Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
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37TH YEAR, NO. 29-44 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1943
PRICE TEN CENTS
PINCER CLOSING ON KISKA
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Fortresses Set Emden Naval Base Afire; Russians Land Troops at Novorossisk
Lewis Still Silent On Mine Strike
Miners Notifying President Roosevelt They Won't Work Without Contract
Important Visitor
New York. May 15. (UP)—With a new strike deadline in the nation's coal fleids scsrcely 48 hours away. It  appeared   tonight   that  John   L., Lewis   once   more   wss   playing   a, waiting game and not until the Is.it | rr.inutp    if  at  all—would  he  reply | tn a WLB demand lOr a resumption j nf wage negotlationn.
The mine lesder. who consistently has replied "no comment" to all nuerios regarding the War Labor Board order, said he would have a pres-s ronference «t 4:30 p. m. to¬ morrow but even then there was nn indication he would sttempt to renutline   the miners' stsnd.
IA lurvey of the situation In Wyoming Valley will be found on . Paee A-ll.>
Meanwhile, there  were some  In-1 dications   that   the   miners   them-i selves were awaiting Lewis' attitufla | and would follow him In any course j he chose, even If It ran counter t8 i Pre.sldent Roosevelt's plea thst they continue  in  the  pits  ss  a  part  of patriotism  and  a vital   part in  the war effort. ;
Tell Preaident Thr>'ll Quit
At Hazard. Ky., 6,000 miners | voted practically unanimously te| cesse work Tuesday night unless, a new contract is signed between! Ihe United Mine Workers and the coal   operators.    At   Tamaqus,   Pa..
Une of the mosUlmportant visitors to the White House recently is
President   Eduawl   Benes   of   Czechoslovakia,   whose   Influence   is
expected to carry much weight in post-war planning.   He Is shown,
left, with President Roosevelt.
Ships Gathering At Gibraltar
Stockholm. May 15. (UP)— Press dispatches from Madrid said tonight that large shipping concentrations, including 50 freighters, many of them tank¬ ers, and several warships, hsd been  observed at Gibraltar.
The warships included British battleships Nelson and King George V and tha aircraft car¬ riers Furious and Formidable. Eighteen destroyers, some of which were American and one Polish,  also were  observed.
GERMAN PLANES SME BACK AT
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Planning Nexf Move in Aleutians As Bases Surround Jap Ouf post
RUML PLAN FOE   JAPS REPORTED NOW PIN HOPES ON iCROSSINO BORDER
ROOSEVELTVETO
Bemocrats Concede Chance of Passage In House Tuesday
TOEASTERNINDIH
British Withdraw, End Burmese Drive; Admit Shortcomings
By   RORERT  P.  .MAJlTljy
London, Sunday, May 1«. 'UP) — The German air force, striking back at England, showered incen¬ diaries and high explosives on two northeast coastal towns during the night.
The Germans delivered their answer during the night by drop¬ ping "numerous" incendiaries and high explosives on one northesst {coastal town, demolishing a movie house and damaging a residential area. Private homes were bet¬ tered In a simultaneous raid on another  northeast  coastal  town
Britain's threw up a terrific barrage at both towns, but the Germans succeeded In   Inflicting   numerous   casualties.
notified President Rooaevelt that Its l.noo members would suspend work at midnight Tuesday unless terms nre reached. Similar state¬ ments were reporied diNtrirls.
Lewis declined today to say whether he would attend the Wl.Bs meeting Monday In Wash¬ ington work out arrangements for iicKotiRtions.
Spokesmen for the coal opera¬ tors, however, have announced they vould < omply fully with the WXB's nrder and would be present. Ed- vard R. Burke and Charles A. <) .N'eill, spokesmen for the South¬ ern and Northern Appalachian c.peratiiig groups, respectively, said Ihcy would attend. IMW "Studying" Plan
Officials of the United Mine ^'orkers admitted onlv that they hart received the WLB s directive nnrt  were  "studying  it."
