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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
COMP ANY
 SOLD AT 'LOSS'
Cash Payment of $30,OOO Figures in Industrial
 Deal Yesterday #

A cash payment of $30,OO0 con- stituted the negotiable share of yes- terday's transaction involving the sale of the U. s. Time Corporations Cherry avenue plant to the Benrus Watch Company. Balance of the purchase price was not revealed to date but it has been assumed that it may be close to the $400,000 mark or less as reported here yes- terday.
 The company spokesmen admitted that loss had been experienced in the transaction pointing out that such loss will eventually be written of of income tax reports of the concern. The approximate assessed valuation of the property as stated here during the week approached the $800,00O mark.
 However the main building in- volved in the purchase is known to be of an "old-type" structure neces- sitating many renovations and al- terations during the war years of production. It has long been known that it's valuation has been high in excess of actual worth.
 Just what plans the Benrus con- cern have for future use of the property was not disclosed on the basis that the. present time was too premature for final plans.
 The U. s. Time Corp, 52 percent of which is owned by foreign ip- terests have stated their plans Sts expand their Middlebury plant, built by the government during this war, as well as the use of 20,OOg sq. feet of factory space in Little Rock, Ark, for assembly purposes. Present owners of the concern also own large shipping interests in Norway. It has been stated however that the Arkansas plans will be abandoned once the Middlebury plant is ex- banded.
 Under terms of yesterdays trans action the Time corporation leased back their building sold yesterday for five years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
Tanks Take Town,
 Also Give Ground
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temporarily, into a battle of attri- ton.
 Other Third Army elements 27 miles south of Sarrbrucken likewise has been halted after smashing two miles across the Saar river into Postroff and the vicinity of Baer- endorf, one mile farther south, in northeastern France. Front dis patches said armored troops were fighting off a stubborn German counter attack and were under ceaselesS enemy artillery fire.
 Best news came from the south- ern end of the front, where French and American clements of It. Gen Alexander M. Patch's Seventh army cleared all of Strasbourg, historic capital of Alsace-L except a tiny bridgehead covering the inn- mediate approaches to the Rhine bridges.
 1000 Prisoners
 More than 1000 German prisoners already had been counted in the Strasbourg area, and more were be- ing rounded up every hour.
 Patch sent other units halfway or more thorugh the Vosges moun- tains on 55-rnile front to hem estimated 50OOO German troops into a 4,000-square mile pocket against the Rhine.
 Advances of two to five miles against patchy resistance were re- ported. Elements of the Third and tooth Divisions at the center of the Seventh Army front captured Saales, eight miles northeast of St. Die and key tot he Saales Pass, and drove on downhill within 20 miles of the road and rail junction o1 Moleheim on the Alsatian Plain.
 German prisoners said Saales had been fortified as an important strong point on the intended Ger man winter line in the Vostes.
 In a move to chop off the south west corner of the enemy pocket the French First Army cleared all terrain west of the Le Thillot-Bel. fort road and beached Bougemont' Les Chateaux, nine miles northeast of Belfort, in an advance designed to sweep up the great hill mass south of BusSang Pass known a; Ballon D'Alsace.
 A security blackout continued tt cloak progress of the First Army column up the west bank of tht Rhine river toward Cclmar, hal way between the Swiss border ant Strasbourg in an effort to complete encirclement of the German pocket
 Rumors persisted that Allied pa trols already had pushed across the Rhine, but seventh army headquar- ters disclosed that any of it's troops had forced the river and there was no confirmation from French first army sources.
 At the northern end of the front British second army forces gained 2,OOO to 5000 yards across Dutch
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
Ready
 To Hit Tokyo
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punching Tokyo regularly"
 O'Donnells plane was the first over the target, and he revealed that a last-minute gust of wind cleared the sky over the factory after scat tered clouds had obscured it momentarily.
 His tail gunner, he said, reported seeing the "Dottys", bombs smack into building, sending up debris and cloud of dust and smoke.
 It was big moment for O'Don- nell, who was chased out of the Philippines by the Japanese at the beginning of the war and later led formation of B-17 Flying Fortress es in raid on the conquered is- lands.
 ODonnell and crewmen of other superfortresses said they were a little off course on the way into the target, but picked up Mount Fugiyama while still miles out to sea and steered in by that famous landmark.
 Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Getto, 13 AulQScy AVS.I cd1COllcI, Ns l ., LdAA gunner abroad "Waddy's Wagan, {" said Toyko didn't look quite as he thought it would.
 T thought it would be damned up with houses and buildings, but there seemed ot be sizeable green spaces-but maybe it was camou- lage," he said.
 Capt. Waddy Young, Cushing, Okla. pilot of "Waddy's Wagon" said he saw field after field with Japanese planes, some of them starting to take of as the B-29s passed over.
 His co-pilot, 2nd It. Jack Vet ters, Corpus Christi, Tex, recalled seeing ask-ack bursts below the plane, but none reached their levei.
 -Four fighters poked around in our direction" he added, but they kept the hell away from our guns"
 But all the pressure of this first B-29 raid on Tokyo was not on the flying crewmen. For the ground crews, the "heavy sweating" started as soon as the bombers took to the air with their big bombs loads.
 Throughout the day the fretful ground crews fidgeted around the fields. anxiously scanning the skies for the sight of their returning babies
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
LOCAL FIRMS MAY
 RECEIVE ORDERS
Armed Forces Report in Need of Small Arms
 Ammunition

