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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-20

oil for resale to their customers, and
a survey among retailers showed
that only a few had any range oil
for sale.
Mayor John s. Monagan was told
by wholesalers that only supply
sufficient for today was on hand,
and that there was no certainty as
to when more shipments would ar
rive.
Mayor Monagan also expressed
concern over the furnace oil and
coal situations. No. 2 oil, or furnace
oil, Is growing more scanty, he said
he was told by wholesalers, while
coal deliveries are running far be-
hind schedule. There Is about a 10
day supply of coal in Waterbury,
the mayor said, but lack Of help and
q rush Of orders have delayed deliv-
cries to customers. In some cases, he
said, executives and officials Of coal
companies are driving trucks them
selves to help get at least temporary
supplies to customers.
"We're getting oil into Waterbury
only on q day to day basis" the
mayor said, "and no one has any
certain knowledge Of what will hap
pen tomorrow or the next day. The
situation Is still very grave"
Independent dealers were ex-
tremely pessimistic in their views
Several reported having had to turn
away scores of customers, some Of
whom reported having no oil what
ever to heat their homes. One deal
er said he had had no oil since last
Saturday, and has no idea when he
will be able to get any.
'The danger to health Is very
serious" said DR.. Godfrey. people
living in cold homes can't help hav-
ing their resistance lowered, making
them easily susceptible to diseases
of many kinds. Until permanent
policy on housing families who have
heatless homes, I recommend that
they double up with relatives or
friends. They should do so even If
they have a small amount Of oil
left, for II the situation grows any
worse they may be glad to have even
that small amount saved"
DR.. Godfrey expressed the belief
that oil supplies reaching the city
should be distributed among all
dealers on q proportionate basis, re-
CARELESS of whether or not they were
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NATALIE HAMMOND
DROPS DEFENSE POST

Boston; Jan. 20.-UP)-There was
some dispute today as 10 whether
sOc.alite Natalie Hays Hammond Of
Gloucester resigned or was dis
charged rs commandment Of the
Massachusetts Women's Defense
corps.
Miss Hammond said Ia q letter 20
Gov. Leverett Saltonstall that she
resigned. but J. Wells E'Arley. execu-
tive director 81 the Massachusetts
Public safety CoHmift3e. said she
was removed without being given
the alternative o. sssisnfne.
Whatever Tie eeso. TIE corps was
without . leader and there was no
indication who would take o9oT the
IDb. Farley aald Mis- Nansmond'n
successor would BE- chosen ~ soon
As pessible and e was llkeiy that 4
mAn would hg selected ~ hsad ne
Fenla NHff
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SUMMA FAVORS
CLAIMS COURT.
Senator introduces Bill for
Establishment Within
. City Tribunal Here

State Capitol, Hartford; Jan. 2O.--
Estah lishment Of q small claims
court within the city court OF Wa
terbsiry is provided in bill filed
today by Senator Francis j. Sunnma
(E) Of the; 18th district, Waterbury.
The court would be similar to those
already in operation In New TIa-
ven, New Britain and other. cities.
The small claims division would
be under the jurisdiction Of the
Judges Of the municipal court and
would handle civil actions In which
damages Of 500 or less are claimed.
\ Senator Summa's bill provides for
the addition Of only one new en-
ploye to the city court STAFF. He
would be an assistant clerk, assign
ed to keeping and supervising the
records and files OF small claims
cases. x
The proposed legislation, It Is said,
would benefit merchants and others
with small claims against individ-
uals, being much less costly than
proceedings In other courts. In
small claims courts, every effort is
made to reach a settlement without
necessity Of trial.
The text Of Senator Suinna's bill:
The judges of the city court of
Waterbury shall hold, sessions Of
said court for the hearing and de-
termination Of small claims follow
ing the procedure FOR the hearing
and determination Of small claims
authorized by statute and prescribed,
from time to time, by the Judges of
the superior court. All claims for
money damages, in which the plain
tiff claims one hundred dollars or
less, except for libel and SANDER,
shall be entered on the small
claims" docket and heard and de-
termined at such sessions unless
they shall be transferred to the reg
ular docket pursuant to the rules
aforesaid. There shall be an as
sistant clerk Of the city court as
signed specially to the small claims
division, who shall keep the files
and records Of said court pertain
ing to small claims and may issue
summonses and writs and who shan
perform such duties and have such
powers as the aforesaid rules may,
from time to time, prescribe.
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$500 PLANES
SENT RUSSIA
BY UNCLE Sam
$1,000 Trucks and Jeeps
Also on Way Claims
Stattinius
PART OF VAST CARGO
LOST ON WAY ACROSS
Lend-Lease AdnninistratO
Reports on United Ma
tons Aid to Soviet

