IN O O CH INA- LATE NEWS ANO SENSATIONAL NEVIS FROM INOO CHINA. THE JAPS HAVE DECLARED W1'R AGAINST THE FREMCH GOVERNMENT Of THAT PROVINCE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. AS A PREPARATION FOR THEIR ATTEMPT TO CONQUER A VAST E PIRE THE JAPS TOOK OVER FRENCH INOO-CHINA••IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES THERE~-THIS AFTER THE FALL OF FRANCE. NOW TOKYO AM'J04MCES THAT THE JAPS HAVE BEIUN HOSTILITIES AGAINST WHAT WE HAVE SUPPOSED TO BE A PUPPET FRENCH GOVERNMENT. AND TOKYO TELLS A MELODRAMATIC STORY OF THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES PERMITTING THE A~£RICAN AIR FORCES TO OPERATE A SECRET FLYING FIELD IN INOO-CHINA. THE FRENCH, SAYS TOKYO, CONNIVED WITH THE AtERICANS IN THE ESTABLISHP.£NT Of THE SECRET AIR BASE FROM WHICH AMERICAN PLANES FLEW AGAINST THE JAPS. tOWf 11 THOMAS • COLIH■ US UIS!:: SUBSTITUTE PHILL P INES; THE INVAS10Nhr~•IND NAO, THE LARGEST ISLAND or THE PHILIPPINES _L W\ ~ ~ ~ ~ SEEMS TO BE A UALLY LANDED, BUT LATER CHANGED THIS TO )'- &. . POWERFUL INVASION FLEET iir"eoMBARDING A SECTOR OF SHORE IN PREPARATION FOA A LANDING. THIS IS AT THE WILL STRIKE SOON. • • .. . • , I GENERAL MACARTHURS NIGHTLY BULLETIN MAKES NO MENTIO~ OF THIS --MERELY TELLING OF INOREASl~IG AMERICAN ATTAC(\ AGAINST THE JAP LINES IN THE MOUNTAINS EAST OF MANILA. SUPE RF ORT RES SES. TOKYO HAS TAKEN ITS HEAVIEST AIR BLOW THUS FAR, WITH THE 8~29 LAU t CHI NG THEIR L~ST VIOLENT A SS AULT • t.«:>RE THA N THREE HUNDRED GIANT SUPERFORTRESSES THE LARGEST NUMBER EVER SENT ON A SINGLE . MISSION ASSAILED INDUSTRIAL TARGETS I THE JAPANESE CAPtT-L ANO THE HUGE ILEET OROPPrn THE HEAVIEST BOMB LOAD PER PLANE. IN OTHER WORDS--MORE B29S, ANO A GREATER WEIGHT OF BOMBS IN EACH, ANO TOKYO WAS HIT BY A THous•o TONS. THE WOAD FROM 829 HEAOQUARTRS IS THAT THE BOMBS WERE I CENDIARIES • ANO VAST FIRES WERE LEFT BURNING. ·IT WAS CLEAR WEATHER OVER TOKYO AND THE SUPERFORTRESSES BOMBED VISUALLY, BY EYESIGHT. THEY PICKED THEIR T~RGETS PRECISELY ANO HURLED INCENDIARY DISASTER UPON A FACTORY AREA OF TEN SQUARE MILES. THE LATEST FROM TOKYO IS IUAINTLY WORDED, STATING THAT THE JAP FIRE FIGHTERS ARE, 'tN THE WORDS OF THE TOKYO BULLETIN-- •01SPLAYING BRISK ACTIVITY IN BRINGING THE RESULTING FIRES UNDER CONTROL." BRISK ACTIVITY IS EViOENTLY A CURIOUS ORIGNAL WAY OF SAYING -- FRANTIC EFFORT. UP -- L§♦P That alucging bitter ti1ht for Iwo Jima 11 1till The larinea today dro•e to a cliff o•erlooktnc the aea - -- euttina tbe Jap1 on tbe ialand ript 1D two. JAP PREDICTION. THE JAPS APPEAR TO HAVE A FAIRLY CORRECT IDEA AS TO HOW THE WAR IS GOING, BECAUSE TONIGHT WE ARE TOLD THAT THE TOKYO MINISTER OF WAR TODAY MADE THE STATEMENT THAT--AN AMERICAN - -1.