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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-26
War Today
Fall Of TripoIi
Recalls Former
Fe ar Of Duce
BY CAPT. JOHN II. CRAIGE
Hrrt,t.n E.n.eI.Il, tnr I'M N.u, Srr,ic,

BY CAPT. JOHN II. CRAIGE
Written Especially for lntT New, service
WITH THE fall Of Tripoli
passes almost the last frag-
ment Of the modern Roman
empire, once the glory Of
chest-thumping Mussolini, that
was to be expanded by force
Of Fascist arms and courage
until it included, like thee
realm Of ancient Rome; all
the lands that bordered on the
Mediterranean Sea.
Now only a few dozen
miles Of desert sand hills
remain in Italian hands be-
tween Tripoli and the Tunisian
border. And these are being
evacuated as rapidly as is
humanity possible by fleeing
Axis armies. So passes the
earthly glory of the Italian
duce.
II seems almost impossible
to believe that only a few
years ago he was the most
feared national chief in Europe.
His bellows of rage held
Britain and France motionless
while he conquered Ethiopia
and later interviewed in Spain
with his present Axis partner,
Adolf Hitler.
THE BRITISH and French
weren't the only ones he
bluffed with his supposedly
invincible might. When Hit
Ter made his first passes at
Austria, following the assas-
nation of Premier Engelbert
Dollfuss in 1884, Mussolini
modified an Italian army
corps and dared the fuehrer
10 take one step toward
Vienna. Whereupon the Nazi
boss retired mumbling.
Like many another impos-
ing figure in the worlds an
mails, Mussolini, when his bluff
was called. proved to be man
of clay-and extremely crum-
bly, clay at that.
British armies overran his
hard-won provinces of Ethi-
opia, Eritrea and Italian So
maitland within a few months
after Italy's entrance into the
war.
GEN. SIR ARCHIBALD
WAVELL destroyed the
duce's biggest field army, un-
der Marshal Rodolpho Grazi-
ami, in the first North African
campaign of 1910.
After that, the Nazis under
the astonishing Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel fought the
Fascist chiefs battles in the
Libya-Egypt sector, where the
war has swayed back and
forth like a pendulum nearly
three years. This is the third
time British armies have
driven Axis forces before
them only to be driven back
in turn as the tides of war
have ffuctuated hundreds of
miles along the shore Of the
Mediterranean.
But so far as Italian Libya
Is concerned, this seems to be
the end.
Unquestionably Marshal
Rommel is racing for Tunisia
to join the German forces of
Col. Gen. Dietloff Won Arnim
that are guarding strategic
Bizerte and other former
French ports.
Tunisia, with It's fine har-
bors and boundaries of noun.
tains and deserts facing Sicily
across straits less than 100
miles wide, constitutes the
natural key 10 the Central
Mediterranean. II is difficult
TO understand why the Axis
forces refrained from insist.
ing on its occupation as part
Of the terms of armistice
when France fell in 1910.
ACCORDING TO American
and British estimates, the
union Of the Nszi armies of
Rommel and Won Arnim will
bring German strength in
Tunisia up IN approximately
10000 men. including prob
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8 AXIS SHIPS SUNK

Four British submarines have
sunk four enemy supply ships anC
two Axis naval escort vessels il
the central Mediterranean, the
admiralty announced meanwhile.
A communique reported alsC
that British submarine torpedoec
a large, modern supply ship which
probably sank.
American and British plane.
showered bombs on the Axii
troops in western Tripolitania anc
eastern Tunisia. and in southeast
ern Tunisia a growing American
armored force checked the Ger
mans who were attempting Il
preserve and widen corridor
through which the Afrika korp:
could retreat.
YANKS ACCEPT CHALLENGE
The manner in which the Ger
man challenge was delivered Il
the Americans was not stated In
dispatches from Africa, but it wa
clear that the United State,
forces accepted the issue promptly
They moved forward % mile.
from Seemed and dashed into Max
Massey. only 33 miles from the
coast below Sfax.
There they took their prisoner,
and retired without attempting &c
fight through to the sea.
Allied resistance stiffeneC
against the attempt OF the Ger
mans 10 widen their corridor ol
retreat by attacking in the Gus
selta valley of Tunisia.
American and British armoreC
units have been brought up 10 sup
port French forces holding thai
sector.
Algerian dispatches Ia Madrid
said that most of the Afrika korps
armored units, moving by night II
escape Allied planes. had reached
point north Of GabeS and were
continuing 10 retreat.
That would indicate that Mar.
shall Erwin Rommel intended Il
take his panzer units all the way
TO SnuSSe or TuniS before at.
tempting stand.
The Allied air attack grew In
intensity.
American medium bombers raid.
Cd The German airdrome al Men.
dcnine twice within a few minutes
Between 25 and 30 enemy plane,
were believed 10 have been de.
stroyed.
Boeing Flying Fortresses al
tackled SouSSe and hit large
merchant ship. while Spitfires anc
P-4OS swept Axis troop concentra
tons on roads in the Maknassy
Graiba area.
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Upper l3 drilled
Marine Private Held in Staying Of Woman on Train
S+eadfasty Protests He's innocent

