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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07
BOMBING RAIDS
 IN AUSTRALIA
Bismarck Islands Were Hit by Japanese-Chinese
 Chase Jap Remnants

CaEbetra, Jan. ' - (UP) -- Two bombing raids on Allstralias Bis marck Islands were announced TO- day as high Dutch Indies official, in Calberra for defense consulta- tions. called Tor offensive action against the Japanese.
 Japanese bomber swept over Rabaul, on tr- eastern tip of the island of Neupommern (New Brit aim in an tack last night and did slight damage [ an Australian airdrome.
 This morning the raiders return ed smashing at aircraft on the ground and airdrome installations.
 tRabual is approximately 250 miles northeast of New Guinea and about twice that distance in the same direction from Australia.)
 The Japanese were said to have used flying boats il the first raid similar to those they operated on the Dilli Airline, commercially be- fore the var. T..ey disappeared with Australian fighter planes in pursuit.
 Lieut.. Go! Hubertus Van MooE oi the Netherlands East Indies, after conferring with Prime Minis ter John ,urtin. declared it ''Go good sitting on the defensive" m the Pacific . d that attacks are the best means of defense against Japan
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07
JAPANESE PUSH
 AHEAD IN MALAY
Paying "I'errible Price, But They Keep Their
 Eyes on Singapore
BY STANLEY JONES United Press Staff Correspondent

Singapore, January '. - tUP) - Japanese armored forces pushed forward on the west Malayan front at "a terrible price" in casualties, war dispatches said tonight in re- porting bitter British battle against five-to-one odds.
 The British defense forces are put ting mp "a successful and heroic struggle" designed to delay the enc my and exact the highest possible toll for every yard gained by the Japanese, the correspondent Of the Straits Times reported from the front.
 Japanese forces, supported by armored vehicles, launched strong attack today on the lower Perak front, on the northwest side of the Malay Peninsula.
 A general headquarters commit niquc said the Japanese made some penetration at one point, and that their air activity vas "conSlderab!e'
 There was nothing further to re- port from the SelangOr area, the commmiquc said, and in Pahang state the withdrawal Q. our forces continues according to plan
 The British announced yesterday mat their forces lad withdrawn rom the Kuantan area, in Pahang
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07
Russian Red Drive Is Most Terrific Of War
Threatens Disaster to Great Axis Army Including Pick of Italian, Rumanian Armes-lO0,OOO Nazis
 Dead On Battefields in Days
By ROBERT DOWSON United Press Staff Correspondent,

London. Jan. - tUP) A new Russian drive, remarkable both for power and speed, is threatening dis aster to a great Axis army, includ- ing the pick of the Italian and Rumanian armies, which for months has vainly beseiged Sevastopol ill the Crimea, dispatches indicated to- day.
 A drive by Red army tanks and Calvary units which had driven westward from the Kerch Peninsula at speed which astonished military experts, had now been made q double drive, both Berlin and other reports made plain, by formidable Red army force which was landed on the west Crimean coast only 40 miles north of Sevastopol.
 Further, the intrepid garrison of SevaStopol. which had fought back against great odds for months while 1t was on the defensive, had struck out from that fortress along the Sevastopol- Mariupol railroad, in the direction of Bakhchisaira and Sim feropol, in frontal attack.
 The offensive, one of the most important of the gigantic Russian counter offensive, was accompanied by another in the Leningrad area. on the other end of an HOO mile front which, according to the official Leningrad radio, had resulted in the liberation of hundreds of villages and towns, had cleared great stretch of strategically important railroads and had left highways and fields for hundreds Of miles Strepn with frozen German corpses,
 Russian Baltic Fleet
 In line with the Lenlngraa oHtn- siye, Stockholm reported, lmcol iirmed. that the Russian Baltic fleet with the aid of landing parties had captured the Island oi Hoglnd Suuarsaru, no miles west oi Len- mgrad.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07
American Forces May Use Naval, Plane
 Bases In Ireland For Principal Field

tlons
 But they added that there had been no indication that the govern. ment @ag eyen considering chang lng its policy. which was 10 hght anyone, on either slde, who yiolaied Fire neutrality
 This attitude as expressed by ibe hiRhes, Fire source 10 a unlloe Pres correspondent in Dublin tla months ago aaa that ih,3 expected American pressure rcgardlng bases ii the United states entered Inc Rar but that Fire would foaisi 'o iiie utmost nnd lt k aicpnec.' z ,hlr that The uniA, Slagea would fasc thc ports b} force They saiG II anmeu would noi tolerate Aid bi United states troops in "dsiendins' klss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07
Robert Syrotchen Is Sent To Reformatory
Pleaded Guilty to Four Counts of Breaking, Entering His Con1rade in Crime Was Put On Probation
 by Judge Munger

