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In his talk in SIm TuwSiy
Mayor Earl Riley predicted a far
heavier load at western seaports
when the Pacific offensive;-really
gets under way. This is a view
widely entertained, and which
has had some foundation in com
ment of federal officials. Rail
way officials however, are not
alarmed at the prospect They
felt if .they 'got over the October
peak last year they would really
be over the) hump of the war.
.While their load may increase
some in the months ahead they
expect some new engines to help
with the traffic., -
I think" it is easy to. overesti
mate the impact of the Pacific of
fensive as it affects this coast,
Even though the flow of men and
supplies ; may Increase there are
' apt to be compensating'' decreases
in other war activities. Already
the work id Portland shipyards is
being altered with the emphasis
on ship repair which takes up the
slack in new construction. ,
. There ! is lone other factor we
t are apt to overlook, and thai is .the
utilization ,6f Atlantic and gulf
ports for supplying the Pacific
offensive, once the German war
passes its climax. Western rail
roads ; cannot., handle very much
more traffic with their layout of
terminals, and limits of trackage
The eastern; roads and ports how
ever will be . freed of - the great
burden of cargo for the European
war. It is logical to expect these
facilities toj be used. Ships now
crossing the Atlantic may be di
verted to the Pacific route through
the Panama canal. The distance
fa about 2000 miles greater to
Honolulu from New York via Pan
ama than Via San Francisco; but
even so there might be a saving
of time if western ports .become
congested and rail lines clogged.
This also Is true that at the
present time we are steadily
building (Cont on Editorial page)
Ranger Planes
ffitlhipping
way
WASHINGTON, Feb SWP)
She's a . ghost ship on nazi rec
"ords, but th? r. aircraft .carrier
Ranger, is very much, alive and a
continual threat to German ship
ping. . .
Ten months ago Hitler ' boast
fully reported ' the Ranger - sunk
by torpedoes and announced dec
oration of Lt Otto yon Bulow for
the exploit! '
' Today the navy made the dec-
oration look a little ridiculous by
releasing an account of the Rang
er's war exploits since then.
- Six' months after she was
"sunk" t h e - Ranger daringly
struck into- enemy waters off Nor
way, the nivy -reported. i H -
When the; planes returned, more
than 40,000; tons of nazi shipping
including four merchantmen and
a tanker lay on the bottom, blast
ed by better than 30,000 pounds
of bombs.' Two enemy planes had
been shot down. The Ranger had
not been damaged; only three of
her planes had been lost ' ', 1
"It was j very fine attack, and
' many German troops were kill
ed," declared Capt Gordon Rowe,
Seattle, commander of the Rang
er at the time. ; My pilots; drove
. home their .attacks in the face of
strong a n 1 1 - aircraft ,- fire. - We
struck quickly and departed be
fore the Germans knew what hit
them."
That was last October while the
14,500-ton i flattop first ever
built specifically, as a carrier by
the US navjy -was operating with
a British task -force. ' ,rK:; !
In many months of .. Atlantic
service the ranger has . ferried
hundreds of ; American - pilots
and their planes to the European
war fronts,) slipping through submarine-infested
waters with her
flight and hangar decks packed.
" The navy Mats as her . hardest
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Coe to Join ;
"Vocational :v :
Education Staff
t . . - --
LEBANON, Teb. 9 . Milton E.
Coe, superintendent of the Leba
non schools, has accepted a posi
tion with the state'department of
vocational education rehabilitation
agent to begin work March 1.
Coe has been head of the Leba
non schools! since December, 193?,
coming here from Jacksonville. He
was graduated from Linfield col
lege, McMinnvflle, and took fur
ther training at Oregon . State
college and, the University of Ore-?
"gon.' ::".;?: ".'v : .1'
. . lie is married end has four chil
dren, two sons and two daughters.
His successor in the , , Lebanon
schools has net been named. ;
O. I. Paulsen, director of state
division ot vocational education,
tz.il Yednesday Milton E. Coe's
tpclntneat ii. an increase in the
p-rrcnsel ca irehat ill taticn .work.
Ia his' wcik'vin ; Lebanon", he .has
X't H '"rjs cf much ct the
v;-r tc (."Jon wcik.
