Reach Attack Ascus; Capuzzo

The W d i^ ' .- of U. S. WsBlIisr Bama Fsir, iwattaasd msdsists ^ fwtatan tonight aad geptte to ~ ^ Manche$ier-~~A'Ciiy of Vittage Charm AivwttsiBg Oa Pago U) MANCHESTER, CONN., TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1941 (TWELVE PAGES) PRICE THREE CENT8| VOL. LX., NO. 220 ■ — ..................................... o^ Order Closing Welles Says Basic Attack Nazis’ Offices Claims in Sinking Draws Praise ascus; McCarrfln Sees Step To Remain Unchanged ward Severing Diplo matic Relations De Reach Capuzzo Government Soon Will spite Welles’ DeniaL Will Travel Be in Position to Reach Waahlngton, June 17.—(g)—^The Beat Back Determined Reach Aatourz, 6 Milea Final Decision on Ac Same Road State Department order for the Secret Plane Axis Giunter - Attacks Southwest of Syriim : tion to Be Taken in closing o f all German consulates to By Reinforcements Capital After Captni^ Regard to Destruction As Canada the United States by July 10 drew Detector Aid many expressions of Senate ap Hurried from Tobruk; ing Madani; Advance O f Robin Moor. proval today, but Senator McCar- Slowly Purposely t<9 ran (D-Nev) called it a step to Inflict Heavy Losses on Made Better) Rnox Assures Victory Washington, June 17.— (W) ward severing diplomatic rela- German, Italian Sol Keep Losses as Low Loan Rally No Doubt tiona. ---- I — Sumner Welles, undersecre Undersecretary qf ^tate Welles, diers Who Repeatedly Device Contributing to As Possible Both for tary of state, said today the United States Will Go however, denied that any diplo government’s basic charges matic rupture was implied and Aâult Imperial Units: Success in Battle of Selves and Defenders. Along Defiance Path, against (Jennany for the sink pointed out that the action did not affect the German embassy bere. 'Tn t ^ L T iry i Britain Last Fall Has Cairo, E g y p t, June 17.— </P) _ r » ' i j a# B a lletin ! ing of the American merchant Montreal, June 17—-(ff)—^Refer The order yesterday was direct — British troops in a suprise | f»ccn Developed More. ship Robin Moor were un ring to Germany as "the Hun,” U. ed ^>eci0caUy at German consu Vichy, Unoccupied France, lates and other agendea, such as movement “made an initial changed by the arrival of 85 S. Secretary of the i Navy Frank June 17.— (AO— ^The French the Gernum Library of Informa penetration as far as Fort I London, June n —OP)—A secret missing survivors at Cap^ Knox assured m cheering Canadian announced today the loss of a tion, the German Tourist Bureau Capuzzo,” just across the detector which contributed town yesterday. Welles said victory loan rally last night that and thes Naxi Tranaocean New destroyer “during Syrian op Egyptian border in Libya, and tc the R. A. F.’s success to the bat- that with the evidence al "we are determined to travel the Service, which were accused of ac erations,” and said sevMb ••thm hoat hark determined tie for Britain last faU has since ready available from 11 sur same route—the same self-respect tivities "inimical to the welfare of then oeat oacic aeierminea members of the crew were ing route—that you are traveling. this coimtry.” vivors landed last wdek in Although July 10 waa set as the Axis counter-attacks by re- promise in many directions,” MaJ. killed. "Recent declarations of my com- inforcements hurried there clement R. Attlee, lord privy seal, Brazil and a cabled summary mander-in-chlef, the president of deadline, the New York offices of the United States," Knox said, left the Gernum Railroads Information from the Tobruk area.” th e « « of C o m m ^ London, June 17,—(ffV^ expected on the testimony of no doubt that the United SUtes Service were closed to the public Middle East command an- ûf increasing quantities of British forces are attaddnff ^ those at Capetown; South A f today. Nine employes were said to would go with Canada "along this nounced today. The war bul- this ingenious apparatus, whose Aatourz, six miles soutb- rica, the government very path of defiance to those who seek be on duty, however. soon would be in a position to military dominion over \is . Foienraner of Offensive letin said heavy losses were | »n*int^^_snd r o ^ temand | southwest of the Syrian capi large numbers o skilled men, es- reach a final decisioig on the “We to the United States are The decision to close the con inflicted on the German and ~ - tal of Damascus after captur sulates, coming on the heels of action to be taken. Italian troops who repeatedly (OeaUxaed On Page Four) ing Madani yesterday, au (Continned ou Page Ten) Saturday’s order freezing German • ------------------------------ Aaked if the government’a poal- and Italian funds here, waa gen assaulted the