Corsicana Daily Sun from Corsicana, Texas • Page 5

i CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE that Britiah of Tobruk, key citadel on the of the Mediterranean, amashed at least two axis and were now engaging massed enemy forces in the vicinity of Knightsbridge, a desert track center, 12 miles south of Acroma. Acroma lies 10 miles due west of Tobruk. Overhead, British and axis planes clashed in furious dogfights and swept over opposing lines in bombing and machlnegunnlng attacks. Axis Columns United. A British war bulletin said two axis columns had united around Knightsbridge, barely 15 miles below Tobruk, after racing around the British left flank at Bir Macheim, the tiny "well of oasis 60 miles southwest of Tobruk.

The British said one of the axis columns thrust directly north in an attempt to reach El Adem, 15 miles south of Tobruk, but was hurled back. London military quarters said onslaught apparently signalled the start of Adolf long-heralded grand offensive of 1942, and declared they expected the African drive to be followed by a German offensive in southern Russia, striking toward the oil-rich Caucasus from positions now held along the Sea of Azov. Conjecture also centered on a possible Nazi air-borne attack on Syria and Iraq. On the Soviet front, the bitter 18-day-battle for Kharkov continued inconclusively amid unconfirmed reports, broadcast by the Vichy radio, that Russian artillery was shelling the German-held of the Ukraine. Nazi Attacks Crushed.

On the southern flank, 80 miles below Kharkov, Marshal Semeon Rod armies reported they crushed Incessant German tank and infantry attacks in fierce all-night fighting and indicated no major setback despite claims of an "outstanding for the axis. German military circles declared flatly that the battle of Kharkov had ended and that fighting continued only In an area south of the city against remnants of Soviet forces. field headquarters said merely that German troops were mopping up, with the of prisoners and amount of booty mounting The Nazi high command said the Red armies had attacked on the central (Moscow) front and had been repulsed in fierce fighting, with some of the Russians encircled. A Soviet communique pictured Russian filers as inflicting havoc on the invaders, reporting that in fighting alone they destroyed 28 German planes and 32 Nazi tanks, 235 trucks, 36 munitions carts and six railway trains. Brauchltsch, Others Imprisoned.

Meanwhile, underground reports reaching Istanbul said Hitler, beset by new troubles at home and abroad had Imprisoned Field Marshal Gen. VENGEANCE FROM FIRST PAGE the six, all members of one family, had been shot because they had "hidden people who participated in acta directed against German authorities." All the possessions were confiscated. i Bills, above, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.

A. Bills of Dawson, Route 2, was a member of the class graduated recently from the Army Air Force Flying School at Stockton, and awarded his commission and pi- wings. Lieut. Bills attended Texas and M. College before taking air corps training at the Ryan' School, Hemet, and Gardner Field at Taft, Cal.

He is now stationed at Paine Field, Everett, Wash. Walther Von Brauchltsch, former commander in chief of the German armies, along with 14 high Nazi I party officials In a sudden purge, I No explanation for Von Brauch- arrest given, although i previous reports Indicated that 1 I some of highest military I chiefs had defied his life-and-death power over them and insisted thati the fuehrer give up his personal dl-; I rection of the Nazi war machine. In German-conquered former' I Czechoslovakia, gestapo 1 1 was reported to have arrested hun- I dreds of Czech officials, university professors and students and execut- I ed six persons as an aftermath of, I the assaasination attempt against Reinhard Heydrich, "pro! for Bohemia and Moravia. I Fears of wholesale bloody reprisals were widespread. I "The have been closed' and the whole protectorate is one vast a Czech government spokesman said in London.

I Heydrich himself, wounded in the i spinal cord and spine by three bul-' lets, were reported in grave condition. Hej-daich Operated On. LONDON, Friday, May Reinhard Heydrich, nazi protector for Bohesnia and Moravia wounded two days ago in an attempt on his life, has undergone an operation in which there bullets which injured his spine and spinal cord were removed, it was reportd today. Exchange Telegraph, in a dispatch from Zurich, said a German specialist was rushed to Prague and carried out the operation. Czechs Urged to Beaist LONDON, May the face of nazi retaliations for the attempted assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, deputy protector for Bohemia and Moravia, the Czech government here today called on all Czechs in the homeland to resist their German oppressors.

The Moscow radio reported that 200 hostages were in danger of being shot if attackers were not in addition to six already executed by the gestapo at Prague. Reports Say Heydrich Died. NEW YORK. May British radio said late today that "reports have circulated in Bern (Switzerland) that Reinhard Heydrich has died in Prague but theie are not CBS recorded the broadcast. Heydrich, deputy protector Bohemia and Moravia and Adolf No.

