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B ITISH SINK NAZI t COMMERCE RAIDER

Sins Admit Loss of Cruiser Pinguin but Insist That|

It Sank 352,000 Tons of English Ships in Consort With Admiral Scheer.

BERLIN, June 26 (U. P.).—The German High Com-

~ mand today admitted loss of

the suxiliary cruiser Pinguin, but claimed that the Pinguin and the 10,000-ton pocket battleship Admiral Scheer, had

an overseas commerce raider,

sunk 352,000 tons of British shipping. : The Pinguin—size unspecified—was reported sunk by

the 10,000-ton British cruiser,

GERMANS RIG SHIP CLAIMS

Put Tonnage Sank at More

Than 11 Million; Believed To Be About Seven.

By DAVID M. NICHOL ight, 194 Ce nd 21 Thy, dienazalis Times BERN, June 26.—Careful study of German high: command communiques since the beginning of the war discloses infernal evidence that: : : 1. Merchant vessel sinkings probably are about 7,000,000 tons instead :of 11,700,000, as the Germans announced, to June 1. 2. The figures about the Battle of ithe Atlantic have been deliberately ‘rigged. 3. Even through the disguise, it is possible to detect relatively diminishing successes for Adolf Hitler's submarine fleet and the growing ‘threat of aerial attack against England’s vital lines of food and other supplies. : Totals Don’t Jibe

In no month since the war began have sufficient sinkings been announced, individually, to account _ for the monthly totals given out by Berlin. Several times no monthly ‘totals have been announced, only aggregates for three or four months. One accepts. the figure of 11,700,- . 000 tons of sinkings to June 1 on faith alone, or not at all. But there is another approach, according not to the tonnage but to the number of vessels that are reported sunk. The Germans have announced no aggregate figure of this sort since Feb. 20, 1940, when they said it was 456. Particularly ‘since last September, however, the daily communiques have been more complete in their references to the Battle of the Atlantic and the following figures are based on a check of them.

Differ With Lloyd’s

From Sept. 1 to May 1, 1941, the German communiques listed the sinkings of 769 merchant vessels. During the same period, Lloyd's in ‘London announced the loss of 713 vessels, a difference of only 45. In May, the Germans listed the sinking of 111 more merchant men, a total, since last September, of 880. Lloyd’s figures for the month are not available here. The number of sinkings for the individual months have shown the same remarkable relationship. Last September, the Germans listed 70 vessels in their daily communiques; Lloyd’s admitted the loss of 92. In October, the Germans. claimed 107; Lloyd’s admitted 96. In November and December, the Germans claimed 86\ and 70, while Lloyd’s admitted 85 and 72. Only in April do the figures go far out of line when the Germans claimed the sinking of 134 units by aircraft in addition to 63 other sinkings. Lloyd’s admitted 106 for the month.

Comparisons Inadequate

. German communiques are too scanty for the first year of the war to give any adequate comparison. Lloyd’s, on the other hand, lists the loss of 791 vessels during the first 12 months. If this figure is increased by 7 per cent—the margin of German claims over Lloyd's admissions since last September—it becomes about 850. With 880 more listed by the Germans between September and June, the total number

Cornwall, after extensive raiding in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The Pinguin was credited with destruction

ish shipping. The High Command also reported safe arrival at a home port of the Scheer, which was said to have sunk 152,000 tons of British shipping ‘in a long raiding excursion. The High Command said that the Scheer’s sinkings had been reported individually as they occurred. 2

Claims Not Clear

It did not make clear whether the Pinguin’s claims also had been issued previously without mention of the name of the warcraft responsible. 2 The High Command claimed that the German Air Force sank a 1500ton British merchant ship off the British east coast and scored bomb hits on another large freighter. The High Command: also said that Stuka bombers sank a British light cruiser and a tanker off Tobruk Tuesday and scored hits on a heavy British cruiser. It was asserted by the eommunique that British bomber and fighter units lost 26 fighters in attacks over the Galais area. German bombers were reported to have made another attack on Haifa, What were described as “weak British forces” made attacks on the north German coast last night, the High Command said, killing and injuring several war prisoners in a prison camp. Two of the planes were said to have been shot down.

