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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-31
Granville Said To
 Have Fallen. Also
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ordipated offensive.
 4 front dispatch from United Press War Correspondent Richard D. McAGillan. dated with an ad- yanced British infantry patrol" at II a. m. l5 @. m. Ewt). said British tanks had made further fresh irn- portapt gains" during the morning and had reached one high point about five miles from their starting line.
 Advancing along a seyep-mile front in the wake of a heavy aerial bombardment, the British captured or by.passed scores of towns and villages oD an are stretching from St. Jean-Les Esserti harfgthartb half miles northeast of Caupopt. to St. GermanyD' 'Eetot. four and . halw miles northeast of Caumont.
 The Tommies seibed high ground east Of 6t, Martip-Des Resaees, five and half miles south of CaumODt, but extensive mine fields and dif- fleult terrain were slowing their ad- vance east and northeast Of cau- mont.
 A dispatch from an advanced command post disclosed that Gen, Dwight D, Eisenhower had eg, pressed extreme eradication over the results Of the fighting in NeTv mandy during the past week and was viewing the immediate future of the eampaig nglth high optimism,
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Now Only 2 Miles
 From German Soil
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Kaunas, @ miles east of East Prussia, was the Lithuanian capital until the Soviets shifted it to Wilno. This city of e0,000. and captured Grodno to the south were the watchdog bastions of the direct ap- breaches to East Prussia, now laid open for the drive reaching within artillery sound Of the frontier.
 Moscow had reported Kaunas vlr- tually besieged. with the capture of outpcsts half a dozen miles from the city proper on three sidse.
 The German Transocear Agency interrupted a broadcast of the daily war communique to quote a Nazi military commentator as saying that the German "strategical retreat is in the last phase of the defensive conduct of the war in the east. Af- ter that the. offensive conduct of the war will begin"
 From neither Berlin nor Moscow. however came any sign that the de- cimated German army of the east ern front was in any share to un- dertake a stand against the Rus. sian forces sweeping westward.
 Even as the transocean agency admitted that Soviet forces were closing on Warsaw from three di. rections "in the face of fierce Ger man resistance" the official DINE Agency claimed that near" War. saw the Nazis had prevented strong Russian assault forces from break ing through to the capital.
 Far to the northeast all the Ger. mans in upper Latvia and Egtonia were threatened with imminent en- trapment by the Soviet drive with. in striking distance of the Baltic. The trap already was sprung for practical purposes. with the last rail line out of the pocket cut. and the Nazi-reported storming of JeI- gava below Riga apparently put the seal of success on the drive.
 Jelgays By.Passed
 Jelgava already was by.passed. the Germans admitted. by a Soviet push to the area of Birse. three miles to the north and about % miles from the Gulf of Riga.
 While Marshal K0nstantin K. Rokossovsky's forces open the bat tle of Warsaw" United Press dis- patch from Moscow said, "other Soviet elements siInultaneously are opening the battle for the first foot hold on the soil of Germany itself"
 Soviet front dispatches described the opening of cherniakhoVsky's new offensive against East Prussia as having crashed the Neiman line, aud quoted German prisoners as calling t the line of catastrophe"
 Soviet forces are flowing for.
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1 |ZETLER IN
 ABORTIVE PLOT
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GContinued from Page D selves as ordinary soldiers and with faxed travelling orders escaped in small groups or individually into Bulgaria, Slovakla and Bohemia.
 The report cannot be confirmed here and may prove to be exaggeF- ated. IL is. however, evidence of the probable scope of the generals putsch" and of the circumstances which brought 1t to Q head 10 days ago.
 L0hGe Promoted
 Radio Moscow said in c broad, cast beanled to Germany and re- corded by FCc last night that Heip- rich Lofse, former Reich eommis- sioner for the occupied states. had been named to supervise ofilceFs of the German general stan, serving as q special political delegate" to the stalG)
 The plot against Hitler vas brought to . climax, 1t was believed, by Hitler's refusal to disg0Fge c0n- guests and reform the Rlissian front sttf% Af@tt8 ANtsfN NNeWHf tApsW~N where weakened German armies could more ably defend t,
 If Hitler had been able to bring himself to retreat from the Bsltlcs, White Russia and East Poland a few weeks ego, he might have been able to form Q tenable line, but he left his troops iD extremely vulnerable positions and now that they have reached the Vistula river they gre thoroughly beaten.
 It was stalingTad and p AlameiB all oyer agaiD, tnsogaT as militsFg needs were sub0rdinated to Httlera end Hegi paFty's prestige,
 For g time thls summer lt seemed that the army high command had succeeded lB FesnWing eonEFel 0g military affaiVE, but n0W t RppeaFD that Hitler Feassugled peFs0nal dts Teeti0p Of the strategy, resulting tD the present military situation,
 oOeeFs oD the eastern front, Whe could see the yer they felt wag als ready lost turning iDte e national catastrophe, got fagetber te cell Q halt, resulting iD the attempt 0D HltleF's life, While Hltleg end Esinls laleg, as Rew head eg the German home army, retain R fTln grip pn the home fFopt, they cannot Knew the extent of the dlsageetien among tbe elleeFaand men ep the Sighting fronts,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-31
Flotssm Msy Be From Destroyer Sunk In '43

