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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-05
OrIemonski
Coming Back
ToAmericu
(signal Corps photo from NEA)

Springfield, Mass, May 5 (U
P) - Cancelling scheduled confer
ences at Vatican City and London,
the Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanski OF
Springfield will return here direct
next week from his much criticized
mission to Moscow, a confldant Of
the priest said today.
An official of the Polish National
Society of Father Orlemanskis par
ish said he had received word from
the priest regarding the change Of
plans. This official added that there
were two reasons for Father Orle-
manski's decision to forego a visit
to the Vatican and a conference
with the Polish government in exile
at London: Cd Nationwide protests
against his mission to Moscow and
CD The unexpected success Of his
conference with Premier Marshal
Joseph Stain.
The official said Father Orleman-
ski was eager to explain his mission
which has been bitterly criticized
by Catholic churchmen and a Mich
igan congressman.
Washington, May 5. UP)-The
visit to Russia by Father Stanislaus
Orlemanski Of Springfield, Mass,
drew criticism today from members
of the Roman Catholic church.
The Revs. A. A. Skoniecki of
Turner Falls, Mass, and Andrew
LekarcZyk of Webster, Mass, mem
bers of the Polish American Con-
gresS, protested that Orlemanski
was the "leaSt Representative" of all
Polish Americans. They said they
would ask the administration to ex-
plain why he was permitted to go
to Moscow.
Charging that Orlemanski's visit
would ALLEVIATE or at least dis
courage" the war effort, the priests
indicated they also may seek to
visit Moscow but added that plenty
Of other priests had applied for
visas but had been refused.
Orlemanski has said his trip was
being made in a private capacity.
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Gondhi May
Be Released

London. May S - O.P) - Mar
shall Viscount Wavell, Viceroy of
India, was understood today to be
considering releasing Mohandas K.
Gandhi, 74-year-old Indian Nation
alist leader from internment.
Gandni mas been suffering from
Malaria and low blood pressure and
his personal physician, DR.. B. C..
Roy, said early today that the
elderly leader was very weak" and
incapable of undertaking his
normal mental and physical work.
DR.. Roy added, however, that
Gandhi was as Jolly and alive as
ever"
Wavel was expected to consult
the cabinet in London before re-
leasing Gandhi, who was interned
August 8, 1912, in the Aga Khan's
palace, south of Bombay. on
charges of melting fatal riots and
sabotage in his campaign for Indian
independence.
If Gandhi should prove too III to
move, his release might be effected
by simply removing the guards
from his prison villa.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-05
NewIyweds
Lond In JoiI

Denver, Colo. May 5. UP)-After
a night in jail. Elaine Monifredi
Wisecarver, 81, Los Angeles mother
Of two small children who eloped
with l4-year-old Ellsworth Wise
carver, waived extradition today to
California.
Police said Los Angeles authorities
had notified them that they were
on their way to take her back to
face q charge Of child stealing made
by her child bridgerooms mother,
Mrs. z. 9. Wisecarver.
The couple was arrested late yes
terday In O Denver hotel lobby as
they awaited money which they hac
telegraphed the brides mother, MRS
M. McEnee, to send them.
Capt. James Childers quotes MIS-
Monfredi Wisecarver as having ad-
Enitted she had one illegltimate
child before she met james Mon
fredi, her common law husband. she
also said that she had lived as COM
mon law wife with M0nfredi fof
two years and had one child by him.
PICK UP AT 6TH PdH. the Bride,
The bride told ofiicers thai
whatever happens because OF TIM
trouble, sonny cher honeymoon
name for the Juvenile groom and
win be back together some day"
II didn't steal him." she added
I'VE love each other niadly and We
eloped. So whats"
The boy echoed her sentiment.
elaine Is my ilrst and only love.
he said. Il love her ana 7 donr
ffzantinsssd an Rnaa a
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-05
YankS Extend At
Dutch New Guinea
CUT ESCAPE
ROUTES or
TRAPPED laps

