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Evening star., 1944-08-22
Nuzi Officers Admit Defeat
10 Former Baltimore Belle

50 fresh looking. 70 young, 20 con-
fident."
Six Months In Prison.
For . woman who had been un-
der such tension, Mrs. Morgan
seemed utterly unaware Of 1t. She
had STAYED on to protect her prop
erty and had accomplished that de-
spite six months in 4 Na1 concen-
tration camp, despite bounding by
the Gestapo and despite those fire.
quent occupAncies.
The German officers just came
in and out Of my house as they
pleased" she said. But they, ex-
cept for q few brutes, gave Us cour.
teous treatment. I have had no
personal complaints. One Austrian
boy, . chauffeur for q general, &C
tually fell in love with my French
maid, but I don't think he made
much progress. though he came to
say good-by to her during the Ger
man retreat.
when the IS troops were here
was at the mercy Of an interpreter,
an oily fellow who listened to every
word I said and reported 1t to the
Officers"
Grew Contemptuous.
Mrs. Morgan's face was grim as
she talked about the IS troops.
AT first these SIS officers were
just distant" she said. But when
they found out I was an American
they acted contemptuous. They ac-
tually cheered when the Gestapo
took me away to prison.
There have been moments of ex-
citement. The Gestapo once caught
some members OF the Maquis and
shot them in a nearby town, and all
was gloom over the French coun-
tryside. Every week the Gestapo
forced me to come into the village
and sign some formidable looking
papers. I had to prove I had not
left the vicinity"
Despite her experiences, this
American woman was very jovial,
with the efIervescent humor of the
Maryland belle she had once been.
She was . woman of culture and
Of wealth. yet she spoke of sleeping
in the fields As II she had done
that all her life.
Soldiers Proud Of Her.
She has had many American Wis
itors in the last few days-Amer-
ican officers and soldiers. They all
leave with q feeling OF pride over
her. They are proud of her courage
in housing Germans and never ac-
cepting them, Of taking a Gestapo
concentration camp in her stride,
Of keeping her chateau, and of hold
ing her family together as best she
could.
Mrs. Morgan was quite excited
about the three -week-old New York
Sunday newspaper q Yank ofncer
had given her.
1T is the first American news
paper have seen in four years." she
said.
Evening star., 1944-08-22
~ JOHN NJ. CARLISLE,


WITH THE UNITED STATES Sd
ARMY NEAR CHARTRES, France,
Aug. ~ (By Wireless) The ofncers
Of the Wehrmacht who are not Nazi
party members know that Germany
has lost the war. They said 20
very frankly while at the beautiful
chateau that now flies the Ameri-
can nag since they have left-the
Chateau Doursieres Of Mrs. Louise
Warfield Morgan, formerly Of Bal
timore.
Mrs. Morgan, whose chateau is
near the village Of Beaumont des
Autels, Is 4 cousin of the Duchess
of Windsor. Her grandfather once
was Governor of Maryland, and her
husband, Capt. Charles Davis Nor
gan, was captured while fighting
with the British In Flanders be-
fore Dunkerque. Capt. Morgan, an
American citizen, later was ex-
changed and Is now In England.
Sees End in Five Weeks.
II had to deal mostly with anti
Nazi officers of the German Army,
Mrs. Morgan said today. Except
the SIS officers, these regular army
German officers were just over
whelmed by the American war ma
terial when D-day came.
THE German officers quartered
here all said good-by. and one Of
them came back after our troops
had taken st. Lo and said to me,
Frankly, I don't think 1t can last
more than five weeks now"
Mrs. Morgan's son-in-law, a
French count, is fighting with the
Maquis; q married daughter is liv-
ing in Amsterdam.
"A week ago the German general
and his stan who had fed here
after the Americans took lie Mans
decided to leave" she said. only
last week talked to these officers.
They all said the same thing: We
can't last long in France, but we
can hold you of quite q while in
Germany, maybe"
See IS Ezterminated.
Mrs. Morgan said some of the
German officers thought the war
was lost at Dunkerque, while others
thought the war was lost in Africa.
Still others were not convinced until
after D-day.
Il was particularly interested in
their attitude about the Hitler re-
gime and the IS troops" the Amer
ican woman said. Some Germans
who left here said they will have
to get rid of the present regime. and
the Wehrmacht itself will exter-
inmate all the SIS troops"
Mrs. Morgan and her household
were the victims of frequent occu-
pations Of German officers at her
chateau during the last four years.
I haven't had a happy moment
In my home until this week when
our Americans came" she said. 1T
was so good to see them. They are
Evening star., 1944-08-22
IA New zeoIunders Lost

