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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-19
TAXlMEN DISCUSS
STRIKE TONIGHT

Portland, Me. April is-(UPl-
with this city virtually without
taxicab service, more than 100 driv-
erS were to meet tonight for further
discussions Of their strike that be-
gan Saturday in protest against rate
lowering by the city council.
Councillors, who charged that
Portland fares were higher than
those In Boston and New York. re-
fused TO rescind an ordinance which
clipped 10 cents per trip from exist
ing rates.
A few taxieahs appeared yesterday
On the city streets but were quickly
Withdrawn. President Frank J. D.
AMIGO Of the newly-f0rmed Taxi
Drivers Associates Of Portland. an
independent organization. said the
cabs were taken out when some driv-
ers understood the Once OF De-
Tense Transportation had ordered
the vehicles back 20 work.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-19
Liquor Rationing BY
Government Unlikely

Detroit, April lo-(UP)-Direcfor
John 3. Smiley Of the beverages and
tobacco division Of the war PrOduc-
ton board said today that stocks of
whlskey approximate q three-yeaE
supply, despite apparent shortages.
end that the government has no plan
10 ration distilled spirits.
Slmileyis statement was made
against the background Of q predic-
ton By John n. Law Of Chicago. ex-
ecutive secretary Of the National
Alcoholic Beverage Control assOcia-
ton, that countrywide ratloning OF
liquor Is inevitable in the next few
monfhs. but that the industry,
rather than the government would
institute It.
smiley. IA an address before the
eer|attpp uFena tas di11ilied splr-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-19
SOLOMONS AREA
BADLY RUINED
IN new ATTACK
americans hlt Two Cargo
Vessels, One Left
Sinking
LARGE FIRES STARTED
AT MUNDA, KAHTLl
Nine More Raids Made on
Kiska; Three Beach
Planes Strafed

Washington, April 49,
(UP) - American flyers
continued TO smash ct enemy
shipping concentrations In
the Shorthand Island area OF
the Solomons, heavily dam
aging two cargo vessels and
leaving one In q sinking con-
dition, the Navy announced
today. In addition, near
hits --- usually damaging -
were scored close TO @ third
ship.
Other U. s. airanen struck ct
two enemy bases In the Solomolls,
hitting the runways and plane dis
persal areas ct Munda and Kahili.
Large fires visible for 30 miles, were
started at Kahlll, Japanese bomber
base on tho south coast Of Bougain.
Vile Island.
The communlQue also reported
nine more raids on Kiska, main
Japanese stronghold In the Aleu-
tlans, and an attack on nearby Attu
Island. The camp and hangar area
OF Kiaka bore the brunt OF the latest
series Of attacks which occurred On
saturday. Gun positions were sll.
enced, three beached planes etrased
and q building destroyed.
TIE solomOns actlons occurred on
Saturday (Island tlnAe) and c0nsti-
tuted the second successive days
assault On enemy shipping IN the
Shorthand area, approximately 500
miles northwest Of 0uadalcanal. On
the previous day. q formation OF
heavq bombs and torpedo planes
possibly damaged tanker and q
cahgo ship.
Text Of Navy coGnmuniQue No.
sac:
south Pacific Call dates east
longitude):
81. On April II:
"(A) In the afternoon, dauntless
(Douglas) light bomhers and Wild
at (Grunnlan F4F) fighters bombed
the Japanese dispersal and run
way areas at Munda, In the central
Solomons area.
"(B) During the night, Avenger
(Grumman PBF) torpedo bombers
attacked two japanese cargo ves-
sells in the Shorthand Island area
Five hits were scored on large
ship Of about 1000 tons which was
later see min q sinking condition.
Two other cargo vessels were en-
Continued on Page d
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its industry to conserve manpower in
every possible way. even though 1t
means changes in established trade
practices.
He outlined three reasons why dis
titled spirits would not be rationed:
1. No two producers have COM
parable inventory Of the various
years distillation. an inequality that
cannot be reconciled since all pro-
duction has been stopped.
2. The product is classified as a
luxury and rationing Of luxurieS has
not been deemed necessary.
3. The future OF the industry Is
az stake. from producer to the small
est retailer. and every means Of pro-
tecting Il must be voluntarily taken.
This also applies to wine.
Law made his prediction Of RAJ
lionlng BY The industry last night
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Spexia Naval Base Bombed
With Loss OF Only One
Plane
POSSIBILITY LESSENED
OF GERMAN 'DUNKlRK'
Attack Designed to Blunt
Axis Sea Power in Ad.
vance Of Invasion
ny WlE,EHAAf d DICKINSON
fHlnAlaIA Press stair fNnnnannaniaanN

