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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-10
STATE GETS HISTORIC FARM

Beacon, N. Y. (UP)-Historic Stonykili Farms of pre-Revolution- ary vintage has been turned Into . practice and training farm for the New York State Institute of Ap' piled Agriculture. The estate, pc" longing to the Verplanck family, Was presented to the institute by Bayard and Delaney verplanck in return for ei.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-10
GOyernor-Elect

Governor Elect
 of products necessary to victory. Ma terials must continue to flow from the assembly lines in ever-increas- ing quantities. the Governor-elect said. But" he continued, "produc-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
IEugwelI
Custer
Sought
Registered U. s. Patent ONCE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UP),
The Puerto Rican resident COM
missioner, Bolivar Pagan, said to-
day he is preparing material for
impeachment proceedings against
Gov. Rexford C. Tugwell at the
next session of Congress.
Pagan did not detail his charges
against Tugwell. beyond saying he
lis discrediting democracy against
the will of the majority Of Puerto
RicanS."
Pagan's statement followed a
heated exchange of words with
Secretary of the Interior Harold
L. IckeS, a Tugwell supporter, who
accused the commissioner of spon-
Isoring an anti-Tugwell amendment
to Puerto Rico appropriation bill.
The bill. which. would appropri-
ate $15,000,000 for the production
of foodstuffs on the island, was
approved by the House agriculture
committee, but only after an
amendment was added providing
that none of the funds would be
made available while Tugwell 81
governor.
Ickes issued a formal statement
charging Pagan with backing the
amendment and saying he was
more concerned with politics than
with feeding the people of Puereto
Rico"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
British Capture
28 Nazi Tanks
To Rout Ronnnne|
Deal Blow 70 His Hope
OF Gulf OF Sirte Stand;
9th Army Races On

BERLIN. Nov 20 German
broadcast recorded by Ul' in New
York Axis troops have evacu-
ated Bengazi according 10 plan,'
a Transocean News Agency dis
patch said today quoting an
official announcement.
CAIRO. Nov. 20 up British
forces driving through Libya have
dealt blow 10 Field Marshal
Erwin RommelS hope of stand
on the Gulf of Sirte by capturing
Is tanks, Il guns and $50 motor
vehicles northeast of Bengal, IL
was disclosed today
The tanks. guns and vehicles
were destroyed or captured in the
iSlonta -Martuha area on the inland
road northeast Of Bengazi, while
the British forces pressed on
along the coast north and south
of the city. n communique said.
British planes bombed the air.
drome At Tunis Wednesday night
and started fires among hangers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
Jap Press Tells :
Of Heavy Losses

OKIO, Nov. 20 (Japanest
broadcast recorded by United
Press in San Francisco) The
newspaper Nichi Nichi said today
that Japanese losses in the No.
vember 1915 naval battle of the
Solomons were by no means
slight"
1--WE regret that the lives Of
valiant fighting men were lost
In this naval battle" it said.
However, we must reconstruct
where losses have been sus-
tained and push onward toward
victory"
The newspaper Asahi asserted
that the United States had thrown
its entire naval strength" into
the fierce fighting around the
Solomons and "it seems the United
States is seeking to decide the
issue of the Pacific war in this
campaign"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20

port News, Va in 1886, came home without 104
of her heroic crew and three of her officers, killed
in the fierce brief encounter off Cape Esperance
in the Solomons ~
The ships skipper Capt f. ]. Mike Moran,
who looks like blueprint of the kind of man
to have on your side in fight insisted that he
had no statement to make.
What the ship has done speaks for ITSELF"
he said
The best account of that swift, deadly match,
with the Boise always in the vanguard, was writ
ten by the navy itself today in an almost unprece-
denied release in which it told, with unabashed
pride, of the Boise and her derring-do.
The navy said:
THE action took place off Cape Esperance'
in the Solomon Islands on the night of October
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
How 7-Ship Fleet Sank Jap Men O. War

