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The Ypsilanti Daily Press
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan
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The US has established a base in Funafuti, Ellice Islands, securing the South Pacific supply line and preventing potential Japanese threats to Allied positions in Samoa, Fiji, and Phoenix Islands. Occupation occurred without opposition.
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Washington, Apr. 24-UP- The United States, by establishing a base in Funafuti in the Ellice Islands. has plugged the biggest hole in its chain of defense positions along the supply line to the South Pacific.
Experts pointed out today that had the Japanese remained in control of the Ellice group and developed bases there. they could have threatened the Samoan Islands to the southeast, the Fijis to the south and the Phoenix Islands to the northeast-all Allied defense links.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said that American forces have been on Funafuti for some time. A Navy spokesman said the occupation was accomplished without opposition from the Japanese. who had been reported in the Ellice group during the early phases of the Pacific war.
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Funafuti In The Ellice Islands
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occupation accomplished without opposition from the japanese
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The United States established a base in Funafuti in the Ellice Islands to plug a hole in its defense positions along the supply line to the South Pacific. Experts noted that Japanese control of the Ellice group could have threatened the Samoan Islands, Fijis, and Phoenix Islands. American forces have been on Funafuti for some time, with the occupation unopposed, though Japanese were reported there early in the Pacific war.