Show N Wor War This Week Allies Prepare are For Fob Major Maior War Attack By LOUIS F. F KEEMLE KEE Of the United Press War Desk While Japanese and united nations nations nations na na- na- na forces traded blows this week in the opening stages of the battle of Australia the ames allies prepared for a major offensive against Japan under th the leadership of the great American soldier General Douglas MacArthur MacArthurs MacArthur's dramatic removal from beleaguered Bataan peninsula peninsula penin penin- sula to be supreme commander of the united nations forces in Australia Australia Aus Aus- tr sent a wave wa of optimism throughout the allied world No sooner had he taken over than he announced he had been instructed by President Roosevelt to prepare for an offensive and that he In Intended intended intended in- in tended to regain the Philippines General MacArthur warned that he expected to perform no miracles miracles miracles mir mir- acles but pledged his soldiers faith that he would do his best and asked only for sufficient troops and material to meet the enemy strength Developments of the week included included in in- eluded Jap Bases Attacked On Sunday American and Australian Australian Aus Aus- Australian bombers heavily attacked Japanese bases on New Britain Island northeast of Australia Allied Allied Allied Al Al- lied planes were active in Burma where more Chinese reinforcements reinforcements reinforce reinforce- reinforcements ments were arriving Adolf Hitler made a speech In which h he blamed winter for his reverses but predicted predicted predicted pre pre- a soviet rout this summer As he he spoke the Russians were announcing Important gains near and toward to the south A large United I States tanker was torpedoed off th the Atlantic coast coastOn On Monday Port Darwin Australia Australia Australia Aus- Aus was attacked by 14 Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese bombers Japanese naval forces were reported moving off the west coast of Australia Washington announced that American American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean troops in considerable numbers numbers numbers num num- bers had arrived in Australia The British reported that their Rangoon garrison had escaped northward to join the British and Chinese In central Burma The Russians continued their advances 1 In the Ukraine The sinking of a Chilean freighter in the Atlantic off New York was revealed Arrival Announced On Tuesday General MacArthur's MacArthurs MacArI MacAr MacAr- I thurs thur's arrival in Australia was announced The Germans whose naval forces have been active off th the Norwegian coast order ordered d all Norwegian ports closed The sinking sinking sinking sink sink- ing of three and p possibly four more ships in the Atlantic was disclosed One was a Uruguayan vessel rioting occurred in Chile over news of the torpedoing torpedoing torpedoing torpe torpe- doing of a Chilean ship On Wednesday Washington announced announced an an- announced that united nations bombers bombers bombers bomb bomb- ers had sunk or damaged 23 Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese warships transports and cargo ships off New Guinea It was disclosed in Australia that United States troops had been pouring into the country in large numbers for two months The Japanese made progress in Burma towards on the railroad to Mandalay The Russians advanced advanced advanced ad ad- towards German strong point on the central front The sinking of two more United States ships off the Atlantic coast was announced Japs Push Ahead On Thursday the Japanese were pushing ahead through the New Guinea mountains and jungles northeast of Port Moresby They were guided by the islands island's German German German Ger Ger- man missionaries Lieutenant General General General Gen Gen- eral Stilwell took command of two Chinese armies in Burma on request of Generalissimo Chiang Kai The loss of another al allied allied allied al- al lied ship of off the United States coast was revealed On Friday General MacArthur announced he was organizing an offensive against the Japanese He arrived in Melbourne and was given a rousing ovation Japanese planes made raids on Pot Poh Moresby Moresby Moresby Mores Mores- by and the Solomon islands Allied planes were active in return Th The e Japanese advanced in Burma to the vicinity of in heavy fighting The Russians neared Russa Japan and Russia reached an agreement extending the fisheries agreement for one year The Vichy after strong representations had been made gave Washington a to keep axis submarines out cut of French western hemisphere pos pos- sessions |