Show L washington N S ow FROM OUS congressman W K RANGER GRANGER bu z bombs bomb for japan haac W we e have all heard and read of the havoc brought to the people by mot notorious orious buzz bombs ar r robot bombs which are morr more of a morale shattering instrument than death dealing although they have done considerable damage to property in england since they have teen been projected over the channel there is speculation that these thes same robot bombs carrying american trade maiks may be used against the japanese an se as our war in the pacific progresses gr esses with great effectiveness the german VI bomb has been salvaged and pieced together by wright field engineers and this fall some isome ten major aviation plants were assigned the job of manufacturing the robot bombs they are no now non N being tested in defense practice with their jet propulsion engines gyro control ordnance war heads and aviation assembly so this may be one of our future moves against japan japans most serious weakness in her war machine appears to ito be her merchant shipping today japans merchant tonnage is not much more than third of her 1942 tonnage in 1000 ton shi po they have been able to offset this great loss in a small part by building large numbers of small wooden vessels japans tanker tonnage has been so severely cut down that some of our naval experts believe the lack of fuel may be one of the causes of the weakness shown by the japanese air force other factors include their poorly trained pilots technical of the american carrier carrieri bome borne planes and insufficient radar Mc Arthurs strike against the central philippines is a preliminary to our in formusa or luzon which are jesse antl I 1 for fut future ure strikes against the jap mainland itself itsek general mcarth urs invasion of the philippines came two months earlier than was t tentatively scheduled in the early summer of this tats year and there are isome indications that the war in the pacific is moving too swiftly for supplies and rei reinforcements orce to catch up with it and that is one reason why it is not too d t ir rustIc to hope for an early end to the war there after the conclusion 0 of f the european war when allied forces and equipment will be transferred to the pacific theatre to engage the enemy |