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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-03
Salary For Probate
 Judge Weisnan'sA Aim
Republican Nominee For OeRce Pledges to Work
 Untiringly to Eliminate Fee System

Attorney Marcus wciAman, Re- publican candidate for judge Of pro. bate, ended hts campaign last night with a pledge to work untirinely for the elimination Of the fec system in the probate courts and the placing of probate judges on a salary basis.
 He said in pert;
 1t is time the judges of probate cleaned house. They are the ones best acquainted with this sad state of affairs and should have done something about it. Instead they condoned this fee-system in order to feather their own nests" and it is high time that a correction be made. AS 0 candidate for this ofiice. promise you that if I am elected, I will inaugurate and sponsor leeis- lation for the appointment Of judges of probate under the same procedure now applicable to the ap- pointment of judges of the other high courts of this state. which has given us a judiciary Of high na- tional reputation. Tn this way, the men selected for the oflce will be of the finest type and will be able to administer the duties of the of fee without fear or favor and the benefits to be derived from this change win inure to the widows, orphans mad all others who may
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01

aree al all points, indicating that
the enemy had not abandoned
noec. There was no evidence of Il
planned retreat.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
Reds Drive Thru Storms
TO Blast Germans BacS<

Inside Stalinerad. the Russians
were pressing BACK the Germans
,rreet-by-strect in .vriaus fighting.
In the northern section, the enc
nv exhibited little activity. allcW-
,,. smell Soviet ,ionp5 to improve
their positions. South OF the citys
center the Russians 0Vercame fierce
resistance. innicti1~ substantial
losses. In tho southwestern section,
the RussianS repUlscd counterat-
racks by two German battalians
and 30 tanks which fled alonG the
railroad to the southwest. In the
northwestern sector. he Germans
were seeking desperately and vain
lv to eytricetc encircled units. and
.nlnkers air transports were drop
ping provisions and ammunition
without interruption.
TxteYminatiCa OF the trapped
German garrisons proceeded systa-
matically. but the enemy was
cIinging to every line. hamlet ana
ravine. attemptinS 10 stop the pc
cess. Red Star said German oitl-
GERS were unsuccas5fully attcmpt-
inc to conceal their plight from the
enemy troops.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
Runner Says Duce
Critico ally III

any Allied offensive to knock italy
out Of the war.
Northern Italy is alrcadr uEdcv
heavy ROYAL air force bombardmcnt
an attack so heavy that reports
from some European quarters as
scrt that panic and nervousness are
spreading through the italian popu-
lace. particularly as residents of tn"
northern districts arc evacuated
supposedly to safer regions i'll CEN
trail italy.
Southern italy faces The prospects
Of equally heavy air attack as soon
a the African campaign is conclud
cd.
German reaction to the Itali0n
situation was seen i'll Nazi radio
propaganda that Pope Plus soon
might make representations TO belli-
gcrcnt nations against tie bombing
ol ciVilians-an obvious move in
tended to quiet Italian nerves.
The Gcrrean-cGntrOlcd Paris ra
6iO first broadcast a statement that
tho Pope va expected soon TO make
o statement 2gainet bowling OF
civilians.
~ il was followed up by now
statement tha1 according to we'll
informed Vatican circles the Pope
will soon make Representations to
EelliPercnte against civilian bomb
i1C-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01

WASHINGTON. Dee. l. CUP)-
American forces on Guadalcanal
are enjoying the third week OF a
lull in major action but aViators
continue to strike relentlessly at
enemy ships approaching the island
or nearby japanese bases.
The present lull begaa after the
japanese suffered an ignominOus
defeat in the greet naval battles Of
Nov. 10. IA and Is. Since then actlv-
ity has been confined to an Amer
lean advance on the west sector OF
Guadalcanal and minor patrol ac-
tivity.
The Navy departments latest re
port covered activity Of last Satur-
day when American patrols destroy
ed enemy arms and ammunition
dumps in the upper Lunga region.
The lower Lunga flows through the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
Knox Sure French
Fleet Scuttled

WASHINGTON. Dec. |. tUPl-
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox m
dicated today there was no doubt
in his mind that the French fleet
had becn scuttled at Tou!on.
Knox said he had no further news
on The French fleet dc 1tructlon out
that if it were not true certainly
the facts would have come out by
now" =,
Asked whether the japanese had
any sizable forces at Attu in the
western Aleutians, kaoX said he
didn't believe that the enemy had
a force Of any great significance. y
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
Hy JAMES CHAMBERS

