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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-28
19 10 Be Called
Against Major
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Nv Al KAUFMAN
Times STAFF Correspondent

SELFRIDGE FIELD, Sept. 2s
-On testimony Of 10 prosecution
witnesses today hung the military
future of Mai. George A. Hart
ford 30-year-old native Detroiter
Vho. rs accused Of embezzling
army funds. submitting false eN-
po0Se accounts and perjury Hart
ford. former Sclfrldge provost
marshal and base intelligence Of
tiCcr. was suspended from duty
following the war departments
investigation Of the Col William
T. Colman command
OF the nine counts read before
the general C0uTt-martial yeSter-
-ay The two involving perjury
were most serious. Under the
nunoty-ffth article Of war-con-
duct unbecoming an officer-cou-
viction on either Compels dismiss
sal from the service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-28
PROSECUTIONS CHARGES

The prosecution charges that
during the war departments in
veStiEation Hartford fraudulently
procured false statements from IL
Selfridge civilian employees and
submitted them 10 Maj. Paul w.
Brosman. an investigator, with in
tent 70 deceive.
Other counts allege that Hart
ford embezzled $40362 from a
special insurance fund entrusted
10 him by the base commander
and that he caShed six fraudulent
expense accounts between June
u. 1912, and last April q, total
ing S433 64.
Penalty for conviction on the
latter may be fixed at the discre-
ton of the court-either a fine or
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closed doors and is barred to
newspapermen.
Court officers explained the
secrecy was necessary because of
the nature of testimony pertain
ing to confidential military az
fairs and SubverSive activities IN
the vicinity Of the base.
Explaining the embezZlcment
charge, Capt irving II. Green,
trial judge advocate. said that
drivers Of civilian cars on the base
were given special tags costing 81
each which was paid into an in
surance fund. The dollars were
refunded when the driver left the
base permanently.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-28

Hartford was entrusted with
approximately $500" Green
said, but when his books were
audited shortage of $i03.62
existed"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-28
TRIAL IN SECRET

Unlike the two previous court
martialS at Selfridge, Hartford S
trial is being conducted behind
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-27
Wake Island
Is Bombed

Washington, July 27.-(UP)-
American Liberator heavy bombers
raided Wake Island in mid-Pacific
last Saturday, shooting down nine
intercepting japanese zeros and hit
ting nine others.
Announcement of the raid was
made by Secretary of Navy Frank
Knox at press conference. This
confirmed previous reports of the
raid from Axis sources.
One of our planes was missing.
Knox said that 30 Zeros inter-
cepted the u S. heavy bombers. The
bombers shot down nine of the
Zeros, probably destroyed four
others and damaged another five.
This was the seventh announced
air attack on Japanese held Wake
which was wrested from It's small
Marine garrison in the first few
weeks of the Pacific war.
Asked whether the raid had caus-
ed the Japanese a good deal Of
trouble. Knox replied:
1--WE hit the island promiscuously
and generally"
Later the Navy issued COM
munique covering the attack on
Wake indicating that the Liberia
tors still faced tough opposition
after encountering the 80 intercept
ing Zeros. On closer approach to
the island. the American airmen
were confronted by other enemy
fighters and heavy fire from the
ground. Nevertheless, the bombers
were able to score numerous hits
and caused a large explosion on the
runway.
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Jops Prove
To Be Tough
Continued from Page -

