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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-14

Wednesday, March {, "at exactly i2,3z b. m" Mlss Reich left t0 keep the appointment, The neSt day her body was found, Nnssed hand end foot Wlth wire, on the floor og the apartment, Her daas Enond and platinum ring Was gone, Prosecutor Jacob 6FuDlet asked whetaer she could Identify Miss KlaFmann said she had spoken to her previously ct the district Rts t0rney,s olslee. Then she rose and walked salEaTingly across the o0nEts room, Pointing a long, shaking finger ct Mss Webb, she saldl %fbls ls the lady"
 Mlas Klarmann Rla0 identlned . ring found tE c pillow ease in the room whore Mls6 Webb, BhODbrun and the third defendant, John Culs l6n, hld esteF tile killing, aS Mrs ffeiehia.
 Defense Attorney Jacques Button. kant indicated that Do might try lo pin the crime on Murray HlEEehl, nnele of slioghTun, who was aFrests Cd Hliie trying tO sell the ring, fIlFeehl. Wllo has turned Eiate's ovi. denee. was granted . eeparste tfiai, Alfllouei1 Buiienkant he'd not named NlFsehi, he said that nono oi the ilaree presently On lf|oa Wae guilty and ese al0 ahoW Nao alq
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ananny poslsISns are being steadily wi0ened.
 Hehting was said to have been specially fierce around one of the best fortified German sectors where lls RuEgians struck simultaneously from two sides with infantry sup ported by tanks piercing the enemy IIno and blowing up pill boxes.
 The Germans, caught by surprise were said to have lied in panic abandoning large quantities of ma terials and leaving behind dead and wounded.
 Tho NaRis then brought up fresh TeaGrvea In c desperate but unsuc- onsskul attempt to retake the posi- tlnn and halt the Soviet advance.
 A strong German assault on the waliElln front northwest of Moscow was revealed in today's front-line dispatches which told of German infantry supported by tanks driv- inn upon Russian positions where the Nazis were "annihilated" by xaking rifle and machine gun ire.
 The Russians then launched a counter attack and drove the enemy back. with Q loss of 400 men.
 Again the Germans attacked, with ahock troops hastily shifted from a nearby sector, but met with stone wall resistance.
 The correspondent of the army organ Red Star said that the Ger mans were paying dearly for tneir attempts to pierce the Russian lines on the Kalinin front, and leach day are losing hundreds of men in every sector and sub-sector."
 Nightmare Battle
 on the Crimean front, 320 miles Co the south, massed Russians ana Germans fought a nightmare battle under ky-blackening swarms or Gtormovik and Stuka Dive bombing planes in the Kerch Penninstila.
 Marines of the Russian Black Sea fleet joined the land forces in their stand and the guns of the ships, ateaming off the coast and fighting of attacking German planes, rained death on German troops and com- munication lines.
 On the Moscow front, the Rus Gians, defeating a dramtic German attempt to relieve the 18th German Army, long encircled at Staraya Russia, by air-borne troops have SilOt down 229 German transport planes and 37 fighter planes within
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Continued from Page D miles above the border on the Burma Road. A simultaneous drive was believed developing against Yungchang, 100 miles north of the border.
 Chinese Ambushers
 Chinese ambushers are still en- gazing the Japanese at Chefang (25 miles north of the frontier) and at Lungling," the spokesman said. The Chinese also have succeeded in halt ing Jap column on the west bank of the Salween River and have de- stroyed no less than two suspension bridges across the Salween." Japanese communications lines, he said. now are cut between Lashio. in Burma, the Burma Roads south- ern terminus, and Wanting, the border town 116 miles to the north; between Lashio and Bhamo Ca dis tance of 100 miles), and between Bhamo and Myitkyina Ca distance of 75 miles).
 The spokesman said Chinese mil- itary quarters were fearing new Japanese attack in Chekiang Prov ince. He said Japanese aircraft carrier with 30 planes recently ap- peared in Hangchow Bay.
 The Central News Agency re- ported that 30,000 Japanese troops had launched 8 major offensive Monday in Chekiang territory.
 Battle of China
 For the Chinese, the battle of Burma now has become the battle of China. Military quarters admit ted that the fate of Running, provincial capital of Yunnan prov ince. and possibly of Chungking It. self may depend upon developments in the Yungchang sector. Despite last week-end's reverses, the Japanese spearheads are an estimated T5 miles inside the Chi- nese border and only 26O miles southwest of Running. It was corl- ceded that the Chinese situation presently is as grave as a week before the enemy advance columns were beaten back with an esti- mated 4,500 casualties.
 Chinese intelligence reports said the Japanese had launched their latest attack along the twisting Burma road from new bases In the Lungling sector, 50 miles inside China. Sporadic fighting was re- ported at isolated points all along the enemy's line of advance, as far south as the border town Of Want- inb.
