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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-26
FIRE DEPT. MAY
 HAYEVACANCIES
Expected Enlistments of Men Will Give Fire Board
 Cause for Action

Methods of filling several contem- plated temporary vacancies in the fire department caused by the an- ticipated enlistment and induction of officers and men into the Ser- vices will be discussed at g meet ing of the board of fire commis- sionerS tomorrow. The possibility EaGt a special call force may be en- Eses6 1s under consideration.
 Chairman F:inton J., Phelan of the fire board said today that there Is also 8 possibility that skilled tradesmen who formerly worked as machinistS and toolmakers in local factories will seek leaves of absence to go back to their old posts in the production of war materials.
 Leaves of Absence
 he suggestion has been made that we grant leaves of absence ts firemen who have trades and %AO would be of value in war pro- @liction," said Commissioner Phelan. @There are number of skilled men an the force"
 He added however. that the sub- feet would have to be treated cau- tiously to avoid any disruption" in the efficiency of the department.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-26
Baby Falls Out Of
 End Story WindosU


 A fifteen-fo0t fall from the window of his second floor home today was 8 mild experi- ence with no apparent serious results for Charles Bellmare, 13 months old, of 3S Baldwin street.
 The youngster was brought to St. Mary's hospital at 8 o. clock this morning by Joseph Drube, also of 3S Baldwin street, who reported that Charles toppled from the win- dow of his home and landed on the roof of 3 grocery store below. Hospital authorities re- ported that he suffered "Only a few bruises"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-26
MAY AID EASTERN
 SHORTAGE OF OIL
Pipe Line Across Florida, Where Barges Will Be
 Put in Use
BY JAMES R. sHEPLEY

United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 Washington, May 26. - (UP) = Plans to lessen the east coast oil shortage by laying a pipe line across northern Florida and Step- ping up the use of barges have been approved by President Roosevelt, in- formed sources said today.
 The President, these sources said. is expected to order work started on the program shortly.
 Mir. Roosevelt last week advised legislative leaders that he had di- rected Price Administrator Leon Henderson. Production Chief Don- aid M. Nelson and oil Coordinator Harold l.. Ickes to report inmedi- ately on ways of relieving the short age.
 He indicated to these leaders at their White House conference yes- terday that the officials had re- ported that large scale oil shipments by barge were feasible.
 One leader observed. "You can say the pipe line across Florida is a goot bet"
 Barges are now being used to move oil over the Gulf and Atlantic intercoastal waterways. but only 8 limited supply of steel barges are being used.
 Navy and Maritime Commission opposition to the use 10 wooden bargss, a shortage of tugs { opull the barges and the long open water haul around Florida. has limited the
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Church Elder, Young Bible Teacher Are Linked In Murder Of Teachers Husband

death letter she was able in one glance to qualify as an expert on penmanship and say that the sigma ture had been written over."
 The prosecutor recalled Albert sons testimony that Mrs. Kmetz had given him Bible lessons.
 "What a teacher and what . pu- pil," Simpson said. "Albertson had been church elder seven years, even frequently conducting church services, and yet he had to wait for Esther to come along to learn about the Bible"
 Simpson also charged that 1t was Albertson who had attacked KInets two weeks before Kmetz died.
 oscar Albertson wasn't sure whe- ther he had been recognized by Kmetz the night he tried to blud- geon him to death," Simpson said. "It was his uncertainty that drove him to weave q plot which next time would not fall"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-26
ITALY DEMANDS
 FRENCH ISLANDS
100000 Troops Massed Along Alpine Border;
 Were Going to Russia
(By The United Pressl

