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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
3 ALLEGED SPIES
 TO GO ON TRIAL
One of Five Indicted Not in. Country; Another May
 Be Insane

Hartford. Conn, June l1-(UP)- An August trial appeared likely today for five men, including Anas- tase A. Vonsiatsky, wealthy Rus sian refugee, who were indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on charges of spying for Germany and Japan.
 Thopas J. Dodd, special assistant to the U. s. Attorney General, said the federal trial would be held at Hartford, probably in August, thus giving time to handle all prelimin- aries of the case.
 It was considered possible that ony four of the five defendants. and possibly only three. would come to trial. Gerhardt Wilhelm Kunze, German Bund leader and one Of those indicted, was said to be out of the country, and may not be apprehended in time for the trial. Count Vonsiatsky, whose attorney claimed he was insane and should be in a mental institution, also may not come to trial if a petition for commitment to an asylum was up-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
Military, Naval Sources Scoff At Jap Claims Of Troops Landing In Aleutians

a navy spokesman. Asked for com- ment on them, the spokesman said: we have no information about any Japs landing on Alaskan soil. Ger tainIy, none of our inhabited areas. islands or rocks are troubled with any uninyited visitors up to this time"
 This statement indicated that military and naval authorities were in touch with the various govern ment posts on the island chain,
 It did not, however, preclude the possibility that the Japs may have landed on some of the Isolated, un- inhabited islands In the group.
 At any rate, there was no basis for the extrayagant statement by Japanese sources that as . result Of the Aleutlan operations Japan is now threatening the United States"
 An observer, who Is usually well informed, put t this Way:
 ~rhe Japanese government ape paEently is using aR ether wave victory iD the Aieutians to anaeg-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
COnlmissar MOlOtOv of Russia Has Signed Up
 With U. s. on Plan
SECOND FRONT WILL
 START THIS YEAR
No Details Are Given Out at Capital; Treaty Signed
 With Britain

Washington; June Il. - (UP) ~ The White House announced today that Presi- dent Roosevelt and Foreign Affairs Colnrnissar Vyache- slav Mollotov of the Soviet Union have reached a "full understanding with re- gard to the urgent tasks of creating a second front in Europe. in 1942." Disclosing that Molotov conferred here for nearly week with leaders of the American government, the White House said the chief execu- tive and the Russian leader also took up measures for increasing and speeding up the supplies of planes, tanks and other Kinds of war materials from the United States to the Soviet Union."
 A third major point of the Molo- ov-Roosevelt discussions concerned 'Fundamental problems of cooper ation of the Soviet Union and the United States in safeguarding peace and security to the freedom loving peoples after the war"
 Both sides state with satisfac- tion the unity of their views on all these questions" the White House said.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11

thetize its people against the pain of the Midway defeat"
 Although the final score of the Midway battle is not yet in, the results have greatly encouraged America's Allies in the Pacific. An account of the engagement was pre- scented by President Roosevelt to the Pacific war council, and here the reactions of some of its men- bers:
 New Zealand Minister Walter Nash-"Full Of good news right through-as good as We have had and perhaps the best we've had"
 pr, Alexander Loudon. the Neth- erlapds minister encourag- ing in all respects"
 Australian minister for external affairs Herbert W. Eyatt, however, warned in 8 fadio address from here last night that the Pacific war must not be considered a "slde- show; that 0veF-confldeucA grow. Ing out of the American feet vie, togy at Midway would be suicidal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
BRITAIN SIGNED
 UP WITH RUSSIA
Twenty-Year Military Post
 War Pact Has Been :. Agreed Upon
By NED RUSSELL

Limited Press Stan C0EreSpOndeneD
 London, June ll-(UP)-Great Britain and Russia have signed Q 2O-year military and postwar pact and have agreed upon the urgent necessity" of opening up 8 second front against the Axis in western Europe this year. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons today.
 The pact Is limited, however, to the defeat of the Axis in Europe and Russia is specifically exempted from going to war against Japan with whom she still maintains a delicate neutrality.
 (The United States and Russia reached a full understanding" re- gaIding the necessity of European .secOnd front" this year, 1t was aF- nounced in Washington following tse secret visit to the United States of Soviet Foreign C0mmissaT VlachegIav M. MolOtOvl.
 Under the provisions Of the new AnglO-R Russian pact hailed by Al- lied government leaders ag a birl- liant diplomatic triulnph-s seat Is reserved for Russia in the peace conference and she Is assigned in advance an important role In the past war reconstruction.
 Pleas Are Answered
 At the same time the sovlets ob- tain British consent to the urgent pleas which Joscef stalin and other Russian leaders have been making for a. second front, hitting Ger. many from the west while Adolf
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
CHINESE FORCES
 IN TOUCH PLACE
Three Large Japanese COl- umns Are Pressing Them
 Into Serious Danger
BY ROBERT P. MARTIN

