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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-13
$22,595,lOS SPENT
FOR BONDS HERE
January Purchases Less
Than December; Banks
Leading in Sales

The total amount Of War Savings
Bonds purchased up 10 the end oil
January by patriotic Waterburians
Is $22, 595, l08.ll. A summary report
today showed the amount purchased
In the month OF January 10 be ST.
500, 333.75 which Is less than the
amount purchased In the month OF
Dcce ber 81 ,68l 062,50. These
amounts include bond purchases
made through the post Office, banks.
industries and credit unions.
For sales to date, the greatest
amount of bonds purchased was
made through the banks OF Water
bury. The amount Is $l4,o60,3O4l0'
The second greatest amount comes
under the heading, Industrial Is
suers. and the amount Is $3,022,045'
The amount OF war savings bonds
purchased through the department
Of the post ofiiCe is $2,867, $50. The
credit unions purchases amounted
to 1881 .574.50.
For the month of January, War
Savings bonds were purchased
through the banks in the amount
OF 1855, 43875 Bonds sold through
the industrial issuers channels,
1884, 50. Through the post office
channel, $l9O,245. And $4,000
through the credit unions.
The Colonial Trust company Is
credited with having sold the great
est amount OF bonds, through the
bank channel and that amount Is
81 $50 525. The Waterbury Savings
bank came second: $3,7l3,29O, Third
in line was the Citizens az Manufac'
turers National bank which sold So
079, 325. Others are as follows; First
Federal Savings bank, $252 300; Nor"
continual On pa0e -
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-13
SENATE FEARING
PARTY REVOLT
Republicans Headed To-
ward Crisis; Governor
Disturbed at Trend
BY JACK ZAIMAN
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent


Hartford. Conn.,. March l3-(UP)
Republican affairs on Capitol Hill
appealed heading toward crisis
today, and Gov. Baldwin was I'M
derstood to have taken firm hand
in control of party business.
Republican SOURCE admitted there
was great danger that party re-
volt in the Senate may give control
to minority Democrats. In the
House, grumblings also were becom-
ing noticeable.
Gov. Baldwin was said to be
deeply disturbed at the trend Of
events in the party, and has decid-
ed to assume @ greater personal
control over affairs. The first re-
suit of this decision, II was said, was
to summon legislative leaders to n
daily conference on progress of the
general assembly.
The governor was said to be an
noyed at the political" manner in
wi IN the legislature was being
handled, and tossed bomb into the
judiciary committee when he said
he would not go for a bill requiring
house and senate blanket approval
of all gubernatorial nominations. AT
ths same time, word spread that the
governor did not look with favor on
the move to restore forfeited rights
to Harry Mackenzie, high-ranking
Republican leader in Fairfield
County who vas convicted In con-
nection with the Waterbury Munich
pal scandal.
Reports said the governor would
veto such a restoration bill II 1t
were passed by the legislature.
Already, In the Senate. Sen. Jo-
seph r. NELL, r., Watertown, has
issued a declaration OF independ-
ence from the Republican leader
ship. Sen. Robert E. Parsons. R.,
Pennington, and Sen. william H.
Mortensen, r., Hartford, were said
EfHo.akfpasaaH ~ RauA N
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-13
RAMPONI HELD UP
BY COLORED MAN
Purse Taken From WOm-
an; Car With 70 Pounds
of Coffee Found By Cops

Police today continued investi-
cations In series Of minor crimes
which made last night one of the
busiest In weeks on department rec
ords. Patrolmen and members Of
the motor patrol were called out for
several theftS and two reported hold
ups and the ringing of burglar
alarm at a Bank street store.
Augustine Ramponi, 81, 60 Branch
street, reported that he was at
tackled shortly after II o'clock by
n colored man as he was walking on
Division street, who forced him to
submit to a search. He had no
money on his person, he told police,
and his assailant fled. The attack
On Ramponi followed shortly after
the snatching Of purse from q
woman pedestrian near the inter-
section Of North Main and Spark
streets.
The woman told Motor Patrolmen
Tom Redding and Joe Dereskevich
who investigated, that the purse was
grabbed from her hard by youth
about 10 years old who ran over
Spark street, and down North Elm.
The pocketbook contained sum OF
money and other articles.
A car owned by George Under
hill of ITO Lakeside street, contain
ing % pounds Of coffee was found
on North Main street, police re-
ported Underhill Is n dealer, ae-
cording to police, and the car was
stolen some time yesterday after.
noon,
Motor patrolmen were called early
this morning to aid Watertown po-
lice In o search for two men said
TO have held up two youths IN that
town ana escaped III the direction OF
Waterbury by automobile
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-13
IGNORANT ABOUT DRAFT

