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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
Lend.Leose
 Fight Looms

Washington, Aug. B.-(UP)-The administration today appeared head ed for battle with Congress over continuation of Lend-Lease to Great Britain after Germany collapses.
 Lend-Lease officials will be pre- pared to contend that maintenance Of Britain's civilian economy for prosecution of the war against Ja- pan will be just as important as 1t was for prosecution of the war against Germany. Their basic thesis will be that 1t Is all ne war,
 But congressman have indicated that wait and see" attitude Is called for-wait and see what sort Of role Britain plans to play in the Pacific war, In any event, many eontended, the issue should be sub- jected to close congressional inyesti' gation.
 4 high American official denied that there was any intention Of using Lend-Lease as Q postwar 0I peaeetlnle measure, but he enl' phaslzed that it was the intention to use 1t so long as the War-eltheF in Europe or the Pacifie-continued
 Acting Secretary of State Edward R, stettinlus, Jr., told a press con- ference that the British govern ment had not raised the question Of the future of lend-lease,
 The Issue
 The issue was created by Q Na- tl0nal Association Of manufacturers
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
British, Canadians Cut
 Deeply Into NaZi Line In Bang-Up Offensive
Nazis Apply Torch Policy To Holy Soil

Moscow, Aug. 8-(UP)--The Ger. mans burned houses, farms and other installations along the East Prussian frontier today in the first application of the scorched earth policy to their holy" soil as Red armies closed in along a 2l5-mile siege arc.
 Civilians already have been evac- uated from areas east of Konigsberg "a further sign that the Nazi com- mand feels the Red army is about to smash across the border into Germany's easternmost province.
 Two more Russian armies - the lst Baltic and 2nd White Russian were revealed to have joined in the mounting battle for East Prussia as Gen. Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky's 3rd White Russian army begged down five to 10 miles from the border in the face Of heavy resistance from reinforced Nazi troops.
 Col. Gen. Georgi Zhakarov's 2nd army pushed l5 miles northwest from Bialystok and captured Knys- gym, g miles south of the East Prussian border, and Gen. Ivan c. Bagramian's list army at the north ern end of the front sent two spear heads crashing toward Memel and Tilsit.
 The Russians also cut one of the two remaining north-south railways serving an estimated 20 enemy divisions trapped in Latvia and Es-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
'l4ush-Hush" Amored Troop Carriers And Other Secret DeUices Aided Allied Push

afternoon as l file this dispatch, the fighting is described as ''YeFy heavy" and 1t is expected to continue that way for teh rest of the day,
 The positions under attack had been carefully fortified with batter ies of ae's and dng-in tanks,
 Troops back from the fighting said the armored loTTies were . miracle idea" permitting dep penetration by large bodies of infantry almost without casualties,
 After the aTmor had broken through, wave on wave of infantry followed afoOt, elamberlng over bomb and shell-t0Fn fields and by- passing ruined villages in which pockets of Germans resisted flereely,
 The town of Monlenay Le Mar mlon has been hypassed and it's ruins echoed with maehinegun fire as the infantry cleaned up resisting Germans. Clouds Of smoke and dust overhung the battle.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
Auto Labor Strikes Anew

Detroit. Aug. B.-CUP)-ApproxI- mately $500 workers at the Chew F0let Gear & Axle Division of Gen. erai Motors. who ended an ll.day strike yesterday. walked out again today to protest the dismissal of seyen union members by the com- papy,
 Representing the day shift, the employees were part of 1000 who staged the Ii-day waIkout against h ''speed.up" in production at the five plants Of the Chevrolet diyi- sion.
 Work was resumed in the plants yesterday after a meeting Sunday at which the United Auto Workers Local (cI0l agreed to comply with War Labor orders directing them to go back to work.
 Alter the first shift had begun
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
Jops Claim 
lRY United Pressl

At Japanese Imperial headquar- etFs eommunique claimed that Jap- anese forces today, completely eap- tured" Henkyang, bitterly contested Chinese rity on the Canton-H -Hankow railroad.
 The eommunique, broadcast by Tokyo rsdio and recorded by FCC, said that three Chinese army diyi- sions and U, s. Army units were destroyed tn the conquest
 The Japanese claimed the city eell to their forces which began a general assault against the Chinese defenders last Friday after sur- rounding the rail junction for more than a month,
 Last Chinese adYlees from Chung king said the city was still in the Chinese hands yesterday, although there was no Allied comment today on the Japanese claims of eaptur' Ing Hengyang.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08

