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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-04-06
JOSIP VIDMAR, vodja Osvobodilne fronte Slovenij

politicnih stranE, XII sta bill iz
Osvobodilne frC nte v naprej in
nepreklicno izEIjuCeni. Ce da-
mes pogledamo Belo gardo, bo-
mo nasli njej prav v te ljudi v
vodstvu, XII jih je Osvobodilna
fronta odklanjala, in sicer usta-
novitelje Belle garde ne zaradi
tega, ker smo jih mi odklanja-
Ii, marvec zaradi tega, ker k O.
svobodilni 'front.' nikdar pristo-
pill ne bi bill, ker so il po svo-
jem bivstvu nasprotni, kakor
so re cd nekdaj sovrazni vsem
resnicnim interesom slovenske-
ga naroda. I'll ljudje in njihovi
hlapci in zaslepljenci danes nj
so z nami, marvec proti nam.
Ali je cato Osvobodilna fronta
mani vsenarodna? Kdo so ii
ljudje? Prejeli so denar, podpo-
70 in orozje cd okupatorja, to
Sc pravi cd smrtnih sovraznikov
nasega narda. Placani izdajalci
so. Ali je mani vsenarodno ne
ko gibanje, XII v svojih vrstah
nina in noee imeti narodnih IL
dajalcev?
Druga poglavitna stvar v o.
snovah Osvobodilne fronte je
njena narodno osvobodllna VOLTA
in njena resitev slovenskega ma
rodnega vprasanja. Spomnite Sc
ideoloskih in politicnih bojev v
Jugoslaviji, bojev zaradi narod-
mega vprasanja, spomnite Sc ne
kdanjih Jngosiovenov, samoslo-
vencev, slovenoborcev, avtono-
mistov in kar je Sc linen, XII so
nastala il tistih dni. Zavedni in
castni Slovenci so Sc tedaj mo-
rail- boriti "a priznanje sloven-
ske narodne individualnosti ne
samo Beogradom, temvec tudi
z domacimi Jugosloveni, XII SO
nam narodno samobitnost, tenn
bolj pa pravico do samoodlocbe
odrekali in prepovedali, XII so Sc
povzpeli cello do tega, da so nam
odrekali in prepovedali ime slo.
venski narod. Bill smo zanje sa-
mo - rod.
/ Potem je prisla vojna, prisel
razpad Jugoslavije, sramotni
nastanek "samostojne" Hrvat-
ske in marsikomu je postalc
jasno, da je jugoslovanski ma
rod propulsion sam seni in da 81
mora pomagati sam. Samood.
locba je nenadno postala nujna,
Osvobodilna fronta, XII Sc je o.
snovala takoj po okupaciji, je
pravilno in brez vsakega pri.
strastja "a ia ali oni tabor in
povsem v skladu z resnicnostjc
predelila stalisce slovenskega
naroda tako do narodne samo-
bitnosti, kakor do jugoslovan.
stva in do Jugoslavije. V njenih
osnovnih tockah stoji povsem
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-04-06

