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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-10
THREE PRISONERS
| ARE CAUGHT AGAIN

Haddalf, Conn, March To- (UP)
IThrec prisoners who escaped from
lD,iiity jail last night BY blowing
fuse and putting the building In
hrknegs. were picked up by state
I'D local police early today.
The prisoners are Joseph Kiina-
|owsld, 10, Cromwell: Leonard
Ieete, 81. East Haddatnis and jos
81 Maggiore, ~. Middletown.
/ Authorities said they escaped
hring en- exercise period by blow
W 3 f,lae, ptylng open = window
ID smAahIng the glass.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-10
SUICIDE VERDICT


Greenwich, Conn, March TO-
(Up)=-A verdict Of stiicide was
given today In the death Of Joseph
b, Gibson, AZ, Princeton University
student, whose body was found In
hts garage. The medical examiner
said Gibson committed suicide by
ifihalif1g carbon fnunUxile fumes.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-10
BURNER BLAZE

Backf1re from an oil burner in
the home of John TocEhio, Vermont
avenue, caused slight blaze this
morning. Engine 0 responded to a
verbal alarm.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-10
Cotton Failures

GVbtWAA = &NtkANC
New York, March 1O--tUr) -ACot-
ton futures scored gains ranging to
IS cents per bale In moderately acA
tive forenoon trading today. Md
day prices were 5 to 1S points net
higher.
Trade and mill demand dominated
the session after the opening min
utes OF trading. The March position
was points lower at the opening,
rejecting circulation Of II delivery
notices, but after these notices we're
stopped the nearby option scored b
net gain Of points.
The presidents radio address last
night was not considered too critic
cal and farm bloc leaders were exc
pected to continue their fight to halt
government sales Of commodities
below parity.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-10
Market Start Again
Was Very Irregular
SteeIs at Previous Close Around Noon; Motors We're
Higher; Rails, Utilities Were Narrowly Mixed
Net Income n Thousaana q Dollars

Rubber issues eased with u. 8. Rub
Der preferred at a new low at 81
of ga. Tobaccos were dull with
prices easier. Iiggett g. Myers p
made a new low at SO of 1. New
lows for the year were made by
Standard Oil IN. ~, Texas Com.
pany and Ingersoll Rand. General
Electric and Coca-Cola equalled
their lows.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-10
FATALLY INJURED

Berlin, Conn, March TO- (UP)--
Ignatius Martinosk, SO, KensingtUr
was injured fatally last night when
struck BY an automobile while
crossing q highway.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-10
LIEUT.. POLLARD 70
RETURN TOM 0RROW

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lra returns 10 work tomorrow 81
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-10

coast Guard Captains Stanley v.
Parker and Edward D. Jones to be
rear admirals.
Capt. Freeland A. Daubifi and
Capt. Robert NJ. Griffin were nom
mated for promotion to the rank Of
rear admiral In the navy.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-10
n. Y. Bank ( Trust Stocks
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Bank Of N II & TFsist. lz7s 900
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Chase National Bank y %
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First National Bank 1900 100
Guaranty Trust "A 400 1i5
Irving TEtlst Nd $500. B ioA
Manufacturers Ttltst ~ z1M 1D1t
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-10
GOVERNOR PLANS
FIVErMAN BOARD

A five-mail board to aid C0nnec-
ticit small businessmen in securing
government contracts viii be ap-
pointed within the next few days by
Gov. Robert A. Hurley. The plan
will be undertaken in this state as
an experiment; WIPE Director Don-
aid Nelson told the governor, 1t will
be adopted on a nationwide scale
If successful here.
Capitol sources said the governor
would give a majority Of places on
the board to small businessmen who
have been successful in having their
plants converted to defense work.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
BOATS.

RED WING MARINE ENGINES. gasoline
and Diesel. Phone Emerson 4643 after
pm.
BOAT TRAILER. excellent condition, good
tires cheap. Apply Mr.. Fleming, Basement
Apt, 81 tj6 18th NV
Evening star., 1942-01-11
ROOMS FvRk. 3 UkFuRN.

