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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-21
BY JACK FRANKISH
United Press War COrrespOndeH


 Kornelimunster, Germany, Sept. 20- (UP) -The Germans in this border region which Americans cap tlired a week ago are discardnig their hostile attitude and warming up toward the invaders. but dough- boys are taking the show of friend- ship with grain of salt.
 The CTS doubt that these women, children and old men who disobeyed 6 Nad order to evacuate really are glad to see them. They have been reminded that Ge1mans "won the peace" after the first World War by similar tactics and they have been warned against fraternizing with civilians.
 Many of the people profess to be anti-Nazi, and they cay the Allies will find a similar friendly attitude
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WAR TOFREE
 BALT|CSTATES
 EALMOST WON
BY HENRY SHAPIRO xTjnlted Press War C0rrespUndent)

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 xUnltsd Press War CorrespUndent)
 Moscow, September 2l. = (Up) = The government newspaper Izvestia said today that the Red Army campaign Co liberate the Baltic states Is almost won.
 Four Russian armies were wheeling through the Battles on Q 20o.mile front, riding down the rear guard of an estimated 100000 German troops threatened with i'm. ininent death or capture.
 Gen, Ivan 0. Basramlan stormed Che suburbs Of Riga, MarShal Leonld A, dovorov swept toward Tallinn, den, Evan Maslennlkov deopened his thrust toward the sea northwest of Valga, Gen. Andrel !, Yeremenko pushed against Riga from the east
 Writing against that baekdrop in sarcastic vein, fgVestla's military commentator said that "the ders mana soon will Do compelled Co on. Touree the successful conclusion of the Baltic campaign"
 Front dispatches indicated that main barriers In the path of Gov. orovS two-way thrust through Es. toniA already had been hurdled leaving before him c relatively clear coastal plan stretching to the cap. itai city Of Tailinn,
 The veteran Leningrad army un. der OoVoroV was revealed last night to have joined in the Baltic cam. paign, completing Ag1 assault arc swinging down from the Gulf Of Finland to the suburbs of Riga,
 An elaborate system of German foFtiheationS, based on q chain Of rivers and Bwampland hugging the west shore Of Lake peipus, was smashed by . massive air and artil- iery bombardment.
 Then dovorov's assault forces brotO through vest of NaFVa and north of Tartu and Swarmed through tho fattened German positions for advances up to 44 miles.
 tRadio Berlin said the soVlets also launched their big assault on War. saw forcing several crossings of the
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Pole Porochutists Lond In Worsow

London. Sept. 2l-(UP)-The Ger man DNB news agency reported to- day that Allied planes dropped Pc. fish parachutists in Warsaw.
 "On the fifth anniversary of the unconditional surrender of Warsaw. a large formation of Anglo-Ameri- can bombers carried out 6 demon strative raid for the purpose of en- souraging remnants of the under ground movement in its desperate truggle," DINE said.
 sThey dropped Q number of Poe aah shock troop leaders who were sil slot down in the air. The drop ping Of Polish parachutists took NsAss ct midday"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-21
Tough Going On PeIeIiu
By RALPH TEATSFORTH

United Press War COrrespOndent)
 Allied Headquarters. Southwest Pacific, Sept. 2l -(UP)- Marines fighting across sheer. jagged coral, today assaulted e chain of superbly- constructed Japanese cave fortresses on the ridges of western Peleliu un- der battle conditions even worse than those at Tarawa, Guadalcanal and saipan, front dispatches re- ported.
 Richrad W. Johnston, United Press war correspondent, who went in at the beach at Tarawa and sealed Mt. Tapochau on Saipan, re- ported from Palau:
 "Peleliu ridge surpases them both"
 He disclosed that the First and Seventh Marines had suffered con- siderable casualties.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-21
By ROBERT RICHARDS

Limited Press War C0rrespOndent)
 With Third American Army near Nancy, Sept. 20.--(UP)-A tall, square hill that CTS call simply sugar Loaf Mountain" has become such an important prize in this sector that Germans desperately tried to storm 1t last night by use ing an ambulance to screen their spearhead.
 Tomorrow the hill, now held by Americans, may be just another plot of ground with few bleak crosses overlooking the tiny village of Agincourt. But today 1t was the most vital spot in this entire area because the side which holds it as an observation post cen shoot stralehtest with It's artillery and the Germans realize they can not take the pounding of American biz
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BY E. B. RIDEoUT Meteorological of station WEEI. lWrltten for the United PrNaAl

