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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-02
Archbishop
OfN.Y.Home

New York, Aug. 2.-UP)-Arch-
bishop Francis ]. Spellman of New
York returned home by commercial
airliner last night from a tour of
American bases in Africa and the
middle east and an audience with
Pipe Plus at Vatican City.
He left in February to visit Cath
Ole chaplains in his capacity as
military vicar, but recurring ru-
NOR linked him with various dip
lomatic. missions. Trese were de-
MED by official sources.
Only last week the State Depart
ment denied that the archbishop
had gone to Rome on peace mis-
sion.
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Army Seeks To Discover
Cause OF. Glider Crash

st. Louis, Aug. 2.-CUP) - Army
investigators sought today to deter
mine what caused the wings of a
huge cargo glider to collapse In flight
and send the fuSelage in a dive to
earth that killed the 10 occupants, in
Guiding the mayor of st. Louis and
men prominent in the aircraft in
duStry.
The new type glider, making its
second flight, crashed before 10000
spectators at Lambert-St. Louis Mu-
nicipal airport yesterday during a
public demonstration. The craft was
similar to the one which recently
was towed across the Atlantic to
Britain.
1t. Col. G.. r. Johnston, Army Air
Forces press relations officer, said
the Army would ground all similar
gliders manufactured by the Rob-
ertson Aircraft Corp. on the pos
sibility that structural flaws caused
the crash. The number Of such Gid
ers in service and the number pro-
duced by the firm were not dis
closed.
Johnston said "every possible
cause, including sabotage" would be
investigated.
Victims included Mayor William
Dee Becker; Thomas Dysart, presi-
dent of the st. Louis Chamber OF
Commerce; and Maj. William B
Robertson, president Of the Robert
son Aircraft Corp, builder of the
glider.
Robertson, a pioneer in aviation
was co-founder of Lambert Field
helped finance Charles A. Lind
bergh's flight to France.
Left Wing Buckled
The glider was 1000 feet over the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-02
CRETES TOLD
TO AID ALLY
WAR EFFORTS
BY WILLIAM b. DICKINSON
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
London, August 2. - (UP)
The Allied command called
upon the people of Crete to-
day to aid italian soldiers re-
sisting the Germans and to
await the signal for general
uprising when invasion forces
land for the attack upon the
European fortress from the
southeast. Spreading unrest
and guerrilla fighting in the
Balkans, thrust by Slovene
raiders as far as 30 miles inside
Italy, clashes between German and
Italian troops in italy and on Crete
and the exodus of 100000 persons
from Axis cities to escape the COM
ing Allied aerial attacks were re-
ported in indirect dispatches.
At Cairo, however, the Middle East
command used a shower of leaflets
and radio broadcasts to warn the
Cretans not to impede Italian troops
who are resisting the Germans.
Husband your resources" the
message said. do not reveal your
strength yet. Do not make a gen.
eral rising until we land Await
the signal. You will get full in
Structions."
Greek refugee sources said that
most of Northern Greece now is
garrisoned by Bulgarian troops, who
are also in Macedonia. The Ger
mans were said to have ordered ex-
pansion of the Bulgarian occupa-
ton area as a part of extensive
preparations for an emergency in
event of withdrawal of Italian &C.
cupation troops from the Balkans.
Some reports said the withdrawal
already had been ordered by Rome.
The Algiers newspaper Dernieres
Nouvelles reported from Istanbul
that Germany, through Ambassador
Franz vo nPapen, had protested to
the Turkish government regarding
facilities allegedly accorded to rep
resentatives of Axis satellite coun-
tries. These facilities, it was said,
permitted the Axis satellites to con-
Ftact Allied diplomats in Turkey and
presumably concerned reported sa-
tellite peace feelers, especially by
Hungary.
Germany also appeared to be fac
ing new difficulties on her north
ern flank. A dispatch to the Lon
don Evening Standard said 1t was
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Berlin Has
The Jitters;
Fears Raids
BY JACK FLEISCHER
Tinted Press staff Correspon,

