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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04

MOSCOW - Russian
infantry division has
trapped and destroyed
400 German tanks. dis-
patches from the front re-
ported early today.
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
BY HARRISON SALISBURY

Adolf Hitler's ~bltzkrieg was begged down in Russia
today and in the occupied countries of Europe appeared
signs of a rising chorus of discomfort.
In the Far East, Tokyo's strident press warned against
possible Amercan-Russian cooperation to "encrcle" Japan
and Chinese sources insisted japanese penetration of Thai
land (Siaml already was under way.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
NATIONAL LEAGUE

10 InninKaB
New York 90 90 ri .
Pittsburxh go 600 80 90 S 1
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ell and Lopz
Brooklyn or cal els IL .
Chicago. BOO gzI ooe- i
Higb<, KlmDzh 81 and Owen.
French. Page 49, AOoty I'd. Oh
sen 80 and Mccullough
Boston szI ESQ Zoo Is D
Cincinnati -. 600 90 lse-l Q
Farley and Azsl Dsrnngsr, L.
Moore 81, Pearson ~ and LON
Dardl.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
Military Victories Over
Nazis Cheering Russians

MOSCOW-Russlan forces were reported 10 nave an
initiated the 253d and 18th German infantry divisions and
two Nazi regiments and in the highest quarters optimism
was reflected in the Red army's six weeks fight against
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
Hitler Offensive Into
Russia Boys Down Badly
AS Heavy Battle Continues
Soviet Cloims l0'Nozi Armored Divisions
Including Over 10000 Troops and $500
Tonks Put Out OF Action Neor Smolensk

lokDok-Russion forces hove routed the 137th Germon
Infantry division. numbering $4,000 men. in o hond-to-hond
fight otter Russion artillery ripped the 6ermon formotion 70
totters, q Russon wor eommuniqus sold todoy.
The engagement. which epporentIy wos one Of the most
feroeious of the wor. wos fought on the vioI smoIensk sector
OF the Moscow front.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04

As the bloody German-Rus-
sian war marches on, ] note
Americans more and more are
asking?
where is the Births
army"
or course. they know most I'm
perial forces are in the British
isles awaiting a possible invasion
attempt.
However. they cannot, at the
same time. forget the oft-ststed
apparent desire Of the British tn
open up . second front" against
Germany.
And to many II appears that
nov might be the time for the
British TO strike on the west-now
that Hitler has acquired an east
ern front Of magnitude.
II IN probably q tribute TO the
leadership Of the Tight Little Isle
mat not yet has a British army OF
really major proportions. a,
armies 20 in this war. been on.
gagged.
Even 80, not . foot NJ Empirs
territory, except few mile. oi
desert waste In western Egypt
has been taken by the Axis.
On the contrary. the British
Empire. by conquest. has acquires
Ethiopia, French somAiiland
Italian somaliland. Leblanc n,
Syria and Irzk-and II clings To 4
military foothold In Italian Llbys
British troops still occupy Ice.
land, along with ours, and Britain
has established possible claim
through the Free French. 70 muei
Of vast Central Africa. fOrmel
French and Belgian colonies.
| Not a bad balance sheet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04

BANK TRANSACTIONS
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
ASKS FEDERAL HEIP
PROBING Van WAGNER CASE
Weather Forecast Tomorrow's Tides

Fair. warmer Tues
day. Temps: High. IS;
low, SIS. sun rises, Asa.
sets, 7:4o.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-04
aHkEexca;
eYn El vooRhtEs1

II is downright fun TO re-
port today that the greatest
war expert Of them all has
Joined the rest in the slough
Of error.
II IL the close Of the +2nd day
Of the battle Of Russia.
IL Is the close OF the sixth week.
Remember.
Adolf Hitler. the herr who ehsl-
lenged the Red tortoise. hasn't
won the race he told his propa-
gandists to tell the world he would
win.
He hasn't made Moscow In six
weeks"
The German chancellor scores
Of times crossed up the expert
forecasters - military. radio and
press.
Now. with the surprisingly ef-
fective assistance OF the Russians,
he has deceived himself.
So Is Clipped away q bit more
OF the myth OF Hitlerian invtnci-
bility.
Moscow reports that in a
four-day battle the 253d Ger
man infantry division has
been destroyed at Vitebsk.
One hundred Twenty-Five years
ago today Napoleon's Gram
Armee was at that Moscovte city.
That army was To be in smol'
ensk two weeks later and. aftei
costly battles. to enter Moscow
Sept. IL. 1912
That army found Moscow burn
ed and desolate. II began a retreat
from Moscow late In October. II
dissolved In death midst a bitter
winter on the western Russian
plains.
Bonaparte had guessed wrong,
too.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-25
Cadet Recruiting Officer
Will be, at Post Office

