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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-08
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By WILLIAM b. DICKINSON


UNITED Press War Correspondent:
Allied Headquarters, Southwest
Pacific, May 8-CUP)-Medium and
light bombers Of the 18th Army Air
Force attacked the isolated Japanese
times on Friday, 1t was disclosed to-
base Of Rabanul, New Britain, sOGe
day to round out ~ consecutive
weeks Of an offensive to neutralize
the enemy's former key bastion In
the Bismarcq archipelago.
"a London Broadcast. Quoting
Gordon Williams. Australian broad
casting commission correspondent In
New Guinea, said Allied patrols had
landed at Bougainville Bay, 20
miles east Of Hollandia. Just inside
the border Of British New Guinea.
The dispatch was not confirmed
by any other sources)
Flying from bases In the Solo
mons. the planes dropped 50 tons
OF bombs IN sweeps over TObera and
Lakunai airdromes and biyouacg .
bring the weight OF explosives
dumped on the Rabaul area efnoe
February to more than s.7S7 -.
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War Tension Responsible
For Much Labor Trouble

Government ofiicials dealing with
labor disputes indicated they did
not regard the trend as alarming.
One oficial said recent strikes
seemed 10 ut no pattern but that
many resulted from minor griey-
aTices and could be settled within q
few days. He suggested that such
stoppages reflected nervousness and
tension normal In wartime.
His conclusion appeared strength
ened by WLB records which indi-
Gated that shop grievances were the
cause Of many strikes. Those rec
ords showed that among cases re-
ferred 10 the board substantial
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Ton, Deweys Nomination
Becomes More Likely Daily

process Is completed and before the
convention meets. There viii be L.
05e votes in the convention. A bare
majority OF $50 Is sufficient to NOM
mate a Republican presidential CAM
didate.
Formally committed Dewey dele
gates. however. number between 50
and 90. This year has been mo-
table for less formal although per-
suasive commitments. Gov. John w.
Brlcker Of Ohio viii about equal
Dewey In committed delegates nf-
ter next Tuesdays Ohio primaries.
The governor win get the entire So
vote Ohio delegation. The So Ohio
gcnnfinpaa e rans A.
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FREE. First session July 5th. Post
SnnioR College Of Commerce.
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Evening star., 1944-10-08
Brecheen. Steady
In Pinches. First
To Go Route
BY ORLO ROBERTSON,
Associated Press Sports writer

ST. LOUIS, Oct. THE Cardi-
nails finally showed their vaunted
hitting power today, riding to q
5-to-1 victory over the Browns
on the strength Of II blows to
draw abreast Of the American
League champions at two games
each In the first all-St. Louis
World Series.
Ihrottled by the Browns pitchers
In the first three games. the Ma
tional League champions launched
an attack that sent Sig Jakucki,
Brownies starting pitcher, to an
early shower and continued at q
lesser tempo against two relief
hurlers.
The largest crowd Of the series,
g. .455, saw Stan Musial, Cardinal
right-f1elder, pace the offensive with
three hits-a homer, double and
singlea performance that drove Ia
two Of the winners tallies. Danny
Ltwhiler. Cardinal left fielder, held
hitless until today; Johnny Hopp
and Walker Cooper also connected
with two blows each in the most
potent hitting vet displayed In the
Series, heretofore dominated BY the
pitchers.
hairy Brecheen, slim southpaw
from Broken BoN, Okla. making
Evening star., 1944-10-08
Wendell 1. WiIIkie Dies at So
In New York City Hospital
Coronury Thrombosis
Fotul Following
Throat Infection
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 8 Sunday.
Wendell L. Willkie died at 2:20
am. today -at Lenox Hill Hos
pital. Death resulted from coro-
nary thrombosis. He was So
Years old.
Announcement Of the death OF the
1910 Republican presidential nomi-
nee was made by his secretary, La
moyne Jones.
Mr.. Willkie had been in the hos
pital since September s. His con-
dition became critical last night. and
he was placed in an oxygen tent.
His physician, DR.. Benjamin Salzer,
said streptococcic infection affect
ed the heart muscles.
His wife, who had been ill with
sore throat, was rushed to the hos
pital and was at his bedside when
he died.
Mr.. Willkie entered the hospital
originally for rest and treatment
OF a stomach disorder.
Mr.. Jones said Mr.. Willkie awoke
at l am. and the oxygen tent was
Evening star., 1944-10-08
Army Charged With Delay
In Setting Discharge Points
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Soldiers find it impossible now to
determine their relative priority for
release under the partial demobili-
zation program because the War
Department has not decided on the
value of points for computing dis
charge credit. the Army and Navy
Journal said yesterday.
With a view to demobilizing some
troops after the defeat of Germany.
The Army recently announced gem
eral plan for discharge. The plan
called for point system Of weighted
credits for the total months served
overseas, combat credit based on
decorations and other honors, and
a parenthood credit for each de-
pendent child under 18 years Of age.
While the American soldier is
unable to estimate his priority. the
Journal said, British plan allows
each member of that Army to figure
mis- discharge standing. Under the
British plan combination Of age
and length of war service is used
to reach a relative figure, two
months of war service being equiva-
lent to one year Of age. Thus, q
man az years old with four years
of service would be in the same
release group as man Of 40 years
with one year of service.
Evening star., 1944-10-08
Marine, Veteran
'0f Pacific, Held
AsGir|'sSIayer
eorI Mcfarland. n,
fother Of Three, Is
Choreed With Murder
BY JOE BRENNAN.

