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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-20

reported today that Eight Army
forces were In contact with the
Afrika Korps around Medenire,
halfway outpost Of the line, and
its ARTILLERY was dueling with the
Germans in that area.
Below Medenine, British patrols
contacted the enemy north Of Foum
Tatahouine, southern outpost Of the
Mareth Line, which the Eighth
Army occupied two days ago.
Dust storms prevented Allied
planes from blasting the enemy over
the Mareth front yesterday, and
bad weather generally restricted
operations from the middle east over
other African air theaters.
The London Daily Herald report
ed the capture Of Djerba Island In
q dispatch from middle easter COM
nlard headquarters. There was no
reason to doubt the report here, be-
cause Marshal Erwin Romrnel was
believed to have left 1t undefended
when he withdrew his Afrika Korps
behind the Mareth Line.
The occupation Of Djerba island
and @Oum Tatahouine put the
Eighth Army In position to flank
the Mareth Line at both ends.
Djerba Island Is IS miles long and
II miles wide. It Is SO miles east Of
Gabes, and ~ miles northeast Of
Mareth, northern Bastion Of the
Mareth Line. On the southwest
ern end, barely two miles Of wa
ter separate 1t from the Tunisian
mainland.
It has a good air field and there
was no doubt that the British and
Americans would soon be using 1t
to hammer the pillboxes Of the
Mareth Line and Gabes without
surcease.
Dispatches from the front re-
ported impressive masses Of men
and machines rolling up tot he
Mareth Line for q frontal assault
A French comrnunique last night
reported a joint attack by British
First Army forces and French units
against Axis defenses In northern
Tunisia. It punished the Axis, but
fF3oYfiriled on Page u
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-20
SWEATERS VERDICT
EXPECTED TUESDAY

StFatford, Conn.,, FEB. 20-(UPl--
The momentous unlon-managetnent
conference over whether girls at the
Chance. Vought division OF United
Aircraft Corp. could wear sweaters
on the Job was In recess today until
next Tuesday.
the confeFees met for three hours
late yesterday without reaching Z
decision. Representing the Go
United Automobile Workers Union
&C The conference were four girls
Ruth Mlelielman, Leo oailiesiki
Ruth Quest and Madeline FuFlell--
al DESTROYS Of wearing sweaters
Nhlis thGR Nmk a fhelk maelilae
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-20
AMERICANS REPEL
GERMANS THRUSTS
ROnlnleI Faced By Threat
of Eighth Army Pound
ing Mareth Line
Ry RDMARD wv. REATTIE

UNITED Press STAN C0gEeSp0mGenel
Allied Headquarters. North Africa.
FEB. 20-(UP)-American forces dug
In on the rocky ridges forming q
new line In central Tunlsla today
and, with the help OF strong British
units, repealed two enemy thrustg
designed TO test the strength Of the
Allied positions.
The lines appeared 70 be stabl-
llzed In fairly arm position as
Gen. Harold n. l.. q. Alexander.
former British commander for the
Middle East. arrived here 70 assume
his new duties as deputy 70 Gen.
Dwight Eisenhower IN charge Of
Allied ground forces IN Tunlsia.
Marshal Erwin R0mmel's Afrika
kOFps vas faced ~ the threat Of
the nFltah Eighth Army, whose bis
guns were pounding the Mareth
line Ia southern TunIsia.
the flrst o. the two German
lhrusis was made against 4 pass
north o. kAeseFine held hy the
fqoniinnea "a - a
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-20
VIRE IN PROVIDENCE

Providence. n. T., FEB. az lUpl--
one man was critically burned and
four other occupants were hos
plsallEed for smoke inhalation early
today when fire caused several
thousand dollars damage %
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-20
WEST LYNN FIRE
DAMAGE SO, 900

Lgnn, Mas. Bsh. ao~lUpD-TiVe
neral0gV business bulIdinfg IN
Weat Fgnn were destroyed today N
lfhe second fhFTesaiaFlm hIa1a u
sAeen ne city b fg hours. Nlfe
z'lll1l Joseph =. Aeeulen estimated
anHo e. $50 1000 sid NaiN |IAat fllo
@Rlm a iiae Ore wA9 ulaai9Fs
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-20

