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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-08
Stranglehold Clamped
On Fleeing Remnants
OF Axis African Units
British Get Capital
With Hardly a Fight
French Welcome Allies With Kisses and Flowers;
Scores Of Germans Surrender; Six Stay Behind
Purposey to Give Up
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE
United Press Staff Correspondent

Tunis, May T. (Up)--(4:l0 p. M
Delayed The British First
Army has Just entered this capital
Of Tunisia amid the joyous cheers Of
the populace,
Most Of the German defenders had
fled and the Few who relna,n, some
grinnlng, some tlisconsolate, are
Surrendenng ut almost every street
corner,
Singing and Sobbing French men
and women are peltIng the war;
worn British soldiers with flowers
and fresh faced girls smack kisses
on the cheeks Of the proud yletor8
who made this conquest Just si%
months after the start Of the cam
palgn,
A lowering smoke pail hung over
the city and the first few drops Of
heavy shower were falling as Bril-
fish tanks and armor moved into
the outskirts about 2;45 this az
tcrnoon.
There were u few brief brushes
rs the tanks conyergcd and Il few
shots were audible in The town, But
tho bulk OF the German forces had
run out two hours before and the
StragglerS were surrcndeinR,
Six gave up TO me, The" came
up grlnning with their hands In
tho DIR, They told me they stayed
behind purposely,
Were no NnziS,' said one,
Another had IA broad Berlin accent
and ! found out that he lived on
UhlandStraSse In Berlin about four
blocks from the apartment IN which
lived when was correspondent
there,
This correspondent reached the
center OF the city with one Of the
first reconnaissance groups and the
traffic was like Fifth avenue before
gas rationng, A German motor
cycllst walked out and gave himself
up 10 tank, A scout car passed
Us loaded with German prisoners,
including two doloful looking briga-
der generals, The troops couldn't
take care Of al of them.
Six fires were burning down near
the h0rbor but nobody paid great
deal Of attention TO them.
In the new city we found people
punched at intersections, Girls
tossed big bouquets or red, white,
and blue flowers Into car windows,
A woman Of about so ran along
Continued on Page y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-08
F. OF A. FARLEY
OPENS SUNDAY
Delegates to Introduce
Resolutions Dealing With
War Emergencies

Delegate to The ARD annual ses-
sion OF the Grand Court Of Con-
necteut ForcsterS OF America, are
arriving here today for parti9ipa-
ton IN the important convention
deliberations In Temple hall tomor-
row, Tho Grand Court will con-
vene ut 10 o'clock with Grand Chief
Ranger john W. Humphrey Of Court
Wclch WatCrville, presiding,
Reports OF Grand Secretary Harry
w, Streok Of Bridgeport and Grand
Court Treasurer William H. Dun
lavey Of Waterbury viii be among
the important business highlights OF
the convention, Several resolutions
dealing with war emergencies will
be introduced,
Pre-convcntIon meetings Of the
executive council and the commit
tee on credentials will be held this
evening at Hotel Elton. The recon-
mendatons OF the council will be
submitted to the delegates during
Sundays session,
BY virtue Of It's large rcprescn-
tation, Incidentally the largest OF
any city in Connecticut. Waterbury
will play an important role in the
business session. Grand Recording
Secretary Ralph Brandely Is slated
for advancement to the high Office
OF grand sub chief ranger with the
possibility OF being elected to the
highest state Office at the 1914 con-
vention. He will be another Wa
tcrburian honored by elevation to
the rank OF grand chief ranger His
brother, Louis F., william H. Dun
ic;;"ey, Felix Gua"!c! ak Water T..
MCGOWAN Of Watertown have held
that high honor within the past 20
years.
Due to war measures the social ac-
tivitieS of the delegates will be cur
frA,,tt,,,,nH
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-08
LOWER PRICES
FOR VEGETABLE
More Drastic Action Sure
to Follow 1879 Cut in
Meat, Coffee, Butter
BY, ALTON II. PARKER
united Press STAFF Correspondent

