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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
GERMANY FEARS SECOND FRONT
Hitler Definitely Is Out cIassed in Air, Both in
 Fighters and BOmbers
BY LOUIS F. KEEMLE of the United Press War Desk


 Britain's pledge of a second front, today by Sir StaffLrd Cripps, means more than just the big air offen- sive which is being stepped up now that the weather over western Eu- rope is improving.
 His statement on Britain's mil itary intentions" is an implicit promise of armed invasion of the continent, and Germany's present propaganda line indicates strong German fear that it will come very soon.
 The situation of the Russian arm- les, desperately pressed along the Don, also suggests that the Allies will feel impelled to take early &C., tion. Premier Josef Stalin's order to the Red army to halt its retreat might possibly be interpreted as 8 sign that he believes help is on ths way. It had been expected that the Russians would fall back in calcu- lated order, drawing the enemy deeper into the vast spaces of the country and wearing him down by endless counter-blows.
 However, the opening of the land front in no way implies that the aerial offensive will slacke.l, or that it will not play major part in the expected victory over Germany.
 Germany is definitely outclassed in the air, both in fighters and bombers. British production is keeping ahead of losses and the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
VictoryH HouseDrive To Go Far Beyond Quota
Half of Required Amount Was Paid in Yesterday al Opening of Drive; May Go Over $750,OOO
 Asked By Govt.

With almost half of the city's quota raised yesterday during the first day of the visit of Victory House, committees :n charge O. bond and stamp sales at the house today set their goal far higher thar the $750,000 quota set for Waterbury. Sales yesterday, between 12 noon and D. m., amounted to $307, ,000. The amount of stamps sold had not been compiled.
 Business was brisk this morning as Victory House was opened for the second day. It will remain in its location on the Green for the next nine days.
 Volunteers representing numer- ous local organizations are staffing Victory House from 10 a. m. to 6 D. m. daily. Bond sales from 10 a. m. to 12 noon today amounted to $1,- 6O0A large amount of stamps also was sold. The house was formal ly opened at patriotic ceremonies yesterday noon.
 Contributed by the Colonial Danes of America, Victory House is now on a tour of the state. It has already visited Hartford and New Haven. Entertainment is staged daily, and frequent programs are broadcast over both local stations.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
Murderer Was Executed At Dawn Today
 In Salt Lake City Before Firing Squad

scheduled time of the execution he was administered slight sedative.
 Mrs. Condit to whom he was mar ried last year in Las Vegas, Nev., while on parole from the California State Prison, visited her condemned husband at 11:S0 last night and again at 4 a. m.
 Mrs. Condit was on the prison grounds but did not witness the ex- ecution. She had fought for nearly IS months to get her husband of with lesser sentence. Condit or- iginally was to have been executed last year, but the wife's legal en- deavors delayed Condit's death for nearly 12 months.
 Condit killed Thorne on desert road near Cedar City, Utah. early last year. Thorne, Q jam salesman was returning to Salt Lake City from Las Vegas and had given Con- dit a ride.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
HARRY HOPKINS
 MARRIED TODAY
Weeds Mrs. Louise Gill Macy in White House
 Ceremony at NOOntime

Washington, July 30 --(UP)- Harry Lloyd Hopkins married Mrs Louise Gill Macy at noon today in the first White House wedding in a quarter of 8 century.
 The wedding of President Roose- velt's 52-year-old right-hand man and the 36-year-old fashion expert and magazine editor was simple and in keeping with Hopkins dislike for ostentation.
 The ceremony was performed by Dr. Everett Russell Clinchy, Con- gregational pastor, in the Presi- dents study. Only immediate mem bers of the couples families, the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, at- tended.
 The wedding was one of the big gest events in the capitals social season, but, because of the war, ever the traditional wedding march waS omitted
 The principals and guests gather ed in the presidents study on the second floor of the White House al noon. Immediately after the cere- mony, wedding luncheon of colo salmon and hot chicken was served in one of the White House dining rooms. There was no reception. Honeymoon plans have not beer announced.
 It was the third trip to the altal for Hopkins. Iowa-borri son of harness-maker. His bride married nisaa hnfnRA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
LINDBERCH MUST
 GIVE TESTIMONY
Several Other Prominent Persons Must Speak for
 Silver Shirts Leader

