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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
REICH AT CROSSROADS

STOCKHOLM. July 80 tUPt--
Berlin dispatches today quoted
Propaganda Minister Goebbels'
newspaper. Der Angriff. as saying
that Germany stands at the
crossroads. exposed to the same
test of endurance as in 1918" The
assertion was credited 10 Prof.
Johann Won Leers, writing sur
prisingly frank view OF the
German situation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30

We NHtd away, Uut Il shW the
Negro grab his chest and fall to
the ground" Bowling quoted
him as saying.
Investigations OF the youths ac-
tons during the riot will continue
with a strong possibility they will
be charged with another murder,
Bowling declared.
Mastantuano joined the army
July 5 and was arrested at Bad
Ave. Credit for nabbing the
youths was given 10 Detective
Sgt. Charles Buckholdt and
Harry Williams of the homicide
squad.
Bowling said one OF the two
witnesses against Upton is Joe
Jaramo, an employee of the Forest
Club. who was ordered held under
$500 bond by Judge Van Zile.
BOND SET AT $4,000
The name of the second was
not disclosed, but is believed to
be Matte Mae Bryndon, 16-year-
old Negro girl of 13455 Greeley.
Her bond was set at $1,000 after
she testified in the arraignment of
Charles Little Willie) Lyons, 81
year-old Negro of 5815 Brush.
Lyons is charged with beating
and robbing 14-year-old Gus Mar
hos Of 2l79 st. Jean-on Belle Isle
June 20.
After changing her original
story Of the robbery, she was
ordered held for perjury by Re-
corder's Judge Maher. Later she
was cleared of the charge when
she changed her testimony.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30

4 Others
Held Here

Continued from Page 0ne
then drove back TO Mack and
Chene where one of the youths
yelled:
There's one over there"
TRAM grabbed the rifle from
one of the others. Bowling said,
and fired at the Negro.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
JOINED ARMY JULY S

81 turned the car around and
we sped away, but i saw the
Negro grab his chest and fall to
the ground" Bowling quoted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30

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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-13
SEPARATION OF
ELECTION URGED
Gov. Baldwin in Favor OF
Change Without COnsti=
tutiOnal Amendment

Hartford, Conn, May i3-(UP)--
Gov. Baldwin said today he favored
some method of separating the state
and national tickets in years when
both elections coincide.
The governor said he discussed
the subject with legislative leaders
and hoped means could be provided
to accomplish the separation, with
out waiting for a constitutional
amendment.
'The shift over the years indicate
the people aren't bound by party
issues" he said. They want to eX-
press their views OH particular is
sues and particular candidates. Vot-
ing is the only chance person has
to endorse the work of elected Of
ficials. I believe the same principle
should be applied to the town and
city elections when they coincide
with state and national elections"
There is a proposed constitutional
amendment before the legislature to
have state officials elected for four
years, holding the elections between
presidential elections. 1t would take
at least six years, however, to put
this plan into operation, should the
amendment be approved.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-13
FLOODED RIVERS
CLAIM 7 LIVES
BY UNITED PRESS

Swollen creeks and rivers flooded
more than one million acres of low
lying farmlands in six states Thurs
day, burying spring crops blocking
highways and taking at least seven
lives.
High waters left hundreds of farm
families homeless as flood cresCs
rolled downstream In Arkansas, Ok
lahoma. Kansas, Missouri, Indiana
and Illinois.
Forty thousand residents of Fort
Smith, Ark. were left with only a
small emergency drinking water
supply when the crest of the Ar
wansas river, reaching a new 100
year high level, carried away the
city's principal water main. Approx
imately. 600 city blocks lay under
water in the worst flood in the
areas history,
Civil air patrol planes circled over
5000 miles of flooded land along
the river valley picking out refugees
stranded on hill tops, roofs and In
trees. Army officials directed rescue
boats by short wave radio
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-13
BURMA DRIVE
PLANS BEGUN
ROOSEVELT
churchill and Benes Only
Presidential Callers
Today
PACIFIC WAR COUNCIL
POSTPONED ONE WEEK
Prime Minister on Air To-
morrow; Addresses Con-
gress Wednesday
BY MERRIMAN SMITH
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

