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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-16
DRIVE TO CUT TANK GORDON
 AROUND CITY
BY ,. EDWARD MURRAY United Press War Correspondsntl

BY !. EDWARD MURRAY United Press War Correspondsnll
 Supreme Headquarters. AEF, Paris, October 10. - (UP) = Aachen front di1- patches reported that "a good proportion of the Ger. man arrnor in the west" opened e major attack to- day, while Franco-Americai1 forces to the south slugged ahead in Q bid to flank the Belfort gap and open the way to southwest Germany.
 German tanks and troops struck in force some four miles northeast of Aachen il1 an attempt to smash through the United States First Army cordon around the city, United Press Correspondent Jack Frankish reported from 0 position cast of Aachef1.
 Veteran PanEer troops, taking ads vantage of a heavy rain which grounded .. 6. Fighter .bonabeFBs iIIs= corked c third ef1ert to retake the seigfried Notifications along 1he Crucifix Hiil-stoiberg ridge. Amer lean infantry and artillery broke lip the pre.dawn onslaught.
 The main weight of the attack was concentrated iF the area seutl1east of Verlauteiiheide which ig three miles northeast Of Aachen.
 United Press War Correspondent Henry T. dorreil reported that the generals "iast completed 6 tour of hte front fines, making sur otNA6 we're buttoned ID for the next at. tack"
 "They say this one will really be something, and that we're nov faem ing c good proportion of the Ger man armor in the west" oofreN added.
 It. Gen. George 6. Patton's Third Army headquarters announced that the Americans mad withdrawn from Fort Driaflt, outpost of the Mosz Notifications after three weeks ef fighting. A spokesman said DE1nnf could have been taken by frontal
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SUPERFORTS SMASH AGAIN
 AT FOUMOSA
BY FRANK TREMAINE Limited Press War Correspondent

hX FRANK TREMAtNE
 Limited Press War CoFFespOndent)
 Pearl Harbor, october l6. - (UP) - The battle of the Western Pacific rages on into It's seventh day today with American B-20 Superfort- resses smashing again at Formosta while the American Third Fleet apparently was glugging 1t out with Japan's air forces and perhaps her elusive fleet in a showdown struggle.
 Tokyo said the Japanese fleet lat last" had gone into action against Admiral Will tam F. HalseyIs mammoth Fleet off For1nosa and, though this was not confirmed of- siclally, there were some in- dlcatlons here that the report might be true.
 Powerful Japanese air formations Already were known to have eoun- ter attacked the Third fleet, which had destroyed or damage 227 ships and 02i planes in five straight days of destructive American raids In their home waters.
 A War Department announce uiont sn Washington disclosed that tho Giant Iandsbased superfoFtresB. ea had carried the offensive Into its seventh day with their second gnid in 4e hours on JapARs great island baslon of Eormosa, prt- Viollsiy attacked thiee and perhaps -Four straight days at Hasey's ear- Fi0r plaens. ,,,
 The euperfortFesses hit mill. tary targets" on FOrmosa today, Washington and Tokyo time tsun- day. Pearl Harbor time), and fur. Eher details will De announced lat. or, Washington said, More than 100
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Troops Land At Piraeus

Rome, October i6. - (UP) - A strong British expeditionary Force landed at Piraeus and moved on into liberated Athens today and pre- pared to take over the job of clear ing the remaining Germans from Greece and administering relief to the starving Greek people.
 The British cruisers Orion, Ajax, Aurora, and Black Prince, along with several destl overs and other units Of the Royal Navy and the Greek Navy, anchored off Piraeus last night. each carrying British troops slated to form the main oc- cupation Force in Greece,
 A few hundred British Com mandoes and paratroops already were in Athens when the Ex?Sdi- tionary Force arrived, having en. tered the city from the west several days ago to help Greek Partisans drive out the last German rear guards.
 British Paratroops landed on Me- gara airdrome. 28 miles west of Athens. last Thursday, joining up with units of the Commando Force that captured the Peloponnesus and moved across the Isthmus of Corinth
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F D R Sees
 VitoI Need

