Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-02-24 | Page 2 | Mysterious Lull Still Prevails over Bataan Battlefront

Mysterious Lull Still Prevails Over Bataan Battlefront WASHINGTON Feb 24 21 UPA UP UPA A A strange lull i continued Tuesday Tuesday Tues rues day on the Bataan jungle battlefront battlefront battlefront battle- battle front as the Japanese invaders held to their positions and refrained refrained refrained re re- for the second day from II attacking General Douglas MacArthurs MacArthur's MacArthur's MacArthurs Mac- Mac MacArthurs MacArthur's Arthurs Arthur's little army of eternal I I glory Behind the Filipino American-Filipino lines however Japanese planes plane dropped showers of incendiary bombs a war d department com com- said There was no activity o of ground troops on either side during during during dur dur- ing the past 24 hours it said Yesterdays Yesterday's com unique said th the same Military observers believed th the lull might be explained by 1 Japanese Japanese preparations Including In in- in eluding reorganization of troops troop for forthe the out all assault which MacArthur MacArthur MacArthur Mac Mac- Arthur has been anticipating 2 Possible 2 withdrawal of Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese combat forces from th the Philippines for use against Sumatra Sumatra Sumatra Su Su- matra and Java although war department department de de- have made madeno no mention of such a a. shifting of j enemy strength