11-12. In a swift sequence of deadly close-range
fighting the Boise fired more than 1000 rounds
of five and six-inch shells. Aided by her sister
ships, she participated In the sinking of six Jap
ships"
Navy department communique No. 149, in
which preliminary details of the action were re-
ported, listed the Jap losses as one heavy cruiser
four destroyers and a transport
"Outnumbered and outgunned as she bore
the brunt of the fighting, the Boise took brutal
punishment from the 8-inch armapent of the
enemy warships She received hits from no less
than IL 'straddes'
Zone 8-inch shell pierced her hull 8 feet
below the water line. Mast-high flames enveloped
her. Her sister ships gave her up for lost and
continued on the battle course f.. And then two
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20

hours later, out of the darkness came the Boise,
steaming at 20 knots to rejoin the force and re-
sumo her accustomed station i'm the columns.
Captain Moran and his crew had flooded her
exploded magazine, put out her fires, shored up
her wavering bulkheads. and plugged up her she'll
holes with bedding
"The months of bringing up that he had
given his officers and men had shown results.
In the n minutes of nerve-tearng battle. aggra-
waited by the normal confusions of night action,
no man in the ship failed in his assigned duties.
"Of the boys as he calls them, Captain
Norman had this to say:
Except as the direct result of enemy hits,
the ships organization functioned smoothly, effec-
lively and without break through the action and
Continued Page Seyen)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
Plot Fails
$4,000 Demand on Flynn
Traps Boy extortionist

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 (UP).
Seamster. 13, was in par
entail custody today while authori-
ties deliberated whether 10 file
charges against him for attempt
ing to eXtort $4,000 from film
star Enrol Flynn.
The boy was trapped by federal
agents and San Bernardino police
when he collected a dummy pack
age at q San Bernardino shop.
at was just an idea to get
some spending money" he said.
Authorities said Billy apparently
had chosen Flynn because the &C.
tors name had appeared in news.
papers recently. Flynn received
! q note which said:
'If YOU value your life and
career. send small package
containing $4,000 In currency
10 the Malt Shoppe In
San Bernsrdino. Your phone
has been tapped. Don't call the
police. You will be killed II you
don't comply"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
BY INEZ ROBB
international News Service star Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Nov 20.-Seared by fire
and SCARED by shells the light cruiser Y. S. S.
Boise came home to the Philadelphia navy yard
late yesterday afternoon after sinking six Japa
nese warships off the Solomons in one of the
classic smuggling matches of World War ii.
Patched and battered, the Boise made port
under her own steam as becomes champion
On her bridge were emblazoned the silhouettes of
six enemy warships she sent to the bottom off
Guadalcanal Island in a 27-mnute battle royal
the night of October Hip.
The silhouettes were of one Japanese heavy
cruiser light cruiser one auxiliary cruiser and
three testimonials to her prowess as
hard hitting one-ship fleet
The Boise, 1O,OOO-ton cruiser built at New
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
Army Plane, 4 Aboard, Lost

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Nov. 20
GNS). "A search was conducted
I day for a twin-engined army
plane with four men aboard, miss
ing since 8 a. m. yesterday when 1t
left the Mather Training + lie d
near Sacramento on routine
training flight TO MERGED, Cal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
Rubber From Goldenrods

NEW ORLEANS, La. tINS).--
Experiments at the Southern Re-
gional Research Laboratories have
revealed that specially developed
type of goldenrod may be the
source of an almost unlimited sup
ply of rubber.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
NJ Arthur Forces
Reach Outskirts
Of Buna Coma
Foriresses' Bombs Sink
Jap Cruiser, Destroyer
Trying to Bring Help

GENERAL MACARTHUR
iHEADQUAR TIERS. SOME
WHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Nov,
10 (UP).-Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur announced today that Ameri-
can and Australian troops had
smashed into the outskirts Of
Buna and Coma, japanese bases on
the northeast coast of New
Guinea, and that Flying Fortresses
had sunk an enemy cruiser and
destroyer and damaged another
destroyer which attempted to re-
llieve the japanese garrisons.
The japanese troops pinned
along a narrow 15-mile coastal
strip extending northward from
Buna 10 the mission village of
Coma, had the sea at their backs
and were expected TO resist des-
perately. But their destruction APP
peared inevitable unless they were
reinforced by sea or air.
HITS ON 2 WARSHIPs
II was uncertain whether the
cruiser and two destroyers which
steamed into Helnicote Bay, off
Cora, Under cover of darkness
and with air protection hoped TO
land fresh troops and supplies or
evacuate troops. but the plan,
whatever IL was, was foiled.
The big bombers caught the
enemy by surprise. Macarthur re-
ported. and, lighting up the target
area with flares, scored direct
hits amidships on the cruiser and
on one destroyer.
Japanese landing barges which
had put out from shore 20 meet
the warships were bombed and
raked with machine gun fire by
the Fortresses. The intentions of
the men manning the bargeS were
not clear because they took eva
sive action" as soon as the Ameri-
can planes appeared.
Enemy planes eScorting the war
ships were routed after the
Americans shot down three Zero
fighters. The American victory
was the more remarkable because
the FortreSSes were hampered by
poor visibility and bad weather.
The fighting at Buna and Coma
eliminated seven-week advance
Of about 90 miles over the rugged
owen Stanley Mountains and
through heavy, sitting jungles.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
The War
Today
Nation Owes
Big Debt to
Navy, Marines
Nv MAI. PAUL c. RABORG

