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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
J. MEHERIN MAKES
 TRIp TO SITKA TODAY

J. .J Meherin, prominent busi- ness man, took an Alaska Coastal Airline plane to Sitka on a short business trip today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
FOR RENT

FURNISHED apt. rooms and bath. Washing machine, Cold Spot, oil stove. Phone Green 634.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
DANIELSONS TAKE OVER
 HOME OF DIR. WHITEHEAD

MT. and Mrs. Carl Danleisoii have moved into the pr. w. M Whitehead residence at the cofher of Sixth and Harris Streets.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
INFANT E BORN ON COAST GUARD
 BOAT SATURDAY

The stork and Coast Guard boat and the stork won by nose, when the baby of Mrs. Ernest Stewart of Juneau was born just as the Arrow was tying up at the small boat har- bor here. The baby was stillborn.
 MT and Mrs. Stewart had been going to Hoonah on the boat. but arriving there, Mrs. Stewart found she was going to need hospital care and the Arrow brought them back Mrs. Stewart is now in the Gov ernment Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29

II. D. STABLER MAKES
 PLAN ETRIP, SITKA H. D. Stabler, Juneau attorney, left by Alaska Coastal Airlines plane today! for a business trip to Sitka.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
NEW ALLIED DRIVE
 FOR NEW GUINEA
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 This was the first mention of ground activity In the Salamnua- Lac area, about l65 miles northwest up the coast from the Buna-Go front, for several weeks. A spokes- man at headquarters said the re- ference to "pressure" did not neces- sarily mean that Japanese outposts had been attacked, but that patrols were active in an effort to free na- tipes who had been impressed for work.
 Fighting flared oil along the Buna front where, the spokesman said, "our troops are moving in all through the area" Artillery fire wrecked bridge leading to the Japanese nest at the Buna Mission, There were sharp hand-to-hand en- counter all along the coast, from the Mambare Delta to Cape Endai- adore.
 The toughest fighting was around the Buna mission and the Buna air strip, where constant artillery bar rage helped Allied ground forces in wiping out this last important Jap- anese toe-hold in eastern New Guinea.
 The mission area was given heavy pounding from the air Thursday Martin B-26 Martians scored hits with 300-pound bcmhs. Beaufighters flying over later said fires were still burning,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18

sfator to decide whether a case fails ln the emergency category. OPA 9fIicials said necessary visits to doc lors and hospital were the sort of Emergency they had in mind. On he other hand, even doctors will not be able to obtain unlimited fuel fpr the present, pending relaxation ok the ban.
 Affected States
 @The states affected are: New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia North Carolina, South Carolina Georgia and Florida.
 The order applies to every part of each of these states.
 An OPA official said that Petrol cum Administrator Harold L. 1ckes had been asked by OPA to make a fast new survey of the whole petro- leum situation.
 sarhe results of this survey will de- termine whether the order can be modified or lifted.
 Future of As" Uncertain
 Asked whether last nights plan to cancel only "A" coupons might be instituted later, he said:
 ..'I don't know yet"
 Asked to define what types of em-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
CONFUSION REICNS
 AS GAS IS BANNED
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Continued from Page D will be allowed to buy gas, This means the removal from traffic Of all "A" card cars, which make up the basic part of the average gas station's business,
 "Only two or three stations can keep in business if this prohibition against sales continues Nsry long the operator of one large station told The Democrat. None Of the rest Of us does enough business with holders of TT" cards to allow us to stay open"
 stations May Give Up
 Several station or,,rators, 1t was reported, have already decided that this latest hit to their business is the last straw and are ready to give up their places.
 Though the sudden federal order means a great change in the life Of many Waterburlans, 1t was being taken good.naturedly in mce' c",.g. ters. The principal e.ststogs were factory workers on the 2 to 3 shift, who had no opportunity to buy even those last few gallons before the noon deadline,
 Unanswered in the federal regu- lation banning sales is the question of the hundreds Of defense workers in cites like Waterbury who com mute to and from their Jobs daily from suburban homes, Many ot these have only enough gas for . day or two, and a large percentage say that bus service Is unavailable for them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
EMERGENCY POWER
 SOUGHT IN STATE
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authority over personnel and eQuip- fnent."
 That legislation be approved for enforcement of blackout and air raid rules, and the establishment and maintenance of personnel and equipment in communities beyond town and city charter provisions which will enable towns to meet conditions which may arise during the period of the war emer- gency."
 The council reported that the ie4l Legislature appropriated $l00,. 900 for its work for the l04l-i94S bienium, and that 1t was necessary to draw upon the governors emer- gency fund for the additional $l0o,. GOO for the first year. Expenses for the balance Of this fiscal year are estimated at Sis2,s52,
 Noting that only Si of staff of ss employees of the council were paid personnel, the council re- ported that comparison with similar organizations in other states indicates that Connecticuts eX- penditures are well in line and in most instances far below that in other states"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
OIL SHORTAGE IS
 WORRYING EAST
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fleXibillty of rationing provisions.
 Cold Weather Problem

