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WILMINGTON MORNING NEWS, WILMINGTON. DELAWARE. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 24, 1942 TWENTY-ONE Roosevelt, Churchill Study CHURCH CARNIVAL RUBBER TO ADM Author of the week By JOHN SELBT HEADS ANNOUNCED YOUTH II Vital War Shipping Problem White House Describes Day's Conference One of Most Important of British Prime Minister's Current Visit to America WASHINGTON June 23 The shipping problem, an essential point in any consideration of Allied strategy, was attacked today by President ap Drive to Open A ll-Rail Route to Singapore Stalled Chinese Counter Attacking Successfully In Effort to Block Foe's Attempt To Get Line Immune to Sea Threat By WILLIAM McGAFFIN Associated Press Correspondent CHUNGKING, June 23 The Japanese drive to open an all-rail route from Shanghai to Singapore and thus obtain communications immune to sea attack, has been stalled at least temporarily on two of the vital fronts nd the Chinese are counter attacking successfully at some places, government sources announced today. But the Invaders have reinforced their armies in the Cheklang-Kiangsi ftheatre, where they are trying to SENATE MOVES TO DROP 6 WPA REGION OFFICES WASHINGTON.

June 23 (U.R) The Senate appropriations committee today voted to abolish six regional Works Projects Administration offices and to reduce the entire 1943 WPA budget $500,000,000 below that of the current year. Abolition of the regional offices will save about $750,000 annually, but the committee at the same time increased the appropriations for slate offices about $1,000,000. The regional offices are in New York, New Orleans, Atlanta. St. Paul, Chicago and Salt Lake City.

The committee spproved a total of $314,400,000 for the coming year, compared to the current fiscal appropriation of $858,592,797. This will mean a cut of 57? ,000 persons from WPA rolls. An estimated will be employed next year compared to the 975.000 on WPA rolls this year. Roosevelt. Prime Minister Churchill conference was offlaially described as and their ranking advisers.

Tne one of the most important of the British officials' current visit. In addition, the White House disclosed that the President and Prima forge one part of the link, and, for FELTON SOLDIER AMONG MISSING IN SHIP SINKING Continued From First Page 13 three days before the vessel he was aboard was sunk. Last Feb. 17 Corporal Simpler had been transferred to Iceland. Corporal Simpler was born at Fel-ton and educated in the Felton schools.

He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1938 and that same year became associated with the Equitable Trust Company. Bis father Is a former superintendent of the Felton schools. The family has not been notified officially, Mr. Simpler said last night. i In addition to his parents.

Corporal Simpler has a brother, Bar-ratt Simpler, who is graduating from the Williamson Trade School near Media Friday and leaves within a few days for service in the Navy, and a sister, Miss Caroline Simpler, employed by the DuPont Company In this city. Corporal Simpler's ship went down in three minutes when two enemy torpedoes struck her. Many of those aboard were trapped in their cabins below deck when the ship, running at full speed, suddenly heaved over on its side and then went down before its 10 lifeboats could be launched. Four New Jersey men one crew member and three soldiers were listed among the missing. They were Victor Price, 54, of Jersey City, deck watchman: Fred Gromisch, 33, and James Delaney, both of Jersey City, and James Sadler of Montclair.

Attack Described 1 The survivors, including 23 U. S. soldiers, brought to an East Coast port by vessels which were nearby when the ship sank, said "She was blown to hell." There was not even time to fire the deck gun at the raider before the ship listed. Only a few liferafts could be cut away to help the men struggling in the water. Capt.

Arthur E. Buck, 51, a pilot for the British Admiralty, said "I dont know why everyone wasn't killed. The torpedoes appar ently tore the ship in half causing a list of 70 to 75 degrees." who was in the wheel house, grasped a floating door as the water reached the bridge but saw the sec ond torpedo coming directly at him. He swung back toward the freighter but was almost sucked into the sinking smokestack. He swam out, caught at another piece of wreckage and was later hauled onto a life raft.

Edwin R. Kramer, 20-year-old third officer, said Capt. Twiggs E. Brown, skipper of the ship, ordered the men to "save yourselves." Kramer held on to the sinking ship until he could cut a raft away with his knife and later pulled six men on with him. "We found three other floating rafts," he said, "and lashed them to ours.

