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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
YANKS LAND ON
CYPRUS ISLAND
Americans Stationed Two
Months There; Axis For
flying Southern Italy
-NEA Telephoto
BY JOHN A. PARIS
s Staff COrreSpOndeI

(Unlted PreSS STAN Correspondent
London, May 11.-(UP)-Reports
that American troops have been sta
toned on Cyprus Island at the east
ern end of the Mediterranean cir
culated through Neutrality-suspicious.
Europe today as speculation in
creased that the Allies were getting
ready to move against AXis-held
Islands guarding the southern ap-
proach to the continent.
Swedish press reports from Sofia,
via Berlin, said that the Stars and
Stripes were flying beside the Brit
ish Union Jack from Cyprus public
buildings and that American mill
tary, political and economic experts
were aiding in administration Of the
island.
An American general who COM
mandS division and his staff were
said to have arrived at NicoSia, the
islands capital. These reports said
that the Americans began arriving
on Cyprus two months ago, presum-
ably as part of the invasion plan.
Word reaching Madrid from Italy
and France told of the intensified
preparations by the Axis to fortify
Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and south
ern Italy against invasion.
Thousands of laborers were pour
ing cement for anti-tank bitches,
machine gun emplacements and air
raid shelters in Italy. 1t was said.
The work, started in December, was
being rushed to completion because
of the Axis collapse in Tunisia.
1t was suggested that recent
heavy Allied bombings of the whole
Mediterranean area were designed
partly to weaken these defenses.
Greek sources here said that the
capture of Crete would be equally
important as the capture of Sicily
In any Allied invasion from Africa.
The NaZis were believed to have
four divisions or about $4,000 men
on the heavily fortified island.
The Greeks suggested that 1t
might be easier first to occupy the
Dodecanese Islands off the Turkish
coast. These islands believed to be
held by $4,000 Italians, are not be-
ieved to be as we'll fortified as Crete.
Adolf Hitler gave an idea of con-
ditions among the Nal fighting men
In his appeal for Red Cross funds
yesterday. He asserted that "the
homeland cannot assess how great
has been the physical moral de-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11

For example various practices OF
the city are termed contrary to char
ter provisions, according to the audi
tors, and it Is recommended that
committee of three, composed of the
Corporation Counsel, Budget Di-
rector, and representative of the
auditing firm review the charter
provisions touching on accounting
matters so that the proper changes
may be proposed at the next legis-
lative session.
Reassign Duties
The purpose OF such a survey and
recommended ion would be to ''elim-
inato antiquities with respect to
existing provisions, to provide for
reassignment of powers and duties
Of officers and department heads as
appears desirable, and to bring the
Charter into agreement with exist
ing procedures where same are now
at variance with present provisions
TO the extent 1t is ascertained to
be impractical to correct such prac-
tees. 49,"
In submitting the report for 1941
today representatives Of Barrow,
Wade and Guthrie requested an
sarly conference with Mayor Mon
agan at which they will outline
plans whereby submission of the
1912 report may be both facilitated
and speeded up. Originally the re-
port Just submitted was due in
August of 1912, this date being Of
fered by the auditors when they
presented the report on the 1910
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11

There were no air alertS in
Southern California to indicate the
plane had been spotted, and re-
ports from various areas that an
unidentified plane had been observ-
ed were unconfirmed. A report that
plane had been sighted over
Santa Ana led to speculation that
the fugitives had headed for Mexico.
After escaping from the guard
house, officers said Boyle and Nc
Donald apparently strolled uncon-
cernedly to the rows of parked
planes, their presence would have
occaSioned no suspicion, because
they were dressed the same as line
crew members who were busy NOV
ing the ships about. warming them
up and refueling them.
Boyle and Mcdonald had been
held on felony convictions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
Hopes Of Escape By Sea
Crushed--H Sends
encouragement Notes
Higher Taxes In
Offing Predicts
Sen. La Toilette
BY JOHN l.. CUTTER
United Press Staff Correspondent

