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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-04-02
Outstanding
Negro Speakers
Here Sunday P. NJ.

Two outstanding Negro speak
cfs. IN from New York and the
other from Mobile. VIII appear At
the PascaEouls Negro High school
Sunday. April 4 at $50 pm.
Their subjects will be concerning
the welfare of the Negroes along
the Gulf Coast The maximum re.
suit can be obtained from tins
occasion. II every individual will
svail himself Of the opportunity
20 hear these speakers A special
program has been arranged for
supplemental entertainment
The public Is cordially invited
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-04-02

~suGAR-stampN No g in Book l. COED for i've pounds Through
Hf end IT MAY . period ~ II weeks
CDFFEE-Stamb No p IN Book T. Eaad f0f ore pound from
March y through April - . period - five weeks
SHOES-Each person entitled g. three pairs . yesr Stamp Ne
r ~ War Ratsan Book l. gona for cne pmf until June - Families
pool the coupons % al members 81 the family
PROCESSED FoODS-D z and ? stamps IN War Ration BOOK
q coed for ratloned food other than meats and fats until midnight
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SERVICE
LOST AND FOUND

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RATIONING AT A GLANCE
RATION BOOKS

WAR RATION BOOK No Used for sugar. coffee ard shoes
VAR RATION BOOK No 2-Bue stamps used for progressed.
snoed. bonled. afed and iroxeu fruits ana vegetables dried beans
pas lout6h snd aoupa RED MaFmpa ased for meats and fats
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-04-02

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two ueeapped tires vii sell fof
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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-04-02

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-27
SCALE IGNORES
a. NIGHT TAGS
Parking Violations Cost
Ward st. Driver $76.I9
Court Fine

Patsy Scale, Is, Of 50 Ward street,
was ordered to pay by Judge John
Gaffney in Municipal Court today
$78.19 because he ignored A night
parking tags.
Ten OF the tags were paid for
several days ago by his mother, In
whose name the car was registered.
Before the defendent was brought
into court he was asked by Officer
Joseph Mccarthy how many tags
he had "at home" and answered,
two or threee".
The prosecuting attorney de-
scribed the violations as covering "a
multitude Of parking SINS" including
parking in restricted areas, overtime
parking, parking too close to corn
ers and blocking fire hydrant.
Judge Gaffney asked the accused
II he felt he should be exempt from
the city ordinance. The accused
replied he didn't understand the
judges question. The judge ex-
ernplified: Do you think you should
be O privileged character2 Should
you be the only person In Water
bury permitted to park wherever
you wish?"
The accused replied meekly, mo,
sir" whereupon the judge handed
down the decision Of 81 fine instead
Of the usual 81, for each tag, ex-
elusive Of the 10 his mother paid
for, plus costs Of the court, $8.19;
totaling $76.l0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-27
KISKA ATTACKED
Is TIMES IN DAY
Americans Also Shell Attn
Island, New Japanese
Air Base

washington, April 27.-(UP)-
American airmen knitted through
dirty weather IN the AleutiAnS on
Sunday to deliver 10 more attacks
on Kiska and another on nearby
Attu Island, where the Japanese are
developing an air base, the Navy an
nolinced today.
Ia the eolomOTls our flyers at-
tackled the Japanese bomber base
ct Kahili on the southeast coast Of
0ougainyille Island.
The latest series Of raids on
Kiska raised TO 120 the total Of at
tacks on that base 20 far this
month. FORMATIONS Of four engined
rlberator bcmbers, two-engined
Mitchell bombers and P-4O and Pisa
fiRhters participated In the attacks,
which were carried out Ia poor visi-
bility.
Bomb hits were made on enemy
positions. on KiskR but the bad
weather prevented q more thorough
observation Of results. 4.
LiberatOrs were used In the assault
on Atti, westernnlost Of the Aleut-
fans, where hits were scored on the
runway and other facilities.
The Japanese are developing bases
for land plane operations s. botn
Ktsk& ana &1e4s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-27
NUISANCE RAIDS
PROBABLE-KNOX

