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The Pantagraphi
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TITE DAILY rANTYGRAPII, AUGUST 1. 1942. TWO SIMPSON Off to a War Zone Events of Day 7z Normal Navy Starts iThe Waves Rolling WASHINGTON. D. C.

CT navy Friday night started the Phone 4500. Nazis Azov to Free Seacoast Garden Club Will Hold Guest Day, Party Waves' rolling. The call went out for 1.0C3 women, preferably bachelor girls, to volunteer as officer candidates in the r.ewly created feminine navy unit intended to release fr.en for active sea duty. Later calls will be made for 10.000' enlisted Sweet Corn Crop Rushes The Normal Community Garden club will observe the annual guest day and garden party at 4:30 p. m.

TTiitrcav ot 4Via Knm rf lrw beyond Kerch strait. Nor is there Ruth Carter. 403 liroadway. A prJTon.nc' Cant. Herbert WhitwrM Under covered dish supper will be a discernible strong east-west natural defensive line above the Ku wood.

55, expert in navy science Timoshenko May Try Stand On Kuban River I Canning Center served. and tactics, has been named commanding officer of the women's Members of the committee ar ban river on which Marshal Timo-shenko may hope to stand. ranging for the evnt include Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Rolla Price.

Mrs. R. Provided Marshal Timoshenko safeguard his strait N. Hart. Mrs.

A. L. McDonald. Miss Louisa Keys and Mrs. Charles front and hold Tamah isthmus, the Lesher Expects Bountiful Crop From 50 Acre Plot Kuban does offer him an oppor Baker.

tunity to halt the German drive on BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON. Wide World War Analyat. (Informed Opinion.) Spurred by Stalin's no retreat appeal, Rus reserve indoctrination and tn ine school to be opened at collcfe in Northampton. Oct.

1. Miss Mildred McAfee. of Wellesley college, also in Massachusetts, is expected to be named head of "Waves" with the rank of lieutenant commander. Married women are not dis- the western flank of the vast Don Caucasus battlefront, just as it ap iWk The midsummer rush is now in Baptist Union Will Hold Party in Wapella sian forces along the Don from pears slowed down if not halted full swing at the Normal town from the Don bend to Voronezh, ship community canning center on Members of the Baptist Young tarred from volunteerirc. but un- Parkinson street.

The Kuban well may be the line upon which Timoshenko ultimately intends to stand. Voronezh to the southern elbow of the Don bend appear standing firm against their Nazi foes. West of the Don elbow, however, Mos- Supervisor George "Dick Lush People's union of the Normal married volunteers must a cree r.ot church will meet Monday eve-jto marry or remarry while in ning for their monthly party at, training and that training w.U the home of Mr. and Mrs. John.

last at least one month. On Salt Marshes. er, who is in general cnarge oi operations, reported Friday that the canning of the sweet corn crop started this week. Two or Salsk, junction point for and Berlin pictures a huge Nazi bulge across the lower Don into branch line that connects the Richards in Wapella. i Mothers having children tr.d'r 1 a three weeks more will be required the Caucasus, 150 miles wide and Krasnodar-Stalingrad railroad 112 miles deep at its central apex, with the Rostov-Baku main Cati 18 years of age need net acplr for the first two groups cf a iic group wiu meet ai me church at 5 p.

m. where transportation will be provided. to complete the canning of the first planting of this crop. Ap 4, r-c cnov I casus system at Bataisk, also rep to be appointed to get the ave rolling. The first group, a small proximately four acres are in one.

will be named to administra cluded in the first planting, he said, and the second crop will be of a disorderly Russian rout. This Tser defensive possibilities for boast is backed up by a Berlin Russians. It stands on the announcement of the capture of dge. vast reach of, Kushchevka, 30 miles south of marshes that cover much of the Bataisk on the Rostov-Baku rail below Stal- and pipelines, and the investment Wd he Thf Nazi Pimm TA "to InH tmrra 4 4Via claim to have laid siege to the tive positions. Another trv7, probably about 300.

will be appointed officers on a probationary ready to can soon. Baptist Circle Holds Supper at Church The Baptist Friendly circle'held a covered dish supper Friday evening at the church. Approximately one fourth acre of beets, and a large planting of beans will also be canned. The status. Applicants in these group must be citizens and from 21 t- 50 years cf age.

inclusive. of Salsk, rail junction on the Kras town represents a grave danger that the Russian center can be 'Fin- tr entire output of the canning nodar-Stalingrad system. In Deadly Peril. The evening was spent in play i.I 4 forced before Timoshenko's left center will be distributed among the township relief clients. ing games with Mrs.

