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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03
Allied Forces Move
Into Good Positions

out to meet the American forces on
the New Guinea coast, sending en-
envy troops scurrying away in dis
orderly retreat. Southwest Pacific
dispatches stressed the action in the
areas near Lac and Salamaua In
New Guinea still was small-scale.
However, it appeared Salamaua
was being surrounded. The Austral-
ians eased up from Mubo, 10 miles
southeast of the enemy base, meet
ing the Americans at the Bitoi
river. Patrols were operating only
four miles southwest OF Salamaua.
Ground battles were numerous.
Allied bombers continually raided
up and down the coast, softening up
the japanese positions. Ten Jap
anese planes hit futilely at the
Nassau Bay Allied landing area.
For the third straigh thine Allied
bombers hammered at Rabaul, New
Britain, a major japanese base
north of Australia and apparently
a main objective of Macarthur
current offensive. Thirty-three tons
of bombs were dropped before dawn
Yesterday.
Washington reported that the
japanese may be sending planes
from Kahiii and Kieta In the Sol
onions TO protect Munday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03
BY UNITED PRESS

Allied forces edged into position
for direct assault on the advanced
japanese bases up New Guinea's
Northeast coast and fought through
stiffening resistance on New
Georgia Island today as the enemy
was reported moving air reinforce
ments into the South Pacific.
American and Australian troops
gained slowly but relentlessly with
aid of air and artill''y lombard
ments. But development OF the
fighting on a larger scale by air and
land seemed uncertain.
U. S. Marines and army men met
bitter resistance battling in New
Georgia's green jungles toward the
battered enemy base at Munda. Ar
tillerymen on Rendova Island across
a shallow. narrow channel from
Munda poured shells into guns
pounding the eiemy from five to
seven miles ava
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's COM
munique said the situation in the
Solomons remained unchanged but
confirmed the destruction of 1913 en-
emy planes in two days possibly
breaking the japanese air power
around Mund,.
Australian jungle fighters pushed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03
Request Early Orders
For Freight Pickups
Advance Notice Must Also Be Given for Deliveries
ODT Officials Announce; Collections Restricted

Orders for freight pickups or re-
quests for deliveries, must be re-
ceived by the truck operator by 3
p. m. to be handled the same day
under new ruling by the Office of
Defense Transportation, it was an
nounced today by John w. Adelung,
New Haven district manager.
This will enable the trucker to
schedule his pickup and deliveries
into a route, the district manager
said, thus saving large amount of
the present waste mileage in these
operations.
Another portion of the order for
bids for-hire motor carriers to make
deliveries or pickups without first
ascertaining that someone repre-
senting the consignee or consignor
is available to relinquish or accept
the freight. This provision is ex-
pected to substantially eliminate the
necessity for mileage and manpower
wastage through "call backs" the
ODT believes.
More than one collection during
any calendar day from any one
point of transportation to any one
or more points of destination, or
more than one delivery during any
calendar day from any one point to
any one point is also prohibited.
Provision is made for the formu-
lation of joint action conservation
plans by motor carriers, and under
this section, carriers woh are will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03
REDS MOVE ON
.SM0LENSK AREA
Big Offensive Coming Is
Belief Following ''Feel-
er" Thrusts
BY M. S. HANDLER
United Press STAFF Correspondent

