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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Rather cold, occaalonal light snow. 36TH YEAR, NO. 21—48 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1942 PRICE TEN CENTS COIiAliAANDOS SIVIASH DOCK OF NAZIS' BIC BAHLESHIP Hab Spies Blamed for Sinkings JiJ^^s^J,'^;*;^ Rammed at Cafe 55 Shiploads of Aussies War'Hardened Fighters, Back Home to Join Yanks Come from Africa, Jungles of Malaya; Given no Leaves, Moved to Front White-Shirter Promises to Spill Beans' By BBYDON TAVES General MacArthur's Headquar¬ ters, Australia, March 2t.—(Sun¬ dsy)—(UP)—War-hardensd Aus¬ tralian troopB movsd up to de-' fenslvB battls posltlans beslda the' American Espadltionary Corps,; Dutch veterans of tha Java battles! and Australian home forces today.' Oimmunlques raported increaaing action on the northam approaches to Australia with Japanasa air at¬ tacks on both Port Darwin and Port Moresby, the strategic New Guinea port acrosa Torres Strait from ths Australtin mainland. Darfi-ta Attaciu« Agala A Royal Australian Air Force com¬ munique reportod that Darwin wa. attacked for tbs sevanth time Sat¬ urday aftsmoon. A flight of saven Jspanese bombara was met by a joint Amerlcan-Auatrallan fighter foree, equipped with new mode! U.S. fighter plane.. Details were not Immediately available but It was reported that no material damage was caused b>- .'a panels bomb.. (A di.patch to the London Star ^rom Sydney reported that the .\merlcan Asiatic Fleet in the paat three weeks haa sunk flve Japan Arrest 200 Axis In Brazil Agents 2 More Ships Torpedoed; Valley Man Survivor Helmsman Died in Flames Turning Ship To Save the Crew Capture Leader And Radio Code; Seize 62 in Newark Home for Seamen Washington, March 2( Two more meditun-slisd Slates merchant vsssels have besn torpedoed off the Atlantic Coast, the Navy announced today. Subs Sighted Otf Cuba By OA\ ID J. WILSON 'l'niled PresB Slaff Correspandent Rio de Janeiro, March 28.—Police asserted today that they have smashed a German espionage or¬ ganization that wa. re.ponalble for Allied merchantahlp sinkings In the North and South Atlantic since the outbreak of the war. The spy ring was broken up. Savannah, Ga., March 2S (UP)— Survivors from a madium sliBd American merchantman attacked I by a submarine in the Atlantic on I March 18, reported tonight that one I of two torpedoes exploded under : the crew's quarters, causing nu¬ merous casualties. John J. Smith of Kingston, member of the crew af tlUs torpedoed veasel, was taitor- viewcd yesterday by the Sun¬ day iMdependent. His story will be found on Page A-IL Havana, March 28. (UP)—The (UP) newspaper E9 Mundo said teday United. ^^^ t^o enemy submarlnas ware slghtsd eif the coast of Cuba Friday. "Maritime circles reported an enemy submarine about 48 miles from Havana," the newspaper aaid. "About 7:45 p. m. Friday a sub¬ marine approached an unidenti¬ fied merchant vessel, circled it once and then Bubmsrgad. Sev¬ eral patrol planes immediately began a search, but reported that they were not able te sight the submarine," the dispatch added. "Maritime circles also reported that another enemy submarine j was sighted oS CJardenaa (Matan- I xas province) but patrol planes i were unable te flnd It." War Draws Closer to Turkey^ Bulgarian Radio Calls for Revolt As Nazis Take Troops; New Drive Feared Troops Fight Way into Shipyards At St, Nazaire, Holding Out For Hours While Destroying Equipment Of Submarine and Plane Base In Biggeat Raid Yet Attempted; Great World War Feat Recalled By EDWARD W. BEATTIE London, March 28 (UP)—Britain today launched her sprinff offensive in the west with a daring commando attack on St. Nazaire in which the old U. S. Destroyer Campbeltown was crammed with five tons of explosives and rammed against the gate of the only dock on the Atlantic Coast big enough to take the Nazi warship Tirpitz. The feat of the Campbeltown and the probable destruction of the huge gate were revealed in a joint communique tonight. OEOBOE W. CHRISTIANS Chattanoogs, Tenn., March :;V;l^7M^rtnUrV7nd X'^^U^P"^^^^^^^ W-ChrlsTirnV: ^l- :hit.'^l?2.;'T'^aVn"1e'"sffii|*«r' ""V7 "l ^'V^'u "omltnf •ere reported badly damaged. '° ^["'y <>"''=•"]''»''''P°""'=i5" Allied submarines were ssid to be '^ould be Ranged was free under carrying out a persistent offensive »';«» 5»»<» .^°" f'''/ ""'' "?,''•,'" endangering thV long Japanese''"»•,!«•?«> "> :'P" '»" beans' at a suDDlv line. ) preliminary hearing nexl week on .,"'.\' . sedition charges filed by the fed- Aloresby Not Damaged „bI Deparlment of Justice, In the Japanese air attack an ^ Christlsns, organizer of th- Moresby Fridsy, it wa. revealed. ..i|.j(,„ Libertv Movement" a* two Japanese plsne. were shot i^e "Crusader While Shirts' was w"-Ar'*»1!l'..^n'"l' "«•"",'*"'?'srrested at his home here last oil The Allied pilot was believed i „,^j „ paderal Bureau of Inves- to have parachuted lo safety. tigallon agents. He allegedly sent The RAAF reported that In the leltera to officers and men at Camp sttack on Koepang Friday a '7,0(W-; Forrest, Tenn.. and Fort Ogle- Ion ship was set eflre and several'thorpe, Oa., last December which, Japanese flying boats were dam- the complaint said, were designed "fed. Ito Impair morale. Report, from More.by .aid that! The letter al.o posed .uch ques- despile the frequent Japanese air|tiona as' mim^.Vj"!?"*" """"'"""'y ''"''h! "What are we fighting for?" military damage has been inflicted . •.,'..," , », ¦ and only two persons have been 1 ' >»•« we fighting to make Presl- kllled. The Japanese have dropped dent Roosevelt dictator of the More than 2,000 bombs on Moresby! world?' „.