Off Nor
trCfETY'THZBD YEAH
Flame T oowers Used in
Flame threwer destrers Ja baildtnx Marine CpL Elmer WL Bu-khalter af Bahl. Idaho,, destroys a Js
-buUdmg Nasaar with a- flame thrower. These were ; ased utMt elfecttvelj arainst : the Japs In the
Kwajalela atoll daring the Marshall Islands invasion. This picture was mad by Frank FDanL Asse
eiaied Press photographer assigned to the. wartime still picture pooL Note dead Jap hi foreground.
Destroyer
Convoy of
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Shells Tanker, Cargo Ship,
Smallk Vessels on Keturn ,
From Rescuing Pilots '
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9-(-The destroyer Burns wiped opt an
entire convoy of - four Japanese ahipSj in the Marshall islands
area on J anuary 3 1 the navy en notuiced tonight. ' , I ;
.The Burns, operating with the carrier task force that opened
the attack on the Marshalls, shelled and sank a tanker, a medium
cargo vessel and two smaller craft, r , r 1
The destroyer, commanded by 38-year-old Cmdr. Donald T.
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Churchmen
Criticize .
Bombings
! K y PUGH MOORE
: LONDON, Feb. 9 -iJP)r t-ord
Tftfg. former archbishop of Can
terbury, criticized today both the
allied policy of bombing German
cities and what he described as
a tendency among some : British
people to "exult and gloat" over
the destruction accomplished.
He was Joined in hi criticism
in i the house of ; lords by the
Bishop of Chichester, who said
that if Rome was similarly blasted
it would "rankle in the memory
of - every good European as was
Rome's destruction by. the Goths."
, "I. am not forgetting the Iult
waff e's tremendous bombing of
Belgrade, L Warsaw, Rotterdam,
London, Portsmouth, '.Coventry
and Canterbury: and other places
of military, industrial and cultural
importance," the Bishop of Chi
chester said, "but Hitler is a bar
barian.: There is no decent person
on. the allied side who thinks we
should : make him our pattern ; or
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v. ;t '
To Confer on
Service Vote S
WASHINGTON,Cj'ebt VP-
Disagreeing with senate action on
service men's votes, the .house
moved today to send 'it to confer
ence for adjustment of differences
over federal or state ballots, . r
Five conferees were named by
Speaker Sam Rayburn to repre
sent the house, but the senate did
not immediately act to name con
ferees. ; i" v.' U - , .V
A house majority stood fast last
week behind the states rights bin
that would provide only state bal
lots for absentee voting; by per
sons in the armed forces, with the
army and navy facilitating trans
mission of the ballots. T ' 'U.i
The senate, after extended de
bate and switching of opinions,
yesterday attached to the house-
approved . state ; ballot bill -the
Green-Lucas which would provide
federal ballots for service men in
this country if home stater' fail to
pass adequate state absentee bal
lot legislation by August X.
12 PAGE3
Burns
4 Ships fn
Ellejc of Petersburg, Va4 was re
turning to the task force after
rescuing flyers ' who had been
forced down at sea when ft en
countered the enemy convoy.
The announcement of the de
stroyer action was released si
multaneously in Washington and
by Adm. Chester W. Nimtz in
Pearl Harbor. , i
I By SPENCER DAVIS
Associated Press War Coirespqndent
ABOARD A CARRIER FLAG
SHIP IN THE MARSHALLS, Feb.
3-(Delayed) -vTV-If Japanese anti
aircraft fire at Kwajalein hadn't
crippled a carrier - based torpedo
bomber, av convoy; of four enemy
ships might be afloat today. In that
case: the; destroyer Burns would
nave missed its night of glohr.
But the ack ack hit the bomber
and the Burns wiped out that
convoy. ';--.:. . ;i :;l :
Lt. jGuy C Adory Brown, " of
Vicksburg, Miss, had completed
skip bombing attack on an ene
my transport in Kwajalein lagoon
the morning of January 2 Just
then a Jap shell burst directly
belowlhis Avenger.
Brown knew it was a serious
hit His oil pressure dropped to ze
ro. His bomb; bay doors failed to
close and 'his . plane- nosed dose
to the water. ps :J :V; f i: .;
-"Prepare for a water, landing,"
he notified the : turret gunner,
George Sandberg, of Camden, NJ,
and the radio man, Francis Nu
gent of Northfield, NJ. ,. '
"I am landing about 15 1 miles
due west of Kwajalein." -f ;
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Labor Council
Fayoro School
Fi ve-Year Plan
First organization 'to come out
publicly In favor of the' proposed
six mill tax and ; five-year . plan
for postwar Salem school system
construction,' s Salem Trades and
Labor council this week cist its
vote in avor cf the plan jjwhich
will ' come before residents bf the
district on a special ballot March 7.
