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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
FDR Pins
 Decoration On Gen.CIork

Washington, December 13. = (UP) - President Roosevelt has visited Sicily, reviewed veterans of the Sicilian campaign, and person. ally pinned the Distinguished Service Gross on Lieutenant Gen eral Mark w. Clark and five other officers of the U. s. Fifth Army, ranging down to first heutenants, for heroism in Italy.
 This trip last week apparently took the President within about 225 miles of the actual front in Italy.
 Among those who were at the airfield at Castel Vetrano when the Presidents big transport plane ar- hived was Lieutenant General George s. Patton, commander of the Seventh Army, who has been the center of a controversy created by the revelation that he slapped a shell-shocked soldier in a Sicilian hospital.
 These latest disclosures about Mir. Roosevelt's travels on his way back from Tehran and Cairo were con- tained in dispatch released by the White House.
 The dispatch did not refer to the Patton skipping incident, but 1t said Patton greeted the President and, after the ceremonies, rode with Gen. eral Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Clark ir the Presidential jeep to an officers club. It con- firmed that Patton still is in con- mand of the Seventh Army, which has not been reported in action since the conquest of Sicily.
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 Clark, commander of the Fifth Army, was decorated for "extraordi- nary hercisrn" when his men re- pelled German counter attack on the Salerno bridgehead. The cita- ton revealed that Clark spread an infectious spirit of determination and courage" among his men by going to the front line fin utter disregard of personal safety"
 Discovering 18 German tanks ap- preaching within striking distance, the citation said, 'he Personally took charge of the situation, To- cated an anti-tank unit and issued orders which resulted in the destruction of six tanks and the re- pulsion of the attack"
 The other five officers decorated by the President were Col. Reuben H. Tucker, Ansonia, Conn.,; Lieut.. Col. Joseph B. Crawford, Humboldt, Kans.; 1st Lieut.. William w. Kel-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
Report On Gen. Patton

Washington, Dec. 13-(UP)--SG- retary of War Henry L. Stimson reported to the Senate today that the two skipping incidents already reported in the press appeared to be the only instances in which Lieut.. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., has physically mistreated soldiers under his command in the Mediterranean theater of war.
 Stimson reported, however, that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had in- formed him that Patton had report ealy spoken threateningly and with undue harshneSs'' to a soldier for failing to wear leggings.
 He said that Eisenhower has re- iterated, however, that none of these incidents has affected PattonS standing as a tactical leadeT whcSa men would follow him into battle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
3 Held For 'errorizinq'

Three youths who police said had been terrorizing Leavenworth high school students were taken into cus- today after an investigation by De- tective Lieut.. William Foley and Sgt. Charles McWeeney.
 The boys, Robert Stewart, IT, 86 Locust street, Calvin Byrd, 16, POP Orange street, and Irving Taylor, IT, 21 Griggs street were booked on breach of peace charges.
 The officers said that the three boys, colored pupils at the school, had been taking two cents apiece from other pupils at knife point. When one boy told them he had no money, they took his wallet, exam- ined it, and returned it to him.
 Five boy students, all white. will testify against the trio in City Corut tomorrow.
 When complaints of the alleged racketeering reached acting Chief Detective William F. Pollard, he assigned the two detectives to. the case declaring that while Waterbury high schools have been free of this sort of thing, police would clamp down immediately to see that they remained that way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
Bombers Roid N. w. Reich

London, Dec. 13- CUP)-Ameri- can heavy bolnbers raided northeast Germany for the second time in three days today and Marauder mediums attacked the Schipol air. drome at Amsterdam, putting the Eighth air force back on a full schedule after a lengthy lull en- forced by bad weather.
 The daylight raids by It. Gen. Ira c. Bakers planes followed a night sortie over Germany Ly ply wood mosquito bombers as the Royal air force, the third in three nights.
 The four -motored bombers were accompanied by fighters again to- day, as was the fleet of flying fort resSes and Liberators which carried out one of the heaviest daylight raids of the war Saturday on Elm der in which the Nazis lost 138 planes.
 RAF, Dominion and Allied Spit fire fighters escorted the Marauder medium bombers in tie attack on the main Amsterdam airdrome ob- servers on the southeast coast of England at midafternoon saw a good sized force of Allied planes fly ing eastward, their vapor trials in the haze marking course toward Bouogne on the French shore.
 Light Mosquito bombers of the Royal air force carr:vd the resumed offensive through the night with raids on western Germany in which one plane was lost.
 Coastal command Beaufighters, two of which were lost, destroyed three enemy aircraft over the Bay of Biscay yesterday, and Mosquitos shot down fourth while on patrol over France.
 The coastal command also dis closed that an RAF flying fortress scored the first victory of the Azores anti patrol within two weeks after the Allies began operat- ing from the Portuguese islands.
 The fortress caught the U-boat on the surface and L.,de three attacks with depth charges and machine guns, after which the submarine ap- peared to disintegrate. Survivors were seen among the wreckaGe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
JopCounter
 Blow Fails