One parted as a naval vessel tried to take us aboard and we in the other three floated away and were picked up three hours later by another Kramer said a naval gunner got one shell into his gun but was unable to fire it because the ship was listing so heavily. 86 Saved Off British Ship The story of a merchant skipper and two other officers who perished 'after returning to a torpedoed freighter in an attempt to bring it safely into port was told by survivors of the British ship sunk. Rene Kraus strikes the balance of hate in Europe with his "Europe in Revolt." This is not only the story of the anti-Hitler movements in the subjugated countries; it is the story of the cancerous cruelty that keeps these movements alive in spite of mass murders running as high as half a million. It is also an exciting and a useful chronicle, and it will be read by thousands. HOUSE UNIT HITS WASTE OF ARMY HEADS Continued From First Page bomber yet we had none.

We are Just getting them now. We pioneered in self-sealing gas tanks. but abandoned them and the Germans demonstrated how necessary they The Maritime Commission, the report declared, "has faued to pro vide adequately for the movement of strategic raw mateiiais by use of the tonnage actually or potentially under its control. Overall, the committee said that it had uncovered eviience disclosing a sordid picture of excessive com missions by brokers, profile by ven dors, exhorbltant salaries, bonuses and huge fees for management and related services in many war department contracts." The government has a responsi bility, committeemen said, to "eliminate exhorbltant profits not afte the war is over but during tne period the war is being prosecuted. The committee report, as filed in the house, bore only the signatuie of Rep.

May (D-Ky as chairman The split within the committee over making the report public today flared into the open during de bate in the House on the 000,000 war supply bill. Two Democratic committee mem bers, Kilday and Thomason of Texas, sharply criticized the com mittee's action, while May and Rep resentative Andrews iR-NY), ranking minority member, defended it. Thomason and Kilday complained that the report was rushed through before members had sufficient time to study it despite the fact it con tained serious charges. May told the House he was "Just a little disappointed" at Thomason 's attitude. He insisted that the re port was merely a compilation of in terim reports made from time to time in the past by the committee's three Investigating sub-committees.

it tne time has come when a com mittee cannot criticize those "who are entitled to be criticized," the Kentuckian said heatedly, "we bet ter adjourn." ABBOTT AND C0STELL0 SEND AID TO PATIENT HOLLYWOOD. June 23 UP) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello sent an iron lung by air today to Jay, to help Mason Williams, 49. in his struggle lor life. The film comedians obtained the apparatus from the Women's Ambu lance and Defense Corps after read ing of Williams plight in local news papers. A nervous ailment has deprived Williams of control of his respira tory system, and for five months he has been kept alive by friends administering artifical respiration in relays.

MOTION TO CENSURE CHURCHILL DRAFTED BY CONSERVATIVES Continued From First Page British decision to try to hold Tobruk "an error in judgment," justified only if a quick counter-offensive was planned. "Divided Control" Scored (Simultaneously, according to United Press, Lord Strabolgl, La-borite whip in the House of Lords, declared in a speech at Bedford tonight that, "We are suffering from divided control between the Prime Minister and the President of the United States All these comings and goings of key men across the Atlantic has shown there -is no real unity of command." He said a second front should have been opened last autumn but that the Allied commanders were "reluctant" until April.) Much of Attlee's statement con sisted of a long telegiam from Gen Sir Claude J. E. Auchinleck. the British commander in the Middle East, dealing with military developments up to Saturday, the day before Tobruk fell before an Axis assault of all arms.

Neither this telegram nor Attlee statement mentioned the fight be tween British tanks and anti-tank guns on June 13, the fight which experts call the decisive action of this last desert campaign. Auchinleck's report closed with the statement: "The Eighth Army still is in the field and has already received and is still receiving further reinforcements." Reports Naval Losses Attlee added: "The position is dif ficult but the fight for Libya con tinues. We still have strong forces in the field. Substantial reinforce ments, both land and air, which already have been dispatched are arriving while others are on then-way Any further advance by the enemy, who also has had heavy losses, will be stoutly opposed by our ground and air Churchill's spokesman also sum marized the Mediterranean convoy battles which preceded the climatic Libyan fighting, and disclosed "se rious" British losses which included one light cruiser, four destroyers and two smaller escort vessels sunk. Against this, he said, the Axis lost to combined American-British air and British naval action, one 8-inch cruiser, two destroyers and a U-boat sunk and "one battleship torpedoed." Previous official reports said two Italian battleships, the Littorio and the smaller Conte di Cavour, had been hit by American bombs or British aerial torpedoes.

