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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-24

Somewhere In the Southwest pacl~ Ac-prlvate First Class Charles E. Macdonald. . OCast ArtllloFymam and son Of Charles Macdonald, SAS West Grove street, Waterbury, Com~ neotlout, has been awarded the Silver Star decoEtalon by Che come mAndlng general of the First Cav. airy Divislon, fer gallantry In ae- ton during the Admiralty Islands campaign,
 This coveted award was won hY Private MaoDonAld because he eo- cured ammunition under heavy en- eHiay fire and manned the machine gun Of . eomFade, who had just been killed, Although the machine gun was the target for concentrated enemy Are and grenades. Private MAeDonald unhesltatingly manned Che gun and continued it In opera ton agalns the enemy, aiding great. ly In stemming the enemy attack.
 Lieut.. Lawrence n. Dowd. 10, san Oe Mir. and Mrs. Francis J. OOWa, 6S Chestnut Grove read, has been &0NStSNEUW " tMg 4AEAay SAAE AA~A@ at Richmond, Va,
 Lieut., Dowd who worked tn tho U, $, Times Office hefore joln- ing the service April %. lsaS, re- oeived hls basic training at North Carolina and graduated from Wok- fard College, At Napier Field, Ala, August {, he received his wings and was commissioned second Neut,
 Robert c. Perrlello, son of former Mayor and Mrs. Patrick Perriello of ll02 West Main street, has been advanced to major ct his post in southern France.
 An Elghth Air FOFOe Fighter Sla- ton, EH~Nand-Wllllam T. Gilbert. Jrs Rinlmon road, WoodhEldge1 Conn.,, P.Sl Mustang fighter pilot ne the Eighth Air Force In Engianas celebrated his promotion Co Che rank oe first lieutenant by destroying hts first German alrplane smack ever Berlin.
 Lt. Gllbert ls Q member oe Csl. Donald w. GEahAma SS7th Fighter Group, which has . high dcstrue~ ton rate against tha Luftwaife.
 The Woodbridge flyers 'tkiu" ek Q FOcke- Wulf l90 over Berlin wna one of seven hts group scored escorts ing bombers to che Reich capital.
 A student of Cornell University at Ithaca, N Y, before enlistlng in the AAF, April {, l9AS, Lt. GllbeEe is the son of Mir. and Mrs. w. Te Gilbort, Srp of his address, Woeae bridge.
 The airlnan attended Edgewoo4 School In New Haven, Conn. ana Taft school in WateFtown, Conn.
 It. Gllbert's Mustang group has scored S99 destroyed German aire planes in eight months oe cir ilghte ing. Recently the Mustanguem escorted bombeFs te Russia and Italy on the AAF's second shuttle ana not fighter or bomber was lest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-24

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-24

WitA the FlfIA Army. Italy - REl- VAtN EiRsl ClAss AuguSlus e Sem arnavlehe. c Simshury street. WA- terAuFy. Connecticut has been cited hy hls regiment of the ssh Infantry DlvlSlaA and awarded the Combat IneantFySnAn RAage for actual par tlclnAtl0N ln combat with the enemy eM Che Eleth Army trent ln Italy, :, Standards for che Raage arc high. The decoration, which was recently authorized by che War Department lS awarded Co che infantry soldier who has proved his lighting aAilily ln cOhaA
 The handsome badge consists oe . silver rife set against . oaekgreuna Of infantry blue. enclosed in Q silver wreath,
 An Eighth Air Force Fighter sta. ton, England - Corporal George !, Martlno, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter MNrtino, of S0 Beverly avenue. Wa terhury, Is Q member of the oldest lighter group in the VIII Fighter Command. the high-Seoring PSI Mustang group commanded by Col~ onel Don HlakeSlee, of Fairport HAr- Dor, O., which celebrated its second anniversary recently by destroying 9A enemy planes tn two days,
 The group was formed September l2, l9AS, when the three Eagle SQuadrons of the Royal Air Force transferred to the USAAF and be- came the first fighter group in the Eighth Air Force.
 In tho two-year period the eN- Eagles, eomplemented by U, s, trained pilots, have flown SpttiireS, ThunderboltS and Mustangs, They have destroyed 6S7 enemy aircraft, 222 while on hazardous ground strafing operations,
 The groups list of famous firStS include; First Allied fighters to penetrate Germany from Hritains first Allied Single-engine fighters over Berlin; providing the fighter escort for the first HritiSh-to-RuS- sla shuttle raid; and the first fighter group in the European theater of operations to pass the 400, 800, and 600 marks in enemy planes destroy cd,
 Corporal Martino is a radio Meeh- anie with Q squadron in the group, The S9-year-old soldier has served tn England since June, l9AS,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-24