2 gestapo man. was Injured In an assar.s- Ination attempt two days ago. The latest German radio report was that his condition was serious. OF INCOME IS OUR QUOTA IN WAR BONDS BRITISH CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE the water- others were at such an altitude that only vapor could be seen by ground observers. The air ministry announced that German air and railway targets in Northern France were attacked by bombers last night and that Hudsons of the coastal command executed the convoy attack.

of our aircraft is the ministry said. "An aircraft of the coastal command Is missing from patrol yesterday." German fighters were reported destroyed in the sweep over France, at the loss of one British fighter. Easy, Convenient, Phone your Ad to 163. LIBYAN CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE are members of the Du made up of Frenchmen and natives from Tahiti and other French Islands in the Pacific. The RAF, constantly in action over the forward area, reported that axis air activity was on a reduced scale RAF raids were made on enemy airdromes behind the and on vehicles in the field.

British indicated the outcome of the tank battle still was in doubt, but reported that smashing blows were being dealt the extended axis communication lines by roving armored patrols. The heaviest fighting was said to be centering around bridge, junction of a series of desert trails barely 1.6 southwest of Tobruk. It was there, a communique said, that the two axis columns united after racing around the. British left flank at Bir Hachiem, 50 miles southwest of Tobruk. One Column Heads North One of these columns was reported to have thrust directly north In an attempt to reach El Adem, 16 miles south of Tobruk, but was halted before reaching its objective.

Advance elements of the other column, the communique reported, succeeded in avoiding contact with British forces and penetrated to the vicinity of Ed Duda and Sldl Rezegh, some 25 miles southeast of Tobruk and 50 miles west of the Egyptian border, before being driven off. Both Ed Duda and Sidl Rezegh are one the main coastal highway linking Tobruk with the Egyptian frontier. The seemed intent on cutting this highway, but after being repulsed fell back to the west to join other axis forces near Knightsbrid.qe. Milivary experts said the situation was potentially dangrous for both sides, for British forces still are ranged along a line some 25 I miles west of Knighstbrldge, from Ain El Garala on the coast to Bir Hacheim. 1 Believed Be Trap The British possibly may have enticed the Germans into a trap deep in the heart of their prepared positions in the hope of sma.shing much of the armored strength which Marshal Erwin Rommel has been assembling for months.

German were far from their bases and wholly dependent on attenuated lines of communication for vital water supplies. forces were reported to have suffered heavy losses and military circles said he could not hope to capture Tobruk if his armored units are badly battered. Experts said on the great tank battis now raging. British planas were reported playing a major role In the fight ins, giving strong support to land forces. Intercepting enemy air attacks and doing considerable damage to axis vehicles Children Treated Texas Hospitals Ina Irene Nowlin, Dawson, been placed in the Scottish Rita Hospital for Crippled Children for treatment, It was announced Friday by Mrs.

H. G. Brown, local representative of the Texas Society for Crippled Children. Mrs Brown also stated that John Mac Burkhart, Glynn Bivins and Billy Braxmler were taken to Marlin for treatment. PfRFECTGROOMIW S9 ry eulogized the city of Houston and the state of Texas for recruiting the 1,000 volunteers to avenge "the brave men who manned the cruiser Nazis Claim 17 Ships Sunk.

I German Broad-j 1 German I high command said today that sinking of three more ships has I brought to 17 vessels totaling 000 tons the toll taken by German i air and naval attacks on a convoy in the far north since May 25. I Military quarters said the convoy still was a long from Its destination of Murmansk, Russia. TO Thousand to Join Navy. WASHINGTON, May What secretary Knox described as 1,000 blooded will take the oath as a unit of the in Houston, on Memorial Day to replace the personnel of the cruiser Houston, which has been missing since the battle of the Java sea. In a statement navy sscreta- Brazil Rinks Subs.

RIO DE JANEIRO, May armed forces were credited unofficially today with destruction of two Axis submarines and capture of another submarine and a German mother ship in a shoot-on-sight defense against maritime raids which the government- sponsored newspaper A Manha termed "organized High official sources considered it "not that Germany would declare war upon Brazil, which was with the Allies In the first world war. She served relations with the Axis Jan. 28. Propaganda tirades and submarine attacks, said the newspaper Dlarlo Carioca, "give the impres- eton that a war of the Axis against Brazil will break out in the near future." German Air Force Detenorates LONDON, May German air force, now from east, west and south, is In- I ferlor in numbers, manpower and i quality to the powerful luftwaffe I which spread death and destnic- tion throughout Europe In 1941, reliable air sources said today. WATCH CLOCK JEWELRY REPAIRING ALL WORK GUARANTEED G.

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