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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-06
PLUMBING CASES
HEARD TUESDAY
Appeals OF Six Men Ac.
cused Of Breaking Law
Before Common Pleas

The appeal cases OF six men &C.
cused Of violating local plumbing
ordinances BY working at the Long
Hill road defense housing project
last fall without local plumbing
licenses will belheard at the criminal
session OF the Common ploaB court
which opens tomorrow morning, The
men are Louis Boetll0r, "a Park
Place; Fred gearios, 30 Woodtiek
road; Aggellla PelletIer, 90 South
Elm street; Ernest Bakhart, 30
Coiley street; Joseph Kennedy, Of
YonkerB; and Philip CiirTan Of
Stamford. The men were arrested
Sept. OF last year for working
without local licenses following O
battle between local Plumbing In
spector James n. Walker and gov-
eminent authorities concerning
quality Of plumbing Inhalation ~
the housing unit.
Judge Thomas J. Wall Of Torring-
ton who received an assignment 10
the local court for the spring session
will preside tomorrow. Prosecuting
Attorney william J. Larkin will
present the cases for the state.
Ten other cases have been sched-
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tire Rabaul defense force, and the
Japanese numbered up to 10000.
australian radio reports said 30,-
O0O).
They fought until they could
fight no more and then, retiring to
the bush, started a two-month drive
through the country, crossing croco-
ollie infested rivers, to arrive finally
al ports where they were brought
to safety-about TOO who survived.
The Japanese attacked Rabaul
Jan. 20, after days Of airplane at
tack. The five planes In the Aus
tralian air force were knocked out
early in the fight after they had
gone up against as many at ID
times their number.
I'VE were grouped on the slopes
Of Mt. Vulcan 70 meet the land at
tack" g survivor said. I'VE heard
the murmur Of voices over the Hack
water and then the sound Of boat
keels grating on the shore.
This Japanese were wearing
black singlets and shorts. They mad
hlackened their faces and limbs. Ap-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-06
American Submarines Are
Taking Their Toll Of Japs

cargo ships, four; merchant ships,
four; destroyer, one; tankerg, two;
freighters, I'VE; passengef-caTgO,
one; miscellaneous, one,
Believed sunk-De stroyerg, two;
cruiser, one; aircraft carrier, one;
geapIane tender, cfle; transports,
three; miscellaneous, three.
Damaged Carriers, one; cruisers,
three; freighters, two; seaplanc
tenders, two; transport, one; sup
DIV ship, one; unidentified, one.
Altogether, American naval forces
have sunk 90 ships including q
waFsllips, probably sunk n others,
including Is waTgbips, and damaged
80 OF which 20 were warships. These
figures, compiled from navy cone
munlques, include action BY Gil Meet
units surface, submarines and cir.
Latest submarine action was afi-
fiounced Saturday when the Navy
disclosed that American submarines
In the eolfthcwest Pacific sank
cruiser. probably sank another, and
damaged two aeaplane tenders, Q
guply ship. q barge transport and
al unidentified ship.
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Washington, April 8, (uP) -
American submarines, operating In
Japanese controlled waters OF tho
Southwest Pacific, have sunk or
damaged 40 large japanese ships--
most Of them warships or naval
aVxliiartog. Tho submarines, at times
almost within sight OF Yokohama,
and raging throughout the Japan
ege-d0lninated China eea, have car
Fied out their dangerous mission al
most without loss. The cost to the
United States 10 far has been one
submarine, the Shark. Announce
mefit Saturday that seven more Jap
aiaego vessels had been sunk on
damaged brings 10 10 the number OF
eli kinds sunk by submarines alone.
Eleven others are believed 10 have
been stink, and II more we're dam
aged and IN some cases put out Of
action for weeks Or months.
Tho box score Of sinkings by
American submarines as complied
from navy communicates:
Sunk 80 Transports, Ave; mine
sWeeprTB. onei supply vessels, one;
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-06

Belfast, April Q -tUP)- Five
hundred special police cOmbed
Belfast today for members Of the
outlawed Irish Republican Army
believed responsible for two gun
battles In suburban streets Easter
Sunday.
The clashes followed an unsuC-
Cessful attempt 10 bomb the
Royal HlppOdrOme movie theateF
where British and American
troops In Northern Ireland are
entertained every Sunday night.
Authorities believed the bomb
Ing was tried by the Irish Repub-
Ilcan Army In protest against an
OfIlclaI prohibition against any
cOmmemoratlon Of the Dublin
Easter week rebellion Of 1915.
Constable Patrick Murphy was
killed In one Of the street battles
between police and demonstration.
Six men and three women, said
to be members Of Che !. n. A.
were arrested.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-06
Restaurant Owner Is
Fined SIS With Costs
Ildedge Diamond Of Union Street Found Guilty Of Sell
ing Liquor to intoxicated Man; Latter 10
Also Fined S. With Costs

