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Evening star., 1942-12-05
Giont-Dodger Tilt Marks Finish
For Heir, Pros Finest Center
Ace for Seasons Will Coach at Union;
Grid League Ends Campaign Tomorrow
BY SID FEEDER.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK Dec 5-As football with bearing the
National League championship tomorow ussle between the
York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers might well
booth Station Importance
picture.
However matters stand 1t ranks the interesting
the loops game
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Sabofeurs Wrecked Train,
Probe Witnesses Claim
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEEDLES, Calf. June 27.-Two
witnesses told a coroner's jury to-
day they believed saboteurs caused
train wreck fatal to two crewmen.
: The jury, however, returned a ver-
dict that the fire was of unknown
origin.
A group of aviation cadets suf-
fered a severe shaking up when the
engine of the special train plunged
through a fire-weakened bridge into
shallow wash near Parker, Ariz.,
early yesterday. Two civilians were
injured seriously.
From my investigation, I believe
the fire was SET" Deputy Sheriff
Hal Oxhevad of Vidal, Calf, told
the inquest jury. Il don't believe
it could have been accidental"
Fred Phillips. special agent for
the Santa Fe Railroad, testified, II
have investigated many bridge fires,
but never have I seen one like this
one. I believe the fire vas touched
off. The bridge "a 40-foot wooden
span) was completely burned away
and nothing was left but skeleton
Of the structure
The Army and FBI also are in
vestigating the wreck.
(Picture on Page E-S.J
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Italian Lines Offices
Stoned in Buenos Aires

By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES. June 27-Ar-
gentine demonstrators, protesting
against the sinking of the Freighter
Rio Tercero, threw stones at the
Italian line Offices and broke eight
windows tonight.
The Rio Tercero sinking was an
nounced last week in an official
government statement which said
a German submarine was respon-
sible. The Rio Tercero was Argen-
tina's third war casualty and the
first which caused the deaths Of
Argentine sailors.
Germany expressed profound re-
gret" only last month when an Of
ficially protest against an attack on
the tanker Victoria VI omcially
acknowledged In Berlin.
Evening star., 1942-06-28
| Italian Tonkers
| Seized by Mexico
|Are Torpedoed
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TAMPICO. Mexico, June 27-Two
Mexican tankers, former Italian
vessels which were taken over after
they sought refuge in Mexican har-
bors. were torpedoed and sunk
within two hours today so miles
off the Mexican Coast while on
coaStwlSe voyages.
A government announcement said
the entire crew of one vessel was
while one man was killed
and four were missing on the other
This important oil port was or
dered blacked out and war meas
ures were imposed. A squadron of
planes and a patrol ship imme-
diately went in search of the sub
marines, the announcement said.
One vessel was the government
tanker Tuxpan. the former 7,000-ton
Italian tanker, Americana, taken
over by Mexico when Italy entered
the war. She was sent down off
Isla Lobos, about IS miles south of
Tampico. The second ship was the
Choapas, the former Italian tanker
Atlas which also was appropriated.
Evening star., 1942-06-28
FB| Capture Of g. Landed by Subs>
Thwarts Spectacular Nazi Plot
To Sabotage Vital U.S.. War Plants
Two-Yeor Terror Campaign
Involved Mass Wreckoge
Of Strategic Industries
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK June 27-Landed the Atlantic by Naz
sabotage
equipped with s15OOOO in cash and explosives for twoear
terror campaign vital American plants have been
captured of the Federal Bureau of In
veStigaton disclosed tonight.
eight arrest all former United States resi-
United States citizens Mr. Hoover sad while
the night Of
3 said and the other four landed at beach near
Jacksonville Fla, three nights later.
spectacular assigned to the Naz aboeurs
carried and all eight in custody Mr. Hoover
emphasized the last having been captured today in Chicago
Saboteur Crews Trained at Berlin.
high sabotage schools at
landed night rubber boats iso
Island Florida beaches Mr. Hoover
the arsenal explosives and ncenday equip
they saboteurs had about s50000 in United
currency apparently be used to brbe their into
strategic spots.
of devastation assigned to the two
and faeaching of the and if carried
nestmabe aplane production
virtually halted rail transportation in the New York City
endangered of millions of New Workers by blasting
its water supply facilities.
ObectiveS Listed.
listed included the of the
America Alcoa Tenn, MaSsena N Y, and
Louis ILL., the Cyole plant at Philadelphia Hegate
ings country other New bridges including those of
River Pittsburgh supply facilities
City.
Mr. Hoover said obectives
TIE
Evening star., 1942-06-28
RooseveIt-ChurchiI|
Report Gives Strong
Hint Of New Front
War Leaders Also Reveal
They Have PIons to Meet
Sub Menace, Aid China
By GARNETT D. HORNER.

