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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10
AIR WARFARE:
Hit London

Stung by Allied bombers' destruc-
ton of their cities, Germany's once
Wanted Luftwaffe appeared in force
over London again after a two-year
lapse, blasting the British capital
with block-busters that ripped up
residential and factory areas.
AS the Luftwaffe struck at London,
big Allied bombers continued their
attack on Nazi war-plane plants
throughout Germany, seeking to
cripple fighter production and re-
duce aerial resistance to U. S. and
British forces when they open the
second front.
From January, 1913, to the same
month in 1914, the Raj and AAF'
lost 1885 bombers in operations over
western Europe, it was announced,
with 1883 of the craft being Brit
ish and 1,147 American.
Open Fighting
With their lines lying exposed in
the broad Roman plains, both Ger
man and Allied forces alike came
under the heavy fire Of artillery and
aircraft around the Anzio beach
head, and the enemy's armored
moves met stubborn resistance from
u. S. and British troops.
To the southeast, wet weather
muddied the mountain-sides and
slowed up Allied advances against
the Germans around Casino. So
bitter was the fighting in Casino it
self where the Nazis chung to part
of the town that U. S. Doughboy
with Yankee wit reported to his
commanding officer that To-
day, we captured a parlor, bedroom
and kitchen ."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10
PACIFIC:
Closer to Tokyo

Surging beyond Japan's crumbling
outer Pacific defenses, U. S. carrier
forces struck within 1,400 miles of
Tokyo to blast at the Mariana is
lands, so called gateway to the enc
my homeland.
While planes from the carrier
force ripped Jap defenses in the
Marianas, other U. S. air and naval
units continued hammering down
enemy resistance in the New Britain
area, blasting shipping centers used
as feeder points for barges supply
ing embattled Nipponese troops in
South Pacific outposts.
AS U. S. naval and air forces tore
up the Marshalls, Carolines and
Marianas, the enemy's Wanted navy
and aerial auxiliary still showed no
face to scrap, with the Tokyo radio
telling its listeners that the Jap
chiefs will order a fight only after
drawing the U. S. from its bases.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10
ARMY BEEF:
Small Plants Tapped

To assure the military services OF
needed supplies, the War Food adj
ministration prepared to order 5000
small packing and slaughter plants
and local butchers to set aside so
per cent of their "army style" beef
beginning April l.
At the same time, VIA announced
manufacturers of cheddar cheese
will be required to reserve As per
cent of their March and IS per cent
of their April production, compared
with 35 per cent for January and
February.
Since the small packers and butch
ers sold their entire output to civil
ians, their reservation for the serv-
ices is expected to cut into domes-
tic supplies. Previously, the govern
ment obtained its beef from about
AIS federally inspected plants, but de-
cided to tap the other sources upon
the belief that more than normal
numbers of cattle were being mar
keted in the smaller centers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10
BRIEFS. BY Baukhage 4aasss

Production of prewar models of
all-metal domestic ice refrigerators
will not be resumed in the near flu
ture, the WPB reports, mainly be-
cause reversion would involve long
change-over period.
Civilians in the U. S. win have
more frozen vegetables during the
next five months, as result OF an
expected record high production.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10

ury already has disposed Of 100 mil
lion dollars worth of surplus materi-
al chiefly to lend-lease and other U.
S. agencies, the new unit was estab-
lished by the President upon recon-
mendation of the Baruch postwar
planning committee to supervise
sale of excess government goods so
as not to glut and disrupt ordinary
markets.
Principal task Of Clayton's agency
will be to determine selling and dis
tribution policies and insist on mini
mum prices, leaving actual sale Of
material to the various government
departments which originally pro-
cured the goods.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10
ARGENTINA:
Neav Chief

Having drawn the displeasure Of
Argentina's celebrated "Colonel's
Club" which stands as the dominat-
ing force in Argentine politics, Gen.
Pedro Ramirez turned over his pres
idency to Gen. Edelmiro J. Farrell,
army favorite.
Ramirez action climaxed the cri-
sis created when his foreign min
lister stood for declaring war on the
Axis and subsequently was fired on
the insistence of the ultra-neutral
"Coloneps Club"
Although Ramirez foreign minis
ter left his cabinet, he evidently lost
the confidence of the "Colonel's
Club" which then promoted Far
ren to the high position.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10
CONGRESS-:
Democratic Revolt