Woonsocket, II. l., March 10
(UP)--Arrested for failure to regis
ter for selectlve service, Israel Care
AZ, q Woonsocket salesman. told FBI
agents he "didn't know about the
dyakt"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-13
Kharkov Battle,
Nearing Climax,
Costly To Nazis
Germans Smash Closer to Russa's Fourth City; Com
munists ExhOrt Reds to Resist to Last Drop of
Blood; Fight Rivals Stalngrad in Intensity
BY HENRY SHAPIRO
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

Moscow March 10. = CUP) = The Germans smashed
closer to Kharov tremendous cost today the battle
for Russias fourth city neared climax and the Com
unst party exhorted the Red Army to resist to the last
drop of blood" e Berlin radio claimed that the German
sres had driven into the center of the city and captured
Dad Cn11n
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30
PISTOL TOURNEY
AT SECTION BASE

The Key West Naval Section
Base pistol team which is COM
posed of IS members will stage
tournament next week to de-
eide the championship of that
activity. Later an Island title
tourney is anticipated.
Twenty-tWo;s, thirty eight's
and forty-five's will be used by
all hands in this contest of skill
and accuracy.
The Section Base contingent is
being instructed by Mark Bar
rows, MM1c, VINO has been q
leading figure in national cham.
| pionships.
That activity's Recreation De-
partment is sponsoring a rifle
team for competition in few
weeks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30
CHINESE LANGUAGE
HAS ITS POINTS
FOR u. S. AIRMEN
(By Associated I'resrl

CALCUTTA, India, April 3d.
American airmen in China are
being taught to read Chinese
with their fingers.
They have had to learn that
way, because no matter how
hard their teachers worked they
could not learn in hurry how
to speak so a Chinese could UNI
derstand it. The new finger
method is called "pointie-talkie"
Say an American airman is
forced down in China, perhaps
behind the enemy lines. The ma
tives are suspicious. He pulls out
his little pointie-talkie book and
goes to work. There is one col
unm of questions to ask, written
in English. Opposite is the same
thing in Chinese. So the airman
points to the Chinese. The Chi
nese reads the question and nat
urally begins spouting the reply
in Chinese. But the airman can'i
understand.
However, below each ques-
ton are several possible answers
printed both in English and Chi,
nese. Which answer fits the
question? Well. it is up to the
American airman to persuade
the Chinese to get into the
game and select the right an
sWer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30
FROM THE NORTHROPS'
SCRAPBOOKS

The l800-word story and four
wood cuts made from the artists
drawings appeared in the August
3 issue as part of a series ON
American industries.
The fleet of the spurgeon fish
ers-flat bottomed row boats.
eighteen feet long-was tied UP
in the mouth of the crum Elbow
creek, which empties into the
Hudson just north OF the Hyde
Park station, the story says. and
proceeds to describe il as "a
sheet of molten silver careSSed
by amorous ferns; gray rocks
leaning over it in order to take
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30
Section Base Billiards
Tournament Underway

A billiards tournament at the
Key West Section Base is in its
early rounds.
Results to date show Joe
knight, Sic, defeating Bottoms;
Stan Warren, Sk2c, taking Ia
lip; Art Keehn, Y1c, b eating
Hughes; Mike Stanton, G3c. de.
feating Dorton; Boots Ogbum
losing to Kirkpatrick; Walker
taking the measure of Hender-
son; Orman trouncing McGim
sey and Adams downing Thorne.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30

hopper and despite the sincere
and earnest effort of legislators to
find the answer, they will be
damned individually and collec-
lively no matter what they do. If
determined to solve the problem,
lawmakers might well make up
their minds that no matter what
they do it will be wrong and then
exercise their own good judgment,
with the welfare of the state and
the people as whole their only
consideration;
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30

a long. long look at themselves
IN its mirror-llke surface:
wonderful such as Titsnis and
her court fight have used as
shower-bsfh. and charming H.
tie hooks all around Il Whereir
TO revel IN a midsummer
nights dream.
Evidently the creek was then
navigable clear 10 the dan
This was N the DAYS before
the creek mouth was filed IN
II vas then -one Of the greatest
mooring places IN the country
for small craft"
The exit. under the cid NO0d-
en- railroad bridge was then at
least twice as wide as Il IS nov.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30