-4 INVASION OF THE JAPANESE ISLA~OS WIii INEVITABLE.l~ID Ill. A ' ESTERN FRONT. WHILE WE ~RE TRY·~· 8 Te AE80¥tn FAOU ~ t1A ~ST~ll 6Mr.ENT Q>JER TIie UNE~PE8TEB M . 1ER 18~~· 0AOGS HfO er ™' IH IN, 1 l:ET t:IS ee e itcCK SUP 0S6D TO BE SUCH A FORMIDABLE MILITARY BARRIER OCCURRED AT C\ n. A PLACE CALLEO REM1GEN. SOUTH OF COLOGNE. AT R MA,GEN THEfCS A BRIDGE ACROSS THE RHIME• A OOUBLE•TRACK RAILROAD SPAN-- ONE OF THE KEY ~. BRIDGES ACROSS OERl1ANY 1 S LEGENOED~aDIIA ITS IS INDICATED IN A IIAT BY ITS NAP/£. ~ AFTER GERMANY'S FAL«>US GEf1£RAL IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR-- IMPORTANCE LUOENDORF BR IOGE. ANO IT VIAS NOT DESTROYED. AS THE GERMANS RETREATED ACROSS THE RHINE THE LUOENDORF BRIDGE WAS NOT BLOWN UP• MIDrAMERICAN COMPMIY JUST WENT SPEEDING ACROSS THE GBIIT DOUBLE-TRACK RAILROAD SPAN. ~----------- ---_, NQW biT 1 & TIIIHI( 81t0t( TO TIIE TIME 8F THE FALL 9F FAANec. '"!N .. IIITLER'S 8LIT!KAEIQ CRASWE0 THAQUQM WITM A gAl'41E TIIAT WAEOMEB - TltE FA'-N80•BR ltl911 ALLIES. REMEMBER 118W Tt186E OEAMAN PAN!~9 ,. ILll!IIGED AHEAU "T BAEAKtlE8K SPEED• GUl THi ALL 8'1 ARMIES IN TN WESTERN RONT 2 )1.&;o ... ~~ ,.,,, .,, I - - 1\THE AMERICAN CROSSING OF' THE RHINE DIONT COME FROM OUR SIDE. ALLIED MOVES WERE CONCEALED BY A SECURITY BLACKOUT, HEAVY CENSORSHIP. THE GER,~ANS REVEALED THE CROSS ING AND TOLD HOW THE AMERICANS, RE~CHING THE RHINE, .-o SIMPLY GONE ON ACROSS VIA THE GREAT LUDENDORF' RAILROAD BRIDGE. WHY WASNT IT BLOWN UPT THE GERMAN RADIO TODAY ASKED THAT QU STION IN BITTER TONES. A GERMAN MILITftRY SPOKESMAN DENOUNCED ANGRILY WHAT HE CALLED--•THE AC C l0ENT•. OTHER EXCITED CJ~ENT WAS THAr' 1 THE LUDE N E>ORF a~t! IN THE OROS OF TH~RAOIO : - - - W ESTER N FRONT 2 "ACCIOENTALY HAO NOT BEE N DESTROYED.• - 88tr..,8 IT BE lll,if, IN TN! , IN,il 8~:Y:ABTROPH! '°" TttE 8ERIMNS IN> lUE WEIT, A KE¥ FAOf8R WI ll TURN Ot1T TO BE•• THE , . 1 ltfflE TO- KlfA~ &AlgQE.