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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04

"Abiding Faith"
II have an abiding faith that the
Negroes aren't going to vote in the
white mans Democratic primary"
said Rep. Nat Patton, D., Tex. Our
Democratic people in Texas will find
some way to work out Democratic
primary for white folks. The Me-
groes don't want to vote in an cleo
ton that is not for them"
Rep. Lindley Beckworth, D., Tex.
promised that "the people of Texas
will suitably take care Of the situa-
ton for Texas"
Sen. Burnet r. Maybank, D., S.
c., Democratic national commit
teeman, was disturbed" by the high
court ruling but predicted: I'VE In
South Carolina are going to do
whatever we can to protect our
white primaries"
Having just gone through the
bitter contest to protect the rights
Of states in the soldier voting bill,
I'm not surprised to see one Of my
greatest fears realized in the deci-
sion in the Texas case" commented
Rep. John H. Rankin, D., Miss. "AS
I pointed out then the Congress Of
the United States is the last hope
of constitutional government as we
know it,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04
Profiteerinq
In Dry-Eggs
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reported in the last few days Of
dried selling egg dealers that they
could not buy eggs from them be-
cause they were showed under"
Stitts wrote, land then accepting
these offers at lower price when
the dealer came down in price,"
He said that If driers expect to
receive this maximum price of $1.15
a pound for egg powder (the equiv
alent of three dozen eggs they
must pay the support prices of 80
cents dozen to dealers for shell
eggs.
Stitts ordered plant officials to
accompany offers with a signed
statement of costs. He warned them
that If the prices at which they
offered dried egg to the government
appeared inconsistent with their
average weekly costs, the govern
ment would lower prices and con-
tinue to do SO weekly until paying
prices in your area are again at
support price levels"
The VIA has been the target of
widespread criticism recently for
failure to maintain the egg market
at the 80 cent support price level.
Unparalleled egg production-16 per
cent above last year anG 80 per
cent above pre-war levels-has re-
suited in a steady decline in prices
since the first of the year. Many
farmers report they are getting only
IS or 20 cents a dozen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04
Russians
RoIIAheod
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between Ramnicul-Sara in the
foothills of Pennsylvania Alps anc
the Galati center of resistance.
The bottleneck constitutes the
gateway to Bucharest, and with its
complicated transport network pro-
videS the Germans with a variety
of possibilities for an attempted
stand.
Radio London reported that Rec
Army forces were more than IL
miles inside Rumania, encircling
German garrisons and wiping them
out)
More than so Rumanian towns
and villages were swept up my Mar
shall Ivan S. Konev's End Ukrainian
army in its first thrusts across the
Prut river border along a 70-mile
front curving to within eight miles
of Iasi, strategic railway junction
that formerly served as headquar-
tiers for German Marshal Fritz Erich
Won Mannstein.
The SovletS already had cut the
Iasi-Dorokhoi railway, forcing the
Germans to fall back 80 miles to the
Bucharest-Cernauti line for another
north-south supply line.
Northwest of the Rumanian front
Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's LIST
Ukrainian Army waged battle OF
humiliation against IS encircled
German divisions-normally $4,000
men-near Skala, 38 miles north
east Of Cernauti, and drove to
within 20 miles of the southeastern
corner Of the 1889 Bug river demar-
cation line across Poland.
The Russians killed 5000 Ger
mans and captured 1900 others yes
terday in the Skala pocket, reduc-
ing 1t to approximately 800 square
miles. The seven trapped infantry,
seven tank and one mechanical di-
visions were reported attempting
desperately to break out of encir-
clement, but instead were being
split up into isolated groups fol-
easy destruction by tank forma-
tons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04

