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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11
N. Y. DESTROYED IN MOCK WARFARE
Fort TiIden Captured By Invaders Who in Turn
 Were "Annihilated"

New York, Oct. 11-CUP)-If the shells had been real, the heart of New York city would be mass of ruins today.
 Thousands would be dead, and water would be squirting from broken mains.
 Actually, the only casualties were a buck private and general, who sprained their ankles. Their names were not revealed.
 The 50 tons of high explosives thrown by l6 and siX-inch guns of Fort Tilden on Rockaway peninsula, Long Island, were theoretic only. :The guns were not even fired. But Brig. Gen. Philip Gage, in charge of New York harbor defenses, said the invasion of the fort by hit-and- run suicide force" of l,200 coast guard artillerymen from Fort Han cock, N. J., was highly successful.
 They seized the fort early today, and f1red-theoretically-2,300 ton shells from the 16-inch guns, and hundreds of shells from the smaller guns, within 30 minutes, before 2,000 members of the New York sctate guard "annihilated" them.
 The way for the invaders was paved by parachute troops, who dropped on Floyd Bennett air field, seized it, rushed to the nearby Ma rine Parkway bridge and damaged it so badly endorsements from Brooklyn could not reach the 800 struggling defenders of Fort Tilden, for hours. OFT 30 minutes, the att tackers were so completely in charge of the fort that they could use its guns.
 Twenty -four bombers were sup posed to have softened up Fort Tilden for the invaders. 1 saw only three small planes, and regarding this phase of the maneuver, General Gage said:
 You're asking mel That's what I'd like to know. I saw three little planes, and they were a half hour late. If they were the bombers, they bombed their own trops, because the (Continued on Page 0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11
JAP NATIONALS
 TO BE EVACUATED
Three Ships to Sail for U. S.-2,OOO Japs to
 Leave This Country

Tokyo, Oct. II - (U.P.) - The foreign office announced today that Iiiiee ships would sail soon for the United States to evacuate Japanese nationals.
 A foreign office spokesman said the ships will sail before next We'd nesday. The Tatsuta Maru will sail from Yokohama for San Francisco, via Honolulu. The Taiyo Maru and Nitta Maru will sail for a Pacific coast port.
 Japanese ships have not sailed for the United States since shortly after President Roosevelt froze Japanese credits.
 The foreign office said 2,000 Jap anese would return home from the United States aboard the liners, and that Americans -born Japanese now in Japan would be enabled to sail for the United States. It was under stood that other American citizens who want to get back to the United States also would be carried.
 The question of cargoes was not uliLlCNl4dtCAy C4dIlllcu, UuJ 1U WdS dS~ sumed they would carry several mill lion dollars worth of American goods held at Kobe when Japan froze United States credits, and that they would bring back frozen Jap anese goods in the United States.
 The Domei News Agency had said the ships were not sailing to evacu- ate nationals, but, Gas the result of negotiations with the United States government for arrangements for transportation" But the foreign ofiice said the ships would evacuate nationals.
 The foreign office announcement followed increasingly bitter press at- tacks on the United States and Bri- tain.
 The newspaper Hcchl asked ths government why it hadn't done something about the United States British oil embargo. and suggested action instead of words.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11
Unable to. Halt German Advance North of
 Orel AIR ATTACKS ARE
 HINDERING ADVANCE Russians Move Up All Available Reserves in Men, Mechanized Forces
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Moscow, October II. = (UP) - Red Star, official army newspaper, urged i'm mediate coordination anc activization of British anc Russian forces for a mass blow against Germany today as special dispatches sd. mitted that the Red army was in a grave situation on three great battle fronts in face ot ferocious German drives
 It was admitted that the Rusg.ars had been unable to halt the German advance north of Orel 2l0 miles south of Moscow; that the sjtua- ton in the Bryansk-Vyazna gene was serious and that on tine sea of Azov the Red army was fighting battle of life or death.
 Centers Threatened
 "A number of the most vital in- dustrial centers in the Sea of Asov area are immediately threatened" a special Red Star dispatch s4ae.ss
 Check for a while at Orel, olss patches ea!d. the Germens resumed mad and desperate thrust to the north against Russien tanks and infantry supported by planes.
 "The blows of our airplanes art lowering the fighting strength Of these new enemy regiments, spe- cial Pravda dispatch said, but the tremendous loss of msn and ma chimes has net halted the advancs ci the German columns which broke through.
 "our troops are fighting bravsly and self-sacrificingly."
 Reserves Rolling Up
 At the same time eyewitness dis. patches said that great mass ss e Russian infantry. tanks, artillery and cavalry were rolling to the fro1t on every road to reinforce the Fed army men figh IT.g the drav'.-..y Ger man tark wedges anG infantry fcrc. es. A correspondent for the Cor. munist party newspaper PravGa satc the Russian troops had not besi able to halt the Germans drivinl north of Orel. He said the Russian. were resisting fiercely and the Ger mans were suffering frightful losses
 In the Cyazma sector, dispatches said the Russians were mee5lna German flanking movements. mAdt in an attempt to encircle Red army units, by counter-attacking and that
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11
Ferocious Nazi Assaults Put Russians In Bad Position
REDS TRAPPED,
 BERLIN CLAIMS
Defense of Moscow By Citizens Will Mean Worse
 Fate, Say Nazis
BY JOSEPH w. GREGG, JR. Limited Press Statff Correspondent ]

