Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-10-03 | Page 1 | U. S. Damages 4 Nip Ships

I U. U S. S Damages 4 Nip i Ships is MAC ARTHUR HEADQUARTERS Australia Oct 3 INS INS INS- Huge U. U S. S Flying Fortresses following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing a smashing attack on the Japan Japanese se harbor at New Britain that left two transports in flames and two other enemy vessels believed damaged ranged the southwest Pacific Saturday seeking new targets In addition to the four vessels badly damaged at a fifth one a Japanese cruiser was attacked attacked attacked at at- tacked at Buin in t the e Solomon Islands with unobserved results As the powerful motored four-motored bombers devastated Japanese shipping shipping shipping ship ship- ping at New Britain trained bush-trained Australian ground forces pressed onward in New Guinea from captured captured captured cap cap- still without meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing Nipponese opposition The enemy was being referred to as the phantom foe as the pushed northward mile after after after af af- af- af ter mile through the lofty Owen Stanley mountains without sighting sighting sighting sight sight- ing the retreating Japanese