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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-16

(ContInued from Page D from the prison receiving room. They fled through the gates in the truck and a passenger automobile. The latter was abandoned between CobbtoWn, Ga, and Metter, Ga, about 30 miles northeast of the prison, and It's five occupants com mandeered a coupe driven by an unidentified man, who was not harmed.
 Chairman Royal K. Mann of the state board of prisons, who came here from Atlanta immediately af- ter he was informed of the break, described the fugitives as armed, desperate and dangerous"
 Prison officials described the break as "Very well planned" and indicated 1t was Turner and Harvey, well-known for their criminal ex- ploits and dozens of escapes, who engineered 1t.
 In addition to Turner and HaT- vey the escapees were listed as Rob- ert Keith, Hubert Dickinson, D. C. Black, Arvill Meeks, Robert Proszpwtz, Aaron Mcrrett. B. R. Mleks, Leo Macintosh, Joe McNew Robert Croker, George Parker, AL bert Tucker, Howard Rice, Bruna Mika,, Robert Kellogg. W. L. Chat ham, Jack Lewis, Jim Merriweather Frank Dupree. Richard Nalley, and Merrill Morgan.
 Success of the break was attri- buted mostly to the convicts reach- ing and disabling the power plant.
 When Tattnall prison was con- structed great care was exercised in design of electrical equipment Engines and dynamos were set ur separately so complete blackoui would not occur. How the con- victs managed to blackout the en' tire prison and how long 1t re- mained SO could not be ascertainet immediately.
 Harvey probably is the most mo- torious of the fugitives. He ha! escaped Georgia prisons and chair gangs more than a dozen times. Hi most sensational break came Of May 4, 1883. when he and Aubr! Smith sawed their way out of thu death cell at the state prison a MilledgeVille, Ga.
 Harvey's record goes back to Jun l2, 1924, when he was convicted fo robbery and sentenced to l8 years
 Tn 1893. Eugene Talmadge, thei governor, pardoned Harvey after thu desperado had served five years o sentences totaling more than lO years.
 Turner boasted almost similar abil ity as an escape artist. Prison of ficials said his break today was tn | 11th
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NOTICE

STATE of CONNECTICUT DIS TRICT of WATERBURY, ss. PRO BATE COURT, April 18th, l943. ESTATE of ELLEN T. aka. EL- LEN O'GRADY aka. NELLIE OGRADY, late of" the town of Waterbury, in said district. de- ceased. The Court of Probate for the Dis. trict of Waterbury. hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said 'statc to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect tO present their accounts, properly at- tested, withih said iiime, ". .si S~ .:S- barred a recovery. All persons in. debted to said estate arc requested to mako immediate payment 10
 MICHAEL. r. O'GRADY.
 20 Farmlngton Ave, Executor. Waterbury, Conn.
 Per order of Court.
 Attest:
 JOHN J. HOWARD, 4-I5-3t Clerk
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 yice-presldent. and William calligan, secretary.
 Tn his radio appeal. Louis Echick, yice-president of the Waterbury Trust company urged var workers to purchase bonds. Mr. Eehick told about the city war industry worker who displayed roll Of greenbacks to a friend which he carried in his pocket all the time. This Isn't the time for our friend to keep his cash in his pocket" declared Mr. Gchlck.
 Mr, Moran said the ecOvill Fife and Drum corps has a novel program scheduled for Ec0yilI day at Victory House. Tine 6coyilI Fire snd Drum corps will play song for each bond purchased at the special rally tn tribute to a Waterbury man or woman in the armed services. Any person may purchase 2 bond at vIc- tory House that day from 70 q. ni. to D. n. and request . selection to be played by the band in the af- ternOOn. Gc0viii's day viii be next "Wednesday, the 1lGk
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NOTICE

