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Evening star., 1942-03-16
Guthrie
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ASOAltAAAlCd xIOut EAtot y ago.
the wool section OF the division, fore
ing Through a wool. conservation
regulation with the Joint action of
the Labor and Civilian Supply Di-
visions and the Bureau Of Industr. al
Conservation.
Mr.. Guthrie, in his letter Of res
ignation, wrote that he had endeav-
ored to do his w. p. B. job without
regard to any special interest" but
had been convinced that 'it Is no
longer possible"
His executive assistant, George P.
Doherty, and Marshall Hale, deputy
chief of the textile division, resigned
with him.
In supplementary statement is
sued through Mr.. Doherty last night
Mr.. Guthrie emphasized that shis
resignation was due not to any dis
satisfaction with the attitude of in
dustries marked for conversion, but
solely to conditions within w. p. B.
He said that the industries with
which he dealt were willing to make
any sacrifices that the war effort
required.
For example, the carpet industry
is eager to obtain contracts for duck
(cloth) and other war material. The
Du Pont Co. has always signified
its complete willingness to give over
its entire nylon production to war
work. Here the responsibility for
effecting conversion at an earlier
date than actually took place did
not lie with the industry.
Many wooden and cotton manu-
| facturers have converted to Army
and Navy production. The RESPONSE
bility for failure to obtain full utili-
zation of these industries and the
widespread distribution OF contracts
is not upon most members OF the
industry.
Delays in the program for making
available nearly 14,000, 900 pounds of
rayon to Latin American manufac-
turers, a program which In part was
directed by s. P. A. B. as early as
last September, were not due to any
interference from the rayon indus
try. Finally, the leather and textile
industries have a notable record in
fulfilling the requirements of the
Russian aid program"
Explaining his decision to resign,
Mr.. Guthrie said, 'It was no longer
possible for me to carry out my
duties with an uncompromising de-
votion to the principles of the war
effort because of the conditions
which exist within w. p. B.
II took what 7 considered to be a
decisive stand against the indecision,
the resistance and the caution of
representatives of the affected indus
tries now working within the w.
P. B. I felt that we could no longer
afford the risk of too little or too
late For these efforts I was
labeled hostile to industry
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Australia
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Of New Guinea, said the raiders at
Rabaul and Gasmata were I'm
opposed by Japanese fighters.
japanese offensive gestures dur
ing the week end apparently were
limited to attacks on Port Moresby
and Thursday Island, in the 100
mile-wide strait separating Aus
tralia from New Guinea.
Australian fighters broke I'D the
attack on Thursday Island, 80 miles
north of Cape York, shooting down
one bomber and two fighters and
damaging several others, the Air
Ministry said.
An Air Ministry communique ad-
mitted the loss of two planes in the
Thursday Island action, one from
an air battle and the other from
bombing. One Australian soldier
was wounded, it was said.
Nine Japanese bombers partici-
pated in the attack on Port Moresby,
but they were kept at a high altitude
by anti-aircraft fire.
Meanwhile, the correspondent
said, the Japanese seemed to be
trying to test out the defenSes of
Torres Strait without taking any
unnecessary risks.
Guerilla War i'm New Guinea.
Other unofficial advices said the
Australians In New Guinea were
waging Guerilla warfare against
japanese patrols in practically un-
explored country along the Mark
ham River near the Huon Gulf,
some $50 miles north of Port
Moresby.
The Japanese landed eight days
ago at two places on the Huon Gulf
-Salamaua and Lac.
Experienced bushmen, the Austral-
ians were said to have retreated
frcm those places to cannibal-
infested hill country to become
raiding ''bushrangers," sweeping
down on the Japanese at night and
forcing them to stay close to the
coast.
(The Lyons radio said Japanese
troops were advancing across New
Guinea toward Port Moresby
from bases established earlier at
Salamaua and Lac, some $50 miles
to the north, but there was no
confirmation Of this report from
other sources.
Melbourne had an air raid
scare yesterday: when an unidenti-
fed plane appeared overhead and
anti-aircraft guns went into action.
1t was announced later that the
alarm was caused by an Australian
pilot who had strayed off his course
and flown over a forbidden area.
Church congregations throughout
Australia yesterday observed a ma
tion-wide day of prayer decreed by
Mr.. Curtin, who called on his coun-
trymen mot only to ask for help
but for guidance in our way of
life"
w. s. wasserman, head Of the
United states lease-lend mission TO
Evening star., 1942-03-16
Care
BY Ed Carl
Does the Car Scarcely
BRIGHTEN you?

