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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
CATHERINE LANE. Secretary
HOUGH, CATHERINE B. On Sunday,

repruary %, I94o, CATHERINE b.
loved wife Of the late William /. Hough
and mother OF Mrs; Helen S. Barry. Ar
ou o. and apa sasei o o James aIs s Ma
Rogers of ALAMEDA, Calf: grandmother
may call at the Lee funeral home. 18th
ST.. and Mass. ave. ne, where services
will be held on Wednesday, February 80,
at fery : Pm lnterment Congressional Gene eT
JOHNSON, ETHEL LEE. On Sunday,
February %, 1945. at her residence. 1903
LEE JOHNSON, beloved wife Of Daniel T.
sisters, MRS. Martha Payne, Mrs: clelis
brother, Jim Lee. Remains resting at
| be held Thursday, March l. at / pm.
Interment Congressional Cemetery. IS
KENNER, MARY ELIZABETH. On Mon
Day Fss sfS y 2g s4S a her TssdenTe
KE0NER: wife Of the, late Hiram Ksnner'
Ws fans s. Jackson s Nf Rsph Tsts
Horace Ward: grandmother Of Brenda
and Horace Kenner She also leaves
Ernest Jarvis Co.
on Monday, February %, 1915, at her
RESIDENCE, 1882 GARFIELD ST.. NV, EMILY
MAY KLAUNBERG. beloved wife of DR.
Henry j. Klaunberg. Services at the 8
H. Hines Co. funeral home, 1901 14th st
NV, on Thursday, March /, at / pm In
terment Baltimore Cemetery, Baltimore
10y, CATHERINE r. On Sunday, Feb.
% Ma e. stf NJ B. home 10Y in .ssd &
years, widow, of the late Claude E. 10y
E; and Joseph S. 10y. Funeral services or
| Wednesday. February 20. at pm. Al
| her SOM home. Claude E. 10y. Barnesville
Md. 1ne@4Aent Beallsville Cemetery, Rev
w. D, Ey6s will ofhciate.
yUNKEN CHEvALIER J. on Saturday
February "a. 1915. at Mount Alto Hos.
pital. CHEVALIER ]. JUNKIN of 442l
Watkins ave, Bethesda, Md. beloved hus.
band of the late. Gertrude Junkin Flu.
neral services at the Bethesda Chevy Chass
funeral home Of VIM; Reuben Humphrey or
ment Arlington National Cemetery.
KNOX, ZENOvIA w. On Tuesday, Feb
ruary q, le45. at her residence, loot
wife of the late Archie o. Knox She il
survived by three sisters, Mrs. Mary W
Thornton and Mrs. Gertrude Smith;
brother, Mr.. Jacob p. Williams of Hamp
ton, Va, and other relatives and friends
Remains resting at the Allen & Morrow
Inc. funeral hSfae. 1926 ct. NV. No
! tice Of funeral fster.
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LAuDERDALE, JOHN KNOX: On Tues.
as sor yoHN khos s4I k69ai
sst np.n At not tSners
funeral later.
NAM NAY On MSndsg Sg.sss
Charles Mann and mother Of mrs.
nssr Remsins nestins aG At ths r Hines
Co. funeral home, 2901 14th st. NV. No
| tice OF funeral later.
METCALF. FRANK JOHNSON. On Sun.
DAY. February SS66 20; 1919: FRANK JOHNSON
loved husband Of virginia clsbaush Met
calf. father OF Mrs. Alice M, Gray: Mrs.
Church f 9Th 9Th and J JEFFERSON sts nv. on
Tuesday, hH,, FEBRUARY q at 3 Pm Friends IDS
neral home q 4sfa d e. ave nR until
l pm. Tuesday. February 81. Interment
Rock Creek Cemetery. 27
MICKENs, JOHN l.. Suddenly. on sun
EMS EMS father Of " Wsn &eksns
pies Mrs. Maria DpTst1 and
f FrshHa homer snas ass %a fa
NV. where funeral services will be held on
Tsmes oeans Il intermena Avon
Monday FebrusTy as e fs45 at tni her i res
dence: s27 N: Patrick St., Alexandra Va;
MAJ MARY 1q rME Ma hs be anS w nHthsr
Palmer She also is survived by four Sis
tiers, one brother. six grandchildren and
a host of other relatives and friends. Re-
mains resting at the John 7: Rhines q Co.
dria. va Notice OF funeral later.
RANDALL, PETER. DEPARTED this life
Sunday, February 90 i946; e. Subqs "a
DALI, loving husband Of Mrs. Matte Ran
Ethel Eth u Johnson. Mrs. Bertha McAdoy and
Miss Bessie Randall. Hs ALSO leaves two
sisters, Misses Anna and Rosa Randall; two
brothers. Alfonso and Thomas F. Randall;
dren and many other relatives and {Ilends.
g. Sons funeral home. 1925 Deane ave.
ne, after ~ noon Wednesday. February
%. High mass viii be celebrated at the
Church of Incarnation. Sheriff I'd. and
am: Relatives and friends invited In
REILLY. JOHN EDWARD: On SUNDAY,
.as Rail- Eth R.y ,ns , sS. q
Mary A. and John E. Reilly, .jr.. stan SER
gean. U. S. A. A. F.: son of the late James
and Katherine Reilly and brother OF 1t.
Comdr. J. Forrest Reilly. Services at the
S II. Hines Co. funeral home, 1901 14th
st. NV. on Thursday. March J.. at $50
9TH and SITS; NV. where mass will ,,,, be
Cemetery. 2S
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GREEN, 1T. COMDR. LUCIEN B.. u. S
N. (Retired). On Monday, February 20
! 1945. 1t. Comdr LUCIEN B. GREEN, U. S
n. (retired).. Remains resting at the s. H
Hines Co. funeral home, 1901 l4th st
NV. Funeral services at Fort Myer Chapel
Fort Myer, Va, on Wednesday, February
| 2S, at IL am. 1nterment Arlington Ma
| tional Cemetery.
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HILL, OPHELIA. Departed this life on
Friday, FEBRUARY %, 1945, at her resi-
dence, 1924 Riggs ST. NV, OPHELIA HILL.
Funeral Thursday, February IS, at l
st. between 18th and 18th SITS. NV. Of
icers and members of the Garrett I'M
mediate Aid Society are requested to at
tend the funeral.
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GILBERT. ISABELLA

