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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-06

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-06
Dickeys and Gay Snoods
Slated for Popularity
By DONNA GRACE

nese costumes are finished At
the neck with trim collar bands
This should be a good time
20 bring out amber or Jade
iewelry Turquoise. amethyst,
coral, lapis and metal iewolry
can he worked mp INTO beautiful
Chinese ornaments
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-06
Flower Trimmed Snoods

S-o0dS continue "a intrigue
the Younger set The new SnoodS
arc the gaNcSt- So far Flowers
are the preferred trim and used
laNlShly The crown is usually
fitted bat amply fun TO cover
the hair. Masses of small flow
-rrS frame the face from the
shoulders 10 above the temples.
Some prefer the plain net snood
with two punches Of larger
flowers on either side OF the
front. beginning almost in the
center and well out 10 the sides.
DAISIES are smart and may be
combined with white or yellow
mol They should all he per-
fumcd 10 give the flowers an
air of freshness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
LABOR HOPES FDR
WILL SHOW HAND
Victory Committee to Lay
Little Steel" Wage Cell
ing Formula Before Him

Washington, March 20.-tUP)-
Labor circles hope President Roose-
welt will SHOW his hand" today or
whether the administration will IA
vor scrapping the war labor boards
"little steel" wage ceiling formula.
The issue will be laid before him
by labor's victory committee, CON-
posed of AFL. CLIO and Railroad
Brotherhood representatives, which
meets periodically with the Presi-
dent.
II Is believed the President may
indicate his position now because
the WLB on Monday may vote on
recent proposals of its AFL men,
bers for raising the Is per cent
wage ceiling of the formula and
establishing a new wage policy.
Closely tied up with this vital is
sue before the board-and the ad-
ministration-iS the crucial wage
case involving 100000 bituminous
mines led by John L. Lewis. The
little STEEL formula does not per-
NIT a further increase for the
miners, much less the 50 a day
which they demand.
The AFL petition is believed to
have been laid before the WLB now
SO Lewis United Mine Workers can
not claim credit for breaking the
formulate and when 1t is broken.
If the WLB acceded to the AL
proposals. which seems unlikely, the
board probably could compromise
Continued on Page q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
DEATH CLAIMS
FORMER MAYOR
Francis P. GuiIfOiIe SUI.
fers Heart Attack in Law
Office; Funeral Monday

City officials, associates IN the
Waterbury Bar Association and
Waterburians In all walks Of life
who knew him during his distin-
guished career rs an attorney and
public figure joined today In trib-
utes to former Mayor Francis p
Guilfoile, who succumbed last night
to a heart attack In his law Office In
the Cowell- Guilfoile building, Leav-
enworth and Grand streets,
Mr.. Guilfolle, member of the
Connecticut bar for a years and
mayor Of the city from 1922 TO 1880,
observed his 6Sth birthday last
month. Apparently In good health
during the day, the former mayor
went to his ONCE following his usual
custom and was visited there at
O'Clock by his wife, Mrs. Margaret
M. Guilfoile.
Mrs. Guilfoile returned 10 the
Guilfoile apartment on the third
floor of the building at IL o'clock,
and not finding Mr.. Guilfoile at
home went TO the office downstairs,
She found the former mayor seated
In a chair In his private Office. and
becoming alarmed when he did not
reply to her calls. summoned police.
Captain Patrick Foley. Patrolmen
William Lazurk, Frank Viteralli and
Joseph Cavanaugh went to the
Office to administer first aid, but
Mr.. Guilfoile did not respond and
DIR. Edward F. KirSchbaum, medical
CONTINUED on Page p
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
MEAT SUPPLIES
DWINDLE IN N. Y,
Fears Expressed Over
Paralysis of Food Dis
tributiOn

