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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15

social activity where excellent race
relations are pract!ced.
When Interracial was first estab-
lisked. many skeptics came 10 see
what was really being accomplished
and were so impressed by the re-
suits that they may now be found
as Arm supporters OF the Center.
Supporting Groups
The following organizations sup
port II in one manner or another:
Pocohantas club. Daughters OF Vet
Grams. Auxiliary Of Veterans OF
Foreign Wars. Daughters Of Scotia,
Modernist club, Shilo Baptist
church, Daughters Of Penelope
Congregational church. Fremont
Presbyterian church. First Congre-
ga:ional church. First Christian
church. ST Andrews church, Sun
shine club. Women's Civic clubs.
Writers club. United Travellers,
First Methodist church. FRS. Bsp-
tist church, Thursday Bridge club,
Bethany church, Freepor. Christian
church. Centinel and Informal
Danes club. Mems Bridge club. Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People. Pen Wom-
en-. B'hai Club. Russian club. Vol
unteers OF America, B'nsi Sister
hood, First Christian Church Coun-
Gil.
Ben Ellison. director Of the CEN
ter, has behind him a record Of
activity in community coordins-
ton. Previous 70 coming TO Sacra-
mento. he was associated with the
Coordina;ing Council o, Los An
geles. and had been director Of
youth activities and race relations
for eigh. years IN that city. Be-
cause Of his good work in this
capacity. he was given the Distin-
guished Award by the Juvenile
court OF Los Angeles. for coniribut-
ing TO the decreasing by so per
cent Of delinquency.
In our interview with Ellison.
re stated that the success OF Inter-
racial was due, in the main. TO
the residents of Sacramento. whose
'all-out atmosphere Of welcome
provided the environment which
made possible the existence OF this
project"
He emphasized this point and
declared that wherever the civili-
an population extends cordially TO
all service men, irrespective OF
their race. tie Establishment OF
In.erracial USOs is a possibility.
And il this type OF Center had
been established in many other
cities i. is very possible that such
situations as arose in Vallejo 9and
Stockton could have been elimin-
ated.
x..rl.t T. n>l~~~tinn
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25
Beoverbrook
In Cabinet
nv = EDWARD MURRAY

(United Press STAFF Correspondent
London, Sept. 25.-(UP) - Lord
Beayerbrook. outspoken prepayment
Of d second front. was returned to
the British cabinet as Lord Privy
Seal today in q re-shuffle believed
designed to strengthen the govern
ment for postwar planning.
There was no immediate indica~
ton Of what task BeaveFbrook
would be given. but 1t was assumed
that Prime Minister Churchill would
assign him an active rather than q
passive role outside the immediate
scope Of the war cabinet.
Despite hts agitation for an early
invasion Of western Europe, u was
learned aushoritatively that Beaver
brock will not have q seat In the
inner or war cabinet. Morning
newspapers avoided speculation on
HeaVerbrook'a assignment and
some referred him 10 as the "mys.
terry man" IN the cabinet,
neaVeTbronk, millionaire publisher
Il the London Daily Express and
Evening Standard. left the govern
ment ~ months ago after holding
fofFt portfolios under Churchill, the
most Important o. which was air
craft production minister during
lhe critical days Of the battle a
Britain.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25
|JusosIovs
Best Nozis

London, Sept. Is (UP)-Jugo-
slav partisians have thrown back
German detachments in tank bat
tic near the Dalmtian port Of Split,
the "Free- Jugoslv" radio said today,
and q German broadcast aclSnow-
lodged bitter fighting In Dalmatia
and western Croatia.
Three hundred Germans were
killed and two tanks were destroyed.
the broadcast quoted o communique
from the headquarters Of the 'peo-
Piles army Of liberation" as saying.
Fighting was reported stil raging
IN the o-Slovenla border region
between Gorilla and Liubjana,
In Bosnia, the broadcast said,
partisan guerillas deFailed a train
near Jakovae an ddeFailed two
trains and destroyed two engines
ard 81 cars near Garaiego.
There was no fresh news from
Trieste, northwestern italy. where
partisan shock troops 81 last reports
were fighting the Germans IN the
streets.
"a British broadcast recorded ~
ems quoted a Juaoslav eonamunlaue
as saying that German attempts a
land troops on two isinnds west q
pubrornlk Montenegro. we're -.
pulsed With enc MAJ ship snnk,l
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25
Four Doctors
For Beverly

