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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-12
Mystery Man. Col.
 Britton In Command
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is terrific. They know the United Nations will win. They know we have plan and because they know 1t they do what we ask.
 Will Become More Deadly
 "Our v army's blows will become more and more deadly and more and more difficult for the Nazis to deal with.
 Whenever the Allies invade the continent we shall ask the V army to do just what the military situa- ton demands"
 Britton said his V army men, working in war factories, had done such bad work, and done even that so slowly, that the Germans had been forced to put army inspectors in charge.
 "In the skoda armament works in Czechoslovakia production has dropped 40 per cent" Britton said. Tt is the same story throughout occupied territory.
 "One thing which alarms the Ger Mans is that 8 lot of bad work is being done. Sometimes it IS on a big scale like the delivery of rail- road freight cvars. They look as if q lot of loving care had been given them. Unfortunately for the Nazis they have a defect-they do not fit the railroad tracks.
 "But much Of the work is eraall scale. Nuts are left loose. Machines are not oiled. Holes are. drilled out of line.
 Tt is growing and the German
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nlnels achievement was more
 necing inasmtich as it was
 aieped after he had been battered F British tanks, airplanes and 1lftIery and lost several hundred l1nfEs and many other vehicles.
 His ability to keep on striking Indicated strong reserve power in the desert as well as artillery and Infantry forces which have kept the present campaign from racing back and forth over thousands of square miles of sand.
 The Axis ofEensives on both Libya and Russia were being pressed des- riie steadily intensified British aer- lal attacks on Western Europe and tfe promise of commando raids, with American forces participating, un . much greater scale.
 intensified Effort
 The ''urgent task" of second front in 1D41, as agreed upon by Britain, Russia and the United states this week, means that Allied c1crss-including action by the un- derRround army in enemy held Europe will be intensified as rap- idly as possible but does not neces- Enrily mean a full dress invasion of the continent, according to London.
 The many and complicated prob- 1eFns, especially the need for ship ping, that must be solved before an invasion can be successful make ft highly unlikely that a second front can be set up in Europe this year, according to the best British military sources surveyed by United Press Correspondent Edward w. Beatie.
 But American air and naval forces already moving into the active bat tIc zone along with other AEF units arc expected to aid in stepping up MiE OfFensives on 8 vast scale and in commando raids.
 At the same time, the mysteri- ous Colonel V. Briton, who has organized anti-Nazis in Europe by radio, said that a great underground army was ready to strike effectively when the time comes. This army, he pointed out, already is causing the enemy important losses in man. power and efficiency.
 Briton said that resistance in occupied Europe was increasing ard @it will get louder until even Hitler can hear it. And that will be the end.D
 Kze said that the Nazi reprisal ex- cautions in Czechoslovakia now tctaling 362 since assassination of Reinhard Heydrich would "only increase the determination of the V Army to end a regime so atro- CiOus."
 Russian Crowds Cheered
 In Russia, street crowds cheered news of the new 20-year mutual aid treaty with Great Britain and of the Allied statements regarding a second front. The government news- paper Izvestia went so far as to say tal1t the second front agreement and the speed up of Allied arms would "inslre defeat of the Nazi invaders in 194z' in Russia, but
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-12
Allied General Staffs Prepare Second Front
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lies are going to strike in their own time with gigantic power, growing hourly day and night and as vet untested and Adolf Hitler, rolling his pop eyes at his Bayarian peas- ant girl mistress, never knows when his hours of uneasy leisure may be broken by a message that the blow has been struck.
 Americans Over There
 The arrival of strong United States army forces in the British Isles; the prospective arrival of a formidable army air force and the arrival in British waters of United States navy task force were Suffi- cient, informents said, to show what was coming.
 As for the prospect of an imme- diate second front, as it is popu- larly understood, they said that aside from all other problems the Allies faced 6 tremendous task merely in keeping their shipping lanes open throughout the world to Murmansk in the Russian Arctic to Australia; to India; throughout the seven seas which they really control.
 Ships, they said, are the key to the invasion situation. They eSti. mate that between 2000, 900 and a. 5000 tons of shipping, equivalent to 400 800 5000 ton ships, would be needed simply to carry to Europe from Britain the 25 divisions of troops regarded as the minimum needed for an invasion.
 This means a total of about 375;- 900 men.
 Tons of equipment would have to follow to maintain each man on the Continent.
 Such a tiny force, in terms of the war today, moreover, could hope merely to keep @ foothold on the Continent. It might relieve press. ure on Russia by compelling Ger many to ease up On the eastern front and send achievements to the west, but many reinforcements, 1t was held, could still be withdrawn from occupied countries.