identity of the slayer. the passen.
gers said. 3.
John Preston Punches, %, O
waiter in the dining car, also was
held as a material witness, because
he was wearing a pin-stripe suit
that more or less answered the
Wilson gave.
DR.. John Beeman, state crime
detection expert, said, that Mrs
James purse, containing STA. was
found in the berth and robbery
was eliminated as a motive.
KNIFE NOT FOUND
The knife with which she was
slain could not be found.
Mrs. James husband, Ensigr
Richard James, after a tour oI
duty at Standpoint station. neal
Seattle, had been transferred Il
California. He and his bride o.
four months were unable TO &c
reservations in the same car oil
even in the same section OF tn,
train.
James had been in the first sec
ton.
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ROUTs DESTROYERs

Enemy superiority in numbers
never daunts these PT-boats and
their gallant crews. On January
10, for example, a small force of
them attacked a large number of
japanese destroyerS which were
towing many landing boats. The
PTS scored two hits which were
definite and al least one probable.
In any case, the enemy fotilla
withdrew.
The next morning, the PTS went
out 10 survey Their scene OF battle
and found large numbers of float
ing drums dropped overheard from
the enemy ships with the hope
they would reach shore 10 rcplen-
ish the beleagured japanese.
Mach.ne-Gun craftsmanship sent
all Of them 20 the bottom.
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Strategy Drafted
For Allied Smash
CONTINUED from Page One)

Sir Harold r. L. G. Alexander
British commander in the Middle
East, whose armies have run the
Axis forces out of Libya and into
Tunisia.
When the Axis finally Is run out
OF Tunisia, AleXander's army will
meet and join with Eisenhower s
and some one may be given top
command.
The American candidate would
be General Ike" although some
observers believe Gen. George c.
Marshall ultimately will move into
active overseas command.
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RED HOPES MOUNTING

With most OF the Caucasus rail
system now in Russian hands--or
severed at key points Soviet
hopes were mounting that the bulk
OF the Nazi forces in that area
would be annihilated.
The Black Sea fleet air arm was
reported operating from bases both
in the Tuapse and Novorossisk
areas, smashing at Nazi airports,
troop trains and shipping.
Hundreds OF Caucasus citizens
in the liberated areas were emery
ing from hiding in the mountains
and joining the advancing Russian
troops.
Cossacks in the Kislovodosk area
were being organized in new VOL
unteer batatalions which went into
action side by side with veteran
Red army corps.
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$4,000 Nazis
Squeezed
In Rostov Trap
25-MiIe Night Advance
Puts Russian Armies
Within Artillery Range

