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Evening star., 1943-12-12

PLAINFIELD ORCHARDS.
CLOSED UNTIL JANUARY l.
Out Georgia ave. 5 miles to Glenmount,
right on Route 1872 miles. w. w. Moore,
Sandy Spring, Nd. Ashton 2471
Evening star., 1943-12-12
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-03
new SPEED LIMIT
RULING ADOPTED
Trucks Hauling War Goods
May Exceed Present IS.
Miles.an.HOur Rate

Vehicles carrying war goods whose
delivery Is urgent, may, In specified
instances, exceed Connectlcuss var
time speed limit Of IS miles an hour
IN the daytime, and 30 miles IN hour
OF night, Il was ruled today at o
special meeting Of the state Traftic
commission, Motor Vehicles Com
missioner John T. Mccarthy, secre.
tary o. the co nnlssioa announced.
I'he commission met at the re-.
quest Of Governor Raymond z.
Baldwin. Governor Baldwin said
that Connecticut's cooperation In
exempting vehicles carrying urgent
goods from wartime speed limits
had been asked for by Joseph b.
Eastman, director Of the ONCE Of
Defense Transportation. The new
regulation went into effect immedi.
etely.
Vehicles travelling under condl.
tons which exempt them from war.
time speed limits will In every other
way have 10 keep well within the
Connecticut law regarding speed
and reckless driving, II was ernpha-
sized. Such vehicles will DO subject
10 rigid restrictions and must carry
On Identifying pennant prominently
displayed.
According 10 the new ruling "any
vehicle, not otherwise exempt, en-
gagged In transporting any shipment,
the expedited movement OF which Is
necessary TO meet the needs OF the
military or naval forces Of the
United States, the United States
Maritime commission, or the War
Shipping Administration" IL exempt-
cd from the wartime speed limita.
tions."
II was specified also that the
driver OF such O vehicle must carry
an ofilcial certificate showing the
need for expediting the goods he Is
carrying, the name OF the consignor,
date OF shipment, point Of origin and
destination, weight, volume or meas.
urement, and the truck or tractor
number.
The ofiloial pennant furnished for
such transportation must DO cen.
tered between the two headlights In
such o way that 1T will not inter-
fere with the safe operation OF the
vehicle and 20 that It can be plainly
seen by the public when the vehicle
Is In operation"
II operation does not involve speed
In excess Of wartime speed limits,
tho pennant must not be displayed,
the commission pointed out,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-03
BRIDGES DOUBTS
ARSENAL SETUP

Concord, N. H., March 3-(Up)--
y. 3. Sen. styles Bridges, r., N. II.
ranking minority member OF the
senate military affairs committee,
doubts that the United States can
serve rs an arsenal for the United
Nations and q breadhaSket for q
large part Of the world, and at the
same time fleld and support o huge
army.
Discussing the manpower situa.
ton, Bridges said In an interview
last night no favored q proposal 70
place state guard units under selni.
federal control 10 guard shoreline
posts and other strategic areas, aft.
6r the fashion Of highlands homo
guard. He said this would release
others for combat duty.
We voiced opposition 10 the Bank.
head bill In It's present form, sua-
costing that only full.t.me farmers
be granted military deferment ra-
theF than those having farming as
. principal occupation as tho bill
provides.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-03
ALLIES MENACE
AXIS POSITION
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fortreSses.
The Royal Air Force made a
series Of savage attacks yesterday,
particularly along the Mateur- Be 10
and Beja-MedjeZ FL Bah roads.
Bombers, fighter Bombers and
bombers and fighters were active al!
day against troop columns and mo-
tor transports.
In the north, the first enemy at
tack was made early yesterday. 1t
consisted Of an infantry thrust
three miles northeast of Medjez e.
Bah and was repulsed. The Sec
ond drive, including six enemy tanks,
came down the road from Mateur,
about II miles northeast of Beta.
Two Of the tanks were knocked out
and the enemy withdrew. The third
attack struck along road running
about four miles northeast Of Sed
Jenane. The enemy withdrew after
four Of his armored cars were
knocked out.
There was no activity other than
patrolling by the British Eighth
Army TO the south, but there no
longer was any doubt that Gen. Sir
Bernard l.. Montgomery was mass
ing for an attack. United Press
Correspondent Ned Russell. with the
Eighth Army reported that great
motor conveys were crowding the
roads and carrying supplies up To
the front while Allied planes swept
out ahead TO protect the transports
from the German Air Force.
