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TWO THE DAII'Y PARAGRAPH. BLOOMIKGTON. ILU. TUESDAY. JULY 7.

1312 pnos'i: TESTED IN BATTLE Rnmhc Ronlnr-o MACKENZIE viuv, WIIIUI I JI liRed Setbacks U.S. Tank Men Fight in Libya To Be Expected f- i tween Knightsbridge and Acroma to protect the withdrawal of South African infantry from the t-y --Tffr. 4 j-rrl of I -J uiJ lir crrTlfv Mighty Hitler Effort Still Far From Goals II 111 WITT Mt Kl NZJC CIrf.fitml Opinion) Tv rthl rvl f.rrrrt tf It.tUr'f mammoth rffrn, r.Ri the in Lv. Ku'iJt-Kharkov criK-ial It U. MlUr fre rncfa Uui iw IWIr war mile rtlr4 IK rtrer.

Utm UrrWl fatay th Rat IhH crrat 4vaac. Wli errt IK l4rr rfepr lU Ktr UrrltT IMm lhT In IWU all drlt Ul year. Kt4 Hitler is fljifir.f rte nen-a cuioAl fwfee -xa-iit Utel IJobhevUS p.t.ons ta Uve vaTey sacriiWe of l.fe in an ef- fart la cut hU tt fa with the bUxU CweuS'i youth. SlraUgy ruin. Scouts Wil Distribute Price Lontrol Leatlets Com Bel Troop VIl Reach Every Family In Rve Counties rvt y.

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Uuis ii wit, Mniitngiy i rvattle. Wanh Kmilinrly show Hutch Harbor in Alaska. XM END OF A NAZI IN Xvs EG AiT 1 1 lit Invinrible superman, W-rnnI ft U(! strrel' Krr pert ItuM.4n rrversrs dunn t.e iti ti-e r-' -ee furiiui f.fht.nx which ahea4 V. i ivr.i Whilm.nme K. rrentire, BokerWio, Okla (left where their front LrWh Kl.

IT A South Afrk.n io eanit in the deert during infantry counter attack are reported i 4 1 1 it i r-iVaifay --L 'X 1 I Th' I (. R.i. J0C Wett Mft. I a fiajt.ei PaUersts adm.lUi re Mitt Kt-ta SUr. TremonL Marraret IVn.

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1 -jd I 4 5r Art Par-KftWiaJL txtc. 'mT. Z'. Ikv uazaia area. About 75 German tanks attacked snoniy alter dawn.

The battle ragea all day. The ridge was held. None Get Close. captain Moiling told Kennedy ui mc ngniing in these words: "We zigzagged about 100 yards each way, just keeping zigzagging arm nring at enemy tanks. Our oraers were to fire at the enemy tank nearest to us and keep firing UI11" we stopped it, then turn our fire on the next nearest tank.

"We opened up with our 75 millimeter tun when they came within 3.000 yards (about a mile and two thirds), using high explosive shells at nrsi, enanjetn to armor pierc- I rt or V. wnen mey came nearer. When they came to wimin 1.200 yards we used our mm. gun. too.

They launched three bl attacks uurinr the day, but no Ger man tank cot nearer than 700 yaras to us. a aoni Know exactlv hnr mcuiy we Knocked out as we did not check them up, but there were ui least nine. V. S. Tanks Best.

TTf rl ivt, mere was no ques- Wi llie American medium tank was me Desi tanlc in the desert Major Lodge went to the Libyan arrange for temporary inclusion of the American force in i royai tank regiment and to get data for special training in desert warfare. He narrowly escaped being cut ofT in a German tank raid in the El Adem V. S. Anderson Funeral Rites Wednesday Engineer Dies At Joliet Hospital Funeral services for Volney I "uu" tngineer, who died at St. Joseph's hospital in Joliet Monday, will be held at 2 y.

m. vveanesday at the Flinspach luncidi nome. liunal will be Park Hill cemetery. uuc to sea las re- itivca in Joliet Friday when freight cars released from another train rammed into the engine Mr. "iiutxson was riding.

Mr. Anderson UltOCA at 907 South University street, wis oorn April 23, 18fi2 T.V,.' onn- IIe married Miss Lillian Jewett of Woodstock there on Nov. 29. 1900. Surviving him are a daughter.