 An all-out defense of Yungchang was expected. It has been an tm- portant base for the Americap v0l- unteer Group and Chinese pilots operating against the advancing enemy,
 Tn Burma, small Chinese forces continued to harass the Japanese, but little hope was held that they could deal a crushing blow. .
 Chinse headquarters reporte a that units operating under AInerl- can Lieut.. Gen. Joseph ". Still well had succeeded in cutting the communication. lines Of Japanese column that drove northwest from LaEhi0n, the BuPma roads southern terminus. to capture Bhamo and Myitkylla,
 SEnemy communication llpes were interrupted at different points thus ls0latlng Japanese advanced columns" the c0nlmupiQue sal0, isThe situation on the YMnnRn pE0V- lnce and Burma border is unchang' edv,
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because they were registered in 2 business capacity.
 At Manchester, someone attempt. ed to break into 6 safe at Manches- citys rationing cards. Police oflciak believed someone was trying to steal the cards, but the safe was unopen. ed. The FBI may be notified.
 New England Chiselers
 Boston, May 14-(UP)-Gasolina "chiseling" in New England will be curbed by new and stringent Tegu- lations that become effective July l, Regional OPA Administrator Kenneth B. Backman said today.
 Despite the amazing" number of high-rating "X" and "B-3" cards already issued, Bacxman said there was no indication that the present interim plan" would be scrapped.
 "It may be necessary to reduce the amount of gasoline sold for each ration card unit," he said. Tt may become necessary to have gas- less days or gasless Sundays.
 "If the units are reduced it will work 6 hardship mainly on those persons who made an honest effort to do the patriotic thing and ap- piled for their proper low-rating cards"
 Backman said the present ra- tioning plan was "a preliminary at- tempt" to get some control over gasoline supplies. New regulations effective 47 days hence will be slRsai- lar to the sugar stamp plan and will tend to curb inroads on vital gasoline supplies in the northeast by unauthorized holders of high rating cards.
 Many New Englanders who Ob- tained "B.3" and K" cards already are returning them voluntarily to local rationing boards. Backmap said.
 Although honest mistakes ufi' doubtedIy have been made in many cases" he said, "there have been other cases where the threat os inc vestigation and prosecution has per- haps been responsible for the re" turn of these cards"
 Despite the complaints of oficlals that too many of the larger uniC cards were issued, the number Of "B-3" cards issued in Boston yes- terday increased one per cent over Tuesday when registration began However, the number Of x" cards dropped 6 per cent.
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WATERBURY CAR
 OWNERS WARNED
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to ambulances, hearses, public serv- ice vehicles, cars used by doctors, veterinarians, clergymen and visit- ing nurses, cars used in government service, and commercial vehicles used for handling, trucking, messen- ger or delivery servSce.
 Persons not falling within these groups are not entitled to K" cards and are warned to ] urn them If they have them. They should have, at the most, "B-3" ca. is, which al- low them to purchase 37 gallons of gas between tomorrow and July l.. However, if they can prove their need, they may apply to the ration ing board for supplemental allow anceS in addition to the amount allowed them by their rationing cards.
 A rusth to transfer car regiStra- tions from passenger to combination markers has been noted during the past week, but rationirg officials say the changes will do the car owners no permanent good. A corn- bination marker, as such, entities the car owner to nothing more than that allowed the owner of Q pas- senger car.
 As the last day of registration be- gan at 2 p. m. today, it was esti- mated by Chairman McDuh that a total of 1e,O00 cards had been is sued Tuesday and Wednesdayq. The fig- ure accounts for only about half the cars registered and presaged ter- rife registration rush this afterS noon and tnoight. The final regis tration period will be from ' to 9 tonight. Registration began Tues day afternoon in the city's gram mar schools, and high school and { amman school principals. teachers and civilians are serving as yolun- teer registrars.
 Confusion on the part of civilian defense volunteers was still notable, resulting from conflicting an- nouncements. One defense agency head instructed has stan members to list the mileage travelled to and from their posts in their rationing card registration. However, this was c0intermanded by high officials, who said that mileage for defense purposes should not be listed now but that volunteers should instead apply for supplemental alIotments if they need them.
 The percentage of "A" cards being had been estimated, though oiIlcial issued here Is much smaller than figures are not yet tailed. The "A' card allows 2I gallons Of gas be- tween tomorrow and July {, or about three gallons c week.
 No gas can be bought after mld- night tonight without presentation of . gas gatloning card.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-14

