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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
Raid On Kurile Islands Arouses Fear In Japan

listeners in Japan warned that further appearances of enemy planes from the north are to be expected and the latest raid re- suited from positive measures by the United States to strike "our mainland Japan"
 According to the Tokyo version, the raiders were repulsed by ground fire.
 If the report is verified by Wash ington, the attack would be the sec ond announced one by American bombing planes. The first an nounced attack on Paramushiru was by 12 Liberators last July l9.
 The Japanese broadcast gave only the most meager details and said the attacking aircraft were repulsed
 Broadcast by the enemy news agency under Tokyo dateline. the dispatch said:
 "The headquarters of the north
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
Ground Work Being Done For Churchill--FDR Meet

CTS of the two great English speak ing nations.
 Huge military staffs, headed by the Chiefs of Staff of the United States, Great Britain. and Canada, were at work in the Chateau Prom tenac which is at the base of the 332-foot hill surmounted by the Cit- adel. The military leaders were known but lesser known military men whose special abilities serve the most important purposes, were there and they will remain anony- nous because their presence might tip off the enemy to the "how" of future military operations.
 No Russians Or Chinese
 As far as could be leanred, Rus- sian and Chinese military and naval experts are not among those at work in the chateau. MT. Roosevelt had announced, with obvious re- gret. that Russia would have no
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
'Indion Day In Mass.

Boston, Aug. 12-(UP)-This was Indian Day. in Massachusetts-a day set aside each year in honor of the vanishing American.
 In his proclamation, Gov. Lever cit Saltonstall observed that in these days "when small peoples through out the world are being broken on the wheel of Fascist cruelty" Mas sachusetts takes pride in paying tribute to the Indian. The observ- ance, he said, marked more than 300 years of fraternity between the red skin and the white man.
 There are 769 Indians in MaSsa- chuSettS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
RAF Flyers Call On ItuIy
BY DONALD COB
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent.
 Allied Headquarters, North Afri- ca, Aug. 12-CUP)-A strong force of flying fortresses ranged 40 miles north of Rome against only slight enemy opposition and bombarded the important Terni railroad junc- tion Wednesday, nearly destroying one factory and hitting the Royal Arms plant.
 (An Italian communique broad. cast by Rome radio said consider able damage was caused at Terni and King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Elena visited the city soon after the raid, arranging to dis tribute $10,000 to victims.)
 Only minor fighter opposition was met on the Terni raid and no ground fire. The bomb load badly damaged rolling mill and boiler house, set fires in two trains. almost wiped out a jute mill and hit the gas works and royal arms factory.
 Bomb bursts also were seen in the railroad yards through which move lines linking the east coast and northern Italy industrial areas. 9th CT explosives landed on buildings
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
Bonn Gets Taste Of RAT
BY WALTER CRONKITE limited Press Staff COrresp0ndent)

United Press Staff Correspondent
 London, August 12. - (UP) - American Flying Fortresses ralded Germany in daylight today for the first time this month and a Ger man broacast said their target was the Rhineland town of Bonn, 10 miles south southeast of Cologne.
 The American communlque an- nouncing the raid said only that industrial targets in Germany were attacked. It was the first attack by the r-engined bombers since they hit an aircraft plant at Kassel July 30.
 German fighter planes attacked the American formations constant ly all the way from the North Sea coast to Bonn and back again, a German DNB broadcast said. Con siderable losses" were inflicted on the big bombers, it said.
 Bombs were said to have been dropped in the center of Bonn, famed as the birth place of the composer, Ludwig Von Beethoven.
 Nazis Hit Back
 The American daylight raid fol- lowed a night attack by British Mosquito bombers on Germany's in- dustrial Ruhr and Rhineland. Ger man planes struck back at England during the night with stronger forces - 8 total of 35 planes-than they have sent against this coun- try in several months. Two towns, one in southern England and the other in southwestern England, bore the brunt of the attack.
 A German Communique reported that single enemy planes caused
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
Churchill On Trip To Niagara
BY LEO IT. PETERSON

