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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
High Priority
 Cargo Scored

Antioch Cal, Jan. 18-CUP)-T- Sgt. Dave AkS today confirmed an Antioch, Cal, sailors story that Col. Elliott Roosevelts dog was given preference over them and another service man, as yet unidentified, on an Army cargo plane.
 AkS, an overseas veteran, arrived home at Riverside, Cal, last night to visit his ailing wife after consid- erable delay caused by Army off, cers ordering the three SerVicemen off the plane at Memphis, Tenn, to make room for high priority cargo.
 The sergeant's story was the same in detail as that of Seaman 1-C Leon Leroy who first revealed the incident when he arrived at Antioch to visit his ailing and widowed mother. Leroy and his mother sought seclusion today to avoid the sudden publicity caused by the story.
 The dog, sent by Roosevelt to his wife, was in a Hollywood kennel.
 Leroy revealed that his emergency leave had been extended five days to Jan. 27, making up all but AS hours of the time lost when he was ordered off the plane at Memphis, Tenn.
 His mother, griving over the re- cent death of her husband, Al Leroy, well known police chief, didn't like the publicity brought by the inci- dent. we've found ourselves on too many newscasts." she said. They turned the family radio off "till it's all over"
 Aks said there were p aboard the plane when it left New York, "and when We got to Dayton. O., (Patterson Field) a dog was put on
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
Jops Expect
 oniIo FoII
BY WILLIAM B. DICKINSON

DA
 General MacArthur's Headquar- ters, Luzon, Jan. 18-UP)-Field reports indicated today that the Japanese have begun evacuating key personnel by air from Manila to Northern Luzon and possibly even Formosa in anticipation of the early fall of the Philippine capital.
 GA Japanese Domei dispatch rec orded by the EGG claimed that a Japanese unit had landed from the sea to the rear' of American posi- tions in the Lingayen Gulf Tuesday night and heavily blasted and set ablaze enemy munitions stored in native houses and trucks assem- bled along the coastal highWay.D
 News of furtive northWard flights by enemy transport planes reached headquarters as American forces massed strength few miles above Tarlac, 65 miles north of Manila, for new southward lunge that was expected to carry all the way to the great Clark air center, 25 miles away.
 Other forces Widened the Amer ican beachhead on the Lingayen Gulf north of Tarlac to 65 miles with a Emile advance which sealed off the PangaSinan Peninsula and secured the western flank against the possibility of Japanese coun- ter attack.
 Striking northwest from Alami- nos, the western column pushed through clear to the northern tip of the peninsula at Bolinao in the face of only negligible resistance from scattered Japanese stragglers. At last exports the Americans were advancing down the west coast of the peninsula toward Dasol Bay, l5
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
Bills Flood Legislature AtHurtford

Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 18.-UP)-- Bills of every description rolled into the hopperS today as the General Assembly met in brief session before its weekend recess.
 Among the first to be offered in the Senate were bills to restore the forfeited rights of John J. Crary and Thomas A. Shanahan, two of the more than score persons con- victed in the notorious Waterbury municipal graft scandal of 1939. Both served jail terms for their part in the conspiracy to defraud the city of nearly $3,5OOOOO thorugh rigged contracts, overpayments for services and bookkeeping manipula- tionS.
 Restoration of forfeited rights also was asked for Joseph A. Rose man, Greenwich, Stewart F. Ander- son, Meriden, and George A. Proc tor, New Britain.
 A bill clarifying a previous bill relating to the budgeting and fi- nancing of the town of Greenwich Wclo HUI OuuCcO GO uc11L1C UIlc WOTuS "yield' and income.
 One of the first war-connected measures to come before the legis- lature was filed by Sen. Matthew J. Avitabile, D., New Britain. It would provide free licenses for all dogs honorably discharged from military service.
 Sen. Vincent Giampietro, R., Stam- ford, proposed that motor vehicles taxed by the town of Stamford be exempt from taxation by the city of Stamford.
 In the House, on motion of Re- publican leader Herbert Wanderer, Bethel, it was voted to delay ap- pointment of members of the legis- ltaive council until the first We'd nesday in May to give members an opportunity to show their metal be- fore being named to the important advisory group. Ordinarily the ap- pointments would be made the 18th day of the session.
 House bills provided:
 Establishment of a five-member adult probation board, apointed N judges of the superior court.
 Appointment of Fred w. Beach and William N. Derosier as judges of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
Says oPA
 A Nuisance
By FREDERICK c. OTHMAN

