Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                 so than 24 hours a fid smashed air ammunition f Atit Nairi Island of tit a tons from 450 in at u4es an escort of hers iwo the most powerful Industry with Preci 8om in action i Doolittle disclosed that fhe strategic bin icing of Japan will be carried out by Parade heavy bombardment forces twentieth and the the he door titles paralleling operations of twentieth which is com Arnold with Barley Giles As Deputy com mander5 in the strategy to determined a fool As it is Doo a men will be headquartered at Colorado Spinca Badio admitted that six systematic american have demolished most cities guardian Island off the East coast of x2iina and sent residents fleeing to the  new fire raids and bombings on Formosa were reported Fly Tiro View Rice d Changsha in american Lott it a 240mile stretch fat def this sector narrowest neck Ana were continued big Hunan air Westward to the Price bowl area was three times held against Jat attacks during the prolong War but was lost last year wit the fall of southward chinese forces drove to the Western outskirts of Lui former in a five prong it believed that the bulk of Lui chows Ere been toward j 166 i Lee from Shanghai on the invasion chinese troops have pushed16 More Miles m Advance North of Wen sweeping along the South Shore of Tai Chow Bay in Pursuit retreating chinese troops reached South of the great Industrial hang How re Shanghai is Only 165 Miles the who have been driven from a 365mile stretch of chivas vulnerable coastline in the Offen have made no apparent Effort to reduce the imminent threat to their vital hang How Bay through which is Fin need much of the material for Jap armies in in British troops have driven to within 25 Miles of maw chief bastion on the Thailand despite a slight withdrawal in the Wau East of pegu the japanese have hurled heavy opposition against Indian troops operating Northeast of in accelerated air Allied aircraft Sank or damaged a Large number of Jao River Craft on sit Tang River this also bomb ing objectives in the Bangkok lower Burma and the malay Penin r Vasion Jane sir Hiu areas Okinawa presents base for air min sweeping room in Cathay inn was pass to oblivion chinese Inskeep had Learned it and an acco Minica murders a by Herman a flan associated press feature writer the time is coming when it May be practical to strike at Japan through a Landing on the coast of the situation facing Allied arms As this Fine approaches about like this the chinese in the vast pocket of Southeast China Are hitting hard at the japanese in the Foo Chow they have driven the enemy out of tins port City and  in team Tonj and an accomplice were to death for murdering and mostly guests at his inn at Chan Shou River about 60 Miles Down the Yangtze from victim was a prostitute who r we w v4vv Are pressing them hard in the sur rounding the japanese Are reported by the chinese to have pulled out of other China coast ports Amoy and presumably these japanese would re treat by water to Hong Kong or perhaps Xue murders began in april and con su4ou rapid succession with what chinese officials said was ruthlessness unequalled in the annals of crime in Sze Chwan pro the japanese still hold a Cor Ridor from Manchuria to French but chinese troops which captured bungning Cut the Supply line which runs Down the Middle of this Supply line con m ams Supply line con Conquest of Okinawa Cost u s casualties Stilwell Heads loth army of permeates corps said that the stench of death permeates the Ocean air As marines and infantrymen Hunt Over the charred Hills of Southern Okinawa blasting out remnant japs who stubbornly resist after Nimitz declared the Campaign ended on june eight two Days after the tenth army spilled upon the Bea Ches of Okinawa to encounter opposition and heaviest losses in the Pacific organized resistance the japs fought doggedly to the last although they were running out of food and losses for the Campaign were killed and latest tally of enemy casualties was set at which included prison the gruelling Job of Cavet Cave Stiop up was eased a bit by mass suicides in the caves and in the the bodies of Mitsu japanese commander of on and his of Isama were found in shallow Fock Southern Seacliff the Toftey had been buried after a Kiri Cecil nist of the 24th army corps said that the bodies of Botn generals were dressed in full Field uniforms with medals and insignia positively All Jap leaders of High rank on Okinawa now Are accounted in Addi the bodies of the islands naval base commander five Mem Bers of his staff were found with throats Cut in an elaborate Cave on Oroku thousands of japs waving White flags and led by their officers had streamed into tenth army lines in the greatest mass surrender of the Pacific with frontline dispatches revealing that the yanks had taken More prisoners in the past week than they had in the entire