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Show BACK THE ATTACK -Buy Ait Extra $100 War ; Bond Today. This la Oar Battle, Tool FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 5' 11 ' ' ' . . NBA Telephoto. At the House ways and means committee bearing. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, left, tells Representatives Jere. Cooper, center, and Robert Dough ton of plans to raise an additional slO,560jWO,000 by greatly increased income taxes, estate and gift levies and excise taxes. : : : Senate Votes To Tighten Up On Deferments WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 J-The senate today voted to tighten up on occupational draft deferments and to provide pro-vide more money for children of fathers who are inducted into the armed forces- These provisions were embodied em-bodied ' in a measure which the senate substituted for the Wheal-ar Wheal-ar bill, which would have deferred all pre-Pearl Harbor fathers until Jan. 1. Administration leaders declared the Wheeler bill was dead. The increased allowances were provided In an amendment sponsored spon-sored by Sen. Ed. C. Johnson, D., Colo. Johnson's plan would provide $80 a month for a wife and one child, and $20 a month for each additional child The present allowance al-lowance is 562 a month for a wife and'tme child, and $10 extra for each additional child. Johnson s plan would not change the pres-L- g a s a s.awinrh t ' r "ill. S. Court Revokes Proposed By Bailey ! IS ' The measure restricting occu- I tl7nChin PAnPfC pational deferments was proposed VII lAVl MI lip I UJvl3 by Sens. Josiah Bailey, D., N. C,jk ft 111. I and Bennett Clark, D.. Mo., as a I If IfPriTian 111 1 1 fan o..vatifitin rx tv WhPAlpr The senate, on a voice vote, agreed to the substitution. Sen. Lister Hill, Ala., Democratic Demo-cratic whip, said there" probably would be a roll call vote later to day on formal passage or -tne. citizenship papers revoked on the Bailey-Clark measure. He viewed : grounds he was still loyal to Ger-that Ger-that as merely a formality, and man v. said the orginal w heeler Dill was dead. On motion of Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D.. Mont., the substitute was amended to require that busi ness concerns runusn wnura !thilt when Haehlei natural. statements of indispensabihty ofilzation Drbceedines. took an oath employes whom they wish to have deferred The senate also added to the; administration - supported substi- tute an amendment by Sen. Ben- nett C. Clark. D.. Mo., for crea-:sald uon or a meoicai commission io,of y, country. I think from his re-examine' the standards fo physi re-examine the standards of physi-armed physi-armed forces. Five-Man Commission ine new amendment caueu ior,have a 1Jke pull under like condi. appointment of the five-man com- Hons but undoubtedly this man mission "to assist in the determination deter-mination of whether or not men should be deferred from training and service because they are physically, mentally, or, morally deficient or defective, and to de lay, as long as possible the induction induc-tion of men living with their families. Its real purpose, it was c&piauiea, wuma oe 10 ormg jmo; service more men now classified i ; . . i j t a l. : j a I as 4-F. The Bailey-Clark measure would restrict granting of draft defer' ments for federal employes. The senate resumed considera tion- of the father draft issue as some administration officials were saying privately that farms have became a haven for draft dodgers Huge Parade Set For Work Week SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 6 OLE) The largest parade ever staged In Utah will climax the "Work and Win" week program Tuesday. Tues-day. Oct. 12, at 7:30 p. m., the Wjar manpower commission said today. Designed to promote morale of the war workers throughout the state and encourage the enlistment enlist-ment of nore workers, the "Work and Win" week celebrations were being ' planned by school children, war workers, and military leaders lead-ers of this area. 86 COMPLETB UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH NBW8 SKRVICE Morgenthou Tells New Tax v. f .'t V ? i. in ii miniiiiiim 11 mm 'n Flier Shows Nerve In Disengaging Incendiary Bomb LONDON, Oct. 6 0J3) Second Lieut. Owen G. Smith, 27, Norman. Nor-man. Okla.. suspended himself from a catwalk over the open bomb bay doors of his flying fortress fort-ress 23,000 feet over Germany, to pry loose an incendiary bomb which could have destroyed the plane, the U. S. army disclosed