washington, January 20.
- (UP) = Lend-Lease Ad-
rninistrator Edward r. Stat
tinius, Jr., reported today
that the United States has
sent approximately 1900 air
planes to the Soviet Union
more than has been sent
by lend-lease to the United
Kingdom or to any other
military theater. Reporting
on United Nations aid to the
Soviet Union,- Stettinius said that
shipments Of all kinds Of military
equipment were greatly increased
after a slow start. The United
states has sent $1,000 trucks and
jeeps and other motor vehicles to
the USSR, he said. The Soviet
Union also received from this cour1-
try up to January /, 1913, more
than 5000 tanks, which Is more
than have been sent under lend
lease to any other country since
the beginning Of the lerd-lease pro-
gram In March, 1941. Aid to Russia
did not begin until october, 1871.
'The United States made import
ant rFogfess in 1942 In sending arms
and other supplies to the Soviet
Union under lend-lease," Stettinius
said. 1--WE have not yet been able
to send as much a. we should Ike
- or as much as the Soviet needs
and part Of what we have sent
has been lost on the way. But, after
a slow start, lend lease shipments
have greatly increased. They are
continuing to increase In spite OF
the shortage Of shipping and enemy
attacks on the difficult supply routes
to Russia"
The United Kingdom, stettinius
said, has shipped to Russia more
than 1900 tanks and 1900 planes
on a 1end-lease basis.
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EDWARD FLYNN
DENIES CHARGES
Never Represented Jap
Businessman Claims Ex-
Democrat Com. Head
BY JOHN L. CUTTER

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Washington, Jan. 20.-(UP)-Ed-
ward j. Flynn today categorically
denied charges that he had rep
resented a Japanese businessman
"hribed" a grand jury foreman with
q promise of a federal job, put q no
torious gangster on the public pay
roll, or invested Lew York city
funds in q firm in which he had
an interest.
Appearing before the Senate
foreign relations committee inveS-
tigating his qualifications to be
minister to Australia, the former
Democratic national chairman also
testified under oath that he had
never used his political connections
to get business for his law firm.
Those were the basic charges lev
elled against him which caused the
committee to call him in q full-dress
public inquiry into his Qualifica-
lions.
Speaking slowly and distinctly In
the crowded hearing, Flynn de-
clared:
/. That he had no connection
with Serge Rubinstein, who was al
legged to have been represented by
Fiynn's law firm and to have made
q substantial gift to the japanese
government shortly before Pearl
Harbor. He suggested that the
committee call on his law partner,
Monroe Goldwater, TO discuss the
charges and said he never dis
Guessed the case with Mr.. Rubenstein
IA my office or with any other
person."
Q. That he had never promised q
(O tnued on Page q
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-20
CHILE BREAKSO
AXIS RELATIONS

Santiago, Chile, Jan. 20.-(UP)-
The Chilean government broke off
diplomatic relations with the Axis
nations today.
Foreign Minister Joaquin Fernan-
DEE summoned the heads Of the dip
lomatic missions of countries friend
ly to Chile at II a. m. (EWT) and
communicated to them the news of
the rupture with Germany, Japan
and Italy.
The break leaves Argentina the
only one of the Il American Re-
publics to maintain relations with
the Axis, in conformity with the
policy OF prudent neutrality" OF
the administration Of President Ra-
mon s. Castillo.
The Senate approved q motion
for q break, 80 to 10, with two alb
sentions, last night. The motion
was intsoduced by Foreign Minister
Joaquin Fernandez, for Rios.
Immediately after the vote, the
cabinet gathered at Rios home, and
the minister Of interior announced
that the president would address
the nation by radio tonight at 8
o'clock (EWT).
As the Senate voted, crowds
marched in the streets. shouting:
long live Chilei Long live democ-
racyl"
Reports circulated that the Ger
man ambassador, Baron Wilhelm
Won Gchoen. was leaving for Afgen-
tina today. When Chlle breaks re-
lations with the Axis. Argentina Will
be the only nation n the western
hemisphere In which Axis diplomats
are allowed TO function.
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BRITISH ARMY
NEARS TR|POL|
Advanced Units Only 80
Miles Away; Parachutists
Follow Retreating Axis
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE
United Press Staff Correspondent

