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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
AFL,CIO OJoin blight Bill

Washington, May 26-(UPO-The AFL and the CIO were united today in opposition to the Brewster-Bail- ey work or fight bill which would authorize indduction into military labor battalions or draft registrants who refused to go into or remain in essential work.
 The AFL announced its opposition c few days ago. Yesterday. CIO General Counsel Lee Pressman told the Senate Military Affairs Com mittee that putting people in un- form at the point of a bayonet to work side by side with civilian workers" would not solve labor dif- faculties.
 A1 the same time CIO President EAiEp Mnfray said in a statement that "forced labor" has faileG e work well in Europe and woud fail here.
 Pressman said labor difficulties could be solved by voluntary labor. management cooperation and use of existing government agencies. Turnover problems in west coast airplane plants, he testified. were solved in this way six months ago and are being alleyiated in the ball bearing and copper mining indus tgies. ........
 -hs bill is supported by military leaders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
BY R. N. sHACKFORD

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, May 26-(UP)-Soy- let Russias decision to intervene with Japan in behalf of American and British prisoners was halted to- day amidst growing belief that Jap- an may be trying to erase some of her bad record for treatment of prisoners.
 The United States has tried for more than iree years to work out 6 systematic way of providing Amer lean prisoners with supplies. Several of It's proposals have been rejected flatly and some have not been an- sWered.
 Now, suddenly comes hope that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
Novy May 
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NEA Radiophoto,
By WILLIAM F. THREE
1rited Press War Correspondent)

United Press War Corresponden)
 Parl Harbor, May 26 - (U.P) - The almost complete lack of oppo- sition encountered by an American carrier force in a two-day raid on Marcus Island, only 1,160 miles southeast of Tokyo, raised the pos sibility today that naval task forces soon may hit Japan itself.
 Vice Admbiral John H. Towers deputy commander of the Pacific fleet, contributed to the speculation by warning in radio broadcast last night that American carrier task forces will Ego ahead like line block CTS in football, moving down resis- anc and finally hurling their great strength directly at the heart of his (Japan's) homeland"
 "Our Pacific enemy must be won- dering where we will hit him next" " Towers added. He knows that he is vulnerable. He knows we are com- ing"
 Only few hours earlier, Pacific fleet headquarters disclosed that planes from an American carrier task force had dropped 148 tons of bombs on airdrome installations in 373 sorties against Maracus last Fri day and Saturday at 8 total cost of four planes and three men.
 Though the carrier force sailed north of Marcus to within possibly 1000 miles or less of Tokyo, no enemy warships were sighted and only two enemy aircraft were seen in the area-a medium bomber that was shot down and a twin-engined plane which was strafed on the ground.
 The task force also sent its planes against Japanese-held Wake Island 880 miles southwest of Marcus, in a 354-sortie attack last Tuesday with
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
Scovin Co. Requested d
 ToReinstateW Workers
(signal Corps Radiophoto from NEA)

Governor Raymond E. Baldwin to- day requested the management of the Scovill Mfg. Co.,, here ito rein- state with full seniority rights all employees of it's tube mill division now Involved in the current union- management dispute.
 The governors request followed this mornings meeting of union and management representatives with the state mediation and arbitration board in an attempt at settling the dispute.
 m addition, the chief executives request also asked that "all griev- ances relative to the current differ- ences be mediated by the company in cooperation with the C.I.O Scovill Brass Workers union"
 The company, it is understood will take the Governors recommenda- ton under consideration as soon as it has received formal notification of the request.
 This mornings meeting conducted at 10 a. m. by the state arbitration and meditation board came about as result of the unions appeal to the Governor asking that he in- tercede in the matter which has been deadlocked for the past week. Union and management represen- tatives were requested to appear to- gether with the full committee rep- resenting the tube mill division.
 Wm n -R k1., pany and other plant representa- tives, Robert Walkinshaw and John Mankowski of the c. I. O. represent ed both parties at the conference. Following the conference John w. Hayes of the state labor commits sioner's office consulted with Gov ernor Baldwin relative to the boards decision. The Governor then issued
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
Trop Nippo-
 Burma Force In Hord Fight
BY WALTER LOGAN