Additional contracts for produc- tion of ammunition may be placed by the government in Waterbury as the result of a War Production Board order for doubling of the output of small arms ammunition, according to present indications.
 Several plants in the area faced cutbacks on ammunition manufac- ture during the past year when the government ordered decrease in supplies, and it is believed those plants may now be given new con- tracts. No official confirmation has yet been given by plant officials, who are reported, however, to be anticipating new orders.
 Awarding of new contracts here is expected to cause concern over the critical labor shortage in the area. since it is believed hundreds of additional workers may be need ed for the additional production work,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25

marshlands before Venlo and cap tllred GrubbenvorSt, on the Maas River three miles north of Venlo. One unconfirmed report said the British had penetrated Venlo itself.
 The British have captured 2,000 prisoners in southeast Holland.
 Rain and sleet continued to fall along the entire front, depriving the six Allied armies of virtually all air support and begging down heavy artillery and armored vehi- cles except on paved roads.
 British troops, fighting on the northern end of the Rhineland plain, were locked in a see-saw bat tie with freshly-reinforced enemy units around Geilemkirchen.
 9th Gives Ground
 It. Gen. William H. Simpsons American Ninth Army gave ground before German counter-attack that carried back into Merzenhaus- en, eight miles southeast of Geilen- kirchen and within sight of the Roer River. The Ninth also was engaged in street battles in Kolsar and Bourheim, one and three miles respectively southeast of Merzen- hauSen.
 It. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges American First Army attacked northeast toward the Weisweiler- Duren military highway across the Cologne plain yesterday and gained some ground, but were forced to re- linquish hilly terrain nearly two miles southeast of Weiswiler when the enemy counter attacked several hours later.
 House-to-house fighting contin- ued in the southwest outskirts of Weisweiler itself, and farther north Hodges troops drove the Germans from the village of Putzlohn.
 American artillery was keeping the Weisweiler -Duren highway un- der steady shellfire both day and night.
 Several German counter-atacks were repulsed near Heistern, two and a half miles south of Weisweil-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
FUNERALS

