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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
Cops Seek Nursemoid

Detroit, Oct, -tUP)- Police asked pittsbuFgh authorities today to look for Helen Rossman, ID, c nuFnsmaid, who disappeared satur. day night with four-menth'old Robert King while his parents were attending c movie.
 Betty Atkinson, information clerk at Union station told police Q young woman answering Miss Rossmans denoElption accompanied by two mon appeared at her desk with c haby and asked about the departure times of trains to Pittsburgh.
 The parents, Mir. and Mrs, Ciars onoe King, told police Miss Rossman answered their newspaper advertise snent for . part.tinie nirseHaid Q week ago. She gave the name Of on Army doctor as reference. The par- ents did not take time to check tho doctor.
 Police found no one within two blocks of the address given by Miss Roasnaan who knew her, neither did they find ally school record at Northern High school where she sald she had been c student.
 T'he missing child's father s on assistant sales manager for Q realty company and the family is of mod crate means. Police believed that the girl may have c frustFated mother urge.
 King aaid he and his wife were delighted by the opportunity to zee q motion picture when she vol. uateered to stay beyond her usual 6 D. iA. quitting time. Their only other child, Emory, i7, had gone to a party for seFvicefnan buddy.
 Miss Rossman asked tho Kings Co leave the porch light burning and the front door unlocked, explaining that ahe was expecting . girl friend to help her complete . jlgsaw pus- Eie.
 When they returned, Miss RcSs- man, who had not collected hoT weeks pay, and the baby were Enisss klig. Gene also were c nursing bot- tie, . white shawl with c blue Dor. der and pink and white flowers in the center, three rubber sheets, 6
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
Chinese Are Bitter Ouer Lack
 Giuen ByALies ln War
BY WALTER BUNDLE United Press War CorrespOndent)

Chungking, October 2. = (UPl = Chinese official spokesmen stung by the loss of the S. l4th AIT Forces fourth major base in Eastern China charged bitterly today that the United States and Great Britain have failed to provide more than pitiful amount of token assist ance to China in the war against Japan.
 Since Pearl Harbor spokesman for the Chinese military council sad the amount of American supplies delivered to the Chinese army would not be sufficient to sustain single British American army division In combat for week" The statement made in direct answer to Prime Minister Winston Churchis assertion n the House of Commons last week that China had suffered severe m taEY reYerses despite 'laYsh American help"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
1000 BOMDEUS HIT HEAv|LYAT
 REICH TARGETS

London, October 2.-(UP) More than 1000 American heavy bombers attacked enemy industrial targets in the Cologne and Kassel dis tricts of German today.
 waves of four-engined bombers crossed the British east coast at mid-morning under a powerful fighter cover, and shortly afterward the Nazi radio warning serv- ice broadcast word that the raiders were over the Bruns- wick and Thuringia areas.
 Around mid-day, Allied Medium bomhers and fighters swung out across the Straits of Dover In . two- hour parade that preliminary re. ports indicated was centering on the hesieged port of Dunkerque,
 There was, no immediate Allied announcement on the daylight raids, which followed . light RAT MoS- quito night attack on enemy indus. trial and rail targets Brunswick and elsewhere In Germany. None Of the British night bomberS was lost, dos. bite low-hanglng clouds and heavy rain over the continent,
 Bad weather also hainpored Allied aerial operations by daylight yester- day, although the RATS rocket-fir. Ing typhoons were on the attack over the battle areas, shooting up enemy troop concentrations, rail. way lines and Radar stations in Holland and German foFtificatlons in Dunkerque.
 An RAF coastal command bomber intercepted c Naxl convey Of ships just pulling up anchor in the mouth of the scheiling roads, Holland, and set fire to . 4,000.ton vessel.
 Meanwhile c U. 6. eth Air Force review disclosed that BritiSh.based American hoayies struck their great est blows of the war ct Germany during September, dropping Sb,e00 tons of bombs on targets In the NaSl homeland.
 The 9th Air Force flew more than io,O00 heavy bomber sorties, plus an. other i4OO0 sogties by their fight eS. corts, At Q cost Of 206 bomhers and i07 fighters,
 The fighters destroyed e6i Ger. man plans during the month, 40S in air combat, and the bomber gum ners accounted for B3 more, running their combined score to o.i00 enemy planes destroyed in the air since the lth Air Force entered the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
Close In On Philippines
(By United Press