™, . . , tInce .Urt of the war. i Christian, made $3 000 bond In The arrival of thoueand. of, cash 12 hours after his arrest and Aniac veteran., many veteran, of 'mniedlalely went home 'to take a two years of tough over.ea. cam- bath and get the cooties off of me. paign., bol.tered Gen. Dougla.' He said that the charges are MacArthur's forces for the expect-'nothing but drivel bul I am de¬ ed Japanese attack. ' |"lhled to have thi. opportunity to ^6 Shipload, ef Troops !"""' '*" '^¦'"'"' ^"'"^ ""' '" "'* A total of 2> survivors werej they said,' with" tlie arreit of 2(>bi'*nded here but IS other members Axi. agent., including their alleged,»' the crew were li.ted a. missing. chief, Niels Christlensen, a Dane, The survivors were picked up after described a. former head of thej" ho"" »¦ two lifeboats aad two German admiralty t«dl« communi-' Hferafts. cation, department before he wa. They said the ship was in calm sent lo Braxil in IMl. Chrlsllenscn, police said, had hundreds of spies working for him in Ihe United States. England. Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and other countries, as well ss sboard many Allied merchant ve.Mls. Capture Secret Code Among documents confiscated when Christlensen and the others . were arrested this week were a copy of the German admiralty's secret code, used for transmission of spy reports from Rio de Janeiro ! lo Berlin, and a copy of detailed in¬ struction, on what to report in con* , nectlon wilh lhe movements of United Nations shipping, the police disclosed. The police said that the exclu .esB and clear weather whsn the first torpedo hit at 10:10 p. m. It tore Into the forward part ef the ship under the crew's quarlers. Some of the crew were trapped in their bunks. Injured by Blast The second torpedo struck a. the remainder of tht crew took to the boat, and several of the survivors were Injured. Walter Clark, a veteran of 2S years at ssa, oiler, from Port Arthur, Tex., said h« was In his bunk when the first torpedo hl^ "The explosion went off right underneath and I was burned try¬ ing to get to a boat," he said. Jame. H. Co.grove. 31,070 AIRPLANES INCLUDED INM" PASSEDJl^HOUSE 3,600,000-Man Army Also Provided for; 6% Ceiling on Profits Washington, March 2S. (UP)— t'he House passed and sent te the Senate late today an tU,S01,»61,34S war funds bill, including money for 31,070 additional army planes and seaman, a provision limiting to six per cent «i.» .v,!..!™ „f th. r-.,.,>,.„ „,•, Toledo. Ohio, reported he was on the profits on any contracts under si\e mission of the Oermsn mer- i_-i,-,.. ,..u.« *i-. -,ui« ...-- ui. ... lookout when tht ship was hil. the measure. "Those torpedoes have a lot of Passage came after the Houae, power. They .eemed to blow up | without debate, adopted the am.nd- everythlng within reach," he said, |ment by Rep. Francis (R.,S.D.) "I wits blown over the side and to limit profits on construction and all my clothea excepi my life-belt | procurement. The vote was 70 to waa blown otT, I made a life raft g on the amendment, which does and climbed aboard, I' saw a few not apply to proflts on contracts jump_overboard when the second | under other appropriations. Output "Miraculous"* During general debate on the bill. Chairman Clarence Cannon, (D,,Mo.) of the appropriations committee declared that progiess In war production "borders on the miraculous." He lold the House By DANA SCHMIDT Ankara, Turkey, Delayed. March 27. (IIP)—Bulgaria waa authoriU- tively reported tonight to be send¬ ing troopa to flght with the Axia m Rusaia and a secret radio sta¬ tion broadcast an appeal for Bul- „...,. ., ,„ . gars to "rise and do away w\th'f^tgnt trtto Kavol Yordt your so-called King Boris, who is whUe the flush-deck American destroyer plowed into thc "^ » , T'"^'*T . . harbor on its suicide mission, special demolition parties crII'JU &oi;"in TS!"whici; 'ouRh* «''««'• ««>' «"*• "»v«l ywds despite "very heavy oppo- r.ew sees the war moving still sitton" and dynamited facilities the Germans have been cieee^ to Its doorstep. | using to provide for large fIcefai, jrf,^ Mibfiiarines now opcr> MnoekMsek May Be la Greece ating against shipping in ARMrfONiwalen. (Axis ^oadcasu quoted Premier (Reports from Vichy said paratroops participated in the In? Sriiu^Int thrt'¥uirTi.>Pe»-ation. A German commuiiique claimed the British force while not actually In the war, was'was destroyed Without attaining any of its objectives. The "In a sute of war" and that Bol- {communique claimed the U. S. destroyer was blown up before shsvism must be crujhed. Nasi jt reached the lock sratcs and that 13 small British craft Marshal Walther von Brauchltsch ^^.^^^ ^^^^ ,,y j^^^. ^^^^^ ^ was reported in Greece on a spe¬ cial mission and Axis forces were massing In Greece, Sicily and tha Dodecanese Islands for a probable CommandoB' Biggeat AUack The St. Nazaire assault was the bigsrest yet attempted drive in the Middle East, the Soviet by the special Commando forces organized by the British news agency, Taas, reported.) fo^ harassing the Germans along the long Nazi-held AuthoritativB sources here said European coast. Raiders had to travel 450 miles to mako the attack. Its special objective, the communique said, was destruction chant vessel Hermes, which ran the British Atlantic blockade from Bor¬ deaux, France, lo this cily in 1941. was to bring Christlensen lo Brazil to organize the German espionage system. Told Berlin Ever>1lilng They announced that the instruc- . ,. _ (Continued on Page A-4) | (Continued on Page A-U) that two of seven Bulgarian divi¬ sions which had been on the Turk¬ ish border since 1938 were with¬ drawn suddenly, preparatory to.gf the dock gate, going to the Russian front. _, . , , ., . . . ... . . . Many Arrests In SeHa ^'^^ communique revealed that a delayed action fuse had Police and soldiers guarded ibcP" fitted to the huge djiiamite cache to enable th British buildings m Sofia and an average forcs to escape before touching off their destructive blast, of 28 alleged •Communists" have! -j.,,g j^^j.