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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
NAZIS CONCERNED
 ABOUT AFRICA
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The British have been greatly strengthened since Marshal Erwin Rommel strated his offensive three months ago. He has been stopped dead in the narrow passage between the Qattara depression and the Mediterranean. The British Air Force, greatly strengthened by American bombers, controls the air
 The main Axis bases of Tobruk, Bardia and Benghazi have been pounded so thatt heir usefulness as parts of entry for supplies has been greatly reduced. Planes from Malta can strike at conveys attempting the western passage from Sicily to Tripoli or the Adriatic route past Greece. Long-range American bombers have been plastering ship ping along the Adriatic route and in Greek ports.
 American military information Is to the effect that 45 per cent of Axis supplies to Africa do not get through. Rommel is believed to be critically short of the gasoline and oil whcih he would need for his planes and tanks if he attempts an offensive, or if he is compelled to stand off an Allied drive.
 Rommels defensive position is good. He is entrenched in the narrow Al Arnein bottleneck. the heights are behind him and it would be difficult to drive him back for the resumption of open warfare in the desert. He undoubtedly has erected defens in dpth for a deter mind stand.
 Germanys chief hope of reSuming the initiative in Egypt would seem to be to withdraw some forces from the Russian front, particularly air. planes. In this sense, the British stand in Egypt may prove of real practical aid to Russia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
HIRE EMPLOYES
 BY GOVT. ORDER
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jobs.
 4. To improve vastly the govern ment's knowledge of manpower needs nat only in specific localities, but also on a nationwide basis.
 5. To improve an indirect meth cd for forcing workers into jobs where they are needed most urgent ly and where they can contribute most effectively to the war produc- ton effort.
 Except for the priorities idea, the proposed program would be pat eerned closely on steps already taken to relieve acute labor short- ages in the lumber and non-ferrouS metals industries. x Workers in those industries in 12 western states are prevented from migrating to better-paid jobs in nearby aircraft factories and ship yards by being required to produce "certiflcateS of separation" from their previous employers when they apply for new jobs. Such certificates are issued only when workers can show good reason for leaving. Elm ployers are asked to hire exclusive ly through the service. However, the plan does not carry the weight of law. as would an executive order. It is being carried out largely through voluntary employer cooperation.
 The federal official who disclosed the possibility of an executive order said WING probably would supple ment such an order by asking the Army, Navy and Maritime Commis- sion to include specific anti-pirating and anti-hoarding provisions in war contracts.
 He said WING also is considering assignment of expert labor inspec- tors 70 war plants. Their function would be to enforce the federal manpower program by requiring em- ployers to follow specific government approved ''manpower charts"
 Employers would be required to estimate their exact manpower needs in advance in much the same manner they now are required to estimate materials requirements in advance for WIPE. The government would be able to use their priorities provision in the proposed program to obtain power to force workers into specific plants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
Long Russian Front Is
 Hit By Winter Threat
(I esed moII psnunuool

