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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-28

John F. Barry, Jr., son Of John F.
Barry, 125 Fiske street, has begun
training as an aviation cadet at the
U. S. naval flight preparatory school
at williams College, Williamstown,
Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-28

PIERPONT-Mrs. Sarah Eliza
beth (Slater) Pierpont, wife Of Will
fred E. Pierpont. ST., formerly Of
Dwight street, Waterville died Sat-
urday. Born June IA, 1852. in VOL
colt, she was q daughter Of the late
Andrew and Lucy Robinson Slater.
She was a member Of st. Paul's
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-28

Mary Perrella, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. James Perrella, Geddes
Terrace, has been sworn into the
WAVES and will begin training
shortly at Hunter college in New
York city.
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3 3WoyB Blow Is Foreseen
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This front has already begun in the biggest air attack in all his tory. which will soon be followed by great land attack as well. This land attack from the west has been so long awaited and SO much publi- cised that there is a great risk that distorted conception may arise as to the coming operations.
 Tt would be well to bear in mind that however gerat and important this attack will be it will be only one of three such fronts of attack The issue of the great battle for Europe may not be decided by this fornt or by either of the other two fornts but by all three combined"
 Turning to the postwar world, Shuts said that a new world or- ganiSation for security against war would almost inevitably be an im- proved and refromed version of the old League of Nations.
 The great powers who win the war should be made responsible in the first instance he said, for keep ing the peace at least for the transition period until more per- manent scheme for effective police supervision of the world can be worked out.
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another would take his place at the

another would take his place at the guns.
 When at last the Poles held the entire defense position, the Germans counter attacked for six hours and tried to take it back.
 The monastery itself was an al- most impossible shambles from weeks of aerial and artillery bomb- ardment. Great chunks of stone were piled under the shattered walls and roofs. Half a dozen en- frances led down into the bowels of the Abbey, where two beautiful chapels still stood undamaged. In one figure of Christ looked down from the wall. It seemed to have an expression of horror on its face.
 The chapels were filled with Ger man blankets, supplies and even mortar shells. There were German pine-up pictures on the walls. A second Lieutenant who led the first Polish platoon into the Abbey raised the Polish National flag on a 25-foot pole at the highest remain ing point of the Abbey. The British Union Jack followed it a few minu- tes later and American and French flags were sent for.
 The Poles swarmed into the Abbey itself without shot being fired. The Germans who had defended the heights around it for 27 hours of grim, no-quarter fighting had fled during the night. Officers said We'd nesday's fighting was the most fer ociouS of the Italian campaign.
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NOLltlL1uCu HUH ENSO ~ not be retained as minister of war, reliable sources reported.
 The government dismissal move was made by the king after weeks of consultations with British officials including accarding to YugooslaV circles, Prme Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden.
 Yugoslav quarters said that the chandge in the government was move to establish regime accept able to Broz and that 1t had been planned by the king for some time, They said he had been forced to postpone action until he could find a suitable person to form the new government.
 The new cabinet, it was said, would be representative of all Yugo- slav parties - including, perhaps, delegates from the national libera. ton movement of Broz.
 Some quarters believed that King Peter may even instruct Mikhailo- witch to attempt a reconciliation with Tito. Partisan quarters in London pointed out that any one fighting the Germans would be con- sidered an ally, thus leaing the door open for Mikhailoitch to come to some sort of an agreement.
 Zurich, who became prime minsi- ter year ago when the cabinet of Milos Prifunoitch fell August 2. l943, after failying to agree on declara- tion of foreign policy, and the post war structure of Yugoslaia, has been the object of recent attacks by the free Yugoslav radio and the pro- Tito south Slav committee in Lon- don.
 Both charged he leaned toward the political clique which signed pact with the Axis.
 Subasic left Yugoslaia with the government in April, l94l, and went to the United States. He is one of the leaders of the Croat peasant party and 1t was considered signifi- cant that he is well-liked by the Serbs.
