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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-14
Double Treat
At Penobsco+

A DOUBLE treat awaits sky
larkers at Detroit's star-set
Penobscot Club. On one side of
the entertainment record is pert
Jane Palmer, singing such tune
fulS as Come With Me. My
Honey" and aided and abetted
by Johnny DiCicco and his must
cal crew.
Turn the record over, and you
have handsome AL Nalli heading
a dance-inviting quartet of instru-
mentalists, with lush thrush
Bunny Paul in the vocal spot.
BOOK CASINO
Book Casinos Herschell Leib
has had TO say goodbye to some
of his musicians who went off to
be warriors. One, his former
pianist, Eddie Schultz, still pianos,
but at far-off Camp Proctor. Ala.
Taking his place in Leib's lunch
music ensemble is Joseph Wohl,
radio and recording artist from
New York.
CLUB MARIO
Club Mario has brought to-
gether a top-Aight aggregation of
stars to fashion one of the finest
floor shows in its history. Leading
the talented lineup is that de-
lightful team of vocal harmony
specialists, the Dennis Sisters,
Helen and Beverly, in comedy
songs.
LONDON CHOP HOUSE
iitln nnrnthu EhlrlnAAn lc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-14
Ballet Story
To Be Shown

VIOLETTE AND DONALD
ARMAND, dance and drama di-
rectors of the Detroit Institute
of Musical Art, have procured the
full length film, "Ballerina," to be
shown free of charge in the Insti-
tute auditorium, Dec. p.
"Ballerina" is a story of the
Paris Opera House and its ballet
students. From the Corps de
Ballet and the dancers in the Ma
tional School of France, Monsieur
Benoit-Levy has gathered his band
of troupers to photograph an au-
thentic drama of premieres dan
seuses and backstage drama.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-14

LCANDON NhOA hOOSG
Little Dorothy Furlette Is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-14

By FAR the best Messiah, "
which the Wayne University
Choral Union and orchestra have
ever offered here was presented
to a packed house last night in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-14
School RecitaIs

THE BENDETSON NETZORG
SCHOOL OF PIANO will present
students from the intermediate
and advanced divisions in recital
at Sis p. m. Thursday, Dec. 81.
On Friday, Dec. %, students from
the junior and intermediate divi-
sions will be presented in recital,
also at Sis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-14

worth more than her weight in
applause at the London Chop
House, as she sings in original
fashion while accompanying her
self at the piano.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-14
Messiah
Wonderful
BY CHARLES GENTRY

By FAR the best Messiah, "
which the Wayne University
Choral Union and orchestra have
ever offered here was presented
to a packed house last night in
Masonic Auditorium.
The chorus of several hundred
voices, the largest ever to sing
here, has been excellently trained,
and their delivery OF such familiar
passages as the For Unto Us a
Child" and GLORY TO God" were
beautifully done.
Really thrilling were the power
and beauty this ensemble revealed
in the final "Hallelujah" chorus
which brings this great oratorio
Of Handeps to a close.
They also gave tremendous sup
port to the four soloists and
Harold Tallman's conducting was
both expert and musicianly.
FINE SOLOISTS
This seasons performance of
"The Messiah" was a particularly
| Fortunate one in having four such
fine solo voices as those of Thelma
Won Eisenhauer, soprano, Margit
Kofmehdy. contralto, H IF b e r I
p terson, tenor and Bertram
Rowe.
Miss Eisenhauer was in particu-
larly fine voice and sang both the
Come Unto Him and Il Know
That My Redeemer Liveth" with
great warmth and sweetness.
We must admit that we were
surprised at the maturity and
development in the voice of Miss
Kormendy. who has only recently
returned from her recital triumph
| in New York's Town Hall.
EXCELLENT CONTRALTO
Surely nothing could have been
more moving than her rendition
tof the "The Shall the Eyes" reci-
tative and aria, at the conclusion
of the first part of the oratorio.
Both Mr.. Peterson, who has
sung the work many times and
Mr.. Rowe, proved excellent in the
male vocal roles, thereby adding
the best solo touches to a superb
choral evening.
THE Messiah" with the same
soloists, chorus and excellent or
chestra will be repeated this eve
ming in Masonic Auditorium.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-14
Soiree Musicale
Meets Sunday

THE SoIREE MUSICALE win
meet at the home Of Jane Cam
pion Sunday evening. The musical
program will be played by Marilyn
Mahoney. Jane Campion, Paula
Field, Molly Hay and Gloria
Hewitt. Patricia Collins will talk
on modern composers.
The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03
DroftAse
StoyUp