Washington, Jan. Is - (U.P) - I can report today that Mrs. Frank lin D. Roosevelt does not wear cot ton stockings, that Senator Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota is first class dentist, and that sometimes the OPA is a doggone nuisance.
 My sourcess for these statements of fact are Anton Ettesvold, the best farmer in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Minn- esota, and his wife. And especially his wife.
 Radio Station WAX of Yankton, $. D., held contest for champion farmer, chose Ettesvold from 8,700 rivals and awarded him and the Missus free trip to Washington to witness the inauguration of Pres ident Roosevelt.
 I dropped in on the Ettesvolds at the Statler Hotel, where they were admiring the modernistic furniture and waiting for Saturdays festiv- ities at the White House. We got to talking about one thing and an- other and 1t turned out that their troubles began 1n Minneapolis, where the governor of Minnesota made speech and presented them with a neWfangld, 1945-model trac- tor.
 The 67-year- Ettesvold, gray haired, gray-mustached and clear of eye, decided if this machine was to be any use on his 333 acres, he'd have to learn how to run it. It takes gasoline to demonstrate trac tor. The reception committee rush. ed to the OPA, put up an argument and got some gasoline; one gallon This barely wet the bottom of the tank; when the engine wheezed it's last, Ettesvold had only a sketchy idea of what levers to pull.
 The Ettesvolds entrained then for Washington, with the motherly- looking Mrs. E. keeping clearly in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
E. T. MoIoney Rites Friday MorningAt1O

J. Francis Smith of Waterbury has been named an usher to act at tomorroWs funeral services in Mer- iden for the late United States Sem ator Francis T. Maloney (D). Mayor John s. Monagan and other city officials and those close to the de- ceased as personal friends will at- tend. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m.
 Governor Raymond E. Baldwin will head the delegation of national and state officials, of governmental and civic affairs who will attend tomorrow's services. Special dele gates from both the U. s. Congress and the Connecticut General As sembly will be among the groups attending to pay respect to the highly admired and respected late senator.
 Tributes to the late legislators high degree of integrity and moral courage continued to pour into his home at Meriden the latest coming from his friend and colleague ill Washington former U. s. Senator John A. Danaher who although a Republican was staunch admirer of the late senator. Senator Danaher said:
 Frank Maloney and I grew up together in Meriden. We lived on the same street afew houses apart. We were interested in public affairs and good government. I shared his just pride in his many accomplish ments, as mayor of Meriden, as man and finally as United States | Senator.
 Tt was my rare privilege to work with him these last six years. Des-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18

A Moscow dispatch of the ex- change Telegraph said Konev's vanguard was believed to be within 50 miles of Breslau, industrial and communitions center of all Silesia, the 'Ruhr of the east and prime source of supply for the German war machine.
 United Press Report from Moscow said Konevs advance on the Silesian frontier had cut the lateral com munitions between the German armies in the Krakow area and these fleeing Marshall Gregory K. zhukov's first White Russian Army to the north.
 Berlin acknlowedged the loss of Czestochowa and said the Runsian captorS were advancing due west, but 8 Nazi military spokesman claimed the Russians will find that their offensive will become entirely different at the German border.
 The pessimism of German reports pictrring the Red Army offensive as an irresistible Juggernaut crunch ing westward on the entire eastern front" accentuated the jubilant confidence of Soviet accounts of the offensive.
 On-tO-Berlin Push
 Russian writers and commentators were freely calling the offensive an on to-Berlin push aimed at bringing the war to an early end.
 All of Central and Northwestern Poland lay exposed to Zhukov's was moving armored forces. Northwest of fallen Warsaw, Marshal Stal- in's armies were wheel up toward the Baltic in a drive to slice of East Prussia, where bitter German re- sistance was reported holding up a Soviet offensive still unannounced by Moscow.
 At the center, other mobile col umns raced over the approaches to Lodz, Polands second city and im- portnnt center of transport and ln- dustry.
 '"The battle in the big bend of the Vistula continues with unabated fury" the German high command
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
TOO Flying Forts
 Bomb Rail Yards

