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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-11-19
ZONE OF OUR TOWNS j..

A mock communique prepared by
American Air Force public relations
officers in England as a take-off on
German High Command announce
ments of Allied air raids has appar-
emily already taken hold in Germany
as a popular joke, the Swedish week
ly Sc indicated recently.
Quoting a traveller just returned
from Germany, the Swedish dispatch
said that favorite joke of Germans
in oft-bombed regions was:
During last nights raid on western
Germany, So bombers were shot down.
One of our fighters failed to return.
One of our towns is missing"
The closing sentence was almost
identical with the final line on the
mock communique prepared by the
Americans.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-11-19
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orators, or even cruder installation

orators, or even cruder installations
ECUADOR TO USE FORMER
NAZI SHIP
A former Nazi merchantmen, sabo-
tagged and scuttled by its crew to
prevent seizure by Ecuador, has been
raised from Guayaquil Harbor and is
expected soon to be carrying vital war
materials for the democracies In
Ecuador's merchant fleet. The freigh-
ter will be renamed the "a de Mayo,
in commemoration of the day when
Ecuador's independence was pro-
claimed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-05
CITY PETTTIONINC
FOR NYA MACHINES

At a meeting Of the board of
education held yesterday it was
voted to apply to the federal au-
thorities for allotment Of some OF
the machinery and equipment of
the old NYA projects around the
state.
The srstent Is to use this equip
1eeiIs q: the Leavenworth high
school where training for jobs in
war industries Is given.
1t was previously reported that
only the armed services and such
agencies and institutions as the
War Production Training Center on
South Main street and those state
trade schools which were co-operat-
ing with the NYA as Of last June
were qualified to bid for any Of this
federal owned equipment.
It Is believed that If the local ali-
thorities are at all qualified their
position on the priority" list viii
be SO low that such qualification
will prove Of little benefit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-05

Little hope was seen for two other
alternate proposals which would re-
quire taking fathers up to "a first
the $3.50 age group second, anc
those over 80 as a last resort. One
such plan is sponsored by Sen. Rob-
bert A. Taft, r., O., and another
is offered jointly by Sens. Chapman
Revercomb, r., w. Va, and Edward
v. Robertson, R., Wyo.
Gen. George G. Marshall, Army
chief Of staff, rejected the age
group theory in letter which Chair
man Rcoert r. Reynolds, D., N. @.
Of the Senate military committee
made public yesterday.
Legislation which would compel
the induction Of men by age groups
or upon other artificial standards
would threaten the orderly flow Of
the nations military manpower ir
the armed forces, and, believe
would hinder Its efficient utilization, y
Marshall wrote.
Taft called the letter ridiculous
Wheeler told the Senate late yes
nonsense"
erday that selective service antici-
pates having to call 100000 addi-
tional fathers from Jan. ! to July ]
II Navy expansion goals are to be
met.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-05
the light of flares. starshells and
burning barges"
High Casualties

the light Of flares, starshells ano
burning barges."
High Casualties
The spokesman said the nature
Of the night action prevented ar
estimate Of Japanese casualties. But
he said the barges were "undoubteo
~ carrying both personnel ano
equipment, wherefore the casualties
probably were comparatively high
MacArthur'S communique also re-
vealed that American liberatol
hombers pounded villa, the main en-
cmy center on Kolombangara, Fri.
day while other raiders srtuck al
Japanese shipping off Buka Island
northernmost ofthe Solomons. One
enemy barge was destroyed in the
latter attack, while large vesse
was damaged and a direct bomb hi
touched off heavy explosion on 9
Japanese destroyer.
Other American planes raided ar
enemy barge depot on Choiseul Is.
land and the Kahili airdrome or
Bougainville. Thirty to 40 japanese
fighters tried unsuccessfully to break
up the Bougainville attack, and -four
Of them were shot down. One Amer.
lean fighter was lost.
Enemy dive bombers and fighters
hit back at Allied positions on Vells
Lavella and New George Friday
causing moderate" damage ant
casualties and loving five Of theil
planes.
hopping Up
Australian troops hopping lir
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-05