>.: ,ua:r A& A 81MILAA FASICH FAILWAE ••• iQ IMP&Af., IN TNE fi:Alzl: 8F FfU\NGE( TIIM¥'& WAATHFWl a&AW..N- TINE ARQUt •:rWi AQO uar• c,a:rA IN~¥ AEM l~Ull 8NE er :Y:HE FAE~ PAEMIEA 9 1 BEN-..a ,A, IIN er llllC TERA IBLE MllfAMt&• FCMM 't!MI• ~ 7PHOWEVER ALL THAT MAY BE, THE ASTONISHED AMERICANS, HAVING SURPRISED THEMSELVES AS WELL AS THE OBFUSCATED ENEMY, JUST ROLLED ACROSS THE LUDENDORF SPAN ANO PROCEEDED TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE . HAPPY ACCIDENT. BERLIN PROMPTLY REPORTED THEM DRIVING FORWARD ANO NEARING THE IMPORTANT FACTORY TOWN OF LINZ. AND LATE TODAY ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, CONFIRMIN G THE CROSSING OF THE RHINE, STATED THAT AMERIC#I TROOPS WERE STEADILY WINGI N G THE~HEAD. THEY HAVE NOW DRIVEN FIVE MILES BEYOND THE RHINE AND OCCUPT A " BRIDGHEAD or FIFTY SQUARfE MILES. AT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER A M ERICAN CROSSING OF THE RHI N E SEEMS TO BE IMMI N ENT, THIS ONE _ WESTERN FRONT 3 NEM BONN. · GENERAL HOOGES 1 S FIRST ARMY TROOPS DRIVING SOUTH ~ FROM CAPTURED COLOGNE, HAVE Yl•"gatl.2' OCCUPIED THAT OLD J ~VERSITY CITY, AND WE HEJ\R THAT FIRST ARMY SOLDIERS ARE MASSING FOR A PUSH ACROSS THE RIVER AT THAT POINT. THE CROSSING MAY BE LA~CHEO AT ANY MOMENT, SAYS A DISPATCH.-~ -ff..e_~ ~ ALL ALONG THE FIRST ARUY FRONT TODAY, AMERICAN HEAVY ARTILLEIY WAS MASSED- THE 81 o Gl.tilS BROUGHT UP BY THE sc0111. THEY ARE t«>W RANGED ALONG THE BANK OF' THE RHINE FOR BOUBAADMENT OF' AREAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, ANO THESE AREAS ARE or THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE-INDUSTRIAL GERMANY, THE RUHR. HIMDREOS Of BI ANT At.ER IC• CANNON ~RE BEG INN I NG A TAa OF SMASHING THE CONCENTRATED FACTORY AREAS JUST ACROSS THE AIYER, ANO THESE INCLUDE ESSEN-•THE SEAT OF THE GREAT KRUPP WORKS. IT IS HARO TO THINK OF MILITARY GERHANY WITHOUT KRUPP TURNING OUT THE CANNON. WE ARE TOLD THAT BOMBARDMENT FROM ACROSS THE RHINE WILL KNOCK OUT A SUBSTANTIA~ FRACTION OF GERMAN WAR PRODUCTION IN THE RUHR•• W ITH EMPHASIS O'J ESSE N AND KRUPP. THE NEWS OF TROOPS AND SHELL FI R E AC R OSS THE RHINE TEND TO ECLIS P SE OTHER M ILIT A RY DEVEL O PME N TS 00 THE WESTERN FRONT, WESTERN ARMY 4 BUT THESE ARE IMPORTANT TOO. WHILE THE FIRST ARMY IS PUSHING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE RIVER, GENERAL PATTON'S THIRD ARMY IS ORIVING NORTHWARD ALONG THE BANK OF THE HISTORIC STEAM. THEY HAVE EFF'ECTED A Jt,.i TION••THAT 1 S THE LATEST, A JUCTION THAT WILL TRAP THE