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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
BRITISH DESERT
 COMMANDOS HIT
Smashing Blows Are De- Iivered Many Miles Be-
 hind Egyptian Front

Cairo, Sept. 23-(UP)-The Brit ish high command today revealed that Imperial desert commandos had carried out sweeping behind the-Enes offensive, attacking key Axis points as far distant as Beng hazi, $50 airline miles west of the Alamein line.
 The attack struck simultaneously, it was revealed, at Benghazi, Barce, 60 miles northeast of the big Axis base, and Tobruk-the only part of the whirlwind action which had been previously revealed.
 The desert attackers then swoop- ed down upon the Gia1o Oasis. deep in the destr and only 135 miles from Agedabia on the Gulf of Sirte, wrecking the Axis installations there in a six-day foray.
 The attacks were carried out last week, Imperial headquarters re- vealed.
 The land-sea commando expedi- ton against Tobruk was revealed last week. Today it was announced that at the same hour desert col- umns smashed at the rear bases of BenghaI and Barce, aided by pow
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
CONGRESS SLATE
 FOR DEMOCRATS

Hartford. Conn, Sept. 23.-(UP) The Democratic congressional slate for the November election in Connecticut appeared today to be all set.
 District conventions will be held in five counties Of the state satur- day to nominate congressional caii- didates.
 All four incumbent democra- tic congreaSmen were expected to be fenominAted:
 Rep. Herman ?, kopplemann in the first district.
 Rep. William J. Fitzgerald, Nor- wleh. lt the second district.
 Rep. James A. Ghanley, New Ha. ven. in the third district.
 Rep. Leroy Downs, Nofwaik, tfl the fourth district.
 fn the fifth district, iE was ex- aeefed that Mayor William patsen of ToFrlnglon would be the fioin- lilee, Lawrence Kenny, Waterbury also Waa a candidate in this dls'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
' Jurymen Picked For Daddona Murder Trial
That Was Total Selected Up to O'Clock This Alter nOOn-Defense Is Concerned Mostly Over Matter of Prejudices

Seven of 21 veniremen examined in superior court up to 1 o'clock this afternoon have been accepted for jury service in the Michele Dad- dona murder trial which opened be- fore Judge John Rufus Booth yes- terday morning. Because of the slow impaneling of the jury the ac- tual presentation of evidence in the case is not expected to start before tomorrow and may be delayed un- til next week.
 The court has excused 10 of the prospective jurors so far while the state has rejected four. Examina- ton has been conducted by States Atty. William B. Fitzgerald and Atty. Walter w. Smyth for the state and by Atty. Edward Mascolo for the defense. Atty. Catherine Hanlon is assistant defense counsel.
 Jurors accepted so far are Charles A. Mannweiler of Seymour, Berkley l.. Frisbie of Wolcott, Burritt R. Curtis of Southbury, Richard Bowen of Ansonia, Edward A. Scoville of Southbury, John T. Walsh of An- sonia, and John F. Norton of Vol
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
UNKNOWN PLANE
 CAUSED AN ALERT
New York, Two Other
 States, Including Conn. Not Affected

New York. Sept. 2S-UP)-An unidentified plane last night caused the Army to issue q "hlue" alert final preliminary to a general air raid alaFm-and order radio stations off the air in three states for lD minutes.
 First air force headquarters at Mitchell Field, ". Y.. said Ian m. Identified airpiane operation over q EaawaFd area" was responsible. ''The situation has been clarified" [" it was olilcially announced. NO hostile aircraft were in tho vicinity"
 The first yellow" alert was flasied ln New York City ct o.lo ?. Ili. and the on clear at e;3t.
 Districts affected included the New York Metropolitan aFea, Northern New Jersey, Westehastef County. ~. x., and parLS of Cone neoiieif and upstate New York. Al radio stations from northern MaW ysrsey te Albany, V. Yy WeEe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
ITALIAN SUB SANK
 |U.S. MERCHANTMEN
l9 Survivors Were Adrift g Days-Arrived Safely
 at East Coast Port

An East Coast Port, Sept. 23- OP)-How their vessel was fired upon at close range by an Italian submarine was told today by 19 sur- vivors of a medium sized American merchant vessel who have arrived in this port, the Third Naval Dis trict announced.
 They were adrift g days in a lifeboat before being picked up by an Allied freighter.
 The survivors said the sub shelled and then torpedoed them in the South Atlantic last month. One man was slightly wounded by fly ing fragment but there were no other casualties despite the fact that the Italians were firing at close range.
 Less than half their shots hit, said one sailor. ''They were awful markSmen."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
RUSSIA BOUND
 CONVOY ARRIVES

