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The FOMAG. tAt PRICE THREE CENTS WEATHER Continued cool with a tendency toward slowly rising temperature today and tonight. (COPYRIGHT, 1942. by Pittsburgh Press Co. All Rights Reserved) VOLUME 58, No.

362 30 PAGES PITTSBURGH, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1942 Httelbiiiirglk IP Wo nn UVUU JV Jzjzj LI Land's Kisses Without Her Sell Bonds Fancy Speech U. S. FOW-MGMEB BOMBERS HAMMER THREE MILLION TO EXPERIENCE RAID BLACKOUT Leader Named For European Combat Zone New 'Theater of Operations for American Forces Announced SEVASTOPOL'S FALL FEARED AS NAZIS BAN Germans Also Advance at Kharkov With Heavy Loss Men ADVANCING ENEMY Germans Take Solium, Hellf ire Pass, After Shattering British Defense Line Important War News on Inside Pages Page Nazi persecution of Jews increases over 8 Germans break British line and drive toward 16 Allied flights may mean attack off Australia .16 Mussolini reported trying to form "Latin Debate on war and Churchill due in Britain ....30 Hop of the Egyptian battlefront. Page 16.1 By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press War Editor Strong Axis mechanized columns drove deeply into Egypt today and threatened to drive the British 8th Army back 140 miles to the Mersa Matruh defenses despite hammering counter-blows by American and British airplanes and Allied mobile desert units. v.

At Washington the War Department announced the establishment of an "European theater of operations for United All-Night Dimout To Affect 16-County Area In District See an editorial. "Let's Do It RiOht!" on Page 12. The blackout symbol of a new kind of 'warfare that strikes at home and factory- will come to Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania tonight Three million persons in 16 counties, including Allegheny, will experience their first taste of how it is to live under the constant threat of enemy bombing as tL. State stages the last in a series of three blackout teste. A partial blackout or dimout during which lights in homes must be shielded against outer glow, will be in effect from 8:30 tonight un til 5 tomorrow morning.

Half-floor Total Blackout For one-half hour, at a time which will not be specified beforehand, the entire 16-county region will be plunged into virtually complete darknesr in simulation of a total blackout against possible air raids. Although Pittsburgh held a blackout test in April. 1941. and various communities since have had similar experiences, residents never before have been asked to abide by an all-night blackout of such scope as this. Approximately 22,000 air raid wardens, auxiliary policemen and other volunteer Workers of the Council of Civilian Defense will patrol the county on four-hour shifts throughout the night to see that regulations are followed.

Guard Against Trouble Greatly augmented squads of soldiers and special guards will protect war plants, bridges and other vital sectors to prevent possible sabotage. "Shoot-to-kill" orders will be in effect where persons continue to approach restricted zones without properly identifying themselves after being challenged. Only exceptions to the blackout order are war plants, utilities, railroads and airlines, although many of these are expected to co-operate voluntarily with the regulations. State Police and municipal authorities will be on the lookout for looting and possible robberies. Persons are advised to carry as little money as necessary.

Whistles. Sirens, Bells Sound Alarm The partial blackout will go into effect with the advent of nightfall. Sometime later' and definitely after 9:10 p. m. the signal -for a complete blackout will be sprung.

The alarm will be sounded by sirens on police cars and fire engines, blasting for two minutes in staccato tones. The all-clear a (Continued On Page 4, Column 3) By HENRY SHAPIRO United Press SUfT Writer MOSCOW, June 25 Heavy German pressure, maintained without regard to losses, forced the Russians back on the northern sector of the Sevastopol Front today. The Communist Party organ Pravda said the defenders of that sector fell back only rfter a day of the most violent battle, and that fighting was fierce along the entire Sevastopol Front. London military observers had little hope that Sevastopol could hold out much longer. They said there already tcere reports of desperate street fighting in the city's northern sector.

