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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-26
GEN. MACARTHUR
 PLANES ACTIVE
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Heavy bombers. probably flying 1cgtYesses. dropped eight tons of high explosive and incendiary bombs on runways. hangars, plane dispersal areas and seaplane bases of the two big Japanese bases of Rabaui and Gasmata, on New Brit ain island northeast of New Guinea and north of the Trobriandg.
 TI1e Allied planes started fires which the crews saw 70 miles away on their way home.
 Tn q raid on Timor island in the northwest Australian zone, MacAr- thurs planes started fires among enemy installations.
 Two Japanese planes, in 6 weak attempt to raid the Hughes field airdrome near Darwin, on the north Australian coast, dropped bombs nearby and did negligible damage. AGacArthur said.
 MacArthur reported one of his planes lost in the raid on the Jap anese convoy.
 There was a brief air raid alarm ct Brisbane, on the east coast of Australia. during the lunch hour to- day but the plane which caused 1t turned out to be Allied.
 The i3 planes destroyed in the Allied raid on the Buna- Coma area bgnogIst the total of enemy planes emaahed in three days to 90. Tn that time, MacArthur has reported cnly one allied plane lost.
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Twenty-Five Armored Divisions Are Leading
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to 400 of the enemy"
 Northeast of Kotelnikovski, 90 miles southwest of Stalingrad, an- other German Spearhead continued its steady drive. Of that front the noon communique reported:
 Northeast of Kotelnikovski, trench mortarmen shelling enemy tanks and trucks destroyed four tanks and 16 trucks. One Soviet cavalry unit broke into 8 locality that had been captured by the Germans. In the course of fierce engagement, they wiped out more than 100 Hitlerites."
 The communique also acknowl- edged another withdrawal on sector of the front south of Kras- nodar, in the north Caucasus. There the Germans had driven danger ously close to the Soviet Black Sea base of Novorossisk, which is 63 miles from Krasnodar.
 (The Italian radio said civilians were being evacuated from Novors- sisk)
 Dispatches reported stiffer Rus sian resistance in the Prokhlad- nenski region although the Germans still advanced on several sectors toward Ghe oil fields of Grozny, 85 miles from Prokhladneski, and toward the Caspian sea, 1855 miles away.
 Bridge Blown Up
 The noon communique said the enemy had tried to lay 9 pontoon bridge across river in that area. Russian guns blew 1t up and killed two companies of infantry.
 The Germans had suffered heavy losses trying to capture an import ant point of Soviet resistance. Ons0 they were so badly hammered thsg hs6 to stop their assaults and wait for endorsements of tanks and motorized infantry. They resumed their attacks on the outnumbered garrison then, and finally reached the edge of the point, a village. A counter attack held them at the vil- lage's edge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-26
Landlords May
 Be Prosecuted
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In the Berhauskas case the land- lord was charged with demanding and receiving rents afer June l., 1922 higher than permitted by the rent regulation; threateneing to exclude the tenants from the prop erty; serving notice to quit in vio- lation of the regulations; and bringing summary process in Wa terbury municipal court in viola tion of the regulations.
 The affidavit stated that Der hauskas has been collecting $33 monthly rent while the maximum rent is but $27. The OPA also charged that the tenants had been threatened with bodily harm if they did not get out or pay the rent.
 Both As Witnesses
 Landlords and tenants in both cases probably will be called as witnesses in the injunction proceed ings September IA.
 Attorney Goodman told Judge Smith yesterday that there is noth- ing inconsistent to bringing crim- inal action, even though the civil action is continued to It's conclusion
 No criminal actions have been instituted In the D'Agostina or Ber- hauskas cases and Attorney Secor declined to state today whether these cases are included in the list to be submitted to the U. s. attor- ney for appropriate action.
 Waterbury is leading the way in the state in court actions related to the administration of the rent control act.
