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Evening star., 1943-12-10
lovett, Watson, Dodd
Removals Illegal,
Bidd|e Tells Congress
BY GEORGE H. ENGEMAN

Attorney General Biddle has noti-
fed Congress he concurs with Presi-
dent Roosevelt's view that the re-
moval of DR.. Robert Morss Lovett.
William E. Dodd, jr., and Goodwin
P. Watson from the Federal payroll
was unconstitutional, it was learned
today.
Expressing regret that in these
cases I find 1t impossible to advocate
with conviction the views of Con-
gress," Mr.. Biddle, in letters to Vice
President Wallace and Speaker
Rayburn, has invited Congress to
name its own attorney to represent
it in the suits challenging the con-
gressional action filed by the three
a week ago in the United States
Court of Claims.
In his letters Mr.. Biddle revealed
that the Justice Department will file
demurrers to the Lovett-Dodd- Wat
son petitions. The vital questions
involved are constitutional questions,
which, in my judgment, can appro-
prlately be raised and disposed of by
demurrers," he said.
Sends Copy to Kerr.
The Attorney General also sent a
copy OF his letter to Representative
Kerr. Democrat, Of North Carolina.
head of the subcommittee which last
July upheld the Dies Committee
finding that the three were unfit"
to hold Federal Office because of
membership in alleged subversive
organizations. The Kerr group rec
commended the legislation which re-
suited in their removal from the
Federal payroll as of November Is.
Mr.. Kerr revealed today that he
had written the Attorney General
Saturday asking him Ito advise me
w Yat position your Office will take in
this matter in order that I may ac-
quaint the committee with the DO
sition of your department with re-
spect to the trial of the above cases."
Mr.. Kerr noted that the President
had termed the congressional action
unconstitutional in his message to
Congress in September and ex-
pressed the presumption that the
President had been so advised by
the Justice Department.
Cites Previous Case.
If I am correct in this assump-
ton, presume that your office will
approach this matter as a friend of
the court, as Attorney General
Mitchell did in United States VS.
Smith, 286 U. S. Page IA, and that
you will consent that Congress en-
ploy counsel to represent the Gov
ernment," Mr.. Kerr wrote. Mr..
Blddle replied by inclosing a COPY
OF his letter to Vice President Wal
lace and Speaker Rayburn.
AS a result of the exchange OF
correspondence, Mr.. Kerr said today
the question of naming an attorney
to represent Congress will be taken
up early next week at a meeting of
the House Appropriations Commit
tee, OF which he is a member.
Evening star., 1943-12-10

1llOIllSOll OSllOOlS.
Mrs. Hunter started as a recrea
tion director for children during the
labor shortage OF the World War
Soon she was placed ofncially with
the Community Center and Recrea-
ton Department. then under the
Board Of Education.
The center at Central used to have
an attendance OF about 500 people
month. Now it has at least 1000
q month.
She has not participated actively in
any sports recently, but often is an
interested spectator at sports events
football, baseball. hockey, basket
ball. soccer. The game she wants
to see most now is an Army-Navy
game in peacetime. with her son
1t. Col. william Hunter, U. S. A..
by her side.
Her latest innovation at Central
one of which she is proud-is an ex-
ercise class for women over 40 years
Of age.
Mrs. Hunter has a daughter, Mrs.
Alice Louise Scherer, known widely
in Washington as a dancer, and two
other sons. Charles Hunter, Sd, and
John A. Hunter, jr. She and her
husband, John A. Hunter, will leave
soon for a vacation in Florida. She
lives at 1912 Northampton street
NV,
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Butch O'Hore, Navy Air Ace,
Missing on Mission in Pacific
Hailed by President
As One of Greatest
Combat Airmen
By :he Associated Press.


PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 1O.-Lt
Comdr. Edward H. (Butch)
OHare, called by President
Roosevelt one OF the greatest
combat flyers in aviation history
is missing in action.
The st. Louis ace who won the
Congressional Medal of Honor fol
blasting five Jap bombers out of the
sky single-handed in the battle OF
the Coral Sea was reported by the
Navy to have disappeared on a flight
mission. probably somewhere in the
South Pacific.
Notification was received yester-
day by his mother, Mrs. Selma
OHare OF Phoenix. Ariz.. and his
wife, the former Rita Wooster OF
st. Louis, who now lives in San
Diego, Calf. Comdr. O'Hare Is the
father Of a baby girl.
The flyer, then %. established his
combat record during an attack by
enemy bombers on an aircraft car
rier in February, 1912 Associated
Press Correspondent Tom Var
brough wrote:
"OHare and another flyer were
the only ones available when a Sec
ond wave Of nine enemy planes was
reported approaching. Most of the
carriers fighters were pursuing the
first wave Of attackers.
"O'Hare and the other pilot took
their planes aloft Immediately. They
shot down one enemy plane. O'Hare S
teammate was forced out OF action
temporarily by minor gun trouble
out O'Hare continued the attack
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Air War on Germany
In Knockout Stage,'
Army Survey Says
BY the Associated Rress.

By the Associated Rress.
The first official indication that
the air offensive against Germany
has passed the preliminary phases
and entered on the final knockout
stage preparatory to land invision
was made public today in an Army
School survey report.
In the same article, Col. Ray w.
Clifton Of the Army Air Forces dis
closed that five divisions of infantry
combat units have been formed
from the LuftWaffe personnel-"an
indication that Germany is getting
short OF aircraft" and is preparing
to fight on the ground.
Col. Clifton. an instructor at the
Command and General Staff School
at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., dis
closed the classic -four phases" Of
strategic bombing in a survey writ
ten for the schools monthly mill
tary review.
The bombing of German-occu-
pied Europe can be considered In
the third phase now" he said. the
fourth phase being that in which
the air will paralyze the production
and movement of enemy war sup
plies and support the ground forces
making landing"
"Germanys production facilities
have been so hurt by our bombing
that she is able to produce about
l,5OO planes month. of which quite
large percentage are fighters" he
said. The reason for the large
percentage OF fighters is the fact
that the German air force has zone
from the offensive to the defensive. :"
To counter the air offensive, he
said. the Germans have had to con.
centrate the bulk of their fighter
forces in Western Europe. and that
plus the destruction of industrial
facilities-has contributed to Rus
sian and Allied Mediterranean sue
ceSses.
The number of German fighters
has increased in the west from TOO
in January to over 1870 in October"
Col. Clifton reported. The increase
Is due partly to the creation OF new
units, and partly to units drawn
from other fronts"
Evening star., 1943-12-10
House Judiciary Unit
Completes Hearings
lon Hobbs Measure

A House Judiciary Subcommittee
today completed hearings on the
Hobbs bin after plea by Repre-
sentative Hobbs. Democrat, Of Ala
bama, author of the measure, to
sop confusion" in the courts by
approving the legislation which
would validate confessions in crimi-
nal cases despite any delay in ar
raigning the defendants.
Representative Weaver, Democrat,
Of North Carolina. chairman of the
subcommittee. said he would at
tempt to get the group together next
week to discuss the bill In execu-
tive session. He was uncertain, how
ever, whether 1t would be possible
to report the measure to the full
committee at that time. He poined
out that some of the subcommittee
members have not heard all the
testimony.
Mr.. Hobbs completed the presen-
tation Of his measure after two more
witnesses had opposed the bill, which
Is the outgrowth of the Supreme
Courts decision in the McNabb case,
when the murder conviction of three
defendants was reversed because the
court said they had been held too
long before arraignment.
WilbOrn Case Cited.
The opposition witnesses were
Richard r. Atkinson and B. T. San
ders, colored attorneys who repre-
sented Haywood Wilborn, II, in one
OF the recent instances here where
Government prosecution was baked
by the McNabb ruling.
Both objected to the circumstances
under which reputed confessions
were obtained from Wilborn, and
Mr.. Sanders said his client told him
he had been mistreated. The law
yers also objected to what they said
was the established policy Of the
police here in holding individuals
for long periods for investigation.
Mr.. Atkinson said this was
vicious practice" and both lawyers
insisted that the Hobbs bill would
encourage lengthy detention.
In urging subcommittee approval
OF his bill, Mr.. Hobbs pointed to the
confusion in the courts all over the
country that has resulted from the
McNabb ruling, and said that legis-
lation was needed Immediately to
bring about change
Would Protect Prisoners.
He agreed with the recent recon-
mendation of Attorney General
Biddle that arraignment statutes
be unified and clarified but he re.
peated his argument that a long
time would be required to get a
workable law under such an ar
rangement. as each court would be
giving a different Interpretation of
the suggested provision for ar
raignment within reasonable
time"
At the same time, in considering
new arraignment legislation. Mr..
Hobbs said that study should be
given to plan that would pro
tect prisoners" against unlawful de-
| tention.
His own bill, he said, Is designed
solely Ito revert to the law which
obtained universally and was so
recognized before the McNabb de-
cision."
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Romme|'s Inspection
OF Denmark Shows
Fears Of Invasion
By the Associated Press.

