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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21

foXholes with bayonets and blasting their strong points with fire, shells, bullets and grenades, spurred hy tho knowledge thnt their opponents were from the hated 18th Japanese division which tortured their bud- dies of HAtaan during the notorious march of death two and Q half years ago.
 Swarms of Planes
 sWarms of carrier bombers ana fighters roared out ahead of tho advancing troops, straSing every possible target, while the big guns of the American hattleships Call. fornla and Pennsylvanla--dNmaeed in the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl HArbor.-and other warships hurled thousands of tons of shells deep inland,
 JapNnese resistance was increoS- ing as the enemy recovered rom the initial shock Of the assault, but nowhere was 1t sufficient to stem the tidal wave of American troops md machine enveloping the Island. Gen. Douglas MaeArthur, personally commanding the attack, estimated the enemy garrison at little more than e diVislon--lB 000 men--where:: as the invading force was plaeea ct 100000 to 2b0,000.
 Reinforcement of men and sup- plies continued to flow ashore In Q Eteady stream aS ground forces con. Eolidated their bridgeheads and Struck inland. MacArthur told cor" respondents that the operations were proceeding "aecording to plan,'
 American casualties have been exceedingly light" in tho first phase of the invasion. MaeArthurs second eommunlque said. Shore fire damaged some landing craft, how ever, and one vessel In the 600.ship invasion armada was damaged by on aerial torpedo.
 Tacloban
 MaeArthur appeared to Do throw Ing his main strength against Tael: oban, Q city of 30,000 persons, and lts nearby alrfleld. Ofiieiai reports said It. Gen. Walter Kruegers 9th Army forces pepetrated to within c half-mile of tie airfieid in q i,200 yard advance against moderate TO. distance in the first eight hours yos- terdAy,
 Another force was meeting "Stub- born resistance" in the form of mors tar, maehine-gun and small arms fire near Palo, Ave miles south of Taeloban.
 All forces dug in last night against expected counter-a attacks, but none was believed to have developed, at least In strnegth.
 Carrier planes from the Third and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21
Dulag On Eastern
 Leyte Is Captured
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Seventh Fqeets, as well as Lieuten- ant General George o, Kenney's Southwest Pacific Air Forces, kept up their deadly hombardment of the enemy's air bases and shipping throughout the Philippines, thwart. Ing his every effort to bring up Fe- inforcements or supplies or mount Q concerted aerial counter-attack.
 % Ships Sunk
 Carrier planes alone were roveal- cd to have sunk 20 ships and small craft, probably sunk four others, damaged 60 vessels, destroyed l4b planes and damaged 90 in Q series of raids Wednesday, Thursday and Friday on enemy air bases and ship. ping ct Lu2on, Negros, Panay, Cepu and Leyte. Nine American aircraft were lost,
 Numerous fuel and ammunition dumps were set aiire and airdrome installations were heavily damaged ' MaeArthur reported in . communi. que on operations of Vice Admiral Thomas o. Klnkaid'S Seventh Fleet, "At least i2 coastal gun positions were wrecked and Q truck company of 50 troop and supply vehicles was destroyed on Leyte Island"
 A Pearl Harbor eommunique re. vealed the part played by Admiral William ?. HAlsey'S idle.ranging Third Fleet. Its carrier planes were credited with destroying or dam. aging B7 of the ships and s7 of the planes included in tho three-day toll, thus boosting It's bag for Rn al. most nonstop offensive since oc. 10 to 42b ships and i,i22 to 1882 planes.
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 piaInt stated. Tho plaintiff claim" Cd the fail was due to c large hole in tho highway,
 4 settlement also was reported reached in the ti0,000 action brought by Nicholas duerriOro Of Waterbury, through his father, An- thony N. dueTiero, against Ben. jaF,ir end Leila Farer, doing blsi" iless at the Tarer News Co. Of Wa torbuFy, and Edgar Vadnais, also Of this city,
 The plaintiff claimed nc was in. jured Sept. {, i043 when c truck owned by the news company and operated by the other defendant colllded with \ car nc was dFiys !ng on the Waterbury. Bethany road. TIC sustained c brain concusslofi, contuSions Of his chest, and injuries to his left elbow and aim, the coifls pIaint stated,
 ft was alleged by the youth that no sustained . permanent partial impairment of the use and function cg lis left arm and hand afId tliat ifs eaTnlng capacity win be paftially tg8nafpen
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21
MOTHER OF 15
 LAID TO REST
Son Celebrates Funeral Mass in TOrringtOn for
 Mrs. Grinvalsky