London, Sept. 2S-(UP)-The Ad- miralty reported today that "the great majority" of British and Am- erican ships in the Russian-bound convoy which was attacked by Nazi forces had arrived at North Russian ports. The Admiralty communique said that none of the conveys escort ships was lost, (Nazi reports had claimed that about 70 of the 46 ships which Berlin said comprised the convoy were either sunk or damaged,)
 The Admiralty said the Ger mans heavily attacked the convoy employing submarines and planes end managed to iniiict some losses
 "ft is not intended Co assist the enemy" the eommunlaue said, "by informing him of the extent Of hii lack of success against this convoy but 70 in possible io state that hil claims on this occaal0n haye been exaggerated more than usual"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
FARM BLOC MAY
 BEAT ROOSEVELT
President May Then Use His Powers to Assume
 Control of Imitation
BY JOHN R. BEAL

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, Sept. 23.-OP)-An administration poll revealed today that farm interests at present have more than enough votes in the Sem ate to override President Roosevelt and write into the anti-inflation bill an amendment increasing by 12 per cent the parity price at which ceil- ings may be imposed on farm prod ucts.
 Although Senate leaders declined to reveal the exact results of the overnight poll, it was learned from other sources that it showed the farm fight would go against the ad- miniStration.
 Sen. Prentiss Brown, D., Mich. manager of the bill, forecast a pres idential veto of the measure if the farm misunderstanding the in- clusion of all labor costs in comput- ing parity-is kept in the bill.
 He warned that if farm groups want control of industrial wages their last chance is to follow the administration line on the pending price stabilization measure.
 Leaders were told the results oi the poll at a morning strategy con- ference just prior to the opening oi
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
KOPCHA MOTION SURPRISES BOARD
Democratic Alderm a n Moves to Take G. 0 P.
 Motion Off Table

After a surprise move by Alder man John Kopcha that upset his Democratic colleagues as well as the Republican members, the board of aldermen last night took from the table and. passed a motion, original 1y sponsored by Alderman George L. Kingston (R) asking the board of finance to report on funds avail able for transfer to provide a pay increase for city employees this year The motion mentioned the date Sept. 1 and any such increase would presumably be retroactive to that time.
 Democrats had tabled Mir. King tons motion at the boards meet ing Aug. 3 and had succeeded in keeping it kept on the table at the meeting held Sept. IA. Previous to last nights meeting, MT. Kopcha had told The Democrat that he planned to support the pay increase move. When he brought up the pay raise question, his colleagues were obviously surprised, but, realizing that with the aid of Mir. Kopcha's $ vote, the G. O. P. would be able to
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
HENRY MILLER
 MUCH PUZZLED
His Blonde Wife Doesn't
 Remember How or When She Married Him
By FREDERICK c. OTHMAN United Press Hollywood
 COrresDOndentl

Hollywood, Sept. 23-(UP)-Hen- " Miller, the Hollywood stationer whose beautiful blonde wife forgot she'd married him, couldn't under stand today what the fuss was about.
 "So she lost her memory" said the portly, 42-year-old Miller, who'd been interviewed and photographed until he felt a little dizzy. '.It could happen to anybody. All hope is that Glory and I can start all over again."
 The blue-eyed Glory Caroline Weller Miller, 25, wasn't so certain. She couldn't get used to a husband, when all she thought she had was amnesia. She didn't even know she was a blonde until she looked in a mirror. Her hair used to be red.
 I must have bleached it." she said. T don't like 1t. There are 8 lot of things I don't like"
 There also are a lot of things she can't remember, she said, such as
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
Nazi Leadership Has
 Begun To Feel Strain
Reported Dropping of Field Marshal Won Book Is One of Straws in Wind-Signs of Cracking Are
 Much in Evidence
By FREDERICK OECHSNER Limited Press Central European
 Manarer)

