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Reds Fall Back
On River Don
Registered U. s. Patent ONCE
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today acknowledged a Russian
counter-attack northwest of Vo-
ronezh but insisted il had col
lapsed, ms reported, quoting
the official German radio.
THE communique issued by
the supreme command did not
repeat yesterdays assertion
that VoroneZh had been cap
tured after the Don River was
bridged lin numerous places
(All indications pointed to
the fact that the German claim
that Voronezh had been taken
was premature, at leastD
Noronezh, through which runs
the Moscow-Rostov railway, the
last important Russian rail link
between the central and northern
fronts and the oil of the Caucasus
is east of the Don.
Pitched fighting with enemy
infantry and tank troops Ia go
INK OH SOutHWCst VI ctdft-OSROt
Fl. After killing several hun
dred enemy officers and men
our units retired to new, pre-
viOusly prepared defense lines"
the midnight communique said.
Generally. it appeared, Soviet
Marshal Semyon Timoshenko's
strategy was to pull his lines back
yard by yard when the Germans,
perior forces,
to crash through. Mar
shall Timoshenko, preserving his
lines, hoped to destroy so much Of
The German strength aimed at
Voronezh that the offensive would
bog down.
But the German spearhead,
toward Voronezh from
Start Oskol was threatening, and
ne was trying desperately to keep
{ from joining with the drive from
<ursk, which apparently already
vas near the western banks Of
he River Don.
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Arms Struggled
To GuerriIIds
By Hungaridns
Wholesale Organized
Fighting Dirupts NsIi
Plan. in Occupied Area
ny JOHN A. PARIS
unw.A PRS, stan correspondent

LONDON. July S,-A large
,cret anti-Germsn organization.
"omposed of soldiers from the
lower ranks of the Hungarian
army. has been smuggling arms
for more than year 10 Gen.
Crsja Mikhailovitch's patrlo !
army in the Serbian mountains
and Polish Russian guerrillas oper-
ating behind the eastern 'front.'
advices from Ankara. Turkey re-
vealed today.
Armed Polish guerrillas. strlk.
Ing under cover of night at Naz'
garrisons. were reported to have
created a new problem for De
plcted occupation troops. Adv 'oeS
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75-millimeter gun. The Americans
picked a vulnerable enemy tank
and let him have il until he burst
into flames. Another one then
came into the range of their sights.
One after another they blasted
the German tanks TO a halt and
saw some of them burst into
flames, until they had picked of
four.
The arrival of American tank
crews in the desert was not known
until the battle began. They drove
to the front lines from a tank as
sembly point in British trucks with
British drivers and then met the
British tank brigade with which
they moved into the front line.
The purpose of the action was
to give the Americans training in
actual battle practice, and thus
they were in the role of combat
ant observers" when they swung
into action against the enemy.
An American observer who
watched the battle said:
We've proved that the Gen
eral Grants are excellent I'm
every respect and we have
learned some very valuable les
soma"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-08
Arizona Boy Opens
Tank Battle in Libyo
Fires First Shot From Yanks'
General Grants; They Pick Off 4

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY
IN EGYPT. July s.-American
tanks manned by American crews
roared into action with a terrific
punch" against German tanks on
a wind-swept sand ridge in Libya
and a boy from Arizona fired the
first shot.
When the battle was over, four
German tanks were blazing
wreckage on the sand. Most OF
their crews were dead
The Americans came back from
the clash with all of their taDkS
and without serious casualties.
Jone Ahee of Tucson. Ariz., was
the first American to fire shot
from an American tank against
a German tank in this war, ac-
cording to the best accounts OF
the fight.
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Michigan Admiral Cited

WASHINGTON, July s. INS)
Rear Admiral Frederick Carl
Sherman of Port Huron, Mich,
commanding officer OF the United
States aircraft carrier Lexington,
and two other naval officers today
had been decorated by cecretary
OF the Navy Knox for distin-
guished service and valor in action
against the japanese. Decorated
also were Lieutenant Commander
Thurlow w. Davidson. "a. and
Lieut.. Noel A. NJ. Gayler. 20.
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On to FL AIomein
Troops, Tanks Guns Stream Toward the Front;
Teemino Port Said Sure Rommes Stopped
BY GEORGE PALMER
United Pres. stan Correspondent

moved along the road also, always
toward the front.
For distance, the railroad par
allelS the canal. and / saw men
bathing in the late afternoon sun
while sentries, leaning on their
rifles, guarded gun emplacements.
Port Said is completely BACKED
out at night. But cabarets and
restaurants in this town, once
called the most wicked place in the
world, are gay and the people seem
confident that the Germans have
been StoDDed.
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Mexicons
Attack Sub
OF Tompieo

MEXICO CITY, July 8 tUP).-
Major Luis Noriega Medrano led
a squadron of Mexican warplanes
which attacked and possibly sank
an Axis submarine Is miles north
of the oil port of Tampico Sunday
afternoon, it was revealed today.
North American bombers
dropped two bombs very close"
to the submerged Axis raider in
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Holy Name Society Dance