Private advices received by the United Press today reported that Italy had delivered a sharply word ed note reiterating territorial claims on France and that probably 300,- 900 Fascist troops were massed along the French Alpine border.
 The troops, in full war equipment, were supposed to have gone to the eastern front to aid the Axis sum- mer drive on Russia but were held up by Premier Benito MusSolini pending a reply from Vichy, France, these reports said.
 It was believed that Italy would be unable to press demands for Corsica and Nice or for special con- sessions in Tunisia unless Mussolini got the approval of Hitler, but re- cent reports have suggested that the Germans and Italians might be try ing to work a squeeze play on Vichy in an effort to get the utmost French war cooperation.
 Advices indicated that Vichy chief of government, Pierre Laval, had not yet taken the Italian demands very seriously but there was a grow ing belief that Mussolini might be forced to take some military action, such as occupation of Nice, to save his own position.
 Diplomatic sources in touch with the Italian position said any mili-
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Simpson charged that Mrs. Kmetz who once lived at the AlbertSon home, perjured herself by refusing to identify Albertson's handwriting.
 Esther Kmetz struggled for days in an effort to conceal anything that would hurt Oscar Albertson," Simpson said. "She obviously com- mitted perjury from this witness stand to protect him. This Bible teacher would not have done so un- less there was a bond between them stronger than platonic friendship"
 He said Mrs. Kmetz was "deathly afraid" to identify Albertsons handwriting. The state had present. ed handwriting experts who testi- fled that Albertson had written the letter which accompanied the fatal pills.
 "This godly woman. this teacher of the Bible and of penmanship, couldn't even identify her own handwriting" Simpson told the jury. But when we showed her the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-26
Many Seek P ositions In Federal Agencies
Local Attorneys Are Mentioned for Places on Rent Control Agency; Much Speculation as to Manner
 in Which Appointment Will Be Made

Spirited competition was in pro. gress today for patronage appoint mel1ts made possible by establish ment or proposed establishment of new federal agencies here. Tn addi- ton to the IA jobs which The Democrat reported yesterday as open on the staff of Rent Director George J. McDuff, there is already sharp rivalry for positions in the general price administration and in the defense transportation set-ups which 1t is reported will be located here.
 Attorney Gordon Hutchinson was reported to be in the lead for the position of chief rent attorney, at $4,500 year. Numerous candidates were said to be seeking the place of senior rent examiner, which also will be filled by 8 lawyer and which pay $500 year. Prominently mentioned was the name of Attor- ney Harry Spellman.
 Plenty Applicants
 From Hartford came word that Waterbury applicants for the posts either open or which may be open are extremely numerous. Authori- tative sources said that no news was yet available on the posts to be filled under the OPA set-up, aside from rent control. The same sources said that nothing official has been heard on the appointment of defense transportation direc- tor for this city.
 One Hartford informant told The Dem c9crat t}eat Augscane:nent of the chief rent attorney and senior rent
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HITLER CALLS IN
 HIS BIG GENERALS
Will Not Tolerate Demands He Should Retire as COm-
 nlander-in-Chie

Moscow, May 26-(UP)-A Tass agency dispatch from Stockholm today reported that Adolf Hitler has summoned a conference of his leading generals to inform them that he will mot tolerate" their demands that he step aside as com mander-in-chief of the German armed forces.
 Hitler was said in the Stockholm dispatch to have left Berlin again, following his sudden return to the capital from the eastern front Sat urday, to meet the generals at his headquarters in the east.
 According to well-informed cir- cles, Hitler will confirm at this con- ference that he intends to retain the high command and will not tol- crate any opposition to his leader ship" the TasS account said.
 '"This statement will come as a reply to demands of the generals that he should abandon his post as commander-in-chief."
 Hitler assumed the role of conn., mander in chief of the German armed forces early last winter after removing Field Marshal Walther von BrauchitSch from the post di-
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SEA CAPTAIN HAD
 FINE FORETHOUCHT
Six Times Has His Ship Been Sunk; ; Saves Crew
 Each Time

Miami, Fla, May 26 - (U.P) = Two Axis torpedoes sent medium sized Latvian freighter to the bot tom in West Indian waters, but for the sixth time in his career, Cap tain AxeI Blom, a 68-year-old Nor Wegian, kept his crew intact without losing a man, survivors related here today. Five times previously 'Blou has had his ship shot out from under him, but each time he has been prepared. His men believe his preparedness saved them.
 First Officer Rudolf Peksens, 27, of Boston, said the captain insisted on holding abandon ship" drills daily. The mate asserted that Cap tain Blom was the only ships mas ter he knew who demanded his men to train in such manner.
 The sinking was the 24th this month in which survivors have been brought to Florida ports. The en- tire crew of 34 first landed ct an undisclosed Cuban village after spending approximately 20 hours in a lifcboat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-26

