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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26
JoiI Finding Is Withheld From Public

State's Attorney Abraham 6. Ull. laanYe Sew Haven ard the three New Haven county commissioners will have copies of State Referee Carl Fosters finding on the New Haven county jail probe some time this afternoon, in accordance with c superior court order made this morning.
 No action was taken by the court on revealing the contents of the finding to the public, and observers believe possible acton by the prose- cutor'S office will eliminate any nc" ceasity for ar ordeA on that aspect.
 Judge Frank P. McEvoy of Waters bury, who Tuesday ordered the find- ing sealed until filrthr orders. today Issued . memorandum directing William A. Bree, clerk Of the court, to forward copies of the finding to the commisisoners, and left it Up to Judge William II. Cofniey to de. termlne what should Dc done with the finding in respect to the states attorney.
 Judge Comley, who had ordered the .one-man jury probe on co1di. tlons at the jail, immediately ord. cred the clerk to submit Q copy of the finding to the states attorney
 It is believed the contents of the report will be released to the pub- ilc aS soon as the states attorney, on receipt of the finding, is enabled to take action.
 Tn his memorandum Judge Nc. Evoy referred to q section of the General Statutes (20es200) which
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26
Nozis Flee
 To SOIonikc

Rome, oct. % = (U.pj = British troops drove beyond the liberated Greek town of Lafissa today in closs pursuit Of thousands Of German foot soldiers fleeing fiCrthwaFd toward sai0nika, the last Nazi-heid strong hold on tae Greek mainland.
 4 cCimmtifiique revealed inst Greek guerrilla forces freed Lafissa after c 90-fmile thrust north from vOios, with ti1e British regulars moving ID swiftly to take over the chase. At iast accounts the British were well north of LaFizsa afid bafe- iN co road miles from gaionilka, with no indication that the fleeing Germans had any intention 0f tlfsn- ing to fight,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26
City Yards
 PIon Okoyed

Construction of new buildings at the city yards will get underway aS soon as possible following yeSters days approval by the finance board of the sum of eiO,000 for such an undertaking.
 Present buildings constitute . hazard" in the opinion of authors tiles asld should be replaced imlne- diGtely. At present the buildlngb house such facilities as woFIshopS, storage, maintenance, etc. The ap. pFovai was granted by the board for the street departments i04B budget.
 Except for salary items tho board yesterday approved various other city budget proposals. These were: engineering department approved with the exception Of eIO3,O32 ii1 salaries, oi,B00 for Q sewage disposal survey el0e, 900 for storm water ccfis struction, the departments original request for 1o40 was e22i ,bie; street and sewers departments aii of . eo74,4Te request approved except for salaries Of Ds7g ,o9e, e42, 900 for high- way materials and various items for equipment: welfare department Nudget isi amount of e2T9,eii CD, gfOvod except tor salaries Of 9g7,. ea8; Bro0kside Homo budget in ai1oant of e1e,03e approved except for 9iiIeo0 in ealegIes and tho
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26
5O,OOO NAYS
 RETREAT ON SW HOLLAND FRONT
BY J. EDWARD MURRAY

BY J. EDWARD MURRAY | United Press War COrrespondent)
 Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Paris, october 26 = (UP) - More than 50,000 Germans were on the run in a general retreat along a 100- mile front in southwest Hol- land today before British and Canadian armies closing swiftly against every major stronghold in a shrinking pocket below the lower Maas river.
 Berlin reported that Allied a1nphibIous forces were try. ing to land on the south coast of Walcheren Island, the westernnost Of the Dutch Islands above the Schelde estuary, where German guns contributed heavily to pre- venting the Allies from using the port of Antwerp.
 Front dispatches and Supreme Headquarters spokesmen said Mar. Shal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's troops were wheeling forward over the Dutch flatlandS as much as eight miles In two hours against steadily diminishing resistance.
 Only at s HertogenhoSch, vital northeastern anchor of the imper- fled German pocket, was the enc emy making c fight of 1t In . des. perate bid to hold open the sec- ondary bridges across the Maas, the only practical escape channels.
 The Germans clung to Q tottering foothold in the southwest corner Of 6 HeEtogenboSch. Twelve miles to
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26
British Gain Five Miles
Dy RODERT VERMILLI0N