Washington, May 11.-(UPJ-Sen
Robert M. LaFollette, p, Wis, today
protested that the skip-a-year tax
bill approved by the Senate finance
committee inevitably means higher
taxes in the next u months for in
dividuals making from $1,000 to $685.
900 year.
ITO enact legislation at this time,
forgiving existing tax liabilities, will
compel congress TO raise tax rates
later this year." LaFollette said in a
one-man minority report explaining
his opposition to the tax bill which
the Senate will begin debating to-
morrow.
Seven other committee members
also opposed the bill, but they did
not sign LaFollette's report. T here
were increasing indications the SEN
ate will pass the committees YER
sion of the Ruml plan.
"Tnosc who vote now to cancel
taxes already assessed and partly
collected must take the responsible
ity of raising the tax levies on mil
4lOllS VI pCOD1C al Vic 1llAAllS SL1lNl
lower income groups some time dur
ing 1943," he said,
LaFollette directed his entire ar
gument at the RUM Plan to waive
collection Of one years taxes in or
der to pvt taxpayers on 100 per
cent pay-as-you-go basis, starting
July IT, without doubling of and re-
quiring payment of two years tax
eS in one year.
at is foregone conclusion that
the amounts forgiven each of the
various income groups cannot, as a
practical matter, he recovered from
exactly the same groups through
increased rates." he asserted.
He pointed out that rates in the
upper brackets already capture
through taxation up to 80 per cent
of the total income.
consequently" he added, ohe
taxpayers In tn middle and lower
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
SOVIETS CAPTURE
IMPORTANT HILL
Infantry Breaks Through
German Defense North
east of NOvOrOSsiSk
BY NJ. S. HANDLER
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
Moscow, May 11.-(UP)-RusSian
infantry, advancing with the sup
port of a heavy artillery barrage,
broke through German defenseS
northeast of NoVorossisk today and
captured an important hill near the
Black Sea naval base.
The Red Army brought up its big
guns and began a systematic de-
struction of concrete emplacements
and pill boxes deep in the Axis de-
lenses of their Kuban bridgehead
in the wastern Caucasus. The in
fantry quickly filtered through the
blasted areas.
1t appeared that the Soviet army
had launched final major drive
toward Novorossisk, the most i'm
portant city still in Axis hands on
the 1aman Peninsula.
German artillery replied to the
Russian guns.
(The Berlin radio claimed today
that the Russians had lost 474
planes during the week of May 2-8
against German losses of SO planes)
The Germans opened an infantry
and tank attack in the Lisichansk
sector of the Donets Basin south
east OF Kharkov but reports from
the front said the enemy failed to
recover positions lost earlier.
The Soviet midday communique
announced that Russian troops beat
back one German counter attack
northeast of Novorossisk. killing 208
of the enemy and capturing many
of their weapons.
ne Paris radio was quoted in
London broadcast as saying the Rus
slams had effected large scale
landing near Novorossisk, intensity
ing the threat to the key Axis
stronghold in the Caucasus.)
The Russians destroyed one tank
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
$4,000 PHYSICIANS
ALREADY IN SERVICE

Atlanta, Ga, May 11.-(UP)-
Specialists must become general
practitioners and every physician not
In the armed services must keep on
working overtime to take care OF
the nations civilian sick, DR.. James
Edgar Paullin, president-elect Of the
American Medical association, said
today.
Paullin, in an interview. said So
900 of the nations $50. 900 physicians
already are in the armed services
and "a great many more will be
needed when our Army is expanded
to 100000 men"
He believed available physicians
In civilian life could. however, ade-
quately take care Of civilian needs
mainly by working overtime.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
ARMY CONTRACTS

Boston, May II (UP)-The Bos-
ton quartermaster depot today an
nounced the award Of the following
army contracts:
Glencairn Fig. Co., Pawtucket, r.
T., 1,512,0OO pairs Of laces; Joal Van
Dale, Inc, Pawtucket, r. l., 1,152,-
600 pairs of laces; and Providence
Braid Co., Providence, r. l., 2,642,-
795 pairs Of laceS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
Organized Resistance of
Isolated Axis Armies
Ending Rapidly
NUMBER OF PRISONERS
APPROACHING 100000
Nazis, Under 48 Hours OF
Heavy Aerial Attack,
Just Lost Nerve
BY VIRGIL PINKLEY