with 1876 tons of bombs in the big
geSt raid ever staged in the South
Pacific, Frank Hewlett, United Press
staff correspondent, reported from
Guadalcanal.
Hewlett, who accompanied the
raiders in an Avenger flown by
Lieut.. q. g. Gilbert (Spike) Piglow
of Manana, Ia, quoted returning
flyers as expressing belief it was the
last bombing necessary to smash the
Munda base. Eight intercepting en-
envy planes were shot down.
At the same time, naval vessels
poured in 100 tons of shells, while
the jungle forces began their push,
using light tanks and considerable
artillery. A majority of enemy ar
tillery batteries were said to have
been silenced.
Frank Tremaine, United Press cor
respondent at South Pacific head
quarters, quoted the spokesman as
warning against hopes of an early
capture of Munda because of the
desperate resistance but said the U.
S. troops probably had moved out
of the muddy jungles and reached
the cocoanut plantation fringing the
Japanese airfield.
In several cases, the spokesman
said, the attacking troops who have
been besieging the base slashed
squarely through enemy defenses.
In others, pillboxes and embedded
positions were outf1anked.
Previously. communicate had re-
ported that the attackers had
pushed ahead 500 yards.
Increasing the pressure on the be-
leaguered Japanese New Georgia
garrison, the soldiers and marines
moved up all along their line while
81 tons of bombs and naval shells
hammered at the enemy defense
positions ringing the base.
1t was the second general advance
reported since American forces
which invaded the central Solomons
laid seige to Munda. At one time
troops east of the base were within
mile of the airfield.
The bombardment laying the
groundwork for the latest advance
began Sunday with Dauntless and
Avenger bombers attacking gun
positions northeast OF Munda. 4
heavy naval bombardment followed
and early Monday the planes re-
turned to silence more guns on Bib
olo Hill near the air field.
Light naval forces presumably
PIT boats frustrated a new attempt
to run supplies to Munda from Kill
ombangara Island to the northwest
by sinking ono enemy barge and
damaging two others In Kula Gull.
A spokesman indicated some sup
plies may have reached the garrison
by this route.
Ranging northward above the New
Georgia group, a medium forcec OF
Liberators strongly escorted by
fighters bombed the Kahili airdrome
on Bougainville. causing heavy dam
age to grounded Japanese aircraft.
and drove of 80 enemy fighters
which tried TO intercept One Allied
fighter was lost.
On the other end OF the 750-mile
Pacific battle line. Allied bombers
carried the heaviest air attack OF
the war on New Guinea with a dou-
bic -barreled assault on Salamaua,
major enemy base on the northeast
coast, and Komiatum. Japanese
stronghold on the Jungle route 10
Salamaua.
Seventy tons OF explosives we're
dropped on the Komiatum area In
! direct 0lnport OF American and
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ltaly's End Seen Soon
By Secretary Knox
Continued from Page L..

, be threatening to strike unless Fas-
cist members of the staff and or
ganizing committees were removed
One Bern report said that many
Fascist officials already had been
arrested and placed In protective
custody.
Virginia Gayda, long known as
MuSsolinis "mouthpiece," was dis
placed as chief editor of the Rome
newspaper Gironale D'1talia, the
German radio said, and replaced
with Senator Alberto Bargamini, u,
founder OF the newspaper in 1901
and its editor until 1924.
Madrid said that Italian officials
and businessmen were removing
Fascist buttons from their coat la
pels as though they we're hot Goals"
Newspaper Office Raided
The Milan newspaper Gazzetta,
according to Bern dispatch, said
that thousands of persons attacked
the Office of Mussolini's newspaper
Popolo DTtalia, while the famous
lair" at Milan in which the former
Duce drafted plans for Fascism as
long ago as 1919 was sacked and
burned.
The Gazzetta also said that vari-
Gus Fascist clubs and headquarters
in Central Italy were burned, espe-
cially in the Bologna area.
Another Milan newspaper, the
Corriere Della Sera, editorially
commented, I'VE are finally free"
Nobody slept in Milan last
night" the newspaper said. I'VE
newspapermen work with truth and
enthusiasm. 1t is difficult task for
us to turn out newspaper, when
for 20 years we saw it entirely die
tated to us by the press ministry.
The enthusiasm Of the people is
fantastic
Manifestations occurred in front
of the newspaper Office, 1t was said,
and delegation asked the editor
to demand the immediate liberation
Of political prisoners.
Popular Rejoicing
Rome radio crowds marching
through the streets of Rome toward
the Royal Palace shouting, Long
Live Italy," Long Live the King,
Long Live Badoglio"
The italian Stefani agency, in a
Rome broadcast, revealed belatedly
that Mussolini attended meeting
of the Fascist grand council Satur-
day night and presented report on
the military and political situation.
After Mussolini spoke, the broad
cast said, Count Dino Grandi pre-
scented resolution asking the king
to assume effective command of the
armored forces and it was adopted,
1877, after a 10-hour debate. Count
GaleazZo Ciano, Son-in-laW of Mus
solini, was said to have been among
thosev citing in favor of the reso-
luton.
The underground radio station
Atlantic said that confidential re-
port from Lieutenant-Gener Mar
ras, Italian military attache in Ber-
lin, summarizing the Axis military
position and predicting that Ger
many would wage war for only six
more months was discussed by the
council.
w. N. Ever, diplomatic CORE
spondent for the Daily Herald, sug-
gested that Mussolini's custer was
part of the plot by Fascist "old
guards to replace him with Scorza,
the general secretary who had been
assuming increasing power in recent
weeks.
Once Mussolini had resigned, they
theorized, the King would call upon
the Fascist council to help form a
new government. Instead, the King
called Badoglio, long an enemy OF
FaSciSm.
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tCOntlnued from Page ~
launch an all-out assault from all
three directions to capture the city.
The main southern thrust up the
Orel-Kursk railroad broke through
enemy lines and engulfed Yerophino
station, 16 miles below Orel, field re-
ports said, while second forma-
ton struck westward from the rail-
road to within one mile of the Orel-
Kursk-Fatezh highway, last German
held road into Orel, at a point 40
miles southwest of the city.
Highway Impractical
With the highway under heavy
artillery fire and in imminent dam
ger of capture, it no longer was
practical for the Germans to use it.
Northeast of Orel, the Russians
stormed across the Okla river and
established strong bridgeheads on
the west bank with the obvious aim
of destroying enemy pockets and
establishing an uninterrupted line
north and northeast of the city be-
fore the general assault
The Russians killed 5000 enemy
officers and men and disabled six
tanks and four self-propelled guns
in capturing several villages on the
west bank and in beating of Ger
man counter attacks, a communiqGe
reported.
Altogether, nearly 5000 Germans
were killed and more than 10 towns
and villages captured yesterday in
advances of three to six miles in the
Orel area, the high command said.
On the Belgorod front, los miles
south of Orel, the Russians gained
new ground, but fighting south of
Izyum and southwest OF Voroshil-
ovgrad in the Donets basin sim
mered down to intense patrol ac-
tivity,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-27
Dr.. Grobel Is On
His Woy To Spoin

