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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
Tension In Finland
BY JACK BLEISCHER
United Press Staff Correspondent


 United Press Staff Correspondent) Stockholm, June 20.-(UP)-Heav- ily-censored dispatches from Hell sinki said today that the situation in Finland was "in many-perhaps all-respects very delicate" and speculation grew that Juho K. Pa- asikivi, former peace envoy, will be asked to form a new government.
 The Red Army's swift approach to Viipuri, whose fall brought Fin lands surrender in the l939-l940 winter war" brought growing ten sion throughout Finland and great political activity was under way, Helsinki dispatches said.
 Informed sources expected that President Risto Ryti will dismiss Premier Edwin J. Linkomies, whose government asked for and then re- jected Soviet armistice terms earlier this year, sometime this week.
 Passikivi, who negotiated the l940 peace with Russia and also handled the latest armistice efforts, was be- lieved Ryti's most likely choice to head a new government. Passikivi was a peace-time premier of Fin land.
 The Finnish Army, the dispatches said, appeared to have been disor- ganized completely by the smashing of the three defense lines in the Karelian isthmus. Political tension was reported in Helsinh, with a change of government possible, and 1t was believed in Moscow that Fin- land was in the process of being knocked out of the war.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
'U. S. Drove
 Jops To Wor'

London, June 20 - (UP) - Cap tain Oliver Lyttelton, British pro- duction minister and member of the War Cabinet, said today at an American Chamber of Commerce luncheon that America provoked Japan to such an extent that "the Japanese were forced to attack the Americans at Pearl Harbor".
 Tt is a travesty on history even to say that America was forced into the war" Lyttelton said in an im- promptu departure from his pre- pared address on Anglo-American relations and mutual lend-lease.
 Everyone knew where Americas sympathies were" the member of the British War Cabinet said in support of his assertion that the United States was not forced into the war.
 He said he always placed the needs and interests of Great Britain just ahead of those of the United States, while American representa- tives did likewise for their country. adding:
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
FoIIins Pole Iniures Two

Two men were injured, one criti- cally and @ nearby automobile damaged when large clothesline pole toppled over in a Washington Street yard this morning.
 Louis BoiSvert, 62, 418 South Main street, suffered possible fractures of the skull, ribs, hip and back. He was admitted to St. Mary's Hospital where his name was placed on the danger list.
 Edward Noel, 41, 131 River street, suffered a cut wrist and was treat ed by 6 private physician.
 Detective Sergt. Joseph Reilly said the two men were standing in the yard of 28 Washington street. sur veying the house for a painting job at 8:30 this morning when the &C., cident occurred.
 Mrs. Emma King, l2 Loundsbury avenue, who was hanging clothes on @ line from the second floor of her home, which adjoins the Wash ington street yard. saw the pole snap at the base and start to fall.
 She shouted a warning as the pole struck an automobile parked near its base, and its end came down on the town men.
 The clothesline pole was an old telephone pole about AS feet long. Four lines of clothing were hanging from 1t at the time of the accident.
 Roof of the car, owned by Charles Michnich of 2s Washington street, was badly dented.
 Patrolmen William Mcdonald and Thomas Grady drove Boisvert to the hospital in the police ann bulance.
 The property st 28 Washington street is owned by Nestor Eouinival, ls6 South Main street,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
U. s. Submarine Announced Lost

Washington, June 20. (UP)-The Navy today announced the loss of the l.475-ton U. S. Submarine Gray back, presumably in the Pacific where American submersibles are atking high toll of Japanese ship ping.
 skipper of the vessel, who was listed as missing along with the ships complement of approximately 65 men, was Cmdr. John A. Moore, of Memphis, Tenn.
 The first U. s. submarine to be announced lost in three months, the Grayback was approximately 290 feet long with a 27-foot beam.
 The vessel was built by the Elec- tric Boat O., Groton, Conn, and was commissioned in June. l94l. It is the fifth undersea craft of its class to be lost in the war.
 The Greyback is the 24th Amer ican submarine and the 160th naval sunk in this war. American sub marines in the Pacific have sunk 607 Japanese vessels, probably sunk 36 and damaged at least 1l5 more.
 Moore, who was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1928. assumed command of the Grayback in July. 1e43. Ills oficial address was Lowell Ariz.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
HUGE FORCE OF b0MbERS HITS REICH OIL Allies Closing In For cherbourg Kill
BIG PORT MAY BE ENGULFED
 IN 4O HOURS
BY VIRGIL PINKLEY
 United Press War Correspondent)

