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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
KNOCKOUT BLOW AT ATTU LOOMS
Japs Isolated in Small Area; American Casual,
 ties Light So Far
By SANDOR s. KLEIN (United Press Staff Correspondentt

Washington, May 20.-(UP)- American troops have isolated Japa- nese troops in a relatively small area of the eastern end of Attu Island and are now softening them up for the knockout blow, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson indicated today.
 Stimson disclosed at a press con- ference that Army forces who landed on both the north and south side of the island have fought their way to a union against heavy resistance and are now concentrating their might against Japanese troops in the Chichagof harbor area
 Our casualties thus far reported" Stimson revealed, have been rela- lively light, but sharp fighting may occur before the operation is com- pleted."
 Stimson said the Americans have captured the entire HoltZ Bay area, including a partly completed land- ing strip and large quantities of supplies, guns and ammunition.
 A captured Japanese anti-aircraft battery, with ammunition intact, is now being used oy the Americans in horizontal fire against the enemy. StimSon said.
 American forces from Holtz Bay on the north and Massacre Bay in the south have joined on the cen- tral ridge of the island and are now concentrated in an attack on the Japanese positions on Chichagof harbor
 The operations on land are being being carried out entirely by U s. Army forces under the command of Maj. Gen. Eugene M. Landrum. The forces which landed on Holtz Bay were commanded by Col. Frank L. Culin, Jr.
 Stimson said he had not been ad- vised of the identity of the officer directly commanding the Massacre Bay forces.
 The attack was planned some time ago and troops were specially train ed for it Transports and warships were assembled secretly and, ap- parently, the attack took the Japa- nese by surprise
 Bad weather which aided the sur prise landings has subsequently, hampered the progress of American forces, interfering with naval artil- lery and aerial bombardment, Stim- son added
 Stimson outlined in some detail the operations which led to the merging of American forces on the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
PRISON CAMPS
 SET UP IN J. s,
Enough Established to Care for All Axis Cap=
 tured in Africa

Washington, May 20 - (UP) - Prison camps already have been established in the United States in sufficient numbers to care for all Axis prisoners captured in North Africa that will be received by this country, Secretary of War Henry l.. Stimson disclosed today.
 Plans for the disposition of pris- onerS and their use for farm work as well as other types of labor permissible under the articles of the Geneva convention, are being studied by the War Department Stimson said.
 However, these prisoners are not being brought here to replace our own labor" he added. "They will not be used as strike breakers or anything like that.
 Stimson said a recheck showed that about 267,000 prisoners were taken in the Tunisian campaign Of these, roughly l25,000 are Ger. man troops and the remaining art Italians.
 He said he did not know ye just what proportion of this tota would be allotted to the United States. The actual number to be cared for in this country depends on the available ships for trans portation, food supply, etc., he ex- plained.
 Rations for prisoners will be the same as those provided U. s. troops. Pursuant to the Geneva conven- tion, orderlies will be provided of ficer prisoners from among the en- listed prisoners.
 Prisoners will be required to wear the clothing they had at the time of their capture, unless it is unfit for further use. Reclaimed cloth ing, if available, will be furnished when prisoners clothing is unfit for wear.
 The uniforms of all prisoners will be dyed dark blue, and marked in white paint with the symbol "P. w." indicating prisoner of war. They may keep their insignia of rank
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
WING Appeal Made to Re- Iieve Labor Shortage
 Locally
I7 GIRLS DRIVING
 BRIDGEPORT BUSSES
Smith Points Out Park City Example to Prove
 WOmen's Proficiency