Fall River, Mass, Sept. 25.-(UP)
-Four physicians at Truesdale hos
pital were to examine 14-day- old
Beverly Helen Primus today to de-
termine when they will operate to
correct her upSide-down stomach.
The baby, brought here in an oXy-
gen tent n a cross-cuntry flight
firm Des Moines, Ia, will be the
youngest person in medical history
to undergo an upside-down stomach
operation.
Heading the group of physicians
is gray haired 69-year- DR.. Phile-
mon Edwards JT1lesdale, who gained
fame eight years ago for a similar
operation on Alyce Jane McHenry
of Omaha, Neb. The others are
DrS. Cornelius Halves and Warren
Atwood of the hospital staff who
will aid in the operation, and DR..
John M. Griffin, who delivered the
infant and accompanied her here on
the airplane trip.
Griffin said the baby rested COM
fortably during the flight and de-
scribed her condition as very WELL.
She is kept on her right side con-
stantly to relieve pressure on her left
lung, which is half collapsed. The
right lung Is fully collapsed and
places Beverly in the most pre-
carious cndition ever confronted by
DR.. Truesdale in all his upside-do
stomach cases.
One of the principal pre- operative
problems to be decided Is whether
the projected three-hour operation
should be performed under ether o.
q spinal anaesthetic.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25
Eight Here
Appeal Court
Decisions

Eight appeals from local superior
court decisions are listed on the
State Supreme Court Of Errors Oc-
tober docket, released today, and
assignment Of hearing dates has
been scheduled for Wednesday
morning at the Hartford court
room. Evidence in three Of the &C
tons has not yet been printed, how
ever, and in all probability assign.
ment will be postponed until o later
date.
Among the actions which have
been printed and are ready for hear.
ings is'that brought by Rose Grave.
line and Elvira Guerrero, both Of
Waterbury. against Chester and
Dorothy Livingstone Of Hartford. A
verdict for the defendants was re-
turned by Judge John Booth last
Jan. IS. The plaintiffs who sought
$4,000 and $500 damages, claimed
they sustained severe Injuries Oct
20, 1910 when O car in which they
were passengers, and owned by the
Graveline woman, was allegedly
struck by one owned by Dorothy
Livingstone and operated by the
other defendant.
Plaintiffs appeals have been IN
stituted in the companion suits
brought against the City Of Water
bury by John Broderick Of Water
bury and James Leary, as admini-
strator Of the estate of the late
John McKeeman Of Waterbury. The
litigation is based on injuries sus-
tianed Nov. ~, 1885 when the two
workers fell from scaffold while
making repairs to Leavenworth high
school as employees Of the FERA
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25
May Boost

BY EDWARD v. ROBERTS
United Press Staff Correspondent

Washington, Sept. 25- (UP) -
Congress today appeared to have
abandoned hope Of delaying the
draft of fathers and to have turn
ed instead to plans for increasing
the living allowance Of servicemen's
families.
A dozen bills have been introduce
ed calling for higher dependency
allotments to make families better
able to subsist when fathers are
called for induction.
Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont,
still hoping their induction can be
delayed, defended his bill to defer
pre-war fathers until Jan. / in q
radio address last night in which
he said victory gained at the ex-
pense of broken homes would be a
hollow triumph.
He said he was all for giving the
army the men it needs, but insisted
there are enough single men and
4-F's who could handle non-combat
Jobs and make drafting of fathers
unnecessary.
His bill is scheduled for Senate
floor debate Tuesday, with admins
tration leaders predicting it win
win less than 80 votes.
The main question on allotment
increases seemed to be how much
the present allowances of $50 a
month for a wife, $50 for wife and
child and $40 for each additional
child should be boosted.
The Senate already has passed a
measure allowing a wife and child
500 a month and $1l for each addi-
tional child.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25
Sabotage In
ItoIy Grows
BY PHIL AULT

limited Press STAFF CORRESPONDENCE
yooaor ca,t o. frTp1
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14sI. a" a. -.nS ,,a,', r,av"s ~ sahct 90
a LAY SS~ ~" -" no ow 800 er,oaS Sorces
ssS;',,.n..,,e vac HE naw Easc,st r,,nret
s sSL ' s;,,,ss ra,So~ts sa,d todSY
Aes1 70 S". Ss.,et"h sa;d az oeac,al
rs Dc" s CrS~n S acrnow-
SaSnaS a,,.hrnaSs thro,,aho,t Nortb
ytas'. "a a. r,as rrderstood No =,
10y HSars,.s, ~iS.rt Eesssiv.,n0 he'd
49, vi ro,,tas w,,th troors n an
AGss. .n ,,.o;,.ta,, con,,n,,r,ce t,ors
e SaSoso,,rs rsnor,adiv c,,t teie"
,.,,e." " s,sS ,.,sera, NJ circ,,S,s IN Sev.
~ $500 r,,,c hwndrsI carrnor
sni +; ware said to nave heen kiII-
- ~ ,,,o,,rded IN tha daraiIrnent Of
81. - trs,r ana % snec,fic attacks IN
tI.~ Dsd,,s- Ns,lar raiIroed we've re-
,.a ~
rss~ o,,thraak. Folloued ranorts
.hat Nx,ssoI,rj had zone ~ PoIn0ns
to install his FASCIST Followers in an
seyo,.t - cootrol rvith Carr,a
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25
Seek Dead 7
In Explosion