Kent, Conn, EohrnaFy 30,-tupl
- nF. Walter ~. narnum, o. dean
a kAtehfeld County phyalelansl died
late yesterday after - Illness, Me
IeHrs hI8 wiagws
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-20
Eighth Army Duels
With Afrika Korps
Around Medenine
Storms Handicap Allied Planes From Bombing
Mareth Front; MOOrs Capture so, Many Officers
BY WILLIAM b. DICKINSON
UNITED Press staff Correspondent

London February 20. 49, UP) - The British Eighth
Army softeed up the outer defenses Of the Mareh Line
today with its big guns and artillery thrusts, and
reported to have captured Derba Island on the northern
held port OF Gabes The Middle Eastern command
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-20

sun sets a s:sO ,. m.
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-11-13

lie interest. No action by the
Board OF Supervisors will be taken
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-11-13

until the. ways and means commit-
tee makes its ;eport.
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II realize the hesitancy OF the
Comptroller General to withhold
payments on Government contracts
in which these provisions have not
been included where there Is doubt
as TO whether the order Is manda-
tory. ! therefore wish to make II
perfectly clear that these provisions
are mandatory and should be in
corpor2ted IN government contracts.
The order should be so con-
strued by all government contract.
ing agencies.
There is no need for me to re-
iterate the fundamental principles
underlying the PRONUNCIATION Of the
executive order. namely. that the
prosecution OF the war demands
that we utilize fully all available
manpower and that the discrimina-
ton by war industries against per-
sons for any OF the reasons named
in the order Is detrimental 10 the
prosecution OF the war and is OPP
posed TO our national democratic
processes
The Presidents prompt declara-
ton that he meant what he said
strengthens the position OF the
FEPC. The committee had previous
ly refrained from testing the sane
ton provided by the non-discrimi-
nation clause in government con-
tracts because it feared the posi-
bility of an adverse ruling by the
Comptroller General. With the def
mite position of the President now
clarified, the committee can con-
fidently hold the threat of with
holding payments over the heads
Of recalcitrant employers.
In view of the way Warren's de-
cision has boomeranged, it is the
concensus here that he has unwit-
tingly rendered a service TO the
FEPC-thanks TO the spontaneous
and widespread protests of liberal
and progressive groups to his rul-
ing.
The newed life given the COM
mittee came at strategic time -
on the eve of its very important
hearing on the West Coast involv-
ing the auxiliary union problem
created by the Boilermakers union.
The hearings begin November IS.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-11-13

points in the petition which were
definitely invalid.
On the opening Of debate Council
man Edwards made an eloquent
speech against the measure which
he declared unconstitutional and
fraudulent. AT Thursdays session
Attorney LOOMS attacked the legal.
l,y OF the petition and Louis Mar.
tin spoke on the moral issues in
volved in the proposal and urgeo
the board to assume its responsible
lity in safeguarding democratic
principles by voting the measure
down. AN
Many liberal groups are makins
an effort TO defeat this lnkster pro
posal which is generally regardeu
as dangerous and against the pub
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-11-13
Will Cele brate
Am.-Sov'iet Tie
On Sum-, Nov. IA

