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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-05
NINTH FIREMAN
 RECEIVES 'CALL'
Private James Gladney in Army; Few Bremen on
 Present Sick List

At yesterdays meeting of the board of fire commissioners, leave of absence was granted Pvt. James Gladney of Engine Go. 4, ninth member of the department to enter the armed forces. Pvt. Gladney has been inducted and will leave Aug. 6.
 Capt. George Holmes, head of the departments repair bureau, report ed that all pieces of apparatus have been inspected and are in good running condition, with the exception of the Amerian LaFrance bumper, which has been in the re- pair shop since early spring when it was damaged in collision with a private car. Capt. Holmes blamed the delay in repairs on the lack of skilled mechanis and the difficulty in getting parts.
 The board was told that only six names were now on the depart ment's sick list, sharp drop from the usual 15 or 20. A motion was adopted to have the fire surgeon examine Private Joseph Evans, who has been off duty since April, to see if he should be retired. Private Evans has been in service 31 years.
 The board referred to the corpor- ation counsel a request from Pvt. Bartholomew Buckley that he be retired at full pay, in accordance with bill passed by the legislature, in order to ascertain on what date he should be retired. Pvt. Buckley showed the board certified copy of the bill. He was incapacitated in the line of duty three years ago.
 Pvt. Edward Drost's active service was determined to have started when he was actually appointed a regular on January 6, 1943, and not when he was assigned to active duty on December 2, 1942.
 The board granted Fire Chief Thomas F. Cavanaugh a months vacation, and received letter of thanks from the Bronson library for the work of firemen in removing vines from the building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-05

like hundreds of others she had eaten in that gracious, well-or- dered home, but later she found that every detail was etched in her brain. James in his white coat moving quietly around serving them, the tall candles fluttering in cut glass candelabra on the buffet and giving all the light the room needed in the early twilight, the bowl of late tulips making gay splash of color in the center of the table.
 There was the pleasant tinkle of silver against china, of ice in the tall water goblets. The talk turned to school affairs. Charles Mowry, senior in chemistry, had been offered an assistant profess sorship. The government was sponsoring number of special courses at the University to train women for war work. Among these was a course in analytical chemistry, and Charles was to in- struct this class.
 From there the talk drifted nat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-05
MAL0NEY OPENS
 1944 CAMP A|CN
Proposes J. Francis Smith for Governor; New Inter-
 est Seen in Primaries

J. Francis Smith of this city re- fuses to divulge his reaction to statements made by U. s. Senator Francis T. Maloney yesterday to the effect that the Waterburian has been proposed the Democratic nomination for governor. Smiths name has been whispered about the state for several weeks past.
 No surprise was occasioned by Senator Maloney's announcement.
 Sen. Maloney's statement plus MT Smiths mysterious silence indicate the possibility that he may be a choice for the gubernatorial candi- date.
 In Hartford yesterday, Sen. Nal oney revealed if Smith, former chairman of the Democratic state committee, is candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor next year he would support him.
 Local Democrats see in the state ment an appeal for Smiths friends to dominate the coming municipal primaries for future emergencies"
 The senator exemplified that he is not designing 1914 political pro- gram, nor is he interested in be- coming the "boss," and so far as his own political future is concern ed he would depend on his sena- torial record.
 Resignation of her position as vice chairman of the Democratic state central committee will soon be handed in by Mrs. Nora Mahaney Harris of New. Haven, formerly of Waterbury, she indicated last night when questioned about the matter.
 Mrs. Harris added that she hadn't quite made up her mind" She is a former school teacher of this city and is Rep. Daniel J. Mahaney's sister.
 Rumors are also about that Miss Mary c. Coughlin of Bridgeport, D e m atic national committee woman from this state, may also resign. However, no confirmation has been released.
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head. He greeted her matter-of- factly without even looking around: Good evening, my dear. You're looking very lovely"
 It was merely stock phrase with him. Barbee knew that he never really noticed anything she wore. Mischief prompted her. Thank you, Dad. Nice of you to notice my new dress"
 Her father peered at her then through his glasses. "Oh-er-er "a dress. I see.'
 Ned took up the teasing. "Oh, don't pretend, Dad. You wouldn't know if Barbee came to dinner without dress.'
 His words set off a gale of laughter. Really, Ned" Barbee began. Her eyes met Charles Mowry's and she melted in help less merriment. Charles eyes often said things to her that his tongue held back.
 DARBEE wasn't conscious of 1t ID at the time, for the meal was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-05

