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Evening star., 1944-05-22
Death Toll Reaches 9,
Property Loss Mounts
In Iowa Flood Areas
Ry the Associated Press.

DES MONIES, May 22.-Loss of
lives, property and crops continued
to mount today with scores of
Iowans homeless and some commu-
mites under water as rivers of the
State overf1owed their banks. Nine
persons had been killed in floods
and tornadoes since Thursday.
Two girls, both about 10, drowned
in a flooded street in Chelsea, Iowa,
yesterday as they were playing with
three other children. Coroner Har-
vey Jones said it was believed the
girls, Frances Hrabak and Veronica
Flynn, were caught in the current
of creek running through the
town.
A father and son, Walter Gallery
and Walter, jr., II, were drowned in
the Cedar River at Waterloo when a
launch in which they were riding
with two other persons went over a
dam of the swollen river.
Waters from the Iowa River In
East Central Iowa submerged farm
lands and heavy livestock losses
were reported. A farmer south of
Belle Plaine reported loss of Is
head of cattle. Chelsea was under
water which was waist high at the
towns southern edge.
The storms began in the north
west section of the State last Thurs
day. There was heavy damage from
floods and tornadoes at Fort Dodge
and Company &c" of the State
Guard was called to active duty
there over the week end.
NEW ORLEANS, May % (P.-A
mother who huddled over her
2-year- -old child while metal roofing
slashed her back was revealed as
the heroine of a windstorm which
struck near New Orleans Saturday
night, damaging approximately loo
houses and injuring six persons.
The mother was Mrs. Frederick
johnson, wife of a fisherman. She
is in a serious condition with null
tiple decorations of the back and pos
sible internal injuries. More than
300 sutures were required to close
her back wounds.
Mrs. Johnson's children, Linda, O.;
George, 9, and Diana, 4, suffered
only minor cuts and bruises.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Invasion
Continued From First Page.)

by here? Have any been cut down
recently? Are these woods full of
underground or could Army trans
port be hidden in them? Are there
any paths and are they passable to
an ordinary motor car?
THE next is about rivers and
streams. How deep is the water?
Is the bottom muddy? Are the
banks steep?
Information about bridges might
be wanted. Are they strong enough
for the heaviest lorries? Are there
any fords? If so, can motor cars and
tractors cross them?
THE next is about possible spaces
for landing aircraft. Any piece oi
level, unobstructed ground 400 me-
ters or more in length, is available
and this is most important-there is
no high obstruction such as trees
on the side from which aircraft
would approach Normally that side
Is opposite to the direction of the
prevailing wind
by the way, leaflets giving these
dropped from aircraft. The Ger
mans may scatter fake leaflets. You
can recognize the Allies leaflets be-
cause they duplicate the instructions
just given you.'
Vichy Voices Threat of Reprisals.
The threat of reprisals against
those who help the Allies came from
the Vichy radio.
Consider carefully before you
listen to Gen. Eisenhower, said
Philippe Henriot, Vichy Informa-
tion Minister, in broadcast in di-
rect answer to Gen. Eisenhower's
radio statement of Saturday. 1.-THE
Allied invasion is a gamble and its
success is a very open question"
The Germans themselves again
sent reconnaissance planes over
Britain last night in another of
their almost nightly attempts to find
clues to the Allies invasion plans
These planes few over North and
Northeast Scotland and Southeast
England. Bombs caused casualties
and damage in one Kent town.
An article in the Russian Com
munist newspaper Pravda, broad
cast by the Moscow radio last night
told the Germans that advances in
Italy showed "the Allies are capable
of breaking any defense"
The "hostilities in Italy are re-
garded not as an isolated operation
but as the beginning of a genera
offensive in this theater," the Prav-
da article declared, asserting real.
ization of this is what alarms the
Germans so much"
Nervousness and obvious con.
fusion of the Germans in connec.
ton with the situation in Italy
show how ripe and how favorable
the situation is for striking a blow
from the west" Pravda said.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Frederick 6. R. Won Roth,
Noted Sculptor, Dies at II