Boston. Oct. ie-(Up)-President Roosevelt end Secretary of State Cordell Hull said in separate mes- sages to the lt6h annual Boston conference on distribution today that the distribution of civilian goods Is vital to postwar recovery and Is a problem that must be at- tached with the same vigor that has marked the war effort.
 Mir. Roosevelt, in his brief greet- ing to the National forum for proh- lems of distribution, said that the high levels of production and em- ployment which we are all working to establish when peace comes, can only be maintained by placing the output of our factories and farms speedily in the hands of the con- sumer"
 "It is, therefore, essential that every industry study the problems of distribution now, in order that there may be no interruptions in the free flow of goods" the Presi- dent said "Our entire economic ma- chine must function smoothly in the postwar period and I need not tell you ho wimportant adequate distri- button will be-"
 In his message on the problem of
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Air Bases Are Wrecked

American, Oct. i6 - (u,P9 - American supeFfortreSses In their second attack on FUrnosa in 4v hours, struck again ct the important aircraft repair and supply base os Okayalna and also ct the important airfield and cir supply depot at Heito, the War Department ails nounced today.
 Simultaneously it was announeod tht three of the four Superfortsesses previously reported missing in Sat- urday's raid on Formosa had been accounted for. Two Of them were safe, while 70 of the ii members of the crew of Q third were safe after crash landing at Q forward base. Thus only one B.2e was still miss. ing from the two missions in 4e hours, both of which were the Fee- ord raids carrying the heaviest bomb loads SO far dumped by the big bombers.
 Photo FeconnRissance of satur- day's raid on OkayamR revealed "excellenW bombing results, c coIn- munique said.
 "ThiFtysBeVen buildings were to- tally destroyed and ie others heavily damaged, accounting for approxl- mateiy two.thIrds Of the target" 1t said.
 T'oday'S raid, like Saturdays was carried out by B.29's based in China. Weather was good and crew. men reported "Very good" bombing results.
 Heito is l7 miles north Of Oka- yama, which Is 10 miles north of Tako, on the west coast of Formosa.
 The SunperfortS second raid on wormosa was disclosed earlier today h an announcement which did not identify the targets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-16

Baillie cabled Shuts at Pretoria, the South Africa capital:
 ''Tn connection with postwar free- doms of the press and of speech, which are receiving great attention in America and elsewhere, I would be grateful for your cabling your viewpoints on these important mat ters. As you undoubtedly know, the congress in Washington passed a resolution in support of freedom of the press and of speech once wartime restrictions are lifted. I appreciate that the Union of South Africa as one Of the leading exporl- ents of the Democratic form of RUv- ernment has long set an example of tho free press in it's finest mear- ing. AS senior statesman of the United Nations. your expression
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-16
JOHN \. GOSS
 DIES FROM
 HEART ATTACK

John II, Cess, recently retired president of the seovill Mfg, Go. died suddenly this morning ct his home, 70 Hillside avenue ct $40 q. m, Death came aS result of c heart attack suffered during the night from which thL prominent indus trialist failed to rally. Associates said today that Mir, ooss had been 'indispoSed" since Thursday, but no indications had been revealed as to the seriousness of his illness.
 Expressions Of the highest tribe ute and regret were offered this morning from state and civil lead- CTS ana industrial associates of Mir. Qoss.
 He had retired on September l2 this year as president of the Seovill Company, here, after 30 years eon- tinuous service and was then chosen to serve as chairman of the board of directors. Employes of the coni- pany rendered him Q dinner of trib. ute shortly after his resignation.
 A leader Of industry not only in Waterbury but throughout the state and nation, MT. 0oss likewise took keen and personal interest in oil civic and state affairs. He partici. pated actively in matters pertaining to charities and induged in the late ter both personally and by means of his position in life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-16
Clues
 To Murderer
Hy WILLIAM c. PAYETTE

