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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21
'.PearL Harbor Truth WH Amaze Public"

Washington, Aug. 2l - OUPD - The Pearl Harbor disaster took or a new note of mystery today when Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel naval commander at Hawaii at the time declared the public will nt amazed" when "untruths and halt truths" are brushed aside and the true facts revealed.
 Challenging the findings of the commission headed by Supreme Court Justice owen J. Roberts, Kimmel called for flair play in q letter to Senator Harry s. Truman, D., Mo. President Rooseyelt's $ fourt term running mate. It was written to deny Truman's assertion in a recent magazine article that the root cause" of the December catastrophe was lack of coopera- ton between Kimmel and Lieuten- ant General Walter c. Short, then army commander in Hawaii.
 Your innuendo that General Short and I were not on speaking terms is not true" Kimmel wrote. TOUT bldteilStllo aatIbAsb AatsWe to cooperate and coordinate our efforts are equally false"
 Declaring that the real story behind the debacle had never beer told, Kimmel said:
 Until l ana afforded a hearing m open court, 1t is grossly unjust to re- peat falsa. charges against me, when by official action, I have been per" sistently denied an opportunity to defend myself publicly"
 The letter, written at Bronyville. N. E., was released here by Charles c. Rugg of Boston. Ktmmel's attor' ney. Rugg declined to reveal ms mission in Washington but 1t was presumed that he was here in con nectiOn with a Pearl Harbor inyesti. gati0n now underway by specla1 Army and Navy boards Of nquiTy' / Full Story Not Teld
 Kimmel said that 1t was not ms decision that the full" story mas not vet been told because flor more than two and 8 half years have
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ChvistmOs
 Vents or CIs

Washington. Aug. 2i.-lUPl-Tbe OfIlee of War Information reported today that U, s, seryieemen nave definite ideas about what they want in their Christmas boKes-alld their wishes vaFy according to the part Of the world in which they are fighting,
 A survey by military representa- fiyes revealed that, tD general, Americans overseas would like gifts that are not bulky or peTishable, that cannot be 0btained where they are and that remind them of home,
 Gifts requested by soldiers ip various combat areas;
 European; Photographs Of faWtly and home, candy, underwear ana socks. AmeTieaD roast coffee, cam ayas and film, wrist watches, can, ned notwithstanding materials, Bibles. yaenum'type eo9es makers and eFueiaEes,
 South Paeifle; Cigarette ligbters, nashligbts, sun glasses, cameras eIla film, candy lif packed for the tF0pr iegl, highly seasoned snack foods f0g beer parties wrist watches aF'e radio sets,
 Middle Fast; American dollar bllls, cameras and fllm, fountain peps. pencils, hometown photo
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val at the eibeE Ny head FosFeo' 00pgs rang in ny ears,
 The radio had gone dead, ! iey there against the val, feeling my eyes, [ heard glass falllpg fFoip oiltS side came screams, means ee0 hsgbs' [ got to Hy feet swayiDg smelling smoke and through the bTokeD wIils d0wg, saW . gTeat fplilel of debris 60 yards Rwey,
 T1le apartment wAs Q mess ans ta.a ,fiaat ia0ssah nit nlllw ia the Nls i HFFN EVRFFE FF7FFFFW w -FFFk " .es elBjty, one door was kll0ckea otg the hinges and another had he'd iis lock ripped out
 Waiting for an elevator which dl1 not come [ recalled thet had not heard tlsat fIylng bomb r0ag in nor tlse nloloF eut of, Usually just be. fore they hlt and loosen tlaelF ton 0i explosive, the robots Epittef eHd cough once 0F twlee like . cold out. board motor. before they cut o1'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21
Gains Made On Cesono

Rome. Aug, a --lUPl- Polish troops Of the British Eighth Army, adyanelng swiftly north of the Cess an0 river in the Adriatie sector, overwhelmed enemy resistance n e wlhe area inland and occupied the towns Of M0ndayio, 6efafini and Palermo yesterday, an Allied eoms launiaue announced today,
 As the Polish units gained in the east, it was disclosed for the first time that the Brazilian expedition aFy force under MaI. Gen, NoTaes ne Masearenhas had joined the United states Fifth Army tp the aTaa extending Inland from the TyTThenian sea south of Rise,
 Et also gas revealed that Greek eEpeditl0naFy force, which has been ln training ip the Middle east Tor more than Q year, hes arrived tp Italy t0 lon other United Nations troops driving the Germans nogtb' ward. The soldier newspapeE, Eslghth Army News, published e alessaee to the Greek troops from PTemler GeoFgies papanaTeou, asg saTting that Ion your path to gloFy and liberty you are accompanied " the good wishes ane expectations of the nati0D,s
 The RFaEilians VII help te all gaps left by the withdrawal ef three AIneFlean divisions and some French troops from the psftb Army for the Invasion ef southern France, 70 was Ann0Mneed, The exact loes5 ton Of the Brazilian forces Fe. snalnAd Q strict military secret Whieh was not expected to be %.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21
B-20s Blast
 Jop MoinIond In Bic ROids

