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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
30 CONTESTANTS
 IN SOLO CONTEST

Naugatuck, April i.-ThO i3th An- nual high school instrumental and vocal solo contest will be held on Thursday at D:30 ?. m. in the high school auditorium, Leon D. CoFiiSs, music supervisor in local schools announced today. There will Do nearly 90 contentants and many more would participate but fog tho Tact they are III.
 Floyd Q. Evans, director of nu- sic ifi the Waterbury SchoolS, ~ will Do judge. Ratings of superior will get ail rating; those excellent will have c 2 rating; those good will get 6 3 rating and average will be rated ct {.
 The contestants are: Annabel Dol- finger, trumpet; Mae Dolllnger, vio- lin; T.enire Ayes, clarinet: BAr- bara Anderson, violin; Dorothy An. derson, violin; Theifna Anderson, soprano; Dean Berry, trumpet; Jean Chlswell, soprano; Elinor Churchill, soprano; Mary Jane CcFiiss, yio-
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 Alterations to the tax office, he said, would cost from $500 to 5000, The current budget carries An ap- propriation of 5000 for altering and transferring municipal offices,
 Tax Department Scattered
 The changes started today will still leave the tax department Seat- tered about the city hall, since suf- ficient accommodations on tho first floor are not available ct present Eventually, It is believed, tho office of the tax cofnfnislSoners, adjoining the tax office, will have to be moved, to allow All tax office operations to be carried on in one office,
 The probate court, also located on the first floor, may also be moved The health department, now on the third floor, needs additional quart CTS since 1t now handles vital sta- tistics. More room is also needed by several other departments.
 The welfare department has been transferred to Q building of It's own, the Welton school but this failed to provide any great additional space since accommodations had to be found for the purchasing director, for the four draft boards and for other departmentB.
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(Continued from Page D on honest and respectable life, had married and raised six children, and had held several responsible posi-. tons since his escape, Arters OK. pressed willingness to waive all legal technicalitles and return to prison,
 Judge Byron A. Miner heard his story and declared "it would Do e miscarriage of justice to send thlS man back to joil." The jurist ap- pointed Public Defense Counsel Thomas E. Cogan to represent him and Arters was released under $500 bail which was voluntarily offered by one of the spectators in the court room.
 A hearing on c writ of habeas cor. pus was fixed for April i7.
 David R. McCreery, chairman of the Iowa board of control, declared ct Des Moines that mo matter how long ago 0 man escaped and no mat- ter how good his record has been meanwhile, every escaped prisoner must Do brought back and locked up again to complete his sentence. There can be no exceptions to the rule. That would place Q premium on escapes"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
rr11an Fuehrer Will
 amble Everything
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trai Moscow front around Kailnln, disptcheS from the front reported today,
 The war correspondents of Prav- da, ofilcial Communist party newa- paper. said the Germans lost at least 1000 men as well aA large quantities of artillery, trench nnor- tars, machine guns, truck and am- intuition,
 The Germans put up "the bit. terest kind of resistance" 1t was stated,
 So flereeiy did the NaEis resist, the correspondent reported, that that only % officers and men were taken prisoners, The others we're killed.
 pravda described the crushing blow" around KalInln as indicating Q new break-through Of Soviet troops pushing westward.
 Other Russian forces were said to have made important advances on the Baltic front and in White Rus sia.
 Although the two-day battle was said in dispatches to have occurred on the Kallnin front it would be more correct, military informants said, Go call 1t the Kalinin region inasmuch as the area extends to the frontiers of Latvia and White Russia.
 KalInin itself Is about 90 miles nnrthwnat of Moscow. along the main railroad to Leningrad,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
To Leave Waterbury
 Later In This Month
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Main St.; Leo Joseph Bertrand; 0A East Dover St.; AlonEo George Pitcher, 4iS So. Main St., in care of Kelly; Philip BoVa, 2b Denny St.; Alpine Cyr, 444 So. Main St.
 Leonard darnett, i40 So. Main St.: Michael James Calo, 260 So Leonard St.; Joseph Santos AlveS le Union St.; John Joseph Mas2ar- ella, i036 So. Main St.; Gerard Jo- Seph dagne, 90 West Clay st.; Jo- seph Victor Boucher, 38 East Dover st.; William James sheehan, i7e So. Elm St. Transfers: Jerry Ed mond, l4A East Main St., trans ferred from Fort Kent, Maine; dil- bert Surprenant, B2 Canal St. transferred from DannemofR, N. Y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
WAINWRIGHT MEN
 USING BAYONETS
Nnllnusi irun PegO Q

