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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
Refrigerators Out

WASHINGTON. Feb. Is GNSl
-ApropoS Of the gas curtallmcnt,
the government has frozen the
stocks Of all domestic mechanical
rcfrigcratorS still IN tho hands of
manufacturers. If you're in the
market for a mechanical refrigcr-
ator, il would be we'll TO look into
the matter before your. local
dealer has exhausted his supply
Production VIII be halted April 30
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
Shrine Circus Host
To Crippled Children

Eight thousand CrippIed children
from Detroit hospitals today were
guests Al tho opening performance
Of the Shrine Circus tWo-Weck run
in State Far Coliseum.
Performances viii he given twice
daily, AZ 2:15 and SIS p m Five
hundred ShrlnerS viii devote thcil
full time as uShcrs. pop statesmen
etc. Mel II Kennedy said Pro
CcedS Will 60 10 the National
Shrine Fund for crippled children
hOSDlf1l>
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
DESTROYER LAUNCHED

NEW YORK, Feb. Is QNS).-
Four days short Of TWO months
since It's keel was laid on Decem
Der 10. the S6,O00,O00 destroyer
L. 6. 6. Meade was launched
today AT the Mariners Harbor
Staten Island yard OF the Bcthle.
hem Steel Corporation Launch.
ing came three months ahead OF
schedule.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
Highway Conference
AT Ann Arbor
Time. star Correspondent

ANN .ARB0R. Feb. is - The
tWPntY-eiGhth annual meeting Of
the Michigan Highway Conference
NNill he held here Wednesday
through Friday with discussions
ccntcring on postwar highway
problems, traffic problems and
now developments in the field of
highway construction. The meet
ing IS sponsored by the univer-
slty of Michigan engineering COL
hGe. the state highway depart
ment the Michigan Association
Of Road Commissioners and the
state police.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
Chinese
Open New
OffenSiVeS

NEW DELHI. India, Feb. Is
GNS) - Chinese offensiveS have
been launched on a 2OOO.mle front
against Tho Japanese invaders. said
A ChungkIng dispatch received
here today.
Successes were scored in north
crn kiangsi and Human provinces,
the reports said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
Axis Tells Sea Victory

ROME, Feb. Is fby official
Italian wireless GNS) The
Italian high command claimed
today that large enemy convoy
attempting TO reach Malta from
Alexandria had been smashed
by an Axis air and naval offensive
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
Navy Planes Lost

SAN DIEGO. Cal, Feb l6
NNS) - Search for three navy
planes. missing since Friday in the
mountains 30 miles northeast OF
San Diego. was pressed today 10y
aircraft and ground SearCherS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
CRISIS PREDICTED

Military experts have predicted
for some time that Macarthur :
position will become extremely
critical when the enemy moves
adequate planes and heavy bat,
terieS for a concerted onslaught
on the peninsula and the Amer
iCan-held forts across Manila Bay
While the communiQue did not
mention possible American coun.
ter fire. MacArthur'S forces in the
past have withheld their harrageS
until they were certain OF The
enemy positions.
Text Of the war departments
l09th communique follows;
philippine theater-T here
was heavy enemy artillery fire
In Bataan during the past "a
hours.
intermittent infantry fight
ing was I'm progress on several
sections Of the front.
Enemy aviation was active
throughout the day.
There is nothing To report
from other areas"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
Guard Reveals
Adm. Hart
Killed., NJ
Axis Says

LONDON, Feb. Is GNS).-
From various, conflicting and
wholly unofficial Axis sources,
report was sent TO London today
alleging that Admiral Thomas c.
Hart, United States Navy, former
commander in chief OF United Ma
tons naval forces In eastern wa
tiers, had been killed in a naval en-
gaGement in the Java Sea.
The report first was heard by
Exchange Telegraph, which quoted
A Paris broadcast The informa-
ton was said 10 have come from
Shanghai. Both Paris and Shang-
hal are under AXIS. control.
This version said that Hart was
killed aboard the destroyer Hud-
son. an unlikely place for the
admiral Of the fleet 10 be. Later,
tho Japanese radio broadcast an
other story. saying that the ad-
mlral met death aboard the United
States cruiser Houston.
NAN1 SiLENl
The navy department in
Washington declined even 10
comment. A spokesman simply
asserted that the department
had no such report and that no
destroyer called the u. S. S.
Hudson was even listed
The Toxic radio said that the
official Japanese New Agency
Domel had heard OF the incident
in "A report from Surabaya, the
great Netherlands East Indies
naval base whore the enemy has
no sources of information and no
manner OF transmitting II.
According 10 Domei. the naval
battle occurred on February 4.
But II was a week later. on Feb
uary H. that Harris retirement
owing 10 III health was announced.
He has been succeeded by Vice
Admiral c. r. l.. Helfrich of the
Royal Netherlands East Indies
navy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
Artillery Blast
Presdges Jap
Bdtddn Smash
AN-Out Offensive
Expected With
Singapore Pressure Oh
By,s JOSEPH A. BORIS

