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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
NEWS OF CONNECTICUT

and Joseph Frank Bielamski, (21s Saratoga avenue), Chicopee, was picked up by Fairfield police as he was thumbing a ride.
 Baylis said the car they were driv- ing had been stolen at Palmer, Mass.
 Milford, Conn, December %. - (UP) - Vincent Lopez, 48. Province town. Mass, was killed instantly early today when his truck rammed the rear of a parked truck on the Milford turnpike. Police worked for more than three hours to eXtricate his body from the crushed cab. He was employed by the A. A. Arruda Company, (60 South First street), New Bedford, Mass.
 The operator of the parked truck, who was uninjured, was Raymond w. Warner, 30, (1910 Pike street, Pittsburgh, Pa., employed by the Morrison and McCluan Company. of that city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
PRODUCTION LAG HURTS U. 5. NAVY
l945 Operational Plans Threatened By Critical
 ManpOwer Shortage
By sANDoR s. KLEIN

United Press Staff COrreSpOndent)
 Washington, Dec. 29-(UP)-The U. s. Fleet entered its fourth year of war today with 1,167 fighting ships and 37,O00 planes-but the Navy warned today that operational plans for 1945 are threatened by tagging production schedules caused by severely critical manpower shortage"
 The total of combatant ships is now more than three times the number on hand when the war started three years ago and is backed by ,59,878 landing craft and various auxiliary vessels, the Navy revealed in a comprehensive report on Naval production in 1924.
 The report estimated the fleets pr4sent tonnage at 11.707, 900 as compared with 1.984,000 tons on hand Jan. 1, 1941.
 In 1944 alone, APO combatant ships, $40 patrol and nine craft, $50 auxiliary vessels, 37,724 landing craft and 557 district craft were built for the Navy. The fighting ships included eight first-line car- riers, 37 escort carriers, 77 subma- rines, 197 destroyer escorts and 84 destroyers.
 The Navy presented tables show ing that in the years 1041-l944 in- elusive, 1t built 10 battleships. 25 flrst-line carriers, l02 escort car- riers, two 26,500-ton battle cruisers, six heavy cruisers, 27 light cruisers, SO9 destroyers. sos destroyer escorts and l78 submarines. Some of these ships, particularly escort carriers and destroyer escorts, were turned over to certain Allies under Lend- Lease.
 A Naval spokesman estimated that the U. s. Fleet now has avail- able at least % aircraft carriers of all types.
 The Navy reminded. however. that each phase of the march toward victory has brought new problems and for l945, acute ones. Labor shortages, 1t said, have delayed sorely-needed carriers and cruisers as much as seven t0 nine months, and have held up the return of bat- tle-damaged ships to the fleet. 'sThe Navy estimates that hy December, i0l6. about l32.00O more workers will bo needed for repair work alene, primarily lia west coast shlpyards." " the ronnrt said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
III ARTHUR CORP. GIVEN PENNANT
Governor, Major Fisher Praise Executives, Em-
 pIOyes for War Effort

War today is a war of men and machines. And that is why t1la factory workers in his overalls is just as much 8 member of the fighting team as is the flyer in his flax suit, the sailor in his dunga- rees, or the soldier in muddy khaki [" Major Robert L. Fisher yesterday told workers of the Warren McAr- thur Corp, of Bantam who gathered at the Torrington Armory for the presentation of the Army Navy "E".
 Your accomplishment typifies the fighting spirit of Connecticut. {" Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin told the group of more than 2,000 present.
 The plant, which before the war employed about 30 workers wilo made aluminium chairs now em- ployes about 1,50O and manufac- lures between 75 and 80 per cent of all seats used in both Army alid Navy planes.
 MT. Warren McArthur, president of the company thanked the em- ployes of the concern for their high standards of workmanship, and smooth systematic progress of work manship.
 "Our obligation to our customers is to merit their confidence" MT. McArthur ,said, land today out customers are the thousands of young fighting men of the services ;. this award today is their thanks from them to you for job well
 In accepting the 'E'' pins for etl- p.oyes, MT. George Shaphard speak ing in behalf of employees said: we wish to thank the Army ard Navy for this most welcome pat on the back in the midst of our efforts and will work hard to bring the day nearer when they give us slap on the back and say good work !. . we have won."
 Major Fisher, attached to the Air Technical Service Command and veteran flyer of World War 1 ana II told those present:
 Tn spite of some reverses, ou. men in the combat theaterS have been making wonderful progress. W 2 a llrejoice over announcements cf their succesnes gained on land, cn sea, or in the air. Today we caii take great pleasure in this public acknowledgement of a success won on the industrial front of an achievement scored by the men au6 women of the Warren McArthur Corporation.
 "For it is an outstanding achieve ment to win the Army-Navy ''E''. This award is given only to a com pany that passes the mont rigid scrutiny to see that 1t truly de- serves the "E'' for "Excellence''- excellence in design, in quality, in production. in labor relations ancn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
.Wor Plant
 Condemned

