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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-27
Daredevil American
Flyers Scorn Japs
They Shoot Into Air to Meet Japs No Matter What
Odds Are Against Them; Thrilling Encounters
Take Place in Clouds
BY HARRISON SALISBURY

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Washington, Jan. 27.-(UP)-Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's tiny American
aviation force has taken the AR
despite Japan's overwhelming SUI
periority in the sky, the war de-
partment reported today, shooting
down at least two and possibly three
enemy planes in "a thrilling en-
counter" over Bataan province.
A second challenge to the Japan
ese air force was made by two OF
MacArthur's daredevil motor tor
pedo boats which tackled forma-
ton of Japanese divebombers and
disabled at, least three.
The action was reported during a
relative lull in land operations as
the Japanese apparently sought to
reform their lines for new attacks.
To the south in the Macassar
Straits gateway to the Dutch East
Indies American sea and air forces
with Dutch aid-had devastating
blows at Japanese invasion forces.
The action there was believed to
have cost Japan upwards of 30 ships
including an aircraft carrier.
The plane actions were small scale
but appeared typical Of the battle
being waged against odds.
Thrilling Encounter
Two of MacArthur's slim force Of
Curtis P-4O fighters took the air
against three japanese dive bomb
ers. The communique called 1t
thrilling encountuer."
The Americans SHOT down two OF
the Japanese and disabled third.
Neither of the U. S. planes was
hurt.
Two days previously. Macarthur
revealed, two Of his suicide" squad
of motor torpedo boats-the craft
which have accounted for two Jap
anese 5,OO0-ton ships in Subic bay
spotted another Japanese dive
bomber formation. The Japanese
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-27
BY C. r. CUNNINGHAM


With the American Expeditionary Force in the
British Isles, Jan. 27.-UP)-The doughboys of the
new AEF began rigorous training today for the time
they will fight the enemy.
AS word spread from end of Britain to the
other that the Yanks had come, American comman-
ders warned their men to expect enemy air raids.
(There raids northern Ireland yesterday
BEGAN THEIR DUTIES QUICKLY
Refreshed by their first nights sleep land in some
DAYS the DoughbOys manned anti-arcraft guns about
their scattered posts of their first training
abroad They eagerly cleaned their new Ga1and
rifles which had been wrapped during the voyage from
America.
VICTIMS STILL CHUCKLING
Many were still chuckng a broadcast last night
the British traitor broadcasng for the
Germans. I in the barracks last night when Lord
reported soemnly that the entire convoy which
had brought them from the United States had been
destroyed
The barracks resounded with the laughter of the
victims"
official announcement revealed that Major General
E. CLANCY, of the American military mission in
London had directed Especial observer troops preparing
the arrival for the AEF vanguard
The observers arrived several months ago and when
the United States entered the able to put plans
already drawn for the transport troops into effect
The new AEF wanted to know when it would get
crack at the Germans.
They ready and eager to go, and to them their
station first Americans in the European
in this World War only stepping stone to
action.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-27
TWO NATIONS IN
MAMMOTH POOL
America, Britain Pool All
Munitions, Shipping, Raw
Materials of Each
BY MERRIMAN SMITH

United Press Staff Correspondent
Washington, Jan. 81 GU p =
President Roosevelt and Prime Min
lister Winston Churchill announced
in joint statement today the
creation of mammoth pool of
American and British munitions,
shipping and raw materials.
Three Joint boards have been
set up to merge the combined war
resources Of the two nations to
further coordination of the unit
ed nations war effort" They will
make Great Britain and the Unit
ed States partners in vital fields
OF supply in addition to joint mill
tary and naval operations.
The announcement vas made
simultaneously here and in Lon
don. The new program was q re-
suit of C.lurchill's recent confer
ences with the President at the
White House.
While not designated as such by
the White House announcement,
the three boards : combined war
materials board, munitions assign
ments board and combined ship
ping adjustment board - will con-
stitute a supreme allied supply COM
mand.
Members OF the boards were rot
named In the announcement, but
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-27
Huge Tract of Land Has
Been Purchased Between
Here, Middlebury
GOVERNMENT WORK
BY CLOCK COMPANY
900 to 1000 Employees
Will Be Required When
New Plant Is Built