 He has held himself aloof from the internal strife of the subsequent Yugoslav governments but was one of the first to acknowledge the im- portance of Tito's moement within Yugoslavia.
 Yugoslav circles in London pre- dicted that there would be sur prises" when the new YugoSlav cabinet is announced.
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Chinese columns advancing through China's western Yunnan Province toward the Burma border.
 The Japanese. apparently trickeo into shifting troops from the Myit- kyina area. threw the main weight of their connter-attack against the Tatangtzu and Pingka sectors at the central and southern wings oi the Chinese front.
 Particularly bitter fighting ragged around Tatangtzl, and United Press War Correspondent Albert Raven holt reported that the ruined vile lage changed hands twice Wednes- day.
 All reports indicated that the Chl- nese. supported by American fight. CT r-bombers. were beating back the enemy connter-blows and pushing ahead slowly, with casualties run- ming high on both sides.
 There vas no change in the sit. uation in china's Honan Province. where bitter fighting continued in the streets of Loyang for the fifth straight day. Ohangking spokesmen said 90 per cent Of the city still was held by the Chinese garrison. although the defenders were en. circied completely by superior eu. emy forces.
 Other Japanese aTInored columEs pounded westward along the Lung hal railway to within less than co miles of Tlngkwan. an important Chinese base On the eastern edge Of ehensi Province.
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 Russia spokesman who had no right to speak, an agent who rep resented nobody but himself"
 Characterizing the Russian pre- mier-marshal as "a calculating and unimpulsive politician" the Pilot said that "the Communist dictator is perfectly well aware that an em- bassy from Russia to the Vatican to discuss terms of agreemtnt would be cordially welcomed"
 "The bloody criminal past for which this eX-seminarian (Stalin) must one day answer to God need not necessarily be discussed. The Pope woul abe interested in just one point-iS the Soviet govern- ment prepared now to recognize it's peoples right to religious liber- ty? Since Josef Stalin chose to ig- nore normal procedure in this in- stance, one is driven reluctantly to the one possible conclusion: name- ly, that the advertised purpose of this latest mission to Moscow was not the real purpose.
 And once again, in the interests of that better world we all hope and pray for-since our new earth must not rest on a pier of lies let's face realities. Religious liber- ty does not exist in Russia today. That there are believerds left and a renaissance of faith among the young We may we'll believe. But this proes only that Stalin failed in a major objectie. He tried. He used terror, imprisonment and death. He employed education and oltarian mockery. Persecution was now io- lent. other times gently satirical and cabling. But for more than a quarter of a century persecution of religion under Stalin's auspices has been continuous.
 "The Communist intention in this matter Stalin's intention, is crys- tallized in that infamous article 124 of the Russian constitution: Free dom of Religious worship and free- dom of anti-religious propaganda is recognized for all citizens" One doesn't have to be lawyer to note the enormous difference between the meager sufferance Stalin per- mits to religious worship and the unlimited grant enjoyed by 'anti- religious propaganda.'
 Its about time for our slnuous military Ally to do little honest talking. He intends to allow the Atlantic Charter to operate inside Russia-or he does not. If he means to allow religious liberty, Pope Plus XII would welcome a mission from Moscow as the answer to the pray CTS for Russia which Catholics have been offering up for more than 26 years. It is the head of The church Stalin must approach, not one of its unauthorized members. And Stalin knows this. perfectly well-- has always known it."
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Strikes Kill
 WorLobor
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 Leaders of Local 490 UAW-CIO depreciated the importance of the soda pop" drivers dispute in the Chrysler situation, and charged that their members were locked out by management. Union members con- tinued to picket the plant.
 The union charge was flatly de- nied by Robert w. Conder, Chrys- Ter, labor relations director.
 Walter Monroe, U. s. conciliation service officer handling the case. said the truckers dispute over pop deliverymen was an important fac- tor" in the Chrysler dispute at its outset.
