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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-16

NCOl1LIAuCO 1TOUN 6d8G -
aside and approved the recon-
mendations of q second board for q
sliding scale ranging from 10 cents
in lower brackets to four cents In
the higher brackets.
In the interim, however, the un-
ions and railroads signed an agree
ment for an eight-cent increase.
Vinson refused to approve it, but
the unions contended 1t was valid
under the Railway Labor act with
out his approval. The Truman res
olution would validate the agree
ment.
The National Mediation board
moved to avert a strike Of the "big
FIVE" brotherhoods by inviting l1n-
ion and management representa-
tives to conference at Chicago
next Monday.
There have been no serious strikes
on the railroads since the Railway
Labor act was passed in 1926. The
last major stoppage involved six
shopcraft (non-operating) unions,
which conducted nationwide
walkout in protest against wage
reductions In 1922. The stoppage
crippled but failed to halt rail traf-
fic and the strike eventually col
lapsed.
Congressional efforts to resolve
the current crisis provided a paral-
lei with railway labor dispute
during the last war before the
United States became a belligerent.
The unions had called a strike for
Sept. 4, 1916, but promised Presi-
dent Wilson there would be no in
terruption If the Adamsom law,
providing the eight-hour-day, were
passed before that date. The law
was enacted and signed by the Pres
ident Sept. 3.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-16

pursuing Chinese and the communi-
que said heavy fighting was in pro.
gress at a number of points.
A communicate from Lieutenant-
General Joseph w. StilwelPs head.
quarters said American and Chin
csc flyers yesterday attacked enemy
shipping in the Gulf of Tongking.
French Indo-C China, and japanese
positions ON the Salween river front
in western China.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-16
1900 PIRATE SHIPS

Between 1890 and 1870 there were
more than 1000 pirate ships afioat
on the United States coast between
Maine and Florida, and their toll
from shipping ran into millions an
nually.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-16
1921 coin COINAGE

Twenty-Five million dollars worth
Of $40 gold pieces were coined at
the United States mint during No
vember, 1881. Total coinage for that
month was 1,650,000 pieces, valued
at $22, 055, 900.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-16
BRAZIL NUTS "KILLERs"

In Brazil, people are killed every
year by falling Brazil nuts. The
hard, round shells, each containing
some 20 nuts, drop from 200-feet
trees with great force.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-16
TREE-TOP PLANTS

Air plants of the pineapple fam
lily, growing In British Guiana, are
perched in treetops. They grow in
mass. particularly on fig trees.
and exist as parasites until their
long roots reach the ground.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-16
INSANITY CURE SOUGHT

Scientists are experimenting with
sodium amytal. used In connection
with sodium rhodante, as a treat
ment for some insanity cases.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-16
COAL HAS "sIDELINEs"

Coal has more colors than the
rainbow, is abundant in curative
medicines, contains more fibers than
al 1.-The Japanese cilkworms, and Is
potentially more productive of rub.
mber than the Far East. 81
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-16

Austrana,s manpower shortage
has hit its breweries, causing a beer
scarcity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-16

Many British hospital wards are
empty because Of a shortage Of
nurses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-16
Germans Diq
In For Battle
Continued from Page u

He described attacks by American
tanks on one town in heights above
Casino Plain beside the main road
toward Rome and swelling sounds
of artillery fire along with stepped
up aerial operations. Front reports
said the Fifth made limited adj
vances at several points" The Ital-
ian contingent took five prisoners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-16

Educational films from the United
States are being shown in Mexico.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-16

Returned Servicemen have been
help to buy 300 homes In New
Zealand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-16

Chile recently negotiated for the
purchase of 10000 tons Of Amer
lean coal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-16
National
RI Strike

Continued from Page y
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Maj. Eliot Doubts MussoIini
Could Find Neutral Sanctuary

