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defense by one blow," the Soviet commymique said.
 Instead, a hail of Soviet rifle machine-gun artillery and trench motar fire forced the enemy to turn and flee, but later reports said the attacks were continuing on a heavy scale, though without success. Some 2,OOO Germans were killed in the initial battles.
 Supporting the Red Army, Soviet planes bombed concentrations of military trains at the Latvian rail- way centers of Rezekne and Gull bene. Many fires and explosions were touched off. A slate oil re- finery at Kiviyli AS miles west of Narva, also was raided and the communique reported that almost the entire area of the plant" was left enveloped in flames.
 Far to the south, German tanks and infantry were reported attack ing necessarily" from two drec- tions east of Stanislawow, guarding the southeastern approaches to the railway hub of Lwow, on the shortest route from the east to Berlin.
 In one sector, some 1000 Germans broke into the Soviet line, but were surrounded and killed to the last man. Another 1900 Germans were slain in ar adjoining sector.
 Northeast of Stanislawow, the Russians dislodged the Germans from several inhabited localities af- ter killing nearly 1000 of the enemy.
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(Continued from Page D planes had bombed numerous towns along the East-West Lung-Hai rail- way, which joins the Peiping- Han kow railway at Chenghsien. Among the targets were Loyang, whih had five air alarms yesterday, Kingh- sien, Tungkwan and numerous Yel- low River ferries, Central said.
 Chinese troops in Northern Bur- ma are battling the Japanese along the Larkraw River after apturing Warazup, % miles north of Mo- gaung, ill spite of strong enemy re- sistance and Monsoon weather con- ditions, Maj. Gen. c. c. Tseng, Chi- nese military spokesman, said to- day.
 Warazup is on the vital Manda- lay -Myitkyina railway.
 A western column of Chinese troops advancing from Taro has captured Longkih, west of Warzup. Tseng said.
 He said enemy resistance and weather conditions had slowed the Chinese advance in northern Bur ma for a week.
 Commenting on the fighting for Kohima and 1mphal, Tseng said the Japanese rear communications were causing them "acute difficulties"
 ''The longer the Allied troops de- lay the Japanese advance to the TY1Ylhn1 and K0hirna areaS" hn said "the worse are the Japanese prob- lems of supplies from their rear in Burma
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Despite substantial increase ranging from 15 to 20 per cent in motor vehicle use during the first quarter of 1944, compared with the same period last year, Conrecticuts traffic accident experience has been reduced 15.7 per cent, personal m- juries are three per cent less and traffic fatalities have decreased 13 per cent, according to quarter ly statistical statement issued by the Connecticut Highway Safety Commission on the basis of date from the files of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
 It is estimated by the Highway Safety Commission that traffic flow on state highways is still off from 45 to 50 per cent compared with 1941, and in a report made to the State Traffic Commission, assurance is expressed that the 40-mile maxi mum legal rate of speed on non- urban highways. effective May l for an experimental period of three months, will not prove a hazard to public safety.
 It IS pTcuIClcu Uy CIlc OdActy Commission that traffic flow in- crease on state highways will con- tinue this year, assuming that the current conditions maintain.
 However, the Commissions state ment emphasizes that entire con- fidence is felt, on the basis of past experience that a 40-mile non- urban maximum legal speed will not develop increased frequency or severity in the traffic accident rate.
 Year after year, states the Safety Commission bulletin, "at least 70 per cent of Connecticut's traffic accident problem is located in thirty-six (36) cities and towns of more than 10000 population. These communities comprise what is termed the 'congested area group to distinguish urban accident ex- perierce from the rural type.
 During the first three months of
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SOLDIERS MUST
 HAVE LICENSES
Law Requires Possession of State Permits While
 Operating Private Cars

A member of the armed forces may not drive 8 privately owned car in this state unless he holds a cur- rent drivers license issued by Con- necticut or some other state, Motor Vehicle Commissioner John T. Me- Carthy said today, explaining that he has received a number of com- plaints from police that they had stopped army men who were driv- ing privately owned cars on per- mits that applied only to federal vehicles.
