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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
Awakens I'm Storm

was awakened by severe iolting
and knew we were in a storm. II
was exceedingly cold and sleet was
drilling on the metal plane like
bullets. 1t felt as though a heavy
weight was on my chest, breathing
was definitely h a pered, and
thought moved slowly.
l analyzed all this to mean that
we were very high and caught in
one of those tropical tempests
which reach from the sea to the
substratosphere.
We were all awake, I have since
learned. but lack of oxygen brings
a strange lethargy and not one OF
us spoke or sat up or even switched
on light.
We merely lay there. humping
across the broken highway of the
skies as though we were in tank
smashing across shell-pocked fields.
and waited.
Suddenly. after an interminable
time. the humping ceased. the rat
tie of sleet stopped, breathing be-
came easier. and the cold notice
ably decreased. We slept.
II is only in the morning. as we
sit now having coffee and looking
down at the boiling surf which
marks the end of our ocean jour
ney. that we learn of the drama
enacted on the fight deck above
us while we were concentrating on
the difficult job of breathing. But
we are coasting downward now -.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
.DungIes In Sky

The oceans and the ocean skies
today are jungles ranged by wilder
beasts than ever belonged 10 the
animal kingdom. He who travels
them without some feeling OF
fear. however well controlled.
must be a very ignorant or a very
unimaginative man.
With dark the blackout curtains
were drawn and we roared through
the night taking what comfort we
could from the fact that the moon
right now is a mere pairing from
the silver planets sphere. shedding
almost no light on such furtive
voyagers as we.
We turned in early, wrapping
ourselves in blankets and spread
ing out on the comfortable seats.
The great plane cleaved a smooth
path and the steady hum OF the
engines was reassuring We slept
though what our dreams dealt with
not one of us told when we met
again in the gray dawn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
Hopkins
Promises
I'd Front
CONTINUED from Page One)

most important strategic front IL
the world"
There was some inclination here
to interpret that statement anC
others in his address as meaning
that American troops, in addition
to American tanks and airplane:
by the Red army. nigh
be sent to the Russian front.
"a few hours ago I left the
President and prime minister rs
they were talking" he said,
adding TO his prepared text. II
asked the President II he had
any message for the people here
tonight. He said, Yes, tell them
we mean TO give Russia aid on
the field of battle. Our armed
forces will attack at the right
time and in the right place.
Russia's line will not fail.
81 confess that i am getting
tired" he said. "Of hearing people
say that the British can't fight.
"As our forces move nearer
and nearer the great battlefields
where the war Is finally TO be
fought and won, I. for one, will
be satisfied 20 see our own
armies fighting side by side with
the stubborn, tenacious British
soldiers, sailors and airmen."
Make no mistake about It,"
he said. Russia and the Russian
army are In danger-just as they
have been I'm danger for the last
365 days. We know that the Rus
sian front Is the most important
strategic front In the world. A
defeat of the Russian army
would be a major disaster and
prolOng the war for months.
"Our flow of supplies Is reach
ing the Russian front. Our tanks
and airpIanes, manned by sol
diers Of the Red army. are In
direct conflict with the enemy.
But more than that must and
will be done. believe again
that Hitler ayili not make an
irrepa rable Break through the
Russian lines"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
SIeet On Plane

Up there the temperature was
below zero and sleet sprayed over
the plane in drumming waves.
Az such temperatures sleet will
build up static electricity in a
plane, and the crew soon saw a
large corona like fiery sun grow
ing around the ships nose.
Then electric flames began 10
lick back from the leading edge of
the great wing as static gathered
there. Fortunately. the passen-
gers were in bed below. screened
by blackout curtains from sight
which herwise would have
caused them considerable anxiety.
The crews of these planes are
composed of veterans of the ocean
skies and they knew what was
probably coming-a bolt of light
ming they made their prep
Iarations.
We passengers had no tasks to
perform, no decisions to make, and
so it was better TO leave us in the
high altitude lethargy which left
small space for worry. But the
crew had work to do and they
breathed oxygen to keep them at
the peak of mental efficiency.
When enough static builds up
in a plane under such conditions
liz draws bolt of lightning out Of
the storm clouds. In wood and
fabric plane the result is the same
as when a bolt strikes tree, sud-
den destruction.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23

