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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-10-23
Oxford Dim-Out Soon

Oxford, Ohio. - Oxford will have
another dim-out as soon as the con-
troll center is completed, Verlin Pull
ley, Civilian Defense Corps COM
mander, said Wednesday. The first
trial dim-out was October 9.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-10-23
To Direct County Home

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence McVicker of
near Darrtown were appointed Tues
day by county commissioners as su-
perintendent and matron of the But
Ter County Home They will succeed
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob DeNeen, the for
mer having died several days ago. The
combined salary is $2,400 annually.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-10-23
Safety Council

Arrangements are virtually COM
pleted for the newly-created Hamilton
Safety Council to begin functioning.
Announcements will be made within
short time relative to the councils
first moves to foster and expand
safety y-mindedness in every facet of
Hamilton life.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-10-23
State Charter Awarded

Middletown, Ohio.-The Middletown
Associate Fraternal Order of Police
received state charter Tuesday night
at dinner sponsored by the F. A. P.
at the police pistol range. Probate
Judge Oscar Lesser and William J.
Murphy, Columbus, state secretary of
the order, spoke.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-10-23
Akron Host To Business
Conference OF BRLDA

Columbus, Ohio. - Akron has been
chosen for the annual business confer
ence of officers and members of the
Buckeye Retail Liquor Dealers Asso-
citation and the meeting will be a
streamlined three-day affair, January
10 to IL.
Vote for the tuberculosis Levy al
the election November 3rd.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-10-23
Navy Day Talent Sought

Oxford, Officials at the Ma
val Radio School at Miami University
are busy this week meeting requests
for talent for Navy Day programs
October 27 Already the Singing Sail
ors, the glee club, have been sched-
uled for a Cincinnati appearance,
while another group will appear in
Hamilton. A big military review is
planned for Oxford, with all trainees
taking part.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-10-23
Beer Permit Transfer

Earl J. Hilsercop, 2201 Dixie High
way, to 7O3 Williams Avenue.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-10-23
Menagerie Club Benefit
Dance Set For Nov. il

The members of the Hamilton Me-
nagerie Club, No. /, will give bene-
fit dance and card party Wednesday
evening, November Is, at o'clock, at
Fenmont Recreation Center. Proceeds
of the occasion will be Christmas gifts
for members Of the club who are in
the service. Tickets are being sold
for $1.00.
Vote for the tuberculosis Levy at
the election November 3rd.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-10-23

Our loan number 237213 is a gas
station attendant. He got loan
of $4OO to buy filing station
equipment and supplies at a
bargain price. The other day he
sold just one item, a vulcanizer,
for $3.50 just ten times
more than he paid for it.
1TyE CEyYL0aN
aHG Guaranty Company
11S High Street
Carl Sanor, Mgr. Phone 1868
Offices Everywhere In Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-10-23

Personal troubles excite nobody IS
sympathy any more.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
DESTROYS SAME

II looked as though he had
sought out the enemy and the
skipper turned bow on for the
beach 10 carry out the rest of his
orders.
The sub ghoStcd in. At cautious
intervals the skipper raised the
periScope long enough for a quick
look. He was almost within point
blank torpedo range when the veil
ing mist broke enough for him 10
realize that he was staring down
the threats of three new l,700-ton
deStroyerS. And all three were
riding al anchor. comfortably
berthed and apparently happily
content with the fog's protection.
Within a thousand yards the
skipper carefully trimmed his posi-
ton and hred The jolt of the
torpedoS launChings ran through
the ship and the crew, the blndest
and most bIndly faithful of all
seagoing men. knew by that that
they were in A fight.
A second shock, deeper and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
Mother Gets
Message From
Corregidor
Time. staff Correspondent

PONTIAC. July 2S.--Lt. James
DeX- army hlnr who GIT letter
through 10 his mother, Mrs.
Harold Parsons Of Lake AngeluS.
during the siege OF Corregidor.
managed 10 write another mes
sage 10 her on tho eve Of that
valiant posts fall 10 the Japs.
His last message, Scrawled on a
card. came 10 Mrs Parsons today
Via Fort Eenntne Ga hdt
crossed the Pacific and the Amcri-
can continent. thence 20 Pontiac.
It came by mail from Mrs + w.
MalaSsarian. a nurse who escaped
from Corregidor May 3 Nurse
MalasSarian Is now at Fort Ben
ming The message said simply:
Hello. Nom. I'm well.
tSlgnedl Jim"
TWO days after II was written.
on May 5, Corregidor fell-"to the
Japs.
Lieutenant Dcy's last full letter
10 his mother was written on a
battered typewriter he bad dug
out from bombed building on
Corregldor II arrived slmulta-
neously with a cablegram which
read
"Okeh. Jim Dey"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
WOUNDED II ARM

