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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
Spies Papers
 Dotted To l946

New York, Jan, 4-fUP) Two German spies, caught by the Federal Bureau of Investigation after they were landed on the coast of Maine from q submarine, carried forged Identification papers dated ahead to i046, indicating that Na2ls eXpec, the war 10 last that long at least the FBI revealed today,
 Among forged credentials taken from the spies were classification cards from draft boards, Since draft classifieations are altered or renewed periodically, the men carried serles of draft cards with forged post marks dated as far ahead as Feb, q, l946,
 The spies equipment also nclnd tG forged birth certificates naval discharge papers, S600 000 in cash, q pistol, radio and photographic equipment The picture Of the ceru- ficates showed that Erich uimpel, German born spy, was to pose as 2 nptive of Connecticut named Ed. ward George Green, while William Curtis Colepaueh, was 10 use the alias William Caldwell, but retain ms home town Of Mantle. Conn. Blank copies Of all certificates ilsc were carried by the men, presumably so that they might change names when necessary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
Bridges Wins Senate Place

Washington, Jan. 4.-(UP)-Re- publican Sens. Alexander R Wiley. Wis, and Styles Bridges, N H., to- day won coveted places on the sen ate foreign relations committee, which will have an important role in shaping the peace. They were selected by the Republican senate conference, which filled minority va cancies on various committees.
 The conference reflected it's off iicers, headed by Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, Mich, as chairman. Others retaining their conference positions were Sens, Wallace White, Jr, Me, floor leader; Harold II. Burton, O., secretary, and Kenneth s. Wherry, Neb, whip
 Chief interest in the Republican committee assignments centered on the foreign relations committee, A fiVe-man contest for the two avail able vacancies had been waged since election day by Bridges. Wiley, and Sens. Chan Gnrney, s, D., Clyde Reed, Kan and Charles W, Tobey' N II,
 Wiley generally has been chased as leaning toward the so-called isolationist position on foreign at- fairs while Bridges has supported most aspects of administration for eign policy The vacancies they filled were caused by the defeats of Sen Gerald P, Nye, N D, and James J Davis, Pa
 Other important new Republican committee assignments included
 Naval affairs Ralph a. Brewster Me.
 Judlieiary z II Moore, Okla, and H. Alexander smith, N J
 Finance Harlan ], BlShheld, E, n. and Albert J, Hawkes N, j,
 New Republican senators drew the following committee assignments;
 Leyerett Saltonstall, Mas Dis. triet Of Columbia; interoceanie canals; library. naval affairs; post office.
 F. Alexander smith N. J-Dis- trlcL of Columbia: education and labor: Judiciary: privileges and elcc- tionS; public buildings and grounds
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
January erm
 Features Two Murder Cases
NEA Telephoto.

Two murder cases head the list of Al criminal matters assigned for disposition during the January criminal term of superior court, making the first time in l6 years that two murder trials have been scheduled during one term here.
 Listed on the criminal docket, which will be called Tuesday at 10 a. m, are first-degree murder charges against Francis Zukauskas, former local policeman, who is held for the staying of Mrs. Stephanie Plungis on Nov. l, and against Domenic Coscia, Washington ave- nue resident, who is accused of staying his brother-in-law, Adolph Cyr, Sept. 28
 Philip Rousch, still prisoner at Wethersfield, and Louis Leopold were arraigned on murder charges during the fall term in 1928, Rousch pleading guilty to a second degree murder charge. and Leopold facing a first degree charge. Rousch was sentenced to life at once, while Leopold was found guilty of mur- der in the second degree and was given a double life sentence. Leo- pold, however, was recently released from the prison on parole.
 No official announcement has been made as yet on the names of the judges selected to conduct the zuk- auskas trial and no report has been given on the dates of the trials. zukauskas originally asked
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
Bombs Strike Athens Again
BY JACK ROPER United Press Correspondent

