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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08
Lud1OigshaUen, Other Centers Are Bombed
BY WALTER CRONKITE

United Press War COrreSpOndent)
 London, Sept. B,-(UP)-More than l,600 American warplanes struck Q triple blow today at the German war centers Of Ludwigsha- fen, Kastel and Gustavsburg ir the Rhineland directly ahead of the United States armies closing against the Siegfried Line,
 Upward of 1000 flying fortreSSes and Liberators smashed at Ludwig shafen, great industrial and trans port center on the west bank of the Rhine 3b miles from the French border, and the neighboring towns of 0ustavSburg and Kastel, both in the Rhine valley across the Mainz.
 The Eighth Ar Force bombing armada was escorted by United States Mustang fighters, spotty weather forced the bomhardiers to rely on instruments ct some Of the targets, but holes in the clouds permitted some pln-point visual bombing ct LudWigshaven.
 An OttlCiuL HhHOuIlSeHlSht Vi way homhardment, virtually Q tactical operation in direct support of the land armies against Germany, said the targets were chemical and syn- thetic oil plants ct Ludwigshaien' an ordnance depot ct Kastel and Q tank and armored vehicle plant at QustaVsburg.
 Improving weather enabeled the Eighth Air Force to resume opera tions on Q major scale, and large forces of planes headed. by lu. .s heavy bombers were reported shut ting over the channel,
 A strong force of Lancasters oi the Royal Air Force bomber conn mand again attached the German garrison and fortified positions ct Le Havre.
 Neutrality Violated
 The swiss radio said early today that British planes, as well aS
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08
City Plans For W Doy

Exactly how the American public will react on the day the news or dermany's defeat is announced IS somewhat of 0 mystery, put one thing appears certain: the news VII! not Do greeted with the unreStrained joy and hySterical scenes that fol- lowed the armistice in 1918.
 In Waterbury, as throughout the country, any celebration Will DC sobered by the thought that c clever, ruthless, and determined foe in the Pacific still must be brought to his knees.
 Although Waterbury factories are going ahead with plans to shut down for c 24.hour period after the news Is announced, this will not be the case in most of New England, Q United Press survey indicates,
 At the United American Bosch Corp. plant in Springfield, MasS., 1000 war workers have already afl- nounced their intention of remain ing on the job, and in other factor les, union and management officials are urging similar action. One large war plant president said today, Any celebration before Japan is defeated would be like tearing down goalposts because our team Is ahead ct the half"
 Local factory officials queried this morning expressed similar views, but declared that if the employees wanteS the holiday there was very little that could be done about 1t. The main reason for the proposed Shut- down, they explained, was to pre- vent possible damage to machinery or injury to workers in the event Of wild celebrations.
 Qov. Raymond Baldwin declared today, "ThiS victory is not Q matter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08
Distant ReIotions Are FOR Dewey

New York. Sept. e-(UP)-If President Roosevelt fails to Do 70. elected in November, one Of his rel- Atives--a distant cousin named Thomas '. Dowey-will move into the White House.
 The Democratic and Republican leaders are seventh cousins, once removed, but their relationship must Do traced back 70 generations, according to Bruce Chapman, the Mutual networks Answer Man., ge said his study Of family trees revealed that Hepzibah Lyman Of North Hampton. Mass, married Jo- siah Dewey, son cf the first Dewey to como to this country Gin 10s0) and their great ereat-gTeatseEeat gFeatsgfeat-grandson is tho Repuh- iican paFty's Thomas E. Dewey.
 Heplsabah's uncle, Lt. John Ly- masi, was the efeatsefeatsefeat mFandfmtheg 0g M@thettm Mehbiil1 fHman. who married Warren pelanq Ihalf daughter. Hagah, WaT ffeai. ~ ltA AAHe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08
FDR GrinsAt Dewey Slap

