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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
| THE WAR ON
 | MANY FRONTS
(By United Press)

A second daring amphibious land ing by American troops behind en emy lines on the north coast O Sicily brought the Allies nearer u the successful conquest of the Medi' terranean island today, while Alliee bombers stepped up new aerial of' fensive against Germany.
 U. s. Flying Fortresses struck al Germany in daylight raid whicb the German radio said was aimed at Bonn, in the Rhineland near Cologne. It was the first time the four -engined American bombers had been over Germany since the attack on Kasseps Aircraft Industry on July 30.
 British bombers have been over Germany the last three nights. Light Mosquitoes pounded the industrial Ruhr and Rhineland last night in a relatively inexpensive raid-olily one bomber was lost
 Supporting Sicilian operations, Flying Foortresses from Africa rang ed 40 miles north of Rome yester- day and bombed the important Terni railroad junction in central Italy. They met little opposition.
 The German air force made the heaviest retaliation raids on Britain in several months when about 35 planes attacked two English towns last night.
 The Allies now were arrayed along 45 mile front in northeastern Sicily, starting ta Giarre on the eastern slope of Mount Etna, con- tinuing around the southern and western sides of the volcanic moun- tain to point midway between Cesaro and Randazzo, thence north over the Nebrodi mountain to Sam Marco D'Alurzo on the northern coast.
 American and British forces were within artillery range of Randazzo, important communications center on the northern side of Mount Etf . and the British 9th Army had ad- vanced about three miles along tne east coast. The Axis technique was to delay the Allies as long as pos sible win mines, demolitions and suicide squads.
 almost to the outskirts of Kharkoy,
 Russian infantrymen had driven had cut all but one railroad lead- ing from the fourth Soviet city and had narrowed the German es- cape corridor from that area to 30 miles.
 With the Germans falling back toward the Dnieper River along an 08-mile front from Kharkov to Sunny, it appeared that Kharkoy would fall to the Russians again at any moment and that valuable crocs of corn and wheat would come into Soviet hands as the Red Army raced across the rich Ukrainian agricul- tural lands.
 A Swiss dispatch reported that Italy had halted deliveries of foods and war materials to Germany ard had restored its industry from a lc- hour, 7-day week to an 8-hour, c. day week in first step toWsra peace time arrangement. TH'e port coincided with persistent rumors of new peace efioi,s oy 4.e Vatican.
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the schools" Williams went on but the leadership is very short- sighted and narrow. It misses the mark. It's all right to have Latin and algebra. But 85 per cent of the kids in school are going to have to earn their living with their hands When we are teaching 90 per cent to use no muscles but their brains, and giving them no tool but lan- guage, something is wrong"
 WANTS SCHOOL WORK
 Williams says he hopes devout- ly' that the principles of IVA may some day be incorporated into the American school system. He would like to see work program begin ming with seventh or eighth grade pupils in which they would make useful articles and get paid for them
 "Youngsters don't really consider that work is work unless they are paid" he said. And that's the way the system should be worked. Of course, under 8 different kind of economy you probably wouldn't have to pay them. But to be true to the American concept of work and pay it's the only way to do it."
 An IVA in the little red school house would be tough job for the school people to tackle, Williams thinks. It would take a big budget, he said, and of course "the vested interests" would be against it be- cause it would be competition. So, the only solution he sees is system of Federal subsidies.
 WARNS AGAINST DOLE"
 Do I thing IVA will come back after the war?" Williams repeated. Well, maybe. After the war, there will be thousands of young people walking the streets looking for work. Social workers would probably like to flop back to direct relief. But I have notion that not even the Republicans would be able to get by with direct relief Not that they wouldn't like to, of course" Williams conversation leads one to believe that the Republican party is never out of his thoughts-or his hair-for very long.
 You'd have thought from the way the Republicans in Congress acted over IVA" he remarked bit terly, that it was more important to kill this dam little thing than to win the war. Congress debated IVA for seven hours, but they passed 71-billion dollar war budget in 31 minutes"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
BY JAMES THRASHER NEA Staff Correspondent


