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DEFRN8I BONDS WEATHER: Warmer, rain tonight, Tuesday. VOLUME 52, ISO. LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1942. PRICE THREE STRIKE DARWIN A xis Base Seek To Neutralize Germany ft Carriar May Be on" iLoose in Atlantic Ocean (By THE ASSOCIATED The war oh this side the world was characterized today by such varied developments as a British smash at an Axis base in the easWrmpst Mediterranean, Germany's admis- 'sion that her central front in Russia has been pierced and a hint that a German aircraft carrier is on the loose in the Atlantic. Tucked away In the Hitler command's regular communi- que was this cryptic sentence: "A British merchant ship of 2,000 gross registered tons was sunk by a German fighter plane in the Central Atlantic." There was no elaboration.

It may have been worded as cleverly as possible for Its alarm value. But, at face value, it Indicated the presence of an aircraft carrier In an area far beyond the operating range of a land-based fighter plane. The possibility of error or the'change that the Germans really meant, without Hitler Again Visions BERLIN (From German iff) Hitler appealed to the German people Sunday, for sacrifices and warned them "a hard struggle" lies ahea'd, but promised a crushing victory over Soviet Russia during the coming summer. Speaking at memorial exercises for Germany's war dead, Hitler also predicted the ultimate defeat of what he called President Roosevelt's attempts to "build a detestable new alien world." Politicians, army generals, wounded soldiers and war widows crowded Into the zeughaus- Imposing old Berlin arsenal used as a military Income Tax Due Tonight Day Is Greatest Tax-paying Date in States History of United Deserters Held in G-Man Killing hear Hitler's address, whjch also was broadcast to the nation. The leader made a special 'trip from his headquar- ters on Russian front to attend the state ceremonies; and later reviewed units of the army, navy and air force and placed a wreath on the war dead memorial Unter 4en He acknowledged frankly that the German armed forces had met unanticipated obstacles in Russia achieving victories which he said had "no parallel in history." Winter, for instance, he weeks earlier than expected.

"But one thing we know today," Hitler declared: "The Bolsheviks -who could not defeat the German trqoos and their Allies in one winter will be anni- hilatingly defeated by us in the summer." Russia's only hope of ultimate victory, Hitler said, vanished when her armies failed to inflict upon Germany a "Napoleonic defeat in the snow and cold of a winter he described' as the worst in 140 years. Hitler reiterated assertions that "Jewish and capitalist conspirators" had caused the war and laid much of the blame upon' President Roosevelt. the eastern side of 'the Atlantic, as distinguished from the North or SpUth Atlantic, also were apparent. Coinciding with the striking German admisslou of the Bed army's driving power was a Moscow report via Stockholm that Russian parachutists had captured fortified positions behind the German lines near Smolensk and had taken two towns in the Vyazma sector, east of Smolensk. German attempts to mop up the Parachutists had failed, a Swedish correspondent wrote.

British warships and planes within the last 24 hours have lashed out at the Mediterranean foothold of the Axis, the Italian island' of Rhodes, Just off the Turkish coast. The assault suggested British readiness lor any springtime mbye of the Axis to supplement the war with Russia by a southeastward stab into Turkey. most astonishing of the latest reports from the war in Russia was Berlin's bald admission that the Red army had breached the German line, on the central front during a heavy snowstorm and wiat "heavy defensive fighting developed there." That appeared in a special announcement of the Httjer command while the regular communique admitted the Russians had renewed irtass attacks against German forces on the Kerch peninsula of Crimea. every American adult, except for General MacArthur and his men, had to file a federal Income tax return by midnight tonight, making the day th6 greatest, taxpay Ing data, 'a American history. Altogether, about 22,000,000 individuals and thousands of had to meet the dead- Charles Lovett, 21 (left) and Edward Testerman, 23, deserters from the army, are shown after being captured by a posse that cornered them in'the basement of a house on the outskirts of Abingdon, Va.

They were trapped a few hours after killing an FBI agent and wounding another in a gun battle. (Central Press) British Warship Loss Is Set at 203 Vessels Probably $1,000,000,000 or more' -will be taken at revenue windows or mailed to collectors during the and wh the month's collections of Income and excess profits taxes are all counted, they are expected to total which Is more than twice as much as Was ever collected before In any month. Congress, a days ago, rushed through a law postponing returns for MacArthur and his inen, and all other persons abroad with the armed forc.es or on official duties, or "beleaguered or detained by the enemy." These persons won't have to file until three months after the war Is over or until they return to the United States. In the case of thousands of men drafted into the arjny, who are still on these shores, a 1940 law requires them to file returns, but permits them to postpone payment 'of taxes tin til six months filter they leave the service. Athletic Teams of Ludington and St.

