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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
FDR Defends Food Set-Up

Washington, March 16.-CUP)- President Roosevelt today vigorously defended the administrators pol civ of having this country help to feed other less fortunate nations.
 He told a news conference he was aware of some opposition to reduc- ing American consumption of certain items so that people in other na- tions do not starve.
 But 1t is matter of national dency that this nation help to feed those who do not have enough to eat, he said. :.
 MT. Roosevelt said he coud not bring himself to think that this country had suffered greatly or was going to when the American stan- dard of living is compared with that of other countries.
 He added that he thought his feelings reflected not only the atti- tude of the administration but that of large majority of the Ameri- can population.
 The President got into a discus sion of this nations foreign export policy in referring to the recent creation of q government commit- tee which will examine and control the export of items other than &C., tual military and lend-lease ship ments.
 This, the President said, had led to criticism in some quarters and the assertion that this country would be starved to feed other nations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
Disabled Vet Kills Mother

St. Louis, March 16 - (UP) -- A mild hammered 49-year-old disabled veteran of World War I put his 75- year. old invalid mother to death to- day by smothering her with pillows, police said.
 When the ray nurse arrived at the home of Mrs. Frances Hammann, Clarence Hammann, the son who had been mental patient, met her at the door of the bedroom.
 Don't come in," police quoted him as saying. Gall the police, I killed mama. couldn't stand to see her suffer any more."
 The nurse, Mrs. Alberta Tansil, found Mrs. Hammann' body on the bed
 T knew mother did not have long to live" the veteran told police. And I know she was worrying about me, too. It seemed the only way out. She was awake when l went into the bedroom. She spoke to me. Then I put the pillows over her face
 May God forgive me-
 Mrs. Hammann, widow, was suf- fering from an incurable disease, &C., cordlng to her physician, Dr. E. Horace Johnson.
 Her son had an intense love for her" the doctor said, "and he had handed her as gently as baby dur ing her long illness"
 Hammann, a frail, quiet man with partly paralyzed leg, was held at the Deer street station for the cor- Onel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
Mural or Fat Females On Post Office Wall Must Go

Washington, March l6.-(UP)-It wasn't the ladies nudity that the gentlemen from Kennebunkport Me. objected to.
 It was the "bulges fore and aft
 And so the fat females on the walls of the Kennebnnkport post. office. who have lolled around since the days of the WPA. will have te go. That is, if the House oj Representatives and the President agree.
 Senate Republican leader Wallace II. White, Jr., of Maine. rose yes. tcrday to tell his colleagues how the people of Kcnnebunkport feel about the plump bathcrs.
 He said when e new pOstoiiict was built some WPA artists ol some other artists sent by the gov ernmcnt" painted mural which to speak frankly. depicts grouI of fat women, scantily clad. dis porting themselves on beach"
 "It has been an offense to th'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16

since 1t was placed in the post- citizens of kennebunkport ever office" White declared. Tn fact 1t has been so much of an offense that the community raised some thing in excess of 5000 to have painted n mural which depicts, his torically, the seafaring and ship building activities of the commun- ity."
 White was asked whether it was the nudity or the obesity Of thu bathers the people diSliked.
 "Oh. I don't think those gen. tlemcn in Kennebunkport have any objection to nudity" the gray haired senator demurred. Tt was the bulges, fore and aft, thta they object to-"
 So the Senate added an amend ment to n three billion dollar inde' pendent offices appropriation and If the House and the President giE their blessing. the fat ladies of Kennebunkport soon will be nc more,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
41st Seizes 16 Villages
By H. ID. QUIGG

Manila, March 10 -- (U.FI American troops firmly secured q 28-mile long beachhead around Zamboanga on the southwestern tip of Mindanao today and were pur- suing the Japanese more than nve miles inland.
 General Douglas MacArthur's communique also disclosed tnat other U. s. forces smashed . Jap anese attempt to land approximate ly 100 men on Luzon's Batangas Bay, while American bombers de- livered another heavy attack on Formosa.
 Sixteen more villages were seized by 41st Division as they famed out east, west, and north from zamboanga's administrative city. The drive pushed the beachhead IA miles westward to the San Ramon river and q similar distance east- ward to the Manicahan river, Op~ posite Sacol Island.
 The thrust into the hills north of Zamboanga, which swept through Pasananca five miles above the city, was meeting increasingly stiff resistance. Front reports said the Japanese in that area had bee gun using artillery, together with machine guns and mortars in an attempt to halt the American ads VanceS.
 Troops of the l58th Regiments working with the 11th aiborfls
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
Bing Crosby
 Given Oscar (ByBobHope)
By VIRGINIA MacPHERsON

