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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
BY JAMES CHAMBERS
United Press stan Correspondent

LONDON, Aug. Royal Air
Force pilots who have gone up
against the Focke-Wulf-l90
haven't any illusions about the
capabilities of this newest of Ger
man fighter planes.
1t is tough and able, so far
ahead of the famous Messer-
schmitt-ll0 that the latter seems
obsolete in comparison. 1t is the
latest thing Germany has devel-
oped TO combat the growing power
of the Raj, but the British Spit
fire with its Rolls-Royce Merlin
motor is at least its equal.
British pilots in battle reports"
have stated that at certain heights
and under certain circumstances
the Focke-Wulf has the bulge on
the Spitfire.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
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arm OF pincers move directed
against Stalingrad.
The Soviet d defenders were
equally successful in counter
blows against the northern arm OF
the German pincers around Klet-
skaya, so miles northwest of Stal.
ingrad
"SOuth of Kletskaya our
troops launched counterattacks
and pressed tn Germans back"
the high command announced in
a communique at noon.
A huge German tank column
was destroyed in an attempt tC
break through the Soviet Klet
skaya defenses. The high com
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
The War
-
TODAY
Ominous Ring
Noted in Red
Dispatches
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writtsn Especially for international News
service
Dispatches from the vital Rus
sian front have an ominouS ring'
charged with portentS OF heaNy
disaster threatening the valiant
Soviet forces defending the Oh OF
the Caucasus and the equally I'M
nortant ports and bases OF the Rus
sian fleet that holds control OF the
strategic Black Sea.
Outlines of the situation have
been emerging fer the PaSt-tNNo
weeks. since the Nazi capture oil
Rostov. all-important anchor OF
the Red army'S resistance on the
Sea Of Azov
Following the break-through
there, German Field Marshal
Fedor Won Book flung powerful
tank columns 10 the south and
cast along the line Of the railroad
running towards the oil fields at
Maikop.
Despite desperate resistance,
these have, according 10 Soviet
communicates. reached the north
south railway line running from
Stahngrad 10 NovorisSiSk on the
Black Sea. cutting Red army
forces fighting in the kuban
steppes off from reinforcement or
retreat.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
TALKS Historically

Since her husbands arrest by
the FBI and padlocking Of the
German restaurant they ran on
East jefferson avenue, Agnes has
had a cob as housekeeper for a
family on the east side
She lives in 4 little room now.
There's only the dog for company.
Walking from The doctors Of
fee. Mrs Stephan finally came 70
2 small restaurant, where she
ordered coffee.
She talked, breathlessly. hys-
terically
MAX H. no traitor he did
what YOU would do for an Amer
lean fier n you lived In Ger
many. II ! lived in Germany
nov and one Of our American
soldiers e me 20 me for refuge
should hide and guard him and
help him though they threat
ened 20 chop of my head.
"Why do you suppose this ter
rible war Is being fought? u Is
because people In my native
Cologne who were left crippled,
hopeless In World War have
crafty reyoited against tn
worlds treatment ~ them
TELLS OF WAR HORRORS
Il WAS I3 wears old when that
war started. 7 worked - = clerk
In grocery store I've worked
hare all my life. Nv seven sis
tsrs and four brothers all work.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
Registered U. 8. Patent ONCE

