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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-04

Next Sunday will be widely and reverently observed aS Mothers Day. The whole world is anticipating this event, there's further need of elaboratng upon such familiar theme Next Sunday will also be, what some writers pleased to ca fred letter" Day for Court Welch and two of it's popular members for on that day the Grand Court of Connecticut Foresters of Amer tion results are officially counted Court Welch is pected record unprecedented honor of having one of its members elevated to the highest office of the grand court and another to another position almost equal in responsibility grand court treasurer John Humphrey is slated for the grand chief rangers office and Bi climb for Mr. Humphrey one marked by loyalty and ef fcency as well as by marked enthusiasm in the perform ance of duties. Bill" Dunlavey is past Grand Chief Ranger He was elected to grand court treasurer several months ago to succeed the late James J. Walsh of Mer iden-and good term deserving another Bill is ex. pected to click without opposition So Court Wech will of America in Connecticut. Such distinction must be merited In this particular Bi Dunavey and his protege, John deserve the tributes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-04

AsFs. Prank Carney and 6Fs. Wii- Ham DFoughtoR, of ChapeI street waited relatives in R&Nalns. N. x. ever the WeeksoId
Evening star., 1942-01-11
District Man Among Heroes
Of Keorny Given Navy Cross

by the force of the explosion, set
up deafening screech.
Those receiving the coveted Navy
Cross in addition to Comdr. DAMS,
whose shicial address is 1540 Forty
fourth street NV. were 1t. Robert
j. Esslinger, engineer officer, of Ypsi-
lanti, Mich, and Aucie Mcdaniel,
chief nachinist mate. Naval Reserve,
of San Diego, Calf. The awards
were made by Vice Admiral Royal
E. Ingersoll, commander in chief of
the Atlantic Fleet.
The Navy said that Comdr. DAMS
"modes,ly" refrained from mention
ing his own name in reports'o the
torpedcing, although his part In the
exploit vas commended by the COM
mande- of the destroyer squadron
in whica the Kcarny was operating.
This o11cer stated:
1T Is considered that the Kearny's
performance is worthy Of COM
mendaa ton and that the example
set by her captain and crew win
(ses KEARNY. Page A73
Evening star., 1942-01-11
New Air Line 10 Link U. s.,
South America and Europe
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 10.-Au-
thoritative sources said tonight
Pan American Airways planned to
inaugurate new air service
between the United States, South
America and Europe by the end of
this month.
Using Boeing flying boats, the
new line would extend from New ork
approximately $500 miles to Natal,
Brazil, across the South Atlantic
Ocean about 1920 miles to Bolama
capital of Portuguese Guinea and
about 120 miles south of Dakar, and
then north some 2,20O miles to Lis
bon, Portugal.
Pan American, informed sources
said, would operate the new line
under an agreement with the
United States Army, which recently
requisitioned the company's equip
ment and is supervising its opera
tions.
Only two round trips a month
would be made because only one
plane is available for the new
service.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
You opd
An Air Raid

The series of articles which
ran in The Star, describing
precautions for the safety Of
your home and family in an
emergency, is being reprinted
in pamphlet form. Decision
to print the pamphlet was In
response to many requests
from AFRAID wardens, build
ing wardens and others in the
civilian defense organization
as well as from readers.
The pamphlet bears ofncial
Endorsement from Mayor La
0uardia, director Of civilian
defense, and from Col. Lemuel
Bolles, executive director Of
District civilian defense.
It may be obtained, after
Tuesday, from The Star. See
full directions for obtaining
the pamphlet in the article In
today's Star on Page "A.
Evening star., 1942-01-11

How the torpedo-torn United
States destroyer Kearny was
saved from sinking of Iceland
at midnight October II by the
"heroism, gallaptry and devotion
to duty" of her crew was revealed
by the Navy Department yester-
day in awarding the Navy Cross
to 1t. Comdr. Anthony L. Danis
of Washington and two other
members of the ships company.
Letters of commendation were
given to II others, five of whom were
rewarded also with promotions. The
post-battle reports told how II men,
missing after a German torpedo
nearly tore the slim convoy vessel
in half, died at the battle stations
to which they had been ordered 10
minutes previously.
Ten men were wounded, two seri-
ously, in the blast which stunned
many others. caused the Kearny to
list momentarily with decks awash
while the ships siren, pulled open
Evening star., 1942-01-11
; Soldiers Shot in Clash
With Military Police
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALEXANDRIA, La, Jan. 10
Capt. Houston Green of the State
police said three colored soldiers
were shot here tonight in q street
clash between white military police
and colored soldiers. Capt. Green
said two of the soldiers we're be-
lieved to be. in serious condition.
The oficer reported that q white
military policeman arrested . COL
ored soldier and that the latter's
companions jumped in and beat up
the policeman.
Capt. Green said that when about
100 State police, city oficers and
parish omcials reached the scene,
in a colored residential district,
about 400 to 500 colored soldiers
had congregated.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Cold 10 Moderate Today,
Weather Bureau Saws

