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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
Miners Delay Strike Plans

Washington, April - U.P0 - The nation was assured today of at least another month of striHe-free production in the soft coal fields.
 John L. Lewis sent Easter Day telegrams to his United Mine Work CTS, asking them to stay on the job another 30 days under their old contract while he and the mine op- erators continued efforts to work put new one.
 The old contract expired at mid night Saturday. The government, aware of the miners policy of mo contract, no work" appeared ready to seize the mines when Lewis an- nounced that he had requested UNIV members tos tay on the job.
 The burly mine chieftain said he was doing so because he was "con- Bcious of the imperative necessity of continuing the production of coal Tor war"
 He and the operators arranged to continue discussions today, with Inc War Labor Board ready to take . direct hand If there is no sub Itantial progress within a week. The first 90 days of negotiations failed to Ming agreement on a jingle issue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
Be Kind To Your Tires
Months Ahead Will Be Critical For Motorists

ments in sight. On cars that still have many thousands of useful miles left in them, tires are getting dangerously thin, and only the most essential users can even hope for new tires. If you think that it has been hard to buy new shoes for your automobile in the past, you are mistaken. The pinch is yet to take hold. New certif1cation regulations are going to hurt.
 Not only Is rubber scarce, as it has been much of the time since Pearl Harbor, but there is criti- cal bottleneck in material for cord, and tire-makers can't get enough good carbon black.
 That is why John L. Collyer, president of B. F. Goodrich Co.,, has consented to give his time for while to the WIPE as rubber con- troller. That is why the Office of Defense Transportation has an- nounced a 50 per cent cut in tires for essential commercial motor ve- hicles t1 the second quarter of this year. That is why, with Spring calling all motorists, the quota of passenger car tires for distribution in April was cut to 100000, as compared with 1,60O 900 in March.
 For really vital use tire manu- lecturers will need 5000 long tons of syntheic rubber this year. To get 1t, synthetic plants will have to produce at 130 per cent of their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
CITY OFFICIALS
 FACING PROBLEM
Important Decisions, Ap' condiments May Be An.
 ncanced This Week

I A petition for change of zoning ordinance will be presented to the
 ,oard of aldermen tonight seeking nermission to operate convalescent home at Il Plaza avenue. The pe- eition is being presented by Atty.
 Frank Healey in behalf of his cli- nnts. Other routine matters will be presented to the board at tonight's
 p. m. meeting.
 Final decision as to operation of Ehe Municipal Stadium is being held
 n abeqance by Park Board mem bers until tonight's meeting. It has been requested that the Stadium be nsed for public purposes such as
 emi- professional baseball.
 The Board of Education meets to- might at Crosby High school at (which time an appointment to the principalship of Wilby high school pnay be made.
 The Board of Health meets to- morrow at 5:30 D. m. followed by To meeting of the Board of Works lat 7:30 D. m. The Child Care Con- anittee will meet tomorrow at 5 p. m.
 On Wednesday the Police Board lconvenes at { D. m. at which time new policemen may be appointed. lrhe Fire Board meets at 4:45 p. m. On Thursday the Board of F- nance will convene at which time the monthly report of the city's ltreasury balance will be submitted Iby city treasurer Serge Belanger. Transfers and other routine mat |ters will also be presented before the board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
Tin Collection Scheduled For Next Saturday

All streets south of East and West Main streets will be can- canvassed for the collection of scrap salvage Gin next Saturday it was announced today by Street Supt. Herbert ScOtt-Smith, direc- tor of war salvage operations.
 MT. ScOtt-Smith urged that all residents prepare tin cans in the proper way for collection, by cleansing, removal of tops and fIattening. All donations should be deposited in boxes on the street before a. m. Saturday, April !. The collection will be postponed if the weather proves indictment.
 J. Warren Ups0n, chairman of salvage today urged full partlci- patton in the coming collection by all residents of the area point ing out that tin salvage remains one of the cricticalIy needed war materials.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
By S. BURTON HEATH
 and DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff COrreSpOndentS