Hedge Diamond ~, OF 81 Union
street, operator OF q restaurant o.
800 South Main street was fined
s7b and costs In municipal court TO.
day on a charge OF selling liquor
10 an intoxicated person. Bonds OF
$500 were posted for al appeal 70
common pleas court,
Stanley Teach, a, OF 242 Wood.
tic road 10 whom the liquor al.
legedly was sold, was fined s. and
costs on O charge OF intoxlea ton,
He posted a bond OF $500 for Oh ap'
peal.
II wonder who's being arrested"
Teach testified no Gaid 10 Patrolman
Joseph Cavanaugh OF the wise squad
shortly before one o'clock Sunday
morning, whom tho patrol wagon
drew up In front OF the restaurant,
twas ! surprised when was put
IN the wagon" he said
Denies lie was Drunk
He denied that he was drunk Pa.
trolman CaVanaugh testified that
both Teach and q girl companion
we're under the influence OF liquor
and that each had q drink on the
table when he and Lieut., Patrick
Hobart entered the place.
Diamond said no had refused 10
sell Teach and tho girl drink and
had gone 10 tho kitchen TO got
sandwiches for them when some
one else served drinks 10 them. u
don't know who served them" he
gaid.
patrolnan Cavanaugh said Dias
inond told him that earlier In the
evening he had asked Teach and
the girl 10 leave, They had left and
returned, he said,
Records OF tho police department
show that Diamond paid $50 and
costs February ~. 1910, on O
charge Of selling liquor without 0
license,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-06
Two Hundred Enemy Planes
Were Destroyed or Damaged
Giant Flying Fortresses Smashed
Japanese In Their Rangoon Bases
People Hunt JungIes Of
CeyIOn for Japs, Who
Parachuted Down
Nv John r. MORRIS

United Press Far Eastern Manager)
New Delhi, india, April 6-(UP)--
Giant FortresseS OF the United
States Army Air Corps In their
second big attack from india bases,
have heavily attacked the Japanese
base at Rangoon and, fighting
through swarm OF japanese figh-
ter planes, have oil returned TO base,
II was announced today,
Tn o heavy bombardment, Am
erican cir force planes attacked
docks In the Rangoon area on the
night OF April g." communique OF
the United States Or forces In India
said.
"rhree large fires were started.
pursuit action was encountered.
"All personnel returned safe"
Thus for the second time IN two
days, tho Flying F'ortresseS struck
at Japanese bases mepaeing Burmq
and india.
In their first attack Thursday
they attacked Port Blair, the bic
Invasion base IN the Andaman Is
lands 900 miles south Of Akyab Oh
the Burma coast and 800 miles
across the Bay OF Bengal from Cal
cutta.
They SGT a Japanese cruiser Attire
damaged troop transport and
damaged two other ships with near
misses,
Second of Enemy Bases
In their attack on Rangoon they
struck at the second OF the enemy
bases, from which ct any moment O
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SUPT. OF POLICE
ROACH HAS LOST
Supernumerary Policeman
Is Not "IrrepIaceabIe";
Subject to Military Call

occupatlonal defeFment investI-
gators for state Selective Service
headquarters have ruled again that
q waterbury Supernumerary police
man Is not "irTeplaceable" and that
no u subject 10 military service
Tho ruling, made after q lengthy
and careful investigation by Major
Herbert sehwabacher and Lieut.
william y. Pape, Is subject 70 re-
view by the state board OF appeals
The case involved an appeal by
Police Superintendent william J,
Roach for deferment OF the SUPER
numeFary policeman on the ground
that he was performing Oh I'M
portant defense task and could not
be replaced.
Tho finding by the Investigators
completed after several weeks dur
ing which the training program OF
the Waterbury police department
was surveyed, holds that any po-
lieeman taking even the maximum
amount OF special training available
for local policemen could complete
II IN 10 hours,
Pending Nine Months
Chairman Anthony Schiayone OF
SelectiVe Service Board 1913 said
that the case In question has been
pending nine months. He and other
members OF the board have refused
defeTment for the policeman, and
the case has attracted wide atten-
ton as O possible test.
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-06
300 British Bombers
Hit German Rhineland
Paris Industrial Area, AirdrOmes in France, French
Invasion Coast, Given Another Terrific
Blasting Last Night
BY JAMES CHAMBERS
United Press Staff COrrespondent)

