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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-02
TOBRUK:
Its aftermath

When the fall of Tobruk was Of
ficially confirmed by the British,
Allied plans for second front re-
ceived a setback. Egypt and Suez
are threatened by Axis forces, UNI
der the leadership of Nazi Marshal
Erwin Rommel.
According to German and Italian
communicates, $4,000 British SOL
diers and several generals were
captured. These figures almost
duplicate the number Of Italians
captured when Tobruk surrendered
to the British in January, 1941.
Australian and British troops moved
into Tobruk II months ago when
Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell was driv-
ing across Libya. The Italian troops
offered little resistance, although
they burned much of the material
in the city.
Following the Italian defeat, Ger
man troops were sent to Africa and
a strengthened Axis army drove
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-02
MORE ROYALTY:
In Washington

Second monarch in ten days to
visit Washington and hold conversa-
tons with President Roosevelt was
the 19-year-old boy king Of Jugo-
slavia, King Peter II. He arrived
in the capital by plane and was ac-
companied by Foreign Minister M.
Nintchich.
Main topics of discussion with the
President were Jugoslavia's unre-
lenting guerrilla warfare against
Germany and the effects Of a mas
ter lend-lease agreement for his
country which would provide for
after-the-war understandings and
collaboration.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-02
FIGHT UNREST:
Nazis Begi1, Purge

Beginning in Vienna and the lower
Danube province of Austria, a Nazi
purge Of "antisocial elements" is
being conducted by special commits
sions set up by Nazi gauleiters. The
purge is expected to embrace the
entire German Reich.
Announced by DNB, German news
agency. the purge is directed against
anyone who, lowing to criminal.
anti-state or querulous inclinations,
continually enters into conflict with
the penal law, the police and other
authorities"
The special commissions compile
blacklists and those arrested will be
sent to IAN institute of welfare. to
forced labor, or to labor educa-
tional camp of the state police. The
latter are schooling camps conduct
ed by the Gestapo.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-02

cent, would collect Is per cent in
1914, and 10 per cent in 1945.
Earlier the treasury department
proposed 100 per cent war "super-
taxi to carry out President Roose-
velt's recommendation for linita-
ton of Individual income to $25, 900
year after payment Of all taxes.
The President told the press that
taxation provisions of his anti
initiation program were running
slightly behind schedule and that,
in his opinion, the bill should be
split into sections in order to get
part of it into effect as soon as
possible.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-02
JAP FOOTHOLD:
On Kiska Island

Japan gained second foothold In
the Western hemisphere when forces
were put ashore at Kiska island to
establish base on that Aleutian
island less than 600 miles from the
navy's base at Dutch Harbor.
The Japanese, operating under
cover Of fog, were able to establish
their base. The occupation was not
a surprise. Kiska is approximately
ITS miles east of Attu island, which
the navy announced on June II had
been occupied by the japanese. A
break in the weather within the past
few days enabled discovery of the
occupation of Kiska.
A navy communique said that
Clients and minor temporary struc-
lures were observed to have been
set up on land" Kiska has a fair
harbor, the site Of former coaling
station for ships. Attu has few
facilities for ships of any size.
In Honolulu, Lieut.. Gen. Delos c.
Emmons has urged all non-resi-
dents not engaged in essential war
work to leave for the mainland as
soon as practicable and at the same
time warned that japan might at
tack Hawaii at any time.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-02
WAR MANPOWER:
Staggering Total

The effect of the war upon every
day life was emphasized in a state
ment of the War Manpower COM
mission, which said that the goal
for men in the armed forces is six
to seven million men by the end of
1943, and Eventually" may be 10
million.
BY 1914, at least 20 million work.
ers will be needed in war produc-
ton and transportation. The 1913
crop will be harvested by IL million
workers.
Chairman MacLean of the Presi-
dents Committee on Fair Employ
ment Practice stated that in 1914
high school enrolment might be re-
duced by 40 to so per cent, college
enrolment by 70 to 80 per cent,
and half the nations schools may be
closed due to increasing needs for
war workers.
Within the next few weeks, all
registrants in the nonmilitary age
group CAS- to $50 will have received
occupational questionnaires These
will be used by the National Roster
of Scientific and Specialized Per-
sonnet and by the U. S. employment
service to locate individuals with
professional and scientific qualifca-
tons and with essential skills.
Secretary of Agriculture Claude
Wickard said the farm labor sup
ply problem might be solved if either
the government paid transportation
expenses as part Of the war pro-
gram or if farmers pooled expenses
of bringing the migrant labor they
need. Railroads already have
agreed to reduce fares for migrant
farm workers.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-02
RUSSIAN FRONT:
Increased Importance