LONDON. Dec. !. tUP)-Contl-
Mental reports reaching unofficial
quarters in London today said that
Premier Benito MuSsolini was seri-
ously i'll, further aggravating the
already tense italian war situation.
The unConfirrlcd reports said that
II Ducc had been confined to bed
for two weeks. The nature of his
ailment was not disclosed but it
was described as serious. 1t had
been reported intcrmittently for
several years that MusSolinl was
suffering from chronic heart all
ment.
WEAKEST LINK
a grave illness for Mus5olint
would strike Italy at a critical hOIr
now that it has been officially sin
gled out as the target Of an cX-
pected Allied offensive.
Reports on conditions within Italy
since the opening Of The African
offensive have left little or no doubt
that morale is detcriorating Gh2rD-
ly and there have been increasing
siens of Naai concern over the weak
liiiK in the axis partnership.
Should illness or death remove
Muysolipi from active leadership at
this time the results might. ii was
said. prove so far-rcaching as to
provide The detcrmining factor in
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
GUADAL- QUIET

western area held by American
troops On Guadalcanal.
The latest attack on enemy ships
occurred last Saturday. Army flying
fortresscS from Henderson Field
attacked an enemy convoy of three
cargo shin5 and five destroyers
west of New Georgia Island. Five
bomb hits were scored on one OF
the cargo vessels and three of the
10 Zero fighters which intercepted
were shot down. The fortresses es-
cared without serious damage.
1t vas the second air attack by
American forces in that same sec
toiu of the SolOmons within a few
hours. IN earlier communique re-
ported that American aircraft car
ried out a night attack presumably
Friday night on enemy shipping
in the Munda bay area of the New
Georaia islands.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
PREPARATORY STABS

MOntgOmery's patrol activity was
the necessary preparation for re-
newal of the drive which had TAX
en- his army 700 miles westward
from the FL Alamein line in Egypt.
Feeling out the Axis strength the
patrols would determine whether
the battered Afrika Korps intended
to make 2 stand at Fl Apheila. on
the Gulf Of Sirte, ATS air line miles
from Tunisia or 10 retreat. after
formal stand, to the next go""
defensive line at Misourata, 300
miles westward.
BY the new coastal route. Mis-
ourata is 1875 miles from TriD"li.
which is another 100 road miles
from TCoiSia.
FIGHTERS SHOT DOWN
Allied fighter planes, in night
operations preparing the way for
the ground forces, machine Punned
Axis troops and truck columns on
the roads around FL Agheila, todaYs
cOmmunique reDorted, and they
shot down a German Junker-33
Give bomber which centered over
Benghazi.
Two German ME-109 fighters
were shot down over the enemy for
ward positions.
Continuing the necessary work
of impending Axis reinforcement,
fighter bombers raided the air
fields at COmiso and Celia in Sicily
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
Pearl Harbor's
Ful! Story Coming

WASHINGTON, Dec. l. CUP)-
Secretary Of Navy Frank Knox said
todav that the full story of the
japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
will be released by the Office CT
War Information on the Dec. 7 an
niversary
will it be q complete disclosurc?'
ne was asked.
No" he replied,
He explained that there were still
certain facts the japanese would
like to know, and the Navy is not
going to tell the enemy about them
vet.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
MONTGOMERY READY

Neutral sources in London heard
reports that the Germans might
evacuate Tunis within a few days
and possibly try TO eyacuate Tri-
poll, but military quarters were
skeptical and believed the Ger
mans would fight.
Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery,
despite frightful weather condi-
tions. had pushed vast masses of
fresh men, munitions and fuel to
the battle area for an advance
which, it was hoped, would continue
on to Tripoli capuital of Libya, and
the Tunisia border.
The Allied armies in Tunisia.
American, British and French. were
on a general offensive which was
expected here to end, in combina-
ton with the Eighth Army's drive,
TO throw the Axis out of Africa,
open up the Mediterranean from
Gibraltar to Alexandria. and leave
fearful Italv open to the shattering
attack which Prime Minister Win
ston Churchill had promised.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
BY LEON KAY