United Press Staff Correspondent
Allied Headquarters, North
Africa, May II. - UP) =
Organized resistance of COM
pletely isolated Axis armies
on Cap Bon was ending
rapidly today as hopes of an
escape by sea were crushed,
but crack German troops
trapped in the Zaghouan
Mountain sector continued a
hopeless bitter end battle against
attacks from three sides.
The Germans on Cap Bon Pc
ninsula, cut off by the British adj
vance TO Hammamet. "just lost their
nerve under 48 hours of heavy air
attack despite messages of encour-
agement from Hitler and Mussolini,
a spokesman said. They are sur
rendering by whole companies with
out a last ditch fight.
There is still fierce fighting, es-
pecially on the Eighth Army front"
a spokesman said. Nevertheless the
number of prisoners was rapidly ap-
preaching 100000, the remaining
German forces had been split and
demoralized enemy troops were rap
idly approaching stage where they
could no longer continue important
resistance on an organized basis.
particularly on Cap Bon.
The Axis forces trapped and cut
into sections in the Cap Bon zone
and in the mountains east of Tag
houan had been estimated at from
$4,000 to 100000 and the strongest
and most compact group appeared
to be in the zaghouan area.
Resistance IS especially fierce n
the Eighth Army front" the Spokes-
man said in reference to the south
ern or zaghouan zone. About TOO
square miles in all were still occu-
pied by scattered Axis forces, fol-
lowing the British drive across the
base of the Cap Bon peninsula, cap
turing Soliman, Mcneil Bou Selfa
and Grombalia, and pushing on to
Hammamet
Enemy in Hills
The enemy in the hills of the
south front was being heavily at
tackled from the south by the
Eighth Army and from the west and
north by British First Army tanks.
The lest German troops were in
this action and their strong hill po-
sitions made it probable that some
time would be required to mop them
up, But official advices said that
the enemy troops trapped on Cap
Bon were mostly second line and
communications soldiers and that
their morale broke quickly under
heavy attack, ending organized re-
sistaEce in that area.
There also was some resistance
in the area south of Lake Achkel,
in the northern sector where the
Germans formally surrendered t.
the American Second Corps. Small
Nazi guerrilla bands were hiding IL
caves on D vi Achkel and dashinS
out at night and sometimes in day,
light to raid nearby villages.
A total number of prisoners taker
in the Tunisian campaign was put
at more than $1,000, according te
official dispatches, but there appear
ed to be no doubt that it would
increase to 10000 or more soon
Five thousand prisoners were taker
by the British in the wedge they
drove across the base of Cap Bon
peninsula, including part OF the
Hermann Goering division.
There was still no indication Of q
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
City's Records For
1911 Satisfactory
Auditors Report
barrow, Wade, Guthrie Submit Report for l94l f;
Many Recommendations Offered; Charter Change
Survey By Committee Of Three Proposed

Generally satisfactory" is the report of the City OF
Waterbury auditors Barrow Wade, Guthrie & Co., on the
condition of records for the year 941 submitted to
Mayor John S. Monagan this morning by representatives
of the firm Exceptions however, noted and specific
recommendations made with respect to the operation OF
different city departments by the auditing firm in its
formal report which is extremely long but most complete
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-05

MAKES the film is a breathless exam
pie Of motion picture production at
Its finest, q slashing, smashing rec
ord Of bitter, relentless struggle. He
roic in scope and sweep, the raid
sequences capture all the bitter, an
cry excitement and controlled, split
second timing Of fighting men who
have q job to do, weapons to do 1t
with, and training beyond compare.
Muni's performance must natural
~ be linked with his other great
roles, as lola ana Pasteur. Like
them, he again magnificently APP
pears as fighter against evil, one
who employs every resource at his
command to smash the hideous
nightmare Of Nazi barbarism.
In minor roles, lovely Anna Lee Is
equally superb as a young English
woman who vacations in the Norwe-
gian village, while Europe Is still at
peace: Lillian Gish her brilliancy
undimmed by her nine-yea absence
from the screen, contributes another
moving performance; Sir Cedric
Hardwicke Is cast as an English adj
miral in charge Of the commando
raid and Robert Coote plays the
Commando captain.
"stand BY All Networks" with
Florence Rice and John Beal is the
second hit Of the current show.
Coming Wednesday to the State Is
another big production entitled
Shadow Of q Doubt" with Teresa
Wright and Joseph Cotter in CO.
starring leads. Behind the Eight
Ball" with an all star cast will be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-05
PLAZA

Heralded as the finest motion
picture OF horseback warfare Is
''Forty Thousand Horsemen" which
opens at the Plaza thetaer on Sun
day. The stark realism Of the big
action scenes in the picture Is part
" due to the good fortune Of pro-
Queer Charles Chauvel IN obtain
ing more than 5000 regular men,
bers Of the Australian light horse
forces to take part in the big charge
and other battle scenes.
Magnificent Workmanship, the
inseparable compansionship Of q
happy-go-lucky trio who comprise
the three musketeers' Of the An
FAC contingent and the colorful
Cairo Cafe scenes are among the
many other items of keen interest
and enjoyment in the picture.
Grant Taylor and Betty Bryant,
the romantic leads, make a most in
gratiating love team.
On the same show Is Jimmy
"Schnozzle" Durante in a picture
based on the famous comis strip,
Joe Palooka'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-05

