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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06
ALLIED PLANES
 SINK 10 SHIPS
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result of earlier attacks. Heavy gun fire from the ships in the harbor started at once. The planes remained in formation and made runs again and again over the hottest part of the harbor, picking the best targets.
 The bombers went in at medium level and visibility was good They took such care that btween l2 and IS Japanese Zero fighters were in the air toward the end The Con- solidateds. bristling with guns, shot down three and made for home. Then the Fortresses. the second wave, went over and completed the destruction. Between eigl.t and 10 zeros attacked them. and three were downed.
 All eight supply ships were left burning or sinking. The destroyer tender was In sinking condition and 1t was beiie7ed the destroyer sank also to make Q total of 10 ships in one raid. Tn combined operations against Japanese bases in the area between Rabaul and the Buna coast in northern New Guinea. MacAr- thurs heavy, medium and attack bombers and fighter planes made four separate raids nd the enemy positions at sanananda Point 2 i.2 miles from Buna, fast nest of organ ized resistance in Papuan New Guinea, were bombed and machine gunned.
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Cossacks Slash
 German Hanks
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-voronezh- Moscow Railroad, had cut the Stalingrad-Kharkov Rail- road at Morozovsky and had smash ed as far south as the Don River Bend to close another semi-circle around the 9 German divisions trapped in the Don -Volga area. At Tsimilyanskaya the RussianS cap- tured a great German supply base. Prisoners and spells had not yet been counted.
 Garrison Wiped Out
 Several small towns and villages were taken in the Middle Don yes- terday. One entire garrison which put up a death fight was wiped out except for those who surrendered. The men who gave up included troops of an air-borne infantry division landed as last hope. With them surrendered German regi- mental commander.
 South and southwest of Stalin- grad the Russian assault troops took a fortified populated place. They killed 400 Germans and captured nine field guns, assorted weapons 336,000 pounds of grain and many heads of cattle which had been stolen from Russian civilians.
 The German made one desperate night counter-attack on the South Southwest Stalingrad front, the non communique repored. They sent IA massed tanks against a sector hsld by the guards, who with anti tank rifles and rifles set fire to i've tanks. The remaining nine turned back.
 Striding forward throughout the night in the Northern Caucasus, the Russian occupied many" in- habited places. the non communique said. Enormous spells were being taken here. The noon communique said that one unit In two days had taken a three-motored transport plane. % tanks, 2o field guns. 3s trench mortars, many trucks filled with infantry weapons and other war materials. This unit took 300 prisoners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06
U. s. Infantry To Fight With Revolutionary
 Secret Weapon
BY PETER EDISON TEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA S&TV1Ce OttS1I NVEECOpViWCns
 Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md, Jan. 6.--"Take this from 8 brass hat" says Major General Levin H. Campbell, chief of ordnance of the U. s. Army, "this war is going to be won by quality of weapons"
 After watching 0 special dem- instration of everything the U. s. Army Ordnance lads have to show here at Aberdeen Proving Ground, General Campbell's statement can be shortened to, 'This war is going to be won." The quality of Ameri- can weapons is that good.
 NOW IT CAN BE TOLD
 Salty, colorful General Camp bell and his top ordnance officers have been criticized under the popu- lar clarnor for results = more and better tanks, harder hitting guns, better ammunition, deadlier explosives, faster, tougher trans port.
 Most of the time the ordnance officers haven't been able to answer the criticism. The answer is that they had all these things-under wraps.
 It can now be revealed that there are American secret weapons.
 There is a new American weap- on which has recently been placed in the hands of the U. s. Infantry. It is still secret, but it is reported to be something revolutionary. Then there is thing called a "bazooka" the details will come out after the enemy has felt its effects.
 There are new shells that will shoot farther with less powder.
 The new American 90-mYn gun Is better, shoots farther, harder, bet- ter than the German 88mn, which got so much publicity last sum- mer.
 There are new big guns - 155- nm. eight.inch and 240 nm, how itzers.
 There is no artillery in the world to beat 1t. Some of these field pieces are mounted on mobile car- riages. Ranges of these guns run up to 34,O0O yards. They fire their heavy shells so accurately that at long ranges, their dispersion is less than 150 yards.
 CARBINE REPLACES PISTOL
 There are new nortars, light in weight, easy to handle, and vastly more accurate than these high trajectory weapons were ever made before, hurling high explosive shalls up to IS pounds for ranges in excess of 5000 yards.
 These are some of the spectacu- lar weapons now in production. Just as important in its own sphere is the new service carbine, a light short barreled 80 caliber arm which replaces the service pistol, and is accurate at ranges up to 500 yards, whereas the pistol was not accurate at 50 yards. Officers from captain down carry the new carbine in 8 holster, and one version of 1t, with folding or demountable stock, is one of the weapons of the para troopers.
