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-Babies - named after Oca.
Douglas MaeArthur are le- -Ion,
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Salem, Oregon. Wednesday Morning. July 8. 1942
Price 5c.
No. 79
Gannons
Keep Up
Battle
Axis Forms Arc
. . -
As f lgnting in
IJesertymets
By HARRY CROCKETT
CAIRO, July 7-;P-The axis
, front in the Qattara-Mediter-
- ranean corridor was bent back
on the southern flank under al
"lied pressure Tuesday while the
- weary ground forces left it to
;' the cannoneers to keep the lat-
; tie alive in the 120-degree heat
and to allied air forces striking
deep in the enemy supply lines.
The tactical nature of the new
axis position was not entirely
iev nil in wm- nrmiiMi wiit
, Marshal Erwte Bommel had
palled his harried southern
forces back to the westward to
form a treat are of defense extending-
from his left flank en
the seashore. -
The net result was that the
front facing squarely to the east
had been somewhat shortened and
' curved to prevent British tanks
from cutting into Rommel's rear
as they ' did in saving 1 Alamein
last week in the first phase of the
battle to save Alexandria, some I
70 miles distant
The battle of El Alamein had
died down and the ground forces
were engaged only sporadically.
Cannoning continued from both
sides, however, and in some quar-
- ten it was believed this was in
preparation for new action," that
the battle would not be long ad
journed. -
Rommel chief difficulty bow
Is csmmonlcaUoB and while his
fortes are resting and swatting
the arrival of new supplies
from across the Mediterranean.
- the allied air forces are striking
at his ports of entry.
. American and British Jjombers
oncentrated throughout Monday
ln, heavy attacks on shipping at
Bengasi, Libya, Other, bombers
attacked enemy aircraft on the ,
around while the dusty desert
lighters mostly rested, watching
the aircraft and listening to 'the
thunder of artillery.
Stop-Gap Bill
Goes to FDR
r Agriculture Payroll
Due Today; Funils
Given for July
WASHINGTON, Jul y 7.-
Congress belatedly passed and
sent to the .White House Tuesday
ston-ffSD leeislation irivin the
.-!.!..-..- u
. K.v
$58,000,006 for July operations
and permitting sale of govern-
ment-controlled grain at sub - par -
ity prices this month Dendina
actment of a fixed policy on this
controversial issue in the regular
appropriation bill.
The department technically had
been without funds since the hew
fiscal year started last Wednesday
but ouick presidential aDDroval of
the stop-gap was expected In time -entire justice department build
to enable the "department to meet ing was closed except to accred-
payrolls due Wednesday.
Th, hn th ieHla.
tlon first and the senate, before
acting on It. passed another
. measure to authorize govern
ment loans on six major farm,
crops at full parity. If the loan
bill becomes law," farmers could
borrow ! SS cents ' more on a
- bushel of wheat than the pres
. ent market price ef about 95.7
. cents, and 15 eenU more on
corn, which averaged 81.9 cents
June 15. The senate's vote on
ibis bM was ZS to 24.
House farm bloc spokesmen
predicted it would be vetoed if
finally passed by " the house.
In
any even V they said, it would not
affect the departmental supply
bill. ,-
"A matter of principle is in
volved in the supply bill, said
Chairman Cannon (D-Mo) of the.
house appropriations committee,
"The fact the senate ; has passed
a loan measure does not in any
way change the situation with, re
spect to selling surplus grain at
prices below parity.'
Nazis Drop Bombs
Over NE England
. M
(-Oerman planes flewover an
area m noruimi wl
secona :, consecuuve ; uj. . v
weanesaay.
Rnth incendiary and heavy ex-
ninive bombs were dropped on
two districts, startinit fires.
Klmilarlv. on the Drececting nignt
v,mrw1 ftf - incendiaries were
'
imrnpH ' utartinp numerous fires,
Target
.
V FRITZ KUHN
Ex -national bund leader.
Court Makes
I Vrtri I Mlnyic
JL JL IctX 1. JLctllla
Secrecy Surrounds
Proceedings on
Sabotage Case
WASHINGTON, July 1.-UP)
Final arrangements for the mili
tary trial of the eight U-boating
nazi saboteurs were made Tues
day in stern secrecy behind board-ed-up
corridors in the. justice de
partment's big stone building on
Pennsylvania avenue.
