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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-15
EXPLORER TROOP
ARRANGES HIKE

Members Of Explorer Troop No.
l will hike tomorrow to Camp Nor
ris Buck. At recent meeting OF
the Trop a modifying contest was
held which was won by the Pioneer
patrol with the Falcon patrol plac-
ing second. The contest was judg-
ed by Scoutmaster Jonh Kearney
and Explorer Peter Marsella. Ed
ward Flynn was recently made
leader Of the Pioneer patrol.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-15
President Endorses
brotherhood Program
Urges National Observance of Week Selected By Ma.
tiOnaI Conference of Christians, Jews

New York, N. Y. Jan. 15,-A
special message from the White
House in which President Roosevelt
calls upon all Americans to take
part in the observance of Broth
erhood Week, February 10th 26th,
was made public today by the Ma
tional Conference of Christians and
Jews In Its announcement OF the
18th annual observance OF that cele-
bration. More than 5000 commun-
tiles are organized to participate
in this event in which schools,
churches, civic organizations, bust
ness groups and trade union are
cooperating. In addition plans
have been made to bring the mes
sage of Brotherhood Week to hun
dreds of army camps and naval
bases.
The Presidents statement calls
Brotherhood Week "a time both OF
reminder and dedication and states
that 1T dedicates US to the prac-
tice OF understanding ana justice
through which freedom and equality
flourish in human society"
while we are engaged in q
mighty struggle to preserve our free
institutions and to extend the
boundaries of liberty in the EARTH
he declared, ut Is good for us to
pledge renewed devotion to the fun
A. .N. Il l., NNrts
has been built"
Text Of Message
The complete text OF the Presi-
dents message is as follows:
The annual observance OF Broth
erhood Week is a time both OF re-
minder and dedication. 1t reminds
us OF the basic religious faith from
which democracy has grown - that
all men are children Of one Father
l.. 4. Co.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-15
March OF Dimes
Campaign Opens
HereMondayP.M.

Mayor John s. Monagan radio
breakfasts Monday and Tuesday
evening will officially open the
March Of Dimes campaign In Wa
terbury. The annual appeal for
funds In observance Of President
RoOselevts birthday and aiding
the nationwide fight against in
fantile paralysis will get underway
next week. His honor will speak
Monday night over WBRY and
the following evening over WATR.
Attorney Francis Mcdonald and
T. p. Cassidy are cO-chairmen for
the campaign. william Derwin Of
the park department Is directing
plans for the concert and bali at
Hamilton Park on Friday evening,
February at which time the local
drive will come TO an end.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-15
UNUSUAL PROGRAM
FOR USO VISITORS

Featured at the UsO dance being
neld tonight at the local YMCA
will be many vocalists and enter
sainers. G. Wayne Clark, baritone
II the Bristol Recorder club will
,e the featured singer.
Vocal and instrumental numbers
sill also be given by Carmella and
Joseph Bergantion. and Teresa Ire
naglio all members, also, Of the
lame club. Freddie Hall will act as
master Of ceremonies at the event
which was arranged by Eiinor Dom
an.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-15
Mary BoIond
Much Better

Hollywood, Jan. IS - (U.P) -
Mary Boland. stage and screen star
who underwent an abdominal oper-
alton Tuesday. today was 'improv-
ing satisfactorily. her physician
DR.. william z. Branch said.
DR.. Branch said the G3-year old
actress had been uncomfortable
following the operation, but that
her condition was ultlsh better
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-15
NO DECISIONS IN
DIVORCE ACTIONS

Decision was reserved by Superior
Court Judge Frank p. McEvoy yes
terday afternoon following hearings
in the following divorce actions:
Corinne G. Murphy against John p.
Murphy, Ina Mae Anderson Gordon
against Nathan B. Gordon. and
Lucy Daponte Clsewski against
Peter J. Olsewski.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-15
HOSPITAL BULLETINS

Andris KuImann, two and one
half ycar-Old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. william Kulmann, 123 Edison
avenue, was reported In fair con-
ditiOn this morning at Waterbury
hospital where she was taken yes
terday afternoon after swallowing
0 toy novelty.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-15
NO EXTRA POINTS
FOR RESTAURANTS

