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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-15
Asks Simpler
Repair ools

Boston, November Is. - CUP -
Brigadier-G Burton o. Lewis
of the Boston Ordnance Department
said today that Army ordnance fox
hole mechanics are debating revo-
lutionary changes in the design OF
repair tools.
He pointed to the fact that the
new caliber 80 Carbine and the new
submarine gun M3. popularity known
as the west pocket Howitzer," may
be disassembled and reassembled
with no other tool than a cartridge.
while it is impossible to expect
similar design simplicity for all I'M
avoidably intricate weapons re-
quired by our invasion forces" he
said, "the emphasis today Is on SIM
plified repair tools"
Adding that most weapons on
hand at the outbreak of war now
are obsolete, he said that 1t was i'm
portant the new weapons could be
maintained and repaired by 'front.'
line troops.
Design simplicity that does not
cut down the terrific hitting power
of our battle weapons is a constant
production target" he said. TO
day we are insisting that the man
at the drafting table view his design
from the perspective Of the soldier
in the foxhole, the man inside a
tank, or the soldier who operates
and maintains anti-aircraft batter
les when enemy planes are lurking
Just over the horizon"
He also said that streamlined wea-
pons and simpliiied repair tool will
make 1t possible to keep guns and
armored vehicles in action on all
battlefronts.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-15
Armed Peace
In Beirut

Cairo, Nov. 15.-(UP)-An armed
truce prevailed in Beirut today as
Richard G. Casey, member of the
British cabinet and resident min
lister in the middle east, attempted
to settle the Lebanese crisis.
He was expected to be joined
momentarily by Gen. Georges
Catroux, who was flying here from
Algiers with full powers to act in
behalf of the French committee OF
national liberation, trustees Of the
French league of nations mandate
over Lebanon.
Reports reached here that five
demonstrators and three soldiers
were killed in Beirut in weekend
demonstrations, but United Press
dispatch from the Lebanese capt.
tai said native leaders since had
advised their followers to cease vio-
tense pending the outcome of Anglo
American negotiations with French
authorities.
The order to cease fire" went out
to Lebanese elements following the
arrival of Casey Saturday night. He
conferred Immediately with Sir Ed
ward I. Spears, the British minister,
and several Lebanese leaders repre-
senting various religious sects.
1t was understood in Beirut that
George Wadsworth, American diplo-
matte representative, also may be
taking part in the discussions. Off
cial British circles in London said
that Britain would not permit "a
state of disorder to develop or per-
sist in Lebanon"
Other reports reaching Cairo said
that Habib Abb Shahla, vice-premier
of the outlawed government, and
Emir Megid Arslan, defense minister,
had assumed the presidency and
premiership respectively at secret
headquarters. They were the only
two government ministers not i'm
(Hnnt;ruod IN Doun A
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-15

Washington, Nov. Is - (U,P0 -
A special House Committee accused
the Office of Price Administration
today of usurping legislative and
judicial powers to carry out illegal
practices, ranging from an attempt
to control the profits of American
industry to the establishment OF Its
own judicial tribunals and criminal
code.
1t urged congress to halt any fur
Their assumption of power by OPA
and to amend existing laws to
eliminate the abuses and Unjust
ices now apparent"
The committee which has been In
vestigating executive agencies Is
headed by Representative Howard
w. Smith, D., Va. 1t filed q 30-page
report which reiterated its firm be-
lief in both rationing and price
control as wartime necessities, but
assailed OPA's use OF them.
1.-The illegal, absurd, useless and
conflicting regulations heretofore
promulgated by the OPA are Great
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-15
Reds Strike At Old
Polish Border Line
Pistol Pockin' Babe
Appropriate Music
For Tavern HoId-up

