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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-26

dozen Republican governors avail- able and at least one substantial Congressional aspirant, Rep. Everett Dirksen, R., III. Bricker may finI himself under heavy pressure to seek and accept second place on the ticket after he comedies that hiA chances for top position are gone. Ohio has 25 votes in the electoral college and some mid-westerners, including publishers Roy D. Moore, Brickers campaign manager. say the state will be doubtful unless Bricker is nominated. When Moore said that he meant nominated for President, but his Judgment could hold as well if Bricker were in sec- ond place.
 A telephone call to Albany early today disclosed that Dewey was playing out his political non -com- battant role to the last. As the dele- gates caucused here shouting we want Dewey" the Governor visited his farm at Pauling, N. Y, played a round of golf, looked over plans for a new driveway and inspected paintings around the place. It was smal scale gentleman farmers typical Sunday and the word was that he had not been in com- munication with his headquarters here on Sunday at all.
 The delegates were having a high old time by comparison, but this convention is notable more for seri- ousness of purpose than the whoopla and shenannigans traditionally as- sociated with such political occa- sions. Even the signs are smaller and up to 3 a. m., ewt. today, no furniture or other heavy articles had been tossed out of hotel win. dows by bemused representatives of political party.
 The bars are quietly crowded and the visitors throng first class res- taurarts where hamburger be. comes a chopped steak sandwich at 30 cents per copy and a thick cut of sirloin can be had for $3. There are not as many persons packed into Stevens Hotel convention head- quarters Hobbies as four years ago when the Democrats were in town for another notable draft. So far there has been only one band which tootled briefly around the hotel and disappeared.
 The war, in fact. Is making its impression upon politics and poiiti- cal machinery as upon every other phase of life. Most of those gathered here have someone overseas and there are some whose soldier, sailor or marine already has been rec portd missing in action or dead. So the urge to make noisy fete of the occasion is tempered.
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 populated area, I found Major woodrow Wilson Basley, Petersf1eio, Va, who had been commanded to break into the town, standing at crossroads discussing next moves with some of his officers, including Captains William B. Lawson, Mont clair, N. J., and Herbert w. Clegg, Philadelphia.
 Don't go too far" he warned me "We're pulling back some ot our tanks because night is coming on"
 The street was filled with dough- boys sprawled along both sides, un. shaven and tired-looking. Some Of them had roses in their steel hel- mets or tucked in their rifle nar- rels. The French had pelted them with flowers all the way into town.
 Frenchmen said the Germans never had anticipated an assault from the land side, which account ed for the lack of organized de- fense everywhere except at the Fort of Euerdreville on the hign
 
