High Point Enterprise, The (Newspaper) - June 27, 1942, High Point, North Carolina THE WEATHER 8 Weather Point Occasional and late this afternoon and THE POINT ENTERPRISE KEEP EM FLYING 178 SERVICE HIGH SATURDAY 1942 WIDE WORLD FEATURE SERVICE PRICE FIVE CENTS SECOND WAR FRONT APPEARS ASSURED Axis Forces Move Ahead In Libya Statement Is THE WAR TODAY By DeWITT Wide World War Analyst Soviet Claims Front Changing Hour By Hour One cant quarrel with the prediction by London military experts that the next week bids fair to be one of the most critical of the war for the Al though personally I should go further and say that it also will be one of the most fateful for the The consensus of military ob servers is Hitler must win this year or not at His corre lated offensives against the Brit ish in Egypt and the Reds at the gateway to the Caucasus repre sent the beginning of a mighty ef fort to drive a wedge which will give him victory before winter again brings its icy terrors to the Soviet HITLERS CLIMAX Another week wont see the end of the great battles which now are hut the speeding events of the immediate future are likely to silhouette the climax of Hit lers attempt to dominate the The Nazi fuehrer right now either is building himself a pyramid or he is dig ging his own grave which about time the first snows sweep the Russian steppes will be ready and waiting for the Allies to push him He may still play Hamlet for a bit after but his ber will be I But here it is important lo note that while we can see the mean ing of this historic there assurance or so it seems to me that the present offensives v 111 continue to be channels through which our destiny will The Allies must be prepar ed for a lightning change of tac tics by Hitler if things dont go well with his scheme of clamping a great pair of pincers on Egypt from the cast and from the That is to if Field Marshal Rommels sensational invasion of Egypt should Field Marshal Large Nazi Reserves i Thrown Info Conflict Against Reinforced Russians By HENRY CASSIDY June Nazi shock troops wedged momentarily into northeast ern fortifications of pol but were expelled by a counterattack and front line settlements changed hands hour by hour in fighting in the Kharkov Russian dispatches said A Sevastopol report to the Communist party said the Germans continued to move I up reserves and the presence of Robert Scott several new infantry regiments T t evidently transferred from lanky pilot Axis Advance Continues At Slower Pace British Report Rommel Has Moved Up to Within 15 Miles Of About 115 Miles into Egypt By The Associated Press June headquarters reported today that Axis forces of Field Mar shal Erwin Rommel had mov ed iip to within 15 miles of about 115 miles into Egypt from the Libyan fron The position of Axis armored di vision indicated a advance along the coast toward re only by light parrying ac British mobile a Airmen Set Stage For Attacks er front has been noted in thc from has been asj Our covering forces were in last few to command the Unit contact with the forward I 6 i signed to command the Unit i ed States Armys first pursuit in The an nouncement came from New assault groups there had dwindled from regiments or whole divisions to companies and an evidence of the j The planes COm Axis pose the 23rd pursuit group of The German high command ani the U S Army Air last night that Nazi and i which replaces the famous Rumanian troops had captured i American Volunteer Group on a railroad town on the bog or if Von Bock should west bank of the Donets river 70 i miles southeast of after bitter street German i control of the whole triangular area between Izyum and I was imi j Large Nazi reserves of tanks j and infantry were said to have been thrown into the conflict against the reinforced As the result of fierce populated places are continually changing the Soviet infor mation bureau We are in heavy DEFENSE STRONG A Berlin broadcast said Red army defenses were strong and in this being coupled with a statement that the high command considered the aimed at shortening the front a full Engineers of a single 4 find the going too hard in his efj German battalion were reported fords to smash through the Reel to have removed tank mines line in the Kharkov we i and destroyed J stationary flame a i throwers in front of their sector to may expect Hitler to shift different i in a NO SURPRISE 1 Soviet land and sea forces in Even if things go well for 23rd of a to save Germans on the Russian it Sevastopol and its Crimean naval should cause no surprise if from the assault divisions cr suddenly lashed out at with an attempt to invade that country by air and thus secure a base from which to strike at the Allies both in Egypt and in the countries to the There still remains one other possibility which would represent an act of sheer desperation on the part of the Nazi attempt to invade these contingencies await the development of the of already under V NORTH CAROLINA TRUCK FARMERS SUFFER LOSSES DUE TO GAS SHORTAGE of Fritz Erich von Mannstein RAF Fighters Raid Germans Enemy Shipping and Rail way Objectives Attacked as Bombers Lay Off June ish fighter aircraft swept over oc territory and attacked en emy shipping and railway object ives last he air ministry said but most of the big bombers stayed at Some bombers were sent out to lay mines in enemy but there were no reports of raids such as the previous nights attack against Bremen where fires raged for One British fighter was reported missing from last nights American Air Forces in Britain to Prepare Assault on Germany June ed States army air forces already are established in Britain and laying the groundwork for partici pation in the mass attacks on Ger many under separate it was reliably reported It that the Ameri