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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12
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ny HENRY SHAPIRO tUnlted Press War COrrespOndent)

 United Press War COrrespOndent)
 Moscow, Sept 12. - (UP) - Waves of Soviet tanks and infantrymen attacked the fortress town of Lomzha to- day in @ drive threatening to roll into East Prussia, which already had been invaded by vanguards of powerful Rus sian forces maSsed along the Lithuanian -Prussian frontier to the northeast.
 Coincident with the disclosure of the American invasion Of Germany from the west, Moseows carly morn- Ing communlque revealed that pa- trols of the 3rd White Russian Army in Lithuanla entered East Prussia before dawn Monday on a recon naissRnee raid
 They crossed the SZes2upe river about 70 miles southwest of Kaunas after nightfall and shot up a de- tachment of German border guards killing 10,
 Military spokesmen revealed that similar rNiding parties have been operating on Prussian soil since August l7 when General Ivan D, Cherniakrovsky's 9rd White Russian Army reached the Szeszupe,
 The disclosure, coming as 0en- eral deorgi zaharov's 2nd White Russian forces opened a full-scale offensive against Lomzha, 2i miles from the southern border of East Prussia, appeared to foreshadow . great two-day drive into Germany's easternmost province.
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Sub. Gudgeon Believed Lost

Washington, Sept. IF -(UP)- Loss of the 1,475-ton American sub- marine Gudgeon. presumably in the Pacific, was announced today by the Navy.
 The undersea craft was the 29th American submarine lost since the beginning of the war, the Navy said.
 Skipper of the Gudgeon, It. Comdr. Robert A. Bonin, of Mil. waukee, Wis, was listed as missing in action together with the normal complement of 75 crew members.
 The Gudgeon held Q presidential unit citation for sinking 10 Japanese ships, including one submarine, and damaging three more. She was 200 feet long and carried one three inch anti-aircraft gun, two anti aircraft machine guns. and 10 2l- inch torpedo tubes.
 Built ln the Mare Island. Cal. Navy yard, Che uudgeon was com- missioned April Al, ioai.
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Defenses or Maginot Line Found Intact After 4 Xears

and was amazed to find the forts electric generators still functioning The group descended 90 feet into the earth in an elevation after pass ing through two l5-foot steel doors set in concrete.
 A shy. smiling l7-year-old French youth. who can be called Andre, was the sole custodian of this pow erful Maginot fort. He was still an- gry because the Germans left owing him 580 francs (about S6 in Ameri- can money on the basis of German valuation of the franc) for his cus- todial services but he proudly show ed its functions to Capt. McNamara.
 Rows Of Dynamos
 The electric train which the French used for hauling troops and ammunition underground. was working. Row after TOW Of dyna- mos, well oiled. weEe in perfect
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Roosevelt, Churchill Plan
 Final Destruction Of Axis

quebec, Sept. l2- (Up) - Presi- dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill held their first formal business session today on new plans for the final destruction of the Axis,
 The president and the prime min- ister met in their quarters in the old Citadel overlooking the st, Lawrence river this morning, and prepared for e larger conference with the nglo-American combined chiefs of staffs this afternoon.
 The basic subject of the confer ences was the Pacific war. Plans are expected to be made for @ di" rect assault on the Japanese home- land, and a unified command to direct 1t.
 White House Secretary stephen T. Early, under questioning, said that although the conferences were pointed primarily at the Pacific, he did not know whether Chinese reps resentation here had been sought, He added. however, that the Chinese government would be kept informed up to the minute on the proceed ings here.
 The president, the prime minister, Canadian Prime Minister W. L, Mackenzie King and their parties had dinner last night with the Ca- madam governor general, the Earl of Athlone. Afterward Mir. Roose- welt and Churchill went to their in- dividual quarters in the Citadel and retired early after examining the latest dispatches from the ac- tive war theatres.
 Today in a face-to-face session they worked to & general plan for the discussions with their military, naval and air experts.
 The Canadian Prime Minister talked with the president and Churchill when the opportunities presented themselves, discussing what Canadian officials described as military strategy in the Pacific and conduct of, the war in general where it involves Canadian person. mel.
 Early, in a press conference at the Chateau Frontenac, he discounted an inquiry about "broader politi'al aspects" of the conference saying that political" was word he din
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HiIIn,on Rips Into Dewey
(NEA Telephoto)

