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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

ing that he had received reports
that Hitler is making preparations
for using poison gas against the Rus
sian 'front.'"
Munitions centers, seaports and
other military detectives throughout
the whole expanse of Germany, he
said, would be the target Of British
gas attacks should the Nazis use
this weapon against the Russians.
Increasing Allied mastery Of the
air plus the fact that Britain had
stepped up its chemical warfare
preparations in the last year lent
an ominous note to the British
statesmar's warning.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
WAR BUILDING

With the completion of the major
part of the building construction
necessary for full-scale armament
production, shift of men and ma
terials from construction to other
fields is now under way, the depart
ment of commerce reported.
The department estimated q de-
cline of 80 per cent in new con-
struction in the first quarter of 1913
compared with the last quarter Of
1912. New construction amounted to
50 zoo, 900 in the first three months Of
this year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
Pas De Calais Gets
 Unprecedented Fasting
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mounted their secret weapon" rocket guns for bombarding London md other objectives in Britain.
 The Royal Air Force, catching the Germans off guard by 6 late night start, broke a weeks lull in the bombardment of Berlin with an attack in force which sent smoke lowering 10000 feet over the heart Of Naxidom.
 London newspaper seized on a Nad broadcast misinterpreted to mean that German rocket guns on the French coast, long heralded as secret weapon" had fired across she channel for the first time.
 The British BroGdcasting corpor- etion translated a German use of the word "lichgranaten" as meaning that rockets were used in a trans channel shelling. A re-check in- dicated that starshells or hareshells was meant.
 Heavy BOmbers
 A formation of heavy bombers, apparently Flying Fortr esses, crossed the southeast coast in- bound this afternoon and the of- fensive against northwest France continued throughout the day.
 Allied fighters shuttled continu- ously over the Straits of Dover. One force of 50 to 60 fighters headed out toward Boulogne and returned about an hour later.
 High-fying German planes, ap- rao Vnax t1xy e,ir Io of southwest England and disap- peared over the channel.
 A formation of about 60 fighter escorted medium bombers, possibly American, carried the assault again to the French rocket coast, where the Germans have been reported building rocket gun emplacements, Into its fifth day with new raids on the Pas de Calais area.
 Berlin was bombed in the pre- dawn hours by hundreds of Brit aims biggest bombers. The raid, dooming German hopes for a bomb- free Christmas, left smoke mush- rooming into the sky to a height of 10000 feet.
 "AS the crews made their way home, they could see a deep red glow over Berlin visible for 120 miles," the air ministry said. "The fires later merged into one huge blaze"
 The air armada, taking advantage of one of the longest nights of the year, delayed its takeoff until mid- night and caught the German de- lenses by surprise. All crews agreed that the Germans failed to realize that their battered capital was the nights target until 1t was too late.
 We had them absolutely foxxed," one pilot said.
 Only IT bombers were lost in the raid, which ended a weeks respite for Berlin, and in subsidiary at tacks on central and western Ger many.
 In proclaiming the debut of their new rocket guns in this theater, the Germans were reported by London afternoon newspapers to have broadcast that continuous fire by our rocket shells" thwarted com bined attack by British long-range coastal artillery, motor torpedo boats and fighter-bombers on a Ger man convoy in the English channel last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
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Any Japanese around Cape Glou- cester must be bomb-happy by this time," Capt. Theodore G. Fitch, a Mitchell pilot from East Orange, N. J., told United Press correspondent at an advanced bomber base in New Guinea.
 Other American pilots reported the Japanese were cultivating na- tive gardens in an attempt to re- plenish food supplies cut off by the almost nonstop Allied air attacks.
 The airdrome, supply and bivouac areas and defense positions were hit by Liberators Wednesday and air patrols harassed the enemy with strafing attacks during the night.
 Mitchell medium bomberS with Lightning rescort smashed at Japa- nese airdromes in the Wewak area of the New Guinea north coast and damaged three enemy ships to- taling 15,000 tons in Wewak harbor. A 6,000-ton transport and a 3000- ton transport and a 3,000-ton freighter, among the three ships hit, were believed to have sunk.
 The Allied force shot down IA of 30 intercepting planes and probably destroyed two others in addition to wrecking an enemy bomber on the ground and damaging others, a con- munique announced. Three Allied planes failed to return from the raid.
 Cape Hoskins. on New Britain, 125
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
Public On A Spending Binge
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In Chicago. another great war production center. Fred Best, man. ager of the Morrison Hotel, said Christmas day, 1928, found only IT guests in one of the city's largest hotels. Today the Morrison is sold out for Christmas eve with 500 re- quests for reservations thrilled. All hotels are sold out for the holiday week. The Palmer House, advising its clientele that it would strip it's New Years eve ball room of as much glamour as possible to conserve all items, including manpower, limited reservations to 500 couples and was selling out quickly at $25 couple.
 At Miami, a vacation center, Scotch whiskey is bringing $120 a case on the black market. Jewelry stores close early to avoid depicting their stock. Cosmetic counter are selling everything we can get and we can't get enough"
 In Los Angeles, night clubs and theaters are packed nightly.
 Jewelry sales are Up 25 per cent over 1942, double 1940. But the sale of War Bonds for the period Dec. 1 to Dec. IS dropped to $17,388, ,261 this year as compared with 418,729, ,098 last year.
 However, the nation as a whole was spending part of its restless money for War Bonds as Christmas presents. The treasury reported $4,006, 103,006 worth of bonds sold between Sept. q and Dec. q.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24