Boston, July 27-CUP)-Dr. Gdo-
sioner for the Unitarian service
committee, sailed today for Lisbon
10 assist with refuge relief and
hablitatoin, according TO an an
nouncement from the service head
quarters.
Or. Grobel was formerly pastor
OF the Congregational church at
Stafford Springs, Conn, served as
instructor at Hartford Theological
Seminary and Trinity College.
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add to the tasks of our armies"
1--WE are acting in the closest con-
cert with the United States" he said,
land Russia is being kept regularly
informed The British and Ameri-
can governments are in continuous
consultation"
Churchill said he was in daily con-
tact with President Roosevelt.
It may be possible for him to
make a further statement regarding
the Mediterranean and the whole
war position before parliament rises
from the summer recess, he said, but
he could make no promises because
he did not know whether a point
would be reached next week from
which a general survey could use
fully be made"
Churchill estimated Italy's war
power at perhaps about one tenth
that of Germanw."
He asserted that German hopes
that their U-boat warfare could turn
the tide of war were sinking as fast
as their U-boats themselves"
The whole Nazi outlook OF war
will be disturbed and broken by the
events now progressing In Italy, he
said.
"The overthrow and casting down
In shame OF the first OF the dictators
and aggressor war lords strikes the
knell OF impending doom in the ears
OF those who remain" he declared.
Tasks Before Us
Nevertheless, let us not allow the
favorable inclinations 10 our for
tunes blind us TO the immensely OF
the tasks before us or TO the exer-
tons still TO be made and the priva-
tons, tribulations still 10 be endured
and overcome.
Churchill warned that German
strength Is stu massive.
"The Nazi war machine Is a hate
full incubus upon Europe which we
resolve utterly 10 destroy and the
affairs OF italy must be handled
with this supreme objective In view"
he said,
Both our strategy and our policy
have been indicated by events and
7 look forward 10 Offering 10 parlia-
ment rs the months unfold further
convincing preof Of THU assurance.
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Allies Press
Axis Back

Continued from Page ID
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Reds Take
70Towns

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churchill appealed 10 persons VINO
were not In possession OF all the nee
essary facts TO refrain from speaking
or writing anything which might
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DEATH NEWS EXAGGERATED

Natick. Mass. July 27.-UP,-
Seaman Michael Peters, who was
reported missing In action In the
Pacific area, yesterday. has been
found alive and we'll according 10
Q Navy announcement.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-27

Australian ground troops. Damage
was reported heavy. A big force of
Liberators and Flying Fortresses at
tackled the Salamaua area in four
waves. The attack, lasting an hour,
touched off big fires.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-27
R.A.F. Bombs

