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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-02

to those they used in Malaga with
great reliance being placed upon
sniping from concealed positions
and guerilla type warfare.
But the Dutch were prepared for
this. can report that the Dutch
are putting up a good fight. They
are shooting accurately and clean
ing out nests Of Japanese as rapidly
as they can find them.
So far the japanese have operated
with minimum Of air support.
American, Dutch, British and Aus
tralian planes gre - r~'''
The airmen are fighting almost "a
hours a day. NC, "a $780,.
tired. But as rapidly as they re4uTA
to their bases from one mission, they
load up with bombs, ammunition
and gasoline and roar off again.
The Dutch are employing tanks
and armored cars to blast back at
the Japanese invasion footholds. In
one counter-attack Dutch tanks are
reported to have obtained most eff
fective results.
The main highways are filled with
roaring trucks and military columns,
dispatched with lightning speed by
the Dutch high command to threat
ened points along the coast. The
entire Dutch defense Is mobile with
troops being shifted rapidly from
spot to spot in accordance with
hourly DEVELOPMENTS.
Nothing but military traffic is per-
mitted on the highways.
The British high command in
Java issued an order Of the day call
ing on all British forces to attack
the japanese Sin defense of the last
stronghold of democracy in the
southwest Pacific"
A Netherlands East Indies high
command communique said at the
same time that Netherlands Indies
motor torpedo boat had sunk Jap
anese flotilla leader destroyer at
the eastern side Of the Java sea in
night attack.
No Real Particulars
"At the present phase Of the battle
against Japanese invasion troops no
development of the action" the
particulars can be given regarding
high command communique said.
But the air force was able to an
nounce slashing and damaging at
tack by the racing Allied fighter
planes, which yesterday attacked a
feet of upwards of 20 Japanese
transports and invasion sloops which
were landing trops, tanks and ma
chine guns on the invasion coast.
The Allied planes swept down on
the transports, raking their troop
crowded decks with machine gun
FIRE, and on the sloops.
Most Of the sloops were landing
tanks and machine guns, which the
invasion forces needed urgently to
consolidate their positions and con-
tinue inland.
"The landing Sloops we're machine
gunned and sunk with few excep-
tions," the communique said.
One tank, 1t was noted, burst into
flames and dropped into the sea as
It, was being transferred from
transport to a sloop.
The Allied planes also attacked
and set fire to tanks which had been
landed before they arrived, the COM
munique added.
This Furnishing Allied attack was
made at the easternmost, and most
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-02

ment of the children and grandchil-
dren of the decedent, during the
lifetime of Mr.. DAILY. Upon the
death of the latter income is OF be
distributed annually, each January
/, among the four surviving chill
dren and their children.
Upon the death of the last Of Mrs.
Days children, the trust estate will
cease, and will then be divided
among all grandchildren who have
attained the age of 81, and will be
held in trust for other grandchil-
dren until they attain their major
tiles. Mr.. DAILY, mis- eldest son, M.
Joseph DAILY, and the Citizens and
Manufacturers National Bank are
named executors and trustees.
Mrs. DAILY, a native Of Waterbury,
was the daughter of the late Pa
trick and Grace (Lawlor) Guilfoile.
She resided at 1870 Columbia Boule-
yard.
Surviving are: two daughters, Mrs.
r. F.. Vickers Of Stamford and Mrs
John F. McLinden of Waterbury;
two sons, M. J. and Edmund ]. DAILY
Jr., both Of Waterbury; six grand
sons, Edmund ). DAILY, III, Edmund
D. Vickers, Joseph E. DAILY, Daniel
D. DAILY, NJ. j. DAILY, III, and James
F. Daily, a granddaughter, Miss Mary
Agnes DAILY, and q first cousin, Miss
Julia Bergin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-02
Blackout Ahead!
Waterbury Responds To First Test

Downtown streets, particularly
around Exchange Place, were crowd
ed with pedestrians when the black
out signal came last night. Many
of the pedestrians had come pur-
posely to see what would happen
when the blackout came. Police
men and wardens ordered them in
to doorwayS and Railways.
For several hours before the
blackout a state police car,
equipped with a sound system,
toured the city giving blackOut
instructions.
Scores of spectators gathered at
strategic points on hills about the
city to watch the lights of the city
disappear as the sirens SOUNDED.
st. Mary'S and Waterbury hos
pitfalls were blacked out and OPP
erfated on an emergency basis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-02
MAYOR PLEASED
WITH BLACKOUT
Praises Aides, as Well as
Businessmen, Household
ers for Compliance

