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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-28
Take Biggest Air Base
 Tn Southern Italy
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tight miles northwest to Melfi, southwesterly to Muro. climbing northwest agian to Castelnuovo, eight miles west of Leoni, nine miles 1amost due west to Cassano lS southwest to san Cipriano nine west to rrgiato, and four west to point below Nocera. It is about 160 miles along.
 Battle For FOggia
 The battle for Foggia was fought Monday afternoon when Eighth Army Mobile Forces sped ahead of the main body and entered the town, apparently taking the Nazis by sur prise. After considerable casual. ties were inflicted on the enemy" in the words of colnmunique, the town was in British hands by 3 Q. m.
 Terse announcements of land, air and sea activity yesterday revealed that the bitterest struggle in the battle of Italy ragged unabated in the rocky ramparts above Salerno, where Lieutenant General Mark
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plants, and three railroad marshall ling yards capable of handling 2.l00 cars @ day.
 sth Major Attack
 Last nights raids marked the eighth major attack staged by the RAF in September and unofficial estimates indicated that a total of about 12,O00 tons of bombs were dropped on enemy targets in those operations. Even with two bombing nights remaining, 1t was not con- sidered likely that the RAF would approach its August record of 1e,000 tons.
 The falling on apparently re- suited principally from adverse weather over the continent through out most of this month but it also was believed possible that the bonn Der command might have been building up strength early in Sep tember after fairly heavy losses to- ward the end of last month.
 GA German communique broad cast by Berlin said 56 Alled planes, most of them four-motored bom- mers, had been shot down in raids over Germany and western Europe yesterday and last night).
 It was revealed that fighter planes which accompanied Flying Fort resses ntheir battering attacks on Emden yesterday were equipped with special gas tanks.
 The fighters flew more than 800 miles as escorts, going with the bonn bers to the target and flying along side them until they were out of German fighter range.
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PIon Post .WorVet Aid
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supply and construction work to be veterans; pension entitlement to widows and orphans, regardless of service connected disabilities; pen- sion entitlement to veterans "who are unemployable, unable to obtain employment, or 10 per cent or more disabled; increased pension allow ance of 20 per cent for those who served in combat zones and contin- uation of the veterans adrninistra- ton as an independent federal agengy with exclusive jurisdiction over the returned soldiers.
 The latter point was believed di- rected against reported move in Washington to give the social secur- ity board control of veterans well fare machinery.
 Before presenting the program, Merrill declared that on recent trips to the Pacific and Mediterranean war theaters he had found that American soldiers were convinced that "Nadsm and Fascism will never be destroyed by the simple process of hanging the leaders of Germany and Japan"
 Mrs. Marie c. Dewitt, of St. Paul, Minn., VFW Auxiliary President, predicted that American women will no "succumb to our sentimental emotions" when peace terms are dis cussed and the enemy pleads flor sympathy and understandings"
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Flee Under Rain Of
 Shells; Many Drown
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the White Russian strongholds of Vitebsk, Mogilev and Gomel.
 Chaotic Retreat
 The German retreat into White Russia bordered on chaos following the loss of their main central front bastion, Smolensk. The Soviet high command said the Germans were throwing down their arms and abandoning ammunition and war material in theetaoinshrdlcmfw0- material in their retreat toward Mogilev.
 The Russian advance was over- taking big patches of Soviet civil ians being driven by the Germans toward the reich for slave labor. In one area alone, 25,000 Russian civ- ilians were freed from the Ger mans.
 Among towns recaptured were Nosovichi, 13 miles southeast of Mogilev, Yanovichi. 19 miles I1orth- east of Vitebsk, and Katyn, IS miles west of Smolensk. It was at Katyn that the Germans claimed to have discovered the bodies of thousands of Polish soldiers whom they claimed had been slain by the Rus- sianS.
 The German force holding a bridgehead in the northwest Cau. casus was squeezed onto the narrow Taman peninsula following the cap- ture of the Sea of Aziv escape port of Temryuk and faced destruction or escape across Kerchensik strait to the Crimea under 6 rain of Sov- jet bombs and bullets.
 Russian forces racing westward along the north coast of the Sea of Azov already were threatening to cut the Perekop peninsula, trapping the German garrison in the Crimea.
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NkVAAeAAuSA AAVAAA E08O AS
 
