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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-15
GEN. MACARTHUR
 HAS NOT BUDCED
Still Holding Off Jap AL tacks; C0rregidor An
 swers Blows of Japan

Washington. Jan. 15 -- (U.PD -- General Douglas MacArthur'S forces today held their ground dctermln- edly against aggressive attacks py large Japanese contingents and Cor regidors batteries bagged two and possibly more heavy Japanese bomberS.
 The Japanese land assault against MacArthur's Bataan Province posi- tions, said a war department com munique, was pressed vigorously. The Americans and Filipinos, al though heavily outnumbered, he'd their positions with courage and determination
 The Japanese, the communlque said, are attempting persistently to infiltrate MacArthurs lines but ap- parently with little success due to the skill with which the American commander has drawn his battle | line.
 Japanese heavy bombers after after nearly weeks interlude again attacked Corregidor fortress guarding Manila Bay. A formation of nine heavy Jap anese bombers, the communiqut said. attacked the Corregidor 1orti- fications. Two of the Japanese ,Continued on Page 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-15
DUTCH DEFENSE
 FORCES PREPARE
Two Expected Invasions From Japanese Allied
 Aerial Fleets Seek Them
By JOHN R. MORRIS limited Press Staff COrrespOndent)

United Press Stan COrreSpOnueHt)
 Batavia, Jan. 15.-tUP)--Dutch defense forces prepared today to fight two expected Japanese invasion thrusts against the east coast of Borneo and the important naval base of Ambon, which was bombed again by enemy airplaneS.
 Allied aerial fleets searched the south seas for Japanese naval forces believed preparing to strike at both Ambon and Bali Papan, on the east coast of Borneo, in the enemy drive to seize control of the sea passages north of Australia.
 Bali Papans harbor was attacked Wednesday in considerable strength but no details were available on to- days attack on Ambon.
 Toaays brief communique said only that the Japanese had "car- ried out Q bombing attack on mili- 1 tary objectives' at Ambon, the sec ond most important naval base in 1 the Dutch East Indies. It is in the Ceram Sea between Celebes and New Guinea, where the Japanese are concentrating operations in an ef- fort to command the sea routes north of Australia.
 Ambon previously was attacked on January '.
 The Netherlands East Indies forces, land, sea and air, were un- derstood 10 have determined on [ continued policy of counter -otfen- (Continued on Page 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-15

pertaining to naval operation were military secrets, but it was no se- cret that the Atlantic coast, on which border the nations largest cit les, most busy ports, and richest in- duStrial districts, was closely pro- tected by warplanes, surface ships, and submarines, and enemy sub- marines operating off shore were in imminent peril. The first ship torpedoed off this coask in the new war was the 9,577- ton Panamanian tanker Norness. The Navy revealed that the sub marine, presumably German, though it could have been Italian, used typical Axis sneak" strategy, attacking by night without warning. It hit the Norness with three tor pedces, yet 1t did not sink her Tor, though aWash, she still was afloat early today.
 Probably Total Loss
 eRar Admiral Edward c. Kalbfus, commandant of the naval operating base here, reported to Washington that the vessel was beyond towing" and pfobably beyond salvaging. Her exact location was not revealed, but she was torpedoed 60 miles southeast of Montauk Point, on the tip of Long Island, and approximately l5O mileo from New York City, at 1:3O a. m. yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-15
RUMFORD ESTATE
 TOTALS $l2,888
Household Servant for Five Generations in Fam=
 lily of David C. Griggs

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Rumford, colored, household servant for five generations i'll the family of David c. Griggs of this city, left an estate appraised at $l2.888. 80. according to an inventory admitted to probate today by Judge Patrick Healey.
 Assets listed in the document con- sist entirely of cash on deposit with the Waterbury Savings bank, amounting to $12,52268, cash on hand valued at $25l.l2, and house hold furniture and personal effects worth $115.00.
 Mrs. Rumford, who was ninety two years old at the time Of her death here last November ', left a will naming Henry c. and Eleanor R. Griggs, children of David c. Griggs, legatees to half the estate The residue will be shared in equal portions by the Mount Olive A.ME
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-15
Plane Wreckage Buried Deep in Snow of San
 BernardinO Mountains

