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Newspaper
Naugatuck Daily News
Location
Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1942
Page
1
Reported collision near a station left several people shaken but uninjured. Witnesses describe a derailment sequence and a crew response as emergency orders were issued and the injured count remained zero despite surrounding chaos.
Hartford reports school safety talks with the Be rong Council to promote all mil e safeguards throughout the system. A fall program likely, with courses and pupil precautions to be announced in coming days. Boston officials say UN relief donations exceed 45000 from Sunday's rally to back Secretary Knox pledge against Allied forces.
Washington June 15 The Senate approved a plan to provide monthly allowances starting at 50 dollars for wives of fighting men. A conference report approved today has been sent to the House. The measure would also grant additional allowances for other dependents.
Washington reports the Treasury backs a broad sales tax to reach an $8.7 billion target for 1942 but faces committee limits. The Ways and Means panel estimates taxes on sugar salt tea coffee electricity fuel gas barber and beauty services would raise only about $200 million, leaving a large gap. Congress may still pursue a war sales tax to bridge the shortfall.
United Press dispatch says a large Ottoman-like fleet battles in the Mediterranean and the Russian fronts. The Thutians report the greatest convoy sent from Gibraltar with eighty ships imperiled. Berlin and Rome indicate Allies reinforcing North Africa as a critical clash develops for British forces. The navy reports a medium US merchant vessel torpedoed in the Caribbean with survivors landing at coast ports.
Washington report states the nation's oil industry will organize to supply raw materials for synthetic rubber. The petroleum sector will produce butadiene and flare components while other agencies handle production and distribution of the finished product.
About 4,600 striking glass workers in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia return to work under a War Labor Board deal. The accord extends the old contract while wage dispute talks continue.
Malbourne June 16 United Nations troops in Australia gain a new recreation center. A service club operated by the American Red Cross was opened today providing a place for troops to relax and socialize.
Northampton crew of bomber miraculously escaped death after their plane slashed a 13 000 volt power line, causing a blinding flash. The plane continued for two miles before the propellers wrapped in frame and landed in a potato field. the crew remained unharmed.
Washington reports a big scrap rubber collection drive underway across America. Piles grow in front of about 400,000 gasoline stations where rubbers are bought at a fixed price and turned over to the government. Profits would go to charity, and the drive aims to resolve rubber shortages and the need for rationing as a conservation measure.
Washington June 45 UP The Director of the new Office of War Information Elmer Davis says he will set up the organization in Washington Wednesday He plans no major changes to existing information services His role is to coordinate activities Some listeners hope for more expansive news of the war effort from him He said in his farewell radio commentary I have been called into government service
Washington June 15 UP Starling Lordy says motorists on the East Coast will receive twice as much gasoline for those with remaining ration cards to tide them over until July. Local rationing boards must approve the extra allotment after applicants prove real need.
Washington district court of appeals affirms the conviction of medical organizations for conspiring to restrain insurance associations. The court upholds fines totaling 4000 imposed by the American Medical Association and the District of Columbia Medical Society for Sherman anti trust violations.
Rev Longstaff presided a large Sunday baptism at the Naugatuck Methodist Church with Mrs Booth in charge of the program. Dozens of children were baptized, names listed, including Reta Ware, Richard Ashe, Sylvia Obst, Donna Marnon, and many more. Awards were presented to church school members. The event followed by remarks and a display of equipment valued at around six dollars? The text references General Motors figures and a block of unclear lines.
Children’s Day was observed at the Congregational church during the Sunday service yesterday under the direction of Rev. Howard Hance, pastor. Christian baptism was administered to a ... (Continued on Page Two)
Miothas Burke 72 a former resident of Naugatuck died early today at St Raphael's hospital New Haven after four weeks confinement from a heart condition He was born in South Coventry Conn and lived in Naugatuck with his parents He worked at Dunham Hosiery Co and later joined his brother Rev John Burke in New Haven He is survived by two brothers Rev John Burke of New Haven Michal of Park Washington and two sisters Mrs Mary Hughes and Mrs Dulin Reilly of Naugatuck Friends may call after 7 this evening at Hush Weenan funeral home New Haven The funeral will be held Wednesday at 9 0 from St Peter's Church New Haven with interment in St James Cemetery Naugatuck
Supt Harald HW Chittenden announced the grammar school graduation exercises to be held tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. at Putile High School. Seventeen pupils from Prospect Street Central Avenue Nep Brook and Salem grammar schools will graduate. The program includes Processional March Connecticut March Nassaan Grammar School Orchestra singing selections including The Star Spangled Banner and America. Diplomas to be presented by Emil Maniweiler chairman of the Board of Education and prizes awarded to Josephine Maher recipients Norman Janes Bovay Florence Conaver Edith Edwards Irene Kurnitis Barham Mecuser Kenneth Leach William Maseika Eleanor Oenioko Constance Osion George
The article notes that Navi propagandists advised Mimer Davis, the new chief of the Office of War Information, to learn how to present defeats as victories, hinting at German tactic envelopes seen in the Russian campaign.
