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is expected to be 3s per cent above

is expected to be B per cent above 1940's.
 Heavy Loss
 Despite the loss of nearly 230 ships since the wars start, the Navy now has g battleShips, at least IT in the Pacific; about 100 air. craft carriers, making 2,000 plane assaults tactically feasible; and thou sands of lesser craft.
 In three years, the Navy, by its own accounting, has cleared the Japs from a Pacific area of 8,170,000 square mile" destroyed 10000 en- emy planes, conveyed an aggregate of 61, 900 ships, and landed on enemy beaches assault waves of 1,200,0 ,000 troops. The Navy and Army to- gether have sunk some 2,303 Japa- neSe ships including nearly 400 warships.
 The Army's growth into one of history's greatest fighting machines was paced by expansion of its air forces to an overseas strength of 1000 900 men and 1000 squadrons. since Pearl Harbor, AAF planes have made 1,500251 combat flights 1,127,723 of them against the Ger mans and 372,528 against the Japa- nese. They have shot down 27,00O enemy aircraft.
 Enemy casualties have been con- sistently higher than Allied. In western Europe alone, from D-Day through Nov 30, the Allies captured 750, 900 Germans, figure indicat- ing total German casualties in that time and theater of 1,250,000.
 According to OWI, U. s. fighting men in the east have killed 277,000 Japanese at a cost of 21 ,000 Amer ican dead. And 250,000 Japanese have been marooned in isolated is- land pockets out off by Allied of- fensives
 But the Japanese still have 4,000,- 900 men in the field, the OWI said, and can easily equip and train an- other 100000.
 High Price
 The United States has paid a high price for its gains. For its victories, the navy gave up two bat tleships, nine carriers, 10 cruisers, 51 destroyers, five destroyer escorts, 8 submarines, four fleet tankers, and 115 other craft.
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Counts
 On Rockets
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Continued from Page D ciatipn of Manufacturers-turned its attention today to post-war discus sions after a day of war delibera- tions during which army and navy officials pleaded for a sharp in crease in war production to bring tke program up to schedule.
 The congress attended by more than 4,000 top ranking industrial ists, changed it's original plan of concentrating on post-war problems to include and stress the war effort which has increased sharply now hat the nation is fighting f1ercely on all fronts.
 Respite
 The days rspite from war discus sion left room for projection of postwar developments, including myriad new devices for advance ment of civilization. Industry plans quick reconversion when the gov- ernment gives the signal. William P. Witherow, president, Blaw-KnoX Company, Pittsburgh, said that 49 per cent of industry will be able to swing over into full production the day the government gives green light and that an additional 27 per cent will be able to resume civ ilian output within four weeks. He said 95 per cent of all indusry can complete reconversion within eight weeks and 76 per cent of the firms can reach peak production in that period.
 Dr. Gustav Egloff, Universal Oil Products Company of Chicago, list ed many new developments to come in the postwar era.
 Postwar dwellings will hardly seem real when compared with our present homes," he said. "The em- phasis will be laid on prefabricated low cost houses, which will be thor oughly air conditioned and insulated from heat, cold and noise light sources will be built into walls, ceil- ings and furniture to produce soft and luminous radiant effects which reduce eye strain
 Textiles
 Developments in synthetic textiles bid fair to completely over-shadow or outmode the products of the silk worm, he added. Textiles are now being woven from Rayon, Nylon, rubber, spun glass, wools from wood, and soybeans f1bers from milk, case- in and metals
 On postwar communications, Egg loff noted that television is now be- ing withheld, but in the post war period sets will be available for our homes, motor cars, trains, airplanes, and ships. The walkie talkie or two- way radio will eventually be used by all of us to communicate direct ly with other individuals.
 The public is inclined to discount the seemingly eXtravagant claims made for post war transportation. However, the use of more efficient engines fuels and lubricants will make the rate of pre-war transport atlon seem like 8 Snail'S pace"
