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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18
Naugatuck Boy Is Held
 As Japanese Prisoner
Mrs. Anna Fiske, 73 Prospect Street Received Word From Capital That Her Son Stanley F. Is
 Prisoner Somewhere
Special to The DemoCrat)

Naugatuck, June 18-Glooni which has shrouded the home of Mrs. Anna Fishe of 73 Prospect street for al- most four months was lifted yester- day when Mrs. Fishe received a tel egram from Washington, D. c. stat ing that her son, Stanley F. Fshe, 46, who had been reported missing after 8 tanker on which he had been sailing was reported sunk, Is alive and is a prisoner of the Jap anese.
 Stanley was with the U. s. mer- chant marine and was last heard from Dec. 8, and was then said to pc sailing from Hawaii to Manila In February his family received work that he was missing in action, after his ship had been sunk.
 They had practically given up hope for him until yesterday when the telegram announcing he was alive arrived. "Of course we don't like the idea of Stanley being in the hands of those Japs but it's swell to know he is alive," hsi brother, Wn- liam, told newspapermen.
 Stanley's mother had nothing to say but her glowing face spoke vol- un.es. The family radiated confi- dence that Stanley would be all right, for there was an unspoken belief that Uncle Sarn's forces will recapture the islands taken by Ja- pan. It is not known exactly where Stanley is, but his family thinks he Is on an island in the Pacific.
 The telegram yesterday said a letter of confirmation is to follow, and the family awaited this letter today with eager impatience.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18
GRAND JURY SITS
 IN DADDONA CASE
Evidence Leading to Mur- der of Frank CarusO Be-
 ing Discussed

Evidence related to the murder -f Frank Caruso following tavern fight June 6 was under review by an iS-man grand jury in Superior court today. Caruso, 40, the father of three children was fatally knifed by Michael Daddona, 43, of 317 Bank street, according to finding issued by Coroner William B. Hennessy. Daddona has been held without eond since the night of the fatal arguments. He was present at to- Eay's proceedings.
 The grand jury convened on vroefs vi Guase Edward J. Daly who addressed them briefly and sent them into deliberaticn chambers at i0:S5 a. m. It is for the grand jury to determine whether Daddona will be tried for first or second degree murder, manslaughter or whether 10 true bill shall be returned. The Jury recessed from one to two o'clock for lunch.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18
TAX PROGRAM IS
 CUT TWO BILLIONS
House Committee Expected to Slash 1t Stiii More
 Later On
BY JAMES R. SHEPLEY

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, June 18-(UP)-The new war tax program which has been cut from a revenue goal of $8,- 700,000,0O0 to $6,650 100000 by the House Ways and Means committee may be reduced further if WIPE Chairman Donald M. Nelson's ex- cess profits tax proposal is accepted.
 The question of an excess profits tax and an individual withholding tax are the only remaining ques- tions to be settled before the bill goes to the House floor for action. The administration is urging quick action so higher excise taxes can be put into effect.
 Nelson told the committee in a letter to Chairman Robert L. Doughton. D., N. O., yesterday that the tentatively approved 94 per cent excess profits tax threatened to im- pair the war effort. He wanted the rate reduced to 80 per cent. If it is higher than that, he thinks post war credit should be allowed cor- porations to tide them over the re- construction period.
 Committee members declined to say whether Nelson's letter was likely to cause a change in the tentative decision on excess profits. In addition to that the only other decisions remaining are the pro- posed excise taxes on soft drinks, candy and chewing gum.
 Other Additions
 Late yesterday the committee voted to impose excise taxes on
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18
ATTY. CASSIDY, BEGINS BATTLE UPON METERS Start of Hearing Favored With Sarcasm From
 Attorneys LAWYER CASSIDY IS
 AFTER INFORMATION City Is Levying Taxes on Citizens Without Any
 Legal Authority