AlcNlDAllJy Ol TdtlO1llIlk pIpNls&JtS' -
 Cold Weather Problem
 Tt was anticipated that the ad- ministratIon of the fuel oil ration- Ing program would present difficult ties,' he said, "and naturally eX- treme cold weather would aceen- tuate these difficulties"
 Tn Massachusetts, Gov. Leverett Saltonstall predicted the state fuel oil supply would be exhausted by mid-January and said the state was developing an emergency plan for oil burning householders to move to homes of relatives or neighbors If their furnaces finally flicker out,
 Mayor Maurice J. Tobin of Bos- ton plans to open schools to house any families forced out Of heatless homes, SaltonStall called for "gas- less Sundays" because every gallon or gasoline saved meant gallon of fuel oil for New Enslanders.
 Tn Detreit, Dr. Bruce H. Douglas, City Health Commissioner said the rationing situation threatened the city With pneumonia epidemic.
 The St. Augustine Catholic School at St, Louis, with 430 pupils, was closed Thursday because It's fuel oil was exhausted The St. Augustine Church, adjoining the school, was saving It's little oil for Christmas worshippers,
 Small Amounts Allotted
 Minnesota Petroleum Company officials said the chief difficulty in that area was the small amounts of fuel allotted for parlor heaters, which are used chiefly by low Income families.
 In Wisconsin, Gov. Julius P, Hell said he was converting his Mi!wau- kee home from oil to coal. He form erly burned l2000 gallons Of oil in a season and must cut hls consump- ton 75 per cent, President William R. Pate, of the Pate oil Company in Milwaukee, predicted that e week of zero weather now would bring tragedy to hundreds Of Wis., consin homes"
 At Omaha, Neh,, the complaint was that there was too much oil which couldn't be shipped east be- cause of @ tank car shortage. Omaha receives oil in pipe lines from Kan .a.. nk,altsna and from one Me- braska field.
 Board Number Resigns
 At Babylon, N. r., one ration board member rendered his resigna- ton effective Dec. 3i because mount ing public criticism threatened his job as a public official. Women vol- unteers also were dropping out bee cause their neighbors were annoy ed with them for cutting oil allot. ments. Board member Charles o. Ireland said rationing would be sim- pie If 1t was not for governmental delays and indecisions.
 "The only trouele we anticipate, he said. 'is the government not making up its mind and not getting us the forms. We have three pro- grams going at once here. Because they were neglected in Washington. we get orders to do one thing one day and before we get half through orders are changed"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
OBITUARY

afternoon at 2 o'clock from tho Bailey-Snyder Funeral Home, % Willow street, with Rev, Martin LoreGs of the First Lutheran Church officiating,
 Friends may call at tho funeral home this evening after ' o'clock and Saturday and Sunday afternoon and evening,
 FANlA--Anselo Eama, age ei, Of
 7Sl Bank street, 6iea suddenly last night at the Waterbury Hospital, He Is survived by two sons Rosario, ef Waterbury and Charles of New York City, Mir, Fama was a native ot Italy and resided hero for & years, the first years M New York City and 30 years in Waterbury,
 Tho funeral will take place from tho Maiorano Funeral Home, sa Willow street, Monday morning at S o'clock with Q requiem high Mass at Our Lady Of Mt, Carmel Church at 9 o'clock, Burial will be m Cal- vary cemetery, Friends may eall at the funeral home Saturday and Sunday from to 2 to II o'clock,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
2 Million Motorist Tn 17 States Affected
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ergencies would make "A, "B" and "C", and other classes of coupons eligible for use, he said that trips to doctors office and hospitals we're the type intended.
 He said that it would be a matter of several hours at least before report could be obtained from 1ckes Any relaxation of Henderson's order would depend upon the results of the survey.
 The order, if extended more than a week, will preclude pleasure driv- ing over the holidays. An order to suspend "A" coupons originally was scheduled for release last midnight. It was held up at the last minute because of controversy over the wording of a press release.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
TEST FOR NEW
 GUNS ARE MADE

