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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13
By HARRISON SALISBURY

By HARRISON SALISBURY
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Lorulon. April 13. - (UP) - II
q man hasn't q house to live in, II
his corner grocery has been burned
down, II there's no gas, electricity,
water or street cars and II he has
been up all night fighting fires
he Is not going to be much help get
ting the blitzed Essen Steel Works
going again.
That is one Of the secondary -
but highly important - effects OF
the Allied air offensive against Ger
many which may be overlooked In
the United States. 1t Is not for
gotten by the British who have been
through the same thing themselves.
Possibly the closest parallel TO
this type Of situation in the United
States is at Willow Run. Ford's
giant plane plant. willow Runs
experience has shown O specific cor
relation between the ability OF work.
ers to find q place to eat and sleep
and live and the production ca
pacity.
willow Run didn't have enough
houses, so workers were forced to
travel by automobile as much as
20 miles round trip daily. As o
result, Willow Run never has been
able TO obtain enough workmen to
run steadily at Its originally esu-
mated capacity and has q constant
labor turnover that hampers eff
cheney.
This Is the same thing on a
smaller, and less drastic, scale that
happens when the RAE sends q
pulveFizing raid over Essen. A more
graphic idea OF secondary bombing
effects also can be found In Lon
don or almost any British indus
trial city by q sightseer.
All you have TO do Is see acre af-
ter acre, mile after mile OF burned
out and battered houses. apartments.
stores, shops-buildings Of every
description - which run alongside
the London Dock area. commercial
road and East India dock area.
You can realize that II not q
single bomb had hit the docks them
selves Il would have been . hard
Job 70 keep them running because
there no longer would be any place
where dock labor could live.
The problems which authorities
Of German biitzed towns face IN
handling refugees and essential
services are believed 70 be many
times those OF Britain. The Ger.
mans have little OF no reserves Of
Civilian supplies such as blankets.
dishes, cutlery. Pots. pans and
clothes - all necessities for persons
who have lost everything In bombed
| houses.
They also probably have no spare
stocks Of wood, bricks. nails. NOR
tar, and the materials needed TO
repair damaged residences.
! Figures on the evacuation Of Essen
1 range from 5000 10 $4,000 Of the
normal population Of $1,000. These
show that the Krupp Works there
/ will have q hard time running fun
blast even a the damage 10 the plant
itself q repaired. one estimate said
production had been eut % 70 20
nap eaIak
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13
WARTIME HEALTH COLUMN
A Boulder" In Your Eye?
Here's How To Get II Out

