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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
JUDGE
SUBMITS REPORT
Net Receipts Of His Court
$1S,3S7.H; New Law
Asks Annual Record

Patrick Healey Waterbury Judge
of Probate, today announced that he
has filed an income report for 194l
with Secretary of State Mrs. Chase
Going Woodhouse, listing net re-
ceipts of $18,38717 The filing Of
reports concerning the annual earn
ings of Connecticut probate judges
was made law by special act of the
1941 General Assembly.
Gross receipts, according to a
statement issued to the press by the
head of the Waterbury probate dis
trict, were $24,l56.86 for 1941 and
$3,O68.57 accumulated from other
years during which Judge Healey
was in office. Total gross receipts
were $27 ,225 .43.
Expenditures involved in the op-
Grafton of the probate office were
given as follows: Salaries for clerks
and assistants, $S,o95.95; other ser
vices, $12l.47; dues and subscriptions
$27.25; telephone and Telegraph
$1,000; postage, $18o1; office sup
plies, $396.17. and refunds, 1895
Total expenditures were $8,838.26.
Volume Of Business
simultaneously. Judge Healey
issued report of the volume OF
business handled by the local court
during the past twelve : month
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27

author of his one-man movie,
Citizen Kane" Best supporting
player was Donald Crisp, for his
part in How Green" while best
supporting actress was the red
headed Mary Astor-she OF Diary
fame-for her wark in THE Great
Lie"
The war put crimp III the Gus
tomary festivities. There was no
dancing. No evening gowns. No fun
dress suits and no ribbons across
hard boiled shirts. The folks who
paid their sll per plate for STEAK
and pink ice cream. who listened 10
Wendell Willkie make the principal
speech and who sat through hours
of Oscar handing out. looked hardly
at all ike the handsomest COLLECTION
of people in the world.
They resembled, rather, "lthout
their find Feathers, the diners at
any Rotary Club banquet Ill any
prosperous town. Almost all the
women wore black dresses. The men
leaned toward doublc-brested suits
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
Japanese Spread Over
7O-Mile Burma Front
New Offensive Armed at Selling Whole of South
Burna-S Smashing at RangconN Claim Japs
Enter Suburbs of Capital
BY DARRELL BERRIGAN
UNITED Press staff Correspondent

Mandalay, Burma, Feb. q - (U.
P.D = Japanese invaders famed out
on a 70-mile front today for new
offensive aimed at taking all Of
lower Burma.
The Imperial defenders along the
Sittang river fought with their
backs to the Rangoon- Mandalay
railroad portion of the Burma road.
A full-scale thrust direct toward
Mandalay, across Burma's Shan
states, was believed building up from
Japanese bases in northern Thai
land. "a Chinese government
spokesman said yesterday that jap
an had concentrated $4,000 troops
in the area and was moving in para
troops, planes and mechanical
units)
An about fight for air supremacy
was believed to have started in
the Rangon area, But the Japanese
had been dealt staggering set
back.
Reliable reports increased to q
the number of invader planes prob
ably shot down in great air duels
over the evacuated capital yester-
day, and the japanese losses in a
72-hour period had risen to almost
100.
Planes Roar Over Capital
Fleets of planes were roaring IN
on the capital, but Imperial airmen
were beating them back while
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
Sneering Slayer Pays
For His Many Crimes
George Cvek Had Murdered, Raped or Robbed Fifteen
Housewives; His Attempted Sheer in Death
Chair Was Failure

Ossining, N. Y, Feb. 27.-(UP)--
George Cvek, who sneered about the
IS housewives he murdered, raped
or robbed and sneered and spat at
the judge who sentenced him,
couldn't quite sheer last night when
he sat down in the electric chair
of Sing Sing prison. But he tried.
A cynical smile played about his
lips while attendants adjusted head
and leg electrodes and buckled him
in. During the seconds between
the time they stepped back and the
switch was thrown, witnesses in the
hot little death chamber saw his
smile fade and his lips move.
He was repeating inaudibly, the
prayer being said by the prison
chaplain, the Rev. Bernard Martin.
Three minutes after he entered
the death chamber, he was pro-
nounced dead.
Mother FOrSOOk Him
Not even his mother. Mrs. Bar
bara Cvek, Of Bressler. Pa, consoled
him in his last hours. None had Wis
tied him since he was installed III
death row last May 81, and he
had written no letters and had
asked for nobody.
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Barber Shop Duel Ends In
Death OF Both Disputants

