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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10
Fights Anti
Semitism

Boston, Nov. 10 - (U.P) - Gov
ernor Leverett SaltonstalPs perma-
nent advisory committee today be-
gan drafting an overall program to
deal effectively with anti-Semitic
outbreaks after being advised by
State Public Safety Commissioner
John F. Stokes that the brawls
largely were due to police laxity.
Although Stokes report made
public last night alleged that anti
Semitic literature seemed to be Of
organized origin, 1t emphasized that
batting and brawling.
there was no evidence Of organized
ut would appear from the facts
that the situation as 1t existed in
Roxbury and Mattapan was 80 police
problem and not the result of Or
ganized anti-semitism," the report
said.
Stokes commended in his report
that If the police had followed
proper procedure, the outbreaks
would not have been possible.
although anti-Semitic utterances
were uSeu Ill CIlc COURSE VI tlSoC
assaults" he said. 1.-The assaults and
the utterances attending them could
not be proven to be Of organized
anti-Semitic origin"
Little Anti. Semitism
Stokes reported that an analysis
Of opinions Of representative citi-
zens showed little actual anti-Senl-
it's feeling. He also summarized the
age of all offenders as 1927 years.
Governor Saltonstall Immediately
ordered mayors and selectmen Of
Massachusetts to be on the alert
against anti-Semitic literature and
demanded that "all the force at
your command" be arrayed to en-
force liberty of worship.
The governor declared that anti
Semitism us a menace to Demo-
cracy." He said that the attack up
on the Jews was the prelude to an
attack upon Catholicism, Protest
antism and the whole Democratic
way of life. The governor appointed
permanent committee to advise
him on racism from the nucleus Of
his temporary advisory group.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10
2 Big ItoIy
Targets Hit
Bv Bombers

Allied Headquarters. Algiers Nov
10 - (U.P) American heavy
bombers attacked the two most i'm
portant italian industrial targets
ever hit on the same day, heavily
bombing a steel plant at Genoa and
ball bearing factory at Turin yes
terday.
Flying Fortresses pounded the
Ansaldo Steel Works in Genoa
while Liberators battered the Villar
Perosa ball bearing plant in the
Turin area. German defenSes were
weak, and not a plane was lost.
The double barreled blast made
six consecutive raids by the heavy
bombers without loss to themselves
or escorting fighters. The heavier
blow was believed struck at the
Villar Perosa factory, the only 1tal-
ian plant making ball bearings since
Fortresses knocked out the Fiat
factory at Turin Monday.
Stronger Defenses
Taking a lesson from the surprise
raid which caught them fiat footed
Monday. the German defenses at
Turin were stronger yesterday.
Along with a moderate amount of
anti aircraft fire, Is German fight
ers rose to snipe at the raiders
The Lightning escort handled them
easily, and one Focke Wulf 100 was
shot down.
The victory was credited to First
Lieutenant Richard j. Lee of St.
Louis, Mo.
1T was so cold up there that I
didn't think could press my gun
button" Lee said. But I managed
to give one of the FW's long burst
at about 200 yards. He crashed into
the mountains, making quite a
blaze. For some reason I wasn't so
cold anymore"
Fortress crewmen reported the
successful bombing of the Ansaldo
Steel Works, the docks and rail
road yards adjoining the harbor.
Observation, however, was difficult
and details were skinny.
Sc Planes Shot Down
It also was announced that Fort
resses and Liberators which partial
ly destroyed the Messerschmitt fac
tory at Wiener Neustadt, Austria, on
November S, shot down Sc German
planes rather than so as previously
reported. 1t was the largest number
ever downed in one engagement in
this theater. The record bag was
picked out of 100 to 100 fighters
which tried to break up the raid.
Captain John Taylor of Pasadena,
Calf, one of the participating pilots
said anti-aircraft fire over Genoa
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10
RED ROOPS.
CLAMP P|NCERS
AGAINST KERCH

