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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
SINGAPORE MAY
 BE EVACUATED
North Coast of Base to Be Cleared of Residents
 by Friday
BY HAROLD GUARD

Limited Press Staff COrreSpOndent)
 Singapore, Jan. 28-(UP)-The military command, faced with in- creaSing Japanese pressure in Ma lava, today ordered the evacuation of the north coast of Singapore island by noon Friday.
 The order indicated that the battle of Singapore is imminent.
 tCoincident with British orders to evacuate that portion of Singapore island facing the Malayan mainland, Japanese quarters in Tokyo asserted that their forces operating in cen tral Malaya had advanced to with in 25 miles of the strait separating Malaya from Singapore island.
 Latest advices said Japanese forces were converging along the four main highways of Malaya, pressing down behind tank spear heads toward the imperial troops, British, Australian and Indian who were massing near the tip of the peninsula for the climatic battle of Singapore. The Japanese were last reported 43 miles from Singa- pore at the nearest point.
 (Up to 12:30 p. m EST. the regu- lar daily communique had not been issued in Singapore. It was evil dent that the evacuation order there applied only to civilians and civilian enterprises, in order to make way for increased preparations to de- fend the island against frontal as- sault.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
TWO DIED FROM
 SMALL HOME FIRE
6=Year=Old Girl Burned to Death-Sick Man Died
 of Shock

Bath, Me, Jan. 28-(UP)-A G. year-old girl burned to death in bed, a sick man died of shock and two other persons suffered severe burns early today when $2,500 fire swept a.two-story wooden house that for merly was an office building. The victims were: Dorothy Lewis, 6 and Rascoe MaineS, 48.
 Hospitalized in critical condition were the girls father, Adelbert, 26, an ironworker, and a sister, Pris- ella, T. Both were burned about the face, arms and legs. Another sister, Christine, 4. suffered minor burns, and Mrs. Lewis was overcome in rescuing a fourth child, Diana, 3.
 Police said that Lewis first res- cued Christine and became trapped when he returned fer Priscilla. He leaped with Priscjil,, in his arms from a second-floor window.
 Maines, in poor health for several years, collapsed and was pronounced dead at a neighbors home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
F ederal Automobile Tax Stamps Go Slowly
Between 10000 to 15,OOO Persons in Waterbury Have
 Yet to Buy Any-0nly Three Days Are Now Remaining to Buy Stamps

Postal and internal revenue of ficials voiced concern today over the delay in purchase of federal auto mobile tax stamps by many Water burians. With but three days re- maining after today in which own- CTS of vehicles now in use may buy the Stickers, between 10000 and 15,- GOO persons in the city have yet to make their purchases, 1t is esti- mated.
 Gabriel Price, senior zone deputy at the local internal revenue office, reminded Waterburians that the stamps have not been selling as fast as they should have been, and that severe penalties are provided by law for persons failing to com- ply with the Revenue Act of 1941 before the Feb. l deadline.
 Even allowing for the fact that several thousand of defense workers in the city may purchase the stamps through the factories where they are employed, in wholesale the postal clerks will be terribly rushed in the next few days to meet the demands of procrasti- hating residents of Waterbury, 1t appears.
 15,700 Are Bought
 Up to this morning, 15,7OO of the stamps had been purchased at the local post office, in the eleven days they have been on sale. The federal stickers may also be bought direct from the office of Collector of h. ternal Revenue Thomas s. Smith, at Hartford, but it is thought likely that relatively few Waterburians have made their purchases in this way. The local branch office of the internal revenue does not sell the stamps.
 All cars on the highway on Feb. without the required stickers will be liable to federally imposed pen alties, MT. Price said today. Ex- from the law are govern ment, state, and municipality owned
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
Tanker Francis E. Powell Sent Down, But Only
 Four Persons Were Lost
TANKER PAN=MAINE
 MADE HER GETAWAY
Eleven Seamen Believed Lost on Powell Landed
 Safely in Delaware
BY WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, January 28.- (UP) - German submarines have made their ninth suc- cessful attack on Allied ship ping along the Atlantic coast within two weeks but may have permitted their prospec- tive 10th victim to slip out Of their grasp, the Navy an- nounced today.
 The 7,O9e-ton tanker Francis E. Powell, owned by the Atlantic Refin- ing Company, was sunk by torpedo somewhere off the Atlantic coast late Monday night or early Tues day with loss of only four livesI.
 The Nazi "rattlesnakes" may have been less successful in their attack on the 7,236-ton tanker Pan-Maine, owned by the Pan American Petrol cum and transport Company.
 A Navy spokesman said early to- day that the Pan-Maine's last mes- sage yesterday afternoon had re- ported a submarine attack, but that no further word had been received.
 Hope has arisen that all may be we'll with the ship" the spokesman said.
 Submarines have now attacked at least 10 vessels in American terri torial waters since January IA, sink ing all except the 8,206-ton tanker Malay and possibly the Pan-Maine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
BY JOSEPH l.. MYLER fIpited Press Staff COrreSpOndent)


