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Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-20
BY GEORGE WANG

CHUNGKING, July 20. GUP) -
United States bombers, in another
raid against the Japanese in China
caught between so and 60 enemy
planes maSSed on the airdrome at
Canton, it was announced today
Previously communiques disclosed
that Chinese troops drove the in
vaders from four vital railroad and
seaport towns.
A communique from the head
quarters of Lieut.. Gen. Joseph w.
Stilwell said that the Japanese were
caught by SURPRISE and ''our bombs
hit among the planes and six fires
were left burning on the field" 1t
gave no further details of the dam
age inflicted.
The Canton raid was followed
yesterday by bombing of Japanese
army headquarters at Linchwan
in Kiangsi provinc-, so miles below
Nanchang Excellent results" we're
achieved and number of fires were
started in the vicinity, the COM
munique said.
There were no losses to Allied
aircraft During these operations, "
the communique added.
CHINESE VICTORIOUS
The United States air action
against the Japanese in Kiangsi
province and Canton, in neighbor-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-20
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-Four Killed

AN EAST COAST PORT. July 20
-(UP)-Four creWmen were killed
instantly and 81 others are still un-
accounted for in the submarine
sinking of a medium sized American
freighter in southern Atlantic wat
ers on June 30. naval headquarters
here announced today.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-20
Capital Talk
-by-
Peter Edison

The movies keep on having fun
with some of their characters, and
Bob Hope still isn't allowed to for
get his association with Bing
Crosby. The success of the gag in
my Favolite Blonde" in which
Crosby popped up in scene with
out having anything to do with
the story, prompted Sam Goldywn
to rib Hope with Crosbys voice in
They Got Me Covered" Every
time he picks up a trick cigaret
lighter, out comes the sound of
Bing grooming when the Blue of
the Night. - Hope finally tosses
it away, snarling, That guy
haunts mel"
In Sweet or Hot" Victor Ma
ture is urged to attempt romance
with wealthy Lucille Ball, who's
engaged to another man. The hero
who has only a few dars u meet
and marry the gal, asks, who
do you think l am? Victor Ma
ture?
MUSICAL MODERNIZED
The Desert Song, which has
been on and off Warmers schedule
sor years. finally is being filmed
with a modern war slant. Felix
Basch plays a Nazi banker in the
musical, which once had Riffs for
Williams. Little Miss Marker,
which brought Shirley Temple to
prominence eight years ago, prob
ablv will be refined by Paramount
with Baby Sandy in the kid role
William PoWell's next Thin
Man" picture has been shelved
partly due to studio trouble with
Myrna 10y. He'll star in "Kismet.
in the beggar role created on the
stage by Otis Skinner.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-20
BY LEON KAY

CAIRO, July 90 CUP)-Gen. Sir
Claude Auchinleck's eight army has
taken 1000 German and Italian
prisoners on the Alamein line since
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-20
By HENRY SHAPIRO

MOSCOW, July 20 CUP) - Rus
sian shock troops. forcing the Ger
mans on the defensive at Voronezh,
have seized an important enemy
bridgehead and in the south started
a sudden thanking attack, it was
an I unced.
The high command asserted, in
its noon communique, that "in the
region of Voronezh our units are
Stubbornly fighting the enemy. who
have gone over to the defensive"
The Russians led by their guards
regiments and tanks under swarms
of planes including American made
CurtisseS, struck out in strong
counter attacks south and west of
Foronezh, on the banks of the Don,
pressing the Germans against the
river bank.
BRIDGEHEAD
Driving into and capturing one of
the most important inhabited points
Between Voronezh city and the
river, the Russians routed the Ger
man 18th infantry division, a spe-
cial dispatch to the newspaper
Pravda said Then they began a
battle for the bridgeheads.
Directly west of the city, after
a battle which ragged without pause
for "a hours. the Russians stormed
and took one of the biggest Ger
man bridgeheads on the east bank
of the river, and thus deprived the
enemy of their easiest and shortest
wa across it.
In another sector the Russians
killed 1900 Germans and wounded
many more in the streets of an
inhabited place which they storm
ed. The Russians captured five field
guns, two trench mortar batteries,
"a machine guns and a supply
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-20
WANTS ASSURANCE

