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Vacations
Scheduled
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vacation pay invest this sum in war
bonds as a contribution to the Fifth
War Loan Drive now underway.
Employees affected will be those In
the Waterbury, Ansonia and Tor
rington plants and 1t was stated to-
day that about $500 employees IN the
three plants will receive the, addi-
tional week as result Of their five
years or more Of service.
The directive brought about a
long pending dispute between the
company and locals 25l, 445 and 423
OF the international Union M. M. o.
8. Workers, G. I. o.
Mr.. Driscoll, G. I. o. executive to-
day stated that the directive would
be considered a criterion by the
union applicable to all brass indus
tries In this area and that subSe-
quert requests by the G. I. o. to the
other companies would be forthcom-
ing soon asking for adoption OF a
similar schedule. The union Off
cial added that II the requests were
not approved the union would make
other approaches.
The vacation issue involved in the
long pending cortract-wage 1ego-
tiations between management and
the union was recently forwarded to
the WLB by both parties. As stat
ed the program will 60 into effect
in all plants as Of July !, 1914.
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pur.i.
Front reports said the marshy
wooded terrain was forcing artillery
units In some sectors literally To
drag their guns with their hands
Finnish dead lined the path Of the
advance and long columns Of Fin
nish prisoners could be seen wind
ing back toward Leningrad.
Up to 5000 Films were killed on
one sector Of the front yesterday
the Soviet high command disclosed
In Its midnight communique. Thirty
four field guns. 40 mortars and A
machine-guns were captured.
Flying out ahead Of the infantry,
Red Air Force planes bombed and
strafed enemy communications and
Finnish reserves speeding toward
the front line. Two locomotives, 70
railway cars and 30 trucks were de-
stroyed.
On the approaches to Latvia,
Russian reconnaissance patrol broke
into German positions northwest OF
Novosokolniki and killed more than
1000 Germans in fierce fighting
After destroying two guns, two
blockhouses and an observation
post, they returned to their own
lines with 10 prisoners.
Fleet air arm planes sank three
German motorboats OF the north
coast Of Norway.
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six-month- old Lawrence Noxon and
reported that the child died Of
"acute heart failure induced by the
passage Of an electric current
through the chest from forearm to
forearm" His testimony about a
"dumbbell- burn" on the
baby's right arm Is expected to re-
veal whether clamp vas used to
fasten the wire to the infant as the
state has intimated.
During his cross examination Of
police witnesses, Defense Attorney
Joseph B. Ely suggested that they
were biased" and were trying to
cruelty" the wealthy 47-year- odd
defendant on their testimony. He
stressed the misfortunes Of the
Noxon family through three genera
tons and elected from one witness
the defendants own statement that
he believed his family was doomed.
Ely also brought out that Noxon's
spiritual adviser, the Rev. Ralph H.
Hayden, had interceded for him with
police after his arrest and he
sought to make Police Chief John L.
Sullivan acknowledge thai he had
perjured himself when questioned
about the clergyman.
After Sullivan declared he, had
shown pictures Of the Noxon baby's
arm burns to no one except police
officers, Ely asked whether the pic
lures had been shown to the Rev.
Hayden. Sullivan said the minis.
ter had seen them but added that
he considered his visit to police
headquarters confidential
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in charge of the Army's controver-
ninH Hn.anl ali aanAlnnk L. HnnnAn

in charge Of the Army's controver-
sial Canol oil project in Canada.
While Wyman was singled out for
particular blame. the report said
that other officers responsible for
such defense projects, including
Maj. Gen. Walter G. Short, then
commander Of the Hawaiian de-
partment, also were at fault. 1t
said the War department had adj
mitted that no complaints were reg
istered because Of Rohl's failure to
meet the contracts.
The report also cited testimony
by Army officers and hotel employees
telling Of wild drinking parties" at
tended by Wyman and Rohl and
Of cheap docking girls aboard
Rohl's yacht.
It said evidence showed that Wy
man spent the night Of the Pearl
Harbor attack at Rohl's home:
that he rushed to his Office In civ
ilian clothes In q drunken condi-
ton; and that he changed from his
civilian clothes to uniform in the
presence of all his office help, wo-
men as well as men, shouting orders
to everybody"
Chairman Andrew ]. May, D., Ky
Of both the full Military Affairs
Committee and the select sub-com-
mittee, said the report calls to the
attention Of the War Department
some facts which we think justify
some action on their part. Whether
or not this completes the investiga-
ton depends on the departments
attitude"
The facts of the case would
seem to speak for themselves" was
the sole comment Of the committee's
chief Investigator, who personally
conducted the inquiry.