Waterbury Clock Company
announces that it has ac-
quired a tract of land, located
about four miles west of the
center of Waterbury, partly
within the limits of Water
bury and partly within the
limits of the town of Middle
bury, at the intersection of
Straits Turnpike and Park
Road. This tract can be
reached from Waterbury by
turning west at the top of West Side
Hill or West Vain street, and driv-
ing along Park Road for distance
of about one and one-quarter miles.
The land was acquired by the COM
pany through George A. Baronlan,
local realtor, from S. Mclean
Buckingham of WatertoWn and
Vera G. Blansfield of Waterbury.
The company is working on plans
for the construction thereon of a
new assembly plant, to be used one
hundred percent in assembling
various precision instruments now
being manufactured by the com
pany ON defense orders for the War
Department, the Navy Department
and the Army Air Corps. The
Under Secretary of Wars Office IN
washington, D. c., has recently GER
titled the project as being a neces-
sity in the interest of defense pro-
duction, and instructions have been
issued that Its erection be gotten
under way with all possible speed.
The issuance of this certificate close
ly followed the recent visit to Water
bury Of several high ranking army
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-27

Opening a three-day war debate,
one of the most important OF his
career, Churchill told Of his visit to
Washington and said:
'When I left President Roosevelt
he gripped my hand and said:
owe will see this thing through
to the bitter end whatever the cost
may be-
He announced that he would form
an Imperial war council, as Aus
tra1ia and other dominions had de-
manded. and of Australia's pleas for
aid he said:
Everything in human power we
can do or can persuade the United
States to do will be done to help
Australia"
Blows Must Be Taken
In his "blood. sweat and tears"
manner Churchill warned the House
that great blows must be taken by
the Allied nations in the Pacific, but
he added:
II believe we shall presently regain
naval command in the Pacific and
DeSln 10 establish clACCeAVC oupSA
iority in the air.
Later on = in 1913 = we should
be able to set about our task in the
Pacific in good style.
IT have never ventured TO pre-
dict the future. I stand by my
original program of toll, tears, blood
and sweat"
It was in reference to the ar
rival in northern Ireland yesterday
of the first AEF of World War II,
that Churchill said that very con-
siderable American forces would
follow "as opportunity serves"
Numerous American bombers
and fighters will take part in the
defence of Britain and American
bombers will take part in raids on
Germany" he said.
Cheers For Macarthur
Amid ringing cheers, Churchill
paid tribute to:
1.-THE splendid courage OF General
Douglas Macarthur and his troops
in the Philippines and to the Dutch
for playing one of the main parts
in the Malayan battle"
Churchill said he had arranged
with President Roosevelt for Pacific
councils In London and Washing
ton. the London council to be an
empire body.
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-27

Already, thousands of letters were
on the way home from the infantry
men, artillerymen, engineers, medi-
cal corps men and others who ar
rived at a Northern Irish port yes
terday and trudging out along the
country roads in the moonlight,
spread out in camps already pre-
pared by the British army and ate
their first meal ashore vegetable
soup stew, rice, date pudding, cof-
fee, bread and margarine.
For their first breakfast ashore
today, the troops had cereal or
porridge, stewed fruit, kippered
herrings, eggs and bacon or sausage
and coffee.
Sons of World War Men
Fresh from their middle western
homes and the mar euver battle
grounds of Louisina and the Caro-
linas, the sons of the men who had
fought in France and Belgium, talk
ed of little but the possible fields
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"a LANGUAGES

Boston. Jan. 27--CUP) - Short
wave station WRUL reported today
it had increased its foreign Ian
guage broadcasts to "a with the
addition of both Alsatian and Tag
alog, the native language OF the
Philippines.
Various Chinese dialects win be
added soon SO the station can reach
all allied and conquered territory
with it's newScaStS.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-27
NOT AN AMERICAN
LOST GOING OVER
British TOmmies Become
Their Buddies in More
Ways Than One
BY c. r. CUNNINGHAM
United Press Staff Correspondent

