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Evening star., 1942-07-27

two bombs exploded near the craft.
He surmised that . Navy airplane
had surprised the raider In the
midst Of the operation.
Two ships were torpedoed from
beneath Gibbs before he WAS picked
up BY the undersea raider. The lass
Of both vessels already has been
reported by the Navy.
Scssped Ont ef Water.
The merchantmen on which he
sailed was sunk June II and the
rescue vessel which picked up the
crew was attacked about a hours
later.
Gibbs was In the water, swimming
In search OF q lifeboat, when he
found himself near the submarine.
Somebody hollered 'comrade,' or
kamerad?" he rlatd, and I
yelled back, No, American
Il started swimming away, but
they brought the stern Of the sub
around and scooped me up out Of
the water.
"A big German grabbed me and
hustled me up to the coming tower.
II stuck pisto that looked like
. Big Bertha under my nose and
asked me II I knew what would
get II I didn't answer questions.
Il told him I know my GexmanS.'
They questioned me about the ship.
I told the name, but they didn't get
out Of me our destination"
Meanwhile, the submarine had
1ired two more torpedoes and shelled
the ship to the bottom.
Gibbs was asked whether he
wanted to 90 overheard or stay
with the sub. what else could I
DOT" he said.
Taken below. he was made to lie
On the foor In the torpedo tube
compartment. The tubes Al ve1o
empty.
Crewmen offered to share their
rattons with Gibbs, but he couldn't
eat because the food was lousy"
He said there were hints that the
Germans didn't like the fare either.
One man smashed . plate OF cheese
on the table and spattered it over
the compartment. His shipmates
quieted him.
The American was kept In the
control tower while the torpedoes--
hve Of them In all-were being
lowered through q hatch into the
tube compartment.
With no advance notice. Gibbs
said he was told at . an, June
10. to get his lifebeit and 70 on
deck.
A warning shot from the anti
aircraft gun had halted 4 small
trading boat near the sub, and Gibbs
was ordered to swim to the little
craft.
He was landed six hours later ON
Q large Caribbean island.
Gibbs said the sub crewmen
acted like men who knew they
had q dirty job to do and wanted
TO get 1t over with and 60 home"
One sailor who entered the crews
quarters with . Hell, Hitler" got
calling down. Gibbs said from
another crewman, who srowled NIX
on the he'll"
Evening star., 1942-07-27

Men In the armed forces are be-
ing allowed 70 purchase . share In
the democratic United States they
are defending. Do yeu have 10 be
tslA 70 buy . bond:
Evening star., 1942-07-27
JuKE
SUITS
s2.99

Now the younf los to
16s are jiyin' in our fa.
NOUS juks suite! And how
eute they look with
the long down.to.thsrs
jackets sporting a huis
pocket and Z dashiaE veet
back, the skirts swirlin9
msrrily abost thsir kasss!
Cool cotton in multi
stripes, sl,adow plaids and
shadow stripes. Copsa,
dasfy rose, brown, rcd.
Skies 10 to l6.
KAnn's-Teen Ahop-
Fourth Floor.
Evening star., 1942-07-27
$500
KITCHEN
k0A'I'S'
A Seu-Out Last Week!
Neso Shipment just In!

Kitchen Koats', the short robes have taken the
town BY storm! Both business gals and housewives love
their cool charm, their comfort the fac(
that you tub them in ay and need not iron the
Two.button waist and wrap-around models in A0rsB
checked and printed cotton seersuces Sizes from pe
Il to generous 90! s
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
Russians Claim
Us Ndzi Planes

MOSCOW. March IT GNS) .-
Hurting back desperate Nazi coun-
ter-attacks. Soviet forces today
were declared 10 he advancing in
KEY sectors Of the front and recap
turing still more towns and VII
lagos.
The Moscow radio claimed that
the Germans lost 215 planSe and
the Soviets only 81 between March
and IA
stockholm adviCeS 10 London
said that thousands OF Soviet
marines landed al Nazi-held
Black Sea port. recapturlng the
town and It's chain OF fortlfica-
tons. after half-hour bonn
bardment by SOVIET naval
squadron
Latest front line reports indi'
Gated Mars al Scmyon limo.
shenko's armies arc nj tho midst
~ a heavy offensive between the
Sea OF Azov and Orel, 200 miles
south Of Moscow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
MINISTER CUR.
TIN is wholly right.


