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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17

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 Persons living in woieott inter. esiAd in u.g fntysment and nol ysl approached by the committee gre invited to Tuesday evening" meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
John Linskey Liberated By
 U. 5. In Reich

Lieut.. John J. Linskey has tasted the fruits of freedom and they are sweet, indeed, according to a w. mail letter received last night by his sister, Miss Constance Linskey of 82 Faber avenue. The officer, a navigator on a Flying Fortress which was shot down over Italy last March, informed his sister of his liberation on April 29 from Sta las Luft. No. ' in Moosburg, Ger many. The letter, postmarked April 30. read in part:
 You have heard the word free many, many times, but you can't know how much it really means un- less you have been in a position similar to mine. It really is a wonderful word. I actually never thought the day would arrive and now that it's here, it's almost too hard to believe. Every now and then l go out and look at the American flag flying on the same flag staff that the vile-looking swastika was on for so long. It's q beautiful sight. Soon that will be the only flag I'll be able to see because I'm coming home"
 The lieutenant has never men, toned conditions at the prison camp ana avoided any reference to the onemys treatment of him during lnternment, according to Miss Lin- skey. In a letter dated last Janu- ary. he stated that he was in- termed at Fagen, Germany, witt, a group of Allied prisoners when captured and was marched to Moosburg in December l944, when the Allies began advance
 Lieut.. Lins8ey IS the son of MT. and Mrs Thomas F. Linskey, for merly of Naugatuck, now Of Mar shaltoYn, Iowa, and the husband Of the former Eileen Moran of Colum- bus Ohio, He attended Naugatuek grammar school and Cheshire aea- demy and was a sophomore at Northwestern University when he began training in October, l9a2, He Was commissioned July 24 l944 at Se.man Field, La, and Was assigned 10 North Africa last January, He vas transferred to Italy month later
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
State Police Make 20 Arrests Uncovering Extensive Black Market Beef Operations

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
Hitler May Try To Flee
 To Japan In German Sub
By COURTENAY MOORE

Washington, May l7-(UP)-Sur- render Of a German submarine heading for Japan with three Luft- waffle generals and two Japanese led to speculation today that Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler or other high Nazis might be trying to es- cape under the sea to Japan.
 Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, com mander in chief of the Atlantic fleet, revealed the surrender to newsmen yesterday at press con- ference l.. which he reviewed the entire course of the battle of the Atlantic,
 In addition to capture of the Ja- pan-bound U-boat Ingram revealed that.
 l. Three weeks before Germany surrendered, one Of the most pow eriul U, s. carrier and destroyer escort forces ever to operate in mid Atlantic broke up a formidable U- boat wolf pack, The U-boat force had orders to blanket the east coast from Maine 10 Florida
 9 In more than l6,000 conveys escorted by the Atlantic fleet q to- tal Of IS merchantmen were lost 10 enemy submarines,
 3, The U 8 Navy definitely ac- counted for l26 German u-boals during the battle Of the Atlantic out ol . total of about 500 sunk by the Allies
 ( Convoy operations VIII c0n- tlnue Tn the Atlantic until every hazl submarine Is accounted f0r h last desperate attack before GermaBy's exploitation five treighl- CTS were torpedoed of the uniied states east coast Al but tgo reacbeG port
 Tie two Japanese aboard lhe Jas pan 'boune submarine were not lefnE tiled They committed hara klrl v lhf JapaDese version 0f sll ide- before the vessel sgrrondered
 The ldenilty ei the thffe kagl ar generals Was not kn0Hn eliher The vessel ls neA on lis Yay % Portsmouth, h | where it ls ess necltd io alFlYe in lev Gays
 The JapapsbQund usb0ai Ras lpadtd Nllh air iOree ehAfls and equipment probably dfslined iog uaf by lhf Japanshe N thelr War
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
Catholic Mission Church M WoLcott Is Advocated

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 At \ preliminary meeting Of ln. tefesIed persons iL was reported that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
Petoin Shifts
 Blame To Loyal

