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Evening star., 1942-12-03
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KEY WEST, Fla, Dec. 3.-Ghosts
Of the buccaneers stalked before
Key Vests city fathers when three
residents of South Florida appeared
before the City Council to ask for
a contract covering a search for
buried treasure in the city-owned
botanical gardens and golf course.
The treasure seekers, Joseph
Romero and Stephen Avila of Key
West and A. l.. Grow of Miami, were
met by the Councils counter-de =
mands that the city get 20 per
cent of the gross treasure found, all
digging must be completed in 80
days and a surety bond of $4,000
be posted guaranteeing the land
will be replaced as found.
Back in the days when pirates
roamed the Spanish Main. Key
West was believed to have been
headquarters for many Of the
marauders. Avila says ne has a
map purporting to show were pirate
gold is buried.
Evening star., 1942-12-03

p the Associated Press.
Army flyers scanned the waters
and coast line of the Gulf of Mexico
today for their "one- man aerial
blitz," Boyd D. (Buzz) Wagner, first
American ace of this war, missing
four days on routine flight.
One of the Army's youngest lieu
tenant colonies, he took off from
an Army air base in Florida for
Maxwell Field, Ala, and has been
unreported since, the War Depart
ment announced last night. He was
understood to have been flying a
single-engined pursuit plane.
AS lieutenant, Col. Wagner was
commanding squadron Of P-40s
in the Philippines when the war
started Within two weeks he had
shot down five Japanese planes and
led his squadron in destroying "a
more on the ground.
The records aren't complete on
the aces victories. but the Air Forces
credit him with destroying between
80 and so enemy planes in the air
and on the ground.
He and his companions didn't
care particularly how they attacked
the Nipponese. On occasions, they
tossed hand grenades at the invaders
from the cockpits of their pursuit
ships. Other times, they carried
bombs in their laps and tossed them
overheard at japanese troops, ships
and installations. They sank three
small transports by raking the ves-
sels with machine gun bullets.
Buzz won the Distinguished
Service Cross for extraordinary
herolsm before most of the Amer
ican planes on the island OF Luzon
we're destroyed He was assigned
to Australia where japanese bullet
smashed his windshield and sent
silver of glass into his eye, restrict
ing his flying.
Awarded the Purple Heart and
made an instructor in Australia,
Col. Wagner taught combat tactics
to new pilots just arrived from the
United States. He refused to stay
grounded. however, and soon was
leading one of his green squadyons
into battle over New Guinea. He
accounted for three enemy planes
himself
He was promoted to captain last
January 20. Three months later
he was jumped over the rank of
major and made lieutenant colore!
at 26 Born in Emeigh, Pa, and
Evening star., 1942-12-03

tions: Maj. Charles S. Coulter, U.
S. A., (retired); director Of welfare,
Masonic Service Association, TOO
Tenth street NV. MA. 1903.
Representing the City-wide Home
Hospitality Committee: Mrs. Mar
tin Vogel, $500 Woodland drive. AID.
l404.
Representing labor, both AFL and
CIO: Donald Murray, United Fed
eral Workers of America, l407 L
street NV. DI. 1854,
Other Registries Possible.
The new plan, it was decided,
should not prevent club directors
from maintaining their own registry
of homes.
Mrs. Vogel was highly praised by
several academy leaders, and off,
GERS OF the Army and Navy for her
activity already in providing home
hospitality for about 5000 men.
Representatives Of the agencies
pointed out that a major difficulty
was the lack of soldiers, sailors and
marines to fill the requests from
homes. Disappointed prospective
hostesses were complaining.
Several speakers stressed the
necessity for greater attention to
the young girl war workers and the
program was amended to include
them.
l.. Joseph Calm. executive secre-
tary of the War HOspitalitv Com
mittee presented the new program.
Mr.. Jennings, chairman of the De-
tense Commission Of the Federation
Of Churches. praised the new pro-
gram. The girl war worker was
championed by Miss Ivy Randall,
recreation director for the United
States Army engineers here.
The need is for the war worker,
not for the servicemen," she said.
Evening star., 1942-12-03

resident of Johnstown, Pa, Col.
Wagner studied aeronautical engi-
neering at the University of Pitts
burgh. He enlisted as an aviation
cadet in 1887.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18
paratroops Battle Nazis