Attorney John H. Cassidy's fight against the city parking meters opened in common pleas court today before Judge Thomas J. Wall in the presence of numerous city officials, including Mayor Vincent A. Scully and Police Superintendent William J. Roach, who have been sub- poenaeG as witnesses. A first preliminary battle was won by the plaintiff when Judge Wall granted his motion requesting Cor poration Counsel J. Gregory Lynch to answer a list of interrogationS submitted by the plaintiff.
 The suit in which MT. Cassidy seeks 5000 damages arose when the city installed parking meters on sidewalks in front of the plaintiffs property at B to 37 and g Leaven- worth street and 324 to 328 West Main street at the corner of Willow street. The city is charged with maintaining public nuisance and creating a hazard to sidewalk users. He alleges that the city acted un- lawfully and illegally in digging holes December 9, 1940 and setting uo nnete" posts on sidewalks the fee of which belongs to him.
 Spat Between Lawyers
 The opening of the hearing as marked with bitter sarcasm between
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18
JOE LOUIS MUST
 DO ARMY TRAINING
No More Fights Until He Completes It; May Bat-
 tie Late in Summer

Washington, June 18.-(UP)-The War Department has ruled that heavyweight champion Joe Louis must complete his basic army train ing before it will consider allowing him to participate in any further public appearances, Secretary of War Henry L. StimSon said today.
 Louis public appearances have made it impossible for him to com 'E.c.I i4L A14s.; Calming ana &ls> io unfair to both Louis and the army" !" Stimson said. This is the reason why we have made this ruling"
 Stimson said he did not know how long it would be before Louis com pletes his training However, the full basic training period takes 13 weeks and Louis already has com pleted part of the required time.
 Stimson declined to elaborate in response to repeated press confer eIlce questions but he left the dis tinct impression with reporters that the army might permit Louis 10 fight when he completes the basic course. That, presumably, would be later this summer, in time for an outdoor bout in big arena.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18
Air Power Jumps Into Lead of Wartime Plans
Can No Longer Be Considered an Auxiliary Arm: Pen duum of Military Opinion Is Swinging
 to Battles of Air
BY LOUIS F. KEEMLE (Of The United Press War Desk)

Events of recent weeks have changed the status of air power from that of an auxiliary arm, view ed almost with mild condescension by some army and navy men, to the An0st ipSoortant .hranGh Gf modern warfare,
 The pendulum of military opin- ion is swinging. While it would be possible to go to the other extreme and place too much emphasis on air power alone, 1t seems increasingly probable that the side which is dominant in the air is going to win the war.
 That is even more cheering news for the Allies than several suc- cessful battles of the last month. For the Allied nations, if they are not already dominant in the air, in- evitably will be. Germany, Japan and Italy cannot match the tre- menodus production capacity of Britain and the United States.
 Admiral Nimitz For Air
 What air power has done in the Pacific, the Mediterranean and Western Europe needs no recount ing. Today we have Admiral Ches- ter V. Nimitz, commander of the Pacific fleet, conceding that air power has taken the leading role in the Pacific war and will continue to do so.
 This weeks big naval battle in the Mediterranean was fought almost entirely by air. Despite heavy losses caused by enemy land-based planes the British were able to damage the Italian fleet severely and force through badly-needed supplies to Tobruk and Malta.
 The lesson of the Mediterranean batle is that decisive dominance in the air is going to mean complete control of the Mediterranean This the Allies should be able to attain. It is vitally important that they do, because the war is quite likely to be decided in the Mediterranean and the Near East.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18
Germans Making Most Desperate Effort to Break Down Russian Fighters GREAT SLAUGHTER OF
 NAZTS IS REPORTED British May Give Up De- fense of TObruk to Fall
 Back on Egypt
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS

United Press Foreign EditoF)
 The armies of Russia and China struck back today in attempts to throw Axis of- fenSives out of gear, but hard-pressed British Imper. ial troops in the Libyan des. ert were forced to yield more ground to Colonel General Erwin Rommel's drive toward the Egyptian border.
 United Press War Correspondent Henry T. Gorrell, only correspond ent with the British fleet in the four-day Mediterranean naval and air battle, revealed that the Allied blows struck in defense of convoy movements may have saved Malta and perhaps denied Rommel swift Libyan conquest. M
 On the Kharkov and Sevastopol fronts in Russia, scenes of some of the wars fiercest fighting, Red Army counter-a attacks were reported to have seized the initiative from the Germans at several vital points but the situation still was grave, par- ticularly at beleaguered Sevasto- pol.
 Front-line dispatches said the Russians had recaptured an outer line of trenches encircling Sevasto- pol whose defenses remain unbroker after 13 days of unremitting siege.
 Red Army Takes Lead
 To the north on the Kharkov where the Germans were attempting to blast open a northern route to the Caucasus, the Red Army troops of Marshal Semyon Timoshenko were reported to have seized the initiative in several sectors after smashing and enemy attempt to cross strategic river east of the city. probably the Donets.
 The Germans still have fornid- able reserves available around Kar- kov, however, and the fighting there may become even more furious.
 A great slaughter of Germans was described in Russian accounts from the Kharkov and Sevastopol battel zones - $500 Nazis killed and AT tanks destroyed around Kharkov within "A hours.
 Turkish reports estimated that the siege of Sevastopol already has cost SC, 900 German and Rulnanian troops or about one-third of the German 1lth army under Colonel General Fritz Won Manstein.
 The Germans claimed steady although slow progress in over the Sevastopol defenders and reported that the northern de- lenses of the Black Sea fortress hac been pierced and its main bases captured.
 Chinese Fight On
 In eastern China the troops os ieil. Gflaiis Kai-Sfek stormed the outer defenses of the Kiangsi pro- vincial capital of Nanchang in q designed to force the Japanese to withdraw troops from their offensive against the vital Nanchang- -Hangchok railroad.
 A Chungking spokesman said the Chinese were within IS miles of Nan ,hang, striking strongly at the rear )f at least 75,000 enemy troops en- gagged in the big offensive to the southeast.
 However, the Japanese still drove along the Nanchang- -Hangchow 'ailroad and may soon close 68- nile gap still held by the Chinese surrendered Shangjao and Yingtun, the latter about 30 mSiea east of Nanchang.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18
FIRST WOMAN IN
 CONN. ACCEPTED

New Haven, Conn, June l8--(UP) Mrs. Mary Mcdonnell, Northford, reported to the army recruiting sta- ton today as the first Connecticut woman to be accepted for training as an officer in the women's army auxiliary corps.
 Mrs. Mcdonnell, whose husband is an army major, and her son, an ambulance driver with the British army in Egypt, will be sent to Bos- ton and from there to Des Moines, Ia, where she will undergo train ing.
 She ranked highest of all Con- necticut women who took an exam ination for WAAC enlistment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18
Allied Convoy Saved Malta By Daring Feat
United Press Writer Was Only Naval Correspondent With Conveying Fleet; He Describes Thrilling
 Times as Convoy Went Through
BY HENRY T. GORRELL Limited Press Staff COrrespondentl

With the British Mediterranean Fleet, June 18.-CUP)-A British naval officer revealed today that the Allied convoy which ran the Axis gauntlet in the historic aerial naval battle just ended may have saved Malta.
 Day after day, the Germans and Italians threw everything they had from submarines and motor torpedo boats to battleships and bombers in- to an attempt to sink the convoy with which I was the only naval correspondent, and to cripple the British Mediterranean fleet.
 "The enemy will probably attack day and night because they are out to get Malta" said the captain oi the cruiser to which was assigned after we left Alexandria.
 The enemy failed. We pushed our badly needed supplies thruogh not only to Malta but to beseiged To- bruk, and when the fleet turned back toward its base the captain said:
 Malta might not have been able to hold out without our help"
 He was advised later of the role United States Consolidated bomb- ing planes had had in the attack on the Italian fleet and that the battle was over
 "We have done the job," he said, and we will do it again when neces- sary."
 It was a carefully calculated and coldly executed exploit which en- tailed desperate risks and the cer- tainty that losses would have to be endured.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18
Fiercest Fighting Of War Raging Along Soviet Front
Demand Made In England, Revenge For Czech E Executions Be Exacted
Eye for an Eye" Retribu- ton for Killing of InnO-
 cent People
BY JOHN A. PARRIS United Press Staff Correspondent ]