WELLINGTON, New Zealand,
Aug. ~ R.-Two reconnaissance
planes carrying IA members of the
Royal New Zealand Air Force were
missing today on flight from Fiji
to New Zealand. The bombers were
part of formation Of seven Hud-
sons which left Fiji Sunday. The
other five planes arrived safely.
Evening star., 1944-08-22
Salvage Metal

Yugoslavia is collecting bronze
cartridges and shell castings to help
alleviate the shortage of copper sui
fate for farmers, it is revealed in
Belgrade. Aluminium, pewter, nickel
and copper scrap may be exchanged
by collectors for copper sulfAte..
Evening star., 1944-08-22

Twenty-one workers, who will So
hcit advanced gifts from the
wealthy. were named by Coleman
Jennings, campaign chairman. They
are Clarence A. Aspinwall, Harvey
l.. Jones, G. Bowdoin Craighill,
Mrs. Edwin B. Parker, John A.
Reilly. Raymond K. Taylor. Mrs.
George c. Thorpe, Mrs. George CAL
vert Bowie, Clarence Dodge.
George E. Hamilton, jr.: DR.. Oscar
B. Hunter, H. L. Rust, Paul Z.
Shorb. Sidney r. Taliaferro, Daniel.
j. Callahan. jr.: Mrs. Robert Gug-,
genheim, Mrs. r. Keith Kane, Mrs.
Rudolph M. Kaufman, Samuel H.
Kaufman, Rev. Charles w. Sheer
in and A. Lloyd Symington. The
advanced gifts division is under the
Craftsmanship Of H. Rozier Dulany,
jr., and will campaign under the
direction Of Kenneth r. Brooks, Al.
fred G. Neal and Mrs. Norman c.
Keith.
Evening star., 1944-08-22
German General Admits
Allies Are Winning War

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, Aug. 22.-Gen. Menni.
commander of the German 87th In
fantry Division, who was captured
yesterday by Canadian troops, re-
marked dryly to his escort as he
was taken to Canadian head
quarters:
"You think you are winning-and
We think you are. too" Z
Evening star., 1944-08-22
Thieves Bring Fourth Wheel

KANSAS CITY P. - Wash
Graham thought his automobile,
with only three wheels, was safe in
his front yard. But the thieves
brought their own fourth wheel
along and towed the car away.
Evening star., 1944-08-22
BY HAL BOYLE and DON
WHITEHEAD,

WITH AMERICAN FORCES IN
WESTERN FRANCE. Aug 22.-The
Germans west of the Seine River are
so harassed and disorganized by
American columns that they have
been unable to make any co-ordi-
mated stand or launch any kind of
counterthrust in strength.
They have taken a thorough
shellacking and they know it," one
ofncer said.
Marshal Guenther Won Kluge ap-
parently had managed to extricate
a large part of his forces from the
Falaise-American gap. but he has by
no means saved them. They still
are threatened by the new north
ward drive west Of the Seine from
the Nantes Gassicourt region. where
the Americans have established a
bridgehead over the river
Tightening their hold on the Seine
line, American patrols are active
along the south banks of the river
between Paris and the Mantes-Gas-
sicourt area, and other American in
fantry has made substantial ad-
vances southwest of Paris against
only minor opposition.
Remnants in Normandy Pocket.
Fighting is continuing in the vi
cinity of Rambouillet. southwest of
Versailles. and German artillery be-
yond the Loire River has been she'll
ing American-held Orleans sporad-
ically.
Only remnants now remain in the
Normandy pocket, and indications
are that the total enemy captured
and killed will run much higher
than recent estimates, although the
number still in the bag is matter
Of guesswork. An estimated 10000
prisoners have been taken already
by Allied army units who closed
the trap days ago.
More will fall, in all probability,
in the new development west of the
Seine. The same Americans who
trapped the cream of Won Kluge's
7th Army in the Falaise pocket now
are attacking west of the Seine, in
tent on closing this new trap. Swift
armor and infantry thrusts across
the Seine north and south of Paris
and the enveloping movement west
OF the river still have the Germans
in a tailspin" from which they
have been unable to recover.
Fleeing Nazis Swim Seine.
The Nazis are attempting to ford
the Seine with ferries, small boat.
and even by swimming, in their
haste to get away. The German
Air Force came flashing out of rainy
skies to bolster its fleeing ground
troops and strafed and bombed ad-
vancing Americans, but casualties
were light. Heavy, accurate anti
aircraft fire brought down is of the
raiders.
Enemy armor also has been at
tempting to protect these fleeing
units, and 30 tanks have been
knocked out In the past "A hours.
The Nazis have no choice but de-
fensive moves, because they are un-
dOIe 10 matcn tne SCrengtn the Allies
are pouring into the field.
In the new drive the Americans
captured q German corps chief-Lt.
Gen. Farnbecker, an IS officer.
Three days ago Farnbecker sent an
aide to reconnoiter the route of re-
treat for an armored division. The
aide. trying to locate an open road
In an area held by three American
divisions, revealed the complete con-
fusion of the, enemy and his lack Of
knowledge Of American moves and
positions.
1t. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, COM
mander Of the 18th Army group, Is
intent on destroying German armies
rather than on the spectacular cap
tsue OF large cities. He directed the
Evening star., 1944-08-22
Will Address Optimists