NgHhbSV kkVDB SWs1hA SWAAS@RSAANn~AAp
London, April Q up More
than 800 giant British bombing
planes raided the German Rhine
land, the Paris war industry area,
airdromes In occupied France and
the French invasion coast during
the night, the air ministry said to-
day.
The air ministry broke prece-
dent 10 make II known that more
than 800 planes had taken part IN
the attack. and II was believed that
q new phase OF the British spring
aerial offensive had been reached
In which on every favorable night
the Royal Air force would essay
raids overshadowing those OF the
German attacks on Britain last
year.
night attacked targets IN the
Rhineland particularly Cologne.
the formal air ministry commune
que said.
"rhe dnome.R honc works and
other factories at GenneVillieri
near Paris, which are making war
material for the enemy, and docks
at Lefiavre also were bombed.
"Bombers and fighters attacked
airdromes IN occupied territory.
Five bofnbers are missing"
Hundreds Of Tens
Hundreds Of tons OF bombs were
hurled on Cologne, q center OF Ger
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Japs Pay Frightful Price In Piled-Up
Dead To Take Australian Invasion Base

parently they thought there would
be no opposition after their plane
attacks. There was little attempt at
stealth or silence. We let them get
into our barbed wire and then let
them have cross-fire."
It was impossible for i.400 men TO
hold against 10000 and the Aus
tralians, after killing thousands Of
the Japanese, retired.
Then began the weeks Of march,
ing to safety through Shiny moras-
ses and black clinging mud. The
stronger ones carried the weaker.
Each man had a tiny scrap Of
corned beef and biscuit each day.
Before the survivors reached safety
they had gone through country in
which no white man had ever set
foot. When they reached safety they
we're unshaven, with stlnken cheeks
and lined faces, wearing only tat
tiers Of uniforms and staggering with
exhaustion.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-06
japanese Easter Attack
on CeyIOn Cost Them at
Least 81 Planes
1917 SMASHED IN
FIGHTING AT MALTA
Axis Have Suffered Loss
of 200 Planes a Week
Since January First
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS
United Press Foreign Editor

The United Nations re-
doubled a drive for aerial
superiority over the Axis to-
day with q weekend record Of
powerful bombing blows and
the smashing Of more than
200 enemy aircraft on world.
wide fronts. In the Islands
north Of Australia perhaps
35 enemy planes were de-
stroyed. In O great battle that
smashed q Japanese Easter attack
on Ceylon Island off India another
81 were downed or damaged. On
the Russian 'front.' Q total OF iO2 were
destroyed on Saturday alone and the
Soviets listed i07 was smashed up Ia
several days" fighting. At the Mea-
iterranean Island Of Malta, aEl0thew
IS Axis planes were downed during
renewed attacks. In al II appeared
that 2i2 Axis aircraft were destroyed
or damaged but the list was izlcotns
plete.
The British Press Association re-
ported that IN i042 the Axis had suf~
Tered q loss OF 200 planes q week On
all fronts, which would mean O totaf
loss OF around 2,eo0 planes since
January !.
But IN addition to the heavy aerial
losses inflicted on the enemy, tlae
United States flying fortfesseH
based In India extended their 81
tacks 10 the Japanese-heId Burma
Port Of Rangoon- starting big fires
and the Raj battered German in
dustries from the Paris Suburbs %
the Rhineland.
British Hit At Germany
The British aerial attacks IN VEST
ern Europe hit the big airpla1le
motors factory being used BY tho
Germans ct 0ennevilliers. near
Paris, and extended TO LeHavre, and
Cologne In the Rhineiand, with more
than 900 Raj craft participating.
Five British planes were missing.
PICK UP p
Reports from Stockholm told Of
British aerial activity over the Nazl-
held Norwegian iron port Of Narvik,
leading TO reports that British CONF
mandoS had made a raid on that
northern sector in O new blow on
the shifting western front. London
declined comment on the Narvik
reports but the Arctic area recently
has become increasingly important
as a result Of German EFFORTS 70
sever the Allied supply line from
America and Britain 70 Russia.
On the eastern front, the Fed
Army was showing no signs Of los
Ing the initiative and the laewspa~
per Red Star reported that irnpoT-
tant gains had been made on the
central front facing Snclensk)
and south Of Kharkov, In the Uk-
raine, where the Soviete said the
German armies massed for spring
offensive had been broken up.
The Red Star listed q total d
10000 Germans killed In fighting
between March 70 and April 4
Intense Russian Battles
The most intense fighting APP
peared TO be on the Russian central
front, where the Red Army has
been battling for weeks 70 DESTROY
such enemy strong points as Rzfev
and WANNA and to hack rsss
into the Smolensk defense line.
On this front, the Russians sail
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CHURCH PRAYERS
SENT MACARTHUR
Pastor Of Church Where
General Was Baptized
on May 10, 1880

