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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
By RAYMOND CHAPTER

Washington. March ( -- Behind the recent bombing in Europe is more than on attempt to panic the Germans. It is more than an at. tempt Go smash tho buildings along tho Unter Den Linden, the Adlon Hotel. tho Dradenberg Gate, tho nearby chancellory end the foreign ofiicO.
 what we are trying to do is to check the production Of submarines by bombing factories where engines and parts are manufactured, and to bomb the yards where the boats gre built and tho berthS where they put in for overhaul.
 The NazlS appear to Do building submarines faster than w0 ere sink. ing them. This is the only field Of the war ln which WO arc not gaining on the Axis and it offers the NazlS their one hope, their only hope, Of slowing down the Allied war.
 1t H c race between the building Of ships by us and tho MazlS Ats tempt Co sink them. Unitn lest Aug. ust W0 were definitely losing that race. But the miracle Of American Shlpbulldlng has since then brought construction up above SinkingS. on that margin, on the amount by which wo can add ships beyond these sunk, will depend how fast We can got on with tho war.
 The challenge lies in the fact that the ooFmang are steadily iicrsaslng the size Of their submarine fleet. Also every time wo send c soldier abroad, We must Bot aside perhaps ten tons of shipping to supply him. These arc tho facts that will Whittle the 100000 tons of shipping we expect to build this year.
 The most immedIate job we could do on the submarine would bO to knock out Che Atlantic ports on the French coast, such as Dt. NaEaIre, LoFient, and Drest. # those Atlantic ports cen Do made unusuAble, and It Is probable that we gre doing that to some Of them now, the German submarines would Do driven back to North Bea bases. That would force them to make c long and dangerous journey around the north of @coks land to get into the Atlantic.
 HaEassing tactics arc the chief means of combating the submarine. Every means Of interfering with building and operation Of submaT- Ines b worth using. But the most immediate profit probably is in re- lentleas bombing to knock out the Atlantic submarine bases. That calls Tor more planes. It calls 10. more Ilel, oil of which must Do sent to England from this side. 4 heavy bomber will use 200 gallons os gaSo. line Gn hour. 4 fighter will use st least haN inst much.
 It b difficult to understand Why there should be any further queSs tlon about having enough planes, UndersecgetaFy of War Pekt0rsOIl sayS we produced 5000 planes ln January Of which 06% were combat planes. fn February production was even better. # we gre turning out 5000 to $500 combat planes . month, they ought to begin showing up is iaSge numbers abgoaas
 Up Co now we have scattered GUT plalses eveg many fronts. Thet had to be done in the beginning when
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
SCRIBES TO MEET
 MADAME KAISHEK

New York, March B--(UP) Mime Chiang Xai ehek, who once braved c rebel camp Co plead for the life of her generallsslmo huAband, teddy preHarod Co receive the American press single handed for the first time.
 Although her physicians had oau- tionOd against undue eRort. or over. large crowds, She made her own declsion to invite the newspApermen to her Waldorf suite, Hitherto her only guests have been members of her stan Of close friends.
 Yesterday, Madame Chlang at- tended 0 reception at the Starlight Roof and to meet some I,A00 poll- tieal, social and industrial leaders. The reception wNs oiven by the Chinese consul general pr. Yu Tsune Chi, and the reception line includ- cd Ambassador We! Tao Ming and Madame Wei from Washington.
 Her program for today begins and ends with her newspaper conference scheduled for 2 p. Ia. Tomorrow she leaves for Q week end visit to Vel. lesley College, where As Mel Ling Soong she was on honor student.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
Survivors Describe
 Atlantic Disaster
Five Of 216 Reach New York; Many Washed Over.
 board, Others Freeze to Death on Rafts

which held Si men. Mcnetl, who was reading in his room, when the ex. ploslon struck, ran on deck bare. footed. Besldes the 6l men h tha boat. whose capacity was @, fava men were dragged alongside untll the rescue two hours later, MofIett served in the u. 8. Navy in World War ! and shls was his first Sea trip ln g yeaxs.
 James F. Oaulley, 70, co water street. Brownsville, Pa, assistant purser, waa in ataeeroom a with slx other men when the explosion 0e- cured. Nc was the only one of the six saved.
 Paul elawaon of New York Clty, tho puraer, said, sxhls b ik gentle. men," related oaulley. (9lawson e listed @ dead.l
 The fifth and youngest survivor was third mate Irwin White Jr., 90 oe tess So ssth street. Philadelphia, who spent three years at sea before getting his license at the Penn State Nautical school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
MR ANNE TmosgAD