ny WILLIAM D DICKINSON
(UMltea Press starr CSRrsanaMaeMtl
London, April 10. - (UPl
- A strong force Of British
based boIneerS pounded the
italian naval base at Spexia
last night, intenSlfying an
aerial plncerS offensive de-
signed TO blunt Axis sea
power In advance OF Allied
Invasion Of south Europe,
IAN italian communicate
broadcast by the Rene radio said
American foNr~enalne0 hoMAerS
made the raid GA Spesia>A
Striking more than 700 mlleS
the EagllSh Channel end German,
occupied Europe. ArltainA biggest
eoMAerS loosed = heavy and cen
contracted attack On Spe1la. one Of
ttAlyS principal naval bases the
air MMaStyy said,
Only one bomber was Lost despite
the l,A00-Mile refund trip across
ll-detended territory,
sardinia AsmAea
TIE tour-englMed AomherS reared
ever northern italy for the second
attack in . week On apezlA while
Flying EorereSSoS end other Anglo
American boEaAeES IN North Africa
were SNAlecelNg SoNshArn. italy aNt
the UNenoseS Of Sardinia and Sicily
10 q constant rain Of bombs.
BoMheTS from both west and
south were concentrating on de-
Str0ytng the Axis seq and cir power,
both 10 soften up italy for . poSSl-
bic Invasion end 10 lessen the pos
SiAlllty Of any Axis ''DNnkirk" evae-
uatloN from T(lNiSla.
British fighters and fighter bomb
eFs joined Ia the nights offensive
from English bases with attacks ON
freight train locomotives In north
France and enemy deStroyerS at
Lorlent on the French Atlantic
coast One fighter waS lost,
Smoke was observed rising from
one destroyer at IiorleMt after a
hoaufighter rAked Il with cannon
fire, Altogether, nine freight trains
were attacked Ia North France, One
locomotive blew up,
German plarsSS made retAliatory
raids on southeast England last
night, presumably for propaganda
purposes, but they were 50 feeble
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-19
BOSTON FIRE
CLAIMS four
Three Others Critically IL
iured in Tenement Blaze;
20 Escape

Boston, April 10, - CUP - -Four
persons died early today In q west
end tenement house IRE and q
south end lodging house blaze, Three
occupants were injured critically
and about 20 escaped tlnharmed,
The dead;
Salvatore lnfantino, 90, burned
TO death,
Mrs, Infantino. So, his wife, killed
when she fell from a window,
Frank Sabbio, ~, burned 10 death
william Ward, So. a City Hospital
elevator operator who was burned q
death when fire swept his south end
lodging house room,
The life Of an ls,month- old baby
was saved when 1t was dropped from
q window Of the west end building
into the arms Of neighbocS.
HoSpitaliEed, and In extremely
serious" condition rs result Of the
west end fire was MRS. Concetta
Sabbio. 81, mother Of the dead boy:
and two sons OF the dead couple,
Sebastian Infantino, a, and John
Infantino, "a,
All were hanging from window
sills when firemen arrived but fell
before life nets could be raised.
The blaze apparently started In
the basement of the building and
roared up stairwayS to the roof,
cutting off one means Of escape.
Some persons successfully leaped
from windows while Others waited
and were taken over ladders TO
safety.
Firemen fought the blaze more
than two hours before 1t was con-
trolled and began an investigation Of
reports that the fire started from
an explosion.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-19
Reinforcements Still
Pour In By Air; Nine
Allied Planes Destroyed
Water Bonds Figure
Reduced To $185,OOO
Aldermen May Authorize Issuance Tonight; Finance
Boards Revision Aftermath of Information
From EVA in Boston

