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WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1942
EIGHTEEN PAGES
GAS SUPPLY OF!
THREE GALLONS
FACING SLASH
Most East Motorists De
mands ‘X’ Cards tor Un
limited Supply
ONLY SMALL NUMBER
OF ‘A’ CARDS ASKED
Congress Indignant Over
Crack Administered By
Nation's Newspapers
BY H1LLIER KRIEGHBAtJM
(United Frees Staff Correspondent)
Washington, May 14. —
(UP) — Widespread chisel
ing on gasoline ration cards
threatened today to reduce
the three gallon basic ration
unit. Most eastern motor-,
ists, preliminary figures indi
cated, demanded “X” cards
which entitle the holder to
an unlimited supply of gaso
line; or “B-3” cards which allow the
holder to buy 57 gallons between
Friday and July 1. Comparatively
few asked for “A" cards good for
three gallons.
Office of Price Administration of
ficials indicated that no move to
reduce the basic unit would be made
until the registration, which ends
tonight, has been tabulated and it
Is ascertained what proportion of
s&ras. aNNH&£
age cards.
But officials did not hide their
concern about the unofficial reports
of the small number of "A” cards
that were being Issued. Another
alternative to reducing the amount
of gasoline available for each cou
pon on the card, would be a check
by 850 field investigators on the
number of false representations
(Continued on Page 4)
MADELINE WEBB
DOESN’T WORRY
Dancer, Charged With
Murder, Is Not Very
, Much Concerned
BY MARTIN KANE
(United Press Stott Cenwapendsnt)
New York. May 14.—(UP)
Madeline Webi>, dancer and model,
yawned in boredom today while her
defense counsel attempted on cross
examination to discredit testimony
of a 76-year old woman who had
named Mise Webb as the person who
lured Mrs. Susie P. Reich to her
Miss Elisa Evelina KJarroann,
Mrs, Reich’s aunt, who is under the
care of two physicians, stood her
ground and tautly fired back her
answers to the persistent question
answers to the persistent question
&, Jacques Rultenlmnt, defense
pE sLar&nr i
fur death,
Miss Webb, seated wilh her eo
defendants, e» Shonbrun, her par
amour, and Mm D, CWton, eg.
peeusd searceiy to be listentu*. She
iiBUid /wonaifuii lltr frill)) a g||y *>f
water placed before her et the 4s.
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Yankee soldiers, who Just arrived In Australia, obey an automatic impulse, above, and swing their eyes left
to take a gander at some local girls who turned out to see the contingent of troops march away from their
transport ship. Just an old American custom.
Water bury Car Owners
Are Handed Warning
Those Who Illegally Secured “X” Cards, Are Ordered
to Turn Them Back By Tonight, or Face Crim*
inal Prosecution, Says Chairman McDuff
Waterbury car owners who il
legally secured “X” rationing cards
entitling them to purchase unlim
ited amounts of gasoline were
warned today by Chairman George
J. McDuff of the local rationing
board to turn in their cards be
fore the end of the registration
period tonight or face criminal
prosecution. “A review of every *X‘
card issued here will be made by
the board," said Mr. McDuff, and
those who secured such cards with
out being entitled to them will be
much better off if they return them
today and secure cards in other
classifications."
State Director Chester Bowles of
the Office of Price Administration
issued a similar warning from Hart
ford. "I cannot emphasize too
strongly,” he said, "that "X” cards
for gasoline are in a category with
new tires. They are absolutely for
essential users. I strongly urge
persons who received "X” cards and
who do not come within these classi
fications to return them."
Stem of Pretest
The strongly-worded statements
by the local and state directors came
as a storm of protest rose from
other motorists against the flood
of applicants who certified them
selves as eligible for "X” cards
though they do not come within
that classification. Car owners who
secured A or B cards did not take
at ail kindly to the flaunting of
"X" cards by salesmen, collectors
and others who are definitely not
eligible ter such rationing allow
The regulations limit "X" cards
to plainly specified fields and pro
tesalons, Such cards are to go only
(Continued on Page 4)
HEADMASTER WILL
JOIN ARMY CORPS
MwiUAntru, Hut., May
Or rraiwto Parkin*n
of «t. Mark'* aciwo!
l*rt that put to baet
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REAL DANGER OF
WEST AIR ATTACK
Secretary of War Stimson
Declared West Coast Is
to Be Target
Washington, May 14. — (UP) —
Secretary of War Henry I* Stlmson
declared today that there was a
“real danger" of air attack on the
west coast and that he was glad
that the armed forces there were
on the alert against It.