InformantS who sponsored the
Beaverbrook report said that Bea-
verbrook now was considering an
offer from Churchill but that he
withheld his decision hoping for
some sort of assurance that a full
scale invasion of the continent
would be attempted.
Beaverbrook, Canadian born
newspaper publisher, served for a
time in the cabinet as minister of
aircraft production and minister of
supply. His friends held that he
had speeded up production; his en-
emies that he had not.
A complication now, it was said,
was that Deputy Minister Clement
Attlee and Labor Minister Ernest
Bevin, labor leaders in the war cab
met, opposed Beaverbrook' inclu-
sion Friends of Sir Stafford Cripps,
third labor party power in the war
cabinet of seven members, denied
reports that he, too, was opposed
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-20
DEFENSE MINISTRY

There were some suggestions, per-
haps originating with friends of
Ileaverbrook, that Churchill soon
might give up his post of defense
minister while retaining some con-
troll over defense problems.
British and American leaders here
are re-eXamining all the problems
which confront the Allies as the
result of the continued German
drive against Russia and of the
threat of Japanese sneak attack.
The atmosphere for the talks was
gl'oWing more tense. 1t was under
stood that those involved were
studying every detail of the argu-
mentS for an against an invasion
of Europe The problem was dis
cussed, and decision reached, pre-
sumably, when Churchill recently
visited Washington.
There was growing demand here
that any general time which might
have been decided upon for the
blow might be advanced because of
the German drive in Russia.
1t was recognized, however, that
strategic considerations enter into
the problem and it was agreed that,
if the Allies invaded Europe they
must be sure they could remain.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-20
CHINESE VICTORIOUS

The United States air action
against the japanese in Kiangsi
province and Canton, in neighbor-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-20

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Evening star., 1942-01-26
Final Congress Action
On Price-ControI Bill
Is Expected Today
Both Branches Arrange
To Consider Report
Of Conferees
By TIE Associated Press.

By tfe Associated Press.
Congressional leaders were
optimistic of winning final ac-
ton on price control legislation
today after a strenuous six
month struggle.
Both Houses arranged during the
day to take up a conference report
on the wartime price curbing bill,
with administration heutenants
confident that before nightfall it
would be in the hands of President
Roosevelt. The President first asked
for such legislation last July 80.
Leaders were fased. however. with
a determined Republican move. led
by Representative Wolcott of Mich
igan. to shuttle the much modified
measure back to conference for a
overhauling of some of its pro-
visions.
Mr.. Wolcott wanted TO eliminate a
Senate-approved provision setting
up licensing system by which price
control orders would be enforced on
business. He also wanted retained
a House. provision, thrown
out by the conferees, establishing a
five-member board to review the
proposed price administrator S
orders.
Despite this maneuver, House
leaders counted on approval of the
conference report after three hours
of debate-an approval which would
send it to the Senate where farm
bloc members were expected to be-
moan the elimination of some Of the
special provisions originally made to
govern the prices fixed for farm
products.
Senate Majority Leader Barkley
predicted speedy approval of the
measure, however, and turned his
! attention to another pressing prob
lem presented by a Democratic at
tack on a provision of pending
war powers bill which would excuse
dollar-a-year men and others serv-
ing without compensation from the
operations of the Hatch Anti
Politics Act.
Evening star., 1942-01-26
Duke Of York, Newest
battleship, Brought
Churchill 10 j. ).
IS, 5,OO0-Ton Worcruft Was
Launched in Clyde z Years
Ago by Queen Elizabeth
y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 26.-The $4,000
ton battleship Duke of York, Brit
aims newest capital ship, carried
Prime Minister Churchill to the
United States and now is in active
service. the Admiralty announced
last night.
Last August Mr.. Churchill limited
the Duke Of York was ready for
service when he called the Prince
of Wales, later sunk of Malaga,
almost the newest battleship."
The Duke of York was launched
in Clyde about two years ago by
Queen Elizabeth. 1t was understood
that shipyard men, working day
and night shifts, completed arming
the giant battleship.
No mention has been made of the
Jellicoe and Beatty, which were
laid down in 1887 for completion in
1941, and it is possible they also
are at sea.
The new ship holsters Britain's
battleship fleet depleted by the loss
Of the Prince of Wales, Repulse, Hood
and Royal Oak.
Besides the George v class, four
battleships Of the Lion class were
building when the war started.
They were the Lion, Temeraire and
two others unnamed. They were
scheduled for completion either in
1943 or 1914, but 1t was believed
likely they have been advanced and
will soon be ready for trials.
At the outbreak of the war, Brit
ain was believed to have IS battle
ships in service.
Evening star., 1942-01-26
Washington Pair Wins
VIRGINIA Bridge Tourney

