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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-20
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ready unprecedented naval force, the
Navy said.
The greatest bulk OF this huge
fleet and air force, the Navy pointed
out, was built during the past three
years in the midst Of war"
ABILITY to build this huge new
naval force-and to continue to bullc
at the present rate-is one Of the
foundation stones of our military
strategy-one Of the basic advan-
tages which the American Nav
holds over fleets Of all other ma.
tons" the Navy said.
1t describes the acceleration Of
ship and plane building as without
parallel"
Number Of Deliveries
The number OF ships delivered ir
June, 1913, was almost 240 times
the number completed In July, 1910
The number Of planes delivered
was 80 times the earlier figure.
The Navy described how the post.
Pearl Harbor days. BattleShips were
the first big need, 1t said, and enough
OF them were rushed TO completion
to play "a decisive part" in holding
Guadalcanal on the nights oil
November 1915, 1912.
las the battleship program moved
into the clear and as the great bat
ties between aircraft carriers were
fought In the Coral Sea, at Midway
and In the South West Pacific, the
building Of carriers forged ahead,
1t went on.
Then the emphasis shifted to q
huge landing craft program-witf
results evidenced in North Africa
Sicily and italy. Next came mass
production of destroyer escort X
meet the 1913 U-boat menace.
Other highlights Of the Navy re-
port:
The Navy had q fleet Of i,o7t
ships three years ago when the de-
Tense program began. It has addet
1876 new ships, and on July
1t had 14,072 vessels,
"Small Fleet"
In the meantime, II has lost Of
given up "a small fleet" It ha'
lost So warships. including one bat.
tleship, four carriers, nine cruisers
80 deStroyers and ~ submarines. i
has transferred to other nations Of
converted into non-combat vessels
i29 warships.
The naval air force consisted o.
liza planes three years ago. Or
July 81, 1913, that number had In
creased tenfold to 1929.
Navy aircraft production ha'
moved ahead faster than any othel
part OF the nations air program
From January, l942. TO July. 1e43
that production quadrupled. To re
place the Navy planes lost at Mid
way would have required one yea
at the 1910 rate Of production. Nov
II could be done In four days,
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Planes Slash AtFoe's
Communications
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that the islands Of Ischia and Pro-
cida, the latter only IL miles from
the center Of Naples, on the north
ern approaches TO the Gulf OF
Naples, on the northern approaches
TO the Gulf Of Naples, were seized
for the Allies by italian ships and
crews accompanied by q lone Brit
ish Naval officer.
Another Allied announcement re-
ported that considerable number
Of Italian aircraft that escaped
from the Germans had arrived safe
" at various Allied airflelds during
the past 10 days and more were
still expected. All Italian pilots
complained against German man
agement OF their fields and all
wanted to get into the air to fight
their former Allies.
Left Dead Unburled
A dispatch from Reynolds Pack
ard, United Press war correspond
ent with the Fifth Army. reported
that the Germans pulled out OF some
sectors on the Salerno front with
such haste that they left large num-
bers OF their dead unhuried.
American patrols, supervised by
q chaplain and and composed OF
service troops, went out into No
Mans Land, gave the dead a Chris
tan burial and erected crosses over
their graves. German prisoners
also indicated that the NaziS had
begun q withdrawal.
Front reports said there may be
q pause In operations before the
Allies launch an about drive on
Naples to await the building Of the
Eight Army to full strength after
its 200-mile march up the Italian
west coast from the southern top OF
the Calabrian Peninsula.
Medium and heavy bombers OF
the northwest African air forces took
q rest Sunday, but British and Ca
madam Wellingtons scored hits on
the approaches TO a vital bridge at
Benevento over the Galore River.
Two enemy planes were shot down
during the 24.hour period ended last
night, while three Allied planes
were lost.
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capturing the town.
The Allies over the week END
also were given springboard for
an invasion Of Corsica, southern
France or new points on the italian
west coast when italian troops on
Sardinia turned on their former
German comrades and routed them
from the island.
Sardinia, a 9,200-square mile
island, has air and naval installa-
tions within easy striking distance
Of Rome or France and Is only tn
miles from the southern tip Of Cor
sica. With the island In friendly
hand, the Allied line In this Sec
ton Of the Mediterranean Is ad-
vanced mroe than $50 miles north
from the African coast.
German Claims
(The German radio rer .rted the
evacuation Of Sardinia according to
plan" The German navy, 1t said,
Systematically evacuated all Ger
man troops and war material from
Sardinia despite small shipping
space and q rough sea-
It also was revealed elateoly
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The War On
Many Fronts
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against the forces which had sluggad
him groggy In the Salerno battle.
