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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
NEW AMERICAN FLEET ATTACK
 WORRIES LAPS
BY HUGH CRUMPLER

BY HUGH CRUMPLER
 Manila, July 12-(UP)-Radi0 Tokyo speculated today on the possibility of imminent Allied landing operations on the Carni- cobar Islands. in the Indian Ocean, following a reported Brit ish carrier-based assault against the Sumatra naval base at Sa- bang.
 Japanese broadcasters said that Allied naval units had recently laid buoys in the waters adjacent to the Carnicobar group, which are locat- ed north of Sumatra and west of Malaya, while only yesterday morn ing British carrier task force had launched some 200 planes against Sabang.
 Secret Agents" Landed
 Injecting a dramatic tone into the broadcast, the Japanese Domei Agency said that a group of enemy secret agents" had landed on Ta- nah Masa Island, off the southern coast of Sumatra, early last month.
 Domei said Japanese ''mopping- up" unit had immediately spotted the enemy's base of operations and by carrying out surprise attack had eliminated them"
 This dispatch also claimed that a second enemy" base, lying two and half miles north of the finSt on Tanah Hasa, had been wiped out" several days later by a Jap anese raiding party which was aid ed by the local constabulary corps. According to Domei, as recorded by the FCC, a search" boat operat- ed by puppet native forces attacked an enemy destroyer in nearby wa ters the following day and caused 1t to flee.
 Domei said the British used two carriers in the attack on Sabang.
 On the, Borneo front Japanese counterattacks have failed to stem Australian troops driving toward the East Borneo oil fields, 1t was announced today, and enemy de- lenses have been cracked at three different points in the Balikpapan l area.
 Gen. MacArthur's communique revealed that soldiers of the Sev- enth Australian Division, hitting the center of the Japanese line have pushed inland three miles from the coastal village of Sepping- gan-Ketjil, three miles east of Ba- | nkpapan. -... Counter-attacking Japanese were grinly attempting to blunt the for ward prong of this advance, but so far have made no headway. Other units of the Seventh Aus tralian, after a weeks bitter fight ing against enemy roadblocks, gre- nades, and rifle fire, have pierced the Japanese outer defenses north east of Manggar airstrip. These troops have driven a three-quarter of a mile wedge into the enemy's lines.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
chifIey AustraIio's .16fh Prime Minister

Canberra, July ( 12-tUP)- Joseph Benedict Chifley to- day was elected leader of the Federal Labor party, auto matically succeeding the late John Curtin as prime minis ter of Australia.
 He was chosen outright on the first ballot and will be sworn in as Australia's 18th prime minister tomorrow.
 Francis Forde was elected deputy leader of the LabOrites on the first ballot. He had served as interim prime minis ter for the past seven days after Curtin's death last Thursday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
Cops Petrol
 Strike Area; Two Stabbed

New York, July 12.--(UP)-Police squads patrolled the streets around the city's major newspapers today to avert renewal of violence as pub- fishers took steps to break 12-day deliveryn1ens strike.
 With the cancellation of the News paper and Mail Delivers unions closed shop privilege by the War Labor Board, the publishers an- nounced they were taking steps" to restore normal distribution of their total 100000 daily circulation.
 Additional police reserves stood by for possible outbreaks of violence if and when the delivery trucks were moved by non-union drivers.
 Two men were stabbed, one Seri- ously, in front of the Daily News building last night when strikers tried to stop three Negro boys who had bought patches of newspapers.
 The injured men, both strikers, were Dominick Zeoli, 38, stabbed in the abdomen and chest, and Thomas ,Klubak, 5S, stabbed on the 
 hand.
 Twenty policemen were stationed around the News building. There were no further outbreaks and the force was reduced to 12 men and one sergeant at 4 8. m. Three patrolmen were stationed at the back of the building to escort deal- CTS and wholesalers to their cars or taxicabs.
 The Negro boys were chased by strikers and police but escaped by lodging into And street hotel.
 The publishers gave no indication of what steps were being taken for resumption of normal distribution.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
JAPAN'S COASTAL DEFENSES ALERTED
 Tokyo Fears Carnicobar Isle Invasion
NEW CARRIER
 STRIKE SEEN
 OFF HOMELAND
BY WILLIAM F. THREE

