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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
BFitishers Toke Ancient Town, PoImi
BY RICHARD D. MCMILLAN

BY RICHARD D. MCMILLAN United Press stan Correspondent syuAilied Headquarters, North Afr. ca, Sept. 7.--(UP)-The British Eighth Army has captured the 18th century town of Palmi in an eight mile advance up the northwestern coast of the Italian toe to extend its bridgehead front to more than 70 miles, it was revealed today.
 While the bulk of the British and Canadian forces drove up the coast toward the Calabrian bottleneck, other troops seized Delianova and Slnopoli and Cosoleto all of which are south and east of Palml, and moved inland to slash off the end of the mountainous peninsula.
 Allied air forces switched their offensive far ahead of the invad- ing troops to Lombard five enemy air fields in the Naples area and hit at Capua. more than 200 miles up the coast from the ground forces. Ten enemy fighters were destroyed yesterday and seven more during an enemy raid on Bizerte, Tunisia.
 The eighth army troops moved slowly because of extensive enemy demoitions and the rugged terrain but the capture of the four towns gave them a total of 38 small cities and villages taken since the invasion started.
 New Front Line
 The new front line ran from Pal
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
COP. Policy Counsel Has
 Post-lpar BuiLd Up PLan

Mackinae Island. Mich, Sept. 7- (uPl-A postwar reconstruction program pledging full employment through full production" with minimum control' of citizens by the federal government was Teeom- mended to the Republican paFtyis policy council today by iis commit tee on domestic problems.
 The committee, headed by Sen. Robert A. Taft. R, O., attacked the New Deal Administration of the home front and asserted eontlnna. ton og Democratic Party control would wreck the country because the only remedy c proposes for any problem ia unlimited government spending 0f borrowed money"
 The New Deals program, the committee charged. Wonld 'ifoeial' lae an llanGtFRse extend existing regulations ''uNaii no man oF voc man could aek NFila, aneak oF ilge without Mng&sMM'nNlmi aNwFa#al. " aH6 N1lia ''lta Or American ~ m sHN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
AS Are Dead In Hotel Fire

Houston, Tex, Sept. 7- U.P) - Forty-eight persons, many of them elderly men living on relief, were killed today inthe worst hotel fire in the history of Houston.
 Many others were burned severely or injured when they jumped from the Gulf Hotel, a three-story struc- ture. Police homicide detective H. T. Graham said actual police count of dead stood at 46.
 The fire started shortly after mid night, apparently from a cigaret but occupants of the hotel went back to bed believing it had been extinguish ed. Later, however, the fire started again and soon the entire building was ablaze.
 Occupants of the building were dropped by burning stairs and many of them, terrified, jumped from the windows to the sidewalks. Soldiers and sailors aided police and firemen carrying bodies from the ruins.
 Police Captain A. c. Hartindale said there were 87 beds and about 50 cots in the hotel. He said all beds were occupied and that many were sleeping double. Since many of the guests were transients police prob- ably would be unable to identify some of them he said.
 Thousands of spectators gathered aroun dthe burning hotel. watching the rescue work. Helpless to aid. they watched one man, caught when window fell on him, burn to death. Many of the hotel guests whc succee6e6 Na escaping ran hys- terically into the streets and screamed until police restored order.
 One man, Frank Sterling, 6l, escaped wearing only his underwear and a hat.
 T don't know why I grabbed my hat instead of my pants," he said.
 Capt. Martindale, was only three blocks away when the hotel seemed to burst into flames.
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MACARTHUR PULLS OFF
 GREAT COUP
BY DON CAswELL

