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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
New AirHits
AtMorshoIIs

Pearl Harbor, Nov. 26.-(UP)-A
new series of air blows on the Mar
shall Islands was revealed today by
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz' head
quarters which reported a single
carrier division shot down 46 jap
anese planes in the Gilberts in
vasion phase of the U. S. mid-Pa-
cific offensive.
Both carrier borne and land based
bomberS made the latest assaults
on the Marshalls, aiming at ia
luit Atoll, enemy center some 300
miles northwest of conquered Ma
kin, northernmost of the Gilberts.
The carrier bloW-first by such
planes since Feb. 2, 1942-was car
ried out on an unspecified date.
Army Liberators, which have hit ia
luit several times, raided Imieji
island, part of Jaluit, on Tuesday.
Pilots saw three enemy float fight
ers in the air but none attacked.
One bomber was damaged by ground
fire.
1t was possible the powerful naval
force which protected the Gilberts
landings last Saturday would con-
centrate now on the Marshalls to
smash another section of Japan's
mid ocean defense lines on the sea
lanes toward Tokyo.
(Tokyo radio, heard by the FEC,
predicted decisive and final" clash
with the U. S. fleet. 1t conceded the
Gilberts operation had cut into "the
strategic zone of our naval forces.~
The carrier division which sent
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So Massacred In Italy
For Killing Maxi wolf"

and tried to attack her. Her uncle
killed one soldier and wounded the
second, then fled into the hills with
her cousin.
Before dawn next day, German
infantrymen rounded up every man
and boy in the village square.
Rutland, VT, Nov. Is. (UP)-
Gabriel Cafaro was grief-stricken
today over news of the Bellona
massacre of SO men and boys in re-
prisal for the killing of a German
officer who repeatedly attempted to
attack Cafaro S 22-year-old daugh-
ter, Maria.
Cafaro is a 55-year-old Rutland
boiler-maker and naturalized
American citizen who came to this
country in 1918. He said the Fascist
government had prevented the
emigration Of his wife, daughter and
three sons to the United States. He
last heard from them, he said,
through the International Red
Cross last Christmas.
He said he hoped some day to
be able to avenge the attack on his
daughter and the slaughter of her
fellow townsmen. He added that he
believed the uncle who saved his
daughter by shooting the Nazi was
his wife's brother, Angelo Della
Cioppo.
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idForVets
Takes Shape

Washington, Nov. 26.-(UP)-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's three-point pro-
gram for returning servicemen be-
gan taking shape in congress today
with bills providing muStering-out
pay up to $780, unemployment in
surance starting at SIS week, and
Social Security protection for men
in uniform.
The measures, accompanied by a
request for quick action, embodied
all major aids recommended by
President Roosevelt in a message to
Congress only three days ago.
Chairman Andrew J. May, D., KY,
Of the House Military Affairs COM
mittee said he would offer legisla-
ton today providing discharge pay
of $500 for a veteran with six
months or more of service, 5000 from
four to six months, and 500 for
less than four months.
Sen. Robert F. Wagner, D., N Y,
introduced for himself and Senators
Walter F.. George, D., Ca, and Ben
net c. Clark, D., Mo-, a proposal
which he said embodied the Presi-
dents recommendations on unem-
ployment and Social Security pro-
lection for service men and women.
1t would provide:
I. Payments to unemployed vet
Grams for up to So weeks, beginning
at SIS a week for a single man and
including an additional S. for a
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
Potion Probe
Marks Time

Washington, Nov. -(UP)-A
Senate investigation into the face
slipping episode involving 1t. Gen.
George S. Patton marked time to-
day pending full report by Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Patton's SUI
perior officer, to Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson
The Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee, now considering Patton's
promotion from the permanent
rank of colonel to major general,
has asked the War Department for
a complete raport and Stimson said
yesterday ne had asked Eisenhow-
~ Tor all the facts.
Stimson made it plain at his
Thanksgiving Day press conference
that he was satisfied with Essen
hower's handling of the incident
and indicated he considered the
case closed. But he said he would
submit the report to the committee
as requested.
The secretary said the War De-
partment was fully aware of the
case when it recommended Pa
tons promotion, thus indicatang
the matter was regarded as ended.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
Jap Home
Land Bombed

