MANSFIELD NEWS
MANSFIELD, OHIO, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1942
MANDALAY TAKEN, JAPS SAY
U.S. FORCES
IN AUSTRALIA
GIRD FOR BLOW
Report Men, Ships and Planes
Massed; Reconnaissance
Flights Noted.
BRITISH FALLING BACK
Enemy Drives on.
(By United Press)
An early major test of
American land, sea and air
forces against the Japanese
in the Australian zone was
predicted freely today following
the enemy's rapid drive
into key Burma cities, apparently
including Mandalay,
Allied air forces under Gen.
Douglas MacArthur attacked the
Japanese invasion base at the
New Britain port of Gasmata in,a
continuation of their s t e a dy
pounding at the enemy spearheads
md downed another raider over
Port Moresby.
RAF BOMBERS BLAST NAZI DESTROYER
Score Hit on Ship D u r j n g
Raid Off Norway Coast;
Rip French Airdromes.
ENGLAND UNRAIDED
R u s s i a n s Claim Guerrillas
Slay 5,000 Germans
Near Orel.
(By United. Press)
LONDON — Coastal command
planes scored a hit on
a German destroyer off the
Norwegian coast during the
night and fighter planes attacked
enemy airdromes in
Occupied France, the air ministry
announced today.
An American made Lockheed
Hudson bomber dropped two bombs
on the destroyer's deck, the air
ministry said.
IN Middle EAST
Cairo Reports U. S. Troops
Work in Eritrea.
CAIRO——American service
troops now are stationed in the
Middle East, Mai.-Gen. Russell L.
Maxwell said today.
Maxwell, who has been in
charge of U. S. supplies and
maintenance of U. S. planes for
the Royal Air Force, also announced
that the U. S. technical
school tor the training of
maintenance personnel was being-
turned over to the RAF.
Construction of American projects
in Briton also are underway,
he said.
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