Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 56, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 14, 1945 Page: 5 of 20
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MANILA. June 14.—CT—Desperate
Japaneee forces, composed largely of
beached naval personnel, are fighting
tenaciously and fanatically to prevent
• Yank advance along the east and
west banks of the Davao river on
southeastern Mindanao.
For a week these Japanese have
held up a large-scale American ad-
vance.
On the east bank, veterans of Col.
Thomas E. Cliffords 19th infantry
regiment finally smashed organised
resistance tn the hemp groves and
jungled hills, headquarters reported
Thursday. Scattered pockets, however,
remain near Mandog.
West of Davao dty, along the Ta-
tomo-Klbawe trail, other 24th division
troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Ros-
coe B. Woodruff, with elements of
Maj. Gen. Jen 8. Doe’s 41st division
battled against tough opposition, ter-
rible terrain, dense jungle and bad
weather.
Troops led by Maj. Nicholas E.
Sloan of Hoopeston. Ill., and Maj. Roy
Roy W. Marcy of Walla Walla, Wash.,
expanded bridgeheads they carved
across the Twlomo river while dough-
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WASHINGTON. June 14.— UP) —
Beaman Specialist Howard B. Whitee-
carver has traveled 400,ooo mites, and
has yet to see an ocean.
Hbb done all that traveling as a
shore patrolman, moat of the time as
chaperon for sailors riding on trains.
That nukes him the navy's moot
traveled shore patrolman And he did
it all after joining the navy in No-
vember. 1042.
But ho hasn't yet seen the world,
or been aboard a ship.
"In tact," the Detroit landlubber
biuahlngly told a reporter Thursday.
"I haven't yet even seen the ocean.
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looking at the ^arbor in New York,"
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Fla . ran into intense opposition driv-
ing up the main road from Uia to
Baguio. Mindanao.
In Luaon's Cagayan valley area
north of Manito. Maj. Oen. Robert 8.
Beighttor's 37th infantry division
troops broke through frantic enemy
resistance at Ortoung peso, seven
miles northeast of Bagabag with sup-
port of heavy air strikes. Thia to near
the entrance to Cagayan.
Petroleum Chairman Dies
INDIANAPOLIS. June 14.—<JP>—
Pil T. Williams, M. chairman of the
national council of independent petro-
leum associations. died here Wednes-
day night.
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Some Hyphenated Texans Are Home
Texas wax using big black type and straining her ample tonsils
Wednesday and Thursday, with celebrations for returning soldiers.
While Oklahoma City was going overboard for one major general,
Texas lists 13 for its various shows. But dose examination re-
vealed that Oklahoma can lay partial claim to at least two of
them, Lieut. Gen. Ira Baker (right), who spent his boyhood in
Bryan county, and to Lieut. Oen. Lucian Truscott Jr., who was
teaching school in McIntosh county when he joined the army for
World war I. taker is shown congratulating Lieut. Audie Murphy
of Farmersville, Texas, who has won every decoration the army
has to offer, during the 8an Antonio celebration. (Wirephoto.)
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Where They Fight
By Divisions
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AIR WAR—Okinawa baaed planes
attacked airfields and Installations on
Kyushu island Tuesday and subjected
Japan to sixth straight day of aerial
attack. Aleutian baaed plane^ attacked
Kuriles region, northeast of Japan.
BORNBO—Australian invaders over-
ran two Brunei protectorate airfields:
battled Japanese for third. Aussies
drove 14 miles from Brooketon landing
point to within two miles of capital
city. Brunel.
OKINAWA—Yanks turned
flanks of Japanese death-stand line
across southern tip of island; wiped
out counterattackers; finished mopup
of Oroku peninsula.
PHILIPPINES — Americans
through enemy resistance Dear en-
trance to Cagayan valley, northern
Luatm; smashed organised resistance
in Davao area of Mindanao.
CHINA—Heavy fighting continued
In suburbs at Ishan, railway junction
west of Liuchow. Chinese column
reached Liuchow environs.
BURMA—British 14th army con-
tinued advance along Toungoo-Maw-
chi rood toward Thailand
U. S. DIVISIONS
__ Okinawa
FIRST MARINE—Strengthened po-
sitions on Kunlshl ridge on west flank
of Yaetu-Dake Hne.
SIXTH MARINK—Finished Oroku
peninsula mopup.
SEVENTH INFANTRY—Advanced
from Hanagusuku on west flank.
MTH INFANTRY — Continued
frontal assault on Japanese escarp-
ment line, o
PhiUppiaes
24TH INFANTRY—Smashed ar-
ganised resistance east of Davao river.
21ST INFANTRY — Pressed Japa-
nese retreating from 24th infantry
JTTH INFANTRY—Smashed roaist-
anca line near Cagayan valley en-
trance:
MTH INFANTRY—M0ppBd up
Jungle hills east of Manila
418T INFANTRY—Dements joined
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BRUNEI BAY. Borneo, June 1<—
0P>—Tank-led Australian Ninth divi-
sion troops are battling Japaneee
through swamp and Jungle for the
only remaining airfield tn this invaded
north Borneo area after overrunning
the other two without a fight, head-
quarters reported Thursday.
The 4^00-foot Labuan island air-
field occupied a few hours after the
invasion opened Sunday, already is
being used by artillery spotter planes.
It is being developed as a bomber
base, within BOO miles of Singapore.
Fourteen n£les south of the main-
land invasion beach at Brooketon. the
I, 400-foot Brunei airfield also was won
easily. It is two mites outside the
capital city of Brunei co which the
Diggers are closing from two sides
against enemy mortar, machinegun
and rifle fire
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Fight Stiffens
But the Nipponese on Labuan island,
which commands the entrance to Bru-
nei bay, showed more fight as the in-
to vaders drove within two miles of the
J. WO-foot Timbalai airfield. It is
nearly five mite* from the original
beachhead outside Victoria town.
After recovering from the apparent
early surprise—the enemy obviously
expected an Invasion at Jesaelton, «0
miles northwest—the Nipponese start-
ed using mines and boobytrap* exten-
sively on both Labuan and the main-
land
(Melbourne, Australia, reports stat-
ed the Japaneee were seeking frantic-
ally to get reinforcements down to
Brunei bey from Jesselton over bomb-
blasted rail lines.)
Borne of Borneo's finest rubber
plantation* fell to the Aussies in ths
Brunel airfield vicinity.
OU Field. Burn
Borne of Borneo's finest
pianist tons extend for 30 miles to Tu-
tons, gateway to the Berta oilfield*
which the Japanese have set afire.
Patrol-torpedo boats patrolling the
west Borneo eoast saw fires visible for
40 miles and great smoko plumes ris-
ing from the Berta. Lutong and Miri
well*, tank* and reftnerte* The Nip-
ponese appeared bent on devastating
fields with a pre-war production of
10,000,000 barrels a year.
The Borneo campaign is not on the
grand scale of that in th* Philippines
but some of the fighting la Just as
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Gaylord, E. K. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 56, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 14, 1945, newspaper, June 14, 1945; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1760799/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.