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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Big Bombers Hit Germany

London, Jan. 3-(UP)-American heavy bombers struck Germany again today, possibly including Berlin.
 Shortly after the Eighth Air force announced its bombers were att tacking the Reich, German broadcast recorded by the exchange Telegraph Agency said raiders were over the jittery German capital.
 The big Fortresses and Liberators passed over the English coast, out ward bound, in tWo-hour process sion shortly after dawn. Large fighter formations escored them.
 Berlin, already within earshot of Soviet guns, has been hit repeatedly in recent nights by British Mos quito bombers, but has not under gone heavy raid in several months.
 The RAF sent more than 1,200 heavy bombers last night against the Ruhr and Rhineland in support of ground armies on the western front.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Gronby War Workers Stranded By Drifts

Granby, Conn, Feb. -CUP)- Roads i'll Granby and Hartland were blocked with snow drifts to- day as high winds piled up drifts as quickly as road crews cleared them away. War workers, going to and from work, were reported stuck in drifts and many automobiles were abandoned on blocked roads until they could be rescued by snow blows.
 A physician was conveyed by snow blows on a sick call to the home of John O. Enders.
 Meanwhile, in Litchfield county, where roads had been blocked by snow for nearly week, high winds cut electric and telephone service to some house. and forced state highway crews to patrol highways constantly to keep main traffic lanes open.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Needy Areas
 Cut of From N. Y. Supplies
(NEA Telephoto)
By MAITLAND I. KING

Albany, N. Y, Feb. 3.-UP)-NeW York state today threw its civilian military and Enemy alien manpoWer into a mounting battle against win ter.
 High school boys, state guard and U. s. Army troops and German prisoners of war fought snow and ice on land while Coast Guard cut ters and Liberty ships ploughed ice damned water routes to keep coal, food and livestock feed moving to- ward needy areas.
 Dozens of remote towns and farms in rural areas were virtually cut off from supplies essential to health and comfort. State troopers scud- ded two and a half miles in tobog- gan over 10 to Is foot drifts to rescue a family of eight from their SnoWbound farm near Schenectady
 A "Smidgin" of flour, and can of kerosene were all the family had when troopers arrived and loaded the Harold Bradt family, his wife and six children ranging from six months to six years old, on their toboggan.
 Rural mail delivery men admitted defeat in some areas and letters piled up for delivery when roads are cleared.
 State emergency director Charles II. Sells said here the state wide situation is no better" He said winter had blocked 4,0OO miles of highways in central New York packed tight with snow and ice. State police said conditions were horrible"
 Charles Fendrych, Jr., New York Central railroad passenger agent, reported that store and of- flee employees, released from their jobs by the fuel shortage, were tanning trains bound for ski slopes. q don't want to say they're unpa- triotic," he said, but they should at least be a little more coopera- tive"
 Albany patrons of barber shops expected to shave and trim their own beginning Monday. Barbers agreed to close their shops until they can work in warmth, There was a scramble today for laSt-min- ute haircutS and slaves.
 The fourth brigade of the state guard-l,6 600 men-was ordered to
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Senate, House Bills
 On Manpower Differ

Washington, Feb. 3-CUP)-The Senate military affairs committed today put the finishing touches tc its version of the House approved manpower bill today in an effort tc get it on the flcor as soon as pos Sible.
 The bill provides for fines or jail sentences for men 15 to 45 who leave essential jobs without permission or refuse to take essential jobs.
 Defying labor and industry de mands for further hearings, the Senate committee worked behind closed doors revising some portions Of the bill in the light of reports from several government war agen- cieS.
 The Senate committee would place manpower mobilization under the direction of war mobilizer James F. Byrnes instead of splitting 1t be- tween his agency and selective serv- .ce as provided by tle House,
 The Senate cOmmititc "'st would give ByrreS authority to regulate appeals by persons who fail to con- ply with orders for legitimate req sons.
 When a similar amendment was offered in the House chairman An drew J. May, D., Ky, of the House Military Affairs Committee and author of the House measure charged that it was an attempt to introduce Kangaroo courts" into the bill.
 The Senate and House bills differ widely in administrative provisions. The House firmly opposed giving any statutory powers to the war manpower commission headed by Paul V. McNutt. The Senate bill leans in thc opposite direction.
 The House provided for ByrneS or any agency selected by him to de- care which industries are essential and list labor shortage areas, but would give local Glaft boarts aI- tt.ority to pick and assign men to jobs in the shortage areas.
 The Sepa'e bill would only permit local draft boards to list deferred men eligible to DC ordered into es- sential work giving Byrnes or all agency he selects the job of assign" ing them 10 jobs in industry.
 Sentiment among committee mem- bers was not unanimously in favor of work or else" legislation. Sen Harley M. Kilgore, D., w. Va, com mittee member, said authority should only be provided for:
 l. Empowering the VIM to make mallpower surveys of both essential and non essential industries, and to fix employment ceilings,
 3. Providing travel and subsistence for workers transferred from one area to another.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
New Hoven Fire Damage $75,OOO

