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Rodium Avoilobie
Fer Tfe0tmens OF
Cancer Ia State

0ssf slsccasssai advsnee vpan
careu nsas b manisnea shlle
es llghi in denaeFacy saa Mrs
u Wates. Hnas aagniy captain
of TIRE Wnnaaa Fte3d Arms g.
tas Ansegicau socsesy Coz the Cor
uos sf Canees. - she urKed thc
support of assissIpptS sewone
campaign fur cancer control
staslae ,hal tae Hinds eganty
unit had proved lie-saRlng
frHcs r. ihe county Mrs. Nates
reported thst ssastann is nov aRali-
abie As ~scli az financial assist
aHee MheFe needed ioF meana
and hosnital segvsees
Durng ihe FIRST Week n Nay
jackson and Hinas County ps.o-
pie WIA BE- asked - CuntFabat -
the funsis which maks thls assist
ance possible Volunteers from b.
cal clubs supporting his move
menf aau mar teatns an Capito
street for the purpose ~ enlist
mE 81 memberships ir the WQ
mems F1eld Army
Bai ouT dI8ve Is n8s fm fund
raising ahone said Captain
Wates Medical scnnce LOOKS %
education as powerful all9 IN
bringing cancer under control
The WomenS Field Army seeks
70 speeu the public heallh task
of making THIS indispenss bility
oi early diagnosis and treatmeui
part ut the Dasic knowledge 81
everyone
The W0mens Field Army
stresses the importance of the an
nual physical examination and
recognition IL the symptoms 81
cancer. They name the following
symptoms as ones that should
SEND anyone 20 consult . qualified
physieIsn lnlediately any oeFsisi
ems lump ~ thlekeninE. especially
al tbs breast 60 irregular blstd
IA 81 discharge from body open
lngx. any sore ttas daes nat heal
particularly about the tongue.
mouth q laps. persistent lndlges-
ts0Hs especially when accompa-
med D aistastc fur meat. sad
Gen changes IN the form Of rate
u growth ~ q naale or wart Pam
IS tae late symptom of cancer
Warned Mrs MsteS
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haa ana Mi ana MA cfal
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Civilians March In
Parade Before
Moss Point Crowd

T Moss pahi CtviAsN D.
ene Eauisasspu PALS IA - oal
ipearn nnsuua WaFfare morals
siih E cosprfa paga8e - Whica
tae Aee Point hsFt seheoi tsuo
fige flrn department Euy Scouts
anr elfv anH euanfy off1rsats
uaafehra ibTuags the main street
Tns PROGRESSION started e. tns
resadence u . r c Eley and
3uana i sas Eaat to Main sireet
theh fa tse hasinea section
ehefe fhes aresea the c.fg hal.
aopnieE befofs BsFnnam Drug
stete + A khsVs1 rusde few
remarks relssive ~ the Civilian
Defense Casps flsn .mtfuaucea
Is "A Eafnhau Nhn delivered
inf patriotic address
He rtVie~eo past eafs IN
anleh ouI nation has engaEea
pointlnk That tHis nanon has
meee agsf Waf TOucnlHE nn
tne aIasies q lTT0. lTiz. $50
1851 as6 and lsiG, he stressed
Jhat We are nuN IN total wag
Nj iflat l. dFectly affecting
every man. voaan and Child hf
commenced on the gooa NoFh
done IS tnc lncal defense group
and IL ged thaf every ezse unaSi
giVe IS much Is posSsba m ths
present War Lean drive The
program CLOSED with tine singing
u The star Spsnglss Banner
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THE FIRST EASTER MORN

