Journal and Courier from Lafayette, Indiana • 10

Wednesday Evening June24 1942 LAAYETTE JOURNAL AND COURIER 10 LAST TWO HITS A EMBBE DEATHS Lafayette Business College if" 1 i American Co vr was niiMiU toms 1 mtrnurUj LAST TIMES TODAY SUNDAY MKR IS Sasrssi Air Conditioned Cool i JlSUd HU DOROTHY LAMOUR if BRENT BENNETT HISCHA AUER SATURDAY At I 4 1 I A I WWAfEi llagl A Poramounf Picture I BUY WAR STAMPS AND BONDS AT THIS THEATRE STARTS THURSDAY DOUBLE EATURE movement to but said magazine has much to the confidence in Your radio favorites in their funniest hit! Thurs ri Sat Th CHl Bid Land LAST DAY had been chiefly" to communications was DR IS DEAD NOTED DOCTOR i (Cqjitinued from Page One) UNITS MOVE SOUTH TOWARD EGYPT (Continued from Page One) she was RS DEATH VAHET tired she wore while serving her coun try overseas? with the American Expeditionary force in 1018 Chapter 3 "THE PLUNOI PERIL1 AHWt EMMfflS A UNIVERSAL SERIAL ALL COLOR CARTOON WILLIAM BOY9i 1 SCHULTZ UNERAL RANKORT June uneral services for Robert Schultz 36 a "resident of this city who died Monday at Albuquerque Mex will be held riday at at the Goodwin funeral home Rev officiating burial in the Concord cemetery near Stockwell The body will arrive here Thurs day morning accompanied by a brother DR ADAH McMAHAN she appeared recently at in the worlds war 1 uniform fall when these reinforcements have taken their places the Brit ish said They described them as relatively fresh since they were nqt involved in the fierce assault on Tobruk" Throughout the night heavy axis artillery shelled the British positions and enemy patrols stabbed here and there evidently searching for soft spots in the familiar German technique of finding one weak in the de fense chain and hitting there with irresistible power i''! The changed picture brought the British navy into the battle lineup in a new role 1 Axis forces swarming: down the? coastal road now are within range of naval guns from which they were safe while fighting in cen tral Libya The fleet whose function maintain expected now 4o help harrass exposed flank on the coast 400000 NAZIS ARE HAMMERING KHARKOV (Continued: from Page One) JOEL McCREA VERONICA I AK LOIIL flanking fire 'that checked the enemy Then a counter attack forced the German to retreat said ttfe Russian account (This apparently was on a' pen insulalinthetbay north of Sevas topol 3 where the German1 high command claimed Russian were annihilated) i REDS KETAKE HILLTOP At another point north of Sevas topol the 'Russians mustered the strength 4o recapture a hilltop but the Germans still poured mere men and machines into the as sault now in its 20th day On the Kharkov front the story was similar The I Germans apparently are to immense losses as they throw In ever greater num bers of tanks planes and infan try but they still have not man aged to achieve any reed success declared Red Star official army paper I While the defenders of the be sieged Crimean port of Sevastopol staved: off' superior forces in a battle now in its 20th day the strong attack inV the Kharkov area began Monday and had gain ed in vigor ever since the Rus sians said enemy is supporting his troops large numbers of air craft raiding many advanced lines of our defenses and the adjoining rear" said Red Star BATTLE INTO NIGHT or the first time the soviet in formation bureau told today of night combat about the Crimean citadelj saying the outnumbered red army men marines sailors and guerrillas fought on against the 'Germans through the hours of darkness Military dispatches announced yesterday that the motley Sevas topol garrison backed by Black Sea "fleet guns had closed gaps torn in the 'Crimean naval base fortifications under Increased Ger man pressure At the 1 same time it the situation remained grave Twenty German tanks nearly 100 troop and supply trucks and 38 anti aircraft and field guns were among battle equipment re ported 1 knocked out of action by Russian fliers on various sectors Monday With the outbreak of World war and was sent to rance by the Wom Overseas Hospital association seeing active service near the front She was formerly a mem ber of the Indiana state board of health served els chairman of public health for the Indiana ederation of Clubs was a mem ber and director "of the Indiana ranchise League a life member of the Al a charter mem ber of the Parlor club and a member of the Lafayette Country club Dames of the Loyal Legion House Body Passes Post War