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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26
Population Gain Here

4 gain of 5000 population dnr' ing the past four years has been estimated for Waterbury with total residents nOg numbered ID amount af i07.O00.
 N0 accurate estimates hays been made however as t0 changes @ population here aS t0 racial eSiTaes lions. Figures based on the leS0 census when Waterbury was shown to have . population Of ee,3lS sh0g the following breakdown es t0 llop' llatl0D of racial groups:
 Italians, 23.0t2; Irish, ls,tJo; Canada FreDeh, 6.e03; LllnuaDlaIs, $500; Germans, 3.325; Russians 3,64O; English, 2.B2l.
 4 gaip bn the eoloEed population 0f tlle city Is shown by leSf est, mates Of the population here, 0I tlis latter gT0uL, t0taled as 2,SOo as compared Co the last census when le60 were listed, Natives Of the city have been classified 70 amount 0f 2s00s,
 # has been estimated that NleFH are 6b GOO residatlis Of Cathode faith; 3l,500 Of Protestant RDg s.a0o Of the Jewish faith
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26
Oldest MT Alwsnnws celebEotes Bivshdey

Randolph, N, E, Aug. 26.-fUPl- Robert H, Richards Of Boston, tias oldest living alnmnus Of Massacbus seiis Institute Of Technology, eeles braied his tooth anniversary at hif home here today,
 Richards, whose wOTk in mining and melallurey Is world famous, vas 8 member Of the first class Co ens ter MT, and later became 2 pT0fes, sOr at the institution, Before his retirement in 1914 he gas for q gears head Of the institutes mining and melallurgy department,
 A native of Gardiner, Me, IliehF ards sak tilai his had been Q ''W0nr derlnl life, and f ! had t to live over again ! would live lt Just tue same Nay" Biill active and Inter, esiRd in art and science. he has ens ma jOF aim i0 liYe longer thaD his brother. Henry, Rb0 nos is %,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26
BULGARIA CUTS DIPLOMATIC TIE WITH GERMANY

London, August 26.-(UPl A Moscow broadcast said today that Bulgaria has broken diplomatic relations with Germany, paving the way for an arnlistice with the Allies, while Romanian troops began expelling Nazi forces from their soil under a formal declaration Of war against the Reich.
 Adolf Hitler's Balkan coali- ton was falling apart in the wake of ROmania's capltula- ton to Russia and the Red Army's thrust into southeast ern Europe. Radio Cairo said Hitler had called an emergency conference of po- litlcal and military leaders at his nountain-tOp headquart- CTS at BerchCesgaden.
 4 cabinet shakelp was reported in Hungary and Swiss dispatches said Admiral Nicholas HoFthy. the regent, and most members Of the former government were under the sprotectlye custody" Of 0estapo agents.
 Other Swiss reports said Joachim Won Ribbentrop. German minister had gone to Budapest in a desperate effort to prevent Hungary's deiee" ti0n from the Na1 cause.
 Tine Free German radio ln Moscow quoted Turkish sources that fierce lighting had broken out all over Greece between German occupation troops and Greek irregnlars.
 The same station said it had learned Foreign Minister PaTyan DrabanOy of Bulgaria was seyeTing
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26
Dog Gone Blind Man Kills Self

R0st0n, Aug, 26--luFl-lilke was his eyes, hls eanfldapie, tue onlg asal e0Tnpani0n he ever had, ello SeiAn they took the dog sway lte la sasligine HD0re,
 KAaet wag lhe reae0sl, Bleilas eale taxav. that blind Raymond sgasey hanesd himself with Llike's Leash osl a water pipe iD the cellar 0l ms laasenaent Apartment ln the lSafk Rag wlaere lle wag found last nleei'
 Glnee ehlldh0od, Rwasey'S ElehL gas kmpaiTed, Though 2 new kilgs iandeT, he 6peDt his boyb00d 70 Vl0rlda, working Slfb llflvate teefll' CTS hAeailse his eyes woliig llek ileilS mt lang study, Desplte hls hail9ls cap sEasey, 70, was bltlllRnf ails ambitious, -
 nnTlng the early la2o's syasey 0neraiad aD RppaYM shop 70 FFevls denee, %, |, but hls slglt became W0rse md he came here t0 run 2 little ileEs stand during ule gepfess el0H Hays, Later Nle IleNhsiella was el0sAA and f0r nearly two years ewaeev was t0bleas, AepeDl9eils ell lhe klDdDess Of fvleilas silo z bll''e piiianee,
 els mouths ago tllese friends aFs Faa.aed f0g lIln 10 go l0 MoTTikiewlL N. g., i0 tfalH f0v ise of 2 "seelllg Eyes d0g, T'lle dog yes Lake, ailo il lhA ailallllg lll0llths ewakey ealie tn depend Oll him hs lle had el 70 0illev llyjng thing, Wlth Lake pc could 60 out wllen aild where be ganied and lls hoped Co iliIls io il'lo employment
 But Lake suddenly changed allo wollId snap at passefsby as ils WalkaA the streets wiib hls lllaelef, Anl0ntll ago Lake was sent back 70 A In0nih ago Lake was sent back to Ing.
 swaey was left alone ID hls apaTtlnenl, unable t0 leave except os. ilsa arms 0f friends who came foo seldom. Two weeks ago tue ionalineas became too great That, eala aitlliN1ile8, wae @&en he com" m.sttea sniclde.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26
Germons Give Some Ground In N. ItoIy
By JAMES F. ROPER Ujnited Press War Correspondent