With the A. E. F. in the Brit
ish Isles, Jan. 27-(UP)-The new
A. E. F. transported across the
submarine infested Atlantic with
out single loss - took advantage
of eight months of careful Amer
lean training today to plunge I'M
mediately into preparations for car
rying the war to enemy soil.
An official United States army
statement disclosing that American
officers under Maj. Gen. James E.
CLANCY began preparations in Brit
ain last May Is was issued as the
troops settled down to work and
prepared for expected German air
raids.
The American and British troops
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-27
MORE JAPANESE
LAND in MALAYA
British Air, Land Forces in
Vicious Battle That Is
Now Raging
BY STANLEY JONES
United Press staff Correspondent

Singapore, Jan. 27.-(UP)-Jap-
anese forces made new landing
under heavy British air lombard
ment on Malaya's east coast III the
vicinity of the strategic town Of
Mersing, near which a. battle is rag
ing, about so miles from Singapore,
communique announced today
British troops battled the Jap
anese north of Jem Luang, near a
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PRESSURE TO MAKE
BRAZIL HOLD OFF
Argentina, Chile Working
to Delay Cutting Rela=
tons With Axis
BY EVERETT r. HOLES


Rio De Janeiro, Jan. 81 - (U.P0
Closing Of the emergency confer
ence Of American foreign ministers,
which had been scheduled for to-
night, was postponed until 6 p. m.
tomorrow amid indications that Ar
gentina and Chile were bringing
pressure on Brazil in the hope of at
least delaying that nations break
with the Axis.
Formal approval of at least some
of 80 measures to drive Axis influ-
ence out of the western hemisphere
and raise barrier of military, eco
nomic and political defenses was 70
be undertaken today.
It was revealed authoritatively
that Argentina and Chile, both OF
whom are facing isolation IN their
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-27
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Jan. 27-(UP)-Gov-
ernment expenses and receipts for
the current fiscal year through Jan.
oath, compared with year ago:
This Year Expenses Inst Year
S13,562. 175,329.59 $6,034 ,999,222.6S
War Spending
5 9,soS,5S3,5SS.76 S2,199, ,50l.3e
Receipts
$ 4,623,sO4,s2O.2S $S,1so, 9s5, s6sS7
Net Deficit
$ s.s65, So4,609s6 s2.S04,a56.202s1
Cash Balance
2,9i7,S7S,0906S sl,4SG,671,G2S54
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-27
Minister Churchill
T ellis Story Of Visit
Relates interesting Facts About Trip to See Roose=
welt; Cheers Came as He Describes Macarthur;
Hess Whereabouts Is Mystery
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS
United Press Staff Correspondent

Winston Churchill told the House of Commons today that
big American forces would follow the first expedonary
to the British Isles and that American planes would
bomb Germany and defend Britain He said the United
States and British naves in most intimate union
in both the Atlantic and Pacific
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-27
Doughboys Are Already In
Preparatory War Training
Lord Haw-Haw, British Traitor, Broad
cast Last Night, American Convoy
Was Destroyed; Victims Laughed

United stan
the
of before
accompanied the AEF to the British
of following his first dis
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-28
v-MdiI Goes to
Men Overseas

