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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-22
PRESS4M MILES
CLOSER TONEW
GERMAN Lines

Allied Headquarters, AIglers, Oct.
g2 - (U.P.) - American shock
troops pressing four miles closer TO
the new German defense line
athwart the road to Rome have
captured by storm the transport
towns OF PiedmOnte D'Allfe ana
AIife IN the heights east Of vOltur-
no ana held them against stiff Ger.
man counter attacks, II was am
nOunced today.
Hard pressed German forces.
striking back vlclously TO gain time
for digging in on the MassicO line,
also failed out ut the British hold
ing CancelIO, on the VOIturnO river
six miles from It's mouth. They
were beaten Of.
The banking and ilIling along the
line added up TO o German delay
ing action impeding the Fifth Army
in places but falling TO hold up the
United States thrust TO within II
miles Of venafrO, eastern anchor Of
the new enemy positions.
For the second straight day the
Northwest African Air Forces yes
terday splattered bombs and bullets
over the German positions behind
the fighting front in italy and
struck across the Adriatic to at
tack key communications targets ct
Skoplje, Jugoslavia.
The revived aerial campaign from
recently established bases In Italy
was eoordinated with the massing
Of men and machines above the
Volturno for q full-scale assault on
the German line.
The only specific land gain Of the
day On the 9l-mile italian front was
the American squirt north OF Ora
gone which won Piedmonte D'Alife
and Allie, neighboring highway and
railroad towns 10 miles northeast
OF Capua.
The heaviest German counter
blow fell on Allie, key Junction on
the only road leading to Venafro.
It was struck by infantry and ar
tillery without the support Of
armor, since the rugged wooded
ridges in that area prevent the use
Of tanks.
The right wing Of the Fifth Army
was Get for the counter thrust, and
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New Dam Is
First Link

Franklin, N. H., Oct. 22-(UP)-
Dedication of the Franklin Falls
dam today marked completion Of
the first link in q chain Of food
control reservoirs for the Merrt-
mack river basin authorized by the
flood control act Of 1885.
Heading the list Of public on
cials and Army representatives at
the ceremonies were Gov, Robert
o. Blood of New Hampshire, U. s.
Senators Styles Bridges. r., N. H.,
and Charles w. Tobey. r., N. H.,
and Col. George w. Gillette. New
England division engineer, who
opened the eight gates Of the dam,
Lieut.. Col. Bruce ID. Rindlaub
Boston district engineer, accepted
q nag for the corps of engineers
from Coleman Bros. Corp. Of Bos-
ton, builders Of the dam.
Construction was begun Novenl-
Der II, 1899, and the project COM
pleted and accepted October 2 Of
this year. Estimated cost was
81. 783. 900.
shortly after the disastrous food
Of 1898, Congress passed the food
s0ntrol act authorizing extensive
control projects under the SUPER
&sion OF the corps Of engineers
Main purpose Of the dam Is 70 con-
troll the now Of water rather than
20 store Il. II foods come, water
viii be impounded In the reservoir
and allowed 10 pass through the
outlet conduits 81 q rate which
win not cause floods farther down
ehs AgegFilnaek basin.
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Government Holds Line On
Deficit Despite Spending

washington. Oct. % - CU.P) -
Official figures showed today that
the government Is holding the line
on the treasury deficit despite
spending at a rate never before re-
corded.
In the ll3 days since this fiscal
year began on July !, i943, the gov
eminent has spent s27.049 000. 900
which Is approximately 10000, Co.,
900 more than was spent In the
peak fiscal year Of World War l.
1919.
Expenditures so far this year are
about $1,000. 900, 900 IN excess Of
what the government spent In the
first rs days Of the last fiscal year.
But despite the enormous acceler-
alton OF spending, the treasury net
deficit 90 far In this fiscal year "a
actually oi00,000. 900 less than for
the corresponding period last year.
The fgares are ol6. eli. 600 900 and
ei6. Sea. 900 0000. respectively. This Is
accounted for by the fact that the
ieaa seyenus Get 4 raising more
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Witness Aids
De Morigny

