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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
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southwest of Berlin, last night. At that point they were only 31 miles west of the Russians at Treuen- breitzen, southwestern suburb of Berlin.
 U. s. Ninth Army troops were only a few mlies farther from Treunbreitzen in their bridgehead across the Elbe River in the Bar by area.
 There still was no confirmation of German reports that the Ninth Army was storming the Elbe farth- CT north at Wittenberge, 62 miles northwest of Berlin, in an attempt to break across and join the as- Sault on the capital. Far to the west, British troops were reported to have launched their final assault on Bremen after the Nazi garrison rejected sur render ultimatum, and another British column fought into Har- burg, directly across the Elbe River from Hamburg.
 Field dispatches said the Britons had captured a secret order issued by Adolf Hitler in which the Fueh- Ter admitted the collapse of all or ganized resistance in the west anc called upon his troops to wage 2 Guerrilla War
 With the battle for Berlin thund' ering into its final hours and Hit Ter reportedly staying on to die 1T his ruined capital, chaos and panit were spreading swiftly through thu German ranks.
 Even on the rim of the Bayariar
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ture was expected imminently, with the official announcement to be made simultaneously in Washing ton, London and Moscow.
 First Army troops were astri1e the Nude river at Eilenburg. 16 miles west of Torgau, and patrols were probing beyond the river toward the Russian lines.
 Eilenburg, 12 miles northeast of Leipzig, was the only city on the First Army front where any inn portant resistance was reported early today. The Americans held the city's westbank section and theil big guns were blasting the east side to rubble.
 Nor than 2l,30O prisoners were taken by the First Army in the past 24 hours, bringing its war long total to 8O0,882 captives. the larg- est bag of any Allied army. Rumors of another junction be- tween U s. Ninth Army and Rus sian skirmiShers in the western su- burbs of Berlin also were flying about headquarters, but officia spokesmen refused all confirma- ton.
 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower! headquarters said all arrangements for the link-up with the Red Army had been concluded and front cor. respondents said American forward columns were being fitted with spe. cial Identification in preparation for the juncture.
 First Army troops captured ar1t completely cleared DeSsau, 62 miles
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redoubt. where tens of thousands of crack elite guards and fanatical Hitler youth troops had been must cred to stem the Allied tide, Ger man resistance appeared to have broken wide open.
 Patton's veteran armored divi- Sions hammered out terrific gains all along a front of more than 30 miles in their sudden drive South- ward.
 Nabburg Entered
 The 11th Armored division Spurt- ed ahead 26 miles Sunday to enter Nabburg, on the Naab river 30 miles north of Regensburg. Another ar- mored column shot out ahead of the Nabburg force to Schwarzen- field, 25 miles north of the Danub- ian city, 87 miles north-northeast of Munich and 125 miles northwest of HitlerS Berchtesgaden mountain fortress.
 A third column 20 miles to the west took Urselsollen and Kastel, 30 and 26 miles northwest of Re- gensburg, while a fourth raced II miles southwest of Kastel to cap- ture Newmarket.
 Neumarkt, scene of bloody bat tie between American Seventh Army troops and Nazi Elite Guards only few days ago, was taken after a short but savage street fight, putting Patton's men within 76 miles of Munich.
 Other Third Army troops to the northeast continued their south- eastward drive across the Czecho- slivak border where they were men, acing the Nazi's last southern es- cape routes through Prague.
 One Third Army force occupied the Czech towns of Hhonbrunn and Dolreuth, three miles north and two miles east of Asch and 96 miles west of Prague.
 Patton's 0Oth Infantry division pushed within seven miles of the Czech border to take Tirschenreuth
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23

city's budget for lS44 and their percentages as to the entire budget are as follows: public safety, (po- lice, fire, etc) $l,228,247 or 1883 per cent; general government $39l, 955 or 06.35 per cent; health, $78, l26 or 0l 26 per cent; street, sani- tation, etc, $703,902 or 1l.37 per- cent; charities, $223,837 or O3.6l per cent; recreation, $l60,490 or O25O per cent; library services, $72 306 or 01.l6 per cent; schools, $l,- 975, ,684 or 3l95 pc; cent; state and county taxes, $159,632 or 0258 per cent; debt service, $930, 906 or l5.03 per cent; protection of water sys- tenn, $4O,845 or O0.65 per cent and miscellaneous, $225,3l0 or 03.64 per cent.
