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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
BY FRED MULLEN

(Onlteu frcSS ctau OVEEeSpOnuchtD
Washington, Jan. IS = (U.P) -
Leading cabinet members today ex-
pressed mixed but generally favor
able reaction to proposals that
heads Of government departments
appear regularly before congress to
discuss questions Of mutual interest
as did Secretary Of State Cordell
Hull after the Moscow conference.
Their viewpoints were solicited by
letter by the United Press and all
but Secretary Of War Henry L.
Stimson, Secretary Of Agriculture
Claude r. Wickard, and Secretary
Of Labor Frances Perkins respond
ed. None opposed the plan OUT
right; others, while giving the i'm
preston they favored the idea,
made no direct commitment.
Cabinet members who expressed
outright approval Of the suggestion
--as proposed in 3 bill by Repre-
sentative Estes Kefauver, T.. Tenn.
said certain safeguards would be
necessary to prevent abuse Of the
procedure and unWarranted Ques-
tfnsssnw fHnNa <A ennp&age
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
Demmies To
Get New Boss
nv LYLE G. WILSON

tUnlte0 fIeSS SJAH correspondent
Washington, Jan. Ia (UP) -
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue
Robert E. Hannegan has agreed TO
accept Craftsmanship OF the Demo
cratic National Committee, the
United Press was Informed reliably
today, II that position Is vacated
Saturday by Postmaster General
Frank C. Walker.
The national committee meets
here then. Walker Is prepared 70
present his resignation. Hannegan,
a Missourian named TO the commits
Sionership last year. was being
touted by his political associates as
q second Jim Farley" His job, ap-
parently, will be to manage fourth
term campaign for President Roose-
welt.
Hannegan will have tougher going
than did Farley In the 1882 and 1886
campaigns when Mr.. Roosevelt won
with lopsided popular and electoral
vote majorities. Republican national
committee statisticians have been
analysing 1940-42-43 elections re-
turns from northern and border
states and they came up with some
figures upon which the COP based
Its claim that 1t will win the White
House and the House Of Representa-
tives next November. Republican
spokesemen were inclined to qualify
their claims about winning Senate
control this time but not so with
the presidency and the House.
IN 1910 in the 38 northern states
which represent a majority of $50
votes In the electoral college" said
a Republican national committee re-
port. 1--WE lost the presidency by OF
per cent of the vote.
"A change In thinking Of less
than three votes out of every 100
would have elected our candidate
Mr.. Willkie. Mr.. Roosevelt at that
time was 3 per cent stronger than
the New Deal (Democratic) party.
TN the 1912 Congressional cleo
tons our party in the same north
ern states In the aggregate vote for
Republican candidates for Congress
had $50 per cent Of the total. II
Mr.. Roosevelt had been running In
that election and had maintained
the same three PEI cent advantage
over his party which he had in 1910.
he would have been defeated In the
electoral college.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
Liberty Bell
Tolls Too pen
Bond Appeal

Washington, Jan. l8-(UP)-The
$l4,000,000,0 900 Fourth War Loan
drive opened today with pleas for
its success from Gen. Dwight d,
Eisenhower, Admiral Chester MINI
itz and Secretary OF Treasury Henry
Morgenthau, Jr.
In Philadelphia. the Liberty bell
was struck this morning by Mayor
s. Bernard Samuel and heard
throughout the nation by radio as
S 1000. 900 volunteer statesmen, some
Of them jumping the gun and be-
ginning their canvass ut midnight,
opened a door knocking campaign
hoped TO reach every man and
woman.
Ted r. Gamble, national director
Of the drive, was caught by one OF
the 1901 a. m. statesmen just as
the campaign officially began.
And two counties - Pershing
County, New. and Cherry County,
Seb.-reported that their quotas
were exceeded before the drive
opened.
Eisenhower, Nimitz and Morgen-
thau--the first two from their posts
In the war theaters, the last from
Washington = Joined movie stars,
opera singers and governors Of four
states In a four-network dramatized
program emphasizing the slogan of
the current drive, lets all back the
attack"
Eisenhower, declaring that I'VE
are about to test finally whether
democracy can sustain all-out bat
tie" said, we are going to hit the
enemy and hit him again and keep
hitting him until the last measure
OF Nazi resistance is crushed to bat
en- EARTH"
Nimitz, from the Pacific, said. we
cannot win unless our fighting
forces receive prompt and adequate
logistic support. Cargoes and ships TO
bring them" he added: TO guaran-
tee our success requires the continu-
Gus and unstinted purchase OF war
bonds"
Morgenthau declared that we're
fighting gang and a system that
would turn you and me into ami
mails" and that we're going to be
sure this time that the enemy lays
down its ideas as well as its arms
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
Ickes Linked
InWrongIe
BY JOHN L. CUTTER
United Press Staff Correspondent


