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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
$4,8O3, 147 Of Budget
Left For Nine Months
$I,S6S,676 Spent for First Quarter Of 1913; Snow
Removal Cost City $l3,OlS; Bonded Debt Re-
demptiOn and Interest Payments Heavy

A summary Of the general fund of
the City Of Waterbury for the first
quarter Of le4S. as revealed in fig
ures furnished by the ONCE Of City
Controller Cornelius F. Maloney,
shows that sl,565, e76.S4 was spent
during this period Of an original
budget Of $e,S6S,824 the city has
available for budgetary purposes In
the remaining nine months Of this
year $4,s0S,l47.66.
On the basis Of expenditures
shown In the general fund summary
Controller Maloney states that the
city is living within its budget.
Whatever economies may have
manifested themselves in depart
mental budgets, he said. were over
balanced by the exceptionally large
bonded debt redemption and in
terest payments. During the first
quarter this item was $42l 900. In
the next quarter 1t will be much less
than that: will increase again in the
third quarter, but will drop again In
the last quarter, the Controller
said.
Heaviest expenditures to date
among the several city departments
were those Of the Department Of
Education, $450,843 Controller
General Financial, $4l3.l6l: Fire
Department. $l58,44l; Public Works
$i36. O60; and Police Department,
$l33.l44. These expenditures, Com
troller Maloney pointed out, were
not unusual, but were for general
expenses in operating these various
branches of the government.
In the Public Works Department
budget It was noticed that $l3,9l5
had been spent for snow removal.
which left a balance of slightly more
than $4,000 to cover any such ex-
penses in November and December
Of this year. Originally only $4,000
was set up for snow removal in the
1913 budget. but 1t was necessary to
transfer 5000 from another Street
Department item to cover outStand-
ing bills during early March when
weather conditions were so bad.
The 1913 civilian defense appro-
priation Of $50, 200 showed q balance
Of SIS. 900 for the quarter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
HOLOCAUST CASE
in JURY'S HANDS
Lawyer Declares Lust for
Profit Made COCOanut
Grove Fire Trap
BY ANNE THOMAS
(rImakasH RrAaa STAFF CnRrAeNmaAAankl

kOmhSc0 EECHS Ot1n GOEkCSpVmuenbD
Boston, April 10.-CUP)- The
manslaughter case against three
men blamed for the Cocoanut Grove
night club fire that cost 491 lives
goes to the jury today after a
month-long trial.
After hearing superior Judge Jo-
seph l.. Hurley's charge. the jury
will retire to deliberate over the
guilt or innocence of club owner
Barnett Welansky, his brother
James and wine steward jacob
Goldfine.
In his Commute summation yes
terday, AssiSt.-Atty. Frederick T.
Doyle declared that lust for profit
made the Cocoanut Grove O fire
trap and added:
"The three men responsible for
that fire trap are those three sit
ting in the dock"
Barnet WelanESy "set the trap"
Doyle charged, on the fateful night
Of Nov. % last when fire and panic
created the worst cabaret horror In
the nations history. Welansky was
aided and abetted by his brother
and Goldfine. the prosecutor said.
II was 'ludlcrous." Doyle said, TO
dismiss the disaster as an accident.
They were not satisfied with
81, 900 profit q night" he said, but
they had TO block up the exits In
the checkroom SO they could have
a few extra hooks, dime a head,
TO give them $500 more.
Instead of fire doris they put IN
tables Of four In a corridor" de-
Clared the prosecutor, and Is Q re-
suit there Is 3 family In Hr0okllne
tonight who haven't their daughter
because Barnett Welansky operated
for profit"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
AUTO INSURANCE
RING PROVES FAKE

Dedham, Mass, April l0.-(UP)-
Investigation of a fake automobile
insurance ring allegedly headed by
a prominent physician and a prom
inent lawyer has resulted In more
than 20 secret indictments, Dist. AT
torney Edmund r. Dewing disclosed
today.
Bewing said that the indictments
returned late yesterday by the Nor
folk County grand jury presaged
other developments (which may lead
to Plymouth County,"
The alleged fake insurance ring.
he said, has been defrauding MaSsa-
chusetts insurance companies OF
thousands Of dollars.
Dewing said the indictments
named Norfolk County residents In
GLIDING professional men. State
police 1t. william H. Delay will
serve gummonSes today, Dewing
said, and those indicted win be ar
raigned In superior court here early
next week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
StabilizatiOn PLa, Here
Not Hit By ED.R.s Order