Boston, Sept. 2i,-(UP)-Prior % the great hurricane of 1888, New Englanders had always prideG themselves on being safe from the raVages of such e meteorological onslaught. There had been many times when warnings had been issued that e hurricane was on the way up the coast, but invariably such storms swung to seat without more than sideSwiping this region,
 Finally, and with very little warn' ing, the hurricane of 1888 struck 2 stunning blow right into the heart of New England.
 Plumbing through the histories ot weather to find whether such Q catastrophe had occurred before, We had to 90 all the way back to 1915 for e parallel. Tn view of this we felt 1t safe to say that at least an- other 100 years might elapse before there would be need of any worry of Q third hurricane. But now, af. ter Q mere six years, We have been hit again.
 Climatic Trend
 As 6 result of this development, c lot of people are beginning to
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StoIfi Not Guilty" Rules
 TrioI Judge

Not guilty" was Judge Robert L. Munger's ruling early this af. ternoon in the case of former Selectman Michael stolfi, charged with fraudulent voting.
 Attorney John F. ouSsidy, defense counsel, had nearly concluded his closing argument when the adjourn ment until 2 o'clock was taken, It Is believed States Attorney Will lima B, Fitzgerald will answer the defense claims once more, and that MT, Cassidy will make the final statements,
 Tailor. e.Made"
 Calling the defense "an original and tailor-made approach" and stating the cousin" alibi was Q complete fabrication, the proseeu- tor claimed the states case had been proven beyond Q reasonable doubt.
 The state's attorney charged that Stoln had falsified his application to become Q voter, and that he did 1t "fraudulently, knowingly and in- tentionally." knowing that he was
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N. E. States  Hurricanes

Editors Note; Six years ago to- day 0 hurricane hit New England, killing 6ei persons and causing e400, GOO, 900 damage, Previously, New England had been free from such storms for i23 years, Yet, only last Thursday another dis. astrous windstorm swept the re- zion. In the following dispatch, ', D. Rideout, . veteran meteor. ologist who soon will make his i0,000th radio weather broadcast, suggests that climatic changes may mean more frequent hurri. canes for New England,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-21
BoMBERs HIT PLANT

London, Sept. 2l-(UP)-Approx- imately 800 American heavy bomb- CTS attacked a synthetic oil plant at Ludwigshafen, marshalling yards at Mainz and Coblenz. and other targets in western Germany today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-21

By United Press-The British radio reported today that Arthur SeyeSs- -Inquart. Nazi commissar for the occupied Netherlands, had fled the country ahead of the Allied lib- eration forces. The broadcast was reported by the EGG.
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Evening star., 1944-06-03
Many Events Scheduled
By US0 for Week End

Washington USO headquarters
today outlined the schedule of en-
tertainment for servicemen and
women over the week end. A num-
Der Of dances, a picnic and a tea
are listed. They include:
At 7:30 tonight smoker and buf-
fet supper at the National Jewish
Welfare Board, 1929 Sixteenth
street NV, and a picnic tomorrow
afternoon at Rock Creek Park.
Those attending the picnic will
meet at the lounge at 3 pm.
Other events are: Old-fashioned
barn dance, $50 tonight, Bethesda
branch, 1908 Georgetown road;
waffle supper and entertainment,
$50 pm. tomorrow, same place; a
truth or consequences" program at
$50 tomorrow evening, YWCA-
USO, Seventeenth and K streets
NV; informal dances tonight at
1914 N street NV, 1911 H street
NV, 918 Tenth street NV, and
1914 Georgia avenue, Silver Spring
formal dance tonight q at YMCA
1875 G street NV, and tea at 4
pm. tomorrow at 1911 H street NV
with Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, wife
of the George Washington Univer-
sity president as guest of honor
Both the formal and informal
dances listed start at pm.
Evening star., 1944-06-03
Meat Violation Charqe
Dismissal Under Study