Berlin, Oct. 11-(UP)-A high command communique asserted to- day that destruction of Russian forces trapped in narrow area north of the sea of Azov had been practically concluded and that the destruction of Russia armies trapped in the Brynaks-Vyazma area was proceeding rapidly.
 The Berlin radio, commenting on Russian appeals for last ditch de- fense of Moscow, blared out that defense of the Russian capital would not prevent the city's doc mbut only make the fate of its inhabitants the worse.
 The high command, in its corl1- munique issued from Adolf Hitler's headquarters, said the body of the Russian 18th army commander had been found on the battlefield in tlie sea of Azov zone.
 It said desperate Russian attempts to break out of encirclement had been repulsed and that the number of Russian prisoners and quantity of war material being taken, was .n- c-easing constantly.
 Authorized German informants asserted that actually the sea of Azov battle had been concluded and that "very large" numbers of prison- CTS had been taken by the Germans.
 They said that it was quite pos- Sible that, as reported, the Germans had reached Taganrog, only 40 miles short of Rostov at the mouth of the Don, through which runs the great Baku oil pipe from the Caspian sea.
 It was possible, informantS sad, that the Germans had advanced beyond Taganrog. They said the Russians were in full flight and the Germans were having "aS much as they could do" to keep up with them.
 Newspapers started to publish long statistical descriptions of Taganrog.
 The high command said in irs communique that renewed attempts of the Russians to break through the German lines on the Leningrad front had been repulsed and that during the night German planes at tackled Leingrad and Moscow.
 Dispatches reported that hundreds of thousands of Russian troops were fighting desperately, in innumerable counter attacks, to break out of three great encircling pockets on the eastern front.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11
HULA IS REPORTED
 TAKEN BY GERMANS

London, Oct. H. (UP)-Radio Vichy said today that the Germans had captured Tula, 100 miles south of Moscow on the Kharkov railroad.
 The broadcast was heard here by the United Press listening post.
 German informants at Berlin had hinted yesterday that the Germans might be at Tula but said they had no confirmation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11
WATER CO. MUST
 PURIFY SUPPLY

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 11-(UP)- The Cromwell Water Go. today had until December Is to purify its water supply, according to an order issued by Superior Court Judge Al- fred c. Baldwin.
 Judge Baldwin directed the water company to make its drinking water supply potable within 90 days from September 16. The action came fol- lowing a hearing on series of or ders issued by the state public utili- ty commission in connection with the Cromwell company.
 The court action was brought by Attorney General Francis A. Pal- lotti on request of the state com- mission.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11
VOTE ON STRIKE

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 1l-(UP)- Approximately ITO bus drivers em- ployed by the New England Trans portation CO. were balloting today on whether to go out on strike. The drivers. represented by the Amal- gamated Association of Street Rail- way and Motor Carrier Employees of America, asked an increase in wages from 0S l-2 to 90 cents an hour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11
MIDDLETOWN YOUTH X HELD FOR DEATH