AS two local women were completing their bus-driving course at c. R. and L. Co. premises, the War ManpoWer Commission today issued a call to other women to enter "men's jobs" and relieve the labor shortage in the Water bury area. Joseph A. Smith of Boston, regional director of the War ManpoWer Con- mission, who made an off cial inspection visit in Waterbury yesterday, said many housewives have proved to be proficient in fields previously open only to men and indicated much of the shortage relief expected on the industrial war front vii lhave to come from women's willingness to tackle mems jobs.
 The regional director cited Bridgeport's bus driving service as an example of womens contribution to the fight on the home front Seventeen uniformed women are now behind wheels of Bridgeport busses, he pointed out, and their efficiency and capability has been widely commended, he added.
 Waterbury's first women recruits in the bus driving field started their training May 5, and Miss Eunice Taylor, supervisor of the newly ere ated women's personnel division of the Connecticut Railway and Light ing Company, said today they may be ready "to take to the road" with passengers next Monday for breaking in period
 Miss Taylor said another appli- cant was accepted yesterday by the WomenS division and has started her training course. The other Wo- men have made trial trips over various routes of the city already, she said, but during their break ing in" period they will operate under supervision of an experienced driver. Both will take their state public service license examinations shortly, she said.
 Various new types of jobs are constantly opening for women, the area WING director, stated, and dur ing the labor recruiting campaign which will start here shortly wo- men will be urged to venture into new fields, it was indicated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
By WALTER l.. BRIGGS

A U. s. Fighter Base in North eastern India, May 20,-(UP)-In a white walled, thatch-roofed shed on a luxuriant tea plantation near here, It Col Harold R. Buckley of Springfield. Mass, advises generals on the situation ir the Burma jun gleland
 He knows most of the answers and he keeps his eye on every move the Japanese make.
 Buckley, before becoming intelli- gence officer for the United States Army 10th Air Force, was a college athlete. World War I ace. globe trotter, relief administrator State Department trade commissioner and Hollywood writer.
 Into his little laboratory come the men who know this region, and Brit ish and American officers and non comes who have been deep into the jungles scouting the enemy.
 Buckley works l6 hours a day di- gesting and analysing this informa- tion. The walls of his office are covered with maps for anyone to sec, but behind a sliding curtain are ones showing details of Allied and enemy strength and movements. and these are for the eyes of key military personnel onb,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
DAVIES RECEPTION
 GUEST TONIGHT

Moscow, May 20.-(UP)-Joseph E. Davies, representing President Roosevelt on a mission to the Krem- lin, will be guest of honor at re- ception at the U. s. embassy resi- dence tonight.
 Davies, former American ambassa- dor to Russia, was scheduled to pre- sent his credentials to Foreign Con- missar V. M. Molotov during the day and to arrange for a meeting with Josef Stalin at which he will hand sealed letter from the Presi- dent to the Russian premier:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
BATTLES
 LABOR LEADERS
Petition to Return Mine Workers Union to A.F.L.
 Major Surprise
BY RAYMOND LAIR United Press Staff Correspondent

Washington, May 20. - (UP) - Surprised labor leaders tried today to evaluate one of the strangest moves in the recent angled history of organized labor-John l.. Lewis petition to return his United Mine Workers Union to the American Federation of Labor.
 Some labor quarters predicted that 1t might be the beginning of a movement that would equal If not overshadoW Lewis break from the AFL seven years ago to form the Congress of Industrial Organiza- tions.
 There was no authoritative inter- pretation of Lewis move and guess es ranged from those that viewed it as an attempt to strengthen both the UNIV and AFL, to those who saw it as political strategy. Some believed that Lewis might be seek ing through it a solution to his deadlock with the War Labor Board over his dispute with the bitumin- ous coal operators, but they admitted that if so they could not under stand the strategy.
 Most labor sources pointed out that Lewis and AFL President Will liam Green have been bitter enemies for some time. Many of them saw the possibility of an alignment be- tween Lewis and other anti-Green clements within the AFL which might lead to an anti-NeW Deal CO., alition. They pointed out that Lewis petition was presented by William L. Hutcheson, president of the car penters union. who has been a rival a vigorous anti-NeW Dealer.
 The AFL executive council dis closed Lewis application for read mission last night about year af- ter Lewis withdrew the United Mine Workers-the largest trade union in the world-from the CIO
 Green sounded conciliatory at a press conference called to announce receipt of the application.
 The executive council said 1t in- terpreted the application "as re- sponse to its repeated appeals to those organizations. originally char tered by the American Federation of labor which had withdrawn, to return and for unity and solidarity within the ranks of labor"
 Green said the petition came as a surprise, but one informed observer said that he believed elements with in the AFL had been seeking the UMWS return. He sad the UNIV would strengthen the AFL if it should become engaged in a post war contest with the CIO. The UNIV in turn would have the advantage of support from an international federation.
 Green said he would appoint a
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
Churchill Fails To Still Revised Congressional Strategy Demands
Congressman Want Action Against Japs Now; Chan=
 dler Leads CIamOr
(By MERRIMAN SMITH)