| On another sector, a Soviet detach- ment destroyed machine guns and trench mortars and wiped out more than a company of infantry"
 Finish suggested that the Rus- sians were counter-attacking.
 TimOshenko Fights On
 Of Timoshenkos' counter -offen- slve, the noon communique said: "A Soviet patrol killed 40 Ger mans). and captured two machine guns. Soviet artillery destroyed four guns and dispersed and partly annl- Inflated two companies"
 Having bled the Germans severe- ly in the important Mozdok area of the eastern Caucasus, the Russians counter attacked and wrested a vil- lage from them. All attacks in that area were repulsed, the noon com munique said, and in three days, a Soviet unit has killed a battalion 1,000 men) of Germans and wreck ed or burned 19 tanks.
 The Germans were trying to drive from the Terek Valley near Mozdok, 40 or 50 miles to the Grozny oil fields.
 The noon communique also re- ported that Soviet patrols had kill ed more than 200 Germans on the Leningrad front.
 Dispatches said that up to 600 of the enemy had been killed or wounded in Russian attacks and German counter-attacks on the Karelian front.
 On one Karelian sector, the Rus sians drove the Germans from a stronghold and killed 200. They re- pulsed German counter-attack and killed POO more.
 Radio Moscow said marines of the Black Sea fleet had wiped out an enemy battalion 10O0 men) in the Caucasus and captured height. Ships and planes of the fleet bom- barded harbor. causing consider able damage and fires.
 The government organ Izvestia said the Germans were trying to close the Volga and strangle Stal- ingrad; there fore, the fate of the city depends on the Volga cross- ings.
 (The Exchange Telegraph Agency reported from Moscow that grand mothers and grandfathers were aid- ing the defense of Stalingrad by rowing small boats of supplies across the Volga under a rain of bombs and shells. Old age pensioners form ed an auxiliary corps of spotters to work with the Volga f1otilla.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
Secretary Of War Has
 Curtailed His News
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Today's communique contrasted sharply with Mondays which re- ported probable hits on three Jap anese cruisers and other cargo and naval vessels in widespread raids over the northern Solomons.
 In those heavy operations, Mac Arthur's bombers attacked the Buin-F area, damaging vessels which obviously were intended to aid the Japanese in their operations on Guadalcanal.
 Silver Stars Awarded
 Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters, Oct. 20-(UP)-Fourteen enlisted men of the air corps = gunners aboard Boeing Flying Fortresses- today received silver stars from Lieut.. Gen. George c. Kenney, air force commander in the south Pa- cific, for shooting down seven of 20 Japanese Zero fighters in a single action.
 Ten other airmen received the silver star and one the purple heart in addition to the silver star.
 The action which brought the gllnners their awards occurred over New Britain, Aug. 2. A flight of fortresses was raidirg the Vunak- anau airdrome in Rabaul when a swarm of Heroes appeared and were engaged for 25 minutes. Despite the interception, the American bombers succeeded in bombing the Japanese air base.
 The heroes included:
 Staff Sgt. Leroy H. Penworden, (192 Dwight St. New Haven, Conn.,, a fortress gunner, made two day. light raids against a Japanese con- voy in Buna Bay, New Guinea, Aug. 13, shooting down one Zero. He is a veteran of nine combat missions.
 Second It. Edward J. Cignac, North Vasselboro, Me, fighter pilot, attacked nine bombers at New Gui- nea, June IS, damaging two and re- turning to base wounded and in a crippled plane.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20

out under frequent Nazi bombing and artillery fire and most of the ships restrict their operations to night hours
 The cutters also removed wourd- ed troops from the city and bring in some endorsements, although most of these move over the nar- row pontoon bridge which the Rus slams have been able to operate de- spite every effort of the luftwaffe to destroy it.
 The Marines were described as threading their way in pitchdark- ness across the river, between sand oars and the sunken hulks of bares and other river craft.
 Some of the cutters were said to have madeu D to 30 tris in single night but the average was placed tt eight.
 No German Gains
 The Russian high command has acknowledged no German gain in- side Stalingrad in 24 hours. The Germans had captured only block of ruins in the industrial section, ! in northwestern Stalingrad, in the last three days. But they have paid as never before in the 57-day siege of Stalingrad.
 Repeated" attacks against the industrial section cost the Germans seven more tanks and 400 more men, the noon communique said.
 On an adjoinintg sector, the Ger mans lost 200 more men.
 The size of German casualties and tank losses suggested that the all- out German assault against the in- dustrial section might be lessening. Several days ago, the Russians were destroying as many as 45 tanks and killing 5000 Germans in 12-hour period.
 All reports from Stalingrad spoke of the rapid deterioration of the weather, almost overnight. It was cold. The waters of the Volga were icy. Winter was almost upno Stalin- grad.
 The weather, however, was not bad enough to ground all planes, and the Communist party organ Pravda reported that Russian fight CTS were aSsailing German bombers outside Stalingrad, and over the city, forcing them to jettison their loads, and spelling their aim.
 One Soviet fighter sawed of the tail of a German bomber with its propeller. The German hit the ground with a full bomb load that exploded with a terrific roar.
 The German assault against the industrial section began seven days ago, and front line dispatches said the major attack today was deliv- cred after three. hour artillery and mine-thrower preparation.
 Marshal Semyon Timoshenko, en- gagged in a counter offensive above Stalingrad, was improving his posi- tions with a series of local attacks, dispatches said, although com munique reported no specific gians.
 Of fighting inside Stalingrad, the noon communique said: "There was fierce fighting in the Stalingrad area. German infantry and tanks repeatedly attacked stronghold in the area of one factroy, but were re- pulsed. Seven tanks were burned out or disabled and 400 annihilated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20

