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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-03-23

E. A. Rice moved into towr
Tuesday from the G. A. Smith
ranch.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-03-23

Mrs. f. ]. Irvine Of Seattle joined
her mother, Mrs. Carrie M. Spence,
at the Libby hotel here this week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-22

bed where Mrs. Lonergan's nude body was found and the dressing table where the murder weapon had set.
 drulnet In his statement said the only other person in the room at the tlnc Mrs. Lonergan met her death was Lonergan himself. sev- eral weeks ago, defense attorneys had said that q lawyer, who never was identified. was In the apayt- nlent at the time.
 Tn his opening statement, Edward V. Broderick, chief defense counsei said merely that he intended to show that the 20-year- old RAT air- craftmail "from the very beginning had been the victim of double. deal. Ing, doublc-croSsIng and double. talk"
 orumet said the state would show that Lclergan went to hIs w!scs epartinent at about 9 Q. m. Sunday, Oct. 24
 Wife Asleep
 Lonergan found his wife asleep uftimet said, "and when he made his presence known, there was an exchange of words between them"
 We will show that the dewendant crossed tho room and obtained q heavy candlestick and returned to the bed where hAs wife was Iying," Grumet said. "IIe struck her over the head and when the candlegtick broke, he went to the dTessr for R scoild time and got another candIe- AtiGlL Nc returned and Eained blows
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-22


 Chinese troops in northern Burma were reported to have crossed the highest point of the pass leading southward over Jambu Bum (Moun- tain) into the Mogaung valley.
 On the Arakan peninsula, British ImperialS beat off a heavy attack along the Buthidaung-Maundaw highway and two night thrusts on other positions further south.
 Allied fightcr- -bombers and dive bomhers attacked enemy positions and communication lines through. out the battle areas yesterday, and 1t was disclosed that a force of heavy and medium bombers raided Prone and other unidentified tar. gets in southern an central Burma Monday night.
 All Allied planes returned, the communique said.
 Axis propagandists said today that Japanese and Indian Nation. alIst troops have crossed the Bur. mese border into India and are bate ting British forces on the ap- breaches to the Manipur state sup ply center of Imphai.
 The German DNB News Agency reported the crossing in q dispatch from Tokyo, asserting that Japa- neSc Premier Gen. Hidekl Tojo had announced that the Indian provis. ional government headed by Nation. alist leader Subhas Chandra Bose would bc given control of all "lib. eratcd" territory in India.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-22

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 funds for continuation of research, the government bought 200 Ham, mond patents in 1883 but subse- qucntly they were placed on sale' the article said.
 "The Germans got the informa- ton from our own patent office at 10 cents per patent" Hammond was quoted. . "These should have been kept In the secret archives of the patent office. They had ben secret, but one abmiral came along and thought there was no need for secrecy and permitted them to be published" Hammond was quoted.
 Hammond declined to disclose the admiral'S name but was quoted as T wouldn't want to say. But they're still putting up monuments for some damned fools:
 "We could have taken the initia. tive but now the important surprise element Is missing"
 Hammond was quoted as saying blkhb SAAV AuhAb WUO AhVv SAAsAaSAJ "hs's of the military but because govern ment bureaus had no money In times of pence."
 If 1t wasn't for the president, who had been assistant secretary of navy, our own fleet would not have been anything when this war start ed. AS matter of fact( you can't blame the military authorities, Only the pork barrel thrives while the defense system starves. It's the same after every war;
 The article contendod that the battles Of Midway and the Coral Sen might have been different had the United States had this radio con- trol flying bomb" in time.
 "If our army and navy had had glider bombs at Midway, 1t Is pos. Sible that not single Japanese ship would have gotten away" Hammond was quoted. Tho torpedo bonibers would not have had to 10 in there where the fiak was thick and deadly"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-22
CenterOf Noziism Hit
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(Continued from Page D and Liberators carried out the last attack on Berlin on March 9, the fourth In six days. The attack was made through an overcast which held down German fighter opposl- ton, but seven American bombers and one fighter were lost.
 In keeping with their new policy of broadcasting up-to.the.minute reports on the progress of Allied nlr attacks, German radio stations first reported bombers approaching northwestern Germany shortly after II a. m. co Q. m. EWT).
 An hour later. Nazi broadcasters said tho planes were over northern Germany and just before D. m. @ a. m. EWT), reported the aerial armada was continuing towards central Germany"
 No mention was made of any German fighters or anti-aircraft batteries in action.
 Four -englned bombers from the Sth U. s. Air Force last attacked Germany Monday, when q force of 250 to 800 blasted the chemical and manufacturing center of Frankfurt. Other formations raided the French invasion coast yesterday without loss.
 MaFauderS
 American Marauder medium bolnbers took over the attack on France today. one formation re. turned across the channel at noon while another force roared out toward the continent.
 Twin.engined RAF Mosquito bombers attacked objectives in west. ern Germany last night without loss, m air ministry communique announced. Mines also were laid ln enemy waters.
 More tinan 100 German planes set a number of fires in London in a retaliatory raid early this morn. ing. A few persons were killed and several buildings were destroyed dur ing the sharp, short attack.
 British night fighters battled the raiders all the way from the coast to London and, with anti.aircraft batteries, shot down ct least nine of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-22
"TEXTRoN" RAYoN SATIN

