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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
By ANN MORRILL,

Boston, Feb. 9-(UP) )-Burial be- heath perhaps the worst blizzard in modern times, thousands of New Englanders were marooned today following raging northeast storm that took at least II lives, par alyzed virtually all transportation and blanketed the area with from l2 to IA inches of snow.
 Many war plants and shipyards were at a standstill. Thousands of workers were striving to reach their war jobs while other thousands of night workers were seeking to reach their homes.
 Suffering one of the most crip- bling blows in its history, the BoS- ton and Maine railroad had only Bpasmodic passenger service and appealed to the army in an effort to obtain troops to clear the tracks.
 Power and light wires were down throughout the area. Providence, R. Is weather station had been able to communicate only occasionally during the night with Boston head quarters. Reports were that traffic and transportation in the Rhode Is- land city were severely hampered,
 Portsmouth, N. H., had no trans- portation, workers were unable to reach the Navy yard and even the main highways were snoW-clogged. Neither busses nor taxicabs in Portland, Me, were operating and few hardy workers dared to brave the 1O-foot drifts in the streets to reach the vast New England Ship building Corp. plant in South Port land.
 The storm was roaring northeast ward with the center some 200 miles off Bar Harbor, Me, at 8:30 a. m. but coastal areas were being buffet ted by gales that at times reached 60 miles an hour.
 A special forecast from the wealth CT bureau said that the storm prob ably would move out of northern New England late today, striking at the heart of the maritime province of Nova Scotia by nightfall
 Boston had an official snowfall of IA inches-tWo inches more than in the St. Valentines day blizzard of 194O that crippled the area for near ly week.
 The total snow now on the ground in Boston proper was 19 inches and officials feared that widespread suf fering might result from an inabil- ity to move fuel supplies that were in a dangerous state prior to the storm.
 Though the entire six-state area had some snow, weather bureau official said that the principal areas affected by the storm were eastern Connecticut, Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts, southeastern New Hampshire and eastern Maine. In this entire section, at least one foot of snow fell.
 Schools were ordered closed in most cities and towns and suburban residents were warned to remain at home If possible to ease the critical transportation problem.
 Both passenger and freight term inals of the Boston & Maine and the Maine Central railroads were buried under the heavy snow that drifted in as fast as 1t cleared out.
 We want to very frankly warn all our regular commuters not to depend on train service in or out of Boston today and tonight" A B. & M. spokesman said.
 Bus transportation in New Hamp- shire and Maine was at stand still and Route One, the main high way from Portland, Me, to Boston
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
FOUR LOCAL MEN TO BE ORDAINED
Ceremonies to Be Held in St. JOseph's Cathedral
 in Hartford

Four Waterburians will be or dained for the Diocese of Hartford at ordination ceremonies to be held this spring, it has been announced. A total of twenty-five men from the state will be ordained, it has been announced.
 The local ordinands are: The Rev. MT. Thomas J. Ritucci of 51 Raw ley avenue; the Rev. MT. George P. Hughes of 73 Lounsbury Street: the Rev. MT. Hugh F. Gallagher of 264 Wood Street, and the Rev MT. James F. Leary, Jr., of B Ash nun Street.
 Others include the Rev. Josepk c. Grise of Southington; the Rev Stephen F. Ptaszynski of Bristol and the Rev. Vincent J. O'Connor of Seymour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
By MAURY MAVERICK Chairman and General Manager Smaller War Plants Corporation
writter sor NEA Service

