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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather* Continued trarm; scattered thowera. 36TH YEAR, NO. 42-48 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1942 PRICE TEN CENTS 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 JL. > 'AUted B»mhert Mimmur ,*"' thi** agora war* ««mat«4— Jmm Trn»mm ltma»m I'" ¦ t*tal score of six Zaro* ahot 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' In Today't luue Clastifled B—n | (klltorial C—t >lovies A—111 ! lUdln A—51 ««elal A—U Sporta „ B—I ¦tery A—«1 I 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. - ¦— *.'¦' Japanese Submarines Found in Kiska Harbor Destroyers Left Afire Wiien Navy Bombarded Aleutians I 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. r .
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Issue | 42 |
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Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather*
Continued trarm; scattered thowera.
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
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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
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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. .. 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. r . |
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Year | 1942 |