washington, Sept. o.-(UP)--PreS. ident Roosevelt today shrugged of charges by Qov. Thomas E. Dewey the Republican presidential candl- date, that the administration wai "afTaid" to release soldiers from the army because it feared another depression,
 Asked at c news conference about DGAeys char 70. inc president told Inf questioner to say that the pres- ident smiled broadly and said no'1- ing
 Then MT. Roosevelt was asked w.ether he considered his adinIn- Istration tired, q1arreisome and dc- fCated'' as Dewey described it in hia opening campaign speech at P!,iia' delphia last night.
 The president gTnlied and ro- marked that he lad said bef pro that he would Me to 90 home tC Hyde Park, but not because he waG tired or defeated.
 EG started the conference by say- Ij.g that c 9lsil for industrial do. mobilization woulc be announced gocn by the War Mobilization Direc- tor, James Y. ByFneS. Then he point cd out that tho army had alreGdy announced its rlen and that thc Navy was not gong to demeblilsa yet because .t stlli had Japan on iti hands.
 TEe said that the deInobIlisation plan already announced by the army expresbed tho wisllds and desires Of thousands Of soldiers who were In. terviewed by the army in this coin. try and oyersoas. He said 90 DOT cent ot those interviewed expressed ap-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08
Foe FoiIs
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Rx ELEANOR PACKARD


 United Press War CoFFespOndent)
 Rome, Sept. s-(UP)-The bat- tered German 18th Army was inak- ing intense rear guard stands through south central France today for the first time in nearly two weeks but failed to halt faSt-drlvlng American and French troops now within 70 miles Of the Belfort gap into Germany,
 All along the Allied line from near the Swiss border to the Saone river, It. Gen. Alexander M. Patchs Seventh Army forces were eflcoIir- terlng stiffening resistance as the Germans fell back toward Belfcrt and the F'atherlaFid.
 Tn one sector the Germans even drew from their Tneager tank rec sources ln c desperate attempt to stop the rapid Allied drive, but without success.
 American troops, driving along the main highway to Belfort, ran into heavy machine gun, mortar and bHtik HKg WAiSh bASS keeSAtea sthe outskirts of Besancon, an important communication center on the Doub6 river and the Rhone. Rhine canal.
 The Germans put up Q series of fierce battles before the Anncricans broke through and swung an arc around the city of B0,000 persons The line formed Q seni-ciTcle around the southern half Of Bes- ancon, with two columns driving up each side and 8 third force carry ing a frontal attack.
 The Americans apparently were attempting to swing around the city to the highway leading to Belfort 47 miles to the north.
 German reslstance also was ex- tended west to the @aone. where the fxsacn weFp 4ess tlnsR UI miles tsull rsjon, and e zsle east, where an.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08
B-29s Blasf Too Vi. \ {.
 Manchurian Cities

Washington. Sept. 8 = (U.P) - American B-20 SupeffortresSes struck today ct important indus trial targets" in Japanese doiilins ated Manchuria, the War Depart- ment announced.
 The Tokyo radio indicated the targets were the factory cities Of Antung and Anghan.
 The new assault by the Mammoth bombers against Japan's war.iilak- ing potential was announced by General Henry II. Arnold, chief of the Army Air Forces and head of tahe goth Bomber Command, which guides operations of the B.20S.
 ft was the eighth attack mission by the big four-engined bombcrG which operate from secret bases for back in the hlna-BurTna- India theater.
 Arnold did not disclose the nuin- Der of planes taking part in the raid, nor did he identify the exact targets but promised that "futher details will be released aS soon as addition al information is avaiiable."
 The Tokyo radio reported that up to 70 American planes of Q large type"-a phrase used before by the Japanese to describe B-2o's-had hit tho important industrial cities Of Antung and AnShan, the latter which felt D-2o bombs in c previous raid six weeks ago.
 One broadcast, directed in Eng fish to the South Pacific and record- cd by FCC monitors, said the forfIl- ation comprised several tens" of large" planes, Q phrase previously used by the Japanese in describing the big B-20 boinbers.
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 Another Tokyo broadcast. heard in London, said the formation con. sisted of ct least 90 to 40 aircraft.
 The target irl oiie broadcast was Identified as Anshan. an important iron and steel cepter SB miles sotth- west of Mukden, but another Tokyo report said the Allied bombers were over Antung, 100 miles southeast of AnBhafl.
 Antung. 6 city es 3IS,C0o populA- ton on the Yaln Iiyer Geyeh miles inland from Korea Bay. Is the cen- seT of the AasieiinrtG iIgbt metals
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08
0F METZ AND NANCY FASHIONS IS ANTICIPATED WITHIN NEXT 2 DAYS
Public Must Use Up Blue Tokens

