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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-22

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most fight for it,
Mrs. Smith, this is an open letter
10 all civilians, and ! would like
for It to appear in the Chronicle. so
others can read II. and probably
send a subscription TO a man in the
service. II you have this letter pub
iished, l am sure more relatives of
soldiers will pay attention to the
article. Thanking you. l remain
Pvt Henry f. Fryer.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-22

Negro Scout group to camp there.
This camp has an area OF l2IOOO
acres, according 10 Gross, 1t has
special interest for American boys
because il is the home of the legend
airy Kit Carson and is located Oh
the old Santa Fe Trail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-22
Nazis Usinq
 U s Uniforms
By SAMUEL D. HALES

United Press War COrxespondentl
 Paris, Dec. 22-(UP)- Official sources charged today that Ger man troops were using American uniforms and American-marked tanks and other vehicles in their all-out counter offensive in fragrant violation of the Geneva convention.
 Radio Paris also warned that German agents in American and British uniforms have infiltrated Paris and other rear areas in att tempts to sabotage Allied communi- cations and other installations. A widespread check-up of identity cards began in the French capital last night.
 Field dispatches from the Belgian and Luxembourg fronts said many German soldiers had been found dressed in American uniforms, most of them taken from American dead. In some cases, unarmed American prisoners have been murdered and their uniforms taken.
 American pilots ct advance fights er-bomber bases were being bFlefed sharply because the Germans were using captured American tanks and painting the fiye-pointed American star on some of their own axnnof. Many such tanks were heiu& manned by English speaking crewl to further the deception.
 Under the Geneva Convention, the rules of International LAW forbid the improper use of tlle military insignia and uniform ok
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-22
10000 More Jews Killed In 5 Comps

London, Dec. 22-(UP)-Twenty thousand more Jews have been mur- dered in five concentration camps in Poland, according to latest un- derground reports reaching the Po- fish National Council here.
 A message received by Dr. Em- manuel Scherer yesterday said that all but 600 of several thousand Jews were killed at a forced labor camp at Plaszow near Cracow.
 It was estimated that from 20,- 900 to 5000 persons were killed by the Germans at Plaszow and four other camps at Skarzysk, Staracho- vice, Pionki and Ostrowiec.
 Exchange telegraph reports from Zurich said that according to a neutral diplomat 600,000 Jews were killed in various annihilation camps between March and July tfhis year.
 The diplomat reported that some 250, 900 Jews who remained in Buda- pest were concentrated in a ghetto near Tabak GaSse synagogue last October. When he left Hungary re- gently, the diplomat said there were only 75,O0O left and these were dy- ing of starvation because the Ges- tapo blocked off the ghetto on a pretext of plague allowing no help to reach them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-22
Charter Principles
 As Valid Now As Al

Washington, Dec. 22 = (UP.) = President Roosevelt characterized the Atlantic Charter today as an objective toward world betterment, and said that its principles "are as valid today as they were in 1941" when he and Prime Minister Wins ton Churchill formulated it.
 MT. Roosevelt was asked at his press conference if he would care to say something further about the charter in the light of discussion that followed his earlier disclosure that 1t does not exist as 8 formally signed document.
 The President in reply remarked that certain documents had been presented to the world for a good many thousand years looking to bet terment of life itself. One of these, he said, is the Atlantic Charter, but somebody will come along in the future with something better.
 Some people are saying that the objectives of the Atlantic Charter cannot be attained, he noted, and he pointed out that people don't al- ways live up to the ten command mentS.
 The President haStened to add that he was not necessarily comparing the Atlantic Charter with the 10 commandments but that both were pronouncement for world better ment.
 President Woodrow Wilson's fam- ous IA points peace aims in the last war constituted another declaration in the same class, he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-22
ED. R. Silent
 About Budqet

