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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-25
PARKING METERS
 SUIT CONTINUES
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Atty. Lawrence Lewis, plaintl6's counsel, asked Mayor Scully on cross-examination if 1t wasn't true that if policemen did e reasonably good job there wouldn't be double parking. The mayor retorted "A policeman can't be every place all the time-he is just human"
 Corporation Counsel Lynch asked him if meter posts create a hazard and he replied Decidedly not" Ask ed if they were Q nuisance he said absolutely not"
 Attorney Lewis asked the mayor if placing of anything on Slde- walk was interference and the mayor replied in the affirmative. Then aren't parking meters an in- terference" asked the plaintiffs law yer. "No," Mayor Scully said, you may have @ technical thing in mind but if a person has his eyes open and realizes where he is going there is not interference ila any way" The plaintiff has produced numerous witnesses since the trial opened who claimed that the meter posts create Q hazard because 1t is easy for per. sons to bump into them.
 Not Installed For Gain
 When asked If parking meters were 8 potential source of revenue for the city the mayor retQrted that they weren't installed for that pur- pose. The plaintiffs attorney object ed to the answer asking for 8 direct reply. The question was repeated at least four times before its wording resulted in recognition from the city executive that revenue is obtained from the meters.
 Witnesses called to the stand yes- terday afternoon included Clyde Jennings, City Clerk Joseph Shea, City Budget Director Thorvald Ol- sen, Daniel T. Harrington, Jr., real estate agent, Sergeant Patrick Foley of the local police department, John Hines, local insurance man, and Pa- trolman August Rinaldi who collects receipts from the meters.
 MT. Rinaldi testified from the stand this morning that police sup- ervision is necessary in the collecs ton of coins from the meters. The plaintiffs counsel attempted to draw an addmission that anyone other than 8 policeman could collect the money at a pay less than that of Q policemn.
 This mornings witnesses included Bart Scanlon, Frank J. Greene, sec- tary of the Chamber of Commerce, William H. Jones of Watertown.
 Police Commissioner William Ver- riker, David Meth, and Superin- tendent of Police William J. Roach.
 officials of the police department were questioned on the operation of the meter system. They were asked about methods of collection and supervision.
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ing in his so far futile effort to Subdue Sevastopol
 On the Kharkov front. 250 miles north of SevaStopol, the midnight communique said Soviet forces on one sector repulsed German in- fantrv attank supported by many tanks. They inflicted heavy losses on the Germans, both in men and tanks. One Russian detachment re- pulsed several attacks and the Ger mans left many corpses on the field" the communique said.
 It said that on other fronts there was no change, but Soviet ships had sunk 4,O00-ton German transport in the Parents Sea, and a Soviet mortar battery had blown up an enemy war materials depot, killing 1900 men.
 A Soviet unit demolished 10 field Notifications, one gun, several nla- chine guns and mortars, and killed more than 250 Germans on the Leringrad front in two days, the communique aSsertedt.
 A second unit on the northern front, operating behind the Ger mans, derailed two German trains, destroying two locomotives, nine cars of ammunition, seven cars of engineers equipment and six flat cars of tanks.
 Around Kiev, a guerrilla detach- ment fought a German punitive ex- petition three days. Retreating, they entlced the Germans into the marshes, suddenly struck from three sides. They killed S6 Germans burned tankette and six trucks, and captured three trucks, four ma- chine guns. 100 ordinary and auto- matic rifles, a field wireless station and a large quantity of ammunition
 Russian aviation on Tuesday de- stroyed or damaged 36 Ger man tanks, 95 motor vehicles loaded with troops and supplies. 10 motor cycles, and 30 carts of war materials silenced 10 field and anti-aircraft batteries. blew up two depots oi war materials. and dispersed anc partly destroyed some five com panies of infantry and one squad. ron of cavalry.
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CHURCHILL WILL
 FIGHT ENEMIES
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Continued from Page D nounced that the debate on Libys and Mediterranean operations woulc take place at thhe second and thire days of the next Sittings of com mons.
 "The debate will take place as tht result of the laying down of Sil John Wardlaw-Milne's motion," h' announced.
