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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-06-24

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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-06-24

Mrs. Angelia Speed left the city
for Florida a few weeks ago 70
join her husband, Lieut.. Speed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
MOSQUITOES RAIN BOMBS
 ON HAMBURG

London, April 7. - (UP) - Swarms of RAF Mosquito bomberS attacked Hamburg and targets in the industrial Ruhr and Rhineland last night and Axis reports said scattered Allied nuisance raiders" struck at Germany by daylight today.
 There was no immediate Allied confirmation of the reported day. light stab at Germany, but the enemy broadcasts indicated that Anglo American recol1n naiSsance planes might be ranging over the Reich to photograph bomb damage or scout out new targets for the big Allied bombing fleets.
 One British plane was lost in last nights operations, which rounded out "A hours of widespread Allied aerial blows against Axis Europe from the north and south.
 U. s. 9th Air Force Liberators raked the Pas De Calais invasion coast" of France with hundreds of tons of high explosives by daylight yesterday, while American Thun- derbolt Fighters and fighter bomb CTS bombed and strafed enemy air. fields over a wide area of northern France.
 Both assaults were carried out without loss.
 Fighter escorted Flying Fortresses and Liberators from the Italian based 18th Air Force struck again at the Balkans, although inconsid- erably smaller force than in the previous days attacks on Rumania and Hungary.
 The big bombers hit at the Za- greb airf1eld in northern Jugoslavia and ran into determined resistance from more than 100 enemy fighters. At least 16 enemy planes were shot down, and three heavy bombers were lost.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
Special G. !.
 Easter Service

Naples, April 7-UP)-Special Easter services have been planned Sunday for soldiers throughout the Mediterranean theater.
 Many of the services will be con- ducted by Army chaplains within range of enemy artillery fire. Pro- grams, to be broadcast by radio to front line sectors, will include music by WAC chors and Army bands.
 It. Gen. Mark w. Clark, com mander of the Fifth Army in Italy, will read from the scriptures on one of the radio programs.
 Washington, April 7-CUP)-A soldiers chorus from Italy, Negro spirituals from England and per sonal messages from servicemen in war theaters to their relatives will be broadcast to the United States Sunday as troops at home and abroad hold special Easter services.
 The War Department said select ed members of units overseas would SCl1u AA4coodSCo CO lAlCI1 AcAdlAVcS uul- ing the Army hour broadcast. Songs of 8 Negro chorus in England and the chorus from "This Is the Army" show now touring Italy will also be heard.
 In this country, local radio sta tions will broadcast services to be held at Army camps throughout the land-at airfields, on lake shores, and one in camoufaged wooded area in Florida.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
Spotted Rifle
 Potted Owner

EniwetOk AtOll-(NO Date)- (UP) - When Marine Corp. John G. Jordan, Glendale, Cal, spotted a Japanese rifle stick ing out of 8 hole he grabbed it for 8 sOuvenier. Repeated tugs failed to bring it out but re- vealed a Japanese was hanging onto the other end.
 Jordan's companions, Corp. Thomas J. Wallace, Spring field, Mass, and Pfc Kenneth Fraser, Ferndale, Mich, shot the Japanese and two other of his comrades who put in a sur- prise appearance.
 Jordan got his souvenir.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
HoIIondio
 BIitzedAqoin
By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON


 United Press War Correspondent Allied Headquarters, Southwest Pacific, April 2 -(UP)- Allied bombers, sweeping over debris-clut- tered airf1elds at Hollandia, blasted the Japanese northern New Guinea supply base again Wednesday in the wake of new double-pronged attacks on Truk, big enemy bas- tion 1000 miles to the northeast in the CarolineS, 1t was disclosed today.
 A fleet of more than 250 Libera- tors, Mitchell mediums and Boston bombers from It. Gen. George c. Kinney's Fifth Air Force assaulted Hollandia with 32O tons of explos- ives and over quarter million rounds of ammunition, leaving fires htat still burned the next day.
 Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com munique said many buildings and gun positions were destroyed and smoke from flaming fuel dumps rose 15,00O feet into the air. The raid. coming three days after Sun days big attack which temporarily wiped out the enemy's air power there, was carried out without in- terception and all the planes re- turned safely.
 Australian ground forces contin- ued to press the Japanese back
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
Attempts To DestroyAIIy 
By J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press Staff Correspondent