pro-Russian Europe after the war, one over which Russia's sphere Of influence stands more than an even chance of prevailing over the Brit ish balance of power which we seem ireptly seeking to further" He urged outright U. s. recognition of DeGaulle.
 Hulvs Statement
 Hull's statement. however, reiter- ated this governments belief that each nation should be free to de- eide It's own form of government. This indicated that while the United States may increase the de- gree of recognition given DeGaulle, 1t will allow the liberated French people to decide finally who is to lead France.
 And as if iil anticipation of Scotts fears of a Russian sphere of influence in western Europe, Hull said that last falls four-power Moscow declaration, if carried out, would eliminate the need for spheres Of influence, balances of power and similar unhappy" arrangements.
 Some observers regarded the sec. retary's summary as an advance notice of the foreign policy plat form which MT. Roosevelt--if he Is candidate for Q fourth term will ask when the Democrats hold their national convention.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-22

(Contlnued from Page D 7:l5 a. m., American landing ships were lying of shore. while Screen- ing destroyers and cruisers cut white wakes in the blue sea. A few minutes later, Navy Helicats ap- peared.
 A couple of Higgins boats then started toward the island, probing the shore for 8 good landing spot, The others, loaded with jungle camoufiaged Marines, followed into selected areas, most of them pass ing Q small island offshore. (T'his apparently was Elmusao, also re- ported occupied by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters).
 Machine Gun
 A few machine gun bursts came from this island, but several boat- loads of Marines landed quickly and nothing further was heard from any Japanese guns.
 On the southwest shore of Emil rau, Alligator Amphibians were waddling over a coral ledge onto the beach, where the troops Jumped out and spread into the bushes seeking Japanese. AS far as known. however, Emirau was occupied only by 30 to 80 Japanese manning the radio station.
 There was no smelling or bomb- ing of Emirau. @ raised coral reef with q wide ledge extending from sandy beaches. No opposition had been expected and the Americans did not want to injure the natives,
 On the way back to base, we passed by Kavieng and saw big tongues of flame coming from the shouts of the U. s. battleships as they delivered the heaviest naval bombardment yet staged In the South Pacific.
 Numerous pufYs of antl-alrcraft Are fioated through the air as the enemy ground forces attempted to hit the planes spotting the American bombardment.
 Early gunfire from the Japanese shore batteries at Kavien appeared ineffective, and soon even that dis- appeared.
 Our Liberator was In the air l4 hours on the 2,000-mile flight,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-22

