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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-13

pr. Allen A. Stockdale will be the guest of honor at a supper meeting at the Central Y. M. c. A. at 6:15 Thursday night. Members of the Board of Governors of the Industrial Foremen's Club and other club members, will attend. At 8 o'clock pr. Stockdale will address between 500 and 600 mem- bers of the club at the Women's Club auditorium on the topic, "Soldiers of Production" He will be introduced by c. Arthur Du- Bois, president of the National Council of Foremen's Clubs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-13

Chile lis experimenting with suay- ale rubber at euillota,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12
NEW CANAAN HAD
 PLANE TRAGEDY
Army Plane Crashed Into HOme-BOth Are De-
 stroyed By Fire

New Canaan, Conn, Oct. 12.- (UP)-An army fighter plane, en- gagged in dog-fight maneuvers with three others in a formation, went into spin today, fell nearly a thousand feet and plunged Into the home of Mrs. Ruth Weeks.
 Both the plane and house were destroyed by fire, and the pilot was reported killed.
 Mrs. Weeks. standing on the front lawn talking with plumbers about some work to be cone in her home, ran to the back yard as she saw the plane falling. One of the plum bers, Allen Cato followed her, but the other threw himself flat on the ground and escaped injury as the plane struck the front porch.
 The fuel tank of the plane ex- ploded, igniting the house, and ma chine gun bullets peppered the neighborhood but caused no dam age.
 Several members of the Weeks family were in the house and were badly shaken by the impact, but they got out before fire leveled the one-family two-story wooden struc- ture.
 Fire apparatus, summoned by po- lice, arrived too late to save the house.
 Army authorities withheld infor- nation as to the pilot, pending a routine inquiry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12
Another Escaped Convict, Now Living Good Life; Is Caught By Fingerprints

day New York police took him Into custody at the request Of Massa- chusetts authorities.
 Blythe will be given another hear Ing "wednesday. He was held wlth- out ball yesterday in c hearing dur ing which the magistrate remarked;
 ''T realize the problem of . man, ln this position. with wife and two children. ! also realize that Massa- chusetks wants this man. ik ! were In this mans place ! doubt that ! would do anything different"
 Mrs. Marian pevereaux. of Dor ckasteF, MaHs., mother ef the ae- fendnnt, was q spectator. She said tlint her son had vislted Der thfet years ano and that they had decided it would he best fer hlsn e ktrp hln identity secret while delne eVeYYr thing possihln io live down hlg pasl Ger th9 cake VI hlA Wlie ana ehiA' dsAn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12

district attorney of Kings County and attorney for Blythe, described his clients case to Magistrate Ahner c. surpless yesterday.
 He said that Blythe was only 20 years old when convicted in 1881. He told the magistrate that after leaving the prison farm. Blythe went to Brooklyn, adopted tho name Charles Sullivan, married and be. came the father of two girlh.
 His conduct. the attorney saad, has been exemplary. Marie, the fugltlves wife. agreed. She said he had always been . model hus- band and hard.wohking end eoIi- sldarate father. ize reveled hts past to her before tho birth of the second child.
 Blythe was working foE lhe phalpa- podee Refining Corp, when isls lfenkit3 uas daoeFexe4, @4G,k~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12
President Gives Pledge In
 Columbus Day Statement

Washington, Oct. l2. - (uP) - President Roosevelt today pledged that the cause of the United Nations Is not only liberty for ourselves but liberation for others. Tn a special Columbus day statement, Mir. Roose- welt said that Ian American victory will be a United Nations victory and a victory for oppressed and enslav- ed people everywhere"
 Tt is $50 years since Christopher Columbus first saw the New West ern world off his bow. He and his followers found a great expanse where new beginnings could be made, where men could steer their courses free of the letters Of ty- ranny and the encompassment of outwork lnctitutlons. Tn the wake Of his courageous and unprecedented voyage there came Co the Americas the seeking people Of many couli- triea~~people Who sought liberty. democracy, rellgloua tolerance, tho fuller life.
 'sThl1 Was tho American expeFi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12
MANAGER OF JOE
 LOUIS DOUBTS IT
Says Heavyweight Cham- piOn Had Retirement
 Story Misinterpreted

