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Evening star., 1944-06-22

otter the war, seeking to prevent
arother shipping debacle sucn as
that which followed the First Worio
War. ..
ceiying information and opinion
from the Maritime Commission
fron, the men who man the shlps
and from the men who expect TO
own them, or considerable part OF
them when war shipping gives way
m neacetime commerce. There Is
reason to believe that the commit
tee will, come up with a bill calcu-
lated to promote the national IN
terest and protect the private IN
terests of all those properly con-
cerned.
Followed Message.
The Act of 1886 followed mes
.aoe of the President in which ne
said:
ain the event of a major war IN
which the United States is not IN
volyed. our commerce, in the ao-
sence of an adequate American
Merchant Marine, might flnd itseH
seriously crippled because OF its IN
ability to secure bottoms Tor neutrai
peaceful foreign trade.
..In the event of war in which
the United States itself might be
engaged, American flag ships are
obviously needed not only for naval
auxiliaries, but also for the main
tenance of reasonable and necessary
commercial intercourse with other
nations. We should remember les
sons learned in the last war"
Bv lessons learned in the last
war" the President had in mind
that we were caught wholly unpre-
pared at that time to move men and
materials in our own ships; he must
also have had in mind the great
shipyard at Hog Island and its de-
livery of ships-after the armistice.
The act of 1896 provided a ship
building program that would give
this country 500 new modern vessels
in the course of 10 years. BY the
time of Pearl Earbor, 200 of these
ships had been built and the Mari
time Commission had acquired the
necessary know-how that enabled it
to shift to wartime shipbuilding
schedule almost overnight. Old yards
were vastly expanded and new yards
were built. Men and women-nearly
100000 women-were recruited and
training courses opened. Some 700,-
600 workers were presently on the
job in yards that operated "a hours
a day, seven days week.
Free Of Stoppages.
In passing, it should be noted that
this program has been carried
through almost literally without a
strike, sit-down or lockout.
The result was 728 ships, totaling
Evening star., 1944-06-22

ham and caviar sandwiches and
vodka, which you enjoy on the green
hillside, actually within the invisible
line of Notifications.
After lunch you go on to more
pillboxes.
The crowning touch is supplied by
the feminine contingent. When it
was proposed that the trip should be
extended two or three more days,
Evening star., 1944-06-22

service.
This commit
tee W as t n e
principal author
of the Merchant
Marine Act OF
1886, u n d e r
which one of the
greatest jobs OF
the war W a S
made possible,
Now, taking time
by the forelock
again, it is seek
ing to assure a
merchant m a
rine fitted to
hyv,erica's needs
Evening star., 1944-06-22

one Of two women correspondent
walled despcndently:
How can it, ! haven't any more
lingerie
In justice it should be said that
that same woman once rode all
night across the Stalingrad steppes
in an unheated ambulance at 40I
below zero.
copyright, 1914, By chicaso Daily News.)
Evening star., 1944-06-22
|Leningrad Is Normal,
But War al lis Worst
is NOT Far Distant
BY DAVID M. NICHOLS,
War Correspondent of The star an,
Chicago Daily News.

LENINGRAD, June 20 Delayed
"A trip to the Leningrad front is a
fantastic combination of an intour-
ist tour. A summer picnic and war
at its most horrible.
Your base is the famous Hotel
Astoria across the square from the
immense bulk of st. Isaac's Cathe-
dral which outwardly, at least, is un-
damaged, and the rambling brown
stone building of the former Ger
man consulate, which is now serv-
ing much more humane purpose
You taste excellent food and sleep
in clean white beds in rooms where
there is running water several hours
daily-no mean achievement in it
self. In the evenings, you go to the
Evening star., 1944-06-22
Rn LnfcelL Melieff.

SCHUYLER Otis Bland of Virginia
and his House Committee on the
Merchant Marine are rendering the
American people another real public
Evening star., 1944-06-22
Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The Eve
ming Star Information Bureau. 316 Eye
inclose 3 cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1944-06-22

