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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
GERMANS WITHIN FOUR MILES OF MEUSE ELIAS Attempt To Kill Churchill Fails
SOvIETS DOOM 10000 NAYS
 IN BUDAPEST
,BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff Correspondent

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 Moscow, December 26. - (UP) The Red Army stormed into Budapest from the west today after appar- sntly completing it's encircle- ment in a spectacular flank Ink sweep that doomed thou sands of German and Hun garian troops to death or sur render inside the tottering capital.
 A new Hungarian pro visional government already was preparing to enter Buda- pest behind the Red Army.
 German panzers. infantry and sell propelled guns counter-attacked at least 25 times in the past 24 hours, but finally fell back into the city for last-ditch stand. The advanc- ing Russians slaShed across all rall- ways and presumably also had sev- cred the last two secondary high ways running northwest to Vienna.
 At least 01 Nazi tanks were knock ed out in the breakthrough area Saturday and Sunday. Front dis patches said some Germans charged the Soviet lines drunk and singing, only to be cut down to the last man by Russian machine-gunners.
 5-Day Battle
 Marshal Feodor I. Tolbukhin'S Third Ukrainian army broke open the western flank of the Axis lines around Budapest yesterday after swiriing five-day battle that cost the Germans and Hungarians almost 10000 men killed or captured.
 Advancing as much as 15 miles through a 25-mile breach in the Axis defenses, the Red Army sealed the fate of the capital with thrust to within six miles of the Danube crossing at Esztergom, 10 miles to the north.
 A communique said the enemy was in full retreat, abandoning huge quantities of equipment in a rush to escape the rapidly-closing gap. Thousands of Nad and Hungarian soldiers were hemmed inside the city itself, however, and it seemed cer- tain that in a matter of days at most they would have an opportun- ity to make good their boast to turn Budapes into another Stalingrad.
 With little prospect of extricating more than a scattering of men and equipment from the city, military observers believed the Nazis would use Budapest's subways, hills, canals and tall buildings for a destructive and suicidal delaying stand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
By FRED w. PARKER United Press Stan Correspondent

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 Washington, Dec. 26-(UP)-The nations Civilian Defense Corps has been alerted to the possibility of enemy robot or rocket bomb att tacks, office of Civilian Defense of- ficials disclosed today.
 The action, OCD emphasized. is merely one of routine preparedness and should not be interpreted to cause any alarm"
 We want the public to become conscious of but not excited about the possibility of a robot attack" 1" spokesman said. "Our protection instruction bulletin is in line with the policy of being prepared for any eventuality.
 The agency said it has distributed to all state councils protection bull letins covering irstductions to civil iars regarding their conduct in the event of robot or rocket bomb at taclzs.n
 Meanwhile several units in tho
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
BY JAMES E. ROPER United Press War CorrespOndentl

United Press War CorrespOndentl
 Athens, December 26. = (UP) = Nearly a ton of dy- namite was found cached in a sewer directly before the Great Britain Hotel, British and Greek government head quarters, today only a few hours before Prime Minister Churchill was to convoke a peace conference with ELIAS and Greek government lead CTS.
 British sources believed the explosives had been planted by leftwing ELIAS forces in an attempt to de- stroy the hotel, and, with it, Churchill, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, It. Gen. Ronald Scobie, British commander in AtehnS, and Greek government officials.
 It was learned that the explosives were placed in the sewer, which extends beneath the hotel, during the night some time after the ar rival of Churchill and Eden 1n Athens had been announced.
 The dynamite had been fused but not lighted. It was packed in wooden crates bearing the name of Ger man manufacturer and weighed ap- proximately 1880 pounds. Several wooden, two-man cradles for carry ing the crates also were found.
 Lucky Discovery
 The cache was discovered during a routine patrol through the Athens sewers. The sewer runs beneath street car tracks on University street, Athens main downtown thoroughfare.
 It was believed the asSailants had crawled along the sewer from the direction of the ELAS-held Stadium and Ardittos Hill, about 1000 yards from the Great Britain Hotel. ~ The explosive was penthrite. a German type of dynamite, and was equipped with electric detonators British engineers who removed the cache were revealed to have followed wires leading from the detonators for some distance.
 British sources have charged on several previous occasions that the ELIAS ranks include German SOL diers and perhaps saboteurS.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
CLARE IN FLORENCE