today. Smith, a bombardier, who per formed the feat during Monday's raid on Frankfurt, said it gave him opportunity to realise a child hood ambition to become a trapeXe artist. One hand was frostbitten and' his oxygen supply ran" out before he finished the Job. Sgt. Robert Ross, Cleveland, the ball turret gunner, noticed the bomb dangling from the bomb bay a few seconds after Smith had dropped his bomb-load over the target. He queried Smith through the interphone: "Who- are you saving that one for, Lieutenant?" Smith immediately donned his parachute and worked on the jammed jam-med bomb until it fell away. hill-lWi Wl IIIUII 111 Vllill, SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 4 OLE) A 44-year-old Salt Lake -City hospital electrician, Curt J. Haehle. todav had his American The papers were withdrawn by order of Federal Judee Tillman D. Johnson as a fesult of a civil suit instituted by the government. In his decision, Johnson ruled of allegiance to the United States, J,iiCrinn--, n th r.rmn r-r-h "f am of the opinion that at the present time," the federal Judge -Hoehle is not a loyal citizen conduct that he feels the pull and the draw of his nationality. I cannot say that I am blaming him I for it mvho vnii or I wouM is still a German." KAISER WANTS I BREWSTER CONTROL i WASHINGTON. Oct; 6 tUE) Henry J. Kaiser, west coast .ship builder, wants full nbwer to run the Brewster Aeronautical eornor- otion to t it on an efficient production basis without delay, I . U. S. Farms Have Become Havens For Draft Dodgers, Charge Officials WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UE Some administration officials were saying privately today that farms have become a Haven for draft dodgers. They declined to be quoted for the record, explaining that they feared the congressional farm bloc which forced through the Tydinga amendment giving virtual vir-tual draft exemption to farm workers. ? Meantime, the agriculture department de-partment released a report on ag ricultural employment in which it said in ah accompanying press re lease: "Draft deferment and other measures taken to conserve agricultural agri-cultural labor put 300,000 more men of military age to work on t;cvdi tu to nwr inc. e PROVO. Plans? , j r - Australians Break Through Japanese Fortifications BY DON CASWELL United Press Staff Corerspondent ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Southwest Pafcif im, Oct. 6 (XI.H) Australian mfantrymen have bro ken through Japanese outposts at the southern entrance to the Aamu river ,valleyj in northeastern New Guinea in a drive menacing the few remaining enemy bases along the island coast. communique disclosed today. At the eastern flank of the 750- mile South Pacific battle line, American planes end warships were reported battering enemy barge concentrations in the central cen-tral Solomons, where the, Japanese were trying desperately 1 to extricate extri-cate thejir encircled troops from Kolombangara Island. The veteran Australian troops stormed and( captured Kaigulin village, at the headwaters of the Ramu river, 'on Monday and drove on to resume contact with the enemy near Wankun, about 60 miles southwest of Madang. The latter is a main Japanese supply center 170 miles northwest of Fina-chhafen, Fina-chhafen, which fell to Gen. Douglas Doug-las MacArthur's forces last week. While the new drive gained momentum, mo-mentum, it was revealed that Gen. George C. Carshall, U. S. army chief of staff, had congratulated Mac Arthur on the success of his New Guinea campaign, praising his "coordination of forces, tac tics, celerity and speed. In the Central Solomons, Am erican bombers struck repeated ly at Japanese barge hideouts around Kolombaiigara, while fighter planes strafed and sank four barges along the shore The communique disclosed that two additional enemy barges were 'sunk by naval gunfire off Kolom bangara Friday night, running the score ior me action to Darges sunk or severly damaged. Sailor Prisoner Shoots, Kills CPO SEATTLE. Oct. 6 OLE) A sailor prisoner shot and killed a chief petty officer and escaped from a speeding Northern Pacific train en route from Portland, to Seattle early today but was auicklv recaptured by; Seattle officers. Police identified the sailor as Glenn E. Carrlker, 18, seaman 2nd class. The name of the victim was announced as Chief Petty Officer Nathan Albert Anderson, Snohomish, Snoho-mish, Wash., the father of five children and a veteran of 19 years in the navy. farms during the first six