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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
Madeline Webb Case Is Rested For State
She and Two Men Have Been on Trial Since May II for Murder of Mrs. Susie Reich, Polish Refugee;
 Miss Webb Smiling Today

New York, May 22.-(UP) The state rested today in the trial of Madeline Webb and two men charged with the suffocation murder of Mrs. Susie Flora Reich, wealthy Po- fish refugee.
 In contrast to the tension that marked them earlier in the trial, Miss Webb smiled at her lover, Eli Shonbrun, and ne grinned back at her. The third defendant, John D. Cullen, was impassive.
 Minor testimony filled the morn ing session of the trial which began May Il. The last witness was Mrs. Johanne Kordzek, operator of the rooming house in which the trio were arrested. She said they regis tered under assumed names. Yes- terday the state struck hard at the defense.
 Dramatically, unexpectedly, 1t produced a witness who swore that she registered at 8 hotel with the best friend of the man whose love slave she claims to be, and, pre- sumably, spent the night with him there.
 This testimony produced hardly less reaction upon Eli Shonbrun her lover, than 1t did upon her. His face became an ugly scowl. She made gestures oi protest, patted his hand, whispered to him, but scowl remained, even darkened. It was reported that they had a spat in an anterooln after yesterdays s court session adjourned.
 Miss Webb, Shonbzrun, and John Cullen, a petty thief and ShOn- brun's best friend, are on trial charged with rnur0ering Mrs. Flora Susan Reich, wealthy Polish refugee, for her jewelry.
 Frank Van Houten. manager of the oxford hotel in the quiet Co., lu-nbia University section, was not to be taken by the rigorous cross examination of desense counsel, egged on by Miss Webb and Shon- brun. He insisted he was positive that the man and woman who reg istered as "Mr. and Mrs. R. Clark" the night following Mrs. Reich's death, were Cullen and Miss Webb.
 The state was ostensibly corrobo-
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supply of from 1OOOO,O0O to 12,OOo.0OO tons of oil per year (including na- tural and synthetic production) but Nazi-dominated Europe's minimum yearly consumption for non-military purposes averages at least8, 900, ,00O tons.
 "When Hitler Is obliged to shift his air and Panzer armadas from east to west, from north to south, at rate dictated by the initiative of the Allies, then the oil sohrtage will become 8 dangerous factor" Hellin warned.
 He said that approximately 85 per cent of Russian oil is produced in the Caucasus, particularly in the region of Baku, where production reached 24.0OO,O0O tons and that Russian economy is absoluately de- pendent upon oil which is needed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22

Boston, May 22.-(UP)-Adoli Hitler must gain control over the Caucasus by October at the latest or he will be unable to wage offen- sive war because of lack of oil, ac- cording to Frederick P. Hellin. for- mer adviser to Russian, Polish ano German oil industries.
 Even if Hitler conquers the Cau- casus, the Russian "scorched earth policy will prevent him from obtain ing It's oil resources before 194S Fat which time the military power oi the Allies will have reached Its full development" Hellin wrote to- day in the Atlantic Monthly Maga- zine.
 However, the fall of the Caucasus would "starve Russia's motorized armies and her economy" Hellir said Hitler controls ct present 2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
Hitler Must Get Control Over Caucasus By October Or His Offensive Will Break

for inudustry and the kerosene lamps which light up millions of homes.
 The ever-growing importance of the Arctic communication lines be- tween the United States and Rus sia, he said, is shown by the fact that the remaining oil facilities in the UralS are far from adequate.
 Hellin explaining, the apparent stalemate between Russia and Japan said it should be remembered the distance from Baku to Vladivostok is about 4,30O miles and that oil transportation would be extremely difficult.
 He saw as a possible bit of Rus sian strategy this summer the cut ting off of the Russian canal system, now in German hands, and the re- gaining of tthis river transportation network by which oil is transferred.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
WOMAN DOOMED
 FOR CONGRESS
Mrs. Clara BOOthe Luce, Famous Playwright, Is
 Much Mentioned

