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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-21
BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Stan Corresponds

NSAAANSN A AOoo 9eSSAA WI SGHs~AA4At&Aty
 Moscow, Oct. 21-CUP) - Front dispatches said today that the Rus sians seized the initiative south of Stalingrad and drove the Germans back across several miles of open country amid drenching rains that begged the eneny's communica- tionS.
 (The German high command ad- mitted significantly that Marshal Semyon Timoshenko has sent fresh endorsements into his drive from the north between the Don and the Volga Rivers. Radio Berlin had re- ported yesterday that there were preparations for a big attack north west of Stalingrad).
 Some of the biggest battles of the campaign in the Stalingrad area were being fought in the barren and unfortified steppes for posses sion of isolated water wells. the main objective of both sides. Dom. ination of a single well often naeana control of an area of hundreds e square miles, dispatches said. Ths wells are 8 necessity for the oppos- ing tank. cavalry and motor pa- trols.
 South of Stalingrad, an enemy village manned by Rumanian gar- rison fell easily before the Russians experienced in steppe fighting.
 Tn Stalingrad itself, the German were throwing 30.000 storm troops and SO tanks into a narrow sector in a frantic effort to take the city before winter settles. The Red Army was smashing every attack.
 The Communist newspaper Prayde reported that the food situation among the German assault tES0ps had become severe while heavy rains that had fallen unahated fel (C0utintaed 0n Page Al
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of Army, Navy and Marine flyers was responsible for the delay in the anticipated enemy drive to take the island. still the Japanese lana forces remained motionless, although the Navy as late as Sunday an. nounced that a strong assault against the air field on Guadalcanal was expected at any time.
 (Allied Planes of Gen. Mac Arthur's Australian command con- tinued their support of the Ameri- can Solomons forces by blasting again at the big Japanese air base at Buin on Bougainville Island and shipping in the vscinity. They were believed to have inflicted heavy damage.
 All signs still pointed to such an offensive. Large numbers of enemy warships and auxiliaries are massed in the area. And Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said the Japanese have not yet thrown their pig punch.
 Tlnre was no indication in the Navy reports of the effectiveness of the American air raids on enemy positions. Because of the thick jungle t was doubtful that complete pie ;ure of damage done was available sven to the commanders on Gaudal- canal.
 News of COmmuniques
 TtAs much is known through aav& communiques:
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FIELD MARSHAL
 SHUTS REPORTS
Great Allied Offensive Is Near; War May Last
 Two More Years
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE United Press Staff C0rrespOndent)


 London, oct. q -(UP)-- Field Marshal Jan 0. Shuts, prime min ister of South Africa, told parlia- ment today that the moment for a great Allied offensive is approach ing.
 He said the defensive phase of the Allied strategy now had ended and the moment was ripening for the last-and offensive-stage of the war.
 '"The explosive, limits of endur- arlce are nearing" he said. We are approaching the point when both the war fronts and the home fronts in enemy countries are ripen- ing for reaching developments" :" Shuts addressed a joint session of parliament which met at secret place. Parliamentary procedure pre- vented him from speaking in the regular parliamentary chambers. be- cause he is not member of either house.
 "Once the time has come to take the offensive and strike while the iron is hot" he said, it would be folly to delay and overprepare and
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MEN, WOMEN.TO
 BE MOBILIZED
Commissioner M'Nutt Says It Must Be Done to Get
 Production
BY JOHN R. REAL