Stories of "immeasurable heroism" showed that the defenders were keeping their oath to fight to the death. Paying Terrific Cost Doing their utmost to widen the gap in the Crimean port's defenses, the Germans were paying a terrific cost" in men and materials, Pravda said. German tank. Infantry and air assaults gained ground "at enormous cost" on the Kharkov Front and forced back the Russian defenders on the Sevastopol battle field, the army newspaper Red Star said. Masses of enemy tanks supported by aerial squadrons, continued a four-day offensive on one sector of the Kharkov Front, the dispatch said.

Heights Change Hands The Russians Withdrew to new positions but repeatedly counter attacked and several Important heights changed hands many times. the correspondent said. The dispatch said that Sevastopol as a city was "almost gone. "Gone are the stately chestnut trees along the straight streets; gone are the parks and the picturesque small houses with iron bal conies painted blue and green. It is now only a city of sailors and sol diers, the writer said.

The military soviet of the Black Sea fleet exhorted the defenders of Sevastopol to stand firm. Axis Divisions Decimated "Attempts to seize the city in a three-day storm have been a message said. "Aviation, tanks and psychological attacks by drunken German and Rumanian soldiers have been unavailing. "Gallant Black Sea men have decimated the 22nd, 50th, 132nd and 72nd German Infantry Divisions and the 1st and 18th Rumanian In fa try Divisions. The Germans have lost more than 150 tanks and hundreds of planes on the approaches to Sevastopol.

The short path of the enemy is strewn with mountains of corpses of its officers and D. Dingbat Gets Hint On Blackout Weather Blackout or no blackout, Fore caster Brotzman refused today to give Donnle Dingbat any ad vance Informa tion on tonight's weather. "It'll continue cool, Mr. Brotz man said, "with a tendency toward rising tem peratures," which means somewhat warmer weather. Nevertheless, Donnie was all set for tonight, having gone through his own private, practice blackout last night, and a peep into an old almanac showed Donnie that the moon will be nearly full tonight.

The overnight low was 57 degrees and yesterday's high only 71. EVACUEES AIR DUTCH HARBOR RAID DETAILS Alaskan Outpost Subjected To 'Nightmare' But Not Surprised See an editorial, "Keep Your Shirt Page 12; also picture and story on Dutch Harbor, Page 8. By WILLARD D. EBERHART United Press Staff Writer SEATTLE, June 25 Japanese planes subjected Dutch Harbor to a "nightmare" of bombing and machine gun strafing at dawn June 3, and met a terrific hail of anti-aircraft fire from defenders who were expecting them, evacuees from Unalaska Island said today. Soldiers, sailors, construction workers and women and children evacuated from the North Pacific outpost have arrived at Seattle and have told their stories of the attack.

which was the first aerial attack on North America in history and the first blow in the battle still raging in the bleak, foggy Aleutian Islands. The 13th naval district released their stories for publication. Nineteen of the evacuees were moved from their Army transport to ambulances by stretcher. Gun Crews Were Heroes The ship that brought' them through submarine-infested waters of the North Pacific herself participated in the action, and her gun crews played a valiant role in the defense of Dutch Harbor. The transport was formerly a luxury liner, but she was drab and ugly as she was warped to a Seattle pier.

Each passenger had a story of what happened to Unalaska Island 23 days ago. Some wouidn talk, but from those who did came una composite story: It was known to high authorities in Dutch Harboi and the neighboring town of Unalaska that a sizable' Japanese task force was in North Pacific waters. The population heard rumors that caused uneasiness. A few days before the attack liquor stores were closed; blackout more rigidly enforced. Then, at 5:45 a.

m. June 3, the island was jarred by a terrific burst of anti-aircraft fire. The enemy planes had come. Eye-witnesses estimated their number at from 12 to 21. tThe Nary has announced that the squadron consisted of four bombers and about 15 fighters.l In Different Directions They arrived from different direc tions, in groups of three.

They im mediately encountered a barrage of fire from the blazing guns aboard the transport and ashore. The ship, which Japanese pilots apparently believed to be a United States war vessel and later claimed to have been sunk, found herself a prime target. The planes dived for her, braving heavy fire as they loosed, bombs estimated at from 500 to 2000 pounds in size. The ship moved away from shore, her guns forcing the planes upward. More bombs fell and although some hit close enough to shower decks with water, the transport escaped a direct hit.