Elton Thompson presented
needs i which the Red Cross war
drive in March is designed to fill,
and l-Irs, Othella G. Purvini, sec
retary ! in the office of the deputy
collector of internal revenue here,
rpcl on ways and means cf fill
ing out tax statements as features
of the Tuesday nljht labor tem
ple p retrain.
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POUND3I
Scdamv Oregon. Tbsndoj Morning, Fbmarx 10. 1944
Marshalls
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Mb
ipes out
Marshalls
Flyers jepdrt
Evacuation i
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Jap Madang j
! By OLEN CLEMENTS I i
. SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUI
NEA, Thursday, Feb. 10 -P-Bomb
- battered Madang, Japan's
main port' on the northeastern
New Guinea coast, apparently has
been deserted by the enemy, f ;-';
. ; Americans in Mitchell medium
bombers that made' a low sweep
over the once - teeming port Wed
nesday saw evidence that the Jap
anese may have blown up what
buildings the allied bombs had
left intact, and pulled out possi
bly for Alexishafen about 10 miles
north.- '; !
The Americans encountered no
Lanti -. aircraft fire in either j the
bombing raid or subsequent straf
ing ' sweeps over the apparently
deserted , place. - i
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE .SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Thursday, Feb. 10 . Allied
airmen hit RabauL New Britain,
again destroying or damaging 1
Japanese planes, headquarters; an
nounced today. One hundred and
twenty-nine tons of bombs were
. (Turn to Page 2 Story II)
Tergnier Hit j ,
By US Planes
. -" By W. W. HERCHER I ' ,
LONDON,. Feb. ' t -()-: The
steady bomb barrage along j the
French "invasion coast" lifted sud
denly today and arched 100 miles
inland' with more than '200 med
ium ( Marauders' striking, heavily
at railroad yards and repair shops
at Tergnier. , ; n .
All the bombers returned safe-
Ijr. - . . ' -
The daring attack was the Ma
rauders deepest ; penetration of
the European war, and apparently
a great surprise to the Germans
who had been allowing allied
planes to pound the coastal : area
with virtually no opposition in the
last few weeks.'-. ?-:v,'; "-.j aV
': It was. executed simultaneously
with blows by other Marauders
against the Pas de Calais area, and
by British Mitchells, ; JJostons,
Mosquitos, Hurricanes . and Ty
phoons which carried out missions
against other targets in northern
France with loss. : J
Drive for Short Form
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9
A drive toward simpllficaticn of
the federal income tax .structure
got under way on botii sides cf
the capitol today, but U.cre .ap
peared little L'uellhood cf :t;:a
in time to help 50,33,C30 taxpay
ers with the 1C13 flr.sl returns
tLey must file ty tZxCx IS.
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Russians
Nearing
Junction
Nazis Squeezed
In Narrowing
Qrcle in Nbrth
By TOM YARBROUGH -V
LONDON, Thursday,
Feb. 10 (AP) Russian
forces stabbing toward the
iron ore center ; of Krivoi
Rpg io t h e southern
Ukraine, have reached to
within eight miles of that
heavily fortified mining
city in a 14-mile advance,
Moscow announced today,
while other soviet Units to
the north have killed lOOO
more Gwmans in I the ! tightened
Vise squeezing ten trapped nazi
divisions. -" ; ' -1 - y'y'
y Moving up from: Apostolovo,
captured Monday, the Russians
took the town of Radushnoye, 14
miles northwest of Apostolovo, in
a new threat to the back door of
Krivoi . Rogj. Forty towns and
hamlets were declared captured in
this drive
In. the Shpola -Zvenigorodka
area where the Germans are sur
rounded the Russians captured the
district center of Gorodische, ,18
miles north of Shpola. In a battle
which cost the Germans hundred
Of men. Twenty-six big guns and
! otherrnaterial were captured in
this; aresIa another ;sectorthe
Russians crossed a water barrier,
took several populated places and
a number of prisoners.