Washington, May Is. -
(UP) - President Roosevelt
and British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill today con-
tinued their White House
conference, believed to center
on plans for a major fall Of
fensive to drive the japanese
out of Burma and open the
way to China, and then to
Japan.
Plans were disclosed for two
speeches by Churchill while he is in
Washington. Next Wednesday the
White House revealed, he will ad-
dress joint session Of congress.
Tomorrow afternoon - on the &C.
casion of the anniversary Of the
British Home Guards - he will
broadcast to his homeland speech
designed almost entirely for British
consumption.
Mr.. Roosevelt devoted virtually
his entire attention to his distin-
guisaed guest, scheduling only one
other caller for the entire day.
The White House announced that
the Pacific war council had been
called to meet at noon, but a half
hour later it said the meeting had
been postponed until next week No
explanation was advanced, but 1t
was believed likely that some men,
bers of the council had been unable
TO attend at this time. Another
possibility was that Mr.. Roosevelt
and Churchill did not believe their
plans were sufficiently well defined
for presentation to the council.
House Speaker Sam Rayburn saw
Churchill this morning at the White
House. The prime minister accepted
his invitation to address Congress
next Wednesday at about 1890 p.
m. EWT. The speech probably will
be broadcast throughout the world.
Churchill's broadcast tomorrow
afternoon will be aimed at Great
Britain, but will be available for
American broadcasting chains If
they desire to carry 1t.
Chat with Benes
Both Mr.. Roosevelt and Churchill
talked this morning with President
Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia,
who was an overnight White House
guest.
Any plans for such an offensive
In Burma, however, would not pre-
clude strong blows against Japanese
forces before that time. There was
Continued on Page A
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-13
Is BILLIONS IN
TAXES ASKED
Treasury Sec'y Indicates
Pay=as=YOu=GO Levies
Won't Be Enough
.NEA Telephoto
BY JOHN L. CUTTER
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

Washington, May 13.-(UP)-Sec-
rotary of Treasury Morgenthau, Jr.,
said today he wants $4,000, 100000
more in taxes after the pending
pay-as-you-go legislation Is passed
by congress.
Morgenthau said Treasury plan
to raise the additional $l6,000,000,-
900 in taxes would be submitted to
congress when the pay-asyou-go
problem Is out Of the way. He
added that the new tax plan would
be recommended regardless Of the
kind OF pay-as-you-go bill finally
approved.
Asked in a press conference If
compulsory savings were necessary
in view of the success Of the second
war loan drive, Morgenthau said
they could be postponed"
But no matter how much addi-
tional revenue the pending income
tax bill yields, he emphasized. the
additional $4,000, 100000 which
President Roosevelt called for in his
January budget message, in "TaXes,
Savings. or Both" must be raised.
Speaking for myself" Morgen-
thau said, I'D like to have $l6,-
600, 100000 in taxes.
Its going to be that much easier
on our children and our grandchil-
dren if we can finance half the war
on taxes as We go along while We
have this terrific income. There'll
never be a better time"
Morgenthau spoke as the senate
prepared for the second day OF tax
debate with hackers of the RUM
plan for forgiveness Of 1912 taxes
confident OF victory.
1t Is estimated this plan would
produce about $4,000, 100000 more
revenue in the 1914 fiscal year than
the present law. This Is because 1t
would tax this years higher incomes
during this year instead of a year
later.
Morgenthau explained 1t always
had been the Treasury's desire to
CONTINUED on Page a.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-13
Ob-SH|FTINC
PLAN AMENDED
Availability Statements to
Be Issued for Compel
ling Personal Reasons

Statements of availability will be
issued to workers who are expert
encing severe transportation diff
culties or have other compelling
personal reasons for wishing to
shift jobs, according to an amend
ment added today to the Waterbury
area sterilization plan. Mrs. Mary
M. Dewey, area War Manpower
Commission director, in announcing
the new ruling. also disclosed that
hereafter no appeal hearing will be
arranged unless the petitioner re-
mains on the job while the proceed
ings are pending.
Previously an employe was entitl-
ed to q job-transfer statement only
If he was discharged, If he could
prove his present job does not util-
lie his highest skill, or if his en-
ployment is for less than 48 hours
per week. Incorporation of the two
additional considerations was eff
fected after 1t become evident that
hardship may result in some cases
if personal individual reasons are
not recognized.
Since the sterilization regulations
took effect April 81, rs formal hear
ings were conducted by the U. S.
Employment Service review unit, 1t
was disclosed today by William r.
Nolan, USES manager. Less than a
half dozen of the applicants were
issued statements of availability,
and 16 of those rejected appealed to
the VINO which sustained the de-
mails of the USES.
Most of the appellants who were
denied statements by their employ
ers presented personal reasons TO the
USES and VINO. Although neither
unit could issue statements as the
regulations then stood, recommended
ton was made to employers to grant
the desired statements in several
cases where it appeared that con-
tinuance on the job would create
severe injustice" or hardship. In
ability of the agencies to act direct
ly themselves in those asses resulted
In submission of the amendment for
approval of region VINO officials.
Continued on Page a.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-13
4 Nazi U-Boats
Sunk By Allies

