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Evening star., 1944-08-28
Wounded Horse Trainer
Mystified by Attack

BY the Associated Press.
CAMDEN, N. j., Aug. 28-Robert
F. Curran, A, Silver Spring. Md,
a race horse trainer at Garden
State Park who was felled early
Saturday by five shotgun blasts
from an automobile in downtown
Camden, said yesterday he was
completely mystified by the attack.
Resting in Cooper Hospital with
l3 bockshot wounds in his right
arm, shoulder, neck and face, Mr..
Curran said: 1--WE been trying to
figure out who'd want to shoot me
and don't get it at all. I haven't
got an enemy in the world
Mr.. Curran said the only ex-
planation he could offer to the
shooting was that the attackers
thought I was somebody else" as
it was still dark.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Salad DRESSING

Duchess will give your salads
that perfect final touch. Tastes
better because it's made the
way famous chefs make their
dressing.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Bulgarian Surrender
Terms 10 Be Given 10
Envoy in Few Days
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, Aug. 28.-Surrendel
terms for Bulgaria probably will be
handed to an envoy of that Naz
satellite in Cairo within a few days
and armistice terms for Romania
are expected to be signed soon in
Moscow, it was learned today.
Greek and Yugoslav interests are
understood to have full protection
in the terms to the Bulgars, despite
that Balkan Kingdoms strange plea
to be allowed to retain parts OF
those Allied nations which Bull
garia grabbed with German ap-
proval. The peace terms were pre-
pared by the European Advisory
Commission and submitted to Wash
ington and Moscow for approval
Steps were taken to obtain Greek
and Yugoslav concurrence.
The Russians asked Germany's re-
manning allies - Finland, Hungary
and the rump state of Slovakia-
to quit the Nazis before it is too
late.
Urging other countries to turn
against the Nazis as did Romania
the official Communist Party organ
Pravda said only thus could they
escape the disastrous consequences
of the criminal policies of their gov
ernments."
Events are developing so rapidly
said Pravda, that they leave no
time for hesitation. The situation is
quite clear. The Germans have no
hope and he who does not break
with them will share their fate"
Warning Extends to Bulgaria.
While Russia is not at war with
Bulgaria, Pravda's warning seems
aimed at her as much as at Hungary
and Finland.
Moscow is believed fully informed
of the armistice terms forwarded tc
Sofia. The terms were not dis
closed, but it was believed that, be-
sides demanding unconditional sur
render, they called on Bulgaria to
give up all territories acquired since
the war and turn over to the Allies
all facilities needed in the war
against Germany. The latter pre-
sumably includes right of passage
for Allied troops.
There seemed little possibility that
either Washington or London would
be satisfied with the position of
complete neutrality" Bulgaria
seeks.
Bulgaria. with its record of
greed and guilt. cannot slide gently
into neutrality" said the Times of
London, and other papers expressed
similar sentiments.
Firms May Desert Nazis.
Reports from Moscow said the
Germans were doing their best tc
keep weakening Hungary in line
by rushing construction workers tc
her borders. The Free Hungarian
Council in London urged Hungar-
ians to overthrow the present gov
ernment and turn against the Ger
mans.
There also were reports indicat-
Ing Finland might be taking steps
to break with the Nazis. One un-
confirmed dispatch from Stockholm
said Juho Paasikivi, Finland's ace
negotlator, was in Moscow dicker-
ing for terms
Evening star., 1944-08-28

things about people and places. Soon
I learned to look in every direction,
to study every face-to watch al
ways for a way to get out.
This is why am telling you about
the Resistance. Anything that these
articles may earn will be for the
orphans of my Underground sectors.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
BY ANDRE LABOKD,
AS Told to Leland Stowe.

