Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-20 | Page 1 | Japan Moves Units, Report

Japan Moves Units Report SHANGHAI Feb 20 UD Re jp-Re- lie lie- ports for which the Associated Press Iress was unable to obtain dIrect di direct dl- dl confirmation circulated here Thursday night that Japanese army contingents packed aboard transports were ere moving mo southward southward south south- ward ivard from mono Formosa and even cven Japan proper presumably headed headed headed head head- ed for Hainan island off the south China coast or northern norther Indo Judo The reports were considered by some observers ers to indicate Japans Japan's reaction to o the arrival al of many thousand Australian fighting men at Singapore Britain's Britain's Brit Brit- ains ain's oriental fortress Hainan Halnan has hai been considered a likely stepping stone for any Japanese P a e s e mo move mOe e southward toward Singapore or the Dutch East Indies Japan already has some troops in northern Indo-China Indo and small contingents contingents' have av been ent entering there re re tl S 'S