old orchard Reach, Me. July 3l w lUPJ " Naval lnielligenee offs eeFs teday investigated the pQssls bility that n0tsam washed ashore here vas the wFeekage Of the U, s, Destroyer Beatty, sunk by German aircraft in the Mediterranean last November,
 aalvaged equipment, including pas peFs bearing the name Of the U6g Beatty and dated May lB, 1898, was left by the tlde yesterday and Hats uFday. Authorities said that If the wTeekaga were that 0f the destroyer, lt must have dFlftea 5000 miles nt the rate 0f nine miles peF day.
 Three Bibles, canned goods, meds leal supplies, blankets, g He Jacket, sections 0f boat. sailors uniforms, c wooden shell ease. 2 piece ef metal and two notebooks containing telephone numbers of girls also were among the debris.
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sive-inyolving at least six divisions and 500 tanks-had cracked the western half of the Normandy front wide open and the Germans were in headlong flight, abandoning tanks and guns in their frantic efforts to shake oH their pursuers.
 Germany's toughest troops-the 2nd SE Das Reich division. the especial fayorite of Adolf Hitler threw in the sponge yesterday and began surrendering by the hundreds as American tanks slashed across their roads of escape. dispatches revealed. More than 10000 prisoners already have been taken in the first six days of the offensive, which has carried ~ miles through the enemy lines; and the total was mounting hourly.
 Rapid Advance
 It. Gen, Omar N, Bradley's tanks and mobile infantry were advancing SO rapidly their only communication with headquarters was by radio, The Germans were not even pausing to plant mines to cover their retreat, and town after town was captured Intact.
 EwaEms of American b0mhers, fighter vb0mbeFs and fighters fnrtheT haTTassed the enemy retreat, strae- Ing and shelpng rear roads elogged with fleeing German columns, More than 800 vehicles, incluTing upwards Of 70 tanks and scores of self-pgos pelled guns were reduced to bliss tered, twisted, snl0Bldering steel 70 the R0pcy 0auFay area alone,
 The Americans broke into AvTapehes, at the hinge Of the noE- man and Brittany pepinsulas, after Q Wide-swinglng advance from the Brehal- 0avraysPeTey area to the north that byspassed the port af Granville, l4 miles to the n0Ftbs vest, and dozens Of other towns and villages, d00ming their garTlsons to death or capture,
 AyFanehas Hes on the south bank Of the See river estnaFy-pFevl0nsly considered Q possible enemy defense linN-and the Americans presumably swept across the river 10 engage the defenders ip . street battle,
 TD theiT smash Into AyTanehes, the Americans drove down the maln Inland highway some eiebt miles vest 0f Granville and passed through the junction town Of La BAyNs Peanel, Another column Ill0vs Ing along sAe coast from BTehal WAs only three miles northeast ef oFasls vllle,
 The route Of the advanes was not disclosed ilnmadiately, but An ans announcement tbat q column aes Vanelng south fEom nFehal aiill Eas lhTee miles from Granville indicated the fanke fierce had driven Inland a e0nslaaTahle distance before tiTns ing south toward AyFnnohas,
 Advantages
 From AvFanebas, the AmsFieans could punch south oF southwest Into BTiiiany, splitting the German forces lll gesieTn France ln tNoi southeast Into the heart of France; east towards paFis, ihb miles away, northeast in all alfempi e eneiFele German armies stu clustered 0il an arc around Gaen.