Gibraltar Reinforced

Between June 15 and 25, the High Command said, 136 British planes

were brought down, including 117 in air battles. The Germans admitted loss of 35 in the same period. The Spanish Cifra News Agency reported today in a dispatch from La Linea that the British Aircraft Carrier Glorious, escorted by several destroyers, had arrived at Gibraltar with 73 spitfires and Catalinas, some of which will be disembarked there. An enemy reconnaissance plane flew over Gibraltar as the Glorious entered the port but was chased off by anti-aircraft fire, the News Agency dispatch said.

NOTED PLAYWRIGHT DEAD

NEW YORK, June 26 (U. P.).— Arthur Frederick Goodrich, widely known playwright and novelist, died at the National Arts Club today after a brief illness. He was 62. In 1926 his play, “Caponsacchi,” won the Theater Club gold medal for the best play of the year.

of sinkings to June 1 would be about 1730. : In April, the Germans announced they had taken 872 vessels for

1,900,000 tons—an average of about 2200 tons, or about the same as the average tonnage of vessels sunk by U-boats during the last World War. In February, 1940, the Germans said they had destroyed 496 vessels of 1,800,000 tons, an average of less than 3700. Naval experts say 4000 tons as an average is a generous allowance. - The conclusions are inescapable. If the number of ships sunk actually. is about 1730, then the total tonnage lost is about 7,000,000. If the total of 11,700,000 tons claimed by the Germans is correct, it meahs that they have failed or omitted to mention, even in their detailed daily communiques, since last September, about 70 per cent of the number of sinkings, and this appears hardly

of about 200,000 tons of Brit-|

Sir Stafford Cripps ., . . He tried to watn Russia,

FINLAND GOES ON WAR BASIS

‘Has Been Attacked and Will Defend Herself, Premier Rangel Says.

HELSINKI, June 26 (U. P.)— Soviet planes bombed Helsinki early

Finland made plain that she considers herself at war with Russia. There had‘ been no doubt of Finland’s position after the statement by Premier John Rangel that “Finland has been attacked and will defend herself with all means.” (The German DNB Official News Agency reported that Soviet bombers heavily attacked Abo (Turku) on the southwest Finnish coast, causing many fires and damaging the famous castle). Damage to Helsinki in today’s air attack was small, but all war preparations were being pushed vigorously. Newspaper editorial comment attacked Russia as an aggressor- and gave full support to the government's policy. Hasty completion of air raid precautions was under way. Wooden scaffoldings are being thrown up around buildings and Finnish radio stations broadcast an appeal to the populace for greater discipline during raids. ©Only persons on their way to. military posts are to be al-

lowed on the streets after the alarms sound. The appeal for discipline seemed necessary because of a public inclination to take air raids less seriously than. when Finland was fighting Russia alone. The Red air attacks appeared to be directed chiefly against several small islands in the Helsinki Harbor. A factory on one of the islands was hit but no casualties were reported.

likely.

PETE FINALLY DID GET HOME TO ROOST

DENVER, June 26 (U. P.).—Pete, a wayward homing pigeon, arrived home today by automobile, Pete was released last week in Gillette, Wyoming., for a 300-mile race to Denver. But Pete wound up in Scotts Bluff, Neb.,, a 125-mile miss. His identification established, Pete was released at Scotts Bluff to fly on home, Pete flew all day and landed at nightfall—at Scotts Bluff again. Mel Gray, at whose home Pete made his Scotts Bluff headquarters, shipped him home in the care of an obliging motorist.

FATHER PHONES SON ONLY 4 DAYS OLD

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. {UG. P.).— George Ingram Sr. was in the Canal Zone doing defense work and George Ingram Jr. had been in Birmingham (and the world) for only four days. But they got together. The. father put through a longdistance telephone call to Norwood Hospital. “Hellow there, young fellow,” said Ingram Sr. “Waaahhhhh,” said Ingram Jr.

