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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-11
Local Motorists To
 Register This Week
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here, not arriving until Saturday. This made 1t necessary for Ration ing Chairman McDuff and his aides to work through the weekend to prepare 1t for delivery to the schools today.
 Stations damned Sunday
 Several gas stations here which had been closed on Sundays were open yesterday and were jan1med with customers getting large amounts. For many families 1t was the last Sunday ride" for an in- definite time. Traffic on main throughfares was extremely heavy all through the day.
 Gas can be sold without restric- tions until midnight Thursday From then on, the motorist must produce his rationing book when buying gasoline.
 The restrictions are expected to mean the closing of 8 number of small stations, whose business has already suffered through reduction of the amounts they can purchase from wholesalers.
 Final Edict of Govt.
 Washington, May Il (UP - Eastern motorists will be allotted the amount of gasoline they say, lon their honor" they need for es- sential driving, office of price ad- ministration officials said today.
 The motorists will do their saying in registering for ration books this week. Beginning Friday, motorists without ration books won't be able to buy gasoline.
 Motorists who confess that their driving is n-essential, will get cards entitling them to about three gallons a week. Doctors, government officials and other essential drivers will get TX" cards-which permit the purchase of unlimited quari- titles.
 The type of card depends on a motorists answer to this question: "What is the total average daily mileage customarily driven in the car described above to and from work and to carry on work2"
 The applicants word will be ac' cepted. Officials said they depend. ed upon common honesty to prevent "chiseIing'. They conceded tna' there probably would be faisificatior and exaggeration by some persons but believed the pressure Of puohS opinion would take care of them
 What Motorists VIII Get
 The nTotorist who says his tota essential daily average mileage T less than six miles, will get an "A card, good for 2l gallons of gasoline during the 4T-day period from MaS IS to July !, when a permanent Fa' tioning system will be set up.
 If the motorlst who drives from six to 10 miles daily, gets ration care "B,I" good for 8 gallons; n to \ miles, Q "B-2" card, good for 4b gal Ions, and more than tt miles, q "b' 3" card for bT gallons,
 Buses, trucks and other eoIn'
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mercial vehicles clearly indentifi- able as such will not need any card.
 OPA officials said supplementary ration cards could be obtained later from local rationing boards if the first cards did not give sufficient gasoline for essential purposes, such as getting to 8 job. They said that necessary" driving would be provld- ed for; that essential or pleas ure motoring would be possible only by squeezing the gasoline out of the allocation by doubling up" in driv- ing to work and other economies.
 Good For Three Gallons
 Each basic unit" on the ration ing card will be good for three gal Ions. A motorist will have to de- eide for himself whether he wants to make his supply last through the 47 days. Once the card is exhaust ed, he will not get another for non- essential driving.
 OPA officials said the unit of three gallons would be changed if the supply situation became worse. Ob- servers believed a change was ur1- likely during the 47-day period un- less unexpected complications arose in bringing gasoline and fuel oil from the western producing areas.
 The war production board is ex- pected to act favorably in the next few days on the recommendations of the Offlce of Petroleum Coordin- ator that scattered western coun- ties of New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland be exempted from the rationing regu- lations. The OPC recommendations were based on the local gasoline production in the list 93 counties and other supplies in nearby regions to the west.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-11
ID. s. MAY SEIZE FRENCH ISLANDS
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the AXIS was praised in Congress, but sentiment continued to favor the use of force, if it iS necessary to realize that objective.
 VIII Take Them Over
 The chairmen Of the Senate for- eign relations committee and the House foreign affairs committee = Sen. Walter F. George, D., Ga, and Rep. Sol Bloom, D., N. Y.--both said the United States would take over" Martinique and the rest of the French West Indies If they become threat to hemispheric safety.
 The United States continues to recognize Vichy as the government of unoccupied continental France, but not as the governing authority in French possessions which, under Pierre Lavals pro-G German control, could be used to endanger the security of the Americas.
 The United States seeks a peace- full understanding with the high commissioner at Martinique, Ad- miral George Robert, that French possessions in this hemisphere will not be menace or of any assistance to the Axis. The proposals contain from an implied invitation to Rob- ert to declare his independence from the Laval policies.
 A dispatch from San Juan, Puer- to Rico, last night reported that Rear Admiral John Fl. Hoover, conn., mander of the eastern Caribbean, had returned from Martinique, and that reliable quarters said his talk with Robert had resulted favorably.
