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Evening star., 1944-07-14
Japanese Commander
In Central Pacific Area,
Is Killed on Saipan
By the Associated pr.s.

By the Associated Press.
PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TERs, Pearl Harbor, July IA
Death admidst Illuminating de-
feat at Saipan of the japanese
admiral who led the attack on
Pearl Harbor added weight today
to Nippon's Western Pacific re-
verses even as the Tokyo radio
betrayed increasing concern over
Guam.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz dis
closed last night in q communique
that Vice Admiral Chuichi Ma
gumo, who directed the blow which
opened the Pacific war, perished
along with $4,000 other Japanese on
Saipan.
Admiral Nimitz made it clear that
investment of Saipan amounted to
the obtaining of Japan's own Pearl
Harbor," saying "Garapan town was
the headquarters of the commander
in chief, Central Pacific area"
This was the position held by Ma
gumo.
Admiral Nimitz in an earlier COM
munique announced the ninth
day of task force attacks on the
former United States outpost of
Guam and last night the Tokyo
radio reported battleship and car
rier plane blows extending these
into the tenth day.
Major Break in Jap Defenses.
Tokyo said an American battle
ship twice bombarded Guam Thurs
day and q large formation of planes
attacked the island. Presumably
these were units of mighty Task
Force So which the Navy ir Wash
ington said is ready for continued
and uninterrupted attacks"
Admiral Nimitz's communiQue last
night gave these attacks, by the
same powerful fleet units which
paced the invasion of Saipan, in
creased significance when he said:
THE seizure of Saipan consti-
tutes a major breach in the Japa-
nese line of inner defenses. and it
is our intention to capitalize upon
this breach with all means avail
able"
In other actions capitalizing on
this breach, marines have overrun a
Jap garrison to win a tiny island
guarding the entrance to Saipan's
fine Tanapag Harbor, and artillery
and planes based on Saipan are
neutralizing Nipponese plane and
gun facilities on nearby Tinian.
1T was learned on Saipan that
July 7 (west longitude United States
date) Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo,
commander in chief of the Central
Pacific area for the Japanese I'M
perial Navy, was among those who
met their deaths on Saipan Island"
last nights communique related.
Another Admiral Slain.
The admiral thus died the day be-
fore Saipan was completely con-
quered and the day after thousands
of Japs were slain in a suicidal
counterattack on Tanapag.
"On the same day (July y, one
rear Admiral Yano lost his life," the
communique added
Vice Admiral Nagumo was in
command of the japanese forces
which attacked Pearl Harbor on
December 7. 1941, and Was in COM
mand of the Japanese carrier task
Evening star., 1944-07-14

Every mile our boys win means
longer communication lines. These
mean greater expense, more energy,
more Of everything from all Of rs.
Let's all back the attack: Buy more
War Bonds.
Evening star., 1944-07-14
FOUND

BILLFOLD, containing money. in Peoples
Drus Store on 14th and Park road, Thurs.
day night. Telephone IA. 341p.
KEY CASE with ! key found on Biltmore
e. Tuesday, NO. 1854,
Evening star., 1944-07-14
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Evening star., 1944-06-05
u. ). Subs Sinkinq
Average Of 37.4
Jap Ships a Month
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 5.-American
submarines are hitting at least four
times as hard at enemy shipping as
in 1912. study of Navy commu-
niques indicated today.
Announcements in the last five
months list 1877 Japanese vessels
sunk by United States submersibleS,
an average monthly toll of 37.4
ships.
In the American underseas raid
ers' bag" of 573 enemy ships in two
and one-half years of war were ~
warships, including at least five
cruisers and 20 destroyers.
Japs May Try Convoy Operations.
The fact that since January the
japanese have lost four destroyers
and cruiser through submarine
attack may indicate an attempt by
Nippon to stem the American un-
derwater threat by convoy opera
tions.
Lending emphasis TO the disabling
effect of the submarine campaign
on Japan's ability to supply her
overseas bases, naval communicates
in the past five months have cred
tied submarines with destruction of
81 enemy tankers.
Adding to Japan'S woes, British
submarines have chalked up 19 sue
cessful attacks on Japanese ship
ping, mostly on the Burma supply
route since January.
The total wartime catch in Far
Eastern and Pacific waters of
United Nations submarines, other
than American, is upward of so
enemy vessels, including at least
six warships.
Rate Exceeds One a Day.
Most observers believe the present
rate Of sinking more than zone
enemy ship daily reflects mounting
skill and experience of United
States naval personnel in waging
offensive underseas warfare, plus
the rapid wartime growth of the
submarine fleet
While the daily average has not
attained the spectacular three ship
a-day record compiled by Axis u
boats in the Battle of the Atlantic
early in 1912, it has been achieved
against relatively fewer targets in
ocean spaces several times larger
than the Atlantic.
Naval sources have credited
American submarines with the de-
struction of 2,500,000 tons of Japa-
nese shipping. Against this record, /
announced losses since Pearl Har-
Dor have been % United States
underSeas craft.
Evening star., 1944-06-05
Fighting 1ennesseeun Awarded
Congressional Medal of Honor