Washington, May 8@(UP)- The
government today began meeting l0-
boris demands for lower cost Of
living by ordering n 10 per cent cut
IN the retail prices OF beef, veal
pork, lamb, mutton, butter and eof-
fee and indicating that oll-back"
ranging 10 80 and 40 ger cent IN the
price OF canned and fresh vegetables
would follow,
The 10 per cent cuts on the seven
major food items viii become effee-
tive june |, But once machinery Tor
rolling back prices Is set into mo-
ton, an office Of price ndministr0-
ton spokesman said, II can be used
on amy item within n few days.
The present objective OF Price Adj
minIstrntor Prentiss Brown, who an
nouneed the roll-back program last
night, Is to return the cost of living
TO the Sept 10, 1912 level by July l
a month after the first roll-backS
prs effective. According TO the bu-
reau OF labor statistics, the spokeS-
mar said the cost OF living has In
creased 80 per cent since last Sep
TENDER. OPA hopes TO reduce 1t by
15 per cent during the next two
months, he said,
THE greatest increases are pres
ent In the food line an OPA
spokesman said, "That Is where
OPA will strike and strike hard. We
expect to knock the price OF fresh
vegetables down 80 per cent, and In
some cases 40 per cent.
Reductions IN many prices will be
effected next Monday by imposition
OF new dollars-an ceilings. In
addition the roll back In June Is eX-
,,ected TO make these additional saw
lngs to consumers: beef and veal,
three cents pound; pork, four
cents a pound; butter between four
and five cents pound; coffee,
about three tents a pound.
The government will become a
~lockstock- and- barrel" purchaser OF
foods under the program which will
DC financed Dy government sub
sidy at the professor level. Thus
growers AMI professors and hand
lers of food need not fear that they
will have to bear the costs of the
benefits which the consumer will
enjoy, although it is not expected
hat subsidiaries will b. used in
.olling back vegetable prices.
Immediate cost Of the operation Of
he subsidy program is estimated at
$3.50, 100000 annually. but officials
believe it may stretchc to $500. 600
200 by the time all cost-of-living
TENS are covered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-08
RUSHING YANKS.
FIND CITY EMPTY.
Wanted Deienses OF Key
Naval Base at Bizerte
Collapsed Quickly

Bizerte May 7 -- 0 p, M,-CUP)
The first Americans entered this
supposed last stronghold Of the Axis
IN TuniSiN at AIS y, m, to-day, There
was little resistance, the preliminary
aerial and artillery bombardment
apparently having done the work
of saturating the Wanted German
defenses,
The city apparently had been de-
serted by It's civilian population and
by Its defenders as we'll because
there was only scattering Of enemy
fire. The American commanders
believed that the German rear
guard, knowing the show was over,
were spending their ammunition,
German 88's barked few times,
American detachments moved out
al once TO silence them.
The first Americans TO enter was
n reconnaissance company. This
correspondent accompanied II.
Then at dusk, came the American
tanks and their 75's soon mopped
up what little was left in the way
of resistance in (nis NeS NaVei Sost
and beautiful Mediterranean city
which normally has population Of
10000 persons.
Six months ago tonight watched
General Dwight d. Eisenhower di-
rect the start of this campaign, the
American landing in French north
Africa, that now has eliminated
with the capture OF this strategic
city only a couple of hours by
bomber from Rome.
To all intents and purposes, the
African campaign is over.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-08
SENATE FAvORS
RUML PRINCIPLE
Committee Votes Is to 6
on Plan Completely For.
giving 1912 Taxes
by JOHN l.. CUTTER
United Press STAFF Correspondent