Mrs. Carl TT.fK granddaughter and a sister. Mrs. George Connor Williamsport Pa Connor, He had resided in Rlonminc Normal the last 36 years and had been with the Alton during that time. He was a member th Diomernooa or Locomotive En gineers, the Firemen and Train men, belonged to the Wade Bar ney lodge, AF AM, the Normal IOOF, and to the First Presby- iciiciii cnurcn LONG POINT ivirs.

Mildred Wempr an daughter, Rosallie of Peoria spending the week Monday with ivirs. r.va vverner. lMira 12:45. 1 5c to Tax Paid NOW ENDS WEDNESDAY TaT-a-Att mw Kim tM Iba vi fo) kci Tafkrr art tabr LeasrlUey. r.

r. nirvr.r-v uroocm ire in Fighting Global Wa THIS WAT la (W WAR EC A.HD He PEACE I i Token Force Knocks Out German Units WASHINGTON, D. C. UP) A token force of American tank soldiers met and defeated German panzer units in a desert skirmish June 12 and was believed Tuesday to be engaged alongside British troops in the battle of tgypt. The war department announced the tank encounter lit a communique Monday night.

Itispatchc from Cairo credited the American force with knocking oat at least nine German tanks without suffering casualties itself in the battle between Knlchtsbridte and Acroma the day before the German ambush of the ItritUh armored force on June 13. The Americans left their tanks at Tobruk and got out of that contested port just before the Germans went in. Cairo advices said they were to have returned to America to apply lessons learned in the desert, but because of the j.i wtiuiou duvdiice mey were or dered to stay and join in the fight io save tgypt. Under Senator's Command. The American tank crews went to Africa under command of Maj.

iienry Cabot Lodge (Senator i-odge of Massachusetts) who returned to Washington Monday. inuring his desert tour of duty Lxxjge underwent machine gun fire and dive bombing and narrowly escape Doing taken prisoner. "American crews manned American made tanks in combat during a part of the battle of Libya on June 11 and 12." said the war department communique. "They comprised a portion of a group of American armored force observers who have been in North Africa for several weeks. "The tanks operated by the Americans were under the command of Capt.

Charles C. Stelling of Augusta, Ga. In two days of heavy fighting, the American crew succeeded in knocking out several German tanks. The American tanks were hit repeatedly but were not seriously damaged. There were no battle casualties among the personnel." Edward Kennedy, Associated Press war correspondent with Allied troops, said the American unit saw little fighting on the first day.

The following day it was part of a British formation charuod wun noimng a desert ridge be mm IKirs Opea 6:45. Ho 30e Tax Pkld ENDS TON1TE "Courtship of Andy Hardy" Starts 10:01. "Sweetheart of The Fleet" Starts 9:00. STARTS WEDNESDAY SHE WAS GONNA' BE A it killed him! A roBintic scudal Hut nide Uieblie. Uoodi ie xtll O.

2 MOJAVC! ntai iW austleaf MYsmrr SIDNEY TOLER una mm mm ocn STARTS: 6:05, 8:45. si ELONDEIX WAYNE RAY PHIUP STARTS-M 7:10, 9:50. VJ 1 I A3i agaui.se rrypt. toward Libya. Air.

tank, and AFTER SEVEN MONTHS U.S. ow Nazis, Japs Get Taste of What They Can Expect BY REl'EL 8. MOORE. WASHINGTON. I.

fUP Xhc looked bacfc on scven months of war Tuesday and saw mcreaSinK indications that the Umtd states is preparing to lead an offensive against the Axis. Announcement that United States tanks had been In action In Erypt. that submarine had sunk three Japanese destroyers off the Aleutian islands and that the army air corps bombing- planes had opened an offensive in China, placed American men or equipment in every theater of war. The disclosure of those actions came three days after Ameri ran ft. ttoia rr.crr.lKri vi the Central have itn ir.iprr 1 in rcctr.t montKi ljr the vht minr new facts tdhcr of the cnunirr, cr c-iperi-cnccvl cuitxscxn ha lcn r.or fieri iluy antorg lie pcncr.r.t u.

ar.i it tt that ourwUr ta rat Thit of farts s.umi1 tnl Munt our twhef tat the Ar.irt keep ll.t!rr wil rf t-e a. caii and t.e eat hich he it ttrivmc The ftlllerlait atratery as plain enoufli. Ills rfenitre Is raletdated II) I aeTer B-sia's rosamunleaitons with the raoratm. thereby euttlaf the Reds off fret slUI oil and feed supplies, and 151 to swta a great army arrest the entrance the Caucatiaa Uthmsw. ready fee an aaaasUt seuiAvsrd te the 4I telds and the middle east.

