Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1944, Cairo, Egypt December 1944 a Middle the Southern segment wrecked attempt to bolster doomed defending forces on the sea during the port North 4h6f Jap or Force Rose to contest an american sup in the air fight the japs destroyed and five the loss of eight the strategic port of principal escape Hatch for japs fish King in the dwindling the 77th division veterans of just four Days after Surprise amphibious land i offs to the Mac Arthur announced that the ame rican Triumph came in the after noon after the yanks launched a b29s repeatedly Rock Jap islands Washington the War announced that super fortresses attacked another target in from bases in the last on Siam was november Saipan based super forts continued to Pound the japanese Home striking 4n Force wednesday after five previous raids this week according to Tokyo the War announced wednesdays attack was directed at Industrial centers on the Island of Honshu on which the japanese capital is located the raiders hit the vicinities of South West of where the biggest japanese aircraft factories Are to and Southwest of the enemy a up dispatch said that at least 100 took part in the Berlin radio said tuesday that evacuation of nonessential work ers from Tokyo is with one contingent of planning to leave the City of the japs had previously announced plans to evacuate several districts of the John of North flying a Lone super fortress on weather reconnaissance Over reported the City is now completely blacked pre Vious weather missions had found the City fully the blackout was reported after Tokyo broadcasters monday told of american super forts bombing the capital for the fifth straight two of the big planes which raided Tokyo seven hours apart on sunday night touched off fires that could be seen for 85 returning crewmen the Aerial giants also set off explosions in the Harbor area in their double purpose there was no official announcement to confirm the other raids disclosed by the but Central Japan and Korea were also said to have been twentieth air Force disclosed that planes which struck at iwo islands in the volcanoes at noon last Friday carried the largest individual bomb loads to Date in operations against the huge planes struck at air strip installations on battered a few Days earlier by super fort warships and army and Navy the combined was aimed at the enemy Island from which the japanese have presumably been launching recent raids on b29 bases in the the North of slugged Forward despite Al terrain Condi operation so much of a Surprise to the japs that they left warm food on tables As my fled into the while the landings were in Progress a Jap Convoy blundered into the same Waters and was immediately attacked american warships and planes covering the yank in the the entire 13 ship Jap was in engagement one Small transport and five planes were f the in a desperate at tempt at sent some 200 parachutists behind the american lines on Eastern near san the Effort was promptly rendered abortive but some Sabo Tage was chinese Chase foe out of Keichow in Surprise rout chunking japanese forces have been ousted completely from the Keichow province and chased Back into War Iasi More than 20 Miles with the chinese in the High command Caid the latest Advance represented about 10 Miles overnight and left the Only 15 Miles from 95 Miles Northwest of the former american airbase at Liu taken Over by the japanese in though turning Back the threat at the provincial capital of Kwei a chinese army spokesman said the situation is still serious and we should not be too opt the chinese How that fairly Well equipped troops Are flowing continually to the front to bolster up defences before Weiyang and the Burma the Allied Campaign to drive the japs out of North Burma has carried through Naha and less than 200 Miles from Mandalay it was announced from new occupation of Ndaw without opposition represented a 100mile and Vance for British since they left Mog Aung russians plan jeep car Moscow a soviet Auto de signer has announced that his de signers and engineers Are working on plans for a postwar Light automobile modelled on the famous american met Kew of the general Infurna Tonat organization general Assembly military staff committee secretariat Secretary general National contingent of armed forces vex Othu and Aoh Miciu imtunationa1iank iroc direct relationship Ai defined in the relationship to be determined by special Agre Meno or arrangements chapter number refer to it Dumbarton Oaks Utoker 7 state oct Artmont publication fat Patti by it of Vuon o Skompy n4 my to div won o co Raphy in depot atm major quake hits Nippon t a Colgate University geologist said that b29 bombings of the Tokyo area May have the earthquake and Waves which hit Japan last thursday december the anniversary of Pearl Harold Whitnall said Earth Structure around Tokyo is so badly fractured almost any bomb incr might cause dislocations leading to the japanese after a silence of More than 24 that the earthquake rolled up frent tidal Waves and started landslides across a 150mile Belt of Central Japan running through violent shocks had been recorded throughout the world British seismologists described the shocks As even More violent than the 1928 Yokohama disaster that killed observatories in in Dia and the also reported potent Detroit fire kills three Detroit three women perished As flames destroyed the two store building of the National tent and Ami russian peace delegates who met in Edward now secy of chairman of the Dumbarton Oaks Acme charter members of the Isoby club Bong gets has bagged 38 Washington the nations highest the Congress ional modal of has been awarded to Richard Bong of whose record of 38 enemy planes shot Down in this War makes him the top ame rican air Ace of All Bong scored his latest air Vic tories in Battle Over Leyte this Downing two japanese he has now outdistanced the leading Raf Wing an English Man commanding a Canadian spitfire Squadron in who has 35 official kills in the air to his the russians claim the Ace of aces in this in Alexander who was said to have shot Down 5t enemy plane through in the same Battle in which Bong scored his latest Thomas Mcguire of shot Down two tap raising his total to club somewhere in the four original members of Isoby i Haven seen our baby yet club compare pictures of at left is Fred Pine who face club for who became parents after their arrival the Thiers left to Are Gustave w Ala pvt Robert Jap death threat for Tokyo raiders new York up the Japa under the Impact of the us perform raids on made a new veiled threat at the lives of the captured american Tokyo radio said that in formal replies to the British and american inquiries about the treat ment of Allied War made Clear that it would hold responsible under International Law those enemy airmen who Are clearly found to have deliberately breached the established practices of Russia sign Alliance a pact of Alliance and Mutual assistance was concluded Between trance and the soviet Union As a result of Charles de Gaul Les visit to Moscow last text of the agreement has not been announced but Moscow radio said de Gaulle and Stalin had discussed problems of continuing the War and the establish ment of particularly in re lation to the German both governments reaffirmed their determination to continue their military operations up to Complete Victory Over and their desire to take All the necessary res in common for Safe guarding Europe from any a Transfer to ground forces Washington Gen Ben commander of the army ground said that a Radical change in the Mission of the Sigf is resulting in the Transfer of soldiers from air and ser vice forces to ground forces the possibility that still More May be this is not a sudden Man Power shift to balance the Lear it can be taken in Stead As an Index that under the changed Mission of the ground the usefulness of these sol Diers had ceased in their previous services and now exists to a great degree in ground Asun avoidable casualties increase As a result of increasing ground an additional number of men Mav la Panama sponsored by his the Wen Dell Willkie was launched solons approve new five Star ranks Washington the Senate and sent to the White House a Bill creating four five Star admirals of the Fleet and four five Star generals of the admirals Chester willium Ernest King and William Leahy and generals George Dwight Henry Arnold and Douglas Macarthur Are believed to be slated for the new designed put these us footing with foreign armies top officers on an Field marshals of and naval world car 1 will continue to be americas top ranking offi since his title As of the armies conferred by Law is above the newly created general of the a maj rank