Imperial Valley residents Friday
vert urged to use the new V-Mail
inaugurated to expedite mail SER
vice to and from American soldiers
overseas.
Facilities for photographing and
reproducing V-Mail to and from
the United States and the British
Isles, Australia, India, Hawaii and
other points are now in operation.
A similar service is being planned
for Iceland and other points where
the volume may warrant.
SAFE MEANS
Pointing out that V-Mail pro-
vides a safe means of communica-
ton with members of our Armed
Forces, the Post Office department
gave assurance that the film upon
which the communications are re-
produced are given the most ex-
peditious dispatch available. Be-
cause of the small space taken up
by the rolls of film, they often can
be carried on ferry planes or
bomberS.
Every pound OF weight which can
be saved on air transports over
seas, said department officials,
means that an equivalent amount
of weight can be allotted vital mill
tary material.
In recognition of this. and in an
effort to insure delivery OF mail
to as many men as possible at
overseas destinations when space
is limited, war and navy depart
ments directed that V-Mail be Civ
en- priority in dispatch over all
other classes-including air mail
when transportation facilities un-
der control of those departments
are used.
V-Mail letter sheets have been
distributed at all post offices; and
have been provided all military and
naval personne, at overseas points
through Army and Navy post Of
fices and military channels.
AVAILABLE SOON
Private firms and individuals
have also been permitted by the
Post Office department to repro
duce the letter sheets. The sheets
also will be available soon to all
stores selling stationery.
V-Mail Service provides for the
Use b. patrons of a special letter
sheet form which is a combination
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-28
900 Raj Bombers
Raid Ndzi Citv

LONDON. Aug. 28. CUP)-A large
force of big British bombers rained
destruction on the industrial CEN
ter of Kassel during the night and
a smaller force of long distance
sharpshoo'srs attacked Gydnia on
a l700-mile round-trip bombing mis-
sion, it was revealed today.
The target of the British airmen
at the Polish port of Gydnia was
not revealed but it was recalled
that reconnaissance flights in late
spring spotted the Nazi battleship
Gneisenau at that port. The partly
completed German aircraft carrier,
Graf Zeppelin, also has been re-
ported seen there.
IMPORTANT BASE
Gdynia also is an important Ger
man supply base for operations on
the northern Russian front.
An admitted loss of 30 bombers in
a concentrated attack on the gigan-
tic locomotive, airplane and aircraft
and automobile motor factories at
Kassel indicated that the raiding
force consisted of far more than
eco planes and might even prove
to have approached a 1000 plane
level.
The British planes, including four
-motored Strings and Lancasters
with their eight-ton bomb load,
rained thousands of incendiary and
hundreds of explosive demolition
bombs believed to include many two
ton block busters, on their targets
by the light of a bright bomber's
moon.
First reports to the air ministry
said that the raid was most sue
cessful.
HIT INDUSTRIAL AREA
Targets included the Hensche
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-28
Govt to Tighten
Control on 800
Steel Warehouses

WASHINGTON, Aug. % CUP)-
The war production board is con-
sidering stricter controls over the
Nations 300 steel warehouses to
prevent diversion of that vital war
material to possible BLACK mar
kets."
Officials predicted that it was
unlikely that these controls would
be as complete as the pooling of
all warehouse inventories under
the government, advocated by
Henry j. Kaiser, west coast ship
builder who was restrained by a
temporary injunction in Cleveland
yesterday from BLACK market"
dealings.
Office of price administration
officials charged that Kaiser
bought $50 tons of steel from the
Builders Structural Steel company,
Cleveland. at prices estimated to
have been s5,21O above ceiling
quotations.
The WPB compliance branch is
conducting Investigations of nearly
100 warehouses for possible vio-
lations of regulations. The chief
attention is centered on receipt of
steel in excess of warehouses
quota, shipments in greater than
carload lots and preference in de-
liveries by producers to steel ware
houses.
Hector j. Dowd, WPB compliance
investigator, told the house mer-
chant marine subcommittee yester-
day that WPB regulations on steel
warehouses were being violated al
though he did not believe that
much of this constituted black
market" operations.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-28

Dive bombers continuously ham,
mered the trapped Germans. Soviet
tanks and infantry were breaking
them up into smaller units, which
were being exterminated one by
one.
REINFORCEMENTS
The Germans were desperately
trying to relieve their troops by
rushing reinforcements from the
south and dropping fuel and ammu-
milton from transport planes.
The trap was closed on the Ger
mans by numerically inferior force
under the command of Officer Gore
lik. Previously he had stopped the
enemy at the approaches of most
important military objectives.
In battle lasting several hours,
the Russians destroyed go German
tanks At the same time. units at
tacking from the south wedged into
the lines of the Germans and cut
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-28
328 Jops ki||e d Out Of
$50 on Rdided Island