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I already see in my minds eye the tears that will one day flow when he takes his departure. They are dangerous young people; but this very quality of being dangerous is their virtue.
 "The secret does not lie in birth and rickes; 1t lies in the courage that they h>sre to be what nature has made them for. There is nothing vitiated or spoilt about them, there is nothing halfway or crooked; but such as they are, they are thoroughly complete men. That they are also sometimes complete fools, I allow with all my heart; but that is still something, and has still always some weight in the scale of nature.
 'The Happiness of Personal Free dom, the consciousness of an Eng fish name and of the importance attached to 1t by other nations, is an advantage even to the children; for in their own family, as well as in school, they are treated with far more respect, and enjoy a far freer development, than in the case with us Germans
 "In Our Own Dear Weimar, I need only look out at the window to discover how matters stand with us. Lately, when the snow was lying on the ground, and my neighbor's chil- dren were trying their little sleds in the street, the police were im- mediately on hand, and I saw the poor little things fly as quickly as they could. Now, when the Spring sun tempts them from the houses, and they would like to play with their companions before the door, I see them always constrained, as if they were not safe and feared the approach of some despot of the police.
 Mot boy may crack a whip, or sing or shout; the police are im- mediately at hand to forbid it. This has the effect of tanning youth pre- maturely, and of driving out all originality and all wildness, so that in the end nothing remains but the Philistine."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06
By WiIIim Lyon Phelps

on March 12, 1928, Goethe, the greatest German poet. dramatist, onvelist, critic, naturalist, and a man whose civilized ideas were far ahead ok even our own time, and who, according to the late Lord Haldane, had the most spacious mind since Aristotle, was talking with young Eckermann Ca contemporary writer) Goethe was saying how far the Bri- tist surpassed the Germans in their personal freedom. They were hot in childhood continually re- stricted by the police; and when they grew up, they cared little for theory or philosophy, but were prac- tical, sensible, and at ease every where. Commenting firct on the Highlanders, Goethe said:
 ' Whether 1t lies in the race, in the soil, in the free political con- stitution, or in the healthy tone of education- certainly, the English in general appear to have certain ad- vantages over many others. Here in Weimar, we see only few of them, and probably by no means the best; but what fine handsome people they are! And however young they come here, they feel no embarrassment in this foreign at- nnosphere; their department in so- ciety Is as easy as if they were lords everywhere and the whole world be- longed to them. This 1t is which pleases our women, and by which they make such havoc in the hearts of our young ladies.
 "As . German father of family who is concerned fer the tranquility of his household, I often feel 8 slight shudder when my daughter tn-law announces to me the expected arrival of some fresh young islander.
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Last Train from Berlin
 By Howard K. Smith
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hot bulletins over the phones to their offices. Axis and Balkan cor. respondents applauded and cheered, then stood and raised their arms in salute to Dietrich, who sped out of the room to return to the Fueh- rer's headquarters and be on hand for the last terrible blows, the coupS de grace, the Grand Finale.
 But what escaped almost every correspondent was the reaction of the German people themselves. At this time, in the atmosphere of tri- umph, the feature was, after all, secondary to considerations such as the new strategic and economic ad- vantages ttI: total conquest of Rus sia offered Hitler. But when that atmosphere dissolved, when the true consequences became clear, the main, and. for Hitler, disastrous feature was: the People.
 GERMAN HEADLINES t4T SCREAMED OF VICTORY
 The little thorn of prudence kept the full strength of Dietrich's pre- dictions from them. The papers published no direct quotations. But they did publish condensed, ex- purgated, indirect summaries of the "epochal' conference which were strong enough to make German hearts beat faster. Headlines shouted: ''The Veil over the New Offensive Is Liftedw; Dietrich: Campaign in East Decided'"l The VOelkischer BeObachter headline read: The Great Hour Has Struckl Army groups of Timoshenko, Vor- oshilov encircled-Budyenny Army group in dissolution" Quoting the Fuehrer's order of the day to the army at the beginning of the of- t;nsive, to "strike the last mighty blow, which will crush this enemy before the beginning of winter" and to complete "the last great battle of decision of this year." the official Nazi newspaper comnI,n ed in bold language, only few de- grees less perilously committal than Dietrich's own words: That order has already essentially been carried out. In the sense of the Fuehrer's order, the strategic decision has al- ready been gained. If ever the con- cept 'Blitzkrieg' was realized, 1t is herel-SEven short days have suf- feed to deal a dea .hblow to the largest war machine in the world, a blow from which Russia can never. never recover"
 The responSs was electric. There was visible deviation in faces that for weeks had been dismally drawn. In Baarz' r-restaurant behind Unter den Linden, people stood and saluted when the radio, after re- beating the High Command com- munique, played Horst Vessel and Deutschland ueber Allies. Rumors. which are the dangerous daily diet of people in any t0talitarian conn- try where news is twisted or kept from then. spread over Berlin like wildfire. In Baarz', 6 waiter whispered to me, had I heard, Stalin had requested an armistice. At home. the janitor in my apart
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 lenges were to be referred to the committee on contested elections. In the Senate, the rules were suspended while 1t was voted to in crease the membership of the ap- propriations committee to 17 from the House and five from the Sen- ate, and authority was given for the appointment of persons on &C., tive military duty to be named honorary members of the governors staff.