Genial, effervescent. exuberant
Fuller Warren, fit as a fiddle and
ready for most anything, arrived
in Tallahassee last weekend two
jumps ahead of his sound wagon.
House members turned from the
consideration of foundlings and
orphans to listen to the witty re-
marks of the only gubernatorial
candidate who refused to stop
running when the votes were
counted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30

proved bill to raise the base pay
of circuit judges from $4,000 to
$4,000 per year. Steadily mount
ing living costs have served to
lower the buying power of fixed
incomes to a point that more than
justified the action.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30
SITTING in WITH
The LAWMAKERS
BY RUSSELL KAY
FLORIDA Press Association

Vivisection has long been look
ed upon as cruel and improper,
but when an attempt is made to
practice this art in cutting up
Congressional Districts. the fur
really begins to fly and the bowls
of its victims can be heard from
one end of the state to the other.
Several bills aimed at the crea-
ton of Sixth Congressional dis
trict have been tossed into the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30

Florida's Circuit Judges, who
have had their fingers crossed and
been carrying rabbit feet for
weeks, breathed signs of genuine
relief when by vote of % to IL
the Senate passed the House APP
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30
Heard Blu; Got Seen

j Aunt Nellie Well, Bobby, did
you see Santa Claus on Christ
mas?
Bobby-No, Auntie, it was too
dark, but i heard what he said
when he knocked his toe against,
the hedpost.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30
MERELY REFLECTION

NEW YORK. "A cats eyes do
not shine but merely reflect the
faint light of dark places.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30
DODGERS TAKE
3-CAME SERIES
CINCINNATI REDS TRIUMPH
OVER PIRATES BY
81 SCORE
Especial 10 The Citizen,

NEW YORK, April 3O.-The
Brooklyn Dodgers won a three
game series from the Philadel-
phia Athletics yesterday by TAX
ing the third game 4 to 8. Earl
Naylor hit a three-run homer in
the first inning for the Ath-
letics.
The Cincinnati Reds went to
victory over the Pittsburgh Pr
rates by score of 81, making
1t two out of three in their Sc
ries with the BUGS.
The New York Yankees down
ed the Boston Red Sox, and the
Detroit Tigers defeated the ST.
Louis Browns.
Results of the games follow:
National Leaoua
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30

THE VINEGAR Tree
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30
TODAY'S GAMES
MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUES
National League

National League
Brooklyn at New York.
Boston at Philadelphia.
(Only games scheduled.)
American League
New York at Washington.
Philadelphia at Boston.
st. Louis at Chicago.
Cleveland at Detroit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30
DIE FROM COBRA BITES

CHICAGO. - 1t is estimated
that 10000 persons die in India
each year of cobra bites.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30

ner,s Schettz and Early.
Cleveland at Chicago, post
poned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30

Chandler, Murphy and Dickey;
Terry, Brown and Peacock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-30

Higbe. Kimball, Weber and
Oven; Kraus and Padden.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
MYSTERIOUS PLANE
FLIES OVER CITY
Parachustist drops" in
Waterville; Police Re-
ported Recovering

At 1852 O'Clock last evening, air
plane spoilers at the city's obser-
walton tower reported an unidenti-
fed plane over the city. An Ameri-
can Brass Co. guard Of the South
Plant on South Main st. reported to
police that the plane threw q spot
light on the factory for several Sec
onds about the same time. No ex-
PLANTATION was given as to the iden-
tity or purpose Of the mysterious
flight.
Another provoker of wartime
worries and curious speculation was
q report received last night by Ser
geant John Murphy and Officer
John Culleton Of motor patrol by
an 0verzealous housewife whose
patriotic duty brought her to a
phone to report that she saw a
parachute In Waterville Park, sur
rounded by q large crowd" Of on
lockers. Upon relating the "chute
story" to FBI authorities, the police
were informed that hundreds Of SIM
liar reports have been investigated
with no alarming results, and that
a person In Waterville Park vicinity
Is the owner Of q parachute. It Is
concluded that youths may have
been playing with the chute and
that sweep Of wind carried 1t away
The chute was removed before the
police arrived on the scene.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
Low TEMPERATURE.
RECORDED LOCALLY
Is to 20 Above Reported;
Heavy Winds Add to I'M
comfortable Spell

