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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 87

SATURDAY, JUNE

20, 1942

WASHINGTON

A Weekly Sizeup by the Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

Washington

WASHINGTON, June 20.—Parade of royalty and high officials to Washington underlines its new status as

world capital. Churchill came to talk about another A. E. F. Wilhelmina is worried about her empire.

In general, all recent, current and imminent |

visitors want two things: More lend-lease now and Uncle Sam's good will at the peace conference, where—it becomes increasingly evident—we will pe the strongest power, Watch for evidence that lend-lease agreements, now being expanded will fix the pattern of the posiwar world: that through economic organization.

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No Hurry on Second Front That second front: We said several weeks ago that a second front (land forces) would be opened up only when necessary. We still say so. Neither Great Britain nor the United States wants anv more Dunkirks: neither wants to risk men and materials by rushing into a forlorn hope adventure, So first effort will be to help Russia hold her own on the Eastern

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front while we also help battle the axis in the Mediterranean, North

Africa, Middle East, India, Far East, Australia and the Seven seas. But: Detailed second-front plans are being made. Russia has been promised it and will get it if she has to have it. The later it comes. the better its chance of success. = " = » x

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REORGANIZATION of WPB, when it comes, will mark beginning of an entirely new phase. Bulk of the job of acquiring war plants is over the hump. New emphasis will be— On increasing raw-materials supply. On making better use of available materials—by conservation, salvage, standardization of design, wider use of substitutes. On smoother flow of materials to war plants. Insiders forecast, among other changes— That actual operation of production and purchases divisions mav

pass more and more to war and navy departments. with WPB retain- | (But some WPB officials |

ing only planning and advisory functions. are resisting bitterly, and mayv win). That the soon-to-be-created smaller War

Plants Corp. will be

a stable peace will be sought

PAYASEARN TAX APPROVED BY HOUSE UNIT

‘Proposes System | Jan. 1; General Sales Levy Killed.

WASHINGTON, June 20 (U. P.)

| | {—The house ways and means com-

mittee today formally killed thel§ the

{proposed war sales tax for present and voted to adopt the treasury’s plan for paitial “pay as | you earn” collection of individual income taxes. Chairman Robert | (D. N. C) announced that the

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{committee had approved the treas-! |ury’s proposal for individual income! {tax withholding, to start next Jan. | 1, as finally modified by treasury tax expert Randolph Paul late yes- | iterday. Spurn Sales Tax

“We also voted not to consider a general sales or consumption tax in| {this bill,” Rep. Doughton added. i There has been some talk in con- | gress of separate consideration of la sales tax later. | The plan for tax withholding provides for payroll deductions] {starting in 1943 of 10 per cent of leach individual's income over and | {above his personal exemption. ! {© Half of this withheld amount will be credited to taxes on 1942 income; half to taxes on 1943 income. Payments Scheduled The taxpayer will be. required to pay the balance of his 1942 taxes in four quarterly installments next {year and then on March 15, 1944,

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This wreckage of a Jap Zero

Jap Fighter

fighter lies in front of the bomb-

gutted barracks at Darwin, Australia, after being shot down during

a raid on the city.

INDIANA MINE DISPUTE ENDS

Deep Shaft Workers Return To Jobs Monday Under

Four-Point Pact. By DANIEL M. KIDNEY

Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, June 20—Settle- |

prominent in new picture. - 1ts small factories to.war production.

there aren't enough materials to feed large war plants and small ones

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French Revolution Fears FRENCH REVOLUTION?

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forks can't win against tanks and machine guns, but a desperate

people in revolt could make serious Petain in his anniversary-of-capit French people were nearing that deliver as he and Hitler planned. =

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OIL MEN are slowly giving up hope that scrap-rubber pickup will avert nation-wide gasoline rationing.

and how.

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WHITE HOUSE

insistence on hil!

ure later this vear. (After election

job: To harness thousands of idle

has scuttled move to tack on a sales tax. house ways and means committee revives it in an independent meas-

pay in a lump sum the 5 per cent of his taxable income which had {been credited to 1942 taxes, plus one quarter of what he still owes on 1943 taxes after part of these taxes have been withheld. Pitch- {| The reason for the |exceedingly complex withholding iplan, Mr. Paul explained to the committee. was to spread over two |vears, 1943 and 1944, the “double tax burden” that would otherwise fall in one year, 1943, under the treasury’s original withholding plan.