bs the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 1O.-Berlin
broadcasts today reflected Ger
many's fear of a possible Allied
invasion from the west with an
official disclosure that Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel had in
spected German defenses in
Denmark and a forecast by
Capt. Ludwig Sertorius, Nazi
military commentator, that a
British-American cross-channel
attack would coincide with an
expected Russian winter Often
sive.
1T is safe to suppose" said Ser
torius in broadcast recorded by
the Associated Press, that the Rus
sions will again launch a grand
winter offensive and that they have
insisted that the British and Amer
leans attack in the west at the same
time.
Forces for this invasion are
known to be ready with an esti-
mated so divisions or more concen-
trated in Britain.
If no Russian offensive mate
rializes this winter one can con-
clude that the Allies have not COM
pleted their arrangements. In that
case the invasion will begin in the
spring"
The southern front, Sertorius
suggested, would play a junior role
at the beginning, but when the big
thing starts the Allied pressure in
the south will increase"
Sertorius estimated that there
were 26 divisions in the south avail
able to the Allies.
In another broadcast, DNB, off,
clal German news agency, an
nounced that Rommel, Nazi COM
mander in the Balkans, had visit
ed German troops in Denmark
within the last few days"
Evening star., 1943-12-10
v. Chopin Doggett Dies;
Founded Cosmetic Firm
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-V. Chaplin
Daggett, "a, founder and director of
Daggett g. Ramsdell, makers of
toilet preparations, died yesterday.
Mr.. Daggett, pioneer in the man
ufacture Of modern cold cream, be-
gan his career in New York City in
small drug store on Fifth avenue
in 1890. In less than 40 years he
and his associates had built it up to
$1,500,000 concern. His partner
throughout, the late Clifford Rams
dell, was a college classmate.
Evening star., 1943-12-10

alone against the heavily armored
bombers"
His citation said that alone and
unaided" he shot down five OF the
bombers and seriously damaged a
sixth. In all, l8 of 20 attacking
bombers were downed that day.
When he received the decoration
President Roosevelt declared the
feat, "one Of the most daring, if not
the most daring. single action in the
history of comgat aviation"
Later Comdr. O'Hare was assigned
to South Pacific naval air training
base. The Navy did not elaborate
on the mission on which he was re-
ported lost
Evening star., 1943-12-10
w. ". Mayer, Realty Agent
For Railroad, Is Dead

! By the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10.-Wil.
liam w. Mayer, 64, real estate agent
for the Pennsylvania Railroad s
Eastern Division since lo4l, died
yesterday.
A native of Mifflin, Pa, he had
been real estate agent for the system
at st. Louis. Pittsburgh and New
York City; general real estate agent
at Philadelphia and assistant to the
vice president in charge of realty.
Evening star., 1943-12-10

ICClCd llOlldl AZ
tivity for 10
years. She was
re ire d last
month from the
Recreation De-
partment after
Is years of serv-
ice.
|. The dance, be-
ginning at .
o'clock, will be
h e ! d by the
combined dane
ing classes Of
community CEN
ters at Central.
Roosevelt a n d
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Congress in Brief
By the Associated Press,

In recess until Monday.
Judiciary Subcommittee calls In.
ternal revenue ofncial in opening OF
liquor shortage inquiry.
Military Affairs Committee con-
siders mustering-out pay for armed
force members.
Finance Committee continues work
on tax bill
House:
Routine session.
Military Affairs Committee con-
tinues work on mastering out pay
bill.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Charles L. GoskeII Dies

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 R.-
Cnarles L. Gaskell, "A, actor and
lated a director and producer in the
day of silent Aims, died yesterday
A coroner's deputy said he had
suffered heart attack.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Sutherland in New Delhi

NEW DELHI, Dec. 10 (P).-Maj.
Gen. Richard Sutherland, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's chief of staff.
arrived here yesterday from Cairo
for consultations with Admiral Lord
Louis Mountbatten and others.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Coils Rhumbo Immoral