AS the Germans streamed north
ward, Invader assault planes
swarmed over the mountain roads
blasting and cunning them. At least
246 OF some 1900 trucks were de-
stroyed or damaged Sunday. The
Allied airmen had FIRE run OF the
skies which were barren OF NazI
challengers. =,
Sardinia fell into Allied hands
without the firing Of a British OF
American shot. Two Italian divi.
sions on the island attacked and
routed the Germans, then advised
Allied headquarters Of their victory
The Germans were believed to have
fld TO adjacent Corsica and one
London report said Italian troops
on Corsica had Joined French pa
triots In fighting the Nazis.
Catastrophe
On the eastern front the German
retreat In Russia approached catas-
trophic proportions as the Russians
captured Dukhovschina and Yart'
seVo, 80 miles from Smolensk.
The Russians bucked through SIX
German defense lines that were two
years and more In the making tt
crash the outer gates Of SmolensE
and pose O direct threat to that base
regarded as perhaps the greatest
single Nazi stronghold In Russia.
The Soviet victory before Smol-
ensk spearheaded the Red Army's
best single day Of conquest IN which
1t overran 1900 towns and villages
New gains carried the Russians tc
within 35 miles Of Kiev, capital Of
the Ukraine, and only 26 miles from,
the lower Dnieper stronghold Oi
Zaporozhe.
Pacific dispatches reported an un'
precedented American aerial often
sive to drive the Japanese from the
northern Solomons.
Blasting raids against Bougainvillt
island already had devastated the
Ballale airdrome and ripped UP the
Khii field, q Guadalcanal dispatch
said, and compilations from Gen
Douglas MacArthur's communicates
showed the Japanese had lost al
Maj. Gen. Nathan F. Twining
least 70 planes through Thursday.
Solomons air force commander, wa
quoted as saying the enemy now was
definitely on the run"
It was reported that PAL tons o.
bombs had been rained on Bougain-
vile in 70 hours ending late Thurs
day to climax heavy raids by flights
Of up to 200 planes thrown at the
island i've out Of six days since Sept
II.
Cost Of the campaign was put oil
no more than IL planes although
Tokyo radio claimed destruction Of
100 in three days.
Admiral Chester w. Ninitz, Pa
ciflc fieet commander, announced
that Tarawa and Nauru islands, In
the South Pacific more than 2.20(
miles from Hawaii, had been raided
during the week end.
The report did not describe the
attacks but they presumably were
made by planes based on q carrier
force ranging the Pacific In q direct
challenge to the enemy. Tokyo said
200 planes made the raids-includ-
ing Maxim island nearby as q third
target-andw ~ were shot down.
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attack also appeared near follow
ing the capture Of Priluki, 70 miles
to the east.
Other Captures
Elsewhere along the 750-mile Of
fensive front from Smolensk to the
Sea Of Azov. the Russians captured
Zherebets, only 26 miles east Of
Zaporazhe on the big bend Of the
Dnieper river bend; the big rail-
road junction Of Krasnograd on the
northern approaches Of Dniepropet-
rovsk and Kremenchug. and Trub-
chevsk, 80 mile southwest Of Bry-
ansk.
Between Trubchevsk and Kiev,
the Russians were pushing the Ger
mans at such q fast pace that Nazl
armored equipment was being seized
intact In wholesale lots. German
prisoners were being rounded up BY
the hundreds.
The scvlets also were squeezing
tighter the German bridgehead IN
the northwest Caucasus. Vofchye
vorot0 Pass. eight miles northwest
Of NOvOrosklsl, was seized, cutting
the German path Of retreat toward
the escape port OF Anapa, ~ miles
away, and Verkhne- Bakanskie, ~
miles east Of Aanpa, was captured.
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Il Of Is Up
For Gambling
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the nature Of disposition indicated
at that time.
Judge John A. Cornell, who will
preside at tomorrow's hearings, will
be asked at the opening Of court
to issue bench warrants for the re-
arrest Of the other II accused pool
sellers. Upon such issuance they
will be within the jurisdiction OF
the high court and will be ar
raigned at once. All have been mo-
titled to be In court tomorrow at 10
a. IN. A twelfth case. that Of Alfred
FIESTA, Is already within the bounds
OF superior court, as bench war
want was issued for his arrest two
weeks ago to prevent his immediate
induction into the Army.
