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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-22
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orite appears. About S5 to date. ;. Quite Q cat-fight at Town House CLOS Angeles) between Q femme Chicago socialite and the newsstand lady Saxine Brady and Le- nore Lennon furnished the sudden explosion at Cerutti's the other ante meridian. Whewi =. Floridas O. O. Andrews will be opposed in the 1046 U. s. Senate race by Gov. Holland, who retires in Jan. Joseph P. Kennedy is buying up considerable real estate along Lexington avenue Y. Nick the Greek and Tex Guin- ans brother, Tommy, now own one of the biggest gaming joynts in Las Vegas The brain dept in the New Jersey court victory of James Cromwell in the suit against his wife, Doris Duke) was Wm. Jaffe The curse still holds for any new play listed ahead of Angel Street" in the amusement ads. "A Highland Fling" folded as feared. .. The spirit of the cast in Dream With Music" is this: They will work less for nothing to see what happens in the next two weeks .. The night clubs can lose 30 per cent of their business (because of the new 30 per cent tax) but the U. s. Treas ury will still get what 1t got be- fore,
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gains scored by the Fifth and Eighth Armies.
 The intensity with which the Germans intend to contest the bat tie for Rome was reflested by the fact that ali their reserves now were in the line or definitely com mitted to specified sectors.
 They had drawn numerous troops from the Adriatic front across the Appenines into the battle areas and put in the 278th infantry division from northern Italy, as well as the 36th Panzer division from the Anzio Beachhead area.
 One regiment of the 18th Panzer Grenadiers division went into acc tion on the Aerracina front, but the remainder of that division still had not appeared nj battle.
 Reinforced on the coastal wing, the Germans came out strong with tanks when American patrols stabbed at Terracina this morning
 Extended by the swift push down from Fondi. the American van- guard fell back under the impact of the counter-assault, but at ths same time continued consolidating its positions above the Appian way
 The American forces were held up outside the town. and only pa- trols ever entered Terracina itself.
 French troops supported by Amer. ican tanks penetrated the weak hinge of the third or swing" line behind the Hitler belt while the Americans were setting the pace foI the Allied advance with the push to Terracina with an overall advance of more than IS miles in 48 hours.
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 heels of Wednesdays task force raid on the Japanese naval base at sOe- rabaja, Java. offered another dem- Onstration of the U. S. Navy's abil- ity to attack Japan's vulnerable Pacific Empire on tar-flung fronts.
 The text of the Japanese broad- cast announcing the e0mmunique:
 "Tokyo - Imperial headquarters announced at s o'clock Monday aft- ernoon that an enemy task force appeared in the waters to the east of the B0nin Islands lOgasawara Islandsl Saturday and attacked MiamltOTi Ehifna lMarcus) from the air on Saturday and Sunday.
 'sFhe Japanese garrison on the is- land. immediately intercepting the enemy planes, shot down more than 32 enemy aircraft. Damage on our side was negligible"
 The Japanese said et carrier based planes made i've attacks on Marcuf Saturday. American planes. subma- Tlnes and destroyerS searched the nearby waters and rescued airmell forced down at seq, Tokyo reported
 sOuF garrison units ilercely pound- cd these surface craft and Ia tWc barrages scored many direct hits oEl an enemy submarine which probably was sunk" . broadcast said.
 The next day 3e planes again hil the Japanese positions, striking twice from high altitude. Tokyo claimed 2s raidlng planes were de- strcyed the first day and nine the second.
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(The British radio quoted the Nazi party organ Voelkischer Beobach- ter as predicting a German with drawal to northern Italy soon. The broadcast quoted the Na1-controlled Scandinavian telegraph bureau as saying the organ reported that Mar shal Albert Kesselring will abandon Terrain when necessary without re- gard to prestige. adding: Prom what can be judged now. the Ger man withdrawal will continue until it reaches northern Italy. Only the German high command can decide where it will order the German troops to make a decisive stand.")
