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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23

Chihchiang cut off many miles of road travel in country where roads are few and difficult and transportation facilities extremely
 limited. The loss of Chihchiang would have been another sickening blow to Chinese morale and, cor respondingly, would have given Jap propagandists at least a modicum of good news for home-front con- sumption to balance in part the very bad news being received at that time from other areas, par ticularly Burma, the Philippines and Okinawa.
 The Japs meant 1t, for they
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23

of mile, Chinese measure) expen- sive to the Japs.
 Contributing magnificently to the ground defense were the activities of the 14th Air Force, which played 8 conspicuous part in the defense of its ow base Lacking air cover, the enemy had little defense against forays by planes of the Chinese American Composite Wing. Jap lines of supply were harassed, his personnel were struck with demoli- tion and fire bombs and strafed. As Jap supply lines heightened and striking power correspondingly di- unfinished, it became increasingly obvious that the enemy effort was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23
BUILDING PERMITS

Building Inspector John T. Hartley has issued the following permits:
 Armour & Co.,, boiler installa- tion, Commercial and West Main street, $4,000.
 Andrew Dalton, COW shelter, 7l8 Woodtick road, $100.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23
BANK FILES ACTION
 ON PROMISSORY NOTE

Philip R. Peterson of Waterbury was named defendant in $500 civil action in common pleas court today by the Colonial Trust Go. of Wa terbury. The litigation is based on a promissory note for $480, executed last Aug. 30. A balance of $200 is reported due. Payment out of week. ly earnings is sought by the plain tiff
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23
BY HARRY CRIMSON NEA Staff Correspondent

Chihchiang, Southwest Human Province, China, July B - Places like Chihchiang forcefully remind you that the war is not won, that young men are still risking their lives in kicking hell out of Japan.
 Out-of-the-way Chihchiang and brave men who have been-and are-based here deserve vastly more attention than they have been given. At Chihchiang, only a few weeks ago. the Japs for the first time failed to take an airfield which they seriously tried to get fin China. Tn the defense of this airfield the Chinese won their only major battle on their home grounds.
 At Chihchiang, in the only battle of its kind in any war, young men of two nations of different lan- guages, customs and cultures fight side by side. This is the base of the Chinese-American composite wing of the fabulous l4th air force, the one that has done mostest with the leastest.
 Japs Launch Drive
 When many air bases on Japan's Greater East Asia Land Line" had fallen, Chihchiang remained a pain in the neck to the Nips. So in April of this year they decided to take 1t and consolidate their lifeline. They launched formidable of- fensive from the area of their base at Paoching, in western Human.
 In addition to being a practical base for the bombing and strafing of the Hengyang- Changsha corri- dor, Chihchiang was supply point for Chinese arnis in the area.
 Allied ability to fly supplies to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23
MAKEPEACE QUALITIES
 FOR FOREIGN SERVICE

Washington, July 23-(UP)- Twenty candidates including one woman, were successful in recent examinations for appointment to the U. s. foreign service, the State Department announced today. The new officers included, Russell H. Fi- field. Readfield, Me, and Leroy Makepeace, Waterbury, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23
Compensation Agreements

Compensation .Consr. John J. O'Connell today approved the 1oiS lowing agreements for weekly payments during disability:
 Alex Voltage of Middlebury against A. L. Reliable Roofing co. of Waterbury, SAYS beginning July 3, injury to right eye.
 Boleslavas Silkauskas of 853 Bank street against Scovill Mfg. Go, $27.81 beginning July '. fracture of right great toe.
 uiseppi Soffio of 70 Railroad F.. street against Waterbury Buckle Co.,, $2o.21 beginning July 1, second degree burns of right foot and ankle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23
Jap Battleship
 Trapped In Harbor

The Nagato, formerly in action against American forces in the sec- ond battle of hte Philippines sea, has eight 16-inch guns and a sec- ondary battery of 18 5.5-nch guns. She laso has eight 5-inch dual pur- pose guns in her anti-aircraft bat. tery and many 25 nm. anti-craft guns.
 Vice. -Adrimal John s. Mccain sent his compliments othe avia- tors who attacked the Japanese warship.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23
HONOR IMMIGRANT

