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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
Tanks, Troops, Planes In Hot Pursuit Of Germans
'NAzI DRIVE IN
 RUSSIA HALTED
StaIin Plans Offensive to Coincide With Nov. '
 Anniversary
BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press stan Correspondent


 Moscow, Nov, 5-(UP)--ReportS from all Soviet fighting fronts on the eve of the big November ' cele- bration of the anniversary of the Russian revolution disclosed today that Red army forces have brought the Nazi offensive to a virtual halt,
 GA Stockholm report from Berlin said that Josef Stalin plans to lalnh a big-scale offensive on the central front on the revolution an- niversary. German reconnaissance Was said to h,re spotted long col umns of troops and material nov ing up to the fronts in the Rh2ev, Kalinin, and Volkhov areaS)
 Front dispatches said that only small-scale attacks were being de rected against the battered Stalin- grad lines and that the heavy all- out Naz attempt to capture the city before the 2oth revolution an- niversary had failed
 The situation southeast of Nal chik was said to have improved somewhat with Soviet artillery dis perSing NaN armored and infantry concentrations,
 The German drive in the cau- caSus was regarded aS definitely slowed and ay some points halted
 The military situation, reports said, had improved decidedly in the past month.
 Weakened by heavy losses, the Germans eased up in their attacks against a northern industrial dis. trict of StalinRrad, However, front line dispatches emphasized that they were bringing up new force, and probably would soon renew aS- saulJs in full strength,
 Soviet forces southeast of Nal chik-oetending tho approaches ts the GroZny ell fields and Ordhoni- Eid2e, terminus of two military roads to the South Cauca,us-had stabilized thsir positions, dispatches said.
 Though the Soviet high command had acknowledged no German gain southeast of NalchiE in two days, the Germans still attacked fiercely with heavy forces and the situation was still dangerous,
 southeast of Nalchik, there is tense fighting" the noon communi- que said, Soviet artillery dispersed enemy tanks and infantry prepar- ing to attack and Inflicted heavy losses, Twelve enemy planes were destroyed"
 Fighting fared up on another Caucasian front after three weeks oi quiet-the MozdoH front, 80 miles northeast of NalchiE. A lo-weeS German campaign in that area for
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
REMITTANCE
 RULES STRICTER
Visitors at American Brass Office Required to Prove
 Citizenship

Already strict rules governing the entrance Of visitors to the American Brass Go, office building at Meadow and Grand streets have been made even more stringent, on recommen- dation of the Federal Bureau of h. vestigation. The new requirements are In the nature of precaution against possible entrance of spies or saeoteurs to the headquarters of the vitally important war factory.
 Previously visitor entering the office building had to identify him. self satisfactorily and then was given a pass to the office where his mission was, accompanied by a page.
 Under the new procedure, the wis., itor must fill out lengthy form, He must print his name, address, the name of his employer, his busi- ness address, the name of the per- son he wishes to see, and the nature of his business. He must also give proof of his American citizenship. In most cases, this last requirement. means that the visitor must have his birth certificate with him.
 The visitor is then given the sheet, and asked to tear of a per- forated portion at the bottom. This action presumably records his 4in- gerprints,
 In making his call the visitor must fasten the large pass on his coat, The smaller portion, which he has torn of, must be signed by the man he sees, Both parts of the pass must he surrendered when leaving the building.
 It is reported that there has already been one case of would be visitor refused adm!ttance be- cause he said he was born in Ger many and could offer no proof of American citizenship.
 Tn cases of representative of firms with which American Brass does business regularly, and who are well-known, they are given perma- nent contractors" badges which make it unnecessary for them to go through the red tape required of other visitors.
 The FBI recommendations on stricter rules for visitors may be eX- tended to other factories.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
PARTY CONTROL
 BATTLE LOOMS
Democrats in Conn. May Seek Change in Leader
 ship After Defeat
BY JACK AMMAN limited Press Staff COrresDOndentl

