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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
Brazil Rejects
German Protest

RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil. July
4 uNS).-Foreign Minister Os
waldo Aranha revealed today tha'
Brazil had received an official note
of protest from the German gov
eminent about treatment of Ger
man nationals in Brazil. and tina
Germany had threatened re
prisals.
The note was delivered through
the Spanish embassy, because
Brazil has severed diplomatic re.
lations with the Axis powers.
There are about 25 Brazilians
in Germany.
Aranha revealed that time
limit of seven days had been set.
He said the Brazilian government
ignored the note until after the
time limit had expired. at which
time Aranha wrote the Spanish
ambassador that Brazil would not
recognize German threats.
He Said further that the ale
cation was unfounded and that
Germany had been the first to
begin atrocities. sinking ships and
killing defenseless Brazilian sea-
men.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04

MORE, Md, July 4
(INS). - Another aviation mile
stone was recorded when the
navy's lotion aerial battleship
Mars successfully completed its
initial test fight over Chesapeake
Bay yesterday:
In the presence Of high navy,
army and state officials. including
Brig. Gen. James Doolittle, leader
of the April raid on Toxic. the
worlds largest flying boat TAXED
down the bay, took of gracefully
and remained aloft without Incl.
dent.
Kenneth Ebel, vice president OF
the Glenn L. Martin Company
builders OF the craft, who mar
rowly averted destruction of the
ship in a test run last December
handled the controls. He was
assisted by Capt. Harold Gray OF
Pan-American Anyways and Ellis
+. Shannon.
Designed primarily as a long.
range bomber. the Mars weighs
135, 900 pounds fully loaded, has a
Widespread of 200 feet and an In.
terror approximately the size OF
a 10-room house. Four big Wright
Cyclone duplex engines power the
craft.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
GRADUATE OF 1914

Graduated second lieutenant
from West Point in 1914, General
Somervell was vacationing in Paris
when World War / broke out. Re-
porting to the American embassy
for duty. he was given $1,000 0C
and told to evacuate all Ameri-
cans from Europe. He did the job
When the war ended he was a
|lieutenant-colonel at the age of &c
after winning a DISC in combat.
Between wars he returned 10
Europe to survey navigation IA
lcilities of the Rhine and Danube
and later. in 1893. did an economic
survey of Turkey for Renal Alta
turk.
When the present war broke
Iout he was called in TO straighten
out the quarterTnaster corps, now
the services Of supply. This came
largely through the efforts OF
presidential advisor Harry Hop
kins. who remembered how he sue
Icessfully administered 'WPA In
New York, spending S10.0O0,000
per month. Hard as nails despite
his so years, General Somervell
works IL hours a day at his big
Igest Job 10 date. keeping the army
equipped to win the war.
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Produce More,
Sonerve|| Banks

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still more production from every
man, every machine and every
factory. Every plant IL capable
Of producing more than II Is
now"
His close cropped gray mustach'
bristling. General Somervell de
scribed briefly his recent visit I,
81 didn't 20 into the plants
there" he said. because I
couldn't influence their produc-
ton anyway. but did come
away with the feeling the men,
women and children Of England
realize their individual RESPONSE
bilities toward the war effort
more than our citizens do.
They believe every one must
pull his oar no matter how small
Il Is and that's the way to lick
the Axis"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
Your
Newspaper
Boy

The boy who delivers The
Detroit Times In your neigh
bOrhood or any neighbor-
hood -. In q young merchant,
endcavoring to conduct his
business In q business-like
manner.
You can help him save I'M
necessary return trips Z.
and encourage him to do his
utmost In rendering prompt.
dependable service by
having his money ready when
he collects.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
ITALIANS ADMIT ERROR

ROME. July 4 (By official Ital
ian wireless) UNS).-The italian
high command. which said yestcr
day that British forces at Ell Ala
mein had been wiped out" today
admitted that the British hac
counter-attacked.
These counter-attacks were
repulsed," the high command
added.
(The fighting around Ell Ala
mein is of very stubborn nature,
the German high command said,
according to United Press.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
CANAL TOWNS ATTACKED

ROME, July a italian broadcast
recorded in New York by UP).-
The army communique announced
today that Italian bombers hao
raided Ismailia. Egyptian town or
the Suez Canal. $50 miles south.
east of Alexandria. and caused
heavy explosions and big fires last
night.
Italian torpedo airplanes at.
tackled ships in the harbor of Port
Said. at Mediterranean entrance
to the canal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
Plan Railway to Alaska

