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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-03
Allies Down Six
Japanese Planes

Guinea from the Allied advance
base at Port Moresby.
The made a night raid on Lac.
20 miles from Salamaua, and scor-
ed hits on the airdrome and anti
aircraft batteries.
Fighter planes bombed and ma
chine gunned Japanese combat pa
trolls which had penetrated to the
area of Kokoda, midway between
the Coma mission and Port Mores-
by and Gen. Douglas Macarthur S
communique reported that Allied
patrols had dispersed enemy outpost
groups in jungle fighting in that
sector.
In the Banda Sea between AM
boina Island and northwest Au-
stralia, Allied planes attacked a
japanese cruiser after fighting Oft
an enemy seaplane, the communi-
que said. Results could not be OBJ
served 1t was understood that the
cruiser was the same which was
bombed an dprobably hit Friday
and was bombed and machine gun
ned Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-03
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-03
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-03
Jop Patro|s 55
Miles from Port

AT AN ADVANCED ALLIED
Base, Australian Zone, Aug. 3 (UP)
japanese combat patrols now
hold Kokoda, New Guinea native
village. and airport SIS air line
miles from the grea. Allied base
of Ftort Mo \ by, it was made
known today.
The. enemy had moved quickly,
evidently aware of the great i'm
portance of holding the north coast
OF New Guinea.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-03
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-03
AIRDROME HIT

In their raid on the Buna-Gona
area, the Allied planes heavily at
tackled positions at this newest en-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-03
ONE PLANE LOST

In the northwest zone, one Allied
plane which wa smiSSing Saturday
returned to base safely.
The commanding general for
northern Australia told troops at a
base in his zone that American
pilots had shot down 60 Japanese
planes in the area, and had lost
only four pilots.
when We first came To this
area the Japanese came over daily
and dropped bombs" he said.
These japanese were excellent
material to provide finishing train
ing for the Americans. One day
the Americans shot down all the
japanese planes which came over,
and since that day the situation
here has changed radically Enemy
planes now fly over only at great
heights, night or day
JAPS IN TRAP
A headquarters spokesman said
that the japanese apparently had
been unable to reinforce their $500
men in tn eBuna-Gona zone where
they landed two weeks ago.
No Japanese ships had bcen re-
ported en- route to the Coma mis-
sion landing, he said, and land
reinforcement fro mthe Salamaua-
Lac area woul dbe difficult
Intensifying Allied aerial attacks
ON the Salamaua-La base area
were believed to be lined at weak
ening the enemy air force so that
it would be difficult to send more
fighter planes to the Buna-Gona
base.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-03
Big Bombs Blast
carbohydrates

west of Lishui. The Central News
Agency said fighting was surging
back and forth through Tsingtien)
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
MORE THAN 600

German reports indicated clearly
that more than 600 planes engaged
in the raid, which put the new
Allied offensive well beyond its 43th
nonstop hour.
Berlin radios had gone off the
air at 1926 last night in tacit ad-
mission that the British bomberS
were on the way to Germany. and
Zurich and Basle, Switzerland, had
air raid alarms in the early morn
ing hours.
BaSle reported raid alarms at all
German areas bordering on north
ern Switzerland
The United States flying fortress
es had made their seventh action
flight without the loss Of a single
plane in their daylight high alti-
tude raid yesterday on Meaulte,
near Amiens in northWestern France.
They concentrated their fire on
the great Pote2 aircraft factory,
which for some time has been re-
earring German bombing and two
motored fighter planes.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
lying Fortress
Bombs Hit Cruiser

killed and its NAVIGATOR wounded.
Casper made a second run, over
one of the transports, but saved
his bombs because the clouds were
closing in.
Then he went after the cruiser,
and dropped his five bombs.
The plane turned back, Rich
ardson and Schadl bandaging Pen
warden.
1t landed without brakes, with
one tire flat, with its wing flaps
ouo of action and its No. 2 motor
dead. 1t ran about 200 yards, went
off the runway into the brush and
stopped.
In previous raid Casper's plane,
Daylight Limited, beached a
transport in Buna harbor with a
direct hit. That time he came
back with two motors dead and
the plane badly shot up.
The fortresses which bombed
Milne Bay were led by Maj. Felix
M Hardison, Washington, D. c.
Hardison took the hardest job
for himself He made eight runs
over the enemY convoy, his gun
ners raking the decks of the Jap
anese ships trying to knock out or
drive away the gun crews to pro-
tect the other fortresses.
Sometimes we counted as many
as two Or three dozen shell bursts
in front of US he said. when I
inspected the interior of our plane
after the raid I had to wade thru
empty shell cases. Some gunners
fired all the AMMUNITION they had"
Hardison claimed no bomb hits,
but his bombardier, Lieut. Hrgh
McTague, Brooklyn, is one of the
Army's best. He is credited with
hitting 10 transports during the
battle of Java, in which he took
part with Hardison.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
NAZI STRONGHOLD

