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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16

Steps i'm Character Growth
Outlined For Lincoln Seniors

the 81 will' attitude, concluded
Rev. Bair.
Assisting pastors we're Father
Purcell. Ann Arbor. who gave the
invocation; Rev. Joseph Parker,
Whitaker. who read the scripture
and gave the benediction: and Rev.
Gerald Wilkie, Whitaker, who led
the prayer.
Miss Beatrice McManus directed
the Lincoln school orchestra In the
professional and occasional. Mem
bers OF the orchestra we're Evelyn
Austin. Albert Dietrich. Edna Han.
sen. Harrison Hsrwood. Thelma
Howell. Elizabeth Mesteller. David
Nimishein. Elsie Pernsr, Roseland
Purcell. Ella Mae Smith. Katherine
Van Hoy, Russell VANITY and Grant
Smith.
Senior High School chorus sang
selections. Chorus members we're
Agnes Baer. Leroy Bevier, Clyde
Breining. Fern Carter. Perry Cur
tbs, Helen Czinski. Betty Dunk,
Donna Garrod. Russell Hansen. Viz
ginia Harwood. Martha Ledford.
Odahlia Ledford. Patricia Morton.
ELane Painter. Julia Polesky.
Lois Van Assche. Lee Van Camp
and Helen VANITY. Miss McManus
directed
Hymns were led by Woodrow
Jones. Piano accompaniment was
played by Miss Wanda Smith.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
Adults to Take
Part in Legion
Holiday Plans
Rehearsals to be
Started Soon


A rehearsal for adults at 1880
tonight in Ypsilanti High School
gymnasium will open activities for
the America On Parade" spec
tacle to be presented during the
American Legion Fourth OF July
celebration. High School students
will rehearse at 1890 a. m. and
other school children at 1880 p. m.
Tuesday.
Over 500 persons from city or
CARNATIONS and schools have volun-
teered for participation in the pag-
cant. Harold MCGEE. casting direc-
tor. urges everyone 10 attend the
rehearsals which will last only a
few minutes for each group.
Mrs. r. J. Cotton. professional
director for the spectacle. was ex.
pected to arrive in Ypsilanti this
afternoon. Mr. Cotton, also a direc-
tor. is expected shortly.
Registrars for the presentation
received group assignments at the
gymnasium today from J. X. Smith,
Jr., advance agent of the company
sponsoring the show.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16

As the basis OF his baccslsureate
address TO Roosevelt High School
graduating class Sunday afternoon
in the Baptist Church, Rev. Will
liam r. Shaw used the teIt from
St. James ala What is your life?
To answer the Biblical question.
the speaker used a number OF para.
bles and began with the statement
Ny life is a sponge. But you
cannot any longer. With sci, -s-
spect. be only a sponge" be assert.
ed. The world does rot owe you
a living unless you earn g.. Your
country and your God rightly row
expect some return on this invest
ment."
Giving a long list OF animate and
inanimate objects 10 which peopls
liken their lives he speaker said
Il am glad 10 hear some OF you
protest. YOU have never touched
me yet. love life | want 70 live
and give. Ny life Is and will be
4 song | am not only melody and
harmony. but l create harmony
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
Grew Protests
Aerial Bombs

'bN Inlted Press
Tokyo, June 16-UP-United
States Ambassador Joseph c. Grew
without waiting for a formal APP
pointment. lodged an emphatic
protest" with Foreign Minister Yo-
suke Matsuoka today for the Jap
anese bombing near the United
States embassy at Chungking,
China.
Grew protested personally under
standing orders from the State
Department.
The Chungking embassy reported
that q Japanese bombers, flying
at a high altitude, dropped five
bombs within 800 yards of the EN-.
bassy chancery and the United
States gunboat Tutila. and one
within so yards OF the embassy
raid shelter where 1t was assumed
Ambassador Clarence r. Gauss had
taken refuge. The bombs wrecked
the office OF the assistant military
attache and flying debris damaged
the chancery and STANDARD Oil Com.
pany offices, Chungking reports
said.
No American casualties we're re-
ported.
Sir Robert Craigie. British am.
bassador, visited Chuichi Ohashi,
under secretary OF foreign affairs.
to protest against a recent bomb.
ing OF the British embassy at
Chungking.
1t was understood that he told
Ohashi that the embassy roof was
marked plainly 10 advise Japanese
bombing crews that 1t was British
property.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
Schwab Leaves
College Debt

