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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
War Workers .ToIk Strike

Cleveland, O., Sept. 2-(UP)- Union officials threatened today to call out 64,000 war workers to back up e strike at the Cleveland Graph ite Bronze company which started when Q worker was discharged for breaking e 76-cent lock.
 The strike committee of the Mechanics Educational Society of America called Q mass meeting Of the 5000 Cleveland Bronze Workers to "discuss the best methods of tightening up on the strike" The union has 04,000 members in war plants in Detroit, Toledo, and Cleveland and the committee said 'It may be necessary to enlist the aid of all MESA members"
 Reinforced police squads were as- signed to the bronze plant as q result of fights along the picket lines yesterday which put two men in hospitals, .s,,...t... ..
 The bronze company produces air- craft bearings for B-2o Super-Fort- resses. Approximately 5000 workers walked out Thursday in protest to Ehe discharge of . machine opera tor who had smashed c 76 cent lock in the firms locker room because he was unable to find his key.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Huge Belgian Army
 Readies To Battle
BY ROBERT D0WSoN alted Press Staff COrrespOndent

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 London Sept, 2-(uP)--A Belgian underground army nearly 100000 strong was ordered Into action to- day aS Allied armies approached or crossed the Belgian border and NaZi broadeasters acknowledged that Brussels may fall this week. end,
 Tt may be that tonight I have the honor for the last time Of speak, Ing over radio Brussels" 0 Na2i an- nounee said in a broadcast last night from the Belgian capital. The en. emy is approaching"
 The Belgian embassy and gov. ernment quarters in London were decorated in the national eolors In anticipation Of the imminent lib- eration of the homeland, but Q Bell gian spokesman said he had no con- firmation of reports that the Allies already had crossed the borders,
 Informants in London said the Belgian Maquis-organized members of the Belgian resistance movement had been ordered to begin carry Ing out instructions relayed to them by underground newspapers from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's s supreme headquarters for western Europe,
 A member of the resistance moVe- ment who arrived recently in Brit ain from his homeland said reg ular army officers composed the backbone of the underground force,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
RAF Rides
 Reich Skies

London, Sept, 2-(UP)-RAF Mosquito bombers raided Bremen last night, setting huge fires, and staged series of low-leVel attacks on railway, road and canal lines in France, Belgium and Germany, an air ministry communique said today.
 Swarming out to spread further confusion behind the retreating German armies in France, the low flying Mosquitoes bombed and Straf. cd hundreds of railway cars GnG trucks, and scored hits on 22 canal barges, Nine locomotives were de- stroyed on the Kaiserslau -Saar- brucken railway line near Brussels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Guam Proys
 For The Slain
Ry CHARLES ARNOT

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 Yona Village, Guam, Aug, IS 5- (UP)-In this little village on re. captured Guam more than 2,000 natives knelt before a small palm matched shrine today praying for the souls of 6l native men decap. itated by the Japanese during the final stages Of the Guam campaign,
 Father Oscar L. Calvo, only re- maining priest on the island, cons ducted brief but impressive services while the victims families wept silently.
 A black -drapped bier with four candles and rude wooden crucifl% stood before the shrine in honor of the dead,
 There can be no doubt of their fate and 1t stands as the greatest single atrocity of the Pacific war.
 saw with my own eyes in an uncovered grave the headless bodies of 43 men who It has been officially established were forced to aid the enemy retreat along the east coast of Guam and then were eXcuted ep. parently for fear they would reveal the main Japanese concentrations to invading U, s. troops.
 Jungle Abbatolr
 was taken to the jungle abbato!r by Marine forces. We followed Q fresh trail through dark, thick jungle to a spot far from the near est road.
 On the way we saw three de-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02