New Haven, Conn, Feb. 3-(UP) Damage of $75,O00 was caused by fire which swept through a five story frame building of the Sea board Coal Company fast night. it was estimated today. Fire Chief Paul P. Heinz reported that $50 tons of coal, stored in concrete bin in side the building, suffered only wa ter damage.
 The fire was said to have started in the boiler house of the building and, whipped by strong winds, en- gulfed the building lin a matter of minutes"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
64 Witnesses To Date
 In Cops Murder Trial
BY ANNE ZEMAITIS

Information supplied by Francis Zukauskas at various times after he made his original confession to the staying of Mrs. Stephanie Plungis is expected to be disclosed in superior court next Tuesday morning when the first degree murder trial of the former policeman will be resumed,
 The court took an early adjourn ment yesterday afternoon at 3:45 when States Attorney William B, Fitzgerald stated the counsel in the case wished to confer on procedure to be used next week when the case enters its final stages.
 Indications yesterday were the state, which already has questioned GA persons, will call only few more witnesses before it rests it's case. So far the trial has consumed seven court days.
 The exact nature of the procedural considerations was not revealed, but 1t is believed the state and defense wish to agree on particular methods to be used in presenting testimony and voicing objections. Agreement on shortcut methods of making ob- jections in the final phase of the states case may save a day of trial, it has been reported.
 Final witnesses of the state are expected to reveal further state ments made by the accused about the staying. The coroner yesterday completed reading of statements he secured, and 1t was indicated his tes- timony has been completed. The county detective and possibly other investigators are expected to be called as the state winds up it's case
 Robinson on Stand
 A bullet which entered the cheek of Mrs. Plungis was fired at dis tance of three to five inches from her, a ballistic expert testified at yesterday afternoons session.
 The witness, Merton Robinson, head of the ballistics engineering department of the Winchester Re- beating Arms Co.,, of New Haven, stated he examined the shooting victims wounds, while her body lay at the Mazaika Funeral Home.
 Robinson, who said he has been i'll ballistics work for 18, years, iden- tified four empty shells presented by the prosecutor. A bullet, which the state revealed was taken from the head of Mrs. Plungis, was de- scribed by the witness as having been fired through barrel with narrow band.
 Two of the bullets were fired by one .32 calibre gun, while the other two were fired from another gun of the same caliber, the witness testified.
 Before the shells were submitted to the ballistics engineer, he gave detailed testimony on the dist1n- gushing features of guns, and de- scribed the means used to determine from what type of gun a used bullet was fired.
 On cross s-examination by Defense Counsel Gager, the witness said the gun used to fire two of the bull
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Studios Picketed
 By Screen Extros

Hollywood, Feb. 3 = (U.PD Ma jor studios reported today that pro- duction remained steady despite labor dispute in which an estimated 250O to 5000 motion picture extras were ordered on strike in jurisd.c- tional quarrel between the Inde- pendent Screen Players Union and AFL Screen Actors Guild.
 Union pickets were on hand at all studios but they were bedraggled lot in a heavy rain that ruined pla- cards. Officials of the Screen Players Union said that approximately 200 pickets were on duty at each major studio.
 Of craftsmen involved only the painters, who met today to deter mine their course, were absent, the studios reported.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
RUSSIANS STORM KUSTR|N, FRANK 0RT
 Liberation Of Manila Appears Imminent
2YANKUN|TS
 RACE LAST 20
 MILES TO CITY
BY WILLIAM B. DICKINSON