BY VIRGIL P1NKLEY
 United Press War CorreSpondent)
 Allied Supreme Headquar. ters, London, June 20. = (UP) American shock troops stormed the outer de- lenses of CherbOurg five to six miles from the heart of the city today and IA miles to the southeast captured Montebourg, one of the most bitterly defended German bastions encountered in the Normandy invasion.
 Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley's forces drove in to clamp an assault arc against Cherbourg, reaching its suburbs in some sectors, beating down German resist ance so disorganized in some places that observers predict ed the great French port would be in American hands within two days.
 Bradley's assault forces in the vanguard of the frontal offensive against Cherbourg stormed the citys outer defenses after carrying through the field defenses hurriedly thrown up by the Germans, forcing the eisorganized Nazi troops back into . considerable battle perimeter.
 Official spokesmen were silent on the number of points at which the veterans were in contact with the Cherbourg defensive perimeter, but it was evident that the lightning drive uorthward after the establish ment of the wedge across the penin- sula had succeeded in the primary purpose of, bringing the enemy to grips before he could reorganize suf- ficientiy for a stand.
 The conyerging push against Cherbourg appeared to encompass the entire front below the port. The Americans held Montebourg in strength and were clamping an as- sault arc against Valognes, four miles to the northwest.
 As long ago as last midnight they had reached points five and a half miles north of Bricquebec on e di- rect line to Cherbourg, or within six miles of the prize port itself.
 At the same time the forces ex- banding the western end of the cor ridor across the peninsula were pushing northwsrd from the Barne- vile area to join in the storming of Cherbourg.
 whether the outer defenses of Cherbourg could be carried on the momentum built during the smash LID the peninsula, or whether Brad- lev would have to call @ halt to move up heavy forces while artillery pounds a way into the town was anybody's guess, but many of the guesses were on the port being taken in short order.
 On the basis of Bradley's perform
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
Cyanide
 Kills Two

Buffalo, N. Y.. June 20.-UP)- Almost every night since they were eyicted from their home a month ago, Ruth Howard, IS, and her brothea, Robert, 10, returned to the empty house to sleep on its bare floors.
 The children, whose mother died aix years ago. entered the house as Wsually Sunday night but in the &aRkness they failed to see warn- Ing sign posted on the door by an exterminator who had filled the place with deadly cyanide gas fumes.
 Their bodies were found by the exterminator when he returned yes- terday and the children's father. Edward Howard, a one-armed rail- road gwitchman, was in jail today charged with failure to provide for them.
 Howard was arrested at the home of c married sister. Mrs. Virginia Pijanowski. whom he had gone to see when someone told him of the children's death. He said he had not seen Ruth and Robert since May 1, when he began living in a rooming house. and that he had been under the impression they were being cared for by Mra Pijan- owski.
 Neighbors said Ruth recently quit school. and Roberts attendance was reported as very irregular and that the children usually roamed the streets during the day. returning at night to their former home.
 Howard and the children had been evicted for failure to pay the rent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
FDR Foreign Stand Ropped By Congress

