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JAPS REPORT
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HOME ISLE RAID,
Called Supporting Thrust to Unconfirmed Invasion.
By FRANK TREMAINE United Press Staff Correspondent
GUAM, March 20.-—Tokyo said that American carrier planes raided Southern Japan today in support of the reported invasion of the Ker. ama islands, 380 miles to the Sout west.
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Russia i in Lightning Drive YANKS NEARING
Now 21 Miles From Austria
DON, March 28 (U, P.)—jtrying to drive a corridor through Red army drove within 21} {to German elements which they
[said were still resisting inside Kues- | frontier an mie of We Auswian i 4 trin, 38 miles east of Berlin, about of Vienna today
6 Mitel Attack Oder Line * | with a lightning thrust to Sarvar|
The Vienna-bound drive coincided on the Raba river, 26 miles West with new and extremely heavy So- | of Paya. L [viet attacks on the Oder river line, Other Soviet cclumns were push- centering around Kuestrin, 38 miles ing toward Csorna; 75 miles south-east of Berlin. east of Vienna, and were reported | Nazi accounts admitted Soviet already across the Raba river just Penetrations at Kuestrin where they | east of CSOIDA. contended an encircled Arison still | Moscow dispatches for the was holding out. {time spoke of the drive as The Russians were
first
aimed | mopping up)
CEBU CAPITAL
U. S. Forces Drive Across Island After Landing.
By H. D. QUIGG United Press Staff Correspondent MANILA, March 28.~—American
invasion forces swept over Cebu to(day to within two, and half miles of {burning Cebu City, capital” of the ‘central Philippines island. Elements of the American di-
A broadcast Domeéi news Agency a: an ultimate. junction with the|in Gdynia and Darfbig and expected vision, which landed on the mine-
dispatch said that approximately forces of Lt.
90 carrier planes raided Kyushu, southernmost of the Japanese home islands, this afternoon (Japanese time), The raid was centered on Mivazaki and Kagoshima pre tures in the southern part of 1siand, Domel said. An early Tokvo radio broadcast | claimed that Amerifan reinforce. | ments had landed in the Kerama| islands, southwest of Kyushu, and | said “savage battles” were under way.
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The invasion of the Keramas part of the Okinawa group, is only a prelude to imminent landings on Okinawa island itself, site of an important naval base and several airfields in Japan's inner defense belt, Radio Tokyo said. Supporting American warships, including at least 11 battleships | and 15 aircraft carriers, shelled and bombed Okinawa and other islands to thé west and south for the sixth straight day today, Tokyo added. Japanese broadcasts said the reinforced task force now comprised | 100 vessels and estimated that nearly 1300 planes took part in yes-| terday’s strikes against the OKki- | nawa and the Kerama group of | islands. Pacific. - fleet headquarters re-| mained silent on enemy reports of | landing in the Keremas, but confirmed that warships and carrier] planes continued to attack “enemy forces’ and land defense .installations” in the Rkukyu chain, of which the Okinawa group is part. | Pound Main Island A delayed dispatch from Vice Ad-/ miral Mare A. Mitscher’s flagshi off Okinawa said battleships, cruisers and destroyers pounded the main island of the Ryukus group with more than 1000 tons of explosives! Saturday. Headquarters also annouriced that navy search planes, presumably based on Iwo, damaged three small cargo ships around Hachijo island, 150 miles south of Tokyo, Monday. It was the deepest penetration of| Japanese waters yet by land-based | planes other than Superfortresses. lc Radio Tokyo said 60 to 70 Superfortresses followed up - yesterday's daylight raid on Kyushu, southern-' most of the Japanese home islands with a second attack lasting from 10:30 p. m. to last midnight. |
PROMPT ACTION ON J DRAFT BILL SEEN
- WASHINGTON, March 28 (U Pol Senate leaders today expected! prompt passage of house-approved legislation ‘extending the selective act for another vear and for the drafting of nurses. { Both bills were approved “yester- | day by the senate military affairs committee. The only fight in prospect may be on an amendment to the draft extension to prohibit the war department from using boys under 19 in active combat.