Indianapolis, July 3O.-(UP)-The Federal District Court today ordered Charles A. Lindbergh, Mariner Ec- cles and several other nationally prominent figures to testify for William Dudley Policy, former lead- CT of the Fascist Silver Shirts, who is on trial on a charge of sedition.
 The subpoenas, signed by Judge Robert c. Baltzell. ordered the witt nesses to appear on August 4. They were issued for:
 Lindbergh, speaker at America First Committee rallies before Pearl Harbor and now technical advisor on aeronautics to Henry Ford.
 Eccles, chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank, who was asked to bring records showing the assets and liabilities of the govern ment as of Dec. 3l, 1o41 and Jan. 12. 1922, the dates on which "the GaHlean," Pelley's Magazine. said the United States was bankrupt" Jacob Thorkelson, Butte, Mont anti-Semitic former congressman who recently sought the Republican senatorial nomination and was de- feated.
 Former Sen. Rush D. Holt, w. Va, pre-war isolationist and op- ponent of administration foreign policies.
 George Van Horn Moseley. Alt lantic, Ga, retired major general in the army and an anti-semitiC leader.
 William Allen White, Emporia Kan, editor and former chairman of the committee to defend Amer ica by aiding the Altes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
Catholic riest Took Stand In Spy Hearing
Aleksi PelypenkO, BuenOs Aires Was Member of F.BI Mystery Witness Had Contacted Lutheran Min-
 ister MOlzahn in Kunze Meeting

Hartford, Conn, July 30-UP)- The government disclosed today 1t had a counter espionage agent, a Catholic priest named Aleksi Pely- penko, working hand in hand with five alleged spies for Germany and Japan, four of whom have pleaded guilty.
 The disclosure came at the trial of the Rev. Kurt E. B. Molzahn, Philadelphia Lutheran minister, who was accused of aiding Gerhardt Wilhelm Kunze, chief of the Ger man-Americar 8und, in leaving the country with vital military infor- nation for the Axis.
 Pelypenko, who said he joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1941, was the governments star witness whose identity has been kept secret up to the moment he took the stand.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30

The sheriff gave a signal, not wis., ible to the witnesses. Five rifles cracked. Four bullets sped straight to their mark-one of the guns none knew which-was loaded with a blank so each marksman could feel he did not fire the fatal shot. Each bullet struck the target. pr. Pepper stepped up to the youth, ap- piled his stethoscope and pro- nounced Condit dead. The official time of death was S;08 a. m, (EWT)
 Condit spent last night with the Rev. J. P. Moreton. Earlier i'll the evening members of his family, in- cluding his attractive wife, visited him for the last time. Prison au- thoritieS said he made no unusual last minute request.
 He declined to eat breakfast thi: mQrnipg. 4 hAlt hour before the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30

the appointment of an American commander in chief to direct the yecoud front.
 It emphasized especially, as re- gards General George c. Marshall, United States Army Chief of Staff: ITO take an example, General Marshall directed the Meuse- Argonne offensive in 1918 and he was then acclaimed tactical genius"
 That offensive was the supreme one of the American expeditionary force in the last war and it ended enly when Germany collapsed.
 Germany at the same time started oeaming its propaganda toward the United States in an anti-secord rort campaign demonstrating in- ereasing Nazi anxiety.
 Why, Berlin asked, should Americans of German blood fight their own flesh and blood?"
 Sir Stafford Cripps, leader of the conarnons and lord privy seal in the rlr6r war cabinet, renewed the gov- ernHent's pledge to open second front.
 Answering members who clamored for a secret session in which Prime Minister Winston Churchill could make statement on the grave turn of the war and reveal the govern ment's military intentions, Cripps said that no such revelation could be made.
 Have Intentions
 T can say, however, that we have military intentions" he added.
 Cyipps said Churchill felt he could not make a useful war state ment now. It had been announced that he did not intend to make one before the parliamentary summer recess.
 The Daily Telegraph, which IS re- garded as close to the government and is intensely pro- Churchill. crit Icised a statement by the London Daily Mirror that the naming of an American second front generalissi- mo would be viewed with disfavor in Britain.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
AXIS PLANES HIT
 AT CAIRO TODAY
Bombs Dropped on Out skirts of City; Anti-Air-
 craft Fire Drove Them

