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Evening star., 1944-04-24
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Evening star., 1944-03-05

pushing through the deep snow, the short legs
having trouble with the drifts.
In the Briefng Room, Captain Gregos
Zylsov was going over the orders with Co
pilot Boris Moletof as if nothing had hap
pened. Neither spoke of the replacement gum
ner assigned them a scant hour before. Nor
did they talk of the need for one - or the
new panel of CLASSY plastic in the belly-gun
turret But Mikhail Dariev, the tail-glnner,
was different; when he was not working he
was always talking. Maybe I'm old-fash-
ioned, comrades" he said. land maybe I'm
wrong. but think girls are good - in their
place And that's at home" The two pilots
were silent.
''On the other hand" continued Dariev,
maybe she will not be too bad They say she
got decoration in the infantry. A sharp
shooter ribbon
Maybe she will bake you cake. snapped
the Captain.
OARIEv looked his surprise. Never before
had he heard Cregor Zykov bark like that.
In moment he understood; Captain Gregor
was under heavy strain. There was the new
plane with its combat tests; on top of that,
a Nazi dog had fired lucky bullet that
pierced the belly-gun blister. and now there
was new gunner who was breaking the last
straw by being late. Anyone would bark.
And the room smelled heavy enough to give
Evening star., 1944-03-05

man headache Flying clothes hung on the
wall like harness for three horses. Belts.
straps. and buckles; parachute packs sagging
on their webbing The cold seeped into the
room, and the men wore thick sweaters to
help the rusty stove in the middle of the floor.
Would it not be better. Captain, to wait
until tomorrow? Then they could send us an
experienced man from the south 1t would be
better" The co-pilot looked as if it had been
great effort to speak.
OUR comrades cannot wait - even one
day." said Gregor, without lifting his eyes,
But the mention of time made him look at
his wristwatch, and he cursed aloud Short
handed or not, they would have to 60. They
could wait no longer for this - this - gunner
the Colonel was supposed to have sent over
Their brand-new bomber model needed but
one more combat mission, and the ''X'' for
experimental could be taken off the wings
and the factory swing into volume production
The three men pushed through the door,
Captain Gregor, in the lead, almost bumped
into the girl in her overstuffed clothes
you are here!" he exclaimed. why are
you on the steps this way? 1t is cold''
Il did not know was to come in; am to
come with you now?" Natalia stood as straight
as she could, but the men were giants beside
her.
With shrug, Captain Gregor swung off
Evening star., 1944-03-05

= 0NDERSLzED even in the fat wadding of
the flying clothes, the figure inside the
- fence was breaking off the icicles,
throwing them down the steep-banked snow,
and watching fxedly ar the blue fragments
went rolling and sliding. 1t was still dark, but
there was yellow light from the Office win
dow, and the icicles glistened family. The
warm clothes were welcome. They prevented
slivering - which someone might think was
trembling.
Outside the fence stood woman and a
small boy The mother held back her little,
foolish. worried questions. Only the boy
spoke Il will be big one day. and too will
kill them"
The flying clothes legs like hockey goalie,
body a big bundle, and head encased in
helmet, stirred slightly 1T won't last that
long"
Across the snow-blanketed flying field,
newn from the steppes, glided landing
bomber. A blizzard OF snow and cold swirled
over the fence. The people turned their backs.
slowly and like ranch cattle, dumbly, numbly
''Good-by," said the figure at the fence
you are better than they are. my child
Do not forget. said the mother. But the wind
picked up her words - and her child was
Evening star., 1944-03-05