 London, April 7-UP)-Edward R. Stettinius Jr., United States un- dersecretary of state, said today that the Hast desperate hope" of the Axis to avert defeat by creating suspicion and diStrust among the United Nations had "signally fail ed"
 Stettinius issued his statement on Allied unity to the press soon after his arrival for exploratory discus sions with British leaders of a wide range of topics probably including diplomatic matters connected with the forthcoming invasion of Europe.
 "The United Nations are nearer victory now because we have learned to plan and fight together" he said. We of the United Nations will not relinquish that cooperation and un- ity which has brought us so far along the road to victory"
 Stettinius conferred at length this afternoon with United States Am bassador John G. Winant, but had no other appointments immediate ly.
 In his statement, the undersec- retary said he was looking forward to full and frank discussions with British officials on many subjects of current importance" emphasizing that the purpose of his visit was not to conclude agreements.
 He recalled that two years ago when he was in London as lend- lease administrator, the United Ma tionS forces were on the defensive everywhere, while today 1t is the Axis armies which are falling back"
 "The enemy has learned to its sorrow what mighty blows we can strike when our men, our weapons and our leadership are combined In common cause" he said.
 The divide e-and-conquer policy of the Axis has foundered on United Nations unity, he said, and with 1t has gone the enemy's hope of vic. tory by dividing the combined strength of the Allies through sus- picion and distrust among them.
 "One of the essential mechanisms in preserving the unity of purpose and action between the United Ma tions is the frequent exchange of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
NovyPiIot
 Truininq Cut

Washington, April 7-(UP)-The Navy today announced curtailment of it's pilot training program and its intention of withdrawing this summer from the war training service of the Civil Aeronautics administration.
 The Navy said its action was talk en because fewer combat pilots were being killed than had been anti cipated. Henceforth, it said em- phasis will be on quality of pilots rather than quality.
 To improve quality, the Navy said its aviators would have to spend three terms in the V-12 college pro- gram before entering regular train ing courses. Preliminary ground schools will be concentrated in four pre-fiight schools of flight prepara- tory training" will be eliminated.
 The Army recently announced similar cutbacks in it's pilot train- ing program.
 There were 35,859 pilots on duty with the Navy at the end of 1043.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
 May Retire
By ELEANOR PACKARD United Press Staff Correspondent

 Limited Press Staff Correspondent lieved King Victorjshrdluetaoin-- Naples, April 7.-(UP)-Count Carlo Sforza, one-time italian for eign minister, said today he be- lieved King Victor Emmanuel, in the interests of the Italian peope will retire temporarily even before the fall of Rome and place the royal inter nsts in the hands of Grown Prince Humbert in an effort to set tie the political crisis.
 Sforza in an exclusive interview with the United Press, also ndi- cated that the executive committee of the six-party Junta will remain firm in refusing to enter the cabinet until the king formally had agreed to retire.
 The press ofice of Premire Pietro Badoglio issued an official denial of a purported statement by Hum bert that he offered to take over the kings duties and interests i'm mediatey.
 '"The purported declaration by the Prince of Piedmont (HumberD as siven out by a news agency is de- .~aG of any foundation" the state SAent said.
 t,tNEa's statement followed a meeting of the executive committee yesterday at which Benedetto Croce, Liberal leader, revealed that the king had agreed to retire temporar- ily after Rome falls and permit lieutenant-generalcy under Humbert until the Italian people have chance to vote when Italy Is fully liberated.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
Dewey Scored Lorqe Vote