By . presidential proclamation
the proceedings,- which; may . lead
to the gallows or a firing squad,
must gm : Wednesday "or s as
thereafter as is Dracticable."
deep Wpt th: secrecy in' which
botfi justice ' ' waKdep&rtment
officials shrouded the affair that
.nokesmen declined to say def
iniuiy at ; what hour the trial
would start
Meanwhile the military com
mission headed by MaJ. Gen.
Frank R. McCoy, which will
determine guilt' or innocence
and fix the sentence;' was un
derstood to have met secretly
to work out rules of procedure.
Such a commission ' makes its
own roles, bat in this' case
President Roosevelt specified
the verdict should; require at
least - a two-thirds vote. This
would mean at least a . 5 to 2
vote of the seven-man commis
sion. The eight" German-born de-
J fendants, facing the death penalty
on any one of four . charges of
violating the law of war, are Er
nest Peter Burgee George john
Dasch, Herbert Hans Haupt, Hen.
ry Harm .Heinck, Edward John
t 'V . V
: V i . . - V
I' - .r.-.-yS
-V-:i v
s,iwiwrrr....,r.n
1 Kerling, Hermann Otto Neubauer,
en-fRichard Quirin and Werner Thiel.
. Typifying the mystery sur-
rounding every more since the
federal bureau of. investigation
began rounding up; the saboteurs
m mid-June; following their land
"igs in rubber boats on Long
island and Florida beaches,, the
ted persons.
A long section of the fifth floor
corridor on the west or 10th street
side was walled off by carpenters.
This section contains rooms which
would be suitable for a trial, in
cluding an FBI classroom which
it was learned would be used.-
Canada May
Draft Wealth
OTTAWA, July 7-0P)-Canad
ian government Is ready "to con-
script whatever wealth is necessary
to distribute the burden of Cana
da's war . effort as equitably as
possible," Prime Minister. Macken
zie King told the house of com
mons Tuesday night f .
The prime minister made . the
statement during a debate on the
government's proposed amendment
to the national resources mo
bilization act which would give
the government power to con
script both wealth and manpower
should the need arise.
Xrees Easy9 Jmt
After spending the day climb
I ing trees, Jerry . Grene, 6, of 1545
I gig MHO UVAltb WIWS , V u
1 arm He waa 6t
Salem General hospital
f J 51 T?T.l
iuuuuav tf camci
I Monday's maximum temp. 7S,
mln. 5T. Elver. "Tuesday, -1.5 ft
By army request weainer lore-
I j ua. . 1 Si . B d
casts wiumeui riuvau
i data delayed.
Kill Bund
Drive Is
Launched
Fedel Attack
AirY54in
Ir Jmeiits
- N-r CYORK, July 7-(Jf)
FeO agents launched a
Tr. j-coast drive Tuesdav
to pt the German-American
Bund "out of business." .
A legal attack was aimed at
54 of the Bund's highest offi
cers, including Fritz Kuhn, for
mer national bund leader now. in
prison and his successor, Wilhelm
Kunze, arrested in Mexico and re
turned to the United States Mon
day. ' . If reached . into the states of
New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl
vania, Illinois, Minnesota, Indi
ana, Washington and California.
William Ottersbach was arrested
in Seattle.
Twenty six men were named
In indictments charting conspir
acy to evade the selective serv
ice act and conspiracy to coun
sel bund members to resist serv
ice In the armed forces of the
United States, and conspiracy to
conceal bund affiliations In fill
ing out alien registration forms.
Three more were accused ' of
only the selective service viola
tion. All 29 were in federal cus
tody, P. E. Foxworth, assistant
FBI chief, said.
The remainder among them
national and sectional officials and
principal leaders of the bund
were the object of denaturalization
proceedings, t : " ,
U. S. Attorney Mathias F. Cot
rea said although the bund was
nominally defunct since the out
break of war, numerous Singing
societies : in the. York vills section
of New York and elsewhere had
taxen over. bund activities and
continued to foster nazi beliefs
Such organizations would be. in
vestigated further, he 'said. 1
y The US attorney said that un
der the name of -"a militant' ori
ganization of free Americans" the
bund sought 'to advance the polit
ical and propaganda aims of the
German reich.
The government, . move struck
Kuhn, who is serving a term for
larceny,, through denaturalization
proceedings. f , ; , y .
