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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-30
WORLD WAR II A YEAR AGO
 MARCH 30, 1943
(By United Press)

British eighth Army marches into GabeS and Ell Hamma; Ger mans rereat toward Sfax; Ameri- can troops advances east of Gafsa while French forces push clear to OusSeltia.
 British and Canadian aircraft bomb Berlin night of March 29. Russians claim capture of 8 strongly frotified place on road to Sm0lensk.
 In London, Home Secretary Herbert L. Morrison announces establishment of restricted belt 10 miles deep along the coasts of England, Scotland mad Wales as part of a plan to make the British Isles a base for offensive operations.
 Prime Minister Winston Church. i'll warns British of Over-optim- ism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-30

FOUND At day service, on mems shirts. Laundered to per. lection. BON TON CLEANERS, 215 East Main; 1883 East Main and 354 West Main.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-30

HANG HOSTING. 4 ration book, isued by local board, application hereby made for new one. Joseph Anthony GraZioSa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-30

LOST-Springer Spaniel male dog. Tan and white. About 6 months old, 18" high. Answers to name winnie" New round leather col- lar. No tags. Strayed away from the George Lechner Farm, Wood Creek Road, Bethlehem. Last seen in Watertown. $1O reward. Please phone Woodbury 97 during office hours,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-30

LOST-Four No. 3 and four No. 4 ration books. We hereby make ap- plication for new ones. MT. and Mrs. Wierbonics and family.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-30
Automobiles
Auto And Truck Dealers
9 Autos And Trucks For sale

'36 CHEVROLET COACH - Heater, radio, pre-war tires. Inquire Wa
 terbury Motors, Inc, 59O Watertown
 Avenue. Dial 4-5129. '
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BROWN WALLET-Lost. Initials: HI. E. S." Drivers license, two tickets to Hartford. Please Dial 5-1959, reward.
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HAVING LOST-Three No. 4 ration books, issued by local board, ap- plication hereby made for new ones Mrs. Michael Ryan.
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WOMAN'S WHITE GOLD Trim wrist watch lost. Black face. Vi- cinity center. Reward. 5-123O.
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-21
Hitler and His Pig Boat

Among the multitude of stories originating
in Europe, none is more interesting whether
true or not, than one from Stockholm telling
of a great passenger submarine built especial
ly for Hitler's escape after the defeat of Ger
many.
According to an article in the New York
Times by George Azwlssson, the pig boat is
capable of travelling 10000 miles without re-
fueling and is commanded by a Lieutenant
Luth, the only German Navy holder OF
the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with
oak leaves and diamonds.
1t was built at the Gdynia shipyards. with
the greatest secrecy. Every man employed
on its construction was confined to the ship
yard and is still informed there.
Great quantities of gold are understood to
be aboard, Hitler having lost faith in
the marks purchasing power. The cruising
range leads to the supposition that Hitler S
destination is Japan with a possible visit
to Argentina en- route.
If the tale is fiction, nothing more is to be
said of it. If true it is to be noted that Hitler
must have been convinced of his defeat some
time ago. for submarines cannot be built in
hurry, especially of this type which is said
to be sumptuously fitted out with every COM
fort of the most expensive kind.
And it may be asked that if Hitler's destl-
nation is Japan what could he hope to gam
bv going there? Japan faces defeat, no less
than Germany. Also, it is well established
that the Japanese. since the Russians drove
them out of Stalingrad, have had the deepest
contempt for Germany as fighting nation
and for Hitler as an individual. Even II he
should reach Japans shores he could hardly
expect to be received with open arms,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-21
They Defy Hitler

When Hitler was at the height Of his power
the German people followed him without ques-
ton. His slightest wish was their law. He
was the demigod who was to give them DOS
session, as the superior race, of the entire
world If any dared doubt his perfection they
were quickly liquidated and none raised
voice in protest.
This is in sharp contrast with the attitude
Of the Germans in the Cologne-Aachen area
at present. When the Allied forces were driv-
ing close to this region Hitler issued an order
commanding all civilians to evacuate at once
and head inland with all their worldly goods,
or such as they could transport Instead of
obeying their Fuehrer they are, for the most
part, remaining in their homes, and some are
reported to be smiling upon American and
British troops, now that they are in the pro.
scribed district
Perhaps there is no surer sign of Hitler's
Fall from his pedestal than this defiance OF
= large group of his subjects, who prefer to
take the risk of becoming victims OF Allied
fire to deserving their hearthsde.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-21

