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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
Lunts Make New Show---But by Skin Of Teeth;
The Pirate Is Easier on Eyes Than on Ears

hold stuff and, alas, holder
Stufflng
To tluttCr the modest lady'S
heart the raScally player tells
her he IS really the great Estra-
mudo, sometime Scourge of the
high seas and a big balcony and
bedroom man into the bargain.
Since ne knows that the ladyS
Stodgy fat and SlumbcrouS huS-
band IS really the great EStra-
mudO he knows that he Is sale
even when his boastful claims
bring the governor, the police
and tho handouts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
Montieth Home Open

MRS. +. ). MONTIETII NJ
Piedmont boulevard Will open
her recreation room AZ 1870
m, Thursday, 10 members Of
the garden division OF Rosedale
Progressive Club who are max
ING Christmas decorations and
WreathS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
Story Of Pirate

II is brilliant enough 10 look
~ The trouble s that IL never
docs quite A. much for the ear
as for the eye. Since The tale
Of the West IndlcS, the time The
early lSO0'S, and lhc chief people
a retired pirate ms wife and an
WtruSlVcly amOrOuS mOuntcbank
here Is gaudincsS aplcnty: here
~ high voltage material for
prankISh ShoWmanShIp. hero Is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
Mrs. Hewlett Hostess

MRS. FRED HOWLETT NJ
North Martindale avenue will he
luncheon hostess Wednesday 10
members Of the Descendants Of
BEDFORD Pioneers Society.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13

ton of the imperSonator Mr..
Behrman merely distortS the
line of his play by pretending
otherwise.
Writing Not Strong Enough
Nor is his style of writing
strong enough To sustain the
flavor of the show. The lines
are polished. and now and then
genuinely witty. but they laCN
the guSto of the material. They
lack the high relish implied in
choosing the subject at all.
There is delicate comment on
the lady's pretty problem OF
illusion and reality and there
IS some subtle moCkery OF the
theater, but these seem attenu-
ated and little pallid against
the surface values Of an exotic
anecdote.
Fortunately for Mr. Bchrman
and the rest Of us this serious
weakness in the script is partly
hidden by tho SplendorS OF tho
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
ID Guests for Christmas Dinner

Ny and Mrs Tedeman Christmas Day will have "a
tho Charn family dinner their house ken
road Crosse poinc Farms.
Mrs. Tedemans mother, Mrs Nellie Duscnbury, arrives
TUESDAY from Atlanta. Ga.
Others IN The party VII be Nr Trademarks mother, Mrs.
George friedman who now living Parkstonc4 his
sister Mrs. Roy y Chaplin Mr. and Mrs Roy D. Chaplin j.
and their children. Ann and Roy d. Chaplin III Sally Chaplin
Marian Chaplin who goes Country Day and Danny, who
will be home from Paus prep school Concord, n. II.
get a leave.
Evening star., 1942-05-27

who they said laughed at everything
including hard wcyk. A high rank
ing Chinese officer greeted and
praised the Tommies.
On leaving this point I went to
the headquarters of the Burma
tank corps. Both officers and men
of the tank corps were loud in their
praises Of the American medium
weight tanks they were using.
My tour brought me back to
Maymyo once again for the last
time on April 26 and I left with q
small party of American officers for
Lashio.
At about o'clock in the morning
I heard voice calling, get up, the
Japs are coming" I got up hur-
riedly and with a Chinese soldier
loaded nineteen 50-gallon drums of
gas onto truck. YEARLY we headed
for Kutki, so miles UP the Burma
road. We were in a stream OF trans
port in which there was seldom a
50-yard break all the way to Kutki.
Refugees Jam Roads.
The alarm that Lashio was about
to be taken was premature and I
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Mundo|oy Was Inferno of Flame as British Put
Torch to Mi||ion-Do|or Oil Plant, Writer Says