United Press Staff COrresp0ndent)
 Allied Headquarters, South west Pacific, September '. = (UP) - Allied paratroopers who closed a trap on 20,000 Japanese on the New Guinea coast have captured an air port in the Markham Valley deep in enemy-held territory, it was announced today.
 The landing strip, one of several in the area, was seized soon after the Americans and Australian par achuted into the valley Sunday un- der supervision of General Douglas Macarthur who accompanied their transports in a Plying Fortress.
 The bold maneuver hemmed in the Japanese troops along stretch of coast nearly 50 miles long, they faced annihilation.
 Caught in their threatened strong holds at Lac and Salamaua, the en- emy garrisons were cut off from escape by land Sunday when hun dreds of American and Australian parachutistS, the latter carrying light artillery, seized control of the broad Markham valley west of Lac.
 MacArthur directed the operation from the bomber, which was part of
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The committees report on home front problems was to be followed later today by prospective foreign policy plank anchored to middle ground between rigid isolationism and sweeping internationaiisna. The latter was being prepared by e committee headed by Sen. Arthur H. Vandenburg. B, Mich.
 On specific problems the domes- tic program asserted:
 Government - 'sFhe Republican Party ls Fevoted to the federal syB- tenn of government by which basic rights and duties are reserved ia the states. free of dietatl0n and subject to the control of their peo- ple, These rights end duties the New Deal has aTFogated to iieelf. "
 Eaneliiy-''Tha Republican Party i1laleis upon equality ol opportunity f0r eft AfneTienn regardless of race color e cred. fn fl1e economic. educational nailtieal ana military lifa e l'le nnlsen'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
Subs Still
 Are Menace
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Washington, Sept. 7-CUP)-Sec- retary of Navy Frank Knox said to- day that the slackening of submar- inc attacks in the Atlantic probably was due to the recall of German U-boatS for refltting so that they might engage in new fight it out" tactics.
 "Just as sure as sunrise" Knox told a news conference, "there1l be fresh attacks"
 New tactics developed by German submarines, Knox said, have re- duced the usefulness of blimps and may make helicopters, the use of which is expected. less effective than heretofore hoped.
 Now that submarines have begun to fight it out against aircraft and blimps, anything that hovers" over a submarine is endangered, Knox said.
 Asked what the refitting involved, Knox said that they probably were adding to their battery of guns to
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A burned journal, or "hot box" in the front axles of the seventh car = an old-type day coach = was blamed for the wreck which in a split second turned the special Labor Day first section of the limited from a holiday flyer into a twisted, mangled cof- fin for men, women and children last night. "
 The derailment of the coach, which broke the train in half with six cars and the engine speeding up the track, ended in a dizzy pitch and slice into a steel signal girder. The old-type coach was sliced in half just above the win dows. A new type coach, a new Pullman and a dining car were skewed across the tracks, and wedged against the steel pillar. Four other cars were derailed but not smashed. Crushed and dy- ing men, women and chil- dren were catapulted to the roadbed and one body was sent hurtling to the street, 100 feet away. Most of the dead were pinned in the wreckage, and Mrs. Christina
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
Worst Accident On Railroad
 In 25 Years
By EDWARD s. TWARDY United Press Stan CorrespOndent)

Philadelphia, Sept 7.-(UP)-Six more bodies recovered today from the wreckage of the Penn sylvania Raroad's Deluxe Congressional Limited, bringing to 61 the death toll in the nations worst train accident in 25 years
 Another 60 persons were on the critically in- ured list of the Red Cross and 46 in Philadelphia hospitals slightly hurt.
 The railroad announced at midmorning that it had checked at least 5S bodies at the city morgue and when repair lifted one of the smashed cars before noon six more bodies were revealed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
Munich Gets Terrific Fasting Fron, Allied Planes; Enemy Of Guard
BY WILLIAM B. DICKINSON (TTuiknIa pran. c1aRe r1nvuo.,.oynAnv,tl