CHEVY CHASE connecting rooms pri-
vate bath. one furnished. other unfur-
nished, with quiet couple. Woodley Obj.
OFT SCOTT CIRCLE Ice. rooms, porch.
complete h.k.; excep. quiet; S69 flrn, to
COLORD-622 25th PL. N.E-Front
room. newly decorated; empl. adults; use
of modern kit
Evening star., 1942-01-11

Be practical and reduce your living ex-
penses by buying this attractive. completely
furn. houseboat t46'x2O). 3 rms. bath: 5
minutes from downtown. Must sacrifice as
owner is enliSting. DI 4S51.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
DEFENSE

There is certain to be not only . short
age of material and labor. but also con-
siderable advance in prices: Highest
rhododendron, Scotch pines, flame azaleas,
Norway spruce. hasstone walks, walls.
terraces. rock gardens. pools guard rails
and driveways. tree surgery. pruning and
trimming, spraying, painting, Welding.
buildings wrecked. manures. composts,
grading, seeding and soddng. Estimates
and suggestions are free. Lincoln 1925.
Evening star., 1942-01-11

4014 KANSAS AVE. NV.
Apt. 1902 rooms, kit. din. and b.,
S57. 80; gas and elec included
WASH. LOAN & TRUST CO.,
900 NV. Rental Dept. MA 3440.
Evening star., 1942-04-05
u. S. DESERT FIGHTERS REASSURE LATINS
Men May Be Needed Hold South Americas Pacific Coast

consequential it may look on the map
this is deadly place.
In three nights OF walking from a
stranded airplane to get to the sea, and
in two days on burro with itinerant
fishermen who found me on the beach,
I saw dunes taller than houses and
sometimes as high as low mountain
ridges. The only road through the place
is a path of deep ruts, marked with
dead sticks stuck upright. The vegeta-
ton consists of wind-gnarled trees half
buried in the dunes and vines bearing a
bitter tasting bean.
Japs Settled Along Rivers.
North of these deserts, in Ecuador and
Colombia, Jap farmers have fiat fields
near the coast, suspected of being po-
tential air fields. Along the desert them
selves, in Peru, Japs are thickly settled.
South of the deserts, in lower Chile, are
communities strongly dominated by
Germans. On these Germans the Nazis
depend to make lower Chile and Argen-
tina's Patagonia, which together control
the vital Magellan Straits, into a sepa-
rate Nazi state.
The chief worry Of South Americas
west coast nations is not fifth columnists,
however, but the long, exposed coastline,
and the crucial part it plays in the Latin
economy.
And training fighters for desey. war
is one way of telling the neighbors we
are not going to let them be taken over.
Evening star., 1942-04-05
By John Lear,
wide World News.

Congress has been told that Japanese
plans set the destruction of Panama as
the next Jap blow against this country.
Many strategists believe these plans are
still on the TOXIC timetable. They ex-
pect that the first move would be a
thrust at the Galapagos Islands, 800
miles west of Ecuador The government
United States in preparing defenses on
the islands.
What have the Galapagos to do with
desert fighting?
Island defenses are Of little value
unless supply lines can keep the islands
on a fighting footing, and the logical
source Of supply lines to the Galapagos
is the peninsula of Salinas, which is
desert.
Salinas to Be U. S. Base.
Ecuador's President, Carlos Arroyo del
Rios, announced on March 2 that
Salinas was being built into an Ameri-
can naval base. Runways already are
down for the air end of this base. They
lie beside a magnificent harbor, guarded
by rock which looks like a miniature
Gibraltar Salinas is the westernmost
point on South America and dominates
the coastline all the way north to Pan
anna 1t is its own fuel depot, since oil
fields lie in the middle of it. 1t Is
connected by narrow gauge railroad
to the port of Guayaquil.
This is the region the Spanish con-
quistadores picked rs the natural route
for the first invasion of South America
four centuries ago. Pizzaro and his
men entered through Tumbez and
crossed the deserts to the Andes on
their way to conquer the Incas.
The NaziS are well aware of the
strategic importance of Salinas. They
were first to run airlines to it and from
it along the coast They we're first to
make survey flights from it to the
Galapagos. They used the Salinas fish,
ing village as hahgout, and, with the
Italians, bought control of the new
hotel there They mapped the area
thoroughly.
Northern Edge of Desert.
The Salinas Desert could be foothold
for more than the West Coast. 1t could
be the beginning of an invasion all the
way to the Atlantic Ocean. In Ecuador
are some Of the headwaters of the ANA
zon. From Ecuador the first exploration
OF the Amazon was made. The Amazon
spreads over Of the 10 South American
nations: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecua-
dor, Peru and Venezuela. In all those
countries its steaming jungle shores are
bordered by rice fields. sown by jap
anese settlers.
Salinas forms roughly the northern
edge of the South American deserts. Ex-
cept for oases here and there, where
river valleys push green fingers down
from the mountains through the arid
grey, the sand is continuous through
Peru into Chile. I was lost in part of
this desert, Peru's Sechura, last year,
and can testify that no matter how IL
Evening star., 1942-04-05
STRATEGISTS' PROBLEM: TOO MANY FRONTS
tondc Churchill Must Which Are Most vtoI
By Constantine Broyn.