Reelected by the senate's Demo-
cratic majority as its floor leader
after breaking with President Roose-
welt on the tax veto, burly Sen. Alben
Barley (Ky.) took back the reins OF
a balky party, but not without an
eye on restoring harmony IN its
ranks with its principles.
Barkley's break with F.D.R. came
as a result of the Presidents rasp-
ing attack on the $2,300,000, 900 tax
bill, which he said was an ''inedible
crust" offering relief to "the greedy
instead of the needy" It was not
the question of the increased taxes
but rather of the size and nature of
the new levies which promoted the
differences between the Chief Exec
utive and congress, and Barkley's
position indicated stiffening congress
sional independence in formulating
legislation, rather than an about
reputation of Democratic princl-
Piles.
The same attitude prevailed in
the house, where 80-year-old Rep.
Robert Doughton's declaration that
he parted company with F.D.R.
on the tax veto set the stage for
congressional overriding of the veto.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10
Banks on Elevators and
Cranes Serve Naval Men

In the naval clothing depot in
Brooklyn, a New York bank
cashes checks and receives de-
posits on pay days through tellers
who work in portable cages set
up in the elevators to facilitate
going from floor to floor, says Col
ier's.
In the navy yard near by, other
tellers likewise serve workers,
from movable offices that are car
ried by cranes to the various
banking locations around the
yard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10

There are 100000 rural boys and
girls 10 to 81 years old who are
now members of All clubs. They
live in every county in the United
States, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto
Rico.
The war department has revealed
that the army air forces have de-
stroyed 40 per cent of Germany's
capacity to produce fighter planes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10
HIcHLICHTs 80. B. IL. week. ..Y.
MARS PLANES:

MARS PLANES: The naval air
transport service win put 20 of the
new model Mars planes into service
as soon as they are finished. Tie
new JRM-1s are primarily designed
for cargo carrying, but are quickly
convertible to use as hospital ships
or troop transports. They can carry
lag. 900 pounds Of cargo, such as field
guns, jeeps or engines, or 1872 men,
as transports.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10

Of southern California's severest
storms on record, 7.3 inches of rain
flooding homes and chasing small
water craft into coastal ports. Glanc-
ing over the drenched countryside,
rough and tumbly film actor Wallace
Berry groused: Zone advantage in
the South Pacific is that down there
they've got islands"
When the army moved in on presi-
Dental order, the strikers who
walked off the job in wage dispute,
went back to their work after 10
day layoff.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10

BU4t.E: Plastic materials have
eolvea another problem-this time in
the brass musical instrument field.
The army has been short of bugles
because of scarcity of brass. A
plastic bugle has been developed
that sounds as sweet as the metal
ones. Besides that, it Is only half
as heavy, needs no warming up on
cold mornings, and costs less to
make.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10

power INES IeeQlng
war plants and pri-
vate homes and
business houses, Los
Angeles called upon
the army to take
over the city's mu-
nicipal water and
power department
and restore stricken
facilities.
Power lines were
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10

trucks and 4,6UO mo-
torcycles released
by the army, the
Surplus War Prop
erty administrator,
William L. Clayton,
was completing or
ganization of the
newly created agen-
cy to supervise dis
posal Of all such
goods.
A1+ho1,oJ, tho fraac.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10
RUB FOR COLD MISERY

spread FeneLFO on throat, chest, back
cover with warm fannel-eases mus.
cular aches, pains, coughs. Breathed-
in vapors comfort irritated nasal menu
branes. Outside, warns like plaster.
Modern medication in base contain
ing old fashioned mutton suet, only
25c, double supply 35c. Get Penetro.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10
BREAK STRIKE:
Army in Los angeles

With strike of its AFL electrical
workers tying up repair of damaged
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS

y. >. TOTC0S mp jap eaCAAC LC1CAASCS,
Complete Organization of New Agency
To Supervise Surplus War Goods Sale;
Heaviest Aerial Attacks Blast Germany
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10
FEEDING WORKERS