He made this statement at a press
conference In reply to a request for
comment on the numerous black*
outs caused on the west coast by
alarms resulting from the approach
of friendly planes.
While he had no Information on
the cause of the alarms there, he
said he knew “they’re on their toes
out there."
“I think there's a real danger
there,” he continued.
“I’m glad they’re on the alert.
“They can’t be on the alert with*
out going farther than necessary at
particular times."
Asked to comment cm reports at
tributed to radio commentator
Walter Wlnchell that mass evacua
tions of enemy alien* had been
planned on the east coast, Stlmson
replied:
”1 refer you to the debate between
Mr, Wlnchell and Oen. Drum
(Ueut. Oen. Hugh A, Drum, com
mander of the eastern defense area)
“Oen, Drum says there will be no
mas* evacuations, Mr. Winchei! says
there will be.
” 'You pays your money and takes
your choice’,” Stlmson concluded,
Turning to report* that the Oer
man* have begun to use gas in the
present war, Stlmson said h* trad
no accurate information one way
or another,
»w," he added,
sore conflicting
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m v,
tl treat
don't k<
rd tier
ul really
"1 have heard _
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Is "preperad for any
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German Youth b Arretted
For Attempting Sabotage
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CITY BUSINESS
MEN TO CONFER
Price Fixing Regulations
Are to Be Discussed
Next Wednesday
A conference of all business men
in the Waterbury area affected by
price fixing regulations will be held
at 2:30 p. m. next Wednesday at
the Connecticut Light. And_EfliEfifc
Company audit'mK^ ttie wKter
bury Chamber of Commerce an
nounced today. The conference will
be addressed by officials of the New
England regional office of the OPA,
at Boston. They will explain dis
puted points in the regulations and
will answer questions from the floor.
Price-fixing regulations for retailers
go into effect Monday, when prices
on thousands of items must be lim
ited to the amount charged by the
retailer for the same items in
March. Wholesale prices went under
ceilings this week.
Secretary Frank J. Oreen of the
Chamber of Commerce today ex
tended an Invitation to business
men in this city and nearby towns
to attend the price conference. Be
ginning Monday not only are prices
fixed on most articles, but must be
posted on many of them. Virtually
every item normally bought is af
fected by the OPA regulations.
GREEN APPOINTED
U. S. AGENT HERE
C. of C. Secretary to Su
pervise Licensee for All
Explosives
Appointment of Prank 3. Oreen,
secretory of the Chamber of Com
merce, m V. 8 Explosives LI*
censing Agent for the Waterbury
area was announced today by ft, ft
Sayers, director of tl»e Bureau of
Mines of the V. 8. Department of
tire Interior, and C. K Nivhman.
chief of the Explosive# Control Dl*
Vision of the Bureau of Mines, The
appointment was announced
through the office of Mayor Vln*
cent A. Scully
fn his new capacity, Mr. Clean
will have supervision over Ihe II*
censing end use of ell explosive* In
Waterbury and nearby towns Un*
8er his direction will he licensing
and us* of dynamite, drecraokeri,
powder, firework* and eeptasfv*
'inunont waa mad* un
der 8 federal act panted Dec M
(Ml Mr, Orian said that be win
Insist on compilaneo with W*'#**'
iy eslsthw state laws on explosive*
as well a« with the now foderal
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Russian Red Army Breaks
Through Nazi Defense Line
Germans Admit Vicious Attacks Of
Russians Around Kharkov Frontier
Nazis Insist, However, That Russians Were Badly
Beaten on Crimean Front; Claim Annihilation
of Most of Soviets
JAPANESE ARE
FAR INTO CHINA
Have Driven Ninety Miles
Inside Border; Chinese
Cut Lines
BY ROBERT P. MARTIN
(United Press SUM Correspondent)
Chungking, May 14. — (UP) —
Reinforced Japanese troops have
occupied Tachai, northeast of Lung
ling, and are fighting Chinese forces
at Tengchung, 80 miles inside the
border, where they are trying to
force a crossing of the Salween
River, an> army communique said
today.
Chinese units were reported to
have cut Japanese communication
lines at three points In the Burma
China fighUng, but reinforcements
they drove relentlessly for positions
in western Yunnan Province.
