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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-14
ALLIES READY
FOR INVASION
Defeat of Hitler Within His
European Citadel Next
Major Task
BY HARRISON SALISBURY
UNITED Press COrrespondent)

London, April l4-(UP)-Three
months after the Casahlanca con-
ference Jan. IL finds the Allies on
the verge Of accomplishing the In
itial task outlined by President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill-the expulsion Of the Axis
from Africa.
This is the initial requisite es-
tablished by the conferees for the
launching Of the second major task
Of the bcat-Hltler program--the in.
invasion and defeat OF Hitler with
In his European citadel.
The first phase OF that second
task is the Softening up of Maxi de-
lenses and war industry, and that
Is well under way under the
Stepped-up scale Of Allied day and
night air attacks.
Although most attention has been
focused on the attacks In northern
Europe. particularly against subma-
rine bases and the German arms
industry, the Allied air arm has
been dealing blows, not Of equal in
tensity. but probably Of equal COM
parative affect, against Italy and
Italian outposts In Sicily.
After Marshal Rommel's expul-
sion from Tunisia, the Allies will be
prepared to follow through with the
invasion Of Europe proper. Where,
naturally, is a military secret, but
there Is growing speculation in Lon
don that southern Europe will re-
sound first to the marching tramp
OF Allied invaders.
The Allies required about two
months after the Casablanca con-
ference before they could really
come to grips with Rommel.
Although 1t Is assumed that prep
ions for invading the soft I'M
dersi6c have been going forward
side by side with those for defeating
Rommel, 1t is likely that there will
be considerable regrouping and re-
QUILTING for the British First and
Eighth armies and the American
forces before they start across the
Mediterranean.
While no information probably
be given out, 1t might be supposed
that second front operations in
northern Europe will not get under
way until the southern European
expeditionary force has won a
strong foothold.
The Allied ability TO launch si-
muItaneous invasions of North and
South Europe obviously Is limited
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BOND SALES PASS
6 MILLION MARK
Almost $780, 900 Attained
at Victory House; Bald
win Issues Appeal

Waterbury area has passed the 0
million dollar mark for the sale OF
war bonds 1t was announced by q.
Horace Baldwin, chairman OF the
war finance committee today.
Mr.. Baldwin said that as soon as
the reports come In from the towns
Of Litchflcld county and parts OF
New Haven County, the amount
mentioned should be much greater.
more people have got TO realize
that they have got to buy more than
the 10 per cent that Is being used
for the purchase Of war bonds by
employees all over the country" said
Mr.. Baldwin. He emphasized that.
People have got TO realize the great
Importance Of the purchase Of war
bonds-what IL means to the coun-
try and what IL viii mean 10 the
world. There's no kidding about this
matter. II shouldn't even have TO
take o campaign 10 stimulate the
American people to purchase the
bonds that are the lifeline for the
democratic way Of life. Everybody
should dig into his pockets and use
almost every last dollar TO help in
the worlds most worthy cause!"
In Mr.. BaldWin's talk over the air
last night he said. ''If each and
every person buys all the bonds they
possibly can, then when the boys
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-14
WAR TRAINING
COURSES FREE
Men and Women Seeking
Industrial Jobs Urged
to Sign Up