With the fall Of Tobruk in Libya
the fighting on the Russian front
took on added Importance for 1t
became increasingly clear that If
the United Nations were going to
fight Hitler to standstill the Soviet
forces must continue to occupy the
major portion Of Nazi armed
strength.
Soviet soldiers were doing just
that. Even as the British were adj
hitting the loss of their Libyan
stronghold, report from Moscow
took the optimistic note that with
the continued material aid of Brit
ain and the United States the Rus
SLAMS would be able to hold out
against Germany.
While an official Russian commu-
nique admitted a German break
through at Sevastopol, Soviet troops
had blasted their way across the
Donets river in the critical Kharkov
area and recaptured a number Of
localities in a terrific counter
attack. Earlier, two German regi-
ments with heavy air and tank sup
port had crossed the river in q vio-
lent attack and forced the Russians
back.
The German success at Sevasto-
pol came only after huge losses, &C.
cording to the Russian official ver-
sion which admitted: ''In the
Sevastopol sector Of the front our
troops repealed repeated furious
German attacks. At cost of enor-
nous losses the enemy succeeded
In driving wedge in our defensive
positions"
Strong Nazi reinforcements forced
the first reported withdrawal Of the
Sevastopol garrison after a series
Of bloody struggles at close quarters
and the Soviet army newspaper,
Red Star, indicated that five Ger
man and two Rurnanian divisions
had been wiped out in the battle.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-02
PARITY:
Fight Goes On

Farm, church and labor groups
united in a move to back President
Roosevelt against legislative bloc
which is opposed to the administra-
TONS plan to sell aforementioned
wheat and corn below parity prices.
In a letter to the White House,
these groups said that the success of
the Presidents program for farm
security in this regard was essen
tia1 for the winning of the war.
Included in the groups backing
the letter were the National Farm
ers union, the American Federation
of Labor, the Congress of Industrial
Organizations, the Railway Execu-
tives association, the National Cath
olic Rural Life conference and the
Federal Council of the Churches OF
Christ in America.
This joint move was believed to
be part of a plan being set up in
opposition to the ''high price through
scarcity" concept backed by the
American Farm Bureau federation,
headed by Edward A. O'Neal. The
Farm Bureau federation is reported
to have been successful in withhold
ing approval Of the Presidents for
mula for selling government-owned
wheat and corn at IS per cent OF
parity.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-02
PRODUCTIONS:
sAU Records

If the weather for the remainder
Of 1912 is normal, says Secretary Of
Agriculture Wickard, farm produc-
ton will break all records"
This announcement came at the
time Wickard was reporting that the
1943 national wheat acreage allot-
ment had been set at 55,O00,0OO
acres. At the same time he asked
growers to plant part of the allotted
acreage in other needed crops be.
cause the prospective 1912 wheat
supply is nearly 100000, 900 bush.
els, including carry-over.
Meanwhile, the senate passed and
sent to the house bills affecting the
farmer in the following ways: "a
q bill authorizing farmers who do
not wish to plant full acreage of
cotton as allowed by the AAA act to
loan that acreage to other farmers;
90 bill removing the time limit
for cooperation between the bureau
Of reclamation and the Farm Sc
curity administration in the develop
ment of farm units on public lands
under federal reclamation projects;
and CD bill extending through
June 80, 1945, activities of the FEEDER
al Surplus Commodities corporation.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-02
Weekly News
Russ Front Grows in Importance Naz Win New African Victory

King George II of Greece had left
the capital before King Peter ar
rived and Queen Wilhelmina, ruling
head of the Netherlands, was on her
way to Washington, via Canada, at
the time.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-02
WEST COASTS:
ShelIed

