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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27
Leaders See Nois Licked
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4
 If the Germans want to go on fighting, that Is their own choice but their defeat is as certain as to- morrow's sunrise.
 If the war ends before the open ing of the second front, Allied strategists believe that will be be- cause of an internal German col- lapse.
 Some observers believe there is an even chance that the German gen. eral staff will seize control by an in- ternal coup and throw themselves upon the mercy of the Allies.
 It can be stated flatly tn the AL lied leaders are not prepared to modify in any way the uncondition- al surrender terms already prom ulgated.
 Alternatives
 The German general staff now is confronted with the alternative of seeing the Wehrmacht's force con- pletely broken and fighting brought inside Germany itself or of accept ing Allied surrender terms at the cost of overthrowing the Nazis and presumably sacrificing considerable numbers of the most brutal con- manders to Allied war guilt trials such as Russia has already institut- ed.
 I can say that there is feeling among the top allied men that Premier Josef Stalin's characterize tion of victory in the past tense dur ing the toasts at the conference here is strictly accurate.
 All that remains, in their opinion, is for Germany to decide whether to quit now or forco the Allied powers to expend thousands of lives in dot ting the ITS" of 8 military decision already achieved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27
Scharnhorst Loss Is Blow
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NOOIlGiI1uGQ lIOIu FdSC U
 after breaking 1t long enough to send word of the naval victory. It may be several days before addi- tional details are received. Little Facts Known Likewise, it was not known whether any American warships or merchantmen were engaged in the battle. An American task force joined the British home fleet be- fore the invasion of Sicily in fu- tile attempt to lure Nad warships riding out in Norwegian fjords out to battle but later sailed to other waters.
 The sinking of the Scharnhorst, which carried nine 11-inch guns, left the Germans with only two known battleships, the 41-0O0-ton Tirpitz, which was crippled in Nor ways Altenfpord by British midget submarines last Sept. 9, and the 26-00O-ton Gneisenau, sister ship of the Scharnhorst, which has been reported being dismantled at 1Oy14d, GVl1oIl odAUkC pOIIs
 Swedish reports indicated that emergency repairs have been made to the Tirpitz, sister ship of the ill-fated Bismarck, at its Norwegian berth, but most sources doubted that the vessel would be ready for any large-scale action until a complete overhaul could be undertaken at a base in Germany.
 Naval experts believed the bring ing to bay of the Scharnhorst in- dicated that Germany at least had intended to embark on another campaign of commerce raiding, If not an all-out attempt to cut the northern supply line to Russia.
 The bad effect of prolonged idle ness in distant foreign land on the morale of the crew also may have played part in the German decision to risk the Scharnhorst in an attack on a convoy.
 Tch Scharnhorst'S final battle pre- sumably was fought in the half-light of the rctic daylight, which lasts only few hours, with the final shots being exchanged in darkness. Blizzards, fogs and sub-zero temper ature make the area one of the most desolate in the world. The makeup of the home fleet under Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, who once commanded the aircraft carrier gloious sunk by the Scharn- horst and Gneisenau in June 1940, was not revealed, but it presumably included battleship of the 35000- ton King George V class.
 German broadcasts described the British fleet as superior" Running Fight
 The Scharnhorst opened her world War II activities with a running fight with the British Sruiser Re- nown off Norway in April 1940. After helping to sink the Glorious two months later, 1t was not heard of again until 1t took refuge from the Atlantic with the Gneisenau and the 10-000-ton Prinz Eugen at Brest in 1941.
 Between 1,500 and 2,OOO British planes attacked the warships in 112 raids on Brest up to February, 1942, when they slipped out of the arbor and escaped through the English channel to Kiel in one of the most daring sea dashes on record. Re- paired, the Scharnhorst sailed to 8 Norwegian base for attacks on Rus sian-bound conveys.
 Apparently deprived of the use of their capital ships, the Germans will have to depend on two 10000 ton pocket battleships," the Lut7ow and Admiral Scheer, eight cruisers and an equally small number q destroyers for its surface fleet pend- ing the complete repair of the T1r- uitZ,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27
15-YEAR-OLD NIMROD

East Franklin, Me-, Dec. 27-CUP) Walking alone in woods, l5-year- old Cyrus Robbins heard a growl from a bears den.
 Firing the only buckshot he hads the boy bagged the bear, 250- pounder.
 Last year Cyrus, who is descended from long line of backwoods sharpshooters, bagged. a 10-point deer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27

yard. pinball and cigarette machines were opened at the grill and proceeds were removed.
 Sergeant Charles McWeeney has been assigned to investigate the lunch cart theft, while Detective George Flavin and Patrolman Thomas Phelan are working on the other break.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27
COUPLE ESCAPES INJURY

