The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-12-28
Nippon's Aleutian Position Is Under Attack
ThumbnaiI OF War;
FrontIine Briefs
BY the Office OF War Information
Direct to The Empire

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC = Over
New Guinea a flight of IL Ameri-
can e-38 fighters scored one OF
the wars outstanding aerial vic
tories. They shot down IS Japan
ese planes without loss to them
selves. This action took place in
the Buna region where MacAr-
thurs communicate Sunday report
/ ed small galls in the bitter strug-
Gle to Gust the remaining Japanese
/ from Buna Mission and Cape San
amanda.
Allied aircraft scored again when
they bombed out of commission a
japanese transport of an estimat-
ed $4,000 tons and also two cargo
vessels said to be 5000 tons each,
At Rabaul, New Britain, the Al
lied aircraft did much damage to
port facilities and in st. Georges
enamel they struck another 5000
ton cargo vessel.
Other Allied planes bombed the
Japanese airdrome at Cape Glou-
cester, New Britain, and points
along Vitiaz Strait shore OF New
Guinea and strafed supply and
road transports on Timor Island
from Guadalcanal in the Solo
mons.
Navy dive bombers ranged out
in large attacks ON group OF
Jap navy ships in the New Georgia
group.
CRUNGKING- volunteer flight
of China-base American bombers
hit Tengyueh, the japanese base
at the Burma road cutoff in west
ern Yunnan province.
NEW DELHI-A British commu-
nique revealed that Raj bombers
scared over Central Burma Satur-
day night to blast away for three
hours at a Japanese airdrome at
Hello and several tons of bombs
were dropped.
CHUNGKING-Ad received
report the repulsing of 81 heavy
japanese bombers which swarmed
over Yunnan Province Sunday.
Eight Jap planes were shot down.
NEW DELHI - A communique
announces that japanese planes
raided Calcutta early this morn
ing.
MOSCOW-Two big Russian Of
fensives rolled steadily ahead Sun
day, gathering in more booty and
prisoners. Many populated areas
have been liberated In two days
of fighting about 5000 Nazis have
been killed and 1,700 taken pris-
oner. Press dispatches indicate the
Soviets are only 100 miles from
Rostov. Southwest of Stalingrad the
Soviets have advanced from "a to
81 miles in four days. Fighting
Red Army forces are engaged in
offensive operations on the central
front and in the Stalingrad fac
tory area where they have occu-
pied dozens of blockhouses.
TUNISIAN CAMPAIGN = New
Allied raids have been made on
Bizerte and STAG and Axis posi-
tons throughout Tunisia. Flying
Fortresses sank three Axis ships
at Sfax and large ship was left
in flames at Bizerte. Fighter planes
attacked Axis locomotives, vehicles
and barges.
Nazi Marshal Erwin Rommel's
MOROCCO - The radio reports
forces to be streaming into Tripoli
and it is reported the BRUSH are
concentrating forces to knock out
an Italian brigade when Rommel
left to defend Misurata.
CAIRO-A British communicate
reveals aerial attacks on the Cas-
telvetrano airdrome at Sicily last
Saturday caused considerable dam
age to grounded planes.
WASHINGTON-Fl Fortress
es have made 1,1O0-mile round
trip flight from Guadalcanal and
blasted Japanese shipping at Ra-
baul following up attacks made by
MacArthurs Command. Jap bomb
ers took off from Rabaul but did
not attack our bombers.