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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-25
Tanks On Leyte Drive
 Japs Back Into Hills
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of Mt. Lobi, about one- third the way across Leyte ct it's widest point
 Heights Captured
 Tn the central sector the 00th Division with support of carrier based aviation struck northeast from TanghaB, Q miles north Of Dulag, and captured Catmon Heights from which the Japanese had Maintained mortar fire on the landing area. These units were re- ported approaching Tabontabon.
 Driving west from Palo on the highway leading to the Carigara Bay on the north shore of Leyte the 18th Corps was credited with substantial gains"
 The American land forces were protected by c cover of carrier aviation which prevented Japanese planes from carrying out any ef- fectiVe attacks. American boinberb also aided irl if1mobilizing Japanese reaction by carrying out extensive sweeps of Japanese airdroneS supply dumps and transport TouteA throughout Leyte and adjacent Philippine Islands.
 A total of GA enemy planes were destroyed or dafn0ged on the ground ct Cebu, Bacolod, Alicante, Fabrica Buimafl and Dehmof1te airdron1es.
 The enemy air attacks were ir- termittent and on q snlallsBcale.
 Fifhter patrols and acksack fire knocked out five Jap raiders.
 Allied land-based planes, mean while dropped B8 tons of explosives on the Cebu airdromeg, setting aflTt three ships in Cagayan harbor.
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|FDR Will
 Give ToIks
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ing that he did not desire to create that impression.
 Good Huin0r
 Mir, Roosevelt accepted the in. auiry in the best of good humor and instantly rejected the idea that he was doing as Brown suggested. Ae also reflected the idea that Brown had properly stated the propoB. ton, On the contrary, the President said ie had caught "all the news- papers, even the reputable ones, at. fault on the subject.
 Then he explained that the news. papers had been guilty of quoting half 0 sentence from his July % acceptance speech as delivered by radio to the Democratic national convention In Chicago. The Presi- dent recalled that he had then made c statement about not cam paigning in the usual sense but had continued the sentence with the word except" to lead into the qualifying conditions under which ile might make political speeches,
 Correspondent Bert Andrews of the New York Herald Tribune broke in to say that the qualification was not in the same sentence. MT. Roose. welt said maybe his sentence was broken by Q comma, but that 1t was the same sentence, oil right, al- though some people pay no ct tention to Q comma.
 Contradiction
 Right there c lot of people, i1. cluding your correspondent wished they had the documents in question before them. So before going further here is what the President did say last July
 l. Tn Q letter to Democratic Na- tional Committee Chairman Robert D. Hannegan prior to tho national convention, in which he agreed In advance to accept the Presidential nomination, the President said; T would accept and serve, but would not run, ii1 the usual partisan politi" col sense." That ig the complete sentence and there B no qualifica" ton of it elsewhere in the letter to Hannegan. That is the phraseo- logy that some Washington report. CTS have been using in recent weeks with respect to MT. RooSeVeltB en. iarging campaign activities.
 Acceptance Speech
 2. Tn hiB radio acceptance speech delivered to the National convention in Chicago on July 20, Mir, RooSo. welt returned to the same line of though, but with qualifications: T shall not campaign In the usual sense for the offlce, Tn these days of tragic sorrow, I do not find it fit. ting. Besides, in these days Of global warfare, I shall not be able to find the time. I shall, however, feel free to report to the people the facts about matters of concern to them and especially to correct any misrepresentation"
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Great U. s. Naval
 Victory Over Japs
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surface units caught sight of the masts of the enemy task force In waters 25 miles east of the Philip pines.
 "At 2 e. m., orders were issued to get ready to fire. At 7:01 Q. Krl., the enemy fleet attempted to run away. At 7:i8 c. rrl., our naval units started fire.
 "At 7:20 0. m, Q large enemy cruiser was sunk by our bombard- ment. At 7:30 0. THl., the enemy task force changed its course to south- eastern direction and started to flee.
 "Our naval units immediately pur- sued the fleeing enemy task force. At 7:36 0. m, two enemy aircraft carriers were bombarded and sunk. one of these sunk enemy aircraft carriers was confirmed aS of the enterprise type. ...
 "At 8:25 Q. Hn., two large enemy aircraft carriers were sunk. At 8:30 e. m, one large enemy cruiser and one destroyer were sunk.