WASHINGTON, July q (UP).-
The war department is surveying
a route for a proposed United
States Alaska railroad. running
along the West Canadian coast for
1900 miles TO connect with present
rail systems in Alaska, it was
I disclosed last nS,ht.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
british Cruiser
|Hermione Sunk

LONDON. July 4 GNS).-The
admiralty today identified the six
United Nations warships sunk in
the recent air and naval battle in
the Mediterranean as the British
cruiser Hermione. the Polish de-
stroyer Orpkujawiak and the Brit
ish destroyers Hasty. Grove, Aire-
dale and Bedouin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
United Nations ves-
orc sells have been sunk
Wy by the Axis In West
wv ern Atlantic area
sine mid-January.

Costa Rican port of Puerto Limor
by a submarine which slipped UP
and fired two torpedoes into her
Twenty persons were injured by
the explosions.
A British vessel was sunk in the
Caribbean on June Ia. Thirty
three men persisted in two flaming
lifeboats. Twenty-one lives were
lost in the sinking of a Latvian
ship.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
Ronnnne| Losses
Heavy in Egypt
Registered U. o. Patent otfics
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downed by the imperial planes
The four grounded planes de-
stroyed were Messerschmitt-109
Authorities, taking no chance,
on dissident elements rising be.
hind the front and creating fifth
column conditions. ordered 2,00(
Egyptians detained. 1t was sale
that persons spreading seditiou.
rumors would be dealt with
harshly.
Enemy aliens considered dan
Igerous were rounded up long ago
and interned or deported.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
Pound Of Sugar
A Person Bonus
; Weeks
Rstionine Esssd Up
ss Stock Pile Grows
Toward Normal Mark

WASHINGTON. July 4 UNS).
A permanent bonus of pound
of sugar per person every three
weeks was predicted today by
rationing officials, who disclosed
that supplies for the next six
months should be at normal levels.
The bonus already has been de-
clared for the six weeks from
July 10 to August 22-giving each
person two pounds of sugar in
addition to the regular ration OF
a half pound a week.
The sugar rationing program
had been under fire from many
quarters on charges that ware-
houses were bullying with excess
stocks.
STILL BELOW NORMAL
Although the Office Of Price
Administration denied that the
nations supply was as high as
normal, one official said imports
from Hawaii and the Caribbean
were about normal despite tha
shipping situation. The bonus, he
said, might even be increased to
pound a week If deliveries keep
up at the rate of the past few
months.
After comforting with shipping
officials, the War Production
Board estimated that about so
pounds of sugar would be avail
able for each person during the
coming six months. This would be
about the normal peacetime con-
sumption.
Despite this possibility Of near
normal sugar sales, OPA spokes-
men were certain there would be
no abandonment OF rationing. The
hazards of the shipping situation
make IL imperative, they said, 10
keep the rationing machinery in
operation.
100000 TONS
The bonus already decided on
will be distributed between July
10 and August ~. in return for
Ration Stamp No. z. II will mean
distribution of some 100000 tons
of sugar. and. besides giving an
additional supply to housewives.
| il will also allow restaurants. hos
pitals and other institutional GUS
toners 10 get one-third more than
at present. Industrial users may
step up their consumption from 81
tper cent of their 194l purchases
TO 80 per cent.
In announcing the temporary
bonus, Price Administrators Leon
Henderson was not optimistic
about the shipping situation, but
said he was willing 10 take "a
conservative gamble"
with Amer shipping
facing such perils of enemy sub
marine activities and mine SOW
Ing, nobody knows whether we
can bring In sufficient sugar to
maintain our present ration
levels In 1943," he said.
But the shipping prospects,
together with the amount Of
sugar now on hand, warrant
distribution of ut least 100000
tons ut this time. II our present
shipping situation continues. IL
will result In no shortage. We're
taking what I'D call q conserys-
| tive ar,.hI~v
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
q. 8. TANKS In EGYPT

CAIRO, July 4 UNS).-Great
achievements of American Gen.
Ieral Grant" tanks have arrived ir
Egypt and are being rushed to the
battlefront by huge American.
made tank transporters. Each OF
these monster 32-wheel tractors
can convoy II General Grants
Arrival of the tank reinforce.
ments from the United States was
one of the factors which has
helped turn the tide against Mar.
shall Rommel.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
OIL BUYING TRAPS SPIES