Stockholm, Aug. 2 = (U.P0 - A
partial evacuation of civilians from
Berlin was reported in progress to-
day as German reaction to severe
air bombardment of other Reich
cities turned panicky and the Nazis
pushed a propaganda campaign ap-
parently designed to prevent a
break In morale.
Berlin was untouched by last
weeks record British and American
air offensive, but the Berlin CORE
spondent of the Dagens Nyheter
said a pamphlet had been delivered
to homes in the capital urging all
persons whose presence was not
essential to leave for areas not
threatened by bombs.
The pamphlet said "all school
classes" - probably meaning all
except universities - were being
transferred to eastern Germany
Previous reports told of orders for
general evacuation of Hamburg,
main target of the Allied bombers.
Masses of Berlin residents, i'm
pressed by trainloads of evacuees
pouring IN from Hamburg, Essen
and Cologne and by the sudden rise
of authoritative warnings, were said
to have spent the last two days dig
ging bomb shelters.
Describing evacuees from Ham
burg and other cities as appearing
like persons who had gone through
purgatory physically and mentally"
Berlin dispatch to the newspaper
Aftonbladet said that lone does not
know how long the people shall
! hold out"
"Arm Against Danger"
I; German authorities are now call
ing upon all to gather the peoples
entire physical strength and mobil-
lie all idle arms against the dan
GER" the dispatch said.
German newspapers were said to
have admitted the seriousness of
the bombings and outlined the
methods to meet them. The people,,
A6tonbladet said, look upon the
raids on western cities as more
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Luftwaffe
Back Said To
Be Smashed
BY WALTER LOGAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

London, Aug. 2-(UP)-American
medium hombers raided Luftwaffe
nests in northern France without
loss today to begin the August air
offensive after a record month in
which U. S. aircraft took toll of
925 Nazi fighters and aided IN the
wars greatest bombings.
Escorted by Spitfire squadrons,
the bombers struck at the German,
airdromes at Merville and st. Ome.l
in a 45-minute flight over the Dover
Straits.
Safe return of all the planes test
flied to the effectiveness of July's
unprecedented blows at Germany's
air strength. Britain's big bombers,
which with U. s. Flying Fortresses
rolled up the July record, stayed at
home last night, presumably be-
cause OF adverse weather.
An official announcement from
American headquarters said the toll
of enemy fighters eXacted by U. s..
planes in 10 daylight raids during
July broke the back" of the Luft-
waite. At least 500 Nazi fighters
were destroyed, $50 probably de-
stroyed and 275 damaged, while 108
flying fortresses were lost.
The equally impressive bombing
totals set the July record at approx
imately $4,000 tons for both Amer
lean and Royal air force craft, in
GLIDING the devastation series on
Hamburg, Germany's second city.
The Raj handled approximately
10000 tons of the total in 13 raids.
Reports from neutral Stockholm
and Switzerland describing Nazi ex-
element over the raids and orders
for partial evacuation of Berlin and
clearing OF Hamburg testified to the
results.
A dispatch to Stockholm from oc-
cupied Norway said that the Amer
lean raid on Trondheim July "a
had caused 100 German casualties
among troops. that though the
alarm was because of reconnaiS-
sance by Allied aircraft and failed
to take shelter. The precision as
sault wrecked the new shipyard, the
dispatch said, destroying a U-Boat
and damaging one destroyer among
other vessels.
The U. S. Eight Air Forces 5000
ton contribution was SO per cent
increase over June and enemy
fighter casualties rose rs per cent
as the far-ranging fortress attacks
carried to within 80 miles OF Berlin.
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Deep PIons
For Raid
BY GEORGE PALMER