Refund WASHINGTON June (UP) The house ways and means com mittee today voted to include in the pending $6640000000 revenue bill a provision for post war re fund of corporate excess profit! taxes to safeguard against after war economic shock Under the proposal which was backed Secretary of the Treas ury Henry Mofgenthau Jr' and Wm Production Chieftain Donald Nelson corporation payments which 'exceed 80' per cent of each dollar taken by the government under the proposed 94 per cent excess profits levy would be ear marked as a credit to the corpora tion account man bombers' within '300 miles of the British naval base at Alexan dria) Military 'observers said General ield Marshal Erwin Rommel ap parently infended to assault north ern British positions perhaps usings this "to mask sweep by his armored formations around the British left flank through ort Maddalena 50 miles south west of Salum and Bir El Sheg ga 20 miles farther inland from the Mediterranean The heaviest German strength wels ranged opposite Capuzzo the old Italian border fort in Libya! which now is' the keystone of Lieutenant General Neil Ritch outer line MOVE TOWARD EGYPT In addition British reconnais sance reported that axis forces of tanks and motor ized infantry were moving up along the coastal road toward the Egyptian border These: believed to include the 21st division and the Italian armored division apparently were intended' els the hammer with wjhich General Rom mel hopes to batter his way through the British barrier ath wart the toad to ihe Nile Etnd Suez' Rommel's blowwas expected to 3 ENRY TO ASSIST KNOX WASHINGTON June (AP) William Bullitt a former am bassador to Russia and rance and more recently a personal rep resentative of the president was sworn in today as'a special as sistant to Secretary of the Navy Knox bp) su HER SURVIVORS McMahan republican An adventure picture aflame with gallantry ablaze with excitement! WENDELL MONTGOMERY RANKORT June 23 Wen dell" B' Montgomery 71 of 653 Jackson 'Street died yesterday afternoon at the Mercy hospital in Chicago He is survived' by the wife three sons and three daughters The body was returned to the Goodwin funeral hoine here last night pending arrangements ROBERTS UNERAL MULBERRY June 23 uneral services for Mrs Anna Roberts will be held tomorrow at at the church west of Kirklin burial in ad joining cem etery The Kleinsmith funeral home is in "charge riends may call at the family residence Lafayette Route 6 portation facilities for plant Emd administrative Supplies The acquisition of sup plies through the war production board is Es timates oh which the bill is based been scrutinized by the wsur production board and the commit tee has been satisfied that every phase is in mesh War commit tee "(also) examined into the mat ter of co ordinating the produc tion of munitions cargo vessels and appropriate naval escort ves sels Production of 'any at the expense of the others is something must 'be guarded against The three are completely interde Its inquiry leads to the opinion 1 that synchronization tains to the extent practicable in a program of such magnitude and War Voluntary re funds by war contractors and re negotiation of some war contracts promise this stage potential savings approximate 137 000000 This re fleets the zeal of the war depart ment tos maintain profits at fair levels and reflects the high type of men running the plants upon which we are so dependent for the production of munitions" Manpower The war department expected to have 2800000 men in service on July 1 and to increase that number to 4500000" during the 1943 fiscal year Auxiliary Corps A fund of $28334464 was earmarked for the WAAC by the committeewhich was "very favorably Im pressed with the qualifications" of Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby WAAC director and corps wil fulfill every expectation under her 'I 1 MRS MARY CALDER Mrs Mary Calder 69 905North Sixth street died Monday night at her home following a short illness Her husband was the late Alexander Calder who died March 2 1940 She a member of the St Boniface church Married Ladies society St Elizabeth Hospital so ciety and the Third Order ran ciscans f' She is survived by a step daughter Mrs lorence Gunkle Lafayette and a brother Henry Miller Crawfordsville riends may call at the Murphy funeral home Services will be held tomorrow at 9:00 el in the St Boniface church Rev ridolin Schuster officiating bur is! in the St Boniface cemetery