Bomber Falls In Flames An enemy bomber, meanwhile, was bagged by the ship's gunners and fell with a trail of smoke beyond the hills back of Dutch Harbor. A Japanese fighter plane staggered and plunged, flaming, into the harbor. Another fell on land. But most of the invaders were still in the air and their marksmanship was accurate. They hit an oU tank, blowing it 500 feet into the air.

They blasted warehouses and barracks. Streets of Dutch Harbor and Unalaska were machine-gunned. Three sailors in a gun position were killed by a direct hit. A ma- Continued On Page 8. Column 5) couragement on the Russian situation.

United Nations shipping losses and the prospects for keeping the sea lanes open, were also discussed, Mr. Rayburn said. Asked whether there had been any discussion of opening a second European front, Mr. Rayburn said "not specifically, but it always comes up." A Pacific War Council luncheon was arranged to follow an extraordinary meeting of the council which convened after the conference with congressional leaders. Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Undersecretary Sumner Welles were invited to the luncheon.

Later, Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill were scheduled to meet separately with Mr. Hull, British Ambassador Lord Halifax and Prime Minister W. L.

Mackenzie King of Canada. HigK-Voltage Brings in 5 Osculation Millions On 10-Day Tour By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN United Press Staff Writer HOLLYWOOD, June 25 Lana Turner reported a multi-million dollar sale today in kisses (and war bonds) and said she believed her venture into combining high finance and os- culation was an unqualified sue cess. She re ceivea no complaints irom any client. The customers who paid $50,000 each got their money's worth, she said, in bonds.

The eminently kissable Miss Tur ner was home from a tour of San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Spo kane, Tacoma and way places, dur ing which she sold $5,250,000 worth of kisses and securities. That's a lot of money, Miss Turner said. The blond Lana had just fin ished some concentrated kissing in the arms of an expert, named Clark Gable, when she started her tour 10 days ago. Swell Speeches Ditched I had no idea I'd be doing more kissing," she said. "The studio as signed three of its best writers to write me some bond-selling speeches.

They were swell speeches, all about friends, Romans and countrymen. I told the head men I couldn't talk that kind of stuff. I never had ap peared before the public before. I didn't know how to make speeches. So I just told the people I couldn't make speeches.

I told 'em guessed they knew as well as I did why they should buy bonds. So I said buy em. They did. It was wonderful." Or at least it was until Miss Turner, her mother, and her press agent reached Portland, where there were more press agents. "Kind of Cheap' And they told me that It would be a good idea if I'd kiss the buyer of $50,000 bonds," she continued.

"I said I thought that was kind of cheap. They said not at $50,000 each, it wasn't. Anyhow, they'd advertised that there'd be kisses. There were kisses. The first $50,000 customers were two nice old ladies.

That was a kind of jolt. But I took their money and kissed them both full on the mouth. They were sweet, those old ladies. "Then I kissed three, men. Two of them seemed to want kisses on the mouth.

That is what they got. The third was little and about 80 years old. He walked with a cane. Wanted His Kiss' "But he had his $50,000 and he wanted his kiss. Only when he came to get it he seemed terribly nervous.

"So I just kissed him on the cheek. He seemed to appreciate that. He hobbled away, blushing, and that seemed to exhaust the $50,000 cus tomers. Many another yelped that he'd put up $18.75 any ol day to kiss Lana Turner. "And then there came a 21-year- old boy who said he was joining the Air Corps the very next day, Miss Turner continued.

"He said he'd taken $5000, his entire life savings, and that he wanted a kiss. Kissed Him Twice' I didn't see how such a young boy could have saved up $5000, but there it was. So I gave him a kiss, too. Then the newsreel men said we'd have to do it over again. "So I kissed him twice.