Australia and we CAN de-
fend America.
But we must devote our
selves to that purpose and
concentrate our energies and
resources on that task.
We cannot vainly diffuse
our efforts all over the world.
Russia has shown us the
way to win.
Russia is defeating Ger
many because she has militia
rized her mighty man power
and because she has devoted
herself to the single object of
defeating Hitler.
She is not dividing her
purpose or dissipating her
energies.
She has made peace treaties
with her age-Old enemies like
japan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17

houses of RangOOn and on the
surrendered flying fields of
Singapore, just as we hear of
American ships at the bottom
of the Pacific at Java.
We seem to have no indi-
viduality, no plan, no system,
no military purpose.
This great war, so vital to
the welfare and even to the
existence Of our beloved land,
seems to be In the hands of
inexperienced civilians who
have proved uniformly un-
successful in managing the
cOuntry's affairs I'm time of
peace. and are now displaying
a more dangerous incOmpe-
tence i'm time of war.
Is il not necessary To act
before il is too late and put
the United States on an
efficient military basis?
The conquering japanese
navies and armies. acting In
complete strategic accord, are
getting all too close to our
shores.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
Damage
At Darwin
Is Slight

SYDNEY, Australia. March L
ms. The latest Japanese air
raid on strategic Port Darwin.
Australians important north coast
base, caused only slight damage,
Prime Minister John Curtin an
nounced today.
He said the attack on Darwin
was carried out by Ii heavy
-bomberS, which swept over the
town in two formations Of seven
each.
East of the Darwin-Timor zone
three or four japanese planes
were shot down and several
Others were damaged over the
weekend in furious battles with
American and Australian fighter
over Torres Strait
One United Nations plane was
lost in these combatS and another
according 10 communicate, while
was destroyed on the ground
a third fighter was damaged when
its pilot rammed and knocked
down an enemy craft.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
CHILEANS AROUSED

SANTIAGO, March II tUP).-
The first torpedoing of a Chilean
ship aroused national indignation
today and Bernardo lbanez, sec
rctary-general of the powerful
Chilean Workers Confederation
and a parliamentary deputy, de-
manded an immediate diplomatic
break with Germany, Italy and
Japan and the seizure OF AXIS
property in reprSal.
Ibanez charge that the sinking
Of he !. 7UO-tOn steamer Iolten 81
miles off New York last Friday
was no more than the "cowardly
ASSASSINATION" of % ChileanS. The
only survivor. Julio Faust, 30. was
landed IN New York.
Foreign Minister Juan B. Ro-
Setti summoned the German and
Italian ambassadors and the Japa-
nese minister 10 question them
about the attack.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
u. ). Sub Sinks
Enemy Tanker

WASHINGTON, March Il
INS). The navy revealed last
night that an American naval unit
has sunk a 3,OOO-ton enemy
tanker near the Philippines, while
United States submarine sent q
large freighter TO the bottom in
Japanese waters.
The sinking Of the tanker
marked the first American naval
action in the Philippine area, with
the exception of torpedo boat
raids. since the fall Of Manila. The
navy. however. did not disclose
whether the enemy vessel had
been destroyed by submarine or
surface attack.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
THE cry of Prime Min.
lister John Curtin OF
- Australia is alarming.

"E>ajre you thus Worh-
mr. he tells Americans.
Australia is the last
boStion betrccH the tcCSt
coast at America aud the
Japanese :,
From the skies Of the
Pacific pour deGthIy he'll.
I'm the countless islands
Of the Pacific the tide Of
ror JIoWS bodIy for you M
America.
"For us in Australia it
IS ftOWHg badly.
who among ms. CON
tcmpIotiHg the future that
day IN December last Wheh
Japan struck like an 0sSds-
sin at PeoH Horbor, at
MomI0, Wake and Guam,
1rouid hare hd:drded a
guess that By March the
enemy W0uid be 0Stride the
SouthWcSt Pacific. except
General MocArthur's gal
liant men 0Hd Australia and
NGc ZedtdHd
II say To you that the
Sorj0q Of Australia IS the
Surfing Of Americas WeSt
roast. II you before my
Uiag to the contrary then
you deiude yoUSCirCS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
Plan Mass Meeting
For I'll Do My Best

