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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-24
MacArthur's Men Are Hit
Continuously, But They
Do Not Yield One Inch
AMERICAN PLANES ON
BATTLE FRONT NOW
Heavy Guns of CorregidGr
Are laundering Their
Part in Battling Japs
BY HARRISON SALISBURY
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

Washington, January "a.
= CUP : The greatest Jap
anese attack of the war
swirled about General Mac
Arthur's rock-like lines in
Bataan Peninsula today. The
American and Filipinos
forces, standing as stoutly as
any in the long history OF
the nation, were aided in
/ their fight = a War Department
spokesman revealed = by a tiny bat
doughty force OF fighting planes,
| Japanese forces were attacking Gu
24-hour basis, regardless OF cas-
| ualties, in an attempt to deliver a
knockout blow.
1t was the first time since the
early days of the war in the Phlllp-
pines that any mention had been
made of aircraft supporting Mac
Arthur's gallant fight.
The size Of the fighter force nest
ed at secret field OF fields amid
Bataans jungles and mountain
peaks. was not revealed. But it vas
said to have accounted for at least
SO japanese war planes since The
start Of the war. There was no
statement as to how many Of these
planes had been brought down since
Macarthur dug in on Bataan Tor
his siege stand.
Curtis Fighters There
The planes were said to be Curtis
P-4O fighters, more than capable OF
dealing with any japanese pursuit
ships being employed in the Luzop
attack.
This is the same type of plane
with which American volunteer p.-
lots attached to the Chinese air
force aided British fighter squad
rons 10 bring down 81 planes over
Rargoon.
The American fighters and the
heavy anti-aircraft batteries of Cor
regiGor, it was evident, have PLAYED
an important roe in preventing
Japanese air power from delivering
crushing blows to MacArthur's po-
siJions.
Corregidor'S guns ard the otner
anti-aircraft weapons protecting
MacArthur's strnog points are cred
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-24
Battle For Singapore
RACES On With Fury
British Troops in Fierce Fighting Destroy Japanese
Tanks on Eastern Front; Singapore Hard Hit
By Jap Bombs
BY HAROLD GUARD
United Press staff Correspondent

Singapore. Jan. "a = Britt
ish Imperial troops, fighting stub
bornly against a savage Japanese
drive on the central and western
Malaga fronts, have destroyed jap
anese tanks and other vehicles and
are holding on the eastern front, a
general headquarters communique
said today.
British planes. backing up the
hard pressed ground forces, struck
forcibly against the japanese along
the main Singapore highway north
| of the central front, attacking troops
and transport. za4zs --"
They bombed roads, causing cas-
ualties and damage to transport, the
comlnunique said. and low flying
planes machine gunned japanese
troops.
All planes returned to base, it was
asserted.
The japanese were eXerting pow
erful pressure on the Batu Pahat
sector of the west coast. 60 miles
above the Tebrau Strait which sep
arates Singapore from the main
land. the communique disclosed.
Where They Struck
It was In this area and in the
Paloh area, on the central front 60
miles north OF the strait, that the
Imperials struck back at the jap
anese and knocked out tanks and
vehicles.
(Paloh is only IA miles up the
railroad from Kluang, which guard
had made his headquarters and
from which he had motored up TO
the front. Guard noted in an earlier
dispatch that he had decided late
Yesterday to return to Singapore
returned from the front to flnd
Singapore increasingly warlike. and
talking more Of the battle of Singa-
pore than the battle OF Malaga,
I saw also the damage that jap
anese bombs had done during my
absence.
The great Sultan Mosque, the
Catholic church of Our Lady OF
Lourdes, the Malayan and Chinese
Methodist churches had been dam
aged. The parcchial house of Our
Lady Of Loudes and the parsonage
!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-24

Chief Air Raid Warden James J.
Curtin announced today that a spe-
cial course for air raid warden vol
unteers would open at $3.50 Friday
morning at the State theater on
East Main street. 1t will be the first
daytime course in the city, previous
courses having been held at night at
Wildly high school.
The course is being offered for the
benefit of persons unable to attend
the nighttime sessions at Wildly, es-
pecially clergymen, housewives, night
workers and store employees and
building superintendent.
Registration for warden service
will not be compulsory, said Mr.
Curtin. The principal aim, he said
is to show civilians how they can
cooperate with regular wardens In
case Of emergency.
Speaking at the opening class will
be Mayor Vincent A. Scully, MI
Curtin, and e. Leslie Beebe. mana
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-24
JAP TRANSPORTS
SENT TO BOTTOM
Chinese Planes Smash
Japs as They Fly Over
Ind0=China

