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tity only across sea lanes stretch
ing more than 2,500 miles through
theChina Sea and past east China
to the homeland.
Air and sea power based in the
Philippines can sweep this sea
route. From Davao, Mindanao—
the archipelago’s main southern
island—the air line distance to
French Indo-China is approxi
mately 1,000 miles, across the i
southern China Sea. Northern
Luzon is about 600 miles from the
China coast.
Constant patrol will minimize
the flow of war materials to Ja
► pan. The sea expanses are wide,
and some ships probably will
penetrate the blockade. But their
cargoes will be small.
The imperial war machine then
will be forced back on stockpiles
accumulated feverishly during
the past three years. These prob-'
ably are sizable. But without re- ]
plenishment, they will place a
time limit on Japan’s ability to
wage large-scale war.
In Japanese hands the Philip
pines and Formosa—the northern
geographical tail—barred the way
to China. Fleet and aerial units
based there presented too great
a menace to Amrrican communi
cation lines to be by-passed. Fi
nal occupation or neutralization
of the main islands in this chain
will permit the Allies to prepare
their drive to he continent.
That will split the Japanese
^ empire in half, isolating the new
ly-acquired southwestern do
mains. In effect, sizable Nippon
ese garrisons from Indo-China to
the Indies will be by-passed on a
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RUSSIANS
CAPTURE NEW
POSITIONS
LONDORN, Oct. 23.—(AP)—
Russian troops captured the east
Prussian highway center of
Goldap toway, which is 18 miles
inside Germany, and broadened
their offensive along the entire
eastern boundary province of
Gemany.
A German communique said
there were deep pentrations into
the Nazi lines between Goldap
and Suwalki and they acknow
ledged the fact that the front is
now 10 airmiles long from the
besieged Memel, which was the
northernmost German claimed
city and Augustow in the Suwal
ki sector.
On the eastern front the Rus
sians on the Arctic Sea, pulled
up to the border of Norway in
a wide front, within striking dis
tance of the Norwegian iron ex
port harbor of Kirknes and the
German submarine ai base, which
is a constan tthreat to Murmansk
and Archangel convoy routes to
Russia.
Far to the south the Russians
are less than 131 miles from
Austria and 80 miles from Vienna.
Moscow announced victories in
both Hungary and Yugoslavia to
day.
Somber in Yugoslavia, a place
of over 32 000 "inhabitants, and
an important communication
center, toppled, as well as Nyireg
yhaza ,a Hungarian city of 56,000,
which is close to the Czechoslo
vakia border.
grand scale, while the Allies
punch ahead for a showdown
fight with the continental army.
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ALLIED ARMIES
SMASH AT
NAZI DEFENSES
LONDON Oct. 23.—(AP)—Six
allied armies pounded against a
tightly drawn Nazi defense, in a
fan from Holland to Switzerland,
with unceasing pressure aimed at
opening the eventual cracks and
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hammering methodically toward
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DAVID LARDNER
KILLED IN
ACCIDENT
WITH THE U. S. FIRST ARMY
NEAR AACHEN, Oct. 23.—(AR)—
David Lardner, son of the late
humorist, Ring Lardner, and a
correspondent for the New Yorker
Magazine, was fatally injured
when the jeep he was riding in
struck a mine near Aachen, it
was reported today.
The driver of the jeep was
killed.
David Lardner joined the first
army press corps only a few days
ago on his first war assignment.
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