BY WILLIAM F. THREE
 Guam, July 12-UP)-Amer- ican planes struck at Southern
 Japan again today and Tokyo alerted its coastal defenses against a possible new carrier strike by
 the blacked-out U. S. Third Fleet,
 lurking somewhere off the enemy
 homeland.
 Enemy broadcastS said 180 Amer ican fighters and bombers thund- cred up from Okinawa early today to attack the Japanese suicide plane bases on Southern Kyushu, but were turned back by bad wealth. CT over the targets.
 Some of the raiders also flew over Shikoku Island, between Kyushu and Honshu, enroute back to their Okinawa bases, the Japanese &C., counts said.
 There was no confirmation of the reported Kyushu raid nor of an earlier Japanese report that IS su- perfortresses secuted Western Hon. shu during the night. Airfield Ripped Up
 Marine Corsair fighters and Aveil- ger bombers ripped up the Miya- zaki airfield on Kyushu by day- light yesterday, wrecking hangars, shops and other installations with a shower of bombs, rockets and glnfire.
 There was no new word from Ad- niral Chester w. Nimitz's head quarters on the whereabouts of the massive American battle fleet that hurled more than 1000 carrier planes into savage, l2-hcr attack on the Tokyo area Tuesday and then vanished under . naval se- curity blackout.
 But Japanese spokesuen said the American warships retired south- ward after the Tokyo strike and were still lurking off the Japanese coast readying for another air blow.
 Japanese garrisons along the threatened shore were ordered to stand to and Tokyo speculated url- easiliy that another big carrier ak- tack was in the wind, possibly to cover an American landing opera | bsoAA O44 OA4S VI A1NAS SA s4tC Ac4r4eSA~ close to Japan.
 'The enemy's propagands on in- tensifying air raids cannot be ig- |. rored," said one Tokyo broadcast. 7 They undoubtedly are prelude to the decisive battle of the home land"
 Other enemy accounts said the Americans were aiming at winning new air bases even closer to Japan than Okinawa and Two Jina, and . they warned that Halseys fleet would attack again and again. to cover such an amphibious opera tion.
 They said Japanese planes 1n considerable force bombed tiny 1e island, just west of Okinawa. dur ing the night, starting fires on the Amercian airfields there. Nimitz, after announcing that at (Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
LAST HEARINGS
 ON TREATY SET
 FOR TOMORROW
By JOHN [. CUTTER


 Washington, July 12- (UP) = The Senate Foreign Relations committee ran swiftly through a list of witnesses on the United Nations charter today under a speedup schedule aimed at clos ing the hearings tomorrow.
 For the second successive day the committee heard parade of wit nesses whose testimony ranged from pleas for prompt ratification with but amendment to denunciations of the charter as a violation of the constitution.
 Debate Next Week
 Committee Chairman Tom Con- nally, D., Tex, said hearings will be completed tomorrow afternoon. He hoped to start Senate debate on the treaty early next week.
 Most of today's witnesses were for speedy ratification of the char ter as the first step toward inter- national cooperation to preserve the peace.
 The first witness, however, de- nounced the treaty. She said it would be "an organic change in the constitution of the United States" i" Mrs. Nora Stanton Barney of Greenwich, Conn, speaking for the committee for world peace through . peoples parliament" urged that the Senate attach three reserva- tions. She proposed:
 1. Election of delegates to the intsRnational organization by popu- lar vote.
 2. That only small information al police force be made available to the proposed Security Council to halt acts of aggression.
 3. Addition of 8 clause provid- ing for "a lower House in which international organizations of peo- pie would be represented"
 Mrs. Helen Dwight Reid of Wash ington, D. C.. appeared with in- dorsernents from 8 dozen national organizations They included the American Association of Universi- ty Women, the Association for rs1lldhood education, the General
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
ReStduroteur Acquitted On Racial Count