nj Dlld lZklJucena all preZrCa. 70
goja "a sprejem v Osvobodilno
fronto sta bila "a vse samo dva:
pristanek ma osnovni program
in dostojna politiena preteklost.
Pc tel poti je ustanovno vod-
stvo v tednih in mesecih prido-
bilo "a vstop poleg prvotnih
skupin, poleg Komunistiene par
tije, krscanskih socialistov. So
kola in Kulturnih delavcev Sc
dvanajst vecjih politienih sku-
pin,' med n j m i Socialisticno
stranko, celotno Kmetsko stran-
ko, Samotojno d e m kratsko
stranko, Zvezo kmetskih fantov
in d e k | e t, frakcijo nekdanje
Ljudske stranke it'd, it'd. Ce 81
predstavite vse te stranke, bo-
ste videli, da tvorijo ogromno
vecino, takorekoc gosto mrezo
razgrnjeno preko vsega sloven-
skega ozemlja, v katero je bi
dostoj1o zajet yes slovenski ma
rod. Samo v Ljubljani je zivo
delalo mic mani kot stiristo od-
borov in krozkov Osvobodilne
fronte. Ia primer, kako skrbno
je bilo vodstvo v svojem rriza-
devanju "a mobilizacijo vseh
vrednih sill v narodu, maj yam
povem, da Sc je S stevilcno ne
znatno skupino mlade JNS po'
gajajo dodge mesece z vso STRIP
nostjo in obzirnostjo in da pray
gotovo nj krivda Osvobodilne
fronte, &c Sc ia frakcija napo'
sled lie nj vkljucila v vrste Osvo'
bodilne fronte. Vodstvo pa n
vztrajalo in Sc trapilo S to sku
pino toliko casa iz strahu preC
MO IL brige "a eim vecjo oblast
temvec je v tenn in vsakem pri
uleru stremelo "a tenn, da bi ma
rodno osvobodilnemu gibanju o
nranilo sleherni drobec zdravt
n pozitivne energije, in da ne b
.openenu castnemu in vredne
mu Slovencu zapiralo poti de
della "a naso veliko stvar.
Osvobodilna fronta je tore
prepregla vso Slovenijo in "a
jela vse nase ljudske mnozice
Jasno pa vam mora biti, da nj
ikakor in pod nobenim pogojen
nj marala in nj smela sprejeti
svOje vrste strank, XII so Sc J
jugoslovanski preteklosti osra
motile in omadezevale S proda
Ejanjem slovenskih narodnih in
/ teresov vladajoci beograjsk
carsiji ali Xxi SO cello svoji carsi
il in svojim interesom na .ljubt
podpirali peto kolono ma mas
zemlji ali cello sami bill peta ko
Iona "a nase okupatorje. v t
dve sramotno zaznamovani sku
pini nesprejemljivih je Osvobo
dina fronta utemeljeno stel'
yodstvi obeh dotedaj vodilnil
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-04-06


ne fronte slovenskega naroda,
Sc je vrsilo -zborovanje aktivi-
stov Osvobodilne fronte "a ljub-
ljansko pokrajino. Josip Vid-
mar, predsednik izvrsnega od-
bora Osvobodilne fronte sloven-
skega naroda, je ma tenn zboro-
vanju drzal zgodovinsko vazen
govor, XII ga SANS sedaj objav-I
liza. Slovenski Amerikanci maj
njegove besede pazno preeitajo,
kajti izrazajo YES namen in smi-
sci Osvobodilne fronte in razvoj
in sestavo njenega organizira-
MIA, XII stremi "a osvoboditev in
zdruzitev vseh Slovencev in vse-
ga slovenskega ozemlja Zdru-
zeno Slovenijo, XII bi v bodoce l.
mela vso pravico do resnieno
demokraticnega samoodlocania
svoji nadaljni usodi.
Mirko C. KuheI. izvrsni tai
mix SANSa.
"Tovarisi in tovarisice! Pri
poeetku danasnjega zborovanja
ali posvetovanja aktivistov O.
svobodilne fronte poudarjam,
da je njegov namen in smisel u
trditev in Sc tesnejsa strnitev
nase narodno osvobodilne or
ganizacije. Zaradi tega Sc mi
zdi prav in dobro, &c "a uvod k
temu zborovanju vnovic in sku-
paj premislimo in 81 cim bolj O.
svestimo, kaj je Osvobodilna
fronta, kaj pomeni in prinasa gi-
banje in snovanje, XII ga ozna-
cujemo tenn imenom in XII mu
vsi sluzimo z besedo in deja-
MEM, z bojem in svojimi zivlje-
Mi. Dobro in umestno pa je to
nase skupno razmisljanje O.
svobodilni 'front.' Sc tenn bolj "a
radl tega, ker praznuje ia po-
kret prav te dni pomembno OBJ
letnico. Vceraj sta namrec mini
Ii prav dive lett, kar je bila V
Ljubljani ma sestanku zastop-
nikov Komunisticne partije, So
kolov, krscanskih socialistov in
kulturnih delavcev, sklicanem
po komunisticni partiji, zasno-
vana in ustanovljena OsvoboGil-
ma fronta kot vsenarodna orga-
nizacija takojsnjega upora proti
okupatorjem in boja "a dokonc-
no osvoboditev in zdruzitev vseh
Slovencev in vsega slovenskega
ozemlja v Zdruzeno Slovenijo, XII
bi v bodoce imela vso pravico
do resnicno demokratienega sa-
moodlocevanja o svoji nadaljni
usodi.
v tel prvotni zam;sli Osvo-
bodilne fronte, XII je ostala dc
danes neizpremenjena, so pred
vsem vazne stri stvari, XII jih je
treba zlasti v danasnjem casu
prav posebno poudariti. To SC
njena vsenarodnost, njena ma.
rodno osvobodilna VOLTA in ME.
ma zamisel o demokraticni suve-
renosti slovenskega naroda. Y
sedanjih dneh, ko stojimo sredi
dogodkov, XII bi jih skoraj ze
lahko oznacili z besedo draw.
ljanska vojna, je posebno vazno
da Sc zavedamo vsenarodnega
znacaja Osvobodilne fronte. Nc
SINE mas begati ali cello SPRAY
ljati dvome dejstvo, da ina.
mo nasprotnike, organizirane ir
dovolj stevilne nasprotnike. Ia,
koj po ustanovnem sestanku je
slo zacetno jedro Osvobodilne
fronte ma delo. Pricelo Sc je
razgovori in konferencami
najrazlicnejsimi 0 b st 0 j ecim
strankami in frakcijami, cello
posameznimi skupinami. Nobe'
ma skupina nj bila preneznatna
Niti ena frakcija kake stranke
QhRA Daa 500 Dh QhG
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-25
I Man Army
Hailed Home