 ground behind us.
 They said the Germans were add- ing heavy damage by demolition to the havoc wrought by Allied bomp- ing among buildings at the quayside::
 Prisoners were dribbling out of the center of the town, looking dusty, thirsty and bewildered. AS the prisoners dragged their feet down the road the French gradually began emerging in numbers waving the trilcolor. First one house ana then more and more Haunted the hidden emblem. Many of them also fiuttered the stars and stripes.
 "We never thought when the Germans first came that 1t would De the Americans who would deliver us,' a Frenchman told me. we have seen many thousands of Amer jeans pass through this port in peacetime. Now they have come back as liberators. We bless them"
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Americans Swarm
 Through Great City
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battering down the last resistance In Cherbourg, Gen. Sir Bernard L.. Montgomery launched the next phase of the invasion campaign. His british troops stormed forward on she Caen- -Bayeux front at the northeastern rim of the beachhead, timing at Villers- Bocage, 1S miles Vouthwest of Caen.
 The British lashed out this morn ng under cover of 8 three-hour creeping barrage by massed artil- lery, and a front dispatch said khey advanced on a broad front. Nad broadcasts described the off fensive as on a full scale and be- latedly acknowledged the loss of Tilly-Sur-Seulles, 10 miles west of Caen, which the British took last week.
 The situation at Cherbourg was obscure, but all reports indicated that the American siege army was storming through the streets and grinding up nests of German resist ance in violent struggles which official quarters expected to culmin- ate in victory at any time.
 American infantry slaShed through to the waterfront in the southwest section of Cherbourg late yesterday as the Germans, while still fighting hard in the south and northeast quarters of the city, de- bated a U. s. ultimatum demanding their unconditional surrender.
 An American flight officer de- livered the ultimatum to Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Schlieben, the German commander, yesterday evening. It pointed out that Cher \bourg was cut of and that if the ultimatum were rejected it would be only a matter of time before the city fell.
 Nazi broadcasts reported that the Cherbourg garrison rejected re- peated demands for surrender, and today's Berlin communique reported that it twas engaged in grim house to house fighting inside the town and port area since yesterday"
 The ultimatum, as reported from the Cherbourg front by United Press Correspondent Henry T. Cor rell, said:
 '"The fortress Cherbourg is now surrounded and the city is isolated. You and your troops offered stub- born and valiant resistance to our advance. You are overwhelmingly outnumbered, and 1t is merely a question of time until the city will be captured.
 Unconditional Surrender
 "The immediate unconditional surrender of Cherbourg is demand ed. Communicate by radio on 152O kilocycles and raise white flags or shoot white rockets or flares from the naval hospitar and the hospital pasteur in Cherbourg.
 'Thereafter send staff officers with white flags by way of Fort
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(Continued from Page D trans-1talian line extending through Pisa, Florence and Rimini, where the Germans were expected to make their next major stand.
 On the Tyrrhenian coastal flank, American units of the Allied 5th army were driving on Livorno in giant strides. Tank and infantry forces swept more than dozen miles north of captured Follonica along highway one, while a force of combat engineers raced around the shores of Follonica Bay to take the by-passed Port of Piombino without opposition.
 Only two shots met the engineers as they entered Piombo, both fired by Italian partisans who rnistook them for Germans. United Press War Correspondent James Roper reported from Piombino that the modern dock installations had been smashed badly by Allied bombers, as well as the big iron smelling works, although the city proper
 
 showed few marks of war.
 Despite that poor condition of the port, its capture was expected to ease the American supply problem considerably and speed the drive on Livorno, the fall of which would be a major blow to the retreating Nazis. Genoa, largest port in Italy. IS the only bigger harbor still held by the enemy.
 American Units
 American units farther inland ad- vanced 7ls miles beyond Massa Marittima and captured Boccheg- giano after savage battle of tanks and infantry. Heavy fighting con- tinued in that area yesterday as the Americans pounded on toward Mon- ticiano, 8 miles to the northeast and only IS miles below Siena.
 French troops on the American right flank also advanced toward Siena, capturing a group of villages on the west side of the Omhrione River 25 miles southeast of the city.
 No new gains were reported on the Adriatic coastal front, but Brit ish 9th army units moving north eastward from Foligno crossed the Cnienti River.
 Allied air support over the bat tie lines was restricted by bad weather yesterday, but formations of fighter -bombers pounded enemy rail and road targets between Genoa and Spezia and bombed shipping in the Adriatic.
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EDWARD BEATTIE DIES

