Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1945, Cairo, Egypt Rufo v jul Ziti cof f Yvo j that the take Wake any parties me of the evacuate e suffering from Maln utri the air and sea Veteran b29 crashes to bomb Tokyo of and Vete 3n from Kos Valeia in i Wjk 5r4 had received 1 a of Lyle be cowl to nonhazardous duly because two brother Shad killed in action in other War japs throw out peace feelers acting of state grew declared that the japanese Are using peace feelers in an attempt to stir up dissension is the and among the he said their objective is to obtain peace Short of unconditional surrender even though they1 know beyond question already that their defeat is the grew has received no peace offers Remithe japanese government either through official or unofficial sub overdue Washington the with a wartime comple ment of from 80 to 85 officers and men is overdue from patrol and presumed the Navy announce the loss brought to 45 the number of subs lost since the Start of the 2 British carriers hit Guam five japanese suicide planes crashed into three aircraft carriers of the British task Force attacking Saki Shima islands be tween Okinawa and inflicting a loss of 70 killed and 34 seriously Tousa redeployment Tousa total of soldiers in the med theater will be redeployed to the 87 per cent of whom will go via the if i tidies father Recap Tirl and isolate the Rezeav at Apex of a by the Chruese troops recaptured also a Lor Mer Clearing All 01 Kwangsik Proyce the Ortii East Corner where they Battle in the outs arts former Nanning and have Jeen recaptured in the through Ana which is now being out flanked from the South and would be the fourth m Kwangsik and the in China to return to Allied hands since the offensive invasion attempt japanese Marine raiders have been killed or wounded following a feeble invasion at tempt on the China coast South West of Thor former treaty port 140 Miles West of the chinese command up ported that the enemy hurled Back to their positions in a captured coastal Village 27 i lies Southwest of Are in full exact purpose of the abortive invasion is not mentioned As possibilities were an attempt to frustrate any Allied plans for invasion of the Asiatic Mainland to test chinese strength in the coastal Region a reconnaissance Mission or strengthening of their Mainland defences around at the Southern tip of the chinese recaptured High Way Hub on the approach to ene my held Hainan As Ameri can fighter planes blasted Jap shipping withdrawing from French indo Ghino through Hainan Strait in the bitter fight of japanese troops to escape from the sitting Bend area toward Thailand has won them slight throwing fierce barrages of Artil the japanese forced Indian troops to withdraw from Yaung g5 Miles Northeast of the British dispatched a Relief Force to assist the gurkhas pulling r from Calcutta it is that British forces who fought in West Ern Europe Are arriving in seac to swell Allied forces building up for a big Patch commands fourth Siam Alexander who led rhe seventh army through Southern France into is to command the fourth army in his new he will have charge of training thousands of troop for duty in the where he himself saw action against the japs on aussies take Rich Borneo Oil Belt Manila with the philippine Campaign described by Mac Arthur As virtually land fighting in the Pacific this week remained completely focus sed where the australians and dutch colonials hold the entire Balikpapan the aussies now hold All the Hotl contested Panda Sari refi Nery area just North of Baji Kpa on the Western Shore of the the japs defended Borneo richest Petroleum Belt fanatically and As the aussies took Maggar their second important air strip since the land Ings of the enemy systematically destroyed All Oil instal lations As he Fate of the retreating japs is amusing to their backs Are to the Jungles and As they Are pushed further Inland toward the big Sai Bodja and Samarinda they have the Prospect of meeting headhunting yaks and venomous the aussies Are killing the japs at a ratio of 13 to the colonial led by Netherlands made two an Phinious landings sunday to secure positions in the swampy inner limits of the this is the first official word of the indonesian troops in action in the Balikpapan they quickly secured their in the Hills of increasing Jap surrenders forced the 32nd division to cancel its standing order of a Case of Beer and a three Day pass to Manila for any i bringing in Jap there just want that much Macarthur communique of casualties for the week in the Philippines listed Jap dead and the capture of this raises the total of enemy dead in the Campaign to american casualties for the week were 31 killed and 210 bringing our Campaign total figure to neral to of Tokyo Aop their bombs on the important Kawasaki aircraft Plant North of destroying a great the sprawling aviation smoke from exploding bombs Billows from the of Well a from planet parked of the adjacent own Spaatz to direct Pacific air War Washington Carl who directed the strategic Botting that levelled was Given the