 He said with development of the synthetic rubber industry, i've are now substantially free from de- pendence on natural rubber and are geared to yearly production of about 100000 tons.
 'Catalogs of plastics and their uses fill volumes. They are evident wherever one looks, from the kitchen to the bombing plane. Great as the achievements of the plastics industry have been in a scant thirty years there is apparently no end to their future possibilities.
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Artillery And Planes
 Fight ELASIn Athens
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a normal day or the Fifth Army front in Italy.
 Mixed in with the gunfire was the tolling of church bells, rung by Elas units in an effort to summon their sympathizerS to mass meetings. Several actually were held, but Elas were unable to work up much en- thuSiasm.
 Flood Lights
 Flood lights were turned on around one key building to prevent Elas forces from Altering through the British lines.
 Authorities reported more than 1000 Elas troops were captured yes- terday, bringing the total since the start of disorders to nearly 5000.
 At the nearby port of Piraeus, Elas forces attacked Greek naval command buildings. Several Greek sailors were killed or wounded.
 Allied food ships in Piraeus har- bor were moved out into the har- bor to be clear of danger and it was understood that ssilings of other re- lief ships to Greece had been de- layed.
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(COI1lllueU 1TOI1 rage IL account, reporting that Tolbukhin's forces had speared IA miles north ward along the west bank of the Danube to take Riczalmas, 29 miles south of Budapest.
 Other Third Army units battled up along the northeastern shore of Lake Balaton and midway between the lake and the Danubein a devel- oping push toward Szekesfehvar, a vital railway hub controlling the western approaches to Budapest. Sudden Switch
 Tolbukhin'S sudden switch tow ard the capital caught the Ger mans momentarily off balance, af- ter many of their strongest reserves had been hurried over to cover the lake front, and the Soviets ham, mered out spectacular gains in their first rush.
 The enemy reacted quickly, how ever, and Moscow dispatches re- ported ferocious hand-t to-hand fighting, with the Germans coun- ter r-attacking repeatedly and in in- creasing force as the Russian ad- vance neared the city.
 Simultaneously, Berlin said Mali novskys troops crossed tot he west bank of the Danube from CSepel island under cover of a dense fog and seized Ercsi, only IS miles South-SouthweSt of Budapest and about IA miles above Tolbukhin's vanguards.
 Other second Ukrainian army units, the Germans said, stormed across the hills northeast of Buda- pest in coordinated thrust intend ed to hook around the city from that flank. By late last night enemy accounts said, fighting had spread into the eastern defenses oi the capital at ari undisclosed point
 Tolbukhin's forces on the north- ern shores of Lake Balaton took Balatonszabadi, A miles southeast of Szekesfehvar, and another col umn was 9 miles south of that town at Sarbogard.
 Shore Cleared
 The Russians also cleared prac- tically all of the eastern shore oi the lake with the capture of Fon- yod, IS miles from the southern cor l ner where their left flank was push- ing steadily into the 31-mile cor l ridor between the lake and the Drava river.
 Moscow reported the capture of Balatonbereny after an eight mile advance that put Tolbukhin's forces 43 miles from Austrian soil and % miles northeast of Nagkanizsa, 8 strongly fortified town guarding the southern end of the gap. The Rus- sians pushed on beyond Balatonber- eny against somewhat stiffer re- sistance, but a possibly-garbled German account that they had reached Keszethely on the far cor Her of the Lake appeared pre- mature.
 Other Soviet forces farther to the southeast made good progress in their westward push along the Hun- garian-Yugoslav border, and Berlin said the Russians forced new crossing of the Danube at Dali, lS miles east of the big Yugoslav rail- way junction of Osijek.
 Another 2,000 German and Hun. garian troops were killed in the fighting yesterday and Moscow re- ported that 23T5 enemy soldiers were captured in the past two days
 There was no confirmation ol Turkish rumors that the Hungarian puppet government had fled from ! Budapest.
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NOTICE