Athens, January 4. (UP) A number of persons were killed oY wounded and hundreds panicked to- day when ELIAS forces hurled six mortar bombs into Constitution Square in the heart of Athens in less than minute.
 The entire volley exploded before civilians on mid-morning shopping tours could find cover from flying fragments which slashed trees in the Square and spattered against the Great Britain Hotel. headquarts CTS of British and Greek govern ment forces.
 Like stampeding cattle the civn' ians spilled into the side streets CT rushed into the side doors and wlne doWs of the Great Britain Hotel. Greek and British first aid teams hurried into the Square to care for the casualties
 The incident came as new goV- enment took up the task of trying to bring peace to Greece.
 Among first problems on the agenda was the demand of the left- wing reyolutionist ELIAS that the Greek Gendarmarie and National Guard be disarmed as q prec0ndition for it's own disarmament
 ELIAS leaders already have slgnis fed their willingness to cease re'
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
No M.W Indictments To Be Asked As Yet

Chicago. Jan. 4.-(UP-U. s. Dist. Atty. J. Albert W0ll warned today that any further resistance by of- ficials Of Montgomery Ward x Co, t0 army occupation would be brought promptly to the attention of n fed- eral grand jury Investigating the governments seizure of the firms facilities in seven cities.
 Wolf said he would not ask the grand jury, which was recessed tO- day. for any indictments at this time. but added that he would keep the case before it and would rec sume investigation promptly if the army reported any possible viola tons of federal laws by company of- Glclals.
 Woll said the jury would recon- vene tomorrow Co weigh evidence gathered in It's investigation and determine Ig additional witnesses eAelild he called.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
Pressure Put On Switzerland To Halt Shipments To Nazis

in a position lo demand the righ' ul full Collaburatnr by controlling territory with which economic pres sure could be applied to SwlI2er- land i0 persuade her l0 agree lo Allied demands
 Switzerland has been selling Germany only reduced quantities ol 'non-War material and allowing lransir ol coal to Italy. To obtain thiS concession they may offer io make purchases rqlal Co the. Hel man trade, Also the Allies may threaten 10 end the transit of goods across France to Spain and Portu- gal for export to Inc rest of the world unless the demands are met
 Closing of the trade door with swilzerland would leave Germany isolated economically from all neu' lrnls except for small dribble 0, material from sweden. which the SwedeS watch closely to see that it cannot be used for war purposes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04

London, Jan | ,uPl Joint rcp- resentations by Britain, the United States and France are expected 10 put pressure on Switzerland 10 halt shipment oi all goods t0 Germany soon, although ministry of ecn- homie warfare official Said today that messages on thr matter had not yet been exchanged.
 In reference to statement by q s Secretary uf State Edward A., StelllnluS that the entllo econom,e relationship between American and Switzerland was under consldera- ton for possible revision lhc off eial said that British agreements with neulrals were under constant review.
 Stettnlus' statement aroused great interest In France and waS rebroadcast over the French radio. France was expected to participate in the representations for the first time aS the government now was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
Casualties
 Now 638,139

Washington, Jan. 4-(UP)-Sec- retary of War Henry L. Stimson said today that Field Marshel Karl von Rundstedt was keeping enough troops in the area of his recent breakthrough Ito make another punch possible"
 Although any new attack prob ably would not be comparable to the Ardennes assault, the Germans are determined if possible to pre- vent Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower from regaining lost ground, Stimson said at press conference.
 The German counterattacks along the Saar are designed to this end, he said.
 Having made his gamble the en- emy is not yet pulling out" Stimson said. He is not willing to retire from his temporary advantages. He has dug in at certain points on the perimeter and maintained enough troops in the center to make an- other punch possible"
 StimsOn said that despite the speed and power of the German ad- vance which started Dec. l6, U. s, tank losses were only six per cent heavier than the normal monthly attrition rate.
 He said 1t was too early for a comprehensive report on Allied losses there but added that material loaseS were heaviest in communica- tl0ns equipment and wire, because Of the difficulty Of withdrawal
 Though he did not furnish other
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
Womon Bus Driver Slain

San Francisco, Jan. 4-(UP)-A woman bus driver was found slain in her bus early today, and police said she apparently had been raped
 The victim was Sinnefred Cecil, 25, a driver for the Pacific Grey hound lines.
 The slayer, according to police, may have been hiding or sleeping in the bus when Miss Cecil picked it up at the company garage to take a load of workers to the Mae Island Naval yard at Valleoj.
 The bus was found two blocks fonl the garage.
 Inspector Frank Ahern of the homicide bureau said he could not be sure whether Miss Cecil was shot or beaten pending an autopsy. He reported that her pockets had been turned inside out and that her wallet was missing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
Son Disinherited,
 Dog Left $2O,OOO