Nassau, Bahamas, Oct. 22.-(UP)
"A Nassau prison doctor said today
that his examination Of Alfred De
Marigny revealed no trace Of burns
on the handsome counts hands
which the prosecution had charged
definitely established him as the as
sassin who dubbed to death Sir
Harry Cakes, his millionaire father
in-law, and set fire to the body.
DR.. Leonard Catespy Higgins said
under questioning by defense At
torney Godfrey w. Higgs that al
though he did not examine the
prisoner with microscope he would
have been able to detect the burns
had they been as severe as the
prosecution alleges.
Crown Prosecutor A. F. Adderley
In his opening speech to the jury
said that microscopic examination
Of DeMarigny by police the day after
the July murder showed singed
hairs in the beard the count affected
at the time. He said minute burns
also were found on his hands and
arms.
did you examine the accused for
burns and burned hair in Nassau
prison on July LAP" Higgs asked the
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Prof. Denounces
FDR end VIC

South Hadley, Mass, Oct. az
(UP)-Prof. Gaetano Salvemini OF
Harvard university, anti-Fascist ex-
lie, has bitterly attacked Prime
Minister Winston Churchill and
President Roosevelt for forcing the
italian people to be represented
by men responsible for Italy's mis-
fortune and held in contempt by
everybody"
Speaking at Mount Holyole col
leee last night. he denounced Mar
shall Pietro Badoglio and King VIC
tor Emmanuel Of Italy for ''treach-
cry and perfidy."
1T Count sforza Joins the king
and Badoglio. he will commit moral
suicide" Saivemini asserted.
II the king and his henchmen
had been held as war prisoners,
Salvemini said. q provisional gov
eminent. representative OF tine peo-
pie. would have developed IN q few
months,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-22
MOSCOW MEET
TAKESONNEW
SIGNIFICANCE

London, October 20. - Cup -
The tri-partite conference Of for
eign ministers in Moscow took on
added significance today with the
disclosure that Soviet Premier Josef
Stain has returned from his head
quarters on the eastern front to
meet with the British conferees.
Stain, leaving the front at q criti-
cal hour in Russia's military for
tunes, received British Foreign Sec
rotary Anthony Eden in the Kremlin
yesterday, radio Moscow revealed,
Soviet Foreign Commisar Vyaches-
Law M. Molotov and British ambas-
sador Sir Archibald Clark Kerr also
attended the meeting.
1t was believed certain that a SIM
liar meeting with U. s. Secretary of
State Cordell Hull would follow
shortly, thus giving Stain at least
an indirect role in the conference
which may settle the question Of an
Allied second front in western
Europe.
Hull, Eden and Molotov, together
with their military, economic and
diplomatic aides, held their third
meeting yesterday, comforting on an
undisclosed agenda from 4 until 8
p. m.
A spokesman for the American
delegation said the four-hour meet
ing proceeded smoothly, with the
speed and cordially that has become
customary since the arrival of the
British and American conferees
early this week.
when you're fighting against q
common enemy, there cannot be
room for any disunity," the spokes-
man said.
"a BIC broadcast recorded by
CHS In New York said the confer
ence was expected to last at least
until next weekend, and that no
private discussions were taking
place between Eden and HULL,
Just before the third Session be-
gan, U. s. Ambassador William
Averell Hartman, who has particle
pated In all the meetings, called on
Molotov in the Kremlin to arrange
for the presentation Of his creden-
tials to Soviet President Mikhail I.
Kalinin.
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revenue.
In the 1l3 days since July /, the
treasury has collected $11, 6O7. 00O, 900
from taxpayers compored with only
$4.220. 900. 900 collected in the cor
responding period last year.
Therefore. while the rate Of
spending Is increasing to new highs,
the national debt this year is grow
ing at approximately the same rate
that It grew In the last comparable
fiscal period. But even so 1t is q rec
ord breaker. The nebt now aggre-
gates Sl6e. 81. 000.000 and President
Roosevelt last January asked con-
gress for $4,000 100000 with which 10
pay interest on It In this fiscal year.
That interest charge for q single
year Is almost as much as Il cost
70 operate the entire government
Of the United states IN any one OF
the years from i022 70 1891. Despite
the fact that the deficit line Is be-
Ing held. u was estimated IN Mr.,
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-22
F.D.R. Loshes
PHILIPPINES
Puppet Rule

