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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03
Waterbury Seaman Reported Missing

Washington, Feb 3-(UP)-The Navy department announced 75 more casualties today, bringing to 22,6S9 the total casualties announced since Dec. ', 1941.
 Today's list of seven dead, 26 wounded and 42 missing included from Connecticut:
 Deschenes, Paul Joseph, seaman, %, missing Father, Ferdinand Des- chenes, 553 SOuht Main St., Water bury.
 Mansfield, Frank J., pvt, Marines, dead. Mother, Mrs Martha Mans field, Il 1-2 Trotter street, Man. chester
 Mattson, Ray Emmanuel, radio man, 1c., Coast Guard, missing. Wife, Mrs. Ann 0 Mattson, 28 Pa cific street, New London
 Petrecca, Michael, chief machi1a- ist's mate, wounded. Wife, Mrs. Patricia A. Petrecca, 776 Orange avenue, West Haven
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03
BILL TO REDUCE
 JUDGES APPROVED
Democrats Protest COrl= mon Pleas Measure Cut
 ting Magistrates to l3

Hartford, Conn.,, Feb. 3.-(UP)- An administration bill, reducing the number of common pleas court judges from IA to IS. was approved today by the Republican dominated house over the vigorous protests of Democrats who claimed 1t was a "bill for the elimination of Judge Joseph E. Klau" of Hartford.
 The voice vote was strictly along party lines. and Democrats were outnumbered three to one.
 The bill was sent to the Republi- can controlled Senate where It's immediate consideration was blocked up by Democrats who voted against suspending the rules. The measure. therefore, was tabled for Erinting on the calendar and will not be reached until next week.
 Minority Leader T. Emmet Clarie, D., Killingly, branded the house acc ton as "hasty. ill-coneealed and arbitrary and declared that Judge Klau. appointed two years ago for an interim term expiring Feb. 70, had ''exeelled in good Judgment and Judicial knowledge"
 Rep. Phillip !. Sullivan. D., En. fleld, declared that '.if he is to be liquidated. then let iis know C and understand lt. This hlil hos not been received well by the bar and bench of the state"
 nap. Dorothy Bartlett, D.. Put nam observed that "is is an unlucky
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03
COCOANUT GROVE
 RECEIVER NAMED

Boston, Feb. 3. >(UP)-Federal Bankruptcy Referee Arthur Black today appointed Lee M. Friedman, Boston attorney, as receiver for the Cocoanut Grove Corporation, oper- ators of the Boston Night Club where le0 persons perished in q fire and panic Nov. 2e.
 The appointment followed Q re- cent bankruptcy petition filed by some of the clubs creditors and places the federal government ID control Of the Groves assets.
 Most Of the assets consist of wine and liquor stocks valued co ei0oIO0v, Internal revenue oflleias previously lmp0unded the stock to determine whether federal taxes had been paid.
 Among the score Of attorneys who appeared before Black representing alleged credltora were lawyers tor families and persons either killed or iFiimed Co the Ire
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03
First I imeIn 1 ,OOO Years Soldiers Violate Warrior Code Of Nippon's Army
Further Lottery
 EUidence Secured

Boston, Feb. 3.-(UP)-Atty.- Gen. Robert T. Bushnell today called for Q second special seS- sion of { he Suffolk county grand jury within a week and 1t was believed he had uncovered new and more startling evi- dence in connection with his campaign against 8 $9O,O0O,O0O New England number pool racket in which 30 persons al- ready have been indicted.
 Notices were sent out by Su- perior Court Clerk William Prendible, calling into session tomorrow the jurors who met i'm Q One-day session Jan. @5 and returned indictments against thirty persons. Those named included five women and pr. Harry J. Sagansky, Brook line dentist and alleged head of the syndicate.
 It was not disclosed exactly what matters would be brought before the special session or how long the presentation of evidence would take.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03
OIL SITUATION
 IS STILL TENSE
Governors Assurance of Supply Fails to Ease
 Local Feelings

