Show dm t 2 ribc 541l Cak 7ribunc Thur:day Morning General Casts Lot With Men At Corre gidor Fall of Corregidor Permits Early Attack on Australia Rains Natural Barriers Restrict wa- - WASHINGTON—Fall of Corregidor releases Jar) forces to mop up scattered areas of resistance in Philippines-Story page I columns 7 and 8 LONDON—British besiege Madagascar naval base stubborn French resistance—Story page 1 colagainst By Kirke L Simpson NVide World War Analyst Tragically certain as the outcome was at Corregidor from the defense of Bataan peninsula collapsed hour American-Filipin- o the actual surrender of the fortress and its flanking forts that guarded Manila bay must come as a shock to American public ' opinion on the close slopes of Marivales Against all odds hope had pen- mountain on the southern tip of wsted that somehow the brave little company in the batteries of Bataan General Wainwright made it Corregidor would win through to clear that it was these guns not relief as their gallant comrades in the of Bataan had not Japanese air power that wrecked as German heavy It was not to be The only his defenses the most powsmashed howitzers wonder is that Corregidor surin Belgium vived so long the plunging fie of erful forts of that day war World in the first Japanese howitzers Symbol of Valor Yet the story of Bataan and Corregidor like that of lost Wake will live forever as a bright symbol of valor d of grim American resolution to redeem its promise pledged in the American blood shed there That is the resson of Corregidor for Americans as it is the lesson of lost Hong Kong and Singapore and now Burma for the British of Borneo Java and Sumatra for A ill a prO- Dutch comrades in arms The outr ir:)"00-- owe tection y o u your pre- posts of freedom in the orient rious furs more er have been breached but its citathan ever these del is in the hearts of men hearts days Dupler's fumi- gate your furs to deresolved to keep the faith stroy all moth life beThe test of that for Australia fore storing the last eastern bastion of the to Vaiution 2 vTo Alinimum united nations in the far Pacific may have been brought measurably closer by the fait of Corregidor Its capitulation releases powerful Japanese siege forces and equipment for ise elsewhere The huge harbor of Manila will now be available for Japanese use to press on southward against Australia or American - Australian comCive Yo lir Fur the Added munication lines Advantage of Australia Likely Next With Burma lost and grave fears in Chungking g! openlyNewexpressed Delhi for escape of much and A fourteen step beauty of the Chinese - British forces still 's treatment that revitalfighting rearguard actions on izes your furs—gives borders an early Japanese them longer life- -attack against Australia seems Weather probabil:tiem in greater beauty likely Burma point that way The terrain Exclusive at of the Burma road to China seems DUPLER'S to forbid an immediate Japanese march that way and the Himalayas present a no less natural invasion barrier to a of India from Burma If that estimate is sound It leaves the Japanese two alternatives for prompt expansion of their conquest march— and it is the fate of aggressors that they must march on One is across- the Bay of Bengal to attempt invasion of India: The other is vital comagainst Australia munications with the United States ' fox-hol- high-place- d : --an- d 11ollanderizin: Bur-ma- N wet-weath- er - - sea-bor- or-it- ne s YOU'RE THE ROT ONLY umn ALLIED HEADQUARTERS Australia Thursday May 7 (1P)-Lieutenant General Jonathan M Wainwright commander of the American-Filipin- o forces on Corrole he must the foresaw regidor play in the fall of the fortress but told me weeks ago of his determinatidn to stay with his men (Dean Sehedler WICS Associated Press correspondent with American forces on the Bataan peninsula until the eve of Bataan's fall He reached Australia three week ago) The night before I left Corregidor the general told me: 'I have been one of the 'battling bastards of Bataan' and I'll play the same role on the rock as long as it is humanly possible" Terrible Pounding At the end Corregidor suffered terrible punishment from guns and bombs said Major William R Bradford of San Antonio Texas who reached Australia just- - two days ago with the last Americans from the rock The Japanese heavy cannon firing approximately three miles from the Cavite area and six miles from the Bataan shore hammered the island's gun positions and tunnel mouths throughout the day Bradford who recently won the distinguished flying cross was one of the pilots who volunteered to make the last flight to Corregidor to deliver urgently needed medi- Corregidor Fall USPilots Blast Costs U S 40 Jap Planes 7000 Captured At Burma Base (Continued from rage One) force to Burma were extricating themselves virtually intact Chinese were quoted as saying reinforcements were strong streaming westward along the Burma road Generalissimo Chik was said to have ang arrived at a town in Yunnan province near the border (Continued from