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Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09
Outlines Plan
For Uni-CdmerdI
Governing Body
Administrative Council
Of 7 Would Be Picked;
Panama Urged as Seat

1INNEAPOLIS. Jan & INS)
A postwar world governed 10y "A
s.ng.c-house parliament and q
>cyrr-man administrative council
Twas proposed today by Gov Ilar-
Old g. Staescr of Minnesota
Governor Sta->cn. regarded In
many quarters MS 1914 Republican
presidential tnncr outlined h>
scheme fUr 70 f7ErTrE world peace
fr ar address to tine Minneapolis
ard So Paul branches of The
forrou policy association
we should contemplate and
begin 10 plan now for y definite
continuing organization Of the
United Nations OF the world"
he said. China. Russia, the
british commonwealth. the
United States and all Of the
smaller United Nations should
participate in this governmental
structure.
BASED ON LITERACN
The key governmental de-
vice should he single house
parliament, Representation and
voting power could be based on
formula which would take
into consideration the numbers
nf the liicrate population Of the
respective nations, the amount
of contribution of the respective
members 10 the expenses Of the
Joint government, and the re-
sources of member nations.
The parliament would select
chairman of the United Nations
council who in turn would select
an executive council Of seven sub
jeCtS 10 the approval of the legisla.
tive body. StaSSen SAID.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09
laps HeeEesi
Enough Arms TO Fight
20 Years, Says Hero

ORANGE. Tex. Jan s lINS>-
Japan has enough war material
to fight for 20 or 80 years, Capt
Edward j. Mike Moran. com
mander Of the renowned cruiser
Boise said today
Captain Moran, whose ship sank
six Jap warShips IN 20 minutes in
the SolomonS last October, pleaded
for a more realistic view Of Japa-
nese power as he faced 1900
workers al the Consolidated Steel
ShlpyardS. s-
THE Japs are tough and they
are shrewd-and they are good
fighters" he said "Thcy have
material and ships and planes
and guns 10 fight for 10 years
or maybe 90 or 80 years. That
will give you some idea of what
We are up against"
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09

Building and scarcely ever APP
peared at Pioneer
There was no inference i'm the
Indictment that Pioneer was IN
any way involved IN the alleged
fraud.
Managers of the three firms
which, according 10 the indlct-
mcnt paid the commission. dc
clincd 10 comment. one OF them
asserting ne had been sworn to
secrecy by the FBI.
J. H. Schnur. Detroit manager
of the Wright firm. said any state
ment on the indictment must
originate IN the corporations head
quarters at Paterson, y. j.
Pratt termed the case a plain
chisel IN which BcnoIt rcaped a
personal profit Indictments IN
many similar cases are expected in
this area. he said, although this is
not the most serious type Of war
contract fraud.
BCnolt who is single. applied for
a gasoline { card only last night.
claiming ne used his 1912 Buick %
service l3 large war plants IN the
area His application was denied
after Indictment was returned
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09
Explain Small
Welfare Checks

A long-StandinE question of why
some county welfare clients have
been receiving benefit checks Of
less than 81 was explained TO the
county board of auditors today by
Walter j. Dunno, county welfare
department director
The small checks, he explained
represent the difference between
a welfare recipients full food al
lotment and the value of the food
stamps issued him
After March ! Dunno told tho
auditors. who have protested is
Suance Of the little checks, the
stamp plan viii be discontinued
and thereafter all welfare clients
will receive their full food al
lotmentS by check.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09

Cpl. Gordon Snyder, 20, Of 1870
Mendoza avenue, was described by
his mother, Mrs. Leon Snyder to-
day aS lust the kind who would
go rushing off during bombing
attack to rescue his buddieS.'
Dispatches from the New Guinea
front said Corporal Snyder would
receive the Distinguished Service
Gross for heroic action in saving
the lives of soldiers and sailors
stranded on ammunition bargeS at
Cape SudeSt during a bombing at
tack on November l6.
Corporal Snyder and two other
enlisted men made two trips to the
barges while Jap planes dropped
bombs and Strated the water
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09
The War
TODAY
Mystery Ship
At GuQdQLcdnaI
II. S. Secret
By CAPT JOHN II. CRAIGE

