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Casper Davis Post

Casper Davis post, No. s1S6, Amer ican Legion, will meet this evening at 8 o'clock at Fraternity hall Com mander William Rooney will be n charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26

People of Fire are expected to eat 100000 tons of potatoes this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26

Boy Scout Troop No: sl will meet this evening at o'clock at Fra ternity hall at o'clock. William Christie will preside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26

The Women's Society for Chris tian Service will meet for a devo- tional service tomorrow evening at inc home of Miss Jenny Herald of Manville street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26
New Warden

Mrs. William Rooney was selected to replace Richard Senior as sector warden of Sector D-55 at a meeting held last evening at sector head quarters. Mir. Senior resigned pe- cause of other duties.
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Leaders Here
Back AT Of /
In Fight

Labor leaders throughout the
state have taken up the fight start
ed by local A. F. Of L. representa-
tives against the controlled hiring
program, and q group representing
all sections Of the state will meet
with State Manpower Director VIII
liam ]. Fitzgerald in Hartford next
Tuesday to present q counter-pro-
posal, It was reported today. made
Quate protection for labor union
contracts under the proposed set-up
Is said to be the basis Of the labor
dissension.
Mr.. Fitzgerald today notified the
area War Manpower Commission
director that all previous plans to
bring greater controls to the area
Will be suspended until after the
meeting. Last Thursday, the day
before the hiring controls program
was to take effect here, the state
officials told the local director O
government directive would be Is
sued II the encouragement COM
Imittee failed to ratify the voluntary
program within few days.
Conferences held yesterday by To-
cal labor offlcialS in Hartford are
believed to have influenced the state
director from issuing a special order
for the area. A. F. Of L. members
conferred with the ofiicial last week
and @. I. o. delegates Joined them
yesterday, 1t was reported.
Although several areas Of the
state already are operating under
the controls program. dissension is
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And Berlin
tHeoviEv

London, oct. 10. (UP)-Britisf,
four engined bombers, hundreds
strong, resumed their block buster
raids on Germany last night with
Q heavy assault on Hanover while
twin-engined Mosquitoes hit Berlin
for the second time in "a hours.
Air experts said the new raid
probably reduced Hanover, whose
Importance as q communications
center makes 1t the Chicago" OF
northwest Germany, to a stage Of
devastation equalling that at Ham
burg. Hanover now has been the
target Of four reavy block-buSter
raids since Sept. "a.
Seventeen bombers were lost in
the two attacks and subsidiary raids
on other but unidentified targets,
including O Mosquito attack on
Western Germany, the air ministry
announced.
The big Strings, Lancasters and
Halifax swarmed over the big
arms center Of Hanover in strength
for the second time this month to
heap new destruction on the city's
already devastated industrial and
business areas.
Hundreds Of tons Of high explo-
sive and incendiary bombs were
dropped on the city, but clouds pre-
vented observation OF detailed re-
suits. However, numerous fires
painted the sky rosy tint.
The raid, ending a nine might lull
In the operations Of the heavy
bombers, was the 51st Of the war
on Hanover, site Of a big synthetic
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Front2 Big
Issue At The
IMoscoyKMe et

Washington, Oct. 1e-(UP)--
Swiftly following Secretary Of State
Cordell Hull's arrival in Moscow fol
the foreign ministers conference
the State Department today an
nounced signature of a new agree
ment whereby the United States,
Canada and Great Britain will sup
ply ornaments. equipment, ma
terials and food to the Soviet Union,
Moscow, Oct. 10 - (U.P.) - The
foreign ministers Of the United
States, Great Britain and Russia
open their long awaited conference
In the Kremlin today, amid increas-
ing indications that the issue Of an
Anglo American second front would
take precedence over all other prob
lens of mutual collaboration In
war and peace.
u. s. Secretary o. State Cordell
Hull and British Foreign Secretary
Athony Eden arrived with their
STATS at the Moscow airdrome yes
terday and received a warm well
come from Soviet Foreign Commits
sar Vyacheslav M. Molotov and an
array Of Russian military and Dip
lomatic officials.
Hull and Eden conferred briefly
with Molotov in the Kremlin last
night. after which 1t was announced
they would begin their formal con-
ferences today,
The cordially generated during
the first meetings OF the three
statesmen appeared to augur well
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Churchill
To Stoy Mum