Restaurants are not allowed to re-
ceive ration points from dealers for
salvaged fats, according to an an
nouncement by the State OPA
which states that many such viola
tions have been uncovered. Only
individual consumers are eligible to
receive two red points FOR each
pound Of fat turned over to dealers,
1t was reported.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-15
Roy, II, ELRCTROCUTRD

Columbus, o.. Jan. IS. (UP)-
Louis Vernan Hand, II, was cleo
trocuted last night In Ohio state
Penitentiary for killing Richard
StOber, six-year-old son o. his
employer, because the boy leased
him about not taking care 81 his
gEsndfathsTg lasm maehineEys
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-15
HOPEVILLE CLUB
MEETING TUESDAY

The Hopeville Community club viii
elect officers Tuesday evening at
the South Federated parish hall.
Committees are to make their COM
plete annual reports in order TO clear
up records.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-15

There are approximately q, ZOO, 900
cars In the country and experts
agree that the war effort would not
be seriously hampered until we
drop to fewer than 2o00O.ooo cars
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-15
Manpower, Transport HObble
Production Fine Bolivia Rubber
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BY WILLIAM NJ. LANDER
United Press STAFF COrreSpOndent)

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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-15
News OF
Connecticut

parien. Conn, Jan. iB-UP)-
An investigation was started today
to learn why . dead head" east-
bound train plowed into the rear Of
A standing passenger local at the
Darien station late last night, re-
gilting In the death Of Engineer
John j, Clarity, New Haven, ano
injury to two passengers.
Railroad officials said neither o.
the injured was hospitaliged and
they apparently suffered nothing
more than Q severe shaking up.
Clarity was engineer Of the dead
head" which was composed Of seven
empty cars which left New York as
an extra shortly after the local
pulled out on its regular schedule
foS New Haven.
The local, consisting Of nine cars,
had barely stopped at the station
when the extra train rammed the
rear.
A baggage car, on the tail end Of
the local, and two coaches were
wrecked and the debris scattered over
two Of the east-bound tracks, ane
one west bound track. A short sec
ton Of rails also was displaced.
Fire broke out in the wrecked local.
but was extinguished by Dariets
firemen. The blaze was believed t.
have started from wiring Of the
electrified system, which operates
between New York and New Haven
Garrity's body repeatedly was sew
cred by the impact. Fireman Dalton
Shoemaker, New Haven, escaped in
jury.
Wrecling crews were busy today
clearing away the tracks to restore
normal service.
Emergency calls brought state and
local police to the scene as first re.
ports indicated many might have
been injured.
Stafford Springs, Conn, Jan. Is
(U.PD - Mrs. Harry F. Kundhardt
found the body Of her two-years-
old son william floating In the
Hydeville Mill raceway shortly after
he left the house to play late yes
terday.
She waded into the stream and
brought the child ashore, but ef-
forts Of doctors and State Police
TO revive him were futile.
Stamford, Conn, Jan. is - CU.
P) - Medical Examiner Ralph w.
Crane said today the death Of Jo-
seph zoberowski, A, was due 70
intestinal poisoning" and that an
autopsy would be made to deter
mine whether contaminated food
was the cause. ZoberowSki was
taken Ill at q hotel last night.
New Haven, Conn.,, Jan. Is - ~.
P) -- A fourth death resulted TO-
day from . fire which swept the
apartment of Mrs. Lena Crisante n
month ago, causing fatal burns to
Mrs. Crisante and two children.
! Nine-mOnths-old Angelina, q twin
sister Of one Of the victims, sue
cumbed at hospital late yesterday.
Her sister. Mary Frances, died jan
nary 4, and another sister, Donna,
lS-mOnths-Old died December Is,
two days after the fire.
Greenwich, Conn, Jan. I5-UPD
Funeral services will :>e held Mem
day for Peter Henderson, Sc, chair
man Of the board and president OF
the Peter Henderson Co., New York
seed firm, who died at Greenwich
hospital yesterday after . long NJ
ness.
His widow and two sons survive.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-15

Greenwich, Conn, Jan. l5-CUPb
Funeral services will Se held Mem
day for Peter Henderson, Sc, chair
man Of the board and president Of
the Peter Henderson Co., New York
seed firm, who died at Greenwich
hospital yesterday after . long NE
ness.
His widow and two sons survive.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Low Near IS Expected
In Cold Wave Due Toniqhi

