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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13
NoziS Shift Shock Troops To w. Coost
By J. EDWARD MURRAY

United Press Staff Correspondent
 London, July 13-(UP)-A Madrid dispatch said today that Germany's supreme war council, hurriedly con- voked by Adolf Hitler, has decided to withdraw forces from certain oc- cupied countries-believedly Norway and the Balkans-to bolster it's bat tered armies against mounting AL lied threats from the east, west and south.
 Marshal Guenther Won Kluge, new German supreme commander in the west, was said to have expressed apprehension at the meeting over the possibility that additional AL lied landings in France would con- pei him to call for additional re- serves from Germany itself.
 German broadcasts quoted the Berlin newspaper Nachtausgabe as saying that Ut can be assumed It. Gen. George S. CBlood and Guts) Patton, who played a key role in the liberation of Tunisia and Si- ely, would lead the British south- CooV AAHiy Ai ACW AdAluAIlb III western Europe.
 The reference to the British southeast army" was not clarified but it may refer to forces put through their final training in southeast England under Patton.
 The London Evening standard contributed to speculation over Pat tons forthcoming role by asserting that the Germans believed General Dwight D. Eisenhower will launch his all-out assault when Pattons army ro aches the battlefield"
 Reports to Spain from Paris saic Vichy Chief of Government Pierre Laval already has begun sounding out German and neutral diplomats over the possibility of declaring Paris an open city. Under Laval. plan, all factories and railways ii the Paris area would cease oper' ating for the German military ef fort. Paris was declared an opeI city at the time of the German break -thorugh in 1940.
 Reports that Hitler had convokee Germany's supreme war counci were attributed by Madrid to reli. ance advices reaching diplomatic circles in Vichy. Nearly all higt staff officers and generals com-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13
1000 Fortresses
 Blitz Munich Area

London, July l3-(UP)-A fleet of more than 1000 American heavy bombers accompanied by 500 or more fighter planes smashed through feeble opposition from the Luft- waffle today to bomb the Munich area for the third successive day and Saarbrucken on the French border.
 Other American heavy bombers, meanwhile, roared up from South ern Italy and four railway yards between Milan and Venice.
 In the Munich attack, a force of German fighters estimated at l25 planes rose through occasionally breaking clouds to harass the huge fleet of flying fortresses and liber- atorS.
 For the most part they confined their activities to flash attacks on the bomber formation, making quick passes at the forts with guns blaz- ing.
 The three-day. intense bombing or Munich gave rise to the posSibil- ity that the Americans were after a specific target, probably the city's aero-engine works, at least ore of which is known to be turning out new model engines. Whether or not they are the robot bombs jet- propelled motors was a matter of speculation.
 A high air force officer said to- day the Munich bombing, during which the city has received nearly 10000 tons of bombs, was definitely part of the strategic aid pattern and mot in any sense retaliation for the robot attacks"
 Munich, like Saarbrucken, also is an important rail hub for movement of troops and supplies.
 The Luftwaffe attacks came after the bombers had turned back from Munich, where they encountered a heavy barrage of flax.
 The air ministry announced to- day that the RAF bomber command had dispatched 1900 aircraft. all in the six hour period between 8 D. m. last night and ? a. m. today, against flying bomb installations on the French coast, industrial targets in the Ruhr, and railways in France.
 In today's raid on Munich. the big four-engined bombers again en- countered heavy cloud formations and bombed their targets with in- struments.
 More than $500 tons of bombs were dropped on the Bavarian city in the raids Tuesday and WedneS- day. and if today's attack was on 8 similar scale 1t would be one of the heaviest attacks ever made on a German city.
 As a result of the heavy attacks three within 48 hours-Munich ap-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13
Basil O'Connor Succeeds Dovis

