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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-03
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS

B. W.-How would essential
apprehension be defined?
Answer-ESsential hyperion
sion is high blood pressure in
which no condition in the kidney
can be found which would
cause it.
r. Can woman at the
age of 66 get tuberculosis ?
AnSwer-Cases of acquired
tuberculosis are very rare in
adults and at the age of Go /
would say such infection never
occurs.
c. F.. Are doses of IS
drops of iodine. if taken over a
long period of time, harmful for
an inward goitcr?
Answer do not believe that
iodine should he taken over a
longer period than 10 days be-
cause il is capable of causing a
very Severeeskin eruption. 1t
does no harm 10 take it for 10
days and then rest 10 days and
then continue again.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
EDWARD ]. RYAN
GOES ON TICKET
Deputy Secretary Of State
Notifies Him of His
Right to Place

Edward j. Ryan Of Thomaston
was notiufied today by Deputy Sec
rotary of State Margaret E. Connors
that he is entitled to place on the
ballot in this falls elections. Miss
Connors notified Mr.. Ryan that he
had polled AZ per cent of the total
vote as the candidate of the Ameri-
can Progressive party in the special
fifth district election January 90.
He needed but / per cent to be guar
anteed a place on the ballot.
Petitions to give the American
Progressive party place on the bal
lot all over the state are now being
circulated, Mr.. Ryan asid. This
move IS believed party Of plan to
endorse the state ticket of one Of
the major parties.
In addition Mr.. Ryan said, his
party will either run candidates Of
its own or to endorse major
party candidates for state senator
and representative in Waterbury
and other cities and towns of the
fifth district.
There have been persistent reports
that Republican leaders are seeking
to induce Mr. Ryan to keep his party
out Of the election this year. The
ThomaSton man has not indicated in
what direction his party's endorse
unents would fall but there have been
hints that Democrats might benefit.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
BRITISH LABOR
PARTY TO STICK
Annual Conference Votes
to Stay With Churchill
for Present at Least

London, May 25-(UP)-Demands
that Britain's labor party break its
wartime truce and withdraw from
the Churchill government col
lapsed today when the partys 4lst
annual conference voted to continue
support of the government.
The conference voted 2,3l9,000 to
$4,000, in favor of continued par
ticipation after hearing speeches by
minority spokesman within the par
ty led by Lord Strabolgi, labor whip
in the House of Lords.
Urging abandonment of the truce
which has existed among Brita1n's
leading political parties and the es-
tablishment of a parliamentary OPP
position, Strabolgi said:
1.-THE time has come when we
must seriously consider withdrawing
our members from the government
and forming a constructive opposi-
ton in parliament"
Several laborites are included In
the Churchill government, includ-
ing Maj. Clement r. Attlee, Depu-
ty Minister and Dominions Secre-
tary.
The defeat Of the demands for a
break in the political truce was not
unexpected, in view of the massive
bloc of votes welded by the trade
unions which contribute the bulk
leaders are far more cautious than
of the labor party's funds and whose
the party rank-and-file.
Control Mine Industry
The conference unanimously ap-
proved an executive committee
Continued on Page q
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
Enemy Invasion" OF New Jersey By Sea
Has Been Repulsed, Say Army Officers

the beaches and patroling IS to 40
miles of the sandy shore.
Small yawls and 81" boats, car
rying the Invaders" approached
the short riding heavy waves.
There was no attempt at Bleaching
the craft, for fear of needlessly
damaging them, but they came in
close for a graphic stimulation Of
actual warfare.
At 3 p. M, it developed that the
main landing" would be attempted
near the Convention Hall. The
main defending force left trucks
about four blocks from the beach
and darted from house to house to
avoid "strafing" by planes over
head. They dashed to the beach,
dug in" and drove on the land
ing party.
At I p. M. the battle ended, and
the all-clear sounded at AIS p. m.
Lielt.-Col. Stephen A. Duane an
nounced that the enemy has been
repulsed ct all points"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
GAS SHORTAGE TO
HIT EVEN HARDER

Boston, May 25.-(UP)-New Eng
land motorists faced a critical gaso-
line shortage today with the prob
ability that almost all filling sta
lions will be without motor fuel by
Wednesday or Thursday.
This forecast was made last night
by President Peter Hooper of the
New England Gasoline association
who cautioned motorists against
using unnecessary supplies early In
the week and thus depriving Me-
mortal day drivers of fuel.
II cannot predict now how much
gasoline any Of the stations will
have" Hooper said. "Only those
wnodole 1t out very sparingly are
going to have any,
Meanwhile, highway officials re-
ported a slight increase in motor
travel in Boston but further de-
crease in travel On the main state
highways
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25