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Cairo, Aug. 2.-(UP)-Weeks OF
practice flying and bombing over
a ghost town built in a remote Sec
ton of the Libyan desert, duplicat-
ing the Ploesti target area on a life
life size scale, preceded the Ameri-
can raid on the Rumanian oil
fields yesterday.
Units of engineers started months
ago to build the skeleton replica OF
the Plosti zone, duplicating the
great refineries in exact detail in
sofar as bombing was concerned, and
faithfully reproducing the neighbor-
ing rail lines.
All Of the intensive training and
preparations for one of the most
sensational aerial feats Of the wal
were carried out in secret.
When the ghost town was COM
pleted, the United States airmer
began a daily routine study of II
from the air until each man knew
il as well as his homet own or
neighborhood. Then tactical prac-
tice began.
Flying over the mocktown In tight
formations at roof-top altitude, the
Liberators day after day dropped
dummy bombs on the pseudo-refin'
cries.
In the last week Of preparation
for the actual raid, the final test
was made in the destruction of the
town. Delayed action l00-pount
bombs were loaded into the Liberia.
tots. Overhead dror.ed big pians
carrying the intelligence officer and
operations officers Of the Ninth
-.s...4g w.
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(The British radio announced the
Eighth Army, which has been she'll
ing and skirmisi1ing south of Ca
tania for days, has started its big
push.")
The American advance of IL miles
brought Lieut.. Gen. George S. Pat
tons doughboys within 70 miles Of
Messina along the north coastal
road.
The Axis prisoners were captured
in the Mistretta area. The 5000
Germans captured represented
about one-third of full division. ,
American motor torpedo boats
have been supporting the advance
of the 7th army along the north
coast. Naval gunfire has been
found effective in disposing of en-
envy positions which could not be
reached by land artillery. Naval
guns have been particularly useful
in Smelling valleys along the coast.
The Allied front line now runs
almost due south from San Stefano
through Mistretta, Nicosia, then
southeastWard through Agra and
Regalbuto to Cantenanuova, and
eastward on line running just
south of Palermo and Catania.
Allied announcements revealed
also that ABSORB and Nissoria, small
towns in the Agra area, were in
Allied hands presumably Cam
adam.
Having captured the most import
ant road network held by the Axis
in central Sicily, the Allies were
In position to make a quick thrust
eastward on the road from Nicosia
to Troina and Bronte at the base
of Mount Etna, and along the
coastal road.
Heavy bombers that raided Naples
and toher italian towns enforced
the Allied warning that devastating
attacks would result from the italian
governments temporizing policy.
Palermo Bombed
Aircraft of the Allied tactical air
force bomped Palermo and Randaz-
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Huge Fire
Loss In u. S.

Boston, Aug. 2.-(UP)-Fre loss
es in the United States averaged
more than 100000 a day for the
first half of this year Chairman
Robert S. Moulton of the National
Fire Protection Associations COM
mittee on fire record announced to-
day.
The preliminary estimate, he said,
was based on $19O,514,000 total loss
es reported to the National Board
of Fire Underwriters and was -
per cent greater than the cores
ponding 1912 period and 16 per cent
greatr than the 1941 period.
Particularly important, said Moul-
ton, have been fires involving NUM-
tons plants and military properties.
I'm 1913 the fire losses in fac
tories are increasing while the
losses in residential property are
losses in residential property are
decreasing" he said. This re-
verses the pre-war trend when in
dustrial fire losses were progressive
ly decreasing over a long period
owing to the improved construction
of industrial plants, more general
installation of automatic sprinklerS
and better organization Of employees
for fire prevention"
Moulton said it is expected that
industrial losses will increase some
what during periods of increased
manufacturing activity, but in early
months of the war the indications
were that fire protection efforts
kept pace with increased manufac-
turing operations.
"Now, however" he said, ut 'ap-
pears that the large-area factories
OF makeshift construction, lacking
automatic sprinklers and other
other standard protection owing to
government restrictions on the use
of materials and the drain on fire
department manpower are beginning
to have their effect"
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5 Months Till Wars
End, Says james Farley

Portland, Ore, Aug. 2.-(UP)-
James A. Farley, former Democratic
national committee chairman, said
today the war probably will be over
before Christmas.
1.-THE people may awaken some
morning to find victory In their
laps" he said.
Farley, who had not word to say
about politics, said he believed the
tremendous increase In United
States striking power, combined with
Decreasing Axis reserves. meant the
end of the war was in sight.
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BY HUGH BAILLIE
United Press Staff Correspondent