A hard-bitten, wiry young
marine, veteran OF Guadalcanal
and half dozen other bloody
battles of the South Pacific, has
been charged with the murder
Of diminutive Dorothy Berrum.
18-year-old Government clerk
from Chippewa Falls, Wis.
A switch blade knife, dropped in
a taxicab en- route to the death
rendezvous and a leather uniform
belt left at the scene, led to the
arrest yesterday of Pfc. Earl Nc
Farland, 81, attached to the I'd
Marine Guard, Twenty-third street
and Constitution avenue NV.
He is married and the father Of
three children. police said. His home
is in New Market, Tenn.
A chain of evidence almost az
clear as a blazed trail," police de-
clared, led to the marines arrest
in one of Washington's most brutal
crimes in recent years.
Police Reconstruct Crime.
Piecing together bits of evidence
gathered from a score of sources,
Maj. Edward J. Kelly, superinend-
ent of police. and Inspector Robert
j. Barrett, chief of detectives, re-
constructed the crime from the time
Miss Berrum was picked up" by
a marine in downtown Washington
Evening star., 1944-10-08
Cardinals Get II Hits to Beat
Browns, S to l, Tying Series
Big Football Day

Notre Dame, Great Lakes,
Army, North Carolina Pre-
flight. Ohio State and Penn
maintained their unbeaten rec
ords Of the young football sea-
son yesterday. The Irish
swamped Tulane, 26 to o; Great
Lakes defeated Northwestern,
Is to O; Army crushed Brown,
So to 7: N. G. Preflgiht nosed
out Duke, l3 to s; Ohio State
defeated Iowa, "a to o. and
Penn whipped Dartmouth, 20
to 8.
Two upset victims OF last week
bounced back with impressive
victories. Michigan, beaten by
Indiana, turned in an upset Of
its own by whipping Minnesota,
- to Is. Navy, defeated by
N. g. Preflight. walloped Penn
State, SIS to IA.
In q Southern Conferences
game, Maryland was white
washed by Wake Forest, 80 to 0.
"Details on sports page.)
Evening star., 1944-10-08
American in Rome
Uses Hepcot Talk
To Unmosk Nuzi
sy the Associated Press.

6y tne AsSocialcQ PreSS.
ROME, Oct. Second 1t. Rob-
ert E. Berry, jackson. Miss, on
leave in Rome from his Psi pilot
ing job. uncovered an escaped Ger
man prisoner Of war with a bit of
hepcat talk.
1t. Berry~was questioning sus-
picious- looking individual in the
uniform of an American Army cap
tain when another man dressed as
q private stepped up to explain he
and the captain" were In special
propaganda work.
Are you zoot suiter with q feat
pleat?p 1t. Berry demanded sud-
denly.
mo. I'm from the 5th Army" the
German replied.
Both men were taken away by
military police.
Evening star., 1944-10-08
Fair and Mild Weather
Is Forecast FOR Today

