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The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-05-31
'Step-Sisiers" of Army Have Birthday; Service
 Now Being Recognized
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, May 31. - The "step-sisters" of the Army are a year old this month and in spite of their phenomenal record, their treatment at the hands of the Army still is a great disappointment to those who have backed them from the start
 The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps was first established in May, l942. with a set limit of 25.000. They were not to be members of the regular Army, subject to benefits, actual Army ratings, overseas ser vice, etc., which applied to the men in training.
 Within few months, the value of the service was so apparent that the legal limit was raised six-fold to 15o.0OO. After nearly II months, less than half of that quota Cor only 60,000 WAAC officers and non- commissioned personneD are in training or in service.
 Mere infants compared to the WAACs are the WAVES. STARS and the Womens Marine Corps Auxiliary, yet these services already have enlisted a far greater percen- tage of the total male personnel than the Army. The women in the naval services, however, have the same ranks, pay, benefits, and spheres of action that the men in their respective services have.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-05-31
Tokyo Imperial Head quarters Admits Defeat
 After 2ODays' Battling AMERICAN FLAG IS
 FLOWN, MEMORIAL DAY
Nip Deiathmenfs, with Ex- Gepiion of Snipers,
 AnnihiIiaied

WASHINGTON, May 31. The Navy issued q one sen tence communique today say ing: "On May 30, the U. s. Army forces at Attu continued mopping up the remaining Japanese pockets of resistance"
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Eisenhower
 ssDeeoY2le9

ALGIERS, May 3l-Gen. Henri Giraud has placed his Grand Cross of the Legion on Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, American Commander.
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THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Secretary of War Stimson, now nearing his 76th year, is not the energetic man he used to be, but he has one quality for which there is no substitute-character. Stim- sons character sticks out all over him-his fairness, his deternina-
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. DiMouI lIMrs

Dim out hegtns tonight } at sunset at e:48 o'clock.
 , Dimout ends tomorrow at sunrise at 4;03 am. ] Dimout begins Tuesday at , sunset at 9:49 pm.
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Where the fault in the WAAC situation lies is hard to say. On file at Army headquarters here are more than half a million re- quests for WAACs to supplement and supplant the Army's manpow- CT. An Army officer returned from overseas told me recently that over seas generals have requested assign ment of nearly 10000 women to overseas divisions-nearly one-third of the total now in service or in training only few so far have been assigned outside the borders of the continental United States
 WAACs are being given training
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RartIett's Timely mn

MT. Bartlett. in his address. said Tt is with a sense of responsibll- ty and pride that we gather here
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-12-17

"She's gone TO sleep" was tho
calm answer.
been frank to confess motive Of
sorts, ranging from Elsa's bitter
hatred Of her aunt down to Rumbles
unpaid bill. Again, in the death Of
Chcsebro Rumble has a well-defined
motive; Reed Barton and Dwight
Nichols have motives equally good;
and Elsa, the other day, while still
very angry, threatened to kill him.
Whatever it was that reused her to
such anger, she has not divulged to
me. Do you know what 1t was?"
mo"
"You seem to have Elsas conf
dence to a greater degree than the
rest Of us, Barry"
I'm proud Of that fact, Hunt, but
she's not told me what was be-
tween her and Chesebro that day"
Rogers yawned and looked at his
watch. Il wonder" he said, III
Wen have time to look up Rumble
when we 60 back down town to.
night"
Il should think so. He'll be around
somewhere, Of course"
Rogers got up and went out into
the living room. He was growing
restless and | suspected that he was
hoping to catch a glimpse Of Mar.
garet or Elsa and. II possible. hasten
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-12-17

ers began detailed account Of the
accident, emitting. however, all our
speculations as 10 the part Rumble
might have played In II.
TT is very sad, senior. the death
OF so good man as Senior Chat.
field" Lombardo said when Rogers
had finished.
Were the gentlemen--Senor Mich.
OILS and the others--coming immedi.
ately, Senior Lombardo7" inquired.
Il believe so. Senior Madison.
When | mentioned to Senior Nichols
that Pedro had been returned to
Mazatlan. and that I wished TO pro-
coed with my investigation, he said
that he would try to find Senior
the caballero with the very fine
clothes--and bring him along Who
knows" and he shrugged his Shout.
ders-"but what he is the guilty
one2 We must have all who we're
here that night Of the fiesta"
"Of course" Rogers answered.
The next moment q car rolled up
to the front door, the motor died
with a cough, and footsteps sounded
briskly upon the gravel.
1T is they, senores," said LON.
bardo, rising and leading the way
into the living room.
Dwight Nichols entered the door.
way with Reed Barton at his heels.
They took in at glance the fact
that we had been waiting.
nv, AN CnNTINuEDl
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-12-17

