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Evening star., 1942-05-29
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Large concentrations Of Ger
man parachute troops have been
detected In Sicily and competent
military quarters in Washington
believe the NaziS, who have been
pounding Malta with almost daily
raids for seversl months, will
soon attempt to conquer the
British bastion in the Mediter-
ranean, which they must elimi-
nate In order to gain safe transit
for their transports between
Europe and Africa.
The British defenders OF Malta
have done marvels. The rocky
nature of the island has enabled
them to resist Axis onslaughts
and an adequate force Of inter-
Evening star., 1942-05-29

lis. secretary-treaurer Of the L
T. U.
The returns, Which covered 73l
unions, gave Mr.. Mker, incumbent,
20,664 votes; Mr.. Gill, 26,875.
Clarence j. Desler of Washing
ton was leading Frank L. Neu-
doerffer of Newak for first vice
president, 28,774 to 24,561. Thomas
A. Holland led Don H. Hurd of Oak
land, Calf, for second vice presi-
dent, 29,362 to 24,a4.
Mr.. Randolph maintained a lead
of 27,903 to 1884 over John j.
Conley, who soughtto displace him.
Evening star., 1942-05-29

would be an invitation to a chaos
almost as bad as defeat itself.
Therefore, no one wants to dis
courage those now concentrating
upon these plans which cover nearly
every conceivable phase of interna-
tional relations. What one could
wish, however, is that they were
somewhat more realistic about it.
For example, every plan so far
suggested is based upon the assump-
ton that the United States will
emerge from the war genuinely
solvent nation. Certainly no pro-
posals even family resembling those
now being formulated could hope for
success unless supported by a ma
ton of unquestioned financial
solidity. Thus, 1t would appear
logical that these world reformers
should be deeply concerned in the
preservation of national SolVency.
Obviously, not to base their plans
upon such preservation is grotesque.
Nevertheless, not one among them
gives any indication Of concern
about this fundamental. On the
contrary, they mostly ignore the
proposals to reduce non-war gov
ernmental expenditures: which just
does not make sense.
Voice No Warning.
Above all others, these men ought
to be concerned with the national
solvency. They should be the first
to point out that the Presidents
recent gesture Of cutting the w. P.
A. appropriation by sl85 10000 is
inadequate and that, with employ
ment at an all-time peak and going
higher, this depression born agency,
with its big overhead administra-
tive pay roll, should be abolished.
But is there a word from them along
that line? Not at all.
Most of them treat national SOL
vency as an unimportant and irrele-
want fact. Most Of them behave as
though insolvency could never over
take this country. or, if it did. it
would make no difference. The stu
pendous debt with which we will
emerge from the war and the un-
dreamed-of tax burdens which the
people then will be bearing do not
prevent the peace planners from
formulating elaborate post war
ideas which would require tre-
mendous. additional Government
outlays and subsidies.
They do not stop to consider
where the new billions are coming
from after the war ends. They do
not stop to consider that when the
need for vast new appropriations
arises to take care of the unem-
ployed the banks and the market
as well as individuals will all be
glutted with Government obliga-
tions, and that millions of men and
women will want cash for their
war bonds and stamps. Apparent
ly these planners, who ignore the
need for economy and oppose the
sales tax, believe that the Treasury
in some mysterious way has an
inexhaustible supply of money; that
debts are not debts, but assets, and
Evening star., 1942-05-29
Baker and Desper Lead
In Printers Election
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 29.-Claude
M. Baker of San Francisco main
tained a margin of almost 1000
votes over Jack Gill of Cleveland in
the race for the presidency of the
International Typographical Union,
according to incomplete, unofficial
returns announced last night by
Woodruff Randolph of Indianapo-
Evening star., 1942-05-29
This Changing World
Messing Of Poru-Troops in Sicily Indicates
Nozis Moy Attempt to Conquer MoIto

