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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14
TREASURY BALANCE

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Detr0iter Helps
BIdst-PIoesti0iI

a dispatch from Tel Aeiv Pail
eStine, today reveals that a De-
troit army air force pilot, Ii r
Siernfield. took a leading part N
Sundays smashing raid on the
Ploesti oil fields in Rumanla.
Ii Stcrniield reported that his
was among the planes that reared
in for the low level attack.
The Detroit pilot said
we tore through a balloon
cable and skinned over the tar
get. The flames We set were 80
high they licked AT us on all
sides. We had no time 10 be
frightened. All We thought OF
after dropping our bombs was
10 get away from the place, but
We kept flying 80 feet OF the
ground for 100 miles 20 prevent
enemy filters from diving al us"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
l.. =. Filters
Halt DapS
In Burma
Registered u. s. Patent onies

L. s. FIGHTER BASE, East
ern Assam India. July u de
layed) CUPD - Knockout blows
delivered by P-40's against bridges
in northern Burma have stopped
an enemy drive from Sumprabum
toward Hertz. British troops now
are hopping up remnants of the
japanese advance units, Capt.
Emile A. Bevman Of New York
said today.
Berman, intelligence officer at
this base. said the attacks had
wrecked the l0O-foot Lollaw rail
road bridge and the Namti. Nsop-
cup and Hpunzinzup bridges. all
important 10 japanese traffic
from MyitkyIna 10 Sumprabum.
two enemy bases IN northern
Burma.
Pilots under command Of Col.
John F. Egan Of New York. who
were credited with blasting the
Loilaw bridge and settirc fires in
the Sumprabum dump included
1t. John r. Gring, Is, Lansing
Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
WLBChdNenged
On Union Clause

RICH, OF the War Labor Board
to impose maintenance of men,
bership clause in a contract be-
tween A union and a company
was challenged today by indus
try members Of the board.
Dissenting members asked the
national board 10 review a ma
jority decision of regional
panel, which instructed the Gen
eral Motors Corp. TO install a
maintenance clause in its contract
with protection employees in the
Flint and l. ing divisions Of
Fisher Body. Pontiac division, at
Pontiac, and Chevrolet Transmits
sion. Saginaw.
John l.. Lovett. Of the Michi-
gan Manufacturers Association,
and Frank Rising. OF Automotive
Parts and Equipment Manufac-
turers. asserted the boards ac-
ton was prohibited under the
Smith-COnnally law.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
ROAD TO CHINA

The reconquest Of Burma would
open the road into China. II could
serve as a base for operations
against Malaga and the Japanese
held Dutch East Indies
Tho purpose Of a co-ordinated
offensive would be 10 force the
Japanese 10 split their strength
and impose burdcnSomc loads on
their supply system which de-
ponds on sea borne traffic Jap
anese shipping strength already
has been severely dented by
American submarines and air
planes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
.CurfeW Hushes
|ta|yPea(e Cry

Continued from Page One)
turbances in the large northern
port OF Genoa.
The diplomatic writer Of the
London Daily Mail. replying 10
Axis reports yesterday of a pur-
ported peace proposal made 70
Italy by the Allies, declared
that neither President Roose-
welt nor anyone else had offered
armiSuce terms 10 italy,
Rigid censorship obScured the
inside Italy, but news
filterinG into Switzerland indi-
Gated that peace manifestations
were continuing throughout the
country, although apparently on a
scale as il became clear
that the Badoglio government has
no intention Of accepting uHcon-
ditional surrender at this time.
Rome radio asserted that while
the Italian people desire peace,
they do not want 1t at any
price The Badoglio government
was described as "a regime of lib
erty but not of peace
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
OPA Denies Spending
HI.OOO Points ON Feast

dined some 300 strong At the
William Penn Hotel on filet
mignon. The 1000 points
involved would have wrecked
the hotel, 80 the OPA coughed
up"
Both OPA officials and hotel
officials denied that there was
any special grant of ration points
to provide the main course for
the dinner, which chmaxed Mel
sons visit TO Pittsburgh district
steel mills in behalf of the WPB
steel for victory" campaign, The
dinner was sponsored by U. S.
Steel Corp.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04

PITTSBURGH Aug 4 (UP)-
Donald Nelson, chairman of the
WPB, and more than 900 other
guests at a recent labor-manage-
ment banquet here dined on filet
mignon-but district OPA Off
Gals today denied a published re-
port that they "coughed up"
1l,000 meat ration points for the
affair.
The report was contained in an
account of the dinner in Iron
Age, steel trade journal, which
read in part;
"WPB management and labor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Drive on laps :
In Burma in 43

