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 At stake, Willkie said, is the of fensive power of the Red army which may be lost unless quick help is given, thus enabling Germany to divert huge forces from the east to the west.
 "It is imperative" he said, ''in the interest of our cause that the United Nations do their utmost to expedite the second front"
 Asked whether he had noticed any coolness or bitterness toward the allies because they had failed so far to open the second front the Re- publican leader, touring the allied world as President Roosevelt's Spe- cial envoy, said Russian enthusiasm for the United Nations reached its peak when the United States en- tered the, war, because of Russia's $ admiration for America.
 However, not much has been done since" he continued. "At least in the eyes of the individual Russian, the amount of aid has been ucBA&AUACs
 Consequently there is a growing sense of impatience, almost of dis illusionment.
 "There is nothing in this feeling that can not be corrected. But rec tiflcation can not be accomplished with mere words-only by deeds.
 otherwise the situation may be- come serious"
 Willkie revealed for the first time the global impressions he has re- ceived in his visit to the Near and Middle East on his way to Russia: That the position of the United Na- tions had improved considerably in recent months, partly because of the strengthening conviction of Turkey, Egypt. Iran and Iraq that the allies will win the war.
 Willkle made his statement in an interview with the United Press before he left for China by airplane
 His visit reached It's climax last night in one of the most intimate (Contlnued on Page q
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FORMER RESIDENT
 ON CASUALTY LIST
Corp. Geo. Blanchette Re- ported Dead With Cana
 dians in England

The name of a former Waterbur- ian, Corp. George Blanchette, A, appears on a casualty list issued by the Canadian government. His death in England on September "A was announced in a telegram re- ceived by relatives here today.
 BIanchette enlisted in the Cam adian army over two years ago. He has been somewhere in England for several months serving with mechanized units of the Canadian expeditionary force. The cause of his death was not announced in the brief telegram, but relatives in Can- ada and Waterbury have been as- suFed that complete details will be furnished ct e later date.
 The deceased is survived by hil wife and three sons residing In Montreal. Canada: his mother. Mrs Alfonso Blanehette and four sisters Mrs. FAby Pirro. Mrs. Bernice Pa. quette, Mrs. Gladys Thibodeau and Mrs. Alice Slcard. all Of Waterbury
 Bianchette resided in WaterbuF, for more than twenty years before returning so Canada. He was eifi' ployed at one time by the Albef Furniture company and the pesotl garage. fils Interest in army JUG led to lila enlistment two and . hat years ago.
 Mrs. Alice sIcard Of st Saving street received a telegram thl morning from her brothers wifi which stated that she had been no titled el hia death by ihe canaelaI goFefnlnolll, The measaaf dIfeelc' Naat word be given lo his nlpEne an9 te hle relatives reading here
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GIRL IS FOUND
 NEAR HER HOME

Lancaster, Mass, Sept. 2S.-(UP) The 12-year-old daughter of a so- cially- prominent Lancaster family was found about mile from her home early today after 200-man possee had searched rain-soaked woodlands throughout the night.
 Drenched but otherwise iEi good condition, Miss Prescilia Thayer, daughter Of MT. and Mrs. Duncan Forbes ThAyeT. was found huddled under a tree with horse on which she had gone riding late yesterday.
 She had been reported missing just after dark when one Of tw0 dogs she took with her returned home alone. Miss Thayer told police she had turned off tho wood road she was following and got lost ill hurricane timber stored in thg lielehhofloA 4.
 A wind and Fainfionn that hlt ih, vicinity during Che night impeGee iho search of police, ilfennen aff volunleeE workers. Later ln ilse esa' nina alr raid Wafoeng ane anHl'ieEI police ieinad lle hunt
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SOCIALIST PARTY,
 McLEVY ASSAILED

Bridgeport. Conn, Sept. 2e-(uP) Mayor Jasper McLevy and the Socialist party were assailed In q CIO resolution today for putting candidates in the field and inturine the chances of election of Demo- crats.
 The resolution, adopted at a aeet- Ing Of 70 Cf0 county leaders, said
 skaayor MsLeyy causes iFFepagablf harEn i0 national tHlty and there by creates a danger Of placing ir poser on 2 state scale and sending lo conareas fEeln the fourth district bitter aniirN Roosevelt elemenie Wnt would ulillEe evefS opportunity tl Nsn1er lho war fffgft out cf narrow pafi.oaa pnlllfeei FeAaepa
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AMERICANS ARE
 GIVEN TO NAZlS
News of 25O Sought By U. s. Embassy; May
 Have Been Inferred

