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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-20

malnlng of his Pacific fleet, initiat' cd new operations
 Big Claim
 The Japanese, in 6 eoninunlqut yesterday, said more than half oi the enemy foreoB' attacking For. mesa were destroyed, including Il aircraft carriers, two battleshipi and three cruisers, but aeknowiedg. cd that 3i2 Japanese planes and 3C to 70 smal icraft had been destrey- cd.
 Actually, Admiral Chester w Nimitz reported that on overall to- tal of 20b Japanese vessels were wrecked during tho three days that the Third Fleet knocked out For. mosa. American losses were 2l planes, 3i pilots, and 2i air crew. men with two medium ships Buf' fering "superficlal damage"
 Tokyo said that the Japanese and Filipino forces in the Philippinei were showing excellent fighting spirit"
 Further success, therefore, is ex- pected of them on this new battle. field" tho broadcast added.
 A Domei News Agency dispatch broadcast by Tokyo and picked uE by BEG said fierce fighting" wa taking place on Leyte, that resi- dents of the Philippines had taken the invasion calmly and that the res action of Filippinos in general wa determination to cooperation more in the Japanese effort"
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(continued from Page D rendeEvoused off the Central Pc. eifie, and with the first crack of dawn, hundreds Of ships Of every type began filing slowly through tho entrance of Leyte Gulf,
 On tho upper deck steel helmets and lifo preBeFVers were ready for tho expected enemy attack.
 It didn't come.
 One Bomber
 Shortly after dawn, Q single twinsenginod enemy bomber winged down through c terrific anti-airs craft baFFage and dropped 6 single bomb cemieaiiy into tho water. Then the enemy bomber, itself, plunged into 6 Watery grave.
 But this really couldn't be called an attack, tt was hardly aggressive Os course enemy aircraft may sweep over the mountains here at any minute, Tonight after dark they arc almost sure to make some sort Of Rn attack on tho hundreds Of ships milling around Us in the gulf. But the fact remains that up to now tho enemy has not made c single concerted effort either with submarines, planes or motor terpe- do boats, Co interfere with this his- tory smaking invasion,
 As far as is known now not q single American ship has been lost, ft Is as though q protective shield were held over our invasion convoy,
 Right ct this minute in front Of mo Invasion craft continue to dlss gorge the men and FiieehaniSed equipment, They arc big craft with rolling bulldegerB, jeeps, tanks and oil the implements Of American meehaniged warfare,
 Push Inland
 Already the BpeaFhoads Of our attack columns are pushing inland toward tho city Of Taeloban in the north and toward the cluster of enemy aiFfields ct the lower end Of Leyte Isiahd.
 Preliminary reports state that casualties have been unbelievably low. There may Do tough days ahead before Gen. MacArthur leads his troops down the streets Of Mas nila, But Up to now tho combined skill of the American army and navy in the Pacific has caught the enemy completely off balance. The American flag flies once again OF her Fiiipino soil,
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corfegidor accompanied by his ehlog Of stan, Lieutenant General RluhArd Sutherland, who like Mace Arthur had gone through the black taye of CorTegldor, Ho was also co. companled by Lieutenant General George Kenney commander Of the Far Eastern Air Toroes,( Sergio Os- mena, president of the Philippines, and Brigadler General Carlos Ronl- ulos, resident commissioner Of the Philippines,
 Lack of Japanese opposition was aurnrislng since it seemed inored" ihle tho Japanese could have been unaware of the American intentions with the huge armada whieh stretched beyond the horizon eourS- lng for days toward the landing points,
 One Jap Plane
 one single Japanese plane made Q brief appearance over the landing scene and was shot down before It could do any damage, one Submar- inc was detected before tho armada reached tho island, but was not heard again after deStroyers attack- cd it with depth charges.
 The voyage up Co the Philippines was almost as incldontless as Q peAcetime pleasure cruise,
 As he returned to the islands, Mac Arthur broadcast Co the Philippines people the fulhllmont of hiS pledge made when he arrived in Australia from CoTeeidor;
 q have returned, By the grace of cod Almighty, our force stands on Philippine soil, soil eonseerated ih the blood of our two people"
 Covered by the greatest naval and air bombardment of the Pacific war, jungle veterans of the American sixth Army under derman.born lieutenant General Walter Krue- ger swarmed ashore from hundreds of assault craft and quickly seized beAehheads against almost non.eX- lstOnt opposition and famed out inland with tanks and mobile guns,
 Beachhead Secured
 Three and perhaps four expanding beachheads were secured, front res ports said, one column, advancing from San Ricardo, was nearing Taclooban, capital and principal city Of Leyte with 0 population Of moro than 3o,oo0 only three miles to the north.
