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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25

tempted 10 dive on the army
bomber, but ii outran them and
disappeared in the direction OF
Japan's famous Mount Full.
! saw another bomber defy the
balloon barrage TO fly low over
the kawasaki factory district.
where it dropped heavy explosive
bombs
10 PLANES ATTACK
According TO the best estimates
! could obtain, about 10 planes
attacked various parts of Japan
simultaneously. three or four of
them concentrating on the Toxic
area.
Obviously such a raid could not
intlict any decisive material dam
age, but II was n shock 10 the
japanese sense Of security
Fires which the raiders started
were put under control quickly
with the aid Of TokioS large. we'll
trained volunteer fire fighting or
ganizaton.
However it was reported that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25
Life. i'm Jap Prison Camp
Described by American

The following Robert T. Beaire United Press Bu-
Toxic describe pan of American nenee
prisoners additional details of the United States Amy
Japan turning antChstan the time it
opened relations with the Vatican.
he has himself obtained from
his dispatches His articles about 90
separate caegams from oureno Marques All from Lo
enco Marques are subject to heavy delay.
articles been copyrighted by the United Press,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25

'44oO III 4SlLdlilly II part OF
the western culture which
Japan aims 10 drive from the
East.
! was put no q concentration
camp with numerous American
and British Protestant and Cath
Ole missionaries
lh-mlsslonarles tried ,alnly for
weeks with the aid OF the Swiss
legation 70 get permission 20 hold
services.
The Catholic priest, read mass
secretly n darkrnr5 rooms Al
HtEht.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25
b. 5. Liaison Officer
Dies in India Crash

NEW DELHI India. July .
GNS) Capt Howard hammers
chief naval lialson officer Of the
United States az Ceylon, was
killed when q Royal Air Force
transport plane crashed into q hill
IN India while flying through rain
clouds, 10 was learned today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25
Pay Raise Buys War Bonds

BY unanimous vote, 375 en-
ployes OF the McAleer Manufac-
turing Company, all members of
the UAW-CIO, today decided 10
purchase war bonds with recent
wage increases totaling $93,600
annually. il was announced by
George Schewe. plant chairman
for the union The employees are
members OF Local III, UAW-C1O.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25

on June 8. Four men were be-
lieved 10 have lost their lives.
Dispatches from Mexico City
said five crew members of a tor
pedoeu American freighter sunk in
the Caribbean recently were killed
when submarine shelled their
lifeboatS. Five others were in
jured. The sinking had been an
nounced previously by the navy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25
Ndzis Claim Gain
East Of Rostov
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situation increasingly grave. ="
and said the Germans were adj
vancing steadily. although more
slowly, because of Soviet counter
attacks.
Large German forces. particu-
larly of tanks. were Storming
toward Restep and continuing TO
push back the, outnumbered Rus
SLAMS. the dispatches said.
"RostOv Is in great danger"
Red Star said. "OnIy skilIfulI
action, bravery and self-sacrifice
can save the city"
Besides crashing through Rus
sian defense lines onf one sector.
the Germans, at heavy cost. sue
ceeded in advancing somewhat"
on a second sector, the noon COM
munique reported.
German losses were many
times greater than ours on this
sector" the communique said.
Dispatches said that the Red
air force repeatedly had broken
up "frenzied" enemy attacks on
Rostov by mechanical forces. para
chute troops ,and infantry.
FIGHT STUBBORNLY
The Russians, with I'VE shall
die. but not retreat" as their
stubbornly resisted the
German push at NovocherkasSk.
81 miles northeast of RoStov, and
At Stalingrad, on the Volga, 100
niles east Of NovocherkasSk.
At Voronezh. 300 miles north
If Rostov, the Russians were push
ng the Germans back.
Hard fighting on other parts
IF the 2000-mile front was ra-
ported There were seven Ger
nan infantry-tank attacks on the
3ryansk front, southwest . of
Moscow, and the Russians stormed
Is German strongholdS around
~eHiHgFad. ----
Frequent and bloody hand-to-
1and battles were mingled in the
defense of Rostov, the communique
asserted. 1t reported that more
han 1000 German officers and
men. Is tanks, three guns and IA
machine guns were destroyed,
presumably during the night.
In the Tsimlyanskaya area. Isl
niles southwest of Stalingrad. the
Germans drove again and again
It Russian defenses in an effort
o get across TO the southern
banks of the Don River.
under the heavy blows of our
units they suffered enormous
losses" the communiquc said,
"On one sector, our artillery
sank several dozen floats and
boats, the Germans losing more
than 500 officers and men"
Front-line dispatches reported
hat the Russians had frustrated
wo mass attempts TO force the
Don at its elbow. but that despite
unprecedented losses" single Ger
nan units had managed 10 get
lcroSS
(The hange Telegraph
Agency reported from the Rus
sian front that Field Marshal |
Fedor Won Books armies had
twice crossed the Don in the
vicinity of Tsimlyanskaya. The |
first crossing was wiped out by |
the Russians. il said. but the
second stuck and Won Book was
hurriedly reinforcing it,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25
is SUB OFFICERS POISONED

