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...Javanese natives, scorned, beaten, cooperated in some instances with the Japs. But most of them turned the Jap propaganda back on their bowlegged conquerors. They made up their own slogans, which they passed around by word of mouth. One sample: Asia Raya, Nippon Kaya, Asia Paya, which means: in "Greater Asia" Japan will be richer but the rest of Asia will live in misery. The confident Javanese natives had their own three "A"s: Awas Ada America, which means: "Beware, there is America." The Javanese are also biding their time...
...Army patrol pilot operating out of New Guinea saw a torpedo from the Argonaut hit a Jap destroyer with a Rabaul-bound convoy. Other destroyers dropped depth charges. Argonaut porpoised, broke the surface at a sharp angle, was shelled in that helpless position till she sank...
...planes ranged over Japanese bases in the northern Solomons. Presumably they took off from hard-won Guadalcanal. Apparently their effort was to immobilize other Jap bases, as they had Munda, with assault...
Guadalcanal had been costly to take.* To capitalize on Guadalcanal was going to be costly too, but worth the price if air assault can neutralize Jap bases, save the expense and delay of occupation by sea and land forces...
Last week's announcements told of stout Jap resistance, particularly around Shortland Island, 300 miles northwest of Guadalcanal. In a raid on shipping at nearby Buin, U.S. bombers encountered 45 Zeros. In a raid on the same area the following day, eleven Zeros, two U.S. bombers, six U.S. fighters were shot down. Later that week, low-flying bombers had to duck through strong ack-ack fire to score direct hits on four Jap cargo ships...