LONDON. Nov. 10. CUP)-Allied
paratroops and three land columns
drove into Tunisia today in an ac-
celebrating race to win control of
the strategic Bizerte-Tunis area be.
fore the Germans could land power
ful reinfOrcementSf for ma ior stand
American and British planes pro-
yided an aerial umbrella for the
developing Tunisia offensive. They
patrolled the coastline, constantly
en- guard against heavy ship borne
renforcements which the Germans
are believed attempting to move into
Africa.
To the east the rapid advance of
the British eighth army-it was ex-
pected to occupy Benghazi by night
fall-brought stratgic air bases un-
Ger Allied control. They were eX-
pected to play vital part in smash
ing axis attempts to reinforce their
weakened Africa forces.
MALTA JOINS IN
Royal air force units at Malta
also were on the alert-both against
conveys of Junkers So troop-carrying
planes and an effort to bring in,
possibly under protection of the
italian fleet, some fresh Nazi troops
believed to be assembled at such
points as Salonika, Greece, southern
Italian ports and Sicily.
Allied submarines may be concen-
rrated in the narrow waters of the
Sicily channel and off the Tunisia
coast.
There was increasing belief here
that the Germans not only would
attempt to put up the strongest re-
sistance possible in the Bizerte-
Tunis sector but that Marshal Err
win Rommel plans a big delaying ac-
ton along the Gulf of Sirte.
FORMER BULWARK
In no previous offensive have the
British been able to get past Ell
Egheha due TO supply problems of
the long route west from Egypt. This
time it was believed, by coordinated
air patrols from east and west and
control of the sea coasts. the British
should be able to move up their
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18

. forces fGSyer than Rommel can
bring in reinforcements.
British reports said Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel had returned to
Africa by airplane, after a confer
ence with Adolf Hitler in Germany,
in desperate attempt to reorgan-
ize his shattered axis army caught
between Allied armies advancing
eastward from Algeria and westward
through Libya.
Anderson's first British army, re-
nforced by United States army
mobile units, was reported driving
rapid" into Tunisia behind three
spearheads on a so mile front IN
the northern coastal area while Il
separate force struck through the
interior toward the Gulf of Gabes
to cut off the axis line of supply
and retreat into Libya,
EIGHT ARMY ADVANCES
The British Libyan army had
reached yesterday a point 10 miles
from Benghazi and $40 miles from
Tunisia and advancing almost un-
opposed by axis rear guards who
were concentrating on blowing up
bridges and blocking and mining
roads.
Gen Sir Harold Alexander, COM
mander in chief in the Middle East,
said at his Egyptian headquarters
that the Germans had been able
to get away only Is of thir first
line tanks when the drive started.
He estimated enemy losses so far
in the Libyan offensive at 10000
killed or wounded 10000 made priS-
oner and 10000 missing, against
total British losses of $4,000 killed
or wounded.
The German controlled Radio
Paris said today that axis forces
had occupied" Bizerte. Previous
axis reports had said only that axis
forces had been landed in Tunisia.
DAKAR MOVE
Roundabout radio reports, pur-
porting to emanate from Vichy, said
a French military mission had left
Dakar for North Africa, presumably
to negotiate the surrender to the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18
Third Round In
SoIomonS Comine

WASHINGTON, Nov. i8.-U.PD
American soldiers, sailors and ma
rines on Guadalcanal prepared to-
day for the third round of the bat
tie of the Solomons.
Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox, discussing the major defeat
handed the japanese in the sec
ond round last week end, warned
that the enemy would return again,
maybe several more times. But he
left no doubt that it would be a
weaker enemy and that the de-
tenders of Guadalcanal would be
stronger.
Complete returns of the great
naval victory over the Japanese of
last weekend have not been re-
ceived here yet. But there was a
possibility that they will add more
enemy losses to the % ships already
known to have been sunk
TWO ENGAGEMENTS
There were two separate engage
mentS between surface forces dur
ing the series Of battles en- Novem-
ber 13, IA and IS Reports on the
second one still are lacking. 1t
also was considered reasonable that
American aircraft have been ha-
RAISING the fleeing enemy ships as
they steamed back to BUM, New
Britain and Truk.
The aftermath of the announce
ment Of the battle was a series of
statements by high officials and
congratulatcry messages to the men
who participated in the victory.
President Roosevelt said it was
"one of the great battles of our
history" in a radio address last
night. But he added that there
were no citations, no medals which
carry with them such high honors
as that accorded to fighting men by
the respect of their comrades-in-
arms
GENERAL IN PRAISE
"Te commanding general of the
marines in Guadalcanal, Gen. "a.
A. Vandegrift," Mr. Roosevelt said,
sent message to the commander
ofthe fleet Admiral william F.
Halsey, saying, we lift our battered
helmets in admiration for these who
fought magnificently against over
Whelming odds and drove the ene-
my back to crushing defeat"
Admiral Ernest j. King, comman-
der-in-chief of the fleet, messaged
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18
British Advance
a. oinst Benghozi