Charges of color discriminati ton against Walter DiPesa, 37, of 21h Union street, part owner of the Grotto restaurant at Union and South Main streets, were dismissed after 8 lengthy hearing before Judge John L. Gaffney in city court this morning.
 Charges were brought by Miss Inez Alexander, 32, 34 Hawkins street, an employe of the State Well fare Department, who claimed Di- Pesa refused to serve her on Febru- ary 8 because she was 8 Negro.
 DiPesa, who was represented by Atty. Michael Ciano. denied re- fusing to serve Miss Alexander be- cause of her color, and said he did not serve her because she refused to wait her turn for a booth in the restaurant. He said he even offered to take off his apront and eat with her to prove he had no prejudice, if she would wait her turn.
 In dismissing the charges, Judge Gaffney stated that the different versions presented by the state and defense might have been the result of misunderstanding on the com blaming witness part because of the crowded conditions and ex- citement of the moment in the res taurant. He said the evidence was such to raise reasonable doubt in the courts mind, and the accused was entitled tot he benefit of that doubt.
 The charges against MT. DiPesa were presented by Prosecutor Fred erick W. Palomba, who called tc the stand Miss Alexander and a white girl, also employed by the State welfare Department, Miss Evelyn Solomon, 32, of IA Cosset' street, who accompanied Miss Alex snder into the Grotto Restaurant or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
Youths Rob .WACOf $9O

New York, July 12 = (UPo - A pretty, red-haired WAC was raped and robbed in 8 Bowery doorway early today by three men who also assaulted her soldier companion.
 Two men were arrested for the assault. The WAC's name was with held by police. Her companion was Private clifford R. Davis. veteran of action in New Guinea.
 Jack Colletti, 20, and Phil Fusco, 20, were booked on suspicion. They said they knew the third man only as Angelo.
 Private Davis is a patient at Hal- loran hospital where the WAC is stationed. They had overnight passes and were walking along the Bowery when three youths sprang from hallway and seized them. Davis broke away after scuffle. during which he said one man drew a knife. The soldier ran to the East Fifth street ponce station for help. Detectives took Davis back to the scene in police car. The WAC Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
By ANN SPRINGER

 A British internment camp Terni, Italy, July 12- CUP) 1T was never close to him when he was high; I was always near him when he was down." With that weeping epitaph, Benito Mussolini'e gray-haired widow summed up her life with the flamboyant Duce who left her for a younger, prettier mistress at the height of his Fascist power. Pouring out her words between choking sobs, Donna Rachele re- vealed in an exclusive interview that she spoke to the doomed Duce by telephone only six hours be- fore he was slain by a band of Italian partisans near Milan last April.
 We spoke informally in the six room apartment in an abandoned synthetic rubber factory where she and her two youngest children are being held in British protective custody.
 Throughout the interview, Donna Rachele defended her dead hus- band against every accusation-ex- cept his final i1fidelity with Clara Petacci, who shared his death and humiliation in the bloody public square in Milan.
 Hated Rival
 For the red-haired Clara, Mrs. Mussolini had nothing but hatred and fierce satisfaction that Benito's mistress was dead.
 Her eyes literally flashed when Clara's name was mentioned. She pushed herself far back in her chair, sat up straight and spat out:
 They've done well to hang her. She was the only one around Mus solini who had anything really to do with the Germans"
 Then, speaking even more furi-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
More Work Clothes
 Headed For Market

Washington, July l2 = (U.P) = The War Production Board said to- day. that more work clothing will be on the market in about six weeks.
 The Army temporarily has halted purchases of herringbone twill to reduce stocks and to assist WIPE in alleviating the present shortage of mems working clothing. For the next three months, all herringbone twill normally pur- chased by the Army will go to manufacturers of mems work cloth 1 ing and footwear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
ROLAND COsIMINI DIES

Brookline, Mass, July l2 = (U.P9 Roland F. Cosimini, AT, artist. de- signer and illustrator of book jack cts, died at his home here yester- day..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
MussoIini's
 Widow Glad CIoro Honqed

The following exclusive inter- view is one of the few public statements eyer made by Mrs. Benito Mussolini. It is her first to an American correspondent since the death of her husband and her removal to . British in- ternment camp.
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The Apache sentinel., 1945-01-12
Regimental Court capers