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sauits designed to draw Oh German
night fighters from the main at
tack on Frankfurt, 30 miles north
east Of Ludwigshafen.
The Frankfurt attack marked the
second time III the last four days
that British night raiders have fol-
lowed up an American daylight at
tack on the same city within 80
hours.
Flying Fortresses from the north
west African air forces raided the
Munich area Friday In daylight and
British .hased Raj night bornbers
struck against Saturday night.
Weak Retaliation
German bombers again retaliated
weakly last night BY scattering
bombs over eastern and southern
England, causing no casualties and
only slight damage.
During yesterdays operations,
which the u. s. Army described as
zone Of the wars most sensational
series Of aerial battles" Allied
planes shot down SO enemy fighters
against q loss Of IS heavy bofnhers.
Allied fighter losses, II any, were not
announced.
Large enemy fighter forces logged
the Flying Fortress formations
which struck OF Frankfurt and sim
ultaneously at an enemy airfleh at
st. Dizier, France, while Liberators
which carried out diversionaiy OPP
erations over the North Sea were
attacked repeatedly by F'ocke Wulfs.
Over st. Disier, Fortress gunners
encountered fighters equipped with
rocket catapaults. While the fight
ers which attacked the Liherators
over the North Sea dove repeatedly
through the formation, one ranrned
head -on into q Liherator, and both
planes crashed into the sea.
SO Planes DOwned
Fortress and Liberator gut1rers
accounted for So enemy planes and
Thunderholts, escorting the bomb
ers almost into the Rhineland In
their deepest penetration yet Of en-
envy territory, knocked down 10
more.
Raj Typhoons, attacking enemy
shipping along the Dutch coast and
locomotives, barges and other tar
gets in France, shot down three adj
ditional enemy fighters. The air
ministry said i've Raj aircraft were
missing.
GerInany's largest aircraft propel-
Ter plant, employing 10000 workers,
was the chief target at Frankfurt
during yesterdays daylight raid.
Crew members Of the Fortress
Murder, Inc.," reported they shot
down II enemy fighters during the
Frankfurt attack, equalling the rec
ord, despite the fact the plane was
damaged by enemy fire.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-05

leads to Rome, and Allied possess
sion of the town was expected TO
impede the German retreat.
on the Adriatic coast the Brit
ish Eighth Army beat of German
counter attacks OF Termoli, won "a
hours earlier by a landing from the
sea, and strengthened their hold on
the communications junction d.
rectly east Of Rome.
Allied Initiative
With the Allies definitely holding
the initiative aground, the north
west African air forces swarmed
back in strength to give the italian
carapign new impetus and expand
their field operations to Greece.
The most telling blow was struck
at Bolzano, the north italy COM
munications hub 80 miles below
Bremen Pass. There Flying For
tresses planted their heavy loads
Of bombs squarely on bridge over
the Isarco River which runs
through Bolzano, destroying It and
disrupting communications vital to
the Nazi feeder line into italy.
Railway yards along the trunk
line through Bremen also were tar
gets Of the Fortresses at Bolzano,
which they were raiding for the
third time.
Another feet of Fortresses at
tackled Pisa, city of the famous lean
ing tower In northwest italy.
American Liberators and Mitchell
medium bombers flew diagonally
across the Mediterranean to bomb
the German air fields in Greece
from which the Nazis were back
ing up their effort to throw the
British out Of Cos Island.
The Liberators hit the Menidi
air field north Of Athens. Flying
without escort, they hit four hangers
at Menidi, set fire to a number
Of parked planes, and laid a pat
tern Of bombs over the field.
Operating for the first time from
italian fields, the Mitchells with
Lightning fighter escort attacked
Argos, on the PeloponnesuS, 40 miles
northeast Of Sparta. They dropped
thousands Of 20-pound fragmenta-
ton bombs, starting fires on the
Argos air field.
Fighters and fighter bombers pa
trolling the battle areas intercepted
10 enemy planes over Termoii and
destroyed one. They also gunned
and bombed road transport and
trains. destroying one train and five
trucks and damaging another Is
trucks.
Road and rail functions between
Capua and Canine were bombed.
Five enemy planes were destroyed.
and one Allied craft was missing.
Unescorted B26 Marauders at
tackled targets near the battle front.
Among them were the railroad juno
ton at 1seEnia, IS miles northeast
OF Naples, and bridges and canal
near Terraclna on the Gulf Of 0aeta.
Patrols operating between Rome
and Naples said the Germans we're
keeping their heads down" and few
targets were seen. although the
search was hampeFed somewhat by
rain and clouds.
British Wellingtons last night
bombed Enrmia. above Naples On the
coastal route 10 Rome.
Only the EprlroGaea which Faldod
un'Hano wefa challenged ~ Ger
man nlnnna. -Four Of about 40 which
reese against NE Forts Were mot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-05