 Early this week in municipal court Judge T. E.. Conway issued find ing upholding the validity of the regulations issued by the rent con- trol administrator related to proper grounds for regaining possession of property. The test was the first of its kind in the state.
 Yesterdays action at Hartford was 8 precedent in Connecticut and if criminal action is instituted it will be another first.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-26
US EQUIPMENT
 PROVING ITSELF
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Gen. Barnes denied any German superiority in equipment and incl dentally added that the British also have many Surprises" which he termed real eye-openers."
 One of the first surprises the enemy got was the performance of our flying fortresses in action over Europe. These planes had been criticized by the British as inferior to their bombers, presumably on the basis of British tests made with the first models sent oyer last year.
 Since then, the fortresses have been improved radically and when they went into action last week. manned by American crews, they proved magnificent Much had been made of the prowess of the new German .Focke-Wul 190 fighter, but when some of our fortresses were attacked by a swarm of Focke- Wulf's over the North Sea, our Eombers shot down six of them and returned to base without loss.
 Zero Planes Bested
 Similarly in the Pacific, the new Japanese Zero fighters were hailed as superior to our planes, but in China and over the south Pacific they have been bested repeatedly by our flyers and have come out on the short end in nearly every en- counter.
 1t is true that our airmen in Europe have been using a great many British Spitfires, but that is probably because our fighters have not yet arrived in sufficient quan- tity, owing partly to the shipping bottleneck. We likewise have one or two new types which have not yet been seen In action and which may prove superior to anything the enemy has.
 Tn Europe, the Middle East, the Orient and elsewhere our planes al- ready have proved their worth. So have our tanks, as for instance in the north African desert, where they have been a potent factor in action against Marshal Erwin Rom mel's forces.
 Tn China the air force is being | expanded rapidly ana more and more Chinese are being trained for the air offensive against Japan. Cur rent Chinese successes in Chekiang province. if they continue, give req son to hope that before long they will be in possession of important air bases from which Tokyo and other Japanese centers can be bombed.
 Full Sized Army
 London, Aug. 26.-CUP)-Ameri- can ordnance production has reached a scale sufficient to support a full sized army in the field in Europe Brig. Gen. G. M. Barnes, assistant chief of ordnance, United States army, and head of the design divi. sion of the ware department, Saic today.
 "The only problem now remains the question of transport to gel the materials here," Barnes said. 1 Barnes refuted suggestions oi Germay gilpeYggty in equipment for exa fau e sts much vaunted 80. millin1e .ee (8 inch) gun.
 ''Th6 Ulttec states has man,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-26
SCOVILL co. TO
 GET HIGH HONOR
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 Governor Robert A. Hurley and Mayor Vincent A. Scully will be among the guests at the ceremony.
 In timely coincidence with to- morrow's ceremonies is an article in this weeks Saturday Evening Post, which calls the Scovill firm 'The Company War Can't Lick" and which gives a eulogistic sketch of the company'S record over the years.
 A crowd of more than 15,000 wiE witness the presentation. Lowell Thomas, noted broadcaster, will be master of ceremonies.
 The management has invited a number of guests, and has furnished all its employees with ticket each for a relative or friend.
 Employees of the Scovil west plant who are on duty on the 2 .. m. to 3 D. m. shift, will march in a parade along Hamilton avenue t0 the woods yard gate entrance. The program will be held in the woCdyard gate parking lot. A3si{fsm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-26
DUKE OF KENT
 KILLED IN CRASH
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One of the Kings first acts after he received news of the death of his youngest, gayest brother, was to send personal condolences to families of the others killed.
 Air ministry officials flew north ward today to investigate the crash.
 It was understood that the pilot was one of the most competent in the Royal Air Force, an expert with SunderlandS.
 The Dukes widow, the former Princess Marina, was still in the country with her three children and 1t was understood they had not been informed of their fathers death.