A pledge by President Roose-
welt and Prime Minister Church.
i'll that coming operations" will
divert German strength from
the attack on Russia" bolstered
indications last night that Amer
lean and English troops mobi-
liZed on the British Isles soon
may be hurled into an invasion
Of Europe.
The strongest hint yet of an i'm
pending "second-front' blow di-
rectly at Hitler came in a joint
Roosevelt Churchill statement which
also disclosed that they have
planned new measures to counter
the Axis submarine menace and
methods to be adopted against
Japan and for the relief of China"
Picturing victory prospects now
as more favorable" than last year.
the President and Prime Minister
said transportation of fighting
forces and supplies to far-flung
battlefronts still is "the major prob
lem of the United Nations" with
production of munitions making
optimistic" progress toward their
goals.
The joint statement was issued
simultaneously here and in London
yesterday shortly after Mr.. Church.
ills return home from a week Of
conferences with Mr.. Roosevelt,
which they said covered war prob
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Gasoline Stocks Here
Reach Lowest Level
Since Rationing Began
2R-Cent Increase in
Price Will Go Into
Effect Tomorrow
By JAMES Y. NEWTON.

The already hard-hit motorist
awoke today to face a nearly
"gasless" Sunday, a 212-cent in
crease in price of gasoline to-
morrow and the prediction of
Price Administrator Henderson
that car owners will do a lot
Of extra walking" when perma-
nent rationing goes into effect
July %.
A gaSoline-price increase and &C
companying rises of 2 cents a GAL
Ion in price of domestic fuel oil
and kerosene were announced yes
terday by Mr.. Henderson to become
effective tomorrow in the rationed
area-the District and IT Eastern
States. He said increases in price
were necessary to offset higher
transportation costs in view of his
inability to obtain a Government
subsidy to absorb them.
Submarine warfare along the East
Coast diverted transportation of pc
troleum from tankers to overland
routes, increasing the cost of the
gas and oils to the oil companies.
Many Out Of Gasoline.
Meanwhile. of more immediate
concern to motorists, many filling
stations here were completely out
OF gasoline, while others were not
selling so they could save what little
they had for tomorrow.
Offcials of the Retail Gasoline
Dealers Association described the
current gasoline shortage in the
Washington area as much worse"
than last week end. r. A. Herrick.
association field representative, said
that about so per cent of the
dealers who have closed filling sta
tlons are out of gas, while the other
so per cent have small amounts
they are saving for tomorrow and
Tuesday to make it possible for
workers who need their cars to get
supplies.
Mr.. Herrick said there will be
very little gas sold in the District
today Dealers who have ex-
hausted their supplies will not be
(See GASOLINE, Page A-4J
Evening star., 1942-06-28
British Liner Destroys
japanese Sub in Battle

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sunday, June 2S.-The
Admiralty reported today that the
8,7l9-ton liner Tongariro DESTROYED a
japanese submarine which it en-
countered en- route home to Britain
with cargo Of Australian meat and
wool.
The Tongariro sighted the sub
marine Z miles ahead and soon the
raider opened fire. Capt. B. Evans
maneuvered his ship away from the
line of fire and ordered the gun
crews to "go to it,"
The liner and sub exchanged fire
in hot running battle and the mer-
chantman's fourth shell landed
squareiy on the target.
A huge column of smoke and spray
was thrown up. When it cleared,
the japanese submarine has disap-
peared. The entire action was over
in 10 minutes.
Half an hour later a heavy ex-
plosiOn was heard which jolted the
Tongariro fore and aft. The blast
was believed to be the last of the
sunken submarine - probably its
magazine exploding.
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Allies Ship Program
To Include Smaller
And Faster Vessels
Army 'Enerooehment'
On WPB Is Criticized
By Two Senators
By BLAIR BOLLES.

