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-FATHER BUREAU viriMTY: ti 1 1 1 1 tND and An Independent NEWSpaper Printing the News Impartially 0 ma mat Low 65 rh .85 Low bi Entered wcond-cltm matter. u.v uoin. i-ucon. Arim TUCSON, ARIZONA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1943 TWELVE PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS iUD OHMa NAZIS BATTLE DESPERATELY FOR ESCAPE OUTLET; HITLER RUSHES GOERING AND HIMMLER TO ITALY; REDS BLAST 11 KEY CENTERS, SMASH 43 PLANES EG4ULLE PLAN a 1 to Share js prcsenicu jobTsuggested It Hit JpfC 0UIU o- Wc" Turn fca HIGH LEADERS PICKED Franco's Peace Appeal Gets TERMS OF UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER' ARE IMPOSED ON GERMANS FOR FIRST TIME NAZI GENERAL IN TEARS WHEN HE SURRENDERS Little Attention in London AIR ATTACK PUSHED Soviet Fliers Continue Their Biggest Aerial Offensive of War KUBAN FIGHT STIFF Spanish Leader Says Conflict Has Reached "Dead Point" With Neither Side Having Power To Destroy the Other MADRID, May 10. (JP) In a clear appeal for world peace, Generalissimo Francisco Franco declared last night at Almeria that the present world-wide conflict has reached a "dead point" and that neither side now has the power to destroy the other.

"Therefore," he said, "it is senseless to delay the peace." Leaders and 25,000 Men Capitulate in Bizerte Area as Fighting Ends There, Dozens of Small Vessels Laden With Fleeing Soldiers Sunk ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, May 10. (TP) German troops battled in desperate but doomed struggle today to hold open an escape corridor at the neck of Cap Bon peninsula for Axis forces still fighting on a narroving arc 25 miles to the southwest. They fought from fuel-less tanks dug in as pill boxes spending their blood and dwindling supplies of artillery shells to buy a few hours' time foe more Axis remnants to join the 80,000 troops estimated to have poured onto the peninsula. But Cap Bon was itself a rocky fortress besieged from land, sea and air, with planes and ships barring the escape by water to Sicily. Dozens of small boats loaded with fleeing troops were being sunk and their occupants drowned.

The most the Germans can hope to achieve in this grim, final flare-up of fighting is a slight delay in the obliteration of the Axis from Africa. Their situation on Cap Bon permits no effective offensive action In Africa on the Mediterranean. Six Generals Quit Fighting ceased in the Bizerte area to the northwest, with 25,000 enemy troops and six generals bowing in unconditional surrender to American troops there. The British Sixth armored division was spearheading the drive south of Hamman Lif, on the Gulf of Tunis, to seal off the neck of Cap Bon peninsula, and has drawn its armored noose nearly halfway across this throat. British infan try columns also were smashing against the entrenched Germans.

To the southwest of this area, German units were fighting fierce rear-guard actions in the areas of Zaghouan and Enfidaville to per-mit the bulk of Axis forces in that mountainous terrain to retreat to Cap Bon. Minefields Used The Germans were using large concentrations of artillery behind heavily-sown minefields to hold off the British Eighth Army, fighting up from the south, and the French 19th Corps, striking from the southewst. A French communique reported vigorous pursuit of the enemy north of Pont du Fahs and ah eastward advance from Djebel Oust after crossing the Depienne-Tunis road. French troops have occupied the eastern slopes of the Massif, one of the main Axis mountain defenses. The American Second Corps drive of last week, which began with the cracking of the difficult mountain defenses of strategic Ma-teur, and ended with the unconditional surrender of the 25,000 Germans and Italians and six generals will go down as one of the most brilliant successes in the history of the United States Army.

Maj. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, corps commander, demanded and obtained the surrender from Major General Krause, artillery commander of the German Africa Corps. The five other generals all Bradley Imposes Policy Of Casablanca on Defeated Foes By HAROLD V.

BOYLE WITH THE S. ARMY IN TUNISIA, May 10. (P) "This ends the operations of the American Second Corps in North Africa," Maj. Gen. Omar N.

Bradley declared today as once-invincible German troops surrendered to Yankee soldiers in droves, some still proud and cocky, others in tears. The Roosevelt-Churchill policy of "unconditional surrender" was, being given practical application, and it was bitter stuff for the Nazis and their Italian allies. In all the Americans took 25,000 prisoners, including six generals, in their northern sector of the Tunisian front. The prima donna of all prisoners in their great victory was a General Buelovius, who outranked all the others. There were hundreds of elite colonels and majors of the Africa Corps and crack regiments such as the Herman Goering and Baren-thin the best flowers of Prussian militarism.