Washington, April 2.-The civil ian transportation situation, both essential and -essefftial is ex- tremely grave as the United States enters it's fourth Summer at war.
 Non-essential motorists will be hit hardest, of course. They are warn- ed, officially, that they can't ex- pect new tires flor many months" That is the height of optimism. Most A-card holders will De for tunate if they get new tires in a year, or more. And there is strong probability that the old Sorry, No Gas signs will be hauled out for display often this summer, making unused gasoline coupons mere scraps of paper.
 Gasoline supply and demand are about balanced "on paper" ac- cording to Petroleum Administrator Harold Ickes. But the balance is precarious. Any little thing can overturn it, and some little thing is almost certain to happen. One little thing" that can almost be counted upon is an increased over burden on transportation facilities as the pace of war keeps stepping up in both Europe and the Pacific. CARS WEAR OUT
 Our old passenger cars are wear ing out, and there are no replace
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
Action Increases On ItoIion Front

Rome, April 2-CUP)-The Ger. mans today were reported showing increasing signs of sensitivity along the Italian front, especially the sec- tion from southeast of Bologna to the Adriatic.
 Front dispatches said the NaNs were keeping the eastern section of the Fifth Army front below Bol- ogna illuminated with flares and at the same time maintaining steady patrols Of the Eighth Army front in the western coastal sector.
 Several sharp patrol actions were reported.
 Allied destroyers again were re- vealed to have bombarded German positions for the last week east of the Franco-Italian border, concen. trating on transportation targets and radio station.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02

rated capacity. The Stockpile of natural rubber ended 1944 at 5000 tons, down from 533, 900 at the end of 1941. And next years needs will push synthetic plants up to 145 per cent of rated capacity. So it can be seen that the pinch is not tenn porary. It may last for a long time.
 Given surplus of rubber, there still would be the shortage of cord material. For the first quarter there is shortage of about 19,O00,- 600 pounds of high tenacity rayon. Since tires must be kept flowing to the fighting fronts, cotton cord has to be substituted for .rayon, though it isn't 50 good But cotton for tire cording competes with cotton for tenting and tarpaulin-so even hero there has to be juggling of the material on the basis of changing emergency needs for tires as against tenting and tarpaulin.
 There isn't enough good carbon black, and 8 poorer quality Is hav- ing to be substituted to some ex- tent to get by at all.
 In the face of these bottlenecks WIPE has given ODT only 1,410,00Q of the 2,781, 900 heavy duty tires needed for essential civilian busses and trucks from April through June 30. This leaves a shortage of 1871 900 essential tires anticipated as of June 30, plus 631,OO0 more needed to keep non- n-essential trucks hauling civilian commodies other than fuel and food-on the road. RECAP YOUR TIRES
 By mid summer, gover nrnent agencies expect, two out of every five commercial trucks will need at least one new tire they havn't been able to obtain. Therefore, even If yonr automobile is not one of the 1,500 900 that the OWI says will go out of service during 1945, 1t will not do you much good if you do not have at least four tires that will hold air and grip the pave ment.
 The government is urging every body whose tires are not in shape to get them re-capped at once and not get any false idea that if tires are neglected, and wear out, some Soft-hearted rationing official can and will give you 8 new one.
 During the summer months tires wear out twice as fast as in cooler weather. Most tires now on the road are at least three years old, and need to be babied if they are to be kept going at all. There is, the OPA says, plenty of re-capping material right now. Its use, plus meticulous observance o6 war-time speeds and tlrecare precautions, may keep you riding until the tire bottleneck can be broken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
Joe Louis Sent
 To Suspicion, N. Y.

New York, April 2-(UP)-The army today announced the assign ment of Sgt. Joe Louis, worlds heavyweight boxing champion, to temporary duty at Fox Hills ter minal. Stapleton, N. Y, where Negro stevedores are trained. crime wave has prevailed in that area recently.
 The New York port of embarka- ton, Brooklyn army base said Louis assignment, along with two other boxers and 8 fight referee, was made in connection with an accel- erated sports program at the post.
 Pvts. Peter scalzo and Melio Bet tina, boxers, and Sgt. Ruby Gold stein, referee, accompanied Louis to Fox Hills terminal today. They will organize an outdoor boxing show April 6 e the first evers ~' . new aEhietis prcgsam.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
MEMORIAL FLORAL
 GIFTS ANNOUNCED
Flowers in Evidence at Easter Services in Union
 Congregational Church
OAKVILLE
Correspondent: Alice GtaSGeF0m
 -Rhomo 0oe-