(Unlteu fFeSS Stam COFreSpOnucntD
 Chungking, June Il - (UP) - Three large Japanese columns, pressing east and southeast from Nanchang, have made Hong strides" during the past 24 hours and are threatening to outflank Chinese po- sitions along the middle section of the Chekiang -Kiansgi Railway, a military spokesman said today.
 He declared that the Chinese sit- uatioh was growing increasingly critical, but reported that a Chi nese garrison, now in the sixth day of siege, still held out behind the walled defenses of bomb-shattered Chuhsien, key rail center in western Chekiang.
 A strong enemy force, however, had by-passed Chuhsien and was driving westward to join 8 column moving east from Nanchcang, pro- vincial capital of Kiangski. Their juncture would cut off the 150-mile stretch of the Nanchang-Hangshow Railway still in Chinese hands.
 The spokesman said the .Japa- nese right prong, pushing south southeast from Nanchang, penetrat- ed Tsungjen on Tuesday and now had reached Nanfeng, l24 miles be- low Nanchang.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
50 Nipponese Warships Of All Kinds Engaged In Fight
Terrific Battle Rages Today On All Sectors Surrounding Kharkov
Germans, Russians Are Throwing in Everything
 in This Bloody Scrap
By HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff COFrespondent)

Moscow, June 11.-(UP)-German offensive operations threatened a new big-scale drive on the Khar- kov front today, but front line dis patches said that the enemy was suffering many thousands killed in heavy fighting outside Sevastopol and in the streets of a large town on the Kalinin front.
 'The Germans are still hurling fresh legions into the meat grinder approaches to the fortress of Sevas- topol in the Crimea," according to a dispatch to the newspaper Izves- tia. "The approaches are cluttered the the bodies of thousands of corpses rotting under merciless Sun."
 Battles Everywhere
 But dispatches also disclosed out. break of severe battles on other sec- tors, including:
 Kharkov- The Russian communi- que said that the Germans were on the offensive" in the Kharkov area, apparently attempting to re- pair the breaks made in their lines by the Red army as a prelude to launching Hitler'S long-heralded major offensive by more than l. 100000 men in the Ukraine.
 Kalinin-DispatcheS said that "a furious battle is raging" around large inhabited point where the German garrison has been enc!r- cled on the front northwest of Mos COW. The Russians broke through into the town and. fighting in the streets, are capturing the houses one by one," the dispatches said,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
OLDEST GENERAL
 IN U. s. IS DEAD
Brig. Gen. William N. Bis. bee Was lO2; With Sher.
 man in March to Sea

Brookline, Mass. June ll.--(UP) --The nations oldest general Brig. Gen. William F, Bisbee, U. s. 4, retired-died today at his home of heart disease at the age of l02. He had been iil for fortnight.
 A son Raymond, Q daughter, Mrs. Thomas Fefel Of Baltimore, a grandson William a and his wife, who had pursed the general since he suffered the first of a series Of heart seizures were at the bedside Sn the old-fashloued apartment where he had lived since retiring in 1909.
 War always seemed an Inevitable necessity to Gen, Bisbee who as a lad of ie left his native Woon- socket. E. T., and pushed west- ward in g covered wagon with the pioneers in search Of gold.
 A year later be returned empty handed, was married and set up aa Ha merchant ln Delaware. o. When Abraham sLlncoln called for Yollln. tepFS ln g1ei, he organized Q eonls pany ol 100 and for his resource fulneas Ras eiyen 2 first AaFgeans'i Fatias.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
SCRAP RUBBER
 DRIVE BY GOVT.
President Announces De- tails of Plan; Oil Pipe
 Line Being Rushed
BY HTLLIER KRrEGHBAUM

