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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27

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Washington. April 27-(Up)-The
gelectiv0 Service system completes
the registration OF approximately
! 100000 men between 46 and %
today.
President Roosevelt, q majority OF
his cabinet and hundreds Of other
national leaders are among those
who will sign registration cards TO-
day.
some Of todays rcglstrants are
survivors Of Teddy Roosevelts
Rough Riders" Of the epanish-
American war OF 1903. Some went
with Gen. John j. PeFgliing into
Mexico IN 1915 10 avenge parcho
Villas raid on Columbus, N. NJ,
and many were tho dougtboys who
fought IN France IN World War I.
Unlike tho three previous regis
trations, mon cataiogued today arc
not liable for compulsory military
service. They will DO sent occupa-
tional questlonnaiFcS with which
tho war coifimisslon.-fo ton Of
which was completed only last night
will determine where and how
they are best fitted to contribute
70 the war effort In civilian acsivi-
ties.
Manpower authorities hope that
hundreds Of thousands OF hidden"
skiilg- toolEnakers, weiders, faaclilfs-
lists, craftsmen, rlvetere, sheet metal
wOrkers--wiil be uncovered 10 re-
llcve growing shortages In war In
dugtfiae.
Hartford, Conn.,, April 27--(Up)--
To-day IL registration day for some
$4,000 Connecticut men between
4G and 81.
Several thousand niefi were reg
igtored IN q few boards about tlse
state Sunday, but tho great MAJOR
ny win register today. Complete
reports on the total registration IN
the state viii not be available w.
III Wednesday, although the dead,
line for registering Is 3 O'Clock 70.
night.
Local boards viii meet May 20 te
assign serial numbers 70 these reg.
iStered during tisis period.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27

destroyed In the latest attack on
Malta, which has been bombed more
than 2,200 times by an estimated
total Of 1900 enemy aircraft.
The British admiralty announced
that British submarines IN the
Mediterranean have sunk four more
Axis supply ships, evidently part Of
conveys efiroute TO supply Marshal
Erwin Rommelg Axis arrllored
forces In the Libyan desert. The
loss Of the 004-ton British destroyer
Southwold was acknowledged.
On Burma Front
Chinese forces under Lieut.. Gen.
Joseph w. stilwell recaptured the
entire TRungghyl-Hopon sector Of
the eastern Burma front and Am.
erican volunteer pilots shot down ali
OF q flight OF five Japanese planes,
q special coIinunlque said today.
The Americans suffered no losses
IN the Dir fighting erar Loileifi.
The Chinese counter attacks on
the Taunggyl sector came OF o time
when the Japanese were striking
with strong COLUMNS toward the
railroad junction OF THAI, In Oh Of
fort to gain control OF That COM
municationS center south OF Man
dalay and out-fiank the Allied Dc.
tense front IN central Burma.
The communique said that the re-
capture Of Taunggyi and Hospong
had cut the communications lines
OF tho Japanese forces, but IL was
not yet entirely clear whether the
danger 10 ThaSI had been eliinina.
ted.
The comniunique said:
"ChInese forces on the eastern
(Burma) front re-captured TaunE-
gyl and Ho-Pong from the enemy,
thereby cutting communications
lines Of the japanese forces driving
north. (Thad lies due west Of
Taunggyl while Loileni toward
which the enemy Is pushing 10 80
miles east OF Taunggyi)
ION the Melkawa front, the
Chinese are fighting strong delay.
Ing actions. There 10 no report from
the western (Trrawaddy) front.
Delayed reports state that the
American volunteer group contac.
ted flight Of five Japanese planes
near Loileni, shooting down oil Of
them without loss 10 themselves Oh
April 49,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
JERSEY CITY DEAD
NOW TOTAL FIVE