(Un1ted Press war COrreSpOnuenGj
 Southeast Asia Headquarters, Randy, Ceylon, May 26-(UP)-Al- lied troops have trapped Japanese column moving in from the west to reinforce Myitkyina, g communique said today, as bitter fighting eon- tinued in and around the besieged enemy stronghold in Northern Bur- ma.
 Official reports said Chinese jun- gle troops ambushed the enemy re- lief column along the Bhamo-Myit- kyinia trail yesterday and inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese. Headquarters spokesmen indicated the enemy force was geing anni- Inflated in a narrowing pocket near the jungle village of Namkwt.
 Heavy rains hampered all ground and aerial operations on the Myit- kyina sector, but the communique said American and Chinese tnfan- trymen frightened their siege line around the city and killed 52 Jap- anese in a clash on its northern outskirts. There was no new re- port on the progress of the week. old battle inside the town.
 More than 40 miles to the west, It. Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell's Chi nese forces destroyed number of Japanese outpost positions in the Mogaung Valley north of Kamainy. On the Salween front, Chinese troops captured Tatangtzu. 28 miles northeast of Tengchung. and Hung mushu, about 25 miles east of Teng- chung. Heavy casualties were in- flicted on the retreating enemy.
 Chungking spokesmen said the Chinese forces moving westward to- ward the Burma frontier were con- verging on Tengchung from the north, south and east, and predict ed that the major battle for that enemy base would come soon.
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Moffin Air
 Drome Taken
BY DON CASWELL

United Press War COrrespondent)
 Allied Headquarters. Southwest Pacific, May 26-(UP)-American infantrymen, spearheaded by tank attack and supported by artillery and fighter planes, have reached the Maffin Airdrome five miles west of the Tor River on the Dutch New Guinea mainland and have cut off Japanese retreat from the airstrip, it was announced today.
 Capture of the 5,000-foot airstrip appeared imminent. While U. &. infantrymen smashed nearly five miles along the Dutch New Guinea coast, advancing in the face of rak- ing fire from Japanese artillery, mortars and automatic weapons, American artillery demolished a bridge across the Woske River, west of Maffin Airdrome, cutting off the retreat of the airstrip's defenders.
 The communique disclosed that the Wakde airstrip on Insoemoar Island, established as an American base last Sunday after infantrymen had all but annihilated it's enemy defenders, has been heightened from 2.5OO to 5000 feet by U. s. Army Engineers.
 A spokesman said 1t now was one of the finest airfields in the entire Southwest Pacific. The Philippines, l,025 air miles away. are within bombing range of the airfield.
 The assault on the Japanese lines guarding Maffin Airdrome, which had been holding up the American advance for several days, was led Wednesday by General sherman tanks.
 A headquarters spokesman said some casualties were suffered by the tank forces.
 Enemy Casualties
 Enemy casualties in the Wakde- Sarmi area operations for the seven days since the first landings stood at 9Ti dead and five captured. in comparison with 6i Americans kil- led. is2 wounded and three mis- sing.
 An additional l5i Japanese were
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
ISTERNA CAPTURED IN BLOODY FIGHT
Allies Hold Most Of .Pontine Marshes: Push On Into Hills
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD

BY REYNOLDS PACKARD United Press War COrrespondentll
 Allied H e a dquar Naples, May 26. = (UP) S The Fifth Army, swiftly ex- plotting the linking of it's two fronts below Rome, captured the Appian Way stronghold of CiSterna in a bloody four hour battle, occupied virtu- ally the entire Pontine Marshes and pushed into the hills to the northeast, it was disclosed today.
 Fighter-bombers attached to the Fifth Tactical Air Force yesterday made their largest-scale attack yet against German columns falling back along the Appian way, via Casiliana and other roads south Oe Rome, destroying 610 motor vehi~ cles and damaging 561 others, Twenty out of 80 intercepting Ger~ man planes were shot down.
 The toll taken by the pilots bombs, shells and bullets brought the two-day total to more than 900 vehicles destroyed in the past two days at a time when the enemy needs all available transport to reach his new defenses, presume ably between the beachhead front and Rome. tI'
 GA German communique said 30 Allied tanks were destroyed in 8 bitter tank battle near Cisternas which it claimed still was in Axis hands. The communique aclEnowl- edged that the Germans had "dis~ engaged themselves" from the coastal plain to higher ground to the northeast)
 At the southeastern end of the embattled 70-mile front, Britishs Canadian and Polish troops of the Eighth Army seized Aquino and Piedmonte, probably the last strong~ holds in the old Adolf Hitler line and drove across the Melfa rived in pursuit of the retreating enemy.
 Vallecorsa, six miles north of Fondi, nearby Mt. Civitella and three peaks farther east fell to American and French clements of the Fifth Army in the central sec& tor as the fast-breaking "on-to~ Rome" offensive went into it's third week.
 The bag of prisoners for the first 14 days of the offensive rose to more than 12,000, including nearly 3,00U taken by the Anzio beachhead forces alone. Fifty-six towns and 78 peaks have been captured.
 Cisterna, important highway and railway junction on the Appian Way 25 miles southeast of Rome, was oc- cupied late yesterday by American troops after some of the bitterest fighting at the beachhead end of the front.
 Last Ditch Fight
 Though surrounded, the German garrison literally fought last ditch battle. The final American assault began at noon and four hours later the last 100 surviving Germans gur- rendered. The remainder of the gar> rison was killed.
 American troops famed out from Cisterna in all directions even while fighting still ragged in the city. They drove three miles to the northwest along the Appian Way toward Rome advanced an equal distance north- east along a road toward the moun- tain town of Cori and rolled south~
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
F.D.R CALLS
 CONFERENCE OF42N NATIONS