In all, five enemy fighters were
destroyed yesterday and q bomber
was shot down on the night ol
March La. Reports confirmed the
destruction Of two other enemy
planes not previously reported. One
Allied plane was missing.
The text OF the ommunique:
FIRST Army Leading elements
Of the Allied forces yesterday pressed
on TO the south and southeast Of
Sbeitla.
"Tn the central sector there wa
little activity.
ain northern T,inisia Allied
forces continued their pressure on
the enemy IN the areas north o.
Beta and east Of Eedjenane where
cur heavy artillery inflicted con-
siderable damage on enemy posi-
tons.
eighth Army: Nothing 70 repor'
apart from patrol activity.
AR: Our alfctats we're ACTIVE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-03
ENEMY CONVOY
BADLY BEATEN
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A few minutes later another
wave OF fortreSseS scored q near
Miss on q Japanese light cruiser,
battled u Japanese fighter planes,
and attacked q group OF dcstroyers
found clustered around q 0-ton
cargo ship - possibly engaged In
rescue work.
A third wave Of Tortresses and
1-24 Liberators continued 10 ham.
mer the enemy ships aS they scat
tered.
Throughout tho attacks 10 Pisa
LlghtningS covered the Allied bomb
erS. They met three Japanese
zeroS on their way TO the target
area ana knocked down two, and
were constantly engaged In combat
The bomber pilots were too busy
fighting 10 answer questions, 10 Il
was impossible 10 get q complete re-
port on the action but last night
the convoy turned into VitiaS
Straits and was last seen northeast
Of FinSchhafen, approaching Lac.
One Allied bomber was reported
overdue.
Fifteen Japanese fighters Ut
tackled one OF the airdromes at Port
Darwin OH Tuesday, inflicting slight
damage. Allied fighters intercepted
and shot down six Of the raiders,
with no losses to themselves.
A B.24. flying alone over the Is.
land chain between Java and IT,
NOR In the Dutch East indies on
Monday, bombed an airdrome near
Bima on Soembawa Island, while
another Liberator on Tuesday sank
o medium sized Japanese num-
ton ship near Brown Island In
wide bay on the south coast Of New
Britain. A direct hit was made
and the ship exploded and went un-
der. An adjacent jetty was also
damaged.
Gasmota Raided
Fortresses seeking the Japanese
convoy on Monday night raided
Gasmata, on New Britain, as q Sec
ondary target-hitting the airdrome.
A B-24. also hunting the convoy
on Tuesday, raided the Lac air.
drome, while earlier A-20 Havoc
light bombers staged a low-altitude
bombing and strafing raid on the
airfleld at Lac.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-03
NAZIS EVACUATE
AXIS STRONGHOLD
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The original announcement said
German rear guards who had held
the town the last few days "dis.
engaged themselves, unnotioed by
the enemy, after blowing UP the
Volga bridges last night"
The evacuation was In line with O
PLANNED shortening OF tho front,
DNB said.
Ten minutes later, the radio sta
ton broadcast q request 10 news.
paper editors 10 withdraw the an.
nouneement that the town had bcen
evacuated, The station was broad.
casting n news" report In code,
RSheV, $50 miles from Moscow
was tho northern anchor OF an Axis
spearhead pointed directly ut the
Russian capital. From II and VyaE-
ma, to the south, the Germans
launched their about attempt 10
take Moscow In io4l.
The Germans held firm ut both
RSheV and VyNSma throughout the
Soviet winter offensive In lo4i-i042,
which relieved the immediate threat
to Moscow.
Last night tho Russians reported
they had broken through the Ger
man lines into the outskirts OF
R2heV and were engaged In street
fighting there, It's capture never
was claimed, howsver.
Rahev subsequently was OUT
iianked by the capture Of Vollkie
Luki, 10 the west, and Belly, 90 miles
70 the southwest In the i042-l04S
winter offensive on the central front,
This cut Rzhev's main supply rail-
road from the west, leaving only
the railroad south to VyazlnN over
which TO move troops and war ma
terial and this line was under con-
slant attack by Soviet planes and
rNiding parties,
The evacuation OF RzheV leaves
VyASma, 10 miles TO the south, open
TO attack from three sides - north,
east and south and II was be.
ileved likely that this strong point
also would be evacuated, thus waping
out tho dangerous Axis salient west
OF Moscow.
