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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
AMERICANS STORM H0UFFAL|zE
 Russians Begin Offensive To End War
Early Capture Of Belgian Base Forecast As Assault
 Forces Close In For Kill
BY BOYD W. LEWIS

Paris, January Is. - (UP) - American tanks and in- fantry stormed the near de- lenses of Houffalize today and a dispatch from It. Gen. eral Courtney H. Hodges Headquarters forecast the early capture of the Belgian base which once was at the center of the collapsed Ar dennes salient.
 Houffalize was invested on all sides, and assault forces Of the first and third Armies were closing in for the kill, with one spearhead driving down the main highway from Liege to within a mile and a half of the key transport cen ter.
 A few miles to the northwest, outriderS of the First and Third Armies met for the first junction of Hodges and It. Gen. George B. Pattons troops since the first phase of the German offensive which split the l2th Army group Wide open
 United Press Correspondent John McDermott reported from Hodges headouarters that .Wo Fiist Army columns were shouldering in toward Houflalize against stiff German re- sistanee, By early afternoon he had struck down the trunk highway from the north almost to the out- skirts of the town, and McDermot5 said that there Is good possibility 1t will fall soon
 The German garrison, ringed oy American troops and arnor, was fighting desperately, and frag- mentary units were trying to filter through the U. s. lines and es- cape over the thinly guarded back roads to the east,
 Hodges artillery was shellacHing the German transports milling around the battle zone and general ly falling back to the Shelte. of the Siegfried deferses.
 Bitter Battle
 Troops Of the 30th Division were battling inside Thirlmont, four miles southeast of Malmedy where the bitteYest battle of the First army front had been going on for more than 24 hours. This battle vas holding up the push down into the northeastern shoulder of the Sal- tent by Hodges left wing. While the First Army columns were slugging down through Wll- brin and Dinez to the northern ape proaches Of Houflalize, desperate l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
243 German Planes Lost
BY LEO s. DISHER United Press War Correspondent


 London, Jan, l5 -- CUP) -- More than l,i0O RAF bombers took over tl.e offensive against Germanys shrinking oil supplies last night and early today, bombing a synthe- t.c oil plant, fuel depo and Bar- In in a sequel to yesterdays raids in which 343 enemy planes were de- stroyed.
 Soon after dawn, American heavy bombcrs with an escort of fighte& soared back over Germany fer neV round of attacks
 -Four eneincd Lancaster bombeR attacked the icupa Synthetic ~ Plant at MerSeburg, I" miles wcA Of Leipzig Returning crewmen res ported tremendous explosions Spue ttN night sky as their bombs found vital targets,
 Hundreds Of Iirect hits also were reported in the attack on Dulmen. whose fuel depot IT miles southwest ol Munster, was one Of those from which the German army crew Sup- rlcS ior the breakthrough in Ar dennes.
 Berlin was hit twice during the night. first at 8:30 D. m. and again about midnight. Other RAF night raiders attacked railways behind the western front.
 4 communique from supreme headquarters in Paris said Allied r,!apeg shot down 235 enemy planes
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
REDS SPLIT
 MAZ! UNITS
 IN POLAND
BY BRUCE w. MUNN

London, January 15. - (UP) - One of the greatest battles of the war ragged to- day along a virtually un- broken front from Lithuania to Yugoslavia, with possibly 3,250,000 Russians and Ger mans locked in at least nine closely synchronized strug- gles.
 "Bitter fighting has flared up on the entire front" the German high command re- ported.
 The Russians already were calling their great winter of- fensive the march to Berlin Nazi military spokesmen warned that the Red Army intends to end the war"
 So far Moscow had confirmed only Marshal Ivan s. onev's push across the frozen plains Of south central Poland, aimed squarely at the Grewt Nazi de fense Bastion Of Krakow and the Rich industries Of German Silesia
 But Berlin said the Red Army offensive had raced to both ends of the front, with sledge hammer blows so near each other that 1t was difficult to determine where one attack left off and another be- gan.
 Nazi propagandists said the so- viets had flung ll5 divisions, plus more than IS tank corps, into four fronts alone, while United Press dispatch from Moscow figured Ger man strength in Poland at 100 di- visions.
 Unable to Rally
 On the single new front reported by Moscow, Soviet dispatches said the Germans had been unable to rally, and the Russians were roll- ing westward at clip which threat ened to split the Nazi armies in Poland.
 The German nigh command said the main battle zones, from south to north, were Budapest, the Dan- ube valley northwest of the Hun garian capital, the Hungarian Slo- vakian border area, the Krakow,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
200 Carrier
 Planes Rake Formoso Isle
BY MAC R. JOHNSON