CBv international News Servicel-
Loretto. Pa. June 16--lNS-The
late Charles NJ. Schwab, world-re-
nowned steel magnate, not only did
not endow St. Francis College at
Loretto. Pa, his alma mater. with
100000 (as he often said he
would but upon his death he left
unpaid a personal debt TO the col
lege OF $4,000
This revelation was made today
by Very Rev. Father John P. j.
Sullivan, president of st. Francis
College, in an exclusive with this
writer. James l.. Kilgallen.
Schwab died two years ago. at
71-broke.
He had been immensely wealthy.
What happened TO the millions he
made in the steel business is today
a big mystery in his home town.
Father Sullivan said Schwab
once told him. during the boom
days. that he was worth $1,000, 900.
other estimates ran as high as
$3.50. 900 900.
For years. as far back as 1916,
in speeches and in interviews.
Schwab. according TO Father sulli-
van. had said:
st. Francis College will be pro-
vided for in my will
But It wasn't. The college. where
Schwab received his education. and
located in his old home town. never
received the s2.000.000 endowment.
Instead. poor as the college now is.
It must make good Schwab's unpaid
debt Of $4,000. plus $4,000 interest.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
Two to Face
Lie DetectOr

Sheriff John Osborn said today
that two more witnesses who tes-
titled before coroners jury prob
ing the Staying OF Miss Hazel
Briggs, 3S, Detroit, would be ques-
toned this week by Detective
Harold Mulbar at East Lansing
state police headquarters. Detec-
tive Mulbar operates the polygraph
machine 0ie detector).
The probe took an unexpected
turn OF events today when state
police authorities said the suspect
ed farmland slayer of Eleanor and
j. H. Davis at their Fenton farm
a few years ago might possibly be
the killer of Miss Briggs. They
link the cases because bundles of
crossword puzzles were found near
the scene of both crimes. they said.
The charred remains Of Miss
Briggs body we're found on a dump
on the Raymond Trolz farm near
Manchester May 9. She had been
missing from her mothers Man
chester home since April 10, and
Identification was difficult. Her
body had apparently been stuffed
in a barrel and set afire.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16

Two persons were killed and ~
injured in week end auto crashes
in this area.
Dead: Oryille H. Luckhardt. %,
Manchester; Edward McGinniss.
10, Route 2, Ann Arbor.
injured: Richard Sheehan, rs.
Ferndale: Dennis Willetts, IS
months. Frank sczyplua. %, Miss
Frances and Miss Helen Pluva.
Detroit; Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham
Bretholomey and Donald Bretholo-
mey. Ypsilanti; Samuel Benton.
Miss Mary Blazawkas. Miss Sus-
cine DeMarco and Miss Jennie
McGinniss, Ann Arbor, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Wallace, Worthwhile;
Miss Anna Kline, Plat.
Dies Almost Instantly
Mr.. Luckhardt died almost in
stantly Of injuries sustained when
car he was driving struck
tree at the intersection OF Plea
SAINT Lake and Lindemann Rds.
Sunday night. He had apparently
intended TO turn, and lost control
OF his car. sheriffs officers said.
Aaron Girbach, Pleasant Lake
Rd., heard the crash and ran 10
the scene. Mr.. Luckhardt was pin
ned beneath the wreckage, he
said, and he called tine officers.
The ) victim is survived by his
father. Walter, Of Manchester. The
remains were taken to a Clinton
funeral home.
Skull Split
A split skull was the cause Of
death which overlook Mr.. McGin-
Miss as he was riding with his
sister, Miss Jennie McGinniss. II,
Route 2, Ann Arbor oil the Dexter
Pinckney Rid. Sunday afternoon.
Miss McGinniss had started to
tunr onto the Fleming Rd.. when
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
Service Ideal
Unites Rotary.