smaller war PlanLS COIporaLlou
 Written for NEA Service
 Returning service men will find the Smaller War Plants Corpora tion able and eager to assist them in many ways. A four-point pro- gram of aid to veterans includes small business loans for production, assistance in obtaining surplus property, technical advice and Solu- tions to problems of production and information on use of patents and new inventions.
 We in the SWPC try to keep abreast and ahead of the times. In the recent increase of arms production, and the necessity for new facilities, we have already of fered the facilities of nearly 250 small plants. With all our services we are assisting thousands of small manufacturers to make maximum contribution to warfare against our enemies.
 Under the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act, there are spec lal provisions for small business. The SWPC is expressly designated by the Act to protect small busi- ness. When expansion of production for non-war use is authorized, on Q restricted basis, the restrictions must not be such as to bar small plant capable and desirous of par ticipating in such expansion. Pro- duction will be permitted even though the small firm did not use the particular materials in any par ticular materials in any given base year. Irrespective of expansion, whenever there is any allocation of materials for the production of items for none-war use, precen- tage muse be set aside for small plants.
 AIDS SMALL PLANTS
 Specifically the Corporation is aiding small manufacturers of Diding small manufacturers of war goods in these ways:
 1. It serves as connecting link between various government pro- curement agencies and small plants. The Corporation gathers information on contracts to be awarded by the agencies, locates small plants which con fulfull the contract requirements, and submits the names of these plants to the agencies for consideration. Similarly SWPC cooperates with large prime contractors by seeking small plants to handle sub-contracts.
 From November, 1942, through November, 1944, total of 33,488 prime contracts, valued at $3, 104,- 500,000 were awarded to small plants by government procurement agencies with SWPC assistant. In the same period 33,889 in contracts totalng $701 100000 were awarded by prime contractors to small plants with SWPC aid.
 2. In order to help these small producers fulfill their contract re- quirements, SWPC, when necessary and warranted, lends money or leases machinery and equipment to these small firms, for war or es- sential civilian production. The loans are made directly or through participation of local banks.
 SWPC loans to small business are now being made at the rate of $1,2OO,OOO a day. Loans and leases amounting to $234, ,579, ,145 have been authorized from September 1, 1942, through November 30, 1914. Re- quests for these loan are increas- ing daily.
 3. As an additional aid SWPC conducts a Technical Advisory
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
FUEL REQUESTS
 RECORDED HERE
State Surveying Possible Damage, Delays as Result
 of Heavy Snowfall

All fuel emergency sources were in full action today to offset the impeding obstacles of the heavy snow storm as it threatened the al- ready acute fuel situation here and in the state.
 Miss Gertrude Hogan, official of the emergency fuel office reported to The Democrat that up to noon more than g emergency calls had been received since the first fury of the storm set in, the majority of these originating at the Long Hill fed eral housing project. There the bins are small and can retain but small supply of coal at a time.
 William E. Comstock, local repre- sentative of the Solid Fuel Admins tration stated today that the situa- tion as to supplies remained static and only time would disclose what the storm has meant to further shipments.
 The city's engineering department today supplied @ truck to assist in transporting coal to emergency cases in addition to the truck made available by local coal dealers. Numerous calls for range fuel were being pressed upon the emergency office it was disclosed.
 The greatest handicap, of course, as presented by the storm is the blocking of side roads, driveways and paSSWays so that in many such cases persons are isolated. Author ities today requested that expectant recipients of such fuel make cer- tain their land is passable as sup pliers cannot be expected to clear their own paths.
 The temperature rose consid- eraGly today so that only persons with no fuel will suffer severely as others may minimize in their use of it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
Reds May War With
 Japs Says Sorokin

merely doing the dirty work for Hit Ter and Goebbels and their gang"
 OrJy if Russia and America take the lead in the reconstruction period, vii. a better social order emerge from the war, Sorokin maintains, ard he adds:
 "It is up to us to do our part, be- cause we need have no fear of Rus sia's shirking her job
 There is less chance of war be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09

tweer. Russia and the United States than between any of the great pcw- ers." he said ."All we ave to do ts open our history books to discover that from the very beginning, Russia has been our best friend. If the two governments don't blunder ignomini- ously in the future, Russia will con- tinue as our best and most import ant ally"
 Sorokin would not be surprised if Russia soon rallied to the aid of the Allies in the Pacific and declared war on Japan.
 "The policies f those two nations have conflicted often in the past and they still do." he explained. This conflict is visible in the form of strained diplomatic relations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
CLYDE A. JENNINGS
 CHOSEN DIRECTOR

Announcement has been made oi the appointment of Clyde A. Jen- nings of The Elton to the board ol directors of the First Federal Sav- ings and Loan Association, bank. MT. Jennings has been appointed to serve one year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
RELEASE OF MORTGAGES

The Mattatuck Historical Society to Gaetano Patuano.
 Oscar E. Anderson and Theresa M. Anderson to Ethel M. Barlow.
 Henry E. Stoughton to Frank J. Bordon.
 Chase Brass and Copper Co., Inc, to Theodore Sciota.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09