 The British government, like that at Washington, discourages oyer- optimism. The view here is that the Allies are going to win the war but that they can not do 1t by gtv- ing each other three cheers at fre- quent intervals and talking about crack in the Axis.
 A few London newspapers made 1t appear certain today that there would be an actual second front soon; other papers refrained from comment until they had had more time to interpret the announce ments.
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probably not even Tzvestia meant that the war would be over this year.
 Tn the Far East. the position of Chinese armies in the eastern prov inces of Fukien, Kiangsi and Che kiang continued critical as a result of Japanese advances along the main railroad lines. Enemy planes today were reported heavily bomb ing key points in Fugien and Ki- angsi while the advance continued against Stubborn resistance and frequent counter-attacks.
 Tn Australia. Allied planes set big fires in bombing raids on the Japan csc at Rabaul and shos down at least two enemy aircraft.
 Laval, DOriOt Scrap
 Vichy, June 12. = tUP) = A feud between Chief of Government Pierre Laval ard Jacques Doriot, leader of the bitterly anti-Jewish direct &C., ton" organization, was brought in- to the open today when Laval pulp licly accused his former supporter of trying to seize control of the Vichy government.
 Laval met Doriot's bid for power by forbidding the latter's terrorist "PPF" direct action organization, which has carried out anti-Jewish violence in occupied France, to or ganize political rallies in unoccu- pied France.
 In a conversation with leaders of the French Legion here Laval dis closed that during visit to Paris last Monday he had a bitter quar- rel with Doriot.
 He refused, he said, to allow Doriot's uniformed stormtroopers (organized on the pattern of the Nazi Brownshirts) to protect them- selves" against what Doriot de- scribed as Communist and Jewish terrorists.
 "Doriot wants to take power for himself but the power is the gov- ernment and the government is me, ' Laval said.
 Several attempts on Doriot's life have been made recently, one at the Municipal theater in Rennes when bomb was thrown at the anti= Jewish French stormtroop leader while he was making speech.
 His "PPF" headquarters in sev- eral cities have been bombed.
 (Private advices from Europe to the United Press said that the Ger mans were expressing interest" in Doriot, a onetime Communist him. self.
 (These private advices said that Doriot is ambitious to become the leadR of the French government, and wants to replace the Petain- Laval regime with an outright dicta- torshiD.)
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(Continued from Page D anese transport and supply ships were announced as sunk and two damaged.
 Jap Toll Is Raised
 Thus the navy planes raised the toll to two heavy cruisers and three light cruisers definitely sunk in ad- dition to any damaged in later phases of the battle.
 Lieutenant Commander Joe Tay- Tor, Danville, H., and Lieutenant Commander Bill Burch, Paducah, Ky, were permitted to tell their stories.
 They said that in addition to the plane attack, the Japanese received "a larger dose of the same stuff" in the main battle and that the Uni ted States fleet emerged 70. K. and ready and eager to repeat when we catch them"
 It was definitely an offensive ac- tion in which United States Navy task force hunted down and defeat- ed a Japanese invasion fleet.
 The naval planes first found < Japanese fleet assembled at Tulagi.
 "Tulagi is neat litle harbor nestling on the south side of Flor ida Island in the Solomons, about 1000 miles northeast of Australia" Taylor said.
 We had never heard of the place." said Burch, '"until late one night the word passed over the loud speaker:
 Prepare To Attack
 Prepare all squadrons to att tack ships in the Harbor of Tulagi at dawn
 "It was a complete surprise. Our task force had been hunting the enemy in the Coral Sea. Long be- fore dawn we were ready and im- patient to take off.
 We were over Tulagi early in the morning. Every plane was in posi- ton carrying its full load of tor- pedoes and bombs. We did not know what to expect. But there, far be- low, we could see through the clouds that the harbor was filled with warships and transports.
 T sort of figured that Marquis of Queensbury rules were out" joined in Taylor, 50 I said "'Bill, you hit 'em high and I'll hit 'em low
 Prom then on 1t was every man for himself.
 "One thing I clearly remember. As the dive bombers pushed over in- to screaming dives every pilot was yelling something into the radio phone.
 Some were cuSsing a bit, but most of them were yelling:
 Remember Pearl Harbor.' +
 Just Went To Work
 "As soon as I saw what ships were in the harbor I instructed the pilots which ones to hit. There was no time in that melee for detailed assignments. We just went to work with torpedoes and bombs.
 The Japanese couldn't get their anti-aircraft fire into the air until the attack had started. But that time 1t was 900 late.
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'pect the British and American armies to invade the Continent within the brief months left for a campaign this summer.
