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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-17
Smiths jap
Arouses Ire

Northampton, Mass, Sept. II -
CU.P0 - The Northampton Board
of Aldermen has unanimously
adopted a resolution criticizing
Smith College for its appointment
of DR.. Schuchi Kusaka, a japanese
alien, to the physics departments
The resolution, passed last night
contended that the appointment
has a dangerous effect on the pub
lie morale on the home front" Il
also protested the importation OF
this alien into Northampton with
out advance notice and without at
tempting to ascertain public opin-
ion"
Meanwhile. maintenance employees
at Smith College. who recently
threatened to strike In protest
against the appointment, announced
they would meet Thursday to fur
Their consider the matter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-17
Walter WirlcIlel
In Nezc York

sia has fought on our side in every
war in which the U. 8. participated
Marta Nita at the Village
Barn is a bet for the scouts
Her late father was N. Y. Times cor
respondent in Cuba, which job her
mother now holds Pola Negri's
west coast Teller is politician Z.
Judy Garland's loss Of weight has
her studio concerned 1t. Paul
Winkler, killed last week In
bomber crash, was a pet Of the
Broadway crowd. He was Billy
Roses stage manager for years
with all the dolls rating him aces.
The Tampa Times telegraphs 1t
has located Jean Chandler, singer
with all gal band. She Is the girl
"Dorothy-Just an Army Nurse"
wrote about her recently under
North Africa Novelette," In which
she told of a soldier who died in
her arms and asked Jean be noti-
fled Dewey will write for sew
eral national mays just before the
campaign ,. Heinz Pol has auth'd
a new book called: 1.-THE Hidden
Ei.emy" Mildred Bailey follows
Hazel Scott at Cafe Society Uptown
next Monday. La Scott resumes in
H'wood at 4 Gs per. A band
leader took a drug to speed his
heartbeat before appearing at the
draft board. They held him there
overnight (until 1t wore Off and
then he was passed as perfect .
Ben Bernie Is reported failing again
in the sick room Railroaders
sa the only way that wheel could
have left the Congressional Ltd. axle
was on purpose. 1t is suspected
that someone threw emery dust into
the journal box.
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Offensive In
S. Pacific
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enemy fighters that tried to stop
bombing attack on Wewak In which
66 tons of explosives were dropped
in Is minutes.
BOmbers Destroyed
Ten enemy bombers were believed
destroyed on the ground. A COM
rIlunique described the action as
brilliant" and Macarthur issued
statement praising the Fifth AIR
force as an "ideal weapon Of war"
despite the fact 1t fought continual
ly against odds. Only one Allied
fighter vas lost. Some bombers were
damaged but all reached base.
The scene Of the raid was the
major air base where more than
300 planes were knocked out IN the
last two months by Allied bombers.
Two fields OF the four at Wewak
were knocked out and the latest
raid was made on the two remain
ing, which are at Wewak itself and
at nearby Boraln.
Continuous air reinforcement
are being brought up by the enemy
in an attempt to redress his recent
disastrous losses" the communique
said. His air strength In this the
alter is now larger than ever"
A dispatch from South Pacific
headquarters said $50 planes Of all
types were used In raids all day
Tuesday on Japanese airdromes on
BougainWlle Island In the northern
Solomons. A spokesman described
the attacks as highly successful"
The offensive actually started on
Saturday and Sunday when bomberS
and fighters destroyed 81 enemy
planes during raids at Bougainville.
On Monday from 81 to 81 more were
destroyed at Wewak In q 63-ton at
tack.
(Tokyo raid reported last night
that an air and sea battle was rag
ing between New Guinea and the
Solomons and said 80 Allied planes
we're shot down over Bougainville.
The broadcast apparently referred
to the Bougainville attacks)
Flying fortresses dropped I6 tons
Of bombs on Lac Wednesday while
escorting Thunderbolts revealed
to be In action In the South Paci-
fic for the first time-shot down a
single enemy plane. The bonbers
silenced five enemy gun positions.
Mitchells bombers sank or dam.
aged nearly 40 enemy barges on the
New Guinea coast while other
planes damaged three cargo vessels
In the Solomons sea.
In the area northwest Of Austria
liza, Liberators on Tuesday dropped
q tons Of explosives on Kendari. on
CelebeS Island, touching of fires
and explosions in the building and
dock areas and in the airdrome.
Three ineffective Japanese coun-
ter-blows were announced. Twelve
to is enemy planes attacked OAR
win early yesterday and six hit ut
the Allied base at Morobe, New
Guinea. Minor raids in the Solo
mons also were reported.
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Back Up Foe Eleven
Miles; Contact British
Continued from Page H.
Of a week of bitter fighting"
Efforts Weakened