Rome, Dec. 26-CUP)-Rep. Clare Luce, R.. Conn. returned to Florence today after spending Christmas at the Italian front talking informally with DoughboyS. She had Christ mas dinner at a rough table in a tent with a forward armored bat falion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13
Father Of 8 Deferred
To Care for Family

Thomas J. Fox. 36, father of
eight children, Saturday was de-
ferred by Draft Board No. p on
The grounds that bis being drafted
would mean hardship to his
family.
In placing Fox bookkeeper, in
Class Sd. George l.. DeNos, board
chairman. SAID a request for his
defefment from the board OF
county auditors. his employers,
waInot taken into consideration.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13
Service Notes:
Is Michigan Boys
Win Navigator Wings

training center: Jerry 4. Shields,
3347 Boston Freddie r. Bergeron,
1888 Cherokee. radlomen; Edward
Thomas, $40 Eliot. ordnanceman,
Donald II. Kent. 1920 Edgewster,
ST. Car Shores nachlniStS mate
University Of Minnesota ma
chinistS school Richard {. Web
ster. $3.50 Sanilas. Joseph ID.
o'Connor, 4642 18Th, frcmen, 1st
class
Norman. Okla. air technical
training center Eleanor \. kotO-
vicJ. 1922 Bloom Julia l.. Juriel,
l2442 Waltham, aviation machin-
iStS mates.
ARMY GRADUATES
Kirkland Field Y NJ. AAF
school End Its Harvey W. Allen
Jr., Detroit, Chris A. Barry ames,
Lansing.
Camp Curtissair. ~. Y, aircraft
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13
Service Notes:

Sixteen Michigan b oys have
been awarded the silver wings of
aerial nsvigstors 8, tho San Mar
cos. Tex, AAF navigation school.
They are I'd Its. Benjamin r.
Foote Jr., l4S3s Troester, William
" Kelly, 1924 Appoline; Donald
r knebusch. 1884 l4th. Leslie 4.
Ling. 3742 Helen: George r. Mat
thews, 7i0O Julian. Detroit, Har-
old x. Ellison. 9l7 Maxwell. Royal
Cak Harvey ID. McGinnis, East
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13
DETR6ITk@H7MES

Lists for Michigan issued after next of kin have been
tilted by the government:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13
Army Safety Drive
Saves $4,000 Days

According 10 q report Of Col
s. p Ringsdorf. district no. l.
armys sixth service command
the safety and health program
conducted by the army IN co.
operation with 80 Michigan war
plants during the last half Of
1913 resulted in a saving Of
so 800 days OF production for The
war effort. Ten plants in the
state reported no disabling iu-
jurIes during the year ,snd 81
reported no injuries during The
last SIX months.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13

mechanics school, Pfc. Victor A.
Williams, 1876 Strathmoor.
Kingman. Ariz. flexible gunnery
school, Aerial Gunner James {.
Switzerland. 1907 Hubbel. Camp
Lee. Va, quartermaSterS admins
trative school Pfc. Edward T..
Dudeh. 5223 Thirty second. Carl
bad. n NJ. bombardicr school.
End 1t. John T. Christie, 1907
BroadStrect Gulfport. Miss, AAF
airplane mechanics school Pvt.
Woodford y. Moore, 1865 Wash
burn.
1t. Jerome Y. Iesney, T7q0
Helen, has flown 80 bombing mis-
sions as a BIZ Flying Fortress
navigator. Capt. Herbert W.
Andridge Jr., PittSford. also has
completed % missions n the same
area.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13
sNsar RnMy

VWIS II n letter 90 YOUR service man. It's all
Il about his HOME TOWN. the most important
place In the world Ia him. Clip this letter today,
sign your name at the bottom and send IL 10
him. Wherever he u, he wants the news from
HOME It's up 10 you 10 malt IT.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable
PROCEssED FOODS