New Haven, Conn, Oct. 11-CUP) Edward Heltke, 19. Middletown, was held today on technical charges of evading responsibility of injury to person and misconduct of a motor vehicle in connection with the automobile death of Crispino Varesio, 60. a laborer at North Ha- ven, Oct. 3.
 Varesio was struck by an automo- bile which left the scene. police said. A search of Q week disclosed the garage where the car was kept, accordirS to state police, and when Heltke was questioned about the case, he ailegediy confessed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11
YOUTH IS HELD
 FOR MAINE POLICE

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 1l-(UP)-- Henry c. Lodge, 20, Passport, Me. was held today by ponce for return to Maine, where he was said to have escaped from South Windham re- formatory Aug. 27.
 Lodge was captured by local polic6 after an exciting chase. He hid for some time in culvert and finally, was removed through manhole. He was identified through fingerpriiitk at the Colts Patent Fire Arms Man ufacturing Co.,, where he was enl- ployed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11
NINE ARE HOMELESS

East Haven, Conn, Oct. 11--(UPl MT. and Mrs. Stephen DeGiovan> nantonio and their seven children were homeless today after fire de- Stroyed their home last night. Dam. age was estimated at $4,OOO in tllE blaze which leveled their two-stors home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11
DIES AFTER ACCIDENT

Danbury, Conn., Oct. ll-(uP)-- Nicholas Kantlanls, i9, Danbury was injured fatally late yesterday when his automobile overturned or the Danbury-New Milford road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11
British Planes I'm Far-Flung Raids
-NEA Te'ephoto
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS United Press Staff Correspondent

London October planes military obectives along front Germany night after spell weather which possible prevented Royal Air Force offensive on an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11
Mayoralty Is Now 6a.n1.-1 1p.rn.Job
-Movietone News Photo from NEA

mayoraIy "is to II m jOb Mayor Vincent told the Democratic town committee at its organization meeting night aluson the Republican candidate Perro would be "fultme mayor Scu the job than he had.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11

Furnaces cleaned and repaired hy experts. Chlmneys cleaned. Water h'sEy Heating C. Rhena 3-eeza AaEs
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The Weather

Fair, Cool Tonight; Warmer Sunday
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

CURED of the Dyaks in Sarawak is small one on
their share Of the Long House and which they call
a door tax"
l remember the trouble l had climbing up the
long bamboo pole to the entrance-and how the
eyes of M tried to hide their amusement at what
must have seemed my awkwardness. remember
how proudly Nus father approached and hung
cluster of smoked heads over my chair-a token
of deep respect for me.
Yet, with all this friendliness l wasn't able to
keep tragedy out of Nus life.
She loved young boy named Sc Mara.
Each night about ten o'clock when her parents
and the rest of the family were asleep, and M
herself was in her sleeping room IN the loft Sc
Mara would come to her. He would stand outside
her curtain, calling softly. And she, as soon as
she awoke, came quietly from her shelter and to-
gether they sat on the floor talking sometimes
until early morning.
Sc Mara brought a supply Of betel nuts and
Sirih leaves which they chewed while they talked
so unlike the modern American or English girls
whose courtship probably would be done to the
tune of numerous cocktails and hghballs.
And there was nothing immoral about these
nightly visits of Sc Mara to the sleeping room OF
his sweetheart. He did not go TO bed with her,
and merely was carrying out the custom followed
by all Sea Dyak youths when they fall IN love
1t is impossible TO see the girl alone, or to get
acquainted in Long House during the daytime.
young Dyak who IS engaged to girl may help
her with her farm work, or carry wood for her
in broad daylight:
but nighttime ana udi hI,esS o,lhS lol,dhOc III
Sarawak- as they do everywhere the world over.
One day while was visiting in the Interior, Nu
came to me looking very sad. Tenderly she fingered
little brass chain she wore about her waist,
which, suspected, had been a gift from her lover
How is Sc Mara ?" asked, hoping to bring
smile TO the downcast eyes.
"Se Mara I love-" she answered somewhat IT.
rclaventy. Him cannot marry. They Will not
let me-"
They, knew. meant her parents-for few Dyak
girls will marry without the consent of their
father
But Sc Mara is good and kind. He works
hard too Why do they not like him. / asked
"They say he is too poor Not many heads
Father no good Mother no good too But that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