^i ^j,. po^ce carried out great "ferry" raids ?rw"e'Kr'op^osUiL to w^?,"it!aKainst Northern France in which 13 German planes were 'shot down during the afternoon— — a maneuver designed lo divert' wa. reported, A ascret radio station operated by Russia on the ssme wave length ea the Bulgarian radio broadcast thi. appeal lo the Bul- gars:— believed » •n""'"^;'"^ ."""iu'^ '" .m.7u'i Nasalre dockyard "In the face of German air strength from atu«k- ^^ ^ opposition." lng any of the naval units return- ' ' •-¦- I-- #,«™ Ql M.<.ir. "There Is every hope." said the lng from St. Naxalre, ! communique, "that this raid ae- In an operation strongly rem-; pj,^p,|gh,j although not without of Admiral Sir Roger j^^^. ^agugnie,, the main ta.k— Discourage Attacks on Corregidor Soldier.! Citizens! Now 1. the; lU'"^*"' ,. .„.,„., ,u. — — ¦ —- time to rise. Do away once and for »^«y"' '""»"» "•"''I X"'iv„lM """"'y de.lruction of the gate of all with your .o-c.lled King Borl.!™"'' at Zeebrugge the N"l World t„c large dock at St Naxalre, the who Is merelv a German pawn . . . War submarine base, the British .„, ^^^ „„ the Atlantic Coast cap. Boris'alTd "in Pr^.Tare'togeth;;|f^P>-'ve^_»^^^^^^^^^^ •««'nst|,,„ „, ,.^,„^ ^^0 Tlrpltx." In Berlin. That shows plans are the SI. Nazaire lock gates. I open. The Australian force, arrived on; ..j ^^anl lo spill the beans," he Bn estimated 89 troop transporta. : ggij. "I'm going lo give a long The troop, di.embarked quietly i talk at the preliminary hearing. st Australian ports, moving through i I've been promoting an idea for the street, without bands, crowd.,'jq year.," cheer, or waving of flag.. Few of, He i, jiable to a msxlmum peii- the men got leave.. Mo.t were, ,ity of 10 year. In prison or a fine (Continusd on Page A-11) lof 330,000 or both. Myrna Loy, Screen's * Perfect Wife', Now Is Getting ^Friendly' Divorce Take Offensive In Scattered Parts Of Philippines Washington. March 28. (UP) — Japanese air allempl. to dent Fort I of Lieut. Gen. Jonahlan M. Wain¬ wright on Balaan. Neither effort ha. been successful, but the Jap- V\eBe keep trying, sending waves of new-lypc bombers from nearby landing flelds _ _ . The communique .aid: loday that tn the last month~of "'oot to put pressure on Turkey i Two hours and 15 minutes after! ..^ .j^n^l has been received from World War I plane production wasl«n<> to obtain Bulgar troops for the .the Campbeltown rsmmed into tne the St. Nazaire raiding force which (ConUnueHn Pag. A-4) 1 (Continued on Pag. A-4) \'''''^ r'"^'""^ ^°ZTlSZel "^ '' "'"'"J""^ V^tV^^t ''''./"•' I explosion was heard and seen. .aying that the HMS Campeltown ^ "The majority of the Campbel-[ f^mmcd the main dock gate at 1:84 town's rrew had been evacuated by a „ this morning, only four War Smnmary motor launches," the communique „,nj,tes lale on the program time, said. I "This former American destroyar The war moved into it. .prlng, hard at Toungoo against a Jap- "Special Troops" I^anded had her bow. specially stiffened The communique said that ac-! phase Saturday night with British;anese attack which . already hadi Simultaneously said the com- and filled with five tons of Correaldor netted little profit curacy of American anti-aircraft Gommandos smashing against the yesterday, thc War Department re¬ ported loday in a communique that also lold of successful patrol and Brllllcry action by Amcrlcan-Fili- Hollywood, March 28. (UP)— Myrna Loy, the screen's "perfect ^"ife," announced tonight she had "Bparated from her husband, Fllm Producer Arthur Hornblow Jr., and Would start preliminary divorce proceedings "In the near future." The separation was the second In their six years of married life. "After talking It over, we have ooth decided that 11 I. best for us to continue our respective careers «P«rt," Miss Loy said. She added that .he had moved from their home lo a Beverly Hill, apartment hotel. In Today't Iaaue Uasslfled „ A—31 Editorial „ _ c 3 Movie. ". B—10 ^In A—in «»«'i»l A—14 ^tory A—18 Bports « „, "Arthur and I arc still the best of friends," she said. "I have in¬ tense admiration for Arthur, but we believe It Is best tnis way," "Our separation is most re- grellablo but il Is true," Hornblow commented. "1 hope we will still be friends," Not Exactly New In November. 1940. the couple made a similar announcement. But 'four months later they were living together again afler having been seen together al rr ovic previews and night clubs. Hornblow then said his wife still was "the loveliest woman In the world," and they called their earlier separation "hasty."' Their surprise wedding In Ensen- ada. Mexico. June 27. 1936, cllmnxed a three-year romance that started from a casual meeting on a studio set. It was Miss Loy's first mar¬ riage and Hornblow'a. second. flre kept the enemy planes at such French qoast In their strongest at high altiludes that their bombing j tack thus far and the axis manlpu- wa. "very Inaccurate," l lallng Bulgaria toward ho.tilllle. Gun. of Corregidor and Forts aB»in»t Russls. pino forces on Balaan PenlnBula I ^¦'um. Hughes and Frank kept up ind Mindanao. i«n effective counter-fire al the "-.--:. . . .J .1 The communlQue reoorted thati^nen^y batteries placed along the«;»» directed against the great numbered. L^''ate°TSrn ^:r a1rc*r1'ff|Cav.le shor_e on th. opposite side Nazi, JubmaHnc ^ and^^nava. ^ ba« mouth of the River Loire. To-1 bloodiest of the war. ^ , , gether with the big step-up in| Enemy patrols were particularly Royal Air Force operations the On the Australian front there raid Indicated lhat Britain I. get-1 was lillle action. Japanese planes ting the jump on Germany In'again attacked Port Darwin bul spring operations in the west. | were mel by Americsn and Aus- i tralian fighter forces. TTiey caused The Bulgarian move was indl. ^ little damage and few casualties, cated In dispatches from Ankara ... , ,. » .u and propaganda broadcasts from G«n. Douglas MacArthur was Berlin King Boris of Bulgaria hasj|;"P d'y "J.