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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-05-01
BETWEEN YOU
AN D M E
By BEN LEWIS
By BEN LEWIS

IN THE BACKYARD: 1t might
seem that the sidewalks of New
YORK would not be fertile grounds
IOr gardening :. = But you should
have seen the turnout at Victory
Garden meeting called by the Jew
ism Agricultural Society in one of
the halls on New YOrk's lower
East Side : The speakers on
program discovered that they
were confronted with an audience
to whom horticultural matters
were not entirely strange :
Backyard gardening was the SUBJ
Ject that interested most of those
present, and one could see that
Jews in New York are taking an
active part in the Victory Garden
campaign : VOluminOus APP
plause interrupted some of the
speakers who described the ingen-
iOus devices adopted by their
groups for Victory gardening on
their plots of ground and even in
boxes : Tho audience was told
that the Jewish Agricultural So
ciety was prepared to provide
technical information and to as
sist in the preparation of seeds,
fertilizer, insecticides and other
necessary material for backyard
gardening :. = Which reminds me
of how little the Jews in America
know of the large-scale activities
in which thousands of Jewish
farmers in this country are en-
gagged, in their determined effort
to increase the nations food sup
ply = Also how few know of
the many young Jewish men who
have left their farms or agricuI-
tural positions to go into the arm
ed forces =
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-05-01

THE MAN WHO KNOWS: DR..
Joseph A. Rosen, known as "the
father of Jewish colonization in
Soviet Russia" is returning to
New York this week from the
Jewish settlement of Sosua in the
Dominican Republic for which he
is responsible : Upon his re-
turn, he will discover that, in his
absence, he has been elected a
member of the board of directors
of Russian War Relief = The
choice Isl excellent, since no relief
workers in America, whether Jew
or non-Jew, is as well acquainted
with Russia as DR.. Rosen who did
a wonderful piece of constructive
relief work there as director of the
AgrOjOint - One who knows
Soviet Russia, cannot imagine any
kind of worthwhile relief work
done without the guidance of Dr.
Rosen = In some of the Jewish
collective farms in Russia the
picture Of DR.. Rosen still hangs,
in recognition of his devoted work
in establishing some 10000 Rus
sian Jews on the land : Very
few in America know that DR..
Rosen, as one of the best Ameri-
can agronomists, has developed a
special kind of wheat in the Unit
ed States known as "Rosen
Wheat" : He is the man who
brought American relief to suffer-
ing people in Russia in the last
World War as a member of the
American Relief Administration.
: He is the person who estab-
lished the highest record of
American constructive relief in
Russia for the Joint Distribution
Committee - He, let us hope,
will be the man who will head
anv American relief mission that
may proceed to Soviet Russia
during this war =
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
RUBBER COMPANY
 DENIES LAY0FFS
Footwear Personnel Not Being Curtailed Despite
 RumOrs to Contrary

Naugatuck, Feb. 26.-No curtail- ment of the personnel in the local footwear plant of the U. s. Rubber company is anticipated, despite many rumors to the contrary.
 So stated Factory Manager Harry L. Garter this morning in answer to 8 query concerning the rumors floating through town.
 MT. Garter told The Democrat that the company is continuing to hire operators in connection with the expansion of such war products as life saving suits, waders, and fuel valves.
 The mechanical department, added MT. Carter, is taking sub contracts ill definite work which has allowed the transfer to the machine shop of & considerable number of men.
 If further curtai]ment of rubber is necessary, went on MT. Carter, development and eXtermentation now being made with plastic and sym thetic should provide opportunity for additional substitutions, In CO., operation with the government the company Is conserving rubber by limiting production to war products and essential civilian items. conclud- ed MT. Garter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
Brawny Scots, Among British Soldiers In New York, Surprise American Rockies

there. Your girls of IS in New York are equivalent to girls of 25 in Scotland"
 They were very quick to pick up American customs. Several Ameri- cans undertook to teach 8 private how to play blackjack. He learned so fast that he cleaned out his teachers.
 Pedestrians encircled a Scot in kilt on street, They ripped the brass buttons from his tunic, but for each button stuffed a dollar bill ill his pockets. Like most of his comrades, he spent the dollars for silk stockings to send home to his girl friends.
 Second Lieut.. Jefferson D. Searles 27, of Glendale, Cal, said he was happy to be home. He went to London as an actor. and after completing an eight-month run in of Mice and Men," joined the British forces as a private, attend ed officers training school, and ob- tained a commission.
 He has retained his American citizenship, but said he is proud to "be g British soldier
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
NAZI WARSHIPS
 HIT BY BRITISH
Submarine Trident Takes Her Toll; Escape Story
 Is Much Changed
By SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS Limited Press Staff CorreSpondent

