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Evening star., 1942-06-22
Sevastopo| Defenders Fall Back;
Enemy Craft Shells Oregon Coast;
British h Battle Nazis Near Eqypt
Vancouver Island
Attacked by Sub;
Damage Slight
= the Associated Press.

- lne hSsotifteu FTtss.
Submarine shelling of lonely
Vancouver Island in Canada S
British Columbia and gunflre on
the Oregon coast from an uni
Identified craft lurking offshore
today brought war to the door
step of an alert and expectant
Pacific Northwest.
The two attacks, at points sepa-
rated by several hundred miles.
came almost exactly "a hours apart
Official reports indicated that no
casualties and little damage were
suffered at either spot.
First target was a Dominion gov
ernment radio station at Estevan
Point. on the western coast Of VAN
couver Island The shelling there
began at 1926 pm. Pacific war
time Saturday and continued for
q half hour
Few Windows Broken.
The shells landed on the beach
or on the rocks well beyond the
building" said 1t. Gen. Kenneth
Stuart. commander in chief OF Ca
madam West Coast defenses. "A
few windows in the radio office were
broken by the conclusion"
Then. at 1870 o'clock last night.
residents from Seaside on the ocean
to Astoria on the Columbia River.
at the northwest tip of Oregon. were
awakened by the sound of gunflre
and the whine of speeding missiles.
Six to nine shells landed in the
area north of Seaside the Army
said in communiQue from Western
defense headquarters at San Fran
cisco, apparently from an unidenti-
fed craft offshore Firing lasted
Is minues. No damage or casualties
reported"
Eyewitness Oregonians agreed
with the Army that the firing had
been of no effect, but many felt
certain they had heard more than
nine shots.
One was Robert Lucas. associate
editor of the Astoria Budget.
heard IL 10 10 SnOtS.
Awakened by the sound, he said,
II hurried upstairs to have look
toward the sea. and heard from II
to Is shots. The shells seemed to
be landing somewhere with great
thud. but I couldn't tell what the
objective was"
Mr.. Lucas and others told OF see
Ing flashes from q gun or guns,
which the editor described as bright
orange and fan-shaped' and much
like lightning playing on the horizon.
No shells landed in Astoria. Sea-
side or any other community, so far
as could be determined from resi-
dents in the 30-mile area.
The Army's announcement that
they fell north of Seaside" sug-
Evening star., 1942-06-22

The British command said the
clash occurred II miles northwest
of Fort Caruzzo. which is just across
the border j" Libya.
1t was indicated that few Of the
garrison British. South AZ
ricans ana Indians-had escaped
from the Tcbruk disaster Some
small craft moved out of the har-
Dor while it was under shellfire from
German tanks and other parties
fought then way through enemy
formations in the desert.
The Germans declare they
have DESTROYED a British naval
formation of small ships leaving
rhe harborD
Booty Still Not Known.
Isolated parties also were reported
continuing resistance.
The booty gained by the Germans
still was not known here. but it was
reported that great explosions oc-
CURED in the last hours of Tobruk' S
resistance, indicating quantities Of
material were destroyed.
One of the gains of the Germans
was a recently built extension of
the desert railway to a point south
of Tobruk. This formerly reached
Evening star., 1942-06-22
Eastern Cities Lag
In Rubber Campaign,
Industry Chief Says
Report Shows 108 Tons
Collected Here; Progress
Meeting Delayed