^'"*, ^Is force. Into been conferring wllh Adolf Hitler j >>«ttle P<»»tlons for defense of the m the company of Franz von ?"hconllnenl, his command strongly thrust Into the town ai some points, munique "special service troops"! explosive. A Berlin report claimed that Toun-jwere landed and carried out pre- goo has been occupied. However, arranged demolitions in the SL Chungking reported that veteran! Chinese forces of (3en, Joseph E.; Stilwell's command are holding out The British Commando atUck | despite the fact that lhey are out- wa. directed again.t the great | numbered, encircled from three' A delayed aclion fuae had been (Continued on Page A-«) accurate American anti - aircraft | , „ ,, jfirc on Corregidor had checked the!°' *•¦""» ""J'- ((.ftectlveness of "an almo.t con-!*"*'• Out I'. 8. DefenM'. tinuous" Japanese bombardment Friday afternoon and that an at- active on Balaan. apparently feel templed raid Friday night wa^ lng out American-Filipino position, quickly turned away with the loss for a grand offensive which Lieut. of one heavy enemy bomber. Cen, Tomayukl Yamashita Is ex- Raldera Flee i peeled to start as soon as he ha. In thc night raid, American I his reinforced troops disposed. scarchUghts picked up the enemy 1 An American patrol carried out planes, which turned tail and fled, „.hal was described as a success- out not before one of their num- fui night raid and American artll- ber was brought down. The flee- jerv fired on troops and truck ing craft dropped their bombs into' concentrations beluK ..ssemblcd for I Papen, Nazi ambassador lo Turkey, bolstered by the arrival of veteran Manila Bay. jt^e expected Japanese atiack. |and lhe Nazi move appeared likely I A"J«c troops from other theaters There was • practically no dam-| one Japanese battery was si- lo stir up violent reactions In the »'"ent'"*- XV?n*.'lir^tv1?JlH"*fu"'""""i''""'' "y American fire and the always troubled Balkan and Near' Chinese reporls said lhat Japan tlona m ine aay raios, lhe com-'communique said that "numerouB'East region. The Bulgarian masses ,, jgi|„ j,,^ jo^^g, |„ p^gp^^g. ""^.L^^lt^.^th.h w , i casualties were suffered by the' for many year, have been regarded tjon for a double drive again.t ^J]^ntrTrL?^nr^^^y^ ytu"""^.':'"^"'^-'' .. . ." '"'"""'y pro-Ru.sia and ll gib„ia, ba.ed on Manchukuo aud Ingsof Corregidor followed the pat-' The Mindanao raid was against, seemed unlikely that the nation !„„„ Monn, gon^^ 500,000 Japa- tern of dev-elopmenls since Tues- > Japanese outpost aboul half a 1 could be laken Into the war against „„, troops were said to be concen- day, when the Japanese began their mile from Zamboanga. To reach Russia without considerable 'n- trated In Manchukuo furious effort to reduce American the outpost our men penetrated ternal stress. defenses In order to provide lhem- enemy lines. The communique Sir Stafford Cripps waa busy with selves with the vital port of said the raid was successful but, Turks were aroused also over the conferences with Indian leaders Manila as a link In their communl- added no details {prospect of further spread of the from which the British hope lo cation." system toward Australia. It was assumed, however, lhat 1 war on Ihelr front doorstep, achieve a political .olutlon which Jap Strategy Fall. prisoners were taken and informa- j will bring India's all-out parlici- The Japanejic strategy also Is tlon gathered aboul Jap forces in In the Southwest Pacific lhe pation in the war. His proposal, directed toward culling off Cor- that district. In addition to the heavy fighting was all in Burma, lo India, it was expected, will be I regldor from the mainland forces casualties inflicted apoa them. where a Chinese forcs was battling made public over the week and. Doiyn 13 Nazi Planes In Terrific Dogfights 'Flying Irishman' Gets Two More In Channel Battles Is squadron leader of a Scetttdl squadron, and who returned ta aclion only recently after bsing w-ounded In the fool during a pre- I vious dogfight. I He shot down two Focke-Wulf -Royal ^^^ '*"'' ''"" ^^' score lo 29 planes. By \%IIXIAM R. DUW.NS London, March 28 /UP'-"--"! The battle, in which 40 to M Air Force fighter P'lots "hot down slugging it out at one 13 German Pj?""^/°'*»y '" S^^*' time, was believed to have offered sweeps over Northern fiance and the English Channel to divert Ger- ,^ ^ (j^^,„ ^„j Britsh fight- man planes from attacking British _,.„„ ...ui-u ...nt j. ij« >k. .i. naval vessels retiring from the "P'»""'!;hich will decide the alf Commando" raids on St, Naxalre, ^""^ "' *"*- An air ministry communique said *• Plane. In One Fight five British planes were losl In a One squadron leader, the air min- continuation of RAF's non-slop, istry said, reported .eelng at least spring aerial offensive, 30 Focke-Wulf 190's In aclion at The communique which described, one time and that his group scored the sweeps said that the Briti'^l- '•¦ hits on 10 of them, pilots gave the German air force | During one lerriflc encounter tn one of its liveliest days in which around 50 planes were In months." ! aclion. every pilot "gol al least one •The Nazis were all over the, shot at the Luftwaffe." the com- skies," the air ministry said. {munique said, Paddy Geta Two More 1 Three or four of the 13 planaa One of the heroes "f the day's' brought down were accounted for action was Brendan i''addy> Fin- by a New Zealand squadron and a ucane, the "Flying Irishman" who, Czech pilot got another.