Detroit, Oct. 12.-UP)-John w. Peterborough, co-manager of heavy weight champion Joe Louis, said to- day he was satisfied" that Louis remarks announcing his retirement from the ring were "misinterpret- ed"
 Joe and I talked it over only a week ago." Peterborough said, land at that time we agreed that Joe would retire when the war is over-- if he found then that he was too old to carry on. And I think that's what Joe meant by his remarks Sunday.
 "If the war is ended in six months or a year, he wouldn't be too. old. So, you can rest assured that Joe won't officially retire until the war is over at least."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12
RUBBER DIRECTOR
 LETTERS WARNS
Gambling With This War <, Too Damned Long Is
 Remark to Senate

Washington, Oct. 12-(UP)-Rub- Director William M. Jeffers told a congressional committee today that the War Production Board has or- dered the substitution of rayon for cotton as the fabric in tires.
 Testifying before the Senate agri- culture committee, Jeffers revealed that WIPE three weeks ago ordered expansion of the rayon industry in order to produce sufficient material to meet the new demands.
 Defending the decision in the face of angry denunciations by cotton state committee members, he de- clared that i've have been gambling with this war too damned long"
 T don't intend to be influenced by anybody, any time, anywhere" he asserted.
 It was Jeffers' first appearance before a congressional committee WIPE Chairman Donald M. Nelson also scheduled to testify, did not appear.
 Committeemen, led by Chairman Ellison D. Cotton Ed smith, D.. s. O., questioned Jefiers SO fast that he frequently could not answer one inquiry before another was asked.
 JefIers defended the shift to ray. on on grounds that tests by ths Army had proven that "hish tensile rayon possesses Q greater rehlatanes tO heat in big Army truck tires"
 'sBul why should we embark oE
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12

New York, Oct. l2-(UP)-For the second time in recent weeks, an escaped convict who is now model husband and father. was In jail to- day as result of the fingerprint classification system of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 Donald Blythe. si, of Brooklyn, was convicted of burglary in Water town. Mass. and escaped from the Norfolk State Prison Farm, Norfolk County. nine years ego after serving 23 months of . i've to t6n-year sentence.
 His case recalled that Of oanund Weslgate, who escaped from an Illinois prlHon 18 years ago only to have hls past come lo light when washington ordered the linebfpfliil- ing ol all HaE workers. Weitaate finally was given his freedom. HRman unvshee fnFmsp eealssanl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12
.TOUHY GANG IS STILL AT LARGE
Paw Paw, Michigan, Has Reported He Was Seen
 Around There

Paw Paw, Mich, Oct. l2.-(UP)- State police and sheriffs deputies blockaded main highways in south- western Michigan today after a mo- torist reported he had been threat ened by the fleeing gangster, Roger Touhy. and four or five companions near here.
 cry operator. told Sergeant A. ].
 Erving White. e Paw Paw cream ary operator, told Sergeant A. !. Haydon of the Paw Paw state pole Ice post that one Of the occupants Df what he believed to be the Touhy ear aimed q tommygun at him as the headlights of his automobile hhone on hte despeEadoes' parked gar.
 aWhite felt positive that one Of the men was Touhy," Haydon said. FWhite is nn intelligent sort of a person who said he became familiar #lth Teuhyls picture since his e" sapa from the Illinois peuilsnilaFy Inst week. we've got Ali tho onra Ne ann spare hloekadine all lhe lln- nnrtnIit ronds."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12
LABOR PEACE
 WITHOUT LEWIS
American Federation Will Turns to That Plan;
 Miners Have Theirs
BY FRED BAILEY