New York, Jan. "a - CUP.l -
Chinese planes in reconnaissance
over French Indo-China have sunk
two Japanese transport ships, the
All-India radio said in broadcast
recorded in New York by the Co.
'umbia Broadcasting system.
The broadcast said also that ac-
rording to a Chungkine communi-
luet "Chinese guerrillas, operating
along the Picking -Hankow railway,
are making violent attacks on Jap
enese lines of communication"
Chinese troops also were re-
ported continuing attacks in their
siege of Hwaiyang in eastern Ho-
IAN Province.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-24
Ten Priests Were
Killed By laps

Chungking. Jan. "a up
Twelve Catholics, at least 10
of them priests, have been
slain by the japanese in south
east Shansi province. travellers
arriving here today said.
Two Dutch Catholics were
reported to have been killed by
the Japanese at Changchih in
| Shansi. Travellers said also that
10 priests had been killed by
the Japanese in the nearby
town of Tungliu. III was not
known whether the slain
priests were foreign or Chinese.
Tungliu is a noted center of
missionary activity by Dutch
Catholics of the Franciscan
order.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-24
MAYOR SPELLACY APPEALS

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 24-(UP)-
Mayor Thomas j. Spellacy said to-
day he has appealed to Secretary
of War Henry L. Stimson to assign
U. S. army guards to patrol the
city's public utility buildings and
the municipal. eirport.
The mayor said IL local police
men now are engaged in guard
duty, giving the city an unexpect-
ed financial burden.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-24
WOMAN NOVELIST
GIVEN DIVORCE

Dedham, Mass. Jan. 24--(UP)-
Novelist Rhoda Truax of Cambridge
had divorce today from DR.. Rob-
ert H. Aldrich, a prominent Back
Bay surgeon, on grounds of cduelty.
She testified before George M,
Poland in probate court here yes
terday that her husband struck her
on several occasions since their mar
riase IN New York in 1924
Mrs. Aldrich, who writes novels
about doctors and hospitals under
her maiden name, was granted Gus
toby of their 11-year-old daughter,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-24

Life begins anew
In nineteen forty two
For the family wise
That will economic
BY buying now
The home they've always wanted.
Rents may rise and soar
Home owners can ignore
Every extra cent
That ups the neighbOrs' rent
Who didn't buy
That home they've always
wanted.
Buy your home today
Tomorrow you will pay
Your same small payment
Instead of more rent
So buy today
That home you've always
wanted.
The best way to find
the best home values
is to shop in
DEMOCRAT
WANT ADS
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-14
By JOHN NJ. HIGHTOWER

WASHINGTON, May i4-lP)
American military experts,
intrigued by Tokyo's solemn
but hollow claims Of a resound-
ing Coral Sea victory, concluded
today that such bombast could
only drive the Japanese adj
mirals to a grand-scale assault
on the approaches TO Australia
in an effort to save face.
These claims have become so
extravagant in the last few
days, it was said, that the Japa-
nese may be compelled to try to
make good on them soon by a
new foray in tremendous force.
Hence authorities believe an
other big battle is in the MAX
ing-a battle in which the enc
my might throw in some of his
heaviest fleet units.
OTHER ELEMENTS
Other elements in the present
-, strategic situation also lmpel
the Japanese toward a large
scale naval attack. One is that
the enemy's fleet strength has
not been vitality impaired by
the Coral Sea engagement, dis
astrouS as it was.
If Admiral Yamamoto wants
to cut the supply line to Aus
tralia, therefore, he has only to
call up reinforcements and try
again in the same theater, in
some other area leading to the
continent or else along the vast
island chain guarding the sup
ply line.
If the japanese admirals do
not attempt to follow up the
first battle with another attack
in which they would hope for a
smashing success soon, then
they must not only give up any
immediate plans for isolating or
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-14
U.S. Naval Experts Predict Jap Drive on Australia
Face Saving Gesture Seen
in Wake Of Naval Boasts
Jop CIoims So Extroyosent Thot
They Nay Try TO Make Good