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Full Text | A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Rather cold, occaalonal light snow. 36TH YEAR, NO. 21—48 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1942 PRICE TEN CENTS COIiAliAANDOS SIVIASH DOCK OF NAZIS' BIC BAHLESHIP Hab Spies Blamed for Sinkings JiJ^^s^J,'^;*;^ Rammed at Cafe 55 Shiploads of Aussies War'Hardened Fighters, Back Home to Join Yanks Come from Africa, Jungles of Malaya; Given no Leaves, Moved to Front White-Shirter Promises to Spill Beans' By BBYDON TAVES General MacArthur's Headquar¬ ters, Australia, March 2t.—(Sun¬ dsy)—(UP)—War-hardensd Aus¬ tralian troopB movsd up to de-' fenslvB battls posltlans beslda the' American Espadltionary Corps,; Dutch veterans of tha Java battles! and Australian home forces today.' Oimmunlques raported increaaing action on the northam approaches to Australia with Japanasa air at¬ tacks on both Port Darwin and Port Moresby, the strategic New Guinea port acrosa Torres Strait from ths Australtin mainland. Darfi-ta Attaciu« Agala A Royal Australian Air Force com¬ munique reportod that Darwin wa. attacked for tbs sevanth time Sat¬ urday aftsmoon. A flight of saven Jspanese bombara was met by a joint Amerlcan-Auatrallan fighter foree, equipped with new mode! U.S. fighter plane.. Details were not Immediately available but It was reported that no material damage was caused b>- .'a panels bomb.. (A di.patch to the London Star ^rom Sydney reported that the .\merlcan Asiatic Fleet in the paat three weeks haa sunk flve Japan Arrest 200 Axis In Brazil Agents 2 More Ships Torpedoed; Valley Man Survivor Helmsman Died in Flames Turning Ship To Save the Crew Capture Leader And Radio Code; Seize 62 in Newark Home for Seamen Washington, March 2( Two more meditun-slisd Slates merchant vsssels have besn torpedoed off the Atlantic Coast, the Navy announced today. Subs Sighted Otf Cuba By OA\ ID J. WILSON 'l'niled PresB Slaff Correspandent Rio de Janeiro, March 28.—Police asserted today that they have smashed a German espionage or¬ ganization that wa. re.ponalble for Allied merchantahlp sinkings In the North and South Atlantic since the outbreak of the war. The spy ring was broken up. Savannah, Ga., March 2S (UP)— Survivors from a madium sliBd American merchantman attacked I by a submarine in the Atlantic on I March 18, reported tonight that one I of two torpedoes exploded under : the crew's quarters, causing nu¬ merous casualties. John J. Smith of Kingston, member of the crew af tlUs torpedoed veasel, was taitor- viewcd yesterday by the Sun¬ day iMdependent. His story will be found on Page A-IL Havana, March 28. (UP)—The (UP) newspaper E9 Mundo said teday United. ^^^ t^o enemy submarlnas ware slghtsd eif the coast of Cuba Friday. "Maritime circles reported an enemy submarine about 48 miles from Havana," the newspaper aaid. "About 7:45 p. m. Friday a sub¬ marine approached an unidenti¬ fied merchant vessel, circled it once and then Bubmsrgad. Sev¬ eral patrol planes immediately began a search, but reported that they were not able te sight the submarine," the dispatch added. "Maritime circles also reported that another enemy submarine j was sighted oS CJardenaa (Matan- I xas province) but patrol planes i were unable te flnd It." War Draws Closer to Turkey^ Bulgarian Radio Calls for Revolt As Nazis Take Troops; New Drive Feared Troops Fight Way into Shipyards At St, Nazaire, Holding Out For Hours While Destroying Equipment Of Submarine and Plane Base In Biggeat Raid Yet Attempted; Great World War Feat Recalled By EDWARD W. BEATTIE London, March 28 (UP)—Britain today launched her sprinff offensive in the west with a daring commando attack on St. Nazaire in which the old U. S. Destroyer Campbeltown was crammed with five tons of explosives and rammed against the gate of the only dock on the Atlantic Coast big enough to take the Nazi warship Tirpitz. The feat of the Campbeltown and the probable destruction of the huge gate were revealed in a joint communique tonight. OEOBOE W. CHRISTIANS Chattanoogs, Tenn., March :;V;l^7M^rtnUrV7nd X'^^U^P"^^^^^^^ W-ChrlsTirnV: ^l- :hit.'^l?2.;'T'^aVn"1e'"sffii|*«r' ""V7 "l ^'V^'u "omltnf •ere reported badly damaged. '° ^["'y <>"''=•"]''»''''P°""'=i5" Allied submarines were ssid to be '^ould be Ranged was free under carrying out a persistent offensive »';«» 5»»<» .^°" f'''/ ""'' "?,''•,'" endangering thV long Japanese''"»•,!«•?«> "> :'P" '»" beans' at a suDDlv line. ) preliminary hearing nexl week on .,"'.\' . sedition charges filed by the fed- Aloresby Not Damaged „bI Deparlment of Justice, In the Japanese air attack an ^ Christlsns, organizer of th- Moresby Fridsy, it wa. revealed. ..i|.j(,„ Libertv Movement" a* two Japanese plsne. were shot i^e "Crusader While Shirts' was w"-Ar'*»1!l'..^n'"l' "«•"",'*"'?'srrested at his home here last oil The Allied pilot was believed i „,^j „ paderal Bureau of Inves- to have parachuted lo safety. tigallon agents. He allegedly sent The RAAF reported that In the leltera to officers and men at Camp sttack on Koepang Friday a '7,0(W-; Forrest, Tenn.. and Fort Ogle- Ion ship was set eflre and several'thorpe, Oa., last December which, Japanese flying boats were dam- the complaint said, were designed "fed. Ito Impair morale. Report, from More.by .aid that! The letter al.o posed .uch ques- despile the frequent Japanese air|tiona as' mim^.Vj"!?"*" """"'"""'y ''"''h! "What are we fighting for?" military damage has been inflicted . •.,'..," , », ¦ and only two persons have been 1 ' >»•« we fighting to make Presl- kllled. The Japanese have dropped dent Roosevelt dictator of the More than 2,000 bombs on Moresby! world?' „.