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Pnti to ^ Wor
The' Pacific haa erupted with
naral and aerial tbnnder
,f|Kh manr obeerverB long beller-
ed would rnaak the anticipated
amphiblouB thrust at the Philip
pines.
L*ndlnga In the archipelago
would be the most ambitious
American Inraalon to date In the
Pacific conflict. They would be
preceded by the most comprehen-
alre naral-alr preparation.
Warships and aircraft probably
hare begun that preparation with
the boldest and most powerful
naval strikes of the Pacific war.
The continuance of radio silence
Indicates that they are still In ac
tion after successive blows at
Marcus Island, the Ryukyu chain,
Pormoso and Luson, main Island
in the Philippines.
The pattern of destruction al
ready outlined indicates an Inten-
sive effort to isolate the Philip
pines from reinforcements, while
smashing existing air forces in the
Islands. Intermingled with this
strategy is the hint the Nipponese
will be kept guessing by the
J iat of naval power capable of
ting almost any target at will,
le current series of assaults
in Sunday with the battle-
p-shelllng of tiny Marcus Is
land. 1,135 miles southeast of
Tokyo. Marcus Is Japan's ouly
deep sea watchtower in a 1,400-
mile wide corridor to the home
land, between Wake and the
Bonins. Its elimination as an ob-
isition post would enable
'.jirican fleet units to sneak
to Japan with diversionary
’utft.'icks. pegging fleet and air
power thousands of miles from
the Central Pacific battle theatre.
A great chain of islands links
the Philippines with Japanese
home islands and the China coast.
Along it ran the best routes for
aerial and surface reinforce
ments. The main link is the great
bastion of Formosa, one of the
empire’s strongest overseas fort
resses. Tokyo radio reported a
1,000 plane American raid Wed
nesday (U.S. time) on Formosa,
'previously only li.ghtly touched.
This was the day after the Luzon
attack, announced by .admiral
Chester W. Nlmitz.
Fomosa Rocked
^1,000 Planes
In Eight Hours
Pearl Harbor, Oct- 12.—Ameri-
can planes, 1,000 of them, attacked
Formosa, just north of the Philip
pines, concentrating on the is
land’s three most important towns
Tokyo radio announced today. The
report was not confirmed by the
navy here.
'Hiis was one of the greatest air
armadas ever sent against the Jap
anese in a single operation in the
Pacific..
“It appears that some units of
the China-based American air
force also participate^ in this
raid”, the Japanese radio report
ed.
Three Towns Blasted
Takao, Tainan and Taichu, the
three most important towns on
Formosa, took the brunt of the
American attack, the Tokyo broad
cast, recorded by the federal com
munications system, said.
The three towns are on the rail
way which runs' the length of the
island. Tainan and Takao are al
so ports on the southwestern
shore.
An imperial communique re
ported “enemy aircraft” launched
the attack at 7 a. m. today (Tokyo
time) “in strength” and that the
air battle was continuing” eight
hours later. The Japanese said
100 Yankee planes had been shot
down and that the “enemy contin
ued to carry out his persistent at
tack . . . with a total of 1,000
planes.
(Artemus L. Gates, assistant
secretary of the navy, said in an
address at Washington last May
• SERIOUS BLOW
Washington, Oct 6.—^An “alann-
ing increase’ among yoonger peo
ple of one of the most serious of
all heart diseases constitutes a
“serious threat to future genera
tions'' unless It Is controllsd, the
District of Columbia Ifwlcal so
ciety was told today.
Lt. Howard M. Odel of the na
tional naval medical cdhtst said
the ailment is coronary artery dis
ease—the malady In which there
is a corrosion or hardening of
blood vessels within the heart It
self.
Saying that “the stresses and
strains and increasing tempo of
modern living . . . undoubtedly
play an important role” in the dis
ease, Lieutenant Odel told the so-
cietjds annual scientific assembly;
“No disease occupies a more
sinister position in the minds of
the public and of the medical pro
fession than coronary artery dis
ease, the incidence of which has
increased in the past few years,
with an'ever-increasing tendency
to appear among younger per
sons”.
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War requirements have caused
a shortage of flax for civilians in
Eire.
that 55 carriers were serving with
the United States fleet and de
clared .1,000 plane raids by car
rier-based planes against the Jap
anese would be “only the begin
ning).”
Yesterday the .Japanese radio
warned that the American task
force which Monday (U. S. time)
hit the Ryukyu islands, eastern
doorway to the East China sea
and only 200 miles south of Japan
“was still lurking nearby” and
told the people “we must not be
caught off guard”.
MiaslnglnAeiioliC
Staff isirgeant ^rry Callo
way, son of* Mr. and Mrs, T, C.
Calloway of Ronda, has been re
ported missing in sotlon by the
Whr Department In a message to
his parents. 8gt. Calloway was In
France and has been mlsalng aince
September 11. No othhr details
were given. He entered the serv
ice In September IMS, and has
been overseas since May, 1M4.
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The eastern arm of this island
chain ends in the Ryukyus, 200
miles from the homeland. This
group was bomb-combed for the
first time Monday
Destruction of land installations
f and the constant threat of new at-
I tack could eliminate these high-
Ik^ays for the additional power
BPrhicH the Japanese will need for
W’the adequate defense of the I’hll-
r ippines .\11 of these objectives
I sould have been assaulted before,
but the Nipponese then would
have sufficient time to repair the
damage.
When the islands have been iso
lated to the satisfaction of careful
Pacific commanders, battleshitw
will stand offshore for the now
familiar symphony of gunfire pre-
cedjng the actual landing opera
tions.
Japs’ Palau Dead
Now Total 12,470
Pearl Harbor.—Japanese dead
In the Palau campaign totaled
12,470 through Tuesday, head-
guarters announced, disclosing
that 184 civilians had beeu in
temed C)« .Angaur. southernmost
Of-tbe invaded islands.
The totals: On Peleliu, 10.305
killed. 284 soldiers captured: on
Angaur, 1,165 dead, 11 imprison
ed, plus the civilians.
The announcement said th**
previou.s communique had erre'i
in listing I'l.OSS Japanese dead
on Peleliu. The figures should
have been 1,000 less. The new
totals include that revision.
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