er plant running the Yenangyaung
oil fields and also those at Chauk
further up the line. The power
plant and the high piled gasoline
drums would be the last to 90 up.
Drums Explode With Roar.
Mr., Forster and couple of help
ers spiked few drums in each pile
and calmly threw into the midst an
ignited gasoline-dipped stick of
wood. Each pile of drums instantly
roared into a mountain high bon
fire. Often the flames would run
under Mr.. Forsters feet. I noticed
that the ends of his black mustache
were singed.
AS l was photographing the blaze,
all the trees around me caught fire
and rained a shower of sparks on
the sun-dried grass which, in turn,
began blazing. From time to time
one of the unpierced drums would
explode with burst of flame which
threatened to cremate us on the
spot.
Around 10 o'clock that night we
went back to the power plant. The
British officer in command of the
Yenangyaung area conferred with
Mr.. Forster. The Japanese were
near at hand and he still was wait
ing for orders to blow up the plant.
Fearful his instructions might come
too late he took matters into his
own hands, setting the blast for
midnight.
We said good-by to him at 1870.
He was in trench mere hundred
yards from the plant, ready to
bring into contact the two ends of
wire that would blow into frag-
remains of which were to be flooded
with oil and burned to ashes.
Plant Livid With Flames.
Atop a hill just far away enough
for safety my companions and l
stood to hear and see the explosion.
I set my comera on fence, aiming
it in the direction of the power
plant. Our eyes first told us that
the explosive had been touched of.
The power plant was suddenly
livid with flames which revealed
walls f1inging themselves outwards
and a roof that dissolved at once
into nothing. A split second later
cracking explosion tore the silence
apart. My camera fell of the fence
All the night insects had stopped
their chatter.
We drove from Yenangyaung
Evening star., 1942-05-27

amid q string Of armored cars and
tanks also heading north. We
reached Maymyo without anything
further than occasional dives into
bitches when Japanese planes came
overhead. The town was then
being evacuated by all except the
military.
A few days later I jeeped alone
southwark through desolate Man.
dalay to Pyawbwe, then the head
quarters Of 1t. Gen. Joseph Stjlwell,
chief of staff to Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek and commander of
the Chinese forces in Burma.
U. S. Tanks Win Praise,
From there I went to Meiktila
which found full of Chinese troops
who had come up from Toungoo.
The British soldiers were enthusi-
astic about their Chinese comrades
Evening star., 1942-05-27

returned there to find American
ofiicers working night and day to
move all supplies possible. Close
packed groups Of refugees-Indians,
Chinese and Burmese-had assem-
bled at various depots and trucks
jammed with them were speeding to
the border in vast cavalcade OF
human sorrow and suffering.
The work Of destroying all sup
plies which could not be moved out
of Lashio was we'll in progress. I
remained there until the evening of
April %. I had my last meal there
near a bridge packed with dynamite
which was within a few hours to
blow it to smithereens.
AS I was eating heard the cry,
"the Japs are coming" I climbed
into a jeep with an Allied officer
and in a whirl of madly dashing
cars we sped along, not stopping
until we reached Wanting
At last we were in Free China.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Trinity Students Elect

Monica Quirk Of New York has
been elected president Of the Junior
class at Trinity College, 1t was an
nounced today. Other officers are
Marguerite Sullivan, vice president:
Anne Dimond. treasurer; Doris
Petit, secretary, and Dorothy Mason,
song leader.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Give
Your Feet An
Ice-Mint Treat
C. Happy, Ceslne Rebel f~ =.

Bwn;ns Callousss Put Spring N Is~ Nsp
Don't rroan about tired. burning feet;
Don't moan about callouses. Get busy ana
give them an Ice-Mint treat Feel the com
forting, soothing eoolness of ics-Mint driv-
ing out fiery burning. aching nreoness; .;
Rub Ice-Mint over those ugly nsrd ois
corn. and ealIouses. as directed. See how
white. ersam-iks Iee-Mint helps soften
them up. Get foot happy today the les
Mint way. Your drSogist has Ies-Aine
Evening star., 1942-05-27

Don't fire till you see the whites
Of their eyes. But you may buy War
bonds now.
Evening star., 1942-05-27

(Charles Fem, an Associated
Press and Wide World correspon-
dent, recently made a 1,000-mile
tour OF Burma. In this dispatch,
Uritten after his return to Free
China, Mr.. Fem tells some OF the
siohts he SaW and some OF the
experiences he under,Dent.J
Evening star., 1942-05-27

A perfect dining room for you who
live in oportments-for the pieces
ore sooIed down to just the right
size. SturdiIy constructed Of wal
nut-finished eurnwood, rubbed TO
rich glow. And the two prism lamps
ore q delightful finishing touch.
Furniture, Fourth Floor, The Hechf Co.
Evening star., 1942-05-27

