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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
Italians Term Damage 'Im- mense' Compared to Nazi
 Raid on Coventry MANY PLANES CARRIED
 8 TONS OF BOMBS Attack Made in Bright Moonlight; War Fac-
 tories Believed Hit
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS United Press Staff Correspondent

London, November 21. - (UP) - British heavy bomb ing planes made the greatest raid of the war on Italy dur ing the night, in a concen- trated attack of devastating scale on Turin and it's war factories. The first waves of planes, carrying up to eight tons each of bombs from incendiaries to 4,000-pound block busters swept over the city in bright moonlight.
 Long before the last waves had left their target area, the smoke from inEumerable fires had so ob- scured the city that observation of results was almost impossible.
 The Italian high command, in Its daily communique, called the damage immense. It reported that wave by wave the British planes showered incendiary and demoli- ton bombs on the city, especially on central areas, and 1t put casual ties at % killed ard 120 wounded,
 Like Coventry
 Aviation quarters intimated that reconnaissance reports would show damage done to Turin comparable to that which the Germans wrecked on Coventry at the height of their air power.
 A powerful fleet of great four motored Stirlings. Halifaxes, Lan- casters and Wellingtons, carrying up to eight tons of bombs each .in- cmluding 4,000 pound block busters, made the raid.
 Three of the planes failed to re- turn.
 Crews reported that they made their attack in good weather, by the aid of bright moon, and 1t was be- lieved that damage was devastat- ing.
 It was the second great raid in three nights on one of Italy's great
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
COFFEE CURFEW TO
 COME AT MIDNIGHT
No Consumer Purchasers Until After Nov. %; Ra-
 tiOning to Begin Then

When the clock strikes 12 tonight it will mark the beginning of the long-deisred coffee rationing pro- gram.
 From the midnight hour to Mo- vember 29, no consumer will be able to buy so much as tablespoon of coffee from any retailer in Con- necticut.
 During the week -long coffee cur few. all retailers will devote their spare time to stocking their shelves against November 29, when the OPA order freezing the sale of coffee to consumers will be lifted and coffee rationing will begin.
 Everyone who was IS years old last May { and has a sugar ration ing book is eligible for coffee after November % to the extent of a pound every five weeks, says the state oPA rationing division.
 Sugar coupon No. 27 is to become coffee coupon No. under the emergency coffee rationing plan. it was noted.
 Without this coupon. the con- sumer won't be able to get coffee of any kind.
 The OPA advised any eligible consumer who lacks a sugar ration- ing book because he owned excess sive sugar stocks when~it was issued to apply to his local OPA War Price and Rationing Board for one be- fore December 15.
 The boards, in such cases, Will detach from the book coupons from one to l6. If the removal of i6 coupons still fails to account for any excess sugar the aplicant has on hand. the book will be marked to indicate this.
 Only institutional users of cofiee are required to register for 6 cotiee ration, the OPA added, defining them as restaurants. grills. diners, hotels, hospitals. prisons. etc.
 Between November 2S and 20. these institutional users must reg ister with their local OPA board
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
GREAT VICTORY
 SEEN BY ALLIES
Japs in North New Guinea Pinned Into Narrow Area
 With Sea at Backs
By BRYDON c. TAVES United Pres Staff Correspondent

Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters, Australia, Nov. 21.-(Up)-United States and Australian troops drove into the Japanese forces on the north New Guinea coast today with the promise plain before them of the biggest victory of the southwest Pacific campaign.
 The Japanese were fighting flerce- ly, with their backs to the sea, pin- ned to Q beachhead extending % miles along the coast between Buna and Coma and six miles inland to the the native vilalge of Soputa, or the Buna- -Kokoda road at the cross ing of the Giriwu river.
 Hour after hour the Allies forces ripped the Japanese lines with mor- tar and machine gun fire, softenine them for the final drive.
 A new fleet of enemy planes, sent in an attempt to retrieve the i'm minent threat of disaster, wa. thrown Into action yesterday against the Allied positions.
 Strong forces of enemy Zero fighters yaked the Allied lines witt bomb and machine gun in an effor to reduce the steady pressure on tn, beachhead.
 The present situation was some what like that on Guadalcana Island, except that on Guadalcana the Marines and Army men werv not only holding but extending thei Henderson Field beachhead, whil, in New Guinea, the Americans anC Australians were forcing the Jap anese into the sea.
 The Japanese seemed prepared fol last ditch stand in prepared po' sitions which extended from Bunl to Coma on the coast and made { triangular area to include Soputs Village.
 American troops were attacking the enemy on the outskirts of Buns while the Australians hammered a strong Japanese defense pocke' at Soputa.
 Fighting was heavier than in any battle so far in the southwest Pacific. The Japanese had the ad. vantage of light artillery in addi. ton to their mortars and machine
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
RUMANIANS ARE
 ROUTED BY REDS
P Tanks Destroyed Near NaIchik; General LuIl
 Along All Fronts

