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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
Allies Aerial Offensive
Continues Into 9TH Day
THOMAS CONLON
LEAVES SS2,256
Late City Controllers In
ventOry Lists Property
Worth $7O,775

The inventory of the late City
Controller Thomas M. Conlon, who
died December 30, 1912, was filed In
probate court today In the amount
Of $02, 256.0l.
Rea, estate In the amount Of $70,-
1880, consisted OF a large piece OF
property at lao South Main street,
known as the Conlon Brothers
block, and another piece Of property
at 1853 Fiske st., where Mrs. Gene
We've Conlon and her son, Thomas
s. Conlon, reside.
The inventory report listed the
property at 1863 F'lske street as sub
ject to a mortgage Of $8,069.60. The
full value Of this property Is listed
in the amount Of 5000.
The following stocks were listed In
the inventory: Atchison, Topeka e
Santa Fe. $95550; Chicago q. w.
Railway Co.--new preferred, $5l6.38;
Chicago g. Eastern III. r. r. Co.,
$l87.5O; Columbus Building Corp,
$4,000; DeBeers Consolidated
Mines, Ltd.-deferred, $22400; Fair
banks Morse 81 Co., $324.50; Gulf
Mobile e. Ohio Railway Co., $1275O;
Kansas City So. Railway Co., $205.00;
Louisville Gas 81 Elec. Co., $302.50;
Ohio OIL Corp, $23400; Socony
Vacuum Corp, $1,000; Southern
Pipe Line Co, $l45.00; South Pacific
Co., $35650: Southern Railway Co.,
1927 rs; Standard Oil Co. Of Indiana,
$420.38; Texas Corp, $504.0O; The
United Corp,--preferred, $l5l.88;
United Gas Improvement, $107.50;
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc,
$l06.SS.
The following stocks are listed In
the inventory report as being held
by the Waterbury National bank as
collateral security for q loan: Ana
conda Copper Co., $l697.50; Kenne-
colt Copper Corp, $4li4.38; Lima
Locomotive Works Co., 100;
Murray Corp, $i060.00; New York
Airbrake company, $705.00; New
York Central r. r. $l026.00; Radio
Corp, $95000; Southern Railway
Co., $l487.50; Westinghouse AIR
brake, 1851 90. A Buick sedan was
listed at the value OF $3.50.
This inventory report listed the
total Of personal property for the
(Conkinued on Pare a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
HALF-AND-HALF
TAX SUPPORTED
20 Per Cent PayCheck
Withholding on Income
After July | Favored
(NEA Telephoto)
BY TONY SMITH
United Press stan Correspondent

(Un1ted Press STAN COrreSpOmuemtl
( washington, March 2.--lUp)---
Tentative approval by q house sub
committee OF o 20 per cent pay.
check Withholding on income arlc
victory taxes after July l today
brought support for "half-and.
half" application Of the Ruml pay
as-you-go plan for canceling all oil
1925 income tax.
The "half-and-half" proposal, II
was pointed out would forgive In
come payments for the last six
months OF 1942 and the first six
months OF 1943 merely through en-
actment OF the Withholding tax with
amendments adjusting the difference
In taxable income at the end Of the
year.
Members OF house ways and
means committee and It's five-man
subcommittee, which approved the
Withholding device, said the pro-
posal has received considerable at
tention by both groups. They added
that all proposals for canceling oil
or q part Of one years tax liabilities
had been Deferred for the present.
Permanent postponement Of action
TO dispose OF years liabilities
would give automatic effect to the
"half-and-half" plan since no Law
exists for double collections.
Advocates OF the Ruml plan, al
though not committed TO the move
TO cancel part Of each years taxes
conceded that their original pro.
posal for passing all 1912 taxes
would have 10 be revised.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
BANKHEAD BILL
DELAYED S HOURS
Senate Committee Votes
on Farm Workers Defer.
ment Today at 4 p. m.
BY LOUIS J. SCHAEFLE
limited Press star COrrespOndent