Comdr. Donald j. Mcdonald, who
commanded the destroyer OBan-
non In the South Pacific, will be
the speaker at meeting of the
National Capital Optimist Club to-
morrow at the Continental Hotel
Evening star., 1944-08-22

in October. He
is adninistra-
tive omcer Of
the w hite
House. His ap-
pointment ~as
announced yes
terday by Maj.
Gem Philip B.
Fleming, chair
man of all Gov
ernment work.
ers In the cam
paign.
Frederick j.
Lawton will be
Mr.. Sanderson'S
vice chairman.
Evening star., 1944-08-22
Frank Sanderson 10 Head
~,, =.
White House Fund Drive

Frank K. Sanderson will b
chairman in the executive ONCE Of
the President for the Community
War Funds campaign for $4,S50, 900
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-03
Ttuo World Wide Financial Organizations Are Planned

trade problems and aid in recon struction are:
 l.-An international monetary fund to stabilize world currencies in international trade. The capital of this fund now is set at $8,OOO, ,0OOO co, but if it becomes worldwide after the war, the total may be carried up to $lO ,000, 900. The United States share tentatively is set at $2,750, ,000,- GOO.
 "A bank for reconstruction and development with capital of $l0," 900 ,OOO,O to aid devastated nations in reconverting to peace time oper- ations. The capital of the bank ten tatively is set at $lO,OO0. 100000 of which the United States share is S3,5OO. 100000.
 Delegates representing 44 nations will take up the monetary fund and the bank in that order during the coming sessions, part of which will be open sessions with the press admitted
 First on the agenda is the none. taTy fund. Delegates have set up a program to define purposes of the fund; quotas for the various mem. bcrs; operations of the fund; it's or- ganization; and its form and status. All these will be followed as well as
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-03
Robots Flow On Mindless
Rx ,. EDWARD MURRAY

Limited Press War Correspondent
 London, July 3.-(UP)-The Ger mans, taking advantage of bat weather over the channel, stepped up their robot bomb attacks or southern England in daylight to- day after RAF night fighters ant anti-aircraft guns took heavy toll of the flying weapons during the night.
 After Hull that lasted most o1 Sunday, the Germans resumed the robot attacks shortly after night fall and sent an increasing num- Der of the pilotless planes over southern England in daylight.
 The Germans apparently also used piloted planes in the night at- Jacks. In one district, few min- utes after 8 flying bomb dropped and caused some damage, the en- zines of airplanes were heard fol- lowing by four explosions.
 The Hull yesterday following nearly 48 hours of almost continuous at- tacks, in which & children's hospi- tai again was listed Saturday night as among the buildings hit and dam aged by the bombs. Except for broken glass, however, the hospi- tai escaped severe damage.
 Another robot bomb which fell
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-03
Okoys Price Boost
BY JOSEPH LATIN

