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133 SAYRE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1942 PRICE FOUR "CENTS HFhr FIVE flU JAP SIS SUNK EI 1U IS Axis Desert Forces Fall Back Under Hammering of U. British Air Forces Stalingrad Battle Approaches Climax; Reds Still Struck Soviet Defenders Urged to Enemy Loses Eight Planes and Quantity of Supplies as U. S. Forces Tighten Grip on Solomons Allied Airmen Hold Control of Air oyer Egypt; Americans Play Big Part in Record Activity Belle Employes Lauded by Navy At 'E' Ceremony EI SHIFT 1 SPAIN SEEN AID II AIDES Turn City into Red Verdun; Battle Is 'Unparalleled in Fury MOSCOW, Sept. 4 (UP) The battle of Stalingrad approached a WASHINGTON, Sept.

4 (AP) American fighting men steadily strengthened their grip on the Solomon Islands today as the bat tle of the southwest Pacific brought destruction of five Japa crisis today as the Soviet defend' nese ships, eight airplanes and ers were exhorted to transform the vital Volga river city into "a Red 0 Verdun" in the face of a crushing STATIN quantities of invasion supplies. Indications that constant allied Franco Ousts Brother-in When Willkie Arrived in vf -V1: 1 assault by Nazi troops, tanks and divebombers. Plant and Workers Honored for Efficiency, Start Drive to Win Star for Continued Performance Law, Noted Axis Friend; Front reports said that the Ger- BY WAR DEPARTMEIilT battering was sapping enemy strength came in communiques from General MacArthur's Australian headquarters and from the navy department which told of lack of Japanese aircraft resist ance in New Guinea and of only Berlin Hints Explanation mans already had smashed gaping holes in the Stalingrad defense 0 lines northwest and southwest of Being Awaited DRAFT OF IS the city. However, stubbornly fighting periodic attacks" by small de tachments of invaders in the Red army troops, backed up by civilian volunteers from the Sta- By The Associated Press The ouster of ardent Pro-Nazi CAIRO, Sept. 4 (UP) The allied air force with American planes in a leading role was reported today to rule the sky over the western desert and Marshal Erwin Rommel's armored division fell back somewhat under ceaseless by land and air.

An official spokesman reported that the Nazi Luftwaffe practically had been grounded by record-breaking air action on the part of American, British and South units. Imperial ground forces discov ered 39 axis tanks, abandoned on the desert battleground after being hit and burned out by bombing and shelling. British airmen reported -iter returning from night attacks that they started so many fires in Rommel's concentration areas that they could not count them. Each day the allied air foroe was setting new bombing records for warfare in Africa. Another new record, it was revealed, a as set yesterday, even exceeding that attack of the day before which was estimated 20 per cent heavier than any delivered before.

The American army air force lingrad populace, threw them S. submarines dealt a severe Ramon Serrano Suner from the selves into the breaches and at Spanish foreign ministry by his tempted slow the German ac. vance. blow to Japan's supply lines by sinking five enemy ships including a light cruiser, and damaging three more. The newest sinkings WASHINGTON, Sept.

4 (AP) Chairman Reynolds (D-NC) of the senate military affairs committee declared today he would ask the war department for a formal recommendation "as to the necessity" of drafting youths of 18 and 19 into the armed forces. brother-in-law, Generalissimo Franco was accepted in the United Nations today as a slight Advancing on the city from the northwest approaches was a force More than 1,000 employes of the Belle Knitting corporation plant in Sayre, lauded yesterday by the Army and Navy for their part in the victory to come, today started working for the white star which will be placed on their Army-Navy pennant six months from now, for "continuing high efficiency' in war production. Rear Admiral George Brent Young, chief of the bureau of supplies and accounts of the U. S. navy in Washington, and Capt.

