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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
Philippine Invasion Not
Another Jungle Campaign

palms fringe the sandy beaches
of the eastern coastline of Leyte
for 40 miles south of Tacloban,
the provincial capital.
Skirting this coast is an all
weather highway, joined at sew
eral points by lateral roads lead
ing through the broad Leyte
valley northward to Carigara
Bay and the inland sea of the
Philippines.
For the first time since Ba-
taan, MacArthur's army and ar
tillery will have room to ma
neuver.
Leyte is the eighth largest of
the Philippine islands and has
nearly a million citizens.
MacArthur's artillery will
have wide fields of fire in the
battle for valley roads and the
islands half dozen airfields of
which Tacloban, three miles
from the town, is the most i'm
portant.
There Is no reason to believe
the campaign will be virtually
unopposed and bloodless, for the
Japanese overran Leyte and took
over most of the Visayan group
virtually intact two and a half
years ago.
Nature, too, may take hand
in the battle. This is the begin
ming of the rainy season and
near the end of the typhoons.
Some score of rivers and streams
course down from thanking
mountains to crisscross Leyte
Valley. ..
The advantages that Leyte Of
fers a modern military machine
are not to be found on Dinagat,
SULTAN and Homonhon Islands
which command the approaches
to Leyte Gulf.
Reef bound Homonhon, IS
miles southeast Of Leyte, was
the first island of the Philippines
to be visited by Magellan on his
was to his death on Cebu
beach.
Dinagat Is 20 miles east of
the southern end of Leyte. 1t
is rugged and without roads.
Samar, separated from Leyte
by narrow San Juanico Strait
and Janabas Channel, has few
roads and no good anchorages.
But Samar has four airfields-
Anahao and Borogan on the east
coast, Chairman on the north
end and Calabayog on the west
coast.
Neither the japanese nor the
Japanese are likely to starve on
Leyte. The fertile valleys pro-
duce abundant crops Of rice,
corn, sweet potatoes. There is
plenty of water, too, but the
Americans going back to the
island know that dysentry and
typhoid are prevalent. Cholera
is not unknown, and there's al
ways malaria.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20

OSS Witt WHICH d nero OIIeTeO
his life on the oltor Of sacri-
flee.
Lately we've had notes from
several families whose sons are
informed IN German prison
camps, concerning letters and
telephone calls from American
fliers (injured and out of COM
bat for the duration) who have
been returned to this country.
One such c heering letter
was received this week by
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fletcher,
4276 Malow avenue, Utica
from Sergt. Ray Har-
mon, engineer of the Flying
Fortress on which their son,
Fred made his last trip over
Fortress Europe July l9
before being made a Nazi
prisoner.
All the Fletchers had learned
of Fred's whereabouts was for
nation notification that he was
German prisoner and one
can imagine their Joy when Har-
mons letter came to them. Ex-
cerpts from it include
Fred was well and O. X,
when last saw him, and that
was AFTER we had bailed out.
We were captured but that's
not to be worried about. The
treatment Is not bad at all.
We had been to a target
just north of Munich that day
and were hit by anti-aircraft
flax. We got to somewhere
in Central France before we
had to jump. / know
Fred was not hurt at ALL"
So now the Fletchers' wait for
Fred's first letter from a German
prison camp is not tinged with
fear and uncertainty. They
know he is in good health and
uninjured they know, too,
as Harmon points out that
Fred should be back soon.
Seaman NC Bob Jones, SON
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lemon Jones,
of Mount Clemens, writes his
folks from Palau Island in the
Pacific. He apologies for not
writing sooner but said that
they've been SO busy ducking
bullets and shells that writing
was impossible. One Sc
rious note in his letter Is worth
thought "Mother, the
main thing I want you to do
Is keep praying =. and tell
everybody in Mount Clemens
to keep up their prayers be-
cause prayers help q lot"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
JapAdmiral Killed
in Philippines
Chang Elated

LONDON, Oct. 20-(P)-Vice
Adm. Nashaharu Arima of the
Japanese Navy was killed Oct.
Is when his torpedo plane "at-
tackled and hit big U. S. air.
craft carrier" off the Philippines,
Berlin radio said today report
ing a Tokyo dispatch. Just why
an admiral was riding a torpedo
plane, one of the most hazard
Gus of naval weapons, was not
disclosed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
WITH MACARTHUR ON LEY

