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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-23
 Says Moss
 In Germany
RY IACK ERANKIRH


 United Press War CoFTespondent)
 Kornelimuenster, Germany, Sept. 2.-(uPl--More than 1000, inelud. ing pious German families and sol- einn CTS from the AmericaK First Army, crowded into the 18th cen- tury St. Kornelius parish church this morning to hear ArchbiShop Francis J. Spellman of New York celebrate his first Mass in Germany since ies2,
 Spollman, In Q strong, clear voice, told the Doughboys how much the United States was indebted to them for the "job they are doing" and expressed qualification that 90 many of them kopt sight of their religion in the mud and blood of bullet- swept battleheldS,
 A German parish priest assisted Spellman in the first of several serv. ices planned during his visit to the First Army. The voices of an Amer. lean soldier choir filled the colorful old church which was unchanged by the war except for q small shell nole ln tne TOOL
 At the end of the services, Spell. man made hls usual offer to send Q card to the nearest of kin of any soldier giving him Q name and cd. dress. One German woman asked hlm to send Q card to one of her relatives in the United States. He said he would,
 The small, black. .froeked arch. bishop was surrounded by khaki as he shook hands with every soldier at the end of the Mass.
 The German clergy, Spellman said, had given full cooperation to him and Catholic ehaplains,
 "They seemed glad to sec the American soldiers, and they did oil they could to help us," he said,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-23
Brave Fight
 Described
BY ALAN Wo0n

Representing Combined Allied Press Distributed by the United PressI
 With Allied AirhoFne Troops In the ArnheIn Area, Holland, Sept. a, 6 ?. m. The DFitish 2nd Army has linked up with one isolated air. borne force here and is getting neaF- CT and nearer to where we are this evening.
 Already, many shells from 2nd Army guns are landing among the Germans behind US, while in fFont Of Us somohting-wo hope it ts theig aFniored ears-is firing.
 After c pleasant, sunny meternonn it has just become noisler again with the persistent German guns sheliing uB Up and down. The Ger mans still are fighting despegateiy enough, and one Allied sergeant md to move out of his house 200 yards away.
 Last night, the sergeant found himself pinned in one corner os 0 room, with bullets coming in ono window and going out tho opposite window.
 He came back bringing the elpu ilian owners of tho house and their children with him. Dutchmen arc uncomfortable companions in tho dark, because Dutch sounds vsFy much like German.
 Despite the savagery of the fight ing. there b still some chivaiFy. BFitlsh and German wounded alike it makes no difference come ln to our field dressing stations. noInn of our stations now gre in German hands but, according te roport6. f|l1 Germans are looking after Cir wounded well, in addition to tlials own,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-23
FDR Less Confident Than l94O Admits Dewey Has Made Progress Advisers Want Him To Stump Nation To Comterac Opponents Attacks
BY DREW PEARSON.

ton Is in the bag" replied the Presidential caller.
 "0h, mo-" said the President, tits not in the bag. I'll tell you when it's in the bag. You'll know we are winning when the right time comes"
 How will we known asked his friend.
 "VVe1I knew," the President answered, when the Waii Street boys start eonalng te DemOeFa- tlc headquarters just before Election Day and offer to cons tFibute t0 my campaign. When. ever the Wall Street boys come around with these contributions, C means thst they're licked and we're sure to wiB." , The three themes stuck by the Dewey crowd which disturb tho
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-23
MOVE PEELED
 BYNvASION
 UTTERLY LAPS
BY FRANK TREMAlNE

