Indiana Evening Gazette (Newspaper) - June 20, 1942, Indiana, Pennsylvania t TEDDY Tomorrow If the longest alto Dty Honor him by going to your church and Sunday School AN INDIANA COUNTY NEWSPAPER THAT SERVES EVERY MEMBER OF THE J COVERING THE WORLD FROM THE COMMERCIAL CENTER OF WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA mm ly and not to wattn south portion ind in portion Much VOLUME 265 EIGHT PAGES INDIANA PENNSYLVANIA SATURDAY JUNE 20 1942 TELEPHONE BOO 501 SHIPS SUNK IN ATLANTIC Cuba Offers Facilities to Undersea Craft Latest UBoat Victims Include Three U S Merchantmen By The Associated Frew The nation looked hopefully to ward Cuba as a new antisubmarine springboard today after a dark day that brought announcements of nine sinkings in Atlantic and adjacent waters The official toll of cargo carriers in the western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor mounted to 288 The State Department in Wash Ing ton announced an agreement had been reached by which Cuba of facilities to the United States War Department for training avia tion personnel and for operations against enemy undersea craft Work on these installations will begin at The latest Uboat victims were three United States ships two Dutch one Norwegian one Cana dian one Dominican and one Pana manian In the case of the Dominican schooner La the submarine captured the entire crew after the sinking The prisoners la ler were turned over to the Domi nican sloop Comercio which was forced to jettison its cargo and warned to discontinue sailings Six men were lost from one of the American vessels which went to the bottom in 20 minutes torpedo hits June 10 After drifting in lifeboats 12 hours 38 of the crew reached port The second U S ship was shelled until she sank 31 survivors re ported Eight crewmen from the third U S vessel made port Survivors of the Panamanian ship said the craft was sunk by a raider so big it looked like the Queen Five of 60 persons aboard were missing Two German submarines tor the Dutch freight er oil coast reported toll of the one dead and 361 Survivors of the Norwegian Les sen and the Canadian were aboard the Dutch merchant man Crijnssen when it was sunk in the Caribbean June 10 reports from Yucatan disclosed Of the 27 pas sengers and 70 crewmen aboard the Dutch craft only 33 were rescued FRIENDS Junt horse and the rail once bitter have come to terms at list The Pennsylvania Railroad announced that in the interests of the war effort It plans to try out horses for freight pick up and delivery service SECOND FRONT CERTAIN CRIPPS Attack Willie At Proper Time Says Sir Stafford LONDON and the United States will launch a great successful attack on Hit ler in the west when the proper time comes Sir Stafford Cripps Parliamentary deputy for Prime Minister Churchill declared today We can not say when the at tack will come Sir Stafford told a meeting observing the anniver sary of the June 22 German at tack on Russia and the British Soviet alliance I am not going to help Hitler by telling you or him the time of the attack Sir Stafford said add ng that Russian Foreign Commis sar Vyacheslav who re cently was in London knows much more about it than I can tell The attack must not fail he said Sir Stafford who was Britains Ambassador to Russia at the time of the German praised the recent pact as the laying of a great foundation stono for the structure Among greetings sent to the meet ng was this from Gen Douglas MacArthur in Australia Today the free peoples of a free world unite in salute to a great irmy and a great man who so nobly with us for victory of lib and Russian Marshal Semeon Timosh nko sent this message I greet most warmly our English Red Army will con to fight the Germans until 92YEAROLD WOMAN DEAD Mrs Rebecca A Johnston of Center Township Deaths Better Men Women Tops In War Jobs HARRISBURG June The little woman in overalls is making the performance of the man she replaced look bad in many hum jning war factories Industries reluctant as they are to switch to women workers are fast learning they can earn more money than when men were doing piece work for asserted Mrs Mary R Morrow Womens Bureau chief in the Department of Labor and Industry Mrs Morrow said many thous ands are in labors hair pin ranks with a majority of them swinging heavy jobs which tradition held were mens work I dont suppose we hud 15 wo men handling welding jobs before she commented And now we have thousands doing every welding job with the exception of At the Armys request the bureau women to do machine spot shot and gas felding but it refused to approve women doing arc weld ing Other tough jobs being done by the former housewives clerks stenographers Include bench