BACK TO THEIR BASES
JAPANESE VESSELS
WASHINGTON, October 30,
"We are still on Guadalcanal, occupying every inch we ever controlled," said tfc|j Secretary of the Navy, Colonel Frank Knox, to the Press. "The first round is over, and Aye are waiting for the second round to begin. "At present there is no active operation on the surface near the Solomons."
The Navy Department knew that some Japanese warships had returned to their bases, including supply ships and transports, Colonel Knox added. Supplies were still reaching the marines and soldiers on Guadalcanal. Communications were uninterrupted. The army air forces were still veijy active.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 107, 2 November 1942, Page 5
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