He and his men chose shallow
draw as the only feasible route of
approach-but the Draw was mined
and covered by three machine guns
and 20-mm. gun. When the patrol
was $50 yards off, the guns opened
fire and mortar shells were added.
Corpl, Huff ordered his men to take
advantage of what cover existed.
He went forward alone.
He crawled another IS yards. un-
de- direct fire, to point behind
the first German gun. There he
opened fire with his submachine
gun killing the entire crew and
putting the gun out of action. He
Evening star., 1944-06-05
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Corpl. Paul B. Huff, whose home
is the Tennessee hill country that
sent Alvin York to fame in the
World War. is the Nations newest
Congressional Medal of Honor man
The War Department announced
yesterday that the 25-year-old ex-
railroader from Cleveland Tenn,
will receive the medal at ceremony
overseas.
Corpl. Huff. parachute infantry
man, won the award in action near
Carano, Italy. last February 8. when
he volunteered to lead a, six-man
patrol into enemy territory to de-
termine the strength of German
unit facing the Americans.
Evening star., 1944-06-05

fired from kneeling position in
a deliberate effort to draw FIRE and
learn the strength and position of
he Germans.
-Four hours after the patrol set
out 1t returned without casualty
The information Corpl. Huff brought
back resulted in the capture of 2l
prisoners, the killing of ~ others
Evening star., 1944-06-05

Uncle Sam needs your waste
bacon grease. drippings, vegetable
shortening. Take them to your meat
dealer.
Evening star., 1944-06-05

and the routing Of the entire enemy
unit of l25 at cost of two Ameri-
can dead and one wounded.
Evening star., 1944-06-05

Prices effective until close OF business Satur.
day. June 10. 1914, except produce prices
which are subject to daily market changes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
PIoesti Oil Bombed

London, Aug. l7 - 0UP0 - 4 fleet Of some 800 American heavy bombers based in Italy attacked the Ploesti oil Teflnerles in Romania and the Nils airdrome in Yugosla, via today, while 250 Ninth Air Force medium and light bombers smash ed 10 vital bridges used by the bat- tered German Seventh Army t0 res treat eastward across the Risle river from the Normandy front
 P0ur.engined HalifaXes and Lan- casters hit the two great Baltic ports with around 1000 tons each, while Mosquitoes dropped tYO-ton bloekbustteTs on the German eapi- tai for the third consecutive night,
 It was the seventh heavy attack in the past 60 days on Kiel, the home base for the badly-shaken German Navy, and was aimed at smashing the Naz fleet at it's source,
 At stettin. the big bombeFs att tempted to choke the important BeFlln-stettin Canal, which is he' ing used increasingly by the Ger' mans to move supplies to the East PFussian front and carry eVaeuees from danger areas,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
By LOUIS F. KEEA1LE United Press War Editor

Allied invasion forces in Southern France extended their beachheads as much as n miles inland today. while in the north the four armies were chopping mp survivors of the German Seventh Army in the Nor- mandy pocket and were flaming out widely west and southwest Of Paris. capturing chartres and reaching Dreaux and Orleans.
 Chartres and Dreux, both com munieations centers, are 46 and 39 miles west and southwest Of Paris respectively. while Orleans. the big transport hub on the Loire. is 70 miles south southwest of the capital,
 The Mediterranean land troops, increasingly supplied with tanks. artillery and other weapons. had made contact at many points with airboFne forces dropped farther inc land and were reparing to storm Nice. Cannes and the Toulon naval base.
 Aspecial communique announced that all beachheads had been Joined and 800 square miles of territory was now in Allied hands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
JOSEPH GREEN
 SETTLES SUIT
Terms Not Disclosed in SS,OOO Suit Based on
 Bicycle Accident