Vast Bull Pen The prisoners poured in by the hundreds and thousands to American lines yesterday, and were rounded up into a Vast bull pen in a Tunisian wheatfield to be counted and fed before being moved on back as captives in the war to which none will return. The end for most of the enemv came yesterday when the American First Armored Division after two days of fighting had trapped lo.OOO German tank and infantry ii oops arouna ujebel El Faoar on the peninsula east of Bizerte. This is how the surrender was made: To the tent of an American liontinurd to Page 4, Column 2) fourMwhen planecr ashes Experimental Ship Hits Buildings at Marine Base in San Diego SAN DIEGO, May 10 (JP) Four persons were killed and 63 injured today when an army experimental piane crashed and burst into flames in the recruit hut area of the U. S. Marine Corps base.

Fixty-seven of the 63 injured were marines and six were members of the plane. Ten Hurt Seriously The navy reported that 10 of the marines were seriusly hurt. Names of the marine corps dead and injured will be released after the next of kin have been notified. Three temporary structures at the marine base were damaged as the plane roared through the area. One end of a building in which a training film was being shown to more than 50 leatherneck recruits was damaged.

The navy said two fires were started when the plane burst into flames. They were soon brought under control by fire-fighting forces from the base and San Diego fire department. Seven civilian employes of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation were aboard the plane, and all (Continued, to Page 9, Column 5) Russian Forces Pierce Outer Defenses of Novorissisk LONDON, Tuesday, May 11. (TP) Russian planes carried their biggest aerial offensive of the war into the second day yesterday by blasting 11 more key raid centers behind the Nazi lines, and Moscow announced that anti-aircraft defenses shot down 43 of 200 German planes which attempted an assault on the Rostov-Bataisk gateway to the Caucasus. Amplifying the midnight communique, which announced strong aerial blows against enemy concentrations and fortifications, the Moscow radio broadcast the details of day-long Stormovik assaults wrecking railway stations and troop-laden trains and trucks behind virtually the entire German front.

Raiding Craft Dispersed The broadcast, recorded by the Soviet monitor, said the large scale German air raids were largely dispersed short of their Rostov-Bataisk targets, but that some isolated craft broke through and caused some damage. The Russians said only seven of their intercepting planes were lost in the battles, which resulted in the downing of 43 enemy craft. Both sides apparently are taking to the air force, attempting to smash each other's concentrations ancLjnass troop movements in an (Continued to Page 9, Column 8) COURT UPHOLDS FCC REGULATION Chains, Stations Cannot Enter Into Exclusive Broadcast Deals WASHINGTON, May 10.VS) Regulations prohibiting exclusive broadcast contracts between a network and a radio station and otherwise restricting their relationships were upheld today by the supreme court as a valid exercise of the. Federal Communications Commission's licensing power in the "public interest, convenience or necessity." The 5-2 opinion delivered by Justice Frankfurter declared that the regulations, challenged by the National Broadcasting Company and the Columbia Broadcasting System, were properly issued under the communications act of 194. Damage Associated The companies had contended the r-Ptrnlations would cause trie notu-ni-Us "drastic damage, and President Niles Trammell of NBC said today's decision was "of grave concern to American broadcasters, lie expressed belief that unless the commission shows "the greatest possible wisdom," the people will insist upon a revision of the fundamental laws governing broadcasting so that the American system of broadcasting as we have known kt will not be impaired." President Miller McClintock of Mutual Broadcasting System said "finally the radio industry is to (Continued to Page 9, Column 7) to Id If issignmenis lTnderrruia de Gaulle, a ft a ngement" under ji.

as boss of the Oe fiohtine with United Nations, it was SSP nmver to a pro- ove eovernmtui nnle as soon as Irw embodied in an SSud-5 reply to De Jnosals made available Aociafed Press. TWO a heme, two big jobs fcil and president of a com-WJ Ji executing the KrVorders. Giraud suggested at both jobs, switching from to time. fe will fulfill in turn the role ke uresidencv of the meetings 4" Giraud said. "This does "iean a duumvirate.