BY LEO H. PETERSON United Press Staff Correspondent
 Niagara Falls, N. Y., Aug. 12- (UP)-His famous cigar tilted and alight, Prime Minister Winston Churchill took his daughter, Mary, on a sightseeing tour of this honeymooners spot today.
 Churchill, wearing a light gray suit, a gray fedora hat with a snap brim, and black shoes, look ed rested after his overnight trip from Quebec. He beamed on the people at the stations on both sides of the border and on cus- toms inspectors and immigration officers as he crossed the Inter- national span to the United States.
 After a trip by automobile to several vantage points at the falls, Churchill and his party left for an unannounced destination.
 Prior to crossing into the Unit ed States, Churchill and his daughter, escorted by scarlet-coat- ed Royal Canadian Mounted PO- lice, went to the brink of the falls at the restricted area called Table Rock.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
Reds Drive To
 Outskirts Of
 Besieged City
BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff Correspondent)

Moscow, August 12. = (UP) - Red armies drove almost to the outskirts of Kharkov today cut the next to the last escape railroad and narrowed the enemy cor dor to the southwest to less than 30 miles.
 The semcircular drive against Kharkov and the northern Ukraine gaining momentum virtually by the hour and the Soviet sources said the capture of Russias fourth largest city was Gin the bag"
 The Germans falling back toward the Dnieper along 80-me front from Kharkov to Sunny, abandon ing rich booty and hundreds of square miles of and wheat fields ready for harvesting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
Living Cost Declined

Boston, Aug. 12. CUP)-Man- chester, N. H., lea representative New England cities during July in reduction of the cost of living, par ticularly as regards food, the U. S. labor department reported today.
 Retail food costs dropped AT per cent in Manchester in July from June. Other declines reported for the period were: Fall River, 3.7 per cent; New Haven, Conn.,, 3.4 per cent; Bridgeport. Conn.,, 3.3 per cent; Portland, Me, 32 per cent; Boston, 3.1 per cent; and Provi- dence, R. l., 28 per cent.
 The reduction in retail food costs was attributed to the abundance of fresh vegetables on the market and the slash in meat prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12

The Germans hurled fresh Pan- ger and infantry divisions into bat tie at several points ill a vain eff fort to stem the time of the Rus sian offensive, but these, too, were sent into disorderly retreat. One infantry division abandoned 50 guns, IT tanks and dozens of machine guns intact.
 The latest series of Russian suc- cesses cut the Kharkov- -Poltava railroad along 8 10-mile stretch 29 miles west of Kharkov; carried through the twin towns of Russikye Tishki and Cherassikye Tishki, T 1-2 miles northeast of Kharkov, and re- suited In the capture of the Axis bastion of Aktyrka, 62 miles north west of Kharkov.
 Perkhomova Engulfed
 Surging westward on a broad front, the Russians also engulfed Perkhomova, 42 miles northeast of Poltava and past the high-water mark of last winters successful off, fensive at this point.
 Severance of the Kharkov- -Poltava railroad was accomplished with the capture of the railway stations of Kaviagi, 29 miles west of Kharkov, Vodyanaya, 42 miles northeast of Poltava, and Vysokopolye, between the two. It left the railroad running southwest from Kharkov as the only route of escape for the threatened garrison.
 Red Air force bombers already were pounding Merefa, the bottle
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
TANKS BATTLE
 TO BA|ROkO
 IN S0L0M0NS
BY BRYDON TAVES United Press Staff Correspondent)

NOHAtCu IICSS OtdAA SoAAcSPohueHV
 Allied Headquarters, South west Pacific, August 12. - (UP) - American jungle troops on New Georgia Is- land fought through the Japanese on their left flank today to close in on the enemy garrison making a last stand at Bairoko Harbor. Soldiers and Marines mov- ing up from conquered Nun da met the enemy around Zieta village, about four and one half miles southwest of Bairoke. There were no late reports on the Americans of the right flank, who were even nearer the objective. Bad weath hampered air activity.
 Meanwhile, a communique report ed that the continuous aerial of fensive to smash Japanese supply fleets in the New Guinea area had netted 18 more barges destroyed, one cargo vessel sunk and three damaged.
 A headquarters spokesman re- vealed the identity of units which participated in the New Georgia that rsulted in capture of Munda, once the largest enemy air base in the Central Solomons. They were clements of the American 18th, 37th and 43rd infantry divisions, along with units of the Marine Corps.
 Supply Vessels Attacks
 The Japanese supply vessels were attacked in raids ranging from north of Kavieng, major enemy base on New Irelans, to the New Guinea northeast coast. Eleven barges were smashek by strong force of Nit chells sweeping the Huon Peninsula.
 In the Kavieng area, three Liber- ators made separate at Acks on light cruisers, two small cargo ships and a 1,5OO-ton merchant ship that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
BY JOHN A. REICHMANN United Press Staff Correspondent