BY FRANK TRENfAlNE United Press War COrrespOndentD
 Pearl Harhor, September 2S, - (UP) - The puppet Philippines government, im- pelled by jittery Japanese fearing an American invaS- ion, has declared war on the United States and Great Bri. tain, Japanese broadcasts said today as American forces pressed their intense cam paign against the islands and their protective bases.
 Jose P. Laurel, president of the JapaneSe-controlled Phi lippineS government an. nounced the declaration of war. He proclaimed martial law following the heavy at- tack by American carrier based planes on the Manila area.
 There was no confirmation from Admiral Chester W. Nimit1s head quarters on enemy reports of con- tlnuing raids on Manila, but Gen. eral Douglas Macarthur announced that Catalina bomberS blasted ship. ping off the southern Philippines for three successive days, ending ThuTsday.
 Tho Catalinas sank or damaged four cargo vessels off Mlndanao, to add to the 37 Eaips blasted by Vice Admiral Marc 4, Mitschers carrier task force In Manila Bay Wednes' day,
 M.acArshur's bonihers also dA,n- aged or destroyed six cargo ships In the Dutch East Indies.
 Nimits dlSclosed that . heavy American orulser had bomeatded Kcror Islanda in the central palaus. north of Peleliu where marines were flnlahlng off the remainder of the garrison along the west coast of the island. Several direct hits on m" bkHAthtRpHh WUfV HcoNW6t A0AVt se Japanese military headquarters and the political center of the inandat. cd S'alAus.
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 On Peleliu, the marines were able to make only slight progress aS the Japanese fought viclouSly from well fortified and well-supplied petitions on i00.foot high UnuFbrogal noun. tain, dominating the ridge along the west coast, I
 The marines also faced Q narrow neck of land extending northward, with . heavy mangrove swamp on each side.
 A cotnmunique reported that Am. erican. bombers again hit Marcus Island, 1000 miles southeast of To. kyo, Tuesday and Wednesday, and
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Zonins. Case To Be Heard

Evidence in the East End zonlng litigation has been printed and the case may Do assigned for c hearing in the State Supreme Court of Er- TOTS next month 1t was revealed to. day. The case Is ono of four local actions entered on the October dock ct, which was released today.
 The zoning action was started in superior court four years ago when the city permitted an addition to the building ct East Main and Wales streets, occupied by the First Nas tionAt supor-Market. Judge John A. Cornell on June 90, io42 ruled that the city Soning board erred in permitting the erection and his de. cision In effect was an order to re. move the addition, made ct an es. tiEnated cost of ei2,000.
 Appellants to the high court are the zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Waterbury and the Syca- more Corporation of West Hartford, owner of the building. Plaintiffs in the action were ell residents of the Wales street section. Listed as in. etitutors of the suit are: Henry J. corden, Helen MeridaS, and Frank oaglione.
 The East End Community club waS . party plaintiff originally, but was dropped from tho action when the judge ruled the organization could not be aggrieved in the legal sense in that it did not own real estate.
 Other eases listed on the October appeal docket are: John Duonanfio, administrator of the estate of Rosina Duonanno, against Evelyn Cameron ct Al, plaintiffs appeal from . sus peFlor court jury verdict for tho ,de- fendantG; Patrick ]. Tully against 4 H
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-23
DeweySpeoks For Wider
 Security Low
By JOHN [. CUTTER (t\alted Press Staff Correspondent

Los Angeles, Sept. 23-(UP)-. Gov. Thomas T, Dewey ended the west coast phase Of his election drive today after attacking the ad- Hninistration for not going far enough with social and economic security in c speech to e0.00o per. Sons--thc largest crowd of his tour --ir the coliseum last night
 He advocated Q five.point pro. gram for expansion of unemploy. Tnent insurance and old age pen- Sioas, medical aid for the needy, job placement and aid for returning servicemen. He said it would strengthen the individuals protee. ton against hazards of old ago. unemployment and i'll health" and should be started at once,
 Dewey also addressed the nation by radio,
 He proposed:
 i-ExtenSion of old age insurance to include farm workers, domesties, employees of non.profit enterprises government workers and the self. employed.
 2.-Extension of unemployment insurance also to those groups not now protected.
 3.--Return of government employ fnent services to the states as soon as practicable.
 4,-Medieai service for the needy, in cooperation with medical men.
 b.-Establishment of state and local veterans service agencies to guide returning soldiers to jobs and educational opportunities.
 Here Is program to pick uf and carry, forward on American system of social progress" he said "Out of the suffering of war there has emerged c high resolve in the minds of the American people that the world we live in must become Q better world. ITO that end we must work together to increase thg security of the individual against tho hazards of old age, Of unefn. ploymeft, of fl health,"
 Done Little
 Dewey charged that the Roosevelt administration had done nothing
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FDR Goes On Air Tonight
BY MERRINTAN SMITH jnIted Prea0 Staff C0rFean0nd

