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June 9, 1945

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FIRST TRIPLE BLOW; Unescorted 'Superforts' Drop High Explosives on Japan in Daylight CARRIER STRIKE REPORTED Tokyo Says Halsey's Planes Attack Kyushu Again--Craft From Okinawa Range North

By Bruce Rae By Wireless To the New York Times

B-29s attack aircraft factories in Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe in first triple B-29 blow; target areas noted; US Tactical Air Force planes rake Kyushu airfields; Japanese reptd apparently no longer leaving planes on Kyushu strips; Tokyo radio claims 3d Fleet carrier planes smashed Kanoya naval air station and other targets and that B-29s mined Inland Sea; map

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CHINA DRIVE TRAPS 200,000 JAPANESE; Enemy in Burma, Thailand, Malaya and Indo-China Are Cut Off From Home

By Unknown Author

Chinese Army spokesman repts 200,000 Japanese in Burma, Thailand, Indo-China and Malaya isolated; Chinese roll into Liuchow northern suburbs; occupation of Mengshan carried out by local Chinese militia; Chinese continue Futing assaults; are within 6 mi of Paoking; Chinese planes hit Jap targets; Yenan radio repts Chinese Communist 8th Route Army captured Wuchiang

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