cans now made up a sizable estab of their although nothing yet has been said to in whether sufficient aircraft have arrived for the actual of There was not major f j contemplated in communique RAFI Precedent indicates that the first with the troops throughout the Senate Favors Huge Military Supply were declared to have repelled several enemy German infantrymen penetrated a Soviet position on the Bryansk southwest of the information bureau but ad ded We beat them killing 150 A subsequent communique in a series of feeler thrusts was in progress the Bryansk Tt told of a frustrated at tack in which the Germans left more than 300 casualties on the The air ministry said three en emy were destroyed by British bombers during the attack on German bombers attacked the east Anglian city of Norwich briefly last night and left fires in residential and shopping the air ministry Observ ers expressed belief the attack was in retaliation for the plane raid upon Bremen the night Some casualties were June Operations were reported to including a small number of peo have continued overnight on both pie the the Kharkov and Sevastopol fronts I Three enemy aircraft were de jand German losses before the Crimean fortress city were dej Several large fires were started to be by thc Nazi some of which During the day our artillery j to level in fire has dispersed and annihilated j defiance of antiaircraft fire tint ji f I The advance of Rommels armor ed and motorized troops concen along a was slow by comparison with his earlier drives of 40 to 60 miles a indi cating he might be awaiting the ar rival of fresh supplies before start ing an allout Hammering of major Libyan bases by British and United State army air force bombers and straf ing of columns hin dered the movement of oi and munitions necessary to maintain the invading field Moreover it was announced in less than 200 miles behind the defense lines of Neil Ritchies eighth that speedy motor torpedo boats had arrived to aug ment the British j Capable of a speed of more than 45 the craft are already credited with sinking three Axis vessels off Libya and removing several hundred British soldiers and sailors from Tobruk under heavy bombardment just before that port fell last warships are standing by for orders to steam out and engage coastal formations from the The main invasion force was made up of three armored divisions supported by motorized infantry I and the initiative was clearly stil in their Military observers said they had I three possible courses attack on j a fortified port linked to dria by rail as well as sea supply attempt to negotiate the salt and sand marshes i of the vast j farther swing south toward the Nile by way of the Siwa The British ruled out none of there but said on the basis of present dispositions first appeared to be more V Army Troops March July 4 public announcement of United States participation in the Euro pean air warfare will be by the blast of bombs on The first official hint of the air crews presence in Britain was given on Thursday in a state ment by Dwight Eis commander foi the European war that pilots were arriving in rapidly in creasing air observers had known for weeks that air crews were taking shape at a base some where in the British but security reason prevented disclos The nature and extent of the preparations for operation oi American fliers and aircraft in the big assaults on German war in dustry stil are It has been that United States forces will operate independently of the al though with it in a implication that Americans have established a sizable air organization here and that collaboration in planning the future attacks on Germany already has V June military supply providing funds for the purchase of war planes and the equipping of an army of men was un approved today by the Senate Com The already passed by the House vote 352 is expected to go before the Senate Churchill Back In England For Serious British Setbacks During His Visit Heap Criticism On Prime Minister June Minister Winston Churchill came back to England today from his historic conferences with President Roosevelt and stepped from a transAtlantic plane into the most serious political crisis of his He returned to nation troubled by the serious setback to British forces in North Africa and thc im minent Axis smash at The longheld British stronghold at To j bruk fell while the Prime Minister was discussing war strategy with i President Roosevelt and the cap ture of some British troops there brought strong criticism of on k his conduct of the of Facing him m the of Q m mons is an insurgent motion for a of an the And Churchill Pledge lo Divert German Strength from Attack on Rus sia In Statement Ominous For Axis June Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill pledged today to divert Ger man strength from the attack on telling of com ing operations in a joint statement heavy with the por tent of a second front in Eu The chief leaders of the United Nations spoke ominously the operations which were in detail at the conven tions just Their state ment was released upon the return of Churchill to London Coming as it did a fortnight after the White House announced that President Roosevelt and sias slav had reached an un i i emphasis to the vote of no confidence m his ch of the continent of I Political observers believe the Where and when it I Prime Minister will win a vole of i Included in the total j he has intensify the war I some 20 votes cast against him and j a number of members abstaining j from the ment All observers agreed that for the increasing to the amount thus far vot ed by Congress for aid to ers of the United Senator Thomas said the committee made only one minor change in the House deleting a section permitting army camp