A washington pair. Leroy Thur
tell and Louis Newman. yesterday
won the Northern Virginia open
pair bridge championship at the
George Mason Hotel Alexandria.
Leaders in the opening session.
their final score was 543 match
points, 1912 points ahead of the
runnersup, Mrs. L. L. Gibson and
DR.. A. Simson. also OF this city.
The second place team finished Is
match points ahead of tied third
place combination of Mrs. Fred
erick Eberson- Mrs. Edward Cotter
and Max Kessler-Leon Joel.
Among the 10 top pairs was Mrs.
j. E. Folline. Richmond, Va. In
eighth place. paired with Mrs. w. S.
Athey. When teamed with these
two, Mr.. Thurtell and Mr.. Newman
won 38 out of 54 boards to win the
foursome matches, defeating the
second-place team by three matches.
Runnersup in the foursome matches
were Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Lemon.
L. R. Watson. jr: Alvin Roth and
Oscar Brotman, with the latter three
alternating.
Evening star., 1942-01-26

enemy country. whose motive in reless-
ing news is apt TO be propa ga nds. AXIS
confined BY American or Allied sourcesJ
ROME, Jan. 26 (Oficial Broad
cast) (P.-Severe losses were inflict-
ed on British forces in North Africa
in continued fierce fighting in the
Agedabia region, the Italian high
command reported today.
The high commands daily COM
munique also asserted that an I'M
portant Italian convoy had arrived
at Tripoli.
It acknowledged that one troop
carrying vessel in the convoy was
hit and sunk, but asserted the men
were picked up by an escorting YES
sci and reached their destination
safely.
Another loss was reported in the
failure of an Italian submarine to
return to her base.
In the account of the operations
on the land front, the communique
said:
During yesterday motorized Axis
forces continually fought strong mo-
toriZed enemy forces northeast of
Agedabia and inflicted heavy losses
upon the enemy.
"Thirty-eight guns. 81 armored
cars and tanks, large numbers of
which were of American make, were
destroyed or captured besides large
quantities of war materials and am
munition."
AS a result of the Axis offensive
operations carried out between jan
uary 21-25, the communique said
the British have lost 158 pieces OF
artillery, 239 tanks and armored
cars and other war materials.
Evening star., 1942-01-26
Doctors Examination
Of Quint's 'sLeg Shows
No Serious Lesion
Morie's 4 Sisters Fidqet
With Curiosity Outside
Door During Tests
BY theAsSociated Press.