London, May 13-UP)-An
admiralty report Of the sinking
of four Nazi U-boats and prob
ably six others in a running
fight with an Allied convoy
through the Atlantic was
viewed today as indicating tao
tics for defeating the submarine
menace have been worked out.
The beating was the worst
ever received in a single action
by the German underseas raid
ers. A majority of the west
bound convoy they attacked for
eight straight days reached
port safely.
Planes and surface escorts
combined in a team defense Of
the convoy from a pack Of at
least rs submarines that at
tackled through heavy weather.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-13
Won Arnim, Messe In Net
Along With Enemy Stats
War Housing Center
Office Opens Monday
Dwelling Units to Be Sought Through Lease and
Conversion in Waterbury Area

The National Housing Agency in
Boston announced today through its
regional representative, John NJ
Dobbs, that the new War Housing
Center Office established from Wa
terbury will be located at 100 Grand
street. Following the recent an
nouncement of the appointment of
Joseph M. Sullivan as manager OF
the Waterbury War Housing Center
the National Housing Agency re-
vealed that 300 family dwelling units
will be sought through lease and
conversion in the Waterbury local
ity. This area includes, Waterbury,
WATERFOWL. Woodbury., Southbury
Middlebury, Naugatuck, Prospect,
Beacon Falls, Bethany and Wolcott
Home owners and property owners
participate in The Home Use Pro-
gram by making application to the
War Housing Center for leasing
their homes to the government.
Mr.. Sullivan, formerly connected
with D. r. harrington, Inc. and for
mer field investigator for the Home
Owners Loan Corporation through
out the state of Connecticut will
open the War Housing Center Office
on Monday morning. Sullivan has
been a lifelong resident in Water
bury and is we'll known in real
estate, insurance and banking Cir
cles. He was formerly associated
with the Merchants Trust company.
The new War Housing Center off,
cial will attend meetings in Hart
ford and Boston this week in con-
nection with the Home Use Pro-
gram Following his return the War
Housing Center will be open daily.
Monday through Saturday at 100
Grand street. The duties which Mr..
Sullivan has been called upon to
conduct in the Waterbury locality
are not new to the former Home
Owners Loan Corporation represent
tative. He has been active in real
estate for several years. Mr.. Suli-
van was born in Waterbury and at
tended Saint Mary's parochial
school. Wildly high school and st.
Bonaventure College, Allegheny, N.
Y.
1t will be the function of the War
Housing Center to make full use of
all existing properties in the Water
bury locality to provide additional
living units for war workers. The
War Housing Center will conduct
lease and conversion program spon-
sored by the National Housing
Agency in cooperation with the
Home Owners Loan Corporation,
Applications for persons desiring to
lease their homes to the government
for housing war workers and their
families may be obtained at the War
Housing Center.
The War Housing Center will work
closely with and assist Immigrant
war workers in finding living &C
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-13
DRIVE AGAINST
JAPS imminent
Halsey and Macarthur
Meet to Coordinate Fu=
ture Operations
BY WILLIAM r. TYREE
UNITED Press Staff photographer


