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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-30
conscientious Directors

1t is interesting to run across the statements of
certain eclesastcs who to be greatly concerned
with the fate of so-caled conscientious objectors"
One hears of freedom of conscience" and the de-
tense of that right for sincere conscientious obec
tors" There hints that this right must not be
allowed to perish.
The wise provision of law which takes notice of
sincere conscientious DIRECTORS is possible solely be-
of the comparative scarcity of such individuals
adopted the conscientious objector attitude the
ton in desperate fight for its life, would be justified
in resorng to the harshest method necessary to per-
suade men to fight for their country and civilization
Conscientious DIRECTORS are of various types, in
GLIDING those who refuse to salute the flag those who
refuse to bear arms those who against all govern
ment and the acme of indvidualism, the man who
objects to any form of restraint whether instituted by
God or man.
This conscientious objector" twadde can be car
red too far The individual is entitled to his conscience
and his objection but the possession of them does not
render him immune from the penalties provided by
the laws of his people.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-30

falls where it is not likely to
start a fire, or if water is not
available.
Since the new method embraces
such radical changes in procedure,
Mr.. George added, the OCD has
complete plans for civilian educa-
ton in order to avoid confusion.
Mr.. George intimated that one
of the possible reasons for the
revision is the change in make
up of the Axis incendiary bombs.
Recent news dispatches from
abroad indicate that an explosive
element has been injected in the
fire bombs. The recommended jet
technique, he pointed out, will
speed the extinguishing of the
missile and prevent the detona-
ton Of the charge.
All Local Civilian Defense Au-
thorities have been advised of the
new instructions and they are
preparing educational programs
for the edification of their COM
munities. In his directive to
local authorities, Mr.. George
stresses the point that this new
method does not entirely nullify
the previous instructions. The re-
vision is promulgated because it
has been proven to be definitely
better after exhaustive tests.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-30
Eight Ships Lost Out Of 2.4OO

There renewed demands for fleet of flying
freight ships to deliver supplies to allies and
to American units engaged, and to become engaged,
upon foreign battefelds.
It is an enhancing picture but we wonder if the
mammoth arfreighters the answer to U-boats The
convoy system, sufficient destroyers and patrol
boats available will make the transportation of sup
plies in surface ships fairly safe.
This is demonstrated by the record of the late
Vice-Admral Bristol commander of North Atlantic
task force which escorted 2400 merchant ships
the Atlantic last Winter, with the loss of only eight
ships.
Sixty conveys of about forty ships each pro-
tected by this single naval task force How many tons
of supplies these ships conveyed do not know but
would take tremendous fleet of flying freighters to
perform similar job In fact have little idea that
nation construct such fleet during the present
war. So
That the U-boat menace along the coast of this
country be successfully defeated by the of the
convoy system is attested by figures given out by the
British Information Service which show that out OF
the thousands of ships conveyed by the British Navy,
less than in two hundred has been lost during this
war.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-30
Russian Battle Important

The great battle raging in Soviet Russia properly
occupies the attention of every responsible official OF
the United Nations
Upon its course depends the length of the present
war and, of vital significance to us, the number OF
American casualties
If the German legions manage to cut the Red
Army into isolated segments to be slaughtered by
one the duration of the conflict will be vastly extended
If the Russians manage to withstand the terrible
onslaught retaining the coherency of their fighting
forces even at the expense of territorial losses, the
outlook for the United Nations will brighten.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-30
Danger In Water Sports