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, Sept. 23- (UP) - President Roosevelt will make his first avowedly political appeal for reelection to Q fourth term In c speech tonight to the AFL Team. Sters Union. He was expected to challange what he considers Repuh- lican campaign misrepresentation
 MT. Roosevelt speaks over nation. wide tNBC and C1s) radio facil. itieg at o;3o ?. m. (EWT) from the banquet hall of WashingtonS Stat. Ter hotel where more than 100 lead. CTS of the AFL union will gather ct tie call Of their president, Daniel J. Tobin. The radio tim3 will Do paid for by the Democratic National committee.
 Gov. Thomas '. Dewey Of New York, the Republican presidential candidate, and oth9r leading Repub. liean presidential candidate, and other leading Republican figures, have brought c number of charges against his c administration.
 When the president accepted his fourth term nomination on July 20, he said:
 T shall not campaign, in the usual sense, for the office. In these days of tragic sorrow do not con. sider 1t fitting. Besides, in these days of global warfare I shall not be able to find the time. I shall, however, feel free to report to the people about matters of concern to them; and especially to coTect777 rniSrepresentations."
 The PreSident's next political speech Is set for oct. 5 when he
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BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press War CorFespondent)

Moscow, September 23. - (UP) - Soviet flying col umns struck south and west of captured Tallinn in @ race to envelop and destroy the routed remnants of the Ger man army of Estonia today, and the Russian Army news paper Red Star declared that the liberation of all the Bal tic states Is imminent.
 The long.prepared German defenseS from the Gulf of Finland down to the Esto. nian border were falling apart under slashing Rus. sian attacks from the north and west, and military spokesmen said virtually all of Estonia was now in the hands of the Red Army.
 A front dispatch to the Red Star said the Germans, stunned by the speed and fury of the Soviet ad. vance on Tallinn, suffered "enerm' ous" losses in the final assault on that seaport capital,
 Covering 4e miles In the final day of their offensive, the Russians ei1s tered the city 90 swiftly that the Germans apparently were unable to wreck It's modern port facilities.
 The hArhor itself was described As Q graveyard of wrecked shipping, Uttered with the bombed.out hulks of scores of NaE vessels that tried and failed to stage 6 laSt'niinute evacuation of the doomed garrison.
 Only Q small number of survivors were reported to have escaped from Taliinn and they were in full flight southward toward Riga, harried evs cry milo by Russian tank columns and jeep.riding infantrymen. Ob. servers believed they had little chance of getting through the nar- row corridor still open between the Baltic coast and Soviet troops nov. ing in from the east.
 Far to the south, another Red army stoFfned through weakening German and Hungarian resistance along the eastern border of Hun. gary, threatening hourly to burst across tho frontier within i2o miles Of Budapest,
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 (The imminent threat of invasion brought Q frantic appeal from the Budapest government for tho Hun. gariAn army and people to fight for
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CiUilians WiU Be
 Banned From Front

London, September g. - (UP)-- Supreme Headquarters announced today that the transportation of civilians to forward military zones will not be authorized, and allega. tons that this policy Is being vio. lated will be investigated thoroughly.
 The announcement followed Q charge by the London Daily Mail that supreme headquarters per- mitted American business men to 60 to Paris in military uniform to make contacts and conduct private enterprise while decrying the privi- lege to Hrltish huslness men.
 The supreme commander has di. rected that transportation of Amer. lean, British and other United Na- tons civilian personnel to places which are at the time In the for- ward gone for purposes of opening offices of various private enter prises will not be authorized" the announcement said.
 Announcement
 The responsible agencies of our two governments have been advised that Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditlonayy Force, will accept, provide transportation for, and otherwise care for any civilians who are accredited by the service ininiS- tries Of either country or by the President or Prime Minister.
 When the forward zone ceases to become Q military area, the ques. ton Of authorization for transport of civilian personnel and their sub. sequent supervision will not be q matter Of military concern but one for representatives of the various governments.
 No personnel or material for pri. vate enterprises may be transported
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WARRINGTON, Sept. 2o.-As President Roosevelt officially opens his campaign for reselec- ton, he ig less confident Of win. ming than he was ct the same moment in ie40. He has adFnit- ted privately that Dewey has been hitting pay dirt during his tray- els through the West.
 Evidence thaet the President knows he has Q battle on his hands came the other day when . close White House adviser viss tied him and had Q talk about politics.
 How does the election lcok7' the President asked.
 ''WeIi, Mfr. President, I think tho Democrats are suffering from cverscopfidonce. However, some people aEo confident that rsa9lees
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-23
 Hurts Knee
nY UNITED PREsR

