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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01
Women To Be Traffic
Supervisors Shortly

Utilization of members of the
various units of the women's
volunteer motor corps as "auxil-
larry traffic supervisor" is rec
commended by Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles John T. Mccarthy
in bulletin to all police chiefs
throughout the state.
COMMISSIONS Mccarthy EN-
phasizes in the bulletin that
members of the WING units
have been selected carefully, CIV
en- the advantage of we'll
planned course of training in
motor vehicle operation and up
keep as we'll as first aid, and
should be most desirable material
to assist a repleted community
police department in covering
many traffic intersections, par
ticularly at school locations.
There is nothing particularly
new about the idea" comments
the commissioner. "If the mem
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01
dim OUT ORDERS
EXPECTED SHORTLY
Advertising Signs RespOn'
slbIe for Glow Over City;
Guide to Enemy Planes

Dim out" orders which now af'
feet eastern seaboaFd cities and
towns may soon be extended to
Waterbury and other inland com,
munitles, II was reported today,
The order would apply especially
10 advertising and display signs
which create much of the "gl0W"
that sometimes can be seen for
many miles,
Under present army orders water.
front towns must see 10 u that
lights visible from 0lfshoTe ARE
either Shut on '0F covered, while
other lights must be adjusted 80
that ehey did not shed light above
u horizontal plane,
The local blaek0lt committee, Of
which !. Gregory Lyneh u ehaiFS
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01

berS of these units are prepared
to function in war emergencies,
they certainly should be able to
satisfy the requirements de-
manded of a traffic supervisor at
school locations. This service
would free the regular policeman
for more exacting duties else
where, kird of word that
woman could not accomplish.
Police departments today are
being depleted by the draft and
also have become subject to many
extra duties because of the war.
hope that the suggestion is TAX
en- seriously by police chiefs, and
I am sure that the state defense
council and the Connecticut Chap
ter of the American Red Cross,
co-sponsors of the WING units,
will gladly cooperate. 1t should
prove useful practical training for
the women volunteers
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01
PUTS WAR PENSION INTO
BONDS

81, Louis lUPl John r., CarFoy
~, Louis World War ! veteran, Of 2
fered 10 donate his $50 o month
pension check 10 The government
shortly after the japanese attacked
Pearl HaFb0F, but received lnstead
advice 10 invest bis money w de-
tense bonds,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01
DIAL
DOINGS
LOCAL STATIONS
COOPERATE
BY JIM PARKER

Setting an example in co-opera-
ton, both Waterbury radio stations
will work together during the COM
ing week in drive to recruit can
vassers for the forthcoming door
to-door War Bond Quota Campaign
in the Brass City. Arrangements
have been completed whereby both
WBRY and WATR will be linked
together for a series of messages
from the local War Bonds Commit
tee. Twice each day. at 1885 and
5:55, members of the Waterbury
Public Speaking club will deliver
these messages to Waterburians
who are tuned to either station. As
the campaign gets rolling, begin
ming May 10, present plans call for
further Simultaneous broadcasts by
WATR and WBRY. Now only in
the formative stage, these plans in
clude one or more variety programs
to be produced in support of the
drive to increase War Bond sales
locally.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01
WOMEN'S WORK
DRAMATIZED

Continuing its series OF last
moving broadcasSs depicting the
various newsfron,s of the world at
war, March of Time tonight will
dramatic the vital and courageou5
part taken by Americ.n women IL
their country's victory program.
Several resl-life stories will be pre-
sented which graphically illustrate
the manner in which American
womanhood is getting into the fishs
against the Axis. March OF Time
is BLUE network. feature, 9 to
$50 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01
DRIVING A WAGON WHILE
DRUNK

Centralia, Ill,--(UP)-Ed Gault-
pey of Gentralia paid a fine OF s8,40
for reckless driving OF the World
War II era, He was accused OF
drunken driving with a team and
wagon and driving while ~ o
drunken stupor,"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01
OCD HEAD ON
"INEO, PLEASE"

James NJ. Lands, whose job II
is to prepare American civilians
to combat air raids, will face a
verbal bIitz from Clifton Fadiman
as guest expert on MICS In
formation, Please" tonight at
$50. Lands, who once listened
to I,500,OO0 words Of testimony on
the question OF whether or not
Harry Bridges was dangerous
alien, should feel at home on the
panel with garrulOus Oscar Le-
want and vOIuhle regulars" John
Kieran and r. p. A.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01
Santa CLAUS FOR
TIRE THIEVES

