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Axis Forces Push Toward Alexandria
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Brltlih defenders of Egypt evacuated Matruh (1). British atronghold on tha path to Alexandria (2),
and tha Snai canal (3). Matruh waa abandoned aa th battle, a wild melee of men and machines,
spread over an ever-broadening battlefield. Black arrowa indicate th axis forces. Axil planes also
were reported to hare bombed Alexandria. British naval base.
Desert Debacle Not Due to
Materiel Lack, Critics Told
Allied Airmen Hit
Japanese Bases al
Rabaul and at Lae
Somewhere In Australia, July
1 P) Japanese bases In New
Britain and New Guinea were
attacked by strong forces of al
lied bombers before dawn Tues
day in the largest raid in several
days, it was disclosed tonight by
airmen who participated in the
attack.
Despite thick clouds, the al
lied planes bombed Rabaul, on
New Britain, where large fires
were started among installa
tions in the wharf area, they
aid.
On bomber was reported to
I lave made several runs over its
target despite heavy anti-aircraft
fire, leaving a blaze which
was visible for 20 miles through
the overhanging haze.
At about the same time, the
pilots said other bombers at
tacked Luwanai airport, near
Rabaul, dropping demolition
bombs on runways and build
ings. Heavy clouds prevented ob
servation of the results. The
runways at Lae, New Guinea,
were also attacked but a ground
haze and a dim moon made the
effects unobservable, the bomb
er pilots reported.
Dairyman Accused of
Cutting
Milk Price
Astoria, July 1 fP Alleg
ing that a Hammond dairyman
offered milk to Fort Stevens
pVinder the established minimum
price, the state milk control
board has asked a temporary
restraining order against him.
The complaint says that the
board's minimum is 11 cents but
that J. . Forney quoted 10.99
rents to the army at the army's
request and received the con
tract. Radio Highlights
(Pacific war time.)
Sgt. Alvin C. York. World
war hero, is to speak from
Knoxville, Tenn., as part of a
salute to General Douglas Mac
Arthur presented by the Veter
ans of Foreign Wars via MBS
at S o'clock Thursday night.
Tonight: CBS, 6 30, Soldiers
With Wings, Bing Crosby. Blu.
W, airplane workers interviewed
and King Peter. MBS. SIS,
Fight Against Inflation, Harold
Smith.
Thursday: NBC, 3 30, National
Iducation association convention.
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' . By Drew Mlddleton
London, July 1.4P) Britain's war production minister and
his predecessor denied today that lack of guns, tanks and planes
were responsible for British military defeats in North Africa as
Winston Churchill's critics launched their "no confidence" attack
on his direction of the war.
Oliver Lyttleton, minister of
production, told the house of
commons that manufacture of
six-pounder guns and of tanks
and the supplying of American
made dive-bombers to British
forces in the field was progres
sing steadily and added:
"Shortly we are going to sur
pass the equipment of the enemy
in several important weapons."
Had Tank Power
In the house of lords. Lord
Beaverbrook, former production
minister, said he did not think
there was any shortage of equip
ment in Libya and he had never
heard it suggested that there
was any shortage of aircraft.
The British had more tanks
in the desert than the Germans
and Italians combined, Beaver
brook said.
He declared that the British
3.7 anti-aircraft gun with armor
piercing projectiles is "a better
gun" than the German 88-millimeter,
credited with a large
share of winning the Libyan
battle.
He said he did not know
whether it had been adapted to
anti-tank use.
They spoke In reply to charges
by Churchill's critics that pro
duction was not providing Brit
ish forces with adequate equip
ment to meet axis attacks and
that the prime minister made
the "greatest possible mistake"
when he attached the defense
ministry to his office.
Sir John Wardlaw-Milne,
Churchill's fellow-conservative,
led the opposition in commons
by moving a "no confidence"
vote.
Churchill Challenged
Wardlaw-Milne, seconded by
admiral of the fleet, Sir Roger
Keyes, charged that Churchill's
statement that British forces in
Libya were strong enough to
meet the axis was "untrue and
inaccurate."
