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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL THURSDAY JUNE 29, 1944
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YOUR INVASION!
Washington, D. C , June 29.—Like
so many other things In this war,
the B-29 superfortress which bomb
ed Japan was a secret withheld fr
om the American people until the
spectacular raid on the steel mills
at Yawata. iMore than a million
tons of scrap was shipped to those
mills from the Pacific northwest
prior to the war, valued at many
millions of dollars*. It is true that
scores of newspaper reporters knew
all about the B-29s but they were
pledged to secrecy and could not
write a line until the raid had been
made.
As the superfortresses were com
ing off the assembly lines hundred,
of thousands of Chinese collies, men
and women, were building airfields
in China for the special use of this
flying battleship. These airfield,
were required as a base from which
the B-29s could fly from China to
Japan. Pictures of the Chinese at
work were printed in many public
ations, but the significance of these
fields was not comprehended by the
American reading public. What they
saw was an army of coolies carry
ing loads of rock in baskets bal
anced on a pole over their should
ers, the way the Chinese vegetable
gardeners usd to vend their wares
to housewives in Seattle. Portland
and Tacoma. The airfields were bu
ilt with hand-power, nothing else.
One day a B-29 In a test flight
crashed into a meat packing plant
in Seattle, killing several people and
wrecking part of the building. The
public knew it was a new plane but
made no inquiries, for testing new
planes in the past three years has
become routine. latter the B-29 we
nt Into nuss production. The Boe
ing company, in Its several factor
ies, was doing a magnificent job.
The big planes were taken to In
dia and tihence flown to Ohiha and
the Japanese agents knew all about
them—the time of their arrival, th
eir size and speed and the airfields
in China. The Japs knew the B-29
wus intended to find its targets in
the land of the mikado, and know
ing this, they began decentralizin«
their war Industries and surrounded
the Yawata plant with anti-aircraft
wepaons.
So far as the enemy was concer
ned, they were well advised as to
the nature of this new bomber and
realized that they were to be on the
receiving end. But. what between
the photographers of the collies po
unding out an immense airfield
with their bare hands and the loss
of life and property when a bomb
er fell In Seattle, the American pu
blic could see no connection.
Shipped out of the ports of the
north Pacific have been many tons
of medical supplies and food in
tended for the American soldiers
who are held as prisoners of war
toy the Japanese. These consign
ments have been taken ashore at
Vladivostok, along with boots, but
ter, farm machinery, etc., which the
Russians will use. The supplies for
the prisoners of war have been wa
rehoused In the cold Siberian port
for months Instead of being rushed
to their destination. The hitch in
the program lies at the door of Joe
Stalin, the gallant ally of Uncle
Sam,
Stalin refuses to permit the Jap
anese ships to enter the port of Vl
adivostok and remove the food and
merlcine. Why he has taken this
stand is not explained, for the Jap
anese are familiar with that port
und they know everything that is
being unloaded there, transported
f*>m Pudget sound and the Colum
bia river by ships of the Russian
marine. All Russian vessels going
from the United States to Vladivo
stok must pass through waters con
stantly patrolled by Japanese war
ships. 80 delay In delivering the
supplies to Americans held In pri
son camps is not entirely the fault
of the Japanese.
Having refused to make an app
ropriation of $600,000 for the fair
employment practices committee
tset up by presidential directive»
the house finally recanted and that
agency will now be able to funct
ion. Primarily, the purpose of the
committee Is to see that colored Inter-State Oil Co.
pepole are not discriminated against
in securing jobs. The house elim
inated the appropriation when Rep- Stunz Lumber Co.
John Rankin, a southern Democrat,
read a list of active members of the Nyssa Lumber Co.
committee and then showed, from
the Dies committee report on un-
American activities, that it was he Chadwick's Drive-in
avily loaded with men who have
been affiliated with the communist Inland Oil Co.
party In recent years Rankin called
the alleged communists and fellow
travelers by name. Later there was Gordon’s Drive-in
pressure from high official sources
that caused a sufficient number of
• ongraaamen to change their votes Nyssa Bowling Center
and restore the half million dollars
appropriation
F
ROM General Bradley, leading the
Invasion ground forces, right through
every rank, American men now face a
brutal, desperate, able enemy. For this
invasion has only begun — before our
fighters lies a hard and bloody task, one
that demands all their courage, backed by
all your fa ith in their ultimate victory.
That faith will be tested many times in
this invasion — in grim struggles, set
backs, possibly even temporary defeats.
It will be up to you to remember that
early victories usually only mean more
savage opposition from a foe made more
bitter, more ruthless as the shadow of
his doom grows larger — up to you to
keep that faith in days and nights of
gloom as well as in hours of triumph.
There is little that you can do to show
that you realize what they must face,
perhaps for many months. But one thing
you can do—back the attack with every
dollar you can spare! Let the Bonds
you buy in this greatest of Drives be
the measure of your belief in their
ultimate victory!
5 * W AR LOAN
BUY YOUR INVASION BONDS TODAY!
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