CARIBBEAN d EFF EN- S Z
HEADQUARTERS. Canal Zone,
July a GNS). - Unusually large
purchases of oil for mysterious
purposes led to the investigation
which ended with the smashing of
an Axis spy ring in the Caribbean
area, high army officials disclosed
today.
Discovery by army authorities
of the heavy oil buying was linked
with the sighting of numerous
schooners with deck loads of
drums. later found to contain fuel
oil. This heightened suspicion that
the schooners might be fueling
enemy submarines which have
been taking a heavy toll of United
Nations shipping in the Caribbean
area
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
Bomber Crash Kills S

HONOLULU. July a UNS).-
The army announced today that a
bomber crashed yesterday on the
southwestern part of the island of
Oahu, killing five members of its
crew. The names of the dead were
not given.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04

II has weathered many q hard
storm. IL will weather this one
II We give II q chance.
BE REALISTIC
'But It's not going 20 live
through this worldwide tenn
pest II we drop the oars to
quarrel with one another. We've
got TO pull together. II we
don't we're sunk. Let's be real
istic. We've taken q terrific
shellaclxing all around the globe.
80 far we've lost q lot Of
nearly everything but our sense
Of smugness, and smugness
never won . war. Neither did
wishful thinking. We can't win
this one with boastful headlines
or with slogans or alibis or
threats or promises We can't
win today's battles with tomor-
rows weapons.
"Tt takes soldiers to win
tough, courageous, well disci-
plined soldiers with guns In their
hands and steel In their spines
and brains In their heads and
courage In their hearts.
OUR SOLDIERS BEST
'sBut the best soldiers In the
WOrld--and ours are the beat
cant win with empty hands.
They have to depend on you to
furnish them the tools with
which TO fight.
my only interest, assure
you. II In production. Manage
ment and labor must be headed
IN tho Same direction. The
problem must be solved.
I'VE are moving troops at q
rate even the most enthusiastic
military men called impossible
less than six months ago. We
are moving them to oil the con-
tinents and on all the seas.
"We'li send rs many ~ Amer
lean industry can equip. It's
up to you"
Speaking for industry, Ormon
E. Hunt, executive vice presider
Of General Motors. pledged ever
cooperation with the army in ful
the tools OF war.
TERRIFIC CHANGEOvER
I'VE have made a terrific
chsngeover In the past few
MONTHS" he said. Its been q
big Job and it's . good start.
'But It's not to be Dragged
about. Our biggest Job lies
ahead and we are willing to
do It." ftf
Military and industrial leader
sat elbow to elbow at the Ion
speakers table. Next to Governc
Van Wagner were General Son
crvell and Edsel Ford. Other
were Fred NJ. Zeder, Chrysle
vice president: Mai. Gen. Geore
Grunert; Mayor Sam Stree
Hughes Of Lansing: Ernest Kan,
Ter. War Production Board diret
tor for Michigan; Charles
Sorensen. Ford production heac
Mai Gen. Clifford r. Powell
lower Michigan defense area con
John Lovett, Michiga
Manufacturers Association mar
ager; State Treasurer Theodor
I. Fry. Lieut.. Gov. Frank Murph,
Superintendent of Public Instrut
ton Eugene B. Elliott, and Shel
rod E. Skinner. Oldsmobile mar
ager.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
5000, 900 Loss in Fire

MARIETTA. Okla, July 4
1NS). - Defective wiring was
blamed today for the fire which
destroyed seven business establish
ments in downtown Marietta,
causing 100000 damage.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
8 MORE SHIPS SUNK


Submarines have sunk three
more vessels-one while she was
docked-in the Western Atlantic
area.
The San Pablo, 3-305-ton
freighter managed by the United
Fruit Company. was sunk in the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04

Presumably the director went to
Washington to discuss with United
States naval officials methods to
reduce the U-boat menace in the
Atlantic.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
British Sub
Expert Pays
Visit to u. s.

