San Antonio Express (Newspaper) - April 13, 1942, San Antonio, Texas CORREGIDOR FIGHTS OFF MANY AIR RAIDERS ASSOCIATED PRESS EXCLUSIVE IN SAN ANTONIO 5 STREET FINAL SAN MONDAY APRIL 13, 1942 PAGES VOL 103-77TH YEAR PRICE 5 1865 Artillery Duel Rages Over Short Naas to Span of Channel Enemy Forced to Flee When Swollen Stream Overwhelms Town By Associated U. S. S. April forces in one of the most spectacular and resourceful exploits of 'the war have flooded the Germans out of a bitterly de- fended and strongly fortified village on the eastern front by changing the course of a stream swollen from thawing front line dispatches said This account said Red Army working under the guns of the dug trenches through which the flood waters went cascading to engulf the en- emy Battling through incessant other Russian units were reported to have recaptured a town occupied briefly by the mans on a ilver in the Bryansk sector and liberated two ments on the Kalinin front above German prisoners captured on the Leningrad front related there were enormous Josses among their comrades during reckless March offensives ordered by their com- One Nazi said the 53rd Alpine division brought from Crete and Intended for the Murmansk front was hurriedly diverted to the Continued on Page 2, Column 4 THIS CITY'S achievement in keeping its al a remarkably low level a community numbering a the of Commerce of the United lately awarded Antonio honorable mention in its 3941 Fire Waste The was based upon a report which C. 0. chairman of the San An- tonio had covering last year's This city's total insured loss ran well below 24 per cent of pre- the State Insurance Commission had ed the with its neighbors and certain residential 25 per cent its 1942 insurance thus saving the more Only Enemy Issues Reports From Claiming to Be Mopping Up American Defenders Bombers Forced to Fly High Across Fortress Guarding Manila Bay Express Pacific War Summary Bombed from the air and battered by big guns from both the Bataan Peninsula and the south shore of Manila defenders of Corregidor grimly fought back No less than 12 bomber raids were made on the fort in 24 but the accuracy of anti-aircraft gunners forced the Japanese to fly high and little damage was having cap- tured the last stronghold on brought up heavy guns to the tip of the peninsula and opened fire at approximately two-mile Corregidor guns replied and an artillery duel at blank range was in progress at last reports torn the The only news from Philippine island on which Japanese landed troops over the from claimed that Japanese troops were ping up all Other developments of war in the was the most critical front but Chinese troops under command of Joseph W. Stilwell stood firmly on the Swa 180 miles below American Volunteer Group pilots still on the shooting down seven without loss to Their score for two days was 18 planes out of 21 to 24 they new war front is apparently about to open but Indian especially Pandit haria Nehru of the All-India asserted Indians want no Axis victory and will fight the escorted by at Japanese air ships and military destroying 28 Japanese NAVY GRADUATES 460 SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE part of the class of 460 Navy aviation volunteer special officers will immediately relieve Navy flyers of administrative duties in this country and at foreign posts is shown listening to graduation address in Quonset Naval Air Station Hall at R. Dozen Raids Fail to Do Harm When Accuracy Forces Planes to Fly High By Associated Press April gunners of besieged Corregidor Sunday battled recurring waves of Japanese bombers and enemy artillery batteries firing onto the island fortress from two Anti-aircraft fire from the kept the enemy at such high a War Department communique that the damage inflicted by the bombers was and only a few were sustained our The Japanese news Domei earlier had insisted that THAT was the seventh year San American anti-aircraft batteries j u were completely silenced by what Antonio had earned this bene as it had earned the previous maximum allowable per discount regularly since the latter became effective in 1909. .It may be questioned whether another pity of population anywhere match that Going through or even years heavy might be to When a com- munity does it regularly for 32 years without a more than doubling its expanding its area and factors must enter into the The explanation is that fires before they had be- come habitual with San The municipal school children and body else concerned worked only in tion but the year Continued on Page 2, Column 7 by Domei said was two mass air The report from Corregidor said the Japanese came over the island 12 times in 24 attacks were concentrated on the center of. the the communique' The United States fortifications at the mouth of Manila Bay were fired Japanese artillery located both on Bataan Peninsula and of Cavite Page 2, Column 5 American Flyers Lead Attacks Which Wreck 28 Jap Airplanes April United States by swift Australian smashed relentlessly over the week-end at Japanese bases on the outer islands and were credited with destroying or seriously damaging at least 28 enemy planes and spreading flaming ruin among the ships and military main Japanese base' for any invasion raided both Friday and Eight Japanese bombers and a fighter were destroyed on the ground Friday and other planes were In the attacks three moored flying boata were damaged by gunfire and a fighter WM Continued on Page Column 3 The raids were conducted over a arc extending from Koepang on Dutch Timor to Faisi in the Solomon Islands but the greatest destruction was spread at Lae on the northeastern coast of New and at Rabaul on the northern coast of New At least 12 of the Japanese planes were destroyed at the cost of only two Allied In Burma By Associated NEW April Stalwart defenders supported along their fron lines by American Group pilots and the sympa thetic aid of native Burmese standing their ground along the River in 30 miles north of a Chinese nique said Although the attacked with concentrated artillery cover ing fire and aviation support on they were being held motionless up to Saturday ing by heroic Chinese the communique natives expressed ad- miration for the gallant spirit of our by doing their utmost to help which contributed greatly to