Attlee said the Axis lost at least 65 planes; the British, 30. Auchinleck's telegram placed the "crucial moment" of the Libyan battle at the point late in May when Marshal Rommel's Axis African Corps was wedged in the British advanced mine-field line, exhausted, in difficulty with supplies and having fought itself to a standstill. "Had we been able to take advantage of the enemy's condition we might have turned the scale." reported Auchinleck. "In point of fact, however, we were equally exhausted and this was impossible." Reviews Battle Auchinleck disclosed that two Imperial divisions caught at the upper end of the advanced line were withdrawn east of Tobruk in an operation which was "largely successful," and then related Gen. Neil Ritchie's decision to withdraw his main strength toward the Egyptian frontier, "leaving what he considered to be an adequate garrison at Tobruk." Then, on June 20, "the enemy attacked Tobruk from the southeast and succeeded in penetrating the perimeter Here Attlee took up the story, telling how enemy tanks and trucks loaded with infantry passed through the perimeter gap and, in ensuing battle inside the perimeter, "we lost very heavily in tanks and the situation deteriorated rapidly.

During the night the mobile portion of the garrison began to fight its way out. We have as yet no details of the subsequent fighting In dealing with the Mediterranean Sea-air battles, Attlee disclosed that two conveys were started for Malta, one from west and one from east in order to divide the Axis forces wmcn were certain to attack in heavy force. The eastbound convoy, he said, reached Malta June 6 "although with serious losses." The westbound convoy, after passing sup ply snips into Tobruk, cruised while British and U. S. planes from Malta and Egypt attacked the main Italian fleet which was maneuvering to bar the convoy's passage to Malta.

So much fuel was used up in this "avoiding action" that the convoy had to turn back to Alexandria instead of proceeding to Malta. STOCKINGS TO MEET NEEDS PHILADELPHIA, June 23 (U.R) Alfred Hoffman, first vice-president, American Federation of Hosiery Workers, told the federations 31st annual convention today that the output of women's stockings this year will meet all needs but don't look for silk. Contribution of Small Sum Will Be Admission at Warner Theatre on Tuesday Plans are being made for a "rubber day" matinee at the Warner Theatre, 210 West Tenth Street, next Tues day morning when children will be admitted upon presentation of a small amount of rubber. The pro gram is being prepared by officials of the rubber salvage committee and Louis S. Black, manager of the theatre.

Although the amount of rubber which will be required for admittance has not been determined it is believed that the "fee" will be approximately three pounds of the material. It is expected the matinee will start at least 1,500 boys and girls ransacking for rubber which heretofore has not been gathered in the scrap rubber campaign. The show will be held on the closing day. of the campaign. Mr.

Black said according to tentative plans the doors of the theatre will open at 9:30 o'clock with the show beginning at 10 a. m. Cartoons and suitable program will be offered for the young patriots. 3,226 Pounds Collected A door to door collection to obtain scrap rubber remaining in the Cen- terville district will be made Saturday, Henry Stewart, salvage chair man of the district, announced. So far 3.226H pounds of scrap rubber have been turned In by residents of the district, 200 pounds of which were turned in yesterday.

The U. S. Department of Agricul ture and the county war boards yesterday urged every farm family to make a thorough search of their farms for scrap rubber. C. E.

Ochel-tree. chairman of the state war board, said Delaware's share in the drive requires the full cooperation of every rural family. Appeals for Donations Dean George L. Schuster, director of the agricultural extension service, said it was the duty of every citizen to turn in all reclaimed rubber. H.

V. Daniel, secretary of the Delaware Petroleum Industries Committee. also made an appeal that every man. woman and child turn in a five-pound quota of scrap rubber. The association of petroleum com panies is underwriting the campaign and is urging public support through newspaper advertising.

To meet the state quota, Mr. Daniel said, it will be necessary for some persons to double or triple their share to make up for small children and adults unable to contribute. The scrap rubber should be turned in at the near est service station where the donor will be reimbursed one cent per pound. II the money is not accepted the proceeds go to worthwhile organizations assisting the men in the service. ,5, IS Driver, Halted by Screams, Finds Youth Lying Under Front Wheels of Machine James Ferro, 5-year-old son of Mrs.

Charlotta Ferro, 1902 West Eighth Street, received bruises of the head, chest and legs when he was struck by an automobile driven by L. Granville Jones, 36, of Roland Park Boulevard, carrcroft, at Eighth and Lincoln Streets early last night. Jones told police he heard someone scream as he was pulling away from the curb in his car which had been parked at the south east corner of Eighth and Lincoln Streets. He stopped and found the boy lying beneath the front wheels. Jones picked the boy up and rushed him to St.