While American forces frightened their offensive arc around the Philippines, c Chinese official spokesman, stung by the loss of Q fourth U. g. air base in China, charged today that the Allies had failed to provide more than Q ''piti- ful" amount of token" assistance to China.
 The Americans held control of the Southern Palaus with three alr- fields within three hours flying time of the Philippines, after io days of bloody fighting in which they killed more than 10000 Japanese,
 over the weekend, Marines and Army units secured" i've of the islands in the Southern Palaus and herded surviving Japanese into two small pockets, one on Peleliu and one on nearby Angaur Island. An estimated 1000 Japanese held out in the pockets but q communique said elimination of the defenders continues"
 Strong Japanese forces were be. lieved still entrenched in northern Islands of the chain. The Tokyo radio said scores of American air- craft carriers were ranging of the islands.
 4 new carrier plane attack was re- veaiod against the Halmahera Islands, 2b0 miles south of the Philippines Friday night and land based planes attacked the Kendari airfields ila the Celebes and deStroy- cd planes on the ground.
 Jap Ships Sunk
 A Navy bomber sank on $500 ton Japanese freighter in the TiwoFo Straits and two other Navy planes damaged c 10000 ton tanker md Q small freighter Of Zamboanga in the Southern Philippines.
 The chinese spokesman. answer- ing Prime Minister Churchiil's state- ment last week that China had suffered severe military reverses dee esplte "layish American help" said the amount of American supplies
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
Bricker Hits Back
By CHARLES N. DE0GEe (TJmlted pFeaa Stan C0FyegpOnd0nt

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 Bowling Green, Ky, Oct. 2.--(UP) --doV, John w. Dricker Of Ohio, Republican vice presidential cai1- dldate, today quoted Sen. Harry g. Truman, Mo, his Democratic ops ponent as chief witness to his charges that the New Deal has been guilty Of bungllng, waste, dietation and mismanagenient.
 Invading this border state, which gave it's electoral vote to President Roosevelt three times, to appeal for the election of Gov, Thomas 70. Dewey and 'a' Republican congress, Bricker, in c speech prepared for delivery at Fountain Square here said the Republican campaign this year is directed against the fecs ord of the New Deal"
 It is directed, he asserted, "RgainSt the bungiing, against tho waste, against the dictation and against tho InisnanageInen Of tho Now Deai.D Ho asked tho reason for the "waste and confusion"
 T suggest that wo lot Sen. Trus man, the New Deal candidate for vice president, answer the queS. ton" he said.
 ,BrlckeT said Truman wrote in American magazine last November that "the reason" his senate war Investigating committee found was "iack Of courageous, unified 1eaders ship and centralized direction at the top." Tn senate speeches, Isrlckor continued, Truman agreed with Sen. Arthur II. Vandenberg, D., Mich, that responsibility for lack of war preparedness lay co hthe White House" DFicker also quoted from c Truman committee report on two years investigation inst inadequate overall planning within government agencies" "coias Alctlng authority" and s'heSitancy Of government to adopt iinpcpulaF or unpieasaFit policies" were to blame for Wiiat tho 0hioafs termed Hthe short .comlnge" in preparednaos which the committee found.
 "Let it Do remembered that tlieee charges were not c0nCocted by tho Republican party" BFickeF said. 'srhoy were made by Sen. Truman, the man when sidney Nillnlaii cleared for the vice presideney at the New Deal convention lll chieago lest SlliV.H
 Mtakfaa 2 Aneeeh here today vas bHA FHS of \ ~ fsgg llo viii deliver on g e.tpo allI tfIp t|.f0ugh tne gelifn' #laNeek noIl e1A ena NHsk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
Fight Occurs In HosteIry

Washington. Oct. 2--(UP)-Navy officials said today that shore patrol had been sent to the statler Hotel the night of President Roose- velt's political address there because of Q distaurbance.
 They refused, however, either to confirm or deny reports that mem- bers of the shore patrol broke up Q fight between two naval officers and aides of Daniel J. Tohin, head of the AFL Teamsters Union.
 It was reported that the fight oc- cured when the two naval officers were asked by union members how they would vote in November and replied that 1t was none of your business" |"
 The reports said the fight oc- cured in the lobby of the Hotel lt which MT. Roosevelt was delivering his Sept. % address to 6 teamSters' Union dinner.
 A navy public relations officer said there was disturbance, but 1t did not merit any official docket Ing by the navy shore patrol, dis- trict police or any other agency"
 Names of the naval officers and union men allogedly involved were not revealed by official sources.
 New York, oct. 2-(UP)-Danlel Tobin, head of the AFL TeamSters Union, said today that he knew nothing about any brawl with c navy officer in Washington after President Roosevelt's speech the night of Sept. %.
 'eTheFo is absolutely no truth whatever" he said about reports that two of tiis aides had fought two naval officers in the Statler Hotel. "1ts . criminal falsehocd."
 Asked if he would take any ac- ton as c result of the charge, To- bin said, T can't afiSwer that just now"
 IIc said he would consult his at- toEney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
authorized Strike Is Settled