PROCESsED FOODS
Green &. a., J-yAlid through FEB.
20
n, l., M-Vald through March 20.
MEATS. CHEESE, PATS.
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Feh. %. i-Nahd through March
20
Sugar
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March ~
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canning through Feb. -, ists.
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X ana 4 Coupons gallons cath
Ri and C-l Coupons gals each.
BIZ aad ca CeupOns--5 gals. each.
fTEL OIL
Psriss SO gals. a unit through
March 10
Period snd rer'Ss good through
sept. 30.
LIQUOR
No. 6-Nslid through Feb. 20.
SHOES
stamp ~ and Airpiane stamp l.
Valid indefinitely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13

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Lansing: Gordon Gibbs, Alvin :.
kahnosl<i. Grand Rapids Randall
W Nienhuis. Holland Robert ID.
smith, Kalamazoo Harold A.
Ames. MorriSe Wesley J. CoweIl.
Mount Morris William l.. Nc
Ilhargie. Port Austin; Howard O.
keskitalo, Republic; Donald A.
Fischer. Saginaw.
NAVY GRADUATES
Pensacola. Fla. air training cen
tor I'd 1T. David W. Lindner,
1910 Schoolcraft. Ensigns I'd
ward &. Allen. 1881 Fielding;
Theodore Chickola. 4l2l Wayburn
Sampson, y Y. training sta
ton soamcn I'd class. Lawrence
LoPatin. 20l4 ~ Euclid. Newman
II. Partin. 7733 Chslfonte. Albert
LouriaN. 5ll0 Tillman. Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
0EfRBHa MES

Subscription rate tin advanced BY mail
10 any place In the United states, Canads
or Mexico. ION Canadian subscriptions
add i0G 10 cover war import tax
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
EVaderS
Break

WASHINGTON. April Ia (UP)
The bulk of 200 imprisoned
draft violators who claim re-
ligious objections 10 service will
be offered an opportunity 10
enter the armed forces. public
service camps or essential jobs
in public institutions. under an
agreement between seleCtive Serv-
ice officials and the federal bureau
OF prisons. il was learned today
The army may release 10 pub
lie service camps disobediant
prisoners who have been indicted
despite conscientious objections.
A recent Supreme Court ruling
held that man who did not ac-
cept the army oath was not tech
nically in the army.
Release Of the civilian prison
ers is provided for in a long-dor-
mant executive order by President
Roosevelt. Under the new pro-
cedure. those Is through 81 who
can pass prelnduction physical
examinations will be given a
chance 10 enter the armed forces
or conscientious obiectors' camps.
The physically unfit and those 3S
or older will be released 10 essen
tial Jobs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
NJ Students Win
Fiqht for Show

ANN ARBOR. April 1.-the
path appeared cleared today for a
national company TO bring its
radio show here as part of the
Victory Varieties on April %,
after Edmund c. Shields. L. of NJ.
regent and vice president of the
Butterfeld Theaters, withdrew his
objection.
Shields had banned the radio
program portion of the Varieties
on the grounds that il interfered
with the business Of the theaters.
Seven other entertainment acts
on the program, which was de-
signed for the entertainment Of
the 1000 soldiers stationed here.
were Cancelled last Tuesday when
Shields first raised his objection.
Resentment among student
members of the Victory Varieties
Committee remained high. how
ever, and Roy Boucher, chairman.
said prospects for future programs
looked very dim"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15

TORONTO, April IA tINS)-A
Canadian short-wave radio listen
ers report of German broadcast
telling of purported Allied land
ing In western France was dis
counted in official circles today,
An employe of the department
of transport at a Canadian airport
had quoted the enemy tranSmltter
as saying that an Allied invasion
force had struck in considerable
numbers off the coast of France,
Selling a small foothold below
Calais and holding that position
firmly.
The invasion rumor was
fatty denied in London this
forenoon, Reuters reported II
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
British Deny Axis
Report of Invasion
Times Photo

had learned "authoritatively'
that no landings had been made
on the French COAST
In Washington and London
government radio monitors said
they had no record OF such a
German broadcast Monitors of
the British ministry of informa-
ton expressed belief that the
Toronto report was based on
misinterpretation Of a lengthy
German radio review of the
Dieppe raid on Aug. 10, 1922
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Detroit Times carrier-sslesman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
Plane Stamp I
Next for Shoes
WASHINGTON. April IA CINs)