Robert Syrotchen, 18 of 677 South Main street, was sentenced to the reformatory by Judge Robert l. Munger in criminal superior court today, after pleading guilty to four counts of breaking and entering Held with Syrotchen for the same crime, but accused only on two counts, Albert Greguoli, Is, of 261 River street, was put on probation, and given continuance until the June term of superior court.
 Greguoli yesterday entered a plea of not guilty. but today changed 1t to one of guilty.
 Both were charged with having broken into the A. l.. German gas station, at the corner of Bunker Hill and Watertown avenues, las, November 30. According to the in- formation prepared by States Atty. William B. Fitzgerald, the youths effected an entry by placing a lad der against the side Of the build ing, and smashing window with the handle of a knife. They were surprised by police in the act of tampering with safe.
 He Promised
 Finding Greguoli purely an ac- cessory to the crime" Judge Mum ger queried, Do you promise to keep out of trouble If I give you another chance, and put you or probation? Do you promise the court that?"
 Greguoli, who has no previous criminal record, nodded assent
 Syrotchcn, in addition to the avenue break, was charged with hay.ng entered the Acme Tire Shop last November 2. Asst. States Atty. Walter w Smyth said that this adventure yielded the youth a net haul Of 90 cents, all in pennies, and one ilashlight. He was also accused, however. of having broken into . restaurant, and mak- Ing or with $500,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07
FRANK 5. HOGAN
 GIVES WARNING
New District Attorney of New York, Advises Crim=
 inals to Beware

Frank s. Hogan, Waterbury native who was sworn ill last week as dis trict attorney for New York, yes terday announced that prosecuting authorities and police have been instructed to be ''unrelentirg against criminals who seek to take advantage of blackouts Or wartime emergency restrictions.
 The drive will be directed against attempts at robbery, assault or theft during blackouts, and against at tempted protiteerirg on automobile or tire sales.
 Said District Attorney Hogan, in his first public statement since be- ing sworn in:
 Two events ill recent days have brought the effect of the war closer to our civil population" MT, Hogan declared in his statement. One is the curtailment of motor sales and the rationing of tires. The other is the order yesterday for the dim ming of street lights on certain avenues in the heart of the city.
 Both of these measures have within them germs Of temptation for the criminal Thieves, swindlerS and prolitcers will seek to take ad- vantage Of these necessary rcgula- tions with respect to the motor
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07

Providence. R l., Jan. 7,--tUPl-- A Tennessee sailor. who polished oil couple of quick drinks io fort'b himself against the harsh northern climate and piIoied n 3b.pnssehRef bns on a pleasure tour through thh crowded city. was turned over to naval authorities by police today,
 It aaa cold when Charles W. Neal, 2i. Of Madison. Tenn, started to hlteh.hIko from here last night io his berth aa aviation nachiniats mate at QlonHet Point, 70 hc stepped Into tavern.
 When he euins otlt he walked bb ihe Elmwood Garage of inc United Electric Hailsayt Co. ilr looked l0nginnly at a si0,0o0 bns shoso ,ifeamlincd nose vas pointed south toward oiosSct polnt
 A moment later he was behind the ] wheel oi the bus. driving along
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07
President Jolts Congress
 With Unheard Of Figures
TT CAN BE DONE.
 TT WILL BE DONE

Robert F.. Gross, president of Lockhced Aircraft: We accept the goal without qualification, but we're too busy to talk about it." Hugh Fenwich, president of Vultee Aircraft: Every man here is roll ing his sleeves a little higher, work ing little harder, and will do his part" P. G. Johnson, president of Boeing Aircraft: Last month we delivered 70 per cent more flying fortresses than the schedule called for. This is sample of America at work in time of war
 AIRPLANE MOTORS
 Allison Motor Division of General Motors, we are meeting cur quotas and will meet the new ones. We won't let MT Roosevelt down.
 PROPELLORS
 Curtiss- Wright Propeller Division We will do it.
 HEAVY INDUSTRY
 "Second, to increase our produce ton rate of tanks so rapidly that this year, 1922 we shall produce 45,OOO tanks, and to continue that increase so that next year, 1943, we shall produce s5,0O0 tanks"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07
Over Joyous Sailor Seizes Bus. For Free Rides To All

