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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-20
OUR ARMY PLANES
 DESTROYED OIL
Rumanian Fields Devas- tated By |. s. Pilots in
 Recent Raids
By DANA SCHMIDT

United Press Stan Correspondent
 Ankara, June 20-(UP)-United States army air corps planes deVas- tated the great Ploesti oil fields of Rumania in their raid of June 12, reliable informants said today.
 Neutral sources quoted the Ru- manian legation here as admitting that fires burned for two days after the raid and that the whole region was obscured by smoke.
 According to these informants, telephonic communication was not restored until days after the raid.
 Travellers arriving here from Ru- mania said that two great bombers, presumbaly Amerscan, circled over Bucharest for more than an hour while the raid on the oil fields 100 miles to the north was in progress.
 Though the planes dropped no bombs on the capital, infOrmarts said, air raid sirens sounded and the entire capital. next morning, learned by fast spreading rumor that the planes were American, not Rus sian.
 It was only then. informants said, that the Rumanian public finally realized that the country was at war with the powerful United States.
 There was no word here on re- ports that United States army planes had flown to seyastopol and gone Into action against the Axis forces in the Crimea.
 The reports were doubted here, especially as the restricted area in fContinuad on pa0a M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-20
SCRAP RUBBER
 COLLECTION ON
Local Rotary Club Begins HOuSe-tO=HOuse Canvass
 for Left=Overs

Under the auspices of the local Rotary Club house-to-house can vass was being conducted throughout Waterbury today in an effort to put the city's old rubber salvage drive over the top. Trucks, manned by volunteers from the Truckers Union and Boy Scouts, started col lecting rubber refuse early this morning and will continue until nightfall
 The committee in charge of the Rotary collection hopes to have had every street in the city covered during the day. Heading the com- mittee is William Laube, Jr., as- sisted by David F. Babson, Boy Scout executive and Morris Bisno- vich, chairman of the Waterbury Truckers Assn. committee. Others serving on the committee are Peter N. Laskas, Harold Horan, Michael Darcey, and Joseph L. Lombard.
 Trucks assembled along Freight street early this morning and were each assigned a screw for the day, as well as a schedule of streets to be covered.
 Atty. J. Warren Upson, chairman of the Waterbury Salvage commit tee, last night announced that a telephone check-up of the various gasoline stations of the city, which are serving as Repositories for old rubber, showed that to date 25,240 pounds had been collected, some of which had been donated and some purchased by the dealers at one cent Q pound. Dealers will be re- imbursed at the rate. of $25 a ton.
 The drive will continue all next week and householders who fail to have their donations picked up to- day are asked to bring them to their nearest gasoline station.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-20
INSANITY PLEAS
 TO ::::T ESCAPE CHAIR

Plymouth, Mass, June 2O-(UP) 1.-Two defective delinquents, who face the electric chair if convicted If murder in connection with the slaying of three prison guards, will bssestheir defense on claims of in- eaafty, 1t was learned today.
 5rhe murder trial of the pair, Jo- senf Sheppard, 24, of Worcester, and Donald Willard, IS, of Nashua, NH, today stood adjourned until Monday after the prosecution had used several eyewitnesses to prove that the defendants hacked the three guards to death with chisels.
 shephard and Willard are being tried specifically for the murder of George Landry, 46, of Whitman, one of the three guards slain dur inR riot at Bridgewater state farm ls Now YeAr's day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-20
YANKEE BOMBERS
 SMASH TRANSPORT
Australian Planes Were in at Kill on Three Bomb
 Hits
BY BRYDON c. TAVES

United Press Staff COrreSpOndent)
 Melbourne, June 20-(UP)-Allied planes, in one of their heaviest raids of the war in Australia, scored three bomb hits on a 10,00O-ton Japanese transport at Rabaul yesterday, prob- ably damaged other ships, smashed grounded enemy planes and shower cred the whole airdrome and dock area with bombs and bullets, Gen Douglas Macarthur reported today
 They shot down one and probably two of seven Japanese Zero fighter planes and two seaplanes which al tempted to intercept them, and re- turned to base.
 MacArthur's communique report ing the raid indicated that it might have been the biggest so far in number of planes used.
 "Rabaul: Our air force in heavy strength made a successful attack on enemy airdromes and shipping, he said.
 "Three bombs were landed in a group of enemy bombers on the ground, destroying them.
 Other bombs raked airdromes building areas and the docks.
 '.In the harbor a 1O,0O0-ton trans port received three direct hits and other vessels were probably dam aged.
 Seven zeros and two float planes unsuccessfully attempted to inter- cept. One was downed and another was probably destroyed. All our planes returned"
 The raid was made on one of Ja- pans biggest invasion bases, on New Britain island in the Bismarck group, 800 miles northeast of Aus tralia and 500 miles northeast oi the Allied base at Port Moresby. Be- cause of the long distance involved 1t was indicated that the bombers flew without fighter protection, but nevertheless were able to fight ofl the vastly improved new Japanese fighters which ehallenged them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-20
BY TOM NOONAN

