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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
AMERICANS BREAK INTO SHURl
FbI ORDERS
 FRITZ KUHN
 BE DEPORTED

Washington, May IS. - (UP) Fritz Kuhn, former leader of the German-Amer- ican Bund, has been ordered deported to Germany as an undesirable alien, the Jus tice Department announced today.
 Time of Kuhn's departure will depend on arrangements with U. s. military authorities in Germany, it was said. He will be sent to the region under American occupation.
 The Justice Department said Kuhn probably will leave with a shipload of repatri- ates, including prisoners of war. U. s. Army authorities in Germany may take such action as they see fit when Kuhn arrives, the depart ment said.
 Immigration authorities based the order on Kuhn's conVlc- tion as an alien of crime involving moral terpitude within five years ot his entry into this country.
 Although Kuhn was naturallzed in 1884, the Justice Department holds that he took his oath of alegi- ance with mental reservations and therefore was never legally entitled to citizenship.
 In 1889 Kuhn went to Germany for a visit, returning here the fol- lowing year. This return consti- tuted an alien entry" the depart ment explained, since Kuhn was not legally a citizen.
 In 1889, Kuhn was convicted in a New York State court of grand larceny and forgery involving bund funds. This was within two years of his last entry, the Justice De- partment said. Kuhn originally was admitted to the United States for permanent residence in 1928.
 Kuhn served his sentence in the New York State penitentiary at Dannemora. He was de-naturallzed in 1942. Shortly after his release from prison he was interned on July 8, 1943, at the enemy alien
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
Formula
 Debate Begun
By R. H. SHACKFORD

San Francisco, May 18.-(UP)- Great Britain is holding out hope to little countries at the United Nations conference that the veto power of the big five may grad ually be abandoned as the world organization grows, it was learned today.
 Neither Britain nor any other bis five nation has any intention of yielding now to modification of the voting formula for the security council. It was adopted by the big three at Yalta and grants each of the big five nations a veto over virtually any decision by the secur- ity council.
 But the little nations have served notice that their acceptance of the voting formula-if necessary-will be only acquiescence.
 The long awaited debate on this controversial issue began in the con- ference committee on security coun- cl procedure late yesterday. New Zealand, Australia and the Nether- lands led the attack, and British permanent undersecretary of state for foreign affairs. Sir Alexander Cadogan, did the defending.
 His defense was based on the theme that the unanimity of the big five is needed at this time if the world organization is to sue ceed.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
Ley Prefers To Be Shot
By LACK FLEISCHER

Sixth U. s. Army Group Head quarters, Germany, May 18 - GU. P) - Dr. Robert Ley, former Ger man labor front leader, told his American captors today to shoot him because life has no more meaning for me- without Hitler.
 T knew that after Hitler there would be chaos,' said the one time leader of the strength through joy movement. Life has no more meaning for me. You can do away with me. Shoot me right now. I don't care"
 Quietly defiant. Ley said:
 T myself shall always remain loyal to Hitler and the Nazi party program"
 Ley once was pot-bellied, bull necked, hard-drinking, profane la bor boss. Today there were neither strength nor joy left in him as he languished in 18th Corps prisoner of war cage. He appeared to weigh no more than 150 pounds, and he was cold sober.
 However, he was Nazi to the last.
 You cannot kill of 80.000 000 Germans" he said. We Nazis will continue. You don't know who most of them are"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
CLAIMS
 FLEET HEADED
 FORHOMELAND
BY WILLIAM F. THREE