London, Oct. 10. (UP)-prImt
Minister Churchill told Commons
today that he had decided against
making o public reply to the 81.
legged anti-British charges made bs
five q. 8. Senator's following their
tour OF the worlds battleer0nts.
The senators were said To have
charged In Q eecret session that
American lend-lease goods sent t6
Great Britain were being Remarked
with British labels and sent to other
countries.
Churchill inferentially rUhvke6
the senators In q Commons speech
last week when he referred 10 ''sonno
countries, which I would not ven.
tsire to name, whose soldiers are
fighting aboard and whose pollfi*
clans are fighting at home with
equal vigor and ferOcity.1
A full statement Of the facts re-
garding the unfair and probably
unauthorized" statements credited
to the senators has been drawn llp.
for publication II that course should
be considered expedient at q iaisf
date, he said.
Churchill'S remarks were prompt
ed BY q question from the flc1F s.
to whether public reply should A.
issued to the senators TO avoid tf&
diffusion Of III viii"
(Continued an ps@M q,
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Bv Am. Tube

washington, Oct, 19.-(UP)-The
supreme court has reaffirmed a
previous decision that employers are
at liberty to advise their employees
against union representation II they
express only an opinion and do not
attempt to intimidate them.
The court refused to review q
court Of appeals decision which set
aside charges Of the National Labor
Relations board that the American
Tube Bending Company, New Haven,
Conn.,, had engaged In unfair labor
practices, The NLRB had contended
that the company inundated en-
ployes by circulating anti-union
propaganda and by casting asper-
sions Of the unions ability to bar
gain with the company.
The board also contended that
coercion" had been shown in a let
ter sent to each employe and by a
speech made by H. w. Jones, Jr..
president of the company, four days
before an election among employees
to determine what union, If any,
would represent the employees in
collective bargaining disputes.
When the election was held on
Dec. 2, 1941, the employees turned
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Exchanged Of
Prisoners

Goteborg, Sweden, oct. 19--CUP)
The first exchange Of prisoners Of
war between the Allies and Ger
many was being made at this Swed-
ish port today as 4,340 sick and
wounded Allied soldiers, including
II Americans, prepared to board
ship for home.
An announcement by the Swedish
Red Cross, which took charge Of
the exchange after the initial agree
ment had been reached between
Great Britain and Germany
through the Swiss government, said
the transfer will be completed this
week.
Similar exchanges are expected to
follow.
Two British liners were expected
to reach port today with 8S5 Ger
man repatriates, after which they
and O Swedish ship will take on the
Allied prisoners and proceed to the
United Kingdom, whence the men
will be returned to their various
homelands.
While the exchange is not being
carried out on strict man-for-man
basis, the larger number Of Allied
troops being exchanged here win be
balanced by q similar repatriation
Of invaded prisoners between Oran
and Marseille and Barcelona.
"a German broadcast heard by
government monitors said that 5000
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Administration Seeks
OK On Post War Plan

Washington, Oct. 10. (UP)-The
administration today appeared to be
trying to get immediate senate for
eign relations committee resolu-
Of q postwar collaboration resolu-
ton TO strengthen Secretary Of
state Cordell Hull's hand ct the
Moscow conference.
But there also were signs that
open debate on the subject viii be
postponed until next Enonth-after
the conference Of foreign ministers
has ended.
The senate foreign relations CON-
mittee will meet today in = closed
session 10 hear Sens. Joseph BAH.
n. MINI, Harold II. Burton. n. o.,
Carl A. Hatch, D., N. NJ, and Lister
Hill. D., Ala, urge adoption Of their
proposal which would pledge United
states participation b "a ialegna-
tleaal organisation and Al inter-
national police force.
Mere Specific
the HallAHuFtc e. sasklM pgo.
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-Four Arrested In Gambling
Raid Fare Well In Court

