thirty-first year
HtfwJterson Haihj Btspatrff
\T? WlttB KKH iTli'K OK 1 Hi'M I\l.' I >1-* /"\ikt xi <«
1 THE ASSOCIATED PREfS.
Jit
HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 22, 11)11
t UHl-l-SHKI) KVKKV AKTEHNOON
EXCKfT Sl'NlJAy.
FIVE CENT'S A COPY
. x «»J tX L
Nazis To Occupy All Balkans
"big l hreeT' To Revise Status
Of Charter, Churchill Asserts
1,000 American Planes
Drop 1,500 Tons Bombs
In Attack Upon Berlin
I.March •>•». <.\l'i
.More than 1.000 Aiiicrniii plains
sliow crcil now destruction mi
(Serlin today, returning i<• liio
(irrman capital for tlx- tirsi lim.
since .March <). Tlioy .dropped
probably 1.500 tons ol bombs.
StriuiK l«>mv" .>i
J*i»l trrv.si : at'ackcd indu lii.il ,,.;;;
militaiy turret, in ISivlin, i:,itul|
Slates air headquarter n<>unn i
Many huiulml:. tit Hiund- ri>..|<
I.urli'i:mj:. »m| JVtu.st.ini; fitt|i(cr
1 i III ,
T,>' V.;ir I ho null t 'tilled sialos
N " "■ 'r HMnck iiUiiitlsl Merlin.
i.it-.liliiihK lighter rtttl
the l ulled Sl.ilc . \, .,t wjth .111 ._
I' M i\ <• ..vvri'i) M;iivh \ sniiill
"I l-i.ilit >e. bunihi'd the iJoilm dn
lio\l fl.iv, lll'i on Much <>
1 * ' lu'jivtxiiiil vr . <1.1 •(>;>■ tl J,
,"4' t"H ; 1 «ni spccial tiiiRoi
Hun- v i;i ;i| i 111: id 1 nl lioiiibcr
>•' •' return \ 1-its AJ 1 ii-Ii <{ .1 ri<I
Ceilings For Farm Wages
May Be Extended In 1911
Wailiinuto Mareli i \|»>.
\\ ir Kooil .\iliinii;ti 11• • Ma: it
t"l'l tin- Senate It'll1', iii*. (' ■
it • T»«v today tn.it .1 policy ..I ..ell i.;
tcihnu.- mi hnn. w.iue in • -thi• .in ,..-,
may ii,(\c In lie extended ttu vi\ir
"in the interest ••( proiiuiion
Appearing in l>eh ill ••! I- -gi .1.1' i i i
It i i nti: u- the • tal>ili/.it 11 art an
ntliff yen, .lone .1! 1 I tin -
• T'linent report pi it'c.s !•.! :., 1 in jiii,.
duel "are .iti integral |> 111 ..1 tli"
V .11 food product I' ll. .Kill II I , J11.,y
r<l tln n |i.nt in tiliiii<"-iii; .111 output
ill l!l lit winch Win. ill! pel tflit '
11 than tlic Ine-year pi t--war avi: -
;CC."
I'll larm wage «-i%! I lie > •ml:
' I .11 tnri':. arc likely tu brcoa;e i:i
16 Dead, But
4 Missing In
Bus Plunge
I 'as air. N. .1.. March ( \l'>_
IVhcc i t hall ,1 do/en »»i1111 in.:.'
w trlicd liidav fro 11 the i>ank>
tin- murky I'aasaic rivci nccktnis
ImmIiCS which final doWllStre.i l|o|!l
tile Market .street limine, ulien a"
le.i-t >i\teen pei ons d.ed 111 tin
pi. 11 i.ue of .1 bti- ihln the stream
Monday morning.
Searchers contuned tu win!. l:i>m
■alt near the bridge, seatehaig toi
I'nir persons ollieially lepmlei
missing by pi •lire, ami x others
listed ,i» probably iiiismiil; by anol
ftrial sources. Si\ ntlier pel -ii vlu»
were abord the mtereity 1 hi.- when
it went into the water Monday morn
ing are in good rondition .it three
hospitals.
1 it*•». tmi i .: iii
I v. ■ :;«•. v/cr«* .. I laltv« I »■ low lvv«'l
v.ii.ii tin- u.t: they tui-vj
iihi < .1 • *t . uliM.inti.iUy.