BY the,AsSociated Press.
CALLANDER, Ontario, Jan 26-
Yvonne, Annette, Cecile and Emile
fidegeted with curiosity just outside
the door of a bedroom in their
nursery here yesterday while two
orthopedic specialists examined
Marie. smallest of the Dionne sisters.
for suspected muscular atrophy of
one leg.
The results OF the examination by
DR.. John Laing Mcdonald of Toron-
to, appointed by the Ontario provin-
cial government, and DR.. Roma
Amyot of Montreal. called in by
the Dionne family physician. were
not announced.
the 7-year-old quintuplets, said aft
erward. however, he had been au-
thorized by DR. Mcdonald to an
nounce that mo serious lesion" had
been found.
The examination was ordered Fri
day by Premier Mitchell Hepburn of
Ontario after receipt of report
from DR.. l. loyal of North Bay, the
Dionne family physician. who had
examined Marie's leg at the request
Of the quintuplets' father. Oyiva
Dionne. during a recent absence of
DR.. Allan Roy Defoe. personal ply
sician to the little girls. .
DR.. Dafoe, Mr.. Dionne, DR.. Joyal
and the quintuplets' nurse, Gertrude
Provincher. were in attendance at
the consultation and examination
which took two hours.
The quintuplets took the arrival
Of the strangers in their stride They
frolicked with the party for while
until Marie. without protest. was
separated from the others and taken
into the bedroom.
Then the other four gathered at
the bedroom door and talked in
whispers. Once during the two
hours Yvonne, Annette, Cecile and
Emile were ushered into the bed
room so that DR.. Mcdonald and DR..
Amyot might look briefly at all their
legs.
When the examination was ended
the children. Marie included, played
together as usual and spent some
time outside in the springlike air,
skating on their playground rink
1t was believed that nothing
further would be known on the
findings of the two doctors until
their report is handed to the On
tario government. 1t is through the
provincial government that the quin-
tuplets are wards of the crown.
Evening star., 1942-01-26
Dr.. Covert Cancels
His Trip to Geneva

The Star was informed today that
the Rev. DR.. Samuel McCrea Cavert,
general secretary of the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ in
America, has not gone to Geneva,
Switzerland, to confer with the
World Council of Churches. On
Thursday The Star enormously re-
ported that he had left by Atlantic
Clipper.
! The report was based on dis
patch from New York religious
news service This agency said today
that while at the time the release
was written DR.. Cavert was planning
to 60 to Geneva, he has since can
'celed this plan"
Evening star., 1942-01-26
ImperioI Valley JoIted
By Falling Meteor
BY the Associated Press.


Ell CENTRO, Calf, Jan. 26.-
Something gave the Imperial Valley
a sudden shove last night. 1t may
have been a meteor plunging into
the valley U into the desert to the
south, across the border of Mexico
The heavy jar was felt generally
throughout the valley at 9:51 pm.
At first it was believed to be either
an explosion or a one-Shock earth
quake. Later, however, citizens Of
Holtville anA Calexico telephoned
that they had seen q meteor flash
across the sky and fall Sheriff
Robert w. Ware, who was in the
northern part of the valley, said the
meteor was particularly bright.
Evening star., 1942-01-26
Nozis Report Direct Hits
On British Light Cruiser

This dispatch was sent from an
enemy country. whose motive in re-
leasing news is apt to be propaganda.
Axis claims should be credited only
when confirmed by American or Allied
sources.)
BERLIN, Jan. 26 (Ofhcial Broad
cast (P.-German bombers inter-
cepted British naval units in the
Mediterranean Sea north of Tobruk
and scored direct hits on a light
cruiser, the German high command
announced today.
The attack on the British ships
in the Mediterranean was one phase
of air operations against Britain's
Navy end shipping reported by the
Germans.
The high commands communique
said bombers last night damaged q
large ship west of Pembroke, Eng
land, SO seriously that its loss may
be reckoned with"
Other night attacks Of the Ger
man air force were directed against
harbor on the southwest coast
of England. the confnunique said.
Evening star., 1942-01-26

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Evening star., 1942-01-26
RommeI Forces Drive
British Farther Back
In Libyan Fighting
Axis General Apparently
Planning to Bypass
Bengosi in Comeback
BY II. Associated Press.

