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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20
Titan Hos
 

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 20.--(UP) First definite proof that atmos- phere exists on any satellite in the solar system was received by Har- yard observatory today from Dr. Gerard P. Kuiper of Mcdonald ob- servatory at Fort Davis. Texas.
 The discovery of probable att mosphere On Titan, satellite of the planet Saturn, was made by an unidentified astronomer about a quarter century ago. However, 1t re- mained for Dr. Kuiper to confirm this finding and to establish the att mosphere's composition.
 Through analysis of red and infra- red spectograms of Titan, Dr. Kuiper found that the satellites atmosphere was composed mainly of methane and ammonia. Nickname is odorless and inflammable gas, normally a product of decomposition of organic matter in marshes and mines.
 It was explained that Titan re- tains the atmosphere because of stronger gravitational pull and the heavy composition of gases.
 Life, as it exists on earth, could not be sustained on Titan, 1t was said, both because of the poisonous gases and because of the tempera- ture-25O degrees below zero.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20
Prepore For Wor In Peace

New York, Jan. 20.-(UP)-The United States must learn that wars are inevitable and must be ready to inaugurate full and continu- ing preparedness" with an industry geared for action to prevent future conflicts, Charles E. Wilson, execu- tive vice chairman of the War Pro- duction Board, said last night
 Admitting his remarks might bring charges of war mongering, Wilson told the Army Ordnance Association that the preparedness program was "a challenge and an invitation to action"
 Perhaps it is time for some fresh thinking on this matter of war and peace" he said. Instead of looking to disarmament and un- preparedness as a safeguard against war, let us try the opposite, full preparedness according to a con- tinuing plan.
 This though may be unpleasant, but through the centuries war has been inevitable in our human af- fairs. as a basic element in evolu- tionary force. We have yet to learn that hard truth. apparently"
 Wilson, former chairman of the General Electric Go. and one of the countryS industrial leaders. explain ed that he was not proposing a pro- gram of aggression or brutality, but was taking a realistic point of view that the tendency to war is as in- evitable as human tendence of dis ease" However, he added, we do not sit and wait for the latter to strike us down."
 What am proposing here" Will son said, Ifs the harnessing of the technology and science of the serv- ices and industry for preparedness"
 But industry must not be hamper ed by political witch hunts, or thrown to the fanatical isolationist fringe tagged with ''merchants-of- death label", he added.
 The United States is in world poll tics to stay whether we like 1t or not" he said, and it's political. mili- tary and industrial activities must be integrated for postwar prepsr- edness.
 Wilson proposed substantial gov ernment salaries to attract lead ing scientists and suggested the es- tablishment of general committee of military officers and chairmen of the various institutional committees to continue postwar research and deVelopments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20