' I llt'll" llil\ «• l« I'll MHIU .11''. •
11 illy (luring tlte l;u*m ' was«»n «<f
It'll "Hi |H.>risll.'llj|c ill :■ i Ml !<•: . iVlHIt
II '■ <• iipiiu (tii<t*' i n in;, ili-ii, iiki .
•'«»■ I • !«• JliH. )»i ihlMit V
i . Wo haw i> ii into I'lU'i'l mm -
it.iI v.'.if,- r<'iiii)K-> m -m il ,.n .i. ,n I
. ' " M- 11 i;iV IH lll'fll |'i|
..lu ll ;i )»•«•: tin V'- 'i in t'K- iliti:
I > ! .1 jii id netmil,"
! In iulviicMtiiiK «'jnliiiii;iiwi .. K«*ll
III' I).|Vnil-Ills |i. ; 11)|)D| | 1.11 III |>l li e .
| -lulio said lnry lII11 Lilly I'lii'MiiM:'.!
I tin* neec. ...ry t• ii.• I |n ■ ilurln.ii. i.rt
tin." i i l.ilH i* |>t ire lor tin- \ iirim s
|n 'iil ii'l.- fin-mil ,iUf tin- ni. ,-,1 desir
able pattern <>t pnulmii in."
Crop Insurance
I>ill I <> Confront'
Iocs Iii Congress
W.isliiiii,;. ii. March —i .M'l
— I In- lien h-iiitrodili I'll «-ri»|i in
suranre lull, providing for re
\i\.il»l government insuiani e on
u Ileal .iikI eolt-in ne\l >ear. aisil
mi toliacii. eorn and rire heKin
>i i ii i; in l!ll(i. a|i|iarenll\ was
slaleil ler In - a<.i i .isin opposition
in the I In use today.
Iii ri porlini; n- vt iise.il \e.n ' .
agriculture liill ti (lie llmise. Hie
appropriations eoiiiinilli i- ret us
ed to recoinciul tnto revive
llie now liquidating ero|» insiir
anee corporation. and 15cpi cscn
l.tlive funl-M. North Carolina
Iteini rrat. one of the eliiel' |iri»
|i!>iients i I tin- legislation, s.ii I
no effort mi. .iltl lie made to amend
llie lull on tIk* floor.
Whether Meeting Is
Planned Not Stated
By Prime Minister
Li-ndou. .March 22—(AI *) —
I'rini • .Minister Churchill l<>l< 1
('onions today thai there would
l»e "it newed consultation be
tween the I'liiieipal allies" on
(lie ;i|>|>!ir:ition <>l the Atlantic
< hai l' r un(i( r thi-' chau;;itiK
phases oi I he war.
c hie : hill *1x1 ii> i < t.iitni .do whe
ther til MMllt.it i .1.. ll'.IUllt till;"
tin f< in; • i 'he
Allit'l time. .... Ii.is heeii ! i
:i.-»i«-« i.
lit. i••Irroneo In liie Atlantic cltar
tn "ii v.h rh t h'ueliitl <.nly !a.«>t
V.i" 1 1 «■• ii •• I ' i mIk-.i.iIc ;t:i iijwn
(If*".ill . I '• .' in' ri niitse when
" e .• ■ •• limit I I >n ■ •. ketl |ur a
i';. ' >I« r • 111 in view of I'v
• ii i- t " ireh ft t< <1 . t'i what tit
]•••! • ill'' I'Mltl'ttlll- . <lf ! lit* Alliiitic
l htir'er ,*. i r f !• ■ l»l>lv
• it i \ :■ Ii i't !• .t .1.-. the ch nt^trg
jiti.i •• t.| i .• .-..i, .Mvei'etl ••ii.* iiii
• •'ln i. . • i:. • l ii !".ei i-1.11 itI'-.ili'tns wii!
i ;< i. '| ii t • t • 11 I he ivir.il in tin unrtct*
the dtmuiicnl. winch has lx*e*»mo
! • i,1- !y I n' ii tii- Atl.inlic
(!••• " t'liun hiil ri'iilntl. • and
Dr.: !•
• i"|i ••' for i I'
ll • • t r .ill'I ii I i t . • .'II in*'
I i .t. ,...1 ill lie.;."