is the objective Of the sponsors Of state social
ism.
Bills are again pending in Congress which,
if enacted would renew arbitrary price regu-
lation for the bitun1inous coal industry Not
only that but there is pressure to substitute
a single head within one of the executive de-
partments rather than have an independent
commission. Thus does bureaucracy show its
dictatorial character by seeking to place the
power to regulate in the hands of one man.,
rather than group of men,
Are we ready to admit that free American
industry has become $50 impotent that all at
once it must have guardian with the powers
OF a car? Must our heretofore independent
industries and workmen have political wet
nurse in order to serve the public as in the
past? Certainly not if we wish to maintain free
dom in our country.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-21
BY JOHN SELBY

|. Tourney Through Chaos" by
Agnes E. Meyer (Harcourt, Brace;
$3).
/ Around 20 million people have
been uprooted by the war in this
country, and their condition h s
made new problems and empha-
sized an assortment of old and IA
miliar ones. Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer,
whose husband owns the Washing
ton Post, has travelled many
months among the uprooted, and
has published a long series of ar
ticles in the Post about her find
ings. These are now housed be-
tween the covers Of a book called
Journey Through Chaos" in the
front matter of which there is a
very revealing statement. It is
customary to list an authors past
achievements, and Mrs. Meyers is
nd Mrs. Meyers is
book called Chinese Painting
as Reflected in the Thought and
Art of Ii Lung Mem" Nothing
could indicate the variety of her
interests more neatly.
Mrs. Meyer pretty well covered
the country. She found Buffalo a
madhouse, and saw thousands of
shy. frightened, untaught W ar
workers in the deep south. She
talked to workers and Industrial
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-21
Water Street Blockade

A freight car, a large trailer truck and
IN automobile completely blocked the Water
street traffic way between Chestnut
and Grace streets at 1920 yesterday morn
ing The blockade was of short duration
and was caused apparently by the
truck drivers uncertainty whether he could
put is vehicle through the narrow lane be-
tween the box car and auto.
But the fact that traffic conditions on Water
street are permitted to become congested
at an. time and even for short duration invites
attention from the city's police and fire Of
Gcials with view to finding a remedy.
Should there be fire in any building along
the street and fire fighting equipment be un-
able to reach it quickly, flames would have
chance possibly to sweep over a large
area. The fire boats alone could not cope
with major waterfront conflagration.
This leads to the question; what is to be
done to keep Water street open at all times?
The authorities alone can find the answer.
But one help would be the spotting of freight
cars at night only and their removal before
the days motor traffic starts. Another would
be closer observance of the no parking rule
in force, but frequnetly violated, for cars and
trucks. This could be done, we think,
II motorcycle policeman were patrolling the
street throughout the day. Periodical visits by
traffic officer, however conscientious have
failed to prevent parking by persons who are
neither taking on or delivering merchandise.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-21
Wet-Nursing Industry

The. now expired Guffey Coal Act was a
device originally passed to regulate and raise
the price of coal as means of increa sing
wages. It was unsound in principle because it
sought to set aside the law of supply and
demand, and if applied generally to all indus
try, could wreck our whole economic str,1c.
ture
You can pass a law raising prices to raise
waves, but no one has yet figured out law
that will make the consumer buy product
at price higher than that OF a competing
commodity or service.
Farsighted coal operators were opposed to
rigid Federal price fixing which would tie
their hands in maintaining their industry. They
knew that while price floor might result in
larger immediate returns to the coal indus
trv than would be true if free competition were
permitted, it would be but the beginning Of
. drive for increased political control Of com.
petitive energy sources. including oil and
"a and hydroelectric plants. This would be
the prelude to naturalization Of wealth which
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-21
Oil Shortage