Sir Roger asserted that the
admiralty had failed "Inexcus
ably" to provide the Mediter
ranean fleet with necessary air
strength, and said that failure
to provide proper weapons had
sent the war machine "lumber
ing from one disaste r to the
next."
Laborite Arthur Greenwood
told commons that the fall of
Tobruk was "as profound a
shock" as th people have had
since Dunkerque.
Simultaneously, in tha house
of lords. Lord Addison said the
failure to provide dive-bombers
was a "di.gre-e," and h urged
that General Sir Archibald P.
Wavell be brought home from
his Indian command to assume
ChurchiU'i post as defense minister.
Red Tape Holds Up
Canada Troops On
Way to Aid Alaska
Washington, July 1 (IP)
The nation s tariff laws, en
forced rigidly by a customs of
ficial at the Alaskan border,
held up Canadian troops mov
ing to the defense of Alaska but
it won't happen again because a
new law has been rushed thru
congress.
The new legislation, signed
Monday by President Roosevelt,
instructs tariff collectors that
United Nations armed forces
may fight for us without paying
customs duty on their equip
ment. The Canadian forces was stop
ped by a customs collector who
said he had no authority to
waive the tariff. Urgent mes
sages to Washington treasury
sources brought only the reply
that no loop-hole could be found
in the law.
By the time that the state de
partment suggested that the
troops be classified as "distin
guished personages," who are
entitled to free import of their
personal possessions, the treas
ury arranged with congression
al leaders for quick passage of
the special legislation. A spokes
man said no serious delay oc
curred. RAISED TO 328
(Br th Associated Press)
The sinking of a medium sized
Panamanian cargo ship by an
axis submarine off the Atlantic
coast sent the toll of western
Atlantic ship losses to 328 today
(Wednesday) in the unofficial
Associated Press tabulation.
This loss and the announce
ment late yesterday of the tor
pedoing of a small Canadian
merchant ship in the Caribbean
were the most recent announced
by the navy.
One member of the Panaman
ian's crew of 32 was lost.
CAR CRASH FATAL
Toledo, Ore, July 1 UPy
Ernest Sawyer, about 55, of
Aberdeen was fatally Injured at
11 o'clock last night as tha car
he was driving ran Into an em
bankment at the side of the
Coast highway south of YachaU
and overturned
SOVIET FORTRESS
FORCED TO YIELD
IN 27-DAY SIEGE
New Offensive Launched on
Central Front Losses
Heavy in Kursk Onslaught
Berlin (from German broad
casts). July 1 (JP) The great
Russian fortress and naval
bate of Sevastopol in the
Crimea has fallen to the Ger
man and Rumanian armies,
Adolf Hitler's high command
announced tonight.
The whole Soviet front was
reported aflame today with gi
gantic battles.
Hitler's field headquarters
reported fresh gains in the
bloody siege of Sevastopol, in
the Crimea, and indicated that
the German armies had launch
ed a new offensive at various
points on the central (Moscow)
front.
Other Nazi attacks were de
veloping around Kharkov,
Kursk, and Kolkhov.
Offensive Nipped
Dispatches to Red Star, the
Soviet army newspaper, said a
German attempt to launch an
offensive near Gzhatsk, 100
miles west of Moscow, had been
frustrated by powerful Russian
counterattacks.
In the Crimea, German mili
tary dispatches said axis troops
had occupied Balaklava, eight
miles below Sevastopol, and
seized Fort Malakov in Sevasto
pol's immediate defense ring.
Balaklava was the scene of
the storied "Charge of the Light
Brigade" in the Crimean war of
1853-56.
Soviet dispatches said Red
army defenders of Sevastopol,
under assault by approximately
225,000 axis troops, beat off a
series of heavy attacks yester
day, but it seemed clear that
the Germans were slowly bat
tering their way into the ruined
fortress city.