Secret B-29 Base, Western China, Aug. 2i- GUP) - Americas might B-29 superfortresses smashed the Japanese steel center of Yawata twice with the heaviest bombload ever concentrated on a single target in Asiatic warfare yesterday. It was the first round-the-clock attack on the enemy's homeland.
 Striking in daylight and again at night, the huge bombers from vest ern China bases hurled many tons of high explosives into Yawata's sprawling works to turn the "Pitts- burgh Of the Far East into a mass of flames.
 The first raid was the first day. light attack on Japan since It. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle's raiders hit Tokyo. It and the following raid were the fourth and fifth B-29 assault on the Japanese homeland in scarcely two months.
 tThe War Department anIiounced at Washington that four bombers from the daylight forces were lost "bo enemy ACttult " Hha kio ngtaato of the night operationJ
 (A Japanese imperial communique broadcast by Tokyo radio and heard by United Press at San Francisco, admitted that "some damage was done to our side" IL said the two forces comprised a total of 80 super f0rtresses. which attacked Kyushu, southernmost of Japan's home is- lands, and the Choguku district, site of a large naval base in eastern Honshu.
 CT0kyo claimed 25 American planes were shot down and 20 Am- eriean airmen were captured after they landed in paTaehutes).
 A later Japanese eommunlque, reported by EGG, said 23 American planes were shot down and admitted the loss of three Japanese fighter planes.)
 While the main force of the superiortresses sent out by the goth bomber command yesterday were concentrated on Yawata, other B. 29's struck into China to lash Lao Yao, terminal for the Lunghai Fall- road and important shipping center
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Robot Kills Men, Women, Children As Pastor OF Radio Church Praw For ForgiUeness or Enemies

Of glass, bricks and building stones into the buidlng's entrance as poF Ice rOped 0H the area and aWbus lanees and Are enelDes drew ID,
 stumbling through the doorway, came a father carrying hls four or i've yeay old aaughteF in hls aTms, The entire right side Of her face had been shared 0H She was meFels fIlly asleep forever Lord teach lls % he f0FgiVing 0f our enemies, The radio preachers edlet range through my brain,
 T'ha G0bbing father said Those dirty -w--, Those diFty ---," The American c0rp0rals Raid over and over ag they backed their Ieep 0iI Ot piles Of bricks Those ----
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Rome, August 2l. - (UP)
 - American and French in- vasion forces threw a siege arc three quarters of the way around the key naval base of Toulon today and, to the northwest stabbed through light opposition to within IS miles or less of Marseille, Frances second largest city.
 Supported by the heaviest air and sea bombardment since D-Day, Allied tanks and infantry captured the hill- top town of Le Revest-Les- eaux, a little more than two miles north of Toulon, and Mt. Caume, nearly two miles west of Les Revest, and were threatening the Germans last routes of escape from the naval base.
 (A German communique reported violent fighting in progress with gtrcng Allied forces west and north- west of Toulon and said Nazi coast. al batteries had set fire to an Allied battleship and a cruiser of Toulon.l
 Other American forces rammeo into the outsKirss of Aix, l5 miles north Of Marseille and key com- munications hub, after advancing nearly 90 miles in 2s hours. The Germans were putting up their strongest resistance yet at AK, whose fall would seal the doom Of both Marseille and Toulon.
 Etiil another American column forced the formidable Durance river a tuabutaFy of the Phone. plunged on another mile and half and joined French Maauis-organtze0 members Of the French forces ot re- gistance - who had enciTcled Fer tius, a l-2 miles north of Ak.
 Cssteilsne Captured
 Northeast Of Toul0n and Marseil" les. Allied forces crossed the border into the Basses-Alns department and captured Castellane. 22 nailes north of Draguignan in the mari time Alps. climaxing an advance os more than 32 miles from landing points near St. Raphael and Fre' jus. u.. inc Riviera resort town Of Cannes at the Eastern end Of the beach, head begged down against strong enemy resistance in the western
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Fr. Dillon Is .U. s. Officer