The board Of aldermen tonight
win be asked TO authorize issuance
Of only $lsS,000 In water bonds In
stead of s22S,O00, as result Of a
special meeting OF the board Of A.
nance held Saturday noon,
The finance board at this latter
session revised previous figures on
the basis of information from the
Federal Works Administration In
Boston relative TO the city's grant
IL $500. 900, Late Friday afternoon
City Controller Cornelius MalQney
was advised by Assistant Regional
FWA Director ]. A, Mcconnell that
sunless the physical scope Of the
local project changed" the city
would receive the entire 100000
grant from the federal government,
This position was confirmed Sat-
urday morning by letter from Mr.,
Mcconnell to both Controller
Maloney and City Engineer Charles
A. Root In which assurance was
given that the city, IN completion
of the reservoir project, have re-
ceived q total federal grant OF
$4,000.
Taking this into consideration the
finance commissioners decided that
Il would DO unnecessary to issue the
full amount Of $225, 900, as previous
" voted last Thursday, and rescind-
ed their vote OF that day. It was
then voted that the aldermen be
requested TO authorize $l65, 600
issuance Of water bonds and such
action Is exnected to be taken ut
special meeting this evening.
Also scheduled for today was
conference between the city con-
troller and City Engineer Root with
regard to q schedule of estimates
prepared BY the FWA on the basis
Of It's most recent audit and field
report Of the local project, On this
basis the FWA engineers now place
the total cost of the dam and reSer-
voir ut $4,000. which is $4,000
more than the most resent estimates
of the city'S engineering department
on the project cost,
Mr.. Mcconnell pointed out in his
letter of Saturday that II the city
approves this schedule current
acquisitions made on the federal gov
ernment will be on a 55-45 percent
age basis, He admitted that to date
all such acquisitions had been on q
$3.50 per cent basis, This bears
out the contention Of Mayor John
NJ. Monagan, Controller Maloney
and other officials who have pointed
out IN the last month or so that
federal contributions to the Pitch
reservoir account have simply
matched. dollar-f for dollar, what
money the city has put up.
Continued on Page d
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-19
HITLER TIGHTENS
Grip ON BALKANS
Germans Clearing South.
ern French Coast of
Women and Children
BY JOHN A. PARIS
United Press Staff Correspondent

NOHiVcu TreSS 0taII COfFeSpOnuentD
London, April 19.-CUP)-The
Germans were reported clearing the
southern French coast Of women and
children today as Adolf Hitler
continued Tightening his grip on
Balkan satellites to bolster defenses
against Allied invasion.
French reports to Madrid said
German authorities had ordered wo-
men and children to move out of
cities and t0wnS on the Mediter-
ranean coast and withdraw at least
10 miles inland. The order was
said,, affected the area from Cape
Cerbere att he Spanish frontier to
Marseilles.
German military police were re-
ported to have seized customs Of
ficeS in the area and requisitioned
inland hotels to receive evacuees.
Hitler has notified Admiral Mich
olas Horthy. regent Of Hungary, that
considerable" numbers of German
troops will be sent into his coun-
try today, an exchange telegram dis
ratch from Zurich said.
According to the dispatch, Hit
ler's recent conferences with Hor-
thy resulted in orders on Hungary
to reserve all its railway traffic for
troop movements and to tell the
people they must billet Nazi SOL
diers.
The conferences were attended
by high military officials from Ger
many and Hungary. German radio
dispatches said the talks definitely
put an end to enemy hopes of
splitting up the firm Axis front in
southeastern Europe" However, Hit
len was said to have called his Bal
kan ENJOYS home for conference
on plans for meeting an Allied in
vasion that may follow the Tu-
nissan campaign.
Reports from Rome indicated fur
thur shakeups in the Fascist govern
ment to assure strict discipline of
the population If invasion comes.
More italian troops were being
Continued on Page p
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-19
NAILS LOSE l,4OO
MEN in One DAY
Enemy Battling to Save
Caucasian Bridgehead
for Summer Activities

United Press STAN Correspondent
Moscow. April l9.-WPD-Rein-
forced German troops. resuming
their assault after losing more than
loo men in futile attacks yester-
day, drove into the Russian trenches
in the northwest Caucasus today,
but were routed in hard hand-t0-
hand fighting.
In the Ukraine, the Red Army
captured an advantageous" enemy
lire In q night attack and killed
100 Germans, the Soviet mid-day
communique said.
Battling desperately to save their
shrinking Caucasian bridgehead Is
q springboard for summer opera
tons, the Germans brought up fresh
reserves from the Crimea and hurl-
ed them into new attacks against
the Russians In the Kuban area.
The weight Of the renewed assault
carried into the Russian trenches.
The flerceness Of the Russian resist
ance took q heavy toll Of the at
tackers, however, and the survivors
were forced to nee back to their
original positions, the communique
said.
The Germans lost Loo men yes
terday IN seven separate but fruit
CContinued on Page 4,
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Job Freeze Machinery
Set Up In Waterbury
Sterilization Regulations Undergoing Final Check;
Plan Changes Necessltated By McNutt's Order;
No Local DlssentlOn Reported 49,,