init news service stan sorrespohoeM
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Re'
newal of heavy enemy artillery
fire on the Bataan Peninsula to-
day indicated that the japanese
apparently arc attempting 10 blast
Gen. Douglas MacArthur'S lines
in preparation for the anticipated
grand land assault, now that
Singapore has fallen.
In one Of the briefcSt com
muniqueS in recent weeks, Tho
war department reported only IN
termittent artillery fighting bu'
spoke significantly of enemy avIa
ton being active throughout The
day"
A large scale renewal of artil
lery fire and Japanese bombing
activities has been anticipated
ever since the downfall of Singa,
pore became imminent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
Davis to Run

PITTSBURGH. Feb. Is C1NS)
Senator James J DAVIS today
announced his candidacy for gov
crnOr of Pennsylvania
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
KILL 1000 GERMANS

These gucrrillas. the Commenta'
tor said. have killed more thar
900 Germans in recent days anc
have seized quantities of arms
which are being distributed to the
peasants.
A Russian Communique said tho
Germans brought up fresh re-
serves al several points and
launched counter attacks which
were rcpulsed with heavy losses
On the southern front, Marshal
Scmeon TimoShenkoS armies were
attacking on the ice Of the Sea Of
Azov in the TaGanrog area. a
radio Nlchy broadcast said the
TaGanrog attack had been halted
but asserted that Russian troops
at SevaStopol had started a power
full offensive which was preceded
by a violent artillery barrage.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16

There were 675 persons aboard
the sailing ship. built to accom-
modate so in addition TO the crew.
OF these 20 were women and a
few were children.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
HEAVILY ARMORED

Naval authorities said the Ala
hama is designed 10 travel at a
speed in excess OF - knots
The vessel is $50 feet long, los
feet and two inches IN the beam,
and has a draft Of "a feet.
Armament will include nine Is
inch cannon mounted I'M three
main turrets; modern secondary
broadside guns. and the latest IN
antiaircraft weapons. The Ala
bana. furthermore. is equipped
with heavy protective armor. max
ing il literally a floating fortress.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
GAINS NEAR KHARKOV

On the southwestern front, sew
cral populated places were cap
turcd In the kharkov area anc
counter attacks rcpulScd by troops
that destroyed u fortified places
a trench mortar battery and sin
machine guns, the lass New
Agency said.
The Russian guard unit that
Spcarheadcd the drive into White
Russia, Radio Stockholm said
made a wedge in the German lines
through which a powerful often
size could be launched. In the re-
sultant fighting. the retreatinG
Germans abandoned heavy guns
trucks, staff cars and other
materiel,
a radio Moscow military COM
mentor. broadcasting from the
front, said a call to arms had
been made recently TO the Rus
sian peasants Immediately behind
the German lines. Thousands of
peasants Joined guerrilla outfits
and recaptured Al villages which
they held until the advancing Rus
sian army occupied them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
Reds Reported
Only s. Miles
From Poland
Nezis OutHanked
in White Russia; Way
Opened for Offensive
BV WILLIAM X. DOWNS
4 nIted Press stan (oTTespondent

LONDON. F e b. 10 Russian
troops have made further adj
Vanccs into White Russia and
were reported unofficially within
IS miles Of the old Polish frontiers
today.
Major German fortified points in
White Russia have been out
thanked. Radio Stockholm said an
advance Of approximately 80
miles had been made by a guard
division in the Nclikye Luki area,
a key point on the Moscow-Riga
railway line.
Moscow communicates said 10
600 Germans had been, killed in
operations on the Russian front,
and that during the night fighting
went on without a break. with the
Red army taking.a number Of pop
ulated places, capturing material
and repulsinC German attempts to
counter attack.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
Raj MEN EVACUATED

