Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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36TH YEAR, NO. il—52 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1942
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Army Electrocutes o Nazi Spies
Crack Solomon Islands By Land, Sea and Air; Navy Bombarding Kiska
Germans Executed 31 Days After Start of Trial; Landed in U.S. By German Sub
¦Washington, Aug, I, (UP)-Jlix Nazi saboteura, handplcked and apecially trained by tha German high command, died in the eltctric chair today in the firat executions cairled out againat "enemiea of the nation" aince the United States went to war.
Two other Nazia who came fo this country by U-boat—like their aix fellow-destructionists, under or¬ dera to spread fire and demolition and death were let oft with priaon •entencea for their aid in tracking down and convicting their cel- WagMM. I
Announced by Wklte Hauae \
The executioiui in the death rhambrr ¦ ' the District of Colum bia jail were announced by Whit< House .Secretary Stephen T. Early after they had been carried out. They started at noon. Early'a an¬ nouncement came al 1:27 p, m.
The only other comparable case thus far in whirh the death penalty was ordered was that of Max Stephan, German-born naturallied Amerlran of Detroit, who aided a Nazi flier who had eacaped from a Canadian internment camp. Ste¬ phan, a restaurant owner, wna aen¬ tenced on Thursday to be hanged \ov. 13 for treason. The Nazi, Oherleulenant Hans Peter Krug, was raptured in San Antonio. Tex. SI Daya After Trial Opened
The   six   men   died   Juat  31   days
Tha atratagic Solomon Ialands, whare American air. sea and land attAcke ^ra reported keing made "In   farce,"  lie  t* tht  northeaat
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ot Australia and east of New Guinea, These islands ara In a poaition to hinder communica¬ tions between the United State* and Auatralla an4|. atand alaa a*
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The All-India radio tonight broadcast a report that Mohandas Gandhi, leader of the All-India Congreaa, his chief deputy, Pandit . Jawaharlal Nehru, and many other members of the congreaa had been arrested.
I    Those   arrested,   including bera of  the working  commillee of
OF COLLUSION IN NAVALCONTW
Rigged Bids
For Renovation of   .;;
Cramps Shipyard
Washington,  Aug.   8.   (UP>—Tht' Federal Trade Commission tonight
^IRATIONEO AREA SENDS APPEALTO MIDWESTFOR OIL
Doubts That Fear Of Voters' Revenge Stops Wider Rationing
Appear Taking Pacific Offensive To Drive Japs from Bases Which .-. TTtreaten Shipping and Australia; IKMvy Hints Attack on Major Scale; Sends Warships Against Aleutians
Washington,  Aug. 8  (IP)—Unlteti SUtes forces har*- taken the offeiv«ive in the Southwest Pacific and are carry¬ ing out smashing attacks against Japanese  bases in tli« Solomon Islands, the Navy announced today.
Wording of the Navy's communique indicated that land.
sea and air forces may be conducting a combined offensiva
against the enemy in the southeast part of the hmg chaia
of islands east of Xew Guinea.
the Congreaa  that  approved  the "i,",nVj' niiie   compiainta "accusing*    "L'. S. naval and Other fofccs.** the communiqut said, "hava
Gandhi-drafted pian for civil dis- certain Individuals and companies attacked enemy instaUations in the Southeast part of tka
obedience   to force Britain  to give «>' collusion and fraudulent bidding Soln-io- laUnilB in forr* aiMl tha attarka ara MMtUtiiiM'•
f-rti.  w., im,„.Hi...  inH.n..,rf.n..   »" Navy contracta for eltctrical and ^"'¦"'" »•«••«•¦ '" ""e anO IRe atUCKa STC COntMUlMg.