the only exception applying in cases
where q change would be beneficial
TO defense efforts. Mrs. Dewey stat
ed the national order may have
been made SO that localities not all
ready as designated as critical
shortage areas and therefore not
subject to area sterilization plans
would also be brought under q form
Of empIoyment-shifting regulation.
She expressed the belief each area
will be allowed to make its own
specific regulations, notwithstanding
the national order.
Authorities In Boston told the To-
cal office yesterday that no further
instructions had been received and
the local plan will receive checking
and authorization according to usual
procedure.
Numerous employers called In per.
son at the office yesterday and the
telephone was kept ringing all day
as information on the effects Of the
presidential order on this area was
sought.
Meanwhile. pending receipt Of
further information ON the stabili-
cation plans, Mrs. Dewey with the
cooperation OF U. s. Employment
service officials Is formulating plans
FOR q labor recruiting campaign. An
extensive drive 70 secure potential
workers who have not yet entered
tho labor field win be conducted
throughout the area On the near tu-
tngs, e Wns revealed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
POLICE CHECK
REFUSE DUMPS
Action Planned to Stem
Abuses on Prohibited
Waterbury Premises

superintendent Of Police Daniel
J. Carson today announced that the
local police department will COOP
crate fully with the health depart
ment to stem the abuses the people
Of waterbury have been making on
premises not designated for refuse
dumping.
Every member Of the police de-
partment shall. during his tour Of
duty, pay special attention to the
back yards Of property on his beat
said the superintendent. II these
back yards are in need Of clean
up Job, the property owners are to
be notified to take care Of the sit
uation without delay, he added.
In cases where the owner does
not reside on the premises, men,
bers Of the police department must
notify the health department Of the
prevailing condition and also fur
nish them with the address Of the
property and the name Of its own
er, said Supt. Carson.
Supt. Carson added that members
Of the motor patrol must pay spe-
cial attention to vehicles carting
rubbish through the streets. All such
vehicles are obliged to keep Their
loads covered and securely tied SC
that this refuse does not spill on
the streets, emphasized the superin-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
Gerniany's Vast Series Of
Super HedgehOgs Behind
Schedule
ITALY DEFENSES SEEN
NOT TOO FORMIDABLE
Axis Improve Greece and
Crete Airfields; JugOslav
Coast Strengthened
BY HARRISON SALISBURY
UNITED Press Staff Consequently

BY HARRISON SALISBURY
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
London, April 10. - (UP)
- Germany appeared today
to be planning a vast series
Of super hedgehogs to defend
Europe against invasion, but
indications were that the
Nazis are behind schedule
in constructing the barriers
on the So-called "Soft under
side" Of the continent.
Where and when the Allies may
invade Europe are closely guarded
secrets but Nazi propaganda and
reports from the occupied nations
gave O pretty good idea Of where
the Germans think the attack will
occur.
The Nazis have spent nearly three
years working on the Notifications
along the French coast from the
Spanish frontier north and east
to Belgium. The same work has
been put in along Norway's long
coaStline.
But the Notifications Of the
French Mediterranean coast were
started only in the latter part Of
November and until recent months
italian Notifications were left to
the Italians.
Italy's defenses are not believed
to be formidable. They probably
consist largely Of barbed wire en-
tanglementS and mined beaches,
plus the customary machine-gun
emplacements and pill boxes with
only the major harbors protected by
big guns.
Besides improving the airfields of
Greece and Crete, the Germans paid
little attention to the Balkan and
the Greek coast defenseS before the
Allied invasion Of Africa. But in the
past few months they have installed
concrete Notifications along the
Jugoslav coast and at such points
as Salonika and other places on the
Aegean where Allied landing are
possible.
More recently they started elabor-
ate defenses Of the Black Sea ports
Of Constanza, Bargas and Burgas,
where they previously had set up
secondary naval bases for defense
against the Russians.
The pattern Of Nazi defenses on
the European coast Is believed to be
similar to the hedgehog system used
in Russia, only on larger scale.
Beaches where landings might be
made repeatedly are staked with
barbed wire and mined. Several
hundreds Of feet back Of the beaches
lay chains Of concrete pillboxes from
which heavy machine guns could
lay down cross fire.
Behind these are artillery en-
placements and, In the case Of an
easily accessible coast like the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
BY ARTHUR 4. DEGREVE
UNITED Press stan Correspondent