Fair weather with temperatures
in the middle 70s was predicted for
today following thundershowers last
night and early today. The humid-
tty which rose to 95 per cent during
the showers Is expected to continue
high today.
Cooler weather IS forecast for to-
morrow, with the temperature cx-
pected to drop to 50 degrees tunixlat.
The temperature tomorrow . not
expected to top 10 degrees.
Evening star., 1944-10-08
Anderson Wifhdraws
COP Franking Charge
From Inquiry Records
Insists Assertion Stonds
As 'PersonoI Statement
As Member Of Congress
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. chairman
Anderson of the House Cam
paign Expenditures Committee
said today he had been granted
permission by the group to with
draw from the permanent rec
ord Of the committee" 1 state
ment he made October 8 assert
ing Is Republicans IN Congress-
had franked 3,115,O00 copies of
q single speech at Government
expense.
In = statement which the New
Mexico Democrat read into the
record at committee hearing here
today, Mr.. Anderson declared a
quorum was not present when he
made the previous statement at a
hearing in washington, and the
matter had not been brought to
the attention Of the committee pre-
viously.
Under those circumstances he
asserted today, lit must stand as
my personal statement as a men,
ber of Congress.
At the Washington hearing, Mr.
Anderson had asserted the 3,155, 900
copies were those Of a speech by
Representative Busbey, Republican
of Illinois. attacking the CIO Po-
litical Action Committee. He added
at that time that franking probably
wasn't illegal but anybody who did
it will have hard time defending
their action"
President Assailed Speech.
President Roosevelt, in his radio
address Thursday night, referred TO
the matter and declared the Busbey
speech was fear propaganda"
Mr.. Anderson said he had asked
the committees permission to with
draw the statement from the per-
manent record. and his request was
granted.
Six members of the committee
all but Representative Andersen,
Republican, of Minnesota--attended
q hearing opening here today.
Witnesses called were connected
Evening star., 1944-10-08
Flying Bombs Hit England
For Third Straight Night
By the Associated Press. +.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. THE Germans
sent flying bomns into Southern
England tonight fol the third con-
secutive night as rescuers still dug
for victims of last nights attacks
The bombs which sailed in over
the North Sea from the east after
dark touched OF thunderous anti
aircraft fire. Some got through and
were heard to explode inland.
Night and day rescue and demoli-
tion work proceeded at places
bombed last night. There were cas-
ualties but number OF persons
were removed alive from the wreck
age Of business buildings.
Evening star., 1944-10-08
ConciIiaior Calls ParIey
On Film Unions Dispute
; the Associated Press.

ASs eAC AcoSCAHtcu EIGS8s
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. with ap-
proximately 400 craftsmen called out
at three major motion picture
studios, the United States Concili-
alton Commission today called q
conference for Monday which q
representative said he hoped would
iron out q jurisdictional squabble
between rival AFL unions.
Commissioner Earl ]. Ruddy said
he will call IN representatives OF
the set designers local Of the Paint
ers, Decorators and Paperhangers Of
America, and Of the international
Alliance OF Theatrical Stage EN-
ployes, both OF whom claim to repre-
sent the set dressers.
The workers on strike are the
set decorators, and the painters and
machinists. who belong to afnliated
unions.
Evening star., 1944-10-08

FHI. EAhL Mcf AhLAND,
Photographed as he Uds
fngerprtnted at Police Head
quarters. tOther pictures on
Page B-1J-Star STAFF Photo.
until McFarland,s arrest on charge
of being her murderer.
Miss Berrum, it was learned, was
waiting on the corner of Tenth and
D streets NV. at 9 pm. Thursday,
where she had a date to meet two
girl friends. She had come into
town from her room at Maine Hall,
Arlingtons Farms. Va, where she
lived with other girl Government
workers. After finishing work in
the Office of the Ammunition Di-
vision, Ordnance Department, in
the Pentagon. she had stopped at
her room, presumably to "freshen
up" before spending an evening in
town.
At approximately s:20 pm. Pvt.
Mcfarland, accompanied by Corpl.
James Lawson Westberry, also
member of the End Marine Guard,
passed the corner Both had left
the Marine barracks in company
with another marine, Pvt. John
Holzberger of the list Marine Guard,
at pm.
Drinking Is Admitted.
Corpl. Westberry. questioned yes
terday. admitted that both he and
Pvt. Mcfarland had been drinking,
police said. They said he told them
the following story:
As they passed girl, the corporal
asserted, Pvt. Mcfarland spoke to
her and she smiled and acknowl-
edged his Hello, baby Following
a short conversation Pvt. McFar-
land took her arm and hailed q
passing cab. Seeing that his friend
had made pickup" he said good
bye and left, Corpl. westberry told
police.
Information subsequently given
police by two taxicab drivers picked
up the story here. Inspector Barrett
read the police version of the crime
to reporters yesterday at police
headquarters.
Next scene in the tragic drama
was the story told police by Larry
Rohner, d taxicab driver. He iden-
titled picture of the slain girl as
the companion Of marine who had
hailed his cab at the corner of Tenth
and D street NV. some time after 8
pm. Thursday. He told police he
refused to haul them because the
marine had been drinking"
Following close behind Rohner's
(See MURDER, Page A-l5.)
Evening star., 1944-10-08