washington, Oct. 22.-(UP)-
President Roosevelt, denouncing O
"puppet government" set up the
Philippine Islands by Japan, prom
ised again today that "all re-
sources OF the United States" would
be used to drive "the treacherous,
invading japanese from the islands.
Mr.. Roosevelt in o formal state
ment promised that everything
would be done ITO restore Demo-
cratic processes Of government" in
the Philippines.
Calling attention to establishment
Of the puppet government with Jose
r. Laurel, former Philippine supreme
court justice, as president, Mr..
Roosevelt said:
"The first act OF the new puppet
regime was to sign military alli-
ance with Japan. The second act was
q hypocritical appeal for American
sympathy which was made In fraud
and deceit and was designed to con-
fuse and mislead the Philippine peo-
pie"
Mr.. Roosevelt, who recently asked
Congress 10 advance the date Of the
Philippine independence from July
4, lo46, said ne wanted to make 1t
clear that neither the former "col-
lacorationist Philippine executive
commission nor the present Philip
pine Republic has the recognition
or sympathy Of the United States"
mo act Of either body Is now or
evr will be considered lawful or
binding by this government" he
said. "The only Philippine govern
INIT Is that established by the peo-
pie OF the Philippines under the
authorization Of the Congress Of the
United States"
After pointing out that the prin-
cIpal executive offices Of the Philip
pine Commonwealth, including Pres
ident Manuel Quezon, were trans
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Aussies Stem
jap Attacks

Allied Headquarters Southwest
Pacific, Oct. 20 - (U.P0-SeaSoned
Australian troops hurled back re-
peated Japanese attacks In the jun
giles above Finschhafen, New
Guinea, q coinmunique reported to-
day, while Allied airmen raked
enemy shipping and airbases all
along the vast southwest Pacific
battlefront.
Fierce fighting ragged on the Up
per Hujon Peninsula, where two
Japanese columns were aiming at
the Australian defenses around
Satelberg. 10 miles northwest Of
Finschhafen, and on the coast,
three miles north Of the port.
A spokesman at General Douglas
MacArthur's headquarters revealed
that the Japanese, resorting to
every trick Of jungle warfare, had
made some small gains-moStly by
filtering through the Australian
lines under cover Of darkness.
All frontal attacks have been re.
pulsed, however and the Austria
nans were holding fast, he said,
He revealed that the Japanese at
tacks were designed to extricate
their Satelberg forces from an Al
lied trap, rather than the recapture
Of Finschhafen, as earlier reports
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Condemn
nti-Roceisn,

Boston, Oct. 22-(UP)-The Mas
sachusetts Council of Churches has
joined with public officials in con-
demning anti-Semitic outbursts in
the Dorchester and Roxbury dis
tricts.
The council yesterday endorsed
the advisory committee set up by
Gov. Leverett Saltonstall to study
racial problems.
At the same time, Gov. Saltonstall
announced that State Public Safety
Commissioner John F. Stokes had
appointed q full-time detective to
investigate racialism In the Boston
area.
Former Christian Front Leader
Francis p. Moran informed the gev-
ernor that the Front had discontin-
ued its activities. me New York
newspaper PM had charged that
the attacks on Jews were. promoted
by Christian Front hoodlums."
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Wombough's
Program

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 22-(UP)-
The tripartite Moscow conference
now in progress will determine
whether there will be a World War
III, DR.. Sarah Wambaugh, former
U. s. representative IN the League Of
Nations secretariat, said today.
Upon the outcome Of the meeting
Of Secretary Of State Cordell Hull,
Foreign Minister Anthony Eden and
Foreign Commissar Vyascheslaff M.
Molotov depends the future Of collec-
tive security, she said in an inter-
ciew.
A postwar policy of collective Sc
curity, Miss Wambaugh said, Is per-
haps the strongest insurance against
another war.
One Of three experts appointed by
the League Of Nations to draft reg
ulations for the Saar Plebiscite and
later a member of the Saar Plebiscite
Commission, Miss Wambaugh has
spent nearly 40 years studying the
importance Of a program of inter-
national collective security in rela-
ton to world peace.
It Is on this policy, she said, that
Russia's remuneration Of world COM
muniSm and her adoption of either
a liberal or nationalistic postwar
policy hinges.
Unless the United States pledges
to take its full share in postwar
collective security, Russia will adopt
a nationalistic policy" Miss Wam-
baugh said. IF the Allies pledge
cooperate use Of economic and, If
necessary, military force to prevent
aggression, I don't believe Russia
will interfere in the affairs of other
countries fater the war"
RusSia's reported territorial claims
to certain Baltic countries or her
reputed plans to seek a slice Of Po-
land. Finland or China, she said,
would be more limited If Russia
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Print Cut
To'Drives'
IS radiotelephoto from NEA)