OuvcO IIcSo otaJL NOtICopVAhoCus
 Quebec. Que, Aug. l2 - (UP) - Military staffs of the United States. Great Britain and Canada today prepared the groundwork for the sixth meeting of President Roose- welt and Prime Minister Churchill which will be held in Quebec's an- cient and historical Citadel at an undisclosed time in the immediate future.
 Churchill, accompanied by his daughter. Mary. left here late yes. terday by special train. Rules of censorship prohibited publication of his destination.
 The official announcement issued yesterday afternoon that MT. Roose- welt would come here, did not indi- cato when he would arrive. Mean while. preparations for the confer ence were reportable and they indi- cated the military nature of the subjects which will occupy the lead
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
Silence On AIeutiuns
By SANDOR s. KLEIN Limited Press Staff COrrespOnden

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington. Aug. 12 - (U.Po - Almost two weeks of silence by the U. s. Navy Department concerning operations against the Japanese in the Aleutians increased speculation today that important developments were impending.
 The speculation encompassed these possibilities:
 1. That an invasion against Kis- ka is in preparation.
 2. That a Japanese thrust in the Aleutians may be anticipated.
 3. That the lack of activity in the Aleutians may be screening an American blow in another direction.
 Usually well-informed naval sources claim to be completely in the dark concerning the Aleutians during the last fortnight. Strict secrecy has been imposed by the high command on that area. Ordin- arily, if inclement weather forces a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
"The FemoIe Of The Species"

Olathe, Kan., Aug. 12.-(UP)- A U. s. marshal from Topeka ar rived today to pick up a woman prisoner and found the sheriff very nearly in tears. His new jail was wrecked.
 Mrs. Jeanne Mcdonald, 20, Winthrop, Mass, self-styled red haired blitx, had broken all the windows in her cell, torn up the toilet and set the jail on fire seven times
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
DIES FROM CRASH INJURIES

Rutland, Vt., Aug. 12-CUP)- Charles Ladieu, Worcester, Mass, died early today at 8 hospital here of injuries suffered Tuesday when the automobile he was driving hurtled from the road and over- turned, killing his wife instantly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
Allies Land at New Base

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 Allied Headquarters, North Africa. August Il. (UP) - American amphibious forces landed on the north coast of Sicily seven to 10 miles ahead of the advancing Sev- enth Army under cover of a pull verizing sea and air bombardment and today was reported locked ill bitter battle with the outflanked German troops.
 Turning the German wing for the second time in three days, strong American units, including tanks, had made only radio con- tact with Lieutenant General George s. Patton's army. Pushing eastward along the coast behind the bridge head about 40 miles west of Mes sina, the main forces swept through St. Marco DAlurze and Santa Di zapulla, just west of Cape D'Or- lando.
 GA British correspondent with the Eighth Army reported that Ger man evacuation of Sicily now is in full swing" with all types of craft shutting across the straits of Messina under cover of terrific antiaircraft barrage, but added that the withdrawal had not reached the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Aug. 12 (UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Aug. 10th, compared With a year ago: This Year Expenses LRst Year Ss.70o.0fs.f73.62 S6.771.7s1,339.72
 War Spending ss.s67.ss4.72lss s5.Ss3. .os4. .os2. .o2
 Receipts
 e3,2as.tie,B65.47 s53.932,2s7.s5 ss.lsi.sss.sssi5 s5.si5.s7o.ss1.77
 Cash Balance ss.ssl.s7Ass7.5i ss.5ss.Sss.ssl.47
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Evening star., 1943-09-03
Miss Thorwarth Dies
After 2-5tory Fall