Furnishing the Germans badly. They
do not have the reserves In pilots
and planes they had when they in
vaded Poland in 1882"
He warned that optimism "wher-
ever 1t springs from" has mo solid
basis In fact"
ut is the considered opinion Of
General Marshall and our other
military leaders that there is a long
hard struggle ahead" he declared.
Germany has been weakened by
the loss Of italy, but not very much.
We are still thousands of miles from
Tokyo. It looks like a long war;"
Patterson said that the Russians
had borne the. brunt Of German
striking power for more than two
years at the immense cost Of TO-
100000 Russian soldiers killed,
wounded or captured, but added sig
niflcantly: 1.-THE time Is at hand
when we will be striking heavy
blows, when we will carry an in
creasing part Of the burden"
Referring to the fighting now go
ing on in Europe, he warned that
though the German armies are re-
treating, they are doing so In an
orderly fashion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-05
Cows Tex
Program
we could get In no other way"
Against COmuulsiOn
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CONTINUED from Page u

we could get In no other way"
Against Compulsion
Seidman, however, argued against
compulsory savings.
He also opposed any increase In
the rate Of tax withholding from
wages and calaries on the grounds
that 1t would stimulate wage in
crease demands and add to the dam
ger of further imitation. Seidman
urged avoidance of an excess profits
tax on individuals because, he said
It would be impossible to admins
ter.
Settiman also opposed any in
crease in corporate income and ex-
cess profits taxes, which he said al
ready are so high there Is little in
centive left to prevent waste and
ineficiencies in industry, and any
increase In top bracket individual
income tax rates.
Thus, in effect, he urged defeat OF
the major phases Of the admins
trations new tax program.
Members Of the house ways and
means committee assailed every ma
jor feature Of the program and were
almost unanimous In predicting
that 1t would never raech the house
floor.
The criticism Of Morgenthau's
program, which he said had the full
approval Of President Roosevelt
was spearheaded by Republican tax
leaders but not confined to them.
Ways and Means Chairman Rob-
ert l.. Doughton, D., N. c., who us
ually sides with the administration
on basic tax questions, moved into
the forefront Of the attack with ar
assertion that the administrator
program was Ambitious" ana more
than the taxpayers could reasonably
bear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-05
Autumn Mud
Boys Soviet
Continued from Page u