Mrs. Mary NJ, Dewey, deputy area
director OF the War Manpower Com
mission, today urged men and wo-
men interested In getting employ
ment IN war industries to enroll In
war training courses scheduled to
start at Leavenworth high school
next month, Extensive recruiting
plans are being completed by the
local labor management manpower
committee In cooperation with the
director TO secure additional work
ers and to encourage enrolment IN
training classes,
Applications for the Leavenworth
classes can be obtained from In
dustrial Secretary Arthur L. Purin-
ton at the Central Y. M, c. A, and
should be turned in by Saturday at
noon, Mrs. Dewey stated.
Among the new courses planned
here are: cost accounting for war
production, engineering drawing, in
dustrial safety, industrial super
vision, inspection OF engineering ma
terialS, machine detailing, MAIN
tenance engineering, materials pro-
curement and control, mechanical
movements, methods engineering
motion and time study, Office SUPER
vision, personnel supervision, quail
ity control, radio communications,
tool design, transportation and traf-
&c control. and production control.
A publicity campaign will be
started shortly by the VINO to en-
courage housewives and others who
are not in the labor field TO take
jobs for the duration and help al
the critical labor shortage" area.
leviate the employment problems oi
A number Of Questionnaires dis.
tributed by the VINO to employer:
who are affected by the 48-hou
minimum work week law have beer
returned already and the director
has set April "a us the closing
date for filing the required infor-
nation. The purpose of the queS-
tionnaires Is to learn the degree OF
compliance in the area. The Ques-
tons seek information on the num-
Der of employees, and the status OF
each In regard to the federal reg
ulation.
Employers who did not secure the
VINO forms through mail have been
asked TO call at the office on West
Main street. Copies were mailed
only TO those Employers who had
already contacted the office and II
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-14
AMERICANS SHELL
MUNDA and KISKA
Army and Navy Planes
Make Six More Attacks
on Jap-HeId Bases

Washington, April IA. - (UP) -
United States army medium bomb
ers. supported by Army and Navy
fighters have made six more attacks
ON Japanese-hel Kiska In the
AleutianS. the Navy disclosed today.
A communique said that hits were
scored on the runway. gun emplace-
ments and the main camp area. The
raids were made on Monday.
In the south Pacific. U. s. air.
men struck two more blows at Num-
da on New Georgia Island. Fires
were started by hits scored on All
ammunition dump and In the camp
area.
Text of Navy communique No.
343:
South Pacific tall dates east Ion
gitude):
IL. During the night of April 1913
Army Liberator heavy bombers
Consolidated B-2D bombed Munda
on New Georgia Island.
~. On April Is. during the morn
ing, Avenger torpedo bombers
(Grumann TBFD. escorted by Cor
sair CVOught F4U). and Lightning
Gockheed P-30 fighters bombed
and Strafed Munda. Bombs were
dropped on the runway and dis
persal areas. and fires were started
from hits scored on an ammunition
dump and In the camp area.
North Pacific:
IS. On April ~. formations OF
Army Mitchell medium boinbers
North American B-2D. with Cor
sair CVOught F4U and lightning
Hockheed P-38) fighters. carried
out six attacks on Japanese iastalla-
tons at Kiska. Hits were scored on
the runway. gum emplacementS and
the main camp area"
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british PLANES
AID OFFENSIVE
AGAINST ITALY
SpeZia Raided as Amer.
leans Bomb Sicily and
Sardinia
AXIS ACKNOWLEDGE
INVASION THREATS
ROmmel Takes Plane Trip
to Meet ItaIO-G German
Military Chiefs
by WILLIAM n. DICKINSON
limited Press Staff Corresnondent

by WILLIAM n. DICKINSON
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
London, April ID. -
CUP - British four-engined
bomberS joined the crescent
doing aerial offensive against
Italy last night with a shat
tering raid on the SpeZia
naval base as the Axis report
eddy massed 1000 planes In
southern Italy to combat any
invasion.
CU. s. Attorney General Francis
Biddle told 5000 cheering Italian
Americans In New York City last
night that the time may not be long
before an army frees Italy)
Striking more than TOO miles
across the English Channel and
Axis Europe, the BritlSh-based
bombers dumped their cargoeS Of
block busters and incendiary bombs
on Spezia at q time when Anglo
American bombers from Africa were
raiding southern Italy. Sicily and
Sardinia on an around the-clock
basis.
simultaneously, o Royal Air Force
communique issued at Cairo dis
closed that British middle-eastern
bombers attacked Palermo and Mes
sina, Sicily, Monday night.
Bomb bursts were seen on rail-
road sidlngs near the ferry term
linus at Messiaa, the Cairo COM
muniQue said. All planes returned
safely.
Though the Spezia raid involved
one Of the longest flights undertake
en- by British biased bombers, only
three planes were lost In the heavy
assault and In a subsidiary raid at
dawn today on northwest Germany.
Spezia, which lies at the eastern
end of the Gulf Of Genoa In north
ern italy, has been raided twice
previously during the war.
The clamping Of an Allied aerial
pincers on Italy was interpreted in
some circles as signaling the start
Of an offensive TO soften up Premier
Benito Mussolinl'S domain for the
predicted Allied invasion Of the
soft underbclly Of Europe"
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Hartford Girl
Mother At II