Par.s, May IT, uP)-Marshal Henri Philippe Petaln, former chief oi state, sought 10 shlfl full responsibility for his governments collaboration with GeTmany 70 former Premier Pierre Laval at pre-. llnlDary questioning, | was dis. elaSed today.
 Asked why be had appoinlsd Laval H he dlSlikee hlD', peiaiI repllsei
 'I hoped he would improve
 The aged Marshal was questioned for two hours yesterday by the president Of tbe preliminary iE- YesilgailnR committee 70 the pres. enee 0f hls two attorneys ID about 70 Gays he VIII ba questioned by the entire commission whose auty will be 70 decide II there ls sufficient evidence for trying him before pls hlgh court
 PelalH appeared tired but ha re- lAlhfd iull command Oj bis iaeUs llfkl ifinsnlhflng fanlfk and dates without alfteullly and answering questions point bs point
 When asked about French relas ll0ns gilb spaln he sas reported t9 have made unisY0faDls cons menls about oenerallSslno Ffans cisco FraDee,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
Won Popen s Indictment Certainty
By EDWARD V. ROBERTS

London. May 7-CUP)-The United Nations war crimes com mission Is examining the records Of Baron Franz yon Papen, Ger many's ace diplomatic ,rouble- shooter in two wars. and his in- dietIuent AS war criminal was re- ported today 10 oe n virtual eer- ta.niy,
 Responsible sources said yon Papen had been charged before the commission with "oomplieity in sys- tomauc terrorism and other erlmes." |"
 Y0n Papen, the so-ealled Gray FoN' O! German diplomacy, was taken when the Allies eneircled the RUEr Hs stlll under close military arrest hls whereabouts q secret, supreme headquarters has refused Io disclose any details Of the charges against him
 Lt Col Joseph V HodgSon, Amer lean member o' the gag crimes cons m sSion, told the United Press that 'pars0naly ] regard yon Papen as part and parcel of the kaa terror rlng n Europe TEe o0mmls sl0n's policy ol secrecy forbade Hodgs0n rom dlyulglHR any details ol lhe investigation
 NQn Papens name was on . list 0f 800 Key kags now being ln- sestgated ln delau by commission RNpsrW Alter the first World War Eo escaped se0l ifee although Eis plalilHg Ras said to have lDCipded Inc dlfeollon 0f sabotage which cost many Amsuaan lives
 llke other hasis, y0n papen ,lf0Ye ta plani the impression after
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
DELAYSANN0Y
 DELEGATES TO
 COAST FARLEY
BY R. H. sHACKFORD

San Francisco, May IT. - (UP)-Unied Nations Con- ference action on two re- maining major issues-trus- teeships and regional ar- rangements-Was blocked to- day as the Soviet delegation waited for instructions from Moscow.
 Delegates were weary after more than three weeks of deliberations and many were openly annoyed at the new delays. Hopes of adjourning this conference by June l again were fading.
 The conference committee On trusteeships will proceed with dis cussions of working paper" which merges most of the United States and British ideas on the subject. But formal action will have to await word from Moscow on how the Soviet delegation should vote on several controversial issues.
 The conference committee on re- gional arrangements was completely logged down because of the in ability of the Soviet delegation to state its position. The committee hasn't even formally been presented t1F;f %n r n- posal which was announced Tues day night.
 The Big Four agreed to consult before submitting any major amend ments to the Dumbarton Oaks plan. Those consultations now are going on but in this case 1t means wait ing for reply from Moscow since all the other big powers are in agreement.
 Deadline Tonight Authoritative sources said the United States was prepared to give the Soviet Union until tonight If MoscoW's reply is not here then the United States will present the regional compromise formula as its own suggestion rather than as that Of the Big Four.
 Many chief delegates had feared that the early departure of Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotoy would lead to the current difficult ties. It has happened at other in ternational conferences, notably the Breton Woods monetary conference, where the end of the conference
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
Nogoyo Fire Visible 15O
 Miles Away
BY WILLIAM F. THREE

