The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 30, 1945, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALIL. THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXV., NO. 9975 SEA OF FLAMES SWEEP OVER Enter Rockwalled Okinawa Castle Marines SHURI IS ENTERED BY YANKS Predicied Island Will Fal %[AR}JE@UND Completely Within One Week GUAM, May 30.—American Mar- ines have penetrated rockwalled Shuri Castle, 16th century fortress and k ne of Japanese defense on Okinawa which withstood attack for | 18 days, as gains elsewhere led to the prediction that half the re- mainder of the island would fall within a week. Associated Press War Correspon-| | dent Leif cson reported from NOW ifl Sefla'e 3 the front that Company “C"” Marines ¢ Fifth Regiment, First Divis- | ion, spearheaded , their Battalion'’s’ WASHINGTON, May 30.—The In- advance on Shuri and entered the terior Department's proposed Alaska castle yesterday after surprising the “Dcvelopment Fund” reached the Japancse defénders swimming in the Senate floor from committee yester- moat |day with recommended expenditures 3y midmorning, Col. John H. Grie- | totaling $690,000. { Regimental Commander of Hart-| The Department had proposed; ford, Conn., reported the entire $1,072,000, an amount the House First Battalion had reached the eliminated. Last year the Depart- castle. Griebel reported pesistance ment asked a $3,000,000 fund, which only from rifle-and light mortar fire Was disallowed. | during the advance. ‘ | Senate amendments to the Depart- FORALASKA ‘PROPOSED | Interior De;;arlment's1 Recommendations | i of bel, Other eleiments of the Fifth Regi- Ment's 1945 appropriation bill af-| ment advanced southeast from the fecting Alaska, are: | Asato village arca toward the Naha- Yonabaru bighway, which runs east e and west south of Shuri and which P.ua‘nge v already has been cut at itg eastern UG0S and Surveys. end by the Seventh Infantry. {2 T b EOOLONTORT <R VRY,7 ST, 000 Sixth Division Marines vigtually completed investing of Okinawa’ capital city, Naha, moving eastward acrcss the Naha Canal. They actoss the Maba Canal. They Met o0 000 for & Salmon Fisheries Sur- tiff opposition as the’ Japanese °_ ) % i " fought back flercely among the ABON0SEOE '8 MDYRE OF LC0ME tian cemetery tombstones in mercial fishing resources; $75,000 for outheast part of the city. a big game investigation and‘ $20,000/ Japanese in the area mnorth of for an experimental fur station. } Fortress Shuri also stubbornly re- NeW totals of other Alaska r“"ds‘ sisted. increased by the Senate committee, 2 ERRED A Ol linclude: Indian Service for Educa- tion, $1,584,750, (increase $107,340) ;| SEAI]’[E ( ( for Raymond, Seward, Indian School, | . . $102 (new) ; Medical Relief for| Natives, $866,500 (increase $22,350) ; BA(KS ALASKA | Reindeer Service, $85,800 (mcrease“ $8,620;) Fisheries, including repair| s AGAINST I(KES Pribilofs, $666,000 (increase $72,300) ;| ATTLE, May 30— The Seattle| Goyernor's fund, $44,000 (increase, nber of Commerce, through its 4825 ; and Roads, $1,077,800 (in-| 5, decided yesterday to back .rease $77,800). 's Territorial Legislature in B Sl St L argument with Secre- NATION IS | | | $35,000 for land classification; and $100,000 for stream gauging. i To the Fish and Wildlife Service,| > later tary Ickes. The Territorial Legislature adopt- ed a memorial to Congress saying the Secr S land withdrawal policies had placed a growing bur- den on Alaskans. The Chamber’s trustees endorsed the memorial The Washington Merry-Go-Round ,,, omevwecares iDay with new-found emotion based on homage to the rmen who have giv- jen their lives that their country \might survive. ! WASHINGTON —The gentleman| Retiring Postmaster General| {sn't shouting about it, but among Frank Walker has taken note of thej the four members of the Senateday to pay a rich tribute to the Appropriations Committee who memory of the late President Frank- voted against the $2,500 extra ex-(lin Roosevelt. ~Walker's Memorial pense allowance for Senators and | Day address was delivered during Congressmen was Tennessee’s ven- ceremonies at Mr. Roosevglts grave. crable Senator Kenneth McKellar,| Said Walker: “Rarely in history now President of the Senate. have whole peoples so taken from| McKellar's negative vote came [ODe man’s fire. the flame of cour- \fter he had won the Appropria- He added: “Never