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At the borders Of India and In the
Solomons the japanese momentum ran
out. The great offensive was at an end.
Japan had now. in early May, to plan
Chapter 2 of the war-protection of her
gains. Point one in Chapter was to
isolate Australia so that it would be use
less as striking base against the terri
tories newly drawn by Japan into the
Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere.
Japan found that Chapter was not
Chapter /.
In the early days Of May q japanese
fotilla moved south from New Britain
and New Guinea into the blue waters Of
the Coral Sea- The warships headed
toward Australia, but In their way was
a flotilla waiting for them. The first
major naval victory Of Chapter 2 went
to the United States in. the battle Of
Coral Sea. May through 9.
This battle showed once again how
mighty is the airplane in the clash at
sea. The opposing ships never came
within view of each other. Yet when
the firing ceased, Japan had lost the
carrier Ryakuku three heavy cruisers,
one light cruiser, two destroyers and
enough transports and small vessels to
bring the toll to Is. The United States
lost the carrier Lexington, the destroyer
Sims and the naval tanker Neosho.
One month later in the region Of the
International Date Line, an observer saw
approaching over the rolling waves Of
the Pacific great Jap feet, headed
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eastward in the general direction Of
Hawaii. The Japs who feared that an
American carrier had approached close
enough to Japan to release the Toxic
raiders were out to sweep the United
States fleet of the seas and make the
Pacific safe for Japan. In the battle
of Midway that began on June and
ended June they found disappointment
once more.
Aimed for Midway.
The Japs moved into that battle in
two segments. One group was composed
mainly of transports carrying soldiers
whose task it was going to be to occupy
Midway Island, 1,149 miles west of
Hawaii, which would have provided
Japan with a long stepping stone to-
ward North America. The other group of
vessels was the warships.
Just as Japan had secured her first set
of triumphs by strikes from the air-at
Pearl Harbor, at Hickam Field at Nichols
Field, at the Prince of Wales and the
Resolute-now the United States rode
out OF the air to thwart the Japanese
aim. Naval planes from carriers and
Army and Marine Corps planes from
Midway Island did the work.
America lost the aircraft carrier York
town. The japanese had three carriers
sunk. destroyer sunk and cruiser
sunk. They limped of the watery battle
field with three battleships damaged In
Hawaii, Admiral Chester c. Nimitz, COM
mander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, an
nounced it as great victory. So it was.
With Midway a failure, the tireless
Japs now struck far to the north at
the long pendant of stony islands that
stretches out from Alaska over toward
Siberia. the Aleutians In the swirling
fogs of June the Japs landed on Attu,
Agattu and Kiska Islands, United States
territory in the Western Hemisphere, for
all that it Is almost due north of the
Ffjis. There they have stayed until this
day.
On June 3 the Japs visited Americas
strong Alaskan base, Dutch Harbor. Four
Jap bombers and Is Jap fighter planes
flew over and attacked. This Aleutian
operation was defensive for Japan as we'll
as offensive, because the Alaskan islands
remain what geography and the airplane
have made thenn-a point of threat to
Japan itself.
At the very moment the Jap planes
were moving through the sub-Arctic haze
toward Dutch Earbor. the United States
was showing its intention Of fighting on
battlefields far from home 1t. Gen.
Stilwell and Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brere-
ton went up from India to Chungking
to talk with Generalissimo Chang Kali
shek. Soon Japan opened fierce two
pronged offensive in China which in six
weeks swept her forces over wide reaches
OF territory. In month the Chinese
had almost undone this work by
counteroffensive.
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Days of Woe

