, was re¬ ported pulliiig out to the northeast { toward  emergency defenses  before the Rhine.
The Yanks Immediately followed up Die withdrawal and drove half a mile eastward from the Wiicr- selen area, three miles above Aachen their first advance in tiiat direction since the Siege arc was first thrust around Aachen nearly H month anio.
The Germans' defense of Holland as a buffer before the Reich mean¬ while deteriorated sharply as Can¬ adian troops extended to six miles their gains in a new drive north of Antwerp and thrust two col¬ umns within nine miles of the vi¬ tally important communications center of Breda, But tlie most important battle (Continued on Page A-14)
Pushing Back Confused Japs On 20'Mile Front
2 Imporfanf Fields Talien; Nips' Planes Pinned Down; Direct Assult Is Avoided; Filipino Uprising Reported
(ien. MacArthur's Headquarters, I.eyte. Sunday, Oct. 22 (ll*)—U. S. invasion forces have captured Tacloban, capital of the central Philippine island of Leyte, and two airdromes, white advancing an averuRe of four miles on all sectors through strong Japanese pill box defenses with only light casualties, (ien. Douglas MacArthur announced in a com¬ munique today.
Driving back the confu.<ted and apparently disorganized enemy on a more than 20-mile front behind tanks and flame throwers, the Yanks seized the strategic Tacloban airfield, together \>ith (he ruad junction of Dulag and its airdrome, 20 miles below the capital.
Tacloban fell to the 10th Coi-ps after the First Cavalry Division smasiied into its outskirts, while the 24th Corps overran tiic Dulajr area and pushed toward San Pablo in the Le.xte Valley after throwinR back two strong Japanese counter-attacks, the comniunit|ue said.
Announcement of the fall of Tacloban, whose 6,000 foot airfield was seized by dismounted cavalrymen of the F'lrst Cavalry Division within five hours after swarming asiiore, followed a visit by MacArtliur to the northern front sector.
"The progress of tlie .\merican operations couldn't be better," he .said enthusiastically on his return.
MacArthur's   broadcast   communique   said   that   the   invasion   forcea had enveloped the enemy's strong, carefully prepared defenses including concrete pillboxes and artillery  positions, and had  forced the Japs to withdraw by intiltration tactics. Direct A*»ault Avoided
"Direct   assault   was  thereby  avoided,"  the   broadcast  communiqua
said.     "Our   casualties   consequently   remained   light.     The   enemy   is
' ; already showing algns of a lack of maneuverable cohesion in the faca
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ately    fired     on    the    Americans trapped   in   the holds  and  seeking to escape from the sinking ship. "Others were  hunted   down  and
.„^     .„.v..      c '*'""d in the water as they sought
frustrated   In   more *° ¦*'•"   '°'' *''°''«   '«'" """es  dis-
niilcs Inside East Prussia to wilhln 15 miles of ihc great German rail hub of Insterburg.    (.^lap un Page A-4.)
In the deepest Allied penetri-.tion of German soil, tjoviet armor reached the Gunibiiinen-Goldap higliway some 47 mile, cast of Konigs- berg,   the. capital   of   the   Junkers i
stronghold, and appeared from .southwe/it to capture Szcntkut. German rcporta to have seized per-1 seven miles southeast of the road haps   100  German   villages   and   a I hub   of   Kiskunfelegyhaza.
''Enemy'report,    of    "white-hot" *"»"•  >•>" •»""«•"•» tank  battles  and   the   deep  Soviet     In northeaiitern Hungary,  mean- break-through of Nazi  defenses in while,  otijcr  elements  of Mallnov-     , ,,,»•  kiifnll nttacU* of our local commanders'
East Prussia remained  unconflrm- sky's   army   pushed   northward   24 j °' "'" skllfull attacks of our local commanacrs „ .      .»