Alarmists predict that all civilians
will soon be walking or riding bicy-
cles. My prediction is that the short
age of tires and parts will never
Evening star., 1942-03-16

Australia, conferred with Mr.. Cur
tin today and said later in an inter-
view that iC was his mission to find
out what Australia needs and see
that she gets it.
Mr.. Curtin announced today that
Sir Bertram Stevens, Australian
representative on the United Ma
tons Supply Council at New Delhi
India, had been called home. :
"Sir Bertram's job in New Delhi
Is finished and he is coming back
said Mr. Curtin, but declined tc
amplify his statement.
Evening star., 1942-03-16

greatly as to more than justify the
effort and expense"
Philip Hamblet, executive officer
Of o. G. R.. said the agency has
40 field offices in the States and
tries to keep people from coming
to Washington whenever their busi-
ness can be transacted through a
field Office. He said, however, that
some people will come to Washing
ton anyhow, if they can afford it,
feeling they are getting better
results.
Representative Manasco brought
out by questions that of the 10000
square feet of space in the new
building. between 10000 and 25, 900
square feet on the first floor would
be for che information service, the
remainder for the general work of
o. G. r.
Evening star., 1942-03-16
Khorkoy Declared Near
Hour OF Liberation

MOSCOW, March 16 (P.-Russian
soldiers applying great pressure on
the Germans in the Ukraine and the
DonetS Basin were reported today to
be standing on the approaches to
the important city of Kharkov,
whose hour of liberation" was de-
clared near.
Soviet dispatches also claimed the
Red Army had smashed through
German positions on the Kharkoy-
Kursk- Orel line below Moscow while
drawing ever tighter the ring of fire
and steel around the German 18th
Army trapped at Staraya Russa,
below Leningrad
On various sectors of the Lenin-
grad front, the Soviet Information
Bureau said in its midday COM
munique today. more than 1900
Germans were killed in two days of
fighting.
Hundreds of Germans were said
to have been killed and many others
captured in flaming battles in the
Ukraine and the Donets Basin.
Atrocities Charged.
Front-line dispatches indicating
that the recapture of Kharkov, the
Pittsburgh of the Soviets, might be
imminent also charged that the
city, held by the Germans since
last october "a, had been turned
into q nightmare of atrocities"
1t was charged that about 14,000
Russians have been killed under
the German occupation, that
about 1900 are imprisoned in the
cellar of the International Hotel,
that another $4,000 Russians have
been driven toward the German
rear, and that 5000 skilled workers
have been taken from the city for
German home industry.
In acknowledging on October 30
that Kharkov had fallen, the Rus
slams declared 10000 German off,
GERS and men were killed or wounded
by the Red Army while most of the
important factories and huge stocks
of raw materials were moved to
the east.
Kharkov, roughly the size of Balti-
more or St. Louis, is 260 miles east
of Kiev, 200 miles north of the
sea of Azov and little more than
400 miles south of Moscow.
Tanks Thrown Into Battle.
Russian tanks were thrown into
the battle in the southwest, while
the army of Marshall Semeon Tino-
shenko pushed on toward the Sea
of Azov and the German base at
Dnieperopetrovsk.
On the basis of vague generalities
contained in the Russian reports,
the long front from Leningrad to
the Sea of Azoy shaped up roughly
as follows:
The line runs southwark from
Leningrad to the Lake linen region,
around Staraya Russa, just below
the lake, and beyond the Velikie
Luki area toward Vitebsk, still held
by the Germans. Here it curves
sharply eastward and runs below en-
Evening star., 1942-03-16
Giant Bombers Roll
From Assembly Line
Al San Diego Plant
Engineers Achieve Mass
Production of 4-Motor
y Army and Navy Planes

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Evening star., 1942-03-16

Call Carl's stock OF replacement
parts and equipment Is still COM
plete--largest in the city-our
service facilities have been broad
ened and enlarged to keep you
riding" during this critical, re-
stricted period. Let Washington's
Little Detroit" condition your car
for new-car performance. Drive In
at Call Carl Brightwood, Ga. Ave.
and Peabody, Call Carl N. E., 604
Rhode Island Ave-, or Downtown,
GA II Street, N. w.
Evening star., 1942-03-16
Russia
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Of Russian tank losses in three days
Of attack in that sector to 1856.
Attacks Near Taganrog.
The Russians also were reported
yesterday making strong attacks
northwest of Taganrog on the Azov
shore and in the Donets Basin, but
there too, the Germans said, their
troops with Croat and Slovak sup
port turned back the assaults. One
encircled Russian unit was declared
to have been wiped out after a battle
Of several days on the central front.
To the north, the Germans said
their heavy artillery pounded Rus
sian supply traffic within Leningrad.
Evening star., 1942-03-16

