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In two a . desperate German gani garri ganiIon garriton ion ton remained rernameet under fire ftre Ore of U S Sartillery Sartillery Sartillery artillery , . naval guna guns gums and aerial aerie aerialbombardment aeriebombardment bombardment In a sacriflclal aacriftclal aacrillclal delay delayIng delaylag Ing lag action . , , and meanwhile steadily steadilyI steadilydemolished eteadildemollabed ateadil eteadil ; I demolished demollabed the modern harbor harbOT ta fa to fadUties tocillties cilltles dUties cillties which wbJeh tha the Allies Allie . could put putto puto pu to good use me In landing supplies an ant and andrelnlorcements antreinforcements < relnlorcementsI reinforcements relnlorcements I relnlorcementsWhile reinforcementsWhile While tha the U S stalwarts atatwart . rlnge ringet ringed ringedCherbourg ringetCherbourg rlngeCherbourg < Cherbourg , , British Brlttsn and Canadian Canadiat Canadianunits Canadiatunits Canadlaiunits units In the Caen area to the east easthammered eat eathammered eashammered hammered at Marahal Marshal Erwtn Erwin Rom Rommel Rommel Bommel mel s < armored divisions divlslona which con contlnued continued continued tlnued tinued their counterattacka counterattacks In bloody bloodl bloodyfighting bloodlfighting ; ) flthting fighting designed de.lgned delgned . to check an any ) ' Allied Alliec Alliedbreakthrough Alliecbreakthrough Alllecbreakthrough breakthrough from the expandingbeachhead expanding expandingbeachhead expandinibeachhead beachhead perimeterItaly perimeter perimeterItaly Italy ItalyDriving Driving over muddy terrain terraln AI Al AIlied Allied Allied lied troops continued to chase the List theGermans ListGermane th thGermans < Germans Germane back to their main detens defense defenst defenstline defenseline detenslln < line lln In to northern norther Italy with ghting fightinf fightinfchiefly flghtlnichiefly ghtingchiefly chiefly marked by brief . , stubborr .tubborn tubborn stubborn stubbornstands . .tubbornstandi standi tands stands by Nad Na1 Nazi ; rearguards rearguardl rearguardsIn In falling talling back to the north atter after atterthe afterthe aftcithe the Allied Allled Ailed armlea armies had bad amaabed smashed their theirlines theirlines thelxlines lines below Rome the Nazia Nazis wer were were werewithdrawing werewithdrawing werwithdrawing withdrawing toward the waist of the theItalian theItalian th thItalian Italian peninsula pentnsula where landingscould landinCII landings landinCIIcould landingcould ! could not ba be made male mate { to their rearAnchored rear rearAnchored Anchored In to the center at the base baseot basesf baaof * ot sf the Apennine Apennlne mountains the new newGerman newmerman newGerman German merman defense line was set up to toguard tocard tocuard guard ; card tha the fertile farm land and In Industrlat iniustrial industnal dustrlat iustrial reglona regions of northern Italy Italyprhes Italyprizes Italypriiei prhes prizes : of the wracked countryFinland country countryFinland Finland Fmland FinlandWith With the formidable tonnidable Runlan Busslan Russian army army.team armyteam armyiteam .team team . , rollering ronerlng over the wild Kare Kare- Karellan Karelan Karelian - - lian llan lan isthmus Isthmu . In southern Finland and andtra andTatung andtrailing tra Tatung I 1mg Its sights eights on the little coun coup country coupry country try : ry a s capital of Helsinki Helslnkt there was wastalk wasalk wastalk talk alk of the posalblUty possibillty possibility of ot a peace peacew peaceN w N th MoscowThe Moscow MoscowThe The once strong Karelian de defenses defensesvh defenseawh tenses tenseswh wh vh ch had held the Reds Red * back for forday forlays forday day lays . ; , during the war of at 1B39 1939 cracked crackedai crackedal crackedn al n d d ( ' crumbled 'rumbled rumbled under the weight of ofthe ofhe ofthe the he Kussinn Hussian Russian attack supported by byheavy byheavy byieavv heavy ieavv artillery and aerial bombard bombardment bombardment bombardmentAs bombardvent ment vent ventAs As the Reds Red pounded up the Karean Kare KareI I I an isthmus Istbmus In the face tace of ot negligIble negligible011 negligibleit 011 it l s & lion tlon the bulk of the German Germantr Germanr tr r I i.s is . s In Finland stood guard over overthe overhe overthe the he vital nickle nlckIe mines in the northJIiNA north northCHINA CHINA JIiNA : : lap Jnp\ Jnp JnpPress Ia , ) . , \ Press Drive Drwe DriveSp . Sp ' rred 'red red by the bombing of Itsig its Itabig big ig steel center of 01 Yawata Japan Japancu Japano cu o t 11 I r ued to preas press Its major oftense often offens offensr 6 \ \r r se \ e in China designed to secure the the"a theastern theeastern "a a " astern t'rn trn ( ' coastal aector sector of the coun coun- country coun- coun counry country - - try ry a aKalnst against ainst future Allied operatlonathere operatlonathereAt operation operations operationshere . tht'rt thtrt here ' ' hereAt At tl tt e a same time the Japs struck struckark struckt struckI I ack ark at lit Chinese troops in northern northernD northernBra D 1 r a nghting fighting to open a back door doorto dooro doorto to o 11 tl ti c ( ' r country through which whicb reforrc re- re reI reInfuru re-infuri.c reinfuri.c re infuri.c infuric - - - I Infuru forrc . nenti nents vents and supplies could be betr bera betTA I tr ra i < si ' .i i . I orted from trom IndIaI IndIaNo IndiaNo India IndiaNo No less than three Jap columna columns columnsere columnswere \ pre ere I ( era crating ung In eastern China Chinav , . , . , tt U tv.o tvo t\\O t O two \ . acting as protecting protectingscreel protectingGreer protectingcreei screel ( ; Greer s g tor for the main body whichI which whichII I II J I M t , southward 1southward 1 1 j toward the bigse big bigc se c I 1 i rt at Canton Capture of Cant CanH Can t v H ' " . i 11 i extend Jap control over overU overa overU U a ' " v.h vh . h Ie le eastern coastal sector InI In Int inI I I t li h ii U tJ ti e a enemy already has bas estab-1 estab 1 eltabI estabst eltab- eltab estab - - I st t > 1 t lr I r nny any heavy Industrie industries * In ex exI 11 ( 1 t I , k h , the natural and human re- re re6u re- re re0 re-tu re tu - - - 6u 0 r t ( b s . of 01 China1uIu China Chma ChinaMOKI ' MOKI 10HI 1uIu TANKS TANKSTt TANKSTI Tt TI r c ( ' army has ordered a reductioni reductlonj reductionit reductlon reduction j it II . - luantity luantlty iuantity of ot 50 caliber ma macI maI macl cI I nc ne g s s tor for a airplanes Irplanes that are be- be beIng beig be being - - ing ig n d a Ie it le ' on c cintract mtract sntract . . . One com comI comar corn\ corn cornar I \ ar y schedule a s chedulc chedule has been cut down downby downy downby by y 40 g It 11 i r r cent . , . and six other manu menu manufa manua menua fa ( a lurcrs lurers tuners face tace smaller culbacksOn cutbacksOn cutbacka culbacks cutbacks cutbackaOn On the other hand construction constructlon ot of otta oft ta * , ks , is s toine gomg going to be Increased conslderably coniderably con iderably slderably Losses of these vehicles vehicleson vehiclesn on n the Normandy front have exceed exceeded exceedd exceeded ed d expectations The production productionschedule productionchedule productionschedule schedule chedule of tanks of 01 all classes classe . wasurtailed waa was waacurtailed waacurtailed curtailed urtailed several leveral months monUu ago aJto P pACinc ACIrIC PACIFIC pACincLure PACIFICLure Lure Jap lap FleetIts Fleet FleetIts It Its . Inner defens defense * lines tmperillelby Imperilled imperlIled tmperillel imperlIledby by U S operations In the Marianas Marianasetrong Marianasstrong Marlanaastrong etrong strong units unltl of at Japan s Imperial fleeclosed fleel Beet flee Beetclosed closed for tor a major battle with tb tht the theU thtU tbU < U S navy which had long dared dares daredthe daresthe daredthe the enemy to come out and fight fight.First fightFirst gbL . . First Indication of ot the presence of ofstrong ti tistrong ol strong Jap naval forces torces in the Marl- Marl Marlanas Marlarias Marl-anas Marl anas - - anas arias area ar a was In the engagement of oflarge a alarge atlarge large squadrons of ot carrier based enemy enenvy en emy envy planes in battle with U S task teal taskforces tealforces taskforces forces supporting supporllng ground operationon operatlonton operations operatlont operationson ! on Salpan Sampan where marines and anddoughboys ant antdoughboys anddoughboys doughboys occupied the whole whop wholesouthern whopsouthern wholsouthern * southern tip of ot the Island and andpressed anc ancpressed andpressed pressed on agairst agair agalr st the big settle settle- settlement settlement settlement - ment of ot GarapanAnnouncing Garapan Garapsn GarapanAnnouncing Announcing thd that t the tbe enemy bad hac badlost haclost hadlost lost 800 600 planes In tt tl U c e a opening