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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-02
Bloody Battles Of Saar, Roer Valleys Roar To Climax
BY J. EDWARD MURRAY

BY J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press War COrrespOndentlf
 Paris, December 2. = (UPl American Armies today seided anOt ther five-mile stretch of the ROer river bar rier to the Cologne plain witA a smash into the west banA fortress of Linnich, and to the south Speared to within seven miles of the great ir1- duStriaI center of Saars brucken.
 The bloody battles of the Roer and Saar valleys were roaring toward a blazing climax. German civilians in the Saar basin, fearful of the approaching Allie d tide, already were fleeing east along clogged roads remi- niscent of France in the Wark days of 1940.
 From the northern end of the 4O0-mile offensive front threaten- ing Germany,s lfeblood of fuel and arms in the Ruhr and Rhineland came the heartening news that flood waters of the Rhine and Maas rivers had bebun to subside F 2 sign that augurs well for the inn pending Allied struggles for river crossings.
 once the Roer and Saar have been forced and muddy terrain hardens under sunny skies ana freezing temperatures, General Dwight D. Eisenhower can throw his tremendous weight of arnor as full strength against the saggang German lines in what may be the showdown battles for Germany.
 It. Gen. William H. Simpsons ninth army infantyr, slogging though mud that at places was hip deep. tough into LinIIiel7, za
 between Aachen and industrial cen- ter of Munchen- Gladbach, and enA gagged the garrison in bitter street fighting with tommy guns, bayo- nets. grenades and flame throwers.
 The thrust widened the Ninth Army's hold on the west bank Of the Roer river to approximately 15 miles and put advanced clements within 16 miles southwest of Mun-: chen -Gladbach, 26 miles southwest of Dusseldorf and 27 miles due west of Cologne.
 Largest Town
 Linnich was the largest town still in German hands on the west bank of the Roer in the Ninth Army sec tor and has served as the northern defensive anchor for the Nazi forces
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-02
Advised To Quit Yunnon
BY UNITED PRESS

The United States embassy in Chungking today advised all Amer ican Nationals to evacuate northern Yunnan Province, including Kun ming, headquarters of the U. s. 14th Air Force, because of the growing threat of the Japanese advance through southeastern China.
 American civilians in western Kwangsi and eastern Kweichow Provinces also were urged to leave immediately to escape capture by the fast-moving Japanese who al- ready were. reported across the southeastern border of Kweichow about 315 miles east of Running and 300 miles south of Chungking.
 An estimated 500 Americans were believed still living in the threaten ed areas, and a United Press dis patch from Chungking said the Chinese government had comman- deered $50 trucks to help remove them from the danger zone.
 Word of the swift Japanese ad- vance touched off an outburst o1 alarmed comment in the Chungking press and the Chinese army news paper Sac Tang Pao called for an Allied landing on the East China coast to divert tn eenemy.
 There is no denying that the situation is most urgent" the Army organ said.
 The Japanese, who already have overrun most of the American air bases in southeastern China, admit tedly were pushing rapidly into the interior against weak opposition.
 A Tokyo broadcast claimed that Japanese troops smashed across the Kweichow border and captured Shiehsi, 27 miles south of Tuhshan, after a 40-mile advance.
 In Moscow, meanwhile, the offi- call Russian government newspaper Izvestia published a strongly -worded attack on the disastrous undermin- ing policy of reactionaries and cap- itulationists' in the Chungking gov- ernment.
 Izvestia asserted that the recent reshuffle of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's cabinet had not brought Chinese unity any closer and gives no promise of making the nations war effort more effective.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-02
Jock Benny Waits PetriIIo Action

Hollywood. Dec. ?. (UP)-Come- dian Jack Benny, unlike his voluble screen and radio self had nothing to say today about the threat of James Petrillo's American Fedora tion of Musicians to keep his regu- lar Sunday program off the NEG network.
 Instead, Benny seemed inclined to wait to see just which way the wind was blowing,
 Local NEG officials said the Show Would Go On" despite the ATM an- nouncement that it would put the wraps on 1t because of dispute over non-union engineers employed by the studio.
 The network spokesmen said they based theitr announcement on inc formation from the New York office that new action had been taken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-02
Glare Luce
 Denies Report