tNNANNNFu ltNto FN8N ~ lo lnoaldahc tha ousnnmherod Am. eeloans sllplno torcos Nhleh gepeat- edly hNd ioaeht on the Japanese ln three nicnghs V frrluentiy Inc tense flfAtlne and tent the enemy ttonA uslna Manila hAgbar, ilneAt in Che cast
 Renew Alr RsAas
 m the daylight hours berorN iAst nights assault, Japanese p.anes renewed rAloe oN Cesregld0' a tslAnd fortress and Inc eefenBeeg roag lines.
 The ralda eugxiea oUb lor the most part by flights of two planes, were described as ''n!ncra aud were brought to on abrupt end whom tho two heavy Japanese bombora en- gagged in the raid were shot down by our antl-Nircraft nrtll0lTy." This made Q total of 2e planes shot down by Corregldor's guns.
 The infantry attack was thN sec- ond In recent days on Wainrights right-center, which tho Japanese apparently believed to be vulnerable, The enemy drove At the same spot In Q light feeler thrust over the week end but was driven off with heavy losses to the invaders.
 Last night attack apparently was inland from Abueay, right anchor of Meinrtghls' defense line streteh- lna ih an are from Manila Bay across the peninsula to the China Sea,
 AsSan4s Described
 The assault was described as fol- lows in the eenmunidue.
 Japanese infantry opened O hea v attack On the right center o' our line st about 8 e, Tl, March 3l. Several waves of assault tfocpS, supported b., ueav2 .naotar fna made repeated attacks upon our out. posts, Some of ouI advNnceS peSi- tons were taken after neso0 h@y- onet fighting. Our troops were in- forced and after several houIs of savage hAnd-to-hAnd combat ti.G enemy attack was brought to Q halt before it reached our main line."
 Yesterdays air raid, the war de- partment said, was the ii0th on Corregldor since December 2. In an, %, Japanese planes have been destroyed over Corregidor since the war started.
 The war department disclosed that the Japanese imperial high com- mand In the Philippines had made 70 formal apology" for bombing plainly marked American base hospital in Bntaan on Monday. In Q radio broadcast, according to the war department, Q Jaapnese army spokesman said the bombing was "unlntentlonnl'.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
INDIA HAS MADE
 NO DECISION
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poSals brought here by Sir Stafford Cripps, British cabinet emisSary.
 The leaders of the congress were said to be studying Q plan drafted by Mohandas K. Gandhl and Jawaharlal Nehru as an alternative to Britain'S offer The congress plan was believed to implicitly reject Britain's proposal because 1t inc sists on British retention of respon- slbility for the defense of India.
 Bondsman of Orchards
 The British h-oWned newspaper, the Statesman, today described Cripps aS still 70 bondSman of the Die- hards" in London and asserted that not once during the new Delhi negotiations has he said that the authority of the British India of- flee would cease.
 Unless the British cabinet auth orizcS Cripps to adopt a different line in the dealings making clear that the old regime Is ended and new men and methods are ct work CrippS mission will end in failure, the newspaper said.
 GRnghi, spiritual leader of the nationalists, was for unqualified rejection Of the British offer. Nehru, left wing congress leader was for acceptance with reservations. Nehru had been unable to get Cripps to accept his reservations so the work ing committee had decided un- animously that the offer could not be accepted in It's present from.
 Tho memorandum to be sent to CrippS was reported 10 follow the lines of c congress resolution daopt- cd Jan. expressing the willing ness of Indians to take part in the defense of their country as free men fighting for freedom.
 It was expected also to say that under the post.war dominion status plan the British did not intend to transwer any power to Indians now and that this also was unacceptable
 However, the Gandhi.Nehru draft resolution was reported to incorpor- ate alternative suggestions.
 The MoSelm league adjourned last night, to meet at Allahabad Friday, after informing CrIpps that the attitude of the All-1ndia congress made it unnecessary for the league to give c detailed statement on the offer ct present, The leagues atti- tude was one of qualified accept- anec.
 Maulana Abdul kulam Azad, president of the All-1ndia congress, said last night:
 Whatever may be our final decls- lon can say that the congress working committee iS Of one mind with regard to the proposals"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
TALBOT ANSWERS
 C.L. 0. CRITICISM
Advocates Submerging Mi. nOrity Interests for Sake
 of Americanisnl