Metheun, Mass, Dec. 27-(UP)- MT. and Mrs. Frederick Earnshaw crawled uninjured from the wreck age of their bed early today when g five-ton sanding truck skidded on an Icy hill and crashed through their bedroom wall. The truck driver and two sanders also escaped injury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27

wage adjustments in new agree ments drafted to replace expiring contracts muss conform to the stabilization law and executive de- grees implementing it. The increase demanded by the union would break the Little Steel formula, which limits increases to 15 per cent above Jan. 15, 1941, levels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27
TIPPLING RACOON

Kingfleld, Me, Dec. 27-(UP)- When she heard crash of glass in the cellar of her home, Mrs. Arr thur c. Woodward investigated and found somewhat inebriated raccoon avidly tapping up the rem- naats of a broken bottle of Scotch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27
U. s. Troops Take More
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eyacuating 1t in what may amount to 8 general fallback along the Ad- riatic.
 Braving unfavorable weather, strong forces of Marauder medium bombers yesterday attacked the railroad yards at Prato, Pistoia and Empon, all connecting Florence with the west coast rail line.
 Preliminary reports indicate good c0verage was obtained" communique said.
 British destroyers shelled Drvenie on the Dalmatian coast of Jugo- slavia last Thursday night, 1t was announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27
TRIBUTE TO 10 GRANDsONs

Woonsocket, R. I. (UP) - When MT. and Mrs. Edouard Vaudeville celebrate their 43rd wedding anni- versary Jan. 1, they will dedicate the day to their 10 grandsons on &C., tive duty in the Army and Navy. Five of the grandsons are overseas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27
BLIND PIANO-TU7vER BUSY

Orleans, Vt. CUP)-Cliff I'd Hall, a graduate of the Perkins Institu- ton for the Blind, claims to have a piano. tuning monopoly around his home town and plenty of business. In a two month period he tuned 80 pianos.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27

vile" and sank one unidentified war; ship with the loss of four planes. (The communique, broadcast by Tokyo radio, said 120 carrier-based planes took part in the raid on Kavieng.)
 (The Japanese radio indirectly acknowledged that the Americans had established beachheads on Cape Gloucester in a broadcast Sun- day, when 1t said Japanese planes the had raided enemy positionsr on the cape).
 Cruisers Join Bombers
 American and Australian cruisers joined Liberator and Mitchell bomb srs in the final phase of terrific air and sea bombardment that completely pulverized Japanes ground defenses on Cape Glouces- ter, paving the way for the llnop- posed landing.
 The air phase actually covered II days, during which Allied bombers dropped 2,500 tons of explosives and fired thousands of rounds of ammu- rition into the area in the heaviest and most sustained air offensive ever mounted against single tar get in the southwest Pacific.
 The last bombs and shells still were falling on Cape Gloucester when the Marine jungle veterans pushed of from the mother ships in scores of blunt-nosed landing craft
 With the occupation of Long Island and Cape Gloucester, the Marines will have completed their domination of the 54-mile wide Vitias Strait and adjoining Dampier Strait, through which the Japanese have been moving supplies and re- Inducements to Rabaul.
 The capture of the Arawe penin- sula, 50 miles southeast of Cape Gloucester, enabled the Allies to sever the route over which Japanese barges formerly moved along the south coast of New Britian to Ra- baud, at the northern tip of the island. while the new landings will cut the northern barge lines.
 Communique
 MacArthur's communique noted that the invasions increased the air threat to Rabauls supply lane and presaged ''our growing com- mand of the Bismarck Sea-"
 The eastern approaches to the Bismarck Sea already were menaced by an American carrier task force whose planes sank a Japanese de- stroyer and three big supply ships in a Christmas day raid on Kavieng, New Ireland, 150 miles northwest of Rabaul.
 Another destroyer and a patrol boat were damaged, three barges were sunk and several small cargo ships and barges were hit. the com munique said. Eight enemy planes were damaged or destroyed.
 A spokesman for Macarthur hinted that the task force might be engaged in further sorties against the enemy. Radio silence since the Kavieng raid, he said. prevented the announcement of any further details or of any subsequent actions in which the task force might have engaged.
 Liberator bombers made prelim- mary attacks on Kavieng before dawn Friday. damaging a Japanese gunboat, and that night Australian Catalidnas set fires in supply dumps
 South Pacific planes carried the offensive to Rabaul itself Friday anc Saturday and shot down Al to 54 enemy fighters which sought to in- torcept the bombing of Vanakanar airdrome. Four Allied planes were lost.
 On New Guinea's Huon peninsula Australian jungle troops captured Wandokai village, 20 miles north west of FinSchafen, and pressed or in pursuit of the disorganized fleeing enemy. Quantities of SUD- plies and equipment were taken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27
LATE REALTY NOTES
Release of MOrtgag