BY WILLIAM B. DICKINSON United Press Staff COrrespondent)
 London, September 2. = Hundreds of Allied planes, paced by American Flying Fortresses, smashed anew at Axis Europe today to send a crescendoing air offensive in- to its sixth day on a pattern similar to that which soft ened up Italy for invasion.
 Only a few hours before the daylight raiders swarmed out across the English Chan nel and Dover Straits, a big force of British four-engined night bombers dropped per- haps 1 1000 tons of explosives on the Nazi railway hub and aircraft center of Munich, deep in southern Germany, at a cost of 16 planes.
 Fortresses and marauders of the Eighth U. s. Air Force, presumably with an escort of thunderboltS, raid- ed Belgium and France in the first of the day attacks, while British typhoon fighter -bombers wrecked several planes on the ground in a surprise thrust at the Polk airfield in Northern France.
 The typhoons caught the enemy defenses completely off guard and excellent results were achieved, the air ministry said.
 In the past five days, Anglo American planes have made well over 30 daylight bombing attacks in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
Meot Points Set For Sept.

Washington, Sept. 2 = (UP) - Chester Bowles, OPA General Man ager, said today that ration point values for meat would not be re- duced during September.
 At the same time he warned slaughterers, wholesalers and retail eSa aCs sc increase distribution or amounts of their stocks beyond what civilians can consume under present point values.
 Cautioning that the recent lifting of slaughters' quotas does not mean larger civilian supplies, Bowles said also that the suspension does not mean Q reduction of the government need. since "all meat slaughtered in excess of that needed to honor ration coupons has been allocated by the War Food Administration to the armed forces and to other needs of the government"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
Allies Bomb Air Bases
By DONALD COE
nited Press Staff COrrespOndent)

NOhScU NEESoS SShn OVEEeSpOHUeNt
 Allied Headquarters, North Africa, Sept. S-(UP)-The Allied Air Force shifted the full strength of its heavy bombers Monday to the key air fields in the Naples area, causing great damage on the ground and destroy ing 10 enemy fighters that tried to intercept.
 Flying Fortresses bombed the Pomigliano and Capo di China air. fields in suburban Naples and hit at nearby railroad yards. The harbor at Gaeta, 45 miles northwest of Naples, also was attacked. An over- cast sky made observation difficult.
 Seven of the enemy planes were shot down at Capua airf1eld, 20 miles north of Naples, from a force of 20 to 40 that came up to meet the attackers.
 Marauders hit two landing grounds at Grazzanise, destroying three enemy planes in air combat.
 Seven enemy aircraft were de- stroyed last night during a raid on Bizerte in Tunisia which caused ht- tie damage. Four Allied planes were missing from all operations.
 The round-the-clock offensive on the southern section of Italy was kept up with Invaders tearing up a railroad junction at Sibari in what Second Lieut.. William R. Sef- ton of Fore Wayne, Ind, said was the best job in 46 missions"
 A flight of Kittybombers escorted by Spitfires damaged train in the Gulf of Gioia just ahead of attack ing land forces and bombed out tracks near San Fernando.
 Night bombing Wellingtons used flares to light up their targets in raid on Battipaglia, where huge explosion occurred after the bomb- CTS were 50 miles from the target.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
RooseUelt- -ChurchiH Are Waiting For Developments

said. However. the British prime minister has been away from Lon. don a month. He and the president were together eight days in Quebec and since then have continued their conference here.
 chnTchllrs delay in returning home might stem fran several facts;
 1. There are repeated proleaia' siona Of desires foF peace coming from Rome. ln addition to dlspatch- es from Madrid portraying the sials lans as -eolne through the motions. oi Cefendlns their country asalnnl thf Allies. Agis reports indicate ( bed easa Of iltteFs about an lmpend. ing Allied invasion ot the Balkans q. KnFico ualeaxzi, ooVeFnol General of Vatican city and an of' glrlnl close o Pope Plus XII, la en. route e lhe United states. 1hef' hove been FepWis that ls lE carry sng 6 menlass fFem tha NaHe q w
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
BobyIs Third Polio Victim

A seven-months old infant is the third victim of infantile paralysis in this city, Dr. Edward J. Godfrey, city health officer, announced today.
 "The case is a mild one and has been isolated in the New Haven hos pital," Dr. Godfrey said.
 Whether this single increase fin the number of cases would alter any previous announcements concerning school openings could not be deter mined since pr. Godfrey could not be reached for further comment.
 The dread disease has been great ly controlled in the New Haven area. the United Press wire indl. eated today. however. the number in that area still exceeds 100 eases. School openings in that city have been postponed accordingly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
Frcnk CTumit Dies Suddenly