toward the hangar, half-hidden in the flying
snow. Dawn was beginning to brighten the
eastern sky, but there was no promise OF sun.
"You are frightened, girl?" asked Mi<hail
When she did not answer, he spit long hole
in the snow and laughed. They never have
more than twenty guns to our one. girl. No
need to be frightened. Just shoot them first
or you die. That's all.
NArALIA understood why she had been
chosen as the replacement when she crawled
into the cramped bubble of glass under the
fuselage. No normal-sized man could have
fitted into the thing. As the engines warmed
up and the propeller blasts threw chunks OF
ice and rivers of frozen air backward, she
received her instructions. She wriggled to
find comfortable position. But there was
none.
A mechanic showed her the inner-hatch
release and slammed it tight With her shoul-
ders hunched and her head tucked down to
keep from banging on the cabin floor above
and to make her eyes rove downward in all
directions, Natalia knew her first flight was
all business. 1t was frightening, but she was
glad that she was the only right-sized gunner
available when the need for one arose. She
vowed she would make every shot count
There had been no time for anything but
the briefest of information about her assign
ment when the Colonel called on her. And
Natalia was glad that she had listened 50
eagerly to her brother on his trips home,
before he was killed. Now. for instance! AS
the big plane was rolling with gathering speed
down the runway, she watched the ground
only inches under her toes, and might have
been jumpy about the retractable wheels
holding their place if she had not learned from
her brother of the locking pins that make the
wheels behave.
Before the first hour was up, Natalia was
trembling from the cold, and if she was also
trembling from fear, she could not be blamed
1t was 10000 feet straight down to the near
est land. She could see nothing solid nearby
for her head was 50 cramped and rigid that
TW-3-5-A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
1900 Planes BIitz Reich Oil Plants

London, Aug. 24 - tU.PD More than 1900 American heavy bombers attacked numerous oil refineries, aircraft plants and other industrial targets in central and northern Germany and at Brux on the Ger man-czechoslovakian border today when clearing weather permitted resumption Of the Allied aerial of- fensive.
 Flying fortreSses and liberators Of the U. s. Eighth Air Force accom- panied by a strong force Of fighter planes. carried out tine raid, one of the heaviest American assaults in days, with visual bombing and the results were reported generally good to excellent"
 The Eighth Air Force listed the following targets; synthetic oil plants at Merseburg, Misburg, Ruh- land and Bruy: oil refinery at Frei. tai, near Dresden; an aircraft plant at Brunswick: fighter and bomber assembly plant at Brunswick; Nazi airf0rce stations near MersehuTg and HannOyer: Radio equipment Factory nt WeimaT and industrial targets at Kiel.
 The air ministry announced that RAF Lancasters with fighter escorts dumped i2,000-pound bombers on German torpedo boat shelters at IJmutden. Holland, while another force of HalifaY boTnbers attacked shipping at Brest.
 The daylight assaults came less than l2 hours after Mosquitoes of the RAF bomber command raided Cologne and industrial objects in the Ruhr without loss last night,
 Despite Weather
 Despite nnfoyaroble weather dur ing the night British and Dutch Mitchell b0mbers blasted a German fuel dump at Argues La Bataille, south of Dieppe. and all planes re- turned safely.
 Supreme Headquarters disclosed that more than 300 motor vehicles and I5 river barges were destroyed by fighter bombers in attacks yes- terday on the enemy's Seine escape routes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
RuInors Insist That
 Bordeaux Is Freed
Ry UnIied PressD

glae British Broadcasting Cor p0Fnti0n said today that the French Atlantic port of Bordeaux has been liberated.
 The br0adcant, recorded by the United Press in New York, said BoTs deaug. the fourth largest city in France. was taken by . combined force Of Allied troops and French parttsaiis.
 Radio Algiers said French forces Of the interior occupied Bordeaux this morning.
 There were no immediate details on the reported occupation. but fl vas presumed the Allied units were from an American column that struck across the Loire river near Nantes more than a week ago.
 Uneonfirmed reports in the past few days said the Americans were in the Ang0uieme area, 65 miles northeast Of B0rdeaux and about i30 miles south Of Loire.
 The Russian army newspaper Red Star sail Allied armies had made their third invasion Of France at Bordeauy, but t gave no details or source for the report.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Poles Toke ItoIy Towns

Rome, Aug, 2i -- (UPl - Polish troops of the British Eighth Army captured the towns of San Giorpio and Piagge, just south of the Me- taur0 river between the AdTiatie coast and Ippollto, l2 miles inland, today while on the western flank of the same sector Italian troops oceu- pied cagli, five miles north of Cam tiana,
 Polish patrols crossed the Metanro at one point and encountered much stiffer resistance than anticipated front dispatches said, but generally the Polish units were engaged in p0ns0lidating their positions south Of the Metaur0 from Mount Mag gi0re to the sea,
 In addition to taking Cagli, Ital- ian forces sent out patrols four miles east to Mount Marlell0 and two miles beyond, around Mount San Lorenzo, without making contact
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Spilled Oil Is Suit BOsis