London, Feb. 26.-(UP)-A Brit ish spokesman announced today that the submarine Trident torpe- doed a 10000 ton German cruiser, probably the Prinz Eugen, of the Norwegian coast and that in the Mediterranean a British submarine had scored three torpedo hits on an Italian convoy consisting of three ships.
 In sweeping naval review which altered the whole picture of the escape of the Prinz Eugen and the 26000 ton battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau from Brest, he said the two larger ships were severely damaged, on the basis of reliable reports, in their passage past the English coast.
 Reconnaissance photographs talk en by British planes showed one of the battleships in a drydock at Kiel and the other in dock yard at Wilhelmshaven.
 An admiralty communique. issued as he made his speech, said the Tri- dent had hit the Prinz Eugen class cruiser of the oNrwegian coast Feb. g and that reconnaissance photo graphs later showed the ship in tow at Trondheim, damaged aft.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26

New York, February 26 = (UP)- Some American rockies lounging around an army post whistled to- day as the visitors walked by.
 The whistles were not jibes at the visitors, most of them big, brawny men, with wind and sum- tanned faces. They are Scots, part of a British detachment quartered at the post, and whistling was the first reaction of the Americans when they saw their kits and tam o-shanters.
 The detachment is the first of foreign infantry quartered in the United States since the beginning of this war. Their date of arrival, their scheduled date of departure, their destination, or their purpose on American soil may not be dis closed
 But 1t may be revealed that all are hardened veterans. Those who have not fought with the Axis fought in the first World War. Some have fought ill both wars.
 The exigencies of war have re- stricted kits to the Scots of3cars
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
WASHINGTON HAD
 AN AIR WARNING

Washington, Feb. 26.-(UP)-The police radio system here caWied an air raid alert warning at l:31 a. m. EWT) today, but the origin of the signal was mystery.
 The all clear was sounded 13 min utes after the yellow alert signal had flashed on the army transmit ter at the police broadcasting head quarters. The yellow light is used to indicate that unidentified planes are 20 to 30 minutes away.
 Police were unable to say where the signal had originated. The first 'interceptor command at New York, which would sound the warning for an air raid, said: We don't know anything about it."
 The alarm was not flashed over the Civilian Defense System nor over the fire department system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
U-B0AT MENACE
 IS BEING FOUGHT
Navy Dept. Makes Report on What Is Done 10
 Submarines
BY SANDOR s. KLEIN 'nited Press Staff COrreSDOndent)

\OHVCO TTeSS Stdu SOITcSpOnucuty
 Washington, Feb. 26 - (UP0 - The Navy's vigorous counter-at- tacks against German submarines are believed to have resulted in 21 of the raiders being sunk or dam aged out of at least 70 attacked, official statements revealed today.
 A navy spokesman said enemy submarine losses may have been even greater but evidence was not conclusive enough to make 1t cer- tain. The Navy Department has avoided making positive claims of Sinkings, but in those cases where 1t believes" submarines have been sunk or damaged the substantiat- ing evidence has been excellent" the spokesman said.
 Last December 21 Secretary of Navy Frank Knox anonunced that IA German submarines probably had been sunk or damaged by American naval forces operating in the At lantic. In that report Knox did not disclose the number of submarines attacked.
 Knox reported yesterday that in 56 attacks during January and the first 23 days of February, the Navy
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26

and the Highlanders' pipe band, The Scot private looked like the English, except for their black, hsb-nailed boots.
 Whatever they wore, they were getting along well with American soldiers and with civilians of New York.
 Scots burrs, the cockney of Lon don, the accent of Brooklyn and the drawl of Alabama mingled ill the Y. M. c. A. canteen.
 Private Joseph Tapsfield, from Rutherglen. near Glasgow, found Americans ''all mixed up" ill their understanding of Scot tradition.
 Private Joseph McGoran, a Glas- gow barman in private life, report ed that the Scotch whiskey he had drunk in the United States was too raw, although weaker than that tat home" He said the beer here was milder. too.
 Scots Lance Corporal Charles Beaton, 22, of Inverness, said he likes American girls well enough, but I'll go back to Scotland for the girls, They mature less rapidly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
LOS ANGELES IS
 SEEKING TRUTH
Wants Explanation From War Secretary; Air Raid
 Still Excites
(NEA Telephoto)

