Allies Rapidly Approaching Victory

Northern Advocate, 30 June 1943, Page 3

Allies Rapidly Approaching Victory

WASHINGTON, June 27.! “The United Nations are rapidly ap- j preaching final victory,” said Lieut.-! i General McNorney, Deputy Chief oh I Staff, before the Senate Appropria-. I tions Committee. He added the war; | would be brought home to Japan: (in such a manner that the whole Em-1 ! pire would feel the full impact in the! I most violent, destructive way. i : Senator Gurner warned Genei al McNarney that there was a gfowingj impression the war would be oven by Thanksgiving Day. Therefore he; questioned the advisability of usingi the word “rapidly.” General Me-; Narne'y admitted that rapidly might! be a slight overstatement, but added: | “\Ve have made enormous progress; in the training and equipping of our; armies for combat. Recent confer-1 ences between Mr Churchill and Mi Roosevelt will bring further success-j ful offensive action. The United. States Army now totals 6,800,000, and, will attain the goal of 7,500,000 next' ■ year. ! “Cur operations in the Pacific: have turned the tide of Japanese ad-; vances into gradual withdrawal to- ( ward home bases. The United States, now holds the initiative in the Paci-: fic and since the reconquest of Attuj has been in a position to call its own; shots.” He added that first-line planes were; being sent to Generals MacArthur and Chennault. “I anticipate Japan will receive very heavy blows, if not decisive ones, within a reasonable time,” said General Chennault at a Press conference at Chungking. Expressing the great encouragement by the attitude of the Washington authorities. Gen-j ' eial Chennault added that a consider-, ‘ able percentage of the total United States naval effort was being devoted 1 ; constantly to the Facific, and the wav , against Japan certainly was receiving the deepest consideration.

1 Reciprocity.—PlunU newly-'- established in Britain for the repair of the recoil i mechanism of artillery guns is to be used . bv both .Britain and the United States. This, -will snve-.ihp United States many tops of shipping.