WITH MACARTHUR ON LEY
TIE, Philippines, Oct. 20 Up
Thrusting deep into the heart of
the Philippine Archipelago, a
powerful American army which
Gen Douglas Macarthur led to
Leyte today, was making the
first strike of the Southwest Pa
cific campaign at relatively
well-developed island.
II is the first time since Mac
Arthur's forces started the long
fighting way back to the Phil
ippines, two and a half years
ago, that they weren't plunging
into a jungle campaign.
Orderly rows Of conu I
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
&s -Mn the DAY
By D. A.

There's code Of honor among filters of the Anericon Air
Forces in active service that and then brings
cheer to the and families Of the less fortunate who
become casualties OF We speak Of the letters they
send to to give them cheering Of their loved
ones even though it consists only OF scraps of nforma
ton regarding the health comfort Of prisoner the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20

Grand Coulee Dam contains
enough concrete for a highway
from New York to Seattle, and
back via Los Angeles.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20

UTICA WAR VETERANS of
World Wars | and II will be
permanently honored with the
erection of a monument in that
city's park, according 10 plans
Of the Rick Legion Post
and il Utica gets behind this
patriotic project as it has behind
war bond and salvage drives,
the monument is as good as
erected. Every Friday evening
a Legionnaire will be stationed
at the Utica National Bank to
accept donations.
Merchants on Cass avenue
near Gratiot, whose store
windows were marked with
soap by irresponsible youths
prematurely celebrating Hal
lOween Cor something) appre-
ciated our commenting on the
matter and telling the
selfish perpetrators that they
were merely spelling the Civ
ic Halloween Night fun of
younger boys and girls.
For one Of these merchants,
who annually has Clipped in
his gift for the Halloween
prize list despite previous
window soapings, etc.. said
Never again" This year
when approached for a prize
he said he'll refuse which
shows how a few hooligans
can spoil the fun of many we'll
deserving youngsters.
DeSpite SHORTAGES NJ marie
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20

Despite shortages of parts,
equipment and tires, it is esti-
mated that u. S. "for-hire" mo-
tor vehicles moved almost 800
million tons of freight in l943.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20

Since 1857, all land in the
Netherland East Indies has been
owned by Indonesians, and can
not be sold to other nationals.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
DENIES CHARGE

Harvey Schoenberg, %, Route
1, Richmond, pleaded not guilty
before Justice of the Peace
Frank E. Jeanette, Wednesday
to a charge of desertion, after
marriage to avoid prosecution.
His examination was set for
Tuesday at 10 am. and he was
committed to the county Jail in
lieu of $1,000 bond. Schoenberg
was accused of deserving his
juvenile wife and their infant
son, according to the Justice
court,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27

plauded when a B-29 broke out of formation amid 8 cluster of anti Aircraft bursts and "hurtled toward the ground,
 The Japanese also claimed that their planes had struck back at Saipan last night for the second straight night. They described their raid as devastating" and said huge explosions occurred at several points on the air field and among ground installations.
 Hansell'S statement disclosed that the 2lst bomber command had drop ped an average of 100000 pounds 50 tons of bombs a day on the Jap anese homeland during the first month of operations from Saipan, November 24 to December "A.
 That is, in all these raids, we have dropped more than 3,000,0OO pounds-l, 500 tons-of bombs on bombs on Japan he said.
 Japan is bleeding internally now and while the cause of this critical ailment is easily diagnosed, there is no cure for it that the Japanese can devise until the war with Japan is ended"
 Hansell said the first month of operations had been encouraging but E. far from the standards of perfection"
 We have not put all our bombs exactly where we wanted to put them and therefore are not-by any meanS-satiSfied with what we have done so far" he said. We are still in our early experimental stages.
 We have much to learn and many operational and other techni-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
2 Banks Sued For
 Roles In Forgery
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The accident took place on South Main street at Platts Mills. It is al- legged the car operator was driving at an excessive speed and failed to keep a proper lookout. The com- plaint points out there were two other persons on the front seat of the car, and that as a result the driver was not giving proper atten- tion to operation of the vehicle.
 Eric P. Johnson of Naugatuck claimed $15 1000 damages from Arvid J. Anderson, also of Naugatuck, for injuries sustained Feb. II in fall in Naugatuck. The court writ states the defendant did not maintain gutters and draL- pipes at his prop erty at 137 New street and as a re- suit rain water and snow accumu- lated on the walk and froze.
 The plaintiff states he attended to the furnace on the premises and that at the time of the accident he was at the property for that pur- pose. The fall occurred at the rear of the premises at May avenue. The plaintiff also claims the sidewalk had been raised to prevent water from going into the cellar, and that the defective condition added to the danger,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27