Almost four months to the day
after a submarine had shelled the
California coast, another U. S. state,
Oregon, felt the impact of enemy
shells. The more recent Smelling
took place against the shoreline
north of Seaside, Ore. just south Of
Astoria, at the mouth of the Column
bia river.
The Fourth Army and Western
Defense command announced the
firing of six to nine shells by an I'M
identified craft near the midnight
hour. No damage nor casualties
were reported. Although the army
did not Immediately identify the at
tacking vessel it was believed to be
Jap submarine.
This conclusion was reached after
the Canadian government had an
nounced that about "a hours before
the Oregon attack submarine had
landed shells at the government
telegraph station at Estevan Point,
vancouver Island.
This was the first time that an
enemy submarine had attacked
shore installations in Canada and
the first time in Canada's history
that enemy shells had landed on her
soil. Canadian officials said that
while one of the shells landed near
enough to the telegraph station to
"shatter windows the other mis-
sles ''fell harmlessly on the beach,"
The U. S. army's first brief an
noumcement Of the Oregon attack in.
Dictated that the firing had lasted
about IS minutes. Earlier residents
of Astoria had reported hearing be-
tween 10 and 16 shots fired at sea
and said they could hear the Shells
whistle over head. Still another re
port said that an Astoria resident
had sighted a submarine OH tne
coast. Washington and Oregon mao
dinouts of their coasts at the time
of the attack.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-02
Exclamation Wanted

The news of Tobruk's fall came as
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
was in the United States to confer
with President Roosevelt on "the
war, conduct of the war, and the
winning OF the war"
Not since the prime minister sat-
isfied the house of commons over
the losses of Hongkong, Malaga
and Singapore has the nation been
more unified in demanding a full
account of the conduct of the war.
Charges Of inefficiency and blunder-
ing are widespread.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-02
TAXATION PROGRAM:
Behind Schedule

To ease the taxpayers burden In
1s43, the treasury department pro-
posed to congress modific alton Of
its plan to withhold federal taxes
at the source. Under the plan the
treasury would collect 5 per cent of
the taxable income sterling on
January !. 1943. instead OF 10 per
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-02

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns, they
are those of the news analyst, and not
necessarily of this newspaper.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-09-18

AND it came to pass when we
came up unto thy servant my father,
we tod ann the words Of nlg lord
2 And our father said. Go aosir
l| 0s " -l'Jl9 1904
28. And We sai1 wa ,e,ro+ j..
down: if our youngest brother be with
U.S. than VIII we go down; for wye may
Dot see the mans face, except our
Ai tay servant my father
1''-' vs. eao" .ha1 my wife
al And tie one went out flom
'0lH II
'' ''-'' .--'-' . nus
70. And if We take this one also
from me, and harm befall him. We
VIII BRING down my gray hairs with
" ~ ~
80. Now therefore when come to
my servant my 1ather' ana the lad IS
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-09-18

. How did women manage to be
beautiful in the days before com
pacts, Hpsticks, creams and perma-
Aent waves? That's a question we
are all asking now that government
pTiorities threaten to deprive us Of
nany Of the beauty aids we've al
gays taken for granted.
It's interesting to look back and
zee just how much time and trouble
. woman In 1882 needed to emerge
from the beauty parlor looking
Eiamorous and lovely. Sixty years
ego q womaniplanned in advance to
take q day off to go to the hair
dresser's If she wanted a shampoo
and curl. If any dyeing or Uniting
was needed, she might plan to spend
u couple Of days there because it
6ieant many applications and hours
Of drying for each one
Her hair was slampooed ana
Stressed, carefully and tedIousv by
IA expert In the art Of colfure
Casually q man) After that She sat
FIR hours while two girl attendants
fsnned her with palm leaf fans to
nfy her hair. 1t was long and tire
w. me but she sat grimly through it.
Her cosmetics were put up in
B1all bottles by the owner OF the
o adjustment to which she en-
3 listed her beauty. He saYed Dot
( IS filled them with prenlr Cons
} g used iii his shop. We05e .Ae ia els
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-09-18