Marie Gil Both Salsk junction and Kush- flank has an opportunity to settle The community gardens thtj dersleeve and Mrs. Carrie Miller serving as hostesses. Mrs. Sylvia chavka are important. The loss down behind the Kuban.

The of Kushchecka, if it has fallen, river runs less than 100 miles year contain more than 50 acres. Colorado is the second oldest o.l producing state in the union. Discovery of oil was made in 1862 near Canon City, the second o.l f.nd in the United States, three years after the first well wis drilled in Pennsylvania. Owen lead the devotions. seems the greater immediate southwest of Salsk, and due to favorable weather, Mr.

Lesher reports, the crop is one of threat, however. It also is a 1 ,1 I the best in recent years. Visits in McQueen Home juiJLUUU pumt giving idu ctitu iuuu i i A access westward to Yeisk on the UeCiarGS VYdP Mr. and Mrs. William McQueen Circle Plans Picnic With Nazi forces between Ros- (JttlCe NeQ lOent The Royal Neighbors Sewing and son of Alva, are guests of the former's parents.

Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McQueen, 218 Normal THIS IS NO RUMOR! Yoa Will IU Cooler.

inv nnr? TCushrhpvka nutflankinS 3 circle will hold its annual picnic 1 1 i a i i 1 I xnem xo ine easi ana proDaoiy aisu satj VTi AWTrn f.ip Tii at 6:30 p. m. Thursday at thej avenue. Mr. McQueen is an in-home of Mrs.

Laura Busick, 206structor in music at the university South Linden street. at Alva. pushing westward from Kushchev- t-, va tftWtM YPisk hPhind them, anv William Denman of the United mmrmlt AravM Russian troops still in the Rostov- iaies circuit court or Appeals Kushchevka-Yeisk triangle are in charged Friday the war depart 3 Killed as Planes deadly peril. The region has been ment was negligent in drafting Missing Official JUMRO -fn SHAKE 1UC Sleak Hamburgers well guarded up to now because it plans for civilian evacuation of offered short routes for Nazi flank- this city in event 'of an enemy air Found in Lake Collide in Midair SUMTER. N.

C. CTt Two avi ine invasions across the upper raid arm of the Sea of Azov from Tag- Japanese incendiary bombs LOADING A TROOPSHIP OF THE SKY. A column of United States soldiers and Jeeps approaches a new Curtiss "Commando" military trannport during tests to determine Its performance in speeding troops and mobile equipment to critical points in widely scattered battle tones. The plane has a wingspan of 108 feet, weighs 50,000 pounds fully loaded and is powered by two radial engines. Ttimt SPRINGFIELD.

ILL. UT A ation cadets and an instructor anrog. Its evacuation woma couia cause more destruction to body identified by sheriffs deputies throw those sea routes into the pan irancisco, with its winds and las Carl J. Rief.er, missing official Caucasus wide open for German wooden buildings, than the great use, thus adding immeasurably to earthquake and fire of 1906, he I of the Illinois Bankers Life As RALPH 7) WIUOH'J surance company and accused the peril of the Russian left flank, saia, GALLUP POLL forger, was found late Friday In were killed and a civilian pilot was slightly injured when two training planes crashed near here Thursday afternoon, the Shaw field public relations office announced Friday. There were no known eye witnesses to the crash, but the planes were believed to have collided in midair.

Would Free Seacoast. Lake Springfield near here. The voice of German propa- Gandhi Insists on Indian The body of Riefier, who had ganda from vicny, never rename, been missing eight days, was found says such an invasion of Taman maepenaence INOW near his parked automobile and isthmus, on the Caucasus side of Main at Miller St. identified by the manager of the Car Owners Willing to Sell Tires to U. S.

if Necessary Kerch strait, has already been ac- LONDON. (UR (Unverified) lake beach house, the sheriff said. complished from the Crimea, ftionandas K. Gandhi said Friday Riefier was named in a forgery There is no confirmation. It seems that he could not accept British warrant late last Tuesday.

Presi obvious, however, that the Nazis promises of post-war indepen- dent E. H. Henning of the Life OI IV 'ar Stamps and Booth DUI our "liobbr Booth" are trying to sweep the Russians dence lor India, even if supported back down the Rostov-Baku rail- by guarantees of the Allied Na- Assurance company, said an incomplete audit of Riefier's books road below Kushchevka to free tions, Exchange Telegraph agency showed a shortage in excess of MP's to Guard Hotels CHICAGO. (INS) Two battalions of military police were ordered Friday to take over protection of the Stevens and Congress hotels which formally will come under army Jurisdiction at 12:01 a. m.