Washington, Jan. l8-(UP)- The
name OF Secretary Of Interior Harold
l.. Ickes was linked today to the
claims that presidential adviser Har-
ry L. Hopkins was involved in the
Republican political ambitions Of
Wendell i. Willkie.
Ickes, according to Sen. william
LANCER r., N. D., was instrumental
in obtaining for C, Nelson Sparks,
former mayor Of Akron, O., letter
he used in his book. "One Man.
Wendell Wilk!e- ITO assert a charge
Of collision between Hopkins and
Willkie, the 1870 Republican nom
inee.
The letter, purportedly from Hop
xins to DR.. Umphrey Lee. president
Of Southern Methodist University,
has been denounced by Hopkins as
a forgery. Lee denied he ever re-
ceived such q letter. It now Is the
SUBJECT OF a Washington federal
grand jury investigation before
which Lee and Sparks have appear
ed.
AdAABOA NO1Q tAIG SCAAhOC AuOC yCobSA :
day that Sparks obtained the pur-
ported Hopkins-Iee letter from
George N. Briggs, interior depart
ment empleye, who had received 1t
from "Mr. Frank Phillips OF Okla
hona, a friend Of Secretary Ickes."
LANCER said Briggs loaned the letter
to Ickes before turning 1t over to
Sparks. and read TO the senate sew
eral letters he said Briggs wrote to
Sparks on the matter.
Both Ickes and Briggs issued
prompt denials.
Until read "One Man" never
hear Of the letter" Ickes declared.
Neither Mr.. Briggs nor Mr.. Frank
Phillips nor anybody else had ever
mentioned such letter to me. APP
parently there never was any such
authentic letter, but a rank, anna
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French Take San
Ella, Nazi Anchor
On Road To Rome
BY Q. y. CUNNIN0HAM

United Press Staff Corresponding
Allied Headquarters, Ale
giers, January Is. - CUP -
French mountain troops
stormed and captured San
Ella, northern anchor Of the
German defenSes astride the
Rome road, a communiqu0
revealed today, as American
5th Army Skirmishers forded
the swollen Rapido river and
thrust into the heart of the
Germans Gustav Line above
Casino.
simultaneously, the British 8ti4
Army's long dormant Adriatic frone
exploded into action. Canadians
troops attacked suddenly along 9
l,000-yard front northwest Of TONE
aSso in q powerful drive to disc
lodge the Germans from high groun0
overlooking the coastal highway ~
Pescara.
Binding srowstorms and high
winds dashed the 5th army's central
mountain front, effectively covering
American patrols that probed for q
weak spot In the enemy lines along
the Rapido river.
One patrol forded the swollen
stream between Casino and San El~
la, thrusting 300 yards beyond the
west bank before running into the
main enemy lines, and front re-
ports indicated that the Germans
were drawing back from the river
into network of pillboxes and gum
emplacements just west Of the Cas-
sino-Atina highway.
While the American units massed
for frontal assault in Casino,
French poilus and Moroccan troops
fought their way into San Ella, four
miles to the northeast, In a broad
enveloping sweep that appeared to
have turned the enenly's northern
flank.
other French units drove the
Nazis from the village OF Valvori,
two miles northeast OF Sen Ella.
Front reports indicated that the
French advance, coupled with the
American patrol thrusts across the
Rapido, may have succeeded In de-
priving the Nazis Of the use Of the
Casino Atina highway. one Of their
main supply lines.
On the eastern flank OF the Ale
led offensive line, fierce fighttna
ragged along the banks OF a small
stream about midway between Orr
tona and San TomaSso.
Canadian infantrymen attacked In
force under cover OF heavy artii-
lery bombardment, and fought their
way across the stream at one aftiI@
lery bombardment, and fought their
way across the stream at one point.
Latest reports said savage fighting
was continuing, with the Germans
fighting back determinedly from
strong hill positions.
Raj wellington bombers struck
far 70 the north Of the battle line
before dawn today, hammering this
west coast city Of Pisa.
The night attack followed q dag
Of widespread raids by American
and British warplanes against en-
envy targets from the central italy
fighting front to the Florence area.
Continued on Page a.
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Strange Story
BefoIIS Five
u. S. Aviotors
BY George Palmer
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Air Transport Command Head
quarters, Calcutta, Jan. Is - -tU.
P) - One by one, the five Amer
leans in the big B-24 cargo plane
stepped into the Icy wind and
watched their parachutes bloom
above. One by one, they drifted
down toward snow-capped noun
tains.
When their feet touched earth
they were in 'Shangri-La' - the
forbidden land of Tibet Of the
novel Lost Horizon" and they
were starting one of the strangest
adventures ever 10 befall U, S.
flyers.
They told about 1t today at this
base-told about 1t like men who
felt they were lucky to be alive.
They had come out Of Tibet on
horseback in 80 days-a trip which
normally takes two months-they
were FIVE of the only 10 Americans
ever to visit the Holy City of
Lhasa. They were the only Amer
leans since the beginning of time
to visit the outpost village OF
Tsetang, their first contact point
after landing in the mountain
slopes.
This said Colonel K. G. Nc
Gregor, western sector commander
OF the air transport command in
the China Burma India theater, lis
the escape story to end all escape
stories"
And here 1t Is, as I pieced 1t to-
gether from the words of the parti-
cipants:
The cargo plane had been blown
far of Its course from China to
India and was grooming through
the gale on instruments over one
of the toughest terrains in the
world. The airmen peered through
the windows into the snow-fiecked
darkness.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
Allies Wreck
Enemy Ships
Ry DON CASXELL