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, May 20-CUP)-Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt meet today with the Pacific War Council, presum- ably to discuss new offensive strat- egy for the Far East which they have been developing in more than week of White House conferences.
 Late this afternoon, following the council meeting, Churchill will con- fer with representative of the British dominion governments and his own staff of military, naval and air experts who accompanied him to Washington.
 Meanwhile, certain congressman reiterated demands for immediate action against Japan, refusing to be satisfied with Churchill's promise that Britain will fight with the United States until Japan's cities are reduced to ashes.
 Sen A. B. Chandler, D., Ky, long contender that Japan and not Germany is enemy No. 1, turned Churchill's argument for concerted effort against continental Europe into an argument for increased at tention to the Pacific, inasmuch as Germany is not now in position to knock out either Great Britain or the Soviet Union"
 Congressmen generally approved Churchill's pledge to fight shoulder to shoulder with the United States against Japan and felt that he made clear that there has been no change in the overall Allied plans to crush Germany before Japan Some were
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
EXPLOSION KILLS
 EDWARDS SOLDIERS

Camp Edwards, Mass, May 20.- (UP)-An Army board of inquiry today was seeking the cause of 6 dynamite explosion which killed two soldiers and injured third
 Second It. Morris R. Gluten, 23 of Milwaukee, Wis, and Staff Sgt Joseph F. Krokus, 25, of Ashley, Pa, were instantly killed yesterday when the explosive, being used to simu- late enemy Ire in training prob- lem, detonated prematurely.
 Pvt. Milton Weisberg, 2l, ot Cambridge was hospitalized with cuts and bruises near the left eye, He was operating portable radio nearby and, though injured, sent a call for help.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
AMERICANS MEET
 AXIS RESISTANCE
73 Enemy Planes De- stroyed in Gruelling Bat=
 ties Over Mediterranean
BY C. R. CUNNINGHAM

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Allied Headquarters, North Africa May 20. - (UP) - American aerial squadrons hammering at the island stepping stones to Italy met strong Axis air resistance for the first time in a month during heavy raids on Sardinia and Sicily, but destroyed at least 73 enemy airplanes on the ground or in gruelling air battles over the Mediterranean.
 The American Flying Fortresses other bombers and fighters knocked down 29 enemy airplanes in air combats and destroyed at least A other enemy planes on the ground, including 37 which were blasted during a heavy attack on the Sicilian air base at Milo. Four United States planes were lost.
 Six more enemy planes aground were directly hit by Billy Mitchell bombers at Milas airdrome in cen- tral Sardinia, despite the first real show of enemy air opposition since the end of the battle for Tunisia.
 At least 50 enemy fighters jumped the Flying Fortresses when they bombed Milo airdrome, near Ira pani. starting big fires. Ten of the enemy were shot down by the Fort resses or Lightning escorts. More than 30 enemy planes attacked Ma rauders and Narhawks which bombed Monserrato and Fl Mas air. drome and the harbor Cagliari, in southern Sardinia.
 In all, four targets in Sardinia were attacked by our bombers and 18 enemy planes were shot out Of the air.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
SOVIET PLANES
 BOMB A|RDROME
Three German Planes De- strOyed; B Defensive
 Positions BOmbarded
(NEA Telephoto)
BY M. $. HANDLER United Press Staff COrrespOndcnt)


 Moscow, May 20 Russian planes bombed an airdrome and troops and Red artillerymen destroy cd g German defensive positions in a day of heavy pressure on the enemy line, a few miles northeast of Novorossisk, the Soviet midday communique announced today.
 Three German planes were shot down in combat with the Red air force. The Soviet flyers started sev- eral fires and caused large ex- plosions at the enemy air field.
 Russian guns destroyed two Ger man observation points, five gun emplacements, four artillery and 12 trench mortar batteries at the ap- breaches to Novorossisk in the lower Kuban area of the Caucasus.
 The official Russian naval news paper Red Fleet reported the Ger man air force had been carrying out as many as 1,500 sorties daily in the Kuban area, where air fighting was said to have reached an acute stage.
 The article said the Russian air force was maintaining numerical and qualitative superiority and that the Germans were losing on the average of 30 to 40 planes a day.
 Eight German planes were shot down in dog fights and by anti-air- craft fire in the Leningrad area. Pilots of the Russian Baltic sea fleet sank an enemy patrol ship, motor boat and sea-going barge.
 Elsewhere or the 1,100-mile Rus sian front only minor actions were reported.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20