Los Angeles, Dec. is.--tupl- Army, Navy, and Marine Corps of- ficers today studied results of tests on 0 new automatic, pneumatic ma chine gun designed to fire i2,00o rounds Q minute.
 The gun was demonstrated to the officers by Its inventor, W, B. Hale, chief engineer of the Dix Manufac- turing Company at Los Angeles.
 Hale said the gun fired bullets with compressed air, eliminating the need for powder cartridt', shell castings and election mechanisms. Bullets are poured into a hopper, he said, and fed into tho firing chamber by vacuum.
 He said discharges caused no flashes, loud reports or recoils be- cause powder was not used.
 The gun weighs less than 800 pounds and fires a bullet equivalent to the 50 caliber ammunition used by the army, Hale said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18

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 in the Toropets area, but in the area of the town of Bely, the offen- sive here is being conducted by Sov- iet troops ard not by Germans"
 Tn the course of this fighting, the 33rd German tank regiment, 2l6th infantry regiment and 18th chas- seurs battalion were utterly rout- cd" the communiQue reported.
 Seven thousand Germans were killed, and they lost ll0 tanks, 67 guns, 100 machine guns, 800 trucks, and 10 train sof supplies.
 The Russians lost 2,o00 killed, il6 missing, 70 tanks, 4s guns, and 3i6 trucks.
 "The publication of one more false report by the Germans is very siSni- ficant,' the communique said, Tt shows that the Hltlerites' affairs are going from bad to worse. The Hit. lerlte command is afraid Of telling the Germans the truth about the situation
 Tn q factory area of Stalingrad, the noon communique said, Soviet storm troops surrounded and blew up seven German firing positions along with their garrisons, Soviet infantry shot down i've German transport planes on the southern outskirts, making Q total of l2 in the last 24 hours.
 Counter attacks were reported northwest and southwest of Stalin. grad, but they were futile and cost tho Germans heavily.
 Repulsing infantry and tank coun. er-attacks, the Russians disabled five tanks northwest of Stalingrad, then attacked and killed more than 200 Germans. They wiped out 200 more on another sector and blew up an ammunition dump,
 The Russians repulsed two coun- ter-attacks southwest Of Stalingrad, destroyed eight tanks, killed 250 Germans and captured important booty. On one southwestern sector, advancing Red Army forces occu- pied fortified firing point.
 "on the central front, Soviet troops engaged h active operations, the noon communique said. It re- ported one counter. .attack west Of Rzhev, but 1t resulted in nothing but 200 killed for the Germans,
 In capturing the village near the Rzhev-Vyazma railway, the Rus sians killed up to 100 Germans, des- troyed three tanks and other mater ial, and captured prisoners.
 The Russians were still dealing the Germans heavy blows around Suro. vikino, where they had won q big victory several days ago, Surovikino Is 74 miles duo west of Stalingrad in the Don Bend
 In fighting southwest of Surovi- kino yesterday, Russian tankmen killed i,250 Germans, disabled Ave tanks. destroyed 30 guns, l2 carts loaded with supplies and b2 block houses, and captured 70 Germans. This suggested that the Russians were chasing 6 rapidly fast fleeing enemy.
 The Russians announced that an inventory showed the size of their initial victory around Surovikino was greater than at first announced
 They captured 380 guns, Instead of 305. as previously reported, and the following booty never before an- nounced: IS tanks, 20 whippet tanks and armored cars, 65 trench mortars 205 machine guns, $50 anti-tank guns and big stores of food and ammunition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
MAN BURNED TO
 DEATH IN TRUCK

Los Angeles, Dec, Ia -A- (U,P0 = One man was burned to death and four others, including three sailors, were burned seriously today when q truck trailer of Butane Fuel eS. ploded,
 Police said the three sailors were in n taXienb driven by Lewis Thomas 50, when they saw the truck driver attempting to step a leak which was spraying gas on the street,
 Investigators believed someone threw a cigaret Into the fuel, A tre- mendous blast enveloped the truck and trailer in flames and poured over the taXi, killing Thomas almost instantly, Among those burned were James Glennon, 26, Dorchester, Mass, and Ralph w. Doe, Jr, 20, sailor, Dedssm, Mass. both sailors, 1,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
FUNERALS