Moscow, Nov. 2f-(UP)-The Rus sians routed several Rumanian Bat talions southeast of Nalchik and destroyed 2 tanks, and clearing the enemy from c height in that area, killed 600 Germans, battlefront dis patches and the Soviet noon com munique said today.
 The German forces routed on the aproaches of Ordzhonikid2e in the central Caucasus and falling back upon Nalchik were throwing Ruman- ian Alpine forces into futile coun- ter-attacks. In smashing these coun- r-attacks. dispatches said, the Russians had routed several Ruman- ian battalions, which suffered fear full losses, both In men and mater ial.
 The Germans, who had lost 10000 to 25,OO0 killed and wounded. were trying to stop their retreat, but Soviet progress was steady.
 Except at Stallngrad, southeast ot Naichik and northeast of Tuapse Naval base. 8 general lull prevailed, and hostilities were constantly dim inishing on those fronts. dispatches said.
 It was indicated that the Russians were gathering themselves for 6 concerted offensive against the weakened and unsuccessful Germans along the whole front.
 Fighting inside Stalingrad was limited to small tfrusts on mar row sector of a northern industrial quarter. Indeed. dispatches said. the struggle had diminished to fighting for individual houses.
 '.In the Stalingrad area, Soviet forces replused small German groups.s the noon communiqgle said ''There were artillery and trenct motar duels on the southern out skirts. One Soviet army man killed ll7."
 The defenders of stallngrad strucl some stinging blows yesterday, seiz' ing a height and killing A0o Germanl In the southern part of the city and strengthening their position on other sectors.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
LOCAL LAWYER
 FREED OF CHARGE
Atty. Gustaferri's Claim of Insufficient Charges Up-
 held By Law

Attorney Hugo Guastaferri has been freed, of charges of illegally accepting fees for advising draft registrants. In decision handed down yesterday afternoon Judge Carroll 0. HinckS of the New Haven federal district court sustains a de- murrer filed by the plaintiff in which the charges are insufficient in law.
 Agreeing that the Selective Ser vice regulations prohibit volunteer workers from accepting fees for their volunteer services in connection with draft board work, the judge holds that there is no specific pro- hihition against acceptance of com- pensation or gratuities from regis- trants for advice.
 Provision that volunteer service shall be uncompensated Is not tan- tamount to a prohibition against &C., ceptance of gratuities from regis trants in connection with advice and assistance rendered in discharge of their duties," the jurist states.
 MT. Guastaferri was indicted by a federal grand jury of accepting fees on April 25, twice on April 27, and on April l9 from prospective draf- tees, while he was an advisor ot Draft Board i6-B. Atty. Edward Mascclo served as counsel for the accused man. The acceptance of the demurrer in effect removed the case from the court docket,
 Terminology of the regulations is the basis for the judges dismissal of the charges. The jurist in one portion of his memorandum appar- ently admits that the action of MT. Guastaferri could be considered un- desirable, but that the law as 1t now stands is insufficient to convict him.
 He states, T am not insensitive to the obligation resting upon the court
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
Spanish Territorial Limits Only Unmined Waters Left
One Good Auto For His Country

Perry, Me, Nov. 21 - (U.P.) Horace Nicholas, S0-year-old In- dian, drove his automobile to the local salvage station and donated it--fOur good tires and alto the scrap drive.
 Nicholas has . son in the armed forces.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
l0:3O P. Mo A. N. Cur4 few Set for Morocco, N
 Algeria Coast Nj, GERMAN STAND DUE < NEAR BIZERTE, TUrNIS Allied Mobile Units Now Within 25 Miles of Tuni.
 sian Obiectives N
BY EDWARD W. BEATTzR United Press staff Correspondsnt