Vichy, Sept. 28. = CUP) = The roundup of some 25O Americans in occupied France was understood to- day to have been ordered in repris- al for the arrest of German Nation als in Brazil and elsewhere.
 It was said that since there were few Brazilians in Paris, the arrest of the Americans was ordered.
 The Americans were arrested ey French police and turned over to the NaziS for internment.
 Many Americans were held tenn porarily in the monkey house of the Paris Zoo while the Germans check ed them individually to determine whom they wanted to hold.
 It was understood that among those arrested were Charles Bedaux and his wife, who were honeymoon hosts of the Duke and Duchess oi Windsor. Bedaux won such enmity of American. labor as the father oi an industrial speed-up system that the Duke of Windsor cancelled planS for a visit to the United States be. cause Bedaux was It's sponsor.
 It was reported thta the American born Princess De Poniatowsky, the former Elizabeth Sperry Of Sto' ton Calf. was among those held.
 Advices said that James EustlS step-son of Marquis Marie Melchloi Dc Polignac, had been released aftei the Germans had examined him and it is expected that some other' would be released. Eustls is the sof Of the former Nina Crosby Ellstla, c New York oct. 2l, 1917.
 In their roundup, which had baei lIa progress for some days befofI news Of it reached vichy, policI lf4NratfeatsaA ass RaNA 0k
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Boston police. Also found were a shotgun and some ammunition. All were found hidden under debris.
 The murder is that of Dominic Kondrat, 65, who was slain in his store at Boston IS months ago. A week ago, Mrs. Anthony Sannizzaro, who had her husband arrested for non-Support, told police that her husband had told her he had killed man and sent the gun to Water bury.
 Local police located Frank Sanniz- zaro, brother of the young woman's husband, and questioned him about the gun. He finally admitted that his brother had brought gun here, and led police to the hiding place. His brother. he said, had told him he wanted to get the revolver and shotgun away from his home be- cause of frequent quarrels between his wife and himself.
 Boston police reports show that the weapon used in the killing was a .38, Chief Inspector Stevens said.
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IN. Fl. ROAD NET
 INCOME MOUNTS

New Haven. Conn, Sept. 2s-( (uP) rho New Haven railroad system today reported a net Income of e2,s oos ,030 Tor tho month of August. ot an increase Of eea4,5DD as compared with August, ieli.
 uroas revenueS last month totaled eitl7te2gt, an increase of f0e per cent in the same comparison, end operating expenses alilonmled to e8.. aJ6,f11, an lfloFeaee ol se0 per eent
 For fhn fiFnt eight months ef lhl gear Ez6ea EeFnnlles lolalea e99, 1eJ,' l779t eKnensea wGFe sBnao3 Q1e aff lnal InaAMa amaAnIaa Io lII1le.g1l
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Delayed Reports Reveal How U. s. Troops Met
 Every Jap Strategy
MANY MEN, PLANES
 LOST BY INVADERS
Attackers After Gaining Slight Advantage Driven
 Back Into Jungles
BY ROBERT MILLER

1OOA%A@AS& AFA1A@A1AAAD United Press Stan Correspondent
 United States Marine Head quarters, Solomon Islands, Sept. 16 16-UP)-The United States Marines, often out numbered 10 to 1, have beat en off the biggest Japanese attack since they invaded the Solomons nearly six weeks ago. For two days the Jap anese attacked with every thing they had, by land, sea, and air. a
 They have lost many hdnnreds ca dead and at least S9 planes. Their picked assault troops who were sup posed to have won the air field which Is the key Marine position are back in the jungle, and the ma rine position remains secure.
 Tried Every Trick
 The enemy tried every trick in his bag. Japanese troops attacked frontally, yelling "Banzai!" in an attempt to overwhelm badly out numbered marine posts. They threw up smoke screens and yelled in Eng fish ''gas attack" hoping to confuse the defenders.
 In fighting so close that those on each side could hear what the others were saying, the Japanese heard the marines mention the name of Capt. Justin G. Duryea, Newburgh, N. Y.
 ''Hey, Capt. Duryea, we are bring ing reinforcements from the right, shouted voice. Don't shoot us"
 The voice sounded bit too polished for a tobacco-chewing marine, and Duryea knew he could expect no endorsements.
 Q. K.-Come onl" he yelled back
 Met Heavy Fire
 The "reinforcements" advanced to meet a sheet of machine gun and rifle fire.
 The marine positions, facing in- land from the north shore of Guad- alcanal Island, were based on the air field.
 Col. Merritt Edson. Chester, Vt. held the inland front. Lieut.. Col William McKelvy, Jr., Washington D. C., held the east or left flank and Lieut.. Col. Fred c. Biebush, De- troit, the west or left flank.
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Bitter Fighting Near Cit
 Industrial Plants,
 Shipyards FURIOUS AIR FIGHTS ALL OVER STALlNGRAD Nazi Strategy Is to Cn City Into Segments, PnI. verizing Each Section
BY M. s. HANDLER

