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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-20
Removed Gen. MutO has
Been Sent to War Front
to Fight
ONLY TEN AMERICAN
PLANES IN ATTACK
Japan's Report, However,
Has No Real News Of
Damages to Jap Cities
tRx the United Prsnal

Radio Tokyo said today
that about 10 United States
medium bombers from three
aircraft carriers had taken
part In Saturdays raid On
four Japanese cities and tha1
Lieut.. Gen. Akira Muto hab
been ousted as comfnandsF
Of the military affairs hlss
reau and sent to the front
The propaganda broadcasts gEalt
Tokyo increased confusion END
seemed TO indicate mounting Japan
csc nervousness Ia connection Wi3A
the reported bombing attacks alnk#
many Of the radio sEatnfnenfa Was1
illogical or contradictory
The removal OF Muto, however
was regarded as reflectlng dissatlaA
faction with the central home con-
inand, presumably due to tiae 6f@
fectlvenesS OF the raids az described
In Axis dispatches. American so
Allied sources atill were silent, bat
enemy propaganda broadcasts kept
up q steady and ufccordina7e4
stream OF comment.
Tokyo radio, for instance, 4es
scribed the American planes as Nss0
bomhers-btit these are too large IL
take off from carriers II also MaYN
varying reports Of the SiuFnhoq 81
planes involved and the number ealNk
down.
II was announced that MAI. Osn.
Kenryo Sato had been named ~
succeed Muto.
There was nothing 10 indicate
whether, as seemed probable, NlNse
was 0 direct connection betweeW
Mutos' removal and the bombing Is
Tokyo and other Japanese cAtaNs
Saturday by planes which the japA
anese identified as American.
The Japan Year Book calls z1le
military affairs bureau "the NNal
center OF military administration
Japan Completes Report
A special comfiunique Of Japanese
Imperial, headquarters, indicating
that Japan had now about ulNN&
up It's mind, after two days Of wuI
rled uncertainty, that carrier~kaAs
planes made the Saturday attack 81
Japan's great cities.
"A hostile naval unit. Win
three aircraft carriers aa lis center
appeared on April 10 at q dlelAIf
point OH the eastern coast Of danNA
proper" II said. "But fearing i 1a
aiiese counter-attack II fled wil|iaa
approaching Japanese shores.
"On the same day npproxlma y
10 enemy aircraft OF North AlneEa
can B-26 type appeared over Tokga
and other areas, flying singly h II
pairs.
Hostile planes which Manages
escape few to China.
Damages caused Gin the KMaa4
were extremely light"
Previous Japanese versions sp
Of 90 planes.
However, another Tokyo hg0ad0as
revealed that tho damage waa
GENTLY seriohS 70 calise 3 inea|
today Of Vice ministers III the 1aN
iiese cabinet 10 discliss damage
tained In the raid and FelnA
measures, and regulation fof cen
OF runners"
Japanese and other axts hge
casts indicated that there WIS nHal
nervousness throughout Japan eN6
the possibility o. new ard heaE
raids
tC0utintiad GA @ama III
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-20
LAVAL LEADER
WAS SPEAKING
NPLAY HOUSE
Bomb Hurled to Stage
From Gallery; No Report
on Casualties
GERMAN CREWS ARE
ON FRENCH WARSHIPS
Stockholm Says Laval Is
Ready to Hand Over
French Fleet
BY RALPH HEINZEN
United Press staff Correspondent


Vichy, France, April 20,
-UP) - Occupied France
greeted with a bomb last
The first collaborationist
mass meeting since Pierre
Laval assumed power Satur-
day as head Of a government
pledged to cooperation with
Germany. Following Q speech
by radio to the nation this
evening, Laval will continue consul
tatiDns with his government menu
bers before going 10 Paris later TINS
week. II was stated that Laval Will
maintain his government IN Vichy
but viii spend much time IN Paris
The Paris radio announced today
that en- unidentified man threw q
bomb IN tho RenneS theater while
800 persons were listening 70 o col-
1abortionist meeting at which
jacques Doriot, leader on the
Laval side, presided.
Paris did not say what casualties
there were, II any.
CAS- heard at London, Paris said
that one person was wounded when
the bomb was thrown from the sec.
ord gallery while Doriot himself
was Doeaking.
(London also reported unrest IN
Vlchy France and said heavily
armed patrols were guarding the
streets OF the great Toulon naval
base on the Moditerranear1)
Take French WaFships
(Moscow asserted that German
naval experts had arrived at Mar
settles 70 take over the Vichy bat.
tlesfIsp Dunquerque, 1880 tons, and
heavy cruiser Dupleix, 0038 tons.
(Continiied on Page Al
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-20
MACARTHUR READY
FOR JAP KNOCKOUT
Three.HOur Conference Is
Held With Prime Minister
John Curtin
ny BRYDoN Q. TAvEs
UNITED Press STAR COrrespondont)