ton of the tough and thoroughly
prepared Swiss in their mountain
strongholds. Even If the generals
were willing to try, the Nazi party
leaders might wish to keep Switzer-
land neutral for personal reasons.
So the military consequence of Mus
solini's arrival in Switzerland must
remain uncertain.
There is, of course, the possibility
that an airplane might take Musso-
lini to Spain, where he might hope
for more sympathetic reception from
Franco than from the Swiss. But
the military position of Spain has
drastically altered since our VIC
tory in North Africa, and will alter
still more if Italy is out of the war.
Spanish Morocco and the Canary
Islands are no better than postage
territories virtually in our hands.
U. S. Could Squeeze Spain.
The economic pressures, let alone
the military and political pressures,
which we can bring to bear on
oP~AA oiC fCly WOulu
France brave our wrath for the sake
of beaten and fugiture leader of
a lost cause? If it would not. then
certainly Portugals Salazar would
not. II the Germans wanted to
come and fight us in Spain now, for
Mussolini's sake, we would hardly
ask for anything better. They have.
a chance to do that in Italy under
circumstances far more favorable to
themselves. and If they decline it
they will hardly turn around and
give us an even more advantageous
battlefield in Spain.
Ruling out Turkey as being about
the last place Mussolini would go.
and Sweden and Saudi Arabia as
too difficult of access, there re-
mains one last possibility - he
might 60 from Spain by airplane
to Spanish Africa and so by one
means or another to Argentina.
Then we should really have test of
the disposition and character of
the new Argentine government. 1t
might prove both interesting and
enlightening But the chances OF
the ex-dictator ever getting that
far are remote indeed.
Copyright, 1913. N. Y. Tribune, Inc)
Evening star., 1943-08-01

shot down In this tight. The days
toll of enemy aircraft was Is.
Among enemy planes DESTROYED
was . giant Merseburg- -s2s, cap
able Of carrying 100 troops. whose
windows opened for blazing Tommy
guns. leading the American pilot
to believe it was filled with In
fantrymen.
Six Junkers-52S also were dam
aged in other Allied encounters
with Is OF these troop and supply
transports, leading to the specu-
lation that the Germans were re-
sorting to desperate measures to
strengthen their Sicilian toeho,d.
N. s. Torpedo Boats In Action.
But the most spectacular sue
cesses in cutting enemy supply lines
were by the naval forces and these
were listed as follows by a naval
communique covering the most of
this week:
l. American motor torpedo boats.
ofncially disclosed for the first time
to be In action OF Sicily, sank 4
merchantman and strafed tug in
the Gulf of Patti on the north
seaward flank of the enemy-held
tip last Sunday night.
2. The same night they sank two
heavily-armed lighters and dam
aged others near Stromboli Island
midway between the North Sicilian
coast and the mainland.
3. Thursday they probably sank
another armed lighter off Cane Or.
lando on Sicily's north coast in an
engagement with several of these
boats.
4. That night they swept the gulf
OF Eufemia on the West Italian
coast. so miles north of Sicily. en-
gagged superior force of two armed
lighters and four enemy motor tor
pedo boats and probably sent one
OF the latter to the bottom.
Railway Bridges Shelled.
5. British cruisers and destroyers
shelled important railway bridges
near Locri on the under side of the
Italian toe. This was the second
naval bombardment of the Italian
mainland since the invasion of
Sicily.
s. Light British sea forces blasted
the railway station, trains and store
houses at Giardini. north of Ca
tania, on the sicilian coast Tuesday
night.
7. The same night other light
forces foamed into the narrow
strait opposite Reggie Calabria, de-
spite its defenses of searchlights and
shore batteries, looking for ferry
boats and other sea transport on the
sea link to Sicily. These forces
came out without damage.
Fighter-bombers sank 5O0-ton
ship in Milazzo harbor on the north
Sicilian coast.
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Jops Forced to Move
Air Base From Mundo
BY the Associated Press

BY lne ASSOCIATED Press.
PEARL HARBOR. T. H., July
31.-The japanese air force has
been driven from Munda and Villa,
in the Central Solomon Islands,
and is operating from Kahili on
Bougainville Island. 100 miles to
the North. Col. c. F. Schilt. Marine
Corps ofIicer in charge of light
bomber striking forces on New
Georgia Island. said today.
There's nothing left on Munda
airfleld but pock-marks," the 48-
year-old of1icer from Olney, Ill,
declared.
Villa Field was blasted out of use
by force Of more than 100 Ameri-
can bomberS of the combined Army.
Navy and Marine command, Col
Schilt said.
The ratio of losses is eight Japa
nese pilots to one Allied flyer. Col
Schilt said, attributing this margin
TO the fact that our men are better
shots and more determined, and we
are recovering many pilots by a very
enective method" Col. Schilt said
ne could not reveal details of the
method.
The Allied air command oper-
ates chiefly from Guadalcanal. the
colonel said. but also has a fighter
strip at Segi Point, 40 miles south
east OF Munda, where Navy Seabees
constructed a jungle runway in -
days under heavy japanese bombing
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Siciliun Invasion Lending Croft
Repaired as Bullets Flew