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Toronto, Oct. 12. - CUP) = The American Federation of Labor's an- nual convention turned today to the question of labor peace without Lewis"
 More than 50 resolutions were ex- pected to. precipitate a great battle, particularly four, somewhat similar. that, concern peace and unity be- tween the AFL and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
 Officers hoped to keep the name of John L. Lewis, who last week took his United Mine Workers from the CIO, out of the discussion.
 "I think we can have labor peace without Lewis" President William Green of the AFL said last night.
 Green said he certainly did not want Lewis to participate in forth coming discussions with CIO Presi- dent Philip Murray mad his peace committee he also rejected a sug- gestion, reported to have Lewis support, that President Roosevelt call a general labor peace confer ence.
 Green said Lewis seems to be a destroyer of things he creates"
 "I don't want to engage in per- Sonalties with MT. Lewis" he said.
 Lewis said in Cincinnati Saturday that he wanted no part of the AFL SO long as Green is President.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12
McLevy Is Asked
 To Quit Gov. Race

Hartford, Conn.,, Oct. 12- (UP)-A resolution approved
 by LabOr'S Non Partisan League today called on Mayor
 Jasper McLevy of Bridgeport,
 Socialist candidate for gOv- ernOr, to withdraw from the gubernatOrial race. The resOlu- ton said McLevy endangered the solidarity of the Labor Pro- gressiye vote for the Democrats. The league endorsed the entire Democratic ticket in the Nov. 3 election.
 Another resolution approved called on the special session of the Legislature Oct. 19 to ex- tend the voting hours on cleo, tion day to g p. m. The organi-
 ton also voted to disassOciate itself from its national organi-
 ration because of differences over policy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12
DAY OF MERCHANTS Every Store in City to Be Closed Until Noon in
 Scrap Drive

Merchants Victory Day will be held tomorrow with every store in the city closing until noon to aid in the scrap metal campaign. This will be the first time that all of the local stores have closed with all of the employees reporting for work.
 The employees, instead of waiting on customers, will gather together scrap all morning. The metal will be piled on the sidewalks and curbs of all the downtown streets. All of the city trucks together with many privately owned vehicles will cover the area to gather the metal.
 Waterburians are asked not to go downtown tomorrow morning, first since they will not be able to pur- chase anything, and secondly be- cause they will be in the way of the scrap collectors.
 The merchants scrap drive is be- ing sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, and was proclaimed by Mayor Vincent A. Scully. It was proposed at meeting of the execu- tive committee of the merchants bureau of the Chamber of Com merce at 8 meeting held last week.
 Yesterday 20 automobile towing cars hauled 30 automobiles to a scrap depot at the Randolph Cloves lot at Meadow and Bank streets. Local service companies do- mated the services of their cars so that the automobiles donated to the scrap campaign could be removed before the main collection.
 Michael M. Coy, president and treasurer of Cadillac Sales & Service Inc. was the director of the collec- tion. Among the companies which donated their towing cars were As Tire Shop, Motor Tire Service.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12

ment, bold experiment and suc- cessful. Our immigrant ancestors. yours and mine. made 1t successful.
 But now the free nations we created of two continents. the very liberties we made law, are endan- gered by destructive forces from without. We are in the midst of mankind's greatest war, Q war to determine whether the march of progress shall proceed or be halted by the totality of conquest.
 "Our cause Is not only liberty for ouTsleves but liberation for others. An American victory will be a United Nations victory and Q vic- tory for oppressed and enslaved people everywhere. iik to re- member on this significant annlver- sary th.' words of Q contemporary poet: columbus found a world and had no chart,
 Save enc that faith daelpheFsd in tho Akles."
 eve have lhe faiths deedS will ilnnlamant it
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12
American Bombers In Big Raid With British
One of Their Biggest Days Sunday Over Mediter- ranean; Blasted Axis Convoy, Damaged SchOOn-
 CT DOwned l8 Axis Airplanes
BY LEON KAY