Simon's High Schools to Be Honored Plans were virtually completed today for the annual athletic banquet honoring football and basketball teams of Ludington high school and the basketball team of St. Simon's high school, it was announced today 'by George Slaggert, general chairman of the event. The affair, being promoted by the Lions, Rotary and Elks' clubs, will be held at Gray hall Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock. Mr. Slaggert urges all who plan to attend to obtain tickets within the next few days to give those In charge an estimate on the number to be served.

Feature of the be ah address evening will by Charles Gas Conservation Plan Ordered (P) 100,000 filling stations of the eastern seaboard and Pacific northwest; which serve more than lO.OOp.QOO automobile drivers, will receive 20 percent less beginning Thurs-, nnnrto raiif day and Will toe permitted to SAN DIEGO, (JP) (Gus) Dorais, noted University of Detroit football coach and the man who more than any other one person can be termed the "father of the forward Pass." It was he, together with the late Knute Rockne, who formed the first great passing combination in history back in 1913 when Notre Dame university was struggling for gridiron recognition. Rgayy Bombers Paxtoh, about 46, was fpiiin shot to 4eath in Ijer how Sunday while her husjjajj about lay crltpfUy in separate room, Pending further investigation sheriff ira M. Smith would not express an opinion to how the shootings Wok place. Paxton hat 1 ee head. Sheriff Smith Tracy, brother pj who lived wit 11 that upon early Sunday he nothing wrong.

Shot in the Paxton 7 p. m- Lodge and Initiation at E. A. Miller, Sec'y. operate no more than 12 hours a day and 72 hours a week.

Orders to this effect were issued Saturday by Donald M. Nelson, -director of the War "tdjdUctidn Board, as a stop- ap until cards can be printed a rigid rationing program are Maine, coasts. States affected Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania; North Carolina, South Georgia, Florida, past Apalacmcola river, aho Oregon. minor autompb.ile MI jver Sunday afternoon, cars driven by Mrs. Harold Swanson of Tuskegon and Roger Carlson of is collided as the former from" the 1 At 9:30 O.

iusfcegon ana Cla Heavy bombers go on a continually moving assembly line tpday for the first time at the giant main plant of Consolidated Aircraft corporation. Sub-assemblies held together by gaunt jnaWng fixtures are riveted together at one end of the massive assembly line buildings, and the production journey then begins its systematic course as workmen swarm over the hulls irj an endless race against time. The; wgrkmen must complete their specific operatiqns before other crews take over at the next station. PBY Catalina? and the four- mqtored B-25 Liberators will comp from the mass production lines. These planes have wingspreads of tfban 100 feet yeigh in of 15 tons.

Josses in two and one-half years of naval warfare include 203 warships, an Associated Press compilation from communiques, admissions and verified reports revealed today. The United States has lost 18 since Dec. 7, with enemy action accounting ifor 13fc Saturday the United Nations admitted loss of 12, possibly 13 warships, in the Java sea battle which cost Japan had 523,995 total tons of fighting power put out of action, including 39 submarines, 70 destroyers and 94 other surface craft. The figure amounts to nearly half of the total naval tonnage of 18 warring and neutral nations. United States losses included a battleship, a cruiser and five destroyers.

A sixth destroyer went aground in a gale off Newfoundland, while two submar- Plan Limit with Wage Control Demand Legislation to Take Most, If Not All, of War Production Profits (IP) Congressional friends of labor served notice today they would fight to link a drastic limitation of war profits with any legislative wage controls that may be proposed by President Roosevelt as a result of current studies. Senator Hill of Alabama, the Democratic whip, and Senator (Pro-Wis), both long-time supporters of labor, demanded that any action to place a ceiling on wages be accompanied by legislation which would take away most, if not all, of the profits on war production contracts. Hill conceded that it might be necessary to apply brakes to wage increases to prevent inflation, but added that it was just as essential that war profits be limited for the same reason. 'LaFollette said that while he was prepared to accept wage controls if they were accompan- ed by profit curbs, he thought the placing of an arbitrary ceiling over wages might result in disruption of the industrial machinery far beyond anything yet experienced. While he declined to classify wages and profits in the same category, Chairman George (D- Ga) said the finance committee undoubtedly would study a proposal to impose a super war tax on all government contracts when it considers the new revenue bill.

