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Evening star., 1942-04-15
Soviet Troops Smash
Through First Nazi
Line Around Bryansk
New Germon Equipment
Declared Captured
In Westward Sweep
b. thu Associated Press.


KUIBYSHEV, Russia, April Is.
- Soviet troops have smashed
through the first line of German
defenseS guarding Bryansk, 200
miles southwest of Moscow, and
are battling flercely in the second
line. dispatches from the front
reported today.
The direct assault on the fortified
lines guarding the key salient barely
go miles from the frontier of White
Russia was said to have developed
from an offensive in which numer-
Gus communities were recaptured
and 5000 Germans killed in the past
two weeks.
The dispatches said NaZi supplies
engulfed in the westward sweep of
the Russian forces included quanti-
ties of new rifles and machine guns
apparently moved up for a German
spring drive.
GuerrilIas Make Captures.
Fierce fighting also was reported
northwest of Moscow, where the
Germans were said to have lost l 200
men in the last few days.
Red Star, the army newspaper,
said guerrilla detachments operat-
ing back of the German lines in the
Smolensk area snd widely through
White Russia had captured numer-
Gus German soldiers including 10
officers.
Slushy footing generally restricted
fighting on the Nazi-Soviet front,
but the government announced that
new engagements on the central
and Leningrad fronts had cost the
Germans $500 dead.
In addition. the Germans lost
about $50 officers and men killed
and wounded and the Russians cap
tured prisoners and war supplies in
"a hours of combat on the Kalinin
front. it was announced.
A cavalry unit was credited with
capture of four communities on the
central frOnt.
A German attack led by 16 tanks
against a height won by Soviet
troops was declared repulsed by
Russian gunners.
Having lost five machines, the
enemy was compelled to retreat" a
communique said. The crew Of
one enemy tank was taken pris-
ener."
A Soviet Information Bureau
communique broadcast from Mos
COW said 1900 invaders were killed
within 48 hours in the Leningrad
area. Red Army men were reported
to have slain 400 and disrupted the
46Sth German Infantry Regiment
| in a niEht engagement at the center
Evening star., 1942-04-15

IIIt OUUIIIWtSL FdCIIIC.
The generals own headquarters,
however. apparently was without di-
rect information to that effect, and
a statement of headquarters
spokesman appeared to indicate
that uncertainty as TO his status
persisted.
president Roosevelt re-empha-
sized at a press conference yes
terday that Gen. Macarthur had
full authority over the United
Nations forces, including naval
power, In the Southwest Pacific.
However. he said that for opera
tional reasons he could not say
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Five r. A. r. Bombers
Downed, Berlin Says

BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, April IS (P,.-The Royal Air
Force attacked Western Germany
during the night and the civilian
population suffered some losses in
killed and wounded, D.NB. said to-
day.
Five Of the invading bombers were
reported shot down.
DNB.'s report said that damage
was done mainly TO houses"
Evening star., 1942-04-15
U. S. Soldier Killed
Accidentally in ireland

By the Associated Press.
WITH NITED STATE
FORCES IN THE BRITISH ISLES,
April l5.-The death of Pvt. John
A. Strouse, 25, of ST. Paul, Mimi.
from an accidental shot April 13-
the day he completed his first years
service with the Army-was an
nounced today.
In the second such instance
among the United States forces in
Ulster a bullet from the rife which
a buddy was cleaning without first
having made sure it was unloaded
killed Strouse in a hut at base
somewhere in Northern Ireland.
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Chungking Paper Scores
Allied Retreat in Burmc

CHUNGKING. China, April Is
(P.-Taking up the cry against Al
lied retreats in Burma, the English
language newspaper National Her
aid said editorially today that the
will to fight is even more important
than planes. guns and tanks and
pointed to the courageous stand"
Of the Chinese troops in Burma as
an example for all Allied forces.
1T appears there still is a lack of
coordination among various Allied
units in Burma as the question of
unified command evidently is not
yet settled" the paper said.
Evening star., 1942-04-15

whether New Zealand or other
specific areas were within the
zone and that it was better ito
have the enemy guess than to
tell them"
On London, a Netherlands
spokesman said that, although
Gen. MacArthur's powers had
not been defined ofiicially, all
Dutch air, sea and land forces
which escaped from the East
Indies were at his disposal
In answer to questions whether
Gen. Macarthur was supreme com.
tSee MACARTHUR, Page A-6J
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Australia Selects
Cosey's Successor

