The Neosho Daily News from Neosho, Missouri • Page 1

NEOSHO DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, AUGUST SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS Russians Withdraw From The Maikop Oil Fields NUMBER 172. Jap-German Relations None Too Good RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. Japs and the Nazis may lock arms in public, but they're suspicious of each other in private. Robert T. Bellaire, United Press correspondent, says that relations between the two Axis partners are I privately described in Tokyo as "un- satisfactory." reporter was slapped in a concentration camp after Pearl Harbor, and now is on his way home with diplomats and other nationalists.

Bellaire says that Germans in Japan were under almost the same surveillance as Americans and British before December 7th, and the Germans themselves say they expect' punishment when heavy attacks are made on the Island empire, or if a wave of sabotage sweeps the country, i The correspondent says that Ger- many tried in vain to get Japan to strike at Russia. These efforts were resented by the Japs who apparently wanted to follow their own schedule of attack. Bellaire says it is noteworthy that Japan's plan for development of her conquered area never included a place for Germany in the Japanese spoils. BOTH RED FLANKS ARE CRUMBLING 12 Workmen Trapped As Brewery Falls MILWAUKEE, Aug. 11.

(U.R)— Rescue workers have recovered the body of one of 12 workmen trapped when a brewery warehouse collapsed yesterday. Today they are continuing the search with the aid of a steam shovel and hundreds of volunteer workmen, police and firemen. Pour doctors and two Catholic priests are waiting to give aid in case any men are found still living. The underpinning of the 30-year- old building gave way while 25 men were inside remodeling it. Thirteen men escaped as the four story building rumbled ominously and began to! fall.

However, six of them were in-, jured, one critically. A second cave-! in occurred while firemen and volunteers were placing supports under danger wots in parts of the building! that still stood. No one was injured in the second accident. The man whose body has been recovered was William Schaedlich. Those listed as still missing by the J.Schlitz Brewing Louis Klumb, William Lutz, Joseph Mustapich, Leo Buelow, Charles Tisch.

Al Huth. Er- vln Wickert. Prank Giersch. Ervin Heinz, Ervin Glinklewich and Harry Kohl. The injured man who escaped Is Paul Stout, who suffered head injuries.

CANTON BOMBED United States Army Air Force Headquarters at Hengyang, Aug. 11. (U.R) American Army bombers dumped tons of bombs on Japanese military objectives in Canton in a big-scale raid today. However, Stalingrad Defenders Hold Fast (Dy the United Pren) The Germans are rolling down on the north Caucasus oil fields by sheer weight of men and metal. Overwhelming Nazi tanks and countless squads of machine gunners are sweeping toward the Mai- kop oil from two directions Kras- nodar on the northwest, and Armavir on the northeast.

Moscow acknowledges that the weight of numbers is forcing their lines back in both places. The Russians still are fighting savagely in the Maikop area itself, and Berlin admits it, but with both flanks crumbling, it may be only a question of time before the Red Army has to abandon the oil wells, after destroying all installations. Nazis Retreat at Stalingrad In the Stalingrad area, the Russians are holding doggedly, though the Germans are hurling in heavy reinforcements to replace tremendous losses. In fact northwest of the city, the Red Army took the initiative in several sectors and forced a German retreat. Southwest of Stalingrad, the lines have not budged an inch in the past 36 hours.

The Germans are using large numbers of machine-gunners as well as tanks, but Russian tanks, planes, artillery and men are mowing the enemy troops down and taking a big toll of their tanks. Red Forces Separated Soviet Marshal Timoshenko has his main forces defending Stalingrad. They are now virtually cut off from his other armies fighting in the Caucasus. London observers figure Tim- oshenko made a wise move in deciding to hold Stalingrad while withdrawing his other forces toward the Caucasus mountains. Eventually, they may be able to reorganize and stage a comeback.

