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...southern doorstep of Japan's homeland, and down through the westernmost reaches of the Pacific, Admiral William F. Halsey's U.S. Third Fleet bombed and maneuvered with unprecedented power and dash. The Japanese had no difficulty reading the signs...
...preliminaries, Halsey and the Third Fleet had whipped hard carrier strikes at Mindanao and the central Philippines, had twice struck at shipping and shore establishments in Manila Bay itself. Last week the Third Fleet swung north and the pattern became clear...
About 200 planes were credited to pilots from the Mountbatten, MacArthur and Chennault commands, but carrier-based navymen of Vice Admiral Marc A. Mit-scher's task force, from Halsey's Third Fleet, went on a more destructive ram page. In seven carrier raids from Aug. 30 to Sept. 25 (four of them over the Philip pines) 1,101 Jap planes were destroyed. Significantly, Halsey's fourth raid, an nounced last week, was met by only seven Jap planes in the central Philippines. Left on the ground for Marc Mit-scher's pilots to destroy were...
...carrier task-force commander of Halsey's Third Fleet, Vice Admiral Marc Andrew Mitscher leads more big flattops and escorting warships than any other man in history. In the midst of one great air battle over the Philippines, Mitscher ordered one baby carrier and a couple of destroyer escorts to detach themselves from his huge armada and go off on an errand. The captain of the baby radioed to Mitscher: "Am proceeding in accordance with your orders. You are now on your...
...biggest issue ever offered at competitive bidding, Banker Stuart is now working on a still larger deal. In October, the Commonwealth Edison Co. may offer $178,000,000 of bonds, terms of which are likely to be negotiated privately between the company and its traditional banking house-Halsey, Stuart...