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The Nome nugget., 1942-10-28
THE NOME NUGGET

ssF Defense Bonds and Stamps attacks under relentless pressure .1ey were slowly giving ground.
 Thelr city was the key poin, on the Voiga line. the last re naming arsenal of Southern Rus sla the pride of every Soviet citizen. H.ta zts great industries. zts clean. aeW housing projects. Lylaz ataHart the Volga where t f1ae5 on toward the Caspian S. Has d vital center Of com mualcst58ns and supplies. the base 8f Marshal Timoshenko's arm es ss far south as the vital Ca1cas3s oiIfields. Now t was the Soviet Vedun.' around Waica vas De.ng written an epic eHap.er 3f resistance m the great est battle within memory of man. There Wss no doubt that for the German armies ii was the prime objective of the campaign which they asd launched two and half months before in tire now distant granary of the Ukraine.
 Caspian Ahead
 r St5,lngrad were lost. the R., as knew. the armies of the Rec would flow on eastward as far a he Caspian shores. They you'd be in position then to aim a blow southWard at the great oil wells of Baku. Resistance in Sout1 Russia would be broken. the armies stationed there split of from the main body to the norfnHard, communications and supply Ines severed with Rus sias allies in the Middle East. The Wehrmacht would have a strong fine for the Winter fight ing and the supplies of oil it needed for long campaign. For Russia there would be new re- sources and new industries devel oped behind the Ural Mountains and in Siberia, the possibility perhaps of developing offensives now under way on other fronts - before Moscow and still far ther north before Leningrad. But Stallngrad's fall would make the fight mrneasurably harder, and inter, when it came, might be as bitter to the Russians as to their enemy.
 The epic of resistance at Stalin grad had been repeated in the foot hills of the Caucasus. There the Red Army had fought fierce ly to defend the Black Sea port of Novorossisk, losing it only af- ter many days of bitter struggle. To the eastward, on the road to the Grozny oilfields by the Gas pian's shores, the Russians ap- peared to have sternrned the Ger man advance, trapped some Wehrmacht units in the narrow valleys and basing their defens- es on the natural barriers of the region.
 New York Times
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-28
FOR SALE

Pair of skis, poles, ski press. excellent make and practically new.
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-28

plain justice-and plain common sense.
 Taxes
 The nation must have more money to run the war. People must stop spending for luxurieS. Our country needs a far greater share of our incomes. For this is a glcbal war and | will cost this nation nearly one hundred bil- lion dollars in l943.
 IT. the background Of the Presi dents renewed demand for legis lative action lay four r-and-a-half months progress on the other 4 points of hs anti-.nflation pro- gram The Presidents April mes sage had been followed prompt V by restrictive orders that curb ed credit buying. The Office of Price Control had quickly set ceilings on nearly ell commodit- ies, rents and services, except the restricted farm products. A voluntary campaign 10 spur war bond buying had been less sue ceSsfQl; last week compulsory say .ng was in prospect. But in May sugar had been rationed. So had gasoline for Eastern motorists. Progress had been made by the War Labor Board in stabilizing wages in certain key industries. All these results stemmed from executive action.
 The President mentioned them in his radio talk But he also re- iterated that the 7-point plan had been an integrated whole, that in order 10 stop imitation it was necessary to adopt the entire pro gram. On this thesis was based his sharp reminder to the legis lators, his threat 10 take the re- SponSibility for action if the curb on farm prices was further de- layed.
 Reaction Varied
 Some CongreSsmen greeted his words with charges of dictator ship" Others approved the mes sage. Reaction throughout the country was favorable. Large sec tions of public opinion, in fact, appeared to have been ahead of the President Evaluating the re- spone, legislator on Capitol Hill went to work O nthe tasks set by the Administration.
 Chief point of disagreement was on the method to be used in granting the power sought by the President. A proposal to give him sweeping authority over farm prices and wages was ap- posed as too drastic. Some legis lators felt that wage controls by Presidential directive; in the Sen ate resolution along similar lines was being drawn. AS lead CTS of the two houses conferred in an effort to iron out minor differences, it was evident that the majority wished to let the
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The Nome nugget., 1942-10-28
The Need For Action