AT Nurnberg, a NaZi stronghold
converted into a war industry center,
the British bomberS struck at the
railroad junction, the important
Ludwig canal which connects the
main river with the Danube, tank,
aluminium, electrical and machinery
factories and repair shops for rail-
road locomotives. Included in the
targets were the Man tank factory
aid the big Sieman Schubert heavy
electrical equipment factory.
The German reports admitted that
fires and explosion damage mad
been done in the target areas but
as usual asserted that living quar-
ters and residential districts" suf-
fered the bulk of the destruction.
Again the British planes were ia
vored, as they had been in a big
raid on the Kassel war industry
center Thursday night, by a bright
full bomber's moon.
Lancasters and Strings with
their eight-ton bomb loads and
other heavy planes showered tens of
thousands of bombs on their objec-
tives, alternating them with demo-
lition bombs of all weights up to
tWoton block busters.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
Duchess of Kent
Near Collapse at
Husbands S Burial

WINDSOR, England, Aug. 90 =
UP)-Marina, Duchess of Kent, al
most collapsed today during funeral
services fer her hLcband at st.
Georges chapel.
The services were attended by
King George VI, King George of
Greece, King Haakon of Norway,
King Peter of YugoSlayia, and Queen
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
Queen Elizabeth and Queen
Mother Mary were with the Duchess
during the ceremony. They were
in deep mourning, their faces COW
cred by heavy crepe wells.
Queen Elizabeth assisted the
Duchess up the steps of the chapel
to the choir stalls and sat with her
there.
Tears could be seen in the eyes
of King George and the Duke of
Gloucester as they filed past their
brothers bier.
AS the coffin was lowered into
its vault the Duchess sank to her
knees in prayer. When she rose,
Queen Elizabeth comforted her, as
The Dean of Windsor intoned the
burial service. King George moved
forward and sprinkled earth on the
ccffin as it descended.
Weeping, theADuchess sank to her
knees again and remained in a state
near collapse until the end of the
ceremony.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
Italians Tell Of
British Attacks

ROME, Aug. 20. Gtalian Broad
cast Recorded by United Press in
New York)-The Italian high COM
mand today reported attacks against
Italian positions in Egypt by armor-
ed car and tank units but said the
attacks had been driven off with
several vehicles destroyed and some
prisoners taken.
Nine British planes were destroy
ed on all Italian fronts yesterday,
including three during a British
attack on an Axis convoy in the
Mediterranean, the communique
said. THE German communique
today claimed seven of "a attacking
planes were shot down by convoy
ships in the Mediterranean
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
2 More Ndzi War
CenterS AbIuze

were missing, the same number
lost in the raid of the night before
on Kassel, indicated that force
of upwards of 600 planes took part.
Germany, in its reports of the
raid, made the unusual admission
that between 230 and $50 planes had
attacked German southwestern cities
and claimed the downing of 35. In
previous British raids, even those
of 1000-plane scale, the Germans
had deprecated the strength of the
raiding force.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30

SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA,
hqg. % oUP) - A United States
Amy FlHng Fortress dropped
iIueo bombs square ON the deck
o. one of two japanese cruisers
which led the Japanese invasion
convoy in the enemy landing ope-
ion at Milne Bar, New Guinea,
7 was made known today.
It's other two bombs struck the
water about 80 feet aWay-close
enough, it seemed certain, to do
damage
Hence there was reason for the
belief that the cruiser, which has
disappeared, was sunk.
CASPER IN COMMAND
The fortress was commanded by
Capt Kenneth d. Casper, Humbolt,
Tex CTenn. or CklaD with him
were Lieut. walter Bill, North
Chelmsford. Mass. Technical Sgt
John Wollach, Manchaug. Mass;
Technical SGT. Arthur Richardson,
Shawnee, Okla; Technical Sgt.
Martin Schadl, Akron, O; Techni-
cal Sgt. Meredith Durham, Ash
land, Gre Sgt. James X. Con-
molly Tahoka, Tex, and Staff Sgt.
Leroy Penwarden, Hartford, Conn,
who received shrapnel wounds in
the left arm and neck.
Casper went in under heavy fire
after a dawn take-off in bad wea-
fher. over Milne Bay he dropped
to 1000 feet. lie saw two japanese
cruisers, two transports and a
smaller vessel, either a destroyer
or a mine layer.
DROPPED HALF OF LOAD
1Half the planes bombs were
dropped on the first run, in which
Caspers plane went in with two
others, into furious fire. One
plummeted aflame. The other
turned back with its bombardier
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
WAR DEPARTMENT TO
WORK ON LABOR DAY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29-CUP)-
All war department employees
whether in the capitol or field SER
vice will work their regular hours on
Labor Day, Sept. 7, Secretary CT
War Henry l.. Stimson said today.
Exceptions may be made with field
service employees in the event that
work can not be properly performed
on that date because of local con-
ditions. Annual leave will not be
granted to employees for Labor Day.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
StaIinqrad Defenses Hold