United Press Stan C0FEesp0ndentl
 Hollywood, Oct. 10 - (U,P0 = Authorities today established the time of death for pretty oeorgette Bauerdorf, 20-year.old New York heiress, as 2;S0 c. m, last Thursday, and hoped they could find Q neigh- bor who saw the slayer leave her apartment and drive away In her automobile,
 One neighbor, who had stayed in the background until now and who asked that his name be withheld, helped investigators from the sheriff's office fix the time of death by reporting that he heard the young woman screaming In the early hours of morning,
 The man said Miss Bauerdorf cried out:
 Stop, stop, you're killing me"
 "I sat right up in bed and listen. ed," he said, T didn't hear any, more and so I decided 1t must be Q family row someplace."
 Miss Bauerdorf cried out while she fought with the intruder who extinguished the lights in front of her apartment and waited in the darkness until she had entered, then raped the buXom young woman, suf- located her with a towel rammed down her throat, and rifled her purse, apparently taking close to $l00 and the keys to her automobile. Police revealed he had sprinkled his fingerprints literally about the apartment-the same tlngerprints found on the door of Miss Bauer doris fiashy convertible which was recovered the following day.
 A clear set of fingerprints was found on the bulb of the night light over the outer entrance to the building, Sheriffs Inspector wil- liam J. Penprase said.
 Whoever 1t was had set the stage for his horrible crime and was lying in wait for her." he said.
 Penprase said apparently the killer knew Miss Bauerdorf was live ing alone and had unscrewed the light globe to darken the hallway leading to her door.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-16
Tanks Take Livergnono
BY ELEANOR PACKARD


 United Press War Correspondent Rome oct. i0. (UP)--AgaefIoan armored columns captured the 0ofz man fortress of Livergnano after g bloody flve-day battle and opene4 the way today for direct aasalfls on Bologna, key city to the 20 vais ley, less than 70 miles to the north A communique also discioged that Eitghth Army troops, pushing ln= land from the Adriatic, swept through the Na1 stronghold 0z 0ambettola, i2 miles northwest oE Riminl and two miles above the highway from Rimini to Bologna principal artery of the Pc Valley. The final battle for Livergnano. straddiing the Florence BoIoEna road, was one of the bloodiest of the North Italy campaign. A dlss patch from the conquered town hN United Press correspondent, James D. Roper, described LiverKnano a6 Q village of leaves and coFpse with the highway stained by the blood of German and American dead, mangled by the others aEiAs lery.
 American infantry, tanks and tank destroyers rolled through ll'e cobble stoned streets yesterday lH complete the conquest of the vlIs lage, where the Germans had con verted each stone house into fortress.
 Livergnano had guarded the QlteI entrance to Q high escarpnenE which blocked the main thrust ta@ ward Bologna and which had t4 be taken by direct assault.
 Tn clearing the strategic position. the Americans opened the wAy 1 frontal drive against BoIogna in conjunction with two other KIltA
 
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THIS CITY MAY
 GET STATE TRADE SCHOOL

A State Trade School is to he established in waterbury subject to flnNl approval of State educational authorities, 1t was learned by The Democrat today, Tentative plans call for renovation of the new Idle Muleahy grammar school building for use as trade school site.
 State vocational education auth- critics have been approached by local industrial and city authorities relative to approval of use of the Mulcahy building, and are expected to visit here soon.
 Former Democratic state senator Edward P. Egan is chairman of c subcommittee of the Advisory com mittee of the War Production Training Center. here, on affiliate of the state educational department, which ts negotiating for establish mtnt of the vocational school, Other members of the subcommittee In. clude; Warren Kaynor and Fred Wilson Of the Waterbury Companies Inc, and pr. T, J. Condon superin- tendent of schools, MT, Egan is as- sooiated with the Waterbury Buckle Go.
 Mayor John s, Monagan, who was approached by the local committee, has written to state educational authorities requesting they visit here and survey the Mulcahy site as . potential location for starting . vo- cational school. The latter are OK. peoted to visit here soon,
 Members of the local committee together with Edward J. Stepeek associate of the state department and former supervisor here of tho WTIC. and James Calvin, present
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-16
Rep. Luce Seen A Verbal Contestant Versus Lckes