enemy in the Chichagof area trap.
 The capture of Sarana Pass, ef- fected yesterday, indicated that the final phase of the battle for AttU island was imminent.
 At the same time, the navy re- vealed that guns on supporting American surface ships on Tuesday cleared another pass, through the ridge southeast of Holtz Bay, where only Japanese snipers had remained after our ground forces had cap tured the pass and the surrounding heights. It Tas this action which enabled our forces to clear the Jap anese out of the Holtz Bay area
 Tn navy. confirming an earlier disclosure by Stimson, reported that the plane runway which the Jap anese had under construction ib the Holtz Bay sector, was now in possession of the American troops.
 The same day that American forces took Sarana Pass, army bombers biased at Japanese mili- tary objectives, presumably defense installations, in the Chimagof area.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
STALIN MAY MEET
 FOR, CHURCHILL
Chiang Kai=Shek May At= tend Next GlObal Stra=
 tegy' Farley

Washington, May 20.-UP)- Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin's par ticipation in the next "global stra- tegy" meeting between President Roosevelt and British Prime Minis ter Winston Churchill wac regarded in diplomatic circles as probable today.
 Some Chinese observers were of the opinion that if Stalin attends such a conference, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek would, too
 The conclusion that Stalin will meet with the other United Nations leaders was based chiefly on the remark made by Churchill during bis address to Congress yesterday:
 We both of us Churchill and MT. Roosevel) earnestly hope that at no distant date we may be able to achieve what we have long sought namely, meeting with Marshal Stalin and if possible with Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek.'
 Many observers, coupling this statement with the previously eX- pressed hope of President Roosevelt for meeting with Stalin, felt that neither of the two present con- ferees would reiterate their desire now unless they had some assurance that a meeting could be arranged. To continue talking of a three or four power meeting in the face of possible failure, it was said, could ony result in embarrassment for some or all of the figures involved
 To bolster the theory that the meeting is even now under discus sion came news of the arrival of Joseph E. Davies, former ambassa- dor to the Soviet Union, in Mos COW. He is delievering a personal message from MT. Roosevelt to Stalin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
Denial of Gas for Duration Face All ViOlatOrs
 Caught
HONOR SYSTEM FAILS
 SAYS PRENTISS BROWN
tremendously Increased Military Demands Are
 Blamed for Edict
BY ARTHUR F. DEGREVE , ,United Press Staff Correspondent)

BY ARTHUR F. DEGREVE ,Onited Press Staff Corrcspondent
 Washington, May 20. - (UP) - The 8,000,000 motor ists in the area from Maine to Virginia face severe penal ties - including denial of gasoline for the duration - if they drive for pleasure af- ter noon today. Price Admin istrator Prentiss M. Brown imposed the new ban on non- essential driving on 12 eastern states, the District of Columbia, and eight eastern counties of West Virginia last night.
 There have been reports for days that the gasoline supply situation in the east was becoming serious. Brown admitted that supplies have hit m all-time low; that the situa- tion is SO critical that farm tractors in some areas already are out of use and the prospects were that thousands of farm tractors would have been idle within a few days.
 Gas Going Overseas
 Brown tacitly admitted that his attempt to control pleasure driving by the honor system had failed, al though he said that the crisis re- suited from tremendously increased military demands" He didn't ex- plain the military demands but it was assumed that all available SUD- plies are being rushed overseas in preparation for the invasion of Europe.
 There will be no cut in the values of A, B or c ration coupons but OPA investigators and local police authorities will begin rigid enforce ment of the ban with indications that the responsibility of proof of essentiality of motor vehicle use will be the motorists.
 The 12 states affected besides the District of Columbia are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont. Massa- chusetts, Rhode Island. Connecti- cut, New York. New Jersey, Penn sylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. The eight counties of West Virginia affected are Jeffer- son, Hampshire, Berkeley, Grant, Morgan, Pendleton, Mineral and Hardie.
 Every effort will be made to de- tect violators and not only to re- yoke their present rations. but to suspend their right to further ra- tions for the duration, or for an appreciable time, Brown said. In appealing to governors of the affected states for cooperation in enforcing the ban, he requested local and state police to:
 1. Stop and question all motor ists driving under circumstances which indicate violation of the ban.
 2. Question all motorists stopped for traffic violations to ascertain if they are violating the ban.
 3. Check on motorists found at race tracks, amusement parks,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
LIEUTENANT KILLED