We are at anchor now. waiting
for the fuel barge. and the terrors
of the night melt in the brilliant
sunshine. But we learn from our
crew that we have passed through
a drama of which we guessed only
a portion as we lay in our blankets
shivering with cold and breathing
painstakingly in the thin air of the
upper sky.
Here is what happened on the
flight deck while we lurched
through the ocean storm. AS told
TO me by one of the planes Off
GERS.
In mid-Atlantic a tropical storm
of unusual force was encountered
and the great plane was sucked
upward till the altimeter read
$500 feet.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
Ready for Lightning

But the great metal planes are
wired, like house with lightning
rods. so that when a bolt does
strike il hits the wing well away
from the cabin, and passes down
a trailing wire and out into the
sky again.
Our crew expected such a bolt
any minute To prevent being
blinded by the flash they turned
on all the lights on the flight deck
and kept one arm raised shielding
their eyes. The plane jolted
throug the storm. the sleet
drummed on the aluminium. he
corona and the wing flames grew
And then suddenly we passed
out of the storm into smooth air
1t was possible to drop down 10
warmer atmosphere The storm
was behind us and the static drIb-
bled away
1t wouldn't have hurt us any
way. | was assured 1t would have
merely punctured one wing with a
hole as thick as pencil. and
there would have been smell Of
burned air Nothing 10 worry
about, really. Still :.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23

| have flown over most of the
great mountains from the
Alps 10 the Andes. | have flown
twice before across the Atlantic.
over different routes. and four
times across the Pacific. including
one sky encounter with a Japanese
typhoon. But | never had ride
like this.
We started off in daylight and
we six passengers who have come
to be friends were strangely
silent. preoccupied. each with his
own thoughts. We climbed high
into the evening sky. a blood red
sun sinking slowly behind US. and
we were really seven because fear
was riding with US though we pre-
tended 10 ignore him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
Nv EDWARD w. BEATTIE
Gated Pres. star Correspondent

GATED Press stan Correspondent
LONDON, June 23.-Govern-
ment leaders. facing an openly
critical House OF Commons, said
today that the British army in
Egypt was receiving reinforce
ments, and promised a full debate
on the Libya retreat and Winston
Churchill's Washington visit.
Deputy Prime Minister Clement
AttIee, leading the government de-
Tense, quoted Gen. Sir Claude
Auchinleck, commander in chief in
the Middle East, that the fall of
Tobruk was due to an Impossible
situation and put British losses in
the recent air-naval engagement
in the Mediterranean at one light
cruiser, four destroyers and two
escort vessels sunk.
The enemy. he said. had q bat
tleship torpedoed. an S-inch-gun
cruiser, two destroyers and a sub
marine sunk and at least IS planes
downed, against 80 planes OF the
Royal Air Force and the fleet air
arr, lost
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23

SOMEW ERE IN WEST
AFRICA We made the first land
ing in Africa of my long four
continent journey 70 the Indian
war theater, on placid inland water.
This is a wise procedure, as Afri-
can coastal waters are menaced
by Axis submarines just as are the
Atlantic waters close 10 home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
Millions Traced
To B|dCkmer Of
Oil 51anda| Case
$4,000, 900 Uncovered
by U. S.; Fugitive Now
Believed in Switzerland

WASHINGTON, June % GNS).
The government today uncov-
cred a ghast fund of Sl0000,0O0
in cash and securities banked by
Henry M. Blackmer, fugitive wit
ness from the Teapot Dome scam
dial Of more than 20 years ago.
After his indictment in 1921 In
The investigation of the alleged
populations of former Interior Sec
rotary Albert b. Fall and Harry
r. Sinclair, Blackmer fed TO Eu-
rope. where he has remained. He
was last reported in Switzerland.
according 10 the treasury.
Among. the effects of the scan
dial were the imprisonment of
Fall; the resignation of two other
cabinet officials, Secretary of the
Navy Edwin DENLY, and Attorney
General Daugherty: the failing for
contempt OF Sinclair and CASTOR
Means, one-time special investiga-
tor for the justice department
who later was imprisoned for
fraud in connection with the
Lindbergh kidnapping case.
A Denver oil millionaire. now T.
years old, Blackmer was believed
to be the missing link in the
chain of evidence against Fall and
Sinclair, who were charged with
conspiracy TO defraud the govern
mCnt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
u. 5. TO Double
WAAC TO $4,000
Registered U. $. Patent onics