NO4 NSENCA@N@~4ANg
 Cairo, Oct. 12.-UP)-American and British bombers and fighters, in one of their biggest days over the Mediterranean, blasted a convoy, damaged a schooner, and shot down 18 Axis planes yesterday with only enc Allied loss.
 Heavy American bombers attacked an enemy convoy south of Crete and scored two direct hits on one of two large merchant vessels and shot down three NaI planes, United eS army headquarters announced States Army headquarters an- nounced.
 The Royal Air Force announced that its fighters based on Malta re- pulsed five attacks on enemy air fleets. The Axis sent 69 bombers and more than 150 fighters against the tiny, frequently bombed island. They lost IS planes-Seven Junkers 88 bombers and eight MeSserschmitt 1O9 and Macchi fighters.
 RAF planes also left two-mast- ed schooner afire two miles north- west of Sidi Barrani and caused con- siderable damage to an eastbound motor convoy along the North Af- rican supply route.
 In all these operations, the Amer jeans and British lost only one plane. It was a Spitfire that fell in the defense of Malta, where, (Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12
Blasted Stalingrad Is Sill Standing Against Futile
 Nazi Drives TIMOSHINKO'S FORCES ARE ROLLING FORWARD Russian and German Big Guns, MOrtars in Duel
 Over Stalingrad
BY HENRY sHAPTRO

United Press Stan Correspondent
 Moscow, Oct. 12. (UP) The Red Army drove back a Nazi horde in the Mozdol area of the Eastern Caucasus today, where Adolf Hitler had thrown great forces after losing 25O,00O men in dead alone in 49 days of futile ef- forts to take Stalingrad- Above Stalingrad, Marshal Semyon- Timoshenko's colinter-ot- fensiye rolled forward. The Soviet noon cOtnnunidue reported thst zgl@ forces had captured radvantagecll positions" and that Soviet patrols had penetrated the Germans lines Russian and German big guns and mortars dueled at Stalingrad. where big scale Nazi frontal assaults once mounted with the fury of l. OOO, 1000 men, 2,O0O planes and ]. 600 tanks-had ceased, if only ternpoT- afily.
 The noon communique reported the most brisk fighting in the Sta- ingrad area in three days, but 1t made it plain that 1t was ill coIl- paratively small scale. Soviet guards men burned or disabled seven Ger man tanks dispersed a concentra- tion of troops.
 On the outskirts of factory set clement in northwest StaNngFad. two battalions q 900 men5 attacked Soviet positions. They. were beaten back, and lost two companies ,t6O0 mer).
 Hitler Fears Winter
 Hitler, hoping to salvage some of his 1942 campaign before oElrushing winter freezes his army, had thrown reinforcements of infantry, tanks and planes into the Mozdok area, where he has been trying to cross the Terek river for two months and capture the Grozny oil fields. 40 pr 50 miles away.
 (The British Broadcasting Corpo- ration said radio Berlin called the Terek, "the accursed stream where so much German blood already has been Shed.~
 The noon communique described Hitler's success in the M0zdck region as follows:
 ". ?. Soviet troops, after stub born fighting, advanced somewhat and recaptured lost defensive posi- tions. Six German tanks were burned or damaged and 200 of the enemy killed. One anti-aircraft gun downed two German b0nhers."
 Seventy-eight German bomhefs accompanied by fighters. tried % raid Russian positions in the Moz- dok area yesterday. Twenty-s -six 0k them were shot down.
 The Germans met no more success in a desperate effort to drive from the Black Sea naval base Of NoVorcs- six, which they occupied three weeks ago, down the coastal rod t0 the ozl port of Batum on the Turkish from | tier.
 The counter -attackins 1usglans had eTlcircled an Axis-0e 0ecuple6 yzz> lage just southeast of Novuroesfz and were mopping up the gexrIzea house -by-hollse. @
 Lest Hmle Thaif nEem Prisoners said the German
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-12
WAR REVIEWED UP PRESENT. BYCHuRCHILL Remarkable Development of Allied Striking Power
 in August, Sept. WILL KEEP CLAIMING
 GERMAN PRISONERS Submarine Warfare Is Still a Danger; Fears of Ger
 man Leaders
BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE United Press Staff Correspondent)