STATE of CONNECTICUT. DTS TRICT of WATERBURY. ss., PRO BATE COURT, April 10th, 1918 ESTATE of HARRY STEWART, late of tho town of Waterbury in said district, deceased.
 TEe Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury. hath limited and allowed six months from th9 date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect 10 present their accounts, properly at- tested, within said time, will be debarfed a recovery. All persona indebted to said estate are requested to make Immediate payment to
 MARIE A. STEWART. 59f Congress Ave. AdministFetFt1 Waterbury, Conn.
 Per Order of Court.
 Attest:
 MARGUERITE M. FAHY. A-AA-Ak Asst Clerks
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Big-Scale Effort
 Of Nazis Repulsed
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Djebel Sefsouf and captured further prisoners.
 On the Eighth Army front. patrol activity continues along the En- fidaville line.
 On the night of April 14-l5 a force of Wellingtons of the strategic air force effectively bombed enemy airflelds in southern Sardinia. At Decimomannu airfleld large fires were started.
 Medium bombers of the tactical air force attacked enemy airflelds in Tunisia yesterday. Bad weather over Tunisia restricted air opera tionS. Fighters carried out sweeps and patrols over the forward areas and fighter-bombers made an at- tack on enemy tanks and vehicles which was followed by a large exc plosion.
 Two enemy aircraft were de- stroyed during the day.
 None of our aircraft is missing from these operations"
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JUDGE (. (. SMITH
 DIES UNEXPECTEDLY

Newton. Mass. April ie. (UP)-- Judge Clarence Cheney smith, 7e, wh0 had been affiliated with the Massachusetts land court since t Was established in 1908, dIed unex. peetedly at his home early today.
 Judge smith attended court yess terdsy and Left for home appar. entIy in excellent health. He was c native Of New Hampton, Y. IT.
 4 graduate Of Bates College Of which an ancestor vas first presI- dent, Judge Smith served originally as clerk of the court over which he had pEesided for % years. He iaawas c wafA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-16
EISENHOWER ENDS
 INSPECTION TOUR