Summer brings vacation days, with most OF the
people of the nation spending considerable time in the
out-of-doors Unfortunately, some of these outings
result in tragedy that bring sorrow to happy families
Many accidents are attributed to carelessness IN
the water The surf attracts millions, with inevitable
drownngs as venturesome individuals go out too far
Inland lakes ponds and rivers likewise claim their VIC
Tins. with nonswimmers occasionally getting into deep
water with fatal consequences.
Accidents take terrible toll of life in the United
States every year. 1t is WELL perhaps, to caution
known as well as unknown. Parents who read this
article might permit it to remind them to give warn
ING to their children with emphasis upon the need OF
caution in the water.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-30

effective. Actually, the fire it
starts is more dangerous than the
bomb, and the quickest and sur
est way to reduce that danger is
TO strike the bomb with a jet of
water. This puts the bomb out
of action in less than one minute
so that, if necessary, other fire
bombs can be attacked before they
start serious fires. With the new
method more lives and more prop
erty will be saved in the event
Of a raid. In the opinion of the
OCD, this is the only sound cri-
terion for judging the matter.
NEW INSTRUCTIONS, re-
duced to essentials, are as fol-
lows:
1. Bring your fire fighting
equipment to the scene at once.
2. Shoot a jet of water direct
ly at the bomb without delay,
to put it ont of action quickly.
8. Then use the jet, quickly,
to quench fragments and the re-
mains of the bomb, and any fires
that might have been started.
A. Be absolutely sure the fire
is out before you leave the scene.
5. Use coarse spray only
where scattering of metal must
be avoided.
6. Use sand only if bomb
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-30
British Organized For War

1t may surprise some Americans to learn that the
British have sent to Russia all war materials promised
with the exception of one TANK that eighty per cent
OF Brltains war production goes abroad, much of
it to Russia that for every plane we send to England
Britain sends four abroad; and for every tank she
sends fifteen abroad, half of them to Russia; and that
at the end OF last year. the British had sent to Russia
three million pairs of British Army boots.
Along the same lne figures released by the Brit
sh Information Service show that British production
OF planes is equal to that of Germany and that
big guns produced annually.
The British modified for the winning of the
war; with two out of every three persons between the
ages of IA and 65 working full time in the armed
forces civilian defense or war industry. Every man
between 18 and onehaf and forty-one years has been
drafted into the forces unless irepacabe in defense
job and the age limit has been raised to 81.
Moreover, it is reported that no one in Great
Britain makes profit out of the Excess profits
are taxed hundred per cent, with small refund
possible after the Income tax is at the rate of
fifty cent, with surtax to bring it up to ninety
seven and one-haf per cent all income over $4,000
year. On income Of $3,O0O married man pays
1866 in income tax.
These only few of the facts in regard to
the effort of Great Britain They not subject
to question and they demonstrate, beyond doubt that
the British are in the to the finish and to win.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-30
AIR,BoRNE ARMY

The Army has already begun
the training of air+borne combat
teams, using large gliders and
transport planes for offensive ac-
ton, says Lieut.-Gen. Henry H.
Arnold, who predicts that this
country will ultimately have the
worlds largest and most power
full air-borne army.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-07-30

This county may not be the
scene of battle but it is on the
war front SO long as War Bonds
are offered for sale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-17

Saltwater gnats, smallest of fly ing insects, once choked the car buretors of a bombing plane anc forced it to land.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-17
Real Situation Told
 By Democrat Writer
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Malayan peninsula did not, in the opinion of military men, offer suffi- cient protection against an attack on Singapore from the rear The military censor at Singapore ap- proved the dispatch only because, as he told me, it was so absurd that I would appear ridiculous"
 During the next few months it be- came known that there were paths through the thickest jungles which could be used for military operations that the jungles were not impene- trable. In fact, 1t is now established the Japanese fifth columnists had been long busy in the jungles, brib- ing native tribesmen and learning the secrets of these paths over which they led their troops.
 Betrayal of Defenders
 This betrayal of the defenders of Malaya was made comparatively easy for the Japanese because of the actions of interruptions traders who had cheated the tribesmen on many
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-17