 In letter to R. J. Thomas, JAW International union president, Con- der said that the trouble began on April 29 when the CIO plant shop committee chairman informed the factory manager that the union would not peynit an American Fed- eration of Labor driver employed by the Dossin Food Products Co.,, to continue pop deliveries at the plant. Conder said the manager replied that the company would not direct the DoSsin company to dis continue deliveries.
 "On May 15," Conder said. "a group of CIO members forced & Dossin driver to take his truck out of the plant without making his deliveries. A steward and seven other participants clearly identified in this violent action were dis charged"
 The following day, Conder said. a group of CIO union members forced thre supervisors out of the plant.
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(C0ntinued rom Page 1) supply road running north to Pico parallel to and behind the Hitler line.
 BOmbardment
 Allied artillery already was bom- barding the Itri-Pico road. Farther north in rugged mountains below the Liri alley, French and Ameri- can troops fought their way over high ground and through narrow passes to seize several important heights, including 4,00o-foot Mt Faghetto, 6Is miles southwest of the Hitler line outpost of Esperia.
 Overlooking the Itri-Pico road, Mt. Faghetto lies some IT miles beyond the starting point of the of- fensive against the smashed Gustav line a week ago last night.
 Fifth Army forces also captured Mt. San Mario, two miles north of Esperia on the southern edge of the Liri valley, and worked their way up the slopes of nearby Mt. D'Oro a forward bastion of the Hitler line Mt. San Mario overlookS Pontecorvo another Hitler line stronghold.
 Overrun in the Fifth Army ad- vance was the illage of Bonticelli on the ESperia- Pontecorvo road The Germans sought to stall the AL lied adance alondg the road with many anti-tank weapons, but were forced into retreat again.
 Eighth Army Front
 On the Eighth Army front, Polish forces swarmed down from Monas- tery Hill overlooking Casino and pressed on in close pursuit of Ger man forces falling back along Via Casilina. At last reports the Poles were only a mile and half from Piedimonte, at the northern end of the Hitler line.
 British and Canadian elements of the Eighth Army, supported by tanks, drove westward on the south- ern flank of Via Castilini to within striking distance of the south Aquino airport, thus threatening the segment of the Hitler line be- tween Piedimonte and Pontecorvo
 The Anglo Canadian adance ex- tended the front some five miles beyond tn eRapido river, starting line of the Eighth Armys phase of the offensive.
 Allied planes of the Mediterra- mean air forces continued their strong support of the ground troops. pounding supply roads, railroad bridges, gun positions, ammunition dumps and other targets as far north as Spezia.
 Fighter bombers found especially choice targets along the roads inn mediately behind the Hitler line as the enemy, hastily reforming his line to meet new Allied thrustS. was forced to move tanks, guns and in- fantry by daylight.
 railways.
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Yonk Flyers
 Score Is High
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(Continued from Page D plane production had been cut to one-fourth the planned rate by AL lied bombing, and declared the Luftwaffe was practically without reserves and had been reduced to "just a shell" which he expected to see "crumble very shortly"
 "As it is now" he said, "every time the enemy air force tries to oppose one of our raids, 1t takes irreparable losses"
 wen have to continue bombing German industry just as long as the German people have the will to fight" he said. 'The Germans seem to hay ca large stockpile of machine tools and they have a re- markable facility for rebuilding a bombed factory in from six weeks to three months"
 Arnold revealed that 468. .39l tons of explosives were dropped on enemy targets up to the middle of this month, and that the Army air forces flew 746,353 sorties in this period.
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MEET, DOWN
 FURIOUS NAZI RESISTANCE
BY WALTER CRoNKITE


 London, May 19. = (UP) -- American heavy bombers were reported striking in great strength today and the Nazi radio said the raiders had broken through to Der lin in the face of furious Ger man fighter resistance.