HE'S A DAREDEVIL ONE MAN GANG Ana nn rnaicn Hu Draw Against down to the last whim of any and every: administrative DENIES CHARGES (In New York Dr rank King don president of the union for democratic action' denied that the union was a communist front or ganization or sought to obliterate congress Both "charges he said were lies" He said bis group wanted a congress that would win the war and was op posed to anti demo crats anti semites and all the paid agents of The Dies' committee asserted that Time magazine had been "drawn sucker into what it termed the to al ta our form of It said that the magsizine' in its issue of 1 May 25 1942 a two page spread to the attack made upon congress by the unipn for democratic action" emd added own by charging that the people congress mainly for i DIERENT is one thing to indict in dividual members of congress for their and opinions with which one is in disagreement" the committee commented but is an entirely different matter to scoff the institution of con The committee emphasized that it did not allege that Henry Luce of Time a marxist or a conscious collaborator With the Marxist inspired discredit is clear that of late contributed effort to undermine one of the essentisd branches of our "form of govern I sweep and action of the tender heart appeal of Barbara Stanwycks Joel McCrea Brian Donlevy RIDAY William TRACY Marjorie LORD or many years Dr was local politics she was also a Presby teriEui roressionaJiy affiliated with the county state and national medical societies was an Associate i ellow of the College of Physicians and a mem ber of St Elizabeth and Home hospital staffs She traveled ex tensively studying in Vienna and going four times One of her chief interests was helping other less fortunate than herself Her list of charities was long and she never made them conspicuous Surviving are three sisters Mrs Nancy McMahan Jones Larch mont Mrs Nickey Memphis Tenn and Mra Sholty Lafayette also ra Brother Dr A McMahan Memphis UNERALPLANS The body was removed to 'the Templeton funeral home where friends may call after 61 Wednesday and where services will' be held riday at 2 Dr Graham officiating The body will be taken to Huntingburg for services Saturday at 10 a fol lowed by burial Tomorrow ri £at SOS COAST GUARD BING CROSBY MRS KATHERINE LOHMAN Word has been received by Mrs Kirk' 1040 South Eleventh street I of the death of her aunt Mrs Katherine Lohman 80 widow of John Lohman former local resident which pccurred Tuesday in a Pekin Ill hospital Mrs Lohman native of Germany was thb sister of the late Mrs Anna Hencke and Mrs Elizabeth Baumgardt uneral services Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at Pekin DIES COMMITTEE CHARGES ATTACK AGAINST SOLONS Claim Communist' ront' Or ganizatibns Have Campaign: to and Legislative Bodies WASHINGTON June r23 AP) Dies committee charged to day that communist front organi zatlons had launched a campaign iXo "discredit" and con gress and thus alter the American form of government A spearhead of attack the committee charged was the ufilon for action which is described as an composed chiefly of individuals who have been a significant part of the interlocking directorate of ffie communist movement in the United Efforts have it in dicated to purge members of con gressmen the ground that they had opposed some measures desired by the executive branch of thegovernment 'These efforts the committee said were based on the view that the function of congress Ys to ratify by unanimous vote whatever wish is born anywhree at any time In "the whole' vast structure of the executive branch of government LAST TIMES TODAY rsu onrTDQ GUY KIBBEE CARROL NAISHt CONNIE GILCHRIST SiJVENE 'RAGS" RAGLANU rrs A picture WITH A SOCK Action came in the wake of a warning that the American people should assume the war may last five years During brief debate preceding passage Rep 'Everett Dirksen DI declared the huge money bill would tend to offset to some extent the neWs" 'from Af rican and Russian battlefronts DARK DAYS AHEAD will be other dark days before victory is ours he said for every dark note there is a 1 bright onex Out of this bill is going to come new faith and hope in victory" Rep Albert Engel Mich said measures of such this one carries more funds than the United States spent for all purposes during the first 130 years of its might bankrupt the jiatoin But he added "there are things worse than bank The house began' debating the measure