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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-18

for defense and defended by a we'll trained enemy.
 However, Gen. Sir Bernard l.. Montgomery, commander Of Allied ground forces. told men Of the Brit ish 50th division at decoration ceremony in Normandy yesterday that things are going very well, very well indeed"
 The general looked fit. jaunty and confident, McMillan said.
 McGlincy reported that American yanguards battled their way into the ''city Of the future settlement just inside the city line of St, To from the east and southeast yester- day, but abandoned their exposed positions when confronted by a number of e0unteT-attaeking Ger man tanks.
 ''The counter-attack was not heavy and only forced the Amer jeans to withdraw a couple Of huns dred yards from positions which would have proved untenable any way because German artillery Is still commanding the St, To ridges south of the togn," McGliney said
 Both sides buttOned down and nnrsed their wounds outside St. Lo this morning"
 MeGlincy said the main American forces nov were still a good mile' from St, To.
 P0lnts swampea
 4 London Daily Mail dispatch from Normandy said American eDv glDeerS had closed a system Of locks several miles from s. To, forcing the Wire river oyer It's banks and flooding German strong points, The inundations, combined with pulv YeTizing bombing Rssault from the air, virtually has closed the west side Of Bt, To to enemy use, the dis7 patch said.
 West northwest Of St, To, Amer iean forces adVapeed nearly a mile through Ie MesDilvDnrand 70 with in 1000 yards or less Of the Bt, LoE PeTlers hlghWay and Henry T, Cor Tell, anolheT United Press War Cor fhahfRfhAHk Ht HfA NSffb eAfN Hf< 0eTmaDs relTeated so rapidly D some sectors that they abandoned thelF dead,
 An American column six miles faTtheT west slasbed forward OD 2 ty0-mile front to within less than 1900 yards from the s. L0rPeFiers highway at IR MesnllyEuFy,
 ReFieTs Menaeea
 PeTiers, central hinge 0f the Ger man line ln the American sRcior, gas mepaeed directly by q column that seiaed Les Mlllerles, 2 little more than 3 mile north 9f the city, Another force pushing down the road from GaTeDtaD broke tnlG raids, three and . half miles n0rths east Of iaerlers, and engaged tllf garrison In street fighting,
 Weather conditions continued good today and . large number Ol Allied planes 0f all types was eper, atlng over the front and rear areas A strong force of MaFauders allf HaVoes bombed and eirafea engnl troops and vehicles on an ae get ilni Announced seet0g of the nFliisl fEant thia naaEmln3s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-18