Roy Plumb. Hamtramck, past
district governor. speaker at the
Rotary Club meeting in the Hotel
Huron this noon. addressed his
remarks to four new club members.
Martin Dawson. Jr, Clark Green
street. Norman Giles and DR..
James German.
He declared that Rotary is now
out OF the abstract and the theore.
teal stage and that its basic phi.
losophy is the ideal OF Service and
helpfulness 10 others. He defined
Rotary as an association OF men OF
good will having differences but be-
ing united in service. This service
should control our everyday lives
and relationships 10 fellow men
and 10 the community" the speak.
er declared.
In closing ha said that one must
grow II one is 70 render service.
Rotary will make over person IL
he applies his Rotary philosophy.
Mr. Plumb contended.
Luman A. Sesmans, newly
elected president, announced the
appointment OF the program
committee for the coming year.
O. c. Eckley will be chairman and
members will be o. J. Cleary. Lloyd
Odds. Harry Owens and Fred
Greenstreet
u was announced that next Mon
day night the club members, their
wives and families vii. NEE: az
Ford Willow Run Camp Legion
No. for picnic supper at s
o'clock. Games and baseball will
follow
Guests AT the meeting were Dr..
e. n. Jameson. Detroit. sac D.,
Richard Kingery. Ann Arbor. and
Robert Willoughby, a Plymouth
Rotarian.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
Two Killed, Fifteen Injured
i'm Week End Auto Crashes

her car colllded with one driven
by Miss Suscine DeMarco, 81. Ann
Arbor. Miss DeMarco drove into
a ditch in an attempt 20 avoid
the collision.
Miss McGinniss suffered a brOk-
en- ankle and kneecap, and Miss
DeMarco shock and decorations.
Both we're taken TO st. Joseph
Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor.
Shocked, Bruised
Frank sczyplua, %. Miss Helen
and Miss Frances Pluya, all Of De
troit, we're treated at Boyer
Memorial Hospital here Sunday
afternoon for shock and bruises
sustained when a car driven by
Mr.. Sczyplus collided with one
driven by Joseph Melvin, 20, Pc
wamo, at Tyler and Denton Rds
Treated Here
Miss Mary Blazawkas, and Sam.
uel Benton, both OF Ann Arbor,
we're treated at Boyer hospital
Sunday night for lacerated face
and legs. and an injured left hand.
respectively The two were In a
car driven by Mr.. Benton which
collided with one driven by Abra-
ham Bretholomey, So Jerome ST..
this city, at the intersection OF Us
Il2 and jerome St. Mr.. Bretholo-
mey sustained decorations and
bruises as did his wife. 81. ana
son. Donald, Q. They we're treated
by their physician. Both cars were
damaged especially the Bretholo-
mey car, which was struck In the
rear.
Head Lseerated
Little Dennis Willetts, IS months.
was treated by a Whitmore Lake
physician for head decorations
Sunday afternoon after a car in
which he and his mother, Mrs.
Vonda Willetts, Detroit, was rid.
ing, was involved in collision at
US-23 and y. Territorial Rd. The
car in which the Willetts were
riding Has driven by Mrs. Gene
We've l.. Hitchcock. 5s. Detroit,
and Collided with one driven Dy
John Arthur Byerly, 50. Owosso.
Loses Control
Richard Sheehsn. IS Ferndale,
was taken TO ST. Joseph's about
$3.50 Sunday morning suffering
from injuries sustained when he
lost control Of his car on a curve
on US-23 near Five Mile Rd and
went for 500 feet along a ditch be-
fore his car overturned, pinninE
him beneath II.
Strikes Parked Car
On Pontiac Rd. near Ann Arbor
Saturday night, car driven by
Alfred Schultz. 81, Ann Arbor.
struck a parked car belonging 10
Co ACCTnFNT- pa0a
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
Board Baked
i'm Settlement
of Ship Strike
Plans to Publish
Its Findings