''The swivel seems to work al
right, Sit down in it, Barry, anc
let me watch the mechanism.
sat down as he requested. "Nov
rock back and forth in it, and swing
round and round in it."
followed his Instructions. while
he lay fiat on his stomach and will
the aid Of the aashlight peered un
derneath, Suddenly and without
warning the seat collapsed under
me and | fell with il in heap
Rogers, exhibiting extraordinary
agility for man so large. man
aged to escape unhurt.
Didn't hurt you, did it, Barsy?'
he inquired, sitting up, hugging hi.
knees. My back had suffered q
slight wrench, and said so. I'm
sorry" he apologized, but you
were nearer Sam Chatfeld's weight
than l."
do you think. then. that some
body tempered with the chair"
What about George?"
Last night while we were an.
chored. and before any of us had
gone ashore. Elsa and l we're at
the rail. Somebody was loafing in
the launch alone and in the dark.
Elsa asked me who was down there.
l thought it was some one of the
hands, perhaps. And then George
Rumble climbed out and came up
the ladder
Rogers got slowly to his feet. shift
ed his legs outside of the launch
and stepped down upon the deck Of
the yacht. l followed, holding my
back.
II think that we should have .
talk with George" he said.
A little group Of household serv.
ants clustered about the huge stud
ded door as we drew up at the
ranch. Willing hands helped Berta
from the taxi scurrying feet went
to prepare the way. while Berta,
round and plump and widowed.
made pathetic figure between Elsa
and Margaret as they helped her to
the seclusion of her room in tho
great house.
Rogers and hung our hats on the
rack at the entrance and prepared
to wait in the big living room until
we could in decency depart to a
more cheerful atmosphere Rogers
offered his cigarettes and lighted
one himself.
TITS all very puzzling, Barry"
said Rogers with a sigh. Il don't
make much Of it. To get back,
though" he continued, to the case
Of Kitty Chatfield; everybody has
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-26
Crocco Found Guilty
In Colella Fatality
Truck Driver Negligent in Death of Aged Transit
Street Woman Last Month

Domenic Crocco, 80, e. Dover
St., was arraigned on charge OF
negligent homicide in City Court
this morning after Deputy Coroner
Stephen A. Homick found him gull
ty of negligence in connection with
the death on July 16 Of Maria Col
ella, SO, of Transit st.
Mrs. Colella died at st. Mary's
hospital of a fractured skull with
oedema of the brain two days after
being struck by a truck driven by
Crocco.
Coroner Homick's finding states
that on the afternoon OF July IA,
Crocco got into his truck which was
parked on the westerly side of Tran
sit st. near Long Hill Rd., and
commenced backing in a southerly
direction. After backing 6o feet, his
truck struck Mrs. Collela, who had
been walking in the same direction
along the edge of the roads should
er.
At no time prior to the accident,
states the finding, did Crocco see
Mrs. Colella. CroccO claimed that
while backing he opened the door at
his left side and continued looking
to the rear of the truck. This
statement cannot be given cred
ence," declares the finding, for if he
had looked as he claimed, he could
not have failed to observe the de-
ceased as she was walking along the
shoulder of said street.
Crocco's failure to keep a proper
lookout for pedestrians when he
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-26
HARVEST WORKERS.
TO GET MORE GAS
Other Workers Must Be
Carried in Cars for Ex=
ira Allotment