Paris. Dec. 2. (UP)-Rep. Glare Luce, R., Conn, said today that q London report that she was gagged by the Army was "just Q silly news paper story and just plain crazy"
 She said she had agreed to Q plan of the touring house military af- fairs committee to let It's chairman speak for oil.
 She quoted Rep. Matthew J. Mer- ritt, D., ". Y.. chairman Of the group. as saying at a London col- ference that Mrs. Luce and all the others were free Co speak as far as tho committee was concerned, and the agreement to make him rpokgman Wns only an informal onel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-02
WITHIN
 B MILES OF
 LAKE BALATON
BY ROBERT MUSEL United Press War CorrespOndent)

London, December 2. = (UP) - Hard-driving Rus sian troops plunged west ward within 35 miles or less of the Austrian gate at Lake Balaton tod ay, ripping through the German and Hungarian defenses at a pace that threatened to reach that fateful battle-ground in the next 48 hours.
 All along a front of more than 20 miles west and northwest of captured Pecs the Axis lines were willing before the furious Russian onslaught. Berlin and Mos COW dispatches indicated the enemy was pulling back hur- riedly to the marshy south ern shores of Lake Balaton, where German strategists have predicted the decisive battle of central Europe would be fought.
 Once the southeastern corner of the lake, little more than 4u miles of open country would separ- ate the Red Army from the borders of Austria.
 An unconfirmed report issued by the Yugoslav Telegraph Agency said Marshal Josip Tito's Partisans had crossed the frontier into Austria about 100 miles west-northweSt of the oncoming Soviets, but informed observers were inclined to doubt its veracity.
 Meanwhile, other Red Army forces to the north passed steadily in on the defenses of Budapest, where the Germans ordered all civilians from the city's eastern section and began throwing up street barrlcades for house-to-house stand in the Hungarian capital.
 But the spotlight battle aga1n held on the western Hungarian capi- tai where Marshal Feodor l. Folk bukhin'S third Ukrainian army ad- vanced as much as IS miles yester- day, captured more than 60 towns and villages, widened its Danube bridgehead to 123 miles and killed at least 1,500 more enemy troops.
 Tolkbukin's forces reached num- Der of points 40 miles west of the Danube and barely 90 miles from the Austrian border by nightfall, following their customary tactics of splintering the enemy into small groups and then destroying them piecemeal.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-02
FRATERNIzER FIRED

Fort Devens, Mass. Dec. 2-tUP) "A woman civilian worker at the laundry hero has been fired for what army authorities described only aa ''fraternlzing'' with a Ger man pHinnnsr ck var.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04
WOLL URGES SUPPORT
OF PARALYSIS DRIVE

New York City (ILNS) Matthew
Woll, president of the Labor League
for Human Rights, relief organization
Of the American Federation Of Labor,
urged support of the 1914 fund-rais-
ing appeal of the National Founda-
tion for Infantile Paralysis.
From purely humanitarian point
of view," he said, 81 know of no cause
more deserving of our support than
the work undertaken by the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
The 1943 epidemic of the disease, the
worst in II years, gave proof not only
of the efficiency of that organization
and its many chapters, but also of the
essential nature of the aid it extends"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04

points out, lis a challenge to Ameri-
can industry and government. Ii full
employment can be attained by pro-
vidlng jobs for all who wish to work
rather than by discouraging the en-
ployment of women and trying to cut
down the labor force, the expansion
resulting from the war can mean
greater prosperity than the nation
has ever known.
''To this end," he adds, 1.-The need to
provide jobs for much larger num-
Der of women should be recognized in
the plans which are now being laid
to maintain employment in the post
war period
The solidarity of Danish workers
has compelled the German occupation
authorities to retreat, in at least one
instance. In the city of Naested the
German police had arrested a railway
porter, presumably for acts against
the Germans. Danish railwaymen in
Naested Immediately threatened to
strike if the prisoner was not re-
leased Shortly after, they were joined
in their threat by workers in the local
factories who prepared to go on a
sympathy strike with the railwaymen.
Apparently the German authorities
felt that it was easier to release the
prisoner than withstand the fury of
the Danish people, for one hour be-
fore the strike was due, the porter
was released
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04
new RED CROSS
DRIVE ENDORSED