washington, March 2. - CUP -
The Senate military affairs commit
tee today ordered another five hour
delay In passing judgment on the
hotly-conteSted Bankhead bill to de.
fer farm workers from military SER
vice.
Debate on the measure behind
closed doors convinced administra-
ton leaders that their immediate
strength In the committee was In
SUFFICIENT to halt approval OF the
bill.
The committee agreed, after an
hour Of discussion, TO vote at p.
m. on the measure, which Is spon-
sored by 40 members OF the Senate.
Sen. Harry s. Truman, D., Mo-
an opponent OF the measure, said
the delay was decided upon because
II was clear that the committee
members In favor Of the bill can OUT
; Iote u.s.
Truman, chairman of the special
Senate committee investigating the
war effort, said that spokesman for
the army tried Vainly In last min
ute appeal to swing sentiment In
favor OF their position that the bill
Is dangerous
After postponlng action on the
Bankhead measure, the committee
began open hearings on the highly
controversial Austin- Wadsworth ma
tional service bill which authorizes
drafting for war work Of men ID
through "a and women 10 Thorough
40 II they do not volunteer" their
services In satisfactory numbers.
Truman's disclosure that the bill
had an excellent chance for commits
tee approval upset previous calcula-
lions that the military affairs group
which has not rejected o single
major war department recommends.
ton since Pearl Harbor- would fol-
low Undersecretary OF War Robert
p Pattersons plea that the bill be
rejected.
Bankhead also has introduced a
bill TO furlough skilled farmers now
In the army. The committee has not
acted on It either.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
BRITISH CRUISER
SINKS ENEMY ship

London, March 2 49, (UPo - The
British Cruiser Sussex set afire and
sank large blockade-running
enemy tanker In the Atlantic Fri
day, the Admiralty announced to-
day.
The tanker first was sighted by
United States air force Consolidated
Llberator bombers operating under
Britain's coastal command, the
communique said,
The Sussex did not walt to pick
up survivors, the communique said,
because OF the presence OF U-boats
and O Focke -Wulf plane"
The liberators sighted the tanker
about 500 miles west southwest Of
Cape Finisterre at the northwest
ern tip OF Spain at 9:47 a. m. The
vessel was fully laden and steam
ing northward at about 10 knots.
The American planes shadowed
the tanker until the Sussex arrived
about ( D. m. and opened fire with
her guns. setting the ship attire from
bow TO stern. The crew took to like
boats and the tanker sank about
0:10 y. N.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
BOMB THREAT
STILL PRESENT
Pictures of Burning u. S.
Cities Would Aid Ger.
man Morale
BY JOSEPH LATIN
UNITED Press staff COrrespOndentl

Washington, March 2.-(UP)--
Civilian Defense Director James M.
Lands warned today that Adolf
Hitler may send his bombers against
this country because "he wants
pictures Of burning American cities
TO show his people,"
Commenting on q Berlin broad
cast that Washington, New York,
and Boston are not safe from air
attack, Lands said Americans
should not assume that only those
three cities might be attacked.
"Hitler will strike where he be-
leves the element Of surprise L.
most greatly In his favor, for he
wants pictures OF burning Ameri-
can cities TO show his people," Lam
dis said.
Lands urged volunteer defense
workers to mold firm" and continue
training In use Of fire-fighting
equipment. In an interview earlier
he had said 1t might be necessary
to make civilian defense work COM
pulsory unless Americans stop
dropping their guard" after every
Allied victory.
OF the German broadcast, Lam
dis said, "the noteworthy fact is
that the broadcast expresses con-
fidence In the German ability 10
bomb American cities" The Ger
mans, hammered constantly by
American bombers, are demanding
reprisals," he added. -.
Lands said stirrup pumps should
be distributed throughout all COM
munities situated In strategic areas.
"Our Job Is TO be ready whenever
and wherever the enemy may decide
to attempt such raids" he said
1.-THE broadcast from Berlin today
should serve as q reminder OF the
simple fact that we must be ready"
The worst slumps in the OCDs
volunteer organization In the past
have come after such victories as
the Battles Of Midway and the
occupation OF French North Africa,
Lands told the United Press.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
FINLAND MAY WAR
AGAINST SOVIETS
u. S. Not Taking Action
Until Further Develop.
ments of Peace Feelers

washington, March 2 -CUP)-
The United States future attitude
toward Finland today awaited clari-
flcation Of the latter's position In
the war.
Only hins Of Finland's position
was given to the inaugural address
statement Of President Eisto Ryti
that Finland does not see any sign
Of her fight approaching the end
But sources familiar with Fin
lands methods Of government said
Ryti's speech reflected only the past
policy Of the Finnish government
and the real future policy will be
outlined by the incoming cabinet
which will probably be appointed
soon.
However, the general sentiment In
official sources here was:
FINLAND has approached the
crossroads and must now decide
whether she Is an ally Of the Axis
or, as q really independent nation,
Is ready to withdraw from her FUN
holy alliance" with Germany.
II she Is unable to complete q
satisfactory peace treaty with the
Soviet Union and withdraw from
the war, she will follow h, present
course Of conduct ne no aggressive
operations against the Soviet union.
Some sources believed that the
United states would not take any
immediate action against Finland,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
CRIME ANALYST
VISITS CLEANERS
"MOdern BertillOn" Tours
Local Laudries in Com.
pany With Police