E. H. VanPatten, supply officer in reported by the navy yesterday lifting of the clouds in that corner jt estimated i.t 25 German divisions. boosted the total of Japanese of the Mediterranean. possibly 375,000 men, aided by an ships sunk or damaged by Ameri estimated 1,000 divebombers.

can undersea craft to 99 since On the other hand, Axis sources showed restraint, and suggested that General Franco is being ask Dec. 7, 1941. The Germans were reported to be bringing up heavy mobile ar ed to explain. Reynolds told reporters he would be guided "by the decisions of our military leaders" in his consideration of a proposal, introduced yesterday by Senator Gurney (R-SD), to lower the minimum induction Absence of Nipponese attempts at interception were noted by tillery to blast their way through Pictured on his arrival in Cairo, Egypt, by plane is Wendell L. Willkie, personal representative of President Roosevelt, who is making a tour of the war zones around the world.

This is a radiophoto from Cairo to New York. A broadcast by the German A the inner lines of Stalingrad's de- news agency Transocean, said no statement concerning the changes command of the navy supply de fenses and fresh armored and motorized divisions were spotted in pot at Mechanicsburg, yesterday action all along the half-moon presented the pennant and in AMERICAN PLANES front protecting the City. was being made by the German foreign office today and that no effort would be made to "anticipate an eventual declaration on General MacArthur's medium and attack bombers in a foray against enemy installations at Salamaua, Japanese New Guinea base, where numerous fires were started. In the upper Solomons, two enemy seaplanes were damaged by the allied bombers at Faisi, -ae! dumps were destroyed at Buka and at Kieta Japanese installa tions were blasted with "unknown signia as the highest award within the power of the nation's armed services to give. was supporting the British eighth army wth intensive operations, a An editorial in the Red army a organ, Red Star, declared that the defenders of the key city must age from 20 to 18 and thus tap a reservoir of upwards of 2,000,000 men.

Gurney's proposal, offered as an amendment to the selective service act, was referred to the military committee. Reynolds said he would send it to the war department immediately for "its study and spokesman said. the subject by General Franco." It said, however, that person Sidney E. Kaye, executive vice- American medium bomoers turn it "into a Red Verdun." POUND JAPANESE AS CHINESE ADVANCE president and general manager of with an escort of both British ur.d ality sketches of the new members of the cabinet were distrib "They must be motivated by one thought," Red Star said. "There is no place for further retreat, results." American fighter squadrons over the battle area and carried out.

a -harp attack on axis motor transport, scoring a number of hifs the Belle, accepted the pennant, and George Belcher, president of Sayre local 365, International Ladies Garment Workers union, and an employe of the dye house, was the recipient of the insignia, which uted "showing the sympathetic attitude adopted here towards the latter." These sketches recalled that We must not hand over to German i In the Guinea area, Mac r- CHUNGKING, Sept. 4 (UP) I occupants me gateway- to our on, American fighter planes pounded) thur's communique told of further allied bombing and strafing mmm Gurney told the senate that the United States should go into the younger brackets for soldiers with a view of giving them sufficient and several near misses whbh wrecked and set afire Rommel's our bread and other Semi-official dispatches, report Japanese water ana ran com Count Francisco Gomez Jordana, the new foreign minister, was in munications and bombed enemy will be presented later to every Belle employe. machines. ing the weight of the war machine (Continued on Page 9, Column 6) that post when Spain adhered to the Germans had thrown into the Dr. Harry S.

Fish, surgeon-in- headquarters in Nanchang today as Chinese land forces were reported to have advanced to with FAILED TO COMPLY the anti-Comintern pact, and that In an attack by American medium bombing squadrons, an a.xii airfield was hit heavily and many battle in an effort to take Stalin training and adequate physical upbuilding to equip them to meet the enemy, particularly Germany, whose youth "Hitler trains almost Manuel Mora Figueroa, new vice- chief of the Tioga County General hospital, was master of ceremon grad and cut the Volga river line, 1 POLICEMEN Ifi president of the Falangist party, left no doubt of the city's peril. ies during the program, which from the time they are babes in was presented on the grounds in WITH HOUSE WISHES arms." They said half of the 25 divisions assaulting on the northwest were armored. They were being hits were reported on the target area, causing big fires to spring up among Nazi planes parked at the bases. American planes were credited with the destruction of at least front of the Belle plant before a throng estimated at 2,000 per BOMBING BY IRA in six miles of the last major Japanese base in Kiangsi province. A communique from Gen.