Assurance by Governor Raymond E. Baldwin that Waterbury would receive 5000 gallons of fuel oil daily made little change in the teHls- ity created here by the fuel shortage. Although wholesale shipments to this city have averaged considerably less than 5000 gallons for each of the past several days, city and oil officials have entered protests against the governors announced allocatiorl, charging unfair distribu- ton. Meanwhile Q local fuel emer- gency office, which will have the protection of state troopers, has been set up to handle the steadily increasing demands of consumers for subsistence allowances.
 Mayor John s. Monagan stated today that the state allowance for Waterbury is insufficient to meet the emergency needs. Calls by per- sons who claim dire need of more fuel are expected to reach the thous- and mark shortly, and 1t appears a certainty that the proposed daily allowance will be inadequate to sat- isfy justified demands. Frantic pleas have been received at the ration headquarters from persons who tell of illness in their homes and speak of the health of infants
 It is pointed mt that Bridgeport, under an order issued by the Pe- troleum Administration for War in washington and announced by Governor Baldwin, will receive 24,- 900 gallons of oil daily, or three times the amount allotted for Wa terhury. The fairness of the dis tribution has been condemned widely here and steps will be taken to secure a more equitable distrihu- ton. ~
 The new emergency headquarters, which will serve to receive dis tress" calls, will begin to function tomorrow. Announced to the pulp lie merely as Q telephone number, 5-1116, precautions, nevertheless, have been taken to prevent possi-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03
COCHRAN WANTS
 FLYNN REASONED
Movie Star Worried as He Hears Concluding Prose-
 CutiOn Arguments
BY FREDERICK 0. OTHMAN Limited Press Hollywood Cor
 rAsnAndentl


 Hollywood, Feb. 3.-(UP)-EtTol Hymns lawyers sought today to counter balance in the minds of the fury the demands of Prosecutor Thomas Cochran that he be sent tc etatca prison as the man who led two 'teen-age girls to their down. fall.
 Having recounted the stories of Peggy Satterlee, IS, and Betty Han- sen, l7, who accused Flynn of sta- tutory rape, the graying Cochran closed his statement:
 we expect you," he told the jurors, ito send ttis man to prison where he belongs"
 He had called Flynn the glamour man of all glamous men, who dazzled Miss Satterlee with her first yachting trip. attacked Ter twice, bereft her of her virginity and start- ed her on the road which led, a year later, to her submitting to an illegal operation.
 Cochran said Miss Hansen, too, was dazzled: "The little girl from the midwest who met thl man and could not resist" The wavy-haired Flyy..l looked worried almost for the first time since his trial started early last month. His celebrated lawyer, Jerry Giesler, was on his .et oblectine repeatedly to Chochrane harping on Mss satferlee's vlEginity before the yacht trip. Finally Judge Leslie E. gtill interjected:
 aLet's make no further reference to virglnlky. This Is something for the jury to decide"
 0ieslsr planned to defend Flynn
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Men Members of zz4th Regiment, One of Enc.
 nlies' Crack Outfits SHABBY UNIT HAD NOT EATEN FOR FIVE DAYS Lack of ReinfOrcements, Food Shortage Results
 in Surrender
BY ROBERT 0. MILLER

DIX AO0E@1 Vs MkA1AEkt
 United Press Staff Correspondent Copyright, 194S, by United Presg)
 With the American Forces on Guadalcanal, January 26 - (Delayed) - (UP) - Al group of shabby Japanese, arms raised in surrender, walked toward the American lines. Leading the way was Private Akiyoshi Hasanot0, 23-year-old veteran of the Japanese campaigns in China, Borneo and the Philippines.
 For almost the first time in 1000 years Japanese soldiers were violat- ing the warrior code of their collr. try and giving themselves lip ill battle.
 Private TIasamoto was hungry and tired and his nerves were threadbare from incessant Anieri= can shelling and aerial bombing. But this wasn't any group Of raw recruits, shaken by their first ex- perience under fire, that he was leading lip to the lines to surrender. These men were members of the 224th Japanese regiment, on Of Nippon's crack outfits which was cited by the emperor for its work in the Malayan campaign.
 Psychology Used y|
 They had been defeated by words as well as bullets. The Americans know few tricks about psychologi- cal warfare, too, and for several days loud speakers have been blar- ing up at the front ialling on the hungry, tired Japanese to Elirrens der. American planes have been fly ing back and forth across the Jan ar1ese lines, dropping leaflets printed in Japanese and advising the en- en1y to give up or face death from steel or starvation.
 An interpreter walked up to pris vate Hasamoto and there was some rapid conversation. Hasamoto and his fellow soldiers had not eaten for five days. They were fed liberal portions of cooked rice. They were handed American clothes to replace their rags. Hasamoto carried hin- self with military bearing and apol- ogized for his appearance when he was photographed.
 Then HaSamoto began to talk waving his arms excitedly as he ex- plained to the interpreter his mos enasov1 ka.,S Saaalefnpa Ao aVarvaVasyaVs fTs14m heavy smelling, the lack of rein- forcementS which officers had promised the shortage of food-all these made. further resistance ull- bearable, he said.
 Finally my feelings as @ true Japanese soldier disappeared" he added. q was Respondent and be- yond hope. I was resigned to death which seemed inevitable and I had nothing to lose by surrendering.
 Promises Not Fulfilled
 ''My actions were prompted pfis marily by thoughts of hot food to- bacco and relief from the intending shelling. Our officers promised us shiploads of endorsements, hum dredS of planes which would drive the Americans out of the sky and an abundance of food.
 Many of our officers were killed and our units were shot to pieces. Out of one 200-man unit only 26 are left. Another had only 30 effectives left out of 200. We never had artil- lery support and only about one- sixth of the artillery that we were to have ever was landed. The rest must have been sunk on the way.
 "Our food was reduced to three-
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NA1 SOLDIERS KILL OFFICERS FOR RESISTING All Opposing Surrender Shot; Hitler Sacrifices
 33O,OOO Men RUSSIANS FIND 5000
 DYING IN HOSPITAL Reds Liberate 12,OOO Nazis Intended to, De-
 port to Slavery
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