The funeral of Mrs. Raymond A. Pepi1. IS Ives street, will be held from the Mulville funeral home, 270 West Main street, at 8:l5 a. m. Monday to St. Ann's church where solemn high Mass of requiem will be celebrated at g. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may cal at the funeral home today and tomorrow, 2 to 10 p. m.
 The funeral of Thomas Accousti, 91 Easton avenue, will be held from the Colasanto funeral home, 932 Bank street, at g a. m. Monday to St. Lucy's church where requiem high Mass will be celebrated at 10. Burial will be in Calvary ceme- tery. Friends may call at the fu- neral home today and tomorrow, 2 to 10 p. m. Members of the board of directors of the Aviglianese Aid society will meet at the funeral home at 8 p. m. tomorrow.
 The funeral of Mrs. Adelia E. Partree, Bridgeport, was held at Il a. m. today at the Bishop funeral home, 1139 Fairfield avenue, Bridge port. Burial was at p. m. in Ever green cemetery, Waterbury.
 A memorial Mass for Pfc. Joseph N. LanglaiS, son of MT. and Mrs. John Langlais, l92 North Main street, will be celebrated at 8 a. m. Monday at the Church of the Im- maculate Conception. Pfc. Langlais was reported killed in action in Italy Oct. 16.
 The funeral of Charles Terrell Napper, 39, of 57 Pearl street, who died suddenly Thursday, will be held Monday from the Reyes fu- neral home, 69 Pearl street, to the Grace Baptist church where serv- ices will be conducted by Rev. Jon- athan Reed, pastor Burial will be in new Pine Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home all day today, tomorrow and Monday morning.
 MT. Napper, stepfather of Camp bell Benny Singleton, professional boxer, was born in Hampers Ferry, w. Va, Feb. g, 1905. He attended public schools in that city and was graduated from Storrs college, Har- pers Ferry, and attended Howard university for three years.
 For several years he taught in the rural schools of West Virginia and following his marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth Singleton moved to New York city. He had lived in Water bury the past three years and was employed by the American Brass Go. He was a member of the First Zion Baptist church. Har- pers Ferry, and Clock City lodge, B. P. O. E. of w.
 Surviving besides his wife are two stepsons, Campbell and Alvin Singleton; two stepdaughters, .Ncs ma Dean and Freida Singleton; three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Brat ton, Catawba, Va. Mrs. Frances Archer, Harpers Ferry, Mrs. Mat tie Smith, New York city; three brothers, George and Clarence Napper, Harpers Ferry, Minor E. Franklin, w. Va; and several nieces and nepheWS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
OBITUARY

LA CHAPELLE - George La Chapelle, 61, died yesterday at the home of his sister, Miss Rose La Chapelle, A 1-2 Walnut street. Born in Thompsonville, MT. La Chapelle had retired from active work and had been in i'll health for several years.
 Survivors are his wife, Rose (Downs) La Chapelle; 8 son, George; 8 daughter, Mrs. Oscar Anderson; five sisters, Mrs. Emil Steinman, the Misses Rose, Lillian, Jennie and Irene La Chapelle; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. all of Waterbury.
 The funeral will be held Monday morning at 8:15 from the Lunny Funeral Home, % Central avenue. to the Church of the Immaculate Conception for a solemn high Mass of requiem at g a. m. Burial will be in new St. Joseph's cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 to 10 p. m. and tomorrow from 3 to 10.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
NOTICE

The Estimates of the Resources, Appropriations and Tax Rate of the City of Waterbury for the year 1945 have been made in accordance with Section IS of Substitute for Senate Bill No. 40, which Section amends Section 68 of the Charter of the City of Waterbury, and a copy may be procured at the City Clerks office, City Hall Building, City of Waterbury, on or after No vember 27th, 1924. A public hearing on proposed Budget Estimates will be held be- fore the Board of Aldermen at 7:S0 o'clock p. m., on Monday, Decem- Der 4th, 1914, in the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall Building, Grand Street. Waterbury.
 Attest:
 JOSEPH M. SHEA. 1l-24-3t City Clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
Quarter Of E
 Quota Passed
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Women members sold 5000 in bonds; Tuesday the HaddaSsah So- ciety sold $16,050; Wednesday, a total of $73,000 was sold by the Sis- terhood of Temple Israel; Thursday a total of $90,000 was sold by the Sisterhood of Beth-M Synagogue while yesterday $12,9O0 was sold by voluntary workers not representa- tives of any one group.
 A total of 113 local merchants have already signed pledges to sell at least $229, ,45S in "E" bonds dur ing the current drive. Such pledges have always proven good as gold" in past drives as local retailers have been consistently among the top winners and supporters of all War Loan drives.
 Today the Scovill Company will take over Victory House where an all-day entertainment program will be provided by employees. Bonds will be sold for the prize drawing on the nwe car to be auctioned of by the company.
 Tickets for the general public draing on another new car or its equivalent which has been donated by the company to the citys general sixth War Loan Drive will be on sale today at the Victory House and 9 additional agencies. Eight banks, 2 industrial companies, 2 stores and the post onlce will all be authorized to sell these tickets for the price of a $50 bond. About 5000 tickets are printed for dis tribution to $50 bond buyers who purchase between the start of the drive and January 1.
 On January 5th at Buckingham Hall giant rally will be held at which time the drawings will be held for the car and other first class prizes. Sales of these tickets will be made throughout Waterbury proper an dthose outlying districts of Wolcott, Middlebury and Water town all of which are included within the city's general war bond area.
 The city's share of the nations Sixth War Loan quota of $9 bil- lion is SIS, 8,636, 900 in all type bonds with a general area quota of $24,- i2O,O00 for Waterbury, Naugatuck and Iitchfield county. Local mer- chants ere striving towarf . quota of el ,25O. .0OO In ' bonds. The Cun- necflcuk quota is a3I5 million.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
REWARD TO BE
 GUEST SPEAKER
National Secretary of Pur- chasing Agents to Attend
 Seymour Meeting