 CumiAaa Rssss ntaeE CsrTeapsnasntl iRaston, Aganah Q. = (URl = A AEsk-hAnd account ok pegheps tne warls WoE1A disaster ln tho Atiantlo - tha b0gpedolne og two carso.Pos. aonRar Vossals wiEh loas os moro tnan eco lives - was given today py sne Srsk five os aae euEvivoEs % xeacn NhO Unihed @lates.
 AboMh l.Aoo passengers ineludMs civilians and membere oe tne Artny, llaNy. Marine OuEpe and OoAst 0uRrA were ahoavd the vessels when tRav wern helneked in the deed or nlaht early ln EeeElaEy.
 nonao peelahed in their hunkg' e1tisra WeEN waaled overheard, Naanv fepaa Co death on rafts, or in ilfsl6ats. zk was from one Co eight hours bsfofe All the survivors, hao 6oon taken from the wintsy seas.
 T'ha elve survivor said Q single Aorpodo struck their shlp after amid. shin on the stavboArd slde shorely NstsR midnight while most os the peraennel vas asleep. Many oe Sho lleeboaks and ratts were wrecked Oy Che exploeion and tho vsseel turned turtle and sank within 70 minutes.
 RSecnd Asala samuel ". Dix, Sa, oe tei0 Venabls avenuel BAltlmore, q VetarAn oe % years At Sea, WAs aaiean ln his bunk when the e&. ploslSn came. He was awakened ky Third officer HArold W. Aeech' SS, oe (soe West sand etSeeO S@.: vannah, Qa. who also was one oS kh0sa landed here today.
 'T thought it was iee," sAld DIX. we were expecting Joe, whsn 2 stepped on deck, Chief OsUceE iNWIs RaynOr Oe New York twho ia listed co deAdl was standing by tne No. a boat. We loaded and lowered lt Into the water. We started 70 straiRhtan the life EaSts on deck, but q was pitch black end the ship was listing 60 badly that " stumbled over everything.
 we could see boat clear Of tho ship, Raynor went down the lad. der and I followed him. I dsd not see him get to the boat but there wNs q boat there. I Say there were too many people !n it, 90 ! swan ast end Rot on q raft near the stefn, That's the last eaw Q! Raynor, After he hit the water ano etrvck out after the laseboat.'
 we picked up one man with nc clothes on after we were out on the raft, but he was swept overheard again, T4Stean os uS were on the raft. We were in the water 3 a.s hoUra before we were picked up. 1' seemed like c month. The water wAl 90 deRrO0o. Wo saw no submarines TlalTd Oflcer Beach said that the mon worked silently to out tho rafti loose.
 "i was unable to walE on account of the bad listing of tho ship jDoaoh said. 'T cat down end slit across tho promenade deck and theE WalEod tho gutter until came te tha 10, Q lSOboat under my charge TE had been blown away by the OK ploslon. ! then lowered myself ant( No. 30 boat which held four scl' diets. We were showing of whoE aorne men ovOEboard started crawl lnR ln with us. The boat, which hoo been damaged by tho explosion, cap slxet."
 'TIleglng struck mo and carried mo under" Beach continued. "I wAl blOWn Co the surfaee and tossed 3t o 70 Sect away from the shlp by aE apGhOt os air from tho ship. I sovnt
 fAst lis front oS me and craWlee 0n, We were picked up six hour lAtsr."
 Third Engineer Hugh '. Mofsott e, Os (7s4 Van Nest Ave.) Bronx '. Y., Q New York CitV police ser. eant on leave, lowered the life noa'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05

EVAu iisV ut " uAnneS one ox mem my poyb,
 saw him square his shoulders and walked out to big waiting bus, and looked after that bus until it vanished far down the street on It's way to the induction camp in Virginia And it wasn't aN pride though it was that, too-that Swelled up In mo and hurt my throat.
 Then walked to the once. trying to think about subject that has claimed much Of my attention as newspaper wrtor-tho Squabbles and confuslonS and muddles os the war efIoFt on the home front.
 But somehow my thoughts were not quite the same as they had ever been before.
 have heard it said that those things are in- evitahle In an undertaking % vast under President whose gens s for great leadership not for the details of elcient organization: that somehow the weapons and tho food will get produced In spite of mudding; SAat itS, useless to worry about c War Production
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
REV. w. J. BALLOU
 SUCCUMBS AT n

