The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-26
Superots Blast Jap Industry
(By the Associated Press

Nearly 500 fighter-escorted Sup
efforts in their greatest demolition
raid on Japan pinpointed ten war
industries today but Tokyo showed
more concern over impending in
yasions.
Premier Kantaro Suzuki express
ed the grim determination" Of his
government to repel an invasion of
Japan, acknowledged ultimate OBJ.
jectiye" OF American amphibious
forces which Tokyo said had
amassed an invasion fleet OF 200
ships in the Okinawa area.
Tokyo broadcasts reported an IN
vasion of Ternate Island, south OF
the Philippines and 10 miles west
of Halmahera; again told OF a pre-
invasion bombardment of Balikpa-
pan on southeast Borneo; and pre-
dicted other Ryukyu Islands lying
between Okinawa and Japan would
be invaded prior to an assault on
the homeland.
Talk Ignored
All of this invasion talk was Is
nored by American commanders.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur did be-
latedly report a 40 mile leapfrog
landing by the U. S. 25th Division
at Baler Bay on eastern Luzon
Island in the Philippines.
Powerful formations of B.29s
striking at medium altitude today
were escorted by Mustang fighters
from Two lima. The Superforts
turned loose more than 5000 tons
Of high explosive bombs on six air
fraft factories and four ammunition
and ordnance factories.
Seven plants were in or near Ma
goya, two in Osaka. and one AT
Akashi near Kobe. II was a pow
erful follow up of mass fire raids
which have burned out 112 square
miles of leading industrial cities.
Tokyo, which always makes exag-
gerated claims, asserted eight Sup:
efforts were shot down by antiair.
craft fire alone and II damaged.
No Safe Harbor
American air power is so great
in the enemy's home areas that
There's no such thing as a safe
harbor for the Japanese anymore"
said Rear Adm. Frederick c. Sher-
man, veteran OF 81 months OF car
rier warfare. He said the hippo
nese had to choose either uncondi-
tional surrender or determination.
Balud Valley. major Japanese
supply and concentration base in
northern Luzon. was transformed
into death valley" by repeated
Fifth Air Force strikes. The 33rd
Division found thousands of dead
Japanese, wrecked supply conveys
and supply dumps, with the only
living Japanese "dazed. ill-equip-
ped" and lacking both food and the
will to resist.
Tighten Loop
The valley is in the mountains |
fianking Cagayan Valley whore
the 37th Division frightened a death |
trap on approximately 10000 Nip |
ponese by making a six mile ad-
vance. They we're within four
miles OF Tuguegarao where Filipino |
guerrillas battled increasing enemy |
counterattacks.
At present. the only other extern
sive fighting is in China, where
Chungking reported gains In threc
sectors These included a three /
wav advance on Liuchow, former |
L. S. airbase in southeast China; /
a further advance on the centra'
coast about 125 miles south OF
Shanghai, and a sortie that inflict.
ed heavy casualties" on Jana
nese garrison 40 miles from Can.
ton.
Chinese forces closing in on Liu-
chow were reported three miles
north, II miles northwest and three
miles south OF the city.
Allied planes striking all around
Nippon from the northern tip OF the
Kuriles TO Rorneo sank ten small
enemy craft and damaged four
Fleet Air Wing One alone has srnE
122.645 tons Of shipping and dam
aged 12s.S90 tons In Japanese wat
ers in ten weeks.
Nipponese suicide planes struck
again at Okinawa where 1874 more
Japanese surrendered, making
total Of $500 that gave up during
the campaign.
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