er Of the Godefroy Company, wbc
did much pioneering work in tia
beauty and cosmetic field. Dissat =
fed with the gas curling iron US &
in the SOS, Godefroy went to wo Z
and invented an electric curling ir, q
which he patented in 1883. Hoyss
ever, only the brayest of his Gus.
toners would let him use It, becausk
electricity was considered very dan
hgerous in those days.
Later Mr.. Godefroy invented tha
frst electric hot-blast hair dryer
designed to speed up the lengi "
process Of drying hair. This dry a.
which looked a great deal like 4
stpve-pipe, was the parent of tbs
efficient hair dryers we know today
Unfortunately, Godefroy didn't par I.
eat this remarkable invention st
.aa because his business advise q
pointed out that there would nevarl
be q market for more than a few ri
them throughout the country -
not even enough to Justify the costs1
of patent.
Today we are at warl We are F,Jsl
Inc to have to learn to get alcnx,
with fewer beauty aids and less ne.
chanical service. We are all ur9aI \
to save the jars and bottles our c,.s.
metics come ia SO that they can 81
ret0led Dld lipstick containers 81 i
metal compacts take on new lms
pouance, and we must use them al
'og MS possible because the mee q
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-09-18

amount that you have paid in viii be
refunded to you plus interest.
Reverend young is appealing to
Church members and to the members
Of the Holbrook Benevolent Associa.
ton (H. B. A. ond other interested
persons to communicate with him Inn.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-09-18

GOLDEN TEEr-ety know We
love bacao de laid down bis tce for
u.s. w, ought TO lay d0n our
lives lal the brethren. i John BIG.
Genesis AIS Then Judah came
near unto him, and said, Oh, my lord,
let thy servant, 1 pray thee, speak a
word in my lords ears, and let not
thine anger burn against thy servant;
for thou art even as Pharaoh.
10. Ny lord asked his servants,
saying, Have ye father, or broth
er?
20. And we said unto my lord, We
have a father, an old man, and child
of his old age, a little one; and his
brother is dead, and he alone is left
of his mother; and his father loveth
him
81. And thou saidst unto thy serv-
ants, Bring him down unto me, that /
may set mine eyes upon him.
%. And we said unto my lord, The
lad cannot leave his father: for if he
should leave his father, his father
would die.
%. And thou saidst unto thy SER
wants, Except your youngest brother
come down with you, ye shall see my
face no more.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-09-18

uediatsly.
re now has the authority to make
addresses and talks in churches and
various communities explaining 10 his
people how they may proceed to pur-
base United States Savings Stamps
sr Bonds
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-09-18

Now is the t:::---.- to come to the de-
Tense Of our country. Do not wait,
do not delay. Any persons interested
u helping defend our country can do
50 in many ways. Persons who de-
sire to buy Government Savings
Stamps are asked to call Reverend
Young at his office, telephone 1877 or
at his residence, 1929, or write him at
Box 1913. Meridian, Mississippi.
Reverend Young is in position to
1nish Government Stamps from Zoe
up. Get q Government Defense Al
pun from Reverend Young and after
Il is filled it can be exchanged for
You purchase the bond for $l8.75
and in ten years it will bring you
$500. If for any reason you are
forced to discontinue your savings be-
cause Of having no job, ETC., the full
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-09-18
U aited States Savings Bond.

Reverend R. L. Young, pastor OF
newell Chapel C. M. E. Church, Cen
ral Secretary af the Holbrook Bene-
Association and editor Of The VIOLENT
Weekly Echo says:
Evening star., 1942-07-03

counties to register as soon as pos
sible, Mr.. Woogerd emphasized that
rental registration must be COM
pleted before any complaints can be
investigated. He added that car
bon copy of each registration show
ing the managements statement Of
rents on January /, 1941, will be
sent to the tenant in each case. =
OPA Sets Precedent.
Meanwhile, precedent was es-
tablished yesterday when repre-
sentative of the OPA appeared
before Judge Walter L. Green at
Capitol Heights as friends of the
court" in two cases involving rent
increases to state the Governments
position.
Judge Green said that as far as
he knew the occasion marked the
first time the Government had
interceded in any county court civil
action.
Attorney James Simsarian Of the
OPA explained the Government S
position on rent increases. Both
cases were dismissed, however.
-Four tenants in a rooming house
at 5811 Southern avenue, Capitol
Heights, had protested alleged rent
boosts to Mr.. Woogerd. They
charged they had received eviction
notices when they refused to pay
the higher rate.
Judge Green dismissed the case
on the ground the landlord had
filed his suit for eviction on the day
the tenants rent was due and they
had not been given sufficient oppor-
tunity to pay it,
In a second case, tenant charged
his rent had been arbitrarily raised
from $40 to S425O monthly. The
landlord contended he had agreed
to install a $3.50 refrigerator to be
paid for by the rent increase. Judge
Green held the increase to be justi-
fled and dismissed the complaint.
Evening star., 1942-07-03
War Bonds TotaIing
S1,200,0OO Bought
BY D. {. Concerns
Limit of $4,000
Purchased by ~
Organizations