Hartford, Conn, Nov. 5,-tUP)- A battle for control Of the Demo- cratic party in Connecticut may be the direct result of the defeat of Coy. Robert A. Hurley, informed political sources said today.
 The battle lines have been drawn for some time between the old guard forces headed by Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford, and the new guard groups under the leadership of U. s. Sen. Francis T, Maloney.
 It was reported that Democratic State Chairman John T. Mccarthy, who is also state motor vehicle com missioner, soon may relinquish his party leadership. Mccarthy is a close personal friend of Gov. Hur- ley, but has been under strong fire of various members of the state central committee for some time.
 The situation in the Democratic party was explained eXcellently a few days before election by a close supporter of Coy. Hurley.
 If we lose" he said simply, "the show is over"
 What he meant was this: Gov. Hurley's political power in the state rested on support of two or three
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
ICKES, TUCWELL
 ARE ACCUSED
MisapplicatiOn of War Act of Congress in Puerto
 Rico Charged

Boston, Nov. 5-(UP)-Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes and Gov. ReXford G. Tugwell of Puerto Rico have been accused of plotting to socialiZe the power industry of Puerto Rico by misapplying a war time act of Congress.
 John J. Burns, former general counsel of the Securities and Ex- change Commission, made the charge in the first circuit court Of appeals here yesterday while acting as counsel for the Puerto Rico Rail- way Light and Power O., which was protesting the seizure of its property by the federal govern ment.
 The government took the com pany's entire holdings by eminent domain last July and posted $6, 250,- 900 as just payment. The seizure was made under the L.anham act, designed to allow the government to build up any inadequate facili- ties if the national war effort was being hindered.
 T assert without hesitation" ," Burns said, that the members of Congress who reported out these bills and asked their colleagues to vote speedily on them to meet a national emergency will be mortified to learn that this measure for na- tional security has been twisted and distorted into a colorable device to help out Gov. Tugwell in his battle against private utilities"
 Burns charged the seizure was a misapplication of the law and the first step to nationalize the power industry" He said President Roose- welt had not acted in bad faith in signing the seizure order but was imposed upon by the lesser off, cials of the department of the in- terior, and by the Public Works Administration and by Gov. Tug well and his associates"
 The Puerto Rico company fur nishes electric service to 35 cities and towns on the island and Burns said the government used the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
LOCAL INSURANCE
 AGENTS COMPLAIN
Any Working in Defense Plants in of Hours"
 Face Dismissal

Resentment among insurance agents in a branch of nationally prominent company in Waterbury against instructions that company salesmen refrain from going into defense factories after they com- plete their days work for the firm was brought to the attention of The Democrat today.
 The assistant district managers have advised their men they should not seek work in lccal manufactur- ing companies after they finish their work under implied threats that the insurance firm would not tolerate them from working in their "otf hours. If an agent should take a job in defense, one of the assistant district managers tactitly implied, dismissal as an agent with the com pany was imminent.
 One spokesman, salesman Tn the indignant group who feared to be quoted by name because of Jeopar- dizng his job, stated the nation has appealed for those who are skilled to help in the war effort and that "the boys are 100 per cent for 1t" on their "off hours. But the speaker said, i've are ordered not to take work in factories on our spare time, even though many men are skilled in factory work" The salesman con- tinued that If the agents were will- ing to make sacrifices on their "oi hours" the decision was entirely their own and that company officials should not try to influence them, or arbitrarily rule they could not go into the factory on their own time.
 The salesmen are willing to make sacrifices with their extra time and they could work on one Of the shifts which would not interfere with their regular work with the insurance company" the spokesman explained.
 Many have expressed a willingness to obtain work because of labor shortage which is bound to become acute, but the idea Is not appeal ing to the assistant district man. agers and the men have been di- rected to devote their time to the business of only the insurance con- pany.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
-------------------------- SKIN DISORDERS PROVE COMMON