hidden in caves on the 3,0o0-foot heights of Mount Aurunci.
 Enemy resistance appeared to be heaviest in the Minturno sector and north of Suio, where the British were driving against the strongly fortified town of Sastelforte.
 German tanks and shock troops were thrown into the battle for Min turno in great strength, but the Brit ish veterans were reported over whelming the enemy all along the front. Two desperate Na1 counter attacks in the Minturno sector were beaten back yesterday and the Tom mics pushed on into the southern outskirts of the town.
 Spearheads
 The U. s. 18th Air Forces heavy and medium bombers spearheaded the Allied aerial offensive, striking in considerable strength at Cento- cele and the twin Ciampino air fields just south of Tome and at other enemy airbases at Perugia, Iesi, Rieti and Viterbo north of the Eternal City.
 Preliminary reports on the raids indicated that extensive damage was inflicted on the enemy fields. No aerial opposition was encount- cred. although lightning fighters escorting the bombers shot down two MeSserschmitt flghters-neither of which had attempted to interfere with the raiding formations.
 Other Allied bombers and fighter bombers attacked enemy rail install lations at Sulmona and Colleferro, while a fighter group carried out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20
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south of the city and were gaining momentum by the hour.
 Novgorod's doom was sealed by Russian forces that slashed across the railroads north and south of the city yesterday, leaving the en- emy only line running due east for reinforcement or escape.
 The northern column blasted a 3o-mile gap in Notifications above the city and. advancing l9 miles. captured more than 80 towns and villages, including several stations on the railway running north to Leningrad.
 To the south, another force forded the northern tip of Lake linen and captured Rakoma, six miles south west of Novgorod, severing the rail- road running around the western shore of the lake to Staraya Russa.
 At last reports, Soviet forces to the east were less than three miles from Novgorod.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20
RobouI Touts Defenses
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Twelve American planes were shot down and the loss brought a warn- ing against overconfidence from a spokesman at Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur's headquarters.
 Our losses were among the heaviest ever sustained in a raid on Rabaul,' he said. Japanese in- terception was strong and aggreSs- sive.
 The enemy action at Rabaul leaves no room for false security" he added, citing strong anti-air- craft fire over the base and add ing that the Japanese has ability.
 Three Japanese ships exploded and sank, two others were left burning and probably sinking and the other three were damaged bad- ly as the American planes dropped their bombs from minimum alti- tude under heavy clubs.
 Most Devastating"
 A Navy spokesman at Guadal- canal, terming the raid the most devastating yet made by the South Pacific Air Force against Rabaul," said II direct hits and 13 damaging near misses were scored.
 The Japanese fighters, in larger number than used over Rabaul in recent action. did not appear until the bombing attack nearly was over and then concentrated on American lighter planes, whom they outnum- bered.
 The American planes flew SO low that one Avenger torpedo plane louled on 8 ship mast and crashed into the bay after dropping its bombs.
 The Tokyo radio, quoting a Do,nei agency dispatch in broadcast heard by a United Press in New York, said that Japanese ground batteries shot down three of AS B. A bombers, escorted by fighters. which raided Hansa, between We- wax and Madang. on New Guinea, Tuesday.
 Our side suffered almost nc casualties" the radio added.
 Beachheads
 American troops repulsed Japan csc counter attacks or continued ia expand their beachheads on three widely separated ground fronts.
 on the coast of southwest New Britain, Marines repulsed a coun. ter attack in the Cape Gloucester area, killing l26 Japanese troops attempting to recapture Hill 66o, strategic observation point seized by the Americans last Friday.
 On Bougainville Island, Ameri- can troops expanded their Empress Augusta Bay beachhead Sunday and Monday. sending strong patrols across the Torokina river under artillery support and setting uu positions east or the three la- goons on the side of the river mouth.
 At Arawe, American Indian bush- master troops pushed the Japanese back farther, but the gains were not announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20
Argentina New 'BoIkons'
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hopes to swing politically unstable Paraguay and Chile into South American Fascist bloc, md is bring ing pressure to bear on ostensthly anti-Fascist countries such as uru- guay.
 Many citizens of Argentina, the report said, consider that the pres ent Ramirez regime is controlled directly from Berlin, ''aS sure as if the swastika flew over Buenos Aires"
 Among the charges made in the report, according to the world Telegram. are:
 That Argentina is the center for all Axis espionage and propaganda in South America.
 That strategic materials such as platinum and industrial diamonds are s1nuggled to the Axis through the South American country.
 That Argentina is a clearing house for all financial transactions between the Axis and the western hemisphere.
 That all Axis propaganda agen- cies in the new world are financed through the German embassy in Buenos Aires.
 The report also cited the closing down by the government of all pro- Allied organizations and Jewish groups, while countless violently pro-Axis organizations of all kinds have bene permitted to flourish.
 These "thorns n the side" of the Allies, the report declared, are not nearly as important as the part Argentina "is about to play in de- stroying all veStiges of hemispheric solidarity; the Good Neighbor pol- icy and postwar plans for univer- sal collaboration in South America.
 The report, according to the orld-Telegram, considers 1t "prob- able" that the nationalistic govern ment, backed by the Nazis, will use force and organize revolutions" in neighboring countries three or four years from now to get back Arr gentina's traditional leadership, which she has long since lost"
 Argentina at the present time is as much under German domina- tion as conquered Norway, the re- port concluded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20

missioner and his office, as result of their recent survey of the local office, center principally around a revaluation of all local real prop erty and touch upon certain phases of the personal property situation. Included also were proposals for re- organization of the system, proper, of the local assessors office as to records. statistics and manner of as~ sessment valuation. The physical set-up of the office is also expected to be submitted to reorganization.
 The present assessment system was declared "outmoded" by the state tax authorities who qualified their criticism with the observation that "Waterbury, like other Con- necticut cities and towns, was the victim of an inherited obsolete and archaic tax assessment system" which is incapable of maintaining the standard of the city's growth.
 It is expected that many large centrally located buildings in the city will suffer an upgrading in as- sesSed value once the program gets underway while many other prop critics will be freed of what has been termed current valuation inequi- ties"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20

