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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
Maxi Plane Repair Base
In AntlOerp Knocked Out

They were taken by the last bomb
ers over the target.
The fortresses' unerring aim from
$4,000 feet was such on the Paris
raid that they smacked squarely
parts Of the Renault Works on an
Island in the middle 70 the Seine
river.
On both raids, the bolnhers en-
countered stiff fighter opposition,
but anti-aircraft fire was less than
expected, the returning flyers said.
Experts believed It possible the
Germans had rushed anti-atrcratt
guns either to the German interior
or to German industries. leaving
defense Of occupied lands to heavier
fighter opposition. such opposition
failed to stop the bombers despite
the fact It continued into, over ana
away from the target.
Carrying the nonstop Allied aerial
offensive through Its fourth night,
the raiders bombed one medium and
two small ships 10 miles north Of
Dieppe, scoring ct least one hit on
the leading ship. and damaged Two
enemy torpedo boats near La Tou.
ouet, where intense anti-aircratt
fire was encountered.
However, bad weather over the
continent interrupted the attacks
on mainland targets BY Britain's big
four-engined hombers. an estimated
ZOO 20 600 Of which raided the Ger
man naval base and shipnuilding
center Of Kiel sunday night
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
BIZ WILLIAM B. DICKINSON

Bx WILLIAM h. OkCAANoON
UNITED Press Staff CoFrespendent)
London, April 6.-(UP)-F1ying
fortresses that raided Antwerp. Bel
GUM, knocked out an important
Nad airplane repair base, reconnais.
sance pictures showed today as
American flyers marked up prob
ably their two best consecutive days
Of bombing since they started oper-
atoms In the European theater.
Air pictures showed direct hits
on buildings at the Erla Aero-En-
CINE Works In Aantwerp, used as q
rapair base for Focke.Wulf and
Messerschmitt fighters. The bomb
ers also scored on the Gervaert
Phographic plant.
The Antwerp raid. combined with
the attack on the great Renault
plant ct Paris, equalled and most
likely betkered the record OF the two
day fortress raid ON vegesack. Ger
many. Pictures shower scarcely
Q building att he Renault plant was
left unhit.
The nonstop air war against the
continent had been carried into Its
fourth night with attacks last night
on shipping IN the English Cham
mel. At the same time, Q second
bomb front" was being opened on
the south Of Europe by raids from
North Africa.
The Antwerp pictures showed the
main Erla buildings were Quilted and
other buildings gtill were blazing.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
CONNECTICUT FARM
FUNDS EXHAUSTED

Upper Darby, Pa, April 0-(UP)
Farmers In the northeastern Sec
ton Of the United States were un-
able today TO obtain operating loans
from the Farm Security Admins
trAtion.
!. Il. Wood, FsA regional direc.
tor. told state directors Of the pro.
gram In the Maine-to-M Maryland
area that funds for New Hamp-
shire, Vermont. Connecticut. Rhode
Island, Massachusetts. New Jersey
and Delaware were exhausted last
Saturday.
Pennsylvania, Maryland. New
York and Maine funds viii be fully
expended BY April 10. Wood said.
'We viii only make certain ten
ant-purchase loans IN this region
for the remainder Of the year, "
ReeG MksS. THE funds for expan-
sion Of production have run out just
at The peak Of thel ohn season Tor
ANAL favmegs. he added.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06

Meantime, the legislature, aim
ing at adjournment within o month,
cleared Its calendars Of scores Of
measures.
The house approved bills provid-
ing:
That assessment lists In Portland
be filed not later than each Oct.
81.
Authorization for the town Of
Southington to borrow money 10
meet current expenses.
Amending the Middletown city
charter concerning the public works
department.
The house received q favorable
finance committee report on O bill
declaring Greenwich property taxes
due on Jan. l.
The house judiciary approved a
bill setting up a, commission 10
study the probate courts.
The house also approved bills cree
ating q police pension fund In Mid.
dletown, and providing for the elec-
ton Of one assessor In each town
for three years, unless otherwise
provided by law.
Reimbursement Favored
The house claims committee voted
TO reimburse the city Of Bridgeport
$59OlS for the care Of state paup-
ers.
The corporations committee re.
ported favorably on bill provid-
Ing there be not less than "a nor
more than SO directors Of the Mid
dlesex hospital.
The senate finance committee
made O favorable report on q bill
exempting the first $1,000 Of personal
property of persons in the military
service from taxation. The bill pro-
vided refunds for those who entered
the service since Oct. l6, 1910.
Favorable committee action also
was taken on a bill authorizing the
city OF Norwalk to issue bonds for
an addition to the Broad River
school.
The senate passed a bill setting up
q commission to study the possibil.
(Continled on Pare a.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
STEPHAN APPEAL
MAY GO TO F.D.R.