At the same time, his main army remains-intact to stage a defense on the Volga, or, if necessary, in the Ural Mountains. That, says the American Ambassador to Moscow, Admiral Standley, is the determination of the Russians. Standley says the Red Army hasn't thought for a moment of quitting, but he admits the people have been disappointed about the absence of an Allied second front so far though there are no official complaints. Shipping losses, the Ambassador says, are ithe biggest Allied complication. ALLIES FIGHTING TO ENLARGE BEACHHEADS IN THE SOLOMONS Solomons Were Jap Base For Invasion Of Australia "SOME SUCCESS" REPORTED BUT DETAILS LACKING COOLER TEMPERATURE A thunderstorm which struck Neosho last night brought a precipitation of .31 inches of rain, and delightfully cool temperature.

Yesterday's maximum temperature was 80, and the minimum of last night was 5d. Thompson's ambulance. Fnone 47 INCOME STOPPED JUST WHEN THIY NEIDED IT MOST From the size of their inheritance, you'd have thought they were well off. Actually they were in serious need. Before they could touch a penny of the estate, taxes had to be paid.

This took cash, of which they had none. After long months, the property was sold at great sacrifice to meet taxes. Make sure your family will have ready cash when they need it most. One way to make this provision is through a Life Insurance Trust. For all details write or call at our Trust Department.

We have a certificate issued by the Foderal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, authorizing this bank to sell United States Defense Savings Bonds, and we have them ready for delivery. Yoa should have a Barings Aeeovnt If possible, even if yon do not need a regular Cheeking Account. MONET TO LOAN All applications for loans given prompt consideration. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Member Federal Reserve System Neosho, MJsMKri the United Preu) The present Allied assault on the Solomon islands will if successful deprive the Japs of a base from which they might launch a flank attack against the United Nations supply lines. That is one reason for the present let revent any interference with the flow of men and materials from the United States to Australia I The islands themselves have very little commercial value.

They are populated mostly by Malays and Papu; ans who export small quantities of i coffee, nuts, tropical fruits and Sandalwood. i The Solomons were put under tralian mandate in 1920 by the (League of Nations. They form a chain of small islands running northwest-southeast about 750 miles off the northeastern coast of Australia With a total area of 17,000 square miles, their total population before the war was around 200,000 persons Spanish explorers discovered the islands in 1567 but is was more than 200 years before a detailed exploration of the Solomons was begun. NEW WAVE OF UNREST SWEEPS THE CONTINENT (By the L'niliil l'ri-sa) The Germans dominated the air warfare during the night with another of their vengeance raids on England. One bomber scored several direct hits on a mental hospital near an east coast town.

At least 12 patients and staff workers were killed Other bombers blew up a farm house, but most of their missiles, which included phosphorus incendiary bombs, landed in fields. A new wave of unrest and Nazi reprisals has been reported from the continent. Vichy has announced the execution of 94 more anti-Nazis in occupied France, and the German secret police chief in Paris, General Oberg, has threatened more suffering for the population, unless the people informer against saboteurs. The Dutch news agency reports the Nazis in Holland have arrested 200 more Dutch hostages for the wrecking of a military train near Rotterdam. The execution of at least some of them, says the agency, has been threatened unless the wreckers are captured by Friday.

Total hostages now held in Holland are set at 1500. The first trainload of French war prisoners released in a swap for French workers in German war factories, has arrived at Compeigne, but Vichy Premier Laval has revealed that the total number of prisoners to be released will be only about 50,000 tho about one and a quarter million are being held in prison camps. Laval blames the failure of Vichy, France, to collaborate 100 per cent with the Nazis, as the reason for the small number of prisoners to be released. The 50,000 will be exchanged for some 15,000 French skilled volunteer workers. Many other unskilled workers also have volunteered, but they do not figure in the exchange agreement.

