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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-15

an Lewis sidney scion of the Moth Cana Rgse in baseball
third base At various times making himself quite the handes citizen
Monsieur Duroher ball club This his pinch hitting has
better Although falls four
points the pnch-hing mark 500 In
emergency trips the plate yesterday he has walked twice and
hit two home two doubles single Playing in two full he
collected three hits Of 2 Lewis bat
driven eight Dodger altogether which that each Of mis-
the both ready able
perform Chore that the changing fortunes Of the ball
make necessary
"RACE TRACK BUSES win be barred from the highways al
NEST immediately said Phillips the ONCE Of Price Ad
minsan yesterday in announcing plans to rubber
inSrniv 81 rae tracks in maintSnmr the naCnaI morale
Win mot only resent thu snide blow at their patriotic effort but will
to their journey to and from the hOss parks
PHIL DONATE heavyweight Doyle knocked
target by three feet joining the Army Whether he'll for dive
with Of Later No IT,
cada Ballroom Broadway recognized Of the top Of his
Conservation victims
Phs ambition dive bomber pilot fly
avenge punch
cooked his spaghetti at the Dyckman Oval half dozen
IT'S HARD Billy popping pepper
aw Jimmy Smith the prize meathead the Pittsburgh Donnyrook
that ruined million dollar prize fight.
breaking
help his fighter the other
attacks in the uniform Of the u Army
Turing with olive thus putting
ofard he would be soldier indeed who wouldn't hht back
doesn't out Of the with flying cOIOrs
intellectual either BY causing Billy to break his hand
Ing his own dauher whom ne loves as much % ne was hurting
that his daughter will not the Of dough
husband would have earned i'm the June fight ruined beyond
repair.
better Of winning that
Of the Pittsburgh braw the Army viii ship Conn to combat
unit his injured duke mends and all its
him to raise money for the Army Relief Fund.
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YESTERDAYS HERO-Manager
Mel OFT Of the New York Giants,
who hit three-run homer and
paced the New York Giants to
1875 triumph over the Cincinnati
Reds.
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HARTFORD LOSES 10

Hartford, Conn, May l6,--lUP)-
WllkessBaEre defeated Hartford In
. tight Eastern league game here
last night, ! 10 0. Score BY innings
Fh Q
Wilkcs-B Barre ;. 0l0 900 OO0-i & D
Hartford ,,,,,,, 900 900 OD0-0 3 |
Schultz and Rensa; Diehl, Aag-
Fis and steiner,
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Standing

Games Today
New York at Detroit.
Washington at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Boston at st. Louis.
Games TOmOrrOyy
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Boston at st. Louis.
New York at Detroit.
Washington at Cleveland.
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ed by Fred Egan, who won his only
Hambletonian In 1910 with Spencer
Scott.
Egan, a.hard luck driver, was the
central figure in the strange ending
of the 1888 stake when Brown Berry
stumbled and fell with the race ap-
parently won 100 feet from the
finish. The accident gave the big
number to Ben Whites Mary Rey-
noldS.
HERE Is SCHEDULE
OF GRAND CIRCUIT
Colby Hanover was bought last
autumn by C. w. Phelis of Green
which and I. w. Gleason Of VIII
Transport, Pa, for $4,000 from the
estate Of Eugene Frey Of York, Pa.
Frey saw Colby Hanover crown
ed as the top fight juvenile of 1941,
but did not live to see him rated
the choice for the Hambletonian.
Following the mid-August meet
ings at God Time Park, the Grand
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Baseball
Standings A
Yesterany,s ResuIts

Yesterday'S Results
Chicago 8, Philadelphia 4.
st. Louis 6, Boston 8.
New York at Detroit (postponed).
Washington at Cleveland post
poned).
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GMmes TOmOrrOVV
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
Brooklyn 7, Pittsburgh 4.
New York ~, Cincinnati Q.
Chicago 5, Philadelphia 8.
st. Louis at Boston (postponed).
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Games To-day
Cincinnati at New York.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn.
st, Louis ut Boston.
Chicago at Philadelphia,
Games TOMORROW
Chicago at Philadelphia,
1T, Louis at Boston,
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn,
Cincinnati at New York,
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Baltimore at Jersey City,
Newark at Syracuse lnightl,
Montreal at Buffalo lnightl,
kOniy games schedlllad,l
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GIANTS