MOSCOW, Aug. 29-CUP)-Accel-.
Grated counterattacks checked the
Germans on the principal sectors
of the l25-mile Stalingrad front
today, and hurled them back on
sector northwest of the city
At many points, dispatches to the
army newspaper, Red Star said, the
Russians were taking the initiative
sensing coming German attacks
and counter attacking before they
could be executed.
Fresh Rumanian and German re-
Inducements streamed to the Stall
ingrad front as soldiers and tanks
beat against Russian defenses bull
Warked by citizens armies, and
found them unyielding.
The neon communique reported
that IL Guns, "a machine guns and
a number f other arms and addi-
tional equipment were captured
when the Germans were thrown
back northwest of Stalingrad Red
Star said the battle to the north
west was progressing favorably.'
NEW DIVISIONS
New German tank and infantry
divisions were thr5Wn into battle
northwest of Stalingrad several
days ago German .osses mounted
high into the thousands, and one
dispatch said many corpSes were
lying en- the ground directly in
front of Russian positions.
The Red army smashed on into
Rzhev in their big central front
offensive. Front line dispatches
said they showed the Germans back
street by street and house by house
in that city, lis miles northwest of
Moscow, although enemy resistance
steadily stiffened.
Dispatches to Red Star said 13
inhabited points had been captured
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30

to soften it up for final capture9
Last midnight's Soviet commune
que reported fighting in the
suburbs of Rzhev." although semi
official dispatches three days ago
reported that the Russians were
driving the Germans back through
the streets of north RZheV
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30

LONDON, Aug. %. (UP)-The air
ministry reported today that the
Royal air force set Nurnberg and
Saarbrucken ablaze last night in
another large scale bomber attack
while Raj fighters and fighter
bombers carried forward the round
the-clock offensive with huge day
night sweeps over northern France.
Saarbrucken was last raidcd July
% by what an air ministry COM
munique described as a strong
force" Nurnberg had not been at
tackled since Oct. 12, 194l, when
approximately 300 bombers raided
it,
1t was assumed that, as usual,
The specifically selected bomber
crews whom Air Marshal Arthur
Harris has named the "Pathfind-
ers" had been over the targets,
lighting up both towns with scores
of incendialieS, before the heavy
bOmberS came over to rain down
tons of high explosives. The path
finders" are volunteers chosen for
good navigation and extensive raid
ing experience.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
NO MORE KITES

WESTWOOD, N. j., Aug. 20 -
CUP)-Acting Police Chief Robert
Lindemann forbade kite flying to-
day, lest it be used by enemy agents
to direct their planes to targets.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
WITHIN OUTSKIRTS

The noon communique did not
mention fighting in the Russian Of
fensive on the central front, eX-
cept to say that Soviet troops bat
tied last night on the outskirts of
Rzhev' lis miles northwest of Mos
ccW. Semi-official dispatches three
days ago said the Russians had
driven into RZhev and were fighting
in its northern streets.
On the southern end of the 125-
mile Stalingrad front, in the area
northeast of otelnikovski, Soviet
troops beat off an enemy attack
and destroyed two tanks, the noon
communique reported. More than
100 Germans were killed. On anoth-
er sector Of the same front, trench
mortar crews killed another 100
Germans.
On the north Caucasian front
near Prokhladnenski, rs miles
northwest Of the Grozny oil fields,
Soviet troops destroyed three Ger
man tanks and two companies of
infantry. The communique also
said that Soviet ships sank two
enemy transports, totaling 10000
tons, in the Barents sea.
(The British broadcasting corpor-
alton said that heavy Soviet artil-
lery had been moved into the hills
surrounding Rzhev and was pound
ing the last remnants of the city"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
Come on you men II to so
LETS BLOW THE RATS
OUT 0FTHE OCEAN!

