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Show - T ,1 i Salt Lake City , Utah BY PXlL GHALI BERN, June 22 (CDN) The deplorable impression bruks capitulation m the few' remaining European Personnel Will Be Switched This Week June 22. WASHINGTON, ( VP) Complete reorganization nf the War Production Board, including a reshuffling of some be top officials, probablv will this xveek, with Inannounced dications that WPB s futupe operation? will be tied even more tightly to demands of military strategy. Heading up jthe personnel changes, it was learned today, will be the transfer of William WPBs H. Harrison, chief of production division to the War Department, where he presumably will take oyer an important post In the procurement .set- up of the service of supply. Of major significance tn plans for the new setup is a ftove to bung WPB Chairman Ronald aru! M Nelson and the army naw chiefs of staff into closercontact, with a view toward increasing elasticity of war production to meet swiftly changmg military requirements. conferences During recent !th Captain Oliver Lvttelton, . . ' British minister of supply. Nel-so- n told reporters that the combined British and American fntended to production board aim for standardization of military equipment, and close' co ordination of Bri'ish and Amer--i art war production with strategic and tactical developments on all United Nations fronts. it was unThe WPB shake-up- , derstood, would elfect this coordination so far as the United Mates was concerned. Officials made it clear that the changes would not be baspd on the recent report of the Senate defense investigating committee,, dollar-a-jea- r men In nticizing WPB. The new setup is to be -- based of cm reeommendai-ofts- Dr. Luther Gulick,' head of Coof lumbia Universitys School who Business administration, has spent two months here studvlng'klnkx In the agencxg operations. Liby an- (Continued From Page One) the Egyptian border, military quarters here conceded the probable truth of Axis claims that 25,000 of Ritchies men had been captured by the combined comforces which pleted occupation of Tobruk yesterday. There was no denial either of official reports from Berlin that German troops had pushed on from Tobruk to capture Bir'ET Gobi, a desert track center 40 miles to the southeast, and the port of Bardia, only eight miles from the Egyptian border. . A British communique reported today that an Axis column vas moving toward Fort Capuz-70- , which is lust inside the Libyan border about 20 miles south and slightlv east of Bardia. CONTACTED BY BRITISH This foice was contacted yesterday near Sidt Azeiz, 12 miles northwest of Fort Capuzzo, by mobile British forces operating out in front of the Egyptian border defense line, the communique said. The bulletin gave no new- - information on developments at Tobruk, saying merely: "There is no further news from Tobruk, which must be presumed to have fallen. forces While ?ome British . were still operating west of the Egyptian frontier virtually the whole of Libya was presumably to all Intents In Axis hands. It was expected here that Field Marshal Erwin Rommel would attempt to capitalize on his successes by striking swiftly at Egypt In the hope of dealing Ritchies remaining forces a death blow before they could be , regrouped. Military quarters here were to as the factors vague it appeared the British had lost such a large proportion of their armored strength In the savage desert fighting which preceded the final assault that they unable to offer, effective resist- account-Ing-for-th- - j ; ance. NO ESCAPE ATTEMPTED X from the front Dispatches gave no indication of, anv at- - tempt to remove the Tobruk garrison by sea during the fubattle that ended rious in its fall. It seemed probable that In addition to large numbers of prisoners. most of the equipment 5hich the British convoyed to. Tobruk only a few days ago at great cost had fallen into Axis hands, for events moved so rapidly that complete destruction of stores would have been im possible. While the portion of Ritchies forces which escabed this debato be holding cle were said strong positions along the Egyptian frontier, there was riof here to minimize the seriousness of the situation. The fall of Tobruk, w'hich the British had held 6ince Jan. 22. 1941, and which had withstood a seventh-montsiege last year, . v gives Rommel an important sup-ply port close to the Egyptian frontier and thereby vastly improves his chances for , a uc- . cessful thrust toward Suez. here said Military quarters Rommel might find it difficult to move supplies through Tobruk as long as Allied air forces cap contest control of the skies. It was' presumed, however, that the Axis leader would hasten to concentrate strong fighfer plane forces at nearby El Adem and other deert airports to protect his oversea supply line. h , ; of i Attack- To- Continued From Page with the aimy that the had' been of no effect, but felt certain they heard than nine shots. One was Robert Lucas, ciate editor of the Astoria countries completely eclipses Axis disappointment today at its. inability to announce to the world the fall of Sevastopol on the first anniversary of the attack on Russia. The impression is strongly enant comparison is made with Bir hanced in neutral circles here et.