Washington, Oct. 22-(UP)-Basil
Brewer, publisher Of the New Bed
ford (MaSs.) Standard Times, said
today that the proposed l6 per cent
cut In newsprlnt consumption, SUI
per-imposed on previous use limita-
tons, win restrict participation by
newspapers In the war effort and
do irreparable harm to the industry.
The proposal was made by Harry
M. Bitner, director Of the War Pro-
duction Boards printing and pub
fishing division, to WPB's news
paper industry advisory committee
at a meeting here Wednesday. He
said there would be a 10 per cent
deficiency In newsprint supplies In
November and December, and warm
ed that further depletion Of inven-
tories would be dangerous"
The advisory group rejected Bit
ner's recommendation and proposed
to WPB that the deficiency be met
through compulsory reduction Of
five days in the inventory ceiling
for all publishers. AS part Of the
effort, the committee said, large
newsprint users would make an even
deeper cut In inventories.
WPB has not yet acted on the
committees recommendations, but
1t followed them In the past when
at the start Of l943 II restricted
allowable use to 80 per cent Of net
paid l941 tonnage, plus three per
cent for wastage. Two additional
cuts Of five per cent each were ord
cred by WPB for the third and
fourth quarters upon recommended
tons Of the advisory group.
Brewer protested in kilograms to
each member Of the House and
Senate, and to officials of the War
Production Board and the War Man
power Commission. If the 10 per
cent cut Is approved, he said that
his newspaper, the only one in the
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LOP OFF NAZI
HELD DN|EPER
RIVER SALIENT

Moscow, Oct. 22-CUP)-Russlan
Troops Topping off the German held
Dnieper bulge raced past the half
way mark southwest Of Dnepr0pe-
trOvsk In the drive across its base
today, carrying the great battle Of
the undermined Naxi river line into
what the Soviet Press called ''mass
murder"
(The British radio quoted o Rus
sian front dispatch as saying the
German positions above KrivM ROg
in the Dnieper bend shave lost all
semblance of line, and the enemy
is fighting hastily improvised ac-
tons from one point to anOther.")
Red army assault forces were
closing against KrivOi Rog within
so miles Of NikOpOl on the south
side of the bulge. Melitopol, gate
way to the Crimea, was in Russian
hands save for Maxi tOehold In the
northern outskirts. On either side
Of Kiev tremendous forces Of tanks.
guns. planes and troops were locked
in mortal combat.
Decisive Showdown
ENuSSldit 4lAlAJdAy ICPOA W ACAb AO
room for doubt that the battle Of
the Dnieper was a decisive show
down. They said the Germans were
fighting with a desperation induced
only by the realization of being on
the brink of a great disaster.
If the Dnieper line won't hold the
Russians, what will?" was the dom
inant complaint Of the few prison.
ers taken in the last two weeks.
All the Russian communicates and
front dispatches reflected the in
dubitable fact that the Germans
were fighting to finish. Mono
tonously they dwelt on such claus
es as "our units destroyed the Rus
sian garrison" giving precise fig
ures in some cases.
At Melitopol, between the Dnie-
per bend and the Sea Of Azov, the
Russians reported that they had
broken 80 German counters alta ci1s
and cleared the heart of the city.
The Nazis were at bay in O rev
streets on the outskirts, where so
Wet storm units tempered in. the
furnace Of Stalingrad were chop
ping them down in hand to hand
combat with bayonets and short
handled trench spades.
Eyewitness accounts said the bat
tie of Melitopol was one OF the
ghastliest ever fought, in some re-
spects surprising Stalingrad for
sheer savagery.
Important Angle
| erd.a n4r,,n0Ia ~ tho l0u,ay Y19ainY1f :
was swinging fast toward becoming
the fight for the Crimea as the last
German positions guarding the ap-
proaches to the Black Sea peninsula
tottered.
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Hyannis. Mass. Oct. 22-(uP)-
Though burdened with boots and
ollskins. Maurice phlnney, Jr.. Hy-
annis fisherman, swan 900 yards
70 shore against q strong tidal cur
rent yesterday after falling over
beard from his boat
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Question Is, Who's
Face Was The
Reddest?