Washington, Sept. S--(UP)- Price chief Chester Bowles an- nounced today that blue ration token, ordered by the govern. ment at . c0st of Sl,133,2eS to make change for blue ration stamps, will not Do used after Oct. 1. Ho urged consumers to dispose of thclr supply as soon as possible.
 Bowie said retailers were being instructed to discontinue Issuing tho tokens after Sept. l7, when food items will be Fe. moved from the processed ration list. He explained that future food valMes would be ar. ranged so that most Items will have point values in multlpleS of 10, enabling consumers to use l0.polnt blue stamps with. out needing change
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08
Reds Push
 Southward
By BRUCE ". MUNN

tUnlted Press War CoFrespondenO
 London, Sept. Q -, (Up) - Rus. ,lan tanks and troops were report. d overrunning all Bulgaria and and striking out for the Adriatic and Aegean coasts today
 Yugoslav sources said tho Red Armys Balkan oflensIve had touch. cd off e general uprising against NaI occupation forces In Serbia,
 Reports from Allied and enemy sources indicated that the greatest combined operation of tho Balkan War was in full swing, poiSing an imminent threat of encirclement and destruction to possibly 3TO,000 German troops in southeastcFn Eis rope.
 An ofiiclal statement from Allied headquarters in Italy said railroads and highways in Yugoslavia had been damaged 90 badly by bombing and sabotage that organized Ger. man resistance to the Russian threat from Romania was impos. 6lble.
 The success of the combined AL lied. Partisan activity prevents the Germans from pulling back into Germany on any planned scale, the summary said.
 Word of tho new offensive came close after an announcement that Allied commando units landed in strength in western YugoSiavia, joined forces with Marshal Joslp Titos Partlsang, and were moving eastward toward the Danube and Q junoturO with the Red Army.
 Berlin said the RussianB had broken across the Bulgarian fron-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08
BRITISH ARE
 ONLY4 MILES FROM RIM|NI
BY CLINTON B. CoN0ER United Press War COrrespOndsnt)

United Press War CoErespOndent)
 Rome, September 8. - (UP) - British Eighth Army troops drove to within four miles of Rimini, Adriatic gateway to the Pc valley, to- day while Americans in the western sector advanced four miles to within two miles of the important communica- tionS center of Pistol. Both gains were despite stubborn German resistance and driv- ing rains.
 Making deep advances Into tho high ground north of the Lucca. Prato road, the U. 6. Fifth Army came into contact with some of the outpoStS of the 0ermans' Gothic Line and were testing tho strength of the western end of the forufi- cations which have been preached ct the east anchor.
 The cold, SlAshing rain turned buildoEer and tank tracks into mud wallows, reduced visibility sharply and restricted Air operations, but on tho Adrlatic sector Hltish, Can. adIan and Polish troops pushed for. ward along . six mile wide front toward Rlmini. The Germans Do. fore them yielded slowly and threw tn repeated tank countersattackS against the inland side, apparent. ly hoping to cave in the column
 Supported by the desert air force and tho Hritlsh destroyer Loyal and Che gunboat Scarab, Polish troops on tho coast advanced through cap- turAd RicclonO Marina and . mile beyond, appFoaching t0 within four miles of the prize port city. Other Formations further inland reached Che MarAno river.
 The Germans stlil held Corlano RldRe. four miles inland and Savino ridge, two miles farther south and Six miles inland, where tho main weight Of the enemy tank activity was thrown, one fierce counter attack just south of San savino was Fspulscd with heavy casuaities' Front dispatches quoted the men of one veteran British armored Tegi. mont that they had never seen SO
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08
By RICHARD D. MCMILLAN (United Press War Correspondent

ny AAChAHheg Ds MsSAAAaHAN Limited Press War COTFespondent)
 On the British front near the German border, Sept. 0--(UP) -The grentost TnaHlhunt In human history is under way across western Europe soday.
 Hundreds of thousands Of Ger. mans are fleeing eastward on foot their pangsrs eniashed, their trans port gone and death lurking ir every village and field on the long road home. They arc making . for- lora bid to get back to Germany but they know now that 1t Is almost hopeless,
 There has never been such an ex. plosion Of savage tatfcd ag is being witnessed nov lia the liberated courl- tries which, after four years of Buf' fegimR eAiGba tfie &a,4 ugdes, agl avenglng their ulartyfdonl in bln01l
 The Allied armies have been aug. Mented hy ~ lAnst aillien mon isl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08
FOR WOULD PUT STRINGS
 ON CARTELS