February "a, 1915, at her residence, 1855
4th st. NV ISABELLA GILBERT, devoted
mother of William and Alonzo Gilbert,
Ethel Sumner and Ruby Upton; grand
mother of Florence Gilbert. She also is
grandchildren and host of other relatives
and friends; After pm. Tuesday. Feb
ruaIy p. friends may call at Frazier's
Funeral Wednesday, February %, at 2:S0
9 m. from the Galbraith A. M. E. Zion
Interment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
Nimitz Boss At Guam

Guam, Feb. IA. CUP)-Admiral Chester w. Nimitz disclosed today that his new advance headquarters for the Pacific fleet are at Guam, in the Southern Marianas only 1,500 miles south of Japan.
 The announcement lifted the secrecy which had screened location of the headquarters since Nimitz announced their establishment Jan. 20.
 American forces still are killing an average of Is Japanese day on Guam. The remaining enemy troops were holding out in caves without hope of escape.
 Guam, former American naval station, alreday has been converted into the biggest American base west of Pearl harbor. Also situated on the island are headquarters of the 2lSt (superfortreSs) bomber command.
 A Pacific fleet communique dis closed that Army Liberators joined B-29 Superfortresses in a raid Mon- day on the Japanese island air base of Two, 750 miles south of Tokyo. It was the 68th straight day that the Liberators had bombed Two.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
Fifth Takes Nozi Patrol

Rome, Feb. 14-(UP)-Allied pa- trols maintained contact with the enemy on both the Fifth and Eighth Army fronts, headquarters said today
 Patrols clashed with German units at several points in the west coastal sector, inflicting enemy casualties. German artillery heav- fly shelled forward positions.
 Brazilian troops in platoon strength, supported by artillery, raided hill feature near Gaggio west of the Pistoai-Bologna road and engaged defenders in Il minor skirmish.
 Farther west other units repulsed an enemy patrol which penetrated Fifth Army positions.
 A small German patrol was cap- tured near Frassinet in the sector south of Bologna.
 Patrols were active on the Eighth Army front south of Lake Comaa- chic and a heavy artillery exchange was reported to the southwest.
 Strong forces of escorted heavy bombers hit communication targets in Yugoslavia and Austria and har- bor installations in Northern Italy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
MorIene Pans
 Screen Stars
BY JAMES McGLINCY