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miles an hour, and the German
retreat in some sectors had become
"precipitate."
The American and British armor
Joined near Balleroy, nine miles
west of Tilly, and struck southwark
in fluid fighting, driving completely
through the German defenses and
emerging into open country.
A dispatch from Richard D. Nc.
MILAN, United Press correspondent,
said the entire front south Of Caen
NOW Is a roaring battlefield, with
chains Of fires spouting geyser-like
from hamlets hit by tank shell fire
or blown up by the Germans"
Fires Raging
At Caumont, American sappers
were trying to subdue raging fires,
even while the explosions Of time
bombs ripped the town apart. Nc
MILAN said the streets Cooked like
a scrapiron fountry-shops and
houses gaped wide open. and fun
nels of smoke poured from every
few houses"
Evidence of the German disor.
ganization was seen In the fact that
Allied patrols could strike so deep
into enemy territory, as well as In
front reports that Nazi radio signals,
many In open language instead OF
code, indicated widespread con-
fusion In some sectors.
German counter attacks-the most
violent yet hurled against the beach,
head-that penetrated American
held Montebourg and Carentan and
threatened the British hold on
Troarn, five miles east Of Caen, were
being "held or broken up" Allied
headquarters announced.
Montebourg, IA miles southeast OF
Cherbourg, changed hands at least
three times in fierce fighting dur
Ing the past "a hours, q spokesman
said, but Carentan definitely" was
in American hands.
Shipping Movements
Radio vichy broadcast a report
that important Allied shipping
movements" had been observed In
the Bay Of Biscay near the Franco
Spanish border, but added that 1T
Is too early to say whether this Is
feint or q prelude to an attack"
The broadcast followed release OF
q message from Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, supreme Allied invasion
commander, to President Roosevelt
promising that he would blast othei
openings" In Hitlers European for
tresS.
1t. Gen. Kurt. Dittmar, German
army commentator, also warned IN
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/ q broadcast over radio Berlin that
Germany must expect other large
scale landings" since the forces SC
far landed In Normandy constituted
"only part of the huge troop con-
centrations in the British isles"
Surprise Thrust
The surprise Allied thrust between
st. 10 and Caen was disclosed In
Eisenhower's 18th communique on
the invasion.
Armored forces struck south
against the enemy's flank west OF
embattled T1lly-Sur- Seulles with
great effect" and reached Caumont,
l3 miles east southeast Of st. 10
and 20 miles southwest Of Caen, de-
spite vigorous reaction on the part
of the enemy" the communicate
said.
An official spokesman subsequent
ly disclosed that Caumont had been
captured and front dispatch from
Edward Gilling, Exchange Telegraph
correspondent, said that British
armored forces entered Villers Bo-
cage, seven miles to the east and
IA miles southwest Of Caen, at 10
o'clock this morning.
The Germans rushed up REIN
forcements in a frantic effort to
contain the fast-breaking Allied
drive, which already has cut the
main escape highway southwest
from Caen and left the enemy forces
in the Tilly-sur- Seulles pocket six
miles north Of Villers Bocage only a
narrow corridor through which to
escape.
Counter Attack
Two German cotton Tiger tanks
broke back into Villers Bocage In
an enemy counter attack soon after
infantry had cleared the town OF
sripers and machine-gun nests and
at last reports fighting was going
on in the streets, Gilling said.
Another front dispatch, this one
from william r. Higginbotham,
United Press War Correspondent at
the most advanced command post
In France" said an American divi-
sion in the Caumont area had
plunged at least 20 miles inside Nor
mandy and was advancing last night
at the rate Of two miles an hour.
The German retreat in some Sec
tors was precipitate, Higginbotham
said. At several places, German Of
ficers left photographs Of their
wives or letters to relatives on their
desks and extra uniform in closets
The German high command COM
munique acknowledged that one
Allied armored reconnaissance group
had penetrated south Of Caumont
but claimed that 1t was completely
annihilated." All other Allied at
tacks were repulsed, the communique
said.
Pave Way
British armored forces paved the
way for the break through with a
brilliant swinging movement around
the German flank at Tilly-Sur.
