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Evening star., 1945-10-14

his sword, but nothing else
happened.
Tortured for Money.
Col. Brown, who was released on
September IL, 1945, from a prison
camp at Hokkaido, Japan, returned
to Washington two weeks ago. His
prison was one of the better" camps
in Japan though hunger was always
present and in January, 1943, the
Americans experienced reign of
terror as Japs tortured them to find
money some of the prisoners had
used to bribe Chinese for special
benefits.
Col. Brown is a graduate of the
Naval Academy in the class of 1921.
He is married and has a son, Luther
A. Brown, jr.
Evening star., 1945-10-14
|D.C. C.OHicerReturnedJop'sSIo Slap
In Prison and Lived to Tell Tale

1t. Col. Luther A. Brown, As, OF
25l4 Fourteenth street NV, is one
Army officer who slapped back at a
Jap while in a prison camp and
lived to tell the tale.
Col Brown, their major, was
commander of the Marine detach-
ment at Tientsin. China, when he
was taken prisoner with other troops
on December 8, 1941, and taken to
a Shanghai prison camp.
Even His Ancestors Felt It,"
According to Marine Corps Cores
pondent J. B. T. Campbell, Col
Brown was making a protest for his
commanding officer, Col. w. w.
Ashurst, when a Jap slapped him.
Col. Ashurst told the Marine cor
respondent that Col. Brown hauled
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LII. COL. LUTHER A. BROWN.
off and slapped that Jap so hard
his ancestors felt it. I was afraid
for the major. The Japs usually
came back with bayonet in case
like that. 1t was tense but nothing
happened"
Col. Brown later explained he took
such a risk because there are some
things a man just can't take and,
besides, after time in one of those
places you become little more reck-
less than you normally are"
The Washington Army officer also
figured in an exciting episode when
an angry Jap officer tried to kill
Sir Mark Young. former governor
of Hong Kong, with his sword. The
colonel grabbed the JapS arm,
wrenched the sword from him and
elected the Jap from the room. The
man later returned and retrieved
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coordinated Drive
+ Aiming At Hanover

estimated 5000 Germans fleeing
western Holland.
Heavily-censored field dispatches
said the Canadians we're barely 20
miles from the Zuider Zee, with
solid bridgeheads across the TWents
Canal in the east, with their left
flank across the Lower Rhine on
both sides Of Anthem.
The Canadians hammered out
gains running to IS miles In the
past a hours against relatively light
opposition, and were threatening an
imminent breakthrough to the Zui-
der Zee that would cut Holland In
two.
They broke into the outskirts Of
Coevorden, 81 miles due east OF the
land locked sea, and were moving
steadily toward the coast to close
OF the last railway escape line still
open to the retreating German 18th
army.
The British and Canadian ad-
vance overran a number of German
airflelds within easy fighter range
Of Berlin and the Nazi battle lines
east Of the capital, including fields
at Rheims, Besepe and Bramsche
American Ninth Army troops
storming into the Ruhr pocket from
the north were reported within
about two miles north Of Dort-
mund early today and meeting
heavy rifle and machine gun fire
The trapped Germans appeared
to be making their major attempt
at q breakout along the eastern
and southeastern TANKS of the
pocket, where the U. 8. First Army
launched its main attack.
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crisis. -.
The influential newspaper Asaht
said drastic measures were needed
for effecting the closest coordina-
ton between the supreme command
and the government.
at is earnestly hoped that the
cabinet under Admiral Suzuki will
be able to settle this important ques
ton in our wartime administration
in most effective way. thereby
precluding the necessity Of another
cabinet change for the duration OF
the war;" Asahi said.
Battle Cabinet
I'VE want battle cabinet, rep"
resenting the supreme conSumma-
ton of the nations fighting power
strong enough not only to tide
over the current national crisis, but
also to lead the nations to ultimate
victory through this critical war
situation"
Other Tokyo broadcasts said the
entire japanese nation was prepar-
ing "for engaging the American
enemy in decisive battle on the jap
anese mainland"
Suzuki. president Of the Japan
ese privy council, former COM
mander Of the Japanese combined
fleet and incidentally a veteran Of
the Russo-Japanese war Of 40 years
ago, was commissioned by Hirohito
last night to form a new cabinet to
succeed that of Premier General
Kuniaki Koiso, which resigned cen
block yesterday.
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LEGAL NOTICES

