Millett: Women find sacrifice off balance
But envy of others is similarly out of good taste
By Ruth Millett
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U.S. Navy Department (May 28, 1943)
Communiqué No. 392
North Pacific.
On May 26:
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U.S. Army troops gained several important points along the ridge south of Chichagof Corridor. Hard hand to hand fighting over rugged terrain continued.
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The U.S. Army’s northern forces have penetrated a part of Fish-Hook Ridge about one and five‑eighths miles southwest of Chichagof Harbor. Fighting continues in order to clear the Japanese from the high peaks in the vicinity.
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An attack by U.S. troops to eliminate the enemy from the ridge south of Lake Cories is in progress.
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Army Liberator (Consolidated B‑24) heavy bombers, Mitchell (North American B‑25) medium bombers and Lightning (Lockheed P‑38) fighters effectively supported ground operations.
On May 26, Army Mitchell medium bombers and Warhawk (Curtiss P‑40) fighters made three attacks on Kiska, bombing the Japanese main camp area and runway. Numerous hits were observed.
In an attack on Kiska (reported in Navy Department Communiqué No. 391) the Warhawk fighters participating were manned by Royal Canadian Air Force pilots.
Communiqué No. 393
North Pacific.
On May 27, on Attu Island:
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U.S. Army forces moved ahead and along a ridge commanding the area between Lake Cories and Lake Canirca.
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After artillery and mortar preparation, U. S. Army troops attacked the ridge extending to the east of Fish‑Hook Ridge. A Japanese position on Fish‑Hook Ridge was neutralized.
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U.S. Army patrols continue to probe Japanese positions on the lower ridge extending eastward from the Chichagof Valley floor.
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Army Mitchell (North American B‑25) medium bombers and Lightning (Lockheed P‑38) fighters supported ground operations.
A formation of Army Warhawk (Curtiss P‑40) fighters bombed Japanese positions at Kiska. Due to poor visibility results were unobserved.
The Pittsburgh Press (May 28, 1943)
Roosevelt names Byrnes super home front boss
‘War Cabinet’ selected as advisers; Vinson new wage chief
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1,000 TONS OF BOMBS RAIN ON ESSEN
RAF hammers arms city in hard-hit Ruhr
Jena in central Germany also attacked; Nazis admit damage
By Walter Cronkite, United Press staff writer
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In Attu battle –
Hand-to-hand combat marks Yank advance
U.S. drive on Aleutian isle supported by planes; heights taken
Washington (UP) –
U.S. troops, in hand-to-hand fighting over the rugged terrain of Attu, have succeeded in taking several more highpoints from the Japanese pocketed in the Chichagof area, the Navy announced today.
A communiqué also said that U.S. troops are fighting to eliminate the enemy from the Sarana Bay area.
The American drive is supported by heavy and medium bombers and fighter planes.
The communiqué said that three more air attacks have been made on the Japanese positions in Kiska. It also revealed that Royal Canadian Air Force pilots took part in the attack of Kiska announced yesterday by the Navy.
Shelled by warship
Aerial attacks followed a bombardment of Jap shore positions in the harbor Tuesday by a U.S. warship that started numerous fires. Between the aerial bombs and the shelling, all buildings in the little settlement were destroyed.
Radio Tokyo, asserting the Japanese defenders are outnumbered 10–1, said Thursday night that the beleaguered Japanese garrison had “successively intercepted the advance” of the Americans, “causing heavy casualties on the invader.”
Refutes Stimson
Quoting “the latest report from the front,” Radio Tokyo, heard by the United Press in San Francisco, said that on May 25, the Japanese killed 600 U.S. troops.
Tokyo referred to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson’s report yesterday that U.S. casualties were relatively light.
Tokyo radio said today that seven U.S. warships had been sunk off Attu. The vessels, according to Tokyo, included a battleship, two cruisers, a destroyer and three other warships.
OPA chief aims –
Price balloon to come down
Brown condemns critics, cries full speed
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OPA failure laid by Hahn to frustrated professors
Galbraith’s book, advocating radical control methods, cited at House hearing
By Daniel M. Kidney, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Hedy Lamarr weds Loder, delays their honeymoon
Actress returns to work after taking British actor as her third husband
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Left-wing CIO union seeks control of paid personnel of the Red Cross
Organizing group chief once told communists about increasing campus influence; directive frees members
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Machinists’ split with AFL revives closed-shop issue
With miners in and Brown’s union out, balance of power seems likely to be maintained; Kaiser ship case cited
By Fred W. Perkins, Press Washington correspondent
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WLB establishes pattern for equalizing pay rates
Sub-standard wages in obscure New York factory used for board’s test of authority
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Akron stacks smoke again; WLB steps in
President’s warning heeded almost 100%; other strikes
By the United Press
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Industry heads pledge greater output effort
Drive for increased war production opened at Chicago meeting
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Yanks in love pick up speed in phrase book
But it is possible, too, that danger signals can appear
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Giant armored rafts help in Axis European defense
Floats can be moved to points threatened with Allied invasion; hundreds built
By Thomas R. Henry, North American Newspaper Alliance
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