there was 40 evidence Of negligence.
R0 was questioned for hours while
workmen cleared the debris block
Ing the main line OF the Hudson
and Manhattan Railway Company,
which runs through tube under
the Hudson River, from Manhattan
Borough, New York City, to Hobo
ken, New Jersey, and Newark N, J.,
and Is part OF the rapid tgAnalt
system serving, tho greater New
York area.
Newark 10 Manhattan
The .slx-car train was bound from
Newark TO Manhattan. Approa ching
tho Exchange Place station here,
MotormAn Vlerbucken increased his
speed 10 carry the train ever switch
points and circuit breakers, The
fourth car left tho tracks, climbed
the three foot platform, cheering
Off It's wheels and coming to o stop
upright, Tho front three cars broke
loose and were stopped BY their air
brakes, applied when the cir line
was broken, at the end OF the sta~
tion, The last two cars left the
tracks but remained upright,
The wheels OF the derAiled cars
cut the cables feeding the power
rail and the electric circuits illu.
mating the station which IL % faet
beneath the street. Fortunately the
llghts on the stalrways stayed on,
and they guided the bleeding men,
women and children who had forced
themselves through the broken win.
doWg to the street, Their faces were
hlackened BY the thick smoke from
burning rubber, adding 10 the I'm.
preston OF those In the street above
who first saw them emerging from
the stairs that they were doniSeias
Of the underworld coming up 70 the
light.
Two persons were killed outright--
Mrs, Anne Stephen, 80, OF New
York and Morris Huttler, 80, New
ark and Gas prlvlnce street, Prov
ldence, n. I. Tho other three --Nuneo
Qreenberg, 80, New York and
Christensen Timpe, 50, Jersey CITY
and an unidentified Tegro--died
several hours later Of their injuries,
All the injured were taken IN
eommandeerod buses 10 Jersey City
Medical Center were 1913 were
treated for minor cuts and bruises
and sent home. One hundred per.
sons more seriously hurt, remained
In the hospital,
In the midst OF the pain and mis-.
cry at the hospital, where hastily
AUGMENTED doctors and nurses
treated the injured, there was ono
instance OF blank tragedy. Martin
stephen, 10, his head and arms ban-
daged, wandered through the CORR.
dorS crying: II lost my mother. !"
NV mother IA dead ~. until atten.
dsntS gave him O sedAtive and put
him 10 bod. he mad cut both arms
Ia breaking the window through
which he had dragged his mother.
Ne thought she had been knocked
out by being thrown out OF her seat
She was dead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
Hundreds Register
At Various Stations
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receive Helectlvo Service question:
Tialres. However, like earlier regis
tranS they will receive occupational
qu0stlonnalres.
Today's registration was being
carried on IN schools and public
buildings IN the 80 voting districts
In the two hospitals, and In the
homes Of men unable 10 report pcrs
BonAlly.
the early figures indicated that
total registration might well pass
the 10000 estimate, especially since
O rush was expected when day
shifts At war productions plants
were released at 3 p. m.
World War Vets In
Today's reglstgants included not
only World War veterans but more