Elmwood avenue A prospective paa- sengef, Panl r Hnmel of Green wood. hailed the bus and Neal slammed to stop
 "Sicp light in, auh,' Neal aaid "and move toward the rear of the bus
 Ham,l offered fare, but Neal said casually there 'nre no fares everybody rides free on this line in- ciuding tho driver
 Sailor Neal sinried ID again and kept going until he spotted e night club on the ronr near NOfwood Bend. The temptation Has too great.
 "Ail ouii" he shouted
 IIancl got ou found policeman md Neal c,enlually waa located in q nearby tlncr
 UER officials nist learned of the missing bus VI en ,he night club manager ieiephoncd that the bus was blocking the clubs entrance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07
SIS,O0O, 1000, ,O0O Will Be Spent in First 6 Months
 of Present Year SOME NEW REVENUE
 LEVIES PROVIDED Spending of Huge Sums in Right Places Will Be
 Stupendous Job
BY LYLE c. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent

DI IL LIZ S. NILSoN
 United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, January 7.-- (UP) - President Roosevelt jolted Congress today with the biggest budget, tax and deficit program of all time, calling in the next Is months for expenditure of S77,000,- 100000 largely for arms and munitions to smash the Axis. Approximately S18,000, ,000,- 900 will be spent in the first six months of this year, with $59 100000 o0O budgeted for the new fiscal year
 Taxes are to be raised to increase treasury revenue by 50 per cent in the 1943 fiscal year which begins this July l.
 During that l2 months period, Ms Roosevelt proposed in his budget message presented to Congress today to spend approximately s59,000,- 100000. to collect 1000, 100000 i'll taxes and to raise the national debt to S110, 100000. Of the budgeted expenditures, S53,000 900 would be for war in that one year. That includes s7,500 100000 for lend-lease aid to the United Nations.
 Non-war expenditures were bud geted at more than $6,000,000 900 - $437 900 900 less than this year.
 In addition to the $53,000 100000 figure budgeted for war, government corporations will spend non-bud- geted S3,000, 100000 in the next fiscal year, bringing the overall l943 war cost to $56 GOO 000,0
 New Revenue Levies
 His proposals for new revenue levies aggregated 5000 100000 in- cluding an intimation of temporary resort to a general excise or sales tax But the President told ques- tioners that he still was opposed to general sales taxation and that "se- lective excise taxes" were as far in that direction as he would be pre- pared to go. Corporate and indi- vidual income taxes and estate and gift leyies on wealth apparently will be increased steeply.
 For the l943 fiscal year he esti- mated treasury deficit of S35 500,- 100000 which Is only S6500, 100000 less than the net cost of World War I computed before war veterans payments and interest were added. Of the S27,00000 900 aggregate tax revenue proposed for the l943 fiscal year, approximately $3 500,000 000 represents social security tax income which is not computed as an item toward reduction of the estimated deficit.
 There is nothing in any fiscal his tory to which the l943 United States budget readily Is comparable. MT Roosevelt reminded newspapermen at yesterdays annual White House seminar that 1t was the biggest budget in the history Of any nation
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07
HORRIBLE TALE
 TOLD BY RUSSIA
German Officers. Soldiers Are Accused of Most
 Frightful Atrocities

Moscow, Jan. 7.--tUP)-RuSsia In one of the most terrible indictments ill the history of modern warfare, charged the German armies and the German government today with cruelties and beStialitieS ranging from the stealing of children's toys through rape to mass murder and mass destruction.
 It promised. ln formal note addressed by Foreign Minister Via cheslav Molotov to the envoys of all countries with which Russia has relations. that the Russian people would never forget and never par don what the Germans had done and said:
 "The government of the Soviet Union declares with unshakeable confidence that the struggle ot the Soviet Union for liberation is a struggle for right and liberty, not only for the peoples of the Soviet Union but for the rights and liberty of all freedom loving peoples ol the world, and that tile war car end only in the utter defeat Q. Hitler's troops and complete Tic. tory over Hitle1ite tyranny"
 1000 Words to Tell It
 Molotov used approximately T. 900 words to describe the ''pilage ruination of the people and Inon- strous hrutalities perpetrated by the German authorities everywhere oll Russian territories they captured.
 Ill an ominous reminder of the present march of the Red army toward Germany, he detailed the German manner of war as it had been revealed by reports of troops
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07