Peope who secure harvest jobs on
farms this fall can receive addition
al gasoline from their local ration
Ing board for travel between their
homes and their jobs provided they
carry other workers, Paul L. Put
nam, State Farm Labor Supervisor
at the University of Connecticut,
announces. The procedure as out
lined by the state o. P. A. office in
Hartford, he adds, simply requires
the worker to secure a statement
from his country farm labor office
certifying that he has harvest job.
Approximately 1000 additional
people will be needed by Connect
cut farmers for the apple, potato
and late vegetable harvest and to
fill silos this fall, Mr.. Putnam de-
clares. About half of that number
will be required by apple growers
to pick the Mcintosh crop beginning
early in September. The Mcintosh
harvest must be completed within
a period of two or three weeks to
avoid loss.
Dairy farmers, potato and vege-
table growers throughout the state
will require their additional help
beginning about September first.
Harvest work will last well into Oc-
tober.
Men or husky boys are needed for
silo filling, Mr.. Putnam said, but
men and women and school boys
and girls can be used for the apple,
potato, and late vegetable harvest.
Professional I'D business people, Of
flee workers, housewives, factory
workers, and school students will
find ample opportunity for either
part time or full time work this fall.
A law passed by the General AS
sembly last spring, Mr.. Putnam
added, permits school officials to
excuse boys and girls from classes
to help with the farm harvest.
Farmers, he said, are counting
heavily on the schools as a source
of help.
State fruit growers, Mr.. Putnam
said, emphasize the necessity of a
complete harvest of the apple crop
this year because Of tie lack of a
peach crop and the shortage OF
earlier fruits. Connecticut's McIn-
tosh apple crop is nearly equal to
the large crop harvested last year,
but the yield of later varieties is
much lighter than year ago. Po-
tato acreage in the state is 80 per-
cent above 1912
Connecticut normally uses as
many potatoes as will be harvested
on it's farms this year." Mr.. Putnam
said, land because consumer de-
mand is expected to be heavy it is
also important that the potato crop
be fully harvested"
Farmers in many cases will pro-
vide transportation for harvest
workers without other means of
travel from convenient local centers
to the farm, Mr.. Putnam declared,
and will pay prevailing wages for
work of this kind. Anyone interest
ed in securing farm harvest job
this fall, he added, should see the
county farm labor office in New
Haven.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-26
NewWound
Serum Found

Cambridge Mass. Aug. 26-(UP)-
Prof. Wilbur Kitchener Jordan Of
the University Of Chicago will as
sumo his duties as president of
Radcliffe college October l succeed
ing Mrs. Ada Comstock Notestein.
The Radcliffe college board Of
trustees announced election Of the
41-year-old savant last night
Jordan was graduated from Oak
land City college in 1923 and re-
ceived his advanced degrees from
Harvard university. He has taught
ct Harvard and Radcliffe and at
s1cripps and Claremont colleges in
talifornia. In 1910 he joined the
hculty of the University of Chi
tago as professor of English his
tory.
). He received Guggenheim fellow
ship this year and has published a
Four volume series of development
Of religious liberation in England.
Jordan will be accompanied to
Radcliffe by his wife the former Fran
ses Runl who served as dean Of
Radcliffe from 1884 to 1889.
Mrs. Notestein resigned month
ago effective September 1. During
october Vice President Bernice
Brown Cronkite, dean Of Radcliffe,
will be in charge Of the college.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-26

of King George and is the chief of
British combined operations with
the temporary rank of vice admiral.
A Navy career man, his permanent
rank at the moment is captain but
it was assumed that he would be
promoted to a rank in keeping with
the responsibilities of his new COM
mand.
The announcement was made here
by British spokesman who accom-
panied Mr.. Roosevelt here from
Quebec, a few hours after Mr..
Roosevelt had told all Axis leaders,
in public address, that surrender
would pay them better now than
later. 1t was dated 1.-THE Citadel"
where he and Prime Minister
Churchill ended their Get Japan"
conferences Tuesday. The spokes-
man said the announcement could
properly be termed as coming from
the Anglo-American high command
and that The Citadel, for practical
purposes, must be regarded as No.
10 Downing street, ChurchilPs Of
fetal residence in London, for the
time being.
New Blows
Shortly before the President and
the Prime Minister parted, they an
nounced that their conferences had
resulted in decision to strike new
blows against the Axis soon, par
ticularly Japan. Mountbatten's ap-
pointment, coming so soon, and the
disclosure that operations would be
based on India and Ceylon, was
taken to mean that there would be
large scale British naval often
sive in the Bay of Bengal.
It was assumed that American
warships would participate. The
plan was envisaged as one that will
strike at the Japanese in Burma
from two directions, by land from
India, and by sea from Ceylon.
Mountbatten is only 40 years old
but a leading authority on opera
lions involving all three arms
naval, land, and air and all three
would be required in something ap-
preaching equal strength in Burma.
His commands are experts at the
sort of hand-to-hand fighting that
will be required in the Burmese
jungles.
The next in the series of import
ant Allied announcement may come
Sunday afternoon when Churchill
makes an important radio address,
his first since the Quebec confer
ence ended. 1t will parallel the
speech Mr.. Roosebelt made here
yesterday.
The President spent the afternoon
touring the countryside and visit
ing at the summer home of Cana
dian Prime Minister w. L. Mac
Kenzie King at Kingsmere.
London, Aug. 2..-(UP) - The
appointment of Lord Mountbatten
to head the drive against the jap
anese in Burma was regarded today
as Undertaking. the pledge of Prime
Minister Churchill that Great
Britain will fight side-by-side with
the United States to achieve the
final total defeat of Japan.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-26
The WAR ON
MANY FRONTS
BY United Press