of a week of bitter fighting"
Efforts Weakened
THE enemy's efforts to reduce
our beachheads has weakened con-
siderably and our forces have re-
sumed the initiative" 1t said.
(Radio Berlin broadcast claim
that German forces sank four Allied
Cruisers, two destroyers, several
smaller warships, 10 cargo vessels
totalling $1,000 tons and IL
barges In the Salerno Gulf opera.
tions September 8 through IS. An
other cruiser, two destroyerS, seven
transports totalling $4,000 tons and
one large landing barge were DAM
aged severely, the broadcast said,)
The Eighth Army's capture Of
VALID Della Luciano after an ad-
vance from Spari marked the fast
est advance yet recorded by Mont
gomery's forces, which now have
covered more than 200 miles since
their landing at the tip Of the Ital.
ian toe two weeks ago today.
An early junction between the
Fifth and Eigtn Armies had been q
foregone conclusion since a party
of Anglo-American War correspond
ents In jeeps struck out ahead OF
Montgomery men and reached the
Salerno bridgehead yesterday with
out encountering German troops.
Enemy demolitions of bridges and
precipitous mountain roads showed
the Eighth Army's advance up the
italian west coast In the beginning
But these became less troublesome
as the Germans fastened their re-
treat to reach the safety of north
ern italy before the Fifth Army
could trap them.
Rule The Skies
The northwest African Air Forces
ruled the skies unchallenged. Ar
air forces communique said nc
enemy aircraft were encountered
during yesterdays pounding Of
roads, railways and bridges anc
other strategic targets around the
battle zone.
Once again, every type of plane ir
the Allied arsenal, from fourier
gined Flying Fortresses TO single.
engined fighter planes, participated
in the assault. The Potenza roat
and railroad junction. IS mile
southeast Of Salerno, was hit heav
lily both by night and day with Lib
orators and Halifaxes from the Mid
dle-Eastern command joining In thu
attack.
Only two Allied planes were los
in all operations.
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as a carpenter who has been work
ing In Detroit war plants; Emma
Elise Leonhardt, his wife. both Of
Detroit; Walter Joseph Abt, SO, of
Romeo, Mich, a native of Stuff
CART, Germany, and Countess Ma
riannaa Won Moltke, wife Of a sus-
pended professor at Wayne Uni
versity.
Mrs. Leonhardt and Countess Won
Moltke, both German Nationals,
were taken into custody Aug. "a
also. but the FBI did not disclose
when the last two were arrested.
The 16 co-conspirators, all but one
Of whom are outside the jurisdic-
ton Of the court, are Heinrich
Willmes, former professor at the
University of Detroit who was in
termed and later exchanged; Carlos
Galino De Silva, Lisbon, Portugal;
Sari De Hajek, German agent at
Budapest; a person named Ilise,
also German agent; Martha Kauf-
man, Stockholm; George KreiS,
Nad agent in Hungary; Dr.. John
Loenngren, Stockholm; a Mr.. Mil
Ter, unidentified further; Oskar
Renner, Budapest; Ingeborg Saenger
Stockholm; DR.. Spaun, Budapest;
Count Lingen Evey, Couroncas.
Switzerland, Theodore Donay, Of
Detroit. now serving six-year
term at Leavenwoarth for mispri-
sion in the Max Stephan case, and
Rozinek.
The indictment charged the eight
conspirators with collecting and
transmitting information about dis
position Of armed forces, ships.
aircraft and war materials Of the
United States to the 10 co-con-
spirators In Europe.
The information was transmitted.
the indictment said. by various
means. including the fuse OF In
visible writing processes"
It 10 also charged that Miss Bu-
channaIi-D ineen. alias Miss Smith.
Behrens. Thomasa and certain Of
the co-eonspirators, including Do
nay. would procure and furnish
chemicals and ingredients for the
preparation OF the invisible ink"
United states Attorney John g.
Lehr said the two new suspects, Mrs.
Leonhardt's husband. and ABT,
whose names had not been an
nouncod previously, probably would
be arralgned In fedeeal court this
afternoon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-17
Blasts Germans
Italian Life Lines
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the western Europe area.
The planes hit at enemy shipping
and airfields in France, Belgium
and Holland, damaging at least Is
locomotives In one series OF attacks
and hitting two enemy E-boats of
Holland. Airfields at Laon, 70 miles
northwest Of Paris, and at Merville
and Florennes were raided. Earlier
coastal planes had scored a direct
hit on a merchantmen of Norway
while fighters set aflre three mine-
sweeperS of the Dutch coast. Three
planes were missing.
The American planes attacked the
U-boat pens and docks at La Pallice
and the airflelds at Nantes, running
through enemy defending planes
equipped with rocket guns under
each wing. Medium bombers hit at
Naz fighter bases in France, kind
Ling big fires. A 1,600-mile flight was
required for raid on an airfield
at Cognac, France.
Thirteen heavy U. s. bombers and
three fighters were missing from the
extensive days assaults.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-17

