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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22
More Japanese Land
To. Swell Attackers
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by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's fight
ing forces and at anti-aircraft bat.
teries that are making the skies I'm
safe for enemy planes.
With q naval officer, I watched
formation Of three enemy planes
roar over the American positions. A
marine battery opened fire as the
planes swooped down and one Japa-
nese pilot faltered and crashed. The
others broke and swerved away from
their targets.
"Those marines sure can shoot!"
an observer remarked as white
smoke pufis drifted around the
enemy craft.
The navy is playing a large part
in the defense Of the peninsula, al
though that is primarily a job for
the army.
There Is a Notwithstanding
battalion of sailors and marines de-
Tending one of the most important
beaches in this area.
This pickup outfit Tugs rifles and
mans machine guns, artillery and
anti-aircraft guns. 1t also is unique
because the battalion is commanded
by an air corps officer who longs
to get his hands on dive bomber
and strike back at the Japanese.
Some navy men have been as
signed to the army for important
guard duty, while others are helping
to man the armys radio telephone
equipment.
There is a persistent story making
the rounds Of Bataan province that
several sharpshooting U. 8. marines
who were given leave to visit the
front lines, joined the infantry and
are having the time Of their lives
carrying out an exciting and dan
gerous job of sniping back at Japa-
nese Snipers.
Enemy riaemen hiding in the trees
have been concentrating their efforts
on picking off American officers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22

noon to vote on the severance of
resolution, for which unanimous &C
ton Is expected.
tn so-called "big four" Of the
conference-U. s. Undersecretary of
State Sumner Welles and foreign
ministers Oswaldo Aranha (BraziD,
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu (Argentina)
and Juan B. Rossetti Chile, held a
secret conference at the foreign Of
flee this morning to arrange for
swift approval of the resolution.
Mexico Not Satisfied
Foreign Minister Ezequeil Padilla
of Mexico, who with the heads Of
the Venezuelan and Colombian del
egations drafted the original sever
ance resolution, said that the new
formula Is mot entirely satisfactory"
and that 1t is certain to be dis
cussed in committee where he will
request that the word Immediately"
be inserted in the text.
The new formula alters the orig
inal draft by giving each Pan-Amer-
lean country freedom OF action In
providing that the resolution be
submitted to executive or congress
sional approval. A break in finan-
cial and economic relations with the
Axis Is not embodied in the redraft.
Padilla conferred this morning
with Ruiz GuinaZu, who told him
that Argentina would nto agree to
the provision for an immediate dip
lomatic break.
1--WE want action, not words"
Padilla said, pointing out that the
redraft contains no assurance of an
early full hemisphere break.
The general impression prevailed
at the conference, however, that
MeNco's objection to the new for
mula would be merely formal since
Padilla has stated that everyone
wants to see unanimity."
Mexico has another resolution
calling for an economic and finan-
cial break with the Axis, which had
been In the original resolution, and
both Argentina and Chile were ex-
pected to object to this unless it is
SO phrased as to provide action af-
ter diplomatic severance.
Supporters of the new formula
said that its approval provision ac-
tually does not alter the original
measure. 1t was explained that none
OF hte American republics require
legislative approval of such action
although there have been number
OF precedents by executives.
For instance, it was stated, there
would be nothing to prevent acting
President Ramon S. Castillo of Ar
gentina to order an immediate
break with the Axis If he should so
desire.
FBI Not Taken Well
The United States resolution for
the establishment of hemisphere
"FBI" to purge the continent of
Axis subversives is meeting with
considerable opposition in the sub
committee where some delegates
have been trying to reduce the pro-
posal to declaration whereby each
country would do all possible" UNI
der guidance of an advisory body.
Lawrence M. c. Smith, chief of
the U. s. department Of Justices
special defense unit, who represents
the United States ON the sub-com-
mittee has prepared new draft OF
the resolution that seeks to satisfy
the objections raised.
Some delegates foresaw possibility
Of immediate Axis reprisals after
passage OF the severance Of rela-
lions resolution, such as naval and
air attacks along the South Ameri-
can coast, but none was fearful.
The resolution provides:
The resolution was redraft to
which Argentina and Chile agreed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22
FLYING FACT