Baisch was wounded bon the arm
by Shrapncl and Ehrhoart was
hoSpItali1cd with painful but not
serious shrapnel wounds mostly in
inc legs
u Mas Basch FIRST opcratiOnal
fight from Australia. although he
MS no freshman ln combat lie
took part in thc battle OF Midway
aboard q Flying Fortress which
sank Two japanese cruisers
sutton is described by bus fci.
loW crew members AZ the most
decorated man off tnc air force
In Australia He has bern awarded
The Distinguished Flying Cross
Silver Star and Purple Heart
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
ST. Joseph Mayor
Free on Bond in
|Priorities Case
Faces Fine of $4,000.
Year in Prison; FaIsified
to Build New Home

GRAND RAPIDS. July 2s-
Mayor Waldo V. Tiscornia Of 81.
Joseph. who pleaded guilty 10 vio-
lation OF WPB priorities in obtain
ing critical materials for his new
home. today was free under $1,000
bond pending sentencing August 9.
Under the charge-the first vio-
Iation of the second war powers
act TiScornia faces a maximum
penalty Of one year imprisonment
or $4,000 fine or both
He was accused by the justice
department of obtaining $500
worth Of cast iron radiators and
other heating supplies under an
lA-1O rating, supposedly for use IN
the Auto SpecialticS Manufacture
ing Company of which he is vice
pres ldcnt and manager.
The admitted Justification was
noticed before the materials were
installed in the mayors new resi-
dODCp
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
Nazi TraW|er
Sunk by British

LONDON. July Is (UPl.-Light
British naval forces sank a Ger
man armed trawler and heavily
damaged another off Cherbourg,
on the French coast, early today,
an admiralty communique re-
ported.
A British patrol boat suffered
minor damage and two casualties
under the attack Of German
bomberS, the communique said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
War Against Finland
Demanded by Group

Custer Of the Finnish embassy
In Washington and declaration OF
war against Finland was de-
manded today in a resolution by
the Committee of Finnish-Amer
lean Trade Unions.
The resolution was adopted last
night al a meeting in Go Unior
Hall, 81 Sproat street, called Il
discuss the need for a second
front.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
IS Zeros-1 u. S. Bomber
But Grendes+ Crew Gets 3 Japs, Survives Fight;
Plane Bears Cannon, 81 Shrapne Holes
BY FRANK T. HEWLETT
Inlt,a Pre-. stan Correspondent

ignored his own wounds TO keep
plugging away AZ The enemy
a cannon shell blow off the door
Of the iurret IN which ne perchcd
But he kept on firing" SAID
HorEsn. and he had his re-
Venge. His cannon fire ripped
of the cowling Of a Zero and
sent II rolling down"
The other M . IN eTs ~ the
Crandcst crew are CO-pllot Nirgl
Lindsey. % Washington y G.
Navigator Edward Yerrlngton "a
Burhngsme CAL Technical Sgt
Jack r Trbhlc - ponca City
Okla; staff Sgt Dan Ehrheart
"a, Medford Ore and Pvt Her
bert Bsi~ch -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28

Formerly the German ship Hamel,
the 0akaca was sunk in the Gulf
of Mexico. probably Sunday, dis
patches from Mexico City said.
Six of the crew were missing
Thlrty-four men were landed at
Corpus Christi, Tex
The schooner was shelled by a
submarine. Three mon were in
iured but none killed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
ALERT COMMANDER

"She has" he said speaking OF
the three for-one submarine"
added a glorious page 10 the
record OF the submarine service.
This operation can he summed
mp as an opportunity made
through the ingenuity. re-
sourcefulness and aggresSiVeneSs
Of the commanding officer of the
submarine"
To begin with the sub was .on
station in the Kiska area and
proceeding under a general di-
receive 10 seek out the enemy and
destroy same.
The enemy was known 10 be
present with both heavy and light
ships, but seeking him out and
destroying him was a job Of heart
breaking difficulty First the
Aleutian fogs customarily reduced
visibility 10 negative quality and
it was possible for a guessing
pertcope 10 pass within 500 yards
OF ship and miss IT,
Moreover that part Of the
AleutianS which lies below the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
u. =. Subs Busy i'm the AleufianS
Skipper Eorgefs Rules ;
Blows Up ; Desfroyers
when Win Leaders Awaken the Aleutin Menace Page s.
By KEITH WHEELER
tCopSriEht is42. Chicago Times. Ine)
distributed by International News Service