Sarasota, Fla, June 26.-(UP)-- Edward William Beattie, jsr, 70, former general attorney for the New York Telephone Co.,, and father of United Press war correspondent Edward w. Beattie, died yesterday after a prolonged illness.
 Beattie was graduated from the Yale Law school in 1898 and spent his early years of law practice at Springfield. Mass. He was g llcn- Der Of the Yale club and the New York atate Ear association.
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 and occupied territory from the west and south.
 RAF bombers pounded industrial targets in the Ruhr Valley ana military installations in France, while Italian based heavy and me- dium bombers raided Budapest, cap- ital of Hungary.
 The German DINE news agency reported that Allied bombers were over the Vienna and Danube areas again this morning, and said they were engaged in violent aerial corn- bats.
 Although there were no reports from the sections hit by the NaN robot bombs today, some casualties and damage were caused by pilotless planes which dropped into southern England before the blackout last night, breaking lull of IA hours In the attacks.
 Resumption of the robot bomb att tacks came after Allied bombers and fighters carried out four sep arate raids Sunday on the launch ing platforms and more than 12 power stations scattered throughout the nest of bomb bases in northern France.
 A possible rocket bomb site, or central generating unit for other robot plane bases, was abandoned by the Germans near Cherbourg, Allied troops discovered a huge, mysterious concrete construction, partially completed in the woods near Erik, and experts believed 1t was designed for some action in the pilotless plane attacks on Eng land.
 No Reports
 Although there was no reports of air raids on the robot bomb bases in the Pas De Calais area last night, Mosquito bombers of the RAF struck into Germany again to start fires in the industrial town of Hamborn, near Duisburg, while other medium bombers lashed at supply dumps, railways and troop concentrations behind enemy lines in Normandy.
 A large blaze was started in sup ply dumps hidden in the forest of Bretonne on the Seine and pilots reported the fire covered two-mile area and still was spreading as they left the target.
 The Allied bombers also hit Ger man troop concentrations in the village of Evrecy, southwest of Caen, and railway yards at Argentan and north of Laigle during the night.
 Earlier in the day, heavy bombers from Italian bases struck into south- ern France and attacked railyards at Avignon, three bridges over the Rhone river south of Avignon, sig nal communications at Le Pontet, the rail yards at Sete and nearby oil installations at Sete and Balaruc.
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 The Red Army attack was design. ed to smash the entire German net- work of defenses protecting White Russia, setting the stage for an ads vance to Poland and eventually Ber- lin.
 The largest number of men, tankz and guns ever concentrated on co marrow sector of the front appear ed to be ripping to pieces Gefmanys long White Russian de- lenses in converging thrusts toward the ancient citadel of Minsk and beyond that, the Baltic, Warsaw and Berlin.
 (London sources estimated that the Russians were using 100000 or more men in the coordinated White Russian offensives. The German DNB Agency asserted that the Sos viet armies included 30 infantry div- isions of 1,200, 900 men and an entire tank army.)
 More than TAO towns and villages were liberated yesterday alone to bring the total for the first three days of the offensives to 1,S40. More than 22,500 Germans have been killed.
 Special orders of the day by Mar shal Josef Stalin and communiquea by the Soviet high command yester- day disclosed that four, rather than two as originally announced, Rus- sian armies were participating in the offensives and were threatening Bobruisk and Mogilev, as well as Or sha and vitebsk, farther north.
 Latest developments in the four sectors included:
 Vitebsk-the 1st Baltic and 3rd White Russian armies broke into Vi- tbsk after encircling the city and trapping its garrison of five infantry divisions, some 5000 to 75,000 men. Orsha, 47 miles south of Vitebsk-- the Sd White Russian army out flanked Orsha with the capture of Senno, 35 miles to the northwest, and pushed along the MoScoq- -Minsk Warsaw railway to within eight miles of Orsha in frontal attack
 Mogilev, S7 miles south of Vitebsk The End White Russian army un- der Col. Gen. F. D. zakharov broke through the enemy lines to depth of 1! 2 miles on 46-mile-wide front before Mogilev and captured 200 towns, among them, Sukhari, A miles east of Mogilev. The End army also forced the Pronya River.
 Defense Dreaded
 BobruiSk, 150 miles south of Vitebsk-the lst White Russian Army under Gen. Konstandn k. Rokossovsky, hero of Stalingrad, preached German defenses on a 10-mile front easth and a 50-mile front south of Bobruisk. Among the more than 100 towns and villages captured were Moshna, % miles southeast of Bobruisk, seized in a l9-mile advance, and Stailsi, 26 miles northeast. The fall of Moshna cut g railway running southwest from Bobruisk to Luninets in old Poland.
 The lst Baltic Army under Gen. Ivan c. Bagramian and 3rd White Russian Army under Col. Gen. Ivan D. Cherniakhovsly completed the encirlement of Vitebsk, a city of 157,000 and closest enemy base to Moscok, at Gnezdilovichi, l9 miles to the west, then broke into the fortress itself and engaged the doomed garrison in a street battle.
 The Baltic Army, smashing down from the northwest, captured i5O localities and pushed across the Dvina river on curving l9-mile front between Pyatigorsk, 35 miles vest of Vitebsk, and Gnezdiilovchi
 The advance was so vigorous that the Germans fled in panic without evening pausing to blow up bridges across the Dvina, the Soviet high command reported in its midnight communique.
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 Originally the Connecticut delega- tion had unofficialjy pledged itself to the nomination of Governor Baldwin as possible vice-presiden- tlal candidate, but the tremendous force of Dewey's popularity, as evi- dent here, resulted in the obvious switch of plans. The first ballot is to be cast Wednesday and 1t seems likely that the Dewey forces will have Gov. Warren or some westerner as vice-presidential run- ming mate. It would not be feas- ible, for geographic reasons, to pre- sent Gov. Baldwin with Dewey in the latetr capacity.
 Waterbury,s delegates to the na- tional convention are among the most active of the state group and participated fully in the caucus held to determine how the 16 votes should be cast.
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BRowDER GETS BOAST