Detroit. April 6-(UP)-U. s. At
torney John C. Lehr said today that
1t was possible for Federal Judge
Arthur j. Tuttle to order that the
hanging of Max Stephan, German
born traitor, be carried out within
"a hours.
Two remote chances for life re-
manned to Stephan, who once boast
ed They'll never hang me-" The
Supreme Court yesterday refused to
review his conviction of giving as
sistance to Nazi officer who es-
capped from Canadian prison
camp.
Stephan's counsel, Nicholas Sal
owich, said obviously he would ask
the Supreme Court to reconsider its
refusal and, failing in that, would
appeal for presidential clemency.
The original execution date. Nov.
IS, 1912, was set aside when Stephen
began his appeals.
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originally expected about July /,
may DO delayed II youths from 10
to g are driven from draftsdeterred
Jobs by social pressure.
Stating that he did not believe
fathers would be drafted before July
!, Hershey told reporters ut q press
conference late yesterday:
IT stlll don't know Just when We
will have to take them. For In.
stance, don't know how soon men
Of 10 and 10 years Of age, the 20,
n or 2O-year-olas will be driven out
Of the factories by public opinion,
II I knew this I might DO able TO
tell you"
Both Hershey and War Man.
power Chief Paul v. McNutt have
stressed that the time has come
when physical requirements must
be lowered, fathers drafted or the
draft age maximum raised.
"There are only two reasonable
grounds for deferment," Hershey
said. "Eltler the governm men I
doeSn't want q man, or the govern.
nens wants him somewhere else"
He explained that occupation or
physical disQualitlcatlons were the
only reasonable grounds,
Possibility that fathers may be
given an extension Of time came 70
iight Is the House military affairs
AUSTIN Wadsworth national labor
committee opened hearings on the
serviee bill which would subject
every citizen 10 labor draft. The
senate military affairs committee
has been hearing witnesses on Il for
. month.
Hershey's statement that physical
dlsquallfications and the essentials
ness Of ones occupation would DO
considered the only legitimate
grounds Tor deferment put the
manpower situation in a somewhat
different light than the prediction
Of AScNutt who said that enough
labor would be found to plant, cul.
tivate and harvest this years crops.
McNutt said the Army and the War
Food Administrators land army
would assist In providing outside
help In spotty areas.
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
BROWN ESCAPES
SUBPOENA ORDER
Hardness OF Price Admin.
istratOr POstpOnes Pace
Bill Hearing Today

Washington, April 6-(Up)--price
Administrator PrentisS Brown,
whose ability to get along with Con.
gress was one factor In his appoint
ment, came very close to being sub
peuaed today by q group Of his for
Ener senate colleagues.
The trouble finally was straight-
ened out, however, when Brown ape
peared somewhat tardily, before the
Senate Agriculture Committee and
the committee In turn agreed to
postpone the hearing to which he
had been invited.
The hearing had been scheduled
for 10 q. "A. on the Pace bin to IN.
olude farm labor costs In computing
parity. Brown, Secretary Of Agricul.
ture Claude r. Wickard, and newly
appointed T)od Administrator Ches.
ter O. Davis were, according TO the
committees advance notices, sup
posed to testify.
None was present ut 10 or 1880.
Brown arrived q few minutes before
IL. After brief discussion with him,
the committee decided to postpone
the hearing until Thursday.
When the committee convened
without witnesses, Chairman Ellison
D. Cotton Ed Smith, D., s. c.,
wrathfully denounced Brown and
Wickard for practically" refusing to
appear.
Davis, he explained, had begged
off on grounds that he was new on
the Job and still unfamiliar with
conditions. That was olay with
Smith. The committee went into ex-
ecutlve session to consider Smiths
request for issuance Of q subpoena
for Brown.
Browns aides said A. M. Shaw,
executive assistant, teiephoned
Smiths secretary yesterday and
asked that Browns appearance be
postponed until Thursday because
he had an important staff meeting
this morning wi out.of-town per.
sons. The Secretary agreed to trans
NIT the request to his chief and adj
wise shaw, according to this ver-
sion.
Not having heard by this morn
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
WOMAN AROUSED
AS HOME BURNS
Two and a Half Story Meri.
den Road House
Destroyed