Pittsburgh, April 25.-(UP)-It
was primary election day in Penn
sylvania today, but SO far as Pitts
burgh was concerned politics took
back seat to tousled- haired Sgt
Charles E. (Commando) Kelly, the
one man army home from Italy OH
furlough.
Kelly himself showed no interest
in politics or a $55-a-day in the
best hotel in town, but concentrated
on his first chew of tobacco since
returning and on chit-chat with
friends and neighbors along Shaw
ano street, his home and the hum
BILE thoroughfare known as the ITO
bacco road" of Pittsburgh.
His elderly mother, Mrs. Irene
Kelly, six brothers home on fur
Tough for the occasion from various
branches of the services, notables
and townspeople agve the modest,
23-year-old Irish fighting man a
big welcome last night.
Kelly politely but firmly turned
down lodging in the William Penn
hotel suite, which had been ar
ranged for him by city committee
"Ill go along home with mom,"
he said.
''Mom," slight, shy woman, deaf
and with failing eyeSight, Rugged
her son as he stepped from a plane
which brought him here from
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-25
U.S.Airmen
Sink U-Boot

Washington, April 25-(UP)-U.
s. Navy airmen, ignoring vigorous
anti-aircraft fire. probably set a
new record by sinking German
u-boat in a two-minute concen-
trated attack, Admiral Royal E. In
gersoll, commander of the Atlantic
feet, disclosed today.
The sub was first spotted by Lit.
(JG) Wallace A. Laf1eur of Lafayet-
tie, La, whose crew consisted of
Floyd c. Brown, aviation mach
lists mate, 3 &c, Of Los Angeles, and
Terry K. Pittsmon, aviation radio
man, &c of Dallas.
Laf1eur's bomb release was faulty
and although he eventually dropped
his explosives. they missed the sub.
So he radioed back w ass cert
carrier, some 70 miles away.
"Hearse on surface, big buzzard.
Come in. I'm going to sit here all
night, If they don't come"
Two fighters and two torpedo
bomberS soon attacked and in two
minutes the sub was blown to
pieces. No survivors were found.
The wildcat fighters were piloted
by 1t. Kenneth P. Hance, of Tampa.
Fla, and 1t. (PG) Irving G. Cock
roft of Oakland, Cal.
The avenger torpedo bombers
were piloted by 1t. (JG) Glendon
Goodwin of Warrington, Fla, and
1t. (JG) Harold q. Bradshaw VI
San Diego. Cal.
Hance. Cockroft, Bradshaw ar&
Goodwin were given the distiH-
guished Flying Cross for their pax8
nthe action. Lafleur received the
Silver Star medal
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-25
Pre-Invasion Offensive RACES
On For The Ninth Straight Day
LAND PLANES
AID TROOPS IN
new GUINEA
BY WILLIAM B. DICKINSON
UNITED Press War Correspondent

