| Show W weekly beekly news analysis chinese register new gains as japs are diverted toward russia EDITORS NOT NOTE wien opinions 0 in i hofts art are expressed in ta these columns they t h ey ire are those of western newspaper union news analyst and not necessarily of 01 this newspaper CHINA fighting back the japs learned something more of the chinese ability to fight back as the defenders of the changchow 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 jap was virtually cleared out of the southeast cheki 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 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 th this is was interpreted as meaning that preparation for the long expected jap invasion of russia was actually m making aking headway buethe but the chinese were intent on keeping their minds on the task at hand regaining the entire mile hanchang railway and refused to be diverted entirely by the movement to inner mongolia the official from said that attacks all along the line were in full swing and hinted that the jap positions were far from secure and julian the two ports recaptured by the chinese had been occupied by the japs for about 10 days but they fell quickly when the chinese troops moved in EGYPT air warfare 7 X this is maj A F halberger Kal berger of north hollywood calif who led the attack ot of the U S ardys four motored bombers on the italian fleet in the central and eastern mediterranean sea recently it was the first participation by U S air forces lu in that theater ot of war in egypt nazi marshal brommels Rom mels drive tor for alexandria and suez had been slowed down for over two weeks and the british were busily at work keeping his hard hitting forces off balance then the word began to sift through to the outside world that 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 for some time been directing a series of terrific bombing raids on the chief axis supply ports of 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 noi 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 imperial and axis land forces battled back and forth for new footholds on the barren wastes near el kalamein Al amein tanks and truck borne infantry tangled day in and day out in the non ending fury of desert warfare that is egypt in midsummer mid summer 1942 general brereton had been in command of american air forces in india and came to the western desert area with large numbers of big four motored high altitude bombers he described these as being more than suitable for action on the egyptian front because of the cloudless skies an announcement from his headquarters indicated that the U S bombing units were depending on RAF facilities and ground crews to keep their ships flying he spoke of splendid RAF operation cooperation co and said that we also depend on the RAF for intelligence RUSSIAN FRONT bloodiest battles when russian troops evacuated largest city in the don basin it was plain that the german drive southeastward along the donetz river was threatening to join nazi troops striking near Mille along the railway leading to miles to the south A soviet said that aside from the loss of grad the russian army still was inflicting heavy blows on the germans in two other areas at from where the nazis were thrusting eastward toward the volga river the russians killed 1000 more germans and blasted a path into another town which the germans had captured in their initial breakthrough the main nazi drive south of Mille also was slowed up the russians now are defending an east west line situated north of the stalin grad railway which is approximately 75 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 indicate that the battles in the lower don basin are as bloody as the world has ever known the extreme southern section was the scene of the most furious fighting placing in grave danger ALEUTIAN blind mans buff for more than a thousand miles through the 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 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 base at dutch harbor on on the credit side was a revealing that the landings on the three small islands had cost the japanese 13 ships sunk or damaged this total included one heavy cruiser three destroyers and a 2 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 ship the northwestern which had been beached and converted to use as a barracks had been destroyed high honors 1 01 1 T 5 AN f DENVER dr margaret hie ding lin born in china distinguished as the eighth woman in the history of that country to have a medical degree and now practicing in chicago has now been elected the degree of a fellow of the international college of surgeons she Is the only woman to ever have received this coveted honor SYNTHETIC RUBBER production figures the synthetic rubber situation was at least partially clarified when secretary of commerce jesse jones reported that private industry is producing rubber at the rate of tons a year and that two government plants with an annual capacity of tons are in production jones indicated that the country will have a production capacity of approximately tons by the end of 1942 a capacity of tons by august 1943 and the entire tons by the end of 1943 chairman donald nelson said he hoped that by 1944 the U S will be able to supply rubber for the following essential needs of the united nations 1 military needs 2 necessary civilian uses of automobiles and 3 essential needs of community fire police vehicles etc an an agreement has been signed with bolivia under which the rubber reserve company will purchase all of that count rys rubber tor for the next five years except that which is needed for certain domestic uses and for export and will spend to develop bolivian rubber resources MACARTHUR MAC ARTHUR ON WAR off goff the record in an extremely frank two hour off the record talk to more than newspaper editors and correspondents gen douglas macarthur outlined his views view s 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 surprising freeness after being assured that everything he might say was strictly off the record As usual macarthur used sports terminology in illustrating his points making reference to prize fighting and baseball in his explanations he also made frequent references to his experiences in world war 1 I when he was chief of staff of the division in france SELECTIVE SERVICE lineup line up local draft boards were authorized to consider registrants for selection on the basis of a new memorandum released by national headquarters of selective service following is the order in which such registrants will now be called under 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 dekende ants and who contribute to the war effort 4 married men who are not engaged in the war effort but who maintain a bona fide 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 eng engaged aged in the war effort and who maintain a bona fide family relationship with wife and children or children only in all cases the dependency status mus must t have been acquired prior to december 8 1941 1 and at a time when induction was not imminent the announcement said zno into action vanguard of at least U S women to be trained for noncom non com balant military service is the feminine army of women who began b egan their army auxiliary corps training at fort des moines iowa this original contingent consisted of training to become privates or auxiliaries and striving for officers ranks when their training is completed a like number of male soldiers can then be released for battlefront battle front service hailed as another milestone in the american womans comans struggle for equal standing with men the army offers a chance for service to country for women who have no family to keep together and who have not found their way into defense industries voluntary services or civilian defense the first training school for the at fort des moines is under the command of col don C faith NEW FRONT for serb patriots patriot well known are the stories of the valor and courage of the serb patriots who under the leadership of gen braja have been causing the axis armies of occupation plenty of trouble in the conquered balkans but one of the most important reports on these activities is a new one from jugo jug 0 slav informants which tells of the menace these forces are presenting to hillers Hit lers river borne oil supplies from rumania 0 along the danube they have launched daring raids on this shipping and at the iron gate narrow danube pass through which the oil barges must pass the rebels are causing plenty of worry for the german high command nazi flotillas have been sent to the iron gate area according to official german sources sources to suppress rebel activities ALIENS more arrests As the washington military commission trial of the eight nazi sab sabo 0 deurs drew to its ca close ose the FBI arrested 14 persons in new york and chicago charging them with acting as contacts and assisting the eight on trial aids war effort e LONDON british parliament members now have the opportunity to make munitions in their spare time and so far five members make up the vanguard of these volunteers who are given instructions at a bofo L don center here miss bliss thelmal cazalet MP works at her machine learning a new art for beating the axis 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 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 long island 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 to his headquarters to spread the alarm BAN on civil flights within the eastern U S defense zone the army has now established a vital defense area extending along the atlantic coast from maine to the carolina capes and all civilian and military training and miscellaneous flying has been barred within the zone the step was taken said the army command as necessary to the war effort because much of such flying jeopardizes the air defense of the area flight plans must be approved for all necessary flights BRIEFS OFFICIAL although congress had several weeks earlier passed joint resolutions of war against hungary rumania and bulgaria president roosevelt has now formale for maUri 1 ea proclaimed a state of war W with ith thes the balkan countries RATIONS A london news report says that fish is now being rationed in norway and that the food situation in that country is growing progressively gres acute FIFTY britain has been shipping 50 tanks a week to russia says oliver lyttelton british minister of production and further his country has to date fulfilled all war material contracts with the soviet he said DEATH death came to george sutherland 80 year old jurist and former member of the U S supreme court he had been one of the conservative bloc on the high bench in the famous 5 to 4 decisions of the early new deal days he usually dissented from approval of new deal measures and in jann janiro ary 1938 retired from the benchic bench fc released by western newspaper union |
