Show Jap Planes Hurl 1 Two Attacks At Guadalcanal U. U S. S Airmen Strike Back at Enemy i With Raids on Troops on Island and Nip Bases at Munda By Associated Press Increased aerial activity in the Solomon islands with two 1 Japanese raids on American positions on Guadalcanal was reported re- re reported ref in Washington Thursday in a ported by the navy department which also told of American planes hitting at the Guadalcanal and both on at t Munda M miles away The gave no report re re- port ort on damage in the night bombing bomb bomb- j jing new Information ing ng raids nor was any mation given on sea and ii aih siu skir skirmishing kir- kir reported previously sly as asunder asunder under way throughout the G Guadal- Guadal adal- adal canal anal area The No South Pacific All dates are east ast longitude One During the night of February February Febuary Feb- Feb uary 2nd 1st-2nd Japanese planes in groups of from one to four bombed Unit United d States positions on Guadalcanal island Two T On February 2nd fA A Un United ted States ground forces on Guadalcanal island continued con con- the advance to the west and occupied elevated positions west of the river Considerable Considerable Considerable Consid Consid- erable enemy equipment was captured cap and 39 Japanese were killed B A A. United States fighter strafed enemy barges near point joint about four miles southwest of Cape Esp Esperance rance on Guadal Guadal- canal C During the evening a force of Dauntless dive bombers Dougas Douglas Douglas Doug- Doug las as and Avenger torpedo planes Grumman attacked Munda Mun- Mun Mun-A Mun p pda da causing explosions and startIng start start- Ing ng several fires D During juring the night of February February Feb Feb- 3rd 2nd-3rd Japanese planes again bombed United States positions positions poal- poal on Guadalcanal Three Details concerning re recurrent ret re- re t current engagements engagements' b betwee e tw e e United States air and surface forces and those hos of the he enemy will I. I not be announced as long I as s such information might night jeopardize the safety of our forces in the area of operations This was similar in restraint to two previous ones which said only that air and sur sur 1 face engagements were continuing and that the two big armadas had hadnot hadnot hadnot not yet joined in battle Tokyo Also Als Silent Tokyo likewise had little to say about the continuing operations and its latest report as broadcast by the German radio fell back ona on a totally unconfirmed claim thata that a Japanese attack on enemy naval forces south of Santa Isabel Isabel Isabel Isa Isa- bel island last Monday resulted hi in hithe hithe inthe the sinking of an allied cruiser heavy damage to another cruiser and the destruction of 33 planes Santa Isabel island lies north of Guadalcanal A Tokyo broadcast had previously previously previously asserted that Japanese bombers last Friday started attacks attacks attacks at- at r tacks on American warships which resulted in the sinking of two battleships and three cruisers off Rennell island miles south of Guadalcanal United States naval quarters declared de lared that these Japanese claims were grossly exaggerated and that the enemy had suffered both naval and aerial losses Jap Warship Bombed As the fleets maneuvered for battle General Douglas MacArthurs MacArthur's headquarters reported report report- ed that a big United States four- four motored Liberator bombed a Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese warship In Wide bay south of with unobserved re re- re suIts United States State Fl Flying F Fortresses struck at itself for fot the fifth consecutive night flying flying- through heavy clouds to pound the base and harbor where strong strong- forces es of Japanese warships and other vessels have been reported massing for several weeks TOne r T rOne rOne One of the Fortress planes ona on ona a reconnaissance mission Was vas attacked attacked attacked at at- tacked by 15 Japanese fighters but shot down two of ot them and flew safely back to its base Other allied bombers strafed the enemy airdrome at Buin Bum on Bougainville Bougainville Bou Bou- gainville island in the northern Solomons SolomoM and ad d set fir fires raging at Continued on P Page t Two t 01 j Column One I JAP JAP i TWICE RAID GUADALCANAL Continued Iran from Pate P Pao g gO O Ow the G ata airdrome in N New Bi Britain tain Yanks Y s Continue Advance d t On On Guadalcanal canal United l tat es Tamy army y troops smashing through stiff Japanese resistance were officially of ol- of reported continuing their advance west of Hend Henderson Jo Joon on Air airI ai r I ffield afield after alter crossing je e Bones i river and killing 60 enemy aol aol- k diers other far tar Pacific war develop develop- motifs c Burma front British he d juar- juar J reported that Fi Field d Marshal Marshal Sir Archibald P Wavell legions legion driving back into Burma from fro m India were maintaining steady teedy steed y i h p pressure sure on Japanese lines a at t 25 miles northwest t of of the big enemy base bas At on ion on the Bay of Bengal coast an anat and d at 1 The declared however however how howe ever ver that the Japanese were solidly sol sol- f idly entrenched and putting u up f lt t t I t h t A r tarts Fires I I R BAP A F bombers and fighters heavily attacked the enemy 2 t S nd t attack on r 1 China A China A Chinese army spokesman spokesman spokes spokes- man declared that Japan hit by b ba byA A a nj pw shortage and alarm alarmed at allied successes I e. WAS wu sending 6 g additional a. a dl t j 0 n a I gun fodder un-f un fodder n-fodder odder T Thai Tha ai i l to reinforce three Thai Thal i I land laad on the J Bona a frontier where w wh re fighting g t continued |