United Press Stan COrrespondenkl
 Moscow, Sept. 28. (UP) Front dispatches today re- ported a stream of Red Army achievements is arriving q ! Stalingrad and plunging in to immediate action against plane-borne Nazi diviSiOas which are attempting to slice across the crescent shaped city to the Volga banks.
 The Communist party neWsf K,sE Pravda reported that despite kls4 steady arrival Of fresh a1 a1 troops the Nazis stil have numerical z superiority and are saualy acEl rushing up rested divisions Dy junkers troop transports.
 One front report said that Russian forces had captured a small hin Ip one district, considerably improving their positions. Some 300 GeEnaanS were killed or wounded in the act1nr and five tanks and an armored cst destroyed.
 Bitter Fighting
 Most bitter fighting was reported in several of Stalingrad's huge man ufacturing plants and sliipynxdH which sprawl for miles along the Volga.
 It was pointed out here that staI ingrad is much longer than tk ~ wide and that the Nazis are at tempting to knife through the city at several points to cut of and isolae Soviet defense forces.
 (The Nazis have reported tla9t they have reached the Volga GcEN eral times and that wedges haNe been driven between the RusSzan forces in various parts of the city }
 Some of the most furious air bAkr ties of the war were reported xAz ing oyer Stalingrad as the NAxis con- tinued without relaxat atIon their can E paign to pulverize the city, block hy block. Russian fighter SQuadrpzlS were attacking the Nazi bomber zeEr nations constantly but were heav~ ,ily handicapped by the German domination of the air.
 Streets Recapfured
 It was reported here that two Stalingrad streets had been xecAla tured in fierce hand -to-h hand bats ties. However, in other sectors tlss Germans were said to have ifnproF their positions.
 That Germans, according to communist organ Pravda. were tx !. ing with all their might to cut tEH city, extending 70 miles along 1as Volga river, into sections and tkazs disorganize the defenders
 The German task was 7ifgeuss 1 cause Marshal Eenyon xLm1sn was driving down from the nQxtl1- west in a counter offensive. 4z1$ noon communique reported thAt 900 more Germans had been kllik northwest of Stalingrad. a total ~ 4,500 officially reported Killed M that area in the last 24 hours.
 It was the 36th day of the hAsl'@ in which 1000. 900 Germans llElz thousands of tanks and planes WzE< engaged. An analysis of Soviet eosH muniques showed that Q total 5 sz.O0O Germans and their HasE were Killed at skallngrad tho frSi days of September, and that fzN enemy lost i.250 tanks.
 Soviet communiques last ml&ni
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C. 0. TO ELECT
 2 NEW OFFICERS

Hartford. Conn. Sept. 2e-(UPl-- The Republican asAte central eoni- mietee meets here today to elect Q natlonai conmilieewclnaii and vice. chairman of the state committee.
 Mrs. Alice ntlan. shelton WAS 70. Sarded ns assured eg the eices chairmanahlp. HoWeTer the post ol national e0nmilieeWoman n'ay ge linl'II1d as opposition haa developed a fha naming ef A9f4 ufTf&f'Gf FtsAeM AIsl|leF4,
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CONFORMITY MENTIONED

Wa6hlngton, sept. 2p,-(uPl-Ths War Production board today ati' nouneed an order, effective Sept. 70 prohibiting tho manufacture pF sAla of hlaekont and dlnont lighting flH' luTos which do not eani9fm tQ bpeei' ficall0ns Di the War nnn NAYy Dc paFtmsHis e ths Maritime gomHln' lIan.
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Murder Gun Not One Found Here
(NEA Telephoto)

Ispeo detective said doubtful found here would to have months and other circumstances indicated that it had part in the killing. the OakviHe by police COnim
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RedsUnbeatable, Claims Willkie
By HENRY SHAPIRO
 Limited Press Staff CorfespOndent)
 Ers-xA H0AO Ww YTwa&AH Dxop~N

Moscow 27-UP)-DeIayed) l. Wllkie told the statement today Russia"
 after 10 unprecedented days of fullest confidence the the immediate, al-azd niae Hn Aka RusiamS
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30
Traffic Deaths
Drop Over u. s.

