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FORTRESSES'DELIVERTIAMAGIHG BLOW AT BREME
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Tip-Off By Qerman Spy Qave
Japs Help At Pearl Harbor
^VASHINGTON, June 14—(UP)
—A German spy played a major
role in the attack on Pearl Har-
bor, providing the Japanese with
the numbers and types of Am-
^I'ican ships there and devising
and operating a system of light
sljpials for betrayal of the U. S.
fleet four days before the at-
tack, the Office of War Informa-
tion revealed today.
« Bernard Julius Otto Kuehn, a
erman agent and member of
the Nazi party, was arrested
Dec. 8, 1941 found guilty of es-
pionage by a military commission
on Feb. 21, 1042, and sentenced
<S be, shot. On Oct. 2fi, 1942, his
sentence was commuted to 50
years at hard labor. Kuehn
claims that he missed becoming
Gestapo chief under Heinyrich
Himmler because R e in h a r d
"Hangman" Heydrich "double-
crossed" him.
One signal devised by Kuehn
for the Japanese fleet was a
light from a dormer window in
his house at Kalama, a small
community located at Kai Lua,
Oahu, on the eastern side of
the island. Another light was
to he flashed from a Lanikai
beach house owned by Kuehn.
Kuehn was aided by his
wife and his stepdaughter, i
The latter operated a beau-
ty parlor for servicemen's
wives near Pearl Harbor.
The OWI release was based
on information from the Feder-
al Bureau of Investigation. Many
details were lacking, for exam-
ple, if and when the lights were
actually flashed, and to whom.
If they were flashed to units
of the Japanese fleet, as appar-
ently intended, it indicated that
enemy vessels must have been
fairly close to the islands.
Kuehn was first admitted to
the United States at Honolulu
on Aug. 15, 1935, ostensibly to
study the Japanese language. He
never returned to Germany but
made two trips to Japan. Be-
tween then and 1941 only frag-
mentary knowledge of his activi-
ties is available, but in the
early fall of 1940 the now fam-
ous dormer window in his house
was constructed, and the FBI
files show the following about
his "work" just prior to the Pearl
Harbor attack: •
On or about Oct. 25, 1941, $14,-
000 in cash was delivered to
Kuehn, at his residence with
the dormer window, by Tadasi
Morimura, fourth secretary of
the Japanese consulate.
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Qrotip In House Would Liquidate NYA
REDS SEIZE 4
VILLAGES ON
OREL SECTOR
HOST OF FIT
FATHERS TO
BE DRAFTED
WASHINGTON, June 14 —
(UP) — The house appropria-
A'ons committee today called for
complete liquidation of the Na-
tional Youth Administration on
grounds that its functions no
longer are necessary in time of
war.
fThe committee voted agnmst
ny new funds to the agency
in a combined labor department-
federal security agency appropri-
ation bill. In this bill the com-
mittee took Sill,421,630 out of
<£.inds for various agencies, in-
cluding NYA. which are under di-
rection of Federal Security Ad-
ministrator Paul V. McNutt.
The bill carries $1,08«,5«2,-
499 for the labor depart-
* liient, federal security afen-
cy and related agencies such
as the war manpower com-
mission. This is $124,OM,-
524 less than their appropri-
ations for fiscal 1943 and
^ $127,408.611 less than the bud-
get estimates for 1944.
McNj;tt's two agencies — the
war manpower commission and
the federal security agency—ab-
sorbed the bulk of the economy-
winded committee's cuts. From
a $712,486,310 request for the
security agency the committee
chopped $39,643,930, and from a
$181,830,000 request for the man-
power commission — including
£,e NYA—It cut $71,777,700. The
committee earlier this year re
fused a 1943 deficiency appropri
ation of $2,454,000 requested by
McNutt to adjust salaries in
WMC's employment servir^
♦ Approval of the bill was ac-
companied by release of testi-
mony before subcommittees,
highlights of which were:
1. Selective service's ex-
pectation to have to draft
• most physically-fit fathers re-
gardless of the number they
support. That will be neces-
sary to meet the 10,900,000
man goal for early 1944 and
monthly calls of 100,000 to
® 125,000 thereafter to provide
replacements for casualties.