when the Sabbath past Mary Magdalene ana
Mary Mother DANES salomG haa brought sweet spies
mat hee miahf come and an0im lJesusl And very
earlv in the morning first day 81 the week they came unto
senchre ihe rising u ite Anu heH saic among
themselves Whu shall roll the stone from the d9u
the sepulchfea And weH they looked ef saw tAi tt
vas rolled away To- very great And enteE
into sepUchfe tbp} young sitting an he fRht
side eloiaed 8 long white garment anu alist Msft -
ffinhaea AND he saith Them be mol atiriHhiea fe seer
Jesus Nazareth Yhich cruc1tea be Is risen he na
behold the place where theA Lard hm buf 20 Noa
way disciples and Peter that he goefh before you
INTO csIsee sert shall him he said unto *al
They quickly and FLED from tue seuche io
they embled amazed neither said They anything
10 any man. faf they afraid. ST Marx xvii
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New Dr0ftees Join
u. S. Army AT Camp
Shelby Wednesday

ludaeaen iuta TIRE armed faFees
"a Canap Snel6y "Wednesday Wen
en eaaea soldiers from jack
ssa eusants Thex ARE MtllAn 4
Bslhe. Warren + Bonam Earn
"a Bsaareaux j James G nof
nette WIulc = Casey Hafr,
ra.lHsasn Jarnss kslsgsySts L&as0l u
lvy ABogcW Jqansun ana Juis-
nie Madlson
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jos Shepard son oi Mf. and
MH Martin Shepard uf Pasea
saula Is now II ihe lass stages
pi development a. an aviator as
ae IS no9 az an advances lIrlng
choo q Pensacola ~aael shep.
arc eniistea several months ago
sna sas firsi seni 80 NaehIto-
eat IL aftef 3hleh be- studied
81 athe folds until reaching ais
present Status
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GOOD FRIDAY
A Proclamation BY The Mayor

WHEREAS TODAY FRIDAY april - 1913 IS Good
FridsN the sacred dat the whole year. the daf
observe tie Dak = she CfaelflAou - Our Lurd
and Saviour Jesus Christ AND
WHEREAS h IS 8 day when Christians desire Il
atfend the services their respective chufehes most
of which services are helo r ne afternoon ~ Good
FRIDAY, therefore
hereby declare the afternoon = G00o FRIDAY. iron
300 noon q ~ pm hali aaaa1 ana request -
busineas houses and mercantile establishments vel
a. ire schools suspend operations during those nQufs
s. that employee and Teacher enc pupils nav be fTee
u attend ha neflous seIslee laeF respective piaee
of worship H. solemn Hlenogy Il tie crues9H ai aaf
SsVsuar
WALTER / GULLEK. Maeaf
Cts uf pascaEo4la. aiss
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Captain Daaasis Assigned &c
Fort Dix

fHsnds of Captain Flogd r
Uamel Wili De Interested io learn
tgaf he nas been transferred Ia
F@ DlN N j Captain Daniel
entered the service IN july 1870
81 membeg of the nations first
motorized division he was llrsi
Stationed at Foft Bennue ca
lats irving vi Camp Gordon
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SIHI0 HnO HLIM
Ana Warden Transferred Te
Metre Dame Colieae

Inn Haruen- aaaanfeF q m
and hrs ) r Warden has com
nlsisa hs cuuese of training "a
ii4t WAVE station - Smlfh Col
leae - Northampton y II and
s. naa - Nutn uame College at
seuth Bend lna fuf further
siaaH
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BLACK MARKETS BOOK

Leaaan Foea saapae go
lnsaeeaaie rn a#HH leHaH
Belgium thst store - .nnEeH ane
a. la1HsE aHlHa zzea raiaaH =
mHnz produces 80 psu9 80
iMeaa = feso1t = Elaes MasHH
ane EszezI skf-HzaH HFfs
ihs Belgian Nees aHenc
@ - ba eacE MaHHs#
basts# eaa1s 8 8 pasra -
Sis : Iaaul aHz aa - aH
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Waa a beeH
and Ar i G felas ai EiaN
ps 9ha8 fhrf sH Laua Cen 81
FNlaa. kmDmH - 81 Ah l1MHas
ae 8nH bass affVco saIeAs
nerfaaaN tie eauhieera fH
sers8t a. tHe S Aa1 e. SEP
leutee $50 en tN kst
lana kun if aa Haea
a. Hau fAnn #a0 Futdf :
graouaa lfom lHe Mo@ hanl
nlah ahoa - zee i84i ala
ahefe ns ssaVaa r. iaailail ana
track e. nts
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Announcements