NUu1Ve0 ETeSS SG81x COEEeSpOnueNVJ
London, January 20. - (UP) -
Advanced units Of the British
Eighth Army rolled up to within
30 miles Of Tripon today, and Amer
lean Billy Mitchell bombers at
tackled the Tunisian town where
Marshal Erwin Rommel, commander
Of the Agrika Korps was reported
to have established his temporary
headquarters.
Allied parachutists were said to
be descending behind the retreating
Axis forces in q campaign to blow
up roads and bridges, but the Ger
man. controlled radio Paris said
their efforts had been ''neutralized. u
Apparently seeking to create di-
version Of the retreating Afrika
Korps, Axis troops attacked Allied
positions sol west Of Point Du
FafS in TuniSia and penetrated
seven miles, an Allied headquarters
communiQue said. The assault was
made at the point where the Brit
ish and French armies join.
DUmUcES busy
The Billy Mitchell bornbers, part
Of general Allied air offensive,
struck at the Tunisian town Of
Mendenine. There were reports yes
terday that Rommel, moving ahead
of his retreating Afrika Korps, had
reached Mendenine, presumably to
start planning for the defense Of
the Axis bridgehead in North Africa.
Radio Morocco reported that there
were indications that the Axis
already was attempting to remove
troops by sea from the battered
base Of Tripoli. The British Eighth
Army, the broadcast said, had
reached HONS, 50 miles east Of Trip
oil on the coastal road.
The fartherest advance toward
Tripoli, however, appeared to have
been made by British column
striking from the southeast. Yester-
day the column closed in on Tar
huna, 40 miles southeast Of Tripoli,
and dispatches today said advanced
units had pushed forward another
10 miles.
The Allies continued their heavy
aerial assault on Axis bases in
Tunisia. American Flying Fortresses
bombed industrial buildings and
railway yards in the Tunis area
.s, (fSNS1f{r1VaaN M no0a AZ
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One DOLLAR AUTO
FEE Is PROPOSED
Senate Gets Bill to Name
Eugene Lamphier Litch-
field County Com.

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 20-(UP)-
Democratic House Minority Leader
T. Emmett Clarie, Killingly, today
accused Republicans of attempting
to "arrogantly steamroller" the
Democrats and threatened to "call
one roll call after another" until he
achieved cooperation.
The charge came after Rep
Thomas Dickinson, D., Wilton, Of
fered his resignation as member
of the capitol and grounds commit
tee and was denied an opportunity
to explain his reasons.
Clarie also tried to offer an ex-
PLANTATION for Dickinson's action and
was refused by Speaker Harold
Mitchell.
eff the majority Of the House
persists in arrogantly acknowledging
this minority" declared Clarie, at
cannot expect any further coopera-
ton from us. I propose to call one
roll call after another. In my -four
years in this House have never
seen such action"
kL6QuUl1Cd1lo CO1b1U4 OkAC 11OASe
three to one, but the minority need
ed only one-fifth of the member
ship to force q roll call.
Charles outburst resulted from
grumblings Of Democrats that they
were being shunted to minor CON-
mittee posts because Of the Repub-
lIcan domination in both House and
Senate. An example Of this was
the failure Of Senate Minority
Leader Leon F. RiscaSsi. Hartford
TO get on the Judiciary committee
an almost automatic procedure.
The Senate received q favorable
report from the finance COMMITTEES
on the re-appointment Of Frank M.
Lynch, New Haven, Is q county
auditor for four years, approved the
resolution and transmitted It TO the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-20
ALLEGED MURDERER
FLEES PROVIDENCE

Providence, n. l., Jan. 20.-(uP)
Police continued their search to-
day for Thomas =. Smith Jr., whose
4s-year-oid estFanged wife Angela
was found beaten 10 death In their
lonely summer cottage at Foster.
Smith, As, q railroad brakeman
was said 70 have drawn his pay
Monday and . nine-state alarm wa
broadcast when his automobile waa
found yesterday neAr Union station,
Mng. Smiths body was discovered
IN slao cottage kitchen Monday night
aha had been biudseonea % death
walN q &eg4 ....-.-.
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Rev. w. r. Nc arthy
,Interned By Japanese
Waterburian Held at Cebu, Philippine Islands; Mary
knoll Priest Served American Troops as
Chaplain Before Fall of Town
(NEA Telephoto)