Allied Headquarters, North Africa, April 16 - (UP) - Gen. Dwight D, Eisenhower last night completed an- other inspection tour of the danger ous Tunisian front lines and was strongly impressed by the morale of Allied troops as they moved through rough terrain against enemy defense lines in Northeastern Tu- nisia.
 In addition to conferring with Gen. Sir Harold Alexander and other Allied officers, Eisenhower inspected three of the Big Mark Six Tiger tanks which were among 27 enemy tanks knocked out by the British in the Medjez Bab area.
 He also visited advanced gun emplacements and m a h negun positions, several times passing road functions where his Jeep was forced to thread its way through dust raised by enemy bombs which had fallen only few minutes earlier.
 Eisenhower simply instructed the driver to circle bomb craters and keep going.
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front. Enemy atatcks against sev- eral heights were beaten of, the communique said).
 On the coastal sector, British Eighth Army patrols tested enemy strength along the Enfidaville line 50 miles south of Tunis while Gen Sir Bernard l.. Montgomery contin- ued his methodical massing of ar- mored and artillery forces for 8 frontal attack.
 Allied authorities here warned against expecting a quick decision in the campaign to dislodge the Axis from its last toehold in Tunisia They likened the situation to foot ball game in which Rommel wal making a stand on his own lO-yarc line and said that the last 30 to 5( miles to Tunis ard Bizerte will sec the hardest fighting of the entire African campaign.
 Bad weather restricted aerial operations, but heavy bombers raid cd enemy airfields in southern Sar- dinia Wednesday night, starting AaA dL landing ground, and medium bomb. CTS followed through in daylight with attacks on Tunisian airfields.
 (An Italian communique sait American four-engined bomber! yesterday raided Naples. Italy's sec ond largest port, and four Stellar ports supplying Axis armies in Tu nisia)
 All Planes Return
 Allied fighter -bombers carried ou offensive sweeps and patrols owe forward areas ard attacked enem tanks and vehicles, touching of ; large explosion. Two enemy aircraf were destroyed during the day. Al Allied planes returned to thei bases safely.
 The text of the communique:
 On the First Army front. tn enemy fought fiercely througI1ou the day for the high ground nortl of Medjez Fl Bab. but all his cOlIn ter-attacks were eventually Seatel off and the high ground remains fl our hands.
 French forces also met wit strong opposition in the area c
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 ter than two raids daily.
 In the Solomons. installations at the eEEmy's air bases at Munda and Villa in the New Georgia group were hit. A structure believed to house a power-generating station was de- stroyed at Villa. The small Japanese vessel, an 80- footer. was sunk in Rekata Bay. the enemy Seaplane base on Santa Isa- bel Island.
 Burma Attacked
 New Delhi. April l6-CUP) - American planes heavily bombed tl;c large Japanese bases at Man. dalay and Prone and attacked one area of northwestern Burma dur ing the last 24 hours. an Allied cOm- munique reported today. Mitchell medium bomhers raided the rail yards at Mandalay and at Ywataung. a f..w miles to the south- west. Rolling stock. supply dumps and trackage were destroyed at Ywataung and. at Mandalay. fires were started that sent up heavy smoke visible for 50 miles. Warehouses were wrecked and big fires left burning at Prone in South Central Burma.
 Fighter planes shot up railroad installations at Naba in the north- western sector.
 All raiders returned safely.
 British troops ambushed two Jap arcse units in the Mayo hills Oi western Burma yesterday. inflicting heavy casualties, an earlier com. munique said.
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planting. This years war gardens should be kept as practical as pos- sible.
 Ploughlng or Digging
 If the soil is titled. when wet, it forms Jumps that would require ex- tra work Throughout the growing season in order to put 1t in proper condition again. The soil should be fire so that 1t will pack around the seed to insure it's growth. A simple means of testing the soil before ploughing or digging is to take up hardful and squeeze it. If 1t sticks together in lump, wait day or two and test it again. When ik-falls apart after squeezing 1t, 1t is in the proper condition to cult ate.
 Directions for Planting
 On the back of the seed package, in red, is marked "Germination." !" Whatever percent is indicated means that number of seed of one hundred will sprout. Such informa- ton will be a guide in spacing the seed when planting to avoid waste of room in the garden. But seed, for instance, can be planted quite close togethGr and later the plants are large enoguh to be eaten as greens. They can be thinned out.
 Tn thinning out beets and other vegetables a good plan is to know the size they will be when full grown and space them accordingly.
 If the directions for depth of planting reads one sixteenth, one eighth or one quarter inch, cover them over sC they cannot be seen packing the soil down firmly on top.
 Larger seeds such as peas and beans may be planted about five times the diameter which is the distance through the center.
 The greatest advantage in leaving the rows straight is that it makes 1t easier to work around them while they are growing. This should also be kept in mind when planning the distance apart in rows.
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Since Rommel probably has ap- rruxlmately l50,00O German troops plus between 60,000 and 10000 1tal- inns, 1t appears he will reach the outer perimeter with enough men for Q stand. ..
 Within the perimeter Rommel will have six first class airdromes: St. Marie du Zit, 30 miles due south of Tunis; Fl Aounia, just north- vest of Tunis; Carthage, seaplane base on the Tunis gulf; La Goulette, also at Tunis; Sidi Ahmed, just west of Bizerte, and Karouba, Bi- gerte's seaplane base.
