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12 ft BROOKLYN EAGLE, FRIDAY, OCT. 17, 1941 "wj jxwfisfwi (J C' it SLASH RED LINES ABOUT CAPITAL, GERMANS CLAIM Panzers Artf Reported 80 Miles to the East Of Soviet Metropolis i Berlin, Oct. 17 (U.R Nazi sources reported today that German Panzer forces were slashing deep wedges Into Soviet lines north and south of Moscow and the southern spearhead was said to have moved 100 southeast from Tula to Ryashek, 180 miles south and 80 miles east of the Soviet capital. The object of the German pincers, Nazi informants said, is to cut off Moscow's communications north and south of the city and prepare the way for encirclement and possible capture of Moscow from the rear. The main punch of the Nazi offensive appeared to be directed along the Kaluga-Tula-Ryashek line south of Moscow and along a line extending east from Kalinin to the i.

I 1il i. i.i Hi ii mm i i in i i i i iT 1 3 01? IN ICELAND WATERS WHERE KEARNY WAS HIT This naval observation plane is shown being hoisted aboard a cruiser after returning from a patrol flight in the Ntorth Atlantic near Iceland, where the destroyer Kearny was hit today by a torpedo. Planes like this are now covering the area in grim pursuit of the submarine which fired torpedo. THEY CHEERED THE KEARNY Celebration at Brooklyn Novy Yard when the destroyer Kearny, struck by a torpedo off Iceland today, was commissioned for active service on Sept. 13, 1940.

In foreground (left to right) are: Capt. L. N. McNair, then captain of the yard; Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward, retired, then Navy Yotd commandant; Lt.

George De Metropolis, aide to the commandant; Miss Mary Kearny, sponsor at the ceremonies; Lt. Com. Anthony L. Danis', commander of the Kearny, and Lt. Eugene S.

Sarsfield, his executive officer. The last two ore still on. Kearny. FAR EAST WARNING SEEN IN TORPEDOING Polytech Expert on Foreign Affairs Claims Attack Is Hint of 2-Ocean Warfare The torpedoing of the U. S.

S. Kearny was a deliberate "warning to the United States to keep hands off in the Far East crisis," Prof. Emil Lengyel of Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute declared today. Professor Lengyel is an Internationally U. S.

Destroyer Struck By Torpedo Off Iceland Continued from Page 1 "armed with five standard 5-inch guns, ten smaller weapons and ten 21-inch torpedo tubes. In Berlin a German spokesman said that he had no information on the torpedoing of the Kearny and that no German reports on the matter have been received thus far. H' ,1 AW "U' 'V a hi v7j I both in the Pacific and th Atlantic." Washington, Oct. 17 (U.R) Administration circles speculated today on a possible link between the Japanese Cabinet Upheaval and the torpedoing of the U.S.S. destroyer Kearny in the north Atlantic, while the House echoed with a plea for a sterner attitude toward Toklo.

Torpedoing of the U.SS. Kearny, meantime, was seen by House Democratic Leader John W. Mc-Cormack (Mass.) and other Administrative quarters as a possible move to "put the squeeze" on the United States. north of the Russian metropolis. Ferocious Red Resistance Terrific fighting was going forward on the frontal lines before Moscow and even in still resisting Soviet pockets as far west as Bryansk which was described here as now far behind the German advance lines.

The high command made no comment on the central front to day, confining itself to a report of the capture of Odessa and of continued pursuit of Russian forces between the Sea of Azov and the Donets line. German sources said that the Nazi advance south of Moscow has placed in German control the greater part of the important "brown coal" industrial area and a big power station serving the region. It was said that the advance to Moscow was continuing step by step in face of continued, desperate Russian resistance. Three large and numerous small fires were observed in Moscow by raiding German pilots, Informants said. Leningrad also was bombed during the night, they added.