Withdrawal papeds were filed in superior court today In the s5.ooo civil action brought by Joseph Green of Waterbury through his mother, Mrs. Anna Green, against Marie and John Benkert, also of this city.
 Injuries sustained July %, le42, when he was struck by Q car oper. ated by Marie Benkert were the basis of the suit. The plaintiff, who was l2 years old at the time Of the accident. was on a bicycle on Cos street, at the federal housing proj- ect, when he was struck. The car was owned by the other defendant.
 The boy claimed he sustained a fractured left shoulder and bruises and contusions about his face and body. Terms of settlement were not disclosed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
GROCER FINED $50
 FOR SELLING WINE

Prank Baldassane. 6S. proprietor Of 8 grocery store at 690 North Main St., was fined $50 after he pleaded guilty to charges Of selling liquor without g license ghep he was aFs Taigned before Judge Charles R. Gunlme in City court this morning,
 Atty. Edward Mase0l0 said his client had sold some Italian wine to q customer tn his store and asked for lengieney on the grounds that he had no previous record.
 Judge Bumma remarked that Dt was the duty of the court to protect licensed dealers from unfair c0my petition, end that Raldassare could have applied for Q license bf he de. sired to sell liqn0T, BaldaRsafe was arrested last week in the act Of sells Ing to Q customer by Detective 6eFge, Joseph MeacTthy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

According to an air force service command headquarters dispatch from England. Staff Sergeant Har- old J. Perugini. son of Michael Pe- rugini of 73 Giles street, and Private First Glass Nicholas Guerrera. son of Nicholas Guefrera. ST. Of 2le Hill stret, are both members of the com- bat support wing outfit crack truck ing organization. at that ammuni- ion supply depot which is unloading and delivering bombs from railheads to airfields for special delivery to the Nazis. Sergeant Perugint, who entered the service in April, i0a2, Is a former employe of the Chase Brass and Copper Go. Private First Class Guorrera, a former clerk, en- tered the service in March of last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Post-War Planning .
 Board Seeks Action
Prepares IO:POint Program for Legislation; Speed
 Held Imperative to Meet Rapidly Changing Picture

Hartford, Conn, Aug. i7-(UP)- Expressing concern over the pres- ent inadequate status of national plans. basic policies and legislation for the period of transition from war to peace, the Connecticut post war planning board today outlined a i0-pOint program for legislation 1t believes Congress should adopt.
 The board. created by the 1893 General Assembly and headed by pr. Charles Seymour. president of Yale University, warned that ''speed is imperative" in stimulating national planning. and said that the sum of problems involved is stag gering."
 Urging an end to easy optim- ism, the board said the best ap- proach to the postwar period May well be a sane and balanced dis- trust of the future"
 The report pointed out that Con. necticuts postwar problems cannot be isolated from those of the na- ton to any great extent" and urged adoption of a national program so that states could make their own plans to fit 1t.
 The Hotpoint program includes recommendation for:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

of Elmo Roper.
 According to the survey, a break down reveals that a larger pFopor- ton Of women than of men favor q fourth term for the President with results showing the proportion kf be, so inclined, at 55l percent ol women and 49,9 percent of men in- terYlewed, Women fayoTlng Dewey according to the poll were in pro. portion of 395 percent while 46.I Of the men interviewed favored the G, O. P. candidate.
 Vice-presidential candidates Sen Harry Truman (D) and Gov John BTlekeT iR) received the majority support from those interviewed as being the best candidates for this 0gSiee from either party. Truman received a A0.9 percent exclamation as q better candidate than Vice. president Wallace, the latter res eeiylng S2 percent vote as being better than Truman. Don't know who IS the best eandldate' was giy- en as the answer of 27,I percent in- teTylewed, BriekeF proved far more the confident chocle of those inter. viewed with 60,f percent of the lat, ter declaring they thought him the best candidate among Republicans for the yiee-pFesideney,
 Of interest, Is that the survey reveals that RooseYelts strongest support lies among the 2l-3t age group Tn the latter group, bTl per cent support the President and 39,9 per cent favor Dewey, In the ah.4a age group the proportion Ajs h2 per cent for Roosevelt and A3B per cent Tor Dewey; while among those of b0 and oyer, 4e9 per cent are for the President and 4tb per cent for Dewey,
 Tn relation to the proportion showing that T2t per cent of the people interviewed, regardless of personal opinion, expect Roosevelt to be reelected while l9l per cent pgeent expect Dewey to be sue, eessiul, this same question when asked the first week in July prov dueed the following replies R0ose- vent 66,4 per cent, Dewey, 2Ia per cent and don't know" III per cent, This latter group, the sd0nt knows" increased since July by about { per cent,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Ry NEA Service

