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Evening star., 1943-11-27
The Week in ReIioion
BY RELIGIOUS News Service

over the Danish radio. In a reply,
forwarded through the Danish For
eign Once, Bishop Fugsang-Dam-
gard, who has been reported under
house arrest since last September
threatened that if religious broad
casts were censored and Sunday
services kept off the air. every pulpit
in Denmark would inform the peo-
pie of the real facts Several days
later the Danish primate received a
letter of apology in which the Nazi
authorities professed to have been
misled by an inaccurate translation
of the broadcast.
Evening star., 1943-11-27

but recently (ac-
cording to press
dispatches) it
has been broad
ened. N ow in
one and t h e
same issue there
can be found ar
ticles supporting
Badogolio, the
monarchist, but
also articles at
tacking XII n g
Victor Ernman-
uel, and even es-
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Rthlr Glass frssnu
Aaurpnu Tnl1nh Jral1z?

John 1:43-
As, The day
following Jesus
would 60 forth
i n t o Galilee,
a n d fndeth
Philip. an d
sa t h u n t o
him, Folio W
me.
Now Philip
was of Beth
saida, the city
Evening star., 1943-11-27
DR.. Gustoy A. Horrer Dies

CHAPEL HILL, N. c., Nov. q (P}.
DIR. Gustav A. Harrer, member of
the classics department and profess
sor OF Latin at the University of
North Carolina for IS years, died at
his home here last night.
Evening star., 1943-11-27

Your heart may bleed for our
wounded soldiers, but to be prac-
tical, let your arm do 1t. Call Blood
Donor Center, District $500, and
make an engagement to give soma
blood.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
|New Dealers
Are Urged to
Define Aims
BY RAYMOND MOLEY.

Some day, perhaps sooner than
most of us think, when this nice,
orderly business of waging war ends.
we shall be waging peace on .
Evening star., 1943-11-27
BY SAMUEL GRAFTON,

Only one newspaper is published
in Naples. 1t is called Risorgimento,
and operates under Allied control
For time it was Badoglio sheet,
Evening star., 1943-11-27
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

The passage by the Senate of
the Acknowledgment bill re-
pealing the Chinese exclusion
laws puts the final seal of
Evening star., 1943-11-27

Rubber may be synthetic, but the
will to victory must be genuine
Have you bought any War savings
stamps today?
Evening star., 1943-11-27
By CONSTANTINE RROWN

The Patton affair" is likely to
remain for some time a lively
controversial topic in Washington
in spite of the attempt of Secre-
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Seniors
| In u. S. Service

Frank T. Tracy, chief clerk and
building superintendent Of the Re-
construction Finance Corp. started
his Federal career 81 years ago al
Evening star., 1943-11-27
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,

SOMEWHERE IN ITALY (Bv
Aerial Courier An Italian prize
fight is a bloody affair. The ring is
about as CORY after the thin-gloved
Evening star., 1943-11-27
|.U. S. Incomes
Limited to
| |$25,OOO
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

President Roosevelt's concession
TO the CIO that he would limit net
incomes in America to $25,0O0 a
year has been accomplished not
Evening star., 1943-11-27

HE opinions OF the vrtters page own
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented
Stars EFFORT to gDe all sides OF questions of interest
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-11
No Delay In Dad Droftinq

Boston, Dec. Il - (UP) - Tho father-draft bill signed by President Roosevelt yesterday will not delaJB drafting of Massachusetts fathers.I according to State Selective Service Director Ralph M. Smith.
 Smith told q press conference that the state was so short on man.. power that 1243 pre-Pearl Haroo1 fathers were called from the 174 draft boards in the November quota. Of this number, he said. 813 were accepted and 50 rejectec.
 Asserting that Massachusetts ha4 been operating under the new pros cedure for at least six months. Smith charged that the legislation was simply another directive to confuse and annoy fathers already bewildered by the mass of contra- dictory statements"
 Meanwhile, 1t was disclosed that more deferment requests have been received by Gov. Saltonstall'S review board from the State Public Works Department than from any oton9 state agency. The department listed 153 employees as irreplaceable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-11
Oracle Fields To Testify