 Washington, Jan. 28.-(UP)-The average woman is dumpy. If that's seditious statement take it up with the agriculture department.
 A departmental scientific compen- dium of research into feminine sizes and shapes reveals that the average woman is short, heavy for her height, thick -waisted and hippy.
 By measuring 59 external dimen- sions of 14,698 women selected at random in seven states and the Dis trict of Columbia, the DOA's bureau of home economies arrived at data which it believes is fairly represen- tative, when boiled down and aver aged up, of the 40,O00,OO0 white women over Is.
 The mean woman, as the DOA calls her, is only five feet three inch es tall while weighing l33 1-2 pounds. She has a 15.27 neck, a 35.62 bust, a 2915 waist and-heaven help her-3882 hips.
 When you consider that the cur rent ideal of feminine beauty is . creature five feet six inches tall. weighing l22 pounds with a 34 bust, 2s waist and 35 hip. you get an idea
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
Fifteen Japanese Ships Have Already Been Sunk
 or Badly Damaged DUTCH HAVE STRUCK
 SIXTEEN JAP VESSELS 100 Japanese Ships Are Taking Part in Smash
 of Invasion Forces
BY HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent)

lOmtcu ITCSS DtdlI SOTTcSpOuUcutD
 Washington, January 28. = (UP) = U. s. flying for tresses, the War Department reported today, have blasted two more Japanese ships, one a cruiser. raising the tally of losses inflicted by American forces in the battle of Ma cassar Straits to 14 or 15 Japanese ships sunk, dam- aged or probably lost.
 One flying fortress was lost in the Macassar action, the War Depart ment reported.
 General Douglas MacArthur's forces on Bataan Peninsula. the communique said, continued to en- joy Hull in their battle against the Japanese. The enemy landed "rela- lively small" additional forces in the Subic Bay area. But land attacks virtually had ceased, presumably pending Japanese concentrations in Pdl oC.Oll 1Ol dllOGilCl uip.
 The War Department reported that a squadron Of eight heavy American bombers sank a large Japanese transport at the Dutch Borneo oil port of Balik Papan on Macassar Strait and scored a direct hit on a Japanese cruiser outside the harbor.
 This brought the total of Japanese ships blasted in the Macassar battle by U. s. planes, submarines and warships to IA as reported in Ameri- can communiqueS. However, Gen. eral Sir Archibald Wavell, united nations commanded in Java, put the total score for the American forces at 15, adding to those listed here another Japsnese transport dam- aged by U. s. planes.
 Dutch Hit Is Ships
 Wavell said that Dutch forces have hit 16 ships, bringing total Jap anese losses in the action to 31 transports and warships sunk or damaged.
 The size of the Japanese invasion fleet in Macassar Straits has been estimated in London at about 100 ships.
 The latest successes brough the total of Japanese ships announced as sunk by American forces since the start of the war to 52. Another 10 are listed as probably sunk and IA as damaged - total of 76 ships
 There was some discrepancy be. tween the Java and Washington re- ports of the American bombing &C., tion in Macassar Straits. The War communique reported that American bombs "straddled' the Japanese warship.
 The communique's report on d. sultory action on Bataan Peninsula carried no confirmation of Japanese
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NEW HOUSING PLAN
 FOR WATERBURY
increased Emplo y m e n { May Force Govt. to Make
 Change in Project