mand said 113 Nazi tanks had
been smashed.
Only in the Belaya-Glina area,
100 miles southeast of Rostov. did
the Germans continue TO advance
NAILS MAKE GAINS
"The enemy succeeded in
gaining ground in the area OF
Belaya-Glina," the communique
said.
Earlier it had been announced
that an advantageous defense
line had been seized from Field
Marshal Fedor Won Books armies
by Soviet forces near Kletskaya
At the western extremity of the
Don Caucasus battle front the
Russians also were holding firmly
South of Kusc hevsk y a
so miles below captured Rostov
repeated German attacks were re.
pulsed and heavy losses were IN
flicted on the Germans when Dor
and kuban CoSsack cavalrymer
penetrated the NaZi lines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
Mexican Labor
To Be Imported
For i. 5. Farms
Migration OF Workers
Also 10 Be Financed
With Government Aid
By EARLE MARCKREs
int N-v, service staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON. Aug T. - The
office Of war information today
announced completion of a broad
program for combating the farm
labor shortage through importa-
ton Of Mexican labor and govern
ment financed migration Of do
.mcStic workers.
Mexican labor, She announce
ment said. is expected 10 be used
principally in the cotton areas OF
the southwest and the Sugar-beet
areas.
The United States employment
service also will aid farmers in
recruiting employees from the do
mestc supply OF manpower.
WAGE STANDARDS
Tn all cases. however, farmers
must agree to meet certain stand
ards of wages and living conditions
10 be eligible for federal assist
ance. the announcement said.
The owl announcement fol-
lowed disclosure of a state depart
ment agreement between Mexico
and the United States permitting
Mexican agriculture workers 10
enter this country 10 help relieve
the farm labor shortage caused by
the war emergency.
The state department said the
arrangement demonstrates the
effective cooperation between the
two governments in the war
effort. provides guarantees as TO
wage rates. living conditions and
repatriation for the Mexican
workers. while specifying that
they are not TO be employed to
replace other workers or for the
purpose of reducing rates OF pay
previously established"
A Joint statement on the pro-
gram followed from Paul V. Nc
Mutt. chairman of the war man
power commission. and Secretary
Of Agriculture Claude c. Wickard
NEARBY LABOR FIRST
"To begin with. Of course.
farmers witt hire whatever.
workers can he found In their
neighborhoods," the officials eX-
planned. "If farmers cannot
themselves find labor, they will
seek the help of the nearest
United States Employment Serv-
ice office. That office will try
10 find workers who live nearby.
of II Is necessary for the
United States Employment Serv-
I ice To recruit from a distance,
the Farm Security Administra-
! ton will he called upon 70 help
transport workers.
1.-THE farmers who want the
workers will pay for transpOr-
tation up TO 200 miles, and FSA
will pay for additional mileage"
FUNDS ALLOTTED
The statement by McNutt and
Wickard pointed out that $500, 900
has been allocated from the
Presidents emergency fund for
the program.
Previously McNutt has stated
that the 1912 harvest will require
al least 1900. 600 workers at the
peak, of whom about $500 900 will
be hired hands"
Under the state department ar
rangement with the Mexican gov
eminent, Mexican workers will be
brought into this country only
when domestic labor i not avail
able to meet the demand.
TERMS OF HIRE
Each worker will enter only
on written contract providing
that he be paid the prevailing
wage rate, with a minimum Of
80 cents an hour. that he he
employed at least three-fourths
Of the time he remains in the
area, and that he will return to
Mexico upon conclusion Of the
contract" Owls announcement
said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
BY HAROLD GUARD
United Press stan Correspondent

DN h+AhOLb OOAnb
United Press stan Correspondent
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA,
Aug T. - Eight months of war
have laugh: the Allies that pre-
Pearl Harbor conceptions of the
Japanese as poor filters using in
ferior planes were wrong.
Any American pilot will tell you
that the Japanese flier knows the
score and that the improved Zero
plane is one OF the worlds finest
fighters.
The fact that Allied planes have
proved a match for ZeroS on the
2,000-mle front north Of Australia
is a tribute TO their pilots flying
ability.
B-24 MOST EFFECTIVE
The American made fighters
that 60 against the Zeros are the
Bell Airacobra and the Curtiss
Kittyhawk. but il is the Martin
twin-motored Marauder bomber
the B-26-that battle reports show
to be the most effective.
American pilots like their own
planes but they frequently express
a wish that they had little more
of the Zero'S all around capabili-
ties, especially its ability TO climb
fast and get on top in combat and
its wide operational range.
Every pilot tries TO get above
his opponent in dogfght and
that's where the Japanese plane
seems 10 have the edge. recall
an occasion in which several pilots
told of surrounding a lone Zero
They figured they had it tagged.
GOES STRAIGHT UP
"And then what does he do?
He goes straight up and leaves
us there" one of the men said.
The Zero stresses extreme SIM
plicity. II Goes into battle much
AS the Japanese infantryman does,
stripped of everything not essen
tial to hand. II carries a mini
mum of non-essentiaf equipment
and a maximum Of arms. II is an
excellent fighter and highly re-
spected.
The Zero actually Is mongrel
in that the best features of the
worlds greatest fighter planes are
embodied in its construction. The
engine is of the Pratt & Whitney
type. German and American ideas
are noted in the instrument pane
arrangements. Many structure
| features are those of the British
/ Hurricane and the armament is
much like that of British fighters
TESTED IN CHINA
II was tested for years against
the Chinese. for the japanese APP
iparently used China as labora-
tory for the machines they later
used against the United Nations.
The Zero has its own individ-
Iuality, however. and any doubt
about its merits were dispelled
when American and Australian
pilots first went against IL with
their P-39s and P-40s.
A study of army communiques
shows the Martin bomber has
Jared better against the japanese
than the Airacobras and the Kitty
hawks. The Zero can OUTRAGE the
twin-motored heavier Martin, but
IL can't out-gun il and il cannot
take the steep dives or fly at low
level with the American plane.
Once the BPS is in the air il
can take care Of itself. and pilots
say the Japanese have a healthy
respect for il. There have been
instances where B-26's cannon
literally tore ZeroS TO pieces, and
many pilots believe that the best
plane TO whip the Zero with will
be one somewhere between the
B-26 and the fighters they now
are using. embodying the best of
both and having above all the
ability 10 get on top of the enemy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
OFFER CHURCH RITES