Generally fair and not so cold
was the Weather Bureau forecast
for today.
Last nights prediction was that
the mercury would sink to between
I and degrees by morning. al
though an earlier forecast had said
1t might go as low as zero.
Yesterdays high was "a, recorded
at $40 pm. The temperature
began dropping shortly afterward
and stood at 13 degrees at II pm.
The forecast for Maryland for last
night was much colder In the
central and east portions. The
entire State was blanketed with
about 2 inches Of snow Friday
night. but traff1c was not disrupted
as State Roads Commission crews
worked unremittingly.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
unusuuf Steps
Taken by Nozis
ToDeny Unrest
Foreign Writers
Are Impressed by
Officials Haste
BY the Associated Press.

SOMEWHERE ON THE GER
MAN FRONTIER, Jan. 10.-The
Nazi leadership has taken ex-
traordinary measures to deny
reports of incipient revolution
within the Reich, advices to this
border point disclosed tonight.
These MISUNDERSTANDING the
awakening of foreign correspond
ents in the middle of the night to
inform them of the rumors and the
Foreign Office denials-came at
time when Adolf Hitler's own press
chief and all the German news
papers were acknowledging the
gravity of the military situation in
Russia.
The admissions. coupled with ap-
peals for a renewal of faith in the
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Experts Here Foresee
Fun-ScaIe Assault
By Japs on Indies
Effort to Drive Macarthur
Forces OFF Luzon Is
Expected at Same Time
BY the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
Fragmentary news from the
Philippines led some tacticians
here last night to the opinion
that the japanese might be
planning an immediate full-scale
assault on the Netherlands In
dies, simultaneously with an ef-
fort to drive Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's forces off the Island
of Luzon.
This view was bolstered, they said,
by Army reports of an enemy fleet
concentration on Mindanao, SOUTH
ernmost Of the large Philippine Is
lands, together with q massing Of
Japanese reinforcements on the
Luzon front.
The fighting on Luzon, mean
while. was in a lull. The artillery
of the two armies banged away at
each other from distance. There
were sporadic Skirmishes between
Japanese and American patrols.
Enemy air activity was confined to
observation flights.
Additional Landings Seen
The Army announcement of en-
emy ships off Mindanao foresaw
additional landings on that island
and stopped there. Looking further
ahead, however, some observers
thought Mindanao would be used as
a base for the attack on the East
Indies. 1t is so situated that 1t
could be used as an important de-
pot on the Japanese line Of COM
munications.
The nearest major island is that
of Borneo, on the northern coast
of which, in Sarawak, the Japanese
already have established themselves.
Beyond lie the Netherlands Indies.
It was recalled that American
bombing planes raided japanese
concentrations at Davao, on Min
danao, a week ago with highly sue
cessful results and there was much
conjecture as to whether the blow
could be repeated
Gen. MacArthur's forces. mean
while, were taking advantage of the
lull- it was supposed, to strengthen
their position on a line on an arc
like front above Batan Peninsula,
and Subic Bay, the flanks of which
are protected on one side by Manila
,, Bay and on the other by the South
China Sea.
The terrain, experts on the Philip
pines said, provided Gen. Mac
Arthur with natural line of de-
fense, but any further forced re-
treat would mean withdrawal to the
peninsula, with a. consequent aban-
(See PACIFIC, Page A-50
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Recruits Arrive Too Fast
For Biggest Navy School

~ the Associated Press.
GREAT LAKES, III, Jan. TO-
The Nations largest Navy school
has been forced to close its gates
because Of the flood Of incoming
recruits.
Since Pearl Harbor, $50 men . day
have entered the Naval Training
Station here. and today Capt. T. D.
Carr, executive o1icer, said 1t was
possible no more volunteers could be
accommodated until the next class
graduates. The station gives q six-
Voak b0nie course.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Early Senate Action
Is Sought on Move
To Halt Transfers
MeCorron Seeking Bon
On Agency Shifts Unless
Approved by Congress
By WILL KENNEDY.