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Boston, June 20 - (U.P0 F Paul Waner, an undersized out-fielder who frequently complains about his poor eyesight, is the seventh player to join baseball's most exclusive group-the 5000 hit club.
 "I've had just about 3,999 laughs during my IT years in the Na- tional League" the Boston Braves S9-year-old vetrean said, referring to his total hits and bases on balls, "but that 3.0O0th hit is the biggest laugh of all"
 Waner. an easy-going, personable athlete, known variously as big poi- son, punch bowl, and P. C., obtain ed his S,00Oth safety in the fifth in- ming of yesterdays game with Pittsburgh when he lined single of Pitcher Truett (Ripl Sewell. Co., incidentally, the hit was delivered against the team for which the wiry
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-20

under the terrific impact of big gun shells and airplane bombs in an attack which never ceased day or night.
 The garrison was battling desper- ately in an attempt to stem the several German divisions and heavy tanks hammering at the, northern Qualifications.
 Our warriors are defending with their own bodies every yard ot Soviet land," Pravda's dispatch from the front said.
 Axis forces concentrated the main weight of their attack on the north ern sector, trying to break through to the city, but in every sector fight ing was on an unprecedented scale,
 Stop Eight Attacks
 A dispatch to Pravda, the Com munist party newspaper, said that the Russians threw lack eight suc- cessive attacks in the southern sec- tor in fighting which cost the Ger mans thousands of men.
 Ships of the Russian Black Sea fleet, standing off the coast, shelled Axis concentrations and raced through heavy enemy fire to deliver ammunition and food to the garri- son.
 The cruiser Red Crimea, beating off repeated attacks, spent five hours clearing mines from the shelled coast so that it could un- load endorsements for the ma rines, the toughest troops of the Sevastopol forces.
 It had been believed that the height of the German assault had been reached, but the Germans now were attacking with an unp-ece- dented ferocity. Soviet infantry, marines and artillerymen hurled them back, thousands as corpses, and counter attacked, last mid- nights Russian ccmmunique said.
 The first Russian communique to- day said that mo essential changes occurred during the night on the front as whole.
 The tempo of. the attack was in-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-20
First Attempt of Nazis to Break Through Into
 Egypt Has Failed BRITISH TANKS HAVE
 RIPPED INTO GERMANS TObruk Is Still Very Much Beseiged; Parachute
 Nazis Troops May Hit
BY LEON KAY
Limited Press Staff Correspondent,

Limited Press Staff Correspondent
 Cairo, June 20. - (UP) - Axis armored forces under Colonel General Erwin Rom mel have started a thrust to- ward the new British defense line in an attempt to break through into Egypt but have been thrown back, a middle eastern command communi- que said today.
 Pressing close behind the main British 9th army forces of General Neil M. Ritchie, the Axis Afrika Korps drove in two main columns along the coast, leaving a siege force to organize the new attack on ths British fortress of Tobruk.
 Advancing in two main columns they struck toward the north end of the British line along the Libya Egypt border.
 Ritchie's mobile forces met them in an area within g miles of Bardia, which is about 2 1-2 miles north Of the Egyptian border and is the northern anchor of the British front line.
 The British tanks ripped into the Axis columns and, it was indicated, forced them to turn back without strong resistance after they had reached at the nearest a point within 25 miles of Bardia.
 The communique said:
 "Our mobile forces yesterday en- gagged the enemy, who had been ad- vancing eastward in two main col- umns.
 "The enemy did not press his ad- vance.
 Both Columns Repulsed
 "Both enemy columns were turned back toward the west after having approached within about % miles of Bardia."
 British mobile columns were try ing to keep the enemy confined tt the coastal road to prevent them from massing forces for a threat against the new main defenses 0u the Egyptian frontier line.
 Royal Air Force planes, still en- toying aerial superiority, supported the ground forces closely with att tacks on tank and supply columns.
 Dispatches from the front, though they indicated that besieged Tobruk, 30 miles west of the frontier, was under fire by Axis long range guns, said the present situation was fluid and there had been no big enemy attack against either Tobruk or the frontier line.
 Gen. Neil M. Ritchie'S 6th army was now split into three groups. One was consolidating the frontier forts in anticipation of an early at- tack by Axis tank columns which had forced them back from line nearly 100 miles to the west. A sec onG group waS digging in at Tobruk for another siege and the third, highly mobile, was harassing the enemy in the interior desert.
 May Use Parachutists
 London, June 20 -(UP)-- Ger many may use parachute troops in an all-out attempt to capture the British stronghold of Tobruk, on the Libya coast, and thus clear ths way for big scale attack on the main British forces on the Egyptian frontier, military quarters reported today.
 Informants pictured an attack in which the Germans would throw in their new AZ inch and 8la inch send dive bombers to try to break the outer defenses of the fortress and then launch gigantic
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-20
Sunday Is One Big Day In Many Ways
Sundays a great day!