 New joint rules were adopted, setting January 29 as the tleadline for the introduction of bills, and February as the final date for the instruction of substitute bills con- taining details of measures submit ted by title only.
 It also was voted that a two- thirds vote would be necessary to su&N N:d the rules in either House or eSnate. Both Houses then recessed, pre- paratory to the inaugural cere- monies which will return Raymond E. Baldwin to the governorship for A second term.
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 building where 8 clerk called the fire department.
 The first firemen to arrive were told that a group were trapped in the lounge. The firemen broke through the windows and glass doors and rescued them. Scores of other persons jar17med the doors at the front of the building and many were overcome by smoke. Some suf- fered minor burns as a result of the explosion.
 At the front of the building, where the cocktail lounge Is located on one side of the entrance and restau- rant on the other several men were calm enough to pick up chairs and smash the plate glass windows, thus providing additional exits and re- lievinb the congestion at the doors. Several persons were cut by shat tered glass as they leaped through the windows.
 The injured were taken to the Little Company of Many Hospital where Sister Mary Leo, the Mother Superior, estimated that slightly moro than 100 persons were treated for minor injuries and hysteria.
 John Terince, Al, negro pin cap- atin, was the first to discover the fire. He was setting pins in No. IS alley when he noticed smoke com ing from the pin room behind Nos. I0 and 20 alleys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06
29- Ounce Girls
 In Incubators

WoonsOcket, R. l., Jan. G. (UP)-TwO tiny girl cousins each weighing go Oun9es at birth were reported tk.iving In inCubators at . hospital today on Q diet administered every two hours with eye-drOppers.
 Both babies, daughters of South Bellingham, Mass, Sts- ters, were born six hours apart.
 The first baby was born to Mrs. Leo Levesque Beauregard, 20, Sunday midnight and placed in an incubator. Six hours later her sister, Mrs. Emil LeveSque VadebOncOeur, gave birth to Q daughter of similar weight.
 Since the hospitals only inc cubatOr already was i'm service, Mrs. VadebOncOeur's husband fashioned an incubator from a padded box covered with glass and heated with an electric lamp.
 Both babies were reported to be making equal progress.
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Governor Promises
 No New State Taxes
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statewide nutrition program, susper1- sion of certain laws to permit school children to work after hours, a study of the entire court system of the state with view to reorganization, motor vehicle license payments on a use rather than 8 flat fee, 8 post war planning commission, coln- mission to study reorganization of the State Highway Department, and appointment of minor court judges by the governor with approval of the General Assembly.
 The final official act of the out- going governor will be to submit to the Legislature for approval his list of 24 interim judicial and other ap- pointments. Then his task will be done.
 With Republicans overwhelming ly in control of both House and Senate for the first time in 12 years, virtually all of the organiza- tion work in both chambers has been completed for days. Last night. party caucuseS confirmed the nominations of leaders, naming Rep. Harold E. Mitchell, West Hartford, speaker of the House, and Rep. E. Lea Marsh, Jr., majority leader. Tn the Senate, Sen. Frank Peet, Kent, was named president pro tenn, and Sen. Stanley Mead, New Canaan, majority leader.
 There wasn't 8 ripple of excite ment in the caucuses as party leaders allotted to each county or- ganization in the state the routine jobs of messengers, doorkeepers, coat room clerks which are solely Republican this session.
 Today was to be spent by the legislators in preliminary organiza- tion. Then a recess will be taken prior to the inauguration cere- monies when both chambers will meet in joint session. A public re- ception at the State Armory will follow the inauguration of the new state ticket.
 The assembly will really get down to business tomorrow when commit tee assignments, already agreed upon, will be announced. Bills probably will be introduced at this session, but the real flow of meas ures is not expected to come until next Tuesday when the assembly reconvenes.
 Democrats were in a hopeless mi- nority this session. Sen. Leon F. Riscassi has been named minority leader in the upper chamber, and Rep. T. Emmet Clairi, Killingly, has been appointed for the third time as House minority leader.