tic from his pocket.
Jacobs and his partner. Charlie
King, fled the shop and heard Craw-
ford protest: you're wrong about
this, Jimmie
No one witnessed the gunfight.
When the BARRIERS returned few
minutes later with help, Crawford
was dead on the floor witt, two bull
lets in his chest and one in his
heart. His .38 caliber revolver was in
his hand. Wilson lay beside him, fa-
tally wounded, with two bullets In
his body and one in his head.
-Four bullet holes we're found IN
the wall. Hair tonic was dripping
from bottle shattered on a shelf.
Wilson died two hours later at
Fort Smith hospital.
Mark E. Woolsey, deputy prosecut-
ing attorney, said the cause of the
dispute had not ben learned. Craw-
ford and Wilson had been friendly,
he said, since the 1910 election
campaign. Crawford recently had
announced his candidacy for fifth
two-year term, but Wilson had not
revealed his intentions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
Joan Fontaine, Gary Cooper Declared
Best Actress, Actor Of 1911 Pictures

of blue serge.
The movie manufacturers got a
particular kick from Miss Fontaine'S
award. -Four years ago she was fired
by RKO Radio, because the manage
ment at that time said she'd never
be a first class actress.
Yet 1t was at RKO that she funct-
ioned under director Alfred Hitch
cock to make Suspicion" and to
garner the most coveted award a
picture actress can get. Among the
cheerers was Olivia DeHavilland
her sister, who herself had re-
received an award nomination for
her work in Hold Back the Dawn"
The speechmaking by most of the
movie big-wigs. the Chinese Ambas-
sador, and Willkie, took hours.
The dinner ended at one a. m
a a. m. EWT) Bob Hope got the
last word. He turned to photo
grapher, who was shooting flash
after flash. and said: If you get me
with my mouth open, dub in some
teeth"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
GOVERNOR BLOCKS
SPECIAL SESSION
No Need for Legislature to
Be Called to Preserve
Local Autonomy

rr,,tfa,1 C, r.,, an y l,rnl Y
1aai.,o.u, oolln., reg. 1ILNoF 1,-
~ nui4ey ni.i,ia.eu Iooay Ila'
o;lete mee p, io iieeu loa Special ses-
Sioii =. .ile ieelsia, uie W preserve
iva, au.olioir,y unuer PROVISIONS VI
'iie reoeiai riice ooiitroi Act'
The special session had been pro-
posed by the Bridgeport Fair Rent
Committee which feared the federal
government would take over the
rent situation in the state and ex-
ercise authority over local Fair
Rent groups.
In a letter to Howard I. Comstock
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
New Jap Warships With
Transports Were Sighted
Off Sumatra Island
NETHERLAND PLANES
SAVAGELY ATTACKED
American Planes May Be
Mixed in FerociOusly
Fought Battle for Java
Allied Headquarters, Java.

Allied Headquarters, Java,
February q. - (Via Tele-
phone) (UP) Air
squardrons of the United
Nations struck at Japanese
invasion armadas today as
the enemy sought to rein
force and push forward the
spearheads thrust toward
both ends of Java Island.
New enemy warships and
transports were sighted in
the waters OF Su1natra Island, on
the western approach to Java.
Dutch airplanes bombed them. III
the neighborhood of Bali Island, on
the eastern approach, American
bombers led the attack.
The japanese air force, now oper-
ating from bases within short fly
ing distance of Java, was battling
savagely to protect the enemy fleets
and hammering steadily at the DIG
Dutch naval bace of SoerabaJa on
eastern Java.
Enemy Mayo fighters, carrying
two cannon and four machine guns
and equipped with detachable re-
serve fuel tanks that give them
long range, savagely attacked Meth
erlands airplanes. The Dutch planes
had pounded the japanese ships off
the East coast of Sumatra near
Bangka Island. One enemy fighter
was shot down the Dutch commu-
nique indicated.
Ten Japanese O-fighters took part
in the air battle.
Results Uncertain
Results of the bombing attacks
were uncertain and the American
onslaught against Sea-borne enemy
renforce1nents near Bali was not
mentioned in the dutch commune
que presumably awaiting an Amer
lean or United Nations announce
ment. American planes may have
participated in the Sumatra attack
as well since the Dutch commune
que usually is limited to activities of
the N. E. I. armed forces while the
United Nations communicates in
clude American and British opera
tons as well.
Summoned to fight to the bitter
end with the aid of Allied forces
that Gen. Helm Ter Poorten said
included thousands Of Americans,
Britons and Australians, the people
of Java were ready for the hour Of
decision. The aerial attacks on the
enemy ships off Sumatra indicated
the test would not be long delayed.
Damage by heavy Japanese anti
tircraft fire and the attack of jap
anese planes which raced in as the
Dutch planes left for home, pre-
vented the bomber crews from OBJ
serving results but it was indicated
that great damage had been done.
1t was believed that at least one
of the Japanese planes was shot
down before the Dutch planes got
safely home.
Diminish Attack
For reasons not yet clear, jap
anese planes diminished the Juror
of their attacks on Java.
Nine planes made what was in
tended to be a heavy raid on the
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Ozark, Ark, Feb. q - (U.Po =
Mountain folk In franklin County
wondered today what provoked the
barber shop gun duel in which both
participants, their sheriff and his
political rival, were killed.
The sheriff was Champ Crawford,
Al, who won fame three years ago
when he disguised himself as a
fisherman and captured the kid
naper and murderer, Jack Russell.
Crawford was in the King and
Jacobs barber shop on Main street
yesterday being saved by Mollard
Jacobs.
Jim Wilson, 80. former county
treasurer and unsuccessful candi-
date for sheriff in 1910. left the
hardware store where he worked
and sauntered across the street to
the barber shop.
Stand aside, Mollard, I'll finish
this gentleman" Wilson said.
Jacobs raised the back Of the bar
Der chair and said: Don't do any
thing rash, JIM"
This is none Of your affair." VIII
son answered, drawing an automa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
AN UNIDENTIFIED
ship IS BURNING
Seven Miles Distant From
Asbury Park; Spectacle
Watched From Shore