Francis Hospital where he was treated and released Damage estimated at $25 resulted from a collision between cars driven by Clayton Hughes of New Castle and Charles B. Donovan, 200 block West Street, at Sixth and Orange Streets earlier yesterday. Automobiles driven by Miss Eliza' beth M. Mitchell, 6 School Road, and Miss Beryl Long of 1811 West Fif teenth Street, collided at Park Drive and Lovering Avenue yesterday af ternoon, resulting in $15 damage. ORDERS TO CUT SCRAP DRIVE TIRES DROPPED WASHINGTON, June 23 (JP Orders to mutilate any good tires collected In the scrap rubber collec tion campaign were issued by the Petroleum Industry War Council on June 15 but were quickly cancelled, it was disclosed today.

The council is in charge of the scrap drive. Referring to reports of the mutilation of tires, its chairman, William R. Boyd, Jr, said in a statement: "On June 15, acting upon advice which appeared sound, I sent a telegram to the state chairmen suggest ing mutilation, the only intention being to make sure that all rubber coming into cur hands should reach reclaiming plants and not be sold to the public. The following day one of the government departments concerned convinced me that this was undesirable because it might mean that many tires that could be re habilitated might thus be lost. Recognizing the wisdom of this later advice, I cancelled forthwith the original suggestion on June 18.

Wethink that no harm whatsoever was done, and that very few tire car casses of any kind have been de stroyed by oil industry CONFEDERATES ELECT CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 23 OP Gen. Homer Atkinson, who says "the Lord sure looked after me" in the 1865 battle around Petersburg Va in, which only 25 of his regiment oi J-o iomeoerate comrades es caped, today was reelected com' mander-in-chief of the Order of Stars and Bars. BOY INJURED WHEN HIT BY A TO New Castle Fete To Open Tomorrow Night; Salvage Collection Plans Made Special to The Morning News NEW CASTLE, June 23 James Carlin, chairman of the annual carnival of St. Peter's R. C.

Church, has announced the following assisting on the several committees: Mrs. Helen White, Mrs. Ann McHugh, Mrs. Catherine Peden, Mrs. Marga ret Tobtn, Mrs.

Ann Gallagher, Mrs. Emma Becker. Mrs. Madeline Gallagher, Mrs. Mary McCaffery, Mrs.

Gertrude Pee, Mrs. Blanche Gallagher, Mrs. Elizabeth Fitzgibbons and Mrs. Mary Taylor. Also Misses Helen Reynolds.

Jean Keenan, Harriet White. Teresa Cochran, Catherine Weldon, Bar bara Dougherty, Angelina Giaco. melli. Vera Camelli, Pasqualina Di-menco, Elizabeth Becker. Catherine Duffy, Jean Murphy, Vera Tidwell.

waroiyn Klein, Frances Keenan, Agnes Cochran, Louise Nield, Rita Lieonard. Also James Carlin. James Rvan Santo Suppe, Joseph Duffy, George wmi, uonunicic cniriiii, John Free-bery, John Becker. William Gott James Cocela. Francis Duffy, John tteynoias, waiter Kllnk.

Frank Ya-cucci, Stanley Klein. Francis White James Walls. James McDevitt, John Gallagher. Alex Gallagher, Henry Taylor, John McHugh, Robert White, Joseph Keenan, Thomas Fee, James lODin, Edward Keenan. James Hance, Albert Schuchardt, John Mc Devitt, Harry Gallagher, Hubert Taylor and Henry Gallagher.

The carnival Is to open on Thursday night and will continue until July 4. Addresses Rotary Meeting Tonight George T. Lvon. Jr chief observer of the Aircraft Warning Service of the community, addressed tne meeting of the Rotary Club and replaced Donald C. Banks, who had Been scheduled to speak.

The need of the service and the method of carrying out the schedule were discussed by the speaker. Lyon will serve tomorrow on the inspection committee to visit the several Posts in this locality. The final mteting of the season of St. John's Lodge, No. 2.

A. F. A. will be held tomorrow night in the Masonic Temple. Plans for the installation of the recently elected officers will be completed at that time.

The new officers include: Worshipful master, Donald Ransom: senior warden, J. Ralph Dulinz: Junior warden, James Kilvington. secretary, Jesse A. McKay, and treasurer, Howard L. Wilhelm.