United Press War CorrespOndent)
 Rorne, Oct 2o = (UP.I = British Eighth Army Forces drove more than five iniles through the left flank of the German defenses before Bologna, c communicate reported toe day, nenacing the highway center of Forli and reaching within about % miles of the American Fifth Army troops stalled below Bologna.
 Moving up the Rimin. Bologna highway against light covering forces left behind by the retreating enemy, the British advanced rapidly from their bridgehead across the Cesena river and captured ToTiims Popoii.
 Forward clements pushed on fiorthwestward to the Romeo river, barely three miles from ForlI, afid may already have reached that town today in view of the Spotty enemy resistance.
 On the American Fifth Army front, however, the Germans were putting up fieFce exposition and oficlai sources said the enemy was working fevorishiy to complete trenches and fortlhcatlons to de- fend the city Of Bologna ct aii costs
 Rain and mud added to American dikflCtiltieg on the central aps breaches to Bologna and the come Inunique said progress was "sIow but unethodical."
 N IIeaviost lighting centored around VedFiano, ii miles southeast Of Doi- ogna and 2 i.2 miles southwest Of the Highway town of Castel San 1ietFo, toward which the British Eighth Army was driving.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26
TrimbIe Sues Elton Hotel

walden TFimbie of Waterbury today filed ei0,000 civil action in superior court against Clyde Jennings, doing business as The Hotel Elton, as c result Of c fall ct tho entrance to the Kings Kit. chen Aug. %. The action is one Of tw0 fali glilts filed in tho court to. day through Attorney Irving w. Johnson.
 The plaintiff claims foreign ob- jects had accumulated on the stalrs way and caused him to fall to tho bottom of the stairs, Ho fractured his left wrist and suffered severe shock, the court complaint states.
 A preliminary hearing in the suit was conducted in the courthouse . few weeks ago when q witness to the accident was called to give special testimony. The witness, who said he would enter the Merchant Marine and may not be available later at the time of trial, gave his testimony in the form Of c deposi- ton.
 The falI victim claims no wag earning about ei0O per week ili an industrial plant and has been tiils able to work since the injuries were sustained.
 The other suit was instituted by Catherine ConnOilan of Naueatuck who seeks 9iO,OO0 damages from the Borough Of Naugatuck for inc jtries sustained in, c fail Dec, i1. le4a at il Carroll street In Nauges tuck. Tt is alleged the sidewalk was defective.
 Mrs. Ccnrelian claims sl1e gliss tained c fracture Of the right foot, abFasiong of both knees and Of the Esce. sglle adds that her shoes. stockines, and dress were damaged Medical expefises were listed ct eiO0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26
Warming To Optinists

Washington, Oct. 2e-tUP)--sec. retary of War Henry L. Stimson anticipated In the Philippines de. warned today that increasingly stuh- born Japanese resistance must be spite the brilliant American naval victory.
 He said ct Q press conference landing of Gen. Douglas MacAr. thurs forces in Leyte was Q chal- lenge which the Japanese could not refuse, aud that the landings repre- Sented the complete naturalization of the increasing, gtiffocatlng pres- sure which is being brought to bear on the stolen Japanese empire.
 American forces entered the Phils ippireS anticipating that the Jap- anese would strike back in fierce, he said.
 We are aware that the campaign in the philippines Is likely to be long and bitter" he said. "The enc einy has nearly 2bO,n00 troops i1 the Islands. There mcy be more efforts to reinforce them and to restore their land based air power aS well as to challenge our sea power.
 we know enough from past ex- perience not to discount the stub. born resistance { Japanese soldiers' "Crushing Defeaw
 Japanese warships which came out Of hiding il afl effort to halt the ever lengthening and quickeniig hopes of American land, sea and air forces over 2,SO0 mics of the southwest Pacific, GtiEnSon said, had suffered . crushing dofent.' He said the Leyte landings were accofni lished with ve-y light casu- alties but there hAs been stiff figllts ing since then ct many points. Ens eilly casualties have been many times greater than American casual ties, Ea added.
 n the first few dGyI the enemy labored under curprlse, Gtlingon said adding that i've will find the enemy lreelstanc3 will srUw stronger later on in the Rhillpine campaign, biit Gen, MacAgthllr reports that iIl noFlilern xeyte tlle Japanoee fcfce ~ AlAaAl14
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26
Maid Dies |In Fire In Cloves Home
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Julia Baraficsky, 80, q maid at the home of Randolph Gloves; fDI fgIils side avenue, lost her life early this morning when trapped by fire h her third floor room.
 Gloves, whose carelessly discarded cigarette iS believed to have started the blaze, was released ii his own recogniZance this morning after having been held ct the police sta. ton ag c coroner's prisoner.
 FiFenlen and police, arriving on the scene in response to telephone alarm ct 2:00 c. iIl., found the first floor and stairway in flames Miss Baranosky waS leaning out Of her third floor window head-first in c iifeiess manner. Bremen threw up c ladder, but before they could reach her she toppied several feet onto Q first floor dormer.
 Miss BaranoSky, who was badly burned about the lower portion of her body, was driven to St. Mary's hospital in the police ambulance and was pronounced dead on ar. rival.
 Exact cause of death was not de- teymined by this morning. The medical examiner, Dr. Edward H. Kirschbauin, will perform on GU. topsy this afternoon at the request of Coroner stephen 4. HomIck.
 Fire Marshal Den Lahey said the heat inside the building was "ter- rife" MT. Cloves pet bulldog was found lying on the maids bed, suf. located, after the fire was extin- guished.
 The Gloves home, in an exclusive section of Hillside avenue, is c dup- lex three story brownStone building, Cloves resided in eigt.t rooms on the east side with his housekeeper, Dor- othy Colings, 90, and the maid.
 Miss Ceilings told Detective. Jo- geph Dunphy that she and MT, Gloves were sitting in the den on the first floor last night. She left Mir. Gloves about 1 6. m. and went ID to her room on the second floor She said she heard Cloves come up to his room shortly afterwards. 4 little while later she gfnelled smoke and rOuSed Cloves. Firemen and po-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26
Picturesque PreIote Dies