XVI that the German counter. attack at Sf. To had forced the Americans t0 withdraw a couple Of hundred yares from the outskirts abandoning half Of the territory tDey hadl taken in heavy fighting yesterday
 Mcdiincy said the Americans still had St, Lo almost within their grasp but they are not quite able To make it at present"
 Both sides are gearied and bruised from the see-saw lighting of lle past week he said. There are some reports from prisoners that ule Geimans have been unable to bring up food, ammunition and medical supplies on account of the American smelling and bombing of uleH communications Two prison- CTS taken yesterday said their com. daily" "
 Other American columns relent. lessly were pressing down on St. LO rom the northwest, north and northeast, however, and EisenhOw, CTS e0mmunlque said that Allied lighters and flghter-hombers sup. porting the ground forces had bl0ek- cd one Of the enemy's three rem. f0Feement or escape highways run, ming south from st, To,
 tanks Close ID
 West Of st, IsO, American fOrees were less than 900 yards from the St L0-Perlers highway at two plae, es' Severance Of the hlghgay, back, bone Of the present German dRfen@ line, virtually would cut the German front ln two and imperil both Pc, fiers and St, LO,
 Tlle situation at lHssay, vest coast anchor Of the German line, was obscure with no late reports since the Amerlegas broke Into the sue buTbs from the east and west ln a plleerS maDeuyer yesterday,
 East of st, L0, British and caDs adlan troops st0rnled Into the enemy stronghold Of Meyers, 70 miles s0llib- west of CaeD and four and three quarter miles northeast Of VlllRFss b0cage, at bay0nHt point yesterday afternoon, United Press War cOTresr p0ndeDt Richard D, keMlllaD Tes ported ID front dispatch,
 Other British 2nd Army forces dToye Into Fyreoy, nine miles south, west Of eaen, The GermRDs tllFeg more paFalro0pers, SIS troops and DaDzeP units Into the increasingly heavy fighting around hOyeTs and EyTeGy and numller Ol fierce H0ugDs tefsAtlaekk were reported,
 The British took \ considerable number Of prisoners and knocked out many enemy panAeIs, some 0l them with American kherman tankf mounting if.p0undef aDiI-tank guns which the British call 'flTeflies"
 High Casualties
 Both the Allins and the German we're revealed t0 ba suffering fair ly high casualties as the American fst and MFltleh 2nd armies GFnlllli nilk islelF sdpanaas nVaF 8oRraln Aaea
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 radical clique managed to wapgIe their way into virtual control 0l the Army high eolnmana, W Wle years between 1888 and aesl, fol9 found himself suoeesslyely glees mjnlsteF Of war, inspeetogrgelle.g,hl of military eviction, and eVeDepellg, in July, l0s0; war DlipisieF, q Fehps juicy job Rt last ..a
 TheFe, T0j0 proved 2 eapeele h,lg ruthless administrator, ellaehlng Wle Army's hold on the Japanese none economy and huTfylng the e0npltg along the rest Of llle brief pepn 70 totalitarlaDism, When necessary he showed himself nothing loetb 70 call upon the AElNy's sllegI psgt' nerg, the notorious pafFiotle koelhT ties, which specialize ln aksasslnat' ing baekvslidlDg preWleFs alla eap' lnet ministers,
 by October, lell, the Army had eonplaiAd Us revolution ekehl9l l0l the f0Tmality Of instRlllng 2 eeDegal instead 0f Q elvillan AS pFeMleF' Then while talks between the Sapas Ilase aNbassad0r and ReqFetaFY o0Fs dell Hull were approaching 2 ellmek lD Washington, 2 civilian kTeiNlel Pamamar0 Konoys ob'leingly Fe' signed,
 The emperor, virtually 2 prisoner at the illae, was permitted 70 ef through the motions 0f selecting T0j0 at . palace conference attene' ad by all the living f0Fnlef pfeinleFs Asked by reporters What hla pew government policy would be, T0lt replied With hls customary ei1eFlni
 sE dislike talking" he said, v Wili make az policies eleaF bp en'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-18
OBITUARY

Sebastian Perez caballeEo. b5, IB EpEague street, died Of . heart atS tack in the hospital Rt the Chase Metal Works yesterday afternoon, shortly after complaining Of . pain in his chest,
 4 native Of Spain, MT, caballeFo had g wife and family tn that eoupv try, but DO known survivors 70 the United States,
 The funeral will be held from the Mai0TaDe funeral home es WIlS loW street, time and 0tber arrange mepts to be announced,
 DAVID60kwlseplaNin Davidson, formerly Of this city, died at hIs home in Huntington yesterday morning, He had lived iD WateFs bury from leet until letl,
 Ip addition t0 his wife, Mrs, Fanny Davidson, De is survived by three sons, George and Phillip, bQtb of Huntington, and Louis 0f khls city; and tAree grandchildren,
 The fnperal was held Rt q D, m, t0day at the Clark funeral Nome, 20 stale street, RuVlRl was tD the Star Benevolent Association eesnes tery,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-18


 brothers were down there. don't want to go down there to see them" The executive officer said there were approximately 250 men on the dock at the time of the explosion plus the ships crews.
 T haven't seen any Of them come beck" he said. T was sitting at my desk when the explosion came and was knocked out Of my chair across the room. I got up and was thrown down a second time by another blast"
 All we could see from where he took us were the searchlights play- ing in the direction of the loadinH zone. and we turned to walk back along the streets banked by craxily sigging two-stoFy barracks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-18
CAPITOL AVENUE MAN
 COlLAPSES ON STREET