Seulles to join UP with an American
column near Balleroy. nine miles
to the west.
The United Anglo American forces
then struck south In extremely open
fighting, drove complete through
the enemy defenses and emerged
into open country. The advance
threatened to roll UP the entire
Caen Baston, where bitter tank and
infantry fighting has been raging
almost continuously for three days.
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dated their positions along the south

dated their positions along the south
bank Of the Pescara river.
Allied light bombers and fighter
bombers continued their steady
pounding Of enemy transport lines
and troop columns yesterday, while
formations Of medium bombers hit
shipping In Livorno (Leghorn) har-
Dor and road and rail bridges in
north-central italy.
Only two enemy planes were
sighted over the battle areas and
both were destroyed. In all, the
Allied air forces flew 2,100 Sorties,
including mass heavy bomber raid
on Munich, Innsbruck and Porto
Marghera, at a cost Of 70 planes.
Thirty five enemy planes were de-
stroyed.
Naval Units
British light naval units crossed
the Adriatic Saturday night to bonn
bard Lussinpiccolo, on the enemy
held island Of Lussino, and force
of u British destroyers sank Nazi-
E-Boat off the Dalmatian coast On
the following night.
The text Of the ground forces
communique:
I'm the Adriatic sector, the adj
vance continues and our troops have
consolidated their positions and
gains up to the river Pescara.
North OF Rome, our troops are
closing In on Narni and, west Of the
Tiber, on Bagnoregio, where hard
fighting has taken place the last two
days.
"Gains were made east and west
Of Lake Bolsena.
ION the coastal sector, Our troops
encountered increased resistance
south Of Orbetello, developed their
threat to the mountains to the north
and, late on June 10, took the road
junction Of highway 1 and highway
a."
Reconnaissance elements are
moving farther north:
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philippines and Tokyo, was the
fourth major blow by Pacific fleet
forces on Japans Island chain across
the Central Pacific since mid-Feb.
ruary. The first came on Feb. 10 and
II at Truk In the Carolines, where
% ships were sunk, seven probably
sunk and 2l0 planes destroyed. Four
days later, the feet destroyed 1856
planes and two ships in the Mari
anas. Then on the last three days
of March, the task force hammered
at Palau, $50 miles east Of Truk, to
destroy or damage as ships and 2l4
planes. '
Besides the big toll In the new
Marianas raids. the Japanese also
lost seven vessels and probably an
eighth Monday In Geelvink Bay,
Dutch New Guinea, during an at
tack by long-range Loberators under
Gen. Douglas MacArthurs COM
mand.
New Intensity
While the offensive from the sea
continued to increase steadily, the
aerial campaign against the jap
anese important island bases
reached a new peak Of intensity as
Nimitz' and Macarthur's heavy
bombers rained new blows on Truk
and Palau.
Southwest Pacific Liberators
struck the carlines bastion for the
seventh consecutive day Sunday
adm also hit Palau In day and night
attacks for the fourth straight day.
Seventh Army Air Force Liberators
returned over Truk the following
day to complete the seth land.based
assault by central and southwest
Pacific flyers on the big enemy base.
MacArthur's drive on road back
to the Philippines also was aided by
the disclosure that American planes
began using the captured Mokmer
airdrome on Biak Island Tuesday
and that ground troops were adj
vancing steadily toward the islands
two other airfelds-Borokoe and
Sorido.
Biak, In the northern part Of
Geelvink Bay, Is less than 300 miles
from the Philippines and only $50
miles south Of the Palau Islands.
Six enemy planes raided the
American positions on Biak, Mac
arthurs communicate disclosed. but
three were shot down and probably
two others. An American destroyer
was hit in the attack. the COM
munique said, and some casualties
and damage desulted.
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The three Democrats. all favoring
fourth term for President Roosevelt
baked the two Republicans who
wanted to challenge Hillman's ac-
tivitles.
Thus the congressional effort to
check or embarrass Hillman's activi-
ties must be made In the House
That Is where Rayburn comes in
The House campaign expenditures
committee will be named by Ray
burn, probably this week, after the
House has passed the customary
resolution authorizing such a cam
paign-year undertaking.
The House resolution this yeal
differs from those In the past which
merely instructed the investigators
to look into the campaign contribu.
tions Of persons, firms. corporations
and organizations. Two anti.