 Early uneonfirmed reports had said that Taelueban was captured, but on the basis of later informa. -oGa, these appeartS, premature The fate of Taeloban's big airfieldD as well as ether airfieldS just inland
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(Contlnued from Page D the late President Of the Philippines Manuel Que2on. But even ct the time of his death on August he knew that the hour was not far off
 Look Ahead
 Fiiipinos looked ahead to the time the Philippine commonwealth can take It's place among the family Q! nations. The United States has ad. vanced the date Of independence to the earliest possible day after liber- ation that Is practicable.
 To oil y4lipinos here, the start of the invasion brought not only exultation but concern for friends and relatives still In the homeland
 we oil have mothers, fathers brothers there," one Filipino said Many have been killed by the Japanese. Others will del during the fighting-the innocent ones."
 One young man was confident that if his folks were still alive they were in the forests fighting as guerrilias. "At least" he added, "they'll have plenty of food therC.' For MacArthur the Filipinos had nothing but the highest praise and admiration.
 He is our hero" said one young lady. His return to the Philippines makes US feel he is one of the greatest Americans"
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(Continued from Page D Washington yesterday and last night. Reporters, hurriedly sum. moned to the White House, waited tensely for more than two hours be- fore MaeArthurs official announce. nent of the Invasion permitted Fe- lease of the Presidents message.
 We have landed in the Philip plnes," the President said, "to re- deem the pledge we made over two years ago when the last American troops surrendered on CorFegidor after i've months and 28 days Of bitter resistance against oyerWhelffl. ing enemy strength,
 We promised to return, We have returned"
 To Philippines President Sergio Osmena who left here several weeks ago to join MacArthur for the re- turn to his homeland, MT. Roose- welt sent Q message pledging that when the Japanese invaders have been driven out, the Philippines twill take their place as Q free and independent member of the saFnily of nations"
 The president, whose domestic foes have charged that he relegated MacArthur to Q minor role in the war against Japan because he feared the generals political potentialities, remembered MacArthur the warrior in eloquent tones.
 Congratulations
 Tn a message of congratulations to the general, the President said:
 "The whole American nation to- day exults at the news that the gal- lant men under your command have landed on Philippine soil. I know well what this means to you. I know what 1t cost you to obey my order that you leave Corregidor in Eebru- ary, i042, and proceed to Australia. Since then you have planned and worked and fought with whole-soul- cd devotion for the day when you would return with powerful forces to the Philippine Islands. That day has come. You have the nations gratitude and the nations prayers for success as you and your men fight your way back to Bataan."
 He also sent messages Of praise to Admiral Chester w. Nimitz, com. mander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, and to Admiral William r. Halgey, Jr., Third Fleet Commander, for their cooperation with MacArthur.
 Though he called Leyte but e way station on the road to Japan, the president made it clear that he regarded the operation as perhaps of tho greatest decisive import In the pmciilc war Co date.
 Recalling that xeyte was 700 miles from Hofmosa and $50 miles from tho China coast, the RTogl- don't gAiai
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recently was chosen to command" the local division will outline the procedure.
 Small insignias denoting the rank of the individual employees will be given out once the attack" on the Sixth War Loan Drive gets un- derway.
 Local merchants have always been among the leaders in all previous war bond campaigns held here and plans now call for another over- the-top effort. No definite quota has been set as yet although an over the million mark in F bond sales is anticipated.
 Waterbury's general quota has not yet been announced and it iS expected that 1t will be somewhat lower tha nthose of previous drives. James Y. Moran is general chair man assisted by Raymond E. Tracy, local treasury representative and the committee.
 Major Costigan today explained that the idea for the '"Third Army" stems from the conception of tho armed forces as constituting tho nations first army. The production workers 0f America making up the second army and the retailers coans pHlaans enc third army,
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ture methods when they began their march to prison camps after the Island fell.