AS the savage fight for Stalingrad goes into its 30th day, there are m- creasing signs of its strain on Nazi leadership and morale.
 The reported relief from duty of Field Marshal von Book is one of the most interesting Straws in the wind to date. There is no con- firmation of 1t from Germany but it has the earmarks of being true. Likewise, the reported protest of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel that he had inadequate air support for his recent unsuccessful offensive in Egypt (because planes could not be spared from the eastern front ob- viously) is significant.
 Both developments, whether true or only half-true, reflect stresses and strains at the op of the Nazi military hierarchy which already have been definitely revealed in the BrauchitSch and Rundstedt recalls, and which are bound to increase as the costly Russian campaign
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
SALINARDI TRIED
 TOSTART FIGHT
Resisted PatrOlman Gar- vey in Police Station
 But Quickly Subdued

Behind the bars at New Haven county jail for a stay of more than year today was Prank "Tingles" salinardi. 70 of e52 East Main street, put he got there only after another demonstration of his anti-pollce complex. He attacked Patrolman Joseph 6arvey, municipal court of- ncer, in the cell block at police headquarters yesterday afternoon ss the ofilcer vas preparing to take him to Jail.
 Though outweighed by many pounds, 0fileeF 0arvey refused as. distance and oPereafne tho prisoner himself, finally snapping handeuffs pn hls wrists.
 Police said that as oGicer daryey Was leading sTlnglea'' from his ieli, the latter suddenly iunged fore ward and struck the officer on the shln. Waving ahlda ald 0k ether policemen, 0fIleeF uaFvey suhdued sallnardl bg himself Rnd bandeuffed hlln, then took the noW.aecila pFia- eneF % jail.
 Jndsp John Q. oahnsy Ia court
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
Red Army Smashes Through
 Nazis To Regain Heights
American Airmen Smash Jap Bases
 In Solomon Islands Thirteen Times
Story of American Raids By Land, Sea, Air Has
 Just Arrived
BY SANDOR S. KLEIN United Press Staff Correspondent

(Um1tcu Press SG3IT COrreSpOn0emL)
 Washington, Sept. 23.-OP)- American airmen have attacked Japanese bases in the Solomon Islands at least 13 times during the last fortnight, but endorsements and supplies were believed today to be reaching enemy troops in Guad- alcanal.
 The air attacks have been de- signed to hamper enemy attempts to retake the islands captured last month by marines. The areas bombed include the most likely Springboards for enemy counter attacks against Guadalcanal, the most important island in the group.
 Rekata Bay on Santa Isabel island, one of the main Japanese positions in the Solomons, was bombed and strafed six times dur ing the week of Sept. 13. Five of these times, army flying fortresses did the job while navy and marine corps dive bombers carried out the most recent attack.
 GiZo island, which has an ex- cellent deep water harbor about 2l5 miles northwest of Guadalcanal has been attacked six times. Army flying fortresses also have blasted Buka, northwesternmost of the Sol oil1onS.
 Meanwhile, there was evidence of increased activity on Guadalcanal, which the Japanes care eager to retake because of it's airfield.
 Patrol Activities
 The navy reported an increase in
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23

that all old automobiles in the hands of junk dealers soon would be on their way toward Berlin or Tokyo as bombs or shells. He said old ca $ are being broken up by the junk yards four or five times as fast as autos are going off the highways into the hands of junk men. And these old cars won't provide nearly enough scrap.
 Contrary to what some believe, dealers are turning over their in- ventories of old, discarded cars at least every 60 days, Cabot said. The most recent check of some 10000 junk yards showed that the old cars stayed in them an average of 45 days before, as scrap, they were on their way to the mills.
 Cabot and other officials stressed that all kinds of scrap had to be collected this fall if all the nations furnaces were going to run full blast during the winter.
 Od Cars Disappearing
 As indicative of how old cars are moving into steel mills where they are converted into metal for guns, shells. ships, planes and tanks, Cabot pointed out the decline in cars on hand. A survey in February showed approximately 1,500,0O in junk dealers hands while reports to the WIPE showed 328,244 cars were
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
SECRET SESSION
 ON OUR PLANES
Major Gen. EchOls of Army Air Forces Denies Our
 Planes Inferior
By A. SHIRLEY BROWN
Limited Press Staff COrrespOndeT

