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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-29
New urn In
Ookes Case

Nassau, Bahamas, Oct. 29--(Up)
Defense Attorney Godfrey Higgs,
discounting the prosecutions charge
that the burned arms ard hands OF
Alfred De Marigny indicated that
he murdered his multimillionaire
father in-law, Sir Harry Cakes,
brought out today that q crown
witness had burned his hands too.
Cross examining Of Capt. James
Barker. fingerprint expert Of the
Miami police department. and one
Of the crowns chief witnesses at
De Marigny's murder trial, the de-
tense Attorney Godfrey Higgs asked
suddenly:
"Are those marks on your hands
burns?"
"Yes," Barker answered.
"Why?"
Because I burned them October
ard while setting fire to some gas
oline."
Riggs produced q magnifying
glass and suggested that the wit
ness show the burns TO the jury.
Barker had testified that he
found "a considerable quantity" of
burned hair on the hands and arms
Of De Marigny the day after Cakes
was found dead on his chaTred bed.
''Higgs said, there, Is police Of
ficer with burned hands, does that
mean ne has committed q crirne?"
1.-THE accused Is q yachtsman."
Higgs said. TT Is likely that his
arms and hands were burned by the
sum-
IT was impressed by the lack of
slInburn on the accused" Barker
responded.
The witness said he found no
burns on the inside OF the Counts
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Jap Internees
On Strike

San Francisco, oct. 2o-(UP)--A
strong detachment Of Army troops
b guarding IS, 900 striking Japanese
at the War Relocation Authority's
Tlle Lake segregation center for
diSloyal irternees In northeastern
California, WRA officials reported
today.
Meanwhile, $50 other Japanese
who have volunteered to harvest
hundreds Of acres Of crops at the
Tule lake camp are being sent there
from other tnternment camps.
No violence was reported in the
camp, which Is surrounded by two
strong barbed-wire enclosures. WRA
ofiicials said National WRA Director
Dillon Myer would arrive at the
Ttile Lake center soon. They said
the strikers were being "firmly dealt
WITH"
The striking Japanese, whose
two-week-old sitdown strike against
harvesting food for loyal" intern
ees In other camps was revealed yes
terday, admittedly are disloyal to
the United States and were segre-
gated as possible troublemakers, the
WRA explained.
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MASS
FOR new BLOW
IN SOLOMONS

Allied Headquarters, South
west Pacific, october 20. -
(UP) - Allied land, sea and
air forces nasSed today
for a knockout blow against
Japan's remaining bases in
the northern Solomons after
a surprise landing by Arneri-
can and New Zealand troops
on the Treasury Islands, only
20 miles southwest Of the
enemy's Buin-Faisi strong
holds.
Confirming reports Of the landing
broadcast yesterday by the Tokyo
radio O communicate from Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's headquarters
and front dispatches scaid the AL
lied troops occupied both Mono and
Stirling Islands in the Treasury
group at dawn wednesday, follow
ing q heavy, night-long lombard
ment by American warships.
CThe Tokyo announcement said
only Mono Island had been occu-
pied).
The thrust brought Allied forces
within 40 miles Of Bougainville
Island, the last major japanese po-
sition in the Solomons. It placed
them 300 miles east Of Rabaul, New
Britain, the big enemy bastion
which has been the primary objec-
tive of q twin drive through the
Solomons and up the northeastern
coast Of New Guinea.
Minor Opposition
Only minor opposition was en-
countered by the landing force and
Allied casualties were described as
light. The enemy garrisons fed
mo THE interior Of the tiny islands.
It was expected they would be
mopped up quickly.
Contradicting Tokyo claims that
Japanese naval planes had sunk an
American cruiser and damaged an
other In the landing, q spokesman
ct Adm. william F. Halsey'S South
Pacific headquarters said there was
no enemy opposition from the air.
Everything went according to
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SHE'LL FLANK
MILES BEHIND
NAzIS' Lines

