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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
Metz Yords Are Pasted

London, August I2. - lUP) - Strong forces Of American bombers today attacked railway yards at Metz, a key junction in the route of German troops and material to French battleields, and German alrdromes in northern France,
 Tn the raid on Metz, which is sn northeastern France near the Ger man border, the Eighth Air Force bOmbeFs were escorted by Q medl. um-sized force Of Mustang lighters, it was announced,
 Among the airfields attacked were those at Le Pefihe, chamaDt, and Bue, about 30 miles east 0f Paris. and others at Aiheis, couvG0n, Ju' ylneouFt and LaoD,
 The weather was clear and FeT suits generally good, the U, s, sees 0nd Tactical Ar Force announced It was the 18th consecutive day Of the Allied aerial offensive against Germany and 0ermap'held teFFtE tory,
 The daylight assault came after intensive night operations during which RAP Mosquito b0mheFs plasieFed Berlin with twosleD bombs for the second consecutive night and Laneasters carried the RAP's fifth heavy bl0w in l2 hours at railways in France,
 The Air MlnislFy announced that the I.aneasters blasted the Fall junction Of 6lY0Ts, 260 miles south Of Paris, in an operation desiened to prevent the Germans from brlngs
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
Mess To Be Soid
 For Sloin Marine

CrsnstoD, R. E., Aug .l2, (UPl-A gTiefsstgickep m0tller made eTFanees nlepts today fog 6 pTo~hEHrial Mass for her marine son who gas executed by the 1apailese wbile . prisoner,
 Mrs. Sulia Pall0tH sald the Mas for her sen, Cpl. Victor PaDiotH, would be offered TbnTsday Rt her parish church,
 sE know t 6 wrong tQ hste egy. oDe-eYeE eur epemies-but think the execution was . horrible tbips," 6ald the service iaOtlleg, Tt ie a0laes thing [ shall never be able t0 get out Of ny mind,"
 'sTlle only thing ge eaD do for Victor now Is Fpay for blm," she R0bbed, 1He dld bls duty, but ' hope his brothag G0netang who is with tbe American forces ip ftaiy does not have to pay % gHeat 2 price"
 The a9SyaaT.0ld marine Was one of seven children 0f BaBlbin0 PallS oifl. Q custodian at Providence eols Les, Victor galned the marines Aye 9saFB aao, an6 served two years tp Chine hRfoFe Dlis transfer to the Philippine felaDds, g ewag captured ct iale fall q Detaan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
ALLIES CLOSE
 IN ON ENEMY
 3.SIDES
Supreme Headquarters,

Supreme Headquarters, AEF, August I2. - (UP) - The German 7th Army Of perhaps 100000 men reeled back toward the Seine and Paris from the Normandy pocket today under trip hammer attacks by two Al- lied Armies which recap tured hOtly-cOntested MOr- tain and were closing in on the hard-pressed Germans from three sides.
 The American lst and British 2nd Armies struck out in a vast encirclement drive in Normandy while another American speadhead in Brittany forced the Loire river and drove 10 miles south along the roads to the submarine base of La Ro- chelle and the big port of Bordeaux, 75 and TO miles below Nantes.
 Secrecy cloaked the progress of the American tank columns spear ing directly toward Paris. Most quarters doubted an American radio stations report that the Americans already had reached the outskirts of Paris, though the columns were believed in the vicinity of Chartres, 46 miles southwest Of the capital, and chateaudun. 26 miles farther south.
 The German garrisons at isolated Brest, St. Nazaire and Lorient. Bri's tany submarine and naval. basea. continued to hold out despite oysr. whelming odds. Marauders of ths 9th air force dropped 100000 lesf- lets on the three ports last night calling upon the garrisons t0 sur- render to save useless blo0ds.ied,
 A motley German force also E'as resisting all American attacks on m underground citadel in liberated St. Malo. a fishing port on the north coast of Brittany.
 It. Gen. Omar N. Bradiey's Amer ican forces raised the threat Of en- circlement over the German 5th army with a thrust north from Le Mans that. according to radio AL giers, already has carried tnr9uPh Alencon, % miles above Le Mans. and to within & miles due south of Falaise. under assault by British and Canadian forces in Normandy.
 4 German eommunique said rec iniorced American units were at- tempting to drive through the Alen- con area into the rear of tine main Nazi positions and heavy fighting for Alencon was in progress.
 German withdrawals in the face of intensified Allied attacks all around the rim of the Normandy pocket indicated. however, that Ger
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
BRITISH 9TH ARMY CAPTURES FLORENCE 100000 GERMANS REEL BACK TOWARD PARIS
FOR Says ALeuti0ns
 WiU Be U. s. BaStiOn