Butte, MoDt,-lUP)-A local tire
dealer kept buying tires from Q
group Of youngsters without inquiFv
Ing as 10 their origin, Hlwever, the
police looked the matter up. Tbs
youngsters were stealing the GiTEs
from the dealers warehouse and
Seiilng them back W hilaa.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01
STATE WORKERS Buy WAR
BONDS

st, Paul, MINI, -(UPl-Minne,
sofa state employees are contributing
more than $4,000 monthly for the
purchase OF defense bonds, GOV
Harold ", Htassen disclosed THAI
A,222 state employees have signed
payroll deduction pledges aVeFag'
ing $3.50 q month,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01

man, has already secured the co..
operation OF downtown merchants
in shutting of their window and
display lights at night, A campaign
to black out lights of drug stores,
restaurants and other establish,
ments open at night is now under
way,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01
DOG LIcENsE CASTS SHADOW

Santa GTuE Gal,wfUPl-EFnll
Blanohl, teller al the Bank 0f AM
erica, Is convinced that ae0nllDa
events cast their shadows PiFst ~
received dog license NO. e97 for hll
p00eh, then he drew kleRetee fi0
a97 IN the third draft lottery,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01
NOTES FROM HERE
AND THERE

Last nights WATR broadcast
Of Name Your Song" was the
firale in the present series. Drop
ping of the Thursday night show
clears the way for Mutua's
American Opera Festival" which
starts next week in the same
spot, 8 to 8 p. m. En0ch
Lights Music Does Things to
Me-" now featured on a local
Connecticut station, may become
a new Mutual network feature.
Working his way East, Bob
Hone will do next weeks broad
cast from the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01

S:30-To be announced
9:30-Spotlight Bands
10:OO-RaymOnd Gram Swing
1G:l5-America Preferred
10:45-Don BoNay, Tenor
I:O0-Yaukcc News
tl:1j Gypsy Caravan
lli$0 Xavier GuSat's Orch.
12;00-Sigu Off
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01
ATRLANE CHATTER

Wan - A~A~
A Iast-minutc change brings
caacella ton of tonight's Celeb
r;ty Theatre broadcast, sched-
uIgi fer BLUE at 10. The SHOW
will be heard next on Thursday
at 8, with cOlumnist Louis SObol.
Station WIZ has inaugurated
a smart. idea, sending its enter
tainers to defense plants where
they perform for the workers
during lunch hour. The Lone
Ranger, WHO has gallOped along
WATR's airlanes 10 these many
years, will do a brisk canter over
to another network after to-
nights broadcast. When Claude
ThornhilI replaces Hal Mcintyre
at Glen Island next month, his
hroadcasts will be carried locally
by WATR. Charlie Spivak,
pIaying the sweetest trumpet in
the world, will keep a Spotlight
Bands date tonight OH WATR at
$3.50 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01

bin HelsaFmaD, midget auto Fpe,
Inc promoter, has paid out about
million dollars " pFiEs m0neD Y
drivers
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01
SOMETHING UNUSUAL

The Honorable Order Of Ken
lucky Colonies, a fraternity OF big
wigs who have been dubbed "col-
oneT by due process of Kentucky
law via the governor, will hold its
annual dinner in Louisville tonight.
The festivities will be aired via
WATR-Mutual from 1870 to II,
with Colonel" Bryan Field. noted
MBS turfcaster as master of cere-
monies. The half-hour broadcast
will include Dixie music, toas.5 to
famous members now overseas, i'm
promptu entertainment by visiting
"colonels" of the entertainment.
world. and the official announce
ment of the ten new members Of
the fraternity for 1912.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01