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jwere reported hacking at .lapanese
j       jiforward     units     approaching     the
P .southeastern   approaches   lo   India
Washington,    May     l.'i.     (UP> Democratic    leaders    conceded    to-j    New Delhi, India. May 1.1, (UPi — the THniflqua (.'olliery of the UMWinight that the Ruml  tax plan may i Allied   bombers  and   fighters  today
win approval when  it comes up the    House    Tuesday    and
their  hopes  for  ultimate  defeat  of      g^j^,^,^    Imperial    troops    mean-
from   other the    sklp-s-year     proposal     on     a   „hile    continued    a    retreat     that
I possible   Presidential   veto. marked    conclusion    of    the    first
They reiterated opposition to the Allied    attempt    to    match    jungle plan   and   expres.sed   "keen   disap-   "'l'  ^^'t'l  the  enemy  at  Burma, pointment" over tlic Senates 49 to Reported Across Frotitler .IO   vote   aproving   it. ,     (Italian   broadcasts,   quoting   re-
Runil supporters, however, jubi-1 ports from .laiiancse-occiipied ter- lantly predicted that the .Senate ritory, said two .Japanese columns bill would be accepted when it is had crcs.scd the Bengal frontier called up in the Houfc Tueaday ^ at a point southeast of Rheuby- and that President Roosevelt would |.Iohore and had penetrated deeply not veto it. They foresaw approval j into Indian territory.! of a motion for the Hou.»e lo concur
Germans'. First Spring Offensive Is Turned Back At Leningrad
I By ROBERT S. >IISEL
London, Sunday, May 15.  (UP) — I Soviet    planes,    maintaining    their I heavy  offensive   against  bases   for 1 probably   German   ofTensives,   have battere(i     the    enemy-held    strong points   of  Gomel   and  Orel,   Radio Moscow reported today, while Axis sources    Indicated    that    the    Red Army had made a successful land¬ ing at Novorossisk in the Caucasus. Russian successes appeared Immi¬ nent at  both  ends of the  dormant front.   The   Red   Army   announced yesterday that it had broken up a full-scale German attack  launched with a rain of 5,000 artillery shells on  Soviet  positions   in  one  sector of the  Leningrad  front,  thwarting the first major Nasi thrust of the brewing summer campaign.
At the other extreme of the long front. Radio Vichy reported, a
new ground defenses 'and'niT has been successful at Novorossisk. the Black Sea naval, port and chief bastion of the nar-1 rowing Kuban briJgehend held by. the Germans in the Caucasus,
nevertheless,
Earlier    In   the   evening,    seven j Bombera Hammer Orel German    Focke-Wulfs    rsided    an     i„   the   central   reaches East   Anglian   coastal   lown,   just before duak, bombing and machine gunning  from   roof-top  level.  Sev¬ eral persona were buried under the debris   and   property   damage heavy.
of the front, a special Radio Moscow broadcast reported fhat fioviet long-range bombers Friday night attacked the railway junctions at ***IGomel and Orel, destroying many supply
AngUan district.
JAPS GAIN IN CHINA DESPITE BIG LOSSES
„ . , , May 8. the Chinese claimed the re-
.      ^    „       ,      . ,.^„„, „„H        Although   a   British   communique  capture of 15 Japanese-held towns,
in the Senate changes without send-   [od„y gajd there was nothing to re-      ^ "^ - -
ing  the bill  to conference. port from the Arkan front in east-
The Ruml plan, which the Senate!ern Burma. It w.is evident that substituted for the Robertson-J evacuation of Maungdaw, at thc Forand partial abatement bill pass- head of the Mayu peninsula, herald¬ ed by tiie House, would cancel all,ed the end of any further Allied of 1942 or 1943 iiuome taxes, which-jcfTort until conclusion of the Mon- ever Is lower, for all taxpa.vers. Itj soon season next October. Consent of the UMW policy com-'was rejected by the House twice bc-1 Some observers believed the Jap- (Continued   on  Page A-ll) ' (Continued on Page A-lOi
.. .    dumps   and   a   numher   of Bombs also 1*ere dropped at twqi trains carrying military equipment other     places     In     another     East to  the   front.
At. Gomel, a major point on the Kharkov-Minsk railroad. and lying midway between Smolensk and Kiev on a north-south line, more than 30 fires and a number of explosions were started by the Russian raiders, rvhlle at Orel, be¬ tween Moscow and Kurak, ammu¬ nition trains were hit and several fires started. One bomber was lost.
The Soviet midnight communique
broadcast by Radio Moscow made
no   direct   reference   to   either   the
air    operations    over    Gotrel    and
reported   landing   at
The than
Chungking, May 15. 'UPi Japanese have lost "more 8,000 men" In a three-day battle in the Taiheng mountain sector, but have made gains 'n five other sali¬ ents, a Chinese ommunique re¬ ported today.