Little Rock, Ark, April Q - ~.
p - A prayer that he may In
eli things serve God and our couil-
try wisely, faithfully and effectu-
ally" was on It's way today 10 Gen.
eral Douglas Macarthur from the
pastor and congregation Of the
Church OF Christ, Episcopal, where
ne was baptized on May 10, 1880.
In answer 10 MacArthur's re-
guest, Rector william Postell Wit
sell said the following prayer:
ooh, gracious heavenly father who
has taught us 10 come 70 thee fol
succor In our every hour OF need
and who by the resurrection OF thy
son, Jesus Christ, has revealed To
us triumpil-life over death; Of
truth over falsehoods; OF right over
wrong; good over evil-look with
favor upon our nation and her Al
lies IN the mortal struggle we now
are engaged In.
Guide over our leaders that are
in authority among Us by thy spirit
and sustain them by thy grace that
they be enabled TO Judge wisely and
execute faithfully such plans q
destroy forces OF aggression, tyraIl-
ny and cruelty and vicious selfish.
ness and 50 open the way for the
coming Of thy Kingdom OF thy sor
and Lord into the hearts Of the mer
OF all nations.
"And now, oh God, we ask thai
thee especially remember thy serv.
ant, Douglas Macarthur, dedicated
10 thee IN Holy Baptism In thu
church az this parish. Grant iinte
him, oh God, the living conscious.
CONTINUED on psas y
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Belfast Police Seek
Sunday Gun Battlers

Two police cars were attacked
by young men armed with re-
yOlvers. Their leader opened fire
with q machine gun, and po-
lice returned the fire. The gang
soon was dispersed and no one
was injured.
Another policeman was wound
cd critically In n battle with four
gunner Saturday after the home
once imposed the ban on demon
STATIONS.
Military police stood guard dur
ing last nights entertainment at
the Royal HlppodrOme and no In.
C!dents were reported. American
and British troops packs the audi"
tOrluxn.
II was believed IN some quar-.
ters that the bombs may have
been planted In the theater BY
members OF groups dedicated 70
maintenance 81 Relfast's Sunday
blue law. Last week these groups
protested Sunday shows for
troops.
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WAINWRIGHT in
ANOTHER VICTORY
New Japanese Assault Of
Great Force Is Stopped
By Defenders
BY MACK JOHNSON

united Press SIAN correspondent
Washington, April 9 - (U.P) -
Lieutenant General Jonathan M.
WainwrightS Philippine defenders
have stopped q new Japanese as
sauit OF great force" and repulsed
another enemy attempt 10 land
troops on Bataan'B east coast. the
War Department reported today.
The new ground assault yesterday
was supported by tanks, artillery
and dive bombers but was stopped
by our troops after hard fighting"
The Japanese were unable to ex-
tend the slight gains" they made
Saturday and their losses were
heavy.
II was the first mention OF use OF
tanks by the Japanese IN their cur
rent offensive and showed how they
have been bringing up oil manner
Of equipment for this drive against
the outnunbered defenders.
As was the case III Saturdays
heavy assault, Sundays enemy at
tack was centered on the right CEN
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-06
NATIONAL LABOR
BOARD HAS LOST
Seamen, Who Strike on
Board Ship, Are Mutt.
neers, Supreme Court