2. "Unofficial discussions"
among government officials con-
sidering maintenance of an arm-
^1 force of about 2,500,000 men
•for a considerable time" after
the war.
3. Statistics revealing that near-
ly 23 per cent of the army's re-
jections of men are because of
#ental and nervous disorders,
hey led Selective Service Direc
or Lewis B. Hershey to wonder
whether "maybe we are all un-
fit for modern war." Of 2,870,000
rejections, 667,200 were for men-
ial disease, neurological disorder
l r mental deficiency.
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Weather Forecast
SWEETWATER — Tempera-
tures: high yesterday, 90; low
Mils morning, 70; high at noon
Today. 83; continued cloudy; high
winds; not much change in tem-
perature.
WEST TEXAS—Little change
In temperature tonight. Scatter-
thundershowers in Del Rlo-
kgle Pass area, Big Bend coun-
try and Pecos Valley today and
early tonight. Fresh to strong
winds in Panhandle, South
and Pe?0§ valley today.
SECOND FOOD PRESERVATION CLASS
BEING HELD AT REAGAN WEDNESDAY
The* second food preservation
demonstration, sponsored by the
Board of City Development, and
taught by Mrs. Elsie Gilkerson,
will be iield at the Junior High
school beginning at ten o'clock
Wednesday morning.
Although the enrollment, for
Wednesday's class is almost full
Mrs. Gilkerson indicated that
she could "take a few more."
Facilities at the Junior high
school are adequate for twenty
women, but fifteen have alrea-
dy enrolled. They are. Mrs. A.
Union Labor Accused
Of Trying To Crucify
U. S. Agriculture
WASHINGTON, June 14 —
(UP) — Secretary Charles W.
Holinan of the National cooper-
ative milk producers federation
today accused organized labor
of trying to "crucify American
agriculture" with a subsidy-
rollback program for food pri-
ces.
In a statement prepared for
delivery before the senate
banking and currency committee
on extension of the commodity
credit corporation, Holman as-
serted that labor "by commando
thrusts," had in the last four
years obtained wage advances
"so great that labor now has a
net profit of 40.6 per cent above
the total rise in the urban cost,
of living in that same period."
"Not satisfied witlj these
gains. AFL President William
Green and his colleagues, confi-
dant that they have the backing
are making our price policies,
of the super-new dealers who
now ask for additional gains in
real wages in price rollbacks
and subsidies," he said.
H. Fortner, Mrs. Roy Carrigan,
Mrs. H. A. Tansil, Mrs. T. H.
Kent. Mrs. C W. Breeding, Mrs.
W. W. Travland, Mrs. Kenneth
Camp, Mrs. A. J. Wimberly, Mrs.
Virgil Richburg., Mrs. G. H.
Diehlmann, Mrs. II. R. Bondies,
Mrs. John Darnell. Mrs. G. M.
Burnett. Mrs. J. M. Gibson and
Mrs. Elsie Robinson.
The same method of food con-
servation will be demonstrated
again this Meek as were taught
last Wednesday, Mrs. Gilker-
son explained These methods
are. the water bath method for
acid fruits and vegetables, oven
and sun types of dehydration
on garden production, and the
pressure cooker system for non-
acid foods.
Women who have pressure
cookers are urged to bring them
to the Wednesday class and have
the gauges checked free of
charge, Milo K. Roth, BCD man-
ager. said.
"The. idea behind these clas-
ses is that we want to save just
as much of the production ot
Sweetwater's Victory gardens as
is possible," Mrs. Gilkerson ad-
ded. Perhaps some of the house-
wives will pass this informa-
tion and training to their neigh-
bors and friends.
WILLKIE BOOK
REVIEWED AT
ROTARY MEET
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COFFEE—Stamp Mo. 23 good
for one pound, expires May 30.