Washington, April 8. UP)-Maj.
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, National
Selective Service director, today
denied knowledge of a reported
army plan to lower the draft age
from SO to 81 in order to spare
mohe older men for industry while
stepping up the call for younger
registrantS.
Hershey said he doubted If such
a plan would meet the manpower
needs of the armed services.
He estimated that not more than
100000 of the $4,000 men under
g. now deferred on farms or in war
plants would be indicted after con-
sidering continued deferments for
key men and a rejection rate of
around 40 per cent. 1t was consid-
cred unlikely that the remaining
778,OOO Of the 100000 men wanted
by the armed forces by July 1 could
be found in the 1851 age group.
The policies to guide continued
deferments of men under 26 have
been under study by federal inter-
agency committee headed by man.
power Chief Paul v. McNutt and a
decision Is expected soon, possibly
today.
The recommendation are ex-
pected to call for rigid deferment
standards for under-26 men, the
class Of registrants most needed by
the armed forces. The military
agencies have major strength oil
the inter-agency committee and
their influence Is expected to be re-,
fiicted In the deferment standards
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03
BRITISH STOP
new JAP PUSH
TO T|DD|M RID.

New Delhi, April Sup
British Imperial troops
troops were reported today
to have repulsed a new
japanese attempt to reach
the road between Tiddim and
Imphal, capital OF Manipur
state and obeject of an
enemy drive from the Burn
csc border.
An Allied communique said the
British troops intercepted and re-
PEELED the Japanese column Satur-
day night. Although the exact loca-
ton of the fighting was not given,
the two forces apparently met in
the Palel area, where the Japanese
recently had driven about 20 miles
across the Indian-Burmese border
but were stopped last week a few
miles from the important supply
road to the entire central front.
Fighting also continued through
quill 4A4AA GA Noo VA ~ Wv $1,000
front running east of Imphal and
Kohima. British patrols inflicted
casualties on the Japanese forces
in the foothills to the east of I'M
phal, but the communicate did not
give any details concerning the
fighting around Kohima.
(Tokyo radio said Japanese troops
had occupied point of the Imphal-
Kohima highway Is miles north Of
Imphal, and predicted that the fall
of Imphal ais now not a distant
possibility" Tokyo said the occupa-
ton was made "as early as March
28."D
In countering the Japanese at
tacks on the line east of the I'M
phal-Kohima road. British troops
were reported to have cut behind
the enemy lines and severed the
Japanese supply routes from the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03
SMASH
NAz| ATTACK
TAKEBAST|ON
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD
UNITED Press War Correspondent

(UmCe0 FreSS war COrreSpOnueHC)
Allied H e a d q u arter RS,
Naples, April 8. - (UP) -
Allied infantrymen have
smashed another German
attack on the left flank of
the Anzio beachhead line, a
communique disclosed today,
while Italian units on the
main 5th Army front occu-
pied a third Nazi strong
point in the hills northeast OF
Casino.
Headquarters spokesman said the
NaI attack was beaten off with
heavy losses to the enemy after sew
eral hours of bitter hand-to-hand
fighting in the muddy ravines
southwest of Aprilia.
Attacking with hand-type flame
throwers and supported by a heavy
concentration of mortar fire, the
Germans thrust again and again at
the Allied network of foxholes and
pillboxes without success.
Official reports indicated the Nazi
assault, launched by about $50
shock troops, broke down on the
barbed-wire line guarding the Allied
positions.
The Germans brought up scores
of flame throwers in an attempt to
burn their way through the wire,
but were forced to break off the at
tack before midnight heavy con-
centration or rifle and artillery fire.
The attack began about five p. m.
Saturday to the accompaniment OF
a heavy mortar barrage. Six hours
later, as the enemy troops began to
falter, 10 Nazi planes swept in low
over the battle area ana sprayed
the Allied positions with anti-per-
sonnet bombs and machine gun fire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03
Prof. Finds
New Source
Of Oil, Coal
BY DENNIS DALTON
United Press Staff Correspondent