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Oct. I.
Communists are backing Presi-
dent Roosevelt because the New
Deal wants Government
owned America" Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey charged tonight, still
swinging in the two-fisted style
he adopted in his Oklahoma City
speech.
Before q crowd that filled the
Municipal Auditorium, the Republic
can nominee sought to show that
Mr.. Roosevelt's disclaimer Of any
desire for Communist support came
"a trifle late" In this connection
Gov. Dewey cited the mass meeting
in Madison Square Garden last
week, In which, he said, Earl
Browder told $1,000 cheering ad-
herents that the election of nv
opponent was essential to his aims. /"
Obviously eager to keep his debate
with the President alive, Gov.
Dewey's speech here was replete
again with sharp jabs designed to
draw Mr.. Roosevelt into further dis
cussion Of such major issues as
Communism. soldier voting and
postwar reconversion.
Taking note of the Presidents
statement in his speech to the
TeaInsters' banquet two weeks ago
when Mr.. Roosevelt said he never
learned to talk out OF both sides
OF his mouth Gov. Dewey declared !:
How can we trust our future to
an administration which talks out
of one side Of its mouth about gov
ernment ownership Of our factories,
while out of the other side of its
mouth it softly disavows its Com
munist supporters?"
5000 Attend Meeting.
approximately 5000 persons at
tended the Charleston meeting and
frequently interrupted Gov. Dewey
with cheers.
He referred at one point to ''this
tired administration" which, he
said. 'ebungled It's way into con-
version for war; Again, he ac-
cused the President of lacking the
courage to name names" in his
Thursday night broadcast, in which
Mr.. Roosevelt said there are poll
ticians and others who quite openly
worked to restrict the use of the
ballot in this election"
Despite my opponents attempt
to play politics with the soldier vote,
every evidence indicates that as q
Nation we will have an even larger
percentage of soldier votes than we
will of civilian" the Republican
nominee asserted.
To support this prediction, Gov.
Dewey said n per cent OF the eligible
servicemen from New York have
had ballots mailed to them already.
He pointed out this would be better
than the Nations record in 1910,
when 62h per cent of the eligible
voters went to the polls.
As in Oklahoma, Gov. Dewey dug
through Government archives for
Democratic utterances to support
(See DEWEY, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1944-10-08
Nearly 1000 Planes
Blast Reich in Wars
Greatest Air Assault
5000 Tons Of Bombs Fall
On Oil and War Plants;
81 Heavy Bombers Lost
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Oct. 7-Germany's
oil supply, armament works, air
plane factories and explosives
plants were struck today by the
greatest Allied aerial blow Of the
war, with combined assaults
sending from 5000 to 1000 Allied
planes over the Reich.
A United States Strategic Air
Forces communique called the
American part of the operation "the
greatest co-ordinated aerial assault
of the war"
Heavy opposition was reported
from flax and enemy fighters, and
the 9th Air Force alone reported ST
heavy bombers and is fighters miss
ing from daylight operations.
Many Cities Ahame.
Tonight several German. cities
were in flames and there was fresh
devastation over the length and
breadth of German territory from
more than 10000 tons of bombs
dropped in "a hours.
The main sluice gates of the
Kembs Dam, near Rasle on the
French side Of the Rhine, were de-
stroyed. The operation was designed
to trap German forces west of the
Rhine, the Air Ministry said.
The Swiss radio reported tonight
that German hydroelectric power
station near the Swiss frontier and
a large dam on the Rhone Rhine
canal in upper Alsace also had been
hit in today's raids.
High explosives and incendiaries
scared Germany, Austria, Hungary
and the Nazi western front, as fine
weather gave Allied flyers their
chance to strike.
50 Fighters Attack Liberators.
Enemy fighter opposition was con-
|centrated in the Leipzig area, where
Fortresses were engaged in a brief
but sharp attack by more than so
Messerschmidts and Focke- -Wolfs.
Bomber gunners reported de-
stroying II German fighters, while
American fighters shot down 70. in
cluding 4 jet-propelled planes.
More than 5000 American and
British heavy bombers from Britain
and Italy participated in the at
|tacks.
In piling this fresh destruction
on the Reich the Allies put an air
army of roughly 5000 men over
the continent, with the bombers
divided into three great armadas
which split into still smaller groups
in attacking the varied targets.
Six Oil Plants Attacked.
The United States 9th Air Force
dispatched more than 400 Flying
Fortresses and Liberators with
bodyguard OF 800 fighters
GA Stockholm dispatch said
eight American planes were
forced down In Sweden today
and six flyers were, killed and
10 were injured. One plane
burned.)
Six synthetic oil plants were at
tackled, at Politz, near the Baltic;
(Gna 4 H0Y Ar nnrA Al
Evening star., 1944-10-08
Appears
Safe for Roosevelt;
Newcomers Big Factor
Stote Presents Puzzle
Due to Complexities Of
Special Interest Groups
-nvu~ ~ron,~,
BY GOULD LINCOLN,
Star stan Writer,