A luncheon meeting Of persons
in the Il VIII Do My
Best" movement was 10 be held
TODAY in the Book Cadillac Hotel.
Details of the giant mass meet
ing March % Will be discussed.
The huge rally slated 10 be held
in the State Fair Coliseum will he
the first Sizablc project of the
organization designed 10 spur
Americans on 10 a greater war
effort
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
Rumanians Rebel
AT Ndzi Recruiting

BERNE. Switzerland, March Il
GNS).-TThe Moscow radio re-
ported that demonstrations were
continuing today in RumanI q
against the governments policy OF
sending troops 10 aid Germany
against Russia
The Rumanian premier, Marshal
Ion Antonescu, was obliged to in
form Adolf Hitler that his coun-
try will be unable 10 supply the
requested 100000 more troops for
the spring drive. the broadcaSI
asserted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
.Urugudydn Ship
Torpedoed Off
Haiti; Is Lost
81 OF Crew Saved;
z Bodies Found on
Jersey Hint Sinking

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay March
Il tUP). The Uruguayan ship
MonteVideo had been torpedoed
and lS men are missing, II was
today
The Montevideo sank off the
coast of Haiti, but the information
did not specify whether in Carrlb-
bean or Atlantic waters.
ThirtN-two crewmen were saved.
The Montevideo formerly was the
Italian ship Adamello, 5.S72 tons,
which was rcquisitioned by the
UruGuayan government.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
NLRB Elections SET
For 7 ChrysIer Units

Office workers in two divisions
of ChrySler Corporation will vote
Thursday in separate NLRB cleo
tons TO determine whether they
wish 10 be represented by the
UAW-CIO.
The elections involve about 121
employees in the Dodge Truck
plant and about 40 in the Dodge
Forge division. They will vote
either yes or no on representation
nv tho LAW
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
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wos barred bg the 600 mile
lang island of lara With the
straits at either end OF u
under enemy control,
During the night a re-
port from II. VI. A. $. Perth
r0S received rhich mdi-
Gated that she and L. $. =.
Houston had come in con-
tact lcith a force Of Jap0-
HcSc ships.
"NothWg has been hcdId
Of II. NJ. A. S. Perth or the
L. S. S. Houston since that
time.
"The meet Of kin Of the
l.. s. S. HouStoH are being
informed 0ccOrdiH9Iy.
ION the forenoon Of
Sunday March /, n, VI, ).
Etctcr reported hot she
had Sjghtcd NtCe enemy
cruisers steering toW0rd
her.
NO fWthcr 1rord has
been rcccired from the
ETeter. Encounter or
L. S. S. Pope.
"Thc meet ~ Kin of. the
Pope are being utormcd
GccOrdiHgIH.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
Illinois Toll %,
Kentucky S Is
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the house was jerked from It's
foundation,
AmbulanCeS were summoned
from Peoria To take the injured 10
hospitals there The Lacon city
hall was pressed into service as
an emergency first aid station.
The city water supply was shut
off while workmen repaired mains.
The town of Alvin. with popu-
lation. Of $50. near Danville, was
almost levclcd by the storm al
noon and seven persons were
killed
AT Goshen. the storm struck A
district of factory workers homes.
Rescue workers. hampered by lack
of illumination. searched for bod
les of two known dead in a
house and feared that two
children also We're dead
The storm in Western Kentucky
caused at least Is deaths as il
swept through Muhlcnbcrg and
GraNSOn counties.
Ten were killed al Browder. n
community in Muhlenburg
County. and 81 injured were taken
10 the county hospital al Green
Vile. one was killed al Paradise
Authorities al Leitchfield re-
ported three persons were known
10 have been killed AZ Elizabeth
own, Ky two persons were killed
when the storm demolished the
my StevenSburG community near
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
y. S.-Soviet Pact Planned

WASHINGTON. March Il
INS).-The United States gov
eminent. il was learned on high
authority today j., planning 10
negotiate a mutual aid and eco
nomic pact with Russia
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
IN THE NEWS

She Is sacrificing every
thing, centralizing everything
on the destruction of Hitler.
She will accomplish her
object.
England Is concentrating on
the defense of England.
She will succeed in her
purpose.
T EFT America center all
efforts on the defeat of
- Japan and proceed sys-
tematically and efficiently to
accomplish that essential pur-
pose, and she will succeed.
Americans are willing and
eager to sacrifice their re-
sources and their lives to pro-
tect America and the APP
prOaches to America, but they
do not want to see their
efforts rendered impOtent and
vain by foolish diffusion in
l ineffective demonstrations
everywhere, and without sue
cessful accomplishment any
where.
Should not the American
people and the representatives
of the American people in
Congress systematic and
militariZe our war effort and
concentrate II on the defense
of America and the defeat OF
Japan:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
300 Americans Face Death

