Show U. U S S. S Warplanes Pound Nip Airfields A in China American Fliers Teach Japs Cauti Cautious s Respect Block Australia I Invasion Plans By Associated Pr Press ss American warplanes flashing through the far Pa Pacific i ic skies in Ln growing numbers were were declared M Monday to be teaching the Japanese Japanese-a a cautious n new w respect t in iri the battle battI bUlof of of China ina and a and d crippling any Japanese attempt I to mass for an invasion of Australia Military dispatches said the Japanese after bombing the helpless helpless helpless help help- less Chinese with impunity through five long years of war were now switching to night aerial aeria attacks in an effort to avoid the fierce resistance resistance- encountered from fliers of the new U. U S. S army pursuit group in China In No 1 United States headquarters announced ed that the newly established Ameri Amen American American can cab air lr force swinging quickly into action inflicted heavy blows on Japanese airfields at and Canton and Canton over a a four- four day period starting July 1 lt 1 will be be- issued daily dally the first war bulletin said indicating the A Americans Americans' Continued on Page Pa Six Column Five PLANES POUND JAPS IN CHINA Continued Continued from Page One nation to press home unrelenting attacks against the Japanese in invaders of China On the ground Generalissimo Chiang shek's Kai-shek's armies were reported reported reported re- re ported to have struck back at t the e Japanese captors of in 10 province retaking the town after the enemy had held it ii only 24 hours Chinese dispatches said the counterattack had weakened Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese efforts to trap large Chinese forces in central and declared declared de de- de- de dared that the invaders were still unable to bridge the last mile 25 gap bet between en their columns driving along the strategic railway On the eve of the sixth year since the bloody China incident broke out July 7 1937 General L Chiang's armies appeared to b be stiffening against the invaders encouraged encouraged en en- anew by Prime Minister Churchill's promise that Britain S would give China every material moral and spiritual help possible President Roosevelt also cabled I General Chiang on this anniversary anniversary anniversary sary of the most despicable attack on you in all your long and noble history and declared Increasingly your arms and our arms will thrust back t the h e enemy In the battle of Australia GEneral General General Gen Gen- eral Douglas MacArthurs MacArthur's headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters announced that allied bombers ranging far fat out over southwest Pacific waters again pounded Japanese invasion bases in 10 northeast New Guinea Timor and the Solomon islands Twenty seven Japanese heavy bombers and six fighters attacked the allied outpost at Port Moresby New Guinea but inflicted only light damage and casualties I An Australian correspondent quoted by B BBC B C declared almost nonstop allied raids on Japanese bases above Australia were pre pee preventing preventing venting the enemy from massing for a scale big-scale offensive Our consistent attacks are hurting their striking power the correspondent said Meanwhile the situation in India threatened by Japanese invasion from next-door next Burma appeared to be improving as Mohandas K Gandhi the powerful little nationalist nationalist nation nation- alist leader d declared that India is as much interested as her allies in warding off oft attack Gandhi had previously urged Indias India's to follow his policy of or passive resistance toward any Japanese invasion Now somewhat changing his position position position po po- po- po Gandhi urged that united nations troops be allowed to re remaIn remain remain re- re main to defend India but hut only under a treaty with a free India and at the expense of the united the united lations |