the three raids although the two
into France involved round-trip
flights OF almost 1000 miles.
An air ministry announcement
said first reports indicated both
raids on the Nazi supply lines into
Italy were effective.
The attacks we're designed to
crush lines over which German re-
Inducements must move into north
ern Italy.
Modane, IS miles west Of Turin, Is
on the French side Of the important
eight mile long Mont Gents tunnel.
At st. Raphael, four-engined Lam
casters went down to low levels to
bomb at a viaduct on the coastal
line.
Smashing Of the routes at either
point would leave the Germans only
the Bremen Pass, some 260 miles
away, as their main line Of COM
munication into italy and that
mountainous area already has been
under Allied air attack.
Main objective Of the attackers at
Modane was marshaling yards on
the railroad line through which a
heavy carpet Of bombs was laid.
Size Of the total raiding force that
famed out over the Nazi-held con-
tinent was not announced but Nazi-
controlled radios from Berlin TO
Calais left the air last night after
on hour-long procession Of planes
swept from the English coast.
The night fleets took over from
American Flying Fortresses that
had ranged 1000 miles on some
raids in wide ranging blows which
ended after dark. Twenty mine
enemy planes were shot down by
the American planes.
Large forces Of light Raj planes
continued their attacks on Nazi In
| eka1latinfQ apd r0nnfn1inica ti0nc In
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-17