Justice Matthew F.. Mcclure of
District Court today has under ad-
visement motion to quash two in
dlctments against Ralph P. Counsel
man, operator of slaughter house
In the 400 block of Eleventh street
S.W, which charge violation of
Price Administration regulations in
the sale of meats to local dealers.
The motion was argued Yesterday
in behalf of Mr.. Counselman by At
torney Michael F. Keogh, who said
that none of the OPA regulations
which Mr/Counselman was charged
with violating was in existence at
the time of the alleged offenses. He
also claimed the indictments were
returned on information unlawfully
obtained. Assistant United States
Attorney Bernard Margolius argued
that the indictments were valid as
drawn.
The indictments were returned
against Mr.. Counselman In April.
1943. One Of them charges price
ceiling violations and another
charges false grading Of veal.
Evening star., 1944-06-03
Two Hill Secretaries
Lose 500 10 Thief

Two congressional secretaries
were out $3.50 today as a result of
the operations of a young Negro
sneak thief yesterday in the House
Office Building.
Evidently familiar with the lay
out of the building, and suspected
of being Government messenger
who had had many occasions to
visit the place, the thief first slipped
into the Office of Representative
Mundt, Republican, of South Da-
kota. where he took about $3.50
from the purse of Miss Opal Van
Horne, secretary, while she was
n washroom.
Then he went to the Office of Rem
resentative Wasielewski, Democrat,
OF Wisconsin, few doors down the
hall, where he took s110 from Miss
Hattie KierZnowski's pocketbook,
He was searching the purse of Mrs.
Stephanie Dross, the Congressman's
secretary, when she was attracted
by noise in the outer Office.
Mrs. DroSs said the man, who was
wearing a brown tweed jacket, was
leaving the Office as she came into
the room and that she called for
him to stop, and started running
after him. A building guard at the
door through which the thief
escaped later said he thought Mrs.
Dross was calling "Fire" and that
the man was going to sound an
alarm. The guard said he would
be able to identify the thief.
Evening star., 1944-06-03

positions they could hope to hold
in the Alban Hills and that the 5th
Army break-through to Rome might
come soon.
Front line reports said the Amer
leans were hitting toward Rome
along the Via Casilina from VAL
montone. 1t was apparent that
German positions along this most
vital road were jeopardized by the
simultaneous 5th Army smash
through the hills to Monte Castel-
lacio.
The enemy was fighting desper-
ately to cling to what is left of his
deep defenses all the way from the
seacoast to the Via Casilina, but
without reserves he could not long
stand losses such as he has suffered
in the last three weeks and hope to
do anything more than delay the
Allied entry into Rome.
The infiltration into the hills to
the north, which enabled American
infantry to encircle Velletri, paid
rich dividends when BIT prisoners
were seized within the town, de-
scribed officially as a road center
which "opens the way for further
advance northWard."
In their advances both in the
Alban Hills and north of Valmon-
tone, aimed at cutting the road
pdralleling Highway 6, the Ameri-
cans were encountering the greatest
difficulty from Nazi snipers who had
to be killed one by one before the
advances could continue.
Evening star., 1944-06-03
On the Roll of Honor

-Four Army airmen, merchant
marine seaman and a Navy sailor
from the Washington area have
been reported missing in action, it
was learned. today.
Col. Robert H. Kelly, 38, husband
of Mrs. Lois c. Kelly, 5531 Manning
drive, Bethesda, Md, who is COM
mander of a bomb group in England,
failed to return from a bombing mis-
sion over Northern France on April
%. A native of Richmond, Ind, he
was graduated from West Point in
1928 and came to the Washington
area in 1910. Prior to his overseas
assignment, he was in the Office
of the assistant chief of air staff j,
War Department. He previously had
been on duty at Boiling Field for two
years.
First 1t. Edward M. Lyman, BROTH
er of Mrs. Elizabeth L. Parnell, tbs
South Washington street, Alexan-
dria, Va, is reported missing in
action over Italy. Word that the
Army Air Forces pilot was missing
was published in The Star May IS.
Second 1t. Franklin r. Chaimson,
son of Mrs. Clarabel Chairmson,
1885 Sixteenth street NV, is re-
ported missing from a bombing
Evening star., 1944-06-03
U.S.. Army Not 'Overstoffed,'
War Department Figures Show

February %, 1914, and 1909 gen.
eral officers. On June 30. 1910,
there were 104 generals, each hav-
ing an average of 1853 men in his
command.
MI. Brooks said he requested the
data from the War Department be-
cause OF frequent assertions in Con-
gress that the Army is stated"
and has more lieutenant generals
than heretofore existed in the en-
tire history of this country"
The impression has been given"
he added, that we we're getting in
the position Of having more officers,
especially high-ranking officers,
than we have privates in the Army.
Such inferences are ridiculous"
Evening star., 1944-06-03
'Stop-Dewey' Forces
Hail Indiana COPS
Refusal Of Pledge