Sealed proposals for the purchase of the following described property will be received by the Board of Aldermen up to 800 o'clock p. m.. E. W. T., Monday evening, Decem- Der 18th, 1914, when they will be opened in public at a meeting of the Board of Aldermen
 A certain piece or parcel of land situated in said town of Waterbury, with the improvements thereon, on the westerly side of North Elm Street, as shown on Map of land of the Waterbury National Bank Waterbury, Connecticut, July 1897, The A. J. Patton Company, Sur veyor, which Map was received for record by the Waterbury Town Clerk and filed in Map Book 13, Pages 26-27, bounded and described as follows:
 Beginning at a point on the westerly line of North Elm Street said point being 158.05 feet from the northwest corner of North Elm Street and KingSbury Streets; thence running northerly along the west side of North Elm Street 54.13 feet; thence westerly on an interior angle of 87o IT, S5 feet thence southerly on an angle 9Oo, 49.40 feet, thence easterly on an interior angle of 90o 13 8247 feet to tn point of bginning h0unded:
 Northerly by land now or for merly of Hyman Albert;
 Westerly and Southerly by land now or formerly of The Water bury National Bank;
 Easterly by the west line of North Elm Street.
 All proposals must be accompaIl. fed by e certified check payable tC the order of the Comptroller of th' City of Waterbury. the amount tC be ten per cent (l0es) of the pro pased bid, which check will be for felted to the City of Waterbury | the bidder to whom 1t is awarded neglects or refuses to pay the bal aKice of the purchase price within tsn (i0) days after the property hal been awarded to him by the Boart Of Aldermen.
 Bids should be addressed to ths Board of Aldermen, care Of the Citl Clerk, city Hall, Waterbury, Con nectlcut. and should be merket Sealed Bid"
 rho Board of Aldermen reserves ||io right to reject any or all bids
 Attest:
 1OgERH M. SHEA, Sz.I.1t cIfy Clerk
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Yonks Crack 'Leyte Lines
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surge in Japanese aerial activity throughout the Leyte area.)
 MacArthur'S communique re- ported that the Japanese struck again at American shipping in Leyte Gulf by daylight Tuesday, causing some damage, but eight of the ten attacking planes were shot down.
 Aided by favorable break in the weahter, after weeks of almost in- cessant rain, American ground forces steped up their attack all around the perimeter of the Ormoc pocket in which the survivors of the Japanese garrison have been com- pressed.
 A the southern end of the front, clements of the U. s. Seventh Divis- ion drove across the Palanas river against stiff opposition and pushed ahead to the west coast of the island just south of Balogo. They also seized the village of Rang Dagit, three miles inland.
 The Japanese attempted another tank supported counter atta k against the American road block near the Leyte river some IS miles north of Ormoc Monday night but they were beaten off quickly, two of the eight enemy tanks thrown against the American lines were de- stroyed.
 The constant pounding the Jap- anese have taken from American ar- tillery and warplanes appeared to be showing definite results all along the Cirridor.
 "The enemy's line of reinforce ment by water through Ormoc Bay has now been cut by our naval and air forces. and, with increasing pres- sure from our ground troops, the enemy's situation must be regarded ab seious." the communique said.
 Meanwhile, American warplanes maintained their steady lombard ment of Japanese air bases on the neighborIng Philippines Islands, striking Clark and Nichols fields on Luzon, as well as the Legaspl and sulan strips o nthat island and other targets on '-indanao and Dt- Aayas.
 At least i2 enemy planes were de- stroyed in air battles or aground in raids on those bases and other Jap- aneso stroneholds in southern wa-
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Legal Notices
NOTICE