Washington, May 26. - (UP) = President Roosevelt today called an international conference of 42 nations and the French Committee of National Liberation to dis cuss international monetary problems at Breton Woods, N. H., beginning July 1.
 Invitations were extended to all of the United Nations and the na- tions associated with them in the war asking them to send official representatives to this country to discuss proposals to meet postwar international monetary problems.
 The delegates representing the United States will be headed by Secretary Morgenthau of the Treas ury.
 The official name given the meet ing in the White House announce ment was '"The United Nations Monetary and Financial Confer ence."
 Text of the announcement:
 President Roosevelt has called an international conference for the purpose of discussing proposals to meet postwar international mone- tary problems.
 %The conference is expected to last several weeks.
 "All agreements worked out by the conference subsequently, will be submitted to the respective govern- ments for approval"
 Then the White House listed the nations invited to participate in the conference. Argentina and Be- livia were not included.
 Breton Woods, N. H.-(UP)-The United Nations monetary and fi- nancial conference called by Pres- ident Roosevelt today will be held here, appropriately enough, against a backdrop of the majestic peaks of the White Mountains famous presidential range.
 One of the nations most fash ionable resort centers, Breton Woods is situated on a broad pla- teau which is fringed by the mas sive array of mountain peaks with mile-high Mt. Washington as the focal point.
 s Here is the upper Ammonoosuc Falls, a furious cascade of water that plungeS from the lake of clouds on the side of Mt. Monroe over and under glistening lodges of Granite, to become the widest stream in all New England.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
Bad Weather Slows Raids
BY WALTER CRONKITE

United Press War COrrespOndent)
 London, May 26.- (UP) The Vichy radio said Lyon was bombed today, apparently by American sseGsvyweights striking at the French rail hub from the Mediterranean theater for the second straight day since bad weather brought the rec ord offensive by Britain-b -baSed planes almost to a complete halt.
 A Nazi-controlled Vichy broadcast said that during an alertt his morn- ing in Central" France, bombs were dropped on Lyon, biggest transport center of all southeastern France and St. Etienne. S5 miles to the southwest.
 The enemy report of the second consecutive day of attacks on Lyon lacked confirmation but was noi discounted immediately since if. ficial announcements from Italian headquarters usually trail Nazi yer
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Super-Godset JustAin't
BY JOSEPH LATIN

lUniteo Press Staff COrreso0ndentl
 Washington, May 26.-UJP)- Charles E. Wilson, executive vice chairman of the War Production Board, today denied reports that there existed a "superman" gadget which could be used to eavesdrop on private conversations anywhere within a three-mile radius.
 Reported existence of the gadget shocked" The Washington Post which said in an editorial yesterday that such a device could q. vio- late the privacy of homes of doctors consulting rooms, confess Sionai boxes. bedrooms. the inti- mate conversations of friends, the condolences of lovers, of husbands and wives, of parents and chil- dren."
 The editorial was based on a story published by Coiumnist Drew Pear son to the effect that Wilson had used such device to listen in on private talk between Bernard Baruch and other officials in the home of Jemes V. Forrestal, now secretary of Navy.
 Wilson said the colunnist later conceded on his radio program that there was no such machine but that the original story had persisted even though 1t was fantastic.
 The instrument-whlch has been the subject of much speculation al capital cocktail parties in recent weeks-was alleged to be a Genera Electric company invention. vii. son was president of the firm al the time President Roosevelt called him to Washington for his present post.
 Tn the first place there is nc such gadget." wilson said. "In thu second place, if there were it woult be rotten to use 1t that way and resent reports that did"
 The Post editorial had said tha since there had been no denial O Pearsons report i've must reluct antly conclude that the story I l,true."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
HimmIer May PoIiceFrunce
BY ROBERT DOWsON

