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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-20
Detroit Plants,
500 Locks Feared
As Foe S Targets
Governor Warns
of Focal Points
if Enemy Attacks
Time. star Correspondent

LANSING. Sept. 20.-Two
points-the 500 locks
and Dctroit'S defense manufacture
ing plantS-will be focal points for
an attack by enemy forces at
tempting 10 invade the United
States. Governor Van Wagner
warned the First Regional Confer
ence of County Defense Councils
Residents OF the Midwest are
inclined to scott at the possibility
of an attack" he said but II
must be remembered Michigan
has two great targets for the
enemy N we are ever invaded.
THE ship canal at Sault Ste.
Marie carries IS per cent Of the
nations iron ore and would he a
prime objective. And, Of course,
the defense plants at Detroit
would share the same fate"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-20
WROTE FOR DATA

Norman Davidson, assistant
contract administrator of the
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
OF San Diego, Cal. another Wit
ness. testified that Heine had
written direct 10 the company for
Information about the famous
Consolidated B-2f four-engined
longrange bomber.
The Consolidated long range
bomber is a key defense secret.
being the only giant American
bomber besides the Boeing flying
fortress 10 have been brought, 10
quantity productions Both fort
resses and 'Libcrators AS the
Consolidated ships are known IN
England. are now in service with
the Raj.
Helne wrote the Consolidated
company Davidson testified. after
appearance OF a company adver-
tisement which used the phrase,
from conception 10 flight in nine
months
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-03
Germans Dominate
Main Libyan Front
In Bitter Battle
By ROBERT DOWSON

LONDON. Dec . up - British
reinforcements fought to regain the
initiative on the main Libyan bat
tlefield today but for the time being
at least German armored units
dominated the vital front south Of
Tobruk.
Authorized sources SAID the vague
commun.que issued by general head
quarters at Cairo indicated the bat
tie front continued fluid but that
axis forces which recaptured Sidi
Rezegh still maintained control CT
the corridor leading to Tobruk.
REINFORCENENTS SENT
Arrival of British reinforcements
on the front and at Tobruk, which
is open to British sea-borne sup
plies, was expected to put sufficient
weight behind the British counter
drive to re-establish control of the
situation.
The fact that there are no solid
difficult for London military spokes-
fighting lines in the desert made it
men to give an exact estimate of the
immediate trend OF battle, but in
any event it was not optimistic.
Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham's time
table for the offensive appeared to
have been seriously disrupted by
failure TO wipe out the main Ger
man striking power chat is, tanks
in the desert battle cas- OF Sid Re
2cgh.
Loss of domination of the corridor
from Rezegh to Tobruk did not
mean that it was impossible fo.'
units to reach the besieged city
ever the desert but it bloke up the
main British connecting lines and
made necessary the recapture of the
Re2egh- -Bir el Hameo-Zaafr2n.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-03
Hs EDWARD ~. BEATTIE

LONDON. De-. ;. eU9l Massed
German tan4 nd mar, lorces
az attae:sn.a rera.ely alon5
hisE%e& le@6iIaa 10 MOSCOW from
the southH 81 W.T. and northwest
III an stlnmpt 70 breal. through at
any asf R3es.@a dispatches re
no,teG toaas.
Il NJ asssaleds. however that
I'll thn trGla 5lta ii Moa2 Il the
r. .slana III Il new eomltrotftnsiEe
haG raeap.lafa amns sous villages
and mIl!etad .ttale lossos on the
GeIa@Gs - L. St. aosDrsk sec
tor.
Me7as.a aans supported by
t2IEs Dm ia Hofta5ing Germans
soutn8&fd. esGoled l. villages and
destrored uunetoo. tanks and many
nlaaa4mfu, il W3S reported.
LOSSES STUPENDOCS
Wailo tn.if southern armies con-
tinnad o disarder'@ retreat from
70 ito. iessnIs rnornoas quantities
q. sRopl. :. tie Germans ticrcely
ta.sdled tiIsn dglye on Mos
GOV, Il MS aid 2uacklns on mar
Tow fronts i'll Lace OF direct fire
without H@s2rd 20 losses.
RaaIo IL COW as1mitted that the
situation ii lhe Volok9arsk d.
rectun eaaaed serious. Here the
Gelm@G &efa alta. iii, toward the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-03
Reds Push FIeeinu
Foe in Death Tran
On Southern Front
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