MOSCOW, Jan. IS (UP).-The
Russian armies OF the Caucasus,
aided by planes and warships Of
the Black Sea feet. drove with &C
celebrating speed today to clamp an
iron ring around the entire Nazi
field force south of the Rostov line
an estimated $4,000 or more
electives.
Racing northward from Armavir
and west along the Voroshilovsk-
IKrasnodar railroad. the Soviet
forces were within artillery range
of Kropotkin after a 25-mile over
night advance.
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observers believe Gen. George c.
Marshall ultimately will move into
active overseas command.
CATROUX A FACTOR.
There are reports that Gen,
George Catroux, French COM
mander in chief of Syria, may
become a major factor in the
North African situation, possibly
as governor Of Tunisia after the
Axis has been driven out.
Other reports are that the COM
plants against Vichymen being
dominant in the French organi-
cation in French North Africa
may finally be disposed of by
nomination of a high American
diplomat as administrative di-
rector for that territory.
There seems TO be considerable
feeling that North African prob
lens must be adjusted quickly for
both the military and political
health Of the United Nations.
The situation there has been
further complicated by the Sc
lection of Marcel B. Peyrouton
as governor of Algeria.
The real story of how and why
Peyrouton was selected may not
be known for weeks or months.
The state department version
seems to be that he was chosen
at the insistence of 1t. Gen.
Dwight d. Eisenhower. COM
-mander-in-chief OF French, British
and American forces in the
western sector of the North
African front.
The implications OF that are
that the state department OPP
posed the selection but accepted
Eisenhower's judgment.
ADVISED BY MURPHY
But from other nonmilitary
sources which are critical Of the
state department role in North
Africa, but which are leaning over
backward 10 be sympathetic with
Eisenhower, the story is different.
From them the explanation is
that Robert d. Murphy. the
state departments representative
in North Africa and General
'Ikes" official diplomatic adj
wiser, picked Peyrouton and recon-
mended him TO Eisenhower, who
took Murphys advice.
Eisenhower is said 10 have
taken tho poSltion that he had
been provided with a diplomatic
adviser and felt bound TO take his
advice since he, himself, is a
soldier and no expert on interna-
tional affairs.
1t seems possible that both
Peyrouton and Murphy might be
squeezed out, although there is no
evidence here vet that President
Roosevelt has agreed TO any such
plan or that Secretary of State
Cordell Hull would take il lying
down.
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$4,000 Tons
Sunk or Ruined
In Three Months
Size Of Enemy Ignored;
BsttIeship, z Cruisers,
- DestroYers in Toll
By RICHARD. TREGAsKIs
N,ws s.ryic, stan wrn'

aNNNN NFfNHF NAhU WHIT
An ADVANCED UNITED
STATES NAVAL BASE IN THE
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Jan. 81
Delayed After an appropriate
period of nonrecognition, the
United States Nays PT-boats
came into their own today with
Official disclosure they have sunk
or damaged 250,OO0 tons of Japa-
neSe shipping in the Solomon
Islands.
Belated tribute was paid these
tiny but powerful units of the
American fleet with an official
summary of their southwestern
acknowledgements.
II listed their toll as follows:
. One battleship.
. Two cruisers.
. Thirteen destroyers.
. An unannounced total of cargo
ships.
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BLASTED FROM SEA

Capture of kropotkin would
leave only one important railroad
junction point south OF Rostov--
| Tikhoretsk--in Mari hands and
tother Soviet forces were closing
in on that point.
Along the Black Sea coast the
Red feet and its air arm were
reported carrying out harassing
air and naval commandments OF
Nazi units north of Novorossisk-
possible indication that the Ger
mans were attempting 10 evacuate
some OF their Caucasus troops
across the Kerch Straits TO
| Crimea.
The Nazi high command con-
tinued 10 emphasize the gravity
Of the Nazi reverses in the East.
II described the trapped German
Sixth Army at Stalingrad as
winning immortal & glory
probable preliminary 10 an adj
mission that the force has been
llquidated by the Russians.
(The Germans also admitted
the loss OF Voronezh and Velikie
! Luke points which Moscow never
admitted had been captured and
which were used by the Russians
as spearheads of the present Of
fensive-and told Of fierce Rus
sian attacks in the Caucasus and
all along the eastern 'front.'
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SLEEP AT GUADALCANAL

Most PIT attacks are made at
night. The crews sleep in the day
time in an especially constructed
tent camp az Guadalcanal.
On the night of December Z
there was an unusual combat
when three PT-boatS took on a
japanese destroyer and replied TO
its five-inch shells with machine
gun fire. One OF the torpedo boats
was damaged and seemed TO be on
the way out. but a companion ship
acted as bait" and lured the
enemy destroyer away before a
kill could be made.
Two nights later. after driving
of Japanese supply ship on the
Guada1canal shore, PT-boats en-
countered and strafed an armed
enemy landing barge. The Japa-
nese crew took TO the water and
disappeared and the barge broke
in two when the PIT attempted 10
take IL in tow.
II On December IL. PTS tackled a
considerable force Of enemy de-
stroyers, sinking one. setting a
/ second on fire and damaging a
third In this particular melee,
one PT-boat was lost, which was
not only tragedy but an I'M
usual occurrence.
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ADvERTTsEMENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-26

ACCORDING TO American
and British estimates, the
union Of the Nszi armies of
Rommel and Won Arnim will
bring German strength in
Tunisia up IN approximately
10000 men. including prob
ably three srmored divisions.
These will fight on compare.
lively narrow fronts behind
defensive Notifications that
French engineers have been
strengthening for years. Axis
forces will have abundant
lines Of road and rail eommun.
ications. and will be within
easy supporting distance Of
the major air fields Of Sicily
and Sardinia Turning them
out will be no easy Job.
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IGNORE SIZE OF FOES