The American and British
governments have changed a
portion of the Allied ship-con-
Struction program and have laid
down a new one that calls for
building hundreds of small, fast
cargo vessels during the coming
year, it was reported here yes
terday.
The need for many ships to trans
port troops from the British Isles
to prospective European invasion
points has been stressed time and
again officially in London and Wash
ington. although no official an
nouncement has been made
The shipping revision was said to
have been one of the major con-
crete decisions made by Prime Min
lister Churchill and President Roose-
welt during the Prime Minister'S
visit here. Since the problem OF
ships has been one of the chief
stumpers in the development of
Evening star., 1942-06-28

arrests. Quirin, Heinck and Burger
were picked up in New York. Two
days later they got Dasch in New
York. The next day agents found
Kerling and Thiel Then came the
arrest of Haupt and Neubauer today.
The FBI found the group landed
in New York carrying s90,806 in
United States cash and the Florida
group with s58,9426l.
Mr.. Hoover refused, for obvious
reasons, to reveal where or when
the FBI received its first informa-
ton that the NaZi crews were on
American soil nor would he tell how
the agents were tracked down and
clamped in Jail, some of them with
in a week after they landed.
All definitely are in custody, it
was emphasized, and their buried
tools have been recovered.
Biographies Aired.
Partial biographies of the men
follow:
Dasch. alias George John Davis,
who served in the German Army
in the World War, entered the
United States in 1922 and had work.
ed as waiter at various times in
New York, Hollywood. Calf, and
in Florida He left New York for
San Francisco, and thence to Ber-
lin in March, 1941, in accordance
with arrangements made for him by
the German consulate at New York.
Quirin, alias Richard Quaintas.
entered the United States in 1917
and worked as mechanic in Syra-
cuse, N. Y, from 19271930. He
filed his declaration of intention to
become a citizen at Schenectady,
N. Y, although he never was nat
uraliZed.
Heinck, alias Henry Kaynor, en-
tered the United States in 1926. In
1884 he joined the German Amer
ican Bund and was employed in
various restaurants and factories in
New York City.
Burger came to this country in
1927, worked in various machine
shops in Milwaukee and Detroit and
became a naturalized citizen in 1888.
In 1881 he served in the Michigan
National Guard and two years later
returned to Germany where he be-
came a group leader, writer and
propagandist.
Came to U. S. as Youth.
Kerling, alias Edward Kelly, came
to America in 1929 when he was 20
years old and was employed bN
(See NAZIs, Page A-4) '
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Marine Force
Is Landed in
South Pacific
Contingent Ready
To Speorheod
Allied Offensive

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, June q. This
wars first major expeditionary
force of United States Marines
has landed at a South Pacific
jumping off place." apparently
equipped to spearhead any
United Nations offensive in that
theater Of war.
The far-off arrival of transports
swarming with Marines" was re-
vealed here today by Maj. Meigs o.
Frost, southern public relations chief
for the Marine Corps.
Accompanying the announcement
that the convoy carried the Marines
biggest overseas contingent of the
war was the first story to be released
as written by one of the Marines
own war correspondents assigned to
combat forces.
Included Thousands.
The story told merely of the hu-
man side of life aboard the trans
ports during the South Seas voyage
from an unrevealed American port
to the. undisclosed destination. but
contained clear implications of the
JOB ahead of the task force, which
apparently numbered in the thou
sands.
With number of southern leath-
ernecks known to have been in
cluded, first official advice regarding
the force was relayed here from
Washington by Brig. Gen. Robert l..
Denig, Marine headquarters public
relations director, In line with an
effort to bring Marine news close to
home.
The anonymous sergeant CORES.
pondent related how some of the
Marines enjoyed the cool tropical
nights by sleeping in Higgins land
ing boats aboard their ships.
Soda Fountain Popular.
The sergeant's story recorded no
attacks on the convoy.
Recalling blacked-out nights, band
concerts and swing sessions, the
sergeant decided that the trip was
far from dull and living conditions
aboard ship weren't as bad as an
ticipated."
Most popular place aboard ship
was the soda fountain where
Marines and sailors relaxed on cokes
and ice cream.
The chaplain's library was popu-
lar and contained everything from
Shakespeare to pulp detective maga-
zines. - Reading was the most
popular form of entertainment with
the exception of sleeping
Evening star., 1942-06-28
British, Reinforced
In Egypt, Are Back
At Full Strength
RommeI Definitely Slowed;
U. S. Bombers Helping
Attacks on Enemy
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAIRO, June 27.-The British
9Th Army stood reinforced at
full strength tonight Is miles
west of Matruh against a power
full Axis striking force spear
headed by three mechanical
divisions aiming at Alexandria,
165 miles away, and the Suez
Canal beyond.
The Allied desert army was in
position on a chosen line lis miles
inside Egypt, and military men said
that when the imminently expected
German onslaught comes, the vet
Grams will defend Egypt inch by inch.
With the enemy within $50 miles
Of the lush Nile Valley where 98
per cent of Egyptians live, there was
no doubt the situation was serious,
but the Eighth Army-smarting
from its bad defeat in Libya-was
described as determined that the
enemy snail not pass.
Marshal Erwin Rommel, the Axis
commander, has thrown everything
he has into his Egyptian invasion.
military men said, but before he
can reach the Nile he must smash
through the 40-mile desert stretch
between the Mediterranean and the
great Qattara depression-a great
inland sea of sand through which
modern army cannot move.
Rommel Definitely Slowed.
Marshal Rommel had advanced Is
miles overnight, but he definitely
had been slowed.
Throughout the day and night, the
Allied air force which includes some
of the United States Army's mighty
B-24 bombers, fought against the
approaching enemy host.
Axis and other reports reaching
Cairo indicated the battle of
mechanical land forces was i'm
minent, if not actually under way.
tThe Italians broadcast that
Marshal Rommel's forces have
made contact with the defenses
of Matruh.'D
by day and night, bomber and
fighter-bomber formations of the
Allied air force in the battle area
have been turned against the enemy
ground forces and grounded air
forces in the area west of Matruh,"
said tonight's Raj communique.
Planes Seek Heavy Toll.
The Axis zone of forward opera
tions stretching southWestward 80
miles from Matruh on the coast was
criss-crossed by planes guided by
men grimly determined to exact
a terrific toll from the invader be-
fore he came to grips with the
Eighth Army.
A big enemy armored column had
moved to the coastal area west o.
Matruh while other units milled
about farther inland in contact
with British mobile patrols.
Impartial military observers ex-
pressed belief that if the Allied
army keeps its head when and if
Marshal Rommel attacks, it can
send him back into Libya broken
and defeated
The Raj reported that enemy
troops advancing toward Matruh
and in the Biraba Mescheifa area, 80
miles west and slightly north of Ma
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Navy Seeks 1000 Yochtsmen
And Their Boats to Fight Subs