 Elements q lhe DFllieh 2na Army, which moved into pealsione 0il tile American let flank around Caals ! mont. aleo were aainlng mlolneNtllIn Ion Inc seHEM8 H9H W MNt1 Eaa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-31
RUINS GIVE UP
 FAMOUS ART
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NRfAfFfff8=A ttHffh RkkN " nearer Ire Germans had respect. ed the house and, although shells lell all around the place. it luckily had been spared, He said fear that his pictures might De destroyed tor, mented him for days.
 He gave lls g list Of other places around FloFense where paintings were stored and LDklateT nov Is contracting authorities to make eeT- talD they are taken to . safe place" hs avoided gtth proper planning, Dewey Fepliedi
 Proper government policies can contribute enormously and success fully toward preventing the spectre 0f unemployment which many per. sons nov think Is unavoidable m. der RD administration which foT eight years spent enormous sums without results
 Dewey explained that the gov. egn0Fs' conference would discuss Te. conversion methods and other do. mestie problems and Hlat hls Ideas ef EeeopveFston would be expanded iD detail when Eye reach the speech making phase Of the campaign" No plans have yet been made tor cans palgn tours beyond thls one sfld DO speeches ere scheduled on this swing, he said,
 InteFehange ~ Views
 IBie interchange of views ln PitiSs buFgh, Springfield and SC. Louis wlth political, business, Agricultural, labor and other sp0keslDen evidently will have considerable weight ln des teFmlnlng pexey's future campaign nlaneuyers and policies. The goveTs nor vent directly from today's press conference to z conference with ias boz leaders. Several paTlOrs ln the william Penn hotel have been set Mp as conference rooms and the e0nferees gathered in the vaFls 0ilg rooms f0 enable Dewey t0 move from one group io another with llliie Iooa C tlme'
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icoBtlnued from Page 9 mitted to any candidate.
 Although MeMahoD claims gups port of this group, this claim has, in part, been denied. The HaFtford delegation which Is supporting MT, nalgney for the gubernatoFial nom. nation in opposition to former Governor Robert 4, Hurley likewise had pledged support to Attorney Epellaey.
 It Is felt however, that the letter Is not the first choice Of the 0afSney supporters and that Mrs. Wo0dhonse would be more favorable as q cans didate, The latter Is strongly snp' ported by the women's consultations within the state but these groups control few delegation votes.
 Roth Attorney daftney and former Governor Robert A, Hurley are nov claiming q majority Of the s,lbD delegates for the gubRrnat0gial n0nls lnatlan, Should the Maloneyrs Smith faction Of the party succeed ia putt ting over both 0aflDey and . aenas toFlal choice this would mean cons trol by them Of the state aEganiKss ton,
 Governor DWlght dFlsWeld, Me- hraska, whG Dominated Governor Thomas V Deaey for the presidency At the O, Q, 2, National ConYenS lion, will be the keyn9teT Of the State hepublieaD convention seheds Llled foT Hartford, Monday, August
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-31
WILL WOLD TM0URsT