before did |age.” tions Committee's okay, on s §15,000|Whole peoples look so Se“‘”cmnflyl office expense allotment for him-! and hopefully to one man to wm' i | ir children | self, making him the highest paid for themselves and their children; member of the Senate. As Senate | | peace among Nations.” President, the Tennessee solon re-| By DREW PEARSON Col.” Robert S. Allen now off active service with the Army.) Lt | i Walker steps out of the cabinet ceives Vice-Presidential pay of $15,- }:’rfafe‘ei‘,‘:;"‘foz““;{‘;:rgu'fiflg‘:‘;:a;‘f 000 instead of Senatorial pay or‘Democranc National Chairman. $10,000; also has the use of the| Vice-President’s big limousine plus| €. OF C. TOMORROW chauffeur; and according to thel gieqlo Gupertson will give a new Legislative Appropriation Bm"shon A1k nt the Tubshaos of \tha -an now hire additional clerks UP| oy 0 ver of Commerce tomorrow to $15,000. This is in addition to the' noon in the Gold Room at the| allowance for help he gets as Sen-' paranof Hotel, Fowler Martin, Vice- | afje Lo Tenneuwes. | President of the Pacific National| The sub-committee which workEd‘Bank of Biattie wil. alsc B Al on the Appropriation Bill clicm't‘guest e it an;nounced, know what to do with the cus- Y tomary provision of $15,000 to hire office help for the Vice-President, since there is no Vice-President. So (C(;utmuml on Page Four) RUTH LEICHLITER HERE Ruth E. Leichliter, of Eklutna, has arrived in Juneau and is a guest at the Baranof Hotel, 1 | terday. Planes Evacuate All Residents of Flooded Galena;: No Lives Lost IMPRESSIVE FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 30.— Yukon River waters receded rapidly at Galena, Alaska, today and the evacuation of all residents wishing to leave was completed by Army, Navy and civilian planes. No loss of life nor personal injur- ies were reported, although the mil- lions of tons of water which flooded the town and the U. S. Airbase left the majority of homes either badly damaged or washed from their foundations. Military personnel are being lcdged temporarily at Ladd Field, Fairbanks, because of supply prob- lems and living conditions at Galena, which lies midway between Fair- banks and Nome. GUAM DEAD HONORED A 3 SERVICES GUAM, May 30.—The hundreds of Allocation of $100,000 to the Gen- Army, Navy and Marine men who - T Land “Office for- Fovest' ‘and ‘dicd in (HE Dattle: to mfiugfi:’ofiho&ymtm Planning and Land Examina-’'Guam last summer were honored to- going servicemen who have given day at three Memorial Day services at three cross-dotted cemeteries for a study of mineral resources;|near the native villages of Agat, As-|Waters, the frail flowers of the bob- )., e of nations. san and Anigua. Floral wreaths fashioned by the Guam natives were placed on the |graves by military details. Earlier in the day, children from Guam schools brought flowers to the graves. - e TWO OFFICERS ARE ELECTED BY HEALTH COUNCIL AT SESSION Mrs. James Parsons and Mrs. W. lof war damage and cost of medical|J. Manthey were unanimously elect- | and dental care for natives on the|ed Vice-President and Secretary re-| Maj. Carl F. Schiebner said: spectively at the closing meeting of the Gastineau Public Health Coun- cil held Monday night. As the nominees for the office of President were not present it was voted to withheld this election until the first | meeting in the fall. Highlight of the evening was a resume of her work on the “Hygiene” by Dr. Berneta Block. She stressed the usefulness of this type of itin- erant service, especially in smal Alaskan communities that might otherwise have no opportunity for a planned health program. Following the meeting, refresh- ments were served by the program committee. 'WOODLEY AIRWAYS IN FROM ANCHORAGE A Woodley Airway plane, Ernie Davis, pilot, arrived yesterday with the rollowir}g passgngers from An- chorage: ~"Mrs. Welch, Jr, Mrs. ‘Welch, Sr., Sgt. W. J. Wellenstein, V. C. Bingham, Ruth Leichleter, Mildred Hanson, Mrs. Swanson, C. J. Cole, H. J. Manger and D. Mac- Donald. " Leaving in the afternoon Anchor- age bound, the following passengers were taken: George Rogers, W. A. Brown, W. C. Arnold, Mrs. T. M. |pility to convert the raw product illing-| To Gustavus: Alfred C. Kuehl and { Donahue, Guy Halferty, H. Gorham | with the same courage and willing- | and Al Davis. NOME ESKIMOS ADRIFT ON FLOE NOME, Alaska, May 30 — Two