Tn August. l943. the young sery- iceman was wounded while on an assignment to Sicily, and was awarded the Purple Heart, He was hospitalized in North Africa for six months and was sent to England In February. of this year. There he was decorated with the Infantry mans Combat Badge for 'meFitoF' ious yaloT"
 His last letter. written July B, in' dleated he served throughout the invasion Of Normandy.
 The son of the late Timothy A., Culhane, he was born iL Waterbury Feb. 2, 1920, He vas ap honog ggRd5 uate at Crosby High school and was employed by the U. s, Time Corp before entering the service,
 Survivors include his mother one brother, JOsln P. culhane; two sls' ters, Mrs, Mario ?, MoDti and Miss Rita culhane, and several annts' aN Of this city,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
Koiso Warns Jop People
By United Press

Premier Gen. Kuniaki Koiso. tak- ing cognizance of Allied victories in the Mafianas and New Guinea, warned Japan in a radio broadcast today that its empire was "con- fronted by national difficulties of unprecedented seriousness"
 The new premier, who succeeded Gen. Hideki Tojo only last month, pointedly cited the American oceu- patton of the Marianas as 'an ate tempt to obtain a quick decision in the war and presents the appear ance as if to strike at our homeland in a single blow"
 Kois0's message, translated by the official Domei news agency and re- corded by United Press at San Fran cisco, was delivered in observance of Imperial Rescript day which the Japanese have observed every month since the sneak attack on Pearl HarhoF.
 Koiso acknowledged that the war had developed into a conflict of ''ex- eeptionally gigantic proportions p but attempted to bolster the Jap- anese morale by promising that ''the time has noY arrived when military operations by our imperial forces on a grand and bold scale gre ex- pectantly awaited"
 Appealing to the army, navy, goy- eFnment officials and civilians to mobilize their strength in Q united effort. he aald the opportune time for the supreme effort of Japan's 100000. 900 people had arrived "and will, believe, never come again"
 s'The war is now extremely intense and difficult situations arise in VaT- ious parts of our front lines" Kois0 added, in commenting on the Allied strikes throughout the Pacific.
 He described the Allied victories in New 6uinea, where Gen, Douglas MaeAFthur has Tne0nquered teFFts tory within eno miles 0f the PhiliDg pines, as threatening s0uY lines @ communication in the s0uthsw ms giOn.s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
Chinese Mess For Tenaehuns Blow

Ghnngking, Aug, s - ipPJ Chinese troops ln Ynnnap Province consolidated thelr forces today TOT an allvOut assault on the Japanese stronghold 0f Tengehnng, one Of the main points blocking Jnnctllge 0F Allied armies attempting to clear the vital Burma road,
 A e0mmnnlQue said lha Chinese were preparing for Q final assault after making seven successive blows yesterday against the ancient walled city, already allame from Chinese iDeendiaFy bombs,
 The Chinese were reported 70 nave broken through breach 70 the southern wall and taken positions southeast Of the city,
 The Japanese attempted heveral e0unteF-altaeks, the e0mmunique said. but all were Fepalsed by flame thT0WAFa,
 American anti-alFcrafl batteries also Eepulsed Japanese attempts 70 drop supplies from the alF f0 their isolated garrison at eunsshan. on the road leading southward from Tengehung to Llngllng.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08

gIcal cotton wool was flown from England and issued to the troops so they could stuff their ears and avoid being deafened by their own harTage,
 Our advanced infantry was pulled back $500 to 5000 yards during the h0mhardment, Then at the zero h0nF-Ik minutes after midnlghl- the Canadians and British dashed forward against an enemy gFoggy from bombing,
 The attack was described as full scale" employing Q terrific weight of aFmor and foot soldiers to rock the Germans out of fixed positions they had held for weeks,
 The first thrust found the Ger mans daEed and confused, Artillery officers said there was almost DO "eounteF-battery." Our guns plass tered the Germans without Fes- ponse.
 NaEls Recover
 Later the Nazis began 10 recover and fight .tuhbornly. Early this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
Hostess Accuses Killer Suspect