Washington, July 13 - U.P0 - D. Basil O'Connor, longtime friend and former law partner of President Roosevelt, was appointed today by the chief executive to be chairman of the Central Committee of the American Red Cross. succeeding tI.e late Norman H. Davis.
 O'Connor has been closely asso- ciated with MT. Roosevelt in his work as president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. He was appointed for term expir- ing December II, i944, as Red Cross director.
 Tn announcing the appointment, MT. Roosevelt said:
 'Mr. O'Connor is admirably quail fled for this position because of his first hand knowledge of almost every part of the United States and because of his association with the medical and nursing problems through the years he has served as president of the National Founda- ton for infantile paralysis. All this Is in addition to his excellent exec utive ability"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13
.LAJAT|CO FALLS TOU. s. TROOPS
 IN FIERCE FIGHT

Rome, July 1S.-(UP)- American a ssault forces Stormed and captured Laja- tico, G erm a n mountain stronghold 20 miles south east of Livorno, in some of the bitterest fighting on the Italian front since the fall of Rome, Allied headquarters reported today.
 German resistance stiff fened further all along the line, and now was nearing the intensity of a full scale stand in the outposts of the Gothic Line as the Allied Fifth and Eighth Armies battled before the coastal anchors of Livorno and Ancona.
 The Germans mounted costly and generally unsuccessful counter-at- tacks in a number of sectors, and were revealed to have pushed ad- vanced Eighth Army clements back two miles from Pietralunga in the mountains east of the Fiber valley.
 United States units of It. Gen. Mark w. Clark's Fifth Army beat off counter -thrusts in the ERA river valley southeast of Licorno before capturing by-passed Lajatico and making gains up to a mile and 8 half beyond the line five miles East ward from Lajatico to Villamagna.
 The Allied communique and SUD- pltmentary reports said nothing of the situation in the coastal sector below Livorno, where the Americans had captured Castiglioncello and pushed on within eight miles of the big port,
 Between 150 and 200 German pri- soners were captured at Lajatico where they made a last ditch stand while the Americans pushed on be- yond in a bid to turn the stubborn COaSCAl QeISIlSeS.
 Two of the heaviest of the Ger man countersattacks were smashed northeast of Castelnu0Ea, two and a half miles inland and three miles north of Rosignano.
 French forces of the Fifth Army captured the town of San Donate astride an important secondary road seven miles southwest of Pog- gibonsi, fortified town on the main highway 2l miles below Florence.
 Strategic Hill 2l8, two miles south- west of Poggibonsi, was counter -at- tackled savagely, but the French held fast and inflicted heavy losses on the Germans.
 Mines and demolitionS were inn-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13
Burma Jops Give Ground

Southeast Asia Headuuarters Randy, Ceylon, July 13 - CU.P0 - The abortive Japanese expedition into India from northern Burma continued to deteriorate today with the enemy splitting into disorgan- ized remnants and Surrendering in the Imphal- Ukhrul sector and, to the south, abandoning control ot their most important supply route over the Palel-Tamu road.
 An Allied communique, mean. while, reported that West African Chindits and Chinese in a combined attack captured the village of Pyin- daw, approximately eight miles west southwest of Mogaung. The heavy resistance they encountered indi- cated the importance the Japanese attack to the Mogaung-Mandalay railway, upon which Pyindaw is lo- cated. It was expected the enemy would bitterly contest further thrusts along the rail line.
 In the Imphal- Ukhrul sector, iso- lated bands of Japanese were still nCAt6 puL ouCu dAlA W4POd ONt, IAV communique said. At Sangshak, a village 10 miles southeast of Ukhrul, one enemy group attempted to make a stand but abandoned the effort at the first assault by the Chinese forces.
 In the Bishenpur area, more strong points overlooking the road to Silchar have been cleared and men of the West Yorkshire Regi- ment gained foothold at KHA Khunou, five miles south of Bishen- pur.
 The aerial offensive against the enemy in northern Burma con- tinued, the communique reported, with American fighter planes inter- cepting and destroying four enemy aircraft over Bhamo. Other Allied aircraft bombed enemy positions at Myitkyina. Mogaung, Hopin and Central Burma.
 From all operations, one Allied aircraft was reported missing. the communique said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13
U. Form Pact
BY CHARLES CORDDRY United Press Staff COrrespOndent)l