Advance in Donets Area The high command, in Its daily communique from Adolf Hitler's headquarters, said of the central front merely that "otherwise operations in the east are proceeding according to plan." It mentioned the bombing ol Moscow and Leningrad and told of heaw air force attacks on Russian troops "fleeing from Odessa." Between the sea and Azov and the Donets River, it was asserted. German, Italian, Hungarian and Slovak troops "continue to pursue the Russians." PEPPER ASKS 2 SINKINGS FOR ATTACK ON KEARNY Washington. Oct. 17 (U.R) Senator Claude Pepper Pla.) said today that the attack on the U. S.

destroyer Kearny should be avenged by the Navy with a policy of "two sinkings for each assault." Pepper described the incident as one more in a "chain of piratical assaults'' upon American vessels which should spur the United States to "redouble our purpose to clear the oceans of this kind of interference." "It is the job of our Navy to pay back these assaults with two sinkings for each assault," the Florid-ian declared. Hebrew Union College To Honor Paul Baerwald Cincinnati, Oct. 17 The degree of Doctor of Hebrew Letters will be awarded by Hebrew Union College, Oct. 28, to Paul Baerwald of New York City, noted philanthropist and honorary chairman of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, it was announced here today by the Rev. Dr.

Julian Morgenstern, president of the college. The award will be made in Temple Emanu-El, 5th Ave. and 65th Manhattan. Mr. Baerwald was treasurer of the J.

D. C. from 1917 to 1932 and chairman until early this year. GUN CREW IN ICELAND WATERS A U. S.

Navy gun crew is on the alert aboard an American warship in the zone in which the Kearny was hit today. Anti-aircraft guns are ready for any development in the Iceland area. The Greer, notified of the presence of a German submarine by a British patrol plane on Sept. 4, followed the submarine. During the course of this observance the submarine fired two torpedoes and the Greer counter-attacked with depth bombs.

Although the action occurred over a period of hours neither warship was hit. Shoot on Sight Ordrr At the time of the Greer Incident, ships of the U. S. Atlantic patrol were under orders merely to report the presence of Axis warships which they encountered and not to attack unless 'they were attacked first. But on Sept.

11 President Roosevelt directed the Navy to shoot on sight all Axis warships or planes found In American defensive waters. As far as has been revealed, today's attack on the Kearny was the first engagement in which an American warship has been involved since those orders were issued. The German Government has de- clared the area around Iceland and as far west as the shores of Green-land a war zone where vessels of any description are subject to de- i struction. The United States does not recognize this zone. Th first naval report did not a state the extent of the damage to the Kearny.

Officials said that they expected more details later today. It was pointed out that the. torpedoing occurred only this morning, and there has been little time for the commander of the destroyer to make a full report. He is expected, however, to give a complete account to his superiors as soon as feasible. Since the American Atlantic patrol was given orders to shoot on sight there has been a marked decline in German sinkings In the north Atlantic, according to both United States and British authorities.

American and British merchantmen as well as those of other friendly nations, are being convoyed by American patrols as far as Iceland. From that island, ships en route to Britain would have to be convoyed by the Royal Navy, which is enabled by the shortened line to concentrate more warships from this duty. It might require considerable time for the navy to receive full details of the torpedoing. It was pointed out that the damage might cause the destroyer to reduce her speed. In such a case it was considered unlikely that the Kearny would use her radio to any great extent dur ing this period for fear of "tipping off" her position and subjecting herself to further risk of attack.

She is a rakish, proud looking craft as are all the new destroyers. The Kearny carries her powerful quarter deck guns in a turret which could be operated by remote control. She has the most modern equipment in depth charge guns, anti-aircraft guns, sound detection She could not be mistaken for anything but a United States destroyer, Dusk Dawn Watches As on all American craft In the North Atlantic toriav the maintained dawn and dusk just in case a submarine commander should be inclined to take a pot shot and trail her either until the first streaks of the early dawn or the last traces of daylight outlinea her against the sky and the waters. At night she rode dark and silent with only the throb of her engines and the ten-second "ping" of the sound detector to be heard. Any interruption of that monoton ous "ping" would mean that some- where in her vicinity perhaps two or three miles away the sound wave had bounced off an underwater object.

President Proposes 'Eight Little TVAs' Wa-shington, Oct. 17 (INS) President Roosevelt, the laser four years ago in his proposal to divide the nation into seven gigantic power authorities, has decided to renew the fight with a revised plan calling for the establishment of "eight little TVAs," Congressional sources disclosed today. Representative Ellis iD. Ark.) a recent White House caller, said that the Chief Executive again has in mind a system of authorities modeled alter the Tennessee Valley Authority, to blanket the remaining regions in the country. WHEN Ol'T OF TOW? REGISTER FROM BROOKLYN Learns Mate Is on Warship Continued front Page 1 uttered a silent prayer of thanks for that.