Hollywood, March 16 -- (U.P) -- Ingrid Bergman, all choked up, Btng Crosby, all grins, and the picture Going My Way" walked off early today with almost every ma jor award at the Movie Makers 17th annual presentation.
 Going My Way" Paramount's picture about two Catholic priests, dragged down seven awards in- cluding four of the six top honors. wilson" 20th Century Fox studios story of the World War 1 president followed with Six-all technical cit- ations.
 Crosby won his oscar for his role in Going My Way" and Miss Berg man for her part in "Gaslight."
 Two thousand of HollyWood's top names damned Grauman's Chinese theater to sec the presentations. A portion of the ceremony. after the technical awards had been made, was broadcast nationwide.
 Leo McCarey, who produced, di- rccted, and wrote, "Going My Way" was high point man for the even- HE, lWlCe lc udSIlcu uOWIl UIic hloiC to grab one of the plastic (gold sprayeD statues-one for the best direction and another for the best original story.
 Barry Fitzgerald, be-spectaclcd priest of Going My Way" picked up his oscar" for the best suport- ing role. Ethel Barrymore, First Lady of the American stage, topped tch list as the best supporting act- ress. She wasn't there, so Charles Koerner. RKO chief accepted the award for her.
 Bob Hope kept the presentations hopping along at merry clip and even got an award for himself-a life membership on the board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
 Every year they slip me con- solation prize," he said. T won-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
Sly Use of Sex
 In Ads Criticized

Boston, March 16 - (UP) --The Pilot, official organ of the Boston Catholic Archdiocese, today editor ially attacked the "sly use of six" in advertising to promote sales.
 Tt has come to this" said the Pilot, that we witness the deliber- ate use of obscenity as sauce to flavor the advertising of such un- romantic products as corn plaster and beer"
 The newspaper adde d that if chastity is to be preserved, one must practice Q careful custody of the eyes and ears. The publication said that confluence is difficult for some persons because they deliberately leave themselves wide open to the suggestion Haunted from stage, radio, and screen; from newspapers and billboards; from almost every where"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
BY RUTH GMEINER

Washington, March 16-(UP)- Government food officials were red-faced today over prospects of a nationwide egg shortage.
 For months, housewives have been urged to substitute eggs for meat on the family menu because of the governments fear Of an egg surplus equal to the one last year
 As recently as month ago, the War Food Administration, custodi- an of tho nations food supply, promised that while egg produc- ton may decrease eight to 10 per cent, civilian supplies will still be plentiful"
 But the WFA, 1t appears, waA too optimistic. This weeks gov- crnment survey of l3 Metropolitan markets showed that egg supplies were not sufficient to meet de- iIiands. And the scarcity pushed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
Connolly To Make Survey
(NEA Telephoto)

William r Connolly, Bridgeport assessor, has been hired by the firm of George B. Horan & O., to un- dertake the evaluation of all indus trial properties in Waterbury, 1t was learned today.
 MT. Connolly is well known in Waterbury having undertaken 8 similar survey here in 1880, n report never utilized. He likewise was one of the bidders for the contract to undertake the entire valuation of Waterbury property, which subse- quently was given to MT. Horan's firm at on estimated cost approx mating $68,000. It is not known what fee will be paid MT Connolly.
 Revaluation of city property is the forerunner of new system pro posed for installation in the local assessors office to be provided by legislation now ready for public hearing before the Legislative com mittee in Hartford next Tuesday. Under the proposed bill the offices of tax commissioners, comprised of five, will be eliminated and replaced by one chief assessor at salary of $7,50O annually and by two assist ants. salary yet undisclosed. The chief assessor, who must have mu- nicipal experience, will be appoint- ed by the finance board.
 The current survey of all city property is said to be proceeding Ion schedule" with prospects that it will be completed in time for an- nouncement Of the 1945 Grand List which must be filed by December 3, this year so taxpayers may be granted sufficient time to file ap- peals, where necessary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
Allies Ready For Assaults
 On 2 Fronts
By CHARLES ARNOT