Tenth anniversary OF diplomatic
relations between the United States
and the Soviet Union will be cele-
brated with an American-Soviet
Friendship Rally. Sunday. Nov. IA,
at 2:30 pm. in Masonic Temple
Auditoyiuw@r.s ,A5r
Governor Harry F. Kelly pro-
claimed the week Of November to
IA the American Soviet Friendship
Week" and called upon the citi-
zcns 10 participate in the tenth an
niversary events and pay proper
tribute 20 the devotion. determina-
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ontinued from rage ~
George White, %, o: c. Hague ave-
n@c
Il was further disclosed that Pvt
Reeves. Cpl Egman Burke, %; and
Cpl David Long 20, were in the
So O., club when an argument of
and sc'oscd or.rIn aro-e Between
soldiers Long. Burke, and citizen
White. with the latter repeatedly
ask NJ the soldiers 10 leave the bar
An alteration then ensued and
Pvt Reeves was stabbed during the
scuGle He was reported in seri-
Gus condition. after bcing rushed
% Fort Wayne where army doctors
treated him for serious stab wounds
Meanwhile White was held by
police for investigation Of feloni-
Gus assault
Nine witnesses were questioned
by police
Two members Of the social club
were held for resisting arrest and
NtIt ItltdStN O1 a Ptl SbiIaA bpIib
following a hearing on writ OF
habeas corpus Sunday at the home
OF Recorders Judge John J. Maher.
They were Charles Reeves. 81, OF
so Euclid and Jesse Beasley. IS,
OF 29l Erskine.
David Harris when interviewed
on Monday refused IT, comment on
what happened at the club, pending
a hearing on Tuesday before Judge
Maher.
II was learned that Harris and
brother officers had gone 10 the
club TO find the weapon used in
the alleged stabbing. during which
tine an alteration with Reeves
and Bailey repeatedly took place.
Failure to identify themselves as
police officers. the breaking down
o. doors and the alleged assaulting
Of Reeves was charged against the
police department by various men,
bers OF the social club.
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police department submitted to
me omitted this fact.
LEADING AGGRESSOR?
1T appears that, during the
race riots, Ferguson was one of
the principal aggressors, assault
ing Negroes. Several pictures ap-
peared In national magazines and
newspapers showing Ferguson
striking Negroes with a club I'm
his hand.
He was not arrested at the
time OF the riot but, because or
publication of the pictures and
criticism OF the police for not
arresting him, he was later ar
rested and charged with assault
and battery.
81 therefore at this time recon-
mend that he serve the maximum
sentence"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-11-13
AMEZ CONFERENCE

The second quarterly conference
OF the AM.E. Zion church Will
convene al Blackwell T m p e
A.MEZ. church. Besubien, al Su-
perior street Sunday. Nov. IA. with
che Rev F. D. Porter, Elder Of the
Detroit district in charge. The Rev.
MR.. Porter will preach at IL am.
services and the afternoon pro-
gram will be conducted by the Rev.
l. p. Powell and congregation Of
st. Paul A.ME.Z. church.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-11-13

ton and self-sacrifice OF the people
Of the Soviet Union and their con-
tinuing brilliant feats of arms in
our common cause" it was an
nounced by Abner E. Larned, chair
man OF the American-Soviet Friend
ship Rally.
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reconsideration. AS debate was
waxing hot. Councilman Frank
Cody arose and moved that the
whole thing be referred back 10 the
ways and means committee for
further examination.
Supervisor Frank Martel raised
the question on the regularity" of
the petition and asked whether TIE
ruling by the prosecuting attorney
who ruled II was regular should
stand. Attorneys Fillmore and
LOOMS pointed out that new re-
search had disclosed that there were
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testing army Jim CrowiSm has just
been released from . Nebraska hos
pital after q weeks illness. II was
announced by the Workers Defense
League. Pvt Levy Is the first white
soldier 20 suffer for protesting Ne
gro discrimination I'm the army In
this war.
NAVY STANDS PAT
Navy Secretary Knox could give
NO report Of progress being made
with regard tn the acceptance of
Negro women into the WAVES,
SPARs or Womrn's Marine Corps
nor did he have any idea when
decision could he made. II was
learned Al his Friday press con
ference.
clio ADOPTS REPORT
The National Go Board. In a
pre-convention session. unanimous
ly adopted the report on the activi-
ties Of the National Committee Ia
Abolish Racial Discrimination which
was presented by the secretary of
che committee. willard =, Town
send. Walter Hardin of Detroit is
q member Of that committee.
A DOCTOR OF DRAMA
DIR. Thomas r. Poag recently re-
eeived his Pho. degree in drama
and theatre at Cornell university.
DR.. Poag Is now teaching at Ten
nessee State College and j. the first
Negro Ia win a doCtorate In drama.
EDGAR BROWN
Edgar Whispers" Brown Of the
National Negro Council last week
issued An open letter 10 the board
of directors Of the N.A.ACP. call
inK for the resignation Of Walter
White. Brown charges that White I
made q deal with a national maya
zine In order 20 get War Depart
ment clearance for a trip around I
the world In an army bomber. The 1
charge was dismissed As silly and
nonsenSical.
CLEAN UP CHICAGO
A crusade of righteousness by the !
Chicago sun has resulted in orders |
from the Chicago Police Commits
sioner to South Side precincts To
clean up the policy wheels. One
policy house on the South Side is
reported 10 be using an electric coin
counter in order 10 Ike p track of
che heavy flow Of change In the
counting houses,
COP WINS IN KENTUCKY
The election OF q Republican
governor In Kentucky last week has !
stirred Negro Republicans 10 new
vigor. Attorney Anderson Of the
state legislature was returned 70
Office on the Republican ticket by |
Louisville voters.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-11-13
SOLDIER HOME