Washington, Dec. 22-UP)-Pres- ident Roosevelt said today his bud- get for the next fiscal year will be based on the determination that Germany must be licked rather than on any expectation that the war in Europe will end soon.
 In wartime, the president told his news conference, there are many ways to approach budget. You can calculate that the war will end quickly or that it will last for months, he said.
 Commenting that he is just about the only person who has not pre- dicted when the war in Europe will end, the president said his budget planning has been influenced by the theory that Germany must be beat- en.
 The president said he talked yes terday by telephone with budget director Harold E. Smith, but he declined to reveal any estimates of what the government will spend in the fiscal year 1946.
 He said his theories on the war have been such that the current German offensive in Europe has caused no change in budget plans.
 As for the progress of the war. MT. Roosevelt said he knew little more about the military events in Europe than the press does. That, he added, means he has been &C., quainted with developments in the fighting up to Tuesday or Wednes- day.
 The president opened his confer ence by wishing correspondents 8 very hapy Christmas and then spontaneously urging them to tell Americans what he thought would be the best home front Christmas present to American fighting men.
 That, he said, would be the per- formance of everyone's tasks in the war effort, keeping on the job and maintaining a steady output of sup plies needed by those fighting men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-22
Rocco LaFauci, 19,
 Killed In Germany

Private Rocco LaFauci, 19, of 37 Lamont street, one of five brothers serving overseas with the armed forces, was killed in action in Ger many Dec. 4, according to War De- partment notification received yes- terday by his parents, MT. and Mrs. Paul LaFauci.
 Two of his brothers, Corporal John LaFauci and Private First Class Carmen LaFauci, entered the service with a former National Guard unit in 1941 and are now stationed in the South Pacific area. Two other brothers, Private First Class Eugene LaFauci and Private Salvatore LaFauci, are serving in France.
 The 19-year-old serviceman, a former employe of the Benrus Watch Co., bewan Army duties Feb. Il of this year and was sent over- seas in September, after receiving training at Camp Croft, s. c. He served in France before talking an assignment to Germany.
 Survivors besides his parents and servicemen brothers are: Six sisters, Mrs. Yolande Leone, Matilda, Ma falda, Concetta, Antoinette. and Josephine LaFauci; brother, Paul LaFauci; and his grandmoth Mrs. Fortunate Piccola of 4 Granger street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-22
Farewell Tributes
 Paid Judge Munger
-U. s. Navy photo from NEA Telephoto.

Members of the Waterbury Bar Association today were hosts at im- preSsive farewell exercises in be- half of Superior Court Judge Robert L. Munger, who tomorrow will serve for the last time on the Waterbury bench.
 The popular jurist, who will retire from the state bench next year on reaching his roth birthday, was met ct the railroad station this morning by group of lawyers on his arrival from Ansonia, and was escorted to the third floor courtroom in the county courthouse building, where more than 70 lawyers and the em- ployes of the courthouse were wait ing. The surprise" ceremonies were held just before the opening of to- days session of court.
 Tributes to the jurist, who has served in Waterbury many times. were extended by Corporation Counsel Maurice T. Healey, presi- dent of the bar association; Mayor John s. Monagan; Attorney John H. Cassidy and Attorney Herman Weisman. past presidents of the association; and Attorney Nathan iel Bronson, dean of the Water bury and state bar.
 Attorney Healey, who thanked the jurist for his "kindliness and considerate treatment of the bar" presented a watch to the judge and a bouquet of roses to be given to Mrs. Munger.
 Judge Munger, who sat at the bench wearing one of his famous tweed suits and without the GUS tomary judges robe, listened in- tently and was obviously moved as the speakers expressed their senti- mentS and ptlntuated their re- marks with anecdotes and facetious digs" at the greatly respected and good -humored jurist.
 Attorney Cassidy, who filled his talk with "reminiscences of the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-22
NAz|S' DRIVE ACROSS BEL LGIUM CHECK ED Forts, With Record Bombs, Blast Nagoya
KNOCKOUT
 A|MEDAT LAPS AIRCRAFT HUBS

