Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather*
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36TH YEAR, NO. 42-48 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1942
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GERMAN RETREAT FORCED AT STALINGHAD. REDS REPORT
Secret U.S. Heavy Stuff Used Against Solomons
*Must Have Got Rude Shocks' When the Marines Landed; Bombers Still Smashing at Jap Efforts fo Reinforce
By FRANCIS MCCARTHY
I .\uckhiid, N. Z.. Auff. 15. (UP)—.\mcrican Marines armed i.ft-ith "heavy stuff—the nature of which in a military , secret—were reported tonight to be extendinK their Solomon Isbrndn positiona in a fanwise direction and consolidatinir their ground despite every effort of thc Japanese to dislodge them.
! I am now permitted to reveal that the .\mericans who are carrying out the Solomons operation went through exhaustive practice operations* on beaches adjacent to several South Pacific porta before attempting the real thing.
Naturally, it is not possible to disclose specificslly the VM wcapoiifi Mit^'^hich the Marines now are smashing the Japanese. However, I can say that generally speaking the Nipponese must have got some rude shocks when the Devil Dogs landed.
They have amphibian tractors, tanks, armored barges and almost unsinkable rubber boats—all utilized in effecting their beach head positions. However, these facilities were followed by the "heavier stuff." The Marines now arc putting into actual practice all they have learned in many montha use of this "heavy stuff"—the nature of which I cannot reveal.
That they have learned their lesson well is evident from the fanwise cxteatien of their lines and consolidation of thair HjiliMa ia apite of all the efforts of thc Japanese
Expectant Air At Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Aug. IS. (UP)—There's an expectant air at this Paclflc headquartera base of the commander-in-chief of tha Paclflc Fleet that the Allied offen¬ sive In the Solomons soon will end in victory for the Marinet and  the Navy.
Despite the lack of olBcial In* formation, there is a general feel¬ ing that the United Nations soon will be able to celebrate thair flrst offensiva succeaa asalnst tha Japanese,
Such a victory will put tha Allied forcea in a poaltlon to menace the remainder of tha Jspanese positiona in tha South¬ ern Paclflc, but there is none hera who doubts that the flnal assaults will b« as difllcult and bloody as the initial attacks apparently
DRIVE TO BRING PEACE FOR INOIA
V, S, Ship Back from Sub Hunt
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17\S.U\.\U^ down and nine to IJ damaced li)!
By DON CAaWEU. 'two  daya  of air  battla  aver «Jul
General  MacArthur'i  Headquar-j Coral Sea, i
tert. Australia. Aug. !• (SundAy).' Thera w*r« Indleatlent thf Japa-! (UP)—Allied bembars, continuing net* may b« shifting soma M their tneir pounding ef Japanese bases alrpower from the New Qulnes' from which troopt and supplies area to aueh bates at Kleta and could be moved to the aid of the Buka In the northern Solomon enemy in the Solomons, yesterday: Islsndi, 100 to 200 miles north of attacked Japanese troops, buildings the scene of operstloni of the at-; and  Inttallatlens en tha southeast tacking U. S, Marines. |
coast of Timor, a communlqut aaid     Handlcaplng   Allied   air   opera- today. I tions  In   support  of the American |
Medium bombers of Gonaral I attack forces was persistent bad Douglas MacArthur's forces In! weather In the island-lpattered i Australia flew MO mlltt north- area north of Australia, The' west of Darwin to smash at the!weather cut down the frequency •nemy batos on Timor, where!of Allied air attacks on Japanese direct hits were made on build- bases. At the same time, however. Ings and fires started. Knemyilt was believed to be Impeding planet   rhsllenged   one    flight   of,Japanese   attempts   In  employ   air
power   againit fensive.
the   American   of-
bombers without success.