United Press Staff COrreSpOndentDl
 Washington, July 13.-(UP)-Th0 State Department has completed an agreement with the Spanish gov- ernment under which American commercial aircraft will be granted landing rights in Spain, it was learned today.
 The action, giving U. S. aviation an important new foothold in Eu- rope, appeared to have been taken in anticipation of the international air competition which will follow the war.
 Informed quarters revealed that a technical mission headed by Charts I. Stanton, civil aeronautics admin istrator, and Oswald Ryan, member of the civil aeronautics board, had been dispatched to Madrid to sur vey airport facilities and to work out details provided in the agree ment.
 Negotiations on behalf of this government were conducted princi- pally by Assistant Secretary of State Adolf Berle, Jr., and had been un- derway for several months.
 No decision has been made as to which airline or airlines will fly the Middle Atlantic route, to Spain That ordinarily would be a matter for the CAB to determine after
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13
BY VIRGIL PINKLEY

BY VIRGIL PINKLEY
 United Press War COrrespOndentl
 Supre m e Headquarters, AEF, July 13. - (UP) - American shock troops closed in on St. To today undeA cover of a thunderOus artiI. Iery barrage and unofficial reports said vanguard patrols had slashed through to the outskirts of the bitterly defended hilltop citadel.
 A front dispatch from United Press War Core SpOndent James McGlincy said the Americans resumed their advance on St. Lo, a seven-way junction athwart the invasion route to central Normandy, at 8 a. m. @ a m, EWT) from newly-captured positions only a mile and 8 half away.
 Early progress was slow, McGlincy said, and the last mile and a half may prove the bloodiest yet covered by the Americans in Normandy.
 The main blow was aimed down the highway running into St. Lo from Bayeux, to the northeast, but other columns were converging from the north and northwest and still another force outfianked the city with push through St. Pierre de-Semilly, three and a half miles to the east.
 Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradleys American First Army also advanced to within three and half miles of Periers and two miles Of Lessay, with St. To the main bas- tions anchoring the western half of the Germans 117-mile Normandy line. .,..a.,.
 Seventeen towns and villages were seized by the Americans. while Lieu. tenant General Sir Nils c. Denp~ sey's British Second Army re-cap- tured Maltot, five miles southwest of Caen, and hurled back 90 tanks which threw themselves against the salient between Odon and Orne rivers in two futile counter attacks yesterday.
 McGlincy reported in front dis- patch sent at 11:30 a. m. (5:30 a. n1., EWT) that there was every indica- tion the Germans would fight fiercely for St. To, which was ringed with pillboxes, connecting trenches and other Notifications.
 For the third straight day, the Americans were forced to jump off toward St. To without benefit of air support because of an overcast and intermittent drizzles. Making up for the lack of air support, however. was a heavy artillery barrage in which some batteries of 105-milli.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13

1906 to 1913 classes (men up to 38) from rear echelons and supply units
 For manpower to keep the roads open behind their lines in Italy, the Germans have ordered ruthless eX- ploitation of civilian population for labor service"
 The manpower shortage revealed by the document obtained in Italy was evident in Normandy where the Germans were applying all troops available to them there. Patterson said.
 Patterson said Allied ground aid air forces in Italy during the past week continued to tighten the iron ring now constructing the Germans.
 Tn Russia, Normandy and Italy, the Nad armies. fighting bitterly all the time. have been pushed back" he said. Their reserves are being diminished
 'The Allied attacks on three
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13