RasQuaIe Rnlumha of 8 Granite street haB eumpleted q Naval V-le course at Tufts eaIIase. AAfafeka ANa1a He H fae aHH eI szf HNH HEH
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-24

Captain Earl N, Magester has been transferred from Dallas. Texas, to the Edgewood Arsenal. Md. He is the son of hlr. and Mrs. Henry AEagester og 130 Travy avenue. Ills wife resides with her parents. Mir. and Mfrs. Edwin E. Fierce Of B2 Highland avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-24

Sergeant Frederick ,. NEacsatA Of Torrlngtno has been awarded tho Bronze Star. according Co q War Department announcement. He has been cited for leading . reeonnals. sanoe patrol, Co obtain information on Che Munda alrileld.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-24

stan Sergeant Joseph T. McEvoy son of Mir, and Mrs, John MeAvoy of 70 South street, has been awarded the Expert tnfantryman Badge at Q base somewhere in the central pa- eiile area, according to headquar- terS release.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-24

Robert e, perriello. son of former Mayor and Mrs, Patrick perriello of llo2 West Main street, has been advanced to major at his post in southern France.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-24

John Casaly has been advanced to ships cook, first class, according to word received here from the South Pacific area, where he Is now serving. He is the son of Mrs. Mar garet Casaly of 62S Willow street. His wife resides at 6l4 Washington avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
TitoLounches
 AII-Out Drive

London, Sept. 5 - (UP) - Mar shal Tito's Yugoslav Partisans launched an an-out drive against the German network of communi- cations in Yugoslavia, and first offi- cial reports indicated today that the Patriots were cutting rail lines to pieces.
 A communique received at Yugo- slav quarters said the Partisans had severed rail lines the length and breadth of Yugoslavia, including the areas of Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro. Dalmatia and Mace donia.
 The attacks were described as a systematic program to render vital communications useless to the Naxi nigh command, already begged down by battered transport routes in western Europe and Germany it. self.
 Yugoslav sources meantime join- ed Mascow in denouneing the new Bulgarian government and charged that Bulgarian troops were aiding the Germans by covering thelr with drawal from yusosiavia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
Planes Blast Big Bostions In RhineIond

London, Sept. 5 -(UP)-- More elnan l,2S0 American war planes swept ahead of the 0ermany.bounc Allied armies today and hammered Karlsruhe, Stuttgart and Ludwigs- laafeh, great Rhmesand baStions an- choring the first line of defense of the Reich proper.
 Upwards of 760 Flying Fortress and Liberators were escorted by some 800 Mustangs of the Eighth Air Force fighter command in the three- -pronged assault on the Rhine- land area bordering the northeast. ern tip fo France.
 Improving weather enabled Al- lied Air Forces to resume action on . major scale. Coastal observers re. ported intense activity this after- noon, with all types of planes shut ting to and from Europe.
 The attack on the Rhineland cit- les was described as Q combination etrategic-tactical assault, labelling 1t as at least partially in direct sup- port of the Allied forces striking at Germany.
 The bombing of Karlsruhe, big rail center only Q few miles from the tip of France which British Mosquitoes hit last night, was the most spectacular of the daylight attacks. The heavy bombers blasted the railyards and repair shops.
 The Ludwigshafen assault was aimed primarily at synthetic oil and chemical resources in renewal of the effort to construct the Nazis' oil potential.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
Earthquake Jars Local Residents

No casualties or damages of any consequences in Waterbury follow ed last nights earthquake which shook the northeastern part of the country.
 The tremors felt here, while of a very mild nature, nevertheless woke and startled thousands of residents and resulted in deluge of calls to police headquarters and newspaper offices.
 Shocks were reported from all sec lions of the city at l2:40 a. m. al- though several isolated spots appear to have been unshaken.
 Authorities at Waterbury hospital said that patients throughout the institution were awakened and nurses were busy answering queries, while at St. Mary's hospital the quake was not felt and patients were not disturbed.
 A woman at 200 Alder street re- ported that she was awakened by a rocking sensation. Her mother, asleep in a porch glider, was awak- ened when the glider started to swing back and forth. Another per son in the house said he saw doors of living room cabinet radio open and then close by themselves.
 New Haven railroad employees al the Waterbury stations engine house reported that the building shook quite a bit. but not to such an extent to cause any damage.
 Mrs. Joseph Sullivan of 2S0 Bank street, said that she and three others were playing cards in the kitchen of her home, when suddenly all of them were knocked off their chairs At the Naugatuck Chemical O., it was reported that racks of rubber
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
41 Jap Ships IO7 Planes
 Sunk Or Hit