our the lese command April 1C the came to the support of our forces which our troops to fight with even greater a But while these forces under United States Joseph W. Stilwell held their positions along he Swa River 180 miles south of Continued on Page 2, Column 2 12 More Ships Reported Sunk Toll in Atlantic Now Is 126 Twelve ships announced as sunk in the Atlantic the week of April 6 to April 12, losses in that rea since Pearl Harbor to 127 The 1 Week April Since Pearl 6-12 Harbor iff 63 iff Canada 0 23 n the Caribbean 30 South 2 6 12 127 the vessels sunk were States and the other Wb were British and Batoon Defenders Surrender Ater Starvation Forces Them to Live Off Their Pack Animals By Associated Press from Corregidor reported that living the fortress island was a Warren fantry who reached the i Ship Survivors Bring Bodies Of Dead Ashore By Associated Press April two and a old survivors from a sized American freighter ger ship torpedoed and sunk off I the Atlantic Coast ori March 29, Clear said that two ago were brought ashore here late early as Feb. Saturday the capital by way said that since the loss of the Bataan Peninsula would be the target of everything the nese are literally no places where bombs are to he said in an interview a radio the Japanese still must combat American courage and American marksmanship and American in- and American he Government Agents Seek Transmitter Close to Tampico Compromising Documents Found in Roundup of Enemy Aliens Leads to Belief Powerful Short Wave Set Will Soon Be Germans dered Inland From Gulf Coast By Associated Press April government completing their roundup and Axis citizens from this oil began today a painstaking search for a radio station they believed was used to communicate with The agents did not disclose they believed the in this but it was announced several days ago that 300 documents had been found in the roundups of the mans The agents said they believed the station was the banks the River a few kilometers from Germans expelled from the dis- already en route ico while Japanese ians are selling or closing businesses preparing to part. All schools in will begin to preliminary town in the State will form a tee to enforce the ing regulations in feners of Bataan were reduced to eating their and Continued on Page 2, Column 6 Pearl Bombers Win Old Argument In New War By Associated Press NEW April question of air bombs versus unsettled n the European a ite answer in the Pacific so far it's air Of seven important British hips announced as in the with all but victims of Japanese Of United States hips announced as all but were sunk by Japanese Eight U. S. warships an- as damaged were ged by Capt. Joseph of the U. executive officer on one f the plane carriers which d the and Gilbert slands in the first American of the said hat in his opinion the Pacific car was primarily a war of planes nd The he have rdinated air and land force They have been able to their combined air forces t chosen objectives moving them quickly from concentration oint to concentration The he is the lane And when air is obtained it must be up with a shore of District announced Sunday Two were with the 11 was that of the mother of the little girl and the other of a U. seaman who was a member of crew aboard the died in the lifeboat an fore a Navy patrol plane the party at a. m. A ship picked up the group six hours ending their ordeal of drifting in the open boat for 13 The destroyed survivors carried a crew of 78 including a slavian en route to the United States on an official A Naval spokesman said an- other boatload of survivors from the same ship reached last week after an ordeal during one of the gers gave birth to a baby in an open 14 Navy Flyers Die When Bombers Crash By Prens April 12." Fourteen United States Navy ers were fifteenth was injured in the crash Sunday of two giant naval patrol ers in the Tonely range country south of The Navy announced ber of but withheld their names until the first of kin was The Weather SAN ANTONIO Occasional showers and Not much change n Plane Carriers Harry British At Least Two New Big Craft Reported By Associated Press April The number of Japanese based planes used for attacks in this area is interpreted in Naval circles here as an indication that in addition to smaller carriers the enemy has at least one of his new carriers in the Indian The are supposed to carry 60 sinking of Britain's ton carrier Hermes within sight of Ceylon's shore last week was described Sunday by two wounded who survived the They said that the Japanese sinking of the Prince of Wales battle cruiser off Malaya in December provided the pattern the at- This no does were used dropped in the face of an intense anti-aircraft fire which was to cost the enemy four of Nazis Claim t Ships Sunk Bsr Broadcasts j April 12. German dive bomber attack on a strongly protected ed Nations convoy in the tic Sea resulting the damaging of four was reported by the Germans the United States and Britain are rushing war supplies to Russia over the Arctic The high command that the set fire to two ships and damaged a while military authorities added the following mentioning damage to the fourth merchantman of tons was hit at the stern by a bomb which started an enormous Some time later ship was found motionless on the same spot with a heavy list and burning hits were scored by bombs of half each on an- other steamer of while a third steamer was hit by a bomb of caliber which crashed close to the screw so that she came to a anti- aircraft German planes managed to hit a fourth steamer which also remained on the The high command reported renewed attack of enemy forces supported by tanks and air on the Kerch Peninsula in the adding that the at- tack and told of repeated Soviet attacks at several points on the central and ern sectors of the eastern These were termed Guns Fire at Mystery Plane By Associated Prew CASA French April aircraft guns action twice yesterday to drive off a plane of unknown origin flying over the it was reported Brazil Rounds Up Axis Spies RIO DE April more Axis three Germans and two Japanese army caught today in Brazil's Jap Aircraft Carrier Bombed NEW April New York from a United air base in the said tonight a direct hit was scored pir craft carrier near New week-end raids by United Nations Pacific