Chungking, Nov. 26-(UP)-Al-
lied planes, based in China, bombed
Japanese home territory for the
first time yesterday with a daylight
raid on the Island of Fornosa, ra-
dio Tokyo said today.
An imperial Japanese headquar-
tiers communique recorded in Chung
king said 20 Allied bombers hit Sim
chiku, in Northern Formosa, Thurs
day afternoon.
The broadcast made no mention
of damage inflicted. but claimed
that three of the raiders were shot
down and two others probably were
destroyed in the attack. which
struck less than $500 miles from
the main Japanese islands.
Meanwhile, the Chinese high
command reported the japanese
had suffered another major setback
in a week long series of battles in
the "Rice Bowl area of Central
China. More than 8,400 of the in
vaders were killed between Nov. 19
and "a, commumique said, includ-
ing one unidentified high japanese
officer.
Chinese losses in the same period
amounted to about 5000 officers
and men, the communiQue said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26

confidante, generally was recognized
as the manager of Mr.. Roosevelt's
political plans. Hopkins took over
at . the 1910 Democratic national
convention and has not relinquished
control, although Postmaster Gen
eral Frank C. walker possesses the
title and routine responsibilities of
Democratic national committee chair
man.
The house UNDERSIGNED its bolt
of administration domestic policies
this week by rejecting a Treasury
tax bill in a 200 to q vote and
repudiating Mr.. Roosevelt's plea for
food subsidies by a count of 278
to 1T. There are 222 Democrats in
the house. 1t is thus obvious that
a lot of them are voting against
the President.
Some observers deem it significant
that the house, after a late sum-
mer recess, which enabled them to
get close to their constituents, has
resumed its battering of admins
tration domestic policies.
But the tax and subsidy rebuffs
simply carried on from the point
where congress left off when it went
vacationing. The constituents APP
parently had approved Of the first
six months record of opposition to
the administration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
German Voice
CLIPS Broadcast

Albany, Nov. 26-(UP)-The Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation is Elm
terested" in determining the cause
of a 90-second interruption of a
network program from radio station
WOKO by Germal. speaking
voice, j. B. Wilcox. agent in charge
of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton office here, said today.
1--WE are making inquiries" Will
cox said in commenting on reports
that the intrusion might have re-
suited from a mistake in telephone
transmission or possibly by an enc
my broadcast. He added that there
was mo direct allegation" that it
was the latter.
The program was being presented
Wednesday over Columbia Broad
casting System network of lis sta
tons, but reports indicated the
Albany station was the only one af-
fected.
Listeners said the Joyce Jordan
program was cut off suddenly and
in its place for the next minute and
a half came a German-speaking
voice which mentioned the words
Japanese" Reich" and paris
several times.
After the interruption the original
program came on the air again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
|UNRRA
Faces Fight
On Refugees

Atlantic City, Nov. 26 - UP.) -
The United Nations Relief and Re-
Mobilization Conference today faced
the stiffest fight of its three-week
session as a subcommittee on re-
fugees sought to decide whether
UNRRA funds are to be used to re-
patriate Jews and political liberals
driven from Germany by Adolph
Hitler's earliest DEGREES.
A compromise on the issue was
said to have been reached and was
expected to be announced shortly.
At the same time, 8. M. Sirnov
of the Russian delegation an
nounced to news conference that
UNRRA representatives will be al
lowed into the Soviet Union to
supervise the distribution of relief
to the 60,OOO,00O Russians still to be
liberated from the Germans.
This was regarded as a distinct
liberalization OF Soviet policy which
repeatedly has been antagonistic to
the intrusion of lend-lease and
other observers into its inland
areas.
A prior Soviet statement, how
ever, also had emphasized that dis
tribution of relief goods will be
through established Russian chan
nels. Smirnov said this was because
Soviet distribution machinery diff
fers so widely from that in coun-
tries with other economic systems.
On the question of refugees some
elements commended that care of
persons driven from Germany and
by Hitler persecution prior to the
1889 start of hostilities was outside
UNRRA's scope.
"Displaced Persons"
The refugee conmittee-referred
to by the UNRRA Council as the
committee on displaced persons
has proved one of the storm centers
of the present meeting. 1t has had
to make momentous decisions on
the treatment to be accorded Ger
mans who have been infiltrated into
occupied countries, displacing bona
fide citizens of these areas.
This question has been settled by
a proposal of Jugoslavian Ambassa-
dor Constantin Fotitch, adopted by
the committee. which said that
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FORTRESSES
FOLLOW NIGHT
FLYERS RAIDS