 Cripps declined to say that the Prime Minister himself would bt back for the debate but told the house:
 Hopes He Comes Back
 "It is hoped the Prime Minister will be present when the Libyan debate occurs, and I hope that the Prime Minister will speak"
 Cripps said the issue would be fought out in the open, and that 1t was not proposed to make any part of the debate secret on the plea of military necessity.
 T hope that the scope of the de- bate will not be limimted to Libya and the Mediterranean but will in- clude the condudct of the war;" ob- served James Henderson Stewart national liberal.
 "It's scope will be very wide, in- deed, but 1t must be for the govern ment to decide as the debate pro- ceeds regarding what should take place and at what time"
 Supporters of Wardlaw-Milnet motion are:
 Sir Herbert Williams, Adm. of the fleet Sir Rogers Reyes, Comdr. Ro- bert Bower, Thomas Levy, A. w. M Spearman, G. R. Mall-Caine ane Gilbert Kledhill, conservatives; F. J Bellinger, Leslie Haden Guest, s. s Silverman, R. R. Stokes, Nell Mo. Lean, M. P. Price and Aneurin Bev. an, labor; Leslie Hore- -Belisha ant E. L. Granville, nationay liberal Clement Davies and T. L. Horabian liberal, and w. D. Kendall, indepen' dent.
 Five motions in all, four of then hostile, will await Churchill wher he returns from Washington, 1t wal indicated.
 The only friendly motion eXresse' confidence in the governments gen. eral direction of the war but urget that the principle of unified com maiiG should be paramount in al operations.
 But it was forecast that the gov ernment would push aside this ant other motions to insist on a direc vote on that of Wardlaw Milne a! the most hostile one-and one which if passed, would cause Churchills immediate resignation.
 By this course, Churchill would bt able to show the world, the over. whelming support of commons anC put his critics on the spot.
 A vote on the motion would show the exact number of Churchill! open enemies, and, the government believes. show them to be very few and entirely without influence.
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NAYS LOSING
 PLENTY OF MEN
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Advices to the Soviet army news paper Red Star said, however, that because of enormous German losses, the general pressure on Sev- astopol was somewhat slackened, though, in view of the enemy's nu- mercial superiority, the intensity of the battle was undiminished.
 The military Soviet of the Black Sea fleet exhorted the defenders of Sevastopol to stand firm.
 Attempts to seize the city in a three day storm have been crushed" 1" a message said. Aviation, tanks and psychologist attacks by drunken German and Rumanian soldiers have been unavailing.
 . Gallant Black Sea men have decimated the 22nd, 132nd and 72nd Germany Infantry divisions and the 1st and 18th Rumanian Infantry divisions. The most severe losses were inflicted upon the 24th and 170th Germany Infantry di- vision and the 4th Rumanian Alpine division. The Germans have lost more CIldH lOU Ldilkb hLlQ IluLlul Cun of planes on the approaches of 6evastopol. The short path of the enemy is strewn with mountains of corpses of its officers and men,"
 The Black Sea fleet has been in- cessantly shelling the Germans, it's air arm has been bombing and ma chine gunning them and some of It's sailors may be helping Sevas' topol's garrison.
 This was the 18th day of Adolf Hitler's victory -at-any- price assault
 Last midnight's Soviet communi- que said of Sevastopol's heroic gar- rison and civilians, 'our troops fought stubborn battles with supe- r!or forces of the enemy"
 Dispatches to Soviet army and navy newspapers told of the gwarms of dive-bombers, herds of heavy tanks, big guns and thousands of frgt-lIne men Col. Gen. Fritz Erich vnn MannGtAin gas layishly snend-
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Gen. Romrnel Smashed Through Every Fort
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ing his main body to e selected line, where 1t would meet rein- forcements, while strong tank cole Numns hacked at the enemy in the desert, seeking to make 1t difficult for units to mass.
 Marsha Matruh, where the big British stand may be made, has long been regarded as probably the best defensive position not only east of the frontier, but in the entire 500- Emile stretch to Fl Agheila, in the Banghazi area of Libya.
 Axis forces had not penetrated as far as Sidi Barrani since the Ital. ians got there in December, 1040, when the British withdraw before them to organize for their offensive which drove the Italians back to Benghazi and broke their Field aNGrshal Rodolfo Graziani.
