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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-01
MEDICAL DEFENSE
 BEING REVISED
Each of l6 Units Will Hereafter Have Its Own
 Headquarters

The medical defense section of the Waterbury Defense Council is now in the process of revising its organizational set-up in order to correct flaws which developed at the recent city wide incident tests, Dr. Edward J. Godfrey, chairman, said today. Under the new system, the medical defense organization is being decentralized.
 Instead of having four units re- port to the same point in each of the four air raid zones into which the city Is divided, each of the l6 units will hereafter have it's own headquarters. Each unit will be self-contained.
 Supervision will be carried on from medical defense headquarters. Orders and assignments will be transmitted from there to the in dividual units.
 In each unit there will be two nurses, two doctors, four women first workers, one clerk and two drivers Each unit will have station wagon and a passenger car
 Unit headquarters will be estab- lished in such buildings as schools and parish houses. Necessary equip ment will be available at all times.
 The dispersal" method should
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the Japanese have extended their operations beyond the three islands Delegate Anthony J. Dimond of Alaska reported he had been in formed unofficially that the enemy may have landed on the Pribolof islands about 250 miles north of Dutch Harbor but the Navy spokes- man, In reply to inquiries, said that i've are not in position to say that they aren't there but we have no evidence that they are"
 Asked whether the Navy had at- tempted to ascertain whether the enemy was there, he replied: "Yes, we have. But we've seen no Japs,"
 The Navy's position, he said, was supported by aerial reconnaissance over the islands, whose several hun dred inhabitants were evacuated some time ago.
 His statement concerning the number of Japanese in the western AleutianS was in response to in- qutries concerning . recent state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-01
10000 Japanese Troops In Aleutians Or On Jap Vessels Very Near To Islands

ment by Dimond that he understood that between 10000 and 10000 en- emy troops were in the area.
 10,000-probably one-half ashore and one-half afloat-are there" !"
 We believe that not more than the spokesman said.
 Naval experts pointed out that maintenance of such force in the Aleutians was costly. They said Japan had to supply everything Its troops used in that area by boat over several thousand miles of un- protected sea routes. Everything the troops ate or shot, their cloth ing, fuel and even their living &C., commodations had to be bought from Japan.
 Already the Japanese have paid a heavy price for their incursion, Eight of their ships-six destroyers, a transport and a cruiser have been sunk; 8 destroyer probably sunk, and nine other vessels, includ- ing four cruisers and an aircraft carrier damaged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-01
DUSSELDORF WAS
 HIT BY BRITISH
Heart of War Industry Area Was Smashed By
 Biggest Bombers
By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON

By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON United Press Staff Correspondent
 London, Aug. 1-(UP)-Hundreds of Britain's biggest bombing planes rained explosive and incendiary bombs on Dusseldorf in the heart of the German Westphalian war in dustry area, in concentrated one hour attack during the night.
 An admitted loss of 30 bombers indicated that well above 600 planes engaged in the attack.
 In addition Royal Air Force planes in intruder operations heavily bomb- ed enemy air fields in Holland and Belgium, to keep night fighter planes down, and fighter planes attacked railroads in northern occupied France.
 The loss of one fighter brought the nights total to 3l planes in this new phase of a Royal Air Force nonstop offensive which had en- tered it's third day.
 Guided by the great blast fur naces whose belching flames lighted the whole area, the British heavy bombers swept to their targets at Dusseldorf, a war industry center second only to Essen in the whole
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-01
WAR LENCTHENED IF DEMOCRATS LOSE
Cong. Herman p. Kopple- man of Hartford Made
 That Statement

Hartford, Conn, Aug. 1--(UP) - Cong. Herman P. Koppleman, D.. Hartford, said last night loss of Congress by the Democrats would "lengthen the war by year, by two years, or maybe more"
 Speaking to a Democratic party gathering, Rep. Koppleman said President Roosevelt Ifs beyond ques- ton of anyone, Republican or Dem ocrat, the able leader, the man we trust to bring us through to vie tory. Have we the right to obstruct his efforts by Congress controlled by the opposition? Dare we add this to the almost unbearable burdens this man of destiny Is carrying uoW?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-01
EIGHT GERMAN ACCUSED MEN AWAIT RULING Death Penalty Will Be De- r1anded for Seven of
 Alleged Spies EIGHT MAY ESCAPE
 SUPREME PENALTY Verdict May Be Turned Over to President Before
 Night Is Ended
BY FRED MULLEN Limited Press Staff COrrespondent)