UttV.n already rla.ms the rapture of the cry of Varorerh, an impnnant rati tray lunction rear the upper lXn. If t.u 4a true it would sever the last main l.ne between J4tcow nd TtAtv -a hard blow to the Kuans. The Nai chief alto matt entuaxe rapture tf the bi IrwIattrUl city of Stalinxrad on the Wxi an I Aitakhan. th i.rs rear t-e mouth of the Wxa ti the Cat-pan sea. C'aucatsM Toed Seutce.

Should fortune favor him i tht estmt he then wmi hntd.nc a line fight acrms te t-r of the itthmtts runnmx Merfn the lllark and CaJpian seas. IVit there his would be enJy tr.l way. f.r In order ta drie dota-n Pimugh this Itthmu 'he mut force the ifty Caueat-at range. Is ere of tr.e mutt formiah.e rml.Ury barriers it the wof ttvt Lhote pekf he prrtrmah! wcj. ceme ttr arsjt American aii nrit.tn ferret, WetL It tteetal eent stece-arr te earry the reehrer aay farther at the snset aWttg the read the gtddra ell mm whkn he ttepes fUs ttecy.

There's athe atreet this tdtsatles) wttkh ertesi 1 overlooked. a4 thU I that the naethem Caaeattn fee which titter tt fceadetl reaee sent mi Ksmia'a cetaelstaJ Dr. Larar Vo! a item turrpe t-T the fn.Vi sutes rai department, hat detcnbe-l this area at "ceve of tve ricbett reg.oet of the Soviet t'ni. neatly eqai in -ef i- lowa reiraa teb.iwi.-i He hat saJ Lat Lv.e nocVi Caa-catut Itt aSt oe.e furrh of the Hirt an -rr re! arre-are. ene f.h of the total Ruvntn EVIHG THEATER ttbwiftttat Itaaae fhatfj Thetlrr.

Air lewdilSaoed. TOD AT "The Corjlcan Brox." lllt ttMictas ralrWaka Jr, abw "Thz Eefere Ihe Diiofcc" tKwr Opesi i car cautW, cirtie. mUfe Held Marshal Itotninrra ilrli. forrlnC the AU IntaHrr. hmtM ladlB tuna, tanks.

Ue and ammunition for the fatted Nations. At home, production was Increasing. Planes were brtn ro- aucea tm a 50.000 a year baais. ooo would reach President Roosevelt's acheiu! of 60,000. The prmiuction srhedulrs tf tanks, alups and ammunition were stepped up accord.ngly.

Just the IWlanlnf. The units meetinj the enemy In Asia. Africa and Europe were small, but ther were strnnc enough to give the Germans ami Japanese an indication of what it to ctme. The leaders of the xhtir.g men nave promised that the actions are only the beginning that Lhou sands are In the Itntiih Iles wait ine for the word to thmitandt more are rn route to tattle sta- r.unarrnt ci in(Hianis are trained at home for the work ahead. Says Lodqe value.

It it jut a platform upon which to fight. lie said he had concluded. Inn, that we mutt keep up with our preparedness program, etrn after the war. We mul never allow our armed might ta slump as we did before. The United States mutt continue powerful.

Only in this way can we guarantee a Jutt and lasting peace GIBSON CITY Mr. and Mrs. Rmrr XaHy an4 Mr. and Mrs. Earl Anderson left Sunday fr a week's f.thirg trip near Kl.

Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Warner McMurry and rn. SUnlry iJear and Mra, Otto Steigman of Huberts, mother of Mrs.

McMurry. left Monday for; a week's vacation with rrlauvn, at Moorhead. Minn. Mrs. Robert Ogles and son.

Mickey, returned Sunday frem a week's trip to Albion. Mich, where they visited Mr, rtuth a Ifembdt of Cortland. N. and insillips IlemlKit of Mass- mother and brother of Mr Ogles. Pvt.

Max Lovan. son of Mr. m.i Mrs. Troy Lovan. spent the week.

end with his parents in Gib-on City, rcturnine Sundt fa Aberdeen proving rounds. Abee. Mr. and Mrs. Trank Hunt Jr and son.