Copyright, 1943. by North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
We read of French patriots, men,
bers of the French Forces Of the
Interior, liberating towns or cities
! in every section of France below
Paris known to Americans as the
Underground. But what is the Re-
sistance? How is it organized and
how does it operate?
AS chief of sector in the Re-
sistance, for nearly three years,
saw the Underground born in iso-
lated little groups of patriots. Then
the bands grew into an ever Wild
ening network, and became an
amazing movement. This growth
was magnificent, but its cost was
terrible.
have a picture of 10 wives of
my closest comrades Today nine
of these French women are widows
The 10th was my wife. The Ges-
tapo captured my wife. I can only
hope that she is dead. She car
ried poison, as so many of us did
| hope she was able to take it be-
fore the Boches searched her. .
Torture, Lingering Death.
In the last year I had some 500
men and women working under my
command. But our ranks had to
be refllled again and again because
the Gestapo constantly suppressed
our members, by death or by de-
portatlon. I kept roll of honor OF
my Resistance comrades. Two hun
dred and forty of them were killed
or deported-and most of those who
were deported merely went to hor-
rlble tortures and lingering death.
Just after France fell 1 joined
the Resistance, almost by accident.
Officers in our Army Information
Service said to me: The war is not
finished. We continue, without uni
forms. We must consider ourselves
soldiers. Our women, too. It's a
new war we are making" A
friend of my wife came to our home
in the country. Her husband had
been arrested. But he escaped with
two other officers-one a Pole-and
they came to us. They got a radio
and made a contact with London.
Then they told me a British plane
was coming for them. Could find
a landing place for the plane? 1
found it. That was my first plane
from London-and 1 was in the Re-
sistance.
Organizes Sector.
was asked to organize a sector. !"
1t must be small because nobody
knew who could be trusted. Our
town had 5000 inhabitants. I found
an autobus driver, a railroad station
employe. an insurance agent, re-
tired gendarme. That was our lit
tie group Our job was to get all
kinds of military and other infor-
nation for the Allies.
Here are some of our functions:
l. Signaling passage of all German
troop trains. 2. Reporting how many
Germans were stationed in each
department of France. 3. Indicating
what food wood and other mater
lals the Boches were sending to
Germany. a. Reporting the pro-
ductlon in French factories. 5.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
35 Hurt When Streetcors
Crash in San Francisco

BY the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28-A
crowded streetcar, inbound from the
beach, crashed into another street.
car yesterday, injuring IS persons,
many Of them children and service
men. None was seriously hI1rt
Evening star., 1944-08-28

OF the Sd Missouri Infantry during
the World War. became . repre-
sentative Of the city on the board
in 1884.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Philip }. KeoIy, Chicago
Traction Official, Dies
0y the AssociatAd presi

0y the ABeoc1ateo PfeSo.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2s-Col. Philip
j. Kealy, 90, president of the Board
OF Supervising Engineers Of the Chi
'cago Traction Co. for the last two
years, died Saturday in suburban
Winnetka. Funeral services will be
held tomorrow.
Col. Kealy, who was in command
Evening star., 1944-08-28
i roffic Accidents Goin

Despite the decrease of cars oper-
atlng during the gasoline and tire
shortage, traffic accidents have in
creased in New Zealand in the last
year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-11

idan, 46-year-old estraueled wife of a New York policeman, disappeared, and 1t was either on Monday or Tuesday, according to a medical-ex- sminer, that she was strangled and bludgeoned to death and her nude boy buried and later exhumed. In the caretaker'S home, police sal, they found Q coat bearing stains which a chemist will analy1e; Q blunt instrument which could have inflicted the wounds on the woman's skull; c pair of workman's gloves and Q pair of Tubber.soled shoes. Police said one of the specs appear ed to fit c footprint found near the body.
 Authorities had virtually abandon ed their effort to link Mrs. Sheri- dan'S death vita that of Q resident ot the same Chaylestown apartment house, Miss Helen Power, 30. She and James T. McduincSS, 70, of North Wilmington were found dead Thursday in an overnight cabin in Saugus, 10 miles from Charlestown.
 Tt begins to look as though 1t was merely 0 coincidence that the three victims were ell acquainted said Capt. Disessa.
 A Eaedical.examiner said that the deaths of Miss Power and McGui. ness were partly due to Suffocation from steam which escaped from a broken radiator valve in the cabin. The doctors final report awaited analysis of a colored fluid found in Q bottle in the cabin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-11
U. s. Claims Fire Axis
 Agents Menace Troops
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captured with radio equipment tn Fire.
 In conclusion Hulls note urged Q severance of all diplomatic rela~ tons between Dublin and the Axis pointing out that in present cir cumstances, time Is of extreme importance" In conveying . reply,
 Dc ValeraS answer flatly reject. cd the American request in a chid- ing tone which asserted that Bri' tain had improved her standing that country by not interfering in internal politics, o.
 The note said that the German minister's radio transmitting ap' paratus had been ahvthe custody of the Irish Government for a long time" and that the two Nazi para chutists dropped in Ireland last De- celnber soon were apprehended Similarly, 1t said, two other agents dropped in Fire since the war begar also have been captured.
 Since the war began, 1t said, po' lice have arrested and were detain- Ing in Irish prisons 10 foreign and two Irish nationals. "TheSe are thC facts and 1t is doubtful If any other country can show such record ot care and successful vigilance" the note said.
 "The Irish government are there- fore safeguarding, and will continue to safeguard, the interests of the Omitted States, but they must in all circumstances protect the neutrality of the Irish State and the Demo- cratic way of life of the Irish peo- ple," the note concluded.
 Their attitude will continue to be determined not by fear of any measures which could be employed against them but by the good will and fundamental friendship exist ing between the two peoples"
 London, March ll-(UP)-Reports from northern Ireland today said authorities at Belfast were expected y some quarters to close the Fire frontier as c pre-invasion precau- lon as @ result of DublinS refusal 10 oust Axis diplomatic and consular agents. ., A dispatch from "An Irish Port to the London Daily Telegraph re- ported that all leaves had been can- celled in Fires army of 30,000 regu' lars and volunteers and that ger. tain other military precautions had been taken. However, the American note to Fire had emphasized that if the request were rejected, no nil- itary or other measures would be taken to force Dubli nto change It's mind.
 Despite the reports which followed disclosure of the United States note which caused a sensation through out Eire-there have been no inci- dents along the 300-mile frontier between the Free State and northern Ireland which, in some cases, cuts through the main street Of villages
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-11