Greenwich, Conn, May 22-(UP) A boom was underway today flor hx=s Glare Boothe Luce, famous lslaywright, for, the Republican norn- shItion for congress in the fourth district.
 Mrs. Luce, wife of publisher Henry Luce, was reported 'in- terested" in the nomination, but she couldn't be reached for con- firmation.
 Republican State Chairman J. Kenneth Bradley said Mrs. Luce's name has been mentioned to him several times in connection with the nomination in this district.
 Mrs. Luce's late step-father was pr. Albert F. Austin, former con- eressman from this district.
 She is the author of the play ''The Women" and of the book, 'Europe in the Spring"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
Russian Red Army Gaining Upper Hand Near Kharkov
Twenty-Seven Ships Launched In Maritime Holiday" Celebration
RepIacements Are Not Yet Caught Up With Rate
 of Sinkings
BY LOUIS F. KEEMLE (0f the limited Press War DesE

National Maritime Day and the launching of 27 ships in American yards directs attention to the battle of the Atlantic, which in the third year of the war is threatening to be- come almost as critical as 1t was in 1917.
 The fact is that replacements have not yet caught up with the rate of sirlkings. Not only will it be necessary to change that balapce but 1t must turn heavily in the other direction. There is serious shortage of shipping to carry the needed men and materials to the far r-flung battlefields and to main- tain the necessary flow of food and necessities.
 Merely maintaining the present level of shipping will not be enough. It needs to be at least doubled and kept that way. The grand strategy of the United Nations is going to be governed in the critical days ahead by the amount of shipping avail- able, and 1t will be the potent fac- tor in shaping plans for the great offensive against the Axis.
 The rationing of gasoline and sugar has served to disturb the cona- placency of many Americans and make them being to realize the seriousness of the U-boat menace off our coasts. Vessels have been going down in American waters at the rate of approximately 1 1-2 & day. Losses in other water cannot be estimated, but if sinkings in the North and South Atlantic, the Pa- cific, the Arctic, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Mediterranean no more than equal the losses in home waters, 1t would mean three ships day. It may be more.
 Cleared To Top Speed
 American shipyards, being geared to top speed, have passed the mark of l 1-2 a day and are ap-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
9TH COLUMNISTS
 HELPED SINKING
Captain of Doomed Vessel Makes Accusation; 2l
 Men Are Missing

New Orleans, La., May p - GU. |P.) - Fifth columnists probably supplied sailing information to a submarine which torpedoed and sank medium -sized United States merchant vessel in the Gulf of Mexico May IS, with 21 men miss ing, Captain A. Henry Rowe said today.
 The ship sank in 90 seconds.
 Captain Rowe, whose home is at Alden, Pa., based his conclusion that fifth columnists tipped the U- boat on the fact that after the sinking the sub did not rise to the surface and follow the usual prac- tice of questioning survivors about the vessels identity, cargo and des- tination.
 "The sub never did appear" he said in the Marine hospital at Gal veSton, Tex, according to announce ment by the eighth naval district. That leads me to believe that someone tipped them of as to our sailing date. They knew the name of the ship, came after us and got us"
 Rowe was one of five injured sur- vivors taken to Galveston hospital. He was still on the bridge, shout ing rescue orders, when the ship went under. Third Mate John T. Chalmers, 25, of Cheltenham, Pa., seized him when he popped up out of the water and hauled him aboard . life raft.
 The ship. carrying crew of 60, including a four -nai1 gun crew, was hit by two torpedoes almost simultaneously at 1O:41 p. m. Most
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
OCCURRED MAY 20 NEAR BRAZIL ITALY ASSERTS Sub Was En Route to Cape of Good Hope According
 to Report
 NO CONFIRMATION IS
 GIVEN IN AMERICA Battleship Was in Class of Maryland; Name of
 Sub Was BarbaritO
London. Nav p. =

