RACINE, WIS., SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
AUGUST 4, 1945.
More Fatigue;
Petain Dozes
PARIS.—(AP)—Pierre
Laval testified today that the Germans ordered both him and Marshal Petain to
speak out against the Allies' 1942 landings in
north Africa, and contended they were forced to obey.
Reminded by the judge in Petain's treason trial that the old marshal "sent
certain messages which he ought not to have sent." Laval said: "Petain
was not free. He was ordered by the Germans to send those messages. I also was
instructed to speak publicly on the subject The Germans. . . told me it was no
real protest"
By
HERBERT G. KING
PARIS.—(UP)—
Pierre Laval testified today that he refused to sign a military alliance with
Germany on the day the Allies invaded north Africa.
Laval
slouched into court at 1:15 p. m. and five minutes later opened his testimony
for the second day in the treason trial of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain.
Plans
Drawn
For
Anglo-U. S.Drive on Nippon
By HUGH
CRUMPLER
MANILA—(U.P.) —
Command ofOkinawa and the entire Ryukyu Island chain was shifted from Adm.
Chester W. Nimitz to Gen.mDouglas MacArthur today in preparation for the
forthcoming invasion of Japan.
"With
the Philippines, these islands form a great semi-circular base from which a
mighty invasion force is being formed under the primary responsibility of
General MacArthur for the final conquest of Japan," MacArthur's
headquarters said.
The
announcement said that all army forces in the Ryukyus with the single exception
of Lt. Gen. James
H. Doolittle's 8th Air Force now were under MacArthur's direct control, 13th
Air Force included.
These
include Gen. Joseph (Vinegar Joe) Stilwell's 10th Army, conquerors
of Okinawa, and Gen. George C. Kenney's 5th and 7th Air Forces. The 13th Air
Force will come under MacArthur's command as soon as it reaches the Ryukyus
from the south Pacific.
In
addition, MacArthur's overall command includes the 6th and 8th Armies and other
air force unit's in the Philippines.
Jap Fliers Hit
Bac
As U.S. Girds to
Strike
By
WILLIAM F. TYREE
GUAM.—(U.P.)—
Japanese planes have begun to hit back again at American forces massing for an
invasion of the enemy homeland, it was revealed today.
Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz announced that the Japanese sank an American light naval unit
and damaged another off Okinawa early Sunday and sent 20 fighters against
American planes raiding the Tokyo area yesterday. The naval units sunk and
damaged presumably were destroyers or destroyer escorts.
The
Japanese opposition marked the first time in 10 days or more that the enemy has
mustered sufficient strength
to challenge African air domination. The two warships probably were hit by
enemy suicide
planes. Mustangs Meet Opposition. Ninety-seven Iwo-based Mustangs were
intercepted by 10 Japanese fighters during a bombing and strafing raid on the
Tokyo area yesterday. The Americans shot down two enemy planes and damaged a
third. The Mustangs also destroyed or damaged 14 Japanese planes
on the ground, wrecked 20 locomotives, 50 railway cars, two medium-sized ships,
eight to 10 luggers and two fishing boats. Japanese anti-aircraft fire downed six
Mustangs and damaged five. One pilot was rescued.
Hospital Ship
Revealed Fake
MANILA—(U.P)—An
Allied naval boarding party discovered arms', ammunition and faked
"wounded" aboard a Japanese hospital ship, Gen. Douglas MacArthur
announced today. The ship is being brought into an Allied port for further
examination.
It was
boarded Friday in the Banda Sea north of Dutch Timor "in the course of
routine by an Allied naval force from blockading vessels of the 7th
fleet,"
MacArthur's
headquarters said.mUnauthorized contraband found aboard by the original
searching party
was said to include 23 heavy machineguns, 15 light machineguns, an undetermined
number of .75 millimeter
shells and quantities of other ammunition.
The
shells were packed in boxes marked "Hospital Supplies," headquarters said.
Also
aboard were 1,500 Japanese listed as patients. Examination of bandages of some
"patients" showed
no wounds, however.
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