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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-04
Pole Stotus Still Crux

London, Jan. 4.-(UP)-The Red army,s drive across the pre-war Pc fish frontier brought to a head to- day the long Smouldering question of RuSso-Polish relations, and dis patches from Moscow indicated the Russians would firmly oppose any attempt to negotiate the return E0 Poland of territory occupied by it's armies in 1889.
 The issue, opening up the en- tire problem of post-war relations among the United Nations, was raised last night by Premier 6tanis- law Mikolajcsyk of the Poiishe em- igre government who said in Q newspaper interview that he was wiliin gto seek a reapprocnmenE wExls Russia provided complications arising from Russian demands gc certain Polish territories could be removed"
 Moscow dispatches said it could be taken for granted that any at tempt to raise the question of S3- viet sovereignty over the part of Po- land occupied by the Red army would be met with stern refusal sr stony silence.
 What makes the question delics c is that Great Britain went to war to preserve Polandis territorial in- egrity. Its solution is of particuIsr concern to all the small cccupied countries.
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Fire Lands In Hot Spot

London, Jan. 4 = (U.P) Fire was understood today to have de- cided to intern 162 German sailors rescued from the Atlantic, a deci- sion which observers believed might confront the Dublin government with the most difficult problem yet to arise from it's neutrality.
 The Germans apparently survivors of the battle in the Bay of Biscay. were picked up and taken to Cobh by the Irish motorship Kerlogue.
 The reported decision to intern them was said to have been made in the face of stiff intervention by the German minister, Eduard Hem pei, who sought to obtain their complete freedom.
 One informed source said the Kerlogue originally was destined for a British port. but after picking up the Germans the ship headed in- stead for Cobh.
 The captain was understood to have given as the reason for the change of course a purported short age of supplies and medical facili- ties.
 Observers here regarded 1t as highly improbable that the Ger mans would accede quietly to any such developments as were report cd. The repatriation of the German sailors was understood to have been sought on grounds that they were shipwrecked mariners. Throughout the war the Fire government has taken the view that anyone landing In Fire territory ln the uniform Ol R belligerent ls liable to inteEnment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-04
Senators Blame Labor
 Unrest On Administration

Washington, Jan. 4-(UP)-Prom- inent Senators joined President Will liam Green of the American Feder- ation of Labor today in placing re- sponsibility for labor unrest at the door of the Roosevelt administra- ton.
 Green made his charge in a blis- tering rebuttal to the weekend statement of a high official source here that labor disputes such as led to seizure of the railroads were giv- ing the Germans a psychological life and prolonging the war. The AFL chief it was now reported in the press" that such assertions had been made by Gen. George c. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff.
 Challenging Gen. Marshal or anyone else" to prove the statements, Green declared: T hereby charge that the responsibility for the pro- longation of these disputes rests en- tirely upon buugling, flimbling and incompetent handling by govern ment officials and agencies"
 The high officials statement also was assailed by Preaident Philip Murray Of the Congress of Industrial Organizations who announced iu Pittsburgh that he had s6nt q leIe.
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Victory Near In Epic Sky
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Washington, Jan. 4. (UP)-Allied air forces now smashing German cities and blasting an invasion path into western Europe are nearing victory in an epic battle for sky supremacy which will be "a major turning point in the war; Gen. H. H. Arnold asserted today.
 In a triumphant report to Secre- tary Of War Henry L. Stimson, the U. s. Army air forces chief promised crushing aerial oIensives against all enemies on every front. He did not-as others have done recently say when he believd final victory would be achieved, but he stated:
 Tt is now plaln that for us the beginning has ended: for our enemies, the end has begun"
 Arnold, whose 54-page report cov- cred U. S. Air Force Organization and operations to Jan. 1, promised early elimination of the German Luftwaffe as an effective air force and ultimate destruction of Japanese industry by American planes swarm ing over the enemy's home islands from bases in China.
 Detailing the triumphs of Amer ican air power from the start of the war-when it was called on to stop the tide of Japanese invasion then sweeping toward Australia-to the preaching of Hitlers European fort (Continued on Page A
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taining more than one-halt Of one per cent alcohol until the conclu- sion of the present war and there after until the termination of de- mobilization"
 A member of the Anti-Saloon league expressed this private opin- ion on the prohibition issue:
 1. It is ridiculous to ask the sen- ate to vote for a prohibition bill when 45 of the 48 states avowedly are wet.
 2. Public sentiment should dictate local policy. If a community pre- fers to prohibit the sale of liquor t should have that privilege and lot be bound by the taste of othel reas.
 3. No national prohibition legis. Iation is needed. If the government has power to say how many cups ol coffee a man can drink t also hal that same authority over alc0holil beverages.
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No Hope For .JdpuneSe