AGAAAs&W &t&As 9tNAaA sS@Hs~S&e&NAAsF
 Washington. Sept. 23.-(UP)- Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Echols of the Army Air Forces appears before a secret session of the Senate eori- mlttee Investigating the war today to protest against statements that American Army fighter planes are inferior to Japanese Navy.OS.
 Charles that combat aircraft be- Ing used by Americans on all fronts were vastly inferior to "zero" fght- CTS. British "Hpltfres" and some German pursuit ships were made In the Senate last week by Com- nitseo Chairman Harry 6. Truman, D.. Mo.
 Truman, censuFing governmental 'bFass hats" for the superiority oi Axis planes. asserted that lt Waf only the ability of many American pilots to "onlAhoot the enemy which prevented overwhelming de-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
ALLIED PLANES
 SMASHING LAPS
General Macarthur Raising RuctiOns With Japs in
 All Their Bases
By DON CASWELL United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

United Press Staff COrreSpOndentl
 General MacArthur's Headquar- ters, Australia, Sept. 23-(UP)- Allied fighter and medium bomber planes have subjected Japanese in- VaSion forces to shattering attacks along the entire 60-mile stretch be- tween Buna, on the north New Guinea coast, and Kokoda in the Owen Stanley mountains, it was announced today.
 Bombs, cannon shells and machine gun bullets raked Japanese ship ping, building. gun batteries, arn- munition dumps and supply lines in four separate attacks in which not a single enemy plane rose in challenge,
 Fighter planes in two raids swept along the trail between Buna and Kokoda, on the northern slopes ot the mountains. They severely damaged the most important bridge on the trail. at Wairopi village it miles from Kokoda, set fire to big warehouse and many huts, blew up ammunition dumps and set fire to three motor launches and { barge at Buna.
 An antl-aircraft gun battery wal sllenced and casualties were intiict, cd on enemy troops by planes whicf machine gunned them at low level
 Tn these sweeps, allied planes iirel more than si.000 rounds Of cannol shells and machine gun bullets.
 Attack planes canonadad and ma chine gunned enemy position around KckodR village, kilenced Al
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
See-Saw Battle Goes On Germans Gaining in
 Other Sectors NAZIS ARE CLOUDING
 AIR WITH BOMBERS Germans Are Making {, OO0 Attacks a Day With
 Fleet of Planes
BY HENRY sHAPTRO

BY HENkx SHAR1MV United Press Staff COrresponaent
 Moscow, September 23. (UP) - Front dispatches to- day reported a Red Army counter-attack has smashed through Nazi lines in north western Stalingrad, regain ing a dominating height, but in other sectors German pressure drove the RuSSians out of positions along several battered streets.
 With the tide of battle flowing u decisively in the filtered ruins Of what had once been Russia,s model industrial city, the Red Arrny's organ. Red Star, proclaimed that the xe-g suit of street fighting thus far dis closed that:
 "Stalingrad can and will be held
 Front reports indicated that the fighting had taken on q see-saxg aspect. Soviet forces were bombing and blasting their way f0rWATd particularly in the critical north western portion of the city. But A& other points, sometimes only q feW blocks distant, they were falling back before masses of Nad tanks, attack~ ing in close order.
 Red Star reported that in thu northwest sector picked detachmeutH of Red army men smashed their way through the German fortified front line positions and ,stormed hill which commanded a wide sur rounding area.
 While ground forces fought with utmost bitterness, one of the great- est air displays of the war was being staged in the skies over Stalingrau.
 Maxi Planes Fill Skies
 The Communist party neWspaper Pravda reported that the LuftwaEE6 was throwing unprecedented nuzn- bers of planes into the support ox the ground attack.
 German air sorties were said @ be averaging as high as 2.0OO q day with the Nazi planes apparently aiming for the complete destruction of Stalingrad. Many of the cityss new buildings were reported in ruins, among them g model ere hospital.
 The communique said that in q desperate attempt to stop tho Russian attack northwest of Stalin~ grad the Germans opened new counter attacks but said that they had been repulsed and that moro than 1000 Germans had been Killed in the process.
 In another sector of the north- west -Stalingrad fighting. the noon communique said, Russian troops pushed back the enemy and t0oaE an important road.
 In the Mozdok area of the Causas- us. where the Germans are driginw for the Grozny oil fields, the com munique reported that an enemy attack supported by 40 tanks henr~ ing special silb-machine gunnexz was broken and that eight tamke and more than 100 tommy gunner were destroyed.
 Front dispatches supplemented this by saying that the Russiana had checked the Germans on tlas south bank of the Terek River sn the Mozdok area and that the Ger mans had failed in attempts au widen their bridgehead.
 Maxi Tanks Repulsed
 Russian troops holding rids& recaptured from the Germans xAe pulsed an attack by S5 tanks. dl8s patches said, and 25 of the tanks were destroyed.
 On the Novorossisk front Of tH9 Caucasus, on the Black Sea conss. the Russians improved their Doz'=
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
War Production Board Officials
 Tell About Scrap
.-n1eriCans Called On to Dig Into Their Homes for Everything Autos Now in Junk Yards Will Soon
 Be on Way to Steel Mills
BY KILLER KRIEGHBAUM United Press Staff CorrespOndent)