Montgomery'S men had taken or
by-pasSed, for later reduction the
coastal points of FL Gu5ba, Appel
lonia, Cirene and Slonta and had
reached the neighborhood of Ma
raua.
They were but $40 miles from
the frontier of TuniSia and Brit
iSh and American troops were driv-
ing into Tunisia from the west.
Allied planes yesterday, enabled
by break in the weather to re-
sumo full scale operations, shot
down at least six enemy transport
planes presumably bearing REIN
'orcements and destroyed six 9TH
ers around the Benghazi area.
BENGHAZI BOMBED
Bombers on Monday night made
a successful low level attack on
barges in Benghazi harbor, the
commUnique said, and started fires.
There was no plane loss in any
operation reported.
Gen. Alexander reviewing the
campaign in his statement said that
it took the Germans two weeks in
June to get from Tobruk to Ell
Alamein and the Eighth Army made
the distance in one week
1T is really we who have shown
the enemy what blitz can be like" 4"
he commented.
Things have gone quicker than
we expected. The main fighting
tuck place against the Germans and
they were thrashed. 1t was not
the Germans who were weak; it
was we who we're strong. We sur
prised Rommel. He did not know
when or where the blow was COM
ing.
I'VE advanced 400 miles in one
week "
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18
Drive North Into
jap Isles Seen

still being pursued by planeS.o
Adm. NimitZ said in his statement
that the next phase would be the
resumption of the battle of replen-
ishment and supply. This meant the
strengthening of the American forces
TO oust the japanese from the Sol
onions and TO build up defensive
strength for the northward drive.
"A United Press dispatch from
Chungking quoted a dispatch from
North China to the official Chinese
news agency as saying that Ameri-
can submarines were most active IN
the Gulf of Chilli, off the northeast
coast of China.
so serious was the situation, the
dispatch said, that japanese navy
authorities at Tientsin had forbid
den ships to leave Tientsn.
The japanese now fear, it was
asserted, that the submarines may
succeed in cutting the sea route
between China and Japan.
The dispatch said also that since
the American airplane bombing of
the Kailin mines in northeast China
Oct. q the Japanese had been
sounding air raid alarms almost
daily at Tientsin and Peiping. and
had blacked out both cities one
night because Of rumors of attack
JAPS STILL STRONG
Despite the United States Solo
mons victory ovr a Japanese fleet
which in the words of Adm. Nimitz
included about everything they
could muster. informants said that
it must be remembered that the
japanese still have an extremely
strong navy.
The two Japanese battleships en-
gagged, one of which was sunk and
the other damaged, were old ones
and no japanese aircraft carriers
were involved.
It was not to be taken for granted,
informants said, that the Japanese
would not risk newer battleships or
their remaining carriers in future
engagements.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18

allies of the vast West African
territory nearest to South America
which is still nominally loyal to the
Vichy regime.
This would give the allies. without
a struggle, the key area along the
West African coast from which Ger
man submarine raids ON Allied Ship
ping to South Africa, the Middle
East and India could be prevented.
A United Press dispatch from
Oran, Algeria, filed Saturday, re-
ported also that French authorities
were then negotiating with American
army for the entire French army
in the Oran zone to join the Allied
forces for combat duty.
ALLIED PROGRAM
In Their main Tunisia drive. the
allies were following a perfectly
timed program under which
l. The British and American par
achutiStS carried in United States
army transport planes protected by
American fighters, were being landed
at man. points in Tunisia to seize
and hold airdromes and other bases.
:. The parachutists were sending
out patrols to scout axis positions
and report by field wireless to the
main army and strong points and
concentration points to be attacked.
B. The main army was moving
ahead in three main spearhead COL
umns, probably led by United States
army mobile units, toward Tabarka,
just inside the Tunisian border on
the coast; Sioux Ell Arba, road junc-
ton on the main highway to Bizerte
and Tunis, and the east coast of
lunlsla somewhere around the Gulf
of Mammamet.
4. A second force was believed
to be already inside Tunisia after
having jumped off from Tebessa. 100
miles inland on the Algerian side
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18

