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Evening star., 1944-04-25
Allies Moving Troops
And Tanks on Kohima
Drive to End Jap Threot
To Indian City Planned
BY the Associated Press.

bS the ASSOClaJeQ FIeSS.
SOUTHEAST ASIA EEADQUAR-
TIERS, HANDY, Ceylon, April 25.--
Long columns of men, tanks and
guns of the 14th Army are moving
toward Kohima to hurl an assault
against the Japanese near that
Japanese objective on the Assam
Burma front, 1t was reported here
today.
The tanks are advancing as pro-
tective screen for British troops
tagged for the task Of clearing away
the last threat to Kohima.
Vengeance dive -bombers are harry
ing the retreating enemy, head
quarters announced, and artillery Is
pounding away at Japanese con-
centrations.
Allied forces have slain more than
1900 Japanese troops around
Imphal since the enemy launched
his offensive against that key town
in Northern India, British mill
itary spokesman declared today.
Field dispatches, meanwhile, dis
closed that Allied troops had now
cleared the Japanese from the road
running northeast from Imphal to
Ukhrul-a distance of 80 miles.
Small isolated parties of the enemy
were reported being mcpped up.
Evening star., 1944-04-25
Stimson Recommend! |!
.Unification Of Army
And Navy After War
Consolidation Of Stuff
Necessary in Modern
War, Secretary Says
BY the Associated Press.

Creation Of a single depart
ment of armed forces to replace
the present Departments of War
and Navy after the present con-
f1ict was recommended to Con-
gress today by Secretary of War
Stimson. ..
Mr.. Stimson told the House Com
mittee on Postwar Military Policy
that statutory unification of COM
|mand should not be effected until
after the war, but added it is "of
1.-THE greatest Importance that the
general principle of consolidation
be determined upon as seon as pos
lsible."
A unified department, he said, SIS
essential If our Nation is adequately
and most effectively to carry on its
wars under modern conditions
which have revealed that even our
lgreat Nation has limitations in man.
lpower and resources"
Mr.. Stimson commended the vol
untary cooperation among the
heads Of the various branches OF
the armed services in this war, but
added:
"Cur experiences in the war have
abundantly brought out that volun-
tary cooperation, no matter how
successful, cannot under any condi-
tions of warfare, and particularly
under triphibious warfare, be as
| effective in the handling of great
military problems as some form of
combination and concentrated au-
thority at the level of staff plan
ming, supervision and control"
Under the present organization of
separate departments, he continued
"disagreements have to be resolved
at very high levels, or even by the
President of the United States him
self-a necessarily slow and made
quate process"
The StimSon recommendations had
been foreshadowed by Representa-
tive Wadsworth, Republican, of New
York, who said that postwar con-
solidation legislation soon might
emerge from the committee.
"Such a merger would not take
effect, of course, until the war ends,
but both Mr.. Stimson and (Secretary
of the Navy Knox are in favor of
the idea," Mr.. Wadsworth told a
reporter.
II wouldn't be surprised to see a
bill on this come out of the COM
mittee soon. The technical details
of course, would have to be worked
out administratively."
Mr.. WadsWorth indicated further
that there is a strong leaning toward
compulsory military service. A COM
bined War and Navy Department
would not interfere with that, he
believes.
Some of the recruits would be
allocated to the Army and some tc
the Navy" the New Yorker ex-
planned. The division is simply q
problem of administration"
Two brigadier generals, John Nc.
Auley Palmer and William F. Tomp-
kins, the War Departments post
war planners, both advocated the
combined armed forces in testimony
before the committee yesterday
Gen. Tompkins said he didn't know
a single officer in the War Depart
ment who opposed the idea.
Evening star., 1944-04-25
BULLETIN
Ward Ignores DeodIine

The deadline set by Presi-
dent Roosevelt for settlement
of the Montgomery Ward &
Co. labor dispute was passed
at noon today without any
word from SeWell Avery, pres
ldent of the firm, and it was
announced at the White
House that the President
would be so advised.
Earlier Story on Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1944-04-25
Allies Reveal 70 Planes
Damaged by Vesuvius
By the Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
NAPLES, April 25-Nearly half
of 10 Allied airplanes swept by lava
and rock dust in the recent eruption
of Mount VeSuvius were wrecked be-
yond repair, Allied headquarters an
nounced today.
The planes were caught on nearby
fields when the volcano suddenly
came to life. Twenty already have
been returned to combat status, and
"our air operations were not ap-
preciably affected by the damage
the announcement said, adding
there were no casualties.
Evening star., 1944-04-25
BY CAMBRIDGE CRIST.