An Advance Aieutian Island Base, Aug. 3. (UP)-Prcsident Roosevelt, visiting this fog-shrouded, far Northern American outpost said to- day that the United States never again would trust the Japanese and must see to 1t that they never again set foot in the Aleutians.
 Arriving aboard a new cruiser five days after leaving Pearl Harbor and his strategy conferences with Gen. Douglas Macarthur and Admiral Chester w. Nimitz, Mir. Roosevelt made a four.hour inspection tour of this island bastion which little more than a year ago was only a short distance from enemy-held territory.
 This suggested the base was in the westernmost Aleutians close to Kiska or Attu which the Japanese occupied in June 3. i942. Attu. rec conquered after brief but bloody fighting. and Kiska. abandoned by the Japanese. are some 800 miles from Japanese bases in the north- ern Kuriles and about 2,0O0 miles from Tokyo)
 It was Mir. Roosevelt's western- most penetration of the Pacific war theater. Sun-tanned from his travels and wearing a battered felt hat, he rode in an Army car over the island. inspecting airfields. warehouses, dock facilities and other Installations.
 Eats GI Lunch
 He also conferred with Vice Ad- miral Prank Jack Fletcher, com-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
DRIVE
 TO ENMESH
 SOO,OOO MEN

Moscow, August IF. - (UP) - A Soviet campaign to destroy perhaps 100000 Germans trapped against the Baltic in Latvia and Es- t0nia was greatly intensified today with Red Army tanks and infantry ripping deep into the enemy flank on a 45-mile front below Lake Pskov.
 General Ivan I. Maslenni- kov'S 3rd Baltic Army went over to the offensive after a powerful artillery barrage yesterday, broke through the enemy's main defense line and captured 200 towns and villages in a l5-mile advance in southern EstOnia.
 One column seized Petseri. Junc- ton of the Pskov-Tallinn and Pskovriga railways. in a thrust to within 50 miles southeast of the Estonian stronghold of Tartu. while another captured Stukolowa. 70 miles southwest of Pslsov and two miles north of the Latyian border. Some i.500 Germans were killed at RetseFi and 300 others captured.
 General Andrel I. Yeremenko's End Baltic Army, to the southwest. hammered the southeastern corner of the German pocket back another six miles toward the Baltic with the capture of Sumakste, 55 miles southeast of Riga. and 50 other places after forcing the Viesite river along its entire length.
 The twin blows tightening the encirclement of General Linde- mann's Baltic Army Of 30 divisions were announced as the Nazi c0m- mand apparently called off its ale out counteF-attacks along the ap- pr0aches to the eastern frontier of East Prussia after suffering tree mendous losses during the past week,
 The Soviet midnight eommunique failed to mention fighting along the border for the first time since the battle began.
 All signs indicated that Gen. Ivan D. cheTniakhoysky's 3rd White Russian Army had geathered the German c0unter-offensiye without budging from its assault positions and within the next few days would resume its march into East Prussia, 0ermany's eastermost province.
 Drive Toward Lyck
 Gen, George Zakharoy sent a speaThead from his End White Russ sian Army lancing northwest from BialystOk toward the stronghold of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12

mander Of the North Pacific force. received salutes from thousands Of American fighting men stationed here and shared a q. I. luncheon of ham and potatoes with 200 soldiers, sailors and marines.
 His visit came one year and i2 days after the Japanese were ex. pelled from their brieily.held footholds. In an informal lunch. con talk. he said strong U. s. bases must be maintained in these islands to bar future Japanese penetrations
 Because Americans are used to civilization. he said. they were caught unprepared when the Japan csc invaded the Aleutians in June. l942. Having thrown them out, the United States must now make cer- tain, he said, that they never re. turn.
 Mir. Roosevelt said development of strong bases in these islands would benefit the nations growth by opening new areas for pioneering after the war. He stressed the postwar potentialities of Alaska whose climate he compared with that Of Scandinavia. He said there was much good farmland in Alaska and he would not be sorry if service personnel wished to settle there.
 The President displayed interest in the welfare of the men who live and work in the miserable Aleutian weather. He asked Pfc. William Golf, i9, a red-haircd marine from
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
EnOeh Arden Wife Seeks ANNwImeNt

Los Angeles, Aug, I2--lUPl-MFs, Victoria J, ElndelaT, who plaTTlAd again and had Q dalghtRT after the Wag Department notified her that her husband had been Killed D 1eT ton, sought RD Rnnlllment Nf the second BlagTlage i0day, on having been told hy the War Department that It had made mistake,
 Rbe married Norman ', klnaelAg iD Las Vegas, Nevs Aprll ls, le42, some tine after receiving the nTst notification, But George Freeman Is very much alive and still lighting the Axis, she was told,
 Mrs, sindelAT asked that custody ef heV dausbteT, May, be giveD te the father,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
NewAntiJop
 Blows Seen
Wy Unised PresS)

