The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-31
War

! illlNc ullAOb Oh buo NOdbtal City VI
Granville.
THE situation has immense pos
slbilities," exulted qualified OBJ
server, foreseeing the turning OF
! the Germans west flank. A clean
break-through at Ayranchs, in the
right angle junction OF the Gotten.
tin and Brest peninsulas, would cut
off the Brest peninsula. A turn
to the east would speed the Amerl.
cans into central France. An in.
ward swing from the Allied east
ern anchor at Caen could threaten
a pincers movement against
thousands OF Germans In a 70-mile
salient.
At least 900 tanks were engaged
in the American thrusts. The high
way from Avranches to Paris, $50
miles east. was severed,
The Russian drive against East
Prussia carried Red Army units far
into the Suwalki triangle, which
the Germans annexed TO East Prus-
STA in 1889 and the Russians were
within "a miles OF the pre-war
frontier. The Red Army was
within sI5 miles OF the town OF
Suwalki itself
Pound Communleat
Raj light bombers In one OF
their busiest nights pounded Ger.
man communications In France
and the Germans said Allied raid
ers again were over the Reich to-
day
In Italy the Nazis threw fierce
counter.attacks against the Eighth
Army which stood in the hills Ave
TO seven miles from Florence but
It appeared these costly efforts
would avail the Germans little.
Heavy artillery duels famed on the
Fifth Army's 3o-mile River Arno
front The Americans still were
In the southern limits OF Pisa.
Attack Presaged
Pacific Commanders Nimitz and
Macarthur, attacking at both ends
of their converging campaigns, rap
idly laid the foundations today for
a new. powerful leap toward the
long-suffering Philippines.
Week end communicates told OF
a furry OF attacks on Japanese po-
sitions from Tinian in the Marianas
to New Guinea, 1900 miles to the
south. The multitude OF targets
made II no easier for harassed ia
pan TO guess which shell the pea
was under
Fearful Weapon
The fighting men OF Adm. Ches.
ter Nimitz, employing truly fear
| full new secret weapon, bottled
Japanese on Tinian's southern end,
seized the islands main town and
already had U. S. planes flying OF
Guams Orote Peninsula airfeld.
Upwards OF 5000 surviving Japa-
nese on Tinian have TO be dealt
with. however.
American warships for the first
time since Pearl Harbor lay at
anchor in Guams Apra harbor
These ships, and American flags
triumphantly flying over Guam,
testified to L. s. recapture OF the
islands strategic establishments.
They, with installations at Tinian
and Saipan to the north give
Nimitz powerful fleet, air and
ground arms toehold for great
new operations to the west.
At Stepping Stone
Macarthur held up his end with
new blows at Halmahera Island, an
inviting stepping-stone about half
way from New Guinea to Mindanao
in the southern Philippines.
1t. Gen. George Kenney's filters,
who destroyed IS planes there
Thursday, went back TO bomb,
strafe and set fires on Halmahera's
east coast. Other targets attacked
were Vogelkop Peninsula. Sorong,
Manokwari on New Guinea; Truk,
Woleai, Nomoi and Ponape In the
Carolines, Nauru Island and by
passed bases in the 'Marshalls. An
enemy vessel was attacked md
way between Halmahera and Min
danao. Nimitz has had Palau, east
ern guardian Of the Philippines,
under attack by fleet air forces.
The new secre' weapon employ
| ed on Tinian was described by War
| Correspondent Clinton Green as
"one OF most fearful instruments
! OF death from Americas arsenal
and as so powerful ut is extreme
ly doubtful whether any human be-
ing within 100 feet OF its action
would be able to survive" Securi-
ty prevented the least hint or what
the weapon is.
Divide Defenders
Patrols on Guam drove clear across
the island TO divide the japanese
defenders. Captured mountain
heights gave the Americans new
advantages In Smelling out the enc
my, which now has the choice only
of surrender or death.
chinese troops battered at the
walls OF ancient Tengchung, main
Japanese base in southwest China
through which runs the Burma Rd.
Chungking seemed confident the
city would fall shortly, clearing
the enemy from another strong
hold blocking reopening OF the
Ledo-Burma Rd. from India to
China.
In Human Province the Chinese
still chung 10 Hengyang. Singing
attacks by the 14th L. 8. Airforce
helped them do so.
The troubles brewing for the Jap
anese in the Pacific prompted new