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pockets effectively would end all or ganized Japanese resistance in northeastern Burma and clear the way for extension of the Ledo supply road beyond Myitkyina into western China.
 Meanwhile, a special order of the day from Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten's headquarters revealed that Stillwel lhad been given com plete command of all Allied forces in northern Burma, including the British Chindit forces operating across the enemy'S supply lines south of Myitkyina and Kamaing.
 Initial Stage
 Simultaneously, a Chungkine communique announced that the initial stage" of the Chinese of- fensive across the Salween River ir China's western Yunnan province had been completed. Chinese forces were across the Salween River or a front of more than 100 miles and in position to strike directly vest ward toward Myitkyina to join Stillwell's troops.
 On the East Indian front, British Imperial troops launched repeated attacks on enemy positions north and south of ImphaL
 Indian Gurkha troops were astride the Tiddim highway below Imphal in the rear of the enemys main forces, and communique said rem- nants of the crack Japanese 33rd Division had been isolated c0m- pletely on the road by a landslide touched off by Allied bombers at a bottleneck point 43 miles south of Imphal.
 Planes Stab
 American and Chimes planes Of the i4th U. s. Airforce smashed repeatedly at Japanese positions on the SalWeen front Q nd in the H0nan Province area of central China. where Chinese troops were reported still holding Loyang after more than q week of bitter street fighting.
 Scores Of Japanese trucks and armored ears were destroyed in Q series Of bombing and strafing ate tacks on highways in the Yellow River and Yangtse River areas.
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 patch from Myitkyina that Amer ican and Chinese troops held one- third of the city Saturday night and were beating the enemy back through the streets in a bloody, house-to- house battle.
 Japs Outnuinbered
 The outnumbered Japanese garri- son, cut off from all escape or re- inforcement, fought for every street intersection and fortified House and Hewlett's dispatch said the attack ing Allied troops were paying in lives for every yard or ground gained.
 The Myitkyina railway station in the eastern part of the city. only 2,O00 feet from the Irrawaddy River. was held by Chinese troops late Saturday after changing hands three times Friday. The firercest fighting, however, ragged in the bazaar section northwest of the station, where the entrenched Japan- &sE skAa " " NAb gAt VI kkt@at Fss&~ boxes with bayonet and grenade.
 Allied Artillery raked necessarily at the enemy positions and AneFi- can fighters and tighter-bombers maintained an air-tight cover over the Chinese American ground forces. Hundreds Of Japanese tried to flee across the Irrawaddy in small boats and Fafts. only to be slaught- cred by Iow-flying American war. planes.
 While the battle for Myitkyina raced toward its climax. other Allied troops eiosed-in from al sides on the enemy stronghold at Kainaing. in the lower Mogaung valley, where the main Japanese forces in northern Burma now were believed to have been concentrated.
 Lieutenant General Joseph ". Stillwelrs Chinese troops Emashed down the valley from the north to within eight miles of Kamaing. and official reports said BritiSh-led Chinese raiders had closed off the southern approaches to the town.
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BEG and the U. s. Office of War Tnformation's new propaganda sta- ton AbSie continued to relay Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's operation orders to underground patriots in occupied Europe in English, French, Dutch, Flemish, Danish and Nor- wegian. Absie alone utilized % dif- ferent wave lengths to urge the pa triots to gather all information pos sible about German occupation forces.
 The semi-official Eoviet newspa- per UPravda said that the success of the Allied offensive in Italy had caused grave concern in Germany because it demonstrated that the Allies have sufficient strnegth to break any fortified line.
 "The Germans cannot but under stand that the Italian front is close- ly connected with the forthcoming invasion" Pravda said.
 German press reports indicated that the Nazi command was rush. ing @ new line of Qualifications in East Prussia in an attempt to re- pei any Soviet advance toward Germany itself in conjunction with the opening of the western front.