By NEA Service
 Today a battle-ground. the French Riviera. that fabulous stretch of the Mediterranean seaboard extending from Marseille 70 Mtntone. is best known to the world as a glitte,mg slayl round witaqnt rgAal. The me9- les and the novelists have brought it's wonders to 'he bored housewife, the romantic shopgirl bnd the tired businessman who never found tine to travel. They became familiar with stories of fortunes won and lost m single evening: the jewelled Noai en. suave men with imposing titles, notables in the fields of finance. statesmanship. literature. art-gnd not one whit of it was exaggerated. TOURIST HAVEN
 The natural beauty of the Cote d'Azure alone would be sufficient 70 entice the thousands of tourists and health seekers who have swarmed to the southern coast oi France for the winter season of the past se9- eral decades. The unriyaled blue of the Mediterranean washes a gently curved shore of deep sea crags in- terDosed with sandy. snow white beaches. An amiable climate foster ing the growth Of stately date palms, pomegranates. bananas. A vast pros fusion Of rose fields. vioiets, hya- cinths-flowers for the daily refrig- erated train which bore them to the Paris and London markets made it something Of a paradise. and with gambling casinos. yacht- ing facilities and international tens his tournaments thrown in. the Azure Coast became a magnet to pleasure seekers from all continen- tai Europe and the United States.
 Cannes was perhaps the most fashionable of the resort cities: there were the 200-foot yachts and the creme de la creme of interna- tional notables-Lord Louis Mount batten, with his blue flannel yacht ing jacket and his yellow polo shirt open at the throat: Noel Coward, the Duke of Windsor. W. Somerset Vaughan, the King of Sweden. In- dia's fabulously wealthy Aga Khan, King Carol and. too, phony fortune hunting noblemen.
 Nice, a prosperous city Of 200.- 900, threw open the doors Of her hos tels for the opening of the season in December. American million aires and remittance men from the Continent and the British Isles. the elderly rich in search of the warm subtropic climate. thronged south on the famous Blue Train" from Pa- ris. The Riviera was alive again, and would burn through six months Of gay life and millions of dollars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
JACOB REINER BURIED TODAY We'll Known Local Mer. chant Died Following
 Brief Illness

Jacob Relner. @. Of 2ls Plaza avenue. died last night in st. Mary's hospital after a brief illness. He was a brother of Alderman Joseph Relner.
 lie was born in Austria and came Co this country at the age of l5. A resident of Waterbury since 1907 Nf. Relner was president of tho Purisan-All Bottling Works hert for more than 8 years.
 lie was a member Of Beth Is- rael and Sharis Israel Synagogucs, the Beth Israel Mems Club. Water bury Hebrew Benent association. Hebrew Free Loan Association and Theodore Roosevelt Lodge oi Knights of pythias.
 Surviving in addition to his brother are. his wife. Anna N tCoen) Reiner: a daughter. Mrs Maurice Yasler. Danoury: two suns, Capt. Marvin Reiner with the Army in Italy, and Pfc. Alvin Rein- CT. gith the Army at Camp Ruck- CT, Ala: two grandchildren. Saul and Lois Yasler of Danbury; four sisters. Mrs. Max Kramer and Airs. Marx Cohen Of Brooklyn. N Y.: and Mrs. Pearl Schullman and Mrs. Taube Rosenberg, both oi Romania. and several nieces and nephews.
 Funeral services were held at 2 D. m. today from the Clark funeral home. 20 State street. Burial was in the Waterbury Hebrew Benefit cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

and Q reign Of terror was reported iD the city, The food and watev sltS nation wss reported growing eFS' teal,
 Allied efforts to get food to the inhabitants were hampered and British troops were baving q dsfa5 cult time getting rid Of snipeEs who infested the city, The entire stalleD front was otherwise comparatively anet,
 The Allied cir offensive ever khS rope was carried on during the night by nearly 1900 British boplS bets which struck ct Berlin and the northern seap0Fts of Btettin and Kisl. UnfaVOFRble weather restrict cd operations this morning,
 gD the Pacific, lt Was announced that Allied b0mbeFs had again ets taeked Dayao iH the Philippines and inst the b0nabings og HalIBa- heFa, the badly battered Japanese base to the south, continued with a strong attack on Tuesday. Tokyo radio said another attack was made yesterday. fog the flfth consecutive day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Don'tLoGn Auto
 Tire To Neighb0v