 to cut down consumption, since the entire rationing program de- signed as a flexible system to enc courage use of plentiful commodi- ties by low point values and dis- courage sales of scarce items with high values.
 In addition to the reduced pro- duction, the OpA said consumption of butter near producing areas has continued heavy, with serious short ages in many localities.
 Farm butter, or homemade btt- ter, which amounts to a very small percentage of butter sales, was in- creased from six to 10 points, but the OPA said this reflects the nor- maj decline in production ct this time of the year.
 Reductions
 Reductions in values of canned beans and corn are more signifi- cant than increases in canned fruits, the OPA said, because beans and corn are two of the "big four" of canned foods which also include peas and tomatoes.
 "The reductions were made pose sible as a direct result of the gov- ernment's appeal to farmers and gardeners to grow more beans and corn," OPA said. "The new crops of both are large and are filling an important civilian food needs.
 Removal of dried peas and lentils from rationing was a result of tho largest crop on record this year.. The dried bean crop is also the larg- est on record, OPA said, permitting continuance of the present low point value of two points per pound.
 Sharp Advances
 Sharp advances of eight to Il points in five canned fruits reflect both shortages of supply and mili- tary needs, and ration points have been increased to spread civilian supplies over Q longer period, OPA said.
 A single change in the ration cost of fruit juices-a boost of three points for grape juice-was said to be due to diversion of a large part of grape production into jams, jellies and preserves.
 Meat values will remain essen- tially unchanged, with the excep- ton of one to two-point increases for eight pork cuts due to much larger government requirements dur- ing October.
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w. Clark's Fifth Army was struggling to blast a gap to the flatland before Naples.
 American warships maintained patrols in the waters of southwest Italy near the battle zone, guard ing Allied shipping pouring in sup- plies and achievements and stand ing by to support the land fighting with their gunflre.
 The headquarters communique on the land fighting, indicating that the crisis in the crucial battle below Naples was not yet at hand, said:
 "The Eighth Army advance con-. tinues north of the Olfanto River Foggia has been captured, with con- siderable casualties inflicted upon the enemy. The Fifth Army ad- vanced and captured limited objec- tives."
 It was only a day earlier that Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's men had burst across the Olfanto River and were marching across the Fog gia plain 9 miles from the town itself.
 The capture of Foggia gave the Allies a rail, highway and air base of strategic and tactical importance. to the Gerbini chain in east-central Sicily, which commanded the bat tie zones around Catania and most of northeastern Sicily.
 Satellite Ring
 Two miles from Foggia proper, which is 30 miles across southern Italy from Naples, the Gino-Lisa drome is ringed by satellites vary ing in size from landing strips 100 yards wide by 1000 yards long to imposing bases.
 From Foggia railroads and high ways raditae in every direction. The collapse of German resistance there raised long range threat to the eastern wing of the Naples defenses, cutting their communications and easing the task of the Fifth Army units already pushing up directly east of Naples.
 Fighters and fighter bombers of the northwest African air force join- ed in the battle yesterday, although impeded by bad weather which kept the heavy and medium bombers aground.
 The airmen strafed train and troop concentrations in the battle zone and attacked the Viterbo air. drome, 40 miles north of Rome, and installations in the area of Lake Bracciano 18 miles northwest of Rome. No planes were lost, and one German craft was destroyed.
 The French campaign in Corsica appeared to be nearing a victorious conclusion. The Germans, evidently putting up little more than token defense of the island, were falling back on the extreme northeastern fingertip of Corsica with no indica- tions that a stand was contemplated.
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of an extension card attached to & light socket.
 The medical-examiner said his investigation convinced him that the infant was not mentally nor nal.
 This point was substantiated by Lr. George P. Hunt, Pittsfield pe- diatrician, who disclosed that about month ago the infant was sent to the childrens hospital at Bos- ton for observation and was found to be of an imbecilic type.
 Baby Lawrence's death was the third tragedy in the Noxon family. The infants paternal grandfather, a former Berkshire county district attorney, lost both legs in trolley accident about 20 years ago. The victims father, who was gasscd during World War I, contracted in- fantile paralysis in 1918 and now walks with the aid of two canes
 MT. and Mrs. Noxon were mar ried at Boykin, S. O., May 25, 1925. They have another son, 15- year old John F. Noxon III, who is attending the fashionable Kent school in Connecticut.
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charge that the defendant "did assault and beat with intent to murder one Lawrence Noxon," his 6-month- old son. The charge was based on the police contention that Noxon wrapped a live wire around the baby's arm and elec- trocuted him.
 Almost before Taft had uttered the final word of the charge, Noxon in a deep voice pleaded:
 Not guilty"
 Noxon's attractive wife did not appear in court.
 The continuance was granted on request of defense counsel, Walter Donovan. who was aided by NoXon's law partner, Michael Eisner. It was understood that on Friday Judge Hubbard would conduct a hearing on the question of finding probable cause to hold Noxon for the Berkshire county grand jury.
 Noxon was brought to court in a patrol wagon from the county jail where he had spent the night, During the 20-minute proceedings he sat in the prisoners section be- side 6 man accused of drunken driving. Several times he held whispered conferences with his counsel. The rest of the time he stared straight ahead.
 Innocent Plea
 After the arraignment Noxon was returned to jail.
 T am innocent of this charge Noxon had been quoted earlier as having told his weeping wife at the jail.
 Tt is all terrible mistake" said the attractive Mrs. Noxon.
 Nothing in recent years has caused such Q sensation in Berk- shirO county as did the accusation that Noxon put his six-month-old son, Lawrence, to death in an im- provised electric chair and then tried to pass it off as an accident.
 Details of the alleged execution were vague because both the police and Uist.-Atty. Charles R. Alberti declined to discuss their four-day investigation that eliminated in bkAS 8AkSbv OA NOAOh All AAAo AOWA- town law office yesterday.
 However, Medical-Examiner AL bert c. England disclosed that the baby sustained third-dcgree burns on the left arm near the elbow. These, he said apparently resulted when an electric wire was wrapped unprotected, around the arms and attached to a 110-volt light socket. A perfect ground was created when the infants wet diapers came in contact with the silver tray on which the baby rested.
 Killed in Chair
 Authorities said there was evi- dence that when the infant met death he was seated in chair in the living room of the Noxon's $45,- 900 home, with his head resting against Q pillow.
 Shortly before arresting the father, police seized a radio which Noxon claimed to have been repair ing when his little son was "ac- cidentally" electrocuted. The fath- ers contention was that the baby died when he contacted the end
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-28
ABELS DELEGATES
 TO CHICAGO MEET