Overall stabilization of prices and salaries and wages and pro- fits is necessary to the continu- ed increasing production of plan es and tanks and ships and guns. If we wait for two or three or four or six months it may well be too late.
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-28
Farm Prices

The average possible ceiling is now about 116 percent of parity for agricultural products as a whole. This act of faVoritism has increased the cost of food to everybody ' ' The purpose should be to hold farm prices at parity, or at levels of recent date whichever is higher. I have recommended that in addition to putting ceilings on all farm pro- ducts now, we also place a defin- ite floor under those prices for a period beginning now, continu- ing through the war, and for as long as necessary after the war.
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-28

a message to Congress followed by a radio address 10. the nation he declared that the attack was faltering on three of the seven sectors he had outlined last Alp riL He asked Congress to act on two-farm prices an dtaXes. He promised to follow with action on the third-wage stabilization.
 Viewing uncontrolled farm prices as the key to a continued rise in he cost of living, the President demanded that Con gress put parity ceiling aocve farm product prices by Oct. ]. He defined parity as the relative ration that existed some thirty years ago between the purchas- ing powers of farmers and city Workers-When the farmer had a satisfactory purchasing power. He reminded Congress that in stead of setting up parity, the Price Control Act of last Jan luary had forbade farm price cell ings below no percent of parity. In the event the men of Capitol Hill failed to bring this ceiling down to parity levels, the Chief Executive would take the neces sary action himself. His words:
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-28
Wages

The purpose should also be to keep wages al a point stabilized with today's cost of living. Both (farm prices and wages) must be regulated at the same time, and neither one of them can or should be regulated without the other. ' Al the same time that farm prices are stabilized, I will stabilize wages. That is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
Rules Job Switch
Not Prohibited

The War ManpQwer Commits
sion's Job freezing order does
not prevent a worker from quit
ting his job. Montague a. Clark
district director declared today ir
letter 10 Victor ReHther, JAW
Go executive.
"You are advised that nothing
in this voluntary plan should
he interpreted to mean that any
worker Is prohibited from quit
ting job on which he Is now
employed" Clark explained.
Management representatives
indicated understanding and ac-
ceptance Of this principle dur
ing our committee discussions.
"They stated that employers
would on request provide work
ers with necessary clearance
slips I'm the event workers de-
sired to quit their jobs"
Clark said he was confident thai
workers would remain on then
present war jobs unless they car
make more of contribution 10
the war effort by changing Jobs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
J. s. TO Survey
Truck Driver
Shortage Here
Dstroit Time. Washington bureau

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-Spe-
cial labor-management committees
will be appointed in 25 critical
cities, including Detroit, TO survey
labor shortages in the motor trans
port industry Otto s. Boyer of
the Office of Defense Transporta-
ton, announced today.
Besides Detroit. cities named as
Critical" because of truck driver
shortages are-Akron,- Baltimore
Boston. Buffalo, Chicago, Cincin-
natl, Cleveland, Columbus. Denver,
Hartford. Kansas City, Los An
geleS, Louisville. Minneapolis.
New York. Oakland, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh. Portland, Ore. St.
Louis, Salt Lake City, San Diego,
San Francisco and Seattle.
Three representative Of the
trucking companies in each city
and three from the city locals of
the international Brotherhood of
Transfers will be named by their
principals TO each of the special
committees.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
TraiIerS
Strapped
For War

Automobile. ,trailerS. when re-
duced TO Junk variety, are jalopes.
also.
This fact led Don Pablo, widely
known Detroit orchestra leader, to
contribute his two trailers today
to the war effort in The Detroit
Times jalopy roundup.
THE tires already have been
given my government" Pablo
wrotet. "NOw the trailers can
get into the war, also. ] used
them for carrying my bands
Instruments around and they
will provide several hundred
pounds of good jalopy scrap"
Pablo is playing currently al
Palm Beach Cafe.
Detroit Times jalopy pledges
continued 10 roll in today as the
Wayne County Salvage Committee
extended the roundup Of old cars
for Uncle Sans scrap heap. There
is still week 10 get yours in
before yuletide 10 complete De-
troit's parade of Axis taXis,a Use
the coupon printed herewith for
convenience.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
Predicts Tax Delinquency
Special 10 THE DETROIT TIMES