-Four minutes to go," Timson yelled above the drone of the trans port motors. He held up four fin- gers and made sure the other seven paratroopers all saw him. They were the longest four minutes ever spent.
 Each man looked at his equip ment for the twentieth time. Each fingered his static line.
 All the men wore watches and they knew how long it would be before they dropped. AS the time approached they had grown more quie* There was more fussing with a catch, or a strap or their chin strap or the exact way they were going to hold tommyguns or rifles as they went through that door.
 Then came Eimson's yell hook up," and everyone stood up, facing the rear, squeezed close together, tense apd ready with their static lines attached to the heavy cable which runs along the cabin top. as the plane bumped and swayed They clung to the cable for support in the propeller wash of planes in front of 1t. From another direction more planes were converging to drop their human cargo.
 "Check equipment" Timson yelled.
 Get the Green Light
 There was pause while each man inspected the back of the man in front of him and turned around to inspect the front of the man be- hind. Then Timson's report" and the cry came down the line, from front to rear, Number Eight ok, Number Seven ok, Number Six o.k.," and so on. Two men reported as Number Four. Then Timson said, "All ok"
 The red light was on over the door. The faces looked tense. All the precipitation was not from the heat. When the red light went out and the green flashed it would be clear to jump.
 Up forward the first pilot, Flight Officer Freeman Northcutt of Sem- mole, Okla, pulled back the throt- ties and pushed the plane forward in a slight glideq. As 1t slowed, he pushed the green button. The light flashed. Timson was looking down, looking for the drop zone. a small field on both sides of a highway. Back in the line of eager para troopers someone yelled jump and another yelled Tight" Sgt. Michael Kogut of Three Rivers, Mass, tapped Timson's shoulder.
 Then Timson stepped out and J they followed with a rush. There
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was a long yell, no theatricals, no Geronimo" the cry paratroopers are supposed to utter, just a con- tinuous "yaaaaaaah," punctuated by the slide of jump boots on the planes floor and the slap of the static lines as they jerked para chutes open, then broke clear and swung up against the planes tail. Then the plane was empty.
 While Williams hauled in the static lines, Northcutt wiggled the tail and the whole drop field, dot ted with parachutes and with some men still in the air, was beautiful to behold.
 It was the largest mass jump yet made in North Africa, but only a taste of ones to come as the air. borne unit polished of its training.
 When we ,circled minute later, preparing to land, machine guns had been set up and the main force was swinging around to capture" the airport, for the field where we took off and landed served a double purpose-a base for the troop-car- rying planes and an objective" for maneuvers.
 Still Sweats It Out
 Pfc. Kenneth Reynolds of Wal pole N. H. said the time between the hooking up of the static line, which opens the chute, and the actual exit were the worst of the
 T still sweat 1t out," he said. whole trip.
 After IS jumps. We all do. I sort of have little conversation with my wife. She's in Hartford, Conn.,, and we'll have baby in August"
 But all the men in Northcut's plane, which he hasn't gotten around to naming yet, were vet erans. The baby of the drop, the least experienced, was Pvt. William Gilbert of Winston Salem, N. C., who was making his 18th.
 Part of the trip preceding the drop was OCT the Mediterranean, clear and blue, and Pvt. Benjamin Wrobzlewski of (398 Wythe Ave) Brooklyn, N. Y, stood near the tail, one hand above him on the heavy cable.
 Hey, be careful, wroblewski, you can't swim," one yelled. Ard an- other chimed in with ''The Dodgers ned all their fans, don't fall out Ben"
 But there was little kidding in the plane, considering that three of the jumpers, Wroblewski, Rey- holds and Pfc. Hugh Sheridan of (86-O5 144th St) Jamaica, N. Y, a son-in Jaw of sports columnist Joe Williams. had been together since they met at Camp Upton, N. Y, on Feb. 21, 1942. With eight others in the same company they have been together ever since, at Camp Croft, s. C., and later at Fort Benning, Ga.
 When the ocean came in view and we headed north away from shore, Sheridan said, This is only dry run, but we are going in the right direction"
 Reach Drop Zone Together
 A few minutes later the long line of planes swung around and headed back to North Africa. Somewhere else the others unanswered until all reached the drop zone simul- taneously.
 In those last minutes before the jump Pvt. Douglas Clark of (308 West 26th St) New York city, fumbled with his musette bag and showed the New Testament he car- ries in 6 white leather case. Its alwaysshere, with me-" he said.
 Pvt. Frank J. Cole of (2227 West sth St.) Brooklyn, N. Y., who jumps unarmed as a member of the med ical detachment, was the only one to drop with empty hands. The others held their rifles ard tommy guns. Cole carried one medical pouch on his knee and one of the bundles dropped from the bottom
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She nodded her head in satis- faction. She was glad she had bought the dress although she did at really need it. Her closet was crowded with suits and dresses al- ready. There were tiers of hat boxes on the shelves and seemingly end- ess row of pumps and sandals on the shoe shelf beneath. Shoes were al- ready rationed and there was talk shat clothes were soon to be. It was only sensible to buy pretty clothes while one could.
 A mellow voice floating up the eurving stairs interrupted her parading before the mirror. Miss Barbee, dinners ready. Youah fathers waitin'.'
 Barbee started guiltily. She nadn't heard the dinner gong. "All light, Molly" she answered the -ervant's summons. I'll be right lown." And then impulsively, Wait minute"
 She ran lightly down the stairs md posed on the bottom step for critical inspection. The aged colored woman had been Barbee'S nurse when she was baby, and after her mothers death she had given Barbee and her brother, Ned, all the physical care and comfort that a mother could. Her present place in the French house. hold was that of sort of special housekeeper. It was a hangover from childhood that Barbee still liked to have her approval on the
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small sounds of well-mannered dining.
 Archibald French drew out the single sheet of paper and read 1t slowly. He cleared his throat. Your draft papers, eh? Why
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-05
SEVEN APPLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS

At yeterday's meeting of the police board, a petition from the better race relations committee recom- mending the names of six colored men for appointment to the super numerary force was placed on file.
 Another application from a col- ored man, Robert Maybin of Lafay- cite street was received at the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-05
Glkl by Rene Ryerson Mart
Can a girl who has always Had everything she wanted Make a real success of a
 Rough and tough war job?
Chapter l

Barbee French turned this way and that before the full length mirror in her bedroom The blue of the new
 bardne brought out the dark lusciousnes of her sparkling brown eyes and shining har its tailored fit accented the slim youthful lines of her figure There was smart expensive simplicity in the onebutton closing of the blouse the wide belt and the pouch pockets the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-05

1 necessary"
 You mean you've already been offered one?"
 The boy shook his head. No I'm going as a private.' ] (To Be Contlnued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-05
How Airb0rne Unit Practiced Mass Jumps Before Invasion
By DONALD G. COE United Press Staff COrreSDOndent

With u Army North aIDelaydo-(UP)-The crew chief Williams Vicksburg pilots and stood just forward of the door He tered something the umpmase Staff Sgt William Tmson Pa
  landscape al an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-05
JAPANESE WAITER
 DETAINED BY FBI

Masakatsu Chojin, 31, 28 Center St., was disclosed as the Japanese being held by the FBI, following a round up here of 16 Japanese on Tuesday, IS of which were later released. Chojin has been taken to Hartford for a hearing to day be- fore the immigration and natural ization board.
 Chojin, who was born in Oakland, Cal, went to Japan at the age of two and remained there 18 years before returning to the United States. He had been employed as a waiter at the K & J restaurant since June.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-05

of the plane carried additional medical supplies.
 To complete the story of the flight of Northcutt's plane. It. Jack McClelland of Astoria, H., was the co-pilot, and Second It. Allen M. Wrang of Glenolden, Pa, was the navigator. but on this flight he had nothing to do and just went flor the ride" For all Northcutt had to do was follow the flights in front of him. Cpl. Thomas H. Neessen was the radio operator.
 During the flight Williams, the crew chief, was busy keeping an eye on the other wing plane in our formation of three. It blew an oil line in the port engine and sprayed oil all over the cowling and wing. But the pilot, Flight Officer Eugene Day of Ripon. Cal, knew about 1t. Because the oil spray would ruin the parahutes. Days load did not drop.
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didn't you tell me This doesn't give We'll have to see you a commission.
 Ned stopped his smile. No, Dad.
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before, Ned7 us much time. about getting father with a That won't be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-05