India her immediate independence, c„„,tructlon  materlgle required to USE SHIPS IN ALELTIANS
were   placed   aboard   a   train   and rehabilitate the Cramp Shipbuilding,    ""*""'" *^  AL61. HAWS
taken to Poona, the broadcaat aaid. Company yard at Philadelphia. I     .Simuitaneoasly, the Navy disclooed fOf the fiftt tiwC that
   »«««aa ()uiei( Blew |   The compiainta charge that the naval   surface   craft   were  attacfclNg  the   enemy   in   tha
_ ¦_¦* .. ¦ ««l   Mauiana   Abdul   Kaiam   Azad.i •"•K'di"*^'"''"^','''""*''^" '"^ > Alcutians where the Japanese are inst^^
KmAm%0>W%    4f%    lr^A»%   l*^«W«   #*##P««'dent of the Congress, also waa'j'«"«»  ft""'"*^'"   "«  whan   th»!^^^ •""       . ""    "      "».-«••"¦
rrenCn    lO   tyeeP   nanaS   orr; reported arre*ted as British author-;N«V»"anged for the cramp ship, i"""*^*""""^^^
W                                               *^ _ _ itiea struck a quick blow againat'y«'«'»'»•"'"'"'•'"•'"VJ'v""*'* ••'      U. S. nsvai foixes,    the communiQue Said, "bombarded Affla^W ¦»««#%¦•« Mm%%m^mM^ 'he Indian leaders who had heardlP"""' of the national d«f«n»e P'o-enemy slilps and shore establishments at Kjska." AUiea I rOOpS InVaae lo-;'-?^/"^, -^^^^ hou„^earii.r,«r- rre^^-^li^Te^l^a'.--;--!    Heretofore onl,v air power and submarine, had been sent   atruggle for  freedom or death '    |"" '" '*•? J"""^ ^*"*'. '»'• under- sgainst the Japanese in this fog-shrouded northeiii theater
...... ,    ^ .       ... .     ...    ^    .. I atanding that the work waa  to be of «•¦!•
Allied   invasion   wai   -ver>-   muchl    Before the arrests, the Exchange u„j,p  j,,,  „,   ..,  supervision  and zA*
an obstacle te any drive by thc United Nation* Inte the Japanese •trongholds scattered through the many Ialands to the  north.
Laval Announces Vichy Hopes to Keep out of War
wai   "ver>' because of benefits | Telegraph
reported     from     N«W|.object to ita approval.
Vichy.   Aug.   «,   tUP)   Chief Government   Pierre   Ljival   has
to the  point"
which   the   French   people  are   re-'Delhi    that   the   government   h»<l|_,       . _^
ceiving    "due    to    the    intelligent authorized   provincial   governmenta, WSt"" Their Bids i.„„v.«_,..^      "    -j 4  j ii.   ^ lu      «       ¦
policy her atatesmen have followed, to   auperaede   any   local   authority     Charlea   F.   Rohleder.   phlladel-i*P°>®*'"*" *«"!'S"<f8;ested that the offensive was on a major
scale ¦ -        ...     - -
Tliere was little doubt that the Solomons action was of {important proportions.   Use of the words "in force," Navy
ot frmr de Oaullr'a Fellewera uaing its funds, offices or .servants phia  contractor,  who is  named  in Scale—perhaps desijrned  to drive  the Japanese OUt of their
in. i    Laval  a  week  ago informed the I"   «ny  activity   prejudicial  to  the all   the    complaints,    received   the footholds dangerously close to  United Nations OCCan  SUpplV formed the French council of min-icouncll  of minislera that the gov- Pf«>««cutlon of the war. contract  from  the  ahlpyard   to  do |ines. '^'^   '
isters that the Vichy government Umment had taken thorough pre-' The government alao prohibited the conatruction work on a ^£»V-. ._,-,.,_ -. . ^, „.,,., , .v-r»s:.« wiii maintain a hands-off attitude •'•""'"'• «gainst anv auch uprising publication of any news relating lo P'ua rixea ree baals, ine » IL ITl.M(i;>r.,» iVlAl liA> Ei L<A>Lll!iD if   Allied   troopa   land   oi,   French on   Ihe   part  of  followers  of Gen. the   mass   movement_ or   to  action ^hargedthat^Rohlederor The phiase "and other forces." it was believed, may mean
Providence, R. I., Aug. H.  iUP» after the start of their aecret trial An unusual  appeal directly  to Ihe hefore  a  special   military  rommi.<.- people    of    the    four    Midwestern  before  tlie  ministerial council yea
troopa   land   on   French "> soil  in  a aecond front  invasion of Europe, it waa revealed tonight. France,  he   aaid   in   a statement
the   part  of  followers  of Gen. (Continued en  Page A-10)
(Continued  on  Page  B-4i
aion   appointed   by   the   Preaident. gtatea  to  help the  people of  New terdav,  haa   no  olher  role   to  play j Neither   military   nor   jail   oflicials England In the gasoline and fuel oil i„ event of a second front invaaion I
War   SummarT
would disclose the executions hut shortage will be made tomorrow by It was stated authoritatively that the Providence (R.I.) Journai- they proceeded "amoolhly and with- Bulletin in half-page advertlse- oul   a   hitch." I menta in Midwestern newspapers.