After reaching Tachai, the com
munique said, the Japanese con
tinued their drive toward Hung
Mushu. The Chinese inflicted heavy
losses on the enemy in heavy light
ing, the communique added.
The Burma Road crosses the
Salween at Tengchung and the
Chinese were making a desperate
effort to check the Invaders at this
point, although an army spokesman
said they were fighting urder ex
treme difficulties and that the city
was endangered.
The attack was believed to have
been launched from Lungling, SO
(Continued on Page 4)
AXIS SUBS HAVE
STRUCK AGAIN
Berlin, May 14 — (U.P.) — (Ger
man Broadcast Recorded by United
Press In London) — The German
high command, In a communique
Issued by Adolf Hitler’s Fuehrer
headquarters, said today that the
Russians were attacking strongly on
the Donets Basin front.
(This is the Kharkov front where
the Russians have opened a major
offensive.)
“At several points on the Donets
front our troops are lighting de
fensively against attacks by strong
enemy forces, supported by tanks,"
the communique said.
(The Berlin radio reported that
the battle In the Kerch Peninsula
has ended In “a smashing German
victory.” It gave the Rumanians a
share in the victory and said that
the Germans continued to “pursue
the beaten enemy.”)
Regarding the Kerch Peninsula,
the communique said that pursuit
of remnants of the Soviet forces
who escaped encirclement continued
lndefatigably.
It said that after mopping up
more German detachments had be
come free to Join the pursuit.
Impeded By Rain
The communique said German
troops were slightly impeded by rain
soaked roads.
The Russians were trying to es
cape along the railroad to Kerch
and a coastal road, the communique
said, and were offering occasional
resistance which was broken.
“The result of these victorious
pursuit encounters is reflected by
the number of prisoners and the
amount of booty taken,” it said.
“At several points on the Donets
front our troops are fighting de
fensively against attacks by strong
enemy forces, supported by tanks,”
a communique from Hitler Feuhrer
headquarters said.
Regarding the Russian army in
the Kerch Peninsula, which It said
yesterday had been annihilated
after being overrun and encircled, it
said today that pursuit of the “rem
nants” of the Russian forces who
escaped encirclement continued.
ft admitted that tne “retreating"
Russians were offering “occasional"'
(Continued on Page 4)
INCOME TAXES TO
GO MUCH HIGHER
Exemptions to Be Reduced
Much More; Even Sol
diers Must Psy
BY MNKK K HHKPLBY
(Inllrt Preee BUB ComttptmithU
Waehlngton. May U~<UP>
ttecretary of Treeeury Morgtuthau,
Jr., Mia UMay mat the weaaury
ia atudytnu a proposal for a nom
inal heed taa on everyone who «**
an income tax return, regardlee* of
tlie amount of the Income.
The propoeal, euggratad By Chair
man Welter P. George, f). Oa , of
the ariiate finance committee, would
aoniUt of an examination tax to
pay for Uie wet of examining aii
returne. Morgeniheu atnaaad that
Cite lax would be ameii
•flila would lieip ua a great Baal
in aaaminlng the great number of
now taxpayer#," toe #aW. "ff we
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Fourth Time Within One
Week; Merchant Vessel
Is Sent Down
New Or leant, May 14,-iUP>
Tet the fourth time within a week,
Axis submarines have struck in the
Quit of Mesico, the eighth naval
district announced today alter a
medium-sized United States mer
chantmen wax towed to port with
three torpedo holes and 90 shell
scars.
One exolosion was so forceful that
0 porpoise was thrown to tlw bridge,
some M fast from where the tor
pceio fit nick •
Chief Mate ffotger If. Mlkkeiscn,
of IHaten Island, N V„ ha* the o«)v
fatality, ffe died on a life raft
from shrapnel wound*. He had
been ID and the wounds soars voted
his condition,
Radio operator mm A. ftareinOj
of Simpson, W Va , was wounded
end Is now in a naval base hospital.
Oapt, William H SheWoti. of <jua
paw, Okla* said It was ' p*o dark
to deteraslne wmXf one or wore
aUasEsd * The merchantmen
' with a five Inch gun awl
•a id no one i
i suns, but the eaaUIn
saw tiie U-boat,
MCARTHUR HIS
RUNES COINS
Flying Fortresses Joined
By New Defense Fighters
From America
By BRYDON C. TAVES
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Melbourne, Australia, May 14.—
(UP)—Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s
flying fortresses and Catalina-Con
solidated bombers, opening a new.
phase of their offensive, have sunk
one Japanese ship, damaged two
and smashed 15 Japanese bombing
planes in attacks over a 1,750 mile
front, it was announced today.