With U. s. Ninth Army on Vest ern Front, Feb. l4.-(UP)-Screen actress Marlene Dietrich, who ad- mitted she was just recovering from case of the "GI's", today criti- cised Hollywood's stay who don't come over to entertain troops.
 I'm very annoyed with people in Hollywood who don't come over here to play for the boys" she said. And when they do come It's only for four weeks-just enough to wa ter the mouths of many troops who hear they're here but never see them"
 For the benefit of those at home, the CTS" are an army ailment common to generals and privates alike and now, 1t appears, to USO stars too. They come, among other things, from eating from greasy messkits-sometimes just from eating.
 Miss Dietrich was 8 dinner guest of Ninth Army war correspondents at the request of Maj. Barney Old- field, former Omaha movie critic.
 Miss Dietrich, as most anybody in this army can tell you, is a troopers trouper-a gal who docs two shows day, day in and day out, and spends what spare time she has left visiting hospitals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
French Assured Of Cooperation

Paris, Feb. -(UP)-Authorlta- tive French sources indicated today that France vii demand full rep reSentation at all future political and military councils of the lead ing Allied powers.
 Any definition of the postwar zones of occupation in Germany that is made by the Big Three without consulting the French gov ernment will be absolutely impos- sible and unacceptable" to France, these sources said.
 It was understood, however, that the American, British and Russian ambassadors in Paris already have taken steps to assure France that no important decisions will be talk en with regard to Germany. until the French have been consulted All three envoys called on pro- visional president, Gen. Charles De Qaulle Monday night to inform him of the results of the Big Three con- ference and to reassure him on the German occupation question.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
Minister On Jury Panel

Names of forty jurors who have been summoned to report for duty in superior court Feb. 20 were re- leased today by Superior Court Clerk James E. Mcknight. The veniremen will serve for the civil and criminal session of the court.
 The list follows: William F. Cos tello and Rev. Arthur Marshall, Jrr of Ansonia; John J. Smith and Mrs Theresa Quinn of Beacon Falls. Kenneth J. Hale and William E. Buckingham of Cheshire, Edward Wooding and Edward H. Hinman of Bethany; Agnes F. Raslavsky and Frederick R. Chegwidden of Derby; William D. Kittler and Daniel F. Coyle of East Haven;
 Olie A. Warner, Sr., and Amos I,attman of Hamden; William NH Oscar Goldner and Auguste P. Con- yard of Meriden; George c. Bassett and William P. Johnson of Middle bury; Flora K. O'Hara and Doris H. Pearson of Milford; Patrick Lannon and John M. OBrien of Naugatuck; James F. McMahon and Katherine P. Knight of Orange, Abel w. Lee and Rees E. Miles of Oxford;
 Lloyd E. Perry and Alfred G. Schoeck of Prospect; Susan V. 0. Rosha and Mrs. Bessie w. Seeley of seymour, William Lautenschlager and Marion A. Russell of Southbury; Augustus H. Wallace and Margaret B. Mahoney of West Haven; Mary H. Daniels and John F. Norton of Wolcott; Edward E. Allen, Elizabeth B. Sullivan and Joseph E. How'd Of New Haven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
Three Judges Return Here For Hearing

The three judges who presided at the Zukauskas murder trial will sit as the court again Friday at 3 o'clock when a special hearing will be conducted in superior court on 8 motion for payment of appeal ex- penSes in the case.
 Public Defender Edward T. Car mody yesterday filed the motion in behalf of Francis Zukauskas, who is condemned to die in the electric chair April 20 for the staying of Mrs. Stephanie Plungis.
 Presiding at the special hearing vii. be Judge Frank P. McEvoy of Waterbury. Judge John H. King of Willimantic, and Judge Howard w. Acorn of Suffield.
 The defense claims Zukauskas, who was sentenced to death last Thursday, is without sufficient funds to take his appeal to the State Su- preme Court of Errors. The motion asks the court to order the state to bear the expenses of the appeal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
Heavy Storm veers To Sea

Boston, Feb. 14.--(UP)-A heaVy snowstorm sidesWiped New England early today and veered out to sea after the weather bureau had fore cast the second major fall within five days.
 officials said that the storm was deflected out to sea 200 miles south of the point expected and that this mornings light fall represented the fringes of the storm. They said that about five inches of snow had fallen along the coast of Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts, The accumulation in northern New England was about two inches. The weather bureau had predicted fall of 4 to 10 inches.
 Meanwhile, city and state workers were held in readiness last night to begin attacking the snow as soon as it fell Hundreds of suburban resi- dents checked in at Boston hotels to beat the morning after trans portation problem that delayed thousands of workers last Friday after Thursdays blizzard.
 The weather bureau said the snow should stop about noon with clear ing and slightly colder weather throughout the area.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
Contractors Claim
 Called Ridiculous