Possibility of a new government housing project for Waterbury was reported from Washington today. It was said that defense housing off, cials believe that increased employ ment here as result of the all-out production drive will make the pres ent serious housing situation even more grave. No definite decision has been made on allocating additional funds here for housing but such a plan IS under consideration.
 Construction is now almost com- pleted of two defense housing units accommodating a total of 300 fam files. One project is on Long Hill road, the other on Hamilton avenue.
 Government officials belief of in- creased employment perhaps offers
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
One lying Fortress Fails To Return From Air Combat
Allied Steamer, Name Not Given, Torpedoed Jan. 18th In Atlantic
7l Survivors of 32l on Board Have Been Landed
 at San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jan. 28 -(UP)-The s. $. Coamo arrived today with Fl survivors of an AL lied steamer, torpedoed in the At- lantic with 321 persons aboard, about 250 of whom were dead or missing
 Some of the survivors were picked up Friday night by the Soamo, of the Puerto Rico Line, from lifeboats which had set out from the tor pedoed vessel with 76 persons aboard. Five died during the life boats six days at sea. Twenty two of the survivors were crew meln- bers.
 Two hundred of those aboard the Allied steamer were swept over- board when the first of two tor pedoes struck the ship, an officer of the steamer said. One of the torpedoes struck the engine room and the steamer sank in 25 minutes. The torpedoing occurred at 1:5O a. .ml.- Jan. 19.
 The steamers chief officer said two lifeboats were smashed by the torpedo explosions.
 Others May Turn Up
 T think two other Ifeboats man. aged to get away" hes aid, "The night was perfect and moonless and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
RUSSIAN SHOCK
 TROOPS ADVANCE
But Germans Trying Hard to Stop Drive That Nears
 Ukrainian Areas
BY M. $. HANDLER United Press Staff Correspondent


 Moscow, Jan. 28-CUP)-R Russian shock troops in biting winter weather have stormed and captured an important town on the south west Moscow front, capturing large quantities of war material, dis patches from the front said today The high command permitted designation of the town merely as "B."
 Dispatches made it plain, how ever, that it was railroad town and that it was of greatest strategic importance.
 In driving to the town, the Rus sian forces in fierce fighting seized a long stretch of the railroad lead- ing to it and forced a big German retirement westward, 1t was assert ed.
 The Germans were reported to have thrown strong reserves into the area in vain attempt to stop the Russians.
 In three days of bloody onslaught against the stl engthened German positions, the Soviet forces recap tured eight inhabited places and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
D0UCHB0YS ARE
 GETTING ALONG
But Coffee Is Bad, Beer In= different, Whiskey Is
 Costly, Strong
By c. R. CUNNINGHAM Limited Press Staff CorreSpondent

With the AEF in the British Isles, Jan. 28- (UP)--Troops of the Amer ican Expeditionary Force reported today that the coffee on this side of the ocean was bad, the beer in- different and the whiskey expensive and very strong.
 They have found the people friendly and the girls pretty and easy to get acquainted with.
 The complaint about the coffee, the favorite beverage, is that though it's quality if good the Brit ish and Irish cooks do not know how to make it, and as to the beer they find it flatter and less pala table than American lager.
 Canteen managers, barkeepers and shop keepers report that the Tanks are a sober lot and believed
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
AMERICAN PILOTS
 AIDING BRITISH
Shot Down 6 to l2 Jap Planes in Fierce Fight
 on Burma Road
BY DARREL BERRIGAN 'TJoitod pracc StaH Corrocunudor

Rangoon, Burma, Jan. 28-(UP) American fighter pilots shot down from six to 12 Japanese air. planes today and damaged nine others, Allied bombers heavily at tackled the enemy base at Bangkok, and British defense forces were reported fighting Japanese invaders east of Moulmein and the Salween river.
 The exact positions in land fight ing were not officially disclosed ex- cept 1t was said the action was
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington. Jan. 2S--UP)--Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Jan 26th, compared with a year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year I3,729, 1855, ,717.17 S6,0G1 ,50o .315.5t
 War Spending 9,94l, ,433,1 103.45 S2,212,310, ,5S0.U
 Receipts 5 4,G5l, ,649,767.21 s3.199,4o3. .021,5
 Net Deficit 5 s,oo5, s27.75o5G S2,s22,2s5.ss4o;
 Cash Balance $ 2,Ss5,113.76S,44 $1,470,S9G,2oe.e
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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-11
POland's Jews To
Be Interned And
EXterninated