COP presidential candidate, who had an early season tendency tD ease off on some points of attack proposed to them. If the RepuDll- can high comamnd is worried abou. Ickes' barbed words and wants tc challenge him, Mrs. Luce looks like their candidate.
 This is the angriest campaign since 1928, or perhaps before thut with the candidates themselves &C., cuslng each other of lying, falsi.s- cation and dishonesty, deliberate and planned. Mrs. Luce, more di- rect than most, says eInphaticai;y that the President ''lieds. It is n hard word. Predictions that this would establish iiself as one of ou.' bittercst campaigns afe being borns out and the evidence may be in
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GERMANS OPEN BIG ATTACK AT kAChEIl
 W. Pacific Battle Goes Into Eth Day; American Troops Abandon Fort Drjant
Pearson Says Officers Were
 Row Starters

Washington, Oct. i6--(uP)--Af. fldavits of witnesses to the celehat- ed battle Of the Statler" were anxiously awaited today after Drew Pearson, eolumnist commentator said in his broadcast last night that they would show the fistleuffs start- cd when two naval officers involved made "unrepeatable remarks" about President Roosevelt,
 One of the officers, It, Cmdr., James II, suddeth, 8, of Greer, s, Q, denied Pearson's statement. The other It, Randolph Dickens, Jro a, Bradenton, Fla, battle fatigue patient at the Bethesda medical
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REWARD NOT
 WORTH COST
 IN CASUALTIES
BY ROBERT W. RICHARDS United Press War Correspondent)

BY ROBERT w, KECHAKDS United Press War correspondent)
 With U. s. Third Army Be- fore Metz, October 16.-(UP) Ut. Gen. George s. Patton'S headquarters announced to- day that the biggest little battle of the western front had ended when American troops withdrew from Q shaky toehold in Fort Driant because the promised reward was not worth the cost in casualties.
 Patton's doughboys pulled back from the southwest corner of Fort Drlant, key outpost of the Metz for. tifieatlonS, under cover Of darkness last Friday after three weeks Of weird and heavy fighting.
 If 1t had been thought wise, the fort might have been taken by frontal assault, a Third Army spokesman said, However it was not worth the necessary casualties in view of the fact that Drlant was under the direct fire of nelghhorins fortifieations",
 The Americans suffered numeri. cally light casualties in the attack on Fort Drlant, which carried atop the stone rampartS and Into the un- derground chambers,
 The spokesman revealed that never more than . single battalion was in action against DriNnt at one time. The attack gained much val- uahle information on the construe. ton of the forts in the Metz area, he added, am s......
 The Americans withdrew under orders, and not because the 0er.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-16
Smooth Out
 Polish Crux
RY M. s. HANDLER

Limited Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 Moscow, Oct. l6.-(UP)-Strong evidence was soon in responsible quarters today that weekend con- ferences of Russian, British and Fo- fish leaders had carried the dlS- cussion of the thorny Polish prob lem to it's conclusive stage.
 The issues of proportionaly rep- resentation in a projected coalition government of the London and Luo- lin groups of Poles, as well as the nature of the constitutional regime were understood to be of relatively lesser importance than at the out set of the Moscow conference.
 Soviet and British leaders were believed detremined to resolve tho Polish problem at the earliest pos- sible moment.
 Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden conferred again with Prime Minister Stanislaw Mikolajcyzyk and Foreign Minister Tadeusz Romer, and early this morning the Polish premier mot briefly with United States Anbass3- dor w. Averell Hartman.
 The proposed party organization of Polish government was dis closed following a series of week. end conferences, in which Prims Minister Winston Churchill ap- peared to be playing the number oIlc role as mediator between the twc divergent groups.
 Churchill apparently was devoting most of his time to the problem, as was Eden, in determined eff 5rt to bridge the wide gulf separating the London and Lublin Poles.
 Provisional Govt.
 The British were understood to favor the organization of a provi- slonal government with about three representatives from each of the five major Polish political parties.
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BY LYLE 0. WILSON