Front dispatches predicted the Allies may cross into both Germany and Belgium this weekend, If they have not already done so. Belgian sources said a Belgian under ground Army nearly 1,000,- 900 strong had been ordered into action and Nazi broad casters acknowledged that Brussels may fall within the next 48 hours.
 Even Adolf Hitler's own news papers, Voelkischer Beobaehter, cons ceded by implication that the Qer- man Army would Do unable to stop the onrushing Allied armies short of the reichs own borders and per- haps not until they were deep in- side Germany.
 The establishment of a new front had to be prepared farther to the rear, even very far to the rear, since the rapidity of modern tank formations otherwise would threat en the new front during it's con- structIon," Hitlers Voelkischer Beo- bachter in Berlin said in explain ing why the Germans were making no stand in France.
 The advances overran Montcor- net, i8 miles north of Laon, and Rethel 20 miles northeast of Reims, and carried through the signy for- est.
 Other clements of Hodges army fought through the Compeigne fore est, where the Allied German and Franco German armistices of 1918 and i040 were signed, and into the outskirts of Compeigne itself, some 70 miles north of Paris.
 It. Gen. Sir Miles 0. Depsey's British End Army kept pace with the Americans by capturing Lens e French industrial center and pushing on toward Lille and the Belgian border without pause after liberating Arras, another railway hub serving the robot bomb coast. only Q few hours earlier.
 vimy Ridge, scene Of another
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Oldest Catholic Priest CeIebvotes Birthday

Natlck, Mass, Sept. 2-(UP)-The Rev. Michael P, Delaney of St. Pat- rick's church, believed the oldest Catholic pastor in the United States, celebrated his 04th birthday today at his rectory.
 A native of East Boston, he was ordained 60 years ago and has been 6 pastor since 1890, Though he no longer celebrates daily Mass, Father Daleny still makes calls in his par- ish.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
REDS WITHIN 100 MILES OF
 YUGOSLAv|A
BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff Correspondent)

Moscow, September 2- (UP) - Russian armored columns drove 70 miles or more beyond Bucharest to- day, capturing or by-passing the railway center of PiteSti in a fast-breaking advance that already has carried to within 100 miles of Yugo- slavia.
 Other clements of Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky's 2nd Ukrainian Army linked up with Gen. Feodor l. Tolbuk- hin's 3rd Army to present a solid front touching the Bull garian border at key points along a 150-mile stretch from the Danube river oil port of Giurgiu to the Black Sea.
 Important developments were an tioipated in Bulgaria as the twt armies massed for their next movt simultaneously with the fall of thu Bagrianov government. Pacing com plete isolation from Germany, Bul. garia was expected to reach a mos mentous decision in the light oi RusSia's rejection of its declaration of neutrality,
 (The reference to important de. velopments" and a "momentous de- cision" may mean that Bulgaria Is contemplating 0 break in relations with and perhaps Q declaration of war against Germany. Bulgarian armistiee negotiations with the United States and Britain at Cairo have been suspended temporarily
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
RomonionS,
 Reds Discuss Peace Terms

London, Sept, 2,-(UP)-Roman- ian and Soviet officials discussed the terms of their armiStiee in MoS- COW today amid reports that peace talks among the Allies and Bul. garia would be resumed soon, de- spite the resignation of Bulgarian Premier Ivan Bagranov,
 Soviet Foreign Commissar Viaehe- slav Molotov announced that plen. ary sessions with the Romanian Armistiee commission, which was received cordially in the Russian capital were being held at the Kremlin, RomaniN had accepted the Russian terms and declared war on Germany, Her commission was in Moscow to sign formally
 (A British broadcast, recorded by FCC monitors, quoted e report from Bucharest that the Romanian army had begun operations" in TrNnsyl- vania, following King Miehaels an. nouneement that Romania intend- ed to recover, by force, the territory given to Hungary by the Germans In l94o),
 (The BEG broadcast came shortly after the Hungarian telegraph hu- reau disseminated a statement by Col. Gen. deza Lakatos, new pre- mier of German occupied Hungary, that the Hungari0nS would make every effort to prevent Romania from seiZing Pennsylvania,
 Lakatos said the German army would help, but he indicated the support might be limited,
 The Bulgarian peace commission in Cairo was compelled to suspend discussions but 1t was believed that Dagrianov would form another cabinet with more pro-Allied ele. mentS and order the commission to take up the peace talks again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Films Neor Axis Break