Nasi Losses Heavy
On the Kursk front, 500 miles
north of Sevastopol, red army
headquarters reported that Mar
shal S e m e o n Timoshenko's
forces were inflicting "colossal
losses" on the Germans and had
already knocked out 350 Nazi
tanks in the three-day-old offen
sive. "In one sector alone during
the day, we killed over 2,000
German officers and men," a
Soviet communique said.
TON Ml
SAFE, SAY JAPS
Washington, July 1 (IP) A
navy spokesman reported today
that the Japanese, In a propa
ganda broadcast, had declared
that 1.000 survivors of the miss
ing American cruiser Houston
and the Australian cruiser Perth
were safe In an internment camp
in Batavla, Java, enemy-held
territory.
The spokesman said that "while
all Americans will understand
that broadcasts originating from
enemy sources can not be re
garded as authentic, there ap
pears to be no reason for the
issuance of false information on
this subject by the Japanese."
It was emphasized that the
navy had no official information
about men missing from the
Houston.
Traffic Restored
On Dunsmuir Line
Dunsmuir. Calif., July 1 fl !
Normal traffic operations
were resumed on Southern Pa
cific's main line here today after
workmen completed rebuilding
of 300 feet of torn track de
stroyed when two huge moun
tain type locomotives were da
railed yesterday at Cantara, six
miles north of here.
Southern Pacific officials said
nn rati.. ri th Hr ilmmt h.t
'been determined vet
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Axis 65
LIFE LOSS HEAVY
Terrific Explosion Follows
Smashup Near March
Field Second in Virginia.
Riverside, Calif., July 1 (P)
An army bomber crashed early
today near March field, killing
all aboard, army sources said.
The craft's normal crew is seven
to nine men.
Witnesses said there was a
terrific explosion after the
bomber struck. The plane, the
army said, was a B-24 Consoli
dated type. Spokesmen would
not release the names of those
aboard or their number until
next of kin had been notified.
Welch, W. Va., July 1 (IP)
A big airplane, apparently a
converted airliner, crashed and
burned in the West Virginia
mountains near here today with
a loss of at least ten lives.
State Troopers Earl Yeager
and Tom Harrison said that ten
bodies had been removed from
the charred hull and that most
of the victims were believed to
be army men.
They said the plane had borne
insignia of American Airlines.
On a belt buckle owned by
one victim the officers deciph
ered the name Erwin Stratman
a duffle bag bore the name of
Floyd Hyet and the flyleaf of a
book had the name of Guy S.
Hill.
Most of the victims 1 were
identified as army personnel.
Tacoma, July 1 (IP) MaJ.
Charles Ross Greening, 28.
whose 20-cent bombsight left
the Japs feeling like two-cents,
said on his arrivel home today
that farmers, school children
and even soldiers mlstaklngly
waved at his plane when they
passed over Tokyo.
"We went into Japan flying
low and In flights of two and
three, later splitting up to carry
out our missions Individually. I
don't believe our plane was more
than 10 feet off the ground in
some places.
"The farmers waved at us,
thinking we were Japs. When
we flew over schools, the chil
dren waved at us. When we
came in groups in army uni
form, they waved too, until our
nose guns decided to try a lit
tle target practice," the flyer
said.
Greening bounced off the
train Into the arms of his
mother. Mrs. C W. Greening.
With Greening was his comely
wife, formerly of Hoquiam.
Wash. They will visit her for
a few days.
ACCOUNT STRIKE
Seattle. July 1 (IP) Seattle
produce merchants said today
..h vfftahlp. fruits and ber
ries were spoiling in warehouses
because of Teamsters' union
dispute.
A rnntlnuatinn of the ariu
ment may giv Seattle residents
a Fourth of July wees; ena wiw
out fresh produce.
Union truck drivers quit work
a week ago at tha Pacific Fruit
and Produce company's district
plant In a demsnd for wage
increases, causing a halt In local
and out-of-town deliveries.