Johnnie, left Saf irH ior tast Troy. Wis- ta brine nome metr son. Frank who hat oeen in tummer camn there. The spent the weekend fthing. returning Sundae.

Mr. and Mrs. Furene Dibble iM daughters. Mary and left Saturday for Madlton. Wu, for the weekend to visit with lr.

and Mrs. II. M. Coon. Mare for the summer session at the University of Wisconsin.

I That' one effect of the war, ar, fcr at increase of acquaintances hrp all artxjr.J. Another tuz of ihe war it to increase the dlrr.oJij- rf rtr.ier.rg factory transportation, ar.4 that f-r fncr.itK?p an4 unJcntarkiing. IVrhapf lomc of yc-j cusics.r.trs haih cU arj re w-ouU to liitcn over rr sh -ulJcr ta what me arc telling the memhen cf the Iair.cU Ccr.aJ farr'r, both ar.4 r.etr. rrrariinr the bombers, manned by American crews, attacked German airfields, planes and installations in Holland and machine gunner I Nazi fljng personnel in the Nether lands. Supply IJnes Encircle World.

Small though the units and ac lion may have been It showed that seven months after Pearl Harbor the United States was fighting a global war. American men were fighting over Europe, in Asia. Africa and the little outposts of North Amer ica. i ney were striking at the Japanese every day frim Aus tralia. On fronts where there were no flfhtlnx men.

American weapons were doln their parts. American supply lines were encircling the globe. American boats were reachint Into strante ports that seldom aaw ships flyinar the Stars and Stripes before the war, un- board chiefs at Fort Knox. Ky, ne pians io cau a secret meeting of the senate military affairs committee, of which he is member, to lay before It detailed information Rained In Libya. He was with American tank units which participated in a knockdown fijrht with the Germans and emerged unharmed.

tor this exploit he claimed little credit, saying that it was the resourcefulness and courage of the American boys which counted. From all his observations, both in training here and under battle conditions in Libya, he gained the impression that American army methods were "proceeding along sound lines." 'I he said, -that we are meeting the challenge of new methods of warfare. In Libya, it is essentially a mobile war. as sucn na no U. S.

Must Continue Powerful, coruia dial servicemen in wartime. It rpes IAe t.V:t: MWye got a real job to ar.J a vital ar necessary job in the mani.T.e cfrr.cn a-1 nsat enait. Uun it a service r.n: ta the SUCCOjful rrairruf 'fit rf ft-. 1 Tim' the maintenance of eivuian JOHN P. RODERICK.

WASHINGTON, D. Shelled and machine gunned a dozen times in the Libyan desert. Senator Lodge (ReD- returned to the sen.it Monday with an assertion that there can be no peace without power. The 40 year old junior sen ator from Massachusetts, who has been on an army tour of duty since Feb. 12 here and overseas, returned to the Capitol dressed in the khaki of a major in the armored forces.

nrst senator to wear battle stripes since the Civil war. he was sent to the desert war theater to eain combat exnerionri. and make observations which he has reported in full to the general staff since his return this weekend. He said that aftr conferences with armored force 1 et know that when the ccr.kt er it me lack to peacetime comrr.erce, inJutt rr ar.J travel (or our revenue. What do trxlay t.i rrr.be crrJiil crvicc with the handlirg rf wartime trac in a large rr.eaimc influence the to le ti :ar.rj I our etTorti aft er the war.

'There it no priority on corJial i.e. r. rat; of fncnJfy courtesy, no rf a genial nresent ttuatr Ten a tmrfr tunlty to contribute cur maximum trfurt to ictr.ry a-1 at at St ttrcrr cf unicrjfaniL-s which rfti--t. country arS ut when ai inc same time to good an4 worth- peace returns. 'That me propose to do ar.4 wru.e value to a with rr.iht.

ssaa a t'tte aw II D3VI II Nfl LJ Sins ALSO; CAKTOOX NOVELTY XEyg "TVtV 7 rffl Marts: 1:00, 4:00, 7:03, 10:05. No. 2 CJC EDGAR ALIEN POE'S I LV-n MASTERPIECE Vj lo trie KNOWL til Startu: 3:00. Noon Only. HUP iUatl Teung TUUKEY IlIXiVEIt Noon Only.

lUiP GREEN MILL CAFE mi Ce4trte4 Ruth Ogles, Reporter..