United Press Stan Correspondent
Advanced Allied Headquarters.
New Guinea, Jan. 10. (UP)-U. 8.
Navy Catalina bombers, tightening
the Allied blockade Of Japan.s major
southwest Pacific bastion at Rabaul,
New Britain, destroyed one large
cargo ship and probably two others
Of a warShip-escorted convoy on
Kavieng, New Ireland. It was all~
nounced today.
The planes, striking at the south~
bound six ship convoy Saturday, &
few hours after q force Of 40 Navy
and Marine aircraft had scored
direct hits on seven cargo vessels, Q
destroyer and a cruiser at Simpson
harbor, Rabaul, Destroyed 10000
ton vessel and probably two Of 5000
and 5000 tons, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthurs communique said.
Direct hits were scored on the
three vessels despite heavy ante
aircraft fire thrown up BY two
escorting cruisers. The two smaller
vessels were left in flames, as the
convoy broke up near Hanover
Island, Just north Of the important
base at Kavieng.
Other Allied planes, continuing
their attacks on Japanese air power
on the New Britain-New Guinea
front, shot down or probably de-
stroyed total OF rs enemy planes.
Over the American beachhead ae
Saidor. on the Huon Peninsula
coast Of New Guinea where jap
anese forces were trapped between
American and Australian troops only
40 miles apart, Allied fighters uiter-
cepted an enemy formation. shoote
ing down II fighters and divebOlub-
ers and probably destroyed sw@
others.
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
BRITAIN IRKED.
over SEPARATE.
PEACE STORIES.
BY NED RUSSELL
United Press staff Correspondent

United Press staff Correspondent
London, January ID. -
(UP) - Britain has brought
to the attention of the Soviet
Government an official de-
NAL Of a Russian newspaper
dispatch implying that the
British have discussed sep
arate peace terms with Ger
many, diplomatic sources
revealed today.
British newspapers sound
ed a chorus of indignant
comment on the report pub
lished by the Communist
Party organ Pravda after
they had ignored 1t until the
foreign office here authorized
a complete denial"
Today diplomatic commenta-
tor said the official denial was be-
ing presented to the Moscow gov
eminent by John Balfour, the
Charge D'Affaires in the apparent
absence Of Sir Archibald Clark Kerr,
the ambassador to Russia.
A United Press dispatch from
Moscow said the greatest confu-
sion," prevailed there since Pravda
published a Cairo dispatch which
said two leading British personal
tiles had met German Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop
to discuss separate peace terms,
and that the meeting was under
stood to have been not without re-
suits"
The telephones OF all persons
connected directly or remotely with
the situation were ringing con-
stantly as Muscovites sought In
formation or the correct interpre-
tation OF the dispatch, Moscow re-
ported.
What does 1t mean?" was the
question, and the same bewilder-
ment perineated the diplomatic
corps, according to the United
Press advices.
The affair was. expected to be
taken up by the House Of Commons
soon. Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden was expected to reiterate the
denial and that Britain will accept
nothing short OF unconditional sur
render from Germany.
The British Foreign Once last
night authorized a complete de
NAL Of the Pravda story, which
said that the meeting, held at a
pyreuees coastal city near the
Spanish-F French border for the pur-
post of discussing separate peace
terms, was believed to. have been
mot without results"
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
Reds Wedge
Outer RoVno
Defense Line
BY HENRY SHAPIRO
United Press Staff COrreSnOndl