military authorities In Washing
ton and London agree: that the
main objective Of the Axis in its
coming campaign Is oil. Whether
it will attempt to obtain oil, with
out which 1t cannot hope to con-
tinue the war beyond 1943. from
the Caucasus or from Iraq is a
matter which the Nazi general
staff has kept deep secret.
The United Nations high COM
mand can only speculate on
where the principal Axis offen-
sive will take place. The Nazis
are bound for some time to feel
their way in order to find the
softest spot in the Allied armor.
Smolensk Move Likely.
After having parried the Rus
sian thrust at Kharkov they are
likely to launch a number of
other minor offensives, which
may be spectacular but will not
be the real thing. For instance,
in the last few days important
concentrations of Nazi forces
have been noticed in the Smo-
lensk region. 1t is not impos-
sible that the Nazi high COM
mand will start a major move in
that area covering Moscow.
From the political and moral
points of view the capture OF the
Soviet capital may be of con-
sequence, but miitarily it is neg
ligible. Hence, the conclusion
has been reached in Washington
that If the Germans do move in
that area, their main objective
will be to draw away Russian
forces which are covering the
Evening star., 1942-05-29

waters with de-
struction.
1t concerns a
boy grown into
a man, q little
lady and a news
paper clipping.
The boy grown
into q man was
on Manila Bay
the day 1t was
at It's worst. He
as on he
bridge of a dinky
little minesweep-
Evening star., 1942-05-29

w in n ing the
peace" is second
ary only to win
ming the war is
e arne S tly up
held. Undoubt-
edl,y, this is q
S ou n d conten-
tion a n d post
war planning is
n OF premature.
TO give n o
thought to the
prob ! e ms of
peace until after
the w ar ENDS
Evening star., 1942-05-29

side. We are
letting dow n
t h ose Allies
whose collabo-
ration is abso-
lutely essential
to success. I
mean the ISL
lent people,
t h e seething
populations OF
t h e occupied
areas.
On WedpeS.
day an un-
know aSSailant
Evening star., 1942-05-29
Allies Urged to Take ReprsnIs Of Germuns
If Hostages Are Shot for Heydrieh Attack

after being interned there since
Americas ntrance into the war,
estimate hat 100000 persons
have been klain in cold blood in
Europe. under the Nazi occupa-
ton.
Now, fol the wounding OF
Heydrich. tae Germans threaten,
unless the Ssailant is Immediate
ly caught, y make a mass execu-
ton of innocent hostages. They
threaten aSo that If any one
having information regarding the
possible asailant withholds 1t,
his entire family will be executed.
I point out that the shooting Of
families is also an outrage un-
heard of in European history.
But the question I raise is:
Why do notBritain and America
do something B about this?
Allies Should Retaliate.
These people are our Allies.
Tortured, oppressed, starved, hu-
inflated for years. they await in
prayer and trror the day Of their
liberation. They fight under odds
greater than those endured by
any soldier. Every day, by short
wave, we play to them not to
give in. Bat that admonition
creates a responsibility.
When it Aoked as though the
Germans wee going to use gas
against the Russians, Winston
Churchill Immediately threatened
reprisals. Wisely. Reprisal is
the only weapon we have in war,
and the menfe of retaliation was
sufficient to aeate enormous un-
rest in Germany.
Our political function in this
war is, in he words of Walt
Whitman, to Tcheer up slaves and
horrify despds." OF course, the
man who would cheer up slaves
must be stroiger than the slave
holder. But Churchill said in his
last speech Ihat as far as air
power is concerned "the boot is
now on the Gher leg" If 1t Is,
we can take Rprisals.
They should not be taken with
out warning. But the German
people, in an ultimatum ad-
dressed directly to them, and not
to any government, should be
warned "a hours a day, every
thing else beng excluded from
the air, that Il another hostage
is shot in Eurpe, a small unde-
Tended Germn village will be
bombed, and tat for every repi-
tition of such outrages, another
will be bombed
The effect II this would be
electric in ths occupied coun-
tries. But it WOULD also be elec-
trio in Germany. The German
people do not like the Gestapo
either. They aye not particularly
concerned with the fate of the
people in the coupled territories.
But a link NUT be forged be-
tween the fate d the subject peo-
Piles and the fae of the German
people themSeleS. II must be
made clear to them that for
every outrage 2f the Gestapo
against the subject peoples, they,
too, will suffer.
Political ane PSYCHOLOGICAL
warfare does notconsist of words
words, for instance, about four
freedoms. 1t consists of acts
political acts and military acts Of
political significance. We have
it in our power if we use our
wits, to set all Europe into tur-
moil and to set d Germany into
turmoil, and to express in our
deeds the issues 4 this war: that
we are fighting pr freedom and
humanity.
And the first rile in every war
is; Never let dow your allies.
tReleased BY the Bil Syndicate. 1nc)
Evening star., 1942-05-29