They were executed aeven days Titled "Does Washington under- after the commi.ssion reached a atand the sentiment of the people verdict and five days after Preai- of Michigan on this Issue?" the dent Rooaevelt started reviewing advertisement questions whether the commission's findings and the'persons   in  Washington   who  have
on    liie   Uerman-forlified    French
trial record. Denoimced by the aaid that immediate extension of \\«»hingtoii President last July 2 as "enemies rationing to the four Midwestern of the nation" they were electro- stales would be followed by polili- cuted in the same 18-year-old death cal retaliation at the polla in chair in which 24 criminals before November have correctly In¬ terpreted the aentiment of the area.
aided the other respondents In rig-    , .      .•
ging their bida and then submit- that  landing  troops  were  engajired,   pos.sibly  Marines.   It ted  them  to  shipyard  and   Na\r recently was announced that a .substantial force of Marines officlala  for  approval  as genuine hafj arrived at an Undisclosed base in the Southern Pacific, competitive  price  quotations. In • ¦     • .
The compiainta named the fol-     ^_\ ^*''* * foieRone conclusion that air power as well ai Germany's armored forcea closed attacked the New Guinea baaea of lowing: surface strenglll was placing A strong role in the new blow'l.
coata beyond keeping hands off {j,""^ '"ij; *I?J!|?f,„"*" ^':,','!!Hsvlfhi^'"?lIfd'wm ^l.neVfS n^vetl'lL'*^"""«'"*'"« ^"'''"•^ ^^P"'*'' '^'l* •^¦*^>' '^'^ "°^ »«>' ^*'"C'' "^ ^^e Solomon Islands WerO and remaining calmly vigilant. |^ght""a^'"ln''rpVne^e-m:;;ic^^'re!nfo7«^^^ attacked. The southeastern members of the far-fluHg Wanta to Avoid War jlndia   Mohandaa   K.   Gandhi   andiSoiomona  group  where  the Amer- g    ^]   Roberta    aa   lta   preaident-   ¦''°"P'*'°**^'"'''"'"''"'* ^¦"'^¦"'''""^ ~ *
Frances role, he aaid. Is to avoid!hli   followera   prepared   to   launch |ican   offenaive   atill   ia   continuing, j'   p"  Rainey,' trading   aa   J     p'   ^al,  Malata, Maramasike,  Guadal-^g^n,   explaining   that   "no  addU being dragged in on either aide,      !a   nationwide   campaign   of   non- according to Waalflngton, JRainey    St    Company;    Jamea    a]'''¦"¦'•  •^''"¦'<'* •'"' '^""•'  '"'*"''"• tlonal  Information   la  available  at
Laval   waa   understood   to   have; ^''•'•'''   reaiatance   against   British' Clancy, M, A. Webster and Joaeph!''^*  islands  are   completely   under present,"
lold the minislera that London and  '"'•• |    I"   Moacow.   Ma],    Gen,   Follett n   Duffy,  trading as  J   R   Duffy •'¦P'"*'* '''""'"¦''°"-
arc "at  odds"  regard-{    ^^ «-..u,_-.-_     ?''".'"*^   apecial   envoy   of   Presi-!Manu,,cVuring   Company;   Ameri-I    Tulagl    Harbor,    principal
to   have; ^'"'•nt   reaiatance   against   British!
RrVrile^°*^nir"i«i**IlLnv*"„f VrT..'! **'  """y-  f**""* "»  J-   «•   Duffy,—»'—«>' Qom.nai.u.,. ,    .^^   Solomons are a logical point
,    ,.„.„   «-.n,n,,o„   ..n, J   .     D     "^     w /      .. ^""j Manufacturing   Company;   Ameri-     Tulagl    Harbor,    principal    port „, .tt^^k   for the  United  Natlonfc
ii,g the policy of atriking at G"- announcement that Vn^!,i l.t,'. p'"S **1°'7"'' '""'"^od w. h r,„ steel and Wire Company of and aeat of the British government ?^,ey form one end of the S many b.it President Roosevelt «nd ^;;^°"""y"' 'ha^ Vor^!?- h.. w'?"'"." "'""J' """'.-«''» to faell- j,>,^ j„,ey: Walter H, Cave, as of thc islanda prior to their occu- ^'i^Te of bases sei"e*bv the Jm- Prime Minister Winston Churchill X'' iZ\tUntWA .«in.f T.nl «le increased aid to Rus,,,a as „,„t „, cy„,„„ (.,„,, Comnany pation by the Japanese, is about ;„„; .inc^ Dec 7 ringing Au^ vet  mav decide that an attack  on  ".!<.., '.^?  against Japa- the   Moscow   radio   broadcast   the ,nj    American                 ' ¦     •""*••  "'""   "••^'   ^'   ""glng  Aua-
them  paid with their lives.