London, March 16-(UP) Mill tary observers said today that the blasting of German supreme com mand headquarters by TOO American bombers yesterday may have been designed to pave the way for big victory offensives on the eastern and western fronts.
 The Flying Fortresses and Libera- tors deluged headquarters building at Zossen, 20 miles south Of Berlin, with l,75O tons of explosives 900 demolition bombs and 325 ,00 inccn- diaries. Crewmen said huge fires sprang up, sending smoke 12,0O0 feet in the air.
 ZoSsen not only was the nerve center of the hard pressed German army, but also may have been headquarters of Adolf Hitler him. self. AS recently as Monday, neu- tral reports said Hitler was living at his headquarters "in the Der lin neighborhoodI" He at least frequently visited the army head quarters.
 The daylight raid came as Allied armies in the west were preparing to storm across the Rhine in force and the Red army in the east was massing for drive across the Oder toward Berlin.
 Military observers recalled that similar, though smaller scale. raids preceded the Allied invasions of France. Italy and Sicily. Tn each case, German headquarters for the individual area was wrecked by bombers.
 Never before, however, have AL lied bombers struck at Zossen. head quarters for the whole German army and the spot where army dts-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
Jops Resist FonoticoIIv
By FRANK TREMAINE

Guam, March 16-(UP).-Marines of the Fifth division squeezed the last fanatically-resisting Japanese on Two into q pocket less than a quarter mile square on the north coast today.
 Only q handful of the enemy remained, but they were well or- ganized and were fighting to the death with mor'tars and small arms from q maze of heavy defenses. Their backs were against 6 precipi- tous cliff and the sea.
 Japanese fire still was taking a toll of Marines, but front dispatches indicated that American dead in the campaign would total fewer than 4,000 against more than 2O,- GOO enemy troops killed.
 "A Japanese broadcast communi- que, recorded by the FCC, claimed that Marine casualties on Two to- taled 25,00O.
 It. Gen. Holland M. Smith, com mander of fleet Marine forces, told United Press War Correspondent Iisle Shoemaker abroad the invas- ion flagship of Two that the Mar inc motto of semper fidelis --- always faithful-nevcr before had been challenged or tried as 1t was in the attack on that island.
 we knew from the start of the operation that here was only one way to attack --- fontal assault" smith said. "The Marines knew the Japs had had years to perfect dcfensfs and in doing so could reg istc. every available weapon on the only beaches possible for q landing.
 "Th cost of winning was no doubt weighed carefully against the im- pOFtance of having this island aA an
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
Nation1vide Egg Shortage
 Stares Uncle Sam In Face

prices to ceiling levels everywhere.
 Civilian consumption of eggs, ac- eclerated by growing shortages of meats and other foods, has zoom- cd to new heights. Last year, the average American ate $50 eggs--50 more than fin peace time. During January and February, however. consumption was at the rate of 400 eggs year, according to WFA.
 Food officials said these factors were responsible for the abrupt change in the egg situation:
 l. Large military and foreign demands for dried egg poWder--at least as large aS last year.
 2. Large purchases by speculat- ors who are putting them in stor- age with the expectation of selling them at better prices later in the year.
 3. A sharp decrease in laying flocks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
Coal Royalty Idea Reflected

Washington, March l8 -- (UP) -- Soft coal mine operators formal ly rejected today the IS wage con- tract demands of the United Mine Workers. But they offered counter proposals on six of the demands which they said would add $l,60 q week to miners basic earnings.
 The operators presented their answer to the union demands at a morning session of the joint wage conference which is seeking to draft q new contract to replace the one which expires March 3l. The con- ference immediately adjourned un- til tomorrow. Both sides went into individual sessions to plan for con- tinued negotiations tomorrow.
 The operators fiatly rejected the unions demand for q 10-cents q ton royalty which would be used for an insurance and disqualification fund under the unions jurisdiction.
 The operators charged that this proposal presented an entirely new social theory and philosophy" which would affect every industry Tn America.
 "As such UD must be considered and acted upon as national prob- lem and not as one relating to the coal industry alone" the operators said. And in the Judgment of the committee, we repeat, it Is one to be considered by public legislative bodies"
 The counter-proposals offered by the operators were:
 1. To the unions demand that the new contract have no expira- ton date but be subject 10 cancella- ton on 20 days notice by either par ty-operators suggested two-year contract subject cancellation on 60
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16