Miami, Fla-All-out support to the
new Red Cross for funds in March
was pledged by the AFL Executive
Council in the following resolutions
"The American Red Cross will again
appeal to the American people in
March for funds with which to carry
on its vital wartime functions of serv-
ice to our men in the armed forces
and to the many victims of war. In
addition, it must continue its many
other varied services, including di-
saster relief, and training of civilians
in protection of the home front.
Carrying the compassion of the
American people to our men in all
parts of the world, the Red Cross de-
serves the support of every member
of the American Federation of Labor
along with all other American citi-
zens. Labor has contributed generous
ly to the Red Cross in the past but
we are conscious of the fact that we
must give more and more as the vic
tory drive of the United Nations be-
comes intensified in the months ahead.
"The Executive Council of the
American Federation of Labor gives
full endorsement to the 1914 Red
Cross War Fund Campaign. Local and
state bodies will, we are confident
give their organized support in CO.
operation with United Nations Relief
of the Labor League for Human
Rights.
"We urge every member to weigh
the value of plasma ready on the bat
tlefield the comfort and recreation
provided through Red Cross overseas
service clubs; the aid to servicemen
in family emergency, large or small;
the hope and comfort given by the Red
Cross to the helpless victims of war
and to respond to the Red Cross Wal
Fund appeal with the greatest posi-
BILE generosity"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04
AFL Urges Regulation
OF War Prisoners Jobs

Miami, Warning against the
employment of prisoners of war in
competition with free American work
ers on jobs where they might be able
Executive Council called upon the
Government to deal with this problem
promptly.
AFL President William Green told
press conference that many COM
plants have been received from
unions against the 'indiscriminate
employment" of such prisoners. He
gave as specific examples the assign
ment of prisoners to jobs on railroads
and to logging in the Wisconsin for
ests The text of the council statement
follows:
''The Executive Council feels that a
clear-cut program should be worked
out for the employment of prisoners
Of war on useful projects where there
could be no threat of sabotage and no
conflict with free American workers
"The way we deal with prisoners of
war may affect the treatment of our
own boys who are captured by the
enemy. 1t is therefore essential that
our policies be humane as well as
| practical. The Geneva Convention pro-
hibits the employment Of prisoners of
war for production or transportation
of arms or munitions of any kind or
for transporting material intended for
combat units. Their employment in
degrading, unhealthful, or hazardous
work is also forbidden. 1t is therefore
incumbent upon the Government to
evolve and follow definite program
| which will not evoke retaliation by
the enemy-nor arouse friction with
free American workers"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04
Swedish Pay Contracts Signed

Stockholm. Under Sweden's ba-
sic wage agreement, based on the cost
of living, contracts have thus far been
signed for 1914 affecting 100000
workers. In the fourth quarter of
1943 the cost of living index, based
on 1895 as 100, went up from 153 (3rd
quarter) to 154, while the index based
on 1914 as 100 remained unchanged at
239. Since the wage scales are based
on the latter index, no automatic
changes will be required
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

WILL the United States be pre-
w pared in the period after the
war to provide employment opportuni-
ties for the largely increased number
of men and women now at work in
war and civilian industry? This is a
question that will not down.
Army and Navy officials are re-
ported to be opposed to discussion of
the question, with great offensive op-
erations still before us, but there is no
indication that it has ceased or will
cease, to be matter of lively concern
to the American people.
John D. Durand of the U. S. Bureau
of the Census is evidently one of those
who considers postwar employment a
fit subject for study and discussion, as
he contributes a thought provoking
article on it to the International Labor
Review, monthly publication of the
international Labor Office. He devotes
especial consideration to the employ
ment Of women in the postwar period
Women at work in the United
States will probably increase by 81
100000 to 3,5OO,OOO between 1910 and
1850, Durand estimates. The figures
mean, he says, that there will be 49,
100000 or 100000 working women
in 1850, as compared with 13,300,00O
in 1910; and total 1860 labor force
of more than 59,000,00O men and
women compared with 54,000,000 be-
fore the war.
Such supply of labor" Durand
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04
LABOR SHORTS