Allied Headquarters, Southwest Pacific, Dec. IS. (UP)-American troops have reuplsed a small but sharp Japanese counter-attack on Bougainville and Australian forces have made new advances in New Guinea killing 100 enemy soldiers, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com munique said today.
 The fight at Bougainville occurred last Thursday when 200 Japanese tried unsucceSsfully to wedge into U. s. lines at the northeastern end of the Empress Augusta Bay beach, Island.
 The futile attempt cost the enemy heavily, a dispatch from Admiral William F. Halseys headquarters said, while an American patrol the same day killed 12 Japanese from patrol of 25, losing only one man.
 Australian troops on New Guinea's Huon peninsula punished enemy forces from positions at the mouth of the Trnom river. op the coast, and Kaligra, beyond captured Bonga, which is some Il miles from FinSchhafen.
 Battling in heavy rain and chasing the enemy from dugouts cut deep into mountainous terrain, the Aus sies pushed a mile past the Tunom to the Sowi river mouth.
 A months Hull in fighting in the Ramu river valley 150 miles north west and inland from Finschhafen was broken by bitter patrol clashes, the communiyque revealed. Twenty Japanese were killed near Ksawi, 25 miles south of the enemy coastal base at Bogadim, while Australian cavalry and Japanese patrols skAH- mished near Abolu, 35 miles Wege of Bogadjim.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
REDS REGAIN
 INITIATIVE IN
 K|Ev SALIENT

Moscow, December 13. - (UP) = The Red Army has regained the initiative in the Kiev salient, not only stop ping maSSed German forces but recovering some lost ground, after a crucial battle of nearly a month which cost the NaziS more than 1000 tanks, Soviet front reports said today.
 Suddenly reversing the eastward trend of the fighting west of Kiev, the Russians charged out of their defense positions and recaptured several villages southwest of Malin, 58 miles below the Ukrainian capi- tai.
 Though 1t would be premature to say that all danger to Kiev had been averted by the developments of the last two days, there was every indication that the Germans would be unable to repeat their exploit last spring when they countered a Russian offensive to reclaim Khar- kov and much of the Donets basin.
 The reports of limited Soviet suc- cess on the rim of the Kiev bulge said the Scaw and intensity of the German attacks had waned, doubt less because of their tremendous losses suffered since Nov. 19 when the au-out effort was launched to throw the Russians back to the Dnieper and recaptured Kiev.
 Along the middle reaches of the Dnieper, Gen. Ivan s. Konev drove into the outskirts of Kirovograd, German held industrial, military and rail center, while his right wing advanced beyond Chigirin, midway between remenchug and CherkaSi.
 The first picture of the great bat tie west of Kiev, regarded as one of the most decisive in the war in that 1t gave a new test of German strik- ing power, emerged from the &C., counts of the Russian successes.
 Cavalry Smashes
 Gen. Nikolai F. Vatutins cavalry vanguard, exploiting the rout of the Germans west of Kiev early in Mo- yember, smashed westward as far as Zhitomir without awaiting rein- forcementS.
 The Russians were obliged to give up Zhitoqnir and Korosten areas in the face of determined German at- tacks. Since then the Soviets had ample time to pour artillery, anti tank and infantry achievements across the Dnieper, build up the de- lenses of Kiev, and entrench them selves.
 The heavy ar1nored losses inflicted on the Germans and their failure to achieve a strategic break through gave reason to believe the Russians again were masters of the situation.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13

Washington, Dec. 13.-(UP)-The War Production Board was striking all along the industrial front today against unnecessary restraints on the output of non-war goods in a campaign preliminary to the recon version of arms plants to peacetime operations.
 Closely associated with 1t were detailed surveys of what civilians actually need-not what they would like to have-made under the direc- ton of WIPES office of civilian re- quirements and now nearing com- pletion. The result of these surveys will, within the limits of war devel- opments, influence the types and amounts of civilian goods which can be produced in 1914.
 However, informed WIPE officials cautioned against hopes that sub stantial supplies of new civilian goods could be produced for at least another six months. WIPE ex- ecutive vice chairman Charles E.. Wilson warned last week that some military programs would be cut back in 1914, but he emphasized that next
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
WIPE Moues To Bar Undue CiuiLian Production Bans