CLAIMS STATE SCRAP CAMPAIGN HINDERED

(Some officials are dubious; sav

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in fears it; so does Hitler.

trouble before they were subdued. ulation speech warned that the stage. That's why Laval can't x

It's only a question of when

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more speed for the new revenue But don’t be surprised if

Bill will go to the house nearly twa billions short of treasury figure.

Eleventh-hour sugoestion for

probably will be knocked down.

Get set for house tax debate starting about Julv 8. but don't take there too sericusly. Senate will write most of the tax bill. !

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Hands Off Senator Lodge

WARTIME POLITICS: Massachusetts Democrats wish thev could find out whether Senator Lodge, army reesrve captain, is in Libya (or

Egypt) as a tank corps observer.

They had thought they could beat him. foreign policy.) Now they're not so sure, if he's going to bob up glam-

orized by foreign service House Democratic Floor I.eader take the chance. located any candidate. »

a percentage tax on bank withdrawals

+ McCormack has decided not to | So has Rep. Casev.

Sinclair Protests Statement By Henderson.

| Leon Henderson's statement in a {letter to Rep. Louis Ludlow that

{ nation-wide rationing of gasoline is | necessary to conserve tires has hindered the scrap rubber campaign in (He opposed president's | Indiana, J. G. Sinclair, state cam- | paign chairman, has informed { President Roosevelt by telegram. Mr. Sinclair said that the OPA {director's statement “in effect and {substance sabotaged and belittled the entire rubber collection pro-

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treasury’s |

ment has been reached in the In-! diana deep shaft ¢6al wine shut-' down and the mines will open im- | mediately, it was announced by Secretary of Labor Perkins today. The three-week-old controversy! was settled at a meeting at the] labor department here under the! conciliation service, which is headed {by John R. Steelman. | After an all-day session yesterday. |an agreement was drawn up and {signed today by representatives of {the Indiana operators, miners union, {state and federal labor officials. i

It establishes four points as follows: | 1. Mines are to be opened at once. | 2. Secretary Perkins will appoint, a panel of three persons to in-| vestigate the facts regarding the 40cent a day pay increase claimed by shot-firers and drillers.

Name Panel Next Week

3. Pindings of the panel will be accepted by both sides. 4. Panel rulings will be restricted | to shot-firers and drillers, as the only ones involved, and the award! must be made within 30 days. Signing the agreement for the operators were Harvey Cartwright, | secretary of the operators’ association; William Zeller and William | Cook; United Mine Workers signing were President Louis = Austin of District 11, Terre Haute; John) O’Leary, vice president, and Charles] Fincannon, international union rep- | resentative, |

Overseas Cupid

Curbed by Army |

WASHINGTON, June 20 (U. P.) —Army personnel serving in foreign countries or possessions

may not marry without the ap-

proval of the commanding officer of the United States army forces stationed in the area involved, the war department announced today. No explanation was available at the war department regarding the reasons for the issuance of the order. : The marriage ban will apply to

| troops in Hawaii and Alaska as

well as other foreign places. Dispatches from Ireland and Australia have revealed marriages of

a few U. 8. army men stationed |

in those countries.

FOUR MORE ALLIED SHIPS TORPEDOED

Brings Total Since Start of War to 288.

By UNITED PRESS

The sinking of four more united { nations’ ships—all in the Caribbean | cesns g ; ; sea—raised to a total of 288 the al-| 11 fighting in Libya was prelimlied merchant vessels axis subma- z : rines have sent to the bottom in) Gol: Gen. Erwin Rommel against |western Atlantic waters since the PeSiéged Tobruk and the strongly

middle of January.

The lates; losses included & large indicated that the British were in a

American ship flying the Panama-

{man flag, which was torpedoed and |

sunk in flames the night of June 5. One man went down with the ship. Five more were missing. A medium-sized United States merchantman was torpedoed and sunk June 10. Four men were killed in the engine room; 38 were in a

NAZIS’ STAB AT EGYPT HALTED 32 MILES AWAY

Sevastopol in Deadly Peril; Tobruk Fears ’Chutists; RAF Bombs Emden.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS

United Press Foreign Editor The first axis thrust to within 32|

k miles of the Egyptian border was

turned back by British mechanized | forces in Libya today while farther | north the Red army clung to trenches outside the Crimean naval] {base of Sevastopol in the face of perhaps the greatest German local | onslaught of the war. |

Heedless of losses, German and,

Rumanian reserves were thrown into the Sevastopol battle but it was indicated that the enemy had ' made little progress against the lecity's formidable fortifications. {Some German units lost up to 60 {per cent of their effectiveness and probably 40,000 to 50,000 have been killed so far in the 14-day battle.