The prisoners have been ac-
corded the opportunity to receive
the last rites of the churches 10
which they belong. Six chaplains
were sent to the district Jail TO
offer them spiritual advice in their
last hours.
With the Presidents action in
approving the sentence Of the mill
tary commission, an order was
issued yesterday afternoon 10
troops to start preparing the spies
for their deaths at $50 p. m.
The execution was scheduled for
shortly after midnight and before
dawn today.
The preparations were 10 have
started at the early hour of $50
p. m. in order 10 give the prison
ers ample time to receive spiritual
consolation from the chaplainS
and eat a last meal
However, the President decided
10 d lay the executions for "a
hours presumably so he could an
nounce the fate of the saboteurs
before the sentences are executed.
The eight spies were caught by
the FBI between June 20 and June
q, shortly after they landed on
Long Island and Florida sh ore S
from German submarines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
RAILROAD SEVERED

Original point where this Strate-
cic railroad was severed seems 10
have been the fortress city OF
Salsk. reported abandoned by its
Soviet defenders several days ago.
Moscow dispatches indicate that
more northeriy Nazi thrust has
reached this railroad IN the Vicln-
ity of Kotelnikovski, about 100
miles north of Salsk, thus cutting
the Soviet line into another seq
ment and establishing a bridge
head for an attack from the south
against Stalingrad. not much more
than 100 miles farther north.
More ominous still are reports
IN Berlin communiques 10 the
effect that Voroshilovsk and kro-
r0tkfn nave fallen 10 Naz1 troops,
II this is true. the entire area OF
the historic Kuban steppes has
been isolated.
Probably a considerable portion
OF the Soviets Red Banner Army
Of the Caucasus is still fighting TO
the west of the NaZi column OF
renetration. Unless il breaks out
within the next few days. II Is
difficult 10 see how II can escape
obstruction.
ACCESS TO OIL
Two main thrusts FIRE aimed for
the Maikop-GroZny oil districts IN
the level country 10 the north OF
the Caucasus mountain wall, and
for Stalingrad, vital junction-polnt
controlling transportation on the
Volga.
About 100 miles from Belaya
China. where Moscow dispatches
state Red army attachments have
fallen back before Nazi advance
guards. lie Armavir. with its re-
fineries, and Maikop, with its OIL
fields.
Az an approximately similar
distance from Armavir is Tuapse.
on the Black Sea. junction point
on the Soviets' railroad 10 Batum.
Occupation OF Arnavir and
Maikop would give the Nazis &C.
cess 10 important oil sources.
The capture Of Tuapse would
bar that port. and also Novorls-
sisk. 70 the Russian Black Sea
fleet and force their retirement
TO Batum. more than 200 miles 70
the southeast. thus opening most
Of the Russian Black Sea coast
line 10 Nazi water-borne trans
portation.
Statements and opinions here
In are private to the writer and
are not TO be construed as re-
fiecting the views Of the navy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
Flying Fortress
Downs 4 Planes
In Wake Battle
Lone Bomber Completes
Mission Over Island.
Blasts Axis Attackers
BY RICHARD HALLER