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 tUP)-
The promised big offensive in the
Pacific will be co-ordinated with
a powerful Allied drive on Burma,
military experts predicted today.
They believe Burma is the key
to the whole Pacific situation
and that once it IS regained by
the Allies the war against Japan
can be carried forward TO a VIC
toriouS conclusion swiftly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
81 Bonbers
Rdided Rome,
u. s. Disc|oses

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UP)-
Only three planes. one crew Of
which was rescued, were lost in
the raid on Rome in which 272
heavy bomberS and 249 medium
bombers dropped l,l01 tons of
bombs. the war department ie-
vealcd today
The department described IL as
the heaviest daylight bombing al
tack Of the war TO date and
reported that photographs re-
vealed extremely successful re-
suits with excellent concentration
in the target areas
DETAILS OF RAID
Details OF the Rome raid were
included in a war department re-
view of the air war over Sicily
and Italy in July during which
American and British air forces.
collaborating with ground and
naval forces, cleared the Sicilian
sky Of the enemy's planes, blasted
his air fields to the point of USE
leSsneSs, and pulverized his lines
of communication.
4 WEEKS RESULTS
"ln the four weeks ending
July 26. United States planes
flew 1888 offensive sorties,
dropped i2.460.3 tons of bombs,
destroyed Si2 enemy planes and
probably destroyed "a others,
probably sank three enemy
ships and damaged 10 more.
with loss of 100 United States
aircraft" the war department
said.
The air offensive was waged by
the Northwest African air forces
commanded by 1t, Gen. Cart A
Spaatz. and the L. s. Army Ninth
AIR Force of which Mai. Gen
Lewis II. Brereton is commanding
general.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Urged 70 Cripple Nazi Plants

NEW YORK, Aug 4 ms
Italian workers today were
urged 10 cripple and destroy
the Nazl war machine and TO help
drive the Germans from Italian
soil, by President Sidney Hlllman
OF the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Use War Bond Bonus
To FiQht Absenteeism

A monthly bonus Of a SIS war
bond for all employees OF tho J..
G. Goss Co. and John Johnson
Co who have perfect attendance
records was approved today by
the regional War Labor Board
The board also ruled that en-
plQyeS absent one day could be
paid a premium Of So 80 in war
savings ,fau1uc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Nazis Seize 3 Italian Ships

LONDON. Aug. 4 GNS)-Ger-
man forces on the Island of Crete,
an item in the London Daily
Sketch said today. seized three
loaded Italian troopshipS when
the vessels put in an Suda Bay
en- route to Italy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Turks Reject Warning
Not 10 Aid Fds(ists

LONDON. Aug. 4 GNS)-
Turkey has drafted a note I'm a
severe tone" rejecting the Allied
governments mo asylum for Fas-
ciStS' warning 10 neutral nations,
Reuters news agency reported
today
Turkish circles were quoted as
stating the Allied notes were con-
trary to international law and
"dorogatory to Turkish sover-
eiCntN."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Vt Million Ration Books 3

WASHINGTON, Aug. A QNS)
The Office of Price Administra.
ton reported today that NOR,
than 80 per cent of the nation,
civilian consumers an estimated
lZ7,41l.S90 persons have now
received war ration book No. 3.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
GESTURE TOWARD ITALY

British Foreign Secretary Eden
last night in Commons again
made a friendly gesture toward
Italy asserting that he was only
too ready 10 aid her pro-
vidcd the Allies can get bases on
the Italian mainland from which
TO attack Germany.
The ciandcStine teghoTn radio
was heard broadcasting that Ital-
ian crews by an unmiStakable
show of force frustrated three
German attempts TO take over
Italian warShipS at Bordeaux en-
the French Atlantic coast. There
have been no previous reports
that any Italian warShips. except
possibly submarines. have been in
French Atlantic ports.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
EXPECTED THIS YEAR