(Continued from Page l) since their third raid in four days Thursday on Berlin, which a swed- ish report said had been bombed SO severely that Adolf Hitler has ordered immediate preparations for the total evacuation" of the capi- tal.
 A Stockholm dispatch to the London Daily Mall quoted reliable reports" that Hitler had ordered immediate preparations for the evacuation of all remaining factories government ministry and civilians from Berlin because of the intensity of American daylight air raids and British night assaults.
 The capital is to be made an utterly deserted city except for a small number of police troops to protect property, Q few caretakers and those sick and wounded who cannot be moved" the dispatch said.
 After receiving Hitler's orders. the Daily Mall said, Propaganda Min ister Paul Joseph Goebbels, in his capacity of gauleiter of Berlin, told m emergency meeting of all under gauleiters, SS leaders as police chiefs Wednesday that the evacua- ton must begin within three to four days if the Americans continued their daylight raids.
 The entire evacuation would be completed in l6 days. 1t was said The dispatch reported that all but l,S00,000 of Bcrlin's 4,600, 900 popu- lation already have left the city.
 Travellers reaching Malmo Sweden. told the United Press that American bombers in their raids Monday, Wednesday and Thursday ignored the center of Berlin, pre- viously ruined by British night raiders. and concentratedw their bombs on the industrial suburbs oi Erkner, Zehlendorf, Wansee and Schlachtensee.
 Fires still were burning yesterday the travellers said. Subway and ele- vated train service was paraiyzed Wednesday and Thursday, but re- Sumed in part yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-11

NNVkAbAAdSA AtVtAA . tsbN Af
 
 heavy casualty lists and the irre- placeable losses of equipment along with such failures as the secret weapon control tank," Q headquar" ters spokesman said.
 Crack sS stoymtroopers and the 18th German grenadiers both were reported hard hit. Prisoners from the grenadiers ns well as from the Reichsfuehrer SS were only i7 years old with two exceptions - one an Alsatian and the other a Pole. They reported that they had been train. ed in Jugoslavia and complained that they were poorly equipped.
 On the main Fifth Army front, frequent patrol clashes with the usual exchange of artillery fire were reported. New Zealand batteries started a fire inside Casslno, proh- ably with Q hit on m enemy am. intuition dump. Artillery engaged enemy forces leaving in trucks under the cover of smoke and the German trucks turned on their lights and scattered.
 Canadian patrols kept close con. tact with the enemy in the Adriatic sector of the Eighth Army front. Farther inland German patrolE made two attacks on house held by troops of an Indian formation in the vicinity of Arielli but both wecr beaten back. Another Indian patrol clashed with the enemy near
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-11

American request that Dublin drive Axis agents out, the transfer of these ships would not be forthcoming. But 1t was doubted that thls pressure would be sufficient to force Ds valera Co change his mind.
 H4ulls not charged that despite Fires announced intention of pre- serving neutrality In Q way not tC operate in favor of either of the belligerents, 1t has, In fact. operated and continues to operate in favor oi the Axis powers and against the United Nations on whom your se- curity and the main tenanee of your national economy depend"
 It argued that. by geographical reasons, the Axis was able to obs tain information on United Nations military movements while the main tenance of Allied agents In Fire wa. of no value since there was nos thing to be observed there of Axis activities.
 The note also asserted that the German minister to Dublin had maintained c radio sending set and two German parachutists had been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-11

