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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
Souiiets Admit
Loss ofKerch;
Saue Material
10000 Nazis Die
in Heavy Fighting
for Kharkov

MOSCOW Sunday. May %
(UPs-The Russian high com
mand conceded today the loss OF
the Kerch Peninsula in the Crimea,
gateway 10 the oil-rich Caucasus
and said that Soviet forces are
digging into captured positions
around Kharkov despite heavy
tank-led German counter-attacks
that have resulted in minor NaZi
gains.
1.-THE Germans have sustained
losses of an estimated 10000
dead in the Kharkov fighting.
ms reportedD
The Russian forces evacuated
The Kerch Peninsula "in complete
order" rescuing both troops and
equipment a midnight commu-
nique said in contradiction of Ger
man radio claims of an "annihilat-
ing rout."
Almost $50 miles west of Kcrch
on the other side Of the Crimea
the besieged city OF Sevastapol
still holds out, challenging a COM
Dlete German conquest
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
IS, Record Toll

Thirty-six persons were missing
from vessel torpedoed and sunk
Tuesday. the highest toll of life
reported from submarine activity
in the Gulf OF Mexico.
In the second sinking. six sea-
men were lost. five by shellfire
which the submarine poured re-
lentlessly into the vessel even as
the crew scrambled down ladders
and while sailors urged the U-boat
commander 10 withhold his fire
until they were safely away.
After he had ruthlessly killed
three seamen descending a ladder
and fatally wounded fourth with
shellfire. the su b marine COM
mander. speaking with a German
accent, said:
you can thank Mr.. Roosevelt
for this. 1 am sorry"
The missing. included 30 seamen.
i've gunners and one passenger.
Survivors believed that two SUBJ
marines sank the vessel, though
only one was seen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
Ydnks Reported
In Near East
Italy Papers Tell
Of Huge Preparations

BERN. May % (UP).-Italian
newspapers displayed great con-
Germ today over the United States
war effort, devoting considerable
space TO stories alleging that
American troops have arrived in
the Near East where large scale
military preparations are under
way.
The authoritative Giornale d
Italia said that italian military
experts estimate there are three
or four fully equipped American
divisions ready for battle in vari-
Gus localities in the Near East.
The newspaper claimed the
Americans reached their destina-
ton via the Cape of Good Hope
and an African Red Sea port.
They are being concentrated in
Egypt. Iraq. and Syria along with
IAN enormous amount OF war ma
Iterials, the newspaper said.
The newspaper said that a
squad of American technical ex-
perts already are al Bagdad and
other oil centers, preparing ship
ments for American planes and
tanks in the Middle East.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24

Several treason cases were tried
during the last war. but no con-
victions were obtained.
John Brown was hanged for
treason after his raid on Harper's
Ferry, but that was by order of a
Virginia state judge.
Stephan's name en- tered into
another police case Saturday when
William Bell, IS, of 2171 Medium
avenue. found in a semiconscious
condition in Crosse Pointe Farms.
sai id he was an acquaintance OF
Stephan and had been taken for a
ride by a couple OF Nazi agents
because / knew too much"
Police said he appeared 10 have
been doped.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
khorkoU Fighting

Today's communique told OF a
blazing inferno of fighting men.
tanks and planes around Kharkov
and the smashing of German
counter-assaults launched with
waves of 30 and 90 tanks.
Russian riflemen riding tanks
and fast-moving artillery, rushed
up 10 the captured German posi-
tionS, were said 10 have broken
the German tank charges with
point blank fire.
The army organ Red Star said
that huge army of Russian para
Chutlsts, held in reserve through
out the winter, is ready for action
against the Germans.
tThe British radio, quoting
Stockholm reports. said that
fighting was under way inside
the Germans main defenSes at
Kharkov and that the Nazis
were rushing air-bornc rein
forcements 10 the battlefront
aboard transport planesJ
CThe Germans claimed that a
German counter-offensive of "gi-
gantic dimensions" is under way
all along the Kharkov front,
after a SCATTERING of Marshal
Semyon Timoshenko's Soviet
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
U-BOat Radios Threats
To Turn Guns on Havana

HAVANA, May % (UP).-
Threats to shell Havana have been
transmitted by radio from a Ger
man submarine, the newspaper FL
Crisol said today
The newspaper said three mes
sages were sent and that the first
one was addressed to the Cuban
people" and threatened a shock
ing surprise very soon." ~ III
The submarine transmitted the
first two messages in perfect
Spanish, the newspaper said. They
were not addressed TO any partic-
ular receiver hut Ito whomever
is listening"
The messages were said to have
described important locations here
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
Max Stephan, if Guilty..
First Traitor in $50 Years