American seq and air forces do. stroyed or damaged q Japanese ships and i07 planes in sweeping raids that included Q four day bona bardment of the Bonin and Volcano Islands, four new air attacks on the Philippines and c bombardment of the former American base at Wake, it was disclosed today,
 Forces of Admiral Chester W, Nimit2 and Gen. Douglas MacAr. thur collaborated in the raids which ranged from the northern Kurile Islands to the Dutch East Indies in the southwest Pacific.
 Twenty-one of the ships and 8S of the planes were bagged in Q con. centrated four day assault on the Bonins and the Volcanos by army liberators, carrier-based planes, cruisers and destroyers.
 Nimitz's communique said sur- face ships escaped damage although five carrier planes were lost with four crewmen missing.
 Wake Island, long by-passed In Nimitz's drive toward the Japanese homeland, was attacked by cruis- CTS, destroyers, and carrier planes without loss Sunday.
 Allied bomhers from MacArthur's command struck from the Philip pines to the Dutch East Indies over the weekend, destroying or damag- ing % Japanese vessels and 22 planes.
 Four separate attacks were made on Mlndanao, southernmost of the PhiIlipine Islands. Air patrols car-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
Reds Breech Strong
 Narew River Line
BY HENRY SHAPIRO
United Press War Corresponds

(United Press war COrrespOnuentl
 Moscow, September 8. - (UP) - Powerful Red Army forces drove to within 22 miles of East Prussias southern frontier today in Q full scale offensive that preached the heavily fortified Narew river line and threatened to split the entire Maxi front covering both Warsaw and tho eastern-most province of Germany.
 At the southern end of the long eastern front, Soviet troops stormed and captured Brasov, gateway to the Transylcanian plains leading north ward to Hungary, and struck west and southwest of Bucharest to within l24 miles of Yugoslavia.
 Colonel General Georgi zakhar- ov's Second White Russian Army opened the new offensive against East Prussia along S5-mile front southwest of Lomzha and drove @ deep wedge into the German lines.
 Attacking behind a thunderous artillery barrage, infantrymen fought through a maze of Minefields, barbed-wire and trench barriers and forced Q crossing of the Narew in the Ostroleka area, 2l miles southwest of Lomzha and 6l miles north-northeast of Warsaw.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
Surrender Of 'Nozis Rumor
 Unconfirmed
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London, Sept. 5 - (Up) - The Brussels radio broadcast @ wholly unsupported rumor today that Ger many had capitulated to the Allies and retracted it less than two hours later, adding that the fight goes on"
 The equalization report, heavily qualified even at the outset, ap- parently originated from the garbl- ing of description of the capture of 10000 Germans near Mons.
 The second broadcast on the sub- ject said:
 Dear Listeners: We are obliged to tell you our deep regret that a rumor, according to which Germany was alleged to have capitulated and which was this morning broadcast by foreign station, has not been confirmed. The fight goes on."
 The retraction broadcast was in Flemish, the original message in French and Flemish.
 The Brussels station, now Allied controlled, was none too sure of its report and qualified 1t heavily.
 Ladies and Gentlemen" the an- nouncer said, speaking French, Foreign stations have announced this morning at about S:30 q. m. (3:30 a. m., EWT) news of the equalization of Germany. At the present time we have not yet re- ceived confirmation of this news"
 He then repeated the announce ment in the Flemish language.
 Listening posts of the United Press, monitoring all important radio stations-enemy, friendly and neutral-heard nothing even re- sembling the Brussels report.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
.Nozis Uneasy
 In Denmark

London. Sept. 5-(UP-The exiled Dutch and Belgian governments were organizing military and civil missions to their native countries today as Allied armies liberated vast sections of the territory overrun by German armies four years ago.
 With the quick collapse of their forces in the low countries, the Ger mans appeared increasingly uneasy in Denmark. A Danish press serv- ice dispatch received at Stockholm reported that they were prepared to remove considerable administration facilities and most of their troops and civilians from Copenhagen to avoid becoming ''encircled" In the event of a revolt in the Danish cap- ital.
 GA Swedish broadcast, recorded by FOG Monitors, quoted a Copenhagen dispatch that German women and children had been ordered to leave Copenhagen before Sept. i5.)
 Plans for establishing Belgian civil authority in Belgium were moving rapidly. A Belgian govern mental mission headed by It. Gen. Van Gtrydenck de Burkel already wns in France. preparing to so to Brussels.
 It was announced that King George had approved the appoint ment of Sir Hugle Knatchbull- Hugessen. ambassador to Turkey, as ambassador to Brlinsels and en- voy Co Luxemhourg, succeeding Sir Lanceiot Oiiphanl. Huaessen was
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
"A. Yocovone Elected
 Pres. LA Wor Vets