New Haven, Conn, Nov. 5--(UP) New workers in factories are more apt to pick up skin disorders than veter an employees, Dr. Louis Schwartz of the U. s. Public Health Service told an industrial medical session at Yale School of Medicine today.
 pr. Schwartz said that 70 per cent of all occupational diseases today were skin disorders, and that aside from personal discomfort to the worker, the disturbances "are es- pecially crippling to the war ef- fort"
 Veteran employees, he said, "are better able to accustom themselves to the hazards of their particular trade" and thus avoid infection.
 He declared that important in prevention are cleanliness of per- son, the construction of machines so that exposure is reduced to the minimum, the wearing of protective garments, proper cleansing after work and the use of protective Ointments."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
Labor, Domestic Issues in Jeopardy By c. o. p.
 Gain of Seats
NO BIG MAJORTTIES
 NOW FOR DEMOCRATS
Congress Still SOlidIy Be. hind President on Wins
 ming the War
BY LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff CoTrespondent)

New York, November 5. = (UP)-President Roosevelt's control of Congress on labor and other domestic issues was jeopardized today though nearly complete gen. eral election returns showed that the Democrats won a bare majority of the House of Representatives. Tn e Republicans gained 43 House seats and will have at least POS seats in the new House converting the first week of January. The Democrats have won 2ls seats, a majority The ProgressiveS have two seats and the Farmer. Labor and American Labor parties have one each. Five seats were still undecided at Il a, m, tEWTo,
 With one contest in Montana still in doubt, the Republicans gained nine seats in the Upper House for . total of 3S. The Democrats will have 56 seats in the new Senate and the Progressives will have one. The new 7sth Congress meets the first week of January. Control Of the Senate was not at stake in this election.
 Majorities Reduced
 Democratic majorities have been unexpectedly reduced. Democrats in the House will be painfully short oi the comfortable working majortties they have enjoyed since the first New Deal landslide in 1892.
 Republicans on Tuesday elected more senators and representatives than in any election since 1928. And the COP. made important gubernatorial gains in New York, California, Michigan and Connecti- cut, although they lost governor to the Progressive party in Wiscon- sin,
 II is fair to say that the Republi- cans carried 20 states which repre- sentS 287 electoral voteS-more than majority of the electoral college which determines who shall be presi- dent of the United States,
 That does not necessarily mean that those states would have gone Republican in presidential cleo tion. But politicians will give the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
LOWELL MAYOR
 GETS SENTENCE

Cambridge. Mass, November 5.
 (UP) - Mayor George T. Ashe of Lowell and three co-defendants con- victed with him in graft con- spiracy trial were given jail sen tences today by Superior Judge Vim cent Brogna.
 The mayor and city purchasing agent. Walter Connor, of Lowell were sentenced to one year each. while Connor's brother. John. and John F. McKeown, a Worcester salesman, were given six months each. The possible maximum sentence would have been two years.
 Judge Brogna granted Mayor Ashe . stay of execution pending an appeal to the Massachusetts supreme court after the defendant promised not to function as mayor or in any other official capacity Tn the interim. The other three de- fendants were denied stays of exc cution.
 The defendants were charged with setting up a dummy" business to sell heavy hardware to the city of Lowell from which they were to share in the profits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
ALL RECORDS IN
 NE. ARE BROKEN

Boston, Nov. 5-(UP)-New Eng lands industrial activity continues to break all previous records, while retail trade remains active, Dun & Bradstreet, Inc, reported today.
 Latest weekly -tatistics on busi- nes; activity for the region "indi- cate that the gain over last years exceptionally high levels is smaller than that for the country as a whole" the agency said. however.
 Retail dollar trade continues to run well ahead of last year in re- fection of "a strong demand for seasonal goods, early Christmas buying and anticipatory purchasing in some lines." Dun 6 Bradstreet stated. Liquor sales slumped sharply after the new tax went into effect on Nov. 1, but demand for women's coats spurted rharply with prelim- mary reports indicating election day sales heavier than last year.
 Shoe production was reported running below a year ago, and new business in wool goods markets re- mained rather quiet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
STIMSON WANTS
 TEENERS IN WAR
Criticizes Restrictive Leg islatiOn; Issue to Be
 Fought Next Week

