Magnificent Allied Victory Loosens Jap Grip on Whole South Pacific By GUNN BABB risons sorely beset by the allied comeback. The first attempt was wrecked action were able to offer only ineffectual resistance that became wooktr The Japanese disaster in the battle of the Bismarck Sea has loosen- in the mid-November air and naval battles off Guadalcanal; the second and weaker as the battle progressed. ed the nemy grip on the whole southwestern Pacific area. It is a setback paid a terrific toll to get a few ships into Lae, New Guinea, early in Novem- The bottle of the Bismarck Sea may take first rank in the length- of stratgical significance comparable to that of the failure to prevent the ber. But the Bismarck Sea fight was a more complete enemy disaster than ening list of air power's successes against surface vessels. The Germans American lodgment in the Solomons. It shows that anew phase of the Pa- the other two. have claimed larger tonnages sunk out of convoys on the northern route to cific war is well under way, marked by such tremendous allied superiority in None of the Japanese ships reached its destination; nearly oil the Russia but their figures can not be considered dependable. For their effects the air as virtually to deny the seas to any major Japanese convoy attempt- troops they carried, estimated at 15,000, perished; thousands of skilled on the strategical picture the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the ing to move far south of the main enemy bases. novol personnel were lost; 55 of the aircraft that tried to provide protection sinking of the Prince of Woles and Repulse off Malay a demand considera- The annihilation of the armada of ten warships and 12 transports, were shot out of action all this at a cost of four allied planes. tion, but they perhaps belong in another category. And the strategical ef- recorded so vividly in General MacArthur's communique, virtually neutral- The convoy was spotted even as it gathered and was doomed from fects of the Bismarck Sea battle have yet to be fully worked out. izes the great Japanese base at Rabaul for offensive purposes. It is the the moment it left the protection of Raboul's defenses. The allied, chiefly It indicates that the margin of allied air superoirity in the south- third time in less than four months that a big Japanese convoy has set out American, domination of the air was such, even hundreds of miles from the west Pacific is increasing ot a rate which must be cousing alarm in Im- for Rabaul or nearby concentration points to deliver reinforcements to gar- allied shore bases, that Japanese planes based much closer to the scene of See LOOSEN GRlP—Page 2

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Beyond - > <*BSLy Shot Out of Air | | Well jHr . bulletins \ JmSP' ¦ China Stronger Amazing Victory Cost Allies CHUNGKING, March 4—(A*) Rzhev Fortress r - —A brighter picture of the but 1 Bomber, 3 Fighters ' military situation in China was Batter Retreating > ; v> I s (By the Associated Press) painted today by a Chinese Germans in Strong army spokesman, who said that TbAblt k\ j i¦¦ ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Kiangsu and New Onslaught II BBSB Japanese drives in March 4—An entire convoy of 22 Japanese ships, in* Kiangsi provinces had more or BY EDDY GILMORE less failed, while in western eluding 10 cruisers or destroyers, has been virtually MOSCOW, M: :h 4 - (A*)— Yunnan the enemy’s thrusts on Russian armies have left recap- in the Bismarck and 15,000 Japanese the Salween front had been annihilated Sea checked. tured Rzhev in their wake in a warriors bound for of Guinea drive westward from that fallen the battlefields New fortress and are pushing forward u mF have been wiped out "almost to a man" by airmen of Cardinal Better steadily on the Northwestern |KI the southwest Pacific command, front in the offensive opened by k an allied commun- 4 (/P) LONDON, March Marshal Semeon Timoshenko, ique proudly today. The most Rev. Arthur Cardinal announced while south of this vast strategic 11,I ,1 vj Hinsley a “very good night had straight- 4, ft few 1m( words BARRY BOBBINS BOOSBVBLT SMILES The amosing victory, the bulletin said, was improvement was main- area the front has been IQQQ ON MARCH IQQA IQQCA«7OU and his ened with the capture of Igov ¦IvOO with retiring President Hoo- A vtrx became a right-hand through despite dost bowl a on his condi- achieved at the cost of only threo fighters and tained,” bulletin hnd Dmitriev-Lgovsky, Soviet Then dm the New Deal: honk mm, fir* at WFA aMbda- treablea. strikes, labor disuslty, IQAQ JEEP-RIDING Pteel- allied said today. The Cardinal, ver. fight Supreme bomber, while tion authorities said today. koMsy, fireside shots, repeal, CCC, Water, later a* secretary es with Court orefNRA dent reviews-troops hi one SI JapoesAfrica, plans invasion. ful armada ware shot out of the fight and many others dam- ster and primate of Romrn A sp.cial ommutiique last 4AA. in Great night proclaimed the victory at aged. Thirty-three of the 55 were listed as certainly dsstrey- Catholic church ed as "probables." Britain suffered a sever* heart RZhcv, with 2,000 Germans de- and 22 attack Saturday. clared killed in a three-day In addition to the 15,000 ground troops killed or drown- siege. The bulletin also announc- Reveal Heal Flying Fortresses Batter ed in the furious allied onslaught several thousand Japanese ed the capture of Lgov and City Obtains naval personnel probably lost their lives, a spokesman said. Admit Red Gains Dmitriev-Lgovsky, respectively The daring and persistent two-day aerial attack ana 45 and 55 northwest of Docks and Hamm LONDON, March 4 (/P) miles Rotterdam of the great plane-versus-ship battles of the war "com- Kursk and about 45 miles from The Berlin radio, in a broad- Ration Plans Five Big U. S. Bombers Lost C D Fire Unit pletely dislocated" the Japanese campaign, the communique the Bryansk here by the As- railway which runs on Europe cast recorded south through to Violent Sweep Over said. It obviously reduced the threat to Australia. sociated Press, reported today and west Kono- Point-Values Emergency Truck made top and Kiev, capital of the Uk- By The Auecimted Preis successivc night attack on the MAJOR DISASTER that Russian forces had Govern Purchases LONDON, March 4 U. S. First in County "We have achieved a victory of such completeness "local breaches” in the Nazi r. ine. continent. as to Flying Fortresses bombed docks attack on Hamburg, heav- a major to enemy," lines on the flanks of the front SERIES OF TRIUMPH WASHINGTON, March 4 The assume the proportions of disaster the the and warehouses of Rotterdam ily battered since the beginning When Auxiliary Firemen meet communique said, and General Orel, 195 miles south of This series of triumphs, hard (A*)— The government plans to tonight around and freight yards at the Ger- of the war, followed a large at the fire hall for their Douglas MacArthur added that Moscow. on the heels of the eight-day ration meats, butter, margarine, they’ll man the man city of Hamm by daylight scale assault Monday night on regular drill, GRIM SCORE "Merciful Providence mnst have Timoshenko offensive pointed cheese, lard and other cooking today following a heavy RAF new state-owned ton and one- fats Berlin. Hamburg has been visit- guarded us in this great victory." toward Staraya Russia after the and oils under a single set attack last night on Hamburg half Civilian Defense emer- of coupons Ration Book 2. ed by RAF bombers nearly 100 The enemy transports and Blast Sicily capture of Demyansk and Za- in No. In the round-the-clock air of- gency fire truck for the first This was learned today from times and was heavily attacked warships represented an luchye, west of the Valdai hills, fensive. British time. 510 Jap Ships esti- CAIRO, March 4 informed authorities who with- Feb. 4 when 16 of the mated tonnage of 90,000 tons. heavy led the Moscow radio to exclaim: announced that five planes failed The khaki colored truck, one ed States bombers at- held use of their names and it Officials to return. "All sunk or sinking,* “The capture of Lgov and of the heavy bombers Danish radio stations sudden- of several loaned to communities are tacked Messina, Sicily, import- coincided with the raising of the to Destroyed the communique said. "His (the across Dmitriev has shown that Ger- return, but at least 14 enemy ly broke off transmission short- by the state, arrived yesterday are ant supply port the question of what has happened enemy’s) air coverage of this from Italy, a man hopes that Spring would planes were destroyed. Results ly after noon today, indicating and today was ready to serve in i Strait of Messina to the nation's meat supply in NEW YORK, March 4 (fl>) force has been decimated communique east slow down the advance of the were declared good, despite ad- that the round-the-clock Allied case of war-inspired emergency. naval of the middle view of undenied reports that —The loss of all 22 Japanese , of planes today. Red army were unfounded. The verse weather conditions. assault on German strongholds The truck came equipped with and dispersed. 