Thursday night Caesar Rodney Chapter. No. 8, Order Eastern Star. will meet in the chapter loom. An all-day salvage collection by city employes will take place on Fri day.

The chairman, the Rev. George F. Hanson, has announced that the scrap rubber, iron and paper is to bt placed outside the house and in event that there is some material that is very heavy, the men will assist in its removal. Further information regarding the collection may be obtained from the chairman or any member of tne committee-Mrs. John MacLulich, Mrs.

William J. Krienen, the Rev. John E. Frencn and the Rev. Andrew E.

F. Anderson. The material receivea wili be deposited at Quillen Brothers Garage and sold by the committee. Free Library Planned A Free Library Commission for the Special School District has been named by Judge Frank Speakman, resident Judge of New Castle County. The commission consists Of Mrs.

Jacob H. Speicher, Mrs. William H. Cooper, Miss Reba T. Holcomb, Mrs.

Richard S. Rodney and James T. Eliason, Jr. The commission has organized with the election of Mrs. Rodney as president; vice-president, Mr.

Eliason; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Speicher. A lease has been obtained from the New Castle Library Company for the library building on East Third Street and the library will be operated there by the new commission. Books of reference will be purchased and works of fiction will be provided through the facilities of the New Castle County Library. All residents will have the use of the library.

STATE EMPLOYES JOIN UNION TRENTON, N. June 23 IP) Organizers of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes tonight began efforts to unionize New Jersey governmental workers with an enrollment of 17 attaches of the state Unemployment Compensation Commission. British Chiefs termediaries. His decisions are being executed within minutes. He can alter the course of battle before (under the British system) information on a situation is even started back to headquarters.

Auchinleck Often in Cairo Last winter, when I was in the desert, there was considerable discussion about Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck's policy of flying between battle headquarters and general headquarters In Cairo while Rommel stayed in the field almost constantly. Traveling along the battle fronts, one would hear that Rommel opened the day by personally leading one of his divisions lor several hours. Later British intelligence would learn that he raced 30 mites in an armored car to his left wing. Before nightfall he was likely to make several aerial trips over the battle lines.

That style of leading an army was foreign to some of the Middle East British leaders. Even during the winter's fighting it was common to see numerous brigadiers and colonels between 55 and 65 at the Cairo race track and other social centers, while their counterparts in the desert talked of esta bushing a solid front and ridiculed the value of dive bombers. Mimsted confererd at length yester day with Dr V. Soong, the Chl- nese foreign minister. The subject, said Stephen Early, Mr.

Roosevelt'a secretary, was "of course, China in a military sense. The Churchill-Roosevelt consul tations. Early said, had not yet reached the stage at which they could be discussed in detail and in public, -and Mr. Roosevelt's usual Tuesday afternoon press conference was cancelled. Early, however, reiterated a previous assertion that a statement would be Issued when the meetings are ended.

Is Critical Problem In taking up the shipping problem, Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill dealt with what numerous officials consider one of the more acute phases of the war situation. American shipyards are working at top speed and turning out vessels in record time. Their production as yet, however, is lagging below the number of ships destroyed by Axis submarines operating off the Eastern Seaboard.

The provision of ships to carry men an-1 supplies is one of the first necessities in creating a second front In Europe, or striking with concentrated power at the enemy in any theatre of war. Leaders Join in Parley For the first time during Churchill's visit, the White House announced the names of those who participated in the conference. They included: Harry L. Hopkins, the President's personal advisor; Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, head of the War Shipping Administration and co-chairman of the Anglo-American Shipping Board; Dr.

Arthur Salter, British chairman of the board: Lewis W. Douglas, deputy war shipping administrator; Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery, Maritime commission ship construction authority; Admiral Sir Charles Little of the Anglo-American combined chiefs of staff, J. W. Dorling, British supply representative; Admiral Ernest J.

King, commander-in-chief of the United States fleet and Vice Admiral S. M. Robinson, chief of the Navy's office of procurement and materials. CANADIAN FINANCE CHIEF ANNOUNCES STEEP TAX OTTAWA, June 23 VP) Finance Minister J. L.

Hsley tonight announced sharp general Increases In Canada's income, service and com modity taxes to help meet new war budget estimates of $3,900,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning April 1 an increase of almost $1,000,000,000, or one-third, over last years expenditures. The new taxes will add about $377,850,000 to Canada's revenue during the year. Ilsley said, but this would still leave the income short of the expenditures. The increased income tax will be collected at the source and will raise an estimated $115,000,000, or nearly one-third of the new revenue. Un der the new law a married man with an income of $2,000 a year and without children will be liable to a tax of $431 a year instead of present tax.