Raymond Leggett. 90 Capitol Ave. was admitted to st. Mary's hospi. tai this morning after he collapsed on LeaYengortb street, Ills copdi- tiOn was reported as good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-18
Young Farley Gives Out

James A. Farley. Jr., l6-year- old son of the former Democratic chief is in Chicago to attend his first national convention. He registered at the hotel as James 4. Farley. Jr.. and Dad; took of his coat, and went 10 work as his fathers confidential aide. valet and teiephone-answerer. Tn the following dispatch, young Farley has a few words to say about politics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-18
Full Weather Report

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-18
MEDICAL OFFICER
 GIVES FIRST AID

Mrs. Emily Dains. l60 Cornwall Ave. was treated by an unidentified Army Medical Corps officer yesteys day when she collapsed on East Al. r0ra street on her way home from work,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-18

Cambridge, Mass, luPl - Calling at a Cambridge residence to pick up Q package addressed to Q W0in- an in oakland, Cal, American t'KE press Co, driver Charles MaeAllllan was told, Nov if she Isn't et home leave it with the family negt door"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-18
BRUSH FIRE

Eng. Co. 6 responded to a brush fire at Ludlow and Wyman streets this afternoon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-18
FUNERALS


 Tlae luDAral Of MFs, ADna RaFs aglanRkas, vile Of Joseph haFanAilg. kas 0f 30 summit stEeet vas hele from the Deliniks funeral home, VI 00ngEess avenue, this nleFDlne at 0,l6, t0 Rt, 5aseph's 0hNFeh at ', where a solemn hlgh Mass Of Fes alllfm was RalebI'Atea by Rev, Joseph ValantARjlls, pasi0g Music vas un' deT inc diTeefl0n ef church eFganlef AlegandNT Aleksis, Burial was 70 0alvaTy cemetery, Wlth tle eeiAs mltEal services kp pntller Valentlpes Jus, BaaTeFs included Joseph N0gs kus, R0lRElaw 6llkallskAk. J0sepD gokubauskas, Anthony hlfnIllskl, HalVet6Te Tanefet0 ena hlebael AFlela,
 Tha (lneFal Of Mrs, Anna bagFow Of g430 Hamilton avenue waA hela today at z D. O. from ille AlaeEh0n funeral i0TI1e, 70 CenlFnl atallle,
 3eV, BTaneis Q. Ayres og ets ge1n'e z Episcopal church al'elalln9s HaSlnI Was 10 neW Nine Grove eemeleFy,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-18
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OAYElls0A-ID this city, July lefh, lpll Hsnlanlln Davidson, Of tfupt5 tNRf00, fnDn,
 ggnsgal Today et fIee e'eleessk, f!em !s Street, Burial in AlAP ReRevoleat Association eemeieTS,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-18

The picture above showing Vice President Wallace bench outside his Washington hotel residence which immediately preceded That a
 
 highest office the Newsc- photographer
 woodsm had snapped imposed photo of the Vice President the hotel Wallace phoogra- phe shouting Give pael" grabbing and him the the resisting the floor before offered to make bargain The bargain his plate the Vice President would permit the making Of outside. Woodsum him above posed sll again with friends President and pooera- pher parted amiable
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-18
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WEHW NNNNHFFINH

Both the Allies and the Germans were revealed % ba suffering faif- ly high casualties as the American ist and nFltleh 2nd armies ground mt issaiF s6eanaag nVaF 3eEraln AaaaA
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 Drive Ahead.

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 Cons Problem,

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15

robot brain is a mathematical solver, performing
operations not even understood by laymen.
Aiken emissions postwar era in which his
machine will become common sight. He says the
calculator is but the first step toward establish
ment of computation bureau which he hopes TO
set up for industrial and scientific Laboratories.
lie foresees the day when thousands of his
chimes, built more cOmpactly than the present
device, will be available to every business house
that requires its servCes-and at nominal cost.
Oddly enough the inventor of this wonder
brain hit upon the idea while student at Harvard
because he despiSed the difficult and lengthy
methods used to solve intricate problems. He says:
"A calculating machine could only b. the in.
Vention of lazy Men invent timesaverS
only because they hate to do hard things the long
way. In school was pretty dumb at math.'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15