William r. Boyd. jr. chairman
of the Petroleum Industry War
Council, asserted today that
Eastern cities apparently are not
contributing their share in the
scrap rubber drive.
His statement was made as city
officials and directors of the cam
paign In Washington postponed un-
I'll tomorrow meeting at which they
were to appraise the progress OF the
collection locally and take up a
suggestion that filling stations in
the District go on a flve-day week
in the sale of gasoline:
"A study of the first incomplete
nation wide county returns for the
first six DAYS of the Presidents S rub
ber collection drive indicates that
the Middle and Far West relatively
are far outstripping the East in con-
tributing tonnage to the growing
stockpile," Mr.. Boyd said.
Many of the large metropolitan
centers with their teeming millions
do not seem TO be responding to this
drive with the same degree of en-
thusiasm as the people In rural
areas.
Arizona Town Cited.
When a single small town in Ari-
zona shows total collection so far
of 40 pounds per capita compared
with report from New York City
of less than one ounce per capita. it
appears that the people in rural
communities have fuller and
deeper realization that this is all
out war and that the sacrifices that
they make now in giving up good
on-essential rubber may be the
means of saving the lives of Ameri-
can boys in the armed forces.
Il am sure the conscience of the
folks at home who fail to contribute
to this drive will never rest easily If
single American boy dies for the
lack of life raft or essential rub
Der for a tank or airplane."
llC tdOuldCiOll MI. oONu IclSIISO
to was telegraphic survey of the
country which showed collections in
Washington for the first six days
amounted to 108 tons. This does
not include contributions to shoe
shops. police stations. fire halls and
garages. The four charity organi-
cations which are collecting from
those depots will begin their rounds
today.
The local meeting on the rubber
drives was postponed because of the
injury yesterday of Harry r. VAIN
wright, secretary of the Gasoline
Retailers Of Washington, in a
horseback riding accident.
Wainwright in Hospital
Mr.. Wainwright, who originated
the proposal to close down gas sta
tions an extra day, is in Mont
gomery County hospital with a
fractured collar bone and back
lacerations sustained when the horse
he was riding stumbled His con-
dition was said to be not serious.
The conference tomorrow is ex-
pected to include James E. Coli
flower, chairman of the District
Salvage Committee; representatives
(See RUBBER, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1942-06-22
$5OO,OOO Will Ruling Bars
Share for Z, ,OOODistunt Cousins

the whole human race could claim
mutual descent from Adam and Eve
and. therefore. kinship with Miss
White. Justice Jennings Bailey in
District Court upheld this argument,
finding that the clause. ''irrespec-
tive of the remoteness of their re-
lationship.' was too vague for in
depreciation.
The 1000 cousins appealed and
Justice Bailey's decision was af-
firmed
Miss White left about $3.50. 900 to
Catholic University and Catholic
charities here. The first cousins
who won out were Francis p. Louis
c.. M. Stella and Robert E. White
and Mary Freund.
Evening star., 1942-06-22
HimmIer Says Heydrich
Was Killed by Czechs
Py TIE Associated Press.

Ey TIE Associated Press.
BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, June 22.-Heinrich Hmm
Ter, head of German police forces,
said last night that Reinhard Heyd-
rich. second in command Of the
Gestapo. was slain by two former
corporals, of the Czech Army who
parachute0 from a British bombing
plane near Pilsen, in former Czecho-
slovakia.
In q ,ong summary of his inves-
tigatiol into the assassination,
Himmler identified the attackers as
Jan Ku5lis. %, and Josef Gabeitz,
30, who he said. were flown to
Czechoslovakia from England for
the express purpose of killing Heyd-
rich
The two were reported killed later
when they barricaded themselves
in a Prague church and resisted
arrest" at the hands Of Gestapo
agents.
Evening star., 1942-06-22

The 1000 remoter cousins of the
late Miss Mary Frances White to-
day lost their fight in the United
States Court of Appeals for a share
in her $500 900 estate.
Miss White died in, April. 1899,
at IS. In her will she bequeathed
each of her cousins, irrespective
Of the remoteness of their relation
ship" $1,000 each.
Cousins from every part OF the
United States and some in Ireland
filed claims under the will. Five OF
Miss Whites first cousins, who were
to receive what was left over after
the remoter cousins were paid.
fought the claims Of their distant
relatives.
Attorneys for the five argued that
Evening star., 1942-06-22
Axis Forces New
Wedge in Defense
Of Crimeun Base
p, the Associated Press.