Mrs. Anthony L. Danis, wife of Kearny commander, who laso re celved a severely censored letter from her husband today, said she last saw him on Aug. 23 and didn't know when she would see him next. She was "not upset" by the news from the Kearny, which she considered a "luckyy ship." "You won't find many droops in the navy," she declared.

IA droop, she explained, is a wife who becomes jittery over risks her husband is taking.) Her son, 12-year-old Anthony first form pupil at Polytechnic Pre paratory Institute, wants to enter Annapolis and "this won't Interfere," she said, indicating that navy children aren't droops either. Have Two Children The Sarsfield children are Ann Regina, 10, a pupil at Our Lady Help of Christians Parochial School, on Avenue near the Sarsfield home, and little Mary Beth, 4. The Sarsfields were married in 1929, three years after Mr. Sarsfield had been graduated from the Naval ALMOST A CRUISER Walter Kiernan, International News Service correspondent, back from a trip to Iceland, recalled that the skipper of a destroyer, watching the Kearny at anchor in Hvalfjodur, Icelandic harbor, had told him: "It would take something to sink her. She's one of our newest and best.

She got more horsepower under her hatches than a battleship and she's armed to the hilt. These new destroyers are practically light cruisers." Academy, at Annapolis. He had previously attended Cathedral College and St. Rose of Lima School. His parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Patrick J. Sarsfield, make their home at 1616 Avenue H. The father, a veteran navy man who served in the Spanish-American War, the Boxer uprising and the World War, was today confined to the Naval Hospital in Brooklyn, undergoing an operation. A sister, Mrs.

Lillian De Deyn, lives at 665 Ocean Parkway. There is a brbther in Washington. Commander a Borough Man Lt. Com. Danis lives at 8701 Shore Road.

He is an Anrapolis graduate of the class of 1922 and an expert meteorologist, with particular interest in lighter-than-air flying. He is a survivor of the blimp Macon disaster. The Kearny has Brooklyn connections in other ways. Built in Kearny, N. she was commissioned in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Sept.

13, 1940. A Brooklyn Eagle photograph of that date shows a group of officers, with uniform hats In air, hailing the newly commissioned destroyer. Officers in Picture Among those in the picture are Capt. L. N.

McNair, then captain of the yard in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, today listed as "in foreign service," apparently in Italy; Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward, then commandant of the yard, now retired; Lt. George De Metropolis, then aide to the commandant, now at sea on the battleship North Carolina; Miss Mary Kearny, sponsor at the commissioning ceremonies, and Commander Danis and Lieutenant Sarsfield. Miss Kearny is a descendant of the late Commodore Lawrence Kearny, "sailor diplomat" and hero of the American Navy's early days. He served In the War of 1812, ran down pirates in the Caribbean and the Mediterranean and commanded the East Indian Squadron from 1841 to 1843.

He was commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard In 1857. Defense to Top 120 Billions, Steel Institute Is Told White Sulphur Springs, W. Va Kearny Ranked Ahead Of Ships in Her Class known authority on foreign affairs "There would have been no other point to it," he said. "My impression was that the Germans had i wanted to avoid any incident which I might precipitate American hostility. They appeared to be observing a sort of turn the other cheek policy.

"But coming today, of all days, it would seem instead that the Germans are saying to us in effect 'You lie low in the Par East and remember that we are still in the They are warning us of the peril of a war on two fronts, STORM CENTER Gen. Hideki Tojo, ex-War Minister, who has been ordered by Emperor Hirohito to form a Japanese Cabinet to succeed that of Prince Konoye which collapsed. Bids Boro Business Take Tax Stand Although protests poured Into Washington against new taxes on beer, soft drinks and cosmetics, business men were backward In objecting to new Federal taxes that will cost them thousands of dollars and may put many of them out of business, Henry B. Fernald declared last night at a "question and answer forum" on Federal tax legislation affecting corporations. Sponsored by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, the forum was held at the Hotel Bossert.