 Already One Second Front
 But there is already second front which day and night is eat- ing at the Germans and Italians. Resistance by the heroic patriots Of all occupied countries is growing; biz scale commando raids in which eager, euperbly equipped American troops will soon take part are on the Allied date list; the United States army air corps is soon to join the Royal Air Force in raids on Germany which will pale even the 1000 plane a night raids of Britain.
 Further, the agreements reached here and at Washington by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt with Russian Foreign Commissar ViacHeslav Mol otov mean that now it is going to be for the Allies to take the ir1itta- tive in the war at the time they see it, well informed sources say.
 Germany has over-extended it. self, they say; bluster as they may, German leaders know that the AL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-12

Dated at Waterbury, Connecticut this 11th day of June, A.D., 1942.
 William B. Hennessy,
 Coroner for New Haven
 County at Waterbury.
 Coroner Hennessy said he ques- toned the following witnesses. Miss Carter and Palermo are being held as material witnesses:
 Frank Caroffolo, 4 Sperry street; Ruth Carter, 210 North Main street; Mike Daddona, 370 Bank street; VincenZo Fibre, 58 South Elm street; Carmine Genoa, 57v St. Joseph ave- nue; Anthony Cranca, Union City, Conn; Antionette Guerrero, 187 North Main street; Lillian Hart. 58 South Elm street; John F. Hayes, 34 Thompson street, Rose LaRusso 187 North Main street; Gennaro Palermo, North Main street, Dom- chic Santavacci, 88 South Elm street; Giuseppe Spozzomo, 91 Rail- road Hill street; Joe Synott, l2 South Elm street; Edward Mcbride, S07 Meriden road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-12
SCRAP RUBBER IS
 TO BECOLLECTED
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The rubber collected in the na- tionwide drive will be sold to the Rubber Recovery corporation, 9 new government unit under Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones.
 Discussing the rubber situation in general, the president enpha- sized the necessity for people in all parts of the country to exercise ut- most conservation of their present. tires.
 If a man has four tires now, the president said, he should reduce his mileage and drive as slowly as pos- sible to save rubber because we have no idea when new tires will be available.
 May Be Long Time
 It may be 8 very, very long time before tires are available to any large segment of the civilian pop ulations the president said. \He urged the people to search their attics, cellars and garages for any articles containing rubber.
 Commenting on the seriousness of the situation, the president said the army and navy already had been forced to cut their use of rub Der 25 percent, placing solid tires on many of their vehicles although that slows down their speed and makes transportation more difficult on armed personnel.
 "By solid tires, do you mean a new type of substitute tire?" the | president was asked. | Tho president said he referred to i iron wheels.
 1 Rubber collected in the scrap campaign will be weighed at the filling stations and oil company trucks will transport the scrap to central collection depotss the presi- dent said.
 In rural areas, county war boards will head up the drive and oil de- livery trucks along rural routes will make the collections.
 Despite stockpiles of crude rubber accumulated before the war, the president said the nation still faces a serious shortage because the Japanese have cut of 92 per cent of this country's normal sources of crude rubber.
 Some estimates of the scrap stockpile range as high as 10000 900 tons, but most experts have ridiculed that claim saying that in all its history this nation never imported that much rubber.
 May Care for Needs If the campaign yields large amount of scrap, the president said it was possible the yield would take care of military as well as essen- tial civilian needs.
 He emphasized that the govern mented not only old tires and tubes but any article of rubber that had been discarded or could be discard ed-guch as jar rings, rubber soles shoes and hot water bottles.
 These articles should be taken tc the nearest filling station by il- dividuals. If a person had a load too bulky to carry, he said, the i'll. ing stations will be glad to send i for it.
 The president complimented the petroleum industry of the country for furnishing the collection ma. chinery voluntarily and free oi charge.
 The campaign will be directed from Washington by the bureau oi
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soldiers and aviators are getting more and more suspicious of their weapons. Unexpected weakness de- velops in planes. Tanks are not as good as they ought to be.
 If I listed all the things the people in Europe have been doing to the Nazis for the last l2 months it would take you hundreds ot newspaper columns to tell 1t. But say definitely that the effect on Hitler's war efforts has been great 2
 Britton made his last open broad cast to his v army six weeks age He said then that he would moi broadcast again until the time came for them to strike.
 When would he broadcast agains Brittoa was asked.
 T can not give you the date, he said, but ! hope 1t will not be long,"
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 they were in the air, Japanese air. craft attacked the carrier, diving through terrific anti- aircraft fire tc launch bombs and torpedoes.