Rev. Paul Dillon, cM.. son of John J. Dillon Of ii79 Baldwin street and the late Mary Madden Dillon, has been commissioned a first lieutenant in the U. s, Army and reports to Fort Deyens, Mass. one week from today.
 Father Dillon was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood in ss,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21
NEG Reporter Is Killed In France

hew Yerk, Aug. 2s - lURg - The National HF0adeasting CoiblS pGny announced today inst Ton Traan0E, war correspondent Tor MEG and the Los Angeles Times was killed iD EEaHee when . leep tfl which be was riding was Fiip over by an American tank.
 Mnc sasd aTlother Of tis front enFFesp0ndants. John McNane. re- ported tiaat TFaanoF vas win an American apaarhead driving toward PaFls at the tine og his aeatal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21
BY VIRGIL PbNsELgY lEJnslAA Press War CeSFespon9efIet

London, August 2l, - luP - Tsle radio church service vas eog' ellidlng ae the pastor tpt0pea: Lord teach us to be foTgiving O our enemies"
 Then wham. end ! "had e."
 I waa blown from one end og lllf room oyer e scttee aH6 against tile
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

llID L0NdQp, llle FeelpIe0ls e5 Hjtler's robot bombs gre said 70 haze 'had tt'-Whether they bay been kllle dor merely plaiHeed or, fortunately, survive plseethea United Press vice president ana general European hlaiaaeeT, VlfeV PiDkley, had lts alld wrote ple following dispatch Viyidiy FeeopiDfS Ing what the Mad random teFF0F weapon Weaps t0 the average London ejvlilapl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

Peter and Paul Cathedral, May 30, 1885, He has spent three years 70 Panama and foT the past six years has been Q Bember Of the faculty 0f st, Johns Preparatory School ln Brooklyn, N v,
 He has twO sisters, both of whom reside with their father at the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

swung ln From Normandy to fin- ish off the serviv0rs of the route Maxi sth Army.
 Supreme Headquarters, AEF, August 2l. - (UPl - Powerful American tank cOl- umns Burst across the Seine river on a broad front today in a spectacular break through that virtually isO. lated rebeIliOus Paris and menaced both the Maxi robot bomb bases in the North and the last escape routes still open to the beaten German Seventh army reeling back from Normandy.
 Allied headquarters an- nounced officially that the Americans were across the Seine in great strength at Nantes, and German radio reports admitted that It. General George s. Patton's troops also forced a crossing i2 i-2 miles to the north at Vernon.
 4 steady stream of men and arIn- or was reported pouring into the bridgeheads and Berlin said aPt- tons forces were flaming out along the south bank of the Seine on a front of more than 90 miles, reach- ing northwari to Gallon and south to within i8 miles of Paris.
 Other American columns pounded at the western and southern gates of Paris and, according to Nazl rec ports, sent armored patrols stabblng into the city itself. where German troops were fighting thousands of heayily-armed patriots.
 The new American bfeakthFoueh north of Paris came as British forces dashed out from the caen area in a great wheeling movement that rolled back the German lines to within two miles of the highway center of Lisleux and carried to within about 10 miles of the Seine Estuary.
 Hopeless Plight
 With the American already fan- ming out along the north bank of the Seine and the British threaten 
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TANKS STAB AT HEART OF PARIS INVASION FORCES STORM INTO T0UL0N
ALLIES WITHIN l5-MS OF CITY
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BULLETIN

BULLETIN
 ReEne. Aug. 2l.-tUPD-French invasion forces entered she vest ern and northern sections ef Che key naval base Of Teulon lasl night and street fighting was ln progress there today as American forces to Che northwest stabbed Co within nine miles ef Marsrille. France's second largest city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

Vnll Term Opening Sept, (. calaIeg Free. Pest JunleV College phoils e-e17s.
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Troops Cross Seine On Broad Front In Spectacular Thrust; Germans Reel Back Before Blow
BULLETIN

Supreme Headquarters, AEF. Aug. 2l. - UP - The battle Of northwestern France has end- ed ln complete and decisive vic. tory for Che Allies and the end of the European war Is in sight. Gen. Sir Bernard E.. Montgomery declared today as Allied armies laid Seige to Paris from three sides. preached the Seine river line, and swung In from Normandy to fin- ish off the servivoFs Of the route Naxi sth Army.
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Evening star., 1944-08-20