Burma has bamboo which reaches . height of 150 feet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-05

A modern destroyer costs about e7,500,000.
Evening star., 1943-04-25

Of future business, though their turn
may not come until the Tunisian
affair has been disposed of.
The last phase of the battle of
Tunisia Is now well advanced. The
Allied forces are going ahead on the
well known hammer and tongs
principle, exploiting their superior
ity in the air to the fullest and
maintaining continuous pressure all
along the enemy front.
There is no longer much room
left the enemy for the brilliant
maneuvers characteristic of Mar
shall Rommel; he has to stand and
fight. He is still endeavoring to
anticipate the Allied attacks by
launching sudden armored counter
attacks of his own, but in the last
few days these tactics have proved
singlarly unsuccessful in the face
of ell-handled Allied artillery.
1t is becoming more and more
evident that the gun is the master
of the tank, provided the guns are
present in sufficient numbers, have
adequate mobility to be at the right
place at the right time and are used
with sufficient boldness, well for
ward and in close cooperation with
the other arms.
incidentally, Americans would do
we'll to remember that this offensive
employment of field artillery was
foreshadowed by the schemes worked
out during the 1941 Carolina maneu-
vers of our own First Army under
the command of 1t. Gen. Hugh A.
Drum.
"Give the Enemy No Rest"
1t is clear that our troops in Tu-
nisia are learning their business rap
idly. Their advance in the north
has already brought definite threat
Evening star., 1943-04-25
Short, Bloody Battle to Destroy
RommeI Army Believed Likely
Prospect Of Long Siege Held Declining
As Allies Give Enemy No Rest

to the important railway junction
of Mateur, while the British First
Army in the center has also scored
important gains. On the right, the
British Eighth Army has held all its
gains and is undoubtedly displaying
its artillery forward to support
new attack.
"Give the enemy no rest, and push
this fight through to f1nish," ap-
pears to be the motto which Gen.
Eisenhower has adopted and, under
the circumstances, it is undoubtedly
the soundest policy.
1t is also the least costly policy
in the end. We shall suffer heavy
casualties, for the enemy is well en-
trenched in strong positions and
shows every intention of making
desperate defense, but every days
time that we gain is day denied
the enemy for the bringing in of
supplies and reinforcements. Every
such day is day closer to the mo-
ment when the enemy can resist no
more.
1t should be noted that every at
tack on everp rart, of a semi-cir-
cular front, such as we are now as
saulting in Tunisia, helps forward
the attack on every part of that
front.
Front Is Semi Circle.
The American attack on the left
and the British 1st Army's progress
in the center tend to draw to these
areas German reserves which for
that reason will not be available to
meet the next hammer blow of the
British 9Th Army on the right.
When the 9th Army's blow comes the
Germans will have to use reserves
to meet it, which then will not be
available to meet renewed attacks
from the center and left, and so it
goes.
Moreover, the semi circular shape
of the front tends to give all the
Allied attacks converging direc-
ton. This is particularly the case
with the British 1st and 9th Armies,
which are really attacking two sides
OF a bunt salient whose tip is in
the Pont-du-Fhas area. Every ad-
vance by either of the two British
armies imperils the German troops
in the tip of the salient, so that
every mile that either army ad-
vances increases, with double ef-
feet, the threat to Tunis from the
south and southeast.
On present indications, therefore,
the prospects of long -drawn-out
siege warfare in Tunisia are less, as
previously stated, than the prospects
OF a short, bloody but decisive bat
tie of destruction.
Copyright, 1943, New York Tribune, Inc)
Evening star., 1943-04-25

