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TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1942

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U. S. BOMBERS DEFEND EGYPT

AMERICAN FLIERS HELP RAF BLAST AXIS BASES; FRONTIERS REINFORCED

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ENEMY WEDGE 1S WIPED OUT AT FORTRESS

42 BILLION WAR MEASURE SETS LL TIME MARK

Total Commitments Now Exceed by Half Money Spent by U. S. to June, 1940; fenders, sworn to fight to “the last

Includes 23,550 Army Planes. drop of our blood,” have wiped out WASHINGTON, June 23 (U. P.).—The house today a German wedge pointed at the < i I t of the city, the newspaper received for immediate consideration a $42,820,003,067 army Py 2 ihe bv: at. supply bill for the fiscal year beginning July 1—the lar gest | The women and children among

single appropriation in the history of any nation. Sevastopol's 70,000 civilians presum-

{ably were rescued from the encirThe present situation is the “most critical” the nation | dled and bombederiaged city by ses.

ever has faced, high army officials told the house appropri- under protection of the guns of the ] o for the money, and “we must Russian Black sea fleet. They probdations committee in as Being fot iably were taken eastward into the avoid at all costs the error of underestimating the task!

Caucasus. ahead of us.” | The Sevastopol garrison has been They said aviation is get- Sherman Said Only Half of It

| reinforced by sea, it was stated, pos- | sibly by the same ships which reting “first priority” in development moved the women and children. of offensive and defensive weapons. | A large percentage of the money inj the bill covers aviation expenses and | WASHINGTON, June 23 (U. | the largest single item—$11316-) | p) Sherman was only half | | 898910—is for aviation equipment, | ,jont war costs like hell, too including 23,550 new army planes, American war commitments since June, 1940, soon will amount to $228811,233542— nearly half again as much as

Evacuated From Big

Crimean Base.

MOSCOW, June 23 (U. P).— Many women and children of Sevastopol have been evacuated from the besieged Crimean fortress whose de-

Launch Kharkov Drive

While the battle for the Crimean stronghold raged with unabated [fury on its 17th day at the north{ern and southern approaches, the | Germans launched a new massive {drive on the Kharkov front, 400 ‘miles to the north, in an effort to blast open a northern gateway to] the Caucasus. Hurled back in repeated attempts lo storm across the Donets east. of Kharkov, the Germans brought wu) fresh mechanized and infantry

tack after intense aerial bombing | of the Russian army’s positions. It was acknowledged that in one

sector the Germans made “some | i

Women and Children Are

forces and unloosed a smashing at-!|

East coast. During the trip, I saw

wet my face.

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‘| Saw a “ship Sunk By an Enemy Mine’

Reporter on Coast Guard Boat Guarding Atlantic Convoy Tells of Sub Chase.

(The navy announced last night that it has been conveying merchant ships along the U. S. Atlantic coast for nearly a month. This is the story of a reporter who accompanied one of these convoys.)

By WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff Correspondent

AN ATLANTIC COAST PORT, June 23.—I have just returned from a voyage with a convoy along the

a ship sunk by an enemy

mine—so close that the spray thrown up by the explosion

Hunting subs aboard coast guard ‘400° boat.

Later, word came to the ship I was aboard that

another vessel had _been sunk—also by mines.

would make the.

(These curth ships to be sunk or

damaged by enemy mines off the East coast recently,

although the navy has announced only three of them.)

At another point our ship unknowingly sailed across

a harbor mine field but fortunately nothing happened. We started on our voyage from the naval operating base about

8 p

m. We were put aboard coast guard cutters—the “400” boats,

CHURCHILL AND F. D. R. DISCUSS SHIP PROBLEM

War Leaders Call Experts; Hopkins Promises Yanks Will Bomb Germany.

WASHINGTON, June 23 (U. P.). —President Roosevelt and , Prime

Minister Winston. Churchill today summoned top-ranking AngloAmerican shipping experts to the White House for an important conference on “shipbuilding and ship use.” The conference was described by the White House as “one of the most important” held by the two leaders. The White House also disclosed that Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.