BY WILLIAM b. DICKINSON
UNITED Press War CorrespondeAsl
Allied H e a d gu arterss
Southwest Pacific, May 5.
(UP)-U. s. troops extended
their control of the Hum
boldt Bay area with two new
landings on the Dutch New.
Guinea coast in a move to cut
the escape routes of Japanese
trapped in the region, 1t was
announced today.
A communique by General
Douglas Macarthur disclosed
that the Americans landed at
Torare Bay, IL miles north
west of Hollandia, and at
Demta, 16 miles west Of Tan
ahmerah Bay, last Friday
six days after an Allied force
invaded Dutch New Guinea
'Mopping up continues and small
bands Of the enemy in the sur
rounding areas are giving them
selves up to our patrols" the COM
munique said.
A spokesman cid opposition a
the landings was very light and
that only two Japanese were killed
at Demta, the western anchor OF
the Allied front on northern New
Guinea, stretching 100 miles east
ward to Aitape.
Front dispatches estimated that
&C, 1000 Japanese troops were trapped
in the isolated area OF British New
Guinea, east of Hollandia, with Al
lied forces closing in from both
sides.
In the Aitape area, 125 miles be-
| low Hollandia, spokesman reveal
ed that a total Of 842 Japanese haA
been killed up to Tuesday, and II
was reported that the enemy forces
were continuing to withdraw over
inland trails toward Wewak, o
miles to the east.
An authority at Headquarters be-
heved the japanese would put up
stronger opposition in the north.
western section Of Dutch NeAs
Guinea, where they were reporteG
strengthening their forces 40
Schouten Islands in Geelvink Bay.
450 miles west Of Hollandia, with
naval aircraft.
Daily Raids
Allied bombers have raided the
Geelvink Bay bases almost daily N
the past week, and while the COM
munique did not mention any new
attacks in that area, it disclosed
further assaults on Wakde Island
and he nearby coastal sections ITO
miles west of Hollandia.
Medium bombers on two success
sive days bombed and strafed Wax
de airdrome and the mainland
coast from Sarmi to Takar, destroy
ing two grounded enemy planes and
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worst BURNED
GIRL FIGHTS
FOR Her LIFE

Boston, May 5. - CUP =
An 8-year-old Woburn girl
was in the midst of a battle
for life against burns today
and a physician said in a
noon bulletin that if she
makes the grade ut will be
an unforeseen miracle"
Little Florence Ward,
three-quarters of her body
covered with second and
third-degree burns, will
reach the crisis in her strug-
gle to live about 8 tonight,
said DR.. George Bottomly in
his report.
II find the Ward girls condition
very critically low, much worse than
yesterday" he said. ut is evident
to me that she Is in the middle OF
the shock. If she makes the grade
1t will be an unforeseen miracle. II
she's alive at 8 o'clock tonight she'll
be well on her way to winning her
first major battle"
DR.. Bottonly said that he would
hold a consultation with burn spe-
cialists about / p. m. He said that
at that time 10 British sailors were
reporting to give transfusions and
taht 10 persons would be arriving
each hour for blood-donor appoint
ments until sufficient donations had
been made.
Whispered prayers mingled with
family murmured pleas for Mother"
came from the raw lips Of little
Florence Ward who became a human
torch wednesday when a bottle Of
fingerpail polish tumbled from q
stove in the kitchen Of her home,
Splashed over her and caught fire.
Physicians and nurses who main
tained 24-hour vigil at her City
hospital bedside said the child's In
JurieS were even more serious than
those Of Coast GuardSman Clifford
johnson, 20, Of Sumner, Mo, a VIC
tim Of the Cocoanut Grove night
club disaster in November, 1912.
Termed the worst burned" man in
history to live, johnson now Is con-
valescing here after 10 months hos
pitalization.
Fifty-five persons including three
U. S. sailors and - Of her fathers
co-workers have donated blood to
Florence who has been given IA
transfusions in "a hours. Three
hundred persons including British
and American sailors have made
appointments to donate blood. In
addition 100 members Of an AFL
milk drivers union comprising 1890
members took an unprecedented
vote last night and agreed to con-
tribute their blood. Fifty Of them
appeared today to make the offer.
24-Page one
ut is a noble gesture, one to thrill
every doctor engaged in the task of
getting blood, not only for Florence,
but for other children and our merl
overseas" said DR.. Stephen Mad
dock Of City hospital.
Mother Burned Also
Her frantic mother, Florence, was
confined to Woburn hospital with
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-05
British Launch Counter
Offensive In Kohirna Area
BY WALTER LOGAN