Naugatuck, Sept. 2s - MF. and Mrs. Warren D. Abel returned Sun day night from weeks stay In Chicago. Mir. Abel was sent as re- pFesentative Of the Grand Eneamp- ment to the iioth annual session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of odd Follows which was held 10 the MeF- Fis0n Hotel. This is the internatl0n- aI governing body of the !. Q. o, Y. The next annual session will he held Co Toronto Co Sept. ietl,
 Mrs. Abel was appointed as peT- aonal representative of the preGis dent Of the Connecticut Department Association Ladies AuxillaFieg at the annual session 0f Ladies Auxiliary ol paiTiareha Militant. I. O, Q. VI Wflfh e f1a uniformed hFanch of |Ne 4fE.
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in Massachusetts.
 Calvary Revived
 Ezekiel explained that the idea of reviving calvary along modern lines for mountain fighting origin ated during the Sicilian campaign when the Allied troops ran into tough going on the San Stefano sector.
 Since then" he said, 'The idea has been developed by the Fifth Army after running into the inland mountains around Salerno.
 We find we can wipe out enemy groups with hand grenades from horseback better than on foot. It gives us added elevation, or what ever you call it."
 They said several calvary groups already have been used with good effect to knock out German artil- lery supplements on mountain heights that are inaccessible to al- most anything but horses.
 The two troopers told me one of their top calvarymen was Sgt. Mac Mckee, a one-time rodeo star from Texas, but neither could remember his home town.
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Nozis Win
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while King Peters own commander and war minister, Gen. Draja Mix hailovitch, has hoarded his strength pending the actual invasion.
 Another Balkan monarch, King George of Greece. already is in the middle east awaiting the liberation of his country and Peters departure might imply that Allied plans for the Balkans are reaching an ad- vanced stage.
 British forces on the east coast of Italy are only I2S miles across the Adriatic from Jugosiavia and only 30 miles across the Straits of OtFanto from Albania.
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7s. MAKES BOMB CHuTEs