United Press Stan Correspondent
Moscow, July 3.-(UP)-Red army
troops repeatedly attacked German
lines on the Smolensk front today
in feeler thrusts that emphasized
mounting signs of an impending Of
fenSive.
Berlin broadcasts admitted . re-
treat in the Dorogobuzh sector SO
miles east of Smolensk after con-
tinuous Soviet blows and radio Paris
quoted Berlin sources as saying Rus
sian summer offensive plans are
complete.
(The Axis reports stressed the in
crease in accommodating attacks in
the central sector west Of Moscow
and said large numbers Of Red army
troops had been brought up to the
area)
Three sharp attacks by Russian
reconnaissance forces in the Smol-
ensk area the last "a hours were
reported by the Soviet high COM
mand.
The midnight communique said
600 Germans we're killed trying to
drive Red army men from a rom
mating height seized after one of
the largest moves in recent week. to
check the strength of Nazi defenses.
The Soviet troops occupied German
trenches after dislodging the enemy,
held against six counter attacks and
then withdrew.
In what the midday communique
described as "active operations" a
Soviet detchment on another sector
plunged through to German de-
lenses in a hand-to-hand battle,
killed 1O8 enemy soldiers and de-
stroyed nine dugouts. On still a
third sector, a similar pentrtation
forced the Germans to retreat IN
disorder" and the Soviet soldiers
returned to base with considerable
captured military equipment.
Operations on most fronts con-
tinued minor. In the Leningrad
area, $50 enemy troops died under
Soviet artillery fire. Small pene-
trations of positions on the Finnish
front were reported. A company OF
200 Germans attacking Soviet posi-
lions west of Rostov, was d riven
back after 80 were slain.
A special communique told OF
new attacks by Soviet bombers on
the Nazi supply ports for the Ku-
ban bridgehead in the northwest
Caucasus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03
warn MEMBERS
OF INITIATION
Restricted Measures to Be
Supported By League of
Women Voters

Are you willing to support dras-
tic measures to control initiation?
What methods do you think should
be used? These are the first OF
II questions in a QUESTIONABLE to
be conducted by the Connecticut
League of Women Voters in the next
three weeks, according to an an
nouncement issued today by Mrs.
John G. Lee, state league presi-
dent.
The purpose Of the project, Mrs.
Lee said is Ito stimulate appreci-
alton of the seriousness of the in
flation menace, and to evaluate the
structure, function and effective
ness of the OPA in Connecticut"
The QUESTIONABLE will be under
the immediate supervision of the 10
cal Leagues of Women Voters in
the state, which will distribute the
missionaries to their members,
compile the answers, and return the
results to the State League by July
10th. The questions will be an
sWered, not by League members, but
Wy lllCIl GAN WSAACAA ONWo4NS VAAS
league.
Among the otner questions are:
To what extent have living costs
risen in the last year? What kind
of a job has the OPA done, in con-
trolling rents, in distributing "a
toned products, in controlling
prices? How familiar are you with
the OpA ceiling prices on grocery
products? To what extent (if any
have you been overcharged on
items on which there is a ceiling
price? Would you report a re-
taller who overcharged you to your
your local War Price and Rationing
Board? When food prices go up,
who do you blame?
This is the third QUESTIONABLE
conducted by the Connecticut League
during the last year. The other
two were: limited one on ration
ing, a year ago, which quizzed a
thousand people; more widespread
public opinion poll in March OF
this year, on attitudes in the field
of international relations, which
reached eight thousands people. 1t
is hoped that the initiation ques-
tionnaire will reach approximately
5000 people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03
SELECTEES WILL
DEPART SOON
To Go From Prospect,
Cheshire, W0Icott and
Naugatuck

Naugatuck, July 3.--Another con-
tingent of selectees from Draft
Board 14-A of Naugatuck, which
includes the towns of Prospect,
Cheshire and Wolcott, will leave
soon for the armed forces.
They are: Peter j. Peugot, Chesh-
ire; Norman H. Ayres, Cheshire;
CASTOR j. Frechette, New Haven;
Theodore Perry, Cheshire, all of
whom were indicted into the army,
John Francis Ryan, Cherry street
Naugatuck, Navy; William H. Rob-
inson, Oak street, Naugatuck, navy;
David J. Timons. Jr., Cheshire,
Army; Alexander T. Salogago
Rubber avenue, Naugatuck, Army;
Leonard j. Marchlewski, Naugatuck
Army; Harris E. Davis, New Haven
road, Naugatuck, Army; Charles B
Rodenbach, Terrace avenue, Nauga-
tuck, Army Air Corps; Henry Mar
lor, Jr, Fairview avenue, Marines;
William H. Meyer, 3rd, Cheshire,
Navy; Donald H. Fort, Union City;
Army; Edwin R. Curran, Jr., Maui
gatuck, Army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03

