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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 92
Nazis 110 Miles In Egypt, Major Battle
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Ul. 5. BOMBERS ATTACK LIBYA BASES AGAIN
| British Prepare for Stand Against Rommel Army At Mersa Matruh.
CAIRO, June 26 (U. P.)—Three powerful axis mechanized columns under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel today had rumbled 110 miles across the Egyptian deserts to within 30 miles of the vital British base at Matruh, where advance units were in action and the main battle for Egypt may already have started. United States army four-motored Liberator bombers again joined with the R. A. F. in striking at the enemy rear lines and main supply bases of Tobruk and Benghazi Wednesday and Thursday nights,
WASHINGTON, Roosevelt, giving the axis some bad
today that the United States produced nearly 4000
planes in May, together with 1500 artillery pieces and anti-tank guns. His disclosure of those productior first such announcement from the White House since the president in January set a 60,000plane and a 45,000-tank goal for this year. Mr. Roosevelt's figures were contained in a brief formal statement in which he cautioned the American people not to become over-confident despite the fact that the production rate would “give the axis the opposite of ‘aid and comfort’.” The president disclosed that
anti-aircraft. He said that the addition of
Declaring that “we are well on
but German planes also were deported hammering the railroad east of Matruh in an effort to halt allied reinforcements. There was little doubt here that Rommel was now hitting with all of the strength he could muster) and as quickly as possible in any effort to destroy the British eighth] army, which is regrouped in the, Matruh area, and to drive on to-! ward Alexandria naval base 160 miles away and to Suez. British Strength Unknown Advances here failed to indicate whether the British had been able to form strong new lines or had rescued sufficient equipment to stop
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the enemy columns, but it was certain that Rommel was moving up big supply trains and that the outlock was grave. One of Rommel's columns followed the northern coastal road {and another followed the desert | railroad from the Libyan border to
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Race a Thought—He Says By EARL RICHERT party's state convention Tuesday and, by the simple expedient of refusing to talk, gave Hoosier Democratic politicos plenty to talk about. from Washington recently that he intends to run for re-election in 1944 despite his statement of some time back that ° ‘two terms are enough.” to a reporter. {points west and southwest of Ma“It's the Truth” {truh. thought. And that isn't political rum ie po Is Ward bunk either, it's the honest truth.” om who hope to see Governor Sa at | pression” far to the south of Maer sent to the senate in the 1944 (truh. supply trains eastward despite many tor VanNuys' refusal to talk as iis | . ited '% tefinite evidence that he intends to Eastman Tells Willis; (obstacles, was striking with much } been expected on a broad front. Olliers ‘were content Plan Some in State. 2: : #3 50 statement at face value, az aratroops ass Senator VanNuys said, “and that is! ASHI Or Te 26. No. that the main battle had not yet to help to the full extent of my une |started last night. That is the sole thing I am inter- | ing off county fairs but the matter troops massed in Crete would atested in. Domestic issues are Imma: wil be left to local patriotism and ‘tempt to aid the climactic stages of r Indiana senator said! ‘| uncertain. CE = congress were! iwar transportation director, assured But it was pointed out that they vears of continuous session, by far today. against Egypt or against Syria in the longest in the history of the na- “Mr. Eastman said that where event the allies are forced to weakGets to Bed Early {would be too difficult to cancel reinioiee Egypt. ad sthabiito 1 t (London repor a mme The senator, Who is 68. said that them, or where it is obvious tha . . volved, the fairs could be held,” made tanks captured in Libya and keeping in good shape by Tollow-'o .. . willis explained. was using them in his drive. into ing a regular routine, going to bed Egypt. - . (The admiralty announced in! Vienna, Va., and getting up early. | He said that congress, like the i, uv up to the good sense of the striking at the axis supply lines to uniti (Li had d k ably depressed right now by the communities.’ ibya, had torpedoed and sun a war news and that it, 00. Was yng) sent Mr. Eastman a letter op- a medium supply ship. Another | Churchill conference. posing county fair cancellations as submarine torpedoed a third “large The senator is to make one of stroyed™ ~ ” : : Officials of the Indiana county vention at the Coliseum Tuesday and he will remain here for about { He is stay- ahead and hoid county fairs where ing at the Indianapolis Athletic they already have been planned. .. {for many others are far advanced. Most officials expressed the On the War Fronts the last year county fairs would be U. S. Silent on Au on Aussie Story: June 26, 1942 held. : man Of Motorized Division. LONDON: RAF launches great off by the state fair board several ti “ mohihs 0. devastation raid, involving per ag | P.).