STATE of CONNECTICUT, DIS TRICT of WATERBURY, ss. PRO- BATE COURT, Dec. 1st. 1944. ESTATE of AURREE LEROUX, late of the town of Waterbury, in said district, deceased. The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of Waterbury, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly att tested, within said time, will be debarred a recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are re- quested to make immediate pay ment to
 ROMEO LEROUX,
 Administrator. AS Douglas Avenue.
 Waterbury, Conn.
 Per Order of Court
 Attest:
 MARGUERITE M. FAHY, 12-6-3t Asst. Clerk.
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Tired Kidneys Often Bring SIeepIess Nights

Doctors my your kidneyo contain lb naileo ~ tiny tubes or hlteFg which help to purify the blood and keep you healthy. When they esl tired and dopt work Tlght in the daytime, many people have Co got up nights. kFequenG sonlelilHes .showa there ia eomethlng NFpna with your Kidneys or bladder, Don't negleek thla condition end leag valuable Eeaiiul sleep.
 When disorder ol kidney function permits poisonous matter Co Telnein in youF. blood, 70 may also eAusg hhgglne beekaehe, Ihenmatla aw9lllPg., pulAnsss under the 6ysl. headseh@ and diRalnoao.
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The vote found some of President Roosevelt'S most consistent sup- porters siding with equally consist ent administration opponents.
 Sen. Albert B. Chandler, D., Ky, said he had no objections to Crews appointment but demanded more information about the others.
 We ought to know their views on the economic problems of the world" Chandler said. we ought to know what policies we are go- ing to adopt. We ought to know where they stood on the war in Spain. their attitude toward the Vichy government, what they think about the problems in India. whether they believe that the At- lantic charter is dead"
 Connally protester that 'every" senator here who knows the Presi- dent knows that he is going to dominate the foreign policy of the United States"
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 Many of the survivors had lost most of their clothes by the time they escaped. and at times they were jammed five and six deep at the exits, 1t was reported.
 The blaze was the second fatal fire in Baltimore within 24 hours. Six members of the George R. Sands family lost their lives when a blaze wiped out their home early yesterday. Mrs. Agnes Sands. 32. the mother, died during the night at Q hospital from injuries received when she jumped from a second floor window to a concrete sidewalk. The father and four children were burned to death.
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MistrioI In Sedition

Continued from Page D daughters. George [. Detherage, sandy-haired commander of the Knights of the White Camelia, and Joseph D. McWillnims. head of the Christian Mobilizers who once cam paigned for Congress from a cov- cred wagon, were working in Chi- cago. Gerald B. Wlnrod, Kansas Evangelist, had gone back home to Wichita.
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Drugs and chemicals of certain type have been placd on the C. sential list in Chile.
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ters, while five enemy ships were sunk an dtwo others damaged.
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Churchill
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Evening star., 1944-02-05
Doubts New Regime in Argentina
To the Editor Of The Star

To the Editor Of The Star:
We must be careful not to give too
much praise to the Argentine govern
ment for its break with the Axis.
Let us remember that the government
of Argentina is thoroughly Fascist it
self; that it has overridden the Argen-
tine Congress, suppressed labor unions,
established a Gestapo-like secret police,
dissolved political parties and placed a
rigid censorship on the press and edu-
cation. Also, it is doing all that 1t can
to establish Fascism in other countries
of South America.
Unless we are in sympathy with
Fascism itself, we must not be fooled.
We must look at the government of Ar
gentina for what it is and act accord
ingly.
We must not relax our activities
against it until it proves that it has re-
stored at least the forms of democracy
at home and Is not trying to promote
Fascism in the rest of South America.
To accomplish this end we must give
our support to the elements within Ar
gentina and especially to those within
the other countries of South America
which are trying to establish real de-
mocracies there.
CLARENCE ARMSTRONG.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Gould Lincoln

he will not lift a finger to obtain the
nomination, it is obvious that such a
nomination will have to come through
a draft" by the convention delegates.
Such draft is not unprecedented in
the Republican party. Chief Justice
Hughes, retired, in 1916 was drafted by
the COP National Convention while he
was an associate justice Of the Supreme
Court. 80.
What could happen would be the nom.
ination Of Gov. Dewey on the first of
second ballot, II most Of the delegates
and the directing leaders agree he Ii
the strongest candidate the Republican
party can put in the field. 1t is within
their power to nominate him. That hO
would accept if nominated is generally
taken for granted. ~
If, however, these Republican leaders
and delegates, when they get down to
brass tacks, feel that Dewey could not
win against the expected fourth-term
attempt of President Roosevelt, the
alternative might be decision to nomi.
nate great military leader Gen. Mac
Arthur There would not be much in.
centive to turn to Willkie or Bricker,
for the polls have shown Dewey with
more popular support. Macarthur, on
the other hand, might be a good bet,
particularly if President Roosevelt Is
successful in an effort to make the elec-
ton of Commander in Chief the
main issue in the campaign, on Win
the-War" appeal. st
This, In the opinion Of Gen. Mac.
Arthur's boosters, is his greatest chance.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Constantine Br01Vn