Command and the Navy Air Transport Service, have
been greatly extended.
Service to Wake Island, Guam, Manila, Hong Kong
and New Zealand may be temporarily discontinued but
Hawaii, Africa, Portugal Ireland and all the leading
cities of Latin America still regular ports of call
for giant Clippers on scheduled flight.
Look at the solid lines in the large map above. If
you have need today to fly to any of the cities on those
routes, please consult your local Pan American office
your travel agent. They will be glad to give
YOU schedules rates, and other information. For Air
Express shipments telephone Railway Express Agency
Evening star., 1944-06-22

lHE MAP ABOVE is NOT just an artists conception
of proposed postwar air Quite the contrary!
1t shows worldwide system of over $4,000 miles
that actually in operation before Pearl Harbor
This, the worlds greatest air transport system, was
carrying international passengers, mail air cargo and
the United States flag to five continents long ago
as l04l.
MORE THAN THAT!
Most of the routes pioneered by Pan American
World Airways before the have been in continuous
operation since -. Many of hem in cooperation
and under contract with the Army Air Transport
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12
AUTO HITS BIKE,
 BOY HOSPITALIZED
Homer NOragOng, I2, Sui. fers Possible Fractured
 Skull on South Main

Naugatuck, Sept. 1.-The condi- ton of Homer .Noragong, l2, son of Mir and Mrs. E. c. Noragong, 14 Christian St.. who suffered severe injuries late Monday afternoon when the bicycle he was riding collided with an auto on South Main St., was reported as flair" this morn- ing at St. Mary's hospital, Water bury.
 The boy. after receiving treatment by Dr. Victor A. Casella. was taken to the hospital where he regained consciousness. He has a possible fractured skull, possible concussion and possible fractured ribs, hospi- tai official said. x-rays will deter mine the extent of his injuries to- day. His name is not on the danger list.
 Sgt. Anthony Farrar said the driver of the auto was Leonard T. Russell, Bethany Rd., Beacon Falls. Russell said. according to the police sergeant, that the boy was riding out farcm a drive wa yon the west side of South Main St. as Russell was driving south. Russell said he veered to the left to avoid the bicycle but the latter vehicle hit his fender and the boy was thrown to the ground.
 Russell was arrested on a motor vehicle violations count.
 Patrolman Raymond Carlson and Wilfred Evon investigated and took the boy to the hospital in the com munity ambulance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12
BY LOUIS r. KEEMLE (lJnited Press War Edit0rl

The American lst Army fought its way into Germany deep within the Slegfried Line east of Trier today, while the British End Army and the American Srd, the latetr now in contact with the 7th Army from the south, pressed the attack on the enemyS west wall from Holland to the Vosges mountains.
 The Russians also fought on Ger man soil in a patrol penetration of East Prussia from Lithuania, and drove towards the borders of that province from the east and south in m imminent threat of massed in- vaSion.
 The entry into the Reich from the west by the lst Army was in force, and as such the first in- vasion of Germany in more than a century, although French patrols made minor stabs across the border from the Maginot Line late in 1889.
 Troops of the ist Army under It. Gen, Courtney Hodges advanced more than six miles across the bor- der north of Trier in their first push, meeting comparatively weak opposition. Before them lay the Valley of the Mosclle and the high way leading to Koblenz and the Rhine, about 55 miles away.
 Hodges Left Wing
 The left wing of Hodges army in northeastern Belgium at the same time drove through stiff opposition beyond Liege to within five miles of the German border and had
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12

J. Louise Roberts, and Charles Mel- eganics sold a house and lot on Highland avenue to Felix and Anna Sabia.
 Edward KOgut of Locust street, Union City, and Henry Edmondson, of Galpin street, who enlisted in the air cadets before they were of age left Monday to report at Camp Dev. ems, Mass, for induction into the U. s. Army Air Forces cadet training program.
 Kogut is a graduate of Naugatuck high school with the class of 1944 and EdmOndsOn attended Sacred Heart high school in Waterbury.
 Lieut.. Roger H. Williams, son of Mrs. Margaret Williams, 2l Walnut street, recently received his jump insignia in the paratroops in the South Pacific area, according to a report this morning.
 He is in New Guinea with the llth Airborne division.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12
Pacific War
(By United PresS)