Milwaukee, Wis, April 7-(UP)- More than 50 per cent of the 260. .468 Republican votes cast in the Wis conSin primary election Tuesday were for Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, of New York, unofficial returns from 2,845 of the states 3,075 precints showed today.
 Total number of Dewey votes was 131,74O, the number cast for secre- tary of state Fred Zimmerman, the leading candidate for delegate-at- large. Zimmerman's total was more than the combined number of votes for the leading candidates for dele gate-at-large for It. Comdr. Harold E. Stassen, former governor of Min nesota, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Wendell l.. Willkie.
 The total Republican vote was 61 per cent of the 426,996 ballots cast by both sides in the election. In the last presidential election Wisconsin voters cast 7O4,821 ballots for Presi- dent Roosevelt and 9,206 for Will kie, a Democratic majority of ap- proXimately 25,000.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
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Hold Line
 PoIicyWins FDR Claims
BY MERRIMAN SMITH limited Press Staff COrrespOndent)

(UnlIGU KTCSS Stdn
 Washington, April 7.-UP) - President Roosevelt released today with his emphatic approval a report stating that the hold the-line" Stabilization policy on prices and wages has succeeded in its first year and must be continued without change fin the critical months ahead"
 The program, the report said, has helped to slightly lower" the cost of living and maintain "one year of stable living costs-unprecedented either in this war or in the last war"
 The report was read by MT. Roosevelt at his press and radio conference. It was prepared for him for the first anniversary-tomorroW of his hold-the- line order and was signed by Economic Stabilization Di- rector Fred M. Vinson, Price Admin istrator Chester Bowles, War Food Administrator Marvin Jones, and War Labor Board Chairman William H. Davis.
 The reports defense of policies thus far followed came as one of the keystones of the stabilization pro- gram-the little steel" wage Him. itation formula-was being attacked in two quarters. The congress of in dustrial organizations asked the War Labor Board to break that formula to give steel workers an increase in wages. The board also was hearing American Federation of Labor officials on their petition to have the allowable wage increas- es under the formula revised upward. Increases in basic, straight time rates now are limited to IS per cent of the rate paid Jan. l, 1941.
 Task Cv-s7ieG Out
 The report said that "the task of stopping the rise in prices has thus far been carried out" and added that "as result, the cost of living, which before the hold-the-line' or der was rising three-fourths per cent 8 month, has for solid year been held without change of any consequence"
 MT. Roosevelt interrupted his reading of the report at this point to say that figures prepared like these don't lie.
 "It is true, as everyone knows" the report said, "that there have been increases in some items, cloth ing, for example. But these increas- es have been fully offset by de- creases in the prices of other items, notably foods"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
PER CAPITA
 BOND BUYING
 HERE: S53.99

Per capita purchases of war bonds in the City of Water bury during the Fourth War Loan Drive averaged $53.99, thus establishing the city as second in the state in this endeavor, it was revealed to- day by chairman Jomes E. Moran. The figures were compiled recently by Treas ury Department authorities. Willimantic led the state in per capita purchases with an average of $56.
 The greater Waterbury area con- sisting of Waterbury, Middlebury, Prospect and Wolcott had 8 per capita average of $53.99. Other list ings per capita and ranked accord ingly are: Meriden $47.16, Hartford, $45, Bridgeport, $43, New Haven, $41.
 Waterbury exceed its quota dur ing the last bond drive by approxi- mately SIP million dollars in excess of it's overall quota of $14 4,662.000. It also exceeded its "E" bond quota of $4,878,000 and received official recognition by treasury department authorities. It was revealed today that the city's quota for the Fifth War Loan Drive which will get ul- derway in May will be formally an- nounced on or about April 26.
 Actual wage earners in the greater Waterbury area as distinguished from individual contributors as based on figures compiled from pay roll deductions reveal that per capita their purchases averaged about $100 This was the greatest source for the purchase of series E bonds with figures showing total purchase of about $5,338,0OO.
 Waterpury'S merchants again were state leaders in the sales of bonds during the last drive maintaining the standards set in previous drive. The merchants instituted an inten- sive organizational drive participated in by al employees. Clyde M. Jen- ningS acted as chairman of the mer- chants division and was assisted by Murray Grossman and others. MT. Jennings recently agreed to again act in this capacity during the forthcoming Fifth War Loan drive.
 The city proper never has failed to exceed its quota in each of the bond drives conducted so far. So- cial, fraternal, religious and other types of organizations all have con- tributed proportionately equal shares to each effort. During the previous drive he city's industries were among the large contributors to this ef- fort while schools accomplished an outstanding achievement with par ticuar praise being extended to the Sacred Heart school which tripled its quota.
 Preliminary plans for the city wide participation in the coming Fifth War Loan drive now are be- ing drawn up with concrete develop ments expected sooR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
Over The Tripitz
 Come Home
By LEO s. DISHER Representing the Combined
 II. S. PreSSl