On Friday, December 22nd, history
was made, for it was on that date
IN at inter regimental basketball
competition started when the players
from Company "B" defeated Hos
3rd Bn. Is to 21 The following Sat-
urady, Company e. did not show
up and as a result lost on a default
to Anti-Tank Company In the other
contest Of the double-header Com
pany *" started off by upsetting
sCompany ID" by the tune of 35 to
81.
1t was on Wednesday, December
9th, that HOS. 1st Bn began as they
Scalped Company IN" by ten points
and emerged victorious with the
score 81 to 81. On the same night
&c" Company unlashed a cool,
Smooth-running offensive VIII C h
turned back Cannon Company 28-16
Company TX" virtually massacred
the Anti-Tank Con1pany's quintet
as they steam-rollered them to the
tune of 42-14.
"A" Company started the New
Year right by routing Service Com
pany 40 to 25. IN" Company fol-
lowed ks lead and vanquished the
Cannon Company's cage combina-
ton SO to 49.
From all indications, if the compe-
tition and games to date can be any
criterion HOS. 1st Bn. and tx" Com
pany look the top teams of the
league.
Featuring smooth floorwork and
"bulls-eye" shooting, both '5's" def
nitely have class.
However, as the league competi-
ton unfolds. as our conjectures be-
come facts and as the facts become
history, we will all know what the
real story is.
The Apache sentinel., 1945-01-12
COMPANY "M1

We all wonder what beautiful
"Mamacita" could be forcing a cer-
tain S/Sgt to be member of the
rear guard, if you get what I mean.
Pvt Lee we think it's about time
to start meeting reveille at the Fort,
you know we also have some beauti-
full Monday mornings here. The has-
ketball team has decided now to
eliminate all competition, SO if you
think your company team is good,
don't let them meet the mighty M
company" for if you do you'll be
sorry
M Company has the satisfaction of
knowing that all of her applicants
for OCS have passed all eXamina-
tions and are now awaiting the call
to school,
Oh yes, M Company was well rep
resented down in "Old Mexico last
weekend. T/Sgt Scott was there
with his sack" on. Tl5 &C. b.
Brown was there in search of some
thing or other, Pvt. Lee was there,
as was "Old Ironsides," TiSgt.
Wheaton
The Apache sentinel., 1945-01-12
Seen and Heard
In Headquarters 3rd

Mrs Bingham, wife of Captain
George Bingham, has come from
Mashpee, Mass, to visit her husband
here at Fort Huachuca. H.. Hos. 3rd
discharged 54 EN- in the last two
weeks!!! Lucky men!!l The
Company boasts a badminton team
to challenge any team on the post on
an outdoor court. :. First Sergeant
Smith has been placed on the EN-
Post Exchange Council here at Fort
Huachuca. HqS. 3rd has sixteen
men on eighteen-day furloughS. i.
We have the honor of claiming the
M. P.'s seen around the Post. Z.
We have Hiking Club composed of
volunteers which goes to the noun
tains every Sunday morning +.
Sgt. Eddie Jones, the supply SER
geant, is the outstanding soldier of
the Company -. he works diligently
every Gay in the week, putting in
long painstaking hours in the per-
for1nance of his duties. &. HOS. 3rd
was proud to be one of the three
companies within the Regiment get
ting very satisfactory" from the
4th Army inspection
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SEEN AND HEARD IN &c"
COMPANY

Mrs John H. Jones is visiting her
husband here at Fort Huachuca. :.
Mrs. John wilkins has been visiting
her husband who is Company "G's"
top Kick" We are happy to
hear that Pvt Oscar Hobson has
been transferred from the hospital
to the Reconditioning Center 1.
Glamor-boy Tadlock, back from New
Jersey where he spent pleasant
furlough Carol Thomas has
ben transferred to Texas. . First
Sgt. Perkins and Sgt. James Horton
have returned from well-spent fur
lough. "G" Company is claiming
% men in Mortar School and 81 men
in BAR School E. K" the out
standing goldbrick OF the Company.
The &C" Company mascot is the
proud parent of litter of puppies.
The Apache sentinel., 1945-01-12
COMPANY "E"