Washington, August l. (UP) = The lawfully con- stituted" military commis- sion trying eight Nazi sabo- teurs begins deliberating it's verdict today. The verdict may go to President Roose- velt for review tonight or to- morrow. Defense counsel IS scheduled to complete it's final argument during the morn ing session and Attorney General Francis Riddle, head of the prose- cution, is expected to conclude the governments case by mid-after- noon.
 Tie death penalty will be de- manded for at least seven of the de- fendants-those who appealed to the supreme court for writS of habeas corpus on grounds they were being tried by. the military commits sion illegally It was not certain whether the death penalty would be sought for the eighth-George John Dasch, who turned government wit ness.
 Legal experts believed the su- preme courts decision in rejecting the geven saboteurs' appeal would make it possible for anyone accused of impending the war effort to be denied access to civil courts and brought before military tribunal.
 The court rules that the charges of sabotage involved in the present proceedings warrant military trial; that the special commission was lawfully constituted and that the defendants were held in lawful custody.
 Under this language, it was said, anyone committing an act of sabo- tage or espionage, or who otherwise acted to obstruct the war effort,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-01
One-Day Scrap Metal Drive Started Today
Fleet of Trucks With Score of Volunteers Got Under Way Early; Will Try to Collect $50 Tons
 Before Night

The one-day scrap metal raid got underway at o'clock this morn irg as fleet of trucks and a corps of volunteers began city-wide can vass to collect quota of $50 tons of metal vital to the war effort. The collection was to continue through out the day, until every street had been visited and every available pound of metal picked up.
 Chairman J. Warren Upson of the local salvage committee said that early reports indicated splendid CO., operation by the public. House holders were asked to gather up all scrap metal from their premises and place it on the sidewalk in front of their homes.
 Similar campaigns were being car- ried on in other cities and towns about the state today.
 Drivers and helpers assembled on Freight street to receive their in- structiors and the routes that they were to cover. All City of Water bury trucks were in use, and other trucks were provided by business men.
 Anyone having metal which is not called for is asked to call raid" headquarters, 4-09O9, during the day. The committee will then take steps to have it collected.
 As each truck was filled, it was driven to the Commercial Iron & Metal O., where factory experts, serving as volunteers, supervised classification and valuation of the metal. Proceeds of the drive are to be donated to the Navy Relief Fund.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-01
First Part Of Largest Draft Quota Of Inductees on Way to F Fort Devens
Remainder Will Leave Wa terbury Within a Very
 Few Days

The first part of the largest quota of Selective Service inducteeS yet to leave Waterbury for army training departed frcm Union station at 8 o'clock this morning. The remainder of the group will leave within a few days.
 Making up the quota are men who were accepted by army physicians at Hartford two weeks ago and inn mediately sworn in. They were then given tWo-week furloughs to wind up their personal affairs.
 From Waterbury, today's group went directly to Fort Devens, Aver, Mass.
 Mayor Vincent A. Scully was the principal speaker at farewell cere- monies held at the station this morning. The program was in charge of the Servicemen's Commit tee. The new soldiers received smokes, army kits, religious medals and other articles.
 Today's inductees represent Board 15-B. The men from Boards 15-A, 16-A, and 16-B will leave next week.
 In the current quota are some men formerly classified as 1-B be- cause of physical defects. Numerous members of the contingent are III the 36-45 age group.
 A second local quota for August is now being made up by the draft boards. It will be even larger than the current quota.
 The men who left this morning were as follows:
 BOARD 15-B
 Francis Mahsr 181 Chestnut ave- nue: Placid Leblanc, PA Bank street: John Velucci, 344 Washing ton avenue; John Rogers, 38 Man han street; Vincent DeLucia, 30 America street; Edward Brennan, 5O4 Bunker Hill avenue; Frederick Hardwick, 19 Wayland avenue; John Cammisa, 1246 Bank street; Michael Ciriello IS Lawrence -street; John Moran, 143 Willow street; Albert Rosky, 635 North Riverside street.
 Thomas Fitzgerald, A Cottage place; James Slocum, 37 Mitchell avenue; William Stonikinis, 346 Will son street; Harold LePage, l75 Eastern avenue; John Axelson, 54 Coolidge avenue; Lloyd Petteway, 2O9 Cooke street; Hugh Negus, 22 Cottage place; William O'Regan, 69 Waterville street.
 Albert Maceinas, 101 Russell street. Louis JacaruSO, 18 Seymour street; Joseph Reno, 36 Gilbert
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-01
Germany Is Preparing
 For Second Front Blow
Anti=nvasOn Maneuvers Have Been Started Along French Occupied Coast; Nazis Expect Amer-
 ican General to Lead
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE

United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 London, August 1-UP)-Ger- many has started anti-invasion maneuvers along the French occu- pied coast, the German-controlled Paris radio said today.
 The first maneuvers were held Thursday night and Friday morning at an unspecified base on the French coast, the radio said, and air force and naval units as well as the German army took part.
 There seemed an increasing possi- bility here that when the second front is opened an American general will lead the allied forces as con- mander in chief and Gen. George c. Marshall, United States Army chief of staff, is talked about as a candidate.
 It was quite evident that the Ger mans had now made up their minds that the second front was coming.
 Each day they intensified their propa ganda campaign to emphasize the strength of their defenses, and were warning the reStive people of the European occupied coast to re- main passive.
 British sources reported that the Germans had posted warnings along the French, Belgian, Netherlands and Norwegian coasts that they would shoot any civilians who ap- Deared in the streets when the in- vasion started.
 Swiss dispatches from Berlin in- timated that the Germans feared a guerrilla uprising timed with an al- lied attack
 Method of Frenchmen
 A Vichy dispatch to the Stock
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-01
CIVILIAN FLYING
 IN CONN. BARRED
Only Two Small Air6elds Will Be Allowed to Con-
 tinue Open

Hartford, Conn, Aug 1-UP) = All civilian flying in Connecticut except from two small airfields at Simsbury and Canaan, will be halted Aug. 3 as a military measure. State Aeronautics Commissioner Thomas H. Lockhart said today.
 The order came from Lieut.. Gen Hugh A. Drum, head of the Eastern military area.
 Commercial airlines will be per mitted to operate from the closed fields, 1t was announced.
 Civilian pilot training at closed fields will be extended only to Aug IS. it was announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-01
Official Organ Of Russian Army Issues Stern Statement
Judge Smith to Rule On Admission Of Evidence By Federal Witness
Spies, Counter-Spies, Ges= tapO Have Excited PeO-
 pie of This State
By JACK AMMAN limited Press Staff CorreSpOndent)

(UmLe0 fTeSS Stah COHECSpOHuCHJ
 Hartford, Conn, Aug. 1.-(UP)- The exciting story of spies, counter spies, the Gestapo, secret hotel meetings, and other tasty items of international intrigue continues here Monday in the spy trial of the Rev. Kurt E. B. Molzahn, Philadelphia Lutheran minister accused of spy ing for the Axis.
 Resuming the stand then will be pr. Otto Willumeit, Chicago Nazi bund leader who is named in the spy indictment along with Rev. Mol zahn and three others. Dr. Willu- melt, heavy and swarthy, pleaded guilty and is a witness for the gov- ernment.
 His testimony started late yester- day, but he was cut of sharply when counsel started battle as to whether his statements were ad- miS.ible. Dr. Willumeit said the name of Rev. Molzahn was men, toned at a meeting of the alleged conspirators in the Hotel Bismarck, Chicago, on July 26. 1941, and then the lawyers fight began. The Jury was excused.
 Federal Judge J. Joseph Smith promised decision early Monday on whether Dr. Willumeit's testi- mony would te admitted.
 This usually staid New England community was going for the spy trial in a big way. Citizens were piling into the courtroom, stand ing in tight punches along the sides, sitting on the window sills Twice, Judge Smith had to warn the spec tators against demonstrations.
 The trial was peopled with witt nesses out of story books. The gov ernment's chief witnesses thus far agains the Philadelphia pastor, the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-01
BY SANDOR s. KLEIN United Press Staff Correspondent