New York, June 26-WP>-Earl Browder, National Communist lead- CT, was appointed editor of the Daily Worker, chief Communist or- gan in America today. The news paper said in an editorial that Browder had accepted the post to bring greater clarity and authority to its editorial policy"
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publcans clustering around him. demanding either autographs or tickets to sit down. that Olsen yelled at 'em. They scattered.
 ''Now I know" he sighed, how a lady feels when she takes off her girdle." <.
 A Republican lady listening to this, sniffed.
 Madam" said Olsen, do you disagree?"
 The lady fled. Probably good thing. too.
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Dewey,For President

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Wounded UP Writer

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Nozi Fighters Shot Down

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Servicemen Song Writers

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Buy Bonds and Stamps
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Robot Bombs BIitz Again

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20
HADLEY TO RESUME
CLUB PRESIDENCY
Former Executive Returns
to Office Following Com
test Last Evening

Members Of the Young Republican
Club last night elected Harold K.
Hadley as their new president fol-
lowing the counting of the votes
which revealed Hadley had defeated
his opponent, Attorney Yale Matz-
kin. Mr.. Hadley had previously held
the offices of president and treas
urer.
Because of the inability of the
members last night to change the
clubs bylaw that requires can
didate for president and so percent
of the officers to be under the age
of 40 years, Frank Rossi, vice-presi-
dent and acting president was I'M
able to be offered as candidate for
the clubs top position. Samuel
Cerviro proposed candidate with
drew in favor of Hadley before last
nights nominations.
After a lengthy argument at the
meeting in regards the age rule 1t
was deemed that the local club Is a
unit OF the county organization and
cannot, in view OF the fact that the
latter retains such ruling, amend
the latter's policy. Subsequently the
proposal TO abolish this rule was not
voted but referred TO a committee
of three TO study the bylaws and
report back at the end OF the month.
Defeated by two votes was the res
olution abolishing the club ruling
that prohibits 1t from participating
IN primaries. Under the club con-
stitution a two thirds vote was nee
essary TO change the bylaw but the
final vote proved 10 be 20 70 II,
lacking TWO votes for the majority
required. Also defeated by Il SINH
lar margin was the vote abolishine
the prohibition OF the clubs endoFs-
ing a primary candidate, The vote
was SO 10 10,
II was pointed out after last
nights meeting, however, that o
primary contest may be urged this
spring By individuals within the
party,
Other elections last night were as
follows,
William Curtis was elected first
giee-pres.dent oyer Charles Mas0ne
by a vote Of Ss " 10, Charles Ma
cone was elected unanimously az seeF
oGd interpretations and Henry cofs
dan, now assistant secretary, was
unanimously elected recording see
reialy Yale Mai1kin was nnan
lmously elected assistant secretary
and Gene MlBllar0 was unanlD0uSF
u fiefted financial secretary samF
upl GergW0 Bae unanimously elected
treasurer AID hdRald Wells WAS
unpl lmously elected aergepntFas
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From the tons of blueprints
used in shipyards and plane
plants to the maps on the battle
field, paper is used in thousands
of ways daily, both by our men in
uniform and by civilian war workers.
The fighting mans very life is
dependent upon paper and other
products Of pulpwood and waste
paper. His food comes across the
seas in paper board containers or
multi-wall paper bags. The shells
he fires or the hand grenades he