Ripping and slashing its way past
pedestrians who bowed their heads
to its fury today. a strong wind,
in a terrible hurry to get nowhere,
raised havo: with the young ladies
tresses and chapeaux. A tempera-
ture OF "a degrees added a frosty
breath to the general discomfort.
Snow fiurries were reported dur
ing the night, with the lowest City
Hall temperature reading 20 degrees
at 6 this morning, and the highest
figure registering SO degrees at 3
a. m.
The U. 8. weather bureau prop
hesied the entry of Easter on a wild
gust Of wind unless a break occurs
In present conditions.
One casualty Of the angry wind
was reported by the police when
Mrs. Bertha Kirschbaums who OPP
crates the Copper Kettle Inn on
Meriden road, was knocked on her
feet at the entrance TO the Malta
tuck Historical building.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
JOSEPH MILLER
DIES AT HOME
Funeral Services for En-.
pire Loan Company Pres
ident Held Today

Joseph Miller, Al, well-known In
business and fraternal circles IN
this city, died last night following
q short illness at his home, 10
Stephana Lane.
Mr.. Miller, president and treas
urer Of the Empire Loan Company,
was q member Of the Board OF d.
rectors and chairman Of the Finance
Committee Of the Bethel Syna.
gogue. He also belonged to the
Theodore Roosevelt Lodge, Knights
Of Pythias, and Harmony Lodge,
A. +. and A. M.
He leaves, besides his wife, Mrs.
Dorothy (Cohen) Miller, three chill
dren, Barbara, Marlyn and Arnold;
two brothers, Benjamin Miller.
Bridgeport: Max Miller, Stamford;
and three sisters, Mrs. 8. Berger,
and Mrs. John Sacks, both OF
Bridgeport, and Mrs. Rose Lowell Of
New York City.
Funeral services were held from
the Anderson Funeral Home, 70 Cen-
tral avenue, at 2 p. m. today, with
burial In Star Benevolent associa-
ton cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
TRAINING SCHOOLS
FOR BUS DRIVERS
Men, Women Operating
COnveyances for Chill
dren to Be Instructed

Training schools for Connecticut
school bus drivers will be held In
ten towns from April l6 to June 26
to help drivers use school buses as
efficiently as possible and to con-
serve rubber, gas and parts.
The school will meet one Friday
evening and all day each Of two
Saturdays in each Of the towns in
dictated.
Training centers are at the State
Trade schools In these towns: Hart
ford, April 10, II and 4: Torring-
ton, April %. "a and May i;
Bridgeport, April 80, May l and 8:
Willimantic, May 2, 8 and Is; DAN
bury, May ID, IS and az; Middle
town, May 81, "a and 30: Meriden,
June 4, 5 and II; New Britain. June
May 2S, 20 and June 5; Norwich,
II, IL and 10; Stamford, June 10,
10 and 26.
Instructors are from the State
Trade schools. the Connecticut
Motor Vehicle Department. the
State Police Department, and men,
bers of the State Department Of
Education.
Each school bus driver completing
the course will receive certificate
from the State Department of Edu-
cation attesting to his having been
trained in school bus driver oper-
alton and maintenance.
Further information concerning
the course may be obtained from
A. M. Mccullough, State Depart
ment of Education, Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
SIX U.S.. ADMIRALS
REPORTED KILLED

washington, April 6-tUP)-six
American admirals have died In the
line Of duty and q generals have
been reported killed. missing. wound
ed or captured thus far In this war,
O survey disclosed today.
The most recent general osncer
casualty was Brig. Gen. Howard X.
Ramey, missing In action in the
southwest Pacific.
The Army toll includes three air
forces generals who died In the line
Of duty. four air forces generals, In.
GLIDING RaTney. reported missing and
presumably dead, three ground
forces generals wounded in action IN
New Guinea, and - generals cap
tured by the japanese when Cor
regidor fell.
the first admiral 10 lose hts life
was Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell
Kidd, killed IN action during the
Janannsa attack IN Pearl HaTbog.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
More Black Market
Indictments Returned
Seven Corporations and II individuals Accused Of
Overcharging Consumers in New England States

