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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-12

Pest, the eastern half of the capi- tai.
 The Soviet army newspaper Red Star, tacitly confirming front re- ports that the main German forces already had fled for Vienna, said the Nazis were relying amlost, en- tirely on their maSsed cannonad1ng to hold the Russian onslaught.
 Soviet shock units, however, 1n- filtrated the German gun positions and pushed through the outer screen intot he suburbs of the city >ltself.
 Long-range Soviet artillery rocked the city with terrific barrage that wiped out many of the Nazi gun positions, but Red Star made 1t clear that the weight of the enemy's guns promised to make the assault a hard and costly affair.
 At the same time, German and Hungarian infantIymen counterat- tackled repeatedly against the Soviet spearheads, fighting with particular fury to prevent 8 Russian crossing of the Danube north of Budapest that would outflank the city.
 Soviet front dispatches reported that hundreds of Germans and Hungarians were surrendering and that Nazi demolition squads were putting the torch to the once-beau- tiful city.
 German military commentators continued to speak vaguely of "d1S- engaging movements" and stubborn defensive fighting, but they ap- peared to have written off Buda- pest with it's strategic network or rail and road communications taht could support 8 new Red Army of- fensive against Austria.
 The Russians, said a Berlin dis patch to the Stockholm Dagens Nyheter, seemingly have completely surrounded Budapest and are push ing on to Vienna"
 Travellers who left Budapest last Friday and arrived in Sweden yeS- terday told United Press correspond ents that Soviet units were enter ing the suburbs of Pest on Friday and that thousands of Hungarian patriots had joined them in bitter street fighting against the Nazis.
 conditions in Budapest are un- bearable," they said. 'The destruc- tion throughout the city is terrible. :,
 The Germans covering forces Ter; behind to delay the Russian otfens- i've were reported to have razed en-
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Cracks Stand-O -Or-Die
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Sweden acknowledged that the American First Army had penetrat- ed the main German defense line west of the Roer after very heavy artillery preparation.
 The American Ninth Army, al- ready abreast of the Roer along front 10 miles or more north of Schophoven, continued to build up strength for an empending attempt to cross the river. Ten enemy planes attacked one Ninth Army installa- tions last night, bur no damage was reported. Anti-AircI aft gunners shot down three of the planes and dam aged a fourth.
 Defense Lines
 Field dispatches said the Germans hae built three strong defense lines to a depth of mile and half from the east bank of the Roer. They include zigzag trenches machine gun emplacements, mines, barbed wire and cement pillboMes.
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 appeals were numerous because the USES at the start of the hiring controls and priority program was limited to grant referrals only to seven plants, four of which were in this city. Many persons were refused other jobs because the USES was ordered to follow the priority system very closely, but the WING on the other hand had power to permit those persons to take jobs they desired.
 Only 31 appeals on statements of availability were filed by employees, and only II of those were carried to Boston. Most of the company appeals were filed by two large con- cerns of the area, it was reported.
 Of the appeals taken to Boston, 13 went there because of tie-votes of the labor management committee.
 one of the observations made in the report was that of the 11,546 requests filed at the USES, 5,56S were from local persons, while 5,983 were from immigrants who desired jobs in this city. That phase of the report indicates the extent ot movement into this city by persons desiring war jobs in the area.
 One hundred and twenty-three persons who filed appeal with the WING withdrew them before hear ings were scheduled. It was dis closed that employer-employe ad- iustments were made in 38 of those cases, while in "A others the em- ployers reconsidered the employe claims and granted statements of availability themselves. Four per- sons who filed appeals decided to loaf out the required time and thereby removed the necessity of 8 statement of availability.
 Health Certificates