TorrlnRton, oct. 2l-The funeral of Mrs. Anna Maria urinvalsky, mother of fifteen children, was held Friday at the Sacred Heart church, eight sons acting as bearers, from the home, 100 Harwinton avenue with funeral services ct the church nt 10, A son, Rev. stephen A. Qrinvalsky, celebrated the solemn high Mass of requiem,
 Most Rev. Henry J. oBrien. auxiliary bishop of the Hartford diocese, and 4f priests from au parts of the state attended.
 Assisting were Rev Thomas F Mulcahy, pastor of st, Augustlnes, Hartford, deacon; Rev, Joseph A, Plsarclk, pastor of the Holy Name of Jesus church, Stratford, sub. deacon; Rev. John zihala, pastor of Sacred Heart church, Torring' ton, and Rev. Marshall Flip, as' slstant pastor, master of ceremon- les; Rev. John Oruzlnski, pastor oi St. Matthias, East Lyme, Rev. Step' hen Yanchusa, Swoyerville, Pap acolytes, and Rev. Thomas Looneyi st. Michaels, Hartford, thurifer.
 Bishop o'Hrien assisted at the Mass. His hides were Rev. stephen panik, pastor of sS. Cyril ana Methodius church, Bridgeport, and Rev. Michael Carnicke, pastor of St. Johns Nepomucene, Bridgeport.
 Active bearers were John z,, An- drew T.. Michael J, James, Joe seph, Pfc. George s. Pfc. Henry T. and Pvt. Bernard E. 0rlnvalsky,
 Honorary bearers from the First Catholic Ladies slovak union, were Mrs. Andrew Kodiak, Mrs, John Barlok, Mrs. Stephen Pavlik, Mrs. Joseph Babic, Mrs. John Koalak, and Mrs. John Lach, and from Torrington Catholic Slovak union, Mrs. Mary Palker, Mrs. Sophia Farkas, Mrs. Mary Dublel, Mrs. Killiany, Mrs. Veronica Marfiak, and Mrs. Anna Tomaln.
 Other prlesos in attendance were: Rev, John II. Anderson, Stratford; Rev. James II. Grady, Bridgeport; Rev. Joseph Novorolsky, Westfleld, Mass; Rev. Joseph P. Mace, New Britain; Rev. Edward J. Radze- vlch, Seymour; Rev. Alexander P. MaczlsoY New Britain; Rev. An drew Hajus Bridgeport; Rev. John Cotter, Hartford; Rev. John Car. rig, Hartford: Rev. Bernard l.. Mcdurk, Canaan; Rev. Alfred A DiMeo, New Haven; Rev. George Flip, Midtlletown; Rev. John P, KowalSki, Torrlngton; Rev, James ?. Egan, Litehfield; Rev. ltalo Cal cagnI, Waterbury and Rev. Robert R. Sanders, Plainville.
 Also, Rev. William P. Botticelli, Torrington: Rev. Joseph A. Rice, New Hartford; Rev. stephen Gro hol, Torrington: Rev, Robert W, Doyle, Hartford; Rev. Joseph ?. Cunningham, Hartford; Rev. Mi- chael J. 0uerln, Simsbury; Rev. Joseph ?. Flanagan, Torrington; Rev. Thomas J. McMahon, Hart ford.
 And, Rev. stephen PItka, nridge- port; Rev. David P. Bannon, West Hartford; Rev. Thomas o'Neill, Elmwood: Chaplain tCapt) Leon. ard White, Jacksonville. Fla: Rev. James K. Brophy. New Britain, and Rev. Paul M, Spodnlk, South bury.
 Burial was in new st. Francis cemetery. Conducting the com- initial service was Father QrinvAl- sky. assisted by other priests in the presence Of Bishop OBrien.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21
Dewey Seeks Lcbor's Aid
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tContlnued from Page O tlnE aside the recommendation of the meditation board for an increase os eight cents on hour" Dewey said,
 FDR Did Nothing
 ''Tor six months last year, while uncertainty and tension increased, MT Roosevelt did nothing but wage q war of nerves against the railway workers. Finally he decided tho stage WAS set for making political capital, He called the union leaders to the White House. They met there four times. MT. Roosevelt demanded that he, instead of the legally establish cd meditation board, be selected as the final arbitrator"
 "Finally Mir. Roosevelt seized the railroads to forestall Q national dis aster which he himself had pre- pared. After that he graciously gave the very wage increase to which the railway workers have been entitled for over . year"
 Then Dewey swung intoAhe part that Flynn, Bronx county Demo. cratic chairman, played In the pro. ceedlngs.
 "Politloal power wasn't the only profit in this case" he charged, "There was political cash too-for one of the New Deal city bosses"
 He said that because the proceed. ings were obviously of . very spe- cial sort" the railroad brotherhoods "werO forced to hire someone who knew his way around the White House" l"
 S2b,O0O Fee
 Dewey said Flynn received Q fee of S2b ,000 for his services to the railway workers,
 "Colleetlve bargaining is only one of the casualties of the rights Of workers under the New Deal" Dewey continued, Look at what has happened to the white collar worker"
 He told of Q friend employed In Q publishing house, whose application for a raise met the approval of his employer, but was denied by gov- ernment agencies twice before he finally was allowed on0-half of the amount requested.
 linus, more than IS months after the original request, the New Deal settled the case by the old kangaroo court method of splitting the difference" Dewey asserted.
 "The New Doal Is c bankrupt or- ganisation," Dewey said, diving only to extend It's powers over the daily lives of our people" He charged that it had no postwar program ex- eept: "Haek to normaley with ton million unemployed"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21