kNOklkkttuCU AtOttA G0BS 1 fense table.
 At one point she raised her hand before her heayily-rOuged mouth to stifle a yaWn.
 Bultenkant, in a session which was marked by frequent calshes with Assistant District Attorney Jacob 0Fumet, attempted to establish that Miss KlaTmann was able to remember no telephone calls she received before or after the one she said cam from Miss Webb inviting Mrs. Reich to luncheon lp order to meet her new "husbaud".
 Many Telephone Calls
 He asked her what telephone calls she had received for several days before the murder and finally came to Thursday, the cay after the body Of Mrs, Reich was found suff0cated by a gag in the Hotel Sutton apart- mept which had been occupied, ace e0rding to the state, by Miss Webb and Ehonbrun who registered there Rg MT, and MFs, Ted Leopold"
 What phone calls dld you receive on that day7" BuItenkant demand ed.
 T received telephone calls from friends from all over after the muF- der" the elderly witness replied her eyes flashing,
 Before BuitenkaDt took Miss KlaFmaDn tn eH0ssseKalninatl0n, 0Tumet questioned her briefly in order to introduce Into evidence the telephone number she had noted down oil receiving the luncheon iIls VItatl0n message fF0n q person she Identified yesterday as Ms Webb,
 Tlhe notebook ill which the n0tas ten wae made was introduced and Mss KlaTman read from v the telephone number Plaza 9s090O, This was the Hotel Sutton nuInS
 "A voice asked Cor Mrs Reieh," ghe sad, "T said Mrs, Reich WaR out, but was her aunt and did she want 10 leave \ message.
 'sFhe voice said, T on Madeline webb. don't know you personally, but I have heard your niece speak Of yoB several times She then said, T Love EllGie very much. slla ls q nice neFno1.' The perGOn Eald that she w0iiId ike iO mako my nleeh acquainted with her husband, wlsagn slle had married Q few weeks before. She ieft her telephone number aHd address"
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the possibility that other ships were damaged by near miss blasts or bomb fragments.
 A second fleet of United States and Australian flyers attacked the great enemy invasion base at Rab- aul, in the Bismarck Islands north east of Australia.
 They swept over the field to ind that the unsuspesting Japanese, apparently believing unfayorable, flying weather would keep the AL lied flyers home, had left a group of at least IS great bombing planes on the runway.
 Bombs Quickly Fall
 within a Few seconds demolition and fFagmentation bombs were falls ing among them. The crews saw three go up in bits, and t seemed unlikely that any Of the rest Ees malned seFylcaable,
 While Japanese fighters h0vefad about peFVOugly, apparently feaF- Ing to attack, the Allied b0mbeRs nIagtered the shipping tn Ralaul baFboF with more bombs and flew home,
 MacAFthuTs eOmmupIqus said iD tuil;
 SS0, 9T
 NortllAastern Rrea-New Guinea; Port M0Teaby-slx enemy Zero fighters, attempting to attack the alndTOmo, were successfully ilteFs eepted tW0 being shot down end one damaRed, New HYltaini hahaul-- our ar force attacked the alFdFone, elIFpFislng Q group Of at least lb enemy b0mbAFg 0Gl the runway with 9Feat damage. Three bombaFs were seen blowing ID. Many others were severely hurt if not destroyed, Enemy fighters were present ln the ar but dld not engage. Enemy shipping in haFSoF was also as. tackled,
 "N0FthwastNrn nEaar- Netherlands East Indies: Anb0ina~-oliF aaF feEee attacked enemy shipping at Ans h0ina last night, sinking oae sg0os ton ship and obtaining 6iEest hits on tWo otherg Of 5ooo ag,a sloe9 tons. 4 wharf WaS est allrs,s
 MacArthur has nos divided flle invasion nones definitely Into tloae northeast ard neFlheaet of Aus lfaIla.
 TlIs attack on Amhoina opened 6 naw p|lara ~ the kIIled aerial fnrn l1F.oN tnffYa against 8a iMN M
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 M0Fgeptbau said the treasury also Is considering action, under its exv 6ttng powers, to prevent evasion of corporation taxes through sud- den and excessive raises Of corpora ton officials and employees.
 No Salary Padding
 M0Fgenthau said that such Spads ding" of salaries would be dlsalS lowed in the computation Of coz porate taxes,
 sTf . mans salary goes up from, say ebO00 to elO0000 tn . short time, that's where we'll step D." M0Fgenihau said,
 MoFgeGthau said the treasury was willing 10 accept the decision of the House Ways and MeaHl committee ln lowering individual income tax exemptions,
 T'he e0mmittNe reduced exaTlps tons from $500 10 el,20Q foF nlaFs Fled couples and from eTb0 10 eboo for single persons, M0FRentbali had recommended the el 200 figure for married persons and $500 f0T single peFs0ns, Me also had urged an additional cut t0 bring eKanlps ti0ns for each dependent 70 e3De instead Of the present el00 figure, Tie committee, however, did not change the eco.
 The new personal exemptions voted by the House Wags aiid Means committee gre 70 l0W that many h0nsemaidS and partstime weFkeFs would have to iiie returns neEt gear,
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AG0lablHus0 sFoW Fk&e " resistance but said t was soon broken.
 Tgle Vichy end Swiss radios quoted Rumanlan Rdvlees that the Germans had captured KeFch with infantry, cavalry and tank units, ana and thst M q second force he'd cap'
 Tewaga Caucasus Side
 Shis would mean that the 0eVs mans end Rumanlans had reached arms Of land which extended from the noTtheasteTn and kouthaasteFn ends Of the Peninsula toward the Caucasus side,
 4 British military eommsntatoV, expressing bellef that German claims were exaggerated, said theg even 4 kefeh tell the Russians would atlll be ln the Penlnsul9,
 Exports studied reports 0g the Russian khaEk0v offensive, b0lleNs ing that it might upset German arrangements foF theiE cFlMean ASs tack.
 Though asserting that lis ,1pugs eulw ok the Russians ln the peDing nnla continued, Germany explained that "eIonebufsss which soaked 2 faW roads alld temporarily turned them Into ifloTassass he'd slightly" impeded tlleiE men.
 Reporting the Russians tO bo res treating aIong s FaiIFead olln c coasial road t eald that fQccagiouol reeIetanee nlesilg Waa broken"
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Compensation Agreements