Admit Situation Grave

Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Ind. Issued daily except-Sunday.

The Communist party newspaper [Pravda indicated the gravity of the {siuation however when it said that| | “our warriors are deiending with | [their own bodies every yard” of] | ground of the Sevastopol front. | The German communique also re- | ported that a Soviet division had {been eneircled and mostly annihi‘lated on the Kharkov front and | that fighting was in progress on {the central and northern fronts, { especially at Volkhov where the So- | viets attacked with tank formations. The conflict in the Crimea was | widely believed to be the final preparation for Hitler's promised | Ukraine offensive and speculation

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was still widespread on whether the

| allies can relieve the Red army by

| opening a second front in western | | Burope this summer. | | In London, the government leader | |in the house of commons, Sir Staf- | | ford Cripps. promised that all aid | {would be given and called for an| invasion of western Europe by]

: : : | strong united nations armies that!

(would not stop until they reached | | Berlin. : { But Cripps gave no hint as to the date when such an invasion may be undertaken. On the contrary, he Isaid that Hitler was not forced to guess the date and that the Nazis were making preparations for de- | fense.

British Retire in Libya

inary to an expected drive by Nazi

| fortified Egyptian frontier, but it

| Sirong position following their 70mile retirement. | Two German columns pushing

{in North Africa.

jeast from Gambut were met and | repulsed on the coastal road 25| miles from Bardia and about 32! { miles from the Egyptian border. | Rommel apparently was feeling his

{way across the desert and the axis

FINAL HOME

PRICE THREE CENTS

| CRIPPS ASKS ALLIED INVASION

URGES ATTACK

BERLIN

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Sir Stafford Cripps . . . “no doubt Hitler makes preparations, too.”

HINT CHURCHILL RULE AT STAKE

INEUROPE WITH

AS GOAL

Report Nazis Ready To Evacuate Norse Along Coast.

LONDON, June 20 (U. P.). —Sir Stafford Cripps, government leader in the house of commons, today called for an allied invasion of western Europe “with determination to march through to Berlin before we call a final halt.” “It may be sooner or later though Hitler has apparently guessed that it may not be too far ahead,” Cripps said without giving any hint as te the probable date of establishment of a second front, which President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill are believed to be considering in the United States ag present. The combined productive strength of the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union will one day jpermit “a great successful attack {upon Hitler in the west,” Cripps | said. Pledge Given Russia “But its success is the essence of

Libyan War Brings Political Unrest; War Strategy Is Debated With FDR.

WASHINGTON, June 20 (U. P.). —President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill continued their historic conferences oday at a secret rendezvous somewhere in the United States. Their decisions not only may have a farreaching effect on outcome of the war but may influence Churchill’s political future. Reports from London said British reversals in Libya were generating political unrest and that Mr. Churchill’s position in the British government may depend upon oufcome of the conversations. The talks were seen here as having two primary purposes—estah-| lishment of a second European frong and strengthening of allied positions

Second Front Believed Topie

Although no statement is expected on the conference until the prime minister returns to London it was indicated the meeting will be brief. London said Mr. Churchill came here to make “lightning decisions” of conduct of the war. The British withdrawal to the Egyptian frontier, leaving Tobruk again in a state of seige, was viewed in Washington circles as ‘serious, but far from desperate.” These

help we can render our allies,” | Cripps said, in addressing a British- | Russian demonstration. “Failure would damage instead of } asgist’ our common cause, | “As we make our preparations, se [no doubt will Hitler try to make | his preparations, too, and this im itself may influence the time faet.” Cripps pledged Britain to give Russia “every help that lies within our power during the critical and anxious moments that lie ahead.” He warned that disappointments and reverses are still facing the allies since the enemies are séill powerful, : “It may take us a long time to overcome their vast military and industrial organization,” Cripps seid.