Most of the rest were Royal
Air Force men. l know they
were the only fighting men evacu-
atcd up TO then. They were
evacuated becauS. their lives were
considered absolutely essential TO
the allied cause.
Others Of the Royal Air Force
arrived here since my ship sailed
in Saturday night.
l made my last visit to the
front-if il could be called front
few miles outside Singapore city
last Tuesday afternoon.
Officers and men. lnfantrymer
and artillerymen. all said then
that it was all over, that they had
no hope of stopping the Japanese
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
MUST CONTROL ALL

I'VE must check A. best we
can the >urging food Of Japa-
nese aggression in the AntipodcS.
until we can muster our forces
to send II hurtling back TO
whence il came"
These activities girdle three
fourths Of the globe Knox said,
explaining that the overall ct-
fort demands control Of the seas.
"Not merely the surface of the
seas" he said but the waters
under the seas and the air
above"
The secretary said the Alabamt
was launched nine months ahea'
of schedule. It's launching mark
the end OF the defense era IN III
nations naval building program
Knox asserted.
"Now we are in a new era.
he said. lie called II the war
era
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
CHINESE VANISH

The troops on the northwest
island sector when the Japanese
made their first landing, on that
Sunday night eight days ago, were
compelled 10 leave their positions
because il was impossible for any
thing to live under the Japanese
bombardment. They had 10 leave
all their own artillery.
Hundreds of Chinese volunteer
troops who had gone singing 10
the front 10 meet tho hated Japa-
neSe, were in this sector. Nothing
has been heard Of them
The day before I left ! saw the
last preparations made 10 destroy
all the oil on the island. and the
demolition work was doubtlessly
pffpCtINa
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-16
Raj FHers Evacuated From Singapore, Guard
Knox DediCdtes
u. 5. s. Alabama
To Gigantic Job
BY Holm r. HENRY
Init New. service >ran Correspondent


NAVY YARD NORFOLK Va
Feb l6.-Dcdica'inc the now 80.
0oo-ton hatt)eShlp L. : =. Ala.
hama Secretary 81 Navy kuo> io-
day declared tna' VIC 6noW n..
You'd a doubt thar 'ho huri.u Ipa
our navy Is The greatest D. has ever
had 10 hear
As the huge 0cW hH'',crra'f
slid down the way, 80 The Norfolk
Navy Yard nine months ahead ot
schedule. kn0N asserted thar :
was being added - Il feet whose
zones Of operation now grid 'trrCe-
fourths Of the globe and whose
tasks are The most gigantic ever
10 face . nation a. War.
I'VE must protect our shorts
and our coastal commerce. -c
said I'VE must protect those
strategic areas vital 90 our de-
feuSe-HaU the Pa ma
Canal. the Il arihbesn.
we must defend our good
neighbors 10 the southwark. We
must protect the How -oi supplies
10 Great Britain, that citadel OF
freedom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-23
On the Civil Liberty Front

Since the days when agents of George
III kept ropes handy for the necks Of too
critical colonists, Americans Indignantly,
and usually with just cause, snap back,
cts free country isn't it?", when a
freedom is threatened. You bet it's free
country. We are going to keep it that
way, too, even if we must surrender some
of our blood-bathed liberties for the dur
alton. The price of liberty still is marked
eternal vigilance" And Thomas JEFF
ferson's observation -" the tree of liberty
must be refreshed from time to time with
the blood of patriots and tyrantS rings
as true today as when he said it. When
the exercise of certain freedoms by GER
tain groups menaces the nation, how
ever, it is time to take look.
The American Civil Liberties Union, an
organization which has done much to
help make our Bill of Rights more than
scrap of patriotic platitudes, objects
to removal of American-JapaneSe from
vital West Coast areas The union argues
that these citizens might be deprived of
some of their constitutional rights. Ger
tainly Americans of Japanese ancestry
removed from those zones suffer loss of
some liberty. But isn't it preferable that
they lose a few freedoms than for the
traitors among them to blast war plants
air fields or guide invading forces?
Take more touchy case, involving
freedom of the press, but one which no
doubt causes the Propaganda Ministry
in Berlin to rock with glee. This paper,
published near Detroit, reaches few peo-
pie, but by circulating it's lies and half
truths might drive drastic division into
our united front. Today with the United
States at war with Germany, Japan and
their camp followers, this paper has the
gall to say that Jap aggression lis moth
ing, more than an expansion of our own
Monroe Doctrine; that the Super-race
Nazis are the milk-white innocent victim
of a sacred war declared against Ger
many nine years ago by the Jews; that
the idea of an about United Nations Of
fensive is "Moscow-born and will produce
defeat abroad and the liquidation OF
AHnericanism at home" In other words,
the Japs are just dandy, the Nazs are
nice and we should never, never think OF
taking the offensive in this war. Call
Macarthur home.
Few responsible persons demand cur
tailment of freedom of speech press, as
sembly and movement. But if few hot
heads, by abusing the same freedoms they
would probably deny us if they were In
power, threaten the security of all, it's
about time to swap our silk gloves for
brass knuckleS. We are fighting TO save
the Bill of Rights and the way of life
with which it blesses us. Let's don't let
anyone crawl safely behind that Bill OF
Rights in an effort to tear it from us
permanently. Let's keep the Bill OF
Rights, but let's do right by the Bills,
Toms, Jacks and JoeS on Bataan, on the
assembly lines and in the homes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-23
Can Il Be Possible?