United Press War COrrespOndent)
 Headquarters, 21st Bomber Command, Saipan, December 9. = (UP) = (VIA Navy Radio) = Carrying individ- 1al bomb loads hundreds of pounds heavier than ever be- fore, SuperfortreSSes from this Marianas base today att tackled the aircraft center at Nagoya for the third time in nine days in an attempt to deal an eventual knockout punch to Japanese aircraft production.
 The first sizeable wave of B-29s flashed word from the target that bombs were dropped through the over cast just before 1 p. m. (Na- goya time).
 For nearly 1-2 hours the silvery Superforts, veterans of eight major raids in strength, all but one of which were against targets on Jap ans main island or Honshu, kept the huge, sprawling aviation manu- featuring and assembly center under attack in a carefully planned as- Sault.
 Today's attack evidently was inc tended permanently to knock out buildings and installations badly damaged in an attack December 13 against the Hatsudoki factory Of the Mitsubishi works. In the December 13 raid 670,0OO square feet of roofs were burned and the buildings gut ted by fire. According to photo graphs only concrete and steel frame works remained upright.
 Upwards of 100 B-29s thundered out of Saipan to hit what the War Department Identified only as "ir- dustrial targets" on Honshu.. How ever, Tokyo soon afterward report ed the main objective was Nagoya, Japanis third largest city and big gest producer of aircraft.
 Tokyo broadcastS said about 100 B-29's swept over Nagoya, along with Shizuoka and Osaka, 85 miles southeast and southwest respective ly, from 1 p. m. to 2:30 p. m. (Tokyo time), but gave no indication that bombs were dropped other than at Nagoya.
 Japanese fighters intercepted the four-engined raiders and shot down at least 10 of them, Tokyo said, add ing the usual claim that "our dam age was small"
 The raid was the third in strength in 10 days on Nagoya, site of the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-22
Third Army Loses Hold
By w. R. HIGGINBOTHAM

Dy w. Limited Press Stan COrrespOndent)
 London, Dec. 22-(UP)-German spokesmen asserted that the Am erican Thir Army was abandoning it's hold on the Siegfried line east of the Saar river today, but Stock holm dispatches said the Nazi Pro- pagandists were switching to a mildly pessimistic tone in connection with the Wehrmacht's week-old western offensive.
 The German DNB News Agency said Gen. George s. Patton's troops were pulling out of the forefield of the Siegfried line all along the Saar front because of the fllanking threat posed by the new drive against the First Army.
 South of Saarlautern, DNB said, the Americans already have aban- doned their EnSdorf bridgehead, while to the north they are moving troops and material back to the west bank of the riber, permitting the Germans to re-occupy all their former strongpoints.
 There was no confirmation of the enemy report, which contrasted strongly with the sofewhat gloomy propaganda line suddenly adopted by Berlin last night.
 Swedish correspondent in Ber- lin said the German press and of- ficial spokesmen were beginning to show anxiety over the stubborn stand of the American First Army on the northern flank of the Bel gian Salient, where the Americans recaptured Stavelot and Monschau
 The elaborate press and radio fanfare picturing Adolf Hitler as the guiding genuis of the offensive
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-22
Boy. 5, Tortured By Virginia Miner

Williamson, w. Va, Dec. 22-CUP) Mick J. Maynard, 34, pigeon Creek miner and confessed torturer of three-year old Roger Lee Nicholaus, was held on charge of feloniouS assault today.
 Maynard admitted mistreating the blond, blue-eyed boy, and said the child's unwed mother, Mary Nicho- laus, was present at least part of the time.
 Maynard told police he slapped the child twice. One blow sent the baby reeling against hot stove. He said he then picked up the little boy and while carrying him to an adjoining room, one foot touched the hot stove.
 Infliction of more than one hun dred woundse was denied by the miner. he would not admit to pounding sharp pointed stick into the boy'G head, nor applying hot poker to numerous parts of his body, which police said the evidence indicated.
 Memorial hospital attendants re- ported that Roger Lee was recover ing but was too weak to play with toys and gifts from persons who had read of his experience.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-22
Dewey=Ptons Another Try At Presidency