American naval forces which
landed troops on Sicily during the
initial invasion carried with them
repair boats which restored dam
aged landing craft to service almost
~ fast ~ they were hit by enemy
gunfire, = participating Coast Guard
oficer reported yesterday.
1t. Blair Walliser. Chicago, said
repair parties were equipped in such
detail that they even had ready
made plugs to drive into bullet
holes.
The landing craft that carried
the first wave of men from 1t. Wal
Users ship were under the COM
mand Of Ensign Bernard B. Blauhut
Of the Coast Guard, whose home
is here at 3515 Rittenhouse street
NV.
1t. Walliser also reported that the
size of the Allied fleet, numbering
5000 ships and boats, literally ter
rified Italian defenders of the
island. One prisoner, he said, de-
scribed himself as having been
scared to death" because. the land
Ing craft were like . tidal wave.
driving on the beach.
Another prisoner with whom It.
Walliser talked had once worked in
Brooklyn and spoke English easily.
His opening question was, How are
the Dodgers doing?" And his cheer
ful closing remark, 1t. Walliser said
was, What a war! I'm going to
New York and you fellows are 60
ing to rome"
Capt. Roger c. Heimer, San Diego.
Calf, commanding oficer of the
transport, coined a motto which be-
came the working formula of all
coast guardsmen participating in
the landing. Referring to damaged
boats, the captains standing order
was: Pull them up, patch them up.
pump them out. put them back, keep
them running"
And the coast guardsmen did"
1t. Walliser said, adding that it was
impossible to get the crews out of
their landing boats, many of them
Evening star., 1943-08-01

made good advances behind ter
rife artillery barrages which blast
ed out areas 400 yards deep at a
time for the infantry mopup.
Relentlessly American motor tor
pedo boat squadrons and British
naval detachments were boxing of
the northeastern corner of the
island, darting into CULTS and har-
bors along the north coast and even
so miles up the mainland shore.
bombarding the mainland and east
Sicilian coast and sweeping 2-mile-
wide Messina Strait.
Three more Italian islands-Fa-
vignana, Levanzo and Marrettimo-
off Sicily's west coast, accepted the
unconditional surrender formula of
the United Nations and ran up the
white flag.
8th Army Makes Progress.
The British 9th Army OF Gen. Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery for the first
time in two weeks made good
progress" yesterday up the Sicilian
east coast toward Catania and Mt.
Etna, while the American 7th Army
OF 1t. Gen. George S. Patton, jr.,
driving to junction with the
British at Messina, plunged deeper
into the intervening mountains
fringing the north coast.
The Canadians. at the central
pivot position, smashed through
Agira after an air and artillery
barrage described by German vet
Grams as worse than anything they
had lived through in Russia or
North Africa.
The American listed more than
500 Nazis among nearly 1000 more
prisoners taken in their sector.
Following the pattern of their
Tunisian break-through to Mateur
Gen. Patton's artillerymen laid
down a bone-crushing barrage
which leveled pillboxes and trenches
in 400-yard area and then the
infantry rushed in 100 yards be-
hind the rolling curtain of fire and
overran the defenders before they
could recover.
A similar use of artillery was
being used by the British. while
fighter-bombers in relay ripped at
pnlboxes near Mt. Etna,
Nazis Suffer Heavy Casualties,
While today's communique gave
no new positions for the. Allied
armies 1t was believed the Amer
leans and Canadians were moving
on Mistretta, on the road just south
OF the seaside city of San Stefano.
and Troina, vital road junction II
or Is miles east of Nicosia.
Although the fighting was mov-
ing into high. difficult ground. ia
vorable to defense, the Germans
had not been able to bring the Of
fensive to & stop and were suffer-
ing heavy casualties.
One of the biggest air battles In
days was fought over Sardinia
yesterday when Warhawks tangled
with about IS enemy fighters and
riddled them. Twenty-one Of the
enemy were sent crashing, and the
one Allied plane lost yesterday was
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Italy
zAlConinued From First RageD