within 81 miles of the big German
base of Kiev and % mile sof the
Big Bend of the Dnieper river.
More than 230 towns and villages
were captured.
Overrun were Nosovka, 81 miles
northeast of Kiev; Romny, 1913 miles
due east of Kiev; Domakha, six
miles south of Pavlovgrad and %
miles east of the .Dnieper Bend;
Lozvoaya, strategic railroad junction
rs miles south of Kharkov, and
Valki 80 miles west southwest of
Kharkov.
The fall of NovoroSsisk doomed
the Axis bridgehead in the north
west Caucasus and foreshadowed an
early Soviet drive across Kerchenski
Strait into the Crimea. Russian
forces pushing along the north
shore of the Sea of Azov at last re-
ports were only IS miles from Ia
porozhe. whose capture would cut
the sole route Of escape for the Cri-
mean garrison.
Novorosslsk was captured yester-
day after q five-day battle in which
Russian troops who broke through
powerful concrete Notifications were
Joined by marines landed in the
harbor Of warships Of the Black Sea
feet.
Novgorod severski was one OF the
principal German strongholds on
the west bank Of the Desna river. II
fell under q concentrated Soviet as
sault that took 1900 German lives
yesterday alone. Twenty-seven Ger.
man counter.attacks were beaten
of.
Front dispatches said battered
German defenders OF the Lower
Ukraine no longer enjoyed Che ads
vantage Of fortified positions. bul
we're ellnelng desperately 10 Flyuleti
ard Faylnes before the BIG bend q
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full in violent battles" with the
Germans along the coast, according
to the ONCE of War Information
Unconfirmed reports also reached
London from what were described
as reliable circles" in Ankara that
Anglo forces have occu-
pied the islands of Cos and LeroS
In the Dodecanese and Samos, to
the north, all off the Turkish coast
in a surprise invasion of the Aegean
Sea.
The purported surge of Allied &C.
tivity in southeastern Europe COIN
cided with Nazi-inspired reports
that the British Ninth and possibly
10th Army had embarked from Mid
dle-Eastern bases, possibly for an
invasion Of the Balkans.
Split Capture
The capture of Split with the
finest harbor In the Adriatic, was
the biggest success yet reported by
the followers Of the Jugoslav Parti-
san leader, Josip (Tito) Brozoyich
Split, only 100 miles across the
Adriatic from Britsh-held Bari on
the Italian east coast, was used b
the Germans and Italians as SUBJ
marine base. 1t is the capital of Dali
malta and had q pre-war population
Of nearly as, 1000.
German motorized divisions which
sought to break through the Parti-
sans lines to recapture Split were
thrown back near xnin with q losS
of $40 killed and more than soc
wounded, Jugoslav sources here
said.
The PartiSans also have occupied
Esnj, north OF Split. and large por-
ton OF the zagreb-Fiume railway
they said.
"a CHS broadcast from Bern said
Jugoslav Partisans now control al
most the whole coast OF The north
Adriatic, constituting an enormous
Balkan bridgehead for the forces OF
the United Nations The broadcast
estimated that the Partisans con-
troll directly about two-thirds Of the
puppet state of Croatia and ebout
one third OF all Jugoslavia)
Instructors
A Swiss report published in Stock
holm reported that specially trained
Russian officers have arrived In
Jugoslavia, presumably by para
chute, to lead patriot forces and to
instruct them in guerrilla tactics.
Other dispatches asserted that
thousands of Italian soldiers, includ-
ing one whole division, have joined
the patriot forces rather than submit
to disarming by the Germans.
Ankara reports Of Allied occupa.
ton of the islands OF Cos, SO miles
northwest OF Rhodes, Leros, IS miles
northwest Of Rhodes, and Samos,
1875 miles northwest OF Rhodes, gave
no details of the purported opera
ton. If true, the Allies thrust deep
into German dominated waters.
Samos, with an excellent harbor
has a fully equipped seaplane and
motor torpedo boat base and fight
er base. Leros has airplane and
submarine bases.
Though the Germans overwhelmed
the Italian garrison at Rhodes, An
kara heard that more than 1000
Italian soldiers fed to the mountains
and were carrying on guerrilla war
fare. Allied Commands also have
been reported active on Rhodes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-17
The War On
Many Fronts
CONTINUED from Page y