Washington, May 8--tUP) - The
Senate finance committee, agreed
on the principle OF the Ruml Tax
Plan today began drafting pre-
eautionary amendments which VIII
prevent either favor or penalty for
the extremely wealthy.
The committee voted 10 10 0 late
yesterday for The Ruml principle OF
completely forglving io42 taxes IN
order to place al taxpayers on u
pay .ns. you-go basis Two OF the 10
voted, however, with u stipulation
that some amendment must DC
made 10 prevent n windiall Tor per-
sons whose l042 income was higher
thnn In 1919,
Committee Chairman Walter IT,
George, d. On, although person.
ally opposing complete forgiveness
of any full year, said he hoped that
the committee would complete the
drafting of precautions today ana
have Tho bill ready for Senate nc
ton early next week, Proponents
of the Ruml Plan were confident
new mti-windfNll provisions could
be drafted speedily,
The goal was completion OF oil
congressional action by the end OF
next week 80 that tho treasury
which also opposed complete for
giVeness, could inaugurAte poy-as'
you-go on July | by starting with
holding taxes then.
Even II the full Senate accepts
the committees bill early next
week, u major stumbling block re-
mains In tho need for concurrence
by the House, Chairman Robert L.
Doughtop, d., N, g. OF the House
ways and means committee, do
feNtod two attempts TO pass the So
called Carlson -Ruml bill In his
months. long tax fight and Is ex-
pected TO continue bitterly against
concurrence In Senate bill carry
Ing outright forgiveness of any full
years taxes,
Most OF those opposing the Ruml
Plan said they favored pay -as-you-
go taxes but felt that completely
waving one years levy would ne
cessitate additional taxes later this
year TO help finance the war ef-
fort. La Toilette pointed out that
surtaX brackets on the extremely
wealthy already reach 90 per cent
of total income, thus Inevitably
placing any new tax burden on the
middle and lower income brackets"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-08
MANCHESTER MAN
COMMITS SUICIDE

Manchester, Conn. May Sup
The death of Giovanni Avigone,
60. whose body was found in PONG,
was said today to have been a sui
eide by poisoning and drowning.
Medical Examiner ID. c. Y. Moore
reported that Avigone had drunk
carbolic acid and then toppled 100
feet from a spillway OH the bank OF
the pond. Police said 1t was his
third attempt at suicide, and that
he had been in falling health for
several vaopths
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-08
BY JOHN A PARIS
United Press Staff Correspondent

London, May 8. - CUP - Sir
Archibald Clerk Kerr, British am
bassador TO Moscow, conferred yes
terday with Premier Josef Stain
and Foreign Commissar Viacheslav
M. Molotov, presumably in connec-
ton with the widening breach in
Soviet-Polish relations, it was dis
closed today.
The conference was reported by
the Moscow radio without elabora-
ton a little more than "a hours
after Soviet Deputy Foreign Com
missar Andrei j. Vlshinsky accused
the Polish exile government OF es-
picnage against Russia and failing
to live up to a provision of the l94l
Soviet Polish pact calling for dis
patch of Polish troops to the eastern
front.
Both Britain and the United
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-08
ITALIANS ADMIT
LOSING BIZERTE
(By United Press

The italian high command adj
mitted today that the Allies, with
crushing superiority of men and
material" have captured Tunis and
Bizerte
The communique, broadcast by
radio Rome, said;
1.-THE enemy, with crushing Su-
periority of men and material, sue
ceeded In overcoming the heroic re-
sistance of the defenders of Tunis
and Bizerte, Port installations and
military detectives of both cities
have been thoroughly destroyed,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-08
ESSENTIAL RATING
LIKELY FOR HOTELS

Hotels may be added to the War
Nanpower Commissions locally
leedsd" list it was indicated by a
recommendation made by the area
VINO director to the regional Off
malls in Boston. A similar classifi-
Vation was recently sought for the
milk and ice distribution workers.
and approval Is awaited from
mnston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-08
'On-The-Spot' Car
Inspections May
Eliminate Many
Drivers May Be Stopped Today and Tomorrow in Dir
ferent Sections Of State; Making Highways
Safer Single Aim OF Plan