I . It I; it |I| ejiii • I til (Viihiii I. nil
II : .|. : *|<.- i ■••) tM - li <1 iv
tin the. t'l.itl to M..U* th.it tii'' Al
lium i h.rti i . '.iikI .i i ilcclaratiHi
■ i! tilt ] >11 '1 iit;r| | >111-|. m» III Wl|lr!l
II .inu.it ||< II, •, , i i *: 11. • 11.:. Will— I
II ' Wit'•.••til 'It' ' »:• tl- -1 It llll- I
i |>.*•■» i> iiiiiu.iin with our j
ell' lllr .' ( I I I ill . .Ill
I.i;»' !i Ii.il.rn. • VI.iy we lalitf it
III it i• 11i.i| t ic ipp.-rt nf Die |
jS'iverniiionl t . the principles "I the
II.• • 111 • Ch.tiUi itin.hi. as Mining
tinliiy it?, v. lit n the document was
(liilWIt up?"
"I .' ud I was not prepared t»
i nib.1.1: mi th.it inject .it i|'iesti'in .
lui tin r Hi:.n !•. make t.ho p;.i liei.il.tr i
statement I have made." ( hurchill j
replied, "hut it implies no C"iitra- I
du t ■ >.. it the (|iie:.'tnn tii.it 1 do nut
v. ilIi t ' ,id(i to what I have said." i
Nazis Offer
To Make Rome
"Open City"
l.'Hiilrn. March !"!—(Al'i—Till'
f •rrni.iii-rontri lli'il Koine radio
t< <(.■> aiinoiiiitril tii.it I Ik* <«rr
iii.iiis mi iiIiI withdraw .ill mili
tary installations I nun Komi- anil
uotihl ilivt-ii .i.l military traffic
from Ihi' I'll> in .in I'flort to plan
ri's|ioiisiliilitv tor hnnihings rn
tir«-1> cii tin .Mlii's.
I'll!' i'i -Mill M 1 .l|>|i;il Vlltl.V N>>llk;lll
to (IitIjiic l{>>m«> iii up. ii nlj Surli '
a uniliiU-i.il ilrrlat .it .<hi. <>I i*inir. c, '
(( • >iitiniifd I'll I' I v ii. i
Where Skidding Bus Took Riders To Death
Here is the snowy seene at Ihr Market Street draw b ri«lc< ill Passaic. N. J., a few minutes after a crmvilnl
bus svvervd through tin- Riiaril rail (lireak shown li % arrow) anil earried all its passenger* to the bottom
of the I'assair River (right), A few men and women floated to the snrfaee alter the etnersi nt'.v door of
the vrhlrl? eame open, hut of ihesp less than a dozen w ere saved. <hri nch volunteer risene workers hes.in
toiling at onee. I'uliee ewerreorv triicUs (near I he arrow) and ambulanccs Irom several hosnitals had ar
rived when this jdeture was made. (International)
'MARCH TO BERLIN IS ON/ REDS SAY
UKRAINE SMASH
OPENED NOV I
HUNGARY]
'itNINGRAP •1IKHVIN
•VOLOGDA
FTAUINI
STAR A Y A RUSSA
VAtOStAVl
PSKOV
•MOSCOW
AlATt^#
winwn
-ORM/Mf* typLENtK^ )
• KtUN
MUNAjy 0VIINA
EAST Sg
PRUSSjAi
33n<?39
• GOMEI
IRESMITOVSK
'OtONtZ*
KONOTOf'
mco«oo
■EaDICHIV
ONtr»orirtov$?\
tMOCILEV'VA
MdlTOKM
VOROSHtlOVSK
PtO€ST«#
iucHAeisre
s«VA::Tofot
•VOtOSSlSl
A MOSCOW BROADCAST, hailing the Red smash across the Dniester River into Bessarabia, has announced that
"tiie Red army troops are going to inarch to Berlin." This map illustrates the key stops in !)".• scrsntVr.il
"comeback" sia".«d by tlic Russians. At the mnmcnt the huge machine is sweeping into Rumania ' A) ar.'i '1
probably cause that count! y to drop finm Hie war while netting a southern trap for vast number of Nazi ti : s.
Meanwhile at (B) is tiie main "on to Berlin" drive with Lv.ovv as its next vital goal. (International)
Reds May Cut Nazi Escape
Savage War
New Raging
In Cassino
New Zcalanders
In Hand -u>»| land
Grip With Nazis
All.r«| I !*• if|<| • 11i\* .1 p| ••
M.I. ch . ( AI • > Nr • /1 • : i »i • < |
troop n! 11:«• !•' ftli Army. lu;:^inL*
it «• *M V. i»?i rnrmy in n ;ii"f
hand *-» .■ i : gh| • .• nn.1 ln.ik itg
slow but I t •.». i y in I'll*
SollUvih ♦ "I jot | ol C . ||( • AIImvI
ll(M(1f|ii;n *• "lltKVfl Iftfi.sy.