washington, April 27.-(UP)-
Secretary OF the Navy Frank Knox
gaid today that there was possi-
biiity Of nuisance" air raids on the
east and west coasts, but added that
they were Every remote possinin-
ties"
Asked at his press conference
whether the Japanese might be able
to use their air base under con-
struction In the Aleutians as .
springboard for raids on the west
coast, he replied:
'aThere's always a possibility Of ct.
tack anywhere by anybody, but
Il Is always Q remote possibility"
Asked to explain why he thought
the chances Of such an attack were
remote. Knox said that defenses
against such raids had been Inn
proved: that we are engaging the
enemy elsewhere, and that "he (the
Japanese) Is already spread out
pretty thin"
"There's always a chance OF .
nuisance raid,' he continued.
'sTheres even chance the Ger
mans might try q suicide raid on,
the east coast. but that y highly
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-27
CITY is WELL
BEYOND QUOTA
Nearly at Is Million in
Bond Drive; Victory
House Sales Good

Waterbury is climbing far beyond
the original 15-million dollar quota
established for this city in the Sec
.ond War Loan Drive Of Region 3.
said G.: Horace Baldwin, co-chair-
man of the war finance committee
today. TINS Guy has almost reached
the 18-million dollar mark, he add
ed, which is something to be greatly
proud Of. He added that the news
from washington announcing that
the whole country may exceed the
quota of 1S-billion dollars by two
extra billion should hearten ''the
boys over there" to hurry things up
for a speedy victory.
Today, the Victory House daily
rally Is being conducted by the
Daughters of italy Circle, Foresters
Of America, No. 1908, headed by Mrs.
Anthony Luccaro, circle president.
MRS. Luccaso Is assisted by Mrs. Jo-
seph Parziale, Mrs. M. G. Stance,
Mrs. Paul Ruzzo, Mrs. Roland Rug
giero, Mrs. Samuel Pinto, Mrs.
Ralph Gallo and Mrs. John Rug
giero.
what the House had sold up until
noon today couldn't be determined
because Miss Mary German, the Of
ficial adder-,pper wasn't on hand
to ''add 'em up" A memer of the
circle said that the House was do
ing very we'll
One of the heaviest problems was
brought to the House yesterday
Weighing about go pounds. It was a
jar containing 6,722 pennies which
were converted into two war bonds
by Huston F. Carolan for his two
daughters, Dorothy Ann and Marito
Carolan, seven and three respec-
lively. One bond was $3.50 and the
other was $18.75, and the balance
Of pennies was taken in war stamps.
Cong. Joseph E. Talbot spoke at
q rally Of several hundred employees
Of the waterbury Clock Company
yesterday. The drive was made in
an effort to gain the Treasury De-
partment set" flag, which Is award
ed to plants in which 80 per cent
of the employees make war bond
Continued on Page -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-27
BRITISH RESUME
BOMBING GERMANY
$500 Tons Dropped on
Duisburg Last Night;
IL Planes Lost

BY WILLIAM B. DICKINSON
UNITED Press star Correspondent
London, April 27-(UP)-A great
force Of British four-engined bomb.
ers hammered the river port and
steel city Of Duisburg last night
with upwards Of 1890 tons Of bombs
In one Of the heaviest raids Of the
war on Germany.
Well-informed sources said the
raid was comparable in weight to
the 1,OO0-plane raid Of last May 30
on Cologne, when 1900 tons Of
bombs also were dropped. Though
fewer planes participated In last
nights assault, almost al were
eour-engined giants.
The huge carg0eg Of bombs
ranging from f0ur-toHl super block
busters to two-pound incendiaries-
touched on fierce fires and big ex-
blossoms that sent smoke billOwing
Up 10 nearly 10000 feet over Duis-
burg last night, the Air Ministry
said.
"a British broadcast heard BY the
United Press In New York said the
raid was the severest ever made ON
Germany
seventeen planes were lost in the
raid, the third on Germany In less
than IL hours.
Continued on Page q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-27
20 More Axis Tanks Are
Knocked Out In Bitter Fight
SERVICE CORPS
HERE SET MARK
rs Waterbury Members
Complete 500 and 1000
Hours of Gratis Work