London. Jan. 18-(UP)-A small force of Flying Fortresses escorted by Mustang fighters today attacked railyards at Kaiserlautern, Saar- land industrial and transport center 38 miles northeast of Saarbrucken.
 An official announcement of the daylight attack, following a British night raid On the rail center of Magdeburg, said about 100 Flying Fortresses of the Eighth Air Force were engaged, with like number of fighters.
 Royal Air Force bombers, guided by fires set in a raid the night be- fore, hit Magdeburg, southwest of Berlin, at 5 a. m, the Air Ministry reported.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
Crawford Predicts Spring Tire Boom

Washington, Jan. 18-(UP)-The tire situation is improving rapidly, according to Fred 0. Crawford of the National Association of Manu- lecturers.
 Testifying before a congressional committee on manpower, Crawford said the tire shortage was due large ly to lack of machines to make them, especially large tires, but that is coming along"
 T predict we'll be flooded with tires this spring." he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
BY DOROTHY WILLIAMS

Washington, Jan. 18.-(UP)-Rep Glare Boothe Luce, R., Conn, today denounced the Army's policy o1 keeping divisions almost continu- ally in the front lines and urged that ground soldiers be assured re- lief after a fixed tour of duty un- der fire"
 Calling special attention to con- ditions on the forgotten front" in Italy, the playwright congress- woman, who recently toured the Eu- ropean war zones, declared ln a speech prepared for House deliv- cry that the 34th Division of Lieut.. Gen. Mark w. Clark's Fifth Army mad seen more than 400 combat days.
 Mrs. Luce warned that too-long front line duty threatened to bring "demoralization" both to the av-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
Trousers Without Knee Boqs Likely

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 18-- (UPD-Tr0users that won't bag at the knees are postwar possibility.
 The MOnsantO Chemical Co. is working on an anti-slip pro- cess to make fibers stay put, according to the industrial bulletin. Called "SytOn," the process involves the dispersion of minute particles of silica in water. The mixture is sprayed on the fabric and prevents lOOSening of fiberS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
AMERICANS CLOSING TN ON ST. WITH
WarsawLiberation
 Foreshadows Early Berlin Fall To Reds
BY BRUCE w. MUNN

London, January IS. - (UP) - Moscow reports said today that the Red Army believed to smashed across the Polish frontier into Germany unchecked invasion surgng to within less than 50 miles Bresau Silesian capital, 225 miles southeast of Berlin.
 Marshal Ivan S. Konevs First Ukranian Army spear heading the Soviet offensive that is pushing the Germans westward at mile an hour clip reported unoffcially to have the of captured CzestochoWa
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-25
Senate Snqg May Delay Charter

Washington, July 25- AP-- A
three-point program 20 carry out
the United Nations charter EN-.
erged today from the smoke Of I'm.
'iexpects6rBenate fireworks that
threatened brief delay in ratifica-
tion OF the document.
What the Administration wants,
as outlined by several senators. is
this:
/. Ratification OF the charter with
the explicit understanding that
the United States thus Is commit.
ting itself to use its troops to help
police future peace.
2. Enactment next fall OF law
giving this country's security coun-
ell delegate authority, through the
President, to vote for the use OF
U. S. troops for police work short
OF actual war.
8. Later approval by both hous-
es of Congress OF an agreement
with the Security Council on fur
nishing American troops and equip.
ment.
A half dozen charter supporters.
headed by Senator Lucas (D-Ill)
prepared today to drive home the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-25

Ray Burrell, SIS washtenaw
Ave, has an abundant amount OF
vegetables In his victory garden on
Spencer Avenue. Potatoes. peas,
radishes, lettuce, string beans, lima
beans, carrots, strawberries. rasp-
berries grapes sweet corn, pop
corn, cucumbers, a melon patch
and last, but not least, turnips. II
seems that there is a little story
connected with Mr.. Burrell's tur
nips. When he was buying his seeds
he bought quite few and some OF
his friends thought that II was
going to be too much, so one friend
in particular had an idea for Mr..
Burrelrs distribution OF them. I.
seems he wrote a great many let
tiers and post-marked them from
different cities and told Mr.. Bur
rell that he had heard that he had
quite a few turnips and when they
had grown he would like him to
send him Two or three carloads TO
a certain place. In one letter II
said not to bother answering the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-25
Hears
Vltuperatlon