ed by Moscow. imiles  from  Debrecen,  where   Mos-      Weakened   and   pinned-down   byistroycd by ahip anli-alreraft nre, ll
Tlie   Soviet   war   bulletins,   how-.cow announced German  and  Hnn- i-ontinuing   supporting   attacks   in| was reported ever, told of forging a new encircle, garian casualties totalled 3,000. foi- t,,j  southern   Philippines   by   land- Plane* Pounding ment aroun4 thousands of German lowing   the   capture   of  more   than  ... j ,u .u     »
trbops   hopelessly   fighting   on   the 11,000   prisoners,   to   capture   Nagy-!''"'"^''   planes  and  m   the  north  <>' _.. ,.     ^
west bank of the Danube  between kallo. 'Adm.   Wllllaiu   F.   Halsey's   Third in   the   VIsaya*,   medium   bombert
captured   Belgrade   and    southern     Nagykallo   la  32  miles   from   the,Fleet   carrier   aircraft,   th ¦   Jap's|and   fighters  hit  the   Bacolod  air- border of Hungary, and of a pow-1 Czechoslovak    border    and    troops aerial reaction to the invasion still drome,   downed   two  bombers,  and
Ranging over surrounding Lslnnda
CTcveland, Oct. 21, (UP)—Fire¬ men searched the ruins of a iO- ! block area on Cleveland's East I Side tonight for remains of addl- I tional victims of a holocaust that j was expected to claim more than ino   lives.
The   devastated   area,   embracing I approximately     16,'^     buildings     of .     . , iicarlv all types, was virtually level-
Today's communique raised fromlp^ ^v the blaze that started yes- 1.172 to 1.182 the number ot Jap- ipr^av when a gas storage lank ancse aircraft destroyed or dam- ,,xpindcd like a flame-thrower nl aged and to l.'IG the number of ii,p j^^gj ohio Gas Company plant, enemy ships and small craft sunk Coroner Samuel Gerber an- or damaged since the attacks on „(,„„ppfi (i,Bt 7,'i per.sons were the Ryukyus. Formosa and the known to have perished In the fire Philippines began Oct, ». ,„„d   he   added   thnl   the   loll   prob-
Ono cargo vessel, a small coastal „blv  would   exceed   100.
hesler   W ^"'1' ""'' " *'""" "^"""^ i""''' ^"""Ia Panful of Bone*
iiesicr ^^j,j^ gj ^^g^.g^ Bay „n(j four enemy,    .^.^^^^^  ^.^^p  ,',4   bodies,   including
P-T  boats were  also sunk,   Includ-  ,,,o.sc   of  two  children   and   severr.l m   attacks   against   enemy   air- i„g ti,rco at B.ilangas Bay and one „.Q„,p„   „f fl,p „,orgnc and at least craft   and   shipping   in   the   Phili)i- at     Ccbu.       Several     ammunition U;, ^.p^e identified. The others were pines    Friday,    U.    S.    planes   hit barges were  destroyed  in  Ma*bnte l«i,i,r„pd   beyond   recognition,   manv
tant. Some were picked up by enemy patrol boats and al least 30 were brutally executed.
"After escaping death from such aavagery and hours of hardship. 83 of the American officcri and men made shore and were cared for by Philippine guerrillas until picked up and taken soulh by sub¬ marines and planes.
"One of the soldiers died a''ter his rescue and was buried in the cemetery In a small Philippine lowTi by hia comrades and the guerrillas." Hands  Tied.  Slabbed
On the following day, the spe¬ cial announcement continued, three Americans were found dead of stab wounds on the beach. Two had their liands tied behind their backa.
