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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
Muster Out Pay For Soldiers Grolvs L Fauor

Washington, December 10.-(UP) - Congressional sentiment mount ed today for mustering-out pay leg islation that would give veterans of World War 1T considerably more than the $500 proposed by the War Department.
 Representative Walter c. PloeSer, Republican, Missouri. one of sev- eral members crusading for veter- ans benefits, said the $500 proposal now before the House Military Af- fairs Committee. Docs not hit the crux of the problem" He proposed a specific discharge bonus, possibly of $100, and the continuation of a serviceman'S pay to total of $500 for privates and $1,500 for officers.
 We want to bridge the gap be- tween the time of discharge and the time & veteran finds 8 job," he ex- plained. ''rhe $500 in three month ly installments, as proposed by the War Department. may fill the pro- gram now while jobs are easy to get, but will it fit the situation af- ter the war?"
 House Democratic Leader John w Mccormack of Massachusetts ex- pressed hope for quick action on the mustering-out pay issue but com uaittAa ahAiE~aR Apd<AH q. 2e1l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
Senate Starts Liquor Probe

Washington, Dec. 10-UP)-A Senate Judiciary Committee began public hearings on the liquor short age today as the treasury dis closed that it's alcohol tax unit was cracking down on mild revival of moonshining and some fake-la- belling and hquor-cutting conspir- acieS.
 Chairman Frederick Van Nuys, D., Ind, said the committee had information showing that despite the wartime halt in whisky-mak- ing, ga normal three year supply was now available for public con- sumption.
 Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue Stewart Berkshire, the first witness, reported yesterday that distilled spirits had been with drawn from bond for consumption during the past six months at 65 per cent of the 1922 rate. The re- duction in withdrawals, coupled with increased public purchasing power, has resulted in "a large shortage of nquor," black market prices" and stock hoarding by some wholesalers and retailers" he said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
High Return |OfWor Bonds

Washington, Dec. 10 - (U.Po - War bond redemptions reached an all-t time high and amounted to more than one-fourth of sales in the first eight days of December, the Treasury statement showed to- day.
 Sales of series E, F, and G bonds for the eight day period were $208, 2O8, ,6O9, but redemptions amounted to $57, ,639, ,888.10. The redemptions were more than three times as great as for the corresponding per lod last year with sales only slight ly higher.
 Sales last year in the first eight days of December were $183, ,153.- 29O99 and redemptions $15,574,- 21497 the present rate of bond re- demptions is $7,2O4, ,98610 daily.
 Sales this fiscal year through De- cember 8 amount 6,332, ,509, All with redemptions at $817 ,398,323. sales being a little more than $2,000,000 over the same period last year and redemptions more than four times as high.
 Persons waiting in long lines here to cash bonds said they needed the money for Christmas shopping, doc tor bills and taxes. A sailor said he could afford to buy bonds in Call fornia but after being transferred turn them in to pay for living ex- penSes. Another man said he had underestimated his income tax in September and found he would have to pay more in December.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
United Demands For Wage Rise Seen Here

If proposal considered today by the c. I. O. local of the Chase Brass & Copper company is approved, the result may be an united effort to scure wage increases at the Big Three" industrial concerns in the Waterbury area. Yesterday the American Brass company was served with wage increase demands, and today similar action was taken at the Scovill Mfg. Go.
 Francis Maxwell president of the Chase unit, said this afternoon that he could not comment on develop ments "as yet, but it was indicated the Chase local would make deci- sion sometime today. It was re- ported from a reliable source that the local is in sympathy with the demands at the other concerns and that similar negotiations with man. agement officials may start shortly at the Chase Go.
 It was pointed out that the c. I. o. has left action up to each plant unit individually. It Is believed, however, that the demands will be renewed in 8 united effort in the event all locals agree to take similar action.
 Wage demands for the Chase Company employees would bring un- der the proposed increase plan the majority of industrial employees of the area. It is estimated that 10000 employees of the Scovill Company, alone, are affected.
 An official denial of the C.I.O. demands at the American Brass Company was made by concern of- ficials today, but no word was re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10