 While the law provides that any member of the country's armed forces may drive government owned vehicle in any state with out license, army men stationed in some parts of Connecticut have been furnished with limited licenses at the request of their officers.
 After being examined by the De- partment of Motor Vehicles, these men have received permits to drive federal vehicles, Such limited Ii" censes, however, are not permits to OAANG P0AVdVCAJ OWACA SNAlANASo'
 "To drive a privately owned ve- hicle, the Serviceman must have a standard drivers license. If he has a current license issued by another state, he may use it in Connecticut for an unlimited time since he is not resident of this state."
 Any serviceman who held a Con- necticut drivers license at the time of his induction may secure 1944 license without charge, Commission CT Mccarthy concluded. However, he must apply in person at one of the motor vehicle offices and fill out a special application form, or if he cannot appear in person he must procure such a form and have this countersigned by his Commanding Officer. With this form and his ap- plication properly filled out and signed, any friend or member of his family may obtain his license for him without charge.
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Men MoyJo CIO
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(Continued from Page D of the Waterbury Farrel Foundry and enter application for negotia- tionS. Standard union expectations would be applied for in any con- tract that might be proposed.
 Union authorities of the CIO were at the gates of the company this morning handing out leaflets ex- p laining the nature of tonight's organizational meeting. Of the ap- proximate $50 employees of the con- cern some 150, union officials stated would not fall within the category of unionization if such a program was dopted, as this latter group were believed to be employed ill either 8 supervisor capacity or mak- ing up the personnel of officer workers.
 If the CIO is tonight adopted as sponsoring agent by the employees various organizational committees will be darwn up. In addition a specific program as to future policy will be formulated, union officials stated.
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tCOnLlnueQ ITOIn rage U Germanys third largest city, start ing fires visible for more than 20O miles.
 The Hancassers attacked through clouds, but first reports indicated that the bombing was well con- centrated," an air ministry com- munique said.
 The raiders dropped their whole bombloads, including block busters ranging possibly up to six tons, on railway marshalling yards at Col ogne, battleneck through which military trains from Berlin and northern Germany pass to France, Belgium and Holland.
 The yards were devastated in a night attack Aug. 8, 1943, but since had been repaired. Returning crews reported strong anti aircraft fire and night-fighter interception over the target area.
 The Paris area also was hit hard last night with a Paris broadcast reporting that vast fires were started in the Montmartre district and several northern suburbs.
 '"The raid was ceasless from mid- night to a. m. with planes arriv- ing in successive waves" the Paris broadcast said. Numerous Christ mas Tree flares were followed by sticks of high explosives and incen- diaries. Several residential districts were completely razed and it is feared that casualties will be very high"
 Up to 2,000 American planes ranging from four-engined Flying Fortresses and Liberators to single engined fighters set the pace for the attacks on France with a series of daylight raids yesterday On Ger many's Atlantic Wall" along the channel coast and installations father inland.
 Nearly 1000 F'ortresses and Lib- orators, the strongest force of day. light raiders ever thrown against the invasion coast, ploughed through thick bursts of anti-air- craft fire just before dusk last night to attack the coast at time when German speculation over the imminence of a western front was mounting rapidly.
 Mustang and Lightning fighter bombers simultaneously attacked targets in the same areas, while other Mustangs and Lightnings joined with Thunderbolts in escort- ing the formations of heavy bomb- CTS. Though little fighter opposi- tion was reported -four enemy planes were shot down and others were destryed on the ground.
 Nine heavy bombers were lost, but all fighters and fighter-bomb- CTS returned safely.
 Medium and light bombers made two attacks on northwestern France during the day, dropping 300 tons of bombs in the second at dusk. British, New ealand and Allied Spitfires escorted the bomberS, three of which were lost.
 Thunderbolt fighter -bombers in & late afternoon attack bombed a railway yard in northern France, hitting sheds and ground emplace- ments and downing Junkers 88 encountered over the target area.
 German planes dropped bombs in several places in southeast Eng land last night. Two bombers were shot down.