 The funeral of James II. Egan oi i60 Fa!rlawn avenue will be held from hls home at s:i5 o'clock to- morrow morning to the Sts, Peter and Paul church where solemn high Mass will be celebrated at ( o'clock. Burial will be in old St JosephS cemetery.
 Friends may call at the home this afternoon and evening,
 The funeral of John F, o'Connell, 6S, of i3S South Main street, who died at midnight Wednesday in Mill dleseX Hospital, will ',e held Satur- day at the W. J. Coughlin's Sons Funeral Home, 49i High street, Mid dletown and at Q o'clock at St, Johns church. Burial will ke in the St, Johns cemetery, Middletown,
 MT, O'Connell operated the Tog- gerry Shop on Main street for al- most 30 years until his retirement about month ago. Born in Col chester, he moved here 40 years ago and was employed at the old Eisen- kuth Horseless Vehicle plant before entering the clothing business. He was Q member of Middletown Lodge, BPOE, of which he served as eX- alted ruler for several years, and was Q member of the Past Exalted Rulers Assoc'a ion, Forest City Council, K of c, the Holy Name So- ciety, Edgewood Country Club and the Chamber of Commerce.
 Mir. O'Connell leaves two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Mcdowell, wife of former Mayor Arthur V. Mcdowell, and Mrs. John Inglis of this city; four nieces and two Eephews,
 Funeral services for Leslie R. Henderson, TOP Chase Parkway. will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Alderson fu- neral home, 70 Central avenue. Rev. B. Kenneth Anthony, pastor of the First Congregational church, officiating. Burial will be at the convenience of the family,
 The funeral of Mrs. Mary B. Miller, wife of Albert F. Miller of Windsor, was held yesterday after noon at the Merwin & Leach fu- neral home, Windsor. Burial was in old Pine Grove cemetery here.
 Funeral services for Julius Han son, 75, 397 Walnut street. will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home, with Rev. E. Einar Kron, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church, officiating. Bur- ial will be in the old Pine Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the home this afternoon and evening.
 The funeral of Stanley Vidunas of i2 Benham street took place this morning at 10 o'clock from the De- links funeral home, i7 Congress avenue. Burial was in St. Joseph's cemetery, Mahonoy City, Pa.
 The funeral of Luclen J. Wolff. former ressder. of Waterbury. was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
.RAF LOSES IS
 PLANES IN RAID

Continued from Page D continent to an altitude of 10000 feet. Ice formed on wings of many bombers that night.
 A few German planes raided northeastern England last night, dropping bombs from which, 1t was said, there were casualties and some damage. One raider was destroyed,
 (The German radio claimed that Na2i fighter planes attacked traffic and armament establishments in central England. starting fires. Of the British raid on Germany, the Nazis said explosives and incendi- aries were dropped lon widely sep. arated areas, apparently without plan.)
 Last nights RAF raid followed a small-scale operation in the same section Of Germany Wednesday night of Dec. 6 and on the night of 2 there were large-scale boinb- ings of Karlsruhe and Pforzheifn, railroad functions on routes to Italy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18

headed by Maloney, which referred the dispute between oil Adminls- trator Harold l.. Ickes and Price Chief Leon Henderson last year over available oil stocks for the east coast. Ma!oney said tn committees purpose would be to aid rekes, the Opa and others responsible for the rationing program in checking against undue suffering.
 He said the investigation was prompted by reports of inadequate oil supplies, including 0 warning from pr. Bruce II. Douglas, Detroit Health Commissioner, that Detroit Is threatened with . pneumonia epi- demic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18