Captain Ward NJ. Estes, flying
cadet recruiting of'cer for Michl-
gan. will be at Ypsilanti Post Of
flee Thursday and Friday. Co lege
men who are completing their work
this semester or in June may apply
for service and their appointments
will be deferred until they have
completed their studies.
The advantage in calling on the
flying cadet recruiting officer is to
obtain accurate information con-
corning opportunities OF flying ca
Diet training and to get reliable in
structions in making out applica-
tons. Those who make applica-
,tions next week may go to Detroit
Feb. 3 through for their physical
examinations. The travelling flying
cadet examining board will be at
the federal building in Detroit on
those dates.
Applicants must be between 20
and % years old. healthy and have
completed two years OF college
work or be able to pass an equiya-
lent educational examination. The
period OF training has dropped from
nine to seven months. At the com
pletion OF this training. the men
are given second lieutenant's com.
missions In the air corps reserve
and must serve as fl4ers for three
years.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-25
Skaters Will
Enjoy Lights

Adjustable flood lights atop
the Ford Motor Company building
will be used to brighten the ice on
Ford Lake tonight so that skaters
can cavort on their blades.
City officials transported benches
to the lake edge this morning ana
large salamanders with coke fires
were set up to alleviate the chill, S
OF skating. Crews from the street
department Will keep the fires go
ing tonight and Sunday for the
comfort of skating enthusiasts.
Ice measurements Friday were
IL inches along the shore and near
ly eight inches in the channel.
No supervision Of skaters was
thought necessary today but II
small children patronize the pond a
director will be put in charge.
Mayor Ross X. Bower said today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-25
Drives Taken ,
Out of Plant

(By International News Service)
Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. 25-lNS-
The day old Allis-Chalmers Manu-
featuring Co. strike, affecting T.
600 workers and 25.000,000 in de-
tense contracts. today was re-
Taxed sufficiently to permit already
completed national defense mater
ial to be removed from the plant.
Harold Christoffel. local presi-
dent OF the CLOS United Automo-
bile Workers Union sponsoring the
strike, announced that the complet-
ed equipment would be permitted
to pass out through picket lines at
the request of Col. Donald Arm
strong, Army ordnance officer at
Chicago.
Nineteen machine parts known
as texrope drives are to be sent
from the plant to the National
Acme Co. at Cleveland. where they
will be used in building machin-
cry for Army ordnance production.
Otherwise, the strike, called We'd
nesday In a demand for a closed
shop and wage increases, today re
manned in almost full force. Only
comparatively few electricians.
machinists and power-house en-
ployes, members of AFL unions,
were at work in the plant, which is
the largest manufacturing unit in
Wisconsin.
Msgr. FIR. Fancis j. Haas Of
Catholic University. Washington.
D. c., sent here by the Department
OF Labor as a special conciliator.
said today he hopes to bring com
pany and union representatives to-
gether before Monday in an effort
to settle the dispute.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-25
Italians Lose
Material, Men

(By International News Service)
Athens, Jan. % - INS-The
Greek high command today report.
ed the capture Of large quantities
Of italian war material and many
prisoners following new Greek ad-
vances in the coastal district
south Of valona and in the XII
sura-Tepelni sector.
Feature OF the advance was de-
feat OF an entire Italian regiment
by a lone Greek army battalion
Reports from the front said the
Fascist regiment was shot to rib
bons after 1t failed in counter
attack on position held by a
Greek battalion.
Selling additional mountain
heights OF strategic importance,
another Greek battalion was re-
ported TO have hurled d consider
ably larger Italian force into dis
orderly retreat. Among the captur.
ed Fascist prisoners were two ma
jors.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-25
London Wonders at Cause of
Five Successive Quiet Nights