IN INDIANA POLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record : County City Total 34 54

190 ......inus 2D j 2°

Io41 ............. 38 : ~—June 25— Accidents e.. 24 | Injured ..... Arrests 75 | Dead ..... aoe WEDNESDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines tried tions paid -2% 26 $144 9 23 17

24 3 4 3.105 33 48 91 $348

Violations - Speeding Reckless driving. . Failure to stop at through street .. Disabeying traffic

All others .. . Totals ...

MEETINGS TODAY Ros Sate, all day, Indiana State Fair n

u Indian apolis Real Estate Board, noon, Hotel Washington verre € Club of J2dianapolts, noon, Indianapolis Athletic Club Oil Club, noon, Severin Hotel Construction League of Indianapolis, noon, 231 N. Pennsylvaia Indianapolis Camera Club, 8 p.m, 110 E,

9th St. Beta Theta Pi, noon, Canary Cottage. Indianapolis Motor Transportation poon, Fox's Steak House Sigma Nu, noon, Colum Club. Indianapolis Executives’ Giab, 6:30 p. m.,

Tpringneia City glespital, noon. and 6 Severin Hot

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» Montgomery V Wed Co., 9 a. m, and noon, |.

in Ho 2 eon -Bros. Co., noon and 6:30 p. m,,

Severin Hotel. MEETINGS TOMORROW Exchange Club, luncheon, Hotel Severin,

"Lilly & Co., Huber Memorial, breakfast, Hotel Severin, 8:18

a. Indiana Motor Rate od arin, meeting, ce

12:30 p.

Hotel Severin, Bre

meeting, Hotel

ment Nerviee Directors, luncheon, Pverin, noon.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

(These lists are from official records the County Court House. The Times efore is mot responsible for erfors in Hames and addresses.)

Em : Hotel |

ur Jr., 18. of 2811 Mere: E. Keller, 18 of R.

28, of 1915 Beacon;

10 | Box 725.

Dale Barrett, 22, of 53 S. Rural; Dorothy M. Harlan, 18, of 424 S. Parker. Earl R. St. John, 21, of 215 E. Walnut; Margaret E. Parcus, 17, of 33 S. Chester. Cecil H. Foster, '28, of 1406 Nordyke; Viva E. Limeberry, 41, of 1406 Nordyke. Donald Eads, 24, of 2264 N. Pennsylvania; Helen Carter, 21, of R. R. 4,

James W. Tyree, 20, of if St. Peter; Alma M. Tapy, 19, of 1710 Dra Robert E. L. Mockbee, 22, per 2221 N. Metidian; Virginia L. Lemon), 21, 2504 N. Talbott George J. Anna M. Smith, 22, of 914 S. Russell Hanson, 25, of 1635 gS “Sherman; Frances M. Ford, 21, of 1043 S. A. Schneider, 22, pt 5136 me,

James Walker. 21, of Y Fallmer, 34, of 3539 on Wilson B. Humphries, 33, Lawrence, Ind.; Helen ar oo: Lawrence, Ind. Me.

Boe: ny Agnes

Jarrett fend, 21, of 2049 N. fidjsn; Grace >» Lynch, 20, of 525

i R. Grisel, 35 of 118 W. 18th;

Marguerite. Hudson, 26, of 1502 Roache.

Edward Stanley Dicks, 38, of 1026 E. Washington; dargaret M. Todd, 24, of

1129 Marlow Robert ro Bullen, 21, of 1366 N. Kealing; ne M. PFilford, 20, of 2278 S. Penn-

SY inard U. Sims, 21, of 2931 E. New Yout: Mary D. Garvey, 18, of 2708 E. New or.

BIRTHS Twin Girls James, Dorothy Leach, at St. Francis. Girls

Cecil, Evelyn Perris, at Colem Albert, Blanche, Troth, at St. ents. Edward, Patricia Jacoby, at St. Vin cent’s. Charles, Alma Hutter, at St. Vincent’s. William, Grayce Van Osdol, at Methodist. Russell, Elizabeth Weinziert, at Methodist. Kenneth, Vera Randel, at Methodist. Katherine * Whiteford, at 1434

_ Buford, Myrtle Edwards, at 1341 Madi- _ Robert, Jacqueline Lee, at 1126 S. Kenood.