Two men received nolles, and two
we're fined $500 and given suspended
jail sentences. as the last four OF
seventeen recent gambling cases
came up In City Court this morning
before Judge T. Il. Conway.
Nolles were granted to William
Petchlock. so, Gao Bank street, who
was arrested during the raids ON
Aug. 20, and 10 Bert Kingsbury, b,
Conn. Hotel. who vas arrested on
Sept. 3.
Prosecuting Attorney Frederick W.
Palomha told the court that after
comforting with States Attorney
william b. Fitzgerald. whose office
had investigated these cases N con-
nectlon with the others which re-
Gently came up N Superior court
ne had found the evidence insul-
fielent 10 proceed against the two
men, and he recommended has we
| enses - neiled
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In the cases Of Herman Mitkow-
sky, SO, so Elizabeth street, and Pas
quale A. Travisano, ~, 65 Drake
street. Palomba recommended $500
fine and suspended jail sentence
OF 60 days In each case, after the
men pleaded guilty % the charges Of
pool selling. The recommendations
were followed BY Judge Conway.
The four cases were the first 10
be disposed Of In City Court. All Of
the men IN the recent raids had
first been arrested on City Court
Warrants Except the Western IN
ion Co.. and the cases there were
later nolled after they were taken 70
Superior Court on bench warrants.
The tWo cases nolled today were
the only instances n which con-
vleilon had not been had n TIE re-
cent cleanup. Most o. tie cases
heard III Superior court resulted IA
3 70 8 month jan sentences N aodis
liun q STIR ilne&
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JAPS HURLED
BACK NEAR
F|NSCHHAFEN
BY DON CAswELL

By DON CASWELL
UNITED Press staff Correspondent
Allied Headquarters, South
west Pacific, October 10. -
Cup - Japanese troops,
supported by sea-borne rein
forcements, have been hurled
back in a second attempt to
recapture their fallen New
Guinea base at Finschhafen,
a communique reported to-
day.
The destruction of at least
AZ more enemy aircraft also
was announced in the con-
tinuing battle for aerial SUI
premacy over the Southwest
Pacific, and General Douglas
MacArthur's headquarters
revealed that Australian in
fantrymen have driven north
ward through the New
Guinea jungles to within
about 10 miles Of the Japan
csc coastal base at Madang,
1865 miles above Finschhafen.
The latest Japanese plane
losses made a total Of more
than 1900 enemy aircraft
destroyed since the central
Solonons and New Guinea
offenSives began on June 80,
in addition to 400 planes
probably destroyed or dam
aged.
headquarters said strong Japanese
forces cut off on the Huon peninsvl-
Ia west Of. Finschhafen launched an
attack on the base at dawn satur-
day.
Australian troops who captured
Finschhafen on october . engaged
the enemy about three miles north
west OF the port and smashed two
attacks from that direction.
Reinforcements
Japanese reinforcement landed
before dawn Sunday at the mouth OF
the Song river, about five miles
north OF Finschhafen, only to meet
a hail OF fire that sank two Of their
three barges and killed 81 Of their
troops! Another 80 Japanese lied
into the tungles to the north.
Allied warplanes bombed ana
strafed enemy positions inland IN
support of their ground troops, 40
The Japanese lost more than 400
dead in their last counter ATTACK
against Finschhafen on October ~
MacArthur,s communique gave no
details on the overland operations
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P. Repeats
Its Charges

New York, oct. 10 - (U.P.9 The
newspaper PM, repeating its charges
Of antl-semitic reign Of terror In
Boston challenged Governor Lev
erett Saltonstall Of Massachusetts,
today to disprove "any single one"
OF the accusations.
In q statement addressed to SAL
tonstall and signed by John p.
Lewis, managing editor, the news
paper said the governor admitted
to reporters that complaints had
been received ION the matter which
we exposed"
Saltonstall, jncensed at a PM
story charging that Jewish residents
were being abused, yesterday eject
ed the author. PM reporter Arnold
Beichman, from his press confer
ence for disturbing relations which
he said were ION the whole good
In Boston"
g. =. whether or not our reporter
was permitted to attend your press
conferences. Of course, Is Of little
Importance" PMS statement said.
But the question Of whether or
not American citizens are to receive
---or to be denied-the protection
Of Democracy In your state is Of
outstanding importance, not only to
the people Of Boston and Massa-
chusetts, but to the people Of the
nation"
The dispatch, published Monday,
purported to expose Christian
Front Hoodluniism" against Jewish
residents of the Dorchester section
Of Boston.
Boston, oct. 10 = (u.P.) Extra
police details have been assigned
to greater Boston Jewish districts
to protect citizens following publish
ed reports of anti-semitic demon
STATIONS.
The alleged beating and batting
Of Jewish children was revealed
yesterday when Governor Leverett
Saltonstall and Police Commission
er Joseph F. Timilty commented on
Continued, on Page -
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Flyers
Join Jugos