There are two strong reasons why the
United Nations high command Is con-
| vinced that this will be his principal
move. Unless, in the course Of this
year, the Reich can obtain the rich oil
| fields of Mosul in Iraq, the situation OF
the Nazi armies will become precarious.
And unless almost unlimited quantities
| of oil and gas are available planes and
| submarines cannot be kept in operation.
| 1t will be long while before the oil
fields of Burma, the Netherlands Indies
! and Borneo can be made available to the
Nazis. Hence the urgent necessity for
the Germans to take the pipe line heads
| in Syria, which is now in the hands of
the Free French, and in Palestine. If
the British feet were driven from the
Mediterranean Nazi tankers would be
able to operate undisturbed between the
coast of Asia Minor and Mediterranean
| ports, carrying the precious liquid to the
ships and planes Of the Axis.
U. s. Held Most Dangerous Foe.
A successful operation by the Axis in
the Near East, primarily intended for
the conquest of the oil fields, brings us
to the second consideration Of German
strategy.
Despite the setbacks suffered by the
United States since December 7, there
Is no question that the Germans and
Italians consider us their most dangerous
enemy. An American newspaperman
who had long talk with Count Ciano
less than year ago commented to the
Italian foreign secretary that If the
United States were to enter the war on
the side of Great Britain the Axis would
be defeated in the long run because time
works for the Allies.
"Yes," Count Ciano is said to have
answered, time does work for the Allies
if you have time"
From all reports received in Washing
ton and London, it is obvious that the
Nazi high command is worried over the
urges Hitler to do all he can to remove
that great menace to the Reich from the
field of action as soon as possible.
South American Thrust Possible.
1t is doubtful, even in the minds Of
the German high command. whether the
japanese could do the job. The German
propaganda minister, DR.. Paul Joseph
Goebbels, has great hopes that his viru-
lent and relentless propaganda in this
country may help the Nazi armies, but
he is said to have asked that his work
be substantially assisted by tangible mill
tary operations.
The only serious blow which could
be administered to this country would
be an invasion of South America, where
the Germans have prepared their fifth
columns for many years. These will re-
main quiet until German warplanes
begin to land in the Brazilian bulge at
Natal or at other points.
In spite of the efforts of the Brazilian
government to stamp out these danger
GUS enemies within, it is reliably re-
ported that besides some 300, 900 potential
shock troops now in Brazil, there are
at least so air fields well concealed from
the government, which could be used
by Nazi planes.
In order to put into effect such a
grandiose scheme 1t is essential for the
Germans to obtain two things; unlimited
quantities of gasoline and oil. and sew
eral bases on the Atlantic coast Of
Africa such - Dakar.
Evening star., 1942-04-05