Machinery TO handle the national
War Manpower Coual..lSslonS ~lOt
freeze" order has been set up In the
waterbury critical labor shortage
area, and local Sterilization regular
tlons are receiving q final checking
before they will be announced off,
cially wednesday, Mrs, Mary M
Dewey, deputy director, stated TO-
day.
The national ruling issued over
the weekend by VINO Director Pau
v. McNutt has necessltated q few
changes In the local plan, but the
general regulations are substantial.
" the same as those placed In effect
on the national basis, MRS, Dewey
stated. The local plan, however, will
disclose specific working steps and
win outline the methods for secUr-
ing compliance In the area,
It Is believed the original local
plan rs formed by the area labor
management manpower committees
provided greater leniency than the
national ruling. Tt was indicated To-
day that job.changing because Of
personal" reasons will be left up 70
the individual employer who will
have authority 70 issue certificates
Of availability, It was believed pre-
ciously local plane would be per-
mitted to incorporate Its own speci-
fic regulations on various types OF
job-changing requests, but that APP
peared ruled out by the washington
order.
Under the new order employees
win be permitted TO change only
from non-esSential 10 non-eSsential
work, or fro-n non-essential TO es-
sential employment. AL shifting
from an essential industry simply
CONTINUED On Page a.
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AGREEMENT NEARS
ON new TAX PLAN
Final Decision May Be
known Tomorrow on
Forgiveness Set-Up
By TONY SMITH

(Unlsed Press Staff CoFEespenaentl
washington, April lo.-(UPD-A
final agreement among Democratic
and Republican House leaders on q
new pay-as-you-go tax plan, pro-
viding substantial forgiveness OF
1912 income payments, Is expected
today or tomorrow.
Ranking members Of both par-
ties on the House Way and Means
committee are said to be In accord
ON ali major ph..ses Of . new bill
They win report to the headers to-
day A an attempt 30 iron out zone
or two remaining points.
II this Is done. a new plan wiz
be sent immediately 10 the fun ways
and means committee for rafifici-
ton. It could be passed BY the
House and sent b the Senate be-
fore the end OF the week, most Oh
the leaders believe.
The bipartisan compromise COM
mlttoe has been working night and
day 10 bring out q pay-as-y0u-go
proposal IN time 10 enable the Rouse
70 take a short recess over Easter.
The Encouragement was reached
IN q special session Of the slx-man
grog,p yesterday. after wlalhc Chair
man Robert L. DOught0n, ID, n. c.
Of "a. ways and means commlttee,
announced that there 8 3 very
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-19
new WORK week
UNDERWAY
Practically Impossible to
Change Jobs to Increase
Earning Power
ny FRED MuLI.EN
United Press stan CarreSpandentl

N&N@ANNNA NNNNs esNNAA NSAAN@Es$sAANANaANA
Washington. April lay--(upl--A
majority Of The Sa,O00, 900 American
wage earneFs began q new work
week to-day under war manpower
commission Tulea which make Il
practically impossible for them 10
change employment In order to In
crease their earning power,
Heneeforth. . person can change
employment In order to get higher
wages only II he or she is going from
y non-eSsentlal activity TO job in
one Of the So essential activity
groups, or II he Is going with VINO
approval from one job to another
In an essential activity where he can
use his highest Skills or gain FULL
time employment,
The regulations. which principally
AFFECT tho 2T,000.000 persons in es-
Sential activities, were posted by
VINO Chairman Paul v, McNutt
Saturday night and became etfee-
tive yesterday, They were promul-
gated with the APPROVAL Of economic
Stahlllzation director James r.
RyFneS and were designed to etfec-
tNate President RooSevelt's April 8
order to "hosd the line" against in
fatioN,
MeNutt expects the order will
solve one Of his greatest manpower
problems, the big turnover In em-
ployMent In essential activities which
he attributes TO the higher-wage
motive,
For the first time in MoNutt'S adj
miniStration of the manpower COM
mission he referred specifically to
penalties which will be imposed on
convicted vlolat0rS OF the regula-
tons, He said that prosecution
would be bought against employers
and workers under the economic
Sterilization act Of Oct, "a, 1912.
which provided criminal penalties
Of $1,000 fine. one year impriSon-
ment, or both. IN addition. an em-
ployer would be barred from charg-
ing to the government under q war
contract wages Illegally paid and
from 6edueting such wages as q
business expense in his income tax
report.
McN0tt said these regulations
were a sincere attempt" on his part
70 fulfill the intentions Of the Pres
iaent,S order and That he inter-
preted the intent to be to prohibit
transfers for higher pay except
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BOND SALES HERE
OVER IL MILLION
More Individual Purchases
Urged By Baldwin; Nau-
gatuck Reaches Quota