BY the Associated Press.
ENGLEWOOD, N. j.. May 22.-
Frederick George Richard vor
Roth, Y, prominent sculptor, died
at his home here yesterday after
brief illness.
He was graduate Of the Acad-
emies of Fine Arts in Vienna and
Berlin and his work was displayed
throughout this country and Eu-
rope. He was the recipient of many
awards and medals.
Mr.. Won Roth was president OF
the National Sculptoring Society
from 1919 to 1920 and was a member
of the Society of Animal Painters
and Sculptors, the Architectural
League, National Institute of Arts
and Letters and new. Society OF
Artists.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Italy
Continued From First Page. \

the most direct route to Rome by
way of Route (via Casilina). the
enemy defensive outlook was some
what better.
A headquarters spokesman de-
clared that when the enemy has
been driven out of the Adolf Hitler
line there are number of natural
defensive positions between Ponte-
corvo and Valmontone (45 miles
northwest on Highway g. on which
the enemy may attempt to stabilize
his position and obstruct our further
advance.
Prom a study of the map, two
positions suggest themselves. First
about San Giovanni and Ceprano
and second, Ceccano- -Frosinone.
Strong Stand Expected.
"Astride Highway 6 at Valmon-
tone there may be expected a strong
defensive position which, according
to aerial photos, runs through the
mountains to Avezzano (about 40
miles to the northeast) and south
from Valmontone, thence incorpor-
ating the Alban hills, to the sea Cat
the Anzio beachhead
'It is on this line that the battle
for Rome no doubt will begin"
Bad weather in the target areas
caused cancellation of heavy bomber
flights from italian bases, but me-
dunn and light fighter bombers
blasted communications behind the
enemy lines and Raj Wellingtons
early today bombed the harbors of
Portoferraio and Piombino, termin-
ais of the Elba- mainland ferry.
An enemy air attempt to raid the
Allied positions was brought to dis
aster by an Raj Spitfire squadron.
The Spitflres intercepted 20 bomb
carrying FW-196's north of Anzio
with ME-109's escorting. The Brit
ish shot down eight of the FW- zoos.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Director Named for owl
Radio 10 Underqround

BY the Associated Press.
Philip H. Cohen, 33, yesterday was
named director of the powerful new
American Broadcasting Station in
Europe (ABSIE) set up by the Office
of War Information to beam mes
sages from London to the anti
Axis underground.
Mr.. Cohen, Harvard graduate and
former chief of the radio bureau of
Owls domestic branch, will be ex-
pected to work closely with the
military command, owl said, and to
relay instructions to the under
ground from Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hoWer's headquarters.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Weather Report

District of olumbia-Continued
warm tonight and tomorrow with
likelihood of a thundershower dur
ing late afternoon and evenings.
Virginia and Maryland-Contin-
ued warmer with scattered thunder
showers early tonight and again to-
morrow afternoon and evening.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
clear at Great Falls.
Report for Last 4S Hours.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Precipitation

Monthly precipitation in incl
Cspltal lcurrent month 10 daf
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Mutual Correspondent
On Dieppe Raid Honored
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 22.--Larry Meier
Mutual network war correspondent
was awarded the Purple Heart yes
terday for wounds received in the
Dieppe raid August 10, 1912.
The 38-year-old Stockton (Caiif. }
commentator, who was with the
American Rangers. had refused
hospital treatment until he re.
turned to London to report what
had happened.
Evening star., 1944-05-22

Record for Last Fl Hours.
'From noon yesterday to noon today)
Hiehest, so, II noon. Year ago 90
Lowest 90, am. Year ago 80.
Record Temperatures This Year
Highest, 90, on Nav lfi
Lowest, II, on January ?.
Humidity for Last 2i Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday TO noon todsvl
Highest, "a per cent at 80 am
Lowest, ~ per cent, at 2;3O pm.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09

them that they were the
victims of a practical joker.
The two found that out
soon enough, however, on
arrival. Getting off at the
station, they blinked their
eyes at a dinky little ham,
let, plunked down in the
middle of a great plain.
The disillusioned vaca-
TONERS were about to buy
return tickets when the
townspeople heard about
the first Americans to set
foot in the place.
For 10 days the soldiers
were the guests of honor at
several ranches, were wined
and dined and taken on ex-
citing kangaroo, emu and
wild pig hunts. Nothing
was too good for them.
At the end of their leave
the two returned to Sydney
to enjoy the last laugh.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09

Two American soldiers
on furlough, walking
i down the main street
of Sydney. Australia, one
day recently, bumped into
another fighting man.
you guys really want
t'have a swell time?"
asked their new acquain-
lance. Then y'oughta visit
Walgett."
While the pair listened
attentively, the Yank went
on to tell them all about the
fun that anyone could have
there.
eff you fellers got a few
days." the tipster confided.
"it'd be worth your while
to make the trip"
The buddieS thanked him,
and happily bought tickets
for the place some $40
miles from Sydney.
The soldiers never
thought to ask the friendly
Australians about Walgett.
Anyone could have told
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09
A 27.000-Word
Letter