Haverhill, Mass. (UP)-Jack Leary always wanted to see if the South Pacific islands were everything the travel folders said, but after IT months on duty with the Navy he observed casually: Fro mnow on, I'll go to a movie when want to see a sarong."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
LATE REALTY NEWS

The following real estate trans actions have been filed at the office of Town Clerk Mary c. Kilmartin:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
WARRANTY DEEDS

Michael De Santis and Armand N. Errichetti to Anthony J. Lupone and Carmela S. Lupone, property on Madison avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
QUIT CLAIM DEEDS

Josephine VasSalo to Augustine Vassalo, property on .ichols street.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-04-20

ce. .Pocakaj naa1o : svojo kri-
tiko, Dusica. Vsaj takO dolgo, da
bo dobil ohraz vec poudarka j. !.
Zaljubh sem Sc sicer v rdedo
barvo, sal je cudno lepa, vendar
pa ta slika le ne bo tihozitje :
.Rezamarija, ali ne slika tu
'grof Thorstein? Zakaj nisi Ia.
krat poleg? Sal vem, da rada
gledaS."
Mama tega ne mara
Ali ii je rekla?' -
me, toda. clovek to, cuti. -
Papa, bojim Sc, da ii Harrova
slika ne bo vsec."
''Zakaj ne? Ali nj lepa?"
sTako lepa, kakor Sc nobena
nj bila. Druge slike ma stenah Sc
il morajo cuditi in kar ne more
jo gledati stran, &c Sc vrata od-
pro-"
Knez Sc je ze davno nehal ie-
ziti mad takimi besedami, in da-
mes zaposluje njegove misli ne
kaj drugega.
+ "Rozamarija, mislin, da ne bi
mic skodovalo, &c hi tudi ii gle
|dala slkanje. Pojdi v soho in ne
81 mani tele orhideje, XII sem 81
jih komaj izprosil v cvetlicnja-
ku."
20, papa, prav imas. Te cvetice
Sc bodo lepo podajale k mamini
Sikh in otrok odbezi dvema
vejicama nenavadnih oblik in
6udeznega vonja.
V veliki dvorani Sc sliSi bren-
CAME zaprte cebele, tako tho je
Kneznja sedi ma starem, viso-
KEN, po konenem stolu, XII je
zaradi svoje togosti v primeri z
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-04-20

nehkini 6rtami njenega telesaI
tako slilkovit. Harro stoji pred.
platnnm in slika II zagrizeno
|resnostjo. Da Sc more kneznja,
XII sovrazi yes mir ia vso sanja-
vost, uziveti v taksno tihozitje,
|je zelo tudno. ,Skoraj preplaseno
|stopi otrok v dvorano ID drzi Y
roki svoje cvetice kakor zastavo
|miru.
Mama, tele cvetice je izprosil
papa zate, sal YES, da jih go
spod grajski vrtnar ne daje rad.
Harro, poglej, kako SO lepe in
nenavadne."
Kneznji Sc zacne guhati cello.
"Mislim, da imas zdaj francosko
uro?" II
"Je ze koncana.t Harro, kako
lepo Sc tole podaja k mamini
obleki. Sal YES, da nisi bill z ro-
ko zadovoljen.'' !
In Rozamarija potisne kneznji
vejici cvetja v roko, in mama jo
uboga kakor ovca.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-04-20