 Washington, Aug. 11.-Aubrey Williams, director of the late (and In some circles, unlamenteO Ma tional Youth Administration, may go into the Army when the job of liquidating his alphabetical enter prise is completed.
 Three of his four sons already are ill service, and Williams says he may as well get in too. But friends surmiSe that a tough job of soldering might be something of rest cure after his recent bat tie to keep the IVA in operation.
 IVA departed this life on July 3, aged years and days. At the time of its demise it had 11,000 supervisors and 55,000 young men and women who were being trained for war jobs. Now the list of en- ploys is down to 1900. Williams had stopped the training part of the nationwide program within 30 min- utes after the Senate had given IVA the coup de grace. He says the taking of inventories and gen. eral liquidation are proceeding quickly, and that the whole job will soon be cleaned up.
 $10O,0OO, 900 ESTATE
 The Youth Administration left an estate of $100, 100000. Included ill this are some 5000 drill presses, latheo and assorted tools, 1000 weld ing machines, and some real estate. This legacy will be disposed of to Federal agencies, Federal voca- tional education authorities, Non- Federal public agencies and, if there is any left over, to the general pub lie.
 During its eight years, IVA spent $7O0 0OO, 900 in giving work to 6,000,- 900 young people. That averages out 10 about $116 for each youth. Of the whole number, 100000 received work so that they might continue their education. The rest were trained in 1000 different kinds of occupation or activity.
 BLAMES EDUCATORS
 Most of this last was manual work. There were auxiliary courses in conversational English, machine mathematics, blueprint making, and such-"but," says Williams, T don't count that"
 "The schools and the Republican party led the fight to kill IVA" the departing director declared. "The National Education Association and the associations of school superin- tendents and vocational schools thought that IVA was encroaching on their preserves.
 They made all sorts of silly charges about my trying to set up separate system of education. But we were simply doing things the schools weren't. There's nothing new about NYA--it's just the old fashioned Idea that you have to learn by doing. Fundamentally, 1t was work program. If you want to call 1t that. But 1t scared the wits out of school people who have had hardening of the arteries for the last 70 years,
 There are lot of good folks In
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DR. WARREN TALKS ON VISUAL TRAINING

pr. Franklin A. Warren informed members of the Kiwanic club in a talk yesterday on "Visual Training" at the luncheon meeting that the majority of the men rejected from service in the armed forces be- cause of eyesight deficiency can be rehabilitated, He pointed out that he had knowledge of 2,000 such cases where effective work was ac- complished.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
"CORNUCOPIA" ILLINOIS

Illinois embraces less than per cent Of the land area oi the uitend s,ates. but it has 6,i per cent of tho nations population; ; GO per cent Of its wealth, 6t per cent ol the lts railway mileage, 7.i per cent of its bank resources, s.i per cent oi It's Reinsurance, 80 per cent of its telephones and 6.3 per cent of its motor vehicles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
TWO ARRESTED ON
 ROBBERY CHARGE

Two men are being held at Litch- field county jail in lieu of $5,00O bonds after Thomas Anderson, 1883 Watertown avenue identified them as the pair who had robbed him of $200 after offering him a ride home when they met him in a tavern. Officers Colombo Godio and Louis Jordan said they recovered $7l of the stolen money.
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HOSPITAL BULLETINS

Edwin Merton McBrier. IS, Mon!elair. N. J.. was reported in serious condition by Waterbury hospital this morning. His name is not on the danger list. Mir. Me Brier. who Is the father of Mrs. Mark l.. Sperry. IT, of Middle bury was admitted to the hospital for observation last night shortly after he arrived at the Waterbury railroad station enroute to his daughters home.
 to do so by helping to conserve ory. also to assure that other will be able cleaners facilities.
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were confirmed by tho brides secre- lary. She said that after . honey moon the couple would live at the Thomson estate here. one Of the show places Of the North shore.
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Mrs. Earl Erickson of Chapel street and Mrs. Robert Greatorex of Wheeler street left today for a few days visit in New York City.
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Plan Outdoor Service

the annual picnic and outdoor Sum- day worship service of the Congre- gational church will be held Friday evening at 8 o'clock in the par sonage. No definite date has been set as yet, but the event will be held in the near future. The out door service and picnic is the high light of the summer church meet ings.
 Members of the congregation comprising the committee are: Miss Elaine Young, Miss Barbara Wey- and, Miss Sylvia Plumb, Mrs. Arthur Davis, William Vining Lloyd Perry. Ava Cing-Mars and Robert Swent- erly.
 The choir of the Congregational church will meet at the parsonage Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock for rehearsal.
 Sixteen children attended the story hour conducted by Miss Nellie Cowdell, librarian, in the library yesterday morning. These story hours will be continued each Wednesday morning from 10:30 to 11:30 until further notice.
 The local fire department held a practice drill at Beers pond Wednesday evening.
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Mir, and Mrs. Alfred Emmons have returned to again take up re- sidence here. They have been re- siding in Maine for the last few months, but will now live on Boy den street.
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MT. and Mrs. M. M. Knoles of Chapel street returned yesterday after spending a vacation in Maine.
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BETHANY CENSUS.
 COMPLETED
First Catholic Mass to Be Read at State Police
 Barracks August P
PROSPECT Rudella c. DriscolL Corre- spondent-Telephone 5-0921