WASHINGTON. April Ia (INS)
OPA announced today-that
airplane stamp 2 in war ration
book 3 would be the next shoe
stamp. The stamp will be good
for the purchase Of one pair be-
ginning May !.
Airplane stamp ? like airplane
stamp J. now valid for shoes, will
be good indefinitely Stamp Is in
war ration book ! expires April 30.
The new coupon IS the fourth
shoe stamp 10 be validated
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
Salvador President
Reported Deposed

MEXICO CITY. April IL (INS)
-Nicaraguan circles here heard
today that Gen Martinez, presi-
dent Of the tiny central American
republic of Fl Salvador. had been
deposed and deported 10 the
neighboring country of Guatemala.
The rigid censorship on tele-
phone. telegraph and radio COM
munication with Fl Salvador
made confirmation Of the report
inDOSsible.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
Give Blood
SO Greeks Commemorate
Nezi Occupation

Another group Of donors for the
PED Cross Blood Donor Center
$50 W Fort was being organized
to-day bSi Mrs kathryn PtckefS,
chairman OF the Hillsdale County
Red Cross chapter, after 80 donors
3oarneyed TO Detroit from HIS
dale 20 make blood contributions
last night
Also contributing yesterday
were so persons Of Greek descent,
each giving a pint OF blood to
commemorate the anniversary OF
the Nazi occupation OF Greece.
Order War Stamps delivered
90 your home by your Detroit
Times carrier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
TOPPED FOR SPRING Senate
Senators Praise
Willow Run
Tine. Photo

Senators Harry s. Truman,
head of the Truman committee.
and Senator Homer Ferguson,
who joined the committee soon
after he arrived in Washing
ton, today had high praise for pro-
duction accomplishments AT the
Willow Run bomber plant
In an address 10 workers dur
fng tour Of tt1e plant by both
senatorial experts on war output,
Senator Truman said
have en yed my trip
through Willow Run very much.
There Is a decided Improvement
in conditions over n year ago
Senator Ferguson, describing
the work Of the Truman commit
tee as an attempt 10 get the
facts on production and on the
war front here al home. COM
pared Willow Runs accomplish
ments favorably with those OF
West Coast bomber plants and
praised the production genius OF
Henry Ford and the spirit and
effort of the workers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
POSTAL EMPLOYES
 BILL SUPPORTED
Cong. Miller Pledges Coz
 operation in Getting 1,
 Favorable Action '

Local and national postal employees have been guaranteed full support of their efforts Go gain e ea00 an~ nual increase by Rep, William !. Miller, Hartford. Legislation is now before the Senate and House come nlttees for review relative to such an increase.
 Bills referred to were: Postal Clerks Seniority Bill, HaA0e6. which was introduced into the House Of Representatives by Representative Miller In April, advocating recognl- ton of length of service in the ad- vGnceTnent of postal employees: the Salary Increase Bill, Slee2, which came up for hearing in the Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads Wednesday: and the Overs time Pay Bill, HRA60l, introduced into the House of Representative Samuel A. Weiss of Pennsylvania to provide overtime pay of time and one-half for postal employees.
 Thomas Burch, chairman of the State Bureau of the U. s. Departs ment of Labor has shown that the cost of living has gone up 2SM per cent since l04l and he said he hlm- self knew of certain living costs that have gone up 8e per cent. He said that postal clerks have not had 6 salary increase since l026 and that they should have immediate adjusts ment to meet increased expenses,
 Local postal employees who rec gently grouped together under e general committee to support the bill have already forwarded telo- grams to Connccticut's senators and to national senators.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
KIN OF LOCAL MAN
 KILLED BY TRAIN
Merritt D. Horton, Former Serviceman, Victim;
 Rites Tomorrow

. Merritt Douglas Horton, 30, ne- phew of Forster Horton, A5 Robbins street,was struck and instantly killed Monday noon by a northbound Pittsfield express In ShefAeld. Mass,
 Horton, who was honorahly dis- charged from the Coast Artillery last year, was walking on the tracks around Q curve and apparently did not hear the approaching train, Medical Examiner pr. M. T. Cava- naugh of Great Burlington, said.
 Besides his parents, MT. and Mrs. Samuel Horton, High street, Great Burlington, the veteran is survived by i've sisters. They are Mrs. Earl Ellsworth Pond, Tampa, Fla; Mrs. Scofneld and Mrs. Harold Collwell, both of Poughkeepsie, N. F.: Mrs. Earl Boarclman, Canaan, Conn, and Mrs, David Hoardman of Great Bar rington.
 The funeral will be held tomor- row at 9 a. m. from St. Peters church. Great Burlington. Burial will be in St. Peters cemetery, Great Burlington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
WATERBURIANSAT STATE CONFERENCE

