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MACARTHUR BLOWS AT GUADALCANAL
NEW YORK, October 29
"General Mac Arthur's airmen are apparently not permitted to continue the hammering blows against the southern Solomons, though General Mac Arthur is obviously anxious to aid "the Solomons campaign wherever possible," comments Jack Turcott, the Australian correspondent of the "New York Daily News."
This leads to the inevitable conclusion that America's top strategists are not willing to permit General MacArthur to share in the public recognition in participating in the Solomons.
"General Mac Arthur has never publicly complained about the division of his command, nor did he indicate displeasure when Washington took New Caledonia, New Zealand, the New Hebrides, and the Solomons from his jurisdiction, but the aerial activities reflect the result," says Mr. Turcott.
"Since August 7 General Mac Arthur's air force has raided bases in the northern Solomons only. Though the pilots are itching to strike at the Japanese fleet at Guadalcanal and Tulagi. such assistance is impossible under the'divided command."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 106, 31 October 1942, Page 7
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