IatI News Service staa Correspondent
HONOLULU, Aug. Z. - Details
of a thrilling air battle over Wake
Island between an American Fly
ing Fortress and six Japanese
pursuit planes were disclosed to-
day with the announcement that
-four of the enemy fighters were
shot down and the other two
probably failed to get back to
their base.
Superior armament Of the big
American bomber enabled the
well-trained crew to blast the
Japanese fighters out of the skies
one by one in a 40-minute fight,
according TO the stories Of the
Fortress crew.
JAPS AND NAH PLANES
Four of the attacking planes
were the Wanted Zero fighters
and two were believed 10 have
been German MeSserSchmitt or
| Heinkcl type pursuit ships.
The Flying Fortress scared over
JapaneSe-held Wake Island Satur-
day on an undisclosed mission.
There was no mention of bombing,
although il was stated that the
crew carried out their mission
successfully. The flight may have
been a reconnaissance or photo
graphic mission.
In any event the job was done
I despite the fighter attack and
heavy enemy anti-aircraft fire
In addition TO shooting down
four of the attacking planes, the
crew believed another was hit and
badly damaged.
SIXTH BELIEVED LOST
7 The sixth enemy ship followed
the Flying Fortress for $50 miles
on its trip home. and II was be-
lieved likely that il did not have
enough fuel to get back 10 Wake.
The comparatively fiimsy con-
struction of the japanese planes
-esttfstti them 80 titsifftt-er5ttt. when
heavily hit. the American crew
reported They credited their one
sided victory 10 the heavy fire.
power Of the Flying Fortress,
which enabled them 10 throw the
enemy off stride and completely
upset the aim Of the japanese
pilots.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07

"Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, IL one OF many
famous features In The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
Allies Have No Edge
In Fighter Planes
Nazis Focke-WuIf, Jap Zero Equal
Best Of u. S., Britain, Filters Report

How good the fighter planes of our enemies-the
Japanese Zeros the German Focke Wus? How do
they stack battle with the latest Allied fighters In the
following companion dispatches from Australia and Britain
the the basis of the best possible authority
the who fly the planes and fight the battles.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
Roosevelt 0.Ks
Electric Chair
For 6 Ndzi Spies
Lives OF z Who Talked
Spared; Executions Set
Before Dawn tomorrow
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ways insists that he did not intend
TO carry out any sabotage work
while in the United States.
PLANS NEW LIFE

Dasch says that ne is going TO
get a new start in life in the
United States under a new name.
He begs his jailers not to send
him back to Germany, claiming
that he joined the sabotage ring
so he could escape from the. Reich.
But, at other times, he tells his
guards that he wants to go back
to Germany so he can fight Hitler.
Burger also converseS freely but
more nationally with his guards.
The other six are sullen and
troops guarding them have been
ordered to take extraordinary pre-
cautions to prevent them from
turning on DaSch and Burger and
attempting to kill them.
Lights in the cells of the sabo-
tours were kept burning through
out the night for the first time.
An unarmed soldier was placed in
each cell with each saboteur to
prevent the spies from making any
attempt to commit suicide.
The saboteurs smoked endless
chains of cigarets and finally
after their supply ran out they
were given packages OF loose
smoking tobacco so that they
could make their own.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
MAKES TIGHTER TURN

Pilots and aeronautical experts
also have said that the 100 is bet
ter in a tighter turn at great
heights, where most air battles
are fought these days. which
probably indicates that the Ger
man motor may have a shade on
the British counterpart.
OffSettlng this technical criti-
cism. however. is the cold fact
that about 10 days ago flight OF
Spitfires challenged an equal
flight of Focke-Wulfs and shot
down nine Of them while losing
only three of their own planes.
The Spitfire, it is reported, car
make better than 400 miles an
hour while the Focke-Wulf's best
speed at $4,000 feet is believed tc
be about $40 miles. In maneuver-
ing the Spitfire has the edge, and
pilots prefer its armament and
power plant arrangement to that
of the Nazi plane.
ENGINE VULNERABLE
Just what the new cke-Wulf
is like was learned this week by
British Raj officials and research
technicians when one of the Ger.
man fighters was forced down in
Britain in good condition.
Just as the British pilots hao
reported. its power plant was very
compactly arranged. The pilots
had contended that well-placeC
shot in the Focke-W ulfs power
plant produced serious defects be.
cause of the concentrated group
ing of important mechaniSns and
they always trained their guns on
this portion of the ship, holding
it the most vulnerable.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07