Totals ........ 80 IL II IL % II
a-Batted for McGee in 4th.
b-Batted for Ryan in 18th.
c-Batted for Feldman in Sth.
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Major League Leaders

(By United Press
FIVE LEADING HITTERS
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EAsTERN LEAGUR

Yesterdays ResnIts
Wllliamsp0rt is, Binghamton Q.
Albany 0, ElmiFa !,
scranton 2, Springfield !,
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Totals ....,,.;.,,,. 32 8 10 ~ 8
aBatted for Brown in Chit.
bBRtted for Ryba in 9th.
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Copyright. 1912. King Features syndicats)
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episode flying
intellectual either by Billy to break his hand he harm
his daughter whom much hurting
hates Smiths attack his uniformed
daughter will Of
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08
Migratory Worker
S.ashes Throat in
Tumble From Train

With his throat slaShed.
his back broken, and his pei
Wis fractured, Miller Morgan,
migratory workman, was in
d critical condition in the
county hospital Saturday. "a hours
after he was found beside the rail-
road track at Mundo siding north
west of inland.
Sheriff Robert w. Ware said he
believed Morgan, man about 40
years of age. fell from an open
freight car in which he was riding
with other men en- route from IN
dio to BraWley.
Train crews noticed the body
beside the tracks and notified o.
ticers. Morgan had rolled five feet
after his body struck the ground
Ware said
MorganS partner, Paul S. Long,
was found in Nilano where he said
he began hunting for Morgan when
he was not on the train they were
riding with other men. The two
men. Long said, left Lindsey on .
bus bound for Brawley. He said
they left the bus at Indio and
boarded the freight train, climbing
on an open car loaded with wheels.
Ware said he and deputy sheriffs
were continuing their investigation
in the case.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08

Divers located the Sunken ship
Jan. 20 in $40 feet of water.
There was no indication Of
life on beard.
Salvage operations are continu-
ing but all hopes of finding any
one alive have been abandoned.
the Navy said.
The Navy did not say how many
men we're aboard. Next of kin OF
casualties have been notified.
Three men who were on the
bridge of the submarine were
thrown clear of the ship, which
sank Immediately. These three men
wore rescued. They were Lieut..
Comdr. Earl C. Hawk, commanding
of the. submarine Of Saugerties, N.
Y. Lieut. Robert E. Ward, Antioch,
class. Ada, Okla,
Since a submarine of this .ype
normally carries around 80 per-
SONS, the indicated less CT lie per-
hapS was around 80.
Rescue operations were COM
menced Immediately under COM
mand of Rear Admiral Frank H.
Sadler. commandant Of the 18th
Naval district, and Capt Thomas
j. Doyle.
A buoy elected from the sub
marines signal gun was located
On the surface. 1t contained a
message which revealed that the
forward and after ends. which con-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08
Caya.cade Chiefs
Surmount Wartime
Border Problems

CALEAlCO, Feb. I. = a
special committee TO handle
international angles created
by the war, arrangements tc
speed up the entire perfor,
nance and limit it to IL hours
we're the major accomplishments OF
the first Desert Cavalcade meeting
in CaleXico Friday night.
General theme OF the great his
tOrical performance Will pe the same
but changes in details will make il
possible to present the Show III l
maximum linlr Of an hour and a
half
One of the most important prob
lens before the so persons at the
meeting Friday night, Secretary
Manager c. F.. Reynolds of the
CaleXico Chamber OF Commerce said
Saturday. was the International an
gle the war OCcaSiOned in connection
with MeXicali's participation in the
pageant and in the three-day Gel
ebration April 9, 10, and IL. MeXl-
can always has participated and IL
spite OF international angles this
year. officials said, will participate
to Il still greater extent.
Gov. Rodolfo Sanchez Taboada
of tie northern district of Califor-
mia sent a special representative
Lie. Diego Penichc Morales, Secre-
tary OF state in Baja California, II
the meeting to help with arrange
mtnts.
The committee TO handle the in
tcrnational angles incident to cross
inc the border, Reynolds said, in
cludcd Col. J. M. Gutierrez. MeXi-
can consul in CaleXiCo; Stephen
A9uirre, american consul in MeXi-
cali; Lie Peniche; DR.. d. c. Waun
Chinese consul in MeXicah; Col
C. P de la Cara, chief of the
Mexican immigration service; Lul,
G. Velazquez, chief of Mexican Gus
toms, Howard Walker, chief OF
United States customs; Alfred r
Dick. chief of United States immi-
grafton; }. J, Lopez, MeXicali bank
Continued OH Page s; Column g.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08