old ones that Arun had borrowed or stolen from
someone for the occasion.
Then everyone joined in a tremendous feast
After that the young couple, removing what
clothes they had on. sat on the ground Old wo-
men threw handfuls of rice over them, repeating
a kind of prayer that they would prove as fruitful
as the grain
After this strange ceremony Arun and Lima
went their way
On hearing this story the Ra iah again insisted
that all the heads taken for the marriage ceremony
be returned to their relatives. But heads or no
heads this Dyak youth and girl started a happy
married life and probably will have many children
most Dyak families do
Dyak fathers love their brown babies Just as
much as do the mothers. Often / have seen a
young warrior caring for the children around the
house while the mother was out in the fields or
the streams getting food.
Because they all want children there prac-
tiCally no unmarried Dyaks IN Sarawak No
bachelors! No old maids
The home life is simple with the women doing
most OF the work-growng rice and rubber They
also do most of the weaving The men hunt. fish,
and make jewelry-and also do some of the
farming.
My own three girls, Leonora, Elizabeth and
Valerie grew up surrounded by these primitive
.antic customs They always have shared my
il Sest in the love affairs Of all our natives.
Not all Of these work out so happily the one
just told you. am thinking of little girl named
NJ.
I often had spoken to NJ and had visited her
people in their small section of the Long House
which stretched the whole length Of a mile and
housed many other Dyak families-each with a
separate little section and private door. 1t
Nus old grandfather who asked me if God charges
door taxes in heaven. The only tax that is re-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

on the fire and light the lamp"
That is the Dyak girls way of telling man
his attentions are not wanted The final outcome
depends the parents But should some young
warrior call on girl at night and make improper
or familiar advances to her let him beware Naked
spears will fly out of the darkness at him. Some
one is awake and watching to that the young
girl comes to no harm.
When she had finished her story Nu left me
as quietly as she had approached, and as sadly,
again gently lingering the little brass chain.
That evening thought of her with sympathy,
how she would have to repulse Tedong; how she
would refuse to sit on the floor and talk and chew
betel nuts with him This would make her father
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
Mutely she nodded.

-
II must marry Te-
dong, they say. He
is old. He has had
three wives already.
Him l do not like. 1
will not be his wife
and bear his children.
Maybe the Rajah
or l could help you.
We will talk to your
father"
l had little hope,
h owe yer, for once
Dyak parents have
made up their minds
not to give consent.
they are almost heart
less in their attitude.
They usually marry
their young daughters
of twelve to men of
thirty or forty.
They have told me.
tonight T e d on & will
come, she continued.
But | will not talk to
him. When he comes
to my curtain ] will
say, Put some wood
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

the Tuba plant which grows profusely in the jun
gle. This in accordance with an old Dyak
belief. If two young people are denied the right
to share anothers love in this world because
parents object they have only to take some of this
poison and in the land of Sabian whence they go,
they will be happy together forever and will rest
high hill beneath the shade of the Tuba shrubs
there.
That is legend.
All we know is that M and Sc Mara were
found, cold and stiff, entwned in one anothers
arms.
l had hoped that these two brown children
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

another while the on
lockers applauded and
shouted.
But the old Chief.
who didn't want any
thing put over on him,
looked all the skulls
over carefully and
shifted them too, to
be sure they were
green" and not some
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

is not true-and love him Last night he stayed
till morning. We talked and were very happy But
in my heart was afraid He said he would wake
them when it was light and tell them we wanted
to marry. But all the time my heart knew they
would say no.
And did they l asked
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

and mother very angry. l
could imagine the tall grace
full figure of Sc Mara waiting
in the shadow of the Nippa
palms not far from the en-
trance TO Nus door. Not
jealousy, but fear would bring
him there, fear that the girls
parents would force her to
marry Tedong.
But my imaginings were
all wrong. NJ and Sc Mara
were found together next
morning in the depths of the
jungle. They were dead.
They must have gone there
soon after NJ left me.
Together they had swal-
IOwed the DOiSOnOuS mice of
Evening star., 1941-05-26
u Leave Bethesda
For Army induction;
One Fails 10 Appear
Two Men Are Deferred;
Bourd Will Send 81
More Tomorrow