reiterated by the Navy, that Army ground forces, as well as air units, were aiding Navy and Marine forces in defending Guadalcanal.
 Harass Jap Moves
 Meanwhile, latest word from the Solomons was that American planes and warships are harassing Japan ese troops and ship concentrations in an effort to prevent the enemy from consolidating forces for land assault on Guadalcanal.
 When the showdown would come was not apparent from the scant information made public by the Navy Department, but there was little doubt of its imminence. Amer ican warships were again mentioned in the departments attest com- munique, after a long absence, indi- eating that American forces were ready for whatever the Japanese intended to throw into their of- fensive to retake Guadacanal Island and its vital air field.
 The communique reported that American and Japanese surface fleets, of unspecified size, had bombarded one another's land in- stallations. But significantly, it specified that the American ships had carried out their bombardment by daylight, shelling enemy troops and positions on Guadalcanal, ex- ploding several ammunition dumps and starting fires. The Japanese ships shelled American positions on the north coast of Guadalcanal is- land by night when they were safe from the planes till using, despite repeated Japanese efforts to knock it out, the strategic air field. The communique also testified to Amer ican air strength by reporting that throughout the day of Oct. IT (Guadalcanal tim e), American time), American planes hammered at Japanese positions.
 On Oct. IS, the Japanese again felt the sting of the American air power when 20 bombers escorted by 20 Zero fighters tried 8 raid on American positions on Guadalcanal Wildcat fighters intercepted and shot down eight bombers and Il fighters.
 The American warships laid down their bombardment during the morning of Oct. IT. That night, the Japanese ships retaliated.
 The communique again specified that no further troops had been landed by the Japanese on Guadal- canal.
 American dive bombers were in action over Rekata bay important Japanese base in the lower Solo, mons, where they knocked out sev- eral anti-aircraft batteries, set fire to fuel storages and 12 enemy sea- planes. The Wildcats shot down twin-ergined bomber An army flying fortress got a large flying boat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
COOLIDGE NOTES
 NOT TO BE SOLD
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them, Kohen said.
 He said they included "tremen- dous amount of political matter" !" much of which could be used against the Republicans. The auction cata- logue said some of them were "sen- sational," and one file contained letters from the holder of an import ant office in the Coolidge admins tration who has been appointed to a high office by President Roose- welt since the outbreak of the war.
 The items comprised the files of the late Edward T. Clark, who was Calvin Coolidge's private secretary. Clark died in 1895.
 The auction catalogue said the correspondents were members of congress, governors of states, gov ernment officials, business men, fi- nanciers, personal friends, and politicians"
 Some writers sought legislation favoring their businesses, some wanted appointments, and the file, as a whole, reveals the workings of a political machine" the cata- logue said.
 One particularly important fold CT was described as containing original letters, carbon copies of letters, translations of ciphered code messages and other papers on the Mexican confiscation policy written during the years 1926-27.'
 This correspondence, the cata- logue said, was between Clark and the vice president "of a large Ameri- can Railroad company, one of the largest property holders in Mexico" :"
 Two hundred letters were between Clark and a "well-known dry goods store executive of Boston" relating to Coolidge's campaign and "other matters during President Coolidge's administration, the catalogue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
CRUISERS TO GET
 BACK OLD NAMES

Quincy, Mass, Oct. 20 -(UP)- Two cruisers under construction here will be renamed the Quincy and the Vincennes after two of the three U. s. cruisers sunk by the Japanese in the Solomons last July, Secretary of Navy Frank Knox disclosed today. The ships, being built at the Bethlehem Steel Co.'S Fore River yard. where the lost vessels also were constructed, were to have been named the St. Paul and the Flint.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
JAMES J. LEE IS
 NAMED BY GOV.