Bath, Me-, Oct. g. (U.P.) = The unauthorized strike of moro than G.. 900 Bhipworkers ct tho Bath Iron Works Corporation yard was virtual. iy ended today after workers had walked out twice within c week over . bonus dispute.
 Company officials said the number of workers reporting on the iiiid- night to 7:30 .. m. and the day shift was normal. According to ofiiciaiS, c War Labor Board-approved incen- tive bonus plan, which the workers claimed had been unnecessarily dc. iayed, would become effective No- veinber 20. The company also agreed to hold elections within two weeks on c sinion-epoE referendum to abolish individual contracts ct the plant.
 The striking empoiyes are mem. begg of the Independent Brother. hood of ehipyard Workers. The strikers walked out Wednesday, then agreed to return to work y'ri- day pending settlement of their griovaiices by conciliation. They struck again Saturday when concil- latlon attempts failed and the coIn- pany refused to pay them for the previous two days they had been away from their iobe. Under the terms Of teday'g settlement, the workers will lose pay fcg their thfee days of strike.
 NaFiler, state seleotive service oin. elnIg had requested names Of all nialo workers Who dla not return to fhelF yer jobs before noon toaay,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
COMMANDERS SMASH AT
 GREEK ISLES
BY ROBERT DOwsoN United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

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 London, october 2. - (UP) = British broadcasts reported today that British CommandoS had struck what may be the first blow of an Allied campaign in Greece by liberating three Greek islands, one of them only six miles from the mainland.
 A BEG correspondent in Cairo said the Commandos landed without opposition on Kythera, six miles from the southernmost tip of the Greek province of Pelopeil- nesus, and on two other is- lands whose names were withheld for security reasons,
 The fate of the German garrisons was not disclosed. but it was be. iieved the enemy troops either es- caped by sea before the eommandos landed or were killed or captured by Greek patriots.
 DBC said inhabitants of Kythera reported that i50 Germans on that island destroyed their installations several days ago preparatory to de- parting. Greek patriots shot up several German boats while they were waiting for air and submarine escorts, BBc said. but it did not res veal what proportion of the garri- son actually escaped.
 The British LoEnmandos were givs
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
Stand Strong By Guns In Attack
BY VIRGIL PTNKLEv

Limited Press War Correspondent
 Supreme Headquarters. AEF, October 2. - (Up) Allied armies, parryiilg herce Maxi counter-attacls, thrust as much as three and Q half miles deeper into key Ger man defenses today iiE a ser ies of local advances prepar- atory to an all-out assault on the Reich.
 American forces captured the Luxembourg : German border town of Greveiama- cher, IS miles northeast ot the city of Luxemboure, after a brief street battles cleared the Gremecey for est IA miles northeast Of Nancy, capturing important heights in the area, ana frightened their assault arc to within 10 miles or less uf Belfort, key to the Vosges gateway to the German Rhineland.
 The Canadian First Army made 2 new crossing. into Holland at aax 70 Due. northwest Of Ttirnhout and north of Oss, while Britiah forces were smashing increasingly heavy German counter-attacks against tlie tip of tho Allied salient below At!lF hem. The Germans were uaifag po1i flame -throwera and rocket guns ~ their attecpt to snap on tho Eallsflt.
 Other Canadian forces were xa- ported In front dispatches % NeNe launched an assault son DunkelA ae { last of the derman-held French Channel ports, after completing the mop.up Of libreated Calais with thu capture of 7,l3o prisoners. inciudlne i30 officers.
 German hroadoasts spoke oi hoeEz Allied offenaives, particularly on tiAs American Third Army front iu A41IN ern France, but best informal l'QIt available at supreme headauoFt indicated that General Dwight
 Eisenhower stlli wAs in the afNN of massing his 1000 900 to 1000
 men for the climatic battle io1 ueE many and only focal enKARen1NA were being fought at present. Allied sources characterized tae German hroadcasts as fishing e4pe ditions for information as to tho asA rection and location of the eolals1 Rrand assault. Creation Of glen straw-mAn offensives also pave Gus way for German radio stations asAA ua FN ! k(la..tl..s.nA ~. namn a4ni.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
De GuuIIe
 And Govt. Set For Economy
By BRUCE W. MUNN United Press COEFeanOndent