About 75 representatives of Brooklyn businesses, manufacturers and banks attended the session and put their particular problems on Federal levies before a panel of the tax experts. Mr. Fernald, a key figure representing business at Congressional hearings on Federal taxes, said business men should express themselves on Federal taxes and proposed taxes more aggressively. "After all," he remarked, "the average congressman does not have the time to study every aspect of such complex legislation as the excess profits tax. He depends upon the business men among his constituents to let him know how each of these measures will affect private enterprise." The forum was planned by the chamber's committee on Federal taxation on corporation income, which has represented Brooklyn business on Federal tax matters before Congress repeatedly In the last few years.

John W. Hooper, controller of the American Machine and Foundry Company and chalr- i Q) 0 i Roosevelt Hints Direct 0PM Action In Defense Strikes President Reveals He Has Given Some Thought to Subject Hyde Park, Oct. 17 (U.R) President Roosevelt hinted today at direct intervention by the Office of Production Management in extensive defense strikes with the statement that something may be expected soon from that defense agency. The President, however, offered no indication of the nature of OPM action that might be in prospect. But he did say that he has been giving some thought to what was described as an increasing number of strikes in defense industries.

Without further questioning, he added immediately that he thought there would be something from OPM soon on this subject of strikes. Plane Strike Threat San Diego, Oct. 17 (U.R) Union leaders sought today to keep 27.000 men at work on $750,000,000 worth of bombers in the Con.oli-dated Aircraft Company plant pending arbitration of a new wage dispute. The Association of Machinists (A. F.

local had asked the International executive board for permission to strike, but W. Chudleigh, president of the local, in a dramatic speech on the plant's public address system last night, asked his members "to give to act before a walkout is called." Chudleigh said there was "strong sentiment'' for an unauthorized "wildcat" walkout. He told the night shift he would not approve an unauthorized strike. Army Forming Jap Cabinet Continued from Page 1 meant that the army was solidlv behind him in his efforts to form a Cabinet, but as yet the approval of the navy, also essential, had not been announced'. Navy spokesmen, however, for several days have taken the came highly nationalistic line followed by the top councils of the army.

Navy spokesmen also have followed the line of newspapers which renewed attacks on the United States. Latest editions of the Japan Time and Advertiser said that China was fighting Japan "with American weapons, American bullets, American technical assistance, military advice and monetary assistance." The Tokio newspaper Nlchi Nichi gave prominence to a statement by Admiral Sankichl Takahashl, former commander of the combined fleet, inferring that the Japanese navy was a match for that of the United States and urging confidence by the Japanese people. Tojo was selected at a meeting of elder statesmen, including six former Premiers, and was at once summoned to the Emperor's palace to receive the imperial mandate. It was understood that, after thanking the Emperor for the trust imposed in him, he had asked time in which to seek to form a Cabinet and had said he hoped to submit his ministry for the Emperor's approval tonight or early tomorrow. Navy Head Summoned After commanding General Tojo to form a ministry, the Emperor summoned Admiral Koshlro Oika-wa, Navy Minister in the Prince Konoye Cabinet, to his palace.

It was understood that the Emperor had commanded Admiral Oikawa to enlist the navy's support in General Tojo's behalf. Tojo is called Kamisarl (razor) because of his keen-edged military mind. He was called to leadership when Prince Konoye, after guiding three Cabinets, resigned yesterday under a bombardment of nationalist criticism. Not Pro-Axis Cabinet Shanghai, Oct. 17 (U.R) United States and British diplomatic sources said today that General Tojo has predicted that the European war would last 80 years and cautioned against Japanese involvement, especially after Germany's failure to inflict a quick defeat on Russia.

It was indicated that General Tojo was one of the army men with whom Germany's word held little weight. Wreckage of Army Plane Is Reported Sighted El Paso, Texas, Oct. 17 (INS) Report Nazis Nearer Capital Continued from Page 1 man hordes driving steadily in from three directions. It was a fight of men against machines in which it was admitted the Germans, at the cost of frightful casualties, were pressing the central army into an ever smaller area. It was admitted authoritatively that the British embassy staff and military mission had left Moscow on the way to a new capital, believed to be Kazan on the Volga, 430 miles to the east.