London, May p. - (UP) = The Italian high com mand claimed today that a United States battleship of the Maryland class was sunk by an Italian submarine tor pedoes May 20, while en route to the Cape of Good Hope. French reports from Vichy quoted the Rome comnunique that the battle ship was sunk in Brazilian waters. 100 miles west of the island of Fernando De Noronha, which lies east of Natal where South America bulges far out in the Atlantic.
 These reports said the submarine was the Barnarito and that 1t hit the dreadnaught with two torpedoes.
 A special coinlnunique, broadcast by radio Rome, said the battleship was en route "apparently to rein-s force American naval forces in the Indian ocean,"
 The ship sank within a short time, the communique claimed, and escorting vessels did not intervene when the submarine attack occurred.
 (Italian high command com- munsques are usually even less ac- curate than German orles.)
 (There are three ships in the Maryland class. The Maryland, of 31,5OO tons, the Colorado of 32,500 tons and the West Virginia of s1,800 tons. They were built un- der the 1920-21 program and each has 8 normal compliment of l.407 men. They are armed with eight i6 inch guns, 12 five inch guns, eight five inch anti-aircraf guns and other smaller weapons.)
 Other Ships Sunk
 Rome yesterday claimed that two of its submarines, operating in the area of the Antilles had sunk a loaded 12,OO0 ton tanker and two cargo ships, totaling 17,00o tons. These submarines, 1t was noted, would be in easy running distance of the Brazilian coast where it is claimed the hattleship went down.
 The Island of Fernando De Nor orha, Q Brazilian possession, has been turned over to the United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
Soviet Onslaught Drives Nazis in Retreat in Front
 of Great City NAZIS CRACKING UP
 CLAIM OF MOSCOW American Submarine Has Sunk Jap Cruiser, Two
 Big Supply Ships
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS limited Press Foreign E6itnr

United Press Foreign Editor)
 The Battle of Kharkov ragged on today without a decision but with the Red Army reported it was gaining the upper hand in one of the biggest tank battles of the war. Moscow dispatches said the Russian onslaught under Marshal Senyon TimShenko had broken into 8 fortified town on the heels of re- treating Nazi troops and was near- ing its immediate goal" which might be either the breaking of the enemy's communications lines or the city of Kharkov itself.
 The Axis, on the other hand. claimed that the Soviet attacks on the Kharkov front had been re- pulsed with heavy losses and for the first time said that the Ger mans had "regained the initiative" ]" Rome's communique also claimed that an Italian submarine had sunk A. U. s. battleship of the Nary lard class (about 33,0O0 tons) off the northeast corner of Brazil, but nobody was inclined to accept the Fascist claim at its face value until further word was received.
 Fighting continued to flare up on various sectors of the Russian front in addition to the main con- flict in the Kharkov region. The Germans acknowledged strong So. Viet attacks on the northwest front. south of Lake linen, and said there was heavy fighting in the far northern Lapland sector, where the Russians yesterday reported they had advanced 13 miles, killed 5000 Germans and shelled the enemy'S main communications line.
 The Russians also said fighting continued in the Kerch area, where today's German communique claimed that total of 169,000 prisoners had been taken in mop-up opera tions.
 On Other Fronts
 Germany = Reports reaching Soviet sources said Hitler had started using the extraordinary powers recently granted by the Reichstag to arrest a number of court officials in Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt and other German cities because they had failed to impose drastic sentences on persons who showed discontent with the Nazis or the war.
 Mexico-President Avila Camach0 prepares to call congress for prob. able declaration of war on Axis be-. cause of submarine sinkings of Mexican ships.
 Australia-United States subma- rines sink Japanese cruiser and two freighters; planes bomb Japanese New Guinea base at Lac.
 China-ChineSe fruStrate Japa- nese landing at Foochow, but enemy continued pressure toward Allied air bases in eastern China, with heavy fighting in progress in Cheks fang Province; 1000 Japanese killed.
 India-British planes again bomb Japanese air base at Akyab, on West Burma coast.
 Although Berlin claimed to be making g comeback on the Khar- kov front, the Russian communique and Moscow press reports indicated that the Red Army still held the up- per hand in heavy fighting.
 Germans Are Cracking
 Moscow said that the Germans to be cracking as result of large losses in the 11-day-old battle and that the Red army strong points of Kharkov'S
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
1O2-YEAR OLD
 WAS NOT SCARED

New Limerick. Me, May 22-UP) Perennial J. Campbellton was re- covering today from his narrow es- cape from being burned to death in an inn fire, but "twarnt nothin' he told friends who came to visit him.
 At the age of seven. he was kid- naped by Indians who had murdered his parents after burning their home. Though l02 years old and blind, Campbellton is still active.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
2.OOO PLANES
 NEEDED IN CHINA
United States Could Wipe Out Jap Air Fleet If
 They Had Planes
By KARL ESKELUND United Press Staff COrreSpndentl


 Running, Chica, May 22-(UP)- Brig. Gen. Claire l.. Chennault, leader of the American Volunteer Group, said today that the United States could wipe out" the Japa- nese air fleet if 1t would send 2,000 planes to the Far East.
 He predicted in an interview, the United States probably would be- gin an air offensive against the Japanese within the next six months. He had no doubt that it would be successful.
 If the United States will direct even a small percentage of its pres ent airplane output to the Far East, the Japanese vii lsuffer a shortage of planes within six months, if they keep on losing as many planes as
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-30
Reginald {. Foster Succeeds
Daniels in '0CD Office