Avenue;
Easterly 24.7S feet on the above
Second Piece;
southerly 20.03 feet on the First
Piece above described; and
Westerly 1888 feet on land for
merly of George H. Cloves.
AL persons owning properties in
the vicinity of the above address or
those Immediately adjacent in the
rear thereof, or those directly op-
posite thereto, are hereby notified to
appear and be heard in reference to
the proposed amendment at the
time and place above specified.
The hearing will be held before
the following Committee: Alder
men Tehan, Ashley, Rafferty,. Har-
pin and Benson. BY order Of the
Board Of Aldermen at a meeting
held April 2ad, 1915.
Attest
JOSEPH M. SHEA,
4/5/2t City Clerk.
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NOTICE

THE BUREAU OF ASSESSMENT
Of the City Of Waterbury, in the
matter Of the assessment and de-
termination of benefits and DAM
ages accruing to all parties inter-
ested by the establishment Of
twenty COO foot building line on
Frank Street, both sides, from Mer-
rill Street to Robinwood Road, back
from and parallel to the street lines
Of said street, as the same was &C
cepted by the Board Of Aldermen
November 9th, 1913, approved
November 10th. 1913. made report
to the Board of Aldermen setting
forth that they caused reasonable
notice to be given to all persons
interested in the proposed public
Improvement, in all respects pur-
suant to the provisions Of the char
ter of said City, to appear before
them and be heard in references
thereto, and that they fully heard
at the time and place specified In
said notice, all persons who ap-
peared before them.
And thereupon, they did assess
and determine that the benefits and
damages are equal to all persons and
corporations interested In the pro-
posed public improvement.
Report accepted, assessment Of
dement's and damages confirmed and
adopted by the Board Of Aldermen
April and, 1915. approved April ard
1945.
Attest:-
JOSEPH M. SHEA,
4/A/st City Cisrk
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NOTICE

Public Hearing on Proposed
Amendment to the Building Zone
Ordinance for property located on
southwesterly corner Of Hopkins
Street and Pearl Street.
In accordance with Section AS
OF the Revised Statutes of the State
of Connecticut Of 1880. notice is
hereby given that Committee Of
five OF the Board Of Aldermen will
hold q public hearing on Friday
Evening, April goth, 1915 at 1880
o'clock in the Aldermanic Chamber,
City Hall Building on the proposed
change in the Building Zone Ordi-
nance from "B" Residence to Bush
ness Zone 81" for property located
on southwesterly corner Of Hopkins
Street and Pearl Street, bounded
and described as follows:-
Northerly-11l feet on Hopkins
Street;
Easterly-50 feet on Pearl Street:
Southerly-110 feet more or less
ON land now or formerly Of
the City Of Waterbury; and
Westerly-50 feet on land now or
formerly OF NocarMo Mari
marc.
All persons owning properties in
the vicinity Of the above address or
those Immediately adjacent in the
rear thereof, or those directly OPP
posite thereto, are hereby notified to
appear and be heard in reference to
the proposed amendment at the
time and place above specified.
The hearing will be held before
the following Committee: Aldermen
Tehan, Ashley, Rafferty,, Harpin and
Benson. BY order Of the Board OF
Aldermen. at q meeting held April
End, 1945.
Attest
JOSEPH M. SHEA,
4/5/2t City Clerk.
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sr1Iugnl-ia. @ niles from Leip-
nnd lo8 niles away from the
Et-hOund Red Army.
xanutanant General George 9.
afssn's Third Army tanks onacial-
81 ure l26 miles southwest Of
ErrlIn, but still-unconermed reports
flncsd them inside the Tarz Noun
Ma,n range 40 miles or less from
HsaaF,s dying citadel.
On Pattons right flank, the q. 3.
seventh Army advanced slowly but
rssadily east and southeast toward
~ucrenbsrg against fanatical oppo-
Gltiou from German Volksturm and
regular army units defending the
approaches to the Nazis' lest re-
doubt IN the Bavarian mountains.
French First Army forces in the
extreme south were reported Is
miles or less from Stuttgart, 1l2
miles northeast Of Munich and less
than 20 miles from the headwaterS
iief the Danube.
North Of the Third Army, the
American First Army broke through
the hilly Hardahausen Forests in a
-1-.s-+ - ~. xITs.s, ,-;,,o- - a
/ point l61 miles due west Of Berlin.
simultaneously, the First Army
I wheeled strong tank and infantry
forces into the southeastern corner
~,;,,, 1,,sr;ca,, Ninth Srnv do,,oh n
49, 8, . Ar;,,a ~ r,;rs o,,t .r ct
.sSt - 1so mo- cssrnar, trsnr.J IN
$50 49,.
Tress;v. s.esvI+ A..r. ~ tho
ersvsh Armv,s anth TnSsntrv snd
1900 -. A-r,orsS n,v;sions .narred
~ S-,va ~ tra Weser r;vsr and
Tsrncv"r
sTh~ Sc.,vhtcv. crossad III. 9An.
k.ot vuessr ~ ssss,1t hoat. aorIv
T.,,,,r.Ssv ~ ! ros,,+ two rn;Ies so,,+S
~ TsenoSlin % roiI.s so,,thwsst S of
Earcrsr ana .dvonc.d nooro tben
heIfsmile IN csnt,,ra the vil1aoe NJ
/ ssA,s,,derr 1sa mia. ues+ ~ per,,y,
Arsnored ,ynita fol,owed tbe in
/ Santrvnen scros. IN ho sti,v-er.c+ed
5.ontonn hridges ana str,,ck IN for
Eannover AGAINST feeble res;stance
sin,s,ata,,eoa,eIv ots,er Ninth ARM,
Nnrcae mrs. ocroes the river I onnosite
i1Sinder "a si-s;r. nc,ias ,,o,,tbU,a a
n TIameiin and 40 milAs west Of
TTannover
Rritish Aanks and in1antrvman
sfollowed the Americans across at
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NOTICE