Istanbul (JPS)-That part of
Poland which is administered by
Nazi Governor Hans Frank now
has only 100000 Jews, all of
whom are to be informed in IA
ghettos, according to a report
from Berlin published in Nor
wegian newspapers. Before the
war, this particular part of Po-
land had a Jewish population of
100000.
Additional reports reaching here
from Poland state that Heinrich
Himmler, Gestapo head, is form
ing special detachments of Uk-
rainian and Lithuanian hooligans
headed by Nazi members of the
"death-head" organization, to
murder Jews in the ghettos. The
murderers are continuing the
work of determination started by
the Nazis and Systematically seize
groups of Jews in the Polish ghet-
tos and shoot them, dividing their
property among themselves.
There are now thirteen ghettos
life on the east side of the Vistula
River and only one remaining on
the west side. The Nazis are be-
ginning to evacuate the Warsaw
ghetto, where only $4,000 skilled
Jewish workers will be permitted
to remain, according to the Swed-
ish press as well as the Riga pro-
Nazi newspaper Deutsche zeitung
I'm OStland.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-11
NAZIS INTENSITY ANTI-JEWISH
CAMPAIGN AS DIVERSION

London (JPS)-The Nazis have
intensified anti-Jewish activities
throughout Germany in order to
divert the attention of the people
from military defeats in Russia
and in North Africa, it is reported
by the Reynolds News. Huge
anti-Semitic rallies are being or
ganized in many cities. In Uur-
emberg, the notorious Julius
Streicher, who suffers from hys-
terra, was taken ill during the
course of an address at one of
these meetings.
The intensification Of anti-Jew-
ish propaganda in other parts of
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-11

Nazi-occupied Europe is reflected
in reports of the Paris radio to
the effect that Britain and Amer
lea have decided to convert AL
geria into a Jewish state. The
Rome radio declares that the
Arabs in Algeria have discovered"
that Admiral Darlan is a descend
ant of an old Jewish family.
In Nazi-controlled Marseilles,
the Great Synagogue has been
taken over by the municipality
and an anti-Jewish exhibition is
being set up there, according to
the Echo de Marseilles.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-11
Eisenhower Again
Orders Abolition of
Anf-JeWiSh Laws

Tangiers (JPS)-Because his
first order for the abolition of all
antl-Jewish measures instituted
by the Vichy regime was not en-
forced in all localities, 1t. Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower issued an
other order to the Algerian and
Moroccan municipalities to abol-
ish such laws within three days.
The order states:.
(1) That all racial discrimina-
ton must be abolished and full
equality enacted without distinc-
ton as to race, creed, nationality,
language and traditions of inhab-
itants.
(2) That all notices in hotels,
restaurants, theatres and public
places which forbid entrance to
Jews must be removed.
(3) That all Fascist publica-
tons which continue their anti
Jewish propaganda must be sus-
pended.
French and Arab Fascists, en-
boldened by the presence of Ad-
miral Darlan as head of the civil
administration of French North
Africa, have protested to Darlan
against 1t. General Eisenhower's
order.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-11
244 Members ofCorqress
Submit Palestine Petition
To President Roosevelt
62 Senators, Large Number of Representatives Score
determination Policy of Nazis-Reiterate Demand For
Jewish Commonwealth To End Jewish Homelessness

Following close on the revela-
ton of the program of extermina-
ton launched against Jews in
Nazi-occupied Europe, a joint
declaration, signed by 62 members
of the United States Senate and a
large number of members of the
House of Representatives pledg-
ing the continued support of the
SignatorieS to the declared and
traditional policy of the United
States to favor the restoration of
the Jewish National Home in Pal
estine" was submitted to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, according to an
announcement released by Senator
Robert F. Wagner of New York,
The list of signatories was headed
by Majority Leader Alben w.
Barley of Kentucky, and Minor
ity Leader Charles L. McNary of
Oregon of the Senate, and Major
ity Leader John w. Mccormack
and Minority Leader Joseph w.
Martin, ST., of the House, and
comprises almost two-thirds of
the membership of the Senate and
18 out of the % members of the
Foreign Relations Committee of
the Senate, including Senator Tom
Connally of Texas, Chairman of
the Committee.
Issued at the close of a month
which has been devoted to the OBJ
servance of the twenty-fifth ami
versary of the issuance of the Bal
four Declaration, and the twentieth
anniversary of the joint resolution
unanimously adopted by the Con-
gress of the United States in 1922
favoring the establishment of the
Jewish National Home in Pales-
tine, the petition was submitted
in behalf of the signatories to
President Roosevelt and simultan-
eously to Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull, by Senator Wagner, in
his capacity as Chairman of the
American Palestine Committee,
with a membership of 1000 prom
inent persons throughout the
country. In an accompanying
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-11
Jewish Lawyer
Becomes Mexican
Consul