NDY OUAbCu EECSOj
 The combined striking power of the U. S. third Pacific Fleet and the Far Eastern Air Force was aimed today at the Philippines where war ships, carrier planes and land based bombers smashed 91 Japanese ves- sels and 61 aircraft in a joint attack which the Japanese radio said con- tinued into a third consecutive day Sunday.
 The warship and carrier plane at- tack was the first of the war against the Philippines and brought the first disclosure that Admiral Will liam F. Halsey had returned to &C., ton as commander of the Third Fleet.
 Halsey sent the fleet steaming close to Mindanao, southernmost of the Philippine Islands. Friday to strike the greatest single blow of the war against the Japanese merchant fleet. At least 69 Cargo ships were sunk or probably destroy ed.
 No Japanese ships challenged the aCCacK ana only elgnC Japanese planes appeared. All were shot down. Sixty other enemy planes were destroyed on the ground.
 Allied bombers followed up the attack Saturday night with e raid on zamboang harbor at the south- ern end of Mindanao, scoring direct hits on two 1000 ton cargo ships. !
 DavaO Attacked
 The Tokyo radio reported 400 planes attacked Davao and Cagayan on Mindanao Saturday and l80 planes hit both points again Sum- day.
 Admiral Chester w. Nimits in an- nouncing the fleet raid which des- troyed an entire convoy said Amer ican aerial losses were ''very light" and no surface vessels were dan- aged.
 LAberator bombers of General Douglas MacArthur's Far Eastern air force attacked Ceiehes Island, 900 miles south of the Philippine Is-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12
Injured Workman Gets $2,496 Compensation

John DiFederico of SS6 Hill street will receive $2,496 for hand injury sustained Jan. 10 while employed by the Waterbury Rolling Mills, Incn according to an agreement ap- proved today by Compensation Com missioner John J. O'Connell, Pay ments will be made at the rate of SS0 weekly for a period of sS and l-5 weeks, for 70 per cent loss of function of the left hand,
 Other agreements, all for weekly payments during disability were ap- proved as follows;
 Mabel Brennan of Torringtor against Warren McArthur Corp, oi Bantam, $l6,l5 beginning July { dermatitis of hands.
 Louis DeLorenzo of Mems dormi' tory at Waterbury hospital agains Waterbury hospital, $ll.95 beginning Aug. IS, injuries to right hand ane elbow.
 c. Henry Benson of Union City against State Highway Department of Hartford, $22.76 beginning July 2S, second degree burns of left hand and arm and first degree burns of right hand and arm.
 John Ciminera of 70l South Main street against American Brass Go, Metal Hose division, $26.59 begin- ming Sept. 1, fracture of foot.
 Cataldo Lapardo of Torrington against American Brass Co.,, of Tor rington, $50 beginning Sept. {, in- juries to third, fourth and fifth fin- gers of right hand,
 Charles F. Arrigoni of Torring- ton against American Brass Go. of Torrington, $So beginning Sept. l, back injury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12
IMoeckel To Submit Town Hall Reports
 On Gem To Hickey
If State Police Head Approves Recommended Changes Special Board Meeting VIII Be Called Soon After; !, MlIIvil Ave. Land Grant to American Legion
NAUG GATUcK
cOrespOndent larry Shspey-Pheas NSugaluCk S0sB

Naugatuck, Sept i2--Welfare dc. , partment expenses for the flrSt Ave months of the fiscal year totaled Sli, ,79e.SA, Leo Soully, superlntend- ent of welfare, reported at Q meet- ? ing Monday night, If expenditures 2 continue At the present rate the de- partnent may have Q surplus ct the end of the fiscal year, he said,
 The department budget for the year is $SS,eb0 and there was Q bal- anee of $22,i2i,66 on August 3l,
 Detailed eXpenses are; Outside poor, S2,S2e,ee; hospitals, $2,2AB,Ao, children In homes, $l,752,70; Mead- owbrook home, s2,2S702; Rdmlnis- tration, S2,6l0.5s,
 The board discussed the town hall situation at It's meeting but took no action because the report of Henry Moeckel, ST., was not yet ready, Mfr, Moeckel will submit nis report on necessary Improvements at the town hall to State Police ComSr Edward J, Hickey this week, possibly Wed. nesday, and If Comsr, Hickey ap. proves the recommended changes, a special meeting of the welfare board will be called soon thereafter, the board wes told Monday night,
 Mr, Moeckel was named by the board last month after Comsr, Hickey had closed the Gem theatet in the town hall, declaring 1t un. safe for public assembly. The archi. tect went over the town hall from top to bottom" for two weeks, Mir, Brophy said,
 Louis DeCerlo said he had re. ceived several inquiries as to when the theater will be reopened. He RGded 1t appears now that 1t will be closed during the winter and said it should give the town a good idea of how much coal Is saved when the theater is not used, Other members ot tho board had contended several months ago that the lease price wus not enough to meet expenses in- cur ed through use Of the theater.
 1Ac board paved the way for granting of land on Millville avenue 10 Naugatuck post, American Legion, by going on record as saying the town no longer has use for the piece of land, 204 feet wide and 400 feet detD. The borough board last week voted to deed this to the post for sl subject to Monday nigt's decision by Che welfare board.
 It is to be used as a site for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12
HEADQUARTERS
 FOR LOCAL COP.