 More than 7000 men were sta- toned at CoFreeidor and the three other island stronghoids in the bay, Forts Hughes, Drum and Prank, Be- sides the original garrison at CoF- regideT, 2b00 sailors and 1000 Ma- Flnes evacuated from Dataan fought on.
 The Japanese made I3 separate air attacks in tho last three dayt of the campaign, Gen. Wainwright reported in Q coFnmuntque early Wednesday, May c, that "the enemy has wrenehed Q landing attack against the north beach positions of the island" The attack was launch- cd about midnight from Bataan and the Japanese backed it up with heavy artillery at Mt, Marveles on Bataan,
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prf pelled guns, carried out e four. day raid behind the German rear on tho Hungarian plain.
 The Cossaeks intercepted German achievements, presumably coming up for the defense of DebFecen, Hungary's third city. The cessaeks smashed into the reserve troops, dispersing them before they had q chance to form Up for attack,
 JugOs Slash NaSls
 The government newspaper, TE. vestia, reported that Soviet and jugoslaV forces have driven the Germans into the northwestern part of Belgrade whore they are being chopped to bits,
 The Red Army captured the rails road bridge spanning tho SaYa river and dfeVe tho Germans out Of the Danube dock area but the Germans continued to cling to tho King Alexander bridge across the Bava,
 The .JugoslaV forces also captured the old citadel Of Bel- grade, German eS regiments were fighting stubborniy for street cross. ings In Belgrade, They installed themselves in steel eupolas and fought until killed. A particularly heavy battle was reported at the intersection of Washington aae Prince Paul streets. one German detachment was pehned in the southeast portion Of the city neal the observatory,
 A communique said Marshal Redion Y, MaiinoVsky's cavalry and infantry, ih c daring euthanking maneuVeF captured the fortress Of Derettye. Ujfalu, breaking the Ger. man defense line a miles south of Debreeen and taking more than H." 900 prisoners
 Hold Out 0 Days
 German and Hungarian forces had held out for nine days in the strategic fortress, G junction Of Ave highways and 6 station Of the oFadea Budapest railroad, and iti fall opened tho way for c final Russ sian assault 0 nDebreeen and across the TisEa river toward Budapest.
 North of B6rettye-Ujfalu, Mali' novsky's forces also cracked the enemy'S defense line along tho sar' and.Nagy Leta railroad spur with tho capture of seven towns, includ' Ing sarand, six miles south Of Deb- recen's airfield and Nagy Leta. The advances represented gains only four to eight miles in nine days, but outhanking naaneuvor trapped some German units between two canals The units were routed when they attempted to break out of the trap to the north,
 Other Soviet forces consolidated their hold on the DebFecen-Stau Mare railroad with the capture oi the rail station of HadJu Vamoo2eg il miles east of Debreeen, To reach the latter city, the Red Army still had to cross between one and seven tributaries of the Berettyo river which winds through the wooded country east and southeast Of the rail center.
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proposed opposition.
 DFiseeli today accused Governor Baldwin of playing politics and de- liberateiy evading the true issue lin the iatter's reply to the reasons for tho Q. I. o, officials resignation.
 Governor BaldwIn'S reply stated that,
 "The Committee on Industrial Re- conversion of the War Council is Q on-partisan committee ap- pointed without regard to political party affiiiation because the wel- fare of Connecticut tTanScends par- tiSan politics.
 T am sorry that you feel that my outspoken opposition to the recommendations of the McCarran plan, which would be 50 disastrous to welfare of Connecticut workers and Connecticut industries, inJectS partisan politics into the problems of reconverSion. However, cannot and will not stand by silent without voicing my opposition to the Me- Carran proposal and using every es- fort that 1 properly can to defeat anything 50 detrimental to the workers and industries of Connec- ticut."
 Claiming that the Governor has deliberately used the opposition resolution" of the committee as c political stick to beat Roosevelt" the CIO ofiicial declared such action as an attempt to make political capital of e non-partisan issue" and "a deliberate misrepresentation of the New Deal"
 Governor Baldwin fin c state as of Oct. 14 termed the McCarran pro- posal resolution as a New Deal project' which tindered the spark behind Driscoils resignation of yes- terday, from the reconversion com- mittee. The latter is made up of some 60 representatives of labor, in- dustry, business, etc.