Continued from Page y

attached to the current aerial often
sive against Germany's greatest |
port on the very weekend when the |
Axis showed grace new cracks else
where.
The planes roared in through
clouds of smoke rolling up from
Hamburg's smashed war factories,
battered day and night by British
and American bombers which have
dropped more than 5000 tons of ex-
plosives on the continent since Sat-
urday.
The Mosquitoes presumably aimed
at the few Hamburg detectives I'M
touched in previous assaults. Unes-
corted Flying Fortresses had bombed
on pinpointed targets in the port in
daylight yesterday.
1t was estimated unofflcially that
from 1000 to $500 bombers and
hundreds of fighters and fighter
bombers participated in the con-
tinuous attacks timed to coincide
with the fall of Mussolini and Ger
many's reverses from the Russian
front.
The Fortresses were guided over
their targets by columns of smoke
curling 10000 feet into the sky. A
dispatch from Stockholm before
that raid occurred said the city al
ready was a sea of fire with debris |
piled in the streets throughout fac
tory sections.
Enemy planes made weak retail
iatory attacks that caused a 30 |
minute alarm in London last night |
and slight damage in some East
Anglican and southeast England
towns. One enemy plane was shot |
down.
Hanover Also Attacked
The Fortress sweep over Hamburg
was only part of American opera
tons yesterday. They also attacked
Hanover, liz miles west of Berlin,
and the important harbors of Will
helmShaven and Wesermunde.
Twenty-three bombers and three
fighters were missing.
More than so enemy planes were
shot down by the Fortresses, bring
ing the toll Of enemy planes cred
tied to Americans since the three
day offensive began to more than
100. Brig. Gen. Frederick l.. Ander-
son, chief of the Eighth Air Force
bombers command, said the U. S.
part in the operations had been
carried out with only normal losses.
The Fortresses, brought the ton
mage of bombs dropped on Ham,
burg in the five attacks to nearly
5000.
Wilhelmshaven Afire
Lieut.. Joseph Brennan Of Phila-
delphia said big fires were started
at Wilhelmshaven, where the raid |
was made through heavy anti-air-
craft fire. Similar results were re-
ported at Wesermunde.
Refusing to give the Germans a
single hour of rest Raj and U. S.
air force fighters and bombers swept
over the coasts of France and Hol-
land steadily yesterday and bombed
the Cortrai, Belgium. and the Alb
beville and st. Omer, France, air.
fields. Four enemy fighters were
shot down.
The Fortresses were guided over |
their targets by columns of smoke |
curling 10000 feet into the sky. A
dispatch from Stockholm before
that raid occurred said the city al
ready was a sea of fire with debris
piled in the streets throughout fac
tory sections.
Enemy planes made weak re-
taliatory attacks that caused 30
minute alarm in London last night |
and slight damage in some East |
Anglican and southeast England
towns. One enemy plane was shot
down.
Severe Damage
At Hamburg, numerous hits were
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-27

In China. II Is said 10 be polite
10 pretend your Chinese guest Is
much older than his stated age.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-24
Corn Professors
AppeaI TO Govt

CHICAGO, June "a 'CUP)-A score
Of the nations largest corn pro-
cessing companies, warning that
their plants face imminent closure,
appealed to the federal government
today to relax price ceilings which
they charge are throttling the
normal flow of commercial corn
supplies.
Leading manufacturers of corn
products in Illinois, Indiana, Wis
consin and Iowa, reporting stocks
sufficient TO maintain production
for no more than two weeks, as
serted that the shortage threatens
the nations supply of bread, corn
syrup, beer and textiles.
The professors blamed the scarcity
Of commercial corn principally on
inequitable price ceilings which
they said virtually compel the
farmers to sell their product as feed
fer hogs.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-24
Dancer Denies All
Charces Made