Six direct hits by the Thunderholts opened up c B0-foot gap in the dam, and the torrent rushed down on Dieuze, seven and half miles be- hind the German lines in the area of Chateau Salins
 The airnen, attacking through on Intense curtain of antl-ar-craft ire, saw the water pouring down from the lake, and today it was reported ris- Ing steadily above on estimated two- foot level is the streets of the com munieations hub below the Saar basin,
 Over Metz yesterday Q liaison plane spotted Q shed believed to conceal one of the big German rail- way guns which have been marrying Pattons army Artillery scored GO hits near the shed and four direct hits on the building which went up in a terrific explosion followed by fire.
 The new Canadian drive north of Antwerp was reported developing swiftly. ono column of the three- way push drove through the village of campthout, il miles north of Antwerp on the railway to Bergen op zoom and due east of the main
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21
At Least 50 Dead In Blast
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N9ShAbAAAhN9 AAVHh eRB hF - peeted additional deaths duo to in- juries. Authorities discussed eon- Verting tho central armory In down. town Cleveland Into on emergency morgue.
 Reminiscent of the Cleveland eli- nic blaze which snuffed out i24 lives in 1929, the fire ragged out Of control for nine hours before 1t was brought virtually under control ct midnight
 Mayor Frank J. LauSche ordered continued evacuation of all homes and buildings on the fringe of the area as c precautionary measure.
 Approximately l0B buildings were located in the area, including prl- Vate homes and apartment houses Virtually an of these structures were raSed,
 i,bOO Homeless
 Unofficial estimates of the homes less ranged from l,B00 to 5000. At least 700 persons were being cared for by Rcd Gross workers in jun- for high school, Hundreds of others found refuge in homes of relatives or friends in other parts of the city still others were housed in churches and inprovised shelters,
 Many of the bodies were charFed beyond recognition. Firomen found on unidentified legless man burned to death in Q private home near the East Ohio plant, with the eo- dies of four little children lying on the floor around R bed that had been turned Into q pyre,
 The fire area was patrolled by Ohio National duardsmen and Coast duardsmen. Covers were rec moved from inanholes because BeV- erai peySonB were injured when un. derground gas exploded, tossing the lids high into the air,
 Gas Main Explodes
 An underground gas main on Bt. Clair Ave, on the south side Of the fire area, exploded ct the height of the blaze, sucking a fire engine into c gaping hole.
 Tho tanks which exploded con. tained frozen liquid gas, which after exploding squirted sheets of flame aS high as 1000 feet one witness said the flames killed birds in flight.
 Company officials said they would Do unable to determine tho cause of the initial explosion until q full investigation had been completed
 Mayor Laligche said tho danger Of the fire spreading was over, put added that the area was saturated with gas fumes which would make lt unsafe for pedestrian or motor traffic for several days.
 Three tanks of gas exploded Fire. men succeeded in saving two others, one of them containing 100000 cubic feet of gas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21

