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Staten Island.
He was charged with furnishing
Ernest Frederick LehmitZ, the con-
fessed spy, with espionage informa-
ton which he allegedly knew was
to be transmitted to Germany. Leh-
mitz was quoted as admitting that
he purchased Brewster bomber air
craft book from Despretter for
transmittal to Germany.
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay,
March 4, 1891, Despreter came to
this country at an early age. His
father took him to Germany and he
was educated there, attending Held
elberg University and the technical
universities at Stuttgart and Berlin.
He was awarded degree as a me-
chanical engineer.
Despretter, Hoover said, served in
the German army as a lieutenant IN
the first World War. After the arm
istice he went to Holland where he
remained until 1920. Then he went
to Montevideo where he served for
few months in 1921 as an infantry
war instructor in the military acad-
envy of Uruguay
Later he went to Rio De Janeiro
and established an import business.
He remained there only two years
and then came to this country
where he married Gesine Despret-
ter, a German citizen, in 1925.
Although he has taken out first
citizenship papers, Hoover said,
Despretter is still a citizen of Uru-
quay. He held various types of en-
cheering jobs and now operates the
Aetna Heat Treating e. Brazing
Corp. (424 S. 48th ST. New York
City, which has been doing sub
contracting on heat induction and
gunsight parts for the armed forces.
He is charged specifically with vi
olating the federal espionage stat
utes, which carry penalties OF death
or 30 years Imprisonment. He Is to
be arraigned before the U. S. Com
missioner in New York City later
today. -.
De Spretter admitted his guilt
when he was arraigned today before
U. S. Commissioner Martin G. Ep-
stein in Brooklyn on a charge OF
violation of the war time espionage
statute.
After De Spretter pleaded guilty,
he was held in $4,000 bail pending
action of the federal grand jury.
The high bail was set at the re-
quest of Acting U. S. Attorney t.
Vincent Quinn. Federal authorities
pointed out that under the law
DeSpretter may plead innocent on
arraignment in federal court on an
indictment.
De Spretter, whose Arrest was au-
thorized by U. S. District Attorney
Harold M. Kennedy, will be prose-
cuted for espionage in war time, a
charge which carries either the
death penalty or a maximum prison
tetrm of 30 years.
His mechanical engineering back
ground made him especially quail
fed to provide Lehmitz with tech
nical information on national de-
Tense measures and weapons, FB1
agents Sald.
De Spyetter had frequent meetings
with Lehmitz, usually at secluded
spots on Staten Island, FBI agents
said. Silver Lake park was favor
lite rendezvous for the men, the
agents said, and they often met
there for De Spretter to give Lemhitz
information on shipping he had OBJ
tanned by riding the Staten Island
ferry and walking along the water
front.
The engineer lived quietly at his
Staten Island apartment with his
wife and four children. Neighbors
said today be was unobtrusive and
had a pleasant greeting for those
he knew by sight.
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NOTICE

DISTRICT OF WATERBURY, SIS.
PROBATE COURT, June 29th, A.
D. 1913. ESTATE of ELM UPA-
TOFF, late of Waterbury, in said
District, deceased.
Upon the application of MARY
UPATOFF, praying that letters of
administration may be granted on
said Estate. as per application on
file more fully appears, it is
ORDERED, That said application
be heard and determined at the
Probate Office in Waterbury, in said
District, on the 9th day of July A..
D 1913, at $50 o'clock in the fore
noon eastern War Time), and that
notice be given of the tendency of
said application, and the time and
place of hearing thereon by pub
fishing the same one time in some
newspaper having a circulation in
said District, on or before the 3Gth
day of June 1913.
Attest:
JOHN J. HOWARD,
6-2s-1t Clerk.
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Key Field, Miss, June 29-Accord-
ing to promotion lists issued at this
Third Air Force base recently, Fran
els j. Shea was advanced to the
grade of corporal. Corporal Shea,
son of Mr.. Frank j. Shea, lis Cherry
street, Naugatuck, Conn, has been
in the military service since october
7, 1912, when he enlisted at Camp
Devens, Mass.
A graduate of Naugatuck high
school, where he was on the 1888
baseball team, which won the
Northeast Championship, Corporal
Shea was pitcher for the Kansas
City Blues, and in the farm school
for the New York Yankees.
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FUNERALS