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. T.
California is the top political jig
saw puzzle of the country, not
because many people believe it
can be carried by Gov. Dewey
over President Roosevelt, but
because of the political COM
plexities growing out of large
number Of special interest"
groups.
Further. the people of California
wear party collars lightly. Party
organizations, as they exist in New
York, fol example. are nonexistent
here, All minor ofhces, including
such offices as mayor of San Fran
cisco and Of Los Angeles. are elected
on non-partisan basis. And SO it
is difficult at times to say what the
people will do.
For example, San Francisco, feav-
lily Democratic. is represented by
two Republicans in the House. Rep
resentatives Rolph and WEIGH. 1t
has a Republican mayor, Roger D.
Latham, who has announced he will
serve only one term and is suspected
of having ambitions to go to the
Senate.
Although Mr.. Roosevelt carried
the State in 1910 over Wendell l..
Willkie by $4,000 votes, greater
plurality than in any other State
except Texas, Gov. Warren. Repub-
lican, was elected two years later by
q margin Of 343 900. votes.
Uncertainty Aboat Newcomers.
In addition, California, and espe-
cially this part OF the State, has
had a tremendous influx OF popnla-
ton since the war began. No one
knows how many Of these new
comers have registered or win vote,
In this metropolitan area probably
25o,oo0 to 100000 people have moved
In, most OF them to work In war
plants and shipyards.
The Democrats are counting on
most OF these newcomers to sup-
port the President. Many Of them
however, have never belonged to
labor unions. Many Of them have
been forced to join the unions and
are being pressed BY the CIC Politi-
cal Action Committee for contribu-
tions. Many resent these tactics.
There are stsll the Townsend old
age pensioners here and the .ham-
and-eggers" In the Los Angeles area
The Townsendites are inclined tc
support the COP.
10 add to the troubles of the
political forecasters ii Calffornis
il uncertainty about the effect on
the election Of proposed State con-
stitutional amendments and laws
one group 81 employers was able "a
get cn the ballot : proposal a
75eS EfNC0fN. P1ee X-5J
Evening star., 1944-10-08
Powers in Agreemen
On Main Principles
AS Security Talks End
Some Problems Remain
To Be Settled Before
Full Dress Conference
BY GARRETT d. HORNER,

The Dumbarton Oaks confer
ence ended yesterday with
American, British, Russian and
Chinese agreement on what I'm
dersecretary of State Stettinius
termed "the more important
principles" for international CO.
operation to maintain peace and
security after the war.
Though some important problems
remain to be settled among the
big four" before general United
Nations conferences is called to sc
up the projected world peace or
ganization. a joint Anglo-American-
Chinese statement latA yesterday
announced satisfactory conclusion y
OF the final phase of the confer
erice.
The proposals involved ARE ex-
pected to be made public this week,
probably tomorrow. Chinese dele
gates Joined in conversations with
American and British representa-
tiyes during the last week after six
weeks of Anglo American Russian
discussion.
The peace-loving peoples of the
world will soon have opportunity to
judge what we have accomplished
here" Mr.. Stettinius, chairman of
the American delegation, said at
the final meeting with British and
Chinese delegates. They will ap-
praise our work critically = am
fully confident that the proposals
upon which We have agreed will
meet the test of their scrutiny"
This agreed set of proposals" was
described in the three-power joint
statement as providing the general
framework of an international or
ganization and the machinery re-
quired to maintain peace and Sc
curity."
DR.. Koo Halls Proposals.
DR.. Wellington Koo, chairman o!
the Chinese delegation. said the pro-
posals furnished "a preliminary and
s0ncrete plan." The Earl OF Halifax
British Ambassador and head oil
the British delegation, said they
made "a great contribution to the
eventual establishment of the in
ternational organization that We
seek"
If all the large issues" have not
been resolved, Lord Halifax added
that is because some Of them re-
quire more prolonged and intense
(See SECURITY. Page A-4l