JUGOSLAV GUERRILLAS DEAL NAZIS MISERY LONDON, Aug. reaching London say that Ju- goslav guerrilla forces continue to keep the Axis on edge. The Jugoslav patriot armies have captured two towns in Bosnia and have hurled back a large Axis punitive expedition. Dispatches say that more than 5,000 Axis troops supported by strong artillery units attempted to stamp out the guerrillas, but crack patriot snipers thinned their ranks so that they were forced to withdraw. MacArthur's Planes Smashing at Jap Reinforcement Centers.

thr. United The Japs are putting up a hard fight, but the impression is that our forces are making some progress in the attack on Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. That seems to sum up what's happening in the Southwest Pacific. There is no late official word, and it is not yet certain whether Wash! ington or Pearl Harbor will have any today. I However, there is a somewhat encouraging report from London.

The British radio says the Allies are having "some success," and unofficial sources in Auckland, New Zealand, add that the battle is not going unfavorably for the Allies. There's no question that the going is tough. As Admiral King, our fleet commander said, we must expect losses; that's the price we must pay in carrying trhe war to the enemy. The Nazis are Johnny-on-the-spot I with their propaganda claims. The Berlin radio says the greater part of the Allied landing force at Tulagi has been destroyed, but the Germans then do a back flip by saying the final result of the battle of the Solo- I mons is in doubt.

Jap Ships Sunk. The British radio reports that the Japs are trying to move up reinforcements from Timor to Rabaul around New Guinea, but General MacArthur's planes and land armies are hammering day and night to break up these attempts over a 2700, mile front. Timor has been bombed. I so has Rabaul, and several enemy 'ships have been sunk or damaged. On New Guinea, Allied land forc- opened a small offensive of their 'own to freeze Jap troops there.

In the vicinity of Kokoda, in central New Guinea, the enemy is said to have been pushed back with severe losses. Three Jap Bases Bombed. American bombing squadrons have I flashed across China's skies to blast three big Japanese bases. The Yanks inflicted heavy damage today on the enemy in almost unopposed raids on Nanchang, Yochow and Hankow the main Jap base on the Yangtze river. Only in the vicinity of Nanchang 'did the Americans meet with any 'opposition, and they took care of that by blasting three Jap interceptor planes out of the sky.

There was no enemy opposition at Yochow, so the Americans took their time in placing their bombs scoring direct hits on every target. It was the same at Hankow, where the raiders were not even bothered by anti-aircraft fire. The Yanks report they started at least two fires in the city and scored hits on newly- constructed warehouses. The Nanchang raid carried the Americans into the heart of the Japanese area from which the enemy has been trying to push southward thru Linchwan and gain eventual control of the Hankow-Canton railroad. SWEEPS Wave of Anti-White Feeling Makes Situation Dangerous for All Foreigners.

(By the United Preu) The grave Indian crisis has taken a sudden anti-foreign turn, and the creeping strike paralysis has hit one of the Allies' vital war industries for the first time. The biggest trouble spot is Bombay, India's second city, where police have fired at mobs more than a dozen times. It is here. too. that anti- white feeling is becoming rampant.

Bombay's northern suburbs are said to be unsafe 'for anyone wearing western clothing. Surging mobs of students have forced the surrender of all hats, neckties and other non- Indian clothing. They have been tossed into bonfires surrounded by nationalists chanting over and over again their "freedom or death" slogan. Start Strikes. Grave as the riots are.

the strike situation imperils the Allied war ef-. fort more. Indian workers of the! Tata Oil Company struck at the Pet- roleum center at Cochin on the' southwest coast. There are other alarming reports that strikes are, spreading to Calcutta where the Allies have built some of their greatest war factories. China is extremely troubled by the turn of events because its life-or-i reath struggle against the Japs depends greatly upon supplies from In- dia, and a Chinese government' spokesman in Chungking indicates 1 that his government would be will-! ing to use its good offices to mediate the dispute.

Americans Intercede The threat has been enough to send President Roosevelt's Far Eastern adviser, Lachlin Currie, and! General Stillweii scurrying to India. Currie has had a long conference with the Viceroy, the Marquess of Linlithgow. Political circles attach great importance to the meeting, but it's not known what they discussed. British leaders hope the campaign will soon peter out with the Indian leader, Mohandas Gandhi, held in-i communicado at the beautiful Poona' palace. The toothless old leader has been permitted no contact with the outside world since Sunday, but it is believed his wife is with him.