on the face and body of the de" ceased, who was in sitting position and bleeding profusely."
 Grulnet said that in an effort to get away from him." she got out ot bed on the opposite side. He went around the bed after her. There he strangled her until she was lite- less"
 Lonergan cut up his ROAF un!- form and put 1t with his blood- stained wrist watch into a dufflc bag, the district attorney said, and threw the bag into the east river.
 Then he purchased a makeup compact" and tried to cover the scratches made on his face by his wife during the bedroom struggle. Grumet charged.
 Later, Grumet said, Lonergan con- fessed to staying his wife. It was brought out yesterday that Loiaer- gan never signed the confession.
 Loughrar stepped from the wit- ness stand to explain to the jury in detail the 3x4 foot diagram of the murder apartment.
 He testified that the table on which the candlesticks stood was against Q wall opposite tho bed, Q distance of about 17 feet.
 The next witness was Patrolman Chris Trauerts, Of the Bureau of Criminal Identification, who Iden- titled pictures of the murder scene which showed Mrs. Lonergan's bed and her nude body lying across 1t.
 Broderiok objected to introduction of the pictures but was overruled.
 LonerganS composure, which hc maintained consistently during the preliminary proceedings, appeared shaken for the first time when Broc- ick placed the pictures in front of him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-22
Reinforced Nozis Stond
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 The thrust was beaten off, how ever. after q short, sharp action.
 The Allied communique covering operations up to mid-day yesterday said the New zealanders were mak- ing "slow but steady progress against the handful Of ruined hous- cs still held by the Nazl pnratroop- CTS inside Casslno. The commu- nique acknowledged, however, that the Na2is were putting up strong opposition and later reports from the front indicated they were at lenst holding their own,
 Tn the surrounding hills, tho eCir. man appeared to have gone over to the attack on n limited scale, al- though the offensive still remained in Allied hands.
 Allied artillery blasted again and again at the German gun enplace- ments in 6 thus far futile attempt to halt the heavy Nazi smelling and ease the Job of the New zealanders fighting through the rubblc of Cas- sino.
 British infantrymen tried twice yesterday to break Into the German guns on hills i65 and 236. just west of Casino. The first attack wave ran into a German mincfleld and was forced back when the NaZis be- gan moving through deep ravine toward the British rear.
 The second thrust. Q flanking at- tack around the north end of the German held hills, begged down under heavy enemy fire.
 Gurkhas Hold 9
 A small band of Indian GurkhaS was reported holding out tenacious ly, however on Hangmans Hill, a plateau halfway up the slopes of Monastery Hill, with German posi- tons completely surrounding them.
 American Invader planes kept the Indians supplied with food and am-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-22
Reds Near River Prut
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(Continued from Page D last reports had penetrated more than 20 miles beyond the Dniester river.
 The army organ Red Star called the servering of the Balti-Cernauti railroad, the only German lateral limo in northern Bessarabia, q great achievement" because 1t was defended by fresh German rein- forcement.
 Partisan forces had paved the way for the successful thrust by seizlng Q portion of the line In ad- vance of the Red army and hold ing 1t for eight hours, thus tying up enemy troops and supplies dur- ing the critical hours Sefore the main attack.
 Tanning out along the railroad, the Russians threatened both Ger nauti and Bati, the latter q junc- ton connected by another line with IaS1, on the southwest bank of the Prut and reported to be the head quarters for the German comman- der on the southern front, Marshal Fritz Erich Von Mannstein.
 Rail Line Cut
 The Russians cut the reIl line after capturing Drokia. four miles to the east and 22 miles southwest of Yampol, where they made their first crossing of the Dniester only 48 hours earlier. Shuri, three miles southeast of Drokia, and Ataki, ono mile south of the Dniester opposite newly-captured Mogilev Podolski, also were seized.
 The Germans attempted several counter r-attacks, but they hardly were more than rear guard actions and failed to slow the pace of the Soviet advance.
 Northwest of Mogilev Podolski, other clements of the End Ukrain- ian army captured more than i30 localities in cleaning out an enemy salient that extended deep into the Soviet flank above the Dniester.
 The Soviet high command rec ported In It's midnight communique that the fleeing Germans were aban- doning their guns, trucks and other military equipment in wholesale lots.
 Four German self-propelled guns were captured in one sector with their motors still running. In an. other sector, an enemy batta uon laid down It's arms and surrendered when the Soviets attacked.
 Increases Pressure
 Front dispatches said Konev was stepping Up his pressure against the enemy salient hourly.
 Marshal Gregory K. ZhukoV's iSt Ukrainian army in pre-War Poland captured 60 localities on the distant approaches to Lwow after beating off a counter-attack by enemy troops reinforced by tho ncwly-arTlved 36ist Infantry division from Denmark, the Soviet communique snid.
 Among the towns oVGrrun were Podkan1en and SuknoVolya, 55 and 53 miles respectively cast of LwoW. Front dispatches salcl tho Soviots broke into lWoW province from the east it1 driving to within SO miles of LWoW itself
 At the eastern end Of the south Crn front, Con. Rodion Y. Malinov- sky'S 34rd Ukrainian army pcne- trated tho eastern part of Odessa province from KiroVograd and Niko- laeV provinces and nearcd the Bug river between PervomaiSk and Voxs neSenSk, the two most important railway functions northeast of Odessa itself At ono point, the Russians were only seven miles north Of PerVoinaisk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-22