Oakville, April 2.-At the Union Congregational church memorial flowers were presented Easter Sum- day by MT. and Mrs. Stanley w. !Str4ver for Mir. Striver's father; by MT. and Mrs. George G. Gilchrist for MT. Gilchrist mother, Mrs Samuel Gilchrist, ST., by Mrs. Wal ter Krantz for her brother, GuStave E. Harke and by Walter Krantz for his parents. MT. and Mrs. Charles Krantz, by MT. and Mrs. James McGoldrick for Mrs. Isabella Ham, ilton, Mrs. McGoldrick's mother; by MT. and Mrs. Frank Tracy for Mrs. Tracy's mother, Mrs. Emma Mon- tambault and for MT. Tracy's fath- CT, Frank E. Tracy.
 Pilgrim Fellowship met at 7:SC p. m. The play "The Rock" by Mary P. Hamilton, was read and Arnold Andrus led the worship service. Picture slides of the Life of Christ were shown.
 Mrs. Melvin Rickert, of Lam. bertville, N. J., is spending the Easter holidays with her aunt, Mrs. Byron Cameron, Harvard street.
 John Wildman, U. s. N., of Dart mouth College is spending the week end with his mother, Mrs. Lillian Wildman of Manila street.
 Miss Muriel Andrews of Henry street, is spending few days from her studies at Pembroke College, with her parents, MT. and Mrs. J J. Andrews.
 M-Sgt. Albert McGoldrick is spending 30-day furlough with his parents, MT. and Mrs. James Mo- Goldrick of Park avenue. Sgt. Me- Goldrick has just returned after be- ing overseas since May, 1922.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02

name of gyokusai glorious death) take the road of fools" The Japs are given additional reasons why they should surrender, and are pro- vided with explicit instructions tell ing them how to give up.
 NOWHERE TO GO"
 Following an airborne offensive in the CBI theater, the Japs re- ceived a leaflet illustrated with a drawing of British troops landing behind their Hines (bottom left) Even as you read this" the Japs are warned, British troops are landing behind you in giant Amer ican transport planes and silent, night-flying gliders. There is nowhere to go."
 The Jap penchant for composing poetry is exploited b. a leaflet called the Death March. Written in the conventional Japanese me-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
Shoots Self, Cops Look On

Greenfield, Mass, April 2 - GU. P0 - Police recorded today as mur- der and suicide the deaths of a Coast Guardsmn's wife and a dis charged World War II veteran whom she entertained at her home Friday night.
 Harland H. Pratt. g, shot and killed himself yesterday at Union Station in Providence, R. T., with the same gun he used in hte staying here of Mrs. Fay Kimball Goering, 25. In note, Pratt confessed to the murder and explained he was committing suicide ito save the state and county the expense and notoriety of trial
 The note failed to reveal any mo- Give for the murder of the attrac- tive brunette who was the mother of an 18-month- child.
 Walking into the railroad stations police oface, Pratt brandished . German automatic pistol he brought back from North Africa and shot himself twice before Officer Frank Hunton could inter- fere.
 In his note, Pratt said he left the oGering home by automobile Friday night, driving through Brat tleboro, Vt., Keepe. N. H., then south to Lowell. There he abandon ed his car and boarded a tSain for Boston and then for Providence, R. l., where he arrived early yesterday.
 Mrs. Goering, whose husband Russell is stationed at the Corpus Christi (TexD Naval Air Base, was shot following a party at her home. She and Pratt had been seen to- gether fred d6ently, according to po- lice, and on two occasions she had filed divorce actior against her husband which she later retracted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
By Robert Duncan
Earthquake Provides Setting For Lusty Novel TELL SPARTA BuRLEsouEs FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS
CORRESPONDENTS

beck's "The Moon Is Down" is avail able in half a dozen translations. all coming out at about the same time. The Grapes of Wrath" is also popular.
 There are two translations of Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind" and translation od Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca' is widely read, though the translation is poor. Ernest Heminway's For Whom the Bell Tolls is popular in Chung king and other cities. Works of Shakespeare, Dickens, Tolstoy and Gorky have been translated and retranslated during the last few years, and Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther," translated by Kuo Mojo, is one of the current best-sellers.
 Chinese readers are also fond of French literature, and translations of novels by Hugo, Flaubert, Mau- passant and Balzac sell in large numbers. The aforementioned facts were found in China After Seven Years of War;" the book which was edited by Hollington K. Tong and published recently by Macmillan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02

trical form of alternate seven and five-syllable lines, the Death March is similar to those written by the soldiers themselves. Its aim is to spread despondency and despair among its readers.
 Musical notes at the top of the front page (bottom right) are the opening bars of "Aikoku Koshin- kyoku," which Is Japan's best known modern patriotic march. It is given a dirge-like quality by ap- plication of the first line of the Death March to it.
 The first line reads. "To the north, to the south, battles lost.
 These are only few samples of the leaflets used with telling ef- fleets by the Physiological Warfare teams. For Japan proper, other forms of propaganda, stressing other themes, are used.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
Bernord Baruch Sees Churchill