nv ASSOCIATED HreSSD
The National Mediation Board,
baked in its attempts TO settle a
machinists strike involving II ship.
yards of the San Francisco Bay
area, proceeded today to prepare
its recommendation for publica-
ton.
The board has no power to en-
force these. but President Roose-
welt has told both management and
labor that the American people ex-
pect the impartial recommends
tons of the board TO be accepted
o Strikers at the yards belong both
to the American Federation OF
Labor and the Congress Of Indus
trial Organizations. The AFL
members voted SIS to 400 yesterday
to continue the Sike and the CLIO
contingent went along by a vote
OF $50 to 56.
Both want $1.15 an hour and dou-
Bile pay for overtime. They have
been offered $1.12 and time and a
half.
The strike has held up a $780,
100000 ship building program.
Better news for government
agencies seeking to prevent delays
in defense production was the &C.
ton of SO locals of the CLIO indus
trial union of Marine and Ship
building Workers who ratified a
two year agreement designed to
prevent labor strikes in So Atlantic
Coast shipyards.
The agreement provides for a
basic hourly wage of $112 for skill
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
Clare Saltz Takes Oath
as Ensign in u. S. Navy

Clare Ford Saltz, GIT Washte-
nav Ave, Saturday afternoon at
3 o'clock took the oath and was
commissioned an ensign in the
United States Naval Reserve. He
will be a chemical engineer In the
Ordnance department Of the Navy.
The ceremony, which conferred
commissions on 35 University Of
Michigan engineers. was held at
the r. o. T. c. Headquarters in
North Hall OF the University and
was in charge OF Captain Lyal A.
Davidson. Mr.. SsltI will not be
called to active duty by the Navy
Department until February. 1912.
at which time he will receive
the degree OF Bachelor Of SCIENCE
in chemical engineering from the
University Of Michigan. He will
belong TO the staff division OF the
L. s. Navy. which means that he
will not have sea duty (which is
given only to the line division)
but will probably be stationed IN
a chemical plant on shore, either
in the purchasing or Inspection
department.
Mr.. Saltz was graduated from
the Ypsilanti High School in 1885
and was a clsrinetist N the Ypsi-
lanti Community BaGd for several
years. He has been a member OF
the University OF Michigan Band
for over three years and has made
many trips with It TO college
cities both east and west. He has
been an honor student in the en-
cheering department
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
Congress Today

(By Associated Press)
Senate
Considers legislation 70 build ma
tion-wide system OF defeuxe high.
ways moon ESD.
Defense Investigating COMMITTEES
hears Secretary Ickes on progress
Of defense program (io:5os M
Interstate Commerce Committee
continues investigation OF FEC
order regulating chain broadcast,
Ing iio).
Judiciary COMMITTEES gives pre-
llm.rary consideration TO nomira-
lions Of Harlls :. Stone TO be
chief justice and o; Robert II.
Jackson 10 be associate justice %
the Supreme Court tic:5eI.
House
Debates Temporary naval promo.
ton bill and minor measures.
tpoor;.
Military Committee contlnuS
consideration OF amendments =
Plant tsiTure sln. (le:sc).
Ways ard Means Committee cor
t!russ iraitioE new ar bill (ic..
SATURDAY
Senate and House tx recess. !
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
Await Next Move