them"
 Senator Edward v. Robertson. R. Wyo., said his mail showed that the public was "apathetic" to na- tIonal service legislation.
 They want strikes curbed and eliminated by direct action and not oy some indirect method such as national service.' he said.
 Senator Harry s. Truman. D.. MO. also said Stimson's testimony made no change in the situation.
 The soldiers are just as agitat- ca about a lot of other things as they are about strikes" Truman said. They are mostly aRitated about when they are going to Ret home"
 Senator Chan Gurney, R., s. D.. said that while Stimson made "a good presentation on behalf of the Austin Wadsworth bill, he failed to prove its need or the fact that 1t could be administered fairly and effectively.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20
Attoche Wife Shot In Hotel
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NOOAAeAAAaNA AA0AAA G&kC ~ told police a frequently revised story of the shooting.
 Mrs. Goodbody said her mother remarked that the door was un- locked when they entered shortly after 6 p. m. They sat talking for 20 minutes, then Mrs. Goodbody started to the bathroom. she said.
 T saw a movement behind the door and told mother someone was in the room," she said. Then this woman stepped out and started shooting"
 Mrs. Goodbody said the woman fired first at her, then at her moth- CT. She was not sure where she was standing in the room when the shooting began. Police found one bullet in the wall of the bathroom. another in the door and a third in the wall of the bedroom.
 The gun used in the staying was found II hours later between the third and fourth floors in the service elevator shaft. One of it's pearl handles was broken, indicating, po- lice said, that it might have been dropped some distance.
 Mrs. Goodbody said the mysteri- ous woman disapp0ared info fha
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20
British 5th Army
 Drives Through Foe
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an offensive sweep over the Rome area.
 CRadio Rome said yesterday that Allied planes had bombed the Rome area, damaging the city water mainS.)
 Fighter bombers also were active over the Adriatic, setting fire to the enemy schooners off the JugoSlav coast.
 Three enemy planes were de- stroyed in the daylight operations at cost of two Allied aircraft
 Special Report
 Meanwhile, an official report on Mondays American attacks against railroad targets north of Rome re- vealed that the bombers had at least temporarily choked off the capitals railway communications from the north. Of the three major railway lines running down the Ital- ian boot, only the Adriatic coastal route was still open. permitting the Germans to move troops and sup plies down to their front lines facing the British 8th Army below Pescara.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20

figure prominently in the govern ments investigation.
 Another phase of the mystery, that involving Briggs whereabouts, ap- parently was cleared up when jus tice department Attorney Harry Schweinhaut reported that he had mo reason" to believe that the sus- pended Interior Department em- ploye was missing as had been in- dicated by Ickes.
 Ickes, after emerging from the grand jury room late yesterday said he had been unable to find Briggs. But shortly afterward ca m e Schweinhaut's statement and re- port by Mrs, Claire L. Briggs, sis- ter-in-law of the Interior Depart ment employe, that he was spending a few days with some friends in Maryland"
 The grand jury was expected to resume it's study of the Hopkins af- fair tomorrow with testimony from Sparks, who first made the letter public in his anti-Willkie book, One man-Wendell Willkie."
 Briggs name entered into the con- troversy Monday when Sen. William Langer. E., N. D., read to the Sen- at, certain correspondence-marked by the crowded commas"-pur- porting to show that Sparks pub lished the Hopkins letter. after getting 1t from Briggs.
 This correspondence asserted that the alleged Hopkins letter, addressed to Dr. Umphrey Lee, president of the Southern Methodist University had been examined by Ickes before 1t was published in Sparks book. This promptly was denied by Ickes.
 The Hopkins letter was written on official White House stationery and it was learned that such stationery was and still is available at the In- terior Department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20
HOOKE HERE FOR
 FACTORY SURVEYS

Labor utilization studies in plants of the Waterbury area are now be- ing conducted by Harvey L. Hooke of Hartford, who was ssigned here last week by the Boston regional War Manpower offlce. Previously investigations here were conducted by utilization experts from Bridge port and New Haven on part time basis.
 The new official will investigate the employment set-up in local fac- tories to determine whether or not fullest possible use of employees is made, and will recommend changes that would lead to greater produc- ton. Several of the surveys plan ned here have been requested by the Navy department. it has been disclosed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20
Next Time Momo'II Spank

Boston, Jan. 20-UP)-Two men in sailor uniforms entered a jewelry store near ScOllay Square last night and an. nOunced: This is a stickup!"
 Alone in the store, gray. haired Sarah B. Israel admon- ished them in a mOtherIy voice:
 Boys, you know you haven't got a permit to carry a gun in Boston. You should be good boys"
 Abashed, the pair left empty handed.
 An hour later, two men in sailor uniforms held up a near by flower shop and escaped with $45.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20
Reds Sweep West OfCity

