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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-11
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Asa A. Calls Of Mt.
Lake Park recently received word
that their son, Pfc. Willoughby NJ.
Calls, had been in action in the South
Pacific area. The letter also stated
Pfc. Calls had been in the FIJI islands,
New Hebrides, and Guadalcanal and
had seen an active volcano which had
satisfied his curiosity as he had al
ways wondered what they were like,
Pfc. Calls has been overseas for two
years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-11

Staff Sergeant George Stuck is now
located on the island of Corsica, west
of Italy. with a signal corps unit of a
fighter wing group Of the Army Air
force. Sgt Stuck, at one time sta
toned in Africa, returned to this
country for further training and left
several weeks ago for his new assign
ment. He is a son Of Mr. and Mrs II.
p. Stuck, Second street. In a letter to
his mother he stated he had attended
Easter church services in Naples but
that he was glad to be out Of Italy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-11

Pvt Lindsay a. Gender recently
completed his gunncry training at
Harrington Air field, Harrington, Tex,
and was awarded his silver wings of
an aerial gunner. He was also pro-
NOTED to private first class Pfc. Con
der has been transferred to Hammer
field, Fresno, California, to be as
signed to a bomber crew for further
training He is a son of Bernard l..
Gondcr Alder street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-31
OFFICE M . WILL RETIRE ]. l. LLNICHOLS

Five promotions and one retirement in supervisory positions at the post office were announced today by Postmaster Charles A. Bahin, who disclosed Q number of clerical changes will follow later as a result of the ad- vancements. The appoint ments. which will take effect tomorrow, are the largest number made at the Water bury post office at one time in many years.
 In revealing tho changes the post. master confirmed yesterdays Eeport that Carl R. Deeley, wholesale stamp clerk, hos been promoted 70 superintendent of the Watorvllle atatlon, Jge will succeed James r Herbert, who has been advanced to the Ysost of foreman Of the registry section in this city. Mir, Herbert has heen in the postal service since No- yemher, 1908, while the new Waters vile superintendent began postal duties in November, ie2o.
 William F. Nichols, veteran postal worker, will retire after Ab years Of service, It was disclosed, A year ngo Mfr, Nichols, who had been serving as foreman Of the registry section. was giveii Q years extens alon of service although no had reached tho yntlremgnt age. Tho start of hls aegvAe0 aetsB back e tha nurae and buggy days Of nAaiI delivery. E w t
 James Q. sheehan, chief Of rec nrds in Che motor vehicle service, has been promoted to foreman of clerks, and will he succeeded by 0s- car w, Staiatrosn, who had been serving as inquiry and claim clerk Mfr. sheehaTa has served slnce July, Io27, while MT. Etafatrum hos been postal worker for S0 years.
 one new post of foreman of clerks hes been created and given Co F,Eed- erick J. Delaney, who has been clerk in charge of the special de- livery section. He has been ifi the service since June, i02i. V
 Creation of the new post of fore- man of clerks will bring to three the number of petitions In that catev gory. It was explained the forpuaan arc asslgned to different. divisions and have distinct duties.
 It was reported several clerical appointments or promotions will be
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-31
New Child Care Center.
 Eo kis Cit

The former paFash house os st. .yohn's Episcopal church, west Main street, vlll be utilized as a site for q sehoOl-age ohild-care center, it hes been disclosed hy officials. A meeting of tho Waterbury ChIld- Care committee will be held tomor- Tow to discuss plans for utilization of tho new quarters. 'g H
 Purpose of the new quarters, on affiliate of the Kingshury ehlld- care center on Prospect street, will be for use by sohool-age children. The latter are now grouped with pre.sokool age children at the Kingsbuxy center, 0 situation which has not proven satisfactory. sasH
 Officials Of the center have de. olaged that the older children in- teFfeEe with the maps and rest per- iods" Of the younger set and are in- clined, because Of their sise, to in- terfere with the younger children's scheduled in general.
 The former parish house has been used for purposes of charity and meetings. It was declared today that the committee will decide tomorrow on what utilization will Do made by means Of the new quarters. Miss Marion Hunt will preside at tomor- Tuws meeting scheduled for 5 ?. Il, At the Kingsbury center.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-31
BRITISH REACH MAS N. XII. OF TILBlIRl
 Tanks Drive Close 10 W. Leyte COasl
Battle Of s. w. Holland Nears End As Foe Breaks on Vide Front
BV N EDWARD AEglnH #

