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THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1942 THE BEAUFORT NEWS, BEAUFORT, N. C. PAGE TWO WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Federal Agents Foil Sabotage Plot With Capture of Nazi Spies in East; Rommel Forces Drive Toward Suez; Germany Opens New Russian Front Released by Western -lff! TURKEY " k fy- HAjfA Zfr- -ftlFEXANDRIA I .0" CAI5 SL EGYPT The long, solid black line shows the course of Nazi Field Marshal Rommel's African army in its drive toward Alexandria and the Sues canal. The dotted line, beginning at a point beyond Tobruk, shows the coastal route toward the canal, which connects the Mediterranean with the Bed sea. The short, doited line from Crete shows the short distance that need be flown to launch a Nazi air attack. The dotted line, starting from the swastika at the left, shows a possible German encircling move from Greece through Palestine then back to meet the Kommel arm of the drive. SABOTEURS: Major Failure A dramatic story cf attempted Nazi sabotage in the United States was unfolded by FBI agents who rounded up eight master sabo teurs trained by Nazi experts and landed by rubber boats from two submarines at Amagansett beach, Long Island, and Ponte Vedra beach, Fla. The four Germans who landed at Amagansett beach rowed ashore in the early hours of the morning after the submarine had crept within 500 yards of the beach. From caches in the beach sands, FBI men recov ered huge stores of powerful explo sives buried by the men when they landed. Approximately $170,000 in American currency was carried by the Nazi agents to pay accomplices. Objectives assigned to the men in cluded the bombing of Hell Gate railroad bridge, the bombing of all bridge approaches to New York city, bombing of the New York wa ter supply lines and the blasting of other vital objectives. Each of the agents was provided with many types of forged creden tials, including social security cards and selective service cards. Their traveling bags were equipped with secret compartments for money and documents. A sequel to the story came with the arrest of several accomplices of the eiijht men, some of whom are regarded as associates of the Nazi agents who may have intended to take part in the sabotage effort. Two of the accomplices were arrested in Chicago. NEW OFFENSIVE: In Russia German troops opened a third summer front with a new offensive near Kursk, 120 miles north of Kharkov and 280 miles south of Moscow. The drive was opened even as more and more Nazi troops were poured against Russian de fenses in the Kharkov and Sevasto pol battles. A Soviet communique said that ". . . in the Kursk direction, fight ing'commenced against the German troops who had gone over to the of fensive." The Nazi drive was launched from entrenchments which they had held through the great Russian counteroffensive of last win ter and spring. Kursk is located on the Moscow Crimean railroad in an agricultural area just north of the Ukraine. On an almost-straight line with Kharkov and Moscow, it was important for Its anti-tank gun works, arti ficial rubber factory and cartridge plant. Marshal Semyon Timoshenko an nounced the stemming of a German advance east of Kupyanks, then launched a counterattack on one key sector and pushed westward. German dispatches announced that operations on the Kharkov front were successfully concluded, but Russian communiques said the Red army was counterattacking success fully in several areas. A German break-through east of Kursk would threaten vital Russian communications and might bring Soviet forces in the Kharkov sector within reach of an encirclement movement from the north. U. S. POWER: In Europe One of the most important angles of the 1,000 plane raid by the British Royal Air force on Bremen, Ger man submarine and shipbuilding base, was the first official admis sion that U. S.-made aircraft took part in the main operations of a bombing raid of this scale. These planes were reported to be Lock-heed-Hudsons, usually used to hunt subs on the high seas and not in their bases. Newspaper union. ROMMEL IN EGYPT: Fluid Fighting In the battle for Egypt, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, director of the Axis drive toward Suez, struck at the British eighth army with the full weight of three armored divi sions backed by artillery and infan try. The first major British stand In Egypt, 15 miles west of Matruh, was by-passed early by mechanized units. The Nazi high command an nounced in a special communique the "storming" of Matruh. The Axis striking force was aimed at Alexan