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The first of these excerpts is continued from yesterday.

Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring

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Big Blow in Reich (Currivan) – 2
U.S. Carriers Used in Raid on Sumatra – 2-3
War News Summarized – 3
First Land Planes Hit Marianas; New Guinea Airfields are Torn Up – 4
Allies Optimistic on Battle in India – 5
A Touch of the West in the South Pacific (photo) – 5
Latest Casualties Reported by Army – 7
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 8-9
The General Inspects His New Command (page 1 photo) – 9

The News of the Week in Review
Fifteen News Questions – 10
“Wasting His Breath” (cartoon) – 11
British Isles Guard Vital Invasion Secrets (Daniell) – 12-13
Cut Off! (cartoon) – 13
The Many-Sided Attack on Japan’s Empire (map) – 14
Japan Must Now Meet Attack in All Sectors (Baldwin) – 15
Bombers Strike at Strategic Centers of Europe’s Railway Network (map) – 17
Great Railway System Aids German Defense (Middleton) – 18
Report from the Nation (by Lawrence Dame, Virginius Dabney, James E. Crown, Louther S. Horne, Roland M. Jones, and Lawrence E. Davies) – 19-20
Coming Home to Roost (cartoon) – 20
Answers to Fifteen News Questions – 20

[colorado tanker]

A red letter day for Hanson Baldwin. His column forecasting another amphibious leap is published the day troops come ashore at Hollandia and Aitape. He also has figured out the Marianas are probably next for Nimitz who could bypass the now useless base at Truk.