Mesnwhlle   In   the   wild   Jungles	
on the northeast tide of the Owen ,,,,,„   ..••   npnai I cn
Stanlev  Mnuntain Range  Japanest NAVY   VcT   nLUALLkU
tt'd *^or"' MorX ^p"; 7h^ TO BUILD WOOD SHIPS
pressure  on  the  Austrslian patrols 	
in the Kokoda Ares. i    Wathlngton.    Aug,    IS.    (UP>-
The communique made no direct Sevent.v-year-old Lieilt. John Abel reference lo the .Solomons flghting Lord, last of the Ns%-y't wooden hut previously American and Aus- ship eonstrurtort. tonight wst trallan bombers hsd ranged over called back from retirement In lend th* Coral Sea smashing at Jap- half a century of experience to the anese attempts to reinforce their art of designing and building kattered   Isnd   forces.' 'wooden  ships  to  combat  the sub-
Special targets of the Allied marine menace, bombing forces were a Japanese' Lord, who retired 10 years ago, ronvoy whirh was sighted making was recalled at the request of the Its wsy south of Rabaul. pretum- Maritime Commission's advisory ably attempting to carr.v men and stsff ta help meet the wartime de- inunltlons tn the Solomon Islands, mand for barges, tug boats, mine The convoy has been attacked sweepers ,tub-chasers and other four   timet   hut   hsd   weather   left wooden craft.
th* results uncertain. One report Hit flrtt World 'Wsr It assign- aaid the Japanese ships had been ment is In the offlee of the super- aent fleeing back toward their visor of shipbuilding at the Bath starting  point. Iron   works   In   Bath,  Me.
Two Japanese Zero fighters! It wat In Bath thst Lord, as a Which attempted to drive off the boj-, started work In thipyardt Allied   bombert   wera   shot   down-turning out wooden windjammers.
Ancient Treasure Trove Discovered In Sands of Popular Beach
Colebrook, N. H., Aug. U. (UP) —| ^'hlle Idly tklpping itonei on' ocean surface al historic Pilgrim's Bearh at Plymouth, Mass.. a Cole- brook man and hia son have un¬ covered an ancient treasure trove of gold and silver coins reportedly; worth at least $2,000
Ben I..ay revealed today that he and hit ton Frad were tkimming ths flat-surfaced stones on the wster at the beach a few weeks sgo when one of the "stones" proved lo be sn old silver dollar.
A further learrh revealed several ether coins scattered about the beach and then the father and ton noticed the corner of a battered box protruding from the land. Took Little at a Time j
Without attracting the attention ef hundredi of nearby bathers, thsy ilyly covered the protruding corner'
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with tend and went away.   Several times   during   the   next   fortnight they quietly returned to the beach l and  sslvaged  all  the  coins  In   tht i box,  which  had  been sealed with wsx.
The booty ronsliled of 400 tllver half-dollart, .38 silver dollars. SO dollars in gold coins and M foreign pieces. The oldest gold coin was dated 18.14. the oldest silver piece, 1706, and the newest coin 184,^, tn the treasure Is believed tn have heen burled at shout the time of the  Mexicsn   War,   1848-47.
The treasure was wrapped In sn old Boston newspsper which could not be Identified. Ownership Not Disputed
Up to tonight, there waa nn dis¬ pute about the ownership of the coins, which the father and son belie\ed valuable and decided not to part with until they get "real value," The Lays reportedly al¬ ready have been offered $2,00Q for the   collection.
It waa believed that well over 1.000,000 visitors at the popular beach had walked nn the sand above the treasure down through the yeart without realizing what lay beneath.
Gandhi Supporters In Attendants at ViHwotWinft
By V. D. HUBSIA
Naw palhi, ta«a,.«*iM^ .11. tUP) —PHe* naffotldilMt aMlcnad t« ani tk* wCCklW AlM«th«d aai rlotln«'«r ¦•hiiidaA K. OtniM't civil disobadlenr* eampalgn were reportad underllgay In New Delhi tonight with ene of Gandhi's ttaunchest eupperters in attan'>- ance.
