The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-02-27
CHRONICLES OF WAR

Japanese forces. Early reports were thaa ore japanese
cruiser was hlo~n ~ after beiax stEack hy > taspeae ard
que listed rs bomb Or torpedo hits On wnrsAip~ and srans-
ports. most Of them If dcyasfing acrarary. Imised States
planes rainsd hsmbs a twe hrre ships presumably sran=
ports
Native opposition 10 the japanese vas reported 10 he
rising in the Philippines
In Burma American volunteer pilots and n. A. v. filters
roarcd 10 the offensive in machine guRminx attacks on the.
Japanese lines along the Bfin river.
Portugal protested the japanese occupation II Timer.
hMlf-Portuguese East Indies island within $50 miles IL Oar
win. Australia
The Soviet high command again reported advances an
along the Russian fruai. New Russian landings were effected
near FeOdosiya In the criHea.
The Axis withdFew their lines further In Libya.
President Alfredo BaldoHlr ef Ururuay dissolved Con-
gress. cancelled an election and pas the army in control 60
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY -
The Dutch defenders al lava battered the japanese In.
sadens 10 q halt. Reports from that section were that the
The invaders also we're halted in their advance on Sumatra
and Bali. Sea approaches 10 lava were Uttered with wreck.
Dutch bombers continued TO heap destruction on the vast
armada bearing hostile troops. On land the Japanese made
little or no progress in establishing = fe0lhold on Bali
The British slowed the Japanese drive In Burma 10 q
stnndstil with heavy fighting continuing.
Baiaan against m invading force 10 times a. strong and bet
ter equipped. the japanese confined their fighting largely TO
mir raids and 10 bombarding the Manila Bay fortresSes.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill dropped five ministers
On a shuttle of his war cabinet
Churchill also planned 10 grant India additional powers
Of self government following IN appeal from Generaiissimo
Great masses Of Russian troops moved steadily forward
on the vast frozen battlefront Of Eastern Europe.
In North Africa. Royal British Dragons swept 100
mikes west Of their Libyan bases To capture prisoners and de-
stroy material Of the Germans and italians eneamped near
Msus. The sandstorms which halted desert warfare for a
week subsidized.
MONDAY. FEBRUARY n
While President Franklin d. Roosevelt In a nationwide
speech pledged to drive to victory and warned enemies Of de-
struetion as the United States industries output rises. az
enemy submarine. presumably japanese. sheled a coastal
area, eight miles north Of Santa barbara In the first hostile
attack against the United States mainland. No material dam
age, fires or casualties resulted from the Smelling.
President Roosevelt in his speech said that Japanese
plane losses exceeded that Of the United States and that
MANY L. s. pilots and troops were not in action IN the Pacific
United States planes raided a Bali airfieid seized BY the
Japanese wrecking six enemy craft on the ground. Troops
Dutch air and sea action that smashed. crippled o. dispersed
the entire invasion fleet Al least nine enemy ships were re.
In the invasion attempt. Among the enemy vessels damaged
BY air action alone were \ battIeship. an aircraft carrier and
II cruisers. Allied dive-bombers hit and set aname a 10000
Ton enemy cargo ship in Bangka Strait off Sumatra.
In Barma the British had TO yield ground and conceded
the probability Of the fall of Rangoon.
The Japanese artillery ceased its long bo~mbardment Of
the merican harbor defenses in Manila BAY.
The navy announced that the Coast Guard cutter Alex
ander Hamilton. a 2l41.ton patrol vessel was fatally Grip
pied BY an enemy submarine off Iceland. The Panamanian
100 miles from the Dutch West Indies island Of Aruba.
On the Russian front, there was heavy fighting IN the
north around Leningrad. sosists announced ihal ia.vOg more s
the ~recapture Of a number Of towns n the approaches OF
what was termed 9,s : lapgs ee ssap,r any ,.
The Russians reported that they had annihilated the
18th German army. comprising At least three divisions OF
$1,000 men, killing $4,000 troops The action occurred IN the
Etaraya Russia region.
The IT. s. Navy reported that > destroyer, the Y. ,. s.
Truxtun and a freighfer the PolIux. part Of an Atlantic con-
voy. were lost and Is9 members Of their crew persisted a. the
two ships. caught In : storm. we're wrecked on . Newtound-
land reef.
Enemy submarines torpedoed two fankers off the A.
Iantic Coast taking ! Toll Of Il lives The vessels the Cities
Service Empire was sunk off Fort Pierce. Fla; and the Ne
public. 5.2S7 ton ship went down with = loss OF five lives
The Allied position in Burma grew worse. The British
burned an unmovable military stores. The japanese beat Tor
ward 10 and over the last natural defenss line east OF Kan
COON.
down.
There was little action At Luzon where Nae Arthur and
Ms men are making q brave stand.
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY =
The United Nations struck With smashing force at the
Japanese IN the Pacific. More than 30 enemy planes we're
800 aowu from the skies in the Burma area and two enemy
river boats we're smashed By the American volunteer group
and the r. 4. =. The japanese admitted the sinking O thres
9rnnsnortx Nv American bombers. Australian fleFs smashed
"a Jauanese marshaIEing points about 500 miles from the
mainland. Secretary knsx announced that - ne Facihe -
- w.~sks-a - hen eunk. three we're believed sunk