 Tn going directly to Robert, the United States gave notice that it does not regard previous assurances by Vichy as satisfactory under the present circumstances. Those earlier assurances, worked out in March prior to Lavars ascendency to con- trol in Vichy, contain the guaran- tee that Axis aircraft, submarines and surface vessels would not be permitted to enter any French port in the Western Hemisphere. Pierre Laval Speaks
 vAC1yp gTd4tCSp Mhy 4&I-kOGt~ Chief of government Pierre Laval will not recognize any ''independ- ent" agreement negotiated between the United States and Admiral Georges Robert, high commission CT for the French Antilles, affecting Martinique and other French pos- sessions in the Caribbean, informed quarters reported today.
 Laval will insist, they said, that any such agreement be approved fully by the Vichy government.
 In conferences last night with s. Pinckney Tuck, American charge d'affaires at Vichy, Laval was said to have maintained that any nego- tiations regarding the French An- titles should be negotiated through the Washington and Vichy embas- sies.
 It was reported author1tatively that Laval told T1F:k the agreement reached in 194O by Rear Admiral Frederick J. Horne of the United States navy and Robert assured the status quo" of the French possess SionS.
 Observers here said Vichy would offer serious resistance" to any United States move to confiscate French mechant ships and tankers anchored at Martinique.
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steady improvement.
 The city has discounted all its bills in lo4l, in accordance with the pioicy established by this adminis- tration. which mas resulted in Q substantial saving to the taxpayer,
 Tn July, the City of Waterbury ts- sued si,000j 900 water supply bonds, series iD4l, to finance the conple- ton of the municipal water system, which by guaranteeing an uninteT. Fupted supply of water for our local factoFles-practicaily eli Of which are working on war orders becomes a vital contribution to our countFy'e war effort, The wisdom of starting this project in I04I, instead Of post- p0ning the work until some indef- nite future date, has been amply demonstrated since December q ie4i. The interest rate of ih per cent received on this financing is the lowest in the history Of the city, During the year ee6e,600 Of 0ut- standing debt was retired, leaving a net increase tl the total indebted ness 0S 0FaiN BAS1,bVv,
 Budget operations during leAi res suited in . surplus Of sb03 .280, ,3I, as detailed iR exhibit "E," which compares fay0gAbly with the surplus Of elle. .ae9.Oe Cor the fiscal year tel0. This large surplus gas made possible by betteElng the previous taK collection record end through saylHgs in appropriations as g result ef the lower relief load end the efIls eisnt and economical manner iIl which tho eity's affairs have been conducted, Three hundred thousand twsntysthFee dollars and ei cents Of thls surplus Wag used t0 finance the let9 budget, and GIGS ,aeso o9 tG write Of Co its entirety the account 0s the city in the eioGea Merchants TFiist company,
 Respectfully submitted,
 THOMAS M, CoNk0N,
 ctsy contFollaFI
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terror might pale earlier terrorS, in the confident belief that as in aerial bombing warfare, they could take what Germany had to give and pay back on an enxorably increasing scale.
 In one of the great speeches of his career, Churchill announced his portentous news yesterday that Rus- sia had advised him that the Ger mans in their desperation, might re- sort to gas against the armies and people of Russia.
 In fact, Russia had already charged officially that the Germans had used gas, apparently aS a try out in the Crimea.
 Churchill left 1t up to Hitler to choose, and there remained no doubt that the British people back ed him up.
 Comments by ordinary men and women were similar to those ex- pressed today by the newspapers:
 Daily Telegraph = Germany must know that the whole British coM- monwealth will endorse the decision to retaliate with all our growing power.
 Daily Mail - The Prime Minis ter's threat is one which the Britt ish people soberly approve. The risk of such reply as 1t may be in the power of the German air force to give here, we will take in certain conviction that by our action we are powerfully sustaining, and it may be revenging, Russia.
 Daily Express - The scientists of Britain and America can excel Germany in the production of poi sen gas as tlnorouhgly as they have e-.celled German scientists in air. aft production.
 Russias offlcial news agency Tass had said in a communique Satur- day:
 Already In Use
 According to a report from Kras- nodar,. on May 2 in operations on the Crimean front German troops used several mines with poison gas, A check-up has shown that the poison gas affects the respiratory organs and disables men,"
 The Moscow correspondent of the
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ICKES' GAS PLAN
 TO ASSIST EAST
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8, Adjustment Of east coast refins cry operations to obtain maglmum production of war necessities, let the expense of gasoline" and d0snes- tie heating oil, from q minimum amount of crude oil,
 q Equitable distribution Gl crude supplies among east coast Fe' flnefles, with each receiving amounts lD proportion to thelF ops erallons during the last six months Of ietl,
 S, Maintenance Of east coast Fes flBery production al 100000 baFFslG dallyw200, 600 less than normal - through movement 0l RD additional 100000 barrels Of crude oil from East Texas fields,
 (, Movement by Great EAkal tankaTg Of 10000 additional baFs Fels Of gasoline daily Into the aasl coast, Officials said these tankeFsl maflg Of which are bllllE eillS te eaFs Fy gasoline, WOlla release etheF eaFs FleFs feF fuel 0i shipments,
