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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09

has been made of attacks against
approximately 70 ships off the United
States, Canadian and Caribbean
coasts. OF these, more than so were
sunk, The total number of attacks,
compiled from the individual an
nouncements, is considerably small
er than the total announced by
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
on Feb. rs. Knox reported that dur
ing January and the first "a days Of
February, total Of ia ships were
set upon by submarines in the vest
ern half Of the Atlantic, AS Of them
IN waters near the east coast.
The individual compilation shows q
total of 28 ships attacked off the
Atlantic coast. IS Of them sunk. In
addition, the Navy announced that
two other vessels the American
freighter Noryana and the Pana-
manain tanker olympic, were over
due and presumed lost with crews
eohaliug approximately so men. It Is
considered likely they were raider
victims.
At last IA tankers HAYS been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09
NO FLOOD STAGES
BY RECENT RAINS
Rivers, Smaller Streams
Are Far Above Normal
Levels at Present

Another torrential rainfall today
sent rivers and smaller streams to
far above normal levels but city
officials said flood stages would
hardly be reached unless there was
a large amount Of additional rain.
In the wake of the latest storm
were numerous street waShouts.
several Of them serious, also sew
eral waShouts along sections of the
newly installed pipe line, and con-
siderable property damage result
ing from flooded cellars.
Rainfall for the 24-hour period
ending at noon was All inches. The
severe storm, which started last
night and which reached its peak
Just before dawn, was one of q
series of torrential rains that have
visited the city in recent weeks.
Sharp Contrast
Possibility of flood dangers was
in sharp contrast to the situation
Of only a few months ago, when a
lack Of rain sent public and pri-
vate reservoirs far below normal
levels. The Naugatuck river at
early afternoon was from six to
eight feet above normal, while the
Mad river and smaller streams
we're also far over their usual levels.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09
Navy Gives Different
View Of Great Convoy
Correspondent OF Washington Newspaper Gave Out
EARLY Story on Convoy; Navy Department
Makes Some Corrections

Washington, March 9-(UP)-The
dispatch printed in the London
Daily Mail reporting movements of
great conveys" Of American troops
and material to the southwest Pa
cific Contained no positive facts
having any relation to new convoy
operations" in that area, the Navy
Department announced last night.
The Dispatch, written by Walter
Farr, the Daily Mails Washington
Correspondent, said it was written
"at sea-" but the navy said 1t was
filed for transmission at Honolulu
where Farr arrived March 2 from
California
Fairs dispatch, reprinted in the
United States, caused surprise here
because American reporters were
understood to have been with the
same convoy but were not able to
file any dispatches. Secretary of
Navy Frank Knox said Saturday
that he was investigating with a
great deal of vigor" the circum-
stances which allowed a British
reporter to send dispatch about
American fleet and transport move
ments.
Last night the navy issued this
mote to editors for publication If
desired" regarding the incident:
Final Naval Report
"This is final navy department
report on the Farr Nondon Daily
Maid incident.
Late information reaching Wash
ington now locates Fairs filing point
at Honolulu, where he arrived March
End, direct from California.
1.-The speeding through the
southwest Pacific story was filed
by Farr in person, ashore at Hon
olulu. 1t was dispatched by Com
merciaI Communications after re-
view by a public relations officer of
the Pacific fleet, who is also ashore.
'sFarr was given transportation
from California to Hawaii by the
navy.
Further analysis of the story, in
the light of now known circum-
stances, suggests that it contains no
factual information about move
mentS to Australia which has not
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09
RY SANDOR s. KLEIN
0AAANAN
UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent

(Unitsd Press Staff Correspondent
washington, March g. (UP)-
Naval sources said today that there
appeared to be slight relaxation in
the Axis submarine campaign off
the Atlantic coast but were unWill-
ing to concede that the worst is over.
The navy has announced the loss
to submarines Of only two ships in
the American coastal waters in the
last week-the 8,215-ton ore carrier
Marore and the 2,85O-ton Norwegian
motorship Left. Two other ships
were believed sunk but the cause
was unknown.
They believed that the drop may
Abe because of the departure of some
Of the submarines for home ports or
of improved anti-submarine meas
ures, or q combination Of both.
1t was pointed out that other
submarines may be on the way 70
relieve those which may hase Let.
ana win renew the campaign against
United Nations shipping
70 date, individual annoarn nnnt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09
THREE BOARDS
SHUTTLE CARDS
FOR 6,S16 men
fhey Registered Here Last
Month for Military Serv-
ice in War
BOARD l6=A WILL
MEET LATER TODAY
Attorney CiprianO, Court
Clerk, John A. Quincy,
Sports Writer, on List