Asbury Park, May 25-CUP) -
Army officials said today that an
enemy invasion" Of New Jersey
from the sea had been repulsed.
The Invasion" a secretly organ
lied maneuver designed to test
coastal defenses, was launched ST.
multaneously at three different
points yesterday. Small assault
forces, presumably dispatched from
enemy" transports beyond the
horizon, were unable to capture As
bury Park, Seabright or Belmar.
Wave after wave Of low-flying,
gray planes swept overhead, bomb
ing" Civilian defense authorities
went quickly into action. Hundreds
Of soldiers, summoned from nearby
camps, drive the enemy" away
from the beaches under "wither-
Ing" lare.
Although city officials had been
warned to expect something UNI
usual they did not know Of the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
Rent Administrator
Will Have Many Aides
IA Executives Assistants, Clerks Will Be Appointed
to Assist George j. MCDuff; Salaries Range
From ST, 200 to $4,000

A staff Of IA executives, assist
ants and clerks will be appointed to
aid Rent Administrator George j.
McDuff, it was learned today. Sal
aries range from S1,z60 to $4,000
Numerous candidates are already In
the field for the juicy patronage
posts but the methods by which the
appointments will be made are still
not certain.
Numerous additional wartime
patronage posts are in prospect fol
the Waterbury area, as it is under
stood that a regional director and
staff of the ONCE Of Price Admin
iStration will soon be named for the
Waterbury district. Also, it is re-
ported, the government will appoint
a regional director of defense trans
portation for the Waterbury area.
Mr.. McDuff has just returned
from Chicago, where he attended
a meeting of rent administrators
from all parts of the country. His
own post, to which he was appoint
ed last week by State OPA Director
Chester Bowles, pays $4,000 a year.
Rent Control Jobs
The rent control jobs for the Wa
terbury defense area, which includes
this city and nearby New Haven
County towns, also all Of Ltchfleld
county, are as follows:
Chief rent attorney, $4,000 year
Senior rent appraiser, also an at
torney, $500.
Two rent examiners, $500 each.
Two inspectors, $4,000 each.
Eight clerks, at from 1890 to
S, 500 each.
The clerks will all come from the
civil service rolls, and Mr.. McDuff
will consult with ~ivil service offic-
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maneuver plans. At 1880 p. M, the
first enemy bomber" appeared,
sweeping over Convention Hall and
the boardwalk. Thirty seconds later
air raid sounded and wardens went
into action in all of Monmouth
county's 81 commodities.
Four minutes after the first at
tack the second wave of bombers
appeared. Civilians were sent to
safety points except on the beaches.
which the army had declared out
of bounds"
Interceptor planes from New
York'S Mitchell Field, flying high,
arrived IS minutes after the attack
started.
Thirty minutes after the alert
sounded, the enemy was sighted"
approaching by sea, and troops
were summoned from Eatontown
cantonment. IS miles inland. They
arrived in trucks 10 minutes later
setting up machine gun aestS o.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
MINE WORKERS,
clio. IN BATTLE
John L. Lewis in Confer
ence With Committee;
Big Loan in Dispute
BY FRED BAILEY
UNITED Press Staff COrrespOndentl

'
Washington, May 25-(UP)-John
L. Lewis meets the executive board
and policy committee Of his United
Mine Workers today to discuss the
unions dispute with the Congress
Of Industrial Organizations.
Only one point of difference
,UMW's efforts to collect $1,665 900
loaned" or "given" the CIO-was
listed to be considered, but q re-
view of the entire controversy was
expected.
Another factor was injected into
the dispute by the American FEEDER
alton of Labor's proposal for CLIO
and AFL unity. Lewis proposal of
las January for reopening peace
negotiations was rejected by the
CLIO. He Is chairman of the Go
standing peace committee.
Between 200 and 400 mine union
officials for whom Lewis is the un-
disputed spokesman, are expected
to attend today's extraordinary con-
ference for the announced purpose
of discussing cooperation in the. war
effort. 1t was the first meeting Of
two bodies since CIO-UMW rela-
tions became strained several
months ago over Lewis, efforts to
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
TWENTY-SEvEN
FLOOD VICTIMS
That Many Are Known to
Be Dead in Fatal Penn.
Disaster
(NEA Telephoto)