 There was no immediate confirmation from U. s. 8th' Air Force headquarters, but Axis radio stations fell silent from Vichy to the Baltic coast and the Nazi home ra- dio service flashed repeated warnings of two huge Amer ican bomber fleets converg- ing on Berlin from the west and northwest.
 Violent air battles swirled over hundreds of miles of German ter- ritory. the Nazi broadcasts said, asserting that swarms of Allied fighters were covering both raiding formations.
 Berlin was last raided by the 9th Air Force heavies on May 8 when a fleet of 1000 flying fortresses and liberators and 1000 protecting fight. CTS hit the Nazi capital and the in- dustrial center of Brunswick. Thir- ty-siX bombers and l3 fighters were lost in that raid, but the Luftwaffe lost ll9 of its dwindling fighter plane reserves.
 Until today, bad weather had grounded the British-based Amer ican heavies since Monday, when a force of 200 liberators bombed ene- my invasion defenses in Northern France. Germany itself underwent its last daylight attack on Sunday "a double blow by 2,000 U. s. bombers and fighters on the Focke- Wulf plant at Tutow, and the Os- nabruck railway yards.
 RAF night bomberS, grounded Wednesday night by bad weather. were on the attack oevr Western Europe last night and enemy broad casts said single raiders penetrat- ed Northwestern Germany, but there was no immediate announce Inert of the targets.
 A few Nazi planes flew over Northern Scotland during the night without dropping bombs in an ob- vious attempt to scout out Allied invasion preparations.
 Mediterrainian- -based American flying fortresseS and liberators, al- most 750 strong, bore the brunt of the daylight offensive yesterday, smashing at the Ploesti oil fields in Romania and the Belgrade and his railway yards in Yugoslavia.
 The bombers were covered and escorted by powerful American fighter formations that swelled the combined raiding fleet to possibly 300 planes.
 The triple blow, aimed at the weakest links in the Nazi war ma chine-oil and rail communications -stung the Luftwaffe into action and about 100 enemy fighters rose to battle the Balkan raiders. Thir- teen were shot down by the fighter escort. Other enemy fighters were destroyed by the bomber gunners, but their claims were not tabulated immediately.
 The bombers struck through hea- " overcast that prevented full ob- Servation of the results at Ploesti and BelQrade and l3 failed to re- turn.
 Allied fighters and fighter -bomb- CTS from England carried out a Se- ries of Arranging sweeps yester- day, extending into the Orleans area of Central France, 240 miles inside the Channel coast. Three NaZ planes were shot down by the raiding fighters while other fight CT formations shot up highway tar- gets in Northern France and Bell gium without stirring up single enemy plane.
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 The Germans have betrayed in- creasing concern over the posSibil- ity of an Allied landing on the Danish peninsula or in the Hell goland Eight. which provide the shortest routes to Berlin and might open nup the Baltic to the Allied fleets.
 Radio Belgique, voice of the Bel gian exile government in London. told the people of occupied Bel gium that they should hasten their preparations for action when Allied armies strike into Europe.
 Tn a very few days, we shall give you further clear advice on certain important details the broadcast said. Have you completed your arrangements? Still little time re- mains for you to do so-but not much"
 The station reiterated its prev- ous warning to the people to keep of the roads when land operations begin.
 The Norwegian exile government also broadcast warning to it's peo- pie to ''obey all orders and signals" 1"
 The war has now entered It's decisive phase" the broadcast said.
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NO4AbAAAuCd HUH G0 0HC ~ boldly through the large town of Heraklion. Safe passage through more than 20 German control posts was insured by two command pen- nants flying from the car.
 Hundreds of German soldiers leav- ing theaterS stood at attention and saluted as the car passed through Heraklion.
 The car was abandoned about 30 miles beyond Heraklion and the party, with the general, embarked on a waiting British ship.
 The officers left note in the car explaining that the raid was made by & British patrol and that "any- repriSals against the local popula- tion will be wholly unwarranted and unjust"
 "Your general is an honorable prisoner of war and will be treated with all consideration due his rank, " the note added.