(Bv International News Service)
London. Jan. 25-INS-More than
anything that has happened so far
in this war, London's long respite
from German night air raids had
residents Of the British capital
guessing today.
For the fifth successive night, the
sleep Of Londoners was not dis
turbed by Nazi bombers. Other
parts of Britain likewise were free
from raids.
Today wildly fanciful conjec-
lures we're advanced as the capital
sought to explain the reason for
the "off-blitZ Londoners called
it-but the only concrete explana.
ton forthcoming was the fact that
bad weather over the continent was
partially responsible.
Usually we'll informed theorists
were equally divided into two
schools OF thought. The first
theory was that Chancellor Hitler
is resting his air force in prepare
ton for a smashing new thrust,
either against Britain or in the
Mediterranean.
The second was that a water
logged mist shrouded the German
airdromes in France and the low
countries and that snow blocked
airfields in Germany and occupied
Scandinavian territory. This and
inclement conditions aloft were
believed to have prevented sus-
tanned German night bombing oper-
atoms during the past week.
The so called invasion school OF
thought" naturally took the grim
NEST possible view OF the absence
Of air attacks. predicting Hitler is
going to strike at Britain with
everything he has got-gas, liquid
fire. air borne tanks, massed para
,chutists and every other real or
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-25
ACTION ON LEND,
LEASE BILL MAY
NOT Be SPEEDED
Leaders May Seek Delay to
Allow Capitalization
of Public Opinion
PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL
BE COMPLETED TODAY
Army, Navy Chiefs to be
Heard in Secret
Next Week

(By International News servics)
Washington, Jan. 25-lNS-Ad-
ministration leaders in Congress
may slow up the tempo Of their
drive for enactment of the lend
lease" bill. unless President
Roosevelt's conference with Lord
Halifax disclosed imperative need
for speed, it was indicated today.
One OF the more prominent Dem
ocratic leaders in the House as
serted that efforts TO pass the "all
out" British measure will be de-
layed until public opinion through
out the nation has become more
clear upon the program.
While the House Foreign Affairs
Committee announced It would
close public hearings today, with
six major witnesses appearing in
behalf OF the bill, it will hear Army
and Navy chieftains in secret ses-
sion Monday and may reopen hear
ings TO allow members Of Congress
to appear.
Administration leaders indicated
that plenty OF time" will be taken
in >framing and considering the
measure in the Senate. The House.
which had been expected to pass
the bill this week. probably will
not debate 1t before Feb. 3.
Word OF the conversation be-
tween Mr.. Roosevelt and the Brit
ish ambassador is expected to be
given to congressional leaders on
Monday. Admittedly the informa-
ton gained by Mr.. Roosevelt on
the situation in Great Britain may
alter the course of the "lend.lease'
bill fight.
Former Ambassador to France
William c. Bullitt was to highlight
the administrations presentation
for the bill today. He was expect
ed to attempt to offset the testi-
mony OF fetiring ambassador to
Great Britain Joseph P. Kennedy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-25
Halifax Welcome Unprecedented
Greeted by President at
New Battleship, Conveyed
Into Washington

(By international News Service)
Washington, Jan. 25-lNS-Lord
Halifax presided over the British
embassy today following an unprec-
edented gesture on the part OF
President Roosevelt which could
only be interpreted as a world wide
notice that the United States was
intent on AL out" aid TO the Bri-
fish empire.
Quite dramatically, the new am
bassador from London and his lady
had been taken from England's
newest battleship and conveyed in
TO Washington by the President
irrespective Of the protocol rule
that a chief OF state always waits
for a diplomatic envoy TO call on
him.
Somewhere in Chesapeake Bay
Britain's newest $4,000 ton Man of
Wharf.-The King George WAS
maneuvering about, quite possibly
to cruise out and engage in the Bit
ter naval warfare which is taking
heavy toll of shipping in both
north and south Atlantic waters.
International law and the American
Neutrality Act require the warship
to leave "a hours after its arrival.
Mr. Roosevelt made it clear how
the sympathies OF hts administra-
ton stood when he motored down
to Annapolis, Nd, in the rain Fri
day and took the new English am
bassador Off the King George and
back to the Massachusetts avenue
embassy.
A further accent In the highly
emphasized relationship between
Washington and London was writ
ten when an American brigadier
general and an American rear ad-
mirai. fresh from observation of
Germany's terrific attack on the
British Isles, also disembarked
from the warship that ran Hall
IIAITEk
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-25