THERE has Been much
speculation aa 20 The navy
departments reason tor sup-
pressing The name oi mo
command of Cant Thomas
Catch vmc, occupied the
center ot the stage In the epic
sea fight III Guadalcanal dc-
scribed IN q recent COM
munique
This huge superdrcadnaught.
according 10 the navv's ac-
count, beat of a Japanese
bombing attack destroying 30
planes. then IN a subsequent
naval engagement sank ,0ur
warships 0f The Mkados
navy.
And descriptive facts noted
in the communique render 1t
pretty evident that Captain
Gatch's dreadnaught was one
Of Uncle Sam s new $4,000
EXACTLY HOW many Of
these have been finished since
wartime censorship clampcd a
curtain Of secrecy on the
progress Of naval building is
something which the Axis
powers would like 10 know.
United States battleships
which may or may not be
completed and al sea are the
Indiana, Massachusetts. Ala
bama and South Dakota,
members Of the North Caro-
lima Washington class Of
mighty 35,000-ton superdread-
naughts armed with nine I6-
inch rifles and capable Of
speed in the neighborhood Of
30 knots.
MOkE IHAN a year ago
me Norm Carolina and the
this class, joined the fleet.
Facts that make If seem
probable that Captain Gatch's
ship was one of these new
monsters are that naval COM
muniques describe it as d
operating in a task force with
cruisers, t2)-acting as escort
for an aircraft carrier, s.
firing 16-inch gun salvos from
a single after-turret.
Vessels Of the North Caro-.
ina-Washington type are the
only American superdread-
naughts that carry a single
16-inch turret aft.
They also are our only
bsttleships with speed enough
TO team up either with aircraft
carriers or cruisers.
lHE JAPANESE KIN ow
tnis quite as well as We 90.
what they do not know and
would IKE Ia flnd out IS the
name OF the snip that did the
hghtlng'
mat would give them a
pretty good IDEA how many
OF the class are now finished
as the Mikado's experts know
ing Of each ship was started.
America is not the only
power who's naval building
program is subject of
anxious inquiry in the adj
mirslties Of the world
When the curtain Of war
time secrecy descended on
worldwide naval construction.
a total Of - superdread-
naughts were on the stocks
IN shipbuIlding yards the
world over.
Also three battlecruisors
were under construction IN
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09
keep im Trim!

Women who desire 70
keep Ia physical trim Will
find plenty Of valuable
counsel in they follow Ida
Jean Kain's series. Keep
In Trim beginning in Mon
DAY .s\ Detroit Times. Miss
KAN, noted dieticisn. will
give sound advice especially
helpful in these wartime
dsys when physical well.'
being rs so important
start to follow Ida Jean
kaius Keep IN Trim
Monday IN Tho Detroit
Times
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09
Stassen Proposes United Nations Rule of World
Mother Of Hero
aKHrewHe'eH DOHt'

around them. All three will re-
ceive medals.
II haven't heard from him
since November H." said his
mother. "He was doing clerical
work then.
Its just like him 90 rush out
and do thing like that even IL
he isn't supposed 10. I'm aw-
fully proud of him"
Corporal Snyder was drafted in
April, 1871, from his Republic
Steel Corporation office job He
is a graduate of Cooley High
School and plans TO marry Aria
Casey, his sweetheart of high
school days, after the war his
mother said.
His father is a DSR tranSporta-
tion superintendent.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09
Cotonut FeIIs Marine
Too Tough for Jdps

DENVER. Jan. s uNSl A 20,
pound coconut was credited today
with doing what neither Pear
liarbor bombs nor GuadalCanal
bullets could do putting Warrant
Officer Ernest NJ Scofield United
States Marine Corps out Of action
The 37.year-oid marine office
came back 20 Denver today 90
toll how p Coconut loosened by n
7p she'll ploprcd down ON him
and shattered h., knCcCdp
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09
Raj Again Raids
RuFlr Industries

LONDON. Ian s fUP) Brit
iSh planes attacked targets in the
Ruhr heart Of German war in
dustry during the night for the
fourth time in nine days. the air
ministry announced today
The big night bomhers returned
without loss, a ministry communI-
que said
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09
j. 5. Indicts ; I
Here on Charge
Of War Fraud
Tip-Offs by Inspector
Cited; Many Other
Cases Expected Soon