Fort Hughes in Manila bay as part
of preparations for an apparent
attack on Corregidor island and
American big guns returned the
fire. American P-40 fighter planes
again were in action over the Dutch
East Indies, shooting down two
enemy craft near Bali and losiug
one or two planes.
An enemy cruiser and transport
were sunk and another cruiser and
submarine were damaged and prob
ably sunk in the battle against
Japanese invasion of the Dutch
East Indies, while the British re-
ported that their big guns on SIM
gapore island had battered a fleet
of small boats collected by the me
my assault troops across the narrow
Johore straits.
THREAT STILL GROWS
The gravity of the Japanese threat
to both key points in the United
Nations defense line was not lessen
ed, however, as enemy artillery she'll
ed the city of Singapore and bomb
ers renewed their attacks. The Dutch
acknowledged the loss of the i'm
portant naval base of Amboina and
the big port Of Pontianak, on the
west coast of Borneo.
The threat of a Japanese invs-
sion thrust against the main Dutch
islands of Java and Sumatra ap-
pearcd to be mounting as rapidly
as the danger to embattled Singa-
pore.
Japanese planes made their third
base, at Soerabaja, doing slight
damage, and bombed airdromes on
the islands of Sumatra, Celebes and
Ball. Bali is the little island long
considered one of the most peace
full and picturesque spots in the
world.
HEAVY TOLL TAKEN
A Dutch communique said that
Allied war craft-poSSibly includ-
ing American planes and Warships-
had taken a heavy toll OF the in
vaders. In the fighting around AM
boina an enemy cruiser and trans
port were sunk and submarine
was damaged. The second cruiser
was damaged or sunk off the west
coast of BorneO, where the enemy S
hold on Pontianak gave HIM a
dangerous base for more stabS at
Java.
The attacks on these ships boost =
ed TO 40 the number of enemy YES
sells sunk or damaged in the present
invasion thrust, beginning with the
battle of MacaSsar straits, and kept
up the Dutch record of approXi-
mately one enemy ship a day.
AT Singapore the British were
facing a steadily mounting army
of picked enemy troops massed on
the Johore coast.
For the first time the enemy
moved large artillery to point
where the outskirts OF the city OF
Continued ON Page 6, Col. -
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KimneI, I, Short Ask
Retirement Under
Cloud of Failure

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7
(UP)-Maj. Gen. Walter {.
Short and Rear Admiral
Husband E. kimmel, the two
ranking officers on whom the
Roberts commission placed reSponS-
ibility for the Pearl Harbor disaster
have applied for retirement, it was
announced today.
The applications are under con-
sideration, according to separate
announcements made by the secre-
taries of war and navy.
The special board of inquiry
headed by Supreme Court Justice
owen j. Roberts in its recent re-
port to President Roosevelt chargef
that the japanese successes i'll thell
Dec. 7 assault on Pearl Harbor wer
primarily due to failure OF Short
and Kimmnl to consult each other
and their failure to maintain proper
safeguards.
Kimmel was commander-in-Cn
of the Pacific and U. S. fleets a.
a full admiral and Short was a tenn
porary lieutenant general in com
mand of the Hawaiian department
when the attack occurred. Boil
were relieved of duty on Dec. H.
Kimmel is 90 and Short is 81
/ The normal retirement age TO
service men is "a but there arr
special provisions for voluntary re
tiremcnts before reaching that age
There was no indication from
either Secretary OF War Henry L
Stimson OF Secretary of Navy Franz
Knor whether the applications 70
retirement would be accepted.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08

taincd the compartments fitted for
rescue work with a diving bell, had
been flooded. The surviving men,
bers of the crew were in the CEN
tral operating compartment
The Navy explained that because
of the design of the coming tow
er structure in this type of sub
marine, it would not have been
possible TO use the submarine res
cue bell over the central COM
partment. even if the ship had been
located in time.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08