 Washington, August - (UP) = The presence of some 10000 Japa- nese troops in the western Aleu- tians was accepted today as evi- dence that the enemy is attempt ing to consolidate his position in the island chain.
 According to a Navy spokesman, probably one-half of the force Is encamped on the three islands known to be in Japanese hands - Attu Kiska and Agattu. The other half was believed to be aboard ships in the area.
 Considering the small size of the is- lands, military experts believed the invasion troops represent a fairly. formidable holding force. The size of the concentration was regarded as evidencing Japanese desire to retain their established-foothold in the new world.
 There is no evidences yet that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-01
Don't Delay;
 Buy 1t Today

Has the greatest sales cam- paign launched in the United States touched your pocket book yet? If not, then it's not a question of your being in- nOculated with a high degree of sales resistance, but rather that you're a hermit or an OutcaSt.
 Anyone in touch with human events in the gold old U.S.A. Is pledged by his American citizenship to participate Tn the wholesale purchase of War Savings Bonds and Stamps.
 It's something more than mere patriotism which should make us buy and buy and buy; it's our American desire to see truth and justice triumph over tyranny and the sword.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-01
YANKEE FLYERS
 IN CHINA ACTIVE
Have Shot Down Nine of Jap Zero Planes; Ameri-
 cans Lost Three
BY RoBERT P. MARTIN

United Press Staff Correspondent
 With the United States Army Air Force in China, August l. - (UP) - American Army pilots have shot down nine and probably 10 Japanese Zero fighter planes in the latest of series of shattering victories, 1t was announced today.
 Two American planes were downed and a third was destroyed aground, but not single American Army pilot was lost.
 The latest victory, over the big allied base of Henyang in south east China, brought the 48 hour toll of enemy planes to l7 bombers and fighters certainly destroyed, and four more probably destroyed, for a loss of four American planes and no pilots.
 Twenty nine of the improved Japanese Zero fighters, manned by some of the best pilots in the enemy
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-01
At Same Time Soviet Com. munique Admits That Germans Break Through
 Si WILL NOT PARDON
 ANY FURTHER RETREAT, History, People of Russia Will Resent, Says Organ of Soviet Armed Forces
BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff Correspondent|'

United Press Staff Correspondentl
 Moscow, August 1.- (UP) - Red Star, official organ of the Soviet Army, intimated today that any Russian sol- dier who retreated would be shot, as the noon communi- que acknowledged that the Germans lad broken through Red Army defense lines south and southeast of Bataisk.
 It was the first admission that Russian positions had been peTle- trated in the critical Bataisk area. some 15 miles south of Rostov, although German gains had been admitted three times in 24 hours.
 Front line dispatches said the Russiars had destroyed a number of Nazi Panzer divisions on the. Kletskaya front including the 22nd tank division, but the noon conl- munique reported slight Soviet retreat on one sector there.
 Red Star, which necessarily prints the opinion of the highest Soviet officials, said:
 "The Red Army hasn't the right to retreat any farther. History and the people will not pardon further retreat No position must be abandoned while one man is still alive"
 Two Incidents
 It recalled, significantly, two ir- cidents:
 The first concerned 28 Soviet irl- fantrymen who died to the last man last winter trying to halt German tank thrust toward Moscow. They executed one of their own number because he wanted to surrender.
 The second concerned an order of the day peoples leader Nicholas Schor wrote in 1918 when the Ger mans invaded the Ukraine. The order said, "The soldier who abandons the battlefield without his superiors orders will be shot as a traitor"
 Then Red Star reprinted the phrase of Nickolai Lenin, father oi the Russian revolution: "Senti- mentality, like fear, is crime in war"
 Each officer and each political instructor is responsible for the impregnability of their position Red Star said editorially. "Th' officer or political instructor whe is unable to fulfill this is unworthy of the honor bestowed him by hi! country and people. It is better fol him to die on the spot with his mer than bear the shame of retreat"
 Three days ago, Joseph Stalin premier and defense commiSsar exhorted the army to stand anc fight to the death, not to take one step back.
 Two Hottest Fronts
 The communique described fight. ing on the two hottest battle fronts as follows:
 South and southeast of Bataisk, there is heavy fighting. The Ger mans succeeded in breaking through Russian defense lines and pene- trating Soviet positions, where is continuing.
 "The enemy brought up large forces, with which he continued his and fighting in this area goes over to bloody, hand to-h hand battle One of our units stemmed an enemy onslaught in the course of "A hours and destroyed l7 tanks and more than HOO Germans. the enemy succeeded in breaking through our defense lines and penetrated the positions of our troops, where fighting is now going on.
 "In the Kletskaya region, ou: troops waged violent battles with
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DIES OF INJURIES

