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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-15
OBITUARY

STARR-Mrs. Myra Emmons Starr of Pasadena, California, died Tuesday. She formerly resided in this city and in Bantam. Mrs. Starr leaves her husband, Louis E.. Starr; daughter, Marion, both of Pasadena; and two sisters, Mrs. Robert I. Tracy of Glennbrook and Mrs. Gilbert Upham of Churchville, Pa, also many cousins in this city.
 The funeral and burial took place in Pasadena, yesterday.
 DURKIN - Mrs. Joseph Oris of Jackson street, Thomaston, received word this morning that her father, James Durkin, died at his home in Danbury.
 The deceased is survived by his wife, Mary; two sons, Thomas of New Milford an James of Danbury; 3 other daughters, Mrs. B. Arnold of Danbury, Mrs. William Minck of Brookfield and Mrs. Henry Cohen of New York city; and 10 grand children.
 The funeral will be held in Dan- bury. Arrangements are incomplete.
 BINSON-Frank J. Robinson of 130 Dwight street died yesterday afternoon following a short illness at St. Mary's hospital. A native of South Norwalk, he had been resi- dent of this city for 35 years.
 MT. Robinson served as chauffeur for many years for the M. J. Daly family, and later for Dr. Andrew Jackson. During the past two years he was employed by the Chase Brass & Copper company. He was com municant of St. Michael's church.
 MT. Robinson leaves his wife, Mrs. Merida (Joubert) Robinson, a son, Wallace Francis, seaman second class, U. s. Navy, stationed at Pen sacola, Fla, and two daughters, Mae Ruth and. Marguerite Lorraine, also brother, Harry E. Robinson ot Denver, Colo.
 The funeral will take place Mon7 day morning at 8:15 o'clock from his home, 13O Dwight street, to St. Michael's church where solemn nigh Mass of requiem will be cele- brated at g o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot in Calvary ceme- tery. Friends may call at the home after o'clock this afternoon
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Japan Practically
 Admits Marines Coup
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Der and Aroe islands at the north side cf the Arafdra sea, between Australia and New Guinea.
 It said small Netherlands forces were defending all three groups of islands, and had radio stations for communications with Australia.
 The Japanese first occupied the Kai group, it was said, and then the same day landed at Dabbo in the Aroes, where they captured the radio station and took prisoners.
 Stiff resistance was given by Netherlands Indies native troops under four Dutch officers when the Japanese occupied Tanimbar, it was said.
 After occupation of Tanimbar, a queer incident occurred" the dis- patch said. 1.-TWO small merchant men flying the Australian flag un- suspectingly entered the harbor of Sumlakki and attempted to land troop endorsements. One thous- and natives who has been trained in Melbourne and Port Darwin were aboard. This landing operations was u1lSuCCeSSlul.
 The fate of the troops was not specified.
 Still Fishing
 In its fishing expedition, Tokyo said:
 Notwithstanding the precise Jap- anese imperial headquarters conn., munique specifying the exact num- Der of enemy warsEaips and trans ports sunk, Anglo-Amerlcan dis patches remained strangely silent on results of the tremendous Solo, mon islands battle.
 "Naval observers pointed out that the Japanese communique not only mentioned the number of enemy ships sunk or severely damaged, as we'll as the number of enemy planes shot down, but even went as far as specigying the categories to which the sunk or damaged warships be- 1onged. They added that moreover the Japanese communique frankly admitted Japan's own losses"
 Tokyo also said that while the United States attack was called an offensive, some American newspa- pers said it was really defensive.
 The whole broadcast indicated that the Japanese awaited a navy communique as eagerly as did Americans, Britons and people of Allied countries and that the Jap anese command, knew little more than the American public what the I navy really was up to.
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 Instead of having all employe begin work at the same time, fac tories will have some departments report at 6:30, some at 2 o'clock, and more at 7:30. This will result in necessary changes in afternoon and night shift hours. w
 Hours for many local ofnces will also be staggered. Opening hours for high schools and for stores, which were changed last spring, will remain changed. High school ses- sions will start at 8:3O rather than 8 o'clock, and stores will not open until 9:3O.
 The plan is aimed at solving the transportation problem, which is growing increasingly serious. There are only 120 busses of all lines in the city, which can carry a total Of 5,lOO persons at once, and the com- mittee seeks to utilize this carrying capacity as well as possible.