Philadelphia, May 25. (UP)-'
Twenty seven persons we're known
dead today in eastern PennSyl-
vania's destructive floods and off,
Gals believed is others might have
persisted in the waters of half-dozen
rain-swollen rivers.
Refugees driven from their homes
when the waters rose suddenly over
the weekend returned to survey the
damage as the rivers and their trib-
utary streams slowly receded.
State officials refused to estimate
the damage, but local authorities
said 1t would exceed $20,000,000.
The American Red Cross, direct
ing rescue work and rehabilitation
in the stricken areas, reported be-
tween 1000 and 1900 families home
less.
Honesdale and Hawley, in North
eastern Pennsylvania, were hit
hardest. Twelve persons were re-
ported dead at Honesdale and nine
at Hawley. Most were elderly per-
sons trapped in their homes when
the Lackawaxen river rose.
The receding waters left the
towns business districts Uttered
with the wreckage of store fronts
and street-lights. Silt covered all
buildings to a height Of 10 feet.
To Prevent LoOting
Forty state police were dispatched
there to prevent looting and OUT
of-town fire companies helped local
units pump water from cellars. Lime
was distributed to be spread as a
precaution against disease and all
wells and springs were banned for
drinking purposes. Power and light
service wa srestored to the towns
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
KENNY WILL RUN
FOR CONGRESS
Lawrence A. Kenny Enters
Race in 5th Congress
siOnaI District

The race for the Democratic
nomination for congressman from
the fifth district got underway to-
day when it became known that
Lawrence A. Kenny, former pres
ident of the East End Community
Club, has entered himself as a can
didate. Friends of Mr.. Kenny are
seeking to win him the support OF
party leaders in this city and about
the district.
It is expected that veritable host
Of candidates will be in the field be-
fore the congressional convention Is
held this fall. Though Waterbury
has by far the largest bloc of dele
gates, observers believe that both
Litchfield County and down-valley
leaders will unite in opposing any
attempt to give the nomination to
Waterburian. In both sections there
is resentment against the Water
bury organization, and free criticism
Of the local leadership for loss OF
the special election last January Is
Mr.. Kenny, Is former member OF
the board Of public works. He was
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
AMERICAN ARMY
NURSES ARE SAFE
Rescued From COrregidOr
By Plane; They Are Now
in Melbourne
BY FRANK HEWLETT
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent


Melbourne, May 25.-(UP)-Ter
American army nurses, rescued by
plane from Corregidor, ate a for
midable dinner here today, had
their hair done and went to see
Walt Disney's movie, Fantasia.
they were offered olive Bomber
as alternative entertainment but
declined unanimously. They had
seen plenty.
Rescued by darking American
navy aviators seven days before the
fall of the island fortress in Manila
Bay, the nurses came 5000 miles
through Japanese infested territory
in crowded navy patrol bomber to
join Gen. Douglas Macarthur
forces.
Nurses in second plane got as
far as Miindanao Island, where
their plane was damaged, and they
took to the island hills with the
army forces of Maj Gen. William
Sharp while the Japanese were at
lacking a few miles away.
White haired, serene, k in q y
Lieut.. Florence Macdonald, Brock
ton, Mass, led the party.
had known most of them In
Manila and in the Bataan field hos
pitfalls and the underground tunnel
which they had served at the end.
Are Resting Up
Now they are resting, and eating
the foods denied them for months
When I took some of them to din
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
1--WE Have Been Blind
Throughout This Cam
paign" Says StilweII
"JAPS NOT SUPERMEN
BUT GOOD SOLDIERS"
'YOu Can't Defeat Them
With Rag-Tag, BObtail
Collection of Troops"
BY JOHN r. MORRIS