West Brookfield. Mass. (UP) = War worker Frank Burfitt, T5, a veteran of Chinese" Gordon's Maltese and Egyptian campaigns in 1885, is putting plenty of ght into this war by manufacturing para chutes for bombs.
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Hanover Is Shattered By Big R. A. F. Raid
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raid struck at Q weak point in the German industrial rachine-a report rubber shortage.
 Hanover houses one of the larg- est synthetic rubber plants on the continent, in addition to giant oil refinery, scores of smaller industrial
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SMITH ADDRESSES
 WELFARE WORKERS

Herbert Smith, YMCA secretary, spoke on good leadership at the staff meeting of the Pearl Street Neighborhood House last night.
 Members of the staff are Mrs. M, H. Ward, acting director, Mrs. Rosa Welles, Miss Ruth Jones, George Ward, Alexander Graves, Charles Williams and Mrs. Viola Jones Hatcher.
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and fire bombs on the Japanese bases at HansA Bay. more than 200 miles above Eingchhafen, and Wes wax, another 100 miles to the n0gth- west. Three of % intereeptlng enemy planes were shot down over WeWak and bomb hits were scored on six other plnaes caught aground there. Al of the raiders returned to their base.
 MaeAFthufh eognnuniaue reported only minor aerial activity over the Solomon xalands hnfflefront COG miles to the east, including an enemy Faid an VeIia kAV0lla ksland that naiined some eaalinIilea and oalls naea a small Allied vessel,
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$6O a share, or a total og $3O.OOO. Instead, he said, he was offered 800 shares of Western Union class. B stock.
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Finschhofen Still Resists

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SocioIite In Murder Case

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No Big Blow Until 1944

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-04-10
Thunder on the Social Front
By The Little Corporal

Arlene Burton returned TO her studies at Oivet col
lege last week after pleasant fortnight with her family
Her sister Sharon enrolled al Wayne L. IN premedlc
course-braye child
In spite Of ratonng there has been plenty of travel
ing to and Detroit Susie Smith and her father are
spending week in Oklahoma vsng~her soldier brother
who is stationed there Mrs James Hogan of Mansfield,
I. Ohio and Mrs s. Giles. OF Columbus, Ohio were the
guests last week of Mrs Raymond Maynard of Scotch
Miss Harriet Barrier has returned from trip TO
New York where she visited sick relatives Attorney
Lloyd LOOMS went to NlC ast weekend and while there
he will pay his WRIT TO his brother and family Also to
New York last week went Everett Watson, Grady jack
and Reuben Ray
The purchase certificates which the Detroit Study
club awarded last week BY Ruth Mcintosh.
William Boone and Eleanor Smith
Be sure read the additional social news on page
Of this issue.
The sick list this week includes Claude Cooper
Friends Of Mrs Lula Owens are glad 70 see her out again
lions Of Joining the Tribunes Victory Garden Contest
You say you have already? OF course!
And we're sure you enjoy the guest columns written
this week BY Edee Webster and 1t Helen Cox Also read
news of the Detroit Housewives league in the Tribune
which feature is edited by Mr.. Helen Maloy And be
read that column which is again appearing in the
Tribune entitled These Are They
Ralph Hudson who made Aurelia Walton his bride
a few weeks ago, gives Fort Custer as his address
Aurea visited him at Custer this past weekend
joseph Garner Of ST. Louis Mo- spent pleasant ten
days in town and left for home Monday He the
guest OF E Henry Ward. Among the old friends with
whom he reaniored Dr. and Mrs J W. Edwards and
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Brown. Sanders Mason also of St.
Louis welkown salesman for national cosmetic prod
uct also visitor Detroit during the past several
days He returned 70 s. Louis Tuesday evening
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irans 'haf as young man. be-
Gore be vas even priest. the
ssigre iement had faihered a
rk-sAlnned child. Immediately
sent Mr. pra',is for publication a
courteous commentary on his evil
tsrce After almost week with
~ reply, the Detroit NAACP
nsd Nr Prat'ls. requesting that
ne interest OF justice Father
Csogsns cri'iQue be published
a'tsr another week Of silence
came 4 curt reminder that the
NAAcp spokesman has no con-
rer'.on with he Courier and a
-esassl frm Mr Prati!s 70 pub
Esh me fscts
N professor q sociology
e hpen defending the rights
IS, he colored these many years
nor now believe 'kai The
ate s Interested only in receiv'
re r.fs no, in giving H. ever
ires ~ i's own women. Col
rrs men 40 not thus treat 'heii
'n end the char,h Of whose
ste effc-,s heir historian, Dr.
Cs"e Noodsor has had such
lan'e 'e'hs 70 toll The coloret
a-o ofr.sod n "Scottshoro JUS
wee always and everywhere Mr.
rre',is Vrtes ne We certainly
itrk RI less - popes and king
fr slse trey had concuhlres.
11s s no. your attitude yol
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-04-10
Have You Heard?