In December. 194l, Washington thought
that war might be imminent. Saburo
Kurusu. special envoy of Japan vas here
in the guise of dove of peace, te,lin~. in
diplomacys obtuse language. President
Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull
the price of peace for the U. S. A.-no
interference with Japans war against
China, Americas friend. 1t was less of
peace offer than threat. On Saturday,
December g. President Roocevelt apppr-
emily became convinced that negotiation
with the emissary of the Japanese gov
ernment was vain. He sent an appeal
for peace on sound basis to the one
Japanese who by fiction is above the
government. the God Emperor Hirohito.
Earlier, he had sent instructions to the
American military and naval command
ers at Hawaii, the Pacific Ocean rampant
against Japan, that they be on the alert.
The message to Hirohito reached him
too late. The messages to the Hawaiian
commanders. on their island out in the
ocean named for peace, went unheeded.
At 7:02 am. December 7 Hawaii was
not ready for war. A japanese subma-
rine found that the net across the en-
trance to the naval roads of Pearl Harbor
was up. Japanese planes that raided
Hickam Field, the Army air base found
the American planes neatly lined up in
rows that simplified the problem of the
Jap gunners.
Ten days later after Secretary of
the Navy Knox made a flying trip to
Hawaii, the Hawaiian commanders we're
relieved Of their posts-Admiral Husband
e. Kimmel, commander in chief of the
Pacific Fleet; 1t. Gen. Walter c. Short,
commander Of the Armys Hawaiian
Department, and Maj Gen. Frederick l..
Martin, Army air commander, who was
later cleared.
The attack on Hawaii gave Japan a
flying start on its war against the Uni ed
States, and its effect is still patent tcaay
in the wide expanse Of territory Japan
holds as a spoil Of battle. 1t stunned
the Navy and seriously weakened the
force which the United States could use
In the wars initial stages. At the same
time Hawaii was raided, the Japs at
tackled Guam, Mindanao and Camp John
Hay in Luzon. Jap soldiers in Indo-
China pressed against Thailand and be-
an IN invasion Of British Malaga.
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Indies Chonqe Hands

Japan's victories brought her a great
economic empire, whose possession in
creased her war strength and created
new problems for her enemies. She
gained possessions rich in tin, rubber,
petroleum, copra, hemp and many other
products helpful in the conduct of war
The swiftness OF the Jap onrush will
ever remain one of the remarkable chap
ters in the whole history of war. Febru-
ary Is, 1912, impregnable Singapore fell.
Before March /, the Japs had spread out
ovei the South Pacific as far east as
New Britain, New Ireland, the Solomon
Islands and New Guinea-a stepping
stone encirclement of Australia. At the
same time they were spreading north
over the mountain, impossible jungles
of Burma on land and moving south by
sea against Java. 1t. Gov. van Nook
visited Washington to urge reinforce
ments for the Indies.
Java must be held" was the tenor OF
his story.
Java was lost. The Dutch, American
and British ships in the Indies region
met the Jap rieet escorting the trans
ports to Java late in February, and in
the sea fight Japan won. The whole sue
cess Of the japanese initial offensive
depended on her naval superiority, which
size had in certainty.
Mastery Of the air and of the sea
finally gave Japan victory in what yet
remains great American saga of battle
lie fight for Bataan. There general
v.,o cave ground daily and whose only
C-,tlook was defeat conducted himself
with such bravado and his few men and
gallant nurses behaved so CALAMITY that
he became popular idol. This was Gen.
Douglas Macarthur.
A Sad New Year.
Manila fell to the Japanese on New
Year Day. Macarthur, the commander
in chief of the United States Forces in
the Far East, drew up his forces on the
littis peninsula of Bataan, which hung
down into Manila Bay and which was
back5topped by the fortress of Correg-
ido-. Japan took all Malaga. most of
tie Dutch Indies and greater portion
c. Curma before she could claim this bit
Of territory.
The men fought from foxholes. Their
cir strength was nil. They hoped each
t-cy for relief from overseas, but 1t never
c-me and the Navy was in no position
then to come to Bataan's assistance
Their food diminished Their medical
supplies dwindled. They held cut.
Before long Bataan became 4 political
issue. In February Wendell Willkie said
that Gen. Macarthur should be rescued
from there so he might be Of positive
use to the Allies In more likely battle.
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Allied Politics