BY JOHN r. MORRIS
UNITED Press Far Eastern Managcr)
New Delhi, India, May %
-(UP)-Lieut. Gen. Joseph
w. Stilwell, American COM
mander of Chinese forces in
Burma, said today that a
properly organized" United
Nations force could throw
the japanese out of Burma.
Accompanied by four Amer
lean officers stationed in In
dia, Stilwell arrived in New Delhi
late yesterday after a difficult
journey across Burmese and Indian
mountain and jungle country.
"The Japs aren't supermen," Still
well declared. IF we go in there
with properly organized force we
can throw them out"
He admitted that the Chinese and
British forces had taken an unqual-
flied drubbing on the Burma front,
but expressed confidence that the
tide would turn.
The Japanese, he said, took Bur-
ma with a force Of only about $4,000
men, but maintained numerical
superiority throughout the cam
paign. In addition, he said, the en-
envy had complete control of the
air.
I'VE have been blind throughout
this campaign" Stilwell said. The
Japanese have all the components
required of good soldiers. They are
tough, able to live on meager raticns
and ready to die. You can't go up
against them with rag-tag, bobtail
collection of troops and hope to
win"
Walked Through Jungle
Stilwell described his journey from
Burma as more monotonous than
exciting. From his Burma headquar-
tiers, the lean. tanned general walked
for II days along jungle trails, spent
two days floating on q raft down
the Chindwin river and several days
trucks. He entrained for New Delhi
humping over primitive roads in
from Imphal, In Assam State.
Stilwell was met yesterday at an
American air base in Northeast In
dia by the officers who accompanied
him to New Delhi--Maj. Gen. Lewis
H. Brereton, Commander of Ame.-
lean Air forces in India; Maj. Gen.
Raymond A. Wheeler, American
supply chief in India; Col. Earl l..
Maiden of the United States Army
Air Corps, and Brig. Gen. Gruber,
Stilwell also conferred briefly at
the air base with Gen. Sir Archi-
bald P. Wavell, British commander
in India.
The Stilwell party on the trek 10
India numbered 104 persons. IL
Guiding American, British, Burmese,
Chinese and indians.
The group escaped attack by jap
anese planes and encountered only
one real hazard" Stilwell said. A
rogue elephant, roaming wild after
escaping from its owners, threat
ened to attack the party, but finally
retreated.
1--WE were scared as hell" Still
well declared.
The American general said he
would return to China following
further conferences with Breretou
and officers at British general head
quarters. He said he was eager to
rejoin the Chinese and aid in the
campaign against the Japanese.
The current japanese campaign
against China, Stilwell said. appar-
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
American Commander For
Chinese Army Is In India
Russians Are Meeting With Fierce
German Resistance Near Kharkov
Furious See=Saw Fight Is Under Way Along l5O=Mie
Battlefront; Germans Are Rushing Up More
Troops to Their Front Lines
BY HENRY SHAPIRO
United Press staff Correspondent


Moscow, May 25-(UP)-Red army
forces broke up a German tank and
infantry attack on the southern
flank Of their Kharkov drive and
captured an important railroad
junction and several towns around
Kharkov itself official advices said
today.
The strong German assault was
said to have been hurled back in
the Izyum -Barvenkovo sector, 10
miles south of Kharkov, with heavy
Nazi losses in men and tanks, but
was acknowledged in the Russian
high commands noon day commune
que that the Soviets were on the de-
fensive there.
The communique also reported
that the Germans succeeded "at the
cost of heavy losses" in driving a
wedge into the Russian positions IN
one Kharkov sector, whereafter the
Russians counter attacked and
killed ESQ Of the enemy.
A furious, see saw Battle appeared
to be underway along the 155-mile
front, with Marshal Semyon Tim
oshenko's forces digging in and
consolidating their newly-won po-
sitions before Kharkov and battling
the Nazi efforts to cave in the So
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
SHONBRUN ADMITS
MURDER OF WOMAN
But He duplicates Witness
for State Murray HirsChl
in Crime

New York, May 25.-(UP)-Eli
Shonbrun, small-time crook, dra-
matically confessed from the wit
ness stand in general sessions court
today that he and his uncle, Muir
ray Hirschl, had murdered Mrs.
Susie Flora Reich, wealthy Polish
refugee, for the diamond ring she
wore.
First witness for the defense,
Shonbrun shouted that his sweet
heart and co-defendant in the trial,
Madeline Webb, model and dancer
who came here from Oklahoma, was
innocent of the crime.
He interrupted almost inaudic:s
replies to questions by his attorney
to shout:
ayes, Murray Hirschl and I MUIR
dered this woman. We both gagged
and murdered her for her dia-
mond."
Miss Webb appeared near collapse
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
Horde of Robbers Made
Attack on Passenger
Trains in India
COL. BUCKLEY FORMER
SCENARIO WRITER
Lieut.. Col. Buckley, Son Of
Late Mr., Mrs. Daniel
Buckley of This City