pers to obtain He said it was hoped the House would accept this change with the to the President for his considera tion next Xo attempt was made with the committee to reduce the amount of the appropriations or to delay their Thomas and other committee members of nerves n r the War announced the formal es of a European heater mih the strategy map for Slales ped in Washington fresh in his head in London mind would respond to his cnlics was thu in a fighting but they also i United Stales f agreed that his opposition has ready in Britain er been more he groundwork for Chennault Will In Control State Agriculture Depart a of German infantry ment appealed to anci destroyed three artillery Broughton today to obtain teries and a number of mortar immediate relief for farmers un it was able lo take their truck crops to The Russians said six of 14 Nazi and the wing of a hospital night figl private homes and busi ness establishments were Soldiers from Several Varied j Divisions Will Take Part in Celebrations Urge Hitler To Occupy France German Military Leaders Want All France Occupied to Meet Second Front Threat June man military leaders are urging Adolf Hitler to occupy all to meet thc growing threat of an allied attempt to establish a sec ond front in Western an unusually foreign source declared At the same time the dent French News Agency at Bei rut reported that Italian soldiers were concentrated m Northern Italy ready to move into j France to reinforce the German j army of Thc intimation that the Nazis be preparing lo lake over t ranee June Claire The conservative London Times participation in the mass attacks attacked Britain s war direction on German today and called for a combined I general staff in an editorial de claring there had been too many j i symptoms x x x of reluctance to i subordinate personal predilections i or established interests to the I gent need of bringing fresh blood j and fresh ideas into the conduct of the j Things are seriously j i The Times The House of j Commons accurately reflects lie opinion both in demanding radii cal changes and in placing on the shoulders of the government x x the responsibility of deciding what those changes would June 27 Although the Prime Ministers demand for blackout pav early return had been workers in his reappearance so soon after thc i plants of the Yellow Truck t agreed to return to Strike Halted In Motor Plant Workers Return to Jobs After Walk Out at Bus Shops j of his Coach group which has been fly commander of the American ing uith congressional leaders and j jobs staging was announced by Sir John Wardlaw ly Headquarters of General Joseph American chief of staff under Generalissimo Chi ang issued a statement saying No orders have been issued or are now contemplated which wili in any way reduce Claire responsibilities or control of continued effective Milne and 18 other Sir Stafford House said merely that he hoped that would be The debate is for the second and third days of the next of the Pacific war council in U unauthorized strike ing with the air inlon Thursday was i Under an agreement reached will remain m control of air Replying Thursday lo a question i yesterday and later ratified hv crations against the Japanese in i in Commons as to whether Church company officials China after his tigers are n lime to would be paid for inducted into the with the no confidence motion 120 minutes of time lost during practice blackout Wednesday night and a blackout May The company also con sented to open negotiations Mon day with the United Automobile workers CIO on a new involving wage adjustments and other Union in prom ised Thc repudiated by UAW President began at 7 yesterday following a series of brief by night shift surround ed the plants immediately and refused entrance lo office workers air operations against the anese in the China Jap V because of the gasoline Ross said that thousands of dollars worth of North Carolina truck crops are rotting on the highways and at truckers cant get The farmers are going all out for crops and for a this have oh enough labor to remove the he But unless they or their carriers obtain sul fuel for trucks en route to the pro gram will suffer irreparable bombers which approached burned June worthy the snlc reported ilia t the were DOLEFUL DRIBBLE A big truck rolled along the highway to loaded with kegs of A couple of the kegs shook loose others rattled Nails began dribbling An incom plete count over the miles showed 30 mournful motorists looking at flat One YOUNG GIRL IN SERIOUS CONDITION AFTER ATTACK KINS June of Besse I mer was reported in serious condition today in Gaston County Hospital as a result of a criminal attack allegedly made upon her at Lake early last Paul Leroy and all of Gas are being held in thc Gas tonia jail in connection with the local chief of cow had been shot down Thurs Authorities sources indicated the Second Army troops from moving heavy guns day night without a Soviet RAF had not engaged in any large and the others turned scale offensive activity FORMER GERMAN CONSUL AT NEW ORLEANS MAY K OPERATING CARIBBEAN SUB June Edgar von World War I Uboat commander and later German consul at New may be operating one of thc submarines harassing Allied nations shipping in the Caribbean according to the story told Cargo Ship Blasts Sub Off Cuban Coast By the Associated Tress An unwary surfac ing too near a United States cargo was hit at the water line blank the captain of the merchant vessel reported to day There is no doubt in my mind that we got the First Mate Hansen said when ship reached a Florida The shib was off the coast of Cuba with its engines stopped when a apparently unaware of the ships surfaced about 400 yards away the officers A gun crew lookout spotted fhe raider and within