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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
MACARTHUR IS
 ON OFFENSIVE
Grows Tired of So Much Silence, So Creates Noise
 From ifs Sides
BY EVERETT R. HOLES ~ ~ <I. |, s,S

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 Washington, Feb 25.--tUP) Gen. Douglas MacArthur's troops have struck back at the Japanese forces in a series of uniformly successful attacks which broke three days of calm on the Bataan jungle battle front in the Philippines, war de- partment communique said today.
 Over Java a squadron of Ameri- can P-40 pursuit planes shot down two enemy planes, bomber and a fighter, and boosted to 50 the num- Der of Japanese planes destroyed by the U. s. army air force on the Dutch East Indies front since Jan. l.
 Four Japanese bombers and two fighters were damaged in the latest victory of the P-40 fighters, all of which returned safely to their bases.
 Today's war department commit nique indicated that Macarthur, alert against any Japanese surprise, had sent out patrols through the Bataan brush in an effort to learn the reason for the calm that had prevailed since Sunday.
 There were sharp encounters be- tween our patrols and the eremy all along the line in Bataan," the com- munique said, referring to MacAr- thurs main line of defenses stretch ing about 13 miles across Bataan Peninsula from the vicinity of Bagao on the China Sea to Pillar of Manila Bay.
 Small clements of our troops were uniformly successful in acgres- sive local actions" it was said.
 Able to Lash Back
 That mean that MacArthur's little army, although outnum5ered at least 10 to ore with endorsements
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
Bombs WereN Dropped By Raiders I'm Drive Over Area
Plenty of Shrapnel Fell in Some Sec tions; One Home in Los Angeles
 Shaken Up By Shell
BY ARTHUR WHITNEY

Los Angeles, Feb. 25-(UP)-Long Beach police reported that unidentified planes flew over coastal Los Angeles county early today while anti aircraft searchlights and guns active and the coast was blacked out from Santa Monica to San Diego. The Long Beach police said they planes in the of army searchlight beams and that after penetrating few miles inland from the ocean the planes veered to the south and disappeared. They said they saw either two separate flights the one twice.
 ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS FIRED
 IngIewood police said they too unidentified planes searchgh beams antaircra guns fired over that southwest Angeles suburb Antaircra batteries along Pacific Ocean engaged in sustained barrage and the could in downtown Los Angeles approx matey 15 miles An air raid warden at Gardena lO
 southwest of Los Angeles said the activity appeared concentrated what he described abig bag that looked something like balloon He said he the bag torn by the gunfire settle slowly to earth
 SIIRAPNEL FELL LIKE RAIN
 Authorities at Angeles municipal airport told police police could learn bombs were dropped shell appar- ently fired from iarcraft gun exploded ill the back yard the home of Mir and Mrs Hugh Landis in the southwest part of the city, The shell tore down telephone light wires, broke windows in the Landis home and minor damage to the house and nearby structures Fifty pieces of shrapne peppered bed ill the Lands home that had been vacated moments before by Mrs Landis sister Blanche Sedgwc, and her niece, Josie Duffy 14.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
BRITISH BATTLE TO SAVE ABINGDON
Japanese Planes Smash ing Hard; Early Defense
 Army in RangOOn Now
BY l.. F. ATKINSON United Press Staff Correspondent

'
 Calcutta, India, Feb 25 (UP)- Bitter fighting was reported along the Sittang river today as British Imperials Sattled Japan's offen- sile toward Rangoon.
 Tint e.s::.It;ng Tlont iYl Burma was only l5 miles from the Rangoon- Mandalay railroad and the British were said to be fighting hard to hold the broad, shallow river that forms the last natural defense line before Rangoon.
 Japanese planes, according 10 un- official reports. bombed Mandaiay and Mavmyo, both on the supply road leading to China, apparent ly in an effort to draw British and American volunteer group fighters away from the main Sit tang fronts.
 ,The All India radio, heard by Columbia Broadcasting system. said today tat a military command- dant has been appointed for Ram goon and curfew put into effect. Chinese reports said the Japanese yesterday captured Pegu. on the Rangoon-, ,Iandalay railroad)
 Civilians already had been evac- uted from Rangoon and press dis patches said that the Japanese bombed an evacuation train en route to Mandalay, killing three British women. A British school teacher sacrificed her life in rush lng children in her charge to safe ty, 1t was added. All the children escaped injury.
 Only Forces in RangOon
 Only defense forces are left in Rangoon, where the British have
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
ATTEMPT TO KILL
 BARON VON PAPEN
Alleged Assassin Blown to Bits Himself; Turkey Is
 Much Excited
By DANA SCHMIDT United Press Staff Correspondent