Damages estimated at 5000 were
incurred this morning when fire
destroyed one of Wolcott's land
marks, the old Todd homestead on
the Meriden road.
Firemen from Waterbury, Che
shire and Wolcott fire departments
battled the flames for several hours
in q valiant effort to check the
flames, The fire-flghters were also
forced to contend with strong winds
which time and again famed the
flames so forcibly that 1t was neces-
Sary to retreat to escape being
burned. Showers of sparks threat
ened nearby buildings and dwell
ings, including the old Lakeside
Tavern, now known as the Copper
Kettle. Volunteers aided the firemen
In their efforts and the fire was
confined to the point of origin.
Officials of Wolcott and Fire Mar
shall D. J. Lahey of Waterbury
started an investigation as to the
cause of the destructive blaze.
Sparks from an apparent defective
chimney may have been responsible:
The occupants of the home were
not aware of their danger until
passers-by notified them that the
roof Of the house was ablaze.
Mrs. Arba Bassett a tenant of the
two-and-a-half wooden structure,
aroused Mrs. May Aylward, who
was sleeping on the ground floor.
Both women effected a safe escape
before the flames enveloped the
house.
The fire broke out. shortly after
10 o'clock. Realizing that a difflcult
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
Meat Point Values
May Be Adjusted

Washington, April 0-(UPl-
The once Of Price Admlnls.
tratlOn said today II Is quite
possible that there will be . re-
adjustment In the point values
required for the purchase OF
meat.
Il added, however, that
should revision come, it would
not be as revolutionary" rs in
the case Of prOcesSed foods
when q number Of items were
reduced as much as 10 points.
"Such q range will be impOs-
sible In the case Of meat" an
OPA spokesman said, ''since 80
per cent Of the meats sold range
between five and eight points.
Revision up or down will neces-
sarily be q matter Of one or two
points,"
The spokesman declined to
say what the OPA had In mind
concerning the proposed read .
justment but indicated that ra-
tiOning has shown that there is
enough meat for everybody.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
trade TREATIES
CHANGES seen.
q. 0. P. Leaders Present
Plan; Secrecy Clauses
Are Out
NY TONY SMITH

UNITED Press STAN Correspondent
Washington, April 6.-(UP) -
House Republican leaders prepared
today for q compromise on extern
sion Of the presidents authority
over reciprocal trade treaties for
three years beyond June IL. It would
divest all reciprocal trade negotia-
tons of secrecy and allow affected
business interests to present their
views.
The compromise was offered by
Rep. Everett M. Dickson. r., ILL.,,
after state department officials ap-
pealed for quick action on the trade
agreement extension In the interest
Of conditions conducive to peace"
The plan Is understood to have
strong backing among Republican
leaders and will be considered by
the House Ways and Means com.
mittee when 1t takes up reciprocal
trade agreements on April -. 1t
provides for:
/. Creation Of a committee on
reciprocity information to be headed
by the chairman of the U. s. tariff
commission and to include represent
tatiyes Of the state, commerce, agri-
culture and treasury departments
and such other agencies as the pres
ident might designate.
2. A statutory requirement Of
adequate notice before a trade
agreement is effected so that bus
mess and industry will have ample
time to prepare their views for
submission to the reciprocity COM
mittee.
3. establishment Of an advisory
committee appointed by the pres
ident to pass on trade agreements
ffs0nsanrnel mn page a.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
ENEMY SUB SINKS
u. S. MERCHANT SHIP

Boston, April G. CUP - Thirty
four crew-members are believed to
have persisted and IS others were
rescued when a medium cized U. 8.
Merchant vessel was torpedoed and
sunk by an enemy submarine in the
North Atlantic early last month, the
Navy disclosed today.
The survivors, picked up by Brit
ish warships the following morning,
were taken to North Atlantic ports
and subsequently landed at Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
SOVIETS RETAIN
DONETS TOEHOLD
Germans Lose 100 Men
and Two Tanks in Furi-
Gus Battle at Izyum
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