™, . . , tInce .Urt of the war. i Christian, made $3 000 bond In The arrival of thoueand. of, cash 12 hours after his arrest and Aniac veteran., many veteran, of 'mniedlalely went home 'to take a two years of tough over.ea. cam- bath and get the cooties off of me. paign., bol.tered Gen. Dougla.' He said that the charges are MacArthur's forces for the expect-'nothing but drivel bul I am de¬ ed Japanese attack. ' |"lhled to have thi. opportunity to ^6 Shipload, ef Troops !"""' '*" '^¦'"'"' ^"'"^ ""' '" "'* A total of 2> survivors werej they said,' with" tlie arreit of 2(>bi'*nded here but IS other members Axi. agent., including their alleged,»' the crew were li.ted a. missing. chief, Niels Christlensen, a Dane, The survivors were picked up after described a. former head of thej" ho"" »¦ two lifeboats aad two German admiralty t«dl« communi-' Hferafts. cation, department before he wa. They said the ship was in calm sent lo Braxil in IMl. Chrlsllenscn, police said, had hundreds of spies working for him in Ihe United States. England. Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and other countries, as well ss sboard many Allied merchant ve.Mls. Capture Secret Code Among documents confiscated when Christlensen and the others . were arrested this week were a copy of the German admiralty's secret code, used for transmission of spy reports from Rio de Janeiro ! lo Berlin, and a copy of detailed in¬ struction, on what to report in con* , nectlon wilh lhe movements of United Nations shipping, the police disclosed. The police said that the exclu .esB and clear weather whsn the first torpedo hit at 10:10 p. m. It tore Into the forward part ef the ship under the crew's quarlers. Some of the crew were trapped in their bunks. Injured by Blast The second torpedo struck a. the remainder of tht crew took to the boat, and several of the survivors were Injured. Walter Clark, a veteran of 2S years at ssa, oiler, from Port Arthur, Tex., said h« was In his bunk when the first torpedo hl^ "The explosion went off right underneath and I was burned try¬ ing to get to a boat," he said. Jame. H. Co.grove. 31,070 AIRPLANES INCLUDED INM" PASSEDJl^HOUSE 3,600,000-Man Army Also Provided for; 6% Ceiling on Profits Washington, March 2S. (UP)— t'he House passed and sent te the Senate late today an tU,S01,»61,34S war funds bill, including money for 31,070 additional army planes and seaman, a provision limiting to six per cent «i.» .v,!..!™ „f th. r-.,.,>,.„ „,•, Toledo. Ohio, reported he was on the profits on any contracts under si\e mission of the Oermsn mer- i_-i,-,.. ,..u.« *i-. -,ui« ...-- ui. ... lookout when tht ship was hil. the measure. "Those torpedoes have a lot of Passage came after the Houae, power. They .eemed to blow up | without debate, adopted the am.nd- everythlng within reach," he said, |ment by Rep. Francis (R.,S.D.) "I wits blown over the side and to limit profits on construction and all my clothea excepi my life-belt | procurement. The vote was 70 to waa blown otT, I made a life raft g on the amendment, which does and climbed aboard, I' saw a few not apply to proflts on contracts jump_overboard when the second | under other appropriations. Output "Miraculous"* During general debate on the bill. Chairman Clarence Cannon, (D,,Mo.) of the appropriations committee declared that progiess In war production "borders on the miraculous." He lold the House By DANA SCHMIDT Ankara, Turkey, Delayed. March 27. (IIP)—Bulgaria waa authoriU- tively reported tonight to be send¬ ing troopa to flght with the Axia m Rusaia and a secret radio sta¬ tion broadcast an appeal for Bul- „...,. ., ,„ . gars to "rise and do away w\th'f^tgnt trtto Kavol Yordt your so-called King Boris, who is whUe the flush-deck American destroyer plowed into thc "^ » , T'"^'*T . . harbor on its suicide mission, special demolition parties crII'JU &oi;"in TS!"whici; 'ouRh* «''««'• ««>' «"*• "»v«l ywds despite "very heavy oppo- r.ew sees the war moving still sitton" and dynamited facilities the Germans have been cieee^ to Its doorstep. | using to provide for large fIcefai, jrf,^ Mibfiiarines now opcr> MnoekMsek May Be la Greece ating against shipping in ARMrfONiwalen. (Axis ^oadcasu quoted Premier (Reports from Vichy said paratroops participated in the In? Sriiu^Int thrt'¥uirTi.>Pe»-ation. A German commuiiique claimed the British force while not actually In the war, was'was destroyed Without attaining any of its objectives. The "In a sute of war" and that Bol- {communique claimed the U. S. destroyer was blown up before shsvism must be crujhed. Nasi jt reached the lock sratcs and that 13 small British craft Marshal Walther von Brauchltsch ^^.^^^ ^^^^ ,,y j^^^. ^^^^^ ^ was reported in Greece on a spe¬ cial mission and Axis forces were massing In Greece, Sicily and tha Dodecanese Islands for a probable CommandoB' Biggeat AUack The St. Nazaire assault was the bigsrest yet attempted drive in the Middle East, the Soviet by the special Commando forces organized by the British news agency, Taas, reported.) fo^ harassing the Germans along the long Nazi-held AuthoritativB sources here said European coast. Raiders had to travel 450 miles to mako the attack. Its special objective, the communique said, was destruction chant vessel Hermes, which ran the British Atlantic blockade from Bor¬ deaux, France, lo this cily in 1941. was to bring Christlensen lo Brazil to organize the German espionage system. Told Berlin Ever>1lilng They announced that the instruc- . ,. _ (Continued on Page A-4) | (Continued on Page A-U) that two of seven Bulgarian divi¬ sions which had been on the Turk¬ ish border since 1938 were with¬ drawn suddenly, preparatory to.gf the dock gate, going to the Russian front. _, . , , ., . . . ... . . . Many Arrests In SeHa ^'^^ communique revealed that a delayed action fuse had Police and soldiers guarded ibcP" fitted to the huge djiiamite cache to enable th British buildings m Sofia and an average forcs to escape before touching off their destructive blast, of 28 alleged •Communists" have! -j.,,g j^^j.