"A very gratifying demonstration
Of cooperation" was the description
given last nights test blackout by
Mayor Vincent A. Scully. Praise
should be given, he said, not only
to the wardens and other volunteers
but to the business men and house.
holders who followed blackout reg
ulations so carefully.
"While a great deal Of praise is
due to these men, women and chill
dren who have become part of our
air raid protective system, neverthe-
less some word of encouragement
to the thousands of persons who
so cheerfully cooperated.
att was a very gratifying DEM
onstration of cooperation and 1t
is amazing when it is recalled that
there must be many persons who
were not completely aware of the
blackout test. But on the whole,
the general public, the more than
$500 air raid wardens, the scores
Of auxiliary police and firemen
and the members Of the regular
city forces who participated should
feel proud to have been a part of
this great demonstration. The gen.
eral public, the motorists and all
others certainly responded with
a vim far beyond our great ex-
pectations.
1T is very necessary to have
this practice because we are liable
to get orders from the army at any
time now for a real blackout and
it has been proven tonight that the
city can and will comply. BY this
full cooperation the lives Of many
persons might be saved and much
property damage averted. am glad
that the general public appreciates
what is necessary to be done to
protect their homes and lives"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-02

Visitors had all been asked to
leave before the time scheduled
for the test.
The Southern New England Tele-
phone Co. reported that the public
had cooperated splendidly with the
request not to use phones during
blackout. The company said that
virtually the only calls made were
for defense purposes. The city hall
switchboard was almost entirely
free of calls.
Bunker Hill wardenS and spec
tatOrs said that glow from the
fires in the dump on ThOmastOn
avenue could be clearly seen
throughout the test. The problem
was called to the attention of De-
tense Council officials.
Fire alarm boxes about the city
were guarded during the test by
regular and auxiliary firemen. The
guard was a precaution against the
sending of any false alarms.
The winking of wardenS' flash
lights here and there about the
city reminded observers Of fire.
flies buzZing about on a summer
night. The lights would flicker
mOmentarily, then disappear.
Nearly all downtown stores had
one or more employees to study
blackout effects and to report any
possible flaws.
State Police Inspector william
Schatzman was one of the OBJ
servers viewing the test from Ex-
change Place.
Some minutes after the signal for
the local test had been given, the
sound of sirens from nearby towns
could be heard. SomH persons re-
ported. hearing warning bells rung
as "alert" signals in some suburban
towns.
Many complaints of wardenS
being bothered by dogs while
touring their sectors were re-
ceived. Some wardens said they
found it difficult to get to front
doors because Of friendly CANNES.
Workers at Zone A headquarters,
at Crosby high school, were unable
to hear the sirens, they reported.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-02
City Blackout Most
Satisfactory To All
CONTINUED from Page y

have the lights turned off. Both To-
cal radio stations informed listen
ers that the blackout was only g.
test and that all lights should be
extinguished. The stations later an
nounced the "all clear.
Private cars and buses pulled to
the curb and shut off their lights as
the sirens intermittent wall an
nounced the start of the test. Street
lights Winked out almost magically,
and in few seconds lights went off
in private homes and stores.
Spectators In Awe
Spectators near the center en-
gagged in "Ohs" and "AnS" as store
lights, display signs and theater
marques quickly were BACKED out.
The last big light visible in the
downtown section was a display sign
outside a bowling alley, which re-
manned on for several minutes but
was then switched off.
Wardens on duty in the sector
bounded by Bank, Center, Grand
and Leavenworth streets reported
that members of Jehovahs Witnesses
a religious sect, failed to turn of
lights that were rejecting through
rear windows of their meeting hall.
Mr.. Purves, Mr.. Holt and Com
missioner Hickey viewed the start of
the test from woodrow Wilson
school, then toured the city in a car
equipped with dim red headlights.
They were accompanied by Police
Superintendent william j. Roach
and Electrical Inspector Martin F.
ORourke. Police halted the cars for
Identification several times, fact
which won praise from the officials.
More than $500 air raid wardens,
auxiliary policemen, auxiliary fire.
men and other volunteers were on
duty during the test. Virtually every
street in the city was patrolled.
Supervised BY officials
The test was supervised by Mayor
Vincent A. Scully, chairman of the
Waterbury Defense Council; Chief
Air Raid Warden James j. Curtin
and j. Gregory Lynch, chairman of
the blackout committee. All were on
duty at the control station in the
City Hall. With other defense Off
Gals, they viewed part of the test
from the roof of the municipal
building.
WardenS made careful checks of
all sectors in the city, quickly re-
laying their information to sector
and zone headquarters. Few reports
OF unextinguished lights were re-
ceived.
Zone Wardens Albert Paul, Frank
x. Keefe, George v. Grady and j.
Gregory Lynch said that the sue
cess of the test had exceeded their
expectations.
In an effort to make the warning
sirens audible all over the city, they
will probably be remounted. The
sirens, which are on the city,s 10 fire
stations, are now mounted only
temporarily.
In several sections of the city
residents said, the sirens could be
only heard outdoors. Other neigh
borhoods reported that they could
not be heard at all.
The alarm was sounded at nearby
Middlebury almost 10 minutes be-
fore the Waterbury sirens began to
wall and many residents of the
western section of the city, believ-
ing it to be the local signal, imme-
diately turned off all lights.
Warning sirens from other towns
could be heard during much of the
time that the blackout was actually
in progress here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-02
jap Invasion Fleets
Hit Numerically
Continued from Page u