than q few men who saw service IN
the Spanish American war.
Az many Of the registration ceSis
ters men were waiting IN line be-.
fore Z q. M, thus evldencing n will
iiagness TO comply with the federal
order for registration Is well as q
wish TO do oil In the their power 10
help the war effort. Though the
men from IS 10 90 win not be ciassls
fed they viii DO subject TO possible
duty In civilian defense or IN war
production. y
Many CleFgymem
Among the rcgistrantg we're many
ciergymen, weil-known businessmen
and ether prominent civic figures.
Each took only q brief time 10 regis-
Ter, since only nine questions had 10
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
Air War Spreads Over
Areas In Europe
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meanwhile u. y. Australian planes
struck new heavy blows at two more
Japanese invasion bases--Lae on
tho Huron Gulf Of New Guinea and
Hougainvillc In the solomon ISL
ands--and beat off another Jap-
anese attack on Port Moresby, New
Guinea.
Britain SnAshes Naxls
Brltain's second front" aerial Of
fenSlve continued 10 spread devasta-
ton across Hitler-held Europe,
wrecking centers OF German arms
production In the Reich and the oc-
cupied countries and preventing the
NaEls from dlverting air strength
eastward 10 the Russian front.
Gernany,s great Baltic Port OF
RoStcck, supply center for the
Russian front and home Of the
Hetnkel Airpiane Works, was re-
ported In flames and ruin after four
nights OF blasting by Raj planes
that have made It "the Coventry OF
the Baltic" with 900 tons Of bombs.
The air ministry in London said
that IN the fourth attack on Ros-
took the British bombers rekindled
fires previously set and started new
ones In the Heinkei Works which,
II 10 believed, may be useless for
months 10 come.
In addition 10 RoBtock the RAE
carried It's weekend assaults across
Germany TO Czechoslovakia In q L.
B00-FnllO round trip assault that
had the huge Skoda Works at Pill
sen, second biggest arms plant IN
Europe, as Its target. The attack on
the Skoda Works, aside from its
destructiveness, was O message OF
encouragement TO the Anti.Nazi
Czecfs.
Z Big fleets Of raiders Streaking
across the Channel again today 10
blast French airdromeS inland from
Boulog1e.
Terror Attacks
The Germans called the bomb
lngs Of Rostock "terror attacks" and
boasted Of reprlsal raids on Britain
4TS 9FlVlbI VOlSl Ok GekhnHh AwAdo
nowhere approaching the Raj az.
tacks In intensity - on towns OF
western and southwestern England,
one Of which was identified BY the
Nazls aS the famous resort Of Bath
Of the southwest coast.
The Nad Luftwaffe resumed moss
attacks on Leningrad after q 2O-day
iulI, but q Soviet cofnfnunique said
the aerial assault had been broken
with 6B OF 1885 raiders shot down In
two days.
On the southern Russian 'front.'
the eoyiets said that German dive
bombing attacks had eased off.
In the Mediterranean area British
planes again attacked the Axis air
base st Catanla on the Island Of
Sicily, Rome admitted, while Axis
planes bombed hospitals Oh be-
ieaguercd Malta for the fourth time
In two days, causing heavy civilian
Casualties. Five Axis planes were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
GAS RI
UNDER NEW PLAN