The funeral of Mrs. Rosetta B.
Welsh, Ferndale Rd., Middlebury,
will be held tomorrow at 2 p. m.
from the Lunny funeral home, Is
Central Ave. Burial will be in
Grove cemetery, Naugatuck. Friends
may call at the funeral home today
from 3 to and Z to 10 p. m.
The funeral of Barbara Ann
Shanahan, 1T Beecher Ave-, was
held today at 2 p. m. at the Null
vile funeral home, 270 West Main
st. Burial was in new st. Josephs
cemetery.
Funeral services will be held for
Mrs. E. Josephine Long, Water
town tomorrow at IL a. m. from
the Anderson funeral home, 10 Cen
trail Ave, with Rev. DR.. John c.
Walker, pastor Of Second Congre-
gational church, officiating. Burial
will be in Evergreen cemetery, Wa
tertown. Friends may call at the
funeral home today from 3 to S and
to 8 p. m.
The funeral of Leonard Mast of
q East street will be held tomor-
row at a. m. from the Maiorano
funeral home, 95 Willow street, to
the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
at g. Burial will be in Calvary GEM
etery. Friends may call at the
funeral home today from 2 to 10 D,
m. Members of the board of di-
rectors of the Aviglianese society will
meet at the funeral home at 800
tonight.
The funeral of Mrs. Giocondina
(Vitale) Cantera of 1875 Fulton park
avenue was held today from the
Maiorano funeral home, 95 Willow
street, at 8 a. m. to Our Lady of
Lourdes church at 9, where a solemn
high Mass was celebrated by Msgr.
Joseph Valdambrini, pastor, assist
ed by Rev. Edward Farrell, deacon,
and Rev. Rocco Nadile, sub-deacon.
Burial was in the family plot at
Calvary cemetery, with committal
services by Father Farrell.
Bearers were Nicholas Mastron-
alto, John Longo, Daniel Altieri, Vim
cent Di Blasio, Joseph Tobin and
Pasquale Perugini.
The funeral of Thomas Guile
Will be held tomorrow at BIS a. m.
from the residence. "a Ayers st..
to the Church of the Immaculate
Conception at 9. Burial will be In
old st. Joseph's cemetery. Friends
may call at the home this after
noon and evening.
The funeral of Michael Dambros-
ky of % Lafayette street was held
this morning at 8:15 from the MAJ
aka funeral home. 10 Porter street,
to st. Joseph's church, at 9, where
a solemn high Mass was celebrated
by Rev. Benedict Gauronskas. At
the side altar were Rev. Alfred
Cabitor and Rev. Igancius Abnormal
tbs, M. S. of Hartford. Church music
was arranged and conducted by
Alexander Alexis, James German,
soloist, rendered "Panis Angelicus"
at the offertory. Burial was in the
family plot at Calvary cemetery,
with Rev. Abromaitis officiating al
the committal service. Bearers were
Anthony Macyauskas, Edward An
derson. Joseph Swead, Martin JAG
obs, Anthony Yakaitis, and William
Shukaitis.
The funeral of Joseph zilonas of
sos North Riverside street was held
this morning at 1920 from Stokes
funeral home, 694 Riverside street.
Burial was in the Lithuanian In
dependent cemetery. Bearers were
Edward Lusas, Mitchell Alishauskas,
Peter Blekan, Antonas RudZenis,
Vincent Krasnitskas. and Louis
KranalISkaS.
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Drive In 10th Day
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were shot down, an American COM
munique said.
Though Beaumont lie Roger is an
important German fighter base, no
fighter opposition and little anti
aircraft fire was encountered and
Spitfires which escorted the fort
reSses there had little work to do.
Six bombers we're lost in the two
raids.
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HOSPITAL BULLETINS

Elmer Archambault, Is, 81
Madison avenue, was reported in
fair condition by st. Mary's hos
pital this morning. The boy was
admitted to the hospital suffering
from scalp decorations after the
bicycle he was riding collided with
an automobile early last night.
The driver of the car, John Z.
Byrnes, IS Thompson street, took
the boy to the hospital in his car.
He was not held by police.
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lowed ten miles out to sea.
Two of the P-40's dived low and
gtrafed a radio station and a loco
motive at the nearby town of Gala
setta, starting both afire.
BIS Mitchells with their P-38
Lightning escorts blasted the Alg-
hero-Fertilia air fields, the Light
nings shooting down two Machls OF
The night enemy fighters which
tangled with them.
Crews reported heavy clouds Of
dust as a result of the terrific pound
of the entire field.
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Big Labor Campaign
Opens Here Shortly

