Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Current Events April 13, 1942; PAY FOR PEARL HARBOR RAIDS IN INDIAN OCEAN;:

TIMES OLEAN,N.Y HERALD
MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 13,1942* * *PRICE THREE CENTS
Americans Wreck Four Japanese Base In
Series Of Ferocious “Pay For Pearl Harbor” Raids
Nippon Battle Fleet,
Operating In Indian
Ocean, Menaces India
By EI)\V.\R1> IV. BEATTIE
LONDON—A large Japanese
battle fleet, headed by at
least three battleships and
five aircraft carriers, is operating
in the Indian ocean, an
official spokesman revealed
today in the first government
indication of the urgent danger
of a Japanese attack on India
Huge British Bombers
Spread Destruction On
Wide Front In Europe
LONDON — Britain's biggest
bombing planes distributed
death and destruction over
a 500-mile front in Axi
Europe during the night----
United Press Staff Correspondent
GEN. M A C A R THUR'S
HEADQUAR T E R S . Australia—
United States flying
fortresses damaged two large
Japanese ships, destroyed or
damaged twenty-five planes
and spread ruin through four
invasion bases in a series of
ferocious "pay for Pearl Harbor"
raids during the week
end. communiques and dispatches
revealed today.----

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