Saturday to become training centers for army air corps radio operators and technicians. Situated over 700 miles from the the whole Azov seacoast to and reported from Calcutta $15,000 Tr ToTtl XT rk fiiiocfi'nn 4 rv Urges Gas Ration In Illinois haps more significant in view of an earlier survey revealing that nearly 4,500,000 families reported they would be forced to -Bay -aa I i V- -J U.J A 1 A U.3 IV Riefier was manager of the pol 73 Percent Ready to Turn Over Rubber If 0 mm whether or not he would be satis icyholders serv ice bureau and had been with the Monmouth. Ill put up their cars by November be HI tO-tfp Iltlll the United States, China and Rus- WASHINGTON. D. C.

CD company since iJ3. Main nd Mniberry sia lor cancellation of a possible Extension of restrictions on use Aug. 1 and Every Saturday Night civil disobedience campaign, Gan- dhi said that the All-India of fuel oil and gasoline into Ohio, Army to Use Two 8:30 congress would not "contemplate open sea, vjueoec City, in the Province of Quebec, nevertheless experiences a tide rise and fall of 20 feet in the St. Lawrence river at its foot. LadiM 1 5c.

Gf-nU JV. Tax Included. cause of their own critical tire needs and that 12 million families would have to do the same thing by next April. By the same token, the sooner the government acts to take over some of the privately owned tires, the greater the supply of usable tires it will find itself able to CARTOOH HOUR TODAY Indiana imnois and Michigan to More Landmarks any guarantee because the pres ent delivery of independence is mio ine Aiianiic coasi siaies was rmr xr.rt mitw v. the need of the hour, BY GEORGE GALLUP.

Director, Amerteaa InaUtnt of PMblfc Opkitoa. PRINCETON. N. J. While there may still be confusion in the minds of the people about the rubber situation, car owners throughout the country are willing to turn over tires to the government if the need arises.

urged Friday before a special Chicago landmarks the Auditor-house committee by alter P. hum hM 12 NOOH Motlc by Bluomlnrton Mght Ilawka. EL PASO THEATRE El Paso, 111. SATURDAY, AUG. 1 '7HF SPOILERS" Hedden, director of port develop- iiriP(i Fria.iv tn civ thir OI IV War Stamp and Bond BUI At Our -Ixbby Booth- 5 Believed Dead Tl 4 V- 1.

I r--- meni. 01 ujc iu.i cw facilities to the war effort. Door Opra In Army Plane Crash autnonty. Mayor Edward J. Kelly an Hedden said it would be a 11:15 M.

nounced the city had leased the Axis Bombers Raid Alexandria, Kill 4 CAIRO, EGYPT. GP (Un tragedy if fuel oil supplies fell 3 MOBILE, ALA. Five crew Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne members of a light army bomber 1st Show 7:30 2nd Show 9:30 rom Brookley Field. were This additional evidence that the people are thinking in straight lines on the business of winning short of minimum needs, and that center's tor Ue 20.000 it is not too much to ask" this army air corps men who soon will verified) Axis bombers raided believed killed Thursday night section of the country to assume be attending the radio schools in i Alexandria Thursday night, kill when their plane crashed in its part in the SUNDAY-MONDAY, AUG. 2-3 "THE INVADERS" WOULD YOU? the Stevens and Congress hotels.

I ing four persons and injuring 13 Mobile bay and sank in 20 feet of and causing slight damage to water, Capt. O. S. Parmer, Brook- Laurence Oliver, Leslie Howard The community of Apache Tejo Misalignment of a wheel grinds property, the Egyptian interior ley public relations officer an ESDS TOSITE TOrr.II AS THEY COME" 3 1M. "THE SILYER BI LLET 1:1 J.

CAPT. M1DNITE SERIAL AVESTERN HOUR TODAY 12 NOON Doors Open 11:15 a. m. and Raymond Massey away the tread of rubber tires and ministry announced Friday. nounced.

in southwestern New Mexico is sol named for its proximity to Apache Sun. 1st show 7:00, 2nd show 9:10. Air raid alarms also sounded in puts an end to the useful life of the casing long before its inbuilt One Show Mon. 8:00 quoit pits, where tribal warriors) 1 1 rvnc ro njv 1 1 I met to defend their laurels. mileage has been delivered.