Bx S EDWARD MURRAY (Unllsd Rnsss War Cessespu all Supreme EzeadquakteK AEF, Paris, october 31 (Up) p)Allied armies bnou the battle of southwest Aol land near q victorious end tos day when British troops reached the Maas northHas of Tilburg and Cana aIta Forces storined the Inst Na pockets athwart the sea Aa1ae to Antwerp.
 Lt. Gen. Sir Miles c. penaf- sey's units drew up on tlae south bank Of the Maas above Capelle, miles northwest Of I and RaaHnsdonk, three alao one-half miles to the weaEs after the collapse Of the 9* mile German line below 5lae river.
 Front dispatches said ali hut 1g|e GOO Co 9Q,000 of the Germans n 1A# Maas pAslent had fed ncros@ kl4 rlyer. leaving only rear gannaA N fight delaying action.
 Boyd Lewis. United Efea9 W3x Correspondent with the ganaal@n FiFet Army, reported the oeKxnA 1Aa were pulling back 60 fast that tnAlx poiiah. Canadian, American mo Dutch rursuers had lost contact with the Nazls in tho soggy aoW- lands.
 Even the crack German 9th Para troop regiment was TetEeatlnN 4H fast As the other German unltHs
 It was believed that a uunNlaek# able number of tho Germans a.zVpn from BevelAnd had tolaed gnn xa!ee on Walcheren island which KtlzaAikA tho chief barrier % fro RillsA sAH of Antwerp.
 Rrltish implro forces cut tho iAnA lateral read south Of tho MAAa Az the eaatara end Of the nE4es from kHls % tho WnHl Kna# 4afsn4inn NR #E # atvan0Ad four mIiea 1AFtE throuali Ouds Oastei. 4 eaaEt6I NH uSnn was within Ss00Q yards ez staanheEgen, nix ulilAa nuF1 az Bergen CD &ooFa.
 NM Farther WeBe FAFter west Canadian nzzd BzllAaN assault units eaEAnletea thA IiDeze tlnn og South Beveland and NloEARaa the 6auaeway lending e HKalsk asIz Island iF a bid foe sISeesIz 1 ssA of the @cheldu eHtaaaEy t0 nekE lied ships to enter fhe Nlk a0 Hk Antwerp, already aal Allina AHI
 Heavy and lighter boEnh0Fg E1l ahead oe the advancing lKo0EH Ha knocked out gun ufnplaQeiaeE emy strUng points and ananllzu 'H dumps on flooded WalekaEaz zHaA barrier on the northern nlde ek &laA eschelde estuary.
 on the eastern aide ok kEzA Is# ish corridor running into fi4e #NEzz eFlasads, the German 8Ed aAE uEenaGier end nTid RanxoE 6IHlalal7 hammered away O AEAezf1asA NsAH British lines alpEAH pn IFFal,laR eiRhtsnaile front west af Hnlo I& the strongest eounters atlHe# alNe& their ml5nFtivB effort nk M1I4t<z in Normandy last AslnNsi. The Germans Kecantnre0 Xaaa IA 1- 2uslIes west ok Veuio. asaA Ia tel, i've miles to the noszth sz \ sssrnsavssa.s ~ raas .As
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-31
John H. Goss will Filed x.