The PTS have done woman
work in the Solomons since their
first contact on the night OF
October 13, when they attacked a
force OF Japanese cruisers and
destroyers attempting 10 land
troops and supplies at Guadal-
canal. turned them back and scored
hits on at least one of the heavy
enemy vessels.
The whole fact of the matter Is
that these little ships and their
gallant crews 60 after enemy YES
sells 200 times their size and have
ION more than one occasion ex-
changed fire with heavy naval
batteries.
Two weeks after the first en-
gagement Of October ID. several
PTS struck again at the japanese,
hitting one of three destroyers and
escaping damage themselves. de-
spite heavy Smelling in the glare Of
enemy searchlights.
During p the following weeks
there were many brushes betwean
PTS and the "Bougainville Ex-
press" the name given Ia the
Japanese force OF cruisers and de-
Stroyers which came down toward
Guadalcanal in attempts to land
troops and supplies with annoying
regularity.
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1t was decreed that only per-
sons engaged in medical, rai'i DAD
or similar work in the harbor area
could remain.
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II seems almost impossible
to believe that only a few
years ago he was the most
feared national chief in Europe.
His bellows of rage held
Britain and France motionless
while he conquered Ethiopia
and later interviewed in Spain
with his present Axis partner,
Adolf Hitler.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-03

help. What can do 10 straighten
this out? MRS A. d. y.
Dear Mrs. A. ID. D.:
You are taking courageous
attitude in the face Of terribly
serious problems, hut believe
you have permitted your hus-
band 10 get your number" IL
YOU got separate maintenance
from him legally, YOU would
probably cost him more money
than he Ia now giving YOU. He
might do well TO think about
that for awhile.
would suggest that YOU visit
the Consultation Bureau Of De-
troit, 81 W. Warren. co. 1900,
and talk Notr-PFahleIas- aver
with member et the staH
there. They will help YOU 10
understand your legal position
as a mother n little better.
In addition, believe ynn
should find ways 10 encourage
your husband 10 get the aid of
such an organization as AlCo-
holic Anony us,- address
Gen1 Post Office, Box 904).
This group has helped many
chronic drinkers 10 give up the
excessive use Of alcohol.
DIR. ALFRED McCLUNG LEE.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-03
War Problem Clinic
MANY Domestic Difficulties
Have Simple Solution
War Problem Clinic

Some of the problems which
people face IN their domestic
relationships may seem 10 be
unNrmOuntable. Yet when all
the facts of the case are viewed
without bias by both parties, A
simple solution might be ef-
fected, and they might enjoy a
very happy future together,
In the majority Of cases this
requires the help Of a third per-
son, some one VINO can listen
objectively and then offer ad-
VICE on the basis Of these de-
tails. This is the reason why so
many cases Ike this have Come
10 the WAR PRO BL L NJ
CLTNIC-and the suggestions
given by the authorities on the
panel have opened up new pos
siblIit.es for people who thought
nothing further could be done
for them
In today'S column Or. Al
fred McClung Lee. noted author
and head of the department Of
sociology At Wayne University
answers a letter from woman
who IS disturbed ny the unset
tied conditions in her home.
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F air Enough

THE Communist control NJ the
L National Maritime Union IL
still honoring the New York
World Telegram and the central
offices ~ the Scripps Howard
newspapers and me with
patrol OF demonstrators do
manding The suppression ~
these dispatches because they
have revealed the character of
this political fifth column m our
ports and aboard our merchant
vessels
In the original demonstration
A. the World Telegram The
union claimed there we're - 500
sailors on parade but the per
Sonnel was changing constantly
as individuals dropped into the
saloons or drifted away and
there was no certainty that all
or even a ma iority Of them were
sailors.
= However, those who did he-
1rg 10 the union had no choice
Yhey were ordered 10 patrol.
just as Mussolini used 70 turn
out his so-called students for
spontaneous popular demonstra-
tons in Rome. and they had 70
check in and out through the
union office
~ i1rrr' fr1t-ii iirTriirrf Tr157Tv NJ rT7F
usual Communist types who are
always on call 10 masquerade
as workers Of various crafts
around the premises of inStitu-
tions which are under pressure.
THE Communists saw tho un-
i wisdom OF the patrol IN
force when ~ was pointed out
that this country is 50 hard up
for merchant sailors that y has
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-03