Cairo, July 30. = (UP) - Axis warplanes swept over the center oi Cairo early today through bursts of heavy anti-aircraft fire and dropped bombs on the outskirts of the city, killing one person and causing slight property damage.
 Residents of the Egyptian capital routed from their beds by air raid alarms which sounded from 2:3O a. m. until 430 a. m. with only brief intervals of silence, watched the biggest anti-aircraft display which they have witnessed since the start of the war.
 The enemy planes appeared over the city in bright moonlight and encountered five separate attacks from anti-aircraft batteries.
 Only 8 few bombs were dropped on the outskirts. The Egyptian ministry of interior described the damage as small.
 (Axis planes have raided the Cairo area before. But as regards Cairo proper, Britain has announced CIldI II 4I, IOAy MO4AdAAAAONoH city, is bombed, Britain will bomb Rome.)
 Activity on the battle front west of Fl Alamein lulled to patrol activ- ity and the bombardment of Axis troop positions and armored con- centrations in the central sector a communique of the middle eastern command and the Royal Air Force said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
COX FIREWORKS
 ALREADY BEGUN
Attorney Gen. PallOtti, Frank Upnlan Using Gov.
 Hurley for Target
BY JACK AMMAN limited Press Staff COrreSpOndent)

(Un1ted Press SJam COrreSpOnuentJ
 Hartford, Conn, July 30-(UP)- The political dynamite with which the William J. Cox case is filled ex- ploded today when Attorney General Francis A. Pallotit declared the case was originated by Gov. Robert A.. Hurley.
 Palotti, fighting for his Republi- can genomination this fall, said he was directed by the Governor to bring charges in writing against the State Highway Commissioner, who was reinstated Tuesday after six-months' suspension.
 "It should be perfectly clear" said Pallotti, that this case never would have taken the form 1t did, save un- der the direction of the governor.
 At the same time, acting State Highway Commissioner Frank Up- man, Jr., announced his resignation from the department in a letter to the governor.
 \ can only assume" wrote Up- man, "that the reinstatement of commissioner Cox will mean con- tinuation of practices and admin istrative features that cannot bring myself to go along with.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
.SABOTEURS IN
 FIGHT TO LIVE
Supreme Court Is Hearing More Arguments as to
 Their Rights
BY FRED MULLEN Limited Press Staff COrreSnOndent)

NOMtcU EEcSS 0tdW OVKTCSpOHUCubD
 Washington, July 30 - (UP0 = Seven Nazi saboteurs, in challeng- ing the legality of their military trial, were seen today as forcing the supreme court to rule, at least in part, on the validity of President Roosevelt's emergency war powers
 Argument of their army officer counsel, who seek to persuade the court to entertain an application for writ of habeas corpus, continued. The object is to get their trial and ultimate fate tranferred to the civil courts from the military commis- sion which has heard the evidence against them and confederate who is not joined in their action.
 Should the court decide to re- ceive the application it may find it necessary to rule, at least to a de- gree, on the presidents emergency powers. The saboteurs' counsel di- rectly challenged the presidents power to suspend the right of all persons to trial in civil courts.
 Attorney General Francis Riddle, head of the staff of Army and Jus tice Department officials prosecuting the Saboteurs before the military commission, continues his argument in opposition to civil trials for the accused when the court meets at noon. There were five and half hours of argument yesterday.
 Colonel Kenneth Royal of de- fense counsel, disclosed that a peti- tion for writ of habeas corpus would be presented today to the U. 8. circuit court of appeals for the District of Columbia.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
Every Russian Officer, Man Must Stand Ground, Fight
Key German Coal CenterT ook Hell Of a Walloping' From Royal Planes
Saarbrucken Got We'll Bombed in Third Drive
 Upon Germany
BY JOSEPH w. GREGG Limited Press Staff Correspondent

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 At a Royal Air Force Bomber Command Station in Eastern Eng land, July 30 = (U.P0 = Saar- brucken, Key German coal center, took " hell of a Walloping" dur ing the night, Pilott William Berry, Jr., Bowling Green, O., said as he climbed from a Wellington bombing plane with his Royal Air Force com- rades upon their return from their raid on the Reich.
 Tt was just like eating cake, ' Berry said. Brother, 1t was some show. We were cooking with gas all the time"
 It was the 16th time Berry had piloted Wellington in raids against Germany since, after serving in the United States Army Air Corps, he joined the RAF nine months ago.
 He tok part in the first 1,000- plane raid on Cologne and Monday nights Hamburg blitz.
 Between gulps of hot tea in the crew rest room immediately after his return early today, Berry said grinning:
 ''The attack on Saarbrucken was just stooging around compared tc Hamburg. That, I am telling you was plenty tough, brother. But over Saarbrocken the anti aircraft fire and the searchlights were nothing much to morry about and we only saw one Jerry fighter He didn't bother us much, either.
 Was Big Success
 There's no doubt the raid was a big success. We left lots of fires burning. As we approached the city we were able to follow the Saar river right down to the target, and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
Don't Delay;
 Buy 1t Today