New softeining up campaigns against JapaB's inner defnese bases were indicated today as a heavy raid was revealed on the Volcano Islands, 750 miles south Of Tokyo, and U. S. airmen again hit Hal mahera. 250 miles from the Philip- pines.
 A Pacific fleet eommunique said an aerial task force of Liberator bombers, operating from newly won airfieldg in the Martapas, blasted Ty0. largest Of the Volcano Island group. with q tons Of bombs Wednesday. Fires were started at the airfield and peaIt yinstallattons Of the enemy base guarding aps proaches to the Japanese mainland.
 The commmnique also reported pew air attacks had been made on "Wednesday on Mile atoll and other unidentified targets ip the Mar shaIlg Wednesday,
 Allied bOlnberg destroyed or dam. aged eight Japanese vessels off Halmabera and made new attacks on enemy aifdfonles az Ule noFLD end of hte peninsula,
 Carrying out their second cons secutiye day Of attacking shipping lD Waslle Bay "Wednesday, Mtts ehell medium bombers saik four freigaters Of 1000 to 2000 tons, 2 coastal vessel and many small craft and sank or damaged tgo otheg fneFehaDtneD,
 Patrol planes seriously damaged 0g sank . 2.000 ton fFeIghteF of Talaud Islands, midway between Halmahera and the Philippines,
 AilstFaliaD BeauflghteFs stFafed 500 Japanese tro0p spaFadlng oD Eagnate airdrOnle on northwestern Dutch NeW 6ulflaa and killed many 0f them, a e0mpeuDique from Gen, Douglas MaeAFtbuF's headquarters sald,
 Gen, Joseph ". Stilwell's head, quarters Rplouneed that American and Cbinese b0pbeFs Tatdeo
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
Top.Psy Enlisted Men Peees Allotment Cut

Taunton, Mass Aug, l2 -tuPlw R-sgt, Mas " Eager Of Camp Myles etandish, the aTmy's hlghestrpald enlisted man. today faced the pF0ss peet Of losing part Of bis all0ltmeDt following hiS Wlfe's dlV0Fee action 0D grounds ef cruelty,
 Mrs. Rose 4, Eager Of Aenshnet filed Q divorce suit late yesterday ip Taunton probate court and . hearing wlll De held shortly With . vie and seven children, plus T' years army service, gsgeH draws b3el 20 q lnoDtb, about sSo more
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
Huge Fire Destroys One Of Biggest Docks; Damage High

Hoboken, N. T., Aug. l2 - (U.PD- Fire destroyed one of the biggest docks in the East last night and for four hours threatened to destroy the entire HobolEen waterfront. across the Hudson river from Manhattan Island of New York City,
 Pier No. {, known to hundreds of thousands of. American soldiers Of the first World War because it was their jumping of place en route to France, vas completely destroyed along with thousands of tons of eombat-bound war materials. It was the pier of the Liner Leyiathap.
 The value of the destroyed war materials was not known. but fire department officials estimated that the total loss was between s2,50O, 900 and s4,000,O00.
 More than 100 firemen and coast guardgmen were overcome by smoke poisoning and were given first aid by Red Gross units. Twenty were taken to st. MaFy's hospital and treated for subnlersi0n,
 The fire was fought by ell Ho- bokep equipment, 2 score Of Are companies from New York City, three New York City flreboats and 2 Coast Guard contingent of seven fire boats, three tugs, and 20 pickett boats.
 Pier No. {, was ly05S feet long. Ad- jaeent gater front properties were damaged as the flames shot 300 feet amid black clouds of smoke which spread over huge areas Of the New York City region.
 It apaTeptly started with Q small fire of unknown origin aboard the Lighter |. V, Abbey which was uns loading s0,gall0p drums of covalipe, Q chemical used in paints, at the head of Pier {, The Are heated the dFums,f causing them to explode.
 The first explosion, at 8 ?, n. hurled the drums in all directions, Ten to 20 det0pati0ns followed with maebine-guD-like swiftness, The Liberty Ship Nathaniel Alexander tied up at the pier vas toged away with only slight fire damage. Tugs and Coast Guard vessels showed the lighter to midstTean, RGaDle from stelp to stern, and moved all ships lD adjoining piers.
 Dozens Of sailors and dock hands dyed Into the water and swan to safety as the Aames leaped along the updeT-stTuetlTe and oyer the three story dock house Of Pier A
 Despite the outside help the Gre E0aEed out Of control and the pleg was fHallg abaDdn0ed 70 the Galles, Besides destroying the pier and the var goods, the blaze also consumed tllFee baFges and 2 floating crane,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
G0Ut. Takes ODer 163 Striking Truck Co. s