downward while the patient locks
up. The upper lid may be inspected
by first pulling its laSheS dOgn and
out. then pushing the end o. the
other thumb about half an inch from
the edge Of the lid and pressing
downward. at the same time turn
ing the I'D sharply upward
IL Is advisable 70 secure the best
light possible for these operations.
either daylight or sfn0ng electric
light. what feels like . boulder may
turn out 10 be the minutest speck-
As soon. Is the particle Is observed
on either lid. IL may be removed
with the m0isfened edge q . clean
handkerchief.
WASH EYE CAREFULLY
Flushing the eye with boEae aetc
solution Is . safe way 20 remove
many particles The pgoper solution
may be reached b. 6iss0lglng 0ne
rounded teazp00nfnl 81 hogae act0
In = pint q boiling water and allow
ing Il 10 cool with . small balb
medicine droppeT. the eye may ~
th0roughy eleansed. while the Ida
are held apart. The solution kla0uic
BE- allowed 10 run onto the eye 81
the SIDE opEoEite that IN which f2pe
suffered Is i00king.
TIE eye Is eEeeedingly delicate
Reneiik. t00lhpkeks. matches, and
knife blades are net safe 0plafbal-
mologieal instruments. nor ehouid
the eye be rubbed. esen eaEslmily'
~ the particle Is emlle6Ge6 40 ~
eye. and moi easfiy sen0Eabie. ~
eye should be closed and covered
WITH . eompgess 10 order % pgsseDi
q further ininEy. and . 6oe1o'
consulted pEomptly. ID W1n6y towns
and eilses. Il IS e0mmOn pgaeslea
fer the nearest pharmacists - nsn1es
1rz1 aid for the eye-an1 20 s4gz
over Eeeaietirnnt eases 20 . paAgn6'
ear.
swAWAWM Waz1mw IN. TAmwnN
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asked for authority and money to
make fun parity payments for each
q the crop years 1853 and 1874
The committee rejected the request.
believing that observance Of exist
ing price control legislation
Efll afford producers. either from
loans or from the magEet, the fulI
parity price"
In abOlislsing the farm security
administration. the committee r.
peated last years critAeisn-that
the agency had lent excessive
amounts" 20 Individual BORROWERS.
INDUCED ia land purchase programs,
retained careless and inefficient
employees. and expeTsmented ~in col
leettye farming, which eeeHaed to
Resemble the oOilaetfyist practices
followed 10 Russia"
IL justified transfer Of F6AS ma
)0r remaining functions 70 the farm
credit administration in the inter
ct Of better credit Indignation.
economy aDd esfieteDey~ sinOe FSA
has become essentially . farm credit
agency
me kAggeSt eut go agrSe9ltmEe,G
badset gss s2900oeo 600 for ~cOnseE-
vatioB and Rsse % agricultural Land
nesoaEoes~ Tie request vas for
800 0o00o. q which el0o0000 80
wlas 10 the E0gsp o. . supplemental
estimate for bneeDttge psgDaepts f0g
prO6HetA0n 81 certain eTssbeaa cOgpS.
TIE eommtttee 6laapprOge6 TIE
el0010@ 90 s0r lnneDttge psylssentS
and ne1aee1 lie regular budget e.
Innate from go o00oo 70 $780,
coo. naaking tt agaflaf5se ~sOaesy for
progEaas under the Agricultural
adjustment aea ~ 1905 a, and for
ooDpiianeeg eith sDgl-bull6lng and
water Braetlcek" By
. fsBns lfBsaaElg the GslE6s, The e0ss~
milsee apparently sbcslssled ne 80
ealle@ ger bmkfDes benefit pavnsswta
% fsrmeES WHO comply with tl1e
a6mAninaEsaa0B's aerease allosmeni
pBoGTnma-
The eommigaee egisieszsd Etse AgEt-
easifasEe Depagsmept fog ~n0t going
! far enDsgal" 10 eODVeFs1Dn - eosue
q lts activities from peacettme "a
BaTaime sempo sn1 said g h9d
saken aesaon, ~eilmplatang algogssh-
er 10 nonne Instances. eeTttD aee5vls
+ ales Walela seem - have ~ imme0-
ate military vnlsle, wliIe Se4ueinG
esEeatn o41serB o. EB6lEsesIlg them
mlnng mere nsefm Mnes~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13

there Is any hazard from steel
particles. emery dust or chemicals.
suitable goggles should be 0eliga-
tory.
..6wEEP WITH AsA8nEs
Most small Specks In ths eye or
on the eyelidS may he removed
easily. Pirst leashes Of the upper
I'D should be pulled down and out
over the lower I'D several times IN
succession. Inc practice then tends
10 be carried by tears 70 the inside
corner of the ere. where Il can BE
lifted out readily with the corner
Of 4 clean handkerchief o. han1age
IL the particle Il not recovered
IN this manner. enc may look un-
der the lids. The inside o. the loser
lid may be examined ~ piaeins the
thumb beneath tie Ne and pressing
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13
JAP OFFENSIVE
BADLY CRIPPLED
Continued from Page u


A compilation of air fighting re-
suits in the southwest Pacific dur
ing the past week showed the Jap
anese have lost at least IS planes
thirty nine others were destroyed in
the Solonoms. under the South Pa
cific command, during an attack on
United States shipping.
The gains by the newly reinforced
japanese air fleet have been negli-
gible. Allied losses in planes total
only q handful. Only two were lost
In yesterdays Port MOresby battle.
The battle lasted 20 minutes.
Lightnings. airacobras and kitty.
hawks intercepted the fleet of 50
bombers and so fighters so miles
north Of the Port over the noun
tains and fought them from $4,000
10 $4,000 feet. The Japanese forma-
ton broke up quickly and turned
back.
The outnumhered Allied planes
wene aided by anti-aircraft batter
les. The score was 10 bombers and
10 fighters destroyed by aircraft. two
bombers shot down and six others
damaged so badly they could not
reach their home bases by anti-air-
craft.
The last previous raid on Port
Moresby was on Feb. II. This was o
light affair and there had not teen
q major raid since last September.
Settlement Destroyed
Tenth United States Army An
New Delhi, April l3-(UPl-The
Force announced today that lorna.
tlcns Of It's Curtiss Poo fighters at.
tackled the village Of Walabum IT,
northwest Burma yesterday anc
completely destroyed" the Japa-
nese settlement.
The American fighters dropped
,, light demolition and fragmentatior
bombs on the villages and q Japa.
nese supply dump. scoring direct
hits. All the planes returned safely
A British communiQue said ROyai
Air Force b0mbers raided Akyab
major Japanese base In lower Bur.
ma. last night.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13

