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Evening star., 1942-08-09

It is therefore quite possible that
what we are now seeing is the be-
ginning of a campaign to drive the
japanese out of this whole area. If
this could be accomplished, it would
have very considerable strategic ef-
fects.
It would be the best sort of pro-
lection to our line Of comrUnica-
tlons to Australia It would relieve
us of all anxiety as to Jananese
attack against the east coast Of
Australia or against New Zealand
1t would probably render the Japa-
nese outposts in the Marshall
Islands and the Eastern Carolines
untenabe and compel a general
japanese withdrawal westward from
a very large area of the Central
Pacific.
1t might have one other effect
it might compel the Japanese in
order to counter it to send very
strong forces of aircraft to the New
Guinea area at a moment when
Japan is believed to be about to
launch an attack against the Far
Eastern provinces of the Soviet
Union.
If this latter belief is well
founded. what we are actually doing
in the Solomons may be the open
ing of a second front for the benefit,
in part, of our Russian Allies, con-
fronting the Japanese with the
choice of losing vital Pacific out
posts or of giving the Russians air
superiority on the Manchurian
frontier We know that the Japa-
nese air force has sustained heavy
losses which they have been able
only partly to replace from new
construction.
Plan of Wide Dimensions Seen.
In this connection the announce
ment of a simultaneous attack on
the japanese installations on the
Kiska Island in the Aleutians rein
| forces ones belief that we are see
ing the opening move in well-laid
offensive plan of wide dimensions.
The Kiska operation is certainly a
diversion for the Southwest Pacific
and at the same time a move to
! eliminate japanese interference
Evening star., 1942-08-09
Maj Eliot Says u S. Attack on Solomon Islands
Nav Open Big Drive in Southwest Pacific

with possible direct American aid to
Russia. To this evidence may be
added the fact that on August 8
American and Australian planes
operating from Australia delivered
their heaviest and most successful
attack of the war against the main
japanese base in the Southwestern
Pacific at Rabaul in New Britain
Island, and also heavy daylight
raid on Lac, on the mainland of
New Guinea.
These attacks seem now to have
been preliminary to the attack on
the Solomon Islands and probably
prepared the way for it by prevent
ing the japanese from sending air
support to their garrisons in the
Solomons.
Adding up all these news items
and reading the Navy's communi-
que in the light thus thrown on
it, it is difficult to escape the con-
clusion that we are seeing the open
ing moves of an offensive opera
ton of considerable consequence
in the Pacific Ocean.
1t should, however, be pointed
out that the successive steps of such
an operation may we'll have inter-
walls of time between them and as
long as each step is successful in
itself, we should not be over-im-
patient for the quick accomplish
- 111 III
forces at our disposal are limited
our lines of communication are long
and our enemy is tough and re-
sourceful.
That we are on the offensive IN
the Pacific is sufficiently cheering
news in itself.
Copyright 1912, by New York Tribune, Inc
Evening star., 1942-08-09
Beavers 10 Direct
Community War Fund
Group Solicitation
Head Of Peoples Drug
To Organize Force Of
$50 Volunteers for Job

Thomas N. Beavers, president OF
Peoples Drug Stores, has been ap-
pointed chairman of the Group
Solicitation Unit of the Community
War Fund, it was announced yes
terday.
Mr.. Beavers will assume leader
ship OF the business group OF the
city in the organization ofvolunteer
forces for the campaign, which Will
begin late in october.
Mr.. Beavers will begin at once the
work Of recruiting an expanded
force of volunteers for the unit The
lob involves organization Of a force
of approximately 1850 volunteer
solicitors.
The group unit will carry the war
fund appeal to nearly l,l00 business
stablishments-660 firms in five
geographical areas and 400 firms,
schools and agencies in l3 'func-
tional" divisions.
Mr.. Beavers is member of the
Beard of Directors of the war fund
He has been active in the past in
the Metropolitan Police Boys Club
A resident Of Washington since 1918
he is member of the Rotary Club
the National Association of Chain
Drug Stores and the Washington
Board of Trade.
His is the third major appoint
ment to be announced by Chairman
Floyd D. Akers. Others were the
selection OF C. Melvin Sharpe az
chairman of the Public Relations
Unit and of Richard H. Wilmer a.
chairman of the Advance Gifts Unit
Evening star., 1942-08-09

peace requires the greatest collabo-
ration of the labor movements Of
all the world"
The resolution pointed out that
CIO President Philip Murray had
pledged the convention his support
of such conference and asked
that the CIO arrange the conclave
and that the American Federation
of Labor and the Railway Brother
hoods participate in planning 1t.
Considerable business remained
Evening star., 1942-08-09
By MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
EIV0T