await Next move
Washington. June l6--INS-Ot-
fetal Washington today awaited
Germany's next move following
President Roosevelt's drastic order
freezing all assets OF continental
Europe in the United States.
The Italian governments quick
retaliatory step seizing American
assets in Italy came as no sur
prise and similar action is expect
ed from the Nazi government.
The U. S. freezing order, approx.
ed Saturday by Secretary OF State
Hull. was .ong held up because the
Secretary felt that 1t would lead
to retaliation by the Axis powers
and place further strain on diplo-
matte relations. The Treasury he'd
favored the move for some time.
Over a half billion dollars OF
American holdings are tied up in
the Axis nations. The Rome order
affects L. s. assets OF more than
s145.000.000 while s440,0 100000 OF
American funds will be frozen II
Germany decides TO follow her
partner.
Treasury and state quarters
point out, however, that stringent
currency control has been in effect
in Germany and Italy for years
and much OF the American proper.
ty assets already have been seized.
Latest available estimates place
Nazi holdings in the u. s. at ap-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
Pickets Dispersed
After Peace Pipe

Watonga. Okla. June lap
Chief Red Bird has Withdrawn his
pickets and thrown another prob
lem In the lap OF busy Washington.
The 7l-year-old leader OF the
Cheyenne Indian tribe still thinks
i'll OF the post office mural OF his
forebears and their ponies-through
his interpreter he says 1T stinks."
But after a pipe Of peace with
Postmaster Clarence Knappenberg-
er he agreed to fold his tepee. re-
move It and such pickets as White
face Bull and James Walking Coy
ote from the Federal Building lawn.
Knappenberger agreed in turn 10
forward Red Birds complaint to
Washington
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
MAY SOLVE RoBBERiEs

Detroit, juno 16-INS= Police
said today they were hopeful that
a number OF armed robberies in De-
troit might be cleared up by ques-
tioning OF Phillip Criss. arrested
as he entered Mt. Sinai Hospital
in Cleveland. for treatment Of a
bullet wound in the abdomen. De-
troit Detectives Leo Doyle and Ed
ward Martin were sent to Cleve-
land to question Criss and accord
ing to police, Criss said he was one
OF three men who attempted to rob
Vincent Secontina, 43, as he was
returning to his beer garden from
Hamtrsmck hank with $1,000
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16

Passengers From
Robin Moor Safe

Safe arrival OF the missing IS
at Cape Town means that all
aboard the Robin Moor have now
been rescued. Those landed today
included a number OF women and
children.
Passengers and crew OF the
Robin Moor took TO the sea in
three lifeboats shortly before the
vessel was sent to the bottom by a
German submarine on the grounds
that she was carrying contraband.
Survivors reaching Recife had
held out little hope that any OF the
others were still alive. All had in.
sufficient rations OF food and wa
ter thew said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16

London, June 16-lNS-The 80
missing passengers and crew OF the
torpedoed American freighter Robin
Moor were landed at Cape Town to-
day, according 10 a Reuter- dispatch
from the South African city.
The survivors we're disembarked
from British vessel. which pre-
sumabiy picked them up from life
boats in the South Atlantic.
Eleven other survivors, including
one passenger, Philip ]. Eccles,
we're rescued by Brazilian steam.
er Osorio and landed at Recife
(Pernambuco). Brazil.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
Ford Motor Co.
3S Years Old


Detroit, June 16-R- The
Ford Motor Company today was
So years old.
Officials noted these mile
stones in the history of the 81.
gantic enterprise founded by
Henry Ford:
The first modern production
line making auto transportation
available TO the masses: tho
first So daily wage: World War
production of Eagle boats, Lib
erty motors, gun caissons and
tanks; the resultant establish.
ment of the River Rouge plant,
largest single industrial entity
in the world: new plants now
being erected for the produc-
tion OF bombing planes and
aviation engines.
Last Apri, 20, the 29th mil.
liohth Ford car rolled off tho
assembly l!oe.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
DELAY FORESEEN
IN TWO MAJOR
DEFENSE BILLS
Opposition Encountered on
Plan to Make 27 Years
Service Limit
LARGE PERCENTAGE OF
OLDER GROUP REJECTED
Disagreement to Affect
Action on Plant
Seizures