Chicago, Aug. i2 - 1U.PD - For the second time in less than two weeks. President Roosevelt Interced- ed today to halt a major transp0Tta- ti0D skriiEe, this time in the midwest where the federal government seized I63 trucking firms ending a walk. out of 50O00 drivers and freight handlers.
 The once of Defense Trapsporta- ton took control Of the strike bound lines at I2:0i a. m. (CWp) today, ha.dng the strike that began last Monday in protest against the re- fusal of the operators to abide by a War Labor Board ruling granting drivers seyep-cent hourly increase.
 Transportation Director J. Mop- roe Johnson of the ODT, wb0 asked the President to seize the truck lines named Ellis T, L0ngnccker, director Of the ODTs highway transport de- pertinent as federal manager of the companies. Longepecker lCQ) ar- Tiyes ip Minneapolis today and will set up headquarters ip that city,
 Although union sp0keSnep said the drivers would cooperate 100 per cent" with the government, full operation oyer the truck routes was not expected tO be resumed until t0- morrow or Monday.
 Many trucks were stalled at their relay points when the strike started and these must be returned to terms finals before shipping csD be re. euBaed.
 Although the executive order to seize the firms empowered Secretary of War Henry 2, 6timsop tO use troops 4 necessary to eDforee the decree, it appeared unlikely that they w0uld be needed.
 Dofb operators and union offlelals previously had stated they would welcome government seizure Of the lines.
 T'lRemas D. Flynn, Indianapolis, acting president Of the International Brotherhood og Teanlsters lAFL, commended the presidents action lp the seizure,
 fi0Hg men have been instructed t0 return to g0rk at once and follow scrHpul0usly ct orders Of the eoVS
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
FOR Will
 Tell Nation About Trip

Seattle. Aug. i2. CUP)-President Roosevelt, making his second radio speech from the west coast within month, will give the nation a flrst-hand account tonight of his inspection of the Pacific war the- ater and his conferences with the top Pacific cOinmanders-Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester w. Nimitz.
 Mir. Roosevelt speaks from the Bremerton Navy Yard across Puget Sound from Seattle at s D. m. @ D. m. EWT) and his address will be broadcast by the four major net- works.
 The address comes as another high spot in the Presidents journey which began in Washington July B and took him to the Hawaiian Islands and the Aleutians.
 Mr. Roosevelt has described his trip and his meetings with Gen. MaeATthur and Adm. ". Nimitz as part of his duties as commandeT-in- chief. Some of his critics have challenged this label, saying that MT. Roosevelt Is campaigning poll tically.
 His speech this evening gill be his first since he accepted the Democratic fourth term nomination on July 20 at the United States Marine base in San Diego, Cal.
 And AS in the case Of the San Diego speech, he was to appear again before the backdrop of q working part of the war efEort-a Navy Yard which he visited two years ago to see wounded ships" being hustled back into combat trim. MF. RooseYelt's decision to speak
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Whooping; Shooting From Hip Midlvest Boys Capture LeMans

Fadas Killed 0F wounded ln WaeFy hedge 10 hedge lighting, were glvs CD tbelF big chance to deal with the enemy 70 the way they wanted i0 deal with him
 Organlzed into several flying co.'s nEnns Of infantry and aFlnoF, the Eegiment vas assigned the assault and capture Of LR Mans,
 They st0Fned through Mayenlle, crossed ctTea Blsln aklgfa with fence posts as oars. charged head'on Into
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
Robots Hove New BOSe

London, Aug. I2-(uP)--GeTman flying bombs apparently launched oyer Q DeW route from behind B0lI- l0gDe, were sent into southern Eng land and the London area during the night on the largest scale ID some lime, causing casualties and damage,
 The attack began shortly before midnight and bombs were sent over at intervals until after daybFeak,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12

Ee Mans, PFanee, Aug, li'-luP -E.e Mans was captured by q Fegi' lnent 0f midwest aonghboys wh0 made . thrilling s4.mIle dash east through Mayenne wb00pIng Ike Fodea hands and shooting from the hip.
 The stoFy 0peneA east ef G. IsalllFe Dc HaTeOuet where the boys after weeks of seetlng their eonl'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12