Boston, Aug, e-(UPl-A Back Bay restaurant hostess accusation that a sailor currently held in . sex staying in Old Lyme, Conn, vas the man who attacked her July 2e on Bost0n's Esplanade was inyestiS gated by police today.
 Mrs. Mary Kedgell, 90, 2 Navy mans wife, identified Prank Hig- gins, lB, Of Boston, through news. paper pictures as the aee0ster who fractured her jaw and beat her.
 Police said that Mrs, Kedgell was an eyewitness 10 the fatal shooting last June 2B Of Guy F0Fmlea, 35, ol Plymouth. by Joe Rubin ln front of the latteT's south end nlghtelub, shoWtilne.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08

as pethflDdeVs guide the big bom' heFs In the air.
 The LOrries followed the first wave 0f tanks, They swept up to the battlefront directly from the machine shops where they had been fitted with special aFmoH, paused to take on their loads of tnv fantFymen aDd then rolled on across the b0mb-poeked pathway carved by the h0mbers, which had just dropped 5000 tons ln the blgs gest tactical bombing of the war,
 They came up to the front under heavy eamouflage and the enemy could not have known about them untll his maehlnegun and artillery shells were bouncing haFmlessly 0sf the plated monsters,
 Heavy BaETage
 Officers said the combined air and artillery explosion" which was unleased upon the deFnlails beyond the OFne before midnight was the heaviest since the landings. Just bee fore the battle . large supply oG suF-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
BULLETIN

Chungking, August 8. -
 UP - The Central Chinese News Agency re- ported today that Ameri- can B-24 bOmbers attacked Shanghai at noon caus- ing great devastation in the harbOr area.
 Shipping in the Wham- pOa river also was severely bombed. The dispatch described the harbOr and the river shipping as being 'disasterOusIy hit"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
BY RICHARD AgsAgILLAN

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 With the British and Canadians advancing beyond Caen, Aug, g. lUPl--Tbe big bombeFs faded away in the dark and streams of e0l0Fed tracer shells spuTted across no, mans land, Then the British and Canadians rolled out their secret weap0n--glanl, RFmOV-plated LoFE Ties jaInspaeked with assault ins fantry, The big bFeak'thFongh was on,
 Down highways marked 0lf on either side by streaks Of brilliant lraeeFs, the aFmOred L0rries snashs ed through the enemy lines, un. loading their eaTg0es Of tough fighting men deep inside the Ger man positions 70 rip and dlsoFgan' lxe the foe,
 Engineers had been busy for days preparing the L0FFles and they came as . complete surprise to the Ger mans, < surprise also was the method of guiding them by traeeEa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
TWO WISHES

Cahssset, Mass, August 2, - UP - Observing her JesFd birthday today, Mrs, Sarah L, Rates said she has 0ply i've more faV0Fs t0 ask Of lie, She wants to live to see the end Of the pFes' ent war and t0 see 2 Republican government restored in Wash' ingt0n,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
Eight German Officers Die By Hanging
BULLETIN

London, Aug. S-UP)-Eight high German officers involved in the plot Co assassinate Adolf EIit- Ter on July 20 and overthrow his Nazi regime were hanged today only two hours after sentence of death had been passed on them by the provincial court in Berlin following a sensational two day trial
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Evening star., 1944-10-19
| Michigan Cities
| Set Record for
Vote Registration
,y the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Oct. 19.-An eleventh
hour rush before the deadline last
night boosted registration rolls in
many Michigan cities to all-time
highs for the November general
election, survey showed today.
Records were established in the
States three largest cities-Detroit
Grand Rapids and Flint-and in
Owosso, birthplace and boyhood
home of Thomas E. Dewey. the Re-
publican presidential candidate.
In Detroit 28,624 persons were
registered on the final day, bringing
the total to 798,295, or about 1000
more than the previous record set
In 1910.
The 1910 mark of 80 900 in Grand
Rapids was exceeded by more thar
1000. At Flint, registration totaled
73,625, compared with 73,303 foul
years ago.
Evening star., 1944-10-19