Public Hearing on Proposed
Amendment to the Building Zone
Ordinance for property located at
IA and 16 Waterville Street.
In accordance with Section 425
of the Revised Statutes of the State
of Connecticut of 1880, notice is
hereby given that a Committee OF
five of the Board Of Aldermen will
hold a public hearing on Friday
evening, April Goth, 1945 at 1880
o'clock, in the Aldermanic Chamber
City Hall Building on the proposed
change in the Building Zone Ordi-
nance from "B" Residence, to &C"
Residence Zone, for property located
at No. IA and No. Is Waterville
Street and bounded and described
as follows
Commencing at a point in the
easterly line Of Waterville Street,
the same being the southwesterly
corner OF land now or formerly Of
Roger and Angelina Conner; thence
easterly along the southerly line Of
land now or formerly Of said Con-
nors, ninety 600 feet; thence north
erly along the easterly line OF land
now or formerly of said Connors,
thirty -four (34) feet; thence east
erly along line Of land now or for
merly of Harrison Bennett and land
now or formerly OF Joanna Nc
Carthy. fifty (50) feet, more or
less; thence southerly along the
westerly line Of land now or former
ly of Luzerne M. Camp, sixty (60)
feet to said Camps southwest cor
ner; thence westerly in a direct
continuation Of said Camps south
erly line to a point one hundred
and twenty-five (125) feet westerly
from the westerly line Of Chestnut
Avenue; thence southerly in line
parallel to Chestnut Avenue and
one hundred and twenty-five (125)
feet therefrom to a point which
would be intersected by a line run
ming easterly from Waterville Street
parallel to and forty four (44) feet
southerly from the southerly line
Of land now or formerly Of Roger
and Angelina Conner; thence west
erly one hundred and twenty-one
GID feet, more or less, to Water
vile Street; thence northerly In
the easterly line Of Waterville
Street: forty-four "a feet to the
place Of beginning.
All persons owning properties in
the vicinity Of the above address
or those Immediately adjacent 10
the rear thereof, or those directly
opposite thereto, are hereby noti-
ded TO appear and be heard In refer.
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NOTICE