REIIIIA~~ OEIIMAN DIVISIONS, BETWEEN F tllTY 4ND A H~DRED AND F tFTY THOUSAND MEN. THESE, HAVING FAILED TO &ET BACK ACROSS THE RHINE, ARE NOW POCKETED .f . IN A HUGE AREA Of A iouSANO SQUARE MILES, WHICH REACHES ALMOST BACK TO THE BORDER OF BELGIAU. NE ARMY THE PRESENCE Of A NEY/ AMERICAN ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, STILL ANOTHER, wis DISCLOSED TODAY~- THE FIFTEENTH -y. IE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THE FIRST, COMMANDED BY GENERAL - HODGES ANO PATTON'S THIRD ARMY. ALSO•-THE NINTH, COMMANDED - - BY GENERAL SIMPSON, ANO GENERAL PATCH'S SEVENTH ARMY. THAT - MADE FOUA IN THE OVERPO W ERING OFrENSIYE THAT HAS CXRRIED TO ANO AC.!!!t ~ THE RHINE. ANO NOW ONE l«>RE, THE FIFTEENTH••GIYING • US FIVE AMERIC#.1 ARMIES DRIVING FOR THE FINAL DEFEAT OF NAZI GER•ANY. THE FlnEENTH HAS BEEN IN ACTION FOR SOME TIME NOW, BUT ITS EXISTANCE HAS BEEN HIDDEN BY MILITARY SECRECY. ONE IHOLE AMERICAN ARMY HAS BEEN FIGHTING GREAT BATTLES+ OUR KNOWING ANYTHING AB UT IT. THE NE SW S OISCLOS [ O TODAY IN THE COURSE OF A STATELY CERlll)NY. FRENCH LEGIONS OF Hct,JOR ~ERE BESTOWED ON AMERICAN COMMANDERS•• t1!J- ~4-vt- ON GENERALS BRADLEY, HODGES, PATTON, SIMPSON, OOOLITTL~AND OTHERS. AMONG tHE OTHERS WAS LIEUTENANT GENERAL LEONARD GEROW, WHOSE NAME A NEV: TO THE NEVIS. WHO .wM, HEf? TN•T IYEIT IC. . , NOIIQlff IAB:IMl~LIEUT GENERAL ~ ~ ! A ! : i ~ r THE NEW ARMY 2 NEW AMERICAN FIFTEENTH ARMY, WHICH HAS BEEN FIGHTING ON THE WESTERN FRONT. HE IS UNDER GENERAL BRADLEY, WHO DIRECTS THE AMERICAN TWELFTH ARMY GROUP. )\¥1.:.. AGENERAL GEROW - A WEST POINTER. LIKE CHIEF Of STAFF V. )l\.~. - GENERAL MARSHALL HE IS THE PP . JDUOT OF A VIRGINIA MILIT~RY .;,.,- ealOe./ ~ t+'fiA.S....M, IN:,1 ITUIE•-IHICH IS so - ) I Cl I II WEST POINT. ~AAL ~ ~ ~ GEROW, A NATIVE VIRGINIAN 1 0RAOUATEO FROM V,M,1.AS PRESIDENT OF HIS CLASS A~JO HONOR MAN ANO HAD THE DIST llimlllN OF BE ING DIRECTLY COll.'ISSIONEO INTO THE \MITEO STATES ARMY WITHOUT AN EX-MINATION, HE SERYIO IN THE PREVIOUS WAR UNDER GENERAL ~ PERSHING ANO NOW ,tll~ A HEADLINE, AS THE NEVIS REVEALS A NEW --- AMERICAN ARMY O'.I THE WESTERN FRC:WT--WHICH IS BAO NEWS FOR THE A - GERMANS. EASTERN FRONT; OSCOW NE~IS ~ATES ON POMERAN Ill TODAY, THE GERMAN PROV INCE ~ ALONG THE BALTIC, WITH RUSSIAN DISPATCHES TELLING US THAT RED IRM'Y TROOPS HAVE STORMED INTO THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE GREAT PORTS OF STETTIN ANO DANZIG. tTALOi .vo•e~tOEI TIit e~..,.t:f"! o, A 81& P9M&AANIA 18 IHilNO M8PPE8 UP ... ,IM:Y. THE WORD FROM BERLIN ~~E SENSATIONAL, WITH STATEMENTS THAT THE RUSSIANS ARE CRASHING THROUGH ON THE FRONT NEAREST. THE GERMAN CAPITAL. THE FOCUS IS ON THE FORTRESS CITY Of KU£STRIN. BERLIN INDICATES THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE CAPTURED THAT All IMPORTANT STRONGHOLD. EASTE~ FRONT 2 ~ THE IM~E TN llcO 11 •• I\. _or.a. OICATIQO 3' THE DESPERATE ST-TE IN I\. WHICH THE NAZIS Fl O THEMSELVES ON THE EASTERN FRONT, ANO THEIR PROPAGANDA NE S REVEALS THE DESPERATE STATE OF MIND TALKING FRANTICALLY OF THE EN O RuclJS POWER TH ~ SOVIETS HAVE MASSED FOR THEIR FINAL VICTORY-DRIVE ON BERLIN. ~E ANGLE IS THAT SA£ OLD STORY--H ITLER AT THE FRONT• BERLIN STATES THAT THE NAZI FUEHRER HAS GONE TO THE FIIH11NB LINE ON THE ODER, TO BOOST MOR~LE AND TO CONVINCE HIMSELF OF WHAT THE GERMAN OISPATCHICALLS•••THE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF THE SOLDIERS ANO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DEFENSE MEASURES.• : I AM AFRAID THE FUEHRER WILL HAVE TO CONVINCE HIMSELF OF' A WHOLE LOT IF HE IS TO ACQUIRE ONE GLEAM OF HOPE~ND I DONT IMAGINE THE GERUAN ', ARUY MORALE WILL BE BOOSTED TO ANY EXTENT BY THAT OLD CHESTNUTQ-IIITLER AT THE WARFRONT.) NAZIS--GAS. IN GERMANY THEY ARE HAVING AN EPIDEMIC OF--OAS JITTERS. THIS IS REPORTED FROM SWITZERLAND, WHICH STATE THAT A ~ILO SCARE IS SWEEPING GER MA NY-•AFTER AN ORDER ISSUED BY HITLER. THE NAZI FUEHRER IS SAID TO HAVE SENT OUT INSTRUCTl~S FOR PRECAUTIONS AGAINST GAS ATTAOK-•ELABORATE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN BY APRIL FIRST. THE GERMANS INTERPRET THIS TO MEAN THAT AN ALLIED ATTACIC:IY LETHAL VAPORS IS TO BE EXPECTED. WHY SHOULD IT IE EXPECTED! ONE ANSWER MIGHT SEEM TO BE THAT THE NAZIS THEMSELVES INTEND TO START GAS WARFARE, AND ARE ORDERING PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE 1tf'it8LE ALLIED RrTALIATION. NME••IN ,111 Wlill&RN PRINI' ltefl¥, 8'11,c ,11Af ALL IEIIMAN AIR WAR.-- WESTERN FROOT. BRITISH PLANES ARE BOMBING BERLIN TONIGHT-•MOSQUITOS. THOSE FAST AND SPEEDY BOMBERS ARE SMASHING AT THE NAZI CASPITAL, FOR THE EIGHTEENTH TILi: IN SUCCESSION •BERLIN ASSAILED FOR THE EIGHTEENTH STRAIGHT NIGHT. -·· ·•--■ ~ , • . • , .... cru Mtll Ml88 • - CRUCIFIXION HERE'S NEWS FROM CHICAGO, A STORY WHICH, IN THE ' TELLING, SOlNOS LIKE FANTASTIC FICTION TOO WEIRD ANO IMPROBABLE ~ . TO BE 11.