(Continued from Page D their parachutes" after they had landed in water. The jumps were made at night,
 Pearson entrusted the American. type chute with O British chute, said to have bte en first developed by the Irwin Chute Co.,, Buffalo, N, Y, which requires release at only one point. He said that the reason American airmen don't use the ot,e- point release chute was "an insidi- ous matter of profits and patents; that American air officers were dis turbed about the situation and now were now Investigating what looks like procurement scandal of the first degree"
 Army Air Corps spokesmen de- nied that that triple-release chute was the only one used by American airmen, but spolsesmen for the Army ground forces said that although both types were used by para troopers, the triple-release design was most prevalent.
 Single Release
 The Air Corps said that the single. release chute had been used by some American airmen since last October, that 1t had been found generally preferable to the triple-release chute, and that the Army wants to equip as many of It's flyers as poS- sible with 1t. The air corps added, however, that 1t was necessary for some airmen to sue the triple-release chute.
 Although the single-release chute is standard equipment for Ar Corps personnel in all larger-type planes, m Air Corps spokesman said. 1t is not satisfactory for fighter pilots because of It's large size. The size and the fact that the release --- a large metal gadget - Is in front of the pilots body interfereS with the pilots use of controls and tnstru" inentS, the Air Corps said.
 SpokeSmen for the ground forces insisted that the triple-release chute was best for paratroopers. They re- vealed that the eight men who were drowned at Camp Mackall wore the triple-delease chute. but pointed ou. that their landing on water at night was Q mistake and expressed belief that the men probably would have been drowned because of their heavy equipment even had they been wear. Ing single-release chutes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-11
|SOMER BRASS co.
 TREASURER DIES
Joseph E SOmers Member of Family We'll Known in
 Local Industrial Circles

A member of one of Waterbury, pioneer brass making families, Jo. seph Edward somers, treasurer oi the somerS Brass Company, dled last night after a brief illness at hiI home, lS6 Baldwin avenue.
 Survivors include hls wife, Mrs Helen Josephine Gray Somers; two sons, J. Gray and Dwight L.. Som- CTS; Q brother, Robert D. Somers and two grandchildren, all of Wa terbury.
 One of three brothers representa-. tive of the third generation of c family locally prominent in the brass industry, MT. Somers to- gether with his brothers opened . small mill on Baldwin avenue ir 1910, the site of the present Somers Brass Company. Tn 1915 they began the rolling of thin guage brass the demand for which became great during the first World War. Int brothers were pioneers in the pro- auction of thin guage brass.
 In 1916 the company was incorpo. rated as the SoEners Brass Com. pany, Inc, with Robert Somers, nov the only surviving brother, as pres. ldent, Joseph E. Somers as treas. urer and Louis J. Somers, secretary and assistant treasurer. Robert iI also president of the Waterbury Rolling Mills of which he is one ol the founders.
 Funeral services will be helc Monday ct 2 p. m. ct the Anderson Funeral Home, 70 Central avenue Rev. John c. Walker ofilciatine Burial will be in Riverside ceme' tery.
 Friends may call ct the funeral home tomorrow from 2 to 9 D m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-11
OBITUARY