Boston, Sept. 5-(UP)-Anthony Yacavone of Hartford. Conn, hos been elected national president of the Italian-American world War Veterans.
 Other officers elected last night ct conclusion of the organizations four-day convention here were sen- for vice-conimander, Ralph Marios- so of New York: junior vice com- manders, Alphone Gambone Jr. of Norristown, Pa, Bernard Coia of Lawrence. Joseph Canton of Youngstown, O.. and Renauld Lanzi of Trenton. N. J.; quartermaster. Joseph Russo of Torrington. Conn, and Judge Advocate, Donald D. Maneone of Pittsburgh. Pa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
Huge Maxi
 Mons Loss

Mons, Belgium, Sept. 5--(UR)-- The American First Army decimat- ed at least two German divisions in taking Mons.
 Ten thousand prisoners, including one major general and two brigadieS generals, already were in the bal and thousands were coming in with indications that the total Of cap tured would pass 10000.
 One infantry battalion, oAtnum- bered 10 to l in the fighting south of the city before the occupation took 5000 prisoners including Craci paratroopS, SS men and Panze1> ties well equipped with tanks. ar. mored cars and dual purpose guns
 Eleven hundred Germans werl taken bloodlessly through an armis. tice arranged by Capt Edgar simon. of Newark, N. J.
 Ut. John Lewis of Philadelphia. assistant battalion surgeon, and an aidnan. Pvt. Donald R. Lohban oi Westfieid. Mass, paved the way for the surrender by convincing Ger mans in the sector that their fisht was hopeless.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
Most Burned"
 Mon Goes Home

Boston, Sept 5- (UP) = Coast Guardsman Clifford E. Johnson, g, who was burned almost beyond rec- ognition in the Cocoanut Grove Night Club fire which cost 400 lives, has received a medical discharge and returned to his home in Sum- ner, Mo, the coast guard revealed today.
 Johnson won one of medical his- tory's most amazing fights for life after sustaining thid-degree burns on 65 per cent of his body in the holocast of Nov. 28. 1922. He was hospitalized for more than 2l months during which time some $20.0O0 was spent in nutritional treatment, blood plasma, sulfa drugs and skin grafting.
 One of Johnson's four brothers, Sgt. William Johnson, was killed in action in New Guinea last June.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
ALLIES CLOSE IN ON CITY
 OF RIMINI
BY CLINTON D. CoN0ER tUnited Press War Correspondent

BY CLINTON B. C0N0ER
 tUnlted Press War COrrespOndent)
 Rome, September 6.-(UP) -- British and Canadian forces closed in today on the important Adriatic coastal city of RlYnini after Q drive to within six miles of the south ern edge of the Pc river val ley, while In the west U. s. Fifth Army troops ap- preached Lucca and Prato, less than 10 miles from the TyrrheniNn sea anchor of the Gothic Lane.
 Expanding their bridgehead north Of the ConeA river Into Q square roughly five miles wide and three miles deep, the British Eighth Army infantry and tank units captured tho villages of Mlsaao, San Clemento and MontegallerA, and drove into tho suburbs of Rlceione Marina, six miles south of Rimini,
 Capture of Rimini, southern tOr- minus of tho railway and highway lines leading to the southern Adris atie coast from Bologna, important junction in the Pc Valley, would open tho way for Q sweep up broad plains into northern Italy, rho importance the Germans attach to the coastal town was indicated by the fanAtical fury with which their first paraehutlst division, supported by tanks, were resisting tho Cam adians and British.
 The Canadians, supported by are nor, first captured Misano, two and Q half miles inland, and than turned west to storm Montegallera, one mile further west, The Ger. mans immediately counter-attacled with fresh infantry and tank units, including the Mark " and HoFnetSs lightly-armored se6.propell0d s8s The Canadians cfove off the. eoun- ter-attaok after knocking out six Mark TVS, three Of the Hornets and eight other tanks, but front dis patches said heavy fighting was eon- tinulng, .."
 Tn this fighting, formations of the 26th PatlEer Division appeared for the first tiine in Q long period, and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
Reds-Finns Make Peace