Heavy enemy losses ware described by the Red Star, which said that the Nazis "cling tooth and nail to every inch of ground, llnsparing any lives or material in their efforts to hold on to strategically important vil- lages."
 In the Izyum- -Barvenkova sector, 70 miles south of Kharkov, the enemy, reinforced by reserves from other Axis armies, were said to be hurling larges forces and as many as 150 tanks at time against the Russian lines, only to be halted with enormous losses.
 Official advices indicated that Marshal Semyon Timoshenko's forces were batting German counter -at- tackS almost everywhere along the 155-mile Kharkov front where one of the fierceSt tank battles of his- tory entered It's third week today.
 Attack, Counter Attack
 ''TAe enemy, attempting to check the momentum of our troops, is throwing in huge forces of infantry, tanks and aircraft" said the Red Star. "But the enemy counter-at- tacks are being smashed against an iron wall of our troops strongly ertrenched in reconquereu posi- tions."
 The army organ added that Tim oshenkos forces were cracking the Germans "bestial jaws and inf1ict- lng enormous losses upon him."
 Today's noon communique of the Soviet high command said that around the city of Kharkov, Timo- shenko was consolidating his posi- honS" and that southward, in the Tyum- -Barvenkova sector, the Rus. sian trops fought defensive en- agreements with enemy tanks and infantry"
 The frontline correspondent of the Communist party newspaper Pravda said that "the savage char acter of the battles for unknown
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U. s. DESTROYER
 HIT BY TORPEDO
U. s. s. Blakeley, World War Type, Hit in Carib-
 bean; 10 Missing

Washington, May 26-(UP)-The 1,090-ton world war type destroyer Blakeley has been damaged by tor pedo from an enemy submarine in the Caribbean Sea, the navy an- nounced today.
 The Blakeley reached port with 10 members of her crew reported missing and six injured.
 The inured men have been hos pitalized and next of kin of both injured and missing are being noti- fled.
 Text of the nav ydepartment com- munique No. 8l as of p. m. EWT today:
 Caribbean area:
 "l. The U. s. s. Blakeley, world war destroyer, has been damaged by 8 torpedo fro man enemy Subnla- rine in the Caribbean sea.
 "2 The Blakeley has reached port with 10 members of her crew reported as missing and six injured. The injured men have been hos pitalized and next of kin both in- jured and missing are being tloti- lied as information Is received at the Navy department.
 a. There is nothing to report from other areas.
 These ships have length of 3l4 feet, and a beam of 30 feet, six inches. They are armed with four four-inch guns, and l2 torpedo tubes in addition to anti-aircraft guns.
 The Blakeley was the second United States warship known to have been attacked in the Caribbean area. Several months ago the coast guard cutter, Acacia, was sunk without loss of life in the Carib- bean.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-26
Mighty American Air Fleet
 Prepared To Strike Nazis
YANKEE PLANES
 BEAT OFF LAPS
Aided By Australian Mach- ines They Are Smashing
 All Japanese Bases
By DON CASWELL United Press Staff Correspondent


 Melbourne, May 26 (UP)-United States and Australian planes flew through monsoon storms and fought of Japanese fighter planes to con- tinue their persistent offensive and bomb the enemy's two big north- eastern invasion bases yesterday, 1t was announced today.
 They attacked the airdromes at Rabaul, in New Britain Island, and Lac, on the north coast of New Guinea, raining bombs on runwayS and buildings. They shot down four of the Japanese fighter planes which fought vainly to drive them of.
 As they headed homeward, the Rabaul attackers saw big fires blaz- ing at the Vunakanau airdrome.
 The chief attack was made on the Vunakanau field, l2 miles east of Raballl.
 Allies Score Hits
 Sticking to their attack despite a strong force of enemy irltercep- ton planes, the Allied bombers scored hits on grounded ariplanes and hit buildings with demolition and incendiary bombs.
 Two enemy planes were shot down in the Rabaul raid, and two more
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-26
RECRUITING IN
 WOMEN'S CORPS
Army's Auxiliary Group to Start Tomorrow at Army
 Recruiting Office