Guam, May 18. - (UP) - Tenth Army Forces on Okin- ava today slugged toward the heart of the capital city of Naha and-by enemy ac- count-broke into the inland citadel of Shuri.
 Radio Tokyo also said that a powerful American fleet had steamed out of the Mari- anas last Sunday or Monday, presumably for new forays against the Japanese empire.
 Although it is not defin- itely known whether it is directed toward the Okin- awas or not" the broadcast said, "Its activities require 8 rigid watch"
 Tanks Reinforced
 Additional small American 2uxil- iary carriers have arrived oil Oki- nawa, Tokyo said. At least II were said to have been spotted around the island yesterday. The number of American land-based aircraft on Okinawa also has been increased, Tokyo said
 An Article I the Japanese news~ paper Mainichi reiterated earlier Japanese warnings that the fate of Japan itself and the existence of the Japanese people hinge on the outcome of the battle for Okinawa.
 There may be those who will say that even if we lost Oki- nawa, it would mean nothing" the article said. 'This argument is mis- leading. Has not Germany's capit- ulation demonstrated this fact to us?"
 Tokyo said that American troops had driven into the immediate os1t- 1 skirts of Shuri, central anchor of the Japanese line on southern Oki- nawa, as well as into Naha and were attempting to infiltrate into our positions"
 Front reports said Marines of the Sixth Division were cracking fanatic Japanese resistance deep inside the rubble of Naha.
 Early conquest of Naha, once a thriving city of 65,0oo, was expected despite savage opposition. An ap- parent Japanese plan to turn the capital into a Japanese Casino (Continued on Page 4)
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TeIevision Station
 Planned in Boston

New York May 18-(UP)- The Raytheon Manufacturing Co. announced today it had opened negotiations with Wal than, Mass, park commission CTS for permission to erect a television and FM broadcasting station in Prospect Hill Park.
 The company said the station as planned would serve metro- politan Boston and surround ing territory, and would incor- porate television and FM transmitters, a power room, quarters for the engineering staff and a large public room where, through glass parti- ton, visitors could observe station operations.
 Gov. Maurice J. Tobin on May 3 authorized the leasing of certain portions of the park, the company said, following a statement by Mayor John F. Duvaiie of Waltham that sev- eral private firms were inter- ested in using the park. Du- vane, Raytheon said, suggested that Raytheon should be ac- corded first consideration be. cause of its projected postwar size
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
Attack On Eisenhower
 Neuer Actually Tried

Eisenhower never was actually at tempted.
 They disclosed that guards were posted all over Paris during the abortive German offensive in the Ardennes last December after a captured Nazi soldier declared that an elaborate scheme was afoot to kill Eisenhower.
 At that time a high Allied officer told the United Press that enemy agents were entering the Paris area In American, British and French uniforms in bands of three to 20 men, bent on staying Eisenhower and blowing up the city water works and transportation system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
City Starts On Postwar Project Plan
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The peak of wartime municipal financial cycle has been reached and the curve has started down. ward with the authorization yester- day by the city's finance board that $50, 900 be transferred from the spe- cial sewer fund to the capital and homecoming fund for sewer con- struction. The s30,0O0 will then be added to $77,000 within the capital fund to comprise the $107 ,0OO need ed to defray estimated costs for sanitary sewer and storm-water constructions in the Macarthur Drive section. These constructions will be gotten underway immediate ly thus constituting the first of the actual postwar constructions to be inaugurated by the city.
 As reported here in detail previ- ously the city plans an overall postwar project amounting to ap- proXimately $10 million dollars. The aforementioned constructions are included within the overall plan, and will now have to be ap- proved by the city plan commission.
 Yesterdays transaction whereby authorization to draw on the capi- tai and non-recurring fund was granted was one of bookkeeping technicalities. Insufficient funds remained in the city's special sewer funds to meet the estimated $107,- GOO costs with the result it was deemed necessary to draw from the capital fund. However it was ruled that $3O,O0O should be transferred from the special sewer fund to the capital fund to offset the total load. The city now has $703 900 in the capital and homecoming fund made up of $399,0OO in War Bonds and s3O4, ,OO0 in cash.
 Originally it was planned to de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
wLauds De Valera For
 Keeping Ireland Neutral