Indieatien* that eome meana el ending the week-old matt pasaive resistance against British rule, the violence ef which appears te be diminishing, were eeen In the ar¬ rival here ef Sir Tej Bahadur Sspru, Hindu conservative, and Chakravarthl RaJagopSlacharl, In¬ dian moderate and former leader of the All-Indian Congress Party. Hope for SettlMnent
Also engaged in th* talks being held hare Is G. D, Blrla, aandhi'i millionaire supporter and host te Gandhi at the time of the latter's arrest by the British a week ago,
Biria met with Indian membera of the executive council of the Marques of Linlithgow, British viceroy. In talks which were under¬ stood to have centered upon poaai¬ ble methoda of approaching a settle¬ ment.
It wat reported that Sapru. who it chairman of the conference of non-party Hindus, was trying to act again In the .role of peace¬ maker which he succetafully play¬ ed In 1931 during the outbreak ot Indian nationalist disorders In sup¬ port nf Gandhi's Independence de¬ msnds. >l»slenis yi.y Aid
There alto were reports that Mohamed All Jinnah, president of the All-India Moslem League, which seeks Immediate Independ¬ ence but does not support Gandhi's platform because of its insistence of an all-Moslem atate, might be aiding In teeking a lettlement,
Sapru was scheduled to meet with Indian members of th* vice¬ roy's council and later with Lord Linlithgow. Informed observers said It was difficult to forecast what would result from the dis- (Continued  on   Psge  A-2)
Report Huge Allied Armada Gathering at Gibraltar
Madrid. Aug. 18. <lip)—BAperta from L* Une* tonight i*ld a great Allied armada et U waraMpa, Including battleshlpe and aircraft earrlera, had keen aaaembled at nibraltar, possibly In preparation fer another tally lata the Mediterranean.
There «ae great activity at the "rock," the Im IJnea reports aaid, and the pretence et such a dlTeralfled fleet caused obeerrera to predict that a Mg  naral action  t««a Imminent.
The armada ttaa composed ot three hattleahlps, four aircraft carrier*, four crulaera, 14 destreyera, It scoutehlp* and sts eab- martnrs.
Whether the fleet was eompoaed eatliely ef note arrleale from etattona In the Atiantio er made up In part hy seme of the tear- ahlpa that thla week engaged In hattle In the .Mediterranean In rsrnrting a convey to Malta awe not Indicated.
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Japanese Submarines Found in Kiska Harbor
Destroyers Left Afire Wiien Navy Bombarded Aleutians
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Washington, Attg, IS. nUD -The ] Navy tonight disclosed tht pres-: ence   of   Japanese   lubmarlnes   in
Bullitt Confers With de Valera
iTJiree Other Attacks Are Broken
Giving Ground At Voronezh Again; 'Only Lull' Warns Red Army Newspaper
B.v HENRV SHAPIRO
Moscow, Aujr. 16. Sunday i (LP)—The Red Arm.v. fight¬ ing: with tiie ferocit.v demand* led b.v Josef Stalin when he I coin manded it to tai<e not one I backward step, lia.<i forctNl .Axi.s forces to retreat on two J front.?    and    inflicted    great
Dublin. Aug. l.v <UP)—William r Buf'tt, spocla! ervoy of Seat—, .    •«     ,i    .     .     -      ...
tary   of   Navy   Knox,   conferred   I'«S!«es   and   repelled   their   at for   an    hour   with   Ramon   de   ; tacks   in   two   otiiers,   a   COITI'
the  Aleutians   In   a   report which! Valera,  Prime  Minister of Eire, ; munique said today.
Mechanics of tha Army Air Force Fighter Commend, based In the Oarlhbean, checic an engine of a patrol plane jutt In from a sub¬ marine hunt.    (Army Air Force Photo.)
also revealed that an enemy de¬ stroyer was left burning outside Kiska Harbor after a V. 8, naval task force bombarded the harbor Aug, 8.
Damage to the destroyer, not previously reported, brought to four the number of enemy vessels which felt the force of American blows during the Aug. S bombard¬ ment and the bombing by naval patrol planes which was carried out the next day. Cargo Ship Sunk
"¦The nature of their tslk was | Northeast of Kotelnikov. on not disclosed. The meeting oc- the Southern approach to the curred at Mungret College, Ume- great Industrial elty of Stalingrad, rick.   Bi^illltt was accompanied by   a bloody battle was waged for two
imporlsnt heights with the Rus- tians finslly knocking out an Axia tsnk force and sending the enemy reeling back in retreat. Southeast of Kletsksya great los.^es were suf- fered by the Germans ss their at¬ tacks were repelled.