 The Dukes death put a further burden on the king, because the Duke had frequently deputized for him.
 It was expected that the King would proclaim today a brief period of court mourning for his brother.
 Informants said that the funeral probably would be private because of the necessity, during the war, of keeping secret movements of the royal family.
 Sorrow with which the sudden war death of most popular mem Der of the royal family was received by Britons generally was mixed with pride that he had been killed in active service as an air commodore as had so many humber British subjects in three continents and the seven seas.
 In response to reports abroad that the crew were Americans, authori- tative United States sources said that such reports were completely wrong, that no member was an American.
 Presumably the reports origin ated in the knowledge that Ameri- can troops are now in force in Ice land)
 The Duke had been on active service since the war started. He had started out as a naval officer but after flying many thousands of niles he joined the Royal Air Force in 1940. He was then an air vice marshal, but asked to be given the lower rank of commodore so that he would not outrank the experi- enced officers with whom he would serve.
 Three weeks ago the Duchess of Kent, the former Princess Marina of Greece gave birth to their third child and second son. He was named Michael George Charles Franklin, the Franklin for President Roosevelt, one of eight godfathers.
 The Duke died exactly year after he visited MT. Roosevelt in the White House and inspected army
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-26
in cAses acted on by the Waterbury rent administrator, George McDuR
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rent administrator, George McDun.
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 Yesterdays action was the first of it's kind in the state. There have been no criminal actions brought for alleged violations of the rent control law to date in Connecticut.
 Judge Smiths order restrained Fred and Assunta D'Agostina, own- CTS of property at 10 Carmen street. from collecting more than SIS monthly rent from Lucien and May Chicoine, occupants of the property.
 The other order restrained Stan ley and Helen Berhauskss, owners of . three family house at 83 Cham berS street, from collecting more than $27 monthly rent from the oc- cupants, George and Regia Dews.
 Hearings on applications for tenn porary injunctions will be held Sep- tember 14. Failure to comply with the restraining order in the mean time however, might result in the institution of contempt proceedings against the landlords.
 Cassei Approves
 Chief Rent Attorney Sidney s. Casael approved a statement by Att torney Secor that, "The two months education period for landlords Is over as far as the rent control ad- ministration office is concerned. From now on landlords will be -re- quired to comply with the law or suffer the consequences"
 nAkIa xAAtVakaA ANvk thnf the vast majority of local landlords are cooperating with the rent con- trol administration. We are now prepared to deal with the recalci- trant few who refuse to understand the situation" he pointed out.
 In ruling on the applications for restraining orders in the local cases, Judge Smith said, Such violations of the aforesaid maximum rent regulation would be injurious to public interest in national defense and security; prejudicial to the con- ttnued production of war materials to the rendering of essential serv- ices and to the effective prosecution of the war, and would seriously in- terfere with the fair and effective administration of the rent control program"
 Restraining Orders
 The restraining orders were granted when Regional Rent Attor- ney Reuben Goodman and his as- &istant George H. Foley and Attor- neys Cassel and Secor of the local rent control staff presented affi- davits to Judge Smith.
 Charges were made in the D'Ag- ostina case that the landlord was demanding and receiving rent after June l, 1942 higher than the maxi mum rent allowed by the regula- tions; threatening to exclude the tenants from the property; serving notice to quit the property in viola ton Cf the rent regulations and fil- ing false registration information.
 The OPA claims that @ rent of @l6 was demanded and collected while the landlord had admitted that the legal maximum rent was AS3 6 month. The tenant Lucien GAicoine, claims that the rent ahould be 112 Q month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-26