Washington, Jan. - (U.P0 - General H. H. Arnold, chief of the Army Air Forces, promised today that neither Japanese shipping nor Japanese industry will survive the bombing in store for them" when American airpower in China reaches its destined peak.
 In a report to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Arnold left no doubt that he considers China the best possible base from which to reduce the Japanese homeland's s war making strength. This base, he said, will have to be utilized to the fullest possible extent before Japan is crushed.
 The surprise and shock tactics" of the Southwest Pacific air offen- sive, Arnold said, already have shaken the Japs out of their groove" And. he continued, when their routine is disrupted. "the Japs are baffled, and baffled Japanese do not fight well" But, he added. that is not to say Japan will fold, as the Italian Fascists have. under the mere threat of invasion"
 There is no doubt" Arnold said, that Japanese industry and ship ping will have to be systematically shattered before her armies actual ly crumble."
 Because of transportation difii- culties, the l4th Air Force in China, commanded by Master Tactician' Major General Claire L. Chennault. is fighting mostly to protect U. S. supply lines. Arnold said. For that reason, the l4th's ''tinrivalled rec ord" is "alI the more impressive in that it was built up In the course oi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-04
Planes Wreck 4 Joponese
 Bottle Ships

Advanced Allied Headquarters, New Guinea, Jan. 4 - (UP) - A new Japanese attempt to reinforce their dwindling naval strength in the Southwest Pacific has been smashed with the blasting of two cruisers and two destroyers at xa- Weng by American carrier-b based planes, it was revealed today.
 Both cruisers were hit heavily and set afire by bombs and tor pedoes and one of the two destroy CTS was believed to have suffered minor damage.
 The four warships probably were en route from Truk, Japan's Pearl Harbor," to help counter new Amer ican offensive blows that have in- cluded three amphibious landings in New Britain and New Guinea in IS days.
 American ground forces extended both of their main invasion beach, heads, Sixth Army forces on New Guinea securing their final objec- tiveS at Saidor, 55 miles southeast of Madang, and Marines penetrat- ing the New Britain jungles to a depth of four miles west of Cape Gloucester.
 Kavieng. at the northern tip of New Ireland 150 miles above Rabaul was attacked by dive and torpedo bomberS from one or more Amer
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Will Speed
 TrioI For 30

Washington. Jan. =(UP)-Jus- tice> Department officials today promised to speed the trial of 30 persons-28 men and two women indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on charges of conspiring with Nad leaders to overthrow the government of the United States.
 O. John Rogge, special assistant to Attorney General Francis Bid- dIe, said he was anxious to bring the defendants to trial as quickly as possible although he saw possi- ble delay in securing some arraign- ments.
 He said there also was the pos sibility that the new defendants will be named in the conspiracy case. The term of the indicting grand jury has been extended three months and Riddle said yesterday that investigations were continu- ing.
 Yesterdays indictment, follow ing others in July, l942, and Jan uary. i043. named eight defendants seet RACEAOdoAy AtAPAAS0gpA AA eA%S case. Twelve others formerly in- dicted were not included, but Bid- de emphasized that the old indict- nients against them still stand.
 Two of the new defendants, Ger hard Wilhelm Kunze and August Klapprott. both of New York city already are serving federal prison sentences.
 Kunze, national leader of the German-American Bund after i930 was sentenced on Aug. 2l, l042, to lb years for espionage and later to another five years for counseline evasion of the selective service act Klapprott. Kunze's deputy, was sen- tehced with his chief ln the draft evasion case. Conviction on the new charges in the sedition indict- naent could get them an additional 20 years imprisonment and el0;00o fine. or both.
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Soften Up" MorshoIIs