BY the Associated Press.
A last-ditch stop-Dewey move
ment apparently had taken on
new life in the Republican party
today as a result of the action
of Indiana's COP convention IN
shouting down yesterday a pro-
posal to pledge the States 20
votes to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
for the presidential nomination.
Opponents acclaimed the Indiana
setback as the beginning of a shift
they believed may prevent a first
ballot nomination.
Capehart Named for Senate.
The convention nominated Homer
E. Capehart, Indianapolis manu-
facturer, for the long-term Senate
seat. Mr.. Capehart, who first
gained national prominence with his
COP "cornfield conference" at his
Washington UndD farm in 1898,
and who generally is regarded as a
Dewey supporter, defeated James
M. Tucker of Paoli, former secre-
tary of State and a medically-dis-
charged naval officer, who with
drew.
William E. Jenner of Bedford, an
Army captain, was nominated for
the short term, after E. j. Hancock,
Greensburg editor, withdrew. There
was no contest for the guberna-
torial nomination which went to
Ralph F. Gates, former COP State
chairman.
At Baltimore the Maryland State
Democratic convention named an
uninstructed delegation Of "a. The
total actually amounts to -18 since
each delegate will have three
fourths of a vote. Neither the key
noter at the convention-House
Speaker Rayburn-nor any other
speaker, mentioned the fourth term.
Kansas Democrats Meet.
Meanwhile, Kansas Democrats to-
day meet at Emporia to name their
Is national convention delegates,
each carrying half vote. Party
leaders said Endorsement Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt for a fourth term
was virtually certain.
The basis for a four point plat
form, headed by a demand for an
immediate political peace offen-
sive" directed to the peoples Of the
world, was offered for debate today
by the Socialist party national con-
vention at Reading, Pa.
Planks in a preliminary draft In
cluded suggestions for winning an
early and lasting peace, economic
security with preservation and ex-
pansion Of American liberties, fra
ternity among races with equality
OF rights and obligations, and Gre
alton Of a mass party" to combat
American Fascism."
The peace plank said the United
Nations should declare their will
ingEess for an armistice on terms
guaranteeing equal rights and self
determination of all peoples and
establishing political and economic
arrangements for removing the
causes OF war, settling disputes and
conquering poverty.
Evening star., 1944-06-03
Two Wedges Driven
Into Russian Lines
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, June 3.-Nazi troops
have succeeded In carving two
wedges in Russian lines northwest
Of the Romanian city Of Iasi after
four days of battle, but at a heavy
cost IN manpower and equipment,
Moscow announced today.
One was achieved Tuesday, the
first day Of the action that broke a
six weeks lull on the eastern front,
and the second yesterday. The Rus
slams described both as "insignifi-
cant"
The Nazis employed larges forces
OF tanks and infantry in making
their newest gain, but vigorous re-
sistance by the Soviet troops took a
heavy toll, Moscow said. Describing
the battle, the broadcast commune
que said:
Met by powerful fire, the Ger
mans were forced to wheel back
without reaching the Soviet posi-
tions. Only in the second half of
the day did the enemy, at price of
heavy losses, succeed in driving an
insignificant wedge into our defenses
northwest of Iasi.
North of Iasi, all German attacks
were beaten off"
Berlin broadcasts declared at least
l,00O Nazi planes were in action on
the Romanian front, but Moscow
made no mention of air activity.
Evening star., 1944-06-03
1t. Connor Is Veteran
Of Nocturnal 'Snoop Troop

