The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-20
Fear Allied
Thrust in .
Yellow Sea
Jittery Jop
Militory Chiefs
Speed Defenses
BY LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editsr

Associated Press War Editsr
INVASION ittery p aneSe
commanders were reported to.
day to be pulling thousands Of
troops out of Central China to
guard the Yellow Sea against q
possible American landing.
The report from a Chinese
Army spokesman conceded with
a meeting of the Japanese cabi-
net to consider problems Of the
day" These problems included
the whereabouts of the rampag-
ing u. S. third fleet, Australian
capture Of a fourth Borneo oil
field, record air assaults on ia
pan and the China cast, and
general Chinese gains in the
south.
SHIFT 100000
Maj. Gen. Kuo Chi Chin said
that in the last month 100000
Nipponese troops have been
shifted from Central China's HUI.
nan Province to Shantung Pro-
vince to meet American am
phibious assaults. Others were
transferred to the coast from
North China.
Shantung, 800 miles north Of
Shanghai, is the third area
where Tokyo has predicted .
US. invasion. 1t is the only
one still securely in japanese
hands.
Chinese reported today they
now control so miles Of the
South China coast 125 miles
southwest of Canton. The AREA
is about 1000 miles southwest
of Shantung Province and 600
miles from the Philippines,
where Gen. Douglas Macarthur
and Adm. Lord Louis Mount
batten conferred last week to
coordinate operations of their
Pacific and Southeast Asia COM
mands.
NO IMMEDIACY
Washington dipatches indicat-
ed there was no probability q
an imminent invasion. The First
Army Division being redeployed
from Europe isn't expected to
reach the Pacific until about
Dec. l. Premier T. v. Soong pre-
dicted today the war will about
be over by that time. But
American commanders, who are
planning on conquest of North
China and Manchuria. figure II
will last until late next year.
A Tokyo radio commentator
asserted Adm. William F. (Bull)
Halseys Allied Naval forces had
been completely frustrated" in
its attempt to size up Japan's
defensive strength and may
have withdrawn after q ten day
air and naval bombardment.
But he wasn't too sure about Il.
RADIO BLACKOUT
Silence following the bonn
bardment of the entrances TO
Tokyo Bay was reminiscent Of
the radio blackout preceding
last Saturdays Smelling Of Ka-
faishi, the first Naval gun ct.
tack on Japan.
More than 900 Superforts hit
five industrial targets on the
homeland and some 800 OkinA-
wa-based Army planes hit Nip
pon's largest airdrome in China,
while other far ranging planes
sang or damaged % more Nip
ponese ships. Among them was
a 10000 ton freighter, rarity
these days.
Two BIOS failed to return
from today's heaviest attack, Il
was probably the most lightly
oppose dof all Superfort Sorties.
Bombardiers reported these re.
suits:
The target area In Fukui.
West Honshu industrial center
which was brightly lightensd
when BIOS came over. com.
pletely destroyed" Ghost, q fish
ing port, turned into "a mass
of flames" Fires well-spaeod
among the shadow industrial
of Okazaki. Fires liehto1
throughout Hitachi which H.
flet bombarded Tuesday. II ~
explosion in the Nippon on -
finery near Osaka With 0oGnrD
visible for 100 milssL M 4
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