from Eisenhower's headquarters re-
vealed, and the menacing NaA as
sault which had pressed the Ameri-
can and British troops back within
three miles of the sea now had been
reversed to reach more than three
times as far inland.
Synchronized with the Allied adj
vance in lower Italy, a three-way
Raj air attack from Britain hit the
vital passes into Italy and gave Ber-
lin its second light attack IN two
nights.
BOmbers Assault
Four motored British bombers de-
liyered q concentrated assault on
Modane at the Italian-French from
tier, main rail route through the
Alps. Modane, IS miles west OF Tur-
In, Is on the French side OF the
eight mile Mont Gents Tunnel.
A second formation bombed the
coastal line near st. Raphael on the
French Riviera southwest Of Nice.
Speedy mosquito bombers made the
second straight nuisance raid on
Berlin.
Four Raj bombers were lost in
the nights operations.
The Free Milan" radio reported
the rupture Of the Bremen Pass
railway near Bolzano asserting that
Italian infantry had occupied a
long stretch Of 1t in a surprise at
tack. The same source said Italian
troops had attacked Trento, 80 miles
south of Bolzano, and forced the
Germans to withdraw several kilo-
meters.
Jug0slaves
Jugoslav Partisans were reported
to have captured the Adriatic Bal
kan ports of Split, the major Dali
matian port; SusaK, near German
held Fiume; Semi, 80 miles from
Susak; and Bakar, all Of which
might serve as thresholds for an
Allied invasion.
In the Pacific, an Allied air often
sive designed to crush japanese
aerial achievements in New Guinea
and to drive the enemy from his re-
manning Solomons bases was dis
closed today.
General Douglas Macarthur
communique revealed the japanese
had recovered from staggering blows
that cost them hundreds Of planes
and now had more air power in
New Guinean than before.
50 Planes
Fifty-nine enemy planes were
shot down over Wewak in one OF
the Paciflc's greatest air battles
Wednesday with loss of only one
Allied fighter. Ten more of the
enemy's newly arrived aircraft were
smashed on the ground with Sc ton;
Of bombs.
A south Pacific dispatch disclosed
that the day before $50 Allied
planes had kept up daylong attacks
on Bougainville In the northern
Solomons, blasting the japanese ali
bases clustered there.
The aerial attacks attained theil
new ferocity coincident with Mac.
Arthurs land offensive which wai
bidding TO engulf Lac. on the New
Qulnean coast. American and Aus
tralian units had reached points two
and five miles on either side Of the
base by Wednesday. q comnaunique
announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-17
the pnleper.

the Dnieper.
Reports from the Kuban said the
shattered German and Rumanian
forces driven from Novoroasisk with
the loss Of most OF four divisions
were fleeing toward Anapa, the last
stable Axis-held port east Of the
Crimea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-17

First city % introduce q chemical
water publication system was JeT-
eey city. y. j., n 1905.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-17

Fall Back

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.JugosIovs
Stab At Foes

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Indict 8 For
Espionage

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Brenner Pass
Railway Cut

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Dor Clark. now with kiss and
Tell" in Chicago, has the movie
scouts nibbling ;. Kate Smith will
spotlight old time stage and screen
pets on her new radio show which
tees off Oct. LIST .. General Motors
will feature a new car after the war
at $500 The model will be on
exhibition in Radio City New Year s
Day Rumors have Howard
Hughes and Henry Kaiser feuding
Johnny Morgan, the radical
may bet the comedy lead in What
Up" rehearsing soon Repubs
plan to fight FDR solely on DOM
estic issues. VIII they prove his
Home Front activity resulted in con-
flision-and PROFITS?
Charles COburn does take-off on
@. Bernard Shaw in MY Kingdom
for q Cook" that Makes Shaw seem
tame by comparison Willie
Howard has an offer to star In Art
lists and Models" but is stuck with
another contract Paramount
thinks so much Of Vaughn Monroe's
drawing power It has booked him
with q rival studios film, Lady
Takes q Chance" (RKO) ;. Willkie
VIII remind all concerned that Rus
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-05
Corporation. ;
Employees Charged
In Sabotage Case
Engine Parts Delivered
To u. S., Great Britain
Defective, Govt Says