 Express busses are called for in the plan. They will pick up pas sengers only at certain points and will not halt at regular stops. In some cases, express busses will go di- rectly from populous neighborhoods to war plants without 8 stop. Thus, for instance, Washington Hill resi- dents working at the Chase plant in Waterville would gather at a desig- mated point, where an express bus would pick them up and take them directly to their work.
 The transportation committee has found that the changing of high school hours made available total of 1,l82 seats in buses for work CTS bound for factories and offices
 As worked out, the plan would eliminate much of the congestion at rush hours. It would make for a smooth flow of bus traffic and re- duce the present tanning caused by thousands going to work at the same hour.
 Mayor Vincent A. Scully, ac- cepting the transportation commit tees report yesterday, warned that pleasure riding in automobiles has to be halted and that more persons should walk to work. "All of us, he said, twill have to learn to walk more"
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group of tanks and motorized in- fantry on the south bank of the Kuban.
 Our dive bombers and fighters demolished pontoon bridge, inflict- ed 8 blow to enemy concentrations and destroyed 16 tanks, 20 trucks and IT guns"
 No further German gains were reported in the North Caucasus, where the Germans were trying to drive three SpearheadS toward the Black Sa and at least one toward the oil fields of Grozny and the Caspian Sea.
 The Russians themselves were rushing endorsements to the Ko- telEikovski and Kletskaya fronts for an imminent, all-out struggle for stalingrad and the Volga river, which are 45 miles from the great bend of the Don. Kotelnikovski and Kletskaya are on either side of the bend.
 Red Star said the German gains near Kletskaya had been achieved by groups of 20 to 30 tanks, attack ing at intervals of several minutes. Simultaneously, the Germans tried to clear the way for infantry by in- tensive dive-bombing and smelling. Russian artillery and anti-tank rifle units held the attacks, but were obliged to retreat to the banks of the Don after the assaults had last ed through the night.
 Nazi Losses Grow Big
 German losses on some sectors of the Kotelnikovski front had been so heavy that they were forced to stop attacking and dig in, Red Star said On other sectors, however, the Ger mans still assaulted Soviet lines, trying to attain more favorable po- Sitions.
 Soviet forces occasionally counter attacked and yesterday captured several strategic heights. Red Star warned. however, that German rein- forcements were arriving and the enemy could be expected to make a supreme effort.
 Remain firm and vigilant," Red Star said. We are ready to coun- ter maneuver for maneuver. This area must become the graveyard for new German divisions"
 Dispatches said the Germans had tried to regain positions they had lost on the Voronezh front, on the upper stretches of the Don, and failed. With dive-bomber and ar- tillery support, they carried out a series of rapid attacks, switching from one sector to another in a search for weak spots. They found only one, and the Russians drove them back
 The Soviet communique last mid night said Russian forces were fiercely fighting enemy attachments which had broken through to the Don in the vicinity of Kletskaya in the vicinity of Kletskaya, 75 miles northwest of Stalingrad.
 Dispatches from the front previ- ously had revealed the break through, but said units on the river bank had been driven back slightly
 Apparently the German wedge had not been completely destroyed although the midnight communique said Soviet forces "disorganized the enemy and destroyed II German tanks and over 300 men," Seven hundred more Germans were re- ported killed on another sector.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-15
FOUR IN HOSPITAL
 BY DERAILMENT

Fitzwilliam, N. H., Aug. 15-(UP) Four persons were hospitalized to- day and fifth was treated for less serious injuries suffered when a Boston-to-Bellows Falls, Vt., train was derailed three miles north of here.
 Six cars left the rails and a coach carrying 34 passengers was tipped on its side last night when a sec- tion of track weakened by cloud burst gave way. The locomotive of the Boston & Maine train had passed safely over the weakened section.
 Hospitalized at Keene for obser- vation were Miss Sylvia La Foun- tain, Miss Laura La Fountain and Miss Blondine Wood, all of Man. chester, and Mrs. Ella Weston of Winter Park, Fla. Mrs. Herbert Clark of Roxbury, Mass, was treat ed for severe bruises and abrasions at the home of her son, Dr. Le Roy Ford of Keene.
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CAMP OBSERVES
 BACKWARDS DAY
Youngsters at YMCA Sum- mer Spot GO Into "Re-
 verse" for Day

Backwards Day" was observed at Camp Mataucha, Y. M. c. A. camp at Smiths pond in Watertown yes terday, as the daily routine was re- in the morning and reveille at night. versed or jumbled. Taps were blown Boys did life guard duty while coun- selors went swimming ad counselors instead of the youthful campers waited at table. Backward walking was enforced in certain marked off areas on the camp grounds.
