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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-15
Invasion Of
 Luzon Neors
BY FRANK TREMAINE

United Press War CorrespOndent)
 Pearl Harbor, November 15. - CUP) - Destruction or wrecking of IA more Japanese ships and 1858 to 168 planes in and around Manila Bay by American carrier aircraft Sunday was hailed today as another major preparatory step for an ulti- mate amphibious invasion of Luzon, capital island of the Philippines.
 Fighters, torpedo planes and dive bombers from carrier task groups of the Pacific fleet blew up two de- stroyers, severely damaged a cruiser and left II cargo vessels and oil tankers sinking or in flames, Ad- miral Chester w. Nimitg announced.
 Tokyo reported yesterday that carrier planes also attacked the Manila Bay area Monday, but this was not confirmed immediately by Pacific Fleet Headquarters.
 Meantime, American ground forces $50 miles to the south were threatening to envelop some 35,OOC desperately resisting Japanese troops in northwest Leyte with a pincerS drive down both Hanks of the corridor above the sea and air base of Ormoc.
 One column thruSting down the west side of the Ormoc Corridor already has sprung a trap on a Japanese regiment, front dispatches said, while that east of the corridor has advanced within Il miles of Ormoc at two places.
 GA Tokyo broadcast heard by NEG Monitors in New York said the Americans on Leyte were reinforced by two fresh divisions yesterday.)
 The carrier task force raid on the
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REDS DRIVE INTO BUDAPEST SUBURBS
U. 5. TROOPS NOW ONLY ME.
 FROM METZ
BY J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press War CorrespOndentl

BY J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press War COrrespOndentl
 Paris, November IS. - (UP) - American Forces captured three more forts in a battering ram advance through the suburbs to within a little more than a mile of doomed Metz today, while the British 2nd Army in Holland hurled the Ger mans back on their last de- fense line west of the Nazi frontier.
 "It appeared almost time to write finish to the great battle of Metz," the United Press war correspondent Robert Richards reported from the American front.
 The German Transocean Agency, paving the way for the abandon ment of Metz, said the evacuation of civilians from the fortress city began several days ago.
 Altogether, four Allies armies were on the march to the east along the 275-mile snow-swept front from Venlo in southeast Holland to the Belfort gap through the Vosges mountains in eastern France.
 Nowhere was more than moderate resistance encountered. The Ger mans appeared to be withdrawing all along the line to conserve their dwindling manpower until they could fight along a line more to their liking, probably on the east bank of the Rhine.
 The capture of three more forts on the inner defense perimeter of Metz gave It. Gen. George S. Pat tons 3rd Army forces possession of five of the nine main baStionS ring ing the city.
 Fort Illange, north of Metz, sur- rendered internationally to the 95th Division early this morning after the commander previously had re- fused to come to terms. Also over- run by the 95th Division were Forts Hubert and JuSsy, due north of famed Fort Driant, on the west side of the Moselle, west of Metz. (Continued on Page A
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Two Of IT Children Are Burned To Death

Lewiston, Me, November 15. - (UP) = Two of the II children of MT. and Mrs. Richard Bouthot of Lewiston were burned to death to- day when fire swept their home on River Road.
 Mrs. Bouthot and one other child were hoSpitalized in critical condi- tion suffering from burns. Officials believed the blaze was caused by de- fective wiring as BouthOt said he was unable to turn on the lights in the single story brick structure last night.
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British Roor
 Toward Reich
By RICHARD D. MCMILLAN

By klCHAKD U. MCMILLAN United Press War Correspondent
 With Northern Armies in Hol- land, Nov. Germany's frontier near Venlo blazed through the night with fires lit by Field Mar shal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's electric thrust which had carried British troops today to within sever miles of the reich border.
 The battle fiared up in the cold twilight at p. m. yesterday.
 More than 400 big guns of various caliber thundered death on Hitler paratroops attempting to hold lines east of the Noorer and Wessen canals-the last defenses outside the German border.
 Flame throwers put wall of fire across the canals until late in the night giving cover to infantrymen scrambling across the crimson tinted waters in assault boats.
 watched the attack as it fiared through the shadows and can de- scribe as tough plus" the fighting men, untitled against the chilling cold in heavy woolen helmets.
 Some of them missed their foot- (Continued on Page 4)
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Bv FREDERICK e. OTHMAN