Of that amount, $231 will be the tax proper and $200 will be consid ered as compulsory minimum sav ings, be refunded alter the war at two per cent interest. Excess profit taxes will be In creased from 75 to 100 per cent, and additional taxes are added to present levies on tobacco, liquor, soft drinks, furs, transportation, telephones, chewing gum, jewelry, photographic supplies and other goods and services. Let freedom ring on Uncle Sam's cash register! Buy V. S. War Bond and Stamps! Weather Conditions Delaware Cooler windy Wednesday.

and rather LOCAL TEMPERATURES 8:00 a. 66 5:00 p. ....79 1:00 p. 75 Midnight 64 Maximum ....81 Minimum ....64 LENGTH OF TODAY (War Timet Sun rises, 5:29 a. sets, 8:36 p.

m. HIGH TIDES TODAY A. M. p. M.

Lewes 5:23 5:57 Kitts Hummock 6:53 7:27 Bombay Hook 7:01 7:35 Port Penn 7:31 8:05 Mouth of 8:56 9:30 Wilmington 9:01 9:35 General weather conditions at 7:30 p. m. (Eastern war time) last night, reported by the United States Weather Bureau at Philadelphia: Tmpmtara Lut Bears Low High Boston. Mam 1 7a Atlantic City. N.

i Buffalo, N. Chicago. DI 90 ST Cleveland, Ohio 63 si Detroit. Mich Harrisburg, Pa ti IXWUUIe. Ky 7J Miaiol.

Fla i. tt St New Orleans. 71 ac New York, Philadelphia Airport ti Pittsburgh. Pa. 7l Portland.

Me 70 St. Louis. Mo 7 fisn Antonio. Tex. It 3 Washington.

D. 7 It Winnipeg, Man 4 effective counter blows, the Chinese need more weapons from their Allies, a spokesman said. Since June 16 the Jaws of the Japanese trap have remained stationary, unable to close a 50-mile gap on the 450-mile loop of the Chekiang-Kiangsl railway looping southward from Hangchow and Nanchang, the spokesman said. Today the high command re ported that the Chinese attacking behind the east-bound spearhead had recaptured several points on the outskirts of Linchwan (Fu-chow), 45 miles southeast of Nanchang in Kiangsi. A counter-attack behind the west bound forces also succeeded in regaining temporary possession of Wuyi, south of Kinhwa.

Japanese- neid capital of Chekiang, the Chinese said, but a reinforced Japanese column struck back and occupied the town again and advanced to the south Linchwan Is 60 miles southwest of Kweiki, where the Japanese are stalled in their east-bound drive. and Kinhwa is 100 miles northeast of Shangjao, where the west-bound spearhead is still engaged in a bitter fight. On the southern front in Kwang-tung Province, where the Japanese several weeks ago began a campaign to complete their railway links, the spokesman said the enemy had been brought to a stop at the Pa River, about 40 miles north of Canton. In the Tsungfa area, 3f miles northwest of Canton, the Chinese have recaptured several villages, he said, while in the Samshui sector. 30 miles west of Canton the Japanese likewise have been unable to make progress.

Some of the bitterest fighting re ported today was in the Honan- Shansi border region north of the Yellow River, where Chinese charged headlong from their destroyed Tai-heng hill position. Gen. Liu Yueh-Ting, a divisional commander, despite wounds, led the charge, was wounded a second time and finally was captured in the bloody struggle. The Chinese said they killed between 400 and 500 Japanese. The communique said the Chinese, who previously were reported defending a mountain pass with rocks.

grenades and machine guns against a foe armed with artillery and planes, were continuing the battle. The spokesman said Japan's "mas ter plan" to link Shanghai and Singapore by rail line through China, Indo-China. Thailand and Malaya was the "key to successful continuation of her war against the United Nations. In view of their recent naval losses, he said, the Japanese know that sea-borne communication with their newly won South Asia pos sessions may soon be threatened. spokesman pointed out that railways already exist the whole dis tance except for about 300 miles between Liuchow in Kwangsi Province and the Indo-China border, The Japanese plan envisages seiz ure of the rest of the Hangchow- Nancnang line, then a drive south- westward from Nanchang to grab tne line connecting with the Han kow-Canton trunk railway below Changsha in Hunan Province, and a north and south pincers to get con trol or the latter line.