 Several canoe trips werer held during the past week. One group spent five days padding on the Connecticut river from Windsor Locks to Saybrook while another group anod at Bantam lake. An overnight hike was another feature of the past weeks program.
 Tomorrow afternoon and evening a "Burn 'em and Bail 'em" circus will be presented. Tumbling, pyra- mid, and clown acts have been pre- pared mad various concessions will be operated,
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Fuehrer of Bund Kunze
 Defends Rev. Molzahn
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1 One of the envelopes, he said, contained two photographs of him. self and Father Pelypenko told him that the letter should be sent to New i York.
 But, Kunzc added. the priest told him he expected to be in Philadel- phia later, at the home of the Rev. Molzahn, and asked him to place the Lutheran pastors address on the flap so that Eff he didn't re- ceive the letter before leaving New York he could pick it up at Phila- delphia."
 The Bund leader testified T did not receive permission to use Pas tor Molzahn's name prior to the use," and said he had no conference with the clergyman concerning the return address.
 Carpenter asked: After you used the address, did you ever confer directly or indirectly with Pastor Molzahn and get ratification for such use?"
 "No sir," replied Kunze.
 Did you get any consent from Pastor Molzahn to use the address |"
 "No sir"
 Kunze admitted sending a letter to the pastor on or about July 31, 1941, but the Rev. Molzahn earlier in the trial denied ever receiving it.
 Letter Was Lost Kunze said the letter to the pas tor, which was lost, told about F,r. Pelypenko whom I believed to be a Ukrainian priest and telling the truth"
 He said he wanted the priest to meet the Rev. Molzahn in pursuit of his work for the Ukrainians.
 Questioned whether the letter contained instructions for the pas tor to enable Kunze to leave this country, he replied:
 "None whatever"
 Then Kunze identified letter written on Dec. 8, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor, in which he said he was on his way to Japan with American military secrets when the Japanese attack on the United States stopped him.
 This letter, he said, was addressed to "Ferdinand & Wolf" whom he identified as a man whose first name was Ferdinand and who was brewer at Juarez, Mex, and Dr. Wolfgang Ebell.
 The letter contained the phrase should you get a reply, then send mail or money to Kurt per his name. He will then forward things
 The government claimed this Kurt" was the defendant pastor but Kunze testified he was one Kurt Tuermer" who lives in Mex ico City-"a gentleman with whom I had become acquainted in Mexico City who works in lace factory there"
 The Rev. MolZahn, who short time before concluded his testi. mony, sat reading a book while Kunze was being questioned.
 The pastor had been accused ol speech-making while he was slndel cross-examination, and with mak- ing speech in Philadelphia 1T 1884 which was partly in favor ant partly against the Nazis."
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 3. The remarks of MT. Blans- field in favor of his proposal reveal & complete lack of understanding of the value of organized labor to every American community, includ- ig his own; and show that his meas ure is intended as 8 Connecticut : counterpart of the infamous Smith bills introduced in the national Congress by the gentleman" from virgini.
 4. MT. Blansfield seeks to suc- ceed himself as Democratic candi- date in the 18th district this fall. BE TT RESOLVED:
 1. Waterbury Brass Workers Union, Local 251 in regular monthly membership meeting assembled, record its strong condemnation of MT. Blansf1eld for his incorporation proposal. and the general anti-labor attitude he has expressed;
 2. The union therefore calls upon the Democratic party and its mem bers in the 18th district to reject the candidacy of Blansf1eld in the coming primary.
 3. The union proposes and en- dcrseS for tn Democratic candidacy William J. Stanton, 8 resident of tl1e 1st ward and American Brass shop chairman of Local 251, a citi- zen well-known and respected, who would give real representation to labor and all the people of his dis trict if elected to the assembly.
 {. Copies of this resolution be sent to Mayor Vincent A. Scully and the Democratic town commit tee. to Governor Robert A. Hurley and the state Democratic commit tee, to all other labor unions in and around Waterbury, both CIO and AFL, with our request for their SUD- port to MT. Stanton in the coming primary; and to the state GIG Council and the press.