A LOT of soldiers and
~ sailors bitterly COM
plain that when they
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-09


~ sailors bitterly com
Y y plain that when they
hear from the folks at
home, or from Sweethearts,
their letters are too short.
But the last man in the
world who could register
such a complaint is Marine
Corporal Joseph Murphy of
Jersey City, New Jersey.
When Murphy answered
mail call the other day at
his base in the South Pa
cific, he was handed a 81
000-word letter from his
girl friend in San Diego. 1t
was "A pages long.
She hadn't been sure Of
his address, so she kept on
adding to her letter every
day until she heard from
him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
Argentina Shuts Papers

Buenos Aires, October 10. - (UP) = The German language newspaper La Plata Zeitung and the Italian Daily Mattino D'Italia were closed today as the government in an offi- ciaI decree prohibited the dissem- nation of Axis propaganda in Ar gentina.
 The decree. signed by all minis- ters at cabinet meeting last night, specifically named the two publ- cations for immediate closure and indicated similar action would be carried out against any other news paper favoring nations with which Argentina had severed relations.
 The decree asserted that since the government broke relations with Germany and Japan, the firm de- sire of the Argentine government of enforcing without restrictions all measures derived from such a rup- ture .. cannot be distorted by acts of private persons"
 Informed quarters believed the decree would be used to curb anti- allied propaganda carried by several local newspapers, including Cabildo, La FrOnda and Fl Federal.
 The decree was interpreted as an answer to U. S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull's recent criticism of such propaganda.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
Bitter Fight Lies Ahead

New York, Oct. 18-(Ur)-Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has renewed his pledge that the Allied Expedi- tionary Forces will fight ''to de- stroy the enegy on its front" how ever difficult the task may be.
 In a message to the Herald Trih- une Forum, last night Eisenhower forecast bitter fighting ahead, and said that i've depend upon the line of supplies that comes from from you to advance, to strike. and to drive the enemy to destruction, with the fewest possible of our own casualties"
 Chairman J. 4. Krug of the War Production Board emphasized that the nations industrial economy must be geared to war until Ger many is beaten, when when ~the situation will be different" Krug said that "a considerable demobil- ization of wartime controls" over industry will follow Nazi surrender, and that this relaxation win not obstruct an adequate of flow oi war material to Pacific war the aters.
 Krug said that peoples of the world look to the United States f0E | leadership. we above a1l other | peoples. he said, must proceed boldly and leaElessly. We are both physical and moral a1senaI c| ' pemo1racyH
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
3OSO Enemy Planes, 905 Ships Koyoed

Washington, oct. i8.-(UP)-sec- retary of the Navy James Forrestal disclosed today that the U. 8. Third and Fifth Fleets have destroyed 30e0 enemy planes and blasted 00b enemy ships since early June.
 At the same time, Forrestal re- leased to 0 news conference e Navy communicate disclosing that U. s. submarines have sunk 32 more Jap- anese ships, including seven com bat ships.
 The accumulation of these sea and air blows, he told reporters, is steadily and relentlessly "crowding the Jap back into his own corner" Eventually, he added, the enemy fleet must stand and fight"
 The latest submarine bag inciud. cd three destroyers, three escort vessels, mine layer, i6 cargo vessels, seven cargo transports, one naval auxiliary and one tanker. These sinkings raised to BOA the total of Japanese ships sunk by American submarines.
 Forrestal issued e summary of losses inflicted on the Japanese by the third fleet, commanded by Ad. miral William ?. Halsey, Jr., and the Fifth fleet, commanded by Ad- nniral Raymond A. Spruance. It showed that in four major sweeps
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
Plans Drown
 For Military 7 Govt. Of Foe