invasion zones, in the Remhang
area west of the Soerabaja naval
base.
Though the high command was
compelled to withhold particulars OF
land fighting, 1t was indicated that
despite counter-attacks the Japan
ese continued to filter in through
plantations and jungles along the
northern coast.
Fierce Fighting RACES
Unofficial reports said that in all
three invasion zones there was fierce
fighting In which the Dutch troops
gave no inch of gruond they could
hold against any odds and that they
were leaving nothing but ruins for
the enemy to take.
I watched hundreds OF trucks
filled with motorized trops, and long
conveys of tanks, hoses, guns and
supplies moving toward one sector
as the Dutch command coolly dis
tributed its tough, compact fighting
men to key areas.
Allied air squadrons were battling
not only to aid in repulsing the en-
envy troops and landing forces, but
to control the skies over Java.
During trip toward the front, ]
was surprised by the lack of enemy
fighter planes overhead. The Allied
convoy route which I followed was
not molested by Japanese planes.
Other observers who visited an
other sector near the fighting front
said they did not see or hear enemy
planes.
The Allied forces were moving up
in perfect order.
A small force Of Japanese bomb
ers, escorted by fighter planes, later
attacked an Allied air base near
Bandoeng this afternoon.
United Nations fighter planes
bounced upon them and there was q
hard battle until the enemy fed.
American, British and Australian
forces were aiding the sturdy Dutch
fighting against three enemy inva-
sion armies, which had suffered q
huge toll of casualties but were
hammering relentlessly into Java in
an effort to cut through the middle
Of the island and isolate Batavia
Bandoeng and Soerabaja naval base
VIII Battle in Air, at Sea
Allied cruisers, destroyers, sub
marines and auxiliary craft and
bombing and fighting planes en-
gagged the Japanese in wild fight
in the air and on and under the
sea surrounding the island as the
Japanese, under cover Of the guns
of big fleet and the protection Of
massed airplanes, forced further
troops landings on the coast.
The Japanese were obliviols tC
their heavy losses as they poured
ships, planes and men into the
fight.
They had lost at least 80 warships
and transports sunk or damaged
1t was estimated, since their inva.
! sion fleet was first sighted and en-.
gagged Friday, against two Alliet
cruisers and two destroyers SUM
and one cruiser damaged.
The beaches were thickly dottec
with the bodies Of Japanese sI1ocl
troops who fell before the first bias
of Dutch artillery and gun fire, anC
thousands more were killed as thu
invasion forces drove inland from
the Bantam province at the north
west corner Of Java, the IndrmayI
area north Of Bandoeng, the Meth.
! erlands East Indies army head
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-02
INVENTORY OF
DAILY ESTATE
Continued from Page u