Limited Press Stan COrrespOndentl
 Washington, Oct. 2i-(UP)-War Manpower Commissioner Paul ". McNutt said today he expected within two weeks to submit to President Roosevelt proposed legis- lation to mobilize men and women for war production. He said bills now pending fail to meet such 8 programs basic requirements.
 MeNutt told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that a WING management-labor pollok conl- mittee now is drafting the legis- lation. He said the committee does not believe that 6 law should be adopted by Congress until all in- direct means available for moblliz- ing mnapower are exhausted.
 Womanpower will be required to solve the manpoWer problem, he added, because 6,000.O00 workers must enter the labor force by the end of io43 if the goal of 62.O00,- GOO persons In employment and In the armed forces Is to be realized. and most of the newcomers will have to be women.
 Thre Essentials
 McNutt said national service legislation must do more than grant sweeping authority to the President" He listed these three essential powers that must be pro- vided:
 1. Authr0ity to require employ |ers in any area to hire all workers
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New York City.-KOnstantine KOnstantin0v may look like 8 youngster playing sailor, but he is 1S-years-old,. has been in the U. s. s. R. Marines one year and killed "A Germans in one battle. It was in the Battle of Leningrad, the Germans tried a "psychologi- caP attack-advancing in single line, grinning and smoking and smoking and firing. After every man in KOnstantine's unit had been killed, he manned the ma chine gun and killed wave upon wave of NaZis until help arrived. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, highest military honor. He was transferred to the gun crew of ship, and is now in New York city,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-21
Yankee Airmen Carrying Brunt Of Solomon Fight
For Four Days Continuously Our BOmbers Have Pounded Supply Centers; Macarthur Has
 Resumed Bombing of Jap Bases
BY SANDOR s. KLEIN United Press Staff CorrespOndent)

Nashintgon, October 21. - (UP) m American airmen
 rave bombed and strafed Japanese troop and supply centrations on Guadalcanal Island almost continuously four days and carrying the burden of the battle of the SolornonS resume of official communiqueS showed today Officials here were unable say that the offensive
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LAUGHED AS SCHOOL BURNED

Boston, october 2i-(uPl-In- stead Of sounding an alarm, several hundred pupils capered with glee in the school yard last night as a $40 600 fire swept the Cora l.. Ether- idge grammar school in Dorchester.
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A Cal fer War Service for Women. Cla1s starts Nov. 2nH. Post yumlsK College ek Commerce
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-03

at least two during which time man.
age 20 get him out Of my house.
but soon he viii fall over in a coma and
any doctor will pronounce him dead of an an
gina or coronary thrombosis. To all APP
pearanCes and tests he is dead.
However. the anesthetic effects Of the
drug do not last and if, after burial the vic
tim is revived by artificial respiration, he
will get up and move about mechanically
like robot He will follow orders and will
workout C rots the brain and his mind
can never be restored
But how does he breathe while he is
buried in the ground ?" l whispered
He must be awakened in very short
time" he went on, otherwise restoration
will be impossible. OF course, you realize
that the victim is usually without relatives
or. if he has them, he is taken to another
part of the Island where they never see him.
Il would think a drug so potent would
be used around the world l said.
oft couldn't be because when dry IT loses
It's potencv So il must be administered where
il grows This climate, too, makes it easy to
apply because we bury our dead within
few hours In America the man would prob
ably awaken before he is interred-but he
would be an imbecile even in your country"
An imbecie? The man on the road!
Can these people talk" l asked quickly.
THE drug affects their vocal cords or
at least the brain does not permit them the
power Of speech - they usually mumble!"
An official car was parked outside my
hotel when l retumed-it belonged to the
government official who had befriended me.
IT am distressed TO be the bearer of I'M
pleasant news, Madame" he said, but it
would be wise if you could sail on the boat
leaving tonight In view of your recently &C
auired knowledge, it would be unsafe for you
,,,Na Co tv1to
to your own discretion. Our people say that
Madame walks with the angels II has
been "A nice pleasantry-let us not have it
become n reality"
Although I had only few hours, it
seemed that l left Haiti on creased wheels.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-03

What's your opinion of this Zombe bust
ness" ! asked the planter.
It's dangerous thing to monkey with,
unless you know with whom you're talking.
Oh, there are Zombes in Haiti, all right, and
! believe they have few back in the interior
of Jamaica. We could find out. There's a
man on this boat who could tell us plenty, if
we can get him to talk He's half-caste
what we call native born. I'll go below and
round him up"
A white moon rode high in the sky when,
at ! A. NJ, the three of us still lounged in
deck chairs, talking on every subject in the
world except the one l was interested in.
Il enjoyed the people Of your island"
said finally, determined to bring the matter
10 head But was amazed when one Of
them even told me you raise folks from
the dead in Jamaica. You know that is not
true so why do you say such things?"
Out Of the corner of my eye / saw him
stiffen in his chair.
I'VE do not lie. Madame" he contradicted
II Madame thinks we lie, how does she ex-
plain that in the City Of Kingston, Jamaica
two famous doctors have died and both Of
their wills instructed that their bodies be
buried at sea, well outside the Kingston Har-
Dor in the Caribbean"
But the sharks would get them out there!"
I objected.
Rather the sharks than the living
DEATH" he replied solemnly. They did this
because they are smart men. True, both of
them were natives but both were educated
abroad One of them was Or. Shackleton, head
Of the lunatic asylum in Kingston the other
DR. Paddyfoot. physician, who died in 1929.
Another who ordered the same burial, was
Mr.. Van Cuylenburg, Ceylonese and head
Of the poorhouse in Jamaica They had seen so
much that, when death came. they wanted
10 remain dead-not to work on like beasts
Of burden in the fields-dead men cultivating
sugar, tea and cocoa.
why else does Madame suppose all the
graves in the interior are right in our back
yards, IL not that we may watch our dead and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-03