machine and radio tube work In airplane factories and other war Industries women are doing heavy and skilled work on drills lathes turbines punch presses milling machines power saws and wiring Some are even doing police duty MRS REBECCA A JOHNSTON widow of the late James Johnston passed away in her home Homer City R D 2 at oclock Friday evening June 19 The deceased was a daughter of the late and Susan Fry Hill and was born September 13 1849 making her age 92 years and nine months She had lived her entire life in the community in which she died and had endeared herself to all who had the privilege of knowing her BRITISH SEEK QUICK AID IN AFRICA r ii m German Drive On Suez Impending Reports London CONFAB CONTINUES y Started Churchill Roosevelt and Staffs Mapping Plans of Counterblows WASHINGTON June President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill were believed today to be mapping counterblows to a desperate Axis summer offen sive in Europe Asia and Africa The White House continued the strict official silence imposed when the strategy conferences were an Thursday night but the official encouragement to speculate on invasion of the European conti nent the grave turn of the war in Africa and the rising fury of con on the eastern front indicated to many in the Capital that deci sions were being made in the knowledge that Berlin and Tokyo already were sending new forces toward a battle whose zero hour was drawing near The Allied High Command it was thought would certainly have received advance intelligence of any tremendous German move in Europe Observers pointed out that diplo matic sources in London had known of German troop movements for the Russian war several months be fore it started Any largescale change in Ger man dispositions now it was said could hardly have been concealed London reports that Prime Mini ster Churchill was seeking quick United States help in stabilizing the Mediterranean front were taken to indicate that the British believed a tremendous German drive against Suez was impending if not already under way As for the Pacific word from China that the Japanese were pre paring a blow against Siberia was being taken with increasing serious ness The exploratory Japanese Sallies against the Aleutians it was said might well have been made primar ily to bases These bases would be used to send word of any largescale American convoys bearing aid for the Red Armies in Siberia Observers assessing the world military situation saw American production power slowly tipping the scales in any view of the war They believed the axis there fore would try for a quick victory The immediate task of the Presi See FOB CHURCHILL Continued on Page Three Hitler Requests Laval to Ced Million Ton of French Ship OLD DOBBIN DOES HIS STUFF of the postWar Axis Apparently Bent On Full Scale In vasion Back to the good old horse and buggy days was in evidence on Philadelphia street yesterday coupled with modern meters This old Dobbin and his mistress came to town to shop Of course there are no hitching posts but there are parking meters So the tie rope was used and the meter held A local businessman supplied the privilege by dropping a penny into the meter Shopping over the owner untied the horse and going at a walking pace caused more excitement than a new model automobile would have caused We expect to see more of this vintage on the streets as tires wear out Her many acts of beautiful Christian kindness character and will long be remembered and missed Mrs Johnston was a devout church workers and was affiliated with theChurch of Christ Surviving are these four chil dren Charles at home Hill of Ho mer City Mrs Belle Phillips Leechburg and Frank of Homer City and the following brothers and sisters Charles Hill Pittsburgh Mrs Villa Hobough Butler Mrs Cora Hobough Benton Hill Aspin wall Mrs Margaret Edwards Blairsville R D 1 Mrs Alice Ag new Butler and Summer Hill Blairsville The deceased was the oldest of eighteen children Friends will be received at the late home after 7 oclock this evening and until Monday morning when the body will be re moved to the Streams Funeral Home where services will be con ducted by Reverend R B Hurt at 2 p m the same day Interment will be in Oakland Cemetery Indiana See Continued on page two SURVIVORS OF LEX PARTICULAR ROCHESTER N June of the aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by the Japanese deliberately remained in Coral Sea waters until a rescue vessel of their own choice arrived a survivor re lated today If a boat from a destroyer came along to pick us said rante aviation machinists mate we kept right on swimming be cause we didnt want to ride on de too tough riding Most of the