:. New York, Nov. 15-(UP)-Two
strangers sauntered into Brook
Ign tavern as the strains of pistol
Packin Mamma" came from the
juke box.
The patrons didn't notice them
until one Of the strangers jumped
on a SWITCHBOARD table brandish-
ing a pistol.
Lay that pistol down, babe, lay
that pistol down." moaned the
juke box.
The other bandit covered the
door. He too had a gun.
Pistol packin mamma" went
the barroom favorite.
Two women tainted.
One of the customers refused to
lie down as directed by the bandit
on the Table. The gunman
grabbed his right wrist.
Left-handed Patrolman Francis
Creange, AZ, off duty, and in civil
ian clothes, pulled out his service
revolver with his free hand and
shot the bandit in the chest.
Both holdup men fled, but Gre
ange captured them outside the
tavern. One went to a hospital, the
other to Jail.
Lay that pistol down, babe, lay
that pistol down." the juke box
still was playing as Creange re-
turned to the tavern.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-15
| Gov. To Prove
High Prices Of
| All Liquors

Washington, Nov. 15.-OP)-The
senate Judiciary committee voted
unanimously today in favor Of a
liquor shortage investigation which
Chairman Frederick Van Mugs, D.,
Ind, promised would bring start
ling developments.
Van Mugs said the inquiry will
get under way the first OF next week.
He will ask the senate to author
ize expenditure of $4,000 to hire
trained investigators.
you can expect some mighty
startling developments, including
such things as tax lodging and liquor
boarding by big interests seeking to
make large profits" he told report
ers.
The investigation was requested
by Sen. James Scrugh; n, D., New,
VINO urged inquiry into such matters
as production, importation, distri-
button and prices.
Van Mugs said preliminary study
led him to believe that the liquor
industry is being controlled "by a
handful of large dealers who ex-
poct to increase the prices and make
a lot of none"
I'VE are going to stop that" he
declared.
Van Mugs pointed out that large
distillers recently have bought out
smaller operators.
They don't need the distilleries,"
he said. They only want The stocks
on hand"
Van Mugs said he believed there Is
a sufficient supply of liquor in
borded warehouses to last the ma
ton five or six years at present
consumption rates but it is not be-
ing bottled because it becomes sub
ject to taxation when taken from
bonded warehouses.
Disclosure that Washington boot
leggers are getting $40 bottle for
better known brands Of Bourbon
was factor in prompting Van Mugs
to proceed with the inquiry.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-15
New Finance
UNRRA Plan

Atlantic City, N. j.. Nov. 15-(UP)
"A plan to finance the work of the
United Nations relief and rehabili-
tation administration progra
through contributions based on
foreign trade rather than on the
United States proposal of one per
cent of national income was put
forward today by the Brazilian dele
gate Eurico Penteado.
The national income plan would
call for United States contribution
of 81 600, 100000 and Congress would
be asked to appropriate about $780,
000,O00,OO0 or even less for the first
contribution.
Penteado will lay his plan before
the finance committee at a meeting
this afternoon.
Describing it at a press conference
he declared it more equitable than
the national income plan and more
easily ascertainable.
The formula would call for
minimum contribution based on the
amount of foreign trade any one
country had during a base pre-war
period-1938 or comparable yeat.
The setting OF a minimum con-
tribution, he said, would not prevent
country from contributing more.
Washington, Nov. Is -. U.P0 -
President Roosevelt today asked
congress to authorize the appropria-
ton of funds to permit participation
by the United States In the work of
the United Nations Relief and Re
Mobilization administration.
Explaining in message to con-
gress that he was not now recon-
mending the appropriation of a
specific sum, the president requested
only the authorization. He said he
would, after the UNRRA meeting in
Atlantic City, recommended the ap-
preparation of specific funds.
The export trade figure would be
based also on the amount of for
eign trade previously had with the
occupied country receiving aid.
Thus Brazil might contribute from
her 10000, 900 bag coffee surplus and
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-15
223 TONS OF
BOMBS BLAST
new GUINEA