—Meibourne radio said today an : : the Marion County Fair would be American motorized division of 11,marine and war factory city of|,.14 5 scheduled at New Bethel, Bremen; 52 British planes lost. (rived in Egypt. The broadcast was | recorded by the CBS listening stacolumns push to within 30 miles ASHEROTON Title 26.41. BS iti ase at M truh, SHIN » June Ete of Briush RE | —War department officials declined decisive battle for Egypt may be |dio report stating that an Ameriin progress. | Eddie Ash . 22| can motorized division of 11,000 i 20 22| Egypt. railroad junction of Kupyansk, 60 19 | Movies 14, 2 Similar report was broadcast by miles southeast of Kharkov, EL Crossword ... 28 jer. ....... 20 oa WW 2 | Guctions " v| NAMED AS PROSECUTOR ee ne | Mrs. Ferguson. 20| Governor Schricker today ap-. AUSTRALIA: Allied planes raid Financial .... Lies. Roosevelt 19 pointed Arthur A. Osburn Jr. of 20 Serial Story. . 26 Marion as Grant county prosecutor ! Freckles n: idespread and Salamaua, causing widesp Homemaking 22 Society. ... 21, 22 Robert W. Crasher who resigned to. : ..24, 26 join the OPA. Mr. Osburn, also a and airdromes; Japanese a Indpis away om Pu :
U. S. Senator Frederick VanNuys arrived here today to attend his He declined to discuss in any way numerous rumors filtering back “Let's not talk about it,” he a; ESR ——— “I haven't given it a moment’ A third column under Rommel's Democratic party leader Roc. near the so-called “great deelection. immediately construed Sen.) Left 10 ‘Local Local Pairiotiom. Thus the enemy, moving huge ke th oe | greater force than generally had make the race. “I have only one objective now, By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Today's British communique said ability in the winning of this war.jarbitrary order will be issued call-| Whether the German parachute battle waged by Rommel was terial now.’ | good judgment, Joseph B. Eastman, jihe Dbaitle Be y very tired” after two and one-half, Senator Raymond E. Willis (R. ind.) were in a position to move either tion, | plans are so far advanced that it en their Near East defenses to s no great waste of rubber will be in-| had repaired British and Americanhe himself was feeling fine and was early at night at his farm near, Up to Community “In any case it is to be left en-| London that a British submarine, rest of the country, was consider-| Rep. Raymond S. Springer (R. large enemy ammunition ship and | awaiting results of the Roosevelt-“ill-advised and untimely.” supply ship which is considered dethe principal addresses at the confair association have decided to go 10 days visiting friends. club. | Some will be held in July and plans REPORTED IN IN EGYPT opinion, however, that this would be The Indiana state fair was called SAN FRANCISCO, June 26 (U. haps 1300 airplanes, against sub-| County Agent Horace Abbott said 000 men was reported to have arAug. 3-8. i EGYPT: Rommel’s three invasion | | tion. 140 miles inside Egypt, where | comment today on a Melbourne ramen reportedly had arrived in RUSSIA: Big battle rages outside Amusem’ts. 14, 22 po y Clapper 29 | Obituaries. ... 13|Beriin radio yesterday. axis captures town in bloody] i Editorials .... 16. Japanese bases at Dili, Rabaul,’ ' Forum 2) Side Glances 20 te serve out the unexpired term of | damage to barracks, supply dumps , Indpls y is Deaths. 13 Republican, Lhe G. Oo, P. nominee
' Proposed by Mayors
He emphasized that “all these for one single month.” Production figures hitherto hav
on the ground that the information would aid the
enemy.
GAS RATION FOR INDIANA URGED
in East as Drivers There Await 16-Gallon Cards.’
WASHINGTON, June 26 (U. P). —A group of eastern mayors meeting with Petroleum Co-ordinator Harold L. Ickes and Transportation
Director Joseph B. Eastman today proposed a “moderate” gasoline ra- | tioning program for western Penn-| sylvania, western New York State, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and “such other states as may be necessary.” The plan was proposed to make transportation facilities available for moving more oil into the eastern shortage area. Mayor La Guardia of New York, one of the conferees, suggested a plan to move 200,000 barrels a day from Midwest to Eastern centers. His proposal was made jointly with Walton Hedden, bureau of commerce chief of the New York port authority, both of them previously had urged such a plan on congress. Indiana New Outside
The additional petroleum, under their plan, would be moved over the! Great Lakes and barge canals leading to New York. The conference with Ickes and Eastman took place shortly after it was announced that the basic “A” ration unit in the permanent gasoline rationing system for the East will be four gallons. This will provide 16 gallons a month. Only motorists who do more than 1800 miles | of “occupational driving” a year will | be eligible for supplemental rations. These details of the plan to go inte effect July 22 were revealed today by the office of price administration with publication of official instructions for operating the new system. All passenger car owners will be (Continued on Page Four)
Allison Motor Gives Allied Fliers Edge in Desert
A sleek-nosed P-40 fighter, powered by an Allison engine, is shown here at a British base in Libya. At night camels are hitched to Then the ships are spread over a wide area to prevent Nazi bombs from damaging more than one plane
the P-40s not fully assembled. at a time.