CHICAGO, juno 30 GNS).-
Americas traffic toll was reduced
25 per cent in May-the biggest
drop for any month in the nations
history-the National Safety Coun-
Gil announced today.
The report pointed out that the
May toll, despite its record-break-
ing drop, still drained 2,290 lives
from the country's manpower. In
addition, the toll for the first five
months of 1912 was 12,450, even
though this cumulative total was
IL per cent below that for the
period last year.
The decline in fatalities was at
tributed largely TO the fact that a
conservation conscious public IS
driving less and with greater eau
ton in an increasing effort TO save
cars, tires and gasoline.
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body said everybody ought TO do
something TO cheer up our men
at the front, 50 I did"
Joe gaped at the child in rising
horror.
"You wrote letters =" he whiS-
pered.
She nodded brightly give
been trying Ia ask you all day
did you like them"
II was impossible. a child OF
10 could not have made up that
love letter-unleSS she copied il
from a book. AS though she read
his disbelief, Susie confded:
II had an awful time copying
them of right on account Of l
can only do the typewriter with
one finger"
what did you copy them
FROM" Joe asked, in morbid
curiosity.
From one 1 found in Edith's
wastebaSket. A real pretty one,
only i guess she changed her
mind about sending IL.
cit said at the last she'd de-
cided TO wait untf1 you came
home after all. left that part
out because II was kind Of silly
OF her." said Susie severely.
Joe grabbed her by the Shout
derS.
who was that written TOT"
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DniIy Short Story
'Susie's War Effort
By ROBERTA YATES

AS the train slid across the
corn fields Of Indiana, toward
|vanceburg. Pvt. Joe Burton la'e
|of Iceland, Smoothed his LETT
breast pocket felt the letter There
and smiled a bit S,nugly, N
He glanced. with The kindly
patronage of a victor for losers.
Ian Privates Pinkie Day and Harry
Herman on the seat opposite him.
Pinkie mad Harry babblcd hap
| PLY and pointed TO way signs
when the scenery grew familiar.
but theirs was only the simple
pleasure OF a furlough.
Joe pitied them. Theirs not the
great glow that warmed his own
heart. They too had been in Ice
hand. And before that, they too
had been in love with Edith Kerr.
WHO could help il?
Edith was the pretueSt- SRI IN
town. or for that matter any
|where else, Joe thought compla-
Gently.
FEARS INSIDE TRACK
There had even been moments
when he feared that Pnkie or
HARRY had the inside track. Par
that last moment when
Edith refused 10 give him an an
|swer before he went to camp.
81 do like you, DOE she had
said earnestly. But i like other
men, too.
Don't ask me 10 make up my
mind in n minute, when I'm up
set about all of you leaving.
I'll write you, Joe, a. soon as
I decide"
So he had waited through the
|Arctice winter, and there had
come only cheerful, impersonal
notes, drummed out on the type
writer, probably at the Office
where she worked. They didn't
mean a thing.
Joe had worried plenty. But
the last letter, just before he
started home, changed everything
hike sun melting the snow on his
hut.
He knew the letter by heart.
WHY she'd been so excited that
she had typed badly.
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WRITES VITAL REPLY