You can't loan . ear fire te gewT nelghh0R and stsv in the gaad gTaees 0f yeuF FatieR board, it was learned today, Arthur Harris, tire panel ehaiF, man for the laeal beard, stated teddy tbst tha Vatlen hesFd wewld net leek fsveEably en Q request f0F replacement Of 2 tire tbtR was damaged eF weEH eat while en loan,
 ThEes,day leanS gre peTmlt' ted in the easa 0f dealers Whe accept customers liFes f0E FR' palV, The beard likewise Ves gently approved the practice ef . tlFe misunderstanding eeneeTn which loaned hFejeets tires to Ils employees whlla { hey were awaiting tire purchase eeEilfl' aates eBD mthe beard. Hnelvhes ual Jeans. however, are cons tFaFy e 0PA regulations,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

tury, when 1t was fortified by Louis XII and Francis I. and for centur- les was an objective in the wars with Spain and England. Napoleon's career really began there. when, in l793, he forced the besieging ships of those nations to withdraw.
 Nice bears a great Greek name Nike, for victory" and Monaco has its Port Of %arakles. The Ro- man conquest Of this area dates from the year l2l B. c. and the roads they constructed can still be traced at various points. During the Middle Ages strife among feudal families of the territory was almost continual. but it became part of France upon the death of Renee of Anjou. King of Sicily, when Louis xT made sure it would become the perpetual property of the French crown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

A single central agency to co-or- dinate activities of government agencies concerned with demobili- zation. unemployment and recon- version: an orderly method of dis posal of all government surplus pro- perty. and a tax law for individuals and corporations which would dis tribute burdens equitably.
 Other points on the program in- clude recommendation for: 4 government guarantee on the soly- ency of state unemployment com- pensatiOn funds; a highway bill al- locating funds among states and recognizing relative unemployment problems and the need for roads,
 RF'eyision of the smaller war plants corp. to aid small businesses more. and the utilization of war plants for production of farm equipment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
INJURIES SFATAL
 TO MRS. FALzONE
Rites Saturday for PrOmi.
 nent Member of Italian .t . WOmen's Clubs

Mrs. Linda CEmmella) Falzone ei. of 263 North Main street, who suffered a compound fracture of the ankle in a fall down stairs at hei home Tuesday night, died last night at St. Mary's hospital. She was the widow Of Joseph Falzone.
 A native of Italy. she was a res- ident Of Waterbury for 70 years and until recently lived at 100 Union street. Mrs. Falzone was a member and past president of the Italian Anmrican Women's Democrats Club. She was also a member of the Daughters of Columbus. Regina Elena and Caiatina Connazionale
 Surviving are: five sons, Paul, Jo- seFln and Armand of this city Sergeant Ralph. Army Air Forces in England. and Staff Sergeant Fre9erick, Army Air Forces in Italy; three daughters, Misses Pearl and Ida and Mrs. Carmela Eyon, all of Waterbury; two grandchildren; q brother in Italy; three sisters Mrs. Gennaro DeVito. this city MyA Adellna Cratella Of New Ha- ven and a sister in Italy, and sev- eral nieces and nephews.
 The funeral will be held Saturday from the Maiorano Funeral Home 95 Willow street, to Our Lady of LoeEdes church where a solemn high Mass will be celebrated, time to be announced. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today from to 10 D. m. and tomorrow from 2 to 10 p. m.
 Members of the Women's AuXil- tary of Caiatina e Connazionale will meet at the funeral home tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
VOLSKIS DIES IN
 ARMY HOSPITAL

Corporal John ?. Volskis of ei Carver street. who served in the South Pacific. died at an Army hos- pital at Camp ButneT. Durham, N. C.. Tuesday, Death was attributed to recurring malaria, lohar ppeu- monia, and rheumatic heart disease.
 The son Of the late Mr, and Mrs. Matthew VolEkis, he entered the service more than two years ago, He served in campaigns in New Guinea and the East Indies with a coast artillery anti-aireraft unit.
 The funeral will be held in this city, arrangements to be announced later.