Roosevelt Democrats persuaded the
House rules committee to broader
the resolution with a lot Of techni'
cal language which boils down X
this: The committee specifically
shall investigate not only the usua
contributions, but, also, the contri'
buttons Of labor unions to candi.
dates for office and the contribu.
tons Of labor unions TO political Of
labor political organizations.
In other words, the House. II Il
adopts that resolution, will have
Instructed its committee to inquire
particularly into the election-year
activities OF Hillman and his PAC
The men who thus sought to put
tie PAC on the spot were Rep.
Reward w. smith r.. Va, and Rep
9. uathlugs, o., All.
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awarded to firms In which Rohl was
the controlling factor"
On Dec. Z, 1040-One year before
the Japanese attack--Rohl was said
to have signed $l25, 900, 600 in con-
tracts, including one calling for
construction, and completion within
six months, Of aircraft warning sys-
tetms on Oshu and Kausi islands,
The time schedule was not met, the
subcommittee said.
Planes Detected
CThe approach Of the planes ac-
tually was detected by soldier who
was manning a listening device OF
his own volition, but his warning
was not heeded.)
III is not simply matter of con-
lecture, based upon unsupported
theorizing In the course Of these in-
vestigations. but drawn from the
scientific knowledge Of experts that
had the permanent aircraft warn
ing stations been operating Dec. T.
1871, the approach Of the japanese
planes would have been detected.
The subcommittee said.
"Col. Wyman," the report contin-
ued, a. consistently discriminate
against the field in favor Of Hani
Wilhelm Rohl and his associates, es-
tablished a reputation for irregular.
tiles IN the performance Of con-
tracts, failed to complete important
defense projects on time and gained
an unfavorable reputation as to per.
sonal habits"
Decorated
The subcommittee noted that wy.
man had been awarded the distin.
guished Service Medal for "excep.
Lionally meritorious" service In Hon.
olulu from Oct. IL. le4l, to March
IS, 1912, covering the period Of the
Rohl contracts. After his Hawaiian
assignment, he was named ofiiceI
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American units were striking up
along the west shore and British
forces up the east side in a pincers
thrust against Orvieto key high
way and road junction.
The Americans pushed on through
Latera, four miles north Of the
highway IA junction at Valentano,
and were reported approaching Ora
dol, two miles beyond Latera, yes
terday.
Reports
On the east side Of the lake. the
Germans were reported falling back
after two days Of bitter resistance
under relentless attack by British
armored columns. The Allied force
was reported approaching Bolsena,
on the north shore Of the lake eight
miles south Of Orvieto and about
seven miles east Of the advancing
Americans.
British 9th Army units simultall-
eouSly were reported moving slowly
northward on both sides Of the
Tiber. one column pushed on 10
miles northeast Of viterbo to point
about 4S miles above Rome against
Sporadic enemy opposition.
A second 9th Army formation
swung UP the east bank Of the Tiber
several miles bepond captured Meg
liano for a gain Of about four and
one-half miles in two days, driving
to within about seven miles Of
Terni and about the same distance
from Narni.
Occupy Towns
On the Adriatic coastal flank,
British troops followed UP the re-
treating enemy to occupy q number
Of unidentified towns and console
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including the giant Shell-Koola7
plant on the Danube river five
miles south Of Budapest. Good
bombing results were obtained or
all targets.
second attack today on German
territory by Allied planes. Raj
bombers made their first night at
tack on Munich from Italian bases
before dawn, when they concen-
trated on the main railway station
in O follow-up Of yesterdays as
sault.
The German DNB agency report
ed that American bombers, escorted
by strong fighter formations, enter.
ed the Hungarian area today and
were engaged by German fighters
over Lake Balton and West Buda-
pest. .
While Lebartors and Flying Fort
resses were spreading havoc among
the German supply routes to the
front, approximately 300 Marauders
and Havocs split into small task
forces to smash at 10 communica-
lions targets-eight Of them just
south Of the battle zone In Nor
mandy and two near Paris.
The attacks were made between
7:30 and o o'clock this morning and
were concentrated on roads 10 to 20
miles south Of the beachhead in an
attempt to create roadblocks and
bottlenecks in the flow Of German
truck horne endorsements and sup
plies.
Marauder
One marauder was lost In the
morning operations which took the
bombers over Beaugency and Cloyesr
some distance south OF the battle
zone: Gallardon in the Paris area
the rail embankment at Chartres
and a cluster of six road and rail-
targets just behind the German
lines. They were Fleurs, Talaise
Vimoutiers. MeMdon, Wire and
Aunay Sur Odon.