imaginary device in the Nazi
armory.
Illustrative OF the state OF mind
of Britain's speculative populace
was the fact that a minor sensation
was caused by a mysterious odor'
in the Dover Folkestone area. Pen
etrating Is miles inland. IT resem-
bled the smell Of crude oil. Many
people telephoned the police. seek
ing an explanation.
But no explanation was forth
coming, since there was no re-
port OF any tanker having found
cred off that section OF the coast.
Further illustrative OF Britain's
state of mind was the fact that
D2Yer weather reports once more
are appearing regularly in the
newspapers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-25
Snow, Sleet
on Way'East

(By Associated Press)
Most OF the nation east
OF the rockies dug itself out
from an icy mantle Of snow and
sleet today and girded for a pre-
dicted repetition Of Fridays
widespread storm that took at
least five lives.
A Canadian-born cold wave NOV
ing south and east from Alberta
and a storm area travelling north
east from Texas were expected
to lash the Atlantic seaboard and
north and south central states
again.
The weather bureau said either
snow, sleet or hard rains would
pelt these regions in sub-freezing
temperatures.
Binding snow and sleet whip
ped the New York-New England
area for several hours Friday halt
ing army afr defense exercises
and causing cancellation OF all
commercial flights to and from La
Guardia airport in New York City.
Boston reported two deaths
from heart attacks induced by
walking in snow, which blanketed
the area in falls ranging up to IA
inches in the Berkshire noun
tains.
In southeast Pennsylvania, with
four to five inches of snow, two
persons were killed in traffic ac-
cidents. and in Cincinnati. Ohio,
one man was fatally injured in a
fall while leaving his snow-bound
car
The Atlantic ocean was whipped
by stormy weather and high seas.
said reports from the American
export liner Siboney. bound for
New York from Lisbon with BAT
passengers. The ship will be de-
layed until Wednesday, two days
late.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-25
Antonescu Orders Arrest
of Vice Premier, Accused
of Fomenting Revolution
Italian Forces
Given no Time
For New. Lines
Brltons Menacing
Bomba, Derna

Cairo. Jan. 25-INS-Giving re-
treating Italian forces no opportuni-
ty TO form new defense lines. Brit.
ish mechanical forces roared across
the Libyan Desert today west OF
captured Tobruk and menaced the
Fascist bases OF Bomha. Derna and
far.ofi Bengal
Ofiicials in Cairo said the British
advance was continuing with in,
credible speed" and that Italian
Marshal Rodolfo Graziani was not
even given a chance 10 reorganiz'
ing his advance patrols.
The main British push has now
progressed beyond Gazala and is
threatening Bomba and Derna and
Is aimed also at Bengazi, II was
stated.
Simultaneously Ethiopian Emp
error Halle Selass.e was reported
launching a war OF liberation
aga INST Italy In his ltali-held do
main.
Hundreds OF miles inside his
African domain, Selassie began d.
recting his new forces in the first
stages OF the long-antic pated drive
against Ethiopia's Fascist conquer
ors, according to advices received
in Cairo.
Supported by Raj. planes which
bombed Italian posts, Selass els
troops were said to have defeated
Italian forces In bait es east and
south OF Lake Tana, opposite the
Sudanese frontier
British troops also swept into
ETHIOPIA for the first time, It was
claimed. Striking from the south,
they broke through Italian border
Notifications from Kenya Colony,
dispatches said.
And far to the north two more
British columns driving toward the
Red Sea pushed more than IS miles
into Italian Eritrea in hot pursuit
OF fleeing Italian troops. 1t was re
ported, while still other British
forces pushed into the Italian REQ
Sea colony OF Somaliland.
Seize Alrdromes
In Libya the hard-chsrging Anglo
Australian forces were undeUetoot
TO have seized Italian airdromes Al
Bomba, Tmimi and Gazala.
Determined to recapture Adds
Ababa, the Ethiopian capital from
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-25
Contracts Will
be Let Soon on
Defense Bases
Construction Will
Start Soon

