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U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS AT PEARL HAR
BOR, Oct. 18.—(AP>—Giant
American carrier task forces
~ were of such strength today that
j the Japanese naval force took one
look and fled, Tt has been re
S ported.
Our forces are pouring a steady
rain of bombs on the Philippines,
while to the east a new naval
base had been seized in the west
] em Carolines.
Admiral Nimitz announced to
« day that the 81st Division of the
army troops had landed on Sep
tember 22nd without opposition,
at Ulithia atoll. Nimitz also said it
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was kept a secret, as they did not
* believe the Japanese knew of
| this action earlier.
A veritable deluge of claims
from the Tokyo radio since the
current offensive opened on Oc
tober 8th were denied, as the
only time the fleet was sighted,
the Japs fled at sight of the
American forces.
The communique also spiked
the Tokyo claims, saying that in
all that time, no American car
riers nor battleships received any
damage of any consequence.
Carrier plane attacks on the
Philippines were meshed with
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land-based strikes it was report
ed by Gen. MacArthur, who also
stated that fighters swept over
Mindanao, wih new landings be
made in September and kept
secrcft until today. This was
achieved on the Ulithi Atoll, in
the western Caroline ^roujis.
Ulithi is 100 miles east of Palua,
and contains some of the best
harbors in the Pacific.
Advance patrols landed at
Farraran and Mangejang Islands
in this group, nd on both sides
of the main entrance in the
Ulithi lagoon and occupy the
four islets of Mogmog, Pontan
geras and Sorlan. These islands
lie roughly half-way between the
American-occupied southern Pa
lau and Quam.
Among the latest targets are
raids on Okdoura a town on the
Haha Hima, in the Bonin Islands,
which is 650 miles south, and at
tacks on several small ships in
the harbor on Monday, was also
reported.
The troops again by-passed
Truk in the central Carolines.
Tokyo said that the latest hits
in the Philippines centered on
Clark Field, the pre-war Ameri
can airbase, 40 miles from Man
ila, and the port of Legaspi, in
southern Luzon.
The Japanese claimed that the
raid was repulsed and they still
claim a great sea victory over the
American task forces, which has
been sending wave after wave
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against Formosa.
Admiral Nimitz declared that
on discovering our fighting force
unimpaired, they avoided action
and have withdrawn toward their
own bases.
COLE SEEKS
NAVAL CONTROL
OF TERRITORY
j WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 18.
—Representative W. Sterling
1 Cole, sponsor for the ^lan to
: transfer the Territorial adminis
I tration of Alaska fom the Depart
ment of Interior to the Navy De
! partment, said today that he had
no idea what specific attitude the
new Republican administration,
if elected, might be.
His project, as outlined in an
interview with representatives of
The New Yorker, predicted that
if the Republican administration
was elected, constructive policies
and practices would be adopted.
Representative Cole is the
prospective chairman of the
House Insular Committee, if the
Republicans win control of the
House. He said that under his
transfer plan, enlargement of lo
cal autonomy would be encour
aged, and social and economic
problems would be treated with
improvement benefits for the
Territory.
The plan would in no way in
terfere with civilian economy,
but on the contrary would im
prove and expand it, he stated.
The idea was to create an as
sistant secretary of the navy for
territories and that he be a civ
ilian throughout his office and in
charge of all civilian, political
and economic matters affecting
the U. S. territories and posses
sions.
Cole said the bill providing the
transfer is being drafted by the
Navy at his request and is not
yet completed, but that he ex
pects o be able to introduce the
measure in Congress when it re
convenes on November 14th.
JUAN TRIPPE
IS HONORED
BY AMERICAS
President Juan T. Trippe of
Pan American World Airways,
was presented recently with the
“Americas’ Award”, given each
year to the American who, in the
judgment of the Americas Foun
dation directors, has done the
most to promote and improve re
lations with Latin America.
Presentation was made at the
annual birthday dinner of the
Americas Foundation in the Wal
dorf Astoria Hotel, where the
principal speaker, the Hon. Sum
ner Welles, former undesecretary
of state, discussed “Unity Among
the Americas.” It was his first
major public appearance since
leaving the State Department.
FAMILY TRADE
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. —-(AP>
—Eddie Houck, son of Leo, for
mer professional fighter and vet
eran Penn State ring coach, has
donned boxing gloves for the
first time in the armed services.
He’s a heavyweight.
ROOSEVELTT
FLAYS PEOPLE’S
ATTITUDE
WASHINGON, D. C., Oct. 18.
—(AP)—President Roosevelt be
lieves that the nation should fo
cus its sights on a grand objec
tive, it has been reported, and
today he proposed that the world
security organization should not
become involved in the discus
sion of minor details.
The President asserted that a
lot of people are trying to foster
dissension over relatively minor
aspects of peace proposals. He
said in a news conference yes
terday that he was getting awful
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such people.
He said he was fed up too,
when he begins to discuss the
subject, indicating' that this
might be the theme of his speech
before the foreign policy associa
tion in New York on Saturday
night.
At the Dumbarton Oaks con
ference he said that the security
agreements might not necessarily
guarantee peace forever, but
could guarantee peace during our
lives.
Answering a question, Presi
dent Roosevelt said that he was
in pretty good health.
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