Limited Press Stan COrreSpOndent)
 Edinburgh, Oct. 12.-(UP) Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared today that Allied striking power has grown remarkably and that Adolf Hitler already sees be- fore him the shadow of slowly and remorselessly ap- preaching doom" Churchill spoke at great Usher Hall and received the freedom of the city. He made no forecast as to when the second front would be opened against Germany but asserted "the day is coming" when accounts with Germany will be settled.
 Hitler's victories, said the Prime Minister, have proved stepping sones in ruin" while "our defeats are but stepping stones to victory"
 U. s. Ambassador John V. Winant told the assemblage that the fate of the United Nations now rests with the soldiers of democracy"
 Churchill asserted:
 That there had been solid and remarkable developments in Allied powers in August and September and that merchant shipping replace ments now outweight losses.
 That Allied air superiority was in creasing over khe Axis powers, with the greatest tonnage of bombs dropped on Germany during those months.
 U. S. Troops Pour In
 That "the greatest number" of United States troops had arrived m Britain during August and Septem- Der.
 That Russia,s armies, ''unbeaten, lnbroken-nay, counter attacking intact while the German sare "whin- ing under the repeated and increas- ing impact of British bombing"
 That submarine warfare still was the Allies greatest problem, but
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Pacific, anticipated three -pronged move against American positions on the island-two by land and one by sea.
 On land, these experts said, the steadily reinforced Japanese are ex- pected to approach the American base from the south and northwest. That base, which includes the fine airfieId originally built by the Jap anese and now used by American aircraft, is locaed on the northern side o3 the Island.
 Tho move from the seaward or northern side probably would not be attempted until the land offensive Is well underway, these observers suggested. It would necessitate strong Japanese air support, particu- Iarly to knock out the air field-a fob which enemy bombers so far have failed to accomplish.
 Latest official advices reveal that the enemy has been making inten- siye, and apparently successful ef- forts to land troop reenforcementS on the northwestern shores of Guadalcanal. Earlier landings-on a small scale but with disturbing fre- ruency-Twere made on the south- ern side of the island. Those were done with small boats which came over during the night.
 Japs Taking Risks
 The Japanese are now risking size able naval forces to cover their greatly intensified landing opera
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ALLIED PLANES
 CROSS CHANNEL
Roared High Over Coast in Another Daylight Raid
 on Nazi Bases
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS

United Press Stan COrrespondent)
 London, October 12-(UP)-The roar of motors of many airplanes, heard high above the clouds above the southeast coast, indicated today that Allied planes had started an- other major daylight attack on en- emy occupied territory.
 A few squadronS flew low enough to be seen, but the others, out of sight, were heard for more than an hour with cessation.
 Bomber planes of the Royal Air Force attacked several places in western Germany by daylight yes- terday Including Hanover, while fighters made sweeps over the st. Omer and Abbeville areas of occu- pied France.
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sS,OOO,OOO,OOO
 TAX BILL IS NEAR
Five Percent Victory Tax Is Assured; Really Tough
 Tax Problems Coming
BY JOHN R. BEAL

United Press Stan Correspondent
 washington, Oct. 12 - U.Po - The long -debeated $8,OO0, 900 900 tax bill was near enactment today, but congressman and tax experts agreed that the really tough tax problems had been left for the next tax bill which the treasury is preparing.
 House acceptance of the senate'S Eve per cent victory tax, to be levied an the earnings of all who make unore than SIP a week, was forecast ss senate-house conferees prepared 0 adjust differences between the
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Three-Pronged Jap Move Will Attempt To Isolate Guadalcanal Island Army
Two Drives By Land, One By Sea Will Be Used By Japanese in SOIOmOns; Meanwhile American
 BOmbers Smashing Jap Bases Hard
BY SANDOR s. KLEIN Limited Press Staff Correspondent)

Washington, Oct. 12-(UP)-Japan appeared to be preparing pncerS offensive today attempt to isolate and then the U Marine Garrison defending their strategic base Guadalcana Island in the Soomons Mil
 tary piecng together information contained in official conmunaueS and dispatches from the southwest
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The Hagerstown globe., 1942-06-19
ARMY BUTTER

American ingenuity has scored again. All culinary
turers whether experienced novice have known irra
ton of trying to keep butter solid without refrigeration
Following labolious experiment. the Army has found that
with addition of small of hardened fat will
keep almost indefinitely without refrigeration. This par
tcuary advantageous consideration that when
an army on the march, refrigeration is not always possible
This kind of butter guaranteed remain tenn
peraures up to ia degrees.
In addition to keeping sold the butter reported
be just nutritious any other butter