Los Angeles, Feb. 26 = tUP)--- Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz, chairman of the Los Angeles county defense council, and the Los Angeles Times called on government agencies today to explain conflicting reports about the why" of yesterdays air raid alarm, in which anti-aircraft guns fired hundreds of rounds.
 The demand resulted from Sec reary of Navy Frank Knox's aSser- ton that he understood the five hour blackout and anti-aircraft fir ing had been based on false alarm"
 We decry the very great damage done to civilian defense morale by the reported statement of Secretary of the Navy Knox that yesterdays air raid was a false alarm," Bis cailuz said.
 We have called upon Major Gen. eral Walter Wilson, commander of the Southern California military district, and the office of Brig. Gen. William O. Ryan of the fourth in- terceptor command to do what they could to clarify the situation.
 "We believe it is highly important that we deal in good faith with the thousands of air raid wardens, aux Hilary policemen and other volun- teers in the defense effort"
 The times carried front page editorial under the title, "Infor- nation Please" and quoted Knox:
 Tt wasjust false alarm. There were no planes over Los Angeles last night. At least that's our un- derstanding.
 The editorial cited the fourth army's announcement which said: "The aircraft which caused the blackout in the Les Angeles area
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
Flying Fortresses In Java Punish Japanese
New Jap Warskip, Transport Hit Off Bali, Java To- day-U. s. Submarines Torpedo Four
 Invading Vessels
BY HAROLD GUARD United Press Staff Correspondent

Allied Headquarters, Java, Feb. 26. -UP)-Via Telephone)-American flying fortresses were reported re- liably to have attacked strongly a new Japanese warsfip and trans port force off Bali today and an official announcement said United States submarines had torpedoed four or five enemy invasion yes sells in a tWo-day underwater of fensive.
 Official information regarding the new aerial attack off the southeast coast of Bali was withheld but 1t was understood that the American bombers were on patrol duty when they sighted the enemy ships, in- cluding cruisers and destroyerS.
 (This indicated that the Japanese were reinforcing or attempting to reinforce their troops, estimated at around 5000 men, on Bali, ill prepar- ation for a direct assault across the mile-Wide Bali strait against the main United Nations base of Javao
 The new force of enemy ships was said to have been sighted in the area where American and Dutch planes and warships last week blast ed the first invasion armada that reached Bali waters and scored. one of the outstanding sea victories Of the Pacific war.
 Took Place Today
 The new attack occurred this morning according to reliable infor- nation, but the results were not known immediately.
 The aerial operations followed Dutch communique saying that United States submarines had made a major attack on enemy invasion forces by torpedoing two troop ships, an auxiliary ship and a freighter and apparently Japanese war ship.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
JOHN R. HUGHES
 WILL PR0BATED
An Annuity of $7,5OO for Widow of Deceased Is
 One Provision

The will of John Rawson Hughes late chairman of the board of di- rectors of the Rowland Hughes Co.,. provides an annuity of $7,500 for the wife of the former prominent local merchant, Mrs. Kathryn Wal ker Hughes. Additional terms of the document, which has been ad- mitted to probate by Judge Patrick Healey, establish an annuity of $1,- GOO for the decedent's daughter, Mrs. Mildred H. Granniss of Mid- dlebury, with the stipulation that in the event of the death of either the yearly payments will revert to the survivor.
 Annuities will be paid by the Wa trustee of the estate, out of the in come of residuary trust fund es- tablished for that purpose.
 In case of the death of both, the will sets forth, the legacies are to be divided among the two children of Mrs. Granniss, or any others which may be born.
 Additional Provision
 An additional provision, applica- ble only in the case of the death of Mrs. Granniss without any sur viving children, orders distribution of $100,000 among four fraternal and charitable organizations.
 Beneficiaries in the event of this circumstance would be: T $25 ,OOO trust fund for the Waterbury Ma sonic Temple; a $25,000 trust fund for the Masonic Home in Walling- ford; a like legacy for the Water bury Hospital, to be known as "The George F. Hughes Endow- ment Fund and similar amount for the nearest unit in New Eng land of the Shriner's Crippled Chil- drens Hospital" to be held in trust as "The Donald s. Granniss, Jr., Endowment Fund.-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
Smashed Into Japanese ln= vaders All Along l3=
 Mile Battlefront FIERCE FIGHTING IS
 STILL TAKING PLACE War Dept. Reports Big Blows of Yankee Planes
 Fighting in Java
BY EVERETT R. HOLLIS United Press Staff Correspondent