German military spokesnnen said all five merican armies on the Western front were on the move in the opening phase of 8 general Berlin bound offensive. They aS- serted that the U. s. 18th Army was in action on the Rhine bridge head and that the Americans there were using major tank forces for the first time in determined ef- fort to break loose into the open country leading north to the Ruhr.
 But the most spectacular news came from the American Third and Seventh Armies to the south, where a great armored pincers was closing in on the last major Ger man fighting forces remaining west of the Rhine.
 Seventh Gains
 The Seventh Army, crowdinR into the southern edge of the Saar on front of more than 50 miles, piled up gains of as much as five miles last night and early thia morning, on top of the three-mile advance hammered out in the opening rush of the offensive yes- terday.
 Berlin said the drive already had carried into the main Siegfrfed defenses at some points and de- scribed the Seventh Army blow as the second phase" of the Allies general offensive in the west.
 It. Gen. George s. Patton's fa- nous rolling fourth" armored div- iSion burst suddenly across the Mo- selle River south of CoblenG end raced more than 12 miles SCwtla- eastward in a bold flanking sweep that threatened to turn the last 50-mile belt of the Nazi Siegfraed line in he Saar basin.
 Striking in concert with the United States Seventh ArmyS frontal assault on the Saar from the south, Patton apparently was wheeling the main weight of his Third Army across the Moselle to take the Germans in the rear Anc squeeze their remaining forces back behind the Rhine.
 Less than 50 miles of thnly~ held enemy territory separated the rampaging Fourth armored dtvi- sion from Seventh Army forces battering northward on S0-mile front between Saarbruecken and the Rhine. At the western end or Patton's assault line the gap was
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
9th Infantry General, E. D. Patrick, Dies
tNEA Telephoto)

Manila, March 16. -- (UP) -- Major General Edwin D. Patrick. 50-year-od commander of the U. 8. Sixth Infantry Division, died yes- terday of wounds received during an inspection of the front lines east of Manila, 1t was disclosed today. Patrick, a native of Tell City, Ind, was hit in the abdomen by enemy machine-gun fire when he visited the forward American posi- tions in the Wawa sector, IS miles northeast of Manila, Wednesday.
 A Japanese machine-gunner, who had remained in hiding behind the American lines, fired from a position only 75 yards from Patrick's fox hole. One bullet passed through the generals abdomen.
 He died at 5:45 D. In. yesterday. Funeral services were held this af- ternoon at the U. s. Army cemetery near the Bonofacio Monument in Manila.
 Patrick served In the VoSgeS, St. Mihiel and Mouse -Argonne cam- paigns in the First World War.
 From December, 1942, to June, 1943, he served with the war plans section of Admiral William F. Hal sey's South Pacific staff and later became chief of staff of the Sixth Army.
 He commanded the 158th Regi- mental combat team from May to August, 1914. and took command of the Sixth Division last September The sixth has been waging one of the heaviest fights of the Luzon campaign, battling against the strongly-defended Japanese line east of Manila.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
45O, 900 Joponese Killed in Pacific

Washington, March l6 -- (UP0 The conquest of Two Jima, U. &. fighting men have killed more than 450 1000 Japanese in the Pacific since the enemy tide was turned.
 Tn the fighting comeback which has carried them almost to Japan's doorstep, U. s. forces also have by- passed and marooned 240, ,000 enemy troops in the south and southwest Pacific, and 20000 more in the East Indies.
 With the destruction of more than 10000 Japanese on Two, Amer ican warriors have killed at least 467 800 Japanese in bitter island campaigns from 1042 to now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
THIRD OPENS ASSAULT ON C0BLENz
S|LES|A FRONT
 ATTACKOPENED BY RED ARMIES
BY ROBERT MUsEL