Allied Naval Base Believe Japanese Are Preparing for Invasion of Australia; Jap Communications Assaulted (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Fourteen Japanese bombers struck again today at Darwin, capital and port of the vast northern territory and potentially one of the few remaining naval strong points of the United Nations in the Southwest Pacific. The attack evidently was but another of the assaults intended to neutralize Darwin as a station for United Nations warships and planes with which to oppose the threatened invasion lunge from the arc of enemy bases islands to the north. The Sydney radio reported that only slight damage was suffered in the raid, along with some casualties. The fateful conviction that an invasion offensive is in the making was heightened for Australians today by Major General Henry Gordon Bennett, who headed the Australian imperial 'force in Malaya and escaped upon the fall of Singapore. He declared in a speech at Sydney that every man of the AJ3.F.

overseas now is needed lor defense of the commonwealth. Reports current in Australia of Japanese troop movements from China assumed in an ominous gathering of offensive power, which Australians assumed was pointed at them, were partially offset today by talk of air 'and sea counter- British Make Burma Attack Capture Three Villages Diversion but Return Former Positions as to NEW DELHI, India The British the capture announced today of three villages along the Sittang river about 80 miles north of Rangoon, but said that the counter-attack was intended only as a diversion and that the British forces had returned to their former positions "according to plan." Striking across to the east bank of the river over which they 'retired several days ago, the British captured the town of Shwegyin and the villages offensives against Japan. Reassuring word of a United States assault on Japanese communications with a vast fleet of submarines as its sspearhead was published in the Australian press but with no, authority for the report. This particular hope was undoubtedly nourished by an-' nouncement of the arrival of a United Nations. submarine at Perth, Australia's main western eight sunk or damaged.

United ines and a small patrol craft States losses there were the cruiser Houston and the destroyer Pope. In tonnage, Great Britain has Oully Dr. L. J. Goulet, city officer, announced tod it the former health that $tyl 6-n filled up and is for dumping minor Damage In 'both accidents was Washington avenue reported small.

bridge, he explained. irsons with tin cans 'deposit tfteni ad'el's gas statiqg on Sputh at the Promise No Strikes or Labor Stoppages on Construction of 200 Ships NEW Labqr pledged a no strike policy here today to rush cqnstructiqn of 200 liberty ships, one of the nation's largest single shipbuilding contracts. "There'll be no strikes and no labor stoppages," Holt Ross, southern organizer of the American Federation of Labor, pledged Andrew J. Higgins, president of Higgins, Industries, which was awarded the ship contract by the maritime commission. "We'll build those ships ahead of schedule in ever increasing numbers rapidly and efficiently," said the labor leader, "and our jtask will 1 not be completed until Nazism and Fascism are driven from the face of the earth." Farm Unionist Protests LANSINChr- (ff) H.

Marlatt, organizational director of the United Dairy Farmers union, telegraphed Governor Van today protesting against "threats" he asserted made against union repre- wer.e lost in collisions or accidents. Britain's allies have lost 76 warships of all kinds and her Axis enemies 195. Listed as sunk or destroyed are 64 Nazi vessels, 62 Italian and 69 Japanese. German losses, broken down, include one battleship, a pocket battleship, five cruisers and 14 destroyers. Italy has lost a battleship, 10 cruisers and 17 destroyers, while Japan has lost a battleship, an aircraft carrier, 11 cruisers and 18, destroyers.

entatives by Sheriff John Jrahamof Huron county. A. Van Wagoner is'put'of the city. Marlatt accused Graham of "unlawful and activities last'Frlday when, he said, two union representatives sought to "hold a peaceful assembly in Bad Axe." He did not explain the actions of which he complained. "The threats were repeated to me over the telephone by Uhder- sheriff Cavanaug-n who sa.id our would be 'prop- fiFjy taken care of because they were Wdraft ajfe'," Marlatt wired.

Secretary of War Will Draw First Number from Fishbowl Tuesday Evening (ff) containing 7,000 numbers for America's first wartime draft lottery since 1918 will be stirred by a mechanical mixer Tuesday before being drawn from the glass fish bowl used in peacetime lotteries, selective service officials said today. Secretary of War Stimson will draw the first number determining order of liability of 9,000,000 meri from 20 to 44, who registered Feb. 16, for military service. Use of the mechanical mixer is the only innovation for the new lottery, slated to start at 6 p. m.

EWT. For the first lottery held under the current selective service act the capsuled numbers were stirred with a wooden paddle. For the second they were shaken on a blanket. Selective service officials estimated first inductions from the new group would be made in June. Local Board Is Prepared for National Lottery at Washington Tuesday Serial numbers having been assigned the 1,000 some Mason county men who registered Feb.

17 in the third draft registration, the local draft board is all set for the national lottery to be held Tuesday -in Washington, D. C. The national lottery, third to date, will determine the order numbers to be assigned serial number holders. As soon as the list is received from Washington, the order numbers will, be assigned and a list posted. Serial numbers here, as elsewhere, were assigned by shuffling cards of registrants and then assigning numbers in order.