Pottsville, Pa, Sept. 26-lUP)-
Rescue squads dug into debris-chok-
ed mine tunnels 1000 feet UNDER
ground today IN an effort to recov-
er the bodies Of nine Of IL men kill
ed IN an explosion Of mine gas.
Five bodies were recovered last
night eight hours litter the explo-
sion, q mile and g half from the
shaft entrance. ripped out snoring
ana dropped thousands Of tons OF
rock and nalte on the miners. The
explosion occurred la the Mofgett
gehraeder mine &c nearby Primrose.
state bureau ef mines officials
halted rescue work before II .. ~,
After az inspection revealed the
area waa heavy VT hmine gas. and
thaf he tunnel walls and roof were
unsafe. Workers lQiled through The
nlahf 20 shore the weakened sec
lions willis extra Ventlialina equip
naent forced The mine gaa . tie
opeu sir
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25
Early Test On Sales Tax
Anticipated In Congress

On individual and corporate income
unless some sort Of q postwar re-
fundabie feature Is included.
Their attitude FLASHED with re-
liable reports that the treasury is
planning 10 oppose any move 70
write compulsory savings. refund
able taxes, as any reasonable face
smile Into the general revenue act.
The treasury Il said 20 favor q
eT.000. o00, 900 boost IN income taxes,
A test vote On the sales tax was
assured IN an announcement By
Rep, John ID. Dlngell. -, Mich,
that he win move 10 ban them from
consideration ~ controversial -.
aalAA.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25
Post War Inferno tional
Policy Move Is DELAYED
By JOHN Z. GUTTER

UNITED Press STAR Correspondent
washington, Sept. 25-(UP)-
Chairman Tom Connally, D., Tex,
Of the senate foreign relations COM
mittee was repored today to have
the backing Of the State Depart
ment in his determination to delay
senate debate on postwar interna-
tional policy.
Connally's committee has before
1t more than o dozen resolutions
dealing with the subject and Is be-
ing pressed for action In some quar-
tiers. Secretary Of State Cordell
Hull was represented earlier this
year as hoping that congress would
60 on record with some expression
pledging United States cooperation
with other nations in the postwar
era to prevent future aggression.
A reliable congressional source,
who declined use of his name, said
Hull still wants such congressional
expression but fears to throw the
matter open for debate on the floor
Of the senate.
The reason for delay is the SEN
ate's liberal rules on debate.
The house of representatives early
this week passed the Fulbright res
olution, pledging postwar interna-
tional cooperation, under gag rules
which cannot prevail in the senate.
Connally referred to the senate's
freedom Of debate in a press re-
lease yesterday in which he served
notice that the senate committee
will take its time in submitting to
the floor any resolution on interna-
tional relations.
ut is not the desire of the COM
mittee to provoke ill-considered de-
bate. which might produce irri-
tationS or vexations at q critical
period in prosecution of the war"
Connally said.
'It IS known that the utmost
freedom of debate is permitted un-
der the senate rules. 1t is further
konwn that senators do not hesi-
tate to avail themselves Of that UNI
limited freedom"
Just when Connally will decide
the time is ripe for the issue to be
debated Is problematical. 1t is con-
sidered extremely doubtful that
such action win come before the
u. S.-Anglo-Russo conference ex-
pected to be held at Moscow next
month.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25
ConfesseS
Killing Bobe

Woodstock VT, Sept. c6.-(uF)
A young mothers confession that
she beat her baby to death has
cleared an ex-convict of murder
charge.
States Attorney Everett G. VILE
Nams said that Mrs. Hazel Blau~
chard, 26, of Springfield woulc -
arraigned on q similar charge s.
result of her surprise admission
that she slew her l6-months old
son, Lester, in a fit of temper, Sep
TENDER Is.
clyde Coburn. S0-year old Sprines
field prison parolee who originally
was accused of the crime, was 70 Pc
arraigned for alleged violation o.
parole. escaping custody. and On $
morals charge involving Mrs. Hlazlz
chard. The Staying occurred ID Co.
burns home where the woman
served as housekeeper. Eer HUSBAND
Cpl. clifford Blanchard. Is stationed
in Alaska.
Coburn surrendered TO police 49,
Thursday after being hunte&
six DAYS BY heavily-armed NH
in Springfield woods.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25