 Eastern England also was hit and a German DNB broadcast identi- fled the target as Hull. However, an air-home security ministry con- munique said the night raiders caused little damage and no fatal ities or serious injuries.
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Walter WiHlcIlell M NezO YOYk

for obStructioniSt They are trying to brass knuckle the OWI by yapping that the agency is wasting taxpayers coin It is no longer news that propaganda is as much a vital weapon of war as bazooka Why kick about paying for weapons to be used against any enemy2 :. . {. It is significant that those fighting the OWI have always fought against all defense measures The owl has won the praise of General Mar shall, Gen. Eisenhower and other military chiefs Remember, too, it was OWI propaganda which in- duced the italian fleet to quit By that one act OWI not only saved many American dollars but more important-the lives of many Amer ican fighting men-possibly your boy or husband.
 It is noticeable that some papers that are attacking OW1 (created to propagandize against the enemy) can't find much space to report the trial of the 30 accused seditionists who are charged with having propagandized FOR the enemy.
 The Love Letter of the Week An editorial from The International Teamster: ''Walter Winchell is the only prominent newspaper and ra- dio commentator whose viewpoint is consistently that of the masses of Americans. His is the only voice they have on the air. On the ques- tion of subsidies tto keep down the family grocery bilD Winchell spoke the language of the average house wife trying to feed her family on a slender budget. His voice was raised on the question of soldiers voting (including more than two million union men) against the unscrupu- lous political combination that would rob them of their voice tc vote for the democracy they are defending. He fought the Nazi-lov. CTS. The nudge combinations of wealth and monopoly have silenced most of those who would speak fol /, us. They have not silenced Win chell. He speaks the things most of us believe ill. May he continue his crusade against his enemies who are also our enemies"
 United States Senator Maybanl (D) of South Carolina defied both Congress and the Superior Court last week in these words: Regard. less of any Supro:zle Court decisions and any laws that may be passed by Congress, we of the South will maintain the political and socia institutions we believe to be in the best interests of the people"
 And only few weeks before Con- gressman Hoffman called for g march on Washington.
 This observer aSserts-under his right of fair comment-that such talk is injurious to the nation. It is irresponsible talk-by any American and particularly legis. lator-because 1t tends to under mine the dignity of Congress These men do not speak for Con- gress or it wouldn't be necessary for them to defy it If people obeyed the laws they liked, Senator May bank would be wasting his time making them at all!
 And no one would pay an income tax.
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14,000 Strike Afford Shop
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mitteemen handled grievances. and the union charged the company dis- charged four stewards for carrying out their duties under 8 mutual agreement.
 Union local president, Roy Eng. land, said the walout will continue until the company reinstates the contract and four stewards, and takes no more disciplinary action regarding the steward controversy until 1t is considered by the War Labor Board.
 First of the feeder plants affected was the Gotfredson Company, Ltd., whose 500 employees were idled be- cause of lack of parts.
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States must accept responsibilities. Somewhere between 8 narrow isola- l tionist stand on one hand and the God savers on the other, who would give everything away in idealistic dreaming, is the genuine American position on foreign poley. We can differ on detail but even in a pres idential election there are funda- mental principles, truly American, that we can agree on and uphold, however the election may come out =. to guide and to inform the Amreican people sanely and con- structively in all the animoSitieS of political campaign naturally will arouse, is one of our first duties now"
 Roberts, managing editor of the Kansas City (Mo.) Star, said the conference theme of responsible Journalism" was an outgrowth of discussion at meetings of ASNE di- rectors who had agreed that i've talked entirely too much about free- dom of the press, without the public understanding what we meant, and we have dwelt entirely too little upon the responsibilities of the free press"
 Roberts said the first concern of the ASNE directors had been to make their full contribution to win min gthe war and that they had dis cussed problems with the Office of Censorship. office of war inforna- ton, National Loan Sales commit tees, Scrap Drive committee, the Army and Navy. They sought to protect the free press within the bounds of the legitimate military security" he said.