Judge Slavin retired from probate court in January, 1889 and was succeeded by the present incum- bent, Patrick Healey. Judge Sla- wins record of more than 20 years as judge of probate is the longest in the history of the court.
 The deceased was born in Water bury March 10, 1872 He was em- ployed by the American Pin Con- pany prior to his admission to the bar in 1901. He prepared for ad- mission to the bar in the firm Of Burpee & Carmocy.
 For years Judge Slavin was an outstanding figure in the Democra- tic party. He declined numerous honors and nominations after his retirement. He was widely esteemed for his scholastic ability, legal knowledge and general grasp of civic affairs.
 He is survived by his wife, Mary Agnes Dwyer Slavin; two sons James and Edward, and three daughters, Mrs. Neil Burkinshaw 1 of Washington, D. C., Mrs. William Neary of Naugatllck and Miss Bar bara Slavin of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
zNANIENKA KEY RAIL HUB FALLS TO REDS Tanks Take Heights Above Rome Road
'FDR Visits MaLta, Presents Scroll

Valletta, Malta, Dec. 10 - (U.P) President Roosevelt paid flying visit to this most-bombed island in the world Wednesday and told its people that he and Prime Minister Churchill believed that they had just struck strong blows for the future of the human race" it can be revealed today.
 The president presented to Malta, on the behalf of the people of the United States, an illuminated cross containing presidential citation for valorous service under repeated fire from the skies far above and beyond the call of duty.'
 MT. Roosevelt, accompanied by an impressive array of high American army and naval officers, arrived aboard a four -engined Douglas transport escorted by IA Lightning at four Spitf1re fighters and landed at the islands heaviest bombed air field
 Only two days earlier, he had completed the third of round of historic conferences at Cairo and Teheran, involving, besides Churc- hill, Premier Stalin of Russia, Gen. eralissimo Chiag Kai-shek of China
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
FIRST MAJOR
 v|CTORYS|NCE
 FALL OF GOMEL

London, December 10. (UP) Russian assault forces captured the strate~ gic Ukrainian railroad june, tiOn of Znamenka today af- ter a violent three-day battle, scoring the Red Army's first major victory since the fall of GOmel two weeks ago.
 The loss of Znamenka un- hinged the German defenseS of the entire northern sector of the Dnieper river bend and opened the way to the nearby stronghold of Kirov- grad and the Bug river line beyond.
 Premier Marshal Josef Stalin issued a special order of the day announcing the capture of znamenka, hub of four railroads keying the transport of the Dnieper pocket.
 The Russian victory was the first of major scope in the Ukraine since the Germans massed their tanks and troops for heavy counter-at- tacks which all but stalled the Rec army offensive.
 It was expected to ease the pres sure on Gen. Nikolai F. Vatutin which still was courtering blow. first Ukrainian army to the north. which had forced number of with drawals along the rim of the So viet salient west of Kiev.
 The fall of Znamenka had beer foreshadoWed by Moscow advices that the Russians were closing against it from three sides and hac virtually enveloped it.
 Stalin, ordering salute to the victors of 12 salvoes by Moscow'a PA cannon, described znamenka az "an important rail junction of the Ukraine and powerful strong point in the German defenses.'
 He awarded the red banner to several divisions and other units which distinguished themselves for the second or third time in the three days of fierce fighting for Znamenka.
 Military observers believed the fall of Znamenka would result in the quick disintegration of the German positions between Krivoi Rog and Nikopol, central and southern anchors of the Dnieper bend defenSes.
 They were impressed by the fact that the Russians, regardless of the German counter offensive against the Kiev salient, had shifted the weight of their drive southward to continue the push in the river bend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
Management SoboteurS