Three days before Christmas, 1s41, a
small pink-faced man who likes cigars
and champagne was driven to the side
door of the White House. There in
the ensuing week deci1ions were recc.,ed
which served at length to chang, the
nature of the war from one of had
news for the United S.atcs and its
Allies to one Of hope and bright r-os-
poets. The pink-faced man was Wins
ton Churchill, Prime Minister of Great
Britain.
His arrival from London meant that
the period Of stun and shock for the
Allies over the swift Jap successes was
gone. Some orderly decisions about the
conduct Of the war were to be reached.
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field. He implied that political jealousy
in Washington was keeping Macarthur
in hopeless Bataan. Two weeks later
1t. Comdr. John Bulkeley, operating a
MT-boat, an effective mosquito for fight
ing larger ships, carried Gen. Macarthur
away from the Philippines. His destina-
ton was Australia, where he was made
commander OF the Southwest Pacific. A
line was drawn through the waters to
the east Of Australia, and beyond that
line the command belonged to Admiral
Chester C. Nimitz, who succeeded
Admiral Kinmel at Hawaii. Vice
Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley was put
in command of the waters around the
South Pacific area.
On Bataan Maj. Gen. Jonathan VAIN
wright carried on where Macarthur was
ordered to leave off. He withdrew on
April from Bataan to Corregidor. He
held out on Corregidor until May 6. He
is gallant officer, now a prisoner of
Japan.
Japs Extend Gains.
Far to the west the Japs were extend
ing themselves across Burma. There a
hard bitten American soldier, 1t. Gen.
Joseph Stilwell, called Vinegar Joe"
commanded Chinese troops working with
the British in an effort to halt the Japs.
China had vital interest, because the
fall of Burma meant the isolation of
China. Burma fell. I'VE took hell of
q beating" said Vinegar Joe.
In April Japan seemed to be on the
road to mastery of the Indian Ocean.
Her ships sailed into the Bay of Bengal.
Of Ceylon Japan sank the British car
rier Hermes. But suddenly this was
changed.
On the morning of April II the Jap
anese government was telling its people
over the radio that one OF the nice
things about living in Japan was its
freedom from danger Of air raids.
At that moment there was a sound
of motors in the air. United States
Army bombers were visiting the safe
islands. They bombed Toxic, Yokohama,
Kobe and Nagoya. They set fires, and
off they flew.
On the way back to safety some Of
the planes fell by the wayside. One OF
them came to earth in Siberian territory
and its men were interned by the Soviets.
But the leader got to safety-Maj. Gen.
James H. Doolittle.
The consequences of the raid were
immediate. Nobody has announced
where the planes took off from on their
vav to Japan. President Roosevelt said
they were based in "Shangri-La." Ap-
parently the Japanese thought they
came from an airplane carrier which
had approached closer to Japanese ter
ritory than Japan considered healthy.
Not since then has there been news Of
Jap naval operations in the Indian
Ocean. Toxic must have ordered the
ships back into the Pacific to protect
the homeland.
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Mr. Churchill brought with him his high
est-ranking military and naval officers to
talk with this countrys military and
naval officers. And he brought Lord
Beaverbrook, then the British Minister
Of Production. They all decided that in
1943 the Allies would undertake an at
tack on the European branch Of the
Axis. They decided that the United
States would furnish large segment of
the force for the attack. They decided
that the United States would build $50
000.000000 worth of war goods during
1943. They decided. at the suggestion of
President Roosevelt, that the Allies
should be leagued together under the
name United Nations" They decided
should be set up in Washington, manned
by American and British officers, as the
principal military committee of the war.
The Churchill talks were the first in
a series of palavers among other officials
of the Allies that high lighted last winter
and spring. The day after Christmas
Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, commander
in India; Generalissimo Chang Kali
shek in China and Maj. Gen. George c.
Brett United States Army Air Corps,
formed the "ABC" military council in
Chungking. Three days later the Dutch
and the Australians raised for the first
time the question which has hung heavy
over Allied strategy ever since: Did
Washington intend to regard the Pacific
front as secondary to the European?
Soon Australia sent DR.. Herbert Evatt,
its Minister of External Affairs, and the
Netherlands sent DR.. Hubertus van Nook.
vice governor of the Dutch Indies, to
Washington to combat any tendency to
regard the Pacific as secondary.
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Sadness for Japan