III Max Stephan. the Detroit
tavernkeeper who harbored an es-
capped Nazi flier, is convicted OF
treason IL will be the first federal
treason conviction since the
Whisky Rebellion of 1871, accord
ing to justice department records,
An attempt to have Stephan in
dicted for treason will be made by
John c. Lehr, United States dis
trict attorney. on orders from
Atty. Gen. Francis Biddle.
Lehr said Saturday he will re-
turn to Washington on the
Stephan case on Monday and will
present the evidence before the
federal grand jury here soon.
He said new jury will be called
June 2 and he may wait until that
date to start the action.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
Mayor Appeals
For Incorporation
Show Patriotism. No Light,
Jeffries Asks Citizens

Mayor Edward J. Jeffries Jr
Saturday issued the following ap
peal to all Detroiters to co-operat,
intellectually in the total tesi
blackout of the metropolitan ares
Sunday from 10 to 10:15 p. m.
81 know that every Detroiter
and every resident Of this metro
politan area wants America to
win the war, and / know each
of US il doing something toward
that end.
"In the total blackout which
this area will hold Sunday eve
ming, every man. woman and
child will have chance to prove
his patriotism by observing the
blackout regulations.
"a complete and effective
blackout may be the means of
saving your life and the lives Of
your family and neighbors. Let's
not have a light showing in any
home or building In Metropolitan
Detroit during this total black
out.
THE fine cooperation given
by our citizens i'm the first test
bIackout three weeks ago makes
me confident that Detroit will
give the world an example of
democracy I'm action during the
blackout Sunday evening""
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24

and TO have asserted that the city
was clearly visible from where
the submarine was lying.
FL Crisol said the third message
from an unidentified source de,
nounced what was described a.
the injustice of American girl.
amusing themselves at West Palm
Beach while Germany suffers from
the blockade unjustly imposed b,
Great Britain and the United
States" V'I
"Our submarines will take
care OF, that situation soon, too"
the message added.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
Betty CRADLE Faces
Operation in Week

HOLLYWOOD. May % (UP).-
Film star Betty Cradle must re-
turn to the hospital for an opera
ton next week if she wishes 70
continue dancing in screen roles.
She was released from Cedars of
Lebanon Hospital yesterday and
cautioned against overexertion.
The doctors said she was suffer.
ing from a chronic inflammation OF
the side which became acute under
the strain of dancing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24

Listed below are the rules which every
one must follow during the blackout from
10 to 1915 Sunday night.
Some 10000 air raid wardens, 260 police
cars and untold foot patrolmen will be on
duty throughout the city during the black
out to see that the blackout ordinance is
enforced.
All violators will face court and Assistant
Corporation Counsel Arthur Barkey in
charge of enforcement, will ask Jail SEN
fences for all second offenders. The Office
of Civilian Defense has 260 violators Of the
first test backout listed
The law demands that you obey the fol-
lowing rules:
Don't permit any light in any building
in which you may live or be responsible
for, to be seen from the street or ground
level.
If you are motorist, park at the curb,
turn out the car lights and remain in.
Don't keep your foot on the brake thus
lighting the spotlight Also be sure your
parking lights are out.
If you are a pedestrian get off the
street. Seek shelter if it is only in door
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
Perkins Certifies
Strike at LANSING,

WASHINGTON. May % CUPl.
Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins has certified to the War
Labor Board a strike of 300 work.
ers at the Hill Diesel Engine Com
pany, Lansing. Mich. The strike
OF United Automobile. Aircraft
and Agricultural Workers CCIOD
began yesterday over a dispute
wage demands.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
.-BoatsiinC Gulf
Sink 2 Ships
36 Lost in One Case,
8 Sailors in Other
By United Press

The sinking of two American
ships in the Gulf of Mexico and an
unsuccessful attempt on a third
was announced Saturday with a
total casualty list of 81 dead or
missing.
1t brought to PIT the unofficial
total of United Nations ships lost
in the Western Atlantic. the
Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico
This month 20 groups of survi-
vors were landed at Florida ports
alone. In the sinkings announced
Saturday night, survivors of two
ships, one of which was attacked
but not sunk. landed at or near
New Orleans.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
Michigan Soldier Dead