valid withdrawal order was pre- sented. The check to Brown was drawn by the savings bank on the nation bank, the other defendant. The complaint states the savings bank has refused to pay the $5,000 to the plaintiff, and the national bank has refused to repay the sav- ings bank.
 Alexander CharkowSky of Water bury filed a $25, 900 action against Carmen Angeline, also of this city, as the result of injuries sustained Sept. 1 in an automobile accident.
 The plaintiff states he was pas- senger in the defendants truck when it left the highway at Homer street and struck a telegraph pole. The vehicle proceeded 150 feet after the first crash and struck second pole, the complaint states. The plaintiff states he was thrown from the truck to the highway, and sus- tained concusSion and confusion of the brain, a fracture of the skull, fracture of the leg, and numerous body injuries.
 AS ICSulU O1 U41C 4AAJAA AC0 b4AC plaintiff sustained complete loss of hearing of his left ear and par tial impairment of the hearing in the right ear, the complaint states. He has lost wages from the day of the accident, and will be unable to work for long time, he alleges. The court writ points out the acci- dent victim was in hospital for p days.
 Damages of $25, ,OOO are sought by George Karnofsky, local electrician, in a suit filed against Joseph and Nora Goldman, owners of property at 774-78O North Main street. The litigation is based on injuries sus- tained by the plaintiff August in fall on stairway at the premises. The complaint states the fifth step on a stairway at the rear of the premises, where the plaintiff was working, was missing, and the de- fective condition caused him to fall to the cellar. He sustained a broken spine and various body injuries, the writ states.
 It is pointed out in the court papers that the plaintiff, an em- ploye of Feitelson,s, was out of work for three months and since then has been restricted to light work at wages lower than those he received previously for his former type of work. It is alleged the defendants were negligent for failing to pro- vide lighting or inspect the premises.
 George Plungis of Watertown seeks $7,5O0 damages from the Brookside Diaries, Inc, of Water bury, as the result of an accident which occurred October IA in Wa tertown on Main street near Wood- ruff avenue.
 The plaintiff states his car was struck by a truck owned by the de- fendant and operated by William Harrigan. The steering wheel of his car was pushed against his chest, and caused injuries to the chest and also to his chin, right knee, left hand and head, the writ states. Re- pairs to the car cost $810 the plain | tiff adds.
 Fatal injuries sustained by Mrs Lillian Chase of Prospect, when she was struck by car Oct. 27, are the basis of a $15,00O civil action filed by her husband, Albert E. Chase, as administrator of her estate. The de- fendants are Francis Fitzgerald, owner of the car, and his nephew, Paul Fitzgerald, who operated it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
Germons Lounch Surprise Attack

Rome, Dec. 27. '(UP)-The Ger mans have, launched a surprise attack in the western sector of the Fifth Army front, striking in strength in the Serchio Valley area, IS miles inland from the Ligurian coast, headquarters announced to- day.
 The attack, made in one of the few Italian front areas not blanketed by snow and preceded by artillery fire, was aimed at the town of Gall licano, a half mile from the Serchio river. A commlInique said Americans were forced to withdraw from outposts to prepared positions.
 The Germans also increased artil- lery fire in the central sector and planes dropped anti-personnel bombs behind the Fifth Army lines below Bologna.
 Eighth Army troops, supported by artillery, continued to mop up Ger man rear guards east of the Navi- glio canal between Bagnacavallo and Faenza.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
Musashina Plants
 Shelled By Forts
Continued from Page l1