months of this vear .than in the same months of 1942." These developments came as the senate prepared to vote late today to substitute restrictions on draft deferments for federal employes for the bill that would defer pre war fathers until January 1. The substitute, sponsored by Sens. Josiah W. Bailey, D., N.' C, and Bennett C. Clark, D., Mo, has administration support. Senate Democratic leader Alben W. Bark ley of .Kentucky, who will vote for it, expects it to be enacted before adjournment tonight. That would end senate debate on the drafting of fathers, but the substitute substi-tute would 'still have to be passed by the house and approved by the president. ( tF -. (I f I I UTAH COUNTY. UTAH. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 6, Allied Tirps Break Tin 5 J 1 1 , Sentiment For The Rem Secretary Morgenthau : F Rebellion Over Administration's Tax Program Pro-gram Spreads To Democratic and Republican Housfe Leaders $ By TONY SMITH United Press Staff Corfespaadeat WASHINGTON. Oct. 6 Congressional . sentiment for the removal of Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr-, increased today as rebellion oter the administration's new $10,500,000,000 tax program spread to Democratic and Republican house leaders. ; The favorite to replace him is Economic Stabilizer Fred M. Vinson, former member of the house ways and means committee, and one of President Roosevelt's chief fiscal advisers. v i' Members of the ways and means committee, who heard Morgenthau Morgen-thau Monday, '"have delayed serious seri-ous consideration of the new reve nue program pending Vinson's appearance today. At least three committee members mem-bers and one house Democratic leader have expressed belief that relations between? congress and the administration on fiscal matters mat-ters wouldSjbs Clarified if Morgenthau Morgen-thau did aot head th " treasury department. The Democratic leader, lead-er, who asked , that his name be withheld, described . the- treasury's program for stiff personal income, in-come, excise, and corporation tax increases as "fooljhardy," adding: "It Just bears out my. opinion of Morgenthau. Congress will never be able to get along with the administration ad-ministration on tax- policies as long as he's around." House Republicans are disregarding disre-garding the treasury's proposals. They'contend that a large portion of the $10,500,000,000 requested by Morgenthau can be discounted uirvugn economies in me Yval,194If level. Duageu ine remainaer presum ably would be made up through a 10 per cent federal sales tax. . ' I 'Ho Rmihllan tommllnitlrtn vnai ninni: RAr .Tnhn Totw, nf New York, ranking Republican 7 w .r,.ri.. .i i. i tht 40 Mr cnt rertnction in the treasury estimate could be effected if President Roosevelt would practice a reasonable degree de-gree of economy. "The American people today are spending more money in the war effort than are Great Britain, Russia, Germany and Japan combined." com-bined." Taber said in a statement. "We are carrying now nearly theiSmith-Connally no-strike law, whole financial load of the war and soon we will have a major part of the military load. WASHINGTON, Oct- 6 (UJ?) Republican members of the house ways and means committee, in a joint statement, today denounced the administration's new $10,500,- 000,000 tax program as going "far beyond what the average person is able to pay. . The Republican statement was issude by Rep. Harold Knutson, of Minnesota, GOP spokesman on the committee. It also called for all possible economies in the government's gov-ernment's budget before asking the American people to bear an additional tax burden. "Prior to hearing all the evi dence, we feel it would be im proper for us to take a definite position on specific items," it said. The statement drew attention to the assertion of Rep. John Taber of New tYork, ranking Re publican on the house appropriations appropria-tions committed, that 40 per cent of the treasury's recommendation could -be discounted through economies which, would not impair the war effort WAC Liebtenqnt Is Found Slain SIOUX PALLS, S. D.. Oct. 6 UP An attractive brunette WAC lieutenant whose body was found in a wooded glan of a residential area was slainby blows with a "blunt instrument," an official said today. The civilian .officer disclosed that Lt. Naomi Kathleen Cheney, 25, Jasper, Ala. died of a basal skull fracture apparently while fighting for he life in a little clearing 60 feet into the woods from a street lined with middle class