QUINTUPLETS DIE SOON AFTER BIRTH
WASHINGTON, March 28 (U P.).—The last of a set of quintuplets born to a Negro mother here last night died early today. Mrs. Ada Turner, 36, gave birth to the five babies, all girls, begin- | ning at 10:40 p. m. The fifth child was born 17 minutes later The father, Harold Turner, is a clerk at the U, 8. hn standards here. The couple has six other children, including a 4-vear-old set of twins,
36, ireau of
All charges in the first: of Patrolman Forrest Euliss’ “unnecessary horn-blowing” cases to be tried were dismissed vesterday by | Taylor Groninger, judge pro tem lin Municipal court 4. . Judge Groninger summarily dis-
{his car around.the circle, {when Mr,
{stymied by
{ Tuesday {purple heart is expected to appear
1300 PLANES RAID
| Europe,
| the soldiers,
Gen, George S. Pat-{ 10 complete gecupation of the Baltic { : ities lg . 3 TOW. S8ig ton, which . already dave spear- clues Vi day . o more w. Russian roy } werh hor. | 8cCounts sai at the remaining headed halfway to the Gzech bor tefcndits lareelv yp oorl der across southern Germany geienders argely were poorly At the same time major fighting ained marine battalions, includ- | was’ reported on the Oder line, |[N8 many boys and elderly men,
It was had
the Red! 100 000 |
estimated that
where the Nazis claimed they were ; captured about
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strewn beach at Talisay on the east coast Monday, were. battling the Japanese garrison at Pardo just| south of the capital. Cebu City Is
largest “port in the Philippines.
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astated Manila and other island capitals in the archipelago. . A.naval bombardment. from eruisers and destroyers covered the landing made by Maj. Gen, W., H LArnold’s - veterans of Guadalcanal and Bougainville, > Although the, Japanese were caught off guard by the invasion, the shallow beaches were mined and the assault troops rén into mortar fire from the Talisay area, five miles south of Cebu City. Bombers and fighters of the 13th air force joined the drive and biasted a path for the ground forces moving onto the hard-surface road paralleling the coast. Five small villages were swept up and a stubborn Japanese pocket was knocked out nearly two miles north | |of Talisay in the drive which" carried to the town of Pardo. “Important Target 2
.The capital, with its three large | piers and airfields, was a prime tar-
get for Gen, Douglas MacArihurs forces,
Cebu city is just across a narrow
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American-held Leyte and approximately 350 miles southeast of Manila, Adm. Russell Barkey commanded the task. force which supported the landing and Capt. William Sprague commanded the amphibios attack force, Forces Near Junction
On Luzon, the 1st cavalry division and the 11th airborne division were nearing a junction as they
edged the Japanese into the south~?
eastern tail of the island. Liberator bombers of the 5th air force raided the airdrome .and port | facilities of Legaspi, near the ex-| treme southeastern tip of Luzon again Sunday with 80 tons of bombs, Other Sth air Lore Liberators the same day hit Formosa, bombing
and strafing an alcohol factory and!
a power plant at Okayama.
S. 8. LEHAND LAUNCHED
PASCAGOULA, Miss, March 28 (U, P).—~The 8S. S. Marguerite A. !Lehand, = named . for. President
Huge fires were reported out of [strait from historie Mactan island, Roosevelt's late confidential secre-
theme of destruction, which dev- |
puisoners in the past week's fight- | control in Cebu City and the Japa-|where Magellan died in the 16th! tary, ing, principally around Koenigsberg nese apparently were following their! {eentury from a poisoned arrow.
{Is only 75 miles from Ormoc an
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OLD WORLD COURT STATUTE" FAVORED
WASHINGTON, March 28 (U. P.). -~Government favors retention of the statute of the old world. court, with: modifications, rather than the writing of &n entirely new one. It will press for that policy at the preliminary meeting of interna tional jurists here on April 9—a meeting that will seek to draft a | court statute for presentation to the {world organization conference in San Francisco.on April 25. The U. 8. officials who will participate believe that only minor changes in the old statute are [needed or desirable, * One of the U. 8. changes will be a proposal fr ways of amending the statute, The old court's statute had no provision for change.
FIRES UNDER CONTROL LANSING, Mich, March 28 P.) —Fires [than 7000 acres- in five southern
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On in Berlin
By UNITED PRESS e The nearest distances to Berlin from ‘advanced allied lines today:
EASTERN FRONT — 31 miles (from Zaeckerick).,
WESTERN FRONT-234 miles (from Wetzlar, U, 8. official report) ; 190 miles (from near Fulda, by German report),
ITALIAN FRONT —524 miles (from ‘Po di Primaro river).