kU1BYSHEV, Russia, Dec ..
iUP) - delayed) = Russian forces
are engaged in a major counterof-
ienslEe in the DonetS river basin
"hlle 10 the south other Red army
men continue pursuit of Germans
lleelng westward from RostoV. hay
ING already destroyed four Ger
man divisions and crippled six. spo-
clal dispatches said today.
II was indicated that the Rus
slams were making a bid to recap
ture the entire Stalino- -Makeeyka
coal and steel center as the south
efnmoSt forces drove the retreat
lng Germans into a death trap"
cn the shores of the Sea of Azov.
MEN SACRIFICED
important advances were claimed
III the Tula-Stalinogorsk sector 100
miles south of Moscow. The Russians
were concentrating fiercely i'll
the sectors west and northwest of
the capital where the Germans were
sacrificing men lavishly in an at
tempt to break through.
RoStoV dispatches said the Ger
man retreat from Rostov was so
precipitate that many German Of
ticers and men, members Of crack
storm units. had been left behind
and were now being routed from
their hiding places in cellars.
ToWnSpeople Of RostoV were re-
ported returning to their homes
across the ice floes in the Don
river with their baggage and house
hold goods, inspecting damage donn
to their homes and embracing Red
army men and giving them presents
OF bread, sugar and cigarets.
Dispatches said the German re-
treat had become panicky at places
and that veritable mountains of
fuel and munitions were being left
undestroycd.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-03
Vital Cify Again
In Russian Hands

kUIBYSHEN, Dec. ;. eUP1-The
city OF Tasanrog IS belieyed to be
i'll Russian hands AGAIN Soviet
sources said today as a result OF
tie Red army eaunteroffensiVe
smashing tae Germans back from
RastoF OYER Il 10d-mus read to-
ward MNiupal
Tasanrog, en- The sea Of Azoy
iiss % miles west o. Rostov
The Russian forces under Mar
shal Gemyon Timoshenko are pur-
SUNG scattered German units,
which are fleeing towards Ma.lu-
pol 60 miles beyond Taganrog ii
Was reported in Soviet dispatches.
This inacaued that the Ger
mans definitely had been forced to
retreat from positions west of Tag
anrog bat it was pointed out that
the Red army might have circled
raganrcg temporarily, leaving some
enemy forces holding cut thereo
-Four German divisions probably
10000 mem We're reported destroy
ed militarily and SIX others Grip
ped i'll the counterofiensiye.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-03
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-03
BY MAC. JOHNSON

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. up
The house appropriations commit
tee today approved an $8,243 839 ,03l
supplemental defense appropriation
bill which will provide money for
expanding the army Immediately to
1000 900 men and raise this coun-
try's expenditures during this var
To SCI 990 254 096-more than tWite
the amount spent during the last
war
The bill, which carries funds for
the army, navy, lend-lease admin
islration, and defense housing. high
way, power and flood control prof.
ects, probably will be approved by
the house this week.
The committee released at the
same time secret testimony on the
new money bill by high army and
navy officials, one of whom disclos-
ed that the navy is getting ready
for a longtime war.
NEEDS OUTLINED
Pursuing its announced purpose
Of spending what it takes to de.
feat the Axis, the committee ad-
kised congress that this appropria
ton was urgently needed to:
!. Expand the army By BOG 800 Of
ficers and men, bringing it to a
new peace time record of 100000
men. This would permit formation
OF new armored divisions, bringing
The total to eight.
,. Maintain the 100000 man
Philippine army, recently mobilized,
on a wartime footing. Failure to
do this may ignite far eastern pow
der keg.'
8. Procure large quantities of
apecial weapons and equipment like
that which the Axis possesses in
large quantities.
4. Increase the army air force
from Sd TO "a groups. (The bill car
lied money for $4,000 airplanes.D
D. Acquire or construct 400 mine
/ laying and patrol craft.
6. Improve armament of war
ships and merchant vessels which
will sail into war zones in view OF
recent war developments.
7. Expand manufacturing facili-
ties for critical weapons to double
total previously scheduled produc-
ton for this, $388,000,000)
8. Increase the number OF air
ports capable of accommodating
highpowered military aircraft from
800 to 586 cfor this, $50,U00,000)
Convert large merchant vessels
into aircraft carriers and arm 1000
merchant ships by June 30, 1943.
LARGEST ITEM
The largest single item in the bill
was 1892, ,646 for critical de-
fenSe articles" which the committee
said ARE possessed by the Axis pow
erS and for which increased neceS-
sity is constantly being developed
In that category are tanks, antiair-
craft and antitank weapons, artillery
combat vehicles, ammunition, small
arms and infantry weapons, and
radio equipment, OF the total, 81
$50 078,400 will be used for our own
forces and $2,272, ,499 ,246 for trans
fer to other governments" under the
lend-lease program.
1T is essential that these weapons
be produced in large quantities if
the necessary superiority OF force
is to be obtained over the Axis pow
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-03
Masonic Officers
Exchange Visits
This Week End