You just 60 to sleep and forget
it," George said. "I'll pull the blinds
- you won't see it lightning or
nothin'. Anyhow, Mom'll be home
soon. I'm just goin' down the street
a bit. You'll be okay."
George got out of the room quick
as he could. He heard Bunny call
ing, but he raced downstairs and out
INTO the street. 1t wasn't even rain
ing any more. Just those few drops
- then nothing. 1t was awfully still.
The leaves on the trees hung limp
and queer in the dusk.
The fellows were all lounglng out
side Jake's place. AL was parked on
the running board of Jake's old jit-
ney that he used for deliveries.
"Hullo, gang" George said. He
was younger than any of them. but
he felt he belonged all right.
Al grinned. Here's the nurse
maid. Did you rock the kid brother
to sleep, Georgie?" All laughed. I'D
rock him." he said. "I'd rock him
plenty if he was my BROTHER
Georges face got red, but he said
largely, Heck, just told him where
he got off and left him." His voice
sounded a bit too loud. Everything
sounds loud before storm. Big
drops began to fall.
''LEr's go in and tease Jake" AL
said. Jake looked at them sharply
when they all shouldered in nolslly.
He didn't think it funny when Al
got behind the counter and pretend
ed he was going to jerk sodas for the
crowd. He tried to put AL out. AL
said who-the-hell did he think he
was showing, and pushed Jake
against the magazines. Jake's key
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Evening star., 1944-08-13
lass BIames London Poles
For Undereround's PLIGHT
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 12.-Tass, official
Soviet news agency, fatty blamed the
Polish government in London today
for whatever straits the Polish un-
derground forces in Warsaw find
themselves.
The accusation, broadcast by the
Moscow radio, said mo attempt was
made to inform beforehand and
Coordinate with the Soviet military
command any kind of action in
Warsaw.
I'm view of this, the responsibility
for what is taking place in Warsaw
falls entirely on Polish emigre circles
In London"
The broadcast, quoting Tass, said
the foreign press, referring to the
uprising, hints that allegedly those
who arose in Warsaw were in con-
tact with the Soviet command and
that the latter did not render them
the necessary assistance.
"Tass is authorized to state that
these statements and hints of the
foreign press either result from mis-
understanding or else are a mani
festation of SANDER on the Soviet
command"
The Polish forces bureau in Lon
don has been releasing statements
daily from Gen. Bor. commander in
chief OF the Polish underground
forces, and often they complain that
the expected help is not forthcoming
Evening star., 1944-08-13
10000 Vote 70 Return
Al briqqs, Chevrolet Plants

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Aug. 1.-TWO major
strikes involving more than 1o,00t
workers have been called OF in mass
meetings Of the strikers, who agreed
to return to their jobs Monday.
The 1000 employees of the Gen.
eral Motors Corps Chevrolet Geal
and Axle Division voted last night
to end strike that had continued
for more than two weeks. with the
exception of a single day when they
returned to work only to walk oui
in protest against the dismissal o1
seven union officers.
The $500 employees of the Briggs
Manufacturing Co.'S Outer Drive
Plant also voted to return in a mass
meeting today.
Both groups agreed to return
pending mediation of disputes in
volving their union, the CIO United
Automobile Workers and their re.
spective companies.
A union spokesman attributed the
walkout at Briggs to an upgradine
Of cutter grinders with no compen.
sating increase In wage rates. A
company spokesman termed the
complaint Smoke screen to cove,
! up union responsibility"
Evening star., 1944-08-13
100000 Tons Of Explosives
Still Needed by Bombers in IA