United Press Stan COrrespOndent)
 London, May 26.-(UP)-Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. fresh from an inspection tour of the Allied in- vasion armies massed in Britain conferred with King George at Buckingham palace today, as it was reported that Nazi gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler has been rushed to France to tighten the German grip on that invasion-threatened country.
 A laconic announcement of Eisen- hower's latest inspection trip said only that the invasion commander had visited British and American ground forces and was highly pleas ed with the thoroughness of their training.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
No Air Commitments M
 London Talks Hull Says

verbrook in the House of Lords May 10. Thetop ranking British postwar air policy ofiicial purportedly said Britain favored an American plan for four freedoms of the air, includ- ing right to discharge and pick up passengers anywhere in the world.
 .Hull's letter to Bailey and Clark reiterated that Assistant Secretary Adolf A. Berle's talks with Beaver brook were purely exploratory" and that no commitments were made.
 Photostatic copies of the transcript of Beaverbrook's addres, now in the hands of aviation committeeman. likewise failed to substantiate the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
SoDiet Mope To Aid Q. s. Jap Held Captiues Hailed

the Japanese may be persuaded to give prisoners better treatment and to allow regular shipments of sup- plies to them. Tn an effort to clinch such prospects. Great Britain and the United States have asked the Soviet Union, which is not at war with Japan, to approach Japanese officials on the subject.
 Russia agreed to act and there was little doubt here that her voice would carry great weight, especially on the eve of promised new offen- sives by the Allies in the Far East.
 The good news for the families of the thousands of Americans and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
Pigeons Outrage
 "H" GToundkeepeT

1 Cambridge, Mass, May 26. (UP) Boston Commons OutiaWed and halfstarved pigeons are emigrating to Harvard university where they have been found feasting on freshly- planted grass seed in the Harvard yard.
 The furious groundkeeper pros tested the outrage" to the ofilce Of the president. Whereupon he was amiahIy informed that pigeons didn't matricuIate at Harvard.
 Not to be outdone, the ground keepeP retored:
 "Seems to me, they're matriculat- hng az over the place"
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Grateful Tors
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Boston, May 26 -- (UP)- Some $2,O0O earned by temper ary work in this area has been presented by British navy sail- ors to the greater Boston USO for the hospitality extended them during shore leaves.
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Evening star., 1944-12-14
Presidential Order Obtained
To Resume 2 Monopoly Suits

Iment Of Justice might not press for
trial before March Is.
The Bendix case may take up to
lsix months. Corporation President
E. r. Breech said at the time the
complaint was filed that the firm
would defend itself to the limit. -
Former President Vincent Bendix
former Vice President Charles Mar
Gus and Patent Attorney Francis A
Stanton, all of New YORK, we're
named as co-defendants in the
complaint.
Those named in the indictment
against the chemical companies in
cluded President Otto Haas, Vice
President E. C. B. Kirsopp and
Plastics Sales Manager D. S. Fred
erick, all of Rohm & Haas; for the
Du Pont company, Lammot du Pont
chairman of the Board of Directors;
Vice President w. F. Harrington, F
A. Wardenburg and A. E. Pitcher
general managers, respectively, of
the ammonia and plastic depart
ments, and w. w. Perry, manager
of the special plastics division.
Foreign Firms Not Indicted.
The indictment charges conspir-
acy with I. G. Farbenindustrie
Aktiengesellschaft, Germany; Rohm
& Haas of Darmstadt, Germany
and Imperial Chemicals Industries
Ltd, of London to eliminate COM
petition, restrain trade and United
States production and exact non
competitive prices in the manufac-
ture and sale of acrylic products,
including polymerized methyl me-
thacrylate, used for bomber noses,
cockpit Enclosures and gun turrets.
The foreign firms were named as
co-conspirators but not indicted.
The 55-page complaint against
Bendix, filed by Samuel S. Isseks as
head of the Justice Department. s
Antitrust Division in New York
contained seven counts charging a
similar conspiracy with firms in
England, Germany, Italy, France
and Japan and with two Bendix SUBJ
salaries, the Eclipse Machine Co.
Elmira, N. Y, and the defunct
Eclipse Aviation Corp. Of East
Orange, involving aero-photographic
apparatus. rate-of- climb indicators
carburetors, de-icers, fuel injection
nozzles, superchargers and other air
craft devices.
Duncan Merriwether, Rohm and
Evening star., 1944-12-14
THE EVENING STAR, Washington G. 80 A-a
@s

Haas, treasurer, released a state
ment in Philadelphia denying the
Government allegations and saying:
THE agreements Of which the
Department of Justice complains
lare licenses under United States
lpatents owned by aliens, pursuant
Ito which Rohm and Haas received
the right to manufacture such pat
tents in this country. These licenses
enabled Rohm and Haas to pro-
duce materials vital to the efficiency
iof American military aircraft.
This action by the Department
lof Justice poses the basic question
whether the United States Govern
ment would prefer that executives
| of a major war industry concen-
trate on production of materials
vital to war or on attendance in
court to combat legal charges which
have been denied by such execu-
| tives.
Here again is an instance of a
prosecutors charges being released
in such news form that they are
likely to be accepted by the public
as proven facts, whereas actually
they are only one side of a case in
which the other side has not yet
had an opportunity to be heard"