Washington, Jan. 4.-(UP)-Sec- retary of Navy Frank Knox said today that American airmen are continuing to soften up" the Mar shall Islands, indicating that prep arationS are being made for in vasion of those Japanese-held islands.
 He also told newSmen that the enemy has been strictly on the de- fensive throughout the south Pacific and southwest Pacific areas. The Japanese air arm, he added, seems particularly weak and such action as it has taken has been defensive" i"
 It was the first time that Knox has used the phrase soften up'' in connection with the sustained aerial blows against the enemy's bases in the Marshalls-a phrase usually connected with pre- invasion operations.
 we've put the enemy on the de- fensive throughout the region" Knox said.
 American plane losses have been very slight, he said.
 'The most interesting develop ment of the past week." he said, was the carrier based attack on
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Powerful formations of Fly ing FortreSses spearheaded the Blaziner aerial offensive, striking a crippling blow at. the great Villar Perosa ball bearing works in the Turin area and the railroad yards in Turin itself.
 In the first major blow by the U. s. 18th air forces heavies since the Dec. 20 attack on Sofia, two waves of fortresSes blanked the Villar Per- osa plant with bomb bursts while smaller raiding force knocked out at least temporarily the key rail- road lines radiating out of Turin. '.
 Simultaneously, American Mitchell bombers and RAF Baltimore raced across the Adriatic to bomb and burn dockyards and rail installations in the Jugoslav ports of Split and Sihenik. The Mitchells swept on 100 miles inland from Split and ham mered German troop concentrations massing in the Prijedor area.
 Hard hitting attack bombers and fighter bombers lashed out against German truck behind the central fighting front, and other raiding formations struck above Rome at the Port of Civitavechhia. The communique also revealed that American P-39 Airacobras, in their first announced action on the Mediterranean front in rece nb months, attacked and set fire to German radio stations at Port Cros Ahdhyeres, on the French Mediter- ranean coast.
 Savage Fighting
 Savage ground fighting also far ed up all along the Italian battle- front, in the wake of the devastating gales and snowStorms that virtually troze the opposing armies of their guns for three days.
 While Canadian units of the 9th army battered at German mortars and machine gun nets three miles north of ruined Ortona, Indian troops on their Indian flank hurled the Nazis from key hill position three miles southeast of Sal Tomaso and seized a section of the highway leading to Tollo.
 Front reports indicated the Ger mans were falling back on Tollo, five miles west and slightly north of Ortona and 10 miles below the (CoY1tinrad nm paCe 4,
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50 Believed Dead In Ship Explosion

New York, Jan. 4.-UP)-A death toll of at least 50 was feared today in the explosions which shattered and sank United States destroyer in the icy waters of lower New York bay of Sandy Hook, N. J., yesterday.
 The Navy said 163 members Of the crew were rescued, and that 106 of them were injured, six seriously
 The number of persons aboard was not disclosed, but in peace time the normal complement of such a destroyer was POO. In war time, however, the number is higher but pending a complete check of records the Navy said the exact complement could not be ascertain ed. It was estimated generally at 230
 An official announcement from the Third Naval District last night said that following established navaI practice the number of dead, cas- ualty lists and other related data will be made public through the Navy Department at Washington
 The Navy gave no explanation of the blast. stating merely that There was no indication of the cause"
 Secretary of Navy Frank KnoS said at his press conference ir Washington today that he had nc definite information on the cause of the explosion.
 Our information is that the vessel was at anchor when it hap pened," Knox said. "A thorough investigation is being made. We are awaiting report from the Third Naval District
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-04
Pro-AIIied Coup D'Etot In Bulgaria