New York. March 20--tuP)--Meat
supplies dwirdlled to record lows in
New York today while canned food
products, virtually boycotted by
housewives because of high point ra-
ton values, continued 10 pile up on
store shelves.
Disclosure OF the situation. which
food industry spokesman believed
may result In a complete paralysis
of food distribution, followed close
Oh an order by the Army quarter
master general hating production
of rationS tx" and &C" on March
81.
The suspension order Of the ra-
tons. which are emergency allow
anceS allotted soldiers removed from
regular field kitchens, was issued,
spokesman said, because production
exceeded expectations"
Eleven prime contractors, affected
by the order, were scheduled to meet
with Army quartermaster officials
Monday at Washington.
The desperate meat situation here
was revealed by Daniel p. Woolley,
markets commissioner, who said
that only 10 per cent of the city's
shops had satisfactory meat sup
ply. Last week there were 20 per
cent having ample supplies and AZ
per cent in February, he said.
Woolley pointed out that supplies
of processed meats we're also very
low" and that both dressed and live
poultry shoewd "steep decreases In
supply"
The slow movement OF canned
foods from retailers and the grow
ing accumulation OF supplies in can
ming warehouses we're cited as the
"bottlenecks" of the food industry.
Charging that the federal govern
ment has frozen from 4 OTTO 60 per
cent 70 the canned food supplies in
warehouses, industry spokesman ex-
pressed feares that complete par
alysiS Of food distribution ultimately
may result from the "bottlenecks".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
EARL W. SPENCER
FALLS ON KNIFE
First Husband OF Duchess
of Windsor Suffers
Wound Over Heart

Long Beach, Cal, March 20. -
(UP)-Cmdr. Earl Winfield Spencer
49-year -old first husband of the
Duchess OF Windsor. will recover
from a two-inch knife wound over
the heart. Naval Hospital attendants
said today.
The retired U. S. naval officer said
he fell. against knife in the kitchen
OF his Santa Monica home.
Mrs. Lillian Margaret Spencer. his
fourth wife, found him on the floor
of the service porch Thursday when
she came home after brief absence,
she said. She called private physi-
clan, DIR. Edison p. Bacon, who Or
dered a naval ambulance.
Police Chief C. E. Webb OF Santa
Monica said his Office was not noti-
fed for IL hours. and then was un.
able to learn details. He planned a
complete investigation of the case
today.
Spencer married his present wife
two years ago, little more than q
year after his third wife, Mrs. Nor
ma johnson Spencer. divorced him
ON grounds Of extreme cruelty and
habitual intemperance.
In 1916 he married Wallis War;
field. the Duchess Of Windsor fol
whom King Edward VII renowned
his throne. She was then a Balti'
more belle. They we're divorced In
1926. when his naval duties KEEP
them apart.
Spencer commanded the aircraft
carrier Ranger until his retirement
In june, 1899.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
Knox Reports Greater Ger
man Activity Underseas
Than Ever Before
ELMER DAVIS FORESEES
MUCH TROUBLE AHEAD
Axis Broadcast Claims 81
Allied Ships in Atlantic
Convoy Sunk
BY SANDOR =. KLEIN
United Press staff COrrespondentS

Washington, March 90. -
CUP - The Germans may
be sending some of their
submarines into waters far
from the North Atlantic in
an effort to divert Allied
escort strength from the vital
convoy routes TO Britain,
Russia and North Africa.
That possibility was Sug-
gested today by the appearance Of
an enemy submarine In the Carib-
bean area for the first time In more
than three months, A small Hon-
duran merchant vessel was sunk
there during the first half Of this
month.
Why q submarine should be op-
Grating In the Caribbean at q time
when the main hunting ground ap-
pears to be in the North Atlantic
aroused speculation over the possi-
bility that the enemy was making
feinting thrusts.
Graveyard for Ships
The Caribbean already Is the
graveyard of 1874 merchants ships
sunk by submarines since the start
Of last year. OF this number. II
were sent to the bottom during May
and June.
1t appeared that the German
submarine campaign was gaining
momentum. Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox, who a few weeks age
described the submarine situation
as improved, now reports greater
activity by German subs than there
has been for some time" He said
there was no doubt the enemy had
more submarines available than
ever before.
Elmer Davis, director OF the Of
flee of War Information. In radio
address last night said the bombing
OF submarine bases and submarine
factories continued, but there ara
still plenty OF U-BoatS at large and
plenty more in reserve, and they are
going to keep on giving us lot OF
trouble"
The number OF ship sinkings an
nounced by the Navy recently does
not support official statements that
the German submarine drive is on
the upgrade. But the fact that SO
far this month only two ship sink.
ings for March have been an.
nounced suggested that most OF tho
activity may be in the area of Brit
ish control.
The British do not announce
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
BRITISH TROOPS
CLOSE TO DONBAIK
Shells From Ships Start
Numerous Fires; Japs
Answer Attack