Page One) miles off and fire at virtually point-blanrdnge The result was a devastating cross-fir- e the fury of which was Increased by aerial bombing' and On each of the four days before the capitulation there were 13 such raids and the island was under fire for fi v h our stretches AVainwright's Account The war department released General Wainwright' a account of it Wednesday: "One of the last messages from cines General Wainwright prior to the Before he started back to Aus- fall of described the tralia Bradford too urged Gener- fighting Corregidor on May 5 before the sueal Wainwright to leave and told cessf LI landing attack by the Japahim the United States and the nese united nations needed generals of "Enemy artillery including 240 his type on other fronts mm guns firing from many new positions shelled Corregidor and Will Share Lot other island forts throughout the Rut Wainwright replied: Our guns replied with coun"I have been with my men from day fire and shelled truck terbattery the start and if captured I will columns in Bataan share their lot We have been "Again for the fourth consecuthrough so much together that my tive day there were 13 separate conscience would not let me leave air attacks on Corregidor before the final curtain Ameri"The artillery and air attacks cans shaken by the loss of Bataan were in continuation of the operashould not feel the fall of the tions against the forts which began Manila bay forts to be a double soon after the fall of Bataan on tragedy but rather the exempli- April 9 They increased in intenfication of the grimness Of our sity as the Japanese installed spirit when we stay to the end heavy batteries on the slopes of with a job to be done" Mount Mariveles in Bataan The When I left the Philippines just defenders were greatly handiafter the fall of Bataan Corregi- capped in their counterbattery fire dor already had been subjected to by lack of aerial observation weeks of vicious pounding by the Fire Became Heavier Japanese shore batteries and hundreds of air bombers but the men "Beginning on April 29 the Japon the rock assured me the Amer- anese artillery fire became much ican Ilag topside "will fly as long heavier and from then until May as we are able to load the artillery 5 there was little respite from and pump a load out from the anti- artillery and air attacks The araircraft and machine guns" tillery fire proved more disastrous Officers and men withdrawn to than the aerial bombardment ''During the last few days there Corregidor from Bataan exhausted from the fight against overwhelm- were many casualties among our ing odds uncomplainingly took up troops and the damage to military positions along the island's beach installations was severe The landdefenses — because they were ing was preceded by a heavy artilAmericans and because Wain- lery attack on the beach defenses which swept away the barbed wire wright was Wainwright Throughout the peninsula cam- entanglements and blasted machinstallations and other paign Wainwright not only direct- ine-gun ed his men but he fought with centers of resistance The Japanese them They called him "the most used a large number of steel front-goinbarges in the short water trip from general" Then the loss of Bataan brought the tip of Bataan to Corregidor" Earlier the army had announced the northern coast of Corregidor within direct fire of the Japanese the end in these grim words: "The war department has rebatteries From their hill positions on the ceived a messalle from Corregidor southern tip of the peninsula the advising that resistance of our has been overcome FightJapanese guns bracketed Corregi- troops dor's defenses ing has ceased and terms are being The Japanese knew just where to arranged covering the capitulation concentrate their bombardment for of the island forts in Manila bay" Bataan and Corregidor will be they had a dozen places ashore from which to observe and plot remembered together not only for the position of the American bat- the similarity of the pattern of teries And there always were the their capitulation and the inspiring "Photo Joe" Japanese planes deeds of American fighting men which almost daily came over on but also as an example of long and carefully laid military plans which photographic observation flights counter-batter- y tragically miscarried The American-FilipinIt was never intended that the work had no such assist-kne- e Philippines or even Manila should be held against an invading Japanese army At no time were there men or enough equipment enough Issued every morning Entered at the Mat orfloa at Ralt Lake City ie atteon4 for that k dive-bombin- g Kai-she- e-- Gans $10 to $300 1tIC CHUNGKING May 6 (UP) — Japanese spearheads driving ahead in spite of U S army air attack! that have knocked out 74 of their supporting planes this week have pushed 50 miles into China's Yunnan province along the Burma road where a major battle now looms before the 3000- foot banks of the upper Salween river war dispatches said Wednesday night Even as the Invaders of China's