IN katkD Alxoda bl ga bilO zakriti.
Ovratnika i cipk vendar nihce
yec ne nosl "Vidim, da hocete
nApraviti il meme prababico,
we, sanao tega ne. Nocem, da 81
se. moral kdaj pozneje. ljudje
zgroziti pred menoj.' v yelili
dyorani, kjer je razsyetljava
najboljsa, pripraM Harro vse I'd
slikanje. Dusica spremlja vse
.njegovo delo z Twin zanima-
MEM. Memo najvecje veselje je,
tte aahko gleda Harra, lko sika.
Toda lunalu opazi, da njena ma
,vzotnost pri slikanju nj zazele-
ma, in mora Sc zadovoIiti $ tem,
da pogleda samo casih skrivaj,
kako delo napreduje. Ko zazvo-
nj gong h kosilu in odjadra ma
ma v vsej svoji krasoti, Harro
pa zatne pospravIati svoje Co
pice in paleto, snukne Dusica v
dvorano. Povabila h kosilu Har-
lro nikoli ne sprejme, ces da mu
vzame obed proved casa.
''Zdaj pride pa visoka kriti-
|ka," jo pozdravi.
20, Harro, komaj sem te pri.
Ecakala." Sede ma stolovo naslo-
milo, upre komolce ma kolena,
roke pa zakoplje v zlate lase ka.
lkor zamisljen skrat.
mo zacni! Ma vse sem
Epripravljen."
"Harro, rdeca barva Sc lepo
sveti; najlepsa je v sencah."
"No, ali je mar obleka glav.
|no?"
Dusica resno prikima. "Skoraj
|bi rekla, Harro."
"Strela! :. Ne hos imela Ii.
|sto prav. Strasna postajas, Du.
sica, in &c pojde tako dale two.
jo pritlikavo modrostjo
Rdeca barva :. kar prelepa je
bila !"
Spomni Sc, da ga je nekoe
kneznja posmehljivo vprasala
ali maj oble6e svojo sobarico v
to obleko. .Stoji "a otrokom in ii
no pozvizgava.
':Ali bi Sc kaj rada povedala?'
"Da je lepo in da je rdeca bar
va hudobna. &c bonn imela kdaj
gledalisce z lutkami, bonn hu
dobne kraljice tako oblacila.''
"Princesa,'' jo svari gosps
Hardensteinoya. ''Kaj pa pripo
vedujete! &c bi vas kdo slisal
Hudobnih barry vendar ni!''
Harro zvizga strasne disonan
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-04-20

POKRIVAMo STREIIE finim no.
vim papirjem. predvojne kakovo-
sti. Pokrijemo 1000 kvad. Sevljev
kompletno "a $76. Postavljamo tu-
di siding" po. nizki ceni.
INDEPENDENT ROOFING CO.
10000 St. Clair Ave. GL. e46l
Lahki pogoji-brezplaSni proraGuni
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-04-20

Knexnja a je .vsa I1avdusena
vrnila 5 svojega zdravljenja, ~
AZ kn1alu - xazdi, da je Nv
ljenje u iI>sekn tudi pozimi
poktenO ocasno. Majhno ~
lpysnae aelnho u dheta =. a. ~ 10
horsteln jessni salikal. Knezu
y slper y tern .iae naudi prav IN
y tesla kl1xPj pri iCaAja - q
- italko dor
81 81 ~ stasta g 4 y axta - upc
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-04-20
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DuSica Ro5nuldI'ijG.
tsyk1Il1ck 1nnl1N loltc,
~ Euaalsr .
Poslovenh Boris lsihtersic