BY WILLIAM B. DICKINSON
 General MacArthur's Head quarters, Luzon, February 3. = (UP) - Vanguards of two American divisions sped down parallel highways less than 20 miles north of Manila today. Liberation of the Philippines capital ap- peared imminent.
 Japan's three-year reign Of terror and starvation in Manila was entering it's last hours just 26 days after the landing of General Douglas MacArthur's liberating army on the shores of Lingayen Gulf, 11O miles to the north.
 (The advance on Manila shook the puppet Philippines government into a frantic appeal for more lanes, tanks and guns to bolster It. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita's forces on Luzon.
 GA Domei News Agency dispatch re- corded by EGG monitors in New York said Jose Vargas, president of the execptive commission in the puppet regime, otld mass meeting in Tokyo that JapanS own fate is at stake in the battle for LuZon
 CThe conhagration will be at your very doors. at the very front gates of the Empire of Japan" Vargas warned the Japanese That is why I say we must stand together now Or fall together.D
 Caught Of Balance
 Caught off balance by the multiple American attacks and with their main forces pinned down impotently in the northern hills around Baguio, the Japanese apparently had little or nothing to oppose the armored columns sweeping down on the capi- tai.
 Motorized outriders of the U. s. 37th Infantry and First Cavalry divisions were meeting only scat tered resistance in their arallel ad- vance through the northern ap- breaches to Manila, and there was every prospect that their battle flags would be rtaised over the city before the close of the weekend.
 Official headquarters reports, ad- tagging more than 36 hours behind the event, said the 37th had finally worked out of the swampy bottleneck at Calumpit and pushed on more than five miles down high way three to the Malolcs area, r 1-2 miles north of Manila, by Thursday | night.
 A few miles to the east. veteran |
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03

Boston, Feb. 3 (UP) - The Massachusetts supreme court has upheld a husbands right to disin- herit his wife in this state.
 The ruling came yesterday in the case of the late William J. KerWin, wealthy New Bedford textile execu- tive who died in 1941, leaving an ec- tate estimated at nearly $5O0,0OO.
 Upsetting a large part of a pre- vious decision by Bristol County Probate Judge Hayhew R. Hitch, the ruling means thta the widow, Mrs. Lillian A. Kerwin of Mansfield, wil lreceive only fifth share of stock and bonds under the will.
 Five years before his death, Ker- win had executed trust agreement whereby his daughter was to be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Terms
 Farley Topic Of Big Three
(NEA Telephoto)
By PHIL AULT

London, Feb. 3-CUP)-PreSident Roosevelt, Prime Minister Church | ill and Premier Stalin were believed studying armistice terms for Ger many today at their Big Three conference.
 There were a number of signs that the long-awaited meeting fi- nally had begun, with the approval of terms for a defeated Reich the most urgent item on the agenda.
 Though official secrecy cloaked the site of the meeting, unconfirmed reports placed it somewhere in southern Russia. A Tokyo broad cast, however, said the three Allied leaders were "reportedly" in session in Cairo.
 The Japanese controlled Singa. pore radio guessed the meeting was being held at & "Ronmanian Black seaport"
 The European advisory commis- sion was understood to have drafted armistice terms for Germany foI final approval of MT Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. Washington sources said the terms were put ir textual form and initialed by the commission some weeks ago.
 Nature of the terms was not known. AS in the case of Italy, they probably will not be published immediately, If at all.
 NULila there was no indication of impending German collapse, it was believed the Big Three wished to be prepared in the event that the Germans decide to capitulate when the Red Army reaches Berlin.
 The lightning g-like Soviet drive into eastern Germany gave the armistice question precedence over pressing political problems affecting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Mans Right To Disinher1t
 Wife Upheld By High Court

beneficiary of the stocks and bank accounts, but only after his death. He also executed will at that time dividing the remainder of his estate in equal shares among his widow, daughter and three sons.
 In rejecting Judge Hitch's ruling on the widows petition, the supreme court declared, in this state, hus- band has the absolute right to dis pose of any or all of his personal property in his lifetime even though his sole purpose is to disinherit his wife"
 The court upheld Judge Hitch In ordering the daughter, Mrs. Gladys M. Donaghy of Fairhaven, to turn back into the estate 437 shares of common stock which were not in- cluded in the trust agreement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Severe Fuel
 Restrictions Cause Crisis
By JOSEPH LATIN

Washington, Feb. 3.-(UP)-The vast Appalachian area-heart of American industry-today struggled to maintain war production under severe transportation and fuel re- strictions caused by the most pro- longed bad spell of winter weather since 1941.
 Snowbound railroads and over-use of natural and mixed gas to keep warm led to a crisis that forced the government to:
 l. Order another four-day en- bargo on non-essential freight shipment in the Appalachian area, effective at 10:01 a. m. today.
 2. Prohibit until D. m. Monday the use of natural and mixed gas by movies, theaters, night clubs, bowling alleys, bars and other amusement places in roughly the same region.
 3. Urge all local authorities in the same area to curtail use of nat ural and mixed gas in public insti- tutions, libraries, museums, and schools.
 4. Appeal to householders using gas heat to reduce their home heat ing to 65 degrees or less.
 5. Curtail consumption Of the two types of gas in 200 of the most critical war plants in the eastern central region, and shut off virtual ly all gas service in thousands of less essential facilities.
 Government officials said that the freight and fuel edicts may be ex- tended if the current cold wave con- tinues in the affected states.
 The two embargoes apply to the same general region. Both affect the District of Colubia and tho states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. The freight order also covers New Jersey and Delaware while the gas order extends to Ken lucky.
 Edward A. Falck, director of the War Production Boards Office of War Utilities, said that the appeal to householders was already show ing concrete results in gas savings, only a few hours after the emer- gency was declared.
 Movies and other amusement places which depend on gas for heating will probably have to close down over the wek-end as a result of the WIPES action, and Falck suggested that night clubs in the affected area pitch in and close down for the three-day emergency" 7"
 Night clubs in Ohio and the Dis- trict of Columbia will be unaf- fected by the stop order because they are classified locally as restau- rants, which are not covered by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Six Gouernors Ask Aid
 To Break Fuel Famine