London, Oct, 2-den. Charles De- daulle and his government were committed today to 0 planned economy" program for the reson- struction Of France, including state control of all resources and on equal share of national income for every Frenchmen.
 The extenslye social program was outlined in Q speech ct his native city of Lille, industrial center of northern France, and broadcast by the Lilleand Paris radios.
 "A Paris radio broadcast, recorded by FOG, said De Qaulle returned to Paris by automobile last night),
 Tn modern times, governments are much better fitted than indivi. duals to exploit the riches of the earth, De daulle declared,
 '"rhe reconstruction of France is on enormous task but good rela. tions between government and labor will facilitate it," he said. And the ardent faith which Frenchrnan showed in the last five years will make 1t possible. We will show the world and show ourselves that suf- fering has not weakened but has strengthened us."
 De Qauile said the task of re. construction was enormous and was beginning under "very hard and very difficult material conditions"
 Greater Boldness
 'eThis will only make us tackle the problems with more boldneSs, greater effort and greater deter mination," he said. This Is the sec. ond triumph which will accompany the military victory. However, we French men md women have well understood that the effort oil wish to make in common must not lead back to the point of departure. We do not wish to return to this poli- tical, social and moral situation which led us to the brink of the abyss. Our goal is to stand together, and in fraternity.
 The first common duty, he said, was the exploitation of what VIC possess and in our soil and in our empire"
 'sThis common exploitation we wish to Do AS great and strong aH posSible,' he said. Tn the world aa It is today one has not the right to leave resources underdeveloped There is no other procedure or (Continyied on Page ll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
Gen. Montgomery Is Sure That Nazis Are Finished

grumble Of guns where . tough fight was continuing.
 Montgomery was Attlred in c gray sweater, corduroy trouberB and his world famous beret.
 Sizing up tho Germans he chased from the El Alaanel desert tO the long Of canals and windmilis, Monte goniery says that good fighting army should have Q composite ok youngsters and older men. Tho oer- mans still have youngsters, some very much too young, and oldsteFn, some very much too old Tho eB- sentlai middle stratum is mlesing. Montgomery looks much better physically now than when ! last 1aW him in Sicily.
 Battle Plans
 fEe described how Q battle must he planned definitely to tho laet Ae. tau Ald tisen oxeontea exactly as@
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
Reds Push To New Gains
BY HENRY sIzARIn0 United Press Staff C0EresReE|

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Moscow Oct, 2. (Up)-Ihe MAtl Army, advancing nearly Q milo aA>' hour across yugoslayia elaeh1d t4 within 70 miles of the Helarnoes Athens Railway today In Q dgiYz threatening that main artery II escape for perhaps 100000 Germans In the Southern Balkans.
 Marshal Rodlon Y. MallnoFDlsy't 2nd Ukrainian Army penetrated the suburbs Of the mining town ok NIzH jacar and renched to within apsl proximately 4S miles Of the bis FaiIa way hub of His in it's rapid-fire ads vance. NH
 MaiinovslEy's forces were expected to link Up with Maralaal TieoH pnks tisan army within the next few days. if they have not already dent so Recent reports had placed Q large partisan column near Iajecer, c flvg- way and three-way railway center.
 T'he drive was aimed BQuaTely at Ms, junction of tho HelHrades Athens and Belgrade Sofia -1stabnl railways and one of the most iIn portant communications con11@1 iH the Balkans. Severance Of tIlg nelgrade-Athens Railway would leave the German garrisol11 iA outherr Yugoslavla, AInanlH Greece and the Aegean 1nlaFlde oulF secondary railways and hiehWa{a over which to escape Co the nokln
 Maiinovsky's forces broke out aE their oD.Inile-long bridgohead on tlt south bank of tho Danube at HeRQa tin, 20 miles south Of the R0nanlHH border town of Turnu @eveTlns yNAs terday and thrust a4 miles down int Timok river valley Q few miles wet Os the Bulgarian border,
 OveFFum Towng
 Overrun in the advaliae Wefz Reclsa, six miles soitl1Woet of H1Ez
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
Dutch Get Worning

London, Oct. 2- (UP) Supreme headquarters broadcast c warning to Dutch civilians today that "there is every likelihood that . severe and prolonged aerial bombaEdnent will Do carried out shortly" against the islsnds in the estuary Of the echeide river.
 Tt h the earnest desire of the supreme Allied command that the civil population Dc spared the efs fleets Of this necessary military ac- ton to the greatest pogeibIr extent" l" the warming on bt'iald cf Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said.
 ANct only aerial boFnbardment but tlae danger Of fiooding also threats chs your lives and tho lives of your fafpilIes.
 "For your protection leave the is. lands. If that is not possible. f t is necessary for you to retain on the ialends, remove yourselves and your families inmedIately tO 6 place Of safety.
 Al military objsetiyes = roads. csnalg, tEanspcEt lines, power station
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
Dewey PIons ToMake ToIk