Moscow, November 10. -
(UP) - General NikOlai F.
Vatutin's Red Army was re-
ported closing in at a 1O-mile
a day pace today against
KOrOsten. ZhitOmir and Vim
nitsa, Ukrainian anchor
bases of the undermined
German defenseS before
Poland and Rumania.
Southeastward 500 miles other
Russian forces clamped pincers
against Kerch from bridgeheads on
either side of the ancient town tip
ping the eastern Crimea, and the
collapse of German resistance APP
peared near.
Front dispatches also reported
fierce fighting in the Perekop 18th
mus region of the Crimea, where
scores of thousands of German
troops were trapped and under
crushing assault from two direc-
tons.
3rd Landing
(The German TranSocean News
agency reported that Russian troops
had landed "at a third place" In
the Crimea and were locked in Sc
we're fighting with German and Ru-
manian forces while violent strug-
giles continued at the land entrances
to the Black Sea peninsulao
GA Nazi communique said that in
the Kiev area bitter fighting with
the attacking Russians continued on
a broad front despite bad weather.
Field reports told of steady gains
by Vatutin's forces pressing three
way drive toward Poland and Ru-
mania. They raced over the north
west Ukraine plains, ideal for the
rapid movement Of mobile forces,
against the Korosten- Zhitomir-Vin
nitsa line, the loss of which would
force the Nazis to fall back across
the frontier.
Wake Pounded
Pounding in the wake Of German
General Hermann Won Uoths bat
tered divisions, the Russians were
striking northwestward from Kiev
along the railroad to Korosten,
straight westward on the zhitomir
highway, and southwest from Fas-
toy toward VinnitSa.
All three towns are key functions
on the strategic lateral railroad an
chored in the south on Odessa-the
last German-held line running
north and south through Russia.
Latest dispatches said the Rus
slams were less than IS miles from
zhitomir, about As from Korosten,
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ALLIES SMASH 9 NAz| COUNTER BLOWS
Soviets Close In On Foes Anchor Bases
Too Justify
And Too Late

Boston, Nov. 10-(UP)-The
Boston licensing board today
had under advisement the pc
titiOn Of West ROxbury resi-
dents who sought revocation Of
the liquor license at the Lieder-
kranz, a German American
club, because Its patrons ended
festivities each night by singing
the "Star Spangled Banner" too
Justify and too late.
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Cakes Case
Neors End

Nassau, Bahamas, November ~.
Cup - Two British subjects,
both attorneys plead today for the
life of o fun-living French count
one that 1t be spared, the other that
it be taken as the penalty for the
staying of Sir Harry Cakes. one OF
the worlds richest men.
The first plea to the jury OF IL
business men and civic leaders OF
this British island will be made by
Godfrey Higgs, sharp-tongued
attorney with flair for dramatics
who has directed Alfred De Marig-
ny's fight to escape the gallows on
the crowns charge that he murdered
the born baronet and gold
prospector.
His summation was expected to
take at least three hours. Just as
he arranged the order Of his de-
tense witnesses, he Is expected TO
close his appeal for the French
sxNhleman's life by reviewing the
S:snmatic testimony Of the counts
third wife, pretty, 19-year-old Nancy
lie Marigny, the daughter OF the
man he is accused Of Staying.
Nancy Optimistic
Through the family quarrels which
followed their marriage when she
was two days over IS, his arrest and
his trial. Nancy has stuck by her
husband, who courted her while still
living with his second wife. Friends
reported her optimistic that De
Marigny will be acquitted.
When Higgs finishes. Nassau at
torney general, Eric Mailman, will
plead for the crown. He will ask
the jury to return a guilty verdict.
which automatically carries the
death sentence. Should the jury
find the count guilty and the death
sentence is carried out, the count
would be the first white man hanged
on the island since 1t was infested
by pirates in 1880.
The charge Of the presiding judge,
Sir Oscar Bedford DAILY. will follow
the Summations and Is expected 10
take most of a full day. Juries IN
Nassau often are swayed by judges
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10
Allies Sinking Subs Faster
Than Germany Can Build

German submarine reserves are be-
ing depleted.
The joint announcement revealed
that the submarine toll for the
August October period exceeded the
number of Allied merchant vessels
lost by submarine action. Tonnage
losses from all causes--air and
U-boat attacks and mines-during
october were the second lowest Of
any war month.
The announcement carried a
warning. however, that the battle
of the Atlantic could not be re-
garded as over.
1.-THE Germans" 1t said. ''have in
troduced new U-boat weapons and
tactics. Thus far we have been able
to cope successfully with the chang
ing situation. The battle continues
In full vigor."
Nevertheless. the report said the
record Of the last three months was
particularly gratifying because
during most OF this period fewer
U-boats were operating, fewer tar
gets were presented for our air and
sea forces"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10
Collapse OF Germany Anticipated
By Observers Within The Next Year