to abandon the use Of fixed artil-
lery and mortar fire in favor Of mo-
bile field guns mounted on trucks.
Na1 field commanders also were
ordered to change the firing posi-.
tons Of infantry frequently so as
to reduce losses, 1zvestia SAID.
Counter Attack
Taking advantage Of eorrential
rains which turned the roadlesS
terrain into a quagmire that all but
halted Russian mobile forces
massed German troops and tanks
counter-attacked all along the 200.
mile White Russian front.
The Soviet high command sale
the Germans were striving at al
cost to hold their winter line an.
chored on Gomel, Mogilev, OrshS
and Wtbsk, barring the approaches
to the Polish border and the Baltic
states
Three thousand Germans died II
the seven futile counter attacks be-
fore Gomel. In a neighboring sec.
tor, Russian tommy gunners forced
river possibly the Scotland
routed the enemy in a flankine
maneuver that cleared the way fol
a crossing In force. Supporting Rec
Air Force planes destroyed severa,
tanks, 40 guns and more than loo
trucks loaded with war supplies.
Russian forces in the Mogilev
sector broke enemy resistance in one
sector and captured several strong
holds, killing more than 400 Ger
mans, destroying 20 guns and cap-
turing prisoners and booty, while
their comrades before Vitebsk
seized three villages and killed more
than 300 Of the enemy.
$50 Mile Advance
Red Armies had advanced 200 tc
$50 miles to the west In the three
months since they began their sum-
mer offensive near Kursk. Below
White Russia, they had come to q
halt along the middle and lower
reaches Of the Dnieper. presumably
to gather strength for a lunge
across the river.
Planes Of the Black Sea fleet ali
arm continued to pound German
troops evacuating their shrinking
bridgehead on the Taman peninsula
to the Crimea. Six more barges were
sunk yesterday, q communique said
100 trucks loaded with war supplies
were wrecked and an enemy in
fantry battalion was dispersed and
partly wiped out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-05

Rev. J. DOnneIIy Of animal life, but
that some place in that process
Of evolution God interviewed to
add q spiritual and immortal
soul to this highest form Of animal
life or some other form Of existing
matter, thus creating man as he
now exists.
The presence Of this soul with in
telligence and free will distinguishes
man from all other forms Of living
things In the world today. And 1t is
the presence Of this spiritual soul
that makes man like unto God, des-
tined to return to God, and respon-
sible to God for his words and &C.
tons.
CONFUSION
But what Of the logical conse-
duences Of the heresy?
At the Fourth Conference Of Sci
ence, Philosophy and Religion at Co.
Iulnbia University recently, DR.. John
A. Ryan Of the Catholic University
made many telling points and one
Of them In these words:
Men who believe that the human
being was evolved both body and
soul from a lower form OF animal
cannot logically admit that the hui
man person has any more dignity or
intrinsic worth than a pig or q
COW; or that he has natural rights;
or that the totalitarian dictator vio-
lates human rights when, for any
reason or for no reason, he confines
men In concentration camps or in
discriminatory puts them to death"
But the hayward liberal Of the
past, now out of fashion, will agree
today that the dictators have Of
Tended against true rights and not
the rights of COWS and pigs. II we
insist on excoriating Hitler and
Mussolini for their crimes why not
20 all the way and insist that all Of
us are responsible for our acts,
that the easy dictum. 1T doesn't
matter what q man believes; 1t Is
what he does that counts" is essen
italy false?
Hitler held 1t. He believed that
men were made for the State and
that they had no inherent rights.
He acted on that belief and today
the whole world is In agony.
FORECAST FULFILLED
With the Vatican encircled by the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-05
posslhie for me- 70 accept

possible Tor me 70 accept
He asked Green TO assure both
the delegates and members Of the
union Of his qualification ''at The
splendid task that has been done
by American wage earners in turn
ing out munitions and implements
Of war"
To the enthusiastically applauding
delegates following the presidents
message, Green pledged labor's sup
port In the drive for price roll
backs.
He expressed pleasure and gra-
tification that Mr.. Roosevelt had
realized the about aid to the war
effort that labor had given voiui1-
tarily. He promised that such vol
untary contributions on the part Of
labor would continue to be note
worthy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-05
Catholic Thought And Opinion
By REV. JOSEPH F. DoNNELLY