An upnusual collision on Soutbs ingtOD Mountain March l7, when Q truck allegedly skidded on oil spill cd in a previous accident, Is the basis Of two civil actions, one for si0000 and the other for e7,600 damages, filed in superior court to- day, Several other suits, ail Fetirn- able to the court September s, were entered on the court docket,
 The plaintiffs ip the RouthingtOD ease are the standard Express, Inc, of Waterbury, which seeks e7.600 for loss Of it's traet0rstrailer truck, and Lawrence ], Ryan Of Waterbury, its driver, who seeks el0O00 fOr per- s0Dal injuries, The defendant Is William Wess0D Of Waterbury, owner Of teh gas truck involved ip the previous aceidebt,
 The plalptlifs claim the highway was widely covered with oll spilled from the defendant's truck when ii overturned on the highway, The
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Quit Port
 Of Worsow

London, Aug, 2s-lUPl-6erman forces are eyaeuating the eastern Warsaw area in the fact Of active Soviet patroling. a patriot c0mmuni. que received by Polish quarters here reported today,
 The Germans were said to be moving equipment westward from Praga, a suburb on the east bank Of the Vistula, over the three main WaTsaw routes which they have been able to keep open despite Pos fish attacks, t was said.
 The e0inmuplque disclosed that the patriots were forced from the AFGeilal building ip the center Of WhTsaw after heavy fighting but eald the main building at the P0ly- hshcnie Institute and another ads ealning structure were TeeaptnTed by 6eneFal BoT's forces,
 Fighting was reported raging through the streets and ruins Of buildings of the old city, which was described as completely devastated,
 Throughout yesterday German artillery and mOrtafs, supported by garpianes, heavily b0mbaFded the entire city, tt vas satd,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Nozis Admit Petoin Grob

London, August 2S, - tuP) - 4 Zurich dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph said today that German sources had confirmed that Mar shal Henri Philippe Petain and Premier Pierre Laval of France had been taken to Germany,
 Petain was reported to have been seized by Gestapo agents at Vlehy last Sunday and taken to an un' known destination,
 "A Swiss broadcast, recorded by the EGG, said the aa-year.old Marshal before his arrest Sunday, left a farewell letter to the French people to "rany in unity around those who give you a guarantee that they will lead you on the path Of honor and order"
 Retain defended his acts as chief of state under the German oeeupa' ton, the broadcast said, by declaring he had wanted to be the "Shield' of France since he was no longer able tO he the "sword"l
 4 Madrid dispatch said il was res liably reported from France that French Patriots have gained com. plele control of Yichy and a number of officials were fleeing southwest ward from the provisional French capital
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24

Lewiston, Me, August 2i, - ipPl TT What is probably the nations first taen.age jury will sil here neSl month ta pronounce judgment on its bobby s0g peers in an effort 70 make the punishment 1t the crime in juvenile delinquency eases
 The juvenile jury t0 try juvenile crimes was evolved by mAnlelpal judge Adrian 4, Cote when cases el teensage laWrbreakers reached starr ling proportions, Judge Cote said that 42 dellnguRnls were arrested last year and go children received drastic court penalties in the hFsI siE months Of this year
 Jurors f0f both petit and grand juries will be chosen by the snperin. teDdents Of the public and par0ehlal schools 0n . basis of good school citizenship and good marks" The hearings, said Judge Cote, will be eOndneted informally though the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Teen-age Jurors WH Aid Judge Try yuveniLe Case

general scheme Of jury trials will Do preserved"
 Rules of evidence long involved ernss-eXamlnalions and legal teph- nipaliiies will be admittad only in- solar as they aid the particular ease" he added
 Age Of the jurors will depend on the age Of the delinquent, but none will be older than l6, At the outset the jurles, which win include six girls and siN boys, will meet once a week though eventually sessions may be held every saturday and Wednesday,
 "The principal function of the juvenile jnries will be to advise the judge said, "FIna disposition of each case vii remain ln my hands"
 He added that juvenile juries will
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Dems PIon
 New Offices .In New Hoven
NEA Teleplloto.