An oil shortage has been SO successfully
dwelt upon by our petroleum administration
that it has practically become tradi-
tion Now it appears, there is no actual short
age. The claim is SO much hokum.
Note the following from the New York
Times Wall Street column:
predictions of shortages Of petroleum are
misleading because they are based only upon
known reserves, excluding prolific potential
supplies in untapped areas in many countries,
according to the Ethyl Corporation which con-
tends that there is backlog of oil sufficient
TO supply civilization at present rates of con-
sumption for centuries. Known oil reserves
are only those which have been discovered and
winch can be produced by present methods OF
recovery at present prices for the product, II
finds. Higher prices and improved methods
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-21
The Literary Guidepost

lists like Edsel Ford. Her interest
embraced war and peace prob
lens, from Seattle's fight on We
neraal disease to zoot-suit riots
She seems to have gath sred cour-
age as what she saw piled up evil
dence of our delinquency, so that
her last chapter is tough, hard
hitting ard supcrcly honest piece
CT writing that should be read by
every congressman and LOBBYIST IN
Washington. -.
Mrs. Meyer finds social and
educational void aid an amending
conflict over states right: In the
way OF solution. She says a
state need not be compelled to
accept federal aid, out that some
extension of health and unemploy-
ment insurance must be establish
ed if all your people are to be
educated decently, She advocates
extensive use of the school in the
re-esta blishment Of lost neighbor-
illness.
American life must and can be
integra ed so that the awakening
moral and social conscience Of
America may rest on a secure
foundation, Mrs. Meyer believes.
She also believes that it Jolly well
had better be integrated. lest
there be n social retreat such
az took place after the last eats.
ciysn." 5,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-21
Daily Prayer
FOR LONG VIEWS.

Eternity's endless ages are
Thine, o Thou Infinite One, who
hast neither beginning nor ending.
Our poor minds cannot take hold
of even the fringe Of Thy great
ness. Before the mountains were
brought forth, or even Thou hadst
formed the earth and the world,
even from everlasting to everlast.
ing, Thou art Cod We bow in
awed reverence before Thee, and
adore Thee for what Thou art. and
for what THOU hast done. Humbly,
as sons made in Thine image, we
entreat Thee to share with us a
small portion of Thy spacious
greatness. Enable US to take some
what Of Thy view of our times,
in which Thou art doing wonders.
Give us long. long thoughts; and
the patience which Thy Spirit i'm
parts. The minute, the hour, the
day, engross us. Open our eyes
to see the long stretches OF time
in which Thy will is being accom-.
plshed. Steady the ship Of our
soils, That it may neither become
becalmed in indifference nor
storm-tossed by over-anxious fears.
The eternal years are Thine, and
ours and We would live by the
long look. Amen.-W.T.E.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-21
With The AEF
A Month OF French Memories

ready had become an inva-
sion.
The first time pretty
French mademoiselle kissed
the bearded cheek of a
soldier .. we never realized
the time would come when
it would be necessary to step
on the gas: going. through
towns to keep from being
mobbed by the mademoiselles
the first time we ac-
cepted proffered fruit and
flowers and later, how we had
to duck to keep from being
kayoed by the same first
from hands of eager welcom-
ers. ..
Some firsts were not so
pretty the first exhuma-
ton disclosing fortunes pre-
ceding the murders OF count
less Frenchmen the first
time Maquis barred his whip
scared back to furnish unan-
swerable evidence -.
The first execution of. Vicay
traitors the first mob
vengeance visited upon those
who never reached trial
the first night Of proving
darkened streets with Maquis
ferreting out of their hiding
places former members of
the Vichy militia Then cut
down by a suffering stem gun.
None Of these first are nice
m m or e S, regardless of
whether or not they were just.
Now it's all mixed up, these
memories of one mad month
that seemed like six as we
tried to help cover half
dozen different fronts stimuli
taneously. The most import
ant thought at the moment is
that this is the first time we
ever wore the same pair of
unwashed olive drab pants for
solid month.
After all, when we left Rome
we all said: THE first time
the beachhead boys down
we'll return and get some
clean clothes.''
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-21

The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON 7
Associated Press War 49, y