New Sweden. Me. July 2S.-(UP) Mrs. Agnes Chase Anderson, 7s, was honored by residentS of New Sweden today as the sole surviv- ing resident of the 5i Swedish folk who crossed the ocean to settle in this Aroostook county town, in iR1a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23

ard E. Stockwell. associate news editor, radio station WCCO, Min neapolis. Minn.: Leon Svirsky. sci- ence editor of Time magazine: Ban Yablonsky. of the foreign news. department of PM; James Batal, editor and publisher of the Cleghorn Courier. Fitchburg. Mass. now with the OWI in New York: and Arthur W. Hepner, reporter. st. Louis Post- Dispatch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23
APPROVE AFL DEMANDS

Boston. July 2S-tUP)-Mainten- ance of membership provisions and voluntary checkoff of union dues have been approved for S75 workers of the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division, United Aircraft Corp.
 Buckland. Conn. in settlement of . dispute with the International
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23
Tanks And Chinese Made Chihchiang Air Base Too Hot For JapS To Hold

This is the first of two stories from Chihchiang by Harry Gray son, who is on special assignment for NEA Service in the China Burma-India theater of opera tions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23
By EARNEST HOBERECHT United Press War Correspondent

United Press War Correspondent
 Aboard Admiral McCain's Flag ship of Tokyo, July 18 - (UP) = Two hundred dive 'bombers from Task Force 38 today battered the 32,000-ton Japanese Battleship Na- gato with 1,000-pound bombs as one of the last Nipponese capital ships lay helplessly tied up to a pier at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Tokyo Harbor.
 Screaming down from 15000 feet to release their bombs 1,5OO feet above the Nagato, the bombs dam- aged two turrets and the ships hull on the port side, returning pilots re- ported.
 Navy airmen taking part in the surprise attack said they believed the Nagato, either sank or was heavily damaged.
 Ouyt of Commission
 Preliminary reports maed 1t diffi- cult to determine whether the bat tleship settled in shallow water after the terrific attack. But 1t was definitely known that the enemy will be deprived of the ships use for a long time to come.
 The 200 carrier planes assaulted the huge battleship as 1,500 British and American planes swarmed over the strongly defended Tokyo Bay region to knock out anti-aircraft guns and clear the air of enemy op- position.
 At least 50 per cent of their high explosives landed in the target area, pilots said.
 First in History
 If 1t should be determined that the Nagato was sunk it would be the first time in history that bat tleship had been sunk with aerial bombs alone.
 The carrier bombers assigned to the Nagato. modernized in 1935-36. encountered raging ack ack oppo- sition directly over the target.
 As the planes flew in over the once mighty Yokosuka base, they saw the ship sticking out like a sore thumb and 1t was easy to pick out" one pilot said.
 The ship was in such a position torpedoes could not be used. Bombs were the only means of attacking it.
 Heavy Ack-Ack
 Tn getting down to a position to release their bombs the flyers had to dive through what they described as the heaviest anti-aircraft fire of the Pacific war.
 "IIl never talk about the old days after this" one veteran said. This topped them all.
 Some of the returning planes had as many as 100 bullet holes through wing and fuselage.
 Ensign Joseph John Scherting St. Gouis, gave 6 dramatic description of his dive nthe Nagato. He told of getting a hit and of seeing a tremendous flash on the target caused by a bomb dropped by It. Thomas P. Gavin, Pittsburgh, Pa.
 We followed another group in at l5.OO0 feet ond peeled off," scherting said.
 Going down we were in steep dive-almost on uor back. The sky was covered. 1t was so black with sck-ack. There were lots of little islands below us and they were covered with anti-a aircraft guns that were firing continuously. I was fol- lowing Gavin and saw his bomb hit tt landed near the stern of the ship snd there was a big red flesh.
 Heavily Fortified
 q vas fortunate and got hit also, As he pulled out of our dive ve stllI were being fired at wiSa ack-ack. It was the most heavily fortified spot bve ever seen"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23
AMG And Allied Commission ReSettle Thousands In Italy
BY ROBERT MEYER United Press Staff Correspondent

Rome Italian persons gratefully home soil 40 northern Italy operated Allied commission They to be back prison nothing tired confused
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23

Association of Machinists (AFL) according to the Regional War La- hor Board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23

The Nagato, one of Japan's known four remaining battleships, was tied up at a pier, helpless much in the same fashion as some of our ships at Pearl Harbor = when Admiral William F. Halsey's caFrier bombers hit the Yokosuka Naval Base, United Press War Correspondent Earnest Hoberecht reveals in the following dispatch from aboard ship.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23