never DelOfe mas one
been devised as intri-
cately as Aiken's. Their
general principle was
worked out by Or. Wal
lace j. + ck ert. now
chief of the Nautical
Aim anac Office at
Washington's u. S. Ma
val Observatory, a n d
other scientists.
The development of
the Harvard calculating
machine has been pos.
sible because a number
Of other remarkable de-
vices for saving mathe-
matical labor had been
previously invented in
this country.
When the war is
over, the story of how
these calculating ma.
chimes have helped war
science, production and
even military opera
tons might be fully re-
vealed.
Unlike most calcu-
lators that specialize in
solving certain types of
problems, the Harvard
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15

Science Has Long Known
the Formulate That Would
Answer Many of Its Tn
solved Problems, but the
Sheer Labor of Working
Them Out Would Take
Hundreds of LifetimeS OF
Drudgery-SO the Answers
Remain Blank. Now All the
Sciences, and Engineering
and Insurance, Can Short
cut Computations With the
New Man-Made Mind. II
May Even Unleash for
Mans Use the Long
Dreamed-Of Energy Of the
Atom.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15
Now. With the New SLIT. CoIcuIo-
Apr. Man Nay Find +he Answer TO
KiddIes He Never Hoped to Solve.
in Chemistry and Physics. Flee
+ronies and +he Woys Of +he
Afom-ond Even. Perhaps. the
Origin Of fhe Universe Itself

be trained mathematician, an expert must pre-
pare the problem, using a code book so that the
operator may punch code holes in tape 10 feed
the problem TO the machine.
The code book which covers every known
branch of mathematics, was written by the A.
year.od Aiken and Ensign Robert V. y. Campbell
U. S. n. r.. who assisted Commander Aiken dur
ing the last three years.
Considered by scientists as one of the greatest
inventions 10 come out OF the war the machine Is
an algebrac super-brain that will solve many
problems in applied mathematics II actually con
suits logarithmc and other functional tables auto
maticaiiy.
When in operation in the sound-proof compute
ton laboratory it is finely geared that it makes
no more noise than few typewriters.
"A n example of the speed with which the ap-
~ paratus works was furnished when 1t solved
in 19 hours a problem that had taken four girl
experts three weeks TO do with ordinary office
calculatorS
Some of Einsteln's equations dealing with his
complex graYitation theories computed heretofore
only with tremendous time and effort. can he
ried out with by the Aiken invention
rnhnt-S- deStlHt-is- Het-Afked sofcty.-to ab
strict problems or The solar and atomic systems,
however. Even now IL is doing work OF vast i'm.
poTtance In prosecution of the war.
For instance. certain Calculations based on
formulae using the imaginary number. the square
LaQt of minus one which most people can't
(k about, are helping to defeat the enemy in
In any field where computation of problems is
so complex that their solution by humans is un-
feasible and practically impossible, the apparatus
will be OF great value. And in countless fields il
will speed work now tedious and Understanding.
Research in medicine and biology, which deals
with enormous germ masses and their relation
ships to another. can be accelerated greatly by
quick computations. Radio research invcstiga-
tons of the onosphere optics and eectronics. all
branches OF engineering, insurance tables and a
host of other practical, worf<aday fields will owe
much 10 Aiken when his invention is available
The machine will be most helpful in making
up the nautical almanac. figuring out the positions
OF the sun, the MOON other planets and stars at
any given time and place This information is in
dispenSable for navigation which depends so
much on the ocean tides and other conditions re-
lated 20 the heavenly bodies
Calculating machines in which punched cards
or tapes come into not new, though
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was separated from her husband
and roomed al the Hendricks street
Addltss. where Maddox was also
roomer. Witnesses disclosed that
Maddox sough, 10 force his un.
welcome attentions upon the young
married woman.
Hears Quarrel
George Gross. q. and Hovey
Bowen. %. OF the Hendricks street
address told police tl>v had heard
the couple arguing and had left
The house because they feared there
Was going 10 be trouble
EStelle Gardner rs. OF 1881 Hen
bricks street. told police that she
had seen a man chasing a woman
into the alley and later had heard
two shots. and had seen both the
man and woman fall I'm the alley
A seven yenr-old boy living al
27l4 Hendricks street VAS also 10
have witnessed the chase down the
sllev bv tho deceased Maddox
When police arrived they found
the two dead bodies and 80 cali
bro revolver lying near the corpses
Pow dor marks on the fingers OF
Maddox led police TO believe that
he had slain the woman and then
took his own life
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he considered 10 be the market
price Byrd further had explained
his reluctance 10 sell because he
was saving the lots for his son.
Mark Jr.. who is now overseas with
the army. Said Byrd. When | was
first approached. I told them that
the lots were not for sale. they are
still not for sale. will not accept
any money until my price Is
reached"
George Schermer, Detroit area
representative for the FPHA. told
the Chronicle that although the
government was going TO 60 ahead
with the use OF the lots. the courts
were going 10 have TO set the price.
Il don't know what Mr.. ByrdS
rights are. 80 we are going 10 let
the courts OF the land decide what
the fair price is" Schermer said
further thai the money for Byrd
would be deposited to his credit
and he could take il when he wants
10.
Schermer said that he did not
know whether Byrd would be able
TO recover his land after the dura-
ton.
They have taken my fence
down." Byrd said. but | am not
going 10 accept cent until my
price Is reached"
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Postwar