Boston, March B,--tUP)--The Rev, William J. Dallou, n, former dlrsc. tor of the Vermont Congregational Conference and pastor of the Ones. ter, Vt, Congregational church for a years, died ct c hospital here yesterday after Q brief illness.
 A native of Wallingford, vt., hO attended Vermont Academy, Am. horst College, Brown Unlveralty and the Hartford (Conn.) Theological Seminary.
 A onetlme resident oS Chyenne Wyo., he taught at T'ougaloo College ln Mlsslsslppl for four years bs9oFe going Co Vermont. .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05

Sumbing attack tho problem food production ~
 have heard all that and have resented mildly beevnu that these things would cost higher Of victory and proong the little nconvennces wartime
 Today that WhhNE provides nrovidl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05

McAroe, Thomaston avenue. High scores were made hy MT1. William HoAney, isk Mrs. James McAroe, and. Agfs. Thomas Buckley, Srd. and Mrs. James German, consolation, Present were: Mrs. Joseph 9eery, Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, Mrs. FTancls
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05

that these things would cost me hi os victory and prolong the little anc
 Today I know that whether Mir. Q better hotne.ssont war oFganisa- ton may mean c whole worlds difference Co my boys mother end to me.
 DIFFERENCES WILL RISE
 Mir. Nelson, MT. Wiokard, Mfr, McNutt and the other so.Called ''czars" are not doing as good . job as needs Co be done. 1 don't 60 much blame them, for they aSG victims of Q system, or lack 0i system, that is not their 9ault They have no means ok going Co tho President regularly and fre- quently with the conflicts end diS. Serenc0s bound to rise among them: no way Of getting his prompt, firm declslons--And no mn except tho PTesident can make many oE tho docislons that arc imperative.
 Tho size os tho Army and Navy, for instance. 1 have little right to an opinion about that, for 1 don't end Shouldn't know the grand strategy. Congress shouldn't at. tempt to settle it, for most con- gressnAen can't know much moro about 1t than l do. 70 shouldn't be left to the generals and admirais, for they think first and, properly. only about getting as many men aS they cen possibly need.
 MORE DEFINITE DECISIONS
 Only tho PreSldent, the civilian Commander In Chief, whose duty it k to know oil about both the lnill. tary and the home.fFont require. mentS, can determine the sise Of tho armed forces to iny satisfaction. ia hO says ii million men this year, with my boy aS one unit among them, oil right with mo. But then l want hlin to make some more definite decisions. This coun. try can put ii million men Into uniform, and equip them and sups ply them, and grow the food @ keep the war won after they win it but not unless many things ATo done that haven't yet been done. I don't want MT. Nelson wasting his time on rows with the Army end Navy. l don't want MT. Mo. Mutt and Mir. Wickard fiddilng away precious days on phony sIiAnpoweE and sood production schemes. I dont want confusion in Washing. ton. ! want tho quaTterbAck to run the warsoFganlsation team, and keep it working as c team, and Bee that every member uFlderstAiidS and obeyB the signals.
 WHEN MINUTES COUNT
 YOD, that's aslEing much Of tho buoy proSidOnt. But l know now how much I have to lose. fl WashIngton inuddling py0longg the War one minute, and that minute means my boy doeSnt come back victory, and oil tho flne things MT RooDOvelt promises for this cotin. tsy and the world after victory, vent mean much to me.
 There must Do many millions Of people in AmeriCa-paEonts, wives. brothers, Sisters-who feel As 1 learned to feel this morning, when my son went away. With the iSis dVctlon rate rising to i2.000 c day, tlseir number must Dc growing.
 We can Dc the nest powerful bloc Ia ASnerlca--a pressure group oi people who gre willing t0 so huii- eTy and cold end ragged, # neces' sagy, and who ask nothing Tor our. selves except that the government be ogganlsed to win thO WaS quickly and bring our boys home safely.
 | hcpe We can mako the presis dent understand what we want. And Sureyl we cen, for asteT ell he's one os te.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
SAFETY PIN DRIVE

pWauesnO, pa. .-(UP)-. Lest dla. pefS @ uncontrolled, the iocAi Norl Club launched c drive for 5000 safety pins fer hospital iise under the slogan, "The safety pin Q ths fiYgt pln Q Hen ever WoFe." Liens thus hopsd to avold SescEtine tc 0ootoh tape,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05

Rnenry and hnneAlntiun tl,ln Ng&s nlng at 9:s0 o'clock % s. 11ios1 church.
 Aer. and Agrs. Frederick mlse1 of Bogden street announce the tIEta oe 0 daunhtaF. March en0, ne 1h Aaary's hoapitai.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
PLAY CHESS BY MAIL

