Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1944 — Page 2

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By A. T. STEELE ren 4 Pray sd lms, in th Plpioe the ns oe Jp wil comin le nv, We the Juanes mined snd hen sipped vr Times Foreign Correspondent the advancing Yanks seemed awful- | American airbase in south China, it|operations in southeast China in an also be planning to use, to help re-|land. NEW DELHI, Oct. 24—For mil-ljy sor away. Now they seem sud-|is less than 1500 miles. attempt to open an.overland con-|leve their transportation problem,| Mo 0. P).—Here's & bit of advice for (lions of war weary Asitics, the gen)y right at the doorstep and the| Every allied front in continental|nection from there to their South|there is a stretch of more than 150/at bay in home waters, Southeast those engaged girls who have found great news of Gen. Douglas Mac- psychological reactions in this long| Asia will be benefited to & greater |Pacific conquests —s connection |miles in Chinese hands. And, in|Asia Com. Lord Adm. Louis Mountinterests to replace their Arthur's landings in the Philippines stagnant arena of war are consider- or less degree by the return of|which is made more necessary than|any case, an overland route could batten should be able to gain almost

poldier flancees. able. Dr. Henry A. Bowmin of Stephens |T®ADS the beginning of the end of & yp, cy py _|the Americans to the Philippines. |ever by the fast constricting neck|never be an adequate substitute for — says it's “cricket” to advise long period of waiting. pines Arie 5 SLY nie He Butty- In China the Japanese may be|of their north-south sea route. sealanes. oy adjacent to Burma, Singapore and : Here on the continent, andithe globe-girdling chain of Ameri- obliged to divert part of their air] It will be some months, at best,| Japanese operations in Burma i will be. bis. only change of heart. Despite the dam- especially in China, there is for the can war theaters. Direct sea con-|force to the assistance of their|before the enemy can hope to putiand other parts of Southeastern Simin : soldiers’ morale, Dr. Bow- | first time a feeling that help from nection between MacArthur in the|harassed brethren in the Philip-|through a railway or highway be- Asia will be seriously hampered by of the immediate frankness the East is very near. Previous to|Philippines, and Lt. Gen. Joseph W.|pines. This would relieve pressure tween occupied China and French|the prospective severance of their| , make Gen. uw may prevent his possible breakdown [the latest American move, Mac- Stilwell in China, may be some time | on Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault,| Indo-China, for Chinese armies still| north-south sea lines. The Japa- 10 the Mac! Arth will end the obvious Arthur's progress had been watched off but direct air connection be-|and his 14th army air force in|hold a 200-mile-wide land barrier nese army in Burma is largely de- hi Philippisies to this theater,

MacArthur's s Invasion of Philippines Brings Ro Hope That Help Is Near for Chinese,

HONORED IN RUES

Memorial services for Miss Myrtie LeCompte of Evansville, resident girls’ counselor at Indiana university, were held last night by Dean Kate H. Mueller and the girls at the Sigma Pi house where Miss LeCompte was counselor, ' Miss LeCompte died Sunday in the Bloomington hospital. The body

“cheating” complex on the girls out here with a sort of detached in-| tween the two generals is no longer China. in southern Kwangsi. pendent on materials brought by 1018, by | an idle dream. From Leyte island| However, it is to be expected that] Even on the Canton-Hankow sea to the ports of Indo-China and and | “08m a ADO me

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