55 his command said civilians will get an average of ships reported sunk or in a sink- having Red Army still advancing." n was being carried into another conventional fire extin- been shot out of combat ft only about l 4 pounds of meat The original communique an- two ing condition in the Bismarck day. guishers third designed to and many others damaged. His It was spring and thaws weekly under rationing. nouncing the operations against and a sea battle would raise to 510 the spreading in the Donets Basin During daylight yesterday fight gasoline-fed fires and in- ground forces, estimated at Bolster Force Each of the meat, cheese, but- the Netherlands port and Hamm, total of Nipponese ships of all have been blamed for some 140 miles to the east, mentioned mosquito bombers attacked the cendiary bombs It contains a probably 15.000, destined to IN AUS- of ter and fat products is to be as- types announced sunk since SOMEWHERE the slowing down below Khar- no losses. crushing and grinding plants of 25-foot extension ladder and attack in New Guinea, have TRALIA, Feb. 15—(Delayed)- signed point values, as in the Pearl Harbor, an Associated kov, north of Stalino and in the the Molybdenum Mines at Kna- another roof ladder 111 feet long been sunk or killed almost to a (/P) —British spitfire planes now case of canned and processed Dispatches from the Allied Norway, Press tabulation today showed. Kuban Caucasus, although the ben, 40 miles cast of in addition to p 159 gallon boos- man." are operating under Lt. Gen. fruits and vegetables. base from which the Rotterdam Stavanger. Soviet communiques raid One plane was lost ter tank and 30 feet of emer- United States losses, to date, The action was executed bril- C. Kenney's command in have been The points will be inter- was sprung said that all George those bombers in the raid. gency hose. including the recently announc- liantly under extreme weather northwestern Australia, it has frank in noting stiff German re- See MEAT—Page 2 returned with but negligible damage The truck can pump water ed cruiser Chicago, destroyer , hazards and extended from the been disclosed, and airmen here sistance and fierce counter- and it de- attacks. scribed German fighter defenses from cither hydrant or river at DeHaven and three unidentified i Vitiaz Straits, between thd Bis- say they consider them far su- Pupils Bond, Stamp gallons min- The only German salient ex- 11, Painfully as weak. the rate of 500 a torpedo boats, total 94 ships, marck Archipelago and the New jerior to the Japanese Zero Boy, conventional sized tending into the Russian posi- The Berlin Radio, however, ute. The two Naval and merchant. Guinea coast, south to Huon fighter. Coffee Purchases Soar Sharply pumpers at the station can pump tions north of Kharkov is the Burned by broadcast a report by DNB that Gulf on which the Japanese - of 750 and 1000 gal- A table of United States and Vyazma-Bryansk line, which Robert Couto, 11-year-old son seven multi engined American Sales of War Bonds and at the rate bases -of Lae and Salamaua are be- Stamps respectively. Japanese ship losses in the Pacif- came of Sergt. and Mrs. Joseph bombers were shot down during to pupils of the Mount lons. situated. The convoy started Gandhi O. K. endangered with the fall Tech. the Clemens Public school Fire Chief C. Edward Wil- ic area, not Including the Jap Couto, admitted to Base morning over western Ger- system See VICTORY—Page 2 of Rzhev. was many. jumped to $2,359 30 this lert hopes the state will turn the losses in the latest United States NEW DELHI. March Hospital Selfridgc Field last week. It was considered here reason- at The Allied blows were Superintendent L. Wade Fast truck over to the city once the announcement follows: Mohandas K. Gandhi, who end- night, suffering from burns re- dis- able to presume that there may closed in the wake of Nazi revealed today. war ends. Meanwhile, it will be ed a 21-day hunger strike yes- ceived coffee was two Type Jap U. S. Monitor-Leader See RUSSIA—Page 2 when scalding night raids upon London. Ten Totals by schools were: Clem- used to fight fires in nearby terday aft Poona, spent a restful accidentally spilled on him in a Battleships 2 1(Y) night and awoke in good spirits British bombers failed to return en*, $74.70; Dickinson, $129.15; warplants and in the city when Aircraft 6 4 local restaurant. His father is on from Carriers Home Delivery this morning, a government