State College, Pc. - (Up) - Tn. duction of pr. Ray F. DotteFert son Into the Army didn't force dia- continuance og the DotterorS' week. ly chess game. The elder Ootterer, philosophy professor at pennsyl. vAnia state College, and hh son, John, local physician beSor0 enter Ing the Army Medical Corps. now make their moves through tho malls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05

Whelan, Mrs. William Heaney, Mrs. Thomas Buekley, Mira. James Cor man, Miss Josephine Laohanoe. mgleen
 The cholr of Grace Mothodlsl church win rehearso this evening at T:s0 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
One Mans Son Goes Off To War
 A Father Ponders The Tragic Cost Of Muddling
Ny '. A. EVANS

WAsAIN0ToN March 6This written by whose only
 aged years month and "a days went this morning to r the Army.
 went with him M far W chilly dawn We watet together not talking much in the assembly n tho bAseent Of dngy old school unt sk
Evening star., 1943-02-01
-Four Persons Hear
Cooks Full Account
OF Berth Is Staying
Confession Repeated;
Arroienment Scheduled
In Oregon Today
Py the Associated Press.

ALBANY, Greg, Feb. Rob
ert E. Lee Folkes, Arkansas born
20-year- old cook on a Southern
Pacific limited train, made a
detailed statement corroborating
an earlier confession that he
killed Mrs. Martha Virginia
James as she lay in berth lower
13 nine days ago, District At
torney Harlow l.. Weinrick said
today.
Mr.. Weinrick said the cook would
be arraigned later today to deter
mine whether he will be held for
the Linn County grand jury.
Folkes arrived here yesterday from
Los Angeles. where he was arrested
after the train arrived there at
the end of its run through Oregon
and California.
"Folkes described all his activities
the night of the Staying" MI Wein-
rick said, and admitted his guilt
IN the presence of State Police 1t.
r. G.. Howard, DR.. Joseph Beeman.
head Of the State police crime labo-
ratory at Portland, Court Reporter
Kathleen Miller and myself
The district attorney said the col
ored chef verified most statements
made to officers by Marine Pvt Har-
old R. Wilson, passenger in the
sleeping car in which Mrs. James
was slain.
Folkes repeated his earlier state
ment to Los Angeles officers and
added a detailed explanation OF
how he killed the 2l-year-old daugh-
ter Of prominent Norfolk, Va.
family after long hours of question
ing last night and early today, Mr.
Weinrick said.
Folkes had earlier refused to say
anything, stand he said he took
on the advice of Walter Gordon
prominent Los Angeles colored at
torney.
Evening star., 1943-02-01
Mai|men 10 Deliver
VINO Registration
Forms for Women
listings to Stort First
In Areas Where War
| Labor Shortages Exist
b. the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
Postal carriers will distribute
the War Manpower Commits
sion's forms for voluntary regis
tration of women over l8 for war
work, the Post ONCE Department
reported today.
The areas where registrations are
conducted will be determined by the
local VINO directors, and even these
area registra tons will be put of
until virtually all other means of
meeting labor shortages in war in
dustry areas have been exhausted,
the VINO said
When VINO officials determine
enrolment of women is to be con-
Quoted in particular area, they are
TO fix the dates for delivery of the
forms with the postmasters whose
officers serve that area
The Post Once Department said
the deliveries might extend over a
period Of 10 days to avert interfer-
ence with ordinary postal functions
on the first two days or last two
days of the month
1t provided that carriers should
leave one form at each household on
their routes unless they have rea-
| son to believe that two or more
women over l8 years of age reside in
household, in which case a form
| for each woman should be delivered
The forms should not be delivered
I to Offices, stores. factories or anv
other place of business the de-
/ partment said.
Collection Of the forms after they
have been filled out and follow up
interviews for job placement of
women who have advised they were
willing and able to perform war work
will be undertaken by the Manpower
Commission.
Evening star., 1943-02-01
RCA Building in New York
Assessed for S28, 100000
Bs the Associated pr...