UNITED Press Staif Correspondent
washington. April lO.-(UP)-The
Office of Price Administration pre-
pared today to roll back some COM
modify prices which officials said
would save housewives "a tidy sum.
There was no indication where
the first Gu would be made. But
experts said that 1t would not be
possible to reduce all prices in ex-
cess of those prevailing on Sept. IL
i942-the price sterilization goal.
The president recognized this sit
uation In a statement accompanying
his new 'hold-the-line" anti-infla-
ton order. He said. however, that
some Of the excess prices can and
should he rolled back.
Sterilization Director James y
Byrnes expected OPA TO present tc
him today a plan for extending the
dollar-and- cents ceilings on many
products nov IN force 10 all COM
moditIes entering into the cost OF
living.
Another likely development Is the
enunciatiOn Of a new government
policy toward prices Of live animals
The announcement, expected 70 81
made by Food Administrator Ches'
Ter Davis and Price Adminlstratol
PBsntiw d. MA -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
SOviets Repulse Germans
Along DOnets Below
Balakleya
1900 ENEMY OFFICERS
WOUNDED OR KILLED
About Summer Offensive
Certain; Tank Force
Increased
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

UNITED Press staff Correspondent
Moscow, April 10. 49, The
Red Army threw back a new
German attempt to break
through Soviet defenses
along the DonetS River below
Balakleya, as miles SOUTH
east of Kharkov, today as
field dispatches reported
large-scale Nazi preparations
in the Ukraine for a summer
offensive
The latest German thrust, which
cost 100 dead and two tanks dis
abled, came less than % hours after
the Nazis lost more than one.thlrd
Of an attacking force Of 5000 IN the
same sector.
The Germans, with tank support,
reached the Russian 'front.' lines yes
terday before being put TO rout in
hand-to- hand fighting by o Soviet
counter-attack. Some 1900 enemy
officers and men were killed or
wounded and nine tanks disabled,
Local Soviet attacks south Of
Izyum. so miles down the river from
Balakleya, forced q slight German
retreat after fighting in which 100
Germans were killed and three tanks
and two self-propelled guns de-
stroyed.
The sustained series of German
attacks along the Donets were be-
lieved q prelude to an about Ger
man summer offensive. Front re-
ports told Of the maSSing Of Ger
man reserves at the same Ukrainian
bases which the Axis launched its
1912 offensive that carried east to
Stalingrad and southeast into the
Caucasus.
"a Berlin dispatch to the Stock
holm newspaper Aftonbladet said
that the German army in Russia
was being re-equipped with heavier
weapons and other new equipment,
including armored trucks for carry
ing infantry into battle. The big
gest tank force ever concentrated
under q single command was said
to have been placed at the disposal
Of German Col. Gen. Heinz Guderian
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
|DYRNES FACING
TOUGH PROBLEM
More Headaches Loom
Than Ever Handed Any
Official Under President
by MERRTNTAN SMITH
limited Press Stan COrrespOndent

Washington, April 10. - (Up) -
Economic Sterilization Director
James r. Byrnes has been entrusted
with the toughest collection Of prob
lens probably ever handed to any
government offlcial beneath the
rank Of president,
Byrnes, q congressman for Is
years and former supreme court jus
tice, is the working boss Of the adj
ministration battle against imitation,
President Roosevelt, despite the un-
precedented authority he has dele
gated to Byrnes, remains the top
boss on the home, as well as the
war, front.
Mr.. Roosevelt's executive order
tightening the present economic
controls means an increase In
Byrnes' powers and adds to Byrnes
headaches because he, instead OF
the president, will decide borderlne
and hardship cases in which the
Once of Price Administration or
the War Labor Board are involved.
The effect of Byrres' new powers
OF decision will be to free Mr.. Roos-
event Still further from detail work,
thus giving the president a greater
opportunity to concentrate OH his
Job as commander-in-ch and TO
pass on only blue-chip matters in
volving fundamental policy.
Byrnes and the president work
together closely. comforting at fire.
quent Neutrality-suspicious. several
times a day. Byrnes makes his own
decisions on most economic steps Of
a mechanical nature but talks to
the president before making ma
jor policy change.
Byrnes has easy and frequent ac-
cess to the presidents Office on the
opposite side of the White House
from the Office of Economic Stabili-
Zation. He and Mr.. Roosevelt lunch
together occasionally and they also
carry on many of their dealings by
telephone.
Byrnes can be tough and hard
lioOcu, Uub AAA appear di1OC diiO IA
conversation Is soft-spoken and has
a heavy. slow southern accent. He
works with a staff that for WASH
ington is small. He explains this by
saying that his work is policy and
that the actual mechanics are han
died by other agencies of the gov
eminent.
Byrnes, who stepped down from
the court to handle the problem of
imitation last fall at the presidents
request. is well regarded on Capitol
Hill. He was one of the New Deal
strong men in the Senate before he
went to the court in 1871.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
NEW BRITAIN BOY
JAPANESE PRISONER