morning and patrols from the First
and Eighth Armies are pushing for
ward north between the coast and
the hills.
French forces continue to press
forward In the hills to the east Of
the Ousseltia Plain.
Further north on the First Army
front, advances were also made In
the MedjeZ Fl Bab-Munchar sector,
'On the night of April ll-l2
strong forces Of heavy and light
bombers of the strategic and tactical
air forces attacked the enemy lar
field at st. Marie du lit. Direct
hits were observed on buildings and
many fires were left burning.
Attacks on this target and on
another enemy airfield In Tunisia
were continued yesterday by forma-
tons OF B-25 Mitchells and A2O BOs-
tons. Bombs burst among aircraft
on the ground and more fires were
started.
Flying Fortresses continued their
heavy attacks on enemy ports and
shipping.
Tanker HIT
eat Bizerete, q merchant vessel
received a direct hit and several
fires we're started in the dock area.
At Trapani, one large tanker was
hit and bursts were observed among
concentrations Of barges. A very
large fire resulted from this attack.
During the course Of these at
tacks, eScorting P-38 Lightnings shot
down four enemy aircraft.
Throughout yesterday, fighters
Of the tactical air force maintained
sweeps over the forward areas and
shot down one enemy aircraft.
Fighters Of the Coastal Air force
in the course Of patrols on the Al
gerian coast destroyed two enemy
aircraft.
From all Of these operations, two
Of our aircraft are missing.
Further reports Of operations on
April 10 show that five more enemy
aircraft were destroyed, making a
total Of 60 on that day."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13

and other small
particies-d0 get
In the eyes. The
accelerated tenn
pc In war plants,
too. will increase
this type Of ae-
eident.
such annoy
anees often can
be preVenteo
simply by re-
Wandering %
close the eye
partially when
In a dusty en-
yir0nment. In q
KhAn where
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13
Moose To Entertain
Past Supreme Leader
Norman @. Heyd Of Toronto, Canada, to Be Guest Of
Of Local Lodge Tomorrow Night

past Supreme Governor Norman Gladstone Heyd Of
me Loyal Order Of Moose will pay official visit to Water
bury tomorrow night the guest Of the Waterbury Lodge
VIC win be present at what expected win be one Of the
largest attended meetings In recent years formal election
az local officers will take place. No contests slated
nominations were recently made without opposition Gov
John Hannah heads the unanimously endorsed staff
~ nRrenrs
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13
Raj Raids Reduce
Nazi Labor Supply
Authorities in German Bitzed Towns Faced With
Problem in Repairing Damaged Residences

Factories are no good without men
and women to run them. Therefore,
the Royal Air Force actually is de-
livering a triple blow to most Ger
man cities: Blasting out the means
Of production, making 1t impossible
to work In many damaged plants
and placing heavy strain on the
already hard-pressed Nazi war econ
omy by forcing on 1t the whole job
Of caring for refugee civilians.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13
BUILDING PERMITS

The following permits were h.
auea teday By nnllaing Inapaesss
Jahn r. Hartley;
David Stein. 80 slephana Lane
enelaae rear pegeh. east Seeo.
Edwaftl ana Anaa REaElela.
1919 Highland asemae. garage ana
Mnlnh tWo Eaazss. ezee.
AmaEay EzaE4Wlek, s. 8iaEsleW
Asa., eAlehem e9on go.
81 f. Ma9Flnffanl - t4zHf sz4IN
sIR4aA all sasaAe - 8Aas4. 80
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13
ITALIANS ADMIT
LOSS OF CRUISER

London. April 13.-WP)-An Ital-
ian communique today admitted the
loss Of a cruiser. two submarines
ando three torpedo boats lin recent
weeks"
IAN Allied cOmmunique from
North Africa said yesterday that one
Of two Italian cruisers attacked b.
planes of La Maddalena. Sardinia
Saturday was sunk. The ship vas
the l0.O00-ton Trieste)
The communique broadcast b.
radio Rome said That two Allied
submarines had been sunk
American Army nurses were
highly praised when arriving in
New Zealand.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13