During the second kiss the crowd seemed to rumble. Then they cheered. It was amazing." Miss Turner said she had given considerable thought to the ques tion: When a gentleman pays for a bond and a kiss, has he got his mind on investing his money at three per cent? "I sincerely hope the answer is, she said. A kiss at $50,000 really is pretty expensive. Believe me, it isn't worth it." Parking Lots Donate Space During Claekout When the blackout signal sounds, downtown parking lots will throw open their facilities free to all cars on the streets, the Downtown Park ing Assn.

reported today If motorists remove their cars from the lots within 15 minutes of the end of the total blackout there will be no charge, the Association said. The Moon Is Down- John Steinbeck's best-selling novel has captured the imagination of America. It will be published with illustrations in The Press, starting Sunday By The United Press WASHINGTON, June 25 Establishment of an "European theater of operations for United States forces" presumably a prelude to eventual opening of a second European front by the United Nations was announced by the War Department today. Designated as commander of the new war theater was Maj. Gen.

wight D. Eisenhower. 51-year-old GEN. WIGHT D. EISENHOWER Commands "European theater." strategist and until now assistant chief of staff in charge of the Army's operations division.

Area of Combat In Army parlance a "theater of operations" normally means an area of actual or prospective combat, as distinguished from a training area. The American forces In Northern Ireland and England thus far. have been engaged in training. li Establishment' of the European operations theater follows-- close after formal announcement that the need for creation of a second European front was agreed upon In the recent conferences here between President Roosevelt and Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov. Many U.

S. Army officials have visited London in recent weeks, con ferring with British leaders about combined operations by British troops and the thousands of U. S. troops which have been landed in Britain. General Eisenhower, Chief of Staff Gen.

George C. Marshall, and Air Forces Chief Lieut. Gen. H. H.

Arnold, have been included in these talks. Already in London A dispatch from London revealed that General Eisenhower arrived there last night. It also disclosed that he had conferred with Mr. Roosevelt and British Prime Min ister Winston Churchill now conferring here with the President as late as Monday. The War Department made public a statement by General Eisenhower in which he said formal establishment of a European theater "is a logical step in co-ordinating the ef forts of Great Britain and the United States." He noted that Churchill and Mr.

Roosevelt, in their December conferences, "heartened the people of the United Nations by moving swiftly to merge the military and economic strength of Britain and the United States for a more common effort." Cites Yanks in Britain "At that Washington conference," he said, "they set a more effective pattern for unqualified partnership than has ever before been envisaged by allied nations in pursuit of a common purpose. Only recently they have met again to bring combined action into even closer coordination. The presence here in the British Isles of American soldiers and pilots in rapidly increasing numbers is evidence that we are hewing to the line of that pattern. General Eisenhower's appointment does not change the status of Maj. Gen.

James E. Chaney as commanding general of U. S. forces in all the British Isles, or of Maj. Gen.

Russell Hartle as commander of U. S. forces in Northern Ireland. General Eisenhower's command tops both. General Eisenhower was bom in Tyler, Tex, Oct.

14, 1890, attended the U. S. Military Academy and entered the Army as a second lieu tenant in 1915. THE WEATHER Local Continued cool today mad tonight with a tendency toward nanc lowly. Temperatures at PitUborrn (last 24 boars i Hirhest 73.

lowest 58. mean 64. Highest and lowest temperatures a rear aco. and 64. Clear.

Temperstnra readings ieporte by United LANA TURNER Her kiss worth DISPUTE ARISES OVER RENT CZAR Boyle Mentioned, Father Rice Goes to Classes See an editorial. Czar," on Page 12. "The Rent A controversy was developing here today over the appointment of a Federal rent "czar" for the nine-county Pittsburgh "defense rental area." On the heels of a published re port that Attorney Hugh C. Boyle was being seriously considered for thj $6500-a-year post. Rev.