 His Supreme Drive
 Now 1t semed evident that Rom- mel was making his supreme drive in Egypt, hoping that the British could not regroup after their rec LEthb ITOIH AubJNs
 Allied hope was pinned in the air force, now strengthened by United States army corps Consolidated B.24 -motored bombers, and their intensifying attacks on enemy concentrations, communication lines and shipping.
 The planes are now handicapped, however, by the British withdrawal because they are compelled to use bases farther to the east, and the enemy air force is correspondingly moving eastward.
 It was indicated that Ritchie had ordered his new withdrawal because after his losses in Libya and at To- bruk he did not have the strength at the frontier for a fight against the power which the Germans evi- dently possessed.
 To have stood at the frontier, he would have risked disaster in a fianking movement. He was fighting for time.
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Mai. Gen. Eisenhower In Supreme Command
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Eisenhower's appointment does not change the status of Maj. Gen. James E. Chaney as commanding general of U. S. forces in all the British Isles, or of Maj. Gen. Rus sell Hartle as commander of U. s. forces in Northern Ireland. Eisen- hower's command tops both of those.
 There was no mention of whether U, s, forces in Iceland will be tn- cluded in the European war opera tions theater or whether they will remain as an independent com mand.
 First COmmunlqUe
 Text Of army communique No 220, as of 10 8. m. EWT today:
 "l European theater:
 "The War Department today an- nounced the formal establishment of a European theater of operations for United States forces. Maj. Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower, former as- sistant chief of staff in charge oi operations divisions, War Depart. ment general staff, has been desig- mated as commanding general, Eur opean theater, with headquarters in London, England.
 "2. There is nothing to report from other areas"
 The department released this statement by Eisenhower:
 T have been assigned to com mand the European theater for United States forces. The formal establishment of a European thea ter is . logical step in coordinating the efforts of Great Britain and the United States.
 "Six months ago the prime min- ister of Great Britain and the pres ident of the United States heart- ened the people of the United Na- tions by moving swiftly to merge the military and economic strength of Britain and the United States for a common effort. At that Washington conference, they set a more effective pattern for unquali- fled partnership than has ever be- fore been envisaged by allied na- tions in pursuit of a common pur- pose.
 "Only recently they have met again to bring combined action into even closer coordination.
 "The presence here in the Brit ish isles of American soldiers and pilots is in rapidly increasing num- ners is evidence that we are hew- ing to the line of that pattern"
 General Eisenhower was born in Tyler, Tex, Oct. IA, 1G"o, attended the US. Military Academy and entered the army as a second lieu tenant on June 12, 1915.
 On Nov. 30, 1940, he became chief of staff of the third division at Fort Lewis, Wash, and in March
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the following year become chief Of staff of the ninth army corps at Fort Lewis He was assigned as chief of staff of the third army, San An- tonic, in June, 1941. General Eisen- hover was named chief of war plans division, war department gen. eral staff, on Feb. 16, l942. On April he was designated as assistant chief of staff in charge of the op- erations division.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-25
CHINESE HURLED
 BACK JAPANESE

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 and disabled a Japanese gunboat ln a surprise raid, their first in Hupen province.
 Central News agency reported the Hankow raid following official dis closure that strong Chinese coun' r-attacks have hurled back the Japanese to the gates of Nancheng and Fuchow (Linchwan) in Kiang' si province.
 A military spokesman revealed however, that Q Japanese force oi 10000 was closing in on the Key allied airfleid at Jishui in neighbor' ing Chekiang province.
 The news agency said the Amer. ican flyers engaged a force of 2l Japanese fighter planes after drop- ping their bomb loads on the enemy shipping. At least one enemy plane was destroyed and five probably were shot down, the dispatch said
 Hankow, the principal city oi Central China, is 500 miles inlanc on the Yangtze river.
 The military spokesman said 6 developing Chinese offensive in Kiangsi had turned back the vest ern arm of & Japanese pincers which had come within 50 miles of the Nanchang- -Hangchow Railway The Japanese must seize this 4oO- mile rail line, he said, to carry out their projected construction of an overland transportation route from Shanghai to Singapore.
 After recapturing Kweiki, key rail city, Chinese forces moved 40 miles southwest and reoccupied Kinki, the spokesman said. The enemy col- umn that was repulsed at Kweiki now has fallen back 12 1-2 miles to Yingtun, which previously fell to the Japanese.