David Gray, United States Minis ter of Eire.
De Valera Just hart reviewed the local defense force when he went Inlo eonferenre with Bul¬ litt who It staying at Oray'a home while  here.
Forced Back at Voronesh West    of   Voroneth,   where
the
aircraft   emplacements   at   various
iZ^\r^l^nn' H^roZl^^h.*!"'!.!!!* l^'lr* "" '1" "'•"<« *f'« >»f"«<l G.rmans have tried to aiuhor the nl.lubZ;i„« w.^. ,..^nei?ilil ^h ''• """' «,""* *".*•""'•* """-^hern end of the.r touthern nese submarines were using Kiska uhore were silenced, tha Navy ..„_, ii„, .„., ,„,.., ...,-, »„,-_i Harbor.   It reported that abaut 10>ald. ' |tront line. Axit forces were lorced
Japanese csrgo ships or trtniporti,! .	
four  submarine,  and   a   destreyerTHREE  NAZI  BOMBERS wera   observed   In   Kiska  Harbor; -.,-,, ,«,,  -.«,.,,.
before   the   Aug.   «   bembardmeat HIT ENGLISH  TOWN
by a Pacific Fleet taak force.        | 	
A cargo ship wat aunk aad the
I to give ground when the Red Army [launched a terrific eouiiter-attack. I Deep In the Caucasus, where the I Germans are driving toward both the Black and Caspian seas and the oil wealth of the  region. Axis at-
da.te.var  tt-aa  Uft blaaln* at  th« - ^"''.^r',-^'?'   ". <P'^-Thr.*'taclii  were  repelled  In   the  Kras-
deitroyer  was  left biaiint "t tne irocke-Wulfi   bombed  i  •outhtatt nodar area
conclusion of the shelling In which pagg,,| ,-^_ u,, ..jav kllUng on*    V.
mor.   than   S.OOO   projectile.   were^^^^^V^";" 'J;' '°™*^ Heavy battles sUo were fought in
fired  at  th.  enemy,  main   c.mpr"o:.'"2om^"'n"a"rrowly'^Xed   ^^'^^Tn'T. nZT^.Tr.^V. ashore »- -- •  j   i   * ^ j ^ .^ j voav.  on  the  Kotiov-Baru  railway
aZ       ,   ., .... ..¦   i large, crowded cinema and damaged ...u«'.» ,i,«  *_.. .i...... u-. ....k.^
Th.  sinking   of  the   cargo  ship -....Kt. ».«•••*• , where the Axis thrust has reached
..    „j     i-,..i..   ._    . nearoy nouse.. farthest   Into   Caudaslan   territory.
Germans Start Massacre Of Hostages in Holland
was   announced   previously   in    a:
Navy communique which also told^l||J7C Tfl BCCIillC
of   two  cargo   ships   being heavily!'^"""^   '" RCOUmC
damaged   In  a  follow-up  raid   en  SPY TESTIMONY
Aug,   t   by   naval   patrol   planea.
These   actions   brought   to 23   the
total   of   Japanese   ships   sunk   or
Five Prominent Citizens Shot; Exiled Dutcfi Promise Vengeance
By JOHN A. PABMS
London,    Aug.     IS.
Her. tha German, are only about 130 mllet  from  th.  Important  oil enter of Grozny.   The communique gave no hint of
ri    Lt    M  r. A       <.   /iTBt      th* day',  outcome  there,  but tald
Hartford, Conn., Aug  IS, <UP)— . ,.„.. j.».„.;...  /i„v.,  .....  K.i_a
i.uv«.   >..   u.|,.iiwc   >i.i|»<   •.i..~   ".  rj.,|,._,,   Avii»..i».   if..r..   ..hi.r At ' tense defenti%e  fight  was  being
damaged  In the Aleutian area  by °"''""i ^'''i*''" .l^^^^^^ made agalntt enemy tank., Infan-
the  Army  and  Navy. r«um, hT. r.'^tl^lv MnnH^vw^e^t'-y »"'' ""otorlsed unltt.