mortgage on property at 8 Euclid
avenue, $4,000; first mortgage on
property at 1885 Waterville street,
$9,278.05; second mortgage on pro-
perty at 81 Hillside avenue, ST.
047.99; first mortgage on property
at Z Fairview street, $1,000; half-in-
terest in a note secured by a first
mortgage on property at as Oakhill
avenue, $3,53636, and a half-inter-
est in a note secured by first mort
gage on property at 81 Holmes ave-
nue., $4,000.
400 Shares OF Stock
A total of 400 shares in M. j. DAILY
and Sons, Inc, which, according to
the will of the descendent, can be
sold only in a single block, is APP
praised at $4,000.
Other stock holdings are: so
shares Chase National Bank, $3.50;
so shares General Electric Co., ST.
787 so; 65 shares Landers Frary and
Clark, $1,446.25; 70 shares Scovill
Mfg. Co., $1,764; IL shares Southern
New England Telephone Co., $1,81S,
and so shares of Torrington Co.
stock, $1,21875.
The residue Of the estate COM
prises savings account in the Wa
terbury Savings Bank, estimated at
$4,71804, a checking account in the
waterbury Trust Co., $1,114.53, and
a 1888 Model Cadillac Sedan, worth
$500.
The terms of Mrs. Days will adj
mitted to probate Dec. 81, last, pro-
vide for the establishment Of q
trust estate for the four children
and the grandchildren of the tesla
trix. The automobile and all per-
sonal effects are bequeathed to her
husband, Edmund J. DAILY, president
and treasurer of M. j. DAILY and
Sons, Inc.
Trust Estate Income
Income arising from the trust es-
tate will be utilized for the comfort
able maintenance of Mr.. DAILY, and
for the maintenance, education and
business or professional advance
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-02

(Cont1nQed from Page -
Belief was general here that the
fall Of the strategic city would be
announced soon.
Supplies Cut Off
SUPPLIES to the beleaguered Ger
mans there were cut off-eVen by
German aerial reinforce
mer1ts which may have amounted to
1900 planes, military dispatches said.
The 10th German army was known
to b. trapped at Staraya Russo and
scouts have identified the Nazi 32nd
and 12drdl divisions among the en-
circled enemy.
The snow fields on the southern
front were becoming mire and
Slush following heavy rains and mo-
torized units and heavy artillery
were begged down. Horses were
replacing the motorized equipment,
IzveStia said, and with men strain
ing at the wheels, the artillery was
being moved up in the midst of
heavy land and air fighting.
The Soviet air force dispersed
many German reserve units before
they could reach positions on the
battle lines. Two Na1 divisions
the 257th and 85th infantry - sue
ceeded in getting through to the
front lines, dispatches said, but only
after they were badly mauled.
Near Leningrad, a Russian cavalry
unit had taken toll of 500 Ger
y.aavA0 lyiI1aJ i,a ~ occaY11t M i'm
portant position defended by bat
talionS of the German Northwest"
and Netherlands" regiments. Teavy
fighting has been going on there
for the last three days.
1,40O Are Killed
On the important Kalinin front, L.
400 Germans have been killed and
the Russians have captured SO pill
boxes in the last few days fight
ing.
On the central front, the Soviet
fighters have destroyed two batta-
lions Of a German artillery regi-
nent and have captured two regi-
mental StaffS, 10 cannon and Is
mine throwers in one sector.
The army newspaper Red Star re-
ported an important victory in an
Tnspecifled sector of this front,
where 1t said the key points of the
German defense of the whole front"
had been penetrated after a pro-
longed battle. It said the German
losses were "norlnouS" and all enemy
counter attacks had been repulsed.
Marshal s. x. TimoShenko was adj
vancing on a 50-mile front between
Kharkov and the Sea of A7ov. The
Russians have taken an important
fortified point in the Kharkov area
and are pummeling German divi-
Sions brought up from the rear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-02