Boston, Dec. 29.- (UP) The New England War Labor Board today condemned a PawtuclEet, R. |. WET plants refusal to comply with itg orders and declared that the g0f@' ernment Twill not tolerate non-eoln- pliance by companies any more than it will condone Ssriking unions
 The case was referred to the Ns.< tional War Labor Board at Wasi.@ ington for action.
 Speaking for the regional board Chairman Saul Wallen said that the board regarded the continued refusal of the Lincoln Machine Co i. to comply with orders of the rs- gional and national boards during the past IA months as irexcusaioie, and unfair to its employees wI1a patiently have waited for wage ad~ justments." Wallen also described the company's lack of cooperati Ii1 as ''inimical to the war effort.
 Having exhausted every possible avenue of legitimate appeal and the patience of both the board aad the eompany's own workers, sIl9 company's unpatriotic strategy of evasion. delay and recalcitrance will no longer be tolerated" he said.
 According to Wallen, the company allegedly has refused to comply with directive order providing fer maintenance of membership, paid vacations, a night shift bonus oe 10 cents per hour and increased rate ranges for toolmakers and other classifications. The workers involved are members of the Ili- ternational Association of Machfn- ists (AFL). About 95 per cent of the firms production, Wallen said, was devoted to vital Navy equip- ment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
FIVE CARS BOUGHT
 FOR LOCAL POLICE

Five new 1922 Chevrolet cars have arrived in the city hall garage to take the place of five three-year- -old cars of the police motor patrol. Five more cars will be received as soon as government priorities can be ob- tained.
 The cars were located by City Purchasing Agent Henry Bowling in the warehouse of New Haven au- tomobiIe sale concern a month ago.
 They were driven to Waterbury yesterday afternoon and today by Mr. Bowling, Sgt. Edward Sullivan and Patrolmen Vito Mole, William Deeley and August Rinaldi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
WORLD WAR II
 A YEAR AGO .
tBy United Press)

t6y Un1beu ETeSSJ
 Formations of heavy British bOmbers raid Berlin for first time since Christmas.
 Berlin announces Commando raids on the Channel island of 6ark, morning of December 2S.
 Soviet troops recapture KOrO- eten and ChernyakhOv among more than 25O places liberated west of Kiev; in capture of Ku- pische, the Red Army is only 4S pniIes from the Polish frontier.
 In Italy, the British Eighth prmy pushes through bad weather from captured OrtOna to Pescara, on the Adriatic coast of Italy.
 U. s. Marines drive to within machine-gun range of the enemy air strip at Cape Gloucester, New Britain; on New Guinea, Allied troops capture Butcher Point, 50 miles above their base at Finsch- hafen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
GOVERNOR SELECTS
 TIMOTHY COLLINS

Governor Raymond E. Baldwin has appointed Timothy Collins, president of the Connecticut Fed eration of Labor (AFL) to a mem bership on the Advisory Council for the Unemployment Compensation Act. MT. Collins is secretary treas urer of the Transfers Union Local 677, this city and of the state joint council of Teamsters. He is also a member of the New England War Manpower Commission panel.
 He will succeed John J. Egan for the unexpired term of the latter having resigned. Expiration date is December, 1946.
 MT. Collins resides at 1906 Mil Plain road, Fairfield, Conn. He is married and has wife and three daughters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