Eskimos, Alfred Moses and his son, Abbott, were being sought today by rescue planes after being caught on | the ice floes southeast of Nome late Monday. A third man, Tommy Dahlquist, who also was carried away with his dog team when the ice broke from the shores, was rescued yes- JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1945 the world are now focused, is not a ( peace conference. It is not con- | cerning itself with drafting specific and detailed peace terms. Its only concern is to set up the machinery for world cooperation in the main- tenance of peace and the preven- tion of war. The immediate ob- jective of the conference is to draft ! the actual charter of a United Nations security organization to be submitted for approval to all the! member-countries. | “The American people must not delude themselves by wishful think- | ing. For mankind is not yet ready to accept the only real formula for everlasting peace—one which is al- most two thousands years old. Force Needed “The American Legion is dedi-‘[ cated by repeated national conven- ! tion actions to the principle of an| association of free nations, armed | with the force needed to keep the! peace, and cloaked with the au- thority to use that force. | “Buf the American Legion out of its realistic knowledge of war, goes further than that. It declares | with all the urgency at its com-| mand, that America must do more | than express its willingness for en-} during peace. As a nation we must demonstrate that we are both wil-| ling and able to preserve Lhali peace. ner’s Mate 1/c; and from the U. S.| “Fhe time has come when wc‘\ | Army Subport of Embarkation under|{must show, in the sacred names' | Sgt. O. Kallick, the files proceeded of all our hero dead, that we are| [to the Alaska Dock. Acting s|just as determined to fight for| j color bearers were Coast Guardsmen peace as we are to fight for vic-| ;Hi Shumway, SP 2/c; and Bill and|ory in this war! l |Sl:;:";/?°“mrkv twins, both Fire-| e finest contribution we can| { . W | make toward bringing about inter-| Memorial Rite national teamwork for preserving RITESFOR ~ WAR DEAD }Strong Peacetime Military . Advocated in Ad- dress of Day Giving public expression to the personal feelings of Juneau resi- dents—every'one of whose lives and emotions have been touched by the war—formal observance of Memorial Day opened at 10 a. m. today in the | Capitol Theatre. Following the opening prayer, giv- en by the Rev. Willis R. Booth, and the singing of “Flanders Field” by Jean Ewin, Maj. Carl F. Scheibner made the address of the day before several hundred Juneau residents. ! As the column formed outside the | theatre, led by the country’s colors |2nd followed by firing squad units of |eight from the U, 8. Coast Guard under command of Lou Levy, Gun- 1 For thosz who were seeing it for Iihe tirst time, most peace, is a strong America. Such i impressive, rite ok w,%m L WiR_be.proof to all ‘fonotof e~ . <lorld of ‘the success of a de- mocracy in protecting the right: and liberties of its citizens and up- | iholding its responsibilities as a| | their lives#o their country. As the wreath was cast reverently upon the bing miniature craft seemed to carry | a special prayer into the unknown, | ' petiticning final rest for those in |the bosom of the ever-restless sea. | Prayers were offered by the Rev. G.|any © ! Herbert Hillerman, |that there are those among us who| i | Proceeding up Franklin Street | even now, with the victory not __vet. {to Fourth, the participating service- |completely won, who are advocating {men and war veterans from the|methods which would return our| ! American Legion local Post No. 4,|nation to the pitifully weak state] | passed out to the Evergreen Ceme-| We were In at the beginning of| | tery, where the Rev. Robert S. Treat | this War. ; gave Benediction, a military salute] “I do not doubt the sincerity of | | was fired and the sweet sad notes most of them but I do question| 1of taps were sounded, closing the|their logic when they take the po- | service. | sition that a strong and adequately | Scheibner’s Speech armed force will make America| Making the address of the day, | warlike and will tend to embroil| et 2 us in wars. o W ars in our eyes, sOITOW| .mgy I say this? The small, piti- {in our hearts, flowers in hand g, anq jnadequate armed force| and a new determination in mind,| e g5 