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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
Many German Units
 Stalled By Patton
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het, Magerotte, Remagne and Moircy. At Moircy, Patton's forces were only Az miles southeast of St. Hubert and seven miles northeast of Libramont.
 They also broadened the western wall of the Bastogne wedge by clear ing the Nazis from Hompre, Salva- court and the woods north of As sinois, three to five miles south southwest of Bastogne.
 On the eastern side of the wedge, the Americans hammered out small gains around Villers La Bonne Eau against moderate enemy mortar and pocket fire.
 Sporadic Resistance
 Farther to the east, Third Army SpearheadS drove the Germans back mile or more north of Bavigne and ran into sporadic resistance along line running about two miles south and southwest of Wiltz, nine miles east-southeast of Bastogne.
 Patton's troops on the right flank of their attack line pushed up to the Sure river just west of the Ger man border on a six mile front from Bigelbach to Echternach. American patrols entered the latter town Fri day.
 Late reports said German resist ance throughout that sector was willing rapidly as the Nazis pulled back to avoid being pinched of against the Sure river.
 American dive-bombers' virtually grounded by bad weather on other sectors of the Ardennes front, flew 450 sorties in support of Patton's forces yesterday and knocked out 63 German tanks and arnored units along with 121 motor vehicles.
 The biggest single bag was de- where a formation of thunderbolts flushed Nazi convoy moving up to the front The -bombers dropped scores of 500-pound bombs squarely across the convoy, wiping out 25 tanks and 25 other armored units and 50 motor transports.
 Elsewhere on the western front, German patrols and artillery were increasingly active. The Nazis threw fairly strong attack against the British Second Army positions near Gangelt, northwest of Gielenkirchen but virtually all the attacking force was wiped out, with 70 captured and 100 killed.
 On the Roer river line farther south, Nazi skirmishers tried re- peatedly to cross the river in small units, but were thrown back by American outposts. A front report said the Germans were firing V-two rockets from launching sites about 70 miles east of the Roer in the Simmarath area, but the targets were not identified.
 American and German patrols also traded blows on the Seventh Army front to the south, where the Germans were beaten of in several small-scale thrusts across the Rhine and in the Wissembourg area.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
Fight Roses For 5th Day
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by units of Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky's second Ukrainian Army yesterday with the capture of the west-bank towns of Mana and Parkan, 77 miles southeast of Brati- slava and little more than 100 miles from Vienna.
 German spokesmen said another Red army bridgehead was eStab- lished 29 miles to the north around Kalnica, 97 miles east of Vienna.
 Soviet front dispatches indicated that Malinovsky's armored units were striking rapidly westward for Romano on the Nitra river, 25 miles beyond the Hron. Vanguards of Marshal Feodor I. TolDukhin's Third Ukrainian army below the Danube already were within ten miles of Komarno at Tovaros.
 Inside Budapest, meanwhile, one of the wars bloodiest street battles ragged on through its fifth day. Sparked by fanatical core of Nazi Elite guards, the Axis garrison was fighting until deatah for a par tially ruined city that the Ger man high command itself callous- ly wrote off as of no further nili- tary value-except that its pro- longed defense might delay the So- viet march on Austria.
 MoscoNA dispatches said both sides 1xya,.o Y,cix,r y11accal foYEc and ortil- lery at point-blan range and that the streets and houses were lit tered with dead. The Nazis, asking and giving no quarter, blew up the Danube bridges behidn them, seal ing themselves in the downtown section of Buda for a last-ditch stand.
 Forced back from the southern, northern and western edges of the city, the Germans dynamited and burned entire sections of the capi- tol, including the city nall and the area around the royal palace.
 Soviet field dispatches said Rus sian riflemen were stalking the Nazis from house to house, chasing them across rooftops and bayoneting them out of attic and cellar pill boxes.
 In one part of the city, an en- tire German battalion of perhaps 1000 men was trapped in market square and fought on until only 90 were left alive.
 German planes attempted to bomb the RuSsian-held section of the capital yesterday, but the Rus sian communique said they were driven off by Red army fighters.
 There was no word on the prog ress of the second Ukrainian army forces storming in against the east bank section of Pest now isolated by the destruction of the Danube bridges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
Jops Attack Convoy Fleet
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Hopping up operations continued on Leyte, with an additional 26S abandoned nemy dead being count ed. Japanese planes ineffectively raided the northwest coast port of Palonpon.
 West of Leyte, American bombers dropped 72 tons of bombs on San Jose Airdrome on Panay, destroying six parked planes. Liberators attack ed Matina airfleld o.l Mindanao. south of Leyte, and touched of fires and explosions.
 MacArtnur's bombers also left six small freighters sinking of the north coast of Borneo and damaged another small freighter of Celebes in attacks in the Dutch East Indies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
Attention i! New Voters i!
Waterbury. Connecticut.