DISCRIMINATION Party
l0;00-Pe0ple Are Funny
l0i30-Nigbt OF May !
II ;00-NeWs
lliI5-string Ensemble
ll,S0wftefleetl0ps IN Rhgthm
l2;OO-GeWs and Baseball Scores
A, ~,
I2;05-DaFk Fantasy
l2i30wTeddy PQWelps Orchestra
l2ib5-News
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-01
I59O--WBRY-96

u. NJ,
A'lt- Walter Gross orchestra
4:l5-EN ploring space
$3.50 Joey kearns and Orchestra
4;45-- News
5:00-'Are You a Genius
Suppertimers
6;U0-EdWin G. hin Presents the
Human Side Of the News
6:l0-Ted HusinE's Score Board
6;l5-Name Band Parade
G.30-NeWs
G;45-The World Today
7;00-Golumbia MasterWorks VI
Music
7:30-HoW Am 7 Doing
S;00-The kate smith Hour
S;55-Elmer DaYis-NeWs
Playhouse
9:30-tiilbert and sullivan
IO!00-Glem Miller Orchestra
t0;l5-0lEa Coelho and Burl Ives,
Songs
l0!90-Jerry Wayne, Songs
1875 News
1900 News Analysis
llil5- Shep Fields Orchestra
So Kay kyscr Orchestra
i2;00-Sign orr,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-29
Russia
CONTINUED from Page u

(COntlnued from Page ~
heavy losses. Soviet artillery de-
stroyed II tanks and annihilat-
ed one infantry battalion"
The Russians attacked anew
on the Voronezh and Bryansk
fronts to counter the month-old
offensive and announced that
eight more Axis ships - in
Guiding three transports total
ing 10000 tons-nad been sunk
in the Gulf of Finland.
"In one sector of the Bryansk
front (anchored 21O miles south
west of Moscow engagements
are being fought with large
numbers of tanks" the Infor-
nation Bureau said. "More than
100 enemy tanks were destroy
ed in two days of fighting"
Soviet troops gained ground
in two phases of the battle of
Voronezh, 800 miles south of
Moscow, and bloodily repealed
German attacks in the Don Riv-
err area to the west, it was an
nounced.
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CONTINUED from Page ~

(COntlnued from rage -
for the Japanese forces at Coma
Mission, which originally were
estimated to number between
1900 and $500.
TRIES ATTACK
A Japanese flying boat at
tempted to make a third attack
on Townsville on the northeast
coast of Australia last night, but
Allies night fighters intercept
ed it, forced the pilot to drop
his bombs in the sea and prob
ably destroyed the plane, the
communique said.
The Japanese plane was hit
repeatedly and when last seen
was losing height, it was re-
ported. On two previous raids,
japanese filters have dropped
their bombs in the sea.
Allied bomber units, mean
while, attacked the airdrome in
Japanese-occupied K epan g,
Dutch Timor, again and scored
hits in the target area. Japanese
fighter planes attempted to in
tercept the formation, but the
Allied planes accomplished their
mission.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-29
Prisoner
Continued from Page II

like me, were British and Amer
leans and as foreigners and poll
teal prisoners were not suppos-
ed to be thrown in with COM
mon criminals, but this was done
apparently as a studied plan of
our captors to break our morale
by subjecting us to degradation.
BRIDGE HOUSE JAIL
l was jailed in the gendarmes'
Shanghai headquarters, former
ly a Chinese hotel called the
Bridge House, so-called because
of its situation alongside filthy
creek traversing the information
al settlement.
The Jail was wartime affair
with cell bars of wood four inch
es square and about an inch
apart allowing no vision out
ward and little air inside. The
place was in deep Chinese
slum district and the stencil as
the weather got warmer was ov-
empowering. A cage ten by
twenty feet held an average of
20 prisoners and there were sew
en- such cages or cells in our
block.
We had barely space to lie
down at night. All day we sat
on the floor, sometimes with our
backs against the concrete walls.
We were not allowed to talk and
were given nothing to read. We
were isolated from the world.
No scrap of news was allowed
to reach us.
Frequently the guards punish
ed some whispered ir fraction of
rules and we were then forced
to sit cross-legged or kneel for
prolonged periods before the
sharp-eyed guards.
NEAR PARALYSIS
A few minutes of this renders
the legs of foreigners near to
paralysis. Sometimes we were
punished like this until we reel
ed. If the guards felt particu-
larly irritated they entered the
cells and belabored their VIC
Tins with clubs or swords.
When l entered the prison
which the gendarmes labeled a
place of detention and not a jail,
/ was thoroughly searched and
everything of convenience or
possible harm was removed, even
my eyeglasses.
My shoes were taken from me.
This increased my suffering in
the cell which was cold in the
raw March weather and low
temperatures. Why / was there
remained partial mystery to
me. No charges were brought.
They said they wanted to ques-
ton me but they did not hurry.
sat in the cell upwards of
five weeks before l was ques-
toned. Then many days of in
terrogation began. After these
sessions in one of the cubicles
was returned to the cell to await
the next days session.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-29
j. ). Pilots
Bag Jap Ship
Flying Boot Hit
off AustroIio