throws are protected In transit by
paper.
If he Is wounded, blood plasma
packed in paper board containers
may save his life. He himself, or
a buddy, may stop the flow OF
blood from a fresh wound by re-
sort to his ever-handy first laid
kit WEIGH is made almost entirely
Of pulpwood and paper-from the
wadding to the box.
Serves In Many Ways
II he is isolated in South Paci-
fic jungle or an Italian mountain
retreat, a paper parachute dropped
by n supply plane will give him
food ard ammunition 10 continue
his lonely fight or vigil.
Paper has reyolutionl2ed pack
aging since America entered the
war. The history OF the V-boY IL
an illustration OF the change, II
was, AZ the outset, just an ordinary
cardboard e0ntaineF such as you
get from your grocer. As conse-
quenee, some Of our FIRST shipments
were badly damaged or lost, partleu'
larry when thrown overheard 10 tn
Marines on Guadaleanal from ships
which couldn't dock
Heartbreasng stories OF water
spoiled food, Of ruined equipment
brought quick demands from tht
Army and Navy for eoDlaipel
equal b. the rigors Of modern war;
fare A hbrs board box, equal ~
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durability to the nail or wire
bound wooden box, was developed
by the paper industry, with refine
ments which safeguarded its con-
tents when immersed.
The V-box not only was easier
to handle as well as waterproof,
but it conserved at least 1900 car
loads Of lumber each month of the
war.
Specially treated paper packag-
ing has proved equally effective
against extreme temperatures, such
as 20 degrees Cd below zero, and
1870 degrees (F) above. The value
of such protection to American boys
fighting in steamy jungles or snow
covered Aleutian peaks is obvious.
Equipment Protected
New impregnated paper-liner
cotton duck bags are used to re-
place metal drums in the shipment
OF high aviation gasoline.
They weigh only one-third as much
as the steel blitzcan, and withstand
higher internal pressure.
Multi-wall paper bags have re-
placed scarce burlap. cotton, wood,
and metal containers in the handling
and shipping OF many commodities,
They, too, are built to resist all
types OF exposure and abuse, They
have been known 10 float In water
"a hours without damage 10 their
contents,
More recently, the Army and
Navy have stepped up the use OF
chemically treated wrapping papers
which protect lane or tank motors
bail bearings and other replacement
parts from rust or other damage
while IN transit 10 the combat zones
IN all these new uses Of paper
for military paek0ging, critical
metals which cannot be- replanted
Ike trees are saved for war Jobs
which only they can do, u has been
estimated that l20 900 tons have
been conserved alone IN this field
plus another 10000 tons saved by
the substitution ~ paper and tlbfe
Dr0duels f0r metal in the manutaes
lure ~ eylirdloal eOnialnera f0I
lubFleaiine obs and paint
~ fact hns has been said, paper
" substitute f0r many ihines but
lllere " 30 substitute for paper
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Rev. Thomas F. Shea, Washington Hill native
now captain in New Guinea where he Is doing spen-
did job administering spiritual needs 10 members OF our
armed forces, Is pictured IN a twoeoumn cut admins
tering Holy Communion 10 men Of u, r. heavy bomber
group during mass In tent somewhere IN New Guinea
which appeared in the AnsoDa Sentinel recently Father
Shea former eufate AT the Church Of the Assumption
IN that town The photo received by superintendent
OF Schools John !, Stevens Of the Copper Town from
Technical Sergeant George Mapey former member 81
his faculty Marley sent II 10 Stevens shortly before be
was seriously injured in action near Port M0resby The
b00 was taken by one ~ the boys Of the bomb group
and Mapley borrowed lhe negative and made print
which be sent 10 Stevens Father Shea 10 brother ~
our genial city CLERK, Joe Happy" Shea,