are a long stretch for 1943 bombers
and transports, but will be shorter
for 1914 models.
Not only air but sea invasion may
be possible from the Kuriles If
American troops conquer that stern
coast and its fiendish weather. But
first we must take Kiska, and that
is Attu ten times over. However, here
is the shortest route to Japan, and
the way will be seaSed as growing
Allied sea-power enables us to divert
Japanese strength by menacing sew
eral places at once, and as air
power helps by bombing Japan from
the bases in China now being pre-
pared.
Perhaps one day Russia will be
freed sufficiently from the menace
of the Reichswehr to join in going
to work on the Japs. Then, with
Vladivostok added rs an air and
naval base, we can attack their sa-
cred islands from north, east, south
and west.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03
LATE REALTY NEWS
Quit Claim Deeds

Quit Claim Deeds
GeOrgina, Arthur and Walter
Hodgkinson to Gertrude E. Baker,
land on MAP of Alexander Park"
Sidney Posin to James Ricardo,
property on East Hawkins street.
Mortgage Releases
Waterbury Savings bank to Ar
thur w. Nichols.
Waterbury Savings bank to
Gaetano and Rosa Crosse Berar-
di.
Waterbury Trust So. to Earle
Carey.
Home Owners Loan Corp. to
Michele and Maria DelNegrO.
ThOmastOn Savings bank to
Timothy and Mary MckeDnerney.
Waterbury Savings banL to
blasiejus X. Zienius.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03

the Japs showed they anticipated
the attack which official Washing
ton broadly intimated we were pre-
pairing
That we can move so freely in
waters which year ago were almost
japanese lakes is due to two factors
vital in coming operations:
First, our Pacific sea-power has
recovered from Pearl Harbor and
has passed Japan's - especially in
key vessels of task-force warfare:
carriers, cruisers and destroyers. Of
all three classes, Japan has lost
while our battleship launchings are
probably greater. Also we can count
upon reinforcement from Britain
once the italian navy is out of the
war. That may force japanese nav
al power back into home waters aid
ed by land-based air-power, and
plenty Of that because of the second
factor:
Our air-poWer in the Pacific, al
ready better than the Japs' qualita-
lively, is becoming stronger in num-
bers. The recent great air victories
eliminating in the 94-to-8 triumph
are not only spectacular but sig
nificant So is the debut of consider
able elements of the excellent New
Zealand air force which has shared
recent Allied victories.
RATIO OF POWER is GROWING
Our air warfare is passing from
the stage of holding the Japs to
getting a hold on them-a strangle-
hold that must precede any real
success in island hopping" There
must be an umbrella overhead,
whether troops move in ships or in
planes.
Given planes enough, troop move
menj may be safer by air than by
sea. We demonstrated this by sink
ing the 22-ship japanese convoy
while conquering New Guinea BY
flying in troops, ammunition food.
guns, jeeps and tractors. This was
only a rehearsal for things to come,
and SO were recent secret air-borne
maneuvers in Tennessee. The final
struggle for air domination now
starts in the South Pacific.
There, in the three regions where
we might have attacked, the Japs
we're most alert. They knew that for
greater freedom in operations Often
sive and defensive, we should Dust
them from outposts such as Lac and
Salamaua, which we are now starv-
ing by our blockade of bombs. And
presently we must neutralize or cap
ture Rabaul the key to everything
south of the equator.
Our new attacks, from both New
Guinea and the Solomons, afford a
chance to whipsaw the enemy. Such
amphibious operations are both diff
cult and costly, but they will be
worth the price if they free our
Australian bases from all danger
and clear the enemy from the
South Pacific. These seem to be the
ultimate strategic detectives of the
operations just begun.
WE STRIKE IN MID-PACIFIC
The second region is the Central
Pacific, where we are bombing Jap
tinacity that seems prophetic. For
an attack from Hawaii and Midway
upon Wake, Guam and the Marshall
Islands would, if successful, GUST the
Japanese from valuable holds and
bring us nearer to Japan itself.
But in the third region, the North
Pacific, possibilities are most dram
attic. On Attu, we are already within
700 miles bomber range from the
Ion naval hacn Of Paraml1Shirll
which in turn is within bomber
range of northern Japan. The 1850
miles from Paramushiru to Toxic
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03
Trading Light In
Irregular Market