BY WILLIAM B. DICKINSON
UNITED Press War Correspondent
Advanced Allied Head
quarters, New Guinea, April
25. = (UP)-Fighter planes,
flying from a newly-captured
airstrip at Tadji, have joined
American jungle troops ex-
panding their three beach
heads in northern New
Guinea, it was announced to-
day.
Disclosure that fighter
planes as well as transports
were using a Tadji airstrip,
four miles from Aitape, came
as the troops moved to with
in striking distance of the
village and closed in on the
three airfields at HOllandia.
Use of the new field gave the
ground forces their first effective
support from fighter craft. Previous
air bases on New Guinea were be-
low the Allied lines south of Ma
dang and at least 800 miles from
the new beachheads.
Front dispatces said American
and Australian fighter planes and
cargo ships landed at Tadji only 48
hours after the first wave of Amer
lean troops landed on the Aitape
beaches.
The strip was one of the three
Tadji airfields seized by U. S.
troops, soon after the landing Sat-
urday. The veteran jungle fighters
reached the approaches to Aitape
village after crossing the mouth of
the Raibu river.
Front dispatches placed the for
ward lines at only two miles from
the village Sunday night. In the
drive the troops captured Tumleo,
Seleo and Ali Islands offshore near
Aitape.
While a communique from Gen
Douglas MacArthur's headquarters
did not mention the presence of
any Japanese troops in the area, 1t
was reported that the enemy gar
rison at Aitape had fled the vii
lage.
Front dispatches continued to re-
port that thousands of Japanese
were pushing northward in do
or-die thrust from the by-passed
Wewak area, IS miles south of All
tape.
In the Hollandia area, 125 miles
above Aitape, two forces were driv-
ing from the east and west ON Hol-
landias three airfieldS in q valley
behind the high Syclops mountain
range.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-25
Wild Plane
Kills Many

Montreal, April rs - (U.P.) -
A four-motor Liberator transport Of
Royal Air Force crashed into a
house in downtown Montreal today,
killed all members of its crew and
an undetermined numbers of civil
ianS.
The plane had just taken of and
carried a crew of four or five men.
The crash set a large fire which
Immediately engulfed several neigh
boring homes.
Arthur Bourque, of Moncton, N.
B., saw the plane crash from his
room on the 10th floor of the
Queens Hotel, 1000 yards away. He
said it had an altitude of only 200
feet when 1t passed over the hotel
and its wings were dipping from
side to side, suggesting to him that
1t was out of control.
Two hours after the crash, seven
bodies had been recovered and po-
lice and firemen were searching the
ruins Of the homes. One of the
bodies had been recovered and po-
lice and firemen were searching the
ruins Of the homes. One of the
bodies was that Of a woman, from
one Of the homes. Two injured per-
sons were taken to hospitals.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-25
TRUCKMEN
DEFY WLB
WORK ORDER

Up to a late hour this
morning, striking drivers in
II New England Trucking
concerns, including two in
Waterbury, had not returned
to work despite kilograms
from the War Labor Board
ordering them as well as an
estimated SO Iocked-out con-
Germs to resume operations.
Harold j. Koran, manager of the
Grove and Company, here, and
president of the Highway Transport
Association of New England, ex-
pressed the hope that the mems
failure to return to work was due to
a misunderstanding of the boards
order, and said there was posi-
bility that they would be back at
work this afternoon.
Mr.. Koran said all the operators
had dropped their embargo in COM
pliance with the boards order, al
though the drivers in some of these
companies were now reported I'M
willing to return to work.
Both parties in the dispute have
b cen ordered to attend a public
hearing before the WLB in Wash
ington tomorrow at 1890 a. m. to
show cause why there should not
be compliance with the boards di-
receive order of March /, 1874 or
dering retroactive pay increases.
In Hartford, Harold Galloway,
Secretary-treasurer Of the local
Transfers Union, A. F. of L., said
that all striking drivers had been
ordered back to work pending the
outcome Of the he arings.
No comment was Forthcoming
from local union officials, although
Timothy Collins, Waterbury pres
1dent Of the Connecticut Federation
of Labor was among the recipients
of the WLB's telegram ordering re-
sumption of work.
The strike was called April II
when operators declared they were
unable to meet the retroactive wage
provision which, they said, would
cost them about 100000.
In an endeavor to compel union
representatives to attend a COM
promise conference, the operators
declared an embargo Sunday night,
stalling a large portion of motor
freight traffic in southern New Eng
land. This led to the WLB order
to cancel the strike and bring OPP
position factions together to air the
entire issue.
Mr.. Koran said today that the
operators intended going through
with federal court proceedings to
obtain an Injunction restraining the
WLB from enforcing the retroactive
clause of its March 1 directive, UNI
less the conference at Washington
Wednesday developed favorably for
the trucking firms.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-25
Urges Head
ForWorArm