 5. As a token of our support, bt it finally resolved that we offer tc Brother Stanton the sum of money necessary to be posted for the Dem- ocratic primary contest, approxi- 1raately $525, with the understand ing that the residue returned by the town committee shall be returned to the local union.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-15

NOOIlIlIluSu 1TOIQ FdRG l.) wrecked German troop train near Rotterdam.
 Christiansen at first tried to win bertayerS by offering a reward of 100000 Dutch guilders, $54,0OO, for the betrayal of the patriots.
 He promised that traitors would be treated most confidentially."
 Then in his anger and frustra- tion he broadcast the Prussian warn- Ing to the Dutch nation:
 If the saboteurs do not give themselves up or are not caught, especially with the cooperation of Netherlanders, before midnight of Aug. IA the lives of a number of hostages now in Germany will be forfeit.
 '"The arrests of the saboteurs is in the interests of the Netherland- CTS themselves to protect the lives of the hostages"
 The Netherlands government in exile feared that the Germans held 1900 or more prominent Dutchmen as hostages, to be murdered at their pleasure-possibly, even if the sabo- teurs were arrested without Dutch cooperation, Christiansen had warned.
 The hostages had been drawn from all over the Netherlands, and include all social and intellectual leaders.
 In arresting them originally the Germnas apparently hoped they were getting men who would al any second front landing or commando raids on the Dutch coast.
 But instead of surrendering the patriots who blew up the German troop train, Dutch patriots this week attempted to destroy Ger man army radio station.
 British sources reported that the Germans in Norway had murdered three patriots who gave food and clothing to Russian marines.
 It was reported also that Norwe- gian guerrillas, on the Norwegian
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its usual tendency to make itself appear the big shot, was slipping out details of the action which the Japanese command had suppressed. It has similarly given revealing statements regarding Itlay.
 When the United States Army Air Corps raided Tokyo, the first and most detailed reports came not from Japan but from Germany, emphasizing damgae done by fire and explosion.
 Quoting official Japanese advices Germany said that after reconnais- sance planes sighted the United States-Allied forces, Japanese navy planes were sent to the attack and shot down 58 Allied planes which were to escort the convoy"
 It was only two days later, the dispatch said, that Japanese tor pedo-carrying planes and Japanese naval forces joined the action.
 Tokyo gave some details of its landing July 30 in the Kai, Tanim-
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FUNERALS

The funeral of Edward Croft will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Alderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue, Rev. Dr. John c. Walker officiating. Burial will be Monday, privately in the family plot, Riverside cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from to g p. m.
 The funeral of George F. Reyes, Jr., of New Haven, will be held Mon day from the Mulville funeral home, 27O west Main street, at 8:15 to Im- maculate Conception church, where a solemn high Mass of requiem will be celebrated at 9 o'clock. Friends may cali at the funeral home to- day and tomorrow from to II p. m.
 The funeral of George Hoyt Wall ters, 68, of 16 Welton street, who died at Waterbury hospital Thurs day night, will be held this after noon at 2:30 ta the Clark Funeral Hbme, 20 State street, Rev. Dr. John c. Walker off1ciating. Bur- ial will be in Prospect cemetery.
 The funeral of Mrs. Katherine Trean Doll was held this morn- ing at II o'clock from the Bergin Funeral Home, 290 East Main street to the Church of the Immaculate Conception at 11:30. Burial was in Calvary cemetery. A solemn high Mass for the repose of her soul will be held Monday morning at 8 o'clock.
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tor Thomas J. Dodd took him on cross examination, 8 questioning which grew so furious the defense objected over and over again.
 Dodd brought out that Kunze was a German citizen, that he admitted to being a German Nazi", that he sent his wife and child to Germany in January, 1941.
 KunZe denied that when he was captured in Mexico this spring he was on the verge of taking 8 26- foot fully -provisioned boat into the Caribbean to contact German submarine or submarines.
 T was going to try to get to Europe in that boat" Kunze re- torted.
 Tn a 26-foot boat" shouted Dodd.
 Accused of Lying
 You're faithful follower of Hit Ter, whose cardinal principle is to lie, lie and lie," Dodd hurled.
 "No," shouted the witness.
 "You've lied throughout your life, haven't you," the prosecutor shouted T have not" the Bund leader shot back.
 You're for everything a Nazi stands for, aren't you?" Dodd said T don't know that" Kunze re- piled.
 Dodd brought out that Kunze bribed Mexican immigration of- ficial $20 to get across the border. At one point in the cross -exami- nation, Dodd referred to Rev. Mol zahn as the heavyweight" in the spy conspiracy, and defense counsel objected in concert. The objection was sustained.