Drivers In the Hartford New Haven, Bridgeport areas
and in parts of Toand County will find their cars
subject to "onthe-spot" inspections by Motor Vehicles
Department inspectors assigned to those sections Of the state
over the weekend Motor Vehicles Commissioner John T.
Mccarthy said today Commissioner Mccarthy explained
that inspections being In effort to eliminate
from Connecticut highways cars that are In unsafe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-08

Boston May 8-(UP)-Represen-
tatives OF the Massachusetts, Epis
copal diocese will meet TUESDAY for
The opering session of the l58th
annual convention in Trinity church.
Business sessions will be held
Wednesday in New England Mutual
hall with the convention dinner
wednesday night at the Copley-
Plaza.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-08
MRS. BOWER FACES
CROSS-EXAMINATION

Northampton, Mas May 8-tUP)
Mrs, Beatrice Bowler, 20, on trial
for her life charged with the shot
gun murder OF her husband, faced
cross-eXamination today,
All day yesterday the defendant
mother OF three children, testified
IN her own defense and, using the
death weapon demonstrated TO the
jury how her husband Rudolph, 49,
was shot and killed incidentally
In their Ware home last December g.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-08
EPISCOPAL FARLEY

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-08

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-07
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

kcadcr:-ls it reasonably safe
i1r woman to risk pregnancy,
WI" mas had II minimum amount
OF tuberculosis. if it is not active
. mere are now no symptoms and
the general health is fine?
Answer: 1t is perfectly safe.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-07

globe. But sine saw them only
Suhcons ciousiy. She was thinking
oi something else.
ard so WAS he. He said, THAT
letter you sent to the newspaper
wish you hadn't. The story they're
going to pdbli:;h will make me look
like Il hero"
DO you mind?" asked Cleman-
tine.
"Ycs. 1t really isn't true. What I
lid wouldn't seem unusual at all
If | weren't blind. Because I am
blind everyone will say, Wasn't It
wonderful" I'm sick of being
thought of as n blind manm
'Eut it was wonderful" Cleman-
tine told him.
You don't really mean that"
1--WE admire you, Willard" Aga
tina assured him.
He walked back and forth, then
halted suddenly in front Of the
chair by his typewriter. please sit
down. Why did you come here to-
NIGHT ?"
I'VE came to tell you that the
spies who wanted Professor Hal
dcr's secret are probably on your
trail. They are likely to think. as
we do, that you know something
dangerous 10 their safety" g.
IL know who killed Professor
iialdcr. Is that whG- you really
iLcan?"
Agatha rccoilcd rs from a blow.
She sat down on the edge of the
bed.
How was he killed In a locked
room? ?" asked Clemantine. breath
lcssly.
The method of killing Is not the
important part of this case, al
though it was made TO seem so.
am still in search of the motive.
am convinced he was not Rined by
the person who wanted his iplen-
ton. 1 believe the real reason }ies
in Professor Halder's past. I Would
say il lies somewhere in World
War I. He was working on milf
tary invention then. too. A very
strange thing happened. He :"
a knock sounded-an urgent
knock that echoed through the
room.
Ssh" warned CT c m n ii ne.
Someone's al the door"
Willard stepped toward the door,
but she leaped in front OF him and
held him back. No, don't! They've
come for you!"
The blind boy smiled. Il think
not" He pushed her aside. turned
the dCOrlinob quickly and opened
ihc door. See for yourself. There
~ TO Oic here"
lie VAS right The hall WAS va
cant. and not soul stood on the
stairs.
60 Be Contanusdl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-07
CHATTER FORTY-THREE