. Kunze, arraigned. Monday, on
. a charge of violating the selec
tive service - act for failure to
report his address, pleaded Inno
cent Tuesday and was held In
bail of $50,000 by Federal Judge
George C. Sweeney. He is want
ed, also, in Hartford, Conn., on
a federal charge of violation of
' ,the 1917 espionage act.
, SEATTLE,- July 7-(,)-In a nation-wide
drive against leaders of
the German-American bund, Wil
liam Ottersbach, 58-year-old na
turalized citizen,, was arrested here
Tuesday and held in lieu of $15,
000 bond , under a New York in
dictment. He was one of 29 men
arrested across the country. .
Ottersbach spent the first World
war as a German foreman in a
Turkish munitions plant at Con
stantinople. He has been employed
as a machinist here 16 years.
. The indictment charged Otters
bach with conspiracy against com
pliance with the selective service
act, . '-. ' ' ;
Oregon Gty
Aids in Crop
OREGON CITY, July 1-M
Stores will ' remain closed here
Wednesday and Thursday morn
ings while townspeople turn out to
save a $750,000 cane berry crop.
Growers estimated - that 5000
pickers will be needed in the rasp
berry and blackcap berry fields.
Gresham residents - also will
turn out, stores staying' closed: in
that town until 10 am. the next
three days. . v-
To; Found
In Forest
GOLD. BEACH, Ore, July 7.-
(iT-Little Donald Thompson, 5,
slept weirjed Tue&yajr night for
icahdered
away I from his pai .
afternoon and becan;
rugged fastness of the,
Sunday
N the
country east of here.
He was found Tuesday jby- :'
ip Adams, Gold : Beach : gart.
man, one of 150 searchers. ; . - '
Scores of insect bites -and ' a
voracious appetite were the only
evidences .of his . two nights in
the mountainous forest where cou
gars, wild pigs and other animal?
abound-', ' ,
Recruits 14
Friends to
Join, Too , ;
SEATTLE, July 7 H?V When
t apprentice , seaman Walter
Troyer headed south for the
San Diego naval . training sta
tion, he took 11 of his Seattle
pals with him and thereby
hangs a tale.
Recruiting officers said Troy
er, a former Seattle high school
star athlete, hated to leave his
friendsbehlnd when he entered
the navy. He hit upon a bright'
idea. Why not take them with
him. -
He told Lieut. S. W. Fraser
of his idea, and the recruiting
officer said. "Go to it You're
on recruiting duty now.
Tht office door was barely
opened the next morning when
in bobbed a pair of huskies
with the report: "Our friend
Troyer sent us. We want to Join
up." ' " - ". .
It continued all day. Fourteen
was the total. "- :
lieutenant Fraser said Troy
er's performance gave- him the
navy super-salesman title of the
northwest. If not of the nation.
Bombers
Crash, Kill 12
US Craft Strike in
Georgia and Iowa;
RCAF Plane Down
TRENTON, Ga, July 7-WF-A
four-motored army bomber of the
B-24 type crashed and burned on
a mountainside two miles north
of here Tuesday and Sheriff Gro
ver Tatum of - Dade county said
all members of . the crew 'were
killed. '
Five men were aboard the
plane. The bodies, Sheriff Tatum
said, were burned, and mangled
beyond recognition.
, Natives of the mountainous sec
tion said the. plane roared over
head during an electrical storm
and . the pilot apparently flew too
low in an effort to improve visi
fbiUty. The 'crash, wasj more thaa
a. half mile from the nearest road.
- SIOUX CITY, Ia July tHffl5)
A two-motored army plane
crashed Into a hillside here late
Tuesday, Miliar Its four occu
pants. At their Felto field base at Spo
kane, Wash., second air force of
ficers Identified the victims as: :
Second Lieut Parker E. Ever
ett, pilot and deputy flight" com
mander, of Elk City, Okla whose
next of kin was listed as his fa
ther, Roy L. Everett, Elk City.
Staff Sgt Robert W. Shores of
Bentonville, Ark., whose mother.
Mrs. Effie Shores, Bentonville,
survives.
Sgt. Jack R. Jones of YTucson,
Ariz., mother, Mrs. Gladys M,
Jones, Tucson
Corp. Joseph H. Plew, Des
Plaines, 111., mother, Mrs. Emma
H. Plew, Des Plaines.
The report to Felt field said
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 5)
Tires May Be
Roosevelt Sayg Move.