The Mt. Davidson slide, which
started late yesterday, was the mos;
spectacular of a series of floods and
slides which followed Is days oil
steady rain in northern California
-Four persons were known to have
lost their lives and property dam
age was heavy in the Marin, Napa
San Francisco, Contra Costa, an !
Upper Sacramento valley areas.
The flood and slide dangers ap-
peared abating, although flood
warnings persisted along the lower
reaches of the Sacramento toward
which the great flow of turbulent
yellow water was rushing from The
mountain headWaterS. Flood waters
were reported receding in the Red
Bluff Tehama areas on the uppe-
river.
FOUR SLIDES NOTED
The Mt. Davidson slide was one
IF four in the San Francisco bay
area yesterday. Two oi them occur
red in Marin county, where four
homes were damaged and 16-year-
old Muliel Swanfelt was crushed to
death at Fairfax. The fourth DAM
aged two homes in the Eureka
Stanford heights district of San
Francisco.
While emergency crews stood by
to block or divert the Mt. Davidson
slide, should il show indications OF
renewing its movement, city depart
ment OF public works officials be-
gan an investigation to determine
whether there were Contrlbutln :
causes aside from weather cOndi-
tiOnS.
Lava like in consistency and colo,
the stream broke loose high on a
hillside where a road contractor ha1
dumped loose earth. At rate OF
400 feet an hour it crept down the
hillside, pushing huge trees and
houses before it. Occupants OF the
dwellings had only an inStant'S no.
ice to flee.
A. ii reached Forester street, the
mud stream turned doWnhill and
mOOved along. six feet deep, clip
ping off telephone poles. BathtubS
street signs. ::ousenold utensils ana
broken tlmbers were carried alor7
with it.
The Red Gross, terming the mud
stream a major disaster prepares
| to remove five other families from
threatened residences.
The Mount Davidson slide trap
| ped Mrs. Dora Hammer and hel
brother law, Thomas Hill, So
Mrs. Hammer was believed to have
been killed when an eucalyptus
rec, torn up by the river of mVd
crushed the house.
Steward Clyde Daniel and Driver
Edward Langley Of Alemany hos
pltal, responding to a summons
found the house on its side an1
beng carried along by the stream.
Hill was pinned beneath heaV'
timberS, one OF which had pierceo
his leg. The ambulance crew rodt
the moving house Tor nearly an
hour preparing to remove Hill. He
first was given opiateS and then q
rope was looped under his arms a
human chain then drew him to safe
| ty. Physicians feared 1t would Dt
necessary to amputate his le4.
He said he had seen Mrs kam-
/ Continued on Page 6; Column 6,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08
Chinese Check Jap
Drive in Kwantunq

CHUNGKING, Feb. T. Official
broadcast recorded by UP in San
Flanciscol-A Chinese war COM
munlque today said Japanese and
Chinese troops were engaged in
severe fighting in the p klo AREA
in Kwantung province where the
japanese are attempting to drive
the Chinese back from the Canton
KoWlo2n railway zone.
The battle. which has been raeing
almost two weeks is still undecided.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08
ALLIES BLAST WARSH|PS;;
jAPS SHELL C0RREG|D0R
War Time Starts
Alta. m. Monday

WASHINGTON, Feb. I. up
wartime daylight saving
time will become effective
throughout the country at 2 a.
m. Monday, that is the official
time for setting the clocks
ahead one hour.
The advancing of clocks was
ordered by act of congress to
conserve electricity for war pri-
duction. The law applies di-
rectly to interstate transporta-
ton and federal activities.
The government expects every
one else to turn their clocks
ahead too.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08
Prowiers Enter
BuckIin Home

George Bucklin, secretary to
President Evan T. HeweS Of the
Imperial Irrigation district, and an
excl Centro policeman, Saturday
wa the latest victim of prowlerS
Bucklin reported that thieves en-
tered his home at about noon,
while his wife was visiting his
mother. Mrs. A. N. Bucklin, and
pilfered 50 from a purse.
The police-neither former nor
present the slightest clue.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08