now playingin something called
The Two Mrs. Carols if II
hasn't closed by the time this
reaches print. Asa rule. plays
or Aims With Mrs, IN the title
are hits.
For example The Notorio1s
Mrs Ebbsmith. The Famous
Mrs. Fair The Second Mrs.
Tanqueray The Last Of Mrs.
Cheyney' Mrs. Temples Teie-
gram and Mrs. Leffingwells
Boots. "
Ethel Waters. One Of the SIX
richest actresses OF stage. screen
and radio. Ethel has AZ least q
million dollars in the bank. l
wish ! had a million in a trust
fund and another million be-
sides. With the second million
l could actually try out my
racing system. I am getting
bored with trying II on paper.
QUERIES from clients. @ -
VI Can you name a woman
who has a husband, a son, q
father and brother In the
armed forces?
Al can't but maybe some
Of the clients can.
Q-How do professional grow
ers bleach iceberg lettuce and
celery cabbage?
A-The customers seem to
have me bahled today. can't
answer that one either. Il there
a professional lettuce and celery
grower in the house,
ON the report Of the Sicil.
ian campaign l note some ac-
counts stated the losses as 10
men killed were negligible" I
think negligible is word
that never should be used this
way. How about IL?
A. / think you are exactly
right. The loss OF even one
American boy I'm battle cannot
he rightly described "a "negli-
CHILE" I think 10 should he re-
ported In this manner, Seven
Thousand Americans Died for
Their Country In Sicily" When
ever I hear Of even one man of
the armed forces losing his life
1 think of Joyce Kilmer's lines
in Rouge Bouquet:
Dead IN their youthful prime
Nerer 10 laugh or love 1guin
Or tdste the summertims.
Distributed oy KinE Features syns, rnc.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-03
by DIR. Logan Clendening
A Discussion
on First Aid

the stomach. then, with an
enema, the bowel, get the
patient TO sweating. get fluids
in him and stimulate him with
coffee, tea or whisky, or al
three.
While YOU are telephoning
the drugstore for the specific
antidote and the druggist Is
sending it over. the patient is
fairly liable to die because
these simple methods are being
neglected.
Then there is the distinction
always repeated in cases OF
bleeding if the bleeding is ar
terial bind a tourniquet above
the point of bleeding; If the
bleeding is venous, use pressure.
1t doesn't make the slightest
difference which il is. Put a
tight tournique on and In the
case of venous bleeding IL will
stop because there won't be any
blood in the arm TO bleed out.
If you don't know what a
tourniquet is or there is no
place for a tourniquet, put a
towel, a handkerchief. a shirt.
an undershirt on the bleeding
point, wad IL up and sit on 1t
until the doctor comes.
THIS book is perfectly sound
Il and may do some good. I
only hope that after the house,
wife has hung it up by its little
string she will remember, in
the excitement, where she
hung It.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-03

went over with many others
and they looked at me and said:
What shall we do?" I said.
Nothing. Don't do anything.
Nature is doing plenty to him
what amounts to an earthquake.
Don't try 10 add anything. II
any one knows his name, l will
call his parents" This informa-
tion was forthcoming and l
went to the telephone booth.
WHEN I came back. the con-
w vulsion had Calmed down,
but the life guard was vigor-
ously rubbing his legs and back.
I said.
stop rubbing him! His GEN.
tral nervous system ls on fine
tension and has just produced
a cataclysm. Stop trying to
send sensory stimuli up there TO
start him of again"
NOW mere was q persona
life guard presumably trained
in first aid who was doing the
worst thing that could possibly
be done.
There are Is pages in this
book of symptoms and anti
dotes for poisons. I don't sup
pose mat any human beng now
living has ever been able 10
nemorize and retain the spe-
cific artdote 10 all the poiSons.
Half the time they don't work
anyway.
THE things 10 remember 10 do
L for case Of poison Is eliml-
nation and stimulation. Empty
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-03
Husband Heavy Drinker,
Wont Support Family

War Problem Clinic:
Four years ago we moved 10
Detroit. and my husband began
10 drink very heavily He naGs
about bills and refuses 20 give
me even enough money 10 cover
the most essential items / need
for myself and the children
He is insanply Jealous and re-
Gently ordered me 10 Get out l
cant stand this confusion much
longer. and don want a divorce
as I don't think ~ fair 20 grow
ing children. Also there Is no
one 10 whom I might go for