Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 November 1942 — Page 5

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ROLLONIN!

FIERCE FIGHTING

Allies Aim Knockout at Tunis Area; Rommel

Remnants Attacked. (Continued from Page One)

heavy blows at Bizerte and Tripoli, and bombed a big axis Africa-bound supply ship north of Sicily. The ship was left sinking at the stern. ' The British communique from Cairo reported that Gen. B. L. Montgomery’s imperials had made contact with the fleeing axis columns about midway between Agedabia and El Agheila, where they were expected to make a stand in a narrow coastal defile. It gave no details of the fighting. . Rome reported that allied planes raided Palermo, Sicily. New Guinea Fighting Heavy Across the world, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's bombers struck again at Japanese naval forces attempting to reinforce the besieged enemy garrisons at Buna and Gona, on New Guinea’s north shore. Two and perhaps three troop-laden Japanese destroyers were. sunk by the allied bombers. The land fighting continued heavy in the Buna-Gona area. British Bristol-Blenheim bombers raided Myingyan, 60 miles southwest of Mandalay and other RAF planes attacked three Japanese-held airfields north of Rangoon ‘and south of Mandalay, a New Delhi communique reported. > ~ From Chungking, it was reported that allied planes, acting in support of Chihese ground troops, attacked

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Japanese positions at Yochow and along the Hsin-Chiang rivers, where the invaders were attempting to push through to Changshg, far to the south.

“MOM” TO SOLDIER

BALTIMORE, Md. (U. P.) —Ninety per cent of the letters, written for service men by volunteer| stenographers at the USO club here, be-

DIET WINS COMMISSION

ST. ALBANS, Vt. (U. P.).—A milk shake and banana diet fitted Lieut. Mavis Field of St. Albans for service as a world war II nurse. Re-

jected for overseas duty because she was underweight, Lieut. Field reached for the sweets. She was accepted when a second examination showed she had gained 11

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ng sun provides an ominous hint as to Japan’s impending fate. Note other U. S. warships on the horizon.

GETS FIRST DISCHARGE

HOLLISTER, Cal. (U. P.). — Although Fulton Picetti Jr., is the first San Benito county man to receive an honorable discharge from the U. S. army in world war II, his military service will continue. He was discharged from the enlisted ranks to accept a second lieuten-

“11. U. GRADUATES

1 Indiana university yesterday gradu-

YEOMAN CLASS

Two Hoosiers Included; 4 New WAVES Sent to Ensign School.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 26.— The United States Naval school at

ated its second class of navy yeomen. Lieut. E. J. Aylstock, exed<] utive officer, awarded certificates to 191 men.

Comm. H. G. Mosler, commanding officer, and President Herman B Wells of the university spoke. Among the graduates were two Hoosier yeomen, Herbert Powell of East Chicago and Wilbert Markle, North Liberty. Announcement was made at the school today of the following transfers and assignments of officer personnel: Lieut. (jg) E. V. Garman, Akron, O., discipline officer, transferred to South Boston, Mass. for additional instruction; Lieut. O. W. Johnson, Iron Mountain, Mich., assigned to succeed Lieut. Garman as discipline officer; assignment to the school of ensigns, Norma Pearl Reed, Allegan, Mich., Virginia Della Roberts, Baltimore, Grace F. Eckhart, Camden, N. J., and E. Kathryne Miller, Hickory, N. C. all newly commissioned WAVE officers; transfer of Ensign Elsbeth McKenzie, Yonkers, N. Y., to the navy deartment bureau of supplies and accounts, and assignments to the school of two additional navy nurses, Ensigns Margaret Elaine Kotori, Hollidays Cove, W. Va., and Sarah Ruth DeJean, Plankinton, S. D.

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