 He cited protests filed because of press restrictions on coverage of the International Food Conference at Hot Springs, Va, the return of American repatriates from Germany and the Cairo and Tehran confer ences.
 "As a general principle. American newspapers felel rightly they are entitled to get our government de- cision and news from American sources, not have to wait for the news in speeches from that splendid reporter, Winston Churchill, before parliament" Robert said.
 With all sympathy and under standing of the terrible burden of war the President of the United States is carrying, urge policy of more trust and confidence in the American people and the press. It will pay dividends in the one cause we all place first-winning the war" Roberts urged the society to take the lead in fighting for free ex- change of international news in the postwar period and added that after the war. or earlier, i've must have an end to the flood of government propaganda"
 'The horde of press agents that ] have engulfed Washington should be driven out" he said. "The same practice of bureaucracy has de- velcped in business until we are sub- merged with releases on everything except the weather. Putting an end to controlled news in our job.
 We must get the government fostered propaganda services out of the foreign field the minute the last shot is fired and turn back to our own splendid press services the serving of American news to the far corners of the earth. We must de- mand and get equal treatment in world communications for our American agencies and breakdown of any monopolies, governmental fostered, that put our press services at a disadvantage"
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(Continued from Page D the Taglialnento river bridges at Cascara, 35 miles further to the northwest.
 Simultaneously, waves of medium bombers pounded Livorno harbor, knocked out railway bridge at Certaldo and damaged another re- gently repaired span at Cecina, and attacked viaducts at Arezzo and Bucine, with undisclosed results.
 Railway bridges in the Ancona area also were hit hard by RAF Kitty -bombers, and formations of Ann tcan invaders, TEunderbolts and Warhawks bombed the rail lines north of Rome, causing a break in the Orvieto.Orte line.
 Other Kitty.bombers staged at least so strafing runs over the Rieti airfielu, 38 miles northeast of Rome, and blew up at least 10 grounded enemy planes.
 Ten other Nazi aircraft were shot down in aerial combat, including eighty destroyed by the U. s. heavies and their fighter escorts, while eight Allied planes were lost, two Of them heavy bombers.
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Woleai, about 500 miles west of Truk, and attacked on both days by the American raiders who started large fires and explosions and ac. counted for six enemy planSs and probably three others at the island.
 Eatawan airdrome in Nomoi Atoll, 15O miles southeast of Truk. was hit for the third straight day Tues day, when the LiberAtors battered the runway and fuel supplies with 34 tons of bombs.
 eolomons- -hased planes made their
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hilly residential section on the northwestern end.
 Indian troops dispatched from Diinapur were reported pouring into Kohitna, however, and the coln- munique indicated that the main relief column was moving swiftly down the road, disposing of enemy blocks.
 At least 400 Japanese have been killed in the recent fighting about Kohima, the Allied comfnuniQue said.
 On the north-central Burma front the Chinese 3Stn divjsio" f~'''''- : down the east bank of the Mogaulng river to within 25 miles of Mogaung, an important enemy base.
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TnE PRIVATE PAPERS OF o
 CUB REPORTER

CUE REPORTER
 Gerald l.. K. Smith went to Wash Na8ton the other day to try to steal the show staged by the Govern 1nent against the 30 sedition defen- dants who call themselves patriots.
 Smith bragged about his in- llnence with voters and gloated about the Wisconsin victory for his fitsters Let's debunk that bunk now MT. Dewey has re- pudiated Gerald Smith As for smiths influence with voters-the records show that every time Smith ran for office he was soundly troul1ced at the poll Why do we have to put up with a thing like Smith2 His Zeitung once was named as a tool for subversives and en- efny agents over here Gin the orig inal Federal list of indictments) yet he is still spouting the poison that caused his rag to be labeled q tool And nothing is done about 1t or him =. Cong. Dies can't stead any bows there.