BY BAINBRIDGE CRIST.
Charges that Ray L. Huff, di-
rector of public welfare and
acting superintendent of penal
institutions, is holding two full
time public Jobs, paying less rent
for his house at Lorton Reforma-
tory than the District spends to
heat it and bought 334 pounds
of ham through the commissary
there for his own use, were made
in letter from Controller Gen.
eral Lindsay C. Warren to the
District Commissioners which
was made public today.
The Controller General, in a criti-
cal fine-combing of expenses at
Lorton, questioned the purchase of
four horses for patrolling the
grounds during blackouts, the pur-
chase of 5000 yards of blackout
cloth for 5000 80 and the buying OF
Evening star., 1944-04-25
Nazis Isolate Danes
And Fight Sabotage a,
Invasion Precaution
Swedes Hear Similar
Measures Moy Be Token
In Other Countries
By the Associated Press.

|
| STOCKHOLM, April 25.-Wer-
1er Best, Adolf Iitler's deputy
and Minister to Denmark. de-
clared today that the Germans
were moving swiftly against
Danish saboteurs and under
ground elements affecting Ger
man interests.
Denmark was virtually isolated
from Sweden and Best's statement
before Danish press chiefs was the
first tangible evidence of the reason
The country was cut of late yes
fterday.
Underground "Swarming."
Best asserted that Denmark was
"swarming" with underground
workers and it, therefore, was Ger
many's task to attack swiftly and
sternly." He indicated saboteurs
would be summarily shot when
caught.
0n London a source having
close connections with the Euro
pean underground said today
that Hitler is now making q
secret inspection of the West
Wall defenses. He was said to
be accompanied by Grand Ad-
miral Karl Doenitz, Gen. Guen-
ther Korten, chief of staff of the
air force, and Prof. Tam, origi-
nator of the flax towers which
are an important part of the
West Wall defenses.
(Neutrals reaching the Swiss
border reported that everything
is being organized as though
Lyon, ITS miles up the Rhone
River in Southern France, would
become center of huge opera
tionS'D
Security Measure Seen.
| The belief was prevalent in Stock
holm that Denmark was isolated
so the underground could be cleaned
up as preinvasion security meas
ure. Similar action was expected
in other occupied countries, man,
Swedes believed.
Only the barest, unsubstantiatet
rumors trickled through the Naz
blockade of Denmark. One wa
that the Copenhagen harbor are:
was closed. Another said German
soldiers were guarding railroads ant
keeping close watch over workmen
The newspaper Aftonbladet salt
there were rumors last night il
Helsnki of disturbances in Copen
hagen and other parts of Denmark
Travel Is Limited.
Salient facts of the situation wer,
these:
Germans, Firms and Norwegian
were forbidden to travel to Den.
mark from Sweden by ferry.
: SWedes were not directly for
hidden, but state railways refused Il
sell tickets to Denmark.
, Telephone service between Sweder
and Denmark has been shut dowl
completely since last night excep
for officials calls which still ar,
coming through from Copenhagen.
The usual early ferry left Malm,
this morning for Denmark withou
passengers, other than 10 carload
of German sick and wounded trans
tied last week through Sweden from
the Northern Finnish front. TIL
Danish general consul in Stockholm
was unable to communicate witt
Copenhagen.
Similar isolation developed OF
(See INVASION, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1944-04-25
Laborites Query Churchill
On u. 5. DESIGNS on Base,
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, April 25.-Two Laborite
members of Parliament have SUBJ
mitted written questions asking
Prime Minister Churchill for as
surances that no American pro-
posals for permanent possession o1
lease-lend bases in the Western
Hemisphere will be entertained by
the British government,
Evening star., 1944-04-25
Appropriation Bill Stoned

President Roosevelt today signed
a 81 $3.50 ,846, 1853 Treasury Post Office
appropriation bill for the fiscal year
starting July !.
Evening star., 1944-04-25
Ray Huff AssoiIed by Warren
For Holding 2 Full Time Jobs
Controller General
Also Hits Purchases
By Prison Chief

WELFARE BOARD to give immedi-
ate attention to naming penal
superintendent. Page AS
Evening star., 1944-04-25

RAY L. HUFF.
S,433.88 worth of material for
fences which, he said, had never been
erected. He also criticized Mr.. Huff's
use Of an official automobile for
(see HUFF, page A-6J
Evening star., 1944-04-25