Pearl Harbor Jan. i5.--tUP)- Enemy broadcasts said POO Ameri- can carrier planes from Admiral William F. Halseys rampaging Third Fleetraked air. fields and communications on the Japanese island baSion of Formosa today.
 The broadcastS indicated that the Third fleet. under radio silence since 1t wrecked 38 enemy ships in attacks along a 250-mile stretch Of the French Indo-China coast last Fri day, had swung north from the South China Sea for it's third as- sault on FormoSa ill two weeks.
 A communique issued by Japan csc Army headquarters said the car rier planes bolnbed airfields and communication facilities and also strafed and blasted Taichu, ShoEa Takao and several other villages for four and half hours.
 The communique acknowledged some damage" to airfieldS and Sald small fires" were started at Ia kao, where 30 civilians were report ed to have been killed or wounded The raids lasted from 3'S0 a. m, to 1 D. m. Tohyo time), the com- muniQue said.
 Five of the raiders were shot down and one damaged, the com muniue said. It vas broadcast by the Domei Agency, transmitted by Tokyo radio and recorded by FCC monitoirs.
 Carrier planes also attacked Formosa Jan. and again last Tuesday in an attempt to prevent the Japanese from moving air and troop endorsements into embattled Luzon in the Philippines.
 During the raid last Tuesday, 33 ships were sunk, including two destroyers or destroyer escorts, and l04 damaged, including a destroyer and five destroyer escorts,
 B-20 super -Fortresses from China kept up the rain of bombs on Formosa yesterday, while Liberators from Gen. Douglas MacArhtur $ Philippines bases hit the island stronghold Thursday night.
 The China based super-FortreSseS estimated by Tokyo to total 50' scored good results" in their lat est attack on military installations
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
Work Or Fight Rule Almost As Ehectiue As Draft LauU

area. Applicants last Monday and Tuesday at St. Paul increased 400 per cent over the previous week, while in Minneapolis. the increase for the first two weeks of this month topped similar period in December 5y l25 per cent,
 Boston reported 40 per cent in. crease and in Pennsylvania appli- cations jumped more than 20 per cent.
 Many WING offices also reported that requests for statements of avail ability required for job transfers had dropped to c new low.
 At the same time. Chicago report ed the first crac1dcwn on workers who quite their jobs 4 Chicago draft board disclosed it had induct- ed four men for quitting their war jobs and an army spokesman re- ported that . Chicago board had ordered all regiStrants classified 4.P to report this week at local USES offices for questioning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
Landowners Oppose .U s. Time Expansion
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Opposition by Private property owners has said to have delayed plans by the U. s. Time Corpora tion to expand It's Middlebury plant by the addition of a second-ctory enlargement of 42,700 feet for use by some 225 members of the plants office staff. research department and labor relations group.
 It was disclosed to The Democrat today thta private owners of land located near the present site of the the modern one-story plant are strenuously opposing the proposed expansion although the majority" of the townspeople are sal dto favor the move.
 A request for permit to begin the construction was rejected by the town Zoning Board although the move was said merely to be tech nicality designed to permit the is- sue to go to the Zoning Board of Appeals and a public hearing. At the time of the rejection, board members stressed that It was not an arbitrary move.
 Although the company was eX- pected to apply to the board of ap- peals no move has been made by the latter officials to date which has had town officials puzzled as to final plans.
 Spokesmen today declared to The Democrat that the majority of the people were favorable toward the expansion" and that all opposition stemmed from private property owners near and around that area of Straits Turnpike where the fac- lContinued on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
Italy Press
 Restrictions Lifted Today