CBy Associated Prsss)
Washington, June l6-AP-The
threat OF delay today beset two
major pieces of defense legislation
one for lowering the maximum
training age in the Selective Ser
vice Act, and the other for empow-
ering the government TO take over
industries where arms production
was affected or menaced by strikes,
lockouts or other causes.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS plan
for making q years the top age
limit for military service, instead
OF the present 35 years, was re-
ported 20 have encountered formid-
able opposition from House mem.
bers.
Chairman May (D-Ky.) said the
House Military Committee would
be in mo hurry" in considering
this Senate-approved measure
which would permit the President
to defer active service of regis
trants who reach their 2Sth birth
day before July l of this and sub
sequent years without having been
called into the Army.
Some committee members who
asked not to be quoted directly
said they were opposed to excus-
ing from service men in the higher
age brackets. believing that the
present 81 through 35 age CLASH
flcation should stand.
Many Rejected
The Senate Military Committee,
meanwhile. made public testimony
by Brig. Gen. Lewis G. Hershey.
deputy director OF selective SER
vice. disclosing that So per cent
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
All Nazi Consular
Offices Ordered
Closed
Government Sets
Deadline For
July 10

Washington. D. c., June t6-The
United States Government today
demanded that the German en-
bassy close all German Consular
offices and all German agencies IN
the United States by July 10. IN
derseeretary Of State Sumner
Welles announced this drastic step.
which brings Diplomatic relations
between the United States and
Germany to the verge OF . COM
plete break, was taken a. result Of
evidence that German consular and
other agents In this country were
engaged In Improper activities.
Agencies affected include the GER
man Tourist Bureau AND German
Library Of Information.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Tuesday:
Fair, Warmer

CHUNGKING. China-INs -
Chinas capital was recovering to-
day from a heavy japanese air raid
during which the American embas-
sy narrowly escaped being hit and
the office Of Col. William Mayer.
United States military attache,
was damaged.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
Today in 1916

fBy Associated Pressl
June is. 1el6-Russian cross
Gallicisn frontier.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
State Of Alarm

State Of Alarm
Stockholm. Sweden, June 1s-uP
Baltic dispatches reported today
that the Russian Baltic fleet had.
been put in state OF alarm. that
German ships had been recalled to
home ports from all over the Baltic
area, that women and children were
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16

WASHINGTON UP The
Dies Committee was asked to-
day to Investigate Clarence
Streit's "Unlon Now With
Great Britain" movement to
determine whether 1t 10 an
"unAmeriean activity" The
charge was made by Rep.
Stephen A. Day, r., H., who
told Chairman Martin Dies,
D., Tex, that "Union Now
specifically is engaged in
carrying on an extensive cam
paion Of propaganda to induce
the American people to aband-
on their form Of government"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-16
Flame AnelU
on African Battlefront,
British Pierce Axis Line
Key Positions In
Middle East
Taken
Nazis Openly Aid
Vichy Troops
in Syria
nv Associated Pres,0

Quiet for weeks. the North Afri-
can battlefront famed into action
anew today as British troops
punched across the frontier into
Libya and attacked Axis forces in
the Gambut sector west OF Bardia.
10 miles from the Egyptian border.
In London, It was indicated that
Gen. Sir Archibald p. Wayell, COM
mander.in-chief OF the British Army
OF the Nile, may have launched a
new offensive to wrest Libya from
the Axis.
The German high command said
so British tanks were destroyed
and that a British attack in the
Salum area, on the Egyptian-Libyan
frontier. collapsed" under the COM
bined resistance OF Axis troops and
warplanes.
Allied troops were said to be
clamping down on Damascus from
two sides less than five miles from
the city's gates. while French
troops defending Beirut were forced
out Of Sidon and back TO line only
IL miles from the Lebanese capital.