Nazis Appear Jittery

There were increasing indications that the Germans were getting jit tery over the possibility of invasiom of western Europe. British dis~ patches from, Stockholm said that hospitals and schools in Norway had been notified to be ready to evaci= ate on short notice and that German reinforcements were moving into that area. A United Press dispatch from Stockholm said that many masters of Swedish coal boats had advised the ship owners association they refused to continue to sail to Rottes dam due to persistent British ade attacks and insufficiently protected convoys. The Swedish newspapens printed letters regarding the difficulties of obtaining coal from other German ports.

sources felt the development gave]

It was reported by German hroad-

{lifeboat 12 hours before they landed added urgency to the talks and that casts that Britain was clearing a

James F. Dewey of the concilia-|

TRANSPORTATION Boss Eastman's request for calling and conventions is only a starter,

off fairs Railroads themselves will soon start

faram” and asserted that the effect of the letter “was instant in closing

tion service signed for the labor]

at a West Indian port. i A. second medium-sized United

columns did not attempt a strong | |

{Coniinted on Pate Twa) |additional aid for the hard-pressed

big eastern England area as a logical

heavy cuts in passenger service, elimination of all duplicating services.

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GIVE U. S. COMMAND, CHINESE PAPER ASKS

CHUNGKING, June 20 (U. P). —A unified command of the four top united nations, with the United States as supreme commander. was suggested today by the China Times, which also emphasized the necessity for opening a “third front” n Asia The newspaper, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill the necessity for deciding unified war strategy, suggested guiding

urging upon

the

power be ziven to the United States. !

Great Soviet China.

Siich a stratee

Britain, Russia and sald the paper, 18 immediate vic-

tory.”

necessary for

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| the doors and freezing the hearts of the people of the state.” He added that the state organization is “appalled and staggered” at the letter and asked there be no repetition of this statement. “Our boy scouts, girl scouts, 4-H clubs and all other voluntary work-

1.75 INCHES OF RAIN Sts Adrdak ers are no longer receiving the type of welcome and co-operation that

Dow ur Cl | they heretofore have enjoyed,” Mr. " C ogged Sewers | = ie told the president.

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department, as Gov. Henry L. Schricker's rep-, resentative at the meeting. {

panel next week.

and Thomas Hutson, {States vessel was shelled and set

fire several days age, after trying : 3 {to dodge the submarine. One man Secretary Perkins will name the] 3 cretar {was killed. When the survivors Jast [saw the ship, it was burning, but

DETROIT, June 20 (U. Pp.) —Four | the havy announced that it later

la

workers at the naval ordnance ar-| Sank. senal operated by the Hudson Motor Car Co. have been discharged for) causing a wildcat strike paralyzed

DAMAGE SLIGHT IN

which |

operations Thursday,

2D STARCH CO. FIRE

And Hampered Power. |

recorded In the city during the past 24 hours as a result of the heavy

taxed storm sewers and temporarily!

shut off electric power on the east|nated officially as “treasure hunt” {days in the scrap campaign.

side. Rainfall at the airport reached | 3.09 inches, the bureau said

shut off for 15 minutes as a result

Indiana falters from this day on The weather bureau reported to-|it will be the direct result of Leon cay that 1.75 inches of rainfall weve| Henderson's letter to Ludlow stat-

{ing there will be gasoline rationing regardless of the success of the downpour late yesterday which over-! campaign.” i

The | home-to-home canvass radio at police headguarters was; phone solicitations in a “pounce on {every ounce” campaign.

“Therefore, if this campaign in

Today and tomorrow are desig-

feature a and tele-

The final week will

Richard T. Frankensteen, regional] director of the United Automobile] Workers (C. I. O.), announced- to-| aay.

CZECH GENERALS SHOT LONDON, June 20 (U. P.).—The German-controlled Praha radio said today that two more Czech generals had been shot by German, occupation forces. They were in addition to Gen. Alois Elias, whose execution was announced yesterday.

A short in the wiring in the boiler room last night caused a fire at the National Starch Co. Ine, 1515 Drover st., two weeks after the company suffered a three-alarm fire. Firemen used chemicals to extinguish last night's blaze. The damage was slight. A freight car loaded with feed mash caught fire in the Big Four railroad yards, 1100 S. Emerson ave, last night. Firemen poured water on the blaze for four hours before it was extinguished.

of power failure but the radio sta-! {tion in Willard park was not af- | fected. Telephone lines at police headjquarters were jammed with calls from residents reporting clogged |sewers and street department crews

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SEVASTOPOL BATTLE

1S GROWING IN FURY:

Ignore Losses as

‘Nazis High as 60 Per Cent.

| MOSCOW, June 20 (U. P.) —Gerimany hurled fresh guns and planes into the entire Sevasiopol areca today, ignoring losses as high as 60 per cent, in an attempt to overwhelm the fortress by the first anniversary Monday of Adolf Hitler's “60-day campaign” in Russia, Special front dispatches reported that the entire area was shaking under the terrific impact of big gun shells and airplane bombs in an attack which never ceased day or night. The garrison was battling des | perately in an attempt to stem the several German divisions and heavy (Continued on Page Two) |

R.A. F. BLASTS AGAIN

British in North Africa likely will concentration point, for troops te result, [invade Europe and that a gigantie More U. 8S. Fliers for Africa? | German mine field was being placed Probably of equal importance js to close off the entire Skagerrak

question of opening a second ntrance to ie Bajiie sea.