Poslovenil Boris Rihtersic

F~&NeSN SsSfS<AW - - OAAAAU NA 0OCAsS
.prababice. Tako u So naposlsd
knee ukloni in poprosi vdolgesa
Therstaina, d ii njsgovo zeno
.nasikal, Harru pa hi nanngo do
tega, da bi postal knezov dvorni
shkar, in is6e vse mogoce izeo-
wore. Ne utegne prav in obrazi
MISC rjegovo pravo podrocje. Bo-
il Sc, da ne BIO znal narisati si-
|ke, ki be "a kneznjo dovolj do
bra. Samo svoje vtiske zna po-
Idajati in v skrbeh je, da ne OBJ
vlada slikarskih podrobnosti. @
tenn Sc pogovarjata gospoda ne
kega dne; ko hodita po kosilu po
Fdolgem hodniku med rozami.
Mracno je ze, da Sc vidita samo
Sc rdeci piki njunih tlecih
Ismotk kakor dive prijazni kre-
|snici.
"Je ze mogoee, grof Thorstein,
da innate prav. TO so pac umetni-
Ski pomisleki in Sc ne razumem
mamie. Toda lahko vas pomirim.
Ne potrehujem slike "a dvorano
|prednikov. Pri mas nj vada, da
hi slikali zene, preden nirnajo
|prvega sina (. Tudi JAZZ bi se
rad pocakal, toda ce que femme
veut-Dieu veut, sal veste!. We
mite ovalno ob1iko, kakor jo ina
slika mole sestre v zeleni sobi.' y
Harro knezu naposled obljubi,
da bo napravtl osnutek, da DO
pa sliko izdelal lie tedaj, &c bo
osnutek lkneznji vset.
Posvetovanje o obleki, Xxi ga
ina Harro kneznjo, je 'dolgo-
trajno. Zelena lovska obleka z
usnjatinai zavihi in mehkim klo-
buekom, kakor svetuje Harro, Sc
zdi kneznji proved preprosta. A
vse zaklade gospe Lenormando-
We IL Wiesbadna gleda Harro z
zanicevanjem, XII ga niti ne po-
shna priltriti. Kneznja%-je pri.
cakovala wee usluznosti cd tega
mladega slikarskega kavalirja,
Xxi Sc. nj .ozenjen, in kar prime
jo, .da bi Sc poizkusila malo po-
igrati z MIN cez poletje. Sal ne
zna sano odhijati, ia grof il raz-
valin. To Sc. vidi po ,njegovem
obcevanju z malo, Xxi je postala
zaradi MEGA tako strasno razva-
jena. Stvar nj prav mic nevar.
ma =. :. in tako zabavna bo v
brezkoncnem dolgocasju >,pole.
TIA ma Braunecku. kneznJa sc
torej pokori, in sicer pri re6eh,
|kamor ne bi bill smel sicer nihce
posegati. Dopusti, da il pohvali
rdeco oblekoSiz damasta, XII Sc j
zdi tako prazna, in dopusti cello,
da izgine z ME ibogato biserno
okrasje. Kar zanidljivo govori q
tenn okrasju, XII kvari in krivi
vse crte. Toda, da bi bila Sc boil
popustljiva Harro bi incl rad
mad izrezkom lep, star ovratnik
il beneskih cipk, do tega je pa
ne more pripraviti. Kneznja ve
prav dobro, kako lep vrat ina
: . X A s$4iEsa8s'' Y t.S
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-04-20
Nsadal ljsstspjs,

tSN~ASSAsHss
sveca, 10 postaNi m tn in zatne
stokati: "RepaFji 50 % Nes
krvav sil" IA zbe4i, lxar ii dajo
notice, K izhodu. IIarro 81 obrf-
Sc kri S celia.
aKje, vraga, sem Sc tako hudo
zadel?"
Vzame sveto. Glej, naprej Str
leca gIava brunai Tako je, 6e je'
clovek predolg! GIava bruna!
Moi Bog! i. Izrezliana je v
obliki cepecega mozicka, XII drzi
prst ma ustih il je oblecen v
prepasano sukn3ico, XII ina Sc
sledove visnjeve barve. In ko
gre zdaj OBJ vrsti stebrov in jih
osvetljuje sveco, vidi, da i1na
vsak konec bruna isto znamenje,
cash sarno Sc ikos6ek visnjeve
barve ali pa kos glave. z vseh
strani SO gledali ii n1ozicki, gro
zili, svarili in Sc srnehljali vite-
zom, XII 50 morai irneti pojedine
v tel skrivnostni dvorani.
Gozdarjeva yzena pride in
sprenljata 10 diva rdece1asa, jo-
kajoGa otroka, XII Sc je drzita "a
krilo.
"Gospod grof, .nesreco ste irne-
Ii. Tako bledi ste! Kraj je res
premracen!"
''Prav mic, gospa .gozdarjeva.
Clovek Sc mora v TAXI dvorani
samo pray vesti, in Iudje, XII
nimajo oci, dobe pac kaksno po
glavi. Date mi koscek platna,
&c ga innate. LIE ne jokaj, dekli-
ca. Roparji so ze sli in nobeden
ne DO vec zinil :. Ko Sc bosta
izjokala, otroka, in tsi obrisala
noska, vaju bonn naslikal."
"Oh, kaksna Cast zame," rece
gozdarjeva zena in zardi. "Tega
pa res ne. snaarem speejeti! Sal
vam smern pripravitf kavd;
mraz gre danes kar do kosti-"
cisto temno je ze in gozdarje-
va gospa drzi VISA srecna dve sill
cici v roki. - ss
"Oh, Sc kdaj mas pocastite, GO
spod CROFT" In Harro gre spet
nazaj, po 1tenani, sdaljni poti, in
teprav je tako ma smrt utrujen,
vendar Sc napne platno ma okvir,
XII mu ga je zbil Mart.
Sc v poln1raku in boleco
glavo stoji drugo jutro pred
MIN in premisljuje. Ali mai po-
vem Dusici, da sem nasel ME
mega visnjevega mozi6ka, ali
ne? - Nikoi se nj bila v mizar.
ski sobi. Sal Sc je gospa gozdar-
jeva kar zgrozila, Iko jo je vpra-
sal po njej Toda .knez mora
to zvedeti, da ne bo otrola dol
iii lazi. In knezu sklene poslati
pismo v tejle ,obliki: MolGeci
grad mu je dial pobudo "a novo
sliko, in pri TEN je odkril rezba-
rije, ki Sc nanasajo ma ime gra-
du
In Dusica! Ne, gospel Harden
steinovi ne srne kyariti vzgoje.
Tako torej Dusica nj nicesar il
vedela Q visnjevem m6zicku. In
Harro tudi nj Sci vec v Molceti
grad, ampak je narisal sliko sa-
mo .po spominu.
In tina zima je prisla, grof il
razvalin pa je uendar praznoval
spet svoj' bozic. Knez 81 je misliI,
da njegova h6i ne SINE veG osta-
ii Y Braunecku, ko ina mater,
toda cim je prisla deklicav Ber-
lin, 80 dobih yratarjeyi otroci '
berlinski palaci davico, in knez
ie zbezal Y strahu $ svojo malo
Y Brauneck. sIn xakaj ne hi osta-
la fez zimo tu? Kneznja 81 mi.
81, da Je yse 70 tako preprosto.
pse1io psglnwjs
0laIDEJE
Knexnja = je e.1sa naviusera
vrnila svojega zdravljenja, ~
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-04-20