 Rome, Aug. 26-CUP)-The Ger mans were withdrawing slowly to- day in the upper Tiber and Arno river sectors, offering little or no resistance to Eighth Army troops drawing near their vaunted Gothie line across Italy.
 At many points on the western fringes of the Pratomagno moin- tains, the Germans were abandon- ing villages and carrying out de- molitions, indicating the Nazis were planning further withdrawals.
 British forces. following a heavy shelling 0f Apecchio. l6 miles north- east Of Vita Di castello. found the town deserted when they entered h yesterday. Farther west. Indian troops advanced steadily during the night through the mountains with out opposition.
 The Indians. operating west Of the ArnO, reported the Germans were carrying out demolitlOns at Bibbl- ena, eight miles north of Subbiano, and at Poppi. four miles northwest of Bibbiena.
 British troops also found aban- d0ned German positions three miles northeast of RignanO on the Arno river below POntassleye and reported explosions from the Pelago area, four miles east of PoniassieYe.
 Other Eighth Army forces. ip the Florence region. penetrated three 10 four miles northwest of PontassieYe finding good positions the Germans had abandoned without fighting,
 British patrols. striking directly north from Florence, encountered some opposition, however, after reaching castel Di P0gseio, four miles northeast of Florence, on the road tO Fiesole from where the Ger mans have been smelling Allied poe sitiOns in and around the renais- sanee city.
 In the Adriatie sector, Polish troops captured the village Of Pll- one about q mile north of the Met aurO river and seven miles inland, md Monte Paganueci0. slS miles southwest of San Ipp0litO, Patrols in the Aequalagna area reported the village of seTrayille, eight miles northwest Of cantian0, cleared Og Germans,
 Activity on the long-auiet Fifth Ag9g s'QIlk SaS confined to patrol elakllus
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26
Dem.-COP Foreign Policy Heads Hope To Avoid New League Of Nations FIGsco

puble nOn-pafilsaD dlsenShlon ol lhe means 0f attaining lasting peace"
 IlegaFdie6s Ol Uhat reservation, llle joint declaration Is unique ln American political history esperlal' iy C each candidate ahhes by | to lhe satisfaction Of hls opponent
 Ilnt the road ahead for ihe two candldales has many danger spots. Republicans already have accused pTe6ldenl Roosevelt 0f using the war for political purposes. Dulles cited hts recent Bremert0n, Wash speech made upon his return from the Pacific tour as an example.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26
ALL GERMAN RESISTANCE
 ENDS IN PARIS

London, August 26.-(UP) - Virtually all German re- sistance in Paris has ceased following the surrender of the NaZi commander, Su- preme Allied Headquarters announced today as General Charles De Gaulle triumph antly set up headquarters in the liberated capital.
 The German commander signed a siX-point surrender demand last night and then toured the city with Allied officers, ordering his troops manning strong points to lay down their arms, a head quarters spokesman said.
 The spokesman acknowledged that some resistance still was being en- countered at Dayron, IS miles west of the center of Paris. and possibly in isolated parts of the capital. but the surrender terms provided that any German troops who ignored tle ''cease fire" order no longer would come under the Jaws of war and could be summarily shot as guerril' ias when captured.
 The Naz commander, whose name was not disclosed. surrendered to Brigadier General Jacques Le Clerc, commander of the French 2nd Arm0red Division. first Allied Army unit to break into the city.
 General Dwight D. Eisenhowers daily western front communlque said more Allied armor and m" fantry are in Paris following the entrance of the 2nd French ATmored Division Friday morning. and al resistance in the southern ana southwestern outskirts has been overcome
 The headquarters spokesman later amended the annoufieemenl 10 irclude the Quelling Of virtually all resistance in the city, Thons- ands of prisoners were believed 10 have been taken. but the total was not announced.
 De 6aulle entered Paris at D. m. q D. m, EWTD yesterday while French and American tanks and troops. aided by tens Of thousands of Paltisans, still were battling Ger mans and eollaborationists in the streets and buildings of the worlds fourth largest city and first Allied capital tO be liberated in this war,
 0dyssey's End
 His arrival ended an Odyssey that began in June l9a0 with his depar- tlre alone of the Reynand goy- ernment, in which he was nndersec- reiary of gaT-fOr England, there tO rally under the fighting French banner the forces that eventually were to rise up and help free his beloved France.
 Today he was tO receive the ae- clamatiOn of Paris, which had llst- ened oyer forbidden radios 10 his counsel during the four years and
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!. $. COLUMNS.
 SMASH INTO RR HUB OF TROYES
Sunreme Headuuarters,

