Valley Star-Monitor-Herald (Newspaper) - May 17, 1942, Brownsville, Texas THE WEATHER Warm yALLEY SUNDAY MONI TOR Entered us second class matter At post office In Harlingen 10 Cents FINAL Vol 5 No 43 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS SUNDAY MAY 17 1942 THIRTY-SIX PAGES TODAY War On U S Hitler's Greatest Blunder Says Lochner 444 444 444 4 NAZIS CLAIM KERCH NAZI PEOPLE SHOCKED BY DRASTIC ACT Ace Writer's First Uncensored Story By LOUIS LOCHNER Hitler committed the greatest blunder of his career he took upon himself the odium of declaring war upon the United States This is the opinion held by those of us who lived in Germany and believe we understand German psychology The Fuehrer completely the German people Apparently he also so effectively even his own intimate Propaganda Minister Paul hitherto a master mind at propaganda for once failed correctly to estimate German psychology For and the Nazi j in response to unfriendly by tile United States had Wo don't let ourselves be ed False Claims Sold War Even after Japan attacked the United States German friends and in every walk of life insisted that Hitler would merely j offer a declaration of solidarity I Japan but wouldn't go beyond that Hitler had been able to sell his war to the German people by That the Poles seized the radio station before German troops moved That the British and French de- clared n state of war existed with Germany That the British already were on Uncensored their way to Norway when for protection of Denmark and he sent his forces into those That Holland Belgium Greece and Yugoslavia plotted against many already were on the move when he forestalled them That the Russians already were mobilized the Reich when the hour he parried with a Miller Smart The and file of German those millions who do not approve his Der Fuehrer too smart ever to declare war Louis P Lochner veteran Tress correspondent who has spent nearly 20 years in many reached Lisbon Portugal Saturday on his way back to America From he released his first Uncensored report from since war was declared on ho United States Other de- tails on reluming reporters anil diplomats will be found on papc 2.1 MEXICO MAY ESCHEW WAR Congress Group Will Meet Monday MEXICO CITY A special meeting of the permanent con- gressional commission was Saturday night to meet Monday to discuss Mexico's tude in the international situation created by the torpedoing of the Mexican tanker del Llano this week off the U S cast coast The loss of this ship Mexico's first such casually of the war has aroused an almost unanimous de- mand for a declaration of war or President Roosevelt was j other drastic measures against the rented especially as n man already j Axis Jn his dotage Give him a Several members of this the Germans an extraordinary led to he would hang of congress to declare war himself Above nil don't play the Axis but despite this and his hands was the watch cry Pie j despite the public's cry for firm war it was faction it was said in political running after war I tcrs ule commission Monday don't do him the favor of probably would confine itself to Ing him a war j condemning the U-boat attack And then on December 11 the astounding the amazing the un- believable thing happened declared war This was like an cold shower to the German people Their leader was slipping Although lie had promised the completion of the greatest victory In history during which every Teuton interpreted to mean a and Ln wnich occupied peace after but two years j Mong in castern Burma on 13 had been Japanese Force Repulsed By China CHUNGKING The Ch nese command announced day night that a Japanese force numbering with heavy tanks of war he now told the people to get ready for a prolonged conflict Casualties Incidentally this conflict to date according to best estimates able has casualties for Germany of which three ters of a million are dead Psychologically too Hitler was We American journalists were quests of the Gestapo while the Fuehrer spoke to the Reichstag on on Fuse i Col May 13 had been driven out ot the town by nese On thousand casualties were said to have been inflicted on the nese and prisoners rifles and captured Mong Lin in the southern Shan states is about miles south of the Burma Road battle theater Nazi Shipping Hit Off Frisian Isles otf a of intensive clay and night at- tacks on German shipping off the continental coast United built Hudson bombers blasted at two convoys oft the Frisian islands off the northern coast of the erlands Friday night leaving three ships burning and four crs probably damaged from hits Calling the attacks the most de- of the Air try sources admitted however thai five of the British bombers wore lost -n the fierce anti-aircraft fire that greeted their low-level assault Nazis Claim Reds Now Prisoners trolled Paris radio said Saturday night that the Germans and ians had taken Russian on the Kerch Peninsula but that Russian units remained be- tween at the neck of the Isthmus and the town of Kerch The necessity of mopping these up the broadcast said had slowed down Axis operations WAR PLANTS BUILDING TO BE CURTAILED Must Be Producing By 1943 WASHINGTON A man for the War Production Board said Saturday night that virtually all contracts for war plants which can not be completed and in duction by would be celled The drastic com- plete emphasis to Chairman Donald M