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 Arkara. Feb. 25-- (UP) = Private informants said today that police had found several German em- bassy letterheads on fragments of q man who was blown to bits yester- day in an alleged attempt to as- ssssinate Baron Franz von Papen, German ambassador.
 (Pclice expressed belief that the man who was killed was the bonn bsr, according to Turkish official news agency communique quoted by the German Transocean service)
 It was indicated that the Axis nations already were trying to eX- p.oit the apparent assassination at tempt ard to blame it in British secret agent&
 German ahd Italian quarters drew comparisons between yesterdays bombing ard the recent bomb out rage at Tangier, which they alleged was of British origin, and said that the British trying to kill Papen.
 It was pointed out however, that an apartment house in which Geoi- frey ThompSon, counselor of the British embassy, and . British army colonel named Stainer. as well as tContinued op Page 6)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25

Los Angeles police said that silnu,. taneous attempts of thousands o1 workers to reach their places of em- ployment as soon as travel was per mitted at daylight, caused "tht worst traffic jam in local history"
 Cars lined up along streets fo blocks. First street cars were load ed beyond capacity, and hundreds waited on street corners for an hoW or more before they were able t. get transportation.
 In the harbor district cars linec up at the Ford avenue bridge cross, ing to Terminal island. and thous. ands of shipyard workers reported to work late
 Four Japs Arrested
 Four Japanese were arrested Three in the coastal town of Venice were charged with flashing tlleii house lights on and off in what DO lice said might have been an at tempt to signal They were Mrs Fusano Ohio, 5l, and her sons, Fred 21, and Yoshi, 20
 Another Japanese, John Y. Har- ada, 25, was arrested at Norfolk, not far from the Vultee Aircraft fac tory, for driving truck i'll viola ton of blackout regulations. Harada told sheriff's deputies he did not know a blackout was in effect.
 Two blackout casualties were re- ported. Henry B. Ayers, 63, driving a state guard truck loaded with ar1- munition. suffered heart attack and died before he reached a hes pital. William Spokey, 23, radio an-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Feb. 25-(UP)--Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Feb. 23rd compared with a year ago: This Year Expenses Inst Year s16,277, ,906, ,500.22 s7,f94, 4,50L325.43
 War Spending S12,0G0,1 .9l3.S2 $2,S2S, s56, 2G5.7o
 Receipts 5 5,2GS,s72.Oi5.OS SS,744,S9O, 22G.9o
 Net Deficit s1o,s35, ,535, ,ao512 sS,4o7,5so,24S.52
 Cash Balance < c,ss6,11O,s57.So s1.79s,29S.S7G.7o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
Russians Slaughter 444,OOO Nazis In Drive
Soviet Forces Encircled 10th German Army Near Staraya, 40 Miles Below Lenngrad l2OOO
 Nazis Died in This Fight
BY WILLIAM k. DOWNS limited Press Staff COrrespondentl

London February 25. = (UP) - The Russians, now engaged in fuedged offensive along almost the entire front have slaughtered than A 900 Germans official and unofficial reports said today. A communique that Soviet forces had encirced the German 18th army around Staraya Russia 40 miles below Lenin grad and killed 12,000 Nazis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25

America needs office workers now. Enroll in special courses. Post Junior College of Commerce.
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The union times., 1942-05-02
President Signs House Bill 6O23

President Roosevelt this week sign ed H.R. 6O23, bill providing for pay ment for accumulative or accrued an- nual leave of Government employees who enlist or otherwise enter the armed forces. The Nat. Fed. of Post Office Clerks, whose members come under the new law, is still pressing to have the Longevity Bill, recently ve- toed, brought out of committee again and on to the floor of the House.
 The Federation's publicity campaign for the passage of B-1312, a measure adjusting upwards the salaries of the majority of post office workers, has succeeded in winning an ever larger public for this measure as shown by the inclusion into the Congressional Record recently of favorable edi- torial from the Detroit Free Press It was printed at the request of Rep resentative Shafer of Michigan.
The union times., 1942-05-02
Carpenters
 Get Revenge
 0nPolitician
U. s. Puts Japanese Intern ment Camp in Back Yard
 Of Labor Hater