Lieut.. Adam Yulch, famous
Laundry Tag Detective" Of the
Nassau county police department,
Mineola, l.. l., visited the city's ma
jor cleaning establishments today
under the guidance Of local police
TO add their marks to the huge COL
lection which has enabled him to
solve crimes In all sections Of the
country.
After calling at the Offices OF
Supt. OF Police Daniel j. Carson
and Chief Inspector Joseph p.
Stevens of the detective bureau,
Lieut.. Yulch, accompanied by De-
tective Lieut.. William Pollard Of the
local department, began his tour OF
the laundries.
Before he left he explained his
methods and gave details Of
some OF the cases on which he
has worked. Called "the cop who
put cleaners marks In q class with
fingerprints" In Readers Digest
article, Lieut.. Yulch keeps at his
headquarters in Mineola an index
OF more than 100000 marks Of laun-
dries and cleaning plants between
Washington, D. O., and Bingham
ton, N. Y.
He has started similar bureaus in
many cities, the latest In Washing
ton, and his work In aiding the
solution OF crimes has been COM
mended by police department heads
In all sections Of the country, In.
Guiding Frank Wilson, chief Of the
United States Secret Service.
Demonstrating his work, Lieut..
yII,ch lnnkRd Fcr marks on the,
clothing OF his small audience a.
headquarters this morning. naming
instantly the type of cleaner who
had handled the garment, and In
terpreting symbols that are com.
plete mystery TO the layman.
He explained that the variation
In markings makes his method OF
identification as certain as finger
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
CONGRESS IRKED
BY ABSENTEEISM
New Measures Also Aimed
at Labor Dispute Strikes;
Democrats Submit Bills
BY JOHN L. CUTTER
UNITED Press stan Correspondent,

(UuIteU frcHS StuIt OVEFebvUuueHtJ
Washington, March a. (U,P0 -
The War Manpower Commission
and the War Production Board an.
nounced jointly today that they
have developed q plan for solving
the problem Of absenteesim among
war workers.
The two agencies added, however
that they would not reveal details
until the plan has been placed be-
fore other government units whose
cooperation will be asked In making
II effective.
The Joint announcement. which
indicated that virtually every gov
eminent agency would be asked to
assist in policing the new plan, was
made as congressional irritation
over absenteesim found expression
In work. or-fight legislative propos-
ais. Some OF the bills would provide
for government seizure OF struck
plants.
Five new bills on the subject were
introduced yesterday, two In the
Senate and three Ia the House
They were aimed not only at shut
downs because OF labor disputes but
at any other absences from work
except for the most legitimate rea-
sons OF health or personal emer-
gency.
The House committee on naval
affairs begins hearings tomorrow on
another such proposal with the In
tent of expanding to all war work
ers It's provisions for O draft board
review OF the status Of any worker
unnecessarily absent from the Job
Secretary Of the Navy Prank Knox
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
MICKEY ROONEY
PLACED IN IA
M-G-M Appeals CIassifica-
ton Claiming Youthful
Stars Heart Not Good
BY FREDERICK @. OTHMAN
United Press Hollywood
f,arnaammmAAmk

.. "a .
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Mickey Rooney's employers appealed
his la classification today and de-
manded that he be left in Holly
wood as an essential worker in an
essential industry.
This action by Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer, first Of Its kind since the
army began taking movie stars in
wholesale lots, brought into the
open the actor-soldier question ---
one Of the strangest Of all the war
time problems besettipg the federal
government.
It was taken as another movie
personality - Orson Welles - was
ticketed for O place In the army,
though only for limited service. Ex-
amined at his request out Of turn
he was found to be asthmatic, to
have fiat feet, o weak back, and
arthritis. He had been classified 4F
but recently was reclassifled IA. He
probably will enter tho army In a
few weeks for non-combatant SER
vice.
cts like this" explained one OF
Hollywood's top picture makers
1.-THE movies have been classified as
an essential industry. And their
workers are essential too, except
actors. The government will defer
our electricians and our carpenters.
But the men we really need, our
actors, must go into the army. We're
not unpatriotic. We do what the
government wants us to. And one OF
the things 1t especially wants Is for
US to continue making movies. How
can we make them without actors?"
He estimated that no more than
10 top fight movie stars OF draft
age remain In pictures.
A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
NEW NAVY SEABEES
CENTER IN READINESS

