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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14
PRICHARD BLDG.
HAS BEEN SOLD
Grand St. Landmark Is
Bought By Naugatuck
I Resident

Martin Rubin Of Naugatuck has
bought the Prichard building on
Bank and Grand street, for the sum
OF $l25, 700. Papers in connection
with the transaction were filed late
yesterday afternoon with Town
Clerk Mary G. Kilmartin.
It was one Of the largest deeds
fled here in some time. The build
ing, usually referred to as the Hill
ton building, has as its principal
occupants, Hilton Clothes, Inc.
Also filed yesterday was a $780,
600 mortgage on the property from
mr.. Rubin to the New York Life
Insurance company, the former
owner.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14

DUVAL-Joseph Duval, 66 Of 1884
East Main street, died suddenly yes
terday at his home. A native OF
Three Rivers, Canada, he had been
q resident Of this city for 40 years.
Mr.. Duval had been employed for
"a years by the Scovill Mfg. COM
pany, from which he retired in 1880.
OF late he had been q watch
man for the WPA. He was a COM
municant of st. AIMS church, and
a member Of the L'Union Saint
Jean-Baptiste D'Amerique.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Marie
(Reintjes) Duval; a son, Joseph OF
waterbury; a daughter, Mrs. Jack
Klock, of Alexandria, Va; q BROTH
err, James Duval, Of Detroit. Mich;
and a sister, Mrs. Patrick Hickey
of Waterbury. Several nieceS and
nephews also survive Mr.. Duval.
The funeral will take place from
the Belleville funeral home, SO East
Clay street on Monday morning at
S:l5 O'Clock to st. AIMS church
where a solemn high Mass will be
celebrated at 8.
Burial will be in Calvary ce1ne-
terry. Friends may call at the fu-
neral home after 2 o'clock this att
ernoon, and all day tomorrow.
MOBERG-Mrs. Ida (Earstrolm
Momberg, wide Of Henry Moberg,
of 80 Ashnun street, died last night
at st. Mary's Hospital, following q
long illness. A native OF Sweden
she had been a resident of Water
bury for 80 years.
Mrs. Moberg is survived by three
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14
Ills Men To
Await Lottery
Result Tuesday
Washington Draw Deter
mines Order Of Military
Service Of New Group

with the same deep per
sonal interest that will char.
acterize thousands Of other
communities in the United
states this Tuesday, Ills
Waterbury men between the
ages of 20 and A will await
the returns Of the national
lottery in Washington, de-
ternining for them by the
luck of the draw, in what
order they will become liable
to military duty.
Already assigned serial numbers
members OF the group now known
TO selective service officials as Tel
T-2, ETC., win not be called to active
service until all registrants labelled
IA in the first two registrations
have been used up.
The procedure for the drawing N
washington will follow that eln'
ployed on both other occasions,
Serial NUMBERS UP W WAC .AA@@s.Oe
listed in any community IN the
nation will be enclosed In green
capsules and placed in the historic
goldfish bowl has decided more
private destinies than any decorative
object hitherto known.
Army and governmental dignltar-
les Will then select capsules ct ran
dom and the serial numbers VIII pc
replaced by final order numbers IN
the sequence drawn.
Order numbers win begin with
1O.OOl, representing a figure above
the total In any single local board
for the past two registrations, ano
viii also be prefixed by the letter
T.
Draft boards In this and other CIT
les will be furnished with master
lists from which order numbers wa
be assigned. Later questionnalres
will be mailed to registrants ano
on the basis Of information gu,
yuIged In these, draft officials VIII
ascertain classifications.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14
I37 ATTEND
M AIR COURSE
First Meeting Of Local
Civilian Patrol atlMt.
lobe