Supreme Headquarters, AEF, August 26. - (UP) - Far-ranging American tank columns broke into the French railway Hub of Troyes, l3O miles from the German frontier, today and another armored task force was reported to have forced the Marne river 30 miles northeast of Paris and en- tered the Cathedral city or Rheims, cutting squarely across the path of the Ger man armies retreating from northern France.
 Tank spearheads Of It. Gen. George s. Patton's 3rd Army rum. bled through Troyes yesterday and front dispatches indicated they had famed out far beyond that city' racing northeast toward Alsace- lorraine and Germanys Saar valley and north for the Belgian frontier.
 First word of the reported thrust into Rheims came from German military commentators, who said the Americans crossed the Marne yesterday and lunged on ID miles northward into the cathedral town.
 Allied headquarters refused to confirm the German report. but it was admitted probable that Patton's Rough Riders had turned north from Troyes over the excellent hard surfaced roads running through Chal0ns, EppeTnay and Chateau- Thierry into Rheims.
 Ths last official reports had placed the 3rd Army spearheads at Sens, indicating the Americans had driven more than 100 miles in the past three days-a speed compar- able 10 that attained in peacetime maneuYers.
 Capture of Rheims would place the American armor within 90 miles of the Belgian border and complete ly 0uillank the German 18th Army pulling back at top speed from the Dieppe AmienS Beauyais triangle above Paris.
 Coupled with the seizure of Tr0yes. which appeared 10 have fallen almost without q iight, the American bTeakihrough into Rheims
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26

seek i0 the DDmhaTi0n Oaks cons lafeliee,
 They have also agreed that the subject should be kept on non. paFilsan basis, iblls assuring, u ihe policy Is followed, united par. llelnail0n Co the proposed world security organization whichever party wlns the November election,
 They have not agreed, however, on tho degree 0f n0n-partlkan public discussion 0f the W0rld security lh. sie. Igull wanted it kept "enllrely out Of politics" but Dulles insisted that the understanding on non'par. slaanSlaAp ahould not preclude "tun
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26

Washington, Aug, 26.~lvPp-F Democratic and Republican party leaders ledsy placed lhelT Ssope oi avoiding another 1920 League Of Nall0ns debate upon an unpTeees deBled eainpalen-yeag experiment. ln bipartisan cooperation
 Foreign policy leaders Of both paTiles- Secretary 0f 6iale c0rdell lsMll speaking for President ilo0sfs velt and Jolln Poster Dulles speaks sng for n0v. Th0laas v. Dewey. nave agreed On numerous aspects Of wOFid security plan presented Dy the united @tatas dnleaaki0n aRAs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26
Hospital Buys Elm Sc. Site

Property at i50 South Elm street, adjoining the Waterbury Catholic high school, has been purchased by the Roman Catholic Diocese Of Hartford for TeconyersioD into lelI- p0rary housing quarters for nurs' es of Rt. Mary'S hospital.
 The property was sold by 6ui- seppe Nardelll and waS originally the homestead Of the Daly family, owners of the Daly Bros, he wholesale plumbing and heating supply firm,
 Authorities Ot the loeal hospital stated today that the lenonyerslon OG the three family house will be started immediately so aS io pro vide the much needed living guar iers f0r the nurses,
 Property on Union street and South Elm street, adjoining the hos- pltal proper and ihe purses home, and formerly owned by the Martin family, also was purchased reeelnly by the Diocese ne@olllion Ol the buildings on this latter site has been undeytakel, With proposed
  plans calling for eventual cons slTmetlon 0( . new addition l0 the purses home,
 It has been stated that the bos' pital authorities may eyeniuhDs purchase property on seoilll slleel by which means they then would own the entire city block, within which the hospital and nurses nome are l0ealed, and bounded by sonlb Elm, Union, Cole and seoYlll streets
 Il Is possible that . heg slhg may he added l0 the local hnspllhl l0V the ear and lFealnlful [" hn isolailOn eases, A present the city is submitting plons for such Q 10 federal and state authorities, Current plans fgll log Us e0nslTucll0n either as nat M sl, MaTy's hospital or ihe WhssI' bury hospital,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26
Films Report Police Roid
By Unlled Press