 Aboard a British Warship, April 6 -(Correct) - (UP) - The British naval force whose planes knocked Germany's super-battleship Tirpitz out of the warrior months perhaps for good-returned to it's home base today to be greeted by resounding salutes from other warshipS already at anchor.
 Adm. Sir Bruce Fraser, com mander in chief of the British home fleet, stood on the quarter deck of his flagship waving his cap with those of the entire ships com pany. Each of the ships making up the force was chered as it filed into the anchorage.
 The TirpitZ was hit at dawn Mon day as she lay in Alten fjord in northern Norway by Barracudas from the largest force of aircraft carriers ever concentrated against a single ship, and was left blazing t1ercely.
 Reconnaissance ph otogra showed at least A direct hits with bombs totaling eight tons, but off, cials said the scarcity of water spots from misses indicated that
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
 FIERCELY ON
 ANZ|O FRONT
BY DONALD COE United Press War Correspondent

United Press War Correspondent
 Allied H e a d quart e r s, Naples, April '. = (UP) - Fierce patrol fighting flared along the Anzio front, a com munique reported to d a y /, while Allied field guns and armored tank destroyers joined in a shattering bom- bardment of German artil- lery and mortar nests around the beachhead perimeter.
 Headquarters spokesmen indicat- ed that the tempo of battle increas ed on all the major Italian fronts yesterday, with both sides throwing an increasing weight of artillery in to the struggle.
 Particularly violent skirmishing and shelling again were reported in progress on the Anzio beachhead, where both the Allied and German armies appeared to be bracing for another major test of strength.
 (Swiss press dispatches reported to the office of war information quoted Axis sources in northern Italy as saying that the 5th army has been pouring material and pick ed troops into the beachhead for the past month and that a major drive on Rome was expected to be launched simultaneously with the invasion of western Europe0
 Strong German combat struck out against the Allied line one and one half miles siuth of Aprilia Thursday evening, but were driven off with heavy casualties under grenades and rifle fire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
Reds Begin Battle
 Liberate Odessa
BY HARRISON SALISBURY

BY HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff COrrespondenta
 Moscow, April 2. - UPG - The Red Army began thd battle for Odessa today, driv1 ing through the last German defenses at a pace that prOml ised early liberation of thG big Black Sea port and de1 struction of its Nazi garri~ son.
 (The British radio report ed that German "Suicidd squads" have been rushed tq Odessa with orders to hold the city at all costs.)
 Soviet tank and infantry columns neared the outskirta of Odessa along three main highways east, northeast and northwest of the city while Soviet planes ranged over thd sea approaches to prevent any Dunkirk evacuation at< tempt.
 The speed of the Russian advance was believed to have smashed any German hopes of extricating more than a portion of the nearly -trappe0 garrison-eStimate a month ago a0 more than 100000 men-or of mak< ing a protracted stand in the city.
 The defenders literally were damned against the Black Sea and being squeezed ever tighter by Rus~ sian forces relentlessly bearing down on them from solid belt of bases, less than 13 miles from the center of Odessa.
 German air and naval forces could offer little help to the be- leaguered garrison because they have no major support bases closer than Constanta, Rumania, nearly 200 miles to the south.
 Heavy rains turned the terrain toi mud, but it appeared to be hamper1 ing the German retreat more than the Soviet advance. Gen. Rodlon Y4 Malinovsky's 3rd Ukrainian army swept up more than 100 towns and villages on the near approaches to Odessa yesterday, severing the laso vestiges of the enemy's escape routes, except for single inadequate coast~l al railway that depends on a ferry line to ford the mile wide DnieSte1' lagoon.
 Battle of Humiliation
 Some 25O miles to the northwestA the battle of annihilation against the 400-square- mile German Skala, pocket appeared to be entering it's final phase with the enemy attempt~1 ing to evacuate high-ranking offtS| cers from the encircled area by transport planes.
 Red Air Force fighters blockading the shrinking pocket shot down 19 German planes in dogfights yesterS
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
100000
 NowInArmv: More Needed
By PAUL HARRISON