Statements and opinions here
In are private to the writer and
are not 10 be construed as re-
fiecting the views Of the navy
deuartment
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
Max Is No Traitor, Wife Insists

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Arnold. her only companlon-no"
that she has lost Max.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
FUNDS ALLOTTED
TERMS OF HIRE

Each worker will enter only
on written contract providing
that he be paid the prevailing
wage rate. with a minimum OF
80 cents an hour. that he he
employed at least three-fourths
Of the time he remains in the
area, and that he will return to
Mexico upon conclusion Of the
contract" Owls announcement
The Nome nugget., 1942-02-06
Tanks In Action

Our war in the Pacific is only two months old but it has already added many tales of American bravery, heroSm reSourcefulneSs and courage to the military annals of the nation
 Recently, President Roosevelt made the welcome dis closure to allies in the Far East that the "Yanks are coming Already, the Japanese invaders have had sample of what the handful of "Yanks' already on hand in the Orient can accomplish.
 Outstanding, of course is the record of some 6000 American and 32,000 Filipino soldiers under Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines, not only hold ing their but actually driving back some 100 900 Japanese in some sectors of the islands
 But tales of individual heroism are no less striking Out of the first burst of uarfarethe surprise invasion of Pearl Harbor on December 7-came the account of Lieut.. George R. Bickel whose plane was shot down by the Japanese attackers Lieut. Bicke swan safely ashore, climbed into another plane and renewed his counterattack against the invaders. Mrs. Margaret Bickell his wife of the first evacuees from Hawaii to reach the United States eye witness to the incident. When record deeds of daring we must not overlook the valiant crews of U. s, submarines who nave pOted their submarine craft into the teeth of the enemy to sink five ships in Tokyo Bay Look at your map and note that both Tokyo and Yokohama the two most powerful Nippon strongholds located on ths piece of water and you will more fully appreciate the feat.
 Just recently, the Navy Department wrote a new name on its rolls Of heroes and added one more ship to the Japanese losses in the Philippines The name was that of Lieut. John Bulkeey 30 of Long Is land, New York, who rocketed his swift motored tor PeQo boat lnIo the eheny-neId bay 0t Blnang and tor pedoed ae5 06O-ton Jap vessel despite storm of vio- lent fire. Thus Bulkeey and his crew of eight sea- men introduced the Navys new PIT boat into the Pacific war in a spectacular fashion
 And so it goes. These but few outstanding and scattered incidents - bits of heroism from our view point and violent headaches for the Japanese.
 With our A.E.F. either landed in the Far East battle zone now or on their way there the sant-eyed invad- CTS have many more headaches in store for them We predict the lords will soon add general rations of aSpern to the quotas of whiskey already being issued to Japanese siege troops.
The Nome nugget., 1942-02-06

here again it narrowed the search tosuch extent that the agents in the field could work swiftly what other wise would have been painfully slow investigation.
 In the case of train wreck rail had been twist ed out of place and painted black that it would not reflect the engine headlight and reveal it of place It the FBI crime laboratory that analysed the paint the rail and found it to be identical with two jackets found hidden in water hole nearly a quarter of a mile from the wreck. If and when the owners of those jackets are apprehended, powerful bit of testimony will be thrown into the case by the FBI scientist who made that analysis.
 Acids Studied
 In the labortaory too, chemists study acids that thrown on metals and materials to damage them
 The document section devotes its time to documents checks codes and cyphers The search for uereScent invisible writing using ultraviolet light and the of nrared photography for the restoration of secret and obllterated writing just phases of this sections tensve work but it is that makes the task of sab otage and spying far difficult than it
 Life wont be as easy for inside workers as it was 2O-odd years ago.
The Nome nugget., 1942-02-06
WATER DELIVERY
 SPRING WATER Always At Your Service
 Phone Black A
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No 652

No. 652
 In the Probate Court in and for the Cape Nome Precinct, Second Division: Territory of Alaska.
 In the matter of the estate of JERRY SULLIVAN, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that by order of the Probate Court in and for the Cape Nome Precinct, Alaska, the undersigned has been appointed Executor of the estate of Jerry Sullivan, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate shall present them, with proper vouchers attached. within six months from the date of this notice to the undersigned at Nome, Alaska.
 Dated at Nome, Alaska, Jan uary 18th, 1922.
 Mike Walsh, EXecutor Publish Jan. Is, 23, 30, Feb. 6