Will Decide Trend
 French women will decide wheth- CT France will go left or moderate nobody thinks of conservative here since they out-number the men by some 100000. How they will vote cannot be determined, but since they traditionally reflect mems views, and since the current trend is left, they are expected to vote for candidates who favor social changes. This does not mean Com munism, however. Most French women are home and security-lov- ing, and they have had enough un- certainty and unrest for the past four years to last them a lifetime.
 Ask any French woman, from the chambermaid at the Allied core spondents' hotel to the wife of a rich bourgeois, whether she is go- ing to vote, and the answer is an enthusiastic "yes."
 At the headquarters of the Union deS Femmes FrancaiSeS, only or ganized women's resistance group in the country, part of the left wing Front National, a representative told the United Press:
 War Changed Viewpoint
 Before the war only women of the far left took an interest in the vote. Middle and upper class wom- en largely shrugged off politics on the theory it was Q mans business. Then, too, French women are noted for their admiration of what is "a la mode," and it was not considered chic to be a feminist.
 "The occupation changed all that. Women whose husbands were deported to Germany found them selves for the first time in their lives obliged to earn a living Many of them did more dangerous jobs than the men going behind the German lines to spy, smuggling arms, sheltering Allied fiers. Some even shared the rough life of the Maquis, sleeping On the ground in different place every night, eat- ing one meal a day. You won't be able to keep women like that away from the polls"
 To encourage timid or lazy wom- en to vote in the February cleo tions, the government is automati- cally registering them for the elec- toral lists when they come to the town halls to have their food cards renewed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
PROSPECT TO HOLD
 SOCIAL FUNCTION

The Prospect Recreational asSoci- ation will give formal dance this evening for young people and visit ing servicemen at St. Anthony hall.
 Patrons and patronesses are MT, and Mrs. John Blake, MT. and Mrs. William Dalleywater, and MT. and Mrs. John Membrino.
 Miss Janet Chatf1eld and William Morrison are in charge of arrange ments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

in other phases of successful manu- featuring. The 'E" can be won only through the cooperative efforts of every man and woman in tine plant, so that each of you, may rightfully take pride in having done his share in winning this coveted award"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

Chile has allotted nearly $4,300, 900 for its new Longitudinal Highway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
DOUBLE GLIDER PICKUP

South Plains Army Air Field. Tex. (UP)-The first double pick up of gliders was successfully at tempted last week at the South Plains Army Air Field in Texas. The two-planes pick up the gliders with the plane in flight. An instant later, the glider is in the air.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

Hartford, Conn, Dec. 2o-(UP)- A decision of Superior Court Judge Edward J. Daly ordered the inme- diate reinstatement of three mem bers of the Teamsters Union, Local 671 who were expelled in 1941 for serving as members of a strike com- mittee.
 Judge Daly found that the three men had not been tried fairly and impartially" by officials of the union, who themselves took part in the strike which the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauf- feurs and Warehousemen, declared was illegal
 Union members, said Judge Daly, voted to call the strike, which last ed three days, and was halted when the International Brotherhood de- clared it unauthorized.
 The expelled members were Clar- ence H. Swan, Newington, and James De Feima and Joseph De Carlo, both of Hartford.
 The court refused to rule on a claim for damages asked by the trio for loss of employment.
 Hartford, Conn, Dec. 29-(UP)- Daniel J. Adley, president of the Adley Transportation O., New Ha- ven, held appointment by Gov. Baldwin today as a member of the State Highway Safety Commission until July l, 1947. He fills out the unexpired term of Alfred M. Bing- ham, Salem, who has resigned.
 New Britain, Conn, Dec. 29-- (UP)-The medical examiner de- clared today that the death of Thomas Horton, 72, was an acci- dent. The bodies of Horton and his pet bulldog were found at his home where they had been as- phyxiated.
 Hartford, Conn, Dec. 29-(UP)- The State OPA promised today that new charts, listing changes in point values for meats and processed foods, as well as ceiling prices, would be in the hands of grocers by Sunday. The charts include chang es ordered ythe OPA at Washing ton earlier this week.
 Fairfield, Conn, December %. - (UP) - Three paroled inmates of the Massachusetts tSate Reforma- tory at West Concord were captured here today after abandoning a stolen car on the Merritt Parkway as they were stopped by State Police Officer Frank Baylis for questioning. Guilford Charles Grayno, B, (109 Main street), West Spring field, surrendered after Baylis fired four shots after him. George Will lard Stevens, 20, 6 Sackett place) Springfield, was taken after a chase, in other phases of successful manu- featuring. The "E'' can be won only through the cooperative efforts of every man and woman in tine plant, so that each of you, may
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
French Women Eager To Cast Vote In First Time At Polls
Bg DUDLEY ANN HARMoN

PARIS Dec 2suFThe first elections in France since the cupation decided
  February municipal place elections 250OOOO
The Nome nugget., 1944-04-19
PRESIDENTS SON PROMOTED TOCOLONEL

WASHINGTON, D. C. (April 19, (AP)-Marine Corps Headquarters today announced the promotion of LIT. Colonel James Roosevelt, the eldest son of President Frank lin D. Roosevelt, to the rank of full Colonel.
The Nome nugget., 1944-04-19
JACK HENDERSON JAILED ON INSANITY CHARGE
Trademark Registered U s Patent one.