LONDON, July 4 (INS).-Brit-
aims director of anti-submarine
warfare has paid a secret visit to
the United States, it was revealed
today. His identity was not made
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
Back to Haunt Jops
Destroyer Damaged at Pearl Harbor Returns
TO Action. a Better Ship Than Ever

A WEST COAST PORT, July 4
tUP) - The destroyer Shaw,
ripped open and set afire by Japa-
nese bombs al Pearl Harbor, has
been rebuilt into "A better ship
than ever" and has returned TO
duty with the fleet manned by
many veterans OF the japanese
assault, the navy announced today.
Naval officers and men who
shipped 10 sea with the Shaw on
her first cruise since December 7
testified that she is no ghost
ship despite Tokio's claims that
she had been destroyed. Even Sec
rotary Of Navy Frank Knox. after
an inspection Of the damage, had
considered the destroyer lost.
NAVY TELLS STORY
The story Of tho Shaw's escape
from destruction and the ingenuity
that went into the prodigiouS job
of repairing her was released by
the navy 10 correspondents aboard
the ship on her first post-repair
cruise.
The Shaw not only was repaired,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
u. 5. Bombe,rs
Raid Bases in
Ndzi France
American Army Flisrs
Make First Attack
on German Territory.
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t23d Pursuit Group OF the army
air corps.
In India, United States planes
had bombed Japanese targets.
In the Australian zone, Ameri.
can Army planes were fighting be.
side the Australians offense anc
defense.
Thus in four continents-all but
the two Americas themselves =
United States Army Air Corps
planes were in battle action before
the first seven months of Ameri.
can participation in the war hac
passed.
They were fighting submarines
in the Atlantic and they had met
the Japanese all over the vast
Pacific.
But the six low flying Doug.
lases which few out from ar
American air corps base, manned
by Americans. tended by Ameri.
can ground crews, flying as m
integral air force under United
States Army command. made his.
tory today.
The Yanks were here again
against Germany, and In action.
The American planes, with thu
Army Air Corps star flashing from
their wings, had carried the wal
to Hitler in their country's name
the vanguard of 4 gigantic force
which, with the Royal Air Force
lis designed 70 smash German cities
one by one. y
LOSS NOT HIGH
The loss of two of six planes
whose crews now are casualties OF
possibly alive as prisoners or a,
Ifugitives in enemy held territory
was not considered high.
The veteran Royal Air Force
lost seven of II Lane astel
bombers, most of them ovel
France, in their recent raid or
Augsburg, Germany.
1t was believed possible tina
the British az well as the Amer
lean planes which made today,
raid were of American make. tn,
A-20-A corresponds to the Doug
las light bomber the British nj
force calls the Boston and tn,
might fighter which 1t calls TIT
Havoc.
The building up OF the Unitec
States Army Air Corps in thi,
theater has been q monumental
task. Bomber planes can be fiowr
across the Atlantic. The GROUND
personnel, tools, requirements
spares, ammunition and bombs
must be shipped.
For that reason, United State,
authorities caution against any
hopes that q grand-scale aeria
offensive is about to start.
COMMANDERS SECRET
The fact that American all
crews and ground personnel are
reaching England In increasing
numbers was revealed officially
only a few days ago with the an.
nouncement that Maj Gen. Dwigh,
d. Eisenhower had taken com.
mand Of United States forces ir
the European theater.
The name of the air force com.
nrander still is secret.
Presumably, as more crews ar.
rive. the army air corps will be
given increasingly frequent oppor-
tunities to condition themselves in
the best possible way by raids on
German territory and will start
to extend the force of their
operations as they learn European
flying conditions.
The A-20-A plane Is an all
metal craft with q crew of three.
II has built-in fuel tanks and q
two-way radio, and Its propellors
are three-bladed. II has q prac-
tical radius of action of from 300
to 600 miles. II is powered by two
Wright 14-cylinder. two-row ra-
dial engines, with 1880 horse
power at sea level. It's wing span
is 81 feet 4 inches.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
ITALIANS IN EGYPT

About 10000 Italians live in
Egypt, chiefly in the cities. and
they are considered potentially
dangerous.
The Egyptian people themselves
are not friendly to the British.
British occupation has stimulated
an anglophobia which runs deep
in the minds Of the Egyptian
masses.
Like the people of India, the
Egyptians are reported to be
indifferent TO the danger of Axis
conquest in their impatience TO
be free of British control.
In a radio broadcast last De-
'cember, Mahmoud Hassan Bey,
the Egyptian minister to Washing
ton. predicted Egypt would rise
like one man in defense of her
sacred homeland" if there should
be an attack on the Nile Valley.
But the Egyptian government
so far has shown no disposition to
declare war against the Axis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
GREAT CONFUSION