This weekend will see the annual
exchange of visits BETWEEN tAe
grand chapter officers of Cali-
fornia and Arizona, Royal Arch
Masons, a traditional event in tn
calendar of the organization.
Friday night the chapter officers.
with members from FL Centre chap
ter No. 109, will journey to Yuma
for the annual get-together dinner
and meeting, and on Saturday
night the grand chapter Officers
will meet i'll Ell Centro Tor mep'-
ing at which Darius chapter Of
san Diego will confer the marx
master degree, with the prologue.
on a local candidate.
The meeting will be preceded by
dinner at $50 pm. to which tie
ladies are invited, special entertain
ment being planned for them dur
ing the chapter meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-03
Revolt Charged
AGAINST tdIidnS

near the former Jugoslayian Dor
der it was said Attempts Werr
made TO destroy schools at Plezzo.
Oltre, Sonzio and Plusia. all near
Trieste, the principal seaport Of
the old Austrian empire
The terrorists organized in Triesen
and neighboring provinces during
1893 and 1899, the charge said. al
though some had committed terror
Istic acts between 1929 and 1881.
Most members of the band belonged
10 other terrorist organizations IN
JuGoslaYia, it said Their actiVitie5
were confined mainly 10 the Trieste
area and other parts of northern
Italy.
Police seized more than 400 pound,
Of INT, 40 pounds of dynamite, l49
hand grenades. five machine guns,
85 revolyers and quantity of cart
ridges and other explosives cached
by the terrorists, it was announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-03
Flying Instructor
Killed in Crash

KING CITY, CAL Dec. 3. oUP1-
Arthur James Hook, 90 Fresno.
civilian flying instructor. was killed
and SGT. William A. Cashin, u.
VAS seriously injured yesterday
when their army training plara
crashed on routine training flight.
Cashln, staff sergeant with the
army primary training air school
in King City, was taken to Kine
City hospital Physicians held little
hope for his recovery.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-03

t1e #5saan6fa l. Hnnltted n
3end Eesua nj taa .b5ps of tEe
f4g=aHean HI L13 3naer coa-
atl5stIoa
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-03
Committee Votes Money to
Arm Biggest War Machine

ers. Gen George Z. Marshall. army
chief of staff told the committee
The question as IL tho natianal-
ity Of those who u=e TIE weapon
seems Of relatively lesser Importaaaa
taan is the imperious requirement
hat they be Immediately produce /
or such USE
Asked whether .his program and
the expansion of tie army 10 1000
030 men would increase II decreasa'
he likelihood of oar sendins al
American expedluonary lorce 70
Eueaen at some Iater time. Ma
shall replied:
4 do nct think that has any direct
bearing
WHERE MONEY GOES
The general clas5lficaai0nS OF eX-
penditures proposed in The NJ" bill
were:
Army-S5, 127647 7652
Nayy-S1, ,l29 10000.
Lend -leaSe-Sl 500 .496 .246.
Defense housing -S10,0000
Personnel for defense agencieS-
1892 coo.
Defense highways and flight strip
for emergency aircraft use-S129-
100000.
Palmer Richardson highway. Al
S5O0.000
New airfield- $50.000.000
Panama Canal third lock Sl04
10000.
Electric power and flood contro
protection for defense industries
S87,179.00.
War relief for distribution by thu
American Red Cross-S35,0 100000
Non defense expenditures. includ-
ing salary increase for 10000 fed
eral employes-$37 100000.
The committee submitted 4 com.
1ilation OF all appropriations. in
cluding this one, made by congress
since The tall OF France
The total outlay has been SGT 999,-
254,096, compared with an eXpendi-
ture of ,000,00O,0O0 during the
World war OF the total, the army
has received $29 1861 ,104, the navy
$40 1893, TIT, 538, lend-lease and othel
defense agencies, $l8, 5,779 ,404 The
balance is the S8,413 100000 Whic.'
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-03