that with which we found |all America pauses on this Me-|, celyes at the -onset of the jmorial Day to honor the brave men | .qeng struggle has never kept us |of this war and other wars who .. of 3 war and never will. |died that our country might remain |~ .1; wag this condition which en- | ,mf home of the free. abled the Jap to practically destroy |, "We mourn today also the pass- ., entire Pacific Fleet at Pearl ,ing of our Commander-in-Chief, |y, hor, seize Guam, defeat us at! | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, our first | piiaan and Corregidor, take the |soldier in war and peace alike, who | ppilippines, bomb Dutch Harbor | | literally gave his life in the fight|,.4 gctually invade a part of the! to reestablish justice and decency north' American Continent by oc-| and human liberty throughout the ;,,ving Attu and Kiska. 1t en-! parih. . abled German submarines to sink | “Memorial Day this year has an o tankers in the Atlantic in plain | {added meaning. {sight of our coastline and many | “It is more than a Memorial Day. | others, This method has been the| ;Thxg year it is a Dedication Day. chief cause which led to the last It is a day on which we must {y, world conflicts—a weak and pledge ourselves anew to {inishing | jjierfective American Republic| the task which our honored dead|y)en grave dangers threatened the| hove so bravely begun. For today,| jeace of the world. with two down and one to go, we| “Wage Peace” are again optimistic and, in the| “The nations of the world re- {minds of members of the armedgpect another nation at the Peace |services and civilians as well, is| conference in direct proportion to foremost the hope of freedom from|(he relative might of the armed| wan | forces of that nation on the battle- | Enduring Peace {field. It is high time then that| “We owe a sacred obligation %0 we should give a trial to the other‘l the brave dead and those Who|ithod and in time of peace main-| have suffered lasting disabilities on | (31 an armed force sufficiently the battlefields of this and other|rong to preserve that peace. We wars. Ours is the solemn responsi- | should be prepared to wage peac Weak Military Descried “In the minds of most of us it| !m unthinkable that we would adopt | ther course. But I say to you| | of the victory bought with their|,ecs for sacrifice as we wage war.| blood and their lives, into the fin-| -These people have always op- ‘ished article of enduring peace. If posed support for a strong Army | we fail in this job, they will have|,,q Navy. They opposed the Na- died and suffered in vain. tional Guard and Reserve Corps. { “The valor of these Americans They pelittled the Home Guard in smashed the power of the Huns in|¢jme of war and now we find this | Europe, and rolled back the Japa-| same group opposing universal | nese in the Pacific. Every foot of military training. this progress was paid for in Am-| Military Training erican blood, toil, sweat, misery,| “The American Legion advocates treasure, and cherished individual|yniversal military training in time| ambitions, and made possible the of peace in cooperation with our current conference in San Fran- existing means of national defense jcisco of the United Nations' world | pecause it will be a means of ad- | security planners. vancing along both courses of our| | | | 'Margarez Baxter, Rowena Chamber- | Kunz, Bertha King, | Nelson, George Dale. |F. J. Cocoran, Mrs. H. E. Evans, H. | John Nyeman and R. E. Robertson. | MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Balloons with Bombs Launched from Nippon Islands Aga | WASHINGTON, May. 30.—Japan's LOUISE IN FROM SOUTH Canadian Pacific steamer Princess |detalls in a Blue Network interview | last night, added that the unmanged | Loujse, arriving at 10:30 o'clock last night, brought the following passen- gers from Seattle or Vancoucer: Ethel Buehler, Mamie Briggs, Douglas Brown, Evelyn Brown, Carol Blake, Bruce Blake, Suzanna Blake, France Blake, Patricia Burnett. F. R. Bartlett, Jack Carvel, Wal- ter Donovan, Norman Davis, Lioyd, Rose, John and Roger Berry, Judy‘ Frank, Elsie Friesman. | Edith Finch, Harley Finch, Else Gersbach, Joanne and Margaret| Gehri, Warner Hirster, Mary Hirs- ter, Mildred and John Hoogstad. Glasselle Herndou, Anna Jensen, Wallace Jacobsen, Gordon Kanouse, Isabel and Rita = Lavery, Theodore Leavitt, Evangeline Lamb, Lura