Stockholm, Sept, 2-(uP)-Fin- land may break of relations with Germany ct Q special meeting oi parliament today as Q first ster toward making peace With Russia
 GA Vichy broadcast heard In Lon. don said the two countries had severed diplomatic relations)
 The Finnish government ordered all Finnish ships to sail immediate ly for Finnish or Swedish ports usually e sign that diplomatic break Is imminent-and the Stock holm newspaper DaJens Nyheter said Q Finnish peace delegation was ready to leave immediately for Mos- COW.
 Clinchlng evidence that an im- portant move was contemplated was seen in the Helsinki governments decision to convene parliament to- day (at noon EWT) instead of Tues. day, as had been announced yes- terday.
 Dagens Nyheter said Russia had made known to Finland that she must break with Germany before any peace negotiations can begin, Thus, the mere departure of any mission for Moscow would be par- ticularly the equivalent of Q Fin. nisk surrender
 Swedish observers believed Pre- niier Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim may have ordered parliament convoked 10 inform the members of the deleeation's imnli- nent departure and perhaps ask for greater powers to cover aIl eventu- allties.
 It was questionable as to how the Germans would react They were vull weather ReDorl Pas. q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
ALLIES POISED FOR DASH TO
 20 VALLEY
BY JAMES E. ROPER United Press War C0rrespopdent)

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 Rome, September 2. - (UP) - British Eighth Army troops drove through the Adriatic end of the Ger mans Gothic Line to a depth of four to five miles on a 2O- mile front today as the U. s. Fifth Army in western Italy, also opening a general of. fensive, crossed the Arn0 river at many places between Florence and the Tyrrhenian Sea.
 Preaching the heavy con- crete and steel Notifications, last enemy defense line for northern Italy, the Allied troops were poised for a dash up the corridor between the Apennines and the Adriatic to Bologna and the Pc valley.
 Field Marshal Albert KeS- selring rushed in reinforce ments in an attempt to stop the flow of Allied infantry men and armored units through the breach, an Allied communique reported, and bitter fighting wa sin prog reSs for a ridge north of the Foglia river four to five miles behind the Gothic Line,
 American troops in the western sector crossed the Arno on c wide front, overran the area northeast of Florence and captured the size- able town of Casteltraneo on the north bank of the river l7 miles east of Pisa. Other Allied troops made spectacular gains In the central sector at the upper ends or the Arno and Fiber rivers,
 Front dispatches revealed that Q major offensive has been in pro"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Konsas Gov.
 Attacks PAC

New York Sept. 2-(UP)-The CIO.PAC backing of President Roosevelt for Q fourth term was at. tackled last night by Gov, Andrew P, schoeppel of Kansas who charged that the "Browder- -Hillman Communist axis want government In Washington that is indebted to them up to the ears"
 sehoeppel said that during the i2 years of New Deal administration small "pressure groups" have grown up and been patronized by the Dem- ocratie party.
 "It has not mattered who they were or what they stood for" he declared. The most despicable graft-ridden gang of political thugs is welcomed with wide open arms as they can deliver bloc of votes, We have Q national administration which has aligned itself with every corrupt political machine in the country"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Canadians
 Fill Dieppe

Dieppe, Sept. 2.-(UP)--The Canadiens returned without Q tieht today to Dieppe where their land ing of 5000 men suffered 3'Ss4 casualties in Q bloody battle on the beaches Aug. 10, le42,
 Many of the Canadians who bat tied at Dieppe before were with the triumphant force that drove up the broad highway today 10 the cheers of the French residents.
 The town actually was liberated last night when the Germans gave up their positions and retreated eastward.
 The second Canadian division which participated in the original operation was given the honor ot leading the return,
 shortly after the first motorcycl- ist entered the town, followed by stronger forces, the Canadians erected a sign at the outskirts point ing toward the cemetery 'Dieppe has fallen"
 The Canadian second headed for DIeppe after the occupation ot Eouen, pubhlnk up tne HibH"av aHe cutting of an area on a straight line from Rouen between Dieppe and the Seine. .
 When the Canadians arrived ct { Q, m. the French were wearing re- distance brasSardS and buildings were decorated with flags.
 The same French people who helped the Canadians tn the l94l raid were in e gay mood, cheering every vehicle and kissing and hug ging the troops.
 Cafes did Q boom business as toasts were drunk.
 The route from the town to the sen where the Canadians fought before was barred by concrete walls between houses, with first steps built halfway up the houses. The beaches were heavily mined.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
4 Allied Columns Converge On Lyon; 8th Drives Miles Past Gothic Line
May Have Crossed
 Belgian Border On
 65-MileWide Front
BY VIRGIL PINKLEY