By FREDERICK c. OTHMAN
 United Press Staff CorrespOndent)
 Washington, Nov. 15-(UP)-Hav- ing met yesterday for 45 minutes, congress took today of, made a deal with itself to walk in tomor- row and walk out, and figured it would get down to work next week.
 Then, I understand, the legisla- tive fur will fly. All I know for certain about that is what I've been reading about the important de- cisions facing the 78th congress. But I can tell you exactly about the first session. hurried to the house of representatives, eased down on an undersized stool in the press gallery at noon sharp and-I swear it. here's what happened:
 The Rev. James Shera Montgom- cry opened the proceedings with .
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SenateMeets for45Minutes;
 Likes Orchid; Raps Author

prayer addressed principally to 400 dingy, black leather seats; there were shadows through the frosted glass doors during his appeal to the Almighty-and exactly 56 con- gressmen in the chamber to hear it.
 When the Rev. Montgomery fin- ished. the doors burst open and the shadows turned into lawmakers, who strolled to their chairs. The clerk began reading the minutes of the la-t meeting, or so I suppose; I couldn't understand a word he said. You never did hear such racket. The gentlemen were shaking hands with each other, Strolling up the aisles and admiring the lavender orchid of Rep. Edith N. Rogers. The place sounded something like the
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No Rutioninq For Smokes
BY EULALIE MCDOWELL

OnAteU krcSS SbaIA COEECSpOnUChV
 Washington, Nov. Is. CUP)-Gov- ernment officials, dismissing as completely impractical" the ra- tioning of cigarets, today urged harried smokers to ''buy sanely" and help assure more equitable diS- tribution of short civilian supplies.
 OPA Chief Chester Bowles said that scare report" of shortages, rather than an actual scarcity, were largely responsible for the dearth of cigarets that is reaching alarm ing proportions in many sections of the country.
 The office of war information re- ported that the tobacco industry, despite manpower shortages, is ex- periencing its greatest production year and during IA should deliver l6, 6,450 ,O00,0O0 (B) packs of cigarets. However. roughly 5.00O,0OO.O00 packs almost all of them popular brands will be shipped to the armed forces overseas.
 powles said black markets have resulted from an artificial situa- kContinued on Pare q
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Ethel Barrymore Has Restless Niqht

New York, Nov. 15.-(UP)-Ethel Barrymore, 65-year old first lady of the American theater, spent 8 restless night at Flower hospital, where she has been suffering from iifluenza and lung congestion, but was more comfortable" this morn- morning, her physician, Dr. Louis Rene Kaufman said today.
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Oddities m The NelUs
Ry United Press)

Westfieid, Mass, Nov. 15 = WPo In response to his daughters calls, Hunter Edward Egleston dashed into the backyard with his shotgun and fired, then discovered the children had posed stuffed pheasant in the bushes.
 Fall River, Mass, Nov. IS - GU. P.)- An entry on the police blotter here reports an unsuccessful attempt was made to burglarize the police in- spectors' office.
 Springfield, Mass, Nov. Is - (U. P.) = Startled by the ''gutteral ac- cent" of a man in an army uniform. a storekeeper summoned police who questioned the "spy" and discovered he was 8 German-speaking soldier from Westover field having little fun"
 Portsmouth, N. H., Nov. IS = (U. P.) - Guards halted truck loaded with bags of Sweepings at the Ports mouth Naval Prison gates when they saw one of the bags move-discover- ed it contained two prisoners who had sewn themselves in in an effort to escape.
 SomervilIe, Mass, Nov. IS - GU. P A boy found footing an auto mobile here was taken to police headquarters where it was discover cd that he was only four years old. WANTED-MOre trained BOOkkeep- ar= Emrazr any NEand4v nav Mr Eve.
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Evening star., 1944-09-30
Jackie Cooper 10 Give
Further Testimony in
Delinquency Hearing.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Sept. 3d.
Jackie Cooper, former movie star
and now a Navy Viz student at
Notre Dame, was summoned back
to Juvenile Court today to complete
his testimony about an all-night
hotel party last summer attended
by three teen-age girls.
The 22-year -old Cooper, with three
others, is charged with contributing
to juvenile delinquency. The others
are George Bender Of Shefneld, Ill,
also a Viz student at Notre Dame;
Pauline Frederick, 10, OF South
Bend and Ollie Lowery, a hotel
waiter.
Cooper told yesterday of renting
three hotel rooms for a party he and
three other Viz students had
planned for a visiting friend. He
said it had not been indicated that
girls would be invited. He also told
Of picking up two bottles Of liquor
and of meeting Bender.
Other witnesses yesterday includ-
ed two South Bend girls, IS and 16
years old, whose presence at the
party resulted in the charges.
The younger of the two girls testi-
fed they met Miss Frederick ON a
street on the evening of July % and
she invited them to a party includ-
ing Cooper, Bender and another
sailor identified only as Bill" She
told Juvenile Court Referee Albert
L. Boyle she had several rounds
Of intoxicants before going to one
of the hotel rooms.
Coincidence Zasu Pitts, testifying
as a character witness for Cooper
said she appeared of her own voli-
ton and had known Cooper since
he was years old. She said Ibis
reputation as to morality is spot
less; as to truth and veracity, good. y
Evening star., 1944-09-30
Men Endured He'll, Never Lost
Hope, Arnhem Survivor Saws