London, oct. 26-(UP)--Dr. VII. Ham Temple, e0th Archbishop Of Canterbury and PriTnate Of the Church oi England, died suddenly thls morning after Q heart attack.
 The Archbishop died in Q hotel ct Westgate .on.sea, near Margate, where he and his wife had been staying for the past. month.
 The 0S.year cold prelate had been suffering from the gout for more than c month and his physicians or. deIed him to bed on Sept. 22. On oct i3 1t was announced that he had cancelled all engagements until the end Of November and it was stated that he was suffering from an infection.
 There had been no indication that hIS illness had taken serious turn, however, until this morning when hls sudden death was announced.
 A message from the Archbishop was read to the Canterbury confer. ence only last Monday, in which he assured the pTelateS and clergy that T have reason to believe l have turned the corner at last, but recov. cry is going to De rather slow"
 pr. Temple was enthroied ag Archbishop of CAnterbury--a post once held by his father, the late pr. Frederick Temple--oli April 2S, 1892, succeeding CcRino Lang.
 More philosopher than theAlogian, the cheery, rotund pr. Temple held liberal and sometimes radical views, with strong convictions on the need for social betterfnent of the average Briton.
 AS recently as September, 1922, he publicly advocated state control Of bank credit and suggested that the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26
.Jop Fleet Not Likely To Try
 AnotherFiqht
RY gANDOR g, KLEIN

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 Washington, October %. = (UP) = The Japanese fleet is through as . first-class fighting power, naval experts believed today.
 Its remnants, however, could stil prove troublesome if the Japanese confined their operations to waters where good iand-based air support would Do available. Moreover, the enemy's submarine fleet is intact ard could be used to good effect in home waters.
 Just how much of the Imperial fleet remains afloat and able 70 fight after this weeks battle Of the Philippines is not known certainly because an accurate estimate of the enemy's pre-battie strength is not available.
 On the basis of the best ififornias ton available, however, 1t appears that at least half of Japafl's battle. ship strength has been sunk, put out of action Of damaged; that US cruiser strength has been reduced by better than two-thirds aid us aircraft carrier force by more than one.tiird. It is not known how soon Japan can repair her damaged ships.
 The experts said the enemy navy, stunned and suffering serious dam. age, including permanent loSs oi important fleet elements. is now M a position where 1t cannot afford another clash as costly as the battle in Philippine waters.
 For the Japanese naval high com. mand there is only tic unhappy prospect that another showdown battle viii very likely Dc even more expensive, perhaps final, because the 0, 6. feet is growing stronger ~ unprecedented pace.
 Tn c nation jubilant with the great American naval victory, thefe was perhaps none more elated than President Roosevelt himself: He hastily summoned White House news correspondents to his ofiice late yesterday to inform them of ( dispatch from Admiral William r. Haiscy, Jr., prociainiirg that the "Japaiiesc Navy in the Philippines area has been defeated, seriously damaged and routed"
 Mir, Roosevelts enthusiasm spread
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26