 Judgeship nominations were ex- pected to start trickling in as soon as the Legislature gets down to &C., tive duty. No single all-inclusive judgeship bill was anticipated this session because of the heavy Repub- lican majorities. The resolutions probably will come through singly or in small groups.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06
STRAUS DISCHARGED
 ON SPEEDING COUNT

Lawrence Gtraus was found not guilty Of . charge of speeding when arrigned before Judge Miles MeNia in common pleas court today and received an acquittaI. He appealed from Q flns imposed in municipal court.
 Carmela Russo, who is charged With danger Of failing Into habits of vice, was brought from the state farm for women ct Mantle and . $500 bond was posted Cor her re- lease. The case was continued to tomorrow.
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IatlVe power.
 It was understood the governor soon would submit measure to the assembly asking for war powers for four months, with a report to be made to the Legislature at the end of that period. A renewal of the authority then would be asked.
 He said this authority was needed ito make Connecticut's part in the war effort more vigorous and ef- fective."
 The war council, the governor said, could render invaluable ad- vice and help and could coordinate its activities with the various de- partments of the state and our federal government. It could head up our efforts to help solve labor and material shortages and to pro- vide for the better use of the man. ufacturing facilities owned by our smaller industries. It could help in solving the proper distribution of labor between the factory, the farm, the business office and the store.
 working with the Department of Education 1t could further de- velop training programs for both men and women to supply additional workers in our war effort. We must start at once on a broad program of recruitment and train ing for women workers"
 The governor said he would re- new the "no-trike" agreement be- tween labor and management ne- gotiated by former Governor Hurley the day after Pearl Harbor a deed considered by Hurley as the greatest achievement of his two- year administration.
 Governor Baldwin asked for in- creased agricultural production, a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06

NConLluueQ rom rage U mated in the cellar of the Thom McAn shoe store and was discovered by Patrick Fitzgerald, store man. ager. The blaze was caused by an overloaded furnace, Lieut.. Legge said.
 To add to the firemen's difficulties a hydrant on South Main street wh' h was being used to send water into the Persky building broke after freezing and sprayed the area with water. Lines had to be transferred. Bremen were at the scene until noon.
 A 65-foot ladder was raised to the roof of the Persky building as fire men took precautions against the fire spreading upward through par- titions. The first floor of the build- ing is occupied by the Mean store and the Prillig fur shop: on the sec ond floor is the Doris clothes shop: on the third floor are apartments occupied by the Planks and by Mrs. Harry Roke. None of the Roies was at home. The fourth floor of the building is vacant.
 Tn the next building Is the AgPsta Shoppe. which was gutted by Are little more than Q year ago when located next to the Rose Shop. The store, operated by Rebecca SumEna sister of Senator Prank sumEna, es. caped the fire today though it ap- peared that there was some smoke damage. Miss Summa was in Hart ford attending the opening of thl iol3 General Assembly. Firemen were at the Brass 0oodi fire for more than an hour. Tht cause was given by Lieut.. Legge ai spontaneous combustion.
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< K %h0tHaAHAsxNM WAR B0NDS

The BofoFs antl-aIFcraft gun Is de. signed for greater range and heavier calibre than the average anti-air. craft or rapid fire gun. They are mechanically intricate and more costly. The tw0-gun Bof0rs mount costs approximately $9s.0O0 while a BOfors qusd-mOunt runs up to Sl40,00O.
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SonerS.
 In another sector the Germans counter-attacked, trying to reach an encircled garrison. The Russians crumpled up their infantry and tanks killing 180 Germans and de- stroying six tanks. On the Middle Don front yesterday the Russians had stornl';d and captured the im- portant cities of Morozovsky, 120 miles southwest of Stalingrad, and Tsimlyanskaya, no miles southwest of Stalingrad, whence the Germans started their summer offensive.
 Here the army of Col.-Gen. N. F. Vatutin, operating east of the Ros-
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DECLINE NOTED IN
 POSTAL RECEIPTS

Postmaster Charles A. Babin re- ported yesterday that postal rev- enue in lol2 showed q decrease of 9226 under that Of the previous year. The revenues totaled t6lg.- l167o in the past year. as compared with 0te.7sl.e4 ln i04i.
 NigFres alaow December recepits Noft eol.07eOe. representing on 4ll Doo increase over the same s'enth 3 year aao.
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were infested with lice. and all were hungry and tired.
 Observers here said the appolnt- ment of Lieut.. Gen. Mark W. Clark as commander of the newly formed American Fifth Army indicated the growing strength of United States forces in North Africa. Allied head- quarters announced that small de. tachments of Canadians had ar. rived.
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GERMAN U-BOAT
 MENACE SERIOUS
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Both are mistaken Ideas.
 ''The White Paper has been in preparation for 6 long time. The State Department had hoped to get 1t out long ago. It was necessary, however, to be very careful with every phrase and this delayed pub lication Of the document"