Boston, Oct. 22.--(UP)-Brit-
ish seaman Thomas Hathaway
met Canadian seaman william
Ellis at che greater Boston USO
Club.
Taking q photograph from his
pocket, Hathaway asked his new
acquaintance:
ever run across this girl In
Montreal?"
"What IN blazes are you doing
with o picture Of my wife?"
snapped Ellis, angrily, as he
took Q duplicate photograph
from his own pocket.
II developed that seaman
Hathaway had met his new
brother.in. law for the first
time.
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The Weather


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Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
U. s. Must Keep
Pacific Control,
aysFrank Knox
Japan Must Be Kept
Disarmed for Long
Time, Committee Told

WASHINGTON, F e b. 9.
(UP)-Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox declared today
that the United States must
maintain control of the Pa
cific Ocean after the war and have
the necessary air and naval bases
to keep Japan disarmed for
long time to come"
He told the house foreign COM
mittee that the lend-lease program
will aid this country materially in
obtaining such bases throughout
the Pacific area. He added that
he would favor beginning negotia-
tions toward this end "at once
I'VE are not avid for more ter
ritory. but we will be wise to insist
on complete control of sufficient
number of bases in the Pacific to
prevent another war of aggression
in the future" Knox told the COM
mittee which is considering exten-
sion of the lend-lease act after
the June 80 expiration date.
Knox said that the psychological
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
Border Citizens
Unanimous In
CavaIcade Plans

CALEXICO, Feb. 9.-Cal-
exicans unanimously decided
Monday night to go ahead
with the great international
cavalcade parade and enter
tainment this spring in spite of the
war preventing presentation of the
historical pageant.
Leslie Dove. president of the In
ternational Cavalcade of Imperial
Valley association, was asked to ap-
point committees to make arrange
mentS for the international phases
of the event and confer with Amer
ican and Mexican government Off
cials as to details of the celebra-
ton.
If there is nothing to prevent,
the Cavalcade parade, dances, and
entertainments will take place on
March l3. This date may be chang
ed later, however, Dove said.
I'VE once again ask the cooper
alton and help of all residents of
Imperial and MeXicali Valleys in
making the annual Cavalcade cell
ebration a success" Dove said. I'VE
believe that the Cavalcade is too
valuable community effort to be
lost. We must keep it alive even
during the war so that we MAJ
be able to present the entire en-
tcrtainmcnt after the wal.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
Allotment for FIR
Special Board Cut
Off by Rep. Group
Resources Planning
Commission Out in
Cold Without Penny

WASHINGTON, Feb 9.-CUP)-
The House appropriations commit
tee, approving a $2,621 104.379 ap-
preparations bill for independent
offices for the fiscal year 1914. to-
Gay cut off without a penny Presi-
dent Roosevelts national resources
planning board which has been
making postwar studies.
Nowhere in the report was the
resources planning board mention
ed. except in a table showing the
Presidents request for 81 100000 for
it for the year beginning next July
The committee recommended moth
ing. Congress appropriated STA
49'2 for the board in 1943.
SECOND BILL
The independent offices bill was
reported to the House after the
committee had cut only S6448.206
from the amount requested by Mr..
Roosevelt for his executive office
and for other independent agencies.
1t was the second appropriations
bill to como before this Congress
and both represented insignificant
reductions under budget estimates.
The first bill-for the Treasury
and Post Office departmcnts-was
cut only $l0,843,5l0 by the commit
tee.
In its report on the independent
offices bill today, the committee
estimated that 90 per cent of the
total would be for war purposes.
More than half of the total
81 .289. .780, ,OOO-is for the Maritime
Commission (which is engaged in
an all-out war effort" The COM
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