Home Owners Loan Corpora tiOn to Simon, Ray and Alfred KOrkin.
 Catherine M. Donovan to James and Margaret Egan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27

Household used fat salvage was practically unknown in America be- arch, 1042
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27

A tablespoon of used household fat saved daily will produce pound in 31 days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27
Troops Hung Up Stockings Xmas Eve

In the front lines beyond San Pietro, Italy, Dec. 26 - (UP) = It. Col. Edwin Richardson of (25 Spring street), Wet Brook. Me, told a correspondent today that soldiers at his front line post all put up stockings Christ mas Eve-but not for Santa Claus. They wanted to have dry feet Christmas day-"at least to start with," he said.
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La gaceta., 1943-11-25
MANUEL ORIIZ VENCIO
A BENNY GOLDBERG


LOS ANGELES. Nov. 24.-Ma-
nuel Ortiz. lIamado por algunos
IL asesino azteca', todavia lie
va sobre su cabeza Ia corona del
peso bantam.
Venci6 aver 81 mexicano, con
innegable gracia y sin serios apu-
roa, ii zurdo Benny Goldberg.
Ortiz tom6 Ia ofensiva y persi-
gui6 a su contrario por TODD Ell
cuadrilktero. Los jueces, undni-
memente, vOtaron a 81 favor, 10
que era justo.
Fue Ia octave defensa de su
corona en- 81 presente aho y Ell
campe6n puso en- iuego toda Ia
considerable potencia de sus pu-
nos.
Formidable fue Ell ataque al
euerpo y las fuerzas de Goldberg
Sc %agotaron.
En- el onceno, Benny, cansado,
cay6 dentrO del alcance de las
formidables derechas De Ortiz,
que Sc estrellaban en- 81 mandi-
bula.
Recibi6 IN tremendo castigo
en- los asaltos onceno ' duodeci-
lPasa A u Pagina al
La gaceta., 1943-11-25

Mas de $4,000 personals, Sc
.V6n calculo autorizado, Sc con-
.gregar6n hoy en- el terreno de
Phillips, a las 8 de IL tarde, pa-
r. presenciar Il gran batalia
futbolistica anuaI entire los Ie-
.rriers de Ia escuela de aegunda
ensenanza HiIlsborough y les
Panteras de Palma Ceia.
Grupos de estudiantes verifi-
caron anoche demOstraciones y
uno. bastante numeroso, fue vis-
.to en- las principles GALES del
distrito c0mereial y en- los hote-
les.
Graderias adieionales se han
colocado ' este dara oportuni-
dad De sentarse q varios miles
de 'fan6ticOs'.
Los partidarios de les Pante-
.ras ocupar6n este aho 81 Aado
sur y los alumnos de Plant y
Jefferson tomarfn asiento en- ias
.0raderias colocadas frente 9 ia
aelorieta" En- Is parte SIR.
q coIocarsn los partidarios &C
~ E em "A nnref6n noqte
La gaceta., 1943-11-25
GODOY
PELEARA EN- LOS
ESTADOS UNIDOS

CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov.
24.-Arturo Godoy, el gladiator
chileno del peso complete, boz
xeara en- Estados Unidos dentro
de algunos meses, quizas sema-
mas.
Luis Porto, su director, declare
aver que James Johnston, de New
York, le Ia ofrecido c~ontratar
peleas para Godoy en- New York,
Chicago v Filadelfia.
Al Veil, exdirector del chile
no, tambien le he hecho algunas
ofertas.
La gaceta., 1943-11-25
ESPERAsE QUE PRESENCIEN FL PAR
TIDO MAS DE $4,000 PERSONALS.
Anunciada la Linea de Combate de los Dos
Equipos.-Reina Inusitado Entusiasmo

de Palma Celia solo 4. Cuatr0 &c
los encuentros ~finaiizaron on en
pates.
Ganando 81 elksico Dc 1912, lca
Terriers vencieron d las Panteraa
por primera yea desde 1889.
Una gran im%portancia tendrd
el partido de hoy En- cuanto a t-
tulo de eampe6n en- Is Confegen-
cia de loa Diez Grandes
Las panteras y los Generates
de Lee est6n d ID cabeza Dc los
eqdipos del Estado, no habiendo
sido deErosados todavia. aunque
Plant cuenta con un empate.
Derrosados solo una yez en- p
Conferencia, los Terriers repre-
sentan actualmente una seria
.amenaza en- cuanto Al eampeo-
|nato.
Los honores se otorgan bajo
.el eomplieado sistema Dickinson.
'Los coaches de Is Conferen-
'eia se rsunirkn en- Tampa, e DE.
Is DE- diciembrs, para decidir .
nnfsr perfeneee "a campeonat0
La gaceta., 1943-11-25
TerrierSy PanteraS a las 7. M.