t1onNN0sH 4koM vase ~
~ regular intervals whether lbo
lnologIslla edemettF nongolned
With hlH minimum necessary Malee
ngs over 4 given period o Time. Vlos
lal0fs Wunlo lisa tla4lr ration cards,
MuMt WA MsMMte
Gary estimated That ans ratlonIn2
program would have 70 reduce anAe
elmo consumption nv NJ least ~
per cont, That would allow motor
lsls An average Of Anbeo xlmatoly ak
gallons Der week. no Alno conflrma
"a reports that deliveries 10 eeSt
coast nlllng statlona probably would
he aub q 20 per cont % normal en-
May !, pending initiation q card
yationlna.
Deliveries On me east coast ana
IA Oregon and Warrington already
have been cut onoakhlrd Ia order
70 free tranEportAtlo facilities fcT
industrial fuel oll needed Tor che
operation Of vital war industries,
Gary warned lost week that *
may Be necessary To burn OK pump
Utt9h NAt1 tAeW 3NRtAt A&VAMV 6WBgAkAAW
surpluaes which ere oioaglng gllf
coast storage facilities, but he
thought today that production could
be maintained without such dras-
tis actlosa. X
II think we're going 10 make ~"
he said. 1.-THE reflneri0s are doing
q beautiful job Of stepping up Tho
ratio Of aviation gasolliie pfoduc-
ZION 10 automobile gasoline output"
Reflnerlos eannct be allowed 70
reduce automobile gasoline prodtcs
ton even II they are unable 10 move
II TO consumption areas, since one
OF the fuels hy-produots 10 100
ostAne aviation gasoline for the
United Nations air forces.
Impossible Proposal
Asked 10 comment on 8 SUCCESS
tlon BY COL. Ernest q. Thompson,
chairman Of the Texas railroad
commission, that surplus gasoline
be sold 10 the government and
moved TO army camps, Gary said
this probably would bv impossible
although 1--WE very definitely will
AAUSv MA pAAG &kkkAy q kkSUQAa
since transportation shortages
ore the cause Of the surplus prob.
lem, he said, II would be unw!se 10
We up any avAllanie carriers mere
" 10 move the surplus from ono
storage tank TO another. Reflnerleg
hardest hit BY SURPRISES are 81
Houston, Beaumont, and Corpus
Christi, Tex, Gary said.
Reporting that the oil lndustrys
emergency Efforts 10 replace tank.
ers by overland carriers are ''get.
ting n the groove" Gary said he
thought the next development would
DO concentration Of railroad tank
cars In single trains.
Currently, tank cars are assign
ed To specific destinations and tak.
On there by locomotives hauling
other shipments at the same time,
thus scattering the tank cars and
cutting down efilsiency somewhat.
He said the present record move.
ment OF 100000 barrels OF oil daily
Into the Atlantic coast by tank car
could DO increased II tho cars were
assembled In single trains OF 90 10
30 cars which would be moved east.
ward on q through" basis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
HITLER CONTROLS +.
NAZI LIFE, DEATH
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him also Supreme War Lord, q
title put aside when the late Kaiser
Wilhelm crossed the Holland from
tier after losing the last war.
Tho resolution said;
1T Is beyond doubt that the
fuehrcr In the present phase OF
the war III which the German peo'
pie Is engaged IN o life Or death
battle, must have the right claimed
BY him 10 do everything that serves
OF contributes to gaining victory.
without being bound BY existing
legal rights, the Flthrer IN his
capacity as (the titles mentioned
previously must at any time DO IN
position TO summon II necessary
every German, DO he solder Or Of
ficer, low Or nigh official or Judge,
directing or working functionary OF
party workman or einpioye,by oil
means which he regards suitable, to
fulfill his duties, and when violats
ing these duties to punish him &C.
cordIngly after conscientious cxaI1lS
nation Of his case, regardless OF So
called well deserved rights, and es-
peciaily TO remove him from his Of
flee, rank and position without re-
sorting TO prescribed procedure"
Amazing Terms
That this resolut.$a actually
means that Hitler 81 taking PERI
gonal power far beyond even its
amazing terms was shown by HIT.
iers own statement:
II expect that the country will
give me the right 10 interfere and
intervene Immediately, and take per.
gOnai charge, wherever iif1condi-
tionaI attention II not paid 10 the
immediate solution Of major vital
tasks. The front and the country,
or system Of transport and Judi
cattire must apply themselves 70 one
though only, the achievement Of
victory.
NOBODY Of this stage can insist
on his invested rights. we must
all know that today there are only
duties 10 ibe fulfilled,
* therefore demand from the
German ReiehDtag the definite ae-
gliFaiice that 4 p0sseas tho legal
right 10 compel every individual 10
perform his duty ara III certain
cases 10 compel 6lieh lfdavidAnlO as
in my considered OiDifiiOn DO not
fulfil tl,eig auty p bs isnpyisoned
OF ID BE- deprived a their Office aiid
position, no matter vino they be 81
what rights they may have ~
aAilssdH
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27