(Continued from Page D slopes and a two-mile-hIgh column of fine dust peppered Naples and SalerTlo.
 The road to tho Royal VesuvIan Observatory, where experts Up on the slopes were watching the Nctiv- fly, was closed to all trafiic except to officers on duty.
 From one of San Sebastianos few remaining buildings, against which the lava stream was pressing, watched the death struggle of this town.
 Early this morning there wore fewer than q dozen buildings left. The house next to this one was gone except for c single wall which was about to topple.
 1 climbed onto tho housotop after midnight and watched the iava burning against tho blnck sky, Tn the darkness 1t looked like . giant plum cake with the trlcklIng Of brandy still burning. Tho lava pross. ing against the house sent up Q warm glow, pleasant in the chilly night, and gave off c charcoal.like aroma.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-22
Bombs Score On London
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NContlhued from Page D tho capital, bursting ck-nck bIan- keted the city with the whooShing spray of rocket shells Iningling with chancelierS, red flares and tracerS. The firc in the sky, the vast search. light battery, the screaming sound Of diving planes and the occasional thudS of exploding bombs combined to turn the night into q devils carnival.
 Royal air force night fighters en- gagged the raiders flercely all the way from the coast to London. The battle appeared to reach climax over aii outer suburb where some Of the Germans jettisoned their bombs and turned for home. Roof top fire watchers hurried for cover, filnglng themselves flat where they stood, as aii occasional high-explo- sive screamed to earth.
 4 number of fires kindled by the lncendiaries gradually stained tho night sky q dull red in a semi. circle Srlnging London, silfouetting the capitals bridges and historic build. lngs.
 High explosives and inccndiaries also were dropped in e number Of places in East Anglia, southeast and and South England
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-22
Chaplin Maps His Defense
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 baby daughter. conspiring to de- priVe her of her civil liberties, and violating the Mann Act by taking her to New York for immoral pur- poses. This particular trial con- cerns only the alleged Mann Act violations.
 Chaplin's attorney, Jerry Giesler, hoped to attack Miss BarTy's credi- bility through Q recitation of high life south of the border at Fiesta time and then to prove to the satis- faction of the jury that Chaplin took her to New York in October, l042, for business reasons alone.
 Prosecutor Charles IT. Carr sought to show exactly the opposite that the British comedian took her to do luxe suite in one of New Yorks finest hotels for the solo purpose Of indulging in sexual ro- latIons.
 Judge O'Connor, soft-spoken veteran Of President RoosevcIt's new deal (he used 10 be comptroller of the currency, questioned tho tnleEmen closely about whether they might have any prejudice because Chaplin never got around Eu 4ak- ing out United States citizenship during his 30 profitable years in Hollywood.
 He also asked them if they had any relatives on the federal pay roll, If they knew any of those h.. volved in Miss Barry's triplc.t threat court actions, and whether their minds, insofar as these proceedings were concerned, were blank like q sheet Of paper.
 The judge held up a fresh scratch pad to show the prospects how corn- pletely blank he wanted them e be. At court opening thls morning ha had fiVe women and seven men. h. cluding Playwright clifford Cdeth father. with whom hc seemed wusb satisfied.
 The defense has 10 perenptosy challenges; the prosecution alI- Both sides said they had every hope of completing the jury before days end and beginning the testimony. Carr estimated that he'd need two full days to present his case; 0ies- Ter said it probably would take his witnesses five more days to testify.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-22