^i ^j,. po^ce carried out great "ferry" raids ?rw"e'Kr'op^osUiL to w^?,"it!aKainst Northern France in which 13 German planes were 'shot down during the afternoon— — a maneuver designed lo divert' wa. reported, A ascret radio station operated by Russia on the ssme wave length ea the Bulgarian radio broadcast thi. appeal lo the Bul- gars:— believed » •n""'"^;'"^ ."""iu'^ '" .m.7u'i Nasalre dockyard "In the face of German air strength from atu«k- ^^ ^ opposition." lng any of the naval units return- ' ' •-¦- I-- #,«™ Ql M.<.ir. "There Is every hope." said the lng from St. Naxalre, ! communique, "that this raid ae- In an operation strongly rem-; pj,^p,|gh,j although not without of Admiral Sir Roger j^^^. ^agugnie,, the main ta.k— Discourage Attacks on Corregidor Soldier.! Citizens! Now 1. the; lU'"^*"' ,. .„.,„., ,u. — — ¦ —- time to rise. Do away once and for »^«y"' '""»"» "•"''I X"'iv„lM """"'y de.lruction of the gate of all with your .o-c.lled King Borl.!™"'' at Zeebrugge the N"l World t„c large dock at St Naxalre, the who Is merelv a German pawn . . . War submarine base, the British .„, ^^^ „„ the Atlantic Coast cap. Boris'alTd "in Pr^.Tare'togeth;;|f^P>-'ve^_»^^^^^^^^^^ •««'nst|,,„ „, ,.^,„^ ^^0 Tlrpltx." In Berlin. That shows plans are the SI. Nazaire lock gates. I open. The Australian force, arrived on; ..j ^^anl lo spill the beans," he Bn estimated 89 troop transporta. : ggij. "I'm going lo give a long The troop, di.embarked quietly i talk at the preliminary hearing. st Australian ports, moving through i I've been promoting an idea for the street, without bands, crowd.,'jq year.," cheer, or waving of flag.. Few of, He i, jiable to a msxlmum peii- the men got leave.. Mo.t were, ,ity of 10 year. In prison or a fine (Continusd on Page A-11) lof 330,000 or both. Myrna Loy, Screen's * Perfect Wife', Now Is Getting ^Friendly' Divorce Take Offensive In Scattered Parts Of Philippines Washington. March 28. (UP) — Japanese air allempl. to dent Fort I of Lieut. Gen. Jonahlan M. Wain¬ wright on Balaan. Neither effort ha. been successful, but the Jap- V\eBe keep trying, sending waves of new-lypc bombers from nearby landing flelds _ _ . The communique .aid: loday that tn the last month~of "'oot to put pressure on Turkey i Two hours and 15 minutes after! ..^ .j^n^l has been received from World War I plane production wasl«n<> to obtain Bulgar troops for the .the Campbeltown rsmmed into tne the St. Nazaire raiding force which (ConUnueHn Pag. A-4) 1 (Continued on Pag. A-4) \'''''^ r'"^'""^ ^°ZTlSZel "^ '' "'"'"J""^ V^tV^^t ''''./"•' I explosion was heard and seen. .aying that the HMS Campeltown ^ "The majority of the Campbel-[ f^mmcd the main dock gate at 1:84 town's rrew had been evacuated by a „ this morning, only four War Smnmary motor launches," the communique „,nj,tes lale on the program time, said. I "This former American destroyar The war moved into it. .prlng, hard at Toungoo against a Jap- "Special Troops" I^anded had her bow. specially stiffened The communique said that ac-! phase Saturday night with British;anese attack which . already hadi Simultaneously said the com- and filled with five tons of Correaldor netted little profit curacy of American anti-aircraft Gommandos smashing against the yesterday, thc War Department re¬ ported loday in a communique that also lold of successful patrol and Brllllcry action by Amcrlcan-Fili- Hollywood, March 28. (UP)— Myrna Loy, the screen's "perfect ^"ife," announced tonight she had "Bparated from her husband, Fllm Producer Arthur Hornblow Jr., and Would start preliminary divorce proceedings "In the near future." The separation was the second In their six years of married life. "After talking It over, we have ooth decided that 11 I. best for us to continue our respective careers «P«rt," Miss Loy said. She added that .he had moved from their home lo a Beverly Hill, apartment hotel. In Today't Iaaue Uasslfled „ A—31 Editorial „ _ c 3 Movie. ". B—10 ^In A—in «»«'i»l A—14 ^tory A—18 Bports « „, "Arthur and I arc still the best of friends," she said. "I have in¬ tense admiration for Arthur, but we believe It Is best tnis way," "Our separation is most re- grellablo but il Is true," Hornblow commented. "1 hope we will still be friends," Not Exactly New In November. 1940. the couple made a similar announcement. But 'four months later they were living together again afler having been seen together al rr ovic previews and night clubs. Hornblow then said his wife still was "the loveliest woman In the world," and they called their earlier separation "hasty."' Their surprise wedding In Ensen- ada. Mexico. June 27. 1936, cllmnxed a three-year romance that started from a casual meeting on a studio set. It was Miss Loy's first mar¬ riage and Hornblow'a. second. flre kept the enemy planes at such French qoast In their strongest at high altiludes that their bombing j tack thus far and the axis manlpu- wa. "very Inaccurate," l lallng Bulgaria toward ho.tilllle. Gun. of Corregidor and Forts aB»in»t Russls. pino forces on Balaan PenlnBula I ^¦'um. Hughes and Frank kept up ind Mindanao. i«n effective counter-fire al the "-.--:. . . .J .1 The communlQue reoorted thati^nen^y batteries placed along the«;»» directed against the great numbered. L^''ate°TSrn ^:r a1rc*r1'ff|Cav.le shor_e on th. opposite side Nazi, JubmaHnc ^ and^^nava. ^ ba« mouth of the River Loire. To-1 bloodiest of the war. ^ , , gether with the big step-up in| Enemy patrols were particularly Royal Air Force operations the On the Australian front there raid Indicated lhat Britain I. get-1 was lillle action. Japanese planes ting the jump on Germany In'again attacked Port Darwin bul spring operations in the west. | were mel by Americsn and Aus- i tralian fighter forces. TTiey caused The Bulgarian move was indl. ^ little damage and few casualties, cated In dispatches from Ankara ... , ,. » .u and propaganda broadcasts from G«n. Douglas MacArthur was Berlin King Boris of Bulgaria hasj|;"P d'y "J.