'T vas fortunate and got a hit also AS he pulled out of our dive ve stllI were being fired at wiSa ack-ack. It was the most heavily fortified spot b've ever seen"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-30
OHIO BELL TELEPHONE
announces new DIRECTOR

Randolph Eide, president Of The
Ohio Bell Telephone Company, an
nounced today that Frederick R.
Brett, comptroller of the company,
was elected a member of the board
of directors and member of the
boards executive committee and
that Ashley M. Van Duzer, the COM
pany's general solicitor, was elected
general counsel of the company.
Mr.. Brett, who was born and edu-
Gated in Michigan, entered the tele-
phone business as an office boy in
1900. He worked in accounting de-
partments in Detroit, Chicago and
Indianapolis before going to Cleve-
land in 1914 as division auditor of
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-30
NAACp wins ACQUIHAL
FOR MAN ACCUSED

CHESTER, Pa, July 80 (ANP)
The local branch of the NAACP
scored another victory here when
it's counsel, Atty. Henry Gouley,
won an acquittal for Joseph Davis,
of this city, who was accused of in
citing to riot, and assault and bat
terry with intent to kill.
Not only was the charges against
Davis dismissed, but costs of $500
were levied against one of the po-
licemen who made the arrest.
Incidents leading up to this rare
outcome of a chester jury trial in
volving Negroes and whites began
when Davis car stalled after he was
returning with his family and
friends from seeing President
Roosevelt's funeral train p a S
through the station.
Police accused Davis of blocking
traffic although it was brought out
in the trial that no cars were be-
hind Davis. An argument ensued
and one of the officers struck Davis.
After a brief battle in which one
cop is reputed to have pointed his
pistol at Davis back, he was hauled
into the station house and beaten
by seven other policemen. The
charges were then placed against
him.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-30
LAUNCH COURTESY
CLUB IN NORTHWEST

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 80
(ANP) The Courtesy club has
been launched by two groups here,
the Council of Churches and the
Citizens Progressive council.
Mayor Riley, Portland's hard
bitten mayor, received one of the
buttons Thursday. The pledge of
the club is: "As an ardent believer
in democracy, to use every oppor-
tunity to further the cause Of hu-
man decency through courtesy and
good will toward my fellow men,
regardless of race, creed, color or
national origin"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-30

receipts. Subsequently he held the
positions of auditor of disburse-
ments, chief accountant, general
auditor and comptroller, having
held the latter position since April,
1914.
Mr.. Van Duzer, the new general
counsel, fills the position recently
made vacant by the death of Karl r.
Burr, of Columbus. He has been en-
gagged in legal work for the Ohio Bell
for more than ten years and was
elected general solicitor in March,
1913. Mr.. Van Duzer is partner in
the Cleveland law firm of Mckee
han, Merrick, Arter and Stewart
and George William Cottrell. He
has been associated with this firm
in the practice of law for nearly 80
years and will remain partner in
the firm.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-30

The Management Of fhe PALACE
THEATRE hove been able to secure
The GREAT LESSON show for One
Performance Only on Fridoy. August
3rd. This show will be q MlDNlTE
RAMBLE at 1880 P. N. Only Adults
will be admitted for IL is much TOO
seory for children. Wafeh fhis paper
for further informofion and defaiIs
about This stellar attraction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-08
UPAppoints Authority On Europe
 F. C. OechsneF
 Is News Monoeer
 For Continent

London, Nov. 8-(UP)-Appoint- ment of Frederick c. Oechsner as European news manager of the United Press was announced today by Vigil Pinkley, UP vice-president for Europe.
 Oechsner returns to the UP after three years of wartime government service. For 10 years before the war he was in charge of the UP in cen- tral Europe with headquarters in Berlin. There in 1941 he and his staff were arrested by the Nazis and interned at Bad Nauheim. They were exchanged and returned to the United States in June, 1942.
 AS European news manager Oechsner will make his headquar- ters in London, but will spend part of his time on the continent super vising United Press news coverage. He will be at Nuremberg in charge of the UP staff covering the war crimes trials later this month.
 Since the Autumn of 1942, Oechs- ner has been with the office of Stra- tegic services, on leave of absence from the UP. Highly confidential assignments for. OSS Director Wil- liam J. Donovan took him to Algiers and Tunis during the North Afri- can campaign. During the Sicilian campaign he was attached to the U. s. Seventh Army, and in the fall of 1943 he went to London for conferences with British officials
 In 1914, Oechsner represented the OSS as deputy to Brig. Gen. Robert A. Mcclure, chief of the psycholog- ical warfare division of Supreme Allied headquarters. Early this year,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-08