UNITED Press War Correspondent
Advanced Allied Headquarters,
Handy, Ceylon, May 5-(UP)-Brit-
ish Imperial forces have launched
a general counter offensive in the
Kohima area Of eastern India, a
communique said today, as tank-led
American and Chinese troops burst
through the main japanese defens-
es in Burma's Mogaung valley anc
raced southwark to within 16 miles
Of Kamaing.
Striking simultaneously from al
sides, powerful British and Indian
armored columns smashed deep in
to the Japanese siege arc around
Kohima and brief official reports
indicated that a major battle was
in full swing on the outskirts OF
the city.
The Allied communique reported
that the attacking Imperial forces
were making satisfactory progress"
in the opening stages of the Of
fensive.
Strong tank and artillery rein
forcements were believed streaming
into Kohima from the Assam Ben
gal rail line at Dimapur, and the
communique indicated that some
British units were striking down
into the Japanese rear from the
hills north of Kohima.
Before Monsoon
The bulk of an estimated 10000
Japanese jungle troops that
launched the invasion of India in
March we're believed concentrated
on the Kohima front and defeat
there would end all enemy hope of
winning an operating base in east
ern India before the Monsoon rains
now little more than two weeks
off.
Meanwhile, Lt.-Gen. Joseph w.
Stilwell's Chinese and American
forces were reported moving swift
" through the lower end of the
Mogaung valley after routing a
strong Japanese column that hda
held them up for four days at In
kangahtawng, Is miles north OF
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Reds Prepare
For New Push
BY HARRISON SALISBURY

United Press Staff Correspondent
Moscow, May 5 - (U.P0 - Rus
sian columns of supplies, ammuni-
ton and tractor drawn artillery
were reported moving up to the
front lines beyond the Prut river
in the Carpathian Foothills of
northeastern Romania today pre-
paratory to a forward push.
"a German communique said
strong Russian forces attacked
throughout the day on a narrow
front along the Siret river in Ro-
mania, where the Nazis have re-
ported Soviet offensive going on
for three days. The attacks were
carried out in many waves at fire.
quent intervals, the German COM
mand reported.)
The Prut still was near flood
stage from melting mountain SHOWS,
but preparations for large scale ac-
ton were carried on despite the
high waters.
On other fronts. the Red Air
Force continued plastering German
supply depots and rail functions pre-
liminary to the expected spring Of
fensive on a grand scale.
Big foNces of Soviet bombers
smashed at SeVastopol Wednesday
night, q communique reported, in
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-05
u S. LnDasion Troops Will Smash Into
Europe With New Type Secret Weapons

sent to Britain after being tested
thoroughly at proving grounds In
the United States.
Every American soldier particle
pating in the forthcoming opera
tons may be assured that his
weapons. ammunition, tanks and We
hicles are superior or at least 70
those OF the enemy" Sayier said.
American arsenals now have pro-
dnced an aii-puTpose gun surpass-
ing the German e8-millimeter gun
In quality and quantity. he report
ed. and added that It might be pos
sible 70 call new American ammunl-
ton with higher explosive charges,
as well ~ certain small arms, "se-
lcrst WeaponsI,
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Col. Joel b. Holmes. deputy ord
nance chief, said the invasion forces
would carry with the menough am
munition 10 last for several weeks.
A Berlin dispatch In the Stock
holm Aftonbladet said German mill
tary leaders believed the Allies plan
10 invade Denmark with powerful
forces" probably simultaneously
with. a cross-channel landing IN
France.
The Danish German border lies
only 226 miles from Berlin and &C.
cupation Of Denmark might pave
the for the Allied fleets 10 force
the Baltic for further landings in
northern Germany and new and
shorter sea link with Russia.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-05
Open Body
Filled Trunk

Los Angeles, May 5.-(UP)-Police
opened q trunk shipped here from
Chicago today and found at least
one body and possibly the bodies of
q woman and child packed in salt.
Authorities said the trunk had
been sent from Chicago April 80
by a John Lopez addressed to
himself In care Of the Railway Elk
press ONCE here. 1t arrived last
night.
Express company employees no.
ticed a bloody brine seeping from
the trunk early today and called
police. The trunk was taken to
the morgue for further inspection
of the contents.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-05
24Word Limit On
Prisoners Letters