Carl Stephenson, Allison's serviceman back from the battlefields of Oe Reynt and Libya, gave glowing reports today of how the Indian-
June 26 (U. P..
in May American arsenals turned out 50,000 machine guns of all types, including infantry, aircraft and
totals to the machine guns would raise the production figure for May to well over 100,000.
achieving the rate of production which will bring us to our goals,” the president cited figures which he said “the axis will not be very happy to hear.”
| themselves to Russia as recognizing | the urgency of creating a new front {in Europe that would relieve the
F.D.R. Gives Axis the Bad News— U.S. Produced 4000 Planes in May
— President
news, announced year is 60,000.
planes. Mr.
tanks and 2000 Roosevelt
1 figures was the
submachine gun aircraft.
these figures are our way toward
American people rest on our oars.
figures are only
e been withheld in raw
Hoosier Bond Buyers Urged To Take Extra One in June
By FREMONT POWER
THE AIRPLANE PRODUCTION goal for This requires a monthly average of 5000 for the entire year.
“We ordinarily
the axis will not be very happy to hear—in that one month alone we produced over 50,000 machine guns of all types—including infantry, aircraft and antiThat does not include submachine guns. If we add those in, the total is well over 100,000. All
“While these figures give you some idea of our production accomplishments, this is not time for the
will make more and more. member that there are plenty of serious production problems ahead—particularly some serious shortages materials. consideration of the government and industry.”
this Next year's goal is 125,000
said: do not release production figures because they might give aid and comfort to the enemy. I am going to- give today just a few which are definitely going to give the axis just the opposite of ‘aid and comfort.’ “In May, we produced nearly 4000 planes and over 1500 tanks. We also produced nearly 2000 artillery and anti-tank guns. This is exclusive of anti-aircraft guns and guns to be mounted in tanks. “And here is a figure which
a
only for one single month.
to get over-confident. We can’t We need more and more, and we And we must also re-
which are receiving the closest
When the Japs threw hell down on Pearl Harbor, that was when
the war bond drive really got going.
People were mad and they didn't want any dilly-dallying. They wanted to put their money where it Would hurt the enemy most.
If a bond would buy a bomb, The men ‘Who brought them on
LITVINOV FIGURES IN‘ WAR STRATEGY TALK
then okay. Bring on the bonds! were the insurance men—and they | didn’t dilly-dally. They were the!
ymen who knew best how to talk to jue. “little man” about savings and |reinforcements
stments and how to prepare for! gs when money is doublydear. And they took over the job on the! “double-quick.” |
Refineries Are
Devastated; 52
British Planes Lost.
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor
The royal air force smashed at the German war center
of Bremen with perhaps 1300
airplanes in the greatest raid
in history early today to offset new axis gains on the Ruse sian front and a 110-mile thrust into Egypt. Roaring fires were started by British 4480-pound bombs aimed at the submarine works, the Fockewulf airplane face tories, the shipyards and the oil refineries of Bremen by R. A. F. devastation raiders who lost 52 of their own aire craft in the night’s operations.
The British raiders were
described officially as number
ing more than 1000, but their losses indicated a consider
GERMANS GAIN | NEAR KHARKO
Russians Are. Driven Qut Of 2 Towns as Nazis Are Reinforced.
MOSCOW, June 26 (U.P.).—Axis|
crashed into the Kharkov front defenses with strong tank and air support today, forcing! [the Russian army back from two)
important towns, and surging for-|
ward on other sectors in battles!
2d Front Seams Unpatmost Came Pearl Harbor and the Na-|!Nat again indicated a major
With FDR, Churchill.
WASHINGTON, June 26 (U. P.).| —President Roosevelt and Prime
| tional Association of Life Under-
writers sent the word down the line |
to its auxiliary organizations: “Take | over the payroll allotment plan.” Payroll allotment is the way the
Ukraine affensive.
With intense fighting continuing at Sevastopol, front line dispatches said that the Germans had moved [up additional forces and were “con-
Minister Winston Churchill have | “little man” makes his money work |tinuing to drive eastward” while
conducted “extended and most im-| portant conferences” with Soviet | Ambassador Maxim Litvinov in| their current formulation of grand strategy designed to win the war, | the White House disclosed today. The disclosure that Mr. Litvinov!
like a knife in the Nazi ribs. And it’s the "little men” who by eri] month will be purchasing 65 per| cent of the war bonds sold. In Marion county the head man| jon the payroll allotment campaign is Carl Maetschke.
| Soviet units slowly withdrew.