Imperial forces. thoritative British reported : tion that the aubmarine vioUted erally interpreted sa the forerun Fort CaÛBBO is opposite Salum, today. Madani is 10 milea international law waa unchanged ner of an intensive government where fierce fighting appeared de south-southwest of DanuUPJ by the aafe arrival of the 36 aurvl- veloping into a major battle fol Strike May Robin Moores offensive against all actlvltlea like cus. These sources reiterated vora, Wellea replied that it waa ly to Impair the efficiency of the low the start of the British offen identical. sive. that the British-Free Frencltj defense program. Told To Take Depoaittoua If Germany has been using its Capture Italian Poeltloa F orce Auto command was going slowly C hief O fficer In East Africa, the Imperial He said the American consul at consulates and agencies for such ^ w -v <1 I thUlO e LAJUVailk evant BU6IASBsta tes pv|IUX Capetown had been Instructed to activities, it waa pointed out, the command said British forces cap take depositions from the survi effect of the government’s action tured an ItaUan rearguard position r l a i l t S U H l t K o 1*««P lo8«e9 SB low a s vors there and cable a summary Highly Praised is to deprive her of the personnel A policeman stands guard at the entrance of-Hie German con west of Lake Lakemti, to south ble both for themselTes as soon as possible. < and unrestricted funds she has sulate to New York after the United States government ordered the ern Ethiopia, taking 300 prlsonera, the defenders. German government to close all Ita consular establisbmenta to tho He did not indicate what direct been utilizing. Hie funds are now four guns an I 20 machine guns. In Eg,Q l(VYeM o f F o u r C o n - Gen. Paul Le Oentilhomms action would be taken but it was Mundy Steered Lifeboat under Federal control and the con United States not later than July 10 on the ground that their con the AssabAasab area.area, Mxsix Fascist offlceraofficers I T O U T \Amaaid to be carrying on to comm considered certain that a stern pro tinued operation is contrary to the wsUare of this country. and 180 men were reported cap ceras May Be Made of the F tm French forces deapttS^ test at least would be lodged with Load of PMMOger. by t e n o S ;? tured. a broken arm suffered from an i ~ Germany. Skelchy OMrt Copied J a fairly Britiah sources described the Im Idle Unless Jnrisdi^ bomb. Philip Williams, third secretary I --Je^r*»0 bsuef mat Gsrmany perial offensive to North Africa as Capture Seven Taah of the United States embassy at "still a local ona for tha moment” tional Row Is Ended. From Captain’s Map. would ratallate for the consulate In the capture of Sldoii, oa Rio de Janeiro, arrived here by 'cloaings, probably by fordid the Cologne, Duesseldorf but that the operatlona were de- Labaness coast, - the British plane today with detailed eyewit _ , _ ^ HAiiih I remaining U. 8. consular officials velotdng. By The AaaoeUted Press reported to have captured i ness accounts of the torpedoing of Clapetown, Union ^ ^ Germany and Germian-oocn- In bringing -Op' ratafwteementa A Jurisdictions] strike at a De tanka, two of which were m the Robin Moor and pictures tak Africa, June 17—ur>—^Tha Robin I tetirttory. Diplomatic repre- frdm Tobruk, 80 miles away, the as well as some stores and ju en of herdestructicHi by survivors. parts factory today Uoor’a chief officer am praised to-1 sentatives already have been Targets for British Axis Commanders bad to draw off troit auto niUon. Williams carried the depositionf day by tha last saved pasaengers forced to leave the oecupied terri- part of their forces encircling that | threatened snforced layoffs for made by the ten members of the Demands .that the. campaign in of the torpedoed American freight- toriea ^puljton of constUar ^ s Britlah-held port. (A German mili 40,000 workers in automobile Syria and Lebanon be puahed to U crew and the one passenger who tary spokesman said last night the plants which depend upon tbp reached Recife, Braxll, last Week swift conclusion came from se*> er as the ^ ficlal channels of InformsUon, and Duisburg Also Bombed apparrat purpoae of the British struck factory for parts. tiona of the British press today fg . after being rescued at sea by the to rtacut ^ r 18 days in a wave- ^ Italy Blocks offenslva v/aa to relieve tha be- A Michigan state labor mediator BraziUan steamer Ozorio. In Sweep of Industrial: reports from tbe. battlefroot UflS tossed lifeboat. nonlal IPiimTMi lesgured Tobruk garrison.) declared that employes of Ply Of slow progress by the SnmnBuy Basis of Charges *** a^ ^teat Approvra Aliens BIB Ruhr, Rhineland Dis-.

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