Hillaboroneh ulillzara sssa
linea de combates
Rushing, 1oB hbran.
Lorenzo, 100 ubras
D4az, 2o8 llbras
Patterson, l68 libras
Pullara, fe4 libfas
Aaeulo. leo Hhsas
hitter, lls libras
boyd. 15b lb
Esaatt. ia Ntsas.
Pynn. 1BB lhras
Las panteras ~ asfenaeran
e0n ehtn alineA6ns
Yaaneer. N1a iibFas
CalbaeAth, 100 tbfas
Groves SIS Hbras
nansoek. lsB libfas
Brown, 185 AbFas
Kl0sterman. 192 ~.
Fisher, 176 hbraa.
Gmacher. 16b iba
Owens, 100 lbras
Wileox, f48 libraa
Lowry, te0 Abras
Belle. 40 libras
La gaceta., 1943-11-25

rama no es 81 lanzador
era, en- cuanto a velOci-
de bOla, hace algunos
iene mas experiencia y
pee mejor a los bateado
pero...
I jOven italiano, sin eEn-
go Ostenta una victoria
re ChaIin.
La gaceta., 1943-11-25

novena del NtrGuAo.
promesa se cumple,
Y. ;nsersocial f~inaliza-
ala Is, antics De les
~ ID tarde.
=:
lido echado De 4 r.
l.eionaI, por dedicarse
eer apuestas. 81 s.. Cox,
de- los Phillies.
=, meses dur6 una in
gaci6n Ordenada por Ell
isicnado Landis.
estaba enterado de-
Ias regIas le prohibian
tar ~. no ha querido
sterse q IN Juicao pu-
.scky Harris batirs las
IS, contentisimo, y dira
|habfa dicho 20 que Cox
una "maIa" personal.
spe Iglesias ceIebra
todos los dfas y
asa las noches hacien-
como pudimos derrotar
uslIar-se ~pregunka
han derrotado McG Saba
! Tanner tres wees CON
sera Ia CORA de CAe-
Caddy, 81 domin-
pOr un fen6meno, CON
a los Cubanos y pro-
q Chalin su segun-
ERIC "contrakiempo" de
rie?
lustino Casares yiene
10 excelentes consoles s
Is. pero FL Centre no
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-06

pitching and pinch hitting for the Red SoX. In
the days of choke hitters, he gripped the bat
way down at the end. He was the first batter
to concentrate on home runs He shot for the
works He instituted something new and sensa-
tional when baseball sadly in need of
tonic - following the Black Sox scandal
Ruth had double swing, looked good strik-
ing out He had perfect rhythm 1t was the pow
or in his wrists at the end of his tremendous
swing that enabled him to upper cut the ball and
belt it for such remarkable distances.
BALLOON ON TOOTHPICKS
The fabulous feats of Ruth fill book Ball
players would be arguing about how far the ball
was hit by him while it was still in flight. He
was the only batter visiting players would watch
in practise. I'll never forget the two little Waners
watching Ruth and the late Lou Gehrig in bat
-pfaetise-in ,27.-Theif- eyes popped out of
their heads as the two giants who seemed like
men from another world popped one ball after
another into and the right field stand
-Thefe-was- the World Series game with the
Cubs in Chicago in 80 when Ruth pointed to the
left field stand. and hit the next pitch into it -
smack dab. He was so good he could call his
shots.
Ruth was slender kid when he first came up,
stood six feet two and weighed 2l5 pounds at his
peak In later years he blew up until he looked
like balloon on toothpcks.
Ruth had devouring appetite. Had he been
sawed in two on any given playing day half Of
Stevens concessions would have been found in
side him.
He is inherently bright, an excellent bridge
player and golfer.
He remembered few names called every
body Kid
Here's the S64 question which keeps buns in
saloons up half the night: Who played right field
for the Yankees before Babe RUTH
Sammy Wick is the answer, but nobody be-
lieVes it.
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Ruth never made bad play, such as throw
ing to the wrong base. He wasn't long throWer
like Long Bob MeuSl. but was remarkably ac-~
eurate a left-handed Joe Dfhfaggio lit that re-
spect. He never played the sun field, yet the only
work of fiction suggested by his amazing career
was fritten by the late Haywood Broun and call
ed, The Sun Field.
In his younger days Ruth was crafty base
runner and an accomplished slider
STILL MOST POPULAR FIGURE
Ruth &as basebalEs most glamorous figure.
He was the games highest salaried performer
$50 900, $50 600, $40 000 $50 900 in 80 and 81,
$4,000, $50 600 S35 900.
Even at 900 he was grossly underpaid,
for he was the biggest bucks office magnet in the
annals of the sport. Only last summer at the age
of AZ, he packed Yankee Stadium with 10000
admirers and hit home run off Walter
Johnson! He remains the most popular man who
ever played He was also baseballs heaviest-fined
bad boy and, time marched on, its forgotten
man.
Ruth became home run specialist while
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-06
Detroit Seeks
Third vi(fory
on Wednesday
Fourth Come
Will be Played
Thursday Night