(see HICKS, Page A-l4.)
Evening star., 1944-04-25

(See SEDITTON, Page A-60
Evening star., 1944-04-25

(See ANPA, Page A-l1J
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17

Pledges today boosted the com bined War Fund and Community Chest total to SS7S,e7e.
 Subscriptions approximately S96,- 900 were received. About Si60,000 will be required to set the drive over the top at the next meeting. Judging by the enthusiasm shown today every effort will be made to realize the quota,
 This noon hours luncheon meet- Ing at the YMCA was featured by q splendid tribute to the memory of John II, dosS, former president and general manager of scovill Mfg. Go. who died suddenly yesterday morning at his home on Hillside avenue,
 The invocation at today's meeting was given by Rev, Eugene P, Cryne, director of the Waterbury office of the Diocesan Social Service. Seated at the guest tables were Mayor John s, Monagan; Austin L. Adams, pres- ident Of the Combined Fund and Chest; sherman H, Perry, campaign chairman: Willis Tate, president of tho Community Chest Of Water- bury:
 Also, Mrs. Rodne" Chase, Mrs, Joel Butler, Mrs. Charles Larkin, Mrs, Elton Wayland, Mrs. Nelson Pomeroy, Miss Mac Finnan, Mrs, Mark L, sperry, Jr, Joseph Fal. core, Atwood Caswell, Edward T. Carmody, and Ralph Benedict.
 Shop rallies are being held daily In the American Brass CO, SeoVlll Mfg, co. and Chase Brass &S Copper Go, plants, Sherman II. Perry, cam. paign chairman; Edward P. Graham executive secretary and o. Russell Sumpf, public relations director, will address workers at the Waterbury plant of U, s. Time Corp, tomorrow and at the Middlebury plant, Thurs day,
 Mir. Perry spoke Aad showed the campaign film, "They Have So Lit- tle,' at rally at the A. II. wells Go, yesterday,
 This afternoon at 5:46 o'clock over stAtioi. WATR Nancy Smith, stu- dent of the Bunker Hill school, will speak on United China. Tomorrow afternoon at the same time Ellen Annes of the Hendrieken school will speak on "Clrls Club. It will be the final broadcast arranged by sta- ton WATR and the Waterbury Democrat in conjunction with Q prize- winning letter contest Spon- sored by the public schools and high schools by the war fund and com. munity chest committee. The two finAlists will be announced shortly by the judges and each will receive war bond donated by the combin- cd committee and the Catholic Women's Council of Waterbury. Eight young contestants have been invited to broadcast their letetrs,
 Yesterday afternoon Dorothy Mathews Q student ct Wilby High School read her letter, "All Agen. cieS" and at the conclusion of her broadcast she was commended by Edward r, Graham, executive secre- tary of the campaign.
 Miss Mathews letter was as fol- lows:
 Dear MT. and Mrs. Public:
 You're surprised to hear from me, aren't you9 Well, I'm writing to ask you q favor. Oh, not for me, but for that tired, lonely Marine on duadalcanal, and the little Chinese refugee, and the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
74 More Volunteer Blood Donors Needed By Thursday
War Fund, Chest Drive
 Reaches $375, ,876 Mark
Gathering of Leaders, Workers Pauses to Pay Tribute
 to Late John II. Goss; Fund Drive Is Now On

lad who is O Prisoner of War. That Marine surely would appreciate the help the American Field Service could give him, and you wouldn't refuse clothing and food to Q starving child. would youP That Prisoner Of War-it's tho first time he hes been away from home and look where he is nov. Would you refuse him the War Prisoners Aid that means almost Life itself to hiTna
 And not only over there. MT and Mrs. Public, but on the home front as well, help is needed. The Girls Club, Boys Club, uiri Scouts, Boy Scouts, Day Nursing and others are training the chil- dren of today who will he Mr. and Mrs. Public of tomorrow.
 What they are asking you to du is to open your poeketbook gener- ously and give all you can to the, Combined War Fund and Com munity Chest, Inc, for 1t Is this charitable organization that pro. vides the previously mentioned aids and countless others.
 How much should you giveS Just let your conscience be your guide. It will be . feather in your oap-a red one,
 Sincerely,
 Dorothy Mathews.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17

Naugatuck, oct. 17 = Seventy four more volunteers are still needed if Naugatuck Is to make It's quota Of between 22B and 2O0 pints Of blood when the piaSnla unit comes here Thursday from Hartford, Miss Edith gteever, executive secretary Of the Naugatuck Chapter, Red Gross, said today. :,
 There is only one day left for vols Iinteefing and unless the tempo inc creaseS the borough for the first time in the present war may fail to reach it's quota. Miss BteeVer made Gr urgent appeal today that FeBl- dents volunteer immediately.
 If blood donors in Naugatuck could see the result worked by blood plasma" fin tho field Of action, they would feel amply repaid for their sacrifice" Lieutenant Lillian T. Johnson of i21 Cliff street wrote here recently. Lieutenant Johnson is superintendent of the operating room ct the base hospital in New Caledonia.
 Miracle Is the only word to des- Cribe the healing accomplished by the blood piasnia, "ste said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
BERNIER PAYS
 S27 FOR NOLLE
South Main Man Arraigned for Reckless Driving Fol-
 lowing Accident