bul- the assault upon Hamburg Donaldson, $117.80; Grant, other equipment is in use. Cruisers 38 8 overseas duty, and the family and associated forays letin annouced today. against $31.85; Lincoln, $166.10; Ma- Mayor Donald R. Westendorf Destroyers 64 23 residence is 173 North Broad- other targets in Ger- Speaker western comb, $6195; Wilson. $177.75. expressed gratification at the Submarines 29 5 Rate Increased way. many, which marked the eighth and high school, $1,660. arrival of equipment. of Daily the Transports 100 7 Publishers the Franco Confers Merchantmen and Monitor-Leader aaneeaeei Monday that home delivery LONDON. Much 4 (/P) TEN YEARS IN TflE WHITE HOUSE Supply Ships 191 12 The rates for the newspaper have German-controlled Paris T-ibchaser or Tor- raised to 24 cents radio reported today from Mad- been week- pedo Boats 1 11 ly, effective st ease. rid that the Spanish cabinet had Minesweepers 10 6 In making the inneeeee met twice the past 48 President Asks Divine Help Toward Victory and within Peace Gunboats 7 5 ment the publishers petntbd hours to of Tht Aaiaciftted Pre«t diseuss a number im- ¦r men and women are in the arm- tioning that “two or three" Pennsylvania who Patrolboats 6 1 toward enormonsly portant questions relating in- WASHINGTON, March 4 attended the Inertasid to ed services their relatives will members told the president he conference, Oilers 7 3 production costs and the drat ternal policy. President Roosevelt prayed to- represent commented: an overwhelming ma- “should" or would “have to be" SOME DISCUSSION Auxiliaries 9 4 tic curtailment es advertising day on his tenth anniversary in jority, all agreed on the need of a candidate next year if the war “I understand there lineage under the impact the White House for divine help drafting labor. was some es is still on. discussion of a General increased toward peace and victory, and To keep the manpower on the candidate, but I war. Mh Seek AceorJ Capital “But they got no response didn’t hear it. East's Motorists have ferced them te reins the busied itself with the job, Chairman Emory S. Land Os course, when- !¦ ANKARA. March 3 —(Delay- continuing problems of war. from the President," he added. ever Democrats get together on antly folleyr the lead af vir- ed) (A*) diploma- of the Maritime Commission, ’Honor-Basis' lnformed These problems included how said “I don't think he heard it as he they discuss the subject. I’ll say tually all ether dally newspa- tic quarters reported that it is necessary to cure il- WASHINGTON, March 4 (VPi today to get and keep sufficient man- legitimate absenteeism, was doing most of the talking. this for myself, that if the war pers in establishing the new Dr. Karl Clodius, which he —From now on the east's mo- German econ- power where it is needed, how told the Naval If he did he smiled it off. It is not over by 1944 I am sure weekly charge, they mid. -v- omic expert, will House Committee torists are on their honor do arrive here 91 to lit an increasing part of the is "a first cousin to slackerism." was said rather lightly and there there is no one who can write to Better service and a greater late this month, presumably to nation’s facilities into war pro- He said work-or-fight was no discussion." the peace like Frank essential driving only; police en- return te earrftar keys wtt ft* a order t D. Roose- * discuss anew agreement for the duction and how to make the would help. The new national chairman velt.” forcement of the pleasure driv- salt, the pebHahMi Ifaled. " delivery of Turkish food go ing chromium to around fairly through Mention of a fourth term was and Postmaster General did not When Walker told reporters ban is out on order of Price The mere feltewi hf apt* Germany. rationing; Administrator Prentiss Brown. made in what was described as identify those who brought up that practically all in the com- eral weeks dnßlf ml. It" To get the manpower, con- a very the He hy PH ¦¦earth brief placed in Beth Tephilath Syna- POWERFUL BLOC committee members to see the ments in the war so far. “I have never seen any indi- lifted entirely by March 22. II duration were felt throughout gogue. Mount Clemens, Sgtur- Clark told the Senate Military chief executive. Walker said Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller, cation from him that he wants depends on the gasoline supply will remain Portugal yesterday. day at 8 30 p. m. Committee that once 11,000,000 afterward in response to ques- national conryiuttccwoman from See PRESIDENT—Page 2 situation, he said.