Nelson's do it now philosophy he added that mately two-thirds of all the war plant construction approved or un- der contract will be abandoned WPB was said to have been cd to this decision by two major considerations Severe shortages of raw materials and belief that de- this spring may spell a turning point in the war Will Push Synthetics It was explained that construction will be pushed on such facilities as synthetic rubber and aviation Gasoline plants but will be cut down on such projects as new steel plants The raw materials pinch has reached the point it was under- stood where WPB now has mined to concentrate available plies on production of arms and munitions rather than on the plants in which they are made The program was described in this Facilities already substantially under way will be completed All war authorized or un- der contract but not yet begun will bo reviewed and evaluated on the basis of answers to four questions Is the project absolutely Can existing plants or ties be used instead of new con- How much of drain will it be on materials When would it be in Temporary Buildings Further if and when new plants are approved in the future they will be erected strictly as ary ed largely of wood and using little if any steel Prospects of a major 1942 sive by the United Nations it was understood developed some that if too much emphasis were placed on war tion goals this year's output might be hampered seriously Thus WPB has determined to produce planes tanks and eight lion tons of shipping in 1042 and deal with the vastly increased gram for 1943 when that time comes officials explained On this bais steel supplies will go into ships and guns and tanks which are needed immediately rather than into new steel plants which can not be completed until late next year or in 1944 One spokesman predicted that the ned 15 million ton expansion of the nation's steel capacity probably would be reduced to around five million tons i Harlingen Army Gunnery School Troops Pass In Review FORCES DRIVE AHEAD AT KHARKOV Tanks Slash German Defense Units Colonel Charles H Dowan inspector general and officers of the Harlingen Army Gunnery School headed by Colonel John R Morgan commanding officer reviewed the troops as they paraded by day on the flying line at the Above is shown a view of A portion of the troops as they passed in review The reviewing officers may be seen at the lower right hand side of the picture while the band is in the center Air Corps Photo FIXED PRICES BEGIN MONDAY Price Lists Will Be Visibly Posted Escaped Felon Shot In Missouri Battle JOPLIN Pascal sey escaped Missouri penitentiary convict sought by police for in a series of recent ups in was shot to death and his wife and another man eorge were day afternoon by Joplin police and Oklahoma authorities in a gun lo near Commerce Okla WASHINGTON Retailers were reminded Saturday that the price ceiling regulation becomes effective for them Monday and that the Office of Price tion expects them to post their price lists in a manner clearly visible to the public This the OPA said a list in a book loose-leaf folder or card index will not suffice Put the list on sheets prominently dis- and don't tack several sheets together in layers the OPA advised Everything Is Covered That these lists will be one of the best read bits of printed matter in the nation is attested by the fact that the maximum price lations cover virtually everything that Americans cat tisc or thousands upon thousands of things When stores open up Monday morning they must not charge more for any item within the scope of the regulations than the est price charged during last March Exempt List Announced Most foods are under the ceiling but the exempt list includes eggs poultry mutton lamb fresh fruits and vegetables Also exempt are books magazines newspapers and motion pictures On July 1 another phase of the price control becomes effective when no one may charge more for certain services sold at retail such as laundries and automobile and radio repair than the highest price Norwegian Vessel Sunk In Atlantic NEW survivors of a small Norwegian merchant ship said that an enemy submarine their vessel after torpedoing it April 10 off the east coast of South America Seven crew members were killed either by the explosion or by the bullets and 24 were rescued charged in March Exempt from the service ceiling list are dentists doctors lawyers barbers and beau- ty shops Jap Truck Driver Seized At El Paso EL PASO United States secret service officials said that they had taken into custody a Japanese truck driver who had directed photography of several vital southwestern projects He was described as a radio and expert cret service men seized graphic equipment valued at which included a long-range lens Laval Rejects Martinique Demands Of United VICHY Unoccupied France Pierre Laval Vichy's chief of government announced Saturday night he had rejected the greater part of United States demands concerning Martinique and had warned the Washington government that it would assume heavy re- sponsibility in the event of any unjustified violence He said that Admiral Georges Robert high commissioner for France's American possessions had been warned by the United States that if he ceased to have control over the situation the status of those sions Martinique Guadeloupe and French Guiana might be changed and