FLINT. July s.-St. Joseph's
Holy Name Society will hold a
semiformal dance at the parish
hall on Saturday night. Louis
Zedo is chairman and John Leng-
vel is co-chairman. Don Wade
and his orchestra will play.
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Duel Across Dover Strait

LONDON. July s (UP).-British
and German long range guns
dueled across the Dover Strait
in the early hours today for the
first time in several weeks. The
German guns opened first. The
British guns shelled the French
coast for more than an hour.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-08
BnsfiHe Day

WASHINGTON, July & tUP) -
Free French. officials said today
that underground resista &c e
groups have broadcast an appeal
to the people of unoeetpted France
10 make Bastille Day-July IA
day of demonstration against the
German invader.
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FIRES STARTED

Strong forces of fighter-bomber
planes bombed and machine
gunned the enemy lines and at
tackled tanks, trucks and gun bat
teries throughout the battle area
the communique said.
Direct hits were scored on many
Axis targets, il was said, and fires
were started at oil dumps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-08
ASSAULT WHOLE FRONT

The British lightning units were
operating almost the entire length
of this southern flank, British
communique indicated, but as yet
Rommel had not been driven back
from his most easterly positions
along the coast.
The mobile columns. made up of
tank, artillery and motorized in
fantry, struck at the enemy line
throughout yesterday, the commu-
nique said.
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Canton Airport
itbyRevamped
U. S. Air Force
Raids Lift Morale
OF Chinese; Raj Goes
Into Action in Burma

CHUNGKING, July s INS).-
Following up its July A raids on
airports at Hangkow and Canton,
the reorganized United States air
force with the Chinese army again
bombed the White Cloud Airport
at Canton, according to reports
reaching Chungking today. The
second raid was carried out Mon
day. Details of the damage in
fiicted were not Immediately dis
closed.
Ten japanese planes were de-
stroyed in Sundays raid on the
enemy-held airfield at Nanchang
and one enemy plane was shot
down while trying to intercept the
American bonn bers, military
circles reported.
All American planes were re-
ported 10 have returned safely
from the series of raids on the
japanese bases.
MORALE STIFFENED
While the augmented American
air force stiffened the Chinese
morale and weakened the enemy
offensive. the Raj was reducing
the pressure on the Chinese real
with a resumption OF raids or
japanese bases in North Burma
according to reports from New
Delhi.
British bombers raided tho
japanese base at Kalemyo ir
North Burma Monday. After
dropping their bombs. the Raj
planes flew low and raked the tar
get area with machine gun fire
according 10 a British com
munique issued in New Delhi. AL
Raj planes returned safely tC
their bases.
Chinese forces in easter
Kiangsi Province are driving Japa
nese troops back. and have forced
the enemy 10 withdraw south anC
southwest of Kwangfeng. a com
.munique revealed today.
The Chinese also have recap
tured Yungkang, 30 miles south
east of Kinhwa, the communiqut
stated.
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Train Parachute Doctors

BOSTON. July s QNS).-New
England's civilian defense office
today had opened training course
for para chuting doctors and
nurses.
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NO BATTLES SINCE

Other American observers and
tank experts emphasized that the
tank was superior 10 anything the
Germans possess, and said this
was shown by the fact that four
Axis tanks were knocked out
without a loss to the Americans.
So far as have been able 10
learn. the Americans have not
participated in any fights since
they tried out their punches that
day.
Another observer expressed re-
spect for the German .68 MILL
meter guns and admiration for the
courage of British crews.
THE American tanks certainly
packed a terrific punch. but the
Nazis .88 milimeter gun Is re-
doubtable and he was plenty of
Them" he said. IL want to say
this, that i never saw drawer
men than the British tank boys.
They know no fear and they
fight on and on"
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You can aid the United China Relief Fund by
filling out the blank below and mailing your con-
tribution.
United China Relief
Penobscot Building
Detroit
Here is my contribution to help the suffering
of the Chinese people, still standing courageousy after
five long hard years of invasion know this will help
lick the Japs.
Name Observation-Disclosures.
City Observation-Disclosures. State ....,.......
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The Mean Plot of Incendiary
Spooks. Even the British In
surance Company Had to Admit
the Presence of Ghosts In the
Weird Edifice. Where q Curious
Feud Persisted Beyond the
Grave. Read of This Peculiar
Psychic Rumpus In The Ameri-
can Weekly. With This Sundays
Issue OF The Detroit Sunday
Times.
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United Nations ships
~ 4 have been sunk by
<AH enemy action In the
.uu4W western Atlantic
~ area since mid-Janu-
AIRY.
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reaching LONDON Sald the Sernldiis
had been forced to organize their
own militia to quell the Polish up
risings, requesting in newspapei
advertisements the services OF all
former war veterans now too old
for active duty.
The German radio charged that
anti-Axis agents in Hungary were
melting discomfort by spreading
false reports of heavy Hungarian
losses on the Russian front.
The disclosure of the smuggling
Of arms to the guerrillas. made by
Allied military quarters in 1stan.
bul. following the court-martial oil
nine Hungarian officers. including
a Captain Klein and a Lieutenan,
Hereach. formerly connected with
the Hungarian war ministry, ar
Ankara dispatch said.
NAMED FOR PATRIOT
The anti Axis organization
'swn as the Dozsa Legion, was
Id TO have been named after q
ixteenth century Hungarian
-triot.
Hungarian authorities were re-
orted to have attempted unsuc
"cssfully for more than a year Il
identify the organizations leaders
They were said TO have known for
many months that ornaments oil
II types were disappearing from
Hungarian army stores and later
reappearing in the hands of Mix
hailovitchs Chetnik guerrillas.
While underground reports de-
scribed spreading guerrilla war
ware against Hitler's occupation
forces, Axis oppression led to a
new wave of unrest through occu-
pied Europe.
81 SENTENCED
Sixty-two alleged Communists
were sentenced to death in what
the Nazi-controlled Bulgarian ra-
do described as "the biggest polit-
ical trial in Bulgaria for many
years"
III pttEluiIls dilli-fAAlS NiOithSS
spread rapidly despite Germany's
deportation of pro-Allied patriots,
underground reports reaching Lon
don disclosed.
A factory producing war ma
terials for the Nazis was set afire
In Brussels.
A time bomb was discovered on
q railway between Antwerp and
Germany, disrupting service for as
hours.
Fascist Leader Jean de Marie
burgomaster of an unidentified
Belgian village, was reported shot
and killed in his office by an
assailant wearing gendarme
Uniform.
Stockholm dispatches. quoting
reports from Oslo, said X. J. Kris
tenssen. police doctor at the ges.
tapo prison in Oslo, had beer
arrested for protesting against
ill-treatrnent of prisoners.
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Mexico's first combat participa-
ton of the war. The North Ameri-
can medium bombers, built in the
United States, joined Mexicos
Gulf Coast air patrol two weeks
ago after an enemy submarines
sank two Mexican tankers, thai
Choapas and the Tlxpan.
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BRITISH SEEK OPENING