Allied Headquarters, Al
giers, October 20. -- Cup -
American warships swarm
ing into the battle of Italy
bornbarded the west coast
German flank IA miles be-
hind their new defense line, 1t
was announced today, while
United States units ashore
drove a wedge two miles
deeper into the Nazi posi-
tionS.
Both the Fifth and Eighth Armies
pushed their way well into the for
ward defenses Of the "little Rominer
line barring the march to Rome.
(The Rome radio said the Fifth
and Eighth Armies opened o gen.
eral offensive aimed at the center
of the Italian line hinged on Isernia.
A front dispatch TO London said
"ail the familiar eve-of-battle signs"
were in evidence on the Fifth Army
front)
"a German high command COM
munique, broadcast by Berlin, adj
mitted o retreat Of "a few kilo-
meters on both sides Of the Vol
turro river after Allied attacks were
stopped, The comf1unique also re-
ported ''strong" attacks on the
Eighth Army front In western italy
but said they were unsuccessful.)
Despite heavy rains which i'm.
peded movements all along the
front, the Allies scored some new
territorial gains, although their
primary efforts were devoted to the
Inassing Of men and material for the
assault on the powerful German
mountain line.
Adverse Weather
With the weather curtailing the
aerial hanimering Of German COM
munications, the all-weather arttl-
lery of the United states Navy was
brought into play against Mlnturno.
The town was under naval attack
for the first time. rsse A,4,iss
stabbing deeper into the maze Of
German Notifications before the
new line, the Americans I1ienaced
the road hub Of Teano, outpost Of
the Nazi stronghold atop Massico
Ridge.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's
Eighth Army captured Montefal-
cone, only two miles short Of the
Trigno river and about IS miles in
land from the AdFiatic. The sweep
against Montefalcone also won three
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Investigate
Weapon Firm

Washington, oct. 2o.-(UP)-Con-
gressional investigators today sought
the full story Of an American num-
tons firm that allegedly sold weap-
ons Of war since 1887 but before the
start Of World War II to 20 or more
nations, including practically all
the Allied nations and all the Axis
nations except Italy"
A Justice Department report, read
to House Naval Affairs subcom-
mittee, said the firIn-Mirando
Brothers, Inc, and various affili-
ates - had maintained IN ~ coun-
tries agents who pursued q policy
of ingratiation and purchase OF
influence" The report said the
Mirandas, who served five months
in jail for q 1885 violation Of the
arms embargo act, followed q policy
Of lavish entertainment and gifts
for prospective customers.
An associate Of the Miranda firm
p. william Zelcer Of New York
told the subcommittee that the jus
tice Department report was sheer
drivel." The firm primarily was IN
terested in export sales OF aircraft
and automobile products, he said,
but had done q modest" munitions
business with "five or six nations"
during the 1930's.
The Mirandas and Zelcer virtually
control the stock Of the Brewster
Aeronautical corporation, which Is
being investigated by the commit
tee for failure to meet its war con-
tracts. zelcer blamed Navy Inc
reference"
Zelcer admitted the Miranda
brothers sold Japan q sample air.
craft gun and ''sman amount Of
ammunition" in, 1897, and 20 Sever
sky airpIanes in 1898, but denied
that the ornaments had been sold
to Germany. He read to the sub
committe letters which he said the
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OPA Sets Ration Points At
4 To 6 For Jams, JeLIies

Washington, Oct. 29.-(UP)-The
Once of Price Administration set
ration values Of four to six points q
pound on newly -rationed jams and
jellies today, maintained the value
Of creamery butter at 16 points and
raised margarine to six points q
pound.
Fruit spreads, the latest addition
to the ration list, will 60 on sale
Sunday after week-long freeze
imposed to prevent rush-buying and
to permit dealers to stock their
shelves.
The OPA ordered general reduc-
tons In meat ration values and in
creases In canned fruits in It's MONTH
ly readjuStment to provide for
changes in the supply Of rationed
foods.
The OPA's actions were contained
In two separate orders, highlights
Of which were:
1. Reduction Of one to two points
per pound in ~ pork, veal and
lamb items due to q six per cent
increase in the supply available for
November.
2. No change in beef points be-
cause Of continued Army demands.
8. An increase Of two points for
margarine and country butter and
one point for shortening and oils
due to heavy increases In consump-
ton caused by high butter point val
ues. Butter production is "abnorm-
ally low" despite suspension of Army
purchasing, with less available to
civilians in November than in Octo-
Der.
4. Varying increases in point VAL
ues Of canned or bottled apples,
berries, mixed fruits, pears and
pineapple because Of supply short
ages.
The sweet spreads being rationed
include not only jams and jellies
but preserves and fruit butter. The
only exception Is marmalade. They
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RUSSIANS roll over NOCAISK STEPPE
BattIesElips Swarm Into italian War
FDR Says Mosco1O
Meet Big Success =