United Press Staff CorrespOndent)
 Moscow, February 8. = (UP) = New life surged through the Channel House of Stalingrad today after a night of eerie quiet which followed the surrender or death of the last of the ESQ., 900 German and satellite troops whom Adolf Hitler sacrificed in his vain attempt to make good his boasts that the Red Bastion of the volga would fall.
 The battle which started late last August when the Germans broke across the Don ended ct { p. m, yesterday.
 In the final hours resistance had been carried on by groups of Ger man officers in pill boxes, dugoutS and fortified buildings.
 German soldiers had shot many officers who refused to yield.
 Russian troops, entering the last of the enemy strongholds, found 5000 Germans lying in rags on the floor of one great underground hos pital. Many were dead. Many more were dying of wounds, hunger and cold.
 Many Survive Siege
 Today the women and children and the scattering of aged men ot the civilian population who had survived the siege, many of them in caves in the high Volga bank, a few in deep dugouts, emerged to seek the ruins of their homes, some carrying a few rags of clothing, one @ chair, nucleus of a new collection of furniture, determined to lose no time in starting life anew in confi- dance that the Germans would not be back. .-
 The Russians liberated 12,000 men and women whom the Germans had intended, when the Red army broke
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03

Although the Allied efforts to pre- vent Ror1mel from joining his Af- rika Korps remnants with the northeastern Gerlnan armies under Gen, Jurgen von Arniln were fur. thered somewhat by the American occupation of Sened, the attempt to rout the Germans from the vital Faid Pass was unsuccessful.
 The entrenched German artillery and infantry at Faid had proved too strong for the Allied forces at the moment, but there was no ill- dication that the setback was cor- elusive, Meanwhile, headquarters reported the Axis nnaneuvering in the hills near the central Tunisian Ousseltia valley, probably preparing arotier attack in that area.
 Reports Changed
 North African reports dispelled confusion concerning the situation at sened. Earlier reports had said the Americans had occupied the town. repulsed Q German counter attack, and withdrawn. Later irl- Formation developed that the Amer lean commander had decided to hold eenSd and ordered his dougti. boys and artillery to dig iil about Q mile east of the town, where their positions presumably were more se- cure. z
 Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgornery's British Eighth Army still was crowding the Afrika Korps across the Tripolitanian border into Tu- nisia. It had occupied zelten. only 20 miles from the border, and was chasing the Germans and Italians only iS miles from Tunisia. M
 A united Press dispatch from the battle front said Rommel was be- Iieyed to have set up headquarters in Gabes, 100 miles above the Tripo- iitanian frontier, and was directing the deployment of his Afrika Korps for a stand against the British Eighth Army.
 if Rommel had decided to fight It out, Q battle of great proportions was expected shortly, because the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03
SOLOMONS BATTLE
 A TELLER R'-KNOX
Navy Secretary Claims Japs Unable to Secure
 Ammunition, Supplies
BY SANDOR s. KLEIN

Limited Press Stan COrrespOndent)
 washington, Feb. S-(UP)-Sec- retary of Navy Frank Knox said today that the great battle for the Solomons had not yet developed but that both sides were engaging m a series of ''feeler' skirmishes.
 Knox, just returned from 9 three weeks trip to the South Pacific, said at a press conference that mo really pitched battle has developed as yet"
 "But no one knows what the tu- tlire will hold out" he added.
 The Navy in a communiQue is- sued last night said that the Japa- nese activity indicated "a major ef- fort to regain control of the entire Solomons area" and that both sides had suffered losses in a series or surface and air actions. :.
 "What is going on down there, . Knox said in his interpretation or the communique, lis process of feeling out by both sides. There are a lot of preliminary dkpositions going on. Any assumption or tne communique that 6 tremendous battle is in progress at the moment is incorrect"
 He said that it might be correct to say that the action in the solo- mons area involved ''reconnaissance in force"
 Asked why the Navy waited so long to announce anything after the Japanese had begun talking about the battle, Knox cut his inteyroga- tor short, saying:
 wlshimg Expedition
 "xcuiI havo to be satisfied with what I have said. We know the Japanese are on fishing expedi-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03
COLOGNE BOMBED
 AGAIN BY R.A.F.
New Blitz Raid Lasts 20 Minutes :; Five Ships Fail
 to Return
By SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS United Press Staff Correspondent