C;:.'rTEE FORTY-THREE
AGATHA WAS aghast. She had
h".: suspected their pursuer might
be q Policeman. but she hadn't
t:CHs;ht of the FBl.
Ny car is outside" said their
cHrlor softly. He smiled. II would
advise you to come along without
any more shall we say lodging
ii doesn't pay to fool with the fed.
era! government"
But we thought you were
spy exclaimed Clemantine. They
have already kidnapped us twice"
Yes. | know. They're convinced,
Tor some reason, that yOu ladies
knew the whereabouts of the pro-
irSSor5 invention. II Is extremely
dangerous for you TO be on the
loose especially with {. couple of
suspicious looking suitcaGes."
fhcn-you don't suspect u.s."
asked Agatha.
1T happens. Miss Brown, that l
hhow where that radio tube is"
"Oh-h"
Inc Two women followed him out
the door. He carried the suitcases.
agatha. almost In daze, heard
tiehantine ask. why were you
chasing lis ?"
My partner and were assigned
ms morning to keep our eyes on
you The identity of the spy isn't
Nhown yet, but we think he will
make another attack on YOU two
adIes. You are the bait in our tran.
we can't afford TO lose our bait, can
we He smiled again rs he opened
we car door for them.
aou were assigncd-this morn
Ing Z! Agatha inquired from the
back seat.
Hc turned the car away from Tie
."ro. Yes. Too bad We weren't OH
The job carlicr.".
"nchtiy to herself Agatha agreed
mat he'd missed much.
T., hs though reading her thoughts.
,S explained further, you zee, we
,, Dught the police had the ca. 4,
Sa MI IN hand, but apparently they
nun I. We've taken over"
-. out 1t hasn't been 40 hours
. ,n the murder" Clemantinc re-
"nnued him. Maybe the police
think"
e mad no further comment.
lucy drove back TO the college
e W"n without incident. Agatha not
=" .ncy made II in less than two
,.n5 without exceeding the 80.
n,e speed limit. The road was con
p.ae,,abiy shorter than the rail
,I nan' which had circled round
through pass in the coast range.
as They drove back into town at
. ,,k the federal man announced.
an going to Let you out = block
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-07

according To these urrrsuondtrts.
embarrassing, th"ir vuinra:.iuus
make fun Of them. they don't like
to be teascd and they are scnsi-
tized tn blu5hing.
feel very sympathetic toward
these people because | WIS n
blusher once myself. ran rec
ommend time as IL remedy. have
now reached the stage where NV
conscience, my rlf-cunscinusnrsS
my sensibilitics and my emotions
are so indurnird that even hriuo
insulted by Hitler would no, cause
me to blush.
The mciica! profession has not
paid great deal pf att" ,;iuu To
this important physiolr... al cx-
perience. The only literature in
my possession on the subject is u
work by Thomas II. burgess ON
The Physiology or Mechanism of
Blushing' (puhlishcd :S3g).
DR.. Burgess style Is virtoTian;
ne feels TINT biuShir- is cxcmpli-
fled "either from ;Imidity during
the modest and sensitive DAYS of
boyhood or from the conscious feel
ing of having erred in maturcr
years" (The latter is something
/ have never r%pcricnccdD DR..
Burgess states also: "Hlushing
cannot be excited by physical
means--only By the passions. ".
can make an individual lauyh
against his will bv ,icklin" the
soles of his feet; "" can make him
cry by corporal punishment; we
can make him trcmblr with fear:
we can arouse his anger by sirik-
ing him, but We can only make him
blush by appealing to his con-
science"
Contradictions
He rather contradicts himself
page OF so further on when he
relates that the face of Charlotte
Corday, who WAS executed during
the French Revolution. became
Sutfused with 4 blush nftrr the
head was severed from the body.
would be inclined to classify the
severance of the head from the
body as Il physical cause.
He wrote too early 10 Ec aware
of the physiology of the vasomn,or
nerrcs-that Is. the nerves which
are not under control of the will
and which automa ticaily by their
impulses can contract the small
blood vessels anywhere in Tie body
or dilatc them. Yesterday we con-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-07

= DR.. Clendcnins will answer
questions of general interest
only. and then only through
hiN column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-07
BY LOGAs CI.ENHi.NlTG. ND,