New Delhi. March 2O.--(UP)--
British troops, under cover OF
shells from naval coastal vessels,
have pushed closer to Donbaik. on
the road to vital Japanese held
Akyab in western Burma. head
quarters communique said today.
East of the Mayu river, British
units held their position In the face
Of enemy attacks and during the
past "a hours there has been no
important change in the situation.
The communique said.
Donbaik, on the coast Of the Bay
of Bengal. is only 81 miles north
west Of Akyab. However. there was
no indication that the British are
thrusting forward with enough
strength to endanger Akyab.
Shells from the ships started
numerous fires in the Donbaik area
yesterday morning. Japanese artil-
lery answered the attack, but no
damage was reported.
Royal Air Force bombers. escorted
by hurricanes strafed and bombed
enemy troops In two low-level at
tacks.
"Other aircraft bombed Pinlebu.
an enemy-occupied village west OF
Katha," the communique said.
Fighter patrols attacked various
targets, including enemy airfields. a
river tug was destroyed at Bahin.'
Bombers Taided the airfield at
Magwe, approximately i40 miles east
OF Akyab, during the night. and
btmbs were seen bursting In the
dispersal area.
one plane was reported missing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
Nazis Kill 10 Hostages
For EUery Soldier Lost

tians were said TO have been forced
into war Industries in the Ruhr.
Radio Morocco, reporting from
Berne. said the patriots entrenched
in the Savoy Alps still have not
acceded to Vichy's demand that
they lay down their arms. A great
many youths, according to Morocco
radio, have been arrested while at
tempting TO join the patriots.
Some patriots were said to be
returning singly and In small groups
to their homes In Haute-Savot. The
only new development reported IN
the Swiss press was the posting Of
German announcements In HautS
Savoi towns declaring that In cast
Of an Allied landing In Europe al
abled bodied men would be placed
In concentration camps.
NaZi and Vichy announcement
insisted that the trouble had beer
grossly exaggerated" claiming NJ
lives had been lost and that there
had been no violence.
Radio Paris. however, said thu
largest police raid In history wal
made IN Tarbes, about 80 miles from
the Spanish frontier. Paris did no
give the reason. ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20

in the south-central sector OF Tu-
nisid Is threatening to encircle Axis
positions along the Mareth Line,
Marshal Erwin Rommel was report
ed TO be concentrating his troops
In an attempt to avoid being cut
off from Colonel General Jurgen
Won Arnim's forces In the north0
Drenching rain has turned the
battleflelds of TunisIa into quag-
mires three inches to two feet Deep
and the American push toward
Gabes In an attempt to cut off
Rommel'S southern army was slow
ed. II will be almost impossible for
tanks to operate until the rain
ceases and the ground dries.
Tcday's Allied communicate said
the wretched weather had limited
air operations to sweeps and pa
trolls. No planes were lost and AL
lied pilots did not encounter enemy
aircraft.
TeRt Of today's communicate:
1.-THE Tunisian front was quiet
yesterday. From the Eighth Army
front there was nothing to report.
I'm the Casa and FL Guettar
areas where heavy rain Is still fall
ing our troops continued TO console
date their positions.
AIR: Bad weather over Tunisia
limited air operations to sweeps
and patrols which were carried out
without loss and without encoun-
tering the enemy"
Earlier reports said Axis resist
arIce was Stiffening In the hills east
Of Ell Guetta.
Axis artillery and infantry forces
were strongly entrenched In the
prepared positions from which they
launched their abortive offensive
February IA and heavy fighting was
believed In prospect before the
Americans push farther southeast
ward toward the key Port Of Gabes,
~ miles away by road.
The capture Of Gabes would plug
the Tunisian bottleneck and cut off
Axis forces In the Mareth Line to
Continued on Page q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
Paging Ripley! Bean
Shortage Hits Boston