washington, oct. 2D-(UP)-Pres-
ident Roosevelt today hailed the
Moscow conference Of foreign sec
retaties as q tremendous success and
said certain agreements already had
been reached.
He told q press conference that
documents embracing these agree
rnerts would be signed shortly.
At the same time the chief execu-
tive outlined his ideas on the form
Of q congressional resolution defin-
ing this country's foreign policy.
He said he favored the Idea Of keep
ing the resolution In general terms
which state that this country will
cooperate with other nations to-
ward the objective Of avoiding fu-
tiirc wars.
Mr.. Roosevelt said the Moscow
agreements were not ready for sign
Ing but that the triparite talks have
been successful, not only In defin-
tie items Of agreement, but In the
spirit Of the conference also.
The Moscow accomplishments, Mr..
Roosevelt said, refute the predic-
lions OF cynics who thought the
talks would be clouded with sus-
picion, and accomplish little.
He said the Moscow conferees had
talked out things quietly and In 100
per cent individual relationships. AS
soon as the documents are signed,
Mr.. Roosevelt said, they will be
made public, probably in Moscow.
Asked II the current Moscow
meeting had brought nearer o con.
ference among Premier Josef Stain,
Prime Minister winston Churchill
and himself, the President and
Churchill are most eager to meet
with Stain, and the Foreign Min.
isters' conference has been general
~ understood to have been called in
an effort to clear the ground for Q
meeting fthe "big three"
Pressed for details Of the contern.
plated documents, the President said
he could not be specific because he
did not want TO cross any wires. But
they fit In with the objective Of
unaninity not only In the prosecu-
ton Of the war but In the later
transition period, he said.
He paid high tribute to. secretary
Of state Curdell Hull, who, he said,
deserves q great deal Of credit for
the spirit Of the Moscow confer
ences. Russia and Great Britain, he
added, deserve equal credit. n
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.NAzI RETREAT
DEVELOPS INTO
HEAVY ROUT

Moscow, October 20.
(UP) - Russian forces 4
pouring like a spring flood
across Nogaisk Steppelant
carpeted with German dead
in the wake Of a Nazi retreat
which degenerated into O.
rout at several points below
the lower Dnieper, the gov
eminent organ IzveStia re-
ported today.
Gen. Fedor I. Tolbukhin's swigt
mobile units were reported slan1-
ming the door on the CrieFia and
tightening the drawstrtng on the
neck Of a Dnieper Valley sack con-
tanning hundreds Of Thousands Of
battle-groggy German troops.
Swarming through the great gap
knocked in the German barricado
across the mouth Of the NogaisiE
corridor between the Dnieper and
the Azov Sea, the Russians chopped
down thousands Of fleeing troops
and seized vast stores Of abandoned
arms and supplies.
(The German high command re-
ported that the Red Army was at
lacking necessarily west Of Melitopol
and It's spearheads had penetrated
10 defended localities" It said q
great armored battle was raging in
the Krivoi Rog sector and IFS Rus
sian tanks were destroyed yester
day..
Harassed Units
CThe British radio reported from
Moscow that on the South Ukrainial1
front the Germans are mo longer
fighting as q unified army, but as
harassed and dismembered units.n)
Paced by hard riding Ccssack
Calvary, the Russians had narrowed
the corridor between the jaws Of
the Nogaisk- Dnieper pincers TO less
than 80 miles.
Swift mobile units wanging On
| ahead of the main Soviet forces
repeatedly outpaced tagging German
formations, seoizing them In bear
hug grip Of distraction, field d.
patches reported.
IzveStia said fighting was raging
along the whole breadth Of the
Steppes along the German line Of
retreat, with Russian spearheads
constantly probing the hinderniost
enemy positions and coming TO grips
with the Nazis who failed to shake
on the pursuit.
Tolbukhin was developing The
Melitopol break-tiirough with such
rapidity that he appeared 70 he
making q bid to destroy the Ger
man remnants. He was trying to
smash clear throubh, Split the Ger
mans, the nturn and destroy each
wing, front reports indicated.
Last Chance
The NaA command probably lost
its last chance for an organised
stand below the Dnieper when the,
fall Of the highway hub Of Nixliny
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Wayne Lonegan Calmly
COnfesses Murder OF Wife