Washington, April 24.-(UP)
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
today urged merging of the war and
navy departments into single
department of the armed forces,
and said it was of the greatest i'm
portance that the general princi-
pie of consolidation be determined
upon as soon as possible"
Testifying before the new House
committee on postwar military pol
icy Stimson said creation of one de-
partment of national security is
essential If our nation is adequate
ly and most effectively to carry on
its wars under modern conditions"
Experiences in the present war,
he said, have brought out that
voluntary cooperation, mo matter
how successful" in wartime cannot
be as effective In handling great
military problems as some form Of
combined, concentrated authority
"at the level of staff planning, SUI
(NnntirInd IN PAGE A.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-25
Gas VioIutor
Awaits Penalty

HarWichport, Mass, April 20
(UP)-Bruce Grayle of the Har-
wichpart rationoing board today
awaited imposition of penalty as
result of being convicted of driving
to Florida last winter in violation
of the basoline rationing regula-
tons.
Announcement of Grayle's con-
viction was made yesterday ny tine
Regional OPA. The official already
has been suspended from the local
board by Regional OPA Admins
traitor Eldon G. Shoup. officials said
that Grayle's automobile registra-
ton was taken by Florida ration
ing authorities and forwarded to the
regional board at Boston.
Meanwhile, the Revere rationing
board will meet Friday to ask Mayor
Raymond E. Carey publicly whether
he drove his car to Florida last win
ter.
The regional Office said Il had re-
ceived registrations of 1876 Massa-
chusetts residents from Florida and
other southern rationing boards.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-25
Reds Sink
Enemy Ship s
Continued on Page a
BY HARRISON SALISBURY

United Press Staff Correspondent
Moscow, April 25-(UP)-Russian
siege armies and assault planes were
reported pouring torrents of shells
and bombs into Sevastopol today in
apparent preparation for the show
down battle of the Black Sea naval
base.
Powerful squadrons of the Red air
force and the fleet air arm threw
everything they had at Sevastopol
and the sea lanes Of flight for the
beleaguered German and Romanian
garrison, sinking Is vessels and de-
stroying SO planes in "a hours.
Berlin reported that the Rus
slams were attacking strongly at
Sevastopol after completing their
re-grouping for the siege. A Nazi
communique also said German and
Hungarian troops warded off strong
Red Army counter attacks between
the Carpathians and upper Dniester
indicating that the Russians had
reclaimed the initiative in the south
east corner of pre-war Poland.)
Russian battleplaneS were report
ed unprecedently active in two
major zones of operation-at Sew
aStopol and over the Lwow-Stanis-
lowaw area where the Nazis per-
sisted in efforts to hamstring Mar
shall Gregory K. Zhukov's prepara-
tons for new campaign.
The northward advance of spring
was drying out the southern front
and melting the SHOWS from the
central and northern front, where
German nervousness evidently re-
Elected fears that the Red army soon
will be in action again.
Meanwhile the attempted evacua-
ton of Sevastopol continued under
a hail of Soviet bombs and thrustS
by the Black sea fleet.
Transport Sunk
Nine Of the vessels sent to the
bottom were transports loaded to
capacity with German troops at
tempting to escape across the block
AIDED Black Sea to Romania. Three
patrol boats, two landing barges and
torpedo boat also were sunk and
a number of additional craft were
damaged severely.
The attacks brought to IS the
number Of enemy ships sunk or
damaged severely off the southern
Crimea in the past two weeks, in
GLIDING II troop transports.
Twenty-Five German planes were
shot down in aerial combat and IA,
including five tri-motored junkers
50 transports used to evacuate
troops by air. were destroyed on the
ground in a raid on one Of few air.
fields remaining in German hands
In the Crimea.
The Soviet high command, In its
midnight communiQue, reported for
CONTINUED on PAGE a
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-25
.Jops Take
Yushih
BY GEORGE WANG
United Press Staff Correspondent