W 1ClCdSc ullll-
could equally
well be said by
staunch cham
pions of Harry
Bridges, who has
just been order
ed deported.
ver sine e
p e arl Harbor
Mr.. Bridges has
been doing val
liant service in
getting his union
followers to work
hl H.
Evening star., 1942-05-29
D. A. Tobin, Broker, Dead

NEW YORK. May % (P).-Daniel
A. Tobin, SO, investment broker, a
supreme director of the knights of
Columbus and member of the Ma
tional Board of the Boy Scouts of
America, died yesterday.
Evening star., 1942-05-29
Crack A. v. 6. Flyer
Is Killed in Yunnun
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, May 29.-Robert
L. Little of Modesto, Calf, one of
the American Volunteer Groups
crack pilots, was killed o week ago
today, according to advices from
Running.
His death occurred while he was
strafing Japanese positions west of
the Salween River In Yunnan Prov
ince.
Evening star., 1942-05-29
More Poles Go to Reich

JERUSALEM, May 20 LP).-Pol-
ish sources said last night that
153 900 Polish farmers and indus
trial workers were being sent to
Germany this year to join 100000
other Poles in forced labor.
Evening star., 1942-05-29

THE opinions OF the iDrtters this page their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented
Stars e1or to gue all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselues and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1942-05-29
BY FRANK r. KENT.

There are . number Of govern
mental agencies and individuals en-
gagged in what they call postwar
planning" and the thesis that
Evening star., 1942-05-29
On the Record
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON

If we neglect the political and
revolutionary side of this war, it
will take us three times as long to
win it. We are neglecting that
Evening star., 1942-05-29
McLemore-
MoniIo Boy Hero
Wus Georgia Boy
BY HENRY McLEMORE.

This is a story that starts in
sleepy, dusty, little Thomson, Ga,
and ends in Manila Bay, when Japa-
nese bombs and shells churned its
Evening star., 1942-05-29
Unity Issue
Is Raised in
Bridges Case
New Legal Fight
Might Long Delay
Actual Deportation
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

What President Roosevelt said in
committing the sentence of Earl
Browder on a passport fraud charge
that it would help national unity
Evening star., 1942-05-29

ceptor planes has made the job
OF the Italian and Nazi flyers
difficult.
1t is true that Malta's offensive
power Is paralyzed, but it con-
tinues to be q thorn in the side
of the Axis. If the reports Of
parachutists In Sicily is correct,
we may soon witness one Of the
bloodiest battles in the Mediter-
ranean.
The bombardments to which
Malta has been subjected make it
difficult for the British to use the
Valletta naval base to any great
extent. Warships still put in, but
1t Is impossible to maintain the
usual fleets in the harbOr. Hence,
since the main body Of the Brit
ish Mediterranean feet can use
only eastern bases, control of the
sea between Italy and Libya had
to be relaxed.
Another R0mmel Feint.
This explains why during the
last eight weeks at least two
large transport fleets carrying
men and war materials to Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel have
managed to cross the Mediter-
ranean without substantial loss.
These conveys are reported to
have carried important troop
reinforcements as well as new
equipment for the desert army,
enabling Marshal Rommel to
start a new offensive in North
Africa.
How important this offensive
is remains to be seen. In some
military quarters Marshal Rom
mel's drive eastward is considered
another feint to draw British
forces from Syria and Palestine
while the Nazis prepare for a
major offensive in the Near East.
There is one point on which all
Evening star., 1942-05-29