But they will not take in county or lesser offices.
 A Navy spokesman, questioned about the impending changes, had only this to say:
 "The Navy has under considera- tion the setting up of a standing to govern the cases of its personnel in connection with the holding of pub lie office and hopes to come up with something concrete"
 In any event, naval personnel cannot institute their own can- didacies and those drafted for and elected to high federal and state offices, could be released from the Navy only at the discretion of the president.
 The chief reason the Navy in tends to confine its eligibility rul- ings to state and top national offices is that otherwise, it might provide loophole through which some of its personnel might seek to get out of the service. Anybody with $25 could have his friends file his name for some minor office, have himself elected and thus obtain his discharge from the Navy unless we restricted the list of eligible offices" an officer ex- plained.
 'In other words, dogpatch might get itself 8 good pound master, but the Navy would lose good gum her"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
No White Xmas
 For New EnqIond

Boston, Dec. "A. (UP)-There'l Il be no white Christmas for New Eng land, just a continuation of the bit ter cold with temperatures tonight well below zero, the weather bureau forecast today.
 The temperature here at 8:30 a. m. was zero and the weather bu- reau said it might rise as high as IA degrees during the day but would drop to between zero and IS below tonight.
 Last night was the coldest of the year in the region with the lowest official temperature 25 degrees be- low zero at Montepelier, Vt., five de- grees colder than the top of mile high Mount Washington.
 Back -stoop weather observers re- ported readigns as low as 15 below in Boston's suburbs during the night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24

Continued from Page D ences in Teheran and Cairo with Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Premier Josef Stalin, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and President Ismet Inonu of Turkey. In addi- t1on, the President was known to be concerned over public compla- cency over the war and was ex- pected to touch again on the theme of the difficult and bloody days ahead.
 Before he left the capital, the President conducted long con- ferences on the threatened general railway strike and ordered the Justice Department to draw up the papers necessary to seize the lines to prevent tie up at a critical phase of the war.
 The White House described the international radio facilities carry ing MT. Roosevelt's address as the most extensive network ever organized from America"
 Plans were made for the power full tranSmitter at Leopoldville, Bel gian Congo, to relay the talk tito Iran where the President. Chur- chill and Stalin met recently. The White House said MT. Roosevelt was anxious to have the broadcast heard in Iran.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24

However. the broadcast did not make clear whether the rocket guns were mounted on the French coast or aboard the convoy escort. NaZi Claims
 The Germans said their guns sank at least three British motor torpedo boats and probably others during what 1t called an 85-minute ! gun duel
 The British war office announced that British long-range guns on the southeast coast fired approximately 80 rounds in a 64-minute lombard meHt Of enemy shipping in the Dover Straits during the night, but did not mention any retaliatory l fire.
 Results of the action were not available, the war office said. The croSs-channel bombardment came on the heels of a 96-hour Anglo American aerial offensive against the French rocket coast" opposite England in what many air experts believed was an attempt to smash German rocket gun en- placements.
 British bombers rounded out the series of attacks with a raid late yesterday on camp of huts near Merlimont, just south of Etaples on the rocket coast" and two nearby railway unctions.
 German propaganda authorities have been putting out reports through neutral sources for some time threatening to devastate Eng land and particularly London with barrage of rocket shells or bombs from the French coast.
 The RAF pre-daWn raid on Ser lin put the offensive against the German capital back in high gear. The Nazi Paris radio described the attack as particularly violent" while the Nazi-controlled Oslo Sta- tion called it a "terror raid' in which small residential area and working districts were hit hard, the usual German propaganda claim.
 The Paris announcer indicated that the Germans intended to use the raid, coming less than "A hours before Christmas, as further ex- cuse to try and perhaps execute British and American airmen for what the Nazis called violation of international law in bombing resi- dential areas.
 "No words can describe the feel ings in the hearts of men at this new crime, which calls for punish ment," the broadcaster said.
 Notice To Nazis
 The raid thus served notice to Germany that neither the threat of reprisals nor the approach of Christmas will delay attacks that will help shorten the war.
 It was the 97th raid of the war on Berlin and boosted to approxi- mately 11000 tons the weight of explosives dropped on the German capital since the current offensive Nov. IS.
 The Air Ministry announced only yesterday that previous raids had damaged seriously Adolf Hitler's chancellery and caused "very heavy" damage to B major indus trial plants. 25 publM buildings and Il other vital installations, in- cluding Berlin's big Tempelhof air. drome.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
UP Selects
 Years 10 Biq News Stories