 Kunze denied Rev. Molzahn was a secret member and sympathizer of the Bund, which, he said, had no membership lists.
 The Bund fuehrer denied collect ing minute American military in- formation to give to Germany and Japan, even though he already has pleaded guilty to the spy charges.
 Wrote of Roosevelt
 A letter he wrote on Dec. 8, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor, dis closed Kunze wrote of President Roosevelt as "Rosenfe1d."
 That" explained Kunze, twas simply my opinion concerning the gentleman"
 In the letter, Kunze said the war would "cost the President his head"
 T believe" he told Prosecutor Dodd, "the American people will take care of that"
 At another point, Dodd shouted Kunze was under orders" to testify at the trial and absolve Rev. Mol Zahn
 Kunze snickered
 You think it's funny" shouted Dodd.
 That last statement makes me laugh," Kunze retorted.
 ExOnerates Molzahn
 The Bnnd leader denied the Rev Molzahn had any connection with three overt acts charged by the gov- ernment: that the pastor used the parish house address of old Zion Lutheran church at Philadelphia as a return address for Kunze; that he arranged a meeting at Fl Paso Tex, between KunZe and Dr. Ebell and that he aided in securing pass ports for Kunze to leave the United States with vital American military secrets.
 Kunze admitted he wrote two let ters bearing the return address ot the pastor on the flap, but said he did so on the suggestion of the Rev Aleksi Pelypenko, the governments star witness who was a counter espionage agent for the FBI.
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Excerpts From Police BIOtter

Patrolman John sasso. lnvesti- gatiOn a complaint frem CervO Marano that a woman had taken a dose of poison at the KenwoOd Apartments, 13O North Main street, about 10:30 last evening, found q Mrs. Spencer sitting on the doorway steps sof the block. She had swallowed Q very small dose of iodine.
 The woman was taken to St. Mary's Hospital, but gave no req son for her act.
 Police were informed last eve- ming that Joseph NicOIO, 10, visit inf at 848 Bank street, had been bitten by . dog.
 Seven more cases of stolen or lost gasoline ration books were reported to police today. Report ing were: Thomas NaugtOn, 884 East Main street; M. YacOOvini, 31 Brewster street; Victoria Ber- tOunyrie, 89 Geddes Terrace; Ales- sandrO MeranO, g Fuller street; Thomas Dillane, 16S South Elm street; Edward The1mis, 30 Vine street; and Edward AdamOveius, 118 Bridge street.
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Germans Gained More On Way To Leningrad
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mans assaulted 1h two directions simultaneously yesterday, over whelmed Soviet forces and drove deep into their defenses. The Rus sians attacked on the Hanks, inflict- ing severe losses and slowing the ad- vance.
 HeId-up Germans
 On another sector of the Krasno- dar front, the Russians stemmed the Germans, and held a river (presum- ably the Kuban), which the enemy was unable to cross in force. Kras- nodar is 65 miles from Novorossisk, first base of the Soviet Black Sea fleet.
 "In the Krasnodar area, fierce fighting took place." the noon com- munique said. Under cover of ar- tillery fire and offensive aviation, the HitleriteS tried to put a large
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M. E. PIERPONT
 SERIOUSLY ILL

Morton E. Pierpont, prominent local dairy operator and acting president of the Waterbury Milk Dealers association, remains in criti- cal condition at City hospital, Bos- ton, where he was admitted Tues day after suffering a heart attack. His name remains on the danger list.
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1lOIIl ~
 According to the commission, Eaton was operating the Mack bus down grade on Crown street at speed of about 15-20 miles per hour with 26 passengers aboard when he applied the foot brake and discov- cred it ineffective. Eaton, operat- ing in second gear, then tried the emergency brake and found it in- sufficient to stop the bus.
 The commission rules taht when the tread valve was taken off after the accident and inspection showed that all but one or two of the holes were plugged with dirt, indicating that very little air, if any, had gone through the straincr to operate the valve and without the air the brakes were ineffective.
 The commissions tests show that Eaton did not have full use of his emergency brake when the foot brake failed.
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VQSBURGH TO SPEAK
 ON WAR MORALE"

A talk on "War Morale" will be given by William w. Vosburgh, Jr.. at 6 meeting of the Rotary Club Tuesday noon at the Elton. MT. vosburgh Is . member of the Kiwanis Club.