ing myself that should not be afraid Of this
old man. pulled up beside him. He muttered
an unntelligible tumble Of something which
wasn't exactly words-wasn't, in fact, like
anything I'd ever heard before in my life 1
wondered, vaguely, whether they cut out
peoples tongues in Haiti as they did with
Roman slaves Of old-and If this man could
have lost his tongue
But just then my horse started acting so
strangely that pulled her up sharply. She
wasn't having any part of the mysterious
stranger, though bit or no bit. Instead, she
SHE'D and turned around three times. losing
me on the third turn and boiling down the
mountain path toward Port au Prince.
Slowly I stopped TO pick up my sun he'll
met and as | did so. looked levely at my
waysde appartion. And, in that second L
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tive physician, associated with an American
research foundation.
Wasting no time asked the native phys-
clan if there really were such things as Zom-
bes.
Madame he replied, there are Zom-
bes in Haiti but they are not fictional char
acters My people are century-old wise in ad-
mnistering tropical drugs. Here our apothe-
cary shops are in our back-yards.
lone of the most potent of these drugs is
called G.. 1t looks like your American
ivy and has a juice that can be administered
in liquor, chocolate or coffee.
Suppose l have come to. despise one of
my countrymen and want to make him Zom-
bic. I ask him to have drink with me. Then
/ drop unobserved into his drink few drops
OF c.. Nothing happens to the victim for
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THERE has always been
Il question in many
peoples minds as TO
whether Zom bi es are
really dead men brought TO
life, deprived of all their
faculties but the ability TO
move and obey their task
masters.
Inez Wallace, distin-
guished newspaper cor
respondent and world
traveller. spent six months
in the West Indies before
she learned the real answer
which she tells here.
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Then, one sultry afternoon was riding
slowly back toward Haitis capital when l
saw HIM. Or perhaps, l should say IT
He was standing at a spot where a cane
and cocoa plantation met-just standing.
He was the most forlorn figure have ever
seen. Almost in rags, it appeared that he
had trieG TO nut on all the clothes he could
find, although the day was sitting
His laco w. neither the bronze of the ia
maican Negro nor the ebony black Of the Hal
tian had come to know in these mountains.
The color was 4 sickly like fresh Rus
sian caviar ans lis skin drawn tight over his
bones. resembled old parchment.
In order TO avoid hitting him called out
but he made no effort TO move from the
pathway.
There wasn't another soul about and tell
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-03
By INEZ WALLACE

1T ALL STARTED one night
in the Windward Passage
y between Cuba and Haiti.
as / sat idly chatting with
an English planter while we
looked out over the dark
water. And again it was
Superstition which opened the
door TO Adventure.
a Negro steward bringing
drinks, took one look at the
top of our heads where a
hatch-light shone upon us, and
tray and glassware crashed
to the deck.
The planter promptly
grabbed him by the collar.
What's wrong with you ?" he
demanded.
Sir" the boy replied, Ma
DANES hair is like the sun
shine!"
1t didn't make sense to me
but the planter regarded my
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-03
Met aZ0nnbi{