bridled domination over the peoples
of Russia" the statement contin-
ued.
"In the territories cleared of the
Nazi invaders, the Soviet govern
ment is re-establishing its political
regime Of ls4WlesSness and violence
while prisons and concentration
camps continue to function, as be-
fore"
This war has not yet ended, but
already the tulers in the Kremlin
are preparing new generation for
the next war;" Kravchenka charged
Kravchenko said that he had
taken his action because many as
poets of Soviet policy had become
''repugnant and alarming"
Kravchenko said that he hoped to
be able to devote his energies to the
war effort in this country.
yr.Being aware of the methods OF
struggle employed by the Soviet
rulers against political opponents, u
Kravchenko said in conclusion, ~
fully expect that they will now be
used against me-, the methods OF
SANDER, provocation and possibly
worse"
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only a few islands, where 1t was
quickly overcome Nimitz reported.
Some prisoners were taken. On
Arno Island, a Marine detachment
under Capt. James Jones of Joplin,
Mo, was welcomed by natives to
a roast pig feast.
Disclosure of occupation Of the
Atolls conceded with announce
ments here and at Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's headquarters In Aus
tralia of two more air raids on
Truk and mother attack on Ponape,
boosting to 81 the number Of raids
on Japan's Caroline Island strong
holds in the past five days.
Solomons- based Liberators from
the South Pacific set fires visible
for so miles in dawn attack on
the Truk naval base island Of Dub
lon Saturday, while other LIBERIA
tors from the Central Pacific fol-
lowed through that night with an
other raid on the same objective.
Only weak opposition was report
ed. Three enemy fighters rose to
intercept the night raiders, but
neither they nor the light anti-air-
craft fire put up by shore batteries
damaged the Liberators.
The raids were the ninth and
10th on Truk in the five days ended
Saturday.
Seventh Air Force Mitchell lnedi-
rum bombers, also from the Central
Pacific, made the oath raid of the
war on Ponape in the eastern Caro-
lines Saturday, starting fires among
barracks and in the area used for
servicing planes.
Silence On Raid
Results Of the American naval
raid on the Palau Island, loss miles
west of Truk remained cloaked IN
radio silence pending the return OF
the task forces to friendly waters.
The raid began at dawn last We'd
neSday.
Nimitz's announcement Of the
consolidation Of the American hold
on the Marshalls identified the
newly occupied Atolls as Ujae, 100
miles west Of Kwajalein; Lac, few
miles from Ujae; Lib, 80 miles
southwest Of Kwajalein; Manu-, 40
miles southeast Of Kwajalein;
Ailinglapalap, $50 miles southeast Of
Kwapalein; Namorik, go miles
southwest Of Jaluit; Kill, SO miles
southwest Of Jaluit: Arno, just east
Of Maporo, ana Bikini. 200 miles east
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04
Mayor Names
Housing Unit
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The board of aldermen defined
and ruled upon the powers of the
authority and authorized the Mayor
at the time to appoint such board
Members chosen on the original
board were: John j. Driscoll, re-
appointee; Rev. Eugene Cryne, di-
rector of the Diocesan bureau whom
it is understood refused reappoint-
ment because of press of business;
William H. Simpson, who has NOV
ed from Waterbury and the late
William Harriss of the Lincoln
House, the latter being the advo-
cater of the boards institution, at
that time.
Recently the present board OF
aldermen reaffirmed the authority
Of the housing authority and auth
! orized Mayor Monagan to appoint
its new members. The board, &C.
cording to the regulations, must
consist of members none of whom
are employed by the city or directly
connected therein and are to serve
without remuneration.
The board may appoint its own
chairman and may hire any num-
Der of technical experts deemed
necessary, subject to approval by
the board of aldermen. It is a pub
lie, corporate body whose principal
duty is to provide suitable rents for
persons of the low income bracket.
It is expected that it will be active
in any of the city's proposed slum
clearance projects planned for after
the war.
1t is expected, also, that one of
the first moves on the part of the
Housing Authority will be to as
sumo full control of all the local
federal projects. 1t is understood
that the local boar dwould have
been revived sooner except that fed
eral authorities had questioned Ger
tain "technicalities" in the inter-
probation of the powers of the
Authority. Once the board assumes
control of these projects all en-
ployes will work under the jurisdic-
ton of the city.
The board will meet soon in it's
organizational meeting and it is ex-
pected at that time to choose a
chairman. 1t may also hire or ap-
point from within its members a
person to act as secretary to the
board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04
Miss KeIIems
Poses Coffee
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to these letters and where the let
tiers are at the present time"
She said she also would like to
know where Coffee and Pearson got
letters they claim Count zedtit4
wrote to her.
II have never seen the lettesv
from Count zedlitz referred to By
these two men," she said.
Coffee charged that Miss Kellens
was a menace to the American war
effort" and that she played Hit
ler's game by refusing to pay her
income tax
"On April 1st," she said in q sep
arate letter to Coffee, "the press
quoted you as follows: Il will let
the public judge her by the char
acter Of the epithets she has hurled
against me. haven't hurled any
I merely made statement Of facts
Are these statements I have quoted
from the Congressional Record the
ones to which you referred and are
these statements Of fact?"
Coffee had said:
when I charged on the floor Of
this house that Miss Kellems was
motivnted In her remarks by sedi-
tious enemy influence, I knew
whereof I spoke"
The text Of letters, which were
dated April 8, were released in New
York by Miss Kellems, operator Of
Connecticut war plant.
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opInvosion
Forces BIitzed
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with bombs and cannon fire.
Japanese tank columns, motor
transport, headquarters buildings
and "other targets" came under the
Allied aerial bombardment, and the
communique revealed that one tank
was destroyed, two others were dam
aged and six more suffered hits in
the Tamu area.
Every Successful"
A very successful dive bombing
attack also was carried out on a
japanese headquarters at Myothit,
the communique said.
The communique reported that
ground fighting had subsidized on
the entire Chin Hills front south
east of Imphal, capital of India s
Manipur State and one of the main
detectives of the Japanese invasion
forces. There was no new word,
however, on the progress of fighting
further north in the Somra Hills
and the lower Maya Hills, where
several enemy columns had driven
to within striking distance of Ko-
hima and had cut the Imphal-Ko-
hima highway at least temporarily.
(Radio Tokyo said Japanese units
had cut the highway Is miles north
of Imphal and were consolidating
their positions" for a general attack
on that city. The broadcast, re-
corded by the United Press, said
other Japanese forces were II miles
east of Imphal after 2O-mile adj
vance from the Burma frontier.)
Steady Advance
On the Central Burma front,
American and Chinese troops were
reported continuing their steady adj
vance southwark through the Mo-
gazing Valley and inflicting heavy
casualties on the retreating Japan
csc.
Indicating the speed of the adj
vance, the communique said, sis the
fact that the enemy is abandoning
his dead in pillboxes." "Air COM
mando'' units, presumably air.
borne British Imperial raiders, were
reported in action about 100 miles
further to the south where they
blew up a japanese ammunition
dump at Indaw, on the main Man
dalay-Myitkyina railway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04