German rapid troops usually
are sent ahead of main columns
to Great confusion in the enemy's
rear and have been used freely
whenever a fullblown offensive
was in the making)
The region east Of Kursk was
still the scene of the most intense
fighting. the newspaper IZveStla
said, but dispatches asserted that
the enemy had made only insig,
nificant advances in six days oi
fighting that repeatedly had cost
the Axis $1,000 dead, $50 tanks
and much other material.
Enemy pressure was vastly in
creased on the Kursk, Kharkov
Belgorod and Volchansk sectors
and, with enemy air fleets leading
the attack. several Soviet fortified
positions were abandoned. sale
Red Star. the army newspaper.
CHANGE TACTICS
Columns of 200 and more tank.
are participating in various Ger
man onslaughts, but the enemy
has been forced TO change tactics
because of heavy losses and now
has concentrated the bulk of his
mechanical forces on a central
sector. with his TANKS depleted,
Red Star said.
At one village, the Russians re-
pulsed 10 attacks by tank columns
and airplanes coming from all di-
rections." the dispatch added.
The first Soviet communique
today revealed that Adolf Hitler's
Hungarian allies were helping him
in his long-heralded summer
offensive" II said that the Rus
slams had fought the Germans in
THE directions of Kursk, Belgorod
and Volchansk' throughout the
night
HUNGARIANS KILLED
"In the Kursk sector unit
commanded by Partenov killed
several thousand officers and
men, most OF which were from
the Hungarian corps" it said.
'Tn the same fighting our unit
set afire s. German tanks. On
another sector. several dozen
enemy tanks were destroyed and
large number of men put out
of action.
"Our aviation In air combat
destroyed Is planes.
"In the NOlchansk direction,
our troops are resisting with
great courage and beating of
numerous enemy attacks"
Russian tank power had come
into ITS own. Red Star reported,
and hundreds Of big tanks were
dueling on the 135-mile front,
particularly between Kursk and
Belgorod. which is 50 miles north
west Of VolchanSk.
Russia announced last night
that the gallant garrison of SevaS-
topol had withdrawn yesterday
and that the Germans had entered
a city IN ruins. Sevastopol. Rus.
sias great CrImean naval base
once was one Of the most beautiful
cities In Europe.
The Germans, special com
munique said, had hurled 300.OOC
soldiers and more than 400 tank.
and 900 planes against Sevastopol
The final assault. which the Rus
SLAMS said had ragged ceaselessl,
for 25 days. cost the German,
10000 men and officers. Of which
al least 10000 were killed, the
communique said.
NAZI LOSSES HEAVY
In the eight months that IN,
Germans had beSieged Sevastopo
they lost a total Of 100000 men
killed and wounded. il asserted.
More than $50 German tanks
80 guns and 800 planes were los
in the final assault. the com
munique added.
-FrOm June 90 July Soviet
troops lost ! 1876 killed. 1899
wounded and $500 missing, 80
tanks, 800 guns and ~ planes"
the communicate continued.
~ At the end of its resistance
SeVaStopol had been bounded int
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but many improvements In fight
ing and defensive equipment have
been built into her, and officers on
the cruise told us the destroyer is
ready 10 give a first-class account
OF herself in any future actions.
Lieutenant Commander w. c..
Jones. who has commanded the
vessel since early in 1871, said il
was great TO be back on the
bridge" and was greatly pleased
with the destroyers Improvements.
LIKE NEW DESTROYER
"we're the equivalent Of q new
destroyer" he said.
After the japanese bombing,
which destroyed the Shaw's bow
including the bridge. engineers inn
proviSed a new bow. Pushing a
wall of water before her, the Shaw
limped 1000 miles to a Pacific
coast navy yard where the repair
job was undertaken.
Now a casual observer could not
detect that the destroyer had been
bombed except for a slight differ
ence in paint on old and new por-
tons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
Washington
Fears Egypt
5th Column
BY KINGsBURY SMITH
lntl News Service stan Correspondent


WASHINGTON. July 4.-Con-
siderable concern exists in official
and diplomatic circles in Washing
ton today over the danger OF fifth
column activities in Egypt.
With Field Marshal Erwin Rom
mers forces within Is miles of
Alexandria, it is feared Axis
agents there and in Cairo are
striving to stab the British in the
back if the opportunity presents
itself.
Cairo reports reaching Wash
ington state that Egyptian author
titles have rounded up several
hundred suspects in an effort TO
prevent any fifth column coup.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
WEAK OFFENSIVE

For the first time in nearly two
weeks, the japanese took the Of
fensive in a weak effort TO attack
Port Moresby. the Allied advanced
base OH southern New Guinea. An
Allied fighter squadron drove
them of before they could do any
damage.