ASOASA<ASA NAOh0ANS
 London, March 16. - (UP) Nazi radios said today that Red armies had opened vio- lent new offensives on both wings of the Berlin front, in Silesia and before Stettin, to set the stage for the grand assault on the menaced capital.
 Berlin broadcasts reported that Marshal Ivan s. Konev'S First Ukrainian Army at- tackled on a broad arc south and southwest of Breslau and that Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's First White Rus sian Army stormed the Nazi bridgehead across the lower Oder from Stettin.
 The German high command said the heaviest fighting in Silesia was on either side of Grottkau, rail junc- ton, 3l miles south of Breslau. In front cf Stettin, 1t said. battle "flared up anew in full ferocity" and Russian breakthrough attempts scored early gains.
 Directly before Berlin, Soviet forces were reported pouring across the Oder into growing bridgehead some 30 miles east of the capital for final push forecast for some days by both Berlin and unofficial Mos- COW dispatches.
 Battle End Nears
 The battle of the Baltic coast was drawing to close, with Russian armies clamping new assault arc on the East Prussian capital Of Koeningsberg and storming the out posts of Danzig and Gdynia,
 All signs from Berlin and Mos COW indicated that Zhukov was about ready to light the fuse Of his prepared explosions against Berlin, which the Soviets have predicted confidently will end with the Red banner flying over the heart oi Nazidom.
 Ernst Won Hammer, Nazi com- mentator who reflects the word of the German high command. said Konev launched violent break through attempts in the Oder briigehead north of Ratibor and south of Breslau yesterday.
 At the same time, Won Hammer said, the roar of Soviet guns opened & new battle along the Glatzer Neisse River, which angles across southern Silesia some 40 miles south and southwest of Breslau.
 At least l25 Soviet tanks were thrown into the attack, the Ger mans said Their alarmed reports on the violence of the onslaught suggested that Konev was poundine the German positions in consider
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
Duke Resigns
 Bohomos Post
BY ROBERT DOWSON

London, March 16-- (UP) King Ge orge VT was reported today to be bordering a new post for his eldest brother and predecessor on the throne, the Duke of Windsor.
 Windsors resignation as governor and commander in chief of the Ba- hemas, effective April 30. was an- nounoed by the colonial office last night. William L. Murphy, colonie| secretary of BermudA was named tc succeed him. -.
 News of the Dukes resignation caused very little stir in London. It was taken as a matter of course that he quit as he neared the end of @ normal term.
 The Times printed the official an- nouncement, giving 1t about half tho space given to parliamentary discuss sions of the future of civil aviation. Most newspapers gave 1t front page space. But they kept to minimum the speculation abJr his future, and there were only passing references to the Duchess.
 The Duke and Duchess were ex. pected to take long vacation in the United States and may go to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
Thousands Burned To Death In Tokyo And Nagoya Raids
(By United Press)

Thousands of persons were burned to death in the destructive Ameri.' can B-20s raids on Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, the Japanese radio said today amid mounting clamor in the enemy capital for more adequate ail relief measures.
 The situation in Japan was reach- ing such serious proportions that the Japanese propaganda outlets openly admitted the extent of the damage caused by the increasing SuperfortreSs attacks.
 TokyoS newspaper caustically ate tackled the government relief pros gram ag inadequate" and warned that the Americans would increase not only the number ot raiding planes but the frequency of the raids.
 The gravity of the war situation in Japan was emphasized by the Domei Agency which said that un- der an extraordinary" arrange ment, Premier Gen. Kuniaki Koiso would become & member of the Jap anese Imperial headquarters.
 Tine dispatch, heard by U. s government monitors, said the un- precedented action, fully sanctioned by Emperor Hirohito, was taken so that Koiso could participate in the direction of military operations. He will have 8 status equal to the Army and Navy chiefs of staff.
 The serious predicament faced by the Japanese was indicated in a Tokyo broadcast telling of the large number of dead and injured in Nagoya, Osaka and the capitol Those cities, the three largest in Japan, were the targets of 300-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-16
B British Clearing MondoIoy Fost

Calcutta, March 16.-(UP)--Brit- ish patrols of the Second and 18th Divisions, rapidly clearing the Man. dalay area. neared a junction today that would cut off the city from the Japanese stronghold of Sagaing
 Forward clements of the Second Division, pushing from the bridge head on the south bank of the 1rra- waddy reached a point only few miles south Of Mandalay.
 At the same time, 18th Division forces cleared crossroads one mile south of Dufferin gate. virtually sealing of the fort where the Japa- nese were holding out in Mandalay'