/ invading Australia but must
also risk a faCe-losing exposure
TO the emperor of their wishful
thinking about the battle al
ready fought
ENDED IN DEFEAT
The Nays reports here and
dispatches from Allied head
quarters in Australia have made
il clear that the Coral Sea fight
ended in defeat for the Japa-
nese, whose scattered, battered
forces fled in disorder. Their
ships sunk or damaged totaled
almost two dozen, including two
aircraft carriers.
American and Allied losses
have not been disclosed except
that they were considerably less
than the Japanese and did not
/ include either aircraft carriers
or battleships.
Yet here is what the enemy
has claimed to date: A UnitCd
States battleship and two air
craft carriers sunk; a British
battleship damaged (Which the
British fatty denied; a total
Of 240 United States aircraft &c.
stroyed when the carriers
sank; 81 other aircraft shot
down; 5000 American seamen
lost. For their own the Japanese
admitted the loss of a small sur
face craft and 81 planes.
UNOFFICIAL CLAIMS
If these were merly unofficial
claims broadcast TO the rest of
the world for obviously propa-
ganda purposes they would not
be so intriguing to authorities
here. For the most part the
claims have been backed up by
official communicates, and the
pretense has even been carried
to the point where the emperor
issued a rescript lauding Ad
miral Yamamoto for his bril-
liant victory"
Naval experts, particularly
students of enemy propaganda,
say therefore that the Japanese
boasts must have some real, al
though submerged, significance.
Some said at first that the
Japanese might have been
merely overenthusiastic in their
initial battle reports; but this
explanation was dropped when
time for recheCks should have
shown Tokyo, at the very leas-.
the grave extent Of its losses.
Another theory is that the ad-
mirals in actual command of
the Japanese forces did not want
to commit hara-kiri over their
defeat, as the first Japanese
commander in the Philippines
is reported TO have 5one, and
so invented a victory.
Still a third explanation is
that the high command was
afraid to let the Japanese nation
know Of a reverse which proved
the fleet was not invincible, and
so. deliberately spread the story
of victory that was not won.
Whatever the actual explaua-
ton of the claims may De,
naval experts predicted that,
having made them, Yamamoto
and his men now would try 10
make them good if possible, be-
fore the Japanese nation awakes
to their falsitv.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-14
MountCIemenS
High Notes
By Tom G Dick Donaldson
SENIOR

SENIOR
The graduating members of
the 1912 senior class are due to
take their annual trip and mem
bers of the high school faculty
met this morning to discuss plans
for the trip. The teachers parti-
cipating were Miss Rogers of
the English department, Mr..
. BabCock and Mr.. Beal of the
social service department, and
,Mr. Beck Of the science depart
ment. Along with these teach
ers for seniors met TO discuss the
plans with them
SPEECH BANQUET
Members of the Mount Glenn
ems High School debate team
travelled to Fordson High School
today to enjoy a Border Cities
League Banquet for debaters.
Duane Dunkle and Terrill Whit
slit served as speakers represent
ing Mount Clemens.
ELECTIONS
It's election time here at city
high school and candidates are
busy getting petitions filled for
the coming primaries May %.
Officers for Freshman, Sophie
more, Junior and Senior classes
will be elected along with Off
GERS for the Student Council and
Junior Civic League. The two
candidates with the highest num-
Der of votes in the primaries
will advance into the final cleo
tons TO be held May 26.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-14
WRONG TIME

ATLANTA, May IA - CP) -
The closed season on fishing in
ponds and lakes of four North
Georgia counties, where trout
and other game fish abound, will
be lifted Friday-the day gaso-
line rationing starts.
Evening star., 1942-11-18
The Great Game Of Politics
Hand Of Political Malice Seen in Omission
Of Hull Speech From owl Pamphlet

three. ID would infuriate the more
advanced New Dealers who without
good reason are exceedingly bitter
toward Mr.. Hull and have been
sniping him in various futile ways
and on various unsound grounds.
Highest in Public Esteem.
They regard him as an odd
fashioned Democrat" which he is,
and assert that he is not real
New Dealer at heart" Perhaps
they are right about that. However,
If he does not know it, Mr.. Davis
should know that in the whole
Roosevelt administration no man
stands as high in public estimation
as Mr.. Hull; that none has the re-
gard and respect of as many peo-
pie; that his integrity, wisdom and
high mindedness are recognized
more widely; that his loyalty to the
President is above question; that he
is the best personal asset the ad-
min!stration has. Not many will
dispute these statements, which
makes the omission seem the more
invidious.
1t is true that Mr.. Davis is sur
rounded in the Owl by number of
the more ardent left-wing New
Dealers, but he is not the type of
man himself to do, or knowingly
permit to be done thing such as
this, which bears the stamp of small
political malice.
Whatever the explanation, the
fact is that the pamphlet, while pro-
tossing to give to the people the best
thought on the vital subject of post.
war planning, withholds the best
thought from them. At any rate, it
is to be hoped that he does not in
clude in his next pamphlet Mr.. Wal
lace's latest speech, in which he en-
larged, among other things, on the
great dream of a vast highway
through Alaska and Canada to Rus
sla. Perhaps his idea is to use it as
milk route.
Evening star., 1942-11-18
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