Quite the 'jf responsibilities would be j'on the collective responsibility council and the commit- We would sign all orainances On Same Grade lire would participate on the grade as the otner memoers "all deliberations and decisions th committee or the council cid be tailed upon to take." 3 De Gaulle objection tnat A was holding both the mili- and civil chieftancy contrary it French constitution, the r.ch high commissioner for i Africa replied that the of the moment demand- iiat he do so. Giraud argued this makes no difference since roiioses to turn over all his kers to a provisional French gov- iratwnen it is formed atter tne Is driven from Frasce. Xot Normal Times i i iL-aad conceded that the present Bare wouia De niegai in nor- anes, out asserted tnat these aot normal times. i-TJd Baid that, "unrlpr thp Jsffit exceptional circumstances, K' upimon, exiraorainary meas-p embodying the participation lit fnmmanrlpr.in.fhiof in tho meetings are necessary." Madded that when thp aihpH ftltpr Franco tho Hit ICUl.ll l13 tne responsibility uiutfi ana win laKe tte authoritv fthe Frpnch PJ of police." PM VON ARNIIVI STILL IN AFRICA 3. AMERICAN FORCES IN liiA, May io.

Captured insisted today tnat Gen. Jureen von Arnim still 'Africa and in charge of the -fu axis lorces here but thev otvledsred that. VipIH at fij Rommel had left about two ,5 ago because of illness. on Arnim Is somewhere in Declared Maj. Gen.

Willi- oorowietz, commander of the German Panzer division. has been ill in Ger-. 8 long time at least two many weeks Rommel has reported by various sources 'somewhere in Europe, hav- his Africa Corps and other under his command in of Von Arnim. More recent Vs indicated that Von Arnim been flown out of Tunisia. ZANDER'S AIM 'S TO "WIN WAR" f'DOX, Mav 10.

(m Lieut. ujij ucvei.Sf taking over the U. R. Army in niy one purpose to go out tne war in the shortest time." Devers, an expert on warfare, pledged himself the ah'-min(led Lieut. Anurews, Killed a judy an air crash in nting on the fact that he, strong in the armored i ovt'r irum ueneral Devers said going to be no and he that Wif 'i Can he intensified." meant that the U.

S. would be re" aflrled number of planes Pacific ne-C(ls fr aircraft in '1 it. 'heater, tho Weu.0tha "anything we 'e will get." "ar hi. tf) 'ar -liter) luctln Board todav the -oned manufacture of full W'On Lieutenants of Fuehrer To Bolster Defenses Says Soviet Radio MOVE FRANTICALLY Third Anniversary of Invasion Finds Axis Camp Startled LONDON, Tuesday, May 11. (YP) Adolf Hitler, moving frantically to bolster the defenses of Axis Europe on the heels of the collapse of his Tunisian armies, has picked two of his highest lieutenants to take over the defenses of Italy, the Russian radio reported today.

The broadcast, heard here by the Soviet monitor, said both Marshal Hermann Goering and Hein-rich Himmler, head of the Nazi secret police, are going to Rome. The radio credited a dispatch from Bern, Switzerland, quoting "local press circles." The dispatch said military aspects of the defense of Italy would be entrusted to Goering, while Himmler would try to bring about "stabilization of the internal front" through purges of various groups. Goering in Rome In an earlier Moscow broadcast recorded last night by Reuters, Goering was reported already to have been in Rome and to have had a long interview with Premier Mussolini. Afterward the Italian government was said to have met secretly. This broadcast, not reported by other sources, said Goering had gone on to Naples after the interview.

The Bern dispatch quoted by Moscow today said that Goering would take over reorganization of the Italian army, and inspection of the Italian Air Force, airdromes, naval bases and fortifications. The "stabilization" job reported given to Himmler presaged a violent upheaval among high officials of the armed forces, state institutions, corporations and the Fascist party, it was said. The dispatch said both Goering and Himmler would remain in Italy "a long time to direct 'the emergency Goering. was last reported in Vienna -directing the movement of war planes out of the range of Allied bombers, Moscow recalled. Himmler visited Zagreb last week in a trouble-shooting trip for Hitler.