Supreme Headquarters, AEf, Paris, Oct. l0s=CUP)-The Allied command has completed Q plan fU. the military government of Ger many, providing the death penalty for partisan warfare by Germans and making . capital offonSe of aiI effort to interfere with the progress of Allied armies in the the ReicE, it was announcedt oday.
 Supreme headquarters reported on outline of the plan for the ad- ministration of Germany "untli ore ganized resistance ends" tt in- ciuded exterminatlon Of NaziStfl, ape prehension of war criminals, and French participation in the mill . tary government.
 How Germany will be treated coldly but justly as conquered ana guilty country--waS disclosed by Brig. Gen. Julius 0. Holmes. dep. uty assistant chief of staff oi SHAFTS G6 section.
 Holmes emphasized the plan wolll@ apply only while fighting IS continu ing, after which the Allied govern. ments will ike and administer the zones of occupation.
 Under the plan, the Allied armed forces will arrest Nazi war crim- finals and hold them for trial later However, violators of Q long and complex code of military govern- ment will be liable to trial imme- diately by military courts.
 Holmes said Nazis would not be allowed to work with Allied adninis-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
Dewey On
 Air Tonight

Albany, N. r., Oct. i8-(UP)- Gov. Thomas E. Dewey speaks on foreign policy in relation to pre-. venting another war tonight for the second time during his l944 presidential campaign.
 The speech, to be delivered before the New York Herald Tribune fo- rum and broadcast over the Blue Network from 9:30 to 10:00 p. n. (ewt.) is entitled This Must Be The Last War"
 The Republican presidential can- didate already is on record advo- eating responsible participation by the United States in an interna- tional organization to prevent war, including the use of force if neces- sary.
 Dewey aides declined to give any hint in advance of tonight's speech on how he will elaborate that pro- gram.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
Whales And Mulberries Are Goose
 Berries FDRS Conference ReUeaLs

did I have to scribble so fast; never did the quick-change artists of the movies skip so rapidly from scene to scene. My idea was to tell you exactly how the President looks, but he ruined that one by filling his conference room witil gray cruisers, eight feet lorS, model causeways and toy trucks running on same.
 Then the customers jammed in between the exhibits and never did get te see the President, except for his bald spot which is pink, three inches across and surrounded by a fringe of gray. I can report, how ever, that Whales and mulberries are gooseherries and if you think anybody's kidding, you've got an- other think coming.
 Cutie A Conference
 It was quite a press conference. Two hundred and two cQrrespon- dents found themselves shunted not into Aar. nooseveit's office. but into an ante-room with gray aoozs, pale
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
Hurricane
 Hits Florida Straits
(NEA Telephoto)

Miami, Fla, Oct. ie-- tUP) "A roaring Caribbean hurricane moved into the Florida Straits between Ha. vAna and Key West today. the weather bureau reported at noon, and reports from the tiny naval base island stopped abruptly as com- munications failed,
 The tremendous air mass, swirllng at speeds which reached i00 miles per hour over Havana earlier in the day, continued northward, the latest advisory said. The storm was ex- pected to move through the Keys and on up the western coast Of Flor ida tonight.
 "The last report from Key West was at Il Q. TIl.," the advisory said. "rhis reported winds in gusts to about 70 miles on hour and pressure 2973 inches. Communication lines on the Keys have failed since that time"
 This indicates that the storm center is now in Florida Straits be. tween Key West and Havana, niov- ing northward and approaching the Keys. Winds in Miami now are estimated at 38 to 40 MP.H. As the storm continues slo wnorthward movement winds will gradually in- crease this afternoon and tonight"
 The Telephone company here, however, reported it still was put. ting calls through to Key West, although a delay of four hours was probable because of the crowded lines. The overseas highway to the island previously had been closed, but only afte rmost residents had been evacuated.
 High Winds Predicted
 High winds were predicted for the South Florida mainland, north of the keys to Vero beach on the east and Tampa on the west coast, including the Lake Okeechobee re. gion.) The flooding of Lake Okee- chobee in 1928 hurricane caused tremendous loss o fife, but since
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
Greatest Air-Sea
 Offensiveof Pacific Goes Into 10th Day
BY FRANK TRENEAENE