settled BY the war labor hoard
machinery which has been generally
accepted BY industry and labor for
the settlement OF disputes"
This existing machinery, he add
ed, will continue 10 give duo cons
sideratlon TO inequalities and the
elimination OF substandafds Of live
Ing"
no reiterated his belief IN the
continuance OF time and a half FOR
overtime FOR work over 40 hours q
week. He said many workers IN
munitions industries are working
more than 20 hours O week,
The President said he had been
urged by many persons and groups
TO recommend the adoption OF n
compulsory plan OF savings by de-
Quoting q certain percentage OF
eyoryone's income Ho expressed
preference, however, for keeping the
voluntary plan In effect As long rs
possible, and he hoped for q mag
nificent response.
Voluntary Purchases
The president said that these vol-
untary war bond purchases 'in al"
most every individual case /. !,
should be big enough 10 mean rigid
self .denial, q substantial reduction
for most OF us In the scale Of ex-
perdlture that Is comfortable and
easy for us"
Asking that debts DO paid on as
rapidly as possible and instalinient
buying DO further curtailed, Mr.
Roosevelt said that controls OF this
type would DO made effective "as
soon as possible now that money
Is becomlgn more plentiful"
elimination OF private debts and
an accumulation OF savings Will
provide o form Of insurance against
postwar depression" no said.
II the whole bread policy Is cor.
rled out, Mr.. Roosevelt said the re-
suit would be that each and every
one OF us will have TO give up many
things TO which we are accustomed
we shall have to live our lives
with less In the way OF creature
comforts than we have IN time OF
peaee--our standard Of living Will
have TO come down."
On Taxation
In discussing taxation, Mr.. Roose.
welt did not say that he wanted
congress TO consider q higher fig-
ure for new revenue than the w.
100000, 900 already recommended by
the treasury and now under house
consideration.
Ho pointed out that war spending
Is running about Si00,000,000 q day
and that before the year Is over, this
ratio will be doubled.
This means That o sum equal 10
more than half OF the entire ma
tional income will DO spent III the
war effort" no said. almost the
whole OF these billions Is being and
will DO spent within the United
States Itself"
Recalling the initiation that spread
over the nation and hAnipered It's
economy In the last war, Mr.. Roose.
welt noted that "the rise In the cost
Of living during this war has begun
TO parallel the last"
"11he time has definitely come 10
stop the spiral. And we can face
the fact that there must DO O dras.
tic reduction In cur standard Of
living" ne said.
I'VE do not intend after this war
10 present the same disastrous stu.
alton 10 those brave men today who
are fighting our battles In oil parts
Of the woFlG," he said, recalling the
bad years after the last war, when
Americans were losing their homes
and their farms and their savings
and were looking In vain for jobS.V
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27