Waterbury, Connecticut. Special Acts 1939-Senate Bill No. I (199).
 The Board of Selectmen and Town Clerk will hold a session Wednesday, January 3, 1945, from g A. M. to 8 P. M., in the AIdermanic Cham bers, City Hall, to examine for EIectOrs-Citizens over 21 years of age.
 NaturaIized Citizens must present Citizenship papers to registration clerk. Signed: Board of SeIectmen,
 A. Stanley VOket,
 Leonard SantarsierO,
 Joseph Hryniewicki. The above is a true copy of the Warning for the session of the Board of Admissions, Wednesday, January 3, 1945. Attest:
 Mary C. Kilmartin,
 Town Clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
SOth Division
 Tough Outfit
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 On the morning of the 2ist the 8Oth-although on a defensive line was ordered to attack. After the regiments had started moving up for the attack the order was cotln- termanded because the situation was so fluid.
 The trucks had gone back to bring up more troops to the regi- nentS which had moved ahead through the snow, on foot, six miles to the west, had to slog back again another six miles. Hardly had they gotten back when the orders were again changed and they set out to cover the same six miles again.
 So, after a total of IS miles of marching and counter -marching in snow and bitter cold they went into the attack at 6 a. m. December 22.
 In the next 48 hours the division covered IA miles, fighting savage battles in rocky ravines and wooded hills without sleep, without hot cof- fee, with nothing but icy K-rations to eat.
 After hand-to-hand fighting in a ravlne one regiment swung out along a road. The road formed one arm of V. Along the other arm, almost parallel with the Amer jeans, was moving a German in- fantry division.
 The Germans, moving in northwesterly direction in a close column, had no suspicion that the Ar1aoVsiOoIac SV1 4I1aiv. 1yfA
 Tt was the purest butchery," said an 80th Division officer. we just stood. at the road junction, empty ing our magazines into the mass of struggling men and horses"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
FESTIVE SPIRIT CURTAILED HERE
Ban on Drinks, Work Schedules to Curb New
 Years Celebrations

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 New Years eye will, no doubt, be the quieteSt ever remembered by local residents, since the larger night spots in the city will be closed, it has been learned.
 Many people, disappointed in their plans to celebrate the event in the Brass City, are planning to spend the holiday weekend in New York and other states where bars will be open throughout the night.
 Though news from the eastern front in France, has been more en- couraging during the past two days, proprietors of many large dance and-dine spots explained people fare not in a mood for celebrating, The shortage of help is also be- lieved to have been an important factor in the decision of proprietors to close their establishments at g o'clock.
 Though no liquor may be sold after g p. m. Sunday, state ruling permits resumption of sales at mid- night until a. m. Monday.
 Patsy Browns Silver Chalet on West Main street and Joe's reS- taurant on Center street will not open tomorrow night, the manage ment announced. WaverlY inn, Cheshire, and the Elton will close at 9 p. m., the usual hour.
 A capacity crowd is expected to celebrate at the EIk's Club on West Main street. A full course dinner and breakfast will be served it was an- nounced. Reservations for two were priced at SIP couple.
 The largest group of merrymakers is expected at the Y. M. c. A., which will omit its usual Saturday night dance for war workers and service men tonight. No liquor will be serv- ed.
 The Chase Country Club will hold their New Years party tonight when noisemakers, hats and stream CTS will be distributed.
 Both Loew's Poli and the State theaterS are planning midnight shows for tomorrow evening.
 New Years eve watch night serv- ices will be observed in several churches throughout the city and Masses will be celebrated in all Cath olic churches, Monday, a holy day of obligation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