Et
MOSCOW, June 22.-Sevas-
topors defenders dropped back
from the north and south fort
resseS guarding the Crimean
naval base today before enor-
nous German pressure, exerted
ceaselesSly despite the heavy
casualties, estimated at 100000,
which Axis forces have suffered
in less than three weeks.
A fresh Nazi wedge was forced in
the Notifications to the north where
the enemy massed a huge force of
infantry, artillery and tanks, press
accounts said.
In the south, where the Russians
had dropped back to the central
lines, a furious battle was reported
under way for hill dominating the
sector.
tReuters in London said today
1t had recorded Vichy broad
cast that street fighting had be-
gun in Sevastopol. The report
was based on a Bucharest dis
patch.
IN Berlin. the German high
command claimed the last Goa stal
tort at Sevastopol had been cap
tured. clearing the entire region
OF Sewernaja Bay, on the noNh-
ern side of the city's defenses, Of
Russian forces)
Nazi Warships OF SevastopoI.
Today marked the start of the
second year of the war for the
Soviet. AS the battle for the last
remaining bit of Crimea entered its
climactic stage German vessels ap-
peared off SevaStopol. dispatches
from the beleaguered city said.
Two German torpedo cutters with
speeds exceeding As miles an hour
were reported detected by two small
Russian rowboats on a mission close
to the shore. The Russians claimed
TO nave damaged one. The row.
boats also were said to have found
an enemy submarine on the surface.
The vessels could have come from
Rumania. Bulgaria or the occupied
Russian port of Odessa.
Sporadic fighting was reported
continuing on the Kharkov front.
400 miles to the north. The Ger
mans were said TO be attempting
to restore lines in a sector where
they previously had lost four
Ukrainian villages. but the attack
of two companies was reported re-
pulsed.
The Germans besieging Sevastopol
already were lodged in the outer
defense lines.
Fortress Fate in Balance.
The fate of the historic Crimean
fortress appeared to be in the bal
ance
Where a year ago the German ar
mics struck against Russia during
the night, this year. according tc
today's midday communique of the
Soviet Information Bureau. mo
significant changes took place at
the front" in the hours of darkness
The war bulletin told, however
how Russian units in three days OF
fighting in the Leningrad sector
killed at least $50 Germans. In
other operations. the death OF some
260 Germans under Russian artillery
than $50 on the Kalinin front were
reported.
There were scattered local en-
gagements all along the 2,000-m mile
(See RUSSIA, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1942-06-22
) Ships in Mediterranean
Hit in Attack, Raj Claims

P> tie Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt. June 22-The Raj
announced today that British tor
pedo bombers scored hits on two
large freighters and one escort
vessel in an attack on an Axis
Mediterranean convoy yesterday.
The convoy was attacked south OF
Cape Bon, Tunisia. on the route
between Libya and Sicily. the COM
munique said. Two Axis planes were
reported shot down by fighters
which accompanied the torpedo
bombers.
Evening star., 1942-06-22
Foreign

Foreign
British German clash in Channel
indicated by gunfire. Page Al
Southampton target of sharp attack
by German bombers. Page Al
All aid within power pledged Stain
by Churchill. Page AS
All non-residents are told to leave
Hawaiian Islands. Page Az
Japs make little progress in closing
gap in China line. Page AS
Notionol
Heads of rubber drive meet to con-
slider 5-day gas sale. Page Al
Twenty -five merchant ships 'torpe-
doed last week. Page Al
Sweeping reorganization of WPB ex-
pected this week. Page Al
Tydings offers bill to check Federal
publicity. Page ALL
Evening star., 1942-06-22

eested they might have plowed use
lessly into some part of the Is miles
of sandy wastelands between the
ocean city and the Columbia River.
This theory was held by at least
one resident of the coast. The Japs
picked a swell place for harmless
target practice" he remarked.
Royal Canadian and American
naval units were reported to have
launched an immediate hunt for
the submarine, presumably japanese,
which attacked Estevan Point.
The submarine was not seen from
shore. Gen. Stuart did not say how
many shots were fired or how close
the submarine came to the beach.
Only 33 persons. most of them en-
ployes of the radio station or a near
by lighthouse, live at lonely Estevan
Point, a rocky promontory which
juts six miles out into the Pacific
(See SHELLING, Page Aid
Evening star., 1942-06-22
King Christion in Hospital
y tie Associated Presl

r? tie Associated Press.
BERLIN From German Broad
casts, Jure 22.-The Berlin radio
reported from Copenhagen today
that 7l-year-old King Christian x
Of occupied Denmark had entered
q hospital because Of jaundice.
Evening star., 1942-06-22
Summary of Todoy's Star

House committee considers new ex-
else taxes. Page AZ
Liner with evacuees awaits sailing
orders from U. S. Page Az
Washington ond Vicinity.
A. Manuel Fox. Washington econo-
mist, dies in China Page Az
World free from "idolatrous ma
tionalism" predicted at Cathedral
ceremony. Page AS
House group to act on 10qo Federal
pay raise plan. Page B-1
Inquest slated today in Washing
tons 54th traffic death. Page B-1
City joins East in virtually gasless
week end Page B-1
Maryland plans to hold half mile
race meets as usual. Page B-1
Second Eklund trial opens at Dis
trict Court. Page B-1
Rationing executive Offices are
moved. Page b.
Custodial service granted overtime
pay by House. Page B.l
Evening star., 1942-06-22
Rommers Units Drive Forward
After Capture of 7obruk
Escape Of Few Garrison Troops Indicated;
Latest Clash Occurs at Fort Copuzzo
By the Associated Press.