(Uplte0 Fres9 StpIk COkEesp0nuemtl
 Washington, oct. l6. = (UP) - Anxious Republicans who have benn looking for. champion to meet Secretary of Interior Harold L, Ickes with microphones at o paccs have contender today in Rep Clare Botohe Luce of Connecticut.
 A home-and-home contest be- tween them would pack Soldiers Field, Ickes' home grounds in Chi- caeo, and Connecticut's Yale Bow, probably turning up Q pronit for both national committees if seats down front went to the highest bidders and he res were at a $l top.
 Mrs. Luce has gone itno the cam. palen slugglne. That Is in cor. trast to some Of the Republican: colleagues oi 0ov. Thomas 2. Dewey
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-16
Dewey Soys
 Point Proved
By JOHN |. CUTTER United Press Stan COFFasnOndent


 (Unlted Press stan COFrespOndent) Aboard Dewey Campaign Train, Oct. l0.-(UP)-dov, Thomas D. Dewey contended today that the White House reply to his campaign speeches confirmed his charge that the Roosevelt administration failed to prepare the nation for war,
 The Republican presidential noln- inee reiterated the charge, which he made in Q campaign speech ct Oklahoma City three weeks ago, as his response to the White House statement of refutation.
 The White House statement was Issued Saturday. It quoted parts of on Oklahoma City speech in which Dewey traced to Army officials and administration spokesmen the authority for his unpreparedness charge. Each Dewey statement was followed by longer quotations. ob- viously designed to accuse the New York governor of distortion.
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 0f Belgrade Neors Finish
By BRUCE MUNN

(Unlted Press AW rCOfrespOnucnt)
 London, Oct. i6-(UP)-YugoslaV partisans and Soviet troops ham, mered stubborn German forces in- to q tiny Yugoslav capital, while In the frozen north the largest Red Army ever assembled in the Arctic swept south from conquered Pets0- mo to virtually seal q trap of 75,000 veteran NaSi troops in Finland,
 The final battle for Belgrade de. veloped Into savage hand-to-hand street fighting as the Germans backed ino . two-square mile tri. angular sector, at the confluence of tho Danube and the Save rivers un- der heavy pressure from Marshal T'ito's infantrynlvn and motorized Soviet force,
 At one point. Tto's units were
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Severe Storm
 South or Miomi

Minmi, Fla. oct. 10.-(Upl--A ''very severen tropical storm with winds of full hurricane force was csntersd today at about 500 miles south oz Miami.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-16

FURNACE OWNERS - Inspection, diagnosis and advice on operation Free. Waterbury Heating Co. Tel. 6zesyR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-16

soinerville, Mass, october le. - (UP) = Repairing loss of her poe ketbook and e34 to police, Mrs. vic- togia Henda said she had haEded 1t to Q bystander to hold while she threw rice at Q wedding party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-16

Taxes = A practical course. First class ThmrR, Oct. go, 8sSo ?. nz. Fest 1s. celags. sa centsal Ave.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-16

Waitham, Mass, october 10. - (UPD - Local Board 16i received a letter oE thanks from Q draft regis- trant tt had inducted yho expressed pleasure ct having "a part in making this world c better place."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-16
Oddities Y, The NetOs
Ry United Press

6y UMxtB0 gEeg8 Somefville, Mass, october i6. = = (UP) - Celebrating his 102nd birthday, Thomas MacPherson said he hoped to reach his grandfather's nge-iO7.
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Evening star., 1944-10-19

You Are Ir,vited to See d
Panorama of Store Improvements
.. eighteen three.dmensional displays-on Seventh
street. Eighth street and See these interesting
windows, depicting numerous store interior improve.
ments-rnany of which have been completed recently.
Then step inside and view the departments represented
by the window displays.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
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The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-06-19

helps "to bring about the defeat OF
fascism and hasten victory"
Joe Barley writes: 1.-THE letters
are source Of inspiration to me
and TO every trade unionist In the
armed forces, In the great battle
to exterminate from the face Of the
earth the fascist menace, that is
determined to wipe out everything
we stand for" incidentally one Of
our own members recalls how, In
the early days when the union was
just getting under way. Joe stood
up for the rights of the girls at
the plantD
AS former executive of 1874 Joe
appreciate our efforts 10 help the
union movement. and thinks we are
doing our part TO make this "a
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Of man because of his race, color,
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I'm, u world where man can live in
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loved. world where every man, no
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low man brother.
"The interest that the CLIO Wom-
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also please me" he says. Joe thinks
that especially now. when the men
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