About 61s million of the 20 million
war workers in the nation are eat
ing in their factories. Expansion Of
facilities is expected this year to
take care of 5h million more. The
other 8 million work under condi-
tons in which it is difficult or i'm.
possible to provide for their needs.
Many plants contain cafeterias fol-
employees. In others, smack wag.
ons" travel around with sandwiches,
cake and coffee, often at the ex
pense Of the management. This fire.
food is an inducement to production
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10
WAR GOODS:
Sell Surplus

With the U. S. treasury preparing
to- sell 10000 horses, 10000 motor
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-10
Take Out OUCH!

Long the terror of even the brav-
est of heart, dental drilling may soon
be relieved of much of its pain by
general adoption Of a new technique
used by the army.
The new technique is simple In it.
self, the dentist pouring cold water
into the patients mouth at the rate
of eight ounces a minute, while drill
ing, and draining the same amount
out through another tube. By circu-
lating about the mouth, the water
cools the drilled tooth, the pain Of
which is caused by heat generated
by friction of the drill.
Because of the relief Of the pain
and the greater rotation of the drill
in the reduced temperature, the den.
fist can do better job on the tooth
and perform almost 40 per cent
more work, army dental technicians
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-24
Fourth Term Splits Dems In Texas
(signal Corps Radiophoto from NEA)
BY GORDON K. SHEARER United Prses Staff Correspondent

United Prses Staff Correspondent
 Austin, Tex, May 24. (UP)-A split over the fourth term issue, which resulted in the appointment of pro- Roosevelt and uninstructed delegations to the nominating con- vention at Chicago, divided Texas Democrats into rival camps today and provided the party with what appeared to be its first convention fight.
 The break occurred at the party's state convention yesterday when the pro- Roosevelt faction, headed by A. J. WirtZ, former underSecretary of the interior, bolted from the meet ing and held a trump session, nam ing a separate grou pof delegates to the National convention.
 Under the usual convention pro- cedure in disputes of this kind, the credentials committee will have to decide in advance of the balloting for nominations which delegation to seat. Texas has 48 votes at the convention.
 The split resulted from the ques- ton of pledging electors to support the Democratic National ticket, re- gardless of its composition
 A resolution which favored Q re- turn to the old party plan of nomi- mating the candidates for President and Viuce- President by a two-thirds majority rule and declaring that states and parties had a rigtht to fix their own election rules precipi- tated the break.
 According to the terms of the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-24
G0Uern0rTo Mtercede I Local Labor Tilt

Governor Raymond E. Baldwin has been requested to act in the role of mediator in the current dispute between the c. I O. and the Sco- will Mfg. Co.,, resulting from the un- authorized walk out by men from two shifts of the tube mill division at the plant and the subsequent refusal by the company to grant the unions request to permit these men to return to work.
 The request has been made to the Governor following yesterdays can- cellation of Q mediation conference scheduled between representatives of management and labor and attend ed by John w. Hayes deputy state labor commissioner and U. s. Con- ciliator Robert Cosgrove.
 Meanwhile the company issued 8 statement to the c. I. O. that 1t would consider unemployment of the men involved if the latter ap- piled through the regular channels of the plants employment office. The statement in effect said that the applications could be made land would be given consideration"
 Robert w. Walkinshaw c. I. O. international representative stated today that the union would not con- sider such a procedure principally because it would mean" the loss of all privileges and seniority rights for the men,. He stated that a meeting of the men and union officials was conducted last night at which time the men vcted's not to consider the company's proposal"
 Governor Baldwin could not be contacted this morning relative to any possible decision by him as to the procedure = be adopted in the attempted mediation. It is expected however that he will consult with management and union representa- tives and with U. s. and state labor conciliators relative to the issue.
 Yesterdays scheduled mediation conference was cancelled following the refusal by the company to meet with the large group" of ex-tube employees who were present with the union officials and the similar re- fusal of the union to meet unless these men were present.
 (ContinfIed 0Y1 paOn 2l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-24
Full text of Churchill's speech will be found on Page 8.