Miles From Alexandria
E
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110 Men in Williams Creek
Camp and 161 at South
Fork To Be Sent Home.
Abolishment of the Civilian
Conservation Corps sounds the
death knell for the last two
camps remaining in this area,
Williams Creek and South Fork,
but no word had been received
today by those in charge con
cerning the exact time or meth
od of dissolution.
Enrollees of Camp Williams
Creek number 110, part of
whom have been stationed at
Camp Prescott doing work for
the federal government and part
of whom have been under work
supervision of the O and C
Land Grant Administration,
Complement of Camp South
Fork is 161, Under supervision
of the Rogue River National
Forest most of the men have
been constructing a pipeline
and water system at Lake of
the Woods, while a small detach
ment has been working at for
mer CCC headquarters at the
fairgrounds.
The enrollees will be sent to
their homes, it was understood,
and equipment will be disposed
of following the receipt of ex
pected orders from Washington.
Vancouver, Wash., July 1
(JP) Death of the Civilian Con
servation Corps through con
gressional action yesterday will
bring disbandment of 28 camps
in Washington and Oregon with
a total complement of about
4,000 men, according to Infor
mation at district headquarters
at Vancouver Barracks.
Washington, July 1 W)
Nearly 500,000 people lost their
jobs or their government aid
today by the scrapping or cur
tailment of three depression
born federal agencies that have
cost more than $17,000,000,000.
Congress abolished the Civil
ian Conservation Corps yester
day by denying It funds for the
fiscal year beginning today. The
start of a new government busi
ness calendar also saw the Works
Progress Administration cut to
skeleton form and heavy reduc
tions in the National Youth Ad
ministration program.
In the background of the
transition there was a change
of eras from men hunting Jobs
to jobs hunting men.
The life of the CCC ended
at midnight, and demobilization
of some 60,000 enrollees and
15,000 civilian employes of the
corps began this morning. The
WPA, its appropriation whittled
by two-thirds from last year,
was trimming its rolls down
from 700.000 to 400.000. The
NYA, with funds also cut by
two-thirds, commenced dropping
60.000 persons from its out-of-school
training program, to re
duce the number in this activity
from 130,000 to 70,000.
Swan Island Returns
As Shipbuilding Site
Portland. Ore., July 1 (IP)
They laid the keel of a tanker at
Swan Island today and brought
United States shipbuilding on
the Pacific coast back to Its
birthplace of 102 years ago.
Now the tiny island in Port
land's Willamette river harbor
bulges with machinery that
makes it the last word In ship
yards an eight-way layout cost
ing 817.000,000 where Henry J.
Kaiser, the miracle-man of Amer.
lean World war II shipbuilding.
will turn out Bfl long-range
tankers.
CHERRY PRICES
Portland, July 1. P Cher
ries: Blngs, 9 cents pound; Royal
Ann, 7V-8 cents; pie, 6 cents;
black Republican, 9 cents,
BASEBALL
American
(First game)
Washington 2 5 0
Boston 3 10 0
Newsom and Evans; Chase,
Terry and Conroy.
ALL INVITED TO
Roofers' Local 140 has launch
ed a campaign to raise funds
toward purchase of a bomber,
to be presented as a gift to
the federal government, and all
other local unions, fraternal and
civic organizations, and Medford
citizens are Invited to partici
pate. L. E. Skeen, president of the
local, George Yung, vice-president,
and Grant L. Taylor, secretary-treasurer,
spokesmen for
the local, said that $500 had
been deposited in the United
States National Bank of Port
land, Medford branch, the ac
count being designated as the
"Camp White Bomber Fund."
and that members of the local
had also voted to donate one
day's pay, preferably Independ
ence. Day, to the fund.
Suggesting that other union lo
cals appoint committees to speed
cooperation in the campaign, the
spokesmen said they understood
the government would match a
minimum of $100,000 raised and
christen the bomber "Spirit of
Camp White," the christening to
take place here.