Stamp No. 24, good for one
pornd, expires June 30. Book
No. I.
SI (JAR—Stamp No. 12. good
for five pounds, expires May 31.
Stamp No. 13, good for five
pounds, becomes valid .June I,
expires August 13. For canning,
Stamps 15 and 10 good for five
pounds each. Book No. t.
SHOES—Stamp No. 17 good
for one pair until .lime 15. Book
No. 1.
GASOLINE—Stamps No. 6 of
A-books good for four gallons
each until July 22. Book No. 1.
CANNED AND PROCESSED
vegetables and fruits, with bine
stamps ft, H and J, June 7. K,
L, and M became valid Monday,
May 24, good through July 7.
MEATS, FATS and CHEESES
with red stamps E, F , ft, and
H, expire midnight May 31. Red
Stamp J expires June 30. Red
Stamp K becomes valid May 80
lad expires Jane 30.
Wendell Willkie's recent book
"One World" was the subject of
a discussion before the Sweet-
water Rotary club today by Le-
land Glass.
With a figurative pointer,
| Glass traced the epochal flight
of U'illkie in which he.covered
31.000 miles around the world
and compressed his impressions
of what ho saw and heard be-
tween the two covers of one
book.
It, was at Cairo, Egypt, Will-
kie's first stop, that he began
to run athwart the cross-cur-
rents of world economics and
politics set in motion by the
war. It was the personality of
General Montgomery of the
British army, the man who
cracked Rommel's forces and
drove them into the sea. that
Impressed Willkie. Here he also
had the opportunity to visit, the
front with Montgomery.
The contrast of the apparent
squalor of the general popula-
tion with that of technical de-
velopment brought here and
there in the war zone by the
Americans and allies affected
Willkie greatly, explained
Glass.
Willkie's next stop whs
Persia, Turkey and the near
cast. Again the lack of sani-
tation facilities impressed
See WILKIE BOOK Page 8
Dempsey Divorce
Trial Completed
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y„ June
H __ (tUP) — Trial of the div-
orce suit of Lt. Comdr. William
H. (Jack) Dempsey against his
former show girl wife, Hannah
Williams Dempsey, was com-
pleted shortly after 2 p m to-
day and Official Referee J. Ad-
cUsQn Vour.g reserved decision,
MOSCOW. June 14—(UP)—Red
Army troops seized four villag-
es in a surprise attack northeast
of Orel on the South-Central
front, it was announced today as
the toll of German planes de-
stroyed during the past two
weeks of extei sive air warfare
mounted to 1,300.
At least 300 German officers
and men were killed in the suc-
cessful ground assault just north-
west of Mtsensk, 30 miles north-
east of Orel on the railroad to
Moscow, and in the repulse of a
series of futile enemy counter-
attacks, the mid-day communi-
que said.
(Radio Berlin said the German
high command acknowledged
that 3,200 Russian troops breach-
ed the German lines around Orel
in bitter hand-to-hand fighting
early Friday. The broadcast
claimed, however, that a Ger-
man counter-attack restored the
situation At least 500 Russians
were killed in the fighting, Ber-
lin said.)
The fighting qlso cost the
Germans nine artillery and
mortar batteries destroyed
and eight tanks burned-out
or disabled. Three German
planes were brought down
by Soviet infantrymen with
their rifles and in addition,
• the Soviets captured 20 ma-
chine-guns, two stores of war
material, food supplies and
an unannounced number of
prisoners.
The steady whittling-down of
enemy air power on the eastern
front in advance of anticipated
large-scale ground action was
reflected in the announcement in
the Sunday midnight communi-
que that 548 German planes were
shot down or destroyed on ene-
my airdromes last week while
Russian losses totaled only 153.
Coupled with losses inflicted
on the enemy the previous week,
this brought the Soviet bag of
enemy planes to an even 1.300 at
a total cost to the Soviets of 365
planes—« ratio of almost four-to-
one.