German attempts to break into
the encircling" ring with attacks
from outside again were defeated
with a loss of 42 tanks, six troop
carriers and 90 trucks, said the
Moscow r midnight communique,
recorded by . the Soviet j monitor
from a broadcast. j f
A total of 3800 Germans fell
during the fighting along the en
tire front in the last 24 hours as
more than " 57 communities were
captured, Moscow saidi '
In the most northerly f action,
where the Russians were driving
for the rail station of Luga on the
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Bonriey Makes
Second Jail
Break Tr
Earl ' J. Bonney,V i9-year-old
lawbreaker, Wednesday night at
tempted to break from the county
jail for . the second time within
five days when - he tried unsuc
cessfully to pry loose the bars in
his cell, being discovered before
he could complete the task. -
Saturday he - and a companion,
La Verne Flynn, 20, sawed through
the bairs to freedom only to be
retaken in Portland Monday. .
Bonney and Flynn ! had - done
considerable talking to! police of
ficers during Wednesday, Bonney
explaining that -; they made the
break Saturday because they "had
too much pmned on tbemJV .
' Between escape and recapture
the pair added .to their 'criminal
.records. By their own confessions
they listed the following crimes
over the two-day-period: Theft of
a car in Salem belonging to Emil
Fechner of this city, thecar be
ing "recovered " Wednesday- in Sil
verton; theft of a car at Silverton
owned by a Lebanon 1 man, un
named; theft of a car in Claca
amas county, owner not named;
burglary of a' summer house near
Carver, up the . Clackamas river
from" Oregon- City. j ;:- J , ''
. .The latest escapades pushed the
record, of Bonney: and Jlynn and
the second half of the original
crime quarteC Bichard Parsegian
and Harry . W." Detillion, to s 21
burglaries and nine car ; thefts
within the past two months. Par
segian and Detillion, both 19, were
in a separate cell when: their con
federates effected escape. - .
VTedaesday m'aximnm tem
perature, S3, tnlntmnm 25.'
Preclpltatloa -5 f .! an inch.
TTlaJ mostly from the. south.
Caniy. JLlTer feet; , .i - '
I Fair , Thcrsiay an J ; rtlliy;
act ra-ach change la : tempera
tare. . . '.-., . , '
4tli War Loan
Finale to Be v
Held in Salem
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! ' Salem will provide the setting
for the grand finale of Oregon's
fourth war loan campaign next
Tuesday night, it was an
nounced yesterday. Final tab
ulations for the entire state will
be made here and announced by
E. C.j Simmons, state war fin
ance committee chairman, in the
Salem high school auditorium and
over radio station KOIN in . the
course of the Million Dollar club's
broadcast of the Marion county
victory, rally. Gov..arl Snell and
Jesse J. Card, Marion county war
finance committee chairman, both
members of the club, will partici
pate in the program. -j
The Million Dollar club'' ap
pea ranee in Salem will mark com
pletion of its' first year of broad
Casting over KOIN; on behalf of
war bonds. The entire cast of 25
persons ; will participate"" in the
fourth war. loan grand finale pro
gram) here, reports; Program Di
rector Henry M. Swartwood, Jr.
j Musically, Million Dollar club
Is a j "WOW show. The studio
Staff f orchestra of 10 Instrumen
talists will be, conducted by
KODTs veteran maestro, Joseph
Sampietro. The famed Barbershop
quarett, led by tenor Jim Riddel,
also will be on hand to sing close
harmony. J ;
1 On February 1 KOIN devoted
an entire half hour program of
the Million Dollar club to the
sales I ?f war bonds and invited
telephone orders, calling ' certain
members of the cast to the phone
to , accept them. All Million Dol
lar; club -members Joined, in the
tampaign for additional bonds nM
altogether- the club -sold ever
$8,000,000 In bonds. It was sur
passed by only one other station
in the country. '""
Announcement of plans for the
Victory rally already has ' stimu
lated bond sales, Chairman Card
said Wednesday, night in reveal
ing that total sales in Marion
county had climbed to $3,640,000,
which is 86 per tent of the county
Quota. Series E bond sales are
Still $350,000 short of the goal
but are expected to rally in - the
final week, for. only through pur
chase of a series E bond may one
gain admission to the big rally,
ji "We feel particularly forta
taate,w Gard said, to have Salem
j selected as the site for the eles
i ing "ceremonies. It is . a tribete
te the people ef this cowmsstty
on the part ef Mr. SaauaomV
: state chairman, and the staff ef ;
1 the 1 0regon war finance eoaa
imtttee.a" -t. r-
I Articles of furniture which will
be given away at the rally are on
display now at the Stiff Furni
ture : company; three rooms of
furniture including -pictures and
rugs.! The living room set is com
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Japs Advance
In Burma
By PRISON "GROVER .
