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Evening star., 1943-03-21
to turn back, leaving the Moultrie
unharmed.

to turn back, leaving the Moultrie
unharmed.
In the course of the long running
battle the Moultrie's gun crew in
ficted heavy damage on the raiders
On one occasion when the enemy
came over in great force. they shot
down three bombers and damaged
six. The same sort of attack devel-
oped the following day and again
the Navy gunners downed three
planes and damaged six more.
Another time. an alert watch
spotted plane that dropped silently
from the clouds at dusk, hoping to
catch the ship unawares. The gun
crew opened fire before the pilot
reached the release point and sent
the plane flaming into the sea On
another occasion the crew knocked
down lone enemy plane.
Again, the crew sighted the peri
scope of submarine moving in to
attack. Accurate fire directed at
it forced the sub to flee. hunted
Dy lIe eSCOlI VeSSelS accompanying
the convony.
AT another time, torpedo was
sighted racing through the water
toward the ship. The guns of the
Moultrie were trained upon it, and
direct hit caused the torpedo to
explode in the water before it could
reach its target.
when the attacks ceased on the
eighth day, the Moultries crew had
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county school system, about 100 do
not have State teachers certificates.
Mr.. Orem explained. They are
issued war emergency certificates
instead by the State Board of Edu-
cation.
Mr.. Orem expressed confidence
that teachers could be hired more
easily if the State would approve
bonus, provided the bonus would
apply to teachers employed after
July l as we'll as to those already
in service
Four Classes Lack Teachers.
In Montgomery County where
teachers are leaving at the rate of
20 or 80 month, DR.. Broome said
there are four boys physical edu-
cation classes without teachers.
These students are taken care
Of, however, by giving them drills,
health work and personal hygiene
instruction in other classes" he de-
clared.
While admitting that conditions
are not good, DR.. Broome said he
believed the county school system
was doing remarkably we'll" under
war handicaps.
Unless additional teachers can be
obtained, however, more classes will
have to be dropped, he said. A
teacher bonus would be a major fac
/ tor in getting teachers, he added.
Both Dr. Broome and Mr.. Orem
compared the present teacher turn
over with 6 to 10 designations a
year about four years ago.
O'Conor Pledge Cited.
In urging that the bill now before
the State Senate be amended to as
sure teachers of $40 month bonus
for the duration of the war. Mrs.
/ Saunders recalled that the Bennett
/ Myers bill, prepared and sponsored
by the State Education Committee,
contained such provision but was
/ defeated in the Senate
Definite assurance was given by
Gov. O'Conor in his campaign for
reelection that State relief for
teachers would be forthcoming in
the present session of the Legis-
lature, Mrs. Saunders declared.
In anticipation OF such relief, she
added, many teachers have been
borrowing to meet current expenses,
while others have been obliged to
dip into their savings.
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American Pilot Smocks Down
Nozi Bomber Without q Shot
T Two Enemy Planes Dodeing Him ..
Crowd Third Into Hillside a.t '~ -

By the Associated Press
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, March 90
Somewhere on a bleak Southern
Tunisian hillside is scattered the
wreckage of a gray, twin-engined
German bomber which First 1t.
Jack Ludlow, Spitflre pilot. de
stroyed' without firing shot
1t. Ludlow, whose home is in
Tulsa, Okla. told of his strange
combat, adding that "it was luckier
than drawing a royal flush in
poker"
He said he was returning alone
recently from a patrol-"fat, dumb
and happy"-when he saw three
bombers approaching road jam
med WITH an American truck convoy.
They were so close to the ground
I thought they were our own planes
just taking off, and I buzzed by
their tails at a 90-degree angle in
a kind of hello gesture" 1t.
Ludlow recounted.
The next thing 7 knew bullets
were smashing the canopy over my
head. I veered off in surprise,
thinking they ought to be able to
recognize a friendly spitfre.
Then I saw some bombs burst
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and mushroom in a pasture beside
the road and suddenly realized that
the boys I had been playing with
were ferries. They were dumping
their bombs in order to skip away"
BY the time he got things straight,
1t. Ludlow said, the bombers had
disappeared up a valley. He was
almost out Of fuel, but he took after
them.
Il was going fiat out around the
corner of a high hill when I ran
into the same bombers going in the
opposite direction" he said. I'VE
nearly piled up in a four plane
crash, but I went into a vertical
climb that almost grazed them and
they turned sharply away.
One bomber must have been
crowded by the others, because it
dived into the hillside-a complete
washout. The others got away so
fast I never had a chance TO fire
a shot.
BY that time my gauge showed
I was virtually out of gas, so tried
to land In pasture, but my wheels
stuck in the mud and I nosed over.
Lucky for me the mud was soft,
because I landed on my head"
Two days later, after having been
cared for by a French farm family,
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Where They Are Fighting