TULARE, Cal.-The Carpenters got their revenge, and Rep. Alfred J. Elliott (D) received ironic retri- button for building his $lO,OOO home with scab labor when he found Japanese internment camp in his back yard. Site for the US. camp is 11H acres of Elliott's land and the Tulare County Fair Grounds, in which the Congressman was financially interested.
 ATTACKS CONTRACTOR
 Outraged, Elliott attacked the con- tractor on the job for not adopting the same open shop policies as him. self. He accused the contractor of paying doubletime on Sundays and said that the job could have been done for 509o to 609o less. He even went to the extent of phoning President Roosevelt to protest placing the Jap anese camp on his grounds.
 ElIiott's lOO% nonunion home was built year ago, just after the Congressman sought and received labor support in an election. The job was picketed by the United Bro. of Carpenters X Joiners (AFL).
The union times., 1942-05-02
Living Costs Again Jump Another l.2%
Principal Advances Affect Food, Clothing and House
 Furnishings

WASHINCTON.-The cost of living in large American cities rose 1.2% between mid-February and mid-March, as widespread price ad- vances were reported throughout the country, following earlier ad- vances in the wholesale markets, Secretary of Labor Perkins report ed here. With this increase the Bu- reau of Labor Statistics cost of liv- ing index reached 1l4.3% of the 1935-39 average.
 ALL AFFECTED
 Almost all important articles bought by moderate-income families were af- fected to some extent. Principal ad- vances were for clothing, up nearly 4% during the month; for food, up 1.5%, and housefurnishings, up 1.3%. The cost of services also advanced.
 By mid-March, families of wage earners and lower-salaried workers had to spend $1,16 to buy the same things for which they spent $1 before the outbreak of the war in August, 1889.
The union times., 1942-05-02
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

A GROWING MAJORITY of AFL-CIO business agents, organiz- CTS, and officers, refiecting the de- veIoping sentiment of the rank and file, have reached the conclusion that this years election will not be conducted on strict party lines. La bor is not voting a straight ticket this year and Labor is not accept ing lip service from any candidate.
 LABOR WILL VOTE, the con- censMs indicates, onIy for those can- didates zyhose records hdve broven them aVoythy Of lGbors faith. They 1UiU be measured primarily by their record on tue brosecmtion Of the aOdr and on those domestic medsnres Wtal to organised labor.
 These are some of the questions Labor will put to them:
 How have they stood on the main issue confronting the nation-THE ALL OUT EFFORT TO WIN THE WAR AND TO PRESERVE, BUILD AND STRENGTHEN NATIONAL UNITY VERSUS THE AMERICA FIRST-APPEASER GANG?
 Hove they been consistent s~pbort- CTS of President Roosevelt?
 Hove they earried Labor's fight against amti-labor legislation on the floor of Congress-?
 Where did they stand on the relief opbrobriatiom for zVorkers in eenters 1Vhere converSion made for NuembIoy- s,teNt?
 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY and in Connecticut, they feel, Labor must rally behind President Roose- welt nationally and Gov. Robert A. Hurley here. Every Union man, his brother, sister, wife and mem- Der of his family who is eligible must register and vote FOR LABOR AND AGAINST APPEASEMENT.
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The union times., 1942-05-02
ILL AFL, ClO, Manufacturers Meet Friday
Many Signing Up At High Standard
 With Machinists

Authorizations from the em- plOyes of the High Standard Mfg. Co. of New Haven are rolling in ev- cry day to Clark Goodrich, grand lodge representative of the lnterna- tiOnal Association of Machinists. Some have even arrived at his head quarters in the New Haven Labor Temple via mail. A strong organ izing committee inside both plants where the total number of employees has mushroOmed from little over 1000 to 5000 in the past six months, has convinced the workers that their overtime pay now threat ened i'm Congress can only be pro- tected by membership in the LAM.
 UNION PROTECTS WAGES
 Furthermore" Goodrich told his key men, Eve don't know when wages will be frozen and now's the time for High Standard employees to make sure they're working under an LAM. agreement calling for wages similar to those paid our members in plants covered by contracts. The company has retimed jobs and rates in the past and there is no one that can stop them from doing it again unless the LAM. has been designated the collective bar gaining agent. Under a union agree ment, wages cannot be lowered, they can only be adjusted higherT
 The knowledge that all members of the LAM. are working under agree ments assuring them of Saturday, Sunday and holiday premiums in ad- dition to overtime rates plus the fight being made by organized labor with the LAM. up in front, against the anti-labor laws pending in Congress, has been the convincer for the High Standard workers.
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The union times., 1942-05-02