his men in the Solomons:
We'll done from all here to all
participating-army, navy and ma
rine ccrps-for the repelling of a
powerful attack by a determined
enemy the names of Savo,
Tulagi and Guadalcanal will live
in history as symbols of sacrifice,
courage, devotion and tenacity due
to your brave and gallant action. "
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz, COM
mander-ip chief of the Pacific
fleet, said:
I'VE are unable to adequately ex-
press cur admiration to the forces
engaged in striking down the enc
my. Your offensive spirit was
magnificent. Your losses while abb
sorbing his blow are deeply regret
ted but were not in vain"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18
Chief Observer
In New Territory

Glenn Willingham, for several
months Ell Centro's chief observer
in the aircraft warning service, re-
Gently became supervisor of the
area west of Ell Centre.
His duties as chief observer in
Ell Centre now are being handled
by Mrs. Dexter B. Babcock, who
has been one of the most faithful
and efficient of the observers at
the Ell Centre post.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18

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Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18

of the border, and to be headed. for
the Gulf of Gabes at a point about
100 miles from the Libyan border.
5. The United States 18th air force,
under Brig. Gen. James Fl. Doolittle,
was advancing its air bases with
amazing rapidity as the first army
drove ahead. 1t was apparent that
its crack ground forces were moving
right with the army and preparing
each airdrome taken for immediate
use.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18
SAVE GREASE FROM
HOLIDAY TURKEY

WASHINGTON, Nov. l. CUP) -
The War Production Board today
asked housewives to save the grease
from their Thanksgiving turkey for
the manufacture of ammunition.
Turkey grease and all other waste
fats are needed to make glycerine,
an essential ingredient in explosives.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18
Py FRANK TREMAINE

HEADQUARTERS I. S. PACIFIC
FLEET, Pearl Harbor, Nov. Is. tUP)
--Japan's naval defeat in the Sol
omon islands, and its failure to oust
United States forces from Quad
'alcanal island, may have prepared
the way for the long-awaited Amer
lean drive northward through Japa-
nese-held islands, well informed
quarters said today.
Informants warned that the Unit
ed States still faces bitter fighting
on Guadalcanal against Japanese
forces already there and additional
reinforcements which may be land
ed.
MUST BE OUSTED
The enemy must be thrown out
of the southern Solomo-, it was
Pacific fleet commander, promised
there would be in a statement call
ing the Solomons battle a major vic
tory.
In recent operations the japanese
had established valuable observa-
ton posts in the Guadalcanal noun
tains, from which they could over
look American positions and report
by radio TO their headquarters.
The first job would be TO wipe
out these observation nests; the
next would be to throw the Japanese
entirely off the island.
THE FIRST STEP
But SO great was the American
victory that it was felt here that
the United States forces could now
look ahead and plan for the day
when they would start their push
northward, aiming first at the great
japanese base of Rabaul on New
Britain island northwest of the Sol
onions and east of New Guine.
(An authoritative American infor-
mant said in London: The Solomons
victory represents the United Ma
tions' first step on the way back.
Retreating japanese naval units are
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18

CAIRO, Nov 18.-CU.PD-B British
troops, pursuing German and Ital-
ian troops whom Gen. Sir Harold
Alexander described as very groggy,
reached a point within 70 miles of
Benghazi yesterday and are con.
tinuing their knockout drive, a
communique said today.
Gen. Alexander, commander in
chief Of the Middle East, describing
the present stage of the battle of
Libya to correspondents. said:
The battle is not over yet. We
are only in the middle, having won
the opening rounds with the enemy
very groggy. There is still lots of
fighting to be expected l do not
consider a campaign to be over un-
til the enemy is on the ground and
can't get up"
AXIS LOSSES HEAVY
Alexander estimated that the
Axis has lost $4,000 men in killed,
wounded, prisoners and missing,
of whom $4,000 had been killed or
wounded. OF the estimated 10000
prisoners now in camps, he said,
about 5000 we're Germans.
But the total Of enemy losses
was still to be learned, as Italians
were still dribbling in from the des-
ert where they had been lost and
small groups Of enemy troops were
being rounded up as they retreated.
Allied killed and wounded are
estimated at $4,000. There have
been no Allied prisoners.
The positions yesterday of the
Eighth Army Of Gen. Sir Bernard
Montgomery, with the advance con-
tinuing, meant a gain of nearly
100 miles from Derna in IA hours
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-08