SOMEWHERE IN ALASKA, July Is (delayed-There no
absoues in the being that about the time rule be-
well established inspired idiot happens along and blows
it of the water
Until July automatic that submarines keep clear of
destroyers.
Subs could attack merchant vessels Transports aircraft
ers cruisers batteshps anything else that foated except
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
Flight may be as consistent
with innocence aS with quill. !"
Cruiser Flint Planned

EHNT. July IS. - Once more
th\e enemies OF the United States
10 reckon with q L. s. $
Flint. Mayor OSmund Kelly has
been asked BY Secretary of The
Navy Frank Knox TO suggest a
sponsor for the cruiser Flint
which Will hc launched early next
year from an eastern ShipbWldiHg
q
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
FIRE WILD SHOTS

The tin can didn't get under
way. however. although that :
what the commanding officer
thought was the Indicated pro-
cedure for any ship which had
suddenly seen two companion VcS-
sells blown up in their berths
Somebody made an attempt 10
fight back at the unseen tormcntor
and two torpedoes rocketed from
the tin cans deck tubes and went
charging across the cove They
were wild shots and they missed.
although they passed he sub
merged sub close enough 10 be
heard
And AT about thai moment the
subs third torpedo connected
with the last destroyer and the
fight was over almost before II
had begun,
All through the attack the skip
per had been running head-on to-
ward shore and now he FASTENED
to get himself out Of what con-
stituted "A tight navigational spot
lie made il. all right. but by
the time he was clear the Japs
had contrived TO put an airplano
over hin and he had 10 take a
load of aerial bombs before he got
away The bombing was wild and
the damage slight although en-
barraSSing The sub suffered no
personnel casualties and was able
to continue without serious
hindrance.
As he pulled away the sub
turned the periScope for one last
look AZ the days work. TWO de-
StroyerS were gone entirely and
the third was a wreck.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
Boy Hits Head; Drowned

Glenn Vollmer. Il. son Of Mr.
end Mrs. Jules Vollmer of 1894
Fordson road, West Dearborn
was dead today from drowning
after striking his head on the
edge OF fish pool AZ the rear q.
his home as he leaned over TO peer
at the fish
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
BORED WITH RULES

But on Independence Day AT
American sub skipper in these
fog-bound waters grew bored with
the rules and blew up three
Japanese destroyerS in about As
many minutes. Within a few hours
other American subs finished off
two more Jap deStroyers and by
now. one supposes, the Toxic ad-
miralS are revising the rule book.
The navy has since announced
the sinking OF three more Jap
deStroyefs at kiska by sub
MARINES.
Everybody in America and ir
Japan Zoo. probably. knows the
essential facts by now, but II was
not until today that a-few Of the
incredible details found their way
out of the cold gray depths around
lonely Kiska.
The story came from the COM
mander OF submarines in the
North Pacific.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28

uCSllO W Cl -
Whenever foul fortune
put them near one they
would hide and pray.
There was good reason for
this prudence and it WASH t
accidental. Destroyers are
the natural enemies of sub
marines and every gadget and
rivet in a tin cans hull is aimed
primarily at the destruction Of
the enemy's submarines. All a
destroyer's speed and nimble
maneuverability, its guns, depth
charges and sound gear are etA-
trived to work the death Of subs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
Wife Slayer 10 FACE
Murder Examination

BAY CITY. July 2s. Examina-
ton OF Matthew Cichocki. 80, on
charges Of numbering his wife last
month, VIII be held tomorrow be-
fore Justice David r Lewis. The
former coal miner has been held
in county jail since tho Staying OF
his wife Helen IN a quarrel in
their car while their TWO small
Children looked on.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
German Troop Train
Wrecked by Sdboteurs

NEW YORK. July 2S INS).--
A German troop train carrying
soldiers on leave from Cherhourg
10 Paris has been wrecked by
saboteurs with a loss Of 40 lives,
the British radio reported today,
according 10 CHS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
Axis Sub Sinks
Fishing Vessel
ny United Press

Sinking Of a Nova Scotia fish
ing schooner by an Axis submarine
in the Atlantic has been revealed
by tho navy department.
Another sinking, disclosed yes
terday. was that of the Mexican
freighter Oaxca, Of 5000 tons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28