Harrisburg, Ill,, July ai - lupD- An inquest Will be Held tomorrow 70 the death af staN Sergeant N0Ts inand b, Lanellanee, 70, Of l9aig oss buFnl, Fall River, Macs, wA0 af0wns ed yesterday while rowing with two other soldiers 0n ponTds Hollow Lake.
 I.anehanee had gone 70 the lake wlih group 0f men from Camp DFeekenfidge, Ky. where he waf stationed lll afl ordnance unit. he drowned when the boat eapalxed and hla body was recovered later hg a mine Fbaeaa squad, His tHo eoll- pailions swan ashore. hlii life guards WeFe unable to reach Las ehane ln tlme e naVe hin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-31

ward in such numbers that traffic control officers are red-eyed with fatigue from sleepless hours of di- recting the movement" the Moscow report said.
 A Berlin military spokesman was quoted as saying that the Germans were falling back on the eastern front to gain time, adding:
 ''rhe German command is giving up space in order to be able to car- ry out all measures for total mo- bilization in the army, both in men and material. Then the Germans vii! hit back progressively on the of- fense."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-31
ROMMEL DEATH
 RUMORS STICK
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ETTFTFFF"FF FFTFFF spokesmeD ip Berlin, refusing t0 deny the story, told Swedish news men only that t had not been e0Ds flTmed, Ap0ther dispatch from Madrid said German military sources there believed R0mmel had been wounded and had lost ap eye,l
 Al accounts Of the incident still were secondhand and Allied 0f' fieial sources had no definite e0ps flFmafiop, but FrenehDlen whO were in this seeti0D during the enemy Aeeupati0D said the 0eFmane tbenls selves seemed convinced the eFstr while desert foy was dead,
 One fact emerged from varying aeeolintswtbat RoNnael has been e0nspieM0usly absent from ali 0eTs man propaganda for more than week, " appeared certain the story to the effect thaf he had presided eyer 6 staff meeting Co Percy last seek, which was told te Allied autbs e.Flies by . han prisoner, Was eems pleiely untrue,
 4 compilation 0f the Eep0yts lns dleatAd ibat R0infael was shot sevs several ilnng in the liing by the Allied plane and then was hlt on the head when q bomb explosion overturned hig eag
 The elandestIne radio station Atlantic sold Rommel etlll wae alive but that 1is condition ioels . tAigs lor the w0rse today following Q pres mature attempt to remove hln te 0eFmanyD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-31
PLAN CUT IN
 SUB-BUILDINC
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 The Nevv egnpbasIEa6 tbat Fa1us, tIon iD the submarine building DToy eTam 6ees not mean e daellns lH the eyegsAll Navy pHa9nels0B pT0s sEaEm, 1he statement asIa the fetal Navv program Will continue to ins eTeaee ln else et leaet until ths first qliaFseT 0f lelS, EiglSt elaaaes Of MIeapons and supplies aFe liTsantly needed bv the NaVv at Ehls flnls, C Wat polluted out, Including aircraft carriers end eFuiaeFs, The Hevv eald t Is aet 1leH short af thess Wags ships, but ils waF pIans eall f0y every single additional ahip ln flsls category that eas be turned eus tl,iS year and next.
 @hlpynFds building snhmaglnas foF the MaEy include tlse Electric Boat O., 0Fotan, Conn, and taa Navy gaHas aa Boston, RoFfamenkh M, M.. ana a3aEe K1Ian4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-31
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 hlovieloWn A1elodrama: One of the Hollywood studios had the it. lers for several months Many of It's executives and stars were the victims of poison-pen letters Someone was making well-known women miserable with notes that read: Your husband is having fun with a blond starlet, you fool" Another read: "Why don't you wake up? Your gentleman friend cares more about the secretary of a direc- tor on the same lot" And so on Investigators finally traced the letters to a disgruntled middle aged man, who worked at the studio lie confessed to the police and said he wanted to get even with people he didn't like = although he never met the men he tried to hurt. lie is at large today Because none of his victims wished the publicity-the towards His initials are M. R.
 Sounds in the Night: At the ver- sailles: Hes a parasite. Goes through revolving doors on other peoples pushes" At Havana Madrid: Looks like she stepped out of a dream and then fell flat on her face" .. In the Stork: People who live in glass houses-must be nuts At the Park Central Lounge: Their separation was caused by illness. She got sick of him"
 The Late Watch: The Stassen buildup for l94s is in motion al- ready, with his packers sounding out various public relations giants Ex-INS ace Jimmy Young has a new column called Road to Tokyo Gus Gale now heads Modern Screens Hollywood photo bureau It has the top circ. among fan mags Stefan Heym, author |of Hostages" is now with the army's psychological warfare group in Iatly. IIeym auth'd the leaflets that brought aDouC mass SurrenueE Ol Navis there The Romanoff Caviar Co. of New York which was writetn up so much Gas being palsy with pro-Nazis here). has Govt contracts to supply food to all troop ships leaving our shoresl Sen. James Mead has instructed U. S. Atty James B. M. McNally to see that all royalties from Mead's book, Tell the Folks Back Home" go to war charities. The first $i,0O0 vent to the Red Gross Best coined word of the war: "Newsweek's credit to a Luxumbourger, who calls the robot bombs: '"Thc blastards" ... Producer Dudley Murphy's next film will undrape the international set of wealthy refugees now alcoholi- daying in Mexico. He aptly labels them: "Tlle Ritz Raff".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-31

