Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-02-29 | Page 1 | U. S. Subs Destroy 14 Jap Ships; Planes Maul Isles

U. U S. S Subs Su s Destroy D str 14 J J She d Jap ap Ships Planes Maul Isles 1 New Bag Hikes Enemy Vessel Toll to Harbor Air Airdrome om Rock Under Consecutive Aerial Smash By Associated Press American submarines have destroyed 14 more Japanese ships i the navy announced Tuesday and allied ai airmen nen in ih the south th Pacific have spread spread more more than tons of explosives over Japans Japan's ap n 5 island defenses with most of the de destruction h heaped ped on the tottering enemy base basc on New Britain Navy Secretary Frank s said ld the newest victims of ot American Ameri Amen I can submarines included 11 me m medium cargo ships one small email freighter a a. cargo transport and anda a a. large tanker American underSea undersea under sea craft now have sunk unk or damaged damaged damaged dam dam- aged vessels enemy 16 1 Tons Hit IUt Raba More ore than planes poured 16 tons of ot bombs on harbor and one one of ot its protecting airdromes and according to the pilots reported report very heavy destruction The raid which occurred Satur Saturday t r. r day was the twelfth consecutive ve daily strike and the seventh con consecutive con sec tive time when Japanese failed to get a 8 single le interceptor into the air defenders have been pounded with 2205 tons of t bom bombs s during the last Jast 26 days the days the w worst rat mauling any Japanese position has ever taken in the south Pacific In addition to the aerial smashes has b been ri sheU shelled d twice b by marauding destroyer f forces The Thc destroyer squadron leader Captain Arleigh T. T Knot 30 Burke t told ld Associated Press War Correspondent po den V Vern Yern rn H Haugland d the Japanese se apparently have given en up hopes of ot retaining ret ning I gI 1 think those stranded and deserted de deserted dc- dc Japs will coll collapse ps but not not- soon oon Burke said sald Other allier B Base H Hit t Jt Heavily t 4 Other Other enc enemy bases 8 In p t Pacific to take heavy blows from frOni the allied air force included We Wee Wee- wak main Jap Japanese mes b base s on onN W Guinea Guinea- where 80 tons of ot bombs were dropped 90 mn miles mIlea northwest of ot where l 7 73 tons fell and the he Admiralty islands in the Bismarck sea where township and airdrome were hit ht with 36 tons of ot bombs far far to the west on island in the Dutch East Indies caught 18 tons There was no reported action in the central Pacific only a. a Tokyo broadcast claim that the allies raided Taroa airdrome in atoll in the eastern Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall islands and and in the eastern Caroline islands Su Sunday y