In  battles  which  lasted  through
Wa-shington, May l.'i (IT)—Karl.v ousting of ¦lapanese forces from Attu, westernmost of the .VIeutian Islands seemed assured tonight and I. S. military leaders already were believed mapping the next step in their campaign to drive the enemy completely out of the North Pacific.
(It WHS believed al.so that uith development of Attu facilities for American usage, the next move might well be against Kiska, main Japanese hase in the .Meutians. It was at least certain that every effort would be made to neutralize the value of kiska to the Nipponese, in Older that forces of Tokyo hased on that island would not interfere w ith American movements in the .\leutiana area or cause damage to American installations at nearby points. With Attu on one side of Kiska and Amchitka on the other, together with other American- held islands, the Japs were in a Yankee-held pincers.)
Axis radio broadcasts obviously were paving the \va,\ for admission that I'nited .States AiTiiy foi-ces ' which landed on the island Tuesda,\ have oveixome the Japanese garrison tliere.
Tokyo Senses Defeat
The Navy maintained silence about the situation, but there was a general feeling that Radio Tokyo was correct when it said earlier today that the American soldiers who stormed the island's beaches "greatly out- nunil)er the small number of Japane.se defenders."
Radio Tokyo, acknowledging "lieavy fighting" on the i.sland, sought to minimize its importance by declar¬ ing that the U. .S. attack on Attu "was launched merely as a matter of prestige... in order to pacify the .American people w ho are grow Ing restless and very downca.st that the landing (Japan's, presumably) was effected."
Radio Berlin broadcast a DNB dispatch from Tok.\o stating that fighting on Attu was "very fierce" and quoting Japanese On. Baron Sadao Araki, former (Continued on Page A-10)
Heaviest American Raid Of War
Sow Incendiaries 'Like Grain' In 4th Straight Day; Kiel Raid Success
New Price Ceilings on Canned Fruits, Vegetables
^Vashington, May 15. (UP)—The Office of Price Administration to¬ night imposed dollars and cents ceiiingji on prices of canned fruita ami vegetables ..|old in all retail store.^ ill  130 metropolitan centera.
Thr order Implemented Price Artmini.nrator Prentiaa M. Brown's pledge that community-wide dollars and cents ceilings would be clamp¬ ed on all major foods tliat go into Inp hniiaewivp'jt market basket. EffecUve Toanorrow
try and will rover "many more c-nmiiiodilirn" than a iiiiiiilar list puhll«hed hy thr Srranton Dis¬ trict  Oltice a week ago.
OlerchanU nf the area have been netting thrir «»n celling prlcea »incr Ihr «.\i«triii got under way montha ago and Ihrse, in many ln«tancrk, will he sharply reduced. !*«iiie hii«iiie«« e«tab- liahiiienl* will be affected more than  other*.I
anese   may   attempt   to   force   the , other enemy forces, striking "under
iatae   during   the   coming   montha, j cover   of   airplanes,"   are   battling
perhap.s  trying   to  move   deep   Into
India under cover of the treacher¬ ous weather and heavy jungles. Given an opportunity, the British
probably will  utilize  the   next   five
nionths  to  revitalize  the  command
and    training    of    troops    in    this
theater. Campaign Shows Failuren
Despite Allied air superiority and
coninuinications   equal   to   those   of ithe   Japanese,   the   entire   Arakan' I campaign was felt to have revra !a   lack   of  training   in   jungle
Orel   on    the Novorossi.sk.
A new flare of fighting was re- ( ported in the Kharkov area. At Krasny Uman, 28 miles southeast, of Kharkov, the Germans laid down a strong artillery ind mortar fire barrage at dawn yesterday, to cover an attempt by an Infantry battalion to crosa the northern Donets River. Rout  Donets  Ooasing
in.slde Chihklang for control of the ,    The Germans   pushed  across  the city. river in boats and were met by the
"In   western   Yunan."   the   com-'flre   of   Soviet   forward   units.   The munique reported, "fighting now isj Russians  drove  the  invaders  back continuing south of Ku Tug Chieh | to the Donetj, in  a rout,  and sank | and Wai Rien Chieh." ' "Continued on Page A-10)
Fighting continues west of Tun- ling Lake on the third day of a re¬ inforced Japanese assault, the communique said.