The song gOes-SOme day we're going to murder the bugler.
 But if there's no bugler, the army sleeps on and the enemy attacks without warning.
 Another bugle has sounded for the civilian army. but a lot of us arc still asleep.
 Asleep to the opportunities on every side of us to help win this war with just a little ef- fort. Thin dimes buy War Saving Stamps. Stamps mean Bond& Bonds mean . power ful Army, the greatest in the world. Get busy and buy your daily quota.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
TRAFFIC TOLL IN NATION LESSENED Has Decreased IS Percent in First Half of l942
 Is Report

Chicago, July 30.-(UP)-The Ma tional Safety Council reported today that the nations traffic toll had de- creased 15 per cent during the first half of 1942 and that the June drop of g per cent was the greatest decrease for any one month on rec ord.
 While travel figures for June are not yet available" the report said, "it is apparent that decreased mile age due to curtailment of cars and tires was an important factor in the reduced toll"
 The council said that the six- month toll was 14,80O, including 8.4OO workers, and that an addi-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
HENRY FORD 79 YEARS OLD TODAY
Out of Present Conflict Will Come Great Era of
 World Peace
-NEA Telephoto.
BY ANTHONY G. DE LORENZO

AAA' n AAOANA NNs ~ A1OANA1ANA1O United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Dearborn, Mich., July 3O.-UP)- Henry Ford, lifelong opponent of war, predicted today on his 79th birthday that out of the present world conflict win come an era of world peace and unprecedented pros perity.
 The pioneer automobile builder whose industrial empire is working day and night on a $4,000, 100000 arms program for the government had no doubt of an ultimate Allied military victory but insisted that nobody ever really wins 8 war"
 Even If you w:n the war you always lose" Ford said. He referred to his oft-repeated assertion that munitions manufacture necessarily diverts manpower and machine pow CT from steady progress toward the almost unlimited peacetime pros perity of which he believes the world resources are capable.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
BY JAMES o. MCKINNEY United Press Stan COrreSpOndeI

(Umteu Press SLaH COErcSPOhueHeI
 Salt Lake City, July 30 - (UPo A firing squad executed Donald l.. Condit, "A, at Dawn today for the murder of a Salt Lake City jelly salesman who had befriended him. Condit went to his death silently. He was strapped in high oak chair against the south wall of the old penitentiary. A blindfold was placed over his eyes, 8 target over his heart.
 Five rifiemen were in place in a doorway, out of sight of the wit nesses. Sheriff Sherman 0. Lamb of Iron County, where Condit killed Salesman Harold Thorne Of Salt Lake City early last year, directed the execution. Condit was examined by Dr. Milton Pepper. Then the physician and the sheriff stepped aNiAA -. A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
ALLIED PLANES
 KEEP AT JAPANESE
New Jap Bases Hammered Continuously; Destroyer
 Has Been Crippled
BY BYRON c. TAVES United Press Staff Correspondent

General MacArthur's Headquar- ters, Australia, July 30 - (U.P0 = Allied planes, hammering steadily at the new Japanese base in the Buna- Coma area of the north New Guinea coast, have crippled an enemy destroyer, 1t was announced today.
 In a daylight attack, the Allied planes scored a direct hit on it, and, as they flew home. saw it belching smoke as it made for shore.
 A second force of planes followed with a strong night attack on in-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
MUST CLOSE DOWN

Paterson, N. J., July 3O.-(UP)- For lack of materials Wright Aero nautical Corporation has dropped until Monday 1000 men on each Of three daily shifts at it's main plant, according to an announcement .s,aatagR k0daw. ......a..n...
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
Marshall Led In Mouse, Argonne
 Attacks Of 1918.
Britain Pledges Second Front Will Start; Repudiates Dislike of Marshall; Naz Broadcast Appeals to
 German Americans to Stay Out of Fight
BY NED RUSSELL United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