Sundays great day!
 Not only is it Fathers Day, but it's the longest day in the year and summer officially commences in this zone at 9:17 p. m. (war time).
 According to the almanacS the summer solstice begins to- morrow night. In other words the sun and the earth's axis are in closer proximity for the northern part of the hemis- phere than at any other time of the year.
 They say everything comes to Father, so this year he cer- tainIy gets the works!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-20
Nazi General Rommel Had Pushed Thrust Towards British New Front
Hitler Is uriously Smashing At Russians
Ignores Losses in Men That Have Reached 60 Pei Cent of Invading Forces; Eight Successive Nazis
 Attacks on SevastOpOl Repulsed
BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

Moscow, June 20. - (UP) - Germany hurled fresh guns and planes into the entire Sevastopol today
 Ignoring losses high 60 per cent, in attempt to overwhem the fortress by the first anniversary Monday of Adolf Hitlers "6Oday campaign" in Russia Special front dispatches reported that the entire area shaking
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-20
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Scattered Showers For Tonight
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Evening star., 1942-08-31

program. While the committee held
the executive session, Mr.. Kaiser
waited outside the room. Calls were
made to Washington, the associate
said. A few minuLes later Mr.. Kaiser
was shown telegram reported
signed ID. M. NJ" which contained
the new language.
Mr.. Kaiser contends the new con-
ditions are unfair and Is coming to
Washington to find out if he will
be held to them. The new wording
means, the associate continued, that
eevrything Mr.. Kaiser might do in
the way of digging up new facilities
and new sources of material might
be construed as infringing on future
military plans.
An official said Mr.. Kaiser pro-
posed to build large wooden build
ing beside one of his shipyards
which would be used for plane as
sembling. He said it was highly
unlikely the Army would consent to
the construction in such a vulnerable
area.
The associate said Mr.. Kaiser was
not committed to build specifically
either flying boats or land planes.
He would build the type held most
vital to winning the war. Present
plans, however. call for construction
of a secret type" which is being
worked out by Howard Hughes, the
noted flyer and plane expert, with
whom Mr.. Kaiser recently formed
an associa ton. He said he did not
know whether the plane In question
was boat or land plane.
New Facilities Needed.
Should the decision be made to
construct land planes, the associate
said, Mr.. Kaiser would probably have
to build new facilities, since only
one shipyard has adjacent ground
for an air field. This, he said, would
not entail too much new construc-
ton, since Mr.. Kaiser would sub
contract a major portion of the work
to small shops now starving" for
lack of business.
This subcontracting procedure is
followed in the Kaiser California
shipyard, where the component
parts of a Liberty ship are made In
18 different small shops and sent
to the yard only for final assem-
bling.
Meanwhile it was learned the ex-
isting cargo plane program has been
stepped up greatly, with oficials
claiming that as much material as
could be spared was being squeezed
from the military program.
At the War Production Board, it
was stated that Mr.. Nelson was
sincerely interested" in Mr.. Kais-
er's plan and was greatly impressed
with his ability to get things done"
Mr.. Nelson desires to place no OBJ
stable in the path of Mr.. Kaiser
other than those necessarily die
tated by high strategy" it was said.
Evening star., 1942-08-31
Labor Council Donates
Iron Lung 10 SibIey