Field Token
By Macarthur
BY DON CASWELL

S@@SSN@ ANe~S SsNSAA SVeA SSAVAASSAAt
Allied Headquarters, Southwest
Pacific, Sept. IS. (UP)-Australian
troops have captured the Finsch-
hafen airdrome and reached the
north bank Of the Bumi river only
1900 yards from the Japanese New
Guinea base, o communique an
nounced today.
Seizure Of the base itself was ex-
pected shortly although Gen. Doug
las MacArthur's spokesman reported
the Allied forces had run into some
last-ditch opposition along the river.
The airfleld-third conquered by
MacArthur's troops in slightly more
than two weeks-fell SO hours after
the troops went ashort Wednesday
six miles north Of Finschhafen and
fought Japanese beach defeners for
80 minutes to win steadily ex-
panding landing area.
A front dispatch said the jap
anese evidently had tried to pre-
pare for the landing at the last
minute with hastily built shore de-
lenses which were battered by naval
guns. The defenders later were
routed by bayonet charge.
Aerial activity slackened but Nit
chell bombers Thursday made low
altitude sweeps along the Yati river
track 80 miles northwest of newly
captured Lac, go miles below
Finschhafen, damaging positions
with tons Of bombs and 1900
rounds of ammunition.
Several villages were set aflre,
munitions dumps expoded and anti
aircraft positions Silenced. There
was no interception.
A Liberator and Catalina attacked
an enemy destroyer in the Bis
marck Sea with unknown results
while medium bombers and fighters
hit at Cape Hoskins and Gasmata,
New Britain, both japanese air
centerS.
The only activity reported from
the Solomons was a Ctalina raid
Tuesday on enemy cargo ships in
the Cape st. George area.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25
Army Committee To Curb
Waste In War Production
BY MERRIMAN SMITH
United Press star Correspondent


Washington, Sept. 25.-(UP)-A
committee Of high.ranking Arm.
and Navy ofticers today prepared x
curb waste in. war production b.
applying lessons learned on the bat
tlefields to the assembly lines.
The joint production survey com
mittee was created by the join
chiefs Of staff at the suggestion Of
President Roosevelt, who warned:
with critical shortages In ma.
terlal and manpower, we must see
that we produce only what we need
and that the waste, unavoldably
present In war time, Is held to Q
minimum.
The new staff consisting OF two
Army and two Navy officers was
charged with advising the joint
chiefs on changes In the procure
ment programs OF the armed serv-
ices in the light Of war develop
ments, production progress, and
changing military strategy"
The committee also was directed
to provide machinery for full CO.
ordination Of the military and civil.
ian branches of the government.
In announcing the establishment
OF the new group, Mr.. Roosevelt
said constant attention Is required
to insure that our military pro-
grams are kept In step with altered
military detectives, and that pro-
duction programs are changed In
accordance with lessons from the
battleflelds and the assembly lines
His announcement raised the ques-
ton of now powerful the new COM
mittee would be in relation to the
War Production board, which here
tofore was nominal authority ovel
all weir production scheduling.
Officials pointed out that the rapid
pace of the war, plus a continuing
shift in the types Of weapons most
effective in different battle theaters
had made long-range production
programs unwieldly and at times
suddenly obsolete. This was the I'M
DERIVING reason for giving the mill
tary more power in determining pro-
duction programs.
War Mobilization Director James
r. Byrnes, explaining Mr.. Roosevelt:
order at a press conference yester'
day, said the functions would paral'
lei but not overlap WPB operations
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25

washington, Sept 2S-uP)-An
early test OF committee sentiment
on proposals for q national sales
tax. as well rs q fight over COM
pulsory savings. appeared certain
In Congress today as the House
ways and means committee cleared
it, decks for preliminary Discus
ai0ns Of the new tax bill.
The committee win meet Monday
10 begin eliminating items Il eon-
aaders non-esaential 20 the 1874 tax
prograni. and formal tax hearings
are scheduled - open October {.
Republican members % the COM
mlitee affonaig Indicated they Will
asht any aftsmnt . lnnEaana laSiaa
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25
BARS q
TROOP MOVES
IN RIKE
Los Angeles, September IS.

