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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30

Gneisenou
Believed Out
ForDurotionl

LONDON, June 30 (UP).-The
German battle cruiser Gneisenau
may have been so heavily dam
aged in persistent Raj attacks
that the Aazis viii abandon at
tempts 10 reft her for service,
the air ministry said today.
The announcement revealed the
results of Raj reconnaissance
fights over the Polish port of
Gdynia. 10 which the Germans re-
the crippled Gneisenau
after it had undergone continual
blasting first at Brcst and then at
Kicl
"The Gneisenau has been
severely damaged" the an
nouncement said. 1T may be
that II Is intended to leave her
Eat Gdynia) for the duration Of
the war"
Photographs showed her three
main -11.inch- turrets being
dismantled and 30 feet of the FORE
castle deck already removed.
The Gneisenau may be tempo
rarily immune from heavy bomb
ing attack al Gdynia. but the air
ministry pointed out that the port
is not outfitted 10 make major re-
pairs and that if the Germans
desire 10 reft the ship they will
have 10 return II TO a large Ger
man shipyard.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30
Allied Raiders
Wreck Jap Ship

MELBOURNE. Australia. June
30 tUPl.-Dispatches from an adj
Vanccd Allied base reported today
that a big japanese steamship.
bombed Friday in A raid on The
enemy base a, Lac. New Guinea.
was lying wrecked with its hull
on the Seabed.
An Australian bombing crew
was credited with Wrecking the
shin.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, in his
communique. said that only linn
tied aerial activity occurred on all
fronts yesterday after the big
Allied air raids on enemy invasion
bases all the way from Celebes
10 New Britain Island in the Bis
marks.
II was indicated, however, that
the lull would be brief and that
return of good weather would
send Allied air forces out in
strength 70 resume bombing OK
enemy bases.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30
Priest Wins
."oor Box Thief Comes
Out Second Best

CHICAGO, June 80 (INS) -
prsrently somewhat appalled, by
he havoc he had wrought, the
Pew. John A. Fedor, dimlnutive
priest at ST Cyrifs Roman
Catholic Church. said today:
81 didn't hit him with any
thing but my fists"
He was speaking OF Thomas j..
Tomczynski. 34-year-old ex-con-
vict, whom the priest had beaten
I'D when he discovered him loot
ing the church poor box.
Tomczynski. much larger than
Tho priest, appeared in court, the
left side OF his face swathed in
bendages.
The priest admitted he had for
gotten the Biblical injunction to
turn the other cheek when Tom
czynski struck him in attempting
10 escape.
"You did all right" Judge
John J. Griffith said, holding
the prisoner in $4,000 bond
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30
R.r.,.rsa U. S. P.t,n. one.

Rommel seemed on the verge OF
turning a British offensive into a
disaster.
At that time Richie was praised
as an aggressive commander. He
goes out as another man unable
10 halt Rommel.
Some contended that Richie
was as much victim Of the
system he fought under as Of any
mistakes he might have maze.
1t was indicated that this sentl-
ment would be expressed in-the
war debate.
WAITING BLAMED
On the critical side, il was held
that when the Germans were
caught, at the start OF tncn
present offensive, in position
between the main British armored
force and the British defense line,
the British command instead of
counter-attacking. waited Ito see
what Rommel does next"
Secondly, il was held, the
British command TOO often split
up its armored forces and made
them prey TO Rommel, adept in
swift concentrations.
Thirdly, it was held, there was
indecisiveness in the British COM
mand, as in the question whether
To hold Tobruk. Some suggested
that Richie might have wanted
to abandon il when he could but
that he got orders 10 hold il.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30
HARBOR TINY

Matruh was more important TO
the enemy for prestige purposes
than il was materially It's tiny
harbor sheltered only few ships.
and these took off the remnants
OF the British garrison which re-
manned 10 the last.
The battle waged south and
southeast of Matruh, which re-
suited in its loss. broke off with
out a real conclusion.
The Germans broke il of "a
continue bringing up their forces
10 march onward in sufficient
strength to meet the reorganizlng
British farther east.
Coming down the road ] saw
the reforming British forces AS
the tanks. visible for miles 10 the
east by the dust clouds they
raised went into action
Grave DAYS obviously are ahead
for the British in Egypt. II they
win here. il will be like an echo
from the Battle of the Marine. II
they lose. il will be heavy blow
A tank officer just said 10 me
of this critical hour:
I'VE will get him yet"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30
BERLIN CLAIMS IA SHIPS