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Chungking, April 25-(UP)-Jap-
anese troops have captured Yushih,
southeast of encircled Chengsien, a
comnunique said today, giving the
enemy control of a strategic and
rapidly expanding rectangle of more
than 1000 square miles in China's
central plain.
Enemy troops from Kaefeng, east
Of ChenghSien, drove south to over
come Yushih. Other units of the
estimated 10000 Manchuria- trained
Japanese troops in Honan pushed
west and southwest to Fanshui.
and Jungyang, on the Lunghai
railroad, and Sincheng, on the
Peiping- Hankow railroad where
fierce fighting was reported.
Although front dispatches said
the Japanese were storming the out
skirts Of Sincheng, there was no off,
cial statement on the military sit
uation at that city.
japanese planes continued to at
tack Chinese military installations
and cities without opposition from
Allied air forces. The Chinese, how
ever. fought bitterly with inferior
weapons and without air cover.
The general direction of the jap
anese push indicated an imminent
menace to Loyang, present site OF
Chinese military headquarters APP
proximately so miles west of Cheng-
hsien. Loyang lies on the Lunghai
railroad on the south shore of the
Yellow river.
The rectangle now under enemy
control is bounded by Kaifeng on
the east, Fanshui on the west, Sin
cheng on the south, Yushit1 IA its
southeastern corner and Mihsien in
its southwestern corner.
Front dispatches indicated the
Japanese had pushed approximately
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-25
American Troops Retake 3
Enemy Positions At Anzio
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD

UNITED Press War Correspondent
Allied Headquarters, Naples, April
Is. - CUP) - American troops
drove forward on the center of the
Anzio beachhead yesterday and re-
captured three enemy positions in
the Cisterna and Carano sectors, a
communique disclosed today.
Headquarters spokesman 1ndi-
Gated, however, that the American
advances represented only small
scale localized actions in which the
Germans Withdrew their forward
lines after a brief engagement.
The Allied communique summed
up yesterdays fighting on all
ground fronts with 10-word re-
port: Normal patrol and artillery
activity took place on all fronts"
One American unit occupied a
woods two miles south of Cisterna,
just east of Dead Woman's Corner,
while other U. S. 1nfantrymen seized
new positions along the Cisterna-
Nettnno highway south of the latter
village. -
Further to the northwest, Amerl-
can:ifafantrynen won short. sharp
gun battle with NIazi troopers dug
in / IL miles west of Carano and
captured a fortified farmhouse and
nearby stronghold.
British and German patrols also
were in action at the extreme west
ern flank of the beachhead front,
but there was no important change
in the opposing lines.
In the mountainous central sector
of the British 9th Army front, Allied
patrols crossed the Sangro river
near Ateleta and blew up a number
of enemy installations on the north
bank of the stream.
Brisk artillery exchanges contin-
ued in the Casino area, where the
Germans laid a heavy barrage of
shell and mortar fire ON the railway
station and Allied positions in the
southern end of the town.
Allied planes maintained their Of
fensive against German supply lines
north of Rome, bombing and ma
chine-gunning rail and road targets
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-25
Tribute To
Dead PreIate
BY JOSEPH NOLAN

united PreSS starr correspondent
Boston, April 5.-UP)-More
than 5000 school children represent
ing the 1926 parishes in the Boston
archdiocese assembled at the Cathe-
dral of the Holy Gross to pay trib-
ute to William Cardinal O'Conne;l
today, and heard the beloved pre-
late praised as 1.-THE foremost Catho-
lie in the United States"
Resplendent in full ceremonial
robes, the Cardinals body lay in
state in a magnificent bronze casket
at the foot of the black draped
altar as Monsignor Edward G. AIr-
ray. rector Of ST. Johns seminary,
offered the first of three solemn
nigh requiem Masses preceding Fri
days funeral services. auxiliary
Bishop Richard j. Gushing, inter-
renum administrator of the arch
diocese, presided.
In a simple but moving eulogy,
Rev. william ]. DAILY, diocesan di-
rector Of schools, extolled the VEN
cradle Prince of the Church as "a
man whose birth was humble but
whose destiny was sublime"
HE lived to become the counsel
lor of Popes and Presidents, but he
always remained staunch friend
of the poor" Father DAILY said.
Many are his titles and his claims
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