payment is to be made to the First National Bank of Boston, on Jan. 1, 1945 as final payment.
 The sum of 5000 payable Novem- Der 1. 1945 will finish indebtedness on the abbatoir bonds issued in 1888 in amount of $35,000 at an inter- est rate of two and one-quarter per cent. These payments will be made to the First National bank of Boston as the bonds, according to city records. are unregistered, although originally purchased by the R. L. Day Co.,, of Boston.
 The city's Municipal golf course bond series in amount of $50.00Q and issued at a rate of four and, one- half per cent will be paid of finally on Nov. IS. l945 with a final pay- ment of $4,000. Issued in l04l these bonds also are listed, locally. as unregistered with final payment to be made to the Boston bank.
 The fire department bonds issued in 1921 in amount of $l00.000 will be written off on July 1, i045 with an interest payment of $5.000 to the Boston bank, as unregistered bonds. These were issued at a 5 per cent rate.
 As reported in yesterdays Demo- crat story the city next year will pay of . total of approximately q. .433. .4Ti In principal and inter- est due on the total indebtedness now in amount of about ei4 mii- lion. The city is now below its bond debt limitation Of ai0 million hav- ing paid of e total of ei,t0o.bli dur ins the current year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
Avery Irked
 By Roosevelt
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turned into personal battle be- tween President Roosevelt and Avery yesterday when the 70-year- old head of the mail order firm &C., cuSed the president of Seizing the property of some but not others" who defy the VILE.
 If the president can, as he pleases, choose among those who re- ject the mere advice of the govern ment and seize the property of some, but not others, the nation no longer has government of law" Avery said in statement aimed at MT. Roosevelt's failure to act against James C. Petrillo's Amer, ican Federation of Musicians, which defied the VILE, and against the unions which recently called strike against two Chicago subur- ban railroads.
 Yesterdays developments in the case indicated that the army has orders to avoid a repetition of last springs custer of the firms chief.
 Avery was given the right to car " on his work at his office as usual, directing the business in the firms outlets not taken over by the government.
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 said the message suggested a truce pending a settlement of the dispute.
 United Press War Correspondent James Roper reported from Athens that the British and Greek forces had their best single day" of the battle of Greece yesterday, captur- ing 800 ELIAS troops, killing 36O, and occupying square mile of southeastern Athens.
 At least one half of the capital was in the hands of British and Greek government forces, Roper re- ported, and the operations were con- tinuing full tilt today despite a downpour which drenched the city
 Intensification of the fight against the ELIAS faction in Athens coinci- dent with the whirl of political de- velopments suggested that Church. i'll was throwing all his resources in both fields into an effort to speed a settlement of the crisis which en- dangered his coalition government.
 Athens also reported that the rightist EDES forces of Gen. Ma poleon Zarvais, now numbering only 2,00O or 5000 of an original 12,000, were trying to escape from north western Greece in small sailboats as result of persistent ELIAS attacks.
 In Athens, yesterdays operations cleared all of the Kaisariani district despite stiff oppositio nfrom the ELIAS units, described as mostly local residents. In eastern Athens, Greek mountain brigade, was har- rassed by ELIAS gunflre fro mthe Analipsis monastery.
 The ELIAS note to Churchill was delivered to Scobie yesterday and relayed to London. A small boy carried it in an unsealed envelope to barbed wire barricade, where a British courier took it. Scobie sent back an acknowledgement of its receipt in the same manner.
 An Exchange Telegraph report quoted Athens newspapers as saying that in the message the ELIAS leac- CTS assured Churchill of their pro- found regret at the continued blood shed and said they were willing to take any steps to prove their good faith.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