President Green says there must be
jobs for all after the war. Corporation
tycoons say it is impossible.
Senate committee report shows
manufacturers are making as much
as 10000 on war contracts. And yet
they remind labor that soldiers get
$50 a month.
Anaconda Copper CO. is fined
in Providence, r. l., $4,000 for
war frauds. Defective wire.
Marsales Co., New York textile
manufacturer, admits selling bacteria
laden bandages and is fined $1,000.
Assistant Attorney General reports
that of 1876 war fraud cases prosecu-
ted only II have been lost.
Official of Master Plumbers AS
sOciatiOn tells Senate committee
bathtubs are in the black market.
Wage-Hour Administrator Walling
declares three-fourths of 10000 firms
inspected last year are violating
wage law.
ODT Eastman says travellers are
being gouged for over-the-ceiling rail
tickets
Senator insists there is a liquor
black market.
What war are we fighting, any
way?
One hundred thousands planes
scheduled for 1914. Who laughed when
he asked for $4,000?
Who do we mean by "he"? Oh
come, come, now
National Interregional H h W J
Committee is planning 34,000-mile
trans-continental postwar highway
network reaching into every state ane
touching 587 cities.
Who wants the hot dog conces-
sion?
Heavy tax remains on oleomarga
rine, whether you can get butter OF
not.
Amusement tax will probably re-
main at 1870.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04
GREEN ENDORSES
RUSSIAN WAR RELIEF

William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and a
member of the board of directors of
Russian War Relief, me-, has endorsed
a campaign by the relief organization
to send 100000 household utility kits
to Russian families and given official
and personal approval and support" to
the campaign.
Green stated, in letter to Edward
C. Carter, president of Russian War
Relief, that he was in full accordance
with the program to supply special
aid to the destitute families seeking
to re-establish homes in devastated
areas recaptured from the Nazis in
the Red Army's sweep forward.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04

BUY FOURTH LOAN BONDS
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04
AFL UNION CERTIFIED

Washington, d. C.-The National
Labor Relations Board announced GER
tification of the Federal Labor Union
1888, American Federation of La
Dor, as bargaining agent for between
forty-five and fifty militarized plant
and fire guards at the Burlington
N. j., plant of the Aluminium Com
pany of America. The union had won
an election, AZ to l, the NLRB said
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04
AFL Given Big Majority
BY Rubber Plant Guards

Washington, D. c. - The National
Labor Relations Board certified the
American Federation of Labor as the
exclusive representative for collective
bargaining of all guards and fire force
employees at the Institute, West Va,
plant of the United States Rubber
Company following an election in
which SO votes were for the AFL, and
5 against
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04
REPUBLICAN CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS

The First Ward Republican Club
met Monday night in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Schipper, 345 Sher-
man avenue, and elected the following
officers:
President, Fred Stitsinger; vice
president, August Yeakle; secretary
treasurer, Eva Tillery; and trustees,
Lewis Hirt, Arthur Strain, and Harry
Schipper.
Talks were given by Lewis Hirt
and Fred Stitsinger
The club will meet again Febru-
ary q.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04
Fox Drive Planned
By Wild Game Club

Officers and members of the Butler
County Sportsmen are making plans
for fox drive to be conducted Febru-
airy &c. Participants will report at the
Hanover Township School and will be
transported by truck to the scene of
the drive Additional plans will be
made at the next meeting. The sports
men purchased a $500 War Bond and
appropriated 500 for fish and game
restocking in 1914, Robert Stoeckel,
President, announced.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04
Elected Vice-PreSident
Of Firemen and Oilers

Chicago (ILNS). Joseph P. Clark,
president of the st. Louis Central
Trades and Labor Union was elected
a general vice president of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Firemen and
Oilers at meeting of the union S
executive board held here to fill va
cancy in the organization. Clark has
been serving as a member of the
brotherhood's board of auditors since
1886.
John F. Mcnamara is president OF
the Firemen and Oilers and John Clin-
ton is etary-treasurer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04

A GOOD appetite; a hearty din
~ ner; food that we like but
= - that doesn't like us-of course
we should let good digestion
govern appetite, but do we?
When Acid Indigestion, Heart
burn or Gas on Stomach result
BE WISE-TRY ALkA- -SELTZER
Try Alka-Seltzer too for Head
ache, Muscular Fatigue, Morning
After and Muscular Pains.
Alka-Seltzer contains an analge-
sic. pain reliever, Sodium acetyl
salicylate) as we'll as alkaline
buffer salts.
In handy packages or by the
glass at your drug store.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-04
War Bond Sales Increase

Sales of War Bonds in Butler Coun-
ty Wednesday reached $4,717,74S.75,
C. L. E. Gebhart, recorder for the
fourth War Loan drive reported. The
total is more than half of the $S,623,-
900 goal
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-07-21
Hit|erio-StaIino Susitarimas ir 10
Likimas