Possible if Needed
To Save the Nation
WASHINGTON, July 7-JP)
President Roosevelt said Tuesday
it might become necessary to
requisition all the automobile tires
fa .the. 'country,. If wartime condi
tions grow more acute, but made
it clear he was hopeful such ex
treme action could be avoided.. ,
Scrap rubber collections had im
proved, he said, but it was still too
early to estimate their effect upon
the situation' The drive was en
abling officials to find out more,
definitely just what, rubber stocks
they could count upon,' he added,'
and it was already apparent that
scrap was not a cure-all. -
Mr. RooseVelt spoke ; at his first
press' conference since June 15, be
fore Winstoa Churchill's recent
Visit He seemed: rested : and re
freshed despite the heavy: burdens
of the presidency In war time, and
in high and amiable spirits. He
leaned back in his chair, tipped
his cigarette holder , to" its char
acteristic Jaunty tilt and ex
changed banter with the corre
spondents. "V -..
This buoyant mood left him at
one point,' however, when re
porters questioned him closely
on the rubber and gasoline prob
" lem and he answered, with un
concealed sharpness, he was try-
Xing to save the.nation, not gaso
line and rubber. ;
It was at this point, he added
astatement that if the war should
grW worse it might be necessary
forthe government to commandeer
privately owned tires. .The nation,
he said, was sready to make any
(Turn to Pcss 2, Col2)
Requisitioned
Germans Driw Deeper Into EPob
Basin; FartKesf
War Made in Voronezh Sector
ArgentinaTells
Ships to Avoid
US East Coast
' ' ' . 1 . -." S--i5" C -
Neutral Nation Wanti
To r Avoid -U-B oats ; ;
Nazis Admit Sinking
BUENOS AIRES, July
The Argentine, naval ministry has
ordered "all ships of ttie state mer
chant fleet to avoid the eastern
coast of the United States in order
to avoid the danger of being tor
pedoed by axis submarines,' it Was
learned on reliable authority Tues
day night
The Argentine ships will be
permitted to call at Gulf of
Mexico ports, however, a high
source said. .
"This action does not signify ac
ceptance of the blockade an
ndunced by Germany," this source
added, "but is taken merely as a
measure of precaution."
Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz
Guinazu earlier had announced
the government's controversy with
Germany over the axis sinking of
the freighter Rio Tercero was a
closed incident "...
The Rio' Tercero was torpedoed
and sunk off the US coast, and
another Argentine ship, the Vie
toria, was torpedoed before - it
The Victoria, however, did' not
sinku : - - - '''
Germany admitted responsi
bility for the Sto Tercero sink-;
Ing only Monday," saying it was
not 7 marked ' adequately. . Ger
many refused an Argentine re
quest that Germany make a.
Ceremonial gesture of respect to
ward the Argentine ' flag, and
Ruiz Guinasu said he was not
going to press the matter. ; " . ;
After Germany admitted the
sinking, Argentina sent a hew note
to the nazis promising this big
South American nation which still
maintains . - diplomatic - relations
with the axis would take further
precautions.
These "further precautions" now
bar Argentine ships from the east
era US coastline.
Air
Head Named
Veteran Carl Spaatz
. Commandf ; Western
Men in Bomb Raid
LONDON, July 1 Jf) Maj
LGen. ' Carl "Toughie" Spaatz, i
flying general who was : a hero
of the fledgling American air
force in the world war. arid who
piloted the "Question Mark" to
its historic endurance record in
1929, has been appointed com
mander in chief of - the United
States army air forces- in the Eu
ropean theatre of war. ,
General Spaatz, a Pennsylvan
ia redhead who has been an army
career man for 32 of his 51 years,
has been to charge here since
June.. His appointment was an
nounced only Tuesday as he con
f erred .distinguished flying crosses
on three of the American airmen
who participated . in the Fourth-of-July
bombing of German-held
Holland. " . . ; . '. .
They were the crew of the
Douglas Boston bomber piloted
by Capt Charles C.Kegelman of
EL" Reno, Okla who already has
been awarded the DSC for bring
ing his-plane home despite, dam
age from . German , anti-aircraft
fire so heavy the machine actual
ly fell to the ground. ' (
. General ' Spaatz . headquarters
Tuesday also 'announced Second
Lieut Frederick Lochr! Seattle,
and Sgt Robert Whitman, Cen
tralia, t Wash., - were . among the
missing on the raid. -Their plane
was shot down" by anti-aircraft
fire and was seen to crash.' "
Lt Leo Howel, SeatUe, and Sgt
William A. Lang, Spokane, re
turned safely from the raid.