About So young men and two wo-
men, attended the first meeting of
the waterbury section of the Civil
Air Patrol in the administration
building at Waterbury airport,
Mount lobe, Thursday night. Har-
old Shalett, squadron commander,
introduced the members Of his staff
and each spoke briefly.
Mr.. Shalett also explained some Of
the possible ways in which the squad
ron may serve, telling Of recent use
of similar units in ferry service and
In broadcast appeals to civilians. He
described the type Of uniforms and
emblsrns which will be acquired
later.
Plans were made for beginning the
first Of a series Of courses to be
taken by all members of the corps
with specialized training to come
later for those seeking special as
signments. 1t Is planned to meet only
oen night q week for the present
and classes will / DIV beignato8
and classes viii begin at 8 o'clock,
Several commercial pilots are in
cluded in the volunteers already
registered as well as radio men, pho
tographers and others with special
skills.
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CONTINUED from Page u
blows upon the invaders, and, pre-
sumably, the Straya Russo region,
where the German 10Th army Is
trapped and being Systematically
annihi1ated.
Last nights communique spoke Of
determined" German troops being
forced back by the Russians, and
of attempted counter ATTACKS" re-
pulsed in several sectors, with heavy
enemy losses. The Russians re-
/ ported that they destroyed "a
German planes Thursday. Russian
losses were seven aircraft.
Nothing of Proof
There was nothing here to sub
stantiate Stockholm reports that
the Russians had thrown $500, 000
men against the invader in the
south. Reports from that front in
dictated that the Russians still were
engaged in strong local actions TO
Gust the Germans from tactically
and strategically important strong
points.
Today's colnmunique did say
however, that on several sectors OF
the southern front Soviet units
smashed 80 earth fortified posi-
tions, killing 1900 Germans and
capturing and destroying much
material. Unofficial reports said
three more localities in the south
had been taken and that 1000
Germans had been killed in the
last three days.
Heavy snow was reported south
of Lake linen, slowing action
against remnants of the German
| 18th army, but ski troops were
! sIashing at the Germans whose
difaculties were increased by the
cold.
The army organ Red Star re-
ported that 1000 Germans were
killed in one days fighting before
Leningrad and said Adolf Hitlei
was throwing in reserves decidedly
inferior to the troops that began
the invasion last summer.
Gen. Gregori zhukov's forces
were reported to have made a new
advance, threatening German
forces at Vyazrna and Rzhev or
the central front.
"An important center Of enemy
resistance" was reported to have
been captured on the central 'front.'
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Copyrighted Story Is
Sent Chicago Paper
Continued from Page u

neither be a short war nor an easy
one"
When the troops embarked, Angly
said, many wondered aloud when
we would see home again" and the
lunches ranged from one year to
five. ....
Except for one small island, we
were not to see any land until we
landed" the story said. Except for
slightly choppy seas and a day or
SO of ground swells at the beginning
of our voyage, the whole passage
was smooth. Only a few OF the ships
officers knew our conveys speed,
the days run and our position-and
they were not telling.
1--WE poopdeck navigators had our
own means of keeping pretty close
tab on where we were going on the
broad Pacific -.
Made Own Sextant
1.-TWO soldiers even produced a
homemade Sextant which they
rugged together with such odds and
ends as a bit of shaving mirror, a
pair of calipers and part of a slide
rule. We thought it worked fairly
we'll and on the last day we gagged
what port we were going into. We
were right"
The dispatch said many men de-
veloped an interest in the stars be-
cause blackouts prevented reading
and card playing and that the sight
ing Of the constellation, Southern
Cross swept around the decks like
an item of hot news"
Angly reported the men most
missed news Of the world and fresh
water.
"Fresh water was for drinking pur-
poses only and it was doled out only
at certain hours" he said. Care
fully used, one might have enough
left over for shaving but in the
tropics one drinks all the water one
can. The men soon learned that
shaving in salt water wasn't so bad
There was ample salt water in BATH
and showers and keeping clean was
no problem but laundry was ..
TN four or five places on the
weather deck, soldiers who had beer
BARRIERS before they enlisted set ur
shop though their clothes be.
came unkempt, the soldiers almost
unanimously kept themselves fairly
neat"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14
TALBOT TO Be
MAIN SPEAKER
Scheduled for Annual COn=
ventiOn of Young
Republicans

Congressman Joseph E. Talbot has
accepted an invitation to be the
principal speaker at the annual
convention of Connecticut Young
Republicans at Hartford May 8 and
9. A testimonial to the new con-
gresham will be held during the
convention.
The fifth district representative
is a former county president Of the
Young Republicans and was also a
member of the national planning
committee. He was one Of the or
ganizers of the movement in the
state. -
other speakers at the convention
will be Ex-Governor Raymond e,
Baldwin, State Chairman j. Ken
meth Bradley, Vice-Chairmarl Kath-
crime Byrne and Secretary w. FL
lery Allyn. 90
A statewide meeting of Republican
women will be held March 20 at
Columbia. Ex-Governor Baldwin VIII
be the chief speaker.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14
BANNONS SETTLE
5000 ACTION

