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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29

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realistic adm extensive ever con.
Quoted by the U. s. Army.

realistic adm extensive ever con-
Quoted by the U. s. Army.
Whole towns have been evacuated
and wide stretches of the country
side cleared of everything, including
livestock, to prepare a practical no
mans land. Beaches bristle with
pillboxes like those across the Eng
lish Channel.
Barge after barge damned with
troops is being sent against the
practice beaches while naval guns
arch shells overhead and artillery
emplacements in the hills lay down
barrage that just clears the heads
of the troops.
3 Weeks Course
The course lasts three weeks, but
when it is over. the men are ready
for I'd" day and "h' hour.
Capt. Ludwig Sertorius, military
correspondent for the German
Transocean agency, said reconnais-
sance and intelligence have reported
military movements" In England
that can be interpreted "as signs
that invasion is relatively near"
These signs, he said, include a
concentration of shipping in SOUTH
ern English harbor, considerably in
creased transport movement on Brit
ism railways and highways and in
tensified Allied air raids on German
Notifications on the channel coast.
Martin Hallensleben, military cor
respondent for the German DNB
agency, said German commands
everywhere were ready to set in
motion the intricate, huge anti-in-
vasion machine that is ready to set
for the reception of the Anglo
Americans on the entire European
front"
Marshal Erwin Rommel's 1nspec-
ton tour of defenses at likely in
vasion points showed clearly that
Germany Is ready, that the Ger
man defenses and counter-attack-
ing machine Is only expecting the
green light" Hallensleben said.
He predicted that the Allies would
attempt diversion maneuver"
simultaneously with the main in
vasion, but did not elaborate.
Another DNB broadcast asserted
that the Germans have built a 1,167-
mile-long Atlantic wall, composed
of staggered pillboxes and other de-
lenses in depth. to protect the west
ern ramparts Of Axis Europe. Each
unit Is slef-contained, with its own
barracks. workrooms and power sup
plies deep underground, DNB said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29

examinations for the award OF $11,-
900 in Westinghouse Science
scholarships will be given.
Conducted by Science Clubs Of
America
Conducted by the Science Clubs Of
America. the Science Talent Search
combs the nations senior high school
classes each year for students with
flair for science, and on the basis
of series of tests, oral examina-
tons, essays and study of scholastic
and personal records, helps forty
Of them-boys and girls-to continue
their scientific education through
award of the scholarships.
Since December 3, more than 49,
900 science-minded seniors have
been struggling with a stiff three
hour science aptitude examination,
designed to measure each student
native talent for scientific thinking,
rather than his exact scientific
knowledge.
If past experience is any guide,
probably not more than 1000 seniors
the country over will be able to
complete the necessary entrance re-
quirements, said Watson Davis, di-
rector of Science Clubs Of America.
But those who do complete them
should represent the top ranking
scientists of the future in this years
crop of high school seniors. We
hope that many of the 40 f1nalists
who are awarded Westinghouse Sci
ence scholarships each year will
make important contributions to
Americas way of life in the years
to come. Our interest in them is
to help them along the way to scien-
tiflc maturity"
Board Of Judges
The board of judges Of the Science
Talent Search is comprised of DR..
Harlow Shapley, director TO the
Harvard Observatory; DR.. Steuart
Henderson Britt, now a lieutenant
commander in the Navy but former
ly director of the Office of Psyche
logical Personnel of the National
Research Council and professor of
psychology at George Washington
University; and DR.. Harold A. Ed
gerton, director of Ohio State Uni
versity's Occupational Opportunities
Service. DR.. Britt and DR.. Edgerton
compiled the science aptitude eX-
animation.
Entrance in the Science Talent
Search is open to any boy or girl
who Is now a senior In a public,
private or UNCONVENTIONAL high
school. though each entrant must
be able at graduation to meet col
1ege entrance requirements.
Two $4,000 Scholarships
Final examinations. administered
to the forty finalists during the ses-
sions of the Science Talent Institute
next March, will determine the
award of eight four-year Westing-
house Science scholarships of $500
each, and two four-year Westing-
house Science Grand scholarships of
$2,40O each. Additional scholarships
totaling $4,000 will be awarded at
the discretion of the judges.
Awards will be held 'in trust" for
winners unable to use them imme-
diately because they have entered
military service, Mr. Davis said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
Coal Shortage
Acute In NJ. Y.

