Tulagi Island Bombarded For Marine Landing
Smoke billows from the south point of Tulagi Island following the initial attack by United States
warships and planes August 7 preparatory to the landing operations by United States Marines on j
Japanese positions.
(Umcial u. a. iNavy pnoto;,
• Week’s News Highlights
Solomons
Washington (jP)—The Navy
announced that a heavy attack
by carrier-based planes on Jap
anese ship concentrations in the
northern Solomons resulted in
damage to five enpmy ships, in
cluding one heavy cruiser. In co
ordinated actions 2 bombers and
2 seaplanes were destroyed and
6 flying boats damaged on Bou
gainville island.
Gold Shutdown
Washington (.T)—The War
Production board ordered shut
down of two to three hundred of
the nations largest gold mines in
order to release manpower to
work copper and other vital war
metals Production of gold mines
must cease within 7 days, includ
ing those in Alaska and other
territories, except mines previ
ously accorded preferential pri
ority because of by-product out
put of copper, lead or zinc.
Son Killed
Long Beach, Calif. (.-P) — Co
median Joe E. Brown, who a
year ago proudly saw his son,
Don, 24, receive his wings as se
cond lieutenant in the Army Air
Corps Reserve, was notified in
Detroit where he was playing a
show that his son died in a bom
ber crash near Palm Springs
Thursday. Biown broke the tra
dition that the show must goon.
On leaving for the west t e said
another son, Joe, Jr., goes into
the Marines in a few weeks.
Social Security
Washington (JP) — President
Roosevelt notified Congress that
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