The Russians pressed their air
offensive against enemy bases
Saturday night
Victory Corps
Battles Tonight
On Weed Seder
Instructors and student of-
ficers of the Victory Corps
today were notifying the* 300
Corps members of the big
job on hand tonight — the
weed chopping festivities on
the 10-arre School Victory
ftarden.
The garden battalion will
meet at (1:30, bringing hoes
for the Job. The girls also
Mill bring sandwiches, and
the boys cookies or fruit
for a big picnic after 8
o'clock, when weeds hare
been exterminated. '
I
SOUTH UNITS
CONCENTRATE
ON SICILY
GENERAL EISENHOWER ON BRITISH CR UISER—General Dwight Eisenhower photo-
graphed aboard a British Cruiser that led naval forces into close range to test fire of enemy
shore batteries of Pantelleria. Left to right are: Commodore R. M. Dick, Admiral Sir Andrews
Cunningham, Naval Comich Mediterannean and Middle East and General Eisenhower. (Army
Signal Corps Radiotelephot o from NEA Telephoto).
GERMANY MUST KNOCK OUT RUSSIANS
THIS YEAR TO ESCAPE FULL DEFEAT
WASHINGTON, June 14—(UPi—Germany is judged today to
have one last, chance to avoid unconditional surrender defeat.
That is to get Russia out of the war this year by force or persu-
asion
Next year probably would be too late. And there does not
appear to be a single responsible civilian or military figure here
who believes Germany can eliminate Russia by persuasion or by
any method other than annihilation of the Red Army.
The odds against a negotiated Russo-German peace would be
1,000-to-l. Neither do military ex-
perts believe the Axis can lick
the Red Army this year.
It vvas two years ago this
month that, Germany began un-
declared war on the Soviet Un-
ion. The war department then
was so ill-informed on Red army
equipment, and fighting power
that an officer, presented to a
selected group of newspaper re-
porters as tile department's Rus-
sian export soon after the open-
ing shot was fired, risked his
reputation in that, capacity on
the statement thpt only an act
See GERM \NS Page R
GERMAN AIR
UNITS MAY
'RETREAT'
LONDON. June 14 — (UP)—
Military sources said today that
American bringing • uids on
northwest < erniany would for-
ce the Nazis to withdraw a
large portion of the day fighter
planes recently massed in wes-
tern France and the low coun-
tries.
Competent observers doubted
the Germans long would permit
the Fortresses and Liberators to
blast the Reich against opposi-
tion that—while very strong—is
still of an emergency nature
They were expected to sacrifice
some of their strength in France
and adjacent occupied territory
to reinforce with their top notch |
day-fighters the region of the
reich slugged repeatedly by the
Americans.
Any such move would repre- |
sent an aerial retreat and a
major allied victory, compara-
ble to the first big air victory
in the battle of Britain.
Ten of the last 18 American
daylight targets have been in
northwest Germany. In all the
Americans were opposed by
large numbers of night fighters,
their black paint standing out
like shooting gallery targets
aainst the blue sky.
Bessie, The Sow, Does
Her Bit In Big Way
FT. WORTH, Tex June
14 — (UP) — There'll be lit-
tle, if any shortage of pork
in the Sam Avarello, jr.,
household.
"Bessie," a sow owned by
the Lake Worth farmer,
gave birth to a litter nf 20
pigs over the weekend. Eigh-
teen still are alive.
Jap Air Raiders
Almost Wiped Oul
WASHINGTON. June 14 —
(UP) — American fliers in the
Solomon Islands virtually wiping
out a second large Japanese aer-
ial raiding force within a week,
today claimed 1,038 Japanese pla-
nes shot down during the 10-
months Solomons campaign.
Navy, marine and army fliers
fought a series of furious dog
fights over the American held
j Russell Islands north of Guad-
i alcanal Saturday, shooting down
| 25 and possibly 33 enemy Zeros
out of a raiding forre nf 40 or
50.
I Six American planes were lost
but four of the six pilots were
rescued.