The    departing    Amerlcta    task '•""""»';• »""¦"»">'"^^^^^ Detpite  their  tueeett   In  halting
 — force   last   saw   the   Jap   destroyer o   M^Lhn   Phii.H!i,.hf. i „ h.rf^ '^e   two-pronged   drive   on   Stalln-
tion adopted Jan. 1,,  »«, by .he'"*"-?;*   -«•"«•   ^-   '""^"   •"" m.n'ft^l^Vce.'^'rin'ur'^h'S •"''ne'd'lh'.'r^thVrnrr'rTm'sfnH Allied  governments  promising  full »? 'i^" _. I    When   Kunse   left   the   stand   "t l^""*'''^,  ^'.''""«"  "'T''?'^
retribution   for   Nari   erimtt   and >¦• I»«»"lMle to CS. Hiip. iFriday. adjournment, h. had •^.en'j'J''/'^'"'   i'i'' '•""'?: ''"' '""
terrorism.  Holland, before the war.     The JapanMe countered with ses- subjected to the most Intense cross-      Ir"    "
never   Imposed   the   death   penalty plane fighter attack, and desultory ersmination of any witness for the'    OfBrlal advlres Indicated that the for any crime, even murder, 1 firing    from   ahore    batteries,   but defente.    Defente counsel objected i "••¦"*'•"¦"«'•'»'•"* l<-'"<'"'"»-
The  premier  also  lold   Ihe  Ger- there was no damage to anv of the strenuously to the msnner In which »'''   "¦'"¦   w""   Stalingrad   and   Iti mans   that   the  widespread   Dutch American ahlps. Only on. American chief government prosecutorThomas big tank  and  arms-producing  fac- .T«     .TV    "botage   Is   "proof   thst   .ven   If I plsne was lost, J. Dodd wst conducting It. lories as the prlie, was Imminent at
(UPI-The Hitler   should   win    the    wsr   he     The Navy shelling started a large      Kunte, under direct examination. ">• """"""n ""^ "<"¦'"*""" ap-
Oennan.  began  their  flret  .xecu- would   not   be  able  to  establish   a fire In the enemy', main eamp  and had testified Molishn had nothing proschet  lo   the  city, where both
tioaa  of  clvllUn  hoetage.  In   Hoi- real rule."                                                the  conflagration   .till   was  visible to do with the alleged spy ''»"»?"- •""""'"1 '"",'"J' T.V!.'. "mTa
land   today   when   five   prominent     Among   those  killed   by  a   MssI the  following   day.  The   secondary acy,   to   which   four   men   already |'"''•••ment.    of    men, tanks ana (•itiuna  ivae  aha*   anit   >iia  Diitrh          (Continued  On  Psst   A-21          esmn  tn  th* aouthward   anil  antl- hava   oleaded   guilty.     The   fifth. P>*"**-
citlsens wer shot and tha Dutch government In exile announced I that tha Nail executioners will psy I with their own llv.a when pesce . cem...