Rome, Jan. l5-(UP) The United Press began service to five of Rome's 10 newspapers today when Allied re- strictions on the Italian press were lifted.
 Until today news was furnished to the Italian papers by the PSy- chological Warfare board excluS- lively.
 The five newspapers which now have world news by United Press are Voce Repubblicana (aftenoon) and Il Tempo, Italian Nuova, Italia I.ibera, and Risorgimiento Liberale (morning).
 A cooperative Italian news agency called Associazone Nazio male Stampa Associata National Associ- ation of Associated PresS) has an- nounced that 1t will distribute for eIgn news of the Associated Press, International News Service and Reuters. It was understood that those agencies would receive 1tal- ian news from AnSa under an e%- change and payment agreement,
 Established UP practice In for elBD HTcHS lS VI oelNV blNA'fNN"' newspapers directly where possible, and to gather news at the source with its own staff. Prior to the war United Press was the only for eIgn service directly serving Italian newspapers. Others distributed their services through the official Stefanl agency
 Some small newspaper groups and agencies in Italy have opposed Ansa claiming that 1t endangered free- dom of the press by attempting tc monopolize Italian news. Luigi Bar Nni, head of a small Italian Domes- tic news agency, led the protesting group, claiming that ANSA Is built along lines similar to those Of Ste fam. The PWB, however, has stated that any Italian newspaper organl- zation is entirely free to work out side the framework of ANSA.
 The PWB today ceased publica' ton of Corriere Di Roma and Basic News" The former had circula- ton of some 100000 copies daily The latter was a tabloid sized, l2-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
(By United PreSs)

State veterans aid programs Still are in the blue print stage with little or no action taken by legisla- lures to help the returning soldier, a United Press Survey revealed to- day.
 Many legislatures did, however, have veterans aid bills before them and some action was anticipated this year.
 The New Jersey legislature was an exception. It passed a bill last year granting servicemen loans up to $3,- 900 to establish themselves in buSi" ness. The state guarantees 90 per cent of the loan to the lending bank
 Proposed veterans legislation ranges from free tuition at the state University to bonuses and huge public works programs.
 The Ohio legislature has before It @ 926 900, GOO appropriation bill to give veterans bonus Of 9l2.bO Tor each month of service overseas and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
BY UNITED PRESS

The threat of work or fight legis- lation has had almost as much ef- feet as q draft iI getting men to transfer to war industries and thoG- sands of workers have Jammed U. s, mployment Offices throughout the country to sign Up for war work. a survey revealed today
 Many major war production cen- terS reported the heaviest increases in war job seekers since D-Day.
 In Wisconsin alone. more than Il GOO applicants damned USES of- fices, with the greatest increase re- ported in war-busy Milwaukee.
 The War Manpower Commission at Detroit reported that 5000 of the applicants proceSsed last week were highly capable and qualified 4-F'S from service lndustries--Just the kind we're after"
 One of the largest increases was reported in the Minneapolis-St. Paul
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
1945 Alcohol Supply Good

Boston, Jan. 15-(UP)-Civillan shortages will be intensified soon by increased military demands for essential chemical products, the United Business Service predicted today.
 The service said that recent cuts in lead chemical use to 60 per cent of l944 rates pose serious problems for the paint industry. Rosin and turpentine supplies also have de- clined.
 The tightest situation, the service said, probably will be in nitrogen products where the enlarged need for explosives is reducing supplies. Military demand will mean less fer tilizer, petroleum, soap and rayon, the service predicted.
 Alcohol should be more plentiful this year, the service said, adding that 40,000.000 gallons of alcohol probably will be diverted to whiskey distillers during January. Accord ing to the service, glycerine and po- tash supplies ought to be ample.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
Jap Pemier May Resign
(By United Press ]