President Roosevelt tells Congress the lend lease program should be paid as the war is fought with a pay as you go plan. He says the major cost will be the defeat of the Axis and that war expenses should be spread among the United Nations by ability to pay, while avoiding debt mistakes of the past.
Despite heavy rain a Flag Day parade in Naugatuck proceeded with 814 Coast Guard unit led by Chief Petty Officer Abel, joined by the Wilks Lodge and local civic groups. After a 90 minute delay the marchers paraded central borough streets to the band music and later gathered for exercises at the Biks auditorium with Congressman Joseph K. Talbot as keynote speaker.
Washington June 45 UP Exiled Greek monarch George Second spoke to the House and Senate separately declaring Greece has pledged all it has to win the war He urged postwar security against future incursions and warned that predatory policies must not pay He called for order equity and global economic reorganization for plain people
Marshalltown Iowa June 15 Former Governor Landon of Kansas warns that ongoing peace talks could cause disunity among the Allies as they fight the war. He urges the administration to drop demands for a utopian world and argues the strongest nation should shape the peace terms. He notes not all nations may want democracies.
Hartford dispatch reports New England WPB Regional Director W H Wheeler warns against expanding war plant capacity. He says material and manpower are insufficient to broaden industries beyond current status and urges subcontractors to join the effort. Every machine should be pressed into production, even by older methods.
Naw Britany June 49—Stanley Borgula died after taking one drink from a bottle sent to him as a present. The bottle arrived by war parcel and police seek the sender. The medical examiner ordered an autopsy and will analyze the liquor to determine if deliberate poisoning occurred.
UPI dispatch reports the War Production Board program facing criticism from Senator Beneator Smith of South Carolina and Senator Sener Wheeler of Montana who accuse big rubber company leaders of controlling it. Senator Buller of Nebraska suggests grain alcohol synthesis, while appeals go to President Roosevelt for action on the rubber program.
Boston June 16 UP A Revere man Irving Kemler was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in jail and fined 1500 after a federal jury convicted him of attempting to bribe a board doctor to declare him unfit for military service. Judge Charles B. Weyrzanski released Kemler in 5000 bond pending appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Rockport Massachusetts reports that famed marine painter Stanley Woodward has been commissioned as a captain in the Army Air Corps. He plans to report for duty in the Intelligence division at Miami on July 25.
About 180 people evacuated when a fire swept a roadside restaurant in Arlington Massachusetts. The Old Mill building sustained damage estimated at 415,000. Firefighters battled the flames as smoke filled the area. No injuries were reported.
Japanese planes pressed the Darwin base with the heaviest raid of the war as 77 bombers escorted by fighters dropped about 200 bombs. Allied air forces engaged high above, with slight damage reported and few casualties. The attacks aimed to disrupt Allied planes and troops in northeastern Australia after a lull since April 2. Grass and shrapnel bombs focused on casualties rather than objectives, followed by dogfights as fighters exchanged climbs. A Japanese ship was seen losing altitude and smoking, believed to have crashed in the bush. Meanwhile Chinese forces scored two northern victories against Japanese troops along the Peng River in Shansi, and guerrillas dynamited a troop train in Henan, killing many enemy soldiers. Adolf Hitler dispatched fresh troops to the front from Leningrad to Tobruk. Soviet forces on the Russian front endured German blows near Sevastopol, Kharkov, and in the Crimea. Continued page five.
Washington says the Duke of Windsor arrived unannounced to press a new deal for Bahamas island workers on an American project. He had earlier left amid wage protests as workers earned 81 cents daily while American laborers earned a dollar hourly. The Duke plans New York after meetings. the Duchess remains in Florida.
Nahant Massachusetts reports a quake centered 30 miles east of Boston uprooting waves and killing numerous fish. Fishermen hurriedly manned boats to salvage remains with two vessels bringing in over 600 pounds. The event disrupted shore communities as seaborne life suffered a heavy toll.
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