But to get back to the former
wunderkind Of Broadway, the young
man who In the late 20s had the
theater world by the tail on a ski
slide with such millon-dollar prop
critics as "The Front Page, 100
quette" and broadway" Then he
went q bit arty, some productions
didn't jell, and he sort Of dropped
out Of the picture for about a dec
ade, although his name always was
turning up in print in connection
with some projected Broadway or
Hollywood venture. He's back now
with fistful Of Hollywood money
for production purposes and 1t
looks like he has something better
than an income tax deduction In
his current play, Ozark Eyes.
This Ozark Eyes, Is strictly for
laughs and there are lot OF them
in It. The comedy Is unusual in that
It Is the work Of two Russian ac-
tresses who play two Ct the leading
roles - those Of Russian actresses
looking for an angel for o play
which they have written.
The actresses In question are
Elena Miramova and EuUenie
Leontovich, both favorably known
here and abroad for some years.
Miss Miramova apparently was the
chief writer Of the play, as 1t Is
billed by Elena MiraYlova Tin col
lbaoration with Eugene Leonto.
vich)." For o maiden effort, II Is
fair stuff Of Its kind and, needless
to say, they play 1t as no one else
current in these parts could do.
They are ably abetted by q third
Russian, Ludmilla Toretzka, who
has the role Of q dated opera sing
er.
The action occurs in the Long
Island home Of q lniddle-aged Wild
over industrialist who Is having his
troubles down In Washington and
Is anticipating q quiet weekend at
home with Just the members Of his
family to soothe his bureaucratic
ruffled feelings. However, his
daughter has invited as weekend
guest her rown-at-heels Georgian
prince fiance and he In turn has
Invited three great Russian ar
tistes, his best friends, who, Incl
dentally, have no place to go be-
cause they have been evicted from
their apartment and furthermore
they discover they are IN danger
from the law because they have
quite innocently issued q worthless
$500 check. It Is too late to stop the
dsluge and father lands right IN
the midst Of the Russian invasion.
The three women quickly take over
the menage and even the old mans
feelings are soothed. although the
daughter gets on her high horse
when she discovers that her fiance
is the former lover Of one OF the
atresses. Strengthening out this
romantic difference, getting the
old man to finance the play, to say
nothing Of his falling for one OF the
women, an Internationally fake
suicide pact, and various GIBBS and
flods Of Muscovite temperament
keep things moving at a steady and
generally entertaining pace.
1T isn't the best comedy in town
by some lengths, but 1t Is CONSIDER
ably above the average we have
been getting and is a welcome
enough addition to the list.
Supporting the Russian trio are
Jay Fassett, who is just right as
the industrialist: Minnie Dupree
Ann Burr, Geza Korvin, Carl Gose.
mad Oscar Polk, capable people all.
Harris staged the play, which Is
a little slow at the start, but main
tains a fair pace once 1t gets into
stride. The two agreeable settings
are the work OF Stewart CLANCY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-05
SUPER THRILLER
STRAND FEATURE
Night Monster Opens To-
morrow; Double Horror
Program Unusual

shudders and mystery thrills dom
mate the action Of universal's
"Night Monster" latest Of that stu
dos famous horror dramas, which
opens tomorrow ct the Strand the
ater.
Here Is A shivery masterpiece
among those dark and forbidding
shock films which always fill the
ater seats with patrons and patrons
with gasps.
Heading the list Of players in
''Night Monster" are Bella Lugosi
and Lionel Atwill, q pair Of names
which loom brightly in ANY list Of
Hollywood favorites. Left Erickson,
Irene Hervey, Ralph Morgan and
Don Porter are others In the long
line-tlp.
The story, an original screen play
by Clarence Upson Young, moves ra-
pidly through o series Of murders
which take place In one Of the
glooniest, creepiest settings yet con-
structed for the cameras.
The second feature, which COM
pletes this double horror program,
Is, "The Mummy's Tomb" Lon
CLANCY, now quite famous for his
blood-chilling roles In "The Ghost Of
F'rankenstein" and the more recent
"Wolf Man." Is the star Of this new
shocker. The role he plays Is prob
ably more awesome than the pre-.
vious two.
The plot concerns an old Egyptian
curse which pursues the invaders Of
q sacred tomb. Dick Foran, as the
invading archaeologist, Is the first
victim and is assassinated In his
New England domicile by the num-
my which has been secreted in the
local cemetery. Other killings fol-
low. The archaeologist'S nephew,
portrayed by John Hubbard, and the
nephew's fiancee, played by Elyse
Knox, are dangerously fnenaced
while the rnummy's keeper, charac.
terized by Turhan Bey, engineers q
blood.curdling conspiracy which
ends In q countrywide uproar.
See the mummy, buries In fury,
stalking to life from the depths Of
dooml New thrillsl New Terror
from the screens master character
creator, Lon CLANCY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-05
Promising Pictures Feature Programs OF Local 7hedters
GENE TIERNEY in
EXCELLENT ROLE
Shares Lead in China Girl
With George MOntgOrll.
cry; MCLaglen Also