An Advanced Base, South Pacific,
May 10 up Disclosure that
Adm william F.. Halsey and Gen.
Douglas Macarthur have met TO
coordinate future operations in their
areas today gave rise to speculation
that an offensive against Japan is
imminent.
The CONFERENCE.-The between the
leaders-WaS revealed by South Pa
cific headquarters, which refused
comment on a future offensive but
admitted the meeting implied new
phase of the war in the south and
southwest Pacific.
(The disclosure came as President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister VIM
ston Churchill were reported explor-
ing the possibilities of al Allied fall
drive against the japanese in
Burma. This was reported to be
their major concern in their Wash
ington conference.)
Macarthur, it was indicated
would be the supreme commander
of both offensive and defensive OPP
erations in both the southwest Pa
cific area under his command and
Halsey's south Pacific territory.
Newspaper correspondents were
informed that they could speculate
as much as they desired on possible
offensive plans.
1t was considered likely that Hal
sey and Macarthur laid the ground
work for an assault on the japanese
defense perimeter stretching from
the Marshalls through the Solomons
and New Guinea into the East In
dies.
Both Halsey and Macarthur ad-
vocate the attack principle in war
fare and to accomplish an offensive
they probably would go ahead with
whatever tools of warfare they now
have or hope to get before the Euro
pean war is settled.
Headquarters pointed out that the
two leaders, in meeting at an I'M
disclosed spot, went into the ques-
ton of means for their future opera
tons - equipment, communications
and manpoWer.
an this initial meeting between
the two area COMMANDERS wherein
personal respects were exchanged
for the first time" the announce
ment said, discussions centered on
the closest cooperation and coordina-
ton of the two commands, utilizing
the total means at their disposal
"Details preached at this meeting
between General Macarthur and
Admiral Halsey are being perfected
by continuing conferences between
representatives of both commands.
It was explained that coordination
always had existed between the two
commands but the meeting APP
peared to have sealed it for import
ant developments. Halsey had not
visited Macarthur previously, it was
said, because of the press of clean
ing up and consolidating the gains
in the SolomonS.
The announcement Of the confer
ence followed Halseys return to this
base. Recently leaders from MacAr-
thurs command were in Washing
ton.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-13
CHAPLIN DECLINES
COMMENT ON GIRL

Hollywood, May 13.-(UP)-Red-
haired Joan Barry, %, arrested af-
ter breaking into the home of Char
lie Chaplin, was released from a
30-day Jail sentence and sent to a
sanitarium today because she ex-
poets a baby this summer.
Miss Barry, former New York
drama student who became Chap
Inns protege, told authorities she
is an expectant mother, and a
county Jail physician confirmed her
condition.
She was arrested last Friday af-
ter climbing through a window Of
Chaplin's home, confronting the
comedian in the kitchen and up
braiding him..
Chaplin declined to comment.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-13
STREET FIGHTING
COSTLY TO NAILS
Russians Kill 400 in Driv-
ing Enemy From Donets
Basin Town
BY M. s. HANDLER
Limited Press Staff COrreSpOndent)


Moscow, May 10. - CUP - Rus
sian troops have driven the Ger
mans from town in the Donets
Basin after killing 400 of the enemy
in heavy fighting and capturing an
important height, the Soviet midday
communique announced today.
The fighting took place in the
Lisichansk sector, 100 miles south
east of Kharkov, at a place which
the communique described merely
as IAN inhabited locality.
The Germans had broken into
the outskirts OF the town occupied
by the Russians. The Red Army
attacked and drove the enemy out
after severe street fighting. The
Russians followed up the attack by
capturing the high ground.
A German battalion headquarters
was taken in the engagement and a
large quantity of arms, six radio
transmitters and other war materials
fell into Russian hands.
The communique said fighting
continued in the Kuban area a few
miles northeast of Novorossisk
where the Russians have been trying
to break German defenses along the
Black Sea coast, One Red Army
submit smashed II German earth
and timber forts and Is dugouts.
Three enemy mortar and two gun
batteries also we're destroyed.
In the Leningrad area where
sharp fighting has been in progress
for several days, the Russians blew
up two enemy supply dumps, de-
stroyed seven trench mortars, SIX
machine guns and IL ammunition
and supply trucks.
A German bomber was brought
down near Leningrad by anti-air-
craft fire.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-13
DUISBURC COKE
OVENS SHELLED
1000 Tons Dropped on
German Steel Center; "a
Planes Missing
BY ROBERT VERMILLION
n-o.z Canef II n N 4