fellows including my self kept on swimming and waited for Ferrante was in the water an hour and a half MINISTERS PLAN OUTDOOR MEETS Sunday Gatherings to Be Held On College Campus During July and August the In diana Ministerial Association will sponsor a series of popular Sunday night community gath erings on the college campus The programs will be of a different na ture each Sunday night but com munity singing will be a feature of them all Local bands will partici pate and several local will take turns in leading the sing BUZZ WAGNERS SISTER MARRIES POLICE FIND MISSING TUTOR PITTSBURGH June 20 body of Frances Bryant 34year old home economics teacher at New Kensington High School who bad been missing more than seven months was found in the Ohio River at the foot of Seymour street p m yesterday days after Miss Bryants disappearance November 0 police found her automobile abandoned on Freeport Road about half a block from Hulton bridge Relatives could giva no reason for her dis appearance PITTSBURGH Junt Phyllis Wagner of Johnstown sis ter of Lieut Col Boyd D Buzz Wagner U S Army pilot who made a name for himself by shoot ing up Japanese planes was mar ried here today to A Dean Gilbert Johnstown Post Office employe Phyllis attended the Indiana State Teachers The ceremony in Swissvale Meth odist Church was performed by the Rev Harry J Headlee uncle of the bride PULP WOODERS AT CHERRY TREE A meeting of those interested in the cutting and sale of pulp wood will be held at the Steele Clark cabin onefourth mile east of Chery Tree Tuesday evening June 23 at p m W W Simonds extension forest er at Penn State will discuss some of the problems facing the pulp wood producer and will also have information on the demands for paper pulp in the war effort This meeting will be attended by producers in Indiana and Cambria Counties mg The late Dr LeRoy A King who had done much during the past three years to help develop a closer fellowship between the college and the Indiana churches made his last contribution to the com munity by placing at the disposal of the ministerium a beautiful sec tion of the college campus for these meetings The college bleachers will provide ample seating accom for the large crowds which are expected to enjoy these unique Sunday night mass meet ings In case of rain the college auditorium will be used The opening night of the series on July 5 will be of a patriotic nature The program will center around an emphasis on the war mothers of the community and it is expected that a chaplain from one of the See OUTDOOR Continued on page two Tomorrow Is Fathers Day SPOKANE June Fathers Day which gained its im petus during one war enters an other with its founder suggesting a special slogan for Thy War time censorship and sol diers pay limits the letters and the gifts a warrior son may send his father but there is no limit or re striction to the words a proud dad can send his Mrs John Bruce D o d d who established Fathers Day in 1910 observed to day Every fathers son in the Army Navy or Marines is hungry for news from home and he will be thinking of father tomorrow What could be a better way for dad to show his pride and affection than to dedicate his own day to the boy in uniform Write the boy a letter a long letter full of news about yourself See FATHERS DAT Continued on page two TREASURY BALANCE WASHINGTON June The position of the Treasury Net balance ANOTHER PHILADELPHIA June 20 Samuel Van Gilder thinks he ought to be reasonably good at deliver ing children Answering neighbors calls he delivered Mrs Marge John son of a son U was the 19th time he had sup childbirth VM POPE PIUS MILDLY ILL BERN June Pius XII taxed by work and audiences was reported from Vatican City today to be mildly ill for the second time this year A dis patch said the Pope was suffering from a light attack of influenza The Rome publication Romano reported it was a simple bronchial catarrh from which he was quickly recovering TOO PERFECT IDAHO FALLS Judge C J Taylor denied a divorce because both husband and wife proved each was en titled to it Under Idaho law the judge explained he was forced to deny the decree when both parties proved grounds for a If either had sought it alone the judge it probably would SAILOR MISSES U S LEXINGTON y PITTSBURGH June 20 lor Leo Pfisterer 23 home on leave after participating in the battle of the Coral Sea is lonesome for a aircraft carrier Lex LOCAL SETUP FOR DEFENSE Col Richard W Watson Heads Borough Group Officers 78 FAIRS FOR PENNA y Operators Chilly to ODT Plea to Abandon Exhibitions WASHINGTON June The folks who run the country fairs those jamborees of jellies and pies and hogs and steers are upset over a government suggestion