Hollywood, Dec. 11-CUP) -- Act ress Oracle Fields will testify Mon day in the trial of Gaetano Fal- ciani. 35-year-old gardner accused of murdering the comedienne's former secretary. pretty Violet Ann Someren.
 Nature Of her testimony as a prosecution witness was not dis closed.
 Falciani. assertedly infatuated with tn. secretary and jealous of other mems attentions to her, climbed through a window of her apartment, shot her twice, and put a bullet into his own head.
 Her nude body was found on the bed. Falciani was on the floor, un- conscious.
 Theodore Patay, maSseur who at tended Miss Fields, said he knew both Falciani and the secretary when they were employed by the actress.
 He once noticed Miss Van Someren had a black eye, he said, and asked Falciani what had hap pened.
 T saw her come home with an- other man and I sew him kiss her"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-11
Rescue or European Je1Us
 Called Political HotPoker'

mittee is cold-hearted in its con-
 It was Mundt who described the measure as hot poker.
 The transcript was released by Committee Chairman Sol Bloom, D., N. Y, who immediately after ward left Washington with the an- nounced intention of staying away at least two weeks. That was &C., cepted as fairly definite proof that Bloom anticipated no early action on the resolution.
 Some observers also interpreted release of the transcripts as indi- eating that Longs testimony was in- strumental in blocking, for the time being at least, committee approval of the resolution.
 Long disclosed that 580,0O0 refu- gees from Nazi oppression have been brought into this country since Hit Ter attained power. He took a strong stand against exclding any racial, religious or political group from such assistance.
 Mrndt told Lons he was consider ing an amendment which would n,ake the resolution applicable to all groups and asked the stateSlnan's
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-11
Hershey Called To Explain Draft Officials Conduct

test, but he declined comment on that possibility.
 Immediately after the White House announced MT. Roosevelt had signed the bill:
 1. McNutt automatically abolish ed the WINGS list of non-deferrable activities which was instituted as a means of channelling labor, into essential fields. The regulations wiped out by the statute provided that persons failing to switch to essential jobs faced immediate in- duction regardless nf dependency.
 2. Hershey in-tructed draft boards to abolish she 3-A classiti- cation for fathers and reclassify all registrants row in that category. They are to be placed in one of the following classes: IA for imme- diates induction; PA as occupation ally deferred; SD as dependency hardship cases; LAO as conscien- tious objectors willing to accept non-co -combatant service, and 4-E as conscientious objectorS willing to accept work of national importance.
 Draft officials said pre-war fathers will be given every defer ment advantage over non fathers in reclassifications but that little de- lay in their induction was expected They are considered the last re- maining manpower reserve of any real consequences which must be tapped If present Army and Navy requirements are to be met.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-11

Washington, Dec. 11.-(UP)-The House F'oregin Affairs Committee apparently has postponed at least until after Jan. l action on what one committeeman described as a "hot poker"-a resolution calling on President Roosevelt to appoint a commission to rescue Jews from Flu rope.
 The committee was revealed to have sought in vain to obtain from Assistant Secretary of State Breck- enridge Long a statement of that departments views on the resolu- tion. Long, however, dodged all questions and said that action on the bill was a matter for legisla- tive determination.
 A transcript of his testimony be- fore an executive session of the committe on Nov. 26, made public late yesterday, showed however that he made no denial when Rep. Karl E. Mundt, R.. N. D., suggested that the testimony left the inference that to pass the resolution might be considered criticism of the efforts which have been made to date, and simply to turn it down might be an implication to the Jews of Europe and of this country that this com
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-11