New York, April l4-(UP)-
ManOlO EspejO, 30-year.Old Fla
iplnO had court sanction today
20 10 back 10 EStelle Richmond.
the IA year old Hartford,
Conn.,, girl who bore him a son,
whenever divorce proceedings
from his first wife arc COM
pIeted.
A jury yesterday acquitted
EspejO Of blgamy, perjury and
Illegally obtaining n license TO
marry o minor. Judge John J.
Freschi dismissed additional
charges Of rape and impairlng
the morals Of his child wife.
Freschl warned ESpejO not 70
20 back 70 the girl until the
divorce decree Is final. HAw-
ever, he urged that The court
expedite the divorce because
the girl needed the security
which could be provided BY The
e ther OF her child.
Several members OF the jury
Of FIVE women and seven men
wept when the girl told Of her
romance with Espej0 which be-
gan In the roomlng house Of
her parents, MIR. and Mrs. Cliff.
ford Richmond In Hartford.
EspejO came to the Rich
mOndS to live with his daugh-
ter, Joy, Z, about two years ago
when Esteile was only IL. He
said his wife had deserted him
and that he believed she was
dead. The romance with Estelle
began, he said, because Of her
playmate friendship with Joy.
Later they came TO New York
and were married.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-14
CANADA'S HOSPITAL
SHIP COMMISSIONED

Montreal, April l4.-(UP)-Can-
ada's FIRST and only hospital ship
of this war, recently commissioned,
was revealed today TO be the former
Canadian National steamship Lady
Nelson.
When on the West Indies run,
she piled between Halifax and West
Indian ports, putting in at Boston.
Mass, both on outward and inward
VOYAGES.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-14
RADIO PARIS CLAIMS
SCHMELING INJURED

London. April I4.--(UP)--A radio
Paris broadcast was quoted by the
Daily Sketch today as saying that
Max Schmeiing. fOrme" worlds
heavyweight 0oxing champion, was
wounded seriously and captured by
the Russians on the eastern front.
5chmeling served as a paratroop-
er with the German army during
the battle OF Crete.
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ALCATRAZ BREAK
COSTS TWO LIVES
Two DesperadOes Dead,
Two Others Back After
Attempt to Escape
BY ROGER JOHNSON

lUn1ted Press StaN COFrcSpOhueNTJ
San Francisco, April IA. UP)
Two desperadoes were listed as
dead today and two others were back
In prison after the most sensational
escape attempt in the history OF
AlcatraZ.
Warden James A. Johnston said
Floyd G. Hamilton, 80. fromer men,
Der OF a midwest gang. and James
A. Boardman, "a. bank rObber from
Indianapolis. Ind. were shot while
swimming In the treacherouS waters
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Get ready with n Post Jr. College
Of Commerce Training. Day and
night. "a Central Ave. Phene 4-sJ72.
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DsmOus-s:SO p IN. 70 sea q, N
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15