NSShhbehab0 AAOh tthO ~ 
 don and Lublin groups can be ree- oneiled.
 The official TasS Agency, report. ing the reaction of the Lublin Pc. fish press on the conversations, quoted the Lublin papers as saying they promoted mutual clarifiea. ton of views"
 High Allied sources said Churchill and Stalin also eoordinated their policies toward southeastern Eu- rope, including the Balkans, and agreed on q common policy toward YugoSlaVia which they believed would lead to ultimate harmony between King Peters royal govern inent and Marshal Tito's national liberation committee.
 Tho conferences were held with the full approval of the United States government and American Ambassador W. AVerell Hartman, who attended as m observer, left Moscow simultaneously with Churchill yesterday to report to Washington.
 Concrete Proposals
 stanlslaw Mikolajczyk, Premier of the exile government, preceded Churchill back to London with concrete proposals to submit to his cabinet and there were high hopes that unified government for liberated Poland soon may be established,
 In the military sphere, little can Do revealed at this time of the Te- suit of the Staiin-C Churchill dis eilssionS. However. 1t was made known that Stalin and Churchill reviewed eomprehenSiVely the plans for winning the European war drafted at Tehran and Queboc and coordinated Angio- American and Soviet policy for the final phase of the campaigns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21
Tanks Blast 5O-Foot
 Breach In Big Dam
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part of the Sehelde Etsuary,
 Another reached WuestweGel, six miles east of Campthout, three miles below the Dutch border, and 10 miles south of the big transport center of Breda.
 "Vory Difficult"
 A front dispatch reported livery dlfficult" fighting In that lowland aren, but said tho Canadians were slugging forward steadily.
 TO the west, where Canadian units were at the entrance to the Cleveland Peninsula fianking the Sohelde Estuary on the north. the positions were reported static Across the Estuary, slow but steady progress was reported in the Bres- kens Pocket, with tho Canadians pushing across flat country laced With waterways and swept by gum fire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21
Up the Atlantic Coast and drench- ing the eastern geoboard.
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 Up the Atlantic Coast and drench. ing the eastern gooboard.
 Rain or Shine
 Nevertheless, according to Demo. cratic National Committee officials the presidents tour of Metropolitan New York will start this morning on schedule, rain or shine, and they expect him to hide in m open CAr,
 Tho president will lunch at Mrs. RooseVelt's apartment and spend most Of the afternoon resting after going over his night speech.
 Tho New York visit was the first in Q series of outright political campaign appearances which the president wifi make before election day, Already scheduled are speeches in Philadelphia, Boston and Chl- cago and Democratic party officials said similar appearances in rDfVH" land and Detroit were under con" sideration.
 Elaborate precautions were being taken here for the presidents visit, The United States Secret service, charged with protection of Aineris can Chief Executives have survey. cd in c minute detail every foot Of the route no will travel today and New York City police department has called out oil members Of the force for day-l0ng duty.
 White House Group
 Members of the White House party accompanying the President included his wife, Secretary Of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr" White House Press Secretary Step hen T, Early, vice-Admirai Ross T. Mcintyre, the President's physician and surgeon general Of the Navy; Secretary William D. Hassett, play wright and former oWf official, Robert Sherwood, who is assisting in the Presidents reelection cam. paign, Miss Margaret Buckley. the President's cousin from Hyde Park, N. Y., and Grace Tully, MT. Roose' VeIt's private secretary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21

NSOaibhAaNo AhOtAA . SbS af sss-H------ss-----a-su-s--z--. -.-z=-&--=-.u=~s-.-. moved Into their home.
 Alfrets and Roof each put up $500 last February as the down pay ment on q house and oil moved in, including the Roofs three children, Richard, Il; Jack, l2; and Paul. l3.
 SlS5 Drugs
 Police It. William Mafnum said approximately $i96 worth of eura- tives from e New Jersey medical supply house were found in the Al frets room. He had prepared a spe'' clai salVe for Mrs, Roofs supposed ailments.
 Later, the dapper, gray-haired dark, barber proposed to the small- statured, plodding machinst that his wife be eneased in the chastity belt
 The heavy canvas garment wai fastened with a metal lock attached to c leather belt about the waist The lower part Of the garment was further closed with safety -pif1s, through which was woven c twine' string. The string was covered With adhesive tape when the belt was removed from Mrs. Roof at the hos. pltal. The neck also WIS fastened with pins, string and tape.
 Quarantine Alfrets later began to suspect that the Isolation provided by the chaSti- ty belt should Do strengthened by Q quarantine. Both he and Roof had a key to tho bedroom, and one of them gave his key each day to young Jack Roof SO he euold release his mother to prepare lunch. Dist. Atty. Leo ]. Haggery said the three would be kept under ob. servntion for at least 10 days,
 We won't have any report on our investigation until the hospital completes It's examination" he Said'
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Continued from Page D an attempt to push against the cap. ital from the south.
 One Of his Sniients struck l3 miles northward from subotica, crossed the TiSza river and captured Bacs Aimas. 87 miles south of Budapest and 1T miles east Of the Danube river crossing of Baja.
 Berlin also reported that ans other Soviet column had started . drive on Szoinik, SO miles southeast of Budapest and on one of the main rail lines lending Up through the Balkans.
 TFansylvanla
 Tn Pennsylvania, Malinovsky's 2 troops virtually isolated the rail hub of Satu-MaFe, last big city ifi the territory held by the Germans, with the capture Of Debrecen and Chiiia, i2 miles to the east. A R0- fnafiian cominunique said It's troops with the Soviet armies were only . few miles from gatusMAre.
 Marshal Feodor Toibukin's Third Ukrainian Army meantime was pres pairing for ( new drive westward after completing th econquest Of Belgrade, capital Of Hugsosiavia and the sixth national capital liberated by Soviet forces.
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(Continued from Page D club present last night attacked the proposal station that he was on owner of such c store and Wel- comed further competition. MT, Bournovai said that he wished to go on record for the club in op- position to tho measure proposed,
 Frank Orencoie representing the Clty'B veteran organizations like. wised voiced opposition declaring we must give the returning servs icHmcn every opportunity Of freo enterprise"
 No action was taken by the board ct last nights meeting and 1t ls doubtful if the measure will come ID for vote at the next meeting Of the board scheduled for Oct. 90. The full board sat last night as c coins mittee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21