Washington, Dec. II - (U.Po - Major General Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service Director, was call- ed before the House Military Af- fairs Committee today to explain why draft officials have been lying to congress" about the induction of pre-war fathers.
 The charge was made by Chair man Andrew J. May, D., Ky, who announced that Hershey will ap- pear at a closed meeting to explain in detail future policy under new ly-enacted father draft law.
 May said the legislation, an- nounced yesterday to have been signed by President Roosevelt, was intended to delay the induction of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers and that draft officials have advised that the policy was being carried out. But he said he understood fathers all ready were being called and that Hershey has been predicting that 1 1,OO0, ,000 will be in uniform by next July 1.
 Were going to find out if Selec- tive Service is going to carry out the intent of congress- he snapped. They've been lying to us-telling us one thing ard doing another"
 The law strips War ManpoWer Chief Paul V. McNutt of all au- thority over Selective service and transNrs final control to Hershey. It's enactment raised the prospect that McNutt might resign in pro-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-11
Ban koyLift On DistiIIinq

Washington, Dec. 11.-(UP)- Revelation that Canada has re- faxed its Accommodating ban and was permitting production of some alcoholic beverages today spurred members of senate sub- committee Investigating the liquor shortage to ask why the United States cannot declare similar re- spite.
 At the conclusion of the sub-com- Mittee's first day of hearings, Chair man Frederick Van Nuys, D., Ind, said War Food Administration and War Production board representa- tives would be called to tell whether grains were available for resump- ton of alcoholic beverage manufac- ture on limited scale.
 WIPE chiefs have indicated from time to time that they were ready to permit distillers to devote some of their facilities to liquor manu- facture.
 Van Nuys declared that unless the United States augmerts its liquor supply, national rationing was inevitable.
 He recommended revising of the liquor tax law to compel release from bonded warehouses of 117,400- 900 gallons of four -year-old liquors under the present levy system may remain in warehouses for eight years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-11
COURT REFORM PLANS UNDER
 FIRE MONDAY

Although considerable in terest has been shown in this city on the proposed judicial reorganization recommended by a special legislative com mittee, no indication has been made that any organ ized group in Waterbury will be represented at the public hearing to take place Mon- day at the old Senate cham Der in the State Capitol building :n Hartford.
 The open meeting is one Of a ser ies planned by the committee and is expected to draw interested par ties from the various cities and towns to be interested parties from the various cities and to us to be affected by any possible changes. The committee report, which con- tains alternate proposals in some instances, has been drawn up for presentation to the 1945 legislature, but some sources believe it may be requested at the special legislative session next month.
 No report has been made that either the Citizens Good Govern ment Association or the Waterbury Taxpayers Association, the city's most ardent government reform groups, will be represented at the hearing. Some local lawyers are expected to be spectators during the discussion, however.
 Among the measures of particul- ar interest in Waterbury are the common pleas court reform plans, the recommendation to abolish the probate court fees system, and the proposal to abolish the posts of coroner.
 Many sources believe the pro- posal to abolish the common pleas court and turn its business over to the superior court will be adopted ultimately. It is pointed out that except for certain linita- tions on the cases in its jurisdic- ton, the common plea court func- tions are identical with those Of the other county court.
 Disfavor Anticipated
 Reverting of the court to it's 1941 status. an alternate proposal, is eX- pected to meet with widespread disfavor. Defects under the old system are not yet forgotten and new setup is expected to be pre- ferred to return of the old. An other plan to let the court absorb city court civil actions likewise is not expected to have many pro- ponents.
 Discussion will be conducted from II a. III. to 1 D. m. on the common pleas court, municipal courts, and the jobs of coroner and medical examiner. From to D. m. the discussion will cover the juvenile court system, probate court set-up, and general topics relating to the superior court, justice courts, com- penSation courts, and unemploy- ment compensation commissioners.
 Although the agenda for the spec ial session of the General Assem- bly, in January does not include mention of the judicial reform measures, it is believed they might be introduced at that time instead of being put off until the follow mig year. The committee. however, is reported to desire more time for study so that a plan would not be adopted too hastily.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-11
TextiIers Ask Increase