Pittsburgh, Sept. i2 - (U.P) - Sidney Hillman, chairman of the CIO Political Action Committee, as- serted today that the election Of Governor Thomas E. Dewey as pres- ident of the United States would be an "act of responsibility on the part of the nation"
 Hillman, in a press conference, attacked the past record of the Re- publican presidential nominee in re- agrd to labor and foreign policy, and said he couldn't conceive" how a man like Dewey could rise to the place where he could seek the pres idential office in this year-the most critical year in our history
 The labor leader, whose PAC and Citizens Political Action Commit tee are working toward reelection of President Roosevelt, charged that in l940 Dewey favored breaking re- lations with Russia.
 Think wht it would mean in loss of lives at this time if we had
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First U. s. Invasion Of That
 Country Gains In Strength; Fall Of LeHavre Reported
BY VIRGIL PINKLEY

United Press War COrrespOndentl
 Supreme Headquarters, AEF, September 12. = (UPC The first phase of the bat tie of the Slegfrled Line opened today when American troops Out-flanked It's out post of tier In a drive more than six miles into Germany and captured the mystery fort" Eben Emael on its northern approaches.
 United States Marauder and Havoc bombers heavily plastered a long stretch of the Siegfried Line between Aachen and Saarhrucken while American First Army guns pumped shells into Ger many from newly won posi- tions just west of thu frontier.
 Far to the west, the great French port of Le Havre was reported to have surrendered about noon to British troops of the Canadian First Army, giving the Allies control of one of the most valuable gateways to France.
 United Press Correspondent Henry T. Gorrcll reported in a dispatch from Germany that an Ameriaan armored division was stabbing ever deeper into the Reich after estab- fishing itself on German soil in force in the first United States iA- thervasion of Germany in history.
 Supreme headquarters lacked fur- ther information on the penetra- ton of Germany, which was re- ported to have flanked the ancient city of Tier and won springbcard for @ full scale push toward the Rhineland.
 Wnue the huVhuceu gHoS HAhtAS spearhead was probing the fortifi- cations before the Siegfried line, other clements of It. Gen. Court ney H. Hodges army to the north were flaming out from Liege. They seized a number of points almost on the German frontier, and smashed to within one mile of the
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7th Pursues Fleeing Foe
BY ELEANOR PACKARD

(United Press War CerrespOndent)
 Rome. Sept. i2 - (UP) - The American seventh Army, in con- tact with northern invasion forces, pushed It's pursuit of German forces fleeing toward Belfort today, with French and American troops swinging e big pincers around the escaped route into Germany.
 While the French were moving up near the Swiss border. the Ameri- cans struck % miles north of Bes- ancon to the rail and road juno. ton center of Vesoul. S2 miles due west of Belfort, cutting oif one of the main escape routes of the Ger. mans caught in Central France,
 The French and American line converging on Belfort, which is only 20 miles from the German border. formed 6 3i-mile arc from Vesoul to Pont- -De- Roide where the Poilus were IS miles from the pass.
 A communiQue said the seventh Army forces in the eastern flank were making substantial progress" despite determined enemy rear guard actions, into which the Ger mans futilely brought artillery and tanks.
 At the western end of the lO0-
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EyetUitness Tells OF Ruin OfSofia, Bulgarian Capital

the struggle is over. They hardly look up at civilians puttering through the ruins attempting to salvage something from the holo- caust.
 About half of Sofia 50O,0oO popu- lation has returned from the coun- tryside, where it had sought refuge during the bombings. For them the struggle is just beginning.
 So far they have managed to re- store water and electricity in the habitable sections of the city but it will be years before Sofia heals the scars of war.
 Eerie City
 The capital, drab and unlnterest- ing at best, was an eerie city of the dead when I arrived ct midnight. Despite the D. m. curfew I was given every attention by Bulgarian authorities and permitted to make (Continued on Page D
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TANKS PLUNGE DEEPER INTO GERMANY CAPTURE MYSTERY FORT" EDEN EMAEL Fifth Army Enters Town Of BarberinO
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BY CLINTON 3. CoNoER (Unitsd Press War Correspondent)