CAIRO Egypt 22-Drvng forward without pause from
capture Nazi mobile columns have clashed with
British only few miles from the Egyptian border the British
reported today the Allied position the entire Near East
threatened by the disastrous rout in Libya.
Evening star., 1942-06-22

(See SMELLING, Page Aid
Evening star., 1942-06-22

(See RAIDS. Page AID
Evening star., 1942-06-22

Late news and sports are covered on
Pages TX and 2-X of this edition OF
The Star, supplementng the news OF
the regular home delivered edition.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
5,OOOU. ). Troops
Near Gibraltar

LONDON, May 81 ms
Reuters BRITISH news agency to.
day circulated a Vichy dispatch
intense activity al
Gibraltar and the arrival of 5000
American troops en- route TO ar
destination.
The dispatch said:
"a telegram from Algeciras to
Vichy states that an aircraft
carrier escorted by two cruisers
entered Gibraltar roadstead last
night followed by a steamer
carrying 5000 American troops
whose destination Is unknown"
mo confirmation was re-
ceived in responsible quarters of
the vichy information. and
Washington had no comment
concerning American troops.0
"Anti-aircraft defenses at
Gibraltar were most active
throughout the day. British air
craft circled the rock for many
hours, while destroyers and
heavy batteries engaged in COM
bined exercises"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
Tall Women
Those S Fl. sH7 Exempt From
Dress Restrictions
Photo BY International News Photos

WASHINGTON. May u QNS)
"A woman who is 5 feet 81
inches tall without shoes is Of
unusual height" the war produc'
ton board decreed today.
The announcement was made ir
an amendment which brought fun
coats under the recent feminine
apparel order. which imposed some
"A restrictions on women's cloth
ing, including the sterilization OF
length and width of skirts.
The original order exempted a
person Of unusual height" from
the size restrictions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
The War Today

RUSSIA - Red army crashes
through main German de-
lenses of Kharkov front and
fights to destroy inner ring
of defenses around city.
GERMANY-Nazis acknowledge
continued Soviet attacks at
Kharkov but say they are
repulsed with grave losses.
GIBRALTAR - Vichy reports
American troops, escorted by
British destroyers,- arrived at
Gibraltar.
CHINA - Chinese fight strong
japanese offensive by $4,000
troops on 200-mile front in
Chekiang province.
AUSTRALIA - Allied planes
start fires and destroy two
japanese planes at Koepang
and Dill, on Timor Island.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
Hammers Him Awake
Wife Taps Sleeping Husband with Hangover and
Goes to Court Because He Spanked Her

A husband with a hangover
should not be awakened by being
tapped on the head with a
hammer, James Mcintyre, 81,
year-old tool designer. testified to-
day in defending himself against
an assault and battery charge in
recorders court.
Complainant in the case was
his wife, Irene, who said that
when she awakened him TO Dor
row the car keys he choked her
and broke her glasses.
"Your honor, she awakened
me with n hammer" Mcintyre
told Judge John V. Brennan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
Sto(khoIm-BerIin
Communications Cut

LONDON. May Fl QNS).-
Reuters British news agency to-
day reported dispatch from
Vichy stating that telephone serv-
ice between Stockholm and Berlin
had been resumed at 6 a. m. after
an unexplained IL hour break in
communications.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21

Sir Norman Birkett, k.Cp J.P.,
has seen his first big league ball
game.
His favorite player is the UNI
.pire. ~
Sir Norman, you recall, is the
visiting Justice of the High Court
of Justice, Kings Bench Division
of England. Yesterday he de-
scribed his first softball game for
Times readers. Today he did the
same thing with real baseball.
II loses something in the telling
because you can't get an Oxonian
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
Rubber Neck
Ban Open-Topped Buses
Here in War Effort

Detroit's rubber neck buses die
o.. June ! in the war effort.
Del Smith. public relations di-
rector of the DSR. said today that
those fine. open-topped buses
which used to carry families over
to Belle Isle and along the river,
will be USED for transporting mill
tary forces. For 10 years the
DSR has handled the rubber neck
business. Smith said.
New York'S famous sightseeing
buses are through too, including
those famous trips to Chinatown.
the Bowery and Coney Island.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
Intern 26O Americans
In Nazi Prison Camp

LISBON. lay 81 tUP).-Two
hundred sixty Americans were in
termed behind the barbed wire OF
Castle Prison in Laufen, Germany
near Salzburg. according to John
Bouchal. who arrived here with
I217 former internees.
Bouchal, one time residen' OF
Montreal. reached Lisbon on a
special train inscribed with the
LETTERS. u 8. A.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21