‘Boys Paul, Madge Wilson, at 5 ar nee

Cecil, Lois Vance, at Cole Armand, Doris Sargeant, . St.

ny Mildred Serrell ‘at. Coleman. Herman, Nola Brown, at St. Vincent's. oAifred, Blizabetn Stokely, at St. V cent’s Robert, Norma Church, at St. Vincent's. Clarence, Irma Juday, at Methodist. ‘Wayne, Ve pn. at Methodist. Wayne, Mildred Forth, at Methodist. Sidney, Ruth Jay, at st. James, Berniece Colvin, at 1406 Exeter.

- DEATHS '

Lawrence Johnson, 48, at City, hypertensive cardio vascular disease Hattie Willett, i | arteriosclerosis. ebster White, 48, at City, coronary occlusion

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Okey, 26, of 944 2 Jodlawn;

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70, ‘at 1828 N. Illinois, |!

Jnns Smith, 70, at Methodist, pneumoRussel Brattain, 77, at 5218 College, carND Sturges, 71, at 4039 Carrollton, arteriosclerosis. Eli h Combs, 83, at St. Vincent's, lobar pneumon Amos I 6, at City, arteriosclerosis. Lillian Utz, 73, at 14 5 Broadway, ar-

Lucevia Orem, n, at Methodist, chronic myocarditis.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Fair today and tonight. Tomorrow partly cloudy, continued warm.

(Central Standard Time) Sunrise ...... 4:17 | Sunset ....... 7:18

TEMPERATURE —June 26, 1940—

Precipitation 24 hrs. endin Total precipitation since Deficiency since Jan. 1

MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Fair jonizht: tomorrow partly cloudy; continued wa

Illinois—Generally SE phy row partly cloudy with wide

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| fternoon thundershowers; continted warm.

Lower Michigan—Fair tonight; tomorrow’ partly cloudy; continued warm Ohio — Generally jai tonight; partly cloudy tomorrow followed by scattered showers in west portion: continued warm. Kentuc! ky~-pair tonight; tomorrow partly gloudy. i lowed by scattered showers in con-

north-central portions;

Nid i Wy WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M.

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By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN

Chicago Daily News, Inc.

‘LONDON, June 26.—The ‘half tragic, half comic story of how the Germans lulled the Russians into believing that they were safe is _ gradually leaking out and, if it proves anything, it proves that such small peoples as the Belgians, Dutch and Norwegians had nothing on

the bright minds of the Kremlin when it came to gullibility.

The British had what they regarded as 100 per cent evidence of an impending German attack on the Soviet Union as early as midApril. With more promptitude than they have shown on many other occasions, they attempted to deliver their evidence to responsible Soviet officials and particularly to Foreign Minister Viacheslav M. Molotov. If they failed to get the message to that gentleman and his superior, Dictator-Premier Josef V. Stalin, it was purely and simply because Molotov refused bluntly to receive the British Ambassador to

Moscow “for political reasons.”

In order to be polite to their new assagiate, the British themselves have not given out the story but it has been given in general terms by neutral sources in Moscow. It was in April that the British government forwarded to their Ambassador in Moscow, Sir Stafford Cripps, a mass of concrete, detailed evidence regarding German troop concentrations on the Soviet frontiers. He was told to take the ma-

-terial direct to Molotov and to explain that,

in the view of the

British government, this pointéd either at invasion of the Soviet Union or at a demand for such tremendous concessions that the Soviet union would virtually have to become a member of the Axis. The idea was that if the Soviet Union decided to fight it would depend for all possible assistance upon Great Britain and the Allies.

RODEHEAVER PLEADS ‘FOR RULE BY MEN

READING, Pa., June 26. (U. P.). —Women should give the | earth back to men, who “ruled it long and well,” according to Evangelist Homer Rodeheaver. - The man whose trombone blared “Brighten the Corner Where You Are” and other revival hymns for the late ‘Billy Sunday during an association of more than 20 years believes the world is “in a pretty mess” since feminists gained the voting privilege. “Man ruled the earth for a long time and ruled it well,” Rodeheaver said in his nationally-known Tennessee drawl. “Look at it today!