Appointment Of Reginald C
Foster to succeed Jonathan Daniels
as chief of civilian mobilization for
the Office of Civilian Defense was
announced yesterday by OCD Di-
rector James M. Lands. The ap-
pointment becomes effective to-
morrow.
Mr.. Daniels resigned to become
special assistant to the chairman OF
the War Manpower Commission.
Mr.. Foster takes over a job that is
being given added emphasis to assist
Government agencies in carving to
the people such messages as volun-
tary meat rationing.
The new assistant director came
here last February as deputy di-
rector of the Office of Facts and
Figures. With the establishment OF
the Office of War Information, he
was appointed deputy director and
liaison officer with OCD and other
war agencies.
After the World War. Mr.. Foster
was a member of the American
Commission to Berlin, was attached
to the American Peace Commission
and served as the first American
representative to Poland when the
republic was established.
Mr.. Foster, whose home is in
Needham, Mass, is a trustee of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra. the
Harvard Mutual Foundation and the
Brooks School Of North Andover
Mass. He is also president of the
New England Peabody Home for
Children.
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ure of control of the vast quantities
and wide variety of supplies and
equipment in the possession of our
executive departments and estab-
lishments as will insure their COM
plete mobilization for war and also
provide that degree of fluidity of
use which is essential to the eff
cient peacetime management.
LAS an example of tho need for
this legislation in the interest of
the successful prosecution of the
war, there is an urgent demand on
the part of certain war industries
for conditioning equipment
which need could be met in con-
siderable part by utilizing for this
purpose equipment now in Govern
ment buildings.
Il therefore recommend early con-
sideration by the Congress of legis-
lation, in amendment of the Budget
and Accounting Act of 1921, which
will promote a more effective utiliza-
ton of Government supplies and
equipment both during and after the
war"
The President told Congress that
In general he recognized the need
for one agency's use of the ma
terials and equipment called for in
the congressional appropriation: for
that agency. (.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-30
Son-in-Low of Mrs. La Gorce
Killed in Pacific Navy Battle
Word Received Here
OfLt. Comdr. NeweII's
Death October rs

Word has been received here by
Mrs. John Oliver La Gorce, 2440
Kalorama road NV, that her SON.
in-law, 1t. Comdr. Byron Bruce
Newell, U. S. NJ, was killed in
action October 26, during a naval
battle in the Pacific Mrs. LIZ. GORGE
is the wife of Dr. John Oliver
La GORGE, vice president of the Ma
tional Geographic Society and asso-
ciate editor of the society's maya
zine.
A native of Atlanta, Comdr Newell
entered Georgia Tech at the age of
Is and received his appointment
to the Naval Academy at Is. He
was graduated in 1880 and on April
20, 1881, he was married to Miss
Eleanor Whitaker, daughter Of the
late Wallace A. Whitaker, and Mrs.
John Oliver La Gorce.
Comdr. Newell, 80, is survived by
his wife and two sons. Byron Bruce
Newell, jr., 10, and John Whitaker
Newell, 7, and four brothers. They
are 1t. James Harold Newell, o. S.
Navy who recently was awarded the
Navy Cross for bravery in the sink
ing Of a Japanese cruiser while
serving on the Inflated aircraft
carrier Lexington; LIST 1t. Robert
o. Newell, U. S. Army Air Forces,
flight instructor at Enid, Okla. !:
William Carl Newell Of the Naval
RQTC at Georgia Tech, who has
taken his entrance examination to
the Naval Academy, and Charles
Newell. high school student, OF
Atlanta.
Mrs. Newell and her two sons have
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and Mrs. Carlos Campos, who were
singing at the club, escaped with
burns. Mrs. Campos is the former
Meliss Cruz, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Cruz, 7l31 Georgia avenue
NV.
1t Elliott was the son of Col. and
Mrs. j. Duncan Elliott of Aauasco,
Md, who formerly lived on Wyom-
ing avenue Mrs. Elliott was the
daughter of Col. and Mrs. Charles
K. Nulson, commandant at Fort
Sam Houston, San Antonio, Tex.
Last Wednesday the couple visited
1t. Eliotts parents here after he
had been met in Boston by his wife.
Bah Lincoln, Washington news
paperwoman, an aunt of 1t. Elliott
said the couple had not seen each
other since last October until they
we're reunited last week. 1t Elliott
had been on sea duty. The dead
officers mother is staying in Wash
ington with Miss Lincoln. Col. FL
lott has flown to Boston.
Graduate OF Annapolis.
Although 1t Elliott was never sta
toned in Washington, both he and
his wife visited here frequently.
Their families have a host of friends
in the Capital. He was graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1887.
The couples marriage at Fort
Myer in July. 1899. was major
social event, attended by ranking
Army and Navy officers and other
officials.
Navy Musician Royal Leo Spies,
%, of Baltimore, who has been
aboard ship which took part in the
North African campaign at Casa
blanca, and Ensign Stephen H.
Jones Of Leonardtown, Md, and
Baltimore, were among victims of
the fire.
Mr. Spies wife. Mrs. Jacklynn
Bernice Dalton Spies, and his
mother. Mrs. Irene Davis, said in
Baltimore that he had spent the
previous week end at home. He left
last Tuesday under orders to report
to Boston.
Saw Battleship Hit.
Mr.. Spies had brought home parts
Of a shell fired by the French and
said his vessel had scored two hits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-30
Phoenix Out of Bounds
For Luke Field Men