: NEW DELHI, Feb. ftMJPr-.De
spite; determined , resistance, the
Japanese have made advances in
the last four days toward the Bri
tish supply line in the Arakan dis
trict of Burma, an allied i com
munique revealed . today V;.. V
i The "Japanese . " .are attacking
southwestward toward ' Kgakyed
yauk pass and it is evident they
have penetrated to , the entrance
of the pass after a surprise flank
ing operation which carried ten
miles, north of the British main
line position, v y: - ' " "
4 Despite this setback, the British
in the Buthedaung area and gen
erally south of Taung Bazaar are
holding on and attacking. ; '-
Little Steel Formula :
Under New Attack ; i ?
j WASHINGTON I Feb." P-(P)-A
new attacx on the administra
tion's wage stabilization policies
was . launched : today by - the four
AFL members . of . the war labor
board who. declared , the time has
ccme to Junk , the -little steel"
f:rmu!a for a hewj "realistic fig
ure based upon the actual cost of
living - ';';'-!-''"- '-: :"'-;
The demand coincided wilh ht
strxt; cf senate debata, cn rrcpes-
ala to .outlaw-.use cf sut.:"dlES to
hold down-consumer foci r rices.
It was based cn t!".e cc".".:'Zzn
itzt vxizi ccr.'.r:! hzs fz":n to far
short cf goals . Urt "the only, re
course left to workers . is to cb
taia ws-s rtla ticreases. -
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Prlcw 5c
No, 274
Finland
Considers
War End
Foreign Office
Denies Rumors
Of Surrender
STOCKHOLM, Thurs
day, Feb. 10 (AP) The
Finnish cabinet held a reg
ular session last night and
there is a "possibility that
preliminary decisions were
taken'V in connection with
the . American declaration
to Finland to. quit the -war
or take the consequences,
a Swedish dispatch said to
day, . - - : -' 4 i--i' "
The Helsinki correspondent of
the Dagens Nyheter said the cab
inet meeting was preceded by a
closed morning session of the Fin
nish ; parliament's . foreign policy
committee at which Sir Henrik
Ramsey, foreign l minister, re
viewed the situation.for an hour, i
(US Secretary of StateCordell
HuQ said at a press conference in
Washington yesterday Finland had
been told again that the respon
sibility for the consequences of
her collaboration ' with Germany
and continued state of war with a
number of allies of the . United
States, including : the Soviet un
ion and Britain, must be torn
solely by the Finnish government)
denied tha Fi J
uon in : w asnington nad issued , a
statement that Finland would not
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Clapper r Dies
When Plane
Hits Bomber
By SPENCER DAVIS
Associated Press War Correspondent
ABOARD A CARRIER FLAG
SHIP OFF ENIWETOK, in - the
Marshalls; Feb. 2 (Delayed)
Raymond Clapper,) newspaper col
umnist, and six navy fliers,. In
cluding one of the ablest torpedo
squadron commanders in the ser
vice, were ; killed in a. collision
over enemy-held Eniwetok- atolL
The 'air accident occurred dur
ing a raid on -Engebi island just
as Avenger torpedo, planes com
pleted a glide bombing attack and
rendezvoused over the lagoon.
The ! noted columnist had re
quested permission-to accompany
tne squadron commander on the
combat flight to gain a first hand
Impression of the bombing tech
nique. He intended writing a col
umn contrasting I the Pacific air
war with the European Version. :
He .had been an observer in : a
Flying Fortress on the first Rome
blockbuster raid, last summer. ;
. The task force commander. Rear
Adm." 3FrIerick i C; Sherman,
granted' Clapper's ceqiiest. From
the 4hjrd Lplane Ja the formation
I -aawther planeM rwith Qapper
aboard plunge into the lagoon mo
ments I after? It 7 struck . another
bomber. Both planes burst into
flames and -sank immediately. No
one survived. t - :. : ,1
Clapper was flying with 'one of
the navy's . most skilled pilots. ''
GaimonHaa;
. - j
i Lt. J. E. Cannon- was ' approved
as -crtramander rxt the, SalemTtmlt
ox me avu air patrol Wednesday
night at a meeting of officers call
ed by J Maj. Leo G. DeVahev. of
Portland commander of the Ore
gon wing, and Capt. Let U. Eyer
lr, Salem, Vwing personnel and
training officer, lie sucHBeds Lt
Elvin E. Thomas,, who Veportar for
induction 1 into The armed forces
next week. . ; ; . v- v .