Leavitt, Beatrice Latham, Virginia Langseth, Katherine Mead, Louise E. Maltby, Phyllis Morehouse, George and Anna O'Keefe. Vera Paige, Charles Punkett, Rob- ert Patton, Esther and W. Perkins, J. land Mabel Ruddy, Helen ‘Richards, Elizabeth-Roggeé, Cleveland Smith, Suzanne Taylor, Charles Hornsby- Smith, Donald G. Helden. From Ketchikan: Charles Murphy, lain, Helen Tweet, Agapha Erme- loff. From Wrangell: Mrs. Anna Oster- man, Leo Osterman, Dale Osterman, Jay H. Osterman, Bobby Osterman, Miss Leona Osterman. Freda A. Peterson, Mrs. E. R. Sharnbroich, Barbara Sharnmroich, Carol Sharnbroich, Harry Churchill, Billy Churchill. Marjory Major, Dr. R. N. Scruby, Mrs. R. N. Scruby, Mathew Garcia, Alice Leask, Lucille James. Bill Tonsguard, James Martin, James Goenett, Joe Rogers, Daniel Maxine Gray, Mary Lawson, George Williams, M. Leaving Juneau for Skagway were: Edna Nauska, Mrs. C. J. Sullivan, J. Sullivan, Mrs. Sam Nelson, San- dra Nelson, Shiela Nelson, Sister Mary Phillippa. A. L. Besancon, Mother Mary Mil- dred, Mrs. Bess Winn, F. L. Phelps, Mrs. F. L. Phelps, Billy Phelps, Rob- | erta Messerschmidt, A. Van Mavern. G. K. Olson, G. Johnson, Alice; Saale, Charlotte Boley, Harry Ask, E. Evans, Ida Hoffman, Catherine | Decoit, Betty Fitzgerald, Lillian An- tioquia, Yhan Shmyr. COASTAL AIRLINES ON MANY FLIGHTS DURING TUESDAY Alaska Coastal Airlines carried the following passengers yesterday: To Hoonah: George B. Williams, | Emily Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Kegel. To Hawk Inlet: Grace Miller. To Wrangell: Mrs. W. C. Waters, Charlie Brown, Fannie Jim and H. C. Olsen. To Ketchikan: W. E, Walsh. To Sitka: Rolfe Sherwood, Laby | Sanders, Thomas Sanders, Mrs. Sanders and P. E. Beebe. | Hans Floe and Onni Puustinen. To Excursion Inlet: Tom Godsell, E. Aligaya, V. G. Isturis, V. Isturis, Jr., and Elizabeth Peters. In incoming plane from Ketchi- kan brought Maurice Oaksmith, W. C. Arnold and Paul Kegal. Don Lillie was a Petersburg to| Juneau passenger. Two passengers from Sitka were: | Sally Hopkins was a Juneau bound ger from Hawk Inlet. MRS. BUEHLER HERE | Mrs. G. A Buehler, mother of | | passen San Francisco Meet “The San Prancisco meeting, on which the eyes of all freedom- loving men and women throughout national self-interest. “Our late President Roosevelt, (Continuea on Page Five) | the Princess Louise for a visit in | Mrs. Howard D. Stabler, arrived on | | Juneau. She is a gliest at the Hotel Juneau while here. inst U. S. bomb-ferrying balloons are being launched against the United States| from Nipponese home islands. They | travel up to 125 miles an hour and| take some 80 to 120 hours to reach this country. Lyle F. Watts, Chief of the U. S. Forest Service, giving these further balloons are controlled by an auto- !mauc ballast-dropping device. The| | Forest Service has been assisting the Army in preventing damage from the enemy weapon. Watts said the hydrogen-filled balloons attain heights of 25,000 to 35,000 feet where they reach air currents which travel constantly from west to east. Each time they descend to 25,000 feet from loss of gas a barometric pressure switch automatically drops a sand bag, he explained. Release of this sandbag causes the balloon to rise again to about 35,000 feet. “If the Japs have figured right,” Watts said, “the last sandbag has been dropped only after the balloon nas reached this country.” A second switch which controls the bombs then takes over, he said. “When the balloon drops to 27,000 feet a bomb is released, and as it travels across the Unitéd:Sta When the last incendiary is drop- ped, a fuse is ignited automatically and sets off a demolition charge which restroys the balloon.” The Army and Navy, announcing recently that some of the ballcons have landed in the western part of the country, said they had caused no property damage. R 25 PASSENGERS ARRIVE IN PORT EARLY MORNING A steamship arrived early this morning with the following Juneau bound passengers: Paul Blake, Rus- sell D. Daly, Mrs. Grace Fisher, Albert V. Friedman, Mrs. Josephine so0_on C.