 The CrO Ofacials declared Sen, McCarran to be "antl-New Deal proven by his long record" and head of c subcommittee which brought in the resolutlon--which was made up of three Republicans and three Democratg."
 "Tn view of these concrete facts . DriscolI said ''hcw can the Governor declare the resolution to be born of the New peal9" sI strenuously oppose the McCeTan resolution, s'he added land refuse to sec G used aa a political sligk,'
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from the cast coast, was not known,
 Japanese opposition vas reported eVelopinR in tNe Tacloban area ano around poanan, southernmost brldgehead, at mid-afternoon as tho defenders, stunned and scattered by the devastating pre-invaslon bonnh- artlment, began to rally their forces.
 Enemy forces entrenehed in the hills behind the coast were haras- sing the invasion troops with mortar fire. Bloody fighting was believed in prospect when the poughhoys reach the main defenses inland,
 (A nomel transmission recorded by the FCC said Japanese forces "are at present engaged in strong counter. attacks against the enemy invaders" at Taeloban and in the Caballan area at the southern end Of Leyte,")
 "our ground troops are rapidly ex. tending their positions, and supplies and heavy equipment already are flowing ashore in great volume" MaeArthur said in e jubilant special eommunique announcing his amphi. bious stab deep into the eastern per" meter of the central Philippines
 The sun.hronEed MaeArthur watched the pulVerlslng pre.invaS' ion bomhardment by two American fleets an Australian naval squad- ron and two air forces from the bridge of tho American cruiser Nashville in the Leyte Gulf.
 Thousands of tons Of steel and ex- plosives were poured Into Leyto's defenses by naval guns ranging up to 10 inches and hundreds of planes,
 Not c single American ship was known Co have been lost 70 far, A single Japanese plane attempted Q pre-dawn attack only to crash in flames after dropping e bomb harm. lcSsly in the water, but no concerted submarine, motor torpedo boat or terlal counter-attaek was reported
 United Press War Correspondent Ralph T0atsorth reported from Leyte later that MaeArthur had set up headquarters Rt the Island, Mae. Arthur's command, he said, had designated today as "A" Day be. cause !t wanted a different designas ton from tho conventional "D.Day" applied Co most inVaSions
 Among tho first ashore after the boaehheads had been secured were President Sergio osmena Of the Philippines exile government, and his secretary of Information, Colonel Carlos ?, Romulo, Manuel QueSe1, president at tho time of the Japan. csc conquest of tho Philippines, died in the United States last summer, broken by the tragic ordeal Of hls country,
 The landlngs on Leyto drove a wedge between tho two main Japan" csc strongholds in the Philippihes-.. LuSon, with tho capital city ef Manila in the north, and Mlndanao and tho fortress of DaVao ih the south -. and brought tho entire archipelago within easy range Of land-based bomberB,
 "The strategic results Of attack. ing the Philippines will be decisive" !" MaeArthur said in his eommuniquo' "rho enemy's so-eallod gerater East Asia co.prosperity sphere will DO cut in two.
 "Tho conquered empire to the south comprising the Dutch East Indies and tho British possessions Of Borneo, Malaga and Burma will DO severed from Japan proper. The great flow of transportation and supply upon which japan's vital war industry depends will Do cut, as VIII tho cetlnteg-supply Of his forces to tho south.
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US Landing
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 committed suicide to save face after the pitlfuiiy nieaSer American forces gained ground on oil sectors of the peninsula in Q daring, sWtt plunge against his entire 18th army
 The Japanese insisted Honiila had not killed himself, but even if he hadn't, c new commander LOOK oVeF-Lt. Gen. Temoyuki Yamash' ito, conqueFer Of Singapore and the Malayan peninsula. Meanwhile MaeAFthur, asked by Washington to set up headquarters In Australia, escaped from Bataan with his Wife and small son in Q gpeedboat, Lt Gen, Jonathan Wainwright took command, effective March 27
 Reserves in Action
 Every resere fighter was in action by the first part Of April, put more than 10000 men were hospitalisea with malaria, and another 10000 were confined to camp with Malaria or dyRentery. The quinine supply had nearly run out, More than half their support was ineapacitated but the men of Dataan fought on with no hope Of victory, no hope of re' inforcement. JapaneFe attacked day and night with dive bombers, high altitude bombers, artillery and aI' ways more and more men,
 For the last i6 days and nights of the battle, American Filipino troops fought without stopping to sleep or eat. The fighters were outs fiaked on their eastern wing and thrown back along the main high- way.