London, Jan. 4.-BUP)-A pur- portedly pro-Allied coup dictate has overthrown Premier Dobri Bojilov and his cabinet and Bulgaria is about to get a "Badoglio govern ment." the Stockholm newspaper Tidningen said today, but the Ger man DNB agency denied the report.
 The reference to the "Badoglio government" was believed to in- dicate that Bulgaria was seeking a way to withdraw from the Axis and make peace with the United States and Britain. Bulgaria still main tains relations with Russia.
 The Bulgaran coup was executed by Nicholas Mushanov, leader of the Bulgarian opposition and a for mer premier and foreign minister, Tidninge quoted reports reaching well informed diplomatic circles in Switzerland" as saying. War Minister Gen. Russi Russev, the only member of the Bojilev cabinet to survive the coup, declared a state of siege in Sofia and issued an order regarding "the introduc- tion of general mobilization" Tid- ningen said
 The fate of the regency was not known definitely, Tidningen re- ported, but Prince Cyril has been placed under house arrest and mill tary guard
 Telephone and telegraph com munications between Turkey and Bulgaria have been broken since Sunday night and train communica- tions, since Monday night, Tidnin- gen said.
 A German DNB dispatch from Sofia said reports of the overthrow of the Bojilov government had been strongly denied"
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MARAUDERS
 ATTACK IN PAS DE CALAIS AREA

London, January 4. = (UP) - Maruader Medium bombers of the United States Eighth Air Force resumed the pulverizing assault on the French invasion coast to- day after British Mosquito bomberS carried the Allied of fensive through the night with an attack on western Germany.
 Marauders escorted and covered by Royal Air Force, Dominion and Allied fighters struck through a cloudleSs sky over the Channel in heavy attack on the Pas De Calais stretch of the French coast across the Straits of Dover.
 An American headquarters an- nouncement of the daylight assault on the area hit by record assaults on Christmas Eve and New Years eve said the fleet of medium bomb CTS SuI1eTeO no JOSS.
 Aerial traffic over the Channel by daylight was heavy. indicating strong forces of Allied planes were hammering hard at the French coast on which the Germans were reported to have mounted rocket guns for secret weapon" she'll ing of England.
 Bombers Streamed eastward over one coastal town in the direction of France for two hours. and many were seen returning this afternoon.
 Berlin still was burning from its 11th mass raid since August g and experienced British airmen esti- mated that. 10 more such large scale attacks, if delivered in quick succession, would complete the knockout of the capital as the nerve center of Germany.
 Targets
 Targets of the daylight raiders were not identified immediately, but it was possible that American and British bombers were resuming their pre- invasion softening of the French coast.
 Twin -engined RAF Mosquitoes carried on the night offensive against Germany. presumably hit ting at the industrial Ruhr or Rhineland and returned without loss.
 Indictment weather and possibly a desire to re-group strength after two heavy raids on Berlin on sue cessive nights apparently grounded .the RATS heavy bombers last night but an early resumption of the methodical destruction of the cap- ital was expected.
 The wel-informed source placed
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OQlCeQ FCeSS QISpdLCIlcS trom Moscow announced the arrival of General Nikolai F. Vatutin's vanguard at the 1889 frontier after a Sensa- tional rush through the northwest Ukraine, and supplementary advices said the Red Army had forced the frontier at several points.
 Soviet front reports said the Ger mans were fleeing westward through the swamps and forests in the border region. abandoning their guns, equipment and supplies in the disorganized retreat.
 Nad accounts relayed through Stockholm told of bloody battles along the frontier, fought in mis- erable weather on the rim of the Polish plain across which the Ger man invaders of Poland swept at blitzkrieg pace in 1889.
 Advance
 The Red Army advance to the frontier in the Olevsk area of the northwest Ukraine put the Russians 160 railes from German-held Poland at the Bug river line and 250 miles from German soil in East Prussia.
 The border crossing came as a resounding climax to Russian of- fensive waged unremittingly for nearly six months which carried westward from Orel and the DonetS line in the lower Ukraine.
 To the south on the rim of Va tutin's fast expanding salient, the Russians were reported smashing though the last German strong points in the main defenses guard ing the approaches to Bessarabia. the province lying before Rumania. The southward push threatened to cut the last major communica- tions between the Russians and the Black Sea and trap tens of thou sands of nazis in the Dnieper Bend. The spotlight was focused on the area west of captured OlevSk, six miles from the Polish frontier, be- yond which lies Q no mans land Sp8ISely Settleu, alnOSL TOduLecS, and one of the most backward re- gions of the world.
 South of Olevsk the Russians seized Kishin, a raod junction l2 miles from the bodder which con- trols a corridor through the swampS to Borovoye, the first village in pre- war Poland.
 Main Attack
 The main attack was believed aimed west and southwest from captured Novograd Volynski. where Vatutin's men had reached high ground with a fairly god network of roads. enabling a swift pursuit of the retreating Nazis. Southward
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Gou. BaLdwin Calls General Assembly To Special Session