“Twenty years after being granted their rights, the women already have it in a pretty mess. These socalled feminists have invaded every field of politics, industry and profession. “They have neglected their homes for a desk and a typewriter. They weren't even contented to just go to the polls and vote. They had to run for public offices and meddle in politics. Now, theyre trying to run everything.”

4 GIRLS IN YOUNG ARTISTS’ CONTEST

LOS ANGELES, June 26 (U. PJ). —Four girls—three of them from southern states and the fourth a Califcrnian—were winners today in the nationwide young artists contest of the National Federation of Music Clubs. : Elizabeth Carroll Glenn, 21, Chester, S. €., won the violin contest

ing contest.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 26 (U. P.).—The strike of machinists at

00 11 San Francisco Bay shipyards

which tied up more than $500,000,000 worth of defense production apparently was ended today. A. FP. L. machinists, who comprised most of the striking workers, voted in a midnight session to retyn to work Monday at the five yards from which they walked 47 days ago. CIO machinists who struck the six yards on the Oakland side of the Bay meet tonight to determine their course and union officials predicted they would follow the A. F.L. "back. to work. The return of the A. F. of L. malonimsts alone will restore production on more than two-thirds of the delayed work. Shipyard operators have indicated that work could be resumed at full speed the minute the key machinists returned to their posts. The 800 A. F. L. machinists voted more than 5 to 1 to accept the Pacific Coast master shipbuilding contract which will give them a compromise settlement on their wage demands. ‘They had asked $1.15 an hour and double pay for overtime. Under the master contract they will receive $1.12 an hour and time and a half. ro

for a $1000 prize. Sylvia Haimowitz, 21, student at Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla., won the piano contest and a $500 prize. Eula Beal, 22, Los Angeles, and Mary Louise Beltz, voice teacher of Delta, Tex., shared the $1000 award in the sing-

MOSCOW, June .26 (U. P).— Russian troops have recaptured Przemysl, on the Russian-German frontier in southwestern Poland, and have cut off German infantry from the Gefman tank units in the Vilna area on the Polish-Lithu-anian frontier, the Russian war communique asserted today. 2 Ferocious fighting was reported in southeastern Poland, with the Russians holding fast.

It was asserted that the Russians had thrown back all German-Ru-manian attempts to cross the Pruth River on the Bessaragian front and that in the Skuleni (Skulyany) sector the Russians had crossed the Pruth to the German-Rumanian side after inflicting a heavy defeat on the attacking Axis forces.

Finnish Ports Bombed.

Russian - planes bombed Finnish ports, Memel, on the GermanLithuanian Baltic frontier; shipping north of the Latvian port of Libau, and again bombed Constanza, the big Rumanian naval base on the Black Sea, it was ‘said. The communique asserted that 76 German planes were shot down yesterday and it was admitted that 17 Russian planes failed to return to their bases. (The implication: of the whale communique was that the Russians were holding the Germans in all sectors of the front, and that while the Germans admittedly had made advances, they had not, on this fifth day of the war, broken through the Russian defenses or made any progress which would indicate that they had won any big victory.) Departing. from the formality of the customary official war summary, today’s communique mentioned acts of bravery by individual officers and men, in the air and ground fotces, and noted: : “On the first day of fighting, young Soviet anti-aircraft gunners showed little confidence in firing at enemy planes. : “The next day, however, they

acted calmly, sustained well-aimed

Previously they earned $1 an hour and double time. The contract provides a closed shop for the A. F, of L. workers. Acceptance of the master contract Monday by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., largest employer on the Bay and holder of. $300,000,000 worth of contracts for . cruisers, destroyers and merchant vessels, paved the way for the strike settlement.