Boston, May 5-(UP)-Letters to
American war prisoners in Japan
may not contain more than "a words
between the salutation and the clos
ing, Postmaster Patrick j. Connolly
of Boston said last night.
Connolly said the notice of re-
strictions were contained in a reg
ular bulletin he received yesterday
from the postal department In
Washington and sent to every post
master in the nation.
He said there was no limit to the
number of letters that might be sent
but that letters must discus only
personal and family affairs. He said
unmounted photographs and snap
shots, the subject matter of which
was personal with an unrevealing
background. no writing and such as
would fit an ordinary envelope.
might also be sent.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-05

London, May 5.-(UP)-London's
taxpayers voiced a mild protest to-
day when they discovered they are
paying $7,5O0,0 900 for a water wheel
that hasn't existed for the past
$50 years.
Henry Berry, chairman Of the
Metropolitan Water Board, disclosed
at a board meeting today that the
water wheel was torn down along
with the old London bridge In the
18th century. but the city's taxpay-
ers have been paying $4,000 an
nually for 1t ever since.
Worse than that, he revealed.
the installments have another l4O
years to run.
The wheel was built by Peter
Morice In 1888 to pump water from
the Thomas, giving London its first
mechanical water supply. Morice
cannily exacted q bargain from the
city aldermen whereby London
promised to pay him and his heirs
and assigns $4,000 annually for q
period Of 50 years. So Tar. the
city has paid about $500. 900 on
the contract and the total win be
about eT500, 900 II 1t Is permitted to
run Its full term.
The installments now are being
paid 70 about 1900 persons. none
OF whom are descendants OF the
hard-headed builder. His direct
heirs apparently sold their 800
year rights for ready cash.
Berry estimated II would cost
London about 100000 to buy up the
remaining rights 70 the wheel that
isn't there.
speaking as an engineer" he
said, II can't help being glad that
an engineer made . godo bargain
for once.
But as q public representative"
he added ruefully. II denouEce the
bargain On ali scores"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-05
Bad Weather Slows
Aerial Offensive
PLANES BATTLE
TO DELIVER
AWAY SMASH
By WALTER CRONKITE
UNITED Press War Correspondent

BY WALTER CRONKITE
United Press War Correspondent
London, May 5. - (UP) -
American and British bomb.
ers batt1ed through murky
clouds and rain squalls tc
give German anti-invasior
defenses their 10th daily dose
of explosives today in a four.
way smash at the rocket gun
coast and rail hubs in
France.
The German radio report
ed that United States bomb
ers flew in over the Balkans
under cover Of clouds and at.
tackled Romania today.
1t. Gen. James n. Doolittle's
eighth air force hberators led the
weather-constricted bombing pa
rade against Europe with o dawn
attack on the Pas De Calais. All
Of the 100 or SO heavy bombers and
mustang fighter escort returned
safely from the attack, the fifth
on the French invasion coast in
five days.
The German air force again failed
to challenge the liberators or the
lighter bombers which struck at the
inland rail centers Of Cambria, Va
lenciennes and Somain, France.
Bad flying weather reduced the
scale Of the days early operations
to scarcely more than 500 sorties by
the United States and British air
forces.
American -made Bias Mitchells
and A20 Bostons Of the British Sec
ond tactical air force cut through
rain storms to smack Cambria,
where workers still were trying to
restore important rail yards sre-
peatedly disrupte din recent weeks
by the offensive which was Grip
ping transport behind q wide reach
Of the Atlantic wall.
Ninth air force thunderbolt fight
er-bombers hit the heavily blasted
and equally vital rail center Of Va
lenciennes and yards at Somain.
Residents Of the English Channel
coast were awakened at dawn by
the roar Of outgoing planes, some
Of which were invisible above the
clouds, and by returning mosquito
bombers which penetrated Western
Germany by night.
Thunderbolt pilots who attacked
somain said the rail yards were
filled with freight cars which tumb-
ed end over end as the bombs burst
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Admiral Koqo
.JopClnC
Killed
(By United Pressl

