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Leo T. crowley, or his agent. Grow
lev heads the new FEA which IL
what the once of Foreign Economic
Administration embracing those
agencies will be called. He recently
gave up his $4,000 year Job with
the Standard Gas and Electric Com
pany so that he could take over
his new job-at $4,000 year.
The reorganization actually Is the
climax Of the dispute between Sec
rotary of Commerce Jesse Jones and
Vice President Henry A. Wallace
that astonished the country last
summer. Wallace was head Of the
board of economic warfare then and
ions was its financial agent. The
men could not get along and Mr..
Roosevelt finally removed Wallace,
leaving Jones powers and position
substantially untouched.
Waliace's BEW was given TO
Crowley under a slightly modified
name-Of1ce Of Economic Warfare.
In attempting to umpire the Wal
lace Jones dispute, Byrnes could not
ignore the clumsy organization which
prevailed generally in that field Of
government operations. The week.
end consultations followed In due
course.
Lehman Oriented
The changes also serve to orient
Herbert H. Lehman into the relief
situation. Former governor Of New
York and close associate Of Mr.
Roosevelt, Lehman came here early
this year to head the impressively
named once Of Foreign Relief and
Rehabilitation operations. But word
shortly got around Washington that
Lehman's organization was making
so little progress that some Of those
who had joined to do 9 war Job
were becoming discouraged.
Now Lehman Is out and until
November Q ne win be one Of Mr..
Roosevelt's numerous White House
assistants. But when representa-
tives Of the Unltef Nations gather
here on that date 70 get the United
Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration under way, Lehman
viii be the United States NOMINEES
for director. He win get the joh
ali right because the United States
obviously viii have 10 provide most
Of the relief and rehabilitation that
Is 10 be passed out because Il has TIE
money.
glettinlug FOB as Iend-lease ad-
ministFaloF also disappeared ~ the
consolidation process. That left him
available for the HndnFaecfeiagynlaip
of state from which sumner WeiieE
resigned eoIne weeks ego after olfs
fefFueea Hith noeHfaFr of State caE.
dell &tIi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

1913.
Goals Too High
Subsequently, Mr.. Roosevelt con-
coded what production experts had
proclaimed privately from the OUT
set-that the goals were too high.
He reported that plane production
in 1912 totaled 4S 900 units and that
the output Of tanks fell below
schedule. Nevertheless, he said "the
arsenal Of democracy is making
good"
The armed services tied their
schedules to the Presidents astro-
nomical goals even though indus
trial leaders said they were impos-
sible Of tainment. There ensued a
struggle between the war production
board and the services for control
Of scheduling powers, originally In
vested In Donald M. Nelson by the
President but transferred to the
services by Nelson. The latter finally
recaptuFed the power, and subse-
auentiy 1913 goals were adjusted
downward and schedules revised ac-
cordingIy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
Pose Greatest Menace
To German Flanks
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The enemy was under constant
pressure all along the front and
must realizbe that his line will give
in at an early date.
The British Eighth Army, In q
concerted push up the east coast,
swept across the Ofanto river,
plunged forawrd IL miles without
encountering resistance and was
marching against the vital commu-
nications hub Of Toggia only "a
miles distant.
The Germans already had aban-
doned the cluster Of 10 key air fields
in the Foggia area, and appeared to
be yielding the region without q
fight, giving the Allies hopes OF
early use Of a major air base with
in easy bombing range Of all Italy
and the western Balkans.
An official announcement said
that north Of Salerno the Fifth
Army had taken Limited objec-
tives" in O steady drive against the
Germans, who were withdrawing.
Capture Calabrito
Sweeping forward against the
eastern flank Of the Naples region,
q distance Of 10 miles from Acerno,
the Allies captured Caluabrito, IS
miles northeast Of Salerno; while
Cassano fell in q four-mile push
from Valya.
Leaving the Salerno plain far be-
hind, the Fifth Army units on the
right flank after seven days Of In
cessant fighting captured heights
dominating an important road
junction. ,.4.
It was north Of Salerno, where
the Nazis were defending the most
direct route to Naples, that the
fighting was described as the flerc-
est since the British Eighth Army
broke the Alamein line before AL
exandria and started the historic
push westward.
Advance 70 CerignOla
The Eighth Army's advance to
Cerignola, on the Foggia plain, rep
resented 12-mile push from Can
osa and put the British vanguard
20 miles from Foggia itself. With
that big center in Allied hands,
Naples will have been outfianked
strategically If the Fifth Army has
not by-passed 1t more directly by
then.
on the Adriatic coast the British
pushed i've miles north from Bar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