BY CLINTON 3, C0N0ER (Unltsd Press War ooFFespOndentl
 Rome, September l2. = (Up) - U. s. Fifth Army troops drove through the outer positions of the Ger mans Gothic Line today and entered the town of Bar. berlno, northermoSt point reached by the Allies in Italy and only S4 airline miles from Bologna, key city to the great Pc valley.
 Tn addition to reaching Darberino, miles north of Florence, Q mum. ber Of Fifth Army units pushed well beyond the upper Sieve river Some of the American troops drove three miles north of the river, reach- ing the vicinity of Scarperla, i've and one half miles southeast Of Barherino,
 Other Americans further west nov firmly established across the acgchio river three miles north of captured Lucca, continued to drive noFthwards towards the Liguarian see anchor of the Gothic Line,
 Most of the high ground of the Monte Della Calvana mass nort, of Florence has been taken, with Allied troops reaching the poggil Mente Cuccoll peak, iS miles nortl, of Florence and Q few miles west of Barberino,
 Forge Ahead
 Rlsth Army patrols also forged ahead steadily in Seml-clrcle north of captured pistoia, clearing up and occupying towns of Montemurlo, stl and . half miles east of Pistoia, and Mariana, seven milese west of Piss toia, aS well as Poggio CastellarO, three and Q half miles northeast oi Pistoia,
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Lewis Blasts RooseVeItAS Miners Foe
BY GRANT DILLMAN United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

Cincinnati, O., Sept. l2,-(UP)- United Mine Worker President John L. Lewis, charging that President Roosevelt once had publicly kicked every miner in the face" today called for the Presidents defeat in the November elections.
 Speaking before delegates at the opening of the UMW's l0-day bi- ennial convention. Lewis said that if the miners vote for President Roosevelt in November they will receive "the same kind of treat- ment" in their contract negotia- tions as they received in l94S and l944.
 Lewis traced last years contract negotiations with mine operators and the work stoppage throughout the nations coal fields. He said that President Roosevelt publicly had kicked every miner in the face by asking us to call of the strike
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BuIgorio Frees 382 Allied PWs
RY UNITED PRESS

A total of 382 former Allied pris- oners of war in Bulgaria. the maj ority of them Americans. have ar- rived in Istanbul, the Turkish home radio said in a broadcast recorded by EGG Monitors.
 The group consisted of BIO Amer ican officers and men. 69 British officers and men and three Dutch officers attached to the U. S. Army, the broadcast added They were be- lieved to be comprised mainly of airmen.
 Among the men, 39 were said to be injured, Is of them seriously.
 The prisoners were liberated when Bulgaria declared war against Ger many.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12
By ROBERT RICHARDS

(United Press war COrreSpOnoent
 Tn the Maginot Line. Sept. H. (UP) = American soldiers moved through a large section of the famous Maginot line near Trieux, five miles from the Luxembourg border today and found the forti- fications which France built as an ''impregnable defense" against inc vasion from the east, intact after four years in German hands.
 The French had reported the line in disrepair and not useable but the Americans found most of the un- derground equipment. including massive electrically operated ma- chinery, in working order and ex- perlence soldiers believed the lines huge guns could be turned on the retreating Germans.
 Capt. James o. McNamara. sl, of Minneapolis led Q party of men through the damp stone corridors
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Mon Collects Own Life InsuFonee

Paris, Me, Sept. l2--(UPl- Tn 1870. at Che age of sl Perci. vnl ,. Paris of Paris purchased an insurance policy from . New Yerk Company.
 Today Paris. now 0s. had re- |celved Che e11le proeeeas Of his own policy becanse he had out- lasted the premimun table.
 En the eyes of lhe insurance company mortality table RaEglss has oulilvea his own life.
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Editors Note:- One of the last Allied correspondents Co leave the Balkans ahead Of the German Armies in 1e4l, Leon Kay of the United Press, now is the first Am- erican tO reach Sofia, bomb-scar- red capital of shaky Bulgaria. Kay went tO Sofia from Ankara. Turkey.
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BY HENRY T. GORRELL limited Press War COrreSnOndeul


 United Press War Correspondent
 With U. S. Armored Forces in Germany, Sept. 12 q p. m.)--(UPl American tanks advanced on Ger man soil today in series of strong exploratory thrusts capitalizing the first United States combat invasion of Germany in history.
 The initial penetration og 08S many is in strength today. 3k SN1ln on the 26th anniversary of Che great American offensive at Saint Mihiel in 1918.
 Forward elements of our aFnor crossed the German frontier ak 6:ll p. m. yesterday. The crossing was made by a United States armored division which swept across Belgium in a swift IN-day march. and now has crossed the last frontier of the campaign.
 Like all our blows coming up from the Seine. today's were aIldaclouN and skIllfully organized.
 The orders for this historic frosss ing into enemy country were iAznea from a bare. bleak barracks huE.1s ing which only a few hours enEl1Rx had housed German troops.
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By LEON KAY