Late in July hardy old salt took
new job. President Roosevelt named
Admiral William d. Leahy as his per-
sonal chief Of staff. For Mr.. Roosevelt
1t meant that he had strategist at his
elbow who could give him the benefit Of
sound military advice. For the Allies 1t
meant that in the White House was ar
admiral who viewed the war primarily
as war for the Pacific. He had been
in Office only about two weeks when the
Pacifc's quiet once more was disturbed.
Early in August the United States
Navy and marines set out to finish what
the Battle Of the Coral Sea had begun
to push the Japs far enough north 70
CONTINUED On pnRe H.S Column n
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I Dec. Pearl Harbor Sunday,
"a date which will live in in
fanny"
Dec. s-United States declares
war on Japan.
I Dec. 11-Germany and Italy de-
clare war on the United States
and the United States Immediately
declares war on them.
4 Jan. Twenty countries
sign the United Nations pact.
+ Jan. 14-Axis submarine torpe-
does first ship in United States
coastal waters.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-05
PARK BOARD TO
 1 REGULATE CARS
Has Jurisdiction Over City Hall Mall; Parks 0. K.
 for Parking

Members of the police board inc dicated yesterday that the ques- ton of restricting parking in the mall on the west side of the City Hall and the driveway next to Bron- son Library is one for considera- ton of the park board.
 The board took up the matter at the request of the board of alder men who on Monday voted to seek restriction of parking in these drive ways to city officials and city em- ployes.
 Doesn't the park board have jurisdiction over this?", asked Chairman William Verriker. Police Supt. William J. Roach said that such was his impression. The mat ter was referred to the traffic com- mittee with instructions to confer with the park board.
 The board received notification from the park board that Supt. of Parks James J. Curtin has been given authority to permit parking of automobiles on park property in connection with the all-night park ing ban.
 Another communication in con- nection with the same matter was received from School Supt. Thomas J. Condon who stated that the com mittee on schoolhouses would like to meet with members of the police board to discuss the request for per- mission to use school property for parking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-05
EIGHT SECTORS
 MEET TONIGHT
Third Church Scene of Session; Mass Meeting
 Friday Night

Air raid wardens and household CTS of eight sectors in Zone c will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Third Congregational church. Works Con- missioner Henry J. Bowling and Deputy Sheriff Albert Francis will be in charge.
 Taking part will be residents of Sectors C-13, CHA, C-17, C-l8, C-19, C-2l, C-27, and C-2S. The princi- pal speaker will be J. Francis Bo- land, director of the several air raid warden schools held recently
 Several civilian defense organiza- tions will sponsor "Victory Gar dens" mass meeting tomorrow night at the Waterbury Women's club auditorium. Carl F. Wedell of the New York State Institute of Agri- culture will be the principal speaker
 The Franco American Social will sponsor a 10-week first air course beginning tomorrow night at 7:30 Charles Williams will be the in- structor.
 The Business and Professional Wo- mems club will open course in nutrition tomororw night at the Lincoln House.
 Identification photos of air raid wardens will be taken. by the Brass City Camera club at meeting to- morrow night at the YMCA. Sec or A-6l wardens and resident will hold a meeting tomorrow night at Chase school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-05
TWOCONTINUANCES
 GIVEN BY COURT

Arraigned in city court today on charges of failure to contribute to the support of their grandmother, Angelo Tedesco, 3S, of 29 Barnes street, and Angelo Anastasio, 43, of 8 Sherman avenue, were granted continuances until April 2 when they assured Judge John L. Gaffney that they would contribute $l week ly.
 Their grandmother Mrs. Vincenza Anastasio, 90, is a patient at the Connecticut Children's hospital on WatertoWn avenue.
 Before agreeing to make the weekly payments, Tedesco and An astasio argued that Domenic An astasio and Mrs. Jennie Marucci, a son and daughter of Mrs. Anastasio are financially able to support their mother. They asked the court not 10 impose the responsibilities of supporting the aged woman on her grandchildren in view of the fact that her children are in a better position to shoulder the burden.
 Probation Officer Stephen Homick told the court that Mrs. Anastasio's two children and seven grardchil- dren are contributing to her sup
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-05
DEFENSE PROGRAM FOR ORSCOUTSSOUCH