the elements Of political democracy.
But Tugwell warned that the Uni-
ted States, but its long period Of In
decision, has failed TO prepare for
an honest settlement Of the issue Of
Puerto RicoS future status.
Tt would be better" Tugwell said,
~ first for O few years O deliberate
policy Of assistance we're carried
out, at the end Of which time the
Puerto Rican electorate might be
given o chance to express itself. II
q desire 70 become o state was ex-
pressed, the congress might then
take definite action. n either the
plebiscite or the action OF congress
was adverse to statehood. Q policy
Of gradual separation could be
worked out Is was done for tbs
Philippines"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

letta to seize Marguerite di Savoia.
The new line runs east from the
region Of Amalh on the Sorrento
peninsula hbelow Naples, throug
the areas Of San Cipriano, Acerno,
Calabrito, Muro, Atella, Monten1i-
lone and Cerignola to Margherita di
Savoia o distance Of 10 miles.
Occupation Of all Corsica by the
French Counters and regular troops
along with American Rangers and
Corsican natives, appeared imrnen-
ent as the Germans fell back into
the northeastern tip Of the island
running from Bostia 40 miles north
to Cape Corse.
Nazis' Plight
The plight Of the Germans was
likened to their last days on the
Cape Bon Peninsula Of Tunisia.
Allied naval and air forces patrolled
the surrounding seas, ready to
pounce on any attempt to exacuate
the remaining enemy troops by
air or sea.
The hardest fighting on, ten
italian mainland continued in the
rugged mountains guarding the APP
proaches to the Naples plain. The
German command threw in heavy
|reinforcements In an attempt to halt
the Fifth Arny'S offensive, but
the American and British invaders
continued to inch forward.
A front dispatch from Reynolds
Packard, United Press war cores
pondent said the fighting northeast
Of Salerno was the heaviest since
the invasion began two and q half
weeks ago. The Germans were
making their stand In caInouflaged,
reinforced concrete pillboxes and
concerted trenches, all protected by
barbed wire and minefields.
Calabritto fell to the Fifth army
after o six-mile advance from
Oliveto.
The British Eighth Army drove
seven miles north from the Ofanto
river at the entrance to the Foggia
Plain, captured the highway juno
ton Of Cerignola, and pressed on
toward Foggia and its 10 airtields
against light opposition.
AirdrOme Abandoned
Reports from the Eighth Army
front disclosed that the Germans
already had abandoned the main
Foggia. Gino-Lisa airdrome and IL
Satellite fighter airfields over q
25-mile radius. Toggia- Gino-Lisa
was an important civil and military
airfield some years before the war
and was equipped with hangers and
other equipment for large force.
Occupation Of the Foggia air.
fields will bring Jugoslavia, Ru-
mania, Bulgaria, Hungary and
southern Germany within easy
bombing range Of Allied air fleets.
In the interior the Eighth Army
captured Muro, 20 miles northwest
Of the railway and highway hub
Of Potenza, and was In contact with
the Germans just north Of Atella.
Unfavorable weather hampered
Allied aerial operations throughout
Italy. American Mitchell me-
dunn bombers attacked troop con-
centration around Sarno yesterday
while fighters and fightre- bombers
strafed and blasted motor transport
and road functions around the Ben
evento-Amalfi areas, all in the
vicinity Of Naples. All planes re-
turned safely.
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were women, 1t was reported. Five
Of the So who were referred imme-
diately sought part-time Jobs.
Mis- Harmon said number Of In
quiries have been made by persons