((Unlted Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 Washington, July 3.-UP)-New and higher price ceilings for major types of sheets and pilloWb cases denins and other cotton textile items will be announcedt his week, the Office of Price Administration saidt oday.
 OPA Chief Chester Bowles said it was impossible to detrmine immedi- ately the cost of consumers but that the changes should have no substantial effect on the cost of living.
 Some of the increases undoubt- edly will have to be passed through to consumers" he said. Tt is be- lieyed, however, that others can be absorbed in whole or in part. at intermediate stages of production and distribution"
 The upward adjustments were authorized in provision of the new price control extension act which stipulates that all price ceilings on textile items must reflect cotton parity to the farmer. Each major item must be considered separately.
 BowIes disclosed that industry representatives. duirng a two-day discussion of the provision, reconl- mended a general 10 per cent price increase on all cototn tetile items as temporary measure. The sug- gestion promptly was rejected by the OPA.
 Acceptance of this formula" BOwIes said, "wouid have meant a
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-03
Noxon Faces Witnesses
BY JOSEPH NOLAN

ODlseu EEcSS Obdtt NOETcSpOu1CHb
 Pittsfield, Mass. CUP)-Atty. John F. Noxon, Jr., 47-year-old Pittsfield soicalite, today heard nine rebuttal witnesses support the states con- tention that he electrcuted his G. month-old imbecile son, Lawrence, last Sept. p.
 Most damaging blow to the de- fense case in the prolonged Berk- shire county murder trial came from the child's own physician, pr. George P. Hunt, who denied outright that the infant could have suffered his fatal burns in the "accidentaly manner his father seeks to prove.
 Answering a question by Dist. Atty. Charles R. Alberti, Dr. Hunt told Superior Judge Abraham F. Pinan- ski and the jury the baby was in capable of bringing his arms to- gether on an electrdical wire as de- fense medical experts had continued were possible.
 The statement evoked an audible stir in the courtroom, again crowded to its 200-seat capacity.
 The defense had contended that the child was electrocuted accident ly when 1t touched Q live wire to a light that lay near him on the floor of the Noxoi library. At the time. iI was continued, the father was busy
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-03
Fire Inperils Homes
 On Willow St. Today

Fire in a three story building at PAS Willow streee, breaking out shortly after o'clock this morn- ing, caused an estimated 5000 worth of damage, and for a while threatened several nearby buildings in the thickly settled area about Woodlawn terrace and Arch street. One fireman was overcome by smoke while battling the blaze.
 A large crowd gathered to watch the flames and smoke emenating from the roof of the building, and a woman who occupied an adjacent building tainted. Busses and auto- mobiles were rerouted around Wild wood avenue by Capt. William Dug gan and a police detail.
 The fireman, Harold Goodridge, of Engine Go. 1, was overcome while playing a line on the burning roof from the top floor of the building. Other firemen helped him out of the building and drove him to St. Mary's hospital in the chiefs car His condition was reported as good by the hospital.
 Fire Marshal Lahey said the fire started in a closet on the south east corner of the third floor from spontaneous combustion of material stored there.
 An alarm sounded by a neighbor from Box 822 brought Engines 6,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-03
Writer Ducks Robot Bomb
By J. EDWARD MURRAY

 United Press War CorrespOndentD
 Somewhere in Southern England. July 3.-UP)-I was "doodls bombed today and it's no fun.
 was riding down 8 street on ths top of a doubledeck buss when g 2,000-pound flying bomb roared into sight, headed straight down ths street toward us.
 Fifty seconds later I was pickine myself up of the floor of the bus. shaking glass splinters out of my hair and clothes and gradually dis- covering that Adolf Hitler's secret weapon-or doodle bombs" as the British have named them-hadn't killed me.
 This is the story of what hap- pened during that 50 seconds.
 I had boarded the bus to go to catch a train to take me to work and was reading tine morning paper when I heard the roar of the robot planes motor. looked out of the window and saw the nose of the robot with death written all over it dip into slanting dive straight for our bus.
 The woman sitting in front of me screamed. A man shouted "Geez, it's going to hit us."
 I looked for one more instant dan then sprwaled on the floor un- der the seat. From somewhere in the bus came a voice: Get on the floOr-get on the floor"
 The bus stopped and then began to shudder. An RAF flight lieuten- ant under the same seat with ne raised his face from the floor, with
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-03
N. Fl. Davis Is M burned By Nation