Another sharp battle was revealed under way since Thursday in west¬ ern Hupeii province when Japanese i troops   entered   Kungan  City  from | the    soulh    and    southeast,    while,
Japs Strike Back at New Guinea Town Taken In Surprise Allied Raid
By
BKVDU.N t. TAVEH
(>en.    VlacArthur's    Head<|uaHera,    Auntralla,    Munda.%,    >lay    it.
(I I')—.Sharp   ground   Mghting   uas   deteloping   Inday   at   Robdubi,
some five  mile*  aouth  of ,<Salaiiiau« nn   .New   tiuinra's  north   mast,
I     fniiowlng   a   rsid   by  M   enemy   plane*   on   Allied   poititlnns   there,
(•en.   I>niiglas   MacArthur's  headquarters   rrpnrted.
The village of Robduhi was taken hy Allied troopa In a surprise
atta<-k .>lay 7, iiintmg .>la<'Arthur'« mrn in pnoitinn !•¦ harry Jaiian-
ese supply lines in Ihe arra* of !telaiiiaiia, one of thr rnrm>'> chief
.New (iuinea bane*.
The .la|>ane*e  launrhril a  heaiy arrial attack againsi  the  .Allies
there shortly after dawn yesterday.
War   SammarT
I They   sent   over  nine  bomoers  and by   14   tigiitcra   raided   the   Allied 15   flghters   in   the   flrst   strike   at!positions ut Wau, New Guinea, vea- Ithe   village    and    followed    shortly terday  morning.    They cau.sed   nei-;'"" diversionary sweeps over West
London, May 15 (UP)—Upward of ISO Flying Fortresses, smashing American bombing records for tha third straight day, sowed flra bombs "like grain" In a predomi¬ nantly incendiary attack on Emden today and blasted other Nazi mili¬ tary targets.
Flying through anti-aircraft flra ¦o thick that one pilot said "you could get out and walk on it," tha Americans delivered what was of¬ ficially termed Ihe heaviest United States raid of the war on German soil.
(The rcx) reiMtrted llwt Deiitaehlandaender, tha main Oer¬ man radin aender In Ike Bertta area, and Wermachlaender at Breslau left the air tonlghl, adt- gesMng that new Allied raida ««re underway. The Breelau ata¬ tion resumed transmitting after M minutes.)
Hundreds of tons of fire bombs and some high explosives wera dropped on the Emden targets in tha biggest incendiary raid yet hy the Americans. Pre-Invaaion Offensive
The attack carried into its fourth day a mighty pre-invasion air of¬ fensive in which nearly 3.000 tona of bombs have been dropped dally on Burope aince VVednesday bjr planes from Britain, Russia, Nortb Africa and the Middle East.
As the tired Yanka tumbled from their planes after the third straight day of hitting Burope, one spoka for all when he said, "It's tough hut thia Is what we've been walling for and now that It's here we'ra glad."
One flier whose plane met con¬ siderable enemy fighter opposition said the Xazis "had everything with an engine on it in thc air today."
Six bombers were lost from tha approximately 650-mlle round trip flight which was made without beneflt of flghter escort.
"The    largest    force    of    heavy
bombers   dispatched   to   date   over
Germany    by    the    United    Statea
Kighth    Air   Force   attacked    tha
large    water-borne    terminal    and
harbor Installations at   Emden and
lother   targets   in    Northwest   Ger-
imany by daylight today." an Ameri-
jran  communique  announced.