poned his departure from New Delhi,
which had been scheduled for tomorrow.
Compromise is expected.
Far from New Delhi, the great Ameri-
can band Of heroes on Bataan continued
to defy the countless hordes Of the Japa-
nese. On Monday the Japanese slack
ened efforts to crack 1t. Gen. Jonathan
Wainwright's Bataan line after japanese
thrusts during the preceding "a hours
were turned back with heavy losses for
the men of Toxic. Next day, the Japs
took to the air, raiding base hospital
near the Bataan lines, and harbor de-
fenses in Manila Bay.
On Wednesday, American Filipino
troops carried out two spectacular raids
against the Japanese on the island OF
Mindanao, destroying % warehouses at
an enemy supply base near Digos, along
with machine gun nests and other mill
tary installations in the heart of the
Japanese city Of Zamboanga.
The surprise raids came after the main
Japanese assault in Bataan-far north
Of Mindanao-spent its force after meet
ing with heavy casualties in fierce bay
onet fighting.
The Japs pierced the left center of the
Wainwright lines Thursday, but the
enemy advance was halted
Bottom and the main line of resist
Action ance was restored. Ameri-
can anti-aircraft gunners on
Corregidor shot down three heavy Japa-
nese bombers during renewed air raids
on the fortress. A fourth enemy bomber
blew up in midair and fell into Manila
Bay.
Quiet was the word on the Southwest
Pacific front. Floods drove the japanese
back 27 miles along the Markham Valley
in New Guinea, north of Australia, on
Monday, and Air Minister A. s. Drake
ford Of Australia said American and Aus
tralian air forces had gained at least
temporary air superiority over New
Guinea and New Britain. United States
flying fortress on Tuesday bombed Lac,
New Guinea japanese base, and Koe-
pang, Dutch Timor, while seven japanese
bombers dropped Is to 80 bombs on the
Port Darwin airdrome. On Wednesday
the Allies bombed Koepang and Sala-
maua, New Guinea.
There was growing optimism among
Australian observers that the japanese
could be held of in New Guinea. The
withdrawal from the Markham Valley
means that Japan's hold in the island
is confined to a narrow coastal strip, and
the japanese cannot now disperse their
planes On Monday Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur and Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey,
commander of the Australian ground
forces, met for the first time. Blamey
returned to his homeland from the Near
East with some of the Australian troops
stationed in that theater.
The most important event of the week
for the Australians was the announce
ment Monday at the White House
Evening star., 1942-04-05

1t Is believed that the Reich can fulfill
the latter condition without too great
an effort. 1t is closely connected with
the success Of the Axis forces in conquer
ing Egypt, Syria and Palestine and the
expulsion of the British feet and air
force from the Mediterranean. II the
Nazis were able to accomplish this 1t
would be childs play for Hitler to break
whatever resistance the Axis might en-
counter from the Vichy government and
to take possession of the whole North
and West African colonial empire OF
France.
In view Of this dangerous possibility,
the British are urging that no stone be
left unturned to strengthen the position
OF the Allies in the Eastern Mediter-
ranean. even at the price of further set
backs in other theaters OF operations.
We are confronted with requests TO
rush reinforcements to Gen. Macarthur
In Australia. The Russians are almost
screaming for more planes. tanks and
anti-aircraft artillery, warning that the
Germans will attempt to dispose of them
during the next few months and will
succeed unless the war materiel promised
last fall arrives in large quantities.
Civilians Must Decide.
Our production, while not yet at its
peak, is satisfactory, but the heavy losses
We and the British have suffered in the
last two months from Nazi submarines
have made our shipping problem a diff
cult one.
Huge quantities OF war materiel are
piled high on the decks, awaiting much
needed transportation We have to share
the limited quantity of shipping between
the Mediterranean and the Southwest
Pacific. The transports which are being
sent to Egypt must take roundabout
course because the Mediterranean Is too
dangerous for commercial vessels. The
distance to Australia is great, four
months for round trip.
This situation is likely to continue for
the next six months, the most crucial
months Of the war.
The Allied military advisers can coun-
sci President Roosevelt and Prime Min
lister Churchill regarding the needs OF
the men at front. and the most likely
Axis offensive. But it is up to these two
civilians to decide which way the United
Nations are going to throw the weight
of their production and man power.
Evening star., 1942-04-05