same assignment against of Iwar Robert Patterson announced at a press As the supervising Spaatz will have two principal air forces in his new bombing command the eighth under James and the twentieth rider Curtis this giant Force was Patterson be cause of the greatly increased size and activity of super fortress in this Patterson pointed out that b29s already have wiped out a great part of the Industrial value of japans six major and forecast that secondary cities numbering at least 40 will be primary targets ten of them were hit by b29s in the past Carrier blow continued from Page 1 Clouds like a terrific tropical Sunset after 600 of the giant bombers attacked five Honshu Industrial currents toss super forts during the raid on Thermal air currents generated by the fires were so Strong they shoved incendiaries right Back into one b29 through its open bomb just after the Bombardier had re leased All the fire bombs fused and ready to burst into the hot air sent them crashing upwards into the they Tore away the bomb Bay door and hit the planes horizontal Stabilizer but fell out again without doing major climaxing this powerful up drafts of scorching hot air flipped the super fort Over on its Back in a half Loop heading the plane Back Over the burning the Bulky flying belly up for several be was brought under con and was returned safely by its fifth air Force planes newly moved from the Philippines to Okinawa Are striking at adding weight to the army super medium fighter and Marine and Navy aircraft already hitting the enemy Home Macarthur air George Kenny announced this new air Power saying that his planes hit the Kyushu us within 36 hours after arriving at air Blitz will wont beat say leaders military leaders in the Pacific last Weed admitted to a succession of opinions on Ine future Progress of the War against Japan with a divergence of views on whether bombing or invasion would bring about Veteran Jap fight or and present commander of the tenth army which conquered Oki struck an Aninious note with his prediction that it will take More than air Power to Knock Japan out of the u will take invasion to defeat the stil Well we must meet them personally and kill we will have to get in there and really give them a beating on their Home in agreement with the army vice Daniel commander of amphibious forces of the Southwest Pacific seventh said he expected the War with Japan to last less than a year after a Mainland in the Man who led amphibious forces in the Philippines added the allies today can land an amphibious Force any place in the or the China coast the Pacific War will be Over by next Geiger voices optimism High optimism was expressed by the new commanding general of the Roy so Gei who stated that the japanese Home islands Are wide open to in and the states can move in any time with no trouble at Back in Honolulu from Geiger said that Victory could be won Only by in its Only a question now of wading in and finishing this Nathan on allies agree on feeding berliners Berlin the three Allied Powers have amicably solved the problem of feeding nearly German an official Sta tement said that soviet marshal american Clay and British weeks had Deci ded that berlins food will be sup plied by contributions from All Allied occupation zones in Germa american and Bri Tish transport systems will bring food stocks into their sectors of Berlin from occupation zones in Western leave in sounded the air forces claim air Force alone will be sufficient to bring Japan to her the former commander of the fifteenth in the Mediterranean and the in the declared that he expects the same air technic file to work against the japs that Defeated Germany first the Oil then the air Fields and always the communication leaders pull Stringe heading a new Light on Tia wave of hol land howling mad for Mer commander of the i tweet Marine observed that Japan will quit when its industrialists see the damage inflicted by american the japanese people Are the most highly regimented people in the and when their leaders Tell them to quit but Smith tempered his optimistic report who a reminder of the difficulty of comprehending the warped japanese Back in san Francisco after turning his Post Over to Tola a press conference that he didst think the of China would be declined to comment on necessity for invading the Jap Home it is anybody guess As to How Long the japanese will be Able to withstand the systematic destruction of their he told the japanese Fleet is about their merchant Marine is on its last and it is becoming More difficult every Day for the japs to maintain Seal communication with 5 nazi prisoners executed in leaven Worth five German prisoners of War whose nazi Zeal led them to Mur Der a fellow prisoner in an okla homa internment Camp were Han ged in the disciplinary Barracks Here in an historic application of military it was the first time enemy War prisoners had been execute Dintie the doomed former Mem Bers of Rommel afrika were found guilty by a court martial for the murder of a Fel Low whose nazi spirit had shown signs of