New York. Dec. 29-(UP)-The
coal shortage in the metropolitan
area and nearby counties In New
Jersey reached a critical stage today
with a number Of communities un-
able to fill emergency deliveries GER
titled by health departments.
Offlcials In New York said stock
piles either were exhausted or near
ing the bottom and pointed to q
new cold wave which sent the tenn
peratures down into the low 20's
last night. with no relief in sight.
The situation was even worse in
Newark, N. j., and Nassau county.
N. Y, where authorities described
the conditions caused by the fuel
shortage as desperate" officials in
Newark approved a plan to sell coal
in 100-pound bags to consumers
with emergency certificates ap-
proved by the health department.
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after which American Warhawks
dropped seven tons Of bombs and
joined Australian boomerangS in
strafing positions with 1900 rounds
of ammunition.
Attacking along ledge only wide
enough to accommodate one man at
a time, the Australians moved swift
ly to the crest in the wake of, the
bombardment and drove the demor-
allied enemy over the hump.
Two groups of japanese, unbe-
known to the rest. dug into stone
bunkers near the top of the ridge,
but were driven out when counter
attacked by their own men.
On New Guinea's Huon Peninsula,
other Australians captured Ago and
Walingai, some Is miles north Of
Finschaffen, in a six-mile advance.
In the northern Solomo :. Anieri-
can torpedo and dlve-hombers de-
stroyed 40 buildins and many huts
In a series of attacks on the harbor
area at Kieta. Fifty-six tons Of
bombs were dropped.
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to presage the early capture of the
junction itself.
Korosten, town of IS miles
northwest of Kew, was captured by
the Russians November Is at the
high tide of their original push
from Kiev, but was evacuated soon
afterward in the face of an abor-
tive German counter offensive.
From Korosten radiate railroads
to Kiev, Leningrad, Odessa, Warsaw
and Rumania.
Some as miles to the south, the
way was cleared for a new Soviet
assault on Zhitomir with the re-
ducton of Korostishev, town OF
1000 on the Kiev-Zhitomir high
way. Korostishev originally was
captured by the Red Army Novem-
Der IL and "a hours later Zhitomir
itself, 16 miles to the west, was &C.
cupied.
The German garrison of KoroSti-
shev was anihilated in a fierce
street battle. the Soviet high COM
mand sad. Thirty six German tanks
and propelled guns and more
than so field guns were destroyed
in the fighting.
Red Encirclement
In nearby area, the Russians
encircled another German force in
surprise maneuver and liquidated
teh pocket within matter OF
hours. Six intact tanks, 26 guns
10000 mines and 10000 shells were
captured, in addition to a consid-
cradle number of prisoners.
A third Russian column tanning
out from the Kiev Bulge captured
Pavloch, SO miles northeast of Ber-
dichev and 20 miles northeast Of
Kazatin, two important functions
athwart railroads to Rumania.
On the Vitebsk front, the Ger.
mans counter-attacked 10 times
northwest of the city, but were
driven from several localities anc
heavily fortified positions with a los
of $500 officers and men. To the
southeast, 1000 more Germans were
killed when the Russians seized 8
defense point.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29