Representatives of IL Industrial
firms of the Waterbury area met
with mrs. Mary M. Dewey. War
Manpower Commission director,
and officials of the U. S. Employ
ment service last night to COM
plete plans for the extensive labor
recruiting campaign to start here
shortly. Mrs. Dewey said several
committee members we're selected
last night and the remainder will
be named in few days.
Separate public relations. pro-
curement, and policy committees
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Stationed with a Seabees unit at
an overseas post. Albert M. Capuano
son of Joseph Capuano of IA East
Farm street was recently advanced
to the rating of second class petty
officer. He has been in the service
for six months.
Lieutenant Ellis E. Davenport 90,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Daven-
port of Middlebury was among a
group of aviation cadets who were
graduated today at the Blytheville
Army Field with the commission of
second lieutenant. A graduate of
Wildly high school, he Is rated as a
pilot of twin engine bomber air
craft.
Forty-one high school students
now serving the armed forces re-
ceived dipolmas this month, DR..
Thomas j. Condor, superintendent
of schools, reported at meeting of
the Board of Education last night.
A total of 81 students left their
studies for military service, he said,
but many of them were in the lower
classes or otherwise not eligible for
diplomas.
The distribution at the schools
was as follows: Crosby, 20 service
men, IA diplomas; Leavenworth, SIS
servicemen, Is diplomas; Wildly, 8
servicemen, 2 diplomas.
Aviation Cadet William H. Nc
Grath, confined to the U. S. Naval
Air base station hospital at Peru
Indiana two weeks ago, is ready for
dismissal, according to a letter re-
ceived by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
William McGrath of "A Goss street.
Naval Cadet McGrath, who Unlisted
last August, was seriously injured
IN a plane crash at the field, and
suffered the loss of one eye and
injuries to his nose. He received
preliminary training at Buffalo uni
versity and Chapel Hill.
John j. Hanley, 10, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph P. Hanley Of Maui
gatuck Is stationed in Jacksonville,
Fla, at a naval air gunnery school.
The commission of second lieuten-
ant and his Army pilots wings we're
received Saturday at Ellington Field,
Texas, by Frederick c. Bitter, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Bitter of
Middlebury.
Stationed at Camp Gruber, Okla,
Corporal Louis r. To- eta. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Vin:cn. loretta of
2il South Main street Was recently
promoted to the rank of sergeant.
He is now on maneuvers in Louis
Jana.
In the service sine, Dec. 20, Jos-
eph Cijunskas, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Anthony Cijunykas of 637 North
Riverside street has bea'i promoted
to the grade of sergeant with an
an.i-aircraft unit at Fort Bliss,
Texas.
After spending leave with his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Chester A.
Baxter Of 106 Eden street. Lieuten-
ant Elmer I. Baxter of the Army
Air forces weather squsdro has
returned to his base at Presque
Isle, Maine.
Felix Colavecchio, IT, seaman,
second class is with a Navy med
ical detachment at Camp Perry, Va.
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Cola
vecchio, Sr., he entered the service
last January.
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London observers to believe that
the Russians may be following
their customary practice of with
holding all hints of significant
fighting until preliminary detectives
have been atained)
The Russian midnight and noon
communiques told of patrol fighting
all along the front in which at
least 241 Germans died and said
six enemy planes had been shot
down yesterday and today. Numer-
GUNS prisoners were reported taken.
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NOTICE

On and after this date, I will not
be responsible for any bills other
than those contracted by myself.
THOMAS F. BURKE,
SO Artizan ST.,
New Haven, Conn.
Inns as 1943. e-26-3t
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Full W Gather Report

BOSTON, june 70 (UP)-Weather
forecasts x,....
MASSACHUSETTS CONNECTI-
CUT and RHODE ISLAND-Much
cooler tonight and Wednesday
fOPemOOu,
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OBITUARY