London, May 18.-(UP)-George Bernard Shaw, unpredictable Irish playwright, reversed himself again today with literary cheer for Ramon De Valera's success in keep ing Fire neutral throughout the European war.
 Shaw. who repeatedly has criti- cized the Irish Prime Ministers policies. said in letter to the Lon don Times that De Valera has emerged as "the champion of the Christian chivalry We are all pre- tending to admire
 He recalled that when the Allies in l943 called upon neutral states to deny asylum to Axis refugees practically every nation agreed to the request. with the exceptions of Fire and Portugal.
 De Valera, said the playwright, defended his country's right to give
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asylum when justice, charity or the honor or interest of Fire required it.
 "The voice of the Irish gentleman and Spanish grandee was welcome relief from the chorus of retaliatory rancor and self-righteousress then deafening us,' he wrote.
 Shaw also recalled that he had predicted an attempt by Great Brit ain to occupy Irish seaports after the outbreak of the war with Ger many.
 When this forecast came to the proof, the Taoisach (Premier) nailed his colors to the top gallant, declar- ing that his little army of 50,000 Irishmen would fight any and every invader. even if England, Germany and the United States attacked him simultaneously from all quarters, which then seemed a possible result of his attitude" he said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
By MALCOLM MUIR

Paris. May 18 - U.P0 - This French capital was turned into an armed camp for 10 tense days last December when scores of German secret agenst were reported prowl- ing through the city under orders to murder General Dwight D. EiSen- hover, Allied counter-intelligence headquarters revealed today.
 Breaking their months-long Si- lence on the reported assassination plot, which at one time was accept ed as true even by high-ranking Allied staff officers, counter-intelli- gence spokesmen said the attack on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
De VoIero Proposes Fire Help Europe

London. May 18.-(UP)-The Ex- change Telegraph Agency reported from Dublin today that Prime Min ister Ramon De Valera has pro- posed that Fire help relieve distress in Europe by shipments of food through the Red Cross at the cost of reducing Fires home rations. Reductions in Irish consumption of bacon, butter, milk and sugar would be necessary under the plan, De Valera was quoted as telling the Irish parliament.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
BAG OF AXIS CRIMINALS
 MOUNTING
BY W. R. BIGGINBOTHAM

London, May 18.-(UP)- The United Nations War Crimes Commission was re- vealed today to be consider ing the indictment of leading G e r m a n physicians and scientists for the deaths of thousands of persons in Nazi human guinea pig" experi- ments.
 Victims of ruthless human vivisection and experimental injections were slave workers and political prisoners seized in territories occupied by Germany, investigators for the commission said.
 Two groups of investigators, one Czechoslovak and one Polish, were slated to leave London for the con- tinent today at the invitation of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to in- vestigate charges against the medi- cal profession of Germany.
 The disclosure came as the bag of accused German war criminals and Nazi sympathizers grew stead fly. Latest to fall into the Allied net were said to be:
 It. Col. Otto Skorzeny-Master German spy, liberator of Benito Mussolini and wanted as war criminal for plotting the assaSsina- ton of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and other Allied leaders.
 llax Schmeling - Former world heavyweight champion. He said he had been dismissed from German parachute regiment after injuring his back in the invasion Of Crete in 1941.
 Leni Riefenstahl - German act reSs and onetime close friend Of Adolf Hitler.
 HimmIer at Large
 Heinrich Himmler, No. 1 Nazi war criminal, remained at large. A London News Chronicle dispatch from Luenberg said however, that British Second Army authorities knew where he was and "presum- ably could take him into custody at any time"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
Reformotory Changes Due In Cheshire

Hartford, Conn, May 13.-CUP)- Gov. Baldwin said today that di. 1ectors of the Cheshire reformatory had requested the services of Aus tin H. MacCormick, internationally known penologist, to make study of the institution with view to modernizing the system.
 The directors passed a resolution asking that MacCorm!ck be loaned by the Osborne Prison Association of New York ito make a study of the institution and program at Cheshire and to make such recom- believes necessary"
 MacCormick is a former director Of the association, consultant to the secretary of war on military justice, former commissioner of correction in New York city, and former assistant of the U. s. Bu- reau of Prisons.
 Sen. Patrick Wallace, of this city, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Cheshire Reformatory, has been authorized to formally request the services of MacCormick. Sen. Wallace was so authorized by the board at its special meeting yester- day where MT. MacCormick made an appearance.
 Administration of the reformatory has been under fire for sometime and plans call for numerous chang es in the general administrative structure. Sen. Wallace, promin- ent in youth rehabilitation affairs, has been a member of the board for the past four years and has been personally responsible in the changes already effected and expect ed to be effected.
 MT. MacCormick, it was said. will make his study of conditions at the institutions sometime in June or early July.
 Reports published elsewhere as tot he resignation from the board of directors of former Senator Jo- seph R. Neil, WatertoWn, have proven unfounded with the appear ance at yesterdays meeting of MT. Neil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
BY JOSEPH L. MYLER