Twenty-Five of scheduled IS Sc.
lectees left the Montgomery County
selective Service Board No. 8 at
Bethesda today for induction al
Baltimore after one failed to appear
and two were deferred.
James H. Pugh, Government ap-
peals agent, spoke to the men before
they were taken in automobiles to
Chevy Chase Circle where they
boarded a bus.
Winfield Preston Biting, %, a
clerk at the Post ONCE Department
who lives at 1873 East Underwood
street, Chevy Chase. was named
leader of the contingent.
The man who failed to appear is a
27-year- old caddy, board officials
explained. -. .-,. -:
William Howard Macdonald, 26
of 612 Ninth street NE, was given
an occupational deferment because
Of his Job as a plumber at the WASH
ington Navy Yard. Sumner j. Ma
letz, "a, of 4618 Hunt avenue, Chevy
Chase, was temporarily deferred
until June because of claim OF de-
pendents.
Meanwhile, Henty T. Clark, jr., 23-
year -old chief clerk of Montgomery
County Board No. /, who has sent
1S1 other men into training. pre-
pared for induction tomorrow in a
contingent of 81 to leave that board
area.
He will be the leader of the group
and one of the assistants is William
A. Daniels, jr., %, of Dickerson, an
nttorney who is a member of the Ad-
visory Board for Registrants at
Rockville. The other assistant will
be William Wootton, 90, of Rock
vile. an employe of the General Ac-
counting Office.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Telephone Operator
Returned 10 Home

Miss Ruby Wilbourne, 22-year -old
telephone operator, who had been
missing for five days, was at home
today with her parents in South
Hill, Va,
The young woman, who left her
apartment at 5000 Connecticut ave-
nue. Tuesday, called her brother from
1911 Connecticut avenue Saturday
night and was taken back to her
apartment, her roommate, Mrs. Dor
othy Lievsay, said. She appeared
nervous and upset, according to her
roommate, and said only that some
one had given her a clean blouse.
Otherwise, she was wearing the same
clothes in which she had left Tues
day.
Pvt. Edwin Grayson of the Public
Relations Squad, who talked with
Miss Wilbourne, reported she said
she had been wandering around and
did not remember where she had
been.
Her father called for her yester-
day morning and took her home.
She had been in Washington six
years.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Austin Chosen for 1912
Federation Convention
~ the Associated Press.

~ tle HssUO4dleU fIesS'
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., May 26.-
Directors of the General Federation
OF Womenis Clubs chose Austin,
Tex, today as the organization's
1912 convention city and imme-
diately sent police after the golden
Jubilee celebrations departing Texas
delegates for advice on Lone Star
State weather.
The board wanted ideas on
whether the States April or May
weather would be more inviting in
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

The poor savages were in ~
a chastened mood to take
advice from this learned
man. But where would a
wise old man like that come 81
from, after the great del a
uge? Nowhere l can con- =
ceive of but from the dead IL
cities or from the lost Allan hn
tbs, whose colonies they 30
must have been. -
All right, important if ~
true" but who else saw 6
Venus moving around in the
sky? =
Well, we have deposition IS
from Central America. In ~
old Mexico, before the Span ~
ish Conquistadors under ~
Cortez arrived, the Aztecs -
celebrated a festival COM z
memorating changes in the -
condition of several constel-
lations after the time of the l--
great catastrophe deluge.
One fiesta commemorated ~
a change in the planet We IN
nus, called by the Aztecs r.
Tlahuizcalpanteuctli, or the My,
Lord Who Lig hts the HI
House-Tops.
The Aztecs also had a god wa
dess called Itzpapalotl, or
Goddess of the Butterfly
with the Obsidian Knives. Curio
had another name and personal
which she was the goddess of las
the Codex Letellier in the Bibliotl
at Paris, it says:
"She caused death to the VIC
Of the six consultations that feI
at the time of the deluge."
Most of the familiar landma
must have done strange things
vanished entirely while the ca
violently shunted from one orbit t.
perhaps most conspicuously of all.