LONDON. July IS tUP).-Radio
Moscow reported today that "a
special German secret police agent
had arrived at the Netherlands
naval base of Flushing 10 investi-
gate the death by food poisoning
of 10 German submarine officers.
According TO Moscow. as heard
by the Netherlands news agency
here. the officers had a dinner
party at restaurant Two other
submarine officers became i'll after
eating ice cream al another res
tsursnt, IL was said
Owners OF both restaurants we're
arrested, Moscow reported
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25

espionage charges because of
articles we had written before
the war were in a difficult posi-
ton. without legal defense. Some
of the statements held against
us had been issued by the gov
ernments own propaganda agency
the board Of information. but
the police did not acknowledge
the agency's responsibility.
The first night / was in the con-
centration camp the chief guard
warned US we would be shot if we
tried to escape.
Several times week govern
ment officials visited the camp.
sometimes with women. 10 look
AT lis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25
FIGHTING IN ROSTOV

LONDON, July 25 (UP).-The
Russians still are holding out at
Rostov and there is heavy fighting
in the suburbs and the city streets,
reliable advices said today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25

is not so pleasant.
During his internment Joseph
Clark Grew, the American ambas-
sador, frequently protested to the
japanese, through the Swiss lega-
ton. which is handling American
interests in Toxic,
against what he considered NAL
treatment of American diplomatic
and consular personnel.
The Japanese rejected all pro-
tests.
American war prisoners from
Guam and Wake Islands were
compelled by the Japanese army
TO write statements which the
broadcast, l have been
informed.
/, like other correspondents. was
10 physical violence by
officials who demanded
favorable statements on our treat
ment.
Ambassador Grew remained in
good health throughout
He did all he could 10 aid war
prisoners
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25
i. ). Cargo Ship
Sunk; 4 Perish
By nlied Press

The navy announced yesterday,
its first announcement of a sinking
in AZ hours, that medium-sized
cargo ship had been tor
pedoed and sunk in the Caribbean
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25

World Famous Comics. Three
pages every day in Daily De-
troit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25
Jups Threaten to Bon Food
Of u. S. ENJOYS After Raid
Copyright, 1912, by United Pres.

LoURENCo MARQUES Mozambique Portuguese East Africa July % UP
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25
Toxic Seeks Tie With Voticon
While Fighting Christianity

oFtSCo MARQUES Mozambique Portuguese dp
with m vatican is becoming
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25
By ROBERT T. BELLAIRE
United Press Bureau Manager at Toxic

MARQUES
and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25
Ndzis Arrest
Thousands of
Aliens in France
Refugees Rounded Up,
Sent 10 Concentration
Camps in Silesis