New York, July 3.-(UP)-Stocks
opened irregular in a narrow range
today with trading light. Bonds
were firm. Cotton futures declined
Z to points.
A sizeable group Of high grade
stocks opened at the previous close.
This list included Chrysler, Ameri-
can Smelling, Paramount, Phillips
Petroleum, American Telephone,
Commonwealth Edison, New York
Central. International Nickel, and
Texas Gulf Sulphur.
U. S. Steel opened at 81 ID of 1-8
and few others had minor losses,
including Union Carbide. Pennsyl-
vania Railroad. Republic Steel,
Goodyear. Western Union. Southern
Railway. and Louisville g. Nashville.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03
Travellers
Jam r. R., Bus Depots
Hundreds Ignore ODT Request in Rush to Leave City
Quiet 18th Of July Observance Here

be sponsored at Linde stables,
Bucks Hill, for the benefit Of the
cigaret fund for servicemen, by the
Sheridan council, Knights of Col
umbus, and Zindah Grotto. The
only holiday events scheduled at
municipal parks are three City
Amateur Baseball league games to-
morrow at Hamilton park, the first
of which is scheduled at las p. m.
Waterbury's war factories will
continue production as usual over
the weekend. Fourth of July fire
crackers will be only memory this
year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03

ing to meet to formulate such plans
may be directed to do so by the
ODT.
Exemptions include trucks being
operated in collection or delivery of
any shipment, the expedited de-
livery of which IS necessary to meet
the demands of military and naval
forces, the Maritime Commission or
the War Shipping Administration;
trucks being operated exclusively in
making deliveries to a vessel; trucks
operated exclusively in collection or
delivery of household goods, as de-
fined by the Interstate Commerce
Commission; trucks delivering or
collection one shipment totaling
10000 pounds or more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03
DEVELOPS THERAPY MACHINE

Pasadena. Cal. CUP The Cali
fornia Institute of Technology has
perfected an electric shock therapy
apparatus for treating mental pa
tients with manic-depressive psy-
Ghosts which will be placed at once
in all California state hospitals. In
one hospital alone ID out of "a pa
tents after having been treated
with 1t were able to be discharged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03
Attack In Pacific
Forecasts Greater
Blows At Japanese
BY THOMAS NJ. JOHNSON
NEA Military Writer

Whether attack in the South Pacific is aimed
only at immediate detectives such the Japanese base at
Munda at the important but remote and formidable
Rabau the salient fact is that and do attack It
proves how decisive is the metamorphoss that Time the
great shfte has wrought in this theater since last
kumrner's fighting opened.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03

bases and lines
of communica-
ton In that area.
Today we have
turned the tide,
CT e re d h e
southern Solo,
mons anyd Pa
qua, shown SUI
periority by land
sea and air, and
- most impor-
t a n t h a v e
gained the ini-
tiative. BY their
constant recon-
naissance in all
t.I,rea elements
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03

Weight OF the earth is 5000, 0oo,-
900 600 O00. 100000 seXtillion tons.
according TO the U. s. Bureau OF
Standards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03
Closed Monday

Closed Monday
Practically all of the large serv-
ice stations and garages in Nauga-
tuck will be closed all day Monday
in observance of Independence day,
it was announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-03

Then the JAPANESE Seemed III
gincible. From the Solomons they
threatened Australia and our last
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10

WOMEN WARRIORS: Mem
bers Of China's Girls Army are
shown parading through an
unnamed city as people stare
with amaxment and pride.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10

RESOLUTE LEADER: Nine.
v. K. Wellington Koo, wife Of
the Chinese Ambassadors to
Great Britain, has firm faith in
China's triumph over Japs:
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-02-01
erode Labelling
Boon TO Housewife