LONDON. June 30 INS).-A
German claim 10 have sunk Ia
erchant ships in American
waters in two days was reported
oday in a Reuters dispatch
quoting the Berlin radio. An an
said the ships totaled
80. 900 tons and were torpedoed IN
the western Atlantic. the Gulf Of
Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30
Fortresses in Raid
FLY 100000 Miles

AN AUSTRALIAN OPERA
TIONAL BASE. June 30 lINS).-
One squadron OF American Flying
Fortress bombers was disclosed to-
day TO have completed 100000
miles of operation flights against
the Japanese in the Southwest Pa
cific without a single loss.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30
1000 Cze(hs Die
In Ndzi Purge

NEW YORK. June 30 INS)
The Nazis have executed 1000
Czechs since the conquest of the
country. the British radio said
today, according to CHS. The
broadcast quoted the Czech
Quisling. minister of public in
struction Moravec. as saying the
execution of 1000 was necessary
TO save 100000 Czechs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30
Blast, Believed
Caused by Nine
Sinks u. s. Tug
Ia OF 10 Aboard
Lost; Captains Body
Picked Up at Sea

AN EAST COAST PORT. June
30 QNS).-Blown TO bits by a
fierce underwater explosion, a
large American seagoing tug sank
in the Atlantic last Wednesday
with the loss of ID of her crew
Of Is, the navy announced today.
The survivors were positive the
explosion was external, and they
believe the craft struck an enemy
mine.
The four survivors, all of whom
were seated on the stern Of the
vessel at the time of the explo-
sion. were picked up by a navy
rescue craft within 40 minutes.
They were:
Chief Engineer William James
La Coy. "a. of Staten Island.
n. Y; 2nd Asst. Engineer Harold
Torrey Jorgensen, 2S, of Port
Richmond. n. Y; Seaman Homer
Pendleton. as. of New York City
and Seaman William Balfour, 81
of Norwood. Mass.
CAPTAINS BODY FOUND
Shortly after the sinking a fish
ing boat picked up the bodies OF
Capt. Roy Allen, IS, OF Quonset
r. l.. and Seaman Simeon T
Cronk. Sc. OF Grand Manan. New
Brunswick. Canada.
I'VE were going full speed.
about IL knots, and had no en-
CINE trouble" La Coy related.
suddenly there was a big bang.
We four went up In the air and
the tug was out OF sight. Then
we went down In the water and
I thought I'D never get to the
top again, / was so long COM
Ing IN,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30
ILL WILL FEARED

In an exchange WIN Stokes pH
the Malaga and Singapore cam
paiens. Churchill said that Wavells
reports would cause great dell
of i'll will throughout the British
empire
He refuted Stokes suggestion
that il was understood that he
would make a further statement
on Malaya and Singapore when
he had received Wavell's reports.
IL have no statement 10 make.
based on these documents, at
present" Churchill said.
He then added
II do not propose TO make
any statement today regarding
the momentous battle now being
fought in Egypt. but l feel that
the House would wish TO know
that General .Auchinleck has
decided To ASSUME command ~
the Eighth Army personally In
succession 20 General Richie
RITCHIE WAS 81
Richie stepped out OF the
Egyptian picture seven months
after he had stepped into IT. al
IA years of age the Youngest senior
commander in the British army
last November.
He took over in the middle Of
campaign. al moment when
German Field Marshal Erwin
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30
German Tanks
Cut Off by Reds
On Kursk Front
Russians Yield Ground
at Sevsstopol but
Launch Counier-Atts

MOSCOW, juno 50 ItPl-
Russian defenders and AXIS siege
troops ba,tled at close quarters IN
ten northwest sector Of tho Sovas-
topol defenses today and although
the Soviet roopS gave ground.
they were counter attacking. front
line dispatches said.
While the Germans threw add
tional reserves iate-+he- eftnrt-tn
break through the Russian de-
lenses in the twenty-fifth day Of
siege. furious fighting $50 was
going forward on the kursk sec
tor where the army newspaper
Red Star said hundreds OF German
tanks had been cut of from Tn"
infantry that followed them.
The SoyaStopol fighting reached
a new high IN tempo as the at
tackerS threw every weapon they
had into The effort 70 break the
Russian resistance. Several times
The defenders beat of attacks but
finally the Germans pushed them
back and in some places gained
small ysrdage.
ULTIMATE IN BATTLE
The luftwaffe was cooperating
with the ground forces, with both
bombers and fighters attacking.
Red Star said several infantry,
motorized and panzer divisions
apparently upwards OF 5000 men
were increasing their pressure
on the Kursk front, 275 miles
southwest OF Moscow. in an often
sive that began Sunday.
After initial defeats and "enor-
nous losses" the hundreds OF Ger
man tanks attacked again. The
Russians let them through. then
drove a wedge between the tanks
and infantry.
Unless they can reterat or the
Germans can break through and
supply them. the tanks are
Soorned.
dispatches from the Kharkov
and Kursk thesters suggest that
"the Germans may be trying 10
divide the Soviet forces into
three isolated sectors, said a
British broadcast.
tBBC also reported that the
5 Germans had established Is new
hospitals on the Sevastopol
-ront.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30