Churchill had conducted “quite an

extended conference” yesterday with T. V. Soong, Chinese foreign minister. List of Conferees

Invited to the conference were: Harry L. Hopkins, the president's chief civilian war aide; Admiral

British Mass Troops on Libyan Border Against Rommel Drive; Nazi Paratroops Preparing for Invasion.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor

Allied defenses barring

the main approaches to the

Near East were reinforced by American airplanes today and axis drives against Egypt and Sevastopol appeared to be stemmed at least momentarily. American army B-24 bombers went into action on the

North African desert front,

co-operating with the royal

air force in blasting the enemy’s important supply base at

Benghazi.

But Nazi Marshal Erwin Rommel was believed preparing for a major attack, with the aid of crack parachute troops, on the Egyptian frontier and may already have

struck the first blow.

The storm of public resentment over the Libyan defeat broke in the house of commons in London, where a motion of lack of confidence in the central direction of war strategy

TONS OF BOMBS FALL ON EMDEN

RAF Attacks Third Night; Daylight Raids Resume

—that is, in Prime Minister Churchill’s war cabinet and the high command—was pre-

pared for introduction. - Governmeni reassurances wers given that the British eighth army in Egypt was prepared for a strong fight and that Mr. Churchill would soon return for full debate on the Libyan defeat and his talks with President Roosevelt.

| slight gain” after day long fighting!

Offensive Action Is Keynote Offensive action is the keynote v's plans, its officials nt en chief of staff the United States spent from told the committee that “every I owning day until June 30, t is being directed to making] . ones felt by offensive action | From 1789 until June, 1940, in consonance with the accepted! | the United States spent $154 - basic strategy of the united na-| | 000.000.000 for all purposes, ing tions.” | | cluding the expenses of its As recommended by the appro-| previous five major wars—the priations committee, the bill would | war of 1812, the Mexican war, bring total war commitments since The Civil war, the SpanishJune, 1040, to $228.811233.542, half | American war and the first again as much as the United States World war. spent for all purposes—including all previous wars—irom its founding until June 30, 1940. And that may be only the beginning, the committee warned. “Unpredictable contingencies” prob-

ably will soon increase the total. How War Picture Changes i

During the 1942 fiscal year which ends June 30, congress appropriated $75.427.593.587 for the war depart-, ment, but that included several deficiency Today's measure gives an idea, of how the war picture has changed | since the first of the year. On| Jan. 6, President mated in his annual budget message that the war department would need $£18.618615.000 for fiscal 1943 in contrast to the 42 billions] plus requested now. Testimony by high officials before the committee was released today, (Continued on Page Two)

SAYS ‘DOLLAR MEN’ FIX WPB STEEL PLAN

WASHINGTON, June 23 (U.P) — Senator Harry S. Thurman (D. Mo.) charged today that “dollar-a-year men from the big steel firms absolutely control the steel policy” of the war production board. Mr. Truman revealed that the spe-

cial senate committee investigating Original court holds until the case Local

the war program—of which he is chairman—is currently conducting a study of suppression of processes for manufacture of sponge iron “and

bills.

Roosevelt esti-

APPEAL TAKEN ON IED BEER

Sales Legal al Until U. §

Court Decides, Stump Tells Clients.

gists can sell iced beer this summer pending appeal of their case to the | U. S. supreme court, Albert Stump,

attorney, advised them today. | Mr. Stump filed an appeal to the highest federal court yesterday in: the fight of 21 grocers and druggists | | against the provision of the state law, banning the sale of iced beer] by package stores. | The appeal was taken from the recent Indiana supreme court decision which held that the anti-iced beer law is constitutional. This decision reversed an earlier, ruling of Superior Court Judge Herbert M. Spencer, who held that the] ban on iced beer is invalid. “In my opinion, the ruling of the

is finally adjudicated on appeal to, the United States supreme court,” | Mr. Stump said. “I dont know what individual grocers and drug-!