London, November rs. -
(UP) - American heavy
bOmbers took over the day
shift of the offensive against
Germany today, attacking
targets in the northwest
Reich soon after the Royal
Air Force hammered Frank
furt and raided Berlin for the
fifth time in eight nights.
Swarming back into action
after a weeks layoff, the
four-motored bembers of the
United States Eighth Air
Force carried out the seventh
major Allied Air assault on
German cities since a record
breaking offensive began on
the night of November II.
An American headquarters COM
munique announcing the daylight
raid said fighter planes supported
the bombers in the attack on Ger
man detectives not Immediately
identified.
Although light Mosquito members
of the Raj stabbed lightly at Berlin
for the second straight night in
follow-th through operations to the
mighty assaults which wrecked the
city Monday and Tuesday nights, the
main weight of the Allied offensive
was in other sections.
While the United States heavies
were prouding northwest Germany,
medium bombers and large forces
of fighters maintained steady
shuttle service across the straits.
Air raid warnings sounded in
Switzerland, suggesting the posi-
bility that 1t. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz' S
planes were striking up into Europe
from the Mediterranean theater.
Strong Force Sy-s
The attack on Frankfurt last night
was carried out in strong force. 1t,
the Berlin sortie and supplement
tary operations cost the Raj Is
bombers. The German radio said
| the old quarter of Frankfurt was
hard hit and Offenbach, neighboring
city across the main river, also
was attacked.
Though the big bembers switched
their attacks southwestWard, Air
Marshal Sir Arthur T. Harris, chief
of the Raj bomber command, said
the lull in the heavy attacks on
Berlin will be only temporary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
Judge Cracks
Down On Hit
Run Driver

Continuing his policy of cracking
down on hit-and-run drivers, City
Court Judge Charles R. Summa
this morning sentenced Leo Bianci,
IT, IS IdylWood avenue to Cheshire
Reformatory and fined him $110
and costs on charges of taking a
car without permission, evading re-
Sponsibility, and driving without
license, despite the fact that the
boy had no previous police record.
The case was appealed to the court
of common pleas under 81 900 bonds.
Bianci, an attendant at the Hotel
Elton parking lot, was arrested yes
terday after an investigation by
Detective Sergt. Joseph Petit and
Detective George Flavin.
Sergt. Petit said that on We'd
nesday afternoon Bianci had taken
from the parking lot car owned
by Roger Lancaster, guest at the
Elton, and driven it several blocks.
On his way back to the parking
lot, he collided with a car driven by
Imelda Sullivan, 1875 Chestnut ave-
l7iqae9"at the intersection of Linden
and Prospect streets, causing an esti-
mated damage of about $25 or $50 to
each car.
Miss Sullivan testified that after
the accident, Bianci reversed his
car and sped down Prospect street.
She took down the cars marker
number and notified police.
Placed on the stand by Atty. A.
Henry Weisman. Bianci said that in
the course of his duties at the lot,
he had noticed that one of the
tires of Lancaster's car needed air,
and he had driven it to a gasoline
station on Grove street. On his way
back, he said, he collided with
Miss Sullivan's car which was driv-
ing on the wrong side of the street.
Bianci said that Miss Sullivan
then waved at him to go ahead,
and since he felt the accident was
her fault, he returned to the lot.
The boy said that it was the GUS
tom in the lot for the owners to
leave their keys in the car so that
the attendants might move them
back and forth to allow other cars
to go in and out. He said that the
keys were in Lancasters car when
he decided to take it for air.
Lancaster testified that he had
given no one permission to take the
car out of the lot, and said that
he had left the keys at the desk
at the Elton on Monday night He
admitted that the keys left there
were turned over to the attendants
during the day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
EIGHTH army
HOLDSFASTTO
BR|DGEHEAD

Allied Headquarters, Al
giers, November 26. - CUP
= Veteran British Eighth
Army troops, Tending off
furious German ground and
air counter-attacks, have
succeeded in consolidating
the wide bridgehead flung
across the Sangro River and
through the outer defenses
of the German winter line
across Italy, it was an
nounced today.
Nazi infantry and tanks were
thrown into repeated efforts to cut
down the brjdgehead, which has
been driven 1000 yards deep for a
distance of five miles along the
flood, muddy river.
In single attack, four Focke-
Wulf planes tried to hit a single
temporary bridge. One was shot
down by protecting Allied fighters
and a second fell victim to ground
guns. The other two fled.
Bad weather generally slowed the
Fights operations but new forces
we're moving steadily across the
river in push for Pescara, Is miles
northward at the east end, of ma
jor highway to Rome across Italy.
No forward progress was reported
in the bridgehead area but on the
left flank of the Eighth Army, neal
the center of the line, new high
ground was seized near Castel Di.
Sangro. An Allied commentator
said 1.-THE Germans can't last long
in the town, which is a junction on
a northWard highway.
BarrageS
The American Fifth Army
(C01,tin,IoI Az
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26