Guam, May l7,-(UP)-Sixtee more square miles of industrial Ma goya, Japan's third largest city, went up in flames visible 150 miles away today in the second 500-plane super fortress raid in three days.
 The huge American air armada, equaling and perhaps exceeding the record force which hit Nagoya Mon day, crashedl 5750 900 fire bombs weighing $500 tons into the south ern factory area in 90 minutes be- fore dawn.
 GA Japanese Domei dispatch re- corded by the EGG said 40 1wo- based Mustang fighters and two B-2e super-tortresse flew over the Tokyo area for half hour to- day and bombed and strafed the Fujisawa district. just outside the capitals metropolitan area)
 Fire was all over the place" said Sgt William Foran of Chicago, whose B-29 was over Nagoya at the halfway mark in the attack. Tt seemed one big mass of fire
 Death Blow?
 Other flyers suggested the as- sault may have been the death blow to Nagoya's sprawling war factories.
 The raid was the fourth large scale blow in campaign 10 wipe out Nagoya, the enemy's largest aircraft manufacturing center, of the map of Japan One half or more of Nagoya well may be in ruins now.
 In each of the last two raids the giant B-29s have dropped a greater weight of fire bombs or Nagoya than ever was unloaded or a German city in single Allied raid. Including demolition bombs however, the European bolnbload; occasionally were heavier.
 A nine-square-m area of Ma goya ignited nearly 72 hours earlier still was smoking when the first of the superfortresses swept over the city today at a. m., Japanese time
 For the next hour and a half, the big bombers unloaded their deadly cargoes at the rate of nearly 40 tons a minute on the largest target area yet chosen for an ob- Iteration attack.
 Up and down and across an area extending for more than four miles along the estuary from the Nagoya waterfront the supertortresses strewed death and destruction.
 The huge Mitsubishi aircraft plant, largest Of its kind in the world, and five other major Jap- anese war factories lay within the target area, along with less im- portant war works, transportation facilities, warehouses, storage areas and workers home industries
 The other principal plants marked for destruction were the Atsuta !ac- tory Of the Nagoya arsenal, one Of Japans most important producers of aircraft engine parts and artil-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
9th Army
 In Chino

chungklng May l7wtuP)-The Amsrlean-lrained and equipped new Sixth Army batlle- -hardened m Burma, Is nov ID China, t can be revealed today
 The crack Chinese troops will form the backbone ol new streams lined mllliary lones now being created ln Chna,
 The movement of the sixth Army by aiF Into Burma for the success ful liberation Of the northern part of that crown colony ana lls SuhT sequeni relurn, also by air, last Des eember when me Japanese were lhreatenlns kBeiyang constitutes one el the largest Woop movements d lhs klnd ever underlaken,
 preser1 Hhefeap0uls ol the army Sele nol disclosed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
HimmIer's
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ny W a. IIIn0lAbOIUAN

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
American Patrols In nYonabaru, Naha,
 Rev Island Towns
BY LLOYD TUPLING

Guam, May 17.-UP) - A m erican Marines and Doughboys on Okinawa sent patrols into the key towns of Naha and Yonabaru to- day in preparation for what may be the final offensive for control of the big island.
 Tanks pushed out 800 yards toward Yonabaru and 9th Marine Division patrols probed the bloody and debris strewn streets of the capital of Mana. At the same time, the 10th Army's 382nd Regi- ment frightened a pincers within 200 yards of the bit terly contested inland strong hold of Shrui, which ap- peared to be the chief ob- stacle to a swing down the island on both the eastern and western Hanks.
 Ahead of the Marines on the west side of the Inland Bay Mana airstrip, a mile southwest of the capital and biggest prize of the 4s- day campaign.
 Fierce Resistance
 The Japanese were resisting fiercely from well-established de- fense positions, and the tenacity of an estimated 30,000 or more fa- natical enemy troops-who were being killed at the rate of one a minute-prevented American forces from quick cleanup of the island.
 A recapitulation of Mondays Japanese counter-a attack against the | lst Marine Division north of Ta- kamotoji showed 585 enemy dead and an estimated 446 additional dead-a ratio of 20 to 1 to U. S. losses. One flamthrowing tank crew claimed 1t burned to death 75 enemy soldiers in less than minute.
 It. Col. Robert Post of Miami, Fla, estimated this tank crew al- ready has accounted for more than l. 900 Japanese, in addition to those they have flushed from hidden po- sitions.
 Marine Sgt. Harold Foreman | formerly of the United Press Bu- reau at Atlanta, Ga. reported that patrol which entered Naha stayed for almost five hours in daylight without seeing a living person until a Japanese soldier threw a hand grenade as they departed. (Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
WAR lOAs NEssAGt

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
SchmeIinq
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
Yonks Gain On Valencia
BY DON CASWELL