Miss Violet Thorwarth, so, died
in Garfield Hospital this afternoon
from injuries received in a fall from
second floor window of her home
at 1920 Park road NV.
She was found unconscious In a
rear airway by sister about 8 am.
The Fire Department Rescue Squad
ambulance rushed her to GARFIELD.
According to police, Miss Thor
warth had been under treatment
for nervous breakdown since the
death of sister August IL. She
lived at the Park road address with
three other sisters.
The five sisters came here wears
ago from Minnesota, Miss Marian
Thorwarth, one of the sisters, said.
Violet Thorwarth. was graduated
from Central High School. She and
the sister who deid last month, Miss
Stella Thorwarth, had been con-
stantly together for years.
The three surviving sisters. Mari
an, Julia and Laura, were all en-
ployed in Government agencies but
have been retired for some time.
Miss Marian Thorwarth has been
active in the Columbia Heights Citi-
zens' Association.
Funeral arrangements have not
yet been completed.
Evening star., 1943-09-03
French Assert Petain
Must Answer CHARGES
BY the Associated Press.

BY Ine associated Press.
ALGIERS, Sept. 3.-The French
Committee of National Liberation,
meeting under the presidency Of
Gen. Charles de Gaulle, today ap-
proved a sweeping indictment
against Marshal Philippe Petain and
other members of his Vichy govern
ment, and voted to bring them to
justice ''a.s soon as circumstances
permit"
The committee guaranteed to
assure as soon as circumstances
permit an action of justice in regard
to Marshal Petain and those par
ticipating in the pseudo government
formed by him which capitulated,
struck at the constitution. collabo-
rated with the enemy, delivered
French workers to the Germans and
made French forces fight against
the Allies or against the French who
continued to struggle.
Acting with more assurance since
their recognition by the Allied gov
ernments as representing the French
colonies which recognize their au-
thority, the members of the commit
tee announced they would shortly fix
conditions under which the provis-
ional French Assembly, which is to
establish a government in France,
will operate
The committee also voted COM
plete military or civil mobilization
OF all French citizens or subjects
throughout the empire or in foreign
countries to speed up the organiza-
ton of the French Army, Navy and
Air Force and bring about closer CO.
ordination with resistance inside
France
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returned home when the family was
notified.
He said his father had gone to
Florida on matters connected with
the Engineer School at Fort Belvoir
where Col. Netherwood has been
attached since October, 1912.
The family had received word
from him shortly before his depart
ure from Florida, telling them he
was, preparing to return home
shortly.
A daughter, Miss Elizabeth Meth
erwood, lives here with the mother,
The other two sons in the service
are First 1t. Douglas B. Neither
wood, jr., stationed at Burlingame.
Ala, and Aviation Cadet Francis
B. Netherwood, who is at San Mar
Gus, Tex
1he War Department said Col
Netherwood's visit to the Orlando
school was in connection with in
structional work there. All the fa-
cilities of the Air Force Flight Con-
troll Command, the safety agency es-
tabllshed at Winston Salem, N. c..
were utilized in the search for the
missing plane.
Col. NetherWood was born in Bur-
mingham, England, February 5. 1885
He entered the Army in 1908 as an
enlisted man after graduating from
Texas A. and M. College. Three
years later he was commissioned
second lieutenant in the Coast Ar
tlllery and in 1914 joined the ayia-
ton section of the Signal Corps.
When Col. Netherwood became an
aviator, the total air strength of
the Army was eight planes and 16
f1ylng officers. He has grown up with
the air service and took an i'm
portant part in the early pioneering
anc the later period of wartime ex-
pansion.
HIS flrst Air Corps assignment was
with a squadron in the Philippines
During the last World War he COM
manded Love Field, Tex, and was
executive officer at the San Antonio
Air Depot.
Col. NetherWood is we'll known in
washington, where he has been sta
toned at various times. He first
served here in 1927 in the office of
the chief of the Air Corps, and for
four years thereafter was chief of
the finance division.
He served another tour of duty in
the Philippines before returning to
washington in 1886 to graduate
from the Army War College.
During the preparedness program
Col, Netherwood was COMMANDING
offlcer at Mitchell Field, Long
Island, for about six months in
1910. Later he was given active
hylng duty as wing commander in
the Panama Canal Zone and served
also in Puerto Rico. He came to
Fort Belvoir from Fort Wayne, Ind
where he served as base commander
at Baer Field.
Evening star., 1943-09-03
Slayer Of Two Asks
Trial on Indictment
Al Sanity Hearing
By the Associated Pres.