Lt. Col. John H. McGee. Minow. N. D., who had escaped earlier from a prison ramp but was not aboard the vessel, joined tlie aur- vivors while they were with the guerrilla.s and took command ofjformationa, the   group,   MacArthur  said. Surging  across   the  Tiaza  River,
"A   large   number   of  Americana tanks  and  Infantry won   a 30-mlle
on   the   enemv   vessel   went   down bridgehead   on   its   east   bank   and
when   It   sank   or   were    brutally captured   the   west   bank   fortress
killed  in  cold   blood   by  the  Japi- of Csongrad, 68 miles southeast of
(Continuq^ on Page A-l.M 'Budapest,    and    pushed    1.1    milea
crftil 24-milc advance by Russian driving over relatively unobstructed troops from Debrecen, the third L.oumry ^.grr within 106 miles of c ty of Hungary, toward Czecho-taen. Ivan I. Petrov's 4th Ukrainian Slovakia. '
Pinned Against Danube
Marshal  Rodion  Y. Malinovsky'c 2d   Ukrainian   Army   reached   the
remained largely Ineffective, It waa'attacked .shipping at Palawan, whllo indicated.     Small   groups   of   air- heavy    bombers    loosed    a    43-ton
.  craft were atttempting to strike at bombardment on enemy headquar-
I Army In  tht Dukla Pass over the jthe  American   beachhead   and   off- ters   at   Davao.   in   Mindanao,  and
Carpathians.     A  juncture  between shore naval craft In daylight forays, pounded   the   Malabank   ^rdrome
• Continued  on Page  B-11)        avith    three    enemy    bomber.s    dc- 'Conlimied on Page A-14)
Danube River south of Budapest at the strategic crossing towyn of Baja. pinning an uncstimable number df Germans back against the Danube in a pocket 100 miles long with a maximum depth of 30! miles, •
These trapped Nazi forces were being hurled back onto the Danube by Soviet forces that secured con¬ lrol of three-quarters of the stra¬ tegic King Peter Canal, linking the Tisza and the Danube, by win¬ ning Cervenka and Sivac, the lat¬ ter 13 milea southeast of the aeven- way rail hub of Sombor on the Danube's   east   bank.
Other forces of Malinovsky's great army, meanwhile, renewed their thrusts toward Budapest from the southeast following the fall of Debrecen, Nazi fortress that had halted tlic Soviet drive bv menacing the northern flank of    the    Russian    general's    battle
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barges  were  destroyed   in   JVia*Drite "burned    beyond   recogn harbor and two medium cargo .ships merely  a  panful  of charred  bones and  two  luggers  were  daninged  in Bodies of the other 24 victims were the same attack. still  at   the   morgue.
At Bulan on the southern tip of. Led by Coroner Gerber. 80 vol- Lucon, ground installations and a.unteer workera were conducting a hangar near the airfield were systematic search of the debris, bombed. hut still-burning  fires  and  red-hot
During the day's operations, 13 [bricks and wall.s kept them away enemy planes were shot down while I from some parts of the area. 37 were destro.Vcd on the ground.' The fire was the most devaslat- some of which were prcvlou.'ly im in the city's ItS-year history, listed as damaged. U.S. losses wc-c Rcsidea the pcrsoius burned to three planes, one pilot anil one air death nnd tlie buildings destroyed, cjcwman, Nimitz reportfd. '        (Continued on Page A-15)
PHILIPPINE.S—Americans drive across Leyte on a 20-mile front, seize road junction, probably two airfields and capture Tacloban.
WE.STERN FRONT—-Yanks drfve three miles above Aachen; Germans reported retreating; to new de- fen.se line 15 iiiile^ to the east; Canadians' capture of Antwerp channel imminent,
EASTERN FRONT—Powerful Soviet columns reported 20 miles inside East Prussia within  l-"> miles of Insterburg; advances scored in Yugoslavia and Hungary.
INDIA—British announce th ice-day air and sea bom¬ bardment of Japanese-lield Nicobar Islands in Bay of Bengal.
AIR—Up to 250 Italy-based American hoav.v lioiiibeis smash rail .\ards in western Hungary in conjunction with Russian advance; UAF Lancastcrs bomb German gun positions in Holland.
ITALY—American advance soulh of Bologna meets fierce resistance; British capture Cescnatico and drive Germans to fringes of Cesena.
GREECE—British speed 55 miles bcyoncf Thebes; Allied wan^lanes harass routed enem.v.
CHINA—Chinese hold Japanese forces advancing on Kweilin as Allied bombers attack Kwangsi supply lines.
SOUTHEAST ¦ ASIA—Stilwell's North Burma troops occupy Mohnyin; British gain in Chin Hills.
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