It was the second time last
week that large numbers of Ja-
panese planes were destroyed
over the (Solomons. On June 7,
See JAP. AIR Page 6
OlD GLORY
FLIES 10DAY
ON FLAG DAY
"O'er the land of the free and
the home of the brave" Old Glo-
ry has waved for 167 years, to-
day —Flag Day.
In Sweetwater flagpoles are
flying the colors that symbolize
the four freedoms.
Speaking over KXOX on the
weekly Sunday afternoon radio
program. A, S. Mauzey, 32nd ju-
dicial district judge, told of the
flag being "born and dedicated
to freedom 167 years ago" It
was adapted with ideals Jnd rep-
resents "you." When designing
the flag they "reached up to
heaven for the blue and i'dded
the stars" to the 13 stripes rep-
resenting of the 13 oilginal col-
onies of our republic
"It n the only la~io in the
world where 48 soverign sta-
tes," he said "superior on their
own power can unite, prosper
and go forward."
He told, in stressing the free-
dom of our land, that it was a
"land where jitterbugs could
enjoy the juke box, where folks
could pack the baseball park,
where football fans could root
and scream for their favorites,
the land of the manv nationali-
ties united for one democracy.
"Our only stain is that of the
Civil War—the brother's war
May we never make that bltin-
der again " He summed up by
saying that it would wave to
tell the world of freedom, in
the Philippines again and over
Tokyo and Perl in.
Chinese Running
Roughshod Over
Demoralized Japs
CHUNGKING. June 14—(UP)
—Chinese troops were reported
today to be running roughshod
over apparently demoralized Ja-
panese forces along the south
bank of the Yangtze southeast of
Ichang. capturing several new
points and inflicting heavy cas-
ualties.
A communique said that while
the Chinese shock forces harried
the retreating Japanese, other
units were mopping up enemy
remnants In the newly occupied
areas.
INVASION AIR
FORCE GETS
NEW LEADER
LONDON. June 14—(UPi—Or-
ganization of the air force for
invasion operations moved for-
ward another step today with
creation of a Britain-based tac-
tical airforce to work with a
field army.
Air Vice Marshal John Henry
D' Albiac, 52, was named to
head the force which will be
part of tne fighter command.
The tactical force absorbed the
army cooperations command for-
med in 1940 to experiment in
land-air combined tactics.
Experience gained in North
Africa resulted in the formation
of the tacticai gunifr similar to
a set-up already in existence in
the I". S. army air force in the
European theater.
The Sunday Chronicle publish-
ed an interview with Gen. Jacob
L. Devers. commander of U S.
forces in the European theater,
in which he predicted some tac-
tical surprises for the Nazis
when the Allies begin their in-
vasion. German claims of ability
to wipe out two-thirds of a
landing force in three days are
"ridiculous." Devers said.
Indirect reports from invasion-
conscious Italy indicated increas-
! ing nervousness there.
By United' Press
The American air force In
Britain announced today that
its Flying Fortress raid on the
big German U-boat base and
shipbuilding center of Bremen
yesterday caused heavy damage,
as revealed by nhotographs of
the bombing targets.
The Fortress attack on Bre-
men. together with a companion
raid on Kiel, cost the Eighth
United States air force 26 heavy
bombers, a record number for a
single day's operations from Bri-
tain.
The American raid highlight-
ed a 48-hour offensive against
Germany in which allied bom-
bers delivered a record weignt
of explosives to strategic ob
jectives in the Reich.
it the same time allied air
fleets from North Africa
focused an offensive on Sic-
ily, Italian bastion battered
by two days and night of
bombardment.
The southern aerial campaign
swung to Sicily after the sur-
render of three Mediterranean
island outposts — Pantelleria.
Lampedusa and Linosa — in
three days, while the record-
breaking offenive by American
and British planes against Ger-
many tapered off
Russia appeared to have join-
ed the western allies in their
announced intention of trying
to bomb the axis into submis-
sion. The Red Air Force was
smashing night after night at
German air bases behind the
Eastern front, and Nazi plane
losses in the last two weeks
given bv Moscow as 1,300.