United Press Staff COrreSpOndent)
 Washington, April U.P0 - The Army was revealed today to have reached its peak strength of 100000 - sending the combined size of the armed forces to the all- time high of about 11,000, 0,000-but could not be reduced before July.
 The Office of War Information, in report based on information from the War and Navy Departments, gave this picture of the armed serv- ices and their future needs in man. power:
 Army-now has reached peak strength of 7,700,000 officers and enlisted personnel but will require from 75,0O0 to 100000 more men a month throughout 1914 -. or to- tai of from 10000 to 1,000,0 ,000-for replacements to maintain that strength. The emphasis in replace n.entS must be on men who are young and physically qualified for the rigors of combat duty"
 Navy-now totals over 3,200,000, including Marine and Coast Guard; vii need 100000 in new personnel and replacements to reach 3,500,00 by July 1; and vii lreach its peak strength of 3,60o,oO0 by September l.
 Men Needed
 The War Deparement said that the army actually would surpass it's peak strength this month but em- phasized that this was necessary ito start training of men who will be required to meet anticipated losses" "a reminder that new oper- ations. involving unprecedented casualties, were impending in Flu rope.
 The Army made it clear that it needs, and expects to get, hundreds of thousands of new men under the age of 26, despite any hardships it may work on industry.
 There can be no diminution of the efforts of local selective service boards to deliver the maximum pos Sible number of men in the lower age groups within the army's calls,' the statement said. ''This will re- quire continuous pressure on indus try and agriculture to eliminate all but the vitally essential deferments between the ages of 18 and 26."
 No Material Reduction
 The Army's manpoWer calls were expected to drop off in May but no material reduction in draft quotas
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
Jops Reach ImphoIAreo

New Delhi, April 7.-(UP)-Jap& anese invasion forces driving westS ward through India's Manipur State have reached the Imphal area and are engaging the defenders of that British stronghold, 8 communique disclosed today.
 Admiral Lord Louis Montbatten'a southeast Asia headquarters report- ed that "small' enemy columns were attacking British positions around Imphal, but asserted that all these initial thrustS had been repulsed.
 The attacks apparently were made by Japanese flying columns moving down the Imphal-Kohima highway in the van of the main enemy force.
 The communique also disclosed that the Japanese had consolidated their 15-mile road block on the highway north of Imphal and pushed on across the road to the west, in the direction of the As- sam-Bengal railway some 50 miles away.
 Allied troops have made contact with the enemy forces west of the highway, the communique said, add- ing that the Japanese thus far have made only slight" progress toward the railway.
 Cutting of the Assam Bengal railroad, Which also Is menaced " another enemy column moving westward above Kohima, 60 miles north of Imphal, would sever the main Allied supply line to Lt.-Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell's Chinese and American forces in North Central Burma. i
 Meanwhile, an Allied announce. ment revealed that the veteran 17th Indian division had fought it's way out of a Japanese trap on the Tid- dim-Imphal highway and reached 1mphal to aid in the defense of that city.
 The Indians were disclosed to have broken through repeated Jap- aneSe road docks along tpe :=sD~ mile stretch of highway, infiicting heavy casualties on the enemy at Q cost of about 10 per cent of theR strength.