 !, FaaFFanganont 0f tFanspeFfAs ton 10 ngeyIds eii to tbe aoliihseast eFn states entirely through nlpellilG and tank eaF terminals 0a hse SUI coast and the MlasiRslBpi FivAF, 15lll action VIII affect WlFalaiA, fhe caF. 0llnaa, Georgia, wI0fiAa, AiabalEla and Mlsaissippi,
 (, I1aaFFaneement og tank eal operations fe InsaFe nloyenleill ef al least io0 0ea barrels of oily oellt fF0ln the south t0 fhe northern ksfs ten el lae Atlanise ecabeafe,
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MacArthur Sure Japs
 Lost Some Transports
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would prove to have been conserva- tive.
 It had been noted that, though the Japanese Eete was massing for an invasion thrust, nttlue mention had been made of transports.
 Reports were circulated today that tho enemy fleet included number of transports and that a final list of Japanese losses might include 6 number of trnsports, each crowded with hundreds to thousands of troops.
 Tn addition to their weekend of- fensive operations which resulted in the smashing of two enemy sub- marines and an unestimated number of seaplanes, American warplanes threw back a weak enemy attempt to the Allied base of Port Moresby, in New Guinea, and shot down two of the small attacking formation. Ysea-s- G ohotmetht
 It was now indicated that the American and Allied fleets and air force had broken up a Japanese at tempt to assemble an enormous in- vasion force, including a battle fleet which had operated in the Bay of Bengal, most probably for a direct attack on Australia.
 The danger of such an assembly, and 6 resultant attack on this Amer ican-protected continent, had not ended.
 Humping Victory
 But, nevertheless, the ferocious en- gagement in which 800 or more dive bombing, torpedo bombing and fight ing planes battled in chaos of destruction over opposing naval forces, had resulted in humping Arnerican-Allied victory.
 Over nearly 100000 square miles of island-dottde ocean off north eastern Australia, American and Australian planes patroled today as opportunity offered, to discover whether the Japanese forces, driven defeat to hiding in lairs at dozen invasion bases, were trying to re- form for another try.
 Gen. MacArthur's regular com munique said:
 Northeastern sector-Two enemy submarines were damaged or sunk by our patrol planes.
 "New Guinea-Port Moresby: A light attack by enemy fighters was successfully intercepted. Two enemy planes were shot down.
 "LouisaiadeS Archipelago-Our Re- connaissance again attacked enemy seaplanes, dropping bombs in the target area"
 MacArthur conferred both yester- day and today with Prime Minister John Curtin on the implications of the Coral Sea battle and the pos- sibilitY of a. new enemy attack.
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(Continued from Page D nese column which entered Yunnan province from Lashio on May and penetrated deep into Chinese terri; tory may be considered now con1- pletely lquidated," @ Chinese mili- tary spokesman declared.
 This statement predicted the al- initiation of at leasct 5000 Japanese indicating that more than 1000 were fleeing in disorder into an- other Chinese trap somewhere along the Burma road between Lashio and the frontier. Chinese artillery and American pilots trapped and wiped out more than 5000 enemy troops Saturday. and at leasct 800 more were known to have been killed since then. Tn a previous en- gagement, the Chinese reported 1000 enemy casualties.
 '"The remnants of the enemy force are fleeing by truck in Q southwesterly direction with Chi- nese troops hotly in pursuit" 6 communique said. 'They are facing sure annihilation as the way of re- treat has been cut and another force of Chinese troops that recap tured Maymo is driving northward and waylaying the defeated in- vaders."
 The second Japanese column fac- ing aninhilation is in the Bhanlo area northwest of LaShio. It's coEn- municahons lines had been severed and the Chinese said its fate was sealed"
 Maymo, 30 miles northeast of Mondalay, definitely was back in Chinese hands and Chinese troops were fighting in Mandalay's out- skirts, attacking from the east and west. Ofaelally, the situation st Lashi0 was obscure, but Chinese quarters predicted the enemy also would be busted from that rlalhead city, on the Burma road, lie miles below the Chinese border.
 Lightning Speed
 The Chinese force thst Eetook MayEao moved north with lightning speed from the Taunggyl sector, T6 miles below Maudalay, where t had remained since the Japanese launched theig major push toward LaEhl0, @tglWell was reported pegs G0Nally aR command,
 Chinese military quarters were both puzzled end gubllAnt over the sudden turn 0k eVent6, ThAFe seemed to be no explanation f0T the f0OlbaFdy Japanese drive 2S miles Inside the Chinese bordog where superior Allied troops were waiting
 A military spokesman Raid the JapAnese column, Extraordinarily fa6tvlmoving," fell Into Q trap, MoVs iHg along the narrow highway over RNnnaa mountains and through BAlween river aofgas, lt offered aFl "idoal" target fog enftenehea Chis ness artillery,
 AFtillaFiv wtfh fsank attaelEs AVG
 While the ohinaso augmoBted tha Ainorieafs began tbeiT eeneantFAlod pilots sfEnek from the ealg, The attacks Friday, virtually deSiF0glaa Q column attempting t0 cF0an tAe @alWaen river east 0f Ch0Gnng. Al least 40 trucks were Iaft buTnlna and an estimated @ tn at WeFa deelroyed.
 Yes6eFday, the AVG stEafed twe more motorized columns aotiing ilFs to equipment end causing hsaV1 caeuallies. A grounded plane aisl Na9 destroyed. e eolnnnnlotio said
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A.E.F. LIEUT.. WRDS
 BELFAST DOCTOR