KiUhlilil* | : • fly .. bloody r.^ni
Ml thfr ll .1 1«» fllC* wr.-t f 1*11(11 Will* ll
,.»i i* ? • iioi thirty j- «•••« . •»! Gen
»n in uftitl<%ry 'iikI id mv more n*»#»r
fin v i Mii' iiiK I urn .slu li. i»!m tin
rinnrrl |o\* :i
A11 it I • • . Iu'lflm:; ••lit* poinf
i»ti thr Montr < « ,.;iim . |npr. wrrr
unly If if I tn (MM y.M'l; from fwo
sf< II I ,il li'lri V p«>fflt ri »
wi« t of thr» • ii. in it iKirlini.
I irl v 'I t ? • * I'M \Hir»| ;• sin it ,
In irtc i» it t •• hIIcy itr 11n 1 it.
hrvpii'l. ' • « • ill/«• Ihr rnrtr\ lor
\\ 111 • * 111! i i i i . itm Ihrir »♦•••. !i inr11
Thr Imi I '•» li.i'ifl I ightnii* :ti < i .
Mifi'. «nif .I'M :oitioii w;is of'liri liy
r|i*:.t »ii»r l • v Itr i'. v
(irnii;iii »i«• t«• t•» r tmr«\. in <'• .inn
\vrrr i 'miiIim i I M«hi<I.»v by \ • 111.*
Nt'i/.i p i! «i'«* 'roup «r i * I i«i! 1 i * 1
;ili » m. <i r i •• • » i'ii«'i o:*« i m»«i » r
ftr'.'il irpot I . I!m' fti;hl i»u ,n t|M;
town'.; o • * ii ration •i«lir.»t«*fi
I!». it I1i«\v i' . I I . i • r • •
£l onti'l Hir'r . • 11 f • r I f*ci jihn nit* thr
('notiii'Mtl.il ? ulrl wirrk
f in Ihr Montr (mo l«»|ir
flritisii li'«i;» ni;»f|r a flotnrnr tir«l
fill.irk on 1 \\»> (•rrtnan pnmU la I
iniiht Mid u«*rr in kififj » »cI pro
SI'f^K lllltil I h0> I'flll mli. .i nillif f nil
Thr (»''r.n«r . u r.mw •• Ir :n**rd n
I illrr.»i mi:*, Ihrniif'h ;i jjilrh .on nwi
Ihr I*i*if* h. In run1, fI!<•:11 I • rrtnn
l»» IhfMi* ba a\
291. S. Soldiers
Killed In Kn«^land
In Training lilast
l.ond'xi. Marc h Tl— ( \I*» —
T«ml,v-wlnr t'niteil Slates siil
iliers \vre killril anil ill
inreil ifiirhm an aeriiirnlal r\
illusion rim ing (rainiiiK ;t«*li\ ilirs
in Kiu-'aml. il was annonncrd tn
«lav. \.tines were witlilielil un
til tl-.cir families, are iiolifie:).
Mystery Blast In
Ammunition Dump
Near ()re<*on (lity
I'rndlrt in. ()ri'«c ii. M.1 it'll !'!—
I AIM — An i i; I •• i> cinitaiiiiiii;
IiiiiiiIis exploded .it llii- I matilj
ammunition stumer depot at
I.i-.t niishl anil five or six per
sons are missinc. Colonel A. S.
Miiyrv. commanding; ofticer, an
nouiirid at till:liiiuItt. Hi- said
n.-rnrs ot I In- casualties would lie
anncntterd as soon as il'.'lcr
tnilu'd.
< .111 r ol till" r\|ilosion is 1111
l.rowit. In* saiil. I>tit "lltcrc is no
Uimu l-di;r ot ana salio|ai;r."
I'lir lore- ol tin- lilasl u as Irll
here, '!0 mil's southeast, and
ir-idents as tar aua> as l.ev.is
ten. Idaho, reported lev line the
shock.
Tile ammunition depot covers
an aria ot some ti n square mi'-s.
The mlros are placed 1110 leet
apart, almost Iniried in sandy
Mill.
Another U. S.
Submarine Is
Listed Lost
^ till' .'••• I • (AIM
' ' ' ' '• ' 1 • \ ■ '• •(! Illl' l.ll til"
OC'I |'l t ■ " ■•Milt ... 11, KM- 11-. If.
