Show U. U S S. Fleet Softens Guam forI fOfI for I Invasion Blow By Associated Pre Press s sn An n avenging U. U S. S navy unceasingly unceasingly unceasingly hammering Guam into shape fo for invasion Friday gr grimly underscored un underscored un- un the mortal blow struck Japan at by revealing th the deaths of two Japanese admirals on this island lying only 1500 miles from Tokyo I Adm N Nimitz mitz disclosed last night that Vice Adm Chuichi Chulchi commanding the central Pacific area met death on embattled Sai Sat pan July 7 one day before th the Marianas capital island toppled With him died Rear Adm Yano otherwise unidentified Far southward on New Guinea thousands of f trapped enemy troops threw w themselves against encircling encircling encircling cling allied forces near Many of the men trying to break free to Jap-held Jap Dutch New Guinea were slain in attacks preliminary preliminary pre pre- battle to a scale full-scale Their fate seemed as sure as that of Adm but American lives were in the balance too Guam largest and most mot southerly southerly southerly south south- erly of the Marianas quivered under under under un un- der at least 9 straight days of aerial blasting plus 4 days of warship warship war war- ship shelling through Tuesday Tokyo radio said new nOw attacks were made Thursday by aircraft ft and n warships including a a. battleship battle batUe ship Gun un positions position's blockhouses and warehouses were targets Th The pattern of ot bombardment precisely precisely followed followed the technique t of the Gilbert and Marshall islands invasions Guam whose mountains moun mountains offer the same rugged defense defense defense de de- de- de possibilities as as' was wrested from U. U S. S control Dec 13 1941 Adm led the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 31 months ago and he commanded the carrier fleet blown out of the water at Mi Midway way July 6 3 1942 His en end perhaps through hara kiri ar kirI illuminated mumin Ilium- Ilium n ted as a Tapan Japanese se Pearl Harbor comparable to Oahu not only in geography but ut as the hinge of Japans Japan's inner ocean de de- de- de Japanese driving down the Han kow- kow Canton kow-Canton an on railway again encircled encircled encircled cled res resuming the siege sieg 3 3 days after the Chinese broke it July 7 The bombed blas blasted ed city still held ld eld out but the enemy apparently w was s putting in increased increased increased in- in creased aerial pressure into the thc offensive to slice China in two |