Washington, Dec 10-(UP)-Ine Textile Workers Union (CIO) today joined the growing congress of in- dustrial organizations campaign to abolish the little steel formula by calling for a -O-cent hourly wage increase for 600,O00 employees of cot ton and rayon mills.
 Tn the opinion of the Textile Workers union, the little steel form- ula is dead" TWU President Emil Rieve told conference of 200 union delegates.
 with the cost of living rising rap idly, with workers frozen in their jobs at frozen wages, the little steel formula cannot be permitted to i1n- pair the morale, health and efficien- cy of those who are engaged to pro- duction vital to the war effort. Among these are textile workers"
 Two leaders announced they would submit these demands to the cotton-rayon industry:
 1. A general wage increase of at least 10 cents an hour.
 2. A minimum wage of 60 cents an hour.
 3. A uniform wage structure, eliminating regional differentials.
 Union officials estimated the wage demands would cost the industry $125 ,OOO, 900 annually. They asked the War Labor Board to establish national panel to consider all textile wage cases.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-11
Nazis Reported In Disorderly Retreat
 To kirovograd
Moscow. December II.

Moscow, December II. - (UP) - The Germans were reported in disorderly retreat toward the central Ukrainian bastion of Kirovograd today amid indications of an i'm pending collapse of Nazi de- lenses throughout the Dnie- per bend.
 Deprived of their northern es- cape lines by the Soviet capture of Znamenka and the twin junction of Kirovka, eight miles to the northwest, tens of thousands of Germans inside the bend were ex- pected almost momentarily to be- gin a withdrawal over the sole roundabout railroad remaining i'll their hands.
 Simultaneously, front reports hinted at a resumption of Soviet drives toward Krovoi Rog, Nikolaev and Nikopol, principal German strangholdS in the bend.
 One Russian force already was threatening to envelop Kirovograd, German industrial and operational southeast. The Soviet high command base q miles southwest of znamen- ka, from the northeast, east and said the enemy had abandoned eight guns, all ammunition dump and several dozen trucks in his dis orderly retreat" toward Kirovograd
 Another Soviet column pushed six miles down the Znamenka- -Nikolaev railroad and captured Chamanovka, 21 miles above Dolinovka, where an important line branches off east ward to Kirovi Rog and Nikopol, rich mining centers. Vershinaka- menka, four miles east of Chabaa- ovka, also wes seized.
 A parachute division, tanks and infantry joined in 8 three-day at- tack that reduced Bnamenka. The Germans resisted stubborn1y, con- testing every street in hand-to- hand fighting, but finally were busted from the city after losing 1,500 troops and 8 tanks in the final 24 hours.
 While intensifying their campaign in the Dnieper bend, the Russians admitted by implication a retreat of some A miles from the westernmost tip of the Kiev bulge under the i'm pact of overwhelming German counter-attacks south of Malin, 26 miles northeast of Chernyakov and 58 miles northwest of Kiev.
 In one sector, the communique said, the Germans attacked with more than 200 tanks and large forces of infantry. Several German Pan- gers broke through the Soviet line, but were ambushed by Russian tanks and destroyed. Altogether, the Red Army burned or disabled 65 tanis, IA self-propelled guns and A armored transports.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-11
2HOUR RAID r
 CAUSES HEAVY DESTRUCTION