Asbury Park, N. j., Feb. 27-tUP)
An unidentified ship blazed fierce
" seven miles offishore early today
and civilian nrst aid workers uwaII-
ed the arrival of survivors. At APP
prcximately the same place, lew
miles outside the entrance to New
York harbor. where the passenger
liner Moro Castle burned in 1884
with a loss of 1874 lives, the new
holocaust filled the sky with flames.
Shore watchers saw the ship vivid
" silhoueted. They said it was a
tanker. Police Sergeant William
Hriden, OF Belnar, n. j., was patrol
ing the ocean front at 1880 a. m.
He saw a sheet of fame about 200
to 800 feet, followed by an explosion.
Within seconds the sheet OF flame
subsidized into wall OF fire some SO
feet high that maintained itself
through the rest of the night.
Crowds formed on the beach here,
at Belnar, and other resort towns
in the vicinity and watched the
spectacle. Local organizations had
coffee, food, and physicians waiting
for survivors. Private fishing boats
had put out at once.
The fire was burning IN the same
vicinity that the passenger liner
Mohawk sank after a collision In
1885 with a loss of As lives.
No submarine activity in waters
of New York harbor has been re-
ported since January IA when a
tank ship was torpedoed off Long
Island, and January Is when an
other ship was lost in the same
area.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
BY FREDERICK G. OTHMAN
United Press Hollywood COrrees
u. p. HOLLYWOOD Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD Feb. 27-(UP)--
FIFTEEN hundred movie makers
cheered Joan Fontaine and Gary
Cooper as the best actors OF l94l
early today at the l4th annual
Academy Awards Dinner.
Miss Fontaine in black like most
of her banqueting sisters in the
glamour girl business, and Cooper
in a business suit and a wide grin,
won their plated Oscars for
cheir performances, respectively, in
suspicion" and Sergeant Yonk."
How Green Was My Valley"
was named best picture, while John
Ford. who directed it and who is
now serving with the navy at sea
in the Far East, received the prize
for the best direction.
Orson Welles, the man from Mars
who had been nominated in nearly
all the award classifications, re-
ceived only half an Oscar. as CO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
U.S.. Army Officers At
Blackout Here Sunday
State Defense Officials Expect Them With State
Police Heads as Well; Blackout Will Cover
Much More Than Waterbury Area

State defense officials, state police
heads and perhaps U. S. Army off,
GERS will be in Waterbury Sunday
night for this areas first test black
out. The blackout will cover all OF
Litchfield courty, the Waterbury
section of New Haven county and
part of Fairfield county. 1t will be
heralded by sirens some time after
dark"
Those in the downtown area had
small sample Of what the black
out will mean when virtually all
stores not open for business turned
off all their display ard advertising
lights last night. The stores will
continue to do this voluntarily each
night. The only stores lighted were
those still doing business.
Gas Masks For City
From Washington came news that
Congressman Joseph E. Talbot has
been notified by the Office of Civil
ian Defense of the ALLEGATION of 3d.
314 gas masks and vast quantity
of other defense equipment and ma
terial to Waterbury. The city will
receive 1906 baby-size masks, 4,31l
for very small children, II AL for
other children, 1881 for small adj
ults, and 32,293 for large adults, also
2,772 heavy duty masks for civilian
defense workers.
The city will also receive 18 trailer
pumps. Also allocated here are large
gas-proof capes and 791 incendiary
bomb fighting sets, Including small
pupms. Also allocaetd here are large
quantities of helmets, boots, pixies
and other fire. fighting equipment.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
Air Squadrons From United
Nations Hit Invaders Hard
Gen. MacArthur's Men Made Great
Advance On Japs Over Long Front
Smash Through From One
to Eight Kilometers in
Past 48 Hours
BY EVERETT r. HOLES
United Press Staff Correspondent