 Many of the persons who came to the USES and WING for statements of availability came armed with health certificates, which in many cases were not very specific, 1t was reported. In some cases the phySi- clans stated the workers could not do inside or were unable to perform certain tasks, but in many of those cases the exact nature of the dis ability was not mentioned, it was pointed out.
 The matter of health certificates is headed for further treatment by the WING, which is working on plans to set up an advisory medical com- mittee, which would rule on all cases of persons who seek job-transfers for reasons of health. Such a plan is in oneration in Massachusetts and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-12
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The RAF freed them by pre- cision bombing whcih made big holes in the prison walls Capt. Pickard led this mission On the way home he thought he saw Ger mans firing on the escaping French men = so he left his squadron and dived low to strafe them But something went wrong - and he never returned Here's to himl
 Mrs. F. Sinatra says the vari- ous colyumed items (alleging that she had her Durante shrunk) a1n't so 20th has six Italian pris- onerS of war on the lot acting as technical advisers for "A Bell for Adano" :. Helen Kellys Sunup spot recently destroyed by fire re- opens this week with new facial Leon Navara, who led his own popular orchestra, turned comic and won fine reviews in Variety Marion Hutton says she first used that mirror speciality seven years ago and that all ingenues ddi it death in the old days. So what, SIlG dSho VI OdAAC T ANAOAAo, 4' OAAS beeg idea? Has anyone called the people leaving their war jobs "Quit-lings"?
 Insiders hear that an interna- tional network will be organized after the war. Park RowgueS wouldn't be surprised if Wm. tCBS Paley already had 8 few franchises Journal American expose-ex- pert Syd Boehm joins MGM as writer next month .. A Broadway shows press agent has sinner, a lulu. Sent out 8 release that one of the showgirls would be wed on stage It seems that her husband (the one she already has) sizzled. .. Howcum Dept: The govt is said to lose one-and-a-half cents on each copy of the Satevepost that goes thorugh the mails Fritz Kuhn, in Federal cage, hopes to be re- patriated to Germany soon. To the amazement of our authorities the Nazi High Command wants him back!
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Continued from Page D British apparently held the domin- ating height itself, and were not hesitating to make more or less complete use of the advantages it afforded.
 The Elas forces yesterday cap tured or destroyed 200 drums of British gasoline, and set fire to sev- eral buildings in Southern Athens A heavy column of black smoke to- ward several hundred feet over the city this morning.
 (The following Roper dispatch was filed last night)
 Athens, Dec. 11.-9:40 p. m.-(Cor- rect)-(UP)-ELAS armies 25,000 strong surrounded British forces in the heart of Athens and threw strong road blocks across reinforce ment routes from the sea in major offensive today.
 (An Athens broadcast Tuesday said the rebels" had lost 1000 men killed or wounded and 2,000 prison CTS, but ''it looks as if they are step ping LID their efforts to force de- ciSion before we can bring up rein forcements, The rebels are blow ing up buildings. In the center sec tor. we had to give some ground. We also had to withdraw from the mill tary academy.0
 Critical Situation
 The situation tonight was the
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(COntlnueQ rom rage U under state statute. For example taxes due on the year 1929 will not be collectable in 1945 because they are beyond the 15 year limdta- tion period.
 Although tax collections during this year and last on the 1942 and 1943 levies respectively have been among the highest in decade, prio years collections, while adjusted to high levels since their due year and the current year, each, constitute a percentage which has accumulated close to the $1 million mark in real and personal back taxes.
 About $15O,000 is due on back taxes preceding 1884 of which about $4O,O0O will be written of each year uncollected by virtue of the 15 year limitation.
 As reported here before the year 1884, during the past ten years, has been the poorest collection year for current taxes when but 83.5 per cent of 8 $5,221, $50 levy for 1885 wns collected. AS of this year an adjustment to 99.11 per cent col lected had been effected.