pulling out before the Boche, but
we were 50 dead tired by then
1 don't think they thought much
one way or another.
Withdrawal Begins.
"As We began the march to the
river our guns on the opposite side
laid down an absolutely magnificent
barrage, covering our withdrawal
1t was so terrific that Boche NOR
tars, which were falling all around,
sounded like Christmas crackers
and We didn't even notice them
Amid all that racket I felt like a
bloody fool. then, at my order for
complete silence.
we left our position at pm.
Monday and embarked in outboard
motorboats across the Rhine at II
pm. When we got across the men
let go their emotions. I guess we
all said. Well. we made it,"
Capt. Allsop said his most vivid
memory of the whole ordeal was
the way senior officers of the di-
vision acted under the terrible
drumfire.
Two brigadiers used to come
around my headquarters every
morning and sit on the edge of the
slit trench with mortars falling all
around and they acted as though
they were on a picnic!" he said.
1t. Arthur Andrew Vickers of
Liverpool, member of a parachute
battalion, who swan back across
the Rhine with the last company
to escape, said morale of the men
in his group never wavered.
Nazis Blasted From Houses,
I'm the Arnhem fighting we
blasted about nine Germans out of
every house, until they finally
chased us out with tanks" said 1t.
Vickers. They hid in gardens with
machine guns and we had to 20
right in after them and blow them
out with hand grenades under cover
of our smoke bombs.
Il last saw my senior command
ing officer climbing alone up the
back Of German tank with hand
grenade to blow it up. He always
was a daredevil. don't know what
happened to him, but that tank was
followed by about 20 German in
fantrymen and probably he was
taken prisoner"
1t. Vickers said the British
troops always had great faith" in
their eventual rescue, even when
their ammunition ran danperouslv
low and food rations droped from
Allied planes landed among the
Germans.
I'VE never got any rations. but we
didn't do so badly" said 1t. Vickers
There were plenty Of tame rabbits,
chickens and ducks. and the last
day We even had goat stew"
Evening star., 1944-09-30
End Of Job Discrimination
Urged byAFL Official
pr the Associated prsS,

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 30
Phil Hannah, secretary treasurer OF
the Ohio State Federation of Labor
yesterday described abolishment OF
hiring determinations as the first
requirement of a postwar program
for Negroes.
He spoke at the annual confer
ence of the National Urban League,
a Negro social service organization,
as representative of the American
Federation of Labor.
Mr.. Hannah admitted that "al-
though the AFL is strongly against
determinations in hiring it cannot
force its afflliates to accept this
policy"
However, he said, the AF'L will
continue as vigorous a stand as
possible to eliminate discrimina-
tions"
Mr.. Hannah told the delegates
from 49 cities that the AFL was
slowly and surely stamping out
prejudice and eventually we en-
vision the disappearance of pref
udice."
Evening star., 1944-09-30

c. Dempsey's troops are facing east
toward Germany and are within II
miles of the Siegfried Line ter.
minal of Kleve. They are in posi-
ton to drive across the river toward
the Reich's industrial Ruhr Valley.
British Capture Best.
Broadening the Holland corridor
to the west, the British captured
Best, 6 miles northwest of their
base at Eindhoven.
A front dispatch said the Ger
mans-taking advantage of the lul
while American forces are building
up supplies-have been plugging the
Siegfried Line gaps with low-grade
hodge -podge troops and refiittine
the better Nazi units in the rear fol
the battle of the Rhine.
In a Berlin broadcast, Guenthel
Weber, correspondent for the Ger.
man news agency Transocean. SAID
the Allies had "at least go infantry
and four to five air-borne divisions
on the western front, which were
being regrouped "for future attacks
from new bases.
Evening star., 1944-09-30
Island North of PeIeIiu
Reported Roided by Yonks

NEW YORK, Sept. 80 R.-The
Tokyo radio said today that about
40 small-type planes" raided Koror
in the Palaus north of Peleliu Thurs
day Japanese time).
The domestic broadcast, recorded
by the Federal Communications
Commission, added that Marcus
Island, about 874 miles northwest of
Wake, was raided yesterday after
noon by several" Liberator
bombers.
Tokyo broadcasts also said many
residents of Manila had begun leav-
ing the city following last week S
American air raids, adding that a
committee on evacuation is lend
ing "every possible aid"
Evening star., 1944-09-30
Nazi Resistance Broken
In Battle With Firms
Nv tho pra,