who would be able to take part-time
Jobs, but IN many cases the hours
Of availability and the openings do
not conform.
with adoption Of new procedure
in registering job applicants, In
formation on age has been dropped
and the USES has no record on the
age range Of current applicants. The
age element Is continually losing Its
importance as far as displacement
Is concerned 1t was indicated. Under
the new set-up application forms
are no longer. fled and persons who
ask for pobs are sent at once TO
prospective employers.
The USES Is the sole agency TAX
ing applications for jobs during the
recruiting drive and q large stan
Of workers Is on hand at the office,
123 Bank street, TO place local resi-
dents IN the work they desire.
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Hitler Is Warned No
Let-Up TiNHe Is Licked
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paper Pravda as saying that the Red
Army had mastered part Of the
river crossing" and added: "Our
air force and artillery will smash
all German efforts to stem our
offensive beyond the river"
Other Soviet troops striking
frontally were locked in bitter fight
ing with the Germans in the muddy
east-bank suburbs of Kiev. The
Germans threw big infantry and
tank forces into battle In q futile
attempt to stem the Soviet tide, only
to be thrown back, More than 300
Germans were killed and five tanks
wrecked.
The Russians also blasted their
way to the Dnieper at key points
along q 30-mile stretch from Kiev to
zaporobhe. Near Kremenchug IS
miles upstream from Dneprope-
trovsk, the Russians smashed an
enemy pocket Of resistance, cap
tured 10 towns and villages. and
threw the battered German REM
nants into the Dnieper.
more than 900 enemy bodies re-
NAMED on the battlefield and in
addition o large number Of Germans
drowned in the river" a Soviet
communique said.
Bayonet Fighting
Near DnepropetrovSk itself, the
Germans pivoted on o defense line
consisting Of concrete pillboxeS and
artillery emplacementS and counter
attacked 10 times. The fighting
at times ragged at close quarters
with hayonets, rifle butts and gre
nades the main weapons, but the
Germans finally were routed with
the loss Of 1000 men and eight
tanks.
North Of Kiev, the Russians
surged toward White Russia and the
key bases Of Vitebsk, OrSha and
Mogilev - the gateway cities to the
Polish border - on a 2S0-mile front
and at some points penetrated the
White Russian republic for the
first time.
The White Russian cities Of Kho-
timsk, "A miles northwest of Bryansk
and Lenino, 80 miles southeast Of
Gomel, were overrun along with 708
other towns and villages along the
260-mile front.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
EVENING SCHOOLS
TO OPEN TONIGHT
Sessions Carded at Gross
by, Wildly, LeavenwOrth,
Webster and Duggan

The local evening schools, which
open this evening, will offer this
year o program Of courses that
should prove attractive and profit
able to vast number Of prospective
students, said DR.. John q. Gilmar-
tin, supervisor. this morning.
Five schools will open to accom-
modate those wishing to enroll:
Crosby, willy, Leavenworth, Web
ster, and Duggan.
Webster and Duggan
In both Of these schools there will
be classes IN AmeFieanlzatlon which
viii teach reading, spelling. and pri-
mary English 10 the foreign born
and prepare him for the citizenship
class. AZ Webster there viii also be
work Of the seventh and eighth grade
level.
Sessions win be conducted IN the
i've schools on Monday. Tuesday.
ThuFSday, and Friday evenings
from Z ,. N. 70 p. m. Students
win register with the principals
Of the respective schools.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