Those executed -for the crimes of espionage, sabotage and con¬ spiracy—were Herbert Hans Haiipt, 22, whose naturalized parents, Mr
the
Fear Fuel Shortage
Rationing as a  "neceaaary sacrl-
Ihe continent  ia necessary, 1 {'."¦"..'"•^'Jr"?"'   '"  !!?*  Salomon statement   that   "the    day   of
Members of the cabinet were re-l i""""*-      "¦"'""5      Northeastern .opening   of   the   aecond   front   "P-lcrawford to   have   agreed   that   anyi„j   JJif'  '."<"c""nB_tn«t  the sec-lproaches."    Moscow   conlinued   to
ateel    and    Wire midway  on  the  aouthern   coast  of traiia from the north and forming
Company of New Jeraey; Paul W, Florida Island,
and .Mrs, Hans Max Hatipt, live in "^'e" ha.s improved New England'a Chicago; Edw.trd .lohn Kerllng, 33; I'"«'"»""'"' "Huation now. the ap- Helnrich Harm Heinck, S.-S; Richard vecnl saya, but adds that a aerioua Quirin, 34; Werner Thlel, SS, and shortage of fuel oil threatens tne Herman Neubaucr. 32, area'a war workers and their pro-
The Nazia had come to this coun-'l'"'^"'!" "«>" "'"'" hecause of the
trv   in   two   groups   of   four.   One '""blllty to build up thc fuel oil re- 	
group  went  ashore  near  Amagan- ""•« ""I'solutely necesaary." |
sell,   N,  Y„  the  night of June  12,     "We believe that if the people of, ANOTHER  SHIP SUNK: TJhe  other  landed  at  Ponte  Vedra Michigan- and    of   Indiana,    Ohio (Continued  on  Page  A-8) (Conlinued on Paxe A-10)
ported     lu     lin\c     HniBc-u     Lim^     ""y'^wj      tl— •      L    .   .
"inconsiderate gesture" on the Parti""^,^^'? .'''¦"•^•'    "•'U'', "' of  thc  Vichy   government  In  ""ch; ^"^J^l^Jl^f•^•'^"    P««="'<=    "'"ht
trading as Adama-Craw- ford Company, and A. F, Crawford 1
the deny   Persistent   reports   that   the ,, ,g,„t „, jj,; company'; P, J. Mc
heavily   on
American    warships    also    have
way.
event    "might    weigh France's  destiny,"
The    newspaper    Petit   Parisian gone Into action for the first time aaid in an editorial today that the In the AleuUana, bombarding Japa- Vichy   governmenta   recent   warn-,neae   ahipa    and   ahore   esublish- Ing lo Frenchmen against attempt--menta at Klaka, one of three Jap- . ing any uprising in  support of anioccupled islands In thc fog-shroud- ""an.spori
¦          |ed   Arctic,   the
announced.