Washington, Dec. 10 - (U.P) - The major sabotage in the United States during it's second year of war came not from foretign agents or disgruntled workers but from high ranking company officials - "ene- mics within our borders'-Attorney General Francis Riddle said today.
 Writing for the United States at war" edition of the Army and Navy Journal, Riddle said the three ma jor cases of sabotage uncovered during the last year involved off, cials charged with deliberately manufacturing and trying to palm off defective war material on the armed forces.
 There was no evidence of foreign directed sabotage during the entire year, he asserted - in fact none since Pearl Harbor. He praised the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 24-hour-a- day vigilance in prevent ing sabotage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10

ported forthcoming from the Scovill Company.
 Appeals to the War Labor Board in an effort to break the Little Steel formula will be made by the unions regardless of action taken by management, it has been indi- cated.
 The present union contract at the Scovill Company extends to next March 25, and the new demands will result in re-opening of contract negotiations. The increase in costs of living and dividends accruing to industrial plants are the basis of the demands at Scovill's as well as at the American Brass Company.
 The Little Steel formula, strictly followed by the American Brass Company, holds down pay adjust ments to 15 per cent over the level of Jan. l, 1941. The current de- mands are for IT cents an hour increase.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
Ships, PIones Bombord
 Nouru Island

Pearl Harbor, Dec. 1o-UP)- American domination of broad mid-Pacific sealanes laced with Jap- anese bases was demonstrated again today by powerful fleet attack OF the enemy-held Island of Nauru.
 In their second daring thrust in five days, warships steamed 400 miles west of Tarawa, in the conquered Gilberts, to shell the isolated Phos- phate Island and send big force of bombers to blast open it's de- lenses.
 Details of the attack were moi given in an announcement iron Pacific fleet headquarters due to the necessity for radio silence until the fleet passes beyond range of possible Japanese retaliation.
 But there was no mention of en- emy interference with the assault, which was made Wednesday just four days after hundreds of planes launched from carriers had smashed four Japanese bases in the Mar Shalls with loss of only five planes and minor damage to one ship.
 The attack appeared to complete the assertion of air and sea control over the sea routes through the Marshalls and toward the big enemy base at Truk, in the Carolines, in the outer fringes if the vital central Pacific route toward Tokyo. There was no evidence the Japanese would risk their main fleet in an all-out challenge
 Phosphate Source
 Nauru, an oval-shaped Atoll only F miles in circumference and with an area of less than nine miles, was Japan's most important source of essential phosphate. Before being seized early in the war it was under
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
Sinotro And
 His Drum-Eor

Boston, Dec. 10 -(UP)- The punctured eardrum which will keep swoon-crooner Frank Sinatra out of the Army may have resulted from a childhood illness or an ear ab- scess, Dr. Werner Mueller of the Harvard Medical school said today.
 Often when an abscessed ear Is permitted to break instead of being lanced, a puncture results, he said.
 '"The term means simply that the drum has a small hole leading into the middle ear," Dr. Mueller explained. "A punctured ear drum has not noticeable effect on the hearing apparatus"
 Army regulations long have pro- hibited acceptance of a candidate whose ear drum is punctured be- cause proximity to shooting has been known to aggravate the con- dition.
 Because of the punctured ear drum, Sinatra was classified AZ when he reported to his New Jersey draft board yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
PouIette To Don Leather Pants

Hollywood, Dec. 10-(UP)-Sigh- ing deeply, Paulette Goddard reached for leather pants today i'll the interests of industrial safety.
 Miss Goddard, lady welder in her current picture. had planned to wear something just a bit more fetching.
 The National Safety council, how ever, was afraid of that. It remem- bered the sweater girl epidemic. Workers were stuffing their hands into the machinery because they were watching the sweaters instead of their jobs.
 It asked Miss Goddard, please, what did she intend to wear? Well, Miss Goddard said, it was sort of a close-fitting
 Did she realize, the council then asked, that within days after the picture came out, factory girls all over the country would start wear. ing something "sort of close fitting" and there'd be lot more smashed fingers and broken noses from workmen walking into walls.
 Please, the council pleaded on it's official stationery, in the interest," of industrial safety, would she wear real welder'S outfit?
 Miss Goddard would, she said, in- cluding the leather pants, a far from close-fitting jacket, a loose apron. and a welder's mask that should keep practically anybody from walking into a wall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
Blows AtU Boats Crimp Hun octics