' The five Dutchmen were .hot ,bjr   a   German   firing   .quad   on
csmp  tn  th* aouthward   snd  anti
War   Summarj
Amerlran   Marin*,   armed   with .cribing the fierce fighting, warned .   .  ^ ,.       , ,.    „  ..   " secret   "heavy   .tufT'   were   report- their people agaln.t falM and ex- . rog-.hrouded  field  ouUlde  Rotter- ,j  Saturday night rapidly extend- agg.rated hope.. I dam  in   repriaal  for  th.  wrecking i„^ ,^,1, potltlon. In the Solomon
of a Uain carrying Nail terond j,|ands while the Ruttiant halted In Russia, the Armv organ Red ; front' troops to the European , ,„.,„ ^^ive on Stalingrad and Stsr wsrned that although ' tht coastal defenses a week ago. forred  the  (iermans   to  dig   In  to Germans had  been halted In  their
Among th. fiv* put to death wer* ,^,„H reinforcement.. Idriva  on  Stalingrad  and  appeared
a   former   aide-de-camp   to  Queen Ito   bs   making   no   new   headway
Wilhelmina and onetime M.yor ot pmrn three front, came report, i through th. Caueaau. to th. .outh. Doom, a form.r attorney general, of the growing might of American'it wa. only "the lull before the the director-general of the Rotter- ^jr power. U. S. Army flghter'storm break.." The Germans re- dam Lloyd thlpplng line and sn planet went Intn action for the ported Increating Ru.slan pressure Internationally known police ofB- flr»t time in Egypt, American on tho central and northern sec- ,cl*l- planes  joined   the   British   fleet   In tort of the front to relieve pressure
Nearly   1,(00   other   Dutch   host- bombing the Italian Mediterranean In the touth and claimed the cap-
have   pleaded   guilty.    The   fifth.! ?••"•»•
Moliahn. pleaded Innocent. ! Beady for Great Battle
It  was   believed   th*  case  would 1    "This    area    mutt    become go to the jury Thursdsy or Friday.' (Continued  on   Page   A-3)
the
Germans Rushing up Fighter Planes in Egypt
First Americans Meet Nazis in Aerial Combats
cam* aft*r the RAF was credited with destroying 13 German plane, aince Thursday.
While light bombers on Friday were attacking German airfields in ,the F.I Daba and Fuka areas, re¬ spectively 38 and <15 mllet wett of
Beginntoig Tedajr— A New Serial
THE
CANDLEWICK
MCRDER
By Edna Helene Catlellle
When VIcl Carr discovered the body of Henry Perdut In the amaiing tludlo-csve alcng the California coast, sh-: resllzed that her sketch¬ ing ability was going to come In very handy. She had to lea\e the scene Immediately becauie someone wss coming, but the hsd seen enough to make a complete sketch of the cave. Including the bod.v and the peculiar burned-out candle. At anti-Axis mate¬ rial, thst drawing was most imporlsnt.
Don't miss the first rhaptcr today en Page A-Sl.
By LEON KAY
Cairo,   Aug,   IS.   (UP)—Th.  Ger-ithe ground front stretching .outh- .   -.. . • _,    . J      .        .        , . r. ,    ....     „. .. msns were reported rushing aerlallward   from   El   Alamein,   escorting
age. huddled In Jails, fearful that base of Rhodes and other Amerl- lure of Oeorgievsk, 12« milts west r.inforcemenu to the western RAF fighters destroyed a Metsef the next dawn might find them can pitnes bombed Japanese ships of the rich oil fields at Grozny. j^^rt tonight to meet the threat tthmitt, a communique taid. Tl facing    firing   squad,    unlets   the trying   to   rush   relnforcemeiist   to ^j   y   g    Army   Air   Fore,   pilots was possible that wat the tsm* one
train-wreckers  are  suriendered   to the  Solomont. ,    In Western Europe, the Germant ^.^^^ ^^^ helieved to have shot down  which Wilton hit. for he wst on aa
the   Narl   authorities. i ,.       .   . ,     .   'executed    five    Pfom'"'"'   Nether- ^  German   Messerschmitt   in   their operational flight with the RAT.