Washington, May 18. (UP)-Big Ben has come back from the most terrible U. s. ship disaster in this war and will fight again-on bor- rowed time.
 Behind her in the bloody Pacific where for 15 hours she was a fam ing funeral pyre for heroes, she left more than 1000 casualties as the price of new survival. It was the heaviest price thus far paid by an American fighting ship in World War II. It was twice the cost of the entire battle of the Coral Sea.
 Big Ben is the USS Franklin, 27,0OO-t ton Essex class carrier. An hour after dawn on March 19, as she stood 60 miles off Japan, she was as proud and trim a warship as ever rode the waves. She was a carrier division flagship poised to strike with other units of Vice Ad- miral Marc Mitscher's task force 58 at remnants of the Japanese fleet in the inland sea.
 A few minutes later, because one Japanese dive bomber got through, she was a volcanic chaos of burst ing bombs, flaming gasoline, and exploding rockets and gun am munition.
 341 Dead
 By nightfall she counted her
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
Yanks Close To Valencia
By DON CASWELL

Manila, May IS - (U.P0-Amer- ican troops on Mindanao today closed in on Valencia and its i'm portant two-strip airfleld after surge of six miles along the Sayre highway.
 A communique which gave the 31st Divisions position as of We'd nesday put the leading elements in the outskirts of Valencia and only two miles from the airdrome. The 31st had slashed ahead six miles Wednesday and five miles the day before, and there were no indica- tions their advance had slowed.
 To the north, however, the 40th Division met stiff opposition from Japanese artillery and mortar posi- tions in the Mangina Canyon. The 40th was working it's way south through difficult, hilly country car- peted with 12-foot high grass.
 The two divisions were 31 airlines miles, or 45 miles aiea,E the winding Sayre highway from 8 junction which would split Mindanao length wise.
 The 31st already was being sup- piled by planes landing on the Mar amag airstrip, captured last week. The fall of Valencia would provide two more excellent airstrips for the ferrying of supplies and the flying of close support missions.
 On Luzon, seasonal rains con- tinued to hamper American ad- vances but the battle for Ipo Dam appeared nearing a close. The 43rd Division continued closing in on Japanese force trapped in the dam area, northeast of Manila, and only matter of hundreds of yards sep arated its north and south forces. (Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
Senate Okoys Downey Bill

Washington, May 18-(UP)-The Senate has passed unanimously and sent to the House the Downey bill to give all civil service employees at Is per cent rise in pay.
 Sen. Sheridan Downey, D., Calf, sponsored the pay rise bill which he told the Senate would cost S487 ,000, 900 year. Downey said the actual amount of the increase was 1858 per cent but that it was within the limits of the Little Steel Formula.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
1,O72 Casualties On Ship Hit By Jap Plane; Chaplain Hero
BULLETIN