BY JOHN L. CUTTER lited Press Staff Correspondent

(OMtte0 FreSS Sta11 COrFespOuuenI
 Washington, June 20.-(uP)- Prospects for keeping foreign policy out of the coming political cam paign appeared to be fading sharp ly today in the face of heightened congressional criticism of the ad- ministrations dealings with Finland, Britain and the Soviet Union.
 The latest administration plea for wartime unity in foreign affairs, backing up previous appeals by President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull, came yester- day from Sen. Tom Connally, D., Texas, in an address calling for an end to "sniping. shooting and sabot- age behind our lines"
 His appeal came in the midst of heated debate on broad questions of foreign policy but failed to halt outspoken criticism of the admins tration's relations with Britain and Russia. Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont, bitter critic of the ad- ministration on foreign issues, told Republicans it was their responsi- bility to criticize the governments conduct of foregn affairs whenever they saw fit.
 Addressing himself principally to the Republican side of the Senate chamber, Wheeler declared:
 Tt is the duty' of this House to criticize the Army if we think it wrong, our leaders, and even the commander in chief of the Army and Navy if we want to. That's de- mocracy in action"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
Tanks Score On Biok
BY DON CASWELL


 United Press War Correspondent)
 Allied Headquarters, Southwest Pacific, June 20.-(UP)-Ameriean tank-supported troops. in heavy fighting in Biak Islands Hills. neared the main Japanese defenses before Borokoe and Sorido airfieids today after capturing an important ridge, nearly Q mile and half north of Moker airdrome.
 A communique said 165 Japanese were killed in Saturdays fighting, and a spokesman said l65 Japanese were killed in Saturdays fighting, and spokesman added that most of them resulted in the American ad- vance across the ridge.
 Although the U. S. Infantxymnn met strong Japanese resistance in the slow encircling drive toward Borokoe, one mile west of Mokmer, the spokesman said the American forces suffered only light casualties.
 It was also disclosed that se Javanese, former members of Che Netherlands East Indies army cap- tured by the Japanese. were Nbsrat- ed in the American advance.
 The communiQue also revealed that an airfield was constructed and is in operation on OWI Island. southwest of Biak, where troops landed only lS days ego. The fiez1. together with Mikmer airarolle on Biak. gave the Allies aerial bases in Dutch New Guinea Less than 600 miles south of the Philippines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
9th Army  Perueio
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BY REYNOLDS PACKARD

Dx 1ExNVHO0 EANMAND United Press War COrrespondent)
 Rome, June 20-(UP)-British sth Army veterans wiped out isolat- ed German rear guards in the streets Of the ancient cathedral town of Perugia today as French Colonials smashed the last organ ized resistance on Elba after light ming 7S-hour campaign that cost the enemy 500 dead and wounded and more than 1900 prisoners.
 Official reports disclosed that the Germans had resumed their retreat to the north all across the l50- mile Italian battlefront under sav- age attack by Allied warplanes and the pursuing 5th and 8th Army ground columns.
 Hard-fighting rear guards covered the enemy withdrawal with ma chine gun and mortar fire, but the main Naz forces refused to be drawn into battle and raced on at top speed toward their Pisa-F ence-Rimini line. only 50 to 70 miles beyond the Allied spearheads.
 Approximately 27000 enemy pris- oners already had been rounded up by the advancing Allies since the start of their offensive little more than a month ago and the bag was mounting rapidly.
 British 9th Army columns broke into Perugia yesterday and fought on through the night against enemy Snipers and mortar crews holding out in the streets. Other 8th Army tanks and infantrymen famed out through the mountains to the north east, capturing the villages of Ripa and Civitella D'Arno.
 Fifth Army Forces moving up from the southwest by-passed the enemy strongpoint at Citta Della Pieve and drove to the southern shores of Lake Trasimeno 10 miles to the north in a sweep apparently aimed at the west flank Of the enemy line above Perugia.
 At the same time, American troops
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
Myron C. TcyIor Arrives In Rome

Rome, June 20.-(UP)-Myron c. Taylor, President Roosevelt's per- sonal representative to the Vatican, arrived last night and was expected to be received by Pope Plus XII today or tomorrow.
 Informed Vatican sources said Taylor's visit was expected to mark the beginning of international con- versations on peace questions and postwar problems.
 Papal Secretary of State Luigi Maglione, also was expected to con- fer with Taylor.
 Shortly after his arrival, Taylor conferred with his assistant, Harold Tittman who discussed Vatican and United States relations. He also was visited by Monsignor Walter Carroll of Maglione's office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
Robot Bombs Meet Match In EngIond
By ,. EDWARD MURRAY Ifnited Press War Correspondent!

