The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-29
Pacific

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oil producing islands in the Dutch
| Indies.
A Chinese spokesman said recent
! Japanese reYerses in west central
China have laid a solid foundation
for launching a general counter
offensive. TO be spearheaded by
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek's
AmeFican-trained Sixth Army:
Development OF Okiuawa, S25
miles south of Japan, as a base for
asssulting Japan is progressing
ahead Of schedule, said Commo-
dore A. G. Bissett, who described
it as the biggest construction job
ever attempted in the war, includ-
ing Europe and the Pacific"
First Strike E.
Today's hour and half B-29 raid
on yokohama was the first Super
fort strike against that shipping
and industrial center. Virtually
the entire city, with its million in
habitants and maze OF industries.
docks and railway yards, lay in the
target area.
An imperial communique said
some OF the attacking forces swept
IS miles northward to hit Tokyo
and the intervening industrial town
of Kawasaki. The japanese ad-
mitted the raiders cause consider.
able damage.
The enemy communique placed
the attacking force at some 500
B-29s and some 100 P-51s". Dis
patches from Guam said there were
more than $50 bps"
The imperial communique claim
ed so raiders were shot down and
40 damaged.
Mustang fighters in 1900 mile
sweep yesterday from Two Jima
over three Tokyo airdromes knock.
ed out AZ planes.
Allocate Funds
Premier Kantaro Suzukis cabi-
net allocated 50,4440OO yen, rough
ly s13,000,O00, for relief of Tokyo'S
fire bomb victims.
Four top admirals in the Mikl-
dos disappearing navy were reshuf
fled. as delayed press dispatches
disclosed the first Nipponese at.
tempt to run supplies to Okinawa.
The three ships making the at
tempt week ago were sunk by car
rier aircraft. Ten other sinkings
reported today included a hippo
nese destroyer.
A single Japanese platoon behind
road block composed of barrels
was the only opposition encounter.
ed by Sixth Division Marines surg
ing through Naha, Capital OF Oki-
n wa. But Yank patrols reaching
an island in the harbor were driy-
en- off by machinegun fire.
Division Wheels
The Seventh Infantry Division on
the tast Okinawa flank wheeled
nearly half way across the island
to enter two villages south OF shuri.
Stubborn Nipponese in Shuri
fought of attacks by the First Ma
rine, nth and 96th Infantry Divi-
sions.
Most Japanese withdrew from
Santa Fe in the Philippines as the
L. s. 25th Division drove into the
northern Luzon island town on
its l33rd day of continuous action.
To the south, in Manila's water
shed, the 3Sth Division appeared
on the verge Of Selling Wawa Dam.
Australian gains were reported
on Tarakan of the Borneo coast
and on Bougainville in the solo
M In
fought off a concerted counterat-
tack in one sector and began wip-
ing out an enemy concentration in
another.
Fear Russia
Rumors OF actual or impending
japanese Withdrawals in China to
line north OF the Yangtze were at
tributed by some Chungking
sources to Nipponese concern over
possible Russian entrance into the
war. Some stories said the invad-
crs were preparing to abandon
lchang, their westernmost bastion,
965 miles up the Yanktze from
Shanghai
The emperor's forces in south.
east Asia, placed by an escaped
French officer at 1901 in lndO-
China alone. were imperiled by
both the reported excavations and
an expanding Chinese offensive in
south China Chinese newsmeu
said conquerors OF Manning have
driven 20 miles. southwark toward
lndo-China. Previously it was an
nounced they had advanced 60
hiles northward toward Liuchow II.
as rumors indicated. the enemy's
Liuchow garrison is being pulled
back 10 a Yangtze line II would