Another cold wave is due to hit
Washington tonight and carry tenn
peratures down to Is degrees.
Unpleasant weather is predicted
for the District today with cloudy
skies, winds of 20 miles an hour
with gusts reaching Is miles ar
hour and temperatures which viii
stay little above freezing. Early
tonight the temperature will droE
to freezing and continue down.
ward.
Tomorrow will be fair and con-
tinue very cold" The mercury is
expected to begin a rise tomorrow
night, the Weather Bureau said.
Washington's weather will be par
of a cold wave which will hit the
Ohio Valley and Middle North At.
lantic States tonight and tomorrow
The frigid spell had struck tn.
Middle West today. with an average
of Is below zero in Northern ane
Eastern Iowa, Wisconsin and Min.
nesota. Chicago registered 7 below
while Rockford, Ill, rs miles north
west, reported % below The cole
was expected to diminish in inten.
sity as it spread over the East to-
night. Low temperatures ranging
from minus 10 in North New Eng.
| land to 20 above in North Caroline
were expected by morning,
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Hirohito Opens DIET,
Warns Japanese War
Situation Is Critical
Army and Navy Praised
For Destroying the
Powerful Enemy
Ey the Associated Press.

Emperor Hirohito's rescript
read today at the formal OPEN
ing of the 86th regular session of
the japanese Diet warned that
"the war situation is becoming
more critical"
The broadcast of his message. re-
corded by the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, urged his SUBJ
jects to truly devote their total
effort to repel the enemy"
The Emperor praised the jap
anese Army and Navy for destroy
ing the powerful enemy" and was
quoted:
While the war situation In
Greater East Asia progresses daily
the alliances with our friendly ma
tions are also being further soldi-
! fed.
I'VE expect to see an early ac-
complishment of the objective of
this sacred war"
The Emperor called on his min
isters to submit the budget draft
plans for the fiscal year 1945 and
for extraordinary military expendi-
lures"
First sessions of the Parliament
were held last Saturday. Plenary
sessions open tomorrow, when the
Diet will hear reports on the war
situation from the Army and Navy
ministers. After that, Domei said.
the Diet will recess until after New
Year Day.
Preparations were made for the
Diet to adjourn to air raid shelters
at a moments notice when and If
American Super Fortresses appear
over the capital.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
1o German Prisoner,
Still at Large From
Camp in Arizona
Breok Reveals Prien,
Who Sank RoyoI Oak,
Is Held at Some Base