" ORk NEAR BORDER
Most ol their activities centered
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-03
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD

ROME Do 3 up - Eleven
members OF an anti-Fascist band
accused Of attempting to assassinate
Premier Benlto Mussolini. incitlng
rebellion IN the Italian army, and
undermining the Fascist regime,
were SOUGHT today while so associates
Wtre BENG tned before a special
tribunal.
The alleged attack on Nussolini
occurred at Capofetto in 1888, long
before the start OF the war.
Il was charged difficulty that all
of the pIottels lad worked Tor
foreign powers. Russia was named
specifically.
The so defendants were on trial
in Trieste. tne center of the plot
CONSPIRACY CHARGED
The revolutionary band, which
maintained headquarters at Trieste
ON tlH lormer Ju2osgaxian border.
VS. charged formally with cGnspir-
acy against the state and attempt
ing to overthrow the regime
The state declared that Commun-
ist members Of the group hoped to
create a Soviet republic comprising
the Slavs oil Italy, Corinthia and
JusoslaYla. They brought pressure
ON Italy's Sloyene mnorities, it
said, eXploitirs their hate against
Italy 20 create rebellion. s5laV
soldiers i'll the italian army We're
openly melted to rebellion, it said.
Widespread sabotage was blamed
ON the terrorists. They were said
to have blown up three powder fac
tories in 1910. bringing death to
1877 persons and injuries to 1,056
They were CHARGED with attempting
to blow up thc AnoldStein bridge
between Italy and Germany. and
with perpetratine other military
sabotage.
WORK NEAR BORDER
Most III their activities centered
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-03
GERMANY INCREASES
POLICE FORCE"

LONDON. Dec. 3. lUPl-The Brit
ish press association said today
information has reached London
that Germany has increased her
police force i'll the Reich and the
occupied countries by about 80
per cent because of the possibility
Of civil disturbances.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-03
Nozis Desperate
I'm Moscow Drive

cast-southeast. but the Russians
at last report were holding firm
and even counterattack )g at
times. Moscow said.
In the MozhaiSk- -MaloyaroSlaVetS
sector southwest Of Moscow the
Germans by a pincers movement
effected by tanks and two ~
tant.S divisions succeeded in &C.
cuGEln9 village a.ter a long bit
ter fight. the newspaper. Pralda,
admitted.
VILLAGES RETAkEN
l. said in the MozhaiSk sector
he Russians retook three villages
which the Germans had occupied
he day before, and killed hundreds
81 German infantrEmen.
Ii the ane general area. the
Russians destroyed IS German tanks.
captured four mine throWerS and
many machine guns and DESTROYED
battalion of infantry, it was as
serted.
In the Volokolamsk Kiln sec ors.
lhe Russians in a night attack re-
captured a village, Pragda said and
destroyed y German tanks and
numerous field guns and trucks.
About ESQ Germans were killed.
Moscow reported that in the Kes-
tahga sector of the Finnish 'front.'
the Russians advanced five miles
thfoash land mines and barbpd
vie en.anglements in determined
coen.erattack.
Radio Moscow reported that 1000
Gelman Killed and wounded were
accounted OF in preliminary re-
ports of fighting at Rostoy.
1t said the Russians continued
pursuing the Germans and thai
Yesterday they too& more than 13
Villages.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
New Bill 10 Relieve
Housing Problem
In Alaska
President Hos Signed
Measure to Let Area
Share U. S. H. A. PIun

The first step in the development
of public housing program in
Alaska was taken in bill the Presi-
dent has Just signed.
The bill authorizes the Alaska
Legislature TO create Territorial
Housing Authority which can parti-
cipate in the United States Housing
Authority program on an equal basis
with other Territories and the
States.
Defense workers at the new War
and Navy Department bases being
established in Alaska now can be
provided with decent, safe and sani-
tary homes If Territorial Housing
Authority is established. The bill
especially authorizes the authority
to construct accommodations for
persons and their families engaged
in national defense activities.
Slum conditions arising from the
fiimsy construction during gold
rush days characterize many OF
Alaska's cities and rural areas.
Many of the dwellings were
hastily constructed in boom days with
little thought to permanency or to
principles of sound engineering"
according to testimony presented to
Evening star., 1941-08-02

the Senate committee considering
the bill.
The authority's power to under
take slum clearance and provide
dwellings for families Of low income
will enable 1t to attack housing
problem aggravated by 20 per cent
population increase between 1880
and ie40.
Evening star., 1941-08-02

space is to install waist-high par
tition across one end of the living
room.
Such a partition can be construct
ed easily and economically of insu-
lux glass blocks, manufactured in
variety of patterns.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Subdiyidinq the Home