A 5000 civil action, brought by
Joseph p. and Helen Bannon Of
Waterbury, against Arthur p. Holm
Of Oxford, was reported settled in
superior court today with tho nj
ing Of withdrawal papers. The
plaintiffs had alleged car damage
and personal injuries suffered when
a car in which they we're riding,
last August "a, was struck by a
vehicle operated by Herbert 9. Fray,
agent oe the defendant, en- Rubber
avenue, Naugatuck. Holm had been
charged With numerous counts q
negligsnca.
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JAPS TRYING TO
CUT AMERICAN Line
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page u
ed further to the eastward. Some
observers saw this move as fur
ther extension Of Japan's northern
arc over the island continent as well
as an attempt to obtain a base
closer to the American supply line.
JapS May Dig In
If the Japanese can accomplish
these obpjectives, these sources be-
lieved, they may call temporary
halt to consolidate their conqueSts
and "dig in" before the united ma
tons can organize for a counter
offensive.
If such were the case, they said,
the Japanese probably would de-
pend upon the vast desert distances
in Australia to shield them against
allied forces until the consolidation
could be accomplished.
They point out that Nippon'S
troops have been travelling light"
on both food and supplies thus far
In the war and contend that the
stretching of their supply lines
over thousands Of miles undoubtedly
leaves their air, sea and land pow
er thin in many spots.
Military men have noted that vir-
tually all Of the Japanese-conquered
territory Is rice-growing-the prin-
cipal food necessary to support the
invaders. Hence, it may be- that they
are attempting not only to console
date thinning transport lines, Ill
ready under attack by allied sub
marine, surface and air force but
to get sufficient food stocks for
later operations.
Big BOmberS at Work
Meantime, united nations big
bombers have been attacking jap
anese airdromeS and bases in New
Guinea, apparently in an effort to
blunt the Japanese spearhead. The
war department reported yesterday
that five flying fortresses smashed
the japanese held airdromeS on
northern New Guinea Of Salamaus
and Lac. They also shot down live
fighters that attacked them.
The lull continues on Bataan Pen
insula, where Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur'S gallant and outnumnerec
American Filipino army is holding
out against the japanese. There has
been no fighting reported from thu
sector since March 8, when Mac
Arthur's artillery smashed a Jap.
anese infantry regiment OF 2,oOI
men.
The last Bataan attack occurred
lust before the Japanese namet
Gen. Tomoyuki YaInaShita, WHIT
captured Singapore, as commando
OF their forces. The previous com
mander, Lieut.. Gen. Masharu HON
ma, repeatedly committed suicide
over his failure to defeat MacAr'
thur.
Yamashita Is expected to launcf
an "all-out" attack on Macarthur
in an effort to erase the japanese
humiliation in the Philippines.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14
MICHAEL BARRETT
DIES SUDDENLY
Well Known TypOgraph-
ical Union Member Sue.
CumbS at Home

Michael w. Barrett, linotype OPP
orator on the Waterbury American,
died suddenly this morning at his
home, ITO Buckingham street.
Mr., Barrett was native Of this
city, the son of Mrs. Mary Lawlor)
Barrett and the late John D. Bar
rett. He had learned his trade with
the paper for which he worked
and was a well-known member Of
the local Typographical Union. He
was q communicate Of st. Mar
garet's church, and q member Of Its
Holy Name society.
Mr.. Barrett leaves his wife, Mrs.
Emeline (Keenan) Barrett; his
mother; one son, John w., student
at st. Thomas seminary, Hartford
one daughter, Mary Elizabeth; two
sisters, Miss Elizabeth Barrett Of
this city, and Mrs. Edward Carley
Of Bridgeport.
The funeral will be held at $3.50
o'clock Monday morning from his
home, 10 Buckingham street, to
st. Margaret's church at Q O'Clock
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14
THREE NEW SHIPS
WERE LAUNCHED

Bath, Me, March f4-(UP)-
Three Navy vessels-including the
U. s. destroyer OBannon - were
launched at Maine shipyards today.
The OBannon slid down the ways
at the Bath Iron Works Corp. yard.
The vessel was christened by Mrs.
E. r. Kennedy Of 9TH Corcoran
ST., N. W. Washington, a descend
ant of 1t. Presley N. O'Bannol1, Ma"
rtne Corps hero in the war with the
Tripoli pirates in 1905.
Meanwhile, at East Bootmbay, the
motor mine sweepers YMS - and
the patrol craft PC 500 were
launched at the Rice Brothers Corp.
yards.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14
FUNERALS