Building Defenses No matter how trustworthy the "local press circles" quoted the Moscow radio, it was clear that Italy was building up her defenses in the wake of the Allied victory in Tunisia and the imminence of an Allied invasion of the Axis European fortress. Virginio Gayda of the Giornale D'ltalia was quoted by the Berlin radio last night as saying that the Axis "has prepared plans of defense which will become known when the time has come." Gayda declared further that the Allied Tunisian triumph actually improved Italy's defensive position because "the Italians can now concentrate all their means of defense within their own country while the enemy has to risk a jump across the sea." Yesterday, tne third anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the low countries, found the Axis war camp apparently startled by the completeness of the Tunisian collapse. Adolf Hitler grimly recited the hardships of war, and Premier Mussolini already had cried for help. With their hour of conquest gone and the initiative in the hands of Allied forces who are clearing the way for new and powerful blows, the Axis leaders heard the nonbelligerent Spanish Generalissimo Francisco Franco declare from the sidelines that the war has reached a deadlock with neither side able to win. Hitler, appealing to his people for German Red Cross contributions, declared the past winter "involved the heaviest suffering and hardest burdens for pur soldiers." Ignored Africa He referred particularly to the Russian front and avoided any direct "mention of his ill-fated African campaign, which sources here indicated had cost the Axis more than 750.000 troops since the reconquest of Ethiopia.

As tension mounted to a new peak in the lowlands, resulting in a German declaration of martial law in all of Holland, Queen Wil. helmina, Prince Bernhard and Premier Pieter S. Gerbrandy broadcast messages of hope for speedy libera tion to tneir homeland. Speaking over Radio Orange, the Queen reaffirmed her belief in "the approaching victory of liberty and justice over barbarism and slavery," and declared the Netherlands kingdom "shall rise again, (Continued to Page 4, Column 1) Although he spoke at 7 p. m.

yesterday at a demonstration in his honor at his speech was not released until today. It followed an appeal for peace of Count Gen. Francisco Gomez Jordana, the Spanish foreign minister, in a speech at Barcelona April 16. (Franco, indebted to both Germany and Italy for their help in the Spanish civil war, has proclaimed his friendship for the Axis. London Ignores Franco (In London, little attention was paid to the Franco talk.

The newspapers, their columns filled with news of Allied victories, gave it little space. There were no British officials who would even suggest an alteration of the "unconditional surrender" policy. (In Washington, Secretary of State Hull in comment on Franco's speech said he could' only repeat what he said last month after the peace talk by Foreign Minister Gomez Jordana. At that time Hull declared that the sole objective and the determined objective of the United Nations was and remained unconditional surrender of the enemy.) "Spain Demands Post" "Abroad, Spain demands a post which corresponds to her history in service, humanity and worth," Franco said. "It is the serene policy which we have followed since the first day of our movement, without abandoning our sovereignty nor prestige, and-wlikitv, in these times when the world is a sea of blood and hate, raises its voice, united with that of the Holy Pontiff, to appeal to the conscience of peoples.

"The world has now undergone three years of war, and when this time is passed, it is fitting to think of peace, and of ending hates and of bringing peoples together. Dead Point Reached "The fact that belligerents remain deaf to these appeals does (Continued to Page 9, Column 7) MOORE BLASTS TAX VALUATIONS Mine, Railroad, Utility Figures Too Low, Says Commission Head By BERXICE COSULICH "The mines, railroads and public utilities in Arizona should have their assessed valuations raised be cause all the money saved them in taxes goes to New vorK siock holders and cuts Arizona taxpayers out of some $60,000,000 to 000 a vear of inad iu, Mnnre. chairman of the Arizona Tax Commission, said here yester dav afternoon. He made the statement during heated discussion with the, Pima County Board of Supervisors over the latter's request that his com mission make a 10 to 20 per cent nvpr-all increase in the assessed valuation of all state property. Here for Hearing Moore came to Tucson for public hearings, and the tax argu ment followed inose yesieruay an.

pmnnii. The hearings were on Pima County's request for expendi-turps bevond the fixed budget. Moore said he would recommend that both be approved by the com mission. One is for $10,000 for food for nrisoners and new kitchen equipment in the county jail. The second is for $6,000 to add to $4,000 alreadv allowed for completing one-half mile of county road on the Ajo-Sonovta highway.

"Why should Arizonans pay for what goes out of state?" asked Moore during the tax discussion. "Out-of-state stockholders own 98 per cent of the stock in railroads and public utilities in Arizona, and 96 per cent of the mines stock is owned out of state. Deplete Resorces "Rental properties and business properties will be here a long time, but the mines are depleting our natural resources at a stepned-up production speed never known in our history before. The gas and light plants and the railroads are privileged in that they have no opposition under their franchises, and their rates are set by the corporation commission. They are the ones now profiting by Arizona's increased populations, more than any other state business, and they should pay more taxes during prosperous times." R.