- bv the somewhat defeatist tone of British and American communiques The latter ate considered as too lengthv in their explanations of the defeat and as singularly lacking in of wilt to resistance The pessimistic tone of tbe communiques appai ently Is behind the rumor current today that following the capture of Tobruk and the reverses of its 8th Army in Libya, Britain is considering a retreat ijrom Egypt I Hacheim w here 6 (too De Gaul-list- s withstood one of Marshal Erwin Rommel s divisions for 15 das A Stockholm icport In the Ha.siPr Nachnchten .sugge-f- s - the pi obahir replacement of Britain.-, 8th Aum commando, Lt, Gen Neil M Ritchie, to appease dissatisfied public opinion name, the paper .xas, has not been mentioned in the communiques since the big tank battle last week. Tne opinion commonly expressed here is that Ritchie's failure to defend To- bruk was the direct result of the recent Mediterranean naval battle, .proof that' Britain no longer controls this important Rit-thie- -, and concentrating its remaining forces in the defense of the Mosul oil well and the Russian Caucasus. Although the rumor is erv existnot supported. Us ence Is a clear Indication of the considerable loss of Riitish prestige by the sui render of Tobruk without a fight to the last rhan Tobruks fate is compaied' with that of Sesastopol where badlv shaken, resistance, though still Is strong. Another unpleas 3 Monday, June 22, 1942 Tobruk Fall Overshadows Of Axis Disappointment ' The Youngest Generation WPB To Be Changed To Army Needs NEWS tTHF DESERET sea road. British Score Hits Kgjpt, June 22 (AP) RVF announced today th it British torpedo bombtets scoied hits on two large fretght-e- t s and one escort essel In an attack on an Axis Mediterranean convoy yesterday. GAIRO The I firing many more assoBudg- Awakened by the sound. Jie said, T hurried upstairs to have a look (toward the sea, and heard frotp 12 to 16 shots. The shells leemed to be landing somewhere with a gieat thud, but couldrit tell what the ohective was 1 liras and others also told of x fiom a gun or seeing ilrd guns, which the rditoi de-as "bright mange and f m shaped and much like lightning plavtng on tho hoiuon No .shells landed in Astoria, .Seaside or anv other community, so far as could be determined from residents in the .area The army1' announcement that they fell "north of Seaside fla-hc- u e suggested they might have plowed uselessly 'into some part of the 16 miles of sandv waste lands between the ocean city and the Columbia River. This theory was held by at least one resident of the coast Thp Japs picked a swell place for' harmless target practice, he remaiked. Roval Canadian and American naval units were reported to have launched an Immediate hunt for the submarine, presumably Japanese, which attacked F.stevan Point. - China Blocks Jap Adtanpe On Chekiang-lLiangRails si . CHUNGKING, June 22. (AP) The Japanese effort to close the gap between their columns driving from either end of the ChekiSng Kiangsi mil way has made no sub- strategic stantial progress in the last four days and the Chinese still hold approximately 50 miles of the line, informed sodrees' indi450-mil- e ' cated today. campaign, centering in eastern Kiangsi Province, appeared to have settled into .a bitter seesaw-- struggle after five weeks of steady Japanese advance. The Chinese, who have The lienicndous reported exacting at from tile (in ucts every step, 'have not recorded anv Japanese gains along the railway since June 18. (Neither has the Tokyq tadto, losses as recorded in New York, claimed any definite gains since that date ) that time the Chinese mand admitted that the - At comeast- - Minister Returns MELBOURNE, Australia, June (AP) H. V. Evatt, Australian minister for external affair-, teturning from his rms-- s nn to Washington and London, said in an Interview today that 22 bound Japanese columns had reached Kwetkl. southeast of while the column Nanchang, rinving west from Chekiang Province was reported a little west of Shangjao. Thp Chinese also claimed to have, stopped the Japanese at southward Kwangteng an a drive, winch, as an offshoot of the CljeUang Kiangsi offensive, aimed at the southern seaboard province of Fukien. Coma in and look over our lovely lines of LINOLEUMS of unusually low prices U you hart pictures to frame. Send Them to Us ARMSTRONG-EftGBE- RG "ven important anangements have bepn made, putting organization for cooperation among thp United Nations at an atl-aneed idage. CO. v 19 W. 1st So. Phene 5 j rVVA-,- t ) The Deseret News congratulates Paul Giles Topham, Gary Brian Angell, William Arthur Roberts Jr., and Dorothy Diane Willey and all other Salt Lake babies t one year bid today. Paul is the son .of .Mr. and Mrs. M. June Topham of 423 Seventh Avenue, Gary Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. LeGrand Angell of 68 North Second West Street, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Arthur