Continued from Page One)
me in a couple of months ago
and explained the whole thing
20 him. l thought he understood
the situation"
Benoit said that when hc left
the FBI office, BugaS merely re-
marked:
"Okay. Mr.. Benoit. We might
sec YOU again some time"
Benoit had access to informa-
ton on bids of >ubcontractorS
Lchr sand, through his work as q
tool and die Inspector for the cor
poration TO which he was assigned
by the Pioneer Engineering Com
pany, 1869 John r. street.
The Wright SubcontractorS con
tacted by Benolt, and the commits
slonS they allegedly paid him:
POSSIBLY 20 YEARS
Ace Tool and Die Company
3S0l Trenton street, $2,953.24;
Cro>Cent> Tool and Die Company
1869 Electric street. Lincoln Park
S27940, and the Experimental Too
and Die Company. 12601 GreineT
street. SS,497.
John s Bugas. local FBI chief
who disclosed investigation of the
case began in October. 1941, said
Benolt would be taken into Gus
todv immediately.
If convicted. Benoit VIII face
maximum penalty of five years
Imprisonment and $1,000 fine on
each OF the four counts.
Findings of the BugaS inveSti-
gallon were handed recently TO the
local war frauds office, headed by
John S. Pratt. special assistant
attorney general, which made us
rccommendatPns to the federal
grand jury.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09
PANAMA As SEAT

StaSSen suggested Panama as z
suitable scat for the SuperworlC
government, whose primary func
tions. he said, should be estab
llShnent Of a temporary govern.
ment over the Axis nations
administered by United Nation.
citizens Of AxiS-nation ancestry
disarmament Of the Axis: punish
ment Of its. criminal leadership
and the prevention of wholesale
|rcpriSals against its civilians aftei
the war.
The world government. HI
added. also should:
. Administer future interna.
tional airports and airways.
. Administer ocean commerce
and ports.
. Develop international trade
. Develop l!teracy the world
over.
. Create q world code of JUS
tiCc and a United Nations court,
protecting minorities, prevent
ing religious persecution and
"abolishing slavery"
Establish a United Nations mill.
.tary force Of highly mobllized and
mcchanlzed air, land and sea dlvi.
>ions, backed up by the military
force Of each member nation.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09
City Hall Trial Set
On BIa(kout CharQe

The city hall was cited tolcy 10
appear in traffic court January 10
along with 259 other culprIts. 10
answer charges Of Violating the
November is hlacknlIt
The offenSC deals with failure 10
douSe the Watch While You
Walk sign for which Mayor Ed
ward J. JeffreS Jr, publicly apol-
OgiZed.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09
It's a Secret!
Reds Don't Know We're
Retreating, Say Nazis

Germany SAID today that II wa'
rclreaung in the Caucasus but th,
did not know y
THE withdrawal of German
troops from some far advanced
bases i'm the eastern Caucasus,
which was decided upon with
view TO strengthening and short
ening the German lines, WAS
effected without the Russians
being aware of it, Berlin
broadcast said
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09
SELDOM SEEN THERE

Wilfred Campbell. attorney for
the Pioneer company for which
Benoit worked from May. 1910. tc
April of 1912, commented.
THE company had no knowl-
edge Of any wrong doing on the
part of Mr. BenOit. He had left
our employ to enter business
for himself long before this mat
ter was ever brought 10 light"
Although Benolt was on the Pi
onecr pay roll at $500 annually
Campbell said he worked out q
the Wright office in the Boulevard
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-09
Britain Reports
Destroyer Sunk
In0cedn Battle
Nazi Pocket BattIeship
in Action Off Norway;
Convoy Gets TO Russia