perts said.
They are fighting rains that
drench the terrain with 200 and 800
inches per year, turning fresh cuts
into knee-deep mud holes.
Arrowsmith is carrying out, the
job under command Of Lieut.. Gen.
Joseph w. Stilwell, Burma China
India theater commander, with the
objective Of finding a way to get
supplies to points where the battle
against Japan can be launched
again from China bases.
The only available route since
close Of the Burma Road to the
South has been through the air.
! saw the Chinese troops watch-
ing over the workers on the gigantic
project and using their spare time
for additional training In jungle
warfare, wading swift streams and
operating through the jungle.
I talked with their commanding
officer, the youthful American
trained Lieut.. Gen. Sun "a Jen, who
led his troops from Burma ID
months ago. Sun learned hts enc
cheering at Purdue and his ~
diering at Virginia Military Ins1p
tute. rising later through the ranks
Of the Chinese army.
Working with suns troops u .
United States army staff command
ed by Brig. Gen. Hayden l.. Boat
ner, Of New Orleans, La, "a expert
on China.
Eventually this road win cut
through Burma and China regions
occupied BY Japanese troops. Then
these Chinese fighters win be given
the Job Of winning forward ground
for the engineers and holding the
road open.
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ter delaying actions 70 cover the
retreat 10 the west bank.
The battle Of Dniepropetrovsk
appeared to have entered q decisive
stage as the Russians smashed the
last belt Of German defenses based
on the marshes thanking the ap-
breaches 10 the town. Bloody hand
TO hand cognbats were raging In the
easter Subuprbs Of the city.
Sweep Wire Area
On the plains southeast Of za-
pcroxhe the Red army swept over
d wide area, increasing the threat
TO the Crimea.
Pravda, declaring that "the
Dnieper Is only q temporary OBJ
stacle," said the Red army had
mastered the technique Of river
crossing and now can hurdle wa
ter barriers, mine fields and ion and
concrete Notifications.
The Communist party organ, as
sorting that the Soviet victory at
Smolensk had opened the gates to
the west, .seaid the capture Of the
city demonstrated that the Ger
mans cannot drag on the war and
avoid final defeat by the construc-
ton Of elaborate defenSeS.
'aThe Red army daily will inten-
gify its blows on the enemy until
he Is expelled from the sacred pre-
cincts Of Soviet land and decisively
crushed" Pravda said.
Weather Helps
The Russians have benefited by
changes in the weather recently. In
the marshy Gomel area a warn. spell
enabled the Red armies to negoti-
ate usually impossible forest regions
and reach points within 20 miles Of
GoEnel. On the lower reaches Of
the Dnieper Soviet forces were
using the mists and fog to acceler-
ate their crossings.
The conservative estimate of Red
Army achievements In the last ~
weeks showed that It had regained
almost rs much territory as 1t did
in five months Of the lat winter Of
fensive. II has liberated about
14,000 communities and doughty 1885,
90 Oequare miles - an area larger
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Front dispatches said Soviet } >
Front dispatches said Soviet
thanking columns were pushing
across the river north and south Of
Kiev, RuSsia's third largest city, In
the face Of murderouS German ar
tillery fire fom the high west bank,
but thee was no authoritative in
dication that the Red Army yet had
established a bridgehead in force.
CThe London radio quoted
Moscow dispatch as saying that the
Russians were believed to have es-
tablished small bridgeheads on the
west bank Of the Dnieper between
Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk,)
Parachutists Landed
CThe German DNB agency re-
ported that Russian parachutists
landed in the German rear in the
middle Dnieper area. Most were
encircled and annihilated, the
agency said In O Berlin broadcast,
but others were still holding OUT
"a Moscow broadcast heard in
London quoted the Moscow news
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Germans to drastically reduce the
production Of bomberS and TO con-
centrate on the production Of light
ers. 4tel4E
To every thoughtful member Of
the German air force, this gtep
could have but one meaning that
Germany had given up hope Of win
ming the war and was turning her
every effort to keep from losing the
war. This step, taken months ago,
was the first visible evidence that
Germany had abandoned the offen.
sive and was seeking through de-
fenSive action that ct best could be
only stalemate."
McNarney said seizure Of the ini-
tiative by the Allies gave them the
advantage Of being able TO strike
the enemy when and where they
chose but this was partially Offset
because German and Japanese op-
erations are on interior lines.
Bases Available
However, as the enemy shortened
Its lines, more air bases become
available from which to reach
enemy areas previously too distant
for effective bombing. McNarney
said.
Undersecretary Of war Robert p.
Patterson told the group Of 200 that
the next IL months vii leb costly
In blood and men "but viii de-
termine the future Of the world"
Victory Is ahead, but 1t Is the
considered Judgment of our military
leaders that we still have q long,
hard fight" Patterson said.
The conferees were called to
Washington to hear q confidential
war report by ranking army officer
and War Department officials who
planned to explain the obstacles con-
fronting the United Nations as well
as give off-the-record accounts Of
the wars progress.
Patterson said 1t would be impos-
sible to overeStimate the part that
Amertcan-made equipment has
played in the many successes that
Allied arms have recently achieved.
Difficulties Encountered
" have just returned from the
Pacific front, profoundly moved by
the difficulties undergone by our
troops in that theater Of war;"
Patterson said. '"The fight there
Is to take strategic airfields.
II asked General Macarthur
what he wanted most.
Send me air. he said. Send me
air and more air and more air."
Patterson said that during the
early part Of the war, efforts were
concentrated on development Of the
long -range bomber program, the
results Of which are showing on
every battlefront.
might and day these bombers
swing back and forward over the
target-a deadly pendulum Of de-
struction," Patterson said. "And
now, emerging from months Of ex-
pertinent and months Of battle ex-
perience and trial, there has arrived
team Of fighter planes that will
fully compliment our first-class
bomhers."
Patterson said industry ana labor
have done q magnificent pob Of
production but better Job must be
done.
The production Of 7.6l2 planes IN
August. he said, fell behind work.
ing schedule ana the increase Of
the production during the last four
months has not been impressive.
I'VE would be much farther along
on our heavy bomber program n u
were not for manp0wer shortage on
the Pacific coast" he said. "And
the tragic thing Il - We need all
those planea,s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
MARRIAGE INTENTION