With British 9th Army, before Ca
tania. July 30.-Delayed-(UP)-
You see Catania over there on the
opposite hillside, so near and yet so
far, shimmering in the heat haze.
a Whitish town terracing down to
the lower bastion of Mount Etna.
In between you and the town lies
the Catania plan, brown landscape
dotted with green trees. And down
there on that plain are the British
and German armies.
The German line runs through a
long ridge which looks wooded and
pleasant. The British are down there
on the brown plain somewhere but
you can't see them.
However, their batteries are be-
hind you. The sharp crack-crack OF
artillery comes ntermittently, fol-
lowed by the abrupt yell Of shells
arching overhead. There are curses.
Then sometimes many shots in
rapid succession. You see smoke
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-02
MAYOR TRIES
TO RESTORE
Calm IN AREA
BY RICHARD G.. HARRIS
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
New York, August 2. -
(UP) - Six thousand police
men guarded tenement
Lined streets of West Harlem
today where more than IL
hours of rioting was dying
down to sporadic outbreaks.
Police listed six deaths and
nearly 200 persons injured ir4
street brawls, Standings and
shootings, ignoring two radio
pleas of Mayor F. H. La
Guardia, a group of Negroes over
turned an automobile and set it afire
about 9 a. m.
Traffic was ordered rerouted
around the area, liquor stores were
closed, and policemen reporting for
the 8 a. m. tour of duty were in
structed to wear air raid helmets
to protect them from stones and
other missiles.
LaGuardia, in a second appeal
carried seven radio stations, said the
disorders were mot a race riot,
because no groups of our citizens
were in conflict" Virtually
the only white men in the area were
the uniformed policemen. sweating
ard pushing against the crowds
which often extended from wall to
wall in the crowded streets. The
mayors first radio address was at
l a. m., when he appealed to Negroes
to stay off Harlem streets.
OF the nearly 200 persons injured,
155 were civilians and 40. were po-
licemen, including two captains OF
police. At a. M, 1853 persons,
nearly all Negroes, had been ar
rested. Most Of those injured were
Negroes.
LaGuardia told the residents OF
Harlem that purchase of food in
the areas would be difficult "be-
cause so many store have been
damaged by looting." He said the
riot was "just thoughtless, Grim
inal act of hoodlums, reckless, ire
sponsible people"
Laguardia introduced Walter
White, secretary of the National As
ISOLATION for the advancement Of
colored people, who declared that
"the decent people of Harlem" would
support the mayor in restoring
order"
In third radio appeal for order
shortly before 10 a. M, LaGuardia
warned residents. Of other parts Of
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Record Of 277
Years EMPLOYMENT

Southbridge. Mass, Aug. 2 = o.
iP) - A unique record of total OF
277 years of employment IN the
American Optical Company plant
was set today by seven Dumas Bro
theirs of Southbridge.
John s. Middleton, assistant per-
sonnet manager. gave the work
records as follows: Thomas, 81 years
Edmond, As years; Joseph. A years;
Charles, 40 years: Wilfred, S6 years;
George, "a years: and Lea Dumas
20 years.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-02
wLB NEW APPOINTEEs

Boston, Aug. 2-(UP)-Chairman
Saul Wallen of the New England
War Labor board today announced
the appointment Of four new In
dustry members to the board. The
appointees include G. Lawrence
MUNICH Of the Hood Rubber Co.,
WATERFOWL; and President Graham
H. Anthony Of veeder-Root. Inc,
Hartford, Conn. WAS
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MOTORCYCLIsT KILLED

Providence, r. l., Aug. 2-UP)-
Police today identified as Joseph p
Joran of Adamsdale, Mass. a t.
year old boy who was killed Instant
" when the motorcycle on which he
was riding hit the rear end of q
bus In East Providence.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-02

Register Now! Fall Term Begins
Sept. Sth. Day and night. Post Jr.
College Of Commerce.
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Full Weather Report Page 3
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Evening star., 1943-04-16
Deaths Reported
eth E. Baker. So. 1900 Mss.achu.

Elizabeth E. Baker. SO. 1900 Mas.achu-
sets ave.
Alice v. smith, -. es Bates ST. NV.
Minnie z. Seeds. rs, 1901 Park rd
Laura c. Lansdale, 75, 3433 Wisconsin
Julius W. Hegeler. "A, Danville, Ill.
Susan !. Keene. 20. 3716 Yuma ST. NV
Aleda BeTnewitZ IS, 1919 Varnun ST. ne.
Lobelia B. Sloat. 63, :?3s Adams ST. ne
Joseph 4. Ec!Sert, G3, 1So 18th, st. Sc
Tiiden Harris: 33. 1903 Wisconsin ave.
James w. Robinson, 73, 1900 Kenyon st.
NV
William H. Anderson. SO, $3.50 Ames st.
ne.
Mary E. johnson. 63. aO7 R st. NV.
Jane James ), Cameron. nero a., !3o 9Th st; NV;
Seymour. Askins. 43. -.1O1 Cortland
Georee Lucas, A., l106 18th st. NV.
Arnetta Vass. IS, 4435 Meade st. ne
John c: Hughes, 81. 1913 S st. NV.
Mamie Middleton. 81. :IS Eye ST NV.
McNulty Johnson. Is. ?316 18th ST. NV.
Edgar Fields. 2. 304 NJ st. s.w.
Infant Gloria Manley, 1907 Sheridan I'd.
Infant Gloria Davis, 2735 Bruc. pl So.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
4 .zsXictory Gardens;SF.