BY EDWARD W. BEATTTR United Press Staff CorrespondsntA
 London, November 2l. - (UP) - Allied naval units have mined 8 new area of the Mediterranean to cut the Axis off from Spain and ita Baleric Islands, the admir-. alty disclosed today as Amer- ican; British and French troops pinned the Germans into two small defense peril meters on the Tunisia coast.
 Warning that ell Mediterranean waters outside Spanish territorial limits were now dangerous, the ada miralty said that any ship which entered them without Allied per~i mission did so at its own risk.
 It was announced that mines had been laid in an area extending from the French Spanish frontier to q point outside the Balearic Islands and thence scuthward to the Alger- ian coast. @
 The admiralty's announcement ok mining in the African war xoFa meant that about seven-eighths of the entire Mediterranean was now sealed to any but Allied-approved shipping.
 Waters Dangerous
 Long ago the admiraly announced that waters between LibQa and Tunisia, on African side, and Sar- dinia, Corsica and Italy on the north, were dangerous to naviga- ton.
 Radio Rabat said that Allied aus thorities had set a l0:90 p. m.-6 .. m curfew for coastal regions of Moroc- co and Algeria and that public en- tertainments were ordered to closo by 9:S0 p. m.
 The Allied forces, pressing east ward into Tunisia. were reported to have driven the Germans into one defense perimeter in the Tlznis- Bizerte area on the northeast coast and another a tGabes on the East coast.
 American and British adyancs guards were reported to be feeling out the enemy strength ct the Bizerte- Tunis perimeter already preparing for the kill.
 Much War Material
 Radio Morocco said the Germans had concentrated gerat amount ok war material on the coast just northwest of Ttlnis, along the road to Zizerte. apparently planning to make their big stand there. and t was added that 8 violent battle uas expected.
 The British Eighth Army. chasing the Germans westward through Libya, occupied Benghazi and its forward elements established con- tact with the enemy near Ageda- bia, 100 miles southward and only 70 miles from Fl Agheila on the Gulf of Sirte, last favorable defense point short of far western Libya.
 Bomber planes Q fthe 1zaddls eastern command, supporting ths Allied drive into TunisiA, homased Axis achievements airdrOmes in Sicily Thursday night, Caire communique said, and other planes left a 1000 ton Axis reinforcement ship sinking from bomb and sozpede hits and heavily damaged another.
 British bombers based on EnglanA made what was said authoritatively to be the heaviest raid of the war on Italy during the night, attacking Turin for the second time in three nights.
 Radio vichy reported that Benito Mussolini. fearful of aE Allied in- vasion of the Italian coast. ha& 8- dered new combat units aftaHeed | fNN.kfr..aA AaAa A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
WATERS DANGEROUS

London. Nov. 2l. (Up)-The ad- miralty announced today that all waters of the Mediterranean outside territorial limits were now danger oas as the result of allied mine lay- ing and that any vessel which er- tered without allied permission did |so ct its own peril,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
DIES AT FIGHTS

Boston. Nov. 2i. (up)--John H, Farley. 65-year-old Brighton lawyer, died in 8 ringside seat last night while watching the bout between Al 1umnyl Davis of Brooklyn, N. Y., and George lRed) poty Of Hartford. Conn, ct Mechanics Building.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Bugas TO Address
Women S City Club

JOHN s. BUGAS. special
agent in charge of the Detroit
office of the Federal Bureau Of
Investigation. will speak at the
Women'S City Club, Tuesday
evening at S o'clock. on The
FRl and Internal Security"
A spring luncheon and style
show viii be held Tuesday al
1870 p m. in the main dining
room of tho City Club. Mrs.
Orlson White. chairman Of the
social committee. is being as
sisted by tho following:
MEsDNMES
Gordon ADAMS George " raninr
John Ntdda Matthew Carey
john D. Builder
and me Misses isabei Hoersch and Helen
81. Johnson
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Oversees League Aids
War Work by Giving
Volunteer Services
BY MINNIE CAGE

NO GROUP Of women in all
Detroit is doing more inten-
sive war work or making a finer
contribution 70 the victory effort
than the Womcn'S Overseas
Service League.
It's active membership includes
100 women who served overseas
from 1917 TO 1920 as army
nurses, dieutanS. canteen work
ers, ambulance drivers. etc.
Some Of them arc practlci0E
professions or are otherAI ~e
employed while many are rum
ming their own homes and bring
ing UP families.
But all Of thcn give many
hours each week 90 volunteer
service.
Under the leadership OF them
president. Miss Vera Atr0r-ou
A former army nurse. they arc
doing splendid work ha'h a-
individuals and as "a grl.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Kept Up Connection