The Japanese radio hinted today that the successful American cafn- paign in the Philippines may force the resignation of Premier Genera! Kuniaki Koiso,
 Tokyo broadcastS referring to the Koiso regime were taking the tone of those which preceded the deposal of his predecessor, Premier General Hideki Tojo, last summer following the American conquest of the Mar lanaS.
 A Japanese Domei dispatch re- corded by the FCC said "factions' Ill the nations ruling circles were clamoring for a bold and un-prece- dented political renovation and a second political reformation"
 Continuing political conferences and scheduled meeting Of the Koiso cabinet today suggested that the crisis might come to q head De- fore the Imperial Diet (parliamenD reconVeneS next Sunday
 A Nazi DNB broadcast said koiSo presided over full cabinet session after reporting "on the situation to Emperor Hirohito at an audience in the Imperial Palace.
 Domei said the demand for poll tical reformation" and q 'reyolu- tionary trend" in government cir cles and among carefully-supervlsed youth organizations were "becom- ing the greatest matters of concern to the people. equal in importance to their concern over the war Situa- ton on Luzon."
 Saburo Kurusu, Japan'S special envoy to the United States at the time of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, underlined the gravity of JapanS war position in a speech broadcast by the Tokyo radio. He warned that the war had become c battle flor preservation of the Japanese nation"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
Allies Irked
 By Reds Move
By ROBERT MUSEL

Supreme Headquarters, AEsF. Paris, Jan. 15.-(UP)-Allied satisfaction with the Russian winter offensive was tinged today with regret that present European strategy obvious iy lacked the coordination aimed at crushing Germany by simultaneous blows from the east and west
 While the Red army offensive was welcomed unanimously as virtually precluding any major German push on the western front, 1t was becom- ing increasingly apparent that Ger many had not yet been made to fight a real two-front war, and is in fact fighting one war at time,
 That Is not bleeding the Nazis enough to produce any hope Of vic- tory before warm weather, at least.
 Why Anglo American strategy on the one hand and Russian on the other has not been integrated more tightly is undoubtedly a matter for the very highest levels, and prob- ably will form an important item on the agenda of the Roosevelt Churchill -Stalin meeting.
 The relief with which Stalin's or- der of the day announcing the of fensive was greeted at SHAEF gave observers the definite impression that there was no specific fore- knowledge of this event so impor- tant to the Allied fortunes, Sev- eral nigh officers admitted some days before the offensive that they had no idea when 1t was due, If at all.
 The comparative lull on the east ern front coincided with the period Of Germany's greatest damage on the western front. And now the Russians arc on the offensive when to all apparent purposes the vest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
 January 2Oth
By LYLE c. WILSON

United Press Stan COrreSpOnuentJ
 Washington, Jan. l5.-UP)-A delicate and urgently important six months period in the political rela- tionships of the major Allies begins this week with President Roosevelt's inauguration for a fourth term as President of the United States.
 The ceremony will take place on the south portico of the White House ut noon on Saturday, Jan 20 His prestige founded on that tangible evidence of support at home, MT. Roosevelt will leave soon after ward for a secret conference with Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Marshal Josef V. Stalin.
 The President probably will be back home by mid-March. Soon thereafter 1t is expected that the United States will issue invitations for a full dress conference of the United Nations. That conference will undertake to draft peace- guarantee treaty which-if the schedule can be maintained-will be submitted to the senate before June for ratification. Such a treaty would formally commit ratifying powers to the collective agreement reached here last autumn in con- ferences between representative of tn Sovit Union, Grat Britain and the United States.
 This is a hurry-up program for international agreement and action upon postwar peace machinery, It Is designed to avoid the political disagreements which turned former military friends and Allies into diplomatic foes after World War I. This time 1t is hoped az: cement on basic issues will be obtained be- fore the end of hostilities and while the bonds of military inter-depend- ency remain secure
 Some of MT. Roosevelt's campaign supporters last autumn urged as top reason for his reelection his ,olid personal relationships with Churchill and Stalin which they
 aid would prove of enduring value
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
New Yorker To Succeed Edith Lodd

Miss Margaret Orr Benade of New York was this morning named executive secretary of the Water- bury Chapter of the Red Cross to fill the vacancy created by the res- ignation and retirement of Mrs. Edith E. Ladd who has served in the executive capacity here the past 26 years.
 Miss Benade was appointed at this mornings meeting of the board of directors, presided over by chair man Judge Patrick Healey, and fol- lowing the recommendation of the appointment made by committee headed by William Gilman.
 The resignation of Mrs. Ladd was accepted with sincere regrets by the board who praised in high terms the many years of progressive exc cutive administration of the resign ing official. The resignation be- comes effective March 1 although Miss Benade is expected to arrive here in February
 Also announced at this mornings meeting was the resignation of Mrs. Harry Pearce, nurse director Of the local chapter, whose resignation likewise was accepted with Senti- ments of sincere regret. The com mittee originally formed to vote on Mrs. Pearce's original appointment was reformed for purposes of choos- ing and recommending a successor to the position of nurse director
 Mrs. Herman Rooster member Of the board announced that the local quota of the Red Gross War F'uno has been set at $2l5,00O instead oi
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
Truce Ends Greek Wor