A total of 1,026 Mason Snwegym ana tne Villages 01 i a maiii Pyuntaza and Madauk, a com- port, after a 60-day munique said rampage through Indonesian, forces ii area created a uivei- wa daxr sion by an aUack on the enemy jfcSg tne Sittang, it ex- Brftl against plained. "This force has now re- Japanese territory itself was positions on based on the promise of Air Marshal Sir Richard Pierse, RAP chief in India, but whether such was declared. plained turned to its former according to plan." Casualties were inflicted the Japanese and some weapons I a joint effort could be started were captured by the exploit, it i in itime to help Australia was left unanswered. Australia and her allies already are locked in a battle for the island approaches to the thinly settled continent which stands as the last great barricade to Japanese conquest in the Southwest Pacific. Australian observers said that Allied bombers were helping the Royal Australian air force accelerate the assaults on insular bases seized by the Japanese on the way to Australia but that the need for reinforcements was still Prime minister John Curtin warned the United States in a the Two American Advisers to Chinese Government Included in Death List of 13 CHUNGKING, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek; broadcast Saturday that has ordered an inquiry into the; i oss Australia would open the crash of a Chinese transport plane Saturday night in which twe American advisers to his government and the head of a British military mission were among 13 persons killed.

victims of the crash, way for Japanese attack on the American west coast. W. S. Wasserman, head of a United States lease-lend mission to Australia, conferred with Cuntin today and said in an interview that his Job was to that date, cards of several local residents who registered in oth- THE Lower Michigan: Warmer tonight and Tuesday morning with occasional showers and thunderstorms. The sun sets today at 7:39 p.

m. and rises Tuesday at 7:40 a. m. The moon sets today 7:31 p. m.

and rises Tuesday at 8:08 a. in. Temperature at the U. observation station for 24 hours ending at noon: coast er counties locally. have been received BULLETIN U.

S. TROOPS TAKEN TOKYO (From Japanese (AP) Four hundred American troops were captured by the Japanese at Bandoeng, Central- Java, and 100 more in Eastern Java, a Domei dispatch said today. Four Trainmen Die in Crash WAVERLY, Four trainmen, including a father and son, were killed and two other trainmen critically injured in the head-on collision of a passenger and freight train on the Nashville Chattanooga railway line Sunday. and near St. here Louis early guard station at 1:30 p.

28.76. Those killed, all of Nashville. were: A. 'C. Hargrove, 46, passenger train fireman; A.

C. Hargrove, 21, his son, fireman on the freight; A. H. Laudermilk, 44, engineer on the freight; and H. Edmondson, 32.

apprentice fireman on the passenger train. of flames that ripped off the DC-2 (Douglas) transport's tail, were Americans. The accident occurred shortly after the take-off from Kun- ming, end of the Burma road, on a flight to Chungking. There were four survivors. The Americans who died were Lieutenant Colonel Otto C.

George of Hiawatha, a member of the United States military mission to China; Dr. Fenimore B. Lynch, adviser to the Central Bank of China; Lieutenant Frederick L. Kohler and Emily S. Scott, the plane's pilot and co-pilot; and William Schuler of Norther Bergen, N.

a photographer. Poison Blamed in Three Deaths DETROIT Inspector John O. Whitman of the homicide squad said today deaths of Dr. Howard K. Shrom and his wife and nine-year-old daughter were due to poisoning and not to gas from an opened stove jet as was first suspected.

Whitman said he was awaiting final reports from pathologists on analysis of stomach contents after an informal report of Dr. W. Thomas Love, Wayne county medical examiner, indicated poison was swallowed by all members of the family, found Friday night in separate bedrooms in their pretentious twelve-room home. Dr. Love reported they died sometime Monday night.

and see that they are fulfilled. PITTSBURG, Hometown friends and ates of Phil Murray said the breach between the today CIO president and John L. Lewis has so widened an open showdown, between the two seems imminent. Some of Murray's closest friends said they are convinced Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, has been moving some time to have that union desert; the CIO and become the of a third labor movement; These sources declare Lewis has been tightening his refosu over his union with the idea Of forcing Murray out of his 000-a-year job as its vice dent. That is the only Murray draws, although he president of the CIO and of Steel Workers Organising mittee.

TEKONSHA Meredith Clark leaves -Tu to report, to Camp Grant, IU a first lieutenant in the try, his Tekonsha Patriot continue publishing. Mrs. will take over the Job weekly, Clp continuing, his Calhoun Advertiser, however..