Naugatuck, April 1.-"I feel that in order to win this war we must all Do Americans before we are Any- thing else and must ct times Sub- norge our minority interests for the sakc of the American cause" Con- gresSman Joseph E. Talbot said in c statement last night in answer to criticism Of him py the union local c. l. o. United Rubber Workers, for his vote to continue the Dies committee through on appropria" ton Of Sl00,000
 The CIo union had asked Con- groasman Talbot to vote for diseon- tinuance of the union. He said last night, "I aIn in no disagree Inent with tho CfO or any of It's af- flliates in the methods that in any investigation, whether by Martin Dies of the Dies committee, or by anyone else, should be fair and cone ductcd under the principals of Jus. tlce and the American method of an impartial trial. am just as much opposed to any other method aS iS any other American.
 But the puEpoSe of the Dies committee is to investigate un- American activities. There has been m all-iTiportAnt change in the country in the past co days. Wo are at war and up until now, in Q los- ing war. cannot believe that any sensible person would oppose my iegisiatlon or any committee chArg- cd with the investigation of un- American activities
 T feel that in order to win the war we must oil be Americans bee fore VIC are anything eise, and we must at times subm0rge our Fninor- lty Interegts for the sake of the Amerisan cause. For this reason I voted for the appropriation to con- tinue the Dies committee"
 Congressman Talbot further ex- piained that when he informed the CrO he agreed with them, what he meant was not that nc agreed that the Dies committee should Do dis. continued, but that it Ehould con. duct It's hearings irnpartially and there should be no persecution of witnesses.
 Congressman Talbot home until the latter part of next week, re- ports that Washington iB teemlng with activity, and that he has been very busy. He said the persons who feel . congressman doesn't start to work until congress meets ct noon are inislnformed explaining his workdayB start at Q c. m. and last often until well after Q D. m.
 He showed he has not lost any part in his interest in Naugatusk, lnquiring on the results Of black outs here and asking concesSling other aspects of the town.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01

ard St.; John Joseph sheehan, s2S So. Main St.; Albert John Bradlgan, 2S Wightman Place; Michael An-
 thony JOearuso, io7o Bank St.; An- thony Thaddeus Karlnauskas, l4 Third St.; olln William Hartman, % state St.; Peter Andrew Mas nickes, 4S White Rose Ave; Thomas AioysIus Fitzgerald, ee8 Baldwin St.; Victor Joseph summa, 2el Bank St.; Joseph Alsobrook, i20 So,
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 - lasa-saa--s-a ter under adverse conditions oi operations" he said. "T'he grind will continue"
 As commander in chief of the At- lantic fleet, Ingersoil Is responsible for protecting conveys on the Amer ican side of the Atlantic and for the direction of offensive warfare against the enemy wherever found"
 Efficient Ofllcers
 His officers are described As mat ter-of-fact, friendly, ofheient, thor- ough-going, and thoroughly trained Details of operations cannot be revealed, but it can be said that the Atlantic fleet is in the war with every ship and every man available and that 1t is Q total effort every hour, every day.
 From the near Arctic to the south Atlantic, American warships are at sea, taking the storms, driving at night without lights, looking con. stantly for enemy craft, providing alert guard for merchantnaent ply- ing the allied lifeslines.
 ingersoli indicated that he views the situation without illusion and that 1t should not be viewed as with out considerable gravity.
 "sinkings have been in relatively small proportion Ito the large num- Der of ships at sea-" he said, "but c great number of those sunk have been tankers"
 Of enemy submarine raiders in general, he said:
 T don't see how they can fall to realize the power of the United States"
 The commander -ln-chIef of the Atlantic fleet is Be, the son of an admiral, the father of 0 naval lieu- tenant.
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way.
 During c morning recess, State Refree George E. Hinman called op- posing counsel Into c private cotl- ference and advised them to come to an agreement on points not be- ing disputed SO aS to shorten the hearing. Estlmatea have been made the trial might prolong for month or six weeks.
 PallOttl On stand
 Attorney General Francis A. Pal. lotti, who took the stand himself late yesterday, indicated the Gam mino testimony may take some time, possibly well into next week. This was the fourth of 22 charges filed by Pallotti against Cox, who is accused of misconduct, material neglect of duty and incompetence.
 Pailotu alleged the highway de- partmont kept no record of idle equipment of the dammino com. pany during construction of two small bridges at Ledyard, and that when q claim for damages of 97,l4b was made by the contractor to the 1889 legislature, Cox, allegedly without Investigation, asked the ass sembly claims committee to approve it.
 PailotM went on the stand hirn- self to describe what happened in 1889, shortly after he was elected attorney general.
 The attorney general said he had heard various "rumors" iTl connecs ton with the damage claim and advised Cox: "f would look into it
 T have looked into t." Cox re- piled, according to PallotM.
 PailotN testified he told Cox there was q lot Of talk and ! wouldn't place myself on tho end of c limb. Where there is smoke thOre iS fire"
 Cox Asked Approval
 The next thing he knew, Pallottit said, Cox had asked the claims come mlttee to approve the damage claim. Much to iny surprise" no tests fled, "T received 6 copy of c letter no wrote to the committee"
 chief pefsiiSe Counsel Joseph Y. Berry, s-examinlfig the attors noy general asked who started the FsIinoFS regarding the damFnlno claim. T can't toll you" replied pailoth.
 Berry asked whether pAlI0tM in- vestigaEed tho ru1nOrg, and the ats t0rfey general Tgp1iea he Nidn'l that Ait was iip to the ieRlelature.1 x
 ''Dld the ruinof come from Q coisis petltive contEaetof7" asked Berry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01