 London, June 18-(UP)--Demands for "eye for eye" retribution against Nazi killings of innocent Czechs were voiced in the House of Com mons today as the German dead- line for handing over the assassins of Reinhard Heydrich neared.
 Nazi authorities threatened to burn Czech villages to the ground and execute entire populations un- less sabotage and resistance ceases and the killers of "The Hangman' are turned over to authorities by 8 p. m. tonight, according to British reports.
 The demand in the House was made by Sir Thomas Moore, Con- servative member, who asked Wheth- CT Prime Minister Winston Church. i'll would consider sending an im- mediate warning to the German government.
 Moore demanded Britain tell Ger many that ''in the future, an ttnde- fended German town or village will be obliterated by the RAF in re- tribution for every innocent per- son murdered by the Nazis in an occupied country"
 Not Enough of Nazis
 Mai. Clement R. Atlee, deputy prime minister, said:
 "There would not be enough Ger man villages to go around. You may rest assured that our bombing effort against Germany will be di- rected against the most effective points"
 Then Moore made his demand that the ,Nazis be given "an eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth" treatment.
 "You were not talking about an eye for an eye, but village for a village" Atlee said. And that in- wolves the most effective use of the air force. You will agree 1t is not
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18
COX REPORT GOES
 TO GOV. HURLEY
State Referee Hinman Files Is Today; Several Weeks
 Before Decision

Hartford, Conn, June IS - (U. P.) - State Referee George E. Him. man today submitted to Governor Hurley his report on the removal trial of suspended High Commis- sioner William J. Cox. Co sus- pended from ofiice early this year, was given a public hearing on charges of incompetence, material neglect of duty and misconduct.
 Referee Hinman's report contain ed a finding of facts upon which the governor will base his decision whether to oust the commissioner or continue him in office for the hal- ance of his term which expires July 1, l94a. The governor was expected to devote several weeks to studying the report before announcing his decision.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18

Boston, June 18.-(UP) - Axis spies better button their lips in Bos- ton bars for 2500 members of Local 34 of the Bartenders and Hotel Em- ployeS Union (AFL) have been des- ignated officially as espionage agents"
 This potent Mickey Finn" was given enemy agents today by the Massachusetts public safety commit tee whieh united the mahogany polishers" with the division of pro- paganda research,
 "Both labor officials and civilian defense leaders agreed" Q commit tee statement said, that cafes. hotel cocktail lounges and tayerng were fertile oaseg for tho dissemination of Axis propaganda and bartenders were in an ideal position to conn bat antl- American doctrines" "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18
ARTHUR PRYOR,
 BANDMASTER DIES

West Long Beach, N. J., June IS -(UP)-Arthur Pryor. 7l-year-old Dean of American bandmasters, died today at his home after a two-day illness.
 Equally famous as a composer, Pryor wrote many hit tunes. Per- haps the most famous, "The Whist Ter And His Dog" written in mem- ory of childhood pet, was rated among his best.
 He is survived by his widow. Maude Russell. of Salt Lake City, whom he married when he was 25: two sons, Roger, movie player, who also Is a composer and bandleader, and Arthur, Jr., musician; a brother. Samuel O., and two grand children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18
Boston Bartenders To Act As Govt Espionage Agents

As explained by John J. Kearney, executive secretary of the Bartend- CTS Union, the idea is to check and collect pernicious rumorS circulat- ing in the area. He asked members of the local to report den1oralizing talk and gossip to authorities. This will be checked against Axis short- wave broadcasts and if an affinity is shown, the proper steps will be taken.
 Newspaper row bartenders seemed to think that customers especially service men-were pumped for in- formation more than barraged with propaganda. They termed the com- mittee's proposal "Helluva good Idea" and thought full cooperation would be given by their fellow members.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18
Wendell Willkie
 May Not Ru1, Again

New York, June 1S-(UP)- Wendell L. WilIkie said last night that he doubted he would ever seek public office again.
 "T doubt if I shall ever again aspire to public office for I am interested in certain causes and beliefs and do not want my advocacy of them tainted with the slightest self-interest," he said.
 He did met elaborate in a short extemporaneous speech at dinner honOrlng founders of the Louis D. Brandeis Mem Orial colony in Palestine, and said afterward that he had nothing to add. But his re- marks patentIy were denial of reports that he would run for the governorship of New York, the senate or seek the presi- dency again in 1944.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-18
FOUR AMERICAN
 PLANES IN RAID
Were I5art & SCtifEers That Hit Rumania Oil
 Fields; Land in Turkey
By DANA ADAMS SCHMIDT United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