ON her return 10 America
Mrs. Pickcr' kept up her con-
noci'on with the Y. w. G. A.
She IS on tho hoard of the In
tcrn1'Ional Center, branch Of
fbo "Y and on The board of the
Central "N
- consider that my Y W. {. \.
work never was more impOr-
tant' said Mrs. Pickert.
Getting aliens registrations
correct. finding out why some
OF thcm are not citizens (al-
though most of the people who
Use the Center are). and un-
taugIing citizenship problems Is
very important right now"
Mrs. Pickett also is one OF 30
pci IONS in the entire United
States ON the national board Of
trH o. s. o..
1Tr, Ralph Booknycr is in
r'Vsfu0 0f tho Rcd Cross unit
oi tae Women s Auxiliary Of the
NNrc County Medical Society.
1rT> NTIII3W =. ChittCnden.
CHu-H8U worker overseas. has
completed tnc Cantccn course OF
nr I"at' chapter OF the Red
Grass and WIS asked TO start the
crfe.u for tho blood bank.
l @. 81. Whaitc has re-
..Hri har stripe from the Swcd-
.a. Cross for 200 hours
to.. TJs. J.. y. Hlldcbrand
H N Mary Nancan, an over
SEAS r.r at ContrcXvillc, also
az. .uru GOOD work.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
teaches Classes

Miss Atkinson Who cm-
plOyed in The Highland Park
Department. Health. detotrs
much OF nor leisure 20 teaching
Glasses In home nursing.
Women be- the h0u. she fra.e.
must be equipped 10 nurse trrr
families 20 replace tno T,.-
tered nurses who ao Com. -fn
the army. Az pr there
a great lack Of nurses
Mrs. Harry BWme'or aa
overseas nurse has a1rD great
deal Of volunteer Wrr. Enu--
nurses for cwcrErnDt
Detroit D. DIVIDED H'o lara
and Mrs BanuIsfer bias been
allOcatlng married nurses vino
are NOT employed no
board Of health nurses.
She also has wad" a.u -
tion 10 tho Red Cross fl teach
home nursing whore, ar t.wc
are classes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
New Classes Open

a. w. V. 6. fire prevention
classes arc scattered all over
the Metropolitan area and High
land Park. Requests for in
struetors for new classes pour
in daily 10 the a. w. V. s. office
in the Kales Building.
Among the new classes and
their locations are:
Mothers Club at the Nichols
School. OAR class Al Newherry
House. the class AT the Jewish
Community Center, ST. Claire
Community Center, Girl Scouts
who meet in one another's
homes, Utley Library group,
McGrpgor Library group. Ives
School group Red Cross unit OF
the lngleside Club. Red Cross
Unit No. 3. Brightmoor Com
munity Center group. Weinman
street settlement class. Detroit
News Century class which meets
ar the IngleSide Club, an AWVS
group at Wayne Hotel and Girl
Scouts of ST. Stephens Amcri-
can Methodist Church.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Helping Blind

i. William Lawson is help
ing re blind by tranScribng
Books INTO hflllc as part of
E.T CIVILIAN defense work.
t.ar. w rW bcTS Of tho
Hamcrs overseas. Service
League HHr rendered excellent
HIee 'd fra draft board
AS q nu the league has out
".i fhr ESQ ccntct IN thp
Ieroa.a.t Building and az a re-
.uf l'. lar service mon fur
reG sou sandwiches. \ com
wffre Hl~ boon appointed 10
00,Ir- 30 frc centers and 10
ralp af the railway and bus
tfrrra tl furnishing NORMA
'If' t9 -efti.e men on iuTlough.
.mast-tIn drvcS arc never
fnN bHf anE woman who served
C.rTecH- IH fho last war. as
Nan. G.r'lr.an. cantocn worker.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

ambulance driver Stcnographcr.
telephone operator. welfare
worker or in any other capacity.
arc urged TO- bcc0mc members OF
the WomonS Overseas Service
League.
II is felt that their experience
Will be valuable in this emer-
gcnCy.
Applications should boz ID
dressed 70 the Office s. West
Adams avenue. Randolph 500
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Refresher Course