WHITE PLAINS. N. Y, Sept, g.
Charles M. Bernstein. former Balti-
more dress store owner, testified at
a sanity hearing today that he
hoped some day to make amends for
the fatal shooting of two men in
New York Is years ago.
Bernstein. who has been in the
Mattewan State Hospital for the
Criminal Insane since the shooting,
seeks to face trial on an indictment
charging he killed Harry c. Cohen,
a lawyer, and Charles A Hersch-
kovitz, real estate broker, Septem-
ber 6. 1927, in an argument over a
real estate deal Before he can be
tried. he must prove he has regained
sanity and understands the charges
against him.
When Assistant Attorney General
Francis Wazeter asked Bernstein if
he ever thought of making amends
for the slayings, the witness replied.
Yes. in any way can l certainly
intend to Go it
Two other persons died as q result
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a fall fromra window trying to dodge
the bullets and another was killed
when the falling body of the first
hit him.
Bernstein testified he believed he
had "a clear recollection of events
up to the time of the shooting" He
said he did not begin to recall
definite things that had happened
until five years later.
The witness. said he recalled
having two pistols in his possession
when he came to New York from
Baltimore the morning of the shoot
ing and that he put them in his vest
pockets before going to the Office
building.
Several hours after the shooting,
Bernstein said. he wrapped the guns
In. a newspaper and threw them
down a sewer in the vicinity of
Cortlandt street, Lower Manhattan.
Benstein denied he had any spe-
cific plan to shoot the men and
said he carried the pistols merely
to defend myself"
:. He said he remembered holding a
pistol in each hand while he was
shooting.
Evening star., 1943-09-03
Cromwell Starts Suit
For Limited Divorce
By the Associated Press.


TRENTON, N. j., Sept. 3.-James
H. r. Cromwell, former United
States Minister to Canada, instituted
limited divorce proceedings against
his tobacco-heiress wife, Doris Duke
Cromwell, today.
Mr.. Cromwell alleged Mrs. Crom-
we'll deserted him in May. 1910. and
that the desertion had been "willful,
continued and obstinate"
Should a limited divorce be grant,
ed, responsible source in the at
torney generals office said, Mr..
Cromwell's curtesy rights in his
Wife's real estate would be protected.
This" the legal source said,
would protect his rights in Mrs.
Cromwell's lands in the event she
predeceased him"
The Cromwells were married Feb
ruary 13, 1885, in New York City, by
Justice Burt Jay Humphrey of the
New York State Supreme Court.
State Senator John E. Toolan OF
Perth Amboy flied the chancery
court suit.
Mr.. Cromwell's address was given
as Newark.
Mrs. Cromwell, owner of a large
estate near Somerville, is now in
Reno, where she arrived July 25
She said her purpose in Nevada was
TO establish permanent residence for
tax purposes.
Asked at that time if she would
seek divorce, she said, Perhaps
later on"
Evening star., 1943-09-03
Hialeah 10 Resume Racing
With II Stakes Carded
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Sept 3.-A program
of IL stake races this winter was
announced today for Hialeah Park
when Floridas war disrupted horse
racing program is resumed
The Widener Handicap will be run
March 4 as a S25,000 event instead
of the $4,000 offered in peacetime
years. Minimum purses for daily
races will be $1,000 instead of the
former $1,000. Total distribution
will be $550,000.
John C. Clark, president of the
Miami Jockey Club, announced sea-
sons plans after conferences with
Sam Mccormick, secretary treasu-
rer, and Charles j. McLennan. rae
ing secretary.
Hialeah Park remained closed all
last season because of the automo-
bile pleasure driving ban. The COM
ing season will run for so days, from
January through March 4.