DETROIT, Aug. 5.-(UP)
The BOhn Aluminium and
Brass Corp. and three of its
supervisory employees were
charged with sabotage of
aircraft engine parts for the Unit
ed States and Great Britain today
in a five-count indictment returned
before Federal Judge Edward j
Moinet.
The corporation was accused of
delivering defective castings. at the
direction of the three individuals,
to the Packard Motor Car company
for use in rolls Boyce-Merlin air.
plane engines.
Conspiracy to defraud the United
States government also was charg-
ed. The indictment alleged that
imperfect aluminium castings were
welded or peened secretly to cor
rect defects, contrary to specifica-
tions. Opening is a special ham,
mering process
IN INDICTMENT
Individuals named in the indict-
ment were Frederick N. Eaton, as
sistant manager of Bohn plant No
2 at Detroit; Paul F.. Cordes, sup
erintendent at the same plant, and
Continued on page 6, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-05
&c. Plans TO Put
Up New City Hall
Wien War Is Over

Construction of a new city
hall in FL Centre in the post
war period seemed probable
Thursday after the city coun-
Gil appropriated funds We'd
nesday night for the purchase of
three large lots directly west of the
fire station on State street for that
purpose.
The lots we're purchased from
former Senator Phil Swing at Il
cost of $500 each. One of them
will be utilized soon as the board
of supervisors has promised to erect
a garage to house State-oWned
rural fire truck. The supervisors
have promised to spend between
$500 and $4,000 on the structure,
possession of which will eventually
revert to the city
Councilmen discussed briefly the
proposed budget for the coming
Continued on page 6, col. s.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-05
No Bedrock for
Civilians Yet

morale or working efficiency of the
national economic structure beyond
what is justified by the prospective
gain to the war through release of
resources.
3. Adequate repair parts, replace
ment parts and labor must be
made available to maintain existing
essential equipment in the hands OF
civilians in operating condition.
4. The distributive and service
trades must be maintained to the
extent necessary to make essential
goods and services available to
civilians when and where needed.
RECEIVE CONSIDERATION
5. The needs of new families, in
fants and children, workers with
special requirements and rapidly
growing communities will receive
particular consideration.
6. Damage to the basic economic
and social structure will be avoided
to the extent consistent with
prosecution of the war and the
satisfaction of essential civilian re-
quirements. Full utilization will be
made of small business.
Z. Every effort will be made to
economic the use of resources and
to conserve the goods now in civil
ian hands.
8. Civilians will not be called up
on to make unnecessary sacrifice.
9. Public information will be
furnished promptly to enable the
civilian population to understand
the reasons for government de-
cisions limiting the supply of civil
ian goods and services.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-05
Midwest Focinq
Cos CurtuiIment

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-CUP)-Na-
tional Petroleum administrator
Harold l.. Ickes lashed at criticism
of the governments gasoline ration
policy as a 'share the misery pro-
gram" and told a group of mid
western congressman and legisla-
tors today that more severe cur
tailment out here will help win the
war
He said gasoline rations east of
the Rocky mountains would be
equalized probably within a few
weeks. Washington reports yester-
day were that the order would
become effective Sept. l.
Ickes spoke quickly and nervous
ly before about $50 persons in a
hotel parlor. Although there were
many unfriendly to the govern
mentS gasoline program among his
auditors, the senatorial committee
investigating petroleum programs,
which had left Kansas City hopping
mad yesterday, was not present at
the opening.
BE EQUALIZED
Gasoline supplies should and
must be equalized throughout the
nation east of the Ro-;y noun
tainS," Ickes said. I'VE are not do
ing this simply to spread the misery.
1t is a perfectly logical move"
i. Ickes said that for the first time
since the war there now was suf-
ficient transportation available to
supply eastern states with more
motor fuel than they have been re-
ceiving.
The oil and transport problem" +"