 The various funds within the city,s overall operations are liken- ed to separate corporations within one general corporation so that each fund is an entity within itseli and is operated accordingly.
 This is MT. Furlong's first end of the year report having assumed the position of budget director last July
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IT miles southeast of ASch and 47 miles west of the great Skoda Arms city of Pilsen.
 United Press War Corresponednt Robert Richards reported that the sudden shift southward caught the Germans completely off guard and that even man yof Patton's divi- Sions were unaware of what was up until they found themselves bouncing along the roads to the Danube on the western edge of Czechoslovakia.
 The Third Army strike caved in the right flank of the German forces facing the American Seventh Army farther to the southwest, al- though the NaZis still were fighting desperately to halt the latter force south and southwest of Nuremberg.
 The Seventh Army's 18th Ar mored Division burst across the Danube Sunday at Dillingen. 53 miles northwest of Munich after seizing intact two highway bridges before the startled Germans could destroy them.
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Russians Battling
 On Inter Den Linden
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Berlin.
 Moscow dispatches said the Red Army was pounding along along all the main thoroughfares leading from the northeast, east and south- east toward the Alexanderplatz, less than a mile from Unter Den Lin- den.
 One quarter of the capital had been cleared by yesterday, the So- viet high command said.
 A dispatch to the Soviet news paper Pravda said two sergeants of the Order of Glory" had carried the banner of Stalingrad from the Volga to Berlin and hoiSted it in the most advanced position in the capital.
 The Red banner, on which was embroidered Lenin's face looking westward was unfurled in the trenches, where amid the din and smoke of battle. soldiers kneeled and kissed it." the dispatch said.
 Other Russians columns had three quarters encircled Berlin. A German communique admitted they had reached the Havel river north west of the city, where they pre- sumably had the last escape routes to the west under artillery fire.
 South of the capital, the enemy communique said, the Russians captured Koepenick, nine and 8 half miles southeast of Potsdamel Platz, the center of Berlin. but lost it to German counter attack.
 The Russians also were reported within a few miles of ZoSsen, for mer German supreme headquarters Il miles south of Berlin.
 Stil farther south, Moscow said other Russian units cut the main Berlin Dresden highway and closed in on the suburbs of Dresden itself
 34 Miles Apart Don and Kuban Cossack calvalry were mopping up resistance in for ests between Dresden and Dessau now in American First Army hand' 80 miles to the northwest. At ont point east of Leipzig( the Ameri 1 cans and Russians officially wert 34 miles apart.
 A Moscow dispatch this morning said only a few miles" separated American and Russian spearhead in the general Dresden-Dessau sec ton and historic junction i imminent
 Soviet motorcycle patrols whicl often penetrate for behnd thu enemy lines already may hay, reached American held territory Moscow said.
 Dispatches from Supreme Head quarters also said it was "highl likely" that there already has beel considerable patrol contact be tween the Americans and Russians
 Headquarters sources pointed ou that patrol cu tact necessarily mus precede an official junction il force When the latter occurs headquarters said, it will be an nounced jointly by Washingtu1 Moscow and London.
 North of Berlin, German broad casts revealed that Soviet force have cut the super-highWay be
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send out the bodies.
 The cannibalism in New Guinea occurred among Japanese penned up on the north coast during actions at Buna, Coma, Sananda and Hug gins.
 I flew over the Owen Stanley range from Port Moresby to the front at the turn of the year in 1943 and was shown grim evidence of savage practices in perimeters of dry ground in the jungle where the Japanese finally had been wiped out. It. Col. L. T. Shave of the Austral- ian forces showed me captured Jap anese food cans containing boiled human hands from which all flesh had been picked. There also were picked Ulna bones. The body of an American lieutenant with his left arm cut off was nearby.
 Gen. Richard L. Eichelberger. who was the commander of combined Allied advance forces, told me of the discovery among makeshift sup plies of the late Japanese a large stock of flesh cut from Caucasian bodies and wrapped in Banyan leaves for protection against quick decay in the tropics.
 There was no evidence anywhere at that time that the Japanese were eating their own dead or that they had killed any Allied soldiers for food. Instead, they ventured out in- to no mans land in the night and dragged back bodies not yet recover ed by our forces.