Order War Stamps delivered
tn your home by your Detroit
Times carrier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30

Order l0c United States War
Savings Stamps from your De-
troit Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them 10 your home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30
British See-SdW
In Fierce Battle
For Alexandria
New Zealand Troops
Win Local Victory;
Matruh Supplies Safe
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the Egyptian desert but these
reports were not confirmed else
where.
Axis communiqueS said that
the Rommel forces had advanced
As miles from Matruh TO point
east of Fuka, after taking 1000
or more British prisoners at
-Matrnh.4 - ----------.-------------
German climbers again ralded
Alexandria naval base during the
night. one bomber being shot
down, and Rommel'S main col
umns showed no definite signs Of
being weakened by their long ad-
vance from Libya.
POSITION MORE FAVORABLE
The enemy now obviously had
his greatest chance to force a
pitched battle with-the British
9Th Army that might decide the
fate of Egypt and the eastern
Mediterranean. But the British
position also was becoming more
favorable as communication lines
were shortened and reinforce
ments arrived
Rommel in his advance from
Matruh, has entered bottleneck
formed BY the Qattara depres-
sion and the Mediterranean Coast
and narrowing toward Ell Daba,
Is miles east OF Matruh.
II he attempts 10 break through
FL Daba, all the British strength
can be brought against him on a
narrow front.
TRAP FORESEEN
IF If he succeeds, the road Il Cairo
would be open. But If he failed
he would be caught in a narrow
trap from which retreat would be
difficult.
Thus the chief hope of the Brit
ish lay in the possibility that Rom
mel had extended his lines suffi-
GENTLY 10 permit the Raj and
United States Air Corps 10 break
up his supply bases and make him
vulnerable 10 counterattack.
The British were not overlook
ing the fact that Rommel had sent
strong columns southeastward in
a maneuver that might be designed
TO circle the Qattara depression
and strike directly at Cairo. catch
ing the Sth army from the rear.
Such a move by Rommel would
place Alexandria in an almost
hopeless position even il no direct
assault were attempted on that
naval base.
As the battle for Alexandria
and the Nile developed. il was an
nounced that British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden had as
sured Egyptian Premier Mustapha
Nahas Pasha that the British
government not only still was re-
solved TO defend Egyptian terri
tory but that il had available the
ways and means 10 put its defense
plan into effect.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30

81 surmlse we hit mine.
There were three or four look
outs In the pilot house. II was
broad daylight with fair visi-
biiity and we didn't see a sub
marine or a torpedo"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30

ARMY IN THE FRONT LINE.
Egypt, June %, 10 p. m. delayed
The British Eighth Army has
abandoned Matruh 10 avoid an
other Tobruk.
1t has withdrawn not merely to
retreat but to fight.
AS l write, British forces which
had been threatened with disaster
have fought their way through the
enemy columns TO join the main
army,
There is a tremendous ebb and
flow as the British army takes up
new positions.
Tanks, going faster than I be-
lieved a tank could move, are rae
ing along the road westward from
Alexandria. hurrying into battle,
caScading dust.
They are brand new tanks, just
arrived in Egypt.
ROAD TO ALEXANDRIA
With the evacuation of Matruh
the entrance to the corridor lead
inc along the coastal highway to-
ward Alexandria falls into the
hands Of Field Marshal Erwin
Rommel
At the same time, the menace 10
big British forces from the left
flank of the Afrika korps as it
drove east has been removed.
The British Eighth Army COM
mand decided 10 abandon Matruh
because IL did not want another
Tobruk. II was hard decision TO
make, especially in view of the
present state of pubic opinion in
Great Britain and the United
States. But ii was faced with
facts.
The tight little fortress of Ma
-truh,- strong in itself was iselated
when the enemy cut the coastal
road at the Garswla Road and
railroad crossing Saturday night.
ESCAPED MATRUH
With two other correspondents.
I escaped from the Matruh de-
tense perimeter a short while be-
fore the Afrika korps cut the
road.
AT that time the bulk OF the
British fighting troops already had
been withdrawn, so they could be
of more aid in the fight that is
TO come, the battle for the Nile.
AS the British forces came out
they Immediately went into action
against the sides of the NaZi
armored and infantry formations
which slowly were elbowing their
way through the gaps in the Brit
ish mine field south of Charing
Cross, the road junction a few
miles southwest OF Matruh.
At the same time, the tanks on
the southern flank attacked the
German armored forces.
OUT OF THE TRAP
This phase OF the battle contin-
ued until Rommels tanks broke
through 10 the coast in a fast
moving, strong column.
Many of the men were threat
ened with being scooped up in a
Nazi net as the enemy closed in
on Matruh. Instead. they fought
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30

