Roosevelt Standard | 1945-03-15 | Page 3 | Indication of What is to Come

Indication of What Is to Come t 4ooMiis : ' - - ...... HiNA rrrrr X3 Bfoa-zr 1 : 'Nwn g SMITH' B. As marines wipe out Jap airfields within 750 miles of Tokyo on Iwo, the clearing of Manila bay for American ships continues and pattern of two-way thrust on Nippon grows steadily clearer. Some observers consider con-sider the thrust up from Iwo to be the quick way, but others insist the smash must come from the South China coast and Formosa. Many observers ob-servers seem to think that all indications are that the Japanese islands will be conquered before attempting direct combat In Asia.