jority only wanted testimony from
witnesses who would say what they
wanted said.
rs this q committee to aid the
New Deal?" he shouted.
rs 1t q committee to blast the
New Deal?" Senator Tunnel re-
joined.
George J.. Shillito, committed
agent, rose to explain that he had
seen Mr.. Woodring, learned that the
latter did not want to come tc
Washington under subpoena, tina,
he hadn't been here since he had
a little difference with the admin
istration and that he would turn
loose through the newspapers and
blast the New Deal II the committee
insisted on his coming"
Letter Obtained.
But Mr. Shillito did obtain letteI
from Mr.. Woodring, which went int,
the committee records, saying h,
had severed his connections witt
ADNC at an early date and had n,
information on its receipts and ex,
penditures.
Mr.. Harriss. in describing his owr
connection with the committee, sale
he had attended the meeting a
which 1t was organized and hat
donated $500 toward it.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
laps Report Attack
On Indian Ocean Isle.

BY the Associated Press.
The Tokyo radio reported today
that an Allied task force has been
bombing and Smelling the Nicobar
Islands in the Indian Ocean fo1
three days.
The attack began on Tuesday
(Tokyo time) and fighting continued
through Thursday morning, the
broadcast said. The report. uncon-
firmed by Allied sources, was re-
corded by the Federal Communica-
tions Commission.
Tokyo said one Allied carrier and
one destroyer were sunk today.
The japanese did not identify the
nationality of the attacking force,
but the Indian Ocean has been the
province of the British Far Eastern
fleet.
The Nicobar Islands lie athwart
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten S
pathway back to Singapore. The
attack, Tokyo said, was directed
against Car Nicobar, northernmost
of the island chain
Tokyo said "a carrier-borne
planes attacked Tuesday morning
and five were shot down. Another
wave followed Wednesday morning
at which time the naval lombard
ment opened. The Japanese coun-
terattack was reported on the third
day.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Pants Burglar Gets
S101 in Two Homes

Undisturbed by the special police
squad cars cruising the streets on
the lookout for him, Washington's
pants burglar resumed his activities
last night, taking $101 from pants
pockets in two homes.
After 48-hour vacation" the
prowler entered the home of Leon
ard Abrims, 1880 Forty-sixth street
NV, and stole S94 in the second
floor bedroom. He discarded Mr.
Abrim,s pants in the dining room
George Daddy of 4445 Warren street
NV, reported that 81 was taken
from his pants pocket in an unoc-
cupied front bedroom of his home
The prowler has obtained nearly
$40, 900 in loot during the last three
months, always striking while his
victims were asleep. None of them
has ever seen him. Neither have
the police, who have % men en-
gagged in tracking him down.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Jap Base al Tiddim
Captured by Allies