occasions. The government had be- latedly introduced social and eco- homie reforms but progress was slow. The Japanese were speedy.
 Many of the colonial bureauocrats were time servers" Their idea was to get out of Malaya as soon as pos slble with as much as possible. Many lacked acquaintance with na- tive problems and native officials and were vastly ignorant of the true situation. They were interested mainly in their comforts and pen sions.
 Many believed that the Japanese flood could have been stemmed by the natives early in December if there had been anyone to encour- age them or even anyone to whom they could turn for leadership But administrative officials displayed little interest in building up a na- tive organization or of encouraging natives to prepare for their own protection. At the psychological hour when the natives might have been rallied they found the local British officials had quit their posts and hurried south toward "safety"
 Tribesmen Wanted To Fight
 The Tamil tribesmen in particu- Jar, wanted to resist the Japanese. They never had chance to do more than sit and wait for the en- emy occupation. Consequently, the Tamils later showed little sympathy for the British as they fell back southWard although when the Aus trallanS made counter-attacks, they won the sympathy and support of these tribesmen in the Gemas area. At that time, the natives often dis played great bravery in aiding the Australian troops in the jungles.
 As the war moved southward down the peninsula toward Singa- pore, the inability of the British command to cope with the situation became more and more apparent but the official spokesmen became more and more insistent that Sing apore island itself would be strongly defended.
 The battle in Malaya as reported officially probably gave the world the impression of a bitter, hard fought defense. Actually, it was.re- treat planned from day to day. Each day the Imperials fell back 10 miles or so 'on schedule.
 In the end, the British forces which got away to Singapore island without being heavily. attacked by the Japanese got there because they tricked the enemy into search ing for defensive line that did not exist. The withdrawal was carried out with desperate rapidity. And whole brigades were left on the mainland when the Johore causeWay was dynamited.
 Veteran fighters were clamoring for a counter-assault against the Japanese on a large scale, but none was ever attempted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-17
FEDERAL AGENTS
 GRAB JAPANESE
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cross-bow, a camera, a revolver and compass sight for a field gun.
 Another prisoner was Fumio Goto former president of the Montery chapter of the Heimusha Kai, which F'BI agents said was military or ganization pledged to serve Japan Tokio NakaWatse, collector" for the chapter also was arrested.
 Others Arrested
 Others taken into custody at Sac- ramento included:
 Shohei Oda, reserve officer in the Japanese army.
 Kanichi Kataoka, president of the Togo Kai, @ government sponsored association of former naval off, cars.
 Masae KitakaWa, 1919 graduate of the University of California and freight agent for the Nipon Yusen Kaisha Shipping Lines. Kitagawa told authorities: T will not fight against Japan. I have certain al- legiances and duties"
 Kiju Satu, secretary of the Sacra- mento Japanese association and former tour director" for excursions to Japan. Two rifles and a revolver were found in Satu's possession.
 Others arrested at Monterey were Ryuzo, Hayase, Buddist priest of the Nicharain sect, and Tajuro Watanabe, Albone diver and leader of Japanese fishermen at Mon- terey.
 H. c. Van Pelt of the FrBI office called HayaSe a dangerous alien" and said he toured up and down the coast to foster the interests of the mother country" The FBI of ficer said Watanabe owned expen- sive contraband photographs equip ment.
 Authorities said secret docu- ments," radio equipment, cameras and a set of United States army type" signal flags also were seized.
 The 13 arrested at Sacramento lived near the Mcclellan field air depot and March field. All IT face interment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-17
DEFENSE FORCES
 SWEEP CARIBBEAN
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l NCO'lIllluCi HUH rage l) under German shell fire during the bombardment, indicated that he | expected to hear that American planes had already reduced the number of the German submarines. A United Press Aruba dispatch said airplanes had been sent out | to warn IA tankers, in Caribbean waters near Aruba, to make for port at once.
 All tanker sailings were can celed until further orders, the dis patch said, until planes and sur face units hunted down the Ger man U-boats.
 Andrews reported that the Ger mans had sunk one small tanker and torpedoed two others, includ- ing an Amer gun one, in two early morning attacks off Aruba.
 The American manager of the Menegrande Oil company at Mara caibo, Venezuela, telephoned the United Press Caracas bureau that it was reported there that four small and two large tankers, in all, had been lost in the German sub marine attacks, including those off Aruba.
 This was not confirmed, and 1t was necessary to await detailed re- ports to assess the toll of the raid- ! ing submarines
 Toll Is Three Tankers
 A Netherlands East Indies news agency dispatch from Willemstad, Curacao, which gave the first news of the attack, put the toll at three tankers torpedoed and presumed sunk and a fourth torpedoed but not sunk.
 Andrews, describing the attacks off Aruba and the smelling of that island, said the first attack started at 1.30 a. m. yesterday near Nich- ols bay.
 One small tanker was torpedoed and sunk, he said, and three offi- cers and 12 men of its crew of 25 were missing.
 A second tanker, he said, was tor pedoed but not sunk. Of it's crew of 29 he reported seven missing, | two died in hospital and the re- maining 18 in a hospital at Aruba.
 The second attack was made at 3:15, Andrews said, when sea- going American tanker was tor pedoed but not sunk, and escaped without casualties.
 Andrews was spending the night at a guest house at Lago on the | island on his way back to his head quarters here from a routine in- srection of his Caribbean defense command.
 During the second attack, he said, a submarine started an inter- mittent shelling of the Lago Oi company refineries, firing tracer shells to establish the range anc following with incendiary shells ir hope of firing the refineries.
 It was possible for Andrews to establish definitely that the sub- marines were German because inn mediately after daybreak an un- exploded German torpedo was found 1 on the beach near the scene of the Aruba island attack.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-17