dria, 165 miles away, and the Suez canal beyond. Seriousness of the sit uation was evidenced by the fact that Nazi and Italian forces were within 150 miles of the fertile Nile valley, where 98 per cent of Egyptians live. The British communique stated that "Enemy forces which have by passed our position west of Matruh were met by our battle troops. Some of our armored forces attacked enemy forces west of Matruh." An Italian communique said the Axis army had reached a position on the coast road about 19 miles beyond Matruh and that several hun dred prisoners were captured. OFFICIAL SCORE: In Battle of Midway Official score of the Midway bat tle has been announced by the navy department and the results were more heartening than had been pre viously supposed. At least 10 Japanese ships were sunk, including four aircraft car riers, and at least eight others were damaged. Sunk in addition to the carriers were two 8,500 ton cruisers, three destroyers, and one or more transport or cargo vessels. Prob ably sunk was a fourth destroyer. Damaged were two and probably three battleships, three or more heavy cruisers, one light cruiser and three transport or cargo ships. All the aircraft about the four Japanese cruisers, totaling about 275 planes, and all the aerial forces were lost, the communique said. American losses were reported earlier. They included an aircraft carrier damaged, a destroyer sunk and some American planes lost SUGAR RATIONS: May Be Upped A moderate increase in sugar ra tions possibly half a pound per coupon has been hinted by officials of the Office of Price Administra tion. A survey of sugar stocks in the United States shows that the supply in the hands of consumers is 50 per cent less than a year ago. Stocks held by primary distributors are 20 per cent below 1941 and total sugar stock on hand is one-third less than at this time last year. Final decision on the ration in crease depends largely upon pros pects of sugar shipments from Puer to Rico and Cuba during the next six months. In addition, the deci sion will hinge on information which is becoming available on actual dis tribution under the rationing sys tem. "The real question," one official said, "is how much sugar is going to be brought in from the Caribbean area." SECOND FRONT: And Russian Hopes Russia's fears that a second front may fail to realization were allayed by Foreign Commissar V. M. Mo- lotov who reported complete agree ment between Washington and Lon don on a United Nations offensive in the west The joint statement issued by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill was hailed as proof of the approaching Allied offensive. PRODUCTION: Silence Broken America's strict seal of wartime silence on production of materials for fighting the war was broken by President Roosevelt when he dis closed figures which as he put it, would not give "aid and comfort" to the enemy. In fact these production figures would likely have the opposite ef fect according to most Washington observers, for it was revealed that In May, U. S. factories produced nearly 4.000 planes, 1,500 tanks, 2.000 artillery and anti-tank guns, 50,000 machine guns and about 50,000 sub-machine guns. The White House announcement of these figures came at the close of the Churchill-Roosevelt conferences and indicated that the strategy of the war had progressed to a point where a definite plan was develop ing. This meant the problem now resolved itself into providing a method for getting these huge sup plies being turned out in the U. S. to the second front; how to con tinue the flow of supplies to Russia and how to even still more speed up the output of American ma chines. CCC: Lease on Life In a dramatic move. Vice Presi dent Henry A. Wallace came to the aid of the Civilian Conservation corps and with his vote broke a sen ate tie to give at least a temporary lease on life to the seemingly doomed CCC. By a vote of 32 to 32, the senate approved an appropriation of $76, 529,800 for CCC financing during the 1943 fiscal year. Previously the house had voted to liquidate the agency, one of the earliest New Deal ventures. House-senate differences will have to be ironed out in conference on the bill appropriating $1,157,498,426 for the labor department, Federal Security administration and related agencies. This bill contains CCC funds. The senate was tense as the roll call vote was taken on the CCC is sue. The first call showed that 28 members favored continuation of the CCC; 24 members were op posed. The vote emerged 32 to 32 in a recapitulation. Then, from the chair, Vice President Wallace an nounced that the vote was a tie, and added: "The chair votes In the affirma tive." JAP SETBACK: In China Linhsien, a major Japanese base in the Honan-Shansi border area west of the Peiping-Hankow railway, has been recaptured by Chinese troops, dispatches revealed. A total of 5,500 Japs were killed in 13 days of combat, the dispatches added. The recapture of Linhsien came as good news to Russia. Chinese observers were convinced that the Japanese operations in this north China area were a prelude to a surprise attack on Siberia. The day following the recapture of Linhsien was marked by a counteroffensive against the city. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's troops beat off CHIANG KAI-SHEK Good newt for Russia. the attack, chasing the Japanese into mountainous regions where the Japs "face imminent annihilation." A Chinese communique said that Chinese troops had recaptured Lin ping in the southern region of the Kianksi-Hunan border front. BRIEFS: BLOOD MONET: Two Czechs have divided a German reward of 10,000,000 Czech crowns ($500,000) for supplying information which led to the shooting of two men as the assassins of Reinhard Heydrich, Reich hangman. A Berlin broad cast stated that an additional half million crowns was paid to seven Germans and 52 Czechs. CRITICAL: Back in Ottawa after his Washington conference, Canadi an Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King declared to his house of com mons that this is one of the "most critical periods of the war" and es timated that the fighting might con tinue three or four additional years. COMMAND: Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault, commander of the American Volunteer Group in the Chinese air force, will remain in control of air operations against the Japanese in China after his "Flying Tigers" are inducted into the United States air force. 1 - Beauty on Production line Helps 'Keep 'Em Flying' iZ-i i f V ' t i 1 i i. -1 Ft Jr it Sat fyfjr vf I 1 ; These girls wear various types of protective headgear while they produce the tools to whittle down the Axis. The girl at the right provides the touch of the eternal feminine with a flower in her hair. (Photos approved by war department.) wwiiiim i i. urn " TOFT'' M W'WFm,fPwVx',W'y"lit' ,yv'f$ I fa X M II - fss V .'--'- ,Vi jJ ' ill - : tin mi am a s Marge has her luncheon on the job in a big aircraft plant, where she is one of hundreds of women who are keeping 'em flying. ; 4. .'Tn And here is an ex-laundry girl doing an important bit to help wash up the Axis. She is proud to be helping Uncle Sam. mm ml iii iff' Women are playing a vital role in the tear effort, prin cipalis in the great aircraft factories. Some of these at CJ tractive women might easily be carving out a career for themselves in the movies, but they are content to star on the production line. The pretty tcorker at the Curtiss -Wright propellor plant shown above stands at the apex of a V formed by two lines of propellors. An office worker before the war, this girl now works a milling ma chine on a bronze nut-line in the Curtiss-W right propellor plant. 6 m This plastic -masked worker now operates a lathe on a nut-line as expertly as any male machin ist. She was once a stenographer. I i ll r: jw m a m i hi . Mm ' sm ; -i In (fl rt ui Mm Washington, D. C. SUPPLIES TO RUSSIA The fates and the weather were good to the Russians last winter. But now another twist of fate and the weather are working against the United States and Russia. It so happens that the rolar ice cap this year has come farther south than at any other time in 100 years. This has pushed the ship ping lanes by which U. S. convoys carry supplies to Murmansk, closer and closer to Norway and the pow erful Nazi bases there. Result is that only 200 miles of sea separate the polar ice packs and the coast of Norway a very narrow gauntlet for ships to run, facing simultaneous attack from Nazi submarines, airplanes and de stroyers. This is why there have been losses on the route to Russia. It is also why the United States has not been able to deliver all the supplies promised Russia though it as tried desperately and the Russians have tremendously appreciated the effort. To prey on this shipping, the Nazis have developed one of their strongest bases at Trondhelm, Nor way. There they have not only submarines, but land-based air planes. They also have the advan tage during Jie 3ummer of nearly 24 hours of daylight. Therefore, convoys skirting the north tip of Norway have to fight a running battle for three days be fore they can reach Murmansk. It is continuous day and night fighting, with scarcely a wink of sleep for the