UnlLeQ FreSS SLaII correspondent
veland, April - CUP -
Through cheap chemical imitation
of a process which took nature mil
lions of years, enough coal and gas
oline to supply world needs can be
made from simple plants like trees
and sugar cane, Dr. E. Berl, research
professor at Carnegie institute of
technology, reported to the Ameri-
can chemical society today.
The society opened its 107th
meeting today. Dr. Berl will present
a formal report of his studies to
the division of cellulose chemistry of
the society Thursday.
The new method, result Of 10
years of investigation which started
as one of purely academic interest,
assures an inexhaustible supply of
these vital fuels at nominal cost,
DR.. Berl said.
ut will create great new de-
mand for agricultural products" he
said, expanding farmers markets,
with possibly even presented y
jungles becoming farms for ma
even coal after depletion Of stocks
terials to make gasoline, oil, and
supplied by nature"
From 100 long (2240 lbs) tons Of
Louisiana sugar cane, he said, the
new process will make 1880 gallons
of gasoline, 3,430 gallons of middle
oil, 1910 gallons of fabrication oil,
and 8.45 long tons of raw sugar
cane.
internationally, DR.. Berl explain
ed, the process means this: that
there need be no "have-not" ma
lions in oil or coal if there is land
area enough to grow carbohydrates,
for liquid fuel will be at the dis
posal of practically all civilized ma
tons.
1t is not uncomfortable, he added,
that the farmer of tomorrow even
may have a simple installation on
his farm to make his own fuels to
run his tractors and heat his home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03
Powers Hail
Soviet Stand

Washington, April 3-(UP)-Sec-
rotary of State Cordell Hull said to-
day that the Soviet Unions official
disclaimer of territorial designs ON
Rumania makes clear for the Ru-
manian people that the main BUSH
ness Of the armies of Soviet Russia
is to defeat the enemy In the field.
AS Hull endorsed the statement
Of Foreign Commissar v. M. Molo-
TOW, it was learned that the United
States had been Informed in adj
vance that the statement was going
to be made.
Hull'S statement, in response to .
request for comment, said:
IT have noted with considerable
interest the statement made by Mr..
Molotov in connection with the
military operations now being con.
Quoted in Rumania.
"ThiS statement makes clear -
the Rumanian people that the main
business Of the armies Of Soviet
Russia is to defeat the enemy in
the field.
'"The political assurances which
the statement contains should help
the Rumanians to see that their
own ultimate interests will require
that German forces be driven from
their country"
Hull's statement came a. diplo-
matte and congressional circles
hailed Russia's assertion that she
has no territorial designs On Ru-
mania as a move that may speed
collapse Of the Axis Balkan flank.
Observers pointed out that the
Russian announcement effectzSsay
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03
Police Probe
Secret Group

Jackson, Mich, April SUPP
Police and court authorities con-
ferred today on the disposition OF
five teen age members of a secret
society, whose violent aims repor-
tedlay included future control of
the government and domination of
what they called inferior races"
The youths, police said, had weird
flags, arm bands, printing press,
hunting knives, binoculars, imita-
ton police badges and flashlights.
The press was believed to have been
used seyeral months ago to print
hand bills distributed at Negro
homes.
Police said noon day rituals IF the
society, known as "the state" re-
CURED members to wipe their feet
on the American flag and stab the
bible with knife wrapped in pur-
pie cloth
The society, police said, was head
ed by 17-year old, and included
in its membership youths ranging
from / to II, all members OF pro-
minent Jackson families, except one
14-year old, said to live in Chlca-
go. j.,
The society'S leader was quoted
as saying 1t would take "15 or 20
years" to expand and carry out its
aims to control the government and
dominate inferior races"
Police said that the leader ex-
planned that the society stood for
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03
Russians Get
Much US Aid

Washington, April 3.-CUP)--The
Red Army offensives have been
backed up by $500 American-made
planes, $500, 900 tons Of American
food and vast shipments Of NUM-
lions and other supplies from the
United States, Foreign Economic
Administrator Leo T. Crowley re-
ported today.
He said lend-lease shipments from
October of 1941 to March / OF this
year had reached total OF $500
600 tons. This did not include some
1000 airplanes which were ferried
across.
Some of the items that have been
sent to the Soviet Union, Crowley
said, are: 5000 tanks and tank de-
stroyers; 10000 trucks; $4,000
jeeps; 10000 other military vehicles;
$4,000 miles of telephone wire;
275,O0O field telephones; 1000, 900
pairs Of army boots; an undiSclosed
number of locomotives and freight
cars; 1,45OOOO tons of steel; and
hundreds of thousands of tons of
tons Of aluminium, nickel, copper.
brass, zinc and explosives.
The Red navy has received rela-
lively smaller amounts Of equip
ment, largely marine engines, mine
sweepers and sub-chasers, the re-
port said.
In addition to weapons Of war,
the report said, the Russians have
received vast amounts Of food and
almost 10000 tons Of seed to replant
the devastated Ukraine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03
'BATTLESHIP
HIT WHILE IN
NORWAY ford
BY JOSEPH w. GRIGG
United Press Staff Correspondent