It's hard to believe that Congress of
the United States would ever agree 10
payment of claims dating all the way
back to the War of 1912. But apparently
the millennium is at hand. We read the
other day that the Vermont State Treas
urv had Just received a check for $780,
O15.15, representing that states claims
for services and supplies given the federal
government when it was waging war
against the British back in 1912. It's only
one of many similar claims presented.
If we're not mistaken Connecticut at
various times has made similar advances.
For a great many years Congress has
gently but firmly turned aside all such
claims It's true that they were legitl-
mate once for the most part, but there
remained no disposition among the pres
ent-day lawmakers to allow them more
than hundred years after the war. Ot
course, in some instances it was argued
that federal services and supplies were
made available to states without any
thought of recompense involved And
if one wanted to get technical he might
point out the present situation
In the vernacular, there are few states
today that haven't put the bite on
Uncle Sam in the nature of grants Tor
this or that project. True, much OF the
money states and their subdivisions has
been on a loan basis, but just as much
was outright grants Once upon time
we were wont to fuss and fume over those
1912 debts, but after the last ten years
of federal subsidization it's best to let
sleeping dogs lie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-23

Out in Chicago a magazine editor has
an idea which he thinks may be OF some
advantage during the war period when
we're trying to conserve on gasoline ana
rubber supplies. He wants to have hitch
hiking legalized. He'd equip everyone who
hasn't car or doesn't want to drive with
necessary credentials to show that he or
she is legitimate hitch-hiker. Among
these credentials would be an arrn-band
with some appropriate lettering, on 1t.
And by the same token motorists who
continue to operate their car could have
the choice of being designated as picker
uppers." A card or sticker in the WIND
shield would indicate this to the thumb
ierkers" at the street corner. Well, every
war manages to produce its share OF wild
and woody ideas and we think this IS Ger
tainly one Hitch-hiking shouldn't be en-.
couraged even during a tire shortage Il
car-owners are patriotic they'll pick up
their neighbor or acquaintance without
having to look for any designations And
if they're wise they won't pick up people
promiscuously, war or no war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-23
just a Bit Excited

We quite agree with the editor of the
Bridgeport Post when he refers to "false
and wildly exaggerated stories" in the New
York Daily Mirror relative to the existence
Of s'birth certificate mill' in Bridgeport.
There's no such animal either in Bridge
port or in any Of the other Connecticut
cities and towns where the same law ap-
piles and where anyone could obtain
birth certificate in the same manner as a
Mirror reporter secured one in the Park
City.
Yes. there may be something wrong with
the law that permits anyone to walk into
4 vital statistic bureau and secure a GER
tificate 10 which he's not entitled, but that
cerair1Iv was not Bridgeports creation nor
did 1t indicate that public officials in that
citv were in some gigantic plot TO provide
birth certificates for any and all who
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-23
Current Comment

This nation must never forget
what II Is fighting for, a better
break for the little fellow, q chance
for his sons and daughters TO live
q better life.
Senator Robert r. wagner, New
( York. ....
We must raise 81 the money we
can without breaking up the econ
osny' Of the nation.
Chairman Robert Doughton,
House Ways and Means Commit-
tee. 49, ~
ssFl. =. M bSftA Hl,ir+ -
The successful prosecution Of the
war calls for focusing upon the one
single objective Of victory al the
resources - material, personal and
spirltual--that the nation possesses.
Donaldson Brown, vice president,
General Motors.
INV t@ MNNN
There's no more use Of talking
isolation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-23
Best Seller