he series won ranking honors in the annual poll of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, results of Wlfch have just been released.
 With a long run assured for The Red Mill" her first attempt at pro- ducing a Broadway show, MES Commentator Paula Stone, along with partner Hunt Stromberg, Jr., is making plans to sponsor dramatic offering. Top names in the thea trical world are now being consld- cred and rehearsals are expected to begin with the next month.
 When Bob Hawk quipmaster Of Thanks to the Tanks" over CBS Monday nights, broadcast from the deck of the U. $. $. New York he got into conversation with several of the sailors. One confided, I'm going to round up all my girls and buy wine for them. I'd like to have some port in every sweetheart"
 MO hAAN WY distinguished journalists debate the question, Should We Support the Establishment of a Jewish State Tn Palestine NoW?" on Americas Town Meeting in its broadcast to- night at 8:30 p. m, over Station WATR. Rabbi Stephen s. Wise, national yice-president of the Zion ist Organization of America and member of the World Zionist Ex- ,ecutiye Council, and Edgar Ansel Mowrer, author, foreign eorrespon- dent and columnist, speak for the affirmative. Upholding the nega- tive viewpoint will be Rabbi Morris s. Lazaron, member of the eXecu- tive committee of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and Carroll Binder, editor of the editorial page of the Minneapolis Tribune. The broadcast will origi- nate in Town Hall, New York, with George V. Denny, Jr., as modera- tor.
 Lee J. Cobb of Broadway and the films, will be heard as a man ac- cused of murdering his wife and another man, though their bodies cannot be found, in Before the Fact" hair-raiser to be broadcast on Suspense" tonight at 8 D. m, over CBS stations. After he has served a lb-year prison sentence
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-08
U. s. POWs Are Eligible For Release
 Had to Be Held
 More Thon 60
 Doys in Prison

Washington, Nov. 8-(UP)-U. S. soldiers who were held as prisoners of war for more than 50 days are now eligible for discharge no mat ter what their point scores may be, the War Department announced yesterday.
 The order, it was estimated, will affect an estimated 25,000 former war prisoners who did not have enough points for discharge.
 The former prisoners, however, must have completed their rehabili- tation program or be able to meet physical requirements for discharge.
 The ruling does not apply to reg ular Army officers or to men who enlisted in the regular Army after June l, 1945.
 Rep. Andrew J. Biemillern, O. Wis), had reported the order in the House earlier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-08

and returned home, the crime is brought back into prominence by an unusual chain of events.
 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, those two madmen in searchs of a straitjacket, air another session of hilarity over Station WTIC, tonight at 10 p. m. Connie Haines, prob ably marking back to the last time Abbott and Costello acted logical ly, sings Its Been a Long, Long Time" Will Osborne and the orch- estra are featured in Blue Skies"
 "Dinah Shores Open House" marks the spot where Groucho Marx finds the perpetual welcome mat. The zany comic makes his third appearance with Dinah this season this evening at 8:30 D. m., over the WTIC-NBC network
 Dinah and Groucho greet each other like long-lost friends, and fast and funny repartee flies back and forth in an all-out attempt to beat their previous laugh rec ords.
 Love Letters" and Honey" are the songs chosen by Dinah to be featured on the show.
 When Cliff Arquette, oWner-man- ager of WATR-ABC's mythical old hostelry Glamour Manor, discovers that an old flame is in town, he togs himself out in his old college clothes to recapture the mood of many years ago, then calls on her without considering the reception that awaits him from his old flames husband-during the Gla- mour Manor broadcast of Friday, November g, at l2 noon, EST, over WATR-ABC.
 Andre Kostelanetz has Frederick March as his guest in the role of narrator for Prokofieff's orchestral fairy tale, Peter and the Wolf" on ''The Music of Andre Koste- lanetz", tonight WABC-CBS, 9:00- 9:30 D. m. Also on the program is group of Prank Churchill tunes from the movie Snow White.
 Prokofieff wrote Peter and the Wolf" as an entertaining way to instruct children concerning the various instruments which illustrate the typical fairy tale narrated by March of the pandemonium caused by a wolk in a barnyard.
 The Snow White" selections in- clude "On Song" with Smile and a Song," "Heigh Ho', and Whistle While You Work.
 The neyer-say-die man hunter of the networks, Vera Vague, will try her tenacious charms on Prank Mor- gan when she visits the Kraft Mu- sic Hall tonight at p. m. over WTIC-NBC. Morgan's regulars, Lima Romay, Carmen Cayailaro, the Charioteers, and John Scott Trot- ter's orchestra makeup the KMF half-hour of comedy and music.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-08