Joseph W. Stilwell's headquarters reported that several flights of U. S. army fighters resumed their offensive in Central China Wednesday after a period of inactivity in that area since the middle 3i reinforced constantly, yet, no Ger served for some time in the Spanish Blue division with German troops on the eastern front. Scandinavian newspapers attributed his dismissal to Franco's determination to keep Spain neutral.

A British foreign office com sons. Before introducing a host of man advance on that approach was mentioned in the Soviet noon WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (AP) two German planes in combat, one a Messerschmitt 109 and the other communique. Army and Navy officers Dr. Fish pointed out that there are 150,000 plants in the country making war The FBI and the Dies committee were at sharp odds today over the Senator Bilbo (D-Miss) argued it was, better to draft married men, for Wihose dependents he said congress "has provided generously" than to send "tender-age" youths into combat.

He said married men had "a little more to fight for than boys still in school." Reynolds told reporters he felt "we should place our confidence in our military leaders who know oi August. an ME 110. Air Vice Marshal Arthur Con- The army organ Red Star said it was a "battle unparalleled in BELFAST, N. Ireland, Sept. 4 (AP) Two police officers were injured by a time bomb explosion outside the Randalstown police barracks during the night as police pressed a roundup of suspected political agitators which resulted mentator cautioned that the shakeup should not be scored as a clear victory for Allied diplomacy, but said it undoubtedly (Continued on Page 9 Column 6) (Continued on Page 9, Column 8.) material, and only 400 Army-Navy awards have been made.

"We can feel highly honored that this award has come to the Valley and the employes of Belle may justly be proud," he extent of subversiveness amont; federal employes. Chairman Dies (D-Tex), accusing Attorney General Francis Bid die of having "failed utterly" to comply with congressional wishes, asked the house to reject a justice The fact that the American planes concentrated chiefly on Japanese water and rail supply routes instead of airdromes, from which the enemy reportedly has withdrawn most of his forces, was interpreted by some observers to mean the Chinese may attempt (Continued on Page 9, Column 5) in 90 arrests before morning. more about how many men we TOKYO RAID PILOT, JUS ARRESTED Authorities blamed members of need, when' we need them and said. Vihere we need them." Rear Admiral Young added his CAR CRASHES DOWN If the war department says we to recapture Nanchang. department report which criticized the committee indirectly for sending the FBI on a time-consuming 5 OTHERS AREA IC Chinese ground forces in Che praise.

By your hard work you have earned it and by your hard work also, you have made possi kiang province meanwhile were have to have 18 or 19-year-old youths, I am going to follow their recommendations, realizing that they are in a better position to search for disloyal governmpnt workers. US ble present and future American victories." LITTLE ROCK, Sept. 4 "You, the workers of the Belle iudee military needs," he said. the outlawed Irish Republican army for the bomb blast, apparently touched off in protest against the execution of Thomas Williams, youthful IRA follower whose hanging for the slaying of a constable was marked by a wave of disorders Tuesday. Along the Eire border, guards searched all vehicles and compelled travelers to produce identification cards.

United States troops, for whom Belfast had been declared out of bounds Wednesday and Thursday, reported to be tightening their encirclement of the air base city of Kinhwa. A Chinese communique admitted, however, that the town of Lanchi about 25 miles northwest of Kinhwa had been recaptured by the Japanese Tues Knitting corporation, have served Dies, head of the special committee set up four year? ago to in vestigate subversive activities, made his request in a letter Speaker Sam Rayburn in which he referred to a recent act of con your country well. Together with the management, you have made an excellent contribution 1 0 He said he would agree to hold hearings on Gurney's proposal, but preferred that they be conducted by the full committee, rather than a subcommittee. (UP) The crash of a twin-motored bomber which killed First Lieut. Kenneth E.