GhecU EEGSo StAhA correspondent
Moscow, Jan. l8-(UP)--Russian
armored forces wedged the outer de-
lenses of Rovno, German admins
trative center for the occupied Uk-
raine, today as week-old Nazi
counter-offensive on the approaches
to Rumania roared to a climax.
On the LIST Baltic front, Gen. Ivan
c. Bagramian's army clamped O
siege arc on Novosokolniki, key rail-
way junction 70 miles east Of Lativa,
after breaking enemy resistance to
the north with the capture Of Al
khimovo, eight miles away. Other
Soviet columns were four miles
south and five miles east Of Novo-
Sokolniki.
premier LatslS OF Soviet Latvia
broadcast an appeal over the Mos
COW radio to Latvian partisans To
re double their efforts and predicted
that the hour lis not far off when
the Soviet flag will flutter over our
beautiful rigaO
(Another Moscow broadcast said
the various fighting sectors on the
Russian front now were linking
into one vast battlefield.~
Gen. Nikolai F. Vatutins LIST Uk-
ranian army cracked the outer de-
Tense perimeter of Rovno, seat OF
Reichs commissar Erich Koch's
headquarters, with q surprise assault
that drove the enemy In disorder
from Tuchin, Is miles to the north
east. More than 300 Germans were
killed.
Vatutin sent another column
smashing along the Sarny-Rovnc
railroad to within 10 miles Of the
administrative center from the
north, while a third force was re-
ported making steady progress along
the highway from Novograd Volyn-
ski to the east.
The fall OF Rovno, a city Of $4,000
astride the KEW Warsaw highway
and junction Of four railways, would
force the Germans to fall back l3C
miles to the southwest to Lwow fol
another junction through which tc
funnel supplies and reinforcement:
for the Dnieper Bend.
1t also would throw open TO the
Soviets the ancient invasion routt
through southern Poland, a rout'
that carries over rolling plains idea
for mechanical warfare In contrast
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oritimer
Fined SIS In
Assault Case
(NEA Radiophoto)

AWOL from the Maritime Service
so he could face charges at GRIM
inal session of common pleas court
today, Joseph Dahdah, 90, Of SO Syl-
van avenue was fined SIS after ne
pleaded guilty TO charge OF assault,
and walked out of court with assur-
ance action would be taken to pre-
vent punishment when he made his
late return to camp.
Previously, on Jan. 4, the service
man forfeited n bond because mill
tary authorities declined to give him
a leave. Today his counsel. Attorney
Ralph Coppeto, appeared before the
bench and announced that his CHI
ent was in court AWOL Dahdah, In
uniform, was called for arrangement
after Prosecuting Attorney William
]. Larkin said he would not object
to reopening the case.
Referring to a 30-day jail sentence
that was imposed on the youth last
October in city court, Judge John
F. McDonough said, Il won't give
him q jail sentence. He will have
fighting enough to do where he Is"
The $25 fine imposed in the lower
court was sustained, however. Be-
fore the remarks were made the
youths lawyer had pleaded for
suspended sentence so his client
could be able to return TO his post
at once.
Dahdah was arrested following
an alteration at an East Main
street restaurant. He entered the
service while his appeal TO the
common pleas court was pending.
Judge McDonough suggested that
Mr.. Coppeto contact the local Red
Cross headquarters and obtain
their aid in proving to authorities
the reason for Dahdahs absence
from camp. He said the service
mans post should be notified that
Dahdah was compelled to be in
court.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
No Doubt Nazis Haze
Secret Weapons--Amold

that Germany has brought out Sc
cret weapons"
war Is a continuous process OF
developments and counter develop
ments, and while the Germans call
them secret weapons, they actually
are later developments on previous
~ used Devices he said.
Discussing the war In the Pacific,
Arnold declared that action against
the Japanese was not secondary,
but that geographic conditions
made II possible 70 close grips with
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18