The spokesmen said they had
been informed the plumbers'
local would contribute a sub
stantial sum to the fund, and
emphasized that not only other
unions but everybody in the city
was invited to take part In the
plan by giving a day's wages.
HOUSEHOLD FATS
Salem, July 1 (JP) House
wives will be paid 4 cents
pound for their household fats
during the campaign to begin in
two weeks, meat packers and
renderers and the state salvage
committee agreed today at a
conference here.
Housewives were requested
to sell strained fats In uniform
containers, preferably coffee
cans, to their butchers. The
butchers will be paid 5 cents a
pound, thus obtaining a cent a
pound for handling charges.
Fats obtained in the nation
wide drive will be used to make
explosives, glycerin, and for
other war necessities.
CHARLES B: GAY
TAKEN BY DEATH
Charles B. Gay, 79, well
known resident of Jackson coun
ty where ha has lived for th
last 50 years, passed away at
his residence, 523 North River
side at 11 p. m. Tuesday.
A complete ouituary with fu
neral arrangements will appear
later.
Conger Funeral Parlors in
charge.
MINISTER DIES
Portland, July 1 iJPr Th
Rev, J. Franklin Day of Port
land, early-day Baptist minister
in the Willamette valery and
native of Eugene, died yester
day. The funeral will be held
next Monday In the Baptist
church In Springfield with bur
ial in Creswell cemetery, Cres
wU, Or.
BEFORERETREAT
Defenders Say Thousands of
Soldiers Ready to Meet
Main Onslaught of Axis.
By Roger D. Green
Associated Press War Editor.
Dispatches from Cairo lata)
today acknowledged that Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel's axis
invasion armies had advanced
within 70 miles ot th Nil
delta, and official London quar
ters hinted that the Suez canal
might be rendered unusable If
the British were forced to yield
it to the enemy.
As th eight-day-old battle of
Egypt surged to a climax, tha
British reported that thousands
of soldiers and hundreds of
cannon were ready to meet th
main - onslaught ot - Rommel'
armies. -
Lines Still Intact
Several lines of defense still
remained before Alexandria, th
British said. - - .
German field headquarter as
serted that axis troops were now
attacking "the last British forti.
flcations" at El Alamein, only
65. miles west of Alexanlri
naval base. -
The British acknowledged that
axis spearheads had raced be
yond El Daba, 39 miles west of
El Alamein, and Indicated that
the hour of decisive battle was
approaching. - i
In an order of the day. Gen.
Sir Claude Auchinleck, the Brit
ish commander In chief In the
middle east, declared:
'The battle Is not over yet
and will not be over until we
have defeated the enemy, and
defeat him we wilt.'
Closely linked with the de
fense of Egypt, Britain's embat
tled Mediterranean Island citadel
of Malta was declared by the
American navy today to have
received strong reinforcement
of planes through American
help.
Malta, the most-bombed spot
In the World, is strategically
Important as a base for attack
on axis supply lines to north
Africa and Egypt.
A navy communique said th
14.700-ton U. S. aircraft carrier
Wasp mad a series of trips
through the dangerous waters
of the Mediterranean to deliver
the planes, which were quick
ly manned by British RAF .
pilots and Inflicted "consider
able losses" on .the enemy.
'The expertly timed arrival
of reinforcement planes on th
Wasp was most fortunate for
th heroic defenders of the Brit
Ish stronghold and the cause of
the united nations," the cavy
said.
SIDE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Glenn Linn, proud pappa,
passing out ceegars celebrating!
th arrival ot a new daughter.
Lulu Saulsberry Informing
friends that Jacksonville la and
always has been "Shangra-La."
Philip Gates declaring that
the hotter the weather, "th
better."
Mrs. M. E. Santo wondering!
whatever became of th friend
ly young lady who borrowed
her ho and as yet has forgotten
to return It
Bourbon Ed Kelly admitting
h was doing th ground work
for his coming U. S. eongres
campaign, ,
Jackson street bridgu pedes
trians wondering If a whal ha
com up Bear creek and uiasarl
out under th span.