Three Waterbury draft
boards today shuffled the
cards of approximately $3.50
men who registered for pos
Sible military service here last
month, and assigned serial
numbers to the group, pre-
fixing the numeral with the
symbol T. Members of Board
l6-A will convene this after
noon at 2 o'clock for the
Shuffling ceremony.
First serial numbers selected, OF
tbs, according to selectiye service
classification, were as follows
Board 1874, clarence Wolk, 81. OF q
Stephana Lane, proprietor of Wolk's
Department Store, Oakville, and q
native Of Russia; Board 15-B, Ro-
bert BRAKEMAN, 40, of A Park Place,
an enpaoye of the Lux Clock Mfg
Co, and a native of Vienna; Board
16-E, Harold Kreidel, 81, of SO
Harker avenue, an employe of the
Scovill Mfg. Co., and native of this
city.
Listing Of registrantS in the So
called father SON registration,
which embraced the 20 to 81, and
81 to "A age groups, revealed num-
Der of prominent Waterbury citizens
In the lower serial figures.
Among those assigned low num-
bers was Atty. Carmine GeneroSo
Cipriano of SO Brewster street, clerk
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09
Gen. Yamashita, Now in
Command, ConquerOr Of
Singapore
HOMMA HARI-KIRI
ABOUT FEB. 70
American Army Officers,
Who Fought With Gen.
Macarthur, Tell Story
BY EVERETT r. HOLES


UNITED Press Stan Correspondent
Washington, March 8.
(UP)-Japan's most famous
general of this war has been
sent to the Philippines to
lead a new attempt to knock
out Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thurs American an6 Filipino
forces. The War Department.
announced today that the
new japanese commander,
Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, the cc1a-
queror of Singapore, has succeeded
Gen. Masaharu Homma, who Is re-
ported to have committed suicide
in the face Of his failure to defeat
Macarthur.
Gen. Yamasaita has arrived 81
headquarters north of the Bataan
/ battlefront to take over the task in
which Homma failed despite the vast
numerical superiority of his forces.
Announcement Of the shifting Of
Yamashita to the Philippines was
regarded as further corrcboratiVe
evidence in support Of what MacAr.
thur on Sunday described as @per
sistent" reports that Homma had
ended his life In the bizarre tradition
of Hari-Kiri.
Military observers believed thar
with the hard hitting Yamashita in
command Of the 100000 or more ill-s
vyrA Hr&FF fa4a4 tQ4tMt
against MacArthur's forces was ia
the offing.
Some quarters believed that the
new commander-in -chief in the
Philippines might be bringing with
him endorsements from Singapore
or the Indies.
StIM Seeks Proof
Macarthur still sought prcof Of
the persistent" reports of the SUI
eide of Homma, 54-year-old expert
on the ways Of the western world
who is reported to have taken his
life about Feb. as.
Battled to a standStill for two
months and then thrown back By
MacArthur's little army, Homma IS
believed to have committed hara-
kiri in the same suite Of rooms IN
the Manila hotel that Macarthur
had occupied.
A lull has hung over the BataaKl
battlefront for the past "A hours,
today's war department communique
said, perhaps while Yamasiita re-
organizes his forces for an effort to
repeat his Malayan-Singapore trl-
umph.
Yamashita has established his
field headquarters at San Fernando
in Pampagna Province. about 70
miles northeast Of the Bataan BAT
tlefront and 10 miles north 0s
Manila Bay.
The new Japanese commands In
chief in the Philippines Is 81, three
years older than his predecessor, and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09
GERMANY HANDED
HEAVIEST SMASH
British Planes Administer
Hard Blows Last Night
in West Germany
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS

unite Press Staff Correspondent
London. March g. British
planes made their heaviest attack
on western Germany in many weeks
during the night after bombing a
French war factory at Poissy yes
terday in their second raid within
week on the Paris suburban in
dustrial area, it was said author
itatvely today.
The British planes in their Ger
man raid concentrated on Essen,
site Of the gigantic Krupp NUM-
tons works.
Reports being compiled by the
air ministry indicated that the at
tack was most successful.
Authoritative informantS said
that the Essen attack was much Of
the same scale as that last week on
the Paris war industry suburbs,
when the great Renault Motor
Works and tank plant was almost
wiped out.
Because of persistent unfavorable
weather conditions Essen had not
been raided since last Nov. 8, when
the Krupp plant was almost wiped
out.
A German broadcast heard here
said British planes attacked several
areas of western Germany and
caused Casualties among the civil
population" btu no military damage
II Mikes From Paris
A United Press Vichy dispatch
said the government announced
Continued on Page a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09
Good News MaySaveMothe
OF Youth Reported Killed

haywood, Ill, March e.-(UP)-
-Amonth ago the Rev. Roy w.
Merrifield read to his congregation
list Of soldiers from western Chi
cago suburbs fighting with General
Douglas Macarthur on Bataan. In
conclusion he said:
@And also my son, Jacques, who
was killed while guarding Clark
Field on Luzon Dec. 80, according
to telegram received from the
war department this morning"
AS members Of the congregation
filed out Of the church, Merrifield
AGreeted them with his customary
handshake,
Subsequently the young soldiers
mother became III with influenza.
Physicians sid grief bad further
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09
5000, 900 SOviets Ready
to Meet Hitler in Spring
Campaign
Nv M. s. HANDLER

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Moscow, March 9-(UP)-Rus-
sian forces have almost completely
destroyed" Germany's 48th infantry
division in a bloody, two-day battle
for Sychevka, strategic rail city
midway between Rzhev ard Vyaz-
ma, dispatches from the front said
today.
Sychevka is 40 miles south of
Rzhev on the railroad connecting
that city with VyaZna, and its cap
ture created a new Soviet threat
against the German garrisons in
both of the larger cities.
The destroyed 48th division, the
dispatches said, consisted mostly
of Poles, who deserted to the Rus
slams in large numbers when the
fighting began.
The Red Army troops fought
their way into Sychevka on the first
day of the battle, but the Germans
started counter Attacks using roops
wrought up from the rear. The
Russians held the town completely
by the third day, when $500 dead
Germans were on the battlefield.
5,0OO,O04 Russians Ready
Iondon observers, commenting
on recurring Russian assertions
that German reserves were being
brought from the rear, said there
were unconfrned reports that the
Red army has fully equipped 367
new divisions of about 100000 men
to meet Adolf Hitler's spring Of
fensive". 1t was reported from
Stockholm last week that Hitler
had prepared an equal number for
spring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09
New Commander Revives
Suicide Report Over Homma
Russian Forces Almost Destroyed
German 18th Infantry Division
British Owned Steel Now Lying
Idle In Mass. Warehouse Plant

9-UP-The PM said today that
enough idle MasSachu
sets plant The $4,000 Of steel and
copper British government
unIOaded jackets intended
MaginO line before
material might speeded lag
cling shpbung program the production board reported
Friday
thousand steel jackets each with thick base Of
1.-THE under the sFictest
priority electrical wiring battle
hundreds other weapons
location plant secret
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09
BRITISH CHANGE
THEIR GENERALS
New Commander Now on
Burma Front; Dutch Not
to Surrender
By EDWARD W. BEATTIE