Joseph r. Bernier, 90, els South Main street, who escaped injury when his car knocked over ten high way posts and overturned on South Main street, Sunday night paid $27 for nolle on reckless driving charges when his case was called before Judge T, E. Conway in city court this morning,
 70 tempore, nores," said Judge Conway after hearing tbo evidence in the case of 0 $i00 0 week Scovill casting shop employe who was ae. ouSed of striking his wife after on argument over his alleged late hours, 'I sometimes think you people were better off under 'S4 than "a condi. tions,' the judge added, Sentence was suspended for six months on the accused, Taft Freeman, 9l, l62 Bishop street,
 Non-support charges against Caesar Angeloni, Sl, S73 East Main street, were continued to Nov, il after voluntary arrangement was entered into for support of his wife and children,
 Other cases: James Durham, 70, Bridgeport driving under the in- tiuence of liquor, continued to Oct Sl; Henry MNneinone, a, S5 White Rose avenue, passing N red light, continued to Oct, Sl; George Capo. dina, So, 57 Center stret, road rules violation, nolled; Joseph L. Sim oneau, A6, aSt street, Woloott, reck- less driving, continued to Nov. i4; Hence Herbert, 30, l4 Pearl street, road rules violation, nolled for $6; John Rubino, S7, e4 ligabeth street, non.support, nolled; Warren 0. Ol. son, 22, Plainville, on-support, continued to Oct. 2i.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
w. WiIIkie
 Buried Today

RushVille, Ind. Oct, l7-(UP)- Friends Of Wendell l., Willkie, the HooSier who preached the philoso- phy of lone world" among nations, gathered today in his homo town from oil over the country to pay him tribute as he went to his final resting place.
 The throng Of more than 5000 in- eluded national and state leadfes, political party chiefs, associates of his iD40 presidential campaign, Hol- lywood businessmen, college class mates, New York friends, and the people with whom he grew up, and his family.
 He will be buried in East eemo. tery, only Q few miles from his Rush county farms. Ho died oe. tober 6 in New York of c heart at- tack. and his funeral was delayed until his son, Philip, returned from sea duty.
 Rushville'B business places will he closed when final rites are held at Wyatt Memorial mortuary Rt 3 D, m. CWr.
 Services will Do conducted by the Rev. George A. FFantg of the First Presbyterian church, Indianapolis, assisted by the Rev. 0. V. Reeder, acting pastor of tho Nashville First Presbyterian church. draVeSide rites also will Dc held.
 Mrs. Edith Willkie, hte io4o Re. publican presidential nominees widow; his son, Naval It. Philip Willkie, and group of a friends of the family arrived by train this morning from New York city where Willkie died Oct. 8.
 Gov. and Mrs. Henry F. Schrick. CT; pr. Herman D. Wells, president of Indiana university, Willkie's alma mater: President. Emeritus William Lowe Bryan of the uni- vefsity, and many Of the former Republican leaders associates ar. rived in Nashville. A group of Hol. lywood moving picture officials also will attend the services.
 hSerpiApetaoin shrdlucmfwypVbg
 Willkie's body had lain in state ina bronze casket at the funeral home since last Wednesday, guarded by a detail of eight Indiana state police officers and surrounded by banks of floral wreaths, including one from Coy. and Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey of New York,
 Police roped of streets near the funeral home. and a public address system was installed outside the chapel which seats only 250 persons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
Chino Must Be lndustrioIized'

Boston, Oct, i7,-(UP)- -Glaine eventually must become an indus trialiSed nation In order to raiss its peoples standard of living and enhance its buying power, pr. II. II. Kung, Chinese minister of finance. said today.
 Standardization twill enable China to stand with pride in the ranks of the foremost industrial and commercial nations of the worldr and to cooperate with the rest of tke nations flor the maintenance ok peace and security" pr. Kung told the 18th annual Boston conference on distribution.
 He said that as China becomes more induStriallEed she is bound to trade more and more with other countries" To speed the process, he said, China first must import a tremendous quantity and variety oy American products to rebuild ita shattered railroads and factories.
 He said that part of China's iln- ports may have to be taken care oe by foreign credit and by the influx of foreign capital for investmenl purposes.
 However, pr, Kung said that iln- medlately after the war China "wlil most likely remain essentially an agricultural country" and that her only exports will be raw Enate- rialS. Thus, he said, his nation wlll continue to have on import surplus for . number of years after the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
Dewey Called A Fence StroddIer