Charles Owen Rice, chairman of the Pittsburgh Fair Rent Committee, left for Chicago to attend classes for OPA rent directors who will assume their rent-control duties next week. This aroused some speculation because it had been" believed that Father Rice's candidacy for the job had been rejected by the Office of Price Administration after some deliberation. Job 'Still in Doubt' Questioned in Chicago, Deputy OPA Administrator Paul Porter said the Pittsburgh appointment is "still in doubt" and denied that any Pitts burgh representative is attending the "brnshup" classes. But Father Rice also was inter viewed at the meeting and though he declined to comment on the controversial aspects of the situa tion acknowledged that he was "here to get some pointers on the office set-up, registrations and the like." Confirms Opposition The priest himself, director of St. Joseph's House of Hospitality in the Hill District, confirmed that sub stantial opposition to his appointment had arisen.

Mr. Boyle, it was learned, was not a candidate for the job but was chosen from a field of several nom inees as a "compromise" between the forces favoring Father Rice and those opposing him. Asked today whether he would accept the appointment if it was tendered to him, Mr. Boyle, solicitor for the City Controller's office, re plied: "I would." Emphasizing that he had received (Continued On Page 8. Column 6) States forces" with Maj.

Dwight D. Eisenhower in command. This apparently was a prelude to the opening of a second European front by the Allies, as a "theater of operations' in military language means an area of actual or prospective combat, as distinguished from training areas such as Ireland. Three enemy columns under Nazi General Erwln Rommel crashed across the Libyan frontier, throw ing their main strength into the Sidi Omar sector some 35 miles from the Mediterranean coast, and forced the British to fall back from their frontier forts at Solium to avoid en circlement. IT.

S. Planes Are Active The Germans reached a point southeast of Sidi Barrani, which lies 55 airline miles inside the fron tier although the Axis units prob ably had penetrated Egypt as much as 65 or 70 miles by road. American Air Corps B-24 bombers joined with the RAP in one of thr heaviest attacks of the war on the Libyan base of Benghazi in an effort to break up General Rommel's sup ply lines, and other Allied planes battered German trucks and tanks in the forward battle zone. But General Rommel obviously had been able to strike before the crippled 8th Army could get set, and dispatches from Cairo and London indicated that General Neil Ritchie might not be able to make a strong stand short of Mersa Matruh, which is 140 miles inside Egypt. The present Axis penetration to Sidi Barrani already has edged past the high water mark of the Italian invasion of 1940.

Threat te Naval Base The Axis gains provided a threat to the Alexandria naval base some 250 miles eastward at a time when Axis armies on the Russian front were hammering at great cost into the Crimean naval base of Sevas topol and driving tank wedges into the Soviet lines on tne KJiarsov front. There was no decisive change on either the Sevastopol or Kharkov front, but Moscow dispatches con tinued to speak of growing enemy offensive operations near Kharkov and told of the almost complete "scorched earth destruction of Sevastopol once a beauty spot of the Crimea. Blow Not Yet Decisive The Axis victory on the Egyptian border was attributed to General Rommel's ability to strike quickly. The blow to the British Eighth Army was one of the most severe of the North African war, although by (Continued On Page 16, Column 4) the American people Russia's now unanimous expectancy of a second front in 1942. London and Washing ton have given their pledges.

As a consequence, the Russian people and the Red armies, entering their second year of desperate and un ceasing struggle, look to their ful fillment with high hopes hopes which would be punctured most cruelly should an armed Anglo- American Invasion of continental Europe be adjourned one day beyond the absolute trUnfawm required for the necessary preparation of this all-important diversion. "Neither Soviet officials nor the Russian people question the solemn a TWO ANTI-SUB VESSELS SUNK Navy Department Reveals Loss of 20 in Crews By The United Press WASHINGTON, June 25 The Navy today announced the sinking of two small anti -submarine patrol vessels in the Atlantic by Axis submarines, with a loss of 20 lives. The ships were the Gannet, a seagoing tog, and the YP-3S9, a small fishing craft. The Gannet was torpedoed and sunk with a loss of 16 persons out of a crew estimated at 55 officers and men. The YP-389 was sunk by gunfire with a loss of four of its crew.

Both commanding officers Lieut. Francis Edward Nnessle of the Gannet and Lieut. Roderick J. Philips of the YP-389 were among the survivors. These sinkings brought to 48 the total of naval vessels lost through various causes in this war.