War bonds are the best buy on
Che market today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-14
BRAZIL TO HAVE. INLAND ROUTE. ITO BULGE SOON.
gV|IF
BY DAVA.. , NILSSON

t
 By DAVAD q WILSON
 United Press Stan COEFespOndentl
 Rio de Janeiro, Oct. I2-CUP1-A 2.OO0-miIe highway and railroad system soon will be in use in Brazil to speed war materials and men from the industrial and more pop ulous southern centers of the coun- try to the northeastern ''bulge"- the Western Hemisphere's Achilles heel only l,700 flying miles from Vichy- controlled Dakar in French West Africa. x
 The Axis submarine warfare on the Atlantic coast of South Amer ica has endangered Brazil's princi- pal line of communication between Its northern and southern states, and sinking of Brazilian ships off the coast led to the declaration of war against Germany and Italy on August a.
 The system which Is expected to replace the sea-lane, will be com- pleted within a year, according to present plans, and part of 1t may be In use long before.
 Use Germans and Italians
 German and Italian nationals, whose activities are regarded as a danger to the country, are working on the road construction in special labor battalions.
 Rio de Janeiro will be the prin. cipal southern terminus of the new highway. The present 350-mile railway to Corintha, in the State of Minas Geraes will form part of the system. The system will fork out in two branches from Corintha.
 One branch, serving the eastern coastal region, will use the 150-mile Corintha Monies Claros railway, and a 3OO-mile highway is now being built, linking Monies Claros and Jequie. The Germans and Ital- ians are at work in this sector, not only in grading and surfacing the road, but in clearing malaria-in- fested brush and swampland on the roads borders.
 Improve Present Roads
 The other branch of the system, striking inland and northward to Brazips northern coast areas, in the states of Ceara, Maranhoa and Para, starts with the 75-mile Corintha- Pirapora railway. Pira- pora lies on the Sac Francisco river, fourth-largest in South America, and men and materials will be transported on specially constructed barges and rafts to Joaziero, 400 miles down the stream. Several highways and one railway already connect Joaziero with the coast.
 Most of these existing highways are of hard red clay, but the gov ernment Is surfacing them with concrete, and building iron bridges to supplant wooden ones now m use.
 The greater part of the north eastern railway system is single track. They will be changed to double-track as soon as rails ana additional rolling stock are made available from the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-14
NOTICE

STATE of CONNECTICUT, DIS. YRICT-of WATERBURY, ss. PRO- BATE COURT, Oct. Sth, 1s42. ESTATE of AI4ANSoN ]. TILDEN, late of the town of Waterbury, in said district. deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly att tested, within said time, will be deharred a recovery. All persons in- debted to said estate are requestd to make immediate payment to
 The CITIZENS & MANUFACTURERS
 NATIONAL BANK, ExecutoF.
 By THOMAS '. MOORE.
 Trust Officer. Waterbury, Conn. i0.is-st
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-14
Legal Notices NOTICE

STATE of CONNECTICUT, DIS TRICT of WATERBURY,. ss. PRO BATE COURT, Oct. 18th, ls4S' ESTATE of JOHN B. McVERRI, late of the town of WOLCOTTs III The Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to prsent their accounts, properly at- tested, within said time, will be de- barred a recovery. All persons in. debted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 CLARA B. McVERRY.
 Woodtick Road, Administratrlx. Wolcott, Conn. 1O-14-St
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-14
NOTICE

STATE of CONNECTICUT, DIS TRICT of WATERBURY, ss. PRO BATE COURT, October 14th, 1942. ESTATE of GERDA BERNHARD INA ISAACSON aka. GERDA B. ISAACSON, late of the town or Waterbury, in said district, de- ceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within, said time, will be debarred a recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are request ed to make immediate payment to
 BROR c. ISAACSON, 272 Hauser St., Executor. Waterbury, Conn. 10-14-3t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-14
Never Saw Woman, Gurski Tells Jury
Terryvie Youth on Stand in Own Behalf Yesterday as
 Murder Trial Is Resumed