Tee Ctrontcle- star Nnn Aves
sikef a aufhtr azas to smsAaanaw
gfie 81 uw rs s8 amQ sgHfesa a4ns
mc{ t. the etfsn q, ufe Dewa
crate pgtmsf7 - - hel1 ia Asa
usf 4e43
Fer State SenRtoF
A. y. CLARKE
Fer State Superinssndenf ~
Esiuc4tsnH
MARTIN /. Riley
Fer EEreuif Ccurt Clsxk
" c lBil3 RAVENS
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cpl spihoii Sent ta sgsee.siisi
School

AHafHe at tHe Mos
pos SHo are a4asiHN t
mn ngds n H. ek
IS cp Hannou y Su -
f H. apd Mm v E s
af 3Haf ct Wna eff IL ut
Arm AN Cups nIH II
1872 ie was sen Eessls
FW 6 laf 9 eml - -
araisa nlerhNu9 n acre
Apr s Re w n =
Chafute Fisid. u ff
atteaH ues4ai1a8 .
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aYs tnaf the enjoyment shaf she
get reading The Chronicle Star
is passed on t. be- husband. Pvt
Naiteg Lac Lander ahu = sta
TONED IN California to whom she
mails her Csfps earn ageek
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Ens.en Walker Has Been SEM


Enaen Tracs E8amu MaIke
Z S Navsi Reserve ol la2R S
FasgaE0ula lteat feaE aia
wa aeTea la fepurt a. tire -
the AaNal TJMH4na Sche GH
ve st4 81 htxaHa Fa
lm temps HHae uuaa
sltuetiau begsnnIna April - =
nmnalneea bs h hea hs
Pphla Il s8ii0n U iaeA
afn
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81 HHHHs TIE az#HE# EsF H#a#
ca see HaaHH So
ueuz Eue ca $4,000 Wz
- ana $50 S0
onIa aelna-H. sl.a -
ataaaEa i1 children
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william Carries Spends Furioagf
~ dous

Ms8laH Il Nai @.lo
Gua ta gueHmaaa "a Ms ~
s3gns haaiaiiM a fetu Hee =
Camp l. Jeue q Nf Aks
h 6 afinf pcmang nl iu 9a
miih bh parents. ~ aia hst
4 ] gue l92t Mase Tbs
ea3e s. H. 3eaHe aes
geau q isC fs Naaa rita Hall
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Mes polni whAc Made Corporal

enas Auxiliary Eeues-
Eiife I.anaer ~ aa Punl WI. -
ple easea to learn thai she aas iud
been promoted t. pofal and
stst she IS one n four ~ ner
division to b. iaus honueca Cpl
I.sndef IS ststloHea - WAAC "A
nsuNtEHflon Haaauua ef at
Washington p 6 Sae writes
home tIaai she hape ghst fe Nli
~ worthy of the slipe ihal she
has laas sewed - lu W8anE
Nome - HKla1ls8 Ep. Lanhal
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FREEDOM OF THE PRESS sni give Newspaper
pznzh scanda attack Hneeeni tnazsanaA oI
husnsxx FREEDOM OF bFEkCn eve ~
mwsa4l raut reputation q outstanding
nana community leading nkfiialous start
Of dlst1Fbns the
rights and privileges - e
snasnear riehA ane happsness os al
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To Enter pharmselats Mats
school

Ang uuee Nfae Hft - ifa
fg promotion Glafbuus kWH
of Pas 8ia afD ha beeu etEh
gns Gas Glafa a Houston hat
wins W H Aea Work Hes
np MH entt tie Hsess8
Mate Heaf as geEafaa uaH
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II also IS a fne stomachic toniei
Thousands upon thousands
have reported benefits. Also
effective for Younger women 70
help relieve distress of monthly
functional disturbances. Follow
Label directions. Worth trying.
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During s. to 81 Years
Of Age!