Boston, Aug. l. (UP)-Bernard w. Gallagher, 29, of Cambridge, a crane operator at all East Boston shipbuilding company, died at a hospital yesterday several hours att- CT he was caught in the gears of the crane he was oiling.
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-22
COMMUNITY CIVIC CLUB

The Community Civic club met
Tuesday with Mrs. Katherine Nc
Keown. The meeting opened by
singing "God Bless America" and
saluting the flag. Miss Leona Now
ry, a guest, was present and talked
to the club concerning the Victory
Book Campaign. This is a coast to
coast campaign to obtain books
through donations, to send to the
boys in service The public is urg-
ed to respond to this worthwhile
project. Have your books ready
and they will be called for or you
may leave them at the library.
After adjournment a lunch was
served by the hostess. Two addi-
tional guests were present, Mrs. j.
e. Spence and Mrs. Glenn Tennell.
The club will meet in two weeks
with Mrs. Beckett.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-22
SANFORD BOYCE AND WIFE
PLEAD GUILTY

Sanford Boyce, who has been re-
siding in Malta township, near the
Brick school, got into fracas here
! Sunday night in the alley between
the shoe repair shop and the for
mer Central garage building. In
the melee he had his nose broken.
Three charges were filed against
him. Monday evening he was ar
raigned before l.. N. Seaman, j. p,
on the charge of intoxication. Tie
pleaded guilty and was fined SIS and
| costs, and ordered to leave the
county within three days, and eau
toned if he returned, the other
charges against him will be press
ed. Unable to pay the fine he was
sent to Jail. The other charges
are disturbing the peace and resist
ing an officer.
After taking Boyce to the Jail
Sunday night, a party took his
wife, Ethyl Boyce, to her home, and
it is stated that when he refused
her invitation to come in the house,
she pulled off one of his shoes, and
ran into the house with it, and the
party who had played the role OF
the Good Samaritan, returned here
shoeless. He swore out warrant
for her arrest, charging her with
stealing a shoe of the value of 81.
Wednesday evening when taken
before L. n. Seaman, j. p, she
pleaded guilty and was sentenced
OF serve eight days in Jail.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-22
CAN'T GET ALONG WITH
OUT THIS PAPER

Mrs. Florence Boxell Atwood,
wife of DR.. Wilmer Atwood. of
Canton, in sending her subscrip-
ton, writes the following interest
ing letter:
Enclosed find check for So.
Please move my Democrat subscrip-
tion date ahead. / can't get along
without it.
Canton is bee hive of industrial
activity. There are so many de-
tense plants here, and l believe
more electric furnace steel is made
in Canton than any place else In
the country. Our son Ray was
called from United Engineering to
the Westinghouse Naval Ordnance
plant, last October. He is precis-
ion grinder, and at this time is
, working almost continuously-sev-
| en- days one week and six days the
next week. They are making guns
and gun parts at this plant.
You probably remember Leo
Hook, who lived in McConnelsville
during the years his older brother
was veterinary doctor there. He
is now major in the air corps, and
has been located at Patterson Field
for several months.
We received post card dated
JAN 8, sent from San Francisco,
Calf, saying he was there waiting
for orders to go, but he did not
know when or where. We have
heard nothing from him since that
time, and it is hard to tell where
he might be. Well, as the English
say-'Chinup, and Cheerio'."
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-22
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
L WILL OFFER for sale at pu


lie auction at my place, better
known as the old Sears farm, one
mile south of Grove church, Bristol
township, on Saturday, January "a,
1912, beginning at IL o'clock sharp,
the following: Horses-pair CT
mares, five years old, weight $500;
horse, weight 1900, number one
worker. Sheep-49 head, coming
3 and 4 years old. Set good double
work harness; collars; hay, corn;
oats; straw, baled; fodder; wagon;
sled; extension ladder, new; corn
drill slip scraper; wheelbarrow;
hay fork; rope, new, 120 it,; luln-
ber; cultivator; land side plow;
chickens; potatoes; log chains;
single trees; double trees; post
digger; all kind of small tools
wanted to use on farm. Terms:
Cash Sale.-FRANK MOYER.
Clyde McElfresh, Auctioneer