{ in the vicinity of an inhabited place,

but the Russians took up new positions and finally stemmed enemy rush. Terrific German losses were described in dispatches from the Se-

vastopol front, where the defenders,

in sanguinary hand-to-hand com-

| bat, were said by the army organ | | Red Star to have closed a gap

which the Germans had driven in| | the defense lines to the north in the | vicinity of the finger-like harbor.

Civilians Aid Defense The Germans have reached the]

Indianapolis grocers and drug- ! Soviet forward positions, but they | {have failed to penetrate their depth |

defenses, the Red Star said. After the evacuation of a part of

‘Sevastopol’s civilians—many of them {children whose mothers remained behind to bear arms in defense of

the city—the population sent to Josef V. Stalin a pledge of a do-or-die stand. “We ask you to remain confident in the defenders of Sevastopol,” the message said.

RENT DIRECTOR IN

COUNTY ORDERED

Be

Appointee to Announced Monday.

A government rent director for

we will open hearings within two 8ists Will do but I have advised pparion county will be named Mon-

weeks.”

RAPE AND MASSACRE

CHARGED TO JAPANESE

CHUNGKING, June 23 (U. P.) — Japanese troops massacred more than 1000 Chinese men and raped young and old women at Lungling. | in western Yunnan province, a Chinese communique said today. Lungling became “a darkest hell” when the men were slain and the

women attacked in a brutal June 18]

assault on unarmed townsfolk, the announcement said.

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them they can continue to sell iced beer.” | Lower Court Reversed

The appeal to the U. S. supreme court was based upon Mr. Stump's contentions that the anti-iced beer provision is a violation of the 14th amendment of the federal constitution. The Indiana supreme court's decision “violated the due process and | equal protection clauses of the | constitution,” Mr. Stump contended. “The iced beer provision of the; state law discriminates against | | grocers and druggists while favor- | ling taverns which are permitted to; sell iced beer,” Mr. Stump said. “The law also fails to designate | what temperature beer must be kept to stay within the law.” | A group of legislators sponsored {the iced beer provision in the 1941

beer on public streets after purchas- | ing it in grocery or drug stores.

NEW YORK, June 23 (U.P.).—| Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, Amer-

day by the office of price administration, it was announced in Washington today. Price Administrator Leon Henderson indicated that the government will assume control of rents here beginning Wednesday, July 1. It

, will do the same in 59 other com-

munities in the nation. Unless the ceiling date is changed in response to realtors’ pleas, rents in the city and county will be put back to the levels existing on July 1

| last year.

the |

| they're called.

The “400” coast guard boats are 83-feet long with crews of 12 to

14 men, including an ensign in charge and a chief petty officer. They carry depth charges for submerged submarines, but the surest

way they can attack submarines on the surface is to ram them. The

boat would sink, but a submarine | ” » 2

| Laughing Away Troubles

THE FORECASTLE sleeps 12

in the stern. just aft of it is the bridge.

they can’t sleep—the beds are too The boats make about 20 knots. They roll as much as 50 degrees in a heavy sea of which there seems to be plenty, and buck like bronchos.

The depth charge racks are open and during our return in a storm one rack banged against the “ashcan” seven or eight times until secured. Everytime it banged the men would laugh and stick their fingers in their ears to drown out the sound of an explosion which would have blown them to kingdom come,

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Convoy Forms

BOB WOODSON of Acme newspictures and I went aboard the boat at dusk. Other reporters were on similar boats. At dark we sailed out to the middle of the harbor and anchored alongside a trawler. We learned we were to sail at 4 a. m. Our convoy of 17 ships nad been forming for several days in plain sight of everyone in harbor and about 5 a. m. we started moving. At 7:50 a. m. we were only three miles out and the ships were jockeying for their two abreast position. It was then I saw a ship go up with a tremendous blast amid-

There are a 10-foot galley where everyone eats and a captain's cabin about eight feet square. The engine room and a lazarette are Directly above the galley is the wheel house,

might sink, too.