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
London, March 9-(UP)-Britain
has replaced its commander in
chief on the Burma front, the war
Office revealed today as British
military commentator admitted
that the imperial forces had started
scorched earth demolition opera
tons at Rangoon and that the sit
uation there was critical.
A terse war office communique
announced that Gen. Harold r. l..
G.. Alexander had been named COM
mander-in-chief on the Burma
front under the supreme command
of Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, eff
fective last Thursday.
Alexander succeeds Gen. Thomas
j. Hutton.
"The plan to fight the japanese
may or may not be Rangoon," the
British commentator said, indicat-
ing that Alexander might have de-
cided to withdraw his men from
the area under the threat of jap
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, March 9 {UP)
eminent expenses and receipts for
the current fiscal year through Mar
18th. compared with year ago,
This Year Expenses last E@fH
$17, 3e,425, 875.cg $3.50, 462. 5T1sx2
War Spending
s1S.e29I41, 4SS.O1 ss,07s, 010, GA. .
Receipts
s 5,74b,4S1 ,049.7S S3,9BS. enG.2fa s2S
Net Deficit
s11,e1s.s1o,s7b.sO $s,s4S. sss. 7sI.1z
Cash Balance
IS s,2s5.s57. 2s4.2S Si,S4s,O4f.esg.et
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09
CHURCH BURNED
IN STOUGHTON

stoughton, Mass. March e-(UpD
"A general-alarm fire destroyed
the el-year- old First Congregations
al Church here early today with
Loss estimated ct 100000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09
Axis Submarine Campaign Off Atlantic
Coast Subsided During Week Just Ended

sunk off the east coast and 10 more
in the Caribbean area. This, one OF
ficial suggested, may have been a
result Of the publicity given last
fall to the eastern fuel shortage, dis
closing that tankers were weak
spot In the American merchant ma Y
rine.
Here Is the latest unofficial sum
mary Of ships attacked and sunk
in the various Atlantic coastal areas
since Jan. IA, when the big slbma-
rine drive began. h
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09

weakened her.
Last night Merri1eld. received an
other telegram from the war depart
ment. It said:
Referring to my telegram of jan
uary 81, am deeply gratified to In
form you that the commanding gem
eral of the United States armed
forces in the Far East, Macarthur,
reports as of this date that your
son, Technical Sergeant Jacques w.
Merrifeld, previously reported killed
In action on December 80. has been
found alive and we'll"
Physicians said today Mrs. Merri-
field had taken q turn for the better.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09

(x)-Includes two ships reported
overdue and presumed lost.l
At least IS Of the total attacked
were tankers And ct least % tansS-
ers were sunk. Many 81 the ships
sunk In Canadian waters were not
Identified and some probably were
tankera
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09

Prepare yourself Now for Job. En-
roll this week. Post Junior College
e QeeEe
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09
Sharpen
War. Wits

When you aren't busy
at some war task or
home defense job,
sharpen your wits OH
the new guessing game,
WAR QUIZ, aimed at
keeping You IS alert ON
the war news front as
we all should be on the
Victory front. This new
feature starts On Page
le s. today's
DEMOCRAT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-09
The Weather

Rain Ends Today;
Colder Tonight.
Fun weather Report Page 3
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-27


pride to see what affect that would
have upon him. Very well, I'll tie
them for you." she quietly told the
boy. I'll always tie them for you If
you wish to be treated like baby"
The upshot was that Martin
stopped over and tied his own laces.
Mothers appeal had had the de-
sired effect. But in a short while,
when they became undone again.
and mother suggested, Martin
your laces," he again said. You do
It for me-" This time mother be-
came exasperated and felt that the
situation was truly hopeless.
Tying q bow knot Is a rather in
tricate performance for a young
child. While we may look for him
to be able to do this by the sixth
year, 1t doesn't say that he will be
very adept at 1t. In Martins case.
the mere fact that his laces came
undone so soon after tying them,
should have pointed to possible
lack of skill on his part. Instead
of being content to have him do It
anyway so long as he didn't bother
her to do 1t for him, the parent
should have known how to pull the
loops to make a tighter knot. or
possibly how to make double knot.
Always when youngster re-
peatedly fails at given task re-
uuired o. him-or by saying, You
do 1t for me-" shows that he does
not like to do 1.-THE wise parent
assumes that he Is having some
difficulty with 1t. and is glad to
lend necessary assistance and teach
helpful tricks for getting around
his problem.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-27
Beauty Tips