LONDON. March II GNS)--
The London Daily Mirror said to-
day there are 300 Americans i'm
prisoned in Hongkong but half OF
them viii not survive for six
months unless conditions in Stan
ley Prison improve radically.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
JAPS CLAIM SHIPS

TOXIC March II Chy official
Japanese wrClc>S) lINSl I'M
pcrlal headquarters claimed TODAY
that japanese submarines have
sunk II United Nations ships
totaling 81 900 tons IN the coastal
waters of India and Burma.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
Perkins Fights
Suspension OF
4O-Hour Week
Showdown Struggle
E xpeetsd in House
Over Labor Measure
By GRIFFING BANCROFT
Int1 News service star torresPondenl

WASHINGTON. March Il
With the House prepared for q
showdown fight over labor legiSla-
ton. Secretary OF Labor Frances
Perkins TO-DAY entered the FRAY hN
fling her formal opposition 10 pro
poSalS that the i0-hour work week
be suspended during The var.
Her adverse report 20 = hill 10
lsv ASIDE work limitations ny
Senator Reed n Of Kansas, vas
made 20 The Senate labor com
mitiec.
"Of course the SeCretary'S re-
port WAS adverse" committee
chairman Thomas D. OF Utah.
said. There il great deal of
misunderstanding about the 40
hour week. People In war In
dustries are now working more
than 40 hours week and there
Is nothing in the law 10 prevent
II. The law provides only that
In certain eases these people
shall get paid more for excess
work"
SMITH BILL FACES FIGHT
The House. meanwhile prepared
for struggle over bill by
Representative Smith Cd of Nir-
glnla. 10 suspend the 4O-hour
week. abolish overtime pay during
the war. outlaw closed shops and
limit profits 10 6 per cent
Representative Ninson ID Of
Georgia. chairman Of the House
naval affairs committee and CO.
author of the drastic measure, an
nounced that hearings on il would
start Thursday and predicted 1t
will be brought up on the floor
soon
Frankly drawn 10 circuit the
labor committee, which is cool 10
such proposals, the House measure
applies only 10 naval contractors.
Thus il went 10 the naval COM
mittee, where approval is anticl-
pated. and II can be hroadened on
the floor 10 include all war indus
tries.
Rep. Mary Norton Cd Of New
Jersey. chairman of the labor COM
mittee. was lining up opposition in
hope of defeating the bill on the
floor.
"All these people are trying To
do IL TO use the war 10 scuttle
fha hour law and dPnrINe
labor 81 Its rights" she said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
TORPEDOING ANNOUNCED

WASHINGTON. March II
GNSl The navy department to-
night announced II had received
reports that a medium sized
United States freighter had been
tnrpcdord in the Caribbean area
about three weeks ago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
GRENADA ISOLATED

The worst damage was AT Gre
NADIA. The town was without lights
and water, and for hours without
telephone and Geographic commu-
nication. Big gasoline storage
tanks were wrecked. and police
set boy scouts 10 guard them and
warn citizens not 10. strike
matches.
Six were known 10 have been
killed and more than 80 injured
al Grenada The town hospital
was filled and a community hall
pressed into service as an emcr-
Cency hospital. Sixteen nurses
and 20 physicians were rushed
from Memphis TO treat the victims
by lamplight
Conditions almost as had were
reported al Water Valley. Miss.
where Is 10 100 were injured
Darkness and torrcntal rain
which fell in almost all Of the
stricken communities, hampered
rescue work.
A woman had just given birth
10 baby on the outskirts OF
Baldwin when the torn a q {
shrieked down upon her home
She gathered up her newborn
baby in one arm. her next young
est child in the other AMI fled to-
ward town. with three Other
children trailing her
/ a motorist picked her and tn,
children up, after they had rur
two blocks
The tornado dlGuSed into gen
oral WlndStormS and torrcntIa
Ialne
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
SECOND STORM STRIKES