A Republican campaign headquar- ters Is being sought by the Republi- can Town Chairman Vernon L. Hall to be used during the coming elec- ton, 1t was learned today. A site on Center street and one in the Buckingham building are both being considered, it was revealed.
 It is expected that headquarters will be established at either of these places within a week, after which time a series of political meetings will be held. Most of these meetings will be open to the public. The first meeting to be held will be that of the town committee. District lead- CTS will meet next to be introduced to the local Republican candidates and to hear the first campaign ad- dresses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12
WORLD WAR II A YEAR AGO
 SEPT. l2, le43
By United Press

ny OUitcu FFesS
 Hlslcr'S headquarters report that German parachutlStS have Liberated" BenitO MussOllni; no other details mentioned.
 In radio address, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, calls for peace by force, if necessary.
 In New Guinea. Allied troops capture the Salamaua airdrome; l; Salamaua victory comes 10 weeks after first landing at Nassau Bay, In southern Itatly, Eighth Army advances to CatanxarO and Sant' Eufemia Ia Mexia, while other forces seize Brlndisi, on the Ad- riatic.
 Russian troops gain substantial. ly on all fronts, freeing about 250 towns and killing 3,70O Germans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12

Pacific intensified their attacks on Japanese shipping and drew closer to the Philippines as the war against Japan assumed first place in the deliberations of President Rooseevlt and Prime Minister Churchill at Quebec.
 91 Jap Ships Destroyed
 It was announced that warships, carrier and land-based planes had destroyed ei Japanese vessels and 6S aircraft in a series of attacks in Phillipine and adjacent waters. Cruisers, destroyers and crarier planes engaged in the first cona- bined operation of the war against the Philippines in an attack off the southern island of Mindanao. Among the ships sunk was one entire con- voy of 32 loaded cargo vessels and 20 Sampans.
 Japanese land bases in Mindanao were attacked, and little enemy opposition was encountered. Other bombers of the Southwest Pacific command hit other targets. includ- ing Celebes and Halmahera, while carrier planes of the fleet again attacked Palau east of the Philip pines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12
Borough Briefs

Naugatuck, Sept l2--Seaman Ed. win Baldwin, U. s. Navy, stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. H., is spending leave with his parents. MT, and Mrs. Har- old Baldwin of Hoadley street.
 Mr. and Mrs. Alfred I. Russell of Hartford announce the birth of q daughter, Susan Smith. August 30, at St. Francis hospital, Hartford.
 Mrs. Russell Is the former Miss Agnes Smith of Rubber avenue.
 The Misses Eleanor and Ger trude Oemcke. daughters of MT. and Mrs. Daniel Oemcke of Walnut ter race, entertained Miss Cecile Du- Bois, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Le- onel DuBois of May street, Miss Jus tine Brophy, daughter of Warden and Mrs. Leo J. Brophy of Hillcrest avenue. and Miss Nancy Anderson, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Gunnard E. Anderson of Walnut terrace, at their summer home at Bay View, Milford, this past weekend.
 A new fire engine is expected for delivery at the Naugatuck Chemical and Synthetic plants for the fire department there. The new engine, which will be delivered about Oc- tOber 10, Is a 75O-gallOn ,Seagrave bumper, with a 12-cylinder, 1S5- horsepower motor.
 Mir. and Mrs. Jol:n P. Jones of Walnut street have returned from Washington, Conn, where they had been visiting MT. and Mrs. Clayton Parks.
 Miss COlette Peterson has returned to her home on Millville avenue after spending the past few days with Miss Barbara Walker of New York city.
 Robert Nixon, U. s. Navy. who is spending a leave with his father, R. Emmet Nixon of Highland avenue, and his aunt, Mrs. Edna Pullen, are visiting relatives in Massachusetts.
 Attorney and Mrs. ClaremOnt I. TOlles of Fairview avenue, are now in New Brunswick, Canada, on . salmon fishing trip.
 Attorney and Mrs. Tolles are ar- dent spOFtsmen with the rod and reel, and in addition to fishing at various points in Maine and other game fish areas, several years ago enjoyed a fishing trip to Alaska.
 Attorney TOlles' post as prOsecut- or in the Naugatuck borough court Is now being filled by Assistant Prosecutor Terrence Carmody.
 According to warranty deeds filed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12
NEWS OF MEN IN THE SERVICE