the 1912 general elections and
buckled badly in scattered import
ant contests this year.
Some of Mr.. Roosevelt's left wing
supporters have been intimating
that he was running out on New
Deal PHILOSOPHERS as well as terms.
Some of his conservative party
partners have been warning OF po-
litical disaster unless Democrats
dissociate themselves from the New
Deal at once.
1.-THE New Deal is through" said
Senator Edwin G. johnson, D., Colo.
on December 6. IF the Democratic
party persists in hanging on to its
dead corpse it will lose the senate,
the house and the governors of
every northern and western state in
the next election"
Muttering
Southern politicians have been
muttering for months. Their dis
pleasure burst like shrapnel in the
senate this month against Senator
Joseph F. Guffey, D., Pa, who had
offended them in his role of New
Deal spokesman. 1t was significant
that the southern bitterness was
against the new dealers" rather
than against the administration as
whole or against the President
himself.
New Dealer No. in this town is
Harry L. Hopkins, Mr.. Roosevelt's
personal aide and confidante. The
list embraces scores of officials OF
varying prominence who frequently
are In or about the White House
But to conservative Democratic
members Of congress, Hopkins is the
personification of the new deal.
Speculation
There was speculation today whe-
ther the President might be prepar-
ing to get him out of the country in
the presidential campaign year.
There would be precedent for that.
When Herbert c. Hoover was
nearing the test of his second pres
idential campaign he summarily re-
moved from his cabinet and sent to
London as ambassador an old man
who had been the prophet of pros
perity until the depression came
and then had come to be regarded
as a Gripping political liability.
The old man was Andrew w. Mel
lon, secretary Of treasury. Mellon
did not want to go. But he went.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
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Named Aides
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supreme commander and the assign
ment Of high aerial posts to Lieuten-
ant General Carl A. Spaatz and
Major General James H. Doolittle.
No. 10 Downing Street announced
the new appointments, which like
their predecessors, shave been the
result of conversations between the
President CT the United States and
the Prime Minister" They were
counched in these words:
ITO the Allied Naval Commander
in Chief under General Dwight D.
Eisenhower: Adm. Sir Sir Bertram
Ramsay.
ITO be Allied Air Commander in
Chief under General Eisenhower:
Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford
Leigh-Mallory."
Two outstanding gaps in Eisen-
hower's command were the places of
Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Gun
ningham and Gen. Sir Harold r. l..
G. Alexander, deputise under Eisen-
hover in the Mediterranean theater.
But Cunningham already was in
London, and obviously will take a
major role in the invasion in one
capacity or another.
The fact that Alexander. who
fashioned the Eighth Army cam
paign and was largely responsible
for the victories in T'unisia and
Sicily, remains in the Mediterranean
indicated that that theater was not
going to be written off by stabilizing
the Italian front, but that Balkan
campaign probably was planned.
The circumstance that Maj. Gen.
Ira G. Eaker, with his unique ex-
perience in day bombing. and. Lieut..
Gen. Jacob L. Devers, known pri-
marily as fighting soldier, were
being sent to the Mediterranean
supported that argument.
Ramsay, who will be 81 next
month, is noted for a shyness which
bellies his demands for rigid disci-
pline and efficiency. When he was
a young officer he took part in the
British landing in Somaliland. Be-
coming a midshipman in 1893, he
devoted his life to the service while
pursuing the avocations Of polo.
hunting and racing.
He commanded the famous de-
stroyer Broke In the first World
War, and since ..e has commanded
three cruisers and one battleship.
He served as Cunningham'S S, right
hand man. along with AmeriCHn
Admiral Henry K. Hewitt, in plan
ming and carrying out the three AL
lied landings in the Mediterranean
Leigh-Mallory, 81. was appointed
commander in chief Of the Royal
Air Force fighter command In Mo-
vember. 1912. Since the latter part
of 1910 he has been largely respon-
sible for organizing Britain's fighter
plane operations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29

railroad targets In Rome July Is
and August 49,
Mosquitoes
Twin-e ngined British Mosquito
bomberS resumed the assault on
Germany from Britain last night
hitting targets in the western Reich
and returning without loss. 1t was
the first Allied raid on Germany
since a strong force of four-engined
bombers dropped more than 1000
tons of explosives on Berlin early
on the morning of December "a.
Mediterranean based Liberators of
the 18th U. s. Air Force paced the
raids in the southern theater, PEN
etrating deep into the heavily de-
Tended Pc valley in northern italy
despite attacks by so enemy fighters
that hurled rockets and bombs at
the raiders.
The Liberators shot down 10 of
the fighters during As minute bat
tie that ragged all the way to the
target, the railway yards at Vim
cenza. The fighter attacks reached
a climax as the Liberators went in
for their bomb runs and the Ameri-
can flyers said the enemy aircraft
dove so close they could see the
German pilots faces.
At one time, several bombers and
fighters were destroyed almost ST.
multaneously and an American tail
gunner said the "Sky blossomed
white with parachutes."
An even larger formation of Fly
ing FortreSseS and Liberators show
cred bombs on the Rinini railroad
yards, 120 miles to the southeast,
without opposition.
Eleven Allied planes were lost in
all operations in the Mediterranean
theater, the Algiers communique re-
ported.
Pope Visits Area
Bern, Switzerland, Dec. 20 CUP
Pope Plus XII visited bombed out
areas In the suburbs of Rome i'm
mediately after the American air
raid yesterday, according to inform
alton from the Italo-Swiss frontier
today.
The Pontiff and his. assistant
secretary of state, Msgr. Montins,
were recognized by the crowds and
greeted with cries of pace, pace
(peace, peace. the frontier advices
said.
The Pope spoke briefly to the peo-
pie and distributed money to those
who had been bombed out of their
homes.
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About 1880. he came back In his
Army car, found Howell and told
him not TO mention the accident
TO newspapers. explaining that the
F'BI would announce 1t In due time
The sergeant" said he had 10 go
to White Plains. but that he might
need some money and asked Howell
for help TO cash O check. Howell
took him TO q hotel which cashed a
check for 500. The man left but
about 10 p. IN. called Howell again
to report that convoy would be held
at White Plains for the night.
The caravan would arrive In DAN
bury at 1890 p. m. the next day
definitely. the sergeant" assured
Howell. However, 1890 p. m. came
and went, and officials began to
check.
The FBI said they never heard
OF the whole thing, New York state
police said there was no accident
at White Plains and the Army said
there was no such convoy.
And the $40 check bounced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
CdsfeI Di
Sonsro Falls
toontInned from Pee y