General MacArthur's HeadquaF-
ters, Atstralia, April 2O,-(UP)-
General Douglas Macarthur and
Prime Minister John Curtin have
reached complete agreement on
plans for knocking out Japan by q
concentration OF Allied strength" II
was announced today after q three
hour conference Of the two lead
erS.
Gen. Macarthur and are IN
complete agreement on general
strategy for knocking out Japan
by q concentration OF Our strength
rather than dispersai." said Curtin.
"Our conceptions Of tho whole
global strategy are identical"
He said that Allied communicates
describing the courses Of the war
In the southwest Pacific soon will
come from MacArthur'g headquars
tiers aS the result OF MacArthuris
formal assumption OF supreme CONF
inand IN the Pacific battle front.
As Macarthur and Curtin COM
ferTed y. o. and Australian alr
squadrons battered OF japan's isl-
Continued on Page u
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-20
Nazis Face Sea Of Mud
For Spring Offensive
Many German Dead Revealed as Spring Thaws Begin;
Russians Are Beating Back FierCely
Fighting Firms
by M. :. HANDLER
IynIted Press star COrrespOndent)

UNITED Press STAR Correspondent
KuIhyshev, Russia, April 40
CUP $50 The long-awaited spring
thaw Is gradually turning the Rus.
sian battlefront Into o sea OF mud
and uncovering thousands OF Ger
man dead, press dispatches from
the front said today.
The dispatches told OF scattered
fighting IN which the Germans lost
more than 1900 dead but said that
the thAw Wps rendering operations
extremely difiicult for both sideS,
especially on the central or srno-
iensk front.
There was continued hard Aght-
Ing IN the north, where Russian
forces were reported advancing
steadily on the Finnish front de-.
spite Increased resistance.
Although German broadcaSts Ind
complained for several weeks Of DIFF
ficuitieS caused by the thaw, the
Russians had previously said these
reports were greatly exaggerated
and had told Of continued Red army
Today's dispatches, however, In
dtcated that the period OF about q
month or SIX weeks Of deep mud
had actually started and said that
Russian women and children had
started spring sowing Immediately
behind the front lines.
Enemy COFpSes Buried
The dispatches also said that
each OF the thousands OF enemy
corpsea uncovered by the snow
were "now being given six feet Of
Lebensraum (TLstler's cry for LIVING
space) on Russian soil"
The mud badly disrupted fiechaii.
lied warfare on the central front
according 10 front line reports, and
a.@4@s=@
(Continued on Page q
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-20
SUPERNUMERARIES
GET DEPARTMENTS
Two for Whom Police
Supt. Fought, Given 90
Days of Delay

selective Service Board l6-B to-
day received notification from state
headquarters at Hartford that the
appeals board OF the fifth district
has granted 00-day deferments 10
two SupeInumerary policemen Oh
whose behalf Police superintendent
william J. Roach had appealed. The
pair must, however, DO ready for call
70 active duty by July 20. Board
Chairman Anthony schiavore, who
had fought any further defermeitS
for the policemen, said this after.
noon that he planned no appeal 10
higher authority, since @ ruling
probably would not DO forthcoming
before tho end OF their new defer
rnefit period.
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-20

COMPROMISES, Typists URgentIy
ileedod. MnRoII now Pest Junior
College % CenmsSes Adg.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-20

lndeFs That theory q eeagcIEY
sounds Kind Of funny now, when
W mueli y neeae6s
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-20
VNcLE EF

The old sow
has Just had q
fine litter OF
pigs. They can
get some satlss
faction out Og
life, ~ least
through having
been born at q
time when even
the m atewp
economists Will
d ppFeebAte
them, Instead Of
slowing he 10
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-20

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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-20

Light Rain, Cold
For Tonight
run weather RepOrt Page .
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-20