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 Supreme Headquarters, AEF, September 2. = (UP) - American armies today famed out through Alsace- Lorraine to within artillery range of Germany itself and approached and perhaps crossed the Belgian border on a 65.mile front.
 GA German transocean agency dispatch quoted a Nazi military spokesman as saying that the Allies were thrusting from Verdun to- ward Longwy, 40 miles north northwest of Metz and within two miles of both the Belgian and Luxembourg frontiers, and Diedenhofen, 17 miles from the German borde
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 rolling up the German
 behind the robot bomb
 captured Lens, only l6 miles below the great industrial center of Lille, in a nine- mile advance from freshly liberated Arras, capital of Pas de Calais department. British Vanguards were within 20 miles of the Bel gian border.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Rudy VoIIee And Bette Moke-Up

Hollywood, Sept. 2. (UP)-Back on their quarterly schedule. Rudy Vallee and Bettejane Greer of the movies were together again today and again forever"
 "i'll be nothing but Q devoted husband from now on," said Vallee' Ills wife called him "an incurable bachelor" when she got an inter- locutory decree of divorce. Their reunion coming within a year, setA it aside.
 Rudy" Miss Greer said. lis the only one for me"
 Life" said Vallee, lis nothine without her."
 "Our divorce has brought us closer together than ever," said Miss Greer.
 "I've finally come to my senses, Vallee said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
PART OF CITY ALREADY HELD
 BY FFI MEN
BY ELEANOR PACKARD United Press War Correspondent

Rome, September 2,-(UP) - Four Allied columns pur- suing remnants of the Ger man 18th Army up the Rhone valley, conVerged on Lyon today with one salient less than 40 miles from that industrial city already in the hands of French forces of the interior.
 Nazi radio partially con firmed the reports by saying German troops had been or dered to put down a MaquiS revolt inside Lyon. There was no Allied comment,
 The Allied columns approaching Lyon were spread along 70-mile front, l50 miles or more from the Mediterranean beaches where they landed l7 days ago,
 Scattered rains somewhat hamp- cred the lightning drives, although they gave the veteran American di- visions U, s, sixth Corps their first opportunity to reorgani2e American Divisions U, s, Sixth Corps their first opportunity to reorganize after the August whirlwind war of moVe- ment,
 A eommunique announced that in the less than three weeks of fight Ing, more than 5000 Germans had been captured with approximately 3b,000 of them taken at Marseilles and Toulon.
 As the two American columns ane Q similar number of French forces neared Lyon, headquarters reported that roads leading north and north east of the city were filled with fleeing German forces apparently trying to avoid being trapped,
 United Press Correspondent Dana Adams Schmidt reported from FIT headquarters at drenoble that well- equipped Maquis forces were sup- porting American troops in the fight Atlk SONIi WAiN Gust VI ASSAA,
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 The Germans, Schmidt said, ap. parently were attempting to hold roads leading from Lyon to Gre, noble, aS well NS northe0stward through the swampy country to Bourg in order to protect their eceape route up the Saone river Val- ley to Germany,
 But the route was threatened by an American column which drove ls miles north from Grenohle, eap- tured Volron and sent advance units thrusting less than 70 miles from Lyon,
 Another American Force eentin- ued Q slow advance up the east side of the Rhone meeting stubborn Nazi rear guards, while two French columns moved rapidly to the west side of the river without encounter ing determined opposition. (Continued on Page a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Senator Norris Hos 'Foir Night