Admiral Mineichi Koga, So, cam
nlander In chief Of the Japanese
fleet and one Of the key commanders
In the seizure Of the Philippines,
was killed in action In March while
directing general operations aboard
an anrplane" OF the front, q Japa-
nese communique disclosed today.
His death followed by II months
that Of his predecessor, Admiral
Isoruko Yamamoto, who planned
and executed Japan's sneak attack
on Pearl Harbor. Yamamoto also
was killed In an airplane while "di-
recting general strategy on eth
front line" in April, 1913.
Tokyo gave no clue as to the
scene or circumstances surrounding
Koga's death other than that 1t
occurred on the front line" an
indication that his plane may have
crashed in the central Pacific or
over the Kurile islands stretching
north frop the Japanese home
islands.
Truk, Japan's main stronghold in
the central Pacific, as well as other
islands in the Caroline chain, has
been under American air attack
since mid-February, while a U. S.
Navy task force sank % Japanese
ships, domaged 10 others and de-
stroyed or damage ala enemy planes
in a three-day attack on the Palau
islands March 20 through 81.
Americna air raids on the Kurile
islands began late last year.
Tokyo also announced the APP
pointment Of Admiral Soyemy To-
yoda as the new commander in
chief Of Japan's combined fleets.
The deaths Of two Japanese gen.
erals Of illnesses contracted while
on "active duty" also was reported
by Tokyo. A Domei dispatch re-
corded by U s.. government monitors
and Maj. Gen. Kumao Oahashi,
head of an army unit In China, and
Maj. Gen. Yoshitada Shimokawa,
commander of a unit at the front"
died April IA and 10 respectively.
The text of the Japanese COM
munique on Koga's death, issued
at 8 p. m. Tokyo time. was re-
corded by the United Press in San
Francisco as follows:
Admiral Mineichi Koga, COM
mander in chief of the combined
feet, died in March Of this year
(Covafin,,aA IN pa0e A.
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The Germans were reported to
have sent strong reinforcenents OF
crack paratroops and other units TO
Denmark late last month TO bolster
the already fairly-large garrison.
Speculation
Mad sources continued their wild
speculation over ID Day" for the
invasion. A Berlin dispatch IN the
Swiss newspaper Journal De 0eneye
said German military experts ex-
pected the invasion TO come "three
weeks from yesterday"
No reason was given for the ar
bitrary choice Of the date.
Paul Joseph ooebbels. German
lc0ntipued an Pass "
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-05
NOTED PHYSICIAN DIES

Boston, May 5.-(UP)-Dr. Alex
ander L. Siskind, rs, of Lawrence,
recipient Of the Jewish Advocate
award for outstanding community
service in 1913, died at a hospital
today after a brief illness.
The Russian-bor physician had
lived In Lawrence more than SO
years and had been one of the
foundners of Temple Israel and a
director Of the Arlington Trust Co,
He leaves O wife, three sons and O
daughter.
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By ROBERT DOwsON

United Press Staff Correspondent
London. May 5.-(UP)-U. 8. IN
vasion forces were told today that
they win smash into Axis Europe
with new type weapons never before
tried In combat, and q Stockholm
dispatch said the Germans expect
at least one Allied force will land
In Denmark on the shortest route
TO Berlin.
Breg. Gen. Henry B. sayler, chief
ordnance officer OF the u. @. Army
In the European theater. wrote n
the Army Newspaper Stars and
Stripes that the new weapons, rep
resenting the best American mill
tasy science Jet has produced, weEl
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Cambridge, Mas, May s-(UpD-
Dependent after being fired fer
cause" from the factory lob be hnd
held for 81 years. pefer xnkow, 90.
stabbed himself Il death.
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-02-05
OBSERVE NE GRO.
HISTORY week
re BRUARY IS.

Negro History Week Is celebrated
this year throughout the nation from
February Is TO 49, Sponsored by
the Association for the Study OF
Negro Life and History. this IS the
nineteenth consecutive year that
this week has been celebrated. The
theme this year is the Negro soldier.
The Detroit Branch OF the Asso-
citation for the Study OF Negro Life
and History will inaugurate the
week with a mass meeting on Sum
day afternoon, February Is at $50
pm. at the Hartford Avenue Baptist
church. The speaker Of the day will
be Prof. A. X. Nysbongo OF State
Teachers college at Montgomery,
Ala. This marks the initial appear
ance OF DR.. Nyabongo as a speaker
in Detroit He is one OF the au-
thorities on Negro history in this
country
On Sunday night the Inkster
Branch OF the association will pre-
sent DR.. Nyabongo in that COM
munity. Throughout the week va
rious churches. clubs, schools, and
organizations will recognize the
importance OF Negro History. The
Detroit public library has an ex-
hibit OF books on the Negro TO be
seen both on the main floor of the
main library on Woodward avenue
and in the social science department
on the third floor.