BY the end of today, more than
IL million dollars worth of Wal
Bonds will have been sold by patri-
otto participants in the Second War
loan drive of Region 8 which in
cludes parts of New Haven county,
all Of Litchiield county. and Water
bury, said @. Horace Baldwin, CO.
chairman Of the war finance COM
mittee. this morning.
Although Region 3 is arriving
at its goal of Is million dollars
worth of War Bond purchases. there
aren't enough individuals buying
bonds" said Mr.. Baldwin. He
pointed out that the goal will have
been reached by purchases made
by various organizations, not by
1.-The man on the street"
Victory House Is manned" by the
Waterbury League OF Women Vot-
ers and $1,000 worth Of war bonds
had been sold up until noon today.
said Miss Mary E. German, official
bond writer at the House.
The following are members of the
Waterbury League of Women Vot.
ers who participated in the selling
of bonds at the House today: Mrs
Elmer Wilson, chairman: Mrs. Ed
win J. Rockwell, Mrs. Herbert s
Smith, Mrs. Frederick Van Valken-
burg. Mrs. James Ross. Mrs. Will
liam Pierson, Mrs. Russell Ather-
ton. Mrs. John X. Zemans. Mrs
r. w. Shoemaker, Mrs. j. Winfred
Beecher, Mrs. Earl Ross and Mrs
william WeSson.
Members OF the Chase Foremen's
Association committee ofiiciated al
Victory House last Saturday and
sold over $4,000 worth that day
Richard d. Benson. who headed the
working committee. declared pur'
chases included two 5000 bonds
one $2.5O0. one $1,000 bond, three
81 900 bonds and seven $500 bonds
At the end OF Saturday. the sup.
ply Of bonds az Victory HOUSE wa
depleted. The assistants were: Mrs
CCnntin,,aA "a paak a
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Shelburne Harbor. VT, April 10
CUp)-Four tugs were afioat in Lake
Champlain today after the second
launching on the lake since 1912.
rive naval ofncerS from Bath,
Me-. were on hand yesterday for the
ceremonies which saw the ships slide
automatically into the water on a
marine railway. A year ago. two
submarine chasers were launched
here.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-19
EDITORS OPPOSE
ROOSEVELT'S PLAN

New York, April 19-(UP)-Pres-
ident Roosevelt's refusal to permit
full news coverage Of the forthcom-
ing United Nations food conference
establishes a pattern (which II con-
tinued will stifie the right Of free
inquiry and prevent continuous
fiof Of full information TO the pub
lic," II members of the American
Society of Newspaper Editors said
In a statement last night.
The editors, all members of the
board Of directors Of the society
emphasized that their statement
was not a formal announcement
because the full board membership
was not present at the meeting In
which it was drawn up.
Ha~a..~.A lAsslaaa., e. a., fTT4laa E1aaui
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WAR END NOT IN
SIGHT COEBBEI.S

London. April le-(UPl-Propa-
ganda Minister Paul Joseph Goeb-
bels. speaking on the eve Of Adolf
Killers S4th birthday anniversary.
told the German people today that
the var had gone into its hardest
phase and the end Of It was not IN
sight.
The war In its fourth year has
reached It's hardest stage. and the
way out of its trials and sufferingS.
or Its end. can nowhere be dis
cerned." Goebbels said In q Berlin
broadcast.
Goebbels asked the Germans 20
Nv flags from their homes tomor-
row TO celebrate Hltleris birthday
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7 Cambridge, Mas. April le-(UPD
walter s. Clifford Of New York
city, president Of the American Tel
eph0ne a. Telegraph Co. win be-
come president Of the Harvard Al
umni association May ~.
Clifford, who sueceeds Joseph g.
Grew. former y. S. Ambassador %
Japan, was elected at q meeting Of
the association SATURDAY. a meInheE
of the class q 1E95. he la1es ozace
immediately following commIenee-
nsna,k
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Prepare Qulckiy for an cIIlee Pest
tl0n M n War Plant. Pest 1unlg'
Cailaxs q CsmmsEes.
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FOUR rugs LAUNCHED

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CONTINUED on Page q
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-08-13
Vystraha britskeho katolicke-
no listu Francovi.

Londyn (ONA): - Vedou-
CT britsky katolicky list Ca
tholic Herald" doporucil Spa
nelskemu diktatoru Francovi,
ably rozpustil spanelskou fasis-
tickou stranu Falangu a varo-
val jej pred osudem Mussolini-
no. List napsal:
"Jestlize Franco nerozpustl
Falangu niue Sc jednoho dine
najft v posici Mussoliniho, chy-
ceneho mezi rostouc1 spojenec-
kou moci a revoluc1 vlastniho
lidu."
Falanga p%fedstavuje We Spa
nelsku nemecky vliv a byla ne
navidena spanelskym lidem.
dokonce O mic meme nezli vlady
|Spoienych narodG. Falangiste
1tlakem spanelskeho lidu IVY
Isujf jeho hospodafskou krisi.