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VALUE WATCH FOR THEM DURING APRIL! 4 I f4 1 British Sea Loss Bodes 111 for Defense of India i - April 10 1942 v prmy & & K Mm : " sac issfc m 21 ai'r- 3 Interpretative — (Opinion) By Kirke L Simpson Wide World War Analyst The fall at long- last of Bataan fipi-- peninsula and British naval losses in the Bay of Bengal combine to darken the war outlook for the united nations in the Pacific-India- n oceans theater Of the two blows the sinking of two British heavy cruisers by Japanese bombers may prove the most immediately serious unless powerful British fleet and air reinforcements have reached Indian waters It Indicates that the fight for mastery of the Indian ocean Is going against the British And on control of the sea lanes in that ocean largely hinges the fate of Burma if not India — and of Chinese effectiveness in the war Outcome Inevitable It was conceded from the first that the gallant but exhausted American-Filipin- o troops must ultimately succumb to the over-if whelming odds against them to pay the Japan was prepared blood cost of sustained frontal attack no At this writing there was Ameri- positive word whether the can garrison still held Corregidor But with Bataan lost there could be no hope that the Manila harbor forts could long hold out Bataan's fall meant that Corregidor fortress was brought under close range fire of Japanese big guns on the peninsula That was the grim fact confrontthe ing General Wainwright once front on BaJapanese broke his reserves were taan and his weary unable to close the breach It is the fact that President Roosevelt weighed in granting Wainwright authority to end the strukrle if he deemed it hopeless Brain gs War Home to U S Disclosure that American-Filipin- o casualties are upward of men— dead wounded or prisoners — must bring home grimly to all Americans the realization that nothing short of utter national concentration on the war effort can Insure victory Secretary Stlmson sounded that note In disclosure of the scope of the final disaster in the Philippines even before Tokyo could broadcast its version That the disclosure of the size of the disaster will come as a shock to the American public goes without navinc It ia to be exDected that the president will take early occasion to renew his pleas for national unity and utter resolve to fight to the bitter end There is no other way to pay the nation's debt to the men who died on Ba36-0- 00 taan Ill Portents Elsewhere The loss to the united nations cannot be counted solely in the numbers of those American-Filipin- o troops who achieved a miracle in deferring the tragic finale The end of that struggle has ill portents elsewhere It must release Japanese heavy forces and battle equipment soon for use against Burma India or Australia That Japanese casualties on Bataan were enormous cannot be doubted Frontal attaek means losses four or five times greater for the attacking force than for the defenders while the fight rages It took wave after wave of Japanese troops driving forward over the bodies of their own dead to smash through There ia no estimate of their casualties and what that victory cost them in blood may never be known d defense of The Bataan did far more than retain a meager foothold for the united nations on the China sea It served as an outpost for defense of Australia Its fall is certain to see the Japanese attack there or in Burma again stepped up stout-hearte- Cruelty to Tires Helps Iceman Get Divorce" SAN DIEGO Cal April 9 UP) to automobile tires was termed an "element of extreme cruelty" by Superior Judge Gordon Thompson Thursday in granting Paul Pappert iceman a di- — Damage vorce - V-- i I - u — in J- $ h I ' l--- V I x - & W Physical exhaustion that dulled the effective- ness of an American-Filipin- o counterattack was a contributing factor in loss of the Bataan peninsula to the Japanese General Wain- - Pictured is a weary trooper Corporal Ray Spenger dispatch rider as he took a brief nap during a lull in the Japanese assaults Or Surrender to Japanese Invaders self-propell- Ca-vi- te next chapter came with Thursday morning's communique: "A message from General Wainwright at Fort Mills just received at the war department states that the Jaoanese attack on Bataan peninsula succeeded in enveloping the east flank of our lines in the position held by the Second corps An attack by the First corps ordered to relieve the situation failed due to complete physical exhaustion of the troops "Full details are not available but this situation indicates the probability that the defenses on Bataan have been overcome" The grim news The J f1 W7kM 36853 Defenders of Bataan Face Death (Continued from Page One) praising1 him and his men without limit and authorizing him to make any decision necessary to meet the developing situation Filipino soldiers made up the bulk of the 36853 fighting men on Bataan Stimson explained The American contingent comprised the Thirty-firs- t infantry regiment the crews of two tank battalions units of air force ground crews andartillery sailors and marines from the abandoned naval base Air force personnel numbered 5000 men at the start but there was a heavy loss of aircraft at the opening of the campaign and in its late stages some 2000 air corps men fought as infantrymen Corregidor Still Stands Corregidor and the other rockv island fortresses at the entrance to Manila bay were still in American hands Stimson disclosed but how long: they could hold out was questionable He foresaw resistance by isolafced bands of fighters in northern Luzon This aside from the fact that more than half of the islands in the archipelago were still held by Americans or Filipinos was all that the United States could salvage from the situation And it was pointed out the still islands are not capable of effective resistance and have not been gobbled up by the Japs only because the Japs did not need them However long the end had been expected it brought gloom and an obvious feeling of depression to the capital This attitude however was mixed with a reaction that this country must tighten its belt and work and fight as never before Senator Pepper (D) Florida for one said that the development called "for something in the nature ©f total mobilization of American resources and manpower" He added that "we have a job ahead of us that challenges the best we can do" and said "the American people are going to demand that we take the leadership in launching an offensive against the axis on every front" We'll Be Back "We'll be back" said Chairman May of the house military committee "When we take Tokyo the Philippines will be a damn simple matter If congress had followed IMf--- v v jVVr4 Vi right advised the war department v ssf-- X f X IV 5 ht 1 1 yt fVt:::i I 4ttJl lIII iA H-- Lemon Juice No 1 No 1527: A saucy ruffle accents the hipline of this long-torsstyle with rope-tie- d pockets Buttons down r If you suffer from rheumatic thrltls or neuritis pain try thi almpl inexpensive homs recipe that thouGet a package of sands ars using Ru-E- x supply Compound a two-wetoday Mix It with a quart of water the Juice of 4 lemons It's easy No Mac ARTHUR' S add GENERAL need trouble at all and pleasanttwoYou a a HTERS times a Melbourne only three tablespoonfuls j — some48 hours Often within day April 9 (UP) — General Douglas times results ere overnight—splendid more determined than obtained do not quickly If the inojiruiur do not feel better ever to carry out his pledge to re- leave and If vou pains the empty package and Ru-E- x turn to the Philippines was de- return will cost you nothing to try as It Is scribed as "deeply grieved" Thurs- sold by your druggist under an Ru-E-absox guarantee day night by reports of Bataan's lute money-bac- k Compound drug stores everywhere U? 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