 The Berlin correspondent of the Stockholm newspaper Svenska Dag blade quoted the Munich Neueste Nachrichten as saying that the German labor service in East Prus- sia was carrying out work which Inc longer can be ignored by the Ger man military command in view oi East Prussia's exposed position"
 From Stockholm also came a re- port to the London News Chronicle tlaat French workers escaping tc Sweden said Allied raids had cut Germany's U-boat production to onG submarine in three weeks. How. ever, the French refugees said the Luftwaffe still has plenty of bomb. CTS, fighters, air crew and oil. Fooc also appeared sufficient in Ger. many, the French said.
 New British railway timetables were published yesterday and though the reduction in service was far less drastic than anticipated, authorities said the schedules were subject the whole time to military necessities and to alterations at short notice"
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 burg's sprawling factories and rail- way lines before the Nad defenses could go into action.
 Duisburg, just 25 miles east of the German-Dutch border, lies no miles from the fortified North sea coast, and is a vital bottle-neck on the rail lines extending from the industrial Ruhr valley to the west wall.
 Packs of German night fighters attempted to beat off the British raiders, but most of them reached the scene after the first shattering explosions racked he city. The Nazi fighters dropped flares to illuminate the bombers and attacked the raid- ing formations in reckless disregard of their own anti-aircraft barrage.
 Returning pilots said fierce aerial battles ragged on for a full hour, un- til the bombers reached the North Sea coast on their homeward run.
 Strike In Wake
 Striking in the wake of 2O00 AL lied fighter planes that blasted a trail of destruction all the way from the French coast almost to the Polish border yesterday, the British heavyweights also raided objectives in Hanover. central Germany, and an airfield in Belgium.
 The completion of an extensive naine-Iaying program" completed the nights operations, which cost 30 aircraft, the air ministry said in a communique.
 The heavy assault on Duisburg at the western end of the Ruhr carried forward another stop the Allied plan to snarl Germany's main colnmuni- cations in advance of the opening of Q western land front.
 Duisburg's huge railway bridge, one of the largest across the Rhine. and it's sprawling railway yards were believed the main targets, but the docks and warehouses lining the greatest inland haTbor in Europe also presumably were hit by a great weight of bombs.
 4 few German planes were re- ported over southeast England and north and northeast Scotland, last night, presumably seeking a clue to the imminence of an Allied invasion Of western Europe. Bombs were dropped at one point in Kent, where some casualties. but little damage, was reported.
 American MaTauder Medium bombers escorted by Lightnings and T'hundeTboldts of the U. 6. Ninth Air force this afternoon attacked targets in Northern France, tnelud. Ing the German alrfield at Beau- mont Le Roger.
 More than 2.000 American, British and Allied Fighters strafed 800 railway trains, as well as airhelo hangars and buildings. trucks fae- tories, flax towers. canal locks and baTges. electric power lines and transformer stations, yesterday tn the greatest fighter sweeps ever made over Europe.
 The fighters covered France, bel- glum. Holland and Germany to a point well east of Berlin. Twenty German planes were shot down and scores of others were destroyed on
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Deepest Blow Yet In Kuriles

Pacific Fleet Headquarters, PeaN Harbor. May 2i-(uP)-A single American LibeTator bomber hit the enemy only 400 miles from the Jap- anese homeland Thursday in the wars deepest penetration of the Kuriles, blasting enemy installa- tions on shimushiri and Ketoi Is. lands Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced yesterday.
 The Aleutians- based NberatoT Of the Ilth air force, flying within 600 miles of Hokkaido, nearest paint on the Japanese mainland. dropped hs bombs without meeting any enemy opposition.
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 Although the issues in dispute were strikingly similar, seizure of the Hummer Co., however, was not expected to touch of the contro- versy melted by the seizure of the Chicago plant and the subsequent custer of Sewell Avery, chairman of the board of directors of Montgom- cry Ward and Co.,, by two soldiers
 The company contended that its Chicago plant was not engaged in the manufacture of war materials and therefore was not subject to seibure under the Smith-C Connally anti-strike act.