It's tostefulIy modern-this bed
room suite of sunny lined ook ve-
neers and eumwood. And it's sub
stontiol, too, we'll constructed with
dust proofed and center guided
drowers Both the vonty and dress
er have large pIote gloss mirrors.
Furniture, Fourth Floor, Tie Heehf Co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
Christmas Tree On Green Is Out

Fans by Superintendent of ParEs James J. Curtin to have thlg years community Christmas tres on the Green more beauti- fully lighted and decorated than ever before were abandoned to- day. on the heels of army orders placing Waterbury in . permanent dim-out area.
 We had hoped to have this years tree the best yet" said Supt. Curtin, but of course we'll go right along with the army reg. ulations. Because of the difficulty of decorating a huge tree that can be viewed only in the daytime, we've decided that it's best to have no community tree at all this year."
 It has been the custom each year to bring down from the city wa tershed at Morris the biggest and best evergreen available and erect 1t on the Green. stringing 1t with multi colored lights.
 In Hartford Mayor Thomas J Spellacy declared today it would be physically impossible" for his city to comply with the new regulations and he telegraphed to Major Gen. eral Sherman Miles at Boston ask ing for an extension to December 30 The new dim-out rules. announced yesterday, affect Waterbury, Hart ford, Bristol. Meriden and New Bri- tain, all of which have been desig mated as. island" dim-out areas.
 Might Affect Some There is belief in some official circles here that any extension, if sought and granted. wold apply only to street and public lights, and that householders, motorists and opera tors of stores of other businesses will be required to begin compliance November 30. Maximum penalties
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
WAR WORKERS TO
 RETAIN. PLACES
President Announces Plans fo Keep Essential Man-
 power in Jobs

Washington, Nov. 20. - (UP) = Plans to keep necessary war work CTS and essential federal employees out of uniform were made public today by President Roosevelt.
 MT. Roosevelt sent a letter to the secretaries of War and Navy, or- iering that no government employ .s should be enlisted or commis- stoned in the armed services until their essential status. can be deter mined.
 The president said he hoped a similar prohibition against enlist nent or commissioning would be placed in effect for essential muni- ions workers very soon. He said at press conference that lfter his order last Tuesday for cancellation of all deferments based ,n federal service, there was rush If government employees to get into uniform, either through enlistment 1T by commissioning.
 He explained that he did not want ,eally essential government employ ,s to go into uniform, and eX- ,lained to secretaries Frank Knox md Henry L. StimsCE that he want { d "to make sure that no one who s really irreplaceable shall be sepa- 'ated from an essential position"
 Therefore. I wish you would see 70 it." he told the War and Navy ecretaries. that present govern bent employees, who have been de- erred, are not enlisted or cormis-
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
NO OVERTIME IN
 HOCKEY GAMES

Montreal, Nov. 20.-(UP)-Frank Calder. president of the National Hockey league. announced today that overtime play will be abolished and that games resulting in tie scores at the end of the regulation three periods will be considered draws.
 The action. was taken, Calder said, Because of existing travel condi- tions."
 The move has been under consid- eration for some time due to war; time transportation problems. Over time play has caused several teams to miss train connections.
 A previously rejected proposal to curtain the number of players on each squad will be reconsideFed at special meeting of the league gov ernors in Boston. Nov 23, Calder disclosed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
THREE MEN BOUND
 OVER BY COURT
Charged With Rolling Naugatuck Resident on
 ScOvill St. Last Night

Three men charged with robbing John Obst of Beacon Valley, Nauga- tuck of $14, while he was walking on Scovill street last night, were bound over to superior court when arraigned before Judge T. E. Con- way in municipal court this morn- ing.
 The men were: Jeremiah Moriar- ty, 47. 256 South Main street; Mar tin OLeary, 46, of South Main street, and Jeremiah Phelan, 42, If 39 Union street.
 Testifying in court, Patrolman James Stack said that while he was on duty on Scovill street this morn ing about o'clock. he heard a man yell and saw three others un- tangle themselves and dash up the street. He gave chase, he said, and caught two of the men who hs recognized, and ordered to wait until he had apprehended tn: third. Stack testified that he con- tinued after Moris ~ty, catching him on Scovill street near School street. When he returned to the police box. Stack said, the two other men, who he knew to be 'OLeary and Phelan, had lied.
 Patrolman Joseph Flaherty cor
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
GEN. LEJEUNE, U. 5.
 MARINECORPS, DIES
Only Marine Officer to Hold Division Command; Fa-
 nous for War Exploits