The important railroad junction of Kupyansk, 60 miles southeast of Kharkov, was abandoned after
ing continued on the railroad out-
On his commit- |side the town, the army organ, Red €'
had met and talked with the two] tee are Harry Wade, Horace Storer, ! Star, reported.
Anglo-American leaders seemed to indicate that an eventual second | land front in Europe, long sought by the Soviet Union, was still uppermost in current calculations. Both the United States and Great i Britain have formally committed
German pressure on Soviet lines. White House Secretary Stephen T. Early also disclosed that while the president and Mr. Churchill were talking to Mr. Litvinov, “conferences with military, naval and air officers—meaning those of Great (Continued on Page Four)
On Inside Pages Ask Farmers to Hunt Rubber
War Analysis Oppose Post-War Socialism... Map “is Jap Bases Raided ........
.1O.s international officers, made 11,-
| president of the union, that the
Egypt Needs Planes ....
forming anything the axis has put into the desert warfare. American and British fliers, he said, are far more accurate in
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TRUCK PLANT CLOSED BY ‘36-CENT’ STRIKE
PONTIAC, Mich, June 26 (U. P.). —A strike by members of the United Automobile Workers (C. I. 0.) over management's alleged refusal to pay them for 20 minutes lost during Wednesday night's test blackout today closed four plants of the Yellow Truck and Coach Manufacturing Co. The time lost by each worker during the blackout was approximately 36 cents. The strike, which did not have the approval of the U, A, W.-C. I.
000 war production workers idle and brought a plea by R. J. Thomas,
men return to work “at once,” pending settlement of their dispute with the company.
Mr. Stephenson declared, usually are content to unload their bombs anyplace within the target area but the Italians, in the face rof
Driven From Second Town The Russians also were driven from another town by superior enemy numbers after a hard fight
for many days against the threat]
of encirclement. Press dispatches again spoke of the enemy's “second offensive” in the Kharkov area, indicating that the fighting was intense on a number of sectors and was continuing day and night. Heavier fighting also was reported on other sectors of the Russian front and it was disclosed that more than 100 Soviet assault and dive bomber planes had caused great damage among enemy troop transports, supply ships and fuel dumps at a Finnish port in the Baltic area.
“The Germans appear to have,
:aumerical superiority in mechan- | ized forces on various sectors,” dispatches from the Kharkov front said. The Russians abandoned Kupy(Continued on Page Four)
loads any place and get away. The army with the best supply
al heavy street battle, but severe fight-|
ably greater force than the 11030 planes that wrecked | Cologne with loss of 44 craft or the 1036 that attacked
Essen with loss of 35 planes, The British onslaught hit the German zirdromes and supply bases
in Helland, Belgium and oftheg . |
loccupied areds in addition to thé city of Bremen, which had a popu« lation of some 350,000.
Use All Types of Planes
British, Polish, Canadian and American volunteer fliers with the {R. A. F. took part in all types of airplanes, ranging up to four-mo-tored bombers carrying eight tons of explosives.
The new aerial blow was designed to wreck one of the most important | war centers in Germany in line {| with the allied master plan for sending a nightly average of 1000 bombers against the enemy this summer. It also was important in the bats tle of the Atlantic, since Bremen is a major base and production cen | ter for Nazi submarines. Biggest Raid of War An extremely large force of fighte
and coastal command planes, drawn from all operational forces
‘of the royal air force, backed up
the bombing fleet. The British air ministry coms munique, announcing that despite heavy clouds which made observae tion difficult, plane crews had seen great fires in their target area, made it certain thatthe royal air force had made the greatest raid in its own and aviation’s history. Winging 350 miles or more across the North sea and the low countries, the bomber fleet hit the river Weser and started showering their bombs on the entire Bremen area, one in which it would be hard to drop a bomb of the new British devastation type without hitting a war target,
Bombers Sent to East
Incendiary bombs were mixed with the high explosive demolition bombs to insure that the resultant fires would multiply the damage. Bremen had had its last attack, one on the 300-plane level, which - is now of secondary importance for the royal air force, on the night of June 3. Today’s was the 95th British ate tack on the city since the war started.
It was made known that not only bad weather but the necessity of diverting big bomber strength to other war areas, such as the Middle East, had caused a lull in the 1000 plane raids.
Hint U. S. Reinforcements
Aviation quarters reported that large numbers of heavy bombers had been flown eastward recently, some destined for the middle easte ern command. That the mass raids have been resumed, according to some Lone don observers, without confirmation, indicates either the arrival of large scale reinforcements, available only in the United States, or a marked change in the shipping war. Only yesterday the London Daily Telegraph “hoped’ that the ar« rival of U. S. forces “will have a pronounced effect on the situation.”
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