Washington, June II - U.P0 = President Roosevelt announces to- day the details of 8 scrap rubber collection campaign as government of1cials rushed plans for the worlds largest oil pipe line to relieve the petroleum shortage in the East.
 War production board officials predicted that the new pipe line which will connect Longview, Tex, and Salem, H., would be started next month and be ready for opera ton December 1. It will be $50 miles long and constructed of 24-inch pipe. It will be able to carry be- tween 250,O00 and 300,O0O barrels of gasoline or crude oil daily.
 WIPE Chairman Donald Nelson and the once of Petroleum Coor- dinator said the pipe line was being Johns Hopkins University; Reginald A. Daly, Sturgis Hooper professor of Geology at Harvard; Rene J. DuboS, New York City bacteriologist.
 Master of Arts - Raymond Gram
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
U. s. NAVAL FORCE
 JOINED BRITISH
Now in Home Waters of England; Production of
 Planes Combined
BY LOUIS F. KEEMLE f0R fhA limited PPQeC War nNgk

The presence of a United States naval force in British home waters and the decision to integrate the production program of the two na- tions gives heartening evidence that the democracies are working as one country to build up mighty war machine that will inevitably crush the Axis, perhaps sooner than had been hoped for.
 The machoine will be based on sea and air power ana on seemingly unlimited production capacity which will outinatch the Axis ship for ship. plane by plane. tank for tank and gun for gun. Captain Oliver Lyttelton, British minister of pro- duction, made the astonishing statement in Washington last night that British production, which 1t was thought hac. nearly reached capacity, has been increased by 100 per cent in the last year. American production is only getting into its
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
By SANDOR S, KLEIN United Press Staff COrvespOndent)

Limited Press Stan COFgespOndenD
 Washington, June il.-(UP)- Military and naval sources, scotting at Japanese claims of troop landings in the Aleutian Islands, believed to- day that the enemy probably would try more hit and run raids in the Alaskan area. Those sources indi- cated that all was quiet there for the present. but emphasized flor the present." They have not ruled out the possibility of further at- taclSS such as that on Dutch Harbor a week ago yesterday.
 One expert suggested that the Japanese propaganda claims may have had these Objectives:
 l. To divert American naval forces searching for the badly bat- tered Japanese fleet repuised ct Midway.
 2. TO cushion the shock og the Midway defeat for the Japanese pubic.
 Whatever their motive, the Axis pganagands claims weEo explodsd hg
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
BRITISH PILOTS
 CROSS CHANNEL Flew Over to Make More Daylight Attacks Upon
 Coasts of France

London, June II = CU.P.) - RAT fighters late today swept over the Channel Coast en route to north- ern France in an apparent resump- ton of daylight attacks on the oc- cupied zone.
 They took up the round the clock air offensive where night fighters and light bombing planes had left of at dawn after attacking air. dromes in Holland and Belgium. Britain's long range bombers were grounded again-the second night in succession-by bad weather.
 The night raiders bombed power stations and railroad centers in northern France without loss to themselves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
Most Dastardly Crime Done In Czech Village
Dark Ages" Recalled; Nazis Killed All Men; Women Sent to Prison Camps, Children to Alleged
 Education Centers
BY JOHN A. PARRIS Limited Press Staff COrreSpOndentl

London, June Il - (UP) ' The Czech Nationalist Government to- day characterized as "the most das- tardly German act since the dark ages" the Nazi slaughter of the en- tire male population of town near Prague in reprisal for the assassina- tion of Reinhard Heydrich.
 The Nazi gestapo leyeled the town of Lidcice yesterday, executed every male, sent all the women to con- centration camps and carried the children of to educational irlstitu- tions." ..,s
 It was regarded as the start of a new reign of terror in CZecho- slavia growing out of the death of 'Hangman" Heydrich. No. man of the gestapb and protector of Bo- hemia and Moravia." Since he was fatally wounded by Czech patriots two weeks ago, at least 328 innocent persons have been salin, not includ-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
THREE ROOSEVELT
 LEADERS IGNORED
StimlsOn, Knox, Nelson Are Given Degrees in Har-
 ward Commencement.