MARINE CITY. May 23.-Offi-
cial notification of the death of
their son, Pvt. Henry F. Ruttan,
%, in Hawaii. was received Satur-
day by Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ruttan
from the war department..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
Incendiary Torpedoes

The vessel which survived an
Axis submarine attack was set
afire but towed to port despite the
fact that IT was hit by two tor
Pedees and enguffed with flames
almost Immediately. leading to
speculation that incendiary tor
pedocs were used. Nineteen died
in the attack.
The submarine appeared 10 have
been frightened away by the
sudden appearance Of an sirplane
before il could complete the sink
inc of the vessel.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24

On the 155-mile Kharkov front
the Germans were said 10 be un-
leashing massive tank attacks"
with utter disregard for their
losses. in an effort 10 diSlodge
Marshal Semyon Timoshenko's
troops from their captured posi-
tons.
The high command communique
said that Timoshenko's forces.
tightening an iron ring about the
city. consolidated their occupied
positions and repulsed enem y
counter-attackS OF infantry and
tanks" in Saturdays fierce fight
ing.
In some sectors the Russians
fought Offensive battles" knitting
deeper into the German defenses
close 10 the city itself.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
Bond Canvass Set
For Next z Days
Wardens. Aides TO Ring
Every Detroit Doorbell

Every doorbell in Wayne County
will be pushed Monday and Tues
day by the county's $4,000 air raid
wardens. who have been asked to
canvass the city 10 obtain pledges
fer the purchase of war bonds.
The wardenS have been as
signed to their own or neighbor-
ing posts for the canvass and have
been supplied with pledge cards,
window stickers and treasury de-
partment Minute Men" lapeI
badges.
The wardens are being assisted
by members of veterans groups.
No Bonds to Sell
The wardens have no bonds to
sell, nor have they order blanks
HouseholderS are merely to be
asked to pledge a certain amount
of their income for the purchase
of bonds. Those who are already
buying bonds through pay roll de-
duction plans or other means
should so state.
Those who sign pledge cards
will receive a blue and white win
dow sticker which states:
1--WE Are Buying U. S. Savings
Bonds and Stamps"
Frank n. Isbey, chairman of the
treasury war savings committee
for Michigan. said the states
quota for the fiscal year beginning
July ! would be approximately
S360,000.000.
IL the canvass is successful ir
Wayne County il will be adopted
on a nation wide scale. Isbey said
Isbey announced that an inter.
racial war bond rally would be helc
II Olympia next Sunday. spon.
sored by the Colored Citizens Com.
mittee of Michigan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24

Sweetheart Theater Bar-392S Bird
Continuous Entertainment 10 q.
ADV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
S42Base Pay
Approvedfor
Service Men
Joint Senafe-HIouse
Group Gives OK;
Other Rates Raised

WASHINGTON, May % tUP).
-Senate-House conferees today
agreed on legislation providing a
base pay for $42 monthly for the
lowest grades of men in the armed
forces.
Measure also would grant pay
raises TO the other six grades of
enlisted men. and commissioned
tofficers would be given larger SUBJ
lsistence and rental allowances.
The conferees also agreed on a
Senate provision TO make the in
creased pay scale permanent. The
House version of the bill would
have made them effective only for
the duration of the war.
Second heutenants and ensigns,
the lowest ranks of commissioned
lofficers. also would have their
base pay raised. from $500 10
Isl 800 annually.
Pay increases agreed on by the
conferees, with the present base
pay:
Present New
base base
Iraoe pay pay
Master sergeant chief
petty officer Sl26 Sl3S
First or technical SER
geant; petty officer,
first class 81 ia
Staff sergeant: petty
officer second class ~ Sc
Sergeant; petty officer.
third class so 70
Corporal; seaman. first
class 81 sc
Private. first class:
seaman, second class 36 as
Private; apprentice
seaman 80 az
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24