 Avery was in Washington for the Congressional hearing opening to- day on the seizure of Wards Chi cago plant and did not comment on the governments latest action.
 The Hummer wal1out started May 5 after the company had refused to comply with a WLB order to sign a contract with a maintenance of membership clause. The WLB order was issued August 3l but the com pany ignored it. A show cause hear ing was held in January and the WLB reaffirmed its order in April. When the company continued its de- fiance, the workers struck.
 Seizure of the plant resulted in none of the fanfare that accom- panied the governments taking over of the Chicago plant a month ago.
 Tn the case of the Chicago plant, the company had refused to recog- nize the validity of the presidential order for the department of com- merce to take control and soldiers were called to enforce 1t.
 Lieut.. Col. Nelson S. TalhOtt. des- ignated as operating manager of the Hummer plant by Secretary of War Henry l.. Etimson, six officers and staff sergeant carried out the pres idential order.
 Talbot ordered the sergeant to post notices deisgnating the plant government property and the flag was run up the main staff. Taiboti kktNAA At&hk&NE4 Et@tAh &&@AAANN& eAAaAs ]. 6axer of the governments action showing him his credentials and q copy of the presidents order.
 Gaxer said later that he had been told by company ofileiais at Csb' eago Ito cooperate with the Army 10 the fullest extent"
 An investigation showsd that the dispute between the company and the union had eauned existing and threatened interTuptionss 10 wal production at the Springfield planti and facilities. the president said ir . formal statement.
 The inquiry, he said. disclosec that ''the var effort will be unduly impeded or delayed and ths exercise of the powers vested in nil is necessary to insure. in the inter. ests Of the var effort. the operation Of theae plants and facilitiea." mmnmn n9amm mmmR~ q mAmnnnanm
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Rodishes Surprise Horvord

Cambridge, Mass, May 22.- (UP)-TwO weeks ago the grass plot in Harvard yard in front of the administrative building at the University was re-seeded. Today the 2OOO navy-officer candidates sta- tioned at the University were pulling hundreds of firm red radishes whose seeds appar- ently had been mixed with the grass seed.
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the ground.
 Though enemy air opposition was weak, the formations encountered intense anti-aircraft fire and 55 fighters were lost. Some fell victims to German "Q-Cars"-freight cars whose sides dropped to reveal aElti- aircraft guns when the fighters ap- peared.
 A Stockholm dispatch said the fighter sweep sent inhabitants Of Berlin to their shelters for two hours though ther was no Allied ail- nouncement Of any attack being made on the German capital.
 Some 25 Flying FortFesses and Liberators added to the days de- struction by dropping block busters on the Pas de Calais area of the French invasion coast, while a smaller force Of Marauder Medium bombers hit the Abbeville- -Drucat airileld in Northern France.
 The greatest force Of planes ever to attack Western Europe in 14 hours-e. .000- raided 27 railroad and airneld targets Saturday in bringing the pre-inyaGion offensive to a new peak Of intensity.
 The British Air Ministry an- nounced that reconnaissance ploto- graphs take natter the April 2e at- tack showed that every large build ing in the huge K7ipps Arms Works at Essen in the German Ruhr had been destroyed or damaged by bombs. Ninety-One identlsed and 90 unidentified buildings were hit the ministry said
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 Davis said the VILE assumed jus risdiction over the Montgomery Ward dispute because inability to act in this case" would have af- fected thousands of employees of other companies and without the slightest doubt" would have led to substantial interference with the war effort"
 Subsidiary Operated
 While the House was looking into the Montgomery Ward case, the federal government was operating subsidiary of the company-the Hummer Manufacturing Co.,, at Springfield, In.-Which army offi- cials took over yesterday.
 The Hummer Company, however, is directly engaged in war work, and the governments right to intervene was not expected to be questioned so sharply. Hummer also had re- fused to comply with WLB direc- tives.