OLD CHINESE CUSTOM GETS WING IN JAIL
SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 (U, P.).—Alcohol tax unit agents today proved themselves no respecters of Chinese traditions, Free on $1000 bond was Wing Louie, who celebrated the birth of
ting up a still in his’ Chinatown {home to brew “the drink of a thousand years” Federal agents {smelled the potent mash and
was to be launched | Michigan counties were ‘reported { brought bhe 55-year-old garndfae It/at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.|by state police department as under | ther down to Jail,
His hearing wil} Ibe held April 10.
CASE DISMISSED
charged the case against Donald Lee Barton, 1252 Burdsall pkwy, accused by Patrolman Euliss of too much hoin-honking. last Saturday night as he escorted newlyweds: in
A charge of failing to possess an operators’ license also was dismissed Barton produced a license in court. Mr. Barton's marriage retinue was Patrolman Euliss 30 minutes after the same officer had intervened in another round-the-circle, horn- -tooting, tin-can rattling wedding party in behalf of an overseas veteran, Cpl. Alvia DuRee Three drivers in the DuRee party were handed stickers. ‘Their cases come up in municipal" court 3 on when the wearer of the
in their defense.
BERLIN, HANNOVER
LONDON, March 28 (U. P).— More than 1300 American bombers {and fighters attacked German arms plants in Berlin. and Hannover today in twin blows calculated to hasten the end of the war in
Well over 950 Flying Fortresses rained nearly 3000 ‘tons of demolition and fire bombs on the two cities. The bombers were escorted by more than 350 Mustang fighters. The raids were designed to cripple two of Germany's main sources -of arms ‘outside the great Ruhr valley, already -threatened by advancing #jcrican and British armies. : erman DNB dispatch broadhn Sel after the raid announced that arrangements had been made to evacuate Berliners’ particularly women and ‘thildren, to less-exposed |areas because of the “air terror.”
MAYOR OF AAGHEN RB SLAIN BY NAZIS
. IST ARMY HEADROARARS WESTERN FRONT March 26 (Delayed) (U. P.).—Franz Oppenhof, German mayor of alliedoccupied Aachen, was murdered vesterday by three uniformed Germah soldiers whom he intended to turn over to American authorities, it disclosed today According to Oppenhof’s w German soldiers came to h \ in Aacheh and describing them setves as aviators, who had crashed asked for food and protection. When Oppenhof. told .them he must turd them over to tHe Americans the rsoldiers-shot-him -his-wife-said-American military at« tracted by the shots gave ches se to who escaped Oppenhof, 41 had been mayor for the past five months since Aachen was liberated. Previously he was an attorney for the Catholic archdiocese in Aathe en | and Dussel idor{
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IN INDIA
EVENTS TODAY |
Red Cross campaign Noonday Holy week services, Keith's theater Festival of Passover. sunset Co-operative club, luncheon
meeting Co lumbia club, noon a Lions club, luncheon Junior Chamber § Washington hotel
Claypool hote Commerce 12:18 p. m.:
Charle Evelvr Donal d, Mar Sora Homer Mari 1a Sims Henry Jeanette Toney “Rufus, Helen. Wheele Pa Floy Ehle; at St. Vincent's Toh Iveese Goodw at St nee Warren, Lee Jacobson at 81 Vinesnt's James, Alice Russe at Bt Vincent's
NAPOLIS
EVENTS TOMORROW
Holy week services, Keith's
Indianapolis Bar association, meeting. Columbia club, 12:15 p.m Indianapolis Real Estate hoard, | Washington hotel, 12:15 p.m
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“Ackerman «Pt Harrison. Helen Hovious, 1147 N, lllinois Pred Hamilton, 2724 N. Illinois, ‘Bessie Fowler, W. Kansas. Vernon Wheeler, "Ft. Harrison Amelia Gertrude Crowdus, Evansville Robart Hanna, 557'; N. Dearborn ‘Hall, “ld Woodlawn Jen Mr ‘Riley, R . R. 2, Box 451; Kath~ leen Virginia Moos, R. R, 17, Box 520 - LEST - wii BIRTHS Girls Margaret Edmundson, at Bt
Loren, Francis Harold, Wytems: Contes at Coleman. Martin, Frances Siegel, at “Coleman. Charles, Helen Pay Bickel, at Methodist Pall, at Methodist Mary Jane Leathers,
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THIS IS FOREIGN POLICY WEEK
in Indiana. urged hy Committee and the
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