 Tn addition he will have 10 land ing grounds left, some primitive and some considerably improved by Nazi techniclans in recent weeks.
 On the other hand, the Allies will have 10 good airfields, including heavy bombardment fields, all within fange of the Axis positions and from which they can render Rommers nelds untenable.
 But the Allies can hardly expect unchallenged rule of the air since Rommel can draw on Sicily and Sardinia for both fighter and bomber support.
 On land, Rommel probably can hold Tunis as long as he holds the Eliminating hills at Cap Bon and the key pass at Pont du Fans. But ex- perts believe Tunis can be taken by q strong land attack.
 Bizerte is different. Before the war xt was regarded as the strongest Extensive position in the French 1. empire and called the Singapore Of North Africa. It actually is much stronger than Singapore, with land Approaches guarded by hills honey cOmbed with defense works. In ad- dltion Bizerte's coastal artillery can fire toward the land as well as sea with l6-mile range.
 Bizerte lake also protects the land approaches and the naval base is supplied and equipped for a siege with underground chambers blasted out of GO feet of solid rock.
 The inner Bizerte perimeter might be defended by no more than 30,00C troops so Rommel could stand plenty of losses before falling back into it.
 The final decision may hinge solely on questions of supply ano aerial bombardment. Rommel prob ably could be starved or bombed ou' but his chances of holding a lonl time are not underestimated.
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(Continued from Page D nied charges of the complaining writers that the report was sugar coated". Davis added that its pub- lication was not hastened by the resignation of the writers.
 Even in its revised form. the re- port still carries a stin gfor the civ- ilian population. On the basis of prospective l943 production. civilians will have:
 Eleven per cent less meat than iKl 1922. ? per cent les canned and shell fish. 2l per cent less butter II per cent less cheese, IS per cent less canned milk.
 Fifty-one per cent less canned fruits, 3 to 25 per cent less of vari- ous fresh vegetables, 2 per cent less canned vegetables. per cent less dry beans. 2 per cent less sugar 2l per cent less rice. % per cent less coffee. 60 per cent less tea and F per cent less cocoa.
 There will be. however. about the same amount of fresh and frozen fish, eggs, turkeys. fluid milk and cream, lard and other cooking fats fresh citrus fruits, canned fruit juices. dried fruits. tomatoes. pota- toes and sweet potatoes. and corn oats and barley for human con- sumption.
 On the more favorable side. OWl presented this picture: 90 per cent more chicken than in 1922. 57 per cent more margarine. 9 per cent more apples. l3 per cent more froz- en fruits. per cent more wheat and l3 per cent more rye.
 All these figures were in terms oi total supplies available for civilian; after military and lend-lease need; are met.
 The report noted that the fooC situation is not entirely predictabl' and that civilians must expect in convenience.
 '"The word inconvenience is useG deliberately" OWI said. "Barrini widespread crop diseaSter. the kind of food troubles that will aiIec most American civilians will no menace life or health"
 The OWI added. however. tha assuming complete success for tn program. there still will be more O less severe civilian shortages of cer tain foods from time to time. am we must be prepared to accept am face them"
 Military and lend-lease food re quirementS took four per cent o the l94l output and l2 per cent 0 the I942 output but will take ap pr0zimately % per cent in I043.
 Demands Unprecedented
 But the report said. civilian de nland for food has reached such mn precedented proportions that. if me 1t wlild easily absorb all the fOo' being diverted to military purposes
 Those who have been able t buy all they wanted will no lOnge be able to do so." the report saiC They will get enough. but they vii feel shortages as compared witt their regular habits Of eating"
 The report called on civilians t take at least four steps to "hel make our food fight most effec lively"
 1. Try to understand the food sltli alton and the food management problem. and accept the necessit for such restrictions as are imposed
 2. Learn 10 make healthful die out Of the food supply that is avail able.
 3. Break uD black markets am help to preserve price ceilings.
 {. Waste nothing.
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THREE JAP SHIPS
 IN CONVOY LOST
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 measures. Kenney's flyers shot lO6 Japanese planes out of action in the first three large scale enemy attacks against Allied bases in New Guinea this week, apparently crip- bling the raiding forces so badly that they failed to follow through with a new attack yesterday.
 Reconnaissance planes sighted the Japanese convoy approaching We wax, on the north coast Of New Guinea. 320 miles northwest of Lac. yesterday, and the first force of heavy bonbers, presumably Flying Fortresses. attacked at dusk.
 By midnight. one SjOO0-ton cargo ship was listing rapidly with heavy oil slick on the water, another 8O00- tonner was sinking slowly by the stern, and a third vessel of 5000 tons was forced to the shore and beached.
 we are continuing the attack" 1" MacArthurs communique today said.
 Other boFnbers made harassing attacks on enemy installations and Shipping along a 2JO00-nile arc north of Australia.
 AirdromeS were Taided at Rabaul and Gasnaata, New Britain. and Lae, New Guinea. and shipping was bombed in the Tanimbar Islands. At Kayieng. New Ireland, q reconnaiS- sance bomber shot three Japanese planes out of combat fin a running fight with 10 fighters and then es- caped in cloud cover.
 Eleven loW-leyeI bombing and Strafing attacks were made on Japanes positions iD Buigap Greek near Muloo, New Guinea, and similar raids were directed against Trangan Island in the TaDimbar group and tiae village ag osGas co IitnGg.
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Legal Notices NOTICE