1t was believed that Gen. Sir
Claude Auchinleck was seeking an
opening into which he could throw
his reinforced eighth army before
Rommel can bring up sufficient re-
serves, which apparently are being
ferried across the Mediterranean
more rapidly.
Heavy enemy bombardment OF
Malta, where nine Axis planes
were shot down, indicated that
Hitler was. making every effort to
get reinforcements TO Egypt.
Rommers line is curved from the
coast west of FL Alamein, making
loop to the southwest and then
bending back through the desert
south of FL Daba. some 35 miles
west OF FL Alamein.
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NEW LOSSES LISTED

The sinkings announced by the
navy included:
A small American merchant
ship. sunk in the Caribbean
June 7. Four men were lost.
A medium sized Norwegian
freighter in the Caribbean June
Is. Twelve men were lost.
A small British tanker.
sheleld and set afire June II in
the Caribbean by two subma-
rines. One man was lost.
A medium sized United Ma
tons vessel which sank off the
Atlantic coast Tuesday after a
collision. All aboard were saved.
Eighteen survivors of the Nor
wegian freighter Torvange r
reached Horta after drifting IL
days and revealed that their ship
was torpedoed and sunk by a SUBJ
marine.
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British Launch
Quick Attacks on
Nazis in Egypt
Mobile Columns Join
Long Range Planes;
rs Tanks Wrecked

BY LEON KAY
United Press stan Correspondent

CAIRO, July S.-British light
ming units. dashing across the
desert behind battering Allied air
attacks. were reported today TO
have stabbed at Axis lines as far
as so miles west of the main battle
front at Fl Alamein, destroying
tanks and taxing some prisoners.
The thruSts from the southwest
against Nazi Marshal Erwin Rom
mel, designed TO keep the enemy
off balance and find a weak spot
in his armor. were timed with Al
lied aerial bombardment that
caused much damage TO Axis con-
centrations and supply lines.
One front line dispatch told OF
25 German tanks wrecked by quick
attacks and strong artillery blasts
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PICK OUT FIRST TANK

There was clash, with Italians,
Germans and British all joining
in a clanking desert melee which
was partly obscured by sand
clouds.
They roared forward, sliding and
zigzagging down the incline. Ahee
opened up with blast from his
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STORY OF WITNESS

The battle. which observers
said showed the superiority of the
American-built General Grant
tanks, was witnessed from a high
ridge by an American observer
who described il to me.
1t happened this way:
A sand storm was whirling over
the desert on the Trig CapuZZo
(the road TO Capuzzol not far
from the famous Knightsbridge
desert crossing where the Nazi
Dist and 18th PanZer Divisions
were battling to make a junction,
south of Tobruk, on June IL.
Some Italian tanks also were
nearby.
The German tanks were NOV
ing toward high ground on the
.Trig Capuzzo, overlooking FL
Adem. Three General Grant
tanks, manned by Is Americans,
were operating with British tanks
NO far away.
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ny United Press

The loss of five more United
Nations ships--four through SUBJ
marine action and one as the re-
suit Of a collision-was revealed
today. Four Of the sinkings were
announced by the United States
navy and the fifth was revealed
in a dispatch from Horta, the
Azores
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