NAVAL BATTLE
REFUSED BY JAPANESE HUGE FLEET ASSEMBLED AT TRUK. | BUT TEST OF STRENGTH AVOIDED. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) WASHINGTON, October 18. The United States Navy Department disclosed that the Japanese in January concentrated a huge fleet, including battleships and carriers, as well as a large force of aircraft between Truk and the Solomon Islands. A correspondent of the United Press of America says that the Japanese apparently intended to seek a show-down but suffered "cold feet” and concentrated on the evacuation of their forces remaining on Guadalcanal. The Americans have unsuccessfully tried to lure the Japanese into a test of naval strength several times since then, concludes the correspondent. \
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 October 1943, Page 3
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110NAVAL BATTLE Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 October 1943, Page 3
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