Current Events October 9, 1942; JAPANESE SHIPS SUNK IN SOLOMONS/ POSSIBLE RETREAT IN STALINGRAD/ AUSTRALIANS CONTROL MOUNTAIN GAP/ NAZIS TO SUBJUGATE DENMARK;

                                The Galveston Daily News




                              GALVESTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1942.



CARRIER FORCE SURPRISES JAP BASE

Heavy Cruiser,
Four Other
Ships Damaged;
Airfield Hit
'Washington, Oct. 8. (AP) An
aircraft c a r r i e r task force,
striking violently into :the
heart of Japan's defense area.
in the North Solomon Islands,
has damaged an enemy heavy
cruiser and four other ships,
destroyed eight aircraft and
blasted an airfield, the navy
announced tonight.
The operation, conducted in
unfavorable weather, apparently
caught the Japanese
completely by surprise at one
of 'their most vulnerable points.
It was carried through without the
loss of a man or plane .and without
damage to any ship.

Nazi Propaganda Machine Hints
Possible Retreat in Stalingrad
Fight Changes,
DNB Reports
After 45 Days
Germans Declare That
Finishing Touches
Will Be Entrusted to
Artillery and Stukus
New York, Oct. 8. AP The
German propaganda, machine
laid a foundation tonight for
a possible retreat from, Stalingrad,
where the red army's
stanch defenses have consumed
nazi troops and machines by
the thousands for 45 days of flam-
ing siege.

Owen Stanley
Mountain Gap
Under Control
Australians Hesitate
in Face of Rough
Terrain Which Caused
Defeat of Japanese
Gen. Mac A r t h u r ' s Headquarters,
Australia, Oct. 8. AP
Victorious Australian troops
were in control of the gap in
the high-Owen Stanley range
of New Guinea tonight, but
the tremendous supply problem
made it doubtful whether they
would press on to Kokoda and the
north shore Japanese base a
Buna-Gona. now that the imme-
diate threat to Port Moresby has
been erased.

Evidence Shows That Nazis Are
Planning to Subjugate Denmark
London, Oct. 8. AP Evidence was
accumulating tonight that Ger-
many is about to make Denmark
a completely subjugated state.
German-occupied for two years
and a half, yet nominally self
governed and maintained as
show-piece of nazi influence at its
"beat," Denmark WF.S believed
marked down now for forced nazi-
fication for these purposes:
1. Suppression of rising rebel-
llion against so-called German
benevolence.
2. Tight defense against allied
invasion
3. Crystallization of a "German=
ic federation" project which is to
be used for nazi home propaganda
this winter.
It was reported that the Germans
will Insist that Denmark
also declare war against Russia,
rearm and hand over to the Germans
control of what Danish
ships remain In Danish waters