Meat dealers, expecting little beef
In the Boston area today and
small supply 4 lamb and pork. pre-
pared for scenes similar TO yester-
day when thousands Of shoppers
shoppers jammed meat markets.
John H. Sullivan, Deputy Region
al Administrator for the Federal
Food Distribution Administration,
said the shortage was partly due TO
the black market which has ac-
counted for q considerable portion
OF Boston's supply"
About the only plentiful meat
supplies available, inarketmen said.
were sausages, frankfurterg and
hol0gnAs - 49, :.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
PRIVATE CONVICTED
OF KILLING SWEETIE

Newport. r. T., March up
A new trial will be sought by Pvt
Howard N. Prescott, 20, of Dexter.
Me. and Camp Edwards. Mass, wlla
has been convicted Of econd-degree
murder in connection with the deere
rifle Staying of his hometown sweet
heart.
A superior court jury deliberaten
only SIS minutes late yesterday be-
fore convicting Prescott In the death
of Mrs. Avis Macomber. 10, here on
January 81. The conviction carries
penalty OF 10 years to life inl-
prisonment but sentence was de-
ferred and the defense was given
one week In which to apply for q
new trial.
Prescott allegedly shot the gira
at q government housing profess
where she worked as maid, foi~
lowing an illicit romance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
BY JOHN A. PARIS
United Press staff Correspondent

London, March 20.-CUP)-The
Nazis were reported today 10 have
announced that they would shoot
10 hostages for every German SOL
der killed In the French provinces
of Alsace and Lorraine. where sabo-
tage and acts OF violence against
occupation forces were on the rise.
Swiss reports said a military court
In Strasbourg had sentenced Is
Alsatians to death and II to prison
for UNITED Nations connections
and plotting to overthrow the new
order.
A Strasbourg newspaper reaching
Berne, Switzerland, said all the plot
tiers had Germanic names, They
we're said to include a prominent
district court counselor, Nazi gov
eminent counselor, a police secre-
tary and prominent members OF
other influential professions"
Radio Dakar broadcast a report
that the Germans have modified
Is, 900 Frenchmen from Alsace and
Lorraine and scattered them
through several German regiments
an TIE Russian 'front.' 0thsr Asa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20

Boston. March 20.-(uP)-A SER
ious shortage of meats and q scare
ity Of green vegetables today con-
fronted greater Boston housewives.
Meager supplies Of beef and
dwindling poultry stocks yesterday
forced closing OF nearly SO meat and
produce stalls In the FaneuiI Hall
market district.
Termed by marketmen "the worst
food shortage in New England his
tory" the situation was further
complicated by q shortage Of spin
ach, beans. cabbage and peas Plen-
tiful supplies OF applies and NEARLY
normal" stocks OF other vegetables
were reported however, -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
Boys Get EUen''
For Being Fired

Maiden, Mass, March s0,-
tUPl-TwO l1-year-0ld Maiden
youths faced arralgnment rs al
legged food sab0tcUrs today after,
police said, they ruined or stole
$3.50 worth Of fo0d 10 get
even" with n company that had
fired them.
Police said the defendants,
Robert Surette and Stanley
Mccoy, entered the Northern
Products Co, plant Thursday
night by ch0pplng n hole In the
roof, The youths then allegedly
ripped open % hundred pound
bags o. sugar and Ave barrels
Of Aour and mixed both COM
modlties with canned tomato
juice and liquid floor wax,
Miscellaneous merchandise
stolen from the plant was found
hidden In q vacant house across
the street. Police said both
youths had confessed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
ALLIED PLANES
CRACK JAP SUB
Four Direct Hits Scored;
Sub Was Being Used to
Unload Cargo
United Press stan Correspondent