New York, Sept. [ - fU.P1 - Frank cTinit, radio entertainer and former vaudeville star, died uneK- peeledly Of a heart attack early to- day ln his suite ct tho Hotel 0othaEn. He had not been ill and visited With friends yesterday,
 hsls wife, Julia HandeFs0n, also an entertainer, Was af he he0si1e whan Dc dia0. They had appeared together frequently 0n tho stage and an radio nFngfanla.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
Holiday Toll
 Of Accidents
(By United Press)


 The nations Labor Day accidental death toll mounted rapidly Tuesday. boosted by a disastrous hotel fire and two train wrecks.
 At least 61 persons were killed Monday night when a fast Pennsyl- vania Railroad passenger train was derailed and piled up in Philadel- phia. At least 48 more died early today in a fire which engulfed a three-story hotter at Houston. Texas. Three persons were killed and seven injured in a third major accident when the Twentieth Century Linn ated of the New York Central Rail- road was derailed near Canastota, N. Y, early Tuesday.
 The toll for the rest of the coun- try stood at POT on the basis of first reports as railroa0s. busses and air. lines returned thousands of pleas ure-seekers to thelr homes.
 For the first time in years trafhc accidents accounted for fewer deaths than accidents from miscel- laneous causes. This was attributed to the curtailment of gasoline sup- plies which reduced highway travel far below peacetime levels. At least lO0 persons died in miscellaneous accidents such as plane crashes, drownings and falls. while trafic deaths totaied @.
 Pennsylvania. with i've tranic and eleven miscellaneous fatalities in ad. dition to the railroad deaths, led the nation, followed by California with a2 traiIlc and eight miscellane- ous deaths. 4 series Og plane crashes brought Tennessee Into third place Wlfh a victims.
 Massachnsetts reported four deaths Connecticut. three; and Vermont enc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
.NoHopeof More Gos

Washington, Sept. 7.-UP)-East- ern motorists today were told to give up all hope of an increase in A card gasoline allowances before Thanksgiving. at the very earliest.
 Expectations Of any "equaliza- ton" with reduced midwest allot- ments were seotched with an al- nOuneement by the Oiiiee Of Price Administration that present oil sup. plies are not sufficient to warrant any increase,
 Motorists must plan to make their A-e coupons last through November a. the 0PA said.
 But all possibility for an increase before present coupons expire waE not absent in view Of another oPA statement that the expiration date Of present "A" books sias not been determined. Any increase would be made by shortening validity date of current coupons,
 The tNo annonneaments came e. connection with reports that local Fmtionlng boards VII distribute tls new A hooks by maii this nlenth.
 The 0PA also said that aii Al
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
'Beot The Jops' Bow Is Dead

New York. Sept. 7-(UP)-Dickie La.swell, the six-year-old Spring field, H., boy who had invested all his pennies in War Bonds to Beat the Japs", has lost his fight against Lynphatic Leukemia. a blood ail- ment.
 He died in Beth David Hospital late yesterday after fulfillment of his last request--that he be taken to see the recently-refloated U. s. s. Lafayette, formerly the French Lux ury liner Normandie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
BY asERRIAgAN SMITH

AGNttNu EtWns Bs@M gwtseAg~e@2~b
 Washington. Sept. s-(UP)-Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President oRoseveit resumed their talks today and indications that some major development possibly the exploitation of Ttaly-may be in the offlng.
 Churchill conferred gtth Mr. Roosevelt for more than an hour soon after returning from Cams bridge, Mass. white House PFeas Secretary stephen |. Early maid 'their conversations will continue and members ef the United Giates and British staiss Wfll he coming Co from lime to time on no eet aehads de except when they are called ol wanted"
 Af fhe white House, 70 paFiieu. lnF ntNmineanaa wna seen iE tie exs senEi4a duration Gf cnnFzHIil'e giail me laneIh of lima he a npen4ln1
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
2o1H CENTURY WRECK I
 CONcRES SIGNAL EXPRESS DEAD TOLL, 61 Close Trap On Japanese Tn New Guinea
Three Dead, Four Are Injured In Crash Of Crack, Extra F are T rain