Cambridge, Mass, June li--CUP) President RooseVelt's three first iieItenants of the war effort - Secretary of War Henry |. 6timson, Secretary of Navy Prank Knox, and War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson--Were among l3 recipients of honorary degrees today at Har- yard Uniyersity's 20ist commence Ilsent.
 President James Bryant Conant of the University conferred doctor ates of law on those three and also on Governor Leyerett Ealtonstall of Massachusetts and Frederick F. Keppel, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York City.
 Other awards were as follows;
 Doctorates Of Art - Edward w. Forbes. director of Harvard's Pogg Art Museum; Paul J. Sachs, Fine Arts Professor ct Harvard.
 DoctoTates of Letters - Jeremiah D. M. Ford, French and Spanish Professor at Harvard: Alfonso Reyes Professor Of Spanish Literature at the University of Mexico.
 Doct0rates of Science Adolph Meyer. Professor of Psychiatry at
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
American Airmen Telling Today About Blasting
 Huge Jap Sea Force 90 PER CENT OF JAP
 PLANES ARE SMASHED Over 10000 Japs Were Killed; IS of Japanese
 Ships GO Down
BY ROBERT MILLER United Press Staff COrrespondehty

United Press Staff COrrespondeht,
 U. S. Army Air Corps Head quarters, Hawaii, June II. -
 (UP) - American airmer told today the story of the battle of Midway in which they dumped high explosives smack on the nose" of Japanese aircraft carriers and utterly smashed an enemy invasion fleet unoffi- cially estimated at more than
 50 warships of all types. A high percentage -- probably
 more than 90 per cent of the Japanese airplanes launched in the enemy's carefully laid and power fully prosecuted attempt to capture Midway was lost. according to Japanese loss of life was estimated as high as 10000 in connection with the sinking or damaging or perhaps IS of their vessels.
 The roaring assault of American torpedo planes, dive-bomberS and high level bombers on the enemy invasion fleet and especially on Japanese aircraft carriers, which. "belched smoke and flame" was described in detail for the first time by army pilots who broke up the enemy attack and filtered the sea with his wreckage.
 Unoffiical but well informed sources added that carriers, battle ships, cruisers and a large number of transports-all obviously headed for an eventual attack on Hawaii if they had captured Midway, took the heaviest blows dealt by the Americans.
 Four or five carriers, and pcs. Sjbly more. were involved, as were at least three Japanese battleships, around 10 cruisers and between 20 and 30 destroyers, in addition to transports and auxiliaries, these sources estimated.
 Our Forces CoOrdinated
 The eyewitness stories of the American aerial attacks against two columns of enemy warshipS em- phaSized the close coordination of our aFmed forces, with both carrier and land-baSed planes carrying out highly effective operations.
 Naval army and marine planes pasted the enemy carriers first until 1t was doubtful if more than one or two Japanese carriers were able to retrieve the planes they had sent against Midway. The Japanese bombing attack made clear that the enemy hoped to capture lss5wRy aS a preliminary to attack Gn Hawai- since the Japanese pN0tS G4 mOe bomb the runways on our airfieidR hoping to leave them intact f@ Japanese use later on.
 After smashing the carriers. the flyers turned against the enemy battleships in hope of elinlin- ating the powerful warships and permitting American naval units to attack the Japanese transports if the invasion attempt had continued.
 It was the army airmenE story that was told at this base.
 And yet to come are the details of the heroic defense Of, the two coral-reefed islets which form Midway by the United States against hundreds of Jap- anese planes and of the nayys de- lection, far out to sea, of the great Japanese fleet and its own relept-
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Wanted-Used Things Of All Kinds-

An Inventory of the average hoFne will reveal many outs grown, discarded, or cutmcded things which are etill useful to someone else,
 These retired articles can be auickly sold for eash thr0ugh g IoW.cost DEMOCRAT Want Al.
 Telephone 4s2lsI, Charge pour want Al and Raise Waeati0n Cash.
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ReguIaP ' weeks' Summer School opens Jwne 70. Fest ywmleF College es Cenmegea Adg,
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Askov American., 1942-03-05

pay it. It might be we'll to buy a
farm, keeping just enough cattle
chickens and pigs to maintain normal
life. A man wouldn't have to worry
about borrowing to pay his tax-or
would he?
It is pleasing to think of the fact
that there will be a good trunk high
way to Duluth this summer. Black
topping should begin as soon as the
frost is out of the road.
A letter from Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. H
Hogan states that they will probably
leave California for the old home
state about next Tuesday They'll
have to put their red flannels back on
Mr.. and Mrs. R. P. Hogan arrived
with load of household goods Sat-
urday and have stored them in the
barber shop. They intend moving
the first of the month to the Warren
home being vacated at that time by
Mr.. Larson who will move to the
old Keyport place.
Mrs. Hazel Halvorson was up from
Minneapolis over the weekend for
visit with friends.
The Geo. Robinson family will
soon move to the Hoffman home on
the shore of Oak lake.
Believe it or not, but Clarence Hicks
has been mixing pills for the soldiers
in the south for the past month.
He is now an inferno in the hospital
branch of the service.
No more fishing through the ice
for the season. Some good catches
have been made at Oak lake this
season.
Eric Nevalainen Of Chisholm, spent
Sunday at the Keyport home.
Askov American., 1942-03-05
South HOlyOke