cal problems to solve. Some of our experiments have been gratifying, if not satisfying, however, and the B-29 airplane has proved itself a magnificent weapon of war
 Hansell explained that the pri- mary target always was rather small section of enemy territory, and it looks particularly small when seen from an altitude of something over five miles"
 When superfortresses fail to hit primary targets, he said, they do not consider thatt hey have done a good job, even though their bombs hit other factory areas and even though their bombs do great dam- age in those adjacent areas"
 Out of Business
 At Nagoya, Japan's third largest city, Hansell said, the Hatsodoh aircraft plant, biggest of its kind in Japan, "is at this time out of business, with at least 40 per cent of its buildings destroyed or gutted by fire"
 The Kokuki plant, also at Nagoya, was damaged extensively" with re- sultant interruption of production, he said.
 Only two B-29s have been lost over the target area during the past month, Hansell reported, and while some have been lost at sea, these operational losses have in no sense hoov, hooJyy and fnUnr than expected" More than half of the crews have been rescued.
 Hansell conceded that Japanese planes based in the Bonins, half way between Saipan and Tokyo, had attacked the B-29 bases in the Mari anas with some success"
 The latest Japanese attack came Christmas night, when between 16 and 25 planes hit one of Saipans s airstrips through screen of Amer ican night fighters. One American plane was destroyed and several others damaged, Pearl Harbor communique disclosed. Six Ameri- cans were wounded.
 Three of the raiders were shot down by American fighters and anti-aircraft gunners on the ground got the fourth.
 American Liberators bombed the Japanese airstripS at Two lima in the Bonins Monday for the 18th straight day, and met only light anti-aircraft fire. Only "A hours earlier, naval surface ships adn B. 29s had teamed up with the Liber- ators in a three-ply assault on the island.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
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Relative to subsequent presenta- tion of the bill to the state body next year the Mayor cited what he believed was the ''practicality, then, of subjecting any such recommenda- tions of the Commission to final i11- depreciation by all interested par ties" rather than attempting a purely local means.
 The Commission in its long ses- sion last evening revised the re- gently publicized proposed plan to include what it termed as special members and teacher members of the city's vocational employees. Un- der such a proposal the special members include those who do not belong to the State Teachers Re- tirement System and now number ing 73 employees. This group will, in effect, receive many of the benefits of the general employees whereby they will contribute per cent to the plan and receive the equivalent of about half-pay on retirement. The teacher members, those who are a part of the state system, and who as such contribute 5 per cent to that fund will contribute ? per cent to the city plan with the pro- vision that the annual maximum contribution is not to exceed $50 This latter group will receive annual benefits of $500. The word super annuated included in the original bill is to be stricken out and substi- tuted with the words service.
 Other changes, among which were the most radical" include the freedom for general employees tc retire after 35 years service or Ii they are 65 years of age or over they may retire aGter 20 years service rather than the original measure protested by this employe group calling for mandatory attain ment of the age of 65 before subject to retirement regardless of the num- Der of years employment.
 Under another change, police and firemen would be granted disability benefits of one-fourth their salary for non-service- connected disability after 10 years of service instead oi the previously proposed social se- curity basis which would penallze men with no dependents, Chairman e. Arthur Du Bois explained.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27