Report "Good Results"
Thr bulletin said that "good I bombing results" were achieved iand that American gunners de- istro.ved or damaged many swarms I of German flghter planes that offer- led strong opposition. While tha bombers were at work, squadrons of American flghter planes carried
After years of defensive struggle, new record for numbers over Ger- ',;d|ln the  effort to hold against ^odds.: man.v.    Fridays   raid   on   Kiel   was now  display on
„a.     nhvioUS I
RAF
^.gp. I the  Allies  now  display  the fare:   a   failure   to   anticipate   pre-! balance   of   power „hvious i
parations    necessary    for    even    "   fli^f', '"  /'""f"'   ''  ^^^   """''nl minor   campaign,   and   a   "-''"''ity    hat   the   ^x.s   was   on   the   run      ^  ^.^
Ifor   keener   command   tecl.r, que.        °»'"K '^^ ««¦; '" ',"• ;^h''',.  that,l«>"  Pounding. '     (The   presence   of  Field   Marsha! lavere   many *.gn«   >o  '"d'cate  tha^, Gen    Sir   Archibald   Wavell.   com-!'he Japanese, who overran a mighty
Yesterdav
after   with   40  dive   bombers
No Detail* Oiven Allied
The   noon   communique   is.sucd  at      Allied United   .Nations   headquarters   gave  effort.^
tlirr  casualties nor damage among
ern  Europe to draw Orman flght-
cmrion I "o detsils of the raid.    Bul it dis-  heavy   bomber.^   attacked   Rabaul's ""e    raid
An order last werk set top prices "VpaeVof'linperial   for< es   in   In-^mpIre  when   faced   by   little more The canned fruits and vafccUbles for   the  same   1.10  communities   on,^,^    ^^^ nihn   British  war  leaders  'han   token  opposition,  were  about
ruling becomes effective tomorrow,,^ number of dry grocery items.l along with the new price ceilings|Those prices, however, were for thei on beef, veal, lamb and mutton on ismaller independent grocers only,! sale in all stores in the country. I while larger-volume stores were re- Brown also has ordered the largest jquirrd to keep within their loweri retail meat distributors to hold sell-'leilings. !
Imprrial dia.   r,nd other   British  war  leaders  .     ,    ,     , in   Wa.shington   with   Prime   Minis  ; »  feel   also the  rising ter   Winston   Churchill   has   led   to I the United Nations, speculation   of   future   Allied   plans' for   the   Fsr   East.)
ing prices to at least 10 per cent below the dollars and cents ceilings. (Thr new prire eelling* will be announced for Wyoming Valley the end of the week. It wa* re- \eal.'d hy an nfflrial of the Offlee «r Triiv Adininistratlnn ottice at Srranton la*t night. Thi* will he nnr nf the largevt li*t* lo be Issiird in any iseetion of the coun-
DEVASTATING FLOODS RECEDING IN OKLAHOMA
many hifted confirmed    a    success .irrv   warl'hey    were    smaahing    at    ,....,.,^...   . , ,      . ,..,.,
With   inccnrliaries.    Last   night   the: •^'°''*<1    'hat    In   its    wake,    "aharp V unakanau     airdrome     al     night,i
was   believed   on   the   prowl   ground clashes by small forces are causing explosion.s and fires in the
Germany was taking a piti-' developing." di.spcrsal bays and adjacent areas.
The strength of the Allied ground      Medium    bombers    bombed    and forces at Bobdubi was not disclosed,' strafed   the   airdrome   at  Gasmata, Italy   was   getting   more   of   the   nor could it be estimated how many  on     New     Britain's     south     shore, same.    So   were    the    surrounding I effectives   the   Japanese   had   sent j Their    foray    was    followed    by    a islands     and    Mu.ssolini     appeared   into   action,    probably   from   their I single   hravy   bomber   thai  was  In- turning  over  control   of  tne   coun-' Salamaua base. terccpted   by   two   enemy   fighters, jtry to his  old  guard   Fascists  and       Yesterday   was   a   day   of   wide-  one of wliu h it shot down. I mobilizing   all   forces   for   invasion    spread   aerial   action   through   the  Bomber tiet* 5 Fighters .    ^        .,        ....            J    ,...,. f.«- I I'»'y''»   military   and   naval   leader* j Southwest     Pacific    theater,    with;      ,    ,..,.     ,„„.„„ ington   though the words were fe«..^^^^j   that   they   lacked   strength   MacArthur's   planes   raiding   three      *    '^J.^''     '^f""'' all indicated complete confidence in L^  prevent  Allied   landings                   •—-  ¦-  '.--...  o..... *_   «....|Cape Gloucester, on
forces,   MacArthur  noted.        '"'''' ''^°'^ 'he areas being hit by tha planes   concentrated   their:   '"^"' on     New     Britain     where'    * '*"'
minutes after announcing
strength of
Official  announcements In Wash-
American headquarters reve.iled that photographs taken in Fridays raid on Kiel—one of four targets hit by the largest fieri of American four and two- motored bombers to see action over Europe—was a "smashing sue¬ cess."
"Practically every bomb hit tha target," 11 waa announced. Tha pictures showed devsstating dam¬ age,   particularly   to   U-boat   silpa.