Paris, July rs up Marshal
Henri Philippe Petain. silently stalk.
ing his life on glories Of the past,
prepared today to face new prose.
cution assaults In his treason trail,
apparently without speaking fur.
ther in his own defense.
As frances once.grand old man
left the courtroom yesterday re-
porter heard him say. II believe II
is better to let those gentlemen
drown themselves in their own spit
tie"
Then he added, ITS difficult, i'm
mensely difficult. to maintain my
silence but have said that would
speak only once and / shall speak
only once"
Petain summed up his defense
on the opening day OF the trial
when, standing in the prisoners
dock, he told the TANNED and I'M
ruly courtroom, III | treated with
the enemy, II was to spare you"
Petain. SO, looked battered and
weary after the twin TRADES dealt
him by former premiers Of the
third republic Paul Reynaud and
Edousrd Daladier.
These two who knew Petain in
the days when he stood shoulder
TO shoulder with the mighty Foch
pulled no punches in their bitter
attacks.
Their eyes never met the eyes
of the accused. Sometimes Petain
appeared to vince at their words.
At other times, the marshall seem
ed to be struggling to remain
awake
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-25
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Mental Cases
Occupy Police

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Local and state police have Been
busy the past week Investigating
former inmates and escapes Of the
Ypsilanti State Hospital. None Of
the persons were dangerous.
Two persons, one a former In.
mate, the other one who wander.
ed off. have been returned. Two
others are still at large.
The 81 year old girl in a down
town restaurant, Thursday. was
identified as Miss Lillian Isaacson,
Wayne. and a former patient OF the
institution. She drew the suspic-
ions of the proprietor OF the lunch
room, when she refused TO eat any
thing, but drank huge quantities OF
hot water. She was readmitted to
the hospital.
An inmate, Peter D. Bondona,
who wandered away from the hos
pital, was found in the bus station
Tuesday night and returned. He
had been reported by business men
who told police he had been acting
queerly.
Two escapes, Miss Jean Oul.
lette, who escaped Monday. and
Stewart Firth, who left Tuesday,
are still at large. Both Aharm.
less, and formerly lived in Detroit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-25
Anti-Queues
Queue Made

London, July 25-INS-Britain's
women are SO incensed at standing
In line for everything they're even
standing In line to protest war
born queues.
All over the country. the women
are forming committees to fight
.or the adjustment OF all waiting
lines in front Of food shops, thea
ters, bus stops, movies and corner
houses.
Demonstrations have taken place
in London, Cardiff. Manchester.
Birmingham. In one place, the la
dies even stood In line for hours
in order to attend protest meet
ing against queues.
The British press is treating the
queue issue in banner headlines.
Smaller items such as the war, the
German question or the Big Three
Conference are put on the back
pages.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-25
Story of Rescue
Told by Worker

Ann Arbor, July 25-,The story
OF how 24.year.old Sgt. Warren II.
Scofield saved the lives of his pilot
and co-pilot, while his hair was
flaming after a crash landing in
France, was revealed by a letter
to the sergeant's parents, who re-
side at 223 Mosley ST., Ann Arbor,
from a Red Cross worker.
Sgt. Scofield went forward in the
burning C.54. where the two pilots
were pinned to their seats. He op-
ened the matches and the co-pilc-
leaped to safety. while hair and
clothes were burning. he dragged
the pilot from the burning plane,
Just seconds before two Of the four
gas tanks exploded. The sergeant's
only comment was: II think my
hair will grow out soon"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-25
u s.. Ships Shell Jap Homeland
Var in Brief

(By Associated Press)
Japan--Admiral Halsey's tidal
wave OF more than 1900 carrier
planes swept over Japans dying
navy for the second successive day.
During yesterdays attack. at least
two battleships, two carriers. three
crisers were damaged and 81 planes
were destroyed or damaged in the
Inland Sea area. Three hundred
fifty Okinawa.based planes return
ed to the Shanghai area battering
three airports. smashing Shang-
hai-bound convoy. and sinking OF
damaging Is warships or freighters.
China Chinese troops broke
through the south gate OF the wall
ed town OF Yangso. site o: former
U. S. Air Force base, A miles
south OF Kweilin which is being en-
circled.
Borneo-Aussies advanced two
miles on the road to Samarinda oil
field. East Borneo, so miles dist
ant.
Burma-Japanese fought desper-
ately on a 77-mile front to break
out OF British trap in southern
Burma.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-25
Negro Red
Causes Row