 American volunteer group head quarters revealed that three Japa- nese fighter planes were shot down Monday over Yengyang, 100 miles south of Changsha. Three others probably were shot down, the an- nouncement said.
 The official central news agency revealed that Chinese bombers were supporting Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's ground defenders of the 5O-mile stretch of railway for the first time during the campaign in eastern China.
 A dispatch said a force of Chinese bombers appeared Tuesday over Flu chow in northeast Kiangsi and that "deafening explosions were heard." :"
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HOME FORCES AID
 SHIP SURVIVORS
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Within an hour after the local committee had received notification from the Coast Guard that surviv- ors might be expected, four doctors, 30 nurses, seven ambulanceS and hundreds of safety workers were on the job. Two of the doctors had been sent out to the rescue ship and 50 auxiliary policemen had roped of the area from the port pier to the first aid hotel.
 Food, Cigarettes
 Food and cigarettes were distrib- uted hourly at the hotel and "a most cheerful atmosphere pre- vailed" Workers played cards and checkers with survivors and "per- formed a marvellous job of helping to keep the morale of survivors up."
 A total of 800 meals were served by canteen workers at the hotel and also 1000 cups of coffee and 25O sandwiches. Some of the food sup- plies came from the towns surplus commodities and the canteen only had to spend $40.
 The towns report was termed by the civilian defense director as "a great example of what the little people can do when they want to help"
 As survivors departed, the report said, most of the various defense groups who worked in cooperation with the Red Cross "carne out to bid them farewell, and many of the survivors, with tears streaming down their cheeks, remarked that they hoped some day to get back E here again to renew their acquaint- ances. All expressed their heart- felt appreciation for the kind and friendly treatment they had re- ceived."
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JOSEPH BLEKAS
 GETS l2 YEARS
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 counts. He had been held since his arrest in lieu of 8 5000 bond.
 William LeClair, 20, of this city, pleaded guilty to 8 charge of in- decent assault when arraigned be- fore Judge Daly, and was sentenced to the Cheshire reformatory in ac- cordance with a recommendation made by States Attorney William B. Fitzgerald. He was accused of assaulting a four-year -old girl last March.
 Cases of three men who pleaded not-guilty to similar charges have not yet been disposed of. The ac- clised are Joseph Jonhsk, 65, of 17d Bishop street: Maurice Rivkin, 24; and Charles Chicorelii, S6. Of Birch street.
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ton Of ell the frontier forts, was less than 100 miles from the rail- road terminal and base at Marsa 1Eatrnh, 250 miles from Alexandria and 500 miles from Suez.
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-04
British 0utflank
Romme|'s Legions

WITH THE BRITISH ON THE
ALAMEIN FRONT, Egypt, Sept. 3
CDelayed-(UP) - British mobile
columns, it was reported today, have
struck around the Nazi southern
flank in a lightning attack ito de-
stroy an Italian supply column in
side enemy territory.
The Imperial forces skirted the
southernmost positions Marshal En-
win Kommel had set up close to
the Qattara depression at the end
of the fighting line, it was revealed
They dashed deep into the desert
behind the action front and attacked
a big italian supply train. Many
Italian vehicles and supplies were
destroyed and number of italian
troops killed or captured.
The raid was carried out while
Rommels forces practically ceased
operations, apparently awaiting the
arrival of reinforcementS, particu-
larly Nazi mobile artillery batteries
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-04
Enemy Sub Makes
Cargo Ship Attack

BEN. MACARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Sept. d
tUP)-An enemy submarine attack
ed and damaged an Allied merchant
ship off the southeastern coast OF
Australia, but the vessel reached
port os an undisclosed date, Gen.
Douglas MacArthurs headquarters
announced today.
-Four members of the crew re-
portedly were killed and six injured.
The vessel was towed into port
ID hours after the attack. One tor
pedo struck the stern, where 20 OF
the crew were asleep in their hunks
blowing parts of the rudder and
propeller onto the aft deck A sec
ond torpedo missed the ship.
The captain of the submarine,
speaking perfect English, ordered
the crew to abandon ship after he
sent a warning shell across the bow