 Their food ratIons had been cut in half and then halved again.
 On the night of April 8, Wairi- wright, given power of decision by President Roosevelt, held c confers ence with his commanders.
 It was agreed that further re" slstence was hopeless. So 1t had been oil alors, but now the end was at hand.
 The few men, including Wain- wright, who could be withdrawn, were taken to Corregidor fortress along with Army nurses. The thous sands who were left waited for the Japanese.
 On April Q, the official surrender date, those on Corregidor watched the Bataan ammunition 90 up in flames and saw the scattered blink. ing flashlights from the peninsula, signalling sos, sos, sos. Then there was no more communication with Bataan. The 36,000 fighters were listed among the missing, killed or captured, bringing casualties iSi the defense of Luzon to 48,427.
 Corregidor Island, the i7th cen. tury rock-hewn fortress whose guns sealed Manila Bay to the Japanese, stood as the bastion around which American and Filipino troops could rally for continued defense of the philippines. Manila and Cavite were lost but neither were of any use as long as Americas Gibraltar stood
 Corregldor had been under com stant bombardment since Dec. 2e when 1t was hit in c heavy raid which lasted for three hours. Tkf defenders had learned c new kind of warfare, that practiced by the JapaneBe. They learned that fighter pilots could be snachine-gun al they parachutod from burning planes, that plainly marked ileld hospitals could be llatbened merci. ieHnly bg enemy hombeRg.
 Iiog WeEe to laaHn 5apanese ter
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 the principles Of freedom that chal- lenge the best that is written on the pages of human history. And we now call upon your supreme effort that the enemy may know from the temper of an aroused and outraged people within that he has Q force to contend with no less violent than Is the force committed from without.
 "Rally to me. Let the indomitable spirit of Bataan and Corregldor lead or. As the lines of battle roll for- ward to bring you within the zones of operation, rise and strike.
 Strike at every suitable oppoy- tunlty. For your homes and hearts, strike. For future generations of your sons and daughters, strike, the land of your sacred birth, strike.
 Let no heart be faint. Let every arm be steeled. The guidance of divine God points to the way Fol- low in his name to the Holy Grail of Righteous Victory"
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Spouse Mokes $500 4 Week
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 in trouble with the oPA because of his profits. He pointed out that the oPA permits only 90 per cent of the gross income to the dealer. The husband admitted on croSs.ex. animation that he had earned as much az e260 q week, but said that was only during holiday periods.
 During the arguments on payment of counsel fees for the woman, the woman's attorney claimed the poul- trymans yearly earnings were ei2,- 300 "by his own admission. The mans lawyer, Attorney Yale Matz- kin claimed the husband turned over bank books listing deposits of s4,300, when the couple separated last January. He said she was able to pay her own fees, The woman, who testified she had undergone e nervous breakdown, said she could not remember any transfer of bank books by her husband.
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 Third fleet and were designed to "scorch the air" surrounding the target and neutraiize enemy air- fields within striking distance.
 This, of course implemented die rect aerial attacks on the target area.
 i've seen the development of this technique in the Pacific from the time slightly nxore than a year ago--when we occupied Baker 1s- land under cover of only two car- riers-to the present when the num- Der of our escort carriers alone is possibly double the best estimates of the Japs' full strength in that field.
 Naval forces assembled under MacArthur's fleet commander. Vice Admiral T. 0. Kinkaid-includine Adm. William r. Halsey's Third Fleet and bombardment support craft--is easily the most powerful naval striking force of the Pacific war. It is capable of e dual niis. sion-protection of invasion forces and destruction of the Jap fleet i fte nips care to risk their ships.
 Jump-off Bases
 Intersection of the two theaterl resulting from MacArthur's push through New Guinea and Nlmitz drive across the Japanese-maIi- dated islands made possible the combination of these forces against the Philippines. The former pros vided jump-off bases for the as. sault and the latter gafe-guarded the flank and made possible the uninterrupted maintenance Of our fleet in enemy waters for periods of flme not believed poaBlble Q tew nanntfn mHu,