The victory smashed ai1 all-or-nothing Japanese bid to wreck the American i1lyas- ion of the Philippines and, by the same token, dealt the enemy fleet a blow from which naval observers be- lieved 1t may never recover. Virtually the whole Japallese fleet participated in the abof. tive three-Way assault and at one time it's surface units were within 70 miles of the American beachhead oia Leyte.
 Gommuniques from ileadquaTtefa Of Ninitz ct Pearl Harbcf and 0ene erai Douglas MacAfthuf ct Leyts itself gave the following toll ok enemy ships to date:
 sunk-D 1 batIeship of the 20,300-tcn Xa~ fnashiro class.
 2 aircraft carriers.
 cruisers.
 Unspecified number of destfcyers, but ct least two.
 Probably 6unk-5 2 battieships.
 large carrier.
 Damagsd-Ie [ battieships.
 cruisers.
 Unspecified number of destrcyefs. but at least 5.
 sit Heavily Four Of the damaged batleships were fit heavily with bombs end when last seen were retiring at ioW
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26
Biggest Small Carrier Wins
Hy RALPIE TEATeORTW

By RALPH TEAxDO8xA (United Press War CoFrespeuaeHt1 Representing the COmbined AIIieA Press, Distributed by United KFe1s)
 Aboard Admiral Kincaid's wlaBA ship of Leyte, oct. 26s-(UPD-Ifl0 Pacific Jeep FIeet-The .. 6. emaN carrier force -scoFed ftg most Inc pressiye victory over the Japaneee in q day of hectic fighting oyer the LHyte area Tuesday when the enemy made ilis first show Of aerial strength since tic Philippine ialld# ing.
 wildcats end Avengers from Che baby carriers down @ Jap twins engined bomberg and seven fIaalf% CTS with less Of two V, 6. planes and one pilot. Preliminary est mates also show our GshteFs scored seven pFcbabIes against tzae fag6s of at least 100 Japanese planee eH1f
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26

The only AmeFlcan IoSseS announceo-1hu SElsSs figures apparently were complete for the action to date = were the 1O,0O0.ton light carrier Princeton, and an escort carrier sunk, several destrcyers and escort carriers damaged and several PIT boats sunl or damaged
 Admiral Chester w. Nimitz confirmed in his sec ond communque of the battle that American surface ships. as we'll as carrier aircraft had engaged the enemy fleet, firing broadsides of shells ranging up to IA and 16 inches into the first Japanese warships to come within range of their guns in two years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26
VICTORY GROWS T0
 TREMENDOUS PROPORTION
VENTILATION
 FACES NAYS
 INN. NORWAY
BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press War Correspondent)

(United Press War COFFespondent)
 Moscow, October 26. = (Up) -- The Soviet Arctic offensive today was driving the remnants of the German Lapland Army back across the Norwegian barrens when it faced disaster with winter gales already bowling and virtually all the Nazi supplies of its lost Kirkenes base in the hands of the Red Army.
 With winter already at hand on the bleak Varanger- ford of Norway'S northern most tip the routed Germans faced annihilation at the hands of Soviet forces. The alternative was a starving, frozen retreat across the almost trackless wastes.
 Front dispatches to the Soviet press reported today that the Red army had seized . fuil years stock of Nan Lapland army supplies whan it captured Kirkenes. The booty included three enormous aiii- intuition and fuel dumps and doz. ens of warehouses loaded with food and winter equipment. :.
 The combined Russian assault from sec and land tgappe4 khe. daEs mans. compelling them t0 flee eo rapidly they neither had time to destroy their stores nor to attempt to cart them with them.
 With the capture of Kifkenes sev- era! large NaA air bases and sup" marine Installations which the Der. mans had used to attack Allied Arctic conveys fell into Russian hAnds.
 Soviet reports from East Prussia said violent battles were raging on the approaches to Q strategic town, presumably Insterburg, although the city was not named by the re-: ports. The dlspathes said the Red army had penetrated the outer dee fense system of tho city and were
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Chief Specialist, physical train. ing division, United States Navy, better known to Waterburians as Mlchey Genar0, former feather. weight boxer, and north end resi-. dentj who has been h0n0rably discharged from World War IT service, in which he enlisted In February, 1898. Assignment to Che South Pacific war theater was among his record, which included injury and hOspltallsatIon since last March.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26
At Least 30 Big Jap Warships Are Sunk Or Crippled In Running Fight
BY FRANK TREMAINE United Press War COrrespondent)

