JAP OIL PLANTS
Four Wrecked In Super Fortress Raid
AIRCRAFT WORKS DESTROYED
Rec. 10 a.m. GUAM, May 18. Super Fortresses wrecked four o£ the biggest oil supply plants in their attacks on southern Japan on May 10 says the United Press correspondent The Otake refinery on southern Honshu is listed as out of operation.
On Oshima Island 60 of the 65 storage tanks were destroyed. Extensive damage was reported to the Tokuyama naval fuel station and the adjoining Tokuyama synthetic fuel factory The latter is the chief source for army planes. A delayed dispatch from the task force operating off Japan reports tne wrecking of the new kumamoto ai - craft assembly plant m centra Kvushu on Monday. Jsr&i day "destining leven enej^craft Kuriles, attacked the Marshalls and Pelews. The Tokyo official radio said that the Prime Minister, Suzuki, announced the ° g;sociation per i ia =nhsidfary organisations, which win be merged into the Peoples Volunteer Corps. he h Lsociatlon!' o formed by Prince Konovffn 1940,' was modelled along the lines of European I- ascism.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 117, 19 May 1945, Page 5
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