UNITED Press STAFF correspondent
London, May 10. - CUP - Bri-
tains big bombers celebrated the
Allied victory in Tunisia by heaping
the heaviest tonnage of explosives
ever dropped in a single raid on the
important steel, railway and water
way center of Duisburg in western
Germany last night.
The air ministry announced that
1t was the heaviest raid Of the war.
The number of planes flown in
the attack was fewer than the 1000
aircraft that raided Cologne on May
80, 1912, but the weight of bombs
exceeded the $500 tons dropped in
the Cologne attack, it was under
stood. The tonnage in the Duisburg
raid probably approached 1000 tons.
DuiSburg is concentrated in an
area five miles square, much smaller
than Cologne, SO it was assumed
that the damage was greater.
Key targets in the Duisburg raid
were the main locks of the Rhine
Herne Canal, the main line railway
VI Ofcl GllC OllC dOCh al
the industrial section including the
vast Demag Iron and Steel Works
which make submarine and plane
engines, and the Hochfeldt railway
junction.
Other targets included the copper
and tin works, sulphur plants and
storage dumps.
Duisburg has been raided very
heavily" three other times since
March 26.
An idea of the MAGNITUDE of a
2,000-ton bomb load is indicated by
comparison with the heaviest
tonnage the German air force ever
dropped on London-450 tons.
The number of planes announced
as missing from the Duisburg raid
"a, was not considered extremely
costly considering the number Of
planes involved Nine Of the planes
missing were of Canadian bomber
group.
Duisburg is the largest inland port
of Europe. 1t is on the Rhine river
and has large coke ovens for the
German steel industry.
Visibility was good and prelim-
Continued on Page A
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-13
HOUSE SPEEDS UP
PLAN TO ADJOURN
Waterbury's Assessor Bill
Tabled Though Rep.
Mahaney's Efforts

Hartford, Conn, May 13-(UP)-
The house, passing a resolution
calling for adjournment next We'd
nesday, May 19-three weeks ahead
of the statutory deadline-made the
BIENNIAL budget OF $l11,916,897 the
order of the day tomorrow, with
every assurance it would be speedily
approved.
Democratic minority leader r.
Emmett Clarie, Killingly, said his
party would cooperate to the fullest
in ratifying the budget so it could
be sent TO the senate, and probably
disposed of in both houses the same
day.
The House today passed two con-
troversial Waterbury bills, freezing
the Jobs Of city nurses and the di-
rector of purchases for life. A third
bill, calling for the lifetime ap-
pointment of an assessor by the
mayor, was tabled.
The Senate approved the forfeit
ed rights bill OF William Sweeney,
Waterbury, and others which pro-
vided an extension Of time for the
organization of the Danbury Mort
gage e. Title Co.; requiring a bien-
MEL report by the state personnel
director, and another concerning
the board of appraisal Of benefits
and damages in Bridgeport.
Also passed by the senate were
bills fixing the salary of the Middle
sex county commissioners at $1,000
a year and $500 a year for the COM
missioners of Hartford, New Haven
and Fairfield counties, and creating
q coming commission at Darien.
The house passed bill setting up
q police pension fund at Darien,
and others providing:
A charter amendment Of the New
Hartford Water Co., allowing fol
an increase of capital stock; abate-
ment of property taxes on motor
vehicles when imposed by two mu-
inequalities, and ending the indie
terminate commitments Of juveniles
at age 81, except in cases OF mental
detectives or delinquents.
Attacking, the assessors bill, Rep
resentative Daniel j. Mahaney to-
day said: why pick on Waterbury
all the time? I am proud OF Wa
terbury, proud of our administra-
ton, especially the assessors ofhce
which is doing a fine Job. The bill
was introduced by Summa, Warren
Epson and Pape, who are the politi-
clans in back of it. Three Demo-
Gratis and two Republicans are now
in the Office of the assessors, and
are personal friends of mine. This
bill will reduce the personnel OF the
office if it is passed, wish to in
form the members of the House
that the grand list has gone up to
$40. O0000O during the last year and
a half. Instead OF reducing the H.
CONTINUED on Page a
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-13
Postal Telegraph, Western
Union Planning To Merge

expected to arise from merger of
the domestic telegraph carriers. Con-
gress has given permission for the
consolidation.
The committee has conferred with
representatives of Postal and West
ern Union, American Communica-
lions Association (CIO), Commercial
photographers Union (AFL, and
others whose interest may be affect
ed by the merger.
Payne said the FEC will order a
public hearing when the telegraph
companies submit their meaeer APP
plication.