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in triple-decked, staggered bunks.

and

The men who man these boats are doing a hell of a job. They work and eat and sleep under conditions that would annoy a sardine. Yet they grin at everything. All they ask is occasional shore leave— and plenty of good food. They get both, but complain ashore that

soft andl too quiet.

COOL AGAIN TONIGHT; WHITE RIVER RISES

Damage to Crops Feared

Near Petersburg.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6am ... 57 10a. m ... 67 Ta. m ... 58 11am... 69 8am, ... 61 12 (noon) .. 70 9am . 64 pm... 2

Indianapolis was enjoying its first rainless day in almost a week today as the. weather bureau forecast “slightly cooler and continued cool tonight.’ ' The total precipitation for June has been 7.19 inches, more than doubel the normal amount. White river in the sector east of Mt. Carmel was rising today, with farmers near Petersburg in danger of having their crops flooded. At 7 a. m. the river was at 16.3 and observers fear that if the water rises about 16.5 feet, it will go over the levee protecting the crops. The weather bureau said the river was still rising. White was one-tenth of a foot

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over flood stage at Hazleton.

Sailor Gives Parents First Hand Report Of How He Was Trapped on Lexington

Trapped two and a half hours in an air vent aboard the ill-fated

9 jegislature on the ground that it aircraft carrier U. 8. S. Lexing13 would discourage the drinking of ton — —

Bombed at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7,

| 1941, his mother’s birthday — —

Home in the states June 4, 1942,

1 BERGDOLL MAY ENLIST his birthday, for the first time in 10

months — That's the brief story of James

| William “Bill” Henry, fireman sec10 jca’s No. 1 draft dodger of World ond class, U. 8. N,, of Greenwood. wings 13 War I, has offered to enlist in the At 19, he has been in the navy two 15 army air corps or any other active years and battled the Japanese 4 service branch “to redeem himself, "| through the “hell-churned” waters

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“I was mess cooking aboard the battleship U. S. S. Nevada at Pearl Harbor and had just gone topside to dump some garbage when I saw a plane dive, a streak leave the plane and the bomb strike about a block and a half inland,” said Seaman Bill today. “Kinda thought our boys were playing a little rough as I didn't see the ‘rising sun’ insignia on the

“We were just running up our colors, and there I stood with the

garbage pail in one hand, eine Awith the other and trying nel

to watch all those planes. “I was rooted to the spof, but snapped out of it in a hurry when a bomber came in flush with the ship, machine-gunning the deck. I could see his head covered with helmet and goggles. Came so close I could have hit him with a baseball.” As fireman second class, Mr. Henry's battle station is the boiler room. “Oh, it’s not so dangerous unless you get trapped by a hit above the room,” he commented.

Ernest J. King, commander-in-chief of the United States fleet; Vice Admiral 8S. M. Robinson, chief of the U. S. navy office of procurement and material; Admiral Emory S. Land, war shipping administrator; Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery, vice chairman of the U. S. maritime commission in charge of the American shipbuilding program; Lewis W. Douglas, deputy war shipping administrator; Sir Arthur Salter, head of the British ministry of shipping; Admiral Sir Charles Little of the combined chiefs of staffs, and Rear Admiral J. W. Dorling, supply representative of the British admiralty.

Joint Statement Issued

The shipping conference was called after the issuance of a joint Roosevelt-Churchill statement, buttressed by a war outline presented in New York by Mr. Hopkins, which left the second-front question unanswered except for the assurance that American fliers in Britain soon would bomb Germany in force. Mr. Hopkins spoke last night at a New York mass meeting commemorating the Soviet Union's entry into the war. He warned (Continued on Page Two)

DOOR-T0-DOOR DRIVE FOR RUBBER STARTS

County Hopes to Repeat 1st Week’s Success.