Juk ir Hitleris .lStalinui !. jo
uzgrobtas zemes pripazino tik
po to kada Stalinas pas fakti-
mai uzvalde. Tat ar neuzteko
Stalinui to kad dabar jis bu-
vo padetyje kuri jam leide IT,
ketis kad jei ir kai jis nori-
mas zemes uzgrobs, gal ir An
glai su Amerikieciais. jam jas
pripazins? Su uzgrobtu SRI
Ciu teisetais atstovais = Len
kais, Lietuviais, Latviais, Es-
tais, Suomiais = bolsevikai vi
sal nesiskaite, ir jiems reiks-
mes tetureio Anglu ir Ameri-
kieciu nusistatymas.
Lietuva, Latvija ir Estija
Stalinas nuo ju uzgrobimo lai-
Ike savonis zememis ir sio
klausimo visai nediskusavo, O
Lenkija nors principe ir pri-
pazino, bet nuo Lenkijos -ze-
miu uzgrobimo neatsisake, ir
Leinkai vien savo jiegomis to
atsisakymo isgauti negalejo.
Anglai gi tik siule Lenkams su
Sovietais susitarti, bet nepri-
vert6 Sovietu atsisakyti nuo
tos Lenkijos dalies kuria jie
.buvo igije sutartimi su Vokie-
tia. Visa sitai mazu maziau-
sia buvo tolygiu sitokiam. An
glu pasakymui: Siadien mes,
Anglai, jums Sovietams tos
Lenkiios dalies kuria JUS ga
vot per Hitleri, pripazinti ne
galime, bet ateityje gal ir pri-
pazinsime.
Jei Baltijos valstybems An
olai ir Amerikieciai butu leide
sudaryti vyriausybes in exile,
tue paciu butu nusmerke Hit
Ierio-Stalino susitarima kuriuo
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-07-21
STANDARDS SUPRA
TIMAS VIENYBES
IR SUSTAINING

4. Sandarojea ": G. -daro sekafl-'
tcias pastabas:
"T'ie 'trokstantieji' vienybes
dar jokio akto nera padare
linkui vienybes. Tiesa, jie yra
isnese rezoliucija reikalauJan-
cia vienybes, bet ju visas ei-
gesys neatitinka net nei tos
rezoliucijos dvasiai. Kalbetl
apie vienybe, o kitu keliu vi
sus purvinti, pravardziuoti ir
net kriminaliai itarineti tai
nera vienybes trokstanciu dar-
bas."
Kokie teisingi zodziai! Tais
zodziais kaip tik atidengiama
tarybininku, kuriu izdininkas
yra Sandaros redaktorius M.
Vaidyla, aktai ir irodymas kaip
jie vienybes nori ir kalp Jie
ja supranta:
Tarybininkai smeizia ir ME-
kina Lietuvai Vaduoti Sajun-
ga ir jos vadus visokiais inkri-
minuojanciais budais, pasalo-
mis- tikrindami buk LVS vadal
yra "svolaciai", buk ju visQ
vardai sudeti "ant black listo'
Washingtone, buk LVS veikia
nelegaliai, ir kad duoti aukas
LVS reikalams yra nusizengi-
mas Lietuvai. Tarybininkai
pasistenge melagingai pranes-
ii visuomenei buk jie vieni sa-
vo "nuopelnais" isteige Ben
dra Lietuvos selpimo Fonda,
ir tt.
Tu melu platinime pats M.
Vaidyla tiesiog tapo sugautas,
kaip buvo pranesta apie Vaidy-
los lankymasi Bostone ir ne
kuriose Conn. kolonijose.
Sandarieciai kitose kolonijo-
Sc savinasi ir Adv. Oil ir Adv.
Laukaiti ir kitus gerus tauti-
MUS darbuotojus, taciau kaip
M. Vaidyla JUGS smeizia pasa-
lomis kaip New Yorko Seimo
darby vykdytojus = Peticiju
sumanytojus ir kitus gerus
darbus dirbancius!
Toxic vienybes. "apastalai"
kurie pasalingai dirba prizes
tautine srove, uoliai veikian-
cia Lietuvos vadavimo darba,
pradedami visuomenes pazinti
if ju nedori darbai iskeliami
ir viesai paskelbiami. X.