"The development of the
fighting in the Gomel area
led the German command to
decide to carry out an extens-
ice evacuation during the
last few days." DNB said.
"These measures were
brought to a conclusion yes
terday evening on the whole
During the night, German
formations disengaged them
selves and took up prepared
positions in the rear without
being pressed by the Soviets."
Nazi Propaganda
Dnb said the evacuation Of Go
mel and "neighboring front sec
tors led to a considerable short
ening of the German line and i'm
provement in defense positions.
The Russians probably will an
nounce the capture of Gomel in a
special order of the day later to-
day.
The Germans had held Gomel
since Aug. /, 1871 and it served as
Adolf Hitler's headquarters during
the first stage of the abortive Nad
offensive against Moscow tfateyear.
With the fall of Gomel and the
new Russian break-through to the
north, the Germans were expected
to attempt a stand on the west
bank of the Dnieper. the next
strongest line guarding the ap-
proaches to Poland and the Baltic
states.
The fate OF Gomel was sealed a
week ago with the Russian capture
Of Rechitsa, Is miles to the west.
This cut the next to the last high
way and railway out of the city.
The evacuation took place while
the Soviets were closing in from
the north, south, east and west.
Highway Severed
A branch highway over which the
Germans could have fled north to
Mogilev was severed by the new
Russian thrust to the upper Dnie-
per west of Propoisk, 10 miles north
of Gomel.
The latest Soviet offensive knock
ed a 37-mile-wide hole in the Ger
man oefenses near Propoisk, car
ried the Red Army acros sthe Sozh
and Pronya rivers and engulfed 100
towns and villages in advances OF
up to 81 miles.
The Russians reached the Dnie-
per only short distance from Ro-
gachev inside the forl, formed by
the confluence of the Dnieper and
the Druth rivers and at the north
western corner of their wedge wer
only 80 nils below Mogilev.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
u. S. Gains At
BouqoinvilIe

Allied Headquarters, Southwest
Pacific, Nov. 26.-UP)-American
troops smashed a Japanese counter
attack on the Bougainville beach,
head in an all-day artillery and in
fantry battle Monday, gaining new
ground over the bodies of 104 enemy
soldiers, 1t was disclosed today.
The enemy dead abandoned on
the field brought japanese losses in
ground fighting at Empress Augusta
Bay since Nov. to at least 1000,
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's spokes-
man said, while another 1000 have
been killed in sea and air warfare,
including battle Thanksgiving Day
off the north end of Bougairville
in which four enemy destroyerS
were sunk and fifth damaged.
Japanese troops trying to reduce
the beachhead on the western coast
of the island attacked after long
aerial and artillery preparation. The
enemy used field pieces up to rs
millimeters but met replies from
heavier U. S. guns.
Bombing attacks against Ameri-
Can positions on the invaded Solo
mons stronghold were ineffective.
Dispatches from Admiral Will
liam F. Halsey's South Pacific haed-
quarters said that after the enemy
assaults from the northeast were
repulsed, American Marines and
new positions. A communique re-
ported continual Allied aerial blows
against enemy positions around the
beachhead and on the north and
east coasts of the island.
On the New Guinea end of the
southern Pacific battlefront, Aus
tralian troops threw back two en-
envy counter attacks along the Sol
river north of the japanese strong
hold at Satelberg, 10 miles north
west of Finschhafen on Huon Pen
inSula. Forthy eight japanese, in
cluding four officers, were killed.
AusSieS Drive
The Australian vete,9 . had driv-
en- to within q quarter y Il mile of
Satelberg. which is on a high plat
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
Fuel Rotion
To Stay As Is

Washington, Nov. 26.-(UP)--
Householders' fuel oil rations for
period two will remain at their
current value of 10 gallons, Price
Administrator Chester Bowles an
nounced today.
Period two begins Nov. 80 in the
SO rationed states. 1t extends to
Feb. 8 in all. rationed areas except
the south, where it ends Jan. %.
Bowles said larger consumers
coupons will be worth so gallons and
commercial coupons $50 gallons.
Period three coupons valid Now
30 and will have a 10-gallon value.
This period extends to March IA
in the midwest and to Feb. % in
the south.
Period one coupons will remain
valid until Pan. 4. Bowles said
the period overlap was extended to
facilitate deliveries,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
House Nears End OfRecord
Opposition To- Govt. Year