^'"*, ^Is force. Into been conferring wllh Adolf Hitler j >>«ttle P<»»tlons for defense of the m the company of Franz von ?"hconllnenl, his command strongly thrust Into the town ai some points, munique "special service troops"! explosive. A Berlin report claimed that Toun-jwere landed and carried out pre- goo has been occupied. However, arranged demolitions in the SL Chungking reported that veteran! Chinese forces of (3en, Joseph E.; Stilwell's command are holding out The British Commando atUck | despite the fact that lhey are out- wa. directed again.t the great | numbered, encircled from three' A delayed aclion fuae had been (Continued on Page A-«) accurate American anti - aircraft | , „ ,, jfirc on Corregidor had checked the!°' *•¦""» ""J'- ((.ftectlveness of "an almo.t con-!*"*'• Out I'. 8. DefenM'. tinuous" Japanese bombardment Friday afternoon and that an at- active on Balaan. apparently feel templed raid Friday night wa^ lng out American-Filipino position, quickly turned away with the loss for a grand offensive which Lieut. of one heavy enemy bomber. Cen, Tomayukl Yamashita Is ex- Raldera Flee i peeled to start as soon as he ha. In thc night raid, American I his reinforced troops disposed. scarchUghts picked up the enemy 1 An American patrol carried out planes, which turned tail and fled, „.hal was described as a success- out not before one of their num- fui night raid and American artll- ber was brought down. The flee- jerv fired on troops and truck ing craft dropped their bombs into' concentrations beluK ..ssemblcd for I Papen, Nazi ambassador lo Turkey, bolstered by the arrival of veteran Manila Bay. jt^e expected Japanese atiack. |and lhe Nazi move appeared likely I A"J«c troops from other theaters There was • practically no dam-| one Japanese battery was si- lo stir up violent reactions In the »'"ent'"*- XV?n*.'lir^tv1?JlH"*fu"'""""i''""'' "y American fire and the always troubled Balkan and Near' Chinese reporls said lhat Japan tlona m ine aay raios, lhe com-'communique said that "numerouB'East region. The Bulgarian masses ,, jgi|„ j,,^ jo^^g, |„ p^gp^^g. ""^.L^^lt^.^th.h w , i casualties were suffered by the' for many year, have been regarded tjon for a double drive again.t ^J]^ntrTrL?^nr^^^y^ ytu"""^.':'"^"'^-'' .. . ." '"'"""'y pro-Ru.sia and ll gib„ia, ba.ed on Manchukuo aud Ingsof Corregidor followed the pat-' The Mindanao raid was against, seemed unlikely that the nation !„„„ Monn, gon^^ 500,000 Japa- tern of dev-elopmenls since Tues- > Japanese outpost aboul half a 1 could be laken Into the war against „„, troops were said to be concen- day, when the Japanese began their mile from Zamboanga. To reach Russia without considerable 'n- trated In Manchukuo furious effort to reduce American the outpost our men penetrated ternal stress. defenses In order to provide lhem- enemy lines. The communique Sir Stafford Cripps waa busy with selves with the vital port of said the raid was successful but, Turks were aroused also over the conferences with Indian leaders Manila as a link In their communl- added no details {prospect of further spread of the from which the British hope lo cation." system toward Australia. It was assumed, however, lhat 1 war on Ihelr front doorstep, achieve a political .olutlon which Jap Strategy Fall. prisoners were taken and informa- j will bring India's all-out parlici- The Japanejic strategy also Is tlon gathered aboul Jap forces in In the Southwest Pacific lhe pation in the war. His proposal, directed toward culling off Cor- that district. In addition to the heavy fighting was all in Burma, lo India, it was expected, will be I regldor from the mainland forces casualties inflicted apoa them. where a Chinese forcs was battling made public over the week and. Doiyn 13 Nazi Planes In Terrific Dogfights 'Flying Irishman' Gets Two More In Channel Battles Is squadron leader of a Scetttdl squadron, and who returned ta aclion only recently after bsing w-ounded In the fool during a pre- I vious dogfight. I He shot down two Focke-Wulf -Royal ^^^ '*"'' ''"" ^^' score lo 29 planes. By \%IIXIAM R. DUW.NS London, March 28 /UP'-"--"! The battle, in which 40 to M Air Force fighter P'lots "hot down slugging it out at one 13 German Pj?""^/°'*»y '" S^^*' time, was believed to have offered sweeps over Northern fiance and the English Channel to divert Ger- ,^ ^ (j^^,„ ^„j Britsh fight- man planes from attacking British _,.„„ ...ui-u ...nt j. ij« >k. .i. naval vessels retiring from the "P'»""'!;hich will decide the alf Commando" raids on St, Naxalre, ^""^ "' *"*- An air ministry communique said *• Plane. In One Fight five British planes were losl In a One squadron leader, the air min- continuation of RAF's non-slop, istry said, reported .eelng at least spring aerial offensive, 30 Focke-Wulf 190's In aclion at The communique which described, one time and that his group scored the sweeps said that the Briti'^l- '•¦ hits on 10 of them, pilots gave the German air force | During one lerriflc encounter tn one of its liveliest days in which around 50 planes were In months." ! aclion. every pilot "gol al least one •The Nazis were all over the, shot at the Luftwaffe." the com- skies," the air ministry said. {munique said, Paddy Geta Two More 1 Three or four of the 13 planaa One of the heroes "f the day's' brought down were accounted for action was Brendan i''addy> Fin- by a New Zealand squadron and a ucane, the "Flying Irishman" who, Czech pilot got another. |
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