American heavy bombers
from the Middle East command
took up the t impaign against
Sicily yesterday where British
bombers left off Satudra.y night
after the northwest African air
forces had destroyed or damag-
ed 150 Axi- plares in raids on
three airdromes the day before.
The United States bombers
hit the airdromes at Catania
aivi - Get au'.l reported ser-
ious damage at both places. Five
axis planes were shot down and
three destroyed by exploding
bombs as they tried to take off.
TODAYS
WAR
MCVI5
(Reg. C. ft, Pat. Officei
By Youis 1 Keemle
IP War Analyst
! Premier Hideki Tojo's warn-
j ing to 'he Japanese that the war
! situation is "critical" is hardly
| an understatement., in view of
the developments in the Europ-
ean zone.
Allied operations in the Med
I iterranean. the impending as-
! sault on Western Europe and
| the display of Russian strength
! on the eastern front, are bring-
j ing the war closer to Japan at
a speed the Tokyo war lords
| had not anticipated.
i Japan's strategic plans have
been thrown completely out of
line by a series of unfavorable
developments which have forc-
ed Tokyo to chart a new cour-
se. This course is entire!*' lack-
ing in the beautiful simplicity
of the one the Japanese original-
ly laid out Now their plans
have e -ne awry and they face
an uncertain and bewildering
future
Japan's M'otlblrs strm <!!
rectly from Hitler's failure
♦o make good on bis war
program, particulalry that
part of it which dealt with
the ('rstrnction of Russian
millt'iry power and British
power in the Middle and
ar Fast.
The other principal miscalcu
See WAR MOVES Page 5
OLD RAIL MAX DIES
HOUSTON, Tex . June 14 —
(UP)—The body of Alfred Ry-
land Howard, 91-year-old form-
er vice-president and treasurer
of the International-Great Nor-
thern railroad, was sent to Pales
tine. Tex., today for burial How
ard died in the home of a son.
State Rep George F. Howard,
here Sunday.
Tiny lampione
Only Sicilian
Island Led
By United Press
The only island in the Sicilian
Straits today still in Italian
hands is Lampione. just west of
Lampedusa, but it is smaller ev-
fcn than Linosa and has no mili-
tary or naval value.
Lampedusa capitulated at 7 p.
m. Saturday after 30 hours of
aerial and naval bombardment.
The aerial attack began imme-
diately after the surrender of
Pantelleria. 90 miles to the north-
west., shortly before noon Friday
and continued almost ceaseless-
ly until the garrison hoisted
white flags.
Four cruisers and six destroy-
er.? shelled the island twice dur-
ing Friday night and at inter-
vals throughout Saturday. Ene-
my batteries replied but ceased
fire on. being engaged.
Heavy raids on Sicily began
Saturday even before Lampeciu-
-a's surrender was received. Fly-
ing Fortresses dropped fragmen-
tation bombs that spread shrap-
nel among nearly 150 planes
parked on the Castel-Vetrano
Pee ISLAND Page 4
Negro Bootlegger
Assessed $122 Fine
Tim Wright, a Sweetwater ne-
gro. entered a plea of guilty to
a county court charge of possess-
i ing intoxicating liquor for sale,
was fined $100 and costs, totaling
! srv7 4n The ease was tried before
County Judg° Delas Reeves
Wright was arrested Sunday
j night by the police department
who found a quantity of liquor
i in his possession, and turned It
! over to the county for trial
HEAR YE' YEAR YE! THE
WANT ADS RENT
ANOTHER APARTMENT
.' D CMldress placed the
| following ad'
; Three room furnished apt.
for rent. Frlgidaire. Bills
paid 900 East Avenue B
And he had eight calls on the
place. It seems too good to be
•rue. If you have rental proper-
ty, why not place an ad today
\nd watch the results pile up.
"all now to—
The REPORTER WANT ADS
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