Mrs. r. T.. DAVIS of'Uart.ac.
Ton Woods an otorSCas rar-.
and Mrs. BaHristcr have boon
out a. tho Rcd Gross Nor hop
az Clear Lake taking p reira,rrr
course.
Mrs. Davis IS feaet he b0,Te
-ilrSlng 10 a CLASS OF q. Uau..
IN hc-- nciChboTh0od
Mrs. Priscilla Stephenson
dletcI8n overseas. lS giving three
DAYS every week ~ the Ch.-
dren's Hospital clinic adH n-
mothers IN regard 20 nutrition
Mrs. Heinrich a. Tlckef wis
sent overseas bv the s. S. e. A.
10 direct the housing Of nte
women telephone operators 80
the signal corp aIi over Franrc
On arriving fhrrc .fn W..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Mrs. Wright TO Leave

MRS CHARLES WRIGHT
jR Of Beverly road. IS leaving
this Sunday for Sea Island, Ga.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Big Red Cross Unit

The club has one Of the larg-
cSt Red Cross units in the city.
II was organized before Pearl
Harbor and meets after work
hours in the Red Cross room Of
the General Motors Building.
The club has a new set of Of
ficers including Alvina Wiedcr-
hold. president; Lucille Fink.
beiner, vice president; Carmen
jackson, secretary, and Betty
Noble, treasurer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Girls Club
g.
Sends Git to
Service Men

THEY don't call Il Keeping
i up the morale OF service
men" but that is what the men,
bcrs Of the General Motors Girls
Club are doing.
Some Of the girls thought IL
would be nice to send a combi-
nation radio and record player
10 the boys at Fort Wayne for
use in their mess hall.
And Straightway, meeting
was called, the money was voted
and the radio-rccord player was
bought and delivered.
With it went a substantial
supply OF records.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Detroit Fires
800 Below
March, 1914

OK HUNDRED fewer fires
=, took place in Detroit in
March Of this year than in
March. 1871.
This record is attributed by
Fire Inspector John Miller 10
measures taken for civilian pro-
lection against air raids.
Inspector Miller gives credit
TO the fire prevention courses
given by the American WomenS
Voluntary Services. the OCD
courses for air raid WardenS
and the safety campaign con-
Quoted by the Board OF Com
merce and the Civic Pride
Association Of Greater Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Anne Locknnan
Wedding April I8

ANNE LOCKMAN, daughter
Of Mrs. Stuart c. LocEmm Of
Burlingamc avenue. VIII become
The bride OF John Henry Mailer
son of Felix Mailer of Edison
avenue.
The wedding viii take place jn
Visitation Church ~ II "A. nj.
April Is.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Furnish Day Room

And then an appeal was made
10 the club by the Army and
Navy League for funds towards
furnishing a day room at Camp
Custer.
a check for S275 was sent last
week TO cover the cost Of fur
niShinC the room.
An application has been made
10 the Red Cross for an in
structor 10 give a teachers
course in first aid.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
First Aid Class
Formed by Club

WOMAN'S AQUATIC CLUB
members are forming A class in
first aid which will meet for
eight consecutive weeks on
Wednesday evenings al 100
o'clock. beginning April Is at
the home of Mrs. John /,
Adams on Ohio avenue.
Mrs. Adams has turned over
the use of her recreation room
for this purpose.
Many of the girls have do
mated their blood 10 the Red
Cross "blobd bank"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

assigned 10 active service with
tho signal corps. Her chief was
Col r. NJ. Stannard.
For the last four months OF
her stay overseas, after the
ArmptCc. She was a hostess at
Nice. And this she enjoyed more
than any other part Of her war
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05
American Brass Navy ''E" Awards l Tomorrow
Waterbury, TOrringtOn, AnsOnia Plants to Be EfOn- Ored; Many Distinguished Persons Are to
 Attend Ceremonies Wednesday
award in 194O.

Award of the Navy "E" to the Waterbury, Torrington and An- sonia plants of the American Brass Go. tomorrow will be accompanied by ceremonies in which distinguish ed state officials, navy officers, tn- dustrial leaders and others will take part. Separate exercises will be held in each of the three cities, with Gov. Robert A. Hurley deliver ing the principal address in each case, and Congressman Joseph E. Talbot serving as master of cere- monies.
 The Torrington program will be held at 10 a. m., the Waterbury exercises at 1:45 p. n1., and the An sonia ceremonies at 3:30 p. m. In this city, American Brass employees will parade from the Harrub Mem- oriai, at the foot of Chase park way, to the Washington avenue grounds for the ceremonies. Full toms American band of Waterbury, under the direction of Joseph Pagano. will take part in all three celebrations.
 Word has been received that Cornelius P. Kelly, chairman or the board of the Anaconda Copper
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