Public Hearing on Special Petit
ton to the Board Of Aldermen to
allow convalescent hospital to be
located in the property located at
II Plaza Avenue, Zone Residence
"B" in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Zoning Ordinance of
the City of Waterbury (Section III,
Paragraph 7, as amended.
In accordance with Section 425
of the Revised Statutes of the State
of Connecticut Of 1880 and Section
III, Paragraph 7 of Building Zone
Ordinance of the City of Waterbury
as amended, notice Is hereby given
that q Committee Of five Of the
Board Of Aldermen will hold pub
lie hearing on Friday evening, April
goth, 1945 at 7:30 o'clock in the
Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall
Building on the special petition to
the Board Of Aldermen to allow a
convalescent hospital to be located
on the property located at II Plaza
Avenue, bounded and described as
followS:-
FIRST PIECE
Northerly 1854 feet on lands now
or formerly Of Palomba Company
Inc, now or formerly of Agnes F.
Conner and on the Second Piece
below described, each in part;
Easterly 1876 feet on land now or
formerly Of Helen G. Healey, ct al;
again.
Northerly 50 feet, more or less, on
lands now or formerly of said Helen
G. Healey ct al. and now or formerly
Of Leo G. Devlin, each in part; again
Easterly 1883 feet on land now
or formerly Of John E. Quinn; again
Northerly 125 feet on land now
or formerly Of said John E. Quinn;
again
Easer,y 1853; feet on Chestnut
Avenue;
Southerly 1925 feet on land now
or formerly Of Mitchell G. Meyers;
again
Easterly 10000 feet on land now
or formerly Of said Mitchell G.
Meyers; again
Southerly 1879 feet on Ludlow
Street and possibly Wyman Street
or Lincoln Street;
Westerly 34845 feet, more or less.
on land now or formerly of The
Colonial Trust Company. Trustee;
again
southeriy 1924 feet on land now
or formerly Of said The Colonial
Trust Company, Trustee; and again
Westerly $50 feet on land now
or formerly Of George H. Cloves.
SECOND PIECE:
Beginning at the northeaSterly
corner Of the First Piece above de-
scribed which point is the south
easterly corner Of the within de-
scribed parcel; thence running
northerly in a direct extension Of
the easterly line of the First Piece
above described, 1.28 feet to Plaza
Avenue: thence running northwest
In the westerly line Of Plaza Avenue
$3.50 feet; thence running southerly
in curved line having a radius
Of 30.3 (said radius at the COM
mencement Of said curve being tan
gent to the line Of Plaza Avenue)
24.73 feet to the, northerly line OF
the First Piece above described:
thence easterly in said northerly
line 37.06 feet to the point or place
of beginning.
Together with . right Of passway
over q strip Of land lying immedi-
ately westerly Of the above describ-
ed premises, bounded:
Northeasterly SO feet On P1a1a
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NSOAAtAA4QCO Al rage ~
assault from the southeast, at the
lower anchor of a 34-mile front that
was being pushed rapidly through
the Morava valley in big thanking
drive northeast of Vienna.
Tolbukhin's columns first reached
the city limits with a crushing drive
that overwhelmed the twin suburbs
of Ober and Inter Laa and sent a
flying column racing toward the
Danube at the northern end of the
city.
Another unit of the Bird Ukrainian
army pushed through the famed
Vienna woods and crossed the big
Viena-Linz highway, another of the
German Autobahns and last arterial
supply route from Vienna to the
west.
The same contingent quickly cap
tured Brietenfurth, five miles south
west of Laa, and continued north
westward apparently serving also
the Vienna Linz railroad only three
miles away.
Malinovsky's troops were stretched
along curving line through Bruck,
IL miles southeast of Vienna, through
Zohor, IL miles northwest of Brati-
slava, to Malacky, "a miles north
east Of Vienna.
Coordinated Drive
At the same time other forces Of
the 2nd Ukrainian army joined in
coordinated drive with Gen. An
drei I. Yeremenko's 4th Ukrainians
aimed at clearing the northwestern
corner Of Slovakia.
While Malinovsky pushed steadily
northward along a 100-mile eastwest
line from Malacky to Preividza, the
4th Ukrainians drove eastward along
q front that extended from Slovakia
to Poland. The two forces formed
a nearly perfect right angle.
Yeren1enko'S front was anchored
in the south Of .Ruzomberok, big
junction point on the Yah river in
Slovakia, and ran due north to
zywiec, key Polish town, 40 miles
southeast of Moravska- Ostrava.
Both Ruzomberok and zywiec, to-
gether with several other towns
along the line, were captured by the
Soviets yesterday.
In the far northern end of the
eastern front, the End White Rus
sian army completed the liquidation
Of the last German troops along the
Danzig bay coast.
The enemy force, estimated at
several thousand, had held out Stub
bornly in 35-mile square pocket
pocket just north of Gdynia after
the former Polish port was cleared
last week by Soviet FORCES. The Mos
COW communique said the area in
the pocket was Uttered with thou
sands" Of German dead after the
conquest was completed.
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yops Lose 33
More Vessels
VOcatlnued from Page y