years overall production must be 20 per cent more than the 1943 record.
 Officials said this would not ne- cessarily preclude continuation or even expansion of the reconversion production, 1t was said, could be obtained through numerous meth- ods, including more efficient utiliz- ation of manpower and plant facili- ties, while still permitting some plants to return to civilian produc- ton.
 WIPE Chairman Donald M. Nelson ordered a reexamination, of all WIPE "M' (Materials) ''L'' Uimitation) orders which have imposed re- straints on civilian production. Many were found to have served their purpose and to be no longer necessary; others proved to be un- necessary because of an improved materials situation, while still others had been proven unavoidable.
 Far-reaching changes were made promptly. They covered a wide range of indudstrial products, rang ing from suspender buttons to cas- kets and from canvas rubber shoes to all-steel freight cars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
FDR Friend Dies At 65

Washington. Dec. 13 - (UP) --- Marvin H. Mcintyre, one of Pres ident RooSevelt'S closest friends and a member of the White House sec- retariat since 1882, died early today.
 Mcintyre 65 years old, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred Warren, after the recurrence of an old illness. He had not been in his office for several weeks.
 McIntyre's service with the Pres ident dated back to the last war and to MT. Roosevelt's unsuccessful bid in 1920 for the vice presidency.
 If ever a man fitted the descrip- ton of "close to the President" it was Mcintyre. His close contact with the President went back to 1920 when MT. Roosevelt was the Democratic nominee for vice-pres ident. When MT. Roosevelt received the presidential nomination in 1882 he called on Mcintyre to help and when the President first moved in to the White House, Mcintyre be- came assistant secretary to the Chief Executive and was made a full secretary in 1887.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
Appeal Gives Jolt To Mon

Louisville, Ky, Dec. 13-(UP)- Thomas H. Robinson. Jr., who had served more than six years of a life term for Kidnapping and then was granted 8 new trial when ne claimed insanity, was sentenced 10 die in the electric chair on March 10 by Federal Judge Shackletord Miller today for the 1884 abduction of Mrs. Alice Speed Stou, Louls- vile society woman.
 A federal court jury had con- victed the bespectacled defendant of violation of the Lindbergh kid naping act Saturday night and recommended the death penalty.
 Robinson was found guilty Satur- day night of the Kidnapping Of the wife of member of a wealthy Louiseville oil family after 8 jury of II men and one woman had de- liberated two hours and 25 minutes following completion of two weeks of testimony.
 Only a few persons were i'll the courtroom when the jury returned its verdict. Mrs. Thomas H. Robin son, Sr., 68, collapsed when the verdict was read. Robinson. startled for 8 moment, then resumed the grim expression he had worn throughout the trial.
 Robinson had hoped the verdict would win him freedom from a life sentence he had been serving at AlcatraZ.
 Captured by federal agents in 1886, nineteen months after the abduction, Robinson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in Alca- traz. He served more than six years before winning release and a new trial after he charged he was insane at the time of the kidnap- ing and was not represented pro perlv by counsel at his first trial.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
4-Time Proxy Resiqns Post

Northfeld, Vt., Dec. 13.-(UP)-- Dr. John M. Thomas, 73, reputedly the only man i'll America who has served as president of four different colleges, has retired as president of Norwich University.
 In announcing his resignation last night, Dr. Thomas said he felt a younger, more vigorous man should hold the office. A committee of five has been named to choose his suc- ceSSor.
 Before he became head of Nor wich, a 124-year-o military school. in 1889, Dr. Thomas had served as president of Middlebury College, Penn State College and Rutgers University. He is a native of Fort Covington, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
J. M. Sullivan To Study To
 Become Priest

Joseph M. Sullivan, manager of the War Housing Center of the National Housing Administration, will resign from his position on December 31, The Democrat was informed today. MT. Sullivan will leave this city on January 10, 1944, to study for the priesthood at St. Bonaventure's College, Allegheny, N. Y.
 MT. Sullivan, who is one of the best-known Catholic laymen in Waterbury. was advised this morn ing of his acceptance for studies that will lead to his ordination as a priest of the Franciscan Order. He expects to submit his resignation to Sumner K. Wiley, administrator of the MIA for New England, this week.
 MT. Sullivan has been in charge of the Center since 1t was opened here on May 10. It acts as clear ing house for all federal housing projects in this area, receiving ap- plications for tenancy, preparing data on local conditions, and pub uc1z1ng the various activities ot the housing agencies.
 AS a Catholic layman MT. Sul- nvan has been extremely active lo- cally. He is at the present time Grand Knight of Sheridan Council, 24, Knights of Columbus; National Director of the Catholic Evidence Guild; President of the Franciscan Mission Club; and president of the Third Order of St. Francis of the Immaculate Conception church.
 During the past summer MT. Sul- livan participated in and directed as maiy as 25 street lectures Spon- sored in Waterbury and other cities of Connecticut by the Campaigners for Christ, the local branch of the Catholic Evidence Guild.
 A graduate of St. Mary's pa- rochial school and Wilby high school, MT. Sullivan studied for two years at St. Bonaventure's college before completing his academic
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
FDR and Franco Meet Is Rumor