Investigation Continues
Investigation OF the local gam
bling activities Is still continuing
Mr.. Fitzgerald indicated today,
stating that many details are stu
being Strengthened out. Some OBJ
servers believe the cases Of the four
men who will not be arraigned to-
morrow may be continued To astill
later date In city court wednesday
pending the completion Of the cur
rent probe and disposition Of the
other gambling cases.
The four men are free under
$1,000 bonds set in city court.
Kinggbury was brought here from
New York, where he Is alleged to
have fed after the raids. Travisano's
case also has q novel angle as 1t
was brought to the attention Of the
FBI when NaZi literature was
found at his home during the
search for gambling evidence.
The original court docket, con-
tanning so cases, will remain un.
changed except for the addition Of
several cases bound over from the
city court or town courts today, the
states attorneys once reported.
Those to face pool-selling charges
are: Frank Tesla, Ernest Karno,
Ben Rutstein, Alfred FIESTA, Joseph
Teller, Abe Gottlieb, John Pisani.
Thomas Coppeto, Louis Fried, AL
fonse, America Distiso and Will
liam DeIillo. The Western Union
Telegraph Co. will face charges OF
transmitting wagers In connection
with the same alleged gambling
ring.
Assistant States Attorney Walter
w. Smyth and Sergeant Thomas r.
Laden, acting county detective, are
assisting Mr.. Fitzgerald With the
prosecution and investigation OF
cases. Public Defender Edward T.
Carmody will represent the accused
who do not have private counsel.
Rev. J. Oliver Cronan OF st. Mar
garet's church will give the invoca-
ton at the start Of the criminal
session.
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FIRST raid In Rome, in a large scale
attack on the big German air base
at Foggia and a number OF others.
For many months B-24S from
Africa have been making separate
attacks on certain targets. They
have greatly increased our strength
In this theater. Crews and planes
have done a splendid Job ON all
occasions. My congratulations TO
the workers of Consolidated Aircraft
who have built them"
Brig Gen. Victor H. Strahm, chief
OF staff OF the Ninth U. s. Air Force
with headquarters In Cairo. said In
his special message to Baillie:
No Better Weapon
ITO my mind there has been no
weapon available TO our forces In
this war Of which we can be more
proud than our Consolidated-built
Laberators. From desert bases Of
the u. s. Ninth Air Force here in
the middle east they have struck 81
the enemy-first, along the North
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VulteeHelp Gets Praise
For Good Job Done
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African coastline where they dis
rupted communications and supply
lines and later on the European
mainland where Axis port and rail
facilities and airdromes felt the
devastating weight Of their attack"
Baillie also read messages from
United Press correspondents In Eng
land, North Africa and the middle
east who have been covering the
story Of the ever-increaSing aerial
attcak against the Axis.
Walter Cronkite. assigned to Amer
lean aerial activities in Britain. cited
incidents from the raids on Europe
to illustrate the ruggedness and
staying power Of Liberators. Sidney
J. Williams OF the u. p. London
bureau, reviewed the vital part Lib
orators and Catalinas have played In
the war against U-boats IN the At
lantic. Richard D. Mcmillan, ct Al.
lied headquarters In North Africa,
cabled that Liberators had played
an important part turning the tide
against Marshal Erwin Rommel at
Fl Alamein. Walter Collins Of the
u. s. Cairo bureau, reported that
LlberatorS from that theater had
been especially effective In raids
against italian ports.
8 Great Raids
/ Brig. Gen. Strahm said In his mes
sage that LiberatorS had participat-
ed In three actions which would be
considered outstanding when the
aerial history OF the war comes TO
be written-the raids against mill
tary targets In Rome, the low.level
attack upon the Ploesti Reflneries
and the destructive raid on the Mes
serschmit plant at Wiener Neustadt.
II have often wished. Mr.. Baillie"
Strahm cabled, that the men and
women back home could sit beside
the pilot OF one o those ships. as
with engines cfurning up Q cloud OF
desert dust. II takes on i0-hour
mission deep into enemy territory.
At such a time the pilot always
wonders II the ship will return safely.
But an instant later his faith In
his ship and IN the conscientious
craftsmanship Of the people who
built 1t assert itself and he heads
confidently of for the target. And
II his mission Is a tough one and
his battered ship heads toward home
with the lives Of pilot and crew
hanging on the slender thread Of
we'll finished riyet or q weli-tight-
ened nut, I am sure that as he
searches the horizon anxiously for
a sight Of home there is In him
great sense Of gratitude toward those
Americans who, far from the smoke
and clash Of battlte, build the finest
aircraft they know how to hasten
the day OF peace"
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reduce our strategy, unless you feel
we have been extravagant."
