JAP MERCHANT SHIPS
ATTACKED BY U.S. PLANES
Bee. 11 ajn. RUGBY, July 12. A successful attack on Japanese merchant shipping is announced in a United States navy communique, which states that in the North Pacific on Saturday American bombers attacked four Japanese cargo vessels 280 miles southwest of Attu. One vessel was sunk and one left sinking and the others damaged. On Sunday morning United States light surface units bombarded positions on Kiska and Little Kiska.—B.O.W.
TOJO LOOKS AT CONQUESTS Rec. 9 a.m. NEW YORK, July 12.
The Domei news agency reports that General Tojo, who is touring the occupied regions in the Pacific, has visited Java and the Philippines. The latest Japanese report says that Tojo is back in Tokio after his tour.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 11, 13 July 1943, Page 5
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