Thirty minutes later. another
storm. perhaps the back lash,
struck Greenwood. residents said.
Grenada, Miss. was struck al
Ssh p. m. and the twisting funnel
cut path 100 yards wide and half
mile long before skipping into
Water Valley. Miss, and hedge
hopping TO Michigan City thence
across the Tennessee line. Selmer
and LeXigton in Tennessee were
struck. and II persons were killed.
Baldwin, Miss. 20 miles north
Of Tupelo. reported that it had two
tornadoeS. The first killed AT least
SIX persons and injured IS, 10 Of
them critically The second in
hicted no casualties. but II I'M
rooted or wrecked churches dwell
ings and - per cent of the busl-
ness section.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
Victims
Hunted
In South
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tics said. two Of whom were promi-
nent citizens of Greenwood.
One woman, whose automobile
was not blown off the road; said
the wind lifted the hood from the
motor and hurled il. through the
windshield over her head. into the
back of the automobile
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
report is brief, but
three points are made
- cOmDIetply clear:

First, that the Japanese
ships possessed superior speed
and partly on that account
were able to out-maneuver
the Allied fleet.
Second, that the Japanese
possessed command of the
sea i'm overwhelming force.
Third. that the Japanese
possessed in equally over
whelming degree command of
the air.
Our men, accordingly, were
led hOpelessly to the heroic
sacrifice.
1t is no reflection upon the
courage and good intent of
the Dutch admirals for us
Americans to believe that an
adequate American fleet under
competent American com
manders might have accom-
plished more successful re-
suits.
But where is there an
American fleet concentrated
under American command,
and where is there an Ameri-
can army under American
command, except the army in
the Philippines under General
Macarthur?
Our armies wherever they
are seem to be under foreign
command, and our great
American natiOn-the one ma
ton capable of winning this
war-is relegated to subOr-
dinate place and compelled to
be a part of alien detectives
and defeats.
we learn further
from official sources
that our material re-
sources and military supplies
are being distributed in an
equally loose and sdiffuse
manner.
Mr.. Roosevelt announces
that over two billion dollars
has already been expended in
his lend-lease program.
We find American equip
ment in the burned ware
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
British Stabbinq
At laps Seeking
Burma Oil Fields
New Commander
Claims Local Attacks,
Praises U. s. Tanks
BY DARRELL BERRIGAN

MANDALAY. Burma, March 16
delayed. - Lieut. Gen. Harold
r. L. G. Alexander, new COM
mandcr-in-chief in Burma. said
today that the imperial forces had
worked out strategic and tactical
plans AS part Of which they had
started StabbinG al the japanese
in vigorous. If local, offensive ac-
tons.
He said the Japanese appeared
TO he driving first toward the
Tharrawaddy oil fields and Prone,
$50 miles north-northweSt of Ran
COON. and secondly up the Sittang
River valley and the Rangoon-
Mandalay railroad in an attempt
to capture Manadaly and cut
communications between lower
and upper Burma.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
JAPS SEEKING OIL

Alexander said the Japanese
were seeking oil which they
needed badly after finding oil
fields IN the Netherlands East In
dies destroyed.
He said tho imperial troops
were now in contact with the
enemy in the Shwegyin-NyaunGle
hin area. 100 miles northeast ~
Rangoon. along tho SIttang River
and the railroad 10 Manadalay.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-17
TANKS BLOCK ROADS

Alexander said recent British
reverSeS IN Burma were due
partly 10 characterization OF
front line forces. which limited
defensive operations 10 roads
while tho Japanese used tracks
and Jungle paths 10 move by night
through the forests whore air.
planes could not spot them and
tanks could not operate
He said tho American tanks
were "frightfully good and that
in the first of their offensive
thruStS tho imperial troops had
made the Japanese run in some
places
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-22

ditional workers in Baltimore city
alone, he declared. This number in
cludes workers in shipbuilding and
aircraft industries and does not make
allowances for increases in employ
ment which would be brought about
by future expansion.
Mr.. Fringer pointed out that the
filling of Maryland jobs by Maryland
workers is extremely important since
it would avoid an influx of transient
workers with resultant increase in
housing, highway and other wartime
problems.
1t was also urged that whenever
possible workers in non-defense Jobs
shift to defense work. The majority
of job seekers whose applications are
still in the employment services
active file are either unskilled work.
ers or persons who possess skills
which do not fit the requirements of
war industries.
The Garrett County Office is located
in the McIntire building, Oakland.