By J. EDWARD MURRAY r United Press War COrrespondent) London, June 20-(UP)-The U. s. Sth Air Force hurled its heavy bombers against the robot plane catapults in northern France for the third time in 24 hours today while Allied fighters and anti-air- craft batteries battled the German pilotless planes that smashed at southern England for the sixth straight day.
 The greatest force of American Flying Fortresses and Liberators ever thrown into action thundered out across the continent today and part of the big raiding fleet turned aside to splatter its block busters across the robot installations in the Pas de Calais area, target of two attacks by the U. s. heavies yesterday.
 Simultaneously, strong forces of RAF, American and Allied fighters circled endlessly over the channel and the south coast of England to bounce on the stream of robot bombers that came rocketing over sporadically throughout last night and early today.
 Ofacial reports acknowledged that casualties and damage resulted from the enemy attacks, but 1t was re- vealed that increasing numbers of the flying torpedoes were being ex- ploded harmlessly in mid-air by the alert defenders.
 British authorities continued to withhold all information on the ex- tent of the damage caused by the enemy's flying torpedoeS, and Nazi propagandists again broadcast fam tastic claims of the havoc wrought in London and southern coastal areas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
BY M. s. HANDLER United Press Staff Correspondent)

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Moscow, June 20. - (UP) - Soviet vanguards reached the outskirts of Viipuri, back door to the Finnish main- land and Helsinki, today and front dispatches indicated the enemy's retreat had been turned into a complete debacle.
 Russian tanks and infantry, con verging on Viipuri over highways and forest trails on big arc from southwest to east, captured town after town intact and swept on in pursuit of the fleeing Films.
 The Finnish army appeared to have been disorganized completely by the Red Army's swift smashing of the Mannerheim line and two other defense lines farther south in the Karelian Isthmus in the first Il days of an offensive designed to knock Finland out of the war.
 CFinnish quarters in Stockholm forecast the fall of Viipuri within 4S hours. Helsinki dispatches said trucks and buses had been rushed from Helsinld to speed the evacua- ton of Viipuri ana reported the Firl- nish political situation appeared very delicate.")
 Widening their breach in the Mannerheim line to at least Sl miles the Red Army drove across the outer approaches of viipuri. Fin lands third largest city, with tn- creasing momentum while Soviet artillery, warships and planes clamped e tight blockade on Viipuri
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
Po1Uerful Yank, Jap
 Task Forces ProlvI
By WILLIAM F. THREE United Press War Correspondent

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 parl Harbor, June 20 --- (U.P) - The destruction of 300 enemy planes in furious aerial engagement over the Marianas revealed today that powerful American and Japanese task forces were proving the Pa- cific within virtual battle range and may clash in the first test of major fleet units in nearly two years
 GA Japanese communique &C., knowledged the landing cn Seipan and said the Americans steadily were reinforcing its ground troops. The Japanese said their planes con- tinuously were attacking the pow erful American task force which supported the landing, and since June 12 had sunk six U. s. warships including one battleship, damaged 17 others and shot down more than 300 planes.)
 (Another enemy cormunique, broadcast by Tokyo radio to Jap anese areas and reported by FCC monitors, admitted the Japanese suffered considerable losses in ships and planes" of Salpan.)
 Naval planes and warship guns brought down the recvrd bag of Japanese aircraft Sunday as Amer ican troops captured Aslito air drome. only four hours flying time from Tokyo, and conquered more than one-third of Saipan, from the west coast beachhead to Magicienne Bay in the east,
 Although American losses were not yet available, beyond the an- nouncement of minor damage to one surface ship, the destruction of at least 300 Japanese planes was the greatest number ever shot down sin a single aerial engagement in the Pacific. More than 300 enemy planes probably were lost in the battle of Midway, but many went down with wrecked Japanese aircraft carriers.
 From the size of the Japanese aerial fleet. apparently aiming a major blow at the U. s. Saipan beachhead, the enemy must have had sizeable task force, includ- ing carriers, the usual escorting
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
Suspended d Sentence For Mother of Is