BY EVERETT R. HOLLIS United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, February 26. = (UP) = General Douglas MacArthur's little army on Bataan Peninsula has forced advance Japanese units to withdraw several kilome- ters" near Manila Bay in a surprise thrust all along the 13-mile battlefront, the War Department announced to- day.
 Striking back against the nuner- ically superior enemy after bring ing three Japanese drives to standstill MacArthurs army was said to have captured a number of the Japanese advance positions.
 The attack was particularly suc- cessful" along the right flank of the American-Filipino defenders. pre- sumably in the vicinity of the high way center of Pillar on Manila Bay about IT miles north of Corregidor fortress and the tip of Bataan pen- inSula.
 The communique said that in this sector forward clements of the Japanese troops were forced to with draw several kilometers" under the strong thruStS of MacArthur's men.
 r:-L< CIJI ~o.z n>
 Fighting is still in progress with continued local successes" the com- munique said. adding:
 However, the main positions of the enemy have not been pene- trated."
 There was nothing to indicate that Macarthur outnumbered at lease 10 to one and without fighter planes = had undertaken any major attack.
 Military observers believed that the thrust was intended to break up enemy preparations for an all- out offensive, aimed at knocking the American-F Filipino forces off the island of LuZon and back upon COTTeg1QOT TOT tIeSS.
 MacArthur probably sent both Americans and Filipinos out from the wire barricades of their fox holes to "feel out" the Japanese positions, gather information about enemy strength and seize prisoners, it was believed here.
 The first of the American "feeler" thrusts were reported in MacAr- thurs dispatches Wednesday to the War Department which said there were sharp encounters between our patrols and the enemy all along the line in Rataan." Small Ameri- can forces, it was said, then were uniformly successful" in "aggres-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
Empire Troops Battle Un= der Smoke Clouds to Hold
 Lower Burma
AMERICAN VOLUNTEER
 AIRMEN MAKE REPORT
They Say British Put Torch to Rangoon; One
 Third of City Ablaze
DY DARRELL BERRIGAN fYTuMnd pracc Cfaff CorrncrnuIap&

0Y DARRELL BERRIGAN United Press Staff Correspondent
 Mandalay, Burma, Febru- ary 26 - (UP) - British Empire forces fought their last-ditch battle for lower Burma today under smoke clouds raised by fires sweep ing Rangoon, the virtually forsaken capital. Reports from airmen and refugees indicated that the Imperials were swinging northwestward in a long arc to change the north-south battle line to one east and west, running south of Mandalay. Ran goon appeared lost)
 American volunteer airmen re- ported at their headquarters in southwest China that the British had put the torch to Rangoon, and at least one third of the evacuated capital was ablaze.
 Chinese forces were reported un- officially to be battling new Jap anese drive on the southern Shan states of Burma, north of Chieng- mai, in northern Thailand, with the invaders preparing to hurl a second offensive westward from the base.
 Evacuees pouring into Mandalay from the southern battle zone said strong Indian and British reinforce ments were taking positions south of this city-indicat!ng that the present fighting must be just an opening phase of the battle of Bur- ma.
 Bitter Struggle
 West of the lower Sittang river the Imperials fought within ten
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
NO ADDITION TO
 STAFF YET MADE
Corp. Counsel's Office Lacks Assistant; No Ap=
 pOintment Is in View