United Press stan Correspondent
Gen, MacArthur's Headquarters,
Australia, March 20,-(UP)-Allied
planes, smashing at tho Japanese
invasion base at Lac, on the north
east New Guinea coast, yesterday
destroyed q submarine rs It unload
ed cargo with four direct hits, Gen,
MacArthurS communiQue announced
today,
Military observers believed the
use of a submarine as a cargo car
rier In this area indicated that Jap
apese shipping Is being sharply
pinched by the Allied aerial block
ade, and by heavy losses In the re-
cent Bismarck Sea battle
Fifty Japanese planes, 10 bombers
and 80 fighters, struck at Porlock
Harbor, on New Guinea'S north coast
near Tufl, dropping 20 bombs, dam
aging the wharveS and launch, No
casualties were reported,
A Hudson patrol bomber, flying
alone, strafed a Japanese lugger of
Sermata, IN the Banda Sea northeast
Of Timber, on Friday, while other
Hudsons harassed Timor on Thurs
day night, striking at Penfoei air.
drome.
Three Flying Fortresses made
separate raids on japanese bases in
New Britain. The first strafed Gas
mata ON Friday afternoon, the Sec
ond made two raids on Arawe on
Friday morning, destroying an am
munition dump, and the third made
three attacks on Cape Gloucester.
Another Fortress, ranging far
northward over the Admiralty
Islands on Friday, strafed Japa-
nese cargo ship In Lorcngau harbor,
while AGO Havoc light bombers
strafcd enemy positions around the
Mubo area of New Guinea on Fri
day morning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
DONETS RIVER
FIGHT FIERCE
SOviets Counter ! Attack
Wipe Out German Ad-
vance in See-Saw Battle
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

(Oniteu frcSS StaU COTrespVuucuV
Moscow, March 20 - U.P) - A
savage Soviet counter attack wiped
out a German advance In the see
saw battle Of the Upper Donets
river today, but the Germans were
stepping up their assault in a des-
perate bid for bridgeheads on the
north bank before the spring thaw.
Tens Of thousands Of Axis troops
and hundreds Of tanks were batter
ing the Soviet lines in continuous
waves seeking to force the Doncts
In strength and drive the Russians
back toward the Don river.
The Germans hurled 5000 in
fantrymen and rs tanks against a
single narrow sector of the front
today and, at heavy cost. drove the
Russians back slightly, the midday
conmunique reported. The Soviets
then re-grouped and drove the
enemy back TO his initial positions
in a counter-attack.
Nearly 500 German dead, five
wrecked tanks and seven anti-tank
guns were left OH the battlefield,
the communique said.
However, the Russians yielded two
Hamlets to the Germans yesterday
In their second withdrawal In "a
hours. the Friday midnight COM
munique disclosed.
Mud and sluSh. was slowing the
Soviet drive toward Smolensk on
the central front, but the Soviet
high command reported the capture
Of a number of additional localities
and the Staying Of 1000 enemy
troops.
Field dispatches reported that
the Russians now had reached the
east bank Of the Upper Dnieper in
the entire region north of the Vyaz-
ma-Smolensk railroad and had
pushed another six miles along the
railroad itself from Izdeshkovo to
within seven miles of Dor0gobuzh,
48 miles east of Smolensk.
Marshal Semyon Timoshenko's
northeastern armies stormed into
(COntinued on Page %
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
KEROSENE PROBLEM
REMAINS SERIOUS

Hartford. Conn. March 2O.-(UP)
State OPA Director Chester
Bowles today lifted his ban Of Feb.
!, restricting kerosene deliveries to
Is gallons to preferred customers,
and also removed the cent and half
increase per gallon on purchases OF
Is gallons or less.
Bowles explained that while the
kerosene situation remained serious
"the continued mild weather during
this past week has considerably re-
lieved the pressure OF recent months
and the crisis, Ii not the danger, is
passed unless We are overtaken by
another cold SPELL"
Dealers have been urged to con-
tlnue putting aside ten per cent Of
their inventories for an emergency
Dool,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
CAOLRE lands
'BEST-DRESSED'

Hollywood, March 2O.-CUP)-It
was a good thing. said Miss Carole
Lands today, that the fashion aca-
DENY didn't see her in Africa In
her long underwear before 1t named
her Americas beSt-dreSsed screen
star for 1913.
1T itched all the time," the svelte
Miss Lands continued. "ard when
nobody was looking I scratched, and
I was a mess"
Kay Francis. Martha Raye and
the best-dressed screen star were in
Tunisia entertaining soldiers about
the time the members of the ada
denny were casting their ballots in
New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-20
JOSEPH PARSONS DIES

Canaan, Conn.,, March 20.-(UP)
The death of Joseph L. Parsons,
76, president of the Canaan Ma
tional Bank and a former state
senator, occurred Friday night at
Hartford hospital. He was a for
mer chairman of the Republican
town committee and a brother-in-
law of the late Connecticut Repub-
lican political boss, j. Henry Rora-
back.