the Ardennes within range of the American guns maSsed all around the pocket.
 Official sources said Patton was attacking with at least eight divi- sions, including three crack armored outfits and the famed 101st Airborne division that helped avert disaster by its week-long stand in Bastogne.
 No New Details
 Today's headquarters communique gave no new details on the progress of the battle at the western end ot the Salient, except that hard fight ing still was in progress Friday morning on the outskirts of Roche fort. The remnants of a Nazi Panz- CT division were under attack in that area after being driven back about 10 miles from their deepest penetra- tion at Celles, four miles from the Mouse.
 | United Press correspondents ln the field reported, however, that there were increasing signs that the Germans were trying to pull cabk their western spearheads to avert a breakthrough by Patton's men at Bastogne and, if possible, to regroup for another westward drive.
 At most points on the northern and northwestern wall of the Salient the Germans were reported replac- ing their tank units with Elite guards infantrymen, drawing their armor back into the center Of the pocket.
 Only on the southern flank and in the Rochefort area were the Nazis believed still useing tanks in any strength, and in both sectors they were being battered heavily.
 United Press War Correspondent Ronald Clark said bitter fight was raging on the western edge of Rochefort where the Germans were trying desperately to prevent an American crossing of the Homme river that would open up the entire center of Ardennes front to a first army counter blow.
 Clark said the NaZis had concen- trated machine guns and selt-pro- pelled artillery in the town, along with scores of snipers. The dispatch, filed early today, said the Amerl- cans had not yet begun shellne the heavily. but that they were in excellent position to do so from their commanding positions in the west.
 Along the northern and north- western shoulder of the German salient, where observers believed Nal Field Marshal Karl Won Rund- stedt had concentrated his strongest forces for a possible new drive on Liege, only limited patrol and ar- tillery clashes were reported.
 American troops held the upper hand everywhere on that side of the Ardennes, beating off several weak enemy counter-attacks and staging several punishing raids oi their own.
 One German company that in- filtrated the American lines on the Grandmenil- -Marche road near Bris- col was surrounded and lal but wipC out. Farther to the east. the Americans raided the Nazi positions around Lieurneux, killed 30 Nazis and captured a number of prison- CTS.
 At the northern hinge of the salient below Monschau, the Ger mans attempted Q counter.attack in the Elsenborn area but were db- persed by American shellfire before they could get under way.
 On Pattons Third Army front to the south. American armored units drove as much as six miles north oft he Bastogne Libramont railway line to capture five towns lying ifi an arc four to 70 miles southwest of Bastogne. including slbret, Mor-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
City To Pay
 of 4 Bonds

Continued from Page D for years annually and is due again next February. Permission to Issue the bonds was first given as far back as 1901 by the state leglSla- ture but it wasn't until 1915 that the bonds actually were issued by authorities.
 The bonds were purchased even- tually by Platt Bros. and are still owned by them according Co records of the controllers ofilce. Interest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
Politics
 -h- Passing

Any effort to pin Mayor John s. ndonagan to the mat by means of the pension plan being drawn up by a legislative-named commission will have to be better than that offered by Republicans a week ago. COP Town Chairman Vernon Hall let it be known that Republicans would make an issue of the pension plan if the mayor didn't do something about it. To this the mayor coun- tered by stating he planned to pre- sent the plan, as finally submitted to him, to the legislature in 1945, but that he didn't think 1t should be made a political football as it was the conception of non-partisan commission, which had put long hours into it's preparation and had even gone to the extent of hiring an actuary of the State Insurance De- partment to furnish the figures for their various proposals. Incidentally commission members right now are convinced that any bill will never be popular with the majority of city employees and certainly not with the taxpayers, but they maintain, nev- erthless, that public pension plan is just as expensive as you want to make it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

GERARD-In this city, Dec. 29th l944. Leo Gerard, of 129 Griggs Street.
 Funeral Tuesday at S:15 o'clock, from Mulville Funeral Home, 270 West Main Street, to St. Cecilia's Church. at 9 o'clock. Burial in Calvary cemetery MOSHIER-In this city, Dec. 29th, 1914, Mrs. Susan (Mongeau) Mosh- fer, of 3S Hawkins Street. Funeral Tuesday at 9:15 a. m, from Mulville Funeral Home, 270 West Main Street, to St. Thomas Church at 10 a. m. Burial in old St. Jo- seph's cemetery. REDER-In this city, Dec. 30th, 1944, John Reder, of 11S Easton Avenue.
 Funeral from Alderson Funeral Home, 70 Central Avenue, time to be announced later. Burial in new Pine Grove cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
KILLED BY TRAIN