New York, Oct 2-(Up1 Thomas B, Dewey will speak in Charleston, " .ya,, on Saturday night, Oct [, tile Republican National Committee announced teday instead 0f Oct. { as originally announced.
 YIle dato Wag changed foF iooai 1eaaong by the Mepuhllean state eK. e0utive committee of WeDt viEainla,
 The Republican pgesid1niIai ganslr aate WllI inaIe his eleat nlajof cane NnIgn apeech 60 the ClsRflegton M1. M'eIBHi aadliaFiIim xt lli be bfoads eati rVGf l|Is EDlHHe|a network
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
Oddities M The NetOs
BY UNITED PRESS

Boston, oct. 2--(UP)--When Pvt Emmanuel Johnson, 37, Of Camp Myies etandish pleaded with . gun. man for the return of his wallet and o4i, tho robber replied: I'll share it with ycu," and gave Johnson Sb cents.
 Dover, V. H, oct. 2-tUP)- Eighteen Street Department eiai- ployes went on strike when Com. missioner Plank ]. Grimes said they would have taken weeks to ccnaplete c sewer project six Jafnal- cen Negroes linisl1ed two days,
 Boston, Oct 2--(UP) Policeman William J. Martin, 4e. Q father of four children, delivered an eisilks pound giIl 1oE hio Hyde Park nelae hoF AfHH Rite 9hoNzFd, 70, after an enItilIance failed arrive and 8 Ansft circuit 1lt oat ,oHa1 AslIi1'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
ALLIES SHAVE OFF NEW kTTACK BLOWS Canadians Strike Back At Dunkerque
Big Force Reported
 Blasting Objective

MX WzxKEAAE R. xGCKNBOTHkANg lunllea Pres staff Correspoadent) london, October 2.-(UP)
 Canadian troops were re- ported storming historic buzAkerque today, attack ing that last German stronghold on the French Channel coast barely 24 hours after liberating the torn and burning port of Calais.
 Calais fell nt midnight Saturday after eight days of Overpowerlng land and air assault, and the ca. nndlans were expected to deal as swiftly with an estimated ib,OOO Naais trapped in Dunkerque, where Che ili.fated British expeditlonary acreA Of lD40 fought It's last battle
 Word of tho assault on Bunker. que came ln q field dispatch to the London Daily Express early this mnfning, There were no immediate datAlis of Che battle and headquart' ers he'd no confirmation that the attack had begun. Gporndlc street fighting still was under way in Calais as Canadian u,atroia atalked from house to house Footlng out die-hard NaA summers who refused Co surrender with she rest og the garrison.
 More than 5000 Germans, includ. ina the Calais commander, Ool, schroeder, were reported captured hy a late hour Sunday night ano thh final count was expected 70 Thneh 1000 or more.
 with the liberation Of Calais, an astlmated B2.0o0 Nasls had been re. moved from tho French channel noFke and four years Of unremitting SorTor ended for the BritonS of allealflre Corner" whose homes along tha white Clifls from Dover 70 W0.kest0ne had been under steady ufsllfire ainco ie10.
 Stubborn Fight
 The German garrison of Calais fought aeuhboTnly for days, whlie CN1adian troops and artillery raked ahnnl from ell sides and fleets of RAF bombers showered more than n .NO0 Cons Of bombs down on them in the final eight days of the siege.
 nuk they broke down Friday after tla0 Dominion infantrymen had al0rgned and captured the Citadel d0mlnatlng the town, and their com mandsF appealed for an aFmistsee,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
By HUGH BAILLIE

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 Copyright, 1044, By United Press
 On the Dyitish Front, Oct. 1. (Up) --Yield MarBhal Sir Bernard |. Montgomery, commanding the lot Army group, like oil CommanderF I have met along the front from Metz to Nijmegen, Fadiates com. plete confidence that the German Army hes been licked and that it is now only c question Of how long t will take the enemy to admit der feat.
 on this important question no dates are being mentioned.
 Montgomery ls a hard man to ind. Tle never stays put yeTy long. Just iike in Africa and Sicily he ls an over the place,
 Finally by automobile. loep and puddle jumper plano, { keaelleH and had q Hnn%FrBatian with fa1 NE,.'e|l 5Ial4 MaE'lai within heaf q It
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