London, April lS-(UPl-Prlme
Minister Winston Churchill told
commons today that the Allies were
more than holding their own
against German U-bOatS but refused
to divulge shipping losses.
Questioned by LabOrite Emanuel
Shinvell On the statement by United
States Navy Secretary Frank KEOx
that March losses had been unuSa-
ally heavy, Churchill replied:
The results Of U-bOat warfare
are serious. as they always must be.
His statement. however, refers to Q
limited period following one wherein
the sinkingS were comparatively
small"
Shinwell, pressing for information
to alleviate considerable disquiet'
In shipping circles. could not draw
Churchill into issuing definite fig-
ures.
Il do not believe the disquiet is
more serious than IL naturally would
be at all times when this form Of
warfare is being levied upon us. .
Churchill replied
Certainly If it were. there is No
ground therefor"
In reply to questions from Earl
WintertOn. Conservative, Churchill
said he should deprecate" the de-
STABILITY Of a secret session on the
subject Of U-bOat warfare
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13
by DIR. THOMAS ID. MASTERS
Written for NEA

As you walk TO work these days.
you occasionally may miss the auto
mobile windshield more than you
do the automobile. For "things" on
the paYements-dirt, einders. sand
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13

- enmGaEve papeK. KaeeAoo4s 9l
Anz1znllan TRACKS haFe be@n ma0n
GM4zleE.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13
LATE REALTY NEWS

These real estate transactions
have been filed ut the office Of
the town clerk:
Warranty Deeds
Eva HettlingeF TO Otto Hett-
IlngeF, property on Edin avenue.
Quit Claim Deeds
Anna GFanatu 10 Louis Massi.
mo. property on Highland avenue.
Carlo Giovannielle 10 Esther A.
0iaynnnleIlo, property on High.
land avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13

N0AAeAAA1G4 AAOAAA Ga&G ~
seEnhly viii have Its ideas. and !
certainly have mine" he said. This
appointive and approving PROPOSE
ton is one that win have 10 be car
ried out jointly.
II want to get the feelings Of the
General Assembly before sending
nominations In - nominations that
will be approved without debate.
ones that win complete the Sehed-
ule 50 that we wont have to make
recess appointments
AS for the actual nominations,
the governor sal6 they depended
upon t0m0rrOwS conference. and
he hoped they would be announced
SO0n.
The governors olive branch offer
ing at yesterdays meeting Of the
State Central Committee - borne
by State Chairman J. Kenneth
Bradley. resulted In Q resolution
pledging confidence of the COM
mittee IN the governor. the Legisla-
tMre and Bradley.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13

Mortgage Releases
Waterbury. Savings Bank 10
Lacy and Nicholas Dance.
Waterbury Savings Bank 10
Sebastian and Anna beFnhaFdt,
Sadie A. and Alfred =. Tufts 10
EzarnId =. and Charlotte q. Mar
shall.
virginia u. 0ser 70 The First
FEDERAL Savings and ls0an Aaae-
station of Waterbury.
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SContanueu rom Page ID
tivity, but he did not know whether
the enemy was acting defensively Or
planning . drive.
''You must remember that an at
tack on Australia must be accom-
panied by q tremendous sea force.
And there Is no indication Of any
such concentration. The only way
the Japanese can get TO Australia
Is by ship"
Knox said that British Prime
Minister winston Churchill was
quite right when he told Com
mons today that the Allies are more
than holding their own in the hattie
Of the Atlantic.
The secretary said that when he
mentioned recently that the sub
marine situation had woTsened. he
was referring to the situation in
March.
IF you take an average over the
last six months, We are more than
holding our own" he said. But our
losses in March were above the av-
erage"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13
RETIRED STATE
EMPLOYEES SOUGHT

Continued from Page u
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13
INSANITY PLEA
COTE'S DEFENSE