Geographic Society," -
follow the line of mountain ranges,
through corridors which nature has
carved in this "waistline" of Tu-
nisia. ,-oy'
Sened lies at the foot of Biada r
Mountain. nearly 1000 feet high.
Southwest across intervening moun-'
tain ridges, the natives at El Guetar
normally make use OF the conven- !,
lent raw material to manufacture
millstones, such as much of North
Africa grinds its grain with. -
Near El Guetar is one of the
chotts, or shallow depresSions in
the earth's surface characteristic of
this part of the world. These chotts
are by turn salt lakes, swamps or
dry ground. hardened by the Afri-.
can sun into flats ideal for trans
portation. Together with the giant :
of the mall. huge Chott Djerid, less
than 80 miles south of Gafsa, these 4
areas are in process of beginning the
changeover from rainy-season lakes
to their drier states. =
But nothing can be counted on as
a geographic certainty in a land
where rain and sun--in and out OF
season-may quickly change the
terrain, and with it the strategic
plans of rolling or marching armies.
Evening star., 1943-03-21
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Navy gun crew aboard the
Liberty ship William Moultrie shot
down eight German planes, dam
aged II others, drove away a sub
marine and scored a direct hit on
a torpedo, causing 1t to explode.
during a recent voyage to an Al
lied port, the Navy reported yester-
day.
The Moultrie, because of the GAL
liant fighting, made the trip un-
harmed. She was in a convoy which
was under almost uninterrupted at
tack from the air and from under
the sea for a week.
Ensign jeremiah T. Mahoney, 25,
OF New York, was awarded the
Silver Star Medal for his leader
ship of the crew. and all "a members
of his outfit received letters of COM
mendation from the Navy Depart
ment.
Navy Commendation.
"A brilliant victory over enemy
bombers and submarines, scored by
Evening star., 1943-03-21
Liberty Ships Gun Grew Downs
8 Nozi Planes, Hits II Others
Vessel in Convoy Was Under Continuous
Attack for Week, but Made Allied Port

sklllful and courageous Navy armed
guard crews. has enabled another
American merchant vessel to carry
a valuable cargo of military supplies
to an Allied nation, the Navy said.
--latest chapter in the story of
intrepid armed-guard units manning
United States merchantmen is that
of the crew aboard the Liberty ship
William Moultrie. Protected by the
fire of her gun crew. the William
Moultrie. successfully ran the gantlet
of German raiders in the North
Atlantic
The Moultrie Is a Liberty ship
launched in May, 1912, at the North
Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Whining
ton. N. c.
Under Severe Attack.
For a week the CONVOY in which
she sailed was under almost unin-
terrupted attack from Nazi planes
and submarines. At every alert the
armed-guard unit manned the ships
guns and put up so effective bar
rage that the attackers were forced
Evening star., 1943-03-21
Flood Of Teoc her designations Closes Glasses
In Montgomery and Prince Georqes Schools

ers would be 'left out in the cold"
at the end Of 10 months if their
counties failed to match State
funds.
Salary Adjustments Paid.
Prince Georges County teachers
now receive a $40 monthly adjust
ment over their present salaries to
continue until July /, while Mont
gomery County teachers receive sal
ary adjustments ranging from $50 to
500, depending on their length of
tenure and base pay.
Beginning salary for a teacher
holding q bachelors degree in Prince
Georges County is $1,000 a year,
with a maximum of Sl,750 after IA
years of service. The same salary is
paid teacher with a masters de-
gree.
The holder of bachelors degree
IN the Montgomery County school
system starts at $1,000 and receives
q maximum of $4,000 after l6 wears.
A teacher with masters degree
starts at 81 800 with a maximum
Of S2600 after 20 years.
Nicholas Orem, superintendent of
schools in Prince Georges County,
frankly admits that the principal
reason for the loss Of teachers is
/ the county's failure to compete with
| industry in salaries
/ In Montgomery County, Or. Edwin
w. Broome, superintendent Of
/ schools, says most of the teachers
leaving are going into the armed
services.
Parade" of designations.
According to Mr.. Orem, there has
! been regular parade" of teachers
/ leaving the Prince Georges schools
since July !, l942. A science class
III one Of the schools has been
dropped because of inability to OBJ
tain an instructor. he declared. while
shop and commercial teachers in
two other schools have had to
double up to provide instruction
for those without teachers. Since
the opening of school last fall more
than 200 teachers have left, he
/ added
To fill vacancies the Board OF
Education has had to employ a
large number of teachers who do
not have State certificates. OF the
approximately 800 teachers in the
Evening star., 1943-03-21