A newspaper in Bulgaria has de-
manded that the rhumba be banned
because 1t Is immoral and contrary
to the Bulgarian life"
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Central High Center
Honors Ex-Director
With Dance Tonight

Mrs. Edith H. Hunter will be hon.
ored tonight with a dance at the
Central High School Community
Center, where she was in charge of
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Censorship
Continued From First PAGE J

request that certain news not be
published or broadcast and invited
appeals when requests were received
from other sources.
"Unquestionably. news is being
suppressed needlessly by newspa pers
Evening star., 1943-12-10

xApprentice allowance,
Post time 80 pm
Housewives - Save your bacon
drippings and grease the skids to
launch the Axis on the sea of
oblivion.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Charles Town Entries

CLOUDY and fast)
FIRST RACE-Purse, $500: 2-year-olds:
Evening star., 1943-02-05
Su|livan5 Appeal
10 War Workers for
Greater Production
Parents Of Five Boys
Missing at Sea
Visit Baltimore
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 5.-On her
10Th wedding anniversary Mrs
Thomas E. Sullivan of Waterloo,
Iowa, told several hundred war
workers yesterday about her five
sons who were lost aboard the
cruiser Juneau.
Mrs. Sullivan and her husband
paid their first of several planned
visits to Eastern war plants by going
to Charles T. Brandt, Inc, in Balti-
more.
On a platform before workers in
the plant. Mrs. Sullivan spoke
briefly, saying:
Work harder 50 this war will end
eoon and other sons can come home
safely. Dad and I are proud of our
sons. They did what they wanted
to do. And I want you to work
even harder so the war will end
sooner"
Her husband said:
I'm a working man like all OF
YOU. want you to know that every
man in my division Of the Illinois
Central Railroad-1'm freight con-
ductor-invests 10 per cent of his
pay in War bonds. I get a bond
every month and every third month
I get two $25 bonds. The Govern
nent needs that money and it's a
good investment"
1t. Kenneth I. Taylor, with the
incentive Division OF the Navy De-
partment at Washington, accom-
panied the Sullivans from Washing
ton to Baltimore. He explained
that Mrs. Sullivan expressed a de-
Evening star., 1943-02-05

sire to the Navy Department to
talk to war workers.
Mrs. Sullivan stated that she felt
If there had been more planes over
the Juneau her boys would be alive
now
IF you ever feel that you want
to take day off or want to stop
working. think of the Sullivans, -
1t. Taylor told the men.
Charles T. Brandt. Inc, was the
first war plant in Baltimore to be
awarded the Army-Nayy "E" pen
nant for excellence in war produc-
ton. Miss Catherine r. Brandt,
sister of the president and treasurer
OF the firm. conducted the Sullivans
on a tour Of the plant.
Evening star., 1943-02-05
U. S. Worship CoIIides
With Merchant Vessel

BY the Associated Press
The Navy Department announced
last night that an American war
ship and small United States mer-
chant vessel had collided in the
Narragansett Bay area.
There were no casualties to the
personnel Of either vessel, the de-
partment said.
Evening star., 1943-02-05

OFFICE PET-Senator Nc
Fariand OF Arizona holds one
OF his office pets" a stuffed
llzard which he has named
Mussolini. The name is ap-
proprlate, says the Senator.
because the lizard in real life
Is slow, sluggish, doesn't
know where he is going and
Is poisonous.
thanksgiving Photo.
Evening star., 1943-02-05
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-05
Freeman Retiring AS
Court Clerk June 30

Superior Court Clerk George H..
Freeman today confirmed Saturday
Democrats report he would retire
ct the end Of the current court cal
endar year, June 80. The veteran
court officer, who started court
duties as messenger In 1911 and
served as assistant clerk before re-
ceiving appointment as clerk In
1924, has submitted his resignation
and q successor win be named when
the superior court judges hold their
annual meeting June !.
Several prominent lawyers are
under consideration for the job,
among them Mayor John 8. Mon
agan, who, until he assumed may.
orally duties, served as substitute
clerk when Mr.. Freeman assisted
naturalization officials or otherwise
was unable I'd be present in the
courtroom. 1t is believed highly
improbable that the mayor would
be willing to rellnquish his present
post In view Of increasing assurance
that he will head his party IN the
next election. The permanency Of
the position however, viii attract
mary candidates, observers note.
Mr.. Freeman resigned as court
messender In 1917 after serving for
six and Q half years and then was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-05