Detroit, Jan. 4-UP)-A petition for probate of the late Mrs. Marga- ret Myers will revealed today that she left her $20,000 estate to her fox terrier, Jack, and disinherited her son. Joseph R. White, Abilene, Tex.
 White, Mrs. Myers son by her first marriage, was not mentioned in the will. Mrs. Myers was wid- owed four years ago.
 Jack was named heir to a home at Sebring, Fla, an automobile, and proceeds from the insurance of Mrs. Myers, who died last October at the age of 72. An indirect ben- eficiary was Herbert Kelly, GA. who was named to live rent free in Mrs. Myers home while he cares for the fiye-year-old dog.
 Judge Joseph A. Murphy set Jan, 90 for a hearing in probate,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
Hodges Men Rip Salient In Catching Enemy Off Balance; 25 Ships Wrecked Near Luzon
BY J. EDWARD MURRAY

BY J. EDWARD MURRAY
 United Press War COrrespOndentD
 Paris, January 4. - (UP) - The American First Army smashed into the north rim of the Ardennes salient yeS- terday in the bitterest weather of the winter, took the Germans by surprise, and gained three and a half miles on a six-mile front, 1t was announced today.
 Today's delayed disclosure of It. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges new offensive cov- cred only it's initial phase, in which massed armor and in- fantry surged across the snow blanketed Ardennes Hill. A front dispatch said the push might trap thousands of Germans in the nose of the Belgian bulge.
 Striking down from the Grand- menil- -Marche Segment of the north side of the German Salient, the Doughboys advanced three and 8 half miles through blinding snowstorm to Bois de Fave, five miles north of La Roche, on the right wing of the drive.
 On the left, they wheeled south- ward almost three miles to an east west line through Oieigne, two and half miles south Of Grandmenil.
 First official and front reports of the new offensive did not make clear its full scope. The Germans said it encompassed virtually the full length of the Ardennes Sal- ient's upper edge along a 50-mile front from Monschau to Marche.
 Montgomery Aiding?
 The Nazis also claimed that Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgom- cry had thrown clements of his British Second Army into the con- centric offensive against the Sal- lent, and that units of the U. s. Nineth Army had wheeled down from the Koer front to join in the att tack but there was no confirmation of these reports from Allied sources.
 The American gains against Marshal Kart von Rundstedts right wing were offset partially by vic- ious German attacks in the Bas- togne area on the south side of the Salient.
 Supreme headquarters said It. Gen. George s. Patton had lost the initiative in the Bastogne region after concentrated German arrnor and troops had attacked six times.
 A First Army front dispatch said the Germans had hurled strong forces, including many tanks, upon Bastogne." They made some pen- etration of the Bastogne perimeter" before the l0lst airborne division
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
Allies Failed
 Italy Claims Clare Luce
By DOROTHY WILLIAMS United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

Limited Press Stah COrreSpOndent)
 Washington, Jan. 4-(UP)-Aug- usto, eight years old and red-haired, was probably more interested in a glass of milk than politics.
 His only English words were Give me a kiss" and aviator priest which was what he wanted to be when he grew up.
 But in her adopted" Italian son, Rep. Clare Boothe Luce saw all the accumulated misery of the Italian people after their sufferings of the L IT, and also something of what she felt were Allied failures in Italian policy.
 The Republican congresswoman from Connecticut, who has just re- turned from a tour of liberated European areas, told a press con- ference on the opening day of con- greSs about the hardships she had found-and about Augusto.
 Everywhere she went, she said, she found privation among civil- ians, but Italy was "by far the worst"
 This winter thousands upon thousands in Italy will die of star vation and cold" she declared. Tt is impossible to oyerestimate the Restitution in Italy"
 She said Augusta. a Roman or- phan whose care she is underwrit- ing, was ill and perhaps perma- nently handicapped because of war privations and even at that has
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
Local Legislators
 Await Assignments
lBy Democrat Staff Wrfiterl

