Evening star., 1945-01-31
New Landing
|0n Luzon Seals
Road 10 Bataan
y. S. 9th Army Hits
Swiftly to Eost for
Junction With 9th
MAP on Page A-5.)
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Luzon. Jan. 81
Landing unopposed from $50
ships so miles northeast of Ma
Mia, strong United States 9th
Army forces blasted any hopes
the Japanese may have held for
a arge-scale withdrawal to Ba-
|taan by driving swiftly east to-
day toward a juncture with the
9Th Army which would seal of
the historic peninsula.
This second invasion of Luzon,
timed with 9Th Army push now
within 80 miles of Manila, was dis
closed in today's communique of
Gen. Macarthur. The 38th Division
and a combat team of the Oath,
which fought so heroically on Leyte
in the central Philippines, were put
ashore Monday on Zambales Prov
ince in the 10 miles between the
Santo Tomas River mouth and San
Antonio without loss of a man,
plane or ship.
Jap Naval Base Threatened.
The Yanks of 1t. Gen. Robert l..
Eichelberger posed an immediate
menace to priced Olongapo naval
base in Subic Bay by racing II miles
inland the first day past flag waving
Filipinos, occupying such towns as
San Felipe, San Marcisco, San An
tonic, San Marcelino and Caetil-
lejos and seizing an airfield-the
23d airbase won on Luzon.
Suggesting how wide open the
sector is to American conquest, Fill
pinos told Associated Press Corre-
spondent James Hutcheson that no
enemy forces have been stationed in
the area since 1912, although 800
passed southwark two weeks ago,
killing Filipino woman in one town
without provocation.
The beachhead extended above
the Santo Tomas River, giving the
Yanks control of a long bridge there.
Mr. Hutcheson disclose. that the
invasion convoy was not attacked by
a single enemy plane, although it
followed the same inland seas route
from Leyte taken by the 800-ship
convoy which was raided continu-
ously en- route to the 9Th Army S
Lingayen Gulf landings January 9.
Bombardment Cancelled.
The sight of cheering Filipinos
caused Rear Admiral Arthur Struble
to cancel plans for a preparatory
warship bombardment before the
men waded ashore.
1t is now too late for the Jap
anese command to attempt what
Gen. Macarthur succeeded in doing
in December, 1941-pull back dis
persed and outnumbered forces in
converging withdrawal into rugged
Bataan where the Americans held
out for four months.
The Monday maneuver gives the
Americans control of both ends of
60-mile road, the only one leading
into Bataan. The 9th now holds
more than 10 miles of the west end.
The 6th's 40th and 37th Divisions
on the east end have pushed an
unspecified distance southwest from
fallen San Fernando, while other
columns rolled south of that Pam
panga-Province capital along the
main highway to Manila.
The 8th's landing also threatens
the west flank of any enemy forces
in the central plain.
Japanese soldiers in mountains
north of Bataan, including forces
trying to prevent the Americans
from using Clark Field and Fort
Stotsenburg, cannot withdraw into
Bataan. Neither can japanese in
the Central Luzon plains.
Antiaircraft Fire Ineffective.
There may be other Japanese in
the Manila area. They are sep
arated by waters of Manila Bay
from; Bataan, and the bay is pa
trolled by American planes which
pounded Corregidor and Cavite ma
(SSe HuTPPTNES page A-50