A Finnish broadcast said today that Finnish police blocked all roads out of Helsinki at dawn Friday ana staged mass raids throughout tiae capital until early this morning. but gave no explanation Of the unnreee denied action.
 The broadcast. reported k tA Fcc, said results had been satisfactory" About 600 pf were said 10 have been quest because their identity papers were not in order. All trains arriving at railway stations and ships entering haTbors were inspected, the broad, east said,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26

GA German coff1munlque said fierce fighting was in progress in the Rhone calley. where motorized American attachments 'are attempt ing to prevent our move mentS in the direction of Lyon.")
 To the northeast, other American forces seized the fortress town of Briancofi with the aid of French Maquis after a lO-mile ad- vance through the French Alps from L'Argentiere to within five miles Of the Ital- ian border.
 Brianeon lies 20 miles south of the Turin-Lyon railway and only 50 miles west of the Italian industrial center of Turin itself.
 Except for pockets of enemy re- sistanee, notably at Toulon and Marseille, nearly all of southern France east Of the Rhone and south of Ayignon and BTiancon now has been liberated" Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson. Mediterranean commander, announced in his daily eommunique.
 French forces waging a battle of annihilation against the encircled German garrison in Toulon further compressed the enemy pocket yes- icrday, capturing the maritime ar- senal. the fort Of Cole Noire and Cape Brun.
 Enemy Resistance
 Dana Adams Schmidt. United Press War Correspondent, reported from Toulon that. although most Of the naval base city had been clear ed Of Germans. the enemy still was resisting stubboTnly from Fort Mal- bOusquet dominaing the main road from Toulon to Marseilie and from the Napoleon coastal forts on the St. Mardrier peninsula.
 Allied warships and planes con- tinued to join land artillery in hOmbardlng strong points in T0ul0n An American destroyer landed a small force Of French troops with-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26
BULLETIN

London, August 26. - (UP) "A fighting French radio station announced today that French Parti- sans have liberated Vichy.
 The transmitter, giving its location as Vichy, said French forces of the in- teriOr control the former capital Of the Petain gov ernment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26
Chair.
 mon Named

Kenneth v. Robinson, local lnsur' ance agent. has been named chair man of Waterburys newly reorgan- ized Safety Council. The council has been reorganized to function in cooperation with the Connecticut Highway Commission. Mir. Robinson is also a member Of the city's pen- sion commitee.
 Purpose Of the new committee win be to participate actively in Organ- izing and maintaining cOmpre- hensiye and workable general safety program for Waterbury 10 combat traffic problems and hazards as well as to aid tn establishing a safety educational program for the eitys residents.
 At present the personnel Of the new committee is being organized under the supervision of Mayor John s. Monagan, Deputy Euperin- iendent Pred Hickey and Officer James Little.
 Immediate reorganization Og the Safety Council Is being undertaken in preparation for meeting the com pleN and multiple traffic problems expected 10 arise following the close Of the current war at which time the lifting ot gasoline restrictions and the manufacturing of new ears Is expected t0 create . heavy iTaf, tle demand Of WaierbnTyis streets.
 The Safety Council was tIrst Or- ganized ln 1885 and at the time Fe. suited 40 the ereaFsln Of the aeei- dent prevention bureau Of the l0- cal police department, Subsequently It became assimilaied within the Defense Council when the latter gas set up by the late Mayor Win cent A. keully at the wars 0ul- break,
 New Committee
 The new committee Is tO be conn prised of three principal branches namely, educational, enforcement and engineering, which likely gill Do aided by subcommittee,
 Duties 0t the educational branch 0f the committee glll be 10 inform and educate the eliy's school ehll- dFen and adults ln the nleill0ds 0f general safety measure Co be aeE e0lDpllshed by means Of the esiabs lishneDt Of . speakers bureau members Ot which glll give various advisory lecturers throughout the city, Press and radio representatives likewise will lle Included within this branch of the central committee t0V purposes Of discriminating edn' eail0nal publicity,
 Perhaps what gill be lhe most active branch of the committee wlll he the enforcement group ppnlllI lhed 0f police personnel who glll place
 