STOCKHOLM, Sept. 3O-The
Flnns have broken German rear
guard resistance south of Pudas-
jarvi in Central Finland and are
continuing to advance, it was an
nounced officially in Helsinki today
An Aftonbladet dispatch said the
first real fighting between Finnish
and German troops occurred at
Kuminki, miles northeast of the
Bothnian Gulf pert of Oulu. The
Germans retired, leaving dead and
wounded behind, the account said.
HELSINKI. Sept 30 LP,.-Pork-
kala Peninsula Ceded to the Rus
slams as naval base, was a ghost
territory" today flom which all
Finnish inhabitants had been re-
moved
The border gateway to the area
was closed for good by Finnish SOL
diers and some Russians already
were reported to have entered from
the Gulf of Finland.
Evening star., 1944-09-30
Roosevelt, Hull Discount
Incident in Bulgaria

Ey the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
of State Hull were asked at their
news conferences yesterday about a
report that Soviet officials had
elected American and British mill
tary missions from Bulgaria
Secretary Hull said he had no in
formation on the details of the
reported incident, but that he un-
derstood any misunderstanding or
difficulties that may have arisen
have been pretty well cleared up.
President RooSevelt's only COM
ment in referring the matter to the
State Department, was that there
were lot of quasi military missions
in the Balkans and that he had not
kept up on the matter.
The report was given a play yes
terday on the Axis propaganda radio
which depicted the matter as a rift
between Russia and the Anglo
American Allies.
Evening star., 1944-09-30
Western Front
Continued From First Page

operations. however. probing Allied
lines for thin spots in every indica-
ton of fierce fighting stand in the
Vosges.
1t. Gen. Alexander NJ Patch's
troops captured ST. Gorgon, l mile
south of the road network town of
Rambervillers, in a 2-mile advance
and were pushing east on a smile
front.
They slugged their way forward
through desperate German resist
ance at the entrance of the narrow
Vosges foothills pass of Vouvellieurs,
IA miles northeast of Epinal.
A hard German counterattack
was repulsed west of LIE Thillot mid
way between Epinal and Belfort.
French troops Of the 7th reached
Belfahy and smashed on to the en-
trance of another Vosges pass at
Chevestray, II miles northeast of
Lure.
German Threat Repulsed.
The 7th held it's Clairegoutte foot
hold, II miles from Belfort, and re-
pulsed a German scouting thrust
against nearby Mignavillers.
German broadcasts pictured a
violent and very f1uctuating" battle
to force the Vosges passes and Bel
fort Gap guarding such cities as
Strasbourg and Mulhouse. A thin
snowfall carpeted the Vosges foot
hills, Berlin said.
The Sd Army flung back German
blows near Grapelotte, Just west of
Metz, two others IA miles northeast
OF Nancy and a heavy blow above
Luneville, Is miles southeast of
Nancy. In the latter battle, ground
troops knocked out "a tanks yester-
day, and the 18th Tactical Air Force
put seven more out of action. With
Thursdays toll of 81, this brought
the Sd Armys two-day score to at
least 113.
The Germans were pouring in
fantry into Holland, while pulling
armor back for lunges against
hopes-for weak spots In the Allied
front in tactics reminiscent of Nor
mandy. But the enemy command
apparently had abandoned hope of
driving the Allies out of the Neither
lands, frontline dispatch said.
Wrecking of the approaches to the
Arnhem bridge was one move in the
effort to halt the Allied drive In Hol-
land.
This action at the northern end of
the 50-mile-long Allied salient in
the Netherlands came as Nazi
propagandists boasted that the Ger
man Army, with the aid of civilian
trench diggers, had created a stable
front to hold the big Allied push
which they said Gen. Eisenhower
now was preparing.
Striving to drive the British I'd
Army back from the Neder Rhine,
the Germans slipped across the
river by night but could not main
tain their hold in the face of the
British attack. The Arnhem bridge
is the one which the famed British
Red Devil" Division fought more
than a week to hold before it evac-
uated the northern bank of the river.
The British have widened the
Dutch corridor, warded of three
successive blows at the vital bridge
over the Waal at Nijmegen, 9 miles
south Of Arnhem, and increased to
20 miles their hold on the west bank
Of the Mas (Meuse) River.
Along the Mas 1t. Gen. Sir Miles
Evening star., 1944-09-30
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