A resolution banning transfer
of any Government agency from
Washington without congress
sional approval was introduced
in the Senate late yesterday by
Chairman McCarran of the Sen
ate District Committee.
An outgrowth of joint hearings by
the Senate and House District Com
mittees, the resolution asserted that
"the whole fabric Of civil and Gov
ernment life In Washington will be
adversely affected" If orders shift
ing numerous ofices are carried out.
Chairman McCarran said he
hoped to get action in the Senate
early this week on his proposal. II
passed. it would require that the
moves recently ordered BY the
Budget Bureau be held up at least
until Congress goes into the situa-
tion more thoroughly.
Leaders Offer to Cooperate.
Chairman McCarran said he has
been assured of the cooperation Of
Senate Majority Leader Barley,
Senator Tydings, Democrat. Of
Maryland and other leaders.
The resolution directs that the
director of the budget. before taking
any further steps toward removing
any agency or office of the Govern
ment from the District, submit a
report to the Senate giving full and
detailed information as to the
reason for the issuance Of such
order, the statutory authority on
which it is based, and a full and
complete disclosure of all facts in
connection with each and every
agency or onice directed to move"
Chairman McCarran, in his reso-
luton, challenged the statutory
authority of any person or Govern
ment agency to order such re-
moval." 1t declared that the moving
orders issued by the budget director
are without authority of law and
contrary to the will Of the Congress,
without knowledge Of Congress, and
that the execution of such orders
1Co. nErENJrp pHTT7ATT0N A-QI
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Censorship Lifted Oregon
Reveals Severe Storm
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated PTe1S.
PORTLAND, Greg, jap. 10-With
censorship barriers dropped by an
elapsed time Of 48 hours, Oregon
could report today that 1t had .
storm-and what q storm-earlier
In the week.
Snow, sleet and silver thaw
combined to coat the Willamette
Valley and many other areas with
ice, disrupting trafic, causing acci-
dents, straining transportation sys-
TENS, breaking OF telephone and
telegraph communications and caus-
ing untold damage to trees.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Army Flyers Missing
As PIone PIunqes in Gulf
Hv,he Aceor;stad Droe

BY The Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex, Jan. 10.-An
advanced training plane, believed
to be from Ellington Field with two
men aboard, plunged into East GAL
weston Bay today.
1t. Randall Schamp, instructor,
and 1t. Jack w. Clark, student
officer were in the plane. Specta-
tors said the craft exploded in the
air. They saw no parachutes or
falling bodies.
Efforts to raise the plane with
hooks failed and arrangements were
made to send derrick to the scene.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Russians Land
Heavy Blows on
Central Front
Advance 30 Miles
Beyond Mozhuisk
On Either Side
BY tie Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 10.-The Soviet
Army tonight was reported
pressing its uninterrupted coun-
teroffensive with conspicuously
successful blows in the central
sector northwest and southwest
of Moscow.
The two arms of the pincers seek
ing to trap perhaps 100000 Nazis
about Mtxhaisk, 81 miles west Of the
capital, were extended further.
Below Nozhaisk the Red Army
claimed recapture of Mozalsk and
to the north the NaZis were said
to be ret-eating from Startsa toward
Rzhev-laacing the Soviet ad-
vances at least 80 miles beyond
Mozhaisk on either side. with the
jaws Of the pincers drawing ever
closer.
In the Staritsa- -Rzhev area the
Germans apparently were trying to
make stand, for the Moscow radio
broadcast a dispatch to the news
paper 1westia reporting that the
Nazis were rushing up planes and
infantry units are being brought up
from deep in the rear"
(B. r. c., in a broadcast heard
in New York by c. B. S.. quoted an
Izestia correspondent as report
ing tn. northern arm of the
pincers was making good prog
ress'O
At the same time the Red Army
thrusts had brought them within
Is miles Of the North South
Vyazma. Bryansk railway line, a 140-
mile stretch already singled out by
British experts as the likely. site
for the Germans to attempt to
marshal their retreating forces for
. fortified defensive stand.
Report Continued Advance.
Today's brief Soviet communique
did not locate any actions, but said
Russian advances continued in =
number Of sectors" and that the
Germans were driven out of a
number Of inhabited localities"
The night communique was no
more specific In its account Of ad-
vances IN several sectors and occu-
patton Of "a number of localities"
but did claim destruction OF 42
German planes yesterday, with a
loss of only six Russian planes.
Gn he Crimea. said the B. BIC.
in a broadcast heard in New
York by N. B. c., five German
divisions around Sevastopol, Rus
Sia's Esack Sea naval base, ARE
threatened by Russian drives
from the east (where they ef-
fected landings at Kerch and
Feodoaya) and the north (where
they landed at Yevpatoriya)."
(The Swiss radio broadcast q
report that the 600-mile Moscow
Rostov railway line. target Of
frequent Nazi bombings in the
Donets basin drive, had been
reopered.
(The German high command,
acknowledging its troops con-
tinued on the defensive in the
center and north, claimed that
Nazi FLAMES had sunk a trans
port, set fire to a merchant ship
and damaged a light cruiser and
two merchant ships in Crimean
waters-indicating the Russians
were continuing to reinforce
their counter thrusts.)
Held Personal Defeat for Hitler.
British military experts termed
the Germans failure to hold their
lines in the Moscow battle zone as q
personal defeat for Adolph Hitler
in his self-chosen post as COM
mander in chief, and pointed to q
new German military phrase-ra
fluid tront"-as proof the Nazi
armies we're unable to stabilize their
(See RUSSIAN, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Jop Olympic Stor Killed