l-NdtlOn-WlQe TeStrlCtlOnS on
= the consumption OF gaso-
line to safeguard the country's
most precious stockpile OF
understandable tires
C-Rationing of travel by
bus. boat. plane and rail-
road to clear transportation
channels for q tremendous
flow of men, munitions and
materials of war.
C--Requisitioning of as many
= of the nations $4,000. 900
private passenger cars as are
necessary to insure uninter-
rupted transportation of war
workers to booming assembly
lines.
Officials frankly admitted that
transportation holds the key to
the nations military success.
Survey 100 Cities
With the war six months old,
every transportation requirement
has been met to date. There has
been no breakdown" anywhere in
the expanding movement of troops,
ornaments, munitions. materials.
supplies and essential civilian
needs.
Officials add, however, iron-clad
controls will have to be exercised
to guarantee that no Transports
ton bottleneck develops in the
crucial months ahead. Daily the
transportation load is mounting.
Events of the past 48 hours have
outlined the pattern of control Of
the nations transportation
facilities. l
Serving to highlight the imn1i.
hence of travel rationing, already
on priority basis in regard to
planes. the Office OF Defense
Transportation inaugurated a sur
vey of intercity bus and railroad
passenger travel in 100 cities.
Ration Bus Service
The data thus compiled viii
be used by OPT as IN aid 70
adjusting passenger travel re-
quirements TO the available sup
ply Of passenger transportation
facilities and services. officials
said. 20
At the same time WPA workers
will interview more than 10000
intercity travellers to ascertain the
purpose of their trips, frequency
of travel. mileage and destination.
The information will serve as q
background for travel rationing
anticipated by late summer.
Bus service between Washing
ton and New York will be placed
on a war footing June 1 and the
plan soon will be extended TO
other critical" areas of the ma
ton, ODT representative said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
Rescue Work Halted

The rescue work by air was
halted after the japanese occupied
Myitkyina in Northwest Burma
site of an airdrome and northern
terminus of a railway from Man
dalay.
To be exact, the total of persons
evacuated by air from Burma tc
India was S,616, of which the
United States Army ferry com
mand saved apps. The other,
were evacuated by the Pan-Amer.
lean Always subsidiary. the Chi.
nese National Airline, and by the
Royal Air Force.
During the past week I have
flown with dozen pilots and all
crew members who participated ir
the mass evacuation under bomb.
ing and machine cunning. From
them !. learned of this saga.
Panic-stricken natives stormec
the planes. attempting to graf
places intended for the wounded
They had TO be beaten off by sol.
diers.
Once Burman native drew q
gun and demanded passage. Master
Sgt. William p. Bonner of Gary
Ind. kayoed him with an uppercuI
and disarmed the man.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
I'd B|dCk0ut
|nDetroit Due
Sunday Night
Downtown Section
Will Be Wholly Dark
From I0:05-I0:I5

The second test blackout of the
Detroit metropolitan area Sunday
from 10 TO 1918 p. m. will range
from absolute darkness in the loop
area to partial blackout in some
of the out-county sections.
While all street lights in the city
will be turned off at 1905 p. m,
traffic and safety zone lights will
be extinguished only in the loop
area bounded by Third, Hastings,
Adams and the Detroit River.
Inability of the Detroit Edison
Company and the Public Lighting
Commission TO obtain the neceS-
sary switches, because of priority
rulings. m kes il impossible to
turn out street and safety zone
lights elsewhere in the city and
highway lights in the unincorpo-
rated areas outside, Office of Civil
ian Defense officials explained.
Lights on 7 Stacks
Another exception 10 the black
out will be the seven stacks of
the Detroit Edison Company.
across from the head of Belle Isle.
BY a special federal order the
company was instructed to leave
floodlights shining on the stacks,
in test blackouts. because the
stacks are used as beacons for
airline navigation. In an actual
bombing the lights could imme-
diately be extinguished.
The blackout area will cove T
Wayne, Macomb and o ak la n d
counties and the Windsor area ex-
tending from Tecumseh and River
side TO Sandwich West. The Cana
dian area will be b lack d out
totally.
All plants OF the Pontiac Motor
division. in Pontiac, will partici-
pate in the blackout. General Man
ager Harry j. Klingler announced.
He said he felt the few minutes of
production lost would be returned
in valuable knowledge and expert
ence in blackout procedure gained.
The Pontiac motor blackout will
be handled by specially trained
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
ENJOY HEALTHFUL DANCING

Is Charming Partners Furnished.
Hollywood-Woodw AZ Willis.
Learn TO Dance - Course, $3.50.
ADV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
Take 5000
From Burma
Panieky Natives Storm
U. S. Rescue Ships
BY w. w. CHAPLIN