By the Associated Press
PHI o NIX, Ariz.. Nov. 30
Phoenix was declared out of bounds
for personnel at Luke Field today
by Col. Ross G. Hoyt, commanding
officer at the large advanced Army
Air Forces training base.
Army officers said the order was
the result of vice conditions in the
city.
Col. Clarence A. Hennessey, pro-
vost marshal for the Southern land
frontier sector, said the order had
nothing to do with a recent riot
here involving colored soldiers and
military police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-30
D. T.. Clerk Is Held
As Youth Who Gave
Gun 10 6. ". Student
Seized in Furnishing Of
Pistol to Man Accused
OF Shooting Doctor

An 18-year-old Washington clerk
was being held by District police
after his arrest yesterday as the
person who supplied gun to Joseph
Barth, George Washington Univer-
sity student taken into custody by
New York police Saturday in the
shooting of his brother in-law. DR..
Jerome Meadow. Dr. Meadow is
In critical condition in a New York
hospital.
Police said the clerk will be
charged today He was arrested by
local police and a New York officer
who came here to trace the gun used
in the shooting.
Barth was charged with felonious
assault and held without bail a
short time after DR.. Meadow was
wounded In the abdomen Saturday
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9-Bi|ion Campaign
For War Bond Sales
Opened by Treasury
President Says Idle
Funds Must Be Drown
From Bonks to Aid War
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
With the theme song changed
from defense to victory, Uncle Sam
opens fire on the home front today
with the biggest war financing cam
paign in world history.
To meet the steadily increasing
costs OF war the Treasury will bor-
row SO, 000, 000, 900 during the month.
getting q large portion of it from
issuance of three new-type Treasury
securities which Secretary Morgen-
thau termed adapted for every
type of investor"
President Roosevelt started the
drive by purchasing the first $1,000
bond recently and today called on
Americans to support the campaign.
ut is one of our jobs here at
home" Mr.. Roosevelt said, ito pro-
vide the untold billions of dollars
that are needed to help win this
war.
Idle Money in Banks.
II know that millions-more than
5000, 000-are already buying War
bonds out Of their regular pay every
pay day. But there are other mil
lions of individual investors, corpo-
rations. custodians of trust funds
and estates. who have idle money
In the bank.
That money has got to go TO
work for our country. We have got
to make our dollars fighting dollars
by investing them in Government
bonds. The new Victory Loan gives
us a chance to make those dollars
fight"
The new Victory securities, two
bonds and one certificate, 60 on sale
today and will remain open to pur-
chasers for several weeks, the Treas
ury said. The bonds range from
$500 to 500 900 in denominations
and the certificates from 81 900 to
100000.
Statesmen Join Campaign.
In addition to the three new
securities, the $4,000 900 900 will be
raised from sale of War bonds and
tax savings notes.
About $4,000 professional sales
men In the banking, securities and
insurance fields will join the CAM
paign. Mr.. Morgenthau said, in addi-
ton to some 100000 volunteers Of
the War savings staff.