that the United States could no longer guarantee their belonging lo the French people Returning from a series of late night conferences in Paris where he usually sees German authorities and his fellow French Laval held a meeting of the cabinet then read to a press ence what he said was the text of a United States note making six demands and his answer declaring that these were a grave blow to French sovereignty and that Franco will not relinquish any of her rights over Martinique no ter what happens In a renewed bid for continued r j relations with Washington however he repeated his made May 5 in rejection of a United States warning against resistance to British occupation of that the French government today solemnly affirms it will never take responsibility for an act which could compromise our relations with the American people But with chagrin he remarked to the My presence in the French government docs not exactly appear to inspire the entire confidence of the Washington Laval's version of the American bore this out The present chief of government of Vichy having announced he would follow a policy of greater collaboration with Germany it no longer is possible for the American government to maintain the ments Cof November 1940 ing the French possessions in the Western Hemisphere since these Continued on rase 2 Col 7 THE WEATHER FOR Warmer strong winds THE High tide at tide lU p.m Not much change In today sunset dny p.m First figures indicate tempera turc yesterday second lowest lust 21 hours third incited snow during p.m 3 INJURED IN BOAT BLAST Valley Sailor Saves Trapped Man PORT for the Albuquerque Gn Corpus Dodge city Kan Port Worth Tex Jacksonville Fin City Mo Laredo Tex New Ln New York City North Neb Oklahoma City St Lou Is Mo Snn Antonio Washington D C Amounts SO 70 65 81 70 82 70 52 51 GO 64 42 41 53 65 51 62 GO 50 51 40 54 62 0.10 Inch for Brownsville of less nre not published except U S Is Continuing WASHINGTON Pierre Laval's declaration Saturday that I he had rejected most of the United States proposals regarding met studied official silence in Washington but in authoritative quarters it was said that this had not received any note from the Vichy government leader At he same time the Slate De- reiterating that the were with local French authorities on the Caribbean land said that these discussions were continuing ery and presence of mind of year-old Pioquinto Morelos the burning of the lowing an explosion in commercial channel at 8 a m Saturday might have ended in death for one of the crew trapped in the cabin As it was three men were seriously burned including Morelos A gas leak in the bilge is thought Lo have caused an explosion which the boat It burned and sank although the Port Isabel fire department made a quick run and prevented flames from spreading For a time the marine docks and several other vessels were ened Ernest deck hand wss trapped in the cabin when young Morelos son of Joso Morelos leaped from his barge tied nearby and succeeded in extricating him was badly burned from the waist up and is in Mercy pital Brownsville Most seriously injured is quinto Morelos suffering severe burns Capt Jack Cardiff suffered head injuries burns about the face and a badly burned leg j The Chriscraft cruiser was ed a total loss Tlie cause of the explosion is be- lo be a gas leak which when the starter button was pushed An explosion promptly followed The boat was one of a shrimp fleet and the three men were shrimp fishermen The boat was owned by the Kline Fish Company By The Associated Press forces of Marshal Timoshenko con t i n u e d their slashing advance upon kov Saturday while the German officials claimed their army had captured the ancient town of Kerch anc its harbor and had overrun practically the entire Kerch sula after beating down stubborn Soviet resistance in a week-long battle The Russians reported heavy fighting raged in the vicinity of the city of Kerch on the narrow strait across from the Caucasus but did not report its fall to the mans The Berlin radio declared that the final report on the capture ot Kerch probably would be issued Sunday and added it had learned that nearly all the Kerch Peninsu- la just four miles from the Caucasus at one point is in German hands Reds Are In the Kharkov direction our troops waged offensive battles advancing and capturing booty and the midnight communique said On the Kerch peninsula our troops waged battles in the region of the city of The Germans claimed Saturday the town and harbor ol Kerch had en to Nazi arms The Russians listed 70 more man tanks disabled presumably on the Kharkov front where more than 400 of the Nazi have been reported damaged or ed previously in the uninterrupted Allied Planes Hit Japanese Air Base ALLIED HEADQUARTERS tralia planes in three new attacks on the nese air base at Lae northeastern New Guinea destroyed eight enemy on the ground shot down one challenging Zero fishier and started numerous fires among ings General MacArthur's quarters announced Sunday Valley Sitting On Top Oi Vast Natural Gas Reservoir Says Setting Excellent For Part Of Industrial Gain Expert The Valley is a natural sotting for the location of plants for reduction of ores from Mexico and certain of the resulting gases might be used in producing synthetic rubber Dr Frank of Texas A and I College told members of the chamber of commerce oil and