residence. , In reasing 1 1 41. l Lime oieei nan Meets Opposition At AFL Convention BY JOSEPH NOLAN United JPrees Staff Correspondent f BCSfTON,, Oct. 6 (EE) A proposal pro-posal for abolition of the little steel formula, or at least a modification mod-ification to permit wage increases ranging up to 25 per cent, become be-come a major issue today at the American Federation of Labor convention. A resolution, encompassing the proposal, was submitted to the federation's resolutions committee. commit-tee. It contended that unless the price line is held, the formula must- be scrapped. The little steel formula restricted ware increases !to 15 per cent of the January, The action came after President Presi-dent Roosevelt sent a message to the convention in which he anticipated a" good deal of sue- j cess in ." "l AFL President William Green ; said that he and his members would stand the president in the fight. Significance also Was attached to the chief executive's mention of labor's "voluntary" contributions contribu-tions to the war effort. Green called the matter to the . attention atten-tion or the delegates and the remark re-mark occasioned speculation , on possible further attacks on the Before the resolutions committee commit-tee was a proposal requesting that the convention go on record demanding de-manding repeal of the law, and calling for the defeat of senators and representatives who voted for its passage. The executive council's coun-cil's report charged that in overriding over-riding Mr. Roosevelt's veto, congress con-gress substituted for the voluntary volun-tary no-strike pledge "a pro cedure which encourages stop pages of work and specifically authorizes strikes." The report said that an AFL no-strike pledge, made at the outset out-set of the war, had been kept faithfully. Motions filed in opposition to the United Mine Workers' real filiation assert that UMW President Presi-dent John L. Lewis was the "direct "di-rect cause" of the enactment of the Smith -Connally law. Murray Says Labor N6t Treated Fairly BUFFALO, Oct 6 UE CIO President Philip Murray charged before the 8th convention of the CIO United Automobile Workers, today that "Labor in the United States has not got & fair deal" and called for a concerted political politi-cal action by the members of his union toward a "day of reckon ing with those' avowed enemies of labor In America" at the polls. He charged that 1 congress has not kept its commitments under the national stabilization act of 1942, to deal with all . people equally. . - Prices have soared while the war labor board has been prevented pre-vented by presidential decree, from removing inequitiea and injustices in pay rate, stractxasav to saia. 1943 Way! Cards Even Up World Series With 4-3Vin Cooper Pitches Mates To Victory Despite Fathers Death YANKEE STADIUM, New York, Oct. 6 u.ea few sad hours after their father's death, the Cooper boys paid tribute to his memory today by leading the St. Louis Cardinals Car-dinals to a 4 to 3 victory over the New York Yankees and squaring: the 1943 world series at one game each. With a heavy heart, big Mort Cooper beat the favored Yankees with sharp shooting pitches to his grief-stricken battery-mate and brother, Walker, as they kept their pre-game vow to ' win this one for Pop." They received the news of their father's death Just before leaving their hotel for Yankee stadium, where the New Yorkers had beaten the Cards 4 to 2 in the opening contest Manager Billy Southworth had not yet cided whether to nitch Bic Mort for the ace of the Red Bird nurlmg corps had been suffering from a shoulder cold. The trio Southworth and the two saddened brothers mat in. the dressing room and the decision decis-ion was made to send Mort to the hUl. "Well play and we'll win," Mort said. ' Because that's what he would want us to do. We'll win this one for Pop." And as they started down the gloomy tunnel to the field, where a crowd of 68,578 fans were waiting, wait-ing, Mort turned to Walker and said: "Well, Coop, I guess he was Just rooting too hard for us. Let's go. Big Mort poured his high, hard one In there from the -gun and. although he was in trouble a number of times, he always stood j The Office of Price Adminlstra-there Adminlstra-there a moment looking toward tion today established maximum his brother as if renewing their pact and then pitched the Cards out of the hole. FIRST INNING CARDINALS Klein filed out to Metheny in short right field. Walker was called out on strikes. Bonham's fork ball was breaking! . ..