New York, Dec. 24 - CUPD - The one outstanding news de velopment of l943 was Allied seizure of the offensive on all maJor war fronts,' Earl J. Johnson, vice-pres- ident and general news manager Of the United Press, said today in an- nouncing the UPS selection of the years ten biggest news stories. "Pra actically every development in the war contributed to or resulted from this reversal of military trends" Johnson said. The UP list. compiled largely on the basis of space and prominence in American newspapers, follows: l. Allies gain initiative on all ma
 major war fronts.
 A Italian surrender.
 B. Russian summer offensive. C. Air war on Germany. D. American offensives in the
 Pacific.
 E. Victory over U-boatS in the
 Atlantic.
 F. U. s. builds worlds biggest
 air fleet and navy. 2 Allied war conferences climaxes
 by participation of Russia
 and China at Teheran and
 Cairo.
 3. Military preparations for open
 ing western front in Eu-
 rope.
 A. Domestic manpower crisis in-
 cluding plan to draft
 fathers. 5. Anti-inflation battle and rise of
 black market menace. 6. United Nations collaborate on
 rehabilitation and other
 postwar problems. '. Coal strikes threaten war pro-
 duction. 8. G. o. P. election gains and
 New Deal reverses in con-
 gress on domestic issues. 9. Sir Harry Oakes murder mys-
 tery
 10. Errol Flynn trial
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24

NCOUUlIlueu 1TOIIl rage U near the French border and Imperia 30 miles to the east.
 The battle of Ortona was carried through another day of bloody fight ing by last ditch German stand in the northwestern outskirts. Strug- gling to hold the anchor post at all costs and delay general fallback on the Adriatic, the Nazis were fighting to the last man at some strong points amidst the rubble of Ortona.
 Vezanni's Fall
 The fall of Vezannl, three miles south of Ortona, and the drive to the outskirts of Villa Grande, two miles away on the road to Tollo, in- tensified the plight of the Germans in Ortona.
 Eighth Army troops captured the village of Zezanni," said an unus- ually brief communique. Heavy fighting continues in and around Ortona. Our patrols were active along the entire Fifth Army front. D
 Indicative of the intensity of the fighting around Ort ona, t..e Canad- ians found newly cemetery containing the bodies of 100 Ger mans at tiny crossroads two miles to the southwest
 The see-saw fighting on the Fifth Army front gave the Americans new heights a mile east of Acquafonda- ta, eight miles northeast of Casino.
 The mounting weight of German counter-attacks in the mountainous region above the Rome road indicat- ed that Viticuso, below Acquafon- data. would become another Ortona and San Pietro.
 Medium bombers which struck north against the German coastal line into northern Italy scored hits on road and rail bridges in the Im- peria area and on rail vars at Venti- miglia. They reported possible hits on the Antheor viaduct, key link in the vital transport system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24