London, Oct. 19.-CUP)-Allied
bombers have joined in the spread
ing battle Of Jugoslavia for the first
time since the start of the war, an
Algiers communique said today, as
Jugoslav partisan sources reported
new successes in their campaign
against Germany's reinforced Balkan
armies.
Striking directly at the heart of
German communications through
the Vardar Valley into Greece, me-
dunn. hombers and fighter-bombers
OF the northwest African Air Force
yesterday hammered the railway
yards at Skolpje, in southern Jugo-
slavia.
The raiders, possibly operating
from newly-won italian air bases
800 miles across the Adriatic sea-,
caught the German defenders so
completely off guard that they failed
to put up a single fighter plane or
fire their anti-aircraft guns.
Mitchell medium bombers led off
the attack with a series of bomb
hits that ripped up railway tracks
an along the Skolpje yards and
smashed at least IS railway cars and
q number of motor vehicles. TWO
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Bird TrioI In
Fire Case

Boston, Oct. 10 - (UP) = The
third trial resulting from the Co.
coanut Grove Night Club holocaust
last November 20 that cost 400 lives
will open Monday before Superior
Judge Francis j. Good and a jury.
The defendant, Lieutenant Fran
els ]. Linney Of the Boston Fire De-
partment, faces an indictment
charging him with three counts of
wilful neglect of duty as public
official in connection with inspections
Of the night club premises. Other
indictments charging Linney with
being an accessory after the fact to
snanslaughter will not be tried at
this time.
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SAYS NAzIS =
RET REAT
NO. OF KIEV
ny HENRY SHAPIRO

ny HENRY SHAPIRO
tURited Press Staff CoFrespOndent)
Moscow, October 10. 49,
(UP) - Outmatched Ger
man troops have begun q re-
treat north Of Kiev after los
ing one Of the blOodiest bat
Ties of the massive struggle
Of the Dnieper River line,
serni-Official dispatches re-
Vealed today.
The government newspaper
Izvestfa reported from the
middle Dnieper front that
Germans above Kiev were
falling back to the west and
southwest, surrendering the
northern defenses of the
Ulkranian capital.
Field reports made it evil
dent that the Nazis had
thrown every resource they
could muster into the strug-
gle on the approaches to
Kiev, keystone base Of the
crumbling Dnieper line, and
now apparently were con.
cedlng defeat.
Iuvestia's announcement
that the Germans were re-
treating in the sector north
Of Kiev was the first defini-
tive weird in 50 high a quarter
Of q Nazi withdrawal In q key
area.
OTHER REPORTS
It cOincided with reports
that the Red Army had
driven q spearhead into the
Dnieper bend to a point S6
miles southeast Of Kremen-
chug and 20 miles west Of the
river. Advanced Soviet ele-
ments were only 10 miles
above the DnieprOpetrovsk
railway through the western
Ukraine, accentuating the
threat to German cOInlnuHli-
cations between the Dnieper
and the Black Sea ports Of
KhersOn and NikOlaev.
(The German high command re-
ported heavy fighting along the
Dnieper between Dnepropetrovsk
and Kremenchug and acknowledged
O Russian breakthrough In an uni
Identified sector)
On the K!ev front the Germans
were reported to have massed artil-
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The days victories put the
final seal on the bloody
struggle for the river line
athwart the coastal route To
the italian capital, on which
the Germans tried in vain To
make a stand.
AS the battle of the Vol
turno ended, the British
Eighth Army beat off =
number Of German counter
attacks in heavy lighting and
bucked ahead an average Of
three miles along the south
ern part Of its front. Tie
gains, synchronized with
those Of the Fifth Army, &C.
centuated the long range
thanking threat to Rome,
already technically by
passed far to the east.
German resistance to the 3D.
vancing American units beyond the
upper vOlturno defliEte9y dD0p3ed
of. Instead Of the bloody hafd-tos
hand fighting IN which the N43s
opposed the first attempts to smash
the Volturno line, they now were
back to their old trick Of depending
on artillery and heavy machine
guns to delay their barriers.
Towns Captured
American divisions struck NORTH
westward in the region Of the Vol
turno's upper reaches. Beyond AM
orosi and Caiazzo they captured
Faichhio, Avignano, Gioia, and Pom
telatone, the main strong points an
choring the German positions. No.
gether with several lesser commune
tiles.
Bressa, i've and o half miles we6a
Of Capua, fell to collapse the last
German hold on the north bank 81
the volturno. The victory was the
main one Of the day for the Brit
ish on the left flank Of the Fifth
Army.
Besides clearing the bank or th8
Volturno, the British OF the Eifth
Army advanced slightly along The
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Postwar
Golden Age