Washington, September 8. - (UP) = President Roose- welt said today that the de- feat of the NaZi armies would have to be followed by the eradication of German car tels and stringent restric- tions on cartel practices in international trade.
 In Q letter to Secretary of State Cordell Hull, the President asked Hull to keep your eye" on the whole subject Of international car tels because we are approaching the time when discussions will al- most certainly arise between us and other nations"
 The President read the letter to his news conference and added the verbal comment that the subject of international cartels would become most important in the next six
 The letter to Hull outlined the American traditional opposition to private Inonopolies and likewise the liberal American principles of free international trade for which Hull long has fought,
 "Unfortunately, Q number of for- eign countries, particularly in con. tinental Europe, do not possess such Q tradition against carteis,' the Presidents letter said. "On the con- trary, cartels have received eneour- agefnent from some of these gov. ernments,"
 Discussions
 MT, Rooseveits discussion gave emphasis to Q campaign which the Justice Departments antitrust al. vision has been waging to prevent postwar international cartel agree. fnents. spokesmen have charged recently in testimony before coTi- gressionai committe that such agree enabled the Axis to gain valu- able information about American industrial developments before this country entered the war.
 A Justice official testified today that as late as June, ie4i-oflly six months before the Pearl Harbor ate tack-Japan was able to learn through American commercial channels the exact amounts of oil and gasoline shiped to the Hawai- ian naval base from Los AgneleS.
 Testifylng before the senate XII. gore war mobilization committee, James s. Martin, chief of the de. partment's economic warfare d.
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Lote Bulletins

Rome, Sept. S-(UP)--About 300 U. s. flying foFtresaes and hboFators, escorted by llGhtnlngs, supported the Soviet advance into tho Balkans teddy by attacking four Fallyards and two bridges In Yug0siaViA, it was announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08

London. Sept. S. UP The British Mediterranean radio re. ported that Che American third and seventh armies had joined in the ares of Belf0rt, establishing an unbroken Allied front from thc North Sea to the MediteFran. can, but there was no immediate confirmation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08

Washington, Sept. g. (U.P.) = The Navy announced today that it has developed for immediate use Jet propulsion units to assist carrier planes and flying boats % take of with heavier loads, in shorter spaces and at greater speed. ,.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08

Washington, Sept. s- (U.PJ- Shoe FasionIng is not expected to Do lifted soon, largely because of the continued shortage of hides and feathers, the War Production Board said today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08

Washington, Sept. g. (U.P) = Four Navy torpedo bombers scored Ave direct hits on . 30,OO0ston Japanese carrier and one on . 30,OOO-ton enemy battleshlp in the battle of the eastern Philip pines without losing Q man, the Navy disclosed today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08
New DeoIers Feor Peace Dewey Says
By JOHN |. CUTTER

| United Press Stan C0FrespOndentD
 Aboard Dewey Campaign Train Sept, e-(UP)-dov. Thomas E Dewey sped toward Louisville, Ky. today to outline his views on how to prevent future wars in Q speech to c convention of Republican wo' men tonight.
 Dewey formally opened his cam. paiRn in Philadelphias Convention Hall last night. Tn the first of seven major speeches scheduled for his three-week swfng to the west coast, he told e visual audience esti- mated ct i2,B00 and nationwide radio audience that the Roosevelt administration is afraid to lot men out of the Army" because t lacks confidence in Auierica's ability Co return to poacetime economy.
 quoting geiectlve Service Director Mal, Gen. Lewis D. Horshey Aa hav- Ing announced recently that dos mobilization of the armed foroea will be . gradual process because i've can keep people in the Army nbout as cheapiy As we could create An agency for them when they are out" Dewey declared.
 "The New Deal prepares to keep men in the Army because 1t is afraid of c resumption of its own depression. They can't think of anything for us to do once we stop building guns and tanks"
 Dewey said he believed that mem. bers of the armed forces should bc brought home and released "at the earliest practical moment after victory"
 Wishes of CTS
 II believe that the occupation of Germany and Japan should very soon be confined to those who vol- intarily choose to remain in tho Army when peace comes" he said.
 "f am not afraid of the future of America--either immediate or distant. am sure of our future, if we get c national administration which believes in our country"
 Dewey said that with the winning of the war in sight there are two overshadowing problems confront. Ing the people. Ile listed first "the making and keeping Of the peace of the world SO that your children and my children shall not face this tragedy ell over again."
 ",The other problem" he said, 'Is whether we shall replace tho tired and auarrelSome defeatism of the present administration with c fresh and vigorous government which be.
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Evening star., 1944-02-20

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