LONDON. Jan. S CUP) Britain
lost one destroyer and had a sec
ond damaged in a blazing sea bait
tie off the northern tip of Norway
in which a German pocket battle
ship was believed 10 have been
involved the admiralty announced
today.
The action occurred the morning
of December 81 when a force OF
British deStroycrS was conveying
supplies 70 Russia over the north
crn route The destroyer Achates
was sunk. the admiralty said and
ihc destroyer OnSlow suffered
damage and casualties
AXIS SHIPS DRIVEN OFF
The communiQue pointed out
that the Germans have admitted
that one Of their dcStroyerS ~ the
Ntaay class WAS SUNK m the battle.
1t added that damage had been
done 10 a larger enemy ship.
Despite he severe attack BY
" h a was described as superior
'cncmy forces the supplies destined
for the Rcd army got safely
through 70 Russia. II was said
In addition 10 a pocket battle
ship. II was believed that the AXIS
fleet included q cruiser and several
GeStroyerS
Visibility was poor and the con-
tact between the opposing fleets
was intermittent the admiralty
said However. tho AXIS forces
made four separate attacks and
each time they were beaten off.
BREAK orr ACTION
While the fight still was going
on. pow erful reinforcements
reached the British fleet and en-
gagged the enemy The AXIS ships
then broke of tho action. and AZ
high speed escaped IN low visible
ity 10 their Norwegian bases.
Naval Observers here said they
believed tho action of Northern
Norway represented one Of the
most brilliant operations Of the
war for me British navy.
This WAS particularly true, II
Na~ said because Of the reported
presence of 4 pocket battleShIp
Germany has two. the Luetzow
and the Schccr--in the enemy
feet
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-13
Lad Held In
Death Of Girl

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 13S-
(UP)-Dayid Filgas, Is, a high
school student, was in custody to-
day because a tightly drawn copper
wire had been found around the
neck of pretty Patricia Winter, IT.
his girl friend, who had been be-
lieved the victim of an accident.
Her body, burned almost beyond
recognition. was found Saturday in
the charred wreckage of David's
automobile. He seemed dazed, and
had burns about the face, neck and
shoulders.
Prosecutor M. r. Bolt said the
wire was imbedded in the girls neck
Assistant Prosecutor Arnold Lev
andowsky said the boys burns were
such that they could have been self
inflicted.
David was being treated in a hos
pital. Questioned by state police
men, he said he and Patricia had
been going together for some time
They went to a high school dance
Saturday, leaving early. On the
way home, he said, they drank 'lots
OF wine" and both became intoxi-
Gated and INDUCED in sexual intima-
Giles while parking beside the road
After that, he said, he remembered
nothing until he regained conscious
ness in the burned automobile, found
the girl dead beside him, and stum-
bled to telephone to call police
Levandowsky said he couldn't have
remained in the car while 1t burned
and lived.
Authorities said the girl had been
dating other youths, and David was
Jealous.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-13
DistiIIers May
Get Break

Washington, Dec. 10 - (UP)-
Chairman Frederick Van Mugs, D.,
Ind, promised today that his Sen
ate subcommittee investigating the
liquor shortage would bring show
down soon on whether distillers
could occasionally resume small
scale production for civilians with
out sighting military needs.
He said he would confer today
with War Production Chief Donald
M. Nelson and War Foods Admin
istrator Marvin Jones on the IA
cilities and materials outlook in the
liquor situation and that the two
agencies would present a report
which his committee reconvenes
Thursday.
Van Mugs said he was interested
in learning whether any of the
spirits now being imported could be
diverted to industrial purposes,
thereby freeing the better domestic
products for beverage purposes.
Government experts, however,
said the need for industrial alcohol
III the synthetic rubber program
precluded any hope for an imme-
date civilians holiday" for dis
tillers but conceded respite might
be possible in the second quarter
of 1914.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-13
Litigation In
Local Courts

Sarah Ostrom and Anthony Api-
cello, both of Waterbury, have filed
q $4,000 civil action in common
pleas court against Stanley Bruce
Of PlantSville as the result Of an
automobile accident which occurred
Nov. 6 in Southington. The woman
seeks $500 while the other plain
tiff, driver of the car in which
she was a passenger, seeks $1,000.
The complaint states the plain
tlff's car was struck by the Defend
ants car and landed in an embank-
nlent when the driver lost control
as a consequence. The women were
thrown from the front seat into the
back portion of the vehicle as
result of the impact, the writ
states. The car was severely dam
aged and both plaintiffs sustained
personal injuries, it is alleged.
An appeal from the finding Com
pensation Commissioner John J.
OConnell Nov. 30 which denied
him an award has been filed in SUI
perior court by Pietro Santopietro
of 872 North Main street against
his former employer, the Water.
bury Ash Removing company. The
employe claimed he sustained her.
MIA as the result of work for the
concern last winter. The commits
sioner found the injury was not
connected with the employment.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-13
ThunderboIts
Prove n ome