iinccllo; Jacqueline Else, violin; Priscilla delard, vioiincello ;Carl- ton Hultberg, violin; Rita Kapahe- yich, violin; Charles Kevitt, violin; Ruth Kuraltis, violin; James Lac inarno, violin; John Logue, coFnet; Robert Panaslik, viola; Albert Rat- kiewich, clarinet; Edward Rentz, clarinet; Harold Roy, trombone; i; William Saunders, baritone; Dorothy smith, obe; Eylvia Smith, slue; Marion Wyatt, soprano. There will be no charge and the public Is inc vited,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
BIG NAVY FIGHT
 TO BE EXPECTED
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1nformants said that with the lengthening days of spring and the approach Of the great spring cafl- paign on the Russian front nercet and more effective attacks might be expected on the allied conveys by German surface warBhips, Bubs marines and airplaneg.
 "The Germans realize the iinpcr. tance Of supplies for Russia and hence arc out to prevent them from reaching either Murmansk oE Archangei," . spokesman Baid
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 aa--zas.--zussa--ss- force" while other Japanese columns 10 the east were astride the Prome- Rangoon railway north Of Paungde, 30 miles south of Prone.
 Dispatches from the Toungoo front reported no major develop ments. The Chinese appeared to be consolidating new defense positions above Toungoo after having infilet- ed heavy casualties on the enemy in counter-atta which enabled their main units to reJoin the Touns goo garrison.
 "A British military commentator, describing the Toungoo situation aS "unclear", said the Japanese north of that city appeared to have been "sandwiehed" by the Chinese coun- ter-drive southward)
 Japs Hold Air Control
 Emphasizing the Japanese threat to British positions ct the gate- way to Burmas rich oil fields, the communique admitted the enemy held complete" control Of the air
 The ability of the British to re- move the enemy road blocks ct Shwedaung relieved a serious sit- uation created by Q sudden Japanese fianking action,
 This British force, which had moved south to engage the enemy near Paungde, inflicted heavy losses on the enemy in battling It's way back to the Prone area, the com- munique said. The British suffer- cd moderate" casualties.
 Late Monday the road blocks were opened after hard fighting through out the day during which the Brit- ish were subjected to intense enemy air action, the coinfnunique said, The Allied force consisted of units of the Gloucester, West Yorkshire, Cameronian Highlanders and Duke of Wellington regiments, assisted by two Indian frontier force battalions which had moved down from the north.
 Because the entrapped force was abie to remove the road blocks, it was not necessary for British troops to attack the enemy in the Shwes daung area, the communlque said.
 GA British military commentator said in London that no British units now remained south of Shwedaung except possibly c few stragglers." !" He said the original plan to attack the enemy road blocks was not car. ried out "becauSe forces south of shwedaung smashed their way through before the attack from the north could be fflounted'D.
 JAps Suffer Badly
 "The Japanese sustained heavy loses ifl these engagements and our casualties were moderate" the cofn- niunique said. "Tho situation yes. terday found our troops back in their crIg!Elal defended areas. The enemy are in force holding ehwedaung and are on the western bank of the Irrawaddy, while other columns op- erating to the east are astride the railway north of Paundge."
 British river patrols, the com- ilunique added, have withdrawn to the north to protect the Allied right ank after having fought extreme ly successful" actions.
 It reported that the Japanese yes- terday bombed an Allied landing field in central Burma and another in northern Burma. Damage was described as negligible"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
'No, slr,U repiled paiIotti,