Campaign against the although ground combat subs there was a surge of air Tokyo radio claimed that suicide pilots Sank two american ships and damaged three off Oki Nawa on the same Day the Island was Nimitz announced that two Light naval units were an auxiliary was Hea Vily damaged and two other Craft were lightly after the Island was i japanese Kamikaze suicide ngh ters and bombers lashed at the occupying forces and the Airfield with american fight naval guns and Shore batteries accounting for 59 of the attackers in addition to the air toll taken on p51s of the seventh lighter command based on Law Jima bagged 69 nip planes in on airfields Northeast of three of the Mustangs were but two pilots were rescued meanwhile Macarthur has selected Stilwell to command the tenth transferring the Veteran Jap fighter to the Pacific who will take Over As soon As he arrives on said recently at his conference with Macarthur in Manila that he was convinced there was no crack up of japanese and that the enemy would have to be beaten on the main land As Well As in the Home islands at press time Tokyo radio re ported an Allied invasion of Kume 50 Miles West of and predicted that american assault forces May land on the China coast preparatory to inva Ding lists of a Railroad As far South As with truck route on into with this line the japanese Are really in a bad Nimitz says their sea route along China coast now is virtually useless More chinese pressure is being exerted Northwest of although the chinese coast Between Hon Kong and hang How is not Well at is screened by Formosa and the Ryukyu Formosa has been bombed regularly and one objective of the american Campaign on Okinawa in the Ryukyu would seem to be to pro vide a base for Clearing out mines m the channels Between the is another might be t0 provi de air cover for an invasion expedition if one should be sent rough that the obvious purpose of is to set up a b29 base for the bombing of with regard to the coastal ports there is always the of whether the japanese Reail want to hold Many time before in the Case of pushing through the North South they have been debated time after when they but succeeded really at any it is not Likely they fear any real Allied Effort to occupy a Large part of Southeast Chi communications Inland Are not Good enough to permit much of a Campaign and the coast from Hon Kong to hang How is too Rocky and shallow to risk a major invasion any Landing in this area prob ably would be for the purpose of setting up air any real at tempt to invade China More Likely would come closer to the Shanghai area where the coast is More favourable and where communications fan out to All of the Jap anese landed on the North Side of me hang How Estuary in disband 9th air Force Rajus the 9th largest tactical air Force m the a being broken up and some of its units will be sent to the sheaf other parts of the 9th will remain in Europe As nucleus of an occupational air Force which will be maintained As Long As ground forces remain in hold on to Pacific Honolulu Oifer must be in a position to carry out attacks Home to the heart of any aggressor who May threaten us declared Arnold As he advocated the retention of an extensive string of Pacific Island bases the interest of americas future be addressing a press the army air Force chief explain our own b29s already can strike anywhere in the world if we keep the use of certain Stra v Arnold cited As essential for americas Security the Block of islands of the the a boning and Ryu kjusias1 wel1 As unrestricted use of Canton pal Myra and islands and american iwo Jima has saved super fortresses Winch have made emergency land Ings there and has demonstrated the importance of America possess of such Cruiser Nashville 133 die Washington the Navy made two disclosures concerning action in the Pacific 1 the american Cruiser Nash Ville was hit squarely amidships a Jap suicide plane last de Cember 13th As she steamed in con Voy for the invasion of she was set on fire and 133 men Sert a lulled the Nashville limped to the West coast for repairs following the attack Ujj As a a Libe Rator set a new single plane re Cord of destruction of Jap ship Ping by sinking or damaging tons m a three month the piloted by Arthur Ejder of flew an average of one search each three Days from the Philippines rang ing Over the South China sea from Borneo to Touraine on the irid China japs briefed for invasion san  us told the japanese Cabinet members that under new decree Powers they will be free to act swiftly in preparing the Homeland for the impending in a broadcast recorded Here do Mei japanese news also quoted Suzuki to the effect that the new system of decree Rule provides a basis for a solid War structure1 needed for he said from now government officials shall not evade their duties and responsibilities on the pretext that pulsations of the Law do not allow them to take prompt