 Idtchfield, Oct. l4.-Peter Gursd, 6, of Terryville, took the witness stand la his own behalf in Litch- field County superior court late yes- terday afternoon and described In detail his activities on the after noon and evening of June 90 and on July 1, but made no mention whatever of meeting any woman In his visits about TerTyville that day.
 The state had charged that he met Miss Nellie Bourke, 66, on Q Terryville street, followed her home ward toward Thomaston and killed her on 8 woods road shortly after midnight June 30.
 Guski testified on direct exan1in- Ation by Public Defender J. Clin- ton Roraback that he left work in a Terryville factory at 4 p. m. June 90. He went, he said to the Austin House, had three "beers" there and then purchased bottle beer in 8 package store. He then said he visit ed relatives, stopped at 8 garage in Terryville and went to Thomaston In the evening. Returning to Terry vile later in the evening he said he entered the Russian club, drank 1.-two shots" of whiskey and about 12 glasses of beer and left there at I0:45 D. m.
 He continued that he went to the Austin House and left there about Il D. m. and met another man and i've got some more whiskey and beer" It was shortly after Il p. m. state witnesses had testified earlier, that they saw Gursh on Main street, Terryville, standing near Miss Bourke.
 Gurski said be went from the Austin House to the Town Hall to see his father, that he failed to find him, left there at 11:35 p. m. and then went home by way of Orchard street and through wooded path.
 He said he sat down at point along the path and drank four bot ties of beer and stayed there until 3 a. m. He then went home, he said, found the house all upset and a bed overturned wherewith he shut the door, went out through a win dow and walked to his uncle's house where he was given 8 cot and went to sleep. He slept, he said, until the Terryville chief of police, George Rohe, and State Police Sergeanut H. Theodore Strand arrived at the house.
 According to Gurski, Rohe said: "Pete we want you," and then took him to the accident. He said he did not see any body" there. Then, he said, he was taken to the Beth- any barracks of the State Police and later brought back to the scene of the crime. Again taken to the barracks, he said, he was questioned by about six officers and "They told me ! raped woman"
 He said he replied, q did not even talk to any woman"
 At 1 D. m. July l, Captain John c. Kelly of the State Police queS- toned him informing him, Gurski said, that he was my state defend- er." After a while, he said, he started giving them line because so they would stop bothering and nagging me, and I told them any old thing so that they'd stop"
 He said there was a typewriter in the room and someone was typ ing. He said he could not under stand at all statement that they typed out and showed to him, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-14

added T do not understand it to-
 Gurski was stiIl on the witness stand under direct examination when court adjourned for the day. to resume at 10 .. m. today.
 Before Gurski took the stand the defense presented pr. Milton M. Grover, physician and pSychiatrist at Harlem valley State Hospital, Winghlade, N. F., who testified that he examined Gursli on two occa- sions at Litchfield County janl. Tn his opinion, he said, Gurski is of the flower moron" group having an intelligence quotient of 52." He esti- mated his mental age at eight years and four months, whereas, he said, normal persons mental age would be 16 years.
 On cross examination, pr. Grover said he didn't believe Gursh is in- sane.
 Michael Gurslki of Bristol, brother of Peter, and eldest of the family of six children testified one brother is in the Army and two are in the Navy. He said Peter had very little schooling and spent three years in one class. He saw Peter two days before Miss Bourke's murder and talked to him for about an hour, he related. He said Peter told him he was tired of living alone, wanted to sell the furniture and leave the family home.
 Only Peter and the father had been living together after the rest of the family went their separate ways it was explained, and about three weeks before the day that Mi- cf1ael said he had talked with Peter, the father had gone to live else- where.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-14
NOTICE

STATE of CONNECTICUT. DIS TRICT of WATERBURY, SIS. PRO- ESTATE of EDWIN S. HOYT. late of the town of Waterbury, in said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to tested, within said time, win be debarred a recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are requestd to make immediate payment to
 The CITIZENS & MANUFACTURERS
 NATIONAL BANK, Executor.
 By THOMAS q. MOORE. 1O-1A.St Executor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-14
BLAMEs GRAssHoPPERs

San Jose, Cal. - (UP) - So far, no man-eating grasshoppers have been reported here9 but conserva- tionist D. w. Dresbach has sent in a report to the Chamber of Com- merce indicating tree eating ones aplenty. The report advised the chamber that last years efforts to reforestate the barren eastern hills of aSnta Clara County, known as the Mount Hamilton range, have been entirely frustrated by grass hoppers, which came this year and ate the young blue oak, incense ce- dar, black locust and cork oak trees, which were just getting an ice start.