Manila, May i7-CUP)-Amer- iean troops have smashed forward another five miles to within eight miles Of Valencia, the enemy's last big air base on Mindanao. 1t was announced today.
 It was doubtful whether the Jap- anese still were using Valencia, but it's capture would give the Amer jeans additional facilities for bomb- Ing the remaining enemy strong points on the island, The field, built by the United States Army air force in the Far East in ie42, consists Of two all-weather grass strips, one 1000 feet long. the other 5000 feet.
 The 3ist Division, which was clos ing on Valencia, was less than 70 alFllnss miles from q junction with the 40ih Division aoyaneing South- safG. 4 meeting between the two would blSeeI MlndaBao iengthwise.
 No rev positions were reported for lhe 10th, last reported in the vicinity oi Del Monte, site Of ans other large air base. But . eonl- muDlque from Gen. Douglas c. MaeAfihnFs headquarters said the deslrpeuon oi the eDsmys Isolated positions on MlDdanao continued.
 In DsYao Gulf American naval paifolS sent shells screaming Into q blsdeB naval base 10 destroy six Japabsss torpeeo boats, The enc. my erail were al fnelec and loaded with torpsdoes for offensive aetion.
 on lsnd ln the Dayso sector, American iroops turned back stiff eouDieraiiaekk sunday night north- east Of the Taloma River II was ln that sector uhst the Americans and Japanese were locked in sofls of lhs ilsTeesi band.to.hand fight- lng Of the Pacific war,
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Jops Drive Chinese
 From Fooehow Port

tNuneklnR May I7wlUPl hfF lnioreed japanese troops have driven cblnese forces out Of the eaAl chBa port Qf Fo0eh9g after . tsorday battle but hard fighting ls eoHilnulRg outside the clly. | gas announced taday,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
SHIP Bpks ASaOpkD

b0fl0n May lI UP i'hs l0s bo0si9n Liberty ship tiram blfs gals lal aground 0n IiulDsfaek Beach early ppday and Coast ouafd ans Navy craft slad to lis aAslals alleE
 The ceast Guard kald ll had no fnflhff details 0n the assldsDt coasl Guard vessels dispatched Co the AosDe wsls the H0fbeam and the Cactus, 4 Navy tug also wac ofaasd e stand hy,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
More Smokes s For
 Civilians Aheod

hnW Yolkl MAy VI tUFl \ WaF les rjsagrls would he naeded lor mllliary dlslrlbnuon after June gas followed today by the announeemfnt 0l 2 % lfTeeni nifffase ol eipplles % flylllanA by ihp manulaelnlprs of one Of lhe leadlne brand eleprF Nts.
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The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-02
Legion Auxiliary
States Dinner For
Mrs. Esther CASTOR

Mrs. Esther CASTOR of Phoenix.
department president of the Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary of Arizona,
will pay her official visit to Cool
idge Legion Auxiliary Monday
evening when she will be guest of
honor at a dinner at the Officers
Club at Coolidge Army Air Base.
She will be accompanied by Mrs.
Kelley Vensel of Phoenix. past de-
partmeat president. who will also
be guest of honor.
Mrs. Ivy Vensel. president of
Coolidge Legion Auxiliary, has re-
quested that all dinner reserva-
tions be in by 10 o'clock Saturday
morning. Auxiliary. members at
tending the dinner will meet. at Mrs.
Vensel's home at $50 Monday
evening. There will be a short
business meeting before the dinner.
Members of Florence Unit, Legion
Auxiliary. will join Coolidge Unit
Monday evening. Mrs. Vensel Is
general chairman of arrangements
She is being assisted by Mrs. Lois
Cummings and Mrs. Edith Hamil.
ton, in charge of tables and deco.
rations. For reservations. call Mrs
Vensel, phone 292.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-02
ALA Awarded
Silver Beaver
For Scout Work

A high honor was conferred on
Martin Talla at the annual meeting
of the board of directors of Cata-
lima Council of Boy Scouts in Tue
son Wednesday night, when he was
presented with the Silver Beaver
in recognition of his Is years un-
firing work in the Boy Scout field.
The presentation, which came as a
complete surprise to Mr.. Talla, was
made by Regional Director Carlson
of Los Angeles. The Silver Beaver
is the second highest award is
America that can be conferred for
the furthering of scout activities.
Executives of Catalina Council,
of which Mr. Talla has been a
member for 10 years, and their
wives were present at the annual
dinner, after which an open meet
ing was held when reports on scout
work for the year were heard
Guest speaker for the evening was
Mr.. Carlson, who chose as his sub
ject Dividends" pointing out how
richly an investment made in our
boys and girls through scout work
will repay in future dividends.