Baltimore, Md, Nov. 2-(UP)- Lieut.. Gen. John Archer Lejelne IS, former commandant of the Mar inc Corps and one of the most able general officers during the last war died today.
 General Lejeune. who had a 45- year career of service with the Mar inc Corps, was the only Marine of- ficer ever to hold an Army divisional command. He led the famous Sec ond Division during the battles ot San Mihiel, the Argonne and Blanc Mont ridge in 1913.
 The French awarded him the French Legion of Honor Command CTS Cross and the Croix de Guerre with palm for his daring general ship during the battle of Blanc Mcnt ridge. The French had been checkmated at that point for more than three years. Lejeune resorted to a daring expedient. He divided his command in the face of the en- emy. pinched out one of the most powerful of the German strong points and forced them to retreat 30 to 40 kilometers along that entire sector.
 He died at the Union Memorial hospital.
 He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ellie Murdaugh Lejeune and three daughters: Mrs. James B. Glennon, Miss Laura T. Lejeune and Eugenia D. Lejeune.
 Lejeune was appointed lieutenant general on the Marine Corps retired list last February. His World War exploits also won him the Army Dis tinguished Service medal and the Navy Distinguished Service medal.
 Lejuene was born in Pointe Coupee. La. He was appointed tc the Naval academy in IRA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

The Japanese troops, pinned along q narrow 15-mile coastal strip eX- tending northward from Buna to the mission village of Coma, had only the sea to their backs and were expected to resist desperately But their destruction appeared inevitable unless they were reinforced by sea or air.
 It was uncertain whether the cruiser and two destroyers which steamed into Helnicote Bay off Coma under cover of darkness and with air protection hoped to land fresh troops and supplies or evacuate troops, but the plan whatever 1t was, was foiled.
 The big bombers caught the enemy by surprise, Macarthur reported, and lighting up the target area with flares, scored direct hits amid ships on the cruiser and on one destroyer.
 The cruiser burst into flames, shuddering under the impact of a terrific internal explosion and began listing. A short time later it sank. The destroyer was cut in two by a 500-pound bomb and went to the bottom almost at once. The other destroyer was believed to Lave been heavily damaged, but it fled,
 Japanese landing barges which had put out from shore to meet the warships were bombed and raked with machine gun fire by the Fort resseS. The intentions of the barges were not clear because they took 'evaSive action" as soon as the American planes appeared.
 Enemy planes escorting the war ships were routed after the Ameri- cans shot down three Zero fighters. The American victory was the more remarkable since the Fortresses were hampered by poor visibility and bad weather.
 The fighting at Buna and Coma eliminated a seven-week advance of about 90 miles over the rugged Owen Stanley mountains and through heavy, st.fling jungles. Australian troops opened the drive, following the main track through Kokoda, Oivi, Wairopi and other villages, while American infantry forces were landed by air and sea somewhere south of Buna.
 While the Australians met steady resistance, there previously were strong reports of the Americans en- gazing the Japanese.
 Macarthur is directing the oper- ations personally at the front = the first time he has commanded Amer ican troops in action since the heroic four-month defense of Bataan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
AIRPLANE OUTPUT
 IN U. s. MOUNTING
More Than Total Axis Pro. duction; 100000 Plane
 Goal in l943
By ARTHUR F. DEGREVE United Press Staff Correspondent

kUnlted freSS Stan COrreSp0ndent)
 Washington, Nov. 20-(UP)-The United States is turning out more airplanes than the combined output of the Axis, and the 1943 goal-re- ported to be between 90,000 and l00,- 900 planes-should give the United Nations unquestionable air superior ity over the enemy, responsible sources said today.
 A rough estimate of the 1943 ob- jective was given by War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson. He told reporters yesterday that the current monthly rate of plane pro- duction must be doubled to achieve President Roosevelt's new goal. It previously had been reported that 1922 production would total about 45,ooo or 5o,000 craft of all types.
 Best estimates of Axis output is slightly in excess of $500 planes a month, but authorities point out that the present ratio between the Axis and the United Nations will change as the Allied production grows. Axis production, it was stated, will drop in proportion to the dam age wrought to their plane plants by Allied bombings.
 Meantime, the United States pre- pared for production of the greatest number of aircraft in the history of any nation over a 12-months period. Nelson is confident that output can be doubled-he said it
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
Will Comply, Says Mayor, But Equipment, Labor
 May Hamper Changes
HARTFORD MAYOR HAS
 ASKED FOR EXTENSION
tiOusehOlders, Motorists, Stores Probably Would
 Not Be Given Extension