A Nazi celebration OF western
front victories that was broken
up with clubs preceded the week
end escape of Is Germans from
the war prisoner camp at Papago
Park, near Phoenix, Ariz., the
Associated Press reported today,
as the search went forward for
the 10 men still at large.
Col William A. Holden, camp
commandant, said Army guards had
to resort to force to end demon
stration Saturday by a couple hun
dred' prisoners in one of the camp
compounds Conceding that some
of the prisoners may have fed dur
ing the demonstration, Col. Holden
thought that most of them prob
ably got away during severe rain
storm Sunday night
Preliminary reports indicated the
prisoners, who included former sub
marine crewmen and soldiers.
escaped by scaling a double barbed-
wire fence, and only six have been
recaptured. Col Holden said that
we hesitate to say exactly what
happened until the investigating
board of officers reports
Guenther Prien Prisoner,
The break was responsible for the
disclosure that Guenther Prien
famed German submarine com
mander, is a prisoner at Papago
Park. Prien, who dashed into
Scapa Flow early in the war and
torpedoed the British dreadnaught
Royal Oak, was first reported to
have been among those who escaped
but this was denied.
Saturdays display by the pris-
oners "ostensibly was combina
ton celebration of Marshal Won
Rundstedt's success and Christmas,
Col Holden said. He explained that
Il the camp was "alerted and precau-
tionary measures taken Saturday
morning because I felt something
was in the wind
The ranking officer among the
men at large, according to the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation, is 1t
Col. Jurgen Wattenberg. 49, He is
6 feet l inch tall; weighs 165 pounds
has blue eyes, light brown hair, very
thin prominent nose and receding
chin. The German is of pleasing
personality and speaks excellent
English.
The six men recaptured were
named by the FB1 as three army
enlisted men and three on which nc
details were available. They were
identified as Karl Heinz Frenzel, 81
English-speaking private first class;
Helmut Guggar, 10, corporal. Her.
mann Johann Streng, %, corporal
and Herbert Fuchs. Ferdinand Fuge
and Kurt Strehle.
Linguists Among Escapes.
Most of the men still free ar,
officers.
Several linguists are among thi
group. They include Wolf Claus, q
Years old; Helmut Drescher, q
speaks English and French; vii
helm Gunther. 38, speaks English
Fritz Guggenberger, 20, speaks som
English; Otto Hoferichter, "a; Han
(see PRIsONERs6 Page A-3J
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Japs Name Gen. Anami
To High Army Air Post
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Domei, Japanese news agency re-
ported today that Gen. Korechika
Anami had been appointed inspec-
tor general of japanese Army avia-
tlon to further strengthen the
production and supply of aircraft"
now being blasted at its source by
American Super Forts.
Gen. Anami a pre-Pearl Harbor
vice minister of war and recently an
army commander in the field. sue
ceeded 1t. Gen. Michio Sugawara
Who. Domei said, was transferred to
IAN important post
The broadcast, recorded by the
Federal Communications Commits
sion, said Anami also was elevated
to the supreme war council.
In another top bracket shake-up,
1t. Gen. Nobura Tazoe, chief of
army aviation headquarters. was
named director of the general af-
fairs bureau of army aviation
headquarters and director of the
general affairs bureau of the avia-
ton inspectorate general, succeeding
Maj. Gen. Saichi Terada.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
NorwaY's Prime Minister
Asks Allied Invasion Now
By the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 26.-Johan Ny
gaardsvold, Prime Minister of Nor
way, disclosed late today that his
government had urged the Allies to
launch an immediate invasion Of
Norway from the west.
In broadcast to his homeland
Mr.. Nygaardsvold called on every
Norwegian to hamper the Germans
in any way possible, by sinking
Nazi transports or sabotaging COM
munications. He warned that every
German soldier who escapes to the
south will help lengthen the war.
I'm time to come, when the fight
ing will become still more intense
and may affect the whole of our
people more directly, we must be
prepared to accept all sacrifices
which the situation will demand.'
he said.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
18th Overseas Edition
Available Tomorrow

The 17th Overseas Edition
of The Evening Star will be
out tomorrow at both The
Stars business counter and
the Victory Bond Booth
in Lansburgh's Department
Store. 1t is free. with an en-
velope for mailing.
Editorial content and typog-
raphy of the Overseas Edition
are prepared by The Star.
Paper. printing and distribu-
ton are furnished by Lans-
burgh's.
fThe Ouerseas Edition may
be sent as trst-class mail for
) cents or by nirmail for II
cents. Airmail reaches its des-
tinution much -snore quickly
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Businessmen, Victim
OF Robin Hood Thefts,
Plunqes to Death

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-Oscar
H. Gropper. ST, owner of a
leather goods firm where
secretary recently was accused
of Robin Hood" thefts to give
employees pay raises. plunged to
his death today from his ninth
floor hotel suite, police re-
ported.
Mr., Gropper left notes to his
wife and his attorney, police
said. in which he had written:
"Thefts have ruined me"
He was head of Gropper. Inc,
from which Mrs Madeline
Dunnigan, %, was accused on
December s of taking between
$4,000 and $4,000. She is
under arrest on charge of
grand larceny.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
u. ). Bombers Pount
Nazi Supply Lines
For Fourth Day
Two RuiIrood Yards
In CobIenz Area
Among Torgets
BY the Associated Press.

I LONDON, Dec. 26.-In strong
support of American troops bat
ting the German offensive,
United States bombers and fight
erS for the fourth day attacked
enemy communication and sup
ply lines today.
Headquarters of the United States
Strategic Air Force announced that
the. targets included two railroad
yards in the Coblenz area and
bridges and rail lines between Co.
blenz and Bonn.
The communique said $50 Liberia
tors and Flying Fortresses, accom-
panied by more than 300 Mustangs
and Thunderbolts, participated in
the rail attacks The targets,
through which most of the traffic
for the German western forces flow,
were bombed visually.
7S Enemy Planes Destroyed.
The powerful four-day Allied
aerial assault was designed not only
to help the hard-pressed American
forces but to knock the Luftwaffe
out of the skies. Supreme Allied
headquarters said 78 enemy planes
were destroyed yesterday. American
losses were 13 heavy bombers, seven
medium bombers and 43 fighters.
| Up to 500 Fortresses and Liberia
tors of the United States 18th Air
Force based in Italy made a heavy
attack yesterday on synthetic oil
refinery at BruX, SO miles north of
Prague, while rocket firing Thun-
derbolts blasted rail lines, fuel
dumps and trains on the Brenner
Pass route Twelve bombers were
| lost in the Brux raid.
| Airdrome Attacked.
Fighters of the 18th Air Force
also attacked the Milan -Bresso Air
drome and railyards in Austria.
A dispatch from Switzerland said
an Allied air attack yesterday after
noon was believed to have demol-
ished the largest powder factory in
Northern Italy. Heavy blasts in the
Milan area shook houses on the
SWiss-Italian border, the report
said.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Churchill Goes
ToAthens;;Acts
END Fighting
Ton Of Dynamite
Found Near Hotel:
Eden With Chief
By the Associated Press