1t. Frank w. Conner, jr., "a, is a
veteran of the Spanish Civil War
and has been In the American Army
almost four years.
He Is charter members of the
"snoop troops" group of Gloom
mandos who specialize in night
scouting missions. Their motto is
mo mans land is our land" They
use night binoculars, wear rubber
boots to minimize noise, and plan
each step of the patrol beforehand
with models and a sand table. Their
wounded never scream because it
might jeopardize the others, and
they have never left a wounded
man to fall into enemy hands.
A native of Washington, 1t. Con-
nor was graduated from Central
High School in 1927 and spent the
next two years travelling around the
world as a seaman on merchant
vessels. He then went to the Uni
versity Of Georgia and later was
graduated from the University of
Wisconsin.
He Joined a Canadian brigade to
fight with the Loyalists in Spain.
1t. Connor enlisted in the Army
In October, 1910. Late in 1912, while
under treatment for injuries at
Walter Reed Hospital, he met Miss
Nadine Role, then an employe of
the Justice Department.
Three months later, in February.
1943, she flew to Mineral Springs,
Tex, to marry him, with the cere-
mony performed Immediately after
her arrival at 2:30 am. 1t. Connor
got his commission in October, 1913,
and became the father of a son in
January, 1914. He never has seen
his son, named Frank Role Connor.
His wife and child live with his
parents at 211 East Hamilton ave-
nue., Silver Spring, Md. His father
Is employed in the Commerce De-
partment's division of current in
formation.
Evening star., 1944-06-03
By NEWBOLD MOVES, Jr.,
Star War Correspondent.

WITH 5TH ARMY FORCES BE-
LOW ROME, June Oelaye0 -
From an artillery observation plane
5000 feet above our front line be-
tween the Alban Hills and the Tyr
rhenian Sea, Rome looks so close
that you feel as though you could
spit on it. but so peaceful that you
feel you don't want to.
There was a little haze around the
horizon this afternoon, but white
domes and spires stood out beauti-
fully clear in the sunlight, and the
city seemed to doze in quiet con-
trast to the torn and smoking bat
tlefleld below us. f.
The tiny plane, about as substan-
tial as a. kite compared with the
military aircraft to which we are
accustomed these days, flew up and
down for an hour above a wooded
ridge of hills which marked the for
ward position of our ground forces
In this sector. Spread out below us
was the land on which this battle
below Rome is being fought. We
could study its structure carefully
and almost as comfortably as If we
had been holding in our laps per-
feet model of the area.
From up here there can be no
mistake as to what territory is held
by our side and what held by the
enemy. Where there are men NOV
ing about like ants seen through the
wrong end of telescope, where
there are tents and tanks, where
there are toy trucks streaking along
the ribbon roads, waving plumes of
dust behind them-that's us.
.r Enemy Area Quiet.
But where you see the roads
stretching away for miles with no
sign of life on them, where not a
blade OF grass seems to stir, where
large areas are obscured by pals of
smoke and dust punctuated now and
then by quick fash like the squirt
Of a match as one of our artillery
shells Iands-that is their side of
the line.
After you stop marvelling at the
way every square inch. of this en-
battled area is dotted with it's own
shell crater, the first thing you are
likely to notice is an apparently
smooth coastal plain, good 20 miles
wide In the region Of the present
battle and wider still around Rome.
1t looks as though it might provide
Evening star., 1944-06-03
Sentence Of Death
For Assault Stands

A motion to set aside the death
penalty imposed April % on Patrick
Murphy, 80, Baltimore garage own
er, after his conviction in Prince
Georges County Circuit Court on a
charge of criminally assaulting a
I-year-old Washington woman two
years ago, was overruled yesterday
by Circuit Court Judges Charles C.
Marbury and John B. Gray, jr, at
Upper Marlboro. ~vs
After the ruling, Murphy's attor-
neys, John v. Hackett, Hyattsville;
State Senator George c. Della and
Webster c. Tall, Baltimore, said
they were considering filing OF an
appeal before the Maryland Court
Of Appeals.
Mr.. Tall contended at the hear
ing that Judges Marbury and Gray
committed an error In sentencing
Murphy to be hanged.
He pointed out that before impos-
ing sentence, Judge Marbury asked
for additional information and was
shown Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation record which cited convic-
tions in Virginia and Florida.
"It is purely arbitrary on the part
OF the court" he said, ito consider
such@a record without first giving
counsel for the defendant an op-
portunity to see it."
While he admitted that he had
not asked to see the record before
it was presented, Mr.. Tall said he
and the two other defense attor-
neys had objected to its introduce
ton.
In overruling the motion, Judge
Marbury maintained that the court
should have all possible information
concerning defendant before pass
ing sentence. He also asserted that
Mr.. Tall had not shown that the
evidence presented in the FBI rec
ord was inaccurate.
Testimony at the trial showed the
woman was attacked in a field
near Oxon Hill in April, 1912, after
Murphy had offered to take her to
work.