Jack Henderson, an employee of the U. s. E. D. in the capacity of checker, has been placed in the Federal Jail on a charge of insan- ity.
The Nome nugget., 1944-04-19

Tell them you saw it in The Nugget.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-04
RUSSIANS SCORE
ROMANIAN REGIME

LONDON, Saturday, Nov. AZ
The Moscow radio denounced the
Romanian government early today
and charged that it was protecting
fascists.
In a broadcast recorded by the
Soviet monitor, Moscow asserted:
GAS long ago as Oct. 4 a decree
on the purge of the government
apparatus was issued and yet no
thing has been done. The state ap-
paratus as well as the army has
the same personnel as in Antones-
GUS time except for those army
leaders who were demanded by the
Allied control commission as war
criminals"
His was the strongest denuncia-
ton yet by Moscow of the govern
ment of General Konstantin Sena-
tescu, who was named premier af-
ter King Mihai overthrow the pro-
Axis government Of Marshal Ion
Antonescu and appealed to the AL
lies for an armistice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-04
Mtscher Home OnLeaue,
Says laps 5th. Rate Now

land outposts and. had been prac.
tically eliminated in the Ameri.
can drive across the Pacific. De.
tense Of the Japanese homeland
was assigned the Army air force,
the admiral said.
The Japanese have not been us.
ing expendables in defense of their
island strongholds, Mitscher said
"The toughest Japs are the ma.
rines whom we still are encounter
ing in the islands, and l do not
believe the quality of japanese
fighting men will improve as h {
battle moves westward"
Recent battles off Formosa ano
the Philippines reduced Japan tc
fifth rate naval power, Mitschel
said, adding he didn't believe the
enemy had more than few battle
ships left, and only one or two
major carriers and several baby
type carriers.
Four Japanese carriers definite,
ly were sunk in recent engagements
and three others in earlier battles
Mitscher said, to almost put the
finishing touches to the enemy's
naval aviation. 49,,
Mitscher, a native Of Hillsboro
Wise, said he was on 30 days
leave to get away from routine
but that his health was good.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-04
27 Live Hand Grenades
Recovered From Youths

Ell PASO, Tex, Nov. 3.-lNE
Authorities recovered q live hand
granades from Ell Paso youngsters
today and widened their search
for lethal playthings after recov-
cry of "a BOBBY trap cap from a
13-year-old boy.
The boys said the grenades were
picked up on the Fort Bliss gren-
ade course.
cts loaded" the BOBBY trap
cap possessor told officers. 81
ought to know--I set some off. :"
A playmate added: II stepped
on one and it blew me about that
high indicating about a foot.
The first boy said he found the
caps while walking in the hills.
Fort Bliss authorities said they
were checking possibility the
caps might have been taken from
the military reservation. and an
nounced they were taking steps
to bar tresspassers.
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eve will just have to cut a cou.
pie extra holes in our belt,' he
said.
Reciting publicly for the first
time the plane and shipping de.
struction racked Up by his mighty
Task Force SO, Mitscher said the
box score showed 795 naval and
merchant vessels had been sunk or
damaged from January 20 to DC.
tober u, and 4,425 Japanese planes
destroyed.
The break down listed:
Navy ships sunk 80, probably
sunk Is, damaged SO, for a 2O1
total.
Merchant ships-sunk 282, prob.
ably sunk IS, damaged 233, for a
500 total.
The merchant tonnage was con.
servatively estimated by the ad.
miral at 1926, 900 tons.
Of the 4,425 planes destroyed by
the Task Force, 1853 were shot
down in the air and 1857 eliminat.
ed on the ground. This estimate
the admiral also termed conserva.
,, tive.
Mitscher said Japanese snaval
aviation had been assigned the
task of protecting the empires is
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-04
ALLIED BOMBERS.
HIT BERLIN AGAIN
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ers Dusseldorf came from big anti.
aircraft guns that ring the city.
One of the main British targets
was the Rheinmetal Bersig plant
on the city outskirts. reported to
be the largest armament works in
Germany now that the Krupp
plants in Essen have been ruined
by airsmashes. %
British Mosquito bombers attack
ed the German rail center. of Osna.
brYck. The total RAJ loss in these
night operations was 81 bombers.
American airmen were idle a
their British bases Friday. The
Yank fliers were still Jubilant over
the results of Mondays decisive
victory over Field Marshal Her
mann Goering's newly reorganized
Luftwaffe, which lost 208 planes.
American losses were brought
down to 40 bombers and 10 fight
ers missing when reports came in
from pilots who had landed safely
on the continent.
Air officials believed that anoth-
er two or three victories such as
the history-making one scored at
Merseburg by 900 Thunderbolts and
Mustangs and LOO heavy bombers
over 500 Nazi fighters would COM
pletely wreck the air force Goer-
ing reorganized IN October in an
attempt to stem heavy Allied
bombing. '-'-
During October, American a n d
British planes flew combined to-
tai Of 100000 sortfes and showered
German tarfgets with 125,000 tons
Of bombs. Raj heavies hit the
continent with $1,000 tons and u.
S. Eighth and 18th Air force bomb
RS dropped 57,700 tons
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-04
ninth AIR FORCE
KNOCKS OUT TANKS
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hold inside the last-stand triangle,
where collapse of the German de.
lenses seemed near.
Along the Mark river rearguard
line-perhaps the last firm Ger
man stand short of the Dutch
Rhine from Rotterdam east to
Anthem - the Poles drove a third
bridgehead across the stream.
Others were won earlier in the
day by Americans and British tt
the west.
Supreme headquarters had nc
new information on gains wiping
out ground gained by a German
counterattack in eastern Holland
But front line dispatches of the
Associated Press said British pa.
trolls reached Meiiel, one of the
towns the Germans rewon, and
found it apparently undefended.
That seemed to indicate the Ger
mans had pulled back to their orr
ginal positions liking their wounds.
In the south Americans of the
Seventh army slashed forward on
the north flank of the French drive
which captured Baccarat, iberat-
ing the villages of Vaxainvills.
four mile snorth Of Baccarat, and
Reclonville, six miles north.
The weather was bad for flying
on the entire front, but it was bet
Ter over the Canadian army Sec
tor. The Raj in 400 flights strafed
German troops trying to form up
north OF the Mark river and plas-
tered remaining strongpoints on
Walceren.
British mediums bombed a
bridge at Venlo, German base on
me Mas in eastern Holland from
wnlen the enemy's surprise often
Slve was launched a week ago.
Mediums of the Ninth Air force
S SItacked five bridges, two near
drler, in the siegfried line, one at
Coolenz and others near Bad Mum
s1ef and Maiserslautern. Clouds
prevented observation of results,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-04
Emporia Gazette Head
To Vote For Roosevelt