II RoH Like 50 many women be-
tween the aees q - anc So
suffer from not flashes. weak
ttree. dizzy. nervous feelings. dis
treas a irregularities are blue
81 times due to the funetksnal
zni<idle age period ln = HeEn4n 5
lie start G. 0uce--try lydia Z
FEkhAms pegFtsbls Compound.
LYDIA Piukham's Compound is
famoas 10 relieve such distress
Taken regularly Ii helps build up
Resistance against such ann9glrlE
symptoms
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luue Lewis hYe y grand
aou = fbe iHtf III aaa Mss
AH fehrrn ARD nephh4 os
Mn ( 0 Ss4oa and Jae Al
atH Tsehern vine Is NeN knoan
hcie NHea ne RESIDE nE Hane
autil aH fathe E&a kse moxee
b Mobile he has haN sttaned
hn first rating "a TIE 9 S army
saleI - euieHrd Ia Decsnaef
BE- writes iTam = CFoQk Asn
fhess - S stationed fhat be ike
0h Nulk NtH tie epElneefs
flul
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Wissins Drug Stores
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
ROBERT ". SHAW
KILLED BY AUTO
Greenville Sound Resident
Struck By Hit Run
Driver At Seagate

Robert W. Shaw, 45-year-old
white man of the Greenville Sound
community, was killed instantly
Saturday night about 10 o'clock
when he was struck by hit-and-
run automobile driver on the Will
mington-Wrightsville Beach high
way at Seagate, State Highway
patrolmen reported.
Mr.. Shaw was believed walk
ing westward On the road, near
the intersection of the Mason
boro highway, when struck. His
body was discovered by J. D.
Davis, of Seagate, who notified
authorities.
Patrolmen said they were de-
tanning two men in connection with
the case but that no formal charg.
es had been lodged against them.
They did not reveal their names
pending further investigation by
the patrol and sheriff S deputies.
Patrolmen said they understood
Shaw was married but did not
know the names of any survivors.
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B0REN QUESTIONS
NEWSPRINT CUTS
Asks Sufficient Supply To
Maintain 'Solvency OF
The Free Press

WASHINGTON, Oct. Q N -
Sufficient newsprint ito maintain
the services and solvency of the
free press in America" was ask.
ed by Chairman Boren D-Okla.
of a special house committee in
vestigating the newsprint shortage
In letter to Donald Nelson,
Boren questioned the War Produc
ton chiefs recent statement that
further curtailments of newsprin1
are inevitable through large par1
of 1884,
''We do not wish to accept the in.
evitability of further curtailments
without closest consideration of all
the facts and without being con.
WINGED that every proper thing
which can be done is being done tc
maintain the supply" Boren stat
ed.
In this connection he asked Mel
son to appear before the commit
tee next Thursday, when it re-
sumes hearings.
Boren's letter stressed the pos
sibilities of reduction of consum-
ton by less essential users, and
asked about government agency
requirements, particularly on ov-
erseas shipments.
1T is our understanding that the
lend-lease administration expected
to ship 10000 tons and the bureau
of economic warfare $4,000 tons in
1943," Boren said. 1--WE should like
to know. if possible, the destina-
ton of this neWsprint and why, in
view of Canada's greater resourc-
es. it is felt necessary for the
United States to export $4,000
TONS"
He requested Nelson's opinion,
too, on 1.-The practicability of re-
ducing the weight of newsprint to
the end that a larger number of
newspaper pages could be printed
from the total tonnage available"
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TRIAL. OF SHORT.
KIMMEL DELAYED
z
Both Officers Voluntarily
Agree To Waive Statute
OF Limitations

