THE ALEUTIANS

Evening Star, Issue 24326, 15 October 1942, Page 5

THE ALEUTIANS

KISKA BOMBED AGAIN LONDON,' October 13. Flying Fortresses and Liberator heavy bombers, escorted by Lockheed Lightning and Bell Airacobra fighters successfully raided Japanese ships and shore installations at Kiska, according to a Npvy Department communique. Fires were observed ashore, and damage is reported to ships in the harbour. Only moderate anti-aircraft fire was encountered, and no hostile planes were observed in the air. Although receiving minor damage, all our planes returned. ADMIRAL NIMITZ CONFIDENT POSITIONS IN SOLOMONS WILL BE HELD (Rec. 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 14. Reporting on his recent flying visit to Guadalcanal and other_ Allied bases in the South Pacific, Admiral Nimitz, at a Press conference at Pearl Harbour, expressed the utmost confidence that tho United States forces in the Solomons would consolidate their holdings and continue the Pacific offensive begun there. “ 1 don’t mean that we have the Japanese on the run,” ho said, “ but 1 have always been optimistic over the eventual result of the war. After actually seeing the people on tho spot and talking to them, I have reason to continue to be optimistic. Everywhere I found high morale and a fine spirit of co-operation. They are all working in high spirits from early morning to late at night to improve their positions. I am satisfied in every way with what I saw. The Japanese now realise that in the opposing American forces in that area, principally marines, they are meeting people as tough as they are themselves. We are just as well equipped and well trained in jungle fighting as the Japanese. They are brave, resourceful, and experienced fighters, but now they are meeting people with the same characteristics and are suffering losses accordingly.” Admiral Nimitz declared that the continued sinkings of Japanese cargo ships were obviously affecting their Pacific supply problem. He pointed out that it was just as far from Tokio to Guadalcanal as from Pearl Harbour to Guadalcanal. It would be over-optimis-tic to say that Japanese shipping had been strained, but they were losing a lot of ships. United States submarines were doing their duty day and night. HORSE MEAT IN AMERICA “ QUICK FREEZE " PROCESS NEW YORK, October 13. “ Glamorised ” horse meat is coming on to the American market, the ‘ Wall Street Journal ’ states. Kansas meat packers “ quick-freeze ” horse flesh, which is retailed at 15 cents a 12-ounce cup. Before the war some firms had a large export horse flesh business, but they now concentrate on the home market, stressing that every pound consumed means an equal amount of beef and other meat for the army or lend-lease dealings.