London, April 2 - (U.P) - Ber- nard Baruch, American financier who arrived by plane Thursday, spent the weekend with Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
 The British Press Association said Baruch's mission lis regarded as of considerable importance in view of the forthcoming San Francisco con- ference"
 After his talks with Churchill, Baruch was expected to go to Paris.
 Mrs. Winston Churchill, wife of the British Prime Minister, arrived in Moscow today for visit to Rus sian hospitals, the British radio an- nounced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
FIREMEN SMOTHER
 RUBBISH BLAZE

Bremen this morning extin- guished a minor rubbish fire at the rear of 13 Hill street. on property owned by Vira Ednicizenda. Yester- day firemen extinguished five brush fires; a chimney fire at 364 Hamilton avenue: a fire caused by a broken gas heater at the home of Joseph Mulvey. 1l2 Fern circle; and a fire caused by grease in a pan catching fire at the home of John Stone. 70 West Porter street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
Portugal Ready To Wor On Jops

London, April 2- (UP) = Portu- gal Is preparing to reclare war on Japan and take an active part in the Pacific campaign. according to reports reaching diplomatic quarters here.
 Portugal Is reported to be assembl- ing troops and material in Mosani- bique to use in an offensive to re- gain Portuguese Timor which was occupied by the Japanese early in the wAS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
Current Rationing Regulations
MEATS AND BUTTER

Red stamps through Book each will April "a stamps Y5 will expire June Stamps c2 throle 2 K2 through P2 Knl expire July 3 .s.u. uo anna points valid stamps ca through expire April 2S Stamps H2 through M2 9tamps T2 through Z-2 expire July S1.
 sugar stamp s " valid for five pounds will be in force ,r,oh Jme An additional will be validated May SHOES
 Ap,ans stamps in Book III each valid for one pair of ahoes indefinitely. ..o,rw
 a .,n,. .r. valid for four gallons through B-e C-o B coupons are valid Tor rive gallons each
 Applicants ratons must now present mileage raun ecoe tn the oca rsucn board with the application ~ TT VI EUEL OIL
 A .. .~A . o,uns c9 the and period two a SOw and nye euuRona c tns lssa-s0 Aus W w " us ii H
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
3,249 LOCAL FAMILIES
 AIDED IN FUEL FAMINE

A total of 3,249 families were aided during the past winter by the local fuel emergency office, which was closed Saturday, according to a report by Seth w. Darley, state fuel administrator. The Waterbury of- flee served the city and surrounding towns.
 The state fuel official stated the coal situation will be more serious next winter, with consumers expect ed to get only 80 per cent of their normal supply, compared to the S1 per cent obtained this winter. tu1a az4ysOn-ing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
BY NEA SERVICE


 Japs in the China Burma India theater of operations who are hun gry for illustrated literature in their native tongue find the Army OWI Psychological Warfare teams most happy to accommodate them. Surrender passes" (top sketch) have been printed in gaudy olors and widely distributed over Jap lines. Those who live are the real Yamato Race,' the headline says. A photographer of Jap soldier, re- touched to guard his identity, il- lustrates the pass. He is shown re- ceiving a cigaret from Chinese military policeman.
 ". Thousands Of your comrades have died a meaningless death, like insects who jump into the flame" the pass says. Why this slaughter? Those who die in the beautiful"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02

NORTH VERNON. Ind.-M/Sgt. Russell T. Dryden. who bosses the ground crew of big Army plane. has changed his mind about foreign missions. From the South Pacific islands. where he's been putting In the past three years. he's sent $500 to his pastor, the Rev. M. T. Eichol1, of the local Methodist church. to be used for World Ser- vice" Add to that another money order for $200 for the denomina- tionS Crusade for Christ. . fund for postwar relief and reconstruction.
 T used to wonder how much good tho mission work did," he wrote. Nov I can txuthfully say that it more than repAys our small gifts. Many oG our soldier boys would have perished fl t had not been for the Eriepdliness and goodwill Of these natives who were eannihAis not @ long AAAS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
LIT. COX. SNOW TO OPEN
 YMCA FORUM SERIES