BY the Associated Press.
CANBERRA. Australia. April Is.
Prime Minister Curtin announced
today the Australian cabinet had
selected a new Australian Min
lister to Washington but his name
would not be announced until
United States approval had been
gained.
The Minister will take the post
vacated by Richard G. Casey. who
left Washington to become the
British cabinets Minister of State
In the Near East,
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Gen. Marshall Confers
With U. S. Officers
ny the Associated Press.

fN the Associated Press.
LONDON, April l5.-Gen. George
c. Marshall. United States Army
Chief Of staff. conferred for three
hours today with American generals
regarding problems of the United
States forces in the British Isles.
Harry Hopkins received the new
Turkish Ambassador to Britain, HUI
sein Rauf Orbay, in United States
Ambassador John @. Winant's ofice.
Evening star., 1942-04-15

Pneumonia struck suddenly at the
end of last week. and the generals S
condition was serious from the be-
ginning, though he apparently did
not consider it so, his doctor said.
A flu attack around Christmas had
left him so run down that for sew
eral months he had rarely been able
(See JOHNSON, Page A-10)
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Loss Of Normandie
Laid 10 CareIessness
By House Probers
Committee, However,
Says Sabotage
Could Be Cuuse

By the Associated Press.
A House Naval Affairs Subcom-
mittee today blamed careless
ness and lack of proper super
vision" for the fire which dam
aged the liner Normandie in New
York. 1t reported that oppor-
tunities for sabotage were
abundant"
Concluding a two-month inves-
tigation, the subcommittee issued
long report sharply critical of Gov
ernment handling of the big ship
and disclosed that orders had been
given for 1t to sail on February IA,
five days after 1t burned and cap
sized.
Asserting that the fire unques-
tionably started from sparks from a
blow torch which ignited life pre-
servers, the subcommittee said in
vestigation failed to disclose any
persons intent on acts of sabotage
and said the fire was not started
with willful or malicious intent"
Lack Of Supervision"
There is no escape from the con-
clusion, however, that the cause and
consequences of the fire are directly
attributable to carelessness and lack
Of proper supervision" the report
said.
There was no evidence to indicate
that the fire on the Normandie may
be attributed to sabotage. =
Opportunities for sabotage or almost
any subversive activity were, how
ever, abundant on the Normandie.
- That the fire may not be at
tributed to sabotage is only indica-
tive, therefore, of the fact that
saboteurs, If there were any, did
not deem the time ripe for sabo-
tage."
The subcommittee made % rec
concentrations intended to prevent
repetition of such a fire, one of
which was that operation of United
States merchant vessels should be
placed under the Jurisdiction Of the
Secretary of the Navy.
Plan Being Considered.
The question of bringing the mer-
chant marine under the Navy,
Chairman Vinson of the Naval AZ
fairs Committee said, "is now being
discussed at the White House" by
Chairman Emory S. Land of the
Maritime Commission.
The report said 1t was difficult
to place the responsibility for acts
of carelesSnesS on any one individual
but did say there was undue haste,
indecision and lack of careful plan
ming in connection with the con-
version OF the Normandie."
The report said that evidence is
conclusive that competent naval
officers as late as February 6 recon-
mended against the sailing of the
ship on February IA and that the
recommendations were overruled."
The subcommittee said there was
confusion in the testimony 1t had
taken and no direct evidence as to
who was responsible for the sailing
order, but remarked that it came
from the Navy Department "and 1t
can be presumed that it was done
on the highest controlling au-
thority."
Also, the report said, there was
lack of adequate supervision of the
contractor, and lack of adequate
f1re-prevention safeguards and lack
(See NORMANDIE, Page A-3J
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Summary of Todoy's Star

President confers on taxes, shipping
and war strategy. Page AS
Interned Japs reported better paid
than soldiers. Page Ali
$500, 600, 900 submarine program to be
given Congress. Page B-4
Social Justice weekly faces perma-
nent mail ban. Page B-6
U. S.-German patents attacked by
official. Page B-7
Washington and Vicinity.
Rehearing of appeal is sought In
Buckley traffic case. Page B-1
Blackout test brings praise and
promise Of more. Page B-1
Deadline on District income tax
tonight. Page B-1
Miscellany
Natures Children. Page B-s
Marriage Licenses. Page Clio
Births and Deaths. Page Clio
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Confusion Arises Over Whether
M'Arthur Has Full Allied Power
Curtin ond Roosevelt Soy He Is Supreme;
His Headquarters Denies Knowing 1t
BY c. YATES MCDANIEL,

UNITED STATES ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA.
April 15-Ausalan Curtin heartily
today
Arthur United Nations forces
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Viehy to Remain Seat
OF French Government