A National Broadcastlng Com- pany report from Paris said today that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower'a plane was forced down recently in FFance and that he was uiilnjuFed in the landing but suffered wTenehed knee while helping to pull the plano out of the mud.
 Merrill Mueller, NEG corrospon- dent, said in 6 Paris broadcast that Eisenhower was returning from c flight over . front line area when his plane was freed down.
 He said this explained earlier re- ports that Eisenhower had been "ir. disposed" and added that General Ikes health was never better than today"
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BY VIRGIL PINKLEY United Press War CoFrespondsnt)

Supreme Headquarters, AEF, September 23. = (uP) - British tanks and arlnored cars careened through Q blazing four-mile corridor of German guns to the south bank of the lower Rhine to- day, rescued a trapped band of paratroopers there and drove for the Arnhem bridge in a desperate race to relieve the main airborne force pocketed across the river.
 Front reports said tho highway span over the Rhine to Arnheni was still standing when the British ar- nor reached the river after c wild ride up the Nljnegen- -Arnheni high- way from Fist, four miles to the south.
 The British tank column iooseN . heavy barrage of cannon and mas chine am fire on German positions around the trapped airborne force In Arnheni, and headquarters Spokesmen said the situation ansida the town had improved consider- ably with the arrival of the relief party on the south side of tho Rhine.
 The wearied sky troops still were fighting grirnly and well to keep their toothold in the doorway % Germany, but it was admitted thels situation, after more than six days of eloSe.quarters Slugglng, was touch and go.
 A dramatic radio message from the airborne commander in AFn hem said the morale Of his troepa was high and that they would hold out in their sipataeh Of hell" uIAtI| relieved, but observers believed re- lief must come quickly.
 Elsewhere on the long front, tho battle of the German border was going we'll American lst Army troops captured the ruined German factory town of etolherg, eh miles east of Aaehen, after ono of the bittefest housesto- house fights of the campaign.
 On the American 9rd Army front to the south, Lt. Gen. George 6, Pattons tanks and tank destFoyeFs inflicted Q smashing defeat on a powerful German armorod force that attempted to throw them back
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ly lost.
 All this adds ID to . grew. ing feeling in Whle House cir. cles that, unless the President hammers haFd on domestic as well aS foreign Issues, he may go down to defeat in November. As . result, top Roosevelt cd. ViseFs have urged . ringing Fe. affirmation of the New Deal and . pledge that the early spirit of the New Deal will be extended after the war.
 This same group are also urg. ing Roosevelt to make an exten- siVe stumplng tour of the coun try, ali the way to the West Coast and back. However, while Roosevelt agrees hell have ts
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International UnityHeeded
By CMARLEs 2. MeMAMoN
(UnIted Press stAff Correspondent

United Press Stan Correspondsnt)
 Boston, Mass, Sept. 23-(Up)- The United States must be ready to unite with other nations, if neces- Sary, to prevent by force the out. breaks of small wars which might lead to e third great world war Ghould persuasion or economic pressure" first fail, Gov. John W. Dricker of Ohio said today.
 The Republican vice presidential candidate, speaking before the Mas sachusetts state Republican conven- ton, charged that the adminiStra- tionS international policies of "day by day expediency" had led the ila. ton into tho present war.
 He proposed the establishment of ( world court to arbitrate and con- ciliate international disputes. Small wars, he said, lead to world wide conhagrations" and economic sane. tions must Dc applied ct incipient trouble points.
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BRITISHSTH
 ARMY DRIVES
 UP VALLEY
BY CLINTON D, ooNGER United Press War CorFespondent)