Boston, June 20-(UP)-A mother of IS children, Mrs. Doris Mangia- cotti of Somerville, has been given suspended reformatory sentence and placed on three years probation after pleading guilty to the delin- quency of l6-year-old Somerville boy.
 Mrs. Mangiacotti was sentenced in superior court yesterday. Police had seized the boy and recovered a quantity of coats and dresses which he allegedly stole from Bos- ton clothing stores under her direc- ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
MAINE CANDIDATES

Portland. Me. June 20 = W.P9-- Senate President Horace A. Hil- dreth, a Portland lawyer, and Paul J. Julien, Q Waterville 1 insurance broker, will be the candidates for governor of Maine in the September election.
 Hiidreth easily won the Repub- Ncali nomination in yesterdays primaries, while Julien was unop- kosed for the Democratic nomina- 6On. The winner in September will succeed Governor Sumner seWall |kl7l who ls retiring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
By LYLE c. WILSON

United Press Staff Correspondent Chicago, June 20 - (U.P) -"Draft Dewey" managers hung their hats in 6 spacious 25th floor suite in the Stevens Hotel today and prepared to bring about the New York govcr- nor's nomination for president at the Republican National convention sometime during the evening of June 28.
 They promised to produce Cover nor Thomas 2. Dewey before the convention shortly thereafter Co accept in person. Managers of 0vv. erIior John w. Bricler. of Ohio colintered this and other Dewey campaign manifestations with what
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
Another Nozi Secret Weapon

London, June 20-UP3-The Second Tactical Air Force an- nOunced today that bOmbers raiding robot plane launching installations in northern n France have encountered an- other German secret weapon.
 The weapon was described as a square, bOx-like missile, fired into the air to burst and scat ter long strips of silvery and apparently metallic substance. The device probably is designed to foul propellers of attacking planes, but was said to be completely ineffective"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
By ALLEN DRURY
led Press Stan COrresp0ndent)

(United Press Stan COrrespOndent)
 Washington, June 20.-(UP)- Weary house and senate conferees emerged from a hectic, l2-hour ses- sion early. today to report final agreement on all phases of the price control extension bill except the senate's, controversial Bankhead cotton amendments. M M
 They arranged to meet again be- fore noon in a last attempt to break the deadlock over the extension measure. one of the principal obsta- cles still threatening congressional plans to start a summer recess this weekend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
Bncker Group Challenges
 He Draft -DelUeylMouen,ent

amounted to a claim of foul.
 In e statement issued early today Bricker's campaign manager. Roy D. Moore, said:
 "The time for making fantastic claims of delegate strength has end- ed. The climax was reached In q statement published this week. At- tributed to certain leaders identified with Governor Dewey. The state- ment claimed a first ballot vote of S05 for the New York governor"
 Moore said state by state analysis of these claims had shown errors in almost every instance and that Dewey's first ballot strength would
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
RESTRICTIONS OFF

London, June 20-(UP)-Restric- tions which were imposed April IT on diplomatic missions. suspending transmission of code messages, transportation of diplomatic bags or journeys by members of the mis- sions were lifted at midnight last night, the foreign offlce announced today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
Senate House Near Final Accord On Price Control

The conferees, In a session which began at 10:30 yesterday morning and ran almost without break until 1 8. m. today, disposed of about 20 other provisions to the bill, but ran into trouble on the so.called Bankhead cotton ''escalator" amend ments-the house group refusing to accept them and the senate re- fusing to give them up.
 The amendments, proposed by Sen. John H. Bankhead, D.. Ala. would tie the price of cotton tex tiles to the parity price of raw cot- ton. The administration opposes
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
RED VANGUARD NOUTSK|RTS
 OF vIIPURI
BULLETIN

Stockholm, June 20. - (UP) A Dagens Nyheter dispatch credited to Gre liable private information" said today that the Rus sians had captured Viipuri. Finnish sources here said they were unable to con- firm the report, but did not doubt it.