 Drew Pearson recently reported that Following MT. Dies recent ra- dio criticism of this department) he was applauded by American cOunterpartS of Britain's Cliveden Set in a Washington mansion Not all the newspapers could spare the space for Pearson's entire ar- ticle We quote this excerpt (1fom his Philadelphia outleb be- cause it didn't appear everywhere: But what most of them didn't re- alize is that Dies faces the tough est reelection campaign of his life. He was over-Zealous in getting war contracts for his district and now faces about 10000 labor votes whose poll taxes are paid. So Martin needs some publicity and attacking Win chell on the air is one of the best ways to get it."
 The activities of Edward James Smythe Gust apprehended by G. Men near the Canadian border) have been spotlighted here many times He is one of the 30 alleged seditionists on trial and a pal of BundiStS |. His latest eff fort (before being showed intot he lockup) was called a Chaplains AsS'n--a front he used for his pe- culiar activities His letterheads named several prominent Americans to give the impression they sup- port that outfit and him But many of those people were used and abused without heir permis- sion or knowledge of the real back CTS There is a law against such misrepresentation Why isn't it enforced?
 This is a salute the soldiers ot , duction-the workers whose sweat has done so much to help turn the tide against the enemy Labor-baiters are continually Tipping mud at these workers This is to remind you that they not only have given their sweat but many have given their lives.
 According to the War Production Board, between Pearl Harbor and Jan. 1, 1924 industrial accidents killed 7,500 more Americans than the war did! . Yes, 7,50O more than the war did! The per manently and temporarily disabled Industrial workers outnumbered the military wounded and missing by 60 to Throw those facts in the faces fof those who attempt to stain the NO0d name 0f tha Annrina I, wOfkingman and woman.
 The owl is again the clay pigeon
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BREAKS WINDOW FOR CLOCK

St. Joseph, Mo. (UP) - Another "Sign-o the Times" story cam from a local jeweler here when he reported recently that thief broke $40 window glass in his shop to steal an alarm clock.
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GATES MANSION TO CYo

Chicago (UP)-The $9o,0O0 man. sion of John Bet Million Gates, colorful fiancier of the sos, is being transformed into 8 Catholic Youth Organization residence for women. It will accommodate approximately 100 roomerS.
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ciated. In turn, this office has agreed to check accident experience closely and inform members of the State Traffic Commission at fre- quent intervals so that any unsafe trend can be detected early and appropriate action taken by the proper authority"
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daily attack on Rabaul but ran into the heaviest anti-aircraft fire ever encountered over the isolated New Britain base and three American planes were lost. More than 100 tons of bombs were dropped on Tobera, Keravat and Vunapope air. fields.
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Fifteen thousand motion picture films are being shown in English class rooms every week.
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Buy War Bonds and stamps
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Allies Drive
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-03
POLITICAL
BROADCASTS

1915 PM CBS-Claudia Morgan
heads panel of republican women
presented by republican national
committee. i.
$50 CBS-By John G. Winant'
ambassador from U. S. to Britain
will speak on Independent comm.
for Roosevelt and Truman pro-
gram.
8:15 MBS-The democratic ma
tional committee presents Leo J..
Crowley. J.,
$50 BLYE-Republican national
committee sponsors Gov. Salton-
stall of Mass.
9 MBC-International Brother
hood of Transfers Union sponsors
its president, Daniel Tobln, IN
speech for Roosevelt.
$50 BLU-Republican national
committee sponsors Gov. John W.
Bricker.
1925 CBS-Quentin Reynolds
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Sunken Steel Barge
In Riuer To Be Raised

Work on the removal of the steel
barge known as the DPC 228,
which was ignited by lightning on
July q while unloading gasoline at
the Standard Oil company's dock at
the foot of Red Cross st. will be
started in the next IS days, Maj.
Paul E. Werner, acting district en-
gineer, announced today.
The barge, owned by the Defense
Plant corporation OF New Orleans,
arriving here in low from Jackson
vile, is 1876 feet long rs feet wide,
and has capacity of 5000 gallons.
A hole was knocked in the barge
when lightning struck, causing it to
submerge and obstruct navigation
in the channel.
The government sold to the V. P.
Lofts CO. of Charlotte, lowest of
three bidders for $22, $40 and work
in the removal of the barge is ex-
pected to start Immediately.