 Other years percentage of collec- tionS on levies all over s million and their adjustment as of this yea $ are as follows: 1885, 90.2 per cent current collection adjusted to 99.08 per cent; 1886, 93.5 per cent col- lection since adjusted to 99.16 per cent; 1887, 94.3 collection adjust ed since to 99.09; 1888, 91-18 per cent, collected now adjusted to 98o2; 1889, 95,3 per cent collected and since adjusted to 98.88; 1940, & 96.6 per cent collected; 1941, 97-G per cent collected and now at 98.91; 1922, a percentage collected of 97.S since adjusted to T.17; 1943, a 9803 per cent was collected with about the same percentage col lected to date on the 1944.
 Each percentage still uncollected comprises the major share of the back-taxeS now outstanding. It was not stated today when the re- turns have been this year on col- lection of real and personal prop erty overdue taxes but they are reported to be low.
 Ability to Pay
 Just how much of concerted ef- fort will be made to reduce the outstanding amount was not dis closed at this time, but proponents of immediate means of collection cite the greater ability of taxnay- CTS to pay in war times, such as now.
 Foreclosure proceedings under a new state statute have been greatly facilitated by means whereby nu- lnerous proceedings can be filed jointly rather than singly as done before.
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most critical since the start of the Greek civil war a week ago. The British were confident of repuls- ing even the heaviest Elas attack, but the fighting has reached inter- estingly high levels.
 A Greek officer who arrived at headquarters from Salonika said the Elas-military arm of the Fam. or national liberation front-had won complete control of that city at the northwestern end ot the Aegean sea. A dictatorship of the proletariat" had been set up, he said, and g. 900 Fam Civil Guards were patrol ling the streets with 5000 to 4,OO0 others standing by in reserve.
 (London newspapers said Harold MacMillan, British resident cabinet minister for the Mediterranean, and Marshal Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander, new Allied supreme com mander for the Mediterranean, have arrived in Athens for an 11th hour attempt to restore peace.)
 Elas artillery and mortars are raining shells into the shrinking British island around British headquarters in the Great Britain hotel as I write this In the lobby of the hotel. At least one shell al- ready has hit the hotel, killing a soldier and wounding other persons.
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Praise For R. Hurley
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 1943 to this November when Hurley served as its vice. president.
 Under questioning by Senator Warren R. Austin, R., Vt., the Navy men said the company had "very bad" record on a contract for safe lockers.
 After several months delay in de- livery, Orr and Woodland said, they made an inspection trip to the plant. Of 1872 lockers contracted for they found one completed and nine partially completed. The nine par ttally completed, they said, did not meet Navy specifications.
 The contract was cancelled, Orr said, because the Navy felt that the company had had plenty of time, " an dthat it would not be to the best interests of the Navy to continue it.
 Woodland said the lockers were warped. and showed exceptionally poor welding. Materials were on hand, he said, for approximately 500 lockers.
 Senator Francis Maloney, D., Conn, suggested that the company might have been held up by difh- culties in securing materials.
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Reporter Is No Nijinsky
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 The diplomats and their ladies, Chinese colonel, two gents in dinner jackets and turbans, new dealers and a couple of hundred other Washington sophisticates spent the early part of the evening gawking at Miss Williams.
 No Ordinary Star
 She was no ordinary movie star. She had an appetite. She ordered up a shrimp cocktail, two thick lamb chops, lima beans, fried potatoes, ice cream, cake, coffee and glass of milk. She's hardly started to blow into those before a portly gent (who looked lige the congressman from Illinois, came up and ahemed and said if it weren't for his two chill dren he wouldn't be asking such a thing. Miss Williams knew what he was talking about. She autographed menu.
 That started it. Those Washing tonians lined up like the fans in front of Grauman's Chinese theater. Only difference was that the Hol- lywoodenheads were more polite. They always let lady finish her dinner before they jab fountain pens at her.