WASHINGTON. June % (INS)
In order 10 meet the overwheln-
ing demand for the services Of the
Women'S Army Auxiliary Corps.
the war department today dis
closed that the entire program
will be doubled.
The number of officer candi-
dates selected for training at Fort
Des Moines. Ia.-originally fixed
at 450-will be doubled and within
the year the WAC ranks will
total $4,000.
Outgrowing original blueprints
calling for approximately $50 Off
Ger candidates and an eventual
nroll ment of around 1880
women. including officers. the
WAAC'S emerged as big league
branch of the armed forces.
The $50 selected next week at a
meeting of director Ovcta Culp
Hobby with the corps area re-
viewing committees will be sup
plemented with another $50 or 500
officer candidates. Not later than
May, 1913. the WAC will be
$4,000 strong-the top enlistment
limit for the year put on the corps
by President Roosevelt.
Enrolment of the rank and file
of WAC beginning in July will
see the start Of the general pro-
gram of expansion. Each month
thereafter the number enlisted
will he increased until the corps
is taking in privates at the rate
OF 800 weekly in October.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
Probe Blast Fatal 10 3

UNIONTOWN. Pa. June %
QNS).-FBI agents today sought
the cause Of an explosion at the
Liberty Powder Company plant at
nearby Mt. Braddock. in which
three men were killed and two
others injured.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
Romme| Masses
Invasion Army;
Chutists Waited
Twin Thrust Seen
From Libya, Crete;
Egypt Confident
CONTINUED from Page One)

CONTINUED from Page One)
chutists 10 take the inner defenses
at Tobruk after dive bombers and
heavy guns had made them an
inferno.
The British, South African and
Indian troops of the garrison de-
Tended themselves stoutly, shoot
ing many of the parachutistS in
the air. but were finally over
whelmed, it was reported.
II was believed here that the
parachutistS had been sent from
Crete. where they made the first
conquest of air-borne troops in
history, to Libya and that their
planes had taken off in Libya for
the assault.
Now, il was believed, Rommel
might. at any hour. order the at
tack against the Egyptian frontier
line and at The same time use his
parachutists far behind the lines
TO attack lightly defended COM
munication lines.
100000 WAITING
Student was reported TO have
in Crete and Greece as many AS
100000 parachutist troops who
have been waiting for months for
orders 10 attack Cyrus and Syria
An authoritative informant d-
rect from the front brought the
word that the Germans and Ital-
ians were expected TO attack at
once, hoping to press their advan-
tage and smash through into
Egypt and toward SueZ.
This expectation was increased
by news from Malta that airplane
attacks ON that stronghold were
steadily intensifying, Seven enemy
planes had been brought down in
"a hours.
Front dispatches reported that
thick clouds OF smoke still envel-
oped Tobruk and that aerial re-
connaissance indicated the garri-
son had managed 10 blow up oil
and supply dumps.
Egyptians as well as others
seemed confident that Gen Neil
NJ. Ritchie's Eighth army would
be able to drive back any German
attack with the aid of men and
supplies moving in from the Mid
die East
The present British line was be-
lieved TO be a strong one. based
on the Fort Capuzzo-Solum-Hal-
faya pass natural defense triangle
There was some speculation
whether the Germans would decide
TO attack from the Sid Omar area
I 30 miles inland.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
British Speeding
Reinfor(ements
.ToArmy in Egypt
Admit Loss Of 7 Ships;
Impossible Situation
Blamed for Tobruk
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LONDON, June % tINS).--The
House of Commons was told today
BY Deputy Prime Minister Rich
ard Clement Attlee that Prime
Minister Churchill has been in
formed that his presence in this
country is desired"
Attlee later assured Commons
that Churchill would soon return
TO face the hardest fight Of his
career.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
REINFORCE AT ONCE

He said that decisions in regard
10 reinforcement to the Middle
East had been taken Immediately.
and had not been held up by the
prime minister's absence in
America.
Attlee based his interim defense
of the government on Libya on a
telegraphic report from General
Auchinleck, who said that at one
point the Germans had fought
themselves out, but II was impos.
sible for his exhausted Eighth
army to press that potential adj
vantage.
The Eighth army II still In
the field and has already re-
ceived and In still receiving fur
Their reinforcements," Auchin-
leck reported.
The position IL difficult but
the fight for Libya continues"
Attlee said for the government.
The importance of today's de-
bate, was indicated by the fact
that Attlee prepared for il by
reporting TO King George last
night.
Reviewing the fall Of Tobruk.
Attiee said the attack began Sat-
uroay morning with a heavy air
bombardment followed by an in
fantry attack which succeeded in
preaching the perimeter defenses.
' Enemy tanks and trucks passed
through the gap and the final fight
started in the afternoon. he said.
I'VE lost heavily In tanks and
the situation deteriorsted rap
idly" he said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23