CONTINUED on Page A.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-01
Urges Young Men
70 Enlist
In Marines

In the State Of Montana there
have been no bombings, no black
outs, no threats of enemy action,
and life. has maintained the even
tenor of its peace-time way.
For this reason it is difficult for
us To fully comprehend that our
country is now engaged in the most
titanic struggle that the world has
ever knoWn.s1t is war whose out
come will determine whether or
not our form of government is to
perish or survive. To win this war,
we must utilize to the utmost ev-
cry resource available to us. Among
these resources are the young men
of the country between tn ages Of
of the country between the ages of
authorized to1enlist.
The time to enlist in the armed
forces is now. There is no indi--
vidual private interest that takes
precedence over duty to our coun-
try in this most critical period OF
our national life.
Our enemies will not delay their
attacks while our young men COM
plete their High School or Col
1ege educations; rather they will en-
deavor to strike at that time which
is most disadvantageous to us.
: To enlist young men, train them
and then mold them into highly eff
ficient and effective fighting units
to take their part in modern war
fare requires months of time. Ev-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-01
South Libby Purity Store

cry young man between the ages
of seventeen and thirty who is ply
sically qualified should enlist i'm
mediately NoWl Now! Now
From the Montana Standard, De
cember 90, 1914:
High school seniors who are
candidates for graduation at the end
of the lo41-42 school year may en-
list in the armed forces of the Unit
Fed States and still receive their di-
plomas in May or June, provided
they are still in service at that time,
the State Board of Education has
ruled
United States Marine Corps Re-
cruiting Stations:
Butte. % w. Granite ST.; Billings,
SIS Securities Bldg; Great Falls,
315 Post Office Bldg; Missoula, SO
Higgins Bldg; LeWistoWn, 8 Post
Office Bldg.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-01
Hospital Notes

Glen Oneal underwent an ap-
rendectomy Dec. q.
Mrs. R. w. Sargent was admit
led for tonsilectomy Monday.
Geraldine Pearson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Pearson. un-
serwent an appendectomy Mon
dav
Mrs. J. A. Palmer of the Yak
area was admitted Dec. 26 as a med
ical patient.
D. F. FeWkes of Troy was admit
ted Monday as medical patient.
Admitted Dec "a was David
Moorehouse.
Lester Coffman. mechanical re-
pair man for J. Neils Lumber Co.,
was admitted Dec. 26 following an
accident in which he was struck
by wrench and as result suf-
fered fractured jaw and lacera-
tons and Commissions about the
face.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-01
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

To all our friends of Libby and vicinity May
the New Year bring you great happiness and
prosperity. Our sincere thanks for the pat
ronage of 1941.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-01
Gas Stations To
Close at 7 P. NJ.

: Owners and operators of various
gasoline stations in the city have
agreed to close their places of bust
ness at 7 D. m. beginning January /,
1912. until further notice in order
20 comnlv with national emergency
trends in their line of business.
Those who signed the agreement
md who are asking the whole
hearted cooperation of their Gus
toners are:
L. ]. Brown. Clack station: L. B.
Kemmis. Litening Service; E. E.
.Iaqueth. Jaqueth & Charnholm,
Inc. George F. Rouse, Texaco
Service; James Harris, c. & H
Service Station: A. L. Brock, Lib
bv Motors: r. w. LeDuc. Standard
Motors; The Gables (gas pumps
only and l.. M. Tinker.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-01
Sill Sacco and Alvia Olson
Take Marriage Vows

Sill Sacco, son of Mr.. and Mrs
E. P. Sacco of Spokane and Alvis
Olson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
L. Olson, Libby, were married Dec
"a at Occur d'Alene, Ida. Witnesses
were the bridegroom's mother anc
brother, Mrs. Sacco and Ralph
Sacco.
After the ceremony, the newly
Weds spent the weekend in Spo-
kane and returned on Sunday tc
live here, where Mr.. Sacco is fore
man of the composing room at The
Western News. Many friends are
extending congratulations and best
wishes.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-01

To Louis Joseph Baenen and Kit
ty Ruth Matteson, both of Libby,
on December "A.
To F. Albert Burghard of Spo-
kane and Gladys Herbst of Libby,
on December 81
To Henry Cordes, Jr, of Sand
point, Ida, and Iona Peterson OF
Boomers Ferry, Ida, on Dec. 80.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-01