Provisions for succeeding descenu., ants have been made In the will of the late John II. doss, former pres- ident of the Scovlll Manufacturing Company, which was filed today at the ofsice of Probate Judge Patrick Healey. Under terms of the VIII of the late industriallst, who died suddenly october le, three children, Mrs. Elizabeth 0, Wild, John B. and Milton W. 0oss and the Citizens and Maxaufaoturers National Bank have been named trustees of the estate.
 Under terms of the will the late Mfr. dpss gives t0 his wife, Mrs. Margaret c. Cos, the life use of that property known as sunny ledge' and located at Pine Orchard in the town of Branford. The rest, residue of real estate and certain household and personal effects are ruled to tho three aforementioned children.
 Terms of the trust call2or the set- ting-apart of the estate in three separate trust funds for the three children Co be divided in equal amounts. During the life of the widow the trust shah so arrange as to pay to her SO much of the net inc come of the estate as shall be slffi- cient to provide her S6.000 annually. s During the lives of the three children or their issue, the trustees shall 60 arrange as to pay out such part 0f the net income as 1t deems advisable.
 The will reads that supon death of each of children, trustee shall divide and get apart the remaining principal of their respective trust estates unto 90 many equal shares that there alani1 be one for each child of theirs then living and one for the dascendAnts then living of each deceased child, to he divided per stripes. '
 The will also provides that "all inc terests of beneficiarles shall vest not later than 20 years after death of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-31

 Are RepuIsed
RY WRNRK eFFAPFRO

Limited Press War CoFrespendentl Moscow, october si. = (UP) - Strong German counter-attacks on the southern anchor Of the Soviet line in East Prussia were repulsed with heavy enemy losses today as the Red Army consolidated its forces on the snow.covered German fields for an expected new drive on the provincial capital of KNniRsberg.
 The Germans nOganas1trated their tank and infantry attacks south of Qoidap h an attempt to turn the lower end of the eS-mile East Prus- sian front.
 Soviet artillery and small arms fire hroka tte assaults and cosn~ munlaae sald the Germans retEea1ad hurri6diy leaving hundreds cg dead on the battlefleld. Fourteen German tanks and self~pfopelled guns were knocked out together with six afmored troop-carriers in the futile counter attacks.
 Other Red Army forces continued their advances through Csecla0- slovakla and Hungary along rail- roads and highways leading Co Budapest. and seized several fa- vorable but undesignated positions in the area northwest of Warsaw's suburb of Praga.
 tThere was no confirmation in
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-31
FOR PIonls
 More Talks

WMshinftou, Oct 3I.-(UP9-- President Roosevelt, adding anokher political speech to his cauipalgn schedule. will speak hy radio from the White House Thursday night, it was announced today.
 White House Secretary stephen T. Early said no decision he'd been made on the exact time or networks co be used.
 Proposals for trips to Cieveland CT Detroit have been dropped; defl- nitely the President will campaign in Connecticut and Massachusetts on Saturday and make e major speech in Boston that night.
 s The Presidents Boston speech will be delivered from 9 to eszS D. n. EWT over the Blue, NEG and OBS radio networks = his largest radio coverage of the campaign to date. Fenway Park probably will be the scene of tho speech.
 { About 10 q. m. Saturday AEr. Roosevelt will speak from the rear platform of his train at Bridgeport. Conn. He will go then to Hartford, arriving about ncons Early said
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-31
Girls Escape In College Fire

Beverly, Mass, Oct. 31.--(up)-- Fifty-one girl students escaped in their night clothes early today as fire swept Tupper Hail, former North shore mansion and now d dormltory at fashionable Endl- colt Junior college here. Damase wns at least 9B1.00O.
 The tw0-alarm fire started in the first floor smoking room and muGla- roomed thoragh the partitions of the tlaree-sf0ry stucco building to the roof. Fireman John Stone was overcome hy smoke and treated et the scene.
 Firemen battled moro than three hours before controlling the blaze. The entire left wing and center sec ton Of the building. former Bttca J. Allan estate. were ruined na6 there was minor damage in shN right wing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-31
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BY WILL1AAf [. DIcKINgON