•t • LAST NIGHT TWO CHICAGO POLICEMEN IN A A SQUAD CAf~WERE CRUISING NEAR THE NORTH SIDE ELEVATED RAILROAD, WHEN THEY HEARD CRIES OF DISTRESS. THEY INVESTIGATED AND CAME UPON AN INCREDIBLE SIGHT-- A GREAT °CROSS, NINE FEET NIGHJANO HIS HANDS WERE NAILED TO TH£ CROSS, AND ON HIS HEAD WAS A CROWN OF THORNS. IN HIS LEFT SIDE WAS A · wo~o, FROM WHICH ILOOD WAI e ~ •L• Q STEAMING. THE CROSS WAS FIXED TO A PILLAR Of THE 1ICllii& 1 /'- GROSTEIIUE OUPt.lOATION OF THAT SUPREME SACRIFICE AND SYMBOL OF RELIGION, THE CRUCIFIXION. ABOVE THE MANJ~ THE CROSSJWAS A Pl.ACARD, A CRUOEL:.Y PRINTED SIGN IIAILED JUST ABOVE HIS HEAD. IT BEGAN WITH THE WORDS, •PEA C E ON EARTH,• ANO COMTINUED VIITH SOME HALF ILLITERATE MUMBO JUMBO. THE PLACARD VI IS SI (JIIED: •UNt<r-10 \' !J ORLD CONTROLLERS." CRUCIFIX ION 2 THE POLICE REll>VEO THE UAN FROM THE CROSS. HE WAS STILL CONSCIOUS, BUT SOON LAPSED INTO A COMA-• FROM WHICH HE WAS RECOVERING TODAY IN THE HOSPITAL. THEY SAY HIS CONDITION IS SERIOUS-- AFTER BEING CRUCIFIED. HE IS FRED WALSCHER A PORTER WHO WORKED IN A TAVERN. HE STATES THAT LAST NIGHT~WHILE HE WAS IN HIS ROOU IN THE BASEMENT Of' THE TAVERN, A MAN AROUSED HIM AND TOLD HIM THERE WAS AN AUTOll>BILE ACCIDENT DOWN THE STREET-- ANO TO CM AT CJ4CE ANO HELP. HE FOLLOWED THE MAN OUT INTO THE STREET AND THERE WAS CCJ4FAONTED BY A COUPLE OF OTHERS WITH PISTOLS. "THERE WERE,• RELATES THE PORTER, •THREE UEN ALTOGETHER. THEY ASKED ME IF I WAS WILLING TO DIE FOR WAR OR REVOLUTION. I TOLD THEJ; • . , HE ADDS, •1 WJ\S WILLING TO OIE FOR UY IDEALS.• "WE WILL NOT KILL You,• THEY TOLD"HIM, •1F YOU WILL SUBMIT TO . CRUCIFIXION.• . THEN THEY TOOK HIM AWAY, LASHED HIM TO THEI CROSS AND DROVE SPIKES THR O UGH HIS HANDS-- FIRST GIVING HIM SOMETHING .. TO DRINK WHICH DEADENED THE ~N. TODAY IN THE VICTIM'S ROOM THE P OLICE FOUND CO P IES OF LETTERS a THAT THE CRUCIFIED PORTER HAO WRITTEN TO RROMINENT PEOPLE. CRUCIFIXION' IN THESE HE CLAlt.£0 THAT HE Ale,+.JE KNEW HOW TO SOLVE THE -/JG. LETTERS INDICATED THAT HE WAS,._HEAO PROBLEMS Of THE WORLD. THE OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT HE CALLEO--•AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL ~ DEUOCRAOY:. ~OF THIS ORG~IZATION THE PORTER HIMSELF APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY MEMBER. OBVIOUSLY, THE WHILE THING IS TIEO IN WITH SOME TWISTER OF RELIGIOUS FANATICISM• THE VtCTll4 HU1SELF AND THE ONES WHO . CRUCIFIED HIUJBEING CRACKPOTS WHO HAVE GONE •ACKY APPARENTLY OVER THE TROUBLES AND .PIIOBLEUS Of TH IS WORLD AT WAR. ti::; Ki i!