YESULAITIS-William YeSulaitls, 63l Washington avenue, died sud- denly this morning at the home of his brother, IgnaS Yesulaitis. MT, YesulaitiS was a native of Lithu- ania, coming to this country fifty years ago. He had resided in Wa. terbury since that time. He was employed ct the International Gil. yer company over 20 years until his retirement seven years ago.
 He was Q member of the Lithu- anian Citizens Political club.
 Besides his brother he is Sur- vived by one sister, Mrs. John Mi- lcslsic, Springfield. Mass: three nephewS and one niece.
 The funeral will be held from the home, 63i Washington avenue, Tues day, time to be announced later. Burial will be in the family plot in the Lithuanian Association cerle- tery.
 CANU-Felice Canu, also known as Can1i, ios dranby St., died last night in Waterbury hospital after q brief illness. He was 68 years old.
 Born in Italy, he came to the United States and Waterbury 30 years ago. He was employed at Chase Rolling Mills until his re- cent illness.
 Surviving include his wife, Mrs. Mary (Quatarone) Canu; daugh- ter, Janice Canu; 6 son, Anthony Canu; three stepsons, Charles Frank, U. s. Army, Boston: Jos. eph, .. s. Army. Australia; two step.daughters. Mrs. Andrew Con- siglio and Mrs. Angelina Charlo; three grandchildren, all Of Water bury: three brothers, Angelo, Bac- chisio and Salvatore Canu; three sisters, Maria hosa, Antonia and Salvatorita CaYu; and his par. ents, Antonio and Leda (Giovanni) Canu; all of Italy.
 Funeral arrangements are incom- plete.
 SWIRSKY-Mrs. Elizabeth Swir. sky, o8 Hawley street. wife of David SW1rsky, president of B. Swirsky & O.. died suddenly yesterday morn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-11
Wars Biggest
 Battle Roees
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(Continued from Page D others destroyed made up the bulk, if not all, the armor that German Marshal Erich Fritz Won Monnstein had maSsed to protect the eastern approaches of Vinnitsa and Zhmer- inka above Bessarabia.
 '"The complete defeat of tho Ger mans can be judged by the enormous quantity of booty captured by our troops" the Soviet high command said in its midnight coTnmunique. All tho way from the River 0ornyi Tikich up to the town of Uman, the ground is Uttered with guns, ammunition and war equipment abandoned by the Germans.
 CongeSted Roads
 "Ali roads are congested with tanks, self-propellcd guns, cater pillar trucks and lor4es of the enemy"
 Uman, c fortified town of 42,0oo persons, fell after bitter street fighting, during which the Germans made a last futile attempt to re. group their forces for Q counter. attack to stem the new Soviet on- slaught,
 Khristinovka, 0 four.way railway junction, and RosSosha, i4 miles northeast of the Bug river and 66 miles northeast of Bessarabia, also were captured by Konev's army. The 3rd Ukrainian army. mean time. swung southwest from Krivoi Rog toward the Black Sea and cap- tured Khristoforovka, 2i miles northeast of the Black Fea port of Nikolaev, In a i7-mile advance. The strategic railways junction of Doiins- kaya, 90 miles west of Krivoi Rog, and i50 other towns and villages also were seized. More than 2,000 Germans were killed
 River Forced
 Far to the northeast. the ist Ukrainian army under Marshal Gre- Vory K. Zhukov forced the southern Rug river and captured Novo Kon- stantinov, 32 miles southeast of Proskurov. Malomolintsi. five miles northeast of Proskurov. and Stav- nitsa, is miles east of ProSkurov also were seized.
 Soviet tanks and infantry attach cd to Ghukov's eastern wing were reported clearing the Germans from Tarnopol street by street in a cam paign that holds long-range threat of outflanking Lwow, one of the main communications centers in southeastern Europe.
 Tho Germans brought up large reinforcement to bolster the ap- parently doomed garrison. but the fall of tho city appeared imminent.
 Nearly 4500 Germans were killed by zhukov's forces yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-11

ing in Miami Beach, Fla. Mrs. Swirsky went to Florida in January to recuperate from an Illness.
 Her son, Joseph Swirsky, Mer- chant Marine, had been spending & 30-day leave with her at Miami Beach and was to have reported back to duty yesterday morning. Mrs. Swirsky collapsed when say- ing d-bye to him.
 Besides her husband and son, Mrs. Swirsky Is survived by Q daughter, Mrs. Jack Sonenstein, Waterbury; three sisters, Mrs. Anne L.eventha,l New Haven. Mss. Rose Piatt, New York, and Mrs. GusSie Mussenholtz, New York: brother. Frank Dipsener, New Haven and one grandchild.
 The funeral will be held Sunday at { D. m. from the Clark funeral home, 20 State street. Burial will be in the Brass City Lodge cenie- tery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-11
IN MEMORIAM
te

Dedicated to
 Pfc. EDWARD c. ENAMAIT Tn memory of a soldier, 30 gallant and brave, Who gave his llfe 30 that our nag would always wave. 1t is the least wo can do, to kneol For some Sosmeone N who is gone from uS. over there, this day. But he knows, above wherO he is, that ho gave hls life. not In vain To keep his country in freedom ana democracy, was worth the pain' It Is men lIke him who make this country 10 beautiful and great, To Eo there and nEht for uS, hie loyalty and courage never to break. So let us pay this man . silent tribute, Whose loyalty and bravery we can never refuto.
 Ills Wife, -