New York, Oct. 2o--(UP)-Wayne
Lonergan, calm and unperturbed,
was held under o formal charge of
murder today--the murder Of his
pretty heiress- wife, Patricia, whom
he confessed he beat ard strangled
during Jealous argument In which
both accused the other Of infidellty
and she refused to let him see their
i8-month-old son.
The 2S-year-old ROAP aircrafts-
man. for two and q half hours, and
In q steady mistaken voice, told
authorities how he hludgeoned his
wife with q candlestick--lt shatter-
ed--hcw he beat her again with an
other one. and then when she ct
tempted 70 rise again how he
strangied her with his hands.
After he finished the story. he
took q pen ana IN q steady hand.
he signed the statement that may
send him b the elel ne chair o. 10
pgIann for Afe.
Asked hoN hs felk, Knaergan said:
well nol - good"
Are you eaIEg gqn knlaa Eeag
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cents day because, unlike the 49,
900 soft coal miners. they could re-
ceive raise under the Little Steel
formula.
Wayne L. Morse, WLB public
member and compliance officer.
submitted q report on the wildcat
strikes IN the coal mines to Presi-
dent Roosevelt last night. There
appeared to be on way for the ad-
miniStration to reopen the closed
mines except through seizure.
Instructions Expire
The miners have been working
since last June q under instruc-
lions Of the UAEC policy committee
which expire ut midnight Sunday.
Those Instructions were that the
miners were 70 continue 70 work
without q new contract until octp-
Der ~ while the mines were under
government operation. They have
continued 10 work Ia EeeoE& weeks
even though the mlnes were fe-
turned 70 their owners.
fceniinned "a nsHs a
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Living Costs
FIuctu0te

Boston, Oct. 20.-(UP)-The cost
OF living rose in four major New
England cities and declined slightly
IN three Others, during September.
the u. o. Labor Department reported
today.
The cost Of living was 03 per cent
higher IN Boston than Il was IN
August. Clothing prices now are re-
ported rising ct q faster rate than
food prices which formerly had been
the most infiationary.
Manchester, ". H., announced Q
OIL per cent increase In cost Of live
ing. Providence, Il. Z, q o. per cent
increase and bridgeport. Conn.,. .
o0 per cent increase.
However. cost of living n PAL
@lyer declined "a per eent. New
Maven, Conn, reported q 81 per cent
6anllne and Portland, Me-, 4 81 PEI
sent decline.
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Police Hunt
Nurse-KiIIer

Poughkeeps1e, N. Y, Oct. 2o.-
(UP)-Search for the slayer of
pretty Lucille Elizabeth Lawrence,
19-year old student Army nurse,
turned today to a rk-complexioned
youth seen near Vassar Brothers
hospital about the time the girl
was believed slain.
Police sent q statewide teletype
request for authorities to be on the
lookout for the youth, who was de-
scribed as five feet, nine inches tall,
and about 81 years old. He was
believed to be a parolee or escaped
inmate from state institution.
The description was furnished by
James Creighton, who was waiting
in an automobile Tuesday night
for his wife to finish work at the
hospital. He said he saw the man
standing near wall Of the hospi-
tai shortly after he had heard
screams, apparently from the victim,
whose head was Dashed in and her
body left in a clump Of bushes.
Other possible clues to the identity
of the killed were being run down.
At Hawthorne, N. Y, state po-
lice examined q stolen automobile,
said to have contained two soldiers,
found abandoned near Peekskin yes
terday. District Attorney John r.
Schwartz said he knew where one
Of the soldiers was bound for.
Also examined was a rock found
near the scene of the Staying which
Schwartz said bore blood and par
ticleS of flesh and which could have
been the weapon which virtually
pulverized the girls head.
No details were revealed Of As
sistant District Attorney Ely Gel
lert's trip to New York city yes
terday with samples Of the girls
blood and a photograph of a sol
der found among her possessions.
The photograph was believed to
be that of a soldier stationed at
Governors Island.
As q precautionary measure,
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Bert Acosto
Arrested