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YOUTHS DIDN'T HEAR

Cambridge. Mass, Aus, 26 luPD While police Capt, Robert l, Doug las, Jr., was eSh0Tllng suboFdlnaies at q police station 10 put 6 stop to vahdallsln," youths were snleaFlnR the doors and entrance tO the cd. jaeeni municipal buildlng with m0T' taFs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26
MEARTRRRAK ROAD

Inswieh. Mass, Aug, 2e- tuPl-- Word that her son had been killed ln action overseas reached Mrs, Al- bert c. BuFrage. Jr, at her summer homo here on HeartbFeak Road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26
DriveIntoO Outskirts of Isn1ail on Danube Rornanian Estuary
BULLETIN

London, Aug. 2S-lUPD--Rus- sian forces have launched a new offensive ''ef the greatest possible extent" northeast ef Warsaw, the German Transocean News Agency said today, quoting . Berlin naiii" taFy spokesman.
 The spokesman said fresh Soviet troeps were thrown into the of- feElslve this morning in an aa- tesBpt Co roll up the German Hank above Warsaw. and asserted that . ~bloody battle" was in progress.
 s'The climax 0s the fighting has nog been reached." he added.
 The dispatch indicated that Che lkussians may have driven across the Bug and perhaps the Narew rivers northeast of Warsaw in an attempt te sever German com- mnnicatiens between Warsaw and East Prussia, hampering troop movements on Che ewo most dan. ger0us sectors eb tiae n0Fth-cen- tral front.
 The offensive also may be de- signed Co encircle Warsaw. with the northern celnmn linking up behind Che city with another pnshing up the West bank ef the vistula from the 6andelnieFE area.
 Moscow, August 26.-(UP) - Russian ll0rseEnen, tanks and infantry drove into the outskirts Of Isnaail On the Danube river estuary on R0rnania today and to the west began an assault on the Galsti Gap, last important barrier t0 Bucharest and R0nnania's rich oil and wheat fields.
 Field dispatches indicated that Don COSsacks who vowed to water their horses in the Danube. probably were doing so.
 Far behind the front, now only 100 miles from Buchar- est and perhaps 65 miles from the oil center of Ploes- ti, other Russian forces were chOpping up I2 enclrcled German divisiOns-p0sslbly 10000 men - in a pocket below Chisinau,
 The trapped Germans were re. ported on the verge of collapse and thousands were suTrendeTlng, Those still resisting were being slaughter ed, dispatches said. Maj, Gen. Werp- CT IIle.p, commander 0f the Ger man Ninth Infantry Dlyislon' gas among the prisoners.
 Pierce fighting was raging along tlae appToaehes to the naiiube Delta, but the Germans rapidly were being driven into the Tivsr The break. through into the outskirts Of tsinall put the Russians within . few ulous sand yards 0f the n0rthernnlost oI the three mouths 0f the Danube
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U. s. kRM0RED COLUMNS RACE UP Rh0NE Capture Avign0n, Tarasc0n And Aries; S0vietS Launch CaIati Gap Assault
Swing Northward In Drive Up Ancient Invasion Route
Rnrne. Aupust 26.

Rome August %. (UP) American arnoreu columns captured Avgnon, Tarascon and Aries on the Rhone river and swung northward today in powerful drive up the Rhones valley, ancient invasion route central France and Germany M
 (A London broadcast said American speaeeeads were renortpd IF miles northeast of AvignOn.l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-26
1OkaaJL DIRS

Boston, Aug, 70 lUPlw Eduardo 4, Altasela, b2, Argentine consul si Boston, died af heart diseasa ai hospital last nlghi.
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The Weather

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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-08
new STUDENTS
WILL REGISTER

Registration for new students
entering New Hanover high school
this fall will be held in the high
school office on Mondays through
out the remainder of August.
Hours for registering, on Aug.
ust IA, 81, and %, will be from
9 to II o'clock in the morning and
from l to 4::30 o'clock in the aft
ernoon.
Requirements for registration
include presentation of records
from the last school which the
student attended. In case a stu.
dent does not have these school
records, he should request imme-
diate transmission of them to the
registrar at New Hanover high
school.
Students who are entering the
high school from the eighth grades
in other schools are not consid-
cred new students, and will not
have to report until freshman
orientation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-08

From March, 1871, to April, 1914,
$4,000 tanks and $4,000 other mill
tary motor vehicles were sent from
the U. S. to Allied forces of other
United Nations.