7 BY WAklLAAM " DECK1NSON ICUnisea pEess Was CeTsspan6sns)
 General MacArthur's Head quarters, Leyte, october 31. = (Up) American troops pusI1ed through the LeyGe valley to within 10 miles of El1e vest coast today against dwlndling 5apaflcee resist aflce which appeared tc have broken down everywhere ex- cept before OrY1oc, head Of a westward ferry line to Cebu Island.
 General Douglas Mac- Arthur was tande deretood 10 be hard at work on plans for forthcoming operations in the Philipplnee, designed to exploit fully the initial gtc- cess on Leyte. N
 AS tile Yankg stFuek westward in Q Manifestations tgpI1O0fi, thOuS sands Of tons of ammunition, Fi- lions afld clothing poured ashore on Eeyte. American fighters hovefs0 almost constantly overhead, and thsFe was no Japanese iflteFfeFesles. 1hdieAtlve Of the mounting sir etrszkt3, several types 0f planes 1n addition to tfSe Lockileed HgiItniBgs 1Fl astton for the last few days now were shutting through the Philip piI1e skies,
 Lt, Gen, Waiter KFeugeF, cogsss 'InandeF 0f tfe Sixth Army, inspect Cd American positions over [ wide area t0day, afId Was understood to 1SavN beeE wei satisfied,
 e German tFansocean dispatch eafd . Fourth American Division he'd landed south Of TaelcbaB on gains Nere sapoEsed ca ail MIazn sectors e KSgS4 ae gIIS 1SsI5s ssanfs of tie enemy EsFFfsOu Rfad~ zsa1lH fslI Is4ei aowaFA tlse vest coast baes ef OEsn00 ses ast eSDeekea bld tO escape across the 1g-nile JWide lCam0tag see t0 Cebsa,
 TTse Japanese eifeadg bave lost 44.0eo Killed, wounded and captured fsl the first 10 days Of tise American iliavsi0n of the central Philippines, Gen. Douglas MaeAftaug announced fn lafs daily eOfanuDiaSie, Af3eTis can eaalsaikles 'fOtaiIed 1.91f~-7OG Killed. 2T0 missing and 2,241
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-31
Russians Open New Offensive Along The Narew River Report
RY R0nERT AfUREL

United Press War Correspondent
 London, oct, 3i. (UP)-NaEl broadcasts said today thAt the Red Army opened . new offensive oil along the Narew river front below East Prussia and broke through the German lines at two points,
 Berlin also reported that soviet pressure had increased consider ably" in the Liopaja Glbau) sector above Hast Prussia as the RusslaElg bAttled to clean up the wings of German resistance before the JlznkefB province,
 Dense, deepsInid foghlAeaAlons and AeAneRate 0agEnazAi nsanoslfsons hAa
 ella fEoilkai on 4 st HA AlI8t { lsb a1unslm and tlaa Soviet cons ssnSa nov appeated bo bs jOokeyink for poDltiOnG from which t0. launch Q massive s1fatcraeker assault from the south and northeast is1 c0a1lians ton with the westward push toward fnsteFburg.
 Follows Lull
 Ernst von Hammer. Berlin mil. tary commentator, said that after Q luil Of several days, during which the Russians moved Up reinforce. ments, . new Ofsenaave began along the Narew front angling from the Warsaw area to the euwalkl tgi. angle.
 The heaviest weight of the at- tack was centered around Pulutsk, on the NareW 36 miles north of Warsaw, von Hammer said. Con. ceding that the Russians broke through at two points, ie' added the customery propaganda claim that they were thrown out later by determined coufter.blows.
 lon the northeastern sector, Soviet pressure increased consider ably to the southeast of Llepaja and east of Auce, where the Soviets
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-31
8th Crosses Romeo River