City autho rites are generally op- posed to the claim of the l.. G. De- Felice Construction Company seek ing interest payments in amount of $98178, City Controller Neil F. Ma loney last night forwarded a com- munication to the board of works notifying the group of the claim and stating that nowhere in the contract Is there shown any ''pro- visions for such payments" The works board turned down the claim and forwarded its decision to the finance board for the latter's ap- proVal of the action.
 The DeFelice company built the city's Pitch reservoir at a cost of $1,890,1O6 the last payment having been made by the city last week in amount of $65,452.
 The claim came as surprise to city officials in view of the fact that the construction company failed to complete the reservoir, IS scheduled, and under contract terms was subject to penalties, for delay, of upward to $100 per day. The city waived these penalties on the basis that the delay ensued from war re- Strictive conditions.
 Final payment, made last week was withheld until that time in an ticipation of the final payment by the federal government of it's or iginal grant of $500,000. This latter payment, $50000, was forwarded from Washington just two weeks ago and the city then completed its commitments to the construction company.
 That the company should seek in terest claims in view of the city'S in waiving penalties came as a distinct shock and surprise, it was stated by officials today.
 Such a proposal seems ridicu- lous," MT. Maloney stated. louS k Il
 Street Supt. Herbert Scott-Smith last night requested an additional $5 ,00O from the works board to d e. fray further costs for snow removal and also requested $20,OOO for re- placement of equipment. The fi- nance board was forwarded the re- quest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
Cuessers Betting Reds Will Join F1ghtAgainstJapanese

throw their vast military might against Japan's powerful land army In China,
 Top American military authorities have said repeatedly that it will be necessary to defeat Japan's we'll equipped, battle-toughened army on the Asiatic mainland in order to bring about final conquest of that country Some have said this would hold true even If the home islands of Japan were conquered first.
 Once the war in Europe is over. Russia would be in a more favorable position than the United States to cope with Japan's army in China
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14

His survey cited Waterbury as an example of "the heedlessness of cost which has already saddled some municipalities with terrific burdens"
 The Waterbury pension system, he said, has been in effect since 1911, and the reserve available for paying pensions, accumulated in over 30 years, was only $657866 on December 31, 1943. The employe contribution is fixed two per cent of wages, but the city's share is go- ing up by leaps and bounds :. Waterbury's pension retirement commission determined that the city would have to appropriate $65, ,627 year for 30 years to catch up the arrears or actuarial deficit, and $104,858 year would be re- quired indefinitely to keep up with future liabilities on the present number of employees and payroll. The total cost for the fire depart ment of $170, ,485 is 40.81 per cent of it's present payroll"
 His survey notes that "70 per cent of all public employees in the state are now members of retirement systems, including state employees, teachers, and most firemen and policemen. The only class of pub lie employees now without pension rights are the general employees of municipalities, only 12 of which provide pensions for them. It can hardly be expected that this dis crimination should continue"
 Atkins found that only six of the 53 pension systems were based on sound actuarial principles" and all six were recent origin. Mostly he said, the others depend upon gifts receipts from all games and dances, licenses and permits" to build up their funds.
 "In most cases the municipality Is required to make up by appro-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14

The attack was opened by night when some 400 RAF planes blasted Germany, nearly 800 of them con- centrating on Dresden where they lighted vast fires visible to the ad- vancing Red Army less than 70 miles distant at the Queiss river.
 American Flying Fortresses ana Liberators took up the assault by day, sending some 2,25O planes over Germany, including 1850 heavy bombers. One large U. s. formation dropped new bomb load on D1 es- den while others hit Chemnitz 39 miles to the southwest and Eagde- burg, 70 miles southwest oi Per- lin.
 It was the 0'- in gar that the e re of the major A .ycen cooruinated in blow at Germany. Whether the Anglo-American air support for the Red Army was 8 fruit of the Yalta conferences was not known.
 Returning RAF crews said they set fires in Dresden, easily visible 200 miles away. The big conflagra- tions set a beacon for the Red Army forces slashing at the Queis river line, less than 70 miles to the east.
 Today Allied air forces were over Germany in great strength. The Nazi radio echoed with warnings of raiders over Dresden and Zwickau, 50 miles to the southwest, while German raido tranAmissionS in the north were suspended, a usual indi- cation of Allied air activity.
 The Dresden assault struck the network of rail and highway arteries and depots upon which the Wefr- macht is dependent to supply it's front line forces now rapidly falling back upon the Saxony capital.
 The RAF sent out record breaking total of 1,4OO heavy bomb CTS over Germany with the bulk of them concentrated in support of the Red Army.
 70 Miles from Goal
 Marshal Ivan s. Konev'S forces were pressing agalnstt he QueiS river, third of the six water bar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
French Units Move Nearer
 Ruhr Valley
BY BOYD D. LEWIS