The expense of adding wing to
accommodate much-needed sewing
room, den or library, frequently can
be avoided by installing the new
room in an unused attic or basement.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Point Lumps Removed

An effective way to eliminate
Jumps and skins in paint is to strain
the paint through wire fly screen
or cheese cloth after mixing and be-
fore sDplyinc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
BRITISH MAJOR IS ACQUITTED
Sir Delves BrOughtOn Was Charged With Murder of
 Earl of ErrOl

Nairobi, Kenya, July 2.- (UP) - Major Sir Delves Broughton was acquitted today of charge of mur- dering the Earl of Errol in a jeal- ous rage because of the Earrs att tention to his pretty wife.
 Spectators in the crowded court room applauded when the jury re- turned its verdict after three and 8 half hours deliberation.
 The 39-year-old Earl, hereditary Lord High Constable of Scotland, was found shot to death in his au- tomobile January 24, following a dinner party he had attended with Major and Lady Broughton. The body was found behind the drivers wheel in a position that suggested suicide.
 Broughton, 57, told police his wife had confided that she loved the Earl. He said Errol had driven Lady Broughton homo from the dinner party the night he was slain, while Broughton escorted another guest
 The Earl's valet testified that Lady Broughton had spent several nights alone with Errol. Broughton told the court the Earl had given his wife a string of pearls valued at $S0,0O0 ($l20,O00).
 Lady Carberry, who also attended the dinner party. said Broughton proposed toast to the future child" of his wife and the Earl.
 The lease against Broughtor hinged upon two revclyers which disappeared from his bedroom two days before Errol,s body was found The guns never were found.
 Broughton denied knowledge o1 the manner in which Errol was slain He attended the Earl,s funeral, arac during the ceremony dropped a not from his wife into the open grave
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
BUILDING DEPT.
 REPORTING JUMP
Tremendous Increase Is From Record of Same Period Last Year

The monthly Waterbury Building Department report for the month of June, shows a tremendous jump in construction work throughout the city over the correspond ding period last year. The approximate cost of building erection, additions and al- terations for June, 1920 totalled $20l, ,755. This year the figure Is nearly tripled, expenditures for these purposes reaching $603, ,425. Of this Juness total, $l24, ,1s0 was spent on the construction of 28 One-family dwellings, additions and alterations for extra families in buildings, and additions and alterations to 20 others. The sum of $497, ,235 was ex- banded for non-residential build ings in the following manner:
 Under the heading of factories, bakeries, and ice-plants, the con- struction of 4 of these structures was at an approximate cost of $459.- 600. One pump house was built, cost ing $350; II garages at 8 cost of $2,- O60; 1 filling station addition at a cost of $3o0; an addition to radio station WATR, $200; alterations and additions to stores, $2.125: ad- ditions and alterations to 4 factories, SIS, TOO; miscellaneous additions and alterations, $500
 The residential buildings will &C., comodate 52 additional families.
 The total number of permits is- used by the Building Department last month for both residential and non-residential buildings was 82.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
CHURCHILL HAD
 BATTLE OF WORDS
Former War Secretary Asking Why Gen. Wavell
 Was Changed
By. H. L. PERCY.

United Press Staff Correspondent
 London, July 2-(UP)-Prime Min ister Winston Churchill, clashing with former War Secretary Leslie Hore- -Behsha in the House of Com mons, refused today to make a statement on the transfer of Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell from the Mid- ale East command to India.
 Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck. for mer commander chief in India, replaced Daven and already has reached Cairo, 1t was reported, as has Capt Oliver Lyttleton, mem Der of the war cabinet, who will be director of defense measures in the Middle East.
 Churchill told Hore-Belisha that he did not "see any advantage in adding to information already giv- en" in regard to Wavell and that he did not expect to make 8 state ment soon.
 Hore -Belisha also asked about Lyttleton's appointment. and the prime minister replied:
 'If MT. Hore- -Belisha wishes to make criticisms of what is very widely accepted as 8 highly useful and important step, I have no doubt
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