(Continued from Page D
 flames including seven who were rescued over hastily erected lad ders by firemen, many of whom had narrow brushes with death as sec- tions of walls and floors collapsed.
 The fire was believed by some to have started in an over-heated Vulcanizer in a first-floor tire shop. A series of three hot-air explosions sent the flames roaring through the structure and cut of tenants on the top floor. It was on this floor that the loss of life occurred.
 Street became ce-glazed in the area and hose lines froze in the IT, degree temperature, increasing the hazard for firemen from Chelsea, Boston, Everett, Winthrop, Maiden and Revere who responded to the alarm.
 Flames first burst from the struc- ture about 10 p. m. and within an hour busy Chelsea Square, where the building is situated at the june tion of four streets, was a sham bles of stalled automobiles. trolley cars and fire apparatus.
 A detail of 20 Coast Guardsmen were sent to the scene to re-rout trafllc and aid in removing injured to first aid stations and hospitals. Most of the injured were suffering from minor cuts or smoke inhala- ton.
 Several of the f1remen were felled by the acrid smoke but returned to their duties after first aid.
 By a. m. the fire was controlled and four of the bodies had been removed. At thta time Fire Chief Charles G. Yoke said he believed that there were from three to four other bodies in the ruins but be- cause of the heat and danger of collapsing walls he ordered his men to refrain from searching the build- ing until embers had cooled.
 From a loss of life standpoint the fire was the worst since 1918 when family of five perished. The city where it occurred was the scene of one of the nations most famous fires in 1908 when a ragshop blaze burned through 492 acres of Chelsea took 30 lives left 16,000 homeless and caused $17,0o0000 loss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
ELIAS Forces Breok Truce
Continued from Page D

 tional Liberation Front.
 The three ELIAS representatives at the first session wore British bat tie dress, as did their aide, who car- ried tommy gun. Their weapons were checked during the meeting and returned to them when it was over.
 Delegates of the Revolutionist ELIAS, the Greek government and other political factions adjourned their first session shortly before 10 o'clock last night after conferring for four and half hours behind closed doors, apparently without reaching decision. No announce ment was made.
 Churchill, British Foreign Sec retary Anthony Eden, Marshal Sir Harold R. L. c. Alexander, British commander in the Mediterranean, It. Gen. Ronald Scobie, British commander in Athens, and other non- Greeks left the cold, dimly-lit conference after the preliminary speeches during the first hour.
 The conference, originally sched- uled for 4 D. m., was delayed by the tardy arrival of the three left wing ELIAS delegates, George Sian tos, secretary of the Greek Com munist Party, Dimitri Partsalides, secretary general of the FAM (parent body of the ELAS), and Gen. Emanuel Mandakas, member of the ELIAS central committee. It finally began without them at 4:30 D. m.
 Churchill had been talking for five minutes when there was a knock at the door and a British officer entered with the three SLAS delegates. They had been brought through the British lines in an armored car flying the white flag. After checking their sidearms out- side they joined the conference and Churchill re-started his speech.
 Churchill called upon the ELIAS to accept Scobie's demand that the organization evacuate Attica and surrender its arms as a prere- quisite for peace. He said Britain. in intervening in the Greek poe litical crisis on the side of the government, was only doing her duty.
 "That duty we shall discharge inflexibly and faithfully to the end" he said.
 We do not want one inch of your territory" Churchill said. we seek no commercial advantages save those which we are offered by Greece to all nations of the world. We have not the slightest inten- tion of interfering with the way in which a normal and tranquil Greece carries on its affairs.
 Whether Greece is monarchy or republic is a matter for the Greeks and the Greeks alone to de- eide"
 He urged the formation of a broad based Greek government possessed of sufficient power in the Greek National Army and the Greek police to preserve itself in Athens until fair and free elections can be held all over the country" British authorities said that nearly a ton of dynamite discov- cred in sewer under the Great Britian hotel yesterday undoubt- edly was planted by ELIAS men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
Jops Rushing Air Strength
Continued from Page D

installations in southwest Mindoro, only 145 miles south of Manila. Two raiders were shot down.
 On Leyte, 315 miles southwest of Manila, American ground forces mopping up the enemy-held north- west corner of the island killed an- other 899 Japanese and captured IA on Christmas Day, bringing enemy losses since the invasion, October 20, to 114.134. American losses yesterday were seven dead and 21 wounded.
 A spokesman said the remaining Japanese on Leyte were so scattered and disorganized that they were being wiped out almost without loss to the Americans. American artil- lery and planes relentlessly bombed the surviving enemy pockets.
 West of Leyte. American fighter boinbers attacked runways and dis persal areas at Silay airdrome on Negros, destroying parked plane. Liberators bomber Sassa airdrome on Mindanao, south of Leyte.
 At Borneo, air patrols sank a 2.O0O-ton cargo ship. a smaller freighter and two barges and dam- aged a coastal vessel.