That Marjorie Carter has gained all of twenty pounds
in the past ten months and wears them beautifully?
That John C. Dancy has returned from two weeks
vacation along the Atlantic seaboard?
In Washington. he the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Buster Hopkins The Hopkins by the way expecting
John Oliver Hopkins the 3rd, in the early summer. In
Durham, Mr. Dancy the guest Of his old friends the
Merricks Detroters will remember their two pretty
daughters who visited here several years ago. Vivian
Merrick is now Mrs James Samson and she too, expects
the stork soon Her charming sister Constance the fl
ridge field
That the AL Lovings, nee Mary Helen Green, are in
Participating?
That the little daughter who born to the Bill
Loving few weeks is the second girl born in the en-
tire Loving family and there is quite clan in yseven
years? You can imagine how important she must be!
That Evelyn and Eugene Beatty. of Ypsianti, expect
the ork soon? And that Roy and joyce White do also?
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-04-10
SEVEN STARS TO APPEAR
ON ST. JOHNS PROGRAM

Seven of Detrolt's leading con-
cert singing groups are being pre-
scented In a grand musical festival,
nj NJ. Johns Presbyterian church.
corner Of Jos. Campau and Clln.
ton street, on Friday, April 16,
at s:l5 pm.
This unique concert Is under
the auspices OF the senior choir
CT the church and bids fair Ia
come up to. or even surpass, their
previous annual musicales. The
sponsors are sparlng no efforts Il
make this the outstanding event
III the season.
Selections will he sung by such
fine groups as the Maddox Sing
ers. the Jubal Choral society, tho
Marian Anderson Singers. the
Three Trebles. the Sellka Singers
the Great Lakes Singers. the c.
lestlal ChorIsters and others. nj
OF whom have been well trained
by competent directors.
The public Is invited 10 come
and spend an enjoyable evening.
General admission S5c; pa
irons soc.
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comhinedland the guests came laedn
with pretty gifts for Jeanette.
The hostesses were two Of
Jcanetta's very good friends. Ruth
Watkins and Evelyn Monjoy. and
the affair was held at the home
Ct the former on Hague avenue
The hostesses served cocktails and
ccnapes throughout the evening
and pokeno games provided their
guests with entertainment The
honoree must not only have been
in love. but lucky also. and the
charm stayed with her all eve
ming. and won for her the first
rrize. some flower bath soaps
Bobbye Mcclure was the last
one 10 make even single score
az pokenu and so her BOBBY prize
was set OF paper towels in
scribed with 81 Loo like towel,
feel like towel. must be a
towel"
The most exciting part Of the
evening came when Jeanette. who
IS bride % only three weeks.
opened her shower gifts There
was the most luscious eggshell
satin and lacy gown from Anne
Gomez. who was unable 10 at
tend. and another one az blue
/ satin and lace. plus 2 tailored
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yellow satin one. Jessie Slaton
rave her one Of those very new
ard very smart suit slips white
lace camisole top and black skirt.
The Elliottorian Business girls
gave their departing member a
leather picture holder. Betty
Swans gift was pair OF long
white kid gloves. while Bohbye
Mcclure gave her an exquisite
pearl pin shaped like V. And
there was more lingerie. hankies
and cologne.
other guests present were Van
tella Lane. Hertha Priest, Betty
Cathcart GLADYS Mills. 1t Helen
Cox. Audrey Morris. Rosa Gragg
and Maxine Broyles. who assisted
tho hostesscs.
Jeanette wore a red corduroy
suit TO the party with flowers
in her upswcer She left Saturday
10 spend a week in Brooklyn as
the guest OF her husbands par.
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Jas Brown
Sgt. Brown Is stationed at Fl.
Dix. y Jeanette will report for
duty Monday in Washington as
the executive secretary OF the
National Association OF Colored
Women's clubs.