Washington, April l0-(UP)-The
War Department made public today
the names Of $50 United States SOL
diers held prisoner Of war by the
Japanese, camp unstated.
Next Of kin Of personnel on this
list reside In 43 states and the Dis
trict Of Columbia. They include:
Connecticut:
Rio, Pvt. Louis-Vincenzo Rio,
(father> 10 Union street, New Brit
ain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
British Annex Mahares,
Mezzouna In Pursuing
Rommel's Afrika Korps
No Policy Change
On Sausages Loom
Foods Backing Up" on Retailers as Housewives
Refuse to Spend Ration Coupons; Special
Sales Suggestion

washington, April 10 UP)--
Sausage products are going begging
In butcher shops because housewives
won't spent their red ration coupons
for them, the once Of Price Admin
istration revealed today.
The situation Is especially true In
New England and the middle west
where those fods are backing up
on retailers, the OPA said.
An OPA spokesman said nc
change In policy for Saucage was "in
the mill" but that something might
be done II the situation becomes
aggravated.
The spokesman advised dealers to
apply for permission to hold special
sales, with both point values and
prices cut II sausage Is piling up
on them. Most popular sausage
products are valued at seven, eight
or nine points a pound.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
ALLIES DESTROY
6 ENEMY PLANES
Two Barges Sunk in Man
dang Area in Pre.Dawn
Attack
BY DON CASMELL
nited Press Stan Correspondent

United Press Stan Correspondent
Gen. MacArthur'S Headquarters
Australia April 10.-(UP)-Allied
planes heavily damaged JAPANESE
installations in the Mandang area
Of New Guinea, destroyed six
grounded enemy planes and sank al
least two barges off the coast. 6
communique said today.
In O surprise attack before dawn
yesterday the planes gave Madang
possibly the heaviest pummeling Of
the war. Bombs set fires that sent
smoke billowing 5000 feet into the
air and long-range fighters Strafed
the area 5000 rounds Of cannon
and machine-gun fire.
Mitchells, LightningS, Beaufight-
ers and Flying Fortresses joined In
the attack. Two Japanese bombers
and four fighters caught on the
ground were destroyed. while up the
coast near Alexishafen, the raid
ers sank two Of five barges and left
another flaming.
The main targets were supply
dumps and enemy installations al
Madang, which is 800 airline miles
north westward up the coast from
Allied-held Buna. The planes also
hit Amron, an old mission settle
ment near Madang, setting fires in
buildings, a powerllouse and a saw
mill near enemy headquarters.
The planes encountered heavy an
ti-aircraft fire hut all returned
Several enemy gun positions were
silenced and the Allied flyers said
they saw big explosions in Madang
harbor. No interception was at
tempted. The communique said Fly
ing FortreSses bombed Kavieng. New
Ireland, airdrome late Thursday
running into some japanese fight
ers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
PAY-ASYOU-CO
ACTION DEMANDED
House Republicans Threat
en- to Discharge Ways,
Means Committee
BY TONY SMITH

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
washington, April l0.-(UP)-A
move TO discharge the House ways
and means committee from further
consideration Of the pay-as-yOu-go
tax question unless immediate ac-
ton Is forthcoming was threatened
today by House Republicans.
Republican Leader Joseph w
Martin, Jr., Of Massachusetts, said
the minority would resort to what
ever methods are necessary to bring
such action.
His assertion followed tentative
agreement by Democratic leaders
not to reopen the pay-as-you-go
fight on the floor unless the
Republicans agree to compromise
for something less than the total
forgiveness feature OF the One-de-
feated Carlson Ruml plan.
The democratic decision was
reached late yesterday at q con-
ference attended by Speaker Sam
Rayburn. D.. Texas, and four demo-
cratic members of the House ways
and means committee.
II left the renewed drive for I'M
mediate action ON the pay-aS-yOu-
60 question deadlocked tighter than
ever and threatened to dash al
hope OF q two weeks recess Of the
House over Easter.
Martin has asked for immediate
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
NAZI'S INVASION
NTTERS GAINING
MnssOIini Repeatedly Or
ders Government Trans
ferred to Northern Italy
RY RORERT pOWsON