The German decision to evacuate
Rzhev may have been influenced
also BY thes uccessful Russian offen-
sive below Lake linen to the north.
west, since any major offensive on
the northern front would bring the
Red Army down toward the borders
OF the former Baltic countries, COM
pletely outfianking the German DO.
sitiohs on the central front.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-03
BOYS IN
THE SERVICE

Staff Sergeant Robert J. Holmes,
OF CORTLAND avenue has returned
to his post at an Army Air base In
New Orleans. La. after spending a
brief furlough here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry JONES, Sr. of
al North Elm street have two sons
IN the service Of their country. Pri-
vate first class Presley JONES has
been In the Army since last May
Is and Is now at Aberdeen Proving
Ground, Md, while his brother,
Private Henry JONES, who has been
in the army since last Oct. 10, is
stationed at Fort Swift, Texas.
Private first class Joseph Paolino
was recently transferred to Winter
Garden, Fla, from Fort Eustis, Fla.
He Is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Paolino Of 800 Grove street.
Stationed with the Army Air
corps at Atlantic City, Private Louis
Inturrisi, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Sal
vatore Inturrisi Of % Oak street re-
Gently completed his basic training.
Norman Sena, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Sena Of l48 Farming
ton avenue reported for examination
at Hartford yesterday to enter a
Navy pre-fiight school. and will be-
gin training at Rensselaer, PoIytech.
meal school at Troy, N. Y.
On duty with the Civil Air Patrol
at q New England station, Master
Sergt. Michcael Popovich, Of the
Waterbury squadron learned yester.
day that his wife was about to be.
come mother. He immediately Cb-
tanned permission to ny to Meriden
airport In order to drive to water
bury. In an attempt to beat Long
legs" When he reached st. Mary's
hospital, he was informed that the
stork had 0utflown him.
More than 200 naval aviation ca.
diets were greeted by Joint ses-
sion of the Senate and House yes
tefday. This was the frst time In
stts kAApeotg W VIC A@eAtStHA faHSt8Aty
that the House ever received any
group like this while In session.
Rep Mahaney, O veteran OF
World War ] and chairman OF the
legislators veterans committee,
greeted the boys, I'VE are proud OF
you. 00dspeed you
The boys were also promised snd
assured By Lieut., Gov. william l..
Hidden, who appeared 10 greet the
young men IN the absence Of Gov,
Raymond y, Baldwin. "While you
are away, we'll be making Connect,
cut Q better place IN which 10 live,
irrespective OF politics."
The following lT-yeaP old youths
have been accepted f0F enlistment IN
the v, 3, Navy b. tho local Navy
recruiting efllse. John Wesley Stew.
ems, Jr,, Of 70 Capitol avenue, Wa
terbuFy, and N0FmaEd a. LaWons
taine OF hahsatuek,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-03
$1,000 JUDGMENT
AWARDED TODAY
Child Painfully Burned By
Bonfire; Parents Alleged
Negligence

A stipulated judgment Of $1,000
damages has been handed down BY
Superior Court Judge Frank p. Nc.
HvUg IN the 5000 oivil action
brought BY william Luth Of water.
bury against sadie and Alfred
Tufls Of Cheshire. The suit was
based on burns sustained by the
lvo-yoar old plaintiff last July Z
when his clothing caught fire from
burning rubbish OF premises at 20.
s Laurel street, owned by the de-.
PENDANTS.
Negligence was charged against
The owners for leaving the fire un.
attended. The boys father, Lawson
n. Luth, who instituted the litiga.
ton, said the tenant who was hired
70 take care Of the property left
the burning rubbish after kindling
the IRE. He stated no barrier was
left, although II was known that
children were accustomed 10 play
nearby, A third degree burn 10
the right leg was sustained by the
boy, the complaint stated,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-03
NO IMPROVEMENT
in LABOR CRISIS
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quire physical characteristics that
preclude the use OF women, and the
situation In such cases Is critical,
she said.
Although many appeals for addi-
tional women workers have been
made. a decrease in the number Of
applicants was noted last month at
the employment office. Scores Of
openings for full-tiIne women work.
ers exist and others are expected to
be added steadily.