Reddy, one of the pilots on the Tokyo raid last April, and five other men was investigated today by officers from Barksdale Field, La. ALBANY, N. Sept. 4 (AP) Ration-refetricted use of passenger automobiles helped reduce by 32 per cent their July involvement in accidents, a drop offset by a 31 day and added that it again was under attack by the Chinese. gress asking the FBI to make the (Continued on Page 10, Column 1) check up.

Military observers said that the American air offensive on Nan The justice department, the GORED BY BULL Texan charged, did not want TEXAS li TROUBLE appeared on the streets here last night without incident. chang Wednesday and opposition the U. S. flyers encountered over Yengyang yesterday marked the assignment in the first place and SCRANTON, Sept. 4 (UP) per cent increase over July, 1941, by commercial vehicles.

Motor vehicle commissioner John Splain also reported today a 19 per cent higher night accident fatality rate for July as compared with a year ago, despite a sharply it is not strange that nothing SARANAC LAKE, N. Sept. 4 (AP) Arrest of an Italian and a German alien and seizure of contraband in 15 "spot raids" in Sar-anac Lake, Lake Placid and vi- K'jcinity last night and early today was announced by Arthur Cornelius, special FBI agent. In addition, an Italian alien now at liberty on $500 bail for failing to register under the enemy alien registration act was ordered to appear before a United States district attorney. Seized were six cameras, three radios equipped for short wave receiving, three shotguns, a pair of jfield glasses, four rifles, several hundred rounds of ammunition, photographic equipment and literature.

State and local police aided the FBI special agents in the raids. Many are expected in tovin but an attempt to smear our coin- Funeral arrangements were made today for Andrew Ceryniak, 21, of nearby Old Forge, who was I DRAFT BOARDS Tl Reddy, 22, of Bowie, and the others died when their plane fell 10 miles "west of here early yesterday. They were stationed at Barksdale Field. Others in the plane were Second Lieut. Charles S.

Brachbill, 21, of (500 Rural ave.) Williamsport, Sgt. Thomas T. Roberts, 22, of Knoxville, Corp. Dominic I. Moduno, 20, of (306 Harmon st), Brooklyn, N.

Pvt. Thomas A. beginning of a second series of Japanese-American air clashes over central and south China. The first wave of U. S.

A. A. F. Saturday and Sunday for entertainments to be given by a group of American stage and screen gored to death by a bull on his downward general traffic accident father's farm yesterday. trend.

mittee has resulted. Biddle's report said that as a result of 2,095 investigations, including any suggested by the Dies committee, only 36 government workers had been fired 13 others disciplined. This result, he added, was "utterly dispro- (Continued on Page 9 Column 5) DRIVER IS HELD ROTAN, Sept. 4 (AP) PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4 (U P) Joseph F.

Jennings, 54, driver Naylon, 33, of (40 Van Braan st), Pittsburgh, and 2nd Lieut. of an automobile which struck and killed Mary Jane Rock, 7, was held HELD THEFT OF RATION BOOKS Phillip Williams, Hinsdale, 111. 'Not Good Job of Winning War Says Nelson Speaking of Production (Continued on Page 9 Column 4) in $1,500 bail for the grand jury. Fisher county's draft board has quit en masse after first deferring all but seven of the 42 men who were to have answered an Aug. 28 call for induction.

In San Antonia, Secretary-member Ed McClannahan of Bexar county Board No. 8 has resigned in protest against a Washington deferment of a Negro editor. The Fisher county board members, W. W. Morton, George W.

INFLATION PROGRAM SPENDING TAX IS COOLLY RECEIVED WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UP) PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4 (U P) Two teen-age boys, described ed for the production of war goods Wolcott, president of Lu- NEARLY COMPLETED War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson said today that the United States is "not doing a very good kens Steel Co. and chairman of the industry salvage committee, told the newspaper representatives that "only a miracle" could prevent re problems so that he could devote more time to the conduct of the job at winning the war yet" so Riley and A.