Stockholm, Dec. 13.-(UP)- newspaper Tidningen printed a roundabout report today that President Roosevelt met Gen. eralissimO Francisco Franco of Spain and Premier Dr. Antonio De Oliveira Salazar of Portugal at Gibraltar yesterday.
 The dispatch, datelined Bud pest and quoting an Ankara re- port, said the three officials discussed Spain's and POrtu- gals positions in the war.
 A United Press dispatch from Cairo following the Roosevelt Churchill InOnu conference said the possibility of a ROOse- velt-Franco meeting was sub ject of speculation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
LONG TOMS
 HOWITzERS
 D|SPERSE FOE

Allied Headquarters, AL giers, December 13. - (UP) = Heavy American field guns have blasted a German attempt to muster strength for a counter-attack designed to drive the Fifth Army from mountains north of Mignano Gap and the main road to Rome, official reports dis closed today.
 MaSsed fire from 155-milli- meter Long Tom" rifles and Howit- gers and 105-millimeter field pieces shattered the German concentration and dispersed its endorsements before the assault could get under way southwest of Filignano.
 Only 24 hours before, 8 German attack was repulsed by a deter mined American stand in the Mount Sammucro heights just nor of Mig nano. The latest effort betrayed German concern over a poSsiblA flanking thrust by American forces from the 3,000-foot mountains to- ward Casino.
 Northwest of Filignano, other American forces cut up a strofe German patrol thrust apparently intended as a diversion.
 On the Adriatic end of the Italian front, Canadian troops of the British Eighth Army captured Heights commanding the town of Ostena, threatening to collapse Ger man defenseS on 15-mile front running inland from the Adriatic to the 8,000-foot Maiella noun tainS.
 Soggy weather had closed down again on the entire Italian front, official reports showed, and, com bined with stiff German resistance, slowed the fighting.
 (The Morocco radio, hcard in London, said Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery had launched a gen. eral offensive toward Pescafa and Chieti, eight to 12 miles beyond his army's present front line in Italy.I
 Slowly showing back three divi- sions of Nazis, the Eighth brought its guns to bear on the vital lateral supply road running inland from Ortona through Orsogna to Guardi- agrele, the major points on the enemy's line below the Pescara river.
 With Ortona now in easy range of Montgomery's devastating artil- lery and the road made unHsable for the Nazis, it was thought pos sible the Germans would fall back hunrriedly onto the Pescara.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
CRIMSON" WAR EDITION

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 13 - U. P) A war edition of the Har- yard Crimson-the first issue since last May was published today for distribution among Harvard's l9,044 alumni in the armed forces.
 The issue, compiled by 15 former editors now in military service, lists the names of 134 Harvard men who have died in World War II, 28 who are missing in action and 30 pri- soners of war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
Nozi Leader
 Woxes DoIefuI
BY UNITED PRESS

Anton Mussert, Nazi party leader in the occupied Netherlands, said yesterday that an Anglo-American invasion of Holland would "com- plete our downfall,' the controlled Hilversum radio reported in a broadcast heard by U. s. Govern ment monitors.
 Speaking at a ceremony com memorating the 18th anniversary of the Dutch Nazi party, Musset said it was evident that we have reach ed the low level of our national ex- istence." Italy will look like "a contented country" if Holland be- comes battlefield he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13
Search For Lost Girl Continues

Boston, Dec. 13-(UP)-Vacant houses and cellars in Roxbury were searched today by police as the hunt for Mary Ellen Julian, 13- year-old Roxbu1y schoolgirl, en- tered the fifth day.
 One of six children of Walter J. Julian, a meat dealer. the girl left home Wednesday afternoon to go to 8 neighborhood store to buy baby food for her brother. She never ar rived at the store and hasn't been reported seen since.
 Almost prostrate with grief, the mother said:
 I'm prepared for the worst"
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Winter term. Post Junior College, Jan. 3, 1944. Day and night Send for bulletin.
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