BERLIN, Jan. 10. (Omcial broad
cast-<RD. Dispatches from Toxic
tonight reported that sueo Dye.
famous japanese pole vaulter who
was . place-winner In the 1885
Olympic Games at Berlin, vas killed
In action In the Philippines.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Air-Roid Alarm

The Once Of Civilian Defense
for the Metropolitan Area has
asked The Star to publish for
the information of the public
these air-raid signals for the
entire region, including nearby
Virginia and Maryland:
Alarm-Five short blasts at
half-second intervals, sounded
three consecutive times, . total
Of Is blasts.
All clear-Three long blasts
Of ono and one-haH seconds
each.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
House Will Inquire
Into Maintenance
OF Civilian Morale
ToIon Committee TO HeoI
Mayor La Guordio and
Mrs. Roosevelt

Top civilian defense officials,
including Director La 'Guardia
and his assistant, Mrs. Franklin
d. Roosevelt, will be heard along
with District officials when con-
gressional hearings open this
week to determine what is being
done to maintain morale and as
sure the well-being Of the Ma
tions civilian population during
the war.
The hearings, scheduled to last
three days, will focus first at
tention on conditions in washington.
They will be conducted by the Tolan
committee investigating defense mi
grafton.
In addition to Mayor La Guardia
and Mrs. Roosevelt, Chairman Tolan
said Paul v. McNutt, director of the
once of Defense Health and We'll
fare Services, has been invited to
testify Wednesday. District officials
asked to appear for q round table
discussion Tuesday include Com
missioner Young; Col. Lemuel
Bolles. director of civilian defense;
DR.. George H. Ruhland, health
omcer, and DR.. Frank c. Ballou.
superintendent of schools. Conrad
Van Hyning. District Public welfare
director, will head q panel discus
sion on welfare problems.
OF Primary Importance.
Civilian morale in Washington, Z"
Mr.. TolAn said In . statement, rs
Of primary importance and the ma
tonal capital should show the way
In providing good living conditions
and the best afraid defenses for
its residents. At the same time we
desire to find out about civilian
needs and protective measures
throughout the country.
Civilian morale Is essential to
victory, and We must see that our
civilians are cared for with the same
devotion we give to the support of
the boys in uniform"
Meanwhile, q conference commit
tee Of Senators and House members
attempted to reconcile differences
in legislation passed BY the two
branches to provide funds for civil
ian defense. A House-approved bill
limited the initial outlay to $780,
000, 900 and put administrative coh-
(0Aa NOD ATE nn~> A0l
Evening star., 1942-01-11
KuoIo Lumpur Claimed by Jops
After Further Retreat by British;
PownoII Stresses Singapore Peri!
AustroIiun Planes
Score Direct Hts
On Enemy Ship
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
SINGAPORE, Jan. 10.-Driven
back relentlessly after a brief
hard stand along the Slim River
22O miles north of here, the Brit
ish were told tonight by their
commander, Gen. Sir. Henry r.
Pownall, that they faced des-
perate days ahead in defending
the most vital areas, including
Singapore.
GA japanese broadcast heard
in San Francisco by c. B. S.
claimed the capture of Kuala
Lumpur, Malayan rubber capital
only 18O miles north of Singa-
pore, after attacks from the
north and northwest.
Earlier Japanese claims
hinted that the British had aban-
doned the Kuala Lumpur area
after the Japanese had occupied
an airf1eld only two and a half
miles southwest of the city and
started an all-out attack on the
town from the rear)
That the British carried out the
"scorched earth" policy in their
retreat was indicated in these re-
ports from Central Malaga:
All mines in the rich tin pro-
ducing area are being flooded and
dredges and all equipment de-
stroyed.
Hundreds of thousands of valuable
rubber trees-which require six
years of careful tending before
yielding-are being ruthlessly chop
ped down.
Malayan businessmen Joined in
the campaign Of destruction. Those
at Kuala Lumpur opened doors of
their stores to the public and gave
away all their stocks.
A Kuala Lumpur newspaper. after
publishing 46 years, put out its final
edition, summoned its staff and
ordered it to wreck the presses.
Jap Ship Is Bombed.
Bomber formations OF Britains
Far Eastern command ranged over
Malaga and Thailand while Ameri-
can-made Hudson bombers of the
Royal Australian Air Force scored
four direct hits on q japanese ship
of the east coast of Malaga. The
ship was presumed to have been
sunk.
Japanese airfields, supply bases
and communications were bombed.
Two New Zealand fighter pilots
downed an enemy bomber ap-
preaching Singapore.
Gen. Pownal1 told the defenders
In a broadcast tonight that their
task was one Of hard fighting on
the defense.
Japan has the advantage which
lay with the other aggreSsor nations
she was able to get her blow in
first" he said.
Here, as elsewhere, our task has
been to ward off that blow so that
the enemy gain as small chance
of success as possible.
Our second task is to hold the
enemy from vital areas and as far
from them as possible while we re-
new. regroup and supplement our
forces.
Engaged in Second Task.
Then we will be able to bring
the enemy to a halt and later drive
forward ourselves. We are engaged
in the second of those tasks.
THE most vital OF the areas
which are to be defended and the
one which we are absolutely de-
termined to defend is Singapore, !"
he concluded.
The British radio said the Jap
anese had been able to throw
(Coo MAI AVA Dooo AQ)
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Chiang's sS0,O00M
Routed 10000 Japs
In Chanqsha Battle
Aided by U. S., Chinese
Showed What They Could
Do if Given Equipment
BY SPENCER MOOSA,