H. Martin, board chairman, and Tom Collins, members, protested they did not desire any unfair taxation of any businesses, but did want Arizona's "too low valua-(Continued to Page 9, Column 8) P-47IS PROVING ITSELF WORTHY IN BATTLE TEST Powerful Thunderbolts Out-Fight Germans in European Sorties LONDON, May 10. (YP) The heavily-armed and ar-m P-47 Thunderbolt, which travels more than 400 miles an hour and spits as much lead in a second from its eight 50-calibre machine-guns as twenty 30-calibre machine-guns, is proving in battle it is the master of Hitler's top fighters. The mighty American fighter, which had its baptism of fire in this theater in the May 4 raid on Antwerp, is expected to run interference for the Flying Fortress and the Liberator in future sorties. The Americans who fly the powerful Thunderbolt, whose appearance in European operations was disclosed only today, say it is the perfect running mate for L.

S. heavy planes. Heavy Its eight guns are said to be capable of throwing 6,400 rounds a minute. It is a low-wing monoplane somewhat resembling the German Focke-Wulf 190 whose measure it already has taken in battle. Since living in this theater, Thunderbolts have blasted at least four FW 190s out of the skies, official figures show.

And it is big, as fighters go 35,000 pounds. The ship is highly maneuverable and does its best fighting at feet, but can give an excellent account of itself at 40,000. Several Lost Americans have flown squadrons of Thunderbolts, under the Sth Air Force Fighter Command, in intermittent sweeps over Europe. Several of them have been lost recently. The plane's presence in this theater was announced some time ago in the United States, but the Air Force waited until today to lift the ban on the part they have been playing.

It was the first disclosure of a new type of American fighter in this war area since the arrival last fall of the original P-38 twin-engine Lightnings. The P-38s took part in two raids and then were moved to Africa. Long Range The Thunderbolt, which has a Pratt and Whitney air-cooled engine and a four-blade propeller, has a ferrying range of 1.000 miles enough to span the Atlantic from Greenland and Iceland. Last vear it did 720 miles an hour in a test dive in America. Built by the Republic Aviation Corporation, the Thunderbolt is about the size-of the British Typhoon, having a wing spread of 41 feet and being 32 feet long.

It is four feet wider and two feet longer than the Spitfire. Guinea. Their bombs fell in the hav. causing no damage. The attack against Dobo was made at night by medium bombers.

"Three enemy aircraft were destroyed on the ground by bombing," the communique said. "The dispersal bays, which were filled with enemv planes, were heavily strafed and at least 20 separate fires, believed to be burning planes, indicated widespread destruction and damage. "Hits were scored in an oil tank area and along the waterfront starting fires which were visible 80 miles away. "On the return flight, Dobo and a coastal vessel off Kaimana were strafed." Two enemy float planes raided the Mappi post area but failed to do any damage. Allied long-range fighters destroyed two enemy motor launches in the Serwatoe River on Trangan Island.

Heavy bombers, on reconnaissance, raided the enemy-occupied town of Saumlake the Tanimbar Islands. BILL CREATING CIVILIAN GOODS UNIT APPROVED Senate Acts Favorably On Measure for New Supply Agency WASHINGTON, May 10. JP) Creation of a powerful civilian supply administration, possessing a claim to materials and services as authoritative as the army, jaavy or any other agency, was approved 44 to 29 by the senate today. The legislation, opposed by WPB Chairman Donald M. now goes to the house.

The proposed administration would supplant a newly organized office of civilian requirements in the War Production Board. Its formation drew opposition chiefly from Republicans who protested that existing government agencies are too numerous and that the WPB unit should have "a chance to make good." But Senator Maloney (D-Conn), the bill's author, declared an independent office to represent the home front is needed immediately to assure production and distribution of "what is required by our armed forces and Allies to win the war." To Study Rationing The bill empowers an administrator, appointed by the President, to determine needs for rationing and to ascertain types and quantities of materials, manpower, and other services necessary to keep the civilian- population "healthv and functioning In the event of a dispute with other claimant agencies, the administrator could appeal to the economic stabilization director, James F. Byrnes, for a ruling. While expressing agreement with the bill's aim. Republican Leader McNary said the government has "too many agencies" and addition of another would cause a conflict in jurisdictions.