Wreckage of plane, thought possibly to be that in which Lieut.. J. Benedict Maloney of this city and eight other army air force mem bers were lost Tuesday night, De- cember 30, in the San Bernardino mountains of California, was sighted late yesterday afternoon, The Dem ocrat has been informed ill a special dispatch from San Bernardino, Cal ifornia.
 An official telegram from March field this morning to Lieut.. Ma loney's parents, Dr. and Mrs. D. J.. Maloney of TIT Cooke street, also confirmed the report of Wreckage being found but added no details to prove definitely that it was the Mar tin bomber BPS which disappeared from a flight of nine enroute from Muroc, Calif., to March field.
 Sighted from Air
 The wreckage was sighted from the air by an army plane, many ot which had secuted the area during the past few weeks seeking some trace of the missing bomber and its crew. Heavy snows in the mountains and bad weather at the time the plane disappeared hampered both the search from the air and the &C., tivities of parties operating under the guidance of forest rangers.
 The Democrat was informed that the plane wreckage lay near the crest of Keller Peak, which is 25 miles east of San Bernardino and would be approximately along the route which the plane apparently was following when it became sepa- rated from the others in its forma- (Continuad on Page A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-15
NO NEGLIGENCE
 IN AUTO DEATHS
Deputy Coroner Miles F. McNifi Makes Finding in
 Cheshire Tragedy

No criminal negligence is found by Deputy Coroner Miles F. McNiff, Jr, in a finding handed down today in the automobile deaths of four per sons, Ellsworth Pulford, 49, and Blanche Gretter, 45, both white, William Johnson, AZ, and Julius Co., field. 32, each colored, who were killed in an accident in Cheshire on August 30, 194l.
 Coroner McNif in his finding says that Ben Colield, colored, who was driving a car on route 10 Tn Cheshire in southerly direction, collided with an automobile driven by Pulford proceeding north when the two cars met at a point south of Minors Corner Cofield's car overturned with it's passengers who were riding with him The passen- gers were the brother of the driver, Julius Coheld, William Johnson, Col lins Kirkley and Frederick Rand.
 Riding with Pulford
 Riding with Pulford was Mrs, Blanch Gretter. Pulford dieG im- mediately of fractured skull and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-15
Au- u-American Port In
 Iran Will Be Created
Britain Names New Commander Chief for British, Indian Forces in Iran lraq=American Port to
 Be Feeder for Supplies
By SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS Press Staff Correspondent


 London, Jan. 15.-(UP)-Great Britain, in a double move to speed American supplies and to strength en it's bulwark in the middle east, moved today to implement plans TOT an all American port in Iran ana named a new commander in chle1 for all British and Indian forces in Iran and Iraq.
 A United Press Tehran dispatch announced that Gen. Edward P. Quinan, British general of command in Iraq and Iran, had arrived III Tehran from Baghdad to discuss an American project for an American port as a feeder for American ma terials for tank and plane assem- bly and repair plants and to speed deliveries for Russia against the eX- pected German spring offensive.
 Gen. Quinan said that the port would be all-American, with Amerl- can personnel, and that it would be established at a point some 30 miles from Basra on the Persian Gulf.
 The war office here announced the appointment of Lieut.. Gen. SIT Claude Auchinleck, British com mander in chief in the middle east, as commander in chief of all Brit ish and Indian land forces ill Iran and Iraq.
 In this way it strengthened its Iran-1raq bulWark on 1ndia's west ern frontier and on the Cau9asus frontier of Russia.
 Previously the land forces in that region had been under the com mander in chief in India.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-15
MEN FOR J. s. ARMY
 
That Is the Number That Will Be Enlisted for
 This Year
BY MACK JOHNSON Limited Press Staff COrreSpOndent)

United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 Washington, Jan. 15-(UP)-Sec- retray of War Henry L. Stimson announced today that United States army strength will be boosted to a war basis of 3,6OO,000 men this year, more than twice its present size.
 The vast expansion will double American armored forces, more than double air combat strength and add 32 new triangular divisions to the present 27. The armys strength now approximates 1,700,- GOO.
 The army announced complete revision of qualifications for army air cadets to make available new pool of 100000 men from whom candidates can be drawn for serv- ice in the air branch. The officer training program was stepped up to put 9O,OO0 privates into training schools from which 75,0O0 new sec ond lieutenants will be commits stoned.
 These moves will provide the of- ficer and air cadets for the vastly expanded armed force of 142.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-15
DEFENSE PLANS
 ARE SHARPLY HIT
Senate Probe Committee Has Hurled Warm Criti=
 isms, Right, Left
BY GEORGE E. REEDY, JR. United Press Staff Correspondent