Manchester, N. H, May 20 CUP) A board of army officers today in vestigated an airplane crash in which 2nd !,t. Russell Wilson, 27 of Bonners Ferry, Ida. was killed,
 Wilson's fighter plane collided with another aircraft while land ing at Grenier field yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
Sarana Pass Is Taken As Navy
 Pounds Garrison
War Secy. StimsOn Reports Main Invasion Forces Are Merging; Plane Runway Near Holt
 Bay Is Captured

Washington, May 20 (UP) American troops have captured Sarana Pass gateway to the Chichagof harbor where the trapped remnants of Japan Attu island garrison have been pounded from the air by Army bombers the Navy announced today. This announce Smson that the two main American invading forces merged and concentrating their against the
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-12
New Ration List

WASHINGTON. March l2-tAPl-Here's the offieel
list Of whet meets cheese fos and fish will be rooned be-
ginning March 49,
L. Meets including oil fresh. frozen. smoked and
ed beef. veo. Iomb. and pork.
All meets and meet products in containers Of Tin or
sIess.
All dried meets. verety ineudns tongues brains.
hearts, liver pe, sweetbreads kidneys; boulon cubes beef
extree and similor concentrates; oil dry, sem-dV, and
fresh smoked and cooked including: solem pork
seusose boxed Ioove weine .eropp heed cheese
and Others; suet, cod, and other fots.
T. Fish: All fish. sheIh. and fish products in herme
ieoIy sealed containers.
g. Eet. ond oils: Butter margarine. lard. shortening
cooking and solod oils.
Cheese: cheeses Of oil kinds except those expressly
excluded rotioned.
Cheeses include the fonowns cheddor tAmerieon),
Swiss. brick, munster. burser dehydroted soted. club.
soudo, edom smoked all hard voees Of olon ond Creek
pesed cheese cheese foods cheese products containing
80 per cent or more by weight Of rotoned eheeses.
The following foods not rotoned
= Fish: Fresh fish, frozen fish, smoked. salt, picked
fish. Fish in containers that Theoretically seoed.
T. Poultry ond gone: All poultry and gone, whether
fresh, frozen, in gloss
g. Fots and ois Olive oil when not blended with other
Ingredients; soIod dressings and moyonnoise
a. cheeses: Soft perishobIe eheeses such
cheese. neufehote eottose. pot BOXERS eomember eder
k.on. be blue cheese spreads mode with base Of cheese
which rooned cheese speods and cheese products
containing hon 80 by weight Of ooned cheese
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-12
City War Fund
Drive Reaches
S4.567 Total

Mount Clemens Red Cross
War Fund drive reports today
showed a total of $4,567 con-
tributed toward the 81 800 goal
established for the community.
OF the total reported by but
Is workers of the 100 who VOL
unteered TO canvass the city,
1857 is in the nature Of gen.
eral contributions while $1,000
is in the form of Special Gifts.
Memphis, with a quota Of $3.50
has. thus far, reported but
sl34.75 turned in. The county
quota is 1000. ~
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-12
Hrohifo;s
Brother Held
Under Arrest?

LONDON, March IL - (R -
Prince Chichibu, brother of en-
peror Hirohito of Japan, has
been under house arrest in Jap
an for Is months on charges OF
being sympathetic to enemy
powers, the Daily Express said
today in dispatch from Is
tanbul.
The Express said it was in
formed of the Princes impris-
onment by an unidentified per.
son who had just reached Is
tanbul from Tokyo.
(There is no confirmation OF
this roundabout report from any
other source and such a devel-
epment would be surprising in
the light of what is known OF
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