Makeup of the legislative com mittees of both the House and Sen ate of the state General Assembly will be completed before next Tues day when the current recess called after yesterdays organization Ses. sion will be terminated and the flow of bills will start for committee aS- signmentS.
 Waterbury's two Democratic Rep resentatives and two Senators all are scheduled for important com mittees it was stated by Capitol Hill sources today. Representative Dan iel J. Mahaney CD longtime mem Der of the House will assume the chairmanship of the Veterans Or ganization and is said to be sched- uled for membership on the House appropriations and military affairs committee. Representative John Membrino CD is slated, according to sources, to be headed for the House finance and the neWly-organ- ized liquor committees.
 In the Senate, Senator Edward P. Egan (D) third time member re- gently elected from the 18th district is said to be favored for appoint ment to the Senate appropriations and possibly the public health and safety committees, His running mate Senator Patrick Wallace (D) elected here last fall from the 10th district for his first term is said to be favored for the cities and Dor oughs committee and another com mittee not yet disclosed.
 Indications shown by yesterdays hectic session organized only after uneasy hours of delay disclosed the coming possibility of numerous tight sessions throughout the term partic- ularly in the Senate now predomin- taed by the Democrats. The split in state Democratic party ranks re- yealed last year at the convention
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
Bloody Nurnberg Revolt Reported

Paris, Jan. 4.-CUP)-The after noon newspaper France Soir in a front page dispatch from it's Basic correspondent today quoted travel CTS from Germany as saying a bloody revolt was stage last weekend at Nurnberg. Germany.
 For two days. 1t said. gunfire could be heard at the adjacent town of Furth. The travellers reportedly said the revolt finally was suppressed on Sunday when the Pegnitz river was covered with drifting bodies !"
 The correspondent quoted other travellers as reporting a state of martial law was proclaimed in Vienna Tuesday followed by hun- dreds of arrests and establishment of 9 p. m. curfew.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
Newspaper Ownership Policy Of Radio Stations Demanded

Washington. Jan. 4--(UPl Con gress will be asked during the pres ent session to establish policy on newspaper ownership of radio sta- ti0ns, according to Chairman clar- ence P. Lea D.. Calf. of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee.
 Lea. who was chairman oi the special committee Investigating the Federal Communications COmmis- sion. said he would reopen the whole question Of the powers and duties of the FCC during this ses- sion.
 'New legislation he said. should contain as one of its major features an enunclation Of the policy of CongresS regarding newspaper own crBhip and operation of radio sta- tlons."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04

The question has been t0uchy one. The EGG "as at one time ac- cused of discriminating against newspapers in issuing licenses for broadcasting stations. but it clar- fled its position with formal vote against any general rule banning such ownership but indicating that in individual eases it would give preference to qualified non .newspa, per owners to prevent concentra- ton of control.
 Various court decisions have held that the present communications act does not empower the FCC to discriminate against any class in issuance of licenses. The FCC has stressed "the importance of avoid- ing monopoly Of the avenues Of communicating fact and oplnion to the public"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
BY WILLIAM WILSON United Press War COrrespOndent)