With teacher designations pour
Ing in at the rate Of two every
school day in Prince Georges Coun-
ty and one day in Montgomery,
school officials in the two nearby
Maryland areas are finding it in
creaSingly difficult to obtain replace
mentS and already have been forced
to suspend five classes for which
teachers cannot be found.
The problem is complicated fur
ther by the increase in school en-
rollment, with 100 more pupils in
Prince Georges County this year
than last, and an increase of 800
in Montgomery County.
A meeting of all parent-teacher
associations in the nearby area of
Montgomery County has been called
bv the Leland Junior High PTA
for 8 pm. Wednesday at the school
to discuss the teacher salary sit
uatlon.
Salary Increase Advocated.
Mrs. Richard A. Saunders, chair
man of the Department of Educa
Tl0ll OF lllP 1DuIllN AttS 0t VI W tlll-
Ell Voters. said those attending Will
be asked TO urge passage by the
legislature OF a bill making it man
datory for Gov. O'Conor to include
In the l945 budget a provision for
an increase III teacher salaries.
Such a bill has been prepared by
the State Teachers Association and
probably Will be introduced early
this week. she said. II approved by
the assembly, Mrs. Saunders eX-
planned, the measure would take
care" Of teachers until June. 1945.
A bill, passed by the House Of
Delegates Friday night provides for
payment OF wartime bonus 10
school teachers Of $3.50 in II
monthly installments of $40 each,
provided each county puts up one
third Of the amount, or Sll3.
If counties do not supplement the
State contribution these payments
would end in 10 months. or 7
months before the Legislature meets
again.
1t is this feature Of the bill TO
which civic and parent-teacher Or
caniza tons express strong opposl-
ton. They point out that the coun-
ties participation In the payments
Is not mandatory and that teach
Evening star., 1943-03-21
Central YMCA
| Admits Women
To Health Club

For the first time in the history
OF the Central Young Mems Chris
tian Association, women as we'll as
men will enjoy health club facih-
ties when the new WMCA Health
Club is opened tomorrow, with one
section for men and another for
women.
The new club is in the addition
to the "Y" recently erected at
Eighteenth and G streets NV.
Heretofore, health club for men
has been operated in the old section
Of the YMCA. Opening of the new
club was postponed from last Mon
day due to delay in arrival of equip
ment
The opening is scheduled for to-
morrow at 9 am. A beauty shop
will be a feature of the women's
department of the club.
Paste q War savings stamp in
YOUR aIbum-it will holm naste ~.
Evening star., 1943-03-21
(Fron, the National


From American-captured Gafsa.
hub of more than half a dozen
roads and trails stretching in va
rious directions, two significant
routes lead through Axis held ter
ritory to the ports OF SfaX and
GabeS
On one, about 25 air miles north
east of Gafsa, the little town of
Sened is the next settlement, 1t lies
a few miles south of the vital rail-
way line that runs first to Manares.
on the coast. and then north TO
Sfax. On the other route, to the
southeast. lies Ell Guetar 02 miles
from Gafsa), which is itself located
at fork in roads linked eventually
with the coast. American forces
now hold this town.
The country in which the fight
ing will take place following any
such advance is extremely diff
cult. Rugged mountain ranges rise
from barren plains and valleys. In
places the drop is as sheer as a
wall, especially facing the south.
Movements of men, therefore, must
Evening star., 1943-03-21

1t. Ludlow reached his home field
again.
A former Royal Air Force pilot,
1t. Ludlow has won an air medal
and two oakleaf clusters in North
Africa. He scored his first victory
last Christmas Day when he shot
down an Italian fighter.
Evening star., 1943-03-21

destroyed a total of eight German
planes, and had scored hits on II
others. The Moultrie was un-
harmed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-19
AC0STA LEAVES
 MINUS FANFARE
Noted AviatOr's Wander lust Prevails Again;
 Destination Unknown