neutrality of Fire would De over shndoged by the present crisis ana that the United states might join In putting pressure on Fire To coll- eede bases which American bomb- Ing and patrol planes and woishipi could Use.
 IL Was added that au, move Has unlikely 10 materialiN before Amer lean units reached thia side O. lhe Atlantic. l. vas pointed out thnt American tochnicians have long been building bases in northern lre- land from which some American units were likely to operate.
 Inlornlnis here saiG the peep of Eiro probably Noald be more re- captive io repr. seniations from tll' United states regarding bases than tlisy aavs hsAa = Vy.1>a sA>31sS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07
BY H. l.. PERCY { United Press Stan CorresIpondentl ]

Iondon, Jan. 7--tUPb-- Reliable iniorinnnts forecast today that President Rooseyelt's promise of American troops for the British Isles would mean pressure on Fire for naval and airplane bases for American use.
 IL was suggested that the Presi- ,lcnts speech probably marked The Degirning oi the end of the "hands oif policy toward Fire. which. ac- eordiug to belief here. Great Britain mainlaircd principally to avoid pre- cipiitt.ng crisis tnat mlght have caused uniaYorable reaction amor ' AmeflcanS of Irish descent.
 Informants said that even septi mental American feelings .ey t6t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07
AMBASSADORS
 TO BE NAMED
Steinhardt Gees to Turkey From Russia - Major
 Burns For Moscow

Washington, Jan. 7-(UP)--PreSi- dent Roosevelt moved today to strengthen United States diplomatic representation in the key neutral state of Turkey. and ill Russia Americas associate in the wal against the Axis
 He nominated Laurence A. Stein- hardt, now United States ambassa- dor to Moscow, to become ambassa- dor to Turkey. And he was expected shortly to name Maj. Gen. James Fl. Burns to the important Moscow post.
 Burns accompanied Harry l.. Hop kins to Moscow last autumn to participate in the Anglo-American- Russian supply and military confer ences. and is regarded as one of President Roosevelt's closest military advisers. He has been attached to the lend-leaSe administration after several years service as chief liaiSon officer between the army and the Cflice of the secretary of war.
 Steinhardt's replacement as am- bassador to Russia had been an- ticipated ever since he returned
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07
(By United Press) 'Let no man say 1t cannot be done.


 It must be done."
 The strong, determined voice of a united nation replied to Pred- dent Roosevelt today: Tt can and will be done
 AS one man, officials, executives, skilled craftsmen, laborers Of the east, the middle west. the south, and the far west buckled down to the greatest ar,namerts building pro- gram the world has ever known.
 From cities. towns, and villages came evidences of the determine tion of all to see that It was full filled and more besides.
 AIRPLANES
 'First to increase our production rate of airplanes so rapidly tha; this year 1942 we shall produce 6O,OOO planes. The rate of in crease will be maintained so that next year, l943, we shall produce 125,00O planes"
 John H. Jouett, president of the Aeronautical Chamber of Com merce: The aircraft industry. aid e, by 50 Allied industries, will pro- duce them"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07
Nonstop Bombardment of C0rregidOr Is Also Be-
 gun by Invaders
MAC ARTHUR'S MEN
 STANDING TO POSTS
Gallant Americans May Be Near Climax, Under Stun=
 ming Blows of Japs
BY HARRISON SALISBURY

BY HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, January '. - fUP) - General Douglas Macarthur, the "Old Fox of Luzon, fought today one of the most gallant battles America has seen since Custer's last stand, but a virt- ual nonstop bombardment of Corregidor Fortress indi- cated that the hour of all- put Japanese assault may be approaching. American military men doffed their hats to the heroic MacArthur. For one month he has fought off overwhelming enemy power. He has been outnunbered four or five to one by Japanese troops. He has fought On with no hope of rein sorcement. He has fought with only distant and unpredictable air support.
 Savage Offensive
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07
TREASURY BALANCE