BY FRANK TREMAKNE United Press War Correspondenal
 Pearl Earbor, october ie. - (UP) - The greatest American air-sea offensive Of the Pacific war went into its 10th day today with angry swarms of carrier based planes blasting ceaselessly at Japan's weakening antl-i1l- vasion defenses in the Philip pines.
 The Japanese controlled Manila radio, In a broadcast recorded by the EGG in the United States, said 80 Arneri- can carrier planes attacked the Philippine capital In three waves at 10 Q. m. Manila time today, while other aircraft Saided nearby Clark Field and Legaspi h southern Luzon. Sixteen planes were shot down and three others damaged seri- ously, the broadcast said.
 Tokyo said Japanese Army and Navy circles were emphasizing tns need to be fully on guard" ngainst m American invasion of tho Philip pines despite fanciful earlier reports that American warships assigned the task of landing troops had been de- feated and dispersed.
 Admiral Chester w. Nimltz, com mander in chief of the Pacific fleet announced in Q comfnunique lnat night that aircraft of Admiral Wil- liam ?. Halseys vast Srd Fleet Werp "continuing to attack objectives in the Philippines" but gave no der tails.
 His failure to specify that the lat est targets lay on battered Guzpul northern and most important island in the archipelago, raised tho pos@ sibility that the carrier planes were l exteHdAkak bklSAE tkAkA UA dS~sA Nstz&=S south toward Mindanao, already within striking range of American invasion troops and land-basod planes.
 A roundabout Japanese report said carrier planes had attacked Clark field near Manila and the Le- gaspi area of southern Luzon M0n~ day (Tuesday, Tokyo tlme).
 Late Communlquo
 A late communique from Chung king raised to 90 ships sunk or dam- aged the tell exacted by the china- based American i4th Air Force ta It's destructive raid Monday on Hong Kong harbor, where Japanese vessels had sought shelter from tho ravages of the 3rd fleet.
 Eight ships totailing more than 10000 tons were sunk, seven totallnH 23,000 tons were damaged and i've others probably were damaged. Aiz~ other freighter was skip-boFnbed 0sl Hong Kong island and left sinking
 Fighter planes from the southwest Pacific command of Gen. Douglas | fF4avakl.nsaaa A,s FAa~a A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
Bombers BIitz RhineIond

London. Oct. i8.-(UP)-Aneri- can and British heavy bombers at- tackled the neighboring Rhineland cities of Cologne and Bonn, and KaSsel to the east today in @ three- pronged assault on German sup- ply centers behind the western front.
 Fortresses and Liberators dropped 60 tons of bombs on Cologne, which had received more than 5000 tons of explosives since Saturday in the most concentrated American air assault on a German city.
 Royal Air Force Lancasters with fighter escort bombed Bonn, 20 miles south of Cologne.
 More than $50 heavy bombers of United States Eighth Air Force, escorted by 450 Mustangs and Thunderbolts, attacked rail yards and war plants at Cologne and Kassel, 12O miles to the east.
 About 300 of the FortresseS and Iiberators hit Cologne to carry on the sustained attack that threat ened to level the city of nearly l. 100000 population, key base in the defense of western Germany.
 The two-raid on Germany was carried out despite clouds which concealed the targets. and forced the bombardier to aim by means of instruments.
 Today's bombardment of Cologne was on a scale well below that of yesterday in which 1900 heavy bombers brought to @ peak of in- tensity the most concentrated United States offensive against any German city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
Red Troops Slash Deeper Into
 Belgrade: Lash Prussia Nazis
By HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Stan COFresp0ndent)

Moscow, Oct. ie - (U.P3 = So- viet forces massed today on the northern and southern frontiers of Eastern Czechoslovakia, slashing their way deeper into Belgrade in house. o-house fighting and launch- cd Q powerful aerial offensive against the Nasi defenders Of tho East pruSSian border.
 (derman reports said the Red Army was now engaged in Q general offensive along the East PrussiaTl frontier and that the attack was extending southward against well. intrenched German forces between Calavarla and Schirwindt.)
 Red Army units shouldered their way to the frontier of eastern Cgechoslovakla for m expected thrust. possibly designed to bottle up the NaziS in the famous Tatar Pass. The Russians were advancing about three miles Q day in ditti- cult country.
 Front dispatches to the newspaper Pravda reported that sweeps by the Red Air Fleet were being carried out on 0 narrow sector between Memei and the key German supply base of Tilsit in East Prussia.
 The attack was being carried out by fighter-bomber and medium bomber units, directing their bombs and cannon fire against dispersed German panZer units in forest clear ings and against German supply trains.
 In one raid Q group of Ilyushin fighters attacked rail transport with their cannon, destroying 50 freight cars and two locomotives. A Soviet fighter screen prevented the Luft. waffle from interfering with the huge concentrations of Soviet land forces.
 The fighting in Belgrade was rec ported to be of the most desperate character. The Germans were bar ricaded in stone houses and Red Army troops were forced to clear the buildings one by one. Front reports said the Germans had stud- ded the streets of the city with both field artillery and anti-tank guns. Fierce Battles
 Fierce battles were raging in the center of Belgrade after the Ger mans were driven from @ rail sta- (Continued on Page q