French police and - troops 81
the German occupation forces in
France since last Friday have
seized 5000 70 1900 alien retu-
sees from the conquered nations
Of Central Europe for Shipment "a
the concentration camps OF Upper
Silesia. United Press dispatches
from the continent said today.
II was the biggest mass roundup
since the SIS took over the job
Of policing Occupied France from
the German army
II was directed against all Ger
man. Austrian. Polish. Italian and
Czechoslovak refugees who have
arrived in France-s+1Ce the out
break OF the war m september
1899. The refugees, Jewish and
Aryan. included men, women and
children more than s years old.
WHOLE FAMILIES SEIZED
Entire families were seized.
The men were taken 10 the con-
centration camp az Compiegne,
the women 10 a camp at Nancy,
and the children TO the Winter
Sports Palace in Paris Children
under s were turned over 10 or
phsnages or, in some cases. were
taken in by neiGhhorS of the
seized refugees.
Chief of State Henri Philippe
Petain and Chief of Government
Pierre Laval were reported 10 have
refused to cooperate in the arrests
and, as a gesture of protest to-
have recalled Fernand de Brinon.
Vichy representative in Paris.
GERMANS BARRED
Laval repeatedly refused to order
arrests in the free zone or to per-
NIT German forces TO come into
the unoccupied area for that pur-
pose. Petain repeatedly offered to
resign rather than cooperate.
The order for seizure. handed
down by the German police fuehrer
Of Paris. General 0berg, created
a minor revolt in the Paris police
department. Numerous French
police and at least eight officers
of the gendarmerie in the north
ern provinces refused 10 obey the
order and resigned. They were
AfresteAEaffd tatiet4 by-tte7
Germans.
TRY TO ESCAPE
Hundreds of French and foreign
Jews repeatedly stormed across
the interzone line into unoccupied
France in an attempt TO escape
the SIS persecution. Scores OF
them were caught without the
proper papers and were taken to-
concentration camps. They face
execution or deportation into the
occupied zone where they will do
heavy labor for the German army. 4
1T was reported from Vichy
that the Spanish government <
had closed the French border 10
all outgoing Central Europeans
following the alleged discovery
OF a plot against high French
authorities 10 be perpeusted by
refugees now in Spain.
Ut was believed that the
French authorities supposedly
endangered by the plot were
Petain, Laval and Vice Premier
lean Francois Darlan }
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25
$500 WdrpIdnes
BIdstConvoy 30
Times in 6 Days
Ships Safe in Russia
After Heaviest Raid
in History Of Warfare

LONDON. Jul 25 (INS). A
Russia bound convoy of British
and Soviet merchan ships reached
port safely and discharged their
cargoeS despite the heaviest and
longest air attack in the history
of warfare, the Daily Mail said
today.
AT least $500 planes were over
the convoy in 230 attacks for a
period of six days, the Daily Mail
account said. When the ships
locked the Germans continued 10
attack. averaging IL raids daily.
For determination, sustained
ferOcity and prodigal sacrifice tho
six-day attack never has been
equaled," said The Daily Mail.
The attacks began when the con-
voy rounded the northern coast OF
Norway and continued necessarily.
There were raids every few min
uteS.
CONSTANTLY AT POSTS
During the final 600 miles OF the
voyage the skipF RS of the freight
erS were instant V on their
bridges. engineers never left their
and the deck gun
nerS Snatched brief periods OF
sleep at their gun stations.
Thirty attacking planes were
shot down on the first day and
many others damaged. There was
no estimate Of total losses by the
enemy. but they were assumed In
have been very large in view Of the
fact that the convoy got through.
One gunner was quoted as say
ing
I'VE held our fire until the
planes were close overhead and
then let them have II. IL WAS n
wonderful siN days"
As the convoy neared the Rus
sian port Red army fighter planes
joined the battle and aided de-
StroyerS in the destruction OF two
enemy submarines.
One Russian freighter was set
afire by direct bomb hits and the
crew. including six women. fought
the fire for u hours before putting
II ont
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25

! spent SIN months IN a COnCen
tration camp at a former girls
school between Toxic and Yoko-
hama.
WORST CAMP
Red Cross officials said that this
was the worst camp.
My own experience is that the
food we were given was insuffi-
Client 10 maintain weight and
health.
For two months we were cut
off from all communication, kept
in locked rooms with the windows
barred under guard by 30 armed
policemen
Once the Japanese home office
ordered most American newsmen
Leo Chamberlain of the National
City Bank, a native of Overton,
Neb., and Doctor WalSer. a New
Yorker, TO attend luncheon at
the Sanno Hotel.
The luncheon was given by the
Pacific War Relief Committee.
RECORDS MADE
This organization. ostensibly one
TO aid war prisoners, was actually.
according to my understanding, a
propaganda agency. 1t coerced
correspondents into making phono-
graph records for broadcasts and
to write articles on assigned sub
jectS.
Correspondents who refused
were told that their names would
be removed from the evacuation
list.
A home office official hit Joseph
Oman of the Associated Press in
the face and knocked out some
bridgework TO force him TO write
a story on the good treatment
he received.
The same official first told me
that unless l wrote propaganda
/ would be kept in my room at
the Sanno Hotel, where / was a
prisoner before I went to the
concentration camp, and that l
would be denied food or sleep and
would be beaten frequently with
a rubber hose.
When l still refused he choked
me by drawing my necktie tight
Those of us who were put under
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25
REFUSE TO PARADE