(NeNt article: Our far-rang-
Ing war correspondent bumps
into some old friends where he
least expects to find them.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
DIARY OF A WAR CORRESPONDENT
BY w. W. CHAPLIN
International News Service War Correspondent

International News Service War Correspondent
by Transatlantic Aifmall)
FAR OVER THE ATLANTlC-We have crossed the
Atlantic for the dark continent lie
below froh of sparkling surf and think that after this
experience the thrills of affect US little.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
Freak Storm Preys
On Chaplin S Plane
Tropical Gale Forces It TO $1,000 f..
Crew Rides Out Peril Of lightning

The diary Of w w. Chaplin international News Service
Taversed 10 cover the
Indian front United States flying forces have been
herewith with dramatic episode of the skies
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23

"Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake. Is one Of many
famous features in The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23

SevostopoI
Closes Cop,
HoIts Nozis
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Continued from Page One)
from Stockholm said German
flame thrower deta h m nts\
were assaulting Sevastopols
inner defenses.
lone unconfrmed report said
the Germans and SeYaStopols
garrison and civilian population
were fighting hand-to-hand with
the Nazis within the city.
HINT REINFORCEMENTs
Bitter fighting ragged north
and south of the Sevastopol
River. Stockholm dispatches said,
and the area north of the Siver-
maya River was reported in Ger
man hands.
(Other reports were that Red
army reinforcements. arms and
ammunition had been landed.
but observers doubte d they
would be decisive against the in
fantry. tanks and planes the
Germans could muster from the
Crimea.)
(Strong units of sea-borne
Russian reinforcements were re-
ported arriving in the Crimea 10
aid in the defense of Sevastopol,
according to international News
Service. }
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
Permanent Gas Curb
In East Set for July y

WASHINGTON. June % 1NS).
The Office of Price Administration
today shifted the effective date Of
the permanent east coast gasoline
rationing from July Is to July p
TO give motorists additional time
to form car sharing" clubs.
The dates for registration of the
8.5O0000 motorists in the II states
rationed area from Maine TO
Florida also were changed from
July l. 2 and 10 July 9. 10 and II.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
FINED $685.

Blackmer waSh fined 100000 for
his refusal TO tell what he knew
of allegations that he had been
paid TO persuade Fall. his friend.
10 lease the Wyoming naval oil
reserve TO Sinclair.
Some OF the alleged payments
to Blackmer and two others, total
ing S233,000. were turned into Lib
erty Bonds and found their way
into the hands of the then Secre-
tary of the interior.
Among the Blackmer assets un-
covered ana frozen by the foreign
funds control of the treasury de-
partment are $685. 900 of United
States Treasury notes Series A,
due June Is Of next year; S3,250.-
COO OF Series b notes due May Is,
1914 and several millions of dol
lars in municipal issues.
CHECK ON CLAIMS
1t was not known today from
which OF Blackmer's financial ven
lures the money was derived.
He had been an oil company
manipulation. and in addition had
spread his financial wizardry over
q multitude of other investment
setups.
The action of the government is
a precautionary measure, prelude
TO a check 10 determine whether
the United States has any further
claim on the fortunes of the eX-
patriate.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
WANT WHOLE TRUTH

'ttlee told one of many clamor-
members that the government
uld also hold a debate on ship
NJ losses. Members are demand
~ with increasing insistence that
We government tell the country
We whole truth regarding ship
,Ning losses.
Grips said he thought II pos
rible that the Tobruk debate. which
will. test Churchilrs hold on the
House. might be held at the next
series OF sittings.
Attlee animated that Churchill
would return home soon when he
suggested that il would be better
10 wait for a few days so that a
full statement could be made and
O fruitful debate held on Libya.
Attlee pleaded with FESTIVE and
anxious House 10 await all the
facts before CONCERNING either the
government or the generals for the
defeat in Libya.
"The House should vote on the
question" he said. "and II there
n blame place II In the right
quarter"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
FIGURES LACKING