AbeIlrd Truman's Campaign Train Oct. i7-(UP)-Sen. Harry s, Tru. man was enroute to San Francisco today after terming Gov. Thomas E, Dewey Q fence straddler" on for- eign policy and asserting that his election in i940 would have increas- cd the number Of lives spent in the war.
 After making his first major ad- dress of Q cross-country campaign tour ct Los Angeles, Truman will speak extemporaneously before Q commonwealth club luncheon today and leave tonight for Portland, Ore,
 Truman told party rally at Los Angeles last night that President Roosevelt should be supported be- cause he had demonstrated leader ship in foreign affairs when Dewey was flirting with Isolationists" whom he had not repudiated.
 The nominee said the late Ken neth Simpson, Republican national committeeman for New York, had repudiated Dewey in l940 on grounds that he had "one foreign policy for Isolationists in Wisconsin and another for interventionists in New York"
 Truman also quoted as saying that experts estimated that President Roosevelt's 50,000-plane goal an- nounced in 1940 could not be achiev- ed in less than four years. He said planes now were being produced at the rate of 100000 year, twice the fantastic number MT. Dewey said was impossible"
 Under a president like the Re- publican candidate, we would have set our sights too low and you can imagine the effect on the war;" he said. No one can even estimate how many lives of our young men that would have meant. Do you want tha: kind of leadership in the prose- cution of the war against Japan?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
Is
 Gala Affair
nv REYNOLDS PACKARD

By ANNh KNVsDS &hSAAfhANg Limited Press War COFFespOndCnt) Representing the Combined Amer
 lean Press
 Athens, Oct, i6-tDolayed) -(UP) The first British troops to diSem- bark at Plraeus port since the Allied evacuation of Greece In ie4i landed at 2 Q. m. today tMonday) without a shot being fired, and then par aded to Athons through lanes of cheering Greek throngs,
 I landed with the first craft Of the convoy to touch shore, after waiting all night just of the coast while minesweeperS cleared Piraeus har- bor, whose waters are ugly with Eegean jelly fish, octopi and der- man Tnanes,
 It was the most tourist.llke land. ing of the four l have made in the Mediterranean to date. Tho first wave of soldiers, who were in LCIi (landnig craft infantry) to which ] changed from the British cruiser Ajax, didn't talk about the German gun positions which they were to mako beelino for when they touched shore.
 Instead, they talked about want- ing to see the AeropoliS and make Q rubber-neek tour of Athens gen- orally. And they speculated whether the Greek girls would be prettler than the Italian girls,
 The night before, they had seen Piraeus all lighted up with electric signs announcing in English and Creek Welcome, Allies-British, Russian and American" and they saw blue and red fireworks shot of in their honor by the waiting crowds,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
MISUNAS ,C.L.O.
 PREFER CHARGES
COP Candidate Called Smear Brush" By
 Union Chairman

Charges brought by John MiSunRs, local c. o. ?. non1ine efor state representation, that the c. I. O. Pc. lltlcai Action Committee was A Communist organization" and thas campaign contribution methods were "extortionary" were stoutly denied today by Renato RieclutI, president of the Waterbury induS- trial Union, 0. I, o.
 Mir. Ricciuti said:
 "MiBunag' charges nre falSo and deliberately 50. At c meeting with the Council executive board last week hO was given full opportunity to prove these charges and was Bpech. less, nbsoluately tongue.tied, when It came to providing proof.
 Mir. MisunAS, an efnpioye of the 4. II. Wells O., had previously queried tho PAC as to whether they would give him support in his cam. paign. He has since claimed that h0 had been given the "runsaround" by the PAC and they have deliber. ately "stailed" In expressing their sentiments,
 Tn his reply to MT. MisunAs the C1,o. official today declared that:
 "fn my opinion MiSunaB was at no time sincere in seeking PAc en- dorsemOnt. Ho has been the tool Of the local Republican bralntruSt which b using him as Q smear brush, However, even if MBunAB had been in good faith, 1t Is my opinion taht the CfO could not have conScienciously endorsed him, At the meeting last week he was found to Dc without knowledge Of important Issues and legblation, He said he knew nothing about such legislation aB a state labor relations set and the Kilgore unemployment compensation and reconyerBion bill.