Defence of Japan

Grey River Argus, 29 June 1945, Page 5

Defence of Japan

government takes over COMMUNICATIONS. (Rec. 9.5) NEW YORK, June 28 Tokio radio announced that Japan has placed all of her communications under Government control a. 5 _ trom July 1 to cope with the eonvers.on of the 5 homeland into a battiefield, and to maintain efficiency, absolute!}, in face of any situation such as th_ iso lation of vital areas. programme also invisages urgent measures to suppress hostile enemy broadcasts. ~ The Home Minister, General Abe,, stated the new volunteer corps woulci nroce useless unless everyone abandoned all thoughts of self and then own life. U.S. NAVAL CASUALTIES. q 731 IN NINE MONTHS OFF OKINAWA. (Rec. 9.10). WASHINGTON, June 28. Admiral Nimitz reported: Available rpnorts show that casualties in offices and men of the United States Pacific Fleet supporting the Okinawa operations and associated operations against the Ryukyu Islands and Japan from March 18 to June. 20 inclusive were: Killed and missing 4907, wounded 4824. RAID HAVOC IN JAPAN (Rec 11.15). NEW YORK, June 28 ( General Lemay announced that fortresses on June 18 and June 22 P burned out three point four-five squares miles of Japanese industrial areas increasing the total in the fourteen cities to one hundred and fifteen square miles. A JAP IN SOUTH CHINA. (Rec 5.5). CHUNGKING, June 28. The United Press says:. Japanese forces are reported to be withdrawing from China’s Rice Bowl area around Lake Tuhging and Changsa undei a relentless attack by American which blasted a 240 miles stretch of enemy retreat roads. General Wedemever in a communique, reported the bombing of Japanese columns retreating between Yochov, and Changsa, and stated attacks were continuing southward to Hengyang and Faokino. A United Press correspondent here stated Chinese forces held in the Rice Bowl area against three major Jap-

anese attacks during a protracted war but the Chinese finally relinquished it in 1944, with the. fall of Changsa. ■ The Chinese High Command announced that Chinese troops had reached western outskirts of Liuchow.