Of Eniwetoi.
Dates of the occupations were not
disclosed, but they presumably oc-
Cured over a period of weeks fol-
lowing the capture of Kwajalein IN
early February. The other three
Atolls previously announced as in
American hands were EniWetok,
northwestern most Of the Mar
shalls; Wotho, between Kwajalein
and Eniwetok, and Majuro, south
east of Kwajalein.
New Landings
The new landings erected a Writ
ually impenetrable barricade be-
tween Japan's Caroline bases and
stranded Japanese garrisons on
Wolfe, Maloelap, Mill and Jaluit.
All four were bomber and strafed by
Mitchells of the 7th Air Force,
dauntless dive bombers and Corsair
fighters Of the 4th Marine Aircraft
Wing, and Navy Hellcat fighters
Saturday. Hits were made on run
way sand in storage areas.
In the South Pacific, medium and
light bombers dropped 80 tons OF
explosives on supply areas and docks
at Rabaul, japanese base at the
northern tip of New Britain. A
tremendous explosion was touched
off that shot flames 800 feet into
the air.
Reports from Bougainville Island
in the northern Solomons disclosed
that Japanese remnants in the Tor
okina sector of the American beach
head were Withdrawing, leaving be-
hind evidence Of mass burials that
indicate heavy losses in their recent
obortive attacks.
FOlI0w-Up
A Spokesman for Macarthur said
the admiralty islands campaign in
the northern Bismarck Sea could
be considered over following the
occupation Of Ndrilo and Koruniat
Islands, four miles north OF Manus,
Saturday against slight resistance.
OF 5000 Japanese troops originally
on the islands, he said, nearly 5000
were killed, 1900 wounded and rs
others were captured, and the rem
nants fled int4 the hills.
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Woleai. The ships sunk near Pa
lau and Woleai indicated that the
U. s. force may have caught some
of the japanese craft that Nimetz
reported last week had fled after
Japanese patrol plane sighted the
American force.
Knox said one curious aspect"
Of the attack was that there had
been a brief air raid alarm at Man.
lila in the Philippine islands. He
said he did not know whether one
of our planes had approached the
city or whether the Japanese mere
ly knew of the attack on the west
ern Pacific islands.
He read the text of q Japanese
communique reporting that two
American cruisers had been sunk
and toher ships damaged. He grinned
and commented
That's all that happened to US"
indicating his skepticism.
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Firms Peace
Sidetrocked
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Finland that conditions had not
been modified essentially by the new
terms. and there was virtually no
public confidence that peace could
be achieved.
(The London Daily Telegraph's
Stockholm correspondent reported
that unless every sign is wrong, the
Firms will flatly reject the Soviet
ArmiStice terms.')
The fact the Finnish parliament
did not meet secretly, despite earlier
expectations, and failed to receive
a government statement on the
peace terms caused surprise here.
The situation tended to strengthen
the belief in some quarters that
former Premier Julio K. Paasikivi's
mission to Russia will not result in
peace.
Some sources specialized that the
government had informed party
leaders of the results OF Paasikivic
activities and that the situation wa&
discussed by party groups yesterday.
South Africa has shark fishing
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Rumanian Capital
Hit For First Time
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supply and bolster their forces deS-
cribed by Moscow as falling back in
disorder before Soviet invasion
forces in northeast Rumapia.
Lieutenant General Carl A.
Spattz, commander of U. S. strate-
gic air forces over Europe, and
General Sir Henry Maitland Will
son, Allied commander in the Med
iterrenean theater, sent congratula-
tons on the splendid bombing" OF
Budapest.
Congratulations to the strategic
air force" Wilson messaged. well
DONE"
IT am very much gratified with
the operations Of the 18th Air Force
in the past two days." Spaatz's
message said. Keep up the good
work"
The Americans destroyed 20 Ger
man planes in the Budapest attack
yesterday. They hit the Budapest
rail yards, the Tokol aircraft fac
tory to the south, a nearby air field
a refinery, military barracks and
warehouses.
Fifty to 60 fighters tried to de-
fend the city. Three waves of Fort
resses carried out the first attack
on the Tokol factory, and pictures
showed $50 bomb craters in the
area as well as severe damage to
the main buildings.
Half an hour later Liberators in
two waves hit the rail yards and
oil refinery. The blanket Of smoke
obscLred the observation by recon-
naissance planes. Eighty hits were
seen in the rail yards.
Liberator and Wellington bonnie
ers carried on the Budapest attack
by night. They hit the Manfred
Weis Steel works and armament fac
tory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04