BY MAJ fa'h - hApo""
IT Is time for our entire
nation 10 rise and render
great and reverent tribute 10
our navy, which is as efficient
as II is gallant.
We should MI do what the
marines have done. The
President recently stated that
Generald Vandegrift, in COM
mand Of the "lesthernecks' on
Guadalcanal, sent word that
the marines of Guadalcanal
raise their battered helmets
in tribute 10 the navy.
The arrival Of the light
cruiser, U. S. S. Boise at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard after
it's stirring victory, is a nit
ting occasion for rendering
this tribute. And we should
all remember that had our
navy not been in complete
fighting condition on that
fateful day, Dec. Z, 1e4l, the
Japanese food might have by
now engulfed us.
In spite of the losses sus-
tanned at Pearl Harbor, the
grand naval strategy ever
since, and particularly that OF
the Pacific, has been perfect.
We have held the japanese to
their own, and their seized,
territory, and our -navy-has
not sustained single decisive
loss.
In rendering this naval
tribute il must be remembered
that, were it not for the far
sightedness Of our President
and Commander in Chief, the
navy would not have been in
that high state Of efficiency
during that fateful last De-
cember.
THE STORY of the 10000
ton Boise is one to make the
hearts OF all Americans beat
with pride. That compare
lively light ship, on the night
Of October hip, in the des-
perate naval fighting off the
shores Of Guadalcanal, was
the lead ship of the American
naval forces.
She followed all Of the
highest traditions of our navy.
She plowed right into and
through the Japanese armada,
her guns blazing. In that
battle the Boise sank one
japanese heavy cruiser, one
light cruiser, one auxiliary
cruiser, and three destroyers.
1t is now proven fact that
no navy in the world excels
ours in fighting efficiency, man
for man, or ship for ship.
No fighting men of the sea
are better in gunnery or sea-
manship, and there is only one
nation, the British empire,
which is our equal in naval
ability.
AND WE must not forget
our marines. They are a
part Of our navy, although
: 4 cir organization as an
entity is older than the navy.
They, too, in this past 10 and
a half months of war, have
lived up to every glorious
tradition Of their service, and
have again proved TO the
world at large their fighting
ability. Yes, our naval tribute
by all means includes our gall
liant marine corps.
II is said that in spite Of
her terrific trial by fire. the
Boise is little the worse for
wear, and has cone back only
for general overhauling.
II is no wonder that Ad-
miral King met the Boise as
she locked, TO present the
Silver Star to the cruisers
commander, Capt Edward j.
Moran, and also 10 a number
OF marines and gunnery Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
Five More Ships
Sunk by u. 5. in
So|omons Battle
Admiral Also Reports
Damage to 3 Others;
Yank Losses Unchanged
CONTINUED from Page One)

CONTINUED from Page One)
Lees force sank five enemy war.
ships, including a battleship OF
cruiser and damaged three others
Whether those five ships sunk
were in addition TO the % Japa.
nese warships and auxiliaries
which the navy announced or
Monday as sunk was uncertain
But a. navy spokesman said
I'VE hope so and have many
reasons to believe So"
DAMAGE REPORTED
The naval communique on the
Saturday night fight said Lee had
reported that his force inflicted
the following damage on the
enemy:
. One battleship Cor heavy
cruiser) sunk.
. Three large cruisers sunk.
Q One destroyer sunk.
. One battieship damaged.
. One cruiser damaged.
. One destroyer damaged.
The last time American battle
ships fought warships Of equal size
was when the United States Navy
msashed Cervera's fleet in the har
Dor of Santiago, Cuba, on July 3
1898. The Japanese have used bat
tleships in this war but never be.
fore have they come up against
American heayies.
U. s. LOSSES UNCHANGED
A naval spokesman said no in.
formation has been received from
the Solomons which would change
the American losses in the battle
of November 10. Ia and 15-two
light cruisers and six destroyers
Rear Admiral Lee, operating
under Vice Admiral William F
Halsey who is in charge of the Sol.
onions campaign, is a soft spoken
Kentuckian who looks more like a
professor than a fighter.
He was 50 yesterday and is
known as one of the navy's out
standing gunnery experts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
LIGHT AT sTALINGRAD