Rome, Oct. 3f (UPD ~ Indian troops Of the Eighth Army eroesea the H0fle0 river and established 6 bgidgehead near MeldOIa today to bring the southern prong of an Al- lied pineefs around FoEli to withlp six miles Of the key point CSl the BoIogna-Is -Isimlni highway.
 ke 4 e0H7munaaiie aieO disclosed that American troops Of the Fifth Army, taking advantage of improving weather, fF7ei1ed Out smali gains tn the southern drive toward Bologna and captured 1o0 enemy troops. The Americans were approximately eight miles from Bologna,
 Ti1e crossing ef the RorcO river by Sile Indians was the second by tho Eighth Army. Other Allied forces driving west along tie hig1- way from RiEnini forced the FtveF last week and entered the Osit- mEiFks og FOEli but were virtually &agsEd by aAcerae weather end re-
 @ssds Germans put up s fierce but 'awssT paeEle against the Indians iu s aefgss attempt to halt the Eighth @ffny f1Fnes which were c0i1yefgs 1ns on TDFIi, g miles est of BOio- ena.
 m tlae western coastal sector. SEHsiiian troops of tE5e FiftI1 Army battIsd through strong enemy nla- ehfne-ssaa fsfe Co occupy 1,e0D- foot Na0untaiuf seer the Serchip river, 14 miles eaet Of AGassa, and the village og Calonilnt another half ss1iIe farther east.
 AEeantimelt t was revealed that the U. 6. DeDEeCgef YiuulEet and the French Cruiser Jeanne usAzD si1ell- ed enemy coastal batteries near tlle Franco italian border last Friday. 4ns plunkeE tnGetEieE with smother U. s. Destroyer CIegeas and tile &1emeA cruiser Emile BertEn b0nl- m1as6 the same area on Saturday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-31
Dewey Starts FinoI Tour
DY JOHN IA CUTTER

QMAtSW kkW4H NGdAAK G9kkS##4WX&MWt Y Albany, N. Y.,, Dot. S11-(uP)- Gov. Thos. D. Dewey today aimed tho last week of his presidential campaign ct four of the most popEi- luus states of the industrial east. \ The Republican presidential can- didate scheduled appearances in the last seven days before the November 2, election in New York, pennsyl- vania, Massachusetts, and Maryland. There was a possibility that he might add appearances in New Jer- sey.
 Resuming his role as e political candidate after ( one-day respite to push through the New York State legislature bin to extend voting time by two hours next Tuesday, the Flew York governor suddenly added Go his last weeks itinerary appearances in Maryland and 6 re- turn to doubtful Pennsylvania.
 He will speak in Baltimore, Md, in a bid for that border states eight electoral votes, at 12:S0 p. m. (EWT) Thursday. He will return to Penn sylvania, for whose SE electoral votes he already had bid at Phila- delphla and Pittsburgh. for brief rear platform appearances that night at Wilkes Barre and Scranton. 7 Even with those additions, the New York governors final week schedule remains flexible. There sttll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-31
WIG Predicts No Early End
 TO The Wcr
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NUMAteW gKSsB StAkg UMkEeap WMuehsl
 London, october Si. - tUp) - Prime Minister Churchill said today it was 'tditsleult" to believe that the war In Europe could 70 ended hoforN Christmas or even Easter and that it would not be prudent to as. sanae the war against Japan could ha brought to q close in less than 70 months after Hitior'B downfall
 sneaklng in Commons on . Dill to nroionR tho life of Parliament Tor another year, Churchill said:
 q certainly cannot predict nor stlil less gOarantee the end of tho German war before the end ot spring or even before we reach early sum- ,ner. It may come earlier and no ono will rejoice moro than ! # it should"
 Churchill said that while he was aslslng proclamation Of Parliament for another year he doubted very much whether the term would last that long. He said that with the wars end possibly ln seven to nine m0nths.-a general election would pc called but that until that tune no hoped for continuation of the pfes- ent coalition goveEnKnont.
 'I have no hesitation sn declax- lng.F he said, Hthat aew0uia be 2 1kll m unN Etlny ~ our eolAa. tryla xaasA break ID tls glENseEle a6veknsnaFt iEatEuEnetit hsfuzs " Eh8w where we are with Astlers Germany. A 4.
 we cannot tail when the var against Naxt Germany VII be deEi- nlteiy ended or win fail Into the guerrilla stage. Any attempt to estimAte the dakb when the war with Germany can officially be declared over can he no more than Q guess,
 "A political convuislon In Ger. many may bring 1t to Q speedy end
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-31
Fed. BoIIots To Be Valid ln4 is ate