Four Alharij; and one CorvalUs
youth took -the preliminary exam
inations .to qualify as army air
corps cadets last night under the
Crection : of Lt.;EI Jon Turnii-a cl
JxfXsrson. Lccruje. cf the 'over
Cow of applicants, another exam
ination will -be given at the cham
ber of commerce rooms Friday
riht-tt o'clock.-'; -:,:; : ) r
: I The rc-lar meeting of the CAP
v, 1 be held at the armory Thurs
c.y rJ-ht stcrtl-- at 7:CD o'clock.
Meiineve
A t -
IS
British Inilicl
Large CzzrsZllzj
In Adriatic
By EDWARD ! KE:u(ZDV
ALLIED HEADQUAn-
TERS, Algiers, Feb. 9.
(AP) Ferocious crc-to-
crag fighting ragcd.ca
heights overlooking Cas
tlno: on the main Italian
front today as American
troops opened a. full
strength assault to destroy
that nazi hornet's nks
which was holding up their
push to r e 1 i e y e belea
guered allied forces in the Anzio
bridgehead 50 miles awayj
(Lt. Gen. . Mark W. Clark's main
Fifth army is slugging violently at
the Cassino defenses, declared the
German-controlled I Vichy! radio,
"with 30,000 ; men, 400 tanks and
powerful artuley,")!
(The Americans have made
"short locaU advances west cf
Cassino," the British radio said in
a broadcast recorded in New York
by NBC At the same time the
British Eighth army on the Adri
atic side of the Italian boot was
declared to have inflicted "large
casualties' on a ; German unit
Proving British positions.)
American riflemen, charging up
the. steep, cliffs of Monte Cassino
west of the town through a hell
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US Strikes
3 -
US ' PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS .Pearl . Harbor, Feb.
g New -and secret blows
against . Japan's remaining holds
in, the Marshall islands are being
struck by the United States air
and naval forces which hit the
defenses of f Kwajalein - atoll so
hard thatjt virtually. feU of : its
own weight into the lap of ground
troops. ' . ' - i
-- Because Japan's communications
with its isolated garrisons in -the
Marshalls probably have been dis
rupted, the navy adopted a policy
of not identifying the targets of
bombs and shells. !
y In the newest air and ship at
tack, , announced last night, only
one atoll was named, Jaluit, at
the southern end of the archipel
ago. Several enemy boats were
sunk in the raid there last Sun
day. Jaluit already had been at
tacked 16 times, this year.
- Other atolls under attack may
have included those that have
been bombed most frequently
Wotje, Mill and Maloelap,
One of the objectives j of the
Seventh army air force bombers
in the latest raids was the "pet
fighter field" of the Japanese, re
ported Paul Beam, Associated
Press war correspondent. Nile was
aboard a dive bomber that blast
ed the runway. Not a single burst
of heavy anti-aircraft fire was
encountered. V;1 !'
(Beam may have referred to the
enemy airfield on Taroa f islet of
the Maloelap atoll. In. the pre
invasion raids on the Marshalls
that atoll was the center of great
est enemy air resistance. S Virtual
ly every raid there brought up a
flock of enemy. interceptors, the
number 'often . being reported as
30 and once reaching 45.,
(Taroa airdrome was known to
have been one of the better air
bases constructed by the Nippon
ese in the Marshalls. Nearly a
hundred enemy planes were defi
nitely, or probably destroyed over
Taroa prior to the invasion Janu
ary 31 of Kwajalein.) . ;
Bendix TTorkero
Ordered Back!
.. . i (.
. . . . ' i
. NEW YOCK, Feb.,
than CD war production employes
of two Brooklyn plants' of . the
Bendix ; Aviation corpora lion's
marine division were crdrrr i
back to their .jobs- tonf'ht by
Frank U'Azetedo, president cf lo
cal ESI of the Unitel AutomobHs
VTorkers (CIO),' cndlr.j a walk
cut .which occurred earlier in tht
day.' " ' i . ; .- . J . . ,
; ' D'A z e v e d o s , announcerr ent
came after a closed meeting in
ErocLIyn ar.i direct? i rr l:t ti:i
workers .to nturn t . J . i
diately and t:.a f y . ' i I r -sume,
tomorrow ; .
rent cf the c'.: ' ' i
union ccnUn.' 1 .t ;
some workers 1 3 f
while tlrinj I