lican, of Ohio cited a report that
1853 information offices have been
set up throughout the country dur
ing the last year. as part Of the
War Production Board organization,
and asked If they would still be op-
Grated If the proposed central in
formation bureau is established
here. Representative McGregor
asked if that would not be duplica-
ton of effort and suggested these
information Offices in the field are
doing a pretty good job.
Mr.. Mellett replied he could not
say what would be done with the
field of1ces. He said he did not
establish them. He said they were
set up originally to deal with pri-
ority and war contract problems.
Mr.. Mellett said businessmen writ
ing here for information could be
referred to one of these field offices
but "in any event there will be a
great many persons still coming to
Washington on Government busi-
ness"
Answering reference at previous
hearings to the elegance" of the
new building, Mr.. Mellett said it
will be just like the other temporary
structures except for the central in
formation hall, and observed that
if he had been looking for comfort,
he would not have selected the wide
open space at Fourteenth and Penn
sylvania avenue, which will be hot in
summer.
Continuing he said:
Greater Impact Expected.
'In the months to come the i'm
pact of the war is bound to be even
greater. Citizens are now finding
it necessary to obtain responsible
information on new restrictions,
regulations and procedures govern
ing the methods Of doing business.
MANY of the men who have been
brought into Government service
from private industry, charged with
such problems as priorities, procure
ment of war materials and other
phases Of the war effort, are not
familiar with the Government as a
whole or with the Fedora. agencies.
These men are here to do specific
Jobs. If any member of Congress, a
business man or other citizen asks
one of these men question relating
to Government activities he can
usually answer the question only If
1t directly relates to his own imme-
diate activity.
"Further-and this is particularly
true of the War and Navy Depart
ments-many of the officials who
are in charge of operations today
may be assigned to new function
or ordered to field duty tomorrow,
making it much more difficult than
In peace time to obtain accurate in
formation.
IT have heard many complaints
from Senators and Representatives
to the effect that it is difficult and
sometimes impossible for them to
obtain such information. I have
further heard complaints that re-
quests for information are not al
ways answered courteously. I feel
very strongly that not only every
member Of Congress, but every
citizen, is entitled to courteous,
prompt and correct answers from
employees Of the Federal Govern
ment.
Looks for Improvement.
"I have been pleased that no COM
plants have come to my attention
with regard to the Office of Gov
ernment Reports. And, finally, to
repeat what I told another COM
mittee last week, we have no illu-
sion that our expanded operation
will meet completely the immense
problem presented by present con-
ditions, but we do believe we. win
be able to improve the situation 30
Evening star., 1942-03-16

reach a point
locally where
the great major
ity Of people
will be unable
to operate their
cars if they
prepare now for
cons e r v ative
duration driv-
ing" Make car
re p1 a C ements
while you can
while guaran-
teed new parts
are obtainable.
Evening star., 1942-03-16

circled Rzhev, forms a dent in the
Vyazma area and then bulges to-
ward SmolenSk. Again the line
makes an eastward curve, then runs
south and east of Orel, Kursk and
Kharkov.
Below Kharkov, 1.-The Russians have
extended a finger to within a few
miles of Dnieperopetrovsk. Then
the Red line runs back east of
Stalino and Taganrog to the Sea Of
Azov, anchoring on that body of
water between Taganrog and Rostov.
Evening star., 1942-03-16
Refugee Fund at S., 600

The Hebrew Immigrant Aid So
eiety announced yesterday that con-
tributions of $1,000 toward its ''res-
cue through emigration" fund have
been received from District residents.
The fund is used to rescue refugees
stranded In Portugal and unoccupied
France.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
AMERICAN BRASS
 HAD SMALL FIRE
Small Locomotive in South Plant on Benedict Street
 Caught Fire