AN ADVANCED AIR BASE
SOMEWHERE N AUSTRALIA,
July 2s.-The "Erandest bomber
crew in the whole air force sur
vived a 45-minute running fight
with Is japanese Zero fighters
II shot down one Of The attack
ers damaged two others so
severely they may not have got
back 10 their base. It's bomber
sustained FIVE cannon holes, 81
shrapnel holes and innumersble
bullet holes. Three Of It's crew
members were wounded. none
seriously.
at was the teamwork Of the
grandest crew I'm the whole air
force that did it," said Capt.
Maurice Horgan, the pilot
We've flown together a long
time and had lots OF scraps to-
gether. We've got so used 10
each other that we can tell by
the grunts what the other men
are thinking"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
British Use New
Anti-AirUdft Gun
To Rout Raiders
Yank Pilot With Raj
knocks Out z Trains
in North France Attack
Rv SIDNEY !. WILLIAMS
Iunsd Press stan Corrrspondfnt

LONDON July Is A nc0
secret 8uu-aircra,t gun njcd Brit
ish night fighter planes m beating
OF strong German vengeance
attack Oh London and the British
Isles last night while an American
pilot OF tho Raj Knocked out TWO
Of the many Nayi trains disabled
in northern France.
TIE night fighters and the Ere
of the new anti-aircraft guns
brought down az least eight and
damaged many more of the so 10
20 German planes which ranged
over Britain and northern ireland
where American troops are based.
The Germans apparently sought
vengeance tor the RATS damag-
inc attacks on Hamburg Essen
and other Nazi war centerS.
ATTACK THREE TRAINS
Birmingham large industrial
city in the MidlsndS, was the chief
victim Casualties we're described
az fairly numerous with a num-
Der of persons killed This was
The most intensified attack on an
; 'nglish city in many months.
Two German planes that APP
. cached the English southeast
K asst today were driven of.
- The T he American flying with the
IF in the attack on German
( aims in northern France during
he night is Pilot Officer c. Mehr-
OF OF Jamaica. y. y. He was
credited by the air ministry with
attacking three trains near Lens
and stopping two OF them.
There was heavy anti-aircraft
fire in the London area during the
morning hours when the German
planes swept in
In the Greater London area,
where scattered fire bombs were
dropped without serious damage IN
country areas. the roar Of the new
secret gun could be distinguished
plainly by those who had heard
L in practice.
SIRENS IN IRELAND
Some of the guns were manned
BY home guardsmen. others by
mixed batteries, including girls OF
the Army Territorial Service.
Sirens walled over northern
Ireland. where tens of thousands
Of United States troops are await
ing the second front signal, as the
German planes crossed the coast.
There was no report mat
bombs had been dropped or that
anti-aircraft guns, searchlights or
Allied night fighter planes were
in action.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
ONLY FOUR ARRIVE

The attack was called an un-
precedented disgrace for the
japanese.
For four years the Japanese
have bombed Chungking a, Will,
but yesterday, in their first at
tempt 10 reach the capital this
year, they met the new United
States air force Of China and were
repulSed. OF so Japanese planes
that took off from Hankow, only
four reached Chungking's out
skirts and no bombs fell on the
city proper.
Last night the people again
calmly trudged 10 their dugout
shelters where hundreds of their
lneighhers had been trapped ir
bombings of the past They eX.
pected another siege of death and
destruction. They emerged three
hours later smiling. They had not
heard a bomb.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
IGNORES WOUNDS

Sgt George Hancock. % Of Fl
Paso. I'd and SGT William SUIT
ton %. OF San Antonio Tex got
the FIRST Zero The second fcll 10
l. Ted Psscoe. Is. Partridge H.
the ships bombardIcr The inrd
was credited 20 SCI Hanrs Ioy-
ner, -, Of Grlton, y. G., who
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
Russians
Retreat i'm
Caucasus

Continued from Page One)
OF the Volga River district and
to supervise preparations for a
Russian counteroffensive in the
SOUTH
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
Jdps Retredting
From Chinese in
West Chekidng
Defenders BoIstered
by Yank FIiers Who
Rout Air Attackers

CIIUNGKING. July % CUP).-
Japanese forces are rc1reating- he
fore a strong Chinese drive near
Kinagshan in Western ChekianC
Province. a Chinese high command
communiquc SAID tonight.
In the Tahung Mountains o.
Northern Hupeh Province, the
communiquc said, the Chinese are
holding of more than 5000 Japa-
neSc troops. including cavalry, at
tempting to force mountain passes.
The new Chinese successes were
reported as China'S confidence in
the United States army air force
was strengthened by repulse OF
last nights Japanese air attack on
this Chinese capital by American
fighter planes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
u. S. Chart