Washington, July l3-(UP)-A captured German document several months old has confirmed that the enemy is suffering from severe manpower shortage which affects the course of the war in Europe, Acting Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson disclosed today.
 There is no doubt that the enemy is faced with manpower shortage" Patterson said at a press confer ence.
 "A German order, now several months old, decreed a 20 per cent reduction in strength of rear eche. lon combat units: 25 per cent re. duction of strength of all supply units; the immediate transfer with out replacements of men of 1914 class and younger (men under 30) from rear echelons and supply units; and preparations for transfer, with replacements, of soldiers of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13
Serious ManpolOer Shortage ln Germany Affecting Course or War; Papers ShoW

fronts give the Nazis very little leeway in which to practice a strate- gy of concentrating at one point and then shifting to another in an effort to throw back and relieve the Allied pressure.
 "The airforces make so many transportation difficulties for the enemy right within each regional operation that he has communica- ton troubles enough there without engaging a grand movement from one region to another.
 "Nor does the Allied ground pres sure relax enough for the Nazis to consider at the moment much more than where to get the local reserves to bolster the weaker spots in their defenses."
 French patriots have greatly as- sisted in impeding enemy communi- cations. tying up the equivalent Of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13
FOR May Tout Wallace
BY CHARLES B. DEGGES

(Un1ted Press Stair COrreSpOndent)
 Washington, July 13.-(UP)-A well-informed congressional source revealed today that President Roose- welt may announce very soon-pos- sibly today or tomororw-that he again would like Henry A. Wallace of Iowa to be his vice presidential running mate.
 MT. Roosevelt, it was understood will emphasize that he has no wish to dictate a vice presidential choice to next weeks Democratic national convention, but will add that if he were a delegate, his vote would gc to his 55-year old third term part ner.
 This source, one of the Presidents most loyal congressional supporters, asserted that the chief executive had drafted such a statement and that 1t would be made public in the near future, perhaps today or at his news conference tomorrow.
 It was at his news conference on Tuesday that MT. Roosevelt de. clared his availability for fourth term nomination. He said nothing regarding his preference for a vice presidential running mate, but it would surprise no one here if he endorsed Wallace.
 Wallace has conferred with MT. Roosevelt twice since he returned from his Asiatic trip and there were some reports that he had been summoned to a third White House conference.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13
Germans Reported Fleeing Before Big Red Offensive

Moscow, July 13-(UP-The Ger mans were reported fleeing in dis order into Latvia along a 93-mile front today under mighty new Soviet offensive designed to com plete the liberation of the Baltic states.
 The new assault put five Red armias on the march westward along a 45O mile front to- ward the Baltic sea and Germany in the greatest coordinated offen- sive of the war, confronting the Nazi command with the necessity of sacrificing huge chunks of ter- ritory in order to concentrate their dwindling strength for the de- fense of East Prussia and the Polish plains.
 One Soviet column south of the new Latvian front drove to within 36 miles of the disputed 1889 bor- der of East Prussia and 73 miles of its pre-war border, while others stormed the Pripet marshes strong hold of Pinsk and advanced to within approximately 26 miles of the fortresses of Grodno and Daugavpils (Dvinsk), the latter in southeastern Latvia.
 (Reliable dfpscmatic reports reach- ing Madrid by way of Vichy said Adolf Hitler had convened a su- preme war councilan at which it was decided to withdraw forces from certain occupied countries, believerly the Balkans and Norway, to bolster Germany's shrinking strategic reserves for anticipated decisive battles in the west, south and east).
 GA Stockholm dispatch quoted the Berlin newspaper Nachtausgabe as asserting that "next week we may be forced to meet Russian assault on territory which no longer allows us the use of space to ward off an enemy offensive"-an obvious at- tempt to prepare the German pulp lie for the possibility the war soon may reach German soiD.
 Front dispatches said that Gen. Andrei I. Yeremenko, a hero of Stalingrad and former command CT of the independent maritime army which aided in the liberation of the Crimea, had completely routed" the enemy in launching his new offensive on the Latvian front two days ago.
 Yeremenko's Second Baltic army broke through the so-called German panther line" of concrete block houses, trenches, barbed wire and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13
Plan Oil For 
By R. H. SHACKFORD