An early morning fire at the south plant of the American Brass Com pany caused serious damage to a small locomotive housed a few feet from the concerns main power plant on Benedict street.
 Quick action by seven companies of firemen under the direction of Fire Chief Thomas Cavanaugh and Deputy Chief Martin Champion checked the fire before 1t could spread to the power plant and nerve center of the factory which is en- gagged in war production.
 Damage to the generators, com- pressors and motors in the power plant would have caused possible serious delay in production at the rnactory, according to Fire Marshal Dennis Lahey.
 Marshal Lahey attributed the blaze to an accumulation of gases from the locomotive itself. The en- zine is housed In small Tel" next to the power house, Marshal Lahey said. The wooden cab and several valves of the engine were destroyed. It IS used for hauling cars around the various buildings of the south plant.
 Bremen from Engines 1, 2, 3, 10, Trucks l and 3. the booster and the emergency car responded to the alarm which was registered at 4:32 a. m. Some companies remained on the scene. until 6:l2 a. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
Eleven ' ear Old Boy Appeals F or His Daddy
"PIease Leave Our Daddy With Us" Was His Cry to Gov. Wilson of OfPenn.-Father Escaped From
 Prison in 1921

Philadelphia, April 1. = IUP) - Eleven-year-o old Franklin Arters ap- pealed to Coy. George A. Wilson of Iowa today to please leave our daddy with us"
 His father is Clarence Arters, 53, who escaped from a prison farm in 1921 after serving B months of a one to five year term for stealing an automobile. Franklin is one of six children.
 "Why do you have to take our dad- dy way out to Iowa?" the boy wrte. "If you have any little boys and girls would you like to leave them for a long time and if you didn't have the money to go see them or they couldn't pay their way to see you it would make you cry too as mother does most all the time.
 Please, MT. Governor, leave our daddy with us. Julia and little Mary are going to miss their daddy a ter- rible lot, MT. Governor, for they love him heaps.
 Please, MT. Governor, leave him with us, we need him and if you would do that for us, maybe God will do something for you sometime when you need 1t very much.
 T am eleven years old and if my daddy is taken away from us for g long time, how am I going to finish school2 Billie and the girls have to go to school too and if our daddy is way out there in Iowa where is mother going to get the money to send us2
 You must be a kind man or you would not be governor so won't you please help my mother and my sis ters and brothers .by having our daddy with us."
 Arrested on Minor Charge
 Arters, a ships steward, returned from trip through submarine-in- tested waters three weeks ago. His arrest on minor charge later dis closed through his flngerprints that he was wanted as a fugitive in Iowa
 After protesting that he had led
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
STATE INSPECTOR
 IS AGAINST COX
Highway Engineer Roland Brown Said State Failed
 in Supervision


 Hartford, Conn, April 1.--(UP) A state inspector gave testimony during the removal trial of suspend d Highway Commissioner William J. Cox today to support the states contention that the midway de- partment failed to exercise proper supervision over construction of two bridges in Long Cove, Ledyard, four years ago.
 contracts for the bridges were held by the GanInino Corstruc- ton Go, Providence, R. l.. which. according to the witness Junior Highway Enginere Roland N. Brown drove pile supports so that they failed to give proper lateral support.
 Brown, who was assigned by the department to inspect the job, said the piled were driven through light mud and some took hardly any bloWss to sink.
 FEe said he was ordered on June 29. 1O3H to- stop work on the pile driving, but he could not recall who gave the order. Several leading highway department officials, he said, inspected the job while the pile driving operations were under
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
BY sANDOR s. KLEIN

United Press Stan COrreSpOnuemt) 5 Washington, April i.--(UP)-The Navy's manpOwer today-lesg than four months after this country's erl- try Into World War Iris almost as great as the peak attained nearly 20 months after Americas entrance into World War I. The United States now has close to q 5O0,O0O-rinan navy. On Nov. l, lSi0, the navy's strength reached its World war peak of 52e,052, including S997 yeomen- cites. The navy is not recruiting yecmenettes for duty in this war. The navy is not giving out exact figures on the number of men now in service. But it has made public figures which make possible an es- tirnate.
 on Nov. \ 1D4i, llttlo noFe than . month before the Japalaasa attack
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01