x@ndon, Sept. 5-(UP)-A Mos- COW dispatch said today that dip scrnatic observers taere expected Russian and Finnish representa- tives to work out a peace pact leav- ing E.inland's 1041 borders intact and giving the Films a fair chance for early economic recovery.
 The Red army ceased hostilities on the Finnish front today, and there was every sign that the So- viets and Films would have little trouble. in achieving a satisfactory settlement. Helsinki announced yes- Eerday that Finland was giving up Che Axis alliance and the fight against Russia.
 Moscow reported that a Finnish peace commission was expected soon. A United Press dispatch From the Soviet capita lsald the So- viet Arnnistice terms were expected eo be surprisingly mild"
 with Germany on the verge of defeat and the security of Lenin- grad and Soviet Kareiia established, Inch Kremiin can easily afford mag hanimty toward Finland" the dis- pacth said.
 "should the anticipations of un- burdensoEne peace terms for Finland naaterialize, it will prove the Soviet contention that the cornerstone of Soviet policy in the Baltic area has been security and stability"
 The Russian supreme comman6 rgdered the halt of military opera
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
PATTON'S 3RD ARMY REACHES M0SELL E; U. s. TANKS REPORTED AT STRASBOURC
Americans Said To Be Fighting On Nazi Soil Near Saarbrucken
RY YTRoIL PENKLEY

United Press War Correspondent
 Supreme Headquarters, AEF, September s. = (UP) = It Gen. George S. Pat tons Third Army has reached the MOselle In force between Metz and Nancy, a front dispatch revealed to- day, and an unconflrmed re- port was published here that U. S. Tanks had reached Strasbourg on the German border and fighting was in progress on German soil around Saarbrucken.
 British ar1n0red forces plunged deeper into the Netherlands more than 30 miles beyond Antwerp strengthening . trap closed on some 100000 Germans pinneu agalnst Cne Cn@nn~1 coast
 The lower side of the Channel pocket was collaps Ing. Canadian troops spearef within three miles of BoU logne on the Straits of DoveI The Evening News said tn German garrisons of Bou logne, Calais, Gravelines ana Dunkerque were trying t escape by sea in a reversal O the Allied Dunkerque evacu ation in 1040.
 Robert c. Richards, United Press correspondent with Patton's Army, said the American Vanguard came to grips with the Germans in the village of Point-a-Motls- son, astr1de the Moselle roughly midway between Metz and Nancy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
Secret Army Aided Allies

Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Sept. S-(UP)-To Q secret Belgian army which has been operating as @ unit throughout the four years of Ger man occupation, is due much of the credit for the east with which the Allies swept into Belgium, supreme headquarters revealed today.
 When the secret army led by 55- year-old Maj. Gen. Ivan Gerard was ordered on June 6 to intensity its action against the enemy, its ef- forts were so successful the Ger mans found Belgian communications almost useless. One German di- vision ordered from Antwerp to the Normandy battlefront was forced to make a great detour through Ger many to reach the fighting front.
 To achieve this, the secret army committed at least 2,563 individual acts of sabotage against the Nazis between June and Sept. {, in- cluding the cutting of more than 1000 railway lines and the destruc- ton or damage of 75 railway bridg- es. The army also desthroyed l55 locomotives. at least 800 railway cars. cut more than 100 underground cables. damaged 20 power stations, and destroyed hidden stores of Ger man gasoline.
 More than 50 Allied agents par- achuted into Belgium prior to the invasion oS the continent and began laying the groundwork for the lib- eration Of the country. shortly be- fore the Allied forces crossed the Belgian border, the secret army's activities were spurTkd to greater iialenhlty wilh other upecial service
 The entire Belgian operation. supreme eadQuarters. revealed, Was nxscQla lust as 'it wns planned naeEe than year aeo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
Army May Discharge TtOo Million When Nazis Quit

Washington, Sept. 5. (UPl-The House Military Affairs committee. turning its attention to the Armys plans for demobilixation after Ger many capitulatss. called to a closed conference today a number of high ranking military authorities. includ- ing Maj. Gen. Lewis 3. Hershey and Col. Francis Kessling. Jr., of the selecklve service system.
 The discussions began as the ques- tion of demobllixatiun was thrust sharply to the forefront by the sudden deterioration oe 0erlnany's mllltarp positions. Some congress slonal quarters have heard reports thnt me Arspv w'li na able Co 0la-