STATE Of CONNECTICUT, DiS- TRICT of WATERBURY, ss. PRO BATE COURT, April llth. 1913. ESTATE of JOHN FAi;DELlI, late of the town of Waterbury, in said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for tho District of Waterbury, hath Limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect 10 present their accounts, properly att tested, within said time, will Do debarred n recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate arc requested to make immediate payment to
 JOHN A. MEMBRfNo. 20 East Main St.. Administrator. Waterbury, Conn.
 Per order of Court
 Attest:
 JOHN J. HOWARD. 4-I5-3t Asst. Clerk.
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SICILY DECLARED
 FEDERATION AREA"
By United Press

ny OIIIJCW NTO5S
 The Berlin radio today said that Premier Benito Mussolini had issued a decree declaring Sicily, Sardinia and adjacent islands in the Mediter- ranean narrows between Italy and Tunisia to be an "operational area"
 The broadcast, quoted by the Lon don radio, said the decrees was signed by Mussolini as supreme commander of the Italian forces on all fronts.'
 The Moscow radio reported ear' Her that Sardinia had been put un' der state of emergency after the discovery of plot to resist fortifi- cation of the island and. support of any Allied invasion.
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OUR MEN AND WOMEN
IN SERVICE
h A h h h

H. Troland, 1414 Baldwin street; street; Corporal Joseph M. Giattino' 60 Couth Elm street; Sergeant Don aid H. Wigglesworth, p Madison street, and Staff Sergeant Edwin Rajotte of Naugatuck.
 Sergeant Harold w. Krom. 20 Iron street; Staff Sergeant Patrick But Ter, 271 Porter street, Watertown; Corporal Arthur O'Donnell, Baldwin avenue; Technical Sergeant John Eustace, 270 Walnut street; and Staff Sergeant Frederick Hennion, 29O Lakeview avenue.
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DOLORES BACK HOME

For the first time since her orig lnaI retirement from the screen Do- lores Costello returns to what orig lnaliy was her home lot for a role In warner Brothers film version of
 "Kgvlng BeTAn's ",rhis Is The Army"
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DIR. LOUIS J. SANFORD
 Dr. Louis J. SantOrO of 1893 East Main street, 8 practicing dentist here since 1936, has been cOm- mIssi0ned a first lieutenant In the U. $. Army and has been advised to report at Can,: Kilmer, N. J., "Wednesday, April 28. He is brother of Dr. Grace SantOrO of 8 Falrview street.
 Dr. SantOrO was regimental dental surgeon of the 1O2nd Regi- ment, Connecticut National Guards, for several years before being placed In the inactive list in 104O. He was returned to the active list yesterday.
 He is q graduate of Crosby high school, studied at the University of North Carolina. and graduated from Northwestern University Dental school in Chicago.
 Corporal Charles Milne, Jr., Is now seeing action Somewhere in Africa" according to word received by his grandparents. Mir. and Mrs Thomas Wheelahan of Woodruff street, this city. He is the son oi Charles and the late Mary Wheele- han Milne of Boston.
 Previous to his call to service and his assignment to the Medical Corps, Corporal Milne was an ems plOye of the Waterbury Lumber Company. He will be recalled by many of his former classmates at Willy High School as one of the most popular members of his class
 John Mccarthy of 88 South Eln street enlisted in the Navy at thu local recruiting office on April IA according to an announcement mad' today by Chief Petty Officer Carr, |. Murphy, local recruiter.
 Miss Patricia Elliott Plerpont oi Thomaston road has been ordered tc report for apprentice seamanshiI training at Hunter College. N. Y. with Q WAVES detachment.
 Amelia IT. Phelan 3i8 Hamilton avenue. Waterbury. and Suzanne 0 stfakauskas, 2 Depot street, Water town, were Inong the Connection women recently accepted for ser vice in the Womens Army Auxll' iary Corps.
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LONELY ISLE

Britain's loneliest island is Foula in the Shetlands. It has one of the highest. cliffs in Britain and owing to the strong winds, no trees will grow on the island.
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ROMMEL PLANNING SIEGE IN BIZERTE

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KISKA ATTACKED
 8 TIMES IN DAY

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10 MILLION MARK
 PASSED LOCALLY

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"A CRIMINALS
 ESCAPE PRISON

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FOOD SUPPLIES
 FACE 3% SLICE

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