Athens, Jan. i5-(UP)-A truce ended the shooting in the GreeE civil War today,
 Some ELIAS units were unaerstooa 10 have failed to receive notification Of the signing Of the truce, which became effective at i2:0i a. m,
 The ELIAS forces, poVeocy gave every indication ol observing the terms Of the truce. They had been pulling cut of the banned areas aS fast as their superior officers spread the word Of the agreement,
 Crowds gathered in the streets for orderly demonstrations of their gratitude. A communique said oper' ations c. c.ea; north ana northwest Athens Of arms and ammunition progressed satisfactorily" and else- where m Greece the situation was d,iiet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
48-HOUR WEEK PROPOSEDFOR
 WAR INDUSTRY
BY DEAN W. DITTMER United Press Staff Correspondent

(Unlte0 FreSS SCaII COTTeSpU"0V
 Washington, January 15. - (UP) - Warning against further delay in manpower legislation, Chairman An drew J. May, D., Ky, of the House Military Affairs Com mittee today urged prompt action on his work-or-fight bill with a new provision to put all essential war indus tries on a 48-hour work week.
 May, author of the pending bill to force all 18-45 year old men into essential jobs on threat of induc- ton into Army work units, said m an interview that he would offer the 4S-hour week proposal as an amendment to his bill as a means of making better use of available manpoWer.
 May revealed his plan as the committee, moving to complete hearings on the bill this week. call- ed for testimony from Lewis G. Hines, representative of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor: Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of New York, who favors more sweeping National Service legislation; and a spokes- man for the Socialist party, which opposes any program based on com- pulMon.
 President Philip Murray of the Congress of Industrial organizations will testify tomorrow, with repre- sentative of the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers expected to pre3ent industry views the follow ing day. Organized labor and in- dustry generally favor voluntary, rather than compulsory, methods to solve the manpower crisis.
 May was Skeptical of proposals to delay enactment of compulsory controls pending further goverr- ment-industry-labor conferences to work out ways of tightening up the War npower Commissions present voluntary program.
 "The time has passed for more talk or conferences to solve this Were got to have legislation to meet the situation"
 Selective service and the War Department have reported that g 0OOO, GOO more men will be needed
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
Plank Road Boy Injured

Robert Milton, son of MT. and Mrs. Ivan Milton, Plank road, was slightly wounded in action in Ger many, December 26, according to a telegram received by the War Department by his wife, the former Bernice Chatheld of Ridgewood street today.
 The anti-tan corpsman with an amored division trained at Camp Blanding, Florida, previous to going overseas. He is the son of MT and Mrs. Ivan Milton, Plank road, and a former employe of the Waterbury Tool.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
Legion U niversity
 In Indiono Sought

Augusta, Me, Jan. IS. (UP)-- Lleweiiyn o. Fortier, 0 member of Inc American Legion National Ex- scutive Committee, will be mem- Der of a three-man subcommittee studying the possible establishment of a Legion University at Indiana polls, Ind. conpensation commission chairman and forer state department com mander of the Legion, said last niOht the university might be To,nded from 6 $l6,000,0O0 endow- meT,t fund recently Set up for post- var uaA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15
Canine Discovers
 Providence BIoze

East Providence, R. l., Jan. l6-- CUP)-A general alarm fire, discov- cred by a dog, destroyed the East Providence Roller Skating Rink early today with damage set at $20,000 to $25 900,
 About 2:30 q. m, John Costa's dog began barking and reused Costa, his wife and four children who live in cottage behind the rink. At the same time, passing milkman turned in an alarm. Bremen evac- uated Costas family as a precau- ton lest the fire spread In the con- gested area.
 The rink, which was in use last night, was wooden structure about 100 by l20 feet in size.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-15

Top salaries. BOOkkeepers, Stenogs raphers, typlsts. Day < night school Post Jr. College ee Commerce.
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