r 2280 Japanese
Planes Destroyed
Since March 18
By LIEF ERICKSON
GUAM, Aprli 17—<jP)—Destruc
tion to 2280 Japanese palnes since
the carrier sweeps over Ruykyus
on the Japanese mainland started
March 18 has been reported by
Admiral Chester Nimitz. United
States infantrymen meantime held
6 two-thirds of Ie island off the
west central coast of Okinawa..
Yanks of the Twenty-fourth Corps
met with moderate resistance on
the ten square mile island valu
able for its captured airfield.
P A few Japanese observation
planes were over the Okinawa
area yesterday while a strong
force of Superfortresses were
hammering six key air bases on
Kyushu, heightening the cam
paign to neutralize the airfields
from which the enemy has been
striking the United States inva
sion armada. About 1600 planes
of 2200 downed or destroyed by
United States forces are credited
to fliers from Mitscher’s fast car
rier task force which prepared the
way for the Okinawa invasion.
Six hundred planes is the toll
accounted for by anti-aircraft gun
ners escorting carrier’s planes,
based on Okinawa.
The British fleet of carriers
covering the southern flank of the
invasion with strikes against For
mosa and southern Tyukyus de
stroyed 80 Japanese planes in the
same period. The American total
an average of 71 planes destroyed
a day.
On Ie island the Tenth Army
doughboys are advancing through
heavily mined terrain against the
Japanese garrison where 1000
troops are compressed in the east
ern sector. The artillery landed
support assault troops.
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ThirdArmy Bisects
Germany; 309,484
Prisoners Taken
PARIS April 18—</P)—'The 3rd
Army bisected Germany today,
invading Czechoslovakia as the
First Army stormed to within four
thousand yards of the center of
surrounded Leipzig. The Seventh
Army cleared half of the Nazi city
of Nurenberg.
Along the entire front Eisen
howevr’s armies are gathering
strength for the final drive east
ward to meet the Russians. The
Ruhr triumph assumed propor
tions of the greatest victory of the
war, even more costly to the Ger
mans than Stalingrad. Already
309,484 prisoners have been taken
from the industrial trap and 50,000
more are expected to surrender
today.
The halving of Germany is
more of geographical than imme
diate military importance. The en
emy still has a circuitous contact
between north and south Germany
through the mountains in Czecho
slovakia. Censors pass only a bare
report that Czechoslovakia has
been entered, presumably the in
vasion is in the Plauen area where
troops of the Nintieth and twenty
sixth divisions are reported four
miles from the frontier.
Americans Land
On Menna Island
Near Okinawa
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17—
(iP)—Toyko radio claimed that
American forces landed on Menna
island about four miles south of
the invaded island of Ie off the
west central coast of Okinawa
and obtained a new airfield. There
: was no confirmation. The broad
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j cast was picked up by the Federal
Communications Commission.
HEDY— Deserting her usual
straight glamor roles, Actress
Hedy Lamarr dresses for the
part of a young girl. . |
AIRWAYS
WIEN AIRLINES
Monday Pilot Whaley, enroute
to St. Michael, carried Syd Rood
of the Reindeer Service to White
Mountain, Unalakleet, Stebbins,
and St. Michael. Louis Peters and
Mr. Starling of the Alaska Indian
Service were passengers to Shak
toolik. Syd Rood and Klement
Klementson returned to Nome
yesterday.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Incoming Monday night were
Charles Lee, John Roseen, Clay
ton Finnegan, Mrs. Barbara Rich
ardson and son Gary.
Outgoing were Frank Kelly,
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Tauber, Chris
tine Titmitlik, Chris Phillips, and
Steve Bancroft.
FALKENBURGS HAVE
YOUNG SON
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wallace re
ceived a telegram today reporting
the arrival of a seven and one
half pound boy to their daughter,
Mrs. Ben Falkenburg, at Seattle,
Washington. The father, Ben, re
ports that the mother and baby
are doing fine, but says nothing
about himself. Mr. Falkenburg
and his little family are making
their home in Seattle, where he is
working for Isaacson Iron Works.
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