A beautiful girl, defying violence
and terror, and q daring Yank, fly
ing and fighting for victory, provide,
an exciting ramontic adventure
story against q flaming background
Of war In goth Century Fox's "Chi.
ma Girl" which opens today at the
Loew Poll theater for q four day
engagement.
Gene Tierney and George Mont
gomery, teamed for the first time,
are co-starred with courvaceous
Lynn Bari. Victor McLaglen top
ping the featured cast has the type
Of role which made him famous In
"Gunga Din, Captain Fury" and
"The Informer." The burly veteran
appears as q listed soldier-of-
fortune who peddles his loyalty to
the highest bidder.
Opening with a thrilling escape
from a Jap prison by Montgomery,
an American newsreel cameraman,
and McLaglen, the film takes In ter
ritory as Noteworthy as tomorrow's
headlines. After escaping, with the
JapS hot on his trail, Montgomery
reaches Burma where he meets Gene
Tierney, q patriotic Chinese Girl,
and falls in love with her.
The exciting climactic sequences
are said to have some Of the most
realistic bombing scenes ever film
ed.
Also in the featured roles in the
film are Alan Baxter, Sig Rumann,
Myron Mccormick and Bobby Blake.
Be sure to see this thrill picture
which takes you behind the scenes
and reveals just what China was
and still is so bravely fighting for.
The second hit on the program,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-05
In HoIIYwood

gave the utmost Of their time and
efforts to the making Of the pic
ture. The soldiers were placed ION
CALI Just like Hollywood actors
and this worked Hne except on q
few occasions. At these times not
a soldier showed up. What became
Of them was o military secret.
For the big Commando raid on
q Nazi airport, O great clearing Of
farm land was used. The farmers
Of the area gave the land without
charge, but after two days Of
shooting the raid, in which hun
dreds Of pounds Of dynamite and
thousands Of rounds Of ammuni-
ton were used, the COWS within
q radius Of three miles dried UP
and most Of them lost an appalling
| amount Of weight. The farmers
could not afford this and there Il
q charge on the pictures produc'
ton budget Of $500 for "specia
| milk"
Unlike most big movie scenes
the raid sequences were shot with
out "retakes," and Director Johl
Farrow and his assistants spen
many o sleepless night plotting
each bit Of action In great detail
This was because Of lack Of am
munition. Twenty thousand blank
machine gun and rifle cartridges
were taken from Hollywood, but
once In Canada It was estimated
another 10000 would be needed
A wire to O Los Angeles ammuni-
ton supply house brought the ans
wer: shipping 10000 shells. y
you need more get actors to yell
bang-bangl"
TRAVELLING WAS TOUGH
Transporting the 95 members OF
the company to Canada was a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-05
BY ERsKINE JOHNSON
"a SArvscn SkaAP TAneAammSad LIANT

NEA Service STAN correspondent
Behind the screen: Back Of any
big motion picture which flows SO
serenely on the screen Is usually O
history Of something akin to chaos.
Particularly Is this true Of Aims
made ION location" More particu-
larry is It true Of the motion pic
ture, Commands Strike at Dawn,
which was made by Producer Lester
Cowan on location at Vancouver
Island, British Columbia, 1,400 miles
from home plate. Any distant loca.
ton usually proves troublesome.
When that location Is In q for.
eign country, and there's a war go
ing on, and transportation Is upset
and communications not UP to
standard, you can expect that PEE
culiar things will happen. They did
with Commands Strike ct Dawn
When cast and crew Of 96 were
assembled for the 1,400-mile trip
It was discovered that all males
in the group must have releases
from their draft boards. In some
cases these could not be obtained
SO weeks went by before o COM
plete crew could be found.
ANOTHER HEADACHE
Birth certificates were another
headache. American immigration
officials said no one needed birth
certificate to get into Canada, but
no one could get back without 1t.
Joe Lefert, a Belgian who was as
signed as assistant director, got as
far as Seattle, WASH, and spent
nine weeks In a hotel there without
ever getting to his job In Canada.
The Canadian military authori-
ties who turned over their Com
mandos and all required military
equipment for use in the picture