The following marriage certifi-
Gates have been issued by the
ONCE Of vital statistics:
Benedict Baltrimas, "a, 46 No.
Leonard st., and Yeva Povilauc-
kis, 80, 46 No. Leonard st.
Philip August Dubay, 46, 227
So. Main st. and Sylvia Pagano
Aversa, 4S, So Pleasant st.
william COsgrOve, "A, 10 Lud-
low st. and Dorothy Richmond,
rs, 06 Beacon st.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

Newport. ". J., sept. ~ - lu.P.l
me Duke and Duchess Of Wind
aor today we're expected 70 be din.
neF guests Of Mrs. CaFnellus Van
deFbllt.
The Royal couple were entertain.
"a yesterday by Rear~AdnllFai VII.
liam m Pya, president Of the Naval
war College and commandment 81
llie hoHnoFt Naval Bass. TIE Duke
nlaYnd Golf ~ liif country fIuf
Whllg H. Nllallaae 4laifsa 9llgna
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

(COnbluueo Irotn rage ~
across Dampier Strait from vital
New Britain.
A communique covering activities
through Friday said that A-20 at
tack planes raked the area south
Of the Bumi river above Finschhaf-
en- as the Australians forced q
crossing and that heavy and Snedi-
UNI bomberS swept the coast and the
inland RaInu valley north and
northwest with 81 tons Of bombs
and thousands Of rounds Of machine
gun fire.
In the Solomons Allied planes re-
sumed heavy attacks on the BUN
airbase on lpugainville Island.
shooting down nine Of so intercept
ing enemy planes. Liberators plus
q force Of dive and torpedo bomb
ers and fighters took part. Two Al
lied fighters were lost.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
LATE REALTY NEWS