nounoed today,
The ring was accused Of over
charging consumers BY about ~"
100000 on more than l0,00O,O 900 lbs,
Of black market beef and veal
brought into New Jersey, New York.
Pennsylvania and Connecticut be"
tween Dec, IS and Jan, 81,
The indictment, returned March
80 BY q federal grand jury, charged
conspiracy to violate meat price
regulations and quota restrictions.
A nationwide investigation o.
black market meat operations and
price violations was carried on Tor
the past two and one half months
by the oPA and It's district ofticea
IN Newark, New York City, Chicago.
Philadelphia, Kansas City, Denver
and Pittsburgh, Jacobs said.
THE investigation uncovered an
elaborate black market structure on
a grand scale In which slaughter
houses and packing establishments
were purchased by the ring Of con-
splrators. Agents were appointed IN
many states and huge quantities OF
cattle were bought, slaughtered and
sold throughout the country"
BY selling above ceiling prices,
the OPA said, the ringleaders vert
able to outhid legitimate packers
and purchase huge quantities Of
cattle. Authorities added that one Of
the devices used was to bill the Gus
toner at the legal ceiling and then
demand an additional cash pay
ment,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
new EDUCATIONAL
IDEALS OBSERVED
ServiCemen Rubbing FL.
bows With Death Seek
New Solution to Life

Faculty members Of 1856 Methodist
Colleges are almost unanimously
agreed that 1t will be necessary to
underwrite the postwar education
Of an Unprecedented number Of col
lege students who have been taken
from campuses throughout the
country and installed in fox holes
and slit trenches in battle zones.
They displayed a sharp division
Of thought, however, on what form
the underwriting should take and
who is to be responsible.
According to DR.. Harry Wright
Mcpherson, notwithstanding OF
the Division of Educational Institu-
lions Of the Board Of Education OF
the Methodist Church, problems re-
latig to tehndetao insllEdl ushrdluu
lating to the postwar education Of
students now being called from col
leges for military service received
attention In q survey recently COM
pleted by the board.
The dislocationS suffered as o
result o fthe war will not, educa-
tors answering the poll felt. dampen
the enthusiasm Of service men for
further college training. but con-
ditions can be such that individual
financing of continued schooling
may not be easy.
Should the government assume
financial responsibility for dis
charged veterans who wish to go
ahead with their college work, or
would 1t be better to seek out pri-
vate assistance?
Champions of the first course
among Methodist educators pointed
out that federal financing would be
better, in their opinion, than a cash
bonus or other type of subsidy. Ad-
vocates of private financing, through
colleges. churches and the like. saw
In government interest a threat
of government control over educa-
ton.
All expressed the hope that some
program will be available by the
time the war is over.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
AMERICANS PASS
KEBILI CROSSROAD
BY PHIL AULT
United Press Staff Correspondent


American Advanced Headquarters,
Central Tunisia. April 5. - q p. m.
- DelayedD - CUP - The Ameri-
can Second Corps had q relatively
light day of fighting ON this front
where Lieutenant General George
s. Patton,s men are trying to drive
q wedge through to the east coast
of Tunisia and a junction with the
British Eighth Army.
Light Artillery dueling was today's
greatest activity.
The Axis troops were clinging te-
naciously to positions southeast OF
Ell Guettar along line some 40
miles from that held by the Eighth
Army.
The Americans are now beyond
the Kebili crossroad ON the highway
from FL Guettar to Gabes. Their
line stretches across valley on the
left side OF the road. On the right
side they have run into stiff resist
ance from the Germans entrenched
III guileys ana on niiisides east OF
Diebel Berda.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06

washington. April 6-(UP)-Sec-
rotary Of Treasury Henry Morgen.
thau. Jr.. today presents his ten.
tative proposal for postwar inter.
national monetary sterilization TO
three house committees amidst
rumblings Of dissent In the Senate
Silver Bloc to the plan for return.
ing hte world TO the gold standard.
In general Senators who heard
Morgenthau yesterday agreed on
the need for some international plan
for stabilizing currencies TO sacili-
tate the rehabilitation ct interna-
tional trade after the war. They de-
cllned 10 comment on Morgenthau'S
specific points.