Carrier Routs Foe (Whitney) – 2-3
Japanese Stalled – 3-4
The War Summarized – 4
Dutch Tank Force Leads Raid in Java (McDougall) – 5
U-Boat Sinks U.S. Destroyer Off Cape May; All but 11 Lost – 6-7
Foe’s Naval Guns Blast at Mindanao – 8
Patrol Skirmishes Break Burma Lull (Thompson) – 9
Evacuation Area Set for Japanese in Pacific States (Davies) – 10-11
National Talent Pool (Krock) – 12
Outlook on Four Fronts of War (by Hanson W. Baldwin) * – 13
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 14-15
* Note that Baldwin will be submitting columns only 4 days a week now instead of nearly every day as he has been for a long time.
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American HQ in China established
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General StilwellIn China... US China headquarters is established by General Stillwell at Chunking
In the Central Pacific... American Admiral Halsey’s naval force attacks Marcus Island.