United Press StaH COrreSpOndent)
 Washington, July 13-(UP)-The forthcoming American British oil conference will seek agreement on an American plan to establish a world oil accord to be open to all nations and based on the Atlantic charter principle of access on equal terms to the raw materials of the world" it was learned today.
 The purpose of the world oil &C., cord, if all nations-producing as well as consuming countries-join, will be to create a world oil corn- mission to recommend allocation of the worlds petroleum on the basis of ability to pay high prices.
 British American technical ex- perts agreed on the basic principles of the plan during three-week conference here in April and May. The forthcoming conference will be on the cabinet level" If success full, they will lead to conferences with other nations and, possibly, to a full dress international confer- ence of producer and consumer na- tions alike.
 The British named their delegates to the Americana British conference last night, making Lord Beaver brook chairman of the delegation. Others will be Minister of State Richard Law, Chairman Godfrey Lloyd of the oil control board and Financial Secretary to the Treasury Ralph Assheton. Sir William Brown will act as chief technical adviser to the mission.
 The American delegation was named some time ago by President Roosevelt and will be headed by Secretary of State Cordell Hull, chairman, and Secreatry of Interior Harold L. Ickes, vice chairman. The Navy, War Department, War
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13
Nozis Admit Major Retreat

London, July l3. - (UP) - Berlin said today that the German army had begun a major retreat on the Baltic front in line with a Nazi military commentators warning to the German people that such a drastic move was necessary ito pro- tect German soil"
 Nazi broadcasts said "disengaging movements announced by Dittmar" had started in the northern part of the eastern front, and some Ger man divisions withdrew from the Pskov-O Ostrov area, the formidable fortified line immediately east of lower Estonia and upper Latvia.
 It. Gen. Kurt Dittmar, leading Nazi military commentator, said Tuesday that "the only possibility of restoring a favorable situation today, upon which everything now depends in the defense of the Reich, lies in a straightening of the whole front on a major scale"
 That was the action reported by the Berlin radio today to have be- gun as the Red Army struck out in a new offensive which knocked a 93-mile gap in the German defenses directly below the Pskov-Ostrov sector and sped westward within striking distance of the east Prussian soil of Germany proper.
 The blunt word from Berlin that a big scale retreat was on carried tie implication that the Germans were giving up the Baltic states to bulwark the defense of east Prussia.
 But floundering Nazi propagai1d- ists passed the blow to morale on the home front a few minutes after the original broadcast with nill- tary spokesman's word that the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13
Robots Used In Front Line

With American Forces in Eng land, July - U.P) - The Ger mans were reported today to have used pilotlesS planes against Amer ican troops in the front lines for the first time.
 The first reports of the German use of pilotless planes said few had been in action against the Americans fighting alongside the British flank at the center of the Normandy line.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13
ropped Jops Fiqht Hord
(By United Press)

An estimated force of 45,O0O starv- ing Japanese sought desperately to bresy out of an Allied trap on British New Guinea in the south- west Pacific today as casualty fig- ures on the Saipan campaign re- vealed the Japanese lost five men for every American killed.
 Although details of fighting were not disclosed it was indicated that isolated units of the 18th Japanese army on the northern New Guinea coast were making furious attacks in an attempt to find an escape route.
 The units. pocketed on flo miles strip, by the American landings at Aitape and Hollandia. were encir- cled by American forces to the west and Australian troops to the east.
 A communique from Gen. Doug las MacArthur's headquarters said the strength of the original army trapped was estimated at 60,O00 but that an estimated 25 per cent was believed to have died from priva- ton or had been killed by aerial bombardment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13
American Shock Troops Close On Bitterly Defended City Of St. Lo
Huge Gun Barrage Aid Patrols In Dash
BULLETIN

London, July 13.-(UP)-Allied supreme headquarters announced today that the invasion of France had cost 8 total of IS warships- most of them destroyers.
 The U. s. Navy lost seven ships and the British eight, the an- nOuncement said.
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