that they be cancelled for the duration While some of the state and county expositions long a happy rural institution have been called off because the army has needed the fair grounds officials of a large number received the government plea with decided chilliness Some were quick to say that when Joseph B Eastman defense trans portation director asked the farm ers to postpone the fairs he was not in accord with Agriculture Secre BULLETINS LONDON June submarines have sunk three large Japanese ships in the Straits of Malacca the Admiralty announced today The communique His submarines oper ating in Eastern waters have re ported successful attacks on Japa nese shipping in the Straits of Ma lacca One submarine attacked a con voy consisting of three ships The most important of these ships a very large vessel was tor and sunk Another of his rines torpedoed and sank two large supply The Straits of Malacca separate Malaya and Sumatra both overrun by the Japanese early this year The date of the British rine action was not given TOKYO from Japanese Broad casts June air raiders have shown down 46 enemy planes in four attacks on Darwin Australia since June 13 Imperial Headquarters announced today Japanese losses in these raids were put at two planes ROME From Italian Broad casts June capture of important depots of war mater ials and several hundred prisoners in successful axis thrusts inj Libya backed by armored units was re ported today by the Italian High Command CAIRO June Headquarters announced today that two main Axis columns advancing miles from the Egyptian frontier Mobile forces of Lieut Gen Neil M Ritchies Eighth Army were re ported to have engaged the See BULLETINS Continued on page two col Great Battles of Thil Summer to Be On Ancient Sands ALLIES GIRDED IT Danger Very Great In 12Day Struggle For Sevastopol British dispatches said today that Adolf Hitler apparently bent en fullscale Invasion of the Middle East had urgently requested Frances Premier Pierre Laval to tens el French Merchant shipping In the Mediterranean to Germany Other developments Ind strongly that the great battles el this summer were to be fought 14 1 the ancient sands of Egypt Iran Persia and possibly While British North African ies girded for the defense of Egypt Hitlers field headquarters ed that the destruction of pol continues amid heavy fighting around a northern fort of the bif Crimean Naval base With Sevastopol out of the way Hitler Would be in a position tb send his armies into the and down that land bridge to the Middle East in a thrust synch with one eastward against Egypt and the Suez A BBC broadcast quoted its Mos cow correspondent as saying Germans have reached a high road ODT MAY REVISE TRUCKERS BAN Coal v Haulers Told of Plans For ReConsider ation of Empties tary Wickard who their continuance builder earlier urged as morale At a recent meeting Borough Council and of Indiana representa ington I had served on her for over four years arid I didnt realize un til I saw her going down how much I of he said As he was below decks tending valves when Jap planes attacked the carrier Pfisterer hardly knew the big battle was going on We could hear bomb blasts every once in a while but we were so busy we didnt pay any he said BOMB BETS NEW YORK Recent RAF raids over Germany have now stirred the betting instincts of American in the Paci fic A letter from a New York soldier in the Hawaiian Islands said The recent raids over Ger many by the RAF really pep ped us up a helluva lot In fact we now have a nightly pool to see what city is flat tened next We have a list of about 18 important centers and one guy just made on having Bremen more darn lives of organizations the Indi ana Borough Council of Defense was set up The procedure was similar to that used in setting up the County Council of Defense Officers chosen were Dr H B Buterbaugh chairman Homer Koontz vice chairman Reppell Moorhead secretary After the duties of the various of were explained by Wm E Pierce of the State Defense Council executive officers were elected as follows Commander and Chief of Staff of the Indiana Central Center Colonel Richard W Watson executive cer Captain John B Goheen con troller Ralph W McCreary com officer Ross Steetle property officer M O Steetle fire service Ira Edwards police serv ice Luke Kelly air raid warden service Roy Fee emergency medi cal service Dr H B Neal public Works service Wallace Cunning ham utilities service Guy Kanable These officers will have charge of the blackout next Wednesday night COZY LONGVIEW dozen lumber mill workers decided this war is everybodys fu neral if we dont win So theyre saving their pri vate automobile and are using a larger machine to