ELAol
The Navy Departments brief
communique announcing an attack
on enemy positions in the Solomon
Islands may well be of considerable
significance.
The announcement that Omitted
States Naval and other forces" are
attacking the Solomons lin force
and that the attacks are Continu-
ing" suggests very strongly that this
is no mere air raid or naval bonn
bardment, but more likely to be an
amphibious operation including the
use of troops or Marines, or both.
directed toward the actual capture
and occupation of Japanese held is
lands in the Solomon group.
In this connection it should be
remembered that not very long ago
the Navy announced the arrival at
an unnamed point in the South
western Pacific of strong and fully
equipped force of Marines an or
ganization admirably adapted for
just the sort of operation which
now seems to be in progress.
The fact that the attack is said
to have been made in the south
eastern part of the Solomon group
suggests that the immediate OBJ
jective may be the island of Gaudal-
canal, only recently occupied by the
Japanese. But a glance at the map
will show that if the attack is of
the character suggested above, it
will hardly stop in the southeastern
| SolomonS.
Probable Objective.
There would be very little point
in retaking Guadalcanal unless it
were intended to go farther and
continue a step-by-step process
whose ultimate objective would be
to drive the japanese altogether out
of the Solomon, the Bismarck and
the Admiralty Islands and their
posts on the northeastern shore OF
/ New Guinea. Merely to seize a few
of these islands would be to leave
isolated garrisons exposed to cen
centrated Japanese attack under
/ conditions wholly favorable to the
enemy and unfavorable to us.
Evening star., 1942-08-09
the conduct Of the war and the
terms OF the peace"

bcTIHS VA VIC PSoSS-
Delegates to the CLIO unions an
nual convention adopted a resolu--
ton urging creation Of the council
and also approved a suggestion that
critical materials be allocated "ac-
cording to the determined military
needs of all manufacturers and the
armed forces
Walter Reuther, director Of JAWS
General Motors division, charged
there is chaos, confusion. delay and
waste in Washington" and con-
tended that some plants had &C
cumulated huge steel stocks while
others were not obtaining enough tc
continue operations.
The convention asked establish
ment of a system under which aver
age weekly wages would be paic
essential war workers during layoff:
occasioned by material shortages OF
changes in military production spe,
! cif1cations.
The war labor conference was
urged in resolution which declared
'the winning of the war and th'
establishment of just and LASTING
Evening star., 1942-08-09
Union Asks President
To Create Supreme
Economic Council
United Nations Labor
Conference Also Urged
At JAW Convention

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 8.-The United
Automobile, Aircraft, Agricultural
Implement Workers Union today
urged President Roosevelt to create
a supreme economic council to act
as the economic high command in
the organization and direction of
our entire war economy
Earlier, the convention advocated
meeting of labor leaders from all
of the United Nations ito discuss
Evening star., 1942-08-09

before the convention despite efforts
Of the UAW leaders to bring 1t to
adjustment, and delegates predicted
Sunday session would be necessary
to wind up routine business.
Evening star., 1942-08-09
$40 Reward Offered
For Finding Apartment

TACOMA, Wash.-A newspapers S
classified section carried this ad:
"Ten-dollar reward to party find
ing suitable furnished, three-room
apartment, close in, $40-$45, for
young couple, by@August Is"
Evening star., 1942-08-09

To keep our independence, In
stead Of being kept in dependence,
start a regular bond-buying pro-
gram right now.
Evening star., 1942-08-09

A dollar from you will bring
holler from the enemy. Buy stamp
now at the nearest post Office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-04
War Department Confirms