Washington, July 3-(UP)-Pres- ident Roosevelt and other high of- ficials today mourned as 8 great loss" to the country the weekend death of Normal H. Davis, 65, chair man of the American Red Cross and presidential adviser on post-war foreign policy plans.
 Davis, who died at Hot Springs, Va, of a stroke, will be buried We'd nesday at nearby Alexandria, Va. Funeral services will be conducted in historic Christ's church at 10 a. m.
 Red Cross chairman since April 12, 1888 by appointment of MT. Roosevelt, Davis had been in poor health in recent weeks and had gone to Hot Springs to recuperate. He died at about 2:30 Q. m. Sunday at the Homstead Hotel, the victim of a cerebral hemorrhage suffered the day before.
 MT. Roosevelt said in a statement that Davis would be deeply mourn ed by multitude of friends of whom was one." He paid high tribute to the Red Cross leader, saying he would be Hong remem- bered for his services in aid of suf- fering mankind" .....
 Secretary of State Cordell Hull eu- logized Davis as great Amer ican."
 Few persons have had the priv ilege of rendering to their country and to other nations such a full measure of useful service" Hull said. He was a lifelong friend. His pas- sing leaves an unfillable void"
 Nelson Dean Jay, chairman of the Red Cross administrative commit tee, will carry on the normal admin istrative functions of the organiza- tion until a new chairman is chosen.
 Davis headed the Red Cross in a period in which it was called upon for unprecedented relief activities for a nation and world at war.
 Davis also had served on interna- tional missions for presidents Will son and Hoover. During the last war and immediately after it, he was adviser to the treasury on for- eign loans: special U. s. delegate to Spain and treasury representative to London and Paris; U. s. finance commissioner to Europe; American member of the armistice commission and other groups on peace, repara- tions and finance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-03
Democrats HaUe OlOn Plans For Contention Glamour

as the party's national secretary. She will read announcements from the platform, and if elected con- yention secretary, may call the state roll.
 The Democrats also held an ad- vantage in youth in their selection of keynoter. Their speaker, Gov. Robert Kerr of Oklahoma, is ~ while Coy. Earle Warren of Cali fornia, the COP keynoter, is 53,
 The Democrats announced over the weekend that the permanent chairman for their convention will be the freshman Democratic sena- tor from Indiana, 49-year-old Sam uel D. Jackson. The Republicans permanent chairman, Rep Joseph w. Martin, Jr., Mass, is 59.
 The Democrats also held an ad- vantage in youth in their selection Of keynoter. Their speaker, Coy. Robert Kerr of Oklahoma, is ~ whtle Gov. Earle Warren of Cali fornia. the COP keynoteF, Is 53'
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-03
1st Starts Normandy Drive
BY VIRGIL PINKLEY
United Press War Correspondent

OAAVSu AECOO Vv0N NVkECSpOuuCAO
 Allied Supreme Headquarters, Lon- don, July 3-(UP)-Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley launched new Ameri- can offensive southward along the west coast of the lower Cherbourg Peninsula today, sending his troops over the top at dawn in driving rain which had turned the battle field into sea of mud.
 Two days after mopping up the Cherbourg region, the United States first army struck out in the western most sector of the Normandy bat tlefront, keeping the enemy off ball. ance there even while both sides were massing forces for full dress fight in the Caen area.
 Bradley mounted the ofefnsive along fairly narrow front south of St. Sauveur-Le Vicomte, where the main core of Nazi resistance was smashed in the original U. S drive across the peninsula, the Amer jeans were wallowing through the mire toward Le Haye-Du Puits, transport hub seven miles south of St. Sauveur and six miles inland.
 GA British broadcast quoted by CBS said the Americans advanced in two columns-one just south of a narrow strip of solid ground between the coast at Portbail and the marshes two or three miles inland, and the other some 10 miles inland0
 United Press Correspondent James McGlincy reported from field head quarters that the attacking forces were "slithering ad sloshing through some of the worst mud seen since the Americans landed"
 The attack followed heavy ar- tillery bombardment of the German positions ahead of the Americans. The weather prevented aerial sup port. A flashing rain began during the night, and continued this morn- ing.
 "The battle was of the foot-slg- ging type fought in World War l, with the Americans fighting the same kind of mud their fathers did" McGlincy reported.
 ''The terrain of the battle area was the same Normandy hedgeroW country in which the previous bat ties have been fought. It was Indian type warfare, with no room for
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