SOMEW WHERE IN AUS
TRALIA, July 20 Up Four
United States fighter pilots took
out after the lone japanese fly
ing boat making the third raid
in as many days upon Town
sville, on Australia's northeast
coast, early today and two of
them got in ticks which were
believed to have destroyed the
raider.
The intercepting pilot includ-
ed Capt. Dan Mainwaring of
Wilkes Barre Pa, Capt. Bill
Meng of Atlanta, Ga, and
Lieuts. Harvey Carpenter, Lin
coin, Maine, and Bob Harriger,
Rosebud, Mich.
The two who made contact
with the raider were Capt. Main
waring and Lieut.. Harriger.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-29
Salvage
Continued from Page ~

itary condition-and prevents
contamination of detinni n &
fluid. Removing top and bot
tom permits the free flow of
defining fluid over all surfaces
while flattened cans occupy less
space in collection, shipment
and defining operations.
All paint, oil, varnish, floor
ated or condensed milk cans are
not wanted for salvage. Evapor-
ated or condensed milk can are
not worth saving, but coffee
cans and others with painted
on-can labels are wanted.
1t is not necessary to wash off
the small amount of glue which
holds labels.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-29
Bands
Continued from Page u

walkout of IL union musicians
in a controversy over wages
and hours at San Francisco and
a similar dispute at the Scran-
ton tion. William Papst,
KFRC station manager, said the
union demanded unspecified
wage increases the doubling of
Musicians employment from six
hours a week to IL.
The unions action did not
prevent the stations originating
the pickups - WOR-New York,
WGN-C h ago, WCAE-Pitts-
burgh, WKRC Cincinnati a n d
KHJ-Los Angeles-from broad
casting the band music locally
providing the programs were
not fed to the network as a
whole, nor did it affect any of
the orchestras playing directly
from the station studios, as on
sponsored programs.
The Mutual dispute, similar
to recent union NBC clash
which resulted in the union or
dering all seven of that net
works remote band pickups off
the air after a contract squabble
with KSTP, st. Paul-Minneap-
oils, flared yesterday as the
deadline neared for Petrillo's
b an against union members
m akin photograph records,
prescriptions or other musical
recordings for broadcast.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-29
Paris
Continued from Page II

civilian outbreaks either in Ger
many proper or IN occupied
countries.
Announcement of the Paris
parade came at moment when
German propaganda agencies in
tensified campaign designed
to convince the Allies that they
could not open up second front
in Western Europe.
In numerous broadcasts, Ber-
lin emphasized the elaborate de-
fensive system built along the
coast of occupied France.
1t said that for two years tens
of thousands of workers had
been building defenses, that
200, 900 now were employed and
that several hundred new forts
had been added to 1900 already
existing in northern France.
BOAST STRENGTH
Describing visit of inspec-
ton made by staff officers of
the Germ an Command in
France, Berlin said:
1T was found that these gil
gantic bunkers and bitches, and
the automatic tank traps and
barrages as well as the other
particularly strong Notifications
are nearly completed. They have
been already taken over by the
troops. A fertilization engineer
said that they were the best and
most modern in the entire
world"
Vichy radio chimed in by
quoting a Berlin spokesman as
saying that German troops were
so numerous that an American
nivason was doomed to failure,
and said that new arms" had
been prepared for the attack.
In Londoo the Netherlands
News Agency reported that the
Germans had erected now de-
lenses, especially dir C e d
against parachute troops, along
the Netherlands coast.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-29
Raj
Continued from Page II