appointed temporary clerk. He
served in that capacity until June.
1924, when he was named clerk. He
succeeded Samuel J. March who
died In office Nov. II, 1923.
Before his assumption Of court
duties, the veteran court official
practiced law as an associate Of
Judge Charles O. Root and later In
the firm Of Carmondy and Thoms.
During the last World War he was
prominent as q draft board official.
During his 80 years as q court of
ficer, Mr.. Freeman has seen many
court changes. When he started his
duties the present courthouse build
ing on Kendiick avenue was In the
process Of enlargement and court
sessions were held In the old Odd
Fellows building. Growth OF super
Tor court duties was further height
ened q few years ago when natural-
lzation activities werS moved from
the common pleas court to the su.
perior court.
James e. Mcknight, clerk Of the
common pleas court, is among the
possible candidates mentioned today.
Others include Attorneys Thomas
Neary Of Naugatuck, John D.
Thoms, David Torrance, Guerin
Carmondy and Clarence Balanda.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-05
u. S. PLANES
HIT JAP OIL
LiberatOrs Rain Bombs
on Refinery in
Burma
-NEA Raiiophoto

New Delhi, April s, - (uP) ---
American Liberator long range
bombers struck at the heart of the
Japanese army's oil supply In Burma
Sunday by raining 10000 pounds OF
high explosive bombs on the Thil.
ava oil refinery, south Of Rangoon
q communiQue Of the u. 8. Army
Air Force announced today.
All bombs fell In the target area
and direct hits were scored on
buildings and storage tanks, causing
explosions and starting fires that
could be seen for so miles,
The refinery, presumed to have
been wrecked by the British In their
withdrawal last year, had been re-
ported restored TO operation only re-
Gently.
Billy Mitchell medium bombers
again raided the important rail cen-
ter at Maymyo. 20 miles east OF
Mandalay, yesterday.
Medium bombers raided the much
boi:S ed Myitgne bridge south Of
Mandalay where the enemy has been
working to restore north-south rail
trafiic.
All planes returned safely from
these raids, the communlque said.
Royal Air Force fighter patrols
have sunk four out of eight Japa-
nese supply sampans In the Bay Of
Bengal OH the Arakan coast OF Bur
ma, o British communique an
nounced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-05
INVASION fever
is MOUNTING
Axis Move Five French
Leaders to Germany to
Tighten Balkans Hold
BY JOHN A. PARIS
UNITED Press STAFF COrreSnOndenil

London, April 5.--CUP)-Invasion
fever increased In Europe today as
the Axis moved three imprisoned
former French premiers and two
other French leaders to Germany to
forestall their rescue by the Allies
and frightened their hold on the Bal
kanS.
A swedish dispatch said British
planes dropped leaflets on occupied
Holland promising an invasion In
May and Greek War Minister Byron
Karapanyiotis In Cairo told o reg
iment OF his countrymen that at
viii not be many months till an in
vasion Of Greece takes place"
In England, Home Secretary Her
bert Morrison declared that Axis
forces in Europe would be sand
wiched betwec British and Amer
leans In the west and Russians In
the East" after the defeat Of the
Italo- German armies in Tunisia.
At the same time, the British and
Algiers radios broadcast warnings
to French patriots TO beware of UNI
Substantlated rumors OF Allied land
ings on the continent. The Broad
casts said the Germans were spread
ing such rumorS and might even
stage fake landings themselves in
order to trick the patriots into re-
vealing themselves.
you'll be told about the begin
ming Of Allied operations on the
continent at the very moment such
operations begin" the spokesman
said.
Developments within Europe
pointing toward increasing Axis
concern over the impending Allied
invasion or invasions included:
!. Germany moved former
French premiers Eudouard Daladier.
Leon Blum and Paul Reynaud, for.
mer generalissimo Maurice Gamelin
and former French interior minister
Georges Mandel from French prisons
to Germany because OF information
"that the British and American gov
ernments intended to lay hold Of
some French personalities in
order to use them for formation Of
a counter-government and thus Gre
ate chaos and disquiet In France"
2. Radio Moscow reported that
Marshal Erwin Rommel has arrived
at headquarters of the newly
formed Axis southern defense zone
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