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1S. -
Uncle Sans tax collectors will be
knocking on the doors of millions
Of homes with attachment writS
if Congress doesn't adopt some
w -kable form of pay-as-you-go
legislation before March Is. 1913.
Senator w. Warren Barbour tR)
of New Jersey warned today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18

"Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake. Is one Of many
famous features In The Detroit
Times
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18

First Presbyterian Church, vii
be held at 10 a. m Saturday
Plans have been made this yeal
to accommodate 200 children.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
Church YuIe Fete Set

The annual Christmas party for
the community classes Of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18

Order The Detroit Times
mailed daily and Sunday TO your
man in the armed forces.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
VINO 10 Begin
Hearings Here
On Job Releases

Montague Clark director Of the
War Manpower Commission in De-
troit. announced today that a Spe-
cial committee Of IS members Will
begin hearing appeal cases next
week for employees demanding GER
tificstes Of release from employers.
Tho committee is composed OF
members Of the United states
employment service. CyroniuS A.
Newcomh, area manager, was
named chairman Of the group.
fo-t'Nr0N
Clark Gaid:
Nv orkers will be expected 10
take up the matter of releases
with their union il such releases
are refused by the employer.
The employer will he requested
10 furnish Information about
cases within seven days after il
- started or the appeal unit viii
assume the workers statement
II correct.
Either worker or employer
may he represented by one or
more persons at the hearing. II
either are dissatisfied, an appeal
may be filed with the War Man
power Commission"
Clark also revealed that new
claSSificationS have been added 10
the present Job freeze list.
They are manufacturers of inks
bread gas masks, shoe repair. heat
plant repair. ruStprooiing and
those employed by the army and
navy IN war plants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
METER APPEAL TO
 BE HEARD IN DEC.
Supreme Court Gets Local Case; Hartford Printers
 Case Also Scheduled

Waterbury's parking meter appeal case is one of four actions heard in Waterbury which have been en- tered on the December docket of the State Supreme Court of Errors in Hartford. The othersr are the appeal of Charles Lafiin, Hartford printer, in his damage suit against Nicholas Apalucci, Thomas Lucian, and Domenic Sacco, all of Water bury; the appeal of Mary Santa Marei of Waterbury from the $l2,500 damages cerdict returned in favor of Joseph Magaraci, also of this city; and the case of Charles Chicorelii of Waterbury who was convicted on charges of indescent assault.
 None O. s:e cases has been printed and hearings in all probability will not be conducted until the early part of next year. The Chicoreli case was heard at criminal ses- sion of superior court, while the others were tried in common pleas court.
 The parking meter case. was one of the most colorful civil actions heard here in some time. with many prominent persons as witnesses and frequent bitter exchanges between counsel. Atty. John H. Cassidy who waged the fight againstt he meters obtained $lO0 damages and an in- junction restraining the city from operating the meters. A stay of execution of the injunction was granted, however, by Judge Thomas J. Wall who returned the decision, pending the appeal to the higher court.
 Considerable interest has been aroused in observers who wonder what action the city could take to prevent removal of all meters In the event the supreme court should uphold the lower courts decision. That legislative action might be sought is the opinion of some oh- servers.
 Charles Chicorelli. 36. of 6e Birch street. was sentenced to serve five was found guilty September 30 of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
GEN. JAS. HERTZOC
 OF AFRICA IS DEAD
Famous BOer Leader, Fora mer Prime Minister Much
 in Public Eye

Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov 2l = U.P) - General James B M. Hertzog. 76. former prime min ister of the Union of South Africa, died today.
 He resigned as prime minister September s, 1889. two days after war broke out between Britain and Germany. He had sumbitted to par lament Q motion for modified form of neutrality for South Africa. Field Marshal Jan s. Shuts. then deputy prime minister, vigorously opposed the motion and parliament rejected 1t 80 to 67. Hertzog's government then resigned, ana Shuts, present prime minister. formed a new gov' ernment.
 South Africa then declared wal on the Axis.
 He told his Afrikander party on October g, i94i. that he supported Nazism.
 "Nazism is not the exclusive pro- duct of any particular country o1 people but 1t came to South Aries as an Afrikann national tradition and is as old as the Afrikkan peo- ple," he said.
 Hertzog was born at Wellington Cape Colony, on April 6. 1866. Hs became a judge in the Orange Fres State in 1895 and served through thu Boer War of ie9e-02 On the Boel side.
 In 1907, he became attorney gen. eral and minister of education. HI
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
Financial Report for 10 Months Basis for PrOm-
 ising Prediction

The City of Waterbury will show a surplus of well over $5O0,000 in it1 1922 opera tions, it appeared today on the basis of a financial re- port for the first 10 months of the year by Controller Thomas M. Conlon. The surplus may reach a point between $550, ,O00 and $600,- 900. In the 1943 budget is an estimate of $446,948 for the current years surplus, which sum is appropriated against for next year. Budget Director Thorvald E. Olsen told the finance board that he actu- ally expects a surplus of approxi- mately $509,0O0. Both these figures are regarded as quite conservative.
 Last Year $5O9.00o
 The city's record surplus, achieved last year, was $5O9,000 The budget estimate was a surplus of $405, 900, of which $lO5, 900 was set aside to balance off the citys account in the closed Merchants Trust Co, leav- ing an actual estimated balance of s3OO,OOO. When the figures were all in, they showed surplus of s509, 900. from which the Merchants Trust Co. allocation had to be subtracted.
 Controller Conlon's report for the first 10 months of l942 indicates that there will be a large sum in unexpended appropriations available for the city surplus. In addition, 5tty revenue. notably taxes, will be far higher than estimated, with tax collections probably exceeding e8 per cent of the levy. though the budget estimate is limited to 92 per cent estimate.
 sl.l57.s5s Available
 As of Nov. the city government the city had total of $l,l57 .955.e4 available of a total of s6,286. .744.0l with which the year was started, The balance amounts to i0.6 per cent of total appropriations for the year.
 Tn the wPA appropriation. there Is d balance of 035 per cent. Of an appropriation of s3s.760. there is still sTs.iOe.42 remaining.
 Welfare Dept. s7.5 Per Cent
 The welfare department still has SIS per cent of it's appropriation left. The appropriation was sSie.- GOO. the balance is sils.O00.
 The street department. with an appropriation of Se4s.000. still has si6l 900. or 2s per cent of its total on hand.
 Other city departments have enouRh funds available to carry on Co Dee. 2i unless scme unforeseen situations arise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
SURVIVORS TELL
 OF SINKING SUB
Merchantmen Falls Prey to Second Raider; 37
 Survivors Reach Port

An East Coast Port, Nov. 2l-(UP) The story of a gale-crippled U. S. merchantmen that routed and per- haps sank one submarine only to fall prey to another undersea raider with loss of three seamen was re- lated here by 37 survivors.
 The first raiders torpedoes missed their mark at mid-afternoon when the storm had subsided. But the second blasted into the medium sized ship on the forward port side and she went down in Il minutes in the North Atlantic.
 Heavy seas were breaking over the vessel forward" related Capt. s. c. Krolikowski. "So, turned the vessel around as was afraid the heavy seas boarding would break my hatches."
 It was a wild night, he said, after the storms intensity increased and heavy deck cargo was hurled against the steering apparatus, tanning the steering chain. A man was washed overheard by one huge wave-lost in the murk of 75-mile -an-hour gale. A lfeboat and a lift raft went oyerside the pumps were going full blast.
 Next day, Capt. Krolikowski said, the weather moderated slightly but the steering gear went bad again and the men spent the night mak- ing repairs.
 It was near mid-afternoon and the storm was well gone when two torpedoes were fired at the vessel.
 "The gun crew was at stations and the vessel was zigzagging," he said. Thu about an hour the sub- marine surfaced about two miles away and (the gun crew) opened fire. Four shots were fired and the last may be considered a possible hit as an upheavel of water was seen and the submarine disappeared from view"
 That night the ship was hit by q torpedo, dropped two feet at the bow and began to settle. Two men were missing when the crew aban- doned ship. Sixty hours later aid arrived.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
City's Surplus For 1922 May Range From $55O, 900 to $500, ,0OO
Early A. M. Gloom Blacks Out City