The San Luis cafe, on Broadway
avenue, the great WineWay OF RI
Centre, scene of many merry
melee, erupted again at 2.l0 a. M.
Saturday and spewed forth 4 han
Cf blood and broken glass and i've
gay CaballeroS.
After it was all over, Officer
William Schofield and Frank Rec
ord gathered up three Cf the c9p'-
batants, and the county ambulance
driver got the other two,
Taken to county hoSWi'I
Candalero Carlllo. ST. and Al
Duartc. 40. Duartc was found J.
i'll front OF another Broadway aN'-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08
Broadway EruPts
In Cufe Battle

nue. spa, with a neat scalp laccr-
alton He told officers he had fled
the San Luis, and alleged as how
he had been robbed
The other three play yfl,ls, A. Rom
cTo, Lorenzo Reyes and Juan opez
tearing a wide assortment Of bat
tie scars. gloweringly faced Police
Judge Lee Nuffer Saturday morn
ing. They were fined $50 each, but
Romero was the only one able to
hAy himself out of hook. Reyes and
Lcpez will be helping the Public
Works Director Walter Heintcke
Tor the next 80 days.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08
THIEF TAKES FEDERAL
AUTO USE TAX STlCkER

Everybody predicted It would
happen. and it did-to M. K Nc
Coy of the FL Centre Office Sup
ply company.
A thief swiped his federal auto
mobile use tax Sticker right off his
windshield.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08

frames. was tied to the back of a
third automobile, AS the car Travelled
along Ross avenue, Highway patrol
man Tillman Daley said, the fence
whipped dangerously and swerved
from side to side, creating an almost
impenetrable fog of dust.
Along came Marvin Ray Davis,
26, packer at the Garin shed in
FL Centre. in his sedan. Marvin
said he passed the car towing the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08
u. s. SUB SINKS NEAR
PANAMA WITH ALL LOST

WASHINGTON, Feb. I. tUP)-'
Secretary Of the Navy Frank Knox
announced today the U. S. sub
marine SIS was sunk in a col
lisisn with another U. S. Naval
vessel on The night of Jan. "a off
Panama
The collision occurred while the
submarine was operating on the
surface.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08

a request for such power was beirs
considered. 1t was emphasized, how
ever, that no final decision has
been reached on whether the plan
should be carried through.
Chairman Frederick Van Nuys. D.,
Ind, Of the senate judiciary COM
mittee, said if legislation embody-
ing such power comes before his
committee, it will be given a long
and exhaustive" hearing. Passage
of such an act would set an extra
ordinary dangerous precedent" he
said, if it were not administered
Exclusively to cover the Japanese
situation in the far west and similar
situations"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08

fence and in trying to keep ou,
of the way of the fence, plunged
into the borrow pit beside the high
way. Next came John Kellner. 81,
bus mechanic, in his pickup truck.
He, too, sought shelter in the boz
row pit. The truck and the sedan
collided in the borrow pit while
the car pulling the fence disappear
ed in Il fog Of dust.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08
Congress Ba|ks at
Jannnling 0CD with
Fan Dance FoKies'
WASHINGTON. F

WASHINGTON, Feb. Z.
(UP) - The congressional
mood is such today that the
house may even refuse to
grant the Office of Civilian
defense money to pay the salaries
of Melvyn Douglas and Mayris
CLANCY.
Douglas, the movie actor, is the
recently appointed head of the OCD
Arts Council. and Miss Chaney,
rhythmic dancer and friend of Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. is in charge
of childrens activities of the OCD'S
physical fitness division.
The congressional temper was apt
ly demonstrated in the case OF Doll
aid Duck. The treasury agreed TO
pay Walt Disney $4,000 for seven
minute Donald Duck cartoon that
would let income taxpayers know
what was done with their money
during the war.
The house, sitting in committee
of the whole, decided that Donald
wasn't funny $4,000 worth, and
it voted 78 TO 63 against paying tre
bill
FIREWORKS FLY
The fireworks broke out yester-
day when the appropriations COM
mittee brought out a Sl60 00Q,OOO
deficiency bill, making money avail
able that already was being spent.
Disne%'S $4,000 was included in the
bill.
The house Immediately adopted az
amendment specifying no one was
to get any of the OCD's $l00,0O00OC
unless he was directly concerned
with the protection of citizens from
air raids and other war hazards.
Rep. Leland Ford r., Cal, toi1
the house the appropriation meas
ure should say in so many words
that none of the money was golnS
TO be used for physical fitness pro-
grams, fan dancing, street shows.
The house agreed
HOW ABOUT ASPIRIN?
Rep. John Taber, r., n. y pro-
Continued on Page 6, Col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-08
Travelling Fence
Wrecks z Autos

perambulang hog fence caused a car and Il truck
to dodge desperately plunge into borrow pit beside the
highway southeast of FL Centre late Friday and collide
therein before the drivers could bring them under
The fence a series of big wire squares fastened il,