 The note ended with an "Auf ein baldiges wiedersehn" ("See you soonD and a postscript thanking the Germans for the use of the car but most sorry to have to leave 1t behind"
 Before the car was discovered next day, German planes scattered leaflets through guerilla occupied Cretan hills saying 1t was known the general had been abducted by ban dits and that unless he was re- leased in three days, all villages in Heraklion province would be de- Stroyed.
 Kreipe. AS, had arrived in Crete only five weeks before his capture. He had been a regimental com- mander during the German advance on Leningrad and a divisional com mander at the Kuban bridgehead in South Russia.
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 A third member of the party, Miss Alexandria Hamel. 76, didn't feel up to this city stuff" and went on side tour to visit relatives some where in New Jersey"
 An evening of window shopping" along Broadway'S gay white way, chaperoned by Mrs. Della Gorman. whose husband is superintendent of the infirmary, followed arrival at Grand Central Station which Brownie" (Mrs. Brown described as the biggest depot ever saw you could put North Adams inside it." Then came neck-craning to see all the tall buildings, riding esca- laters with Brownie" clutching her new veil-trimmed hat tightly with her fists every time and then ask ing for a second ride, and drinking two beers. the first either had tasted in 30 years, Last night, instead of a scheduled visit to night club, they went to their first radio broadcast, 50 We could sit down, quiet. and relax" They went to bed tired, but happy at l2:30 a. m.
 It vas Flora who always mention ed the beer first. She had saved up $l.80 from a quilt she had raffled of and wanted to treat"
 Dolled up in new dresses. their first permanents and first rayon stockings, the party had a little trouble on the train ride-especially with that Flora" who had never been on train before. She was all right. though, Mrs. German said, after she got the feel of the thing and decided it was safe to let go of the arm of her seat"
 The big trouble in New York came every time Mrs. German had to herd the girls" across a crowded city street.
 As Brownie" put 1t:
 ''I wish Miss Hamel was here. She's been around more and knows how to dodge those cars"
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 More than $500 tons of flax vas grown in Fire last veaY.
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country road Wednesday night. He killed Sherill with two shots from a .45 caiiber pistol. then assaulted his companion. Ruth Yates.
 Miss Yates said the slayer was dressed in khaki and wore an "over- seas" cap She said an army insignia apparently had been torn from the left shoulder Of his shirt.
 She said that she and Sherr.ll had attended a movie at nearby Manchester and were taking a short ride before returning home. The assaIlant approached the car as eheFrtll turned 1t around and fired two shots. one of which pierced the youths neck and the other his left shoulder.
 Tine slayer assaulted her and then forced her to drive seven miles and help him hide Sherrill's body. They re-entered the automobile and drove until the car ran out Of gasoline near Camp Forrest, she said. Then the man left her.
 Miss Yates hailed Q passing auto- mobile and returned to Tnllahoma.
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MISPLACED WORRY

Shreveport, La. - (UP) - Mrs Marjorie Emery became very dis turbed here recently when she thought her two children were get ting the measles. so she watched over them carefully for several days. Nothing developed. Finally, her husband. pilot instructor at the local airport, reported that it looked as though Mrs. Emery was the one with the measles. He was right.
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ACOntlnucQ rom Page D which these men met their deaths and an explanation of this failure to report the facts at once to the protecting power" Eden said.
 The names of the men shot were furnished by the Swiss representa- tive and the next-of.kin already have been informed, he added.
 The house will wish me to exc press its deepest sympathy with the relatives and pay tribute to the courage and high sense of military duty shown by all these gallant offieers," Eden said.
 Eden added that the German government was fully responsible for a breach of international law.
 He said the information was re. ceiyed in London only four days ago and that he immediately tele- graphed to Switzerland for further information.
 He said the government was con- sidering whether to publish the names of the victims.