When the campaign will be un-
dertaken only the master strategy
planners know but there is a
strong likelihood that ii may hap
pen this year
President Roosevelt has prom
iSed. the big offensive in the Pa
cific for this year. But there is
little chance that a drive viii be
undertaken before the end of the
monsoon season in late fall.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04

sol EEZING HARASSED ITALY FROM THREE SIDES

The hree-way squeeze drawing tighter Italy with
passing day: Allied armies in Sicily are smashing
ut the Axis defense in great offensive aimed
capture of Messna only two miles from the toe of the
Italian boot; in Northern Italy Madrid report
the Germans have massed Is divisions some 100000
troops along the Pc River last stand defense in
the event Italy surrenders; the Italian west coast
Allied bombers heavily attacked the port of Naples.
On the political front the Rome radio broadcast pur
ported terms of seven-point armistice proposal.
Meanwhile Italy, beset all sides o the hot
of uncertainty prospects of invasion imminent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
REINFORCEMENTS RUSHED

Big German aerial reinforce
mentS were rushed to the Orel
front 20 cover the withdrawal and
stem the Russian advance, but
Red Star said the Red air force
had retained supremacy, check
ING enemy dive-bombing attacks
and supporting their own ground
forces.
SeNenty-siX German pl an :
were shot down in combat south
and southwest Of Orel yesterday.
Including 10 out of a formation
that attacked force of Russian
tanks emerging from a forest.
The capture OF Orel, held by
the Germans since 1871, would
cave in the whole South-central
front and pose a potent threat
TO BryanSk. so miles 10 the west,
main AXIS bastion opposite
Moscow.
The Germans sacrificed 1000
men, l3 tanks and ID guns yes
terday alone in their futile al
temptS 10 stem the Soviet adj
vance from the northwest. An
other 1900 Germans were killed
in fighting Russian advances
south and southwest Of Orel.
Converging Russian armies al
ready were within sight of Orcl
from the north, east and south.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
4 WHITE BOYS HELD

The four are Aldo Traini l6. Of
1912 Superior. ATmando MaStan-
tuano. 20. of 1856 Illinois. Robert
Cattano. II, Of 1929 Elrwood, and
Anthony Saraceno, Is. of 2S27
Pierce Probate Judge Healy will
hold a hearing on Dowlings re-
quest that probate court waive
jurisdiction over Traini and Sara
Ceno
Ralph Tancrcdi. 20 ~ 1924
Chalmers. was arrested yesterday
and booked for investigation OF
murder but police declined to dis
close whether he had any connec-
lion with the shooting
-Four other men, three OF them
Negroes. were sentenced in re-
curder'S court yesterday for car
ryng concealed weapons during
the June riots Sentences ranged
from one years probation 10 SIX
months 10 five years IN Jackson
Three Negro youths were SEN
fenced 10 from one year. proha-
ton 10 six months 10 four years
m jackson for lclonlous assault,
during tho riots.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04

NaZiS Flee
NJ OreI
Continued from Page One)

continued from Rage One)
advance south of Orel along a
range of hills. but Soviet troops
were breaking through rear guard
detaehmonts.
North and northeast Of Orel
the Russians were said to be
virtually on the heels of enemy
forces retreatlng through forest
lands. Repeated German counter
attacks were broken and the adj
vance resumed, field reports as
serted.
The Germans dashed out in par
tiCulRrly heavy counterattacks
northwest OF Orel where a Soviet
column cutting in behind the
south-central front stronghold was
driving toward a junction with
another Russian column advanc-
ing from the south.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Jap Resistance
Sitter as Allies
Close ON Mundd

UNITED NATIONS nc, Aus.
trals Auc 4 GNSl-Amercar
soldiers and marines closing in
on the Nlunda airfeld in tho
Solon1onS today battled against
increasing J apaneSo resistance
after advancing 10 The eastern
end OF me New Georgia island
base.
Further Inland. our troops
have occupied the northeastern
slopes ~ Bibolo Hill" today
Allied Communiquo announced
The advance on other parts Of
the front continues afainSt stiff
ened enemy resistance"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
HELD AS SLASHER