Limited Press Stan COrreSpOn0eht)
 Washington, Jan. 15-(UP)-The special Senate committee investi- gating the defense program returned sharply critical report today as- serting that only about 25 per cent of new American Warplanes are equal or superior to the best foreign types.
 But the committee predicted that the nation could achieve President Roosevelt's huge production goals. "if we have the will to do it,"
 The report summarized the con- mittee's year of investigation Of all phases of the armaments program under direction of Chairman Harry s. Truman, D., Mo.
 The committee said it's only in- terest was to win the war with "a minimum expenditure of life and property" It scattered its report with phrases such as too few planes" lobbyists" "exces- sive fees and bonuses" j.. "stagger- ing profits for ship repair" gross waste" .. petty jealousies.' ''
 It was particularly critical of the Office of Production Management but members were quick to acknowl- edge that MT. Roosevelt's appoint ment of Donald M. Nelson as all- powerful production and procure ment chief promised to meet some of its fundamental objections.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-15
Weight Of Air, Sea Power
 Hurled At Japanese Forces
|Wreckage Of Plane In Calf. Mts.
 May Be One Carrying Local Man
American Submarine Sinks
 17,OOO- Ton Japanese Liner

Washington Jan announced today that an American OO0 Japanese of Yawata class.
 that the of enemy submarines oH the IT. Atlantic coast remained "subsantial"
 the largest enemy merchant snip so farr reported United States naval units Kaisha) Line.
 5 feet with beam of "A ee They were built Mtsubishi interests
 navy spokesman said least of the converted into aircraft carrier but the sunken ship that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-15
STATE POLICEMEN
 GET PROMOTIONS

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 15-CUP)- State Police Commissioner Edward J. Hickey today announced the pro motion of Sergt. William Farrow, of Westbrook Barracks. to Lieuten- art in command of Bethany Bar racks.
 Officer James l.. Dygert, Groton Barracks becomes sergeant at Vest brook replacing Farrow.
 Lieut.. Henry Mayo, also of Groton, has been transferred to the special service squad at Hartford headquar- ters barracks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-15
Tanker Was Hit
 By Torpedoes But Reaches Harbor
Lost; Scene of Torpedoing Was Some Miles Off New York City
BY GARDNER FROST United Press Staff Correspondent)

Newport, R. I. January IS. - (UP) = The Navy was "dealing" with enemy submarines menaclng the eastern today the of tanker orpedoed off New York City arrived here little the worse for theI ordeal One their shpmates missing and presumed lost The nature of the dealing" and of all matters
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-15
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington. Jan. 15- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Jan. 18th, compared with a year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year sl2,6O2, S5,G37,517,753.6
 War Spending 5 s,O27o5s. .o9i.l9 s1, ,5Ss .969. 9.2o7.2
 Receipts 5 4.43o,31s,52615 s3,079,231,5 50157
 Net Deficit 5 S,1oO,799,295.4S $2,521,117,7o211
 Cash Balance s.214,64o,4O71S 9,96o1S
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
S3,930 Suit Aftermath
Of Crash

Damages of $3,930.33 are sought
for personal injuries by Oren E.
Dickson, as guardian of Sim Syl-
vester Garlinger, against William J.
REM, Carl L. Reng, Walter F. REM,
doing business as, J. F. REM and
Sons of Lima, and Milton Glasco of
Findlay.
The suit is the outgrowth of a
traffic mishap which occurred Nov
rs, 1941, at 10 a. m. Garlinger was
riding in an automobile driven by
Glasco west on Baseline road about
three miles north of Pandora. II
figured in a collision with a REM
truck operated by Henry White, at
a point where the Baseline road in
tersects with Crawfis road, according
to the pleading. Garlinger says his
left leg was fractured in three places
and that his left hip was dislocated
and right shoulder and arm bruised.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
Union Protects OPA
Action