London July 30. - CUP) = A pledge that Britain will invade the European continent renewed to the House of Commons by the government today. few hours before the pledge was reaned one of the most influential newspapers in Great Britain the Daily Tee
 graph repudated suggestions that Britain would not like
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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-19
Farm Trador Has
Place As Vital
Machine In War

The farm tractor is now an int
lement Of war.
Its Importance in this national
emergency is comparable to that of
N army tank. Without tractors,
America would be sorely crippled on
he home front in the Battle for
Democracy.
Much OF the success of the Food
'or-Freedom campaign for greater
farm production will depend upon
ieeping every piece of farm ma
'hinery at its maximum hitting
power Farm equipment has to
ompete with tanks, ships, and guns
FOR many materials. About 81 per
cent of the total weight of all farm
equipment is in steel and cast iron.
Copper is used principally for trac-
tor radiators and farm water sys-
TENS. Aluminium is used in milking
machines, and rubber is used for
tractor tires.
With war machinery and farm
equipment both in need of the same
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-19

materials, it is important that con-
slant ARE should be given to the OPP
peration and maintenance of present
Equipment. Every gear and everJ
lriveshaft, every clutch and eveli
earburetor is a weapon against the
orces that are seeking to destroy
Democracy.
Each part of the tractors mech
anism should be checked more fire.
~quently than usual to avoid costly
breakdowns. This may mean that
the farmer or his helper will have
to take a few minutes a week from
other duties to do it, or have it
checked by a professional mechanic;
but those few minutes may save
many hours of delay later. If q
part is needed, it should be gotten at
once as parts will not be SO easy TO
replace later.
Another important thing is the
conservation of petroleum products,
although sparing use Of lubricants
to the carburetor may make a big
difference in the amount Of fuel the
tractor Attention also
should be given to using the fuel
that is best adapted to the type Of
motor.
The care which farmers Of Amer
lea give their tractors and other
machinery will determine the hit
ting power Of the Food-for-Freedom
drive.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-19
Allotment Increases And Prices Supported
As Moves To Obtain Maximum Effort

The full of Government
tai agricultural programs are direc-
ted at helping American farmers
meet their wartime food production
goals. And farmers themselves are
already busy producing the record
breaking quantities of food called
for in these goals.
The Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration program of adjust
ment has ben brought into full
play-adjustment for abundance Of
foods needed by ourselves and our
allies.
Corn acreage allotments have
been increased ten Percent, and
farmers are giving the option of in
creasing paintings still another 80
percent.
Wheat, on the other hand, is still
a surplus crop. The Nation will
have an extra years supply left
over when the new harvest comes in.
Consequently, acreage allotments
for wheat are somewhat smaller
than in 1941. Marketing quotas for
the 1912 wheat crop have already
been proclaimed, and wheat farmers
viii vote in a national referendum
on May 2. This is to prevent bog
ging down the production Of neces-
sary foods by Cutting supply lines
with surplus grains.
We need more fats and oils for
home and war factories. Peanuts
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-19
THE DuRANT (M1ss) NEWS, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1912

and soybeans are rich in oils. Ac-
cordinsly, acreage allotments ON
these crops have been raised ISIS
percent and 81 percent, respective
ly, over 1941. To encourage this
production, price supports are Of
fered.
To carry out price support, two
methods are used: the loan pro-
gram, which has been in effect for
several years on wheat, corr cot
ton, and some other staple crops
that car easily be stored; and the
recent direct purchase pro-
gram.
Under the new wartime program,
commodities included in the price
supporting proclamation are;
t1) Hogs. eggs, evaporated milk,
dry skim milk, cheese, and
chickens Excluding broilers).
(2) 1912 crop of dry peas.
(3) crop of dry edible beans.
(4) crop of peanuts for oil.
90 1912 crop of soybeans for oil.
(6) 1912 crop of flaxseed for oil.
These supports are in addition to
the regular crop loan features that
are familiar to farmers, and pro-
'ided for in the Agricultural Ad-
justment Act.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-19

PIGS N CORN are a winning combination in the
Food for Freedom program. Farmers are urged to Z ed
their livestock plentifully during these days Of food ex-
pansion. Here are two cuddlesome porkers that will eat
their share of the nations bountiful feed during the COM
ing months.