-, , . . Jz sharply. Musial filed high to Stainback. Nn runs, no hits, no errors; none left. YANKEES Crosetti out, Marion Mar-ion to Sanders. It was an easy chance. Klein threw out Metheny, Meth-eny, also an easy grounder. Johnson John-son lined to Klein. No runs, no hits, no errors; none tft SECOND ITNING CARDINALS Walker Cooper was given an ovation when he went to bat, but he popped out to Crosettf, after working the count to three and two. Bonham's pitch - ing was too fast for Kurowski and he struck out Sanders walked to become tha eame s first base runner. Lithwiler popped to Gordon. Gor-don. No runs, no hits, no errors; one left. YANKEES Keller lifted a high vvununuea on rage mreej Soldier Killed In Plane Crash Lt Jack Dal ton, 22, son of Jess C. and Grace Ray Dalton, former for-mer Provoans, but now residents of Los Angeles, was killed in an airplane crash Tuesday at 1:30 a. m. at Mather field, near San Francisco, Calif., . according to word received by family members nere. .L.C Walton was to have had a 10-day furlough, starting Tues day, and was expected, home by his parents, when thei received wuru vi ma ueaui. The young man was born in Salt Lake City, but the family lived in Provo for several years, moving, :to California about 10 years ago. He was arraduated from the Yuma Arizona air base, July 28, and had been at Mather field the past eight weeks. He was in the service nearly three years. Surviving are his parents and a sister, Carol Lee Dalton, 11. Burial will be in the Forest Lawn cemetery In Los Angeles.' Aunts and uncles from Provo left Tuesday to attend the services, as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Gallagher, Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Kay and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ray. UTAH'S ONLY DA1L.T SOUTH OF SALT XJLKS oR The Box Scoro CARDINALS Ab R H O A E Klein, 2b 4 0 1 4 4 0 Walker, cf 5 0 1 5 0 1 Musial, rf .... 4 1 1 2 0 0 W. Cooper, c. S 0 1 5 0 1 Kurowski, 3b. . 4 11 0 1 0 Sanders, lb . . 3 1 1 8 0 0 Litwhiler, If... 3 0 0 3 0 0 Marion, ss....3 11 0 3 0 M. Cooper, p . . 3 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS... 32 4 7-27 8 2 YANKEES Crosetti, ss ... 4 1 2 2 2 0 Metheney, rf .. 3 0 0 2 0 0 Johnson, 3b.... 4 12 0 10 Keller, If 4 1 1 S O 0 Dickey, c 3 0 0 9 2 0 Etten. lb 4 0 0 4 0 0 Gordon, 2b .... 4 0 1 4 0 0 Stainback, cf . . 3 0 0 3 0 0 Bonham, p .... 2 0 0 0 0 0 (a) Weatherly 1 0 0 0 0 0 Murphy, p .... 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 TOTALS . . 32 3 6 27 6 0 xMetheny went to first base in Cooper tipped his bat. a Batted for Bonham in 8th. Cardinals 0001 300 000 4 Yankees 000 100 0023 Runs batted in Marion, Kurowski, Kur-owski, Sanders 2, Etten. Two- base hit Johnson. Three base hit, Keller. Home runs . Marion, Sanders. Stolen base, Marion. Sacrifices W. Cooper, M. Cooper. L.ert on bases Cardinals 7; Yan de-Jkees 4. Bases on Balls, off Bon ham 3, M. Cooper, J; Murphy, 1. Struck out by Bonham 9, M. Cooper 4. Hits off Bonham 6 lit 8 innings; Murphy. X in 1. Double play Marion -to Klein to Sanders. , Winning pitcher M Cooper. Losing pitcher Bonham. Bon-ham. Umpires Reardon (N-) Plate. Rue (A) first base, Stewart Stew-art (N) second base, Rommell (A) third base. Time, 2:08. Attendance At-tendance ' 68,678. " OPA Sets Maximum Apple Prices At 10 or 11 Cents I WASHINGTON, Oct 6 TJJ! prices for apples for home con sumption which it said will re- t4.i wf,n t t I prices 01 Deiween iu ana 11 nia a pound for the season. The retail maximum for Oc- .tober. the low point in the season. ' will nverae-A -fthout 9 cents n.seciors mat 9 cents pound, approximately one cent under the present national average, aver-age, OPA said. Apple prices win vary by the month to reflect storage and other charges. Regional and district OPA offices of-fices soon will announce cents-per-pound retail prices for their areas, it was said. OPA's action was one of the j first steps in a program to extend control over the prices of fresh fruits and vegetables, 1 At the present tfme, OPa said, there are "excessive rises" in ap- pie prices which threaten unreas ona Die prices to consumers. Limited Increaso Allowed On Milk WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (CM Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson today ordered limited in creases in wholesale and retail milk prices where such action is necessary to correct serious milk shortages In communities of 25,000 or less. The Office of Price Administra