become the front line in the battle.
1t became obvious that so long
as Rommel was moving southeast
ward in the Matruh area, II was
useless to pour heavy reinforce
mentS into Matruh, where they
would be pinned down. besieged
and inactive, except in a negative
role
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30
Motruh Abandoned
ToAvert I'd Tobruk
British Retirement Strategic;
Tanks Rush From Alexandra
By RICHARD ID. MCMILLAN
United Pres. star Correspondent
Copyright, 1912. by United Press

WITH THE BRITISH EIGHTH their through the thin enemy
ARMY IN THE FRONT LINE columns marching south
Egypt 2S 10 (deayed ward turned east TO RECON inc
British Eight along what has now
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30
Richie Out,
In in Egypt
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(NOntlnueO from rage OHcJ
personal command of the Eighth
Army in Egypt in succession tc
Lieutenant General Richie.
He revealed that Auchinleck had
acted on his own initiative 10 re-
move Ri,chie and assume the
responsibility for the fate oil
Egypt.
CAS- soon as General Auchiu-
ieck informed the government of
his decision" Churchill said,
che was Immediately told that
he had the governments APP
prevail"
The news was no surprise. II
had come Saturday in a dispatcr
from South Africa. which has
thousands of men in the Egyptian
battle and had received the wore
direct.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30

This phase Of the battle contin-
ued until Rommels tanks broke
through 10 the coast in a fast
strong column.
Many of the men were threat
ened with being scooped up in a
Nazi net as the enemy closed in
on Matruh. Instead they fought
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-05
BiddIe Mentioned
For Supreme Court
AsSession Opens
Justices Pay Tribute
To Resigned Member
Now Economic Gar

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.
(UP) - An eight-iustice SUI
preme court began it's 1942-43
term amid speculation in con-
0ress that Attorney General
Francis Biddle may be named to
succeed James F. Byrnes, now direc-
tor of the new economic stabiliza-
ton program, as the courts ninth
member.
The court began its term with a
tribute to Byrnes, who resigned as
an associate justice Saturday to be-
come director of the new office of
economic stablization.
Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone
took official cognizance of Byrnes'
departure by announcing from the
bench 1--WE are reconciled to his
leaving us only by the realization
that he is moved by sense of duty
to render a needed service of pub
lie Importance in a time Ofgreat
national emergency"
I'VE wish for him all success in
his new and arduous undertaking,
and that he may find in it that dur
able satisfaction which is the true
reward for = great task greatly per-
formed" Stone said.
Byrnes was not on the bench. al
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-05
vichy Says Grain
Destroyed byFire

VICHY, Oct. 5. up - French
police charged today that the Bri-
tish had sabotaged Frances har-
vest by putting ashore arsonists
and dropping fire balloons from
planes to set fire to crops. the
official French news agency re-
ported.
The dispatch said that inter
national Communists" landed on
the north coast of France had fired
grain stacks.
The agency also quoted police as
accusing the British of starting
thousands of costly fires by drop
png balloons containing 10-inch
cylinders filled with gasoline and
other inflammable substances. The
dispatch said the balloons had wire
drag ropes several hundred feet
long which caught in trees and
pulled them to the earth, where
the shock of landing ignited them.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-05
Farmers Consider
New Truck Census