Init News Service War Correspondent
AN ADVANCED UNITED
STATES AIR BASE IN NORTH.
EAST IDA, May 23.-One of the
most dramatic operations of the
war has just been concluded, with
the aerial evacuation of more thar
5000 women. children, wounded
soldiers and civilians from Burma
(Safe arrival of Lieut.. Gen.
Joseph w. Stilwell, with his staff
and 104 refugees. in India from
Burma was reported in an Ex-
change Telegraph dispatch.
ut said tthe American COM
mander of Chinese troops in
Burma had shepherded his party,
including women, across the
mountains or northeast India's
Assam border.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
TODAY-ln The Times

Continued on Page SKI
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
War Planners
Ready to Ration
Transportation

Init News Service stan Correspon9sss
WASHINGTON, May 23.-The
nations war planners today
charted a revolutionary program
of rigid controls over the day-to-
day movements Of every person IN
America as the war effort swept
into a new phase-a transportas
ton cycle concerned with the How
of men, munitions and materials.
Freedom of travel-the right Of
an individual to roam without re-
straint as to time, placeSmethod
and manners destined to be-
come the next casualty OF total
war, victim of the United Slater
about fight against the Axis
powers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24

Clearly under consideration by
federal war agencies, If not actu-
ally imminent. were:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-17
HAZEL FIELDS
 TO BE BRIDE
 TOMORROW

MT. and Mrs E. O. Fields an- nounce the engagement of their daughter, Hazel Lorene, to Leon ard E. Burkette of this city. The wedding will take place tomorrow evening at o'clock in the Meth odist Church.
 Mir. Burkette is the son of MT. and Mrs. George E. BuTkette of Boise, Idaho He has been in Ju- neau for the last six months, as a taxi driver He attended the University of Idaho.
 Miss Fields is graduate of Ju- neau High School and has many friends in the city.
 The Rev. w H. Matthews, Jr will perform the ceremony in tie Methodist Church and all friends of the couple are invited to the wedding. Following the services will be a reception for their friends in the home of Mrs. George Martin 1919 West Tenth Street.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-17
BUND UNDER GRAND JURY
 PROCEEDING
Announcement Follows Suicide of Reported
 National Leader

NEW YORK, June IT - United States Attorney Correa has an- nounced that the Federal Grand Jury is conducting an extensive in- vestigation of German American Bund members in the New York area.
 Other sources said the investiga- tions may lead to wholesale de- naturalization proceedings.
 The announcement followed the suicide in Indiana on Monday night of George Frobese, Jr., reported national leader of the Bund.
 On his way to testify before the Grand Jury, Frobese, 42, resident of Milwaukee, is said by the coroner to have ended his life by placing his head on the rail at Waterloo, Indiana, station when the train on which he was a passenger made a short stop.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-17
AL JOL50N I5
 DELAYED IN
 ARRIVAL HERE

Al Jolson, noted comedian, who with his accompanist and Lieut.. Rhude were expected to arrive in Juneau by plane yesterday from Fairbanks, to put on a show for the local service men last night, has been delayed by weather condi- tions and is expected to arrive here as soon as weather permits, ac- cording to officers in Juneau.
 For the last eight days, Al Jol- son and his accompanist have been putting on shows for service men in the Interior and Westward AL aska bases, He is the second world famous comedian to come to AL aska for the purpose of entertaining service men in Alaska and his show is produced under the auspices ot Camp Shows, Incorporated.
 Plans for a show to be put or here were completed yesterday fol lowing receipt of wire by Col. c F. Baish from Ladd Field. It is expected that the show will go or as soon as the famous entertainer arrives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-17
LUMBER
 MILLS CLOSING
 UNTIL JULY E

Roy Rutherford, manager of Ju- neau Lumber Mills, announces that the operation is closing down for 30 days due to shortage of logs.
 He said that the logging camp is operating only at about 40 per cent of capacity on account of a shortage of experienced loggers, and that enough logs and men will probably be. secured to keep the mill running after July IS.
 Rutherford said that in connec- ton with the U s. Forest Service announcement that it is possible to provide IS miIiion feet per month of selected spruce logs for airplane production the Juneau Mills is prepared to handle two million feet a month of such timber.
 "The best grade of logs" said Rutherford, produce to 25 per cent of airplane lumber, and would leave at least 75 percent of good lumber for fish boxes and other lumber needed in the Territory from such logs"
 He said that Anchorage and Fair banks and many other communities have been getting their supply of lumber from Southeast Alaska, and with the further development of railroads and highways in Alaska, this demand should increase mater ially.