Washington, March 4-(UP)-The war department announced today that additional U. S. army troops have arrived in north Ireland.
 The announcement was made in brief extraordinary communique which said that no information is being disclosed as to the size or composition of the units.
 The endorsements follow the landing of an original American force in north Ireland January 26 under command of Maj. Gen. Rus sell P. Hartle.
 The communique said nothing re- garding the reports from London earlier today that American troops had arrived in London.
 Text of the communique No. 134 on the situation as of l D. m. EWT follows:
 q. Northern Ireland:
 "The war department announces that additional U. s. army troops have arrived in northern Ireland.
 No information is being made public as to the designation of units or their composition and strength nor as to ports of authorization dates of sailing, or other details ot the troop movement.
 "2. There is nothing to report from other areas"
 The endorsements presumably were designed to strengthen the American forces already at north Ireland bases built during the past year under lend-lease funds by American technicians, or to replace troops sent elsewhere. Although Mai Gen. Hartle commanded the first AEF to north Ireland, the war de- partment on January 29 gave com mand of all United States army forces in the United Kingdom tc Maj. Gen. James E. Chaney, one oi the army's foremost airmen and head of our special military mission in Great Britain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-04

Josef Stalin some time ago."
 Accounting the fight in the air, he said that during the last 12 months the Royal Air Force in of fensive fighting outside the British defense zone had destroyed 8lS en- emy fighter planes against British floss of 537.
 Coal Mines Suffer
 In a review of results of bombing, he said that coal mines and factories in Belgium and northern France which are working for Germany had suffered severely.
 For example, for five months in- dustrial activity over a wide area around Lille was curtailed-for many weeks by as much as 30 per cent-on account of damage to power plants" he said.
 Together with the royal navy, the coastal command of the Royal Air Force has driven German U-boats out of the western ap- breaches to Britain.
 "Our east coast conveys have been so well protected that between liar wich and New Haven it is hardly all exaggeration to say that they have come through like clockwork.'
 The Royal Air Force and the navy had virtually closed the Dover strait to the passage of German merchant vessels, he said
 Prior to last September an aver age of 25 enemy merchant ships of 1000 tons or more passed through the straits of Dover each month, 7 he said.
 Tn the succeeding five months, he said, passage had been practically confined to few fast motor vessels.
 During the six months preceding the recent British offensive in Libya, he said, the Royal Air Force and navay planes had sunk l75,000 tons of enemy mrechant shipping in the Mediterranean.
 ITO send a ship to the bottom with 50 tanks aboard is a big con- tribution to the success of a land battle" he commented.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-04
MacArthur Makes Attack

Washington, March 4 -UP)- Gen. Douglas ,MacArtht t'9 small air force, following up his surprise as- sault last week that smashed enemy advance positions on the Bataan battlefront, has sunk at least four Japanese ships in Subic bay in daring attack, the War Department announced today.
 With only handful of little P- 40 fighter planes to challenge Ja- pans bombers, diye-bombers and | fighters, MacArthur's dauntless air. men caught the Japanese by com plete surprise and caused havoc in Subic bay, Japan's chief means of supply for the Bataan front 15 to 20 miles south.
 They destroyed one 10,000-ton ship, one 8,000-tonner, and two 100- ton motor launches.
 The War Department said that fin a sudden surprise attack" Mac Arthurs little air force swept over SubiC bay destroying several Japa- neSe vessels"
 In addition to the four ships list cd as destroyed many small craft were damaged" 1t was stated.
 Large fires were started on the docks of Olongapo and Grand is- land These were followed by many heavy explosions among enemy stores"
 Olongapo is the chief port of Su- bic bay at the top of Bataan penin- sula and was the western anchor of the line of MacArthur's Bataan out posts until Jan. 9 when the Amer ican-Filipino troops fell back south- ward.
 Grand island lies in the entrance to Subic bay, occupying much the same strategic importance as Cor regidor at the entrance to Manila bay.
 Military experts said that no air endorsements appeared to have reached MacArthur and that he un- doubtedly relied on his P-40 fighters to carry out the surprise attack.
 Previous reports had told of Mac Arthur having only a handful" of the P-40's left and indicated that he was using them mainly for recon naissance.
 It would be feasible for pursuit planes, with range of about 800 miles, to take aboard . considerable load of bombs in place of fuel for attacks at such short distance as Subic bay. MacArthur's airmen
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-04
Smashing Blow at France