The master contract was signed between the San Francisco employers . and the A. F. of L. Bay Cities Metal Trades Council. The machinists deserted the Council when other metal workers heeded the plea of A. F. of L. international officers and crossed their picket line in a back-to-work : movement, t]

last night ‘they were told that the | master contract would be extended

to them at Bethlehem independent of the Council. E. C. Davison, general secretary of the A. F. of L. International Association of Machinists and a member of Sidney Hillman’s OPM labor director advisory committee, wired Mr. Hillman for permission to attend the meeting of CIO machinists in Oakland to submit a similar proposal to the 500 suring, East Bay workers,

If, on the other hand, tke Soviet Union made such concessions as it was anticipated Germany would demand, the Allies would be forced

to consider it as an unfriendly act.

Sir Stafford forthwith asked for an interview with Molotov and,

after waiting a considerable time, was granted an appointment. When he arrived for the appointment, however, he was received by Vice-

"* Commissar for Foreign Affairs Audrey Vishinsky, who explained. that

Molotov was busy. When Sir Stafford pressed for the real reason, Vishinsky explained that Molotov was unable 40 receive Lim for

“raisons de politique.” Sir Stafford thereupon wrote a of a few days returned to London.

note to Molotov: and after a lapse

In the meantime, the Germans were using a simple, but highly

foxy, whispering campaign to make

the Russians think that they were

safe. Word was spread around Finland that Germany and Russia were planning to divide that country into two spheres of influence. The Finns thereupon went to the Germans to ask for assurances that this was not true and more or less asked for Germany's protection against further Russian encroachment on their territory.

At the same time, the same served to make the Russians think

rumor reached Mos¢ow where it that Germany, far from planning

an attack on Russia, was actually contemplating passing the platter

to her for “a fourth helping.”

Germany had already made a deal with Moscow regarding the partition of Poland, had actually assisted her in the Finnish war and

had done nothing when the Baltic

States had been occupied.

The British are willing to forget what at the time seémed to be a

studied insult and they honestl

hope that the Russians, having

learned a bitter lesson, will be equally friendly in the future.

Germans Storm Across Railway to Attack Soviet Town

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® cd ¥ “ Germans storm across railway tracks to attack a town “somewhere in the Soviet Union.” This photo was passed by German censors in Berlin,

Moscow Says Nazi Infantry Cut Off From Tank Divisions

fire and brought down nine German bombers during -the day.” The communique, issued by the Soviet Information Bureau through the Official News Agency Tass, said in part: Claim Nazis Drunk

“June 25 enemy mobile units were developing their offensive in the Vilno and Baranovichi directions. During the day large Soviet air formations successfully fought enemy tanks in these directions. “Attempts by the enemy to break through in the Brody and Lwow directions are encountering strong resistance on the part -of counterattacking Red Army troops. “In the Chernovitsy (Cernauti) direction our troops repulsed strong attacks. Bessarabian sector of the front Red Army troops firmly hold their positions’ on the eastern bank of the Pruth River and are successfully repulsing numerous enemy attempts to force the river. “Our air force dealt a number of devastating ‘blows on German airdromes in Finland, and bombed Memel, enemy ships: north of Libau and Petrol depots in the port of Constanza. “A German filer taken prisoner on, the Soviet-Finnish frontier after his plane had been brought down by our air force said: ‘We do not ant to fight the Russians and are oing it under compulsion. We are tired of the war and do not know what we are fighting for.’ In one sector of the front German troops went into action drunk and suffered heavy casualties. German war prisoners stated: ‘Just before the battle we are given vodka’.”

PAUL DRAPER TO WED

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 26 (U. P.).—Paul Draper, the’ dancer, and Heidi Vosseler, former understudy for Vera Zorina, musical cemedy

-| star, will be married here soon, it

was revealed today. Draper is appearing in a hotel floor show here.

47-Day 'Frisco Ship Strike Nears End as A.F.L. Machinists Vote to Return to Work

land employers were identical with the A. F. of L's as to wages and overtime. The union also asked a written contract with each yard governing the conditions of employment. End of the strike came on the third day after the Navy had begun to replace strikers with Civil Service employees in a move that the union leaders called “strikebreaking.”