Detroit and vicinity. Iittl, change in
temperature tonight and tomorrow morn.
ing Scattered showers and thunderstorms
Gentle winds
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
REFERS TO FLIGHT

O'IIara'S rebuttal before the
jury occupied yesterday morning :
trial session. and Judge PugSlcy
read his jury charge after the
noon recess, in which he told the
jurors
"a mere failure Of these men
to do their duty as police Off
GERS Is insufficient to convict
them on the charge of CON
spiracy 10 Obstruct Justice"
Then. referring TO Lochbiler' S
flight from Detroit and his SubSe-
quent navy enlistment. Judge
PugSlCy said:
Flight may be as consistent
with innocence as with guilt"
Several times during OHara' S
rebuttal. Lochbiler's eyes filed
with tears. No other emotion was
evidenced by either defendent dur
ing the Judges charge or the read
ing of the verdict by the jury
foreman
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
MILLION NAILS FIGHT

Perhaps 100000 German SOL
diers and their finest planes and
tanks already were engaged in
Adolf Hitler's summer offensive,
some 100000 of them in the drive
that took Rostov and Novocher-
kassk, 80 miles northeast yester-
day.
Although the Russians did not
appear 10 be gaining much ground
their counter offensive at Vor-
onezh. on the Don. 200 miles north
of Rostov. had developed heavy
battles that were destroying Ger
mans by the hundreds.
Attacking strongly northeast
and southwest of Noronezh. the
Russians forced two passage $
across the river. Heavy fighting
still was in progress on the west
oapk, IL was reported, and so far
all German efforts 10 disl0dge the
Russians have failed.
GRAVE BLOW TO REDS
The noon communique reported
sharp fighting on the Kalinlr
front northwest of Moscow.
The loss Of RoStov and Novo'
cherkassk were the gravest blows
the Russians had suffered this
year.
The Germans had claimed that
RoStov was Stormed and captured
Thursday and that NovocherkaSSk
fell Friday The midnight com
lmunique tactily branded those
claims as premature
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28
Find Lo(hbi|er,
Burlzyk Guilty
ReEistered u s Patent once
Continued from Page one)


now famed grand jury of Judge
Homer Ferguson, and marked the
last court appearance of Chester
p. O'Hara as special prosecutor Of
that grand jury.
TRIAL BEGAN JULY /
The case. hearing Of which
started July 1. went 10 the jury
of 10 women and three men al
440 p m. yesterday, as one juror
Mrs. Rose Beck of 26050 Joy road
was discharged. She had heard tes-
timony as an alternate.
Four hours and five minutes
later the jury came out with It's
guilty verdict for both defendants
The II jurors sat as If made oil
stone during the IS minutes wait
for a court reporter 10 take their
verdict. BurcZyk sat immobile,
with head bowed and blank ex-
pression-as he had throughout
the trial. Lochbiler turned 10 the
rear Of the courtroom TO smile
family and wave 10 his wife and
two daughters. Then the verdict
was read.
Lochbiler's attorney, Fred Plots.
/ then asked for a poll of the jurors
This was done and then Judge
Earl {. Pugslcy announced he
would centpnca the Two former M
lice officials after probation de-
partment investigation. Bond was
continued until date of sentence
Lochbiler and Burczyk. granted
separate trials from the other de-
PENDANTS. were the last TO be tried
by Judge Pugsley
Lochbiler was fugitive in the
navy when trial of the others
opened and Burczyk was III.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-28

stronger. came back 10 the sub a
few seconds later. Only the skip
per at the periScope saw geyser
rise out Of the ocean and the de-
Stroyer ripped in two by tho un-
SuSpectinG fury Of INT. II went
down like a rock while progressive
smaller explosions echoed 10 the
tense sub crew.
The trio of doStroyers was an
Chored in cchelon. and il didn'i
require much change of course to
bring a tube 10 bear on the second
The first ship was still breaking
while the Stupehed crews stared
from the others when tin fish
erupted in the bowels Of the
second
BY that time the men of the
third destroyer were giving a fair
imitation of madhouse. HC
wished. the North Pacific sub
marine chief said. that he coulc
have seen il. He thought II must
have been balm for a stibFf4f 4 ri Her
soul.