Farm Bureau directors Saturday
considered the truck census ordered
by the Office of Defense Trans
portation and discussed ways and
means of carrying on their farm
work with minimum number of
trucks.
"All trucks private and public,
will have to be marked with GER
tificates cf war necessity before the
owners may purchase tires. fuel,
and repairs said j. E. Harsh
man. who recently attended a dis
trict farm bureau meeting where
the census was explained.
Those who have trucks not being
used for purpose vital to the war
effort probably will have to turn
the trucks over to someone who is
engaged in vital war effort.
Farmers will have to learn to
use fewer trucks in their work." he
declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-05

meeting of Democrats from I'M
perial, Orange, and Riverside coun-
ties in Riverside during the week
end. Members of the state Demo-
cratic committee also were present.
Imperial county, however, was
unable to obtain representation on
the executive committee of the tri-
county Democratic organization be-
cause such committees are COM
posed of two members one from
each county in the district APP
parently there was no provision to
handle the situation when there
are three counties in such a dis
tricS.
The next meeting of the tri-coun-
ty committee will be in Ell Centre
Oct. 20 with NJ E. West. candidate
for congressman en- the Democratic
ticket, and Mrs. Helen Gahagan
motion picture actress, wife OF
Melvyn Douglas, and national
Democratic committee women from
California, will be the principal
speakers.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-05
Youths Rounded
Up from Saloons
Joint CaIifornia-Arizona Raid Catches
% Young Boys, Girls in Win+erhaven
Night Spots After One in Morning

Flaming youths carnival
spirit suffered an official
blackout this weekend when
% young girls and boys were
taken from saloon dance
halls in Winterhaven by a raidng
squad from the Imperial county
sher.ff's office.
In spite of large signs reading mo
Minors Allowed" II girls less than
81 years of agc and IL young boys
were caught dancing in the saloon
dance halls, sitting at bars, and
lounging in booths around the dance
floors between | am. and 230 am.
Sunday morning.
Some of the young people were
accompanied by their parents, others
by adult uncles or cousins, while
still others had travelled from Yuma
to Winterhaven alone to take in
the night life of the Colorado river
community.
Eleven deputy sheriffS and ma
irons working under the supervision
VI Clltl fNODtib w. WdlCs oubbSil-
ly invaded the two saloons in Win
terhaven and began taking the
young people outside and putting
them in automobiles to be transfer
red to the Winterhaven jail.
PROPRIETORS HELP
High hilarity ebbed quickly ano
many adults as well as juveniles
attempted to rush outside. They
found the doors barred b. Officers
and were forced to remain inside
until the officers had completed
their search for juveniles. Some
saloon proprietors assisted in the
search for juveniles, declaring the
minors are the biggest headache
we have"
One girl, apparently about Is
years of age, was in the company
of her parents. Deputy Sheriffs and
matrons talked to the girl and hel
parents, the parents becoming in
Continued on Page 6, Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-05

OWSKl, JedIleu up W iluilioie Cile
once mighty Yankees who lost their
first World series since Joe McCar-
thy became manager in 1882.
Beazley did the pitching and
Kurowski, tall Polish lad from
Reading, Pa, took care of the hit
ting. He hit home run with one
man on in the ninth to win the
ball game and send Big Red Ruffing,
trying for his eighth World series
victory, to defeat.
The Cardinals, the hottest team
in baseball history, went wild when
George Selkirk, pinch-hitter,
grounded out to end the game.
They jumped on Beazley, threw theii
arms around him and then carried
him from the field.
1t was Beazley's last pitching for
the duration and the rookie sensa-
ton came through with sterling
performance. His teammates COM
mitted four errors behind him, but
the 23-year-old righthander from
Nashville, Tenn, always had enough
left TO meet the issue.
Ruffing pitched well enough, too,
but the Cardinals, who began driving
in August to OVERCOME a 109 game
Brooklyn lead to win the National
league pennant, woIe Just too much
ball team.
They made tour errors to give the
Yankees numerous scoring oppor-
tunities, but instead of cracking, the
Cards tghtened up and kept pulling
out of the holes.
The game was fitting climax
to the Cardinal season. With the
score tied at 2-all as they came to
bat in the ninth, W. Cooper opened
upon Ruffing with a single. Johnny
Hopp sacrificed the Red Bird catch
er to second. With the count of two
and two, KuroWski drove the next
pitch into the left field stands for
the most valuable home run of the
1912 season.
Charley Keller, Yankee left field
er, made a gallant effort to catch
the ball but his reach was inches
short. He leaped SC high TO attempt
the catch that ne fell over the
fence.
The Yankees threatened in their
half of the ninth but some more of
that speedy Cardinal baseball turn
ed them back. They had men on
first and second with none out when
W. Cooper threw perfect strike to
Shortstop Martin Marion to pick
Joe Gordon off second base. 1t was
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