Attlee gave no figures on Brit
ish warship damage or merchant
ships lost in the air-naval battle
which is regarded as part OF the
whole Libya-Egypt-Malta picture.
Sir Stafford Grips, government
1der OF the House. said the gov.
nment intended TO hold a full
o-day debate.
"The debate on the prime min
IRIS report on his American
Z and the Libyan situation
Il be separate" he added.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23

1.-THE Wishing Well" has
message in cipher for you. Daily
and Sunday Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
NAZI KHARKOV DRIVE

Last midnight's Soviet commu-
nique revealed the renewal of the
German drive on the Kharkov
front. $50 miles north Of SeVasto-
pol. The drive was understood 10
be aimed al recapturing four viii
lagos, but thus far At had been in
vain.
The Soviet information bureau,
meanwhile. recapitulated the re-
suits of the first year of Hitlers
"60-day campaign" OF the TO-
100000 German casualties, $780,
600 were killed. il said.
Russian casualties were 4500.-
600, the bureau said. but 20 per
cent of the wounded have been
returned 10 service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
INADEQUATE AID

On the other hand, only 40 per
cent OF German wounded were
returned TO service because of the
inadequacy of the German medical
corps. the bureau said.
As for materiel. the bureau an
nounced that the Germans had
lost more than 10000 guns. $4,000
tanks and 10000 planes. The Rus
SLAMS lost 27.O00 guns, 5000 tanks
and 9 600 planes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-14
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Friends Fete
 Barbara Brodeur

Miss Barbara Brodeur of South Main street was the guest of honor at currency shower given by Mrs. Louis w. Darlington and Mrs. A. BroCeur.
 Among those who attended the affair at Harmon's restaurant were Mrs. Wilbur Seeley, Mrs. Lillian Demers, Mrs. Andrew Healey, Mrs. Thomas Reilly, Mrs. Jack Maher, Mrs. Mary Sweeney, Mrs. Thomas Claffey, Mrs. Jack Bowling, Mrs. Jack Darlington. Mrs. Leo Coleman, Mrs. Thomas Brophy, Mrs. Ted Darlington, Mrs. T. Holleran, Mrs Ruth Donnelly, Mrs. Hubert Smith Mrs. L. Zrashlkney, Mrs. Ann Hol- leran, Mrs. Mary Healey, Mildred Yuskis, Mrs. A. Brod,2ur, Mrs. J Hunihan, Sr., Mrs. J. Hunisan, Jr., Mrs. Jack McEvoy. Mrs. Margaret Cronin, Rena Pickett, Claire Pickett, Mrs. J. Pickett, Loretta Denaley, Mrs. Irene Murno, Mrs. M. A. Deschenes;
 Grace O'Neill, Mrs. James Hol- leran, Shirley Phelan, Mrs. Beau soleil, Mrs. T. J. Phelan, Mrs. c. Wentworth, Mrs. w. Wentworth, Mrs. Stanley Sutkunas, Mrs. L. Me- Evoy, Mrs. Richard Picket, Mrs. Jane Merkle, Mrs. Mae Donahue, Mrs. J. Bouffard, Mrs. IT omas Rush, Mrs. Minnie Jones, Mrs. Margaret Caffrey, Mrs. Mae Tour angeau, Mrs. Mary Tobin, Ann Dunn, Mrs. Jack Denaher, Mrs. Walter Sonderegger, Mrs. Catherine Pierce, Mrs. Elizabeth Dwyer, Mrs. Louis Darlington, Jr., Miss c. c Bouffard, Mrs. J. Flaherty, Jean Schwenski, Mrs. Charles Sullivan, Mrs. Myles Kelly, Mrs. William Sul- livan;
 Mrs. Raymond Doucette, Mrs. James Sullivan, Mrs. Louis wells, Mrs. Jack Tammany. Mrs. George Tammany, Mrs. E. Belanger, Helen Brodeur, Georgette Brodeur. Mrs. K. Devereau, Mrs. H. Pelle; ,er, Mrs. Joseph Blum, Mrs. c. Shanahan, Mrs. Roy Card, Ida Lunny, Mrs. Ferris, Mary Moss, Mrs. Yurksait!s, Rita Griffin, Monica Kueslis, Mrs. James Smith, Mrs. M. Carey, Mrs. Louis Darlington, Sr., Mrs. Stanley Bristol, Mrs. John Cummings. Mrs. Julia Wooley, Mrs. Anna Quinn, Mrs. John Schum, Jr., Mrs. Jack Danaher and Mrs. Jack Gill.gan.