Women for WAAC
Sign at Portland ':
Women from the Salem district
wishing to enlist In the Women's
Auxiliary army corps must go to
Portland since enlistments are not
accepted at the local army recruit
ing office. - - -
i Thirty one women will be ac
cepted from Oregon for enlistment
during coming weeks, it has been
announced from Washington.
European
Where Germans Advance
IMSSiBillllPl' Si, R ;
tiy iiiiiftf till jqII 1 iiifciiiSlOii iiiiiiiiir??1-!- ivoiwNtsM -
Into the Russian defense linesalong
In above map, the Germans were pressing fiercely early this morn
ing. They already claimed the city of Voronezh. - The drive, still
narrow, appeared headed for the
with a swoop Into the Caucasian
rt,
Trail spo
Requirements
Get
Probing
Realtors Request
Critical Area
Rating Here-
A re q u e s t to Polger Johnson,
federal homing representative In
this district, to assist Salem in ob
taining rating as . a "critical de
fense housing area,", is to go out
today from Salem Realty board
as result of a special meeting of
that organization . called Tuesday.
President W. G. Hardy, author
ized by the board, named -Gene
Grabenhorst and Leo N-Childs to
serve with him on the committee
drawing up the communication-to
Johnson.
Need for additional housing was
stressed by Clay Cochran, business
extension manager of the Salem
chamber of commerce, and by
realtors themselves.
Several . hundred families of
men largely with official military
connections are to arrive, in Sa
lem within the next two or three
weeks, seeking homes, Cochran
declared, predicting that with fall
the demand for living, space will
be on the continuous increase.
The housing bureau established
by the Realty board now operat
ed by the chamber of commerce,
and "offices of ' realtors daily get
more demands than they can meet
for more houses of a good type, it
was declared. . V;".
Opening of an airbase - here
shortly after Camp Adair has been
occupied by a city the - size of
Salem should be sufficient to se
cure the wartime recognition as
defense housing area, realtors . be
lieve.-'-'-
Two Unhurt
In Car Drop
Through a service station rail
ing between two large trees, which
it narrowly missed, a car driven
by Leatha Simzeri, 458 Mill street,
Salem, dropped. approximately ; 40
feet to bury its nose in the river
bank below : West Salem's Edge
water street Tuesday night and
its tw occupants crawled out un
hurt. With Miss Simzeri was
Lloyd Myers, 2155 Mill street
A few feet away from where
the coupe left the ,road. Night
Officer Wayne Parker halted his
car, called Salem's first aid crew
and" went to investigate. The. car,
which Miss Simzeri said she had
been driving,, was traveling down
McNary street at considerable
speed when he first saw it, Parker
said. It missed the West Salem
police car, as it crossed Edgewater
street, by a few feet, he declared.
Faulty brakes "Were blamed by
Myers and. Miss Simzeri.
Our Senators
L::I
L3
Penetration Q
the Don river, shown on the right
Volga river, farther to the east,
oil fields to the south.
using
Here
' Commuter Study
" Is-Started by
i?l)raft Officials
Possibilities of securing direct
transportation to'at least one Port
land shipyard so thai commuters
from Salem could answer the call
for defense labor were investigated
Tuesday by Ray J. Stiimbo and W.
I. Needham of the Salem selective
service board. ; Results-, they - de
clared, indicate - that the'- idea 'is
not without merit and is probably
within the range of practicability.
At the Kaiser , shipyard, where
they witnessed the launching of a
ship, the Salem men talked with
company officials, "with . em
ployes from various parts of the
Portland area and with men from
the capital city now living in Port
land to be near, their work., The
latter group, they said, included
some who declared they would
gladly return to home living con
ditions if suitable commuting -ar
rangements could be made. . .
Without definite promises until
further study of the situation can
be made,' Stumbo said that they
found that buses may be available
for operation by the shipyards,
that it might be possible to have
all Salem commuters moved into
one yard, their shifts arranged so
that as many as BOO men could be
carried back and forth daily,' the
trip ranging, depending , . on one
phase of- the, arrangements from
ah hour and 35 minutes to two,
hours and five minutes each way.