4 sNContinued From, First Hage.)
seven days after Premier Pietro
Badoglio had taken over the reins
of government from Benito Musso-
lini.
Just II days ago 500 American
bombers and 200 fighters partici-
pated in the bombing of Rome.
The stern reminder was broadcast
to Italians at pm. and was to
be followed by similar barrage
from London and Washington.
Airport Near Rome Blasted.
A preview of the renewed on
slaught was given yesterday when
American Mitchells swept to with
in ii miles south of Rome to bomb
the Practica di Mare Airdrome.
and Flying Fortresses rained sledge-
hammer blows on the Grottaglie
Airport near laramie. in southern
Italy.
The warning-a 48-hour folIowup
of Gen. Eisenhower's declaration
that Italians must get rid of Ger
mans on their soil-came as it
was announced that both American
and British armies in Sicily had
Evening star., 1943-08-01
ENJOYS in Kuibyshev
Permitted 10 Return
To Russian Capital
BY the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, July 31.-The Russians
showed complete confidence today
III their ability to protect Moscow
from the Axis when the Foreign
Commissariat announced that the
diplomatic corps had been author
lied to return from Kuibyshev for
nearly two years headquarters for
the foreign colony in Russia.
The action doubtless was based on
the Red army's crushing current
counteroff agains the falter-
ing Germans.
Embassy STATS were shifted east
ward Kuibyshev, along with some
Soviet government agencies, late in
l941 when the Nazi threat against
Moscow was greatest.
Soviet Chief of Protocol Fedor
Fedorovich Molochkov, who notified
the embassies and legations they
could return to Moscow. went to
Kuibyshev to supervise the move
ment.
The return of the diplomatic corps
involved mass movement of more
than 100 diplomats together with
Soviet employees. The Kuibyshev
branch of the Foreign Commits
sariat, the Intourist Office and three
ballet corps also were expected to
return.
The American and British Am
bassadors have been staying in Mos
COW with some members of their
staffs. The japanese. Bulgarian.
Afghan, Australian, Belgian, Cana
dian. Chinese, Czechoslovak, Fight
ing French, Greek. Iranian. Mexi-
can. Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
and Yugoslav missions, as we'll as
the rest of the American and British
embassies are now permitted to re-
turn.
Kuibyshev on the Volga, will re-
main boom town, however. because
numerous Soviet factories and busi-
nesses have moved there from the
west
Evening star., 1943-08-01

even sleeping in them at night and
refusing to leave them for meals.
He mentioned one landing craft
which surprisd Army men ashore BY
shooting down Messerschmitt that
had appeared over dune to strafs
troops on the beach. The boat was
stuck on sandbar and was trying
to free itself, when the plane was
sighted.
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Burglar Alarm Calls
Police for Wifebeoter

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE. Wash. A burglar
alarm sent eight policemen dashing
to Day & Night Safety Vaults, Inc,
with firearms ready.
They didn't fire a shot. A vault
attendant said he'd turned in the
alarm because man was beating
mis- wife. ........,.- ,..e,.f....., :
The man told police he was beat
ing her because the $1,000 he, had
placed in the safety box in her name
had dwindled to 500.
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Pacific
From First Page }

tUOiltlnueu FTom FTrS Page.l
ican troops yesterday were within
1000 yards of the airdrome and
We're slowly advancing through the,
Jungle. The ground forces were
supported by dive-bomber attacks.
The Salamaua base also was at
tackled by bombers the Saturday
communique reported. Only Is tons
of explosives were dropped, COM
pared with "a on the previous day.
In another raid a powerful force of
bombers attacked Ballale in the
North Solomons.
Evening star., 1943-08-01

need Tor decldlng
t he fat tie of
Benito Mussolini
and his Fascist
accomplices. If
he is turned over
to Allied justice
b y h e n e W
Italian govern
ment that phase
of the matter
will be simpli-
fed: If he fees to
German - Occu-
pied territory he
will be beyond
our reach until
Germany is de-
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Crashes Into Police

When Carlos Baradier's auto
crashed into the traffic box oc-
cupied by a traffic officer at a busy
corner IN Buenos Aires, Argentina.
the policeman was unscratched, but
Baradier landed in the hospital
Evening star., 1943-08-01
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.

NEW YORK, July 31.-One of the
consequences of the capitulation of
Italy-an event which appears more
imminent each hour-will be the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-20
WAGE DIFFERENCE
HALTS PRODUCTION
100 Employees Of Scovill's
Rolling Mill Idle for
Hours Last Night

More than, 100 employees Of the
North plant rolling mill Of the SEQ
will Mfg. co. were back at work to-
day after rolling operations had
been halted from early afternoon
yesterday to late last night. The
men halted work in protest against
rate changes which they claimed re-
duced their pay.
The men agreed to go back to
work at II o'clock last night after
being assured that q study Of wage
scales in the same line Of work IN
comparable factories will be made.
The agreement was announced by
Deputy State Labor Commissioners
John r. Hayes after conferences IN
which he and U. 8. Concinator
william CASTOR met with the work.
ers and the management. al
The survey will take up wage
scales in rolling mills Of the Amer
lean Brass Co., Chase Brass d Cop
per 90. both Of this city, the Bris-
toll Brass co. and the Bridgeport
The work stoppage affected the
first and second shifts In the rolling
mill. Union officials said there was
not authorization for such q step
which Deputy Comsr. Hayes refused
to describe as a strike.
Alan @. Curtiss. director Of ern-
ploye relations for the company
said the dispute centered on Q
change It's system Of marking OPP
erations in rolling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-20