the Cairo area and other points in Egypt, the ministry said, but it made no mention of bombs falling in Cairo, which was the target DANCE TONIGHT SPRAGUE'S TAVERN FEATURING COLLEGIATE CLUB ORCHESTRA Everyone Welcome of a light raid Wednesday night There were 248,000 publicly owned trucks in use on United States highways at the close of 1940. LEXINGTON THEATRE Saturday Sunday rr Sunday Nite! Bringing You the Music of Chuck Bischoff's GREAT DANCE BAND Chirk Is la the servire but the band ll carryinc on with the same fine musie that has made ihrm outstanding throughout Central Illinois. Adm. 40e Inc. Tax Dancing FREE "THIS TIME FOR KEEPS WKMVmmWmWKmmymWmWmWmlmmWnmWmWmWmWmWmmlmmWmTmWmWmW "ON TIIK SUNNY SIDE" STARTS SVSDAY BUY WAR STAMPS IN OUR LOBBY -juke-box "jenV YN "rffV, r-'i fr rVv i starts svsday jt C-K always lfjSDE i vTre; I vyv vy r- TV uvts and loves! frXP I II 1 II II I II ENDS TOSITE "GJi W'JXjL I MA.SQIERADE- vV fnt4tmi tZl' STARTS SUNDAY- ..1 1 THE ROOK THAT -v SIIOCKEDAMERICA! 'f, Ann Rutherford, Robert Sterling, Car owners willing to sell their tires to aid the war irginia Weidler, Irene Rich, Guy Kibbee, Dorothy Morris EVING THEATRE Alr-Condltlonrd fUoomlitftoa's Tbratre Sat.

Midnight Show "YOU BELONG TO ME" with Barbara Stanwyck. Henry Fonda. ALSO Private Snuffy Smith "YARD BIRD" ENDS TOI.Y "CADET GIRL" with CAKOI.K LAM) IS. SAYBROOK THEATER the war and are ready to make any sacrifice to that end, was brought to light by a special insti tute survey of car owners, who were asked: SATURDAY "PARACHUTE BATTALION." Robert Preston, Nancy Kelly SLN'DAY AND Tl E8DAY "THE VANISHING VIRGINIAN Frank Morgan, Kathjrra Grayioa "If the government needs tires PISINCESS THEATRE Leroy Air-Condit ioned TONIGHT JOE E. BROWN in would you offer to sell some of your tires to the government for a fair price? "PALS OF THE PECOS Of those interviewed in the na tionwide study, approximately three out of every four expressed "SHUT MY BIG MOUTH" BANC willingness to sell one or more with the 3 Muftketeer.

Serial "White Fjigle" Plus Cartoons. Doors Open 11:30 Children Admitted Free. 11:30 to 3:30 Accompanied, by an Adult. tires to the government. The tabular results were as fol lows: Yes 73 No 22 Undecided 5 Reliable estimates place the TOMOHHOW KAIX OR SHINE "RED" FOLEY'S number of car owning families in the United States at 20 million.

If 73 percent of these were will "SWEETHEART OF THE FLEET" JOAN DAVIS SUN. MON. "The JUNGLE BOOK" In Technicolor with "SABU" ing and able to sell only one spare V( VT iO MORGAN AXU JT i YfJ 3.10 B-rknl Mam 1:13. IS W-i rl, ROMANCE! iTTwiX CCT ll 1J, YOU'RE IN FOR ADVENTURE! Modern and Old Time TONIGHT EDGEWOOD WALTZ CONTEST Cash Prize for Best Couple DELL GILBERT Adm. 30c Per Person.

Tax IncL mm tire from their cars, the government could now obtain nearly IS million tires enough to equip more than 3,500,000 essential automobiles of one kind and another. Farmers Less Willinr. As might be expected, farmers, who face greater need for cars LaN In I V)N WtlSZ?" in their daily existence, were a little more reticent about turning over their tires for government use than were car owners living AT MACKINAW DELLS Midway Itrlwmi Praiis and RMMHnlnKlon nm I H. 110. CIANT STAfSE PHOW8 FF.ATI HIMi POPPY CHESHIRE SKEETS HANKIE An SHERIDAN zA MDI 1JmfPTf CUMHINGS 'J tehig- in the urban areas.

COLONIAL COLFAX TONIGHT I ii m. liouu i I niniun irr i i ii rrr riii i i Radl Matloa KMOX. "Parachute Battalion II I AKAPiUUfll fcN MifZ tmriwi. o-. Farmers.

Yes 62 No 30 Undecided 8 City Dwellers. Yes 76 No 19 Ilobert Preston, Nancy Kelly FIELD YkpJ BEEHLERS HOLLYWOOD ANIMALS and CM hem 4 PERFORMANCES Afternoon and Night CLAUDE RAINS I Jr'lT il i i a kiiNrnrni i mr rmwrn i i SUN. MON. "Two Yanks in Trinidad Pat O'Brien. Brian Donievy, Janet Blair ADMISSION 30e.

Tax Included. Undecided 5 Should Act Quickly. The offer from the car owning public to help its government overcome the rubber shortage is per- 1 1 null at 1 1 a 1 (hlldrra 1 advr la and FREE raa. im, as. ail a.

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