I 'II: '(I |n.f in
• ;;1|I .In , ■ I,,I.■■•(I |,v
K.r, v • •<(
vI,, : . . . „f
" n* i I. ; i r Hit
'A '• 1"!. .li .ill ll-.i.., ..! Ihfii.
• •ll« ■ i.V >•! |M' ill. li J v v. h:|<- ..it
" .1.., .i . .))• 'i
|. "M t'.irrirtl w of
1 • • nil;. . ,,
' •> I''i; III . • i in 11»-| .
'• tiH'iii; "Itiin • . C.iiiiu,mil. ,
M < \ I "ll 'II 1 > . •( 1111 III!. .1 ||, it I- ,|
is... • . • ii:. m„,
flin *i ' • ti'iHm. 1} trd ■ i>r
lllfl |>lr ||l|l«v| |n f, I; ,v;t S. 11111 I., | . ,
•""J "»'• « IixKhI m ovmfeic
.11(1 I...! ..ii M.,:r | |
I'lii- n«".\ mkinu Iniiii: I . ill lln>
'I'l'l'll. "I AI 1)1 I.., ,| VI'-SCK
I ItHH' Ihi* war StllI'l{'(I Cnin|iiiiri|
Willi Hint liguii', Aiwricun Mibwn
i 'lie-.iiniH- li ivc -unk. piiiluilily sunk
<1. It ucd It i .l.:|i;i||i -c >lii|.~ n| ,i||
l.vpc mi hiiliiii" s< line u in -.hips.
'it SLA & Mfc|<
IOII NOKTII ("AltOI.INA
Mostly i tmnly and warmer to
■ticlit. ( liimlv am) mild with
sl.nwrrs Tlinrsdav.
Russian Smasli Is
Near Prut River
In Rumania Proper
London. March 'I'l—(A I') —
| Russian a r m i e s . .-mashing
j through liessarabia in a >\iiw
j toward the Balkans. have knifed
to within thirty miles of the
I'rut river border of Rumania.
I Moscow announced today, and
other forces striking southward
! were reported within IS miles
of the major escape road 'or
thousands of Germans in the
()dessa bottleneck.
| Reinforced In- masses ol tank? and
artillery pouring steadily across the
'Dniester river, the Russians slashed
,i trunk railway in their advance to
ward the Prut, starting line tor the
southern wave of the I!M1 German
invasion. :i Soviet communique de
clared. The llussiail units sweepnm
siiuthw.ird also siruel; to within
twenty miles of another rsca|»e line
fi>r the Germans in the south.
The hammer and sickle was
rai.seil above .'ISO more liberated
towns and villages yesterday as
ttie Russians continued to pound
the (iermans back alone the .">00
milr front from old Poland to
the I'l.irk Se.i. Tlie Soviet ImiI
letin said the tones strikinc for
I m ow . I113 Na/i communications
Imh in old I'oland, had crashed
into I,wow province. The Rus
sians were within at! miles <>l
I wow itself.
In tin lit;lit'iii; 10 old I' 'land, the
Bulgaria And
Rumania To
Be Seized
Hungary Taken Over
With Only Slight
Opposition Raised
London. .March —
(■erman troops, a 1 ready in con
trol in Hungary, were reported
moving today to extend full mil
itary occupation to Bulgaria
and Rumania, and the Turkish
radio expressed the view Hitler
soon would place all three couu
trier under *.»n«■ command to in
tensity the (it-rman war clfort
in .-southeast Kurope.
cated l!i(> N.,/i <ij\-1si >iih were seiz
ing strategic military ami civil ad
ministration , . with ;il! the
speed atitl i iit ill. ,stn s: Hi .1 Hiarae
tori/.ed German tr . .p movements at
the start of the v. at
• eutral capital lriili
Kxcept i i- it i i, . < ....
once, the occupying lor
riuly vii.' ii.i\ :hi» Ihmg
' sivist
■'ppar
■ !! tluir
I lii i.iil .11 .in i ab'iicl w .is s liil
l.v (in* Ankara r.iili-i tn have wet
in r.rul'imi'tl M-ssiiiit >eslrrd;iv
I discuss German llnnands lor ac
tivr help in the Nazi war .mainst
I'nssia. Bulgaria. a I war uilii
I1 Itiilain and tin* I nitcd Stairs,
never has ilitcirnptc.l ri-lulioiis
with ISiissia, long Irirnd and
champion.