For the duration they are diyid-
ing their time between running
their town and helping build giant
B-M Liberator bombers and C-87
transports at Consolidated Air
crafts plant in Fort Worth.
When interviewed at his Job in
the Finished Parts department.,
His Honor explained it in this man
ner: -. "a 81
"Long as everything in the town
was running smoothly, ! thought
I should do something to help my
country as well as my city.
$50. I sold the grocery store I've
operated since 1882 and came to
Consolidated two months ago to
help build these big planes which
I feel are important factors In our
winning this war.
''It's the first time I've ever
worked for anyone. When I got my
first check it was the first. pay I've
ever drawn from any business save
my own - excluding the mayors
job. of course. ~. ..}..
II like 1t here - feel like am
really doing some good" Creswell
explained.
80, everything I 60 home take
I, along an application blank and get
another worker. I have gotten 10
from my home town, including one
OF my council members.
"Bearnneau Is like myself = he
never worked for anyone except
himself either. He's been q black
smith down my way for more than
% years. He's o6 years old today.
but Just as strong and sturdy as
men half his age. He's working IN
the Sheet Metal department. He
still keeps his blacksmith shop rum
ming IN Alvarado. too" n +
Creswell was elected mayo. IN
April. Since he works On the secr
ond shlft and doesn't have 10 re-
port 10 work &C the plant until
afternoon, no stun has time 70 ct
tend 70 his business e mayor ~
the mornings and hold ais regular
bl-inonthiy meetings there with
the CITY Council.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-20
SONS NAMED IN
MOTHERS WILL
Grand Daughter Is Chief
Benef ciary Of Mrs. Sarah
J. MurdO S Estate

The wiz Of the late Sarah J.
Murdoch, which has been filed In
probate court with Judge Patrick
Healey, lists requests to q grand.
daughter and three sons.
"A mortgage note on q house In
Bound Brook, N. j., IS turned over
to the grand daughter, Thelma
Balloon Of North Windham, and
the sons, William e. Neff Of this
city, Harry L. Neff, Of Brooklyn, N.
Y, and Albert Neh Of Mystic. They
are to alternate in receiving inter-
est payments.
Six shares Of stock in the Public
Service Corp. Of New Jersey are
left to Albert, and seven to Harry.
The citizens g. Manufacturers
National Bank Is named executor.
The will Is dated Feb. 8, 1898. Mrs.
Murdoch died Jan. u.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-20
new CHILDBIRTH
METHOD PAINLESS

Chicago, Jan. 40 -(UP)- Two
physicians today reported success
full use Of a new method providing
painless, safe childbirth, one OF the
long sought goals Of the medical
profession.
The journal Of the American
Medical association in which the re-
port appeared, commented editori-
ally that the method constitutes a
real advance in securing relief of
pain for mothers during child
birth"
The physicians, DR.. Robert A.
Hingson and DR.. Waldo B. Edwards
Of the q. s. Public Health Service
Marine hospital on Staten Island,
N. Y, reported they had used the
method in $50 cases, involving 500
live births, with no maternal COM
plicationS or deaths"
Their method involves continuous
injection of5a solution Of metycaiile,
q cocaine substitute, into the lower
tip Of the spine. It Is called ''con-
tinuous caudal analgesia."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-20
ELEVEN VOLUNTEER
BLOOD DONATIONS

Eleven persons have volunteered
to- donate blood to the waterbury
Civilian Blood Plasnia reserve TO-
morrow. Appointments are made at
the White Gross headquarters on
Grand street. -
Tomorrow's donors are: Miss
Jean Rezie and Miss Martha Ga
mem Of SO Grove street. Mrs. John
Vrednburgh Of 1874 Savings street.
Mrs. Concetta Schifilliti Of 1860
North Main street. the Misses An
nette, Rhea and Lorraine Lemielix
.of 80 state street, Francis 6acco
OF ~ Bergin street. Miss Marie
Bernhard Of IS Laval street, Miss
Mary MikilneVich OF lat Allen
street. and Miss MuEieI Lindsay o.
oakyiiie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-20
Late Realty
Neus

Papers In connection with the
following real estate transactions
have been fled at the town
clerks office:
Mortgage Releases
First Federal Savings and Loan
Association Of Waterbury to JO-
seph Pesce. ..
Second Congregational Society
to Flora ID. Sanford.
Quit Claim Deed y
Waterbury Savings Bank to
CarmeIO Mallamaci, property at
SO Savings street,
Mortgage Deed
CarmeIO Mallamaci t. the Wa
terbury Savings bank, property ut
SO Savings street, $1,000.