NORTH BORNEO THEATER —Map shows details of strategic North Borneo area, where
Allied forces recently began taking back oil-producing region from the Jape.
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Japan May
Surrender In
Near Future
TRINIDAD, Colo., July 25—(JP)
—Rep. J. Edgar Chenoweth de
clared “acording to rumor, not of
ficially confirmed by the State
Department, but generally accept
ed as being founded on facst, the
war in the Pacific is rapidly draw
i
ing to a close.”
He said in his statement that
President Truman would cut short
his European trip and hurry home
to ‘‘deal with the situation which
everyone seems to think invqjves
the early surrender of Japan.”
"
Fleet Pours
Thousands Shells
Into Canneries
By OLEN CLEMENTS
ADAK (via Navy radio), July
25—{IP)—Warships of the United
States North Pacific Task Force
I commanded by Rear Admiral John
! H. Brown, Jr., Washington, D. C.,
| poured thousands of shells into
I Jap canneries when they bom
barded southeastern Paramushiro
Sunday.
Lt. L. C. Smith of Birmingham,
said the fog obscured visibility
when the ships concentrated their
fire on the canneries. “Five enemy
torpedo bombers made a run for
our formation, but our antiaircraft
fire drove the planes off before
any torpedoes could be dropped.”
Smith said as the shells hit the
fish cannery that Lt. John J.
White, Westhaven, Conn., re
marked to a fellow townsman, sea
man first class, Ernest Perno, it
smelled worse than West River at
>ow tide.
I
Aussie Spitfires
Smash Japanese
Truck Convov
•
—
MANILA, July 25—OP)—Push
ing the general Jap withdrawal in
the Mt. Batochampar area Aus
tralian troops moved two miles
down the east Borneo coast, Gen
eral MacArthur reported, which
placed them within fifty miles of
the next big objective oil field of
Samarinda.
Aussie Spitfires, supporting the
advance made Monday, spotted a
Jap truck convoy and probably got
e,ghteen trucks loaded with ene
my troops.
Truman To Inspect
U. S. Troops
At Frankfurt
POTSDAM, July 25—President
Truman will fly to the United
States Army headquarters at
Frankfurt - tomorrow to Review
American troops.
Taking advantage of the off day
of the Big Three schedule officials
announced that Eisenhower, com
mander of the ' United States
forces in the European theater
will meet the President at Frank
furt where they will inspect the
Eighty-Fourth Infantry and the
Third Armored Divisions.
In London For
Election Returns
LONDON, July 25—</P)—'Win
ston Churchill arrived in London
from Potsdam late today to learn
the fate of his Conservative gov
ernment at the tabulating of the
British general election returns,
which begins tomorrow.
GLAVINOVICH FAMILY
RETURNS TO NOME
Mrs. Carl Glavinovich and
three children, Paul, Ruth and
Carolyn, arrived by plane Monday
evening from Seattle.
Carl Glavinovich returned last
spring and is employed by the U.
S. Smelting, Refining and Mining
Company. The family will live in
one of the company houses.
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