By LEUN AN1
 United Press War Correspondent) Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. il - (UP) --Sofia is city of hom.blasted buildings and uneasy, fearful people, Seventy-five per cent of the cen- tral district and 2S per cent of the outlying sections lies In runis as token of the effectiveness of Allied bombardment which helped drive Bulgaria out Of the war.
 oruups og .sullen, dissplrlted soldiers, stripped of their arms march through the city. For them
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First Dispotch From Reich

Editors Note: Tie following dispatch from United Press War Correspondent Henry T. Gorrell Is the first datelines from Germany since Dec. 2. 194l, the day the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into war.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-28
.NON-FARM BOYS TO BE TRAINED
StOrrs Plans Program to Meet Shortage of Exper-
 fenced Dairy Workers

Storrs, January 29. = A plan to train a minimum of 25O non-farm boys and girls for work on Connec- ticut dairy farms this summer is announced by David N. Stiles, as- sistant state farm labor supervisor at the University of Connecticut. Included as a part of the Victory Farm Volunteers program, the train ing course is intended to help meet the shortage of experienced dairy farm workers. It will be given by the Connecticut Extension Service in cooperation with the teachers of vocational agriculture in the state.
 The Extension Service will recruit the boys and girls for training and will place them on farms at the con- clusion of the course. It will also provide for their supervision during the summer. Instruction in the everyday jobs of the dairy farm will be given at local centers throughout the state by the vocational agricul- ture teachers. Trainees who quail fly will also be given & week of in- tensive instruction at the University of Connecticut before going to a farm.
 Boys and girls taking the course must be at least IA years old and weigh minimum of 125 pounds at the end of the school year. They must present their parents written permission and will be given phys ical examination to determine their fitness for farm work.
 Plans are well underway to in- augurate the new dairy farm train ing course in Middletown with 10 boys enrolled, and in New Haven with B enrolled, early in February.
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cases called involved violating the state parking law by parking with in 25 feet of an intersection.
 Receiving nolles on this charges for s6 or forfeiting $6 bonds were: Daniel Valerie, 34, 45 Charles street, Cecil J. Bernstein, 35, 620 Washington avenue, Morris Sey- mon,, S4, 28 Center street, Anthony Coviello. 25, 1ss Hope street, and Alfred Springer, 56, 23 Ives street. William Whay. g, 50 City Hill, Union City, forfeited a s bond on charges of violating the city park ing ordinances by failing to pay for his $1 tag on time.
 Other cases: Joseph Wargo, 28l Bridgeport, reckless driving, con- tinued to February Il; George w. Butler, Jr., 18, 21 Griggs street forgery, suspended sentence; Patsy Guerrera, 46, g Sheffield Terrace, assault, breach of teh peace, non- support, continued to February II;
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Seymour Johnson Field, N. c. - Completing a five months course in aircraft maintenance and repair, Private First Class. Anthony J. Jandizimas was graduated this week as an aircraft mechanic from this technical school of the Army Air Forces Technical Training Com mand.
 The son of MT. ard Mrs Anthony Jandzimas, 9o1 Bank street, Water bury, Conn, he was sworn into the Army on May II, 1943 in New Haven. He formerly attended the Wilby High School and was then employed by the American Brass Co.,, Water bury. His wife, the former Nellie Kasinskas, resides at 325 Wilson street, Waterbury, Conn.
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Rabbi David Polish of this city, 8 representative of the Jewish Chautauqua Society, is scheduled to address the student assembly at Washington State Normal School, Machias, Maine on Febru- ary 9th according to an announce ment made today in Cincinnati, headquarters of the Society. Rab- bi Polish, who occupies the pulpit of Temple Israel will speak of Jewish Influences upon American Democracy"
 According to formal announce ments Rabbi Polish will address the student body of the Bangor Theological Seminary in Bangor on February 10th and the student assembly of the University of Maine on February II, 18th and 18th.
 The Jewish Chautauqua Society, an educational organization, sends speakers to colleges and universi- ties in all parts of the country to interpret Jewish history, litera- ture and philosophy from a non- propagandistic point of view.
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A dinner was held at Pendy's Res- taurant, Hitchcock Lake, WedneS- day evening in honor of three young men about to leave for military service.
 They are Seaman Ernest St. Louis sd of MT. and Mrs. Lawrence St. Luis, 3127 East Main street; Pvt William Miller, 20, son of Mrs. Mar garet Miller, IA Niagara street; and Pvt. Edward Bowen, 9, son of MT and Mrs. Bert Bowen, 821 Cooke street.
 Seaman St. Louis, who leaves for camp today, was a senior at Crosby high school, and will receive his di- ploma at the end of the semetser as scheduled, although he will be serv- ing the Navy.
 Pvt. Miller is a graduate of Cros- by High school and was employed by the Scovill Mfg. Go. before en- tering the Army. He and Pvt Bowen will leave in two weeks.
 Pvt. Bowen is graduate of Cros- by High and the University of Con- necticut. He was employed by the Brookside Diaries, Inc.
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MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