London, March British bomberS, attacking French industries producing wayr materials for Ger many, flattened buildings like packs of cards in a two-hour raid on in- dustrial targets i'll the Paris suburbs during the night, an official SD okes- man disclosed today,
 Describing the operations as highly successful" he said Royal Air Force pilots reported that sev- eral heavy bombs blew buildings hundreds of feet into the air.
 Our casualties were light" he said. Tn all our operations last oight, we lost only two aircraft"
 While one British force raided the Paris area, other RAF planes re- sumsd attacks on Germany.
 The principal French target was the big Renault motor and tank works at Billancourt, southwest of Paris. Bombs also were dropped on bhe industrial districts of Boulogne- Sur-Seine and Neuilly in suburban Parts.
 The spokesman indicated Britain was contemplating further raids on German-c industrial areas.
 We cannot allow German pro- duction of tanks, tank engines, air plane engines and lorries to go un- hindered merely because these plants are located in occupied terri tory and France" he said.
 Renault Works Notorious
 He added that Renault works were notorious for their activity on be- half of the enemy"
 An air ministry communique said reports indicated much damage Two planes, 1t said, were missing was inflicted on the Renault works from last nights operations, which also included an attack on Port Enden, Germany, and the mining of enemy waters.
 The spokesman said a large part of the Renault works located On an island in the Seine River was attacked.
 "A number of our heaviest bombs fell on this island" he said.
 He denied the Paris raid repre- sented new British policy toward France.
 Our policy always has and will be to attack the enemy wherever and whenever he can be found. The raid last night represents a con- tinuation and projection of that policy"
 The commentator recalled that the British radio previously warned the French population that targets in the Paris area might be raideo anytime"
 Tt was the sincere wish of the British government that many French lives may have been saved by these warnings" he said.
 Tn view of official reports iron the continent that the Nazi indus trial machine has been strained tc produce an arsenal for Adolf Hit. ler's spring offensive, last night'' attacks were considered of partic. ular importance.
 Morale May Suffer
 Morale of workers forced to pro. dtlce munitions for the enemy i!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-04
Great Britain Ready For Bombing Germany
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1 less likely to stand up iss British bombing raids are carried out, the commentator said. ...
 By forcing the Germans to spread their air defenses, raids on France also might alleviate somewhat the problem of the Reich's excellent night anti-aircraft system, he point ed out.
 "In view of the use to which the Nazis have been putting the Re- nault factory, it is hoped the raid will be of material assistance to our Russian allies" he said.
 Although the attack lasted only about two hours and the force em- ployed was not exceptionally large, results of the raid are believed to have been good" the spokesman added.
 "Perfect weather enabled these important targets to be identified accurately. The effect thus was confined almost entirely to the works themselves, and, as the Vichy radio already has stated, no bombs were dropped on Paris"
 A diplomatic commentator said last nights raid was staged party as a result of appeals from French evacueeS who have escaped to Britain. He said these evacuees had told British authorities the French population was "surprisd" that tac- tories such as the Renault plant had not been attacked before. fNyYNnc nf raids themselves" the commentator said.
 Vichy, France. March 4-(UP)- Bombs dropped from British planes on the Paris area during the night killed at least $50 persons ard injured 1,500 others, early ot- tiCial estimates said today.
 The two-hour raid, which center ed on the industrial area of south western Paris, was described as "the heaviest of the war"
 The worst damage was reported in three Paris suburbs, Boulogne- Sur Seine Billancourt and Neuilly. Two hundred homes were said to have been destroyed at Boulogne and Billancourt, and their occu- pants were reported buried" One of the principal targets was the Renault tank and automobile factory at Billancourt. Several air plane factories also were reported i'll the bombed area.
 Latest reports from Paris said Frances Hollywood, JoinVille, was bombed. A hospital at Neuilly was said to have been hit, but the re- ports did not tiadicate whether it was the American hospital whose inmates include 50 British soldiers
 Among the reported targets also was a gasWorks at VeSinet,
 GA German news agency dispatch from Paris said the raid caused more than 600 casualties. A fam ous French porcelain works was completely destroyed" it said)
 A terse communique first an nounced the raid last night but did not state the estimated casualties
 CA British spokesman said results of the raid were good" and that per feet weather enabled RAF pilots to identify their targets "accur- ately.D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-04
Air Support For Java Fighters Has Failed
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Jap did not fire immediately but raised two fingers, like a " So raised my own fingers in the same way. l didn't fire immediately be- cause I thought he was attempting fool me in some way. Then he came out from behind the bush and I shot him."
 The Japanese wear uniforms re- sembling the green Dutch uniforms as well as outfits captured from the British at Singapore, soldiers said.
 The deadly game of hide and seek in the jungle has occasional humor- ous aspects. One big Dutch soldier was disconsolate because he had not yet had a chance to fire his new Johnson automatic rifle.
 T have been looking for Japs for five days" he grumbled. But I haven't found one yet. They sure can hide"
 Another Ambonese soldier, a ser geant, was wounded when he jumped out of a ditch into bushes that hid a Japanese machine gun. The sergeant threw hand grenades at the bush and killed the enemy gunners, except two men. One of the survivors shot the Ambonese sergeant and was, in turn, shot him. self.
 A second Ambonese soldier, who was aiding a wounded comrade, also grabbed the wounded sergeant and carried both men across ditch.
 The remaining Japanese soldier grabbed the rife of one of the Am bonese had dropped and ran into the jungle.
 When we returned to our head quarters by automobile, native sol- diers halted us, shouting: Back back-parachutistsp
 We leaped out and looked for the parachutistS but never found any and I was told officially that none have been used so far by the Japa- nese in Java.
 The general picture of the war fronts, as given by official state ments, was vague but acknowledged enemy advances.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-04