Roberts of 668 South West Temple Street, and Dorothy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Dustin Willey of 1414 McClelland Avenue. - Yil--lia- m BABIES WERE BORN SATURDAY AND YESTERDAY IX S. L. HOSPITALS: To Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Leake, 676 Mansfield Avenue, tpy. To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thnrnley, '1006 East First South Street, girl. To Mr, and Mrs. Ferris Wager, 775 Pacific Avenue, boy. To Mr. and Mrs. Eldon J. Chase, 2114 Eleventh East Street, boy. To Mr. and Mrs George Bullin';, Midvale, boy. To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Mattheisen, 451 Third East Street, Sirl- girl. To" Mr. To Mr. To Mr. To Mr. To Mr. and MrsT Robert G. Arnold, 127 C Street, girl. and Mrs. Herbert Chinn, 153 Pierpont Street, boy. and Mrs. Lee Heuser, Sandy, girl. and Mrs. W. L. Bennett, 867 P.rinceton Avenue, girl. and Mrs. Joseph. Hickman, 37 1 North Main Street, To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cherrington, J22 East Third South Street, boy. To Lieut, and Mrs. Floyd Li Glauser, 1469 Princeton Avenue, girl. To Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wunderly, 1053 West Fourth North i Street, girl. To Mr, and Mrs. Dale Smith, 415 First A'venue, girl. To Mr. and Mrs. Francis G. Cowan, 3409 Ninth East Street, girl To Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Lublin, 4120 Seventh East Street, boy. To To To Street, To To To To To To To Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Nichol, 936 Logan Court, boy.' Mr. and Mrs. John Rock, 2870 East Casto Lane, boy. Mr. and Mrs. Roy G. Chrisman, 58 West Third North girl. 7 From one fighter to another and Mrs. Charles Wright Woods Cross, girl. and Mrs. A. K. Weston, 464 Second Avenue, girl. and Mrs. Archie Mounteer, Sandy, girl. and Mrs. D. H. Kershaw, Bingham, boy. and Mrs. N. F. Denny, 1671 Emerson Avenue, girl. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gadd, Midvale, twin girlSj, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hansen of Copperton,' girl. Mr. Mr. Mr., Mr. Mr. London- - Russian- - (Continued From Page 1) striking power which appeared to have been woefully underestimated. "The whole 'British press called the grave setback In Libya a humiliating defeat xvhich would require a titanic effort to offset. The newspapers noted that the reversal developed suddenly after reports on the wild desert fighting and asked accusingly whether there had been a blunder. On the basis of "Information available here now, the best qualified observers said Rommel apparently had caught the British flat footed at Tobruk, massing such an overwhelming weight of armor and using It with such terrific drive that it could not he resisted. The Mirror, a frequent government critic, declared that the sooner Prime Minister Churchill could get back from the Unit-le- d States "and make a frank and full statement the better." The Times suggested that the British Army on the North African desert needed radical innovations in tactical method and mechanical design and some observers predicted a shake-u.in Britain's top command. There is magic for the British in the name of General Sir Archibald P. Wavell, the master pf desert warfare who Is regarded by the Germans as "Britain's one- good general, and there was a 'possibility that Wavell, who invaded Libya successfully before with 30,000 men, may be . called back from his present command in India" to handle a situation vhich hourly grows graver. From Page One) (Continue had lost four Ukrainian villages but the attack of two companies wer reported repulsed. . The Germans besieging Sevastopol already were lodged in the outer defense lines. . The fate of the historic Crimean fortress appeared to be In the balance as the second ,year of the costly German campaign In Soviet Russia opened, but p - s gia's-t'-pf3- sant presidentJfrrMtch-ae- Kalinin, found cause to assure his people that the end of Hitlerism is inevitable Where a ypar ago the German mies struck against Russia ditbing the night, this year, ac- com coriHng to today's mid-damunthue of the Soviet informaI tion no significant bureau, changes took place at the front in fhe hours of darkness. he war bulletin told, however, how Russian units in three days of fighting in the Lenin- grad sector killed at least 350 Germans. In other operations, the death of some 260 Germans under Russian atillery fire west of Moscow and of more . than 150 on the" Kalinin front were reported. local There were scattered 'engagements all along the 2,000-mil- e front from the Ukraine to 'the far north on the anniversary of Adolf Hitlers fateful plunge into this nation, but Russian attention was centered on the roaring battle. in tbe Crimea, now in its 18th-dayThe Germans first laid siege to Sevastopol Nov. 7. 1941, hut the current offensive started there ' June 5. Anaconda Wire & Cable Company is proud of win- ning the coveted Navy "E pennant awarded for achievement in production of war contracts at its Hastings, N. 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