An eerie darkness blanketed Waterbury well into the normal daylight hours today, making it necessary for motorists to operate with their headlights on full and for h0useholders to use electric lights.
 Headlights were needed until almost a. m. and lights were needed in homes even later than that hour.
 A drizzling rain fell through the darkness, and dropping mer- cury added to the discomfort. The weather bureau predicts more rain and cclder weather.
 At 8 o'clock this morning it was still as dark as it is at midnight. The sky began to brighten a bit soon after, but early morning bus mess was carried on i'm a setting of semi-darkness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
BRISTOL co. LEADS IN BOND PURCHASES
Maintained 9S9z6 Record in October; WTBY Tool
 Has 0O9o Record

The Bristol Co. took over the lead among large employers in par ticipation in the payroll deduction plan for purchase of war bonds during October, 1t is shown today in a report by Chairman J. Fran cts Smith the war bond commit tee. The COT Apany had 98 per cent of its more than 1900 employees taking part in the plan.
 The Waterbury Tool Co. division of Vickers. Inc, with over 2,000 em- plcyes. had a 90. per cent record. The Chase Brass 6s Copper Co. led the city's industrial Big Three. 1. with 88 per cent of it's employees taking part, as compared with 63 per cent for the American Brass CO. and 8z per cent for the Scovill Mfg. Co. The Scovill firm had led the city's Urge employers in Sep temher with . record of e6 per |cent.
 Tn the mercantile division, there were several score stores which Ispcrted records of 100 per cent in the payroll deduction plan. A num- Der of others were close to the 100 per cent figure.
 During october there were 37,352 persons in the industrial division making regular payments on war bonds, their investment averaging gocntlnusd on Page 2)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-21
LAVAL SEEKING
 NEW ALLIANCE
Continental France, Ger many to Join Hands in
 Military Economic Pact
By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON

\
 London, Nov. 2l-(UP)-Pierre Laval. newly created by the Na2is as puppet dictator of France, was reported on the verge of concluding a military alliance between contin- ental France and Germany today.
 Reliable reports from Madrid said Laval was conferring with Otto Abetz, Nazi delegate to Paris, and was expected soon to leave for Ber- lin to sign a treaty joining France, milits. fly and economically, with the Axis.
 These reports were strengthened by Laval's speech to the French people last night in which he pro- claimed his admiration for the Nazis his hate for the Democracies and a promise that volunteer legions would avenge the insults the pro- Nazis of France had received, pre- sumably from French patriots.
 "A legion of volunteers is rising at this moment who will go to North Africa to fight and whom we are not going to stop, to give the answer to the insult inflicted upon France" the United Press listening post heard Laval say. France braces herself. There is no more rivalry or parties"
 The German Trans-Ocean agency quoted him: "Never so long as I have a say in the matter will Den1- ocracy return to France"
 He said Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, Tn making him dictator Of German occupied France had given him the heaviest task a man can carry on his shoulders"
 Roosevelt, by his attack on North Africa and the release of the Jews as well as Communists, has shown us who is standing behind the Anglo-Saxon powers" Trans-Ocean quoted him.
 T told President Roosevelt last April through the United States ann bassador to Vichy. Admiral Leahy, that France would never do any thing to disturb United States and French relations.
 Roosevelt, nevertheless, is sys- dismembering the French empire. We can become a great country again only by pursuing a clear and one-sided policy. There
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