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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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US Navy Secretary Frank Knox reported that Japanese efforts to land reinforcements in Guadalcanal have failed since their last disastrous convoy attempt with eight destroyers. Japanese ruses like floating gasoline drums were mostly thwarted. US planes raided Buka, destroying ships, ammo dumps, and fuel tanks, hitting the Japanese destroyers.
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EFFORTS IN GUADALCANAL AREA HAVE PROVED OF NO AVAIL SINCE LAST FUTILE ATTEMPT
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said today that no Jap reinforcements have been landed in the Guadalcanal area since the last disastrous attempt was made by a Japanese convoy, accompanied by eight destroyers, to reach that island.
The Nipponese, Knox said, had resorted to all kinds of ruses to get supplies to their men on Guadalcanal. Jap ships approached the shore at night and put overboard drums of gasoline in the hope they would be washed up on the beach and found by Jap troops. He added that most of the drums were either retrieved or destroyed by American ships, and that if any barrels reached the beach they were exceedingly few.
American planes, Mr. Knox disclosed, have made another raid on Buka on New Britain Island, struck ships in the harbor and destroyed enemy ammunition dumps and gasoline storage tanks.
The Jap destroyers were among the ships that were hit.
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Guadalcanal Area
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Reported Jan. 5
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no japanese reinforcements landed; most gasoline drums retrieved or destroyed; few reached beach; japanese destroyers hit; enemy ships struck, ammunition dumps and gasoline storage tanks destroyed in buka raid
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Japanese convoy with eight destroyers attempted to reach Guadalcanal but failed disastrously; no reinforcements landed since. Japanese used ruses like nighttime approaches to float gasoline drums ashore, but most were intercepted by American ships. American planes raided Buka on New Britain Island, hitting ships in harbor including the Japanese destroyers, and destroying ammunition dumps and gasoline tanks.