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 4(UP)- Gov. Baldwin today called the Gen. eral Assembly into special session January 24, and released a seven point program which, he said, hao been agreed upon for consideration and over which he didn't "antici- pate any controversy.
 The governor said he expected the session to conclude within a week inasmuch as it was called to meet specific emergencies, and other business should. not be introduced.
 The agenda of the session he said, would include:
 Consideration of a bill providing for balloting by soldiers in the state and national elections later this year.
 Allowing the polls to be kept open later than the statutory closing time of 6 p. m.
 Extending the governors war emergency powers granted by the regular session which adjourned last May.
 Granting the state milk admin istrator war time powers to deal with the problems of milk produc- ton. prices and distribution.
 Repeating a law approved by the last regular session making it mandatory that tenants pay their rent the day it is due or face ejec- ton.
 Providing that towns might com- bine facilities to set up joint air. ports.
 Allowing the city of Bristol to acquire swamp pond to extend it's reservoir facilities.
 The agenda, he said, had been
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gram of protest to War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson and copy to the Army Chief of Staff.
 Murray explained the copy to Marshall by saying that on the eve of the invasion of Europe, the chief of staff must have true facts at his fingertips rather than mere vicious conjecture couched in terms of psychology"
 The three operating rail brother hoods which have refused to accept President Roosevelt's offer to arbi- trate their wage dispute, conferred yesterday on possible action against the high officials blast but recessed without decision. They meet again today.
 Greens criticism of the admin. istration's labor policies crystallized the views of many senators whc have declared repeatedly that Con- gress should have eiaunclated a wartime wage policy at the same time 1t moved to stabilize prices.
 I'm inclined to blame govern ment more than labor,'' commented Sen. Joseph IT. Ball, R., Minn. "It demonstrates our failure s9 enact at
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Watertown, Mass, Jan. 4. (UP)- Two 12-year-old boys faced arraign- ment in juvenile court on delin- quency charges here today after ad- mitting that they were playing with matches in the Kimball Lumber Go. Yard Sunday shortly before a $140,- 900 fire swept the yard. About 100000 feet of finish lumber ear- marked for the federal government was lost in the flames.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-04
TROOPS DRIVE INTO POLAND Bomber Fleets Smash Turin Factory; French Invasion Coast PIastered Again
Axis Targets In
 Industrial Italy Crippled Badly

Medterranean-based Allied bombing fleets swung back to the attack yesterday with series of smashing daylight bNws against Axis targets from JugoSlavia to the indus trial heart of northern Italy while British 9th Army forces ripped deeper into the German winter inc along the Adr atic coast, communque announced today.
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Surge In Triumph Over Broad Plain Before Germanv

London January A. - (UP) - Russian forces were reported to have broken the prewar Polish border 50-ile front today in triumphant westward surge opening the broad plains before Germany and crumpg the last major defense line east of Rumana.
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