 United Press War CorrespOndent)
 Allied Headquarters, Philip pines, January 4. - (UP) - The Pacific war blazed with new fury along an 1,100-mile front southwest of Japan to- day as American Forces Surged inland from two new beachheads on Mindoro, counted 25 ships wrecked around Luzon and pressed a carrier-based assault against Formosa and the Ryukyu Islands.
 (Japanese communiqueS said 400 Allied planes, most of them from carriers, re- newed the attack on FormoSa and Okinawa islands, the lat ter in the Ryukyu, today, but dropped "only a small num- Der of bombs" that caused almost no damage" Three and probably five of the planes were shot down, the Japanese said.
 (Five hundred planes participated in yesterdays attacks on the two islands, Toyko said, Of which lf were shot down and eight damaged. Damage in the first attack was said by Tokyo to be slight.
 CTokyo also reported raid by 6O American planes on Clark Field Manila, yesterday.
 OAnother Japanese communlque said Japanese planes sank two large transports and damaged a de- stroyer yesterday in attacks on a group of American ships in the Mindanao Sea, between Leyte ana Mindanao in the southern Philip pineS)
 On Japan itself, the big aircraft center of Nakoya still was smoul- dering from large-scale Superfort- ress raid yesterday. Large fires were started, Washington communique said, and bombing results were des- cribed as good" One B-29 was lost over the target area and perhaps 10 enemy planes shot down.
 New Landings
 All Mindoro, strategic Philippine Island just southwest of invasion marked LuZon, was expected to be under American control within matter of days as result of new landings on the east coast Monday and the west coast Tuesday. There was no indication that any formid- able resistance had developed, and the Americans were expected to seize the remaining airstrips and other installations on the island in quick order.
 The amphibious thrusts on Min- doro coincided with a marked in- tensification of the air offensive softening up the capital island of Luzon for eventual invasion. Sweep ing the island from north to south, heavy and attack bombers sank or set afire a 7000-ton transport, a G. O00-t freighter, 2l smaller freight CTS and two large trawlers Monday
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Decision To Renew National Service Law Faces Roosevelt
By LYLE c WILSON United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

Limited Press Stan COrreSpOndent) Washington, Jan. 4.-(UP)-Hav- ing told congress 8 year ago that national service legislation was a necessity which would shorten the war and reduce the toll of blood, President Roosevelt was confronted today with a decision whether to re- new his request for such law.
 His annual message on the state of the Union goes to the new con- gress Saturday. One year ago, in the 1914 annual message, he asked for a national service act covering "every able bodied adult in this nation"-men and women. But he made the request conditional and it was ignored, along with some of the conditions imposed
 Today the manpower situation was more acute than it was a year ago. The President has jolted congress and the nation with plans to re- classify farmworkerS 1B through 25 for military service insofar as exist ing legislation will permit. There "aS ucspela siloItase ol hIIIiy nurses.
 The Presidents manpower plans and discussions of foreign policy as it relates to the rapidly chang ing European situation were the most anxiously awaited passages in the message to be sent to the new 18th congress.
 Political Washington was especial ly eager to learn whether MT. Roose- welt would make a national service recommendation that stands on its own this time. On Jan. II, 1914 he proposed ntaional service but made its endorsement conditional upon enactment of four other projects in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-04
cERMANS' FORWARD WALL CRUMbL INC Yanks' Attack BIazes To Jap Homeland
NAz| BUDAPEST S|EGECHECKED
 BYREDS' GUNS
BY BRUCE w. MUNN United Press Staff Correspondent


 United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 London, January 4.-UP) = A powerful German bid to raise the siege of Budapest was reported checked by Red Army guns within 29 miles of the capital today as Soviet forces inside the city com pressed the the bulk of the enemy garrison into two shell-swept pockets on both banks of the Danube.
 Moscow said the Germans were being beaten to a stand stil lin a great armored battle northwest of the capital, where the enemy had thrown at least two tank divisions and strong infantry forma- tions against a narrow sector south of the Danube.
 After two days and nights of at- teak the German armor admittedly had punched through the Russian siege lines for gains of as much as six miles, but today's Red Army communique said the Nazls were taking terrific losses that slowed or stopped their drive all along the front.
 70 Tanks Lost
 The communique indicated that the German advance had carried through the Danubian towns of Naszmely, Sutto and Piszke, the last only 29 miles northwest of Budapest. Soviet artillery. tank destroyers and infantrymen braced in that area, however, after an all- day fight that Moscow said cost the enemy several thousand" dead and more than 70 tanks.
 At the same time, part of the German garrison in the western half of Budapest lashed out to the northwest in 8 desperate attempt to break through and reach the rescue column, only Co pc Hurieu back with heavy losses.
 Red Army troops crushed the at- tempted breakout and pushed deep CT Into the center of Buda on the west bank, capturing 3l more blocks of fortified houses. Other Russian forces on the east bank advanced 1 1-2 miles farther into Pest and cleared the enemy from another 136 blocks, including the big town park and its environs.
 AS the street battle swirled into it's tenth straight day, Russian and German accounts indicated the Axis resistance was centered around the Royal Palace in Buda and the Bud- apest University in Pest.
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