Placements Of handicapped per.
sons increased last month and con-
stituted 20 per cent of the total
number. Industrial Jobs were Sc
cured for 638 persons as compared
to 729 in January. Commercial and
professional placements decreased
from lI3 In January to SO last
month, while service placements
dropped from 40 to %. Seven farm
workers were placed last month. but
the farm employment problem Is exc
pected to be taken from the employ
AAASAsb oSApbSS Ala tsAG taCaA AAshAS ottAA
administered by county commission
ers following new national reorgan-
tzation.
Fifty-seven part time employees
were placed last month. Although
the lack Of available jobs Is believed
TO account largely for the small
number, limitations Of hours by
workers also Is believed to be re-
sponsible. Great difficulty has been
experienced In placing workers on
specially specified hours. 1t was re-
ported.
The wide-scale Substituting exc
peeled 70 take place here because OF
the VINO 4e-hour week regulations
has not yet affected the duties Of
the employment office and no def
mite action will be taken until clar'
ification Of the status OF the service
Is obtained from regional headquar.
ters. Mrs. Mary N. Dewey. Water
bury are VINO director, u attend
Ing Q conference IN Boston az tho
present time. and specific duties oi
the office are expected 70 be out
lined by the regional officials.
william r. Nolan. manager OF the
local employment office. who wa
loaned for administrative duties
at the Hartford headquarters Il
expected 70 return here within 4
few days, after an absence Of two
weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-03
MONTGOMERY SET
FOR BIG ATTACK
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men and supplies forward over
great distances In daylight. Upon
this vast preparation depends Mont
gomery's next blow to help the First
Army and the American Fifth Army
smash the Axis out Of Africa.
Marshal Erwin Rommel, COM
handing the Afrika Korps, is pres
emily standing hesitantly behind the
Mareth line. Advanced elements OF
the Eighth Army SO far have been
only stabbing and probing the Mar.
eth lines defenses.
II Is presently doubted that Rom
mel will try to hold the Nsareth line
against o full.scale assault, and It
Is expected that he will fall back to
the Gabes bottleneck $50 miles TO
the north) which Is narrower and
not 30 vulnerable to o thanking
movement.
The Mareth line Is similar to the
Alamein line, except that 1t Is about
twice as long, with the defenders
dug In along the rugged hills, with
their artillery In old French en-
placements.
At III Alamein, the Royal and
United States Army Air Forces OPP
Grated o shuttle service for 10 days
before the battle opened, pounding
Rommels airfields until they were
paraly2ed. Montgomery's planes now
are sweeping constantly over Rom.
mel's forward positions, lines, com.
munications and airfields, but ap.
parently not In full.scale and MAIN
ly to prevent German planes from
harrassing the Eighth army's prep
arations.
Tough, dusty British veterans OF
three years OF desert war fare agree
that the American General Sher.
man tank has proved the most de-
cisive weapon In driving the Axis
from Egypt to Tunisia.
Shermans were just beginning to
reach the First Army when I left 1t.
They probably would not, have car
ried Lieut.. Gen. K. A. N. Anderson,
commanding the First Army, to
Tlinis and Bizerte last November,
because not enough were available,
but Montgomery has enough to use
like the lash Of o whip, and over
Whelm Axis defenses.
As far as quality Is concerned, the
British Eighth and First Armies are
about equally equipped. But there
are decisive difference In quantity
and the use Of material.
Tanks Major Strength
The two armies main strength
presently lies In Sherman tanks,
some General Grants, o few Honeys
and some British crusaders and val
entines. The Shermans are the best
OF all.
The most powerful German tank
Is the new 56-ton Mark VI, mount
ing the deadly SO nm. gun, but Its
maneuverability Is no match for
that Of the agile American tanks.
Tanks are the backbone Of both
armies, but supporting and often
defending the tanks are an excel
lent assortment Of guns: l55's, Is
Founders, six-pounders and Fofors
ASS and SITS.
The Eighth Army, probably the
hes THE Allies have outside Of Rus
STA. knows every intricacy Ct its
guns after three years OF learning
the hard way.
The Eighth Army is familiar
with all of the AXIS tank tactics
and knows a few tricks OF Its own.