A USAAF fighter station, England,
Dec. 13.-(UP) - Nine American
Thunderbolt pilots told today how
they shot down II German fighters
in less than nine minutes in one of
the shortest and most savage air
battles of the war during the heavy
American raid Saturday on the
German port of Emden
During the height of the battle,
the sky was laced with trails of
smoke and tracer bullets and dotted
with parachutes and falling planes
Another fighter group shot down
four planes and American heavy
bombers accounted for lit more for
grand total of 1873.
The pilots said the battle started
over Hollands Zuider Zee where
small force of Messerschmitt 1895
challenged the fighters. One squad
ron of Thunderbolts drove off the
enemy, while the remained dived out
of the sun and attacked nearly 100
twin-engined rocket ships and some
single-engined aircraft preparing to
attack the rear American bomber
formation
The rocket planes broke formation
and tried to escape in a series of
wide, diving turns which permitted
their tail gunners to concentrate a
crossfire on the pursuing thunder
bolts, but the American fighters fol-
lowed them down to $4,000 feet and
bagged II in the case. Emerging
without loss, the thunderbolts then
climbed back TO the bomber forma-
ton.
Lieut.. Joe H. Powers, Jr., %, of
Tulsa, Aka, who destroyed two
fighters, said at one time six streams
Of German tracers were converging
on his plane.
Pilots shooting down one enemy
plane each included LIST Lieut.. STAN
ley B. Morrill,, q, of Willimantic,
Conn.
IHhe II victories boosted the
Thunderbolt groups total bag to
100.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-13
RUSSIAN ORDER
RUMORS UNTRUE
Dismissed French Small
Tube Workers Not TO Be
Retired Says Judd

Status of ex-employes of the
French Tube branch Of the Amer
lean Brass company remained I'M
changed today despite q C. I. o. re-
port yesterday that o new Russian
lend-leaSe war contract was on its
way and the dismissed workers
would be re-hired. Company Off
Gals said no confirmation Of such
action has been received and no in
dication has been made such a con.
tract would be forthcoming.
Clark s. Judd, president Of the
American Brass company, today
termed the report unfortunate,
pointing out 1t disturbed many of
the ex-workers and created confu-
sion. He said no word substantial
ing the report on a new contract
has been received and no plans
have been made for re-hiring the
workers who were recently laid off.
Many Of the workers who were
dismissed are reported to have en-
tered new employment and diff
cultieS may result If any re-hiring
were to be attempted, it has been
pointed out. Operation Of the new
hiring controls program might de-
ter the company in filling the Jobs
which were recently abolished, it is
reported
Negotiations for contracts are con.
tinuing as before, company spokes-
man stated, but no definite action
has been reported. One source said
the CLIO. report on o new contract
was without any foundation.
John j. Driscoll of the CLIO. made
the report on receiving notice
from Thomas J. Burns, labor repre-
sentative on the War Production
Board, who said Moses Harvey, lend
lease agent of the Treasury Depart
ment, had diyulged the signing Of
a contract by the Russian govern
ment for purchase of products from
the local firm.
1t was understood when the first
aly-offs were made that holding
back of a Russian contract was re-
sponsible. Later it was reported
that a regular contract was not
renewed and the concern no longer
needed the same number of work
ers. Some workers were transferred
to other plants of the company,
while approximately $40 were dis
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-13
Initiation
n OF Feared

Session. Dec. l3-fUP)-Despi
the huge available money supply,
there is unlikely to be initiation of
alarming proportions in 1914, the
United Business service said today.
THE total quantity of money In
circulation has passed $40, 600, 900, =
900, 0O0-nearly three times the
1899 figure. Many people regard
this as "hot money which, at least
provocation will pour into COM
modify markets, the service said,
and. because these markets are al
ready running short of salable mer-
chandiSe. the stage seems set for a
rapid rise Of the general price level
that 1t, initiation. Another threat
lines In the huge total of demand
deposits. Savings and war bonds
are also accumulating. These
sources of demand are available on
short notice to swell demand for
goods"
And yet. in spite Of these ominous
signs, the service predicted that
there will not be a large degree of
Initiation next year.
The wartime habit OF saving
will persist and act as a deterrent
to spending. Controls will continue
to act as restraint on prices. Civ
ilian supplies will increase rapidly
after Germany Is defeated and will
absorb some Of the current pur-
chasing power. With reconverSior
slowdowns and unemployment moi
far ahead, the public will become
more wary about going on a wilc
spending Spree"