The funeral Of Thomas Condor,
formerly Of Waterbury, was held
from the Mulville funeral home, 270
West Main street, this morning ct
8:l5 o'clock to st. Francis Xavier
church at Q for Q solemn high Mass.
The funeral OF Alfred M. Dunn,
40, Of 161 Plaza avenue, was held
this morning at 10 o'clock at st.
Mary's church, Lakeville. Burial
was In st. Mary's cemetery, Sails
bury.
The funeral Of George Tolles,
IS, Of Milford, q former resident Of
Oakyille, was held yesterday In Mill
ford. Burial was Ii Kings Highway
cemetery, Milford. Mr.. TolIeS died
wednesday. He leaves two sons,
Leon Of Milfordr an Wilbur OF
Hartford, and two brothers, Walter
and David Of Ridgefield.
The funeral of Jacob Fischbein,
OF, q former Waterbury resident
who died In Newark, N. H. Thurs
day night, was held IN Newark
yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Flscll.
bein Lived ~ Waterbury about ~
y@a$1 $50
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14
BARREL FINISHING
SUBJECT OF TALK

A technical talk on "Up-to-the-
Minute Developments in Barrel Fin
ashing" was delivered by William
Harding Of the Benrus Watch Co.. at
q meeting of the Waterbury chap
ter, American ElectroplaterS society
last night in The Elton. The lecture
followed a dinner meeting. Chair
man Of the technical session was
Ray A. Anderson, while George
Dubpernell brought the program to
q, close with q book review.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14
COLEY WEIGH IS
STILL CHAMPION

Boston, March 14-(UP)-Coley
WEIGH, 100, Of Portland, Me, re-
tanned his New England middle
weight title today after scoring a
technical knockout over Henry
Chnielewski, 157 ga, Of Cambridge
who was forced to retire at the end
Of the eighth round Of their sched-
uled 12-round bout last night be"
cause Of an eye injury.
ChmielewslEi,s manager, Harry
Kelly, refused to permit his boy to
return after examining his right
eye which was swollen shut by one
Of WEIGHS left hooks. Ringside OBJ
servers had given Chmielewski the
majority Of rounds in the lively
fight, which was the fifth and Grub
Der" engagement between the pair.
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grew hotter, more and more Of the
men and officers began pitching
their blankets and liftbelts on deck,
whever they could find room to
stretch out.
All Wore Lifebelts
cat all hours we wore lifebelts
when outside the cabins or holds.
Exercise was impossible either by
night or day. The decks were al
ways too crowded to attempt brisk
walking, and at night, going out for
breath of fresh air, one had to
grope slowly for fear of treading on
someone asleep on the deck.
Food was plentiful but water was
rationed."
The dispatch said the men did
not complain" and that "all seemed
reconciled to the fact that it would
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14
MOVE
AHEAD in BURMA
Continued from Page y

angoon-to-Mandalay Railroad
Junction which was pivotal point
on the old Sittang River defense
line.
A new Delhi, India, headquarters
communique released yesterday re-
ported British operations proceed
ing in the vicinity Of Tharrawaddy,
10 miles northwest Of captured
Rangoon on the road to Prone.
It was indicated that the defense
line, anchored on the northern end
In the Shewe- Gym area, had swung
northwestward from the lower
Sittang on 5O-mile arc from Pegu
to Tharrawaddy, while the Japa-
nese poured through the gay and
spread out to take the Rangoon
toe" Of Burma.
The British were believed con-
centrating for q new stand some"
where on the plains south OF Man
dalay.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14
AUSTRALIA HITS
JAP INVADERS
CONTINUED from Page u

Australian planes damaged the rum
ways Of the Japanese-hed airdrome.
In attacking the New Britain flelds
TO the west of Buka Island where
the invasion fleet had been sighted,
the Australian planes were striking
at fields from which Japanese planes
might take off to protect the feet.
(The British radio reported last
night, in a broadcast recorded by
the United Press In New York, that
total Of 16 japanese ships, includ-
ing O cruiser and destroyer, had
been sunk In New Guinea waters.
It was assumed that this total in.
Guided ships destroyed in q big raid
earlier this week on Japanese IN
vasion ships OF the New Guinea
COAST.
with Australia increasingly more
aware Of the acute threat OF Japa-
nese attack on Australia, Prime
Minister John Curtin announced
that Foreign Minister Herbert Evatt,
who Is also attorney general, would
leave soon for the United states.
At washington, Evatt was ex-
pected to confer with United States
leaders on Joint plans for otfense as
well Is defense plans tor the soutnr
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14
LOCAL HOUSING
PLAN CHANGES
Continued from Page u