Campaign headquarters of the State Democratic party will be opened soon in New Haven, 1t was announced to the Democrat today by Adrian Maher strafford, neVly1 appointed state central c0mlaittee chairman Present Headquarters in Hartford will be retained as an alx- Hilary office.
 Three officers of the state central committee were today appointed by Mr. Maher under powers conferred upon him by the general committee two weeks ago. The officers are: Treasurer. Prank ]. Madden, Jr. Wethersiield; assistant secretary, Katherine Quinn, West Hartford and secretary. James ". Roche, New Haven deputy registrar Of voters and police commissioner.
 No definite plans for the opening of the Democratic campaign headed by gubernatoTial candidate. former Coy. Robert A. Hurley and U. s. senatorial candidate Brien MeMa- hon have yet been formulated. but district nleetings throughout con- nectieut are being arranged to de. terinine future campaign plans.
 The state headquarters have been located in Hartford for some time but are being transferred to New Haven to facilitate transportation problems in the belief that the latter site Is more convenient fOT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Press Asks Less Secrecy At Durabarton Oaks Meets

Washington, Aug, 24-luPl " Chairman Edward R. stettlDlls, Jv., will be asked today by news correspondents assigned to the DumbaFt0n Oaks world organization conference to reconsider press RFv arrangements which maintain con- plete secrecy oyer the three power deliberations,
 stetiiDius. slV Alegander cadogaI, the British chairman, and AWbaGse. dor AndTel 4, 6r0mgk0s the soviet chairman, wtll meet committee Of the State Department c0Tespo0' dents Association Rt the DnlDbaF' ton Oaks estate at 70 g, %, 10 Fe' eeiVe Q protest nlem0FandDm DreE pared by the Associations executive committee,
 The meeting was arranged ln the midst Of events Abr0Adwtbe sllrs render Of R0manla end the fall Of PaTis-whieh placed . new note
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
U. 5. Troops Close Of All
 Alpine Roads

London, Aug. @ -OPl- The
 AIgiers Fadie said today that Hen
 dave, SC, Jean De Lug and ether
 towns along the FraneO-s spanish
 frontier on the Bay of Blseay are
 nov in the hands Of French pa-
 triOt forces.
 Rome, Aug. 2i-(UP)--Ameriean mechanical columns were reported to have sealed the Franco Italian Alpine passes today after a light ming 6s-mile adyaEce from Gre noble 10 the Swiss frontier, while Allied land, sea and air forces broke down the last German deienses in the encircled naval base of Toulon,
 There was no official coahrma- ton Of the reported thrust to the Swiss frontier which, if verified, would put the American columns within l75 miles or less of u. Gen. George s, Pattons tank spearheads sweeping down on Troyes from the Paris area,
 The report said American hattle- flags had been planted near the shores of Lake Geneva, about 62 miles northeast Of Lyon, after q forced night march from captured Grenoble,
 With American troops astrlde the Franeo-swiss frontier, the mountain routes Of escape into northern Italy
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Flyers Own Are Too LOte

chataaneuf, Aug, lB-lc0Freetl-- lUPl-Tbis Is the town Of Monsieur Le Cure Albert Gaill0t and every morning, now that the Americans have arrived, the cure has ap tfas p0Ttant duty 10 perform,
 He goes down t0 the cemetery within the shadow Of his I7th eefls tuTy church, kneels by . eTave and WblspeTsi
 SYol, see, my son, ! told you tbls-' they have e0ine,'
 This grave differs from others ln the ancient burial ground because lis dirt Is still fresh from spade W0unds, There gre flowers spread nr0fusely across It and Fed, white and blue shield star at the head with the words "A h0tFe LlbeFateuF."
 Thls is the gFaVe Of Rn American flyer who vas shot down lIl Q dog. fight over the town Aug, l.
 iThat was . black day t0r 0nr side" the cure said, "ID . tFemen' d0lls battle over the town feuE Az Ted planes were d0Wned, This boy waa the only one to fall ln Cha ieauneuf, however, ts dropped too
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
No Let Up In
 Pceifie Air Blows

American homhers continued their steady assaults on Japanese bases from HalmaheFa and the Philippines to the Ronln Islands, ah0 miles south of Tokyo, and the Japanese radio reported today that U, 8, air men had made new attacks in the pnlCana Islands,
 Southwest Pacific flyers continued their sollenlng hp campaign against Halmahera, aa0 miles from the Philr ippines, with a new attack on Kaoe village Patrol planes raided payan on Minaana0 Island for the seventh time Monday,
 Liherat0rs dropped 30 tons on enemy installations al GeFaW in the Molnoeas Tuesday,
 One Of two navy llberat0rs was lost Tuesday ln sinking two Japan ese cargo ships and damaging third off Chlehl Jima in the BOnln
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24