Associated Press War CORRESPONDENT.
CHANGSHA, China, Jan. 10
The enormously increased strik-
ing power Of the Chinese Army
was demonstrated here in the
utter rout of a numerically su-
perior Japanese force in the in
vaders' third disastrous attempt
to capture this Human province
capital.
Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek
threw only $4,000 men against 12o.-
600 Japanese in the giant battle
which not only produced q great
Chinese victory but saw . reversal
Of the ratio In manpower existing
heretofore.
In four and . half years Of piece
meal conquest the Japanese Almost
invariably used smaller, far better
equipped troops to produce victories
against under-gunned put larger
Chinese forces.
But in the third battle of Chang
Sha the tables were turned for the
first time and Chiang's men, bol-
stored by American lease-lend aid,
showed what they could do once
they got the necessary tools in their
hands.
5-fOr-1 Losses Reported.
The enhanced striking power of
the Chinese was demonstrated fur
ther by official figures showing they
inflicted 5-for-1 losses on the jap
anese at Changsha.
Casualties in the immediate vicin-
ity Of the provincial capital were
placed at 81 900 Japanese and 1000
Chinese, with many more Thousands
Of invaders killed in their disastrous
retreat to the northeast.
A Chinese communique said pur-
suit Of the broken Japanese REM
nants continued today before the
Laotao and Milo Rivers, 30 miles
northeast Of Changsha.
In that vast battle area groups of
1000 Japanese each were declared
surrounded and in the process of
methodical annihilation by their
Chinese tormentors.
The official Chinese Central News
Agency said Yochow, the Japanese
base 100 miles north OF Changsha,
was crowded with thousands on
thousands of Japanese wounded and
that trains were carrying additional
scores Of wounded to Hankow.
Dead stm Litter Hills.
Huge piles of Japanese dead still
Uttered the hills east and south OF
Changsha today; here and there
were hastily turned graves and
ashes Of hurried cremations. o.
These normally placid hills, domi-
mating Changsha.. changed hands
four times in bloody hand hand
fighting before the tide of battle
finally changed for the Chinese.
"The Japanese troops fell into
our trap, according to plan," ex-
planned q Chinese omcer who took
part In the battle.
"Our troops melted away before
the advancing japanese, but as the
invaders began attacking Chang
sha we struck at their fianks and
rear, cut their communications and
forced them to withdraw"
1t was then, the Chinese related,
that the real slaughter began for
Chinese forces lying in wait blocked
the line Of retreat and moved down
Evening star., 1942-01-11

Rodio Proeroms Pose E-5
Complete Index Poss AZ
Evening star., 1942-01-11

(See MORALE, Page A-S0
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Weather Forecast

Generally fair, not 80 cold Sunday; mod
crate to fresh winds, Temperatures yes
terday-Highest, "a, at $40 pm; lowest,
13, at II pm.
From the United States weather Bureau report.
Full Details on PAGE Az. n
Evening star., 1942-01-11

(See PACIFIC, Page A-5o