McCook, Neb,, Sept, 2.-(UP)- Former Sen. George W. Norris was reported today to have had just a fair night" and his physician, pr. E. ?. Leininger. said his con- ditIon still was "very critical"
 His temperature Is high and his pulse very rapid, Leininger said.
 The s3-year-old former Congress man has been Ill since Tuesday when he suffered cerebral hem- oTrhage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Late Bulletin

London, Sept. @UP)-The German DINE Agency quoted Q foreign office spokesman today as reporting that Q new Bulgarian government had been formed, headed by M. Muravlev and with Prof. PetrO Stalnov, former Mln- ister to France, as Foreign Min- iSLer.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-04
One Word Led to Another
about!'
By Arthur Bugs" Baer =

went forth TO the well upholstered suburbs to play
my annual game of golf.
Summer is here officially until the golfers stop
playing winter rules. That will be about August the
sixteenth.
The biggest problem in my golf game centers the
green's Here the question Is the Bug entitled to tee
up putt"
That has never been answered satisfactorily To
/ the original golfer to examine my opponents
approach for thumb prints. And found them.
have written book of rules for dishonest golfers.
There other kind.
l didn't do so hot the first and only time around for
IS holes. did 106 That isn't good 1t isn't bad. And
ii isn't golf.
have never done better worse than that. If
had saved all the dvots have nblcked out of the links
would now have large estate with big building it.
There longer any young men on the links They
have gone to My caddy 90 years old. l finally
got tired of seeing him get tired of carrying the bag
So stuffed him in the bag and packed him around
the course gave him 81 for the round and he gave
Is cent tip for curb service.
by F.stu
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-04
E.V. DURLTNG

! keep on W0king Np
The night mind begins 10 bloW,
II rUstles the curtains
Making a noise Ike the sea;
on, that those Usre UdUes
Which could carry you back to
me.
Valley.
(The above poem expressing
the longing for a wife whose
husband IN at war Il n trans
latlon from the Chinese and
was written about 1000 years
ago.
WHAT are the chief differ
w enceS between a corset and
a girdle?
our Horses e. Women files
contain no information on this
except a note which states that
when originally invented the
corset was called form COM
pressor.
Anyway. Gypsy Rose Lee has
forsaken girdles for gay nine
ty' corsetS.
She wore this style Of corset
in a recent film and was so
impressed by what they did for
the figure she decided 10 wear
them in private life.
"Of course, these old-fash-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-04
W. II TuHUD XXZUNHvUIEU On
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more keys 70 her apartment
than 10 a Jessel song!"
At Jack Dempsey's: Her big
future is being anybody's pas
time"
At Havana Madrid: He got
a ribbon for 25 missions over
Roseland!"
In Reuben'S: "She's shy and
demure. Gotta whistle at her
twice"
At Cafe Society Uptown:
Pass you the saltcellar? That's
my engagement ring"
In Cafe Du Bots: Patriotic?
The only thing that made him
fighting mad in this war is his
draft board"
At the Latin Quarter: THE
conversations getting crowded.
May we drop you somewhere ?"
At Ruby Zoos Den: Her
face looks like il did stop a
clock-that somebody threw"
At the Stork Bar: Get that
one over there. She's getting
II o'clock-eyed"
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-04

Toned cOrsets make woman
suffer little" Miss Lee is re-
ported as stating. But the re-
suits are worth IT,"
IT is proper for people 10 pray
i for the safety OF a loved one
in the armed forces.
But for government officials
and others 10 pray for war
victory does not seem right.
II men have 10 settle their
problems by killing each other
! believe they should leave God
out Of II.
This department still insists
when child is born the father
should be presented with cigars
by his friends instead OF the
other way around
AS 10 the claim people long
married begin 70 look alike, a
Boston couple informs me they
have been married 33 years
and now look so much alike
they are taken for brother and
sister.
QUERIES from clients a. If
VI the springer spaniel is so
wonderful. how do you account
for the cocker spaniel, accord