C. /. o. officials released the text
of a telegram which they said they
had sent to Price Administrator
Leon Henderson protesting delay in
approval of wage contract between
the Westinghouse Manufacturing Co.
and the United Electrical, Radio and
Machine Workers of America.
James Egri, president of the Lima
union, asserted that interference by
the OPA" is holding up the agree
ment. He said the telegram to
Henderson declared in part:
at is apparent that your office
does not condone a reasonable living
wave in this period of curtailment
and deprivation. Your attitude to-
ward the five and one-half cents per
hour increase in wages granted by
Westinghouse is seriously hamper
ing the war effort.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
Water Stained Letter
From Sea

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Smith of
Kenton r. F. d. A today displayed
the water-dimmed envelope from a
son far in the Pacific as one of the
prizes of war.
The letter, written May %, arrived
belatedly in the Smith home after
having been rescued from a watery
grave. A note from the war de-
partment said it had been forward
ed after being damaged at sea-.
This was the second letter written
by their sons, Cpl. Eugene Smith
and Pfc. Robert Smith, since their
arrival May s on some isleand ac-
ross the equator. Since then, how
ever, the sons have been writing
about every other week. They are
in the same unit of the U. S. army.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
Gamblers Arrested
In Lima

A frontal attack against organized
gambling was made by Police Chief
James Goodwin Thursday morning
as two Lima gaming establishment
operators were arrested and subse-
quently fined a total of $500 in Mu-
nicipal court.
Assessed $3.50 and costs was c. J.
Hoffman, 108 E. Market street who
was operating an alleged 'bookie
joint" in an E. Market street hotel
A like sum and court fees were lev
led against Fred DePalma, 26, 1118
Fairview avenue, who was likewise
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
ALLEN COUNTY
Hunts Leak With
Match-Bang!

There would have been less trouble
if Robert Jones, go, Lima Negro,
hadn't found the gas leak he was
hunting. He went into the base
ment of the home into which he was
moving and in which he smelled
fumes, and struck match.
The fumes ignited. Jones went to
hospital with minor burns. Fire
men said there was no blaze, but
the floor was weakened. Moving van
crews removed the furniture which
they Just had carried in.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
10000 Bushels Wheat
Lost

Putnam county farmers have filed
applications for crop insurance on a
total of approximately 10000 BUSH
els of 1912 wheat which was ruined
by weather this winter and spring.
This was learned from Arnold ].
Schroeder, chairman of the county
AAA committee. He said winter
kill was the chief cause of severe
damage to the 1912 wheat crop which
dropped more than so per cent from
last year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
Lafayette

Mrs. Charles Reed of Pittsburgh,
Pa, visited one week with Mrs.
Packer.
Miss Sue Eversole of Maumee
spent several days with her grand
mother, Mrs. Jennie Eversole.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ. Robinson re-
turned Thursday from a trip through
Eastern Ohio. They also spent sew
eral days with Mr.. Davies of Pitts
burgh, Pa.
Rev. and Mrs. NJ. A. Packer and
daughters left Saturday for weeks
vacation at Springfield, Ohio. They
will visit Mrs. C. w. Packer, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Layton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Walthall, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Packer.
Thursday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Wesley Eversole and daughter Hill
| dred of Bluffton, and Mrs. Charles
/ Bartholomew and daughter Lynn of
Pa. were visitors of Mrs. Jennie
Eversole and Mrs. Carrie LentZ.
Mrs. Edith Staley and Mrs. Louise
Cloore were Friday callers of Mrs.
It. w. Desenberg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Holderman
of Toledo were Sunday guests of
Mrs. Georgia Watt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Clum of
Allentown were Sunday guests of
Mrs. Loretta Clum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Guyton and
children of Sylvania were Saturday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Guyton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
Threshing Fire Threat.
ems Barn

The Kenton volunteer fire depart
ment was called to the Harry Albert
farm, west of Kenton, along the
Ewing and Sells road, at 1890 p.
m. last Tuesday to prevent spread
nearby barn.
Firemen said a load of oats was
driven too close to the exhaust pipe
of a tractor being used to operate
a threshing machine. The load
caught fire and was pulled away
from the threshing machine before
being overturned and permitted tt
burn. About so bushels of oat.
still in the sheaf, were destroyed
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
Raises Ton Litter
Quickly