Worcester, Mass, Dec. 30. (UP)- While enroute out of the New Haven railroads Southbridge street yards after finishing work yesterday, Freight Conductor Raymond E. Mc- Naughton, 63, of Worcester was struck and killed by Q train.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

Nomination of ex-senatOr John l.. Sullivan of New Britain for the post of senate clerk has brought to the fore any number of candi- dacies for legislative posts next year. MT. Sullivan won his con- test in caucus of Democratic senate members by the narrow margin of one vOte-l1 to 10. His opponent, State Central Commit teemen Cornelius DriScOll of BranfOrd. engaged in another contest earlier this year when he won his seat on the State Central committee. Reps. Daniel J. Ma
 nancy and John A. MembrinO of Waterbury are slated for impOr- tant minority posts in the house when organization takes place. "Dan", the real veteran of the house will have added to his un- enviabIe task of appOrtioning seats among the Democrats a place on the committee on appropriations, while it is rumOred that Rep. MembrinO will be Rep. Phil" Sul- livan's whip" The latter was re- gently named minority leader.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

Democrats seem to be more or less stymied by the office of se- lectman, as were the Republicans some months back. When Al Rice went into service a couple of years back Stanley VOket took his place. Then in 1943 Al Koskey resigned and was replaced by Dr. Vincent ObuchOwski, who in turn, after being elected a year ago November, resigned this year and was replaced by Anthony Zimin- ski. Now MT, Ziminski has given up the post and Joseph Hrynie- wicki, former member of the Democratic town committee, will take over the job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

More than a little interest is be- Ing expressed in Waterbury'S finan- eial condition by its officials these days as new legislative session hears and talk of bond issues in- creases. In 1943 the city didn't ask for bonding authority. Now one of the more frequent queries is will the city have to do so in 1945? There seems to be some feeling, particu- larly in Controller Neil Maloney's offic9, that there may be no need of applying for big bond issues in 1945, although it is planned to start projects that will require financing beyond the reach of current reve- nues. Waterbury is now well within the legal bonding limit. It can widCn this range of safety more in 1945 by getting the legislature to put the Series of 1941 water bonds in their proper category and not with general obligations under stat utory limitation. But more than this fiscal authorities maintain there may be no need for Waterbury to request legislative authority for bond issuanceS, since the general statutes don't require this when a municipality or town is within the bonding limit and won't exceed it with the proposed issue,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

City Hall officials are hoping that recent events in draft board circles aren't going to prevent the exodus from the building after the first of the year of the several agencies now engaged in handling veterans affairs. Not that the city officials are inhospitable or want to get rid of their tenants, but space for badly -cramped departments is need ed and the basement section, now occupied by the draft boards and veterans bureau, can be used almost immediately. Encouragement of ex- isting quarters may be the first step taken by various department heads. Two departments that will be surely separated are those of the controller and budget director. The latter now merely has desk space in the formers office, which. with the grad ual introduction of bookkeeping machines, is overcrowded as it is. The engineering and health depart mentS, too. are cramped. When the town clerks office gets it's new duplicating machine, further prob- lem of space vii be introduced.
 Rep. Arthur Tanner of Wood
 bury, former Waterbury resident, secretary treasurer of the Water
 bury Foundry Company, and a
 member of the Waterbury Re-
 tirement Pension Commission, is
 being mentioned as house chair
 man of the committee on cities and borOughs. He was a member
 of this body during :he 1943 ses- sion Burton Walker, former alderman. and Atty. Frank Sumnla
 arc being looked over as COP
 mayoralty hOpefuIs for 1945. but
 the latter is regarded as defi- piteIy more interested in an ap-
 pointlve post like that of conn
 wsnsntion commissioner .. Judge of Probate Patrick HeaIey's in- auguEaI ceremonies next week will
 be quiet and informal i'm keeping
 with the times. but countless friends will be present and will convey their best wishes to the popular and considerate jurist ... Frank Madden, recently manned deputy state treasurer by Treas- uref-Rleet ''Bill" Carroll of Tor ringion, was given . testimonial dinner by friends in Hartford Wednesday night.