New York, Oct. 20. (UP)-Bert
AcoSta, 40, former transatlantic flyer
and Pulitzer air speed award win
ner, was arrested for sleeping In
the subway yesterday.
He received o suspended sentence
on his plea Of guilty to q charge
Of disorderly conduct.
Acosta, who told police he was an
adviser to airplane manufacturers,
won the Pulitzer award at Omaha,
Neb., in 1921, set an endurance rec
ord with Clarence Chamberlin over
New York In 1927 and few Richard
E. Byrd's America to France the
same year.
Grounded in the United States,
he few for the LOyalists In Spain
In 1896.
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Wtfe2"
II don't know whether I did right
or not" he answered calmly. Then,
after hesitating, he added:
Eyes, I'm sorry. I'm definitely sor-
~ about 1t ALL"
The Confession
The confession by the husky,
former Mfeguar'. described by auth
critics as homosexial and bl-sexual.
came after nearly i6 hours Of ques-
tioning during which he stuck a.
damantly to his story until he un-
Willingly shattered his own allbl..
He had told police that his miss
ing RCAF uniform was stolen By
q soldier named Maurice Worcester.
whom he said he had befriended.
There was q man named Maurice
Worcester, an honorably discharged
soldier. working In q Bridgeport,
Conn.,, defense plant. He never met
konergan and voluntarily came 70
district attorney frank Hogan 10
clear hls name.
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|NonchoIont's The
Name For Mary

Santa Monica, Cal, Oct. 20.
-UP)-When . man leaped
out Of the bushes and seized
Mary Bishel, 2S, around the
waist, she bent over, grabbed his
ankles and Strengthened up,
throwing him on his back.
Then she kicked him In the
face with her high heels, police
said, and walked away leaving
him groaning.
TT didn't seem like anything,
she said. "I'd just come out Of
. commando movie"
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Germans Bomb
Isle Of Somos

London. oct. 28-(UPl-0erman
bombing planes have opened q ter
riiic attack on British-heid Samos
IN the Dodecanese, and q full-scale
Maxi attempt 10 recapture that
island Is believed imminent. reports
from Turkey said today.
Observers on the Turkish coast at
Smyrna reported that the German
wnFplanes are pounding eanios day
and night In q furious assault that
can BE heard clearly IN Tnrklsh
coastal villages 20 miles away.
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tFuli weather Report Pnss y
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25

Speaking to a vast audience in Chicago Stadium and
over "a do lookup Vice President Henry A. Wallace,
told Of dura bic worldwide peace Wallsce's program
for "A new freedom enthusiastic acclaim from
Thousands Of Negroes from Chcago's Southside Pre-
vous to the meeting the Vice President spent several
hours touring the Ida B. Wells homes where he was
rreesed and introduced by 14-yearold Adolph Saugh
ter bov mayor Of Wellstown. Vice President Wallace
said After hearing the mayors stirring talk and max
ing tour Of this wonderful project, sure that the
century Of the common 10 da~ning. Orson Welles
noted radio screen and stage star, delivered scorch-
ing deunuc iation Of prejudice. WeIes in his talk
declared: ITO live in freedom without fighting slavery
il TO pro6teer." The noted Hollywood star urged that
all races must be free in pesce.-(PPS)
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ny ~ JOB opportunity Tor all.
regardless 81 race. creed or col
orr trum concluded with the
Inspiring assertion that In do.
Ing lustice 20 the Negro rail-
road worker today We shall hoih
serve The practical war needs
and eliminate The evil Of blg.
otry and discrimination At home
and give heart 10 the peoples Of
Europ>. and Asla. shown seat
~ around The conference table
are: Mis- sara >onthall. super
visor ~ employ ment and service.
International Harvester COM
PAM, Chicago: p. Is. Young. Sr-
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The long.awalied Investigation
II DISCRIMINATION IN the railroad
industry rot Hnder way We'd.
nesday. BARLEY g. rum. chief
FFPt counsel outlined me enn.
mlfiee's cass. BariIe,'s state
meni. fortnight and pertinent.
defended the committee ln'e,-
tigailon ~ Discrimination IN me
rail industry during me -rri.e,
Yeriod ~ our national war ~.
fort" ri'h me remark that y
ras u, firm crnslfilen that mi,
Issue must be facsi during the
VAR. nuiliulng ne ohifcii'e ~
fhe rail proi+ rrnm stated ~
sole porTo.e }. ~ afford equal.