LaGuardia hits proposal to enlist prison shops
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Syria flooded by propaganda
But Hitler as messiah leaves Arabs limp
By Richard D. McMillan, United Press staff writer
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Embarrassed U.S. Navy flier describes fight with 9 Japs
Excited, hero shouts into plane radio, fearing voice is gone
Pilot tells of facing bombers alone, downing 5, hitting other
By Frank Tremaine, United Press staff writer
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Heavy U.S. blows stall Jap attacks on Bataan
Corregidor’s dead-eye gunners drop Nippon bomber flying at 5-mile altitude
By Mack Johnson, United Press staff writer
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Allies rule air, Australian claims; Japs routed by floods in New Guinea
Tenth of foe’s cruisers now crippled
By Brydon Taves, United Press staff writer
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242 killed in first raid on Darwin
Canberra, March 30 –
Prime Minister John Curtin revealed today that 242 persons were killed in the first Jap air raid on Port Darwin last Feb. 19.
Mr. Curtin said damage to the town was small, and there was no reason to suspect espionage played any part in the raid.