At this time the Company Com
mander is i'll and confined to the
hospital The Company hopes he will
have a speedy recovery so that he
can join the unit again
c. Company proudly claims eight
applicants for OCS.
Twenty-one men are enjoying
fifteen-day furloughs despite the
fact that the weather in the East has
been sub-zero for quite some time
S/Sgt. Willard H. Jones, who was
a former member of the National
Gurad and has been with ''E'' Com
pany for the last twelve years is be-
ing discharged from the Army All
of the boys wish this former Mess
Sgt the best of luck in all of his
future pursuits.
The Company is proud to have the
distinction of having had three of
it's men on the regimental football
team.
The Apache sentinel., 1945-01-12
COMPANY "Fo

The men of the Company are
elated over the fact that tl.eir Com
pany Commander, 1st 1t. Eldrige
Carter, has been elevated to the
rank of Captain.
Pvt. WoodSon returned from a
lovely trip to Aqua Prieta, Mexico,
where he went shopping
Mrs Venable is expecting her hus-
band to return to Youngstown, Ohio,
for good; discharge.
T/Sgt. Lawrence Lewis and SISgt.
Calvin Osborne returned to the unit
after a pleasant vacation from their
military duties.
Sgt. Callender's wife is here visit
ing her husband.
For some unknown reason Company
s'F1'' seems to be specializing in the
mass production of swagger sticks.
The Apache sentinel., 1945-01-12
Cabaret Party Is
Planned Tomorrow

Something new in the way of
novel entertainment will be intro
duced Saturday, January 18th, at
2000, when the "One Night Cabaret
Party" plays host to the men of the
372nd Infantry at the Fry USO.
Two hundred charming hostesses
from Tucson, Phoenix, Bisbee, and
Douglas will be there.
Dance music will be played by the
famed 227th Band Also holding
down a feature spot will be the ever
popular GRIND SeXtet. A floor show
will also be presented
Free refreshments will be served
With all the effort that has been
put forth to make it a success, this
venture promises to be the most
talked about affair of the season;
one to be remembered for a long
time to come
The Apache sentinel., 1945-01-12
Personnel of
Famous Bond Is
Stationed Here

Within our midst, here in the
372nd, we have the newly ar
rived personnel of a famous
military band that was in exist
ence for almost four years.
These men are members of the
widely-heralded l64th A.G.F.
Band from Camp Butner, North
Carolina
Genial Howard Dunnavant, who
was company clerk for the band as
well as a ''hot man" on the horn,
has endeavored to pass on to us some
of the history of this unit.
Activated 8 Years Ago
The band was actiyated August
18th, 1941, as the 50th Infantry
Training Band at Camp Croft, South
Carolina, under Band Leader Sgt.
Alfred T. Gill; 1t. William Shy was
the commanding officer.
In June, 1912, it became the 3rd
Band IR.TC., still stationed at
Camp Croft, but now under the di-
rection of MtSgt Bresford j. Ellis
On May Oath, 1914, the unit was re-
designated as the 164th Army Band.
Fighters and Players
Aside from the duties the men,
bers of the 164th performed with the
band, they all underwent regular in
fantry training as well as finding
time to organize several swing bands.
They made name in popular
music as well as in military circles
with combinations organized within
the group. At one time they boasted
''The Swingsters'' and "The Head
liners" their two orchestraS; the
Octet" also referred to as THE
Swing Eight" as we'll as their mill
tary band.
Renowned in South
The unit enjoyed considerable re-
nown throughout North and South
Carolina where it participated in the
5th and 9Th War Bond Drives. The
band also assisted social and service
groups in those two states.
John Collins, Sgt. Ellis, Walter A.
Fox, Walter Washington and others
were all with big-name bands prior
to their military service. Mercer ELL
ington, son of the great Duke" was
also a member of the 164th at one
time.
During 1914 the famed musical
aggregation was transferred to Camp
Butner, North Carolina; on June
10th it was redesignated the 164th
A.GF. Band and remained as such
until it was deactivated on December