promptly after it was' approved by the appropriations committee which disclosed in an accompanying report: that Ameri can production is up if pot exceeding President 1942 schedule calling for 60000 planes' MOST OR AIR POWER Most of the money in the legis lation is for strengthening the na air power which is getting 2 The billSproviding funds to fi nance the biggest of all American armies during the next 12 months of keynotes offensive actoin jin the army's plans Army authorities asserted "every effort is being directed to making our power felt by offensive action in consonance with tjie accepted basic strategy of the united na But they warned in requesting the huge appropriation that the military situation is the "most critical" in this history and that we avoid at all costs the error of underestimat ing the task ahead of us" ONLY SAE Rep Buell Snyder Pa Chairman of the military appro priations subcommittee opened debate after telling newsmen the safe thing to is to as sume this will be a five year war Then he said must hope and pray and work to shorten tht He also warned that the jiatioi mistakes of post World war days when approppriations for the military naval establishments were pared to the minimum He said that' strong establishments when signs of unrest appeared in Europe might have avoided a war Itwas disclosed that aircraft plains under contract to the army will produce in 1942 43 at least 148000 the share of Mr goal of 185000 planes for those two years The bill provides funds for 23 550 new army planes in the next 12 months It would raise total war expendi tures and authoriza tions for the 1941 42 43 fiscal years to compared with the $145000000000 spent by the federal government for all pur poses during the previous 150 years of its existence the commit tee noted that even this figure would not stand long because of 5 Its calculations did not include the $8500000000 naval expansion voted by the house last week LARGEST SINGLE ITEM The bill again emphasized the dominant role of the air arm Largest single item is $11 316898910 for the air corps to give this country the best equipped and most formidable air force in the Next come personal ex pay clothing subsistence medical care and $10 739 559342 and ordnance $9948319 237 Of the entire total $12700000000 is earmarked for lend lease sup bringing to $62944650000 the value of such aid that Would be available The remaining $30 120003067would go directly to American forces In an accompanying report the committee warned anew of the severe rubber shortage It said "the informa tion upon the subject suggests the importance of stressing to the peo ple in most emphatic terms' that it is vitally important if the boys at the are to carry on for them to desist immediately from using their automobiles for any other than most essential pur of rubber in that way may have a very important influence upon hastening the day of it added HIGHLIGHTS Other highlights of the report Airpower funds under this head include provision for 23550 airplanes Including spares and ac cessory equipment which win com plete the war part of the program enunciated by the president on Jan 6 1942 calling for the production of 60000 air pjanes in the calendar year 1942 and 125000 airplanes in the cal endar year 1943 The committee is assured that the program will be t' (The report pointed out that although $11316898910 is specifi cally set aside for the aviation expenses would have con stituted large of the entire bill had they been lumped under one head) Raw Materials The situation is except for the rubber phase which is "rather dis turbing particularly from the standpoint of avoiding disruption or retardation" of production through lack of adequate trans Eaming 'power is measured' by serv ing power The more and better ser yice you render the more rapid will be your progress and the higher you can Ifyou just want a Job and aren't 'interested in getting anyyhere then start your preparation for service" If you really want to achieve then pre pare for the sort of success you crave Learn more and you can earn more Start Monday June 29 School dll sum mer 44 Ihdianians Are Reported Missine at By Casualty List WASHINGTON June' (AP) The navy department in a casualty list covering" the period from May'll "to June 6 inclusive today listed 44 Indianians as missing" All are enlisted men The list giving the next of kin includes: (All navy enlisted men otherwise specified) Boothroyd Owen jr metal