Naugatuck, Aug. 19-Bert Acosta, noted flyer, slipped away from Nau- gatuck about sunrise Tuesday morn ing after having stated only last week that he had hoped to remain in Naugatuck and settle down."
 Those who knew the Acosta that flew with Byrd across the Atlantic to Europe when such 8 flight was gamble against heavy odds doubted the new worlds-to-con- quer" spirit in Acosta would ever permit him to settle in one place very long.
 It was gay, jovial Acosta who fraternized with old friends here during his weeks stay. The word spread, "Bert's in toWn," and all his old friends knew Bert" could mean but one man. Old exploits were re- called amid clinking glasses.
 It was different Acosta that sat on a bench on the Whittemore memorial bridge at a. m. Tuesday. Coatless, his face seeming older in the dim glow of a bridge lamp, he appeared oblivlous to the few pass ing cars and to an occasional pedes- trian.
 Perhaps his intense gaze, that looked beyond the present. was seeing past glories. Perhaps he was planning some future sorties into uncharted skies.
 But to those who saw him then, it came as no surprise to learn that he had left town a few hours later, his settling down" period over.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-19
Linden Park Secured
 For Footwear Outing
Program Being Arranged for August %; Gaytee Con-
 veyOrs Dinner Guests at Sullivan's Tonight

Naugatuck, Aug. -9.-The United States Rubber company footwear plant outing will be held in Lin- den park, it was decided at meet ing Wednesday afternoon. Ar engagements to secure the park will be made.
 The outing will be held August 29 and a varied program is planned. Most of the committees have been named, but there are still several units to be picked.
 The U. s. Rulioer Co.,, will play host this evening to members of a conveyor line in the Gaytee depart ment which recently achieved an excellent rate of production. A dinner will be served at Sullivan's s Inn for the workers.
 New Method Revealed
 A new and novel method of pre- venting the formation of ice on pro- peller blades of aircraft was an- nounced today by the United States Rubber company.
 The device was developed by Dr. Louis MaricK of the companys De- troit development division with the cooperation of the engineering staff at Wright field. It is designed to remove the threat of the loss of the airscreW properties and the bal ance of propellers caused by ice collecting on the blades when sleet or icing conditions are met in flight.
 The new development of the United States Rubber company known as Uskon conducting rubber makes this device possible. This material, through the addition of certain chemicals, is made to con- duct electricity, in contrast to the usual insulating properties of or dinary rubber.
 A strip of conductive rubber IS attached to the leading edge of each propeller blade. The passage of electricity through the material heats the leading edge sufficiently to keep ice from forming-an ob- vious advantage over methods of de-icing which functions after the ice has already formed.
 Test flights using the new de- vice have been conducted by the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-19
GASOLINE RATION
 COUPONS CHANGED
B and C Holders Must Turn in Old Ones for New
 Issues By Aug. 3l.

Naugatuck, Aug. 19-The Nauga- tuck ration board announced today residents holding B and c gasoline ration coupons which specify per mjts delivery in one unit" must ex- change them for new type coupons at the local ration board office in the Futile School
 The books or sheets may be mail ed to the board for exchange. but the tire inspecti> record must be included. Anyone failing to do this by Aug. 31 will under no condition be permitted to exchange his then invalid coupons for valid ones.
 The local ration board office is open daily for business except Tues days and Saturdays.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-19

Naugatuck, Aug. 19.-William Fl. Moody, general manager and secretary of the Naugatuck Water Company has dropped four feet. However, MT. Moody pointed out that water meters, installed sev- eral years ago here, have pre- vented 8 serious water shortage.
 The saving as the result of the water meters Is 800,000 gallons per day and this saving is used to supply the extra demand of the factories, MT. Moody explained. Last spring flash boards were built along the spillways which helped to store up many addi- tional gallons of water.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-19
TAX COMPILATION
 ASSISTANCE FREE

Naugatuck, Aug. 19-Deputy col lectors of the Waterbury office of the Department of Internal Rev. enue, will be at the local post office September 1, 2, 3, 4, for the purpose of aiding Naugatuck residents in the compilation of income and vic- tory tax returns for the year 1943.
 The collectors will be on duty daily from 830 a. m to p. m. at the civil service room and may be consulted on any matter pertaining to estimates of income or filling out blanks which are to be filed by Sept. 15.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-19
NAVY ACCEPTS
 MABEL CACN0
Report to St. Alban's Long Island, N. Y., Hospital
 August 31

Naugatuck, Aug. 19-Miss Mabel Cagno, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ambrose Cagno of Andrew avenue, has enlisted i'll the Navy Nurses Corps, and will report for duty at the U. s. Naval hospital, St. AL bans Long Island, N. Y. August 31.
 Miss Cagno is graduate of Naugatuck high school, class of '28, where she was an honor student She graduated from the Waterbury Hospital School of Nursing in 1o41, and for the past six months has been assistant head nurse at that institution. She will enter the ser vice as an ensign.
 Ensign Cagno makes the second local girl to enlist in the Navy Nurses Corps, Ensign Emma Urgitis now being stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, near Chicago, Illinois.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-19
ROTARY ENJOYS
 WILLARD BEARD

