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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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Japanese radio warns that Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, may be the site of an Allied invasion due to frequent air activity by Superforts, Liberators, and Mustangs since late June. Authorities are aware and prepared.
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(By The Associated Press)
The Tokyo radio today broadcast a Domei dispatch saying the skies over Chiba Prefecture, about 20 miles from Tokyo, had been converted into a hurly-burly thoroughfare for Superforts, Liberators and Mustang fighters."
The broadcast, recorded by the Associated Press, said Japanese authorities were "fully aware" that the Chiba area might be the first site of an Allied invasion. "Of all the important salients on the Japanese mainland," the dispatch said, Chiba "may be the scene of the enemy's invasion debut."
The Chiba Prefecture lies on Boso Peninsula, on the east side of Tokyo Bay.
The broadcast, based on a survey made of the area by a correspondent of the Tokyo newspaper Mainichi, added that "since the latter part of June not a single day has passed without the sound of an air alert in the Chiba Prefecture."
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Chiba Prefecture
Event Date
Latter Part Of June
Event Details
Tokyo radio broadcast a Domei dispatch warning that Chiba Prefecture, about 20 miles from Tokyo on Boso Peninsula east of Tokyo Bay, may be the first site of an Allied invasion due to heavy air traffic by Superforts, Liberators, and Mustang fighters. Japanese authorities are fully aware. Since the latter part of June, daily air alerts have sounded in the area, based on a survey by a Mainichi newspaper correspondent.