Acting State War Administrator
Edward j. Hickey announced today
that Is members of the U. S. Citi-
zens Service Corps in Waterbury
will be awarded insignia for having
completed 500 and 1000 hours of
unpaid volunteer service in activi-
ties contributing to the war effort.
This is the largest number of vol
unteerS to be honored in any Con-
necticut city to date.
In line with recently announced
policy of ONCE of Civilian Defense
volunteers who are certified by their
local War Councils or the Volunteer
Office of the local War Council will
be awarded distinctive silver en-
blems for 500 or 1000 hours of such
unpaid service.
In contrast to the Citizens De-
Tense Corps, which comprises agen-
cies in our communities trained in
protecting life and property against
enemy attack, the U. s. Citizens
Service Corps is an army of unpaid
civilian workers engaged to do war
jobs that must be done to keep the
home front strong. Activities in
which members of the U. s. Citizens
Service Corps may work are varied
and include: volunteer work in such
war agencies as the OPA, War Bond
and War Stamp Sales, family secur-
ity, child care and nutrition services
consumer programs, recreation and
youth group services, information
services, neighborhood or block plan
programs, and other war services.
Waterbury persons receiving the
awards are:
1000 Hour Pins
Mrs. Donald Post, Of 1877 Tower
road. Block Plan Chief Block
Leader; Mrs. M. L. Sperry, Jr., OF
Middlebury, @. d. v. o. Chairman,
G. S. G. Chairman; Miss Marion
Hunt Of So Kl.Jgg street, Chair
man, Child Care Center; Chairman
War Savings Booth and Chairman
Victory Speakers; Mrs. Carl Heeb-
ner of IS Farnham avenue, Con-
sumers Committee, Radio Chair
man and o. P. A. Volunteer:
Pauline PerraulL OF Hopeville school
O. p. A. Volunteer; Mae Lannen of
Hopeville school, o. P. A. Volunteer:
Anna Donnelly Of Hopeville school,
o. p. A. Volunteer; Mary Dwyer of
Hopeville school, o. p. A. Volunteer;
Charles Woodlock of Crosby High
school, o. p. A. Volunteer;
500 Hour Pins
Mrs. r. H. Paine of 1853 Newton
Terrace, Chairman of War Savings;
Miss Lillian Manganero of l44
Griggs street, o. P. A. Volunteer
and Zone Leader-Block Plan: Mrs.
Continued on Page A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-27
Karcher Responsible
In F elice Fatality
Frost Road Truck Driver Found Negligent By Acting
Coroner; Accused and Policeman Only
Witnesses Examined

Frank E. Karcher Of STA Frost
road Is held responsible for the
death Of Giuseppe Felice who was
hi last month BY the truck owned
by the Grove Trucking Company,
according to the inquest reported
submitted by Acting Coroner Miles
r. McNiR, Jr.
The coroner described F'elices
death as sudden, violent and un-
timely and caused by the criminal
act, omission or. carlessness Of
Karcher, driver Of the truck mem
toned.
onacer w. Culleton Of the Water
bury Police Department and Karcher
were the only two witnesses exam
ined by Coroner McNiff, Jr.
The finding follows:
At about 400 O. M, March 20,
1913, Frank e. Karci1er drove q car
owned by the Grove Trucking Com
pany and as agent for the Grove
Trucking Company, south on South
Main Street, Waterbury, In the
vicinity of No. 2085 South Main
bUK6Gvs 4AAG AAkA1WhJ az vAA0e HVAxAv
is q four-lane concrete highway,
two lanes for north and two lanes
for south.bound traffic. separted by
q macadam strip. For a consider.
able distance at said point the high
way is straight with clear vision to
drivers approaching from the north.
The car struck and killed Giuseppe
Felice who died as result Of COM
pound, depressed fracture Of the
skull and other severe injuries.
The body was found by Karcher
and police, who later arrived at the
scene, at the center Of the road.
partly on the dividing strip and
partly on the westerly half Of the
concrete paving. Karcher testified
that he was driving at about 80 to
IS miles per hour and that he did
not see the deceased until he was
so close that he was Unable to avoid
striking him. The left front OF
Karchers car struck the deceased
when the car, according to Karcher,
may have been straddling the two
south bound lanes.
Section 235f Of the 1941 supple
ment to the General Statutes Of
Connecticut, reads rs follows: Meg
fr1cy,k1v,,,nSa IN papa A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-27
TRADE AGREEMENT
LAW APPROVED
House and Ways Commit
tee Passes 3-Year Exten-
sion By l4-lI Vote
BY TONY SMITH