A door-to-door campaign for scrap rubber was under way in the county today in an effort to match or better last week's cqllection, which totaled 500 tons. In reporting the county collection figure to his committee, Phil T. Williams, county chairman, said that response to the president's appeal for scrap rubber had exceeded expectations. He explained, too, that the 500ton county figure was not complete, inasmuch as several collection centers still had not reported. Agencies participating in the door-to-door campaign this week are the women’s civilian defense organization, headed by Mrs. H. H. Arnholter, who served in a similar capacity for the war bond drive; the Camp Fire Girls, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. “Every doorknob in the county will be pulled once, twice and maybe three times this week,” Mr. Williams said. Although newspapers were explicitly instructed yesterday not to publish state and national totals until announced from Washington, state officials said that the Indiana collection also was definitely cheering

Asked how deep in the ship the

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to those who are directing the

On North France.

LONDON, June 23 (U. P.).—The R. A. F, maintaining its round-the-clock offensive against Nazi targets, returned in force to the

continent today within a few hours after hundreds of its bombers had blasted for the third time in four nights the great German naval base of Emden. Apparently targets in North France were the objectives of daylight attackers. The night attack on Emden was carried out by giant bombing planes which first lighted their targets with flares, then let loose with hundreds of tons of bombs.

Attack Is Brief

The entire attack, by an estimated 250 to 300 planes, took less than an hour, the air ministry said in a communique, In addition to bombing Emden, the royal air force attacked air fields in Holland and Belgium and fighter planes of the intruder force attacked air fields and other objectives in northern occupied France. It was estimated that in three raids Friday, Saturday and last night Britain has sent against Emden, one of Germany's most important targets, anywhere from 750 to 900 planes carrying bomb loads of several tons each.

RAF Loses Six Planes

Loss of six planes was admitted last night, against eight in Friday night’s raid and six in Saturday's. Last night's raid on Emden was the 76th of the war, Germany reported through the Berlin radio, heard here, that Emden was the chief target of raids which extended during the night to areas in northwestern Germany generally. Unusual for Germany, it was admitted that damage was caused not only to “homes” but to “public buildings.”

Offers 3 Sons To Stalk Adolf

LONDON, June 23 (U. P.).— A Nigerian chieftain has offered to send three of his sons, with the bows and arrows which his tribes still use, to Berlin to kill Adolf Hitler, the war office announced today." “I have many sons,” the chief told the British commander in the Nigerian zone of British West Africa. “I can easily spare three of them to put an end to the man who is causing so much trouble, They will stalk him like any other jungle beast.”

May Speed Second Front

But concern over the impending battle for Egypt still was strong as British again awaited Rommel’s move. These developments attracted pare ticular attention to the prospects of a second front in Europe and emphasized a statement by Harry Hopkins in New York that aid would be given Russia on the field of battle and “our armed forces will attack at the right time and in the right place.” It was pointed out that the ree verses in Libya might speed up the opening of a second front as neces« sary to offset enemy gains rather than retard the projected invasion of axis Europe. Far north of the Egyptian battle fields, the Russians closed a gap on the Sevastopol front, moved in ree inforcements and evacuated women and children from the Crimean naval base.

Hold on Kharkov Front

The Germans made no important claims regarding advances, but there was little to indicate that the Ruse sian army could do more than make the enemy gains costly. Front line dispatches said the Gere mans had gen unable to progress in strong attacks on the Kharkov sector of the Ukraine front. Minor fighting was in progress on or close to the Egyptian border and dispatches from Cairo said thas Rommel was expected to use parachute troops—one estimate was 250,000—in a quick Po designed to break through the British eighth army toward Suez. Heavy axis attacks already have been started against Malta, whers seven enemy planes were downed, and it was believed that Rommel hoped to make his bid for control of the eastern Mediterranean with out delay. It was against this background that Maj. Clement R. Attlee, deputy prime minister, told the house of

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On the War Fronts

June 23, 1942

MOSCOW: Women and children evacuated from Sevastopol as Germans continue to storm dee fenses; Nazis open new attack om Kharkov sector.

LONDON: Maj. Clement R. Attlee reveals strong reinforcements are riving in Eyypt.

CAIRO: British girding for expected invasion of perhaps 250,000 parachute troops; American air force units participate in north African fighting.

WESTERN FRONT: R. A. P, drops

hundreds of tons of bombs on