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 20-(UP)- Gov. Hurley today appointed James J. Lee, Willimantic postmas- ter, as acting quartermaster general of the state. succeeding Col. George A. Wardinski who has been called Into the army.
 Lee will hold the rank of colonel He is a past state commander of the Veterans Of Foreign Wars. a major on the governors stan and Q lleutenant-colonel in the State flssp~d
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
MAY DRIVE LAPS
 FROM BURMA ZONE
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mountain roads and trails leading from India into Burma, 1t will be possible to transport invading forces and supplies into the enemy-held territory next month.
 However. even arm chair tacti- clans realize that an allied offen- sive probably could not be opened that early because of the numerous problems and tremendous prepara- tions involved. But they also know that If the allies hope to retake Burma before l944 they must strike within the next six months or wait another whole year for the next rainless season.
 It was recalled that stilwell had promised that Burma would be wrested from the Japanese and Wavell less than . month ago indi. cated the allies were contemplating an offensive, although he made no secret that shipping losses and de- iiiands Of other fronts had ham-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
HOPEVILLE CLUB
 MEETING TONIGHT

Plans for the annual Halloween kiddie parade of the Hopeville Con- munity club will be completed at a meeting tonight at 8:15 at the Hopeville school gymnasium. Mi- chael J. Hyland will preside. The event has been scheduled for Oct. 30 and various prizes for costumes will be arranged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
WAAC BAND SEEKS
 WOMEN MUSICIANS

A call has been made by Lieut.. Hazel McKnee, WAAC recruiter for Connecticut, for women musicians to serve in the WAAC band at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Successful can- didates will be trained to play for drills and various other Army ac- tivitieS and will have no other duties. Applicants must be between the ages of 2l and 45.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
BIG RUN ON APARTMENT

Portland, Ore (UP)-Two city police officers, after being called to answer the complaint of a frantic husband, believed they had found !.A.e nest ec::te case of the housing problem in Portland. The husband, the officers said, reported that his wife's parents had moved into his one-room apartment, already occu- pied by five persons.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
Jane Wither5 in
Young America

JANE WRITER'S is cast as q
rich city girl who goes rural I'm
a big way i'm her new hit, goth
Century FoX'S Youth Amcri-
ca" the film which opens next
Tuesday at the Macomb Thea
ire for a two day run. Jane
Darwcl. Lynne Roberts, vii
liam Tracy and Robert Cor
nell are featured.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23

Halsey captured her arm
firmly. Il have been a terrible
bore | shall make it up to you.
Please let me-
Her sullen, long ,ashed eyes
swept Bill Talcott. IF you in
sist come along then
Arm in arm they bad reached
the door when Bill TalCott said
coldly. please don't 90 out
Halscy turned IN surprise.
And why not?'
Because it's scarcely safe. ~
Rubbish DO | look like a
child?'
Ta,cott Strengthened a little in
his chair Il must insist that YOU
do not leave here at night I'M
less ! accompany you"
June Paterson whirled, and
flushing holly cried, Being my
Chapcron doesn't include the
right Of possession. I'll go where
I ike And pushing Halsey
ahead OF her she slammed out
(TO Re Continued
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
SERIAL STORY
ON A SPOT
CHAPTER ii
OIL, DIANA!


Bill Talcott's hand was out for
n chair. his foot poised for a
step. Thus he remained as If
frozen, staring at the man be
hind the desk What's that" he
gasped
The auditor coughed Under
the system established by my
firm you are required to pro
cure duplicate vouchers signed
by the authorized agents of the
various vessels with whom you
ship njtrates. The total Of The
vouchers signed during the past
year is short by that amount
from your company ledger. In
other words s158,00O worth Of
business is unaccounted for
Bill Talcott's reflexes auto
matically completed the task of
capturing a chair and occupy.
ing it, Nitrate dust, smelly. all
pervading eddied as he Topped
down. you say I'm short?' he
gasped again. But mats impos-
sible! All my vouchers are cat
alogued in numerical order
They're In regular form, consoc-
utively numbered"
Struthers leaned forward
( pushing the pile stack aside. In
his manner was the supercilious
contempt of the brainy man for
the brawny one. They're NOT
''pll here" he said fatty.
Dazedly Talcott accepted the
vouchers. searche. discovered a
zap In the numbers: another
yfnd another. Big shipments all
10 them. His smazemcnt deep
nsd 10 anger. Holly he said, Il
oar Understand this. ] went
Cor the whole business as soon
4 received Winters cable
20 ~ Wss sending Halsey We
~ . monthly inventory. The
todh16S were positively here NJ
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
Local Theatre Attractions
NY Favoriie Blonde
Hilarious Fun Film

