Current Events August 24, 1942; JAPANESE LOSE FACE AT PORT DARWIN / SITUATION SERIUS IN RUSSIA/ AMERICAN CONVOYS GETTING THROUGH TO BRITAIN:

                               The Daily Courrier


CONNELLSVILLE, PA., MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1942.




Japs Lose More Face in Attack On Port Darwin


MocArthur's Airmen Shoot Down 13 Zero


Planes in What Nipponese Intended to Be


Devastating Raid on Australian City;


Situation in Russia Serious, With Defenders


Continuously Forced Back; Chinese


Maintain New Gains.

NEW BATTLE IN AFRICA IMMINENT

By International News Service..

The Japanese, whose reverses In the Solomon

Islands and In the Gilberts have caused them to "lose

face"—a grave matter, Indeed to the boastful Nipponese—

have tried to regain some of their lost prestige

with what was intended to be a devastating attack on

Port Darwin, Australia.

But, it was revealed today by General Douglas

MacArthur's headquarters their attempt backfired

again, and 13 planes bearing the mark of the Rising

Sun were shot down by Allied interceptor aircraft

which did not lose a single plane.

There could be no minimizing, however, the seriousness

of the Soviet situation.



Largest American Convoy to Sail


Atlantic Reaches Port in Britain

By ROBERT G. NIXON

I. N. S. Staff Correspondent.

SOMEWHERE IN BRITAIN,

Aug. 24.—Another vast convoy of

well-trained American fighting

men, including pilots, artillerymen,

engineers and antitank

units, has landed in Britain, It

was revealed today.

This new convoy Is one of the

largest yet to cross the turbulent'

North Atlantic -to the European

war theatre, and included Americans

from nearly .all., of the 48.

states.

WOMEN FIGHT BESIDE


MEN IN "STORMING"


MANEUVER IN LONDON

by International News Service

LONDON, Aug. 24.—Britain's

women auxiliaries for the first

time have participated in largescale

battle maneuvers, It was

disclosed today. Uniformed women

fought shoulder to shoulder

with men of the home guard

forces storming London bridge,

and forced the "enemy" back

from this vital objective.