Mrs. Martin Bjorsvik of Duluth,
visited her daughter, Mrs. Persons,
over the weekend.
Mrs. Bill Hagen of Crookston, Miss
Francell Van Guilder and Miss Irene
Ebree of Duluth, called at the Ben
North home Sunday.
Milton Persons went to Fort Shell
ing. Friday.
Mrs. John Oswaskey spent Fri
day evening at the Nader home.
Mrs. Evelyn Culliton of Superior,
Wis.,, visited at the South Side Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sangren and
family of near Willow River, spent
a day at the Erick Zack home in Hol-
yoke recently.
Oliver Sorensen came home Satur-
day night from Grand Marais.
Mrs. Ben North and daughter Dawn
and Mrs. Sorensen went to Super
ior, Wis, Friday.
The Ashmore family spent one day
last week in Superior, Wis.
Leroy Puckett spent Sunday at the
home of his parents.
Mrs. Laurence Higgins is visiting
at the home of her parents at this
writing.
Mrs. Ben North and Dawn visited
at the Ellsworth North home Monday
morning.
Miss Leona Persons came home
Friday after a weeks visit in Duluth.
Askov American., 1942-03-05
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the many relatives and
friends who so happily honored us
on the occasion of our silver wedding
anniversary. We especially enjoyed
the gifts of money, the beautiful we'd
ding cake and the lovely flowers and
decorations, also the music furnished
by Mr.. and Mrs. John Ahlbom and
Astrid as well as the bountiful din
ner which our many friends supplied
The dance in the evening with music
by Bud Laska and Earl Behrman was
also happy part of the celebration.
We will long remember all these acts
of thoughtfulness of our friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur jacobson
and children.
Askov American., 1942-03-05

alarm clock that will not ring When YOU most
need it, it's not there to work!
Drop into our garage the next afternoon you are
in town. Ask us to put our Misunderstanding"
Analyzer it. Well find the difficulty, and in
hurry
Askov American., 1942-03-05
MILT'S
SUPER SERVICE

Doesn't it have the proper "get-away?" 1t may
be the fault of the spark plugs, the carburetor,
the fuel pump-anything. Having that
will not start properly is bad having
Askov American., 1942-03-05
Oak Lake

Mrs. Stribner visited Mrs. Switzer
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Brandt and chill
dren visited at the o. J. Fiske home
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Hanson and chill
dren and Mr.. and Mrs. E. Neuman
and Loretta visited at the Jim Fjosne
home Wednesday evening of last
week.
Bill Johnson visited Everett Bar
nett Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sipherd and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Macdonald and son
visited at the Switzer home Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Barnett and son
and Mrs. MaliuS Brink and daughters
visited at the Roy Barnett home We'd
nesday of last week.
Mrs. c. E. Anderson and Jerine,
Lyle and Dennis visited at the VIM.
Askov American., 1942-03-05
Norberg home Sunday afternoon.
Olive Fiske had her tonsils re

NOIOCIS uOIIlG Ou1lUdy dllcILlOOil.
Olive Fiske had her tonsils re-
moved Saturday at the Moose Lake
Community hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Koecher and
daughter spent Friday evening at the
G.. A. Ferguson home.
Floyd and Albert Anderson were
callers at the Ross Barnett home
Wednesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arvid Anderson and
children visited at the Roy Brandt
home Sunday afternoon.
c.. A. Ferguson accompanied A.
Murphy of Two Harbors, to Dundas
Saturday to attend the funeral of
their aunt, Miss c. E. Wilson. They
returned Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Fjosne and chill
dren spent Saturday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Dammann in
Bruno.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malius Brink and
daughters spent Friday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Anderson.
Miss Dorothy Fjosne visited Jerine
Anderson Wednesday evening of last
week.
Mrs. Armstrong and Mary and Mrs
Charlie Anderson called at the w.
F. Beckstrom home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fiske are the
proud parents of boy, Larry Bur-
dette, born February 16.
Allen and Bill Sorenson spent We'd
nesday evening of last week at the
SWitzer home.