be  presence of United Nations envo>s ¦Brj-,'^;";^j •g;o7,;''b"-'m^-(;,-;,;;;; there   meant  that   important     sec- tracing ««  Delta  Equipment  Com-
ond front" conferencea were under
Navy
Uruguayans Demonstrate Over Sinking of Ship
V. S. Army bombera were reveal¬ ed  to  have  sunk  a  10,00-lon   Axis and    damaged
r^        .        .  other   ships   in   weeklong   aasaults Department, ^^ ^^., ,ypp,y ,i„^,  j„ ^^^ ^gyp-
jtain front. All-told, British and CCAHAM CAUCn ACTCR I '''''• Oermana aaid that fhrir American airmen aunk three and OCAIVIADI OHVCU Hr I cn Ispearheads in the Caucaaus had damaged six ships. (Jround activ- 2 DAYS ON  HATCH COVER  lP*"*'rated  wUhln  30 miles  of  the H.v   was   confined   lo    paUol   and
pany;  Russell Keely and F. Oliver Keely,  individually and  trading as S. S.  Keely & Sona, ___        A,   Wilt   *   Sona   Company   and
¦''.¦'i Frank    R.    Bowers   as    president;
several; (Continued on Page A-10)        i
a strategic line from which Japaa The  Navy  gave   only  the  barest' (Continued  on  Page  B-4)
Weight of German Tanks Push Reds into Hills
Russians Ready To Wreck Oil Field As Nazis Fight Near
Soviet demolitlcn artillery action. A   .seaman   blown   overboard   by ;"«^?.w«r.^'P»rted ready to blow j llic   toipcild  txplosioii  which  sank|.__
of-
Montevideo,    Aug,    8,     (UP)—A through   the  flwias   diplomatic crowd of 2,000 stormed through the ,i,e, demanded particularly an ex- atreets    lonlght    it,    «.,    anti-Axia p|.„ation  of  the  detention  on  the demonrl ration    while    the   govern-,Geiiiiaii   aubiiiariiic   of   the   Maldo-
manv   "o^er    Jhc"", nki'nt    nt    Z.""'^''''   ''"P"""'   *''"•"'  "'""'"runo,  ."i^orVwho ¦werr"ln  llfeboata near many    o\er    the    sinkmg   of   the     ^hc   virtual   kidnapping   of   the  ^'" Uruguayan  ship Maldonado captain   by   tho   U-boat   when   the
The    crowd    stoned   a    building Uruguyan ship was torpedoed  and
sunk  Aug,  1.  was  revealed  ycslcr-
the fields as C.erman forces' In China, American bombera '"V, \V17aV..V.'''rerrhanrm«n'ire\"'"PPr<'»ched them. At the north-{"truck again al tho Japaneae ^ai   hundred   mirsn*.r"H„'!:;:«««t  approaches  of Stalingrad.   „„|"While Cloud' airdrome at Canton,
American coast in ml for two days  on a hatch cover, it was   disclo.sed   Saturday  when   the Navy  announced  Ihe  sinking.
He was C. D. McMaster. an oiler. A   patrol   plane   sighted   him   and
1   1 .„.i...H   mill.,   off  llio   Hniiihi"""'  approaches  of Stalingrad,   on eral   hundred   miles   off^^the^South .^^^  northern end  of the Caucasus battering docks  and  buildings,  de
front,   Ruasian   forces   stemmed   a stroying    several     planes    on
Moacow, Aug. 9. < Sunday i- Massive     German     forces j lightened the clawa of their pincers sian
drive   north   of   Kotelnikov ' the  Don and Sal  rivers.
below
In   Bombay,   the   All-India   Con¬ gress party's full working com mil-
several planes on the| ground and shooting down three i and pos.Hlbly four. Tho Japanese, I driving in three directions on the Kiangsl province city of Kwang-| feng, were reported being- held south of thc city by Chinese troops.
housing the German-owned Rhine gold aweet ahop. Injuring tho pro prletor and two German customers before police finally broke up thc demonstration.
dropped a message to 38 other sur- t,p of 3«0 members  passed a reso ¦s who were in  llfcbciata near-  jyHon  (ailing  for  the  mass  move- b.v.   They picked him up two hours  inpnl   unless   Britain   gives   India      London    had    a    brief    air-raid la'cr. immediate   Independence.    Gandhi, I alarm but no bombs were dropped
The   vessel,   under   command   of ^however,   moved   cautiously   before on  thc  city,  although   two  peraona Capt. C. N. Banforth, was the 439lh putting, the call Into effect, appar-Uvere   reported   killed   in   raida   on
ship   at   Hamilton,   Bermuda.
The   government   protest    made^"""""",".  ""."if   T"?,"   "''^ th„'e was no los, of life, AH hand. ' ^."^Vg„  to"egh • ine   governmenl   protesi,   maae g„gya„ g,,,p gu,,,, during the war. „.e,.e off the ahip in three minutea
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w^rc'^Unrtin ¦hr"'rn„"!f«!."%iir "''^*   announced   as   sunk   In   the .ntly hoping for aome  last-minute I suburban   areas, were   landed   by   a   United   States weMcrn   Atlantic   aince   mid-Jan- British agreement to negotiate. No
The uary.   It   sank   in   15   minutes   but date   ^„   ,jt   for   the   rcsistence     Reports   from  the  occupied   con-
        ¦ Itinent   said   that   Jugoslav   forcea
„^.^  _  ^ . w'cre being supplied by Brillsli sub-
The chancellory aso announced ^,,(1 despite heavy rainstorms and' The new* from the Southwest marines and that Ante Pavelitch. that It had asked the State De- gquin.,, the captain kept hia three Pacific waa coupled with a apeech premier of the Axis puppet atate partment at Washington to instruct ijicboat.i together throughout tlie by Prime Minlaler John Curtin of of Croatia. liHil been "marked for Ita consul at Hamilton to arrange ,„xt six days until a United Na- Auatralla who aaid he had agreed death," the Germans offered a re- for care of the survivors, iions merchant vessel picked them to diversion of American war aup- ward   of  $54,000  for  the  arrest  of
Foreign   Minister  Alberto   (Jiiani up. P'le«  from   there   to   "more   urgent saboteurs    who    wrecited    a    .N'ar.i
said thu seizure of the captain was Survivors, landed at an east placea" and with a new aerial of- troop train near Rotterdam nn Frl- •aii act of rriiflty and ha ' added coast port, said members of the fensive launched hy Allied filers day night and threatened tn exr- tn Ihe barbarity of lubmarine war- submarine crew spoke English, but who dropped 15 tons of homtia on cute mnny ho.«tages if they are fare.' wilh heavy German Mccnla. Ute Japanese baaa  at Rabaul and not captured bjr midnight Aug. li.