Secretary Frank J. Green of the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce, Glenn H, Wayne, assistant sales manager of Seovill Manufacturing Company and Clarence Tappin, of Crosby High School faculty, instrue- tor of modern languages, attended an Inter- American Affairs meeting in Hartford this afternoon. A gen eral session of the State Develop ment Commission was arranged to discuss future plans,
 Through the efforts of the com mission Connecticut has been ofti- cially credited with the esahlish- ment of the first Inter-Amerioan Affairs bureau In the United States, The commission recently entertain ed delegations from South Amerl- can nations and Its work In promot- ing good neighbor relations won nationwide comment,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27

Continued from Page D by Belgian units, captured Groen- ingen, three miles south of BoXmeer, and famed out along the west shore of the Mouse, probing for Q spot to throw their armour across nd into the outer works of the Slegfrled line on the far bank,
 Kleve, where the Siegfried Line Is said to end, lay l2 miles northeast Of the British Vanguards at Bo%- meer with the Mouse and the dense Relchswald forest between them, while Goeh was eight miles due east
 Behind the 2nd Army spearheads, British tanks and American air- borne troops--supplied and rein- forced by air yesterday-Shoved back the German lines on each side of the Eindhoven- Nijmegen corridor in q series Of bitter, local battleS,
 Pushing out from the western side, tho Allies took Oss, l4 miles vest southwest of NiJmegen, and Heesch,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
FACTORY WORKER
 FATALLY INJURED

Funeral services for Charles Carr, Jr, Sl, a Chatficld avenue, who died at Waterbury hospital yester- day from injuries suffered in . fall at work at the Waterbury Mfg. CO., Saturday, will be held tomorrow at i:S0 D. m, at the Zion Baptist church. Burial will be in dreenSs vile, North Carolina.
 Born Sept. iS, 1918. in GFeens- vile, Mir. Carr came to Waterbury in 1928. Survivors arc his wife, Mrs. Hildrcth (St0rnes) Carr; two sons, Frederick Douglas. and William Ed- ward Carr; and his father, Charles Carr, Sr. all of this city.
 Friends may coll at the Reyes funeral home, 80 Pearl street, this afternoon and' tomorrow morning,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27

2iS miles farther south,
 At the western base of the wedge, British troops extended their bridge- heads across the Antwerp-Tuhnhout C0ne( and poured supplies and equipment northward from Turn hout and st, Leonard, l2 miles to the west,
 Belgian troops at the opposite base of the corridor drove eastward to the Mouse river on both sides of the Belgian frontier town of Maese. ycR, taking an ll-mile stretch of the west bank between Wessem and Dil- sen,
 The supply road between Find hoVen and Niimegen was cleared of all German blocks, although Na2i artillery still raked at Allied con- voys, and units of the German 2A5th division continued their intermittent thruSts against the thin waist of the line around Veghel,
 No important changes were .re- ported from the American lSt and Srd army fronts, except the capture by lst army units of the buXem- bourg town of Grieveldange, on the German border 10 miles due east of the city of LuXembourg and nine miles west of SaNrhurg,
 American 7th army troops farth- CT south, however, were locked in violent fighting on the east bank of the Moselle above EpinNl, after crossing the river and capturing Chatel-Sur-Mose 8A miles to the north, and Q number of other Ger. man strongpoints,
 Tho Americans also reached the outskirts of Aydoilles, eight miles east of Epinal and captured the neighboring village of St, Anne, where they toek 300 prisoners and large quantities of abandoned NN2i equipment. A half-do2en miles to the south, hard fighting also was in progress around Tendon, Other 7th army forces hammered out small gains on the northwestern and southern approaches to Belfort, where the Germans were fighting from breastworks and pillboXes built by the French dur lg World War I,
 
 Carbide lamps are now being used in Sweden where electricity Is not