That men from this 'area have
tossed up defense.' jobs because
they declared they could not find
suitable living conditions near the
yards but would- return if they
could live in Salem, that the plan
might make it possible to throw as
much as $3,000,000 of the 'con
templated great increase in ship
yards' payroll into , Salem, and
that a large number of Salem per
sons would be interested in taking
free training classes and in seek
ing the wartime work if the trans
portation were provided seems evi
dent, Stumbo . declared.' . , A
Canadians in
Alaska Posts
VICTORIA, BC, July 7-(CP)
Canadian army units have taken
up positions alongside American
troops in the-'defense of Alaska,
Air Minister' C G. ' Power an
nounced officially Tuesday,
r His announcement followed dis
closure recently that members of
the Royal Canadian air force are
in the territory. " ' ; .. X '
: Major Power, who has just re
turned from a "visit with the Ca
nadian forces, in the noruV said
the men were: In "fine fettle and
"very keen at having an oppot
tunity of meeting the Jap wher
ever ' and whenever he can be
found"
Ho
Action
Claim
City's
Reds Say Losses
Of Nazis Huge
In Violent Fight
By HENRY C. CASSIDY J-
MOSCOW. Wednesday.
July 8 (AP)p The German
army, despite, stubborn Rus
sian resistance, has - driven
still deeper into the Don ba
sin southwest of Staryi Oskol,
the soViet midnight commu
nique 'said Wednesday.
Red army forces in this
sector. retired to previously
prepared . defense . linss after a
smashing attack by 200 German
tanks and a large infantry force,
the communique acknowledged.
', Another violent battle was said
to be continuing -west of Vor -onezh,
on the vital Moscow-Rostov
railway, east of the Don and
about 65 miles northeast of Staryi
Oskol.
It Is la the. Voronezh sector
that the Geraui have and
their deepest penetration- of the
war into soviet soil menacing.
the main rail link between K.us
. sla's eeatral and southern ar-.
' mles. 1 . '"
,v There was no indication in the
communique 1 h a t the Germans
had advanced in . the Voronezh
sector, but 'a , supplement issued
by' the soviet information .tnireau
said "our artillery and Infantry
for two days defended one village
against superior enemy , forces."
This appeared to indicate, the vil
lage has been given up. ' '
At the approaches of this vil
lage, the supplementary commu
nique said, the Germans lost more
than , 1000 men in killed alone and
in aiiothef sector of the Voronezh"
front 700 Germans were killed' in
a combined tank and infantry at
tack. .j--. . . --i"1--;
. . Commenting on the violence of
the fighting in the Staryi Oskol
sector, the communique said: .
v DghtyGemsji tans were
disabled. Enormous losses wero
. likewise sustained by enemy In- .
Jfantry. Our mea mowed down '
(Turn to Page, 2, Col. 6)
, . '.) 7; .
PubKc Works
Board Set Up
Northwest States Body ,
To' Review Vital
New Projects
SEATTLE, July 7.-P)-Creation
of a war public works "board for :
the four Pacific northwest states
was, announced Tuesday by L. R,
'm Durkee, assistant regional direc
tor for the federal works agency ,
and chairman of the new' board.
War construction, not -directly
under 'the supervision of the mill
tary services or. private agencies,
will be reviewed in an attempt
to procure public works which
are, vital to the war effort Non
essential public works - will be
sidetracked for the duration." ,
Durkee said . the board would :
serve the four states as a starter,
but a second board might be es
tablished later' for v the Portland
area, if needed. Discussions Tues-"
day covered projects in the Brem
erton, Spokane, Vancouver and .
Seattle areas. -";- ' '-
Board members are: Pearce Da-
vies, federal security aammisira
tion; Cot.. Peter -P. Goerz, army
engineers; Capt. Alden K. - Fogg;
navy; George- Coplen, national
housing authority; W. Walter Wil
liams, chairman Washington state
defen.se council; Theodore A.
Huntley FWA secretary.
Oilslick Shows
Mexican Blow
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MEXICO CITY, July Y-iP-Th
army general staff reported Tues
day night A large soilslkk on the
gulf of Mexico indicated Mexican
warp lanes had at least damaged an
enemy submarine outside the port
of Tampico.-- , . Yf : - . ' ' -
Lit" ,was I "Mexico's first blow
against the axis sLncethe declara
tion of war last mohth.1 :
Fall