United Press STAN Correspondent
London, April 10.-(UP)-Premier
Benito Mussollni mas odered plans
prepared to move the Fascist gov
eminent from Rome to Florence or
Bologne in case Of emergency, an
unconflrmed report from Europe
said today as the continents inva-
sion filters increased.
The report conceded with United
Press dispatches from Madrid re-
porting O general exodus by Italians
living on the south coast. Informa-
ton from Vichy said the people were
hurrying 10 the mountains In fear
Of air raids.
other reports from Europe said
MlssOlini and Adolf Hitler met at
the Bremen Pass on wednesday and
that the Mad fuehrer turned down
an Italian request for more anti
aircraft guns.
Instead, Il was understood. Hitler
offered his elite IS infantrymen TO
help the Fascists but Mussoiini ds-
cllned.
the meeting. rumored for some
time, was reported In the italian
newspaper, P0polo DTtalia, ON
Thursday, according 10 q Swiss ver-
sion, but censorship kept the paper
from circulating outside Italy
MussOllni's urgent request for
plans 10 move the government Il an
invasion makes Il necessary followed
ether sigma Of uneaslness along the
soft Mediterranean undertake OF
Axis-held Europe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
BRITISH SHELL
DU|SBURG AGAIN
German MunitiOn Fac.
tories Targets; Attack
Costs Allies s Planes
BY WILLIAM b. DICKINSON
United Press star Correspondent


UNITED Press STAR Correspondent
London. April l0,-CUP) British
bombers, raiding Germany for the
third time In little more than "a
hours, bombarded the Steel City
and river port Of Duisburg with
tons of demolition and fire bombs
last night.
Eight planes were lost In the at
tack and subsidiary raids on other
detectives in Germany'S industrial
Ruhr Valley, where lie most of the
plane, tank and munitions factories
supplying Axis armies.
Coastal command torpedo planes
Joined in the offensive with an eve
ming attack on enemy shipping of
the Norwegian coast. A tanker was
hit by several torpedoeS. but two
aircraft were lost.
Duisburg, one of the largest in
land ports In Europe and the site
Of the coke ovens of the Germans
steel trust, now has been raided So
times, the last the night Of March
20.
Many two-ton block-buster bombs
we're among the cargoeS Of destruc-
ton dumped OH DuiSburg last night.
Only a few hours earlier, swift
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
$Sl FOR POUND BUTTER

Plymouth, Pa. CUP - There
was no ceiling price on Michael
Evans pound Of butter. Evans
brought a pound Of Grade A butter
to Kiwanis meeting and auctioned
it off for $3l. Proceeds went to the
Red Cross.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10
TOUGHENING PROCEDURE

In order to tougher their hands,
os that eating hot foods with their
fingers would cause no discomfort,
ancient Greeks handled hot pokers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10

Dimous-S:ST p m. 70 S.aS q. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-10

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-31
Shippers Can Hear Foes Voices
In Italian FoxhoIe Warfare

Star, Tex. "You lie In your hole
all day long and the only thing
that breaks the monotony is taking
pot shots at jerry"
Sergt. Rutledge was cheated OF
one victim the other day. For
some time his rife sights had been
set on a patch of clear ground
across the basin. Every once in a
while German would wander
across it. The sergeant would
squeeze the trigger and there would
be one less enemy to contend with
Il was just getting the trigger
squeeze on this jerry" Sergt. Rut-
ledge said. II had him all lined
up in my sights. Then just before
I got the shot of los got a direct
hit on him."
Next to Sergt. Rutledge lay Pvt
Gerald Gralinski, a recent replace
ment from Milwaukee. His foxhole
dug in hurry, was pretty shallow
With his rifle propped across his
pack he was doing a good job of
sniping. Then a German machine
gunner got Pvt. Gralinski in his
sights and his first burst knocked
the Milwaukee boys rifle out of his
hands. Pvt. Gralinski, getting his
first taste of real fighting, looked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-31

,ruefully ID the crumpled steel. Their
he turned TO Sergt. Rutledge and
said quietly: Can YOU get me an.
other rife. ssrge?"
Sergt. Jack McMillion, Harrisburg
Colo, was making report from a
foxhole In Bloody Basin" to his
platoon commander via field teie-
phone. In the middle OF the CONVEX
sation the sergeant was momentarily
interrupted. Up the slope towards
his position came three Germans
with blood in their eyes.
Sergt. McMillion didn't even stop
talking. He leveled the rife, which
lay across his knees, and, with one
hand on the phone, fired a single
round. The lieutenant at the other
end heard the scream of a dying
German. The other two fled and the
sergeant finished his report.
The other day, Pvt Martin Krauss
Millville, N. j., was sent out with
two companions to clean up an en-
envy machine gun nest in the
basin" They crept to within few
yards of the position. Then, while
the other two covered him with hand
grenades, Pvt. Krauss crept up to
the nest and commanded the two
Germans in their native tongue to
surrender. They were only too glad
TO oblige.
Sergt. Dan T. Barefoot tried the
same trick, only he doesn't speak
German. On a patrol he spotted a
machinegun barrel sticking through
the brush. He looked closer and saw
a German helmet. He walked up