Give to save. To save the lives of
men in our armed forces and civil
ians imperiled by wars far reach
ing arms. To save, too, the America
this mercy emblem exemplifies.
Americans all This is Your fund.
Share in i'll
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-01
Charged with Drunken Driving

Del F. Huffman, Libby, was ar.
rested by the state highway patrol
Friday night, near TROOPS lake.
and charged with driving while in
toxicated Saturday mornings huff
man was fined $4,000 in Judge X.
III. Gibbs court at Troy.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-01
Fined i'm Troy Court

j. w. Haigler was tried in JUS
tice Gibbs court at Troy last Fri
day on a charge of failing to stop
after an auto accident, the charge
growing out of an accident in Lib
by last week. Haigler was fined $40.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-01

Says the enemy. America cares
only for money" Responds Amer
lea. Here's our Fifty Million Dol
lar answer-the Red Cross War
FUND.- Give your share.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-01

Two million persons in this ma
tion owe their lives to the fight
against tuberculosis during the past
40 years.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-01
NO TRESPASSING

signs for sale at the Western News
office. If
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-18

of playgrounds during the coming week on methods of gathering the salvage material and organizing working groups.
 Each of the playgrounds will re- ceive proceeds from sale of the sal. vaged goods and will be free to use the money for its recreational pur- poses.
 Fairgrounds participating in the campaign include: Hamilton, Full ton, Fairmount Chase, Washington Waterville, Division, Prill, Fairlawn Porter, Fuller, Town Plot, Hopeville and South End.
 Chairman Lynch in praising the cooperative spirit of officials of the Park Department and the patriotic enthusiasm of the children of Wa terbury expressed his belief today that the playgrounds will yield a surprising amount of rubber and scrap metal during the remaining summer months.
 Like the Boy Scouts, tthe young sters who frequent the playgrourds and take pride in their neighbor- hood recreation centerS will answer the call to serve their country's in- terests by making daily collections to aid the nations all-out war ef- fort. I am looking forward to filing final report confident that the youngsters of the city will do more than their bit for victory"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-18
LABOR PARTY
 WITH BORDEN
Socialists Seek Signature
 Here to Petition Backing South NOrwaIk Man

Representatives of the Socialis Labor Party of America were ir Waterbury during the past few day. seeking signatures for a petition tc place a slate of candidates in the state elections in November.
 The Socialist Labor Party is the left wing of the Socialist party which is headed by Mayor Jasper McLevy of Bridgeport.
 They seek to place the name of Joseph c. Borden of South Norwalk on the ticket to seek election as governor. No Waterburians are in- cluded on the prospective slate of ofice-seekers and there is little if any local support for the party.
 A pamphlet distributed by the men who convaSsed Waterbury seek ing signatures of voters states that ''The Socialist Party, of America, in state convention assembled, in New Haven, on April 12, 1942, declares at this critical moment in world history that capitalism must be abolished"
 Other candidates for office on the proposed slate are Frank Vene1a for lieutenant governor; James A. Hutchin for secretary of the state; Otto Ruckser for treasurer, John D. Caryson for comptroller and Charles l.. Woodin for attorney general.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-18
CHURCH PAINTING
 PROJECT STARTED
All Saints Volunteers Hope to Finish Job Before
 Pastor Ends Vacation
OAKVILLE Correspondent, Irene Slough. Telephone 4-8993

Oakville July 18-At a recent meeting of the Vestry and Fair Committee of All Saints church plans to paint the church and rec tory were completed. The meeting was called at the parish hall by senior warden Adolph Becker.
 The painting started Thursday under the guidance of Kenneth La- Vigne. Bert w. Sage has been elec- ted chairman of the project. Many men of the parish have volunteered their time and service in order to have the project finished before the return of Rev. and Mrs. Edward Merrill and children from Maine. They are expected home in three weeks. Any member of the parish who wishes to help is invited to do so as more workers are needed.
 The Ladies of the church will meet Wednesday at 8:30 for an all day meeting. A lunch will be served The purpose of the meeting is to clean and wash the church.
 Present at the meeting were: Miss Carrie Woodruff, Mrs. Clifford V. Glenning, Mrs. Alex Barley, Mrs. Joseph Brown, Mrs. Bert Sage, MT. and Mrs. Irving Doolittle, Walter Hodges, Loren Chase, Bert Sage, Kenneth LaVigne, Adolph Becker, Norman Nichols, and Harry La Vigne.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-18
URGE CHANGE IN
 PRIMARY HOURS
Afternoon Shift May Lose Chance to Cast
 Ballot