backdoor extended their advance to the vicinity of Mangshih where heavy fighting raged big American bombers from India smashed again at the Mingaladon airdrome north of Rangoon adding to their total of 40 planes destroyed and 25 damaged during Monday night's raid Mingaladon is the main Japanese base for the Burma campaign which has now expanded to China Defendera Fall A communique quoted by the New Delhi radio said that each American bomber in t h e three d exflights dropped one plosive despite heavy antiaircraft fire and on the way back flames were observed swirling up from the airdrome for a distance of 70 miles Eight Japanese fighters attacked the raiders "unsuccessfully" the communique said indicating that the American planes got away without losses Another ‘nine Japanese planes were shot down by the American volunteer group in two days of fighting over their base at Paoshan (Yungchang) on the Burma road 100 miles north of 14Tangshih which the Japanese have been raiding with as many as 27 bombers at a time To Meet invaders Paoshan is the primary defense objective of Chinese reinforce- ments including mechanized units which are streaming down the Burma road from inner China and throwing up positions on the banks of the Salween 25 miles northeast of Mangshih By capturing Paoshan only 100 miles their point of beyond farthesi advance the Japanese could cut communications between Burma and China completely and trap the Chinese and British troops left in central and eastern Burma The town controls not only the Burma road but a secondary road leading west to Bhamo at the head of Burma's Irrawaddy river navigation The Chinese and some of the British forces in Burma are with drawing up the Irrawaddy toward Bhamo hoping to take the road to Paoshan 250-poun- LC 'IoSoov o Y- 0 EAST SEOOND SOUTH Tel Beason BuildingSalt Lake City 21 alt ' 1ik 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combat : Jones and Pope The Pope later suing 4 Lieutenant General George was sunk in the Tava sea battle r -r It 1' ' ' In a night attack on the enemy Brett commander of allied air ' 1 announced forces t the 24 de: '' following armada January the four Pato his southwest stroyers sank at least four large appointments sank two cific staff : transports possibly 4630 t'''' Air Vice Marsiial William D small ones and damaged two The e Marblehead covered the destroyer Bostock of the Royal Australian force going into the fight and pro- air force chief of :staff Colonel May Scle Special! tected its withdrawal to the Dutch Edwin S Perrin Of the UnitedStates deputy chief of staff Brigbase of Soerabaja OLD ENGLISHA few days later the Marble- adier General Ralph Royce for- of Salt Lake City Utah head and four destroyers—the merly FLOOR WAX Stewart (later demolished at leader of the United States raid John D Edwards on Manila from Australia senior Soerabaja) Barker and Bulmer—sailed out to air staff officer Colonel Eugene con attack Japanese ships eoncentrated L Eubank of the United States of Balikpapan reg 112 At 9:30 p in director of plans Colonel Ross G local time February 1 they en- Hoyt of the United States director I countered a Japanese fleet of of operations Air Commodore Jo- Wax your floors to greater brilseven cruisers and 13 destroyers seph Hewitt of the R A A F diliance with Old English paiste and prudently retired southward rector of intelligence Group Cap- wax made by the Old English to join three Dutch tain Frederick Scherger of the process It gives a lustrous face that resists wear scratche4 light cruisers—the Java De Ruy- R A A F director of defense and Mars Get today ter and Tromp—and three Dutch Group Captain Carl Wiggins di- at this special May Sale price! rector of communications Wing destroyers Commander Walston Hancock of PAINTS—DOWNSTAIRS Vessels Discovered the R A A F assistant director of This force was ordered to am- plans Wing Commander Allan bush the Japanese forces in the Walters of the R AA F assistant vicinity of Balikpapan but was director of operations: Lieutenant discovered on February 4 There- Colonel Reginald F C Vance of upon the Japanese rttacked with bombers and a furious battle ensued At least 54 aircraft were over in formation of nine and showered the allied ships with di NEW YORK May 6 (W)— Submarine warfare is producing a breed of men resourceful and courageous as frontier Indian fighters of bygone years a young submarine officer said Wednesday on returning to the Third naval district from far eastern waters for a new assignrnent As Chief of RAAF Staff C NEW DELIII—U S air forces in India attack sea head of threatening Jap armies—Story page 1 column 7 LONDON—Ft A 11 pounds German industrial city of Stuttgart—Story page I column 5 MOSCOW—Russia throws reserve divisions into spring offensive capturing important river valley—Story column 6 - lots of people require just a few dollars to tide them over until paydayWe accommodate many toquosts of this nature By Fire Warship 'Maw ls 13000 Miles 4 g ONE! 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