 intuition and units of the New zea- land outfit In Cassino were rec ported moving up toward the hill to relieve them, despite fierce German opposition.
 Headquarters spokcsmen denied reports that the Allied situation in- side Casino had become critical, but lt was admitted that the ability of the Germans to shuttle reinforce mcnts through .he NACret passage fraE GkN ASaG5slt Roman amphl- theatcr just soIf1n of the town had added to tho difficulties Of tho at- tacking New Zealanders.
 Since the destruction Of the town by Allied planes and artillery last Wednesday, 238 enemy troops have been captured inside Cassino and the NnzlS have been driven back into tho edge of the town, Several battallons of parntroopcrS were still firmly entronched there and in the nearby hills, however, and cspokcsmen cautioned that Q hard fight still lay ahead.
 Fight SIackenS
 Fighting on the 6th Army sector along the lower 0arigliano. on the Anzio beachhead and on the British 8th Army front slackened to minor patrol clashes and artillery ex- changes.
 Bad weather kept the Allied heavy boinbers grounded yesterday. but American Marauders hammered again at German railroad com municatioTis north Of Rome, hitting bridges ct Poggibonsi and Cecina and Viaducts nt Are2zo and Bucine. Mitchells also bombed the PozzibonsI spen and American Thundorbolts and AiTcobrG fighter. .boInbers pounded other bridges at Castal. nuovo and TarqulnIa.
 Allied fighter.botnbers also were on the offensive in the Casino bat. tie area, ripping ct enemy troops and guns with bombs and machine gun fire.
 Four Messerschmitt- -i00s were shot down by Arnericnn.mnnled spitfIres over the CassIno sector, two being credited to It. Richard Y. HuTd, TarTytown, Y. Y., raising his score to Six enemy planes.
 Four Allied planes were lost in the days operations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-22
NAL LONEY, OLSEN
 DINNER GUESTS

City Budget Director T. '. Olsen and City Controller Neil ?. Maloney yesterday attended the luncheon meeting of the state Municipal Finance Ofacefg' Associatino ct the Three Cups Inn iu Meridcn.
 Various features relative to capi- tai and flon-recurring funds were diScuGSed i1 addition to c general discussion pertaining to pension and retirement funds. Mr. MaIoney is q member of the City'S penSion cofn- snikkAA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-22

Foreign Minister Mlhai A Anton cscu and other Rumanian leaders attended e five-hour secret confer- ence Tuesday to consider the possl- bllity of surrendering to Russia. Major decisions" were reached, af- ter which Rumanian general visit ed the German commander at Blch- arest the dispatch said.
 Public anxiety in Rumania over the approach Of the Red army was nearing the panic stage, the Daily Mail dispatch reported.
 Radio Ankara said the Germans also had taken over radio, telephon- ic and tclegraphic communications In Bulgaria and were expected to place all three Balkan satellites under a unified command to be an- nounced soon,
 The Daily Mall said German troops were taking over" in Bul- garia, while the London News Chronicle reported that Hitler was now seISIng" both Bulgaria and Rumania.
 Naxis Control
 Though all reports indicated that the Germans were In full control in Hungary, information reaching Madrid from France said Hungar- ian troops resisted the Germans at Debrecen, 20 miles west of the Rue manian border, and Miskolo, 90 miles northeast of Budapest, and also dynamited railroads.
 A number of members of the Chamber of Deputies escaped from Budapest to proVincal towns and were attempting to form Q new in- dependent unti-German Hungarian government in opposition to Q pup- pct regime understood to have been set up in the capital, Madrid heard.
 Stockholm reports said Marshal Josip (Tito> Brozovich, Jugoslav partisan leader, had contacted op- position groups in Hungary and was organizing guerrilla groups there.
 Eye witnesses of the occupation Of Hungary who arrived In Stock holm by plane said Nazi paratroops seized airfiolds throughout the country Sunday morning, after which ground forces crossed the frontiers and captured military dee pots, overwhelming scattered oppo. sition.
 Budapest Occupied
 The occupation Of Budapest was completed rapidly with the aid of fifth columnists, the travellers said. A few shooting incidents in the streets were reported but nothing else.
 During Sunday night, troop-laden barges floatcd down the Danube from Austria. Large forces of infan- try were guarding all public build- ings in Budapest by Monday. At the railway station, all travellers were questioned regarding their race and religion.
 German motorized attachments