BY the Associated Press.
SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, HANDY, Cey-
lon, Oct 19.-British troops ad-
vancing into Western Burma have
captured the japanese base at
Tiddim, from which enemy forces
launched their abortive invasion OF
India early this year, Allied head
quarters announced today.
The British have been closing in
slowly on Tiddim for several weeks
after pursuing the retreating Japa-
nese 100 miles southwark from I'm
phal in Northeastern Burma, which
the enemy attempted unsuccessfully
to seize
The fate of the Tiddim garrison
was not Immediately disclosed. Small
British forces, however, have been
reported operating along the Japa-
nese escape route to the south after
filtering through the jungles
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Movie Stars Failed
To Complete Tours,
Army Paper Repeats
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW DEHLI, Oct. 19.-The Army
newspaper Obi Roundup answered
today criticism by Film Stars Ann
Sheridan, Joe E. Brown and Paulette
Goddard of recent editorial as
serting that they cut short their
entertainment tours in overseas
theaterS."
Commenting on Miss Sheridan's
statement that she ate G or K ra-
tions more often than not, the news
paper said "the facts Of the matter
we're that Miss Sheridan ate the best
food available everywhere"
IF and when she ate K or C ra-
| tions, every one else was eating it,"
Obi Roundup said.
Observing that Joe E. Brown had
suggested that the editorial probably
was written by some one ENJOYING
the comforts of New Delhi, Obi
Roundup said:
1T was. That happens to be
where the Army ordered us to
serve. The writer of the editorial
was thoroughly familiar with the
energy, skill and generosity of
Brown.
"Old Cavern Mouth probably was
the best-liked entertainer who ever
hit the Obi China Burma India
theater of operations). Army rec
ords indicate he contracted to play
120 days in Obi and played
only 81"
Commenting on Miss Goddard's
statement that she travelled within
miles of the battlefront and few
over the hump to China, Obi
Roundup said:
! Miss Goddard played 81 days out
of promised co. She Cancelled the
/ tail end of her tour"
Evening star., 1944-10-19
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gestion, however, and the hearing
proceeded with Mrs. O'Daniel testi-
flying that practically all printed
copies Of the newspaper, or about
10000 weekly, are distributed.
Mrs. ODaniel broke into tears at
reference to her two sons, Pat and
Mike, both in the Army. She said
that she, as manager of the O'Daniel
News, was trying to handle not only
her own duties but also those Of her
sons during their absence, and that
she usually worked from 7 in the
morning till past midnight in the
preparation of the newspaper. The
O'Daniel boys are listed as execu-
tives of the publication.
Business Manager Testifies.
Garfield Crawford, business man
ager of the paper, testified that he
was being paid $4,000 to handle the
affairs of the ODaniel News in
Texas from January /. 1914, to jan
uary l, 1945. He said he lived on
a chicken farm near Arlington,
about midway between Fort Worth
and Dallas.
Mr.. Crawford, subpoenaed by the
committee, was in the midst Of his
testimony when the committee de-
cided to hear Mrs. O'Daniel. He
had been detailing a close relation
ship between the Common Citizens
Radio Committee, A Texas corpora
ton, and the O'Daniel News, when
Senator ODaniel interrupted to ask
If Mrs. ODaniel could be given an
opportunity at once to express her
views. Mr.. Crawford is treasurer of
the radio group.
| Senator O'Da mel, not expected by
the investigators to attend, appeared
early with his wife.
Harriss Testifies.
The Senate investigators heard
Robert M. Harriss. who helped or
ganize the antifourth term Ameri-
can Democratic National Committee,
testify yesterday that he had sent
cashiers check for 1000 to the
league, along with names of about
200 persons, for subscriptions to the
ODaniel paper.
Mr.. Harriss. New Yorker, started
Republican and Democratic Sena-
tors swinging verbal haymakers
when he mentioned rather casually
a telephone conversation he had the
night before with former Secretary
Of War Harry Woodring in Topeka
Kans.' Mr.. Woodring was one OF the
founders of the ADNC, but he re-
signed a few weeks after it was
organized.
Mr.. Harriss said Mr.. Woodring
told him that some one with a sub
poena had called on him and that
the former cabinet offcer had said
he would come to Washington and
appear before the Campaign Ex-
penditures Committee, but would
blast the New Deal from hell to
breakfast all the way out and all
the way back He said Mr.. Wood
ring asserted that the subpoena was
not served after that threat.
Senator Ferguson, Republican, OF
Michigan said it looked as though
there was suppression of evidence, -
that it appeared the committee ma
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Dewey Trying 10 Convict
President, Pepper Charges
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KENNETH, Mo, Oct. Ex-senator
Pepper, Democrat, of Florida, de-
clared last night that Gov. Dewey
has abandoned the role of candi-
date for President and has become
the ruthless, unscrupulous prose-
cutor. attempting to convict Frank
lin D. Roosevelt as a Communist, a
liar and a common crook"
Il claim that the President is a
better man than Tom Dewey" the
Florida Senator shouted to a cheer
ing audience of 1,500 at a political
rally in the armory here.
The Hoover depression ended on
March 4, 1888" Senator Pepper said
When Roosevelt became President
he went in on a program of econ
omy. But he discovered he had beer
wrong He set about to remedy the
situation. He helped men get jobs,
business to get business, farmers to
get prices for their products. started
public works programs. made loans
available at small rates of interest
and started the spiral of prosperity. y
Evening star., 1944-10-19
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heavy lighting" continued on the
southern slopes Of Monte Belmonte
In the Highway 65 area. South
African troops on the left flank of
this sector captured Monte Pezza.
Colored troops Of the United
States 92d Infantry captured Mount
Castiglione, an important height
overlooking the west coast main
highway.
Bad weather again hampered
ground operations in most of the
sectors and curtailed operations of
the Mediterranean Allied Air Force.
However, f1ghter-bombers at
tackled railyards at Vinkovci, Yu-
goslavia, and gave some support to
the land forces in Italy with at
tacks on bridges near Bologna and
the railyards at Modena. Medium
bombers attacked the railway
bridge at Padua.