The following agyeemepes ees weekly eempenaatien during eIs ability were approved at the esalee Of COmpenaatien GeaaH1issseneF John 7, O'CannellI
 Frank DiAeRFie es IeFFlngsen against THFReT e Eegmeug Msg' ca, Oe T0EFlngian, ege.5 beginning September %, leSI, intHred Fight
 Louis Orlando, [ MaRslleld street, Waterbury, against Caies tYaOt0gs Supply Co., ggseY es Wss teTbWFy, el2'M bagining aey A injury t0 Iegt fe0t,
 Primo 0ais, a5e niage street, Waterbury, assinet Ehe Waterbury BagFel RewBaFy cad Mebine Ces eeb beginning hEay g, eFaetnFe4 wrist and bylisea Eieht han4,
 Joseph ?, hzeIeblenaa, sAe North Nah street, WaEeEbnFys against the Waterbury keyEA EeHndEy and Agaahins Gey sIe'se beginning Apvil g, strained mHs' elae 0f back,
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KEEPS CAR RAILS JUST HN 0AeA
 Tucson, ArlN, lUpl~ old aFd cut m0d9d trolley car Faile VIII FemaaH lmbeAdNd in the atFaets 0f Tucson The city council feared Iaek Q fgiFm Cor bn6aAs mleht make 6 EeluEn Ge street oag days necessary.
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MADELINE WEBB DOESN'T WORRY

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INCOME TAXES
 TO GO HIGHER

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GERMANS ADMIT
 VICIOUS BLOWS