At the first international airplane
races, held in Chicago in 1912, ST..
Croix Johnston, flying = Bleriot XII
Channel monoplane, died of
a heart attack while in flight. The
plane landed In Lake Michigan
without being damaged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22

owned by Paul Quagliata of 80
East Main street from a garage on
Spring street last January IL.
Admitted Driving Car
They admitted having driven the
car to New York city where they
met Williams. Sever aldays later
they set out for Newport, r. L..
with their new acquaintance who
told them That he kenw of places
where they could obtai nfirearms,
and also of ways to make "easy
money" in that city.
Enroute to Newport, the four
observed a car In Westport bearing
Florida license plates. They drove
both vehicles into nearby alley,
unhappily adjoining a police sta
ton, and were caught in the act
of changing the markers by Patrol
man William O'Brien of the West
port police. On January 16, the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22
GERMANS FIGHT
BACK in LIBYA
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Headquarters said that in the face
Of the Axis advance from Mersa
Brega British light forces withdrew
but maintained contact with the en-
envy all day yesterday, inflicting
casualties.
Yesterday. in conditions of bad
visibility, the enemy in three strong
columns disposing between them the
bulk OF remaining Axis tanks, made
a reconnaissance in force to depth
of about 10 miles east OF general
line running south OF Mersa Brega,"
the communique said.
"Our light forces which have been
harrassing the enemy since his re-
tirement from Agedabia, withdrew,
maintaining contact with the enemy
throughout the day and inflicting
casualties on him. Weather condi-
tons again seriously handicapped
the activities Of our air force"
A communicate yesterday said
weather conditions In the battle
zone were the worst in 10 years, al
ternating between torrential rains
and blowing saYd.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22
TOM C0NNALLY
IS REBUKED
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ment as unofficial" Hull assured
a complete blackout in Argentina.
An Argentine decree forbidS the
Argentina's communications office
to receive or transmit unofficial
statements from other countries
involving their foreign policy.
State department officials con-
sidered Connally's sta IN n t
ill-timed in view Of the efforts of
the United States delegation in
Rio de Janeiro to obtain solid
anti-Axis front.
In addition to the gambler COM
parison, Connally said that if Ar
gentina persisted in retaining re-
lations with Axis nations, other
Western Hemisphere nations mignc
curtail their business relations with
her. He also made some uncompli-
mentary remarks about Argentina's
politics. A Forthcoming presiden-
tial election in Argentina, he said,
may reflect the Overwhelming de-
sires of the citizens for complete
hemisphere collaboration But he
added that the Argentine govern
ment machinery is SO we'll oiled
that it may be able to perpetuate
itself in power"
Remarks Hit Hard
When the news of Connally's
statements came over the state de-
partment ticker, the big and i'm
posing building all but shivered
Officials rushed the information to
Hull's Office ard short time later
the statement divesting the Con-
nally remarks OF any official
status was issued.
The statement said the questions
discussed by Connally had not
been taken up previously with Hull
and that most decidedly Connally's
views were not those of the gov
eminent.
At almost the same time Con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22
Good News Is Coming
Soon Asserted NAVY
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attacks by underwater marauders