Washington, July 25-- UP New
York Democrats and left-wingers
are deep in controversy today. The
issue is Tammany Halls endorse
ment and subsequent reputation
Of a negro communist for election
to the city council.
The dispute has bomb-burst po-
tentialities in the mayoralty con.
test which is coming up In New
York. And its effects may be fel.
generally through the state and
even in next years national cleo
ton.
The central figure is Benjamin
J. Davis, Jr., a negro who in 1913
was elected to the city council on
the Communist ticket. Some days
ago his candidacy was formally en-
dorsed by the New York County
Committee OF the Democratic Par
ty.,-Hhat is the formal name OF the
equalization known as Tammany
Hall,
Davis is particularly objection
able to some Catholic members of
rarAnany and the reaction to his
endorsement was violent.
District Attorney William o.
Dwyer, Democratic candidate for
mayor in the November elections,
gave. Tammany Leader Edward v,
Loughlin until midnight last night
to withdraw the Halls endorse
ment OF Davis. O'Dwyer told Lough-
lin he would repudiate Davis If the
leader failed to do so.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-25
Hooper Case
.Mistriial Asked

Battle Creek, Mich. July rs -
AP-Attorney General John r.
Dethmers has been subpoenaed by
the defense to appear as a witness
in support OF a defense motion for
mistrial in the Hooper murder con-
spiracy case on grounds that pub
lication Tuesday OF the report on
conditions inside the State Prison
OF Southern Michigan was preju.
dicial to the defendants case.
Defense Attorney Maurice ].
Walsh of Chicago, counsel for Mike
Selik, one OF the four defendants.
moved for a mistrial at the opening
OF court this morning.
Walsh presented several newspa-
per accounts OF the prison report,
reading the full content into the
record.
Shortly after Walsh began his
arguments in support OF the motion,
Judge Blaine W. Hatch was called
to the telephone and returned te
the bench to report he had talked
with Dethmers in Lansing and that
Dethmers questioned whether the
summons to appear in court twas
official"
81 told Dethmers he had better
come right away" Judge Hatch
declared
The Jury was withdrawn from
the courtroom while Walsh argued
the motion.
In one OF the newspaper &C
counts read by Walsh. Selik was
termed Purple Gangster."
Henry Luks, who appeared as
state witness early in the trial.
was also mentioned in the prison
report.
The motion for mistrial came
before Judge Hatch had opportun-
ity to rule on a question OF the ad.
instability OF the testimony OF
Miss jeanette Welker, described as
Harry Fleisher's girl friend
who took the witness stand Tues
day afternoon.
The Detroit barmaid, who was
held imprisoned three months for
safe keeping. suddenly switched
her story yesterday when confront.
ed by her boy friend, Harry Fleisch-
er.
The flame-haired Miss Welker
yesterday admitted she had dates
with Harry Fleischer and coca
sionally" entertained him in hep
apartment.
In testimony before the Grand
Jury Miss Welker asserted that
Harry was in her apartment
night or two after the Hooper muir
der, Jan. IL. The crime was DIS
cussed and Fleischer was quoted
as answering in reply to her query.
Did Sammy do it," with Maybe
he could have" However. Miss
Welker testified yesterday that
Harry Fleisher was not In her
apartment for some weeks after the
Hooper staying.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-25
Witness Sent
to Jail, Had
Evasiive

Circuit Judge James R. Breakey
today sentenced Angelo Lazaris.
81. of 2O7 Miller Ave, Ann Arbor,
a witness before the grand jury
investigating gambling in Washte-
nav County, to serve so days in
the county jail for contempt by con-
cealing knowledge OF gambling, and
evasive answers. He operates the
OK Pool Room in Ann Arbor.
The grand jury has been investi-
eating reported gaming in the
county for the past 80 days in
continuation Of the work begun by
the late Judge George w. Sample.
In a joint statement today. Judge
Breakey and Prosecutor John Rae
indicated disclosures will be forth.
coming.
Five persons appeared before the
jury today and two others are be-
ing sought. The session continued
through the lunch hour.