important rail center and main
supply center behind the southern
Red Army front, was the first of
the war by the western allies. Red
air force planes were reported to
have hit the city twice, a year
apart in September, 1941 and 1912.
Of1cials said the Germans were
making full use of BuchareSt's rail
facilities in desperate attempt to
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areas among Admiral Chester w.
NimitZ, Macarthur and Halsey.

areas among Admiral Chester w.
NimitZ, Macarthur and Halsey.
2. A doubling back Of South Pa
cif1c forces to mop up japanese iso-
lated in the Bismarck archipelago
and the northern Solomons.
3. Breaking up the entire COM
mand and allocating most south Pa
cific forces to Macarthur and MINI
itz. This would involve splitting up
the air forces with Halsey going to
a new command where his agrees
siveness, ability and hatred of the
Japanese would find new outlets.
Although observers believe the
Pacific war will last at least two
years more, they declared that the
Pacific war was ahead of its long
range schedule and expectations.
1.-THE whole Pacific war began
with with initial heavy resistance
which dininishes as we progress,
they said. 1--WE are thus able to
forge ahead faster than we ex-
pected."
The Japanese apparently have
withdrawn or are withdrawing in
side a defense line based on the
Marianas, Paulau, and Halmahera,
with Truk forming a salient jutting
out to the southeast.
Observers anticipate that Allied
high commanders are planning an
important role for Halsey in new
campaigns against these defenses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04
Walter WiIlcheu
In NezO York