Army bombers and fighters ranged
Dver Formosa again Tuesday, ham
mering factories, airdromes and
TRANSFORMATION targets. A commune
que said many" parked planes
were destroyed at the Kagi air
drome, while three Japanese inter-
ceptors were shot down south OF
The island.
Navy search planes also joined in
The 1oray and wrecked two freight
urs east Of Formosa, Japan's for
mer island bastion which MacAr-
thur described as now being ser
aously crippled"
Three other cargo vessels were
wrecked by navy planes off the
CHINA coast together with q 1000
ton freighter off French Indo-
China.
Air patrols bagged 10 coastal YES
asas off the southern coast Of Ce-
aebes in the Dutch East Indies.
MacArthur's communique dis
szosed that engineer units had be-
gun extensive reconstruction OF
ahattered Cebu city. capital of Cebu
IA the Philippines. Although the
city was heavily damaged, the port
escaped almost intact and liberty
chips already are using the harbor
In Luzon, the 43rd Division cap
teared Mabitac and Siniloan, at the
eastern tip Of Laguna Bay, 80 miles
southeast Of Manila and 10 miles
from the Islands eastern coast.
T7ao thrust cut one Of the jap
a1nese east coast escape routes
through the Sierra Madrss noun
4ains.
(TOkyo radio claimed that Amer
lean troops suffered 100000 casual
hies, including $500 killed, on Lu-
ON from Jan. . to March 28. Tokyo
~ the japanese losses at 5000
ssaFeaSAN
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NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that a pub
lie hearing will be held before Q
Committee of Five Of the Board Of
Aldermen Of the City of Waterbury
on Friday evening, April 2Oth,. 1915.
at 1880 o'clock, in the Aldermanio
Chamber, City Hall Building, Grand
Street, in regard to the amending
of the Building Zone Ordinance Of
the City of Waterbury, Section II,
the paragraph entitled, BUILDING
LINES, NUMBERING BUILDINGS,
ETC., to read as follows, to witt
Building Lines: Whenever new
streets are laid out or the lines
Of existing streets are changed,
building lines for said streets shall
be established or designated by the
Board of Aldermen, and until such
line Is so established it shall not be
lawful for any person to erect or to
place, cause to be erected or to be
placed, any building or structure or
such street, and after the establish
ment Of such line it shall be unlaW-
full for any person to erect or to
place, cause to be erected or to be
placed, any building or structure
nearer such street than the line so
established. No open veranda,
porch, balcony, cornice or other
similar projection, shall be erected
or placed nearer such street than
eight go feet beyond the building
line; nor beyond the lines Of such
street, nor shall any closed verandS
project beyond the building line on
said street. No steps. belt courses,
window sills. columns, cornices or
any projection except an eight co.
inch metal drip edge shall extend
beyond the street lines of any street,
between the level of the sidewalk
grade and hne ten (10) feet above
such grade, nor shall any projection
at any elevation extend beyond the
street lines Of any street. Any per.
son offending against the provisions
OF this section shall be fined no4
less than Twenty-Five ($25.OO) Dol
lars nor more than One Hundred
($100.00 Dollars for every such. Of
tense; and like penalty for every
week that such building or other
structure, bay window, IRE escape
On other projection shall remain Id
violation Of any Of the provisions
Of this section.
The hearing will be held before
the following Committee: Alder!
men Teflan, Ashley, Rafferty,. Har-
pin, and Benson. &
All persons interested In the Ordi-
nance are hereby notified to APP
pear and be heard regarding th9
same. ~
Attest
JOSEPH M. SHEA.
4i5I2t City Clerk.
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Circus Con
Go On Road
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page u
when he left in January 1913,
North said there had been a gen
eral change" in management, in
volving several of the defendants.
The court will rule on motions
asking eitter that the sentences be
suspended, or the defendants be
permitted to withdraw earlier pleas
Of no contest. Should they be de-
MED, the sentences imposed last
Feb. q, will begin immediatel.
Execution had been suspended I'M
til today to allow the officials, all
designated as key men Of the big
top, to get the show ready for its
Madison Square Garden opening in
New York Wednesday.
Counsel for the men claimed
that their imprisonment would
force the Ringing Brothers-Bar-
mum g. Bailey Combined Shows
Inc, to return to its Florida win
ter quarters after its Boston Gar
den engagement in June, and that
receivership might follow. Such a
move, it was contended, would jeo-
pardize payment Of claims against
the circus, of which 81 500, 600 al
ready have been approved by ar
arbitration board.