George A. Renard will be the speaker at the meeting of the Pur- chasing Agents Association of Con- necticut on Tuesday, November 28th, to be held at the Swan Mem orial, Seymour, Connecticut. The ladies of the Congregational church will serve an. old-fashioned turkey dinner at 6:30 p. m.
 MT. Renard, who is the National Secretary of the Purchasing Agents Association, will give us one of his famous talks on the subject From One P. A. to Another" These fa- nous talks are noted for their mea- ty descriptions of national and in- ternational affairs as they affect purchasing agents and their present buying policies.
 All purchasing agents are urged to attend this meeting and bring with them their executives.
 Fred G. Space, Purchasing Agent of the Seymour Manufacturing Company, Seymour, Connecticut, is in charge of arrangements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
Baseball Czar Dies
 In Chicago Hospital
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nal and took office as baseball's sole ruler in 1920 and stayed there for "A years.
 The sport was ridden with rifts due to the scandal and the organiz- ation had disbanded the three-man commission which had governed the game and drafted the Major league agreement which set up Landis' of- flee, That agreement now is the foundation of baseballS current gov- ernment.
 With that power behind him, Landis met the issue by banning from baseball for life the eight Chicago Black Sox" players found guilty of throwing the World Series to Cincinnati.
 Landis went into the job swing ing and he never stopped. However violated baseball's rules or-in Lam dis eyes-was hurting the game and felt the weight of the judges power.
 One of his most important deci- sionS was made in 1943 when he banned from the game William D. Cox, president of the Philadelphia PhillieS, who admittedly had bet on games in which his team was play ing, in violation of the Major League rules.
 Although Landis made enemies, he made as many friends among baseball moguls and was reelected to the $65, ,000-a-year commission CTS post in 1928, 1885, and 1922. Only last Nov. IT the joint Amer ican- National League committee recommended that TX. M. Landis be reelected to another seven years"
 Landis missed his first World &c., ries since he took office this year when illness kept him from jour- neying to St. Louis to see the con- test between the Browns and Car dinals. However, he followed them from the time he took office until his death, Landis truly wa sthe c5ar of baseball. His decisions con- cerning the rules of the game were law until 1886 when he met his first defeat
 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, as a federal judge appointed by Theo- dore Roosevelt and as commission CT of baseball with extraordinary powers conferred by the Major Leagues, spent lifetime helping the forgotten man.
 LJa finad the Standard Oil Com pany of Indiana $29,000, 900 in a railroad rebate case and two days later collected a fine of two cents from a. hard-working farmer for a minor federal violation.
 He threw out of baseball eight members of the Chicago White Sox who were accused of accepting bribes to throw the 1910 World &c., ries to Cincinnati, and later made
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25

Continued from Page D Plain after crossing the Leyte river 300 yards below Limon, The Japa- nese had been expected to make a strong stand along the river, but were thrown of balance by the powerful American attack.
 The Japanese hurled their 18th Division, rushed to the front fol- lowing the destruction of their First Division, into ter-attack southwest of Limon, but were re- pulsed.
 Small suicide squads of Japanese continued to infiltrate the American lines to harass communications, ar tillery positions and command post, but most of them were being quick ly and easily disposed of.
 The destruction of the four-ship Japanese convoy off MaSbate, some 50 to 70 miles north of Ormac on Leyte's west coast, further sealed the fate of the shrinking Leyte garrison and increased to 15,000- the number of enemy troops destined for Leyte kille1 on the high seas.
 The fact that the Japanese were willing to risk only a single destroyer to escort the three troopShipS was regarded as further evidence of their severe shortage of smaller warships. especially since the battle of the Philippines sea.
 No American planes were reported lost in the convoy attack. Three Lightnings were lost, however, in the Makassar raid.
 The Lightnings had field day in the air yesterday when they in- tercepted 40 to 50 Japanese planes, most of them twin-engined bomb CTS, as they were approaching the most congested American supply area on Leyte.
 Other Japanese planes stabbed sharply at the American areas throughout the day, but by dark the toll was B shot down by LightningS, one by Navy fighter, one by search plane and seven by anti-air- craft gun crews.
 One Lightning pilot, Capt. Robert Aschenbrener of Lac Du Flambeau, Wis, was credited with four kills, while three others nabbed three each. They were Capt William Drier of St. Louis, who duplicated his tripe kill" of Nov. 2; It. John Pietz, Valley Strem, L. l., and It. Kenneth Hart, Martinez, Calf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
Zone Appeal 