Londan, November 10. -
CUP - Experienced Allied
observers agreed today that
the war in Europe should
reach a climax by the middle
of next summer with the COL
lapse of Germany following.
within one or two months,
certainly before winter.
Prime Minister Churchill yester-
day and Prime Minister Jan G..
SHUTS Of South Africa last month
all but confirmed that the Anglo
American command have set the in
vasion of western Europe for 1914.
The exact date, or the narrow
ranges of time, for the opening OF
the second front was believed to have
been established at the Quebec con-
ference last August and commune
Gated to Premier Stain at the re-
cent Moscow conference.
Until very recently. Christmas OF
1914 was picked as the rough date
for the end OF the European war
by most observers, but they have
lowered their sights as Allied power
approaches its peak.
Reasons for Optimism
Among the factors responsible for
increasing optimism were:
/. The scale of the Red Army's
successes on the eastern front which
not only turned the German SOUTH
ern army group into disorganized
mass of fleeing men, but threatened
to envelop two or three times as
many men as the 100000 the Sixth
Army lost at Stalingrad and SEND
the remainder into Rumania and Po-
land by mid winter.
2. The Allied bombing offensive,
which probably bulks larger In the
mind Of the average German than
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to truck and bus tires as extremely
serious" and predicted it would be-
come worse.
Originally, the rubber situation
was the chief cause for the start
of mileage rationing, ard though
more recently rationing reflected
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Stoneham, Mass, Nov. l0.-(UP)
-Nels H. Nelson, house painter, was
burned 10 death but his dog was
rescued early today when fire swept
a small house in which he lived
alone. The blaze was discovered
by a neighbor, who dragged Nelson
and his dog outside. Nelson was
pronounced dead, but police revived
the dog.
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s'What's Happening In Taxation?"
Glass Begins Tonight, 1880 O'clock.
Post JunioE College Of Commerce.
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Evening star., 1943-03-30

Henry, president of the American
Automobile Association, that Inter
agency feuds" and "squabbling and
maneuvering as to what agency shall
take the credit for liberality or
blame for restrictions is playing hob
with Eastern motorists.
The order, which virtually puts
the A book driver out of business
in this section, had it's root in the
pleasure driving ban slapped on by
Leon Henderson, Mr.. Browns pred
ecessor in the OPA, and Harold L.
Ickes, petroleum co-ordinator, on
January 7. On March 3, without
consulting Mr.. Ickes, Mr.. Brown
called his police off and placed
pleasure drivers under an honor
system" indicating at the same time
that this restriction soon would be
revoked altogether.
Believed Situation Eased.
Shortly before March q, when a
new sheet of A coupons was to take
effect, Mr.. Brown left for a speak
ing trip in the West, fully believing
that the pleasure driving ban would
be rescinded as of that date, with
no change in coupon value. All of
the indications up to that time were
that the supply situation had been
so eased by decreased fuel oil con-
sumption due to the coming of
spring that increased driving would
be possible. On March the Pc
troleum Industry War Council had
reported that we are "over the
hump" so far as petroleum short
age in the East is concerned.
No more was Mr.. Brown out OF
town, however, that Ralph K. Da-
vies, Mr.. Ickes' chief petroleum as
sistant, descended on the OPA with
another dire tale of oil shortage.
Driving not only could not be in
creased, but it must be further re-
duced, Mr.. Davies said.
John E. Hamm, chief assistant
OPA administrator, thereupon or
dered the new cut in A book value
without consulting Mr.. Brown. Mr..
Hamm is relative by marriage of
Mr.. Henderson and it already had
been announced that he was about
to follow his former boss into re-
tirement because he did not see
eye to eye with Mr.. Broyn on ra-
tioning policy.
Whether or not this move was
designed to make Mr.. Brown look
bad in the eyes of the consuming
public, there is no mistaking that
it had that effect Eastern motor
lists still were singing Mr.. Browns
praises over annulment of the pleas
ure-driving ban when they received
the A-book annihilation jolt-the
worst of all blows they have suf-
fered.
All of which illustrates that while
Mr.. Brown is responsible for ra-
Evening star., 1943-03-30
Gas Cut 'JoIts' Price Chief
Brown Away When "A Cards Were Reduced;
Eastern Motorists Suffer by Agency Feud

tioning gasoline, Mr. Ickes is sit
ting at the spigot. The latter's pc
'roleum administration decides in
ADVANCE how transportation facili-
les are to be parceled, between or
linary gasoline. high octane, fuel
,il, etc. Mr.. Brown and the driv-
ing public he represents, has no re-
course but to take what is handed
them. little or much, as Mr.. Ickes
dictates.
And these are not the only off,
cials who have a hand in the pie.
Joseph B. Eastman, war transpor-
tatlon director, has the job of keep
Ing enough wheels turning to meet
the Nations transportation need.
Recently Mr.. Eastman declared that
the passenger automobile more and
more must be depended on and urged
citizens in essential employment to
drive to work. But this aim also
s at the mercy of Mr.. Ickes' spigot.
There is wide difference of
opinion as to what the effect of the
drastic curtailment of A book driv-
ng will be. The Hamm-Davies
Gder apparently was issued on the
assumption that this classification
vas chiefly confined to pleasure
aiving and that it could be almost
completely abolished without ma
trially affecting essential trans
prtation.
Rush for More Gas.
Mr.. Brown believes that the A
automobile, even before the no.
peasure-driving mandate, was used
larger percentage for essential
transportation than any other
tbs for the reason that its owner,
With only three gallons of gasoline
aWeek in the East and four in the
Vest, was forced to conserve his
supply to the absolute limit. In
sRction of cars in parking lots at
wsr plants and Government offices
his shown that a great many of
thm have only A stickers on their
Whdshields.
Aready there has been a great
run OF new applicants for B and
G books and under the present
retriction, if cars are used to drive
TO work, the rationing boards have
no recourse but to grant increased
supply. The ultimate effect of the
new order, therefore, is likely to be
n're, rather than less, pleasure
driving.
(CopyriRht, 1943. North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1943-03-30