The marauders and havocs found
anti aircraft fire generally light.
In the third major early morning
operation, strong formations Of Pisa
Lightnings P-47 T'hunderbolts and
Psi Mustangs ranged across q
wide area to attack ground installa-
tons and enemy shipping,
The Allied air support, both stra-
logically and tactically. was de-
scribed officially at supreme head
quarters as wonderful" with the
operations satisfactory every day"
Todays operations followed q
night Of comparative lull. in which
heavy bombers In this theater re-
NAMED aground. although Mosqui-
toes carried out attacks on raj
functions, road traffic and bridges
in the battle area without loss. One
of the principal targets was the rail-
yard at Mezidon, 20 miles southeast
Of Caen, where large fires were
started.
It was announced officially that
between 1900 and 1000 forties were
flown yesterday despite the bae
weather during the afternoon.
In the early evening, when the
ceiling lifted, the Allies opened one
of the most concentrated efforts
yet made, hitting six bridges ane
other communication targets south
Of the battle area.
During the entire operations yes.
terday, 1t was estimated that around
a000 tons of high explosives were
dropped on German military tar
gets. The Ninth Air Force an
nounced that 1t lost 10 fighters a11t
four mediums yesterday while shoot.
ing down three enemy planes.
The Germans made series o.
small attacks on Allied troops arie
unloading beach areas last night
but night patrols shot down I'VE o.
the enemy craft after the GROUND
forces suffered some casualties.
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AUDIENCE WITH KING.

London, June 14.-(UP)-Gen.
George G. Marshall, chief Of star OF
the U. s. Army, and Gen. Henry H.
Arnold, commander Of q. s. Army
Air Forces. were received In audi
ence by King George VI at Buck.
ingham palace today.
The king had q long conversation
with both generals.
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FOUR GIRLS ESCAPE

birmingham, Mass, June "a -
(U.P0-Four young women escaped
from the birmingham Womens
Reformatory early today In violation
Of the institutions honor system
under which inmates have freedom
OF the grounds.
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! lently anti-Roosevelt II have
nothing against him as man." he
was saying, but a 9Th Term would
be the worst thing that could hap
pen. It Just mustn't happen, that's
all there Is to It. Terrible thing,
absolutely terrible. Next thing you
know we'll have q Huey Long"
"Well," he was told, that's your
opinion. But you can't deny this.
You personally and nearly all
around you have prospered under
this President In the past dozen
years. Why do you want q changer"
His reply was drowned in the
laughter Of a gay group, all Of whom
make salaries Of $1,000 or more per
week He and his family prac-
tically lead the annual lists Of 1.-THE
highest salaried people In the u
S. A."
New York Novelette,: The other
day Betty Schenck Ca member OF
the Electrical and Radio Workers
Union) was given the honor Of pre-
senting to the Mayor Of New York
check in the sum of 100000
To be used by the Red Cross and
Greater N. Y. fund The gift was
the combined efforts Of the CIO
and the Sperry Co. The larg-
est amount ever raised by labor
and management. A gala day for
Betty - who helped raise most OF
that coin That night friends
brought her the final editions Of the
papers To show her the stories
and her photo What they didn't
know was that the same editions
carried the name Of her soldier htis-
band Listed among those killed
in action.
The Late Watch: Celeste Holm
one of the stars in oklahoma, Is
being tested at Goth for Band
wagon. No contract. She just wants
to find out II she's good >. AL
though most of their stars were IN
uniform or having babies-both goth
and Metro last year coined more
money than ever when Old
New York Was Young" Chased on a
Gus Edwards song title) Is new
radio program by Arthur Caesar. 1t
will star James J. Walker. Western
Union may sponsor . Most hated
guy in Hollywood is a chap sus-
pected Of being the stool pigeon
for local gendarmes on REFER
smokers among orchestraS PMS
movie oracle, John McManus, Will
run for public office. Three parties
endorse him Angela Greene, a
pretty person, is tened with various
movie beaux, but chums hear she
will wed the son Of the EXAM
bassador to Britain -. Runninger's
martial matters will be settled out
of court Jessica Dragonette de-
MES being secretly married to that
handsome six-footer always with
her.
Broadway COnfucius: In Holly
wood Most Gals Get a Jerk Long
Before They Get an Oscar.
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