tCCHJlIluCu HUH 1J driven the invaders from 15 county seats in Chekiang and Kiangsi provinces and are besieging both Chuhsien and Lishui.
 Chuhsien is on the HangchoW- Nanchang railway and it's capture would represent further progress in clearing the Japanese from that route to the south. At the height of their drive the Japanese held all but about g miles of the rail line but today they have been clear cd from stretch of approximate ly 135 miles, military spokesman said.
 Japanese columns, strongly sup ported by air formations, attacked Chinese troops in the southwestern portion of the North Central Shansi province. The Chinese Central News Agency said these attacks could be regarded as the opening of an offensive and said fighting was going on along the Tungpu rail- road around Chaoching, Linfen PingyangfD and Hungtung.
 Chinese troops driving toward the important railhead of Nanchang, the agency reported, captured Tunghsiang, 37 miles to the south east. This was the 18th county seat reoccupied by the Chinese in their pressed offensive in Chekiang and Kiangsi provinces and left only one such seat, Nanchang, in Japanese hands.
 Both Lishui and Chuhsien, the two cities in Chekiang province which would serve as excellent bomb Tokyo bases, were threatened by the Chinese.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-26

been evacuated, and every house turned into a fortress)
 The Soviet noon communique gave few details of the critical fight ing.
 Tn the area northwest of Staling- grad, Soviet troops engaged in tense defensive fighting against enemy tanks and infantry it said.
 Our unit repulsed several fierce enemy attacks and destroyed six tanks and more than 150 hitlerites.
 Repulse Attack
 "On another sector, Soviet in- fantry supported by artillery and trench mortars successful re- pulsed enemy attacks and killed up
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-26
MYSTERY DEATH
 OF GOOD PIANIST
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SSOIlJlLluCA 1AOlIl 0toC 4J to medical-examiner George 8. Wickham.
 :. He and Dr. Walter W. letter of Boston examined the body and sent certain organs to Dr. Joseph Walk CT, state police chemist, for fur ther analysis. His report was ex- pected later this week.
 Near Music Center
 The spot where Mrs. Sujeff Graf's body was found is about six miles from "Tanglewood, famed Berk- shire music center where she was a frequent visitor and where her brother, Dr. Harold Graf of Bed- ford, N. Y, directs the opera de- partment during the summer. Earlier this season, she occupied cottage near his apartment which he closed last week when he left for his home.
 Last persons known to have seen the woman alive were employees of hotel in Boston'S Back Bay where she stayed last Friday. On Saturday she was reported missing by a friend who asked Brookline police to search for her.
 Authorities said she arrived in America four years ago after Ger many took over Austria. They be- lieved her husband, a Russian musi- clan, was imprisoned. For time she worked in New York concert bureau but came to Boston as a pianoforte instructor at the New England Conservatory of Music. She made her home with Dr. Dora Won Brucke, a gynecologist.
 During part of her stay at "Tan- glewood", Mrs. Sujeff-G Graf was 6 house guest at Lenox of Eugene Lehner, a viola player in the Bos- ton Symphony orchestra, and his wife. Neither had seen her since the beginning of the month.
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and navy units near Washington.
 Informants said Queen Mary, mother Of the Duke, was deeply shocked and distressed, but never theless, despite her 75 years, was hastenng to the Duchess of Rents side.
 The King himself undertook the duty of informing members of the royal family, informants said, and telephoned Queen Mary and the Duchess of Kent. He told the dow ager queen:
 Your baby son has been killed"
 Marriage of Strut
 Newport. R. l., Aug. 26-(UP)- The marriage of Michael Strut. killed with the Duke of Kent in the crash of a Sunderland flying boat, to the former Aerielle Frazer of De- troit was the top social event of the 1899 season at this swank summer colony.
 Strut, son of Lord Belper, mar ried the heiress to an automobile fortune, at St. Augustine's Catholic church July IS, 1889, two months after they announced their engage ment. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Joseph P. Coleman, paS- tor of the church, and Mrs. John Jacob Astor was one of the brides attendants. After reception at the Frazer Villa and honeymoon trip, the couple went to England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-26
SOLDIERS LOSE MASCOT