A portable iron lung, the first
mechanical respirator to be owned
by Sibley Hospital, was donated to-
day by Robert Lester, president of
the Transfers Joint Council, No.
IS, American Federation of Labor,
on behalf of the council. DR.. John
M. Oren, superintendent of the hos
pital private institution, accepted
the gift.
The portable lung can be trans
ported from room to room and will
be OF great aid in the treatment of
patients suffering from infantile
paralysis, pneumonia and cardiac
complications.
Mr.. Lester was accompanied at
the brief presentation ceremony by
six members of the executive board
of the Joint Council They were
Henry l.. Myers, Daniel J. Shiel,
A. w. Stream, Edward Nagle,
Charles M. Andre and L. A. Train
ham.
The Joint Council includes nine
teamster's unions in the District,
comprising approximately 10000
members.
Evening star., 1942-08-31
WMAL Listeners
Purchase $4,000
OF War Bonds

Station WMAL obtained more
than $4,000 OF the $lO,475.68 in
War bond pledges made by the Ma
ton during the coast to-coast broad
cast on Bond Night on the Blue
Network Saturday night.
Largest single pledge by WMAL
during the seven-hour performance
by topf1ight radio stars was for a
$4,000 bond. There was one for S.
600 and % for bonds of the $1,000
denomination.
One man telephoned he was pur-
chasing bond in the name of his
dog, and a woman stated that the
appeal of Amos n Andy convinced
her she could stretch her budget to
buy another certificate.
Latest figures on the pledges re-
ceived by telephone and telegram
are proof that the Nation wide pro-
gram heard here over WMAL and
affiliated stations of the Blue Net
work was a smashing success.
In addition to the famous black
lace comedians, stars contributing
their time and talent to the pro-
Evening star., 1942-08-31
Liege District Is Fined
Million Francs by hazis
B, the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 31--A Million
franc fine has been imposed by the
Germans against the Liege district
in Belgium because OF the Staying
of two Rexist (Fascist) guards, the
Belgian News Service reported to-
day.
German authorities closed theaters
and cafes and prohibited traffic in
the community between pm. and
5 am.
The Belgian news agency also re-
ported that the Germans had exc
cuted Adelin Hartveld, young
Brussels lawyer who was accused of
aiding the Allies. Hartveld's parents
now live In New York City.
Evening star., 1942-08-31
Thief Who Stole
Gas Rotioning Book
Finds Coupons Gone

The unidentified thief who
late Saturday night stole an
A gasoline rationing book and
an A sticker from the automo-
bile of Christopher T. Kelly of
5100 Chevy Chase parkway
NV. probably won't get any
benefit from his loot.
All the coupons valid up to
September % have been used,
Mr.. Kelly reported to police.
The car was parked in front of
the owners home at the time
OF the theft.
BY the time the remaining
coupons in the book become
valid, police said, the identi-
ncation number will be posted
in all stations, making it un-
likely the thief would dare
use 1t.
Evening star., 1942-08-31
Kaiser
Continued From First Page.)

egram from Mr. Kaiser was received
by WPB In which he told of an
executive session of the committee
from which he was excluded. He
urged that the Government not
make decision on his plan, take
no action, until he arrived to state
his case further and present addi-
tional data and proposals. There
were other signs the meeting on the
Coast did not run smoothly.
Learned Of New Restrictions.
1t was during the meeting, the as
sociate said, that Mr.. Kaiser first
learned he must show that his plan
would not interfere with the current
cor prospective" military aircraft
Evening star., 1942-08-31
Ice Indicator Invention
will Aid b. :. War Pilots

Wide World.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 3l--A little
gadget has been perfected here
which probably will make next
winters flying easier for the boys
who pilot American bombers. It's
an ice-indicator.
1t isn't impressive looking. 1t
weighs about S pounds and looks
like a handful Of telephone cord
connecting two small black boxes, a
dial and plastic disc.
1t does three things: Tells when
Ice starts to form on the plane. how
thick the ice is and 1t can switch on
a de-icer
In short, it means the bomber pilot
Evening star., 1942-08-31

gram were Orson Welles, Jane Cowl,
Margo. Edward G. Robinson, Frank
Black and the Symphony Orchestra,
Meredith Wilson. Fanny Brice, Bob
Burns, Dinah Shore, Carl Sandburg
and such name" bands as Vincent
Lopez, Tommy Tucker, Xavier
Cugat, Glen Gray and Paul White
man.
Evening star., 1942-08-31

has one less thing to worry about.
The young scientist who invented It,
DR.. Waldo Kliever, put the compli-
Gated new science OF electronics to
work to make it. It's the first time
anyone has been able to measure the
rate at which ice forms on a plane.
Until now, the co-pilot has had to
do the worrying and trust his own
Judgment.
DR.. Kliever's indicator went
through tests all last winter and
Evening star., 1942-08-31
Hungarian General Hurt