nv Associated FTehhJ
Washington, Jan. 25-AP-- The
Army and Navy are expected to
award contracts within the next
few days for construction OF a
chain OF eight naval. military and
air bases-invoiving 20 different
establishments--on British Islands
and territories in the Western
Hemisphere.
Contracts for construction 70
start Immediately at nearly all the
bases are under negotiation. 1t was
learned today, and dirt will lily as
soon as the contracts are signed
and equipment can be shipped TO
the sites.
Surveying and preliminary engi-
neerlng work, including construc.
ton lines for runways, barracks.
store houses. fuel oil storage. anch-
orages and docks, has been com.
pleted or is well underway.
The bases are designed 10 pro-
vide a protective shield for the Pa
mama Canal Central America,
northern South America, Canada,
Mexico. and the eastern and gulf
seaboards. President Roosevelt
recently characterized their con-
structiOn as "the most important ac-
ton in the reinforcement OF our ma
tional defense that has been taken
since the Louisiana Purchase.
Final agreemen; on the sites for
the 20 establishments has been
reached with London. and with the
local governments concerned Tex.
cept the Bahamas An American
technical mission is now n London
drafting formal leases
Naval experts are surveying pro.
posed sites for the Bahamas base
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-25
Wooden Fruit Boxes Used
in Salvation Army Shop

With the donation OF a large
number Of wooden fruit boxes from
r. w. Steere. 309 S. Huron St.
TO the Salvation Army work shop
school youths today were busy cut
ting out lie sized animals which
will be painted and numbered for
house address identifications The
older youths in the school. from IL
to 1S. are busy on che project d.
rected by Edward Lirette, Michigan
State Normal College student.
Four youths from 8 TO 2 years
old we're cutting picture puzzles on
wood this morning. Lansing Gil
bert, Normal College student, was
in charge.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-25
Railroads to Help
in Defense Drive

Pittsburgh, Jan. 25-AP-The ma
tons railroads, profiting by lessons
learned in the World War. today
are ready to transport any quantity
OF material needed in America 5
preparedness drive, group of rail
road executives declared.
I'VE can do the job-we can
handle anything" was the typical
comment expressed by rail chiefs
in Informal interviews at the 10th
annual dinner OF the Pittsburgh
Traffic Club Friday night.
Martin w. Clement, president of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, spoke
Of improvements in passenger and
freight servi es during the past
quarter-century. and declared that
now we are in perfect condition"
There are no prob ems OF pre-
paredness that bother u.s." he add
ed.
81 was never more optimistic.
The Pennsylvania Is looking for
ward to 10 per cent more business
In l94l than 1910. Business pros.
poets as long. as the defense pro-
gram is In progress transcend any
thing America has ever Witnessed
F. E. Williamson, president of the
New York Central. asserted:
THE dificulty during the World
War was the lack OF proper con-
troll OF traffic-cars moved ahead
of ability OF receivers to unload
them. Now the war and Navy De-
partments and the Association of
American Railroads have a pan to
exercise more control to eliminate
any congestion.
with the new equipment and add
ed efficiency that are common to
railroads since the last war, there'll
be no difficulty this time in
handling any additional volume OF
business from defense orders"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-25

INV International News Service)
Chicago. Jan. 25-INS-Flying
American-built bombers across the
Atlantic to England is safer than
Ferrying planes from English fac.
tories to the lighting squadrons,
Pilot Paul T. Miller declared today.
Miller, back for a brief vacat on
at his Chicago home after six
months service in England for the
Raj, explained that delivery pi-
lots In England are forced TO fly
low. around 1900 feet. through
lanes OF barrage balloons some
times no more than mile wide.
British anti-aircraft gunners. I'M
able to see clearly through fog and
smoke. often open fire on their own
planes. he said.
Il once had to land 27500-pound
Wei ington bomber because the
arches (anti-aircraft guns) opened