are in the list announced today Two of them have identical names, John Joseph Sheehan, but one lives on South street and the other on South Main street. The third Shee- han is William Joseph Sheehan, oi South Elm street.
 Those named to leave from Board f6-A are as follows:
 Paul Michael Devino, 20 Railroad Eill St.; John Joseph Sheehan, l2e South St.; Clifford Francis Waugh, B Temple St.; Anthony Charles Kuchauskas. 066 Highland Ave. i; John Vincent Bridges, 05 Highland Ave; Alfred Robert Meyer, 843 Bank st.: Anthony Martino, 49S Congress Ave: Louis Joseph Longo, 12 East Dover St.: Ralph Charles Tremagiio, I431 Bank St: Thomas Frank Mazzei, 14 Bradley Ave; Charles Edward Glore, 25S Bank Se.s Andrew .. Skipper. 50 Hewey 5t.; Milton John Cunningham, 337 So. Main St.; Pasquale Anthony Ferrucci, 11D Railroad HI St.; Emilio Albert Bredice, 15e .atcIin-  son Ht.; Louis 1arrapino, PAY Bank St; Adrien George Bisaillon, 699 South Main St.; Joseph Rutkows- kas, e53 Bank St.; Albert Anth ny Brooks, 6g4 No. Riverside Dom snic Arthur Paglucia, 347 50. Leon ard St.: John Joseph McAllen, 76 East Dover St.; Frank Ralph Dis sefano, % Greenmount Ter; George 0'AlOia, l4O2 Baldwin St.
 Alcide Ovila Hamelin, n East Dover St.; Frederick Charles Wilke, tO8 Geddes Terrace: Charles Fran els Armstrong, 1902 Baldwin St.: John Paul viens, 200 So. Main St., rhomaston, Conn; John Albert DelNegro, 240 Bank St.; Benjamin 9ruskay, 357 So. Main St.: Julius Matthew Dezinno, 414 South Leon
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
Wainwright Men Used Bayonets On Japanese
Waves of Jap Troops Launched Long Expected Ground Offensive Last Mght-Were Met, Stopped
 in Savage Battle
By MACK JOHNSON Limited Press Stan Correspondent

Limited Press Staff COrreSpOndent)
 Washington, April i (UP) Waves of Japanese assault troops launched the long-expected ground offensive against Lieut.. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright's lines on Bataan Pen- inSula last night, but were stopped by the American Filipino defenders after several hours of savage bay- onet fighting, the war department announced today.
 Japanese infantry, supported by mortar fire, launched the heavy att tack under cover of darkness. In repeated sinashes, the enemy suc- ceeded in capturing som eof Wain- wright'S advance posts.
 The Japanese, however, were halted by the defenders before they reached the main American line and the attack ended several hours "after savage hand-to-hand conn bat"
 Ine attack. launcneo py several waves of troops, came at the end of the seventh day of incessant bombing and smelling of American lines and positions by Japanese planes and heavy artillery.
 Military experts said there was no doubt this was the beginning of Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita's efforts
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
Navy's Man Power Today, After Less
 Than Four Months, Is Near First War Peak

is accepting enlistments from col- .iege freshmen and sophonlores in
 the so-called wi class. These re- cruits are not immediately inducted, being allowed to finish at least two or more years Of college. The navy hopes to enlist 8O,Oo0 annually un- der the Vel program. Of thls num- Der, the top S5.O00 eventually will be given ofzlcer training The remain der will be called ko duty in an en~ listed status. The great wave of en~ llstments has faeeessi tafed nasty ex- pansion of facilities at naval txaan@ ing stations Xhas expansion has grown rapidly ak th@ Great Lakes Ill. Newport, R. T. Norgolig, va. and san Diego. Callg. stations. Only y&s~ AeEday She naFy announced that n hlE new training eAs41er wAli be asfes@ llehe0 Tnmd0zells 1ala IdahH ahqlsk As nAllsS f1uin EllolEasle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01

on Pearl Harbor, the navy had 31l,- 86i officers and men. That figure added to the 172,0O0 recruited since Dec. 8 makes 48S ,8el. Tn all prob- ability, enough men enlisted between Nov. and Dec. 8, a period for which no figures arc available, to bring the nagy's inanpower close to 5O0,O0O. Since the attack on Pearl Ezarbor, enlistnents have averaged more than 10000 a week. And, officials said. they are stlll continuing at a high rate. Recruiting ofElces never close and the navy is not letting up in iss recruiting drive. Its strength, too, Is being vastly increased under an intensified training program At the present time, the navy X c0ta~ centratahg on the development Of flying, engineering and deck oaaloers.
 m addition it x hullNng blg reservoir Of OlEoers for thu future ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
RELOCATIONO OF
 CITY OFFICES
Alterations Will Also Take Place in Several Rooms
 at City Hall

Relocation and alteration of city hall offices, under consideration for several years, was started today though on small scale. WorknnEr began alteration of the office oi the tax collector, on the first floor, to make available several more win- dows for taxpayers: the old age as- sistance tax office is being trans ferred from the second to the first floor; and the office which has been used for old age assistance tax collections is being taken over by the Park Department.
 John P. Fit1naurice, executive secretary to Mayor Vincent A. Scully, said that the work started today is only the forerunner of more important changes to come.
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