Show ALLIED POWER GAINS IN PACIFIC SKIES Nip Move Seems Stalled by Heavy Pounding WASHINGTON Oct 21 UP iP Allied domination of the skies in the vast Pacific battle front appeared growing mightier on Wednesday as s American bombers bomb bomb- ers slugged Japanese invasion bases from the Aleutians to the Solomons The fury of the allied bombing of enemy tro troops ps and supply concentrations concentrations concentrations con con- in the Solomons seemed thus far to have stalled at least temporarily the full force of a Japanese thrust to retake the held American-held Guadalcanal air airbase airbase base aase and win control of the southwest southwest south south- west vest Pacific While a large force of Japanese warships and auxiliary vessels in inthe inthe the he Solomons and reinforced enemy troops on the northwestern Guadalcanal Guadalcanal Guadalcanal Guad Guad- still held an expected attack attack attack at at- tack in leash United States bombers bomb- bomb ers rs dropped explosives on the embattled embattled em- em battled islands island's invaders on October October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober 18 and 19 and started fires at the Japanese bay base baseI on Santa Isabel island miles to the northwest I Allies Blast last Shipping At that same time General Douglas MacArthurs MacArthur's Australian command reported Tuesday night allied bombers were believed to I have inflicted extensive damage on the Japanese airdrome and shipping shipping shipping ship ship- ping at Buin Bum Bougainville island about miles northwest of Guadalcanal All allied planes meeting no attempts attempts attempts at at- tempts at interception returned safely from the Buin Bum night raid the said The navys navy's report Tuesday of the lat latest t American American American Amer Amer- ican assaults in the Solo Solomons u ns and the Aleutians madeno no mention of enemy planes rising to counter counter- attack Possibility that the southwestern southwest southwest- em ern Pacific skies sides may soon become become become be be- come a hornets' hornets nest of allied planes was seen Tuesday in an assertion assertion assertion as as- by Secretary of the Navy Knox that the number of navy land-based land planes was steadily in in- creasing Blast mast Kiska Again I In the north Pacific the navy announced that on October 18 the army's heavy motored four-motored Liberator Liberator Liberator Libera Libera- I tor bombers smashed again at the island of Kiska the last of three Aleutian bases once held by the Japanese Twelve tons of bombs were dropped on enemy shore installations installations installations and on a beached ship in inthe inthe inthe the harbor The explosives set Continued on Page Four Column Twos Two SMUTS ADVISES OFFENSIVE Continued from Page One sources on which we rely for tor allied victory Once tn the time has come to take ake the offensive and to strike while the Iron is hot he said it would be folly toily to delay to over- over prepare and perhaps miss our op- op Nor are we likely ely to todo todo too do o so The premier said the war may continue till 1944 1914 His speech was devoted mainly to o praise of the British commonwealth commonwealth commonwealth common common- wealth which he described as the heart of the defense against the most terrible onslaught ever made maden on n human rights and liberties It t also included a review of the war to date For Japan Just as surely as asfor asfor asor for or Hitler's Germany the writing writings Is s on the wall wail Smuts said All that will wUl remain of the spectacular Japanese success will be J Japan pan for or the Japanese He described Pearl Harbor as asat asat asat at at once a challenge to America to o western civilization and to the principles of good faith on which it t is basically founded David Lloyd George Britain's wartime prime minister presided over ver the gathering raises Russians The South African leader In his comments on Russia said The magnitude and duration of I Russian resistance surprised not only Hitler but probably everybody everybody every- every body ody else Probably no such losses on both sides ides ever have been suffered In inthe inthe the tie history of war If It the Russian losses must be terrible It is equally true rue that the German army is bleeding leeding to death in Russia In spite of their losses in men and nd material and territory the Russians show not the least sign of f giving in and the bitter defense de- de tense ense will go on to the bitter end This impression is confirmed by byall all ail 11 the best inside information Smuts listed three events which I he e said lifted the British empire out ut of ot the abyss Into which the theall tall all of France had all but plunged us s. s They were the defeat of ot the German air force over Britain the nazi attack on Russia and Pearl Harbor which plunged the United States tates per cent Into the warWe warWe warWe war We have much to be thankful for or but not the least for the colos- colos al mistakes of our enemies he added Sees Fourth Blunder lunder Will Wiil the fourth blunder be committed committed com corn mUted Wi Will l Japan In spite of h her ter r treaty with ith Russia launch a treacherous attack attack- against her also Iso in Siberia Time alone will how show The field marshal described Lloyd loyd George and Prime Minister Churchill as two great actors in n the continuing drama of our age and the people of Britain as real heroes H He called Lloyd called Lloyd G George orge the supreme su su- ireme preme architect of victory in the thelast last ast war and said his people gratefully remembered his imperishable imperishable im perishable service and thank God Godor for or the gift and saving grace of his historic leadership Churchill's foresight and cOurage courage courage cour cour- age have been an unfailing inspiration ion tion in this war he continued and the he World War II prime minister remains the embodiment of the spirit of eternal youth a d resilience ence the spirit of a great undying nation in one of ot the greatest moments moments moments mo mo- ments of its history But for Britain's stand since 1939 he lie said the world might have been lost for tor thousands of years rears and another dark age age might have settled down on the spirit of man I |