Washington, April G-(UP).-rhe
Supreme court ruled today that
strikes by seanen on board ship
away from home port, even though
tho vessel IL safe In q domestic har.
Dor, are mutinous and are not pro.
tected by the National Labor Rela.
tons act.
Th court, IN a B. 70 4 decision, set
aside part of q National Labor Re-
lationB board order directing the
Southern Steamship Co.. Philadel-
phia, TO discontinue alleged unfair
labor practices and 10 reiFlState
certain personne1 that were laid
of after q strike at Houston, Tex.
Members OF the National MARI
time Union (CfO) struck while
their vessel, the 8. 8. City OF Fort
Worth, was Inoored at q Houston
dock. They commended the company
had refused 10 bargain after the
union won IN election.
Justice James r. Byrnes, deliver
Ing the majority decision, cited the
recent fire aboard the Army trans
port Lafayette-the former French
luxury liner Normandie-as grim
enough proof that O ship Is not
necessarily safe even though Il Is
In q harbor and that discipline
must DO maintained among crew
members at oil times,
Captain Must DO Obeyed
Ever since man has gone 10 sea,
the relationship OF master 10 sea.
man has been entirely different
from that Of employer TO efnploye
on land" Byrnes said.
1.-THE lives OF passengers and crew
as we'll as the safety OF ship and
cargo are entrusted 10 tho masters
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WATEWDURYIS
TOLD news ON
GOOD FRIDAY
That Happens to Be Just
Twenty-Five Years Ago
Today
ARMY DAY IS BEING
CELEBRATED WIDELY
Today Our Boys in All
Camps Await Word to
Strike Hard

Just rs years ago today-it
was Good Friday -- Water
burians received the news
that their country was at war
with Germany. Black head
lines In The Democrat OF that
date declared ~. s. At War
With Germany, bringing TO
Waterbury the long-awaited
step had been taken. It was
long before the days OF radio
and copies Of the paper were
ayidly seized and tho details OF tho
war declaration carefully read. Tho
declaration OF state OF war was
welcomed BY q country burning With
anger and Indignation OF the Ger.
man campaign OF unrestricted cam.
palgn warfare,
City Began 10 W0rk
waterbury stepped Into war tenn.
DO Immediately. The local unit OF
the Naval Reserves was awaiting
hourly n call 10 active duty; the
Home Guard elected new officers;
q Red Gross campaign was started,
volunteers began fiocking 10 recruit-
Ing offices.
The day after the war declaration
The Democrat reported that the
city was calm but determined, Dis.
quieting rilnors that run on
banks would follow o declaration OF
war proved groundloss and The
Democrat praised the people OF tho
city for their level medicines,
Editorial Of That Day
on its editorial page April 0,
1917, The Democrat said:
1.-THE inevitable has come and We
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ALLIED PLANES
HAMMERED JAPS
North Approaches to Aus.
tralia SmOthered Under
Weekend Smashes
BY BRYDON g. TAVES
United Press staff Correspondent

General MacArthur's Headquar-
tiers, Australia. April 6-(UP)-Al-
lied warplanes were reported today
TO have destroyed or damaged be-
tween So and 20 Japanese planes IN
intensified weekend attacks at the
northern approaches to Australia.
It was difficult to obtain an ac-
curate count Of the Japanese week.
end aerial losses, although al Aus
tralian communique listed IS enemy
planes destroyed or damaged. Other
dispatches from Port Moresby, New
Guinea. and other sectors OF the
northern Invasion flank" indicated
that the total was somewhat higher.
on Java, springboard for a threat
ened Japanese invasion Of Australia,
Dutch troops Of considerable size"
were revealed officially TO be fight
ing the Japanese in the interior
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OIL MAN ~ DEAD

Hartford, Conn, April 0 49, (U.P1
- Funeral services will DO held
Wednesday NJ pitsheld, Mass, for
James II. Freeman, 90, retired dis.
trlct manager Of the Standard Oil
Company Of New York, who died
Sunday night. He was O native OF
Westfeld, Mass.
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VNcLE EF

M aybe we
better geg W In
The attic ana
FesuEFeot the Old
shaving ~ a n
decorated with
the flying ewal.
low ama gilt
initials, that
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on The barber
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against forget
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For TOMS ht
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-16
NJ Makes Experts Blush

tional record. II was Detroits
third victory over an eastern
team.
All the unbeatens kept their
perfect records.
BOSTON TOPS EAST
William and Mary downe d
V. M. l.. 27-6, and the two Georgia
teams kept rolling along. Their
coming clash will be four-star
attraction, the winner undoubtedly
getting a bowl bid.
Boston Colleges amazing score
over Fordham. ranks the Eagles
as the team of the East without
much question and more so since
PENIS highly rated outfit went
down before Penn State, 1877.
Tulsa was also impressive In
protecting its perfect record
against the Baylor Bears, 24-0.
Only one touchdown has been
chalked up against Tulsa this
season.
The Big Ten Conference scram.
BILE begins to untangle bit and II
Minnesota can beat Wisconsin
Michigan's game against Ohio
State Saturday assumes titular
proportions. And after the VOL
verines' showing Saturday IL looks
like a Michigan year.