the opinion of officers conducting
the anti-submarine warfare. the
boat in question could be useful.
Saying that Vice Admiral r. r.
Waesche, commandant of the Coast
Guard, desired an organization of
yachtsmen as Coast Guard Reserve
officers to assist in operation of
these craft, the Navy announced:
Physical requirements are lin
tied only to immediate ability of
the men to serve"
Submarines already have sunk
over 800 cargo ships in the Western
Atlantic and Caribbean, many of
them close to the United States
continental shore line.
The Navy already has enrolled
hundreds Of privately-owned boats
(see SMALL BOATS, Page A-60
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Radio Programs Page E-3
Complete Index Page AZ
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
In a move to put a great fleet
of small boats into the war against
submarines off tho Atlantic and
Gulf coasts, the Navy called yester-
day for all owners of seagoing
craft to volunteer the services of
themselves and their vessels.
It was hoped, an announcement
said, that 1000 additional small
boats might join the anti-subma-
rine patrols being conducted by L.
200 craft.
The Navy said Requirements have
been relaxed" to qualify additional
boats, but gave no details as to
what the new requirements
would be. -
It was indicated, however, that
the sole test would be whether. in
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Seven Enemy Fighters
Shot Down Over Malta

By the Associated Press.
VALETTA, Malta, June 27.-The
RAF fighter patrol shot down seven
enemy fighters in the last "a hours
without suffering single loss, it
was officially announced tonight.
A number of deaths and injuries
resulted from brief bombing attack
on the harbor area and the vicinity
of an airdrome last nigk, 1t was
reported. y
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Charged With Treason
Doomed in France
y the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
VICHY, June 27.-Three women
and two men were sentenced to the
firing squad yesterday by French
Military tribunal sitting at Riom
as a court martial. The five were
charged with treason. No details
were disclosed.
A decree in this mornings official
journal called for reopening of two
more old jails to help hold unoc-
cupied Frances growing prison pop
ulAtion.
Evening star., 1942-06-28