NOI blrD" ftplled R8ll0ttls
 pallotti occasionally strayed from the questions asked, and was asked both by his assistant, Richard 7, Corkey, and by Berry, to keep hia remarks within. the requested bounds. Tho 0amfaino claim was paeged by the House and Senate ln tg5a but the biIi was recalled, and the measure diod in e0mmltteeee.
 Teetifa0ny on the fourth pail0tti charge followed conclusion q tho dlke c0Hlape9 ease at Hartford. soma estimates roW were that the tflal may ecntiflus for several llontlzg, al the deseKge etlli has Co put en ita witnesses following coneluslen e pallotsie case.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
Rules on Mall

General Douglas MacArthuv'S Headquarters, Australia, April = (UP)--Maj. D. II. Stephens, Pitts. burgh, United States army post of- flee chief for the southwest Pacific, announced today that mall was flowing to and from Gen. Doug.aS MacArthur's men and gave some rules for writing them.
 Use the greatest care to adreSH mall properly, with rank, company, regiment or other unit Of designa. ton and, if possible, the number of the army post of the addreSSeeb area,
 Be sure to put c return address on the letter or package. Mall re" turned undelivered may be only improperly addressed; it does not indicate that anything has happen. cd to the addressee.
 Remember that mail iB censored both ways.
 It Is best to write on one side of the paper only, because the censor clips out cenSorable parts.
 Numerous short letters are bet- ter than c few long ones, because censors naturally give the quickest action to the short ones.
 Post cards are strictly forbidden.
 Parcel post packages, also censor. able both ways, are permitted u1s der 100 pounds and not exceeding in size 74 inches along the greater dimension.
 Stephens said mall from homo is now being distributed to men ttroughout Australia and the sotitli- west Pacific war zones, and the sole dierS' mail is flowing homewafd.
 Army Fest Ofsice
 A mammoth APA (arFny post ofs fice) equalization is being formed rapidly to maintain mail ccnnecs tons for the many thousandS Of United States troops scattered tilrOugtout \ continent c0mparable n size tO the United States, 10 said,
 Stephens iA organizing means q finding every soldier ifl Australia.
 United states troops eFe nov ueing American stamps, but aKee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
TwO.Dav BatlIe

KuibiShev, Russia, April i-tUp)
 Russian forces have recaptured 34 kpwns and villages and inflicted Hoavy losses on the Germans in q sorce two-day battle on the cen-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
BASKETBALL STAR JOINS
 ARMY

Camp Robinson, Ark. (UP)-vic Stewart, Arkansas Colleges star basketballer who averaged 17.2 points per game during tho season, has joined the Army. He led Ail players in Arkanses collegiate circles this year
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01

franking, as authorized by Con- gress, is being arranged.
 Most mail is handled through the San Francisco postmaster, who fors wards it to the San Francisco regu- latlng station for dispatch t0 Aus tFaila,
 The Australian regulating station dlstributes nail from hoGno eo tiae pFOpeF garrison through the fegl. mental mali orderly and the com. |pany oFdeEliek
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
STILL YOUNG
 ENOUGH TO LEARN

WilllamStown, Mass. (Up)-The Rev, pr. J. Franklin Carter believes it never is too late to learn. Now 77, the rector emeritus Of st. Johns church here is studying first aid in e Red CroGS class.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
chIness Break Through

With the Chinese Army on the Toungoo front in Burma, March 3i -(Deiayed) = (Up) -- The outnum- bered Chinese garrison, without or. tiiiery or air support, has battled It's way through superior Japanese forces and retired to the rortheaSt to join the main Chinese army after holding Houngoo, though t was surrounded, for seven days.
 The Chinese break through, achieved yesterday, was an heroic feat and . tactical success iil view of Japanese superiority iii numbers, weapons and aiR power.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01

the Far Eastern side of this kN aimed GO the middle cast, 1Ansneae were making progress hiah oost-~in their Burma AlAn, where their complete air loFlly permitted them Co push in 70 miles of Prone, key to Burma OH fields, and Into Toun- on tho road Co MandalRy,