BERN. Switzerland, April Is (F.--
The seat of the French government
viii remain at vichy, the German
(see FRENCH, Page A-20
Evening star., 1942-04-15

tSee RUSSIA, Page AS
Evening star., 1942-04-15

(See REED, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Washington and Vicinity.
Miscellany

nature s Cn1ldren.
Marriage Licenses.
Births and Deaths.
Evening star., 1942-04-15

(See JOHNSON, Page A-10.)
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
Armada

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Ritter
and Raymond, Jr., spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Braidwood.
Mrs. Frank Wilder will be
hostess to the Senior Bridge
Club for luncheon in her home,
Thursday, January 22nd.
The Capac High school Band
presented a musical program for
the students of Armada High
school in the Gym last Thursday
morning.
Mrs. Edith Hill of New Balti-
more spent last week at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Bantien.
The residence of the late Will
liam Bottomley on South Fulton
street, has been sold to Mr.. JUL
Jus Waller, of Port Huron.
Archie Pinkley left Monday
for Buffalo, N. Y, to join the
Coast Guard. Archie gradual
ed from the Armada High school
last June.
Mary Lou Lawagie returned
to her home in Mount Clemens
after spending the past week in
the home Of her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Lambert.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Kunseith and
Margaret of Pontiac were Sum-
day dinner guests of MIR and Mrs.
Bert Downey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Wetling and
Donna were Sunday guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wetling.
Mrs. Lee Durham entertained
at a miscellaneous shower Fri
day evening honoring Mrs. How
ard Ellis, q recent bride.
At the regular monthly meet
ing of the Armada school board
held in the home of Supt. OF
Schools, A. ]. Hutchins and Mrs.
Hutchins, last Wednesday even
ing. John Siefert, of Berville,
was engaged to fill the vacancy
Of commercial teacher, caused by
the resignation Of Charles Nc
radden of Bad Axe, who has en-
listed in the u. S. Army and left
Friday.
Mrs. ]. p Vsllie attended .
meeting of the "Ugo.Igo club
on Wednesday afternoon, at the
home of Mrs Frank Marshmitz,
of Romeo.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
Defense Politics
Scored i'm LANSING

LANSING, ia % - up -
Rep. Colin L. Smith, Republican,
Big Rapids, demanded in the
House Of Representatives
Wednesday that veterans organ
izations be given a louder voice
in national defense affairs in
Michigan, and asserted seven
eighths" of the appointments to
defense council posts by Gov
ernor Van Wagner have gone to
Democrats.
Smith read his statement into
the House record, as the House
adopted and sent to the Senate
his veterans resolution. The sem
ate referred it to committee.
The prepared statement, as it
went into the record, declared
in part:
"The governor hes fav-
ored seven eighths of he coun-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
BY ROBERT MAGIDOFF

MOSCOW, Jan. 22-(R-Ex-
ultant Soviet soldiers shelled
the rear guard of a retreating
German army in the SHOWS seven
miles west of recaptured MOI
haisk and hammered its flank
ing units today with a declara-
ton that "the road to full victory
lies ahead"
In 4O-below zero weather.
so cold it coats exposed hair and
eyelashes with frost-the heavi-
ly clad troops of Lieut.. Gen.
Leonid Gorovo pressed the ad-
vantage of their greatest vic
tory on the central front.
CLAIM THREAT ENDED
They proclaimed the battle
of Moscow finally was ended
with the recapture of Mozhaisk,
81 miles west of the capital, and
sought to give the German sur
vivors not a moment to bias. out
even fox-holes for a new st"nd
on the road to Smolensk.
The frontal offensive had gain
ed a mile since it was announc-
ed yesterday the invaders had
been driven to the six-mile mark
beyond Mozhaisk.
(Russian dispatches to London
said the road to Smolensk, re-
ported German field headquart-
ers on the Dnieper, was crowd
ed. Red army artillery was re-
ported to be hurting big shells
into the German ranks.
RUSSIANS POISED
British analysts s a d shat.
tering Of the Mozhaisk salient
put Russia in a position to strike
her next major blow along the
Donets Basin front, from Khar-
kov to the Sea of Azov. They
expressed belief possession OF
that area was vital for Soviet
defense against a new German
attack expected in the spring..
The Soviet information bu-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
Meade