that a strong American naval force an aircraft carrier, cruisers and destroyers-was operating west of the Gilbert Islands recently" when attacked by l8 heavy enemy bomb- CTS in two groups of nine each American airmen took off from the carrier and anti-aircraft guns on the surface ships went into action.
 Results of Battle
 The results after engaging the enemy closely and vigorously:
 Sixteen of the IS Japanese bomb- CTS shot down.
 Only two American fighter planes lost.
 Only one American pilot lost.
 No damage to American surface ships.
 OHare accounted for the largest number of enemy planes credited to one American pilot in any single action during the war.
 The size of O'Hare's feat was em- phaSlzed by the fact that he was on his own in a single-seater fight CT, whereas the planes he was fight ing were huge bombers which prob ably were manned with crews of pilots, gunnerS and bombardiers.
 OHare's home is in St. Louis. He will be 28 on March 13.
 There was little doubt here that his remarkable job would be off, cially recognized soon with a Dis- tinguished Service award.
 Old-timers here could not recall a similar feat They recalled that aviators in World War I who shot down five planes-not necessarily il one engagement-were called "aceS'
 The communique indicated that the object of the Japanese attack was the aircraft carrier. The two groups of enemy bombers, attacking about one half hour apart, concen- trated on the carrier, the leac enemy bomber of one group ever trying to suicide dive on it.
 Only Three Escape
 "Only three enemy planes of the first formation reached their bomt release point over the aircraft car rier which avoided all bomb hits by split second maneuvering," the com. munique said.
 The location Of the action west of the Gilbert Islands made 1t ar even more daring foray on the part of the American fleet than the one on Jan. 31 when task force made 8 surprise raid on Gilbert and near. by Marshall Islands and sent 1t Japanese Wars.nips and auXiliarie! to the bottom and destroyed 4l enemy planes.
 West of the Gilbert islands would place this task force at least on the edge if not in the midst of hum drcds of Japanese controlled islands in the mandated area. Japan has bases In the Gilberts and Marshalls from which the enemy bombers ap- parently came.