NOO4AJbAAuS0 4GOk1 1dBC ~
secret police, and Emil Hacha, pup.
pet president of the Czechs, as chief
mourners. Kurt Daluege, who sue.
ceeded Heydrich, and who, 1t has
been limited from within Germany
plotted his death, delivered the fu'
neral Grafton.
The CONN was borne through
Prague's streets to q dirge Of. Czech
national songs, Berlin radio said
The entire population had been or.
dered to line the streets when ths
cortege passed.
Reprisal slayings for Heydrichh
death continued. Radio Prague an
nounced that 10 more innocent
Czechs, including two women had
been shot. Czech sources here said
more than $50 martyrs had beer
executed.
Meanwhile, reports from Oslo said
Il Norwegians had been arrested
and sentenced to four years impriss
Onnent for publishing and distrib,
uting anti German newspapers
Three hundred Norwegian school
teachers who were arrested S0
"subversion" recently and sent d
northern Norway have been lodged
In a camp with Russian war pris,
Oners, dispatches said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-08
Australia Felt
Shells OF Japs
tContinued from Page u

1he past week, suggested q hit-and-
gun attack designed to test shore
defenses and upset civilian morale.
The 1900 mile stretch of the New
south Wales coast was ordered
Stacked out to a depth Of 100 miles
Inland, replacing previous BROWN
CUT or diTiout.
Means Of Beating Subs
The raids brought the populous
eastern seaboard fringe of the Pa
cific battlefront, and high govern
fnent leaders are celebrating on
means Of combating the sudden
enemy submarine offensive just off
tho shore.
IN little more than q week, seven
or eight Japanese subs have been
destroyed and at least two others
participated In the attacks on sgd
ney and Newcastle, indicating that
3 swarm of submarines, equalling
those used in the worst periods Of
the battle Of the Atlantic are con-
eentrated off Australia in an appar-
emf attempt to cut Gen. Douglas
MacArhur's supply route from the
United States.
The enemy submarine drive is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-08
Chief Inspector Has
Doubts Of Connection
Continued from Page y

from Italy in 1920. He was AZ
years of age. Until January Of this
year he was a resident Of New
Rochelle, N. Y, and until his
death he was employed at the
Chase Brass and Copper Company.
He is survived by his wife Car
mella (Augustinella) Caruso; one
son, John; two daughters, Fran
ces and Pasqualini, all Of Water
bury, and his mother and three
sisters Of Italy.
The funeral will be held from
the LaPorta Funeral Home, 81
Holmes avenue, Tuesday at 8 a.
m, where q solemn high Mass OF
requiem will be celebrated
Burial will be, in Calvary cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral
home today from 4 to II p. m.
and tomorrow from 2 to IL p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-08

CONTINUED from Page u
Hines, Tass, the official news agency,
reported.
In one battle, it said, four Rus
sian pilots engaged 10 enemy planes,
shooting down one and dispensing
the others. Later, Tass said, Russian
@ombers raided German bases, des-
troyed 43 planes on the ground and
damaged 20.
The Germans tried to storm from
land and sea the unyielding defenses
Of SevaStopol, the army newspaper,
Red Star, said, and bombers came
over In mass.
Nazis Never Let Up
The assault was comparable, 1t
said, to the first offensive against
the naval base last November, when
six divisions of infantry and one Of
calvary, seven crack SIS regiments,
several Rumanian brigades and
hundreds Of tanks and planes were
thrown back.
Mass raids in the first three days
81 June cost the Germans q planes,
and the Soviet air force, stirling
back at one Axis air base, destroyed
II.
The Red Star correspondent said
mass attacks were no more success
full than previous S1nall-scale raids
which the Russians usually dis
perse0 outside the fortress. When
the raiders succeed in breaking
through, the dispatch said, the de-
lenders anti-aircraft fire prevents
low-level flying and compels hasty,
alrnlegs bombing.
The entire civilian population
old men, women and children-is
engaged in arlti-aircraft defense and
IRE fighting, Red Star said.
TllD fortress siege guns pound
night and day at the attackers, and
Russian Stormovik planes are max
ing short work of enemy motorized
columns moving toward Sevastopol.
Civilian morale was said to be
high at SeYastopol, which is the
last Crimean outpost on the invas-
ion route to the Caucasus, despite
months of constant bombing and
bombardment,