I.nlldnlt n'llllillg 110'.' ,1.1 |.er- pub
lished Ank11;< rit..patches .saying it
was i oil' .ili'fl then- Uml Premier
lip.mi Aneiieseu cif lt .ui .iii.'i u .is
JI.. mill; I-. seek .11 armistice with
Bus i.i. whose tiiiiiji already are
surging deeply into Iliw ilii i Ru
mania v i- i»•• Iready ti. rc
iii' i.'i all claims 1 i BPssaraoiii ns
nut' >f the armistice conditions, these
dispatches said.
A flood of reports about the
situation in Hungary agreed on
one point only—that 100.000
(id-man troops now completely
dominale the country with full
control of all railways and com
munications. There were indi
cations the Nazis w°re attempt
ing to set lip a Quisling regime
in Budaprst.
Berlin itsel? remained silent about
what is proposed in the Balkans,
although a foreign olfice .pokesman
i! directly intimated military occupa
tion ol tin entire area might he
proposed
"Bet' <■ present pollical develop
ments ai-i'd .11 ■ trciigthenmg Ger
man defense f-trees then- have been
• it 1 hided, no German statement
m.iy he expect* ii." he said, adding:
"Germany's allies nvisl now assume
hiirdeiis etpi il t . those borne by
(iermni y."
Hiij.mii.- said the Nazis threw in an
infantry division just arrived from
Demi ark." hut several German at
'.II lis well- repulsed and !MHI of this
c emy were killed
A battle ..t "unparullelled feme
v.i r|« • • I 11■ ■«| l.v the Germans
to I.e ■ ii.ing ..r .iind Kovel. a rail
linn 'i. ion ; . . ,„.|»h ol l,w..w,
"il 'h.- i .i.| I V. i .aw. bp! the re
p-n w-is v iMe nt Soviet ennfinna*
tiini Ko\-el ts .'inn nule.. from Bet*
hn. the an . di t nice as the Allied
nr. .i .-on t- iii, Britain
Invasion Ring Is Drawn
Around Japs At Rabaul
Mlv I M» n|(| ii . S •tiMivvc I
f'.iril .i 11< ifl<11i ii t<-1 M .11 h 'J'J
( MM I lie mi;i|i|iiii^ lit <il ,iii in
\ .1 ,n n i Mr; ,11'Hinil Hi' 'i,,ii|i| . <il
.1 i|Miir .it II.i i.iiiI, K.i\irtm ""I m
(In- S'il"iiii»n> l>> M hiiiis t.mdinu mi
en' Si Mn 11 bias islands. .»Ku miles
■ 1111 «•»! I'm!;. ■ ts disclosed today
liv (ii'ix'iiil OiMittlji.s Miii'Arth .!*.
The II.it isliii'fls i>l Kniirau. <■ po
teiiluil .hi base, .iiui ii■ 'iirliv Klo
ii"isiiii were occupHd ensily M <nday
l»y Kii' irifl Iurecs from the Solomons.
win. thus shot the trout line o| Ad
miral William K. Iliilsev Irom the
(in en islands on past the link of
Now Ireland In a near juncture with
General MaeArthur's conquerors oi
the Admiralties.
While the invaders, aided by air
and naval cover, brushed as'de Iiulit
oppnsilion. the town if Kavicng on
New Ireland, l<4 milc> to the south
ea.t i.| <)i' St Mattlni ci'iup. vir
111 111v w .is < i .i .r'l m .1 Mirer and
■ nr-lialt Inmi bombardment ll'j*
AllH'l II III biltttl 111.lU 11(4 HlCU'
|||;.I app< >t.mee ill 111!" I'.lMti.irck Sea,
in unl "Hut w.ii ships in htirlinj;
I.imn ions 1.1 shell s
Tin- leapfrou thrust into I lie St.
Mallhi.is group, n adc |»<>..s11«lt» l>v air
a; (I niival neutrali/alani il the inter
venilii; bases «»! Itahaiil a:id Ka\ letlK#
"complete isolation • •! all enemy
bases in Hie Bismarck archipelago
and places us in Iwmbitin range ot
l i nk." General MiicArthur sank lh(!
strangulation noose air liases won
liy amphibious invasions dating back
In November — exlerds clockwise
through the Green islands, Kmpress
Augusta bay (in Hi ugainvile. west
ern New Britain, the New Guinea
coast past Saidor. the Admiralty
Islands. l.Vi nuns eas( o( SI. Mat*
thiiis and back to the Greens,