The Eighth Army once made the
First Army's mistake Of using tanks
to open the way for infantry. Now
infantry opens the way for tanks.
by knocking out the enemy's anti.
tank guns. Tanks then sweep into
Axis positions and clean them out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-03


guns, more than 100 rifles and other
equipment as booty, the midday
communicate said. In another Sec
tor, the Soviets repulSed counter
attack. wiping out 100 Germans.
Soviet troops killed more than zoo
officers and men In street fighting
that resulted in the liberation OF
the villages west of Kharkov. Two
food and ammunition dumps were
captured.
Soviet anks were credited with
dispensing and partly wiping out q
German motorized infantry column
west Of Kharkov. Fourteen trucks
and two oil tank cars were de-
stroyed.
The Tuesday midnight communi-
que old Of the capture Of two other
towns between Kharkov and tia
Dnieper, one of them a large place
that fell only after 400 German:
had been killed or wounded.
THE enemy brought up reserves
and launched several unsuccessful
counter-attacks," the high command
said. During the fighting. 1t wal
ascertained that the 18TH German
infantry division. Just arrived from
Holland, was participating In the
fighting In this sector"
The other town fell after 1t wa!
encircled and the enemy garrison
annihilated In a fiye-day battle.
Southwest Of Voroshilovgrad. east.
efn end Of a German pocket some
100 miles southeast Of Kharkov
the Russians routed two German In.
fantry companies. burned three Ger.
man tanks and destroyed sever
trucks loaded with ammunition. thu
midday communicate said.
(The German radio claimed thai
German forces had broken into
Slavyansk, key Russian railroad
Junction at the western end OF thu
Axis pocket. after capturing Krama'
t0Fsk. eight miles TO the south. n
Q counter ofIensive.)
Russian forces driving westwart
along the Sea OF Azov t0WaTf
Taganrog killed 100 Germans afteI
breaking into enemy trenches today
the high command said. Sixty otheI
enemy officers and men were killet
IN Q futil eAxis attempt 10 recap
tliye o strategls height seized BY tn
Russians yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-03
FACTORY WORKERS
TO GET PAY CUT
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vigorous campaign to combat abb
senteeism land viii continue to do
So"
Committee Chairman Carl Vinson,
D., Ga, said that the goal Of the
legislation was merely to eliminate
"wilfull abensteeism.
Knox said no government agency
had made an overall study Of the
problem, but he listed the 10 prin-
cipal causes OF absenteeism as fol-
lows:
1. Bad transportation.
2. Bad housing.
3. Long hours Of work.
4. Monotony Of Jobs.
5. Necessity for shopping. bank
Ing, land other personal services"
6. Lack Of opportunity for enter
tainment. lie said this was minor
reas0n.)
7. Visits to distant homes. eve
can't stop this, he said.
.. Care OF children. CThis Is q
big factor among women workers
he said)
Q. Week end dissipation. CThis Il
the most serious one" Knox said)
10. Earning more money than
worker Is accustomed to.
Johnson's bill would require wal
industries 10 fiIe absentee reports
periodically with the War Man
power Commission which In turn
would hand them over 70 seiective
servlcI boards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-03

throughout the day In the northern
sector. BomherS, fighters and
fighter.bomberS made many at.
tacks on enemy ground targets.
1.-THE ports OF Tunis and La
doulette were bombed, many hltS
being seen In the target area.
give enemy fighters were de-
stroyed during the day and ono en-
envy bomber was destroyed during
the night Of March i.2. One Of
our aircraft Is missing. Further
reports OF air operations during
the last week have confirmed the
destruction OF two enemy aircraft
not previously reported"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-03

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agreed In principle TO such O
truce" The Pope always has
strongly condemned the bombing
Of cities and Swiss sources said 1t
was possible he was discussing the
matter with Archbishop Francis ],
spellman Of New York, who Is now
visiting the Vatican.
One Of the principal problems IN
arranging any truce would DO the
defining Of On "open" city-normal.
" O city entirely without military
detectives. Every railroad station,
every factory turning out war ma
terials and every government build
Ing could be considered O military
target.
Dispatches from neutral countries
aS well aS broadcastS by the Ger
man radio indicated that the 300
tons OF bombs dropped on Berlin
Monday night wrought widespread
destruction, some Of II In the center
Of Berlin.