Washington, May Is - U.PD - The USS Franklin suffered more than 1,072 casualties when two Japanese bombs set off its own cargo of gasoline and explosives off the coast of Japan on March 19.
 The total included 341 dead, 4al missing, and we'll over 300 wormd- ed.
 The entire battle of the Coral Sea, by comparison, cost the Navy 543 casualties.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-02
Board To Approve Quarter or Million M Transfers

night. The cost Is to be comprised of S89.000 for storm water sewers and s64.252 for sanitary sewers.
 Numerous requests are anticipated ct today's meeting from the Educa- ton Department for extensive re- pairs and new equipment in local schools. The department is expected to ask of the Board of sufficient funds are available for the follow. ing work already bid upon and awarded: Mary Abbott school, new flooring and incidental repairs awarded to James Carideo, eil.825 and furnishing new clreulatof, radi- ators. piping, etc. awarded to N. q. paly, Inc. ce.0ie: Crosby High school, heating units. awarded to M. !. paiy. Inc. eis.se7 and Wash- ington school, new bollen awarded Co the A. !. Dnly. Inc. efo.f35.
 Small lfnnsiolN are also ani|elz paied fEem khn Fire Department ord elnefs aI .11aH's azNsI|rI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-02
Army yToFree  Men ByJune

Washington, Aug. 2(UP)-The War Department, under fire by con- gressmen for allegedly hoarding manpower, disclosed today that it hopes to release 100000 soldiers by next June 1 under the point dis charge system.
 Secretary of War Henry L. Stim- son said at a news conference that 300, ,000 soldiers are now eligible for discharge under the critical point score of 85.
 At the same time, he disclosed that the long-promised new and lower point score would not be an- nour-- sd for some time. It will, how ever, be computed in time to re- lease an additional 100000 soldiers by June 1, 1946, Stimson said.
 Delay Looms
 Previously the army had expected to announce the new point score for discharge eligibility in July. It said earlier this week, however. that there would be a delay.
 Stimson said the new score would not be announced until new indi- vidual scores are computed which will include service performed after May 12. The present score of 85 is computed only on the basis of points earned up to May 12.
 Congressional criticism of the armys manpower policies erupted suddenly yesterday. Up to now, the army has rejected repeated pleas from other agencies that it release skilled men needed in coal mining, railreading and other. industries.
 Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson has said that such re- leases would jeopardize the point discharge system.
 StimSon disclosed that about 2S5,- 900 soldiers already have been dis charged under the point system. He said it would be some months before the new critical point and individual scores would be computed.
 He said the new point-Score con- putatlons would make many soldiers in the Pacific eligible for discharge who do not now have the requisite number of points.
 Stimson said in addition to 1,5OO,- 900 able-bodied soldiers discharged by next June under the point sys-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-02
Queen Mary Comes Back

New York, Aug. 2- (U.P.0 - The Queen Mary docked here early to- day after the 14.698 American troops and 1,732 sailors aboard her got a rousing pre-dawn welcome all the way up New York Harbor.
 The huge British liner, the first of 10 to arrive with 24,956 soldiers and sailors today, steamed into New York Harbor one hour ahead of schedule.
 An-WAC Band
 Two army boats, the Q-200 and the former Hudson Excursion boat, Sandy Hook, escorted her as she passed the Statue of Liberty. An all-WAC band aboard the Q-200 played America the Beautiful to the cheers of the returning troops.
 Despite the dimlight of dawn, the liners rails were damned with CTS and sailors anxious for the first glimpse of America in many months.
 Among today'S returnees on the 10 Ehips coming in today were units of he 20th Armored Division and the Bth and 9th Air Forces, including Klider plane crews who flew Amer lean troops to Normandy on D. Day.
 The two escort ships left the Queen Mary as its slipped into its
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-02
LalOlor Resigning City
 Post To Practice Latu

Atty. James R. Lawlor. assistant Purchasing Director for the city. is resigning soon to enter private law practice 1t was learned today. No successor to MT. Lawlor has yet been chosen, 1t was understood.
 Atty. Lawlor. who was admitted to the Connecticut Bar Association July 1924. is the son of the late Atty. James R. Lawlor, former city tax collector and for 4o-years Q prom inent practicing attorney of waterr bury.
 He is Q graduate of Crosby High School. Holy Gross College and the University of Boston Law School. He was appointed assistant Purchasing Director Jan. ii. iels.
 Atty. Lawlor. who will conduct his practice from on office in the Wa torbury National Ban Building. rec sides with hi wlie and child on onambsfa alfoek. Ie |t prominently knoWA in sinlel|o circles,