With thousands of factory work CTS facing the prospect of being unable to ballot in Democratic primaries because of their work ing hours, a move has been started in party ranks to change the voting hours at primaries. Under party rules, balloting in primaries can take place only from 4:30 to 9:30 p. m. This would bar all those em- ployed on the 3 to Il p. m. shifts and make it difficult for others employed on night or odd shifts to vote.
 The effort to amend the rules is handicapped by the failure of th'e rules, as they now stand, to make it clear just how they can be changed. If they can be changed only at a town convention, then the rules must remain as they arc until the fall of 1943, when the next town convention will be held.
 Two years ago Senator Michael V. Blandsfield. who was opposed to a primary fight by the late Senator George T. Culhane, was unsuccess- full in his efforts to have the hours for voting at primaries changed.
 A primary contest is expected in the 18th district this year, and there may be one in the 18th dis trict as well. The 18th district pri- mary may find three candidates, Senator Edward P. Egan, ex-Sen- ator Joseph H. Lawlor and Attor- ney John F. Tobin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-18
DRAFT BOARD
 PROBE ACTIVE
Federal Grand Jury May Hear Evidence in Fall
 Session

Federal investigations of alleged Irregularities in selective service board 16-B did not conclude with the dismissal of Chairman Anthony Schiayone and Registrants Advisor Hugo Guastaferri Hartford source of information disclosed today.
 The matter is still considered "open" in the office of United States District Attorney Robert P Butler. There are indications that the case may be called to the at- tention of a federal grand jury which will be impaneled at Hart ford in September.
 Both men were removed from office by Major General Lewis B HerShey, director of the national selective service system on recom- mendation of Governor Robert A. Hurley following disclosures that At torney Guastaferri, a member o1 the registrants advisory board was accepting fees for services to pros- pective draftees.
 He claimed that Chairman Schiavone advised him that 1t was legal to accept fees and that there was .. letter on file from selective service official to support his &C., tions. Selective service regulations and laws prohibit the acceptance o1 fees from registrants and require that men commissioned as regis trants waive all fees for service.
 It is reported that several local persons acquainted with the alleged practices which led to the removal of the two men have been notified to hold themselves ready to appear at Hartford as witnesses.
 Since the removal of the two men there has been no move toward ap- pointment of successors.
 Mayor Vincent A. Scully said to- day that he has received no request from Governor Hurley that he recommend any person for appoint ment as draft board member or ad- visor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-18
Increase Of 13 Over
 1941's Figures Noted
 In Annual Statement
2l3 Minor Children Involved in Severance of Marital Ties; Cruelty Charged in Nnety-nine Actions
 Which Were Instituted

hearings in the domestic relations court if children under IS are in- volved in the actions. That this will not only add to the welfare of children but may ultimately reduce the increasing rate is the opinion of numerous legal authorities.
 Of divorces granted during the past year 99 were vased on charges of cruelty, 78 of which were brought by women. The next leading charge was desertion, A claims being made by women and 24 by men.
 Only one divorce action was dis missed this year.. compared to five denials made during the 1940-1941 term. One annulment was granted during the past year, while four were allowed the previous year.
 Women obtained. 137 of the di- vorces granted and men 52. Only 39 children were involved in ac- tions filed by men, whereas 174 were effected in petitions drawn up for women.
 Charges of intemperance were the basis of divorces granted to eight women and two men. The combina- tion charge of cruelty and intem- perance was made by two women successfully pleading their cases. Divorces were granted to five women. who charged their husbands with infamous crimes, four of the defendants being prison inmates, while three divorces were granted to men who claimed misconduct. Two men were granted divorces from women in insane asylums.
 Under new divorce regulations, pe- titioners will E'e required to state the date of birth of each child and specify whether or not custody is desired. This procedure has been observed in numerous complaints filed in the court but its absolute requirement. is expected to reveal information which in some cases may have been otherwise avoided
 Presiding judges at next terms contested divorce actions have been given authority, under the new regulations, to transfer cases to the uncontested list of the domestic re- lations sessions if they feel the acc tions are not actually being con- tested, thereby further getting to the basis of real facts involved.