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 Rome, September 2S. = (UP) - British Eighth Army troops drove beyond captured Rimlni into the Pc valley to- day and established beach, heads three miles wide and two miles deep across the Marecchia river.
 U. s. Fifth Army troops widened their breach in the center of the Gothic Line by taking Mount Citerna, two miles southwest of Futa Pass, and Mount Tronale, . four miles due west of Futa Pass, and drove into the threshold of the pass itself.
 The Americans also captured high ground three miles northeast ot the Important road junction of Firen' yuola, coming to within g airline miles of Bologna, key city of the Pc Valley and ultimate objective of the forces under both Lieutenant Gen. cral Mark w. Clark in the central sector and Lieutenant General Sir Oliver W. II. Leese to the east,
 The Eighth Army's advance north of Rimini placed infantry and armor well within the entrance of the Pc Valley where two great high ways, routes 10 and nine fan out in the direction of NaVenna, on the Adriatie cast, and Bologna.
 Brazilian Expeditlonary Force units with the American Fifth Army in the western sector continued to make gains through the gothic line against varied German resistance, They were driving past captured Pietrasanta, six miles north of Via reggie and barely ab miles from the big Mediterranean port. Of Genoa.
 Forging ahead over rough sAeFFain after capturing the village Of Santa Lucia, American troops were as- saulting positions at the southern entrance of the great Futa Pass, where the main highway from Flor enee to Bologna vfoSses Appennires.
 DisorganiEatlo
 Although German resistance con- tinued to Do stubborn all along the line. Reorganization was becoming evident among the enemy troops They have started abandoning con-
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Roosevelt camp are his assaults on the Roosevelt labor record; on the alleged plan to delay diss diScharging gervicenien; and the Republican assault OH Sidney Hili- man and the CIOsPAC.
 Actually, Roosevelt considers his labor record better than ever before in .. s. history. However, Dewey'g attacks have confused | lot of workers. White House aides alSo point to the recent alarm i1 Army camps ever DeweyS charge that then New Deal wants to keep men in the service.
 As to fEiliman and the FAC, recent White House surveys show this attaek ig having Q strong efs feet On farmers ~ . group which the President hes aiFeCdy iaFge-
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REPORTNAZIS RETREATFROM
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BULLETIN

BULLETIN
 London, Sept. 2S.-(UP)-A NaSl military spokesman today reported German "disengaglng movements" "a retreat-ln central Latvla, in- dlcatlng that the Germans were giving up that Baltic state after the collapse Of resistance In Es. tonia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-23

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-23

By United Press-The AnkaFa radio, according Co. BEG, reported today that forces of Greek pA. tri0ta were advancing toward Athens. The BBC bFosdeagt was reported by TCC monitors.
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London. Sept. 23.-(UP)-NBC Correspondent Merrill Mueller broadcast from FFanea today that Gen. Dwight D. ElsenhOwef told me thls morning Che war will last only 70 long as deBtap0 control makes the German nation anni. hiIate Itself.
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BRITISH DRIVE TO AID TRAPPED FORCES
 Puppet Philippine Govt. Declares War
Run4-Mile Gantlet Of Blazing Cannon
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BULLETIN
 Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Sept. 2S.-(UPl-AmeFlean troops have captured Che German fee. tory town of stolberg, 0M miles east of Aachen, R comHmunique said today.
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BULLETINS

London, Sept. s3.-(UP)-The Berlin raAlo reported today that Allied bombeFS were approaching southern Germany from the south. indicating new attacks on the reich by Itallan.based pianos,
 There were no reports, however, of heavy bomber activities from Britain where unfavorAble weather has hampered operations for sey. eral days.
 London. Sept. 2S.-UP)-The DINE News Agency said today the Bed army had opened . strong offensive ln the area of the Tran. aylvRnlan capital of Cluj and had scored "locaI bFeaches."
 IEeIsinkI, Sept. 23,-(UP)-The Finnish government announced last week that it had severed dip. Iomatlc and economic relations with Japan.
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Frantic Appeal

(The imminent threat of invasion brought Q frantic appeal from the Budapest government for tho Hun. gariAn army and people to fight for
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