The Allied combined gro''. ss'
assault boring through Tho q ~
bant gateway TO the flat no,.t ora
r'ain of Germany is taking on t tre,a
threat values. 1t not only has r naj.
ed a well developed flanking wv, pO.s'
against the whole Nazi Si s INV.
line and a direct menace IN Sr paA
III; but is evolving swiftly irt nV''
vast new entrapment maneuver =
signed to each the German s w.
rison of coastal Holland +, Si y
clutch. !A
The latter is implied in Fill,
Marshal Bernard L. Montgon,ass,0
calm suggestion to his forces -
there would be no point in r I,s'
ing straight away to Berlin tns L,,
or this week.
IF you first defeat the Cerr.
or collect them in as prisonar,s
he added, "You will make ths j.,
easier" wv
Nor can it be doubted that =,
other .20-mile jump northward fron
the Anthem crossing Of the low.,
Rhine, already in the grip Of A.
lied sky troops, would effecm,iI,
seal off the Nazi garrison in rorts
ern Holland from escape eycsn,
by sea, a desperately hazards,
business.
A dual highway system lead,
northward from Anthem to ZvoI.
and the east shore Of the vac,
Ijssel sea via Apeldoorn and d.
venture. Capture of Zwolle woyu
cut the last land escape routes n,
Nazi forces in the Netherlsnd,
coastal area south of the entrance
to the Ijssel sea except for the lon,
causeway spanning that entrance
The causeWay could be knocked
out by air at any time.
It follows that the Allied push
into the Nijmegen-Arnhem gateway
must already have set in motion
an enemy flight from all northern
Holland.
It is reasonable assumption
that whatever resistance Allied toi.
ces may meet in driving north.
ward ~ cut enemy communica.
tons with coastal Holland It will
not include siege operations against
prepared strongly fortified posi-.
lions. Whatever northWard eyten.
sion there may be OF the s;egtrie3
line, it must be behind German
borders, not in the northeast prov.
inces of Holland. And it is there in
Holland that the road to zwolle
vering.
invites Allied entrapment maneu
The Dutch coast, its oft-shOle
islands and the mouths of its great
estuaries and inland seas have been
heavily fortified since Nazi cccv'
patton. The Allied move through
the Brabant gateway, however, by.
passes both those coastal defense
works and the Nazi flooded regions
II promises early seizure Of Tany
well sheltered ports in Holland 10
speed up the flow Of reinforce
ments and supplies for the null
scale invasion OF Germany Itself
along the shortest route to Berlin
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Cotton Unpredictable

Cotton appears to face an unpredictable fu-
ture. One of the national business services
foresees a downward pressure after the
war ends in Europe despite certain favor
able factors now observable.
United Service of Boston lists these as:
ID expectations of continued heavy mill
tary and lend-lease buying even after "
Day in Europe, co growing shortages of
civilian cotton goods in distributors
hands, and huge pent-up demand, 90 high
support price for the 1914 crop, and ~
widening mill margins as result of OPA
pricing adjustments. Reconversion for the
cotton industry is not major threat as
it is expected to be accomplished with
in about three weeks.
Offsetting these, the service adds:
despite the heavy consumption in recent
years. no appreciate cut in the oversupply
situation has occurred. Furthermore, domestic
mills will not find demand sufficient to main
tain virtual capacity operations in post
war years. Export demand, which until re-
Gently was counted on to again take large
slice of American cotton, now appears I'M
likely to attain prewar levels. Ample guam
titles for foreign markets will be found al
lower prices elsewhere.
"At the same time, recent alarm has beer
shown over the probable cost of postwar farm
price support programs, which include cotton
With current supplies large, production hold
ing up, and demand headed toward lower
levels, the spread between the artificial price
and the actual value of cotton will widen
Another adverse development recently receiv
ing attention has been the report that mil
men are seriously considering the substitu
cotton If price control programs continue t.
limit profit margins. Mills can shift raw ma
terlal use with but minor changes in ma
chinery and operations"
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procedure) and the first time
two enemy generals were cap
tured the same day by the
same outfit.
The first fighter planes to
land on the new beachhead-
a Mustang piloted by Navy
Lieutenant Stanley F. Fer
stein of Houston, Tex, and a
Thunderbolt piloted by 1t.
Howard w. banks of Chicago
.. The first beachhead news
paper THE 36th Division
News: First Yankee rag on the
Riviera" edited by 1t. Sum-
ners Wilson of New Rochelle,
N. Y, which printed on D.
plus-3 when the beachhead al
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-21
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