area. For the time being the situation
is far from being alarming. The Ger
mans still are cautious. 1t Is evident to
American observers that they are ham
ding their forces sparingly, trying to
avoid heavy losses.
Rommel Is ruthless with human
lives when the strategic situation re-
quires or justifies heavy sacrifices. II
the Allied air umbrella cannot, because
Of climatic conditions, offer the neces.
sary protection and the Nazis are cap
able Of hurting an overwhelming force
against our own men it is possible that
we may suffer major setback.
Present reports, however, do not JUS
tify such conclusion. But it Is fell in
military quarters that even If we became
hard-pressed, the position of our forces
In Italy would not be seriously affected.
Marshal Rommels Allied opposite Is
the British general, Sir Harold Alex
ander, who Is regarded by Americans
and British alike as an extremely able
strategist. It was he who directed the
chasing OF Rommel from Ell Alemein to
the borders Of Tunisia Rommel is said
to be IN charge of the operations IN
Italy and Alexander knows Rommefs
tactics and tricks only too well.
The Nazis have an advantage over us
the extreme mobility of their forces,
Our disadvantage Of having to receive
reinforcements and supplies from snips
which have to land them on beachheads
is amply offset, however, by the fact
That we have an air superiority. The
news of the German air forces return
to the skies over italy is none too
alarming
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Samuel Grafton

been given, at least in theory, sovereign
rights. These rights go far beyond any
American conception of states rights.
Mr.. Molotov has explained that each
Russian state will not only control its
own foreign policy and its armies, but
he expressly threw in and reafirmed tho
right to secede.
1t seems to me clear that he has done
SO with particular reference to Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania and Old Poland In
other words, by giving these states tho
attributes of sovereignty the Russians
have set up legal basis whereby these
states, or parts Of state, may become
Russian, and still be recognized by us;
!. e., they are not captured territory,
but sovereign members of federation
and thus we may deal with them.
Now this grant Of rights may be fake
as can be. I think it Is. These states
may be theoretically sovereign, but each
will still be led by persons whom Moscow
trusts. The change is purely formal and
legalistic. But, even so. must we not say
that the intention behind the new move
is conciliatory? Surely it is no surprise
to us that Russia wants these territories.
She has said so often enough.
Against that background, cannot the
theory be supported that the new move
actually represents certain softening
of the Russian attitude. a kind Of ac-
commodation to our own regard tor
legalism? As say, I don't know the
full answer. But this reasoning seems to
me to rest on at least as good support
as the eager Interpretation Of the new
move as hostile one. =
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The whole operation up to that point
was conducted brilliantly, complete sur
prise was achieved, the landing itself
and the establishment of the beach,
head. were carried out with conpara-
lively little enemy opposition. But an
operation of this sort is either a mere
raid-in which case the object is to do
as much damage as possible in the Short
est possible time and the utmost bold
ness is demanded-or it is serious move
intended to bring about the destruction
of the German army in Italy.
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While there has been no confirmation
Of the one front-line report which gave
the Allied strength In the beachhead
area as six divisions, 1t does seem clear
that the landing force was too strong
for just q raid. The consolidation of
the beachhead has been proceeded with
methodically; the lack of success of the
German counterattacks is perhaps the
best testimony to how well this was
done. But the question remains, could
more have been accomplished in the in
terval between the landing and the as
sembling of really powerful German op-
position? Were golden opportunities lost
by over-caution?
1t is not easy to answer such questions
as those without much more information
than possibly can be made available for
public use at this time. On the one
hand, boldness frequently pays very high
dividends in war. Directly in front of
the beachhead lay the vital railway and
road functions south of Rome, control
ling the whole of the communications of
the Germany army on the Casino front.