Patrons OF the Jewel Theatre
are in for a hilarious session OF
first class film fun come Sun
day afternoon when Bob Hope,
Madeleine Carroll and Percy, the
Penguin, open in the season
Specdiest cops and-robbcrs com
edy. The picture is Paramount
My Favorite Blonde
According to all repute, the
teaming of Hope and Carroll was
an inspiration. Listeners on
Hopes radio hour are thorough
ly familiar with his expressions
of unbounded admiration for the
beautiful Madeleine. He's been
calling her my favorite blonde
on the air for years but nobody
seemed 10 hit on the obvious and
cast them together in a picture
until Paramount bought a story
called SNOWFALL in He'll" a roll
licking yarn of a ham vaudeviI-
liam who gets mixed up with
Nazi spies. The character Of the
gorgeous British secret agent
seemed made to order for Car
roll. With the title changed and
Hope cast as the bcwildered act
or, the result was My FaVorite
Blonde" fastest and most furi-
ously funny Of the Hope epics.
The picture is a chase pure
and simple but with stepped
up tempo that makes for furious
fun, a perfect film for Hopes
brand of fast comedy.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
. SERIAL STORY
CARIBBEAN CRISIS
By EATON K. GOLDTHWAITE
COPYRIGHT. Iad2
NCh SERVICE. ING

, longer than a week ago.
Struthers lifted his shoulders
Sorry. Mr.. Winters secretary
| particularly instructed me to
I check your vouchers. she said
they hadn't received all the dup
licatcs. Needless TO say, I'm
shocked.
Winters secretary The Old
Man changed them as frequently
as he changed shirts, which gave
| him the reputation Of being the
| toughest boss on the Street. Was
this the trick Of new girl,
! trying TO make a berth for her
| self by putting a plant manager
I on q distant island in a hell of
a JAM That wouldn't answer
why the vouchers were missing
from this office: I was fishy,
thin. too impossible TO be taken
seriously. Yet it was here. Cold
sweat broke out aolng Talcotts
spine.
New York never called me
abou any missing vouchers, he
said anGrily rs this frame
Iup Of the Old Mans TO keep me
on in this sinking hole? I've
done my work. six years Of il.
Three years beyond my con
tract, twice as long as my best
predecessor. II Winters thinks
nc can force me TO stay here, he
is crazy"
Angry lights darkened Struth-
ers' eyes. Are you insinuating
that ] would stoop TO accusing
you Of theft just 10 satisfy
client? Let me tell YOU Talcott,
I'm a bonded accountant and my
firm has been established for
more than so years. I'm happy TO
say that this sort Of thing does
mt happen 10 us very often, but
when il does we know how TO
proceed Now, If there is an er.
ror III be very happy 10 see
the other vouchers In the mean
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his daily swims in the shark-ln-
tested waters Of Anegada Pass
age had kept him from utter
madness. Was it 10 end in dis
grace and possible prison?
The brasSy sun was low over
the Jade green on the Caribbean
when Bill TalCott reached a de-
cision. Until HaIseY Struthcrs
and the mysterious MacDoWcll
had arrived, his affairs had been
i'm perfect order. One or all OF
them had dealt the first hand:
now Talcott, who knew some
thing about poker himself,
would wait for cards.
His eyes were thoughtful as
he came up the path. With a
start of memory he saw on ter
race. the lax figure Of June Pat
CrSon. She had arrived on the
mailboat Was she who claimed
TO be his best friends cousin al.
so in tho game?
As quickly as IL had come he
dismissed the suspicion and
avoiding the terrace, went down
for a swim
Dinner was q complete farce
Despite excellent drinks and
marvellous viaudS, coniurcd mp
by Black Sam conversation was
.unbcarablc. Ualscy was rcluct-
ant and hostile; Struthcrs
gloomily silent. The muStaChCd
Mcdowell. too. was prCoCCu
pied and Talcou repeatedly felt
ibis searching, cold-cycd scrut-
my.
At long last June Paterson be
came openly rcbcllionS. I'm go
ing for a walk" she announced
Alone. 7 enjoy my conversation
7 think I'm the brightest person
Y know. You gentlemen may
continue your stupid game,
whatever il is. Don't bother TO
wait up for me.
Halsev Sprang 10 his feet and
grinned rucfullv. Really, Miss
Paterson. I'm dreadiully sorry.
Been preoccupied YOU know
New Job and oil that sort Of
thing Can't 7 acCo npauy YOU
Il wouldn't think OF tearing
you away