War Bonds totaling s1200,000
have been purchased by District
business firms and organizations. tbs
District War Savings Committee an
nounced yesterday.
Each of "a business concerns, util-
tiles. building and loan associations
and organizations purchased its limit
of s500O0 before July /, according
to Y. E. Booker, chairman Of the In
vestmenJ security dealers division,
which solicited the large concerns.
Many of these concerns are now
expected to increase their holdings
to the new limit of 100000 put in
effect Wednesday.
The employees and members OF the
concerns were contacted through 20
securities statesmen who volunteered
for the service under the leadership
of John Clifford Folger, vice chair
man of the District Committee.
Firms reported by Mr.. Booker as
lldFliIS DtuSllb lllC ~COsoOo "a -
S. Kann Sons Co, Maydower Ho-
tel Corp, Firemens Insurance Co,
Cosmos Club, Hecht Co, Lawyers
Title Insurance Co. group, The Eve
ming Star Newspaper Co., Bricklay-
ers, Masons &5 Plasterers Interna-
tional Union of America, Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co.,
Columbia Title Insurance Co. Inter-
national Association of Machinists.
Capital Transit Co., Raleigh Haber-
dasher, Barber g. Ross Co.. Eastern
Building e. Loan Association, Amer
lean Building Association. National
Geographic Society, American Fed
Grafton of Government Employees.
Potomac Electric Power Co., Norfolk
& Washington Steamboat Co.. ORR
entail Building Association No 8,
Washington Permanent Building
Association, First Federal Savings
& Loan Association and Peoples
Drug Stores.
Evening star., 1942-07-03
Public Buildings Give
10 Tons Of Mats for
u. ). Rubber Drive
RecIoimine Executive
Defends Military Value
Of Low-Grode Scrop

Two hundred of the Governments S
big non-skid rainy weather floor
mats were turned in for the ma
tional scrap rubber campaign yester-
day. Public Buildings Commissioner
William E. Reynolds announced to-
| day.
They totaled about 10000 pounds
he reported. In addition, $4,000
| pounds of other scrap rubber has
been turned in by the Public Build
| ings Administration since the drive
began June Is.
A contest to induce children to
boost the scrap rubber campaign
between now and next Friday was
announced today by the local chap
! ter of the American Automobile AS
/ sociation.
80 Prizes Offered.
! Three cash prizes of $25, SIS and
| $40, plus IS prizes of sports equip
ment, will be awarded to young
people under 18 years who turn In
the most rubber at depository set
up on the parking lot at Seven
teenth street between Pennsylvania
avenue and H streets NV. This
will be open from 8 am. to 8 pm
and children will be paid for their
rubber at the standard rate Of a
cent pound.
Washington I. Cleveland, man.
ager, said he expects the youngsters
| to go from house to house, making
sure every cellar and attic is can
vaSSed.
Assurance that low-grade rub
| ber can be used in the war effort
came today from William WEIGH,
president of the Midwest Rubber
Reclaiming Co.. East st. Louis, Ill,
one of the biggest firms in the
business.
You can't make tire treads but
YOU can make mats for battleships,
for example" he declared.
Will Release Other Rubber.
| Reclaiming mats will release high
er quality rubber for more vital
purposes, he said.
SubStantiatlng this, William H.
Boyd, jr. head of the rubber cam
paign, said
Rubber mats ought to be useful
for making shock absorbers for
guns-and they certainly can make
parts for use in airplanes, subma-
rines, tanks and other pieces of vital
military equipment"
| He urged Americans to stop look
ing for excuses and alibis and keep
dumping on Uncle Sans growing
stockpile every rubber mat you
have" Auto floor mats have been
suggested as a major source.