Prospect, Aug. 12-Rev. John F. McTeague, pastor of St. Anthony's church, has completed the census of Catholic families in Bethany, and made arrangements to conduct re- ligious services in that town. Bethany is a mission parish of St. Anthony's, and Father McTeague will say the first Mass Sunday, August g, at the State Police bar racks.
 State Police Commissioner Ed ward Hickey and Lieut. William Schatzman have kindly extended the use of the recreation room at the barracks until chapel can be built.
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F0RESTERS STAGE
 CLAMBAKE SUNDAY
Plans to Be Completed at Farley Tonight; Kaiser
 Banquet August 26
WATERVILLE Barbara Burns, Correspondent.
 Telephone 3-8231.

Waterville, Aug. 12-The Foresters at Guertin's Grove on Sunday, Aug. 18th. They will hold meeting this evening in Forester's Hall on Hano- net street.
 Ernest Kaiser of Warner street will be the guest of honor at a stag testimonial dinner Aug. 26 at the Burns Grill. He will be married in the near future to Mrs. Violet Ga gain of East Main street.
 Roast Sunday
 Joseph Cosgriff of Colonial ave- nue will be host at hot dog roast Sunday at his Fall Mountain Cot tage.
 Lieutenant John Dooley Of the Waterville Engine House is vaca- tioning in Orlando, Florida.
 George Frank and his daughter, Audrey of Wheeler street, are vaca- tioning in New York City.
 Miss Marcia Rasmussin of Fair mont returned to her home after spending a week at the Girl Scout Camps on Boyden street.
 Myers On FurlOugh
 Pvt. Bobby Myers, U. s. Army, former resident of Wateryille, Is spending few days furlough here. MT. and Mrs. M. M. Knoles of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
Myers On FurlOugh

Pvt. Bobby Myers. U. s. Army, former resident of Waterville, is spending a few days furlough here.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-12
MINERS IN
NEW Strike
IN DISPUTE
Workers Protest llkes
Fines : Four Mines
Shut Down

WASHINGTON, June 12.-New
Walkouts threatened in the soft
coal dispute today as Fuel Coor-
dinator Harold l.. Ickes qualified
a plan to levy fines on soft coal
miners who struck last week.
The War Labor Board, mean
while, prepared decision in the
dispute
At the same time, the United
Mine Workers local Of Windber,
Penn, voted to strike because Sec
rotary Russell Folt's board refused
to sanction S130 portal pay and be-
cause of Ickes' proposal to deduct
SIS from the mems pay"
Nearly 1000 men in the three
pits voted and nearly 200 failed
to show up for work on the mid
night shift.
Earlier in the evening, Ickes an
nounced the workers would have a
chance to escape the payments
through bargaining with the gov
eminent and managers of mines.
Three Alabama mines also were
shut down because of a walkout
described as a protest against the
dollar-a-day fine.
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GOVERNOR
RETUR Ms
FROM ATTU

A captured Japanese flag hangs
in the Governors office today, pre-
sented to Gov. Ernest Gruening by
the Commanding General on Attu.
After three weeks absence, Gov,
Gruening returned by plane las t
night. direct from the Aleutian bat
tleground-Attu and Kiska.
Commencing those who took part
in the battle, the Governor said
'the boys did a magnificent job,
they showed great courage and
bravery in the face OF adverse
weather and terrain conditions"
Gov. Gruening spent several days
on Attu Island, and flew over Kis-
ka a number of times. He visited
all of the various military sights
in the Aleutians and talked with
local boys seeing service in that
part of the country.
Before going to the Aleutians,
Gov Gruening made brief stops
along the Alaska Peninsula for
the purpose of establishing Alaska
Territorial Guard Units at the
various villages.
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YANKS KILL
66 NIpP0NS,
ATTU ISLAND
Kiska Bombed Four Times
Thursday by u. 5.
Pilots