Already, it was pointed out. the Japanese have control of a network linking Shanghai with Nanking, Tientsin and Mukden in Manchuria, ana tne railway system in Korea Once she had complet the sys tem she would dependent upon seaborne transportation only across the short ferry lane from Japan to Korea On the Yunnan front above the Burma Road, the high command ac cused the Japanese of committing large-scale brutalities, including the Kiuing of 1,000 able-bodied Chinese youths and plundering and raping. WAR ORDERS BOOST A. C. F.

EARNINGS NEW YORK, June 28 The in creasing momentum of the nation's battle for production was indicated today by the American Car and Foundry Company's annual report announcing that earnings aug mented By the manufacture of tanks. shells, bombs and armor plate were the nest to more than 15 years. Net profits of the company and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended April 30 were $9,275,375 after interest, depreciation and provision for estimated income and excess profits taxes, or $12.09 a common share after preferred dividends. This compared with earnings of $5,161,129, or $5.23 a share, in the like 1941 period and with a net loss of $10,777 in the fiscal year ended April 30, 1940. "The uncertain factor," said Charles J.

Hardy, president, "is as to what of the profit resulting from the year's operations will ultimately be available for distribution by way of dividends," taxation legislation still being in the offing. Consolidated net sales billed were $216,336,507 while the company's backlog was $434,810,772. Hardy said. The company spent $11443,767 out of its own resources, he said, to pro vide additional war production facil ities. A $10,000,000 indebtedness to banks was liquidated.

DEBENTURE ISSUE PHILADELPHIA, June 23 The Celanese Corporation of America, the largest producer of cellulose acetate yams In the United States, filed with the securities and exchange commission today a regis trauon statement covering a proposed issue of $35,000,000 of three and one-half per cent debentures, due July 1962. -rVrt 'waft: a- CIVIC ASSOCIATION DEFERS ELECTION Holly Oak Group Will Name Officers, in October; Vacation Bible Study Ends Election of officers of the Holly Oak Civic Association, scheduled for last night, has been postponed until the third Tuesday in October. The nominating committee reported the following slate: President, William Steele and W. D. Wade; vice-president, Owen A.

Hoagland and Burton S. Heal; recording sec retary, Mrs. Thomas E. Stevens and Mrs. William Steele: corresponding secretary.

Norman Prick and Jack Birl; treasurer, Thomas E. Stevens and James S. Tipka. The Levy Court engineers are making a sewer survey. The association voted to defer ac tion on the proposed July 4 celebra tion and picnic.

Closing exercises of the Vacation Bible School of Holly Oak Methodist Church will be held Sunday -night in the church. Circles Nos. 1 and 2 of the Wo men's Society of Christian Service of Holly Oak Methodist Church held a combined meeting at the home of Mrs. Hoagland last night. Circle No.

1 will make a trip to Philadelphia and return on a Wilson Line boat leaving the Third Street wharf at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. July 7. MANY CONSUMER SERVICES PLACED UNDER PRICE CELING Continued From First Page the 12 months ended Feb. 28, 1942, as its base date, instead of the calendar year 1941. To prices pre vaumg In that period the seller adds the specified "cost-of-living" per centages.

The seasonal price section would work in this manner: A garage at a summer resort might customarily have charged 75 cents for a grease Job through the winter but have raised the price to $1.50 for the peak of the season, from July to Labor Day. If those prices were charged last year, the peak season price in 1942 would be $1.50 plus the cost-of living percentage, shown by the table to be 7.6. The dealer there fore may add 11 cents to $130, bringing his peak-season charge this year to $1.61. The "cost-of-living" table, ex pressing in percentages the increase to living costs month by month over the year ended February 28, 1942 follows: Percentage Period 12.9 us ill March 1, 1941, to April 14. 1841 April 15, 1941, to May 14, 1941 May 15, mi.

to June 14, 1941 June 15, 1941. to July 14, 1941 July 15, 1941. to August 14, 1941 August 15. 1941 to Sept. 14.

1941 93 8 5 7.6 5 7 4 1 3.7 3 4 2 1 1.2 Sept. 15. 1941. to Oct. 14, 1941 October 15.

1941, to Not. 14. 1841 November 15, 194 to Dec. 4 1941 December 15. 1941.

to Jan. 14, 1942 January 15. 1942 to Feb. 14. 1942 February 15.