Mai. Gen. Lucius d. Clay, who
has been named as aide to General
Eisenhower, is to be In charge OF
civilian affairs in Germany when
that country accepts surrender.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-05
State Leaders Review Plans Wor Fund Com-
 poisn Committee
 Meets Tomorrow

Community Chest and War Fund campaign leadership from all parts of Connecticut will assemble .on Thursday, September 9th, at 2:30 p. rn., at the Hotel Bond, Hartford, to participate in the "1945 Assembly of Campaign Leaders" of the United War and Community Funds of Con- necticut. Governor Raymond E. Baldwin, honorary president, and Miss Rose Marie Violin. star of the first USO camp show to tour Bur mas Ledo Road, will speak.
 Among the national, state, county, and community leaders to partici- pate in the program are the Most Reverend Henry J. O'Brien, Bishop of the Hartford Diocese of the Rom an Catholic chur0a; Rabbi Abra- ham J. Feldman of Hartford, and The Right Reverend Frederick C.. Budlong, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Hartford.
 The executive committee and board of directors of the United War and Community Funds will hold a special session at II a. m. The cam paign assembly will begin at 2:SO p.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-05

first, but she was the last to sink. She lay on one side with her poTn- poms still blazing at the attackers. Her survivors were lacerated by the barnacles as they slid down the sides. They scambled for any think afloat in the water, which for miles around was covered with a thick oil slick which choked and blinded them while the Japanese machine -gunners strafed them from low level. On one raft the sur- vivors were packed tightly in stand. ing position and 1t was not until they unloaded to a rescuing destroy CT that four of the number were found to be dead, kept in a stand ing position by the others pressing around them.
 Survivors in hospital said, You ought to have heard the lads on the rubber floats singing Roll Out the Barrel and "lt's Long Way to Tipperary'."
 Termed Gallant Gamble
 Stan officers of the Naval Base later described Adm. Philips ven- ture as a gallant gamble" Had the overcast not cleared, the East- ern Fleet might have reached the landing area at Khota Bahru and wrought havoc among the huge fleet of Japanese transports which were landing Nippon's armies al- most unopposed.
 It was indeed Singapore's dark est hour. The vanguard" of the Eastern Fleet ceased to exist and Adm. Sir George Layton again re- sumed command with his Naval Base lacking nothing but a Navy"
 The communique on Thursday, Dec. Il, terSely stated, There has been no change in the general sit- uation in Malaya and Hong Kong during the last 12 hours"
 Meanwhile the Japanese flood continued to stream, unchecked down the Malaya peninsula.