Continued from . age -
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-13

nA1eAUEUs NOsAAA.s ApAA ASs
CUP1 - Governor Baldwin arranged
n meeting today with General As
sembly leaders and members Of the
appropriations committee to whip
the 1885 biennial budget into
shape so it can be submitted soon
for approval
Also the governor said. o break
down had been arranged for the
s2.3000OO war council budget. which
win provide for all activities in the
state related to the war effort.
The general budget has been in
the process Of completion since last
December, and Is reported nearly
ready for sllSmittance 10 the sen
ate and house.
BsttIeshin Connecticut
HsEtGsrd, .Csnn-, April II. -
CUP - Governor Baldwin wrote
. letter today to Navy Secretary
Frank Knox. asking that one OF
the new battIezhips be named for
the state Of Connecticut.
There Is . great deal Of inter-
est" he wrote, among the people
Of tire state Of Connecticut to have
one Of tine new battIeShips OF our
navy given the name Of our state.
There have been several ships
10 oar Navy bearing the name Of
Connecticut and some bearing the
names Of Connecticut cities, notably
the Old Hartford, Admiral FaTEa.
quits At Mobile Bay,
THE fleet which went around
the world IN 1907, had rs It's flag
ship the BattIeaIliD Connecticut.
Il earnestly hope that you can
give this matter favorable consider
alton"
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KNOX, churchill
COMMEND ALLIES

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-19
Film Time Clock

ADAMs-"The Amazing Mrs. Holiday "
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p. m The Hidden Hand" 12.is, 3:oi,
%. Abb 1907 y, m
CINDERELLA Upon = Honey.
moon" 80 $40. 1890 2. m; China
Girl 40, sos. Q ,. m.
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soe e.2s p N
HOLLYWOOD "orce Upon Honey.
moon 40, ii.io p. m. China Girl 30
$40 p. m.
MADISON "once Upon Honeymoon "
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-19
Pitts, DarWeI in
THE Bat May 2

ZASU PITTS. noted picture
coincidence, is coming 10 the Will
son Theater May >, starting with
a Sunday matinee, in The Bat "
according 10 an announcement to-
day by Henry Duffy. Miss Pitts
viii he seen IN the comedy role Of
LIzzle, the maid Of all work, while
the character of the elderly woman
around whom the action revolyes
will be played by Jane Darwell,
fayorlte character actress with
Detroit patrons since her four sea-
sons with the Woodward Stock
Co. and now one of the leading
character players Of talking pic
lures. known especially for hcr
remarkable portrayal Of Ma Joad
in The Grapes Of Wrath.
This means that only 10 more
opportunities remain 10 watch
Henry Duffy's comedy revue. Tho
Merry GO Founders, which is in
tho last two weeks Of a profitable
run.
In fact tho engagement might
be extended indefinitely were il
not that Zasu Pitts has secured a
leave Of absence for only a limited
time from tho screen and there
fore the production must he made
ar once. The Morry-Go-Round-
ers VIII continue through the
midnight performance Of Saturday
May / AZ which time il will have
run SIX and a half weeks. Con
nnunc in the revue are Jay G.
FlIppcn as master of ceremonies
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-19

daughter, took quite a fancy 10
young MIR Terry. when she came
on the M-G-M lot one day TO cali
for her mother, and introduced
them.
A HAPPY FAMILY
Now they've all moved into a
new house in Brentwood and Joan
has turned housewife, too.
With Reunion i'm France on
the screen, you'll find quite siz-
able stage show for the in per-
son" part of the bill
Johnny Long and his popular
swing orchestra, which made quite
a hit at last years appearance on
the Michigan stage will furnish
YOU with special arrangements Of
the latest tunes. while the star
will be Beatrice Kay, the Coca
ana Roll" girl who has done so
much 10 bring the Gay 90' song
favoritcS back into vogue.
Phil BrcStofi and his orchestra
will have a special swing overture
to make this really gala Easter
show.
The rest Of the acts will he an
nounced later in the week IN
these columns.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-19
Crawford Returns
after Long absence
BY CHARLES GENTRY

IT WILL be a reunion for Joan
Crawford fans at the Michigan
Friday when the star. who has
been absent from the screen for a
year, returns in her latest picture,
Reunion in France"
This will probably be Joan'S
last for M-G-M, the studio where
she occupied top spot for so long.
There's no feud, Joan simply
wants different stories and feels
that she can get them in other
pastures, although the grass
wasn't so green when she whipped
over TO Columbia 10 make that
picture with Melvyn Douglas, a
neat little epic whore the plot
sickened instead of thickened.
Joan's dilemma is that shared
by several top-Salared stars, who
are no longer lurcd into movies
by fine words and fat checks.
Stars today especially those in
the big money brackets. are more
Interested in getting good stories,
figuring that even If there's a
ceiling on salaries, there's no ra-
tioning Of good scenarios and
they'd rather wait until the right
picture comes along, before they
touch II.