OContAnuoo 1rolH rage ~
line cracked yesterday under the
street-by-street and house-by-house
assault Of the Canadians.
Inland from OTtona. Indian troops
won new heights north Of villa
0rande and New ZealanderB inched
forward between Orsogna and Guar
diagrele.
The battle for villa 0rande may
prove another Ortona. The Indians
took a ridge Just north Of the VII
lage, but the Germans still were
holding out inside 1t. The village,
about q mile long. contains groups
Of houses 800 yards apart, providing
the defenders with excellent strong
points which must be reduced one
by one.
he seizure Of the ridge north Of
Villa Grande brought the Indians to
within nine miles Of Chiete. q mile
and a half south Of the main road
from Pescara to Rome. 1t also gave
the Indians control Of tiny sup
ply road running north to Tollo.
British Take Move
Driving northward beyond the lat
eral Ortona- Crsogna road, the I'm
perials also cut the road running be-
tween CanoSa, six miles southwest
Of Ortona, and Arielli.
The fall Of Castel Di Sangro came
as a surprise, since little action had
been reported in that sector on the
left wing Of the Eighth army while
the fight on the Adriatic was in
progress.
Castel Di Sangro lies at the juno
ton Of the lateral road running
down from the Adriatic and the sky
line route along the spine Of the
Apennines which links to the north
with Pescara- Rome road.
Across the divide on the Fifth
army front, Moroccan Counters who
fought in the mountains Of Tunisia
and Sicily continued their advance
in the 3,O0O-foot Mainarde noun
tains. They captured high peak
overlooking thu transverse road be-
t, een Coli and Atina, as well as
another hill atop Mount Marone.
The captured hills are some four
miles south and southwest of CaStel
San VincenZo.
South of the Mainard mountains.
the Americans slightly improved
their positions in the region of San
Vittore, outpost of the Casino de-
lenses on the inland road to Rome.
Below the road, the Germans
threw an attack in force against the
British units at Ponta Fiume at the
mouth Of the Garigiano. Fierce
fighting still was in progress, but
the British held the town.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
Firms Called


Washington. Dec. 29-(UP)-Ihe
Soviet embassy in its information
bulletin today charged the Films
with war crimes including robbery,
destruction of property and beating
Of Russians in concentration camps.
The embassy publication said that
"a brutal regime reigns' Il. concen-
tration camps at Petrozavodsk where
prisoners allegedly are forced to
work 16 hours daily and for the
slightest offense are beaten with
ramrods and logged"
In other concentration camps, the
bulletin said, policemen have Or
ganized drinking bouts during which
they Inundated prisoners, beat them
unconscious and used them for tar
get practice"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
Names Of 40 Finalists
ToBe Soon
Third Annual Science Talent Search Nears End; Ma
tons High School Seniors Awaiting Results

Washington, Dec. 29.-The next
few days will be ones of anxious
waiting for thousands Of high school
seniors who are participants in the
third annual Science Talent Search.
The judges here are busy grading
the examination papers which will
help qualify the 40 finalists who will
be brought to Washington next
March for the five-day Science
Talent Institute. At that time final
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
Wars End Seen By
End of 1915