Though emphasizing that there could be no bargaining by Germany and Japan for peace, Churchill made no mention of their satellites and thus proffered an unspoken invita- ton to them to seek less harsh terms by abandoning the Axis cause.
 He propolsed that the new world structure follow roughly the or- ganization of the League of Nations, but avoid that body's pitfalls by arming to the teeth to enforce its decisions and outlaw war for gener- ationS to come.
 There should be room in the new organization for organisms like the British Empire and Commonwealth, he said, land I trust there will also be room for the fraternal associa- tion of the British Commonwealth and the United States"
 T am sure these great entities will in no way disturb the general purpose of the world organization, but that in fact will help power fully to make it run smotohly," he said.
 Other highlights of Churchill's speech:
 1. There is no question of any guarantee that Germany will not undergo territorial changes If such changes twill render a more Se- cure peace in Europe"
 2. Turkey has forfeited her right to a strong voice at the peace table by refusing to enter the war on the side of the Allies.
 8. King Victor Emmanuel of Italy has decided to return to private life upon the capture of Rome and once the Germanys have been driven from her soil. the Italians will choose whatever Democratic form of gov- ernment they desire"
 i. Britain has switched all her support to the Partisan forces of Marshal Josip CTito) Broz because General Draja Mikhailovitch of the Royal Yugoslav Army is not fighting the enemy and some of his sub-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-24
Colleges Must Moke Better
 Post-Wor Grads

Cambridge, Mass, May 24-CUP) American colleges in the postwar period must produce graduates with a more comprehensive knowl- edge of the American heritage, rather than limitation European" !" according to Dean Howard Num- ford Jones of the Harvard Gradu- ate School of Arts and Sciences.
 we cannot forever tacitly insist that the humane values are found everywhere but in the United States" Jones said in Ideas in America" issued today by the Har- yard University press. 'The best corrective of American provincial ism is not merely a knowledge of Europe, but also richer knowledge of the struggle of the republic to become what it has dreamed of be- coming.
 "The liberal college has been too eclectric, not merely in the sense that it has admitted all kinds of courses, but in the sense that its courses in the humanitieS them selves have been without any gov- erning philosophy ,and genuine ed- ucational aim. They seek to often to produce imitation Europeans, and imitation Europeans are al- ways inferior to the genuine arti- cle."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-24
ChurcheIow Storts To
 Serve Term

More than a year after his arrest on a charge of criminal assault, Michael Churchelow, 30, of Nauga- tuck, today started to serve a five to seven-year sentence at Wethers- field state prison. The accused was taken into custody on a superior court mittinus at g o'clock this morning by County Detective Thomas F. Laden and Deputy Sheriff Albert Francis, after the State Supreme Court of Errors noti- fled the state atotrney's office that the appeal of Churchelow had been denied.
 Churchelow was sentenced by Judge John A. Cornell last October 20 and immediately started to serve his sentence, but was released six days later under $15,000 bond when his appeal action was filed in the high court. He had been free on bail since then.
 The prisoner was brought this morning to the county courthouse building, where his long trial had been conducted, to await transfer sometime this afternoon to Wethers- field. Sheriffs Francis and Dan Connor were assigned to deliver Churchelow to the prison.
 In its memorandum of decision, the supreme court, which acted unanimously, states that the testi- mony of the complaining witness, if credible, was conclusive of the commission of the crime" adding: Tt was for the trial court to de- termine the credibility of her tes- timony and we cannot hold that it acted unreasonably in believing her"
 The decision states further:
 Grimes of this nature are not often committed in the presence of witnesses. The credibility of the testimony Is peculiarly for the trial court in such case, and, with its ample opportunity to observe the witnesses on the stand, its conclu- sions rarely may be disturbed :. There was ample corroboration of the testimony of the complaining witness in hte instant case"
 Churchelow had adnitetd having relations with the complaining wit ness, but claimed she had given her consent. The complainant was a 2S-year old Waterbury woman, now
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-24
Mrs. Lind On Stand