Navy officials said they would ask the unions to accept the 88 men who had registered to work in the struck plants under Civil Service but that if they were not accepted they would be given employment at the Mare Island Navy Yard. More than 1700 workers: left the 11 yards May 9—1200 A. F. of L. workers at the five San Francisco shipyards and 500 C. I. O. members from the:six Oakland firms. The machinists rejected appeals from President Roosevelt, from a Senate Committee on Defense, and from Gov. Culbert Olson that they return to work. They: held out for a contract with Bethlehem, which was not a signatory to the coastwide contract and which never before had signed a closed shop con-

The cio demands on. the Oak-

eset with shy; union,

STIMSON IN ‘JEEP AS ARMIES BATTLE

MANCHESTER, Tenn. June 26 (U. P.).—Troops and armored vehicles—more than 60,000 men and nearly 3000 tanks or fighting cars all told—roared into action today in what may be the final day’s activity of the month-long Second Army war games. ~ Bouncing along in a tiny “jeep” car as a spectator on what he said was only ‘‘a mere routine visit” was Secretary of War Henry Stimson. Mr. Stimson, who arrived here by plane from Washington late yesterday, was up before dawn and left in the “blitz buggy” to gain firsthand information about the training of troops. Two days originally were allotted for the “battle,”. but members of the Second Armored division,

confidence they would rout the “enemy” and end the “fighting” part of the maneuvers today.

WAGER WON AT COST OF SENTENCE IN JAIL

SALEM, N. J. (U. P.).—Charles Wilson, 27, is trying to curb his gambling instincts for practical, as well as moral, reasons. Wilson bet a friend $10 that a police car could not traverse the narrow street on which he lived. To prove it, he called the police, using the ruse of an “uprising.” The police car traversed the street, Wilson lost the bet and went to jail for 30

buoyed up by successes, expressed |

Foreign: Minister Molotov, ‘ha He. would’: listen,

BERLIN PLEDGES BIG-SCALE GAIN

Admits Russians Qbstinate; Boast of Attack Upon Rail Transports.

BERLIN, June 26 (U. P.).—Offi« cial German reports told today of “obstinate resistance” by Red Army troops to the German advance into

Russia but the High Command promised that “operative successes on a great scale” would be forth . coming. An official DNB News Agency res port described a destructive attack by Nazi Stuka bombers upon 15 Russian military transport trains, packed with troops, trucks and war materials which were bombarded as they waited on open tracks to move up toward the front. The Stuka attack on the troo trains was the high spot of the DNB reports on the fighting front which emphasized that Russian troops are stubbornly contesting the ‘forward thrusts of Nazi" panzer units,

Communique Tardy

Predictions that the High Com. mand would reveal “unbelievable successes” in the great offensive were borne out. The official communique was issued almost two hours late today and when it appeared, was confined to a laconie statement that frontier battles had gone in favor of the German Army

‘ land that “operative successes on a

great scale” are to be expected. The communique was datelined from Adolf Hitler's headquarters on the Eastern Front, The DNB report said that “oper ations on the ‘Easters Front are continuing according to plan. “The course of operations thus far can best be described as follows: On the ground there is: a gonstant thrusting back of Soviet: troopsian thrusting forward of German r pa troops at points followed by: in fantry deep into enemy country.”

Claim’ Aidiliperiority

A military spokesman told the foreign press, that the Germans already had “achieved and secured” superiority in the air. Earlier this week it had been asserted in some quarters that more than 1000 Russian planes were destroyed in the'-first 24 hours of fighting, A Propaganda Company ‘correspondent reporting a bomber attack on a northern:Russian base wrote: “Luftwaffe squadréfis are pushing hundreds of kilometers into enemy territory, courageous and superior as on all fronts. Moscow surely did not dream that in the first days so many of their air bases in western Russia would lie. in: ruins, . We take off before sundown. formation after formation: thunders northward .’, , the' enemy must have noticed us by. this time. -We await the moment when we will face the Russian fighter planes, but. we watch, in vain, Our. goal appears on the horizon but still there is - no resistance. ‘Doubtless they are unable to send up any sizable pure suit plane force to oppose the cone

days.

tinuous blows in battles and in the destruction of many airports.”

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