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bentley
and daughter Gertrude were Sum
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Hem
ry Bentley and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Furton
were luncheon guests of Mrs.
Coral Richardson in Detroit on
Thursday.
The Ladies Aid meeting was
we'll attended at the home Of
Mrs. Mable Chapman last week.
Choir practise was held at the
home of Mrs. Henry Lefurgey
Tuesday evening.
Ten little tots enrolled as be-
ginners at the Meade school this
week.
Miss Iris Bantle, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bantle, took
part in the piano recital at the
r. p. Church in Mount Clemens
Sunday afternoon.
George Richards spent Satur.
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Pal
lister in Mount Clemens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Hotch-
kiss were visitors at the home Of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Hotchkiss, Friday.
Lloyd Chapman will lead Ep-
worth League Sunday evening.
Miss Barbara Tielk was .
week end guest of MIR. and Mrs.,
Francis Furton.
Mrs. Judy Furton attended the
Extension Club meeting at the
home of Mrs. Herman Schultz,
in New Haven, Tuesday after
noon.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22

ties of the state of Michigan with
members of his OWL party as
chairmen of these County de-
fense) councils. xxx
Complete unity in a democ-
racy that will insure successful
prosecution of the war resulting
in an ultimate victory, requires
the cessation of all party poll
tics. xxx
II have the right, however, to
criticize the governor when he
overlooks one of he strongest
aids to the defense of the state
and the nation in setting up his
defense program. X X x The
American Legion, the Veterans
of Foreign Wars and other kim
dred veterans of the World War.
The Legion has already been
working on this very program
for years."
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
OutfIonked Maxi Armies
Struggle Through Shows
Reds Pound Defeated Gsrmons -
in 40 Below Zero Weather

reau said remnants Of the Sew
enth and 197th infantry divi-
sions, the Third Motor division
and the 32lst Infantry regimer's
made up the German forces
fleeing Mozhaisk, over which the
Red flag was hoisted again Mon
day.
Incomplete preliminary data
listed 20 field guns, rs motor
vehicles, three warehouses of
munitions and other equipment
z, captured within the town.
PRESS ATTACK
Thanking attacks were pressed
and Is settlements were reported
retaken on the north wing alone.
1.-THE Germans are suffering
heavy losses, particularly in the
SOUTH" the information bureau
said.
Dispatches from the south
western front "a term which
might refer either to the Donets
Basin or the Crimea) said q
series of violent German coun-
terattacks had been repulsed
through the joint action of So
Wet cavalry and artillery.
In Kuibyshev the central COM
mittee of the Communist party
and the council of Peoples Com
missars ruled last night that to-
day, usually holiday in observ-
ance of the anniversary of the
death of Nikolai Lenin, should
be a working day throughout
the Soviet union.
Lenin, founder of the Soviet
Union actually died ID years ago
yesterday.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
Lombard Rites
Brief
Intimots Friends
Attend Funssol

GLENDALE, CALF, Jan. "a
-(R-Vivacious Carole Lom-
bard, who loved life; welcomed
1t in its every aspect, was buried
with brief, simple funeral SER
vices yesterday.
A prayer. "a short eulogy. (.
a poem. organ music. fewer
than three score intimate friends
in attendance.
That was all. That was the
way the actress willed it. All
except the eulogy. Friends in
sisted that the pastor, the Rev.
Gordon c. Chapman of West
wood Hills community Methodist
church, read short tribute they
had prepared. Clark Gable, Miss
Lombard's husband consented.
Sharing in the simple services
was Miss Lombard's mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth X. Peters. Mrs.
Peters had been Carole's almost
constant companion from the
time she bore her in Fort Wayne,
Ind, 81 years ago until they
went to death together in a
Transcontinental and Western
airliner crash near Las Vegas,
New, last Friday night.
Otto Winkler, Cables public
ity manager and close friend, an
other victim of the crash, will be
buried late today.
Bodies of four others of the %
crash victims were sent to rela-
tives from Las Vegas yesterday.
They were Mrs. Lois Hamilton,
to Detroit; Capt. Wayne Will
liams, pilot, to Kansas City; CO.
pilot Morgan A. Gillette to Los
Angeles for cremation and re-
shipment to Burlington. VT, and
hostess Alice Getz to Illinois.
Inquests into the deaths of Is
Air Corps Ferry pilots were
scheduled at Las Vegas today.
Then an Army board will con-
duct its own inquiry.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
Msgr. Sheen Appeals
for Return 10 God
Holy Hour at St. Peters
Friday Evening 7:30-8:30