The best selling book in America today
has not been reviewed in the literary
supplements or selected as the outstand-
ing publication of the month. 1t is the
Red Cross First Aid book, and it's even
outselling the Bible. More than nine
million copies have come off the press
since Pearl Harbor, and the printers are
trying to step up their production beyond
the current 100000 day.
Red Cross headquarters estimates the
books readers are enrolling in first-a1d
training courses at the rate of 10000
day. Such words as tourniquet and pres
sure point and traction splint are finding
their way into our everyday vocabulary.
These figures should help to quiet the
charge of "complacency," at least in one
phase of our war effort. They indicate
there are, throughout the country, per-
sons who realize that sit can happen
here" and who will be able to meet the
emergency when and if the bombers
come.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-23

might apply for them. The Mirror directed
attention to faulty legislation, but It also
showed lot Of people how easy it is to cir
cumvent the law, if you want to take the
chance or desire to become a law-breaker.
Bridgeport feels that it's reputation has
been damaged by the publicity attendant
on the birth certificate stories. To some
degree it has, but so has the entire state
for that matter. Yet, the situation Is not
the desperate one you might imagine from
what the Mirror has reported. It's one de-
handing correction and Connecticut can
be relied upon to do what's necessary,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-23

more into the hands Of Hitler. So
the British laid of.
Instead they sent shiplOads Of
food from nearby South Africa
70 feed the French inhabitants,
following the State Departs
mentS theory Of making friends
through food. This li1ad0ubted-
~ had It's effect upon the peO-
pie Of Madagascar who, Hike the
people Of France, are friendly
TO the Allies.
However, Vlchy sent new pro.
Axis Governor to Madagascar, and
he, not the people, runs the show.
More recently Vichy has sent
three warships, including q sub.
marine tender, to Madagascar,
which means that 1t Is probably
going to become an anti.Allied
submarine base.
Today, Of course, the British are
much weaker in the Indian ocean.
They face enemies from the
Southwest Pacific and eastern In
dia. 50 II will not be so easy to
face a showdown with French
warships on another side--Mada.
gascar.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
William Wyler, producer Of
"Wuthering Heights" has made
several trips from Hollywood 10
Washington to join the army, but
has been told TO wait until he Is
called. He has now gone back to
finish cutting his latest picture,
Mrs. Minniver." Harvard
University's Graduate school OF
Business Administration offers a
defense course for which draft
boards allow deferment. A recent
problem In this course was wheth@
er a motorized ice cream company
should add q line Of frozen foods
products to its roadside dlstribu-
ton. Bernard Barueh pays
tribute to Undersecretafy Of War
Patterson, describes him as the
most selfless" man In Washing
tor--and Bernie usually Is right.
Copyright, 1912, by United Fea-
ture Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-23
RAY BALDWIN TO Run
bridgeport Post)

Why speculate on whether Or not
Ray Baldwin will run for governor
again? He couldn't avoid the re-
sponsibIlity II he wanted TO. y Il,
There are growing indications
now that he doesn't want to. He
left the ONCE sick at heart over
the difilculties which had been In
terposed In his effort to give the
state exactly the kind Of govern
ment he promised. He Is anxious
to 60 back again now TO complete
the job.
As for the q. o..P., II couldn't
think Of nominating anybody but
Ray Baldwin. He was Its most sue
cessfiil candidate Of recent years.
He led a forlorn hope and won O
victory when nobody gave him o
chance. His popularity throughout
the state has grown steadily even
In his interval out Of once, be-
cause Of his fine personality, out.
standing character and because Of
the fact that he had responded
cheerfuiiy to the in1uinerable calls
upon his time and ability. y
we said, when Raymond Bald
win was elected governor Of Con-
necticut-and 1t was not said yn-
kindly but IN sober truth, - that Q
relatively unknown man had de-
feated the two best publici5ed men
In Connecticut, Wilbur Gross and
Jasper McLevy.
That was q fact. TO those who
know him best, Raymond Baldwin
In HIS home town and his own
community has always been an
outstanding and loYable character.
70 the state he WIS simply . FAIR