The following marriage certifi- cates have been filed with the Of- flee of the town clerk:
 Joseph s. Scire, N. s. Coast Guard and Zerita Mae Smith, 1O9 Willow street.
 Vito Pace, 35 St. Joseph avenue and Helene Ann Schienda, 1O82 South Main street.
 Raymond Begnal, 462 East Main street and Gertrude LawIor, 432 Wilson street.
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RABBI FALLMAN
 INSTITUTE GUEST

Rabbi Meir Fallman will be the principal speaker at the Beth-I Israel Mems club meeting at the Water bury Hebrew Institute Sunday morning. President Murray Cross man engaged the Congregation Avath Achum rabbi of Bridgeport to speak here.
 Rabbi Fallman will speak on the Ethics of Fathers" All servicemen of the congregation now on leave are invited to attend.
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ley Van Tassell, Antoinette Napol- itano. Vivian Burr and Beverly Callahan. It has been decided by the faculty of the school that each member will purchase ten dollars in stamps for every one of the 250 Russell school alumni now in the armed forces.
 When Captain Glenn Miller and his Army Air Force band appear here Monday at the giant rally and premiere to be held at the State theater it is planned to have all members of the Corporal Coyle American Legion Post attend. All members have been requested to ap- pear at post headquarters Monday evening at 7:20 in uniform. The state color guard will also attend.
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NO RULINGS GIVEN
 IN DIVORCE SUITS

Decision was reserved by Superior Court Judge Frank P. McEvoy today in the divorce actions of Anna Soli- wocki against Edmond Sonwocki and John G. Purdy against Marie Purdy. Both suits were based on charges of desertion and were uncontested.
 A hearing opened at the conclu- sion of the short calendar session in the contested divorce action brought by Ralph w. Bailey. formerly of Waterbury and now of Dayton, Ohio against Phyllis K. Bailey. Presenta- tion of testimony was scheduled to continue this afternoon.
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FRANCIS J. LYONS
 WAR CASUALTY

Washington, Jan. 2S-Names of six more Connecticut soldiers wounded in action, including men from New Britain, Windsor Locks and Thompsonville, were contained in a casualty list released Thursday by the War Department. The list shows:
 European Area
 LazIcki, Staff Sgt. Simon S.-Mrs. Mary Lazicki, wife, 121 Wilcox street, New Britain.
 Mediterranean Area F Lyons, Pvt. Francis J.--Mrs. Eliz- .abeth Lyons. mother. 2e7 Grove
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street, Waterbury.

street, Waterbury.
 Ostrander, Pvt. John J.-Mrs. Ju- lie OStrander, mother, Railroad street, Salisbury.
 Roncari, Pvt. Raymond A.-Mrs. Josephine Roncari. mother 83 West street. Windsor Locks.
 Schwab, Pvt. Albert J.-MrS. Lil- Han Schwab, mother, Herman ave- nue, Noroton Heights.
 zazleski. Pvt. Joseph T.-Mrs. Mary aIeski. mother, 17 White street Thompeonville.
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1885 FORFEITED
 BY MOTORISTS
Intersection ViOIatOrs Are Dominant in City Court
 Cases Today

A total of $35 was forfeited by motorists for parking violations when their cases were called be- fore Judge T. E. Conway in City Court this morning.
 Prosecuting Attorney Frederick w. Palomba said five of the six