Jerusalem (JPS-Palcor)-A He
bron-born Jewish lawyer now
practicing in Jerusalem, Mr.. Ella
hu M. Mani, scion of a well-known
Sephardic Jewish family, has been
appointed by the Mexican Govern
ment to be the Honorary Mexican
Consul in Palestine in succession
to Mr.. Antonius Morcos, who has
returned to Mexico. Mr.. Mani
studied law in England and was
admitted to the Bar there. He is
Lecturer in the Government
Law Glasses in Jerusalem.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-11
MANY LOST IN ALPS
IN ATTEMPTING TO
ESCAPE FROM FRANCE

London (JPS)-Since the Nazi
occupation of the whole of France,
many Jews who have sought to
flee to Switzerland have been lost
in the dangerous Alpine passes,
which are covered with snow and
ice, it is reported by the British
press. The Swiss frontier guard
daily saves scores of Jews from
certain death, but many others
have lost their way in the. track
less mountains.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-11

statement, Senator Wagner de-
clared that I'VE have been inn
PEELED to reiterate our position at
this time by the horrifying re-
ports which have been pouring in
concerning the mass slaughter of
European Jews-acts of brutality
which have shocked decent hui
mainly everywhere"
In making public the text of the
joint declaration, Senator Wagner
characterized the action as of
world significance" and pointed
out that the support which is
records is non-partisan." 1T is
expressive" he declared, "of a
deep-seated sentiment in favor of
the Jewish Homeland in Palestine
which is widespread among the
American people and represents
also a striking reaffirmation of a
traditional American policy"
Senator Wagner asserted that
the determination policy of the
Nazis demanded not merely con-
demnation of the perpetrators and
sympathy for their victims but
"statesmanlike constructive policy
which will provide a more secure
and dignified future for the Jew
ish people in the democratic world
of tomorrow" and pointed out
that the joint declaration repre-
sented such constructive policy
aiming at the solution of the
problem of Jewish homelessness
through the re-establishment of a
Jewish Commonwealth in Pales-
tine" He announced that he had
submitted the declaration to Pres
ident Roosevelt and to Secretary
of State Hull "for their consider
ation."
Our Government" declare the
legislators, may be assured that
in continuing the traditional
American policy in favor of SO
just cause, it can rely upon our
individual support and the appro-
baton of the American people,"
Among the signatories were
Senator Claude Pepper and Con-
gressmen Lex Green, Robert Skies
and Pat Cannon of Florida; Sen
ators John H. Bankhead, End, and
Lester Hill, and Congressman
Frank w. Boykin, Geo. M. Grant,
Sam Hobbs and John ]. Sparkman
of Alabama. Georgia Senators
George and Russell and Congress
man Ramspeck also signed.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-11
Reveals Large Numbers
Of Palestinians In
Egypt Offensive

Tel Aviv (JPS-PalcOr)-
Palestinian Jewish soldiers
comprise nearly two thirds
Of the Eighth Army's First
CamOuflage Company, which
was cited by Prime Minister
Winston Churchill in his re-
view of the Libyan often
sive for it's effective work
in deceiving the enemy,
while one of the Royal En-
gineerS companies which
constructed the impregnable
Ell Alamein defenses was the
first Jewish Sapper unit
raised in Palestine.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-11
Jews Must Give
Half Possessions
Bombed Italians

Geneva (JPS)-The authorities
of Trieste, Fieume and Merano
have ordered the Jews to give up
half of their clothing, underwear
and household belongings. These
possessions are to be turned over
to Italian families who have ar
rived in these localities from
bombed Turin, Milan and Genoa.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-11
MOROCCO SULTAN
PROTESTS ''PRO-
JEWISH" MEASURES

Geneva (JPS)-The italian Ste
afni Agency reports that the Sui
tan of Morocco has protested to
1t. General Dwight D. Eisenhower
against the measures introduced
by the United Nations removing
restrictions against Jews estab-
lished by the Vichy regime.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-11
61-YEAR-OLD-JEW TO DIE
FOR ANTI-NAZI ACTIVITY

London (JPS)-A Nazi court in
Prague has sentenced to death 81
year-old Adolf Gantz, who had
been accused of anti-Nazi activ-
ity.