Washington, March --tUP) The
Navy announced today that new
training center for the Seabees -
U. s. Navy Construction Battalions
will be dedicated April 4 at Davis
Vile, n. /.
The camp, which will accommo-
date $4,000 men, including 10 con-
struction battalions, has bee II
named for the late Rear Admiral
oAGrdecai T.. Endicott. father" Of
the Nays Civil Engineer corps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
GERMAN TRIPOLI
ATTACK CHECKED

Cairo, March 2-(UP) American
heavy bombers sent scores OF high
explosive bombs crashing yesterday
on the moles and dock facilities at
Naples, Italy's second port, the
United States Ninth Air Force an
nounced today.
One Messerschmitt 100 which
tried TO attack the bombers was
shot down.
German bombers tried TO attack
Tripoli yesterday. and Allied fight
ers shot down one Heinkel Ill, 1t
was announced. Sunday night, Al
lied night fighters shot down one
Heinkei Ill, and II fel: into the sea
north OF T'ripoli, and Saturday
night anti-aircraft guners In Trip
oil got third enemy raider.
From all operations, one Allied
plano was missing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
JAP CONVOY AIMS
FOR NEW GUINEA
Allied Bomber Fleets Mass.
ing for Huge About
Attack
by DON CAsWELL
UNITED Press StaiH Correspondent


Gen. MacArthurS Headquarters
Australia, March a. CUP - Fleets
OF Allied bombers were believed
massing today for an all-out attack
on huge Japanese convoy NOV
ing toward New Guinea.
II was the first Japanese move
to indicate the reason behind the
enemy's concentration Of forces IN
the islands north Of Australia which
had been underway for weeks. 1t
was revealed In Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's communique today and In
dictated that the Japanese had been
concentrating for offensive rather
than defensive action.
The communicate said that yes
terday afternoon, when the convoy
was first sighted, weather conditions
were such that an aerial attack OF
the sort that In the past have
wrecked Japanese attempts TO REIN
force their New Guinea forces, was
impossible.
The convoy, OF IA vessels, includ-
ing warships and one Of the largest
the Japanese have ever aimed at
New Guinea, was moving behind q
storm front, which seemed made
to order for the Japanese" spokes.
man ut Gen. MacArthur's head
quarters said. He added that Allied
air fleets we're preparing to attack
the instant weather permitted.
The convoy was FIRST sighted on
Monday afternoon of Uibili and
reconnaissance planes showed 1t
along the north side Of New Britain
Island until 1t was of Talasea
approximately 230 miles northeast Of
Lac, Japanese base on New Guinea's
Huon Gulf .
The news followed the warning
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
Nazis Broadcast
NY. Air Attack
BY United Press

(Undated) The Berlin radio
said today that New York, BOs-
ton and W. shingtOn "may not
be safe" from German air at
tack In q few months.
The implied threat was con-
talned In . broadcast, recorded
by CHS, complaining that raids
on Europe fare particularly
cOwardly on the par. Of Amer
lea, in view OF the fact that its
shores are stlll o safe distance
from air bOmbs."
However" the brOadcaster
| said, I'VE should not forget that
In consequence Of the progress
Of aviation, even New York
with It's much Wanted sky
scrapers, Boston and Washing
ton may mot be safe o few
months hence"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
CAMP EDWARDS MAN
FACES MURDER RAP

Newport. r. l., MarclD2 - (U.P)
Private Howard N. Prescott OF
Camp Edwards. Mass, q native OF
Dexter, Me-, today awaited trial on
state charge Of numbering his
l8-year-old hometown sweetheart.
A Newport county grand jury yes
terday indicted the soldier on
murder charge In the fatal shooting
OF Mrs. Avis Macomber, January 81
at q government housing project
home where she was employed as a
maid.
Prescott pleaded innocent to
murder charge when arraigned In
district court February ] and was
held without bail. He was alleged by
the state TO have shot his sweet
heart with q deer-rifle TO end
two-yeRr-0ld illicit romance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
SBE|TLA AGAIN
RECAPTUREDBY
BRITISH UNITS
Americans Aid in Pursuit
of ROmmel's Retreating
Forces
enemy PAYS HEAVILY
in MEN. EQUIPMENT
Is OF n German-ItaIian
Planes Destroyed in
North African Battle
BY VIRGIL PINKLEY
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