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26
Jops DseI0Fs
 "AmeEicO Hes Lost the Wor''
'By United PTess

By UMEtod FEeS1
 q Japanese broadcast Te. corded by United Press today, commenting on the battle of Leyte Cuff said t wasn't pos- slble to reveal what further laeasmres Weuid he taken by slae Jnpansse fleet but sene 9lllme ls nov eIeaEi AnlsElee has Apsl ihe waF.R
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Evening star., 1944-06-16
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. Where did the famous Orloff
diamond come from originality
H. B. N.
A. This gem formed one of the
eyes of the statue of Brahma in
temple at Trichinopoli in Mysore,
Southern India. Stolen by French
soldier early in the 18th century,
it changed ownership several times
and finally was sold in Amsterdam
to Prince Orloff of the Russian
court for $450000. The Prince, hop
ing to regain the lost favor of
Catherine II, presented the dia-
mond to the crown of Russia.
@. Is Ethiopia today as large and
populous as it was before the Ital-
ian conquest?-J. D. B.
A. The original boundaries were
restored upon liberation from Ital-
ian control.
@. Which produces the more
sugar per acre, sugar cane or sugar
beets?-E. Y.
A. The sugar beet at best pro-
duces two tons of sugar per acre
while sugar cane can produce as
high as seven tons.
O. On what date did Nine. Chang
Kai-shek address Congress?-E. L. H.
A. She addressed Congress on
February 18, 1s43, the first private
citizen ever to do so.
@. What is the source OF the
saying, THE exception proves the
rule"?-P. M.
A. 1t is found in The Cheats:
To the Reader" by John Wilson,
1864.
@. Is the noon sun ever overhead
anywhere in the United States?-
r. K.F.
A. Since the Tropic of Cancer is
everywhere south of the United
States the noon sun is always south
and never is directly overhead at
any point in this country. How
ever, at Key West, Fla, the noon
sun is extremely close to a vertical
position on June 81.
@. Is Gibraltar separated from
the mainland?-C. C.G.
A. A canal, 20 feet wide, built
across the isthmus, as a wartime
safety precaution, now separates
Gibraltar from the mainland.
@. What was the population Of
Chicago at the time of the Chi
cago fire?-R. D. B.
A. The big fire in Chicago was In
1871. In 1870 the population of Chi
cago was 298,977.
Evening star., 1944-06-16
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practices should be corrected at
home.
He deplored a situation in which
he said colored youth is given an
education and then offered employ
ment "as a shoeshine boy or che
vator operator
Headway Toward Recess.
Considerable headway toward Con-
gress' goal of acting on all Govern
ment supply bills before recessins
next week was made yesterday, when
both houses sent to the President
the long-pending S8.766, 100000 In
dependent Offices bill, without the
controversial Senate amendment to
abolish the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority's revolving fund and require
it to operate entirely on congress
sional appropriations. Senator Nc
Kellar, Democrat, OF Tennessee, OBJ
tanned an agreement, however. re-
quiring the agency to submit flnan-
cial statements to Congress every
four months.
The final agreement on the bill
also eliminated the McKellar
to require Senate con-
Evening star., 1944-06-16
Danaher Praises FEP(
As Debate on Funds
For Agency Opens

The work of the Presidents Fair
Employment Practices Committee
and of its chairman, Malcolm Ross
was defended today by Senator
Danaher, Republican, of Connecti-
cut as the Senate began debate on
the S500000 item in the War Agen-
cies Appropriations Bill to run the
committee next year.
Southern Senators were prepared
to wage a fight against the item
challenging the powers delegated tc
the committee bf executive order
and contending Congress should
pass basic law creating the agency
Senator Danaher said he had
drafted such a proposed law to be
offered as an amendment to the
pending supply bill, but after con-
ferences with Mr.. Ross, has decided
to wait and let the House act first
on a similar bill now the subject
of hearings.
Will Fight to Keep Item.
Meanwhile, supporters of the
agency will fight to keep the $780,
900 in the supply bill,
Senator Danaher said there Ger
tainly has been racial discrimina-
ton" and declared that if there
is to be peace and freedom through
out the world after this war. such