Mayor Scully Sued In Gold Mine Case A New York consulting engineer today sued Mayor Cornelius D. Scully in Common Pleas Court for alleged non-payment of a $780 bill for professional services and expenses in a survey of some California gold mine properties. Frederick Fearing, a mining and metallurgical engineer, declared in the suit filed by Attorney Clair D. Moss that he had been engaged by Mayor Scully to survey the Hoge mine of the Great Northern Gold Mine, in Grass Valley, in the Nevada City District of California. His report was rendered last May 21, Mr.

Fearing declared, but the Mayor has defaulted on the bill of $750 for professional services and $30 for expenses. Second Czech Town Reported Wiped Out Bp The United Press NEW YORK, June 25 The Brit ish radio reported today that the Bohemian village of Lesaty. in Czechoslovakia, had been "wiped out" by the Germans, according to Budapest radio report. "The village was burned to the ground as was done with the village of Lidice and the whole population was charged with aiding enemy parachute saboteurs and being involved in the assassination of Rein-hard Heydrich," the broadcast said. Traveling World Series The National League has proposed a "travel ing World Series this year.

If it is accepted by the American, several cities will see the annual base ball spectacle this year. See Harry Grayson's story today on Page 20 Harmony Dus Line Strike Threatened The Harmony Short Line Transportation serving a large area in the Allegheny Valley, was served notice today that its 80 union driven would go on strike tomorrow midnight. Harry Klein, president jof the unions local, said the strike notice was served because the company had refused to arbitrate the dis-. charge of a driver following an accident in which, several persons were injured May 6. David I.

McCahill vice president and general manager of the company, said the driver had a "poor driving record" and the company's insurance carrier had refused to insure any vehicle operated by him. Churchill Insists Britain Sto wc Warns the Uhi ted Nations Russian People Stake All On Hopes For Second Front By LELAND STOWE Copyright. 1042. by The PitUtrarrt Press and "Th Chicago Daily 9ews. Inc.

Can And Will Hold Egypt The union invoivea is uivisiun 1067 of the Amalgamated Assn. of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes. A. F. of L.

Important Features On Inside Pages Page Army News.23-29 Books -28 Bridge 28 Broadway ....11 Clapper 19 Classified Clubs 15 Comics Crossword ....27 Deaths 23 Editorial Page.12 Fashions 15 Finance 22 Hollywood ....11 Home .29 Letters ..12 Page 10 ....19 23 2 14 Monarian My Day Obituaries Parry Pattern Pegler 19 Radio Serial 29 27 Short 28 Smith, Society Sports 20-21 Theaters Uncle 27 Vital Stat 22 Weather .....22 Williams, Al. .19 PRESS TELEPHONES Classified Ads COurt 4900 Other Depts COurt 7200 Er The United Press WASHINGTON, June 25 Prime Minister Wintson Churchill told Congressional leaders today at a White House conference that Britain feels confident she can hold Egypt against the mechanized drive of Germany's desert legions. Joseph W. Martin, told newsmen in a joint press con ference with Speaker Sam Rayburn that Mr. Churchill had given con siderable encouragement on the African situation despite the serious reverses this week.

"He indicated there is no danger of losing Mr. Martin said. The conferees agreed that they too were greatly encouraged by the presentation of the situation on the war fronts made by President Roosevelt. They also disclosed that Mr. Churchill had offered en-, MOSCOW, June 25 If anything, even further serious Allied reverses in Libya or elsewhere, should conceivably be permitted to cause a postponement of creation of a second front in the west this year, the resultant disillusionment of the great mass of Russian people would be almost immeasurable.

Simultaneously, the present steadily mounting and invaluable cooperation between the Soviet, British and American governments and leaders would suffer such a setback as to constitute, diplomatically, militarily and psychologically, a major disaster for the- Allied cause. These two facta cannot possibly be overemphasised in reporting to states earner Midniffht S3 9 a. 61 la. m. -62 10 a.

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