Columbia City, Ind. (UP)-Mili- tary secrecy apparently has cost a soldier outfit a mascot. The dog jumped from a troop train when 1t stopped here for signals. and sol- diers could not round him up before the train pulled out. Local residents have the dog. but can not find out where the soldiers were going, 50 can't ship the dog to them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-26

Mexican troops recently frus- trated bandit raid on mines near Guanajuato City, the raiders drop ping a large amount of stolen money and loops and fleeing to the hills when the soldiers opened fire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-26

The date of the Chinese New Years changes from year to year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-26
w ORLD w AR A YEAR AGO
 AUG. 26, 1941

Russians admit evacuation of NOvgorod; in later cOmmunique announce entering territory of Iran.
 German High Command reports occupation of DnieprOpetrOvSk.
 British cOnmunique revealed that Indian and British troops entered Iran early yesterday.
 Norwegian navy announces loss of destroyer Bath.
 Casimlr Bartel, former Polish Premier, reported shot by Nazis. surprises" he said.
 we do not admit any superiority in German equipment-there is no exception to that"
 He said he had seen many Brit ish surprises" in production cen- ters and at secret demonstrations. They are real eye-openers." he said.
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CHINESE ARE
 SMASHING LAPS

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Evening star., 1942-10-09
Florida College Ereets
Newspaper Display Board
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LAKELAND, Fla, Oct. 9.-News-
papers serve both as textbooks and
as teachers, according to DR.. Ludd
M. Spivey, president OF Florida
Southern College.
DR.. Spiyey made the statement in
announcing erection Of daily news
paper display board, modelled after
those in Russia, at the college. The
board marked the colleges observ-
ance Of National Newspaper Week
Understanding the past is not
enough,'' he declared yesterday.
lone may know all about the geog-
raphy of 80 years ago without un-
derstanding the geography Of the
present. The political and social
forces Of 10 years ago are changed
basically and the results of modern
science have brought about more
changes in the last decade than
perhaps In any other time in his
tory"
Evening star., 1942-10-09
Crash
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1912 Massachusetts avenue NV. and
Mrs. Evelyn Tyson, address not
known. Miss Bullard, suffering from
lacerations and possible fractures Of
bones In the face, was transferred to
Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Tyson,
uninjured, was released.
Those treated at Casualty Hospi-
tai are: s.- .-
Mrs. Fannie Canter, about S.. Of
3l9 Kennedy street NV. shock and
bruises. She remained in the hos
pital.
Mrs. Mamie Baughman. 65, Of
Silver Spring, Nd, bruises on right
thigh. She has been discharged.
Among the injured taken to Emer-
gency Hospital are:
Isabelle Kiley, A, of 1913 P street
NV, possible fracture OF the right
shoulder, admitted.
Rosa Sands, IS, 1851 Upton street
NV, lacerations OF the face, ad-
mitted.
Rebecca Rosenberg, 50, Culpeper,
Va. laceration OF forehead; to be
released.
Scott Stillson, so, Chastleton
Apartments, contusions of the legs;
admitted.
Lena D1orio, ~, OF 17l2 Six
teenth street NV, possible frac-
tured vertebra; admitted to hos
pital.
May Mcdonnell of Warrenton,
Va, lacerated nose and bruises of
the face and head.
Richard Colbert, "a, colored, of
1450 Fairmont street NV, possible
fracture of leg: admitted.
Walter Yancey, Sc, Of 524 Third
street NV. possible fractured ribs
and lacerated lip; admitted.
Dorothy Seeker, Meridian Hill
Hotel, possible fractured vertebrae
admitted.
Frances Rixse. Highland Hall
Arlington, Va, multiple lacerations
admitted.
Ashby Brown, Remington, Va.
injuries undetermined, admitted.
Margaret Green, 1913 Thirteenth
street NV, injuries undetermined
admitted.
Evening star., 1942-10-09
Many Hawaiian Families
Reunited in Ship Arrival

BY the Associated Press.
HONOLULU. Oct. 9.-Many Ha-
waiian families, caught apart by
the war, have been reunited. ~,
The first civilian passenger ship
since Pearl Harbor to carry any con-
siderable. number of women and
children has arrived from the Amer
ican mainland.
Most of the several hundred cabin
passengers on the ship came home
after months of anxious efforts to
obtain avy-approved passage. More
than half were women and children,
the latter ranging from a baby in
arms to boys and girls returning
from mainland schools. ..
There also were several prospec-
tive brides.
The ship also carried business
men. Catholic priests, a Salvation
Army officer, civilian defense nurses
candy makers. a Chinese actress
(Sandra Lee Of the picture Little
Tokio') and various homecomers
with talents considered important
to civilian and military morale ac-
tivities.
All, except the very young and
very old, were already assigned to
some war work as a condition of
their passage.
Evening star., 1942-10-09
FbI Holds Man Accused
OF Posinq as u. 5. Emp|oye

The FBI today announced the
arrest Of Eugene Elliott Munson,
SO, on charges Of impersonating a
Federal employe.
Mr.. Munson was arrested by the
FB1 yesterday at a Sixteenth street
address following his indictment
Tuesday in Detroit on a charge of
violating the Impersonation Statute.
j. Edgar Hoover, director of the
FBI, said that Mr.. Munson had
represented himself as an employe
of the Ordnance Department of
the Army and had gained access to
several war plants in and around
Detroit. One manufacturer doubted
the legality of Munson's credentials
and notified the FBI. The accused,
who pleaded innocent before the
United States Commissioner here
yesterday, will be removed to
Detroit for trial.