 At least two torpedoeS hit the ship = well-armored because 1t hat originally been designed as battle cruiser - and at least two bombs found their mark. Several neal misses damaged the vessels sides
 Fires broke out but the crew, bat ting heroically managed to put them out and clear the flight deck of debris. The Lexlngton's planes returned to the ship.
 Several hours later, while the wounded carrier was Steaming out of apparent danger, her speed re- duced from 8 1-4 to 20 knots, there was a sudden explosion between decks. Fires broke out in many places.
 At first 1t was thought a delayed action bomb had gone of but il was later established that gasoline vapors from leaking lines had ex- ploded. The crew tried to extin- gu!sh the blazes but their fire-fight- ing equipment had been damaged They fought for five hours but final ly the ship was blazing almost from stem to stern.
 American destroyers pulled along side and tried to fight the fires with their own pumps and hoses. As the fires gained headway, the car. rier's wounded were removed to the deStroyerS. Then, her pumps gone came the command, "Abandor ship"
 Commander Almost Caught
 True to sea tradition, the carriers commander, Capt. P. s. Sherman was the last to leave. As he was sliding down ropes to the waters edge a tremendous blas@ occurred within the stricken ship. The flames had reached the torpedo lockers. While he was pulling away, an. other big explosion ripped 1t apart internally. A matter of minutes later it had disappeared.
 The Lexington's career had end ed, the only American aircraft car- rier destroyed thus far in this war It carried a complement of 1899 officers and men, including flying personnel at the time it was com missioned, and 80 to 90 planes. The Lexington and its sister ship, the Saratoga were the biggest carriers in our fleet, but also the oldest. More modern carriers of much smaller tonnage can carry as many aircraft As warships go, the Lexington was approaching obsolesence.
 Originally authorized as a 35,000- ton battle cruiser, the Lexington cost $45 5,000,0 900, including her air. craft. Her machinery was the most powerful ever installed on a warship at the time of its launching.
 The Lexington's weapons included eight eight-inch guns 12 flve-inch four six-pounders and eight 50-cali- Der machine guns.
 The week-long battle of the Cor al Sea had been, so far as American naval vessels were concerned, g battle largely of wits and maneuver instead of guns.
 A large force of American Car i riers, cruisers and destroyers was held in reserve while the Japanese approached their doom under a hail of bombs from naval aircraft and planes of General Douglas Mac Arthur'S forces.
 Then, with the enemy's strongest units, including two aircraft car rers, blasted to destruction, the American Naval forces swept the edges of the sea around the New Hebrides, Santa Cruz and the Sol omon Islands in pursuit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-12
A F. or '. CHOSEN

Fall River, Mass, June l2-(UP) The American Federation of Labor has been chosen as bargain ing agent for the 2SO0 employees at thet Eirestone Rubber e Latex %. plant here, it was announced today
 In . National Labor Relations Beard election in which lABi of the workers took part, D3i chose the AFL, 535 voted for the CTO and H5 voted for no union at tho plant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-12
SHIPFTTTER KILLED

West Mystic, Conn, June 12 - (UP)--John o. Barnes, 52, Noank, a shipfiter, was killed yesterday when struck by an automobile operated by Clarence Mallette, Noank, The accident occurred in a dim-out area.
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Real Fighting Being
 Waged on Soviet Front

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SLAUGHTER OF JAP
 NAVY DESCRIBED

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Detroit evening times., 1942-01-16
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In your sinuses. ears and lungs.
"TF YOU'VE stayed in bed.
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invaders and ward off such Seri-
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mastoiditis or pneumonia"
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the winter without catching cold.
If you want 10 get into that
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keep your feet warm, your body
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fatigue and worry and eat well.
Here are a few things You can
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cold.
Cough and Sneeze into handy
squares of gaule or tissue that
you can fling into the nearest
furnace at your convenience.
A free-for-all sneeze Iwill carry
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-16

eyes set anonymously in her face
still ravaged with emotion ! felt
ike slumping against the back Of
my chair IN sheer beWIlderment.
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YOU. Madame Machiavelli," she
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and realized that her hippancy
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face
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went on, but IL you gave him
the works alice samee you
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"You know you're wasting a
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take two warm drinks and three
blankets.
SO. if you go 10 bed with your
cold. you are doing the most
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II is estimated that there are
100. 100000 colds caught in the
United States in the months of
January February and March.
According to Doctor Polowe,
TO event further complica-
tlonS:
"Hit the hay as soon as a cold
starts, and stay there until
you're feeling tops again.
THE third day OF the sneeZe-
krieg Is the most dangerous.
"YOu carry billions of bacteria
i'm your nose and throat.
Normally, they are harmless,
but about the third day Of your
cold, when your resistance is
low. these bacteria go exploring
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-16
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