Naugatuck, Aug. 19.-Dr. Willard Beard of Shelton, former missionary to China, told the Naugatuck Rotary club Wednesday night at a meeting in Stratton's restaurant, that China has advanced immensely in the edu- cational fields in the past decade despite the war and education should make further strides after the war, he added.
 He gave a resume of educational progress in China since the days of the Dark Ages. He highly lauded Made Chiang Kai-shek for her work for China.
 Roy M. Johnson, president, pre- sided at the business session.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-19
$1OO NETTED FROM
 MISSIONARY BANKS

Naugatuck, Aug 19. - The lawn party of the Hillside Congregational church held Wednesday afternoon at the home of MT. and Mrs. c. G Swanson of Park avenue was a suc- cess, Mrs. Paul Johnson, chairman of the committee reported today.
 Missionary banks kept by the members, consisting of money saved by the members, were opened and more than $100 was realized.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-19
BUY YANKEE SUBS
 CAMPAIGN PLANNED

Naugatuck, Aug. 19-William G.. Boies, president of the Naugatuck National Bank and chairman of the local War Finance Committee, an- nounced today Naugatuck retailers nd retail store employees will join in the Buy Yankee Subs" campaign in the Third ar Loan, September g to 30th inclusive.
 Each of the retailers and retail store employees will have an objec- tive $200 sales in War Bonds and Stamps during the drive, MT. Boies said, and the task forces should raise enough money to purchase two of the Connecticut built submarines when its objective is reached.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-19

The group that left this morning included: Henry Emmet Baxter, John street; Elvin Leroy Heavens, 35 Hoadley street; Walter Joseph Kerski, Forest street; James Allen Mcdonald, 95 Spring street; Howard George Sheldon, 45 Beardsley ave- nue, Bristol Terrace; Frank John Adamaitis, 135 Golden Hill street; Constantine Tsingris, 20 Washington street; Sanford Edward Livermore, 39 Central avenue; Robert Joseph Erickson, 18 May avenue; Matthew Richard Stauffer, Allerton Farms; Joseph Francis Presto, 34 Tolles square; Julio Joseph Motta, g Scott street; Raymond Alexander Moles- Xxi, IA Locust street; Alfred John Paskavage, 97 Spring street; Joa- quin Augusta Caravela, 48 Arch street; William Walter Halwick, 30 Pleasant View street; Clarence Alvin Thomas, 57 Prospect street; William Paul Gerber, Sande avenue, Bristol Terrace, all of Nauagtuck; Ralph Norman Pratt, Matthew street, Wa terbury; Edward Lee Nettleton, Mt. Carmel, New Haven; John St. Cyr Brubaker, Cook Hill road, Cheshire; G. Stedman Meade, 252 Colony road, Meriden; William Lansing C>rnell, Main street, Cheshire; Lucian Mar tin Coffreto, Meriden road, Wolcott, and Charles Albert Hannah, White Oaks, West Cheshire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-19
25 InducteeS Depart This Morning
Borough Briefs

Nauagtuck, August 19. - Sergeant Robert J. Lafontaine, Army aerial gunner, has arrived at the Alexan- dria Air Base, Alexandria, Louisiana, and has been assigned to the Bom- bardment group there for an in tenSive course in combat flying. Up- on completion of this training period, he and his crew will be ready for combat in Flying Fortress
 Mrs. Bertha Swanson has returned from her vacation in Holyoke, Mass, New York City and Mantle.
 Mrs. Mae Mayberry, clerk in the welfare department office, is on the second week of her annual vacation.
 John M. Kenney of Cherry street is enjoying his annual weeks vacation.
 Robert Harrison of 125 Quinn street and Elizabeth Ernestine Schiller of 99 North Hoadley street, recently filed wedding intentions at the office of Town Clerk Raymond J. St. John. They will be married September II.
 Pfc. Edward Wilcox of the Coast Artillery, stationed at the Charles ton Navy Yard, is on furlough at the home of his mother, Mrs. There sa Wilcox of Ward street.
 A months mind Mass for Pfc. Michael Colabella of Oakville, who was killed in the South Pacific area July 19, will be celebrated Saturday at 9 a. m. at St. Francis Church, Naugatuck. His widow is the for mer Genevieve Purcell of Naugatuck.
 Jennie L. Smith has sold house and lot on Melbourne Street to Ray mond Melm0urne according to warranty deed filed Wednesday at the office of Town Clerk Raymond J. St. John.