phase phases phasesof phaseiof . at of the Marianas campaign U S SAdmiral SAdmiral SAdmiral Admiral Chester W Nimitz Nlmltz Nimltz reported reporter reportedthat reporterthat reportedthat that strong Jap naval formations tormations un tin undoubtedly tindoubtedly undoubtedly doubtedly ventured to sea to .wTord wTord aford .wTordcover afordcover . arfTordcover cover tor for the carrier force torce relying relyingupon relyingupon ; upon 101 lore lorg g range land based aerial aerialreconnaissance aerialreconnaissance aerialreconnaissance reconnaissance to size up the U Sposition S SposItion Sposition posItion and the r own chances of ofsuccess of ofsuccess ofsuccess ofsuccessWhile success successWhile While the two great fleets fleetsmaneuvered fleetsmaneuvered fleetmaneuvered * maneuvered for battle U S troops troopssecured troopssecured troopssecured secured airfields in 111 the Dutch New NewGuinea NewGuinea NewGuinea Guinea area placing U S air airtorces airforces airforces torces forces within 880miles 680miles WO 880 680 miles of the Jap- Jap Japheld Jap-held Jap held - - held Philippines which the enemy enemyhas enemyhas enemyba has * converted into a strong defen deten- deten defen- detenslve defensive defensive - - sive slve pivot plvol . I ISecret pivotSecret Secret W WeaponsLoaded Weapons WeaponsLeaded capons I Leaded Loaded with expleslves explosive explosives . and andpropelled andpropelled aJieprepelled propelled by a . mixture mhtOl'e mhtOle ' 01 of f afr air afrand airand airand and casaes gasses gassea Germany'a Germanya Germany Germany's Germanys ' . pUoUe plloUeas plloUeasrocket piletlesarocket . . rocket plane laanched launched frem Irom from the theFrf'nch theFrench theFrench Frf'nch Frfnch French ' ceaat coast loemeel loomed as the theNads theNails theNail Nads Nails * boasted secret weapon weaponFollowing weaponFollowing wea o oFollowing Following reports ef of the fir.t firt first fir.tappea.rance firstappearance flrstappearance . appea.rance appearance . 01 of I the rockets rocketstravelling rocketstravelling rocketstravelllnr travelling at low level at about about250 250 mlJ miles mlirs s per hear hour and aad taperln tapering taperingoff taperingon & , ofT off at a 30 decree degree angle te 10 to es ex exptode esplode explode plode ptode with the farce lorce force of 01 a . 1 000- 000 - 000pound 000pound 00-poune 00 poune - - pound bomb aaetker another , . mere more ter terrlfylng terrifying terrifyloc rlfylng rifying rocket atreaked streaked across acrossthe acrossthe acroaathe the British Dritsh aky sky wblrrln whirring & , at 600miles 600 600mlJf'S 60 60milf milf mlJf'S mlJfS miles ' per p.r pr . hour and leavlxg leavlnl leaving ' pur put pursuing putsuing paraulne suing " , Spltnrrs pltftres Spitfires far lar te to Its rearAs rearAs rear rearA As A * the N Nazia Nails ads directed Ihe the Iherock.ts therockets therocket rock.ts rockts rockets . * at London and firitlabchain British firitlab Britishcham Britishelixiii cham chain ' rl f'1 f1 el ports the Allied air aircommal airtommar airtonirnai c-ommal c ommal tommar - d soufht sought to chetk check thesurpri'lt thesurprise the theurprls surpri'lt surprilt surprise urprls ' ' < - attack by bombardinfthe bombardIngthf bombardingthe bombardIng thf the ' f I rt r , r < nc n < ( h coast from Irom which the theInfernal theinfernal theInfernal Infernal machine machines * were belDg being belDglaum beinglaunched beinglaunched laum launched h.d hd . . and a.nd Intensifying lutenslfying : anti antialn antiairs aatialr aln airs < rift r\ft r ft ' \ fir fire . over oVt"r oVtr " the threatened threatenedareas threatenedareas threatenedareas threatenedareasPRK areas areasPH1(1 PUHI PH1(1 PH11 PRK ( 1 C ( O OINTROLPCtiltlr ONTROL OINTROL ONTROLPoftuar TROL Poftuar PCtiltlr PO ) ' lu aT ( nrh llrb urh nrhIf urhIf If an r I i llutionary tJationary fiationary cyclone similar similarto similarto to the e ( ' foil wing World War I I I is isto ito * . to be It t 1 t c led ted off oft the U S may be bec bec bec c mpi mpt lie Ile 1 I l to maintain price control controlfor controlfor controlfor for s e . time lime after the conclusion conclusionof conclusionot ot of the r 1 [ n rc rtsent sent c nflict nfllct until produc productlon production production tlon tion bel- bel beg bels be - , , s to balance demand OPA OPAprlce OPAprice OPAprice prlce price director dlrt'ctor dlrtctor ' Jean Carroll de decia declam dedare cia clam re iIf 1 i 1If |
