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Over the Wire

(March 3--By United Press.)

WASHINGTON--Frustrated in the North by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's magnificent defense, the Japanese have exploded their pent-up fury upon the southern Philippines.

The War Department revealed today that Jap warships are blasting seven port cities on three southern islands, and that enemy troops are being landed at an eighth--Zamboanga on the island of Mindanao--which is "in flames."

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