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MACARTHUR HAS
 PLANES GOING

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JAPANESE ARE
 FAR INTO CHINA

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
Cooperation Needed Everywhere

Day by day the pattern of our lives in these
United States is being changed. The war, of
course is to blame. Whether we like it or not
some of the now temporary inconvenience will
more than likely become permanent Every indi-
vidual and every business and every factory will
feel the force of the about war effort
There are shortages here and shortages there.
Rationing of goods and metals and supplies will
continue perhaps for long time. We in the Pa
cific Northwest, a theater of war operations if
you please, are apt to feel shortages not apparent
in other sections of the country. case in point
is the rationing of fuel oils and fuels of other
kinds
The oil industry on the Pacific Coast has
striven to avoid any rationing program, but mill
tary necessities have compelled the companies to
pool their resources and distribute the oils and
lubricants and gas available. Permission to do
this was granted by the federal government last
weekend. The needs of the army and navy come
ahead of all civilian uses, be they in the home or
in the factory. Facilities for transporting fuels
and oils are limited; most devoted to the mill
tary operations
There may be few instances of hardship. but
not many. 1t remains for all of us to be good
soldiers cooperate in the rationing programs as
carried out, and prepare to offer sacrifices that
may appear great to us but actually are not COM
parable with the sacrifices made by men in mill
tary service. Let's not cry, but cooperate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
Voluminous Understanding

Each of Is Latin American countries is to receive
collection Of 5192 books selected by the Library of Con-
gress That many carefully chosen books the library be-
eves viii give their readers understanding of
nomcs science literature art and life in the United States
Well it ought to do that and the venture praise
worthy enough But understanding of the people
Of the United States viii be spread through Latin America
and the world by conduct Of the war than by
other available at present BY showing the ability
the stamina and the character win through shall
be presenting the world with object lesson graphic
1t this moment than books.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21

noD. that still cannot affect the
interchangeable law, nor the right
ness of an opinion conforming
thereto.
AS Don Marquis says. AN
idea isn't responsible for the
people who believe in it, so also,
an opinion may be right in it.
self, though only one person out
of a hundred may hold 1t. So,
Mr.. Eriekson's opinions may be
right even though he is of the
small minority.
There are those who say,
Difference Of opinion makes
horse races - makes industry
hum-mskes life interesting -
makes democracy work, etc"
and therefore difference Of epin-
ion is a good thing" Maybe so,
butrthey forget that it is Who'll
~ a difference Of opinion that is
the cause Of the little misun-
Outstanding between Stain and
Hitler; The Miksdo and FDR:
that is, difference of opinion is
the cause of war.
If now, the opinions herein ex-
pressed are right. it may be that
they are right in themselves,
and not because they happen TO
be held BY one ALB Seaman
ABB SEAMAN,
Ri 2. Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive attention IN this col
umn letters must give name and
address Of writer Only fnitiala
vii Be published when requested
Mr.. Ffxif. Would yeu please
tell me N the navy and coast
guard fan In the same clas<ifi-
cation. n there l. . difference.
could you please tell me what ~
h.: IL there . difference In the
uniforms Of . sailor and . coast
guArdsman BETTY W.
In normal times the coast
guard Ia a division Of the trea-
sury department In war time
II becomes = part Of the navy.
Uniforms are identical except
for officers cap insignia and
enlisted mems sleeve insignia.
Mr.. Fixit: Is u true that the
government can collect SO per
cent Of your property and money
for Inheritance tar In case the
husband or wife should die.
G. NJ. W.
II depends upon who you are.
Inheritance taxes are graduated,
like the income taxes. The more
inherited. the greater the tax.
Mr.. Fixit: I would like you TO
answer fhis question. Il the
public going 20 he allowed re-
tread tires' I mean those that
are not qualified rs doctors, etc
MRS. VI. T. 8.
There are no restrictions on
sale or use Of retresded tires,
other than their scarcity II the
public can find them, II can buy
them.
Mr.. Fixit: Would you please
tell me where I can get some
blue prints or information on
how 10 construct Gasoline
washing machine motor on .
bicycle: j. A. II.
II you don't feel inventive
enough To make your own plans
for converting a motor to such
q use. yor may get some sug-
gestions by digging through
back files Of Popular Mechanics
at the public library.