which have infested Atlantic coastal
waters for week, disclosed that the
pattern of attack was nearly the
same in each case-attack without
warning under cover of darkness
without regard for the safety of the
crews.
Only three of the City Of Atlanta S
crew of 46 or At were rescued, the
other 43 or A apparently perishing
The three survivors upon arrival in
Hoboken, N. j.. told bitterly of the
German submarine torpedo crash
ing into the side of the steamer early
Monday morning, and how it then
rose to the surface and played a
searchlight upon the sailors strug-
Cling in the icy waters off Cape Hat
teras.
The Ciltvaria was torpedoed about
5 a. m. Monday morning without
warning. Two of the crew of 80 were
killed, according to survivors, ap-
parently by the torpedo explosion
The other 80 put over the side in
lifeboats, rowed in the vicinity for
two hours and then returned to the
ship at a. m. They finally aban-
doned it after salvaging their valu-
ables.
Twenty-one of the Ciltravaira's
survivors were taken to Charleston,
S. c., and the others to New York.
The City of Atlanta was a 80 year
old, 5,269-ton cargo and passenger
ship, owned and operated by the
Ocean Steamship Company, of Sa-
vannah, Ga, that has been plying
between New York and southern
ports. The loss of life among Its
crew was the largest yet suffered by
merchant vessel along the coast.
Ship, SO Years Old
The Ciltvaira, 3,778-ton steamer
was SO years old, and was owned by
the Latvian Shipping Company. Her
home port was Riga, Latvia.
The attacks represented the first
time that submarines have struck at
other than oil tankers.
The four other sinkings in week
were:
The Panama registered oil Tanker
Norness sunk off Long Island with
loss of two lives.
The Allied Tanker Coimba sunk
in same general area with still I'M
determined number of deaths.
The American Tanker Allan Jack
son sunk off North Carolina coast
with % dead.
The American Tanker Malay,
shelled and torpedoed off North
Carolina coast with five dead.
Only the Malay survived the en-
emy's torpedoes. 1t limped into New
port News, Va, with gaping holes
in its decks and sides.
Men Aboard Describe 1t
Hoboken, N. j., Jan. % = (UP0-
Robert Fennell, Jr., an oiler was
sleeping soundly in his bunk before
dawn last Monday as the American
Freighter City of Atlanta ploughed
along off Cape Hatteras.
He was awakened by sound "like
a pistol shot" in his ear. Fennell
reared himself on an elbow and
loked to the end of the room. 1t
wasn't there. He was looking at the
sea.
Hastily pulling on some clothes,
he stepped out into passage way
so his mate Svend Joybye, would
have room to drsss. Joybye threw
his life preserver to him. He started
up the passage way, and felt his
right foot buckle. Jerking up his
trousers leg, he saw it was "just
one bloody mass"
Fennell kept on, until he remem-
bered that he had left his brides
picture on the wall. His foot ached,
but he went back, pulled the pic
ture from its frame, folded 1t twice
and stuck it in his pocket.
Grinning, he reached under his
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after having rejected the original. 1t
was as potent as the original, but
there were two differences:
/. Argentina and Chile were grant,
ed freedom OF action requiring
congressional ratification before they
formally break relations.
2. A break in economic and finan-
cial relations was not mentioned In
the redraft.
1t was beside the point, however,
whether any of the nations bothers
to break economic and financial re-
lationS, because Axis trade with
Latin America has disappeared and
supplementary resolutions to purge
business firms of Axis connections
and agents and establish blacklists
will DO adopted later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22