Philadelphia. Jan. 18-CUP)-Ger-
man forces, using every secret wea-
pom" at their command, viii fight
to the last ditch in the hope Of sal
vaging something from the war,
Gen. Henry II. Arnold. Chief Of the
u. 8. Army Air Forces, predicted
last night. W
Accepting the Poor Richard Club
Cold Medal Of Achievement, Arnold
warned that Germany s'is still asrone
mighty strong. and said that
there II not the faiitest doubt bat
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
Rood Hog Winds
Up Behind Bors

Boston, Jan. 1S-tUP)-A
Syracuse, N. Y, truck driver
put up an argument when two
motorists wanted to pass him on
a narrow road-and landed In
Jail.
The motorists, who cOuntered
Warren f. Stewards arguments
by request for his draft card,
were FBI agents.
A few hours later. Stewart
was before a U. S. Commission
err who held him In $1,000 bail
on charges Of falling to report
for Army induction last sum-
mer.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
WASTES NO TIME!

Boston, Jan. l8-(UP)-Former
Mayor Robert E. Greenwood OF
Fitchburg said here today he would
marry Miss Lois Daley, 20. Of (West
Baltimore street, Lynn on April g.,
two days after his divorce becomes
final.
The ceremony probably will take
place in New York city, he said.
Greenwood formerly was married
to Judith Coolidge, daughter OF for
mer u. s. Senator Marcus A. Cool
idge of Fitchburg.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
LAUNCHING MONDAY

Quincy. Mass, Jan. l8-(UP)-
The aircraft carrier USS Hancock,
third Navy vessel named in honor
Of statesman John Hancock, will be
launched Monday at the Bethlehem
Steel Co.'S Fore River shipyard; the
Navy announced today.
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Evening star., 1944-11-04
In Mrntnriattt

SAUNDERS, SUSAN. In sad but low
ina rsmembrsnee OF my dear mother.
three years aso today, November 4, la4l.
had loving mother, who never grew old,
10 patient and understanding, she had A
heart OF gold;
would have liked to have been with you,
When you reached that golden shore,
And rejoiced in that happy reunion
With the loved ones gone before
LOVING DAUGHTER, SUSIE PATTEN. .
SAUNDERS SUSAN Sacred to the
mother, SUSAN SAUNDERS, who departed
this life three years ago today. November
November brings sad memories
OF loved one gone to rest;
You Will never be forgotten
BY the ones who loved you best.
LOVING DAUGHTER, EVA SAUNDERS
TRENT, AND GRANDSON. PVT. MEL
WIN o. TRENT
TAYLOR. MATTHEW NJ. sR. In low
MATTHEW M. TAYIoR. .e' ST.. chief haS0amn' som'
steward tretired). U. S. N. who departed
this lits sixteen years ago today, Novem-
ber 4, 1928.
The little road to yesterday
Winds forever through my heart
Its memories dear and precious,
Are of our life part.
And fondest of those memories,
More lasting and most true,
Are memories of happy times
I've shared with you, Just you.
DEVOTED WIFE, MARY E. TAYLOR
YOUNG, ELMER C, In loving memory
Of our husband and father, ELMER G.
YOUNG, who passed away two years age
| today November A. 1942.
Sunshine passes, shadows fall,
Loves remembrance outlasts all;
And though the years be many or few,
They are allied with memories of you.
MAYBEALE, HERBERT AND LILLIAN
Evening star., 1944-11-04
William J. Ray, Retired
Heating Contractor, Dies

William Joseph Ray, IS, who con-
Quoted q heating and ventilating
business here before he retired u
years ago. died yesterday in Doctors
Hospital after brief illness.
Requiem mass will be said at II
am. Monday at the Church OF the
Sacred Heart and burial will be In
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
A second-generation District
native. Mr.. Ray, who lived at 1854
Monroe street NV, was the son of
Nicholas Biddle Ray OF Washington
and Laura Radcliffe of Maryland.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Gertrude Bond Ray; three sons.
George Nicholas Ray, president of
Randall H. Hagner & Co., Inc:
William J. Ray, jr., Of Oak Park, H.,
and Charles ]. Ray OF South Bend,
Ind: seven grandchildren and three
Igreat-grandchildren. His first wife,
Mrs. Helena Taylor Ray, died In
1908.