military might Of the German state
Il Is interesting to recall the FORE
cast made by Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen
two years ago when he spoke Of
1.-THE invasion Of st. Peters" by Hit
Ter. He was speaking In Syracuse
and he based his prediction on two
points:
First, Hitler may be forced to in
wade italy to keep II in line as an
Axis partner. Second, Hitler, / be-
lieve, Is possessed by the devil In
the very literal sense of the term.
Otherwise how account for his ha-
tired Of Christianity, his desire to
supplant the Cross with the double
cross, and his extraordinary genius
as O political and military leader,
which cannot be accounted for by
his natural backgrounds"
Tho day may come when the
Holy Father may be forced to leave
the Vatican. But If the day ever
comes when Hitler attempts to lay
hands on the Holy Father, 1t will
be the end Of Hitler as 1t was the
end Of Napoleon. 1t will simultan-
eously be the beginning Of an In
creased spiritual influence on the
part Of the Holy Father in world
affairs"
CHRISTMAS THOUGHT
Literature about Christmas cards
has already been arriving so 1t Is
not too early to remind ourselves
that Christmas Is a religious feast
on which we observe the birth Of
the Prince Of Peace. The holly, the
reindeer and the overlooking stock
ing may have pleasant associations
but 1t should not bury the para
mount note Of the Christmas OBJ
servance.
The feast belongs to the Christ
Child. Leave 1t with Him. Observe 1t
with Him. Make your Christmas
cards aid in spreading the message
and the meaning of His coming
among men. This year order Christ
mas cards with O religious tone.
THE SHOEMAKER
AND HIS LAST
Sherman H. Dalrymple, President
Of the United Rubber Workers, CLIO,
at the recent national convention Of
his organization denounced a reso-
luton favoring the immediate OPEN
ing Of second front in Europe, the
current piece of Moscow propaganda
and stated that the job Of his Or
ganization Is to keep the wheels Of
production turning and leave the
military strategy to the Admirals
and Generals in Washington who
have the training and experience
for that job.
1T is completely illogical to the
United Nations war effort" Mr..
Dalrymple stated. I'VE are primarily
concerned with producing the wea-
pons Of war, not with the strategy
on the battlefronts Of which we
know nothing"
Mr.. Dalrymple should be COM
mended. His stand is In pleasing
contrast to the Communist bloc in
CTO who have been making stupid
excursions into the field Of military
strategy under the "inspirationap
leadership of such men as julius
Emspak Of the United Electrical
and Radio Workers, Joe Curran Of
the Maritime Union and Reid Rob-
inson of the Mine, Mill and Smelter
workers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-05

NConJuueu from rage ~
Just fiatly opposed to the Wheeler
bin. Many returned from the sum-
naer vacation reporting that their
constituents were concerned about
the forthcoming father draft.
Thus, they would prefer to vote
afiirmatively-for something like the
Bailey Clark compromise - even
though It would have no effect on
the basic issue Of drafting fathers.
Then they could say that they fol-
lowed the advice Of the military
leaders on the father-draft, but
voted for action to weed out alleged
draft dodgers in government posi-
tons.
Declines to Comment
Barley confirmed late yesterday
that he had discussed the Bailey
CLARK proposal with It's authors but
declined to admit that compromise
was In the making. Bailey already
has agreed TO eliminate one section,
which would have forbid assignment
Of commissioned officers under 38 to
headquarters desk jobs unless they
were pre-war fathers, physically un-
1T for combat duty, or irreplaceahle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-05
Labor Plan
Brings Help
CONTINUED from Page 1,

at Washington.
The committees program includes
three phases:
To ascertain what plants may In
crease their employment levels,
those which should retain their pre-
sent levels, and those to which no
referrals should be made.
To determine to what extent, and
where, production can be moved out
Of the area.
To determine by what means ade-
quate labor supplies can be brought
into the critical area.
w. H. Wheeler, Jr., Regional WPB
chairman, who conferred with IS
manufacturers in this area, said I'VE
will not put any industries out Of
business. If q business has q low
priority schedule, we viii try to
bring some work Of q more essential
nature to It. by sub-contracting
from prime contractors within the
area.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-05
u. S. Ships Smash Big
Japanese Barge Fleet
CONTINUED from Page ~

the upper Markham river valley, ir
northeastern New Guinea, were re-
ported to have crossed the Gusar
river about 60 miles southwest Of the
enemy's coastal supply base at Ma.
dang.
A force Of six American torpedo
boats ranged along the New Guinea
coast so miles north Of captured Fin
schhafen and destroyed three more
enemy barges. The speedy PTS al
so strafed Japanese shore positions
inflicting many casualties among
enemy troops and setting large fires