dneisenau and Prinz Eugen made
their dash through the Strait.
A British official correspondent, In
q dispatch from combined opera
tons ships yesterday, said that the
British parachute raid ON the
Bruneval radio locator Saturday was
marked by a daring charge Of the
Seaforth Highlanders into machine
gun fire.
Sergt. Leads Charge
A Seaforth sergeant, yelling the
regimental motto "Cabar Feidh"
(-Tae Antlers Of the Deer,") led the
charge which quickly cleared the
Germans who had been holding the
beach from a fortified point, ard
permitted the parachutists who des-
troyed the locator to reach their
embarkation point. Within 10 min
utes all the Germans in the fort
had been killed or captured or had
fed into nearby woods.
The planes dropped the para
chusetistS within 10 yards OF their
mapped landing places, except as
regards one section.
within two minutes after they
left their planes the troops were
organized and ready to fight" he
Said.
A 21-year old officer, called Junior,
who led the section which dropped
OF the mark found his way without
landmarks and got his men back
safe.
A young lieutenant, formerly a
London newspaper reporter, led the
party assigned to the radio location
post.
I'VE had almost recalled the OBJ
jectige before we were challenged"
he said. Then German sentry
challenged twice and fred. He was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-02
YANKEE FLYERS
DESCRIBE FIGHT
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that the Americans and other al
lied pilots are fighting against great
obstacles and that along the road
that I followed today was sur
prised by the lack of Japanese
planes.
Are Striking Back
But as I write this at dusk to-
night a Japanese bomber force pro-
tected by fighters is attacking a
nearby allied airdrome and Amer
lean and Dutch planes are striking
back.
The fighting is raging across a
sky in which the evening star
shines brightly--and SO do the
American and Dutch pilots.
The Japanese are using inf1lte"-
ing tactics in their invasion areas,
avoiding the main highways and
attempting to slip through the
junGles in thanking operations.
The Dutch and other defenders
are putting up a magnificent fight.
There is little that I am per-
mitted to say in regard to the al
lied defense methods, except that
it is a great show and that strong
blows are being struck against the
enemy motorcycles and other units.
The word front" is a misnomer.
could not find any actual front as
the Japanese have sought to seize
certain areas shaped like frying
pan. The handle of the pan repre-
SentS the point Of invasion--the
spots where the enemy was pound
ed heavily by defense air and land
forces but managed to land.
The round or pan part is where
the Japanese have spread out IN
land in an attempt to consolidate
an area that they can hold until
achievements arrive.
Japs Landing Plenty
Armored cars, bicycles and motor
cycles have been landed and put
into operation by the enemy and
there are reliable reports that jap
anese tanks also have been land
ed, but no reports up to this eve
ming show they have definitely been
in action.
There have been no reports of adj
ditional enemy landings since Sun
day. when they pushed ashore at
st. Nicolas point, Indramayu and
Ralnbang.
The automobile trip which I made
toward the battle areas took me
through score Of sleepy villages
in which life seemed to be proceed
ing normally.
But along the beaches and in the
skies through which American and
Dutch bombers were racing the bat
tie for Java was in full swing.
I have had to follow the Amer
lean heavy bombing crews around
Java by automobile. It's long way
between airports. The pilots and
ground crews are just as tired as
am as they YEARLY hammer away
at the Japanese.
Get Two Transports
The U. 3. planes got two JAP
anese transports off Bali Feb. "a.
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by April l.
Capt. Edward G. Habberstad Of
Minnesota, Lieut.. r. H. Beck of
Pennsylvania, and Capt. H. C.
Shelter of Nashville, Tenn, pilot
ed bomherS on one flight. Capt. F.
M. Harrison of Washington, Lieut..
T. B. Swanson and Capt. C. A. Ber-
an piloted the other planes.
Each flight got one transport
with a direct hit.
THE transport We hit seemed to
come apart Immediately" Habber-
stad said. "It disintegrated under
the impact of the bomb"
Harrison reported the other trans
port was listing and afire when the
last saw it.
Naturally, not all of the Amer
lean bombing flights are smashing
successes. For instance, our heavy
bombers took off to bomb one Jap
aneSe held airport not long ago but
weather prevented them from car
rying out their mission completely.
However, Capt. ]. ]. Preston of St.
Paul, MINI, arrived over his tar
get. There one engine began back
firing. He was forced to cut out
that motor and fly back to his base
that way.
How High They Fly
Lieut.. A. D. Casper Of Humboldt,
Kan, also arrived over the target
but his bomb rack was iced and cid
not function properly.
Casperis luck was not all bad.
One afternoon he took off to get his
bomber away from Japanese bombs
blasting an American field.
Once in the air he decided not
to waste time cruising aimlessly and,
after talking it over with his crew,
he headed for Bali.
He spotted a transport off the
southeast coast and unloaded eight
bombs, which exploded along the
entire length of the enemy ship,
knocking 1t to pieces. Four Japan
ese Navy-O fighter planes then at
tempted to intercept Casper but in
vain and he returned safely to base.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-02

that the signal to start the test had
not come through from the control
station at New Haven.
During the is minutes of Water
bury'S blackout virtually the only
lights visible were those of defense
plants, the towers of Station WATR
and the railroad. In the few in
stances where lights remained on in
homes or business establishments
wardens quickly went on the job to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-02
STRONG FIREMAN

Acushnet, Mass, March 2 - GU.
P) - Fireman Raymond st. Jean,
1856 pounds, rescued 235-pound Mrs.
Raymond Lie Blanc over a ladder
from the second floor yesterday
when a $4,000 fire swept her home.
LIE Blanc and two sons used a
stairway.