cutting off the tips when they have
spread two to three feet. Some
gardeners do not let them s<Jw be-
yond two feet. In addition, the
vines should be lifted once a week
to prevent their roofing all along
the stems. This helps to throw the
strength into the development of
the tubers and insures better
yield
The tubers may be harvested as
soon as they reach a suitable size.
The crop should be dug before heavy
frostS arrive. The vines should be
cut and considerable care is advised
in the digging to avoid bruising
the tubers. Then allow them to
dry in the sun for several hours be-
fore packing in crates or open
baskets Store the crates near the
furnace where the temperature is
so degrees or more.
Two types of sweet potatoes are
commonly groWn-the dry-heshed
Jersey strains and the vans. The
Nancy Hall variety is one of the
more popular vans. though Puerto
Rico is we'll liked by many. The
yams have higher sugar content
than the Jersey strains and are
more moist. though perhaps not
quite such good keepers.
Occasionally, sweet potatoes are
troubled by the tortoise beetle and
require spraying with poison, such
as lead arsenate. In the CONNER
cial growing areas, they are often
times troubled with disease. How
ever, the home gardener. by pro-
curing disease-free plants. should
encounter no difficulty in this re-
spect
A yield Of IL to 2 bushels hun
dred feet of row may be expected
where so plants are set to the hun
dred feet Of row.
Clip and sare for your pictory
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Unfettered Free Press
Safeguards Liberties,
Wiley Tells Kiwanians
Senator Declares Alert
People and Congress
Will Perpetuote Right

An 'unshackled free press" is the
greatest safeguard against Dictator
ial government, Senator Wiley, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin told mem
bers of the Washington KiWanis
Club yesterday at the Hotel May
flower
Beyond the reportorial obliga-
tion of the newspaper" he said,
every American newspaper today
is a leader of public opinion. In
Winnowing and sitting the news of
the day, it lives up to its obligation
to present only the truth"
Must Be Constructive"
Saying that an enlightened
people and vigilant Congress" would
not permit freedom of the press
to die in America. Senator Wiley
warned that this freedom must be
used for constructive purposes.
To-day. when the great freedoms
are dying in other lands" he said,
the continued existence of free
dom in this country is a great chal-
lcnge to use that freedom for con-
struct!ve purposes
The Wisconsin Senator said MANY
civic organizations have done much
to see that Americas traditional
freedom Was not curtailed.
In other lands he said. I'VE
have seen the first gray afternoon
haze of Government curtailment
and censorship darken into the
lengthening twilight shadows of in
flexible control and eventually into
the black night of fettered oblivion.
Traces Growth of Press.
This must never happen in this
land and it never will as long as
socially minded, civic minded serv-
Ice organizations such as this club
voluntarily give of themselves and
their time to worthwhile projects"
Reminding the group that this
country has not always had a free
press. Senator Wiley traced the
growth of the American press to
point where it is now an "untram-
meled expression of public opinion"
Raymond F. Garrity. president of
the organization. and w. Herbert
Gill, first vice president, were elected
delegates to the national convention
of KiWanis clubs in Chicago. June
% to "a. AlternateS elected are
John G. Scharf and Martin T.
Wiaeand
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Hair Not Going to War,
SaIvaqe Head Worms
F. he ociated Press.


CH1C..CO.-Milady's hair is not
going to war says William F Nc
Fetridge, Chica%o area salvage di-
rector.
He said his Office had been bar
ragged by telephone calls from wom-
en- Offering their treSSeS.
While he cannot stop women from
cutting their hair he said he tries
to discourage them from doing so
Through misdmected patriotism.