allocation of fuel plan, similar to that now in operation in New York. the plan, which will go into effect Monday or Tuesday if the situation has not eased, will supersede the present 10-day allocation.
 At the governors meeting, it was determined that fuel oil users will get by without undue hardships, but solid fuel users will be in a precar- ious position until the manpower shortage is relieved.
 Attending the conference called by Governor Maurice J. Tobin were Governors Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut. J. Howard McGrath of Rhode Island, Mortimer R. Proctor of Vermont, Charles M. Dale of New Hampshire and Horace A. Hil- dreth of Maine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03

Boston, Feb. 3 - UPD - In an effort to break the regional fuel famine, the six New England gover- nors have appealed jointly for aid to War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt, Solid Fuels Ad- ministrator Harold L. IckeS and United Mine Workers President John l.. Lewis.
 After a day-long conference, the governors last night appealed to Mo- Mutt for manpower for discharging coal from vessels and barges in New England ports. Lewis was asked to maintain maximum production of coal" and Ickes for general CO., operation.
 Meanwhile, oil industry leaders agreed at a meeting on one-day
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Sinotro's Screen
 Test February 8

Jersey City, Feb. 3.-(UP)-Frank Sinatra has been ordered to appear at local draft board 19 (26 Journal Square) at g a. m, Feb 8, Ira w. Caldwell, draft board chairman an- nounced today.
 Caldwell said Sinatra will be sent directly to the Newark induction center for a induction physical. The singer is married, has two children, and was classified in Octo- Der, 1943 as 4-F because of a punc- tured ear drum.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
RHINE RAILWAY YARD BLASTED
 BY TANK UNITS
BY BOYD D. LEWIS

Paris, February 3. - (UP) American doughboys broke out of the Monschau forest within four miles of the German highway center of Schleiden today in a sudden burst of power that carried halfway through the Sieg- fried Line at it's strongest pclnt.
 The brunt of the attack apparently fell upon the Karlsruhe and Wiesbaden railway yards on the left bank of the Rhine, both choke points on the rail lines linking central Germany with the center and south ern wing of the eastern front.
 A third task force pounded a syn thetic oil plant in the Ruhr at Wan ne-Eickel, seven miles east of Es- sen.
 Bad weather limited the Allied offensive by daylight yesterday, but the RATS second tactical air force continued its campaign against the Nazi robot bomb installations ill Holland and the Ruhr.
 Meanwhile, an Allied air force re- view disclosed that American and British heavy bombers dropped an- otheY 82,014 tons of bombs on Ger man targets during January, des- pite consistently bad weather.
 The breakthrough on the northern wing of the American offensive front Sparked a general advance all along the U. s. First and Third Army lines into and over the fringes of Oermany's vaunted west wall.
 Far to the south, the French First Army all but eliminated the stub born German pocket west of the Rhine around Colnlar and won more than half of the city itself in bloody, close-in street fight.
 There was no immediate word on Allied aerial operations this morn ing, but reports still were coming in on the wholesale destruction heap ed on Germany's battered western railway system yesterday and last night.
 In 18 hours of blistering attack, American and British flyers destroy ed more than 1,600 Nazi railway cars ta least 26 locomotives and several hundred motor vehicles immediately behind the western front.
 Reconnaissance reports indicated that the German panzer divisions rushed out of the ArdenneS Bulge two weeks ago to help stem the Red Army drive on Berlin still were floundering about on the broken railway lines west of the capital, practically immobilized by the Anglo American bombing offensive.
 Infantrymen of the U. s. Second Division were out in front of the First Army assault on the Siegfried forts with a three-mile advance from Wahlerscheid to the eastern edge of the Monschau forest.
 Moving along the main highway from Monschau to Scheilden, Eus- kirchen and the Rhine, the Amer jeans late yesterday reached a point about four miles west of Schleiden where a secondary road forks up six miles northeastward to Gemund, Il /ltleS due east of Monschau. \ Q.yhe drive carried all the way through the first of two tiers of
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