lUnlted FreSS StaH COTTeSpOIlOeHtl
Washington, Feb. 27-(UP)--Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's Bataan forces
have advanced from one TO eight
kilometers along their entire front
during the past 48 hours, the War
Department reported today.
Communique No. 126, covering re-
ports received up to $3.50 a. m.
EWT., today, said fighting was con-
tinuing between Eight forces of
MacArthur's American Filipino
army and the Japanese.
Apparently it was a continuation
of the exploratory attack launched
two days ago by Macarthur. The
department reported yesterday that
this attack had resulted in some
gains, and today it said Gen. Mac
Arthur's troops are holding advanc-
ed positions along the entire
front.
There still was no Indication,
however, shat the attack had reach
ed important Japanese-heid centers
or that it has assumed the proper
tons of a major counter off ensive
Greatest Advance
The communique noted that "tle
greatest advance" was made on the
right flank, north Of Pillar. The
area is on the Manila Bay side OF
Bataan peninsula, and represented
the eastern anchor point Of Mac
Arthur's lines about half way up
the peninsula.
"Our troops are being subjected
to a relatively light enemy air and
artillery attack" the communique
said, with out elaboration
1t noted that hidden enemy ar
tillery on the Cavite shore OF
Manila Bay has been silent "for
several days" These guns have on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
ZERO HOUR FOR
JAVAVERY NEAR
Japs Set That Hour for
China, Hong Kong, NAL
ava Says U. P. Writer
RY HAROLD GUARD

Allied Headquarters, Java, Feb. u
-Java's zero hour seemed near to-
day, as the zero hour set by Japan
had come for China, Hong Kong
and Malaga.
saw the Japanese army in ac-
ton in China and in Malaga; I
was able to follow each step of the
Japanese in their attack on Hong
Kong because Of my intimate know
ledge of that territory where I
was long stationed.
Java now is the intended victim
OF the Japanese war machine.
Japan's methods are marked by
extreme simplicity. The high COM
mand always chooses the most
logical, but not always the most
obvious route, to a definite OBJ
jective. 1t never chooses an OBJ
jective which it Is not convinced
it can attain.
In China, the Japanese drove
straight to their main detectives. In
both China and Malaga the jap
anese army with the aid of a
smooth intelligence service, always
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
GREAT BATTLE
ONLEN|NGRAD
NEARS CLIMAX
Soviet Forces Hunting
Down Nazi Units in
Frozen Forests
RUSSIA RING IS
GROWING TIGHTER
Staraya Is Still in German
Hands, But End Seems
to Be Near
BY M. s. HANDLER
United Press Staff Correspondent

Moscow, February 81. -
(UP) - The battle for Len
mgrad is nearing it's climax,
as Russians at Staraya
Russia, 40 miles to the
south, hunted down trapped
German units in the frozen
forests and wiped them out,
Russian sources said today.
Soviet forces are dealing the
enemy crushing blows at near and
distant approaches to Leningrad,
with ski troops and guerrillas
wreaking "havoc" in the Germans
rear, a Red Army officer said.
Naval batteries already have de-
strcyed thousands of strong points
ane silenced $500 German artillery
batteries, he revealed.
The officer said hundreds of thou
sands Of Russian soldiers were hurl-
ing themselves day and night against
enemy defenses.
There was no clear picture OF the
fighting around Staraya Russia,
where the Russians had encircled the
German 18th army and killed 10000
Nazis. The Russians were said to
be In the woods, lnopping up the
remnants of three German divis-
ions and taking some prisoners.
The ring was ever being drawn
tighter.
"Staraya Russia is still in Ger
man hands, but not for long" radio
Leningrad said last night.
1.-THE people of Staraya Russia
soon will be liberated by our troops.
Our operations will end in the ex-
termination of all Germans, IN
Staraya Russia. Their fate is sealed.
(Radio Moscow was heard in Lon
don broadcasting that complete an
nihilation of the German 10th army
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
NINETY CHILDREN.
MAY LEAVE SCHOOL