\NOHSlHuCu ~
nights raid said:
There was much heavy cloud
over the city but large fires
were seen by a number of the
crews who went down below the
cloud in face of fierce opposi-
ton from anti-aircraft guns and
searchlights to bomb from a low
level"
NAILS CLAIM rs
Before the British announce
ment of the raid, the Germans
said they had shot down 20
planes over Hamburg.
Only Sunday night some 600
Raj planes dropped two-ton ex-
plosive bombs and $4,000 incen-
diaries on Hamburg, the larg-
est seaport on the European con-
tinent and the pride of every
German.
The German announcement OF
last nights raid said high explo-
sive and incendiary bombs caus-
ed fires and damage, particularly
in residential areas.
The claim of the Nazis that rs
planes were shot down indicated
that the raid was a large-scale
assault. On Sunday nights raid,
the Raj admitted that 20 planes
were lost.
The new assault was made
only a few hours after Air Mar
shall Sir Arthur T. Harris, chief
of the bomber command, had
broadcast to Germany the warn
ing of heavy blows to come from
the British and Americans.
"All that has happened so far
will seem very little" Harris
said. :" you have no chance.
Soon we shall be coming every
night and every day, rain, blow
or snow-we and the Ameri-
cans.
Hamburg's enormous ship
building yards and submarine
plants have been the target for
British bombers 81 times since
the start of the war. More sub
marines are built there than in
any other center in Germany.
The city has many other in
dustries and is important be-
cause of its immense warehouses,
many of which have been level
led in previous attacks.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-29
Cancellation of Contract
Responsible for Inquiry
Steel Bosis Of Controversy Following
Change in Liberty Ship PIons

hand description of his plan. At
the same time Senate Military
committee opened hearings On
legislation to authorize construc-
ton of a plane cargo and trans
port fleet.
PROBE SHORTAGE
Truman said since steel "is at
the basis" of the controversy
which followed cancellation Ut
the Higgins Corporation con-
tracts at New Orleans, the de-
Tense committee wants to deter
mine if there is a shortage of
steel for war purposes, and
why"
He added that Kaiser whose
mass production methods are
somewhat similar to those Of
Higgins, might aid the commit
tee in determining the justifica-
ton for cancellation of the New
Orleans contracts, and shed light
on the adaptability of the Hig-
gins plant to cargo plane con-
struction.
Higgins returned to New Or
leans last night after a week of
conferences with the maritime
commission, which cancelled the
contract, and other officials.
He termed "phoney" the COM
missions explanation that there
was a stel shortage.
SEES ONLY HOPE
The military affairs subcom.
mittee was headed by Senator
Lee (D-Okla) author of bill to
set up a special agency to con-
struct flying boats as "our only
hope of winning this war"
Eddie Rickenbacker, World
War ace, Grover Looming, engin-
eer of the Glenn Martin plant
whose lotion Mars flying boat
is the model for the proposed
fleet, and Roscoe Turner, speed
pilot, were listed as witnesses
before the Lee group.
Senator Truman said the steel
situation was the main interest
of his committee and that the in
quiry into the cancellation of the
Higgins contract would serve as
starting point for general
steel inquiry opening q week
from Thursday.
Senator Ellender (D-La) as
serting he would discuss the Hig-
gins contract along with other
Louisiana matters with President
Roosevelt, said:
WOULD LIKE FIGURES
Il would be curious to have
the figures to show how the 30
million tons of annual produc-
ton are utilized by the ten war
agencies having priorities on this
steel and where this steel goes"
He charged steel interests con-
trolled many shipyards and that
they were opposed to expedited
production because it would
make their plants obsolete after
the war.
Higgins told the committee
yesterday his ships could DE
built on 274,000 man hour
basis and save the government
100000 a ship in labor costs
alone.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-29

WASHINGTON, July 29-(R
Chairman Truman (D-MoJ ex-
pressed hope his Senate Defense
Investigating committees in
quiry into cancellation of An
drew Jackson Higgins contract
for building 200 liberty ships
would throw some light on the
steel situation" as the commit
tee turned its attention today to
the feasibility of constructing air
transports Tor troops and cargo
at the idle plant.
The committee summoned
Henry j. Kaiser, west coast ship
builder who advocates the diver
sion of shipbuilding capacity to
lotion flying boats, for a first
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-29
Pleads Guilty
to Driving Charge

Peter Dachoff, %, Of Detroit,
pleaded guilty to reckless driv-
ing upon arraignmentt this morn
ing before Justice Donald J..
Parent who deferred sentencing
until Aug. 6 at 10 a. m.
Dachoff was jailed in default
of 500 bond. He was arrested at
the Gratiot- Macomb intersection
early. today by Patrolman AL
Trombley.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-29
Pontiac Man Speaks
Before 0piimists

Merrill F. Walls, of Pontiac,
of the farm procurement division
of the State Unemployment
Compensation Commission, was
guest speaker before members of
the Optimist Club yesterday.
DR.. G.. E. Folkman and How
ard Jarchow were admitted to
membership in the club.