bomb requirements during the last
few months, Brig. Gen. r. c.
Coupland, air ordnance officer, said:
1--WE have met less fighter oppo-
sition than we, originally expected
and our attacks on the German air.
craft industry have been highly
successful. Our losses have been
lighter and, owing to improved
sighting devices, we have been able
to bomb successfully under a wider
range of weather conditions and
thence have been able to 60 on more
missions.
In the Pacific, he added, unique
situation" developed with the rapid
advances and resulting acquisition
of additional air bases. This meant
that more high-explosive bombs
were required in that theater.
In addition to the increased need
for more high-explosive bombs in
the Pacific, there is an immediate
need for $4,000 tons of incendiaries--
approximately 100000 individual
bombs-for that area: Airmen said
that previous use of incendiaries in
the Pacific had been limited by the
distance from suitable targets. Now
these targets are accessible.
Evening star., 1944-08-13
$4,000 Spoiled VIA Eggs
Unclaimed at CHICAGO
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Twenty-flve
thousand dollars worth of eggs pur-
chaser by the War Food Administra-
ton and in storage and freight
transit since June, were awaiting
disposition today on a siding at the
Chicago and Northwestern termi-
nal.
The Chicago Tribune quoted Zear
Gassmann, superintendent of the
Illinois State division of foods ano
dairies, as saying the eggs had de-
Perforated so badly they were be-
yond salvage. He said they were
purchased in Minnesota, shipped to
Cleveland, then to Missouri, Omaha
st. Paul and Chicago, the Tribune
said.
A spokesman from<the War Food
Administration Office here said the
eggs were sold in Omaha to a Chi
cago company, that they are the
Evening star., 1944-08-13

Don't let the "frown' of your foot
find its way to your smile .. feet
that hurt are usually reflected in
troubled faces smiles vanish
and frowns increase! Let DR..
SCHOLL'S Lu-Pads come to the
rescue! Loop them over the fore-
part of each foot to snugele their
soft pads under metatarsal arches
:. cushionins them against shock,
pressure, painful callouses or burn
ing sensations. Lu-PADS give sup
port where it's needed most
at the BALL of the foot they're
featherlisht, washable! Ask for
them at Drug, Department, or Shoe
Stores or write to DR..
SCHOLL, 2l3 W. Schiller ST.,
Chicago, Ill. Enclose 81 and state
your shoe size.
Evening star., 1944-08-13
Pepco
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into the legal issues here, it stated
that the amount was reached after
careful consideration" of the rec
ord in the hearings, which included
testimony of G. w. Smith of the
Federal Power Commission; F.. A.
Sager, chief engineer of the PUG,
and Max Mason, survey engineer of
Pepco.
Contending that the PUC's order
Is "tantamount" to an abrogation
of the sliding scale, Pepco's brief
contends that in the absence of the
sliding scale, rates must be fixed
in accordance with applicable pro-
visions of the law. 1t claims that
the PUG among other things
failed to value the property 'ac-
tuallv used and useful for the con-
venience of the public at the fair
value thereof" and that its action
was contrary to several othe-- pro-
visions of the law.
PUG Stand in July.
In its July decision, the PUG took
this stand:
1T appears that Pepco takes the
position that if the sliding-scale ar
rangement is abandoned. the COM
mission will be faced with the task
of fixing rate base IN accordance
with the doctrine of Smyth VS.
Anes (Supreme Court, 1899, which
had prevailed for many years, and
which usually resulted in the estab-
lishment of rate base predicated
largely upon reproduction cost esti-
mates. The commission cannot
agree with this premise.
If it were the intention to aban-
don the sliding-scale arrangement,
the problems facing the commission
would differ but slightly from those
presently presented. Certainly, there
is no requirement. in our statutes
that exclusive consideration be given
to reproduction cost in the deter
mination of the rate base"
The PUG has 30 days TO act on
the brief, and once 1t acts the COM
pany has go days IN which to appeal
to District Court.
Evening star., 1944-08-13
~ the Associated Press.

~ tne ASSoclttSo Ffe6o.
United States Army bombers will
need more than TOO. 900 tons OF high
explosives during the rest Of this
year, despite the 472,054 tons
dropped on German and Japanese
targets since January l.
Announcing this yesterday, the
War Department said the AAF
dropped twice as many bombs dur
ing the first half of this year as in
the entire period from the day Of
the Pearl Harbor attack to Decem-
Der 81, l943. From the time this
country entered the war until last
July l., the high explosive bombs
tonnage totaled 677,012.
In the European theater, there
was 500 per cent increase in the
bomb tonnage between January and
June this year, a total Of 405,212
tons going down on continental tar
gets in that time. OF that total, the
9Th and 9Th Air Forces operating out
OF England and from Normandy
dropped 243,4O2 tons, with the
Mediterranean based forces ac-
counting for the balance. Explain
ing the drastic upward revision in
Evening star., 1944-08-13
Washingtonian We'd
In West Brighton

Boatswain's Mate Edward G.
Council, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur j. Council of this city, was
married yesterday afternoon in West
Brighton, Staten Island, to Miss
Eleanor Gilshenan, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Gilshenan of West
Brighton, the ceremony taking place
in the Sacred Heart Church at $3.50
o'clock