the third day l was able to walk
once more.
They decided to take me in a
canoe 10 their village, where l
was given American food--canned
meat and potatoes.
On the second day in the village
the infection in my foot was
lanced. The ulcers that covered
my body were bathed with anti
septic.
During my stay IN the native
village l was stricken with ma
iaria. ! was given "queenie," ma
tive name for quinine. My body
was bathed in fresh water and
lime. Within five days the fever
disappeared. While with the na-
uves I regained- 20 of the 40
pounds I had lost. When l arrived
at the native village l weighed
about rs pounds.
On the 72nd day after / had
parachuted into the sea, navy
rescue plane landed off shore near
the native village.
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thing 10 look forward -to-and l
slept better that night.
reached the beach near the
house at mid-afternoon OF the
next day. / hid my raft in the
bush and approached the building,
fearful that 1t was occupied by
Japs.
saw sign that read Solomon
Developing Co, Sy dney. Aus
tralia-.3 soon learned that
the building was part of an aban-
doned Coconut plantation.
Just when decided there was
no life there heard q cackle from
an clubhouse. II startled me at
first.
GETS FIRST REAL MEAL
I hurried TO the small building
and found an old hen setting in a
nest. / gave her poke with a
stick and she scurried off. Before
me in the nest were a dozen eggs.
l lost no time in breaking one
open and gulping II down. That
egg was my first real food since
the morning / took of from Hen
derson Field.
had lost count Of the days, but
il must have been around the
twentieth day. AS ! ate the sec
ond egg / remembered how / had
griped during my early days in
the service about having 70 eat
canned meat and beans.
/ vowed then that il I survived
I would never complain b u I
anything.
I tried 20 catch the hen. !
wanted 10 kill her and eat the raw
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
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During Summer

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too weak to chase her. / found
an orange and a lime tree near
the house. / couldn't chew the
oranges so ! squeezed the juice
and let it trickie down my throat.
DIET OF 2 EGGS A DAY
stayed at the plantation house
five days. Each day 1 ate two
eggs, one in the morning and the
other at night. On the sixth day
I gathere some lines and
oranges and started travelling
again.
In the distance I could see the
tip Of a large island. with the
peak Of a mountain rising above
the clouds. / decided TO make this
island my next objective.
When / landed I soon found
that i had made another bad
move. l found no life; only cliffs
and mountains. However. there
was plenty of fresh water-my
first in approximately ~ days.
I finally decided that / would
retrace my steps and try 10 make
il back 10 the first island on which
/ landed. / started out the next
morning and barely made il back
TO the plantation house. The in
lection in my hand had cleared,
but my foot was swollen from in
lection.
That night I planned what I
decided would be my final attempt
10 contact life. Why I reached
this decision I'll never know, but
as j lay there on the floor of that
abandoned plantation house
prayed 10 God Almighty TO send
me in the right direction.
CARRIED OUT TO SEA
Tomorrow, I decided, I'll SET
out again. This time TT make for
the other side of the big island
BY day ! padded along the shore
line, in and out Of small islands
\ Near dusk on the fourth day
as l had barely enough strength
in my arms 10 paddle. storm
broke and gradually | was carried
cut to sea. The last / remember
started TO scream, and then
passed out!
/ was told later that A higl
wind blew me into shore. When
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
BY STAFF SGT. HARRY BOLSER
USING Combat Correspondent

GUADALCANAL June 26 (delayed) ms
Kissing in action for Y days, smiling Bill Coffeen
r., marine corps flying staff sergeant, has re-,
after his comrades decided ne had
,erished.
Shaggy and lean, he stepped out of navy res
ue plane yesterday. He told of surviving storms,
,lstering sun and infection and living for 81 days
N coconut diet The last 40 days he was missing
friendly natives cared for him.
Today Sgt Cofeen, %, whose parents live in Chicago.
at naval base hospital being treated for malaria and
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ing. and my hunting knife and
pistol.
NOT SEEN BY PLANES
After I righted the raft !
started padding with my hands.
l still was In sight OF land. In
l heard the familiar
drone of our fighter plane motors
lit was my flight returning from
the strike on which l had set out
that morning
Several OF the planes few low
and almost directly over me. ]
fired FIVE shots from my pistol
and waved the white raft sail, but
they failed 10 see me.
! started padding with my
hands toward land. On the way.
sharks swished by the raft.
] slept In sitting position that
night. Long before daybreak /
started again for land. The sea
was calm.
Near shutdown the second day
ont, / finally reached the shore
OF small island. l was exhausted,
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MISSES HIS SHOES