Belfast, May ss-fuPl-ng, Ats lFAetA NeIIale, N, pretty brunette gFoln MonkstoNn County, Dublin, heeam0 tho bTiAa ae kfellt, ', ", Haywood H1ArInaaa, s7. ok the United nfatas Army Maaleai ceFpe.
 NgaEw00dr sEaFnaasl, a matlv9 0l Newport, W. A, was slle Hkae oiMeel 0g the American MMpedltl0aagb fosees to marry an 1Eish Rlyl,
 1he couple met nine tearg eee W1len both were studying co tlll unlToESllv 0f Dublin. 3aa fonalncl 6eNelonod aftog llla hIlAesEDom ar. rived with the American foEoeA
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MUInAIIY IN CHARGE

CaRap Edwards, Mass, May lia-- (tJpl~-f,vt ysiieil Muieahy Of Bess taa, forneP pitcher f0Y llle Rhilas 6aInhla Yhil6, wns eipen eolnpiete charge of Yaukeo division baseball ledaV. kulcahy viii organize teams, ieaalles and eeaeduloA
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During 1889. Michigan had a tu. berculosis death rate of 38.3 per 100000 of its population.
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RUSSIANS KEEP !, SMASHING NAZIS

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CITY HAD GOOD
 SURPLUS FOR Al

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CHINESE SMASH
 JAPANESE HARD

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BOMBING JAP
 CITIES IS TOLD

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NOV41V41AUSU 44V11T uBV " the south. In between the great airplane, center of Nagoya was also 9 target.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08

call for a So 706, 100000 annual
output he said.
With the current annual pro-
lductlon rate only about 100000
COO. Wilson said that the projected
goal would not be reached until
1919 but that total production this
year would at least equal the rec
ord nondciense business of 1871
which was just short of ST.
100000 600.
In announcing the record-break-
lng commitment. Wilson said that
all General Motors resources. men.
machines. and management. are
dedicated 10 production to win the
war.
lie warned however, that "to
divide The responsibility for man
agomcnl would be 10 destroy the
very foundation upon which Amer
ICa s UNPARALLELED record ct indus
trial accomplishment has been
built
Wilson's statement said in part
General Motors was working
with the army and navy on the
problems of defense material
production long before MaA %,
1910, when the first special
agency dealing with defense was
established nv the government.
since then, We have been con-
tInuallN Working with the army,
the navy, the office of PToduC-
tion Management, and other de-
Tense agencies, and have under
taken responsibility for defense
production a. fast a. contracts
could be- procured.
All of the corporations
plants, machinery and equipment
which could be used effectively
in the execution of these CON
tracts have been made available.
Since Pearl Harbor, General
Motors has undertaken addi-
tional contracts and has as
,umrd obligations which have
more than doubled its previous
war material commitments"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08
Labor Becomes
War Adviser TO