On the War Fronts

(June 20, 1942)

the front to relieve pressure on the| Soviet Union. Developments at Sevastopol may indicate the prob-| able outcome of the Nazi summer drive. Other urgent and corollary prob-| lems—such as shipping and supply LIBYA—Two axis columns turned

—undoubtedly are being discussed. ! Any allied invasion necessarily re-| quires careful and minute preparations in these and other vital matters,

back about 25 miles from Bardia without attempting strong fights R. A. F. bombs axis lines and bases in Libya, Crete and Rhodes

BRITISH SUBS SINK THREE BIG JAP SHIP

Strike to Avert Possible

| in spreading struggle for control London informants portrayed Mr.| of eastern Mediterranean. (Continued on Page Two) ; EUROPE—R. A. F. attacks Bmdea and other Nazi targets in night and daylight raids by hundreds of hombers and fighters.

| MALACCA STRAITS—British Siulse marines sink three large Japa= | nese ships, including twe supply vessels, in operations near Singae pore.

Invasion of India. LONDON, June 20 (U, P.). — The

| CHINA — Chinese counter-attack | inflict heavy casualties on Japa nese in Kiangsi province, but enemy attacks spread nese

Air Squad Demands 'Perfect' Recruits

AT EUROPEAN COAST admiralty ssid today that British

| worked into the night opening them.

Kwangfeng and in Hupeh and

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By VICTOR PETERSON and tonight, with not much;

“We're going to get 100 men for the second squadron of Indianapoli’ Own if it means interviewing several hundred,” said Lieut. J. S. Ferebee, member of the naval aviation cadet selection board, Chicago, today in the federal building. ne EE Se re And that is a rough idea how 2 HURT IN BOMBER CRASH exacting are the standards that SPRINGFIELD, Iii, June 20 (U. must be met by men from 18

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10, 11 P).—A B-17 army bomber crashed [through 26 who want to win their 7 Siate Deaths. lilon =z take-off from Sprinfield air-|wings in the second unit of naval 7inor: today, occupagts.

injurying two aviators from the Indianapolis area. Tha men

Sagnty must be in

jperfect physical and mental con‘dition. But by the time they have finished their 12 months’ training they could be nothing more than American examples of “suiper-men.” The physical and mental examinations and the rigorous training period offers a striking challenge to the youth of America—a challenge that has been accepted so heartily as to disprove the Nazi contention that democraey breeds the “softie.” Enlisting in the V-5 branch of

the navy is but the of

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a hard, up-hill fight. The preliminary physical is merely an indication whether the individual is pos= sibly acceptable. His comprehensive mental examination furthers the proof. This test was instituted four weeks ago to replace the two year college requirements. But the tough physical is the flight physical, which, along with the flight mental examination, finally determines whether the applicant is in or out. The physical lasts for four hours and among the

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A SOUTHEAST BRITISH PORT, June 20 (U. P).—The R. A. P, renewed a big-scale aerial offensive against the axis-occupied coast of Europe today. Several hundred planes roared across the channel and attacked Nazi targets. The formations included fighters and bombers and the roar of the planes left no doubt that the oper ations were on a huge scale. The first flight of R. A. F. planes struck below Boulogne, They veered north then and proceeded beyond

submarines in the Malacca straits, near Singapore, had torpedoed and | sunk three large Japanese ships in! counter-blows against a possible at-' tempt to invade India. Two of the ships were identified as supply vessels but the third was not classified in the communique. There was no indication that the third vessel was a warship and no date for the action was given. The Malacca straits lead to the Indian ocean and would provide a major avenue for Japanese supplies to Burma in preparation for a possible invasion thrust at

Kwangtung sectors,

AUSTRALIA—Allied planes bomb 10,000-ton Japanese transport snd down three or four enemy planes on island front north of Awse tralia,

ANKARA — Neutral sources sag American bombers caused sevese damage to Rumanian oil fields,

HAVANA—-U. 8. to "ny 000,000 air training station sed anti-submarine operations ocernbsy at once. ny