PARKINS-Frank Parkins of 40
Green street was found dead early
this morning at his home. A native
of Lithuania, he came to this coun-
try 30 years ago. After serving in
the U. S. Army for q years and II
months, he received an honorable
discharge as sergeant of Co. A,
Fourth Infantry.
Mr.. Parkins is survived by his
sister, Mrs. Frank Bajoraitis, and a
step-son, Adam Ledekas, of this
city; stepdaughter, Mrs. Norbert
Buckley of Springfield, Mass, and
several nephews and nieces. A mil
itary funeral will be held from the
Deliniks funeral parlors, time and
other arrangements to be announced
later.
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WHEELER-Mrs. Louis B. Wheel
er, 81, of Meriden, widow of Albert
c. Wheeler and grandmother of
Harold G. Wheeler of 20 Cooke
street, died Sunday afternoon in
Meriden hospital. Born in New York
city, she had been a resident of
Meriden for the past rs years and
was a communicate of the First
Baptist church there.
Her survivors include daughter,
Mrs. Carrie Fulton of Meriden; an
other grandson, Private Robert S.
Fulton of the U. S. Army, stationed
in California; granddaughter, Miss
Marilyn Fulton of Meriden, and two
great-grandchildren, Edward Wheel
er, USN, stationed in Florida and
Miss Barbara Wheeler of this city.
The body has been taken to the
Flalow home at 48 Cooke street.
COGHLAN-Mrs. Cecilia Coghlan,
daughter of the late Patrick and
Katherine Fenton McCauley, and a
teacher in local schools for many
years, died yesterday at her home in
Plainville. She is graduate of
Crosby high school and Ursuline
college in New York.
Mrs. Coghlan is survived by her
husband, jeremiah, of Plainville,
and cousin, Mrs. Belinda Tracy of
this city.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
morning from the Lunny funeral
home, Is Central Ave-, at 8:15, to
the Blessed Sacrament church at g.
Burial will be in new st. Joseph's
cemetery. Friends may call today
from 3 to 10 p. m.
GASSER-Mrs. Jennie Gasser of
East Litchfield, Conn, died sud-
denly early this morning at her
home. Born in Germany Dec. q,
1869, she had been a resident of
Litchfield for the past So years. She
is survived by one son, Frederick
Gasser OF Litchf1eld; one daughter,
Mrs. Elsie G. Robertson of this city;
one brother William Minor of
Bound Brook, N. j., one sister, Mrs.
Charles Nance of Rochester, N. Y,
and two grandchildren, Frederick
Gasser, Jr., of the U. S. Navy and
Douglas Robertson of this city.
Funeraly services will be held at
the Anderson Funeral home. 10 Cen
trail avenue, Thursday afternoon at
n IL
First Lutheran church officiating.
Burial will be in Riverside Gene
terry. Friends may call at the funeral
home this afternoon from 3 to S
o'clock and this evening from 7 to 8.
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WAR FOOD POST

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GERMAN PLANES

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REVERSED TODAY

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The funeral of Mrs. Rosetta B.
Welsh, Ferndale Rd., Middlebury,
will be held tomorrow at p. m.
from the Lunny funeral home, Is
Central Ave. Burial will be in
Grove cemetery, Naugatuck. Friends
may call at the funeral home today
from 3 to S and to 10 p. m.
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The funeral of Joseph zilonas of
sos North Riverside street was held
this morning at 1920 from Stokes
funeral home, 694 Riverside street.
Burial was in the Lithuanian In
dependent cemetery. Bearers were
Edward Lusas, Mitchell Alishauskas.
Peter Blekan, Antonas Rudzenis,
Vincent Krasnitskas. and Louis
Kranauskas.
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Private johnson was employed at
the Scovill Mfg. Co.
Stationed with Seabees unit at
an overseas post. Albert M. Capuano
son of Joseph Capuano of IA East
Farm street was recently advanced
to the rating of second class petty
officer. He has been in the service
for six months.
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Kirke Simpson Says:
Nazis In Dnieper Bend
Haze Chance To Escape