The Allies today rounded out a
week of intensive bombing OF
southern Italy with another heavy
attack on the important Axis base
and rail center at Foggia, 80 miles
northeast of Naples on the eastern
side of the peninsula.
The second major raid on Foggia
in little more than week was car
ried out by big fleets of bombers
and fighters from northwest African
bases and bonbers from the Middle
East in a mission that left piles OF
smoking wreckage on the air fields
and railway yards.
Other Allied planes attacked the
naval base at laramie and rail-
ways at Crotone.
A Swiss dispatch said an Italian
commission headed by Count Dino
Granoi, former foreign minister and
ambassador to London, had arrived
in Lisbon hoping to negotiate sep
arate peace for Italy.
British planes bombed Berlin last
night for the third successive night.
Light Mosquito bombers were used,
as the night before, possibly because
the weather kept the RATS heavy
planes grounded.
The repeated attacks on Berlin
left little room for doubt that the
Allied plan is to cover the Reich
nerve center with bombs until 1t
has nothing of military value left,
as in the case of Hamburg.
Terrific Drive
The Russian Army was driving
westward at terrific pace after
capturing Zenkov, the farthest the
Soviets have gone in that direction
through the Ukraine since 1941. At
one point, the Russians were with
80 miles of the Kiev-Pol AVA railroad
and within $50 miles of Kiev itself.
Russian columns were advancing
along the entire, 250-mile southern
front down to the Donets River
basin.
London observers saw in reports
of the pending return to that capital
of Ivan Maisky, until recently Rus
O1dll o1ADdoOdoOA w olACoAAAt oAAN
possible beginning of arrangements
for conference with the United
States and Great Britain.
A fall offensive to drive the
Japanese out of Burma, open the
supply road to China and break the
enemy's hold throughout southeast
Asia was foreshadowed by appoint
ment of Lord Louis Mountbatten as
supreme Allied commander in that
theater.
The new American air offensive
in China claimed another victory
with destruction of 10 to % japanese
Zeros in raids on Hankow and
Wuchang Tuesday and In the SOUTH
west Pacific Allied troops smashed
an effort by enemy defenders to
stall the advance on Salamaua,
New Guinea.
Counter-attacks by the japanese
along the Francisco River near the
Salamaua airfield were smashed as
stormy weather throughout the
South Pacific hampered air opera
tons.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-26
JAMES PHELAN
LAID TO REST
Funeral of John Byron
Coal Company President
Largely Attended

The funeral of James A. Phelan,
president of the John Byron Coal Co.
and active member of local civic,
social and fraternal organizations,
was largely attended this morning
from his hone, SCI Highland
avenue at 9:15, to st. Patrick's
church at TO-
Delegations repres nting the
Lions club, Mattatuck Drum corps,
Board of Public Works, City of Wa
terbury, Fraternal Order of Elks and
the Athletic club were present, as
we'll as out-of-town clergy.
Rev. Bernard Foster officiated at
the solemn high Mass, assisted by
Rev. Joseph Griffin of ST. Thomas
seminary, Bloomfield, as deacon, and
Rev. Thomas Stack of st. Thomas
seminary, as Subdeacon. Rev.
Thomas Dignam was master of GER
emonies. Seated in the sanctuary
were Rev. Eugene Cryne, Rev. James
Broderick, Rev. Edward Morrison
and Rev. Francis Barrett. A special
musical program was provided by
the church choir and "Domini Jesu
Christie, was rendered at the offer
tory by Mrs. Marie Barnes Murphy,
soloist.
Interment was in new st. JoSeph's
cemetery, with Father Griffin offici-
ating at the committal, assisted by
the visiting clergy. Bearers were
Howard Neal and Francis Judd, rep
resenting the Mattatuck Drum band;
Harold Ashley and Merwin Bronson,
representing the Lions club; and
William Phelan and Robert Phelan,
nephews of the deceased.
Delegations to the funeral con-
sisted of Mayor John S. Monagan,
and Executive Secretary John Fitz-
maurice, representing the City of
Waterbury; Peter Griffin, Joseph
Stanley, Thomas Fleming and Albert
Loeffler, who served on the Board of
Public Works, of which Mr.. Phelan
was former member; Harry X
Cashin, Louis Schick, Adolph Rey-
mond, George 8aronian, William
Dodd and Edward Mcdonald, rep
resenting the Fraternal OSder of
Elks; Daniel Mahaney, Matthew
Dunphy, James Morrison and Joseph
Begnal, representing the Brooklyn
Athletic club; and James Curtin,
Edward Barrow, John Turbet and
Louis Wenzel, representing the
Lions club.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-26
Compensation
Agreements