 Jap Boast
 Five minutes later, the enemy fleet began fleeing under c smoke screen and our forces are even now in hot pursuit"
 The Princeton, launched only Oct. l8, 1o42, was the seventh American aircraft carrier lost thus far in the war. Nimitz's communique indicated that, though damaged by enemy air- craft she may have been sunk by American forces after the survivors and personnel had been taken off.
 With the results reported in Nimitzs communique, Halsey'S forces raised their toll since Aug. 30 to at least 2426 enemy aircraft and 59a ships sunk or damaged.
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major enemy moves afld irstaiiaS tions throughout the Philippine archipelago" MacAFthur said.
 Every major island has one or more weather obsefvatories which flash faiI data to MacArthuFs headquarterg, morning, afternoon and night Of every day." Afr Warns ing facilities give visual observa. ton Of the aIF ever TIeaF1y every square fcOV Of the PhiIippineD.
 Observation
 We gre aided by provision on all inland waterways and coastal areas Of complete observation over enemy naval movements, to give immediate target information to oir sub- marines who patrol in and near Philippine waters" MacArthur said, This information has contributed to the sinking Of enemy shipping Cf enoFmOliS tonnage,
 ''wiBniIy, Wo gre nided by the close interior vigilance thak secured fog oilT military use countless enemy documenW of great value"
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STORE HOURS THURSDAY, l2 NOON TO sP.M

that tho Germans had been shak. on badly by the attack and were trying only to escape across the MaaS. That conclusion was boi- Stered by the increasing flow of ens emy prisoners taken by the End Army-Some i,S00 in the past three days.
 On the British left flank, veteran Canadian ist Army troops sloshed forward north of Antwerp in Q supporting thrust to clear the ap- brooches to the Belgian port and possibly seal off the land escape route for an estimated ii,000 Ger mans caught on the Zuid Beveland and Waleheren peninsuiag.
 The Canadians gained a few hun- dred yards in Q night attack just west Of the Antwerp -Breda road, meeting heavy opposition. and push- cd out several miles to the west to capture Plndorp and reach Wouw. sehes sPiantge, i've miles south and slightly east of Bergen 0p zoom.
 A German DNB News Agency broadcast said the Canadians had broken into the causeway connects ing tho Dutch mainland with zuid Beveland, just south of Bergen op zoom.
 Fort Captured
 DNB also reported that the Cara- dians had captured Fort Trederik- Hendrix, one mile west Of DreSkens. in tho battle for the south bank of the Schelde estuary.
 Some 2000 to 5000 die-hard NaEis were fighting with their backs to the sea in the Breskens pocket and the Allied cofamunique indicated the fight was still raging this nlorn- ing. On the southern edge Of the pocket, the Dominion troops cut the echoondijk oostburg road and push- cd Into the edge of the latter town, eight miles south-southweSt of BreskenS.
 On the American southern fronts, U. 6. 7th Army troops continued their Blogging, Eiilesa-day advance northeast of Epinal, capturing tiie villages Of MoFtagne and Bifcntaine after bitter, houge-to- house fights ing. Farther north, the Americans took Menarmont, { 1-2 miles South- west Of BAccarat and about i've miles north of the big junction town Of Pamberviliers.
 JapsU.S. Units
 Japanese American units were disclosed ofiiciaiiy to have moved into the 7th Army gone where they were holding c fFont-iine sector.
 On the U. 6. Third Army front, c German patrol slipped through the American lines ct Annavilie, nine miles southwest of Metz, last night and clipped communications wires there. It was the deepest penetratioB the Naglg had attempted on ttat front Third Army positions forth- west Of Metz also came under at- tack yesterday when the dermafis' wandering 2e0-millimeteT railway gun lobbed 70 rounds into the Eoret Donbie Dc Rombas area.
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 Let those who claim to have ex- ercised great foresight remember these lessons in history" Dewey challenged. And, let uB as Q fla- ton never forget them"
 12,000 Cheer
 The audience in MinneapoliSi Municipal Auditorium, estimated by Governor Edward J. Thye ct moro than l2,000" cheered wildly at Dewey's reply to MT. RooSeVelti recitation of the history of foreign relations before the Foreign Policy Association in New York City laSI Saturday night.
 Dewey chose the home state Of Senator Joseph II. Bail, R., Minn,, ardent internationaliSt who bolted the Republican ticket because he was dissatisfied with the COP norTl- inee's views on foreign policy, to deliver his third major speech on the question.
