HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE
HIGH POINT, N; C.,. SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 29, 1942
REINFORCEMENTS GIVE ALLIES H0PE
Defenders In
Australia And Burma Get Aid
Wainwright's Troops Jab at Japanese Out-
posts in Daring Raids; Port Moresby and
Darwin Again Raided by Jap Bombers
By BILL BONI
(Associated Press War Editor
A rising tide of reinforcements' flowing to the United Nations
in the Australian-Asiatic war theaters gave fresh hope
last (Sat.) night that, if the Allied forces are not yet sufficiently
strong to undertake the long, hard drive that leads at
last to Tokyo, still for the present they may be able to pen the
Japanese within current conquests.-----
Malta, Bataan Sharp Thorns In Axis Flesh
Tiny Island Bastions in
Enemy Territory Disrupting
Conquest Schedule
By KIKKE L. SIMPSON
(Wide World War Analyst)
Whatever t h e i r ultimate
fate, two tiny island bastions
in : far seas, the one British
and the other American manned,
are proving sharp thorns
in the conquest pathway of
the Axis mates.
They are Malta, dominating the
Mediterranean waistline although
within hardly a stone's throw "of
the Italian shores, and Corregidor,
even more effectively denying Japan
the use of 'Manila Bay. guarding
the flank of the American-Filipino
army on Bataan-definitely
disrupting Tokyo's schedule----
Five Ships Are Attacked
Survivors .Reach Safety of Widely Scattered Atlantic Ports
. (By The Associated Press)
The. survivors of five torpedoed
vessels have reached the safety
.of widely scattered Atlantic ports,
but at least 24 of their shipmates
are known to be lost and hope is
rapidly waning for another group
adrift in a lifeboat.------
Furious Counter Attacks Launched by German Troops
MOSCOW, Mar. 28.— (AP)
—Driven back upon the defense
of fortified villages and
cities by the crushing waves
of the Soviet Winter offensive,
t h e German armies h a v e
switched tactics to open-field
fighting in savage counter-attacks
aimed at shaking off the
Russians' iron grip and gaining
fresh footholds for a
Spring push;
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