"she tapped me gently, but she
tapped me. I grabbed her and
spanked her. don't know n
her glasses were broken, but
mine were. I'd been out the
night before and ! wanted some
sleep"
When Mrs. Mcintyre said her
husband was drinking a lot he
Indignantly replied that he only
got drunk twice a week now.
Judge Brennan put Mcintyre on
probation for a year. The Nc
Intyres live at 1923 Merrill ave-
rue. They have a 13-months-old
son. James Jr.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
TIE FINALLY persuaded
IT his father to ship him

to America, like a
bale of goods with an iden-
LITIGATION and address tag
tied on to his collar, and
lin general charge of a couple
of Trustworthy young Rus
sian women who were bound
for New York.
From New York Morris
was mailed, expressed, or 9th
erwise transported, to Boston
where 1t was hoped he would
reach some relatives who
might take an interest In him.
But we all know how rela-
tives welcome an unexpected
visit from a distant cousin.
These particular relatives,
although kindly, did not ex-
actly strain any ligaments
looking after Norris
However, Morris had come
to America to be free---and he
was free--free to work or to
starve, to fail or to succeed.
He accepted the situation
and went entirely ION his
own"
He sold penny papers at a
profit OF a quarter of a cent
a copy and amassed the mu-
nificent sum of ten or fifteen
cents a day.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
rSAREWELL to our good
and dear friend, Morris

)TNAkEWELL TO our GOOD
and dear friend, Morris
Gest.
He has passed on and the
world will miss a very fine
and talented gentleman with
a brilliant mind and a gentle,
kindly soul.
Morris was an example OF
what America can do for men
Of genius-and what men OF
genius can do for America.
He came from a little town
In Russia--hardly a town at
adjust a cluster of peasant
houses around a market
square.
He had heard of America
as the land of the free-the
land Of opportunity.
And when a mere child
something within his soul
made him long for that free
dom of self-expression, that
opportunity to realize his
dreams.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21

A complete picture of how the
ban will affect the private builder
was given by Howard McLees
manager of the lumber dealers
association. who has just returned
from Washington.
There are 5000 private
homes In the city In some stage
of construction, that is above the
foundation stage" McLees said.
"Of these 1,500 are past the
stage In which they need wood.
One thousand more are past the
stage In which they need con-
struction lumber. THE delivery
of finished lumber such as win
dow frames. doors, etc. is not
affected by the WPB ban) The
remaining $500 homes are in
Continued on Pare EOurl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
Dizzy Trout Due
To Confront As
PHILADELPHIA

Paul Dizzy Trout will pitch
for the Tigers against the Ath-
letics in the second and final game
of the series at Briggs Stadium
today.
Phil Marchildon will hurl for
the AS. Marchildon has won five
and lost three.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
Supply Link
AT Khdrkov
Captured
viehy Says Firms
Peril Russians'
Murmansk Railroad


vICHY, France. May II (INS).
Stockholm dispatches today said
Russian troops had occupied posi-
tons astride the railroad between
Kharkov and Lozovaya.
The Germans had been using
this lire as a vital communication
|link to supply Field Marshal Fedor
won Books southern Crimean
armies.
The German controlled Paris
radio said intense fighting was
under way along the Murmansk
railroad on the Northern Russian
front. Finnish troops were said to
he threatening to cut of Soviet
forces on the Kola Peninsula.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21

Its immensely like cricket,
y'know," he said. after two in
nings. "But that man out there
interests me. I mean the man In
the blue suit with all thatarmo
on him who stands 30 close to
the keeper meap catcher.
"He mutters something totally
unintelligible every time that
man out In the center there
throws the ball. Does any one
Continued on Page Four)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21

II EFT us pause for a mo-
ment to state that Nor
ris' real name was
kMOisha Gersonovitch, but no.
body outside of Russia could
say 1t.
So after the boy had got
the "hang" of American life
he changed Moisha to Morris
and GersOnOvitch TO Gest.
And a good job, too.
He did not then have to re-
late his life's history every
time anybody asked him his
name.
Morris was bright and i'm
questionable.
He learned English, or the
American equivalent, and
learned 1t quickly.
He was not unduly abashed
or impeded by what he did not
know.
And he had an ingratiating
personality which sometimes
smoothed the rough path for
him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
The Weather
HOURLY TEMPERATURES

The sun will set At SSH .. m. today.
and rise tomorrow At sos a. m
The moon rose AZ al a. m. today,
and sets tomorrow at l.43 a. m