 He never once mentioned the Young Republican senator but he paid high tribute to former Cover nor Harold Y. StaSBen, Balls men. tor, aS 70 bold and courageous leader of opinion"
 Immediately after the speech Dewey headed Bouthward for stops Gt Milwaukee, Racine and KenoSha Wis, and another major speech ir Chicago tonight in which ho pro- poses to discuss "the moral Issues ir this election"
 Use Of Government Power
 A Dewey spokesman said he Woult take Up the use of government power, including spending and fav. ors, by President Roosevelt k achieve perpetuation in officc."
 1i an obvious answer 10 Bali'i reasons for bolting the Republican ticket in the November election Dewey insisted that he has gonC farther into the question Of collab- oration without reservations thar has President Roosevelt.
 He recalled that ifl his speech bee fore the New York Herald Tribune Forum in New York City last week he came out for participation in ( world organization without iirnita. ton which would nuliify its power to halt future aggression. That means, of course, that 4 must not Dc subject to c reservation that would require our representa- tive to return 10 congress for au- thoFity every time he had to make decisIon," Dewey said.
 Up 10 Congress
 "ObViouSly, congress, and oniJ congress, has the constitutions power to determine what quota oi force it viii make available, anc what discretion t will give out representative to use that force,
 T have not the slightest doubI that c congress which is working ir partnership with the president vii achieve the result we aii consider essential ard grant adequate power for swift action to the American representative"
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CTS to the Gestapo.
 Her conduct throughout the Nazi occupation, however, was said to have been deplorable. Her wild par- ties shocked this staid community for four years.
 Tn l943, after her husband, Q no- torious black market dealer, was sent suddenly to c Nazi concentra- ton camp, she became the Sweet- heart of Major Strobel head of the SS in Maastrlcht. Tn company with Strobel and Captain Nitsch, second in command of the sS-the man who supervised the torturing and execution of MaaStricht patriots Madame zeugers made frequent trips to Liege, then the pleasure capital of the occupied countries.
 Nude Parties
 The Dutch underground received reports of gambling and drinking bouts in Liege night clubs, ct which Madame zeugers appeared beauti- fully gowned and spent money laV- ishly. There were reports of other parties at her home in Maastricht at which all the guests -- mostly SS leaders--were nude.
 After her husband was Jailed and her income was cut off, she contacted the Dutch underground, my informant said and claimed that despite her conduct she was c loyal Hollander. She promised to obtain the released of some under- grounds workers captured by the Germans in return for money. AL. though she actually did obtain some released, she demanded more and more money from the underground. Finally underground leaders became suspicious of her, but before they could act. two of them were be- trayed and sent to c German con- centration camp.
 We know they were betrayed by Madame zeugerS," my informant said.
 Although she is confined alone, many other Dutch traitors share her fate. Dutch secret police cori- ducted me thorugh ail old barracks where HOO men and 200 women members of the Dutch NaA party are confined in 6 barniike old bar racks. The women had crude bunkS and straw matt esses and most of the men slept on straw piles. There were no sanitary facilities and con- ditionS were shocking.
 '1t's much better now than 4 was when the Germans had uS irl there," the guide commented.
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(Continued from Page D - brisk skirmishing continued in the Moselie valley and Doughboy col- unlnB captured c number Of oers if1an-heid towns northeast of gpinal on tho corner of tho VoSges nloun- taiFS.
 Tn western Holland, however, the plight Of an estimated 60,000 or moro Germans caught along the seacoast and in the g Hertogenbasch aFea was deterioFating hourly.
 British 2nd Army patrols thrust across the main highway north and south of s Hertogenbosch, entering 0rthen, ih miles to the north, and pushing one to four miles west oi the highway on the south side.
 BOxtei Cleared
 Doxtei, 10 miles south Of 9 Her- togOnboscil, was cleared of the els oFny late yesterday and the tommieG moved westward oil c front ex- extending FnoTethan flifle miles far- ther south from Doxtel to the best aTea.
 The southern advance carried tc within ten miles or less Of TiibuFe and c front dispatch from United Press War Correspondent Ronald Clark said the Germans were Fe- ported abandoning that town and BFeda, i0 miles to the vest in ( hurried withdrawal toward the Mas river.