Washington, Nov. 26.-(UP)-The
Observation-Disclosures house of rep
resertatiyes was on the last lap
today of a record breaking year of
no-confidence votes against vital
Roosevelt administrative domestic
policies.
Not even Herbert C. Hoover dur
ing the dark years of depression re-
ceived such rough treatment at
the hands of congress, fact which
appears more significant when re-
membering that in the last two years
of his administration, the house had
shifted from Republican to Demo-
cratic control.
The current 18th congress was
elected a year ago this month. The
Democratic party then maintained
control of the house by bare
handful of votes. But the record
shows that since this congress con-
vened last January, Democrats con-
Sistently have bolted the admins
tration to vote with Republicans
and against President Roosevelt.
Political observers were attempting
10 dIid1yIo IlllS plfC1lOiiAc1Ad LII ocA AAAo
of presidential politics in an effort
to estimate whether it means that
Mr.. Roosevelt has lost material
ground with the voters whom house
members most directly represent in
Washington.
Partisan Republicans enthusiast
ically assert that house votes were
part of conclusive political evidence
that the right COP presidential
nominee can defeat Mr.. Roosevelt
for President next year. Few per-
sons here believe that the President
will not be a fourth term candi-
date.
Hopkins in Charge
Harry L. Hopkins. his White House
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
Butler Rops
New Deal For
S. America

Washington, Nov. 26-(UP)-Sen
Hugh A. Butler, r., Neb., today de-
nounced the Roosevelt administra-
tons new deal for Latin America
as a "naively conceived and badly
coordinated program of boondog-
Cling" which has helped keep mill
tary dictatorship in power and laid
the groundwork for new wars and
possible chaos in the western hemi-
sphere.
Reporting on the 2O,00O-mile, one
man investigation he conducted
through 20 central and South Amer
lear republics last summer, Butler
told two senate committees that
American expenditures there had
helped secure "a measure of cooper
alton from most of the Latin Amer
lean countries" But he minimizeo
the military and strategic value OF
the expenditures, contending they
were designed primarily to nipple
ment "the Roosevelt good neighbol
policy"
about the most they (the Repub-
lics) have done is to prevent their
countries from becoming centers OF
Axis propaganda and espionage a.
gainst U.s." Butler said.
He charged that by lend leasing,
leaning and giving outright approx
imately $6,O0,000,000 to the Latin
American Republics during the past
three years. the United States was
keeping military relationships in
power, holding back social progress,
and forcing out private enterprise.
This attempt ito buy Latin Amer
lean good WILL" he said, will make
the good neighbor policy a thing of
the past shortly after the war ends.
His page report, submitted to
the Senate Truman investigating
committee and the Syrd joint con-
gressional economy committee, ask
ed for "a re- examination of our pol
icies to forestall the inevitable col
lapse of our Latin American rela-
ticns when our financial liberality
comes to an end"
Butler commended the effect of
lero- leasing military weapons was
to re. inforce military relationships
''be they good or bad--and most of
them are bad" heretofore, he said,
these governments had lacked both
financial resources and military
equipment for war-making, but the
dictators now were boarding what
the United States is giving them.
"a seething eagerness to get at
each others threats exists at this
very moment in Bolivia, Paraguay,
Ecuador and the Argentine; in Peru
and Chile and Brazil tension eX-
lists" Butler said. war between
some of these nations is considered
inevitable"
Butler also declared that deep and
bitter resentment against the U. 5.
has been created in every Latin
American country through a policy
of spending to increase the DOM
nance military or COM
one country as contrast
ed with another"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
cOMEL FALLS, GERMAN DEFENSES CRACK
Allied Planes Devastate Reich Again
Soldiers Christmas
Gifts Are Not q
One Way Street

Observation-Disclosures. 26-(UP)
-Chirtmas for the soldier boys
OverSeaS-like lend-leaSe lis
not One-way affair. Packages
are pouring in by the millions
from overseas for the folks at
home.
They bring iewelry, leather
goods, perfume, linen, embrOid-
cry, paintings, shell trinkets,
ivory and ebony figures and
silks.
No accurate record of the
number of parcels is available
but it has been estimated they
may total half as many a the
15,000,00 parcels sent to SOL
diers overseas from this coun-
try.