the point where it broadens into
an estuary of the Black sea.
To seal the trap the Russians
south of the bend in the Nogais
steppe must pierce those marshes
and cross the stream itself to eff
feet junction with the Red spear
head investing Krivoi Rog. Two
Russian columns which poured
westward through tn Melitopol
break are stabbing northeastWard
toward Nikopol, the site OF the
rarrows of the Dnieper m a n
lands.
1t seems certain, however, that
short of a smashing Russian vic
tory at Krirvoi Rog over German
forces massed there to hold open
the escape corridor, it still is pos
sible for the Nazis east of that
danger point to make their way
to safety. The battle of Krivoi
Rog is deciding their fate.
As nearly as the situation IN
the Snieper bend can be mapped
now curving Nazi front through
Russian captured Adamoka from
the Krivoi Rog sector, then south
east and south to the right bank
of the river opposite Zaporozhe is
indicated.
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Nazi forces in the Dnieper bend
trap in Russia still have long
odds chance of escaping the fate
that overlook 100000 comrades be-
fore Stalingrad last winter.
Under shelter of what Berlin
styled the "super battle" Of Krlvol
Rog, they have made long stride
toward the so = mile wide escape
corridor south of that point to the
river. The retreat from the bend
is progressing under circumstances
that testify to the efficiency OF
German staff work, and the still
staunch morale of German troops.
There is no authoritative est
mate of the number of Nazi troops
caught in the sack formed by the
Russian break-through from Krem-
enchug to Krivoi Rog. 1t obvl-
Gus from current Moscow reports
that the retreat is still a with
drawal, not rout.
Troops in the most exposed po-
sitions in the northern and north
eastern sectors of the bend are
being pulled back first. There ap-
peared last night (Thursday) to
be a definite pattern to the re-
tirement, taking full advantage OF
the shelter of Dnieper marshes
below Zaporozhe and on both sides
Of the streams lower course to
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vile and its bombed-out air
fields.
One of these was identified at
MacArtflur's headquarters as
Mono, a coral reef on which the
land rises to a height of 1000 feet.
The move apparently is part Of
plan to close in on substantial
Japanese forces now confined
largely on Bougainville.
Nearby are the Shorthand islands
whose Ballale fighter strip was
unable to put planes in the air to
oppose the new move because Am
erican bombings have rendered
it imperative.
These islands are separated by
Bougainville strait from the main
land of Bougainville with its bomb
cratered airfields of Kahili and
Kara, also in no condition to send
supporting planes to the scene.
Five hundred tons of bombs have
left these fields useless since Sat
urday.
Headquarters characterized the
opposition to the landings as
minor.
It was the first offensive move
in that sector since the last Japa-
nese were routed in the first week
of October from the central Solo,
mons, including Vella Lavella, As
miles southeast of Mono.
There are no reports of any enc
my installations on Mono and it
is unlikely any airstrip is there.
In announcing yesterday a
bombardment of the Treasury is
lands for the first time by Allied
planes, a spokesman referred to
enemy artillery groups there.
This new move, possibly indicat-
ing a drive to invest the remand
er of the Solomons and lay bare
the approaches to Rabaul, first
was disclosed by Radio Tokyo
which admitted the landing but
made the unconfirmed claim that
Japanese aircraft had sunk an AL
lied warship.
Prior to the landings, Allied
planes in four days of terrific
commandment had knocked out the
enemy Bougainville airfields of
Kahili and Kara and the Ballale
strip in the Shortlands close by
the Treasury group.
Continuing to add to Japan
disastrous air losses, Airacobras
downed six enemy bombers and
six fighters in the Finschhafen,
New Guinea, area, today's COM
muniuue reported.
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Retail Sales Tax
Plan Is Defeated
By House Members

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2s-B
- All proposals for a national
retail sales tax were defeated
today by the House Ways and
Means committee, and that bo-
dy appeared ready to approve
new tax bill with only about
$4,000, 100000 of new revenue.
The Treasury had asked S1O,-
500,000,00O.
Chairman Doughton D-NC)
said "this ends consideration of
a sales tax as a part of this
blll-whether a manufacturers,
wholesale or retail sales tax"
The committee responded to
mrelenting Administration op-
position to a sales levy. Econ
Omic Sterilization Director Fred
NJ. Vinson had told the body
such a tax might prevent the
government from "h0lding the
line" against initiation. The CLIO
had warned that if the tax were
enacted labor would demand
proportionase wage increases.
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Fingerprint In Records
Against Marigny Case

nrint-the Crowns principal EVIL
dence in an effort to prove that
de Marigny beat and burned his
father-in-law to death last July.
The usually impressive de Ma
rigny, somewhat flushed as 1ne
result of a cold, grimaced When
Chief Justice Sir Oscar Beo1ora
DAILY ruled that the print was ao-
Missile. Then he shrugged 5
shoulders, settled b C k on MS
bench in the prisoners cage, ana
smiled.
After bordering the question
overnight. Sir Oscar held that it
was up to the jury to decide
whether the fingerprint exhibited
ty Barker actually was lifted from
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