TOKIO’S WORRIES

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 280, 23 August 1944, Page 5

TOKIO’S WORRIES

U.S. Drive To Philippines (By Telegraph—Press Assn -Copyright.) (Special Australian Correspondent.) (Received August 212, 10.40 p.m.) .SYDNEY, August 22. “Early new blows by General MacArthur were hinted' at by Tokio today. The reports declared that lively Allied air activity north of Australia probably foreshadowed big offensive operations in that area.” This Tokio statement coincided with an announcement, from the South-west Pacific headquarters of record raids on Japanese bases in Moluccas between New Guiuea and the Philippines. The biggest bomb load, 110 tons, was dropped on installations at the enemy's key stronghold of Halmahera. 250 miles from the new Allied base at Sansapor (Dutch New Guinea). Japanese shipping has also been attacked over a wide area of the South-west Pacific, including Philippines waters. In all these strikes made on Saturday and Sunday not a single air-borne enemy plane was sighted. Tokio official radio announced that 30 four-engined aircraft attacked Truk yesterday morning. Six were shot down or damaged Twenty planes raided Yap iu the afternoon.