BY JOSEPH w. GRIGG
United Press Staff Correspondent
London, April 3. - (UP)
British Naval planes
bounced on the great Ger
man battleship Tirpitz lying
crippled in a Norwegian
FiOrd and hit her with bombs
in a successful" attack, the
admiralty announced today.
A terse admiralty COM
munique revealed the new
damaging blow to the Tir-
pitt, Germany only super
dreadnaught and mainstay
of dwindling Nazi naval
power, a little more than five
months after British midget
submarines knocked it out OF
action last September.
NAVAL aircraft have carried out
successful bombing attack on the
German battleship Tirpetz in the
Alien Fjord Of North Norway" the
comrEIlnique said. Several hits were
obtained"
The bombing, the date of which
was not given, was the first an
nounced attack by naval planes on
the Tirpitz in the Alien Fjord.
The attack on the TirpitZ, mystery
ship Of the German battle fleet
whose weight is known only to the
Germans but which is estimated up
to $4,000 tons, was believed to have
been carried out by carrier based
planes.
: Observers said that with the dam
age of Several bomb hits added to
that wrought by the midget sub
marines, the one-time terror OF the
northern sea lanes undoubtedly
would be out of action for a long
time.
The new blow at the T'irpitz was
struck at a time when Hitler's Lieu
tenants were fortifying the western
coast Of Europe from North Cape to
the Bay Of Biscay in anticipation OF
an Allied invasion.
Latest reports from Sweden said
the Germans were carrying out ex-
tensive repairs on the Tirpitz. 1t had
wallowed helplessly in the Alien
Fiord, 10 miles northeast Of from
soc and los southwest Of North
Cape, since the submarines sent
torpedoes into its hull last Sept. %.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03
Soldiers Or
MiIk-CMP PA

Hartford, April 3-(UP)-Ken E.
Geyer, general manager of the Con-
necticut Milk Producers association
declared today that scrapping of
the unit system in determining the
deferment of farm workers made
approximately 5000 Connecticut Ag-
ricultural helpers from 10 to 38 ell
gible for induction and someone in
Washington is going to have to de-
eide whether we need soldiers or
milk"
Geyer said, "It seems there is no
encouragement from Washington to
produce food" and that ut will be
pretty serious by fall If any more
dairy farmers are taken.
There are more women and chill
dren milking on Connecticut farms
today than I like to think. Many
boys Of high school age are not IN
school this year because their faith
ers can't spare them and keep farms
m On a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03
New War
Loan Drive
June 18th

Washington, April 3-(UP)-Sec-
rotary of the treasury 1Ienry Nor
genthau, Jr., today set June 12,July
8 as the dates for the Fifth War
Loan Drive in which the nation will
be asked to invest $4,000, 100000.
Morgenthau said individuals would
be asked to subscribe $4,000. 900, 900
a record high individual quota nee
essary to meet war costs that are
close to $8,O00,0OO,00O month.
To place greater emphasis on in.
dividual subscriptions, MorgenthaL
said, only sales to private persons
will be reported during the period
from June II to June 26, although
subscriptions will be received from
all non-baking investors throughout
the campaign.
On June 26, the individual cam
paign will be supplemented with an
intensive drive to meet the 100000
100000 quota for all non-baking in
veStorS.
Although the drive closes July 8,
all savings bond and note subscrip-
tons processed by federal reserve
banks or the treasury between June
and July 81 will be credited to 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03
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Many Yonks
Slain ByOwn

washington April - (U.P) -
The number of American fighting
men killed accidentally by Amer
lean or Allied guns in this war stood
at an estimated 440 today after a
Navy report revealed how IS were
killed and As wounded by mistake
during teh Marshall Islands inva-
sion.
The latest deaths occurred Feb
ruary % when U. S. destroyer. Its
crew confused by restricted VISIBLE
ity and other factors, opened tire on
three American landing boats
storming Parry Island in Eniwetok
Atoll.
The Navy released report by a
special board of inquiry attributing
the tragedy chiefly to the fact that
both the destroyer and the landing
craft were slightly QUE of sched-
uled positions" because of difficult
navigation conditions, and smoke
and dust restricting visibility.
The report did not identify the
dead and wounded nor their
branch of service, but both marines
and army troops tok part in the
Parry Island operations.
It was at least the third and
possibly the fourth instance OF
American servicemen dying as re-
suit of accidental fire from Allied
guns.
The heaviest single blow occurred
in the recently-revealed incident in
which 41O paratroopers and airmen
were killed when % army trans
ports were shot down by mistake
over Sicily last summer.
Only last Friday it was revealed
that six Americans were killed
when carrier based British fighter
planes shot down an American
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03