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. Ill.,
Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
and Major General Walter C. Short
waived today any technical bar
rier against court martial on char
ges of being derelict in their du-
ties as Army and Navy command
ers in Hawaii when the japanese
struck.
That they will not be tried until
after the war was indicated in a
war and Navy department stae-
men saying, cit has been decided
to postpone proceedings against
these officers until such time in
the future as may be decided upon
as being appropriate"
Both, the statement said, have
voluntarily agreed to waive the
statute limitations" which, if op-
eraive, would prevent trial of the
men after December 7, 1913, at
which time the two-year statute
of limitations runs out.
Both Secretary of the Navy Knox
and Secretary of War Stimson have
said that the trial should not be
held while it might jeopardize the
war effort, indicating desires to
postpone proceedings until after
the war.
The preparation of charges for
trial by court martial was ordered
after a report had been submitted
by a presidential commission
headed by associate justice Owen
J. Roberts of the supreme court.
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British Liner Ceramic
Is Giuen Up For Lost

CAPETOWN, Oct. 2.-tR-News
Of one Of the worst ocean TRACE
dies Of the War-the sinking with
out a trace of the 10 700-ton Brit
Sh liner Ceramic with more than
000 passengers aboard last No
VemDer - was officially released
To-Day by naval authorities.
The Ceramic was sunk, presum-
ably by an enemy submarine
somewhere in the Atlantic while
en- route to Capetown from Eng
land. The official announcement
was withheld almost a year be-
cause Of uncertainty over the fate
OF passengeA and crew.
1he exact number of casualties
vas not known but it was reported
he ship carried more than 500
persons and authorities are still
without official news of any sur
VivorS
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Army May Give Statement On Pending
Plans To Ease Draft On FAMILY Liff
REQUEST CONSIDERED
Barklev Confers With Col.
Keesling, Says Situa-
ton Still Fluid

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. -(P)-
Senator Barley of Kentucky, the
Democratic leader said today that
IAN official communication from
the war department" may be forth
coming soon on pen ing proposals
to ease the effect of the fathers
draft on family life.
A request for a ~ritten state
ment of the Department. position
lis under CO. liberation Barley
said, to afford the senate guidance
on a series of bills designed to
limit the draft t as few fathers
as possible by first SC. apping all
other sources such as groups kept
out of service by present stand
ards of -iteracy, physical fitness
or by occupational deferments.
Confer
Barley, one of eight senators
comforting in an hour-long private
session with 1t Col Francis W.
Kessling of selective service, said
1.-The situation is still fluid' ex-
celt that the Wheeler bill to defer
fathers generally t jar. l can
no pass-"everyone knows that"
He did say he got the impress
sion that the Arny's expansion
plans might be seriously upset"
by adoption of a Wheeler substi-
tute offered by Senator Taft (R-
Ohio, designed to call fathers
under 80 ahead of those over that
age.
A house military subcommittee
heard testimony, y nWhlle, from
draft director Lewis E. Hershey
that while he sympathizes with
draft-called fathers of large IA
miles, the numbe' Of children
man has shoul' not be the prin-
cipal factor in decisions on defer
ment.
Other Factors
Other factors, he explained, in
c1ude the kind of work man IS
doing and his financial obligations
and position. For example, he told
the committee, frequently a man
with three children is better able
to provide for them than a man
win only one can care for his.
Hershey's testimony ranged from
a discussion of baseball players
draft status to the m; npower prob
lens that confronted Daniel Boone
in the wilderness of Kentucky.
Asked by Rep. Elston (R-Ohlo)
why the st. Louis Browns baseball
team could boast that it would
have a 1914 infield composed OF
4-F men, and why many athletes
rejected for military duty still
are able to play baseball and foot
,f,on+;ruad or PAGE Two: Col. 81
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RedsAdvance
ssardUpper
S sSsleper River
: $50 Squeezing Nazis From
Their Last Foothold In
The Caucasus
RESISTANCE MOUNTS
German Reports Tell OF
Mighty Soviet Thrust
In South Ukraine

