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...Guinea, jungle-wise Australians mopped up the Huon Peninsula. Along rugged, malaria-ridden trails, with the help of Matilda tanks, they pushed converging columns toward Jap outposts. Their immediate objective: to clear the enemy from the hinterland of Finschhaven, the port captured almost two months ago by a bold amphibious stroke (TIME, Oct. 4). From Finschhaven some 70 miles of blue water lead to Jap-held New Britain: across that island's curving 300 miles lies Rabaul...
...Aussies, moving slowly over a peninsula as big as Connecticut, had support from Allied air and sea arms. The New Britain shore nearest New Guinea took a sustained bombing. Madang, the feeder base for the Jap Huon line and 200 miles up the coast from Finschhaven, took a night shelling from U.S. warships. Gasmata, a New Britain stronghold, got a similar dose of gunfire. In both actions, U.S. vessels penetrated waters that had been Jap preserves since early 1942, had seldom smelled the powder of the U.S. Navy...
...first Guinea Gold was published only at Port Moresby, on creaky linotypes and antiquated flat-bed presses. A month ago a branch was set up at Dobadura, near Oro Bay. Copies are distributed by jeep and mail where feasible, are dropped from planes to forward troops and isolated outposts. Printing and distribution troubles are tremendous and frequent...
...Twice Guinea Gold ran out of newsprint. The first time Editor Leonard scrounged some ghastly yellow paper, printed a limited edition on it. Next time he uncovered a batch of glossy art paper, for a week published luxury issues...
...first year Guinea Gold had five extras. The headlines: ALLIED FORCES TAKE TUNIS AND BIZERTE, ALLIED FORCES LAND IN SICILY, MUSSOLINI RESIGNS, ITALY SURRENDERS, AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CAPTURE...