Current Events May 22, 1942; GERMAN FORTIFICATIONS SHATTERED OUTSIDE KHARKOV:

      THE GETTYSBURG TIMES

GETTYSBURG, PA_ FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1942

Reds Repulse New Nazi Thrusts

GERMAN LOSSES

HEAVY IN MEN AND MATERIAL

Moscow, May 22 (AP) — The Ger-

mans once more have hurled strong

tank forces into counter-attacks in

the raging battle for Kharkov.

The Charleston Gazette

Charleston, West Virginia Friday Morning, May 22, 1942.

40-Minute Soviet Onslaught

Shatters Kharkov Stronghold;

Nazis' Flank Thrust Repelled

Russians Still

Fight at Kerch

German Troops Deserting

In Increasing Numbers,

Captured Order

Reveals

Reds Are Said Astride

Vital Crimean Railway

Tempo of Muscovy Hordes

Accelerated as Air

Control Holds

MOSCOW, May 21.—(INS)—

The main German defense fortifications

outside Kharkov left

shattered behind them, the Soviet

armies of Marshal Semyon

Timoshenko tonight fought their

way into the heart of the Nazi

lines guarding the p i v o t a l

Ukrainian metropolis.

Jap Unleashes

Menacing Push

From Foochow

80,000 Men Launch Blow

On Chekiang Advancing

80 Miles—Stilwell

Smashes Enemy

New Campaign Would

Shut China From Sea

Full-Scale Offense Seen;

Invaders Thrown Back

In Yunnan Province

CHUNGKING, May 21.—

Chinese troops under command of

U. S. Lt Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell

pushed back the Japanese invaders

of western Yunnan province tonight,

but the Japs appeared to have

launched a full-scale offensive

against Chekiang province, south of

Shanghai.

Hull Reaffirms U. S. to Return French Islands

Couples Pledge With News

Further Progress Being

Made in Negotiations

At Martinique

WASHINGTON, May 21.—(INS)—

Secretary of State Hull today renewed

American pledges for the

post-war return to France of all

territories, whose occupation has been

or may become necessary to

speed a United Nations' victory over

Germany, Italy and Japan.

Hull coupled his words of reassurance

to the French people with

a press conference announcement

that negotiations between American

emissaries and Martinique's High

Commissioner Georges Robert, directed

toward the peaceful wartime

"freezing" of France's Caribbean

sea possessions, have made further

satisfactory progress.

Warship Talks Over Soon

Land Sees Gulf

As Sub Target

FDR Limits Ship Sailings;

Promotion of Admiral

Halted in Senate

WASHINGTON. May 21.—(INS) —

Admiral Emory S. Land, war shipping

administrator, disclosed today

that Axis submarines are now concentrating

their attacks on American

shipping in the Gulf of Mexico

and the Caribbean sea.

He told members of the senate

commerce committee that these are

the most dangerous areas for merchant

ships.