 The sudden British offensive SD. peared to have caught the Germans off balance, And field dispatched said the Nazls were pulling back iluFFiediy, frequently without paliS. ing to blow iip bridges wacse de. stfuction might havO slowed the British advance.
 clark reported that the entire End Army front was iil c state Of fIux with enemy resistance geneF- aIiy limited to haif-heafted stands by isolated and small groups Oi Germans.
 KeebIe Opposition
 The relatively feeble opposition and the slackeflng 0f German aF. tiiieFy fire aii along the front pointed strongly to the conclusion
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(Continued from Page D Then, with his resources increased to step ID the flow until four subS marines finally were committed exS citisiVoiy to the task.
 BsttlesTFiea
 For the purposes Of this catIls paign," MacAfthur eaid, i've are materially aided by strong, batties tested forces iil nearly every Phiiip- pinO community, aIeFted to strike violent blows against the eF1emy'S TeaF as our lines Of battle move for. ward"
 The patriots now gre providing areas adjacent to military objective into which American aifmen drop with assurance Of immediate feeClie and protection.
 we are aided by the fact that for many months our plans Of campaign haV6 benefited from tho hazardous iabOFB Of c vast network Of agents, numbering into the hundreds es tllonsands, providing precige, ees cuFnte and detailed information oil
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NSVHthhuDa Ahbhb AoBS st
 
 etrated Norwegian territory in on advance on kirke1eB.
 den. Ivan D. CherniakhoVsky's 3rd White Russian Army was res ported to Do destroying more than 100 German tanks per day in bats |atling reminiscent of the Allied break.out combat at caen.
 Cherniakhovsky's north and south Hanks were moving westward stead fly while the center engaged the German arfnor. Capture Of Augustov was believed to have averted any danger of successful Naz counter attacks in the MaBurian Lake res zion.
 The Soviet press published photo. graphs of long columns of German prisoners taken in the East PTus- sian offensive. The Germans Ap- peafed well equipped. The press also published photographs Of echerwindt, East Prusslan border town, showing only remnants Of walls and chimneyS left after the terrific artillery bombardment t had undergone.
 Endless Columns
 Endless columns Of Soviet support troops were pouring into East Prus- sia through the holes torn in NaEi defcnses. A correspondent Of Izvestia, the government newspaper, reported them tramping through German villages along muddy roads gtreWn with torn Nazi posters and pictures of Adolf Hitler.
 While Red Army bonbers and fighters hammered from tho afr, CherniakhovskyB artillery hurled on intense barrage in dunbinnen to blast open c path for the ground forces now less than five miles from the town.
 "A BEG broadcast, quoting Mos. COW correspondent and heard by NEG, said the Govietg had reached the outskirts of 0umbinef, 26 miles inside East Pruggia.)
 The Germans were reported bring ing Up strong endorsements ifl c desperate effort to halt the growing Russian offensive and fierce battles were reported raging deep inside 0ernany'g outlying province.
 Despite the intensity of enemy resistance already encountered by Cherniakhovsky's forces observers bo- lieved that the heaviest battles still were to come as the Soviets drove closer to the provincial capital Of konigsberg.
 While the fighting along the east 0rn front was centeFed in East Prussia, other Soviet forces cons tinued their advances north from the Balkans,
 Street Fighting
 Marshal Rodlon Y. MaiinovSky'G 2fid UkFanIan Army broke into iso- lated eatu-MafO, and engaged the Germans if street fighting for the last big Transylvanla town stiii held by the Nazis.
 Farther west, other Soviet troops captaTed KigkunhaIas, N miles southeast Of Budapest, aiid JankoS Vaez, 70 miles south Of the fItifis gaEian capital (An Hungarian communiqie reported inst the Rus slaf1s aiso entered Kigkunfeiegyilaza, 50 miles southeast Of Dadapest).
 Red Army Forces aie0 seized sias CseciogI0vakiafl communications center Of ChuSt, 11 mics eout1eaet Of MukacDv0, and DFahov0, lB miles from the southern border. Tie bettio fog East pTHseia va
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te from Samar Island to the north- east. The patrols reached the ex- treme tip of the Straits where they established c foothold on the sa- mar Sea.
 MacArthur's forces now hold most of the coastal plain from Dulag north to the region beyond the capital city of Tacloban. Mac- Arhtur'S comnunique did not con- firm reports that American tanks have gone ashore on 9aFnar Island, just northeast of Leyte.