Washlnst Jan Otp) Gov rrhmcnt eNpousps and receipts for the current nscu year through Jan am. compared with year aF1' lhLs Year ENDEH8Fp Last Year flI ,3ON 96b,atill N6,3lA, A,Rla,6RG at
 War spending { s,5oG.0Gt kgn0t Sls329sg.O33,s
 Htt fpts tAgfs.6t7.og2 s2g16,8y9.J8G.4a
 Mi peHfit [ 3,6Go. 69,7Gk53 se.90G,ool, g59as
 Gnth BalHutt ' 3.Ao8.fl5,4GGl6 SIAG7,fii,533.e!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-07

Lieut.. William K. Kabler, above, was in command of the tiny sea- plane tender U. $. $. Heron when IA Jap bOmbers, 10 of them huge four engine ships, roared over her and dropped 46 100-pound bombs. The Heron shot down at least one Jap and, though squarely hit her self once. limped safely back to an unnamed port. No wonder Kab- ler's daughter, 10-year- Vivian. and wife, pictured at right, beam 50 happily as they hear, in San Francisco, that Kabler was pro- noted to Lieut.. Commander and
 awarded the Navy Cross.
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-03-13
Plans Made For Full Employment
 After The War

What, after the war?" is the query on many lips, but After the War - Full Employment" is the promise of the National Resources Planning Board in a pamphlet just gotten out on the subject and re- leased this week through the Ju- neau office. Prepared by Dr. Alvin H. Hansen, Littauer Professor of Econimcs at Harvard University and special economic adviser to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve system, the booklet outlines program for getting every one to work after the war is won.
 One of the major conclusions ad- vanced in After the War - Full Employment" is:
 We. shall have, when the war is
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-03-13

could regard Alaska as the orphan among our possessions. Alaska is now vital in the scheme of our war and deserves to be equally vital in future years of peace"
 Fortune stresses the vast resour- ces of the Territory, but charges its mines and fisheries have been strip ped by Outside interests. If Alaska was fully developed, it believes the Territory would support ten million people.
 In it's color stuff to keep up the popular theory about the north, For tune in a bar room scene asserts AL askans average three gallons of hard liquor a year = twice the U. S. ay- craze; reveals a few couples dressed in the frontier garb for the occasion doing the "Scow Bay. and a bunch of the boys in the back room having a little game which Fortune re- marks as ia gold-rush days"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-03-13

transportation system by land, wa ter and air Ne need continued ad- vance in Che technfques of produe- tion, distribution. and transporta- tion; in short in an those elements that enter Into a higher standard O. living. We need to rebuild America. Many public deyelopmental projects open fresh outlets for private invest ment We need a public health program. including expansion ot hospital facflities-We need a pro- gram 10 improve and extend our cul- tural and recreatiOnal facilities. We need an enrichment of the material and spiritual resources of our Amer iean way of life. We have seen how il is possible to mobilize the pro- duetiye capacities of the country for war. We can also mobilize them for peace.
 After a discussion of che national income. the public debt. taxation and other related factors. the pamphlet outlines Che indicated policies. with respect to both the war period and the postwar period
 Copies Of After the War-FulI Employment may be obtained from the Juneau office of the National Re- sources Planning Board on request
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-03-13

over. Che technical equipment. the trained and efficient labor, and the natural resources required 10 pro- duee a substantially higher real in- come for civilian needs than any ever achieved before in our history Whether or not we shall, in fact. achieve that level of income will de- pend upon our intelligence and ea- pacity for cooperative action
 Post War Picture
 Pointing out that the immediate aim of the American people. a mili- tary victory, is not enough, the pam phlet states chat social dfsintegra- ton and, sooner or later. another international conflagration would be the result of a postwar decade of economic illustration and mass un- employment.
 When the war is over the Gov ernment cannot just disband Che army, close down munition factor les, stop building ships. and remove all economic controls. We want an orderly program of Rehabilitation and reconstruction. The Government cannot escape responsibility. To ful- fill it's responsibility it needs the hearty cooperation of business. la bor, farmers. and the professions in the great task of developing a Yig- orous, expanding and prosperous SO. cisty."
 Outlining the scope of a positive governmental program looking to- ward full employment which would permit private enterprise to operate at high out-put levels. Dr.. Hansen points to many objeetiyes which have special relevancy in Alaska.
 After War Department
 There is plenty of work to do. We need to carry on extensive re- search-to create new products and develop new processes. We need to rehabilitate and modernize our