The noon communique reported
light attacks in Stalingrad, where
the Russians had full control of
the situation,
Northeast of Tuapse naval base,
in the western Caucasus. the Rus
SLAMS fought small German groups
without losing a man, the noon
communique said.
A substantial Soviet advance
was reported on the Volkhoy
front. below Leningrad. There the
Russians took an inhabited place
and, repulsing counter-attacks for
three days, killed several thou
sand Germans and destroyed II
guns.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
Nazi Army On Run
I'm Central Caucasus

buried them for use as fixed ar
tillery.
Maintaining a constant curtain
Iof fire, Russian artillery finally
drove the Germans against the
foothills of the mountains, where
they were shelled by long-range
and medium guns.
Having rushed up reserves. tho
Russians captured two aof the vii
lagos al plunged the Germans
Into precipitate flight.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
NOW FAVoRs ALLIES

The military situation has beer
changed radically by the liberia.
ton of North Africa, Izvestia said
1t now favors the British, Rus.
slams and Americans and "wil
add TO the efforts OF the Sovie'
people in their unrelenting figh
against the Germans.
Front-line dispatches said a
least 1000 Germans were killed
near Ordzhonikidze. A specia
communique had placed German
dead at more than 5000 and sale
several times" that many were
wounded. The battle lasted from
November | 10 II.
A German spearhead OF one
tank division and three infantry
regiments $4,000 mem penetrated
Soviet defenses. reached the ap
proaches Of Ordzhonikidze on No
vember 3 and threatened TO GU
the Georgian military highway
which runs over the mountains Il
the southern Caucasus.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20

MOSCOW, Nov. 20 (UP) y
Russian forces, holly pursuing the
remnants of a routed German
army in the central Caucasus
have captured an important noun
tain southeast of Nalchik, battle.
front dispatches said today.
The Russians, who had killed OF
wounded more than 10000 of the
enemy on the approaches to Ordz.
hohikidze, southeast of Nalchik
and captured huge quantities OF
were trying TO bring the
Germans TO bay and wipe then
all out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
START OF OFFENSIVE

The government organ Izvestia
suggested that the Russian victory
had raised the curtain on a big
winter offensive that would rock
the Germans from one end of the
front to the other.
THE victory Is only the
beginning OF Soviet counter
blows and constituted a signal
for further activization OF the
Red army against the enemy"
IZveStia said.
1.-THE Germans won't be able
to take advantage of winter To
regroup their wornout units, be-
cause the Russians won't give
them any respite"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
CONCENTRATED TANKS

Massed Russian artillery halted
the drive and pounded the Ger
mans so hard they concentrated
their tanks in three villages and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20

CONTINUED on Page seven)
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-07-16
Why Pay
Idle Workers
Now?
Unemployment Official
Asks Question and
Gives Answer.

In recent letter to Montana en-
ployers. Barclay Craighead, chair
man of the Unemployment Compen-
sationS Commission of Montana, ex-
plains why it is still necessary to
pay unemployment compensation
while industry is begging for work
ers. His explanation is interest
ing to every citizen Mr. Chaighead
said
Why should Montona be paying
any unemployment compensation
now
In tire face of war demands fer
workers, that is a pertinent and fair
question. It is one which has given
the Commission considerable con-
Germ. During the past winter, ben
eft payments to unemployed work
ers were approximately so per cent
of payments of each of the two pre-
ceding winters. A great deal of
employment in Montana is seasonal
and we must expect considerably
more unemployment in the winter
than in other seasons. However,
through the spring to the present,
payments have been less than so
per cent of payments for cores
ponding periods of last year and
the year before.
As this is written, some 1,700 I'M
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-07-16
Collector Keeps Registry
OF Old and Rare Violins