One of the most important steps
to protect wartime consumers
the standardized grade labelling
plan-went to effect ON Jan. %.
Under this plan, every house
wife can know exactly the quality
OF packed fruit and vegetables she
is getting for the price she pays,
DR.. James X. Hall, state price ra-
tioning officer Of the Office of
Price Administration, said today.
The plan started with grapefruit
juice "at the packer level" which
means it soon will appear on retail
shelves bearing the grade or quail
ity plainly marked in type at least
as large as that used in declara-
ton of net content, which every
alert shopper has learned to look
for.
In prewar days, a shopper often
bought fruits and vegetables by
favorite trade name, perhaps pay
ing a price out of proportion with
quality.
Under the standardized grade
labelling plan, virtually all the 1913
packs of fruits and vegetables,
will be brought under the OPA
regulation as their packing season
comes up.
For example, fruits will be di-
vided into three qualities and
marked (and priced accordingly:
A, or fancy, for top quality; B, or
choice, for medium quality, and C,
for standard, or the lower grade.
In vegetables, the top most grade
is A, or fancy; medium b, or
extra standard, and lower, c, or
standard.
Thus at one glimpse, as the new
pack of fruits and vegetables come
into retail channels, the shopper
can know the quality which she
gets for the price she wants to
pay.
Editors Note-We think grade
labelling should continue after
the war. 1t assures the consum-
er of knowing what grade of
food she is getting.
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-02-01

Continued from Page II
bilities in this idea production cam
paign.
The following statement of the
purpose of our l.. NJ. committee
is issued by Red Huffman and
chairman of the publicity commit
tee. "Our Labor Management COM
mittee was created at the request
of the government to give Labor
and Management the opportunity
tC sit down at the same side of the
table to team up to best supply
Uncle Sam with we'll repaired
shops to really back up the fight
ing men," The committee will
really serve its patriotic purpose
as every man pools his "know
how" and ideas to give boost to
our important part in the war
winning program.
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-02-01

to eat.
We shipped 7 per cent of our
canned and frozen fish under lend
lease, but only l per cent of our
canned vegetables, friends and
fruit juices. Ninety-nine out of
tvery hundred cans produced in
this country went to the U. S.
armed forces and to American
civilians.
As a matter of fact, the total
demand for American food is
greater than the supply because
of the heavy need for food for the
United States armed forces, as
well as for our fighting Allies,
and American civilians are able TO,
and want to, buy more food than
ever before.
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-02-01
America Shores Her
Food For Victory

Food rationing is absolutely
necessary to winning this war. If
we could all go around the world
and see the distribution of the
food we are sending to the United
Nations, there wouldn't be one of
us who would question the govern
ment's action of food rationing.
Lend-Lease food is definitely
helping to win the war. Food for
the Russian Army's smashing
blows at the retreating Nazis-
food for the British Eighth Army
driving into Tunis-food for the
munitions workers back in Eng
land.
We sent a lot of lend-lease food
abroad i'm 1912. To sustain the
United Nations offensives of 194S
we shall need to send more this
year-about twice as much. The
food we sent last year-and the
food we are sending now--is inn
portant in terms of battles won.
Yet it has been relatively small in
terms of our total supply of food,
smaller than many people may
have believed.
OF the five meats soon to be
rationed-beef, veal, lamb, mutton
and pork-we exported over a bill
lion pounds under lend-lease. That's
a lot of meat, but it was only 5
per cent of our supply. Out of a
every 20 pounds of meat, Ameri-
can civilians and us. armed forces
took 10 pounds. One pound went
to our allies.
We lend-leased a lot of cheese
and dried and evaporated milk. 1t
took over two billion quarts of
fluid milk to make these and other
milk products exported under lend
lease. But the grand total was
less than a per cent of our total
fluid milk supply. We kept for
our own needs over nine and a
half quarts out of every ten quarts
of milk We produced, and we pro-
duced over So billion quarts in all.
Among the milk products, lend
lease took a large share of cheese
= almost one quarter of each
pound the United States produced
was exported to our allies.
Lend-lease exports of butter how
ever, were less than l per cent of
our total supply. Out Of ever six
pounds of butter less than one
ounce went under lend-lease. What
butter we sent went to the Russian
Army. We are sending more this
year.
1t took four and a half million
dozen eggs to make the egg pow
der that was exported under lend
lease. This was one egg out of
every ten that went to the mar
kets. Egg production increased
enough to take care of these lend
lease shipments and still leave
more than before for Americans