- - · _ s ~ a ~ 1 ~•a~ r..t f-v.- :S'••· d':ti f ) LLOI CRUCIFIXION. THE LATEST IS THAT THE POLICE SUSPECT T H AT THE CRUCIFIED TAVERN PORTER 4AY HAVE INSTIG~TED THE WHOLE THI G HIMSELF-- AS A WAY OF PUBLICIZING GOOFY IDEAS ABOUT WDRLO PEACB. THEY EPLAIN THAT HIS HANDS WERE NAILED I N SUCH FASHION AS TO DO A MINIMUM OF INJURY••A CAREFUL SKILFUL JOB. ALSO••THE WOUND IN HIS SIDE WAS ONLY A SCRATCH. FOR A CLINCHER THEY POINT TO A MISSPELLED WORD IN THE COCICEYED SCREED ABOUT THE CROSS. MANK IND - SPELLED W.I TH AN E INSTEAD OF A N A. ANO WHEN THE TAVERN P~TER WAS ASKED •HOW DO YOU SPELL MANKIND• HE UISSPElLEO IT IN THAT SAME WAY • • ~>l.dw~~~~~ ~;~....:-r,-;- - ~J:;;.ri;e() ~ ~ IA;Q., ~ l"\L --- #,-C- ~ ~ . A- . FOLLOW IWO JI 1 - l'YE t1~6 eee~Sl6N ON PBEYIQU& QAVS TO NQTE THE LEAi " · REflOf',INS • J8B TttaT•e BEINe ~,, iV ™' COMBAT COAA&:ill9N9ENT9 OP' IRE UARINEI,- FROM lWE ilQHIINQ FAQN, 8N IW9 ~IW,. SE ' GEANT DICK DASHIELL, ~ NOW~l4UBAT CORRESPONDE!fT GIP THE LEATHERNECKS, W~S IN CIVILAIN -R..a . ~ ~ 1LJ~ v-JJ..) LIFE A NEWSPAPER MAN DOINI\IN NORTH CAROLINA-- ANO HE CERTAINLY SHO S THE EVIDENCE OF HIS TRAIN ING AS A NEWS REPORTEfl..lJHI •lilltj 'Ill 1111 111 RN '"! FLAMIN& oon,c,c er B~fftE eN TUA, 19LMfD www INFfllNe ts se IU!,.R ANB 1uee1NCT l'N8 Te TH! ~e PIT '""' I e,-Nlf N, AW IKT• !NIN llaD IT Al • 1,N1 I I r "FOR DAYS,• HE RELATES •A BIG JAP ARTl~LERY PIECE HAO MADE THE . NORTHERN HALF Of THE UOTOYAMA-AIR-STRIP-NUMBER-oNE AN AREA Of DEATH, DANGER AND DESTRUCTION. MARINE FIELD PIECES WERE CALLEO . UP, BUT OBSERV E RS , ERE UNABLE TO SPOT THE NIP GIM FOR HOURS, THEN,• WRITES DICK DASHIELL,• A•MARINE HAPPENED TO FOCUS HIS 0 FIELD GLASSE8 ON A CERTAIN SPOT or THE WOOED SECTIO FROM WHICH A THE FIRIN G CA M E--JUST AS T'l/0 HU G E STEEL CAMOUFLAGED DOORS OPENED AND AG~ POKED OUT ITS SNOUT AND FIRED.• THE STORY ENDS W IT H T H IS BRIEF PAR AG RA H; "FOURTEE N O NE -NUN~ IWO JIMA 2 . ANOiiFIVE MILLIMETER GUNS AIMED QUICKLY AT THE BIG &UN, WAITING FOR A REAPPEARANCE. THEY WAITED PATIENTLY FOR TWENTY MINUTES. THEN THE DOORS SLIPPED OPEN AGAIN. FOURTEEN SHELLS IANOEO ON THE GUN, ANO BLEW IT TO BITS.•