Defense fighters, newly arrived
from the United States, shot down
two and damaged one of a forma
tion of Japanese Navy-O fighters
which vainly attempted to raid the
Allied airdrome at Port Moresby,
New Guinea.
MacArthur announced in a gen
eral headquarters communique that
his planes had sunk a 3 000-ton
enemy invasion ship and obtained
direct bomb hits on one of 3,000
tons and another of 2,000 tons in a
punishing raid on Ambolna, Jap
anese naval base 660 miles north
of Darwin in the Netherlands East
Indies.
Bombs were showered on the gen
eral harbor area. Pilots saw a
wharf burst into flames and It was
indicated that extensive damage
was done to dock lnstalatlons, with
(Continued on Page 4)
FRENCH VESSELS
ARE IMMOBILIZED
Martinque Complying With
Request of U. S.; Laval
Is Ignored
Washington, May 14— (UP) —
French war vessels at Martinque
are being immobilized as one of the
results of the negotiations being
conducted there. It was learned to*
day on high authority.
The conversations at Martinque
are being continued, and it was
emphasized in official quarters that
the United States is not dealing
with (he Vichy government on the
Martinlaue Issues.
Immobilization of the French war
vessels was arranged through coop,
eration between French and Amer
ican naval officers and other offi
cials there.
Hie most Important of the vessels
is the aircraft carrier Bearn, which
fled to Martinique following the
collapse of France,
outer French vessels in the lo
cality Include the medem cruiser
Jean Berlin and the training ship
Jeanne D'Arc.
OUier Important details ars still
being discussed by the AmariMUi
representatives at Martinique with
Admiral Otcrges Robert, the
French high commissioner. The**
details presumably include etatus of
several merchant ships tied up
there.
It waa understood the negotia
tions thus far war# being conduct.
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German Defenders Be
fore City of Kharkov
RIDICULE CLAIMS OF
CRIMEAN FRONT DRIVB
German Fortifiations at
Kharkov Smashed; Fight
Still Going On Fiercely
BY HENRY SHAPIRO
(United Press Staff Correspondent),
Moscow, May 14. — (UP);
— Red Army shock troop*
smashed through the Ger«
man first line defenses be*
fore Kharkov and inflicted
"enormous losses" on the
enemy in an offensive that
is gaining momentum
against hastily summoned
Axis reserves, official dis
patches reported today.
The Russian troops hammering
toward Kharkov were said by the
Official News Agency, Tass, to be
hotly pursuing the Axis forces, which
were “thrown back a considerable
distance” and forced to abandon
many big guns and other equip
ment.
Front line reports said the
famous Russian Stormvlk pi
dominated the air ard let
units and Infantry driving
Into the enemy defenses ar
Kharkov. The reports added
"considerable progress had bee
made after the first break througl
It was pointed out, however,
the German hedge-hog defense
system around the city was a
series of fortified points rather t
solid lines and that the front
therefore extremely fluid.
The Red Army spearhead
the Kharkov industrial sector
regarded as of greatest importan
in connection with the fierce
ing still in progress In the
sector of the Crimea, where the
slan communique acknowledged
retirement to improved positions duo
to temporary numerical superiority
of the Axis attack forces.
Ridicule Nad
The Moscow newspapers,
the Red Star, said that the
German onslaught on the
Peninsula had made some pr
but ridiculed Berlin’s claims
victory and said that “our
troops can and will halt
the enmy."
(The Russian drive against
important German-held base
communications center of Kha
was designed to threaten the
of the Axis forces In the Crii
where the Nad high command
mitted fighting was still in pr<
on the Kerch Peninsula altl
Vichy reports claimed the
had reached that town.)
Dispatches to the Red
that the Soviet forces were
ing the breach they hm
the Kharkov defenses
“dealing heavy blow* to
who is sustaining enormous
in men and armaments,”
“The Bov let troops
ing to develop tnatr
dispatches said.
“Operations of the attacking
were so vigorous that (he
was forced into hurried
without time to evacuate
ammunition and otj»*r
rials, large quantities of
abandoned ”
German reserves
it was added, but
check die Bov let
number of centers
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