kC0uLluueQ lEOm rage lI
 The Germans, battling furiously to delay the 8th Army advance be- fore abandoning Florence and fall- ing back into their Gothic line be- hind the city. threw crack troops and their heaviest arnor into the battle prodigally.
 Official reports indicated, how- ever that British ground forces, backed up by low-flying attack bombers. were giving the enemy a savage beating and taking a heavy toll of German lives and armor.
 The Nazis gave up their assault on San Michele after a last des- perate night thrust during which a force of giant Cotton Tiger tanks and motorized infantry succeeded in breaking into the town. only to be hurled out again by the defending New Zealanders.
 Farther West
 Farther to the west, Indian units of the eth Army cleared the last major German resistance from . i0-mlle line on the south bank oi the Arno river between Empoli and Montelupo, the latter only II mile' west of Florence.
 Directly south and southeast ol Florence. German units stsl were holding out along a battle line arc- ing i've to n miles below the city TRanFaanAfa aUa ssafiae rAaskla r.f Rlnw ence. was held by strong German forces yesterday, and the Nazis ap- peaTed to have stalled other British Columns in the 6trada area and on Monte scalari, II miles southeast Of the city.
 On the east side Of the Arno Val. ley, British tank forces captured Castelfranc0 and cut the Figline. castelfranco highway in close puT' suit Of the retFeatlng enemy.
 Other 9th Army units hammered out small gains in the hills above Afezzo, while Polish forces on the AdFlatic front exchanged heavy ag- tlileTy fire with enemy units and in. nleted casualties on the Germans iE heFses oS phkfol cthkIaes,
 There was no change on the maIH 9th Army front hel0w Pisa, where American units were inassIng along the south bank Of the ATno river ln preparation for ap assault on thG northern hal: of the city still h German hands,
 Meanwhile, Allied headauarteFl revealed that the Polish troops OH the etb Army right flank had cap, tnTea l0e enemy guns in thelr drive ID the AdTlatle coast, Killed m0Ff than 5000 Germans and took 200l prisoners,
 Since July Q alone, the P0lel killed 800 Germans and captured more than 900 others,
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For the first aline ln Army hlss tory. a woman. Major Mary Dell, llaa been appointed fflssFaeieF af fae Command and 0eneFaI Staff 9Ghoei. BeFt henfenweH1h. H8n.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-31

Prices pald for many Items by the Navy have decreased, the Office of Procurement and MaieElal repoEled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-31

lGoDfipueo rom Fass "
 have experienced, While some units eesaainea to clean out snipers in 1ise rshhls heap that was flDsan 4awn. etheFs pushed on to the ls' lands naTT0West crossing, where shey gained the advantage 0f . a6oFkened front line,
 alg Weeks after the beginning ol fIae Marlannas campaign the United skaiAs t0day holds five alF fielai aiSd several potential naval epeFat' lng hases deep in tlle Japapfsf homsland's outer Elng of degeDses
 ITO days after the start of tne sEanlan Invasion ef July 22, Maglpel had captured the l.boovfeot uahl palnl aiF field, Smashing south HaTa, they required only twe more aaga e take the 0nFgnan Point alIflsid en the WestaTD side ef the lslan9, witb bi0e0 feet Fnnways,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-31
Olhag AiE1lela

HaAly elald and Mafpl EDlnt w 9Ields on 6alpan previously had been danfnFed, and the elimination 0f aapEoElmateiy 2,00o Japanese 0D aliamis 0T0ta Peninsula not op1y gaze the Americans go airfield with 4Iao- foot Funways, but also secured fhe entire ahoFellns Of ApFa haFboF, lIaa bet anchorage in the Marian nas.
 Activity On Guam immediately Hfaeg the clearing of 0Fole penins sl|la Was limited to pafrollng Of tie inner ring ol the eight square
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JACKSON TO
 BE KEYNOTER

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NEW WEAPON
 AIDS TANKS

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GERMANS REEL
 FROM BASES

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The Orchid GaF1eni "snmn1e. @AaEms with Linda DaTnesl. " wlll nEohablv elevate her to staFdoHa !,
 bioaa costello's zing at the Latin ouarteT .. Woody HermaSa's version ef sAeilkman, etc" ,., Johnny Tholnns0n's me'ing at Leon k Ed diess 'FFenehman's Creek, wa Raraaount "Hail the eonqueFlng ETera,s another Preston sTnglf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-31
HaW T0laIaTIallI

'ft nlRy not be long before the most vital thing facing every AmeFi. can is the opportunities t0 w0Fk. ! am ent1fly satisfied that Wlth com potent government the opportunities ln this country are atill unlimited, E3ut we don't need Co surrender euF liberties 10 c tofalliarian New Deal and we cannot afford to do @"
 hs|red whssheE q aepEenslen eeal9
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DEWEY STARTS
 HIS CAMP AICN

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-18
Trucka For Sal,

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-18
County War Bond Sales
Top Quota by Million

Overall county sales for the Fifth
War Loan campaign total $685.
9gO.25. more than a million dollars
beyond the s9,105.0O0 quota, Audi.
tor Fred Schmid reported Satur-
day.
Warren F. Cook. chairman OF
the Washtenaw War Finance Com
mittee. credits the success OF the
bond campaign to the efforts OF
the members OF his bond.selling
crew, saying that they are "a
great group OF workers who never
shlrked and are responsible for
Washtenaw's success in the bond
drive. Donald NJ. Silkworth, Up
silantl, was listed as member
OF this group.
"E" bond sales throughout the
county, less than 100000 short
OF the s2,790,000 goal, now total
{2,707143.75.