London, December II. (UP) = U. s. heavy bombers blasted Sofia yesterday, an Algiers commui1ique an- nounced today, as the Bull garian crisis mounted with the reported resignations of Premier Dobri Bojilov and two other Bulgarian cabinet ministers.
 In an apparent attempt to hasten Bulgaria's abandonment of the Axis, a strong force of fuor-engined Liberators with an escort of Light nings subjected the capitals rail- way yards to an accurate and ef- fective bombardment" Allied head quarters at Algiers announced.
 (British-based Mosquitoes of the RAF bomber command attacked Objectives in western Germany without loss last night)
 A Budapest dispatch printed in Sweden said the raid, beginning shortly before neon, lasted nearly two hours and caused heavy dam age in the vicinity of the central railway station and military bar racks. The bombers attacked in several waves and few persons were killed, the German radio said.
 Forty enemy fighters attacked the Liberators over Bulgaria, an Alglers dispatch said, but II were shot doWu. The number of bombers lost on the Sofia raid was not specified, but only two aircraft were lost in all operations of the northwest African air forces yesterday.
 It was the third raid by the NWAAF on Sofia and @ Budapest broadcast said the city was shaken by three tremendous explosions only A hours before the attack when the time bombs dropped during the Mo- vember "A raid suddenly exploded.
 The resumption of the air as- sault on Sofia presumably strength ened the hand of anti-German clements in the capital who were exerting extreme pressure in an at tempt to extricate Bulgaria from the Axis orbi.
 European reports said tension in the city already was high as, result of the reported closing of the Turk ish-Bulgarian border, the Anglo
 American-Turkish conference at Cairo and signs that the Allies were planning a Balkan invasion.
 An Istanbul dispatch to the Uni ted Press said unconfirmed reports had reached Turkey that Premier Bojilovn, Foreign Minister Georgi Shishmanov and Interior Minister Mihailov had resigned as leftist groups gained strength.
 Resignation Reported
 Shishmanov's resignation prevl- iouSly had been reported from Stockholm.
 Radio Vichy said the Bulgarian Parliament had been suspended for one week.
 Bulgaria, though at war with Bril- tain and the United States, has strong Slavic ties with Russia and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-11
10000 Wor Coptives Here

Washington, Dec. II. (UP)- Washington, Dec. II. (UP)- Enemy prisoners of war in this country now number approximately 17O,000, it was disclosed today at the war department as censorship relaxed some of the restrictions on information concerning prisoners.
 Of these, about 100000 are Ger mans and 50,0OO Italians. In Octo- Der 1t was announced there were approximately 10000 prisoners here, about three-quarters being German.
 Japanese prisoners are negligible since the Japanese usually fight until the bitter end, preferring death to imprisonment. The latest figure on Japanese prisoners, issued last July, showed only 62 in the United States. There are only 8 handful more now, it was under stood.
 Relatively few Italians have ar rived lately, and despite the changed status of Italy-now 8 CO., belligerent-Italian prisoners status in this coutnry has undergone little change. One concession has been made: Prisoners who have been here six months and have proved trustworthy are permitted to go from camp to work without being under guard.
 Prisoners are housed 1n more than 56 permanent and numerous tempo rary camps throughout the United States.
 Many temporary camps have been set up in areas of labor shortages. Originally prisoners camps were located with the advice of the war food administration in areas where acute agricultural labor shortages existed, with due regard to strate- gic conditions barring them from coastal defense areas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-11
Cold Wave Warning Out

Washington, Dec. II = (U.P) - Cold wave warnings have been is- sued for New York State, Pennsyl- vania, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary land and Northern irginia for today and tonight, the Weather Bureau announced this morning.
 The weather will turn decidedly colder throughout the eastern states and the lowest temperatures so far this winter will be reached tonight and Sunday morning.
 High winds today will diminish tonight. There will be snow hurries in Maryland. New Jersey, Pennsyl- vania and New York State today. Automobile radiators and exposed water pipes should be protected over the weekend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-11
Ship Gets 65 Jap Planes
 In 2 Months

Pearl Harbor, Dec. 11.-CUP)- Until a better on gets the official nod-and that may be some time the aircraft carrier "Z's" mark of 65 Japanese planes destroyed in two months of good hunting will stand as the top Pacific score.
 Cmdr. Ernest M. Snowden, 32- year old airgroup commander on the big war vessel which can only be identified as "Z", said every one of the 65 is a certain" and not DOS sible" or a probable.
 The record was achieved at a cost of only three planes from the carrier and two pilots.
 There were quick challenges-the fellows on another giant carrier claimed better than that in one foray off Rabaul. But "z's" figure was official and that is what stands in the books.
 Starting with only nine pilots who had been tested in prior action out of the 1O7 aboard, and missing out altogether during the TaraWa car rier raid in the Gilbert Islands last September, "z's" flyers put over this series:
 Eight certain on October 5-6 at Wake Island; 29 during the Gilberti invasion operations; the rest in the Kwapalein Atoll attack in the Marshalls last Saturday; torpedo hits at Kwapalein that sank two cruisers and bomb attacks on cargo ships. Snowden watched the latter attack himself.