electric plants at Niagara Falls, N.
Y. and railroad tracks on the fa-
NOUS horseshoe curve near Altoona,
Pa.
They planned to plant bombs in
locker rooms at railroad stations and
in department stores to create panic
and break down civilian morale, Mr..
Hoover said.
All the men, Mr.. Hoover said,
spoke English, and had been en-
ployed in the United States. Many
were former German-American
Bund members, he declared, and
several between 1889 and 194l had
been returned to Germany because
of their activity in the Bund.
All admitted participation in the
carefully-laid plan, the director as
serted.
He added that the Coast Guard
has intensified precautions in an
effort to prevent similar attempts to
land NaZi saboteurs on American
coasts in the future.
Two Are L. S. Citizens.
The two United States citizens
are Ernst Peter Burger, 35, who was
naturalized in 1888 and worked in
machine shops in Milwaukee and
Detroit, and Herbert Haupt, %, who
worked for an optical firm in Chi
cago. Burger was landed on Long
Island and Haupt in Florida.
The others were identified as
George Dasch, 80, leader of the New
York group; Heinrich Heinck, 35;
Robert Quirin, "a; Edward John
Kerling, 33, leader of the Florida
crew: Warner Thiel, 35, and Her
mann Neubauer, 80. All are Ger
man aliens.
Mr.. Hoover said their cases now
are in the hands of Attorney Cen
eral Biddle for decision as to how
they shall be handled.
Since they landed garbed in naval
uniforms, there was question
whether they should be treated as
prisoners of war. However, since
they changed to civilian clothes,
there was the possibility of prose-
cution under espionage and sabo-
tage laws.
The American citizens presuma-
bly, also might be prosecuted for
treason.
Details of Plot Barred.
Here is a chronological account,
given by the FBI, of the bold and
stealthy attempt at mass wreckage
the first Of its kind known in any
war IN which the United States has
been belligerent:
In the latter part Of May first
one submarine, then another, left
from a French port, each carrying
four men with specific orders to
accomplish definite sabotage.
In the dark of night on June 13,
the first U-boat cautiously surfaced
500 yards off the south shore of
Long Island near Ammagansett
Beach. The saboteurs and two
sailors, all in naval uniform. silently
rowed to shore in rubber boats.
They brought with them four
waterproof cases of explosives. cam
ouflaged bombs, timing devices. de-
tonatorS, incendiary devices and
other sabotage equipment. These
they buried in the sand, along with |
the naval uniforms. The wreckine
crew changed to American civilian
attire, the sailors returning to their
vessel
June II the second submarine
landed the other group in a similar
manner south of Jacksonville. Fla
burying their equipment and uni
forms as did the first.
The first group made its way to
New York City pending completio,
3bf sabotage plans.
On June 20, the FBI made its first |
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Continued on Page A, Column l.
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Weather Forecast

Somewhat warmer today; gentle winds.
Temperatures yesterday-Highest, 70, at
1915 pm; lowest, IS, at 1901 am; SO
at 11:20 pm.
From the United States Weather Bureau report.
Full Details on PAGE Az.
Evening star., 1942-06-28

(See WHITE HOUSE, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1942-06-28

(See EGYPT, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1942-06-28

The Evening and Sunday Star is
delivered in. the city and suburbs at
75c per month. The Night Final
Edition and Sunday Morning Star at
85c per month.
Evening star., 1942-06-28

(See NAZIS, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1942-06-28

(See GASOLINE, Page A-4J
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19
Disclosed by Survey

To date Miss Sarnes' survey
also has disclosed that one mem
Der IS teaching first aid, two are
teaching fire prevention and air
raid precautlon, ~ are certified
first aid graduates and nine are
graduates of advanced first aid
classes az East Side General
Hospital owned by Minnie Mae
Anderson, a former president.
Seven are blood donors and
three are members Of the Red
Cross Motor Corps. Others are
making surgical dressings for
the Red Cross while many are
knitting.
The members have bought
$4,000 worth n defense bonds
and the club $500 worth.
"One 81 the happiest moments
NJ my club experience wss when
7 witnessed Your president. Miss
Caroline NeWhurch, hand a
cheek for S275 80 Mrs. Charles
\ Dean ". 81 the ARMY and
Navy Recreation League, 70 fur
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19
Victory Courses

Miss Florence Cox and Miss
Alice Goddard are teaching Vic
tory courses which have to do
with the understanding Of prop
uganda, the former at Marygrove
College and the latter at the
YWCA.
Miss Marie Wolverton, who a
year or so ago. built herself a
large and beautiful house has
offered n 70 the city for use as
A hospital IN the event Of an
air raid or other catastrophe
Miss Wolvertou Is charter
member and former president
Of the club
Monthly hurry boxes are
sent by the Local club 70 British
SoroptImlsi- clubs These con
tain tea. dried fruits. packages
Of butter and soap.