| Friedman, Reuben Gary, Mrs. Anna Gary, Arthur B, Hicks, David John- son, Charles K. Linehan, James S. MacKinnen, Miss Winona Monroe. David Olson, Thomas Roberts, Mrs. Ralph Soberg, Dareen Soberg, Fred Stark, Willlam Thomas, Mrs. Ethel Thomas, James 8. Hunter, Tom Gaten, Christine Pitmetalik, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Tauber and A. L. ‘Whitney. Leaving southbound early this merning, were the following: M. F. Leishman, Elizabeth Leishman, Fred Neison, George Converse, Josephine Logan, William Logan, Mrs, Johanna Jensen, Jo Anne Blythe, Mrs. Phyllis Fneberg, Dovan Eneberg, Hazel Kruse, Eleanore Murry, Lucille Man- ion, Rosa Meier, Rose Meler. Charles E. Boyer, Norman Cook, Paula Kay Cook, Norma Lee Cook, Mary Lange, Alice Johnson, Ruth | Hollbrook, Irving E. Stimpson, Her- schel Tebbe, Mrs. Delgard Thomp- son, Mrs. Veronica Stevenson, Mrs. Mabel Nunamaker, CIff Tsterbrook, Carl Johansen, Paul Mickerson, Bert McCoy; C. E. Englund, C. J. Erma- koff, Earl G. Preston, C. E. Eng- land, James Stewart, Mrs. Larry Novak and Martin Lian. D PAN AMERICAN HAS TWELVE FOR JUNEAU Pan American World Airways brought 12 incoming passengers to Juneay yesterday as follows: From Seattle: Mrs. Louise Keiser, John B. Wilson, Guy P. Halferty, Harlan W. Gorham, Alice Stephens and Horace G. Wood. From Fairbanks: Cecil M. Wells and Albert Peterson. Froni® Whitehorse: Arthur Mayes, Albert Rochon and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Starr. An outgoing plane took five to; Seattle: Howard Beymer, Donna Lynch, Menzl Roberts, Alice Simp- son and Dr. Charles Battin. To Fairbanks: M. H. Sides and Clifford Furness. | | | { PRICE TEN CENTS YOKOHAMA 60,000 HOMES DESTROYED IN NIPPON PORT Superfort Afack Leaves 250,000 Homeless as Fire Bombs Explode CHINESE WINNING OUT ON CONTINENTAL AREAS Yanks Cra_shl Through Crumbling Jap De- fenses, Okinawa By LEONARD MILLIMAN * (Asscciated Press War Editor) Yanks crashed through crumbling Japanese defenses of Okinawa Island and Chinese troops reported vic- torles on four cofitinental fronts to- day as Japanese dt home coped with the greatest disasters its citles have ever experienced, 3 Enemy broadoasts reported 250,000 Yokohama residents were left home- less and uncounted. prs killed by yesterday's ) . attack which transformed the port city into 3 e < S m gyl # city an Francis¢o—has destroyed .in ‘six mass m.m attacks in the last three months which cost the 21st Bomber Com- mand 50 Superforts.; Theré's noth ing let in the gnemy. éapital worth fire bombing. Okinawa Conquest On the doorstep of Nippon's Mi:; land, U. S, Marifes and’ infantry- men cracked into Okinawa’s ancletit Shuri fprtress, virtually conquest of the capital city of Naha, and made deep thrusts toward fhe southern and eastern ,tips of the island. , g Japanese fought flercely in the outskirts of Naha and north of Shur, but American field officers predicted the southern shore would be reachied todsy #nd invading ground forces would “take at least half of what’s left of ‘southetn Okinawa within a week.” q In Philippines Climaxing months ‘of mouiitain fighting in the Philippines the 38th Infantry Division captured unde- fended Wawa Dagh, the last of Man- ila’s three reservoirs to be 're- claimed, while the and 25th divisions joined for a push into fertile Cagayan Valley on northern Luzon Island. Announcement of extensive China gains were coupled with other re- ports of Japanese retreats. The Indo-China corridor . was further breached. ‘Chinese columns pressed toward Japanese basés in sou central and - northern China, ‘ swept farther up the coastline north of the recaptursd port,of Foochow. Straf 2 The destructio industrial T¢ months was described by Associated Press War v n Erickson ag “an unpar achievement in strg 2 Only the blagkened; skeletons of concrete and spreading ed in a vast scarred gr out around the Imperigl Palace. "/ - In this area were To est war industries, her main business section and hwr of ex-toy fac- tories which had become “shadow producers of war matefials. Numer- ous buildings in. Imperial Palace grounds were m‘b’ , but dam- age to the Emperor’s Palace was minor. Great Devastation Seventy-seven' miles of five of Japan's major cities have now been devastated by fire bombs, which Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Lemay of the 21st Bomber' Com- mand, says cannot annthilate a city. This does not include destruction accomplished Jdn the first incendiary attack on Yokohams, port of Tokyo. Tokyo broadeasts sald the communication and trans- portation systems were paralyzed and 60,000 homes burned down. It made na mention of industrial dam- age. (Continued on Page Two)