Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS chinese register new coastal gains As japs are diverted toward russia U so air power aids british in egypt hugo huge nazi losses mark soviet oviet Figh fighting fing 1 EDIT 18 NOTE when opinion are r expressed express ad in im theme alumni elum ni they hy are r these of 1 I newspaper Union lis nw now ballat an S not oe rily lly of this arpir Br Pir nt nele stead ead axed by Ve tern newspaper union CHINA fighting rack back the japs learned something moro more of the chinese ability to light fight back as the defenders of the liong chow hanchang Nan chang railway front wiped out three weeks of the gains in a concentrated drive that netted them a 25 mile wedge into jap lines plus two important towns in this fighting in eastern province the JOP jap was virtually cleared out of the southeast cheal ang coastal area and the chinese recaptured the two vital ports of julian and taking the japs by surprise the chinese captured several villages along the railway before smashing through to the coast continual thinning out of jap garrisons in the newly occupied regions of and Che klang kiang provinces helped the chinese in their victories according to military experts on the scene this thinning out was viewed as being most important for some sources indicated strongly that troops leaving the area were headed for inner mongolia and this was interpreted prated as meaning that preparation tor for the long expected jup jap ln In valon vallon of russia was actually making headway but the chinese were intent on keeping their minds on the task at hand regaining tho the entire mile hanchang railway rall and refused to be diverted entirely by the movement to inner mongolia the official from sold said that attacks all along the line were in full swing and hinted that the jap positions were far from secure EGYPT air wl v f t W A V ka W J A 0 S this is maj A F halberger of north hollywood calif who led the attack of the U S ardys four motored bombers on the italian fleet in the central and eastern mediterranean sea recently it was uio the first participation by U V S air forces in that theater of war in n egypt nazi marshal brommels Rom mels drive for alexandria and suez had been slowed down lor for over two weeks and i the british were busily et bt W work ork keeping his hard hitting forc forces esoff kofl balance then nen the word began to sift through to the outside world that tho the U S army air forces were also in there pitching and bombing for it was announced from cairo that maj gen lewis brereton had assumed command over these U S forces in the middle east and tor for some time been directing a series of terrific bombing raids on the chief axis supply ports 0 of f tob bobruk and benegasi Ben gasi in driving through to establish himself some 65 miles to the west of alexandria rommel had dangerously extended his supply and communication muni cation lines it was the job of the united nations to harass such supply and communication activities tivi ties with all possible fervor not only were american planes blasting the axis forces but the british had called into action many of their navy planes to fight against the land based enemy meanwhile on the ground british imp imperial c rial and axis land forces force battled back and forth for new met fool holds on the barren wastes near kl Al Alam amein cin tanks and truck borne in tangled day in and day out in the non ending fury of desert war that is egypt in midsummer mid summer 1042 general brereton had bad bem in command of american air forces i in india and came to the western des de ert area with large comber of big four motored high altitude bombers ile he described these as being mote more than suitable for action on the deyp tion tian front because of the cloudless skies an announcement from his bit headquarters indicated that the U S bombing units were depending on cm RAF HAF facilities and ground crews to keep their ships flying ile he spoke of splendid RAF operation cooperation co ara and said that wod also depend on the RAF ILAF for intel 1 RUSSIAN FRONT bloodiest battles when russian troops evacuated largest city in the don basin it was waa plain that the german drive southeastward along the donetz river was threatening to join nazi troops striking near Milla along the railway leading to miles to the south mouth A soviet sold bald that aside from the loss of gradtke grad the russian army still flicking heavy blows on the germans in two other areas at from whore where the nazis were thrusting eastward toward the volga river the russians killed 1000 more germans German sand and blasted a path into another town which the germans had captured in their initial breakthrough tha ilia main nazi drive south of Mille also was slowed up the russians now are arc defending an west una line situated north of the stalin grad railway which Is approximately 75 73 miles north of A russian dispatch stated that american and british built tanks as well as planes were bolstering the red lines in the imperiled south A second war bulletin said that the nazis lost planes in the previous weeks fighting russian losses were placed at planes reports Re poTts indicate that the battles in the lower don basin are as bloody as the tha world has ever known the extreme southern section was the scene of the most furious fighting placing in grave danger ALEUTIAN A blind mans duff for more than a thousand miles through the tog fog shrouded waters of the aleutian islands a mammoth game of blind mans buff is being played between american air and naval forces and the japanese invaders who may be preparing a major push against continental north america dad bad as well as good news concerning the fortunes of this grim game was contained in reports from the aleutian sector on the debit side was the navys announcement that at the same time they landed at attu aatu and kiska the japs also occupied a third island miles west and slightly north of the united states baneat dutch harbor on Una loska on the credit side was a revealing that the landings on the three small islands had bid cos cost t toe the japanese 13 ships sunk or damaged this total included one heavy cruiser three destroyers oni and a troop laden transport sunk and an aircraft carrier four cruisers and three destroyers damaged the disclosed that the dutch harbor base was attacked twice on june 3 and 4 instead of once and that in the second raid an old united states station sup ship the northwestern which had bad been beached and converted to use as a barracks had been destroyed SELECTIVE SERVICE lineup line up local draft boards were author iced 0 to o consider registrants tor for selection on the basis of a new memorandum released by national headquarters of select lye service following Is the order in which such registrants will now be called under tho the new plan 1 single men with no dependents 2 single men who do not contribute to the war effort but who have dependents 3 single men with dependents and who contribute to the war effort 4 married men who are not engaged in the war effort but who maintain a bona tide family relationship with a wife only 5 married men who are engaged in the war effort and who maintain a bona fide relationship with a wife only 6 married men who are not engaged in the war effort and who maintain a bona fide relationship with wife and children or with children only 7 married men who are engaged in the tha war effort and who maintain a bona fide family fair lly relationship with wife and children or children only in au all cases the dependency status must have been acquired prior to december 8 1841 1941 and at a time when induction was not imminent the announcement said ALIENS more afore arrests As tho the washington military commission trial of the eight nazi sabo deurs drew to its close the FBI arrested 14 persons persona in new york and chicago charging them with acting as contacts and assisting the eight on trial formal charges had been filed against six chicago persons alleged to have aided the saboteur herbert haupt four others will also be charged with unlawfully and knowingly ing ly assisting the nazis three with being dangerous alien enemies and one Is being held in custody pending further investigation during the saboteur trial it was revealed that they had been surprised by john C cullen 21 year old coast guardsman when they landed from a submarine on the coast of Lon gIsland in june cullen was on a six mile coastal patrol at the time when he discovered them they threatened him and he pretended to accept a bribe but rushed immediately med lately to his headquarters to spread the alarm MAG ARTHUR ON WAR off 09 the record in an extremely frank two hour record talk to more than new newspaper r editors and correspondents gen douglas macarthur outlined als views of the entire world war picture and the southwest pacific area in particular the conference was macarthurs Mac Arthurs second since his arrival in australia the first was held march 23 macarthur answered all questions with sur surprising freeness after bel being ng assured that everything he might say was strictly oil off the record As usual macarthur used sports terminology in illustrating his points making reference to prize and baseball in his explanations he also ISO made frequent references to his exper experiences lences in world war 1 I when ho he was chief ot of staff of the division in france |