held at Chapter House, l65 Grove street. on the following days.
 Wednesday and Friday mornings, g to II a. m; Tuesday and Thurs day afternoons, 2:30 to 4:30 p. m; and Monday and Wednesday even ings, 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
 Mrs. Dillon has pointed out that the importance of these Home Nurs- ing classes cannot be underesti- mated because a marked shortage of doctors and nuses still exists.
 Each course comprises six les- sons requiring two hours each, ana is conducted by a graduate regis tered nurse. Actual demonstrations, showing how to improvise needs for the care of the sick out of simple household articles, are an essential part of the course, and will prove particularly helpful when sickness strikes suddenly, Mrs. Dillon had pointed out.
 Registrations taken at Chapter House from g a. m. to 5 p. m. and Saturdays until noon. Call 5-ll37' Miss Florence Anderson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-08

F. M. wATR 1920 K 12:O0-Glamour Manor 12:15-Glamour Manor 12:30-News 12:45-Dr. Whittaker-Music 1:00--Melody Time News 1:15-Melody Time l:30-Carnival
 1:45-John J. Anthony 2:O0-John B. Kennedy 2:l5-Ethel & Albert 2:30-Victory Salute 2:45-Music Box Matinee 3:00-Best Sellers
 3:l5-Best Sellers 3:30-Ladies Be Seated e:45-Ladies Be Seated 4:00-Jack Berch Show 4:15- -Time Out For Music 4:30-Report From Abroad 4:45-Hop Harrigan 5:00-Terry and the Pirates B:15-Hits & Bits b:30-Jack Armstrong 5:45-Music For Dining
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-08
VA VELETS
By BILL HARRINGTON

Thursday, Nov. 15 airing of the Ab- bolt and Costello Show, over NEG, at 10 D. m, EST, SongstreSs Connie HaineS sings the new favorite, That's For Me" with Will Os- borne's orchestra. Music and mur- der are combined in the Thursday, Nov. 15 Suspense" mystery. titled, Murder of Key" starring Zachery Scott, new screen discovery, at 8 p. m. EST. over CBS. Some twenty years of hard fighting experience will be represented on the American networks Blind Date" show when the Friday night session pays trib- ute to Marine Day, day before the event, Nov. g. Louise Froiland, Girl Friday Of Producer Tom Wal lace, has been on hand for recent troopship arrivals and has lined up six Leathernecks who have just re- turned from overseas. Each of the GIs," says Louise, "has more than three years of war service behind him, and they have 8 total of some 50 ribbons and medals among them "a record for the program!" Win ming Marines on the wit-and-woo show will be treated to a free eve ming of fun at New York's famous Stork Club with glamour girls of stage and radio.
 Agnes Moorehead and Ray Col lins co-star in the provocatively- titled "Col. Paxton and the Haunt ed Horse" on the CBS This Is My Best" airing of Nov. l3. Original story, by William A. KrausS, ap- peared in Liberty Magazine and was adapted for radio by Walter Richards.
 Connie Haines, the singer, is now observing her fourth anniversary as vocalist on the Abbott and Costello fun sessions over NEG Thursday nights.
 The Great Gildersleeve, heard on NEG Sunday nights, has extra reason to chuckle. His program rated among the top fifteen in the latest network popularity survey and he won ranking honors among the best comedians selected in the Cleveland Plain Dealer poll. Harold Peary. who plays the title role, is now in his fifth year as The Great Cider sleeve"
 Chalk up another honor for Phil Bakers Take It Or Leave It. pro- gram heard Sundays on CBS at 10 D. m., EST. Tn addition to being the only quiz show on the networks to rate among the top fifteen in popu- larity according to the latest survey,