gas committee at a meeting here Saturday The Texas A and I professor predicted that before long com- production of plastic glass articles of clothing and many other articles would come from natural gas He said the whole process of the manufacture of various from petroleum might be changed soon South Texas is sitting on one of the greatest natural gas voirs in the world The Valley with its oil fields and natural gas fields presents a fine opportunity for the location of he said Dr is head of the gas and engineering de- of Texas A and I Col- lege and he came to the Valley on the invitation of the oil and gas committee He said he had been in Washington re- cently conferring with federal of- regarding the production of synthetic rubber and other uses of natural gas and said he would likely go back to Washington this summer I will do everything in my said the professor lo assist in the development of the natural petroleum resources of South Brownsville Woman Named To State Job ger Mills of Mrs J E Conner of Mrs C Ervin of Abilene and Miss ris of Brownsville were elected to fill vacancies on the board of agers of the Daughters of the Re- public of Texas at the closing j ness the group's an- convention Saturday Small Craft Warning Issued For Valley NEW ORLEANS JF The ther bureau said Saturday night that small craft warnings were dis- played at 9 p.m from Brownsville Texas to Morgan City La and predicted increasing winds Saturday night becoming strong early Sunday in the Gulf area Youth On Bataan Harlingen Lad Moved To Corregidor A Longoria of Harlingen was among the ican safely evacuated from Bataan Peninsula to the island fortress of Corregidor it was re- Saturday night in ton Included in n list released by Senator Chavez of New Mexico were the names of a number of and among them that of The evacuation was after the fall of Bataan April 9 The release made no mention of the probable status of Longoria at this time Since the date of the evacuation to Corregidor that ress has been surrendered to the Japanese invaders and those diers still alive have been taken prisoner Friends of Rosalie Longoria a in the tion said here Saturday night that Jose A Longoria of the Bataan battles probably is the son of Rosalio But this had not been confirmed Nazi To Spread Defenses Of American Fleet Germany's current U-boat strategy was de- scribed by naval experts Saturday as designed to force a wide dis- of American defenses and thereby make the hunting profitable for undersea raiders ail along the coast Evidences of this strategy it was said are to be seen in the recent attacks on shipping in the St rence River where two merchant vessels have been reported sunk and in the Gulf of Mexico where five sinkings have been reported Red army drive Destroyers Said Sunk In the Barents Sea the que said an enemy trans- port and a destroyer were sunk and a second destroyer heavily damaged and apparently sunk by Soviet planes and warships Destruction of German planes was credited to Russian airmen and ground forces on Friday against 13 Soviet losses Supplementing the communique dispatches from the Kharkov front said that locality after locality was being captured by Timoshenko's men Our offensive is developing every said one account The enemy is unable lo stop our ad- vance German tacks have been smashed Germans Said Repulsed In a sudden eruption of fighting on the Kalinin from northwest of Moscow the Germans were declared repulsed in repeated attacks The communique itself said that outside the Kerch and Kharkov sectors here had been no essential change n positions Earlier accounts of the Kharkov said Saturday the sians had battered their way into many communities surrounding the big industrial center in the offensive aimed at folding back the southern wing of Hitler's sion line Still without confirmation were advices current in London that attackers had cracked the Kharkov inner defense line in two places and battled their way into ban Kharkov on the northeast while other forces flanking Kharkov 70 miles to the south drove into the network of the Germans southern communications Dedicated to the goal of licking Killer before the year is out the Russians were pictured as forging ahead steadily though not against a defense so stubborn that in one sector Gorman troops held their ground until they were crushed under the caterpillar tread of Russian tanks Wanted Man Slain By Matamoros Cops MATAMOROS A man wanted Brownsville for a crime com- mitted there a year and a half ago was murdered on the outskirts of Matamoros at tonight and a second man also wanted in ville by police was arrested Jesus Vasquez was shot by moros police when he attempted to escape following a fight with teban Garcia Garcia A third man was involved but Night Chief Cabo Villarreal did not give his name i Valley Crash Moore Field Officer Survives Mishap MOORE FIELD First Lt tus K Moran escaped virtually un- injured at 11 Saturday when his plane crashed on the field bare- ly after it took off The plane an was com- demolished but Lieutenant Moran suffered only slight facial lacerations public relations office announced Formerly of Okla he is making his home at McAllen on South Broadway with his wife He is a former student of the ray State School of Oklahoma and is connected here as engineering officer in supply A field board of officers is gating cause of the crash