Good manners are as essential
to charm as good looks. Don't
save courtesy for special occasions.
but practice 1t constantly at home
and in school until 1t becomes a
part of you. There are other
things that contribute to charm
too, like being q good sport. apol-
ogizing when you're wrong. for
getting the unpleasant things you
hear about people and repeating
only the nice things!
In the true sense OF the word
"manicure" means hand care. not
tust care Of the nails alone. Clean,
we'll shaped nails. free from rough
edges and ragged cuticle enhance
the beauty Of soft. smooth. shapely
hands, but even the finest nail
polishing Job cannot hide the bad
impression Of rough. unwashed
hands.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-27
She Preserves
Famous Hands
In Plaster
BY TALBOT LAKE

THIS is certainly an age OF
i specialization. when one comes
across a woman like Miss Ray
Shaw, a sculptreSs, whose work
consists almost entirely of modelling
hands of famous people. AS mat
ter of fact, such work seems to be
this blonde. blue-eyed girls whole
life.
II have been interes d In
peoples hands ever since ! was
little girl" she says. Il can recog-
nize people by them. think they
are the most expressive portion of
q person. People hide emotions by
q poker face. but their hands Will
certainly betray them"
In her New York studio, Miss
Shaw lives In a room filled with
casts Of human hands. The models
range from hands of Captain Bob
Bartlett and DR.. Allan Dafoe to
eight conductors Of the Blue Net
work Orchestra.
You ask her which Of the strange
array she found the most interest
ing and she has hard time to tell
you. Finally she points to a small
pair of hands that seem to emerge
lovingly from the plaster: Those
are Albert Einstein's. They are very
sensitive and artistic hands, full Of
gentility. I can tell what the man
is like by the way he shakes hands.
Perhaps his are the most interest
ing. but they all absorb me-"
Miss Shaw came to this country
from Russia when a child. and has
been interested in peoples hands
as long as she can remember. She
has taken some art courses in
Chicago and Northwestern. but
most Of the work on.hands she has
done herself. After three years of
work and encouragement, she has
evolved q method of casting hands
in which suppleness and expression
are retained. This has gained for
her q peculiar specialized fame.
The sculptreSs is also interested
in ceramics and products OF her
imagination adorn the room. Most
ly they are of hands In graceful
shapes and they hold various OBJ
jects that form vases for flowers,
ash trays or pure ornaments.
It was interesting to hear her
talk about red finger nails (her's
by the way. are short, stubby and
dirty. Il would rather see dirt
under fingernails than garish. hid
eous colors. It is all right If wo-
man carefully makes up her hands
to blend with the color of her ap-
parel. but some of the things you
see are monStrouS."
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-27
Simple Print Is
Smartest Type
For Spring
BY ELEANOR GUM

NEW YORK-The more arrest
~ ing the print the simpler the
dress. That makes sense and II you
will keep your eyes open you will
confirm the statement that the
beet prints are simply handled. OF
course beaded or spangling q print
can't be called simple. but 1t does
not alter the fact that It's the fab
ric that's glorified. while the line
remains simple.
A splashy white flower on black
background, or t'other way about,
makes an ideal black-out dress. 1t
isn't likely we'll be dancing In the
dark, but could be and prepared
ness Is the order of the night.
Dresses are Strengthening out.
Now do wear the wide-skirted ones
you have-don't develop a martyr
complex either-but when buying
new models keep the simmer lines
In mind.
It seems only plausible to expect
q return of the yelled idea In
dresses. Why? Because one can
so easily remodel ones silk dress
by this process, using the silk as q
foundation for q sheer. It's against
the interest Of the garment trade
to encourage remodeling. but I'm
afraid that 1t Is another form Of
competition they will have to con-
tend with. The fortunate woman
who has some honest-to-goodness
silk isn't going to donate 1t In
bundles for anyone but her de-
serving self.
There will be. as I've already
stated. a great many cottons worn
come summer, and II you like spec
tacular prints. how about brows-
ing around among the upholstery
fabrics and picking yourself some
thing pretty spiffy in the way Of a
glazed chintz which looks and
sounds like taffeta? Young girls
are already wearing dresses of
lowered cretonne and chintz. One
sees them everywhere. supposedly
just back from the southlands. One
also sees organizes and cotton lace
and fabrics too numerous to men,
ton, that are effective and relative
~ inexpensive. Hand blocked linens
and piQue make the sitter sort OF
dance dress. made of course on
sitter lines than are usually used
for Sheers.