(Ccntinued from Page D the future, we mean where c pos sible fire or casualty hazard exists, lt viii Dc our duty to fife afi iilfor- nation against the organization Of party ifi charge of such affair,
 Tn plain words. We intend co protect the public more than ever, and 70 do tfie, We must have uni. foFtned Bremen employed at ail places of public entertainment, aIl0 wherever more than fifty persons sYe eNthsref
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21
Paper Collection
 To Start at IP. M.

Weather permitting, . can. wasting 0s 1Ae city streets will be started at 1 p, n. this af- ternOOn in the collection of salvage paper. Streets h the northwestern section and Bunker Hill and West Side Hill sections will be covered.
 The collection originally was slated to get underway at 10 Q. m. this morning but cloudy skies foreStalled It's inaugura- ton. Rather than cancel the entire program, as was neces- sary last Saturday, salvage authorities today announced that they would attempt col. leetlng at 1 ?. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21

tContInued from Psge D through her husband, while the other minor has instituted his claims through iiis father, John Walter, ST., also Of MeFlderS. The complaint is FetuFnable to court Nov. T
 The driver cf the Aliiccine eaF and i've peGsongeFs ili t also were injured q, tije collision. That car also was delnolished.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21

Church of SS. Peter and Paul for solemn high Mass of requiem ct O. Burial will Do in Calvary ceme. tcry, Greenfield, Mass. Friends may call at the funeral home from [ to 10 ?. m. today and from to 10 D, m, tomorrow.
 The funeral Of Miss Annie L.. Mccarthy, 4b Chestnut avenue, was held from the home today at 0;ib to St. Margarets church ct 0. Bur. ial was in new St. Joseph's cem. etery
 The funeral Of Miss Catherine Mcfarland, 69 East Liberty street, was held from the residence at 0:i6 c. m. today to St. Patrick's church at 9. Burial was in new St. JoSeph'S cemetery.
 The funeral of Mrs Alice E. (WitherelD Williams, widow Of Henry M. Williams, i2 Manhan street, will Do held today at { D. m, ct the AiderBon funeral home, 70 Central avenue, Rev. Dr. John O.. Walker, pastor of the Second Con. gregational church, officiating Burial will Do in old Pine Grove cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21

eIactlon, the FegoFwatoFy wiIl blos. nem forth soon with . new name. 6 new head, and . new set es gHIsg
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21
FUNERALS


 The funeral Of Andrew 6. Ander- Soh, 50 Linden street, will be held at the AldorBon funeral home, 70 Central avenue, at 2 D. m. today, Rev. c. A. dor0nson, officiating. Burial will Do in Riverside come. tery.
 The funeral of Hugh M. Crean, D8 Frost road, was held from the MulVlile funeral home, 27O West Main street, today at 0:IB to the Church of SS, Peter and Paul ct Q. Burial was In new St. Joseph'B cemetery.
 The funeral Of Mrs. Aniello Car. pentieri, 0uernsey street, East Farms, was held ct g c. m. today from the residence to Our Lady Of LouFdes church for c solemn high Mass at 9. Burial was in Calvary cemetery,
 The funeral Of William J. BaF- ton, M Englewood avenue, member of the Waterbury police department for 2i years, will Dc held from the Mulvil!9 funeral home, 270 West Main street, Monday ct 8:iS to the