Miss Wallace Went to Haiti to Find Out
If the Voodoo Doctors Were Actually Able
to Resurrec+ Human Robots from the Grove
and Discovered That Although This Wide
spread Belief Had No Basis the Real Truth
About Walking Dead Men Was Even More
Fantastic
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realized two things. l SAW
HIM BUT HE DIDN'T
SEE ME!
Also (and more impor-
tant he was gazing di-
rectly at my head in the
sunlight-and he didn't
care because my hair was
gold in the sun! Oh, yes,
he did-they ALL did!
And. if this one didn't,
what was the reason
Either he DIDN'T see it
or else 1t did not register
on his mind. NOTHING
registered on his mind.
He was an imbecile. He
was insane
Almost over my head in
a bread-fruit tree, a white
owl hooted. "Who-o-o"
And in that instant 1
knew the answer.
This thing before me
was a ZOMBIE!
The next day, through
the aid of an important
government official, l sue
ceeded in getting an inter-
view with n prominent ma
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head with concern.
He's right" he
said at last. You
know that down here
the natives believe a
red-headed woman is
a witch, so they fear
her. They believe
that a blonde is an
angel, so they wor-
ship her. But your
hair is solid gold,
both blond and red
which leaves them
between the devil and
the deep blue heavens.
II you don't get
everything you want
in these islands it's
your own fault"
1t was true. Dur
ing six adventurous
months in Marti-
nique, Trinidad, Vene-
zuela and Jamaica .
HAD been lucky. /
had obtained every
thing l sought - al
most everything. The
big test was ahead
for ! was on my way
to Haiti TO investi-
gate the living dead
/ had heard so much
nAA.,N
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prevent their being
stolen ? But / have
said too much. 1t
is only because
Madame walks with
the angels that l
could not have her
think we would lie"
After my arrival
in Port au Prince,
never a day passed
that l did not
thank heaven for
giving me red-gold
hair. Not a single
man did 1 meet who
was not affected by
IL. VIII C t h er 1
bought custard-ap-
Piles or perfume,
they were cheaper
because of my hair.
Although 1 rode
a short distance
each day into the
mountains, 1 had
practically given up
hope Of ever seeing
n Za,,, hfn
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realized two things. ! SAW
HIM BUT HE DIDN'T
SEE ME!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-29
MUCH ACTON IN
 BANDIT PICTURE
 AT 10TH CENTURY
Bad Men of Missouri Opens Tomorrow for
 Juneau Run

Three train robberies, two bank robberies, one stage coach robbery. an escape from sheriff's trap and a jail break comprise some of the action in Warner Bros. l94l suc- cessor to Dodge City" Bad Men of Missouri" starring Dennis Nor gan and Jane Wyman, yet the bad men" commit no single homicide in the picture which opens tomorrow at the 20th Century.
 Well, hardly any homicide.
 There comes time when a man, or several men, playing around with firearms with various agitated cit izens located at the business end of them, are likely to wind up dis continuing someone. The law of av- erages is certain to take care of that and this is the case with the notorious Younger brothers and their Robin Hood activities.
 In one sequence, Jim Younger tArthur Kennedy has witlessly managed to get himself jailed be- cause of his overweening love for Mary Hathaway (Jane Wyman . Cole Younger (Morgan and Bob Younger (Wayne Morris) go to the rescue of their brother, They are tricked by one Pettibone, the sycophant of Banker Merrick Cvic- tor Jory) into pretending to sur render to obtain Jim's liberty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-29
KETCHIKAN REQUESTS 0pA
 AMENDMENTS
Ask Mobilization of 0PA Regulations for Re-
 faiIers in Alaska

Ketchikan merchants, through the Alaska Merchants Association have recommended unanimously that OPA regulations as pertaining to Alaska be amended in certain respects according to a wire re- ceived by the Juneau Chamber of Commerce today.
 Juneau merchants and other mer- chants throughout the Territory have been requested to join the Ketchikan retailers in recommend ing the changes.
 Today, letters quoting the wire have been mailed to all Juneau merchants by the Retail Committed of the Chamber of Commerce and local retailers are requested to reply, expressing their views. The replies to the local poll on this subject should be in the hands of Charles w. Carter before noon on Monday.
 Text of the wire which was re- ceived by the Chamber of Con- merce follows:
 Undersigned unanimously joined in sending following wire to Mill dred Hermann Price Administrator Recommend regulations be amend ed to permit use of June, 1942, re- tail prices as ceiling because nc profiteering on those prices.
 Further reason is because regu- lations patently unfair to retailers because inability to make percent age markup over costs since the use of March costs and November dollars and cents markup results in merchants selling below per centage of cost markup necessary to stay in business.
 Also does not permit increase ir overhead between November and June to be included in markup.
 Further recommend that no cost prices or markup be shown in re- port because such records public property and is publication of trade
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-29
MANY ARE FINED ON
 FISHING VIOLATIONS