trying  to   rush   reinforcements   to lands   hoslsges   the   first   ever   to           _ _  _    _    _
troop    transporta
Vengeance-Death—Promlted
      ., ,.    .        '«"¦>"   ""?;.¦¦" ,"'°. "',::, V"',:: first bsme over th. Egyptian front. Shoot Transport. Inlo Sea
Pleter S.  Gerbrandy,  premier  of thst on the Aleuflsn front the .Isp- be tlalnthere-|n reprUal for the     .j.^^   Americsns   had   their   first I    Two   Junkers
train    carrying
action   on   Wednesday,   with   Maj. were   shot   Into   tht
troops   up   to   the j^.,^^^^1^^^   Wheeler   of   San   Jose, long-range   fighters
sea   by   RAF
The Junker*
the   Dutch   government   In    exile" *""• *"• making use of the hsr- wrecking    of broadcast   a  warning  to  th*  Ger- bor of Kiska as a submarine base, i "second   front
man. over Radio Orange tonight "^ *«''! '^a' «bout in Japanese Eur(«>ean roast on Aug. 7. Jbe -^j-"-"-.^^-|---,--^^-^"^ ^"^^^^^"J ^^.,", reported flying southward, that vengeance will be exacted 'arR" «hip« "r transporUi, four suh- Germans still held 1,5M other hos- ,phmitt fighter, it wss snnounced. po.'tlbly from Crete, near Tobruk. when Holland la freed from the marines anrt a rtestro.ver were ob- taget many of whom it wtt fesrert second Ueut. Jack Wilson of indicating that the Axis might t>« Nasi  yoke. served  there   before   the   Aug.  ath will be slain if Ihe Germant do not g,  ,„„    Wash.,   however,   was  the "ying  reinforcements  to  Egypt  to
hombsrdment   by   a   Pacific   Fleet capture the train attackert, j^^j.^^   ^^   engage   the   enemy   In   a prepare for a new eastward offen-
Mes- 'i^'
RAF fightert shot down at least
ilanes Thursday
protecting    a
probably
Malta after
i American fighter-bomber on Thurs. a   bitter   bsttl*,   th*   communique
jdsy, '.aid.
In China, fi*rc* fighting was re- Air Activity Increaae. >    Report,   on   that   encounter  etlll
becau.e
HI.  warning,   only sfter the Nazis had announced the executions, said that after the war, when  the Dutch  courts llshed  again, those the executions will treme penalty—death.
"Thl.^ trial   will   be   public   and damagert   in   the  Aleutian  area  by t«nte" *'*.!!''^''.u''  "''';       .. .,. ^ the Army and Xavy, j    i„ chlna, fierce fighting wat re- Air Activity Increaae. I'
.u        I! •*P'""»'^'°" ^'" '¦*¦'=') ported west of Shsngyao in Kiangti     A  communique  announred  todav sre  Incomplete  and  the  communl-
.vou throiJgh the Intermediary ol AustrHlian ditpatches to London province sfter the Japanese ad- that there has "been sn increase of que said when they all ar* In th* tho Koy*l Air Force with whom newspapers Indicated the Marinea yanred an unannounced distance air activity over the western 'figure probably will be Increased," our filers now co-operate,' jnow   control   the   big   harbor   and „„ Thursdsv. A Japanese drive  at desert,"   The Germane, it wat taid. Four   Britlth   plantit,   the   pilot   of
rianes tarry «\amlng 'airdrome  st Tulagl. although  furi- Llnchwan,   In   the   .am.   province,.were ruthing new fighter planet lo one of whirh  was saved, were  rt-
The  Dutch  government will  fol- out    fighting   in    In    progrets   oii'^yi^  hsited. JKgypt    to    meet    the    Incressing ported   misting   over   the   two-day
low up Its warning to the Germans l.ilandi   surrounding   Tulagl.    Axis' 'strength   of   the   combined   Anglo- period.
snd   reassurance   to   the   enslaved radios  srtmiltert   Ihat   the  Marines     There was little sir activity over American air forcea. The American fighter pllott were
Dutch people by meant of leaflets now hold po.^itiont nn at leatt two Western Burope. Bad weather ap-' The revelation thst American part of a group taken Into th* dropped over Holland by Allied Solomon Itlsnrtt sfter an initial parently kept the RAF grnunrtert fighter pilots had joined their desert hy Brig Gen. A. r. Strlck* plsne*.  It wss said, attark whirh   caught  the  Japs  by while   the   Germans   made   a   X*w,bomber   comrades  who   hsve   been land    nf    Alabama   to    famlllarlg*
Gerbrandy referred to a resolu- surprise.    Tokyo   newspapers,   de- minor  raids oa Britaliu ^b aclloa b*t4 lac atvecai w**ka,|thenu«Wa« wilh KAF Uehalque.
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