BY II. Associated Press.
CAIRO, Jan. 26.-The British
acknowledged today that they
had been driven still further
back in Libya by Gen. Erwin
Rommel's counterattacking ar
mored columns and the Axis
forces apparently were aiming
to bypass Bengasi in a major
comeback against Britain's
9Th Army.
The new center of the desert bat
tie, placed by the communique north
and northeast OF Zouiet Msus,
meant that Gen. ROmmel had ad-
vanced more than 40 miles from
the Agedabia a-Antelat-Saunnu tri-
angle where big tank battle ragged
over the week end.
Zouiet Msus is only 10 miles
southeast of Bengasi, inland On the
hump Of Cirenaica, and fighting in
that region means the British have
been showed back about las miles
around the Gulf Of Sirte from the
highwater mark of their drive at
Ell Agheila.
fThe Italian communiQue,
broadcast from Rome, said the
British lost 38 guns. 81 armored
cars and tanks many Of which
were American-made, and large
supplies of war materials and
ammunition in the tank fighting
yesterday
Blows Dealt 10 Convoy.
The Axis gains were partly offset,
however, by news that the British
Air Force had dealt smashing blows
to a heavily escorted Axis convoy
apparently bearing reinforcements
to North Africa.
An r., A. F.. communique said
bombers and torpedo carrying
planes severely damaged and prob
ably sank a 20OOO-ton liner. set an
other transport afire and crippled a
destroyer.
Bomb hits were claimed on an
other warship, believed to be a
cruiser. and possibly on several other
vessels.
The convoy, which included three
large merchantmen in addition 10
the liner, was protected by a battle
ship, cruisers and Is destroyers,
it was announced.
Bombs Dropped Nearby.
The r. A. F. said several bombs
were dropped close to the battleship
and several torpedoes were launched
at her sides, but the effects were un-
certain.
The attack on the convoy, in the
Central Mediterranean, was begun
Friday and continued more than "a
hours, the communique said. In the
first assault one torpedo hit the liner
amidships and another struck the
stern of a destroyer, causing vio-
lent explosion. it said.
Bombers later scored two direct
hits on the liner, causing violent ex-
plosions. When the convoy was last
sighted Saturday, steaming east at
reduced speed, the liner was nowhere
to be seen.
Evening star., 1942-01-26
II ERvoUS
INDIGESTION

When you're under a nervous
strain, it can affect you in many
ways. Among other things, excite
ment can cause mighty uncom-
Portable feeling in the region of
your stomach. Itc can give you q case
of heartburn, nervous indiges-
tion" or sour stomach. 1t can make
you feel downright miserable!
Nobody knows exactly what
causes these discomforts. But
many people have discovered that.
when their stomachs are upset by
Evening star., 1942-01-26
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Evening star., 1942-01-26
Speaker on Opero Tonight

Miss Vera Lundquist will be heard
at $3.50 o'clock tonight over Station
.WWDC as the representative Of the
'Zonta Club of Washington on the
Speakers Bureau of the Washington
Grand Opera, it was announced to-
day by George England.
Evening star., 1942-01-26
Red Attacks Near Khorkov
RepuJsed, Germans Claim

BERLIN, Jan. rs (Oficial Broad
cast) (P,.-The Red Army, strongly
supported by tanks and aviation,
made fierce and repeated assaults
in the Kharkov region in the Donets
Basin, but all were repulsed, the
high command declared yesterday.
German DISPATCHES also reported
similar assaults in the Valdai hills
south of Leningrad. but said these
likewise were thrown back in fierce
cold.
Deutsche Allgemeine zeitung de-
clared that defensive fighting must
continue on the eastern front for
a long time in view of the demon
weather" and said the fighting was
calling for all the courage, tenacity
and readiness for sacrifice OF the
German soldier.
Evening star., 1942-01-26
Dr.. Henry D. Furniss Dead

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (P,.-Dr.
Henry Dawson Furniss, SO, profess
sor of gynecology at the New York
Medical College and consulting
gynecologist at a number of New
York and New Jersey hospitals. died
yesterday of a heart ailment. A
native of Selma. Ala. he attended
the University of Alabama and the
University of Virginia.
Evening star., 1942-01-26

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