No Opposition Is Encountered In Raid on Hankow (Bw United Prtti) Yankee airmen in China have dealt the Japs another stinging blow. A United States communique says American bombers and fighters have carried out a blasting low-level attack on Hankow, main Japanese base on the Yangtze river. No opposition whatever either by planes or anti-aircraft fire was encountered in the raid, which kin- died two towering fires. The Yanks commander, Colonel Caleb Haynes. personally led the heavy August 9th attack on Haipong in Indo-China.

United Pi-ess correspondent Robert Martin, who was a passenger in one of the bombers, says in a delayed dispatch that Haynes had been planning the attack for weeks, and afterwards Haynes described it as: "The best raid I ever made Expected Treason Charges Against Nazi Confederates WASHINGTON, Aug. two Nazi saboteurs soon may make another payment to Uncle Sam fpr sparing their lives. George John Dasch and Ernest Peter Burger already have made payment by turning government evidence, and they may be called upon to testify against their alleged confederates, who are expected' to be booked on treason charges. Attorney General Biddle is expected to announce at a news conference tomorrow that the 14 men and women will be charged with treason and knowledge of treason. Under treason charges if the accused doesn't confess in open court.

two witnesses to each alleged treasonable act are necessary, and George John Dasch and Ernest Peter Burger may be those witnesses. TRY DEMOCRAT WANT ADS. Jap Reinforcements On Way to Solomon Battle NEW YORK. Aug. British Broadcasting company reports that the Allies are having "some success" in the Solomon Islands battle.

The broadcast added, however, that the Japanese are putting up strong opposition, and are trying to move reinforcements from Timor to Rabaul around New Guinea. RENTAL REGISTRATION DEADLINE AUG. 15 DALLAS. Aug. 11.

Howard A. Schladt. regional rent executive, today reminded landlords in defense- rental areas where offices were opened on July 1 that the registration deadline is only four days away and urged them to send in their statements immediately to avoid the last minute rush. Deadline for registration of housing accommodations other than hotels and rooming houses is August 15, and deadline for regisrtation of hotels and rooming houses is August 31. "Go to the place designated in your city or county for landlord registration and fill out this statement today," Mr.

Schladt urged. "Either give the statement to the person in charge of registration or send it to the area rent office. Delay In securing these forms will greatly hamper the work of the area rent director. "The landlbrd who wilfully ignores these deadlines is violating a federal law and is subject to such penalties as provided by the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942." Pointing out that area rent office staffs are too small to handle a large volume of work which will pile up if landlords wait until the last minute to register, Mr. Schladt urged fullest cooperation by all in this drive to get in registration statements several days prior to the deadlines.

DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAT. BATTERY MEN NEED READING MATERIAL A i letter from regimental headquarters, 203rd. CA (AA), of which Battery of Neosho is a unit, appeals for books, newspapers and magazines for the boys. Up until the time they left California, several copies of the Daily Democrat were gratis from this office, but since their address was not given, we have been unable to do so until the present time. The letter follows: "The men from your city and community now serving at an overseas post would greatly appreciate having the hometown newspaper to read, in order that they may keep a closer contact with the folks in southwest Missouri.

"Due to present conditions, there is! a scarcity of any reading materials at the post. If you could convey to your readeis that any books or magazines mailed to the above address will be delivered to the men, it would bs a great service to the soldiers. "Any consideration you may give these matters will be considered a favor by me and all the members of the command. -Assuring you your men are in high spirits and good health, I am, "Sincerely yours, JAMES H. TERRY, 203rd, C.

A. AA, Chaplain." Address all mall to 208rd CA (AA) Army P. O. No. 944, Care Postmaster, Seattle, Wash." Mrs.

E. C. McCloud of Neosho is a surgical patient in St. John's hospital Joplln. DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY.

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