Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 May 1945 — Page 5

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: 400 Soperforks Blast Jap Oil and Fuel Centers

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(A Japanese Domej -dispstch reby the FCC said 80 B-20's +Bkikoku at 8 a. raided southern Kyushu for an hour at 6 a, m. and 160 struck southern

(Another Domel dispatch reported by the FCC said Japanese suicide

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set “two aircraft carriers afire off Okinawa yesterday.) Marines Near Naha Nearly 400 miles to the southwest, 10th army forces in southern Okinawa drove to within 1500 yards of the west coast city of Naha, capital of the island, the inland town of Shuri and the east coast port of Yonabaru. Marines on the west toast already

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could see the ruins of Naha, leveled by air and sea bombardment and apparently deserted. A communique announced that American casualties for the first 37 days of the Okinawa campaign: were 16,425, including 2684 dead— one American for every 16 Japanese killed. The giant B-29’s took off ‘from Guam, Tinian and Saipan in relays shortly after ‘midnight and arrived over Japan's inland sea area soon after dawn in good weather that enabled them to pinpoint their gets. 3 Largest Storage Unit

The Oshima oil storage area is the largest known oil storage unit in Japan. The Tokuyama factory is the main source of fuel for Japanese army planes, while the nearby Tokuyama naval fuel station is the most important naval fueling point in Japan. The Tokuyama factory was 4000 feet long and 1500 feet wide. The. oil refinery at Otake, midway between Tokuyama and Kure, was 5000 feet long and 3700 feet wide, one of the largest in Japan. Gilles told newsmen that destruction of Japan's fuel supply would be. high on the priority strategic bombing - targets, struction of Germany's sources of fuel oil grounded her air force and virtually immobilized her army. The largest previous B-29 raid on Japan involved 325 to 350 Super-

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tthe island in search of a soft spot in what may be the enemy's last | | organized defense line. Marines cleaned out enemy pockets and straightened their lines at | the mouth of Ash river on the west | coast south of Machinato airstrip. | ‘Ahead of them they coiild see the whole of Naha, leveled by air and! sea bombardment and spparentivi deserted. In the center of; fhe line, the ™h | division painstakingly took more ground in the vicinity of hill--187 and neared radio towers in northern Shuri. |

Japanese on the east coast offered. little resistance to 7th division patrols ‘along the coastal plain until! the troops came under ‘heavy fire : from Conical hill 800 yards north | of the Port of Yonabaru. During Tuesday night, the 77th | division killed more than 70 Japanese who attempted infiltration. 3 At noon yesterday, every gun! ashore and afloat which bore on! the enemy fired one, round simul- | taneously in celebration of victory | in Europe.

Carrier Planes Attack

Planes from the British Pacific | fleet supported the -Okinawa op- | erations with raids on airfields and denfeses on Miyako and Ishigaki | islands in the Sakishima group to | the southwest. Three enemy planes | were ‘destroyed. ] Japanese planes struck back and | caused minor damage to two British | surface units, but they remained | operational. In a Mustang fighter plane raid | on Kisarazu airfield and Tateyama | air station southwest of Tokyo Tuesday, two enemy planes | were destroyed on the ground and | five others probably destroyed. A small cargo ship and a locomotive were destroyed and a train and a! number of small craft damaged. |

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HONORED BY LEGION

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received two gallons or more of blood in transfusions,

Lawrence C. Duckworth, 11th dis-

trict commander. and a Two-Gallon member, : presided and accepted a scroll from® Legion headquarters honoring the: donors. 1t will be hung ‘in the. center until its close and then placed in the Red Cross headquarters. Each; of the servicemen present | expressed appreciation for the donor’s generosity and ‘told briefly how the transfusions they: had received helped them. The Waiters— And the waiters included Lt. Gov. James; Brig. Gen, Elmer Sherwood, state adjutant; and Legionnaires James Wilson, Joe Lumpkin, Worth Shumaker and Oscar Brown.

The dinner was prepared by |

auxiliary members Mesdames Victor C. Hammel, Charles Beckman, Stanley Todd and Wilfred Bradshaw, Among the honored guests was Ralph Werner, head of the blood | donor center,

The Rev. Wirgil A. Sly of

New York for Liberia where

Arrangements must be maderelease - them,

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CORE OF STARS HOT WASHINGTON. ~The lower timates of the temperature of centers of stars is estimated in | tens of millions of degrees.

Rev. sly o Take. Trip to Africa’

n= dianapolis was to sail today from

will survey Disciples of Christ "missions with a view to meeting needs resulting from the war, The Rev. Mr, Sly will ‘fly from Liberia to the Belgian Congo where his inspection will be made. Many missionaries have -beendetained overtime on the “field because : of wartime conditions.

for new stations and to meet othef emergency con-

The work in Africa is expected to take three months plus travel

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AND FARM AGREEING

RICHMOND, fnd., May 10 (U.P). —Secretary. of Agriculture Claude], Wickard believes that the good neighbor policy in the United States is just as important-as it is in international re lations. Wickard told the: Kiwanis club last night that farmers and city people could not solve their respective problems without co-operation. “In the past, country people and cify people have not always seemed to understand each other's problems’ as well as they might,” Wickard said, = “More recently there has been evidence—of more sympathy and teamwork, The war has speeded up that development. ¥

OPTIMISTS TO HEAR.

TALKER FROM ORIENT!

Gordon Holland, .a refugee from the Orient, will speak to members of the Optimist club of Indianapolis, Inc., tomorrow noon in the Columbia club.

Trained Dog will Compete In Obedience Trials May 20

Well- trained dogs who are taught to be Better pets and’ good companions” will perform in’ the third annual obedience trial and tracking test at Tomlinson hall May 20, . The obedience trial is sponsored by the Indianapolis - Obediance Training club which has been unofficially holding ‘training classes since 1938. The organization formally was organized in 194 and now has a membership of 165. Training the dogs is- Clarence OC. Alexander, who is well-known in the field and in Doberman Pinscher and Cocker Spaniel breeding circles. Mr. Alexander also has worked in .Jthe Dogs for Defense field.

Train Dogs of War Besides training dogs, the club has aided in recruiting dogs for various branches of the service and has helped in the dogs’ boot training. . It also has presented entertalnment programs for soldiers at

At 6 p. m. Monday the club will hold its annual party in the Athenaelm.

Billings hospital. Judges for this year's show will be

|R. E. Nolte and E. F. Chittenden,

both of Toledo, ©. “The tracking test, held for the first time this year, will be judged by Mr. Chittenden. Training sessions of the club are held at’ 8 p. m. on Fridays at St.

HALIFAX DAMAGED

Joseph's hall, North and Noble sts.|

BY V-E RIOTERS

HALIFAX, N. 8, May 10 (U. P).| —Steel-helmeted- troops patrolled the streets today after the two-day V-E celebration in which drunken rioters and looters caused damages estimated at $5,000,000. | Martial law was proclaimed in the |

Dartmouth naval base area. |

Three were dead, two of them| naval men, : A federal inquiry was believed | imminent. Most of the blame was {placed on naval personnel, 8000\o0f | whom were given leave. over the

V-E period.

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