Foreign COmmiSSar V. M.
MOlOtOv, announcing the Red
Army's first drive across q
Soviet state frontier, em-
phasized that it was under
orders to pursue the enemy
until he is routed and sur
renders" and that Russia
had no designs on Rumania's
territory or social system.
Front dispatches said So
Wet striking forces were step
ping up the pace of the sem
Sation advance on the SOUTH
ern front, taking advantage
of increasing enemy disor-
ganization so extreme that
German and Rumanian COM
manders were turning their
guns on some units which,
had lost all semblance of dis
cipline.
Leading elements Of the first and
second armies of the Ukraine were
slashing into Rumania southwest
ward from the Cernauti area. where
five-mile drive beyond the bor-i
der captured Dumen, and westward
across the Prut to pose an imminent
threat to Iasi, big Rumanian rail-
junction seven miles beyond the
river.
To the northwest, other units OF
the first army pushed within sight
of the Carpatho- Ukraine, former
Czechosloyak soil now claimed by
Hungary. An entire Hungarian
regiment surrendered hardly q
stones throw from their frontier.
The Nad command was reported
moving up SIS elite guard detach-
ments from the Balkans which
turned tommy guns on panicky
troops in desperate attempt to
force them to turn and give battle.
"a National Broadcasting Com
pany report from Moscow said the
Red army had set up staff head
quarters in F,umania and estab-
lished regular ferry crossings over
the Prut.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03
100000 Jops
Are raped

Washington, April 3-.(UP)-
Some 100000 Japanese troops are
caught inside an American moose
around the Marshall, Bismarck and
north Solomon islands and face
only a hopeless future Of starvation
and death from disease, the War
Department declared today.
In a Pacific strategy review which
predicted eventual complete VIC
tory" over the enemy, the War De-
partment revealed that superior U.
s. Ind, sea and air forces had
closed around the japanese from
the Marshalls to New Guinea a
trap which destroyed nine out Of
every 10 enemy ships attempting to
bring in supplies.
The blockade, coupled with seiz-
ure of strategic points and relent-
less hastings Of other installations.
has proven so effective that the
Japanese are periShing by the hum
dreds from disease and starvation,
the review said.
1t also disclosed that American
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03
2-Prong Push To Isolate
7ruk Gains In Momentum
BIZ WILLIAM F. TYREE

UNITED Press War Correspondent
Pearl Harbor, April 3.-(UP)-The
two pronged American air assault
to neutralize Truk and other strong
holds in the Caroline Islands,
Japan's main outer defense screen,
gained momentum today with bomb
ers from the central and south
Pacific reporting 10 raids in four
days.
Seventh Air Force Liberators from
newly-won bases in the Marshal
Islands subjected Truk to its eighth
attack in four days just before dawn
Friday, while medium bombers from
the south Pacific blasted Woleai,
460 miles to the west, by night.
GA Japanese Domei dispatch re-
ported by the U. S. Foreign Broad
cast Intelligence Service said the
raids on Truk continued through
Sunday, but caused only Slight
damage. Eight planes were shot
down in the three-day period ended
Sunday, Domei said)
Announcements from Adm. Ches-
ter w. Nimitz's Pacific fleet head
quarters at Pearl Harbor and Gen.
Douglas MacArthur'S headquarters
Australia implied that the 2-day Of
fensive to smash some of the princi-
pal obstacles on the invasion route
to the Philippines China and Japan
was off to flying start, though tens
of thousands additional tons of ex-
plosives will be required to finish
the job.
Gn Washington a War Depart
ment review forecast eventual COM
plete" victory over some 100000
Japanese troops trapped by Ameri-
can land sea ard az 1pezS.:Cz.S
(N0nti,a1Jal IN noro
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03
Dean of House Claims
80, 900 Army Officers Idle

work because Of their skill and
training, but I would like to know
how some of these cocktail lounge
officers got their appointments and
why they are being kept in the
service when experienced officers
with full army careers behind them
are being let out" he said.
He said he had not been instru-
mental in securing a commission for
anyone, and that he did not be-
lieve that many members Of Con-
gress had tried to influence the War
Department in this respect. adding
however, that someone IS RESPONSE
BILE" for such commissions.
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