Washington, Dec. 22.-(UP)-Gov. Thomas E. Dewey probably will be- gin soon to lay the groundwork for another try at the presidency in 1948, Republican member of con- gresS predicted today in the light of yesterdays meeting between Dewey and COP congressional lead CTS.
 This source also believed that Her. bert Brownen, Jr., would be con- tinued as Republican national chair man.
 These indications appeared to have caused some dissatisfaction among some younger elements of the Republican congressional group who feel that the COP must undergo "a thorough housekeeping" if it is to recapture the presidency.
 These clements, which could not be quoted directly, construed Brown en's decision to call national com- mittee meeting on Jan. 9 as addi- tional evidence that ''he intends to remain as chairman and Dewey intends to bet he candidate in 1948."
 Tt seems obvious from things de- veloped at the New York meeting, ' one member of congress said, "that there is every intention on the part of MT. Dewey to maintain his con- trol of the party organization and run again."
 Continuation of Brownell in of- flee, he said. would be bad thing from 8 psychological viewpoint if nothing else," because of his close connection with Dewey.
 Tt is always bad to have the chairman, after campaign is over, tied to one particular candidate, " he said. Tt has a bad effect on party morale all down the line"
 One good thing" will come out of the New York meeting, this mem- Der predicted. and that is an ag- gressive legislative policy by Repub- icanS in congress.
 We're going to develop program of legislation and present it to congress" he said. Were not go- ing to be content to be just the tail
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-22
100000 Reds Crack Nozi Latviu Lines
BY BRUCE w. MUNN

United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 London, Dec. 9. CUP)-Berlin said today that the Red Army, launch ing new offensive at the northern end of the eastern front, hurled 2 divisions-possibly 100000 men against the southern rim of the German pocket in northwest Latvia and conceded that the SovietS had broken into the Nazi lines at several points.
 The offensive, if confirmed, would appear an al-out attempt to hqul- date tens of thousands of Germans troops trapped against the Baltic and thus release additional Russian forces for the Soviet winter of- fensive in East Prussia and PolandI
 A United Press dispatch from Moscow said the Russians were be- lieved massing the greatest concen- tration of men, artillery, tanks and aircraft yet seen on the eastern front for 8 campaign that is ex- pected to conclude the war"
 Observers confidently expect that when the Red Army hits the German fortified lines from East Prussia to the Carpathians, it will break through Germany in suc- cessiye; fast operations" the dis patch said.
 Ernst Won Hammer, German mill itary commentator, reported the Latvian offensive in a Berlin broad cast. He said the Soviets had at- tackled along a 22-mile front south- west and south of Saldus, 55 miles east of the Baltic port of Liepaja Oibau), yesterday with strong air, artillery and tank support.
 The attack began with a 90-min- ute artillery barrage, during which at least 1,170 shells were fired into the German lines, Won Hammer said.
 Despite this lavish use of ann munition, the Soviets broke into the German lines at only a few points," he said. He called the att tack the start of the Soviets' Third winter offensive"
 So far, he said, 39 Russian tanks and 51 planes have been destroyed.
 The Russians cut off the Ger mans in northwest Latvia last fall with thrust across Lithuania to the Baltic coast north of memel. The subsequent fall of Riga to the Red Army pinned the remnants of the Wehrmachts Baltic garrison between the sea and the Gulf of Riga with no hope of escape except by sea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-22
Eisenhower Calls Upon Men To Turn Hitler's Greatest
 Gamble Into Worst Setback
BY J. EDWARD MURRAY

V United Press War CorrespondeEtD
 Paris, December 22.-(UP) = Front reports today said American First Army troops in desperate fighting have stopped the German drive across Belgium but there was no indication that the dangerous Nazi thrust across Luxembourg had halted and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called upon his men to rise to new heights and turn Hitler'S "great gamble into his worst defeat"
 Eisenhower, in an order Of the day to all American troops left no doubt that the great battle of the west 1s the crisis which will determ- inc whether Germany can be crushed quickly or whether the war must be prolonged many months.
 The German high command re- ported the establishment of several bridgeheads at unspecified points across the river Ourthe in Belgium. The Ourthe follows an irregular north-south course at distances from l3 to 21 miles west of the vital Liege-Bastogne-Arlon lateral highway which the Germans cut yesterday.
 Knife-Like Thrust The southern end of the Ourthp lies in the center of the fluid area of the southeast tip of Bell gium and Luxembourg where there were virtually no reports of the progress of German columns known l to be making 8 knife-like thrust 1 fort he ArdenneS Gap and Sedan The Nazi conlmu1ique merely said the offensive was making good progress" in this area. The Ger mans admitted that American tank0 taken south from Aachen were en- gazing Nai forces heavily around Stavelot. They claimed that It. Gen. George s. Patton had aban@ doned his bridgeheads across the Saar at Dillingen and Ensd0r to swing north on the flank of the German Luxembourg columns. As his dramatic order was flashed out to grim faced American CTS. the first encouraging report since the NaI thrust was launched six days ago was wirelessed by United Press War Correspondent Jack Frankish from U. s. 1st Army head quarters.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-22
w. C. Sold
 PoIond'-PiIot