follows:
Sec. 306. The Administrator
shall pay from rentals annual sums
in lieu of taxes to any State and or
political subdivision thereof, with
respect to any real property ac-
quired and held by him under this
Act, including improvements there
on. The amount so paid for any
year upon such property shall APP
proximate the taxes which would be
paid to the State and or subdivision,
as the case may be, upon such pro-
perty If it were not exempt from
taxation, with such allowance as
may be considered by him to be ap-
propriate for expenditure by the
Government for streets, utilities, or
other public services to serve such
property
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14
INCOME TAXES
DUE BY MONDAY

Little time remains for those who
still have to file their income tax
returns, with today amid Monday
the last two days that taxpayers
have to square themselves with
Uncle Sam for what they earned
during 1941.
once hours today are from $3.50
until 9 p. m. o'clock and similar
hours will prevail on Monday, Cab
ried Price, senior zone deputy col
lector, said this morning. The in
ternal revenue office Is closed to-
morrow, Sunday.
Those who fail to file by the dead
line Monday night will be liable TO
a penalty, MIR. Price stated.
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FORTRESSES OF
AMERICA. GOOD
CONTINUED from Page u

ards of United States troops have
arrived there after weathing jap
anese attacks on conveys blowing
through the southwest Pacific.
American WarshipS
American warshipS, 1t was indi-
Gated, aided in fighting OF enemy
threats to conveys and it was hint
ed that the Japanese attacks SUI
fered losses. In any event, the re.
Inducements reached their destina-
ton without loss.
these United States forces OBJ
viously were only a part Of the vast
land, sea and air armies needed to
turn back the Japanese threat to
Australia and New Zealand and to
keep open the American supply lines
to the Far East. But 1t was OBJ
served that the enemy push toward
Australia in the last few days had
made little progress so far as def
mite reports are concerned.
The British radio reported that as
many as IS Japanese ships, includ-
ing q cruiser and a destroyer, had
been sunk around New Guinea
while flying fortresSes were credited
with knocking out at least some OF
the New Guinea air bases from
which the enemy hoped to launch
all out attacks on Port Moresby.
Furthermore, there was increaS-
ing evidence that the japanese
were veertng eastward through the
Solomon islands towards the New
Hebrides and New Iceland IN an ef-
fort to strike at the American sup
ply line before 1t Is too late. In
this connection, It was suggested
repeatedly that the enemy might at
tempt to invade New Zealand -
despite long sea communications tc
those islands-before making Q d.
rect assault on Australia.
KNOWN for Weeks
The fact that American forces
numbers undisclosed-are ready FOL
the battle Of Australia had beer
known to newspapermen for some
weeks but leaked out to the public
slowly due to operations OF mill
tary censorship and apparent mix
ups between censors In Australis
and Warrington.
Dispatches telling Of arrival o
some American troops In Australit
as early as December were killer
by the United States censor aIl(
later messages from United Pres
correspondents who arrived Will
Conveys from the. United State
were suppressed because Of militar.
precautions dictated both hw tn
general strategy Of war and BY TIL
necessity Of projecting American
forces e. route.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-14
PLATES
ARE ISSUED HERE

Shortages Of steel needed for
making automobile marker plates
have made 1t necessary for the To-
cal branch Of the motor vehicle bu-
reau to issue temporary markers.
No aluminium has been used for
markers in recent months and suf-
ficient steel has not been allotted
to meet the requirements Of Con-
nectictit motorists.
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GOVT. MAY SMASH
75-DAY STRIKE
Continued from Page y

resulted In interruption Of the runs
OF at least two trains.
Sheriff Guy Donahue, handllng
the shooting investigation. said MS
men have uncovered no clews 70 the
identity Of the man who tired the
shotgun. -Four deputies continued
questioning pickets today. Only SIX
or seven pickets remained on the
lines after the shooting last night
The pickets represented two strik-
ing railroad brotherhoods, which
seek revision Of work rules and ALL
and CIo synnpathizers. U. .. Mar.
shall Robert Grant served copies Of
"a anti-violence injunction On many
q them yesterday.