Boston, Oct. 10.--(UP)--Wide-
spread postwar industrial expan-
sion was predicted by Trade Journal
editors today at the 18th annual
Boston conference on distribution.
Speaking nf the textile indus
try's prospects, Edwin D. Fowle
editor and publisher OF Textile
World, told 800 executives and busi-
ness men that re-conversion to
peace-time production would be .
simple process and promised that
the industry could look forward to
euNeral years Of prosperity.
Admitting that people are nun
MY" for automobiles, refrigerators
Gsd other items Of luxury. Fowle
ssxessed that women consumers
would keep textile mills haro
pressed with their demands for
stockings, underwear, draperies
rugs and other textile porducts. He
also predicted a large scale increase
in mems clothing with many former
soldiers discarding old style SUITS
for the newer patterns.
John Haydock, managing editor
OF American MaCiAAAlAoS, eoA0 OAAS 49,
ference that an overall postwar
production of 5O,O0O,OO0 tons OF fin
ished steel products indicates a good
level of demand that win keep mills
busy despite the dropoff in war
materials. He emphasized that al
though conversion was costly. re-
conversion win be neither expensive
nor Understanding. -
"A typical postwar year. nt
said, twill see 100000 tons eL seee
going Into the automobile industry
and 2500O00 tons into housenole
appliances, hardware, furnitur'
and office equipment"
Charles A. Breskin. editor OF moo'
ern plastics. asserted, 1T !. alm .s
impossible to be too nuliisn on 'a'
<~.--sa.....A ~. na0a Al
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posal Is far more specific than the
one approved by q foreign relations
subcommittee last week and which
the fun committee Is expected to
accept.
indications that move Is under
way to get at least quick commit
tee approval OF the suhcommittee's
resolution was seen In tentative
plans for the fun committee 20 meet
again tomorrow II final action Is
not taken today. Both sessions Will
be closed and the four senators are
the only witnesses scheduled.
There appears 10 be no chance OF
getting the resolution 10 the senate
floor before the second week IN
November. even II approved hy the
fun committee today. senate Demo
cratic Leader Alhen ". Barley of
Kentucky y leaving lhs Neek 20
eaaaaIsn A. TIE Kentnelg Fnhef-
Material gace and naa served notice
ENnl|nusA AH EaNs
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Finish Conquest
Of Nazi Defenses
On The Volturno
EY RICHARD d. MCMILLAN
United Press staff Correspondent

Allied Headquarters Algiers October 10. -- (UP) -
Allied Armies completed conquest Of the German defense
line the VolturnO River yesterday stamping out the
last enemy toehOd on the nOrtt bank general advances
along the 1OOIc fighting front which Overran 23 towns
and villages.
American troops advanced the right flank of the
Fifth Army along the upper reaches Of the VOutrno ia
the most significant gains of the day which laid open the
Appan way to Rome.
British units comprising the coastal wing Of Lieuten.
ant General Mark w. Clars army cleared the entire nOr
bank Of the VOlturnO River from Capua to the
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Subs Sank
III jap Ships

Washington, Oct. l9.-(UP)-sec-
rotary Of Navy Frank Knox today
revealed the sinking Of SO additional
Japanese ships by U. s. submarines,
increasing to 721 q United Press
compilation Of Japanese vessels Of
all types sunk by American forces
since Pearl Harbor.
Knox released to new confer
ence communique bringing up to
date the toll taken by U. s. SUBJ
marines. It listed the 90 new sink
ings, as well as five enemy vessels
probably sunk and As damaged by
submarines. He said the actions had
not been announced previously for
security reasons.
This brought the total bag Of
American underwater raiders In the
Pacific to 3l9 sunk, SO sunk and los
damaged, according to the Navy.
The United Press compilation,
based on official Army and Navy
announcements from all theaters,
now shows this toll Of Japanese
shipping taken by American forces:
War Nom
G11lAa