Boston, Dec. 22.--(UP)-The Pilot, official organ of the Boston Arch diocese said editorially today that Churchill has sold Poland down the river just as Chamberlain sold out Czechoslovakia."
 Describing the Polish partition as 8 "crime against which idea1iSin and principle demand that we cry out," The Pilot declared that Amer ica may never hope again to see conscience, decency and principle given trial if the nation stands by and allows this crime to be com- mitted.
 "The gliding scraped off and the naked actuality laid bare, the world knows that Poland is being used horribly" the editorial said. Churchill knows. So do De Gaulle and our State Department. But by saying nothing we condone this herodian murder of innocents."
 The Pilot said the "Curzon Line" was intended only as an armistice boundary to last for one month.
 "As sop for the theft of land .. by Stalin Poland is of- fered segement of land and peo- pie indisputable German" it declared. The Germans, men, women and children, are to be moved out in a forced migration which daunts the imagination. It would be Acadia all over again. And not even Longfellow's poetry could make that vicious thing palatable." :"
 Saying that the motive for our silence" was ''the very mirage that Seduced poor Chamberlain-'peace for our timeS'," The Pilot added that "idealism . demands that we cry out against this crime no mat ter what the cost.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-22
U s Caught Off BoIonce
BY JAMES McGLINCY

Limited Press War COrreSpOndenL)
 Paris, December p. - (UP) - Military observers believed today that the German offensive in Bel gium and Luxembough caught the Allies off balance to a greater ex- tent than any development since the tide of war turned at Stalingrad two years ago.
 It would be difficult and possibly undesirable to delineate the Allies failure at the preesnt stage of the offensive, but the progres sof the Germans makes it obvious that they scored an outstanding surprise.
 The finger of blame seems to point at Allied Military Intelligence, which critics already were saying terribly underestimated the strength of the enemy's mobile reserve.
 Intelligence would appear to have neglected completely - or was ig- norant of an enemy concentra- tion of no less than 15 divisions in the Eifel Mountains east of Belgium and Luxembough.
 SlmllarIy, elGner ar recOIllalS- sance over the Eifel Mountains was neglected or its reports disregarded by the Allied High Commany out of belief that a German attack in its present strength was impossible, ob- servers theorized.
 The only alternative explanation for the thinneSs with which the 6O-mile line bteween Monschau and Echternach was held would appear to be that the High Command, even though aware of the concentration, understimated German audacity in attacking despite commitments elsewhere along the front.
 The initial success of the offens- i've was all the more surprising in the light of the forces with which Marshal Karl Won Rundstedt had to work.
 The German Army marching through Belgium and Luxembourg today is no longer that which reached the English Channel over the same route in five days in 19AO.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-22
Next JobF For Henry Wallace
 Remains Capitals Mystery

what job would be offered as a re- ward for his graceful lretirement and vigorous support of the fourth term campaign.
 In their quest for a hint as to Wallace's future job reporters turn ed to the vice presidents close friends in the senate and while nine would talk for quotation, their stories agreed on these points:
 l. Immediately after the Chicago convention President Roosevelt promised Wallace an important as- signment when his term as vice president expired.
 2. Cabinet jobs were discussed and Wallace got the impression he could have any one except the State Department, then held by Cordell Hull.
 3. Wallace didn't want to go back to being secretary of agriculture. where he served from 1888 to 194O, was lukewarm on the labor depart nnent. but would hket he commerce job now held hg Jones.