Ready TO Deploy
I'VE are just getting ready for
deployment Of our ground forces" he
added. we've got our basis estab-
lishment going. Our shipping can
now be devoted TO employment OF
our ground forces"
Putting troops fully trained at
home into battle overseas was not
possible at the time OF the North
African invasion q year ago. Mar
shall said. Then It was necessary
to establish advanced training bases
In Africa to complete adequate
preparation Of American troops for
the fighting which followed, he
added.
Meanwhile. he said, the task Of
setting up the basic service forces
engineers, anti-aircraft batteries
bomber crews and other unitS-has
been terrific. Generals In COM
mand Of the various war fronts have
been pressing heavily for these
special organizations, he said.
He disclosed that this month the
army Is sending to England some
$4,000 troops such as engineers, me-
chanicS and signal corpSmen as well
as 600 bomber crews mot to expand
our lJrces there but needed to con-
tinue our present force"
Constant Drain
There has been a constant drain
and we are behind in bomber crew
operations" Marshal added.
"The same thing Is true in the
Mediterranean" he said,
TIE pointed out taht as new areas
are conquered 1t takes additional
basic organization crews.
I'VE are moving in new men to
operate the port Of Salerno," he said
I'VE hope that in q short time we
well be sending In men to operate
the port Of Naples"
Marshal said 1t takes approxi-
mately 75,O0O men q month merely
to hold the army at its present
strength, because Of caSu: tiles and
other drains on available manpow-
er.
1T win be some time yet before
we know the casualties at Salerno,'
he said. They are still fighting
over there"
Mayor F. H. LaGuardia Of New
York. Admiral Ernest J. King, chief
Of naval operations and Bernard
Baruch, adviser to War Mobilization
Director James r. Byrnes, were ex-
pected TO testify before the commit
tee.
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tied resources.~
Fight In Mind
A front report disclosed that
Australian veterans Of the middle
East won the last battle near Lac
at Malahang anchorage, mile east
Of the town, last week by standing
waist-deep in mud and swamp wa
ter to fight off two desperate coun-
ter-attacks. Among enemy equip
ment captured were several Garand
rifles seized from the Americans In
the Philippines.
Aerial activity in the New Guinea
area dwindled with close Of the Lac
campaign. Three enemy cargo vessels
were destroyed or damaged in waters
north Of New Guinea while bomb
ers unloaded Is tons 70 explosives
on the Finsch harbor area Saturday.
Australian beaufighters caught q
Japanese force trying 10 build . new
airdrome on Hoskins peninsula, of
the north coast Of New Britain.
Thursday. The enemy troops were
strafed heavily in several passes and
two small ships fired.
Nine enemy planes raided the Fell-
ton airdrome near Darwin, Austral-
In, before dawn yesterday but caused
no damage or casualties.
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barRed into his ambassadorial pre-
serve. There Is speculation that he
may not return.
Since none Of the ministers Will
have power to make definite COM
mitments, the Moscow meeting Is
regarded as O prelude to another
Of President Roosevelt, Prime Min
lister winston Churchill and Premier
Josef Stain.
The recent Quebec conference
made 1t apparent that Mr.. Roose-
welt and Churchill believed many
important decisions could not be
made without further information
about Russia's post war policies.
That condition indicated that the
ministers meeting would cover a
broad field Of political and military
questions.
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Walter WincIleII
In Ne1C York

which may mean he'll return there
There's g tO-dO about differ
emit alleged rackets regarding ads
for Navy Day, Dot. n. The ex-
MRS. Gerard Lambert, Jrs (he's the
Listerlne heir and shea Elsa Cover
will marry movie produce Gordon
Oliver In Hollywood, her third. Her
first was Angus Mcintosh Hawl:
The Swiss Legation phOned the Al
He'd DISCRIMINATING Co., 10 kill the
vermin In the Vlchy Consulate at
934 Fifth Avenue!
BrOadwayites hear Leo Durocher
will next wed Nanette Fabray Of
Laugh Time" Lawrence Tib-
bett, an established Met Opera star,
who has made many films and has
bene heard on dozens Of networks,
had to auditor for o sponsor the
other day Choo Choo johnson,
the wolf-trapper, has signed for a
series Of adverts for the Rock Island
Railroad. She gets Gypsy Rose
Lees role in Star and Gutter" to-
night The l.. ]. Petrillos, he's
the union chiefs son, have unwound
The Broadway semi-inal these
nights Is between Eric Blore and M
Berle Seven indictments are ex-
pectd cunt Of tn Aurelio case
Rumor Is that Comm. Valentines
handed in his resignation again
That makes the 1l8S7th rumor about
1t The Johnny Greens DEITY
Furness) have been put asunder
Drew Pearson IF. D. RS old girl)
will chuck a suit at Time today
alleging plagiarism and pirating Of
COPYRIGHT.