The war DEPARTMENT has Informed
Lie Maryknolk Fathers of Mary.
Knoll, New York, that the Rev
william r.. Mccarthy Of this city
has been interned by the Japanese
at Cebu, Philippine Islands. The
whereabouts Of Father Mccarthy
have been a matter Of speculation
for some time.
Father Mccarthy was assigned TO
the Philippine Islands to do mis-
sionary work In 1910. He was in
Cebu when war broke out. A letter
written by one OF the n1issioners just
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-20
GERMANS FEAR
.BREAKTHROUGH
BY RED FORCES
Nazis Now Assure Public
SOviets Can't Menace
Reich Itself
RUSSIAN SUPERIORITY
ADMITTED BY PRESS
Hard Fighting in Southern
Leningrad Resembles
Mobile Warfare
BY ROBERT DOWSON
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent


London, January 20. -
(UP) = Germany, plainly
alarmed over the victories Of
the Red Army, started warn
ing its people today that a
big Russian break-through
was possible, at the same
time assuring them that
Germany itself was safe from
attack on the east. Stock
holm dispatches quoted a German
Army spokesman at Berlin as men
tioning for the first time the posi-
bility Of "a real Russian break
through"
"1f this should happen" the
spokesman said, "there is so much
land between the front and Ger
many that 1t would take years be-
fore the Russians could seriously
threaten the Reich"
The Voelkischer Boebachter, off,
cial newspaper Of the Nazi party,
started calling German attention to
the critical eastern front situation
Berlin dispatch to Switzerland
said. The newspaper admitted the
extreme violence Of fighting and
Russian superiority. The German
home front, the newspaper said
was watching the battle fully aware
Of Its great significance for the
"last high decisions" 81.
"A United Press Ankara dispatch
quoted Franz Won Papen, German
ambassador to Turkey, as saying to
neutral diplomats of the Don and
Caucasus ctfensiveS:
"Never since the 18th century
when Alexander Nevski defeated
the Prussian Teutonic knights has
Germany undergone o similar
plight"
German military commentators in
radio broadcasts surpassed them
selves in weasel-wording in order
to hint at but to avoid admitting
German defeats.
fFSnnkiylsYnI M paon ~
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New York, Jan. 2o-fUpl~dren-
vile I, Winthrop Ct Kanox, Maza.,
4 descendant II John winthrop
llfst neraEncF pl HfaEsaehusetse.
aiea yesterday e nia New tefk
FsA'EtNre'
~ ta*s sae 81 g. 81
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Crack Soviet Guards
Move On Kupyansk,
Great Rail junction.
Homes
Public He alth
Menace--GOdfrey

oil furnishes TO public health unless
remeded within the immediate future Dr. Edward Godfrey city
health officer said today He urged that families with oil or
supplies with relatives friends
the duration the and said he had consulted with Dr.
Gima chairman Of special committee of the Waterbury
housing families public buildings Retail dealers
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MITTlER PLANS SPEECH

London, Jan. 20 up Nagl
radio Paris said today that Adolf
Hitler Is expected % make 3 speech
Jan. 50, ca the ieih anniversary q
tha Nasia eaees1len q NgNsRs
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Office WeFk Ger wives Of saidsatn,
Earn &ae . Meet. Pest Jnnier
Calis9e IS 1.mHA
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-03-12

SPURS WAR WORK

Washington, D. c. (ILNS) .-Ex-
tent to which small and often idle
companies and their employees may
increase production of critical items
was cited by the War Production
Board
In carrying out a contract for pro-
duction Of approximately 10000 air.
craft starters per month, the Ameri-
can Type Founders, of Elizabeth
N. j., sub-contracted to a total of 4e
companies, most of which were small
The 46 companies do not include
those providing materials, castings
forgings or toolings. Taking these
plants into consideration, the numbers
of small companies benefting from
this particular operation would ap-
proximate 100
Under agreement with an AFL
federal labor union, the American
Type Founders plant has an active
labor management committee.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-03-12
NAVAL BATTLES
WOUNDS FATHER
AND TWO SONS