Washington, Dec. 10. (UP)- Heavy losses inflicted by Allied Sea ard Air forces on the German U- boat fleet may compel the Nazis to abandon for good their submarine Wolfpack tactics, naval experts said today.
 This possibility gained strength following joint Anglo-Ainerican announcement that in November for the second successive month the number of U-boats sunk exceeded the number of their victims. Fur thernore, German submarines were said to have sunk fewer Allied merchants ships in November than in another month since May of 1940.
 Experts here said speedy develop ment and application of new Allied counter-measures evidently had foiled 8 threatened U-boat resur- gence in the Atlantic-a comeback which the Germans hoped to &C., complish through new submarine weapons and tactics. These innova- CAO11o hlNOifCC, otllC1 p4l1l1So, continued use of pack attacks.
 But now, 1t was said, because of it's heacy losses in group operations, Nazi U-boat fleet may return to it's old hit and run tactics, spreading it's forces over a wider area.
 There has been evidence, through not wholly convincing, that the Ger mans already were switching to the hit and run method and straying from the usual transatlantic con- voy routes. Only week ago, a sub marine torpedoed Cuban freighter of Charleston, s. C.-the first U-Boat appearance close to the U. s. Coast in months but this was not interpreted here to mean return of large-scale submarine warfare to the east coast waters that were once the favorite hunting grounds.
 The exact number of U-boats sunk in November was not dis closed but the statement indicated it was below the average for the six months from May to October, inclusive, when more than 150 were destroyed for monthly average of 25 submarines. This is 10 more than German shipyards are believed capable of producing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
Jops Pull Long Face

The Tokyo radio warned the Japanese today that "the war sit uation now is indeed grace for us' and urged them to step up the pro- duction of planes and warshiups and stand ready to sacrifice all"
 A broadcast reported by United States government Monitors said that part of the enemy's aims of advancing against our mainland have been achieved by the blows against the Marshall Islands.
 We cannot help but think Tokyo said in message to the Japanese people. that onur officers and men on the front lines are troubled many times for, thoiugh they have the spirit it is regrettable that they are without weapons"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
|1Deod, 3 Hurt In Auto Crash

A 22-year-old girl was killed ane three servicemen were injured early this morning when the car in which they were riding failed to negotiate a turn on the Litchf1eld Turnpike in Bethany.
 The girl, Mildred Hoppee, 9, Amity Road, was admitted to St Mary's Hospital here at 4:3O a. m., and died of fractured skull at 7:05 8. m.
 The injured were the driver, Allen Keeler, 22, A1nity Road, Bethany, a sailor on leave from the submarine base at Groton, admitted to New Haven General Hospital with a frac- tured leg; Charles Smith, 9, 38O Orange street, New Haven, also on leave from Gorron, admitted to St. Mary's Hospital with a fractured nose and possible fractured skull; and Albert Spencer, 20, IS Wright avenue, New Haven, treated for abrasions at St. Mary's Hospital and discharged.
 State police at Bethany reported that the car, a 1941 Mercury coach, heading north on the Turnpike at 3:30 8. m., crossed over to the left hand side of the road on the turn, and sideswiped a tree. The housing of the left rear wheel caught on the tree, and the car was whipped over and around, so that it turned a complete somersault, and landed back on the road facing south. The left hand side of the car was demolished.
 The girl, who was sitting in the rear on the left hand side, appar- ently struck her head against the car top when the car turned over. Smith was sitting in the front with the driver, and Spencer, who es- capped with minor injuries, was sit ting in the rear right.
 Keeler. the driver, is being held by police pending investigation by the New HaveE coroner.
 State Troopers Jerome Smith, Edward Hickey, and Edward Chris tian drove the injured to the hos pitas, and began an investigation of the accident.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
MonyP Poised ForInvosion