 Representatives of both the rail roads and the unions said they were waiting for someone to make move" They indicated they felt the ball was in the governments hands.
 With three of the five operating unions rejecting the presidents ar bitration offer, administration of- ficials had before them a proposal submitted yesterday but not thus far acted upon-from the non oper- ating unions.
 The incorporating groups pre- sented to MT. Roosevelt new wage proposal which War Mobolization Director James F. Byrnes planned to submit today to the management representatives and Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson.
 Meanwhile, Attorney General Francis Riddle received instructions from the president to prepare the papers necessary for the government to seize and operate the railroads in event a satisfactory wage formula is not developed before the strike deadline. Any seizure presumably would apply to the 300 railroads in- volved in the troubled negotiations and would duplicate government &C., tion in the world war when Presi- dent Wilson took over the roads Dec. 28, 1917. Union leaders indicated there would be no strike under gov ernment operation.
 MT Roosevelt prepared for possi- ble federal control after day of swift developments in his efforts to force settlement and break the deadlock between the administra- tion, the union and the carriers.
 With negotiations between the carriers and the five operating brotherhoods at a stalemate, he asked the unions to let him arbi- trate because "the war cannot wait." His offer was accepted by the Brotherhood of Railway trainmen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive engineers, with an aggregate mem- bership of about 100000 of the 350,- GOO total in the operating group. But the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men and Enginemen, the order of Railway Conductors and the switch mems Union rejected it.
 It was understood that the hold outs objected to the presidents ar bitration proposal because they all ready had rejected carriers offer based on formula suggested by MT Roosevelt. That formula held that the unions could receive no more in straight t-time raises than the four cents an hour awarded by an en- ergency board and proposed an ad- ditional four cents an hour as over time compensation and aWay-from- home expenses. The unions had asked eight cents an hour plus time and half after 40 hours for yard men and full payment of away trombone expenses for employees paid on mileage basis.
 After he was notified of the oper- ating Brotherh0odS' decisions. the president summoned the non-operat- ing union leaders and presented them the same arbitration proposi- tion. The union chiefs neither &C., cepted nor rejected it and asked that they talk about a wage settle ment instead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
Pope Sends Noel Message
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new political and moral ideals. The spirit of Christ, he said, will triumph again in both private and public life.
 He called upon those who have been spared the direct suffering of war to give help to those who have been rendered destitute. He ap- pealed for the revival of human solidarity in responsibility"
 In the new world peace order, he said, there must be no danger that some nations get more power and wealth than othersh. Then, he said, there will be no danger of new con- flictS.
 The Pope said it was the duty of "all friends of people, to see that world peace be based on human dignity and moral responsibility"
 We pray to Christ that this shall be our last war Christmas. he said, and that next Christmas end New Years shall be celebrated in the light of peace and serenity.
 He warned that those who were responsible for the lives of thou sands of suffereing people must 'listen to the voice of all suffering humanity or beware of the pun ishment that befalls those who cause injustice
 He asserted that peace was not the result of the balance of eco- homie forces but of moral isues. He declared there has never been a true peace in history unless it was based on justice and equality"
 He said the new peace must not be established in a spirit of retalia- ton but in a spirit of community supported by the laws of Chris tianity.'
 To all those responding to his ap- peal for charity and to all those rule nations, the Pope extended his apostolic benediction.
 The Pope, in calling for concord among the whole great family of nations," said such peace would not presuppose necessarily the abandonment of defensive alliances and other means that serve for the protection of right in the face of oppression"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
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 Santa To Drunks

Six men charged with intOxi- cation received susper Sed sem tences as the pre- Christmas spirit OverflOwed into City Court this morning. "This court does not want to keep a man away from his family at this season of the year." Judge Charles R. Summa remarked.
 Other cases: Frank DiOgoS- tine, 34, 19 Oak street, nOn-sup- port, continued to Jan. 21; Anne Mae Chernin, 28, Ansonia, reckles driving, continued to Jan. !; Harry McCluskey, 49, 5 Cherry street, road rules vi- olation, nolled; Nicholas Augel- Ii, IT,, 22, 40 Geddes Terrace, reckless driving, continued to Jan. 2; Alfred Boucher, 31, 18 Watson Court, road rules viola ton, nOlled for $5.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
Nozis May Try Flyers
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Nurnberg, the last time with 1,5O0 tons of explosives the night of Aug. 27.
 Those who declared that old wooden houses of Nurnberg will burn beautifully and who murdered Nurn- berg's women and children soon will to face responsibility of their crimes" one Nazi broadcast said.
 An Oslo radio commentator, fol- lowing up the Nazi propaganda line that the United States and Britain must share responsibility with Rus sia for the executions at Kharkov because of the 'Teheran agree ment," said Germany would "apply the method of holding the individual soldier responsible to British and American pilots now in our hands" |"
 Germany now regards herself as entitled to establish by legally unob- jectionable methods whether the crews of British and American pilots are guilty of war crimes" he said. ITO establish such proof since Brit ish and American bomber crews dropped phosphorus cannisters pur- posely on residential districts should not be difficult.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24

miles northeast of the American beachhead at Arawe, was hit heavily by ve-bombing Allied fighters. Anti-aircraft positions were silenced and fires were started that could be seen for 40 miles.
 No ground activity was reported from New Britain, New Guinea or Bougainville, but Japanese planes caused light damage and casualties in a pre-dawn raid on Arawe, on the southwest coast of New Bri- tain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
FARMERS WIFE KNOWS

Today when the farmers wife comes to town to sell her eggs, poultry and butter. she also brings along her used fat and sells that too. Fortunately she is apt to have more than her city sister, and she knows used fat is one of the most useful products any farm can pro- duce, because its glycerine content provides the munitions and medi- cineS needed in our war effort.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
EdlOard SuUeeney
 OUercon1e By Gas

Edward Sweeney, 45, of Mid dlebury was admitted to the Waterbury hospital this morn ing for treatment of gas and smoke poisoning. Hospital at taches said a stove in his home went out of order while he was sleeping and filled his room with smoke and gas fumes. He struggled to a phone and called a relative William Morgan of Oxford, who drove him to the hospital. His condition was re- ported as good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Be the woman behind the man behind the gun that killed Jap Your used kitchen fats make gun powder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
R. R. Men Agree

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24

Hollyhocks are blooming among the bombed ruins of the main shop ping street in Canterbury, England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
Adriotic End Of Maxi Line

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
Novy To
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