Pvt. Johnny Taylor Of Camp Hill.
Newport News. Va, is home on a
Today furlough visiting his wife,
relatives and friends.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-22
Scrambled Signals

Not so long ago we had blackout which
moved smoothly from beginning to end. The
public generally had learned its lesson. The
messages of the sirens for the most part
were correctly interpreted. The whole affair
resembled dress rehearsal for play which
is never held until the actors are letter per-
feet in their roles.
Apparently it was too good. 1t seems to
be the idea that there must be confusion, that
bewilderment is good for the public soul when
the sirens signal an alert or blackout It
is hard to read Raleigh dispatch appearing
in Saturdays paper otherwise 1t says that
the usual sequence Of signals probably will
not be used in the next blackout drill, and
further that the customary red, blue and
white signals will be scrambled.
The only result to be foreseen is that pedes-
trians and traffic will be running around like
chickens with their heads off, and the danger
is that serious accidents may happen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-22

the security of the Alaskan and the Uni
States western coasts is better assured than
since the Pearl Harbor atrocity and by which
one of the roads to Tokyo is opened.
Thus, one of the many failures to guard
the nations outposts when it was well under
stood that war with Japan could not be avoided
is overcome, a pre-war blunder atoned.
Although the Aleutians are two thousand
miles from the southwest Pacific, the uncon-
tested capture of Kiska fits snugly into the
pattern of the Allied offensive General Mac
Arthur's forces are steadily progressing with
their campaign against Japan's island bases.
So successful has this operation proved that
areas of their early conquests have been dis
rupted and the reduction of Rabaul. second
only to Truk among their island bases, is
drawing near as a preliminary step in the
drive on Japan itself.
1t is not hard to foresee that when the
time arrives for that the strategy will closely
resemble the operations at Kiska which were
characterized by naval shelling and warplane
bombing SO heavy that no mortal could long
withstand it. In this offensive forces to the
north, based in the Aleutians or as may be-.
nearer Tokyo among japanese islands off ST.
IBERIA, will have important part.
In the global panaroma of this conflict the
recapture of Kiska is inconspicuous by itself,
but it is fresh proof that our Pacific strategy
is gradually turning Japan's mad race for
power into inevitable defeat
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-22
Congressional
'SUTTLETIES'
The inside on the Washington scene Of
interest to the Carolinas.
BY HOWARD SUTTLE
Star-News Washington Bureau
PLAN PIPELINE FOR WILMINGTON

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. - Wilmington is
slated to become one of three North Carolina
termini Of a petroleum pipeline system de-
signed to originate in the Southwest Texas
oil fields and feed from the fields of Louisi-
ana, Arkansas and Mississippi, under plans
of group of Dixie senators and congressman
and independent petroleum producers.
Taking the position that the Southwest has
been virtually by-passed in the governments S
pipeline transportation program, those who
will propose the program following the cur
rent congressional recess have laid plans for
two II ano 3-4 inch lines, side-by side, ter
minating at norfolk, but with spurs extend
ing from points on the main line to Bruns-
wick and Savannah, Ga; Charleston, S. c.,
and Wilmington, Morehead City and Eliza
beth City, N. C.
Lanky Allen K Swami, native Texan and
one of the nations most successful independ-
ent petroleum legal experts, is the moving
influence behind the proposal His success in
championing the cause of the independent oil
producer before Congress, as well as before
the office of Petroleum Administrator Harold
L. 1ckes and state legislatures and regula-
tory bodies has won for him the confidence
Of senators and congressman representing the
states which would be affected by the pro-
gram.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-22