Times stan Correspondent

, WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-The
battle between labor and manage
mont in which the UAW-CIO was
seeking a direct voice in,the war
production Of auto plants, ended
IN a draw today with the decision
that labor may advise the in
duStry, but viii have no actual
authority
Although angered By the forced
abandonment OF their cherished
industry council plan for defense
production union heads are pre-
pared 20 go along with the
compromise plan which was adj
vanced by the OPM after two
days Of stormy meetings with
executives Of the auto industry
and the Nav.
The plan calls for Joint gov
ernment-manacement-labor COM
mlttec OF experts which Will
assist the auto manufacturers
.fn-the gigantic job of converting
then plants ~ war production.
bat which VIII have no direct
voice IN management.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08
GM I'D Double Record
For ESeaceliHRae Output

General Motors Corporation i,
committed to a wartime produc-
ton program which by 1913 will
nearly double IT'S all-time record
.peacetimc output, President c. h.
1VllSon disclosed in Washington
The corporatI&p has contracts
and letterSFof intent issued by tie
war and navy departments which
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08
Getting Up Nights

II You tuter HON getting Up klfhtG.
Backache, Nervousness. Leg Pains. Swollen
Ankles and feel worn out, due % uon-organlc
and non-systemie Kidney and Bladder trou-
hles you should try tysteX which is giving
JOYOUS help 70 thousands Printed guarantee.
Money berk unless completely satisfactory.
Ask your druggist Tor Cystex today. Only 3Se.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08
VICTORY FOR UNION

The aen+-+4H- tet-a7rofit- St1cf1 n
committee was partial victory
for Tho union In that IL gives labor
greater opportunity than al any
time m American history 10 direct
the production OF a huge industry.
Management on the other hand
won dEEtDLy in thA4+LSlcGonGad
IN blocking the unions demands
for direct hand in the manage
mcnt Of Tho plants. such as was
proposed by Philip Murray, Go
president
r j. Thomas president Of the
auto union made clear Mat his
organization would accept the
conpromisc in a statement IN
THE tAN-CIO il wholcheart-
eddy committed Ia the prOsecu-
ton of the war Ia decisive
victorious conclusion.
STANDS FOUR SQUARE
1T stands fOur->quare behind
the President and will cooperate
fully m the CARVING out OF any
assignment given it, members
and officers by the government"
G T. Wilson president Of Cen
oral Motors Corporation, also is
sued 9 statements
Zach element In industry
manpoWcr. research. engineer
ing, plant and faCilitie>-muSt
he organized by management
for maximum production in the
nations war effort.
To divide the eSponSibility
for management would be 10
DESTROY the very foundation
lpon which Americas unpar-
alcllcd RECORD Of industrial ac-
complishment has been built"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08
cklnG F-znIfst cyno i~sfs
Al .hH EsssTs

help break up local congestion. Since
-l4etctr-r ~ U-Jd on the Qllntupicts
t"l may be sure you're using just
about The BEST product made!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08
~ ) STRENGTHS

Cl..drcn's Mid Muster
,e Also Regular and
Extra strength for
.fnWn-Ups who prefer a
stronFcr product. AL
ag-gstCrCs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-08

THE Jaw Go il wholcheart-
eddy committed To the prOseCu-
ton of the war Ia decisive
victorious conclusion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-17
Present Guadalcanal Battle
Will Test Our Land Forces
First Campaign of This
Type Since Bataan Fight
ToDAY'S WAR MOVES
R<e- .. q Pat ofnceD
Dv LOUIS =. KEEMlE

1e battle for Guadslcsnai apparently IL furnishing the first hg
est of Americans against japanese IN land combat since Bstsan-
MseArthurs men O B.tssn and corregisor showed vhst they
could % against overwhelming oddx Since the Japanese IN sppsr-
entity cut to rstske cusdsicznai at any cost II is safs tn assume they
WI try 70 land enough msn n cuadaleanal to overwhelm US by
weight Of numbers