UNITED Press Stan Correspondent
Moscow, April 6.-(UP)- The
Germans hurled 1000 infantrymen
and 10 tanks against the Soviet
bridgehead south of Izylm today,
but fell back after losing 100 men
and two tanks In furious battle.
The attack. launched under heavy
aerial cover, was the latest In O SER
les Of strong German thrustS de-
signed to eliminate the Russian toe
hold on the south bank Of the
Donets river. Along most Of the
rest Of the river stretching north
west Of Kharkov, the Red army has
been pushed back to the north
bank.
Russian forces south of Izyum
yesterday repealed a German at
tempt to drive two outflanking col
umns around the bridgeiead. Some
200 German infantryTnen were
killed and four tanks crippled.
On the northwestern front, Mar
shall Semyon Timoshenko's troops
dislodged the Germans from forth
field positions on the approaches to
the Staraya Russo fortress below
Lake linen In the first action re-
ported from that district In several
days. the Soviet midday commune
que reported.
The Germans launched a counter
attack In en- effort to restore the
situation. but were beaten off with
q loss Of more than 100 OF their Of
ficers and men.
Red armies In the northwest eau.
casus, continuing their offensive to
squeeze the Axis off the Taman
Peninsular into the Black Sea and
Sea OF Azov, captured several towns
and hamlets In one sector and broke
into a German fortified rome In an
other. the Monday midnight COM
munique said.
"a Stockholm report said the Rus.
slams occupied the town and rail-
road station Of Bakanskaya, ~ miles
north OF the Black Sea naval base
Of Novorossisk after street battles
that lasted all day Sunday
The Russians. slogging through
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
TOTAL CASUALTIES
IN NAVY 24,626

washington, April 6.-(UP)-The
Navy has announced Is new casual
ties In the Navy, Coast Guard and
Marine Corps, bringing to 24,626 the
total casualties announced by the
Navy in this war.
The latest list includes one dead.
i've wounded and seven missing. In
addition. eight names are listed
whose classification has been chang
ed from missing to dead. and one
name has been reclassifled from
wounded to dead. The list therefore
includes so names.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
Powerful Allied Air1nen
Set Supply Ships Attire,
Destroying 48 Airplanes
ParkwaysMay
Opened Soon To
ConnnnercialCar

Hartford Baldwin said today his
favor bin the Merritt and Wilbur L.
commercial and military vehicles and the imposition
Of toll charges this traffic.
The bill now before bridges
aA1c In In
Of tolls TO be
hast determined he said
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-06
Date For Drafting
Fathers Into Army
Faces Likely Delay
Tine Has Come to Lower Physical Requirements or
Raise Maximum Draft Age; Public Opinion Driving
Youths From Factories

washington, April g. - CUP = The pressure Of public
opinion pushing youths from drafdefered factory jobs
into military service today became factor in determining
when fathers must be drafted Seectve Service Director
annower problem by pointing out that drafting Of fathers
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-29

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or scrub. S'1oIy mir Nth -siat snd
Apply. rinse OF and Surfsce Is clean.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-01-22

operation by obtaining data on how
current programs are functioning be-
fore renewing or increasing appro-
priations. Thus the budget becomes
a tool Of administration.
Confusion
He gave me an example Of one
problem he is working on now.
To-day there is confusion and con-
fiict between many government de-
partments and agencies. Examine
ton of their methods is clearing this
up. There is even conflict and con-
fusion between agencies and their
own field forces. This the budget
bureau with field force Of its own
can eliminate" Smith believes.
"When an agency doesn't like the
way we examine the administration
of its program and says, you are
getting into operation ! tell them,
NO, we are not. We don't want to
operate but we do intend to be con-
structively critical /"
Another constructive job that
Smith feels is important is reconcile
alton between the government agen-
cy asking congress for money and
congress trying to keep down costs
on the one hand, or trying to bring
new benefits to its constituencies, on
the other.
Congress has tendency to shy
away from bureaucracy, the bureau
heads have distrust of congress.
Congress frequently gets facts mixed
with policy. But facts are facts.
Our Job is to get the facts and to
present them effectively"
Politics doesn't worry Smith. He
served under three governors of
Michigan, of highly different tenn
permanent, party and policies and he
says that politics entered very little
into the decisions made by any of
them on the recommendations he
made.
He said that the same thing APP
plies to his experience with Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
''We may not have made all the
recommendations we should, ne
said, "but 80 per cent of those we
have made the President has ac-
copied"
Since his college days, when he
specialized in engineering, and later
in civil administration, Smith has
been engaged in some phase of the
work he is doing now: regulating
the ways and means of govern
ment.
Plans are started which may re.
suit in many prospective women
veterans, the WAACS, the WAVES,
the WAFS, and the SPARS, who will
have been living under regular mill
tary discipline for the duration-a
form of existence about as different
from anything that home offers, as
could possibly be.
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CONGRESS.
Farnt Bloc Program.