ny CONC AN ANL DNOVNs
Naval quarters in Washington
are quietly elated over the vic
tory in the Solomons. The often
sive, according to high authori-
ties, was dangerous and risky
business and the battle could
have been lost just as easily as
won had the slightest mistake
been made by either the COM
mander in the South Pacific,
Vice Admiral William F. Halsey,
jr., or any Of his subordinates.
The "luck" element never en-
tered the picture. The battle was
won purely on the basis of first
class material, excellent seaman
ship and perfect coordination
of the divided" high command
Admiral Halsey and Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, who did
fine job of teamwork. Gen. Mac
Arthur. of course, had to play
second fiddle since the weight of
the battle was carried by naval
ships. But the planes under his
command co-operated whole
heartedly and increasingly with
the operational force of the COM
mandinq admiral
In some previous operations
such as the Midway battle-there
was a question of whether the
Army air arm or the Navy took
the honors of the day. But not
so IN the Solomons battle. An
unexcelled spirit of cooperation
prevailed throughout.
Should Quiet Critics.
The battle of the Solomons will,
1t is hoped, dispose of the type
writer strategists who are con-
tinually harping on the in
efficiency of the Navy, and it is
hoped that it will also quiet down
the cry that we stuck our necks
out in the South Pacific without
sufficient preparation and with
out our admirals knowing exactly
what they were doing.
The men in blue and gold
particularly those who have
sleeve full of gold braid-can not
answer criticism; they accept it
without murmur; occasionally
some of them have to be made
scapegoats to satisfy the public
when severe losses occur, but they
all have to keep quiet and take
the criticism good-humoredly.
Their only answer can be a sue
cessful action and this the Ameri-
can naval command has Just
given us.
To say that the Japanese fleet
Evening star., 1942-11-18

Pacific in order Dorothy Thompson.
to achiece gains in Europe? OBJ
viously the posing of the alterna-
tive was wrong. The achieve.
ments are global and synchron-
lied.
When the naval battle around
the Solomons still was raging, the
Australian press and government
declared the outcome would be a
decision on the security of Aus
tralia. That decision has been
reached, and in our favor. Coming
atop the rout of Rommel's armies
in the Middle East and the sue
cessful landing of the Americans
in North and West Africa, the
repercussions are tremendous
throughout the whole earth.
The population of India, for
instance, may calculate: If the
Americans were able to defeat
the japanese in moment when
obviously most of their strength
was engaged in the western
theater of war, the day must
surely arrive when the whole mil
itary force of the Allies can be
concentrated in the Pacific and
the fate of Japan sealed.
New Political Situation in India.
This creates a new political
situation in India, which, until
now, has been under the impress
sion of a succession of Allied de-
feats. India has seen the fall of
Malaga and Singapore, the Phil
ippines and Burma, Sumatra and
Java. And all this impressed
politician like Gandhi, who has
been counselling only passive re-
sistance to what he believed to
be a superior military force not to
be defeated by military measures.
If the Cripps mission of more
than half a year ago could have
been timed to coincide with such
a military situation, the results
might have been very different.
And the question arises whether
this new situation might not be
exploited to rearrange affairs in
India, in a more satisfactory
manner to all concerned. Ger
tainly it is a moment in which
the Grips proposals, which Of
fered India complete freedom
after the war, might well be re-
capitulated and reafhrmed by
Britain.
For the moment is appropriate
for Britain-a moment when she
is triumphant in the Middle East
as we are triumphant in the Pa
cific-and there is prospect of
victory in sight. 1t is not ques-
ton of 'liquidating the British
Empire
Churchill was quite right when
he stated that such would not be
his role in history. This has been
Hitler's description of his role.
The fate we wish for this most
Evening star., 1942-11-18
This Changing World
Perfect Coordination Won Solomons Bottle;
Luck Never Entered the Picture