Washington. May 24.-(UP)-Mrs. Robert I. Miller, whose husband is charged with murdering the man she went with" denied on cross examination today that she once told an acquaintance that Miller had threatened to kill both her and Dr. John E. Lind.
 She also testified under redirect examination that she provided Lind with money because The was in trouble with another woman"
 The 67-year old Miller is being tried on first degree murder charges because he shot and killed Lind, a noted psychiatrist, in his wife's presence last February. Mrs. Miller and Lind were in Lind's car on a downtown street.
 She testified yesterday that Lind had obtained sums totaiing s5,000 from her by threatening to expose their relationship. She also said that the doctor had a gun in his automobile on the day of the shoot- ing and threatened to shoot Miller when he approached the parked car and told her to get out. The de- fense contends that Miller. 6 prom. inent criminal attorney, killed Lind
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-24
U. $. TROOPS SEVER APP|AN WAY
 6,5OO Planes Blaze Ruin Over Europe
Road Cut On Both Sides Of Cisterna; 30 Tanks Wrecked
BY REYNOLDs PACKARD

BY REYNOLDS PACKARD United Press War Corrssponaanil|
 Allied H HeadquartexS e a Naples, May A. (UP) American forces cut the Appian Way on both sides 01 Cisterna today and knocked out more than 30 German tanks in a fOur-hOur arnnOrea duel northwest of that vitaz transport hub 25 miles below Rome.
 United States arEm0red Forces cIamped a pincers ozz Cisterna and the AmericaIF troops in steady advances Overran hundreds of German strong points in the first 30 hours of the offensive from the AnziO beachhead. Ger man opposition was lighter
 Robert Vermillion, United Press Correspondent, in q dispatch from the expanding pocket south of Rome re- vealed that the tazlk-led Americans had sliced across the Appian Way and the Rome Terracina Railroad cutting an arterial retreat route for the IT German di@ visions also being hammered relentlessly by the Fifth and Eighth armies to the south= east.
 Other United States arSnor in fhN coastal sector of the main Italinzz front seized Monte Alto, ii miles north of Terracina, to threaten Sl@ German anchor post from two dlrec% tions and establish an observation post looking down on the Eoutin4 marches in the direction of TdttoFzas near the rim of the beachhea0 and IS miles from Monte Alto. Allied forces preached the Ger man defenses in three key sectors of the two Italian fronts. Th4 Americans striking from the heach~ head crashed through in several sectors. American and French troops knocked gap in the center of the main line with the capture of rico and Lenola. Canadians preached the last segment of the Hitler Ang north of Pontecorvo.
 vermillion reported that Nazi re- sistance on the bulging beachhead perimeter was lessening after tho capture of many hundreds" of Ger- man prisoners and the overrunninE of strong points on front now pressed northeastward across a broad stretch of the historic Ap- plan Way.
 With the loss of the Appian Way and the trunk railroad angling across it at Cisterna the Germans had only the via Casilina some % miles beyond for c withdrawal from the main front to fight the battle of Rome.
 Tank Battle
 The tank battle came when strain< Continued on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-24
Telegram Is CenturyOId

Washington, May 24-(UP)-The timeworn key of a crude, century, old telegraph instrument broke a hundred-year silence today and sent out crisp dots and dashes:
 What hath God wrought" it clicked.
 In the same room in the national capitol from which the same words were transmitted exactly 100 years ago as the initial message on the worlds first telegraph line. Con- gress observed the anniversary of the feat that established Samuel F. B. Morse as the father of modern communication.
 Morse, the artist t-inventor, had tapped out the four code words to his assistant. Alfred Vail, in Balti- more, 40 miles away. Today, Ernest E. Norris, president of the South ern railway, fingered the same tel- egraph key and repeated the bibli- cal quotation to President R. B. White of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad waiting to receive 1t in Baltimore.
 Tie Centennial marked an event which Congress itself had made possible by allocating s30.000 to Morse and a small group of per- sistent friends who braved the laughter of the public and the pen- and-ink jeers of cartoonists to transform the artists ideas on elec- trical communication into actuality.
 Sen. Burton K. Wheeler. D., Mont, chairman of the joint Con- gressional committee in charge of the celebration keynoted the ob. seryance with the assertion that the l00-year-old event opened the way for Tan amazing elecfronic wonderland" whose surface still has to be scratched.