/ was informed that at con-
Icentration camp near Yokohama
the internees refused a demand
that they march in a victory
parade" to celebrate the fall of
Singapore.
There were - Americans. 10
Britons, IL French Canadian
priests, five Netherlanders. two
Belgians. an Australian and Hon.
duran in my camp
We Americans were in one room.
Each man had a space of about
3 feet by 9.
For the first two months the
Americans were forbidden 10 speak
TO those of other nationalities.
Ne FURNITURE
The police did not provide fur
niture but they permitted us TO get
some, including beds from our
homes.
After the first few weeks the
internees were permitted 10 exer-
else for two hours day in lot
30 feet by so,
During the first three days the
interneeS were not supplied with
food They were required to wear
a white numbered sign on their
coats at all times and to answer
roll call three times a day.
The internees were permitted
to bring stoves to the camp and
the police provided small amount
Of coal, but there were many coal
less days in winter and some re-
in bed to keep warm
The internees paid for their own
medical treatment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25

United Nations and
Hnneutral ships have
HU been sunk by Axis
action in Western At
lantic waters I'm 1912.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25

Guam and Wake the prisoners
have not been mistreated physi-
cally.
! spent six months in a concen
tration camp at a former girls
school between Toxic and Yoko-
hama.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25

shops would refuse to supply
it with food.
United States A m b IS a d o r
Joseph Clark Grew informed the
state department at Washington
OF the threat.
During the raid excited Japa-
nese anti-aircraft gUnnerS fire.
quently fired at their own planes
which were on routine maneuverS
over the capital when the army
planes swept IN.
SKIM RooFTOPS
The American planes almost
SKINNED the rooftopS in their at
tack, with the result that the
anu-aircraft gum could get fire
bursts OF only a few seconds.
saw one American bomber
caught in burst OF FIRE /,
banked steeply and Owed TO
within 100 feet Of the ground
There it pulled out without APP
parent damage
SIX japanese pursuit planes al
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25
PRISONERS WORK

Japanese newspapers published
photographs of the prisoners from
Guam and Wake being marched
through the streets of Yokohama,
the port of Toxic, under heavy
guard Of army. navy and police
men.
Since May according to my in
formation. some of the prisoners
have been forced TO work as steve
doreS at Kobe.
At the Zentsuji prison camp, /
have been informed the usual
meal consists of thin soup, rice
and black bread with IS pounds of
meat a week for 365 men, figs
once a week and a piece Of fruit
every 10 DAYS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-25
GET EXTRA FOOD

Extra food is given 10 beIiber
sufferers and other hospital cases
An extra loaf of bread is given
to prisoners who agree 10 clear
land near the camp for cultivation.
1t is my understanding that to
get statements from American
prisoners. the Japanese arm y
ordered American army officers to
produce a certain number of state
mentS.
Well informed persons say that
since reaching the camp from
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-19
Nazis Aim TO Lure
Dutch Into Reich
Photo by International News Sound Photo.

LONDON, Nov. (INS).-The
Germans in occupied Holland have
started a newspaper advertising
campaign to induce Dutch work.
ers, both men and women, to
migrate voluntarily to the Reich.
The advertisements are espe-
cially directed to foremen with
their own gangs of workers, to
bricklayers, carpenters, concrete
workers. electricians, steam filters,
plumbers, contractors, engineers,
construction men, and technical
designers. Also progressive"
women who are stenographers,
clerks and conductresSeS are in
demand.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-19
COUNCIL O. KS PLAN

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 INS).
President Roosevelt's Pacific
war council discussed bombing
Italy out OF the war by intensified
raids from Sicily to the Alps, with
special destruction destined for
northern Industrial centers.
Emerging from the White House
after the council meeting yester-
day, Walter Nash, New Zealand
,nember. said that a great part of
1he discussions had been devoted
10 the feasibility of continued
mass bombing raids on Italy from
British bases.
Nash said the United Nations
are fighting on IS fronts. Russia,
ane said. is holding down six fight
ing fronts against the Axis powers
and listed the following nine where
the Allies are fighting: the Solo
mons, New Guinea, North Africa,
the Middle East, Burma, China,
the Aleutians. the Atlantic and the
air over Europe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-19