UnlCeu EreSS SCah OUEEcSPVAA"C"S
 London, Feb. 3.-(UP)-The Roy al Air Force dropped great weight of high explosives, including 100 two-ton block-busters, on bomb bat- tered Cologne last night, and re- turned today to northern France, in the nonstop offensive against Ger many and its occupied territories.
 Flying conditions over the Eng fish Channel were the best in a week and southeast coast watchers re- ported that aircraft cross into France at great height in the bril- liant sunshine. From the heavy noise of their engines, the watchers re- ported, the daylight force was of considerable strength. It flew to- wards Calais and apparently pro- ceeded some distance inland.
 Thousands of incendiary bombs were dropped with the high explo-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03
CONNECTICUT MAN
 KILLED IN CRASH

Boston. Feb. 3.-(UP)-Two mem- bers of the Civil Air Patrol were killed yesterday when their plane crashed in the Atlantic ocean off Brunswick. Me. the regional head quarters of the cap announced here today.
 The dead were identified as CAPS. It. William B. Kites, 30. Of James town, N. Y.. son Of Mrs. Ethel A. Hltes of Conneaut, O.. and CAP. It. Wells L. Bishop s4 of Msriden' Conn.
 Word Of the tradegy vas relayed to Q Maine base by Q second place whose crew witnessed the acident.
 CAP officials attributed the crash to engine failure.
 Bishops body has been recovered
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03

Boston, Feb. 3--(UPl-The feeling that lhe united Nations are on the offensive is added reason te prepare tor a posalble alr attack on New Rneiand, Roglonal civilian Defense Director Joseph M. Loughlln said today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03
FLAYs PRESIDENT

Providence. R. l.. Feb. 3-(UPl-- President Henry M. Wrlston oi Brown believes that President Roosevelt's action on ordering slrlk. ing anthracite miners back 70 work mes an Haaaaiilk s,Hsal fpaednmH
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03
PoWER INCREAaEp

Boston. Feb. 9.--gupl ~~Tho New Reland Power Assoclafinn teddy re- s6Fled e9I8IIfo0 klloEalt hQNl1 pro- dncad ln Il1 territory laal Neek, Q a.11 per cent |ufIE11N oyer l11 corr rapqnaIna AaAA %
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03
Attempt To Rout Nazis From Pass At Faid Checked
Romtnel Preparing to Make Stand Behind Mareth Line; Entrenched German Artillery and Infantry
 Prove Too Strong; Eighth Army Still CrOwding
BY WILLIAM B. DICKINSON United Press Staff COrrespondent)

London February g. - (UP) = American forces dug m today at sened p miles southwest of the strategic acknowledged at least temporary Allied setback in the battle for aid Pass in Central Tnisa Front reports indicated that Field Marshal Erwin Romme was preparing tc make stand behind the French-but Mareh Lne 58 miles iside Tlnsa west of the Tripoltanian border.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03

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AIR ATTACK LIKELY

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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-02
WHITE CARGO"
IS DUE SUNDAY,
CAPITOL SCREEN

Steaming African rubber planta-
tons, primitive souls amid torrid
wilderness, form the background for
stark drama, and present Hedy La
MARI as the sultry Tondelayo, in
the famous play, White Cargo the
screen version of which comes TO
the Capitol Theatre Sunday for a
three-day run.
Miss Lamar, in lurong for the
first time. is a vivid, alluring trop-
ical heroine, exerting a sinister
spell over Richard Carlson, playing
a young plantation overseer Walter
Pidgeon is teamed with Miss La
MARI, playing the hard bitten, sullen
and determined chief overseer,
Witzel. The story deals with his
opposition to young Carlson's ro-
nance with the native charmer, the
boys deterioration under the endless
heat and primitive conditions of the
jungle, and the vivid climax in
which his fiery sweetheart attempts
to poison him.
Richard Thorpe directed the pic
ture with deft skill There are gor-
geous scenic effects, contrasted with
the drabness of the huts in which
the searchers for rubber live in the
wilderness.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-02
40-SER5 HOLD
ELECTION HERE