Holy Hour will be held in st.
Peters Catholic Church Friday
evening from 1880 to $50
o'clock, according to custom.
Msgr. Fulton j. Sheen in his
Sunday evening radio addresses
pleads with all Americans to
return to God to spend a daily
hour of prayer to achieve the
three moral detectives of t h e
war, Christian civilization, reli-
gious freedom and justice.
All Catholics are urged to
attend this holy hour on Friday
and to pray for the boys in
service of their country and a
just peace.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
John Schmidt
Rites Held
Bonk Director
Dies in Hospitol

Last rites were read Tuesday
afternoon for John c. Schmidt,
Sc years old director of the First
State Bank, who died Friday
morning at Henry Ford Hospital
in Detroit following a week s
illness. ----------------------------
Services were held from his
residence at 1886 Eleven Mile
road and were followed by serv-
ices at the Emmanuel Methodist
Church with the Rev. Robert D.
Richards officiating. Burial was
at Forest Lawn Cemetery under
the direction of the William
Clyne Funeral Home.
Born in RoseN lille, Mr..
Schmidt was successful con-
tractor and also maintained a
farm. He was a member of the
Board of Education for school
district four of Warren Town
ship for ID years, and during the
last ii years served as president
of the Board.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Emma Schmidt and his family,
Melvin of Roseville. Mrs. Laura
Rate of Roseville, Mrs. Harold
Ratio of Sparlingville, Mrs. Will
liam Ureel of Detroit, John F.
of Roseville, Clarence of Rose
vile, Mrs. Maurice Ureel of
Detroit, Ray of Warren Town
ship, Esther of Roseville. Irwin
of Warren Township, Ruth of
Roseville, and two sisters, Mrs.
Bertha Prizes and Mrs. Edward
Meisel OF Fraser.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22

The real name Of Pola Negri.
motion picture actress, is Apo
LIMA Chalupex.
Evening star., 1942-02-14
8 Ships, 473 Bombers
Lost at Pearl Harbor,
Representative Says
WoIcott AssuiIs
Secretary Knox for
yelling the Truth
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LAPEER, Mich, Feb l4.-Rep-
resentative Wolcott, Republican,
Of Michigan declares that cur
rent lack of information regard
ing activities of the United States
Pacific Fleet is due to the fact
that America lost control of the
Pacific at Pearl Harbor."
This control was lost" Repre-
sentative Wolcott told Republican
rally here last night, because eight
out of nine American capital ships
light and heavy cruisers and bat
tleships-which were in Pearl Har-
Dor on December 7 when the Japa-
nese attacked were destroyed. as
well as 473 bomber planes, which
we're reduced to scrap"
Representative Wolcott said Navy
Secretary Frank Knox veiled the
truth when he said certain damaged
ships could be salvaged.
"As a matter of fact" the Repre-
sentative declared, lit will take
months or years to effect repairs u
The speaker urged policy of
frankness concerning losses he said
we're common knowledge in Wash
ington". and known as well to Axis
foes.
"The American people can take
it," he said.
Evening star., 1942-02-14
Inquiry Head
Is Admiral
La Mar Leahy
Two Other Members
Also Will Sit to
Fix Responsibility
By the Associated Press.

q
A Navy court of inquiry has
begun an investigation into the
cause of the fire aboard the U.
S. S. Lafayette February 9, which
resulted in the vessel, the former
French liner Normandie, capSiz-
ing at its dock in New York.
A Navy announcement said Secre-
tary Knox had convened the court
of inquiry and 1t already has begun
proceedings.
A thorough investigation of all
circumstances connected with the
fire to determine its cause and the
responsibility for it will be under
the direction of Rear Admiral La
Mar r. Leahy, U. s. N, retired.
Other Members of Court.
Other members of the court Of
inquiry are Capt. Harry E. Shoe
maker, U. S. NJ, retired, and Capt.
Frederick E. Haeberle. 1t. Robert
L. johnson, U. S. N, retired, is the
judge advocate.
The court will sit in New York.
The Lafayette, which the Navy
was converting into an auxiliary
vessel, now is lying on it's side in
the Hudson River beside its dock.
The court has the authority, Navy
spokesmen said, to subpoena witt
neSses.
The Navy announced that inforuna-
tion 'compatable with military Sc.
curity will be released as soon as
available" adding that such infor-
nation would come from the Navy
in Washington.
Will Determine Future Course.
The Navy statement said that if
the court determined that offenses
have been committed or serious
blame incurred, it will recommend
what further proceeding should be
had"
A demand for a congressional in
vestigation of the circumstances sur
rounding the ship fire recently was
made by Representative Bates, Re-
| publican, of Massachusetts,, who de-
clared Congress should determine
what precautions had been taken to
prevent the fire.