carry them to work With benches installed they find the new quite cozy The attitude of large numbers of the fair operators appeared to be that they wanted to be shown that cancellation was absolutely neces sary to the war effort The Ohio state fair has been can celled for duration and the grounds leased to the army A canvass showed many of the 92 county and independent fairs favor cancellation Nearly 80 Pennsylvania county lairs continued plans for 1942 ex positions today despite a request from the Office of Defense Trans portation that they be deferred to conserve rubber and gasoline Charles W Soyer of See Continued on page two Reading ELDERTON PAIR HELD FOR RESIST ING U S AGENTS vr PITTSBURGH June Two Armstrong County brothers Walton B and Roy J Smith of El derton were held today by a U S commissioner for the Federal Grand Jury on charges of resisting and opposing an agent of the Internal Revenue Department who was at tempting to serve a warrant on them The commissioner said the war rant charged nonpayment of oi luminous coal taxes for the last quarter of 1938 The alleged attack on the agent F A McGinley oc curred Dee 22 1941 The Smith Brothers both fur bail HARRISBURG June Coal truckers attending the Penn sylvania Motor Truck Association convention were told that Federal Officials will consider revising a regulation which would prohibit trucks from making empty return trips after July 1 H S Shertz counsel for the Association said reconsideration is planned because of the necessity for delivering coal from Pennsylvania to consumers in New York Phila delphia New Jersey and Maryland Truckers have said they would be unable to obtain return loads The ban was ordered by the office of defense transportation Earlier the State trucking regula tions recently under fire in Mary land were called the Nations No 1 transportation bottleneck by Edward Gogolin associations gen eral manager As Gogolin told delegates that Pennsylvania remains right in the See TRUCKERS Continued on page two shock troops had cut a wedge ing dangerously at the heart of city and were attacking furiously despite an estimated toll of killed in the last 16 days The Russians remained silent on German reports that the Red ies had launched a big new offen sive against Smolensk 230 west of Moscow A BBC broadcast said the Russ ians had recaptured a large town on the Kalinin front in the sector north of Smolensk and the Ger man report said waves of Soviet infantry supported by were attacking on the central front While Britons at home clamored See INTERNATIONAL Continued on page two Chorus Girls HEELS PITTSBURGH June JP Albert Davis got a little extra pleasure out of his con to the scrap rubber drive He mounted a pair of wornout rubber heels on a piece of cardboard pasted pictures of Hitler and on them and wrote on the cardboard A couple of heels about MASS KILLINGS BEGIN IN POLAND y LONDON June W news service of the Polish govern declared today that a new wave of mass executions had begun in Poland and that more and more women were falling before Nazi execution squads Of 15 persons said to have been hanged recently in the agency asserted 12 were women Among other executions it said 40 persons including 22 women were removed from Warsaw prison tak en to Modlin fortress and shot Staid Hall NEW YORK June chewing chorus girls have invaded one of the last shrines of the classi cal After SI years Staid Carnegie Hall has gone Broadway Next Tuesday night The Choco late will open a season of musical comedy and the hall is hav ing its long hair cut and its lifted for the new era As pretty girls romp through tht hallowed corridors and kick theif shapely legs at rehearsals ters are modernizing the stage primping up the dressing and brightening the house New footlights and spotlights Witt be added rooms once used by worlds greatest musicians orated in a gayer mood and tht whole stage streamlined going to be too Some old tenants have a CHILD DROWNS AT HOME y POINT MARION June Two year old Sarah Watson of Li Ian Hill drowned when she fell head first into a crock filled with water at her home yesterday A brother who witnessed the cident tried to pull Sarah out ran to his mother and cried Come quick Mummy getting her wet in their said Robert I Simon president of Carnegie Hall Their youth is being revived the sight of pretty in the i valors in bathing suits or leu 70yearolds mightnt like it but Said John J Totten house ger for 38 I like it but I know tome wouldnt Paderewski would crazy Madame Sembrick a couple of octaves above and Andrew Carnegie would throw them Entertainment in the Blue BOOK tonight SCOUTERS TO MEET All who have ed to Air Raid Firemen ire fee m oclock m thi wout then to