a minute all by an arm John oM nln at a said the and of submarine which introduced himself to a life boat full ol thc survivors The first shot was a near miss as Von speaking in per ecl Other reports of Von Spiegels presence in the Caribbean area have been hut nothing so definite as report yester but fired about 200 feet struck the submarine forward of the conning tower as it seemed to There was a muffled explosion and thc submarine turned over sideways as it went Hanson Press count of Pearl Harbor stood at sels sunk in the western Atlantic rbor stood at Indications that Japanese sub marines were on thc prowl in the Pacific while the Nazi feed on Atlantic victims became evi dent yesterday when survivors of two Allied merchantmen reached an Australian port to tell of the torpedoing of their The navy in mean disclosed the sinking of two move small cargo craft and a British era varied divisions will march July 4 in Second Army headquarters here ed Fort Leonard the announcement has made thc largest plans and will troops to 19 Missouri A single convoy will through nine Memphis parade watchers will see soldiers from Camp Camp and Camp The latter camp also will provide troops for Murfreesboro and and A group of singers and a band from Fort will journey to with another unit going to Troops from Camp will parade in and units from Fort will go to Shelby and Val with one contingent ino ng i and Siegfried lines to thc MX Ma truck at the roadside had Two other unidentified youths are being French west The source credited with m this information also said he had been informed more l French residents i been evacuated from coastal in connection with the Get man defense The area between Boulogne he has been parti and A union spokesman said the is sue of blackout pay only one of a number of minor grievances which led to the work Shortly the strike who is in Washington wired local union that the walkout violated the pledge given President Roosevelt and insisted that the workers re turn at Company officials said lime lost by the stoppage would be made up Fliers Reinforce Chinese Against Japs I Station Operators Register For Gas The Associated Press Generalissimo Chiang edged a second Chinese setback in the abandonment of one Generalissimo Chiang in the abandonment of one p ll ine j Slicks Chinese reinforced I of thc principal Japanese objcc of everybody suspected oi battled in on of everybody likely to aid allied invaders Thc same source asserted was a possibility that might recall General Johannes of the Polish irtual campaign who has been m retirement since reportedly dis with the Fuehrer thp invasion assist the invasion of in Western thc defenses of r ir r soing to for a July first in the Gulf of 3rd Fort Mexico and the go lo South American waters about and THATS MY BOY Sheriff sed the three j of by American battled Japa ncse spearheads knifing toward thc heart of China on a dozen fronts today while in thc battle of Allied airmen were credited with another sweeping victory over the Douglas head quarters reported that Allied in planes clashed with 18 Japanese heavy bombers yester day over Port key Unit ed Nations outpost in New C and probably shot down six to 10 lives in Chekiang on June tVP June 24 after street fighting and I Along with the opera weeks All crewmen ono of recent Pacific victims were saMd with the exception of its killed when a torpedo Cas of the second ship wero In he Gulf of 23 sea men were rescued from the Ameri can ship and five others were miss j Only two nf the crew LINING PHILADELPHIA Somewhere in a poor boy about six years old is wearing a coat worth A woman told the Salvation Army she forgot the i DO 1 iCS navy applicants lo Deputy Wiley Faw to One of thems Earl Any kin to you said never heard of Faw telephoned for an hour trying to locale thc Sud denly he lc out By thats my heavy casualties on both The situation on the East China war front remained but there were indications that Gen armies were stiffening against Japanese invasion columns on Chekiang and Kiangsi Prov the Japanese were silent on this important phase of the vast and complicated Turning to other Japa i ncse dispatches asserted that Little damage was inflicted forces in the South China the province of had open tors of filling stations arc going to have to register for the perman ent gasoline rationing plan next state OPO gas rationing said service station proprietors must register with their local rationing boards between July 9 and July When they they will list their tank capacity and the present reading of tank me The board will issue them bulk certificates to enable them to fill their tanks completely for Thc Chinese high command a general offensive against opening of the rationing pcr today that on thc ncse troops southeast of Ts western leg of thc sent the Chinese fill money sewed in lining when Earls middle name is she turned in the coat several iod July leg of thc sent the Chinese After kiang Railway again had changed divisions fleeing into thc j ing stations can secure the Japanese recapturing deliveries only by sur it and reducing the is 50 miles northeast I rendering coupons obtained from portion of the railroad to about Of Some 30 Other Japanese dispatches said j probably will be made fo The invaders were still checked Liu commander of the j shrinkage through evaporation ot depending Meanwhile the unofficial Associ of the British vessel were at the eastern claw of Chinese army depending other weeks Shp couldnt give her Deputy Faw is now a thr Japanese advance along t h c southern Shansi had tied Stations must redeem the cou hor husband didnt know i of i he official names of his 12 I j to thr mountains with a within 30 days of the date she had thc i The communique also of his they expire for the