were John D. Rockefeller, Gene Tunney, Ty
Cobb and Grantland Rice It was his asso-
citation with Phelps that gave Tunney his abil-
ity to quote Shakespeare which so intrigued
his associates when he was heavyweight cham
pion highlight in their relations came when
Tunney addressed one of Phelps classes.
His colorful personality, his keen sense of
humor endeared Prof Phelps to his students,
among whom were Sinclair Lewis, Stephen
Vincent Benet, Thornton Wilder and Philip
Barry, all later to win literary fame.
He met many famous personages on his
frequent trips to Europe. In London he dined
with George Bernard Shaw; in Rome he WIS.,
taught Yales famous "brak-kaki-ko-e -ex" cheer,
adapted from Aristophanes' Frogs" to for
mer Premier Venizelos.
AS his fame spread honors were heaped
upon the beloved professor. He became a
fellow of the American Academy of Arts and
letters and of the American Philosophical So
cety. To add to his earned degrees, the
ABB and PhD. from Yale and an AM.
from Harvard, he could string behind his
name honorary degrees from IL colleges and
universities
At commencement exercises the year after
his retirement, Yale conferred upon Phelps
her highest honor, the degree of Doctor of
Laws. 1t came as an overwhelming surprise
to the veteran professor who, as public orator,
had been introducing the candidates for hon.
orary degrees, among them President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-22
WON FIGHT WITH ICKES

Swami achieved national prominence when
he successfully opposed the PAW, well-spac-
ing order known as "M-68' Under this order,
issued by Ickes on recommendation of Dep
uty Administrator Ralph Davies, producers
were not permitted to drill more than one
well to each 40 acres.
When Ickes and Davies both turned deaf
ears to his argument that wells in so-called
shallow pools could not possibly pull
from a tract as large as 40 acres, Swami
carried his fight to Congress. The result was
that ''M-68'' was modified to the extent that
some shallow wells are now being drilled
under 10-acre spacing program.
The independent leader now maintains head
quarters at Evansville, Ind, where he moved
from Tulsa, Okla, to become one of the
pioneers in development of the Southern II.
linois field.
When the major oil companies sought to
obtain state proration laws in Illinois and
Indiana, under which per well production
would be limited, Swami appeared before
legislative committees at Springfield and In
dianapolis and argued that because neither
field had yet been properly developed, the
time is not yet ripe for proration in these
states. He also pointed out that the PAW
in Washington is warning of an impending
critical petroleum shortage unless new sources
of supply found. The proration proposals
in both these states were killed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-22
Kiska Recaptured

It is we'll nigh unbelievable that the Japa-
nese should sneak away from Kiska without
last desperate stand Nothing Of the sort
happened on Attu or at Munda or on Guadal-
canal even after it was apparent to the Japa-
nese themselves they could not hold out On
the contrary, they used every trick known to
barbaric peoples to postpone the end as long
as a gun could be fired or bayonet held.
But the fact that they got away without
detection and interference is as surprising as
that they resorted to fligh. These reflections,
however, are unimportant in comparison with
repossession of the Aleutians through which
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-22
Aviation Boom To Offer
Many Post War Jobs

eight applications are on file for
new lines. This wouldn't be a
feeder" run, but it gives you an
idea of how enthusiastic everybody
is.
Now hop out to the middlewest,
Des Moines, Ia. Nearly a dozen
companies would like to get their
hands on the air rights there.
Down in the southwest, a net
work of feeder lines would cover
Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico
on eight separate routes.
Applications aggregate $50, 800
miles of airway routes, as COM
pared with the country's $50, 900
miles of railroads.
Something else you can count on
is an increase in the number of
men employed by the transconti-
mental airlines. After Pearl Har-
Dor, 49 per cent of their planes
were taken over by the air trans
port command.
When conditions return to
peacetime basis, the major lines
will almost double their present
number of ships, and that will
mean almost doubling the number
of jobs.
So you can see, Bill things real
ly are beginning to happen to make
that job ready for you.