The following persons, charged U. s. Commissioners Court in Craig with illegal fishing, paid the following fines, the U. s. Marshal's Office announced this morning:
 Arthur Demmert, Lawrence Dem inert, David Demmert and Jackson Sookum, fined $80 each; Willie Jackson, Robert George, Savavero Clua, Alfred Gordon and Jeff An niskette, fined $50 each and fish confiscated; Joseph Skulka, Nels Forslund, Mike Constantine, Wayne Hill and Glenn Carl, all fined $50 each except Skulla who was fined SIS, and all fish confiscated; Jack son Alexander, Charles Lynch, Arn- old Erickson, Norman Slagle and Joe Nix, fined $40 each and fish confiscated.
 Deputy Marshal George J. Faden made the arrests.
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 ASKED TO
 HEED

Schools of Juneau will open next Tuesday and hundreds of children, from tots to high school age will be on the streets at certain hours.
 Chief of Police B. H. Manery is now calling attention of drivers of private cars, and especially drivers of delivery and transfer trucks, to observe the traffic ordinances and also signs in order to avoid any casualties of any nature.
 We are going to protect chil- dren attending the schools and there is to be no monkeying with anyone we catch or hear of who is driving recklessly and not ob- serving traffic ordinances and traf- fic signs" said Chief Manery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-29

Hitler is reported to have created a special decoration for inhabitants of occupied countries who collabor- ate with the Nazis. Called, no doubt, The Double Cross.
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secrets and further fact that this information is not required in states therefore discriminatory against Alaskans."
 The Alaska Merchants Associa- tion has further informed the OPA Director that lack of help and the complicated method of making re- ports has resulted in a majority of merchants being unable to file reports by September and have asked a further extension of the deadline.
 If merchants your city agree our proposition suggest take immediate action and inform Administrator recommending changes as feel pres ent regulations ruinous and changes should be made and can achieve those ends by cooperation of mer- chants of entire Territory" signed Alaska Merchants Association, P. H. Adams.
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SMILING THROUGH" .I5 OPENING SUNDAY AT CAPITOL THEATRE
Jeanette Ma(DonaId Brian Aherne, Gene Ray
 mond in Color Film

The escape from the turmoil of present-day problems to realms of romance and music, which is an important need of audiences today, is answered in Metro -Goldwyn- Mayors "Smilin' Through" the M G-M film opening Sunday at the Capitol Theatre, starring Jeanette Macdonald and Brian Aherne, with Gene Raymond.
 With this film, the Capitol will inaugurate a new Sunday policy of a continuous run from p. m., on.
 Filmed in Technicolor and re- plete with some of the most de- lightful music ever to reach the screen, sung by Miss Macdonald, ;'Smllin' Through" presents the star in the dual part of the old fashioned heroine, Moonyean, and her modern niece, Kathleen. It is the death of Moonyean on her wedding day to Aherne, who enacts the role of Sir John Carteret, which forms the basis of the story of a love that endured fifty years and conquered death.
 Aherne does the finest work of his career as Sir John, and his change from young man of twenty to one of seventy is the most realistic aging characteriza- tion the screen has yet seen. Miss Macdonald has never been more beautiful than as Moonyean, and her death scene is one which will go down as one of the screens finest artistic accomplishments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-29
GAMES FRIDAY Pacific Coast League

Portland 6, 3; Los Angeles 8, 1. Seattle 8; San Francisco g. Oakland 0; San Diego 5. Only three games played.
 National League St. Louis 2, T; Philadelphia 4, 5. Boston 4; Cincinnati 2. Brooklyn 2; Chicago l.
 American League Cleveland 0; New York 3. Chicago o, Boston 4. St. Louis 5; Philadelphia 4, ten innings. Detroit 10; Washington T, four cen innings.
 Gastineau Channel League Juneau 2; Missouri Mules 1.