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We're getting the guns. We're getting the
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have the chance?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
Phone 300

continued to wage fierce battles
with enemy tanks and motorized in
fantry which broke through into the
depths of our defenses," the COM
.nunique said. In the course CT this
fighting, the enemy is suffering
heavy losses of manpower and
equipment"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
Marines Take Key
0bjectives After
bDaysin TuIayi

UNITED STATES MARIN E
EADSUARTERS, Tulagi Island,
aug. y. up - Delayed - The
United States Marines on the sixth
day of the Solomon Islands battle
h.ld all key detectives in seven is
.nds and are defending them
against persistent japanese counter
=. taeES.
On tie lirst two days Che Marines
.utuud the five small islands and
Alols Of Tulagi Tanombogo. GaVu-
En-. Mbmpai and Nakambo and OBJ
.eaQes which gave them control of
lie larger Florida and Guadalcanal
lands.
ola Glory flies over the first ter
.ory rcwon IN the Pacific for the
united Nations and The situation is
nrll IN hand.
Th.rc Is no way of estimating the
mLcr of Japanese killed.
Az estimated 600 enemy troops on
haei fought to The last man.
about LOO. the entire garrison,
0,ge Elllsd on GaVutu Atoll, the sea-
.mc base
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
CHIEF OBJECTIVE

The ministry reported that the
chief objective of the RAF night
assault was Nurnberg, the second
city of Bavaria and seat of i'm
pcrtant war industries. Saalbrucken
is major coal-iron-Steel center.
MANY large fires were left burn
ing" in both cities, the communique
reported
The ministry placed Bri ish losses
at 30 bombers missing, indicating
that huge force estimated at about
600 planes TOOK part.
Offensive patrols were carri d out
b. British fighters over northern
France and channel coast observers
said activity over the Straits of
Dover was intense.
German planes sought to retail
late by raiding the southeast Brit
ish coast but were met by British
fighter patrols and huge dog fights
we're fought high in the air out of
the view of persons on the ground
Announcement that 30 bombers
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30

on one sector, thousands" CT the
enemy killed and an important lat
eral road linking two German
strongholds cut off
Having rushed up fresh infantry
and tank reinforcements in an ef-
fort to keep Rzhev. key point of
the Rzhev-GzhatSk-Vyazma salient,
from falling into Russian hands,
the Germans were counter attack
ing on several sectors.
But they had not at any place
been able to force the Russians from
their reconquered positions. The
Russians repelled the counter-at-
tacks, consolidated the positions
and moved on to better ones.
HEAVY TOLL
They were taking a heavy toll
CT enemy machines and men on al
sectors of the new offensive front
and taking many prisoners NAM
of the prisoners were Poles, whom
The Germans had impounded into
the army. Now, at the first cppor-
tunity, they surrendered in groups
with all their arms.
I'm the area northwest of Stall
ingrad Soviet troops repelled sew
eral enemy tank attacks" the COM
munique said Launching subse-
quent counterattacks, Soviet troop,
threw back the enemy. We captured
IL guns, "a machine guns, and 9
number CT other arms and equip
ment."
On another sector northwest oi
Stalingrad and the Volga rivel
line, Soviet soldiers and citizen arm
les fiercely fought German forces
which yesterday drove a deep wedge
into their defenSeS.
"On another sector, Soviet troops
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-30
MAY EEROS

Ilr entire 1utce Of japanese planes
hc sedplauc base including nine
70 fighters mounted on pontoons
md six heavy seaplanes, was knock
rot ont in the first attacks.
IN the first 48 hours about 40
}, AdEese planes which came to the
Eport OF the enemy troops were
u4ued over Guadalcanal alone.
RIthin a few hours of the land
ua the Guadalcanal air base was
i.ng used by United States fighter
ahes, using Japanese fuel
The United States forces had a
tc,ully prepared plan of action.
IT, Marine force attacked Tulagi,
r main base A second attacked
@lrtu and Tanambogo, islets join
by q causcWay across the channel
m 1'ulagi. An three of these little
Juds are of limestone formation.
Hulcombcd with caves to which
u. japanese He'd to use them as
Y.. u.i machine gun nests and pill
us.ns.
ne Job Of these sections was to
hoy all enc|iy installation while
..#er marine forces captured Quad
sual Nakamb3, Mbangai and less
tluils.
Ic entire operation was support
by naval guhs and naval and
ny airplanes which provided an
EIeli3 Of protection and drove off
my planes