Allied Headquarters, South
west Pacific, November Is. -
(UP) - Allied aerial might
was directed against New
Guinea Saturday when pos
sibly 200 planes dropped 223
tons of bombs on Madang, it
was announced today, while
a Bougainville dispatch quot
ed Admiral William F. Halsey
as reporting the American
campaign there was going
"better than Scheduled".
The Madang assault, delivered by
strongly escorted forces of Liberators
and Mitchells was the heaviest raid
of the war on a New Guinea objec-
tive and was topped in the South
west Pacific only by the 350ton
bombardment of Rabaul, New Bri-
tain, October II.
Operating in direct support OF
Australian troops working up the
Ramu River valley toward the
Japanese base on the northeast New
Guinea coast, the aerial fleet met
no air opposition and ineffective
ground fire which dWindled and died
as their explosives shattered the
enemy's defenses.
Only one fighter was lost on the
raid. Size of the fleet was inspect
fled but the bomp tonnage indicated
use Of 200 or more aircraft. -Four
grounded enemy planes, three lug
gers and five barges were smashed
by the low level attackers. Alexisha-
fen airdrome, 20 miles north OF
Madang, was subsidiary objective.
A heavy pail of smoke covered the
target as the planes left. Madang
lies 165 miles northwest of Finusch-
hafen, on the Huon peninsula. Lack
of enemy fighters indicated the
measure of success in previous raids
aimed at knocking out japanese
aerial centers in the area, particu-
larly at Wewak.
Invasion Progressing
Halsey, on all inspection tour OF
his South Pacific forces engaged in
the final stages Of the Solomons
campaign, told United Press cores
pondent Frank Termaine at Bou-
granville that the invasion there
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-15
SW|RLING
SNOW HELPS
SOVIET PUSH

Moscow, November Is. -
UP) - Russia's first Ukra-
MAN army raced westward
within striking distance OF
the old Polish border today
under cover of swirling snow
which the newspaper Pravda
said twill soon become a
shroud for Hitherto Ger
many"
"a Moscow broadcast heard in
London said Soviet spearhead was
at Baranovka. AZ miles west OF
Zhitomir and 80 miles east of Old
Poland in the RoWne area)
Front reports said the battle for
the western Ukraine had entered its
decisive phase, with the Germans
in full retreat on the widening Kiev
front.
Berlin acknowledged that 80 So
Wet divisions totaling some $50, 0O0.-
men had penetrated the German
positions north and northwest OF
Krivoi Rog in an apparent bid to
slice down across the base of the
Dnieper Bulge and trap the Nazis
to the east
Final Preparation
AS the Ukrainian struggle moved
toward its climax. the Red Army
was making final preparations along
the entire front for the winter
campaign which authoritative So
Wet sources confidently said would
hurl the Germans from the last
inch Of Russian soil.
Emilyan Yaroslavsy, distinguished
Soviet historian, wrote in Pravda in
commenting on the inset of winter:
THE snow will soon become q.
shroud for Hitherto Germany. The
occupation forces will soon find
graves outside Leningrad and on all
Soviet territory still in their hands.
The day is approaching when
not a single German will remain Oh
Soviet SOIL"
The present transitional period
between the first mild snowfall and
the hard frost was believed to he
hampering Red Army offensive
| preparations in some sectors. With
the imminent freezes the arlnored
and mechanical forces again will
find a firm foting and were expect
ed to set the pace for front-wide
offensive.
The plight Of perhaps half a
million German and Rumanian
troops caught in the Dnieper Basin
below Kiev Worsened almost hourly
as Russian cavalry and tanks rapid
ly extended their gains west and
southwest of Kiev, cutting most of
the highways and all but one Of the
main escape railways.
CA British broadcast heard by
CHS said the Germans were build
ing emergency bridges across both
the Bug and Dneister rivers half
way across pre-war Poland in an at
tempt to save some of their heavy
equipmenD.
Follow Up
Advancing across slushy farms
and woodlands. the Russians swept
up more than SC towns and villages
(Cnnf;r,,1aJ ~, DARE A
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-15
Wants HosteIs
For Loyal Jops

Boston, Nov. 15.-UP)-Bishop
Charles S. Reifsnider, former Epis-
copal leader in Japan, has indicated
thai hostel for loyal Japanese may
be established here.
He said yesterday in st. Pauls
(EpiscopaD Cathedral that there lis
q considerable liberal element in ia
pan, with whom the democratic
nations can cooperate after the mil
itary forces which now control the
country are put down."
In summarizing treatment of Jap
anese- Americans, he limited that a
hotel may be established here for
them until permanent lodgings are
obtained. He asked local churches
to aid in this effort and begged Bos-
tonians to extend a welcoming hand
to any Japanese resettled in this
area"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-15

