| Show I I Torrential Rains Slow Yanks On Leyte Island By Associated Press Torrential rains slowed up up American infantrymen closing In Inon Inon Inon on bitterly resisting Japanese in inthe inthe inthe the Philippines Friday while miles to the southeast other Yanks encountered little trouble cleaning up enemy remnants on the newly Invaded islands The tropical storm eliminated most of the aerial activity over the Philippines but carry bomb ing fighters destroyed 30 barges at Japanese supply port porton on Leyte island and raised havoc with a motor pool in valley valley val val- ley Icy around which land fighting rages The toll of oC Japanese shipping taken in Manila bay by carrier carder plane raiders Monday PhIlippines Philippines Philippines' Philippines Philippines' Philip Philip- pines' pines time was revised upwards to one cruiser four destroyers and 11 fr freighters and tankers definitely definite definite- ly sunk Four Jour torpedoes also hit hita a floating drydock Adm Chester V. W. Nimitz has yet made no mention menIon men men- mention tion Ion of or a repeat raid by carrier planes on the thc Manila Tuesday area-Tuesday during which Tokyo radio said U. U S. S carrier planes flew flew- sorties Bortles Amid reports of oC further U. U S. S naval and aerial probing of the southern approaches to Japan and the home islands themselves Tokyo radio announced the creation creation creation crea crea- tion of a liaison council to cope with air raid disasters in view of the inevitability of large scale enemy enemy enemy en en- emy air assaults Japanese broadcasters said several several sev sev- eral U. U S. S warships engaged a Nipponese patrol ship in an eight- eight hour battle Wednesday aft aff the Bonin Bonin Bo- Bo nm nin islands some miles south of Tokyo A was reported to have made a reconnoitering reconnoiterIng recon recon- flight over Kyushu frequent frequent fre Ire quent target of China based B The islands miles north of New Guinea were Invaded ed to eliminate the Japanese air all warning arning system MacArthur re- re Continued on Page pate Five Column On One 1 7 j Jin in Slows Yanks 1 Leyle Island j CO allm 4 from m Pate Page One American landing parties l occupation of ot Pet Pe- Pe t i t were mopping mopping- up Japan Japan- island a On n Bras ras said American ar- ar Arthur eArthur raise havoc 7 continued to although the the e Japanese cl ng g rains mina temporarily had haded I ed doti down do double encircling ts Several thousand en- en Idlers around LImon about ides north of were were Ily surrounded and Yank were within rifle e of their supply road nt t division ision cavalrymen con- con ted mountain positions to rear gar No new progress was rein rein rein re- re in the way three-way push Ii d e division shot its way to torti J 1 of bloody Breakneck ridge Limon and the Yanks' Yanks right pushed to within 1000 yards the ie town Entrenched Jap- Jap tho the left flank e stymied be Chinese high command aniced an- an iced ced td Japanese forces have cap- cap Ishan shan important highway and airport 43 miles west luchow former U. U S. S air base ih fell tell last Jast week Tokyo re reed re- re ed yesterday y that Ishan had said the enemy s pushed on from Ishan into r into interior China Fights Fight- Fight ns s reported 15 miles west of cheng cheng- and 10 miles south southwest Burma Indian K from the Chin hills joined I African captors of I possible assault on les es to the cast American- American Chinese in northwest Buri Bur- Bur i encircled passed by-passed cut off all escape routes of rapped enem enemy garrison |