Allied Headquarters, North
Africa, March 2. - (UPU) -
American and British troops
have recaptured Sbeitla,
which they yielded in the
early phase Of the recent
German offensive on the
south-central front, and have
pushed on three miles east
Of the town in pursuit Of the
retreating forces Of Marshal Err
win Rommel.
An Allied Headquarters COM
munique announced that Sbeitla,
which the Germans won on Febru-
airy 10 had been re-occupied by
Allied troops yesterday.
In the northern sector, the COM
muniGue said enemy attacks have
lost momentum and the German
Italian forces have paid heavy
price In men and equipment for
thrusts they made in an attempt
TO keep the Allied line off balance.
A powerful Allied air offensive
that ranged all the way to Palerro,
Sicily, accompanied the ground
gains. A total Of a enemy planes
wer destroyed yesterday and night
before last, the communique said, In
contrast to O total loss Of only four
aircraft 70 rthe Allies. e'y,eyss
American pilots destroyed 10 Of
the "a enemy planes.
The British Eighth Army moving
closer to the Mareth Line In south
ern Tunisia, also struck through
the air. The communicate reported
that fighter planes attacked Mareth
and tt appeared that General Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery was ap-
preaching the time when he would
throw the full weight Of his veteran
desert army against the Axis forces.
The recapture Of Sbeitla and the
push eastward put Allied forces In
position to threaten Faid and Sidi
Bou I'D. Thus the retreating Axis
troops were caught between the Al.
lied forces to their west and the
Eighth Army on their southern
flank.
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POLES STAND PAT
ON BORDER PLEAS
SikOrski and Stain Re-
ported Ready to Meet to
Discuss Differences
ny JOHN PARRIS
UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent


London, March 2.-(Up)-Diplo-
matte observers believed today that
Poland's hopes Of regaining her pre-
war frontiers are definitely ended,
although Polish Premier Wladislaw
Sikorski may attempt TO contact
Josef Stain In an effort to reach
some understanding.
A Russian declaration, distributed
by the Tass Agency, accused the
Poles Of Imperialism and violation
Of the Atlantic charter In asking
for the pre-war frontier, but In spite
of this the Polish exile government
stood firm today in Its demands.
Most observers here believed Rus
sia Is determined to retain the from
tier that existed In 1910 ct the time
OF the Nazi blit2 on Russia, which
resulted when the Russians marched
into Poland from the east after the
Germans had attacked from the
west.
II Is known that Polish leaders
are anxious for the United States
and Great Britain to use their in
fiuence with Russia, but 1t was be-
lieved that they would not interfere
since the question Is one which SOLE
~ concerns the Russians and Poles.
II Is generally believed that the
Eoviets will have a dominant voice
IN the determination Of frontiers
in eastern Europe.
A. ]. Cummings, writing in the
News Chronicle, said: PRUSSIA GER
tainly win insist on q satisfactory
and strategic frontier for Its own
military security and in the view Of
most diplomatic observers this viii
require the 1910 boundary"
The dispute seemed to lengthen
the shadow Of one Of the cardinal
principles Of the post World War /
settlement the self determination
of peoples-which figured in much
OF the discomfort preceding the OUT
break of the second war. The 1921
peace treaty between Russia and
Poland established border which,
according TO authoritative estimates,
included 4,0OO.O 900 persons Of Rus.
sian antecedants IN Poland. Lord
Curzon, then British foreign minis-
ter, had suggested q border based
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-08-13
The AnssOers

I. Sunlight is equal to the power
Of 1,575, 900, 600, 0O0, 600, O00, 900 cam
dies, according to Flammarion.
2. Ezra 1921, contains all ex-
cept j.
8. Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen
Elizabeth.
A. Egyptians.
5. Kansas.
6. Nova Scotia.
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Women ana machines have dis
placed husky men In the Tooele
Ordnance depot warehouses. Miss
Katherine Boswell runs a fork-lift
shop truck, that can move and pile
ten cases trip. The work done
by one truck would cost $40 an hour
If done by hand.
half of a barrel, the walls and cell.
ing are made of reinforced cement
nine inches thick, covered with two
to three feet of gravel and soil.
/ One of the igloos visited was about
half full, containing several hundred
1000 pound semi block buster
bombs-all ready for shipment to
Hirohito.
For protection the depot is
watched over by corps of auxiliary
military guard under the direction
Of the army, who patrol in cars.
Not far distant from the Tooele
Ordnance. plant but entirely sepa-
rate is another depot. Here the
army stores and experiments with
gas for the kind Of warfare the Unit
ed Nations hope to avoid. But, as
proof of what President Roosevelt
and Mr.. Churchill say about being
ready for it, it is there. It, may
never be used--but it's there wait
ing and ready il needed.