 Davis told the committee that if the WLB slacked jurisdiction in the Montgomery Ward dispute, it would mean that i've were unable to act in other cases involving employees in such fields as the distribution, transportation, service trades, whole sale and retail services, because like Montgomery Ward their employers do not manufacture war materials"
 But the VILE acted in the Ward case, Davis said, because it is the unanimous opinion of our labor, in- dustry and public members that this company employing some 78,- 900 people, operating more than 600 establishments in 47 states of the union, having annual gross sales in excess of $500, 000,000, supplying farm families with some 20 per cent of all their living and working re- quirements, is engaged in activities directly related to the successful prosecution of the war;
 Plan To Hear Reilly
 The committee also plans to hear Gerard D. Reilly, member of the National Labor Relations Board, Attorney General Francis Riddle, and Undersecretary of Commerce Wayne c. Taylor who directed the Chicago seizure on April 25.
 Chairman Robert Ramspeck, D., Ga, of the House investigators said the committee plans a "chronologi- cal study" of the mail order and re- tail concerns two-year quarrel. with government wartime labor politices and directives. Sewell Avery, chair man of the Montgomery Ward Board of directors, probably will testify at a subsequent hearing. Ramspeck said.
 The Hummer case differed from the one involving the Chicago prop critics inasmuch as the Springfield plant has been producing parts for military aircraft and farm machin- cry. The company argued that the Chicago seizure was illegal because the properties were not engaged in war production.
 There have been two court cases involving seizure of acknowledged war plants and the government has won both In one district Of Columbia court refused to enjoin the Navy from operating the Jenkins Brothers Plant at Bridgeport, Conn. The court ruled that the company had adequate redress in the court of claims and that the courts should accept the executive findings of fact
 Tn the second, a Kentucky Fed- eral court upheld the Presidents authority to seize the Ken-Rad Tube and Lamp Company at Owensboro.
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He presented e series of examples Of the types of information the Allies wtil need-concerning roads. woods. streams. rivers, bridges and open spaces that can be used for landing fields.
 Leaflets repeating and simplifying the instructions are being dropped by plane, he said. adding the Warn- ing that tine Germans ''may scatter fake leaflets. You can recognize the Allies leaflets because they dupll- cate the instructions just sent"
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other craft. Six enemy fighter planes were shot down.
 Saturday night, a Baltic fleet to- pedo plane sank 6.00O-ton enemy transport in the Gulf of Finland.
 GA German broadcast said there was no important fighting on the Russian front. It added that Ger man coastal batteries sank a Rus sian supply ship on Narva Bay and that German ships shot down four Soviet bombers in the Gulf of Fin land.)
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Daring Ice E. Lewis recent illness Jackie Gleason subbed for him at fhs copa. He paid si.500 for week with one show e night The Hfiiis freres open June 1 at the Zanzibar, the initial night spot date here Prank and Anne Hum- inert who specallze in soap opera oF grand operal are now rated the leading radio program producers In tila TOD Ten Candy Jones oi 'ksax. NnyEide" and oower cham. pion og the Coast Guard an item
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Denies Killings

The man admitted he was
Herman Allen but insisted he
knew nothing about any muir
ders; this despite the fact that
he was driving a dead mans
car and carried a shotgun that
reeked with exploded powder.
Rose drove his prisoner to
Smithfield and locked him
safely behind bars. Then he
uncovered the lusty background
of the case that had climaxed
in three murders in one morn
ing.
Ruth Lee, the sheriff learned.
at IS, had married a man
named Massengill. But the
marriage was brief-Masseneill
committed suicide. Shortly
after she married Herm a n
'Allen, who, as he put it later,
loved her too much" The en-
amored Allen found his wife in
what he considered a compro-
missing situation with a man
named Hodges, so the latter
paid with his life. Allen paid
for his murder by serving four
years in jail.