tion immediately authorized re gional offices to carry out Such adjustments. The T Vinson directive specifies that retail price Increases must not exceed two cents a quart Retail increases in excess of one cent a quart or action which causes increases of more than one and a half cents a quart over prices prevailing in March, 1942 must be referred to Washington for approval. Heber Man Knocks Down Nazi Plane ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Algiers. Oct (UE Tech. Sgt Franklin W. Fitzgerald, of Heber, Utah, and Staff Sgt Harold H. Hausner of : Las Vegas, Nev.. were credited today with having knocked down n ME-109 each during yesterday's Flyta Fort- resa raid on Bologna THE WEATHER Provo and . vicinity Scattered showers la aome vicinities this afternoon. Cooler tits afternoon and tonight. Temperatures! Hlrh ........ 79 Low ..... 40 PRICE nVE CENTS Key Transport Junction In Allied Hands Fifth Army Scores Big ' Success In Crossing Of The Voltumo ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. HEADQUAR-TERS. ALGIERS, Oct. 6 rc Allied troops have driven across the Volturno ; river above Naples, breaking1 through the main German defense line on the road to Rome, and have captured the key transport junctions of Aversa and Maddaloni in their northward! surge, it was announced today. Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark's Anglo-American fifth army scored its greatest success since the capture cap-ture of Naples, when it forded a crossing of the T; Volturno, which flows 18 miles north of Naples and 96 miles southeast of Ronte. The capture of Aversa and, Maddaloni gave the fifth army' control of the main roads northwestward north-westward to Rome. The Fifth' army and Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's British Eighth army to the east were pounding ceaselessly at the yielding yield-ing German line across Italy, and pushing steadily northward In the sweep against .the Italian capitaL r -Shock forces-of the Fifth armv plunged across the Volturno at an unspecified point in blasting the first breach in the natural line-on which German Marshal Albert Kesselrlng had been expected ex-pected to undertake his first stand above Naples. Clings to Positions The plight of the Nazis abovs Naples, where they had clunz stubbornly to positions near the city since last : Friday, was intensified in-tensified by the loss of Aversa. eignt miles north of Naples, and Maddaloni, 14 miles to tlfe northeast. north-east. The fall of the towns deprived the Germans of their main transport trans-port hub on the Naples front Aversa is the first rail and highway high-way center directly north of "t m.T iZZtZ " st ef3ual importance On the Adriatic, the Eighth army was batteriner down stlf- tfened German resistance west of Termoli, and, inland, was sweep ing iorwara so swiruy in some aiseciors Ulal tne troops were rouncung up tne nindmost German Ger-man stragglers. The strategic pattern of : the Allied battle for Italy began to emerge more clearly with" triphammer trip-hammer aerial blows at the German Ger-man communications both ira-( ira-( Continued -on Page Three) Gen. Clark Makes Entry Into Naples NAPLES, Oct. 6 (C.E Lieut Gen. Mark W. Clark, commander of the Anglo-American fifth army, made a formal entry into Naples this afternoon. . Arriving at an airfield with his chief staff by plane, Clecrk was driven through the streets with, armored cars and Jeeps as a guard of honor. American and British soldiers cheered their commander and Neapolitans Nea-politans raised their fingers to him in the "V-for-Voctory" sign. War In Brief By UNITED PRESS Italy Fifth army crosses Volturno Vol-turno river to cut German .Una above Naples; Aversa and Madda loni captured in march toward Rome; British eighth army locked in better battle at Bigerno river; Allied planes attack Bologna and Grosetto. Eastern Mediterranean British continue fight against Germans oh Cos; Turkish advices say Nazis recapture Leros and land on Sa moa in struggle for -control of Aegean, while British take control of Stampalia. ' Rtusla Red ' mrmy beats off German counterattacks before' Gomel; Indirect reports describe crossing of Dnieper river; autum nal rains bog down Russian advances. ad-vances. Pacific Australian troops break through at Ramu river headquarters In New Guinea drive to outflank Japanese coastal bases; American planes and war ships batter - enemy evacuation forces In Solomons; six Japanese planes shot down at Vena Larella me and New Georgia. . |