CAIRO. Dec. l. UPJ-British
combat patrols lashed out at ad-
vanced elements Oh the German
Afrika Korps line at E Agheila to-
day in a prelude to an expected
Eighth Army drive on Tripoli and
a junction with the Allied army
sweeping through Tunisia.
British patrols were active yes
terday in the neighborhood Of El
Agheila." a communicue cf the
MIDDLE eastern command reported
tersely
This first news Of ground activ-
ity after Gays during which the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
Bi iq Guns Batter
Enemy in Tunis

important airfield in tie TuniS area
Sunday. The field apparently had
not been occupied by the Germans,
the dispatch said, but was taken
Sc that they could not.
Ault reported that the Britons
and Americans of The first arm"
were advancing through thickly
soVn mine fields and under heavy
ai.plane attack. The Germans. he
reported. had put up a well plan
RED and sSillfully executed retir-
ing action. mining BRIDES and roads
ana defending them with machine
Guns. and throwing liei2t ana med
lum tanks into action when posi-
be
R0MMEL MAKES STAND
TIE German -controled Paris rad4o
reported that clashes had starred
or the El AGheila line in Libya.
as miles from Turisia. and il was
believed possible that Gen. Sir
Bernard NonteomerF's eighth army
had opened the attack which it
hopes viii hurl back the Germans
TO TTipcli.
Dispatches from Egypt had re-
ported that Montgomery was NOV
ing up huge forces OF men. weapons
and supplies. including the fuel
necessary for the next phase Of MS
offensive.
British sources reported that the
German plight in Libya had brought
Into public view at last the Nazi
"Volkswagea." TIE so-calIed peo-
pIe5s cars b. means Of which the
Nazis mulcted the German public Of
hundreds Of millions OF dollars.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01

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Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
BY WILLIAM b. DICKINSON


LONDON. Dec. 1-CUP)-Allied
heavy guns moved up to lombard
Tunis todar and the armored forces
and infantry pressed on to inves.
the ring of old French forts around
the city.
Striking swiftly and giving the
Germans no time to consolidate
outer positions the Allies advanced
eight miles yesterday from the rail
road junction town of Djedeiba and
by capturing the coastal road sey-
cred the last link between Tunis,
chief Axis stronghold in Tun;sia
and the Bizerte naval base 20
miles to the northwest.
Along the coastal plain between
Tunis and Bizerte strong forces Of
Lieut.. Gen. Kenneth A. n. Ander-
sons first British army. supported
by United States army mobile arm
ored units, established broad
front and to the south their COM
hat troops wiped out successive
groups of German parachute troops
who had been left to hold key po-
sitins in the field.
3 COLUMNS ADVANCE
Three separate columns Of Allied
troops, with big guns and strong
armored support. were reported ad-
vancing steadily on the Tunis forts
which the Germans were expected
10 try to hold.
Between Tunis and Bizerte were
,,,A%a7rT1pl i17f a47H o.
bile infantry TO ensure that Gen.
Walther Nehring, the German COM
mander in chief. could not Te-cs-
tablish contact with his isolated
forces at Bizerte.
In both the Tunis and BiZerte
areas the Germans had been pin
ned inside small defense peri
meters. which gave them no free
dom of action II was for the AL
lies to say when the definitiye at
tacks should start.
FRENCH SEEK REVENGE
In Central Tunisia, strong forces
o. French regulars were pressing
eastward fast. to attack the Ital-
isns reported holding positions
along the coastal road between Tun-
is and Libya. Dispatches indicated
that the French forces were near
ing the coast. eager to meet the
Italians with the bayonet and
avenge, in q fair fight. Mussolini's
stab in the back to PROSTATE France
two gears ago.
A dispatch from Phil Ault. IN
ited Press war correspondent at Al
lied headquarters. revealed that
British paratroops had captured an
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
En1p erIaIs Feel
Out RommeI Line

Eighth army had been impeded by
wind. rain and freezing tempera-
ture. was believed to herald the ap-
proach of new and probably def
initiYe drive.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01

man Stalingrad armies. but trent
reports said German reinforce
mentS had arrived. probably by air.
and were offering stubborn resist
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
BY NJ. 5. HANDLER