 Eugene N. Robinson, ARM Sc, has returned to his base after spending a leave with his parents, He entered the service September ga, ieaS, and trained At Sampson, New York. He attended Aviation Radio School at Memphis, Tennese sec and is now stationed at the Naval Air Station in Atlanta, Georgia, He ls Q graduate of sacred Heart High School and before en- tering the service was employed In the General Training Room of the scovlll Manufacturing Company,
 His brother, Private Edward N, Robinson, who entered the service February 26, lo4S, trained at Camp Maxey, Texas, Camp Campbell, Ken lucky, and after three months ma. neuVerS In Tennessee, was stationed ct Fort Jackson, South Carolina, with Field Artillery Division. He is now serving overseas, He is e graduate of Wllby High school and before entering the service was em. ployed at M, A, Greens,
 TheSe boyS are the sons of MT, and Mrs. Edward M Robinson, 3e Orchard street,
 DelmAr A, Knox, son of MT. and Mrs, Frank E. Knox of Woodbury, has been promoted to first lieu- tenant at Craig field, Ala, where he is assistant director of physical training, His wife and son live at Selma, Ala.
 First Sergeant John P, Egan of 2S4 East Main street is on furlough here from Camp Croft, s. 0,
 Richard Hull, husband of the former Barbara Tyaek of 6S Con. cord street, has been commissioned @ second lieutenant at Napier Field, Ala. Ills brother, Daniel Hull, for. mer local newspaperman, is serving in the Navy at Norfolk Va,
 Ensign Harold Stein of 90 Steph. ana lane is awaiting an assignment for overseas duty with 0 Navy Sea-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12
U. s.-CHINEsE HOSPITAL

Located in San Francisco's China town, the only Chinese hospital in the United States is mobilized as Chinatown's ofiicial medical center in case of disaster.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12

tomorrow starting at l0:30 e. m. Lunch will be served at noon,
 A regular meeting of the Grange will be held Friday night at e:00 with Charles Messner, master, pre- siding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12
CONSCIENCE BOTHERS
 THOMASTON RESIDENT

Winsted, Sept. l2.-BecauSe the man who stole his car from its parking place in front of his store at 532 Main street Monday after noon became conscience stricken, Anthony Tomasino regeined pos session of his machine much quick CT than he anticipated after learn- ing it had disappeared.
 Tomasino notified Lieutenant Frederick w. Brandt, in command at Canaan State Police Barracks oi the theft of his car. Lieut.. Brandt told him that Howard Strattman oi lS3 North Main strete, Thomaston had driven the car into the bar racks yard and given himself up Strattman was brought back tC Winsted Monday night and t charged with theft of car.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12

bees unit, He left recently for Cal- ifornia after spending a leave here, His brother, First Lieutenant Jo- seph Stein, is now serving in South- ern France with an Army Engineers unit. They are the sons of MT, and Mrs, David Stein,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12

Because of a power shortage, Hongkong, China. trolleys run four hours daily.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12

An Eirhth AAF Fighter Station. EnRland-Technioian Fifth 0raoe James M, O'Brien of Waterbury has thought himself a piece Of the
 He was among the first soldiers stationed on this Eighth Fighter Command Mustang base to make a purchase in the War Bond cam paign staged by the Eighth Ar Force to buy "Victory Squadron'. All planes flown by the Eighth will be represented in the "Victory Squadron, and each officer and enlisted man buying bonds In the drive becomes shareholder.
 A cuota was assigned to personnel of this base under the command ot Col, William J, Cummings Jra Lawrence, Kansas. They were al- lowed five weeks in which to strive to attain the goal. They rocketed past the quota mark less than two weeks after the drive had opened,
 O'Brien, an ordnance company cook, formerly resided at 847 West Main street, Waterbury,
 Private Howard c. Carlson of 2il FfauSer street has completed train- ing at the radio school at Scott Field, H. He is the son of Mir, and Mrs. Charles Carl G. Hauser.
 Michael F. D'Averso of Naugatuck has been promoted to sergeant at infantry Replacement training cen- ter at Camp Banding, Fla.
 Charles s. Williams of 6e Wheeler street, who has been stationed In the Pacific area for nine months, has been promoted to sergeant in the Marine Corps, according to word received here.
 Corporal Julius Papp of 70 Suf- folk street, who is serving in the Marine Corps in the Pacific area. has sent two pieces of Japanese currency to Edward Scholey, pres ident of the local Marine Corps league.
 Marine Private First Class George Brown of l7 Matson court is on fur tough here. He is a veteran of ac- tion in the Marshall, Gilbert, and Wake islands. a-s