You can seat five persons at table in 120 different combinations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-17
KNUDSEN VISITS
 CONN. THIS WEEK
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be behind in everything until we get more than we can use. We've got to get our minds together in one direc- tion-everybody, I mean and do the job just as fast as we can" Asked if he believed America might meet defeat, the former auto- motive executive shouted: Hell, mol"
 We can and we will produce twice as much as anybody else in the world" he said. Production has shown substantial increase so far this month as compared with December and January. It's going to continue"
 Knudsen said the war production program was balanced program that no particular industry was lag ging but ti.ct every industry still was behind demand "Our big problem is to see what we can do to get more production with the same tools and also con- tillue to make more tools so that we can get double the production" he said.
 He said present plant facilities were sufficient and that no general plant expansion was planned. Labor he said, was cooperating fully and there are no strikes to amount tc anything"
 T don't know any place where labor is not workingfl" he said Everybody in the shops at home is doing his bit so that some boy al the front may have something to fight with. That's the spirit that will carry us through, just as it die in the last war"
 Knudsen and Col. Alfred B. Quin- ton. Jr., attache of the Secretary of Wars office, planned to tour de. fense plants near Boston today Dur. ing the remainder of the week they will visit plants in western Massa. chusetts and Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-17
Reinforced Air Force
 Smash At Macarthur
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Describing the Japanese bombings of helpless civilian refugees, the communique said that the Nippon ese flyers after "professing great friendship for the Fillpinos" sud- denly began dropping bombs on them.
 The enemy planes attacked a refugee camp in the unGefended vil- lage of Cabcaben, on ihe Bataan east coast five miles ncrth of Cor regidor. The bombs killed 18 wom- en and five children, and wounded B women and nine children 45 casualties.
 All of the dead and injured were Filipinos, the War department ex- plained.
 For several days enemy airplanes have been dropping poorly printed leaflets on refugee camps behind our ines," the communique ex- plained.
 'These pamphlets, in English, Spanish and Tagalog, professed great friendship for the Filipinos and exhorted them to cooperate with the invaders and join the Greater Asia co-prosperity sphere.
 Bombs Substituted
 Yesterday bombs were substitu- ted for pamphlets"
 MacArthur in previous reports to the War department mad cited in- stances of Japanese brutalities and repudiation of pledges of humanized warfare signed in recent years by the Japanese government.
 The bombed refugee camp at Cabcaben appeared, on the basis of la est information, to lay at least 10 miles behind the fighting lines of tE Bataan peninsula.
 Informed quarters in Washington, meanwhile, believed that MacAr- thur will remain with his troops on Bataan despite demands here that he be rescued" from the Philip pines for an important command elsewhere.
 The fall of Singapore and the possibility of another shake-up in the United Nations Pacific com- mand now headed by Gen. Sir Archibald Waveu has again focused attention on Macarthur, the out standing strategist and most color full soldier of the Pacific battle fronts.
 Hero of gallant stand that will rank with such epics as Little Big Horn, the Alamo, and Wake island, Macarthur is understood to be de- termined to remain with his out numbered American and Filipino troops to the very end.
 'It probably would take an order
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-17
STATE HIGHWAY
 AFFECTED BY WAR
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dicated that as deputy commissioner for eight months he has noted cer- tain matters which required adjust ment.
 Were knuckling right down to work" he said.
 Authoritative reports said the highway department no longer was able to obtain any guard rail cable, which is strung from post to post along the highways as safety measure.
 These posts in time are placed 10 feet apart, but now-be- cause of the so-called wire rope shortage-they will be placed five feet apart, without any intervening cables. When the war is over it was said, the extra posts will be removed and cable substituted.
 Drop In Personnel Moreover, it was said the depart ment was experiencing a falling of in personnel, because many em- ployes were leaving to take war jobs in industry and government. The highway department is saving con- siderable sums by not hiring men tc replace the resigned employees where their jobs were deemed not vital tc the departments operation.
 Attorney General Francis A. Pal lotti last week began an investiga- ton into highway department af- fairs. He will bring new charges against Commissioner Cox on or be- fore March 4, and hearing into these charges probably will be held before Gov. Robert A. Hurley neal the end of March or early April. In the meantime. Upman indicated he would supervise operation of the department with a view to the greatest efticienecy and economy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-17