ore hundsAa aza thlry@1ne fsds eFai absentee ballots forwarded to- date bg Waterbury seEvleemen to voting ofzleialg here, will, if prupeT- Iy executed, be counted even though the electors had made no request for the state absentee ballet. Att0rs ney General TFancis A. Pallotn to. day handed down the ruling relative Co federal and state absentee ballots for Connecticut. s
 4 total of 1888 absentee ballots have been received here, to-date, Of which i,T03 were state ballots as Tes quested by servicenlF. So far, Ac. c0Fding to the secretary of the states 0fzlce, 2i ,O9O absentee ballots have been returned by serviceniefl p0lls ing iiG Connecticut'B i0D cities and towns, pits more than 5000 federal ballots some of which are duplicates of the state vote. h the latter event the state ballot receiver pref- eFence on the count. Additionally, 4,00O ballos hay been received from Connecticut civilians.
 Obs@AEk W&fy NBkAhAADsskASBDe DesssA Attorney General Pallotti, "the state ballots should be considered valid, so long ag they are properly made out"
 These ballots are included among the registered vote of SLIGO for Wa terbilry. the all.tiFie high regigtra- ton figure as published exclusively in yesterdays The Democrat. Poli- tical officials today WeFe of the opinion that this new high Fegis- tFatioil figure, s,i77 more than the previous high Tegistgation would indicate 6 potential vote as high as any recorded here previously, pcs- slbly around the q, 800 mark. Qpln- ion was held today that President Roosevelt would carry Waterbury by margins which ranged from 4,6OO to 10000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-31
Red Stand Group
BY CIEARLRg CORDDRY

FF88@E@@A@N@NF United Press Staff CoFfresbondentl
 Chicago, oct. 31.-(UP)-1sus- sia's refusal to participate was the chief topic tissGer t.sscasssUn. afzsbng the early nFEtgxsss ssApseEw6 hese to- day for the oCezigsG 0s the fater- national Civil Aviation Conferences tomorrow.
 Representatives of more than 50 countries will participate in the convention to draft the ayiatfon pact of the peace settlement of world War n. Tiae conference Wiil begin with Q welcoming address hy AdOlph BeKle. JT., assistant secretary of state and chairman of the Amer ican delegation who Will act as tenl- pofagy pgeaideElts
 A delegate of one European laeu- traI not "blackIiGted" by Rszssia said frankly he thought the eDnference would be yita1ly affected by the aneence of one of the Big Four on whose cooperation rests g Hons share of formulating the peace settlement. ~
 The spokesman for another nesi- tral European delegation said. however, that the absence of the S0gEeks should not easzse hte confer ence fB fail short of it's aim to es- tahiieh worldwide air services on e s'pEoHi4i0nai basis." 1" Satisfactory hi- Literal arrangements could be worked out with Russia lateFs he presumed.
 Lincoln white. nrsss officer for fa1e United States representation, said that arraugenienta foz 1lle con- ference are about completed. Other sources reporEed that HeKle wlll in aIak on having Ille conference as ewI1e open" to tlaH pEeze as pnsalnle Tk vas pointed put. however. thes AAs assent uk other delegates wEll 1 AeaeNeafg.
 white hNs stalsd that he expects to Head a@sIv n4aaa conferences e Na#ItAS " N. HN|e8aaEs end various
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