The following agreemnts for
weekly payments during disability
or for specific payment in case of
permanent injury were approved to-
day by Compensation Commissioner
John j. O'COnnell:
Dewitt Wager, Falls Terrace,
Oakville, against American Brass
Company, injury imbedded foreign
body cOrnea Of right eye, SIS, be-
ginning August Is.
George Aldermen, TOrringt0n,
against American Brass Company,
injury, sacrum fracture, $24.4O be-
ginning August 4.
Howard Morrow, New Preston,
ton, Conn.,, against E. J. Kelley
Company, injury punctured wound
left thigh, $3.50 beginning August
l.
Hjalmer Anderson, Washington,
against Alice E. Ayling, Washington,
injury ligaments in foot possible
bone fracture in foot, SIS beginning
July Is.
Alrik T. Neglund, 142 Pearl street,
Seymour, against John J. Brennan
& Sons, Shelton, injury compound
comminuted fracture Of upper third
Of left femur, $500 beginning
August 8.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-26
Anthony .Tomulonis
Fined 500, jailed
Union Street Resident Guilty OF Taking Car Without
Permission; Vehicle Recovered in Naugatuck

Sales Co., told the court that Sat-
urday morning Tomulonis had tax
en- a 1941 Ford coupe, valued at
$3.50 on approval, and promised to
return 1t in an hour. When it had
not been returned by Monday noon
he notified police.
Yesterday, Cost said, he recog-
nized Tomulonis on the street and
asked him to come to headquarters.
Tomulonis denied having taken the
car or ever having seen Cost before
Naugatuck police reported they
had found the car yesterday.
Other cases: Martin Auerbach, 40,
268 Woodtick road, assault, breach
OF the peace, theft, continued to
Sept. IT; Arthur DiFonzo, 36, 461
North Main street, assault and
breach of the peace, nolled; Ran
dolph Pickett, 38, non-support,
nolled; Nicholas Caliolo, 10, SO Fran
els street, road rules violation, nolled
for IS; Robert Kiely, IS, 10 Ridge
wood strete, theft Of an automo-
bile, continued to Sept. 8; Edward
wood street, theft of an automo-
theft of an automobile, continued
to Sept. 8; Joseph Rosa, Al, IFS
Clover street, non-suppo-t, continued
to Sept. 10; Ernest A. Canty, 80,
Burden Hills, Beacon Falls, fornica-
ton, $25 and costs, seduction Of a
minor female, nolled; Grace Woos-
ter, IT, Beacon Falls, danger Of fall
ing into habits Of vice, continued to
Sept. 2; Cynthia Burnes, 38, 100
Bunker Hill avenue; Frank Mantle
con, 48, 222 North Main street, park
ing violations, nolled for IS.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-26
Covonough
Is Candidate
Continued from Page y

contest would be taken care of.
This year, each candidate will
name 20 delegates and three alter
mates to each of three conventions
city, town and school.
Today's announced candidate has
been prominent in community and
fraternal life of Waterbury and has
been active in the Democratic party
for the past 20 years.
He was born on Ridge st. in 1898,
the son of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael Cavanaugh. pioneer Irish
residents. His father was a former
street department employee. Two OF
his brothers are Fire Chief Thomas
F. Cavanaugh and Fire Capt. Mich
ael Cavanaugh, recently retired.
Mr.. Cavanaugh is the husband of
Lucy (Galvin) Cavanaugh and is
the father of five children. A life
long resident of the city, he was
graduated from Merriman grammar
school and Crosby high school. He
completed a course in business ad-
ministration at New York univer-
sity.
Entering the automobile business
Mr.. Cavanaugh became partner
in the Pope g. Cavanaugh Co., dis
tributor Of the International truck
and later became sales manager
when the international Harvester
Co. opened its branch plant here
At the present time he Is employed
nv the QUALITY LIQUORS, Inc.
An active member OF the East End
Community club, Mr.. Cavanaugh
took q prominent part In the clubs
efforts to get the Anderson schoo
gymnasium. He is also active In af'
fairs of the waterbury lodge OF Elks
holding the post of secretary. Tx
rs a member Of the parish OF SS
Peter & Paul church and Is active
in the church affairs.