Washington, Nov. 5-luPl-Sec- retary of War Henry L. Stimson to- day vigorously criticized proposals In Congress to place restrictions or the use of iS and 10 year old troops in combat. He saic the Senate approved amendment embodying such a restriction would shackle the hands of the commander in chief,
 The secretary told a press con- ference that the gentlemen who brought forth such proposals ap- parently never had heard of Pearl Harbor.
 The issue is expected to be fought to a showdown when Congress re- Sumes work next week.
 The Senate amendment would re- quire that l8 and i9 year oldS be given at least one years training in this country before being sent abroad. The House had refused to consider such an amendment, but new efforts will be made to obtain a House vote on the Senate pro- vision. If such a restriction finally Is adopted the Army may ask President Roosevelt to veto the bill, congressional sources said.
 Stimson said that warfare always is full of the unexpected and that to impose such arbitrary restric- tions on employment of part of the armed forces might court dis aster.
 War requires the utmost fieXi- bility in organizatinon," he said. You never can tell what will hap pen in war. It is always the unex- pected that happens. This lesisla-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
ALLIED TROOPS
 ROUT JAPANESE
Make First Contact iu Stanley Mt. Sector of
 New Guinea
BY BRYDON TAVES United Press Staff Correspondent )


 Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters Australia, Nov, 5,-(UP)-Aliled ground troops, advancing rapidly through the foothills of New Guinea's Owen Stanley mountains have routed the Japanese from theil prepared positions near the village of Oivi, Gen. Douglas Macarthur announced today.
 It was the first actual contact beween the fast-moving Australian jungle fighters and the Japanese since the enemy was defeated in a hand-to-hand encounter at Alola Oct. 82.
 MacArthur's troops, attacking positions three miles west of Oivi which still has not been occupied wiped out four machine gun posts and continued their advance. The next logical point for Japanese stand was believed to be in the Wairopi area, in the steep defileS along the Kumusi river.
 A headquarters spokesman said the Japanese appeared to have per pared for determined stand rather than a delaying action, but the weight of the Allied assault swept them from the places where they had dug in.
 For the first time in nearly two weeks, MacArthur's daily com- munique did not mention aerial ac- ton in support of the Solomons Island battle, but Allied heavy an0 medium bombers and fighter planes were active in a wide circle extend ing from Timor Island, southwest of New Guinea, to Buna, the main Japanese base on New Guinea's north shore.
 North American BPS Billy Nit chell bombers pounded the impor- ant enemy base at Salamau We'd
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
Cong. Sheridan
 Of Philadelphia Is Reelected

A former Waterbury man, John E. Sheridan (D), was victorious amid a Republican landslide in the Philadelphia election on Tuesday, and will return to Washington to serve his third term as congressman from the fourth district.
 Mir. Sheridan compiled . total of 42,93o votes over his Republi- can rival, Howard T. Scott's 36.35S. The Republican party gained control of most of the offices.
 The congressman is the son of Mrs. Mary H. Sheridan of West Farm street. He is a graduate of Crosby high school, University of Pennsylvania. and Temple Law school. He has been practlcing law in Philadelphia for the past ten years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
DOUBLE SUICIDE
 BY YOUNGSTERS

Tampa. Fla, Nov. 6-(UP)-Rob- ert Gibson, g, and Mary Helen Bick- ley, 10, his aunt. were making playhouse.
 Robert dropped his jack-knife. It nicked Mary Helen's face and she began to cry. He asked to wipe the blood away. She wouldn't let him.
 Then I guess there's nothing left for me to do but hang myself" he said.
 Several hours later he was found hanging from tree.
 His funeral was held last Friday Mary Helen was missing when her parents returned from the service. They found her dead, hanging from a tree.
 Police revealed the story today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05