''Dhscussion of the appointment of 8 special assistant is premature at this time", Corporation Counsel J. Gregory Lynch told The Demo- crat today. were getting along well here at the moment, and it may be that an addition to our staff will be delayed for consid- erable time."
 Corporation Counsel Lynch made this statement when queried by The Democrat on reports that Att torney John Membrino, who served as one of the two Waterbury rep resentati es at the 1941 session of the General Assembly, has been re- garded in, some political circles as the leading candidate for the s3,- 800 a year post.
 Others mentioned for the ap- pointment are ex-Mayor Francis P.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
Corporation Counsel
 Lynch Makes Appeal
Asks Administrator Henderson for Clearance of IA New Police Cruisers, That Are Being Held Up
 Here for Permit

Corporation Counsel J. Gregory Lynch today appealed to Adminis- trator Leon Henderson, of the Office of Price Administration, Washing ton, D. C., for clearance of the IA new police cruisers which are being held in a local dealers showrooms, pending an order permitting de- livery to the police department.
 Members of the local rationing board, with whom Purchasing Agent Martin Sweeney filed application today for the priority rating re- quired to obtain delivery of the cars were at loss today as to the pro cedrre or length of time which would be required by them in taking action. It was at the suggestion of Thomas Lumpkin, clerk of the ra- tioning board, that the Washington appeal was made.
 Asks Instructions
 MT. Lynch, in his letter to MT. Henderson asked for immediate and complete instructions and assist ance to obtain delivery of the cars, which have been held at the local display rooms for the past several days.
 He pointed out that the cars are for use in governmental service, and that they are necessary to the adequate police protection of the city.
 In view of this turn of events it appears that there will be a delay of several days before the police de- partment will take possession of the cars. Further delays in putting the cars in service will result from the time required for installing radios and other service equipment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
Crushing of 10000 Army Is Worse DebaCle Than
 That at Staraya
BY M. s. HANDLER limited Press Staff COrraSpOndep

United Press Staff COrrespondent)
 Moscow, Feb. 26 - (U.P0 - The government newspaper Izvestia to- day reported that the position of the 18th Germany army encircled at Staraya Russia is hopeless after two weeks of one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
 The newspaper reported that remnants of the German 290th, 3Oth and an SS division are being meth odically overwhelmed at the isolated points where they are attempting to continue resistance.
 The 18th German army was said to have launched wild attacks in all directions lin order to escape strangulation."
 However, NaI efforts to break out of the Soviet ring were said to have failed at all points.
 Russian forces were said to be hunting down German attachments in the Staraya Russa area and Wip- ing them out enc by one in war of eXtermination."
 The battle to wipe out the 18th army continued as new success was reported from the Ukraine where it was said that four German and Rumanian divisions - possibly 60,000 troops-have been destroyed with possibly 26,00c casualties.
 Soviet Cavalry Wins
 Dispatches from the southwest front reported that Soviet cavalry smashed Rumanian division which with three German divisions had launched strong attack near an railroad station several days ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
AUSTRALIA HITS
 BACK AT INVADERS
Planes Smash Enemy /; Held Territory; Invasion
 Rum0r Hits England
By BRYDON TAVES United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

Sydney, Australia, Feb. 26.-(UP) Australian aircraft battled a vio- lent tropical storm and Japanese fighter planes yesterday in recon naissance flights over enemy-oc- cupied New Britain Island, in the Bismarck Archipelago northeast of Australia, an air force communique said today.
 A dispatch from Port Moresby, New Guinea. said Australian planes left military buildings ablaze and grounded Japanese aircraft wrecked in a heavy raid on the New Britain capital of Rabaul
 The communique said the recon naisSance operations were carried out without the loss of an Austral-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Feb. 26-(UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Feb. 24th, compared with year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year s7,194,5 4,501,325.42
 War Spending s12,oS5,77o,15164 s2,92s.s56,265.7o Receipts 5 5,sss,o2 ,ss2.9o ss,744,sso,22s.so :1o,s5o,14c, 4o6ls ss,4o7,57o,24s.st
 Cash Balance 5 2,s75.461, ,s6S7S sI,7ss,29s,a76.7o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-26
American, Filipino Little Army Made Surprise Thrust
Russian Armies Have Given Nazis
 Most Deadly Smashes of WholeWar
Former Head Of Nazi Party Died This Morning At Munich

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