 Armored clements of the 7th Division which captured San Pablo airdrome were advancing on Dar1- agi, c road junction ct the base
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P K. OF C. MEN
 TAKE 1ST DEGREE

District Deputy Daniel Marcafl" tcnio of Meridcn and his staif per. formed the ritual as c group Of 21 candidates received the exer1piincaS ton of the first degree ct c meeting of Sheridan Council, Knights of Columbus, last night at the North Main street, ciubFoo1is.
 Grand Knight Thomas Bafe, who presided during the business fIieets Ing, said this was part of ( 42 rl0Fis bers class. The second % candidates viii have the first degree exempiis lied on November 21.
 The second degree will be exeIlp. flied November q, and the third dearse on November ze.
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 stated the withdrawal should merely be filed with the court clerk as t would be in any other case.
 Attorney Dlansfieid replied that his only reason for asking permits sion of the court to withdraw the case was because the parties ifl- volved were minors and he felt that court action action was necessary.
 A prolonged argument was con- ducted on the matter of costs ifl the case, with Attorney Blansfield claiming the court should rule that no costs should Do assessed against the children. Attorney Cassidy ob' jected, stating that statute leayet 1t Up to the defendant to decide the Issue of costs within c specified period of time, and that 1t shoule Do left Up to the estate to decide whether or not costs should DC charged to the children. ..
 Attorney BianSfield rose and said If counsel desire this pound oi flesh 1t viii Do paid ct the proper time" - Cassidy retorted, adding that the remarks were made for the benefit of the newspapers (which are now scribbling away"
 Judge King accepted the inotior for withdrawal, but ruled that tht words without costs" should bl eliminated. He said the matter oi court costs would Dc left for de- termination according to statutes oi any other applicable law.
 Mrs. Atchison, the mother, wGi appointed guardian cd Item aiie Hnext friend" Of the children, bS the court before the proceeding were concluded. The move was Fe' ported made as c technical pToce' dure to insure the legality Of tfle withdrawal.
 It has been reported that the children have received total pay ment of 93,600 from the estate, if accordance with . probate court ruling on support payments, peEld' ing disposition Of the court ntiga' ton. The payments, made ct the rate of e76 per month for eacf child, expired several weeks ago.
 With termination Of the contest in the will case, the distribution oi the estate will now Dc lip to tht probate court. The will, made . fev months before the death Of Law renee Atchison, left 9i00 10 each oi his three children, $500 to 6 ciose friend, George Cashfnaf1, atid bull of the estate to the brother. Ont of the children, Lawrence, JTy dit not contest the will.
 Both Mrs. Atchison and tn daughter were in the courtroom while the settlement conference went on. There was no indication given ct tiiat time that the casI would not 90 to trial, and all o ti1O court. officials and assistants and prospective jurors were wait. ing for court to convene.
 Mr, Atchiscn died Oct 12, le4; at the age Of 4e. His wife had beer divorced from him several year previously, and it was the claim 0i tho children that their father llae been prejadiced against them. m win was aFawn up July f7, tol5.
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ether parts of Italy.
 Distinguished military service has been given by the popular soldier policeman since 1916 when he be- came c fighter with the immortal Yankee Division. After the war, his interest in military affairs continued, as he was listed aS c lieutenant in the Reserve Officers association. Iii this war ho joined Up aS c lieute1- ant, w0s promoted to c captaincy overseas and then wore the gold mapie-ieaf Of C major ct the time of his furlough, some six weeks ego
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Superforts
 BIitz Targets
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(Continucd from Page D base in collaboration with Admiral William ?. Haisey's carrier planes just prior to the Philippines inva' sion.
 Arnold said details of the raid would be announced as soon aS Ad- ditional information was available presumably when the big planes had returned to their Chinese bases and their crews interrogated.
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Nice Mr. Hr gridIroned Germany with the worlds finest and he thinks the Allied armies aren't going Ben Ad0ph doesn't caFbuFet0r steering wheel shows the autobahnen" network through the suburbs of Berlin The roads Osensb built for tourist traffic. are actually fOurane military 50 feet In width with They a ces avoid traffic jams In the the n the Rhine heavy industry which Allied fighting In the east they Upper Prussia toward which below section of
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All workers are entitled to two Weokg vacation with pay, according to . rev ieW in New Zealand.
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Cal MorseIIo
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Reds Force Nozis Back

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.Yonks Take
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