smith second class father Owen Boothroyd sr Otterbein (Reported wounded on Navy de partment casualty list released May 11 DeVoss' Wilson Herbert seaman second class father Oliver De Voss Lafayette Todfi Dana private marine corps aunt Mrs Todd '(lora Turner Gerald A sergeant i marine corps father Na son' Turner Brook west of' Salum Egyptian port near the frontier and mo bile columns were active to the west of our a Cairo communique1 said (Asserting that axis sea lines toTobruk would' be difficult for surface: ships to cut an authorita tive London source said the Brit ish navy would be able to make a effective only with large numbersof submarines (The axis advance also limited fighter i protection that could be given Malta bound British con voys hie said brought Ger Wit Beauty and' Laughter GIRLS TOWN i EDITH ELIX) WES (JUNE STOREY ALICE WHITE BAtpiTBYRD BELA LUGOSI MAXIHE DOYLE 42 Tallinn Dollar Measure Designed to Give Best Equipped and Mightiest Army and Air orce in World Approved by Unanimous Vote arid Sent to Senate WASHINGTON June The largest single appropriation in all a $42820003067 army supply bill designed to give the United) States the best equipped and mightiest army and air force in the world was passed "by the house tonight and' sent tothe senate The vote was unanimous 352 to 0 The Aldrich amily OH LAUREWCE LESLIE OLIVIER HOWARD MASSEY E14KN I AND WHILE i i YOIJ SEliVE 7 TODAY DOUBLE EATURE Stars Songs Girls 7 I ROAD TOSINGAPORE Upon her medical de gree she came tor Lafayetteand on1 her professional career Soon she won wide rec ognition for her work She was one of three Indiana women who participated 'in the Pan American Conference of the aux iliary to the Pan American Scien tific Congress at Washington in 1915 16 T' SERVED OVERSEAS AL MM fSTTl 9Mit I A Chiller Diller! BELA LUGOSI 1 "Corpse Vanishes' Tracy vs Crime 4 Latest Pa tfie News LARGEST ARMY SUPPLY BILL IN HISTORY PASSED BY HOUSE Dr McMahan enlisted SPECIAUMEETINGuO WAR COUNCIL CALLED (Continued from Page One) a come to grips with Ihe German army on the European continent is said to depend bn other factors besides shipping It is understood to depend a considerable 1 extent bn' soviet position this summer If the Russian situation should sud denly become grave as a result of an all out German1 drive diplo matic sources believe that the pressure would the United States and Great Britain to' risk a diversion front in Europe 4e ven though the chances of Its success were un certain 1 On the other hand if the Rus sians can hold the Germans in check and the British succeed in standing firm against Rommel in Egypt it is thought that the opening of a majoe land offensive in Europe" may be delayed until preparations can be made more complete' ACING A'1 GRE AT RISKThe British military high com mand is reported: to favor wait ing until next spring before At tempting to launch an invasion at tempt of the continent on a large scale V'' military leaders are un derstood to be unwilling to risk sending 4 the British army into a second front venture until a strong American expeditionary force is ready to accompany it and sufficient shipping is avail able assure proper supplying The British are said to fear that a premature invasion attempt might lead to another Dunkirk which would not save the Russian position but might leave England without a strong enough army to defend Remington I Youth Killed in Action REMINGTON June Phil Miller received word today from the Army that his son Rob ert Miller of the 99th Bombard ment Squadron Army Air Corps had been killed in an aircraft crash while on duty somewhere on the Atlantic coast 1 4 Young Miller who enlisted im mediately 'after his graduation fronts high school tn Brooklyn New York had been stationed in South America but was transfer red ''Surviving are the father the mother Mrs Helen Kuntz New York and a sister Ruth Irene Rensselaer What Would YOU Do if a Man Jilted You? Laugh' it off? ind another man? away? Pretty Dian just been jilted face the music so she caught a ride from a passing by throwing shoe at him! Of course she never tnat the man in the car was but want to find out for yourself what happens in this amazing story of expected surprises grand enter tainment for you in every chapter! GAY AND DIERENT SERIAL BOM ni THUMBS A RIDE BY ALLEN EPES in ifr navi 'Mnndav? irr The Lafayette Journal and Courier A Kt Ok Pi ilw I a I 1 I MID 1 i 1 'ill wj1 Beg bM 1 1 ''t' 4 1 i a i I wR I rl Hem 1 Hl I.