 Miss Williams only got 8 couple of bites from those chops. A fatty whose face is familiar at the OPA handed her two red carnations and said he thought she was wonderful. Miss Williams said if I'd ask her to dance, maybe that would break it up. The band was tootling. a rhumba.
 We wheeled out onto the floor and those dopes, those capital big shots, backed away with their mouths open and stared. You'd thought was Nijinsky. The orches- tra somehow got out of step with me and so did Miss Williams and I could feel my neck getting red. I also could hear somebody laughing.
 My bride. She sat there and she laughed and she laughed.
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is the subject of an extensive study by local officials.
 Tightening of the health certifi. cate processing is one of the many means the WHO will employ to in. sure satisfactory stabilization of job; here, it was stated. Strict adherence to all of the provisions of the sta bilization program must be exercised because of the c rent urgent need of war production, it was pointed out.
 The WING Committee, which has been in charge of appeals hearings is composed of Timothy Collins and Thomas Brennan of the A. F. of L.; Jose h Kenishea and BroniS Vaicld~ lis of the c. I. O.; Warren Kaynor, David Hart, J. F. Alderman, and w. M. Norton, managements represent atives. Alternates on the committee are: Edwin Bradley, representing management, George SabO, repre-. septing the Electrical Workers' un- ion, and Renato Ricciuti of the IUMAGSW
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 An estimated 4,0O0 American and British planes were over the Reich yesterday, scattering almost 1000 tons of high explosives and fire bombs across key railway and oil targets in Western Germany and Austria.
 The British-based U. s. Eighth Air Force struck the heaviest blow, sending a record fleet of 1000 flying fortresses and liberators and more than 800 fighters against the enemy's western front freight yards at Frankfurt, Hanau, Giessen and other points.
 Another HOO U. s. bombers and fighters from Italy struck at rail and industrial targets in the Vien- na area and at Graz, 100 miles to the south, while RAF planes from England hit oil and railway targets in the Ruhr during the morning and followed up with an afternoon raid on undisclosed objectives.
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H. Hopkins
 Knows Story
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 an inquiry into their qualifications and views on world affairs, told re- porters he had ''some $64 questions" to ask if given the opportunity.
 T might want to ask Clayton his ideas on a soft peace for Germany" ," Chandler said, whether he approves of plans to demilitarize her-in other words to dehorn the enemy.
 "I'd like to ask them whether they approve of the British actions in Greece and Italy; whether they think the Atlantic charter is dead; whether this is merely a war of im- perialists versus Fascists; whether we really mean that the subjugated peoples shall be free from fear and want and oppression and whether they agree with Winston Churchill that what goes on in India is not none of our business.
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end and also captured Schlich, a half-mile farther east.
 Merken and Pier lie between Echtz and Schophoven on west bank of the Roer above Duren, while Gay is four miles southwest of Duren.
 The Germans attacked weakly near American-held Strass. mile southwest of Gey, but were repulsed.
 Berlin dispatche:, published in
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Continued from Page D Greece. In Montreal, however, the Standard said it had no correspon- dent in Athens.
 London newspapers predicted that Prime Minister Churchill or Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden would make a new statement in Commons within the next few days on the Greek situation.
 The Daily Sketch said Churchill had instructed Macmillan and Alex ander to end the fighting in Greece as quickly as possible "by any possible compromise which does not involve the surrender ot the British foothold in Greece"
 Tt will be left to them to decide whether the solution can best be achieved by, firstly, firnler militar! action to suppress those resisting the Greek government, or secondly attempts at conciliation," the Daily Express added. Tt is probably that a little of each will be tried. There is no intent to pursue punitive measures against the ELIAS"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-12