Bs the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-Manhat-
tan's fifth highest structure, the
70-story RCA Building. part of
Radio City, has the largest tenta-
tive assessed valuation of any edi-
nee on New York City's l934-44
rolls.
The tax commissions report to
Mayor La Guardia, made public
yesterday, showed assessments of
S28,5OO,O 900 against the soaring sky
scraper, while the entire Rookie
feller development was assessed at
s92 800 900.
This figure was given in the re-
port which showed the tentative
assessed valuation of taxable real
estate in the city is sl6,O58 ,686 1886,
a decline of s52,287,6l9 from the
l942-l943 total. The tentative fig
ures for the city show an assess
ment rise Of s15O70,520 for the
next year on utilities properties,
while ordinary real estate assess
ments decrease $eS, ,358,l39.
Evening star., 1943-02-01
Senate Confirms Lee
As Member Of CAB
By Vote Of As 10 81
Moore and Robertson
Lead Futile Fight
On OkIohomun
B, the Associated Press.

3, the Associated Press.
The Senate confirmed today
President Roosevelt's nomination
of Josh Lee, former Democratic
Senator from Oklahoma, as a
member of the Civil Aeronautics
Board.
The appointment was approved
As to 81, after two freshmen Re-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Moore of Okla
homa and Robertson of Wyoming
had led brief. unsuccessful fight
to defeat the nomination.
Democrats made no reply to the
attacks of Senators Moore and
Robertson, making their first for
NAL speeches in the Senate.
Senator Moore, victor over Mr.
Lee at the November election, said
Senator Lees appointment is made
for his services as messenger boy
for the executive department"
It is so political and PARTISAN
he added. that it will probably
further the belief of the people that
Congress has lost it's independence
and is constantly becoming so sub
servient to the will of the President
that representative government is
gone from the country.
THE imminent thing to do is to
win this war and not be concerned
about jobs for Senators who have
been repudlated by voters at the
polls
The Oklahoman charged that Mr..
Lees "lack of qualifications for the
position is wholly ignored"
1T is universally conceded" he
said, that this appointment was
not made because of a special fit
ness, but because Josh Lee is
lame duck favorite of the White
House and must be taken care of,
war or no war"
Senator Tydings, Democrat, of
Maryland. who joined 80 Republi-
cans in opposing confirmation, said
he did not believe Mr.. Lee was
qualified with technical knowledge
needed as a member of the CAB.
Three Republicans Minority
Leader McNary and Senators Davis
of Pennsylvania and Capper of
Kansas, joined with 43 Democrats
in voting for confirmation.
Evening star., 1943-02-01
u. 5. and Cuba Sign New
Accord on War Effort
Rs The Associated Press.

Rs the Associated Press.
HAVANA. Feb. 1.-THE State De-
partment announced today that
Cuba and the United States had
signed a supplementary agreement
for military and naval co-opera-
ton" to intensity their joint war
efforts.
The supplementary document was
signed by United States Ambassador
Spruille Braden and Secretary of
original agreement announced last
September 7.
Details were withheld for security
reasons.
Evening star., 1943-02-01
Earlier Story on Page AID

Earlier Story on Page AID
The War Department has made
a series of recommendations for
rubber conservation that include
the requisitioning of all passen-
ger cars in excess of 2O,00O.000:
of all automobiles in excess of
one owned by any family, and of
all spare tires, Robert P. Patter-
son, Undersecretary of War, this
afternoon told a House Military
Naval Committee. (The Ameri-
can Automobile Association esti-
mates there are 27,00O,OOO autos
in the countryD
The restrictions were proposed
last December along with others
Evening star., 1943-02-01
Dodgers Get Mesner
From Reds on Waivers

NEW YORK, Feb 1.-The Brook
lyn Dodgers announced today they
had obtained Infielder Steve Mesner
from the Cincinnati Reds on waivers.
Mesner, 25, married and father,
Is former st. Louis Cardinal farm
hand who batted .301 for Sacra-
mento in the Pacific Coast League
last year. He was drafted by the
Reds in November, but apparently
as the result of their deal for Short
stop Eddie Miller in December. the
Reds subsequently asked for waivers.
This made his price to the Dodgers
$500.
Evening star., 1943-02-01
ARMY URGES SEIZURE OF 1000 900 CARS
Patterson Declares LETTERS
Failed to Act on Program
Charges Of 'Loofing' BoseIess,
Official Tells House Committee

that Rubber Administrator William
NJ. Jeffers has failed to carry out.
Mr. Patterson told the committee
in the course of testimony in which
he declared that there was mo basis
whatsoever" for charges by Mr..
Jeffers that Army and Navy officers
were "loaflng at defense plants
Other Proposals Made.
Other proposals Of the depart
ment, Mr.. Patterson said. included
curtailment of the use of CONNER
cial trucks; ban on all Sunday
driving, except such as was abso-
luteiy necessary and wider use of
reclaimed rubber.
The committee, investigating the
rubber program and statements by
tSee JEFFERS, Page 2-XD