(Continued from Page D Frark McInerney of Waterbury in his suit against the New England Transportation Company is an- other local case listed, but since the evidence is not yet printed assign ment will not be made until next year. The plaintiff recovered for injuries sustained when he was struck by the defendants bus while using crosswalk on Meadow street.
 The fourth Waterbury case listed on the December docket is the de- fendant's appeal in the action brough by Yvonne P. Gaess, admin istratri': of the estate of the late Roger w. GaesS, against Albert H. Gaess and Adam E. Muchalight. The litigation was based on a trust fund set up by the lite MT. Gaes and the two defendants. The plaintiff was awarded l5,35688 damages in su- perior court April 22. Evidence in the appeal has not yet been printed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
Russions Set
 For Big Drive
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of Budapest. The Russian communi- que reported, however, that the So- viets were pushing slowly forward on both sectors. GyongyosSyolymos and Palosvorosmx just north of Gy- ongylos, were captured by the Rus sians yesterday, along with Bag, in series of battles that cost the enemy more than 2,40O killed and 500 prisoners.
 Farther to the northeast, bitter fighting ragged along a front of more than 30 miles in the southeast ern corner of Czechoslovakia, where General Ivan I. Petrov's Fourth Uk- rainian Army was moving down against the flank of the Axis armies covering Budapest.
 Fighting through knee-deep mud and water Petrov's troops advanced thre miles at the southern end of their line to take Salamunova, be- tween the Tisza and Latorcza rivers. At the center of the front, the So- viets captured Mokoa Krysov in fighting three-mile advance, while on the northern flank they pushed forward two miles to seize Ubrez. IA miles northwest of Ungvar, and Blatne Reviste, seven miles east of the rail and road junction of Mich alovce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
WILLIAM M. HARRIS
 NAMED DEFENDANT

Helen O'Connell Harris of Wa terbury has filed divorce action in superior court against William M Harris of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the ground of habitual intemper- ance. The couple married May IT, 1895 at Carmel, N. Y. The petitioner seeks custody of their minor child and an allowance for Its support.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
EARTH APPOINTED
 BY MAYOR MONAGHAN

John Morrissey who resigned re- gently from the city's retirement commission has been succeeded by Charles H. Earth of Laval street MT. Morrissey resigned because of pres sure of business.
 His successor was formerly mem- bcr of the board of public welfare.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
Politics M-
 Passing

Every question suggests another one. So when the C1O leaders main- tain that local Democratic leaders walked out on the party last Elec- tion Day, (and sAey seem to ex- clude Mayor John s. Monagan from those aho did the walking) the uuestion arises where did they walk to, if they did desert the party. And what effect did their walking (pre- suming they did walk out) have on the election. The CIO plaint is rather an academic one and appar- ently stems from the fact that Peter B. Higgins was not elected congress- man from the Fifth District. But when the complaint is boiled down further it develops that the com- plaint arises from the fact that MT. Higgins didn't go out of Waterbury with sufficient votes to insure his election. But that naturally invites comparisons and Torrington, MT. Higgins Hometown, fails to stand up under the searchlight of com- parison. It didn't take kindly to its home town candidate; in fact treat ed him as roughly as Rep. Joseph Talbot's home borough of Nauga- tuck treated him. All of which doesn't prove too much of anything, but it does convince most people that the CIOers are looking for a pretext to warrant their going it on their own in future elections or un- til another national one rolls around.