this patrol; but, as she has had . splendid record since the early days Of the var, it is believed she vas engaged ID the same relentless atv tacks against the enemy up until the time she was reported missing,
 "As radt0man, second class of the 6Tenadieg, William Harold Keete's performance Of duty materially con- lgibnted to the success of this vessel against the enemy, The e0mmanE der, submarine force, Pacific fleet, forwards this e0mmendatlOn in recognition Of his splendid peFS l0Fmanee Of duty, which was in keepS ing with the highest traditions 70 the naval service"
 Young Keefe was reported UllssE ing in action 0n May 20, lets, The submarines last patrol was be- lieyed t0 have taken place in Febs FuaFy, The International Red Gross reported last December that Kpele Is being held as a prisoner 0f war by Japan, His first letter to nls parents was received last Aug, R, He Is At Fnku0ka, Japan, and writes be k tD good health and spirits"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24

0f urgency upon the pumbaFt0p Oaks meetings, Gad0gaD warned the delegates Monday that they must work fast and we'll because the war iD Europe might De oyer eaTlieF than some tblDk, The three powers are in agreement that some sort 0f organization should be created be- t0Fe the European phase Of the war Is oyer, g possible,
 The correspondents asked for an interview with steltlnins several hours before John Poster Dulles, foreign policy adVis0V for Gov, Thomas E, Dewey, told reporters after a two and Q half hour e0nfeTT eDee with Secretary Of State Cor dell Hull;
 "IM inclined to think that there could De more Information gIveD than is being given about the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24

Allied Forces began moving on the city yesterday against German resistance, head quarters spokesmen said.
 Shortly before the an. nOuncement that Paris had not yet been freed, President Roosevelt issued a special statement in Washington haiIing the 'liberati0n" of the former French capital as dispeIIing the patch ot gloom" which had remained ''thr0ugh the rising tide ok Allied successes.")
 There was no official word at headquarters that Allied relief col- umns had yet entered Paris, ale though a dispatch from CBS Cor respondent Charles Collingwood, datelined Paris. said the French 2nd Armored division arrived there yesterday.
 Gen. Pierre Koenig, commanders in-chief of the French Forces of the Interior. announced early yes- terday that Paris had been liberated by an army of 50.000 organized Pa- triot troops and hundreds of thou- sands of revolting Parisians.
 His announcement apparently was based on the German armistiee request, which the Uatriots accepted at face value as gignifying that the Nazis intended Co evacuate the city. Double Cross
 Then, even as jubilant crowds through the Free French empire and the Allied world were celebrat- ing the liberation Of Europe's queen city, the Nazis repudiated the pledge on which they had obtained brief truce from the Patriots and resumed the battle.
 Latest reports reaching Allied headquarters from the turbulent city said the French still held parts of Paris but that street fighting still was in progress.
 The embattled Patriots. facing a garrison estimated at 10000 or more crack German troops, were fighting desperately with rifles, machine guns, anti-tank weapons and light Allied airmen.
 CollingwOod's account Indicated that the poilus of the French 2nd artillery parachuted into them by division under the legendary desert warrior, Brig, Gen. Jaoque Leclere. were swarming through the streets in tanks and armored cars to sup- port the Outmatched Patriots.
 Scanty information available at headquarters suggested that the French still held the greater part of Paris, with the Germans fighting them from street barTieades and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Yonk Tanks In MorseiIIe
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD lUnifd Press War Correspondent

Marseille, France, Aug, 23,-(UPl American lend-lease tanks manned by French troops rolled down La Cannebiere, the main street of Mar- seiile, today, blasting German nor. tar and snipeF positions from tur- Fets which the OYerj0yed p0pulace Of this great southern seaport had gaTlanded with gladioli, dahlias and roses, ! arrived in the center of the town just as the tanks were win ming the battle for the main street end by dusk virtually all opposition had been reduced except for an ar- tilleFy battery that still was l0b- blng shells into the town from west Of the old port area,
 Both the old and new ports were under heavy mortar and snlper fire and ! could only get close enough for glimpse which confirmed reF ports of citizens that the Germans had blown up the port installations
 Back of the port area the town was about SO per cent intact alT though most of the windows in the center had been blown out and shop windows were spllllng out theW merchandise through gaping, spllnF tered plate glass,