At the regular meeting of the
Juneau 40-80ers held last night, the
following officers for the ensuing
1943-1944 term were elected:
Chef de Care, John Walmer; Chef
de Train, Bert Lybeck; Correspond
ant, Alfred zenger; Conductuer,
Claude Carnegie; Garde della Porte
Fred Cameron; Aumonier, Allan
tombstone; Chemieaux Locale, j. T.
Petrich and Leo Jewett.
Grand Cheminot, Clyde Hager of
Sitka; Sous Grand min o t,
George Jollie of Haines; Comis
Voyaguer, Edward Keithahn; Lam
piste, Ralph Wright.
Installation of the newly elected
officers will be held at the next
meeting. Voyaguers Carnegie, jew
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-02
YOU'RE IN The
ARMY NOW" BILL
At 10Th CENTURY

A new comedy team which prom
ises to make laugh history will be
introduced to local film audiences
when Warner Bros. newest COM
edy, You're in the Army Now, :
starts Sunday at the goth Century.
Jimmy Durante, whose classic an
tics have kept movie, stage and ra-
dio audiences in the proverbial
stitches for decade OF more, and
Phil Silvers, straight-faced coined
ian of stage and recent movie fame,
make up the new team. Completing
the trio of stars is Jane Wyman.
The Navy Blues Sextette. those
glamorous Hollywood beauties, have
deserted Uncle Sans first line of
defense, to join Durante and Silvers
in whooping things up for the boys
in camp. The lithesome lovelies are
featured, appropriately, in the musi-
cal scenes of the film, with Matty
Malneck and his orchestra provid-
ing the accompaniment
You're in the Army Now" tells
the h6pless adventures that befall
Durante and Silvers, Who as the
ace statesmen for the Whirlaway
Vacuum Cleaner Co., attempt to
sell a vacuum cleaner to a recruit
ing sergeant. In their enthusiasm
they sign all the papers be puts
in front of them, and shortly the
army has two new and very bewil-
dered privates
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-02
WAITRESS INJURED
IN LEApING FROM
WINDOW IN FIRE

Lillian Retelea, waitress at the
Bus Depot Cafe, injured her foot
early this morning when she leaped
from the window of her apartment
over the Capitol Cafe to escape
from the smoke-filled room.
The fire started apparently from
a cigarette which ignited the mat
tress. Members of the Volunteer
Fire Department extinguished the
blaze. One side of the room was
burned as well as the mattress and
bedding.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-02
HOSPITAL NOTES

Herbert E. Yates was discharged
from st. AIMS Hospital yesterday
after medical care.
Discharged from St AIMS Hospi-
tai after medical treatment yester-
day was Herbert Strand.
A baby girl, weighing six pounds
ten and one-half ounces was born
to Mrs Merlin Halterman about
noon yesterday at st. AIMS Hos
pital.
Mrs. Louis Moy entered st. AIMS
Hospital yesterday as a medical pa
tent.
Bobby st. Clair was admitted to
the Government Hospital last even
ing.
Francine Mercer entered the Gov
eminent Hospital yesterday for
treatment.
Edward Kunz was discharged
from the Government Hospital yes
terday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-02
ALASKA COASTAL
TRIPS ARE MADE
TO inlet, 5ITkA

The Alaska Coastal Airlines made
a trip to Excursion Inlet this morn
ing with Richard Joy, Mrs. r. Joy
Albert Stanys and Ray Sheriff.. Re-
turning to Juneau were l. G. Burr
Lawrence C. Moore, Marcel E. Ver-
bruggher and L. S. Cooper
Flying to Sitka were John H.
Kercerr, A. Van Malvern, Hugh j.
Wade, and Kenneth Littlefield.
j. j. Meherin flew to Petersburg
and the following went to Ketchi-
kan: Maj R. r. Hendrickson, Mary
Caswell, Margaret Miller and F. A.
jolly.
Passengers to Skagway were c. A.
Contraros, E. Thompson and j. l..
Holmes.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-02
TONIC HIT
ATLANTIC CONVOY"
and
PARDON MY GUN"

ly; and chiseling on the part of
civilian drivers has outstripped the
estimates of the most pessimistic.
In the east, at least, the heating
fuels situation will be certainly as
serious this winter as it was last.
That's the way it adds up at the
moment and even a slight glance at
the whole picture discloses that civ
ilians here will have less to COM
plain about than any peoples fight
ing this war, and some who aren't.