The United States and other diplomatic missions were believed to be with the British, and with the principal Russian federcl government departments. Moscow told a story of hundreds of thousands of its men, soldiers and civilian volunteers, fighting over an enormous front in length and depth against the steel clad German forces. Moscow Remains Calm "Moscow is calm," one Moscow broadcast said. "Everywhere large groups of people are listening to loud speakers announcing a German breach in the Russian lines. "But everywhere streets and squares, the street cars, the buses, the factories and offices tell a story of men and women grim and resolute, determined to resist the invader and defend the city.

"Veterans of the last war and of the revolution, young people, are drilling with new weapons. "Girls are queuing up at recruiting offices and volunteering for war work of any kind. Troops March to Front "Detachments of the home guards and trained reserves are marching through the streets to the front. "Soviet fighter planes are con stantly patrolling the skies. "Moscow is on guard and Is ready to repel the brutal invader Pravda, the Communist party newspaper, admitted the seriousness of the position and said Hitler was willing to sacrifice unlimited resources for victory.

But Russian strength would increase, it said, with British and American help. "That is why the enemy is hurrying," it said. "This strengthens our determination to fight to th? end. There is no sign of panic among us. Let us be faithful and loyal to our cause, and harden ourselves like steel." Ready for a Siege Advices received here said that Moscow was well stocked with fonri fuel, munitions and weapons, ready for a siege.

Plans had been perfected for i street to street defense, centered around the grim old Kremlin Military expert believed that the The Kearny was commissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Sept. 13, 1940, by Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward, then commandant of the Third Naval District. It was the first warship in the country to begin replacing the 50 World War destroyers sent to Great Britain a week earlier. The destroyer's sponsor.

Miss Mary Kearny of Richmond, Va a cousin of Commodore Lawrence i Kearny for whom the ship was named, was aboard to witness the ceremony. The destroyer, placed into service seven months ahead of schedule, was built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company at Kearny, N. and cost $5,500,000. It is armed with five 5-inch guns and ten quintuple-mounted torpedo tubes. Ranks High In Power Launched March 9, 1940.

in Keamy, N. it is considered equal to or better than similar ships of any navy in the world. Miss Kearny is the granddaughter of Gen. Phil i Kearny, the Civil War hero for whom the town of Kearny was named. PRINCESS IS GUEST OF F.D.R.

AT HYDE PARK Hyde Park, Oct. 17 (U.P Presi- dent Roosevelt arrived here today for a weekend holiday, bringing with him Lend-Lease Supervisor Harry L. Hopkins to keep in touch with developments in the Far East He also was accompanied by the Crown Princess Martha of Norway, and by his son-in-law and daughter. John and Anna Boettiger of Seattle. In conferring with his so-callea "war cabinet" shortly before leaving Washington yesterday, Mr.

rnnie arrangements for 1 a constant check by long distance telephone to be kept fully informed on events at Toklo and tlsewhers in the Far East. Norway Church Crisis Rises Over Nazi Circular Stockholm, Oct. 17 (U.R) Reliable sources said today that a crisis In Norway's churches was expected soon, because most clergymen had refused to sign a circular declaring that Germany's war on Russia is a "crusade against Bolshevism." Germans were seeking to cut in on the city from north and south before they made any frontal assault. They said that the Germans fared, according to all signs, th3 greatest fight In their recent military history. Moscow was now no longer a capital but a great military fort, offering the most formidable obstacles the Gorman armies had yet encountered in more than two years of war, lt was believed here.

Maj. William Cahill, commander a Mr Fort Bliss, today ordered searchers to check a report that the wreck- (TO ef a tnicclncr Ormir plane had been sighted near a mountain 60 miles south of Carls- bad, N. close to the Texas-New Mexico border. The plane has been unreported since it took off from Blggi Field Monday. vrnwEn n.

of hf d(lfense pr0gram wm cxcePi Eugene S. Sarsfield of the U.ji20 billions of dollars, George S. destroyer Kearny. He hos Douglas, National Association of i ii, Manufacturers committeeman, to- wife and two children at dRy tod tne Amorican Xnitttut or 3717 Avenue M. I steel Construction.

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