Hmeral   Level   I naffected
Brown   said   that  while   the   new- ceilings   for   canned   goods   replace 	
ceilings       previously       eslablishe^ |     Muskogee,  Okla., May I.'.   <UP)- they are not  expected to alter t...,|     Mu.^K g    , Oklahoma's
general   level   of   prices. „,„„Ms^„ry    which   took   an   estimated
Products   covered   are   the   more   nisior>,   wn,,.!!   ¦;. products   cov erea   »^^^^^^     andi death toll of 1:6 lives, began reced-
corn.   toma-i ing  tonight.  Latest  victims  of  the
the outcome of the invasion of Attu. That will result in almost surround-j Russia was adding its weight to ing Kiska and opening the way forj^e bombing of Germany, paying new advances on the heart of Japan particular attrntion to German from the north. In thc south, com-; bases back of the line«. Near blned efforts of the Army and Navy , Leningrad,   what   seemed   to   he   t
were predicted.
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snap   beans,   peaches,   pears, apple   and   fruit   cocktail.
Another  area  drew  sharp ing  on   New  Guinea's  north at    Bobdubi
ujl,iSalamaua. which was taken by the I Allies   last   week.    The   Japs   also
common     varieties.
sizes   of  canned   P'**—-¦--"" i^.^^k of floods were two occupants^       ,     . toe.s.   tomato   ju.ce.s.   green   -^^.^-J^J'-^.^'J^^ „.„ich  dropped through i developing
la flood-weakened bridge near Brown   said   thai   in   some   com-] toda.v. I struck   heavily   by   air   to   support
munities where the OPA staff was      Still missing were 18 persons. In-!the   ground   action, sble     to     handle     an     additional | eluding    six   soldiers    from    Campi
volume of work, ceiling aUso were Gruber. Okla. They were lost. Europe was being pounded day set for canned baby foods, canned along wilh three civilians, in aland night and. every time the lima beans, beets, spinach, carrots rescue boat which capsized in the iFortresses have gone out for the and sauerkraut ewollen Arkansaa RIvar, lj„t  three   days   they  hava
start of the 1943 German offensive in Russia was smashed alter eight furious   attacks.
fight- coast, south   of      Only enemy gains were made by ,attack.s
aet  a
the Japanese, were reported drives   in
but   the lhem
Several
with MacArthur's planes raiding three bases in New Britain, one in New, ,„yj,,^„j,^^ Guinoa anrl one in Dutch Newj Guinea. In all. 10 enemy planes i were destroyed or damaged over New Guinea and New Britain. them
Attark PoH More*hy i     over   New   Britain's   WiUaumei
The Japanese al.so attacked Port Peninsula, in the area of the Moresby, the major Allied base on enemy's Talasea oase, a heavy New Guinea's south shore, send- bomber on reconnaissance wa, in¬ ing   four    bombers    in    two   night tcrcepted by five Japanese fighters.
It  shot  all  of  lhem   out of  action.
: many of them with submarines en
airdrome    at I them.
New Britain's'    Brig.   Gen.   Xewton   Longfellow,
tip.  wss  raided   by a i commander   of   the   8lh   Air   Forca
heavy   bomber   which   turned   ilS|Bomt)er   Command,   congratulated
cannon   and   machine   guns  on   the his bomber crews, ssying  that tha
enemy   installatioiia   afler   bombing,accuracy   of   their   bombing   never
I (Continued  on Page A-10)
150,000 Germans Taken in Tunisia
In
advances j    Two make the first attack, caus- the  communique     oted.  destroying ' several   ot   their I ing   slight   damage   and   casualties two and damaging three, vastness   of   China,  before one of them w-as shot dov./n      The New Guinea raid was a night Chinese   reported   making lin   flames   by  Allied   night   flghters.:atUck by Allied planes on Simbang pay   dearly.    One   Jap   drive Later two more bombers approach-1 villsge.  in   the  srea  of  Finschafen
the
was stopped with 3.000 enemy deid jcd Port Moresby but were met by on the north shore. The com- In Burma, forward units pressed jantl-aircraft flre that downed one munique gave no letails. but noted on as the British retreated.   Allied and drove  the other oft. that an enemy reconnaiassnce plane
bombera  were   pounding   them. Twenty enemy bombera  eacorted | iContinued on  Page A-10)
Gravesend. England. Ms'- 15. (UP>—The number of Axis pris¬ oners laken in the last battle of Tunisia will exceed li>3.000 when the flnal count Is msde. Lord Mottistone i.aid in a speech hera tonight He said the final flgura would include about 150,000 Gar* mana.
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