WITH THE A E F IN
FRANCE, Sept. 15-Oelayed
- tR Like the case of the
proud rents recording
juniors growth and progress,
probably nobody but us folks
in the family realize that this
so.called "beachhead'' is a
month old today.
And just like junior, it sure
has grown.
In case nobody's ridden up
in a weapons carrier and re-
minded you lately, this south
ern France invasion passed
the point where it was SUP
posed to be today-according
to the original plan - way
back about D-plus-5.
In case you want to know
when Gen. Patch's seventh
army was supposed to get
where it is now, all I can find
out is that they brought maps
along to cover the first couple
of months of the campaign and
ran off all the maps more than
two weeks ago. Since then they
have been flying new maps
in.
Correspondents who figured
they probably would spend the
fall, and maybe the winter,
within sight of the Riviera
long since have visited &C.
neva, Paris and London, COM
muting straight across the
country.
For everybody, it seems as
though it has been six months
instead of one. There have
been so many ''firsts" they
have become old stuff both
from the personal and news
points of view.
There was the first time the
troops hit the French beaches.
The first time a frightened
German surrendered to the
first Yank uniform he saw.
The first time we saw the I'M
believable Maquis 60 into ac-
ton.
There was the first time we
got out in front of the troops
(Which later became prac-
tically standard operating
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-21
MANY CARRIERS
IN COMMISSION

LONDON, Sept. 20 IR IN.
United States has more than !W
aircraft carriers in commlsslcn
and many more building, "a fact
of ill omen to Japan" JaHS
Fighting Ships says in its 1914 ea'
ton published today.
The new editor of the Authofla
tive Naval Publication contfaS'
American seapower expanSlon'
which has continued at trenlef
dous pace, with the decline Of u'
Japanese navy. M
Noting that the 45,OOo-ton osr4e
ships M,lsasi and Yamato are W.
lieved completed, James says
"There is little else of noe "
record about the Japanese navy
except that its list of losses u
lengthening."
The publication says w. h'ga
power will be ausmente1 by "'
45. 000-ton Missouri and W'4c ,a,,1
due for commissioning ~ ls7'
and notes that new cruises ha'
keen completed recently m nua.
bers considerably exceed 'N'
losses
uni,er' States ships liste4 as ,
service a. the start Of l94t 'o''Ny
4.167, excluding landing clal' '4t !,
vessels without motive power !.
continue. adding "This lnmea"
program has been carried tnToUs,
moreover, without overlooking ",
necessity for medernlzlng UNIV
ships" ,.,s,
japanese shipbuilding FeSou ,..,.
according to James, are mal' ',i.,
ly unequal to the task OF repla .,,.i
losses that have been oDSels ''t
while the German fleet is wl'i, ~,
SINCE capital ship ana now On,
longer appears to be makin5 a1a
serious attempt to replace ios'N -.
Widespread alterations 10 W. =. n n
Ipearance of ships is notable En-, III i,
allied construction trend. Inc III HI
creased number of carriers , d.
disposal of allied navieS IS Ie0r ard
- ~ ronova1 of catapults ah1
aircraft from battleShlpS ~
cruisers and "this step seems s,,t
sound one, for not only do ca'% dpct
aircraft occupy valuable , ay,j
space, but the danger from y ~
fires is a very serious one, .r, NJ
The United States, the BOOK S.' u
serves, appears to h a V .roveu
construction of 1,7O0-ton deS,io! aNl
ito make way for a group o. al,,,srtl
ton flotilla leaders more p !: ohnoprt
than any preceding type Oh Nl'
can destroyer ,o than
The new James lists hlois { ma.
40 British escort carriers cer,itsd
jority of them built IN the
States.
---V--- an A.
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both can substantially enhance the supply posi-
ton of the United States, but Of far greater
importance is the worlds undiscovered stores
of oil.'
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Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The Star and the News accept no
responsibility for the personal views Of Mr. PeEler,
and often disagree with them astmuch ~ many Of
his readers His articles the good purpose Of
making people think
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-21

Navy statistics show thai . On
erage of $1,000 telephone .YD rob.
Stations are made involving
struction of one destroyeI'
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TOP OF THE MORNING
1t is useless to cali yourself ortnoaoA
II you do not take the promises OF Cnris'
at their face value.
From "The Romance Of Christianity"