WASHINGTON, June IL. - The
Navy reports continued fighting in
the western Aleutians revealing
that American bombers raided Jap
installations on Kiska four times
Thursday and that &c Jap stray
glers were killed by U. S. Army
patrols on Attu few days ago.
The communique said during
the night of June and g. U. S.
Army patrols on Attn Island killed
66 japanese and captured one in
the area between Sarana Bay and
Cape Khlebnikof There was no
enemy activity on other parts of
the island.
ION June 10, during the after
noon, Army Mitchells and Liberia
tors, along with Lightning and
Warhawk fighters. made four at
tacks on japanese installations ON
Kiska.
Hits were scored on gun EN-
placements and along the runways
and barges were strafed by the
fighters"
The total Jap casualties now re-
ported from Attn reached 1911
dead and 81 captured with this
latest announcement.
The area where minor remnants
of the enemy are trapped is at the
extreme northeastern tip of the
island
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LAkpEDUSA
SURRENDER
NOW ASKED
Allies Turn Air Power on
Second Fortified
Italian Island
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, June -. - The
Allied Air Forces made history by
forcing the capitulation of Pantel-
leria without the Intervention of a
single ground soldier, and today
turned the full weight of its power
against the Italian island of Lamp
edusa, 80 miles south.
Gen. Dwight Eisenhowers head
quarters announced that Lamps
dusa is only about half the size of
Pantelleria, which turned in its
checks yesterday after the great
est deluge of bombs ever to fall
on so small target since air war;
fare began.
The Allied airmen began SINH
lar pounding of Lampedusa yester-
day afternoon and last night and
have issued an ultimatum on the
Lampedusa garrison asking sur
render of the Italians there.
But an italian report said the
garrison is ''heroically resisting
"A conmunique indicated Allied
naval forces also are hitting the
island, declaring, naval and air
action yesterday was renewed and
increased against the small garri-
son on LampeduSa.
The Italians also issued their first
communique since the fall of what
they considered their Gibraltar.
saying the Pantelleria garrison
surrendered 1900 to $1,000 strong
Previous estimates were that there
were 1900 Italians on the island
The initial blows at Lampedusa
yesterday brought down IA more
enemy aircraft at the loss of three
Allied planes.
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EVERYTHING
READY FOR
BIG FIGHT
Huge Crowd Expelied al
Baseball Park Here
Tonight

With the weather promising, a
huge crowd is expected to turn out
for the U. S. Army VS.. Coast Guard
Suggest in the baseball park to-
night to see Juneau's Sgt. Hank
WATCHER tangle with Coast Guards
man Harold Red" Rasmussen In
the main event of six bouts.
Judges, referee and timers were
announced this morning. Secretary
of Alaska E. l.. Bartlett, Hank Har-
mon, former pro, and E. C. Adams
of the Elite Studios, oldtime ath-
letic trainer, will be the judges.
Referee will be Lieut.. E. L. Com
mons, and timekeepers selected are
Lieut. tj.gJ Lance Hendrickson,
United States Coast Guard, and
First Lieut.. Lowell Adds of the
Army.
Inside II Raining
Just in case it does rain, the
bouts will be held in the Juneau
High School gym
The preliminaries will all be four
two-minute rounds. with confess
tants wearing 8-ounce gloves.
The main event between Majcher
and Rasmussen, however, will be
six three-minute rounds, If it lasts
that long, and the welters will
wear six-ounce mittens.
The bouts start at 1880 o'clock
on the dot and the price of adj
mission for civilians is $l50.' Serv-
ice men can crash the gate for
SO cents.
The Gard
Here's tonight's card in brief,
with the Juneau man listed first
Speedy Trevino VS.. Erwin Cape,
flyweight.
Sgt Eddie Pinelli vs. Seaman
ind Rehm, lightweight.
Swede Stutred VS.. Gunner's Mate
Henninger, middleweieht.
Cook Cooper VS.. Carpenter Jack
Thysen, heavyweight.
Crisco Kid VS.. Red Knox, mid
dleweight.
Hank Majcher VS. Red Rasmus-
sen, welterweight.
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kIRI LEAVES
WORRIED JAP
MEN ON ATTU
American Propdgdndisfs
Played on Supersfi-
tion Of Nips