The public is invited to the series of four lectures on the issue of world peace to be presented by the Y.M.CA. Community forum and the local United Nations Associa- ton. It. Gov. Wilbert L. Snow will be the first guest speaker talking on the theme World Peace Organ ization, It's Progress and Prospects" The occasion will be held Friday night at the Second Congregational Church chapel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
Particular Drunk Losts Four Years

New York, April 2- Clifford Titus, 46, of Brooklyn, whose wife said he had been drunk every day since Spring, 194l, was held today on a third degree assault.
 Mrs. Margarite Titus complained to Magistrate Raphael Koenig that her husband beat her Easter morr1- ing when he returned home drunk.
 How long was he drinking, ' Koenig asked.
 Four years" Mrs. Titus said.
 T mean on this particular drunk?"
 -Four years" Mrs. Titus repeated He's been drunk every day"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
SUM-UPS:

"VOYAGE OF THE COL DEN HIND," by Edmund Gill ligan (Scribner's: $2.50). Fast moving account of the last voyage of a sailing traWler and it's battle with the modern dragger fleet. There's murder and the undoing of a trio of villains, all against a back Abound of high seas, a field in which MT. Gilligan has few rivals.
 "InOcencia," by Alfredo O'EscrapnOlle Taumay, (Mac- milan: $2.5O).. Skillful love story, first published in 1872 in Portuguese, of nineteenth cen- tury Brazil. A moving narra- tive which has caught at the hearts of many decades of Brazilians, well-translated for a new audience.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
PARACHUTING SUPPLIES

Paris, April 2. - (UP) - French transport plane sare parachuting Red Cross supplies and food pack ages behind the Allied speadheads in Germany to Allied war prisoners who have been liberated by the ad- vancing armies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
Blackout Glasses Patented For Now

Southbridge Mass. April 2. = (UP) - New blackout glasses designed to reduce the hazards of blind flying instruction have been developed for the Navy the American Optical Go. announced today.
 The goggles which simulate ndght flying conditions during the day are equipped with special blue plastic lenses. Wearing them the student pilot can see nothing but his instru- ment panel while the instructors vision Is unimpaired.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
WATERURIANS NAMED
 IN DIVORCE ACTION

Divorce actions involving residents of the aWterbury Nrea have been filed in the New Haven superior court as follows:
 Julia Korpos of Naugatuck agianst John Korpos of Naugatuck, desertion; Joseph R. Sloss of Wa terbury against Olive Crochet Sloss also of this city cruelty and miscon- duct; and Lilly Emerson Andrews of Cheshir% against Emerson An- drews of Cheshire, desertion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02

Klein 8 brash, bouncing young man from the west, elbows his way to Europe as 8 correspondent for a large New York newspaper Pearl Nesbit made her entrance via the morgue and achieved her goal through similar tactics. Once in Paris, before the occupation, Pearl discovered she couldn't write her stories, got friends to do them for her. Klein was yellow journal ist at heart, and stayed that way. After various adventures, they wound up in Athens, were drinking in Delhi when Greece was invaded, and muffed the story.
 The Athens interval is the best of the book. Sedgewick's Greeks are likeable, credible people, seem ing all the better in contrast with his umlovable, Americans.
 Author Sedgewick was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and IS a graduate of Harvard. Sedgwick has been in the newspaper field since 1924. Accredited to both the Americans and the British, he has seen service In most of the armies fighting Germany today.
 He has been with the Greeks, the Poles, the French. the Australi- ans, etc, and his campaigns include the Greek Italian, the Persian, the Western Desert. the war in Syria, and parts of the Italian and South ern French. He was present when the tied turned so dramatically at Fl Alamein. He was at Anzio, and entered Rome on the day the city regained it's freedom. He recently rejoined his Greek wife in Q war torn but liberated Athens.
 BOOK NEWS
 In war-torn China, where one would support people had no time or energy for anything but keeping body and soul together and getting on with the war. literary magazines enjoy e better market than other magazines. There are many trans lations of new fiction from America and MnglmnA aa wniA inlhn MaAaaa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
REAL GOOD NEWS! By United PreSA

The Domei News agency an- i1ounced today that IA more Jap aneSe admirals had died in action, bring to 1O8 the number of high enemy naval officers whose deaths have been reported since May. 1944.
 The dispatch was recorded by the ECO.