WASHINGTON, June "a. (UP)-
Carmen Beach Martin, Spanish
born rhumba and conga dancer,
said today she had befriended two
girls stranded here without money,
but vehemently denied that they or
any other girls ever worked for her
in a call house"
The dark-eyed, dark-haired Mrs.
Martin, wife of a navy pharmacists
mate, is charged with violating the
white slave act by sending girls TO
clients in fashionable Washington
hotels. The call house" is alleged
to have catered to Latin-American
diplomats
She appeared to be upset both by
the questions of her attorney, Harry
Whelan, and Prosecutor Bernard
Margloius Never she said, did she
give money TO Dorothy Smiley or to
anyone else to pay cab fare to a
hotel. Mrs Smiley, 22, and Hope
Alfonso, 20, both have said in testi-
flying for the government that they
worked as prostitutes.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-24
German, italian
Bases Are Bombed
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furnishing blow at the radio location
equipment factory in Friedrichshaf-
en-.
The raiding innovation was re-
vealed during an apparent lull in
the Allied air battle against Ger
many's Ruhr, which was reported
to have caused the Nazis to order
the evacuation of 100000 civilians
from the battered industrial valley.
Roundabout reports from Berlin
said that besides ordering the evac-
uation of on-essential persons from
the Ruhr, the Germans had massed
more than 1000 fighter planes and
their heaviest anti-aircraft de-
fenses to guard the scouraged in
dustrial region in which many in
habitants admittedly had lost their
nerve" under the record bombing.
The four motored Lancaster
bombers made the round trip flight
to Africa, smashing effectively at
q major Axis target on each jour-
ney, without the loss of single
plane.
Heading north Wednesday night,
they set their course over SpeZia
and in an accurate bombardment of
she naval base set fire to oil stores
md blasted the dock area.
Axis reports that British planes
raided western Germany Wednesday
night lacked confirmation. No Off
cial explanation had been given
for the flight OF American Flying
FortresseS over the channel coast
l"ea of England late Wednesday.
BomberS and fighters crossed the
channel by daylight today for new
blows at the continent. About Is
German planes raided the harbor
city of Hull in northeast England
wednesday night, causing some
damage and casualties.
Action in Russia was confined
largely to air attacks. The Red
lir force smashed Tuesday night
1t the strategic railroad junction
If Pskov on the Riga -Staraya Russa
inc, as we'll as number of Ger
lan airdromes. The entire station
lrea of Pskov was left aflame, Mos
COW said, with many trains burning
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-24
Sub Sunk in Al
Off Columbia R.
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Continued from Page II
now approve Holstrom's etatemen'
that he sank the submarine.
A resident of Eugene, Ore, Hol-
strom was among the airmen who
raided Tokyo under Maj. Gen. James
Doolittle and parachuted to earth
over China after a storm forced
the crew to bail out.
After days hike, Holstrom and
his companions encountered Chi
nese guerilla fighters. They were
hard put to establish their identities
but after they dis played a photo
graph of President Roosevelt the
Chinese understood they were
Americans.
Holstrom participated in 72 raids
on China and Burma under COM
nand of Maj. Gen. Claire Chen
nault, for which he received his
second air medal and two silver
stars.
I'D like TO go some place and
take it easy for a while" he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-24
/ Rise to Remark

for several years. He has been an
active communist since 1890. He
was discharged May 7th.
BORN IN BERLIN
Karl Edward Lochmann, was
born in Berlin in 1914, and was only
recently naturalized in the Federal
Court in Washington. He arrived
in America March 5th, 1887. and
filed his first papers April 22nd,
1912. He was employed as an
assistant solicitor in the Depart
ment Of the Interior in 1899. At the
naturalization proceedings, the
judge asked in surprise how an
enemy alien could hold a govern
ment position in the Department
of Interior. The judge was in
formed that the position was not
under Civil Service.
Harold Loeb, until about a year
ago, was a business specialist" for
the OPA. Today he is senior eco
nomist in building materials" for
the War Production Board. at q
salary of $4,000 a year. I would
like to cite Mr.. Loeb's qualifications
fol- this technical position, which
an innocent young Congressman
like myself would suppose should
include some knowledge of build
ing materials. Mr.. Loeb is a
"technocrat" and advocates the
abolition of money and the SUBJ
stitution of "erg certificates" 10 be
distributed to every citizen at the
rate of 10000 year. He is also
the author of three books. generally
claSsed as obscene. For further
but not for the OBJ
scene passagesp refer to the Con-
gressional Record for February lst,
l943, page Sill.
Washington is full, in the ad-
agencies, of bright
young men and women who ap-
parently feel themselves called
upon to take advantage of this
for the purpose of sub
some form of National
Socialism for the Republic. This is
a fundamental clash of PHILOSOPHERS
between the administrations of 1918 !
and of l943. It cannot be recon-
ciled. One or the other must sur
vive. Washington, at Valley Forge,
in q similar crisis, said something |
which might well be the solution to
his one of the four problems under |
Put none but Ameri-
,ans on guard tonight"