Recent heavy rains have per- mitted Fire to lift electricity ra- tioning.
 Woolgrowers of Australia fear postwar rayon may injure their iniure their business.
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$1,000,ooo In Back axes

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EIos Circle Athens Core

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2,150 Planes
 Roid Targets

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WING Stops Transfers

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Allied Losses Very Heovy

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British Seek Trouble s End

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You may recall the thrilling Bri-
 tish-made film, Target for To- night" The col'm itemed that the ''F'' (for Freddie) in the spell binder had been killed in action And that his name was Group Cap tain Percy Pickard !. How he was killed may now be revealed. A newsreel released about 15 days ago showed a remarkable Mosquito raid by the RAF = which freed French prisoners held by the NaZis
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-10-05
WAR CHEST
CONTRIBUTION

GLASGOW-Nels c. Briggs. S25: Far.
mers- SfOckgrOwers bank, 500: c. II
Newton. sd: Peter Peterson. $40: X. S
Cotton. $50: John Purcell, $50: Elmer
johnson. $50: II. W. RunniOn. 50: f. A.
Buttrey company, S10O: NJ. Il. Watson,
500: Anders A. Brekken, SD: Montana
Dakota Utilities company, $50: First
National Bank. 500: Hanson = Mersen
Motors, $50; Montana Power company.
so; Farmers Union Oil company. SO;
Glasgow Courier. so; Albert Walker,
81; NJ. r.. Handley. $40; Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Shipp, so; Thor Nilsson, $40:
Minot Flour Mill. S25; Pete TihiSta.
$40; Sam Pospyhala, So; l.. Wesen, SO:
John Wescn. $40; Don Gallagher. 81:
city Market. S1j: Elmer Hall, $40; Ed
Gallagher. SO; Christinson Land CO..
S25: Florence Kenny, 81: Erickson and
Shop, SO; COrrie's Confectionery, 81;
DIR. X. X. SteffenSen. $40: Glasgow
Motors. S25; DIR. c. y. Gray. SO:
George ScansOn, So: Friedl's $25; Mid
west Lumber company. $50: Scott &
Snyder. 81; Peterson MOrtuary. So:
Holland Funeral chapel. $40; lack
Brown. $40: Mr.. and Mrs. Paul VI.
Christensen. $40: Mr.. and Mrs. J..
Sklower, SO; Mr.. and Mrs. A. J.
Beaudry. $40; Arvid Kissing, $40; Anton
II. PaulsOn. 81: James Aitken. so: Mrs.
&. f. Coles. $40: The Hub. 81: Roxy
Theater, SD: j. &. Penney CO.. 500:
The Bootery, sd: Mary Ann Shop, SO
Dunn's Club. SD.
FRAZER-M.>A. Lien. so: William
Wulff, 800.
LUSTRE-Peter p. Fast. $50: Henry
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-10-05
GENERAL ELECTION NOTICE

Notice is hereby given, that on the
9TH day of November, 1914, at the reg.
ular polling places in the precincts OF
valley County, state of Montana. d
general election will be held at which
time qualified electors will elect the fol
lowing officers. tO-wit:
Four Presidential Electors.
One Representative in Congress for
the First Congressional District.
One Representative in Congress for
the Second Congressional District.
Two Associate Justices of the Su-
preme Court.
One Governor.
One Lieutenant Governor.
One Secretary of state.
One Attorney General.
One State Treasurer.
One State Auditor.
One Railroad and Public Service
Commissioner.
One state Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
One Judge of the nth Judicial Dis
trirt.
we representatives in the State Leg
~islative Assembly.
One Clerk of the District Court.
One County Commissioners.
one County Attorney.
one county Treasurer.
One Clerk and Recorder.
One County Surveyor.
One Public Administrator
Two Justices of the Peace for each
Judicial Township.
Two COnstableS for each Township.
There will also he submitted to the
qualified electors of the State of Mon
tana at said General Election a pro-
posed amendment to Section > of
Article NJ of the Constitution of the
state Of Montana. as provided by
Chan'er 200 Of the Laws of the Twenty
Legislative Assembly. an act
entitled:
IAN Act To Provide for the Sub
mission to the Qualified Electors of
the State of Montana of an Amend
mPnt to Section ) of Article NJ of
the Constitution of the State of
Montana. Relating to the AppOr-
tiOnment of Income from Public
School Funds to the Several School
Districts of the State"
There will also be submitted to the
qualified electors of the State of Mon
ana at said General Election a pro-
posed amendment to Sections 10 and
~ of Article VIII and Section q of
Article XVI of the Constitution of
the State of Montana, as provided by
HAPPIER 232 of the Laws of the Tween
y-eighth Legislative Assembly, an act
AN Act for the Submission to the
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-10-05
Three Children Of
Bundy Family All
At Home on Visit

Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Bundy had
the pleasure last week of having
three of their children home on Wis
its.
Miss Ruth Mary Bundy left Sat
urday for Havre to commence her
second year at Northern Montana
college. She returned to Glasgow
last week from San Francisco.
where she had spent the last of
the summer visiting and assisting
her uncle in his store.
Richard Bundy arrived last week
from Memphis, Tenn, having re-
ceived a medical discharge from
the navy. He had been attending an
aviation radio school there.
Otto Bundy Jr., seaman second
class, arrived last week from Farra-
gut, Idaho, where he had complet-
ed his boot training at the naval
station. He will return to Farragut
next week for assignment.