CONTINUED from Pare ~
ties during an cir raid alarm Of
blackCtt, such as standing by
sand bucket or acting ee = spCtteg,
must be paid during the period ~.
VOWED.
8. Time spent ~ employees 81 Was
plant afF raid protection pgosganieI
which they attalsd voluntarily after
regular working bosiFs, vii not be
aoiinIdeged ordinarily as hours
w0FfEed
Employees mist be ccnipensa-
ted fos work done at 3 plafit even
though tlie complete output Ton u
given day IS donated - iiae Red
Gross. The exception II 81 e@ees
where tiye Red CEoag actually eu-
peFvisee prediction,
\. Workers mag eonaslbule 70 tie
government wllatsvey nst IS &sesE
WAKES tigav AeeIFe,
Employees maAg NOT WH5ve egeF~
time ray DMt Hlav neeeDt GaFS 81
ne wages Dc illen = Nsr ReneD g
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27

plans keynote.
The eastern military area will DO
coordinated with O simiiAs Betup
under the Navy regulating seq op.
eratlolas. the four corps area CONF
tfiandeas were instructed 10 assume
immediate control "over eli lighting
on the sea coast 80 As 10 prevent
the silhouetting OF ships and their
consequent destruction BY enemy
submarines"
Asks Cooperation
state governors and municipal
othcials were requested 10 cooper.
ate with the military command In
creating effective "dimsouts" along
the coast. The army was expected 10
take control OF areas where COOPER
alton In voluntary dimsouts has
been lax.
Major General Sherman Miles,
commanding general OF the flrst
corps area with headquarters In
Boston, was instructed 10 enforce
the regulations now being formulate
Cd IN Maine, New Hampshire, Yer.
mont, Massachusetts,, Connecticut
and Rhode Island.
Major General irving Phillipscn,
with headquarters 90 Governors Is
land, New York City, was placed In
command Of the second corps area
comprising New York, New Jersey
and Delaware
Major General Milton O. Reck-
ord, with headquarters 90 Baltimore,
was named commander OF the third
corps area, which includes Pennsyl.
yaiiia, Virginia, Maryland and the
District Of Columbia.
Major General John p. Smith,
with headquarters In Atlanta, com.
i1lardB the fourth corps area, In
GLIDING North and South Carolina,
Georgia, and Florida, east OF the
Apalachicola, which approximately
parallels the Alabama Georgia line,
Is not under the military area cotns
tiaAnd.
COnn. Shore Lime Dark
Hartford, Conn, April 27-(Up)--
Connoeticut'g entire i00ssnllo coast
line was BACKED out today, appars
entity for tho duration.
Tho areas bordering The Long
Island Sound from Greenwich 10
gtoningtofi were blacked out for the
flrBt time last night on orders from
y. o. Army authorities.
GOV. Hurley immediately Issued
instructions to the Stats Defense
Council 10 proceed with the black
out, and thousands Of WardoflB in
the area were notified. State police
under Commissioner Edward j.
Hickey also assisted IN the preiiEi-
mary organization work.
The blackout on the whole was
described as satisfactory, although
there were some coinfnup1ties which
died not put out oil their Lights,
according 10 authorities.
T'or the first time, commercial
trucks were permitted 10 use the
Merritt Parkway, which u away
from the eOagt-line. Tho trucks
were permitted 70 80 through with
out charge
T'he governors order did not spe-
city tho length Of time the blackout
would continue, but II was UNDER
stood u Will be continued until the
submarine danger 10 merchant
shipping was over.
Resort pgODgietoFs aiong the
coaBssllne we're worried whether tho
bsaekoilt would harm their business
this simmer. Gasoline and tire Tas
tloniaig already threatened 10 dis
fyapt Their trade during Tive aext
three months,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27

PasaarO, o. Edison ayenue; clifford
BeIlmay, 90 Woodland aYenue;
Thomas Francis quinn, $40 VOL
Cott street; George g0lkefg, "a WeFd
street, NGugatuck: John DiRaoIa,
$50 Oak stfeet; Paul Sherman %
@outlilnayd road william @aiMele,
S. lzaFpaFs Ferry Foad; Assert
Annas, 1T9 WOlcott GtKeets Louis
MagtoiIl, OK HcoViii stTe, MawaEd
AuilieFu, s. Merry etrsst; Nleitaci
Clfieiio, 1906 sylvan @venNes AM
colo plgaonato. * EMERALD street,
roland Nafefd. 81 Woo1Wag6 syes
nuos Michael 0ucfKef@, 40 W1igott
slHoets Frank Sutton, % Bryan
slreet, Rateg D,1melia, - eeliqpl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27

wlgst piano ever pieyed II Niiigs
land waS Used on the stage 81
coYent uaEaea lhsasss eaa
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CITY CLERK IN
MAY INDUCTION

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HICHLICHTS
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duStrles are working far more
than 10 hours q week, alId ehoula
continue TO be paid at time and q
half for overtime.
Every dime and dollar mot vital
" needed for absolute necessities
should 80 into VA bends aaia
stamps u add 70 the striking pow
eg Of our armed forces.
we eannes have Ill We want "
eur soldiers and sall0Fg ere 20 hsve
Ell they need.
7 am confident that as 10 many
basic necessities q life, fetieaing
WIN not be necessary, nut where
any important article becomes
scarce, Fatlenlng Is the democratic,
equitable solution.
We shall have q live our lives
with Less An the way Of creature
eemfeFts than we have IN time "
#@AS~s s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
EAST SEABOARD
MILITARY AREA

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WAGE HOUR NEW
POLICY DEFINED

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POPULAR SISTERS

Climbing the ladder Of success
with Alvino are the four pretty
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who are known from coast 10
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by the Victor Recording Company
and appearances on several out
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ON the Michigan screen will be
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A Winner

BRUCE CABOT IS often tagged
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