SELINSGROVE, PA.-One of the
finest collections of violins in Penn
syIvania is owned by Guy Fl. Meyer,
Freeburg, owner and manager OF
what he says is the only violin regis
try and information bureau in the
United States.
At his work bench, Meyer, for
merly a solo violinist, fashions vio-
Inns. He uses curly maple and sill
yer spruce wood, seasoned for 40
years. All of the work is done by
hand, with the average time for
completion of one violin about six
months.
Included in the rare and interest
ing violins that Meyer possesses in
his collection is a Nicholai Amati
model valued at $1,000
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-07-16
Grandma Drops First
Stitch; There's a Reason

DALLAS. Mrs. p r. Weyand,
chubby great-grandmother of
81 years, who knits sock day for
the British, dropped her first stitch
in years when she received letter
from Buckingham palace. :
Written by Katharine Seymour,
lady-in-waiting TO Queen vabeth,
the letter said
The Queen commands me to
write and say that Her Majesty has
heard that at the great age of 81
you are still knitting socks for the
Red Cross. ard the Queen desires
me to send you a word Of cordial
appreciation for all that you are
doing to help Great Britain at the
present time
Mrs. Weyand, who learned to knit
on broomstraWs at the age of six,
has knitted for soldiers of four
wars. Civil Spanish American,
World war and the present conflict.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-07-16

employed workers are drawing BEN
efits. Total payments for the fiscal
year to May 25 were slightly less
than sl,600,000 as compared with
So. 700, 00D for the same period each
of the two preceding years. Re-
serves in Montana will increase
some $l,250,000 this benefit year.
We have made considerable
study of claims submitted during the
past few weeks to find out. if pos
sibe. who are the people who are
unemployed in the face of the de-
mand for workers We have found
that one-third of our claimants are
women.
From our study. we believe that
the principal unemployment now is
due to dislocations brought about
by various government DEGREES and
regulations connected with the war
effort. For instance, there is an
unreasonable amount of unemploy-
ment in the construction trades, due
to the limitations placed upon build
ing and construction. A large per-
centage of the people drawing ben
efits now are from the wholesale
and retail trades. and We feel that
this may be traced directly and in
directly to the loss of population
which the state has suffered through
migration of workers to defense in
dustries outside the state and
through the departure of able bod
fedi men to the armed forces.
l. Il Il III.
increase in business failures and
reduction of forces among great
many business concerns of the state.
Among the businesses which seem
to be seriously affected by war
time regulations are the automotive
industry, the petroleum industry,
gold mining, and various kinds of
wholesale and retail trades. hotels,
restaurants, etc.
Due to restrictions on rubber and
the threat Of gasoline rationing. the
entire tourist industry in Montana
is likely to be washed Out this sea-
son.
1t is true that some of the claim
ants who are now drawing benefits
might be able to obtain employment
if they left their homes and their
communities and sought work in de-
Tense industry centers. However.
the Montana Unemployment Com
pensation Law does not authorize
this Commission 70 deny benefits
70 claimants who fail to accept IN
suitable employment OF who decline
TO leave their homes for distant
lands to seek work We sincerely
believe that the law is correct in
not extending this authorization to
this or to any other agency.
In short. We have less unemploy-
ment in Montana this year, not be-
cause we have more jobs. but be-
cause some 10000 persons have left
this states and We have fewer men
and women to fill remaining jobs.
Montana is still only permitted to
participate IN the defense program
by sending men to other states to
work in defense industries and by
sending men into the military forces
to be trained in other states. Hence.
unemployment continues in the
greatest war the world has known
We felt you, as taxpayers, would be
interested in a review of the sit
nation
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-07-16
Tires Now Available
For Rebuilt Tractors

Purchasers of new and rebuilt
tractors, farm implements and 9TH
er vehicles that are sold without
tires will be able to get castings
and tubes for them by satisfying
conditions announced by OPA. I'm
der the new procedure, a local war
Price and rationing board may is
sue original equipment certificates
when the buyer of new or rebuilt
vehicle which is to be put to an
eligible use submits an affidavit
from the seller setting forth a sat
isfaetory reason for delivery with
out tires and tubes.