German tanks and fought it out ln the streets Of EA Mans to sin thelT ObjaetlYe,
 They left behind hundreds of Germans who were rounded np by combat teams sllpp0rte aby tank daslF0yeFs and mobile artillery,
 ] saw many Of the prisoners as they were being driven te prison camps. They looked more Ike cattle than the cream ef MitleTs fighting men,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
6.i Aeslnss Wsv's End By Sept. IS

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 wns accepting, pgemtHDs agninsl lke Nepi, lD tegmlnas ton fF0in peFsens Wltb Sills smEnhle lnfeTesl.s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
The Weather

Warm - Humid SFuil weather Rspors ease g
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He also conferred with Vice Ad- miral Prank Jack Fletcher. com-
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-11
Funeral Services Wednesday

Final rite for Mrs. Matte Waugh
ener, SO, of 868 Germantown street,
will be held Wednesday at the Mt.
Enon Baptist church, with Rev. j.
l.. Munday and Rev. M. l.. Breeding
officiating. Burial will be in Green
castle cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, Pink /;
daughters, Mrs. Marie Smith and
Mrs. Elizabeth McKenney; mother,
Mrs. Lizzie Goss, and two grand
children.
Friends may call at the residence
from Tuesday afternoon until serv-
ice time.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-11
Driver FACES
AUTO CHARGES
I'm ACCIDENT

Thomas Shepherd, 67, of 1920
West Third street, was treated in
St. Elizabeth hospital for a possible
fracture of the left knee, sustained,
police said, when he was hit by an
automobile while crossing Home
avenue at Williams street about
9:29 p. m. yesterday.
Herbert Johnson, 80, of 1873
Weakley street, operator Of the
automobile which hit Shepherd, was
ordered to appear in traffic court on
charge Of improper operation.
Police said the vehicle, travelling
south on Williams street, hit the pc
destrian while making a turn west
on Home avenue.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-11
Y0LANDA BARNETT WEDS
D0XEY WILKER50N

LOUISVILLE, Dec. IL (ANP)
Mr.. and Mrs. David w. Barnett,
Sr., of one Of Louisville's pioneer
families are announcing the mar
riage of their daughter, florida Yo-
landa, to Doxey Wilkerson of New
York City. Miss Barnett, grad
uate of Ohio State university from
which she holds a masters degree,
has been national secretary of the
YWCA. Mr.. Wilkerson, wi d ely
known as a brilliant scholar, and
former professor at Howard uni
versity, is now the managing edi-
tor of the Peoples Voice of New
York City.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-11
WHITES REPLACE NEGRO
BELLHoPS IN LOUISVILLE

LOUISVILLE, Dec. 9 (ANP)-
The replacement of Negro bellboys
with white returning veterans at
the Kentucky hotel here is another
indication of the need for the Ne
gro worker to protect himself
through organization, it was point
ed out by Robert E. Black, execu-
tive secretary of the Louisville Ur-
ban league.
Mr.. Black disclosed that his or
ganization had contacted the hotel
officials relative to the change, but
had been advised it was too late to
make "any adjustments"
The hotel manager, Turner Mil
am, was quoted by Black as saying
he did not want to make the
change, but he was unable to get
a full crew of Negro bellmen be-
cause of War Manpower commits
sion restrictions limiting referrals
to returning veterans, and that the
now white crew was made upchief-
ly of such veterans.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-11
GRUMMAN HELLCATS win
59-41 IN PRO GAME

Grumman Hellcats, fighting nip
and tuck in the first half of their
basketball game with Kautsky's
from Indianapolis, turned loose the
power in the second frame and beat
the Naptown boys 59-41 at Memo
rial hall yesterday.
From the third quarter on it was
strictly Grumman's game. Gates,
Franklin, and Gershon started hit
ting the net with regularity. Gates
was head man in the scoring column
as he was good for 19 points. The
best Indianapolis could do to match
his effort was 13 points by Dale
Morey.
In the preliminary game the MGR
girls beat the Delco lassies 20 to 49,
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-11
k|NCHENS APPEAL FUND
PASSES $4,000 MARK

Total contributions for the last
week added to the previous amount
collected to date for the Daniel
Kinchen Appeal Fund has reached
the $3.50 and is rapidly growing.
Rev. George w. Sherard, pastor
of Mckinley Methodist church, the
chairman of the committee conduct
ing the campaign, is seeking the CO.
operation of everyone in order that
what is deemed an injustice against
Kinchen can be righted.
Young Kinchen was charged and
convicted of assault with intent to
commit rape. The committee con-
tends the evidence does not sub
staniate conviction and is making
every effort to keep Kinchen from
going to the penitentiary where he
has been sentenced by a ee-judge