DS OEANA fADANA0 United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 Ankara, Turkey, June 18-(UP)- Four United States army bombing planes which landed in Turkey six days ago were part of a force of Is which left the Rumanian oil fields in blazing chaos, it was learned authoritatively today.
 The mystery of why the planes were forced to land in Turkey was dissipated: it was apparent that they stayed so long over perfect target, determined to make Amer ica's first direct blow against the Axis on the European continent 8 heavy one, that they ran short of fuel on the way home.
 It was learned that the great Consolidated B-24 four motored planes caused enormous fires and damage, which it will take the Ger mans months to make good, in the Ploesti oil fields 100 miles north of Bucharest.
 Four of the IS planes landed in Turkey; one dropped out over the Balkans or the Black Sea, as the result of enemy fire or fuel short- age. But 10 returned to Allied ter- ritory, including some which landed in Free French Syria.
 10 Bullet Holes
 One of the planes which landed in Turkey had i9 bullet holes in it, and three of its crew members had slight wounds.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-23

the William r. Hamilton Funeral
parlors. Burial will be tomorrow
in the Crown Hill Cemetery In
dianapolis.
Mr.. Griffith, who lived at 4S0
Nem road. Crosse Pointe, was born
in Taylorville. Ill.
For more than 20 years he was
connected with Briggs enterprises
in Detroit. At the time of his
death ne was secretary OF the
Briggs Manufacturing Company,
vice president of the Briggs Com
mercial and Development Com
pany. director of the Detroit Base
bali Company, and a member of
the Detroit Country Club and
Question Club.
Surviving are his widow, Jessie;
a daughter, Mrs. Nancy Pierce,
and a son, Gordon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-23
Obituaries
William Walker
War Vet to Be Buried
at Mf..OIivet thursday

Last rites for William Walker
So World War veteran who died
IN the Veterans Hospital in Dear
born, will he held Thursday from
the residence at $500 Field avenue
at $50 a. m, followed by rites in
St. Agnes Church. Burial will be
in Mt. Olivet cemetery.
Mr.. Walker was a member OF
the Disabled American Veterans
of the World War and the Red
Arrow Club. He is survived by
his mother, Mrs. Anna Kazyaka
five brothers and three sisters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-23
News Editor Bean Dies

NEW YORK. Feb % GNS) 49,
Funeral arrangements were to be
announced today for Edgar r.
Bean, .. news editor of the New
York Daily News. who collapsed
AT his desk and died while being
rushed 10 a nearby hospital.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-23
Wayne {. Seerist
Die S After O peratiOn;
Rites Wednesday

Funeral services for Wayne
Eugene SccriSt. %, Of 1920 Second
avenue, who died in Providence
Hospital following an operation
viii he held at . p. m. Wednesday
IN the chapel of the r. g. and G.
X Harris funeral home AT 425l
CaSS avenue. Mr.. SccriSt IS sur
Nved 10y his wife Irene. his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Carl SccriSt,
two brolhcrs and a sister.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-23
Thomas F. Nichols
Rochester Merchant S
Funeral tomorrow ]
Times stan Correspondent,

ROCHESTER. Feb. 23.-FuneraI
services will be held at 2:3O p. m
tomorrow at the First Baptist
Church of Rochester for Thomas
Eugene Nichols, head of the T.
Nichols Furniture Company and
the T. Nichols Funeral Home OF
Rochester.
Mr.. Nichols died Saturday al
his home here after a long i'll.
ness. He was born in 1871 in
Alma. He came 10 Rochester in
July. 1910. and at that time estab.
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Leroy Harris
Dies in Ann Arbor at 35;
Services tomorrow

Funeral services for Leroy Har'
RS, %. viii be held at , p. m. to-
morrow at the McFall Brothers
chapel. ia East Garfield avenue
Burial viii be in Woodmere Gene
terry.
Mr.. Harris died Thursday in
University Hospital at Ann Arbor
A resident of Detroit since child
hood, Mr. Harris leaves his wife
Dana; his mother. Mrs. Emma
Hairs. and two sisters and two
brothers. His home was at 522t
.TWcnty-fourth street.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-23
Harry W. Griffith
Briggs Executives Burial
in Indianapolis

Funeral services for Harry w.
Griffith. sc, Briggs Manufacturing
Company executive, who died of
a heart attack Saturday after his
car had collided with a street car,
were set for 3 30 p. m. today at
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-23

lished his furniture and UNDER
taking businesses.
He is survived by his widow.
Helen. and "A sister, Mrs. Erving
j. Door of Bloomfield. n. j.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-23

Gen. Hugh =. JOB n n.
Americas Fighting Thinker
Writes Daily for the Times.