Washington, Dec. 20 (UP) -
Chairman Tom Connally. D.. Tex,
Of the Senate foreign relations COM
mittee predicted today that both the
European and the Pacific wars
would be won by the end of 1915.
1T IS my opinion we shall be
able to crush Germany in 1914, I"
Connally said. within another year
we shall annihilate Japan. Already
the evidence Is accommodating and
Japan is beginning to realize her
tragic fate"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29

at their Jobs. II they struck, he
said, they would be striking against
the government.
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Old Slogan

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TO ImperiI

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10
TRoUSER TRICKS. YOUR LIFE INSURANCE

knotted legs with air and jumps
overheard.
One OF The photographs on this
page shows her at this stage Of
the demonstration and the other
is pictorial evidence that an or
binary pair Of pants can be
quickly converted into life i'm
surance policy in case Of cmcr-
gency.
The particularly fine weave OF
these garments that are issued 10
Uncle Sans forces makes TINS
possible. Once thoroughly wet.
this material captures and re-
tains enough air 10 hold a large
man afloat for n dcrahle
length Of time. often long enough
TO be rescued
Army and navy officials who
have watched Miss Linn do her
stuff say that she is as good as
any instructor in uniform and
that she gets the undivided at
tention Of her masculine pupils.
II the stunt this comely and
patriotic girl teaches so expertly
had been part of military and
marine training from the time
America got into the war, many
lives that We're lost might have
been saved
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10

- ESPITF their consta {
watchfulness. our genera ls
S and sdHfirais have to atftrrtt
that keeping children out Of tho
armed services is an almost inn
possible job
AS a result, literally hundreds
Of boys less than i can boast
Of honorable discharges from one
Of the different branches.
Many Of these children are
caught early in their training
and dismissed without benefit Of
fanfare. Others are so adept at
fooling their elders that they even
serve overseas before the truth
comes out as IL always does
one Of the strangcst Of these
under-age eulistments came 20
light recently when James p
tJimmyl Baker. a 12-year-old
Jacksonville, Florida, boy, was
discovered serving in the United
States Marine Corps at Camp
pendlcton, near San Diego.
Jimmy was one Of the spark
plugs of his platoon and had
been promoted TO private, first
class. during his seven months
in the camp. He was on the way
to becoming a good soldier when
his commanding officer discov-
cred the boys real age and had
TO give him an honorable dis
charge.
Every war stirs the magma
tjon Of children, and boys rang
ing in age from eight 20 IS years
have made unusual records
The classic example was David
who led the armies Of Israel
while ne was still a boy and
slew Goliath with only sling.
But in the same category Of
child-fighters Of history, both in
fact and fiction. would fall such
figurE as Alexander The Great,
who began training TO become a
soldier when boy; Roland,
whose prowess is legendary; Ma
poleon's drummer-boy; the drum
mer-boys in the Charge Of the
Light Brigade, and those in our
own Civil War
All OF these lads however.
fought with older men. There %
only one bona fide children "a
army in history This was tho
legendary ChIdren's Crusade.
which enlisted almost 100. 600
children drawn from all parts Of
Germany and France in the early
Thirteenth Century. ostensibly 20
retake the Holy Land.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10

1t is probable that hundreds
of Americans who were victims
OF Hitler's U-boats found thcm-
selves in The sea before thcv had
tlmo 20 get into lfo-nrcsorvcrs.
The pants trick MIGHT have boon
the difference between ne and
death. i is possible 10 Make
trousers INTO "A life prcscrvcr oven
II they have 10 be removed I'M
the water.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10
Sending Photographs by v-MaH

Sending Photographs by V-Mail
Not long ago we published an
article on the sending of pictures
by N-Nlail. As was the case with
several other magazines and
newspapers, we said that pho,
tographs should be attached TO
the V-Mail blanks. The Post Of
fee Department explains that
this statement is inaccurate.
Photographs should never be at
tached 10 V-Mail blanks - they
should first he made into metal
cuts. Then impressions Of these
cuts can be made I'm one corner
Of N-Nlail letters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10

some OF her ancestors
would call unladvlikc behavior.
Her name is Marjorie Linn and
believe il or not, she rs one Of
the country's most modest and
decorous college girls
II is Miss Inns job as an
instructor working for the Am
erican Red Cross. 20 teach young
men and women who may get
into the armed services a trick
familiar 10 thousands Of soldiers,
sailors. marines and coast guards
men
She assemblies her classes
around the rim OF a swimming
pool and shows them a smart and
simple way Of being self-support-
ing in case they ever find them
selves overheard without benefit
of llfe-preserver
In few fast and agile moves,