1942, to Feb. 28, 1942 DIMOUT-BLACKOUT TEST GETS PERFECT SUPPORT Special to The Morning News KENNETT SQUARE, Pa, June 23 One hundred per cent response from civilian defense workers and full co-operation of citizens gen erally were reported in the dimout' blackout test in southeastern Chester County tonight. Two thousand per sons were on duty in the defense set-up. The dimout began at p. m.

with the total blackout lasting from 10:35 to 11:05 o'clock. The dimout was then resumed with only street lights and automobile parking 11 luminatlon permitted until dawn. Russell P. Brewer, defense co ordinator, said the series of test incidents staged throughout the night proved that not only wer defense workers well acquainted with their duties but also took pride in their work. The incidents were planned to simulate actual air raid conditions including fires, ambu lance calls, first aid, explosions, gas attacks and repair of public services.

RETREAD CERTIFICATES GIVEN IN BELLEFONTE Rationing Board No. 1-9 of the Mt. Pleasant Defense Council, at meeting at the home of the chair' man, Harold P. Dinsmore. 1105 Grandview Avenue, Bellefonte, last night awarded the following certifl cates: Howard L.

Robertson, 701 Brandy wine Boulevard, Bellefonte. two re treads; Capt. H. A. Southwood.

304 Brandywine Boulevard, one retread and one tube; John M. Mertz, 1405 Brandywine Boulevard, two retreads Emory C. Reader, 508 Philadelphia Pike, one retread: Ralph Hutson, 504 Philadelphia Pike, two retreads Mrs. Willard S. Wilson, 7 Lindsay Place, one retread and one tube George J.

Sola tar. 900 Marsh Road, two retreads and two tubes; William Edward Kelly. 600 Hillcrest Avenue, two retreads. Applications to the board are to be made in the future at 904 Orange Street, Wilmington. I ii The rescued men 83 members of I the vessel's crew and three passen- 1 gers were landed at an East Coast port after their large freighter was torpedoed the night of June 15 i about 75 miles off the New England i coast.

Paul Stansbury, 26, the third offl- per. told the story a very black night, a submarine no one saw, and two torpedoes, the first striking to i the vicinity of the engine room, de- I atrnvimr communication with the I hridee. and Dassengers abandoned all safely excepting an oiler -who died in uie nrst cui'1 an engineer who was trapped by a grating at the top of an engineroom Rommel Stayed at Front; ladder and arownea. Men Return to Ship At daybreak, with the vessel set- I riowlv but still afloat, me sur I "Tlvors were taken from lifeboats by I rescue ship. rant.

EL C. Jeffery, his chief ottV i cer, Philip Munday, and an officer of the rescue vessel returned to the I freighter in a small boat with five I nth men and signalled that they could get the torpedoed ship into Had Jump on By VIRGIL PINKLET LONDON, June 23 (U.R) Britons, angrily demanding to know why their army suffered a quick and humiliating defeat in Libya, might find the answer in the person of Marshal Edwin Rommel, German desert fox who once again outwitted and outmaneuvered the British Tank Corps. Dispatches from desert correspondents who witnessed the battles that preceded the fall of Tobruk all stress the role played by Rommel. Says Rommel Acted "All the time, Rommel was making moves, we were making counter moves." one wrote. "He acted; we reacted." Whether Rommel was the difference between defeat and victory is debatable, but the fact that he usually commanded his forces personally undoubtedly gave him the edge in making split-second decisions at the scene.

The Germans stressed speed and during the fighting they hardly bothered to blackout their camps. They freely gave away their positions at night by sending up Very lights to communicate with each other and in moments of emergency they sent un coded messages. Rommel can maneuver with the least possible delay. Information i comes to him direct, not through in Then Stansbury said, the after I bulkheads must have given way sud- denly. for the ship began to settle rapidly.

1 The three officers jumped into the I i small boat, tied at the torpedoed freighter's side, and as the merchant -1 man sank it dragged the small boat I' and its three men with it. 8 I. The five others were thrown clear 1 and managed to crawl aboard a life-I raft that washed clear of the sink-I lng vessel. CAMBRIA STOCKHOLDERS APPROVE PROPERTY SALE PHILADELPHIA, June 23 I i Stockholders of the Cambria Iron I Company voted at a special meet- I lng today to accept an offer by the Bethlehem Steel Company to buy all Cambria's property for an amount I equal to $55 a share on the 169,356 Cambria shares outstanding. xnjm A spcaesman wi iu voted to accept tne oner negative votes..