The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-04-12
Ninth Army Massed ON Elbe River
Sumatru, ,Fom1osa RaidsRenewed
Jdps Beaten
Back -Four
Times
lBy the Associated Pressl

tBy the Associated Press)
Renewed Allied carrier raids on
Sumetra and Formosa were report.
ed by Tokyo radio today as strong
formations" OF fighter-escorted
Superfortresses lashed at war pro.
duction centers in and around the
Japanese capital.
japanese soldiers added new
hazard to American, conquest OF
Okinawa, 325 miles south of ia.
pan, by releasing thousands OF
lepers and insane. Many OF the
mad men were violent.
T. $. oath Army Corps units heat
back four well-organized Nipponese
counterattacks on southern Okina.
W yesterday but were held TO
virtual standstill for the seventh
consecutive day.
American casualties in the first
nine days of the Okinawa campaign
were announced at 2,695, includ-
ing 432 dead. 2,103 wounded. 100
missing. More than 5000 Japanese
have been killed. or II for every
Yank, compared TO a ratio OF 20 To
| on bloody Two.
Gains Reported
General American gains were
reported in the Philippines, ranging
up to 81 miles on Luzon and so on
Negros Island. British armor
swept east and south from Thai
in Central Burma to trap fleeing
Japanese. Nipponese recaptured
Sichwan in north central china
and renewed their drive toward
Shensi province on the northern
road to Chungking.
Spain broke on diplomatic rela-
tions with Japan, in protest against
the murder and torture OF Span
iards in Manila. Aging Premier
Adm. Baron Kantaro Suzuki in
creased the warlike appearance OF
his cabinet by adding the sixth
military man, 1t. Gen. Fukiharu
Yasui. as minister without port
felio to act as liaison officer be.
tween the government and the
army. He. g q member ef the
kwantung army clique which pro
duced ex-premier Generals Hideki
/ TOTO and Kuniaki Koiso.
Mustang Support
approximately $50 B-29s. escort
ed by Mustangs from Two Jima.
raided the Nakajima Musashino air
craft engine factory in Tokyo's S
suburbs for the eighth time. An
other Superform formation made
first strike at Koriyama. transport
center 1l0 miles north OF Tokyo, in
a $500 mile round trip flight To-
kyo said about $50 other B-29s At
tackled Shizuoka. site OF a Mitsub.
ishi aircraft engine plant south OF
Tokyo. All raids were made in
daylight today.
Japanese broadcasts said the
French battleship Richelieu and 4
British battleship OF the Queen
Elizabeth type were believed to be
in the British task force which
yesterday raided Sumatra. Tokyo
said carrier aircraft hit Sumatra
and Sabang. on the northern top
OF the island, and destroyers she'll
ed Sumatrs.
Another Allied task force. Tokyo
reported sent so aircraft against
three major cities on northern For.
mosa today. This guardian island
OF the China coast is a daily tar.
get OF Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
Philippines based bonn bers, which
sank six ships in the China Sea
and blew up a 14-car troop train In
lndo-China.
Appoints Staff
Macarthur appointed his South.
west Pacific staff to continue with
him in the new "On to Tokyo com.
mand to which he was jointly
named with Adm. Chester w.
NimitZ.
The First (dismounted) Cavalry
Division swept q miles TO Mauban
on the east coast OF Luzon, 20
miles north Of Antimoan which was
occupied by the 1lth,.. Airborne
Division.
On northern Luzon Yanks edged
10 within ten miles OF Baguio
enemy headquarters.