Washington, d. c. An unusual
war record is that of Folsom O. Ran
som, member of Painters Local 949
(AFL) of San Pedro, California, and
his two sons, all three now serving in
the u S. Navy, all wounded in various
naval engagements in the South Pa
cific, and all now recuperating from
their wounds in naval hospitals in
northern California.
Ransom saw his two boys enter the
Navy soon after Pearl Harbor, missed
them, so found it convenient to follow
them into the service last summer. He
was transferred to active sea duty
after basic training. He is now in a
hospital in San Francisco, a casualty
from one of the Solomon naval bat
ties, recovering from shrapnel and
bomb wounds His two boys were also
wounded in previous South Pacific
naval battles, and like their dad, are
in naval hospital in northern Cali
fornia city not far from San Fran
cisco.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-03-12
MILLINERY WAGES
UP in NEW YORK

New York City (ILNS).-A new
3-year contract increasing wage
from to 10 percent for 10000 mil
linery workers in the New York
metropolitan district has been signed
by the Joint Board of the Millinery
Workers Union and three employer
associations.
Nathaniel Spector, general mana
ger of the board and vice president of
the United Hatters, Cap and Millin-
cry Workers. International Union, an
nounced signing of the contract He
said the new agreement is retroactive
to Feb. 1. 1t is subject to review by
the National War Labor Board.
The manufacturers associations
who are parties to the agreement are
the Eastern Women's Headwear AS
sociation, the National Association of
Ladies' Hatters and the Millinery
Manufacturers Association of New
Jersey.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-03-12
THREE BOARDS
NAMED in
RAIL DISPUTES

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-Chair-
man William M. Leiserson of the
National Railway Labor Panel has ap-
pointed three emergency boards to
investigate four wage disputes, in
cluding the differences between all
Class / steam carriers and about
100000 non-operating employees seek
ing a S45O,000,000 wage increase.
The board investigating the dispute
will meet in Chicago and will consist
of l. l.. Scharfman, chairman, Uni
versity of Michigan; Walter T.
Fisher, Chicago lawyer, and John A.
Fitch, of the New York School of
Social Work
A second board in Los Angeles will
study controversial points between
the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men and the Pacific Electric Railway
Co., an interurban electric system.
Two disputes will be considered by
third board in Chicago. One is be-
tween the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and the Western and
Southeastern carriers, and the other
is between the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Enginemen and Firemen and
the Western, Southeastern and East
ern railroads. This board is composed
of Frank Swacker, chairman, New
York lawyer; George w. Stocking,
University of Texas, and John A.
Lapp, of Chicago.
Previous mediation efforts have
failed to produce settlements of these
disputes.
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Red Cross Needs S125>000,000
To Finance Wartime Program

WASHINGTON D. C.-Faced with
the greatest wartime program in his
tory. the American Red Cross will
launch it's 1943 War Fund appeal for
s125, 100000 on March /, Chairman
Norman H. Davis has announced.
Pointing out that the bulk of the
fund will De used to expand Red Cross
services to the men of the armed
forces and their families. Chairman
Davis urged every American man and
woman to contribute to the fund.-
With the approval of President
Roosevelt, who also is President of
the American Red Cross, the month of
March is being observed as Red Cross
Month. Waite, S. Clifford. president of
the American Telephone and Tele.
graph Company. is chairman Of the
Red Cross 1943 War Fund.
RED Cross services to our armed
forces and to the needs of distressed
civilians on the battle and home fronts
can be supplied only by great expendi
lures and sacrifices" Chairman Davis
said. 1--WE are exerting our utmost
efforts to accomplish these tasks with
the least possible drain upon the re-
sources OF the people in funds, time
and energy. We must never falter in
our determination to meet these def
mite obligations. The Red Cross Is con-
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DANISH WORKERS
STRIKE AGAINST
NAZI POLICE

London (ILNS). - Sabotage and
showdown in Danish industries forced
to work for the Germans have become
so serious that the Nazis have COM
PEELED the creation of a new anti-sab-
otage police, in addition to the private
guards which every industrial under
taking of Importance is now supposed
to maintain. But both of these patrols
are still Danish. The Germans do not
trust them.
They insisted, for instance, that
they themselves would watch over the
important shipbuilding yards of Bur-
meister and Vain in Copenhagen. AS
soon as the workers there saw the
German police they promptly went on
strike, and the Nazis abandoned the
idea. This is one of several signs that
in some respects at least the Germans
feel the need of moving with greater
caution.