Increasing strength Of the farm
bloc's influence in the 18th congress
was evident as leaders modified
their forces in both houses to modify
administration farm policies and to
seek release from the armed forces
of drafted farm youth as means
of relieving the agricultural manpow-
er shortage.
That the farm bloc had support
for its efforts in rural America was
indicated by the action of five major
farm organizations in uniting be-
hind the program. These groups in
clude the National Association Of
Commissioners, Secretaries and Di-
rectors of Agriculture; the American
Farm Bureau Federation; the Ma
tional Grange; the Milk Producers
Federation and the National Co.
operative Council.
Speaking for the farm bloc, Sena-
tor John Bankhead of Alabama said
that preservation of the farm labor
supply should figure in a complete
redistribution of manpower. Indicat-
ing the farm bloc's support of the
farm organizations appeal for re-
lease of drafted farm youth, he as
serted that the estimated 5000, 900 to
$500, 900 men scheduled to be drafted
in 1943 might well be diverted to
production of both weapons and food.
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From, a Commentators Mail:

Draft boards seem ruthless
We have four small children under
IL years of age. One tiny baby
and wonder if am selfish in need
ing his (the father's) advice and
help to raise the children.-Colo-
RADIO.
The Fish and Game commission
rides on rubber. Why cannot their
trucks, tires, etc., be turned over to
the government?-New York.
My husband is classed as ga and
is just SO. He has had both shop
and metal experience and follows
both as a hobby. He would give
anything just now to get into defense
work, but he has is years seniority
in one of the biggest insurance COM
panies. His job is guaranteed if he
is drafted =. but they will not
release him to 60 voluntarily into q
vital Observation-Disclosures.
As farmers, we work from 20 to
100 hours a week and a good deal
Of this effort is for interest ON bor-
rowed money. Honestly, during
wartimes we do not feel that we
are a favored class but are doing
our best to. do our Colorado.
It is my humble opinion it is time
we plant our feet on the ground and
eliminate some of this Sunday
School letter news and give the peo-
pie facts.-Louisiana.
My husband owns and operates q
liquor store Since liquor is nom
perishable and meat is, I can't see
why we stay open S65 days of the
year and butcher shop closes its
doors every Sunday and holiday
California.
During the recent scrap drive I
have seen copper toys with rubber
tires displayed in store windows.
The irony Of itl-Louisiana.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-01-22
SOUTH PACIFIC:
Japs Are Stubborn

Although General MacArthur's
forces had cleared the enemy out of
the Papuan peninsula, the Japs still
held an area in New Guinea as large
as Texas and Oklahoma combined.
That the Nipponese intended to stub
bornly hold this area was evident
from their naval operations to re-
inforce it.
First Jap efforts in this direction
were frustrated when United Nations
bombers attacked a convoy of 10
enemy ships off Lac, 100 miles up
the eastern New Guinea coast from
Buna. The Allied airmen sank two
ships, one a 15,000-ton vessel loaded
with troops, scored hits on a third
and shot down IS Jap planes, accord
ing to a communique from General
MacArthur's headquarters.
Meanwhile other Allied airmen
roved as far as Gasmata and Ra-
baul in neighboring New Britain,
where unusually heavy concentra-
tons Of Jap troop and supply ships
and war craft had assembled.
In the Solomons, American fiiers
continued to assert Allied air SUI
premacy by attacking Jap airfields
at Munda and Kahili on Bougainville
island. Meanwhile in Burma, Brit.
ish planes strafed the area northwest
of Akyab and damaged enemy ship.
ping off Burma's west coast.
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The War Production board has set
up an Office to handle complaints
about its questionnaires.
A new floating match box has been
developed for United States soldiers
expecting mountain or jungle duty.
The new container has an emergen-
cy compass built in to the top, and
it Il 50 strong 1t win not break Il
a man falls on it