Expected standardization Of German
and Japanese operations within the
next few weeks poses a difficult problem
for President Roosevelt and Prime Min
lister Churchill in working out the grand
strategy of the war.
If reports we now are receiving are
correct, there is no question that while
the Nazis strike in full force in the Medi-
terranean and later in Russia, the jap
anese will concentrate the bulk of their
naval and air forces on Australia, while
their land forces. now operating in
Burma, will launch an all-out offensive
against India.
The United Nations high command
believes these are the general outlines
of the Axis offensive. But exactly when,
how and where these forces will strike
Is guess work. The problem is to pre-
pare as best we can with the relatively
limited means at our disposal.
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Churchill must
decide where the bulk of the resources
Of the two arsenals-the United States
and Britain-should be sent. They must
decide which of the four active fronts is
likley to bear the brunt of the Axis
offensive and which should be defended
with the utmost energy. They must de-
eide whether the Pacific and Indian
Oceans are of secondary importance and
should be sacrifed-if necessary-as
Malaga, Singapore and the Netherlands
Indies we're sacrificed, or whether the
European front should be held with
whatever we have at our disposal and
the main effort directed toward the
Asiatlc and Australian fronts
Can't Win on All Fronts.
There Is no question that we cannot,
this year, meet the enemy on the four
fronts-Australia. India, Russia and the
Near East-with equal chance of success.
To Washington military quarters 1912
is an Axis year" We shall be compelled
to remain on the defensive until some
time in 1943 and will be fortunate If we
do not lose too much or too important
ground, officers here say. There is no
question that the japanese and Nazis
will attempt to obtain decision before
the year is over. If they fail, their
chances of getting even stalemate are
considerably reduced.
Our output, together with that Of
Great Britain and the little which the
Russian factories can produce, is not yet
sufficient to permit us to fight on every
front the Axis may choose as its zone of
operations.
We must decide now whether it Is
more important to save the Near East
than Australia and whether the latter
should be sacrificed for India should
the main japanese attack occur there
We must decide also whether, If neces-
sary, we could curtail our shipments to
Russia in favor Of Near East-and risk
losing fighting ally
Politics Influence Strategy.
Strategy and high politics are mixed
up in the formulation Of our plans. The
Axis is looking at the situation from a
strictly military angle and Japan, for
the time being, is completely inde-
pendent Of Germany, at least as far as
war materials are concerned
The general belief among high-ranking
British and American military officers Is
that Hitler will attempt to administer
his heaviest blows in the Near East and
Will Try to batter the British position in
x0pt md AAA Ainnr.
Evening star., 1942-04-05
European Front

Up near the top Of the world q STIR
ring sea fight goes on. Ships with goods
for Russia head east above North Cape
for Murmansk. Along those chilly sea
lanes German U-boats lurk, hoping to
cripple the Allies by sending to the bot
tom the Russia bound materials of war.
The Germans have been boasting about
their success up there, but the British
disclosed on Tuesday last that German
naval attacks on a convoy Murmansk-
bound have been beaten off by British
and Russian forces with one large Ger
man destroyer crippled and three u
boats severely damaged, If not sunk Two
British ships were damaged the Trini-
dad, new s,000-ton cruiser, and the
Eclipse, 1,375-ton destroyer. The convoy
got through.
Another action connected with the
Russian supply picture, the Red Army
tried desperately during the week to push
the Films and Germans back from the
Leningrad area in an effort to recapture
Schlusselberg, east of Leningrad on Lake
Ladoga. The railway from Murmansk
to Moscow goes through Schlusselberg,
but during the winter supplies have been
transported over the frozen lake. 1t
won't be frozen much longer.
London sources said the Russian Army
apparently was intent on maintaining its
drive in sufficient force along the entire
Baltic-Black Sea front to keep the Nazis
on the defensive and prevent Germany
from launching her expected spring at
tack. Red Army soldiers at Sevastopol,
veterans Of 150-day siege, were reported
Wednesday counterattacking in a Cri-
mean preliminary to the vast spring en-
gagements, which are expected to involve
45O0,000 Germans and 100000 Russians.
There were Axis accounts of new Rus
sian trusts at Kharkov, Donets Basin
industrial center.