1sG. This was the usual bonus given
the employees when the company was
controlled by the original owners
and the employees are demanding it
under the present set-up.
1t is understood that Rowley w.
Phillips and other officials control
ms the present concern agreed on
all the terms submitted, with the ex-
ception of the clause binding any
future purchasers, or lessons of the
present company to the contract
signed Saturday. Mr.. Phillips con-
tention was that such a clause
would hinder any future sale or
leasing of the remainder of the
holdings of the concern, after the
corporate name, goodwill and the
header department are taken over
by the National Machinery Co., Of
Tiffin Ohio, on January LIST under
the contract of the recent sale of
them as announced by Mr.. Phillips
last week.
The union representatives, at Sat-
urday's meeting, it is understood re-
fused to withdraw the clause and an
agreement was finally reached
whereby 80 day period for renego-
tiation would be declared if any flu
ture condition arises whereby a sale
or leasing of the concern becomes
immediate.
Officials representing the en-
ployes stated last night that, other
than a standard business precaution,
the above reluctance on the part of
the officials appeared to be an in
sight into a complete dissolution be-
ing planned for the entire concern
in the near future.
Last Weeks Announcement
With last weeks announcement of
the corporate name, and the header
department of the old concern, it
remains obvious that little is left to
the remainder of the company other
than the building and small a.
mount of equipment. 1t is under
stood that the latter is for sale If
the proper buyer makes an ap-
proach.
Present at Saturdays meeting be-
sides Mr.. Phillips and company Of
ficials were representatives of the
employees union headed by John
(Coptip1,ed IN Paoe d.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-15
Try Boy
For Murder
OfSmoII Girl

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Nov. IS CUP
-Thirteen-year-o old Edwin Codarre
cried and sought the protecting arm
of his mother in the Duchess
County courthouse today when his
first degree murder trial opened.
The dark, slightly-built New York
city youth broke down as he entered
the courthouse where he faced
charges Of Turing 10-year-old Eliza
beth Voight into a secluded lane
near East Fishkil1 last August 13
and beating her to death with a
rock when she resisted attempts to
rape her.
One of the youngest persons ever
to face first degree murder charges
in New York state, Edwin appeared
to be in fair spirits until photog-
raphers began to take his picture
on the courthouse steps. His mother,
Mrs. Irene Bishop, joined him in
the courtroom, and the two sat to-
gether, her arm around him, while
she whispered to him in an attempt
to quiet his sobbing.
Ills DldCk IldlI Wdo COlIlDCu iCdIAy
and he wore dark mackinaW,
knickerbockers and a white shirt
and tie.
Selection of a jury started slowly
when many of the 120 veniremen
summoned for the trial asked
Judge j. Gordon Flannery to be
excused because they did not wish
to decide the fate of a defendant so
young as Edwin.
Because of his age, an indictment
upon which he is being tried charg-
es common law, rather than felony
murder, and the state must prove
generalization to obtain a first de-
gree conviction punishable by
death.
IA
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-15
All Germans
War Guilty

New York, Nov. 15.--UP)-Emil
Ludwig, German-born biographer and
historian, suggested today that the
German people should be held re-
sponsible for the war, and that their
governmental power should be as
sumed by a United Nations protec-
torate which would withdraw the
nations arms and puace her litera-
ture, theater and education under
control.
There will be no question of what
to do with Adolf Hitler, he said,
since as defeated conqueror he will
be assassinated by his own people,
probably the Junker, or will commit
suicide.
In book entitled "How to Treat
the Germans" published by the Will
lard Publishing Co., Ludwig de-
clared that Germany as a nation
was responsible for the war and
should be punished as a nation. Any
undue feeling of sympathy" for
the German people, he said, was a
German trap"
The Germans must be treated
masterfully, he warned, advising
that commission of custodians be
set up from all the United Nations
to work with a strong army of ac-
cupation that would first try and
punish German war-criminal lead
ers and then control the state.
The whole northeast plus the ter
ritory of the Junkers in Prussia
should be cut off, Ludwig said, and
a separate republic of Prussia es-
tablished. This division, he said.
would break the power of the junk
ers and eliminate the power of the
Prussian general staff. The rest Of
the country, its borders set by pleb-
iscite, then should form a fedora
ton of about 50,000,000 people, in
elusive of Austria.
After stripping all arms from the
Germans - down to the last water
oistol - new flag shout dbe de-
signed, new songs, memorials and
symbols created and a law passed
that no Germans could leave the
state for five years. The protec-
torate of the United Nations would
then proceed to re-educate the
Germans, treating only the children
with "a smile.
There Is only one way in which
foreign educator can treat Ger
mans as MASTER" he said.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-15
Rops Soviet
Troducers