Los Angeles, September 25.
- CUP = Union officials
refused today to permit
movement Of war materials
and troops over the strike
crippled 1,1O0-mile rail and
bus network of the Pacific
Electric Railway.
Don H. Sheets, vice-chair-
man of the Union Grievance
Committee, said the strikers
were closing the lines down
100 per cent?.
eve were asked" he said,
"to authorize movements OF
troops, ammunition and
mail, but when we moved TO
close the system up that
didn't mean we intended to
give in for anything"
The day-old strike Of more than
$500 members OF the Brotherhood
Railway Trainmen forced 100000
commuters to find other transporta.
ton, and about 1000 carloads OF
freight piled up in terminals.
The walkout was called to pro-
test the governments delay In re-
considering rejection Of union de-
mands for 10 cents an hour pay.
Only mail trains moved, run
through picket lines by a handful
Of non-striking employees.
Some non-striking workers at
tempted to move freight yesterday
but gave up when connecting rail-
roads refused to handle 1t.
Brotherhood men Of the South
ern Pacific, Santa Fe, and Union
Pacific railroads ignored p. Z. Ell
forts to trans-ship cargoeS, most OF
them vital war material.
I'm the face Of armed guards"
Sheets said, "the other railroad men
are not going to actively sympathize
with our strike, but neither are they
going to facilitate the P. z. Com
pany in It's efforts to get around the
strike, by loading freight from their
stock onto p. E. cars or loading
P. E. stock onto their own vehicles"
D. w. Squires, general superin-
tendent Of the line sprawling
through four counties and IS towns,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25

The evacuation of Smolensk de-
prived the Germans of their insH
formidable defense bastion on the
central front east Of the Polish bof@
der and the capture Of Orsha. vital
railway junction 10 miles farther
west, would unhinge the whole Naxl
Dnieper line north Of the pripst
marshes and split the Axis forces.
The Germans pulled out nf
Smolensk. as well as Roslavl. S.
miles to the southeast. last night
after dynamiting and firing all n,ll's
itary installations, the official Ger
man news agency DNB said In q
Berlin broadcast.
Nazis Routed
Moscow dispatches said the Rus
slams penetrated the suburbs OF the
big industrial center Of Dneprone~
trovski, $50 miles south OF Sinolen&i<
and zaporozhe, 80 miles frrsael
south, after routing the Geri1akS
from virtually the whole east BANK
Of the Dnieper river from Krefnen~
chug to zaporoxife, 4 distance 81
about 140 miles.
DnepropetrovsISi lies on the n
bank Of the big bend Of the Dnief +
but it was presumed the suburbs
into which Soviet trops E1laashad
were on. the east bank.
The capture Of zaporozhe q rail-
way junction on the east hniak
would sever the mai nescape route
for thousands Of Germans IN tho
Crimea and in the shrinking Axis
bridgehead In the northwest Cau-
casus.
The army organ Red Star said
Russian forces In the Caucasus had
crumbled the last Axis defense b4ls
guarding the salt marshes Of the
Taman peninsula opposite the
Crimea with the Germans fleeing
In disorder toward the escape pert
Of Kerch. Soviet aircraft raidea
Taman ports and enemy irlvaslofl
barges and gunboats loaded With
fleeing German and Runaanian
troops.
Between Smolensk and Dnepro~
petrovsk, the Russians were report
ed by Red Star to have reached an
S0-mile stretch of the Dnieper river
before Kiev, capital of the Ukraine
and main Axis base in southern
Russia.
Fierce Battles
Fierce battles were reported rag
Continued on Page p
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-25
Aliens Seek
Citizenship

With more than $50 italian aliens
among the $50 persons who will ap-
pear in superior court next Tuesday
to take the citizenship oath, the
naturalization session is expected to
be similar to those Of pre-war days
when Italians always constituted a
great majority Of citizenship appli-
cants. Lists Of names Of prospec-
tive citizens, filed in the court,
show that a majority Of those sum-
moned to appear before Judge John
A. Cornell next week are of Italian
descent, although numerous other
nationalities are represented.
Noted on the lists were names of
several Germans and Hungarians,
all considered enemy aliens. Under
naturalization procedure such appli-
cants were subjected to strict inves-
tigation and all had to fulfill addi-
tional requirements on appearance
Of witnesses and had to undergo a
longer waiting period between the
final examination and summoning
for the oath.
More Italians will be admitted to
citizenship as time goes on, natural-
ization examiners have indicated
with reports that the majority Of
persons whose names appear on
waiting lists are natives of Italy.
Recent developments regarding the
status of Italians, for q long time
treated as enemy aliens. are expect
ed to ease the s'Rlation consider
ably for such applicants.
Two sessions will be held Tues
day, one at 10 a. m. and the other
at 2 p. m. The successful candidates
have already received notice 70 APP
pear.