nally issued an addition to his
press conference statements by
declaring the views he had ex-
pressed were entirely his own.
The state department has been
nervous about the recently inaugu-
rated practice of having an assis-
tant secretary, Breckenridge Long,
meet weekly with the Senate for
eign relations committee to give a
background talk on war topics.
Some of the information given
the Senators has leaked to the
press and the department has
been fearful that some embarrass.
ment to its policies might result.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22

quartet arrived in this city in the
custody ofb local detectives. They
were bound over to superior court
the same day under bonds of ST.
900 each.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, citing the case
of the state, announced that Sur
beck mad abandoned his wife and
children in California, and had
been drifting across the country
ever Siuce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22
Counter-Offensive

-bTlClSn imperial troops, attacking
against heavy odds in men, ma
chimes and planes, have opened a
strong counter offensive in the
most vital sector of the west Malaga
front and the crisis point of the
campaign Is at hand, messages from
the fighting lines said today.
On the outcome of the battle
which opened at 2 p. m. yesterday,
and Is the most important opera
ton of the entire Malaga campaign
SO far, hinges the future of imperial
strategy in the peninsula.
The imperial forces dashed back
at the Japanese in bold and de-
termined attempt to smash dead
ly threat to the entire British line
by hundreds of Japanese infiltra-
ton groups which, aided now by
reinforcements using rubber boats
in the Muar river area, sought to
cut the railroad and main high
ways between the advanced British
lines and Singapore.
The focal point of the entire bat
tie is now on the west flank Of
the imperial line and it is no long
er maintained that operations dur
ing the last 48 hours have gone
according to plan"
The imperial line has been threat
ened and the imperials have taken
the offensive as the best means Of
meeting a grave threat.
CA Singapore dispatch to the
London Daily Mail quoted japanese
radio stations as reporting that
British warships were Smelling the
coastal battle area, which extends
about 10 miles inland.
(Heavily reinforced, the japanese
south of the Muar river turned in
land, the Daily Mail dispatch said,
and drove southeastward in their
attempt to cut communi tons be-
tween Singapore and the -orces in
North Johore sultanate.
Heavy Battle Raging
"a heavy battle was now in pro-
gress, the Daily Mail said, with the
Australians holding hill positions
and seeking to stop a japanese ad-
vance toward the important road
junction of Yong Peng, 10 IL miles
inland from Batu Pahat and So miles
north of the Tebrau Strait which
separates Singapore island from the
mainland)
Japanese planes are everywhere
over the British positions, front and
rear, and they are backed by artil-
lery, mortars and machine guns.
The imperial troops are depending
perforce on their individual superb
ority and on courage and initiative.
Fighting tremendous odds, in CHI
mate not made for the white man,
the imperial troops retain cheerful
ness, complete teamwork and spler~
did determination.
AS an Indian soldier said to me as
we slithered through ditch under
fire by Japanese planes:
Big battle not start yet. Big
battle come, We win"
But the big battle has come, &C.
cording to every indication. And
though it is said now that things
have not gone according to plan,
the Indians idea was backed up to
some extent by the statement of Maj.
Gen. Henry Gordon Bennett, the
Australian commander:
II am confident that we shall
solve this problem soon."
Two other high ranking imperial
officers expressed confidence that
the tactics worked out for the eli
mactic stage of the campaign would
prove effective.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22
FLYING FOR KEEPS NOW

OF the 1000 Royal Canadian Air
Force flyers who appear in Cap
tains of the Clouds, 80 per cent are
now serving overseas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22

Inland waterway Transportation
in China Is expanding.
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RED ARMY HITS
GERMAN LINES
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But today, usually holiday,
found war factories working at peak
speed, eager to make records in
Lenin's honor, and the men at the
front who normally would have
honored him in garrisons all over
the Soviet Union, sought to speed
their pace.
Jubilant, military leaders talked
of driving the Germans entirely off
Russian soil.
The Russians were on the Often
sive at Leningrad, Far West of once
threatened Moscow, and over the
entire front for the 600 miles from
Moscow southwark to the sea.
In capturing Mozhaisk, SO miles
west Of Moscow and six miles from
Borodino, the Russians had smashed
the last German spearhead pointed
toward the capital.
Now they were throwing troops
and machines, and crack fresh re-
serves, into their drive, determined
to give the Germans no rest.
May Already Be Past
Dispatches from the front indi-
Gated that the Russians might al
ready be past Borodino, six miles
from Mozhaisk on the main
Smolensk highway.
Their glider-towed ski troops were
heading for road functions far in the
German rear, to cut off the retreat.
Dispatches described how the
gliders raced over the snow, to
pounce upon tired, shivering German
troops whose only warning was a
sudden cloud of snow dust in the
distance and the hail of machine
gun bullets and trench mortar shells
from batteries quickly set up COM
handing the junction points.
Western military experts expressed
amazement that 1t was possible for
the Russians to continue their drive.
In a f1ve-day train journey from
Kuibyshev we recorded tempera-
lures as low as SOB below zero. Our
powerful armored train was sheathed
in ice when we arrived at Moscow,
where even short exposure to the
open air brmings out the tell-tale
white spots of frost bite on the face.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22
SIX MONTHS JAIL
PENALTY FOR TWO

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22
BRAZIL READY
in NAILS BREAK

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Heart OF Singapore Menaced British Far East Citadel B
BRITISH AMBUSH
JAPANESE FORCE
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ttContlnueu ITOni rage ~
tics which the Australians had
used against the Japanese on the
western front, aimed their guns at
point blank range ard poured bull
lets and shells into the attackers.
On the western Malaga front the
Australians were reported unoffi-
cially to be fighting heavily against
the Japanese In a battle which
meant that the crisis point was APP
preaching.
Dispatches asserted that the jap
anese we're suffering frightful cas-
ualties but continued persistently
their attempts to cut inland toward
the main railroad and highway
leading down to the southern tip
Of the peninsula.
The general headquarters COM
munique placed the heaviest fight
ing on the west Malaga front in
the area Of the Payong hill, and
reported patrol activity in the Batu
Pahat area of the west coast.
The communique announced that
287 persons were killed and $40
wounded in yesterdays indiscrim-
mate Japanese bombing of civilian
areas in Singapore. 1t was the heav-
lest casualty list of the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-22
AUSTRALIA FEARS
INVASION BY JAPS