MOSCOW. Dec. 1.-tU.P. Rus
sian forces pushed back the Ger
mans in the Stalingrad area again
today and drove forward through
fierce blizzards in their new often
Sive northwest Of Moscow in a bat
tie cf steadily growing fury.
AXIS defenSes were crumbling be-
fore the Red armY's onslaught in
the zhev-Vyazma-Ve -Veliki Luki
triangle northwest Of the capital.
The SoyietS advanced in several
sectors despite increasing counter
attacks. and occupied a number of
localities and heavily fortified
points
The Germans were trying deSper-
atelv TO recover lest territory in
the northwest sector, increasing the
fury of their counterattacSs in
compliance with an order from
Adolf Hitler to hold Rzhev at all
costs.
To LAST MAN
TIE army newspaper Red Star,
said Hitler had warned his COM
members that the less of RZhev
would be equivalent to the loss Of
half Of Berlin" Accordingly, Ger
man leaders eXhorted their men to
i,old the city to the last man to
facilitate eXtricating enclrcled
German troops in the area.
South cf Rzhev. the Russians had
cut the railroad to wanna. depriv-
inc the enemy of his sole import
ant supply line At the apex OF
the northwest triangle. they had
driven almost to within striking
distance of the Latvian border. less
than 100 miles beyond Veliki Luki
The Germans launched series
of determined ccunterattacks in an
attempt to recapture the RzheV-
wanna railroad yesterday. front
line dispatches said. but all were
repulsed with Russian artillery
playing a major part in the action
COMPLETING TRAP
At Stalingrad. the Soviets con-
tinued successful development OF
the second phase of their opera
tions with a twc-fold objective: to
mop up pockets of resistance in
the central part of the Don river
elbow between the east bank OF
the Don and Stalingrad, and to
fill the gaps in two semi-circular
lines surrounding Axis armies esti-
mated at upwards of 20 divisions
100000 mem.
TIE Soviet noon cOmmunlqIe re-
ported that the enemy had been
forced Ito reel backward south
westward" in the Stalingrad area.
The inner ring surrounding the
Germans extended from poin5 on
the oronezh-Stalirigrad raiJ'oad
along the east bank of the Don
bend. disected the Stalingrad-Ros-
tov railroad and ended in the south
sector of the Stalingrad front.
RFDS HOLD RAILROADS
The outer ring stretched south
westward from Kletskaya, 75 miles
northwest of Stalingrad, touched
Chernyshevskaya in the Rostov ad-
ministrative district, crossed to Su-
rovikino on the Stalingrad railroad
and cut the Stalingrad-CaucasuS
railroad.
All railroads and important high
ways in the Stalingrad area thus
were IN Russian hands.
The Red army continued to mar
row the small gaps between the
Soviet-held points, accelerating the
complete enlightenment of the Ger
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-30
Nd WORST FIRE

1t already was among the worst
disasters in the nalioHS history an
the loEg list Ol critically burned
and injured in hospitals Indicate
that the entire death toll vas no.
get reckoned Ot the III III nosy.
tells, So, Lciadicg l. S-ar II WeS'
crn movie. Blc jones. we j
clitica! cJndit on The Ma 3ac .r.
ettS public saicCy .. I1iss.On I -,
that a. leas. 30 oi .h-se you'd d
Only one fro IN Al eIiCau history
took a greater toIl-tlat Wnic4 o.
stroyed the Iroquoia thcater in Chi
cago in 1903 and killed SIS persons.
OF the dead, 1T bodie rCmain"t
uL!Oehtincd aud sOnCHing rtla-
tiVes e 3.gs ~ persons flied
thlOUGa to rGrgues III night
so.o" NJ thGr f8intinG Others
scrca Ging in hG-ro'. upon rccogniz-
ing a partly cLarred COPS. Some
Of the bodies had been 50 reduced
by flames that they probably will
be identified only by the process Of
elimination - a matching of the
names Of missing person3 and their
sex against remnants Of bodies.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-30
Wickard Calls for
Increased OUTPUT
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eggs, % per cent more chickens, 20
Der cent more dry peas, 80 per cent
more peanuts and l8 per cent more
dry beans.
Wickard said the l943 goal of
122 100000. 900 pounds of milk, while
slightly above 1912 production, still
would lack about 100000 900 pounds
of maintaining the 1912 level OF civ
ilian consumption because of the
greatly increased military and lend
lease needs.
At the same time, Wickard an
nounced farm subsidy and price
support program lat a level Suffi-
cient to>aSSure producers of attrac-
tive eturnS for the desired produc-
ton" but without boosting conSum-
er costs above OPA price ceilings.
SUPPORT PRICES
price supports will be maintain
ed within the limits of funds avail
able to the department, at not less
than 80 per cent of parity on all
commodities for which the secretary
OF agriculture has publicly request
ed increased production he said.
Hog prices will be guaranteed by
the department at not less than
S1325 per hundredweight, for GOOD
to choice, 240 to go pounds, Chlca-
go market basis; eggs at not less
than 30 cents. but averaging "a
cents a dozen on the farm; butter
at 46 cents a pound, Chicago basis;
cheese at % !, cents, plus 32 cents
subsidy; l2.5 cents for roller and
145 cents for spray process SKIM
med milk; SOY beans for oil, S1.60
to SITS a bushel; flaXseed, $2.70 a
bushel; long-staple cotton at As
cents pound for IL inch staple;
potatoes at prices to be announced
Jan. /.
In addition, the department will
announce specific support prices for
snap beans, corn for canning
peas, tomatoes, beets, carrots, pump
kins and squash and cabbage for
kraut before Feb. l.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-30
NO CHARGES MADE
America TO Be
Biggest Borrower