crews. Merchant vessels bristle with armament. Guncrews have been giving a magnificent account of themselves, bjt the odds are tre mendous. FRANCE GOES ANTI-NAZI It can be no secret to the Nazis that cores of Frenchmen are sneak ing out of France to England by small boat or even airplane. Some eventually have found their way to the United States. The story they tell is one of the most encouraging of the war pic tures, but it shows our state depart ment to be lagging months behind in its policy toward France. The people of France, say these heroes of midnight channel-crossings, are so far ahead of the U. S. state department that it would be humorous if it were not pathetic. U. S. food shipments to French North Africa, they say, won't help win over the French people; if any thing, will retard the independence movement there. The French have been won over by much greater issues than food, and are insulted at the state de partment's idea that they would sell their souls for a mess of pottage. Here are the major developments which have really influenced France: 1. The behavior of the Germans in France. 2. The fact that Britain was not only able to prevent Nazi invasion, but now is so effectively bombing the continent 3. The resistance of the Russians. 4. American entry into the war. Of all these, one of the most ef fective incidents was the British bombing of the Renault motor plant (Frenchmen had been tipped off to leave in advance), and the drop ping of the French flg along the Champs Elysee by a British fighter plane last week. So when the Big Push does come, it will find a. enthusiastic French people anxious to co-operate. Note: The French fleet, these Frenchmen say, now will not be turned over to Hitler not because of food shipments, but because the French sailors won't permit it; and the Nazis haven't got the 35,000 naval personnel available to man them. AXIS OILFIELDS Behind the frequent Jap bombing raids on North Australia is a very important fact which has escaped the headlines. As long as General MacArthur's planes are based on North Australia, the Japs can't go ahead with their long-cherished plans to develop the oil fields of Java. For long-range U. S. army bombers can carry pay loads to Java and make a shambles of oil tanks and oil wells. That Is why the Japs still want to take North Australia, though slncj the Coral sea battle they have cooled oft on the Idea of landing troops in the more populated and richer areas of southeast Australia which, in cidentally, are now strongly defended. This same principle of long dis tance raids by U. S. army bombers is cutting into Hitler's oil supply in Rumania. For Rumanian oil tanks are well above ground and easy targets. To date, Hitler's only source of gasoline, so vital to his tanks and airplanes, are (1) synthetic plants in Germany, and (2) Rumania. That's why be has to take the Rus sian oil fields or the war can't con tinue. So the most valuable help army bombers can give Russia is to blow up Rumanian oil wells. Tiny pearl onions make tempt ing garnishes.for vegetable salads or canapes. When ironing no matter what the article, the important thing is to iron it until absolutely dry. Use a whisk broom, kept for the purpose, and hot water to sprinkle the clothes. They will be more evenly dampened than when sprin kled by hand. Equal amounts of coffee and heated milk, sweetened to taste, make an appetizing drink. Old army and National Guard cloth - covered canteens, which may be purchased at army and navy stores, may be used in place of rubber hot-water bottles. If you perspire too freely, throw a handful of salt into your bath water. To make a jelly bag, use a piece of thin muslin, hem the top after seaming it. Leave the hem open a little at each end. Run two strings or pieces of tape through the openings and fasten the ends of the tape. This leaves you a string to pull at either end. When fruit is in the bag, pull up each string, tie them together and hang on a hook to drip. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT MONUMENTS A most welcome gift to any pipe-smoker or roll-your-own fan now in our armed forces is a pound of his favorite tobacco. Nu merous surveys have shown that tobacco is the No. 1 gift on the service man's list. A favorite with many of our soldiers, sailors, ma rines, and Coast Guardsmen is Prince Albert, the largest-selling smoking tobacco in the world. If you have a friend or relative in the Army, Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard who smokes a pipe or rolls-his-own, send a pound can of Prince Albert. 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