Mary and Helen, Cohan, 64, Suc- cumbed to an intestinal ailment which forced him to undergo an operation a year ago Coctober l9, i94D and from which he never fully recovered.
 The song and dance man his own choice as the most fitting sum nation of his 54 years in the the ater still was enfeebled from the long, eventually fatal illness when Japan struck at Pearl Harbor. He wrote another war song, The tune was sprightly, with the old Conan lit, and the words rang true. but 1t was not the perfect wedding Of lyrics and music which made "Over There" the marching song of a mil lion yanks.
 On the eve of publication 1t was decided to let the song rest on the shelf. That decision fulfilled his own intuition, expressed two years ago. when he said;
 T hope America will never need another war song. But If we do need one, 1t will have to be written by some young fellow"
 George M. lived through the hey day of the American theater and was star in every phase of popular entertainment. He saw vaudeville reach its zenith and perish, and was one of It's brightest marquee lights. He gave musical comedy Q star spangled zest 1t has lacked since he left 1t. He scored a triumph of le- gitimate acting In a Pulitzer prize play written by the darling of the intelligentsia Eugene OsNeill'S "Ah, Wilderness. Tn "I'd Rather Be Right" he kidded President Roosevelt and won guffaws from the White House. He scored a hit on the radio and acted in the Movies, but he and Hollywood were divorced by mutual consent on grounds of incompatibility. He was more at home on Broadway.
 He saw Broadway disappear into the side streets.
 Any authorized biography Of Conan will record that he was born, in the words of one of his songs, "On the Fourth Of July" Old-time vaudevillians who trouped with his parents, Jeremiah and Helen Costi- gan Conan, before Georgie was born have been known to argue over a reminiscent beer that 1t wasn't so,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
FRANCHOT TONE
 MUST STAY IDLE

Hollywood, Nov. 5-(UP)-Actor Franchot Tone notified Warner Brothers studios today that he had made all the money allowed this year under the wage freezing order and would remain idle until Jan. 1 unless the studio would give his earnings to charity.
 Warmers said such action was pro- hibited by the freeze order.
 Tone was ready to sign to play opposite Bette Davis in "Old Ac- quaintance," but refused to take the part. He recently attempted to en- list in the armed services but failed to pass the physical examination.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
TWO TOWNS BOMBED

London, Nov. s. (UP)-Single en- amy raiders bombed two south coast town today, causing considerable damage to business and residential buildings and some casualties. One German bomber was shot down by anti aircraft batteries near FOlke- stS1e.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-05
George M. Conan Died At Home In New York Today
Beloved Figure of Stage, Noted SOng.Writer Suc- cumbs to Years Illness; One of Most Famous
 Characters of American Theater in Century,
BY MARTIN KANE United Press Staff Correspondent

New York, November 5. = (UP) = George M, Conan, the Yankee Doodle Dandy who wrote the best song since Dixie" died today in the midst of World War for which "Over There might any part of the globe He died at a. m in his Fifth Avenue apartment rounded by his wife his George Jr and his daughters
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Evening star., 1942-05-04

Rustless Steel & Iron Corp, Balti-
more; the Electro ro-Metallurgical Co.
Of New York; the Pennsylvania Salt
Co., Philadelphia, and Reynolds
Metals of Richmond, Va.
Other Plants Being Built.
The Defense Plant Corp. is build
ing other plants to be operated by
private companies. They include
three more aluminium plants, one
each to be operated by the Alu1ni-
mum Co. Of America, the Union
Carbide g. Carbon Corp. of New
York and the Olin Corp. of East
Alton, Ill There are also two ferro-
silicon plants going up, one to be
run by Union Carbide and one by
Ohio Ferro-Alloys.
Their exact locations can't be
given, but the danger of enemy
bombing doesn't seem quite so great
as it would in New England's
crowded towns.
Bonneville -Coulee power lines
sprawl out over the States of WASH
ington and Oregon and the northern
half of Idaho. Roughly, it's an area
of 185, 1000 square miles. That's big
enough to swallow Pennsylvania,
New York, and all the five States
of New England.
It's size minimiZes the danger of
enemy damage and in peacetime it
may help solve some of the sociolog-
ical problems that have plagued the
overcrowded East.
Scattered in Different Towns.
For one thing, the new plants are
being scattered in different towns
so there's a better chance of ab-
sorbing the workers. The towns are
open. comparatively small cities,
many of them surrounded by rich
farm land.
The businessmen of the North
west know that, together, they're a