aircraft, taking troops and supplies to Africa. off Sicily.
 The situation in the Llbyan battle area was that the British advanced forces had caugh tup with the rear guard of Rommel's army, and was pursuing 1t closely, at point only 300 miles shor tof Tripoli, capital of Libya, and 3S5 miles east of Tunisia.
 Behind these advanced British forces. lightning columns of the Eighth Army were still attacking the force which had been cut of by a brilliant flanking movement in the Marble Arch-Wadi Matritan area, and farther to the east the main Eighth Army was pressing westward
 Gen. Montgomery Allied air force including planes of the United States Arm yair force were giving ,@> enemy no respite,
 Gen. Henri Horore Giraud, com- manding French forces in Africa, said in an interview quoted by Radio Morocco that the German air force in Tunlsia was almost en- tirely from Russia,
 Dispatches indicated that the Germans were still fighting desper- ately to escape from the Marble Arch- -Matritan trap.
 Radio Morocco said that the AL lied air force in Libya, strongly re- inforced, had transformed the Afrika Koros retreat Into Q rout.
 So desperate was the situation of the Axis forces trapped between Marble Arch and Wadi Matritan that military quarters had suggest ed Rommel might slow his retreat to try to aid them.
 But 1t was evident that he had abandoned them to continue the retreat of the forward columns, in hope of joining the estimated 3b,ooo Axis troops in Tunisia, and Berlin indicated that he had in fact aban- doned his entire Libyan army.
 Germany, trying to minimize the extent Of the threatening Axis dis aster, broadcast that Field Marshal Erwin Rcmmel, commander in chief, "ls now elsewhere on another mis- sicn,"
 Rumors were circulating that Rommel himself had been caught in the Eighth Army's trap but mill tary quarters gave them little cre' dence.
 The general belief was that Rom mel had left Gen. Kurt Ramcke, his second in command In charge Of the Afrika Korps retreat and had gone to Tunisia to organize there the last ditch stand Of the Axis on the African continent.
 Latest dispatches from the battle front indicated that in Montgom- ery's trap, between the Marble Arch flying field 70 miles west of Asheila and the Wadi Matratin dry river bed and town, were most of Rom- mel's remaining 80 to 100 tanks and many of the remaining 8000 to o,Co0 men Of his crack 90lh light in. fantry diyiSicn with their armored cars, guns and trucks
 It was reported that the 18th German armored division was in the trap along with the e0th and pos- slb,y other troops, while the 2lst armored division continued the flight westward, with the Italian Pis- toia and SpeZ!a divisions, moving SO fast they whipped up desert wind well in the lead.
 The main British Eighth Army had now reached the Marble Arch aeld and possibly had already start sd to attack the trapped Axis forces while the iianking party including hit them from the west around Wadi Matratin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
3 APPOINTMENTS
 TO HEALTH DEPT,

Hartford. Conn, Dec. i8-(UP)- Dr. Stanley H. Osborn, State Health Commissioner, today announced three appointment and the resigna- ton of Dr. Martha O'Malley, Hart ford. as child hygiene physician.
 The appointments were: Betty Casher, New Haven, as assistant mental hygiene social worker:
 Thelma Amsden, Hartford, as medical social worker for crippled children.
 Marjorie Toland. Meriden, medical social work supervisor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18

held this morning at s:S0 o'clock from the Bergin funeral home, 29o East Main street. to the Church of the Sacred Heart at 9 o'clock. Rev. Edmund Wolff, s. J., brother of the deceased, was celebrant of requiem high Mass, with Rev. Albert Ca.la- nan as deacon and Rev. John Dial as ub-deacon. Rev. Henry Cassidy was seated in the sanctuary. A special musical program was sung by the children,s choir and quartet. Interment was in Lawncroft cem- etery with committal services by Father Wolff.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
CHRISTMAS PAGE CONTEST RULES

l. Beginning Friday. Nov 27th, and continuing to Thursday Dec l7th there will appear daily. in The Christmas Shoppers Guide, superfluous or misplaced words one in each of ads appearing on this page. These words are chosen from the sentences printed below.
 2 This contest will be divided into weekly pc. riods each period beginning Friday and closing the following Thursday. Each of the wOns in this sentence will appear just once during the week. Every Friday a new contest will begin and new sentence will be printed
 g. To compete for weekly prizes, you must find the 6 ads each day in which of the superfluOus words appear clip each ad and underline mark the word. Wait until you have the complete set of ads and then assemble them in some novel manner. Mail or bring your entries to Christmas Contest Editor at the Office of The Waterbury Democrat.
 4. Each weeks contest closes Thursday and all en- tr for that week must be received not later than the following Saturday night.
 B. Each week. three prizes of $5, $2 and $1 re- spectvey. will be awarded to the three persons who submit the neaest and most novel correct entries.
 6. Every Wednesday the winners of the previous weeks contest will be announced The decisions of the judges will be final
 2. This contest is open to all but employees of The Democrat and members of their families
 8. All entries become the property of the Wa. terbury Democrat and will not be returned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
JURY GETS CASE

Boston, Dec. 18.-(uP)-U. s. Rep. Elect James M. Curley's $5o0,- 900 litel suit against the Curtis Publishing Go. went to the jury at 11:20 a. m. today after Federal Judge Charles E. Wyzanski had de- livered one-hour charge.