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BOMBERS RAID
TOKYO FOURTH
TIME IN ROW
SAIPAN, Dec. 4.—(AP)—In
dustrial Tokyo was laid in fresh
ruins and flames today after the
♦fourth bombing raid which made
a successful attack.
Saipan American Superfortress-!
es, which were based on Saipan,
and a single force of B-29’s
struck in the midafternoon yes
terday and found the Tokyo area
clearly outlined in the sunlight.
For an hour and a half they
unloaded bombs with pin-point
accuracy despite the intense ack
ack fire and swarms of intercep
tors.
The results were good said the
Jwth Air Force communique.
One squadron reported that 95
per cent of their bombs fell
within target area.
The prime objective of the raid
was the Mashashima engine fac
tory and the extensive Nakapima
aircraft plant, once the empire’s
top producer of military planes.
The plant was built compactly of
one-story structure of concrete.
These structures were the target
"•of the initial B-29 raid htere on
(November 24th when consider
able damage was inflicted.
Returning pilots of this fourth
raid on Tokyo described it a$ the
toughest but the most successful.,
Anti-aircraft fire was more se- j
ver« and fighter interception
stronger and more persistent.
The last squadron to reach the
target found large fires raging
which were whipped unusually
high due to a strong wind.
^ One Super-fortress was defi
nitely lost,, although the Japan
ese communique claimed 14 Su- ]
perfortresses definitely downed.
They admitted that six intercep- .
tors were lost and asserted that ]
they made suicide crashes into i
the raiders. <
Tokyo made the customary
claim that the damage was slight 1
but at the same time ordered 12 ‘
more miles of fire breaks built ^
at the capital. '
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GREETINGS NOT TO
BE SENT AFTER DEC. 6TH
Christmas greetings in the
form of telegrams will not be
accepted by the Alaska Commun
ications System between Decern
lir 6th and December 25th, it
Has been announced by the local
office of the ACS.
^tllead it in The Nugget.
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Squeezing Mr. Moto!
NEW YORK—The pattern of the Allied squeeze on Japan is indicated in the above map which
shows: 1. Where U. S. Forces have landed on Leyte Island and quickly established strong points which i
included capture of two key air fields; and 2. Where Allied air and sea attacks hit the Nicobar islands '
in the Indian Ocean, the last barriers to a drive on Singapore and Malaya. Some observers believe these
operations are more a matter of fine timing than of coincidence and may be the beginning of the long
anticipated push from both the east and west to cripple Japan. Reports indicate that most of the U. S.
Pacific fleet was engaged in the Philippines campaign and naval forces were aided by land-based bomb
ers flying from China (31 ip pre-invasion assaults on Formosa.
GREEK POLICE
j FIRE ON CROWD
OF MOBSTERS
By STEPHEN BARBER
ATHENS, Dec. 4.—(AP)—
Greek police fired on a crowd
of left wing EAM demonstrators
in this capital today, killing 15
and wounding 1,408 persons, it:
has been reported.
A pitched battle broke out in
Athens’ suburbs, between the,
Royalists and the EAM army
members as a result of a broad-,
cast made last week by Prime
Minister George Papadreou to
the Greek nation, in which he
charged the leaders of the ex-j
treme left with preparing the;
way to civil war. 1
A crowd of EAM sympathizers
were turned back by the police
guns. The crowd included wmoen
and children and occurred in the
shadow of the Acropolis.
This battle is really a flare up'
of a long drawn-out hostility, for
the rea )>n of the latest Bias |
attacks (several words were cen- *
sored here). The responsibiliy as 1
to who is over the British to
stem the guns which were given
FIFTH ARMY
•TROOPS SMASH
NAZI POSITIONS
ROME, Dec. 4.—(AP)—The
■ American Fifth Army troops
•, smashed the new enemy coun
1! etrattacks in the section south of
Bologna today, while the Eighth
Army remained locxed In heavy
fighing between Montone and
i Faenza, it has been reported,
i Allied headquarters said that
the Italian Fascist troops and the
i Germans under Gen. Gegan, who
were in the line a month ago, arei
deserting to the Allied lines at
the rate of 30 to 100 daily,
i The Nazis yesterday attacked
| the American positions at Monte
I Belmontg and Boobina in the cen
tral sector of the front suffer
ing heavy losses.
Each attack was broken up.
Tillamook on the coast of Ore-*
gon has the heaviest rainfall in
the nation—an average of 120 in
ches a year.
to the police in Athens, who
opened fire on the demonstra
tors.
SON OF FDR
: MARRIED TO
l FAYE EMERSON
i GRAND CANYON, Ariz., Dec.
j 4.—(AP)—Colonel Elliott Roose
. velt and movie actress Faye
» Emerson were married in a glass
i enclosed observation station on
r the rim of the Grand Canyon to- j
I day in what the bride called
probably the most beautiful wed
ding there ever was.
The President’s son, who is 34
years of age, and the actresss, a
! coppery blonde, who is a graduate
pf the Little Theaters, recited
their vows before a large win- i
dow overlooking the magnificent,
chasm.
“Our marriage means so much
to us that we want to begin it
as beautifully as possible,” the
bride told the reporters.
From he Ytovapai observation
station the wedding party pro-,
ceeded to the El Tovar Hotel, a
rustic honeymooners’ retreat a
mile away.
Dry weather tends to make the
fibers of the cotton boll shorter.
STRIKES AND
CHAOS HITS
IN ATHENS
ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 4.—
(AP)—A general strike was or
dered by the Leftists' team to
day as the result of the violent
Sunday clash here with the po
lice in which 21 persons were
killed and 140 injured, it was
reported today.
Athens, famed city of Greece,
is tied in a tense grip of the
British-supprted Premier Papan
dre Papandreu, wh charged the
team factin with deliberately fo
menting civil war.
Martial law was declared in the
city and British tanks and arm
parachutists patrolled the street,
Greek and British planes cir
cled low over Athens, which is
without electricityfor gas or com
munications.
The radio is out, so the gov
ernment is unable to communi
cate with the people.
Major General R. M. Scobies of
the British headquarters, an
> nounced that 800 Elas troops were
marching upon Athens from the
Piraeus area from Thebes con
trary to orders issued by the
Greek government. They were
surrounded by the British troops
and disarmed. No shots were ex
changed on either side.
ATG EVENTS
ATTENTION. GUARDSMEN!
Meetings will be resumed oil
Tuesday, December Sth, at 7:00
p. m. at the Higa School. All
members are asked to be in at
1900 hours sharp.
Only 17 per cent of American
men reaching majority remain
bachelors.
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