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shops or farms or mines Of the ma.
ton;
The right TO earn enough 10 pro.
vide adequate food and clothing
and recreation;
The right OF every farmer 10
raise and sell his products at a re-
turn which will give him and his
family q decent living;
The right OF every business man.
large and small, 10 trade in an at
mosphere Of freedom from unfair
composition and domination by
monopolies at home or abroad:
The right OF every family to a
decent home.
The right to adequate medical
care and the opportunity to achieve
and enjoy good health;
The right to adequate protection
from the economic fears OF old age,
sickness, accident and unemploy-
ment:
The right TO a good education.
"All OF these rights spell secu-
rity." he said, "and after this war Is
won we must be prepared to move
forward. in the implemation OF
these rights. to new goals OF human
happiness and we'll being.
Our economic bill OF rights
like the sacred bill OF rights OF our
Constitution itself-must be applied
TO all our citizens. irrespective Of
race, creed or color.
I'm le4i I appointed a fair en-
ployment practice committee to
prevent discrimination in war in
dustry and government employ
ment. The work of the committee
and the results obtained more than
justify its creation.
II believe that the Congress
should make the committee per-
manent"
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Truman
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NCVhtAhhata AtVaAA Ae8N -
Negroes there Is no legislation
which has not had my support ]
supported the FEPc. I voted for
cIoture on the anti-lynching bill.
I voted for cloture on the snti-poll
tax bill I voted for the Murray
Kilgore bill. the soldiers vote. the
NYA and every bill to give q fair
deal 10 racial and economic minori-
ties on all subjects. whether eco
nomic or political.
II cannot control the opinions
of other people as to whether they
think my voting record favors
States rights or national rights
or should be given some other theo-
retical classification. All | ask u
that I be judged by my record"
The vice-presidential candidate
also denied having said that just
because Hal Styles sis one Of us.
I'm for him. regardless" despite
the fact that Styles. Los Angeles
Congressional nominee. Is reputed
to be a former Khan leader on Long
Island.
I am reluctant to believe partisan
charges coming from Republican
quarters that q Democratic nom
inee is a Klansman in view Of
my own experience with such
charges Truman told the NAACP
Labor groups in California and
all other groups interested in the
fair treatment OF labor and Of all
minorities, racial and economic, de-
clared against the incumbent,
Styles opponent, charging that his
record is reactionary and opposed
to labor and to minorities. Those
groups threw their support behind
Styles who won the nomination"
Truman explained.
Il do not believe that these labor
and liberal elements would have
supported a member of the Khan.
The information I have received
Is that he ostensibly Joined the
Khan. but only for the purpose of
exposing it while working as a
reporter for a New York news
paper. and that his articles ex-
posing the Khan were published In
one OF the papers at the time"