WASHINGTON, June Pam
erlcan forces on Attn plagued the
Japs with their most dreaded omen
of bad luck as well as with bullets
and bombs.
Dipping into Jap mythology, Am
erican propagandists discovered
that in Japan there is nothing more
feared than the premature falling
of leaves from the Kiri tree. All
kinds of misfortune is supposed to
befall any village where this oc-
ours. Plays have been built around
this superstition.
So the propagandists arranged
that many Kiri leaves fall on At
tn.
The story came to light after Ar
thur w. Schuett, Jr., naval avia-
ton machinist's mate back from
the Aleutians, told how American
filters dropped maple leaves" on
Attu.
Later 1t was revealed that it was
an owl job" and that the leaves
were not maple leaves but were
Kiri leaves.
The Kiri tree known in the play,
one Leaf Kiri," related how the
power OF grabbing militarists met
It's downfall because the Kiri leaves
fell too soon.
Although enlarged somewhat, the
klri leaves dropped on the Japs
on Attu were colored to resemble
the real thing and we're made of
paper
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u. 5. PLANES
MAKE RAIDS
TWO POINTS
Smash Shipydrds, lnstalla-
fions at WiIheImshay-
en- and Cuxhayen

LONDON, July IA formation
of more than 200 American heavy
bombers renewed the Allied often
sive on Western Europe, smashing
at the German shipyards and port
installations at Wilhelmshaven and
Cuxhaven.
The bembers flew round trip Of
more than 600 miles without a
! fighter escort, the United States
Air Force Headquarters said in the
communique.
Eight OF the American bombers
failed to return.
! A large number of challenging
enemy planes were shot down.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-12
UNION ASKS
LEGION FOR
LABOR GROUP
Says American Legion Is
Reaefiondry-Would
Form Own

TORONTO, Ontario, June r.
The United Automobile Workers
International Executive Committee
adopted a resolution today asking
the CLIO to consider organizing a
Labor Legion of returning United
States soldiers.
UAM President r. J. Thomas
said the Flint, Mich, local asked it
to combat the ''reactionary influ-
ence" of the American Legion
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The W ashington
Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
major Robert g. Allen on active dutyJ

WASHINGTON. many knew
1t, but during the early stages of
the coal controversy, John l.. Lewis
received scores Of kilograms from
labor groups not affiliated with
the miners, many of them rival
CLIO unions, lauding his stand in
bucking the War Labor Board and
the Administration.
This was one of the things which
spurred Lewis fight, also caused
Lewis rival, CLOS Phil Murray, Sc
we're headaches.
But if those who wired Lewis
could have sat in ON the confiden-
tial session of the House Military
Affairs Committee when it consid-
cred the Smith Connally bill, they
might have had a different reac-
ton. They would have seen the
effect John L. Lewis tactics had
on Congress and the irreparable
harm he has done the labor move
ment.
Working like creased lightning,
the Military Affairs Committee APP
proved the Smith Connally bill in
record time. Sincere working
Chairman May gaveled it through
with such speed that many mem
bers scarcely knew what was in it.
Several Republicans, very signi-
ficantly, were much more friendly
to labor than the Democrats.
Southern congressman were for
going the limit. But Mrs. Glare
Luce of Connecticut and Leroy
johnson of California protested a
good many of the drastic anti
labor provisions, and were the
only committee members to reserve
their decision to vote against the
bill on the House floor.
Later when Assistant Secretary
of War McCloy, most liberal execu-
tive in the War Department, testi-
fled before the committee in oppo-
sition to the bill, the chief ques-
ton thrown at him was regarding
John L. Lewis. Congressman want
ed to know if some legislation such
as the Smith, onnally bill was not
needed to curb strikes of this kind.
McCloy, genuine friend of labor,
admitted that Lewis action had
weakened the War Department
position.
One day after this hearing, the
Military Affairs Committee met for
final consideration of the bill 1t
allotted from 1890 am. to noon to
rewriting it, rushed it to the floor
at IL o'clock sharp.
In other words in just one hour
and a half the safeguards labor
had built up through two strug-
CLING decades, many of them with
the help of F. D. Roosevelt, were
gavelled out the window-largely
because of the manner in which
one labor leader, John l.. Lewis,
had put his interests before those
of his country.
SURPRISED AND MIFFED
When the President announced
the new Office of War Mobiliza-
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JUAN GUERRERO SERVICES
SET FOR MONDAY MORNING

Final rites for Juan Guerrero,
former Juneau resident who died
in Seattle May 25, will be held III
the Catholic Church of the Nativ-
ity Monday morning, June IA, at
8 am.
In Difference to his own request,
Guerrero's body will be buried be-
side that of his wife in the Ever
green Cemetery. Mrs. Guerrero died
here last August,