Washington, September g. - (UP) - War Production Board officials today asked Americans to turn in all the iron and steel scrap they find in their cellars attcs despite the fact that they may old automobiles in raveyards" or junk yards Paul Cabot deputy chief of the WIPES Industrial Conservation Bureau predicted
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23

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The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1942-05-22

5AV3 ALASKA -73OIl F-21o
During the past week 10, 600
acre fire was being Fought by Mi
ners an6 fire guards to save min
ing and other property II the -slca
rerio on. 7.::,-ee21' THOUSAND acres were
burning in the noi ghborhoo6 Of
ri~c's Lake onG considerable effort
was oz12o1..o3 in saving iinG's Lake
Ca:l|.
lanes partially surrounded
Fairbanks as fires RACED over hum
are(s Of thousands o. acres near
that city.
Several thousand acres on the
Clear Creek Huttes, 90 niles south
west OF Fairbanks in the ,oo@ Nv
er country across the lanala were
burning anG the SMOKE SO thick
shat plenes could not LAND. in
that area. 7
Near the University OF alaska
fire was burning over 500 acre
radius between College an1 the
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BUY DEFENSE BONDS
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1942-05-22

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The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1942-05-22

27Gi.3DIlN PR-G- 2IEIIc cCI1INUED
to cofoat tho onoav, TIT r.oans
that tho savings en- oarn1---os Of
cur citizons, loano to thoir Cow
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will be returned il currency that
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The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1942-05-22

NOTICE 70 l. J.. TER ILaz22
Due TO tic Try wocthoz, our va
ter supply has 3oco.-o Won short.
Please 90 not $50 any Wato-' FOR
pri1l5linC or othor unnc cossory
PURPOSES until the con1i II on has
boon corrocto3. With yo1-' cooper
att on VIC hopo to conserve Tough
vatol, that it will rot b. nocoss-
ory to close tie .2c.i21s.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-05

PLANE carried the county with 1887
tos fer w Clinton McSherry.
On the other hand Robert E. Clapp,
Jr. had county majority of 153
over his opponent and the success
full candidate, Patrick N. Sch
nauffer. The vote was Clapp $3.50;
Schnauffer 5000.
Although the greatest effort of
the entire campaign was conferred
on the charter fight only about six
ty per cent of the people who went
to the polls cast a vote on the
question. The total vote cast was
slightly more than $4,000 while the
total vote on the charter was un-
der $4,000. The charter vote was
YES-7826; NO-6O32. 1t was ap-
proved by 1894 majority.
Based on the county registration
the vote on the Charter represent
ed less than one-third. Observers of
years of balloting were at loss to
explain why so few people showed
interests in matter so vital to
this county's future.
With approval of the charter
went also the members of the
charter committee nominations for
places on the official group, to be
known as the Charter Council, 70
setup the actual charter which will
recommend definite changes in the
government. These recommends
lions will be voted on at the next
general election which will be held
in 1914.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-05
To File Inventory
Of Farm Machinery

According to Thos. C. Darby,
chairman of the Montgomery
County Farm Machinery Rationing
Committee each dealer, distributor,
and manufacturer shall file on or
before November 10, 1912 an in
ventory of all new farm machinery
and equipment which he had in his
possession at the close of business
on October 81, 1912. Such inven-
tory shall be filed with the County
Farm Machinery Rationing Board,
for the county in which the dealer,
distributor or manufacturer has his
principal place of business. If a
dealer, distributor or manufacturer
does business in six or more coun-
ties in one state, he shall file such
inventory only with the State US.
D.A. War Board for the state in
which he mas his principal place of
business. If a dealer, distributor,
of manufacturer does business in
more than one State, he shall file
such inventory only with the Spec
ial War Board Assistant, at Room
3095, South Building, Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.