Boston, Nov. 15.-(UP)-U. S. Sen.
James E. Murray, D., Mont, has as
sailed Americans who "render aid
and comfort" to the enemy by wi
ciously misrepresenting" the Soviet
Union.
Addressing a meeting sponsored
by the Massachusetts, Council OF
American Soviet Friendship in honor
of the 10th anniversary OF American
recognition of the Soviet Union last
night he praised the four power
declaration reached at the Moscow
conference.
"Henceworth, Russia and the
United States, together with Bri-
tain and China, will stand Solidly to-
gether in the establishment Of q
program OF peaceful settlement OF
international disputes and the pro-
lection of states from aggression.
Denouncing critics who least
-..sghts on the good faith of Rus
IA" he pointed to the gallantry OF
the Russian army to which all credit
is due "for annihilating the flower
of Germany's so-called invincible
forces"
Paul Robson, Negro singer, also
attacked both native and foreign
Fascism and assailed perpetrators OF
racism In the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-15
u. S. Bombers
Sofia
In First Raid

Allied Headquarters, Algiers, Nov.
15.-(UP)-A big fleet of Mitchell
medium bombers disrupted German
communications throughout the
Balkans yesterday with a daring
daylight raid on Sofia that smashed
key railroad installations and left
part of the Bulgarian capital
wreathed in smoke and fame.
1t was the first American and
first northwest African air forces
raid Of the war on Bulgaria and
Sofia, vital hub of the German sup
ply system for the Balkans.
(British-based bombers apparent
ly were idle last night following
the second raid on Berlin in three
nights Saturday by Raj Mosqui-
toes.)
Escorted by Lightning long-range
fighters, the twin engined Mitchells
dropped tons of explosives and fire
bombs on Sofia in what was describ-
ed officially as an extremely &C
curate" raid.
Direct Hits
Direct hits were scored on loco
motive repair shops, car assembly
shops, the main line depot and sid
ings. Pilots reported that flames
and explosions covered the whole
target area.
The resultant destruction was be-
lieved to have disrupted railway traf-
fic throughout the Balkans, since
the Sofia yards were key point on
line radiating to Hungary, Rumania,
Greece and Jugoslavia and have
been used extensively by the Ger
man army.
This successful opening of the
Central Balkans offensive has far
reaching consequences" and Allied
spokesman said.
1t was the deepest penetration of
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Continued on Page A.
Deportation
For the Count

Nassau, Bahamas, Nov. 15-CUP)
Count Alfred De Marigny, acquit-
ted Of a charge that he murdered
his lt!-millionaire fl; ther- law,
has received a deportation notice
from the Bahamian government, it
was learned today.
Marquis Georges De Visdelou
Guimbeau, his closest friend, also
received one.
The exact content of the letters
was not known. Their existence were
first made known last night but
censorship prohibited the news be-
ing made public until today.
The 12-man jury, which voted De
Marigny not guilty by to 3
count unanimously recommended
deportation. De Marigny defied the
recommendation by announcin. Fri
day that he planned to remian.
immigration officer Phillips Brice
said there are two ways of deport-
ing an undesirable citizen from the
Bahamas. The first is whisper in
the ear" The second, taken only if
the whisper is ignored, is official
dCGlOll. IL tile ldtGel ID CdhSL, Vic
person deported can be sent only to
his native land--in this case the
British Island of Mauritius in the
Indian Ocean.
De Visdelou has charge pend
ing against him in magistrates
court here for having Illegally in his
possession several drum of high
octane gasoline. Seven drums of gas
ollne disappeared from the Raj
base here last July. De Visdelou has
admitted purchasing four drums.
Whether De Marigny will resist
the deportation order by protesting
in court was not known. His friends
thought he would leave Nassau at
a very early date voluntarily.