Y 7-(UP-ee killed and four the Limited of the New York Central Railroad was deraied two miles of here
 of the The chief dpches of Pierce engineers John Lar fireman; and Charles Wicker Albany travelling fireman
 postal clerks duty mail ear and Pullman po according New York Central spokesman in New York Their announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
Locomotive Explodes

Passengers reported that the locomotive of the deluxe extra fare train, enroute from Chicago to New York exploded with such force after the derament that only the wheels remained upright.
 The railroad announced at its New York offices that 17S passengers the train The passengers were shaken up but none of them injured seriously, the announcement said
 spokesman said the train consisted of IT cars and that the engines and first were derailed Under normal circumstances added the first five cars would consist of the baggage coach the mail coach the lounge and two passenger
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-07
TREASURY BALANCE

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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-11-20

LEWISTON, Ill.-tANP)-While
law enforcement officers expressed
fear o, a racial outbreak here re-
sulting from the lynchings Of a
Negro soldier here last week by
a mob Of white farmers from near
by Ipava the Chicago branch Of
the NAACP and other militant
groups were protesting TO Secretary
of War Henry L. S:imson and local
authorities the whitewash of the
murderers by an all-white coro-
ner's jury.
TIE soldier. l9-year-old Pvt. VIII
lie Hollis OF Chicago stationed az
Camp ELS. was slain by volley
OF bullets on a farm las, Sunday
after rumors had circulated that
Negro soldier allegedly raped a
white farm woman. and another
had telephoned several others max
ing improper proposals. Killers
Of the u S. Army private were
John w. Lane. w. II Hamm, and
Ralph and Carroll Pharr, brothers,
all Of whom were freed at an in
quest conducted by Fulton County
Coroner Mark S. Nelson. An all
white jury's verdict read ''justifi-
able homicide"
There were no Negro witnesses
at the hearing from among the
ci,y's Negro population of 1000 and
charges are rife here that the hear
ing was conducted in farcica!
manner with the decision handed
down a foTegone conclusion before
testimony got underway. Only the
four white men who formed the
posse that killed Hollis, and four
women testified az the hearing. All
agreed that the soldier was I'M
armed. and alleged that he made
improper advances over the rural
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-11-20
STATE OF MICHIGAN
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
THE COUNTY or WAYNE
IN CHANCERH

OLIVER BARBER. an Infant, Plaintiff
GwENpoLYN ELIZABETH BARBER
Defendant
Al a session OF said Court held ~
the Court House in the City of De-
troit, IN said County, on The 9th day
of October A d. 1913.
Present: The Hon
GUY A MILLER.
Circuit Judge
In this cause. II appearing BY sffi.
davit hereto attached that the defen-
dsnt Gwendolyp Elizabeth Barber
cannot be served by process issued
out OF this court. as she is not resi-.
der, OF the state OF Michigan but
that shea resides in the City Of Jack
sonville. State OF Florida:
On motion Of Roxborough and ITALIA.
ferro Attorneys for the Plaintiff.
IT is ORDERED that the defendant
Gwendolvn Elizabeth Barber. appear
ard answer the bill Of complaint filed
IN this cause. within three months
from me date OF this order or that
sad bill be taken as confessed and
that this order be published In the
Michigan Chronicle. and served. sc-
GUY A MILLER.
Circuit Judge
A True Copy;
CASPAR J LiNGEMAN. Clerk
Nv W Berrer Deputy Clerk
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-11-20

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men are: to express r appreciation
Tor the splendid work they are do
ms. to support the nations war
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Admission is IS cents for ci'."'-ns
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The War Widows calls upon all
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