5,;va at the RockbestOs Products Corporation have volunteered to .s.;s, in bringing organization to Whitney-Blake.
 HARD. COLD FACTS
 Ronrke announced that beginning ,,,;+h +h;s issue of THE UNION TIMES, inc newspaper which is the othcial organ of the New Haven Central La bor Council, will be distributed every week and will act as the othcial source of information concerning the devel- ooment of the drive coming from Lo- cal B-oO. All other bulletins and let ters and rr1mors should be disregarded by the workers. Information desired bv any employe can be had by calling THE UNION office, 6-6638.
 LOW RATES
 Hourly rates at Whitney-Blake are quite a bit under the union scale in wire and cable plants cOv- cred by Brotherhood contracts in Connecticut and New England. The objective of the drive is to bring these wages up to Union par and to insure the best possible work ing conditions.
 'sThe surest guarantee Of con- tinuous and all out production" Rourke declared in announcing the start of the campaign, ''is union organization A bOnafide union agreement cuts turnover to mini mum and eliminates individual griping and squabbling over justi- fled grievances. A dissatisfied work CT who is represented by func- tioning grievance committee in which he has complete confidence. can and does go all out for pro- duction. Among 800 unorganized employees much time is lost in the shop in breaking in new workers and in attending to the hundreds of individual complaints taken up individually.
 'sWe are moving to set up a joint management-labor production conn., mittee in the ROckbestOs Products Corporation where we have recent ly been designated as the collective agent and will offer to do likewise at Whitney-Blake as soon as a majority of the employees have signed our authorizatiOns.''
The union times., 1942-05-02
W.H. Barbers OK $6O, 1000 Given
 New Price List To British Relief

Seven mobile canteens, many par cells of clothing, knitted goods in ad- dition to contributions towards ex- pensive ambulances and equipment have been made available for our Brit ish Allies by the $60,00O plus raised here by the New Haven Committee of the British War Relief Society, Inc, according to the committees dramatic account rendered" heard in weekly broadcasts over WELL on Saturdays at GAS PM.
 Mrs. James Rowland Angell, wife of Yale University's president emeri- tus, will continue the series on May 2, with Rev. John Henry Edwards taking over the mike on Mayo.
 Dr. C. E. A. Winslow of Yale, president of the committee, issued a statement on the broadcasts which reads in part:
 "As a result of American gener- osity and cooperation, emergency re- lief has been carried to blitzed towns and cities, homeless children have been cared for and clothes have been pro- vided for those who lost all their pos sessions"
The union times., 1942-05-02
Blansfield Is UnderFneOf LaborCroups
His Anti-Union Altitude Causes A.F.L.-C.I.O in
 Waterbury to Unite

Organized labor in Waterbury will oppose the candidacy of State Senator Michael V. Blansfeld for reelection in the fall balloting for the General Assembly. A discussion this week between AFL and CIO off, ficers agreed to such action as nec- essary after the Central Labor Un- ion had condemned Blansfield for his attack on Labor at a court hear ing dealing with the picketing of the Fulton Markets in Waterbury and the Valley.
 The Senator, acting as attorney for some of the stockholders of the Star Water Mfg. Co. of Cheshire, whose drivers are being organized by Local 677, Clock City Teamsters, told the court, "This is the work of leaders of unions who usurp their powers with out the consent of the general mem- bership" He is also alleged to have voiced support of present anti-labor legislation pending in Congress and to have asked State Attorney Hugh Alcorn to investigate the Union.
 SEEK INJUNCTION
 The court case has arisen from the anti-labor attitude of the Full ton Markets and the Star Water Mfg. Co. Local 1907, Retail Sales peoples Union of Connecticut, has been picketing the markets of the first firm with the cooperation of the Teamsters. These firms seek an injunction which will restrict the organizing activities of the Team. sters.
The union times., 1942-05-02
War Effort ,UnityAim Of ! Conference
Representatives of Labor, Industry Will Gather In Mayors Office