has been disposed Of as an Of
fensive arm would be wishful
thinking. In responsible quar-
ters it is said the Japs have at
least as much fight left in them
as the Nazis in Europe. Their
cruisers have been badly pun
ished and it will require some
time before losses suffered dur
ing the entire Solomons cam
paign can be replaced.
On the other hand, the damage
inflicted by the enemy on our
warships-including the loss of
the three cruisers in August-is
being mended inasmuch as con-
siderable number of surface ships
of the newest and most efficient
type as far as armament and
speed is concerned will be COM
missioned and ready to join the
feet in the next few months.
Fairy Tales Boost Jap Morale.
But one thing stands out as far
as the morale of the Japanese
fighting men is concerned. Their
morale has to be boosted by fairy
tales, the same as other soldiers
with little intellectual background.
1t is true that the Japs fight like
animals in the jungle. But their
morale apparently has to be keyed
up by the propaganda services of
the high command.
In recent operations a number
of sailors were rescued by Ameri-
warships. In their pockets were
found recent official communi-
ques issued by the Toxic Navy
Department describing brilliant
victories of the Japanese Navy
and the heavy casualties inflicted
on the Americans. Battleships
and cruisers galore, according to
these communiques, had been
sent to the bottom by Japanese
aviation and submarines.
The Pacific is a large expanse
of water and the personnel of a
ship or of even a group of ships
has little idea of what is going
on in an area only 200 or 300
miles away. These official COM
muniques announcing wholesale
sinkings were, of course, implic-
lily believed by the japanese
crews although it is probable that
the officers-at least those of
senior rank-are not fed the same
fairy tales.
The Jap high command feels
that the morale of the navy is
good while everything goes well,
but the men might become less
enthusiastic If promises of vic
tory over the Americans failed
to materialize.
Evening star., 1942-11-18
Roosevelt Says Protection
Of Workers Is Essential
Ry the Associated prass

3! the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 18.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt told the National
Conference on Labor Legislation to-
day its work of conserving man.
power and protecting industrial
workers was essential to victory.
In message read to the con-
ference the President said: The
standards which have been built
up over the years to protect our
Industrial workers against accidents.
disease and fatigue have great i'm
portance in conserving the man
power of the war effort today. For
If the industrial army is crippled by
these enemies on the home front
the supplies going to our fighting
forces will be curtailed.
I'm this you are confronted with
a challenge: How to carry out the
intent of the laws that you in the
State labor departments administer
and that organized labor has strug-
gled to secure. while making neces.
sary adaptations to wartime condi-
tlons? How to arrange working
hours so that the machine can
operate round the clock while the
human beings secure adequate rest?
Il want you to know that your
difficulties in carrying out these
programs are understood and ap-
preciated. The hard work that still
lies ahead of you is work that is
essential to the winning of the war
and is also essential to the peace
that we hope to make-a peace in
which good living and working
standards will be established for all
peoples
Evening star., 1942-11-18

Arthur E. Nelson, st. Paul Re
publican, replaces Joseph Ball Min
nesota Republican, only temporarily
Mr.. Ball. an appointee of Gov.
Harold Stassen, won election to a
full six-year term beginning Janu-
ary 3.
On the same date Chapman Rev.
ercomb. Republican. will succeed
Senator Shott of West Virginia.
Minority Leader McNary pre-
Sented the new Senators creden-
tials. Senator Shipstead, Repub-
lican. of Minnesota accompanied
Senator Nelson to the rostrum where
Vice President Wallace admins
tered the oath. Mr.. Roster accom-
panied Senator Shott.
Evening star., 1942-11-18
Citizen Unit Sponsors
Thanksgiving Rally

The Southwest Citizens Associa-
ton is sponsoring a Thanksgiving
rally and festival at 7:30 pm. to-
morrow at the jefferson High
School, Eighth and H streets S.W.,
it was announced by the Rev. Harry
v. Porter, secretary.
The program will include a con-
cert by the Police Boys Club Band,
a salute to the flag led by the
Legion, a andle-lighting service
led by the ministers of the COM
munity, community sing, as we'll
as participation by the association
and the civilian defense group.
The association, the Rev. Mr..
Porter said, is cooperating with
the Treasury Department In the
sale Of War bonds and stamps.