BOSTON, April 6 - (P) -
Detroit's high-flying Red Wings
were soaring for Boston today,
determined to do what the Bru-
ms did TO them two years ago,
win the Stanley Cup, emble-
matte of the worlds hockey
championship, in four straight
games.
Accompanying them were the
twice-beaten Bruins, who have
high hopes of prolonging the
best-of-seven title series by win
ming at least one of the two
games that will be played in
Boston tomorrow and Thursday
nights.
The Red Wings will be re-
enforced by Connie Brown and
Joe Fischer, a pair of forwards
called up from their Indianapo-
lis American League farm team,
and the return of Defenseman
Alex Motter, who has been out
with injuries.
With at least two more games
to go, Sid Abel, the Detroit for
ward and captain, appears as
sured of setting new National
Hockey League playoff scoring
record. He now has a total Of ID
points, only one less than the
record set by Boston's Bill Cow
ley two seasons ago. Carl Lis
combe, another Detroit stand
out, is running only two points
behind Cowley's mark.
Despite their lack OF success
in their two starts on Detroit
ice, the Bruins, strengthened by
the return of Defenseman Jack
Crawford, have high hopes OF
squaring the series before their
home town supporters. T h e
Bruins are detected, however,
by the casualties Of Sunday
nights bruising 4-3 setback. dur
ing which Goalie frankie Brim.
SEX suffered bruised chest,
Center Murph Chamberlain
shoulder injury and Winger
Yank Boyd damaged knee.
Manager Jack Adams plan
ned to give the Red Wings a
workout shortly after their ar
rival but Art Ross of the Bru-
ms. notified his home office that
he would rest his players until
tomorrOW's gamc-time.
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Montgomery
Set for Jack

PHILADELPHIA, April 6 -
(PJ--- Bob Montgomery is ready
for his lightweight title bout in
New York next month with
Beau Jack.
The Philadelphia Negro. long
regarded as leading light
weight contender, demonstrated
he is fit with an impressive
four round Knockout over RU=
man Alvarez, of New York, last
night at the Arena.
A Earring left hook thrown
at close quarters set-up the
knockout. Alvarez apparently
was stunned. For a second he
lowered his guard. That was all
Montgomery needed.
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Big Mibs
TournlneyField
is Expected

Judging by the number of
boys playing marbles these days
at school and at vacant play
fields, the game remains one of
the most opular pastimes
among youths.
Consequently, a large field is
expected to compete this month
in the annual city marbles tour
nament being sponsored by the
Monitor Leader in conjunction
with the Department of Recre-
alton.
The tournament is scheduled
to get underway on Wednesday,
April 81. That date isn't very
far off, and boys who want to
compete in the meet are urged
to file their entry blanks at the
Monitor-Leader building as soon
as possible. No entries will be
accepted after 6 p. m. on Mon
day, April 10.
An entry blank is published
elsewhere in today's Monitor
Leader. Contestants should fill
it out and either mail or bring
it to the editorial office of this
newspaper before the deadline
on April 10.
The tournament is divided
into two sections. The junior
section is for boys II years of
age and under; the senior Sec
ton for boys IL to Is inclusive.
The champion of each division
will be awarded an appropri-
ately engraved trophy by the
M. l.. Green and Son jewelry
store, which has made similar
presentations in previous tour
naments.
All matches Of the tourna-
ment will be conducted in the
rear of Mount Clemens High
School, starting each afternoon
at 4 p. m. Whether the meet
will last two or three days will
be determined by the number Of
entries received.