EVERY ONCE in while some
worried ingenGe writes me ami
wants me to prescribe an iniallialc
remedy to Prevent hlnshinr. Il is.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-07

sitered the phenomenon Of faint
my. IN which the blood vessels Of
the brain contract by action Of the
vaSomotor nerves. Blushing is just
the opposite: the capillsries Of the
skin diidfs due to the influence of
emotions upon the automatic ner-
vouS system.
All People Blush
As Il matter of fact blushing
should be rather II badge of honor;
1t shows that all hope of integrity
and dcccncy is not lost.
All races blush. 1t may not be
observable in the Negroes, but
there have been observed cases of
Negroes with small scar OH the
face winch changed color under
emotional stress. But if you want
to see bluShing in full flower, you
should study an aIbino.
The albino is born devoid of pig
mcnt. His skin is unnaturully
white. the eye has an iris that
looks reddish because it has nei-
thrr brown. black or blue pigment
IN Ii. his hair is from birth abso-
lately dead white.
The lower parts of their skin,
however. are well supplied with
blood vessels and albinos are prone
l" blush. Their srnsibilities are
easily excited and when AN emo
ti"n StirS them, the natural dead
wh'trn"sS of the skin suddenly
becomes suifused with color which
stretches over the neck and down
Inc arms, growing from pink to
red to blood color, finally to a
h"rpliSh, hectic blush. Even thu
eyes take ON an appearance as OF
fire.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-12

KEARNEY MESA. Cal, Sept.
II CUPl-Capt. Robert r. Finch,
.21. marine flier of Lansing,
Mich, has received the DiStin-
guished Flying Cross and the Air
Medal for heroiSm and eXtraordi-
nary achievement in aerial flight
against the enemy in the Solo
mons area
Back from 10 months overseas.
the Leatherneck flier was first
decorated for action last Nov 13.
Second 1t. Finch, pilot Of n
diVe-bomber," his citation stated.
made two attacks on Japanese
troop transports, scoring direct
hits with l,000-pOund bombs,
which largely contributed to
their subsequent loss.
He also inflicted severe dam
age on Installations at Munda
Point, and has on many occa-
sions, by keen observation and
accurate reporting, gathered
valuable information regarding
enemy movements
Finch was awarded the air
medal for dive-bombing Jap in
StallationS al Munda Point last
Jan. 26 As a prelude 10 the recent
marine offensive there.
THE attack was opposed by
intense anti-aircraft fire. his
citation stated. after starting
his dive. Ii. Finch's plane was
hit In the leading edge OF the
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-12
MARSHALL S Story
OF War in lines

The biennial report Of Gen. George c. Marshall, chief
staff of the L. S Army to Secretary of War Henry L.
Stmson the authoritative comprehensive military
history of this yet to appear.
It is in Gen Marsha's words, "a record of what
done and WHY it done in the period of July l. 1941,
to June so 1943 The record made public this time
while America still war, ITO permit better under
standing the great offensive operation in progress
To further that understanding among all the people,
The Detroit Times will publish the report in serial FORM
daily beginning Monday.
Gen. Marshall has assured as that victory is certain
that great attacks in the making in every theaer Of
war-in Europe Asia, the Pacifcwherever the enemy
to he found Here Gen. Marshas words is the record
struggle and accomplishment that makes victory possible
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-12
I Women Held
In Policy Ring

Hamtramck police arrested two
women for speeding Saturday and
wound up in possession OF 2OOOO
mutuel betting books, 1000 pay
off envelopes, 2,50O tip sheets. ~
adding machine tapes and 500 IN
cash
Detectives Charles +. BuddS
and Emil Nienchak arrested the
women on Gallagher near Hoi-
brook When searched at me
police station the women we're
founo 10 possess 80 mutuel slips
ana $500.
The detectives then went TO the
home OF the women. Miss Helen
Gabowski. 2S, and Rose Zywat, 29'
both OF 3O27 GoodSon. There they
found the large cache OF betting
equipment, much OF which bore
the title Of the Northwestern
Policy House, reputedly a large
organization operating IN Norm
Detroit and Oakland County.