An excellent record was made by
Richard Box of Putnam county in
conducting his swine project in Vo-
cational Agriculture during this
summer. Richard sold his litter of
ten Chester White pigs last Satur-
day at the Swift yard for 14.45 per
cwt. The litter weighed 2155 pounds
the day after they were five months
old. It is considered good record
to make a litter weigh a ton in six
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
Al Clubs Win State
GavelS

The top 25 clubs in Ohio in the
collection of scrap rubber last month
included two Putnam county All
clubs, the club leaders were informed
recently.
The Victory Stitchers, of Contin-
entail, with Mrs. Gaylon Rose and
Lucille Sherrard as leaders, and the
Spic and Span club, of Columbus
Grove, received All gavels from the
state All department as result of
their showing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
Burglars Busy But
Take Nothing

Apparently just brushing up on
their breaking and entering technique,
burglars Wednesday night forced
their way into three Lima business
places but left lootless.
Lima police are busy compiling
clues left at the Parks-Klay super
service station, Metcalf and Vine
streets; Burke's Hamburger shop, S.
Metcalf street and the Fouth street
cafe.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
Tax Rate Lowest In
Years

The Hancock county tax levy of
2.30 mills set up by the county bud
get commission for the coming year,
is a reduction of 2 of a mill under
the current years levy and is the
lowest county rate here in 27 years.
The county rate of 2:30 mills has
been referred by the commission to
the county commissioners for formal
approval.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
IL School Vacancies
Remain

All but IL of the 80 teaching va
cancies which have occurred this
year in the Hancock county school
system have been filled, Superintend-
ent E. E. Ray said Tuesday. War,
marriage and industry have combined
to bring about more designations and
other teaching vacancies than have
occurred in many years.
Of the 80 Hancock county vacan-
cies eight were caused by men teach
ers entering the armed forces.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
Girls Help On Hardin
Farms

A crew of II young girls is busy
in the fields on several farms in
Hardin county and included among
employers is Attorney Herbert Crane
who operates several farms in this
vicinity. They are busy de-tasseline
corn at the present. After the corn
field jobs are finished, the girls plan
to start in tomato fields.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
AAA Bins For Soy
Bean Storage

A measure of relief for Hardin
county farmers who expect to har-
vest a record 100000 bushels of soy
beans this fall was provided when
the county AAA office received word
16 bins, with a capacity of 1880
bushels each, total of 25,440 bush
els, are on their way to kenton for
use by AAA participants.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
HANCOCK COUNTY
Livestock Die In
Barn Fire

A large barn, corn crib and poul-
try house were destroyed by fire of
undetermined origin on the Mrs.
Augusta Steen farm, west of Van
Buren,, operated by her son, Mearl
d. Steen, a member Of the county
AAA committee.
One horse, % hogs, so chickens,
so tons of hay, TOO bushels of oats,
200 bushels of wheat, corn shred
der and wagon were destroyed in ad-
dition to the buildings.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
$500 Ears Corn Eaten

What is believed to have been the
record roasting ear consumption was
reported today by guests at the an
nual Findlay Masonic corn roast
Thursday in the Fred Price grove,
southwest of Arlington.
At the picnic, 400 Masons, their
families and guests consumed $500
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
Beet Canning Started
At DelphOs

Work of packing red beets has
started at the St. Marys Packing Co.
and will be speeded up the coming
week, officials of the Delphos factory
have announced.
Harvesting of the 1912 crop will
soon be at its peak and should be
well out of the way in time for the
starting of the tomato canning which
will follow by the same company.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13
Draw Jurors Aug. 22

The drawing of the names of so
Allen county persons for jury duty
will be staged Aug. %, it was an
nounced Thursday following an order
of Judge Neal L. Lora to the Allen
county jury commission to make the
drawing.
The court order, filed as of Aug
6, directs the commission to draw
so names from the jury wheel fol-
jury duty during the September tern
of court.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-08-13

Money raised by 1000 All club
members in Lake, Geauga, Trumbull,
and Ashtabula counties financed the
building of a camp for All club
members and adults. A 6-acre lake
now has risen to the point where it
is overfowing the spillway in the
dam. Extension agents in those
counties say 120 farm women will
attend the 1912 women's camp and
more than 100 men will forget farm
tasks for two days in camp.