reported    ready    to   blow   up   th*
Maikop oil  fleld  a chief aource ef
I high-test avialion fuel for the Red
[Air  Force,   as  the  Ormans   preaa
I steadily  closer  from  thc  east  and
j from the north, il was reported
I    The   midnight    communique   ra-
(UP)  vealed that  the Germans were In-
have tensifylng their blowa againat Rui-
defenses at   both  the   north-
and     southwestern     ap*
closer lo the rich Maikop oil fields proachea    to   Stalingrad—big   war
of the Western Caucasus In a two-  industry  center on  the Volga—and
pronged    drive,    thc    Soviet    high had  made additional  gains on tba
command  reporled  in  a communi- soulh,
que today. Fierce     flghting    waa     reported
Northeast of Kotellkovo, about 95 g„uth of Klelskaya, about 70 mllei miles southweat of Stalingrad on ..orthwest of Stalingrad, where tha Ihe main railroad to thc Caucasus, Germana have been trying for twa Ihc "enemy wedged inlo our de- v^.^,,, ^ ,„„, ^ crossing of the fenaes,    thc communiq'ie said, Don.
A Russian retreat south of Kiel- Drive Wedge Into Rede
skaya, 70 milea northwest of Stalin-      .,_,. ,        .. m •
grad, also was admitted. The com- ^^^ '"''"'>' l«"";hed ¦everU munique said that stubborn battle. c-ountcr-«ttacl(s 'nd flerc* flght nff continued south of there near an '°"»'""" "outh of Klet.kaya,' tba Inhabited place that after flerce communique said, fighting the Russian units retreat- Somewhere north of Kotelnikov, ed to new positions. which  lies   between   thc   Don   and
The Red Army forces of Marshal Ihe Sal rivers, about 05 milea south- Semyon Timoshenko were fighting "'"t of Stalingrad along the Cau- a desperate struggle In the foothills casus railroad, the Germans aue- of the Caucaaus Mountains bul ceeded in driving wedges Into the were falling bark under the over- Russian defenses, it waa acknowl- whelming weight of German tanks, edged.
mechanized  infantry  and   fleets  of     The communique reported heavy dive-bombers. battles  raging in  the  Armcvlr r»«
Russian   demolition   crewa   wtrei        (Continued on Page A*ll>
33 *Dangerous* Aliens Seized
  1 By HENRV SHAPIRO
New York, Aug. 8, (UP)—The Federal Bureau of Inveatigalion Hiiiiouiiced today that .13 "dan¬ gerous"   7""y   »•'•"¦•   '"^'""{'"ll i upon   Stalingrad   and   are   moving uesleri,
a National Youth Administration    .,,^.„ ,_ .u. .¦„i, «.i„ n .1.1,1. .„i..,
Instructor, had been aeized in the New York area.
They included 24 German men and one woman, six Italians, a Japanese and a Hungarian. All were lakeii to Ellia Island for hearing before an enemy alien board.
P. K. Foxworlh, head of the New York FBI offlce. aaid tlie Hungarian had been an NHTA Instructor In radio. Members of the Army Signal Corps Reaerve were in his classes. He had been In thc United States aince 19211, but made no attempt to become a citizen. Six of hia couaina are in the Nazi  forcea.
In the aliena' homea were found mapa and navigation charts of New York and Connecticut water¬ ways, showing New York harbor defenses and war plants in Con¬ necticut, The FBI also seized radio recelveri and ona trans¬ mitter.
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