John Lee Ford, 22-year-old
Negro Of 7l3 Conner. is held I'M
der $1,000 bond pending arraign-
ment Aug. 10 after pleading not
guilty yesterday 10 a charge OF
assault with intent to murder
Ford is accused of Slashing DSR
conductor Charles Block, 81, OF
1861 Pennsylvania, last Monday
when Block asked him 10 move
along the aisle.
An effort 10 obtain writ of
habeas corpus for Lee Upton. 80,
Negro, of 976 wilkins. cited by
Prosecutor Bowling as one of the
chief inStigatorS in the June riots
was blocked temporarily when
Recorders Judge ellis postponed
hearing for as hours
Assistant Prosecutor Edward
SelSerelli Is expected TO recon-
mend a felony warrant for Upton
today.
Recorders Judge Brcnna n
issued first degree murder war.
rants for four white youth,
charged with fatally shooting q
Negro during the riots,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Kelly, in Detroit,
10 Keep Watch
CONTINUED from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
the Sixth Army Service Command
IN the Detroit area.
Citing the fact that robbery
has not been the motive in most
cases, Witherspoon termed the
new outbreaks the most serious
since the actual riots in June.
The prosecutors office revealed.
meanwhile. that another Negro.
Edward willie" PeytOn, 20 Of
679 Illinois. was arrested last
night at 4446 Hastings and held
for questioning in the riots.
Peyton was arrested by Andrew
]. Smith, special investigator
for the prosecutor office, who
has seized several riot principals.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
TWO SHIPS BLASTED

It, addition. bomb hits were
scored on one of two large enemy
vessels. believed to be deStroyerS.
The ships were attacked by a
medium bomber over Dampicr
Strait. New Britain. Two large
explosions resulted.
At Finschhafen, New Guinea
enemy supply base, an entire
fotilla of nine barges spotted in
the Mapes River was destroyed
Az Cape Gloucester. New Britain
~ of II concentration 1T % baFees
in Bergen Bay were definitely
destroyed and the remainder
wrecked or damaged. some OF
which carried ammunition cargoes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
BACKED BY BoMBERs

The American advances were
supported by medium and heavy
bomberS which blasted enemy
positions and installations on both
shores of nearby Bairoko Harbor
the Munda GarriSon'S supply port
AaRy- AIeS and explosions re-
suited.
In the New Guinea-New Britain
area 10 the west. Allied warplaneS
DESTROYED Al least 10 Jap h8rFes,
raising To- nearly 200 the total
Of Jap barGcS sunk IN the last 10
DAYS
Evening star., 1943-05-14

anti-aircraft fire. The crew unloaded
eight bombs on the enemy, and
several Jap planes went up In flames.
Capt. Fletcher, at the controls,
brought Annie" home safely.
Other raids followed and the
fortress got new commander on
October 27. He was Mai. John
Roberts of Beebe, Ark. It's engines
were overhauled and December 3 it
was back at work. On the first
mission, it fought OIL Is attacking
Zeros and made hits on a boat In
Rabaul Harbor.
December S. with 1t, John R. Will
liams of Louisville, KY. at the con-
trolls, 1t went back, riding out of
ack ack and a severe storm. The
next day. with 1t. Williams and
Maj. Roberts as command pilot,
Tug Boat Annie sank a DESTROYER
prize Of every Fortress.
Hot action with Zero interceptors
followed on December "a, but 1t.
Joseph L. Niece of Beach, N. OAK,
brought the plane safely out. It..
Hal G. Winfrey Of Harlan, KY, took
the plane out for two raids on enemy
shipping at Lac, three days later.
1t returned with bullet holes as
souvenirs of 45-minute fight, but
no crew member was hurt. During
the second trip, 1t shot down two out
OF five attacking Zeros.
The next mission found 1t. Harris
M. Lien of Fairdale, N. Oak, at the
Evening star., 1943-05-14
STAR WASHINGTON D. Co. FRIDAY MAY H. 1913

controls. A destroyer was hit and
two more Zeros accounted for. OH
Lac, during a second mission, three
additional zeros fell before its guns.
Before the final mission the name
had been removed from the Fortress.
The crew didn't have time to re-
paint the name before taking off
again. Some thought it an i'll omen
When Tug Boat Annie reached
the target, AL hell broke loose It.
Lien wrote in the diary. He added:
"Annie's tail looks like a sieve
after the ack ack strikes her. The
wings are damaged. one engine shot
out and another damaged so much
we have to feather it. We leave
the target and head for home as
huge fires are left behind at Rabaul.
After an hour we run into
storm. We try to go over it, under
it or around it, but it can't be done.
The crew battles the storm for hours
and the Fortress takes a terrific
beating.
I'VE look for a beach to salvage
Annie but fate is against us. With
fuel reduced to five minutes flying
time I resolve to keep Annie's record
clean for never having had a man
hurt while flying her I set her
down in the water and, fortunately,
not a man is scratched. We wade
to shore as the plane is engulfed in
the Pacific. :"