Recruiting for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps first officer can- didate school will begin tOnnor- row morning, May 27, according to an announcement made today by the War Department. Applications in this city will De handled by the local army recruiting office located at no Grand street. The War Departments announcement states that recruiting will be conducted ex- clusively by the regular army re- cruiting stations throughout the country and that no consideration will be given to applications sent to the War Department. A total of 450 women will be accepted for the first school.
 Applicants will be selected on the basis of leadership, personality, past expereince, and general adaptabil- ity. Married as well as single wo- men between the ages of 21 and 45 may qualify. They must have at least a high school education and be in good health and of excellent CQaTaCLeT.
 Corporal Harry Armstrong, officer in charge of the local recruiting station, said today that application blanks had not arrived as yet but would be available for distribution as soon as they are received. June 4th has been set as the closing date for filing applications. After that day admission to subsequent officer training schools will be only by selection from the ranks of auxili- aries, which will be enrolled after the first training course has been completed.
 A mental alertneSs test, physical examination, and an interveiw will
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-26
Chinese Are Fighting JapaneseL Like Madmen
BlOodiest Battle of All BattIefronts Is Raging; Chinese Are Furious in Their Blows to Smash
 Back at Old Enemies
By ROBERT P. MARTIN United Press Staff Correspondent


 Chungking, May 26.-(UP)-Ch!- nese troops have hurled back rein- forced Japanese attackers from three sides of Kinhwa and still hold that capital of coastal Chekiang province 1855 miles southwest of Shanghai, military spokesman re- vealed today.
 In bloody battles yesterday, he said, the JapaneS columns were de- feated and forced to retreat nearly two miles to the south, about ' 1-2 miles to the east, and 8 1-2 miles to the northwest
 Chungking elatedly welcomed the official reports of the heroic Chi nese stand which stemmed for the moment, Japan's all-out drive to crush Chinese resistance in Che kiang province.
 "The Japanese have only begun to feel our prowesS on the outskirts of Kinkwa," the spokesman declar- ed. "All the attackers have been thrown back from Kinhwa's gates"
 He sad two of the four main Jap anese columns which moved south from their base in northern Che- kiang had succeeded m moving close to Kinhwa within the past 10 days.
 However, Chinese troops are now engaging the Japs frontally, in Kinhwa's suburbs and at the rear of the Japanese communications lines"
 New Jap Threats
 The spokesman warned, however, that new threats were developing in other Chinese areas.
 He revealed that the Japanese had concentrated a large number of troop transports, warships and aircraft carriers around Formosa
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-26
Two Ranking U. s. Aerial Commands Join British
 Strategists YANKEE PLANES, FUEL
 AMMUNITION READY First Direct Blows That Are Planned for U. s. ExpeditiOnary Forces
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE

BY EDWARD w. BEATT1E United Press Staff COrrespondentD
 London, May 26. " (UP) - A mighty air armada born on the. assembly lines of America is ready to strike directly at the Axis, Great Britain was assured today as two ranking United States aerial commanders joined British strategists in framing plans for an offensive in western Europe.
 American planes, ammunitior and fuel are in readiness for g huge American air expeditionary force in cooperation with the RAF offensive against the continent, 1t was understood after the arrival 0I Lieutenant General Henry H. Ar- mold, chief of the Q. s. Army AT Corps, and Rear Admiral John F. Towers, chief of the U. s. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics.
 It was indicated that air attacks would be merely the first direct blows planned for American Ex- peditionary Forces in Europe.
 American Experts There
 The preseince of Maj. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a tank ex- pert, and of Maj. Gen, Mark ". Clark, infantry specialist, in the American mission was regarded as foreshadowing plans for early par ticipation of United States forces in commando raids on the Axis- held European coast and perhaps an Allied invasion thrust designed to relieve the hard-preSsed Russian armies.
 The American officers bolstered this speculation by whirlwind ser- ies of conferences in which they were understood to have seen or arranged to see Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Lord Mount batten, the leader of British Com mandos; Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal and other British war leaders.
 It was regarded as especially i'm portant that the American mission was made up of active commanders who would be directly responsible for field operations. British sources said that this permitted the form ing of a sort of super board of cona- Ynand fnr direct action
 There was no official hint as to whether the presence of Arnold and Towers meant the speeding up of preparations for big-Scale offensive blows in the west, but British sources pointed out that the position of the Red army on the Ukraine front was grave. It was said that the next week or two might show whether an Allied invasion attempt this summer was essential in order to weaken Hitler's armies on the eastern front.
 Threat to Hitler
 Tn any event, it was emphasized, the presence of 8 growing AEF and the building up of American air forces in the British Isles presents an increasing threat to Hitler in the west and forces him to inmobilize big coastal defense units even if no invasion is attempted by the A,- lies.
 Pressure for invasion action, how- ever, Is still mounting in England and Leslie Hore-B Belisha, former
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BY ARTHUR WHITNEY United Press Staff Correspondent

ASe~~uSNe SAsS
 Los Angeles, May 26 - U.P0 - The state charged today that a bond stronger than platonic friend ship" linked elder Oscar Albertson to a pretty young bible teacher, whose husband he allegedly killed in 8 murder by mail" scheme.
 Albertson, 43. is on trial, charged with murdering John Kmetz, 54, the church gardner. who died last Sep tember of cyanide poisoning few minutes after taking "vigor restor- atives" received in the mail. A let- ter accompanying the pills bore the name of & company which proved to be non-existent.
 Tn final arguments to the jury, Deputy District Attorney William Simpson asserted that Albertson. his wife, Eva, and KInet's wife, Esther, 8, Q bride of three months, were guilty Of perjury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-26

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-26
Russia Asserts German Attacks Were Repulsed
But German Forces Persist in Smashing at Soviet Armies; Russians Fight to Hold What They
 Have; Climax May Be Near
BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

Moscow, May 26 - CUP) - The Russian Army organ Red Star said today that waves of attacking German troops and tanks being smashed by iron wall of troops" entrenched in captured positions daroun Kharkov with the hardest fighting 25me front south of fine citv
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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-19

protect my employees" leaving the
impression that the employe failed
to. take advantage of the act to
protect himself.
Another portion of the act that
needs amending for the protection
OF the workers is that that has to
DO with, hernia. This is suggested
In the GIL. program. Despite the
TACT that many employers require
waiver for physical defects signed
by employees with the slightest hint
OF hernia, it is next to impossible
to collect benefits for rupture in
connecticut, SO technical and exact
ing is the provision of the act in
regards 10 this commonest of in
dustrial disabilities.
Workers have to go to court in
many instances to collect damages
Tor hernia. Some have had to 90
as high as to the State Supreme
Court. Two cases were lost i'm those
nigh judicial halls because the
claimants used one wrong little
word. One claimant said he felt a
quirk" in his side when he was
ruptured. The other said he had
a witch. In both cases, had the
workers used the word ''pain'' they
would have qualified for compensa-
ton.
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ven people who work outside of the
city, although it was the opinion
of all concerned that the number
was large. Members of the Com
mittee expressed the belief that the
reason for this is the fact that wage
rates in New Haven are lower than
in most cities i'm the state. They are
also of the opinion that insufficient
effort is made to bring new in
dustries to this city.
The u. S. Employment Service
estimates that 5000 workers will
be needed i'm New Haven during
the next three months, and 5000
during the next six months. The
problem of increasing the man
power supply through a compre-
hensive training program was dis
cussed, and members of the Com
mittee emphatically stated that
failure to upgrade Negro workers
was not only discrimination, but
restricted available manpower.
Members of the joint committee
who talked with Mrs. Woodhouse to
seek her advice and help, and to find
her in agreement with the committees
objectives, are Harold V. Feinmark,
president of the New Haven Labor
Council; Carl Hoff, Local 234, Mu-