the first time since the begin
ming of the Allied offensive in
that area that the chances of
trapping the Nazi fox are better
than $3.50.
There is a gap of some Is to
20 miles through which the
highly mobile Axis forces can
squeeze and there still is a strong
possibility that Rommel might
be able to effect an escape. But
his situation has become preca-
rious.
Patton Advanced Cautiously.
The troops under 1t. Gen.
George S. Patton, jr., did not
advance too rapidly in spite of
the fact that reconnaissance
showed relatively weak enemy
forces in the area between Max
nassy and Ell Guetar and the
coast. Axis forces are so easily
moved about that often times
strong forces may be found at
night at points where only in
significant forces had been
spotted during the day.
Complete collapse of the Ma
reth Line, which was officially
announced yesterday morning.
will compel the Nazi desert fox
to withdraw northward where
Gen. Patton has kept his force
intact and Is prepared to bar
the way.
The bulk of the Afrika Korps,
originally estimated at about
10000 men in the southern area,
has no other avenue of retreat
than toward Tunis and Bizerte.
In some responsible quarters
here it is considered a possibility
that the Nazis may attempt to
defend only perfunctorily the
important ports of Gabes and
Sfax.
Battles Only Preliminaries.
This belief is predicated on the
fact that once Rommel is COM
PEELED to give up Northern Tu-
nisia there is no particular reason
why he should lose more men in
defense of the ports which can
be of little use to him unless he
decided to evacuate a portion of
his army through the area.
OF course, the present victori-
Gus battles in the south are re-
garded as preliminary operations
leading to the main campaign
which has as its objective the
conquest Of Tunis and Bizerte.
Evening star., 1943-03-30

approval to the nomination has
been confidently predicted. Un-
der the direction of Admiral
Land and the other members of
the commission the shipbuilding
program, to meet the war needs,
has become a tremendous reality,
staggering in figures of actual
production.
Led by Senator Aiken of Ver-
mont, Republican, an attack has
been made on Admiral Land and
the Maritime Commission on the
ground that they have permitted
shipoWners to make excessive
profits out of sale and charter of
their ships to the Government.
1t is further charged that they
have been permitted to place
large parts of their gains and
earnings in replacement fund"
where they are exempt from
taxation. Also there have been
suggestions thrown out that Ad-
miral Land and the commission
have sought in various ways to
avoid an investigation of all the
facts in the case.
These charges have been vigor-
ously denied by Admiral Land.
Senator Bailey, Democrat, of
North Carolina, chairman of the
Senate Commerce Committee,
has taken up the cudgels for Ad-
miral Land and the commission.
Warren Involved.
Controller General Lindsay
Warren is involved in the con-
troversy. A ruling by the Con-
troller General on his interpre-
tation of the Merchant Marine
Act, and the applica ton of some
of its provisions in the light of
President Roosevelts declaration
of a limited emergency on Sep
tember 8, 1899. Section 9O2 ta)
of the act declared that when
ever the President shall proclaim
that the security of the national
defense makes it advisable, or
during any national emergency
declared by proclama ton of the
President, it shall be lawful for
the commission ito requisition or
charter any vessel. The owner is
to be paid Just compensation
but lin no case shall the value of
the property taken or used be
deemed enhanced by the causes
necessita ting the taking or use"
This is known as the enhance
ment clause" and is the source of
the present controversy. The
Controller General has ruled that
it began to operate against any
increases in the value of ships
as Of September 8, 1899, when the
President issued his proclama-
ton of limited emergency. Ad-
miral Land has contended that it
did not become operative until
the President declared an unlim-
tied emergency on May 27, ls41.
Prior to September 8, 1899,
there had been little demand for
shipping. But from that date
until May 81, 1912, this demand
had increased nightly. The
value of ships had jumped great
ly in consequence. Under tho
ruling of the Maritime Commits
sion, therefore, the ship owners
would be entitled to the greatly
enhanced values of their prop
critics. 1t is upon these differen-
tialS that Senator Aiken and
other opponents of Admiral Land
are basing their charges.
Evening star., 1943-03-30
OPA Eases Regulations
Covering 'Sofety' Shoes

BY The AsSOclated Press
The Office of Price Administra-
ton today made it easier for work.
ers to obtain safety" shoes.
Beginning April employers may
issue purchase certificates for such
shoes to any employe who has spent
his stamp No. II. Under previous
regulations. the worker had to obtain
a certificate from local rationing
board.
Evening star., 1943-03-30
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