"I cannot criticize on the one hand the multiplicity of government agencies dealing with production," the Orcgonian said, "and on the other hand vote to bring a new czar into conflict with ad ministrators already operating In civilian fields. McNary declared Nelson Is doing a very good job and that his new civilian requirements agency, headed by Arthur D. Whiteside, should have an opportunity to demonstrate ability to handle the job. EGG OUTPUT GAINS WASHINGTON, May 10. (JP) Agriculture Department said today egg production in April established a new peak with 6,727.000,000 eggs, or 12 per cent more than the previous peak production of 1942 and '( per cent above the ten-year average.

this outpost settlement, causing slight damage. Our intercepting fighters shot three enemy planes out of action and damaged two others with the loss in air combat of one of our own. Later three enemy fighters which ineffectively attacked an Allied convoy off the coast were driven away by the ships' antiaircraft fire, one enemy plane being damaged. Northeastern sector New Britain: One of our reconnaissance units bombed and strafed enemy surface craft in Kimbe bay. Cape Gloucester: Our medium bombers attacked the airdrome.

New Guinea: Finschhafen: One of our iheavy units bombed the town area. Salamaua: One of our heavy units bombed the airdrame. Lae: Our attack planes bombed and strafed enemy installations on the isthmus. Mubo: Our ground forces repulsed an early morning enemy attack on our positions south of Green's Hill. Milne Bay: Two enemy aircraft raided harmlessly "under cover of darkness.

Official Communiques Allied Ground Forces Chech Attack on Positions at Mubo were of divisional rank or higher. Announcement of the capitulation followed disclosure yesterday that at least 50.000 Axis prisoners had been taken since last Friday. Algiers Claims 61,000 (It seemed clear that there had been some overlapping of the figures. The Allied-controlled Algiers radio reported that the aggregate Axis losses were 64,000 prisoners and 42,000 killed or wounded, along with 330 tanks, 500 guns and 4,000 trucks. (The Nazi-operated Paris radio, for the first time admitting the Axis catastrophe, broadcast: "The battle for Tunisia is nearing an While sharp fighting continued below Cap Bon peninsula, where British armored columns were driving forward to seal the entrance, the position of these and Axis forces still fighting in Tunisia in a frantic attempt to hold open the peninsula for a little longer was officially described as "worse than desperate." The British, although the Axis resistance was desperately fierce, thrust forward to near the center of the base of Jhe peninsula at a point 12 miles south of Creteville.

and British troops attacking below that sector in the vicinity of Zaghouan, 28 miles south of Tunis, also weiTe driving slowly ahead. Eighth Army Gains Farther to the south, General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's British Eighth Army gained in attacks north of Enfidaville. The Allied blockade was delivering a terrible punishment to German and Italian troops seeking to flee Tunisia as most of their higher commanders already had done. Allied planes not only swept the sea off the coast but kept the roads leading to the beaches under a heavy fire.

In the Mediterranean, said the (Continued to Page 9, Column 7) HEADQUARTERS IN, ALLIED ATTc-t-r? at ii Tuesday, aiay 11. (JP) Allied and Japanese warplanes ,1 a WHIP- traded llglU Diows, iut" rrthward Of snreaci area ij Australia yesterday as Australian ground forces repulsed an enemy attack on Allied Positions in the Mubo area of northeast New Guinea. The heaviest Allied strike of the day was aimed at Babo, Japanese base in Dutch New Guinea, where Catalinas destroyed three grounded enemy planes in bombing and strafing runs. Some 20 fires also were started around the dispersal bays. Catalinas scored oiner im tank nn the waterfront and on tiioi- rptum flight they turned their machineguns on an enemy coastal vessel and on other Japanese, positions ashore.

inp fighters which attacked Millingimbi in the ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, May 11. (JP) Text of the noon communique: Northwestern sector Dutch New Guinea: Babo: Our medium bombers executed a successful night attack on the airdrome and wharf area. Three enemy aircraft were destroyed on the ground by bombing. The dispersal bays which were filled with enemy planes were, heavily strafed and at least 20 separate fires, believed to be burning planes, indicated widespi-ead destruction and damage. Hits were scored in the oil tank area and along the waterfront, starting fires visible 80 miles away.

On the return flight Dobo and a coastal vessel off Kaimana were strafed. Mappi Post: Two enemy floatplanes raided harmlessly, Aroe Islands: Trangan Island: Our long range fighters destroyed two enemy motor launches in the Serwatoe river. Tanimbar Islands: Saumlaki: Our heavy bombers on reconnaissance raided the enemy town. Millingimbi: Nine enemy fighters executed a strafing attack on remote area easi-oi -shot down. One of the Allied inter- Bay at the southeast tip of New 011 J'arns Ui vei-y.