In order to gear New Haven
 more closely behind President Roosevelt and the cOuntry's all-out war effort, representa- tives of the New Haven A.F.L., C.I.O., and the Manufacturers Association of New Haven lCounty will meet jointly in gMayor John w. Murphy's of fee Friday at 3:3O PM, it was announced today. The
 conference is the direct result lof a resolution passed some
 six weeks ago by the New Ha-
 ven Central Labor Council, (which requested Mayor John W. Murphy, as the city's chief executive, to call a conference ! of the A.F.L., the C.I.O., and New Haven's manufacturers.
 CONFERENCE MEMBERS The New Haven Central Labor
 Council will be represented at the
 conference by its president, Harold
 V. Feinmark; Joseph T. Rourke, council secretary, and business manager of Local B-9O, Electricians Union; Samuel F. Curry, Council
 vice-president, and business mana
 ger of Div. 281, Trolley X Bus Op- jerators Union; Nathan Sherman, editor of The Union Times; Carl jC. Hoff, Amer. Fed. of Musicians, Local 234, and Sen. James P. Gee hand, Retail Clerks Union.
 The CLOS representatives include Michael Jimenez, United Electrical,
 Radio & Machine Workers; John Marchando, United Rubber Work CTS; Frank Trainor, Steel Workers Organizing Committee; Al Petrelli, New Haven Clock Co.,; E. J. Me
 Creven, United Mine Workers; and
 Francis McMahOn, Railroad Work ! ers.
 The Manufacturers Association
 of New Haven County had not an- nounced its representatives as this edition of The Union Times went
 to press.
 NEED FULL WAR EFFORT
 ssWith the country rapidly going
 on a 1OO8o war basis, it is impor-
 tant that all groups in the commun- A ity should have clear understand I ing of how they can work together to contribute to winning the war; 5 President Feinmark said today.
 ssFor this reason, the conference i. between the New Haven AFL, CIO, and manufacturers is an extremely important one. With all groups
 ready to cooperate, I am sure the results will be constructive.'
The union times., 1942-05-02
Union Needed At Whitney Blake,
 Electricians Find

The next goal of the Interna>
 tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in New Haven and vicin- ity is the organization of the 800 production and maintenance work CTS employed by the Whitney-BIake Co. in Hamden. This decision fol- lowed a conference this week be- tween International Representative Francis X. Moore and Business Manager Joseph T. ROurke of LO- cal B-9O. An effective organizing committee has already been estab- lished inside the plant. Key men who contributed to the successful
The union times., 1942-05-02

Unanimous agreement on prices ot 60 cents for haircuts and 30 cents for slaves was reached at a meeting of West Havens union barbers, held this week Attending the meeting and rep resenting Local 215, Barbers Union, were Frank Spadola, president, and Frank Violante, secretary-treasurer.
 All of New Haven's barbers are agreed on new contract, which will replace the one which ex- pires April 30. It is expected that the new contract will be signed early this month.
The union times., 1942-05-02
Rockbestos Co.
 Pact Seen Near

Actual negotiations between the RockbestOs Products Corporation and the RockbestOs Division, Local B-9O, New Haven Electricians be- gan Monday afternoon in the office of B.H. Reeves, company vice-presi- dent and general manager. Another meeting was to be held Thursday, April 30, at l PM.
 MORE SIGN
 T believe negotiations will go along rapidly" Joseph T. Rourke, business manager of Local B-o0, declared after Mondays conference, flor the man. agement seems cooperative. We won't need many three-hour sessions. How ever we expect the membership to be patient and to apply their enthusiasm to the job of signing up the remaining employees still not members of the Division. Pm sure all of us would prefer a good agreement which may take longer than quick agreement with small gains. I'm determined to get an agreement that will compare favorab1y with those in effect in other
The union times., 1942-05-02
Awning Workers Vote AFL

OMAHA, Nebr.-Five hundred and fifty employees of the Sctot Tent & Awning Co. here voted more than to l in an N.L.R.B. election to be repre- sented in collective bargaining by the Opholsterers Intl. Union (AFL).
 The large majority of the workers. according to The Umionist, official AFL paper here, get only soc an hour although the Walsh-Healey Act re- quires that firms with government con- tracts must pay 375zc an hour.
The union times., 1942-05-02
Contract Based
 On Living Costs

BUFFALO.-Wage increases for 700 workers in seven cereal plants were won by the Flour, Feed & Cereal Mill Workers Local 19,184 (AFL).
 The contracts establish an 8O-cent minimum, while three feed mills agreed to peg wages to the Depart ment of Labor cost-of-living index. They will grant 4 cents more for every 5-point rise in the index.
The union times., 1942-05-02
Laundry Drivers To
 Arbitrate Issues

PHILADELPHIA - An arbitra- tion agreement ended a 2-day strike of 1,700 laundry drivers here.
 The Intl. Bro. of Teamsters had requested $5 weekly raise, a 20 increase in commissions and a $7.50 boost in the guaranteed weekly min imum. Drivers get $10 a week plus 139o commission, with a guaranteed weekly minimum of $25.