Lieutenant Colonel Harold
Buckley, well known in this
city, led a group of train pas
sengers in India who last
week drove off a horde Of
bandits after they had at
tackled a passenger train. Col.
Buckley was credited with
killing two, and perhaps
three, of the bandits accord
ing to United Press dispatch
es from New Delhi.
Twenty three passengers were
killed and ~ wounded by the ban
dts after they had derailed the
train near Karachi, India. How
ever. they were routed by Col.
Buckley and other armed passel1-
gers after a fierce battle.
Col. Buckley, a former Hollywood
writer, is the son Of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Buckley of this city.
He is q brother of Roger Buckley,
of Templeton street, and a nephew
Of Mrs. Catherine Buckley, So Ran
dolph avenue, and Edward B. Nc
Evoy, ISL Pennington avenue. He
has a number Of other Waterbury
relatives.
During World War I, Col. Buckley
left college to enter the Lafayette
Escadrille and soon won ranking as
q first-rank pilot. He transferred
to the U. s. Army air corps after
this country entered the war, and
saw service on several fronts.
After travelling through many of
the countries of the world, Col.
Buckley signed contract as seem
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
GAVE HIMSELF UP

New Haven, Corn, May 25-GUP)
Arthur Tomaselli, 81, was held to-
day in $4,000 bond after he gave
himself up yesterday following his
escape more than q month age
from the county courthouse. Tonna-
SELF escaped April Z shortly before
he was to be presented in superior
court. Police said Tomaselli al
legedly confessed to two burglaries
during his period Of freedom.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
Rent Ceilings Are
Effective June 1st

Rent ceilings become effec-
tive in Waterbury June 1, Rent
Administrator George J. Nc
Duff announced today. "A for
NAL order TO this effect will be
issued in q day or two.
The June / date affects Wa
terbury and several nearby
towns. Ceilings in other New
Haven county and I4itchfield
county towns under Mr.. Nc
Duff's jurisdiction become ef-
fective July 1.
After June l, Waterbury ten
ants need pay only the rent
which they paia April 1, 194l.
ANY increases made since that
time are eliminated, though
landlords may petition for
permission 90 charge more. In
such cases, the burden Of proof
is ON the landlords.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-25
June Quotas For States In
Buying Of War Savings Bonds

Washington, May 25-UP)-The June quotas under which
territories to buy $8O0OOOOO worth OF war Savings
bonds announced today by the treasury.
The treasury reported increase Of A cent In bond
sales for the first the period in
during the period tOtaed 4S9SOOO against $685.
6S6COO for the April days.
Savings bond quotas for states with monthly
July, 1871, to January 1912, include:
State Monthly Average June quota
July 1941- Jan. 1942
cornect,cut .... S726O3O 17,3Sl,3OO
NTars " e... 24S72SS 4272,OOO
NTasSschusctts ........... 2l4OS243 36,7SSy9OO
NTavv TSarnshire ............ 13S9l34 2y5O7,9OO
Rh"Sa leland ......... 4O4452O 6,588ySOO
vermont Observation-Disclosures. S74816 1629,8OO
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-04
Work Stoppage
Looms on Base
Dispute Moy Stop
Vitol Construction

NEW YORK. June 4-lP)-
Stoppage of all construction
work on a naval air base in
Brooklyn, vital link in coast de-
Tense, was a possibility today
because OF a dispute between
electricians over a job involving
$4,000 of the S8,l2O,OOO pro-
gram.
A strike by $50 AFL electric
clans already has tied up all
electrical work in the Nays
expansion Of Floyd Bennett
Field, and has impeded other
phases of construction.
The strike, called last Friday
by local 3 Of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers, was announced yesterday
by the Navy.
Samuel NJ. Spencer of the
u. S. Cancellation service said
last night he had abandoned at
tempts to settle the dispute be-
tween the AFL union and the
United Telephone organizations,
an independent union composed
of New York Telephone COM
pany employees, and that he had
turned over the case TO his chief,
DR.. John r. Steelman.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-04
Doggone Good Dog
No Longer Gone

A doggone gone-dog is back
home again this morning thanks
TO the yeoman efforts of Deputy
Dick DeKetelaere who picked
up setter yesterday because
he was too tired from chasing
COWS and heifers these last few
days to go after any runners.
The setter was an Irish one,
owned by Charles Ferry, of
Chuck's bar, at Gratiot and Lit
tie Mack avenues and is worth
$50 of anybody's money, Fer
ry maintained in his report of
her disappearance to the sher-
ifs office two or three days
ago.
Deketelaere saw the setter on
Homeland avenue in Erin town
ship and took her home.
But he didn't kiss her good
night.