1MPoRIA, Kas., Nov. 3. - up =
w. L. White, war correspondent
and one of the editors of the ira.
ditionally republican Emporia Gaz.
cite, announced in a signed editor.
ial today he was scratching an
otherwise straight COP. ticket
to vote for President Roosevelt
In the Nov. election.
White, son of the late William
Allen White, former editor of the
paper who several times was a
delegate to republican national
conventions, said he believed the
President was best equipped to
meet the Russians at the peace
table.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-04
CANDIDATES URGE
BIG STATE VOTE
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(COnCnueQ from rage OuCJ
for governor, those for the U. S
senate and number of others run.
ming for lesser offices. r. Gregg
Cherry, Democratic nominee fol
governor, addressed Burke
county rally at MorgantonN and as
serted that Tuesdays election sis
the most important in the history
of the nation" He declared that on
the basis of its past record ''the
Republican party should not be Sc
lected as the party to- bring the
war to a successful conclusion and
establish a permanent and just
peace after the war is over"
Former Governor Clyde R. Ho.
ey, Democratic nominee for the U.
S. senate, told a Yancey county
audience at huntsville, that lit is
inconceivable that the people of the
United States would be willing in
this most crucial hour OF human
history to entrust the destinies OF
this republic in the hands of new
and inexperienced leader in ma
tional affairs when the opportuni-
ty will be afforded for the reten-
ton of the services of man OF
acknowledged leadership, broad
experience and commanding pres
tige."
Secretary of State Thad Eure ap-
peared at Democratic rally in
Sampson county, a traditionally
Republican stronghold in the east.
Clifford Frazier of Greensboro,
former candidate for governor,
told Randolph county Republican
rally at Asheboro that the election
Of Governor Dewey as president is
''a necessity"
A. I. Ferree of Asheboro, Repub-
lican candidate for the Senate, told
a High Point meeting Thursday
night that if elected he would sup
port bill prohibiting anyone
from holding the presidency for
more than eight years. r.
Rep. Robert L. Doughton tFar-
mer Bob cautioned a. Charlotte
audience at Democratic rally not
to swap a dapple-gray for a Shet-
land pony, tired and experienced
river-wise thoroughbred for a
young colt and only half Bride
broken who has never been in wat
er up to his knees"