HEADQUARTERS, United States
Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harpor Aug.
81 - Delayed = tUP) = United
States Marines with Navy support
obliCerated the japanese base on
Maxim Island in the Gilberts in
their raid Aug. II and killed all
but two of the estimated $50 enemy
troops of its garrison, it was an
nolnced today.
The two Japanese who remained
alive went into hiding, and could
not be found
Marines of specially trained
battalion selected from 1000 VOL
unteers went through the island
with pistols, hand grenades and
knives. killed all but eight Japa-
nese the first day, spent part of
a second day destroying every
thing they could find of use to the
enemy, and re-embarked with their
mission accomplished to the ulti-
IidJt llIlllJ.
LOSSES FEW
Their losses we're less than to
10 of those of the Japanese.
Japanese reserves were driven to
the fighting line in American
made trucks and the Marines de-
stroTed 1000 gallons of American
aviation gasoline which the enemy
had obtained before Pearl Harbor
The Marines destroyed the sea-
plane base, three radio stations,
all installations in the island, food
stores and small quantity of bombs.
a Marine machine gunner firing
at 1000 yards range set fire to
a small japanese seaplane which
landed in the lagoon during fight
ing along with a big seaplane
bomber The port motor of the
bomber was hit and it crashed as
II tried desperately to take off.
There were no survivors.
SANK TRANSPORT
The Navy supporting force sank
a $500 ton transport and a 1000
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-28

GEN. MACARTHURS HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Aug. %.
(UP)-Action blazed in the air and
on the ground today over the south
eastern end of New Guinea where
the japanese had landed a new in
vas.on force on the muddy shores of
Milne bay.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's planes
shot down 12 enemy fighter planes.
Dive bombers damaged two more
so severely they probably crashed,
and damaged at least four more in
three savage fights.
Antiaircraft guns shot down
three more enemy craft to bring
the five-day score of planes downed
to: japanese 81, Allies five.
Gen. Macarthur reported in his
communique No. 1877 from his south
west Pacific headquarters, that ac-
ton was steadily developing between
the Allied ground forces and the
Japanese holding Milne Bay, 225
miles from the Allied base of Port
Moresby.
The Allied forces were moving
through mud three feet deep on
narrow jungle trails to engage the
enemy but though it was known
their attack was now developing
details were scarce because of the
difficulty of communications
1t was indicated that as soon as
they landed the Japanese had scat
tered into the thick jungle so they
could not be detected from the air
Two of the air battles Macarthur
reported took place over the Milne
Bay area.
The Allied fighter craft had made
dawn machine gun attack on ene-
my barges, supplies and fuel dumps
along the shores.
Then Allied medium bombers went
on full daylight attack. Between
10 and 13 Japanese fighters engaged
them, probably rising from the
enemy Buna- Coma base 200 miles
up the north New Guinea coast
MacArthur'S bombers destroyed
four of the enemy fighters and re-
turned to base without loss.
SENT Is PLANES
Then the japanese sent 10 Zero
fighters and five dive bombers to
attack the Allied forces moving to-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-28
laps Reported on
Run from So|omons

LONDON, Aug. 90. CUP)-The
Evening Star reported from Sydney
today that Japanese naval forces
are racing away from the Solomon
Islands seeking shelter in the Japa-
neSe-mandated islands to the north
after suffering estimated losses of
nearly so ships sunk or damaged
In dispatch attributed to the
Stars Correspondent Seywyn Speight
the newspaper reported that United
States planes were marrying the
japanese ships as they steamed
northwaid away from the Solomons
battle zone.
The dispatch said that while near
ly SO japanese ships were believed
damaged or destroyed they repre-
sentd only small part of Japan's
naval strength.