(Unlted Press Starr Correspondent
Washington, April 27.-(UP)-The
House ways and means committee
b. vote Of IA to II today approved
q three-year extension of the
reciprocal trade agreement law.
Only one amendment was at
tached to the legislation by the
committee. This would authorize
the President, at his discretion, to
suspend the application of the act
to articles controlled by interna-
tional cartels.
Republican attempts to restrict
the operations Of the program were
defeated by votes Of IA to II, ac-
cording to Republican members. The
amendments proposed and defeated
were as follows:
/. To give Congress veto power
over all future trade agreements.
2. To ban reduction in duties on
any competitive foreign products
(which will result in the entry of
any such products in the domestic
market at, less than the domestic
cost Of production"
8. To provide that treaty conces.
sions be extended ''only to such
non-treaty countries as do not In
fact discriminate against American
commerce"
4. Extend the act two. instead Of
three, years.
s. To restore to American pro-
ducers the right to htigate matters
arising out Of trade treaties which
they can demonstrate threatening
their future security"
Rep. Harold Knutson, r., MINI,
sponsor of the rejected amendments,
told reporters that Rep. Milton II.
West, D., Texas, had "led the fight"
for their adoption.
Committee Chairman Robert L.
Doughton, D., N. c., said he hoped
the resolution would be brought
to the House floor 'soon after the
tax bill Is disposed Of next week"
Committeeman explained that the
one amendment written into the
(Continaied an Page a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-27
SWEDEN IN WAR
WORRIES NAILS
Allied Invasion Would
Carry Battle Closer to
Heart of Germany
BY HARRISON SALISBURY

United Press Stan CORRESPONDENT
london. April 27-(UP)-Sugges-
tions made by the London press that
the Allies may contemplate an In
yasion Of Norway and Finland and
that Sweden will be drawn into the
war NAV be wide OF the mark. but
no single Allied move would be like
" to carry the war closer to the
heart Of Germany.
The suggestion that the Allies
might carry out In reverse the Nazi
tactics which launched the war in
the west two years ago Is based pri-
n1arily on the desirability OF chop
ping on sea and air bases In north.
ef1l NORWAY and Finland from which
the Nazis attack the Murmansk con-
voy route.
The possibility that the Germans
actually may fear such q move Is
raised by reports that the German
high seas 1leet now q concentrated
at Narvik. which would be an OBJ
yious target for any effort to cut or
the northern bases,
The naval concentration also could
be related to the Finnish crisis,
which the Nazis NAV have precipi-
tated by demands for an ell out
war effort on the part OF Finland,
possibly Including an offensive
apainsE E,eningrad.
n iikewise could tie IN with the
tense relation between sweden and
0ernaany. since obviously the first
Maj move IN event Of Allied land-
inrs in NORWAY and FINLAND would
he to march into Sweden Tor an AT.
tenirt To- establish a defensiye line
Across scandinavia.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-27

and exiled Polish governments. A
Moscow dispatch said, however,
taht only a purge of Polish ami
Soviet elements would satisfy Mos
COW.
General Wladislaw Sikorski the
Polish premier, was scheduled to
confer with Churchill and Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden later In
the day.
The Polish cabinet met for two
hours. Some Polish officials were
represented afterward as believing
there was hope for reconciliation
with Russia within three months.
The government was expected to
issue q statement later In the day
answering Russia's note and outlin-
ing the Polish position.
Conditions Cited
A dispatch from M. 8. Hadler,
United Press correspondent in Mos
COW, said there appeared to be two
essential conditions for any concili-
alton between the two governments:
! All political elements which the
Soviet government considers hostile
to Russia must be eliminated from
the Polish government.
2. The new Polish government
must be composed Of men ready to
settle Soviet-Polish problems on q
basis Of realities.
Handler said the Soviet note to
Poland merely suspended" relations
between the two countries, thus
leaving the door open for an agree
merlt with those Poles who are In
clined to take q more realistic view
of 9oviet-Polish ties. sl
Soviet sources in London trans.
lated the note as completely "sev.
ering" or breaking off" relations,
but they, too, agreed that an early
rapprochement was possible.
Britain already was taking steps
TO bring about q reconciliation.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
conferred with his advisers and
probably will see Wladislaw Sikor.
ski, premier Of the Polish exile gov.
eminent, and Ivan Maislsy, Soviet
ambassador, In the immediate flu
ture.
London newspapers almost unani-
Snously predicted that the rift would
prove only temporary, but at the
same time cautioned against be-
uttling the incident.
The daily telegraph, which usual
~ reflects the governments view
point, said there was ample hope
chat the present differences will be
Continued on Page a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-27
HIGH OCTANE GAS
HEARINGS OPENED
Present Shortage Blamed
on African Invasion Says
Donald Nelson
By JOHN L. GUTTER