Paris, February IA. - (UP) - Shock troops of the Canadian First Army battled through fierce Ger man opposition less than three miles from the Rhineland strong holds of Goch and Calcar today. The Multipronged offensive carried within 28 miles of the Ruhr valley.
 The advance was going ahead slowly in the face of a raking Ger man artillery bombardment that was more than matched by the massed fire of hundreds of Allied Field guns moving up in the wake of General H. D. G. Crerar's Canadian, English, Scottish and Welsh rifle men.
 Both sides were throwing increas- ingly heavy armored and infantry forces into the sodden Rhineland plain, and field dispatches said ele- ments of seven Nazi divisions already had been identified in the battle.
 Add to BridgeheadS
 Far to the south, It. Gen. George s. Patten's American Third Army widened and deepened its corridor through the Siegfried Lfne beyond Pruem and added & few hundred bitterly contested yards >tQ. it's bridgeheads on German soil sAoross the Sure and Our rivers.
 On front of almost 100 miles between the attacking Canadian and American forces, three other Allied armies still were poised along the west bank of the Roer river waiting to join the assault on Ger manyis west wall.
 Berlin spokesmen, after predicting for a week that the Roer offensive was about to explode at any hour, began boasting that their partial destruction of the Roer dams had completely disrupted the Allied timetable.
 Enemy broadcaSts asserted that the Roer floods had not yet subsided and that the swamp terrain would hold up the expected offensive fol days or even weeks after the waters receded.
 Mud and floods alrady were ham pering the Canadian First Army drive in the north, turning the at tack into Q semi-amphibious oper- ation. At many points, the Can-' adian and British troops were nov ing forward in amphibious tanks and assault boats while artillery men dragged their guns through waist-deep water to keep pace with the advance,
 Clearing skies yesterday and early
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
Republicans Could s peed reoty Plan
BY LYLE 0. WILSON

Washington, Feb. 14-(UP)-Ex- pected Republican acceptance oi joint political responsibility for the April 25 United Nations conference would speed the proposed postwar anti-aggression treaty toward ra- tification.
 But there was a shadow on the bright prospect. Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg. R., Mich, refused to say whether he would accept mem bership in the United States dele gation to the treaty making con- ference.
 Three Republicans were among the eight persons named yesterday to represent the United States in San Francisco on April 25. They were Vandenberg, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee, Rep. Charles A. Eaton, of New Jersey, senior minority member of the House Foreign Affairs Com mittee, and Cmdr. Harold E. Stas- sen, the 37-year-old political fire ball from Minnesota.
 Vandenberg firmly said mo con- ment" when asked whether he would accept delegation member ship. It is believed he will accept but the senator is understood to feel that the administration should discuss with party leaders the mat ter of selection of Republicans to represent the G. O. P. There also is the political factor of the Polish dispute.
 The broad outlines of the Anglo Russian-American plans for world stability evidently appeal to Van- denberg. But he has not endorsed the partition of Poland nor, espe- cially, the apparent assignment of the cities of Wilma and LWow to the Soviet Union. There will be bitter objection by many persons of Polish extraction in the United States. Many of them live and vote in Van denberg's state of Michigan.
 Membership on the American delegation probably would require direct or indirect approval of al- lotment of pre-War Eastern Poland to the Soviet Union.
 Vandenberg Is the key figure among the three Republicans. If he baked, the momentum for ear- ly anti-aggression treaty action would diminish considerably.
 Announcement of the delegation personnel, with Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., as chair man, followed within "A hours the release of news that the Big Three in the Crimea had agreed on the pattern of the postwar world.
 Members of Congress, with as- tonishingly few exceptions, still were speaking well if sometimes cautiously of the program when the
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