Panama City News-Herald
PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1942
U.S. MARINES BROADEN BEACH-HEADS
American Sea-Borne
Invasion. Units Battle
For Solomon Islands
"Door Opened To Allied Offensive In South
Pacific" Announces Washington; Occupation
In Tulagi Area Expected
By ROGER D. GREENE
Associated Press War Editor
Sea-borne American invasion forces, officially described
as trained iu "new twists to the business of killing Japs,**
battled the enemy in fierce hand-to-hand fighting in the Solomon
island jungles 900 miles northeast of Australia today,
and the navy in Washington declared:
"The Marines have opened the door to an Allied offen-
sive in the South Pacific.
Making Advances
A correspondent of the Australian broadcasting commis-
sion reported from an advanced Allied base that there is
general feeling that our forces are still making progress to-
ward their objective-----that is the occupation of the islands in
the Tulagi area.
Soviet Troops Move
Into Wild Foothills
Of Central Caucasus
German Hoards Push
Steadily Westward
Toward Black Sea
By The Associated Press
Adolf Hitler's field h effort
suffers from disorganization in
this great arsenal. The upheaval
is an open invitation to Japan
to invade one of the most vital
bases of the United Nations.
And the threat of a junction of
Axis and Jap forces in India—
Already the Allied war effort
suffers from disorganization in
this great arsenal. The upheaval
is an open invitation to Japan
to invade one of the most vital
bases of the United Nations.eadquarters
claimed sweeping
new successes in the battles
of the Dem river and the Caucasus
today while the Russians
acknowledged a new
German advance toward Stalingrad
on the Volga and declared
whole cities were
aflame on the trail of the Nazi
invaders.
Tanks Break Line
Soviet dispatches said huge
masses of German tanks supported
by planes ripped into
the Russian Iines northeast
of Kotelnikovski, 95 miles below
Stalingrad, and broke
through the Red Army defenses.
The assault was finally stopped,
Red Star said.
The WAR TODAY
By DEWITT MACKENZIE
Wide World War Analyst
The revolt in India which
started out as a passive affair
has grown to that grim stage
where it has become an active
menace to the Allied cause.
Mohandas Gandhi's campaign
of non-violence to
achieve freedom is so far out
of hand that many cities are
swept with the fearsome sound
of mob roar. More than thirty
persons are dead and more
than 250 others have been
wounded in clashes between
the revolutionists and the police
and military.
Already the Allied war
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