UNITED Press Staff COrrespOndenO
washington, April 27.-(UP)-
Chairman Donald Nelson of the
War Production Board told the
Truman committee today that the
North African invasion-not the
synthetic rubber programs re-
sponsible for the present shortage
Of high octane gasoline.
Nelson appeared before the Sem
ate committe at a public hearing
into protests by Undersecretary OF
war Robert p. Patterson and Sec
rotary Of the Interior Harold L
Ickes that high priorities granted
the synthetic rubber program has
created shortage Of aviation gaso-
line that threatens to ground some
combat and training planes.
Ickes, Patterson, Rubber Director
william M. LETTERS and Undersecre-
tary Of the Navy James v. ForreStal
also are scheduled to appear before
the committee this week.
Nelson opened his testimony with
a protest against the fact that the
dispute had been made subject OF
public cOa4 troversy instead Of being
settled through established proce-
dure within the war production
board
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-27
$4,000 POUNDS
DROPPED ON BARI
Americans Blast Italian
Adriatic Port Without.
Losing Single Plane

Cairo, April n. - CUP = The
Ninth United states Air Force an
nounced today that the biggest fleet
Of bombers It has yet sent against
an enemy base blasted the italian
Adriatic port OF Bari with 100000
pounds Of explosives by daylight yes
terday.
A record number Of Liberator
bombers, carrying the aerial war
to q new sector Of italy, plastered
key military detectives In the Bari
Area, which returning pilots de-
scribed as O wide expanse OF
cutter desolation" at the end Of the
raid.
Every square yard Of the Bari air.
drome and adjacent territory was
devastated, and all Axis planes on
the field probably were destroyed.
official reports Of the heavy bonn
bardment said.
FROM our altitude 1t appeared
that not Q square foot OF the drome
and nearby area escaped direct hits
Of our bombs" an American arr
CONTINUED On Page a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-27
POLISH-RUSSIAN
BREAK, AIDS AXIS
Diplomatic Relations Rup-
ture Viewed as Major
Defeat for Roosevelt
BY LYLE c. WILSON

UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent
Washington, April 27--(UP)-The
rupture Of Polish Russian diplo-
matte relations was viewed today
as q major defeat for President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister Win.
ston Churchill's diplomacy II for no
other reason than 1t will comfort
the Axis.
It came at q moment when WASH
ington apparently was moving fur
ther to appeaSe the Soviet Union
with O major diplomatic rebuff to
Finland--a state with which Russia
is ct war and the United States is
at peace. There are umcomfirmed
reports that the United States is
about to break relations with the
Firms.
The abrupt Moscow announce
nent that relations with the Polish
government-in-exile In London had
been broken came without an ad-
vance hint to washington or to
London. That lone-handed man.
euver is In the pattern OF recent
Moscow actions which have Jared
this capital from time to time. It
might be interpreted as hurry up
prod from Moscow for establish
Ynent Of O second front and for
washington and London to- recog-
nize Moscow's postwar territorial
claims as being exempt from the
no-aggrandizenent provisions OF the
Atlantic charter.
While the state Department re
grated" the Polish Russian break,
sorne others thought ~ was grounds
FOR even more emphatic express
sions Of diplomatic sorrow. Sen.
Theodore r. Green, D., r. t. con-
sidered It ''tragic" and other Con.
Rressional commentators expressed
naisgivings. But there seemed to DC