The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-04-14
CHRONICLES OF WAR

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THURSDAY. APRIL 3
CorregidaF and ethet Manila hay fartFrszrs cnnsinsed
to bold out against the Japanese. although kataan had
failen 4 terrible less % ls aecompan'sd The fan e tie
staunch defenders 81 Bataan. To the hst i vas repaEtcd.
American vessels were runnisg the Japanese ha"<kade from
Australia carrying supplies
had sent fhe heavy cruisers Dor~etshlre ard Cornwall 70 the
bottom Of the Indian ocean ard this =ae.ni that heavy enemy
Allied Indian forces siraddlsd = Japanese aircraft car
rier with high explosives and shot down ut least 10 Japanese
planes and perhaps rs, officials announced.
Hitler rushed newly built planes "a the Russian frunt
in an effort 10 bolster the eastern trent
Although Il was reported and adraiited that Bataan
forces had been defeated. the scattered detaehmenss we're
reported 20 be carrying on the battle and the Americas naw
still flew over beleaguerrd corregidar. The nasy announced
that the survivors among an estimated $500 American
Marines and bluejackets who had fought 70 the end On
Bataans beaches had been evacuated to CoFreKidor.
The Hsrmes. the third major British naval unit - be
lost in the BAY Of Bengal in recent days went down about 10
miles off Ceyion. the site Of the British naval base Of Trim
GONZALEZ. AZ sea II was plain that the enemy had . superior
force-supcrior because Of the almost incredible demands
The situation in Burma was quiet, except On the Chinese
held left above ToungOo..
last 10 planes In the past six days about New Guinea. General
George IT. Brett declared that the air forces Of the Allies had
taken the offensive and would continue To use IL.
From the Russian front the most significant news was
the declaration q the official Soviet spokesman :. A.
LuZovSky that with American supplies the soviet armies
were going TO break the Germans this year.
SATURDAY. APRIL IL
The battie-stained men Of Corregidor fought vaiiantiy
while the Japanese extended their invasion Of the Philippines
with costly landings on Cebu and in India the Allied defense
problem vas complicated enormously by the rejection of a
British offer Of dominion status.
The battle neared India when the British defenders of
next-door Burma withdrew 10 s. miles north Of Prone and
the Japanese advanced over the bodies of 1000 Of their dead
against the Chinese armies depIoyed along the Ciltan front.
A United States submarine cruising the western Pacific
sank a 7.000fon perchanf ship and a submarine chaser
scored hits on a 1000 ton freighter.
An unspecifled number Of dog-tired soldiers and nurses
In hairraising escapes from Bataan. some swan through
the shark infested waters.
The Navy department announced that American sub
marines proving Inc western Pacific have sunk four more
japanese vessels including a destroyer. and a large transport.
At the same time the loss Of the L.. $. submarine Perch was
reported This vessel was more than a month over due
SUNDAY APRIL IL
C~orregidor forces fought desperately to drive off the
Japanese attacks on this Manila fort. Some success was
reached because Of the Fort guns which kept the enemy too
high for accuracy. Swarms Of Japanese planes conducted q
dozen raids during the day. Land batteries ako hammered
AT the fort.
The japanese reported that they had landed 10000
troops in cebu, the long narrow island ssi miles south Of
The Japanese forces drove closer to the burmese oil
eenters. The Chinese under Ii. Gneral Joseph ". StaweI On
the left wing stood firmly on the swa river. $50 miles from
the SCARED Mandalay. Flying Tigers Of the American Vol
planes without a loss. running their two-day total 10 Is Of
the II 10 n Japanese planes they encountered.
United States and Australian airmen pressed home their
growing offensive against Japanese bases On the outer
fringe of the island continent. damaging or destroying rs
over the week end In raids extending ZOO miles from
Dutch TimOr 10 the Solomon Islands. +
Sir Stafford Grips left for home after his proposals for
Indian dominion status were rejected. Indian leaders. h0w-
announced intentions Of resisting any attempt Of lap
anese invasion. +
The Japanese were believed to have one Of their new
$1,000 ton aircraft carrier in the Hay Of Bengal ~ well -
smaller carriers. 4
The Royal Air Force ran into some Of the fierciesi air
lighting since the battle Of Britain. Sunday. The RAJ planes
on n bombing sweep against the railway yards II Haze
brouek in Northern France. Heavy losses we're reported On
sides.
MAYO school, WINS