When I reached the beach Of the
coconut grove island / realized i
made a grave mistake by tossing
my shoes overheard after the
storm. My socks were the only
protection for my feet.
] can't describe the feeling that
I experienced as showed the raft
onto the beach. Here l was on
South Pacific island. hundreds Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15

regsined consciousness 1 was in
the arms of a native.
you American or jap" the
native inquired in his best pid-
gin English. Il
I'm American" / told him.
American, you good" he re-
piled.
Those were the best words I
believe ! have ever heard in my
life. / knew then that l had been
rescued.
RESCUER CARRIES HIM
couldn't walk. My reScuef
carried ne to his hat not far from
the beach, l asked the date and
he told me il was May IS. When
i told him l had been lost since
April 1872 days-he hardly be-
lieved me.
lie told me that white men
could not live that long on the sea
ana in the jungle. The native was
a converted Seventh Day Advent
list. lie had been taught English
by missionaries.
As he carried me in his arms !
said 10 myself, bill, this is the
happiest moment in your life.
lie sent his two sons after food
and they returned with yams and
papaya, and a fish.
GIVEN AMERICAN FOOD
The father peeled the yams and
papaya and placed them in a bowl
over a fire. He squeezed the Gil
from the coconut meat.
In another bowl he boiled the
FISH in coconut oil. l was unable
10 eat the yans and papaya, but
l drank the liquid from the fish.
/ felt stronger the next day. By
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Kept Thinkingof Rickenbdoker;
finally Rescued by Navy Plane

Editors Note: Bill CoGeen Jr. Of Chicago is m
naval base hospital today re00ninG his health after sur
1Uing 72-ddy solitary trek through sparsey inhabited
islands ia the Central SoomOns The following IS Gc
count hoo corps fier forced TO bail out of has
pdne fought has W0y back to safety after thinking Of
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker and Swearing there Woutd be
no giving up"
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HEAVY RAIN STORM

After making a short trip along
the beach and finding nothing l
returned 10 my raft. That night
the rain came down in torrents.
/ slept in the raft in water that
almost covered my body. really
didn't sleep. / merely closed my
eyes trying 10 rest. In the morn
ing. / tried to chase down a wild
pig with a club, but he got away
from me.
decided TO try for another IS
land 1t took me all that day TO
reach it. II was the same story
when | landed there near nightfall
no food. no fresh water. no life.
My diet Of coconutS and coconut
juice was beginning TO affect my
digestive system. / was suffering
from diarrhea. A mosquito bite
on my left hand and had become
infected and n red streak appeared
from my wrist 10 my shoulder. My
right foot also was infected.
OPERATES ON HIMSELF
The next morning my left arm
was swollen 20 twice its normal
size. l realized blood poison was
developing. so cut open the
source Of infection with my knife,
and bathed my arm in salt water
for more than an hour. ! was
relieved somewhat and decided TO
move on. That morning l tried
10 drink coconut juice, but l just
couldn't get IT down.
As ! padded along the shore /
saw what appeared TO be a red
rooted house near the end of the
island l padded with all the
strength that was left in my body.
L didn't care whether the house
was occupied by natives, Japs or
whites I was nearing the end of
my endurance.
The house proved a greater dis
tance away than l had estimated:
when night fell I still was several
miles from it. But 1 had some
ApVFRTIgEMEST
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ENGINE STARTS SMOKING

Within sight Of land. between
Iolombangara and Choiseu
Stands. / suddenly noticed my en-
inc smoking. My oil line was
eaking.
Losing altitude rapidly and
caring the motor would explode,
decided 10 bail out
II seemed that l hit the water
ust a few seconds after my para
hute opened
] pulled The cord on my life
acket, but IL failed 10 initiate. II
lad been punctured. I pulled my
ubber raft out and inflated it.
he paddle was missing.
The water was calm, but 30
minutes later a storm hit. High
waves tossed my small rubber
1T about like a toothpick and
overturned A. Into the water
vent al Of my medical supplies
md emergency rations. All l had
eft was the clothing l was wear
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meat. But she took off 10 the
underground nearby and l was
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nalnutrition.
l got off on the wrong foot
hat morning of April 13
nd ended up the same way,
emarked Colleen, telling of
is adventure.
My plane barely missed the
.reetops as took off from Hen
lerson Field. A guide light at
he end of the strip blinded me.
y were to escort navy torpedo
Nhbers on a mission.