BERLIN tFrom German Broad
casts, Aug. 81 (Pl.-Col. Gen.
Gustav Jany, commander OF Hum
garian troops fighting against Rus
sia, was wounded in action, 1t was
stated by dispatch from Buda-
pest yesterday. No details were
Evening star., 1942-08-31

does the Job to his satisfaction and
to the Army's.
Evening star., 1942-08-31

Join the United States Coast Guard
TODAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
Hard Work
Subjects for Graduation
of School Soldiers

Here's what F'erndsle'S
Home Guards. preparing for
possible service in Uncle
Sans armed forces. are ex-
pected 10 do upon compile
ton of their training
Have an A or y rating in
carriage; walk 4 miles in
an hour: run 100 yards in -
seconds; run mile IN Ga
minutes; carry a companion
OF comparable size 100 yards;
do 10 pullups in succession;
do 20 pushups; 90 Is situps
from a lying position; climb
a rope L feet three times IN
succession.
Vault a chest-high bar; do
n standing broad jump 7 feet
6 inches, or d running broad
jump Ia feet. throw a base
ball It's feet, ride a bicycle
s miles without stopping:
walk 10 miles IN 3 hours.
pass all given exercises on a
trampoline, give all facing
and march ing commands;
conduct a class in mass cal
istheniCs and m anua Of
arms, and run the obstacle
course in a given time.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22

Nature provides the Kidneys 10 clean and
purify your blood and to remove excess Acids
The kidneys contain about nine million tiny
tubes or filters through which the heart
pumps blood about 400 times an hour, night
get tired and SLOW down when overloaded
Fourteen years ago q practicing physl-
clans prescription called Cystex was made
available 90 the public through drug stores,
making IL easy and inexpensive TO help thou
sands suffering from non-orgAnie and nor.
systemic Kidney and Bladder troubles .n
remove excess acids which may become poi
soning and irritating. 2. To palliate burning
and smarting OF the urinary PASSAGE. and
bladder irritation. J. Help the Kidneys huSh
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
Prison Fugitive
Hunted in KiNinQ

CASSOPOLIS, Nov. 81 CUP).
-Fingerprints on an auto
mobile abandoned by the sus-
pected killer of Mrs. Carl Shick.
shot to death in her home at
Christian Lake Tuesday night. to-
day identified the slayer as a
fugitive from the Indiana State
Prison.
State police said fingerprints on
the car, discovered near Niles,
Mich, Wednesday night, were
those of Claude Lanhan, 80.
Prison records show Lanhan
escaped September IA while serv-
ing a life term on a second degree
murder charge from Clark County,
Ind.
The suspect had been known as
Max Ismael Pushkin by Mrs.
Shick and her husband, for whom
he worked. as handyman at their
lake resort.
Shick told police that Push
kin" shot his wife in the bedroom
Of their cottage and then locked
the proprietor in the basement OF
the adjoining resort after taking
money and jewelry.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
Pull the Trigger on
Constipation, with
Ease for Stomach, too

When constipation brings on discom.
fort after meals. stomach upset, bloatlng,
dizzy spells, gas. coated tongue. and bad
breath. your stomach is probably crying
the blues" because your bowels don I
move. IL calls for Laxative SIENNA to pull
the trigger on those lazy bowels, COM
bined with Syrup Pepsin for perfect ease
20 your stomach in taking. For years.
many Doctors have given pepsin prepa.
ratIons IN their prescriptions TO make
medicine more agreeable TO q touchy
stomach. SO be sure your laxative con.
tslns Syrup Pepsln. Insist on DR. Cald-
wells Laxative SIENNA combined with
Syrup Pepsin. See how wonderfully the
Laxative SIENNA wakes up la1y nerves and
muscles IN your lntestines 10 bring vel.
come relief from cq-stipatIon. And the
good old Syrup PeIrin makes this laIa-
tive 20 comfortable and easy on your
stomach. Even hnicky children love the
taste Of this pleasant family laxative.
Take Dr Caldwell 8 Laxative SIENNA com
bined with Syrup PepSin. rs directed on
label 90 a. your doctor advises. and feel
world sbettef Get genuine DR. .Csldveil'S.