Ter. All high schools in the city.
except these four, are processing
stations"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-19

deep inland In Tunisia to pre-
pare the way for the Allied
forces, have captured an air
drome Of vital Importance and
afterwards proceeded to other
landing grounds.
THE operations were one Of
sssc most important ever car
ricd out by air-borne troops.
AT other places French units
eined our parschutists."
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as registration points will be open
today until 8 p. m. and tomorrow
from 8 a. m. until 8 p. m. with
the exception of one or two sec
tons where war workers will be
accommodated as they leave for
home after the night shifts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-19
Debs, Shop Girls
Help Build Planes

VIC HIT A, Kans,. Nov.
uNS).-Debutantes and shop girls
work side by side on the produc-
ton lines at the Cessna Aircraft
Company of Wichita, which pio-
neered in the use of women in air
craft production and today has a
higher ration of feminine workers
than any other plane manufac-
turer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-19
Commons Told
Bombing Drive
On Italy Nedrs

LONDON. Nov. 19 GNS).-
italy may be in for a period Of
severe bombing by the Allies, Sir
Stafford Grips. Lord privy seal
In the Churchill government and
cabinet spokesman in parliament,
told the House Of Commons.
"When we established air
fields I'm North Africa, Italians
will come 10 realize what their
German allies have suffered over
the last few months" he said.
Sir Stafford stated that very
special methods would also be
taken to make offensive and de-
fensive operations against enemy
submarines more effective.
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100000 Register
For A Gas Cards
On Opening Day
CONTINUED from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
by his A card, should follow
these steps:
"I-Hs should get his appIi-
cation form from the place
Whers he Ttsistered for his a
card.
"2-Hs should take this appIi-
cation home and fill It out care
fully.
"3-Hs should then send IL
BY maiI-not take il in person
TO the high school nearest him
unless IL be Wilbur Wright,
Commerce High, Cooley or Mil
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-19
RELEASE PRISONERS

II was reported in London that
the Allies were releasing 900 vet
Grams of the international brigade
which fought for the Republicans
in the Spanish civil war and had
been interned by Vichy authorities
nj Africa. 1t was expected that
these men and many more, held
at other camps, would join the
Allied forces.
GeneralisSimo Francisco Franco
OF Spain has refused a German
request that the Nazis be granted
naval and air bases in Spain, ac-
cording to reports circulating In
diplomatic circles in Ankara, a
Reuters dispatch said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-19
Coast Guard Skipper
Carries On at IS

GLOUCESTER, Mass. Nov.
(UP).--Chief Boatswain's Mate 1
Ormsby Seely, rs, of the United |
States Coast Guard Reserve. in \
command of former luxury
yacht somewhere at sea-" is be- \
lieved 10 be the oldest reserve
boat skipper in the service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-19
River Victim Identified

Relatives today identified Mrs.
Mary Geersens, AZ, of 1884 Algon-
quin avenue as the woman whose
body was washed up at the foot OF
Grand Marais boulevard. She had
been reported missing and in i'll
health Tuesday,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-19
Fordson High Play

Conrad Sellers Problem
Father" under the direction OF
Miss Lila Fang, will be presented
at s:15 p. m. tomorrow by the
senior class of Fordson High
School in the school auditorium.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-19
|3-POint Drive Pins
Axis Near BiZerte
Continued from Page One)

AS those at Oran left for the
fighting area, United States army
formes escorted them to the train,
bands playing the Marseillaise and
other French martial music.
The surge of French troops to
the colors caused perhaps the big
|gest display of French American
friendship since Armistice Day in
the last war. All along the coast
too, bands played French ano
American war sons and the troops
Joined in singing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-19

Order The Detroit Times
mailed daily and Sunday to your
man i'm the armed forces.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-19

Behind Anderson's army, ships,
trucks and planes were moving
men, weapons, munitions and sup
plies eastward.
The Germans and Italians may
make a desperate last stand in
the 400-nile coastal corridor be-
tween Tripoli in western Libya,
and the Tunis-Bizerte region of
northeastern Tunisia.
High honor was paid the French
troops streaming toward the front.