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Evening star., 1942-03-18

fore. The life and breadth that is
customarily part Of the concerto
was subdued in favor of q more
severe outlook. The cadenza which
MIR. Zimbalist used In the first move
ment is also rather nfeless and here
a tendency to inaccurate intonation
could be noted. The artist was ap-
plauded to the extent Of several re-
calls.
A very beautiful arrangement Of
Handels Overture In D Minor" by
Mr.. Ormandy opened the program
and Moussorgsky's extraordinarily
vivid Pictures at an Exhibition"
was the concluding number. Given
a work such as the latter and you
have Mr.. Ormandy at his best. The
music and what it would say is para
mount and nothing intrudes to dis
turb it. The many different sub
jects and consequently, moods, that
make up this charming work were
sketched with imagination that
made it by far the most outstand-
ing OF the conductors performance,
Notwithstanding a beautifully de-
signed accompaniment to the
Brahms concerto. The very large
audience was enthusiastic in its
demonstration to both Mr.. Ormandy
and the orchestra, which shares all
honors with him.
Evening star., 1942-03-18

achieved pronounced success IN his
solo offering, Brahms Concerto in
D Major"
Mr.. COPELAND has given a complete
description of how he came to write
his work and the effect that visit to
Mexico had on him. In the dance
hall, Salon Mexico" he found the
essence OF the land Of which he was
a guest and has set it to music,
making use Of folk tunes selected
with care. This much Of the COM
position lay ready make for him and
the beauty and freshness OF the
melodies with their rhythms visual
ze the colorfulness and charm Of the
country by themselves. But what Is
most arresting Is the individuality
and talent Of the composer. which is
felt at every turn Of phrase.
His sense Of musical structure is
fine and smooth and the manner IN
which he has woven his material to-
gether Is not only skilled workman
ship but sensitiveness Of idea as we'll.
1t gives the effect of a memory, of
the echo of cherished experience.
The melodies are fragmentary.
joined in expert fashion to others
unrelated in style, their points of
contact indiscernible in his clever
treatment. While the vivacity and
sharp rhythmic changes are vital
portions Of the work. Mr.. COPELAND
has given them q melloWness that
is powerful and, one senses, a more
truthful exposition Of these native
elements. Mr.. Ormandy directed
the difficult music with authority
and the superb body Of men under
him responded In kind.
The Brahms violin concerto was
given a thoughtful and dignified
reading by Mr.. Zimbalist, whose
thorough musicianship was present
in the exposition of every measure.
1t was kept. however, within a mar
row territory and the freedom and
surging vitality that can be loosen
legitimately was not in Mr.. Zimbal-
lists conception. His greatest effect
was reached in the second move
ment where the elevated quality of
his tone gave it deep poetic signif1-
canoe. In many passages the violin
did not carry above the orchestra
even in the bravura sections where
Mr.. Zimbalist's splendid technique
could have come brilliantly to the
Evening star., 1942-03-18


dents from throughout the Eighth
Congressional District will compete
will be eligible for the State finals
at Norfolk on April IS. The con-
tests are sponsored by the American
Legion and State winners will vie
against one another at national
contest later.
Leonard Bosin, 16, Of 1894 Four
teenth street north, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. 8. S. Bosin and q junior at the
school, won the silver medal second
award. Mr.. Ransom Is the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. s. Ransom.
The committee in charge Of the
county contest was composed Of D.
Preston Lohr, chairman; Mallery
B. Sandridge and John L. Baber,
al Of the Billy" Mitchell Post,
American Legion.
The judges were Marion v. Ma
gruder, A. M. Vliet, Wayne M. Bard,
John F. Brougher and John P.
de Pagter.