Continued from Page Il and United Nations communicates Indicated Il transports in all were hit, but it was not clear whether there was some duplication in their reportsJ
 The Japanese, m nv While e bombed and machine-gunned sev- eral places on small islands in the Sunda strait, killing and wounding several persons, but causing only relatively small damage to build lngs and material.
 Expect Big Attack
 The Dutch, however, said these attacks probably presaged the big attack expected to be launched soon against Java, the principal island of the archipelago
 In attacking Palembang, the flyers were bombing territory the Dutch held until Sunday, Wher Japanese troops were landed ir force to reinforce parachute troops dropped in the area Saturday.
 The communique follows:
 During a raid by Netherlands indies bomberS on a Japanese occu- pied airdrome at Palembang ou, bombers shot down two Japanese fighters.
 Furthermore, our bomberS scored one dlrect hit on transport ship whole ole near hit and probably also one hit were scored on another transport ship.
 Several places on the small Sunda islands have been bombed and machlne-gunned. Several per sons were killed and several wounded, but relatively small dam- age was dore to material"
 In preparation for the expected invasion of Java, authorities issued instructions to natives on defense both passive and active. against poIh ar and sea-borne enemies. Destroy Bicycles A special clause of the instruc. tions ordered that under the scorched earth policy all bicycle. in invasion areas must be de stroyed at once.
 Householders were warned not tc spread white laundry on bushes il gardens or to hang clothes outdoors because they might serve as ideni- fication marks for Japanese planes
 The Netherlands Indies News agency learned that the order tC destroy bicycles was issued because the Japanese in Malaga seized all bicycles and used them to filtel their advance troops through jun gle trails.
 Dispatches indicated that both the Netherlands and United Ma tions command had studied the mistakes made by British Empire forces in Malaya, and hoped to avoid them in fighting a Japanese invasion of Java.
 Singapore was now a threat to the Netherlands East Indies instead of a bulwark, and strong Japanese forces had taken Palembang, in Sumatra.
 There was every expectation that the Japanese would attempt soon both to attack eastern Java and the great Soerabaja naval and air force base and to land troops or the west end of the island, within striking distance of Batavia, the capital, from Sumatra.
 It was revealed that even If the Japanese extended their hold tc the whole of Sumatra they would get no oil because all installation; had been destroyed.