Waterbury will do every thing possible to comply with Army orders requiring a permanent city-wide "dim- out", effective as of Novem- Der 30, but problems of equipment and manpower may make it necessary to ask for an extension, Mayor Vim cent A. Scully said today. The mayor said he would not make up his mind .on a possible application for an exten- sion until he has been notified by the Connecticut Light and Power Company, which will bear much of the work of transforming the city to a nightly "dim- out, how much time will be needed to make the necessary changes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
RUSSIANS LAUNCH
 GREAT OFFENSIVE
Winter Drive Along 1000 Mile Front; Nazis Flee
 at OrdzhOnikidze
By HENRY SHAPIRO


 Moscow, Nov. 20-(UP)-The gov- ernment newspaper Izvestia said to- day that the Soviet victory at Ord zhonikidze, where more than 10000 Germans were killed or wounded and the remainder routed. was the beginning of Russian winter of fensive that would hit the Axis along the entire 2,000-mile front. Soviet forces were hotly pursuing the remnants of the routed German army through the central Caucasus, following the momentous victory on the approaches of Ordzhonikidze, southeast of Nalchik.
 Front dispatches reported that the Red army had captured a mountain southeast of Nalchik and were at tempting to round up and exter- minate the Germans, from whom they had captured huge quantities of equipment.
 "The victory . is only the be- ginning of Soviet counter-blows and constituted a signal for further ac- tivization of the Red army against the enemy" Izvestia said.
 "The Germans won't be able to take advantage of winter to re- group their wornout units. because the Russians won't give them any respite"
 The military situation has been radically changed by the liberation of North Africa, Izvestia said. It now favors the British, Russians and Americans and twill add to the efforts of the Soviet people in their unrelenting fight against the Ger mans.
 Front-line dispatches said at least 1000 Germans were killed. A special communique had placed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

In the skies and on the sands at Midway, birds of war are familiar and reassuring sights to the American forces on guard at that island out post. High above the reefs off Midway, above, a protec- tive patrol of U. s. fighter planes is ever-ready to take on any enemy force that might try to attack this base again. Brave little birds like the white fairy tern, left, didn't show the white feather when the island was under fire in last June's Battle of Mid way, and this one apparently has no fear of the American
 soldiers tommy gun.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
Axis Armored Forces Get Severe Setback In unisia
BENGHAzI GIVEN
 UP BY GERMANS
British Push on With Re- ports of Many Nazi
 Tanks Taken
BY LEON KAY United Press Staff COrresDOndent


 Cairo, Nov 20-(UP)-The Im- perial 9th Army pounded foreward toward the Gulf oi Sirte today with Bnghazi apparently abandoned by the NaZis and British foreward columns punching through to the Coastal road southwest of Ben- ghazi, having brushed through a thin German rear guard deployed along the coastal escarpment.
 (The German nigh comman ad- mitted the evacuation of Benghazi today)
 Aerial reconnaissance on the roads around Benghazi showed vir- tually no movement of Axis forces and it was believed that the Capital of Cyrenaica was being allowed to fall without a bottle.
 The German rear guard which was encountered yesterday by Brit ish columns from Mekili about 25 miles east of the coastal road south of BenghaZi, was reported to have been brogn up and forced to foll back south toward Agedabia.
 The British advance had knock ed out or captured z8 moro Ger man tanks-a substantial portion of the slim armored force still available to Marshal Erwin Rommel. Many of the tanks were found abandoned due to the lack of gaso- line. Some 28 guns were captured as we'll as 250 motor vehicles. Five of the captured guns were the famous Nal 88 millimeter anti-tank weap- onS.
 The American Air Force was still pactig the advance, side by side with planes of the Royal Air Fore. The Americans smashed six more planes on the ground at Magrun airdrome in the Benghazi area before the field was captured by the 9th Army.
 It was reported from the front that the weather had turned against the British but that the advanc was rolling ahead despite "atrocious conditions"
 Tanks, guns and vehicles were destroyed or captured in the Slon- ta-Martuba ar.a on the inland road northeast of Benghazi, while
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