David F. Babson, executive direc- tor of the Mattatuck council, repre- Sented the local council when directors of IS Boy Scout councils in Connecticut assembled today in the Waterbury club for an all-day meeting which is expected to bring forth an effective defense program for scouts.
 The principal speaker was to be Prof. Hudson P. Hastings of Yale who was to talk on "Economics of the War and Post War Period" {" Other speakers were to be Howard Braun of New York, assistant direc- tor of the registration service, Boy Scouts of America, and Don w. Mover of Boston, regional scout executive of New England.
 Samuel D. Began, scout executive of New Haven, spoke during the morning session on Camp Prob lems." Scout Executive Richard Mel len of Bridgeport presided during this part of the meeting.
 The subject Scouting in Defense
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-05
Rent Reductions Follow OPM Boss Down Ordel
Protestant Bishops
 To Pay City Visits
Walter Gray at Christ Chapel Sunday; Frederick G.
 BudIOng at St. Johns Episcopal March IS

The Women's Council of St. Johns Episcopal church will hold a card party for the benefit of British Missions one week from tonight at 8 o'clock in the Guild hall.
 The services next Sunday evening will be especially devoted to Lem ten music. The choir will render Gounod's Gallia. Mrs. George Mor- gan of Watertown will be guest so- loist and will sing Where Have They Lain Him by Sir Arthur Sul- livan.
 Bishop Frederick c. Budlong will visit St. Johns church one week from next Sunday to confirm the parish candidates. Bishop Walter Gray vii be at Christ Chapel next Sunday to confirm candidates from that parish.
 The preacher at the Wednesday evening Lenten service on March 11th will be the Right Rev. John T. Dallas, Bishop of New Hampshire. Bishop Dallas needs no introduction to any member of St. Johns, for no , former curate has been closer to the parish over a period of years than, he has. It is evidence of his affec- tion for the old parish that he will give the time to come to Waterbury during a busy Lenten season. Re- treatments will be served in the Guild hall by the Parish Aid after the service so that Bishop DallaS's many old friends may have chance to greet him.
 The St. Johns Glee Club has de- cided to postpone their production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Patience" because the draft and the increased working hours with the Defense effort have made 1t i'm possible to get a full cast for regu- lar rehearsals. In place of regular rehearsals the Glee Club will meet on the first Sunday of each month at 800 D. m. in the Guild hall. (The meeting this month has been post poned until Sunday, March 9th be- cause of the black-out).
 The annual Food Sale conducted by the Sunday School teachers for the Lenten missionary offering was & great success this year. The Sun day School and Parish wish to take this opportunity of thanking all those who contributed towards this success either by providing the food or by purchasing and eating it. Special thanks are due to the com- mittee-Mrs. Ethel Peircey, chair man, Mrs. William Johnson, Mrs. Frank Lieber, and Mrs. Robert Sch- lander.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-05

that such reductions were made, he warned, the federal government would step in to force them.
 Mayor Vincent A. Scully has an- nounced that the local Fair Rent committee will meet in few days to consider methods of having land- lords follow the federal orders. The work of the committee, formed last year, has been hampered by It's lack of authority to enforce any of it's recommendations. The group has been able, however, through volun- tary cooperation, to effect number of reductions.
 Though detailed instructions on how the rent-ceiling order is to be carried out is not received, 1t is understood that landlords who have not by May reduced their rents to the levels at which they stood last April, will have the burden of proving that higher rents are jus tified. They can go before an emer- gency court of appeals or, eventu- ally, to the U. s. supreme court.