LONDON, Sunday, Oct. ST.
Battling mounting German resis-
lance in White Russia, Soviet di'
visions smashed through roadless
forests and swamps toward the
upper Dnieper and Vitebsk yester-
day while 700 miles to the south
the Red army was slowly squeez-
ing the Nazis from their last foot
hold in the Caucasus, Moscow said
today.
German reports, meanwhile, told
of a mighty Russian thrust in--the
South Ukraine aimed at clearing
the Crimea.
The Russian midnight communi-
que supplement recorded by the
Soviet Monitor, said the Germans
launched six counter attacks in
their frantic efforts to protest the
approaches to Mogilev, Dniepe1
river town in eastern White Rus
STA. But Soviet gains up to eleven
miles were reported as the Ger
mans fell back from position after
position.
"ExceptionaP Resistance
Moscow dispatches called resis-
lance in this sector Exceptional
and reported ten German counter
attacks in one area alone. The
Russians were last reported some
20 miles east Of the town at the
Pronya river.
The Soviet forces also were beat.
ing toward Vitebsk to the north,
where advances continued and 400
Germans were killed. Toward Go.
mel, in lower White Russia, sever.
al German counter stacks were
warded off and the Red columns
advanced on the heels of the re.
treating Germans, Moscow said.
Eight hundred Nazis were killed
and war material captured.
On the extreme southern end OF
the battleline in Russia, in terri
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
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DEMOCRATIC MEET
DELEGATION HIKED
1914 National Convention
Will Have Total OF
1,176 Delegates

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. -(P)-
The 1914 Democratic national con-
vention will have a total of 1,176
delegates with one vote each, or
rs more than the one which gave
President Roosevelt his third no.
mination at Chicago in 1910.
Chairman Frank C. Walker of
the party's national committee
made this announcement today
nearly three months in advance of
the committee meeting in Decem
Der to select a convention city,
which is also the customary time
for officially announcing the new
convention voting strength.
The early announcement was in
terpreted by some party officials
as a move to head off possible
friction at the December meeting
over allotments of delegates.
The allowance of rs more dele
CONTINUED on Page Two. Col. g.
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AIDED BY PLANES
Nipponese Defenders Scat
ter Into Nearby Hills
And Jungles

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST IFIC,
Sunday, Oct. 3-lR-The bitterly
defended air and sea base at Fin.
schhafen in northeast New Guinea
was captured at II o'clock Satur.
day morning by Australia's fam
ed ninth division in final charge
that drove the Japanese defend
ers before them.
Supported by a damaging aerial
assault by American attack and
dive bombers, the Australians at
tackled the village from two direc-
tons and overcame opposition
from the enemy's pillbox defenses.
Japanese marines who defend
ed the base held on as long as
possible and then scattered be-
tore the Australians rifle and ma
chine gun fire.
Some japanese took to the hills
and jungle and others fell on the
field
There was no mention of the
Australian "diggers' taking any
prisoners in their final assault No
official estimate had been given
OF the size of the garrison defend
ing Finscthafen.
Elements OF the Australian d.
VISION which took Finschhafen or
6 nally landed y miles east of
Lac on Sept. 4. While another
1orce which landed only 10 DAYS
ago six miles north of Finsch-
haten was held ON the northern
outskirts of the village by fixed
defenses, the Lac force fought
through 48 miles of the worst Jun
gle country in New Guinea to
make the capture.
Finschhafen is the third major
Japanese position to fall since
Sept. II when Salamaua fell to
the Allies. Lac was captured Sept.
16
The Australian 9th division won
fame for it's action in Ell Alamein.
Later it was brought from the de-
sert in Egypt and given extensive
training in jungle warfare.
Their capture of Finschhaffen by
breaking through fixed japanese
defenses gave the Allies complete
control of Huon gulf which over
looks Japanese-held New Britain
only 70 miles away. Macarthur S
spokesman said 100 bodies of ia
panese marines, generally were
considered the enemy's best
troops, were found at Finschha-
fen when the Australians broke
through.