Continued from Page 1) front from Pulkovo, 10 miles south of Leningrad, Govorov's main forces broke through two German defense lines of concrete pillboXeS and forts. barbed wire entangle- ments, mineflelds and anti-tank obstacles and captured by storm the railway junction of Krasnoye Selo, nine miles to the southwest, and dozens of additional communi- ties
 ct her forces simultaneously struck out from the Soviet Gulf of Finland beachheads around the Oranienbaum, l5 miles west of echeloned enemy defenses to seize Peterhof, former summer home of the Czars four miles east of Ora neinbaum, and Kipen and KoZ- heritsy, some 16 miles southeast and southwest respectively of Ora nienbaum.
 Emerging into open ground on both wings of the two -pronged ad- vance, the Russian quickened their pace toward the longitudinal rail way from Talinn, which veers northeast of Leningrad below Kras- nogvardeisk.
 The main column was within eight miles of Krasnogvardeisk at Kairovo, seven miles southwest of Pulkovo, while the eastern forces swept to within 12 miles of the railroad at Ropsha, 12 miles south of Oranienbaum.
 Among the booty captured in the double break through were 36 super heavy German guns of l52 to 406- milimeters with which the enemy had been shelling Leningrad. Also seized were 159 smaller guns, IT self-propelled guns, and IS tanks, including seven of the cotton Tiger variety.
 Guns Destroyed
 Another l02 guns of various cali bers, 58 tanks and l40 mortarS were destroyed. The German defenses smashed were described by the So- viet high command as "the last word in military fortification.
 On the Novogorod front, General Kyril A. Meretskov riped a 30-mile gap in German fortified positions north of the city and, advancing 19 miles, cut the railroad north to Leningrad with the capture of Bol- otnaya, nine miles north of Nov- gorod, and Podberezhye, five miles farther north.
 Meretskov sent another column across the northern tip of Lake linen to capture Pakoma, six miles southwest of Novogorod, and sever the railroad running southwest to Staraya Russia.
 On the central front, the Ger. mans rushed endorsements into action in an attempt to save the strategic railway junction of Nov osokolniki, 70 miles east of Latvia. but all were beaten of with loss to the enemy of 1900 men. Several villages were captured by the Rus sians in @ nearly se. sor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20
Poles Make Land Demands

Moscow, Jan. 20- (UP) -Wolna Polska, organ of the union of Polish patriots in Russia, today demanded for postwar Poland the German provinces of Silesia. Pomerania and east Prussia, as well as the former free city of Danzig.
 We have the right to expect the Allies to recognize for Poland her ancient lands seized by the Ger mans, Prof. Leon Chwistek said in a Wolna Polska article.
 An accompanying article written by soldier serving with the Polish Corps in Russia called for the divi- sion of landed estates, free distribu- ton of land to peasants, and expro- priations of industries and mines owned by the Germans in territories refrigerated into Poland after the war.
 We must recall that is complete ly false that sometime in the his- toric past we gave up Silesia to the Germans" Chwistek wrote.
 ''Silesia was surrendered to the Silesian princes recognizing Czech Suzerainty.
 Secondly. we must declare that Pomerania constitutes old Polish land. and that east Prussia vas Pol ish feudal land separated from Po- land.
 "At the time of the Versailles the problem of German population in Polish territories was one of the most harmful obstacles to a just set clement of the questions with which the western powers were unable to cope.
 Tt must be recognized that the correct solution of this problem has been advanced by the Germans themselves, who openly advocated s,asmttleme~sNA ef .~an~4as~ At~s~~ 's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20
Walter WiHlclaeIl
 In NezU YOYk

Confession: Tn the Dec. sist Cong, Record (page li0eO Rep. Glare Hoffman admitted that he never gets angry. but he does get mad. The dictionary defines mad" in many ways. Funk G Wagnall's definition:
 "Mad-() Dlsordered in mind, insane. (2) Inflamed or infatuated as with jealousy. terror or grief, (O Uncomfortable, as in animal, through rage or disease, especially rabies. (O Proceeding from or in- dicating e disordered mind"
 Don't YOu? Sometimes we won- der whether John L. Lewis Is the miners pick-or just their axe.
 Nice Guy, Tho: Jesse LaslSy, the film producer, is famous for hay ing his desk (and the area sur rounding it) piled high with papers and clippings. A wag looked at the mess and said: Jesse, sooner or later you or the papers will have to get out"
 Observation: Some people worry more about how far the Russians get in Poland than about the dis. tance the Nazis get in Congress.
 Wilsoniana: Tn the film about Woodrow wilson the authors are reminded not to forget the time he sent Mrs. Galt (whom he mar ried) box of flowers. The card read: You are the only woman l know who can wear an orchid. Generally 1t is the orchid that wears the woman"
 In Fewer Words: Governor Wills speech, taking some raps at Nye and others, makes one little more optimistic about the RepubS.
 It's nice to know they have some Wills as well as those Won'tS.
 Mae West and W. c. Fields CO., starred in 8 film in which they should have been anonymous. In. stead, they quarrelled over the billing - whose name would be advertised first.
 "An I know" Mae told him. "is that they invariably say: Ladies and GentlemenF"
 "zatso?" said Fields. What about MT. and Mrs,p"