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and Procida off the northern en-
trance to the Gulf Of Naples. Pro-
cida is only - miles from the CEN
ter Of Naples.
Seven Italian ships were found at
Capri, south Of Naples. when Allied
forces occupied that island earlier
In the week. The crews were so In
sistent that they be allowed to fight
the Germans as part of the British
navy that they were permitted to
go to Ischia and Procida to secure
them against the Germans.
New Springboard
The transfer Of Sardinia to the
Allies advanced the Anglo-American
line in this section of the Mediter-
ranean more than $50 miles, giving
them Springboard for a landing
in Corsica and bases which will en-
able fighters to escort bombers in
raids along the vital Marseilles-
Toulon italian frontier region
which the Germans must keep open
If their troops in Italy are to be
kept fully supplied.
Sardinia lies only 140 miles from
Rome and $50 miles from the
French coast. No details of the is
lands seizure by the Italians were
revealed except for an announce
ment that the German garrison
virtually had completed its evacu-
alton to Corsica.
Sardinia is a mountainous island,
but has several excellent seaports,
including Terranova, Porto Torres,
Tortoli, and most important Of all.
Cagliari.
La Maddalena naval base lies on
an island Just northeast Of Sardinia.
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pacify any Americans who might
have resented appointment Of Lord
Louis Mountbatten as commander
In chief In SOUTHEAST Asia. The
story said Somervell was the only
officer now In Washington capable
Of taking over from Marshall.
Fight For Marshall
simultaneously, Frank G. Waldrop
wrote In the Washington Times
Herald that he had excellent reason
to believe that General Marshall is
out because he won't further subor-
dinate his technical views to the
global strategy of Messers. Roose-
welt and Churchill" Waldrop wrote
that top generals here were put
ting up fight to keep Marshall as
chief of star and that they we're
trying to persuade General John j.
Pershing to appeal to the president
in his behalf.
This fight between the global
strategists and the U. s. Army Is
basic" Waldrop continued, land 1t
has been going on for several
months. The fundamental argument
Is whether our army Is to be used
first for United States purposes or
for the purposes Of the British En-
pire."
Waldrop is bitter critic Of
Roosevelt administration policies at
| home and abroad
His charge that someone was try
ing to bounce Marshall out OF his
Job was underlined by an editorial
published In the well informed army
and Navy Journay. It said It did not
believe Marshall would be trans
ferred but added:
Thinking only Of winning the
war In the shortest time and OF
saving every American life possible
In connection with the bloody op-
erationS which 1t calls for, General
Marshall, of course. has come into
conflict with powerful forces which
would like to eliminate him from
the Washington picture, and place
In his stead an officer more amen
able TO their will. 1t is not believed
that the president will be induced
to change his mind and to transfer
him."
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Still Probe
Bacon Death

Hollywood, Sept. 20 = (U.PJ -
Detectives, investigating the strange.
death Of Masked Marvel David
G. G. Bacon, today compiled a des-
cription Of a suspect who may have
stabbed the young actor to death
last week.
The description was based on a
navy blue sweater found in Bacon's
midget automobile and believed to
have been forgotten by the slayer.
From evidence compiled so far, ofn-
GERS believed the owner to be a
slight young man Of about 81 and q
resident Of the beach area Of
Venice.
The sweater, a heavy crew-neck
type, was thought to be one Of those
issued to school iettermen in the
area six or seven years ago. Too
small to At Bacon. the sweater
would logically belong to whoever
stabbed the actor" police believed.
Towels. linens and books found In
the hideaway Laurel Canyon cot
tage which Bacon rented shortly
before his death were eliminated as
clues when Wilfred v. auckland, Jr.,
son Of Q movie art director. said he
had loaned them to Harry Frazee,
New York radio producer.
FTazee told police he had rented
the cottage for . few days while
stopping here en- route to San
Francisco.
Detective Lleutenants Lloyd Hurst
and Harry Fremont said their In
vestigation was being delayed by
the Illness Of Mrs. Bacon, the
former dreta Keller, who is expect
ing 3 child.
Bacon, scion Of q prominent Bos-
ton family, staggered from his car
last Sunday with q single knife
wound ii his back and died before
ne could tell witnesses what had
happened