London, Dec. 10 - (U.P) - The German transocean agency said to- day that the United States and Bri- tain have concentrated at least 50 infantry, tank and airborne divi- sions-750,O ,O00 merlin the British Isles for an invasion of western Europe this winter or spring.
 Captain Ludwig Sertorius, trans oceans military correspondent, pre- dicted that the invasion from the west would be launched simultan- eously with 9 powerful Red Army offensive from the east and the in justification of Allied pressure against southeastern Europe.
 He estimated that 20 Anglo American and six French divisions were available as reserves in North Africa for operations in Italy or in the Balkans in addition to size able forces in the Middle East.
 From Cairo came report that one of the initial results of the Roosevelt Churchill conferences was expected to be the announce ment of the long awaited appoint ment of General George c. Mar shall, U. s. army chief of staff, as Generalissimo of the second front armies.
 In addition, it was expected that arrangements will be announced for the closest liaison between Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten's southeast Asia command and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese forces, possibly through the appointment of General Joseph w. Stillwell, American Commander in China, Burma and India, as liaison officer.
 The division of the southeast Asia and southwest Pacific theaters was expected to continue with Ad- miral William F. Halsey's South
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
NAYS MAY BE
 ABANDONING
 WINTER LINE

Allied Headquarters, AL giers, December 10. - (UP) American capture of heights of the main road to Rome after a successful storming of the Moro river by Canadian troops acceler- ated the Allied / offensive in Italy today amid signs the Germans may be abandoning their tattered winter line.
 Smashing German pillboxes with Bazzooka Rocket guns, American Forces of It. Gen, Mark w. Clark'S Fifth Army swept the Germans from 3,O00-foot peaks on Mount San Nucro across the road from the con- quered Camino-Moggiore summits.
 Thuosands of shells from quick firing U. s. artillery battered the heights before they were stormed by infantry. Reynolds Packard, United Press correspondent, who watched the assault from an observation pest, said smoke and dust from the huge barrage enveloped the entire mountain within 15 minutes after the firing began.
 This thrust completed the moves to dominate the road from Mignano into the Liri valley, while Clark's British troops moving into the flat plains cleared the south bank of the Carigliano river near its junction with che Liri.
 Hand to Hand
 Fighting hand -to-hand amid cloud-covered rock masses, the Americans pushed out southwest of Venafro to win heights overlooking the villages of San Pietro and San Vittore along Mignano Gap. They firmly controlled Mignano, although they had not formally taken the town.
 The Canadians smashed forward Wednesday across the Moro with tank support after the German de- lenses were given what was describ- ed as a "very intense artillery and aerial drubbing.
 Thrusting out on an eight-mile front, they beat off a strong Nazi counter-attack and firmly estab- lished themselves on the Moro's north bank.
 Inland from the Moro River front near the Adriatic. the Nazis were setting fire to the villages of Tori celia, Rescocastanzo. Rivisondoli and Rocca Raso, probably indicating they were ready to give them up.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10

Democrat, Kentucky, said there were more witnesses to hear and sched- uled a hearing today. Ploeser drafted this three-point plan which he termed necessary:
 1. Provide a, definite amount - possibly $1O0-at the time of dis charge for clothing and transporta- ton home.
 2. Reclassify all enlisted men as $50 month privates and all offi- cers as second lieutenants at $50, giving them 10 months base pay at those rates after discharge, but deducting any private income or earnings. If the job paid more than the army base pay, the veteran would not receive anything after the first month.
 3. Add half the normal depend ency allowance for veterans having dependents, and provide an alli- tional benefit for veterans who have had foreign service.
 War department officials have gone over his plan, Ploeser said, and many of them like it.. He added that he had been assured that It's administration was practical.