Aver, Mass, Feb. 27.-(UP)-
Ninety children, whose fathers are
stationed at Fort Devens, will be
barred from Aver schools Monday
unless the government pays prom
led allotment of $4,000, school sup
erinendtn Frank G. johnson said
today.
The money, he said, has been
long overdue and Ayer--a town Of
3,OOO-can't afford to pay for extra
teachers and supplies. y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
PRESIDENT BACKS
OVERTIME WAGES
Opposed to Abandonment
of Extra Pay for Work
in Excess OF 40 Hours
BY JAMES sHEPLEY

UnlteQ frcSS StdII Correspondence
Washington, Feb. 27-(UP)-An
llnimpeachable source said today
that the administration is opposed
to abandonment of overtime pay
for work in excess of 40 hours a
week, and that even If he had the
Scwer, President Roosevelt would
Int suspend such provisions Of law.
the source represented the chief
enecutlve as feeling that abandon
ment of the time-and-a-half over
time provisions of the wage-hour
law would seriously reduce the in
come of millions who now work
mere than 40 hours week on an
overtime basis.
He ais pointed out that the leg
islatio-l sponsored by Rep. Howard
w. Smith, D., Va.-now pending in
the House as a proposed amend
ment to the second War Powers
bill-would affect workers IN non
defense industries such as textile
mills, as we'll as the increasing
millions of defense industry work.
ers.
Meantime, the President said at
a rress conf renee that he regard
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
ANNUAL PROBATE
RECORDS FILED
Naugatuck Among Towns
That Put in Its Report
Today

Hartford, Conn.,, Feb. 27--UP)-
Annual probate court financial state
ments were filed today with the
secretary of state as follows:
Derby, income $l1,294, balance
$6,923: Shelton, income $2,964, bal
ance $2,184; Fairfield, income $8,207,
balance S5,985: Bethel, income $2657,
balance. 1892; Naugatuck, income
$685., balance $4,141; Westbrook, in
come $500, balance $5l9; Walling-
ford, income $3.50, balance 1886;
Sharon, income $1,867, balance
$l,224
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Feb. 27-UP)-Gov-
eminent expenses and receipts for
the current fiscal year through Feb.
25, compared with a year ago:
This Year Expenses Last Year
$3.50, 6O9,529.00
War Spending
s12, s2,S60, 020,123.50
Receipts
s6,4OS,261,o76.9s sS,755,971.6s1.2s
Net Deficit
SIC, 1905, 5es,4s4.oS sS,452,Oss,Ss7.74
Cash Balance
SO, o06,256,1S2.96 $1,75e, 7o9l.2s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
THEFT OF BONDS

New Britain, Conn.,, February 81
CUP - The first theft of defense
bonds in Connecticut waS reported
today.
The bonds, valued at S75, were
taken from two apartments which
were ransacked. U. S. authorities
said the bonds were valueless to the
thieves, who would be unable to
cash them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27
SIAMESE TWINS
PUZZLE DOCTORS
Two Baby Girls Born Face
to Face; Surgeons May
Cut Them Apart
BY MARTIN KANE
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

New York, Feb. 27-(UP)--A
physician deliberated today whether
to cut two infants apart of let them
60 through their lives joined by
flesh, locked in everlasting en-
brace.
The babes were the daughters of
Mrs. Carmine Piociotto, 25, who had
wanted Just one baby 10 replace ner
first born--dead for more than a
year-and gave birth yesterday to
Siamese twins.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-27

America needs Office workers now.
Enroll in special courses. Post
Junior College Of Commerce.
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The Ely miner., 1942-12-24

til after Nov. / win be issued coupons
to cover these purchases.
This was announced by the OPA to
cover situations in which dealers sold
part OF their supplies of these fuels
and could not otherwise replenish
their stocks. Persons who made such
purchases were urged by OPA to ap-
ply at their local rationing boards for
the coupons, which should be turned
over to dealers who made the sales to
them.
To be eligible for ration coupons for
past purchases, consumers In this class
must attach ito their application form
a signed statement setting forth the
amount of fuel oil purchased since
Oct. 1, the dates involved and the
name and address Of the dealer.
The Ely miner., 1942-12-24
NOVELTY CANDIES OUT
FOR DURATION.

The war is hitting pretty close to
home these days, fellers. There won't
be any of those chocolate santa claus
es, valentine hearts, Easter eggs, and
other novelty candies for the dura-
ton.
Northwest War Production Board Of
ficials, announcing the cutting off of
these candies, said that boys and girls,
in giving them up, will be providing
breakfast cocoa and chocolate bars for
soldiers, sailors and other fighting men.
Effective last week, the WHIP order
er that no chocolate should be used in
coating novelty items, miniature candy
pieces or chocolate shot or for decora-
ting chocolate pieces.