our military for services He
was arrested last week because Of
his anti-Allied remarks in his ele-
CANT duplex Park Avenue apartment
the rent paid by you-$8OO a
month.
Mrs. Henry McLemore, wife Of the
newspaper colyumiSt (now in uni
form, has clicked with her pinch
hitting. Climbing, we hear, along
his syndicate railway They tell
you that a prominent defense at
torney spent some time in a mental
institution last Summer A re-
Gently arrested Jap agent Che posed
as former general in the Chinese
Army was once the companion OF
femme hotel figure &. The Hays
Office, gahblessem, cleaned up the
film version of up in Mabel's
Room" by making the producer
change the stepins (of the stage
version) by a bra A prominent
movie exec just missed getting into
the same jam with Joan Berry,
Chaplin's nemesis. She was doing
the things, sleeping on his doorstep,
etc. Nedc~"se Hutton, currently
the richest girl in New York, is Sc
riously romancing with 1t. P. Ewald
Of the Navy.
Intimates of theatrical pair
fear another Lonergan murder
because neighbors hear their in
ceSsant battling in midtown hotel.
They beat each other up at least
once a week, they say In the
last three months American ship
builders according to insiders)
have matched the entire Jap mer-
chant marine =. Govt doctors pre-
dict that a lowering Of At stand
ards would yield only per cent OF
the nations war personnel needs. j.. 4.
The War Dept is holding up the
series Of Ernie Pyle broadcasts from
the front The o. k. Is expect
ed, however The armed forces
now purchase 100000 copies of a
digest mag each month - which
angles its editorial comment.
One Of cafe sOciety's newer pests
Is a peanut-eating barriSter. He was
flattened the other middle of the
night for sharing his peanuts with
another fellows gal Arthur
Hammerstein, who was desperately
Ill, is now fully mended He's
10 and more peppery than he has
been in years Radio Rowgues
suspect that CBSensor Paul White
will marry the lady with whom he
collabs on air scripts Sgt. J.
Cannon ex-reporter-colyumist, is
improving in an Army hosp
Columbia Broadcasting will be hit
hard by the new draft rules. More
than 200 are now classified nom
essential -. One of our most IA
nous (and everlasting) glammer
girls is in the clutches of an expen-
slve gigolo The Young Kauf-
mans are paying $210 a month for
the apartment in which Lonergan
murdered his wife. Fully furnished
except candle-sticks (the murder
weaponO, but many of their SUPER
stitious friends are afraid ito visit
them there Flash: No Dies Com
mittee subpoena as we Ho, Hum to
press.
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Soviet Official Resigns
Scoring Red Methods
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THE Russian people are subject
ed, as before, to unspeakable OPP
preston and cruelties, while the
NKVD acting through its thousands
of spies, continues to WELD its I'M
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MoyEschew
Primaries

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Truk Assault
Be Pushed

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South Africa has shark fishing
craze.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04

Influential appeasers are exerting
strong pressure to have a former
NaI spy released. He was arrested
by the Dept. of Justice last week
/. This column was the first to
reveal that this man (once snapped
by Russia for seven Russian agents.
was writing articles for New York
paper under another name - and
I at the same time was being paid by
The sub., 1944-04-13
Special Committee
 Picked by Painters

On Sunday morning, April 3, 1924, all painters who have any dirty money premiums at stake, attended or were represented at special meeting of this group held at the Union Office.
 The meeting received a cor1- plete report from Attorney Charles Suisman, President Arthur c. Ward and Business Agent Harold W. Cruise upon the present status of the retroactive dirty money and the special problems involved.
 The group present at the meet ing, after a thorough discussion, selected special committee and gave 1t authority to accept any solution which the committee found to be just and proper. The committee selected included Hugo FitzPatrick, Justine Osmer, Leo Cesarini, John H. Wood, Christo- pher Flanagan and Art Buttery.
The sub., 1944-04-13

>rectly classified as pipe filters, this definition was rejected by the COm- pany.
 The Company was willing to re- classify a number of pipe filters i'm to second class coppersmiths. This would give them an increase of four cents per hour instead of the twelve cents per hour which the Union is asking.
 The Company took this stubborn attitude even though the copper smiths representatives presented convincing proof that, in many in- stances, two men who were doing exactly the same work, side by side, were not classified the same; one worker would be getting only $1.2O per hour because he is called a pipe filter and yet the other worker, who is classified as a cop- persmith and doing the same york; would be receiving $1.32 per hour.
 In accordance with the grievance procedure of the contract, the Reg ional Director of the War Labor Board in Boston has been jointly requested by the Union and the Company to name an arbitrator to come to Groton to investigate and hear both parties and then decide the question. The expenses of the arbitrator will be shared equally by the Union and the Company.
 The Union is urging an immedi- ate assignment of an arbitrator to settle this question which has been pending since July, 194S, and ex- poets to have no difficulty in get- ting a fully retroactive decision.