The following realty deeds have
bean lllsd with the sfslce ee tha
town clerk
RELEASE or MORTGAGE
Snmes r. Mcknight ana NawmFd
hHnzeaia 70 James NIHHi.
ASSIGNMENT or MORTGAGE
Arlene IA. ffamlIn ard KenHelh
nMmilm - EHh y Manh&
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
Tempest Re Tugwell's
Puerto Rican Charges
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below what Is considered by Amer
lean standards to be minimum for
health :"
The report came at q time when
President Roosevelt was expected
nlomentarily to recommend legisla-
ton granting Puerto Rico most Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
HIGH MASS NEXT
SUNDAY MORNING
Practice to Continue Every
Sabbath Thereafter at
IL O'Clock
Washington Hill

Friday Of this week will be the
first Friday of october. Masses at
st. Francis Xavier will be at $3.50,
$50 and 7:30 o'clock. Confessions
will be heard Thursday afternoon
at 4 o'clock and in the evening at
1880 o'clock.
Devotions to the Sacred Heart
will be held Friday evening at 7:3C
o'clock and Immediately after, a re-
hearsal for the senior choir will be
held.
October devotions are held daily
at the 7:30 o'clock Mass, and every
Tuesday and Friday evening at 1880
o'clock, during October.
High Masses at II o'clock will be-
gin next Sunday.
Members Of Washington Park
Community Club are asked to meet
at the Community House this eve
ming at 8 o'clock, to take action and
pay their respects to a deceased
member, Mrs Helen Dwyer Phelan
Members Of the committee work
ing on the We Old Fashioned Min
strel for Washington Park Commu-
nifty House. John 3. Cuddy and
George Lynch are co-chairmen anc
both have been working hard to
roundup talentA Others helping are
Deorge Lynch, fed. Donahue. F. A.
McG rath, Gus -Succinni, ]. Dalton
william Kelly and Ed. Herbert on
the decorations committee; Mrs. r
Lynch, Mrs. F. A. McGrath, Mrs
George Lynch, Mrs. ]. Lynch, Mrs
Al. Linden. Mary Cullen, Mrs. e
Plankey, Mrs. Gus Muccinni and
Mrs. Helen Talbot on the costume
committee; and John v. Lynch, and
George Lynch on the music commit
tee. Patrick Wallace will be director
There will be meeting Of all tai
ent for the show tomorrow evening
at the Community House at which
time Director Wallace will make ar.
rangements for songs and music.
President John v. Lynch has re.
ceived an invitation from the East
End Community Club to attend In
stallation Of officers tomorrow eve
ming at Anderson School gym. Al
members wishing TO attend arr
asked to meet at Washington Parl
Community House at 8:15.
Corp. Anthony Nakid has returned
to his duties with the Tank Di'
vision at Camp Polk, louisiana
after a brief furlough spent with hi
parents on Baldwin street.
Members of the "Dumb-bell Club
held a hot dog roast recently at thu
home Of Mrs. F. A. McGratl1> Of Syl'
van avenue. Prizes were awarded fol
the wittiest story, and the winner
was Mrs. Edward Curley, ST.. The
girls" voted to hold their mex,
meeting at Mrs. Poeltl's home OF
Keefe street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

London. Sept. 27s-gUpl-The Bel
CLAN news agency reported today
that the OeFmane had sentenced q
death - "Gommunletas ter attacks
"a oeeupallnn ifaop&
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

Since the first az the year, IL
states have adopted legislation per-
hitting ne insurance companies 70
maAe sGe q moaefa mortality tables
~ sAHB rates afla easH gMlseeI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
U. S. Flyers
Pioneer Raid

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Wartime
Production
Goals Too High

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Think Naples
Is Deserted

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