Ss the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Dec. 26-Prime Min
lister Churchill today sought to
end the bloody Greek civil war
as a British patrol reported dis
covering ton of dynamite under
streetcar lines opposite the main
doors of the Hotel Grand Bre-
tagne.
Officials of the Greek government
and 1t. Gen. Ronald M. Scobie live
at the hotel.
cThe dispatch from Athens did
not say whether Mr.. Churchill
was staying at the hotelJ
The dynamite, which the patrol
said was in boxes bearing German
markings, apparently was laid dur
ing the night as the area had been
carefully searched last evening.
Eden With Churchill.
Mr.. Churchill arrived here yester-
day accompanied by British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden as the an
cient capital echoed to the sound OF
street lighting between left-wing
ELIAS Partisans and Greek govern
ment forces supported by British
troops
The Prime Minister Immediately
communicated with Field Marshal
Sir Harold Alexander, Allied Med
Iiterranean commander; Harold Mac
MILAN, British resident Minister for
the Central Mediterranean, and
Greek Premier George Papandreou.
Shortly thereafter British head
quarters announced plans to con-
vene at 4 pm. 90 am. EWT) to-
day conference representative so
far as possible of Greek political
opinion" with the object of ending
fratricidal strife and enabling
Greece to resume her place among
the United Nations
! Archbishop TO Preside.
| Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens
was named to preside over the con-
ference and ELIAS representatives
were guaranteed safe conduct.
! MIR. Churchill's unexpected ar.
rival here was a masterpiece OF
stagecraft and timing that startled
isA-S SAHy AL tAAC ii1lSASS Vi ElOOt4t~itllRCO
Christmas festivities, s5"~-
II The chain Of letter exchanges be-
tween Gen. Scobie and ELIAS lead
ers had reached stage where it
had worn itself out. Most people
here pessimistically believed the
only solution would be a knock
down. drag-out fight. :
Since the civil warfare began
three weeks ago numerous official
and unofficial attempts have been
made to bring about .truce.
British authorities have been un-
able to establish any connection
between the discovery of the Athens
dynamite and the arrival there of
Prime Minister Churchill, the BIC
reported today in broadcast mon
itored by the Blue Network.
This report said the tunnel in
which the explosive was found was
inspected thoroughly last night and
that the dynamite must have been
planted some time between then and
the time of its discovery this morn
ing.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
| Western Front
| Situation Today
r the Associated Press

LS Aiit ASsOIidltu TItSb-
Canadian 1st Army and British
I'd Army: Front unchanged.
United States 9th Army: No ma
jor change reported on Roer River
line.
United States 1st Army: Germans
wiped out American salient at st.
With, welding forces into giant bulge
into Belgium; Nazi advances con-
tinued as Americans threw in great
air strength yesterday. Rescue
force was 5 miles from Bastogne
where Americans held out. Germans
occupied Libramont. % miles from
Sedan, and Rochefort, 14ia miles
from Meuse River.
United States 7th Army: No ma
jor change reported on Palatinate
front inside Germany.
French 1st Army: No important
change reported.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Navy Man Is Killed
Examining yop Rifle
By the Assoc.ated press

BY tHe Associated Press.
PIEDMONT, Mo-, Dec. 26.-George
Lee Lewis, jr., 21, an electricians S
mate, first class, in the Navy,
brought home Japanese rife as a
souvenir of his two years in the
South Pacific.
While he was examining the rife
Yesterday it was accidentally dis
charged. He was shot through the
head and died instantly.