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. up
The United States today becomes
The biggest borrower in history as
It seeks S9o0O,O000OO from its citi-
zens to help pay its war bill
The treasury will strive 10 bor-
row This unprecedented sum during
Decenzber by the sale of four types
OF securities:
/ Victory bonds paying o. per
cent interest and maturing in 26
years.
2. Treasury bonds paying one
and three-quarters per cent ano
maturing IN 81 years.
g. Treasury certificates Of in
debtedness paying 7.8 per cent and
maturing in one year.
i Three series of savings bonds:
The popular war bonds paying
29 per cent interest if held for the
10-year maturity: and the series F
and G bonds. 70 be known begin
ming tomorrow as u. S. Savings
bonds paying 2.53 per cent, re-
spectiyely, and maturing in -
years.
President Roosevelt already has
purchased the first Victory bond" ="
He bought a 1000 bond Of the 26-
year series last Wednesday.
Approximately 10000 professional
statesmen from the securities insur-
ance fields will sell the bonds. Con-
current with their efforts, the 30
900 volunteers of the war savings
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-30
Phoenix Declared
Out of Bounds for
Luke Field Men

PHOENIX. AriZ., Nov. 80. 1UP)
Col. Ross G. Hoyt, commanding
officer at nearby Luke Field, early
TODAY declared the city of Phoenix
out OF bounds for all military per-
sonnel Of the post.
Although the action had been
Threatened reiore. the order came
as a surprise TO city officials.
Military authorities said the or
der vas the result of the army'S
frequently dissatisfaction
with vice conditions in the city and
the extremely high venereal disease
rate and SAID the order had "nt
connection with the Thanksgiving
Day riot
The last report issued by the
Arizona state board of health show
ed over one-third of all communi-
cable diseases reported to health
Officers il the previous week were
yeuereal diseases. with a prepon-
derlnce of the cases in Phoenix.
Luke Field authorities refused to
comment on the length OF time the
clty woulG be out OF bounds to the
milita.@ personnel saying the or
der was good until revoked y
Although no action has been TAX
en- VET by other army posts and air
fields surrounding Phoenix, the be-
liel va expressed here that unless
the vice situation was cleaned up
the CITY eventually would be declar-
ed OUT of bounds to all military
personnel of this area.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-30
Survivors Rec ulI
Horror Of Ponic
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he saw men and women tearinG
clothes from each other trying des-
perately and hopeleSsly to get
through the clogged doorway.
Benlamine Ellis, who was walk
Ing past the night club at the mo-
ment smoke billowed from the front
door, said the sight was horrible
He described men and Wcmen. in
a desperate bid for escape. tramp
ling each other and becoming hope
lessly entangled in the mass press
ing through the narrow way.
THE doorWa. was jammed 0isA
screaming people, fighting to get
out and locked together by pressure
from the rear" he said.
KICK IN JAW
Il got a kick in the jaw he said,
'''but what I suffered was nothing
to the majority of those 7 could
hear on the inside. The interior
was a mass of flames. Those Who
could not get near the door tried
to escape through the windows
1T was horrible
Roho Sandn. "a, a taxicab driv-
er. and former employee of the
club. was parked across the street
from the main entrance when the
fire started,
Il heard lots of screaming" he
said, and then I saw a lot of peo-
pie crowding up near the revolving
door. I got out of the cab and
a1 fn
wouldn't move because the crewd
was trying to push it in opposite
directions.
DOOR NEGLECTED
Behind the people all 7 saw was
flames and people raising their
hands behind the crowd and
screaming and dying in pain. I
kicked open the door to the near
by checkroom but nobody was in
there.
Then the people started coming
out. They ran out with their
clothes on fire. Some of them had
their hair on fire and others had
their bodies on fire Some drop
ped and died on the sidewalk.
we started carrying bodies to
the ambulance. There was such a
shortage of stretchers that they
piled the bodies on the sidewalk.
I counted SO corpses in a few min
utes.
~ saw a lady run out Of the
building with her hair on fire. She
fell IN front Of the door and died.
! helped carry people to nearby ga
RACES.
PRIEST AT DOOR
I saw people with no skin OIL
them at all. and I saw priest
standing near the door and bless
ing people as they came out.
The people that didn't get cut
III the first few minutes were just
goners. That fire came so fast that
they didn't know what happened.