O. Hilburn, said i'i a signed statement that state se as "key figures" in a plot to flood the Norristown area with stolen gasoline ration books, were held without bail for federal court action today by U. S. Commissioner Norman J. Griffin.

Seven men, including gasoline station operators and truck dri war. lective headquarters arbitrarily far as production is concerned. Appealing to some 200 newspaper publishers and editors to WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (AP) Urged by Secretary Morgentha to take "bold action" toward providing non-inflationary war financing, the senate finance committee weighed "today a treasury-spon The sources who revealed the duced operations of steel mills within the next few months. had deferred one registrant be 000,000 yield in additional taxes provided by the house-approved revenue bill.

"From what the secretary says," Byrd told reporters, "there must be additional money raised beyond that provided in the house bill. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UP) President Roosevelt has virtually completed his new anti-inflation program which, barring last ninute changes, is expected to all for appointment of an' overall economic Czar to direct it. Authoritative sources said only minor details remain to be filled cause he was a farm and ranch hand. join in a campaign to round up the scrap metal needed to keep And that classification, said the the nation's steel mills going at sored "spending" tax plan and proposals for a flat-rate levy on board, fits 98 per cent of the county's registrants.

Woolcott said the scrap was available but that it Wias a job of getting it in to benefit steel manufacturers. Unless a "miracle" takes place, two steel furnaces are going down in Chicago over the week-end, he said. He added that the situation maximum capacity, Nelson said that America's enemies had built up reserves and that the United So they put most of their 42- ers, each were held under bail for the federal grand jury on charges of receiving the books from the boys. If convicted, the men face one-year jail terms or $10,000 fine or both. They were termed oy As present form of the program emphasized that between now and Monday there might be further changes even major ones.

They pointed out that organized labor, for example, has been adamantly opposed to appointment of an over-all economic Czar and could be expected to bring further pressure against it. Mr. Roosevelt outlined his program to labor and farm leaders at man Aug. 28 quota in class 2-A and presented their resignations As I see it, the sales tax is the only answer. Certainly, we can't impose such a ridiculously-involved spending tax as he has suggested.

It would be easily possible for a man to pay more tax than his income under such a levy." The Morgenthau plan would call for a 10 per cent levy on all Nations were now in the process of overcoming these war surpluses. yesterday. The San Antonio resignation in San Francisco was "bad" and that at Pittsburgh and Youngs-town it was "horrible." Only two Wieeks supplies of sistant U. S. Attorney Patrick K.

McCormick as "worse offenders" than the boys. Office of price administration retail sales and services. With more than a majority expressing opposition to the additional revenue program laid before the group by Morgenthau, some committee members said the effect of the treasury's new proposal had been to force a showdown between it and a sales tax. Senator Byrd (D-Va) said hi believed Morgenthau had left no course open to the committee but to boost substantially, the in before Roosevelt presents the program to congress and to the nation on Labor Day. Appointment of an economic Czar to control farm prices, wages, wholesale and retail prices, salaries and other income would ful-jfill recent speculation that the president was giving such a plan thorough consideration in an effort to put "teeth" into the anti-inflation program and also to relieve himself of many domestic was prompted by a six-months deferment granted in Washington to James Andrews, 38, Negro editor.

the unexempted spendings of single persons who earned moi than Lieut. Gen. Brehon Somervell, commanding general of the army's services of supply, echoed Nelson's plea. "We haven't won the war yet and we'll be a long time Viinning," Somervell told the newspapermen in stressing the importance of rounding up scrap material need-1 scrap are in the hands of steel Local board and state officials had investigators said the boys ad- the White House yesterday. He did not, however, reveal to thsm the name of the man he is considering to direct it.

Gov. Her- mills throughout the country, he mitted climbing through the win- $500 a year and of married per warned the publishers and editors dow of a school and taking about sons with incomes of more than denied deferment. Andrews contended Negro journalists are needed to keep up Negro morale in wartime. 2,400 ration books from the ration (Continued Page 9, Column 4) (Continued on Page 9 Column 5) board headquarters. (Continued on Page 9 Column 4)..