"Joe, darling, / meant TO wait
until you came home on fur
Tough, but I love you so that 1
want to write you tonight. On,
darling, I love you. The answer
Is yes with a million kisses, Joe.
LET this be our own secret
Until you come home. Then Ill
i've you the answer with my
IN lips, darling.
81 won't mees you ut the sta
Ion. I'd probably make n silly
ci myself. But come to me as
on as you CAM mean after
re family. All my love.
EDITH.
"P. s. Jude wants to know
they eat whales I'm Iceland"
Joe grinned as he remembered
Re postscript. He could even
mink kindly of Susie. though often
"A the past he had wondered how
!. lovely girl like Edith could have
such a brat of a kid sister.
Susie was the inquiring, eager
type. Many the night he had
bribed her with quarters TO stop
her inquisition and let him alone
with Edith.
The train coasted to stop at
the red brick station. The three
soldiers piled out and were taken
into the welcoming arms of their
families.
Joe. being slapped on the back
by dad and wept over by nom,
felt a tug at his tunic tails, and
looked around into Susies freckled
face.
ibid Edith send a message ?"
he demanded.
"No, but do they live In igloos
I'm Iceland: 2" Susie wanted 10
know. do they"
"Some other time, Susie" Joe
said.
Half an impatient hour later he
yanked himself from the bosom
of his family and strobe up Maple
street toward the Kerr house
Dusk had drifted down on Vance,
burg.
Edith would be home from the
office and in the porch swing. liz
hoped she would be wearing white
which made her look more thar
ever like an angel. with her silver
blond hair and blue eyes.
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scattered. He knew what was ii
them.
/ He felt sicker than he had after
that bust in New York, colder
than in Iceland He'd been sitting
on a mountain and the mountain
had turned into a pit.
WHO'D DO THAT?
who'd pull a thing like
that? he cried.
Did you get one too"
Harry asked suspiciously.
"Me? Oh. no. Not me-"
"Well, you going in or wanta
shoot a game of pOOl?"
I'm OH for the pool" Joe said.
They marched in brooding ST.
lence back down Maple street. To-
morrow, Joe thought he'd get POP
and 90 fishing. He didn't want 10
run into Edith.
Maybe she herself had written
the letters. Maybe she thought il
was a joke. No, not Edith. But
who else? If he ever caught the
guy he'd wiring his neck.
Susie skipped toward them, eat
ing alternately from a strawberry
and a chocolate ice cream cone.
81 want TO ask you," she
mumbled with full mouth. "Were
you happy in Iceland, joe"
81 was happier there than
am now" Joe said bitterly.
And did YOU"
mot now, SUSIE" said Joe.
He could bear no more.
FISHING SUCCESSFUL
The fishing trip was a success
from pops point of view. Joe
hoped he never saw another fish.
They came home late, That was a
break. He didn't have TO run into
old friends and pretend he was
glad 10 be back.
Only yesterday a two weeks
furlough had seemed a Stingy
length of time, now it stretched
in drab eternity.
Little Susie Kerr has been in
and out all day" Nom said.
Seems she's real curious about
Iceland"
Susie bobbed up while Joe was
on the front porch trying not TO
look at the moon
Hope flickercd wanly Although
Edith had not written that letter.
maybe she had sent Susie to tell
him she wanted 10 see him.
Did Edith send you?" ne
asked.
Susie shook her head. The ha-
hltual grin which split her frcckleS
was missing she looked worried.
ALMOST GONE
"Edith's gone 10 Chicago" she
said. "Or almost gone. She
says she's going TO work there.
She says she's going 60 take the
o'clock train. Joe, was there
an aurora borN something In Ice
land? Our teacher said there
was"
Z Edith wanted 10 avoid him so
badly that she was going to Chi
Cago
Did YOU see any icebergs,
DOE ."
"Shut up" cried the tormened
Joe.
II don't think you're very
nice" Susie reprovcd "Or Harry
or Pinkie either. after I tried Co
make YOU happy"
Joe bhnked at her you tried
10 make MS happy
1T was my war effort. Every
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he demanded. "The one in her
waste basket. Tell the truth,
Susie"
II got 10 thinking how happy
II would make Harry and Pinkie
and YOU. so L"
what name was on it,"
growlcd Joe.
"Oh, il began: Darling joe
But don't tell Edith 1 told you
on account of she didn't send II,
and anyway, you can't because
she's going TO Chicago any
minute"
"Oh, no, she's notw said Joe.
Susie ran to keep up with him
Are there little girls like me
in Iceland, Joe?"
There Is no other little girl
like YOU In the world, Susie"
said Joe. Thanks be! Here's "A
dollar. Go buy out the soda
fountain"
THE END
Tomorrow short story: ~
Nor, % - II,I,y, Cbytctf,,o n,p,,ott
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THE END

Tomorrow short story: us
Men, by Helen Christine Bennett
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PINKIE PASSES HIM

As he turned a corner he almost
collided with another khaki clad
figure. Pinkie Day passed without
seeing him, muttering low, mad
mutters.
Joe stared after him. pinkie
paused under the arc light and
tore up something, tossed the bits
into the street andowent on. Joe
grinned.
Obviously Edith had just turned
down Pinkie. who had a nerve any
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Answer to yesterdays puzzle.
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way TO bust up 20 see her hot of
the train, trying to beat Joe. But
then Pinkie didn't know about
Joe's letter.
Joe went on, whistling. He was
almost at the Kerr gate when
Susie popped out of it and ran
toward him.
did you see any polar
bears ." she demanded. Did II
snow all the time? got a lot
of questions TO ask you, Joe. i
got a very important question to
ask YOU"
"Not now" Joe said. Here's
a dime. Get yourself soda"
But the delay was costly. Harry
Herman, arriving from the opposite
direction. turned in the gate ahead
of him.
He wouldn't GO in while Harry
was there 10 spoil his first magic
moment with Edith. He lit ciga-
ret and paced up and down impa-
tiently.