-'-N- r-'' lcRVll. L Az AAAes-
rine defenders had to "dig in" And
I'm speaking literally.
I'm not going to describe the
tactics Of their defense. But First
1t. Wallace Henry, Mission Beach,
Calf. who was in charge of the
problem, put it this way:
"The trouble with us in the past
has been that we were too prone
to do everything by the book. We
had a given solution for every mill
tary problem. The enemy, knowing
our principles. could always know
our weak spots.
surprises" Demoralize Japs.
"If there's one thing that was
learned in the Solomons, it's to do
what the Jap doesn't expect. And
there's nothing that causes more
dlsorganlzation among them than
to encounter something they hadn't
planned on.
THE Jap is not a jungle super
man. Be somewhere else than
where he's looking for you and you
have him beaten"
Cautioned to curb noise and con-
versation the men scattered in the
jungle to dig foxholes.
A foxhole, to a layman, might
seem like very hurried, primitive
sort of defense Actually it is not
at all haphazard. The foxholes must
be dug at just the right distance
from each other. Too close TO-
gether several men would be killed
by one shell, too far apart they
would lose communication with each
other.
In an emergency foxhole can
be dug with mess gear-or even with
bare hands. But there was no
emergency yesterday, so intrench-
ing tools, mattocks and shovels
were used.
Veteran Jungle Fight.
Having dug their foxholes the
marines began camouf1aging them
with leaves and underbrush. They
were fairly well camouf1aged them
selves, in leaf-green utility clothes
and green helmets.
Pfc. Richard F. Mitchell, 10, of
Philadelphia had built his only
about 3 feet from the trail, but
leaves and underbrush hid it per-
fectly.
If the jungle is where the Japs
want to find scrap the jungle is
where they'll get it!
1t. Henry, although he was not
in the Solomons, has had plenty of
"jungleering" experience. A marine
since 1925, he was in Nicaragua. He
received letter Of commendation
from the Secretary Of the Navy
for gallantry.
Evening star., 1943-04-25
Thomas Plans 10 Seek
50-Cent Price Boost
For Barrel Of Oil
Believes Increase Now
Will Spur Production
To Meet Needs of War
Sy the Associated Press.

0y the Associated Press.
A congressional move to force q
50-cents-a-barrel increase in the
price of crude oil was started yester-
day by Senator Thomas, Democrat,
Of Oklahoma, in what he termed an
attempt to prevent a decline in
petroleum production.
Senator Thomas told reporters he
would introduce in the Senate to-
morrow a resolution calling on Price
Administrator Brown to approve an
increase in the price of oil roughly
equivalent to the 35 per cent rise in
the average level of all prices over
the 1919-1928 period.
The Oklahoman said crude oil
prices now range from IS cents to
LAO a barrel, depending on grades,
and that there has been no appre-
ciable increase in price in the last
five years.
Fears Oil Famine.
"Costs are rising in the oil busi-
ness and if there is not an increase
in the price soon, there is going to
be a decrease in production and we
may have a petroleum famine" he
declared.
He contended also that the rela-
lively narrow margin of profit was
tending to force smaller, independ-
ent operators out of business and
might eventually result in the major
companies taking over all the
fields" The operators of so-called
"stripper" wells, which produce only
a few barrels of oil a day, particu-
larly need the increase, Senator
Thomas added.
While there was some doubt the
Oklahoman could obtain Senate &C
ton on the resolution he said he is
drafting, Chairman Maloney said the
question of price increases had been
under consideration for some time
by a special committee authorized
to investigate the gasoline and fuel
oil supply situation in the East.
Several months ago the committee
recommended some revisions in the
petroleum product price schedules to
encourage additional shipments to
the Atlantic coast area, but Senator
Maloney said he was awaiting a re-
port from the Office of the Pc
troleum Administrator for War be-
fore deciding whether any further
action is needed.
FILA Revises Conversion Plan.
Meanwhile, the Federal Housing
Administration announced a delayed
payment plan for those getting FHA-
financed loans to convert their home
heating plants from oil to other
fuels this spring and summer.
FHA said 1t had notified the 5000
private lending institutions that
operate under its program that ini-
tial payments on loans made between
April 20 and September may be
deferred until November / If the
funds are used entirely for heater
conversion.
The same provision, it said, will
cover loans used solely for insulating
existing structures, OF. for installing
storm doors, storm windows or
Misunderstanding.
FILA said it was seeking to en-
courage home owners to undertake
fuel conservation work during the
warm season and thus prevent a
congestion of work of this type next
fall. The loans range up to $2,500
and are payable over periods as long
as 36 months.
Evening star., 1943-04-25

based on q Nationwide survey tax
en- at the request of the Office of
Price Administration.
The institute urged housewives
to buy more of the so-called va
riety meats, which have a compara-
lively low point value, in order. to
spread their red stamps over the
entire week.
Low-point meat products contain
the same essential nutrients-high-
grade proteins, vitamins and min
-erals-as the high-point meats,
the institute said.