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City Surplus Over Million
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 or 10.39 percent; auto equipment $l3.437 or 00.22 percent; sewage dis posal plans, $18OO5 or OO.29 per cent; repairs to schools, $72,199 ol 01.17 percent. Other expenditures amounted to $5,375, ,811 or 86 82 per cent of the total budget of $6,191,- 326.
 Total assets of the city as of De- vember 31 are listed at $19,070, ,72e comprised of the following: cash ir banks, $2,202 839; investments (cur- rent cash). $649,008; taxes receiv- able, $358,285: assets receivable $77.O51; water fund receivable, $42,- 138; miscellaneous receivable, $23, S48; foreclosed property $25,000 cash in closed banks (merchantl Tr1sO $49,825; bonds, authorized and unissued $915 900; investments trust funds $l18,938 and deferred charges to future taxation, $14609, OOO.
 Total liabilities in the same amount are comprised of the fol lowing current liabilities and de. ferTed revenues, $986 l54; bonded debt, $14,609, ,000; total cash sur. plus, all funds, $1,865 ,393; non. cash surplus. $695,18l; revenue fol tinissued bonds, $915 1000.
 Cash surplus of the city's watel fund as of the date of the repor is revealed at $259,922 made up ol the balance as of Jan, l, 1944 O. $0O, ,3O6 plus favorable results O. budgetary operations of $59.l98 less $50,O00 as the amount of th' January balance transferred fo hOnd reduction plus interest piu 917O,417 as reserved fo bond re- aemption and interest.
 Cash and investments of tn, city's reserve find. capital non recurring expenditures total $40l, 08l made up of $399.000 in U. $ Treasury certificates and interes and $2,672 in cash.
 Actual expenditures within thu
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Continued from Page D vice offered to him."
 MT. Truman, however. is keeping to the middle of the road listen. ing to lot of old friends and doing what the thinks best.
 The recurrent reports of govern ment upheavals are premature. ac- cording to his close associates. This doesn't mean, however, that there will not be cabinet changes. But they will come gradually because the new President realizes the chaos that could result from sudden overall change. N.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-04-21

current season as otherwise would
be drilled.
1T is our idea that the money
and casing allocated 10 the drilling
of wells In northern Montana should
be used to drill wells within proven
area. which the Kevin-Sunburst
field is, and where there tsra GER
tainty of getting crude oil and In
creasing the supply of oil available
for war purposes rather than to
be used for wildcatting.
ut viii not be necessary for an
increased price of gasoline in order
to pay for the increased price of
crude because of the high price al
ready being obtained for gasoline
in this territory"
Previously, a similar recommen-
dation made by Coolidge to Davis
met with refusal by Davis, who
held there was no evidence to eS-
tablish that increased returns are
needed TO induce additional drilling
in proven fields, and who asserted
il would be impossible to remove
the ceiling in Kevin-Sunburst and
allow II to remain in other fields
of the nation.
Said Davis in part:
I" If your proposal were
adopted and confined to those pools
averaging less than five barrels per
well per day. as you suggest, and
if the operators in such pools were
able to obtain price increases in the
amount of 20 cents barrel, the re-
sultant increase in crude oil prices
would be $4,000 900 per year.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-04-21
Producers Ask

The present ceiling on crude in
this field is $1.10 barrel for oil of
81 gravity, and $3.50 a barrel for
oil of more than 81 gravity. There
Is now being paid subsidy of 35
cents a barrel. with no assurance
that this may not be cancelled at
some future date.
Citing reasons for the request, the
petition says:
1.-THE basis for this petition is that
there is demand for approximately
10000 more barrels of crude oil per
day than is now being produced in
said field; that there is a large
proven area, approximately two
thirds of the field, available for de-
velopment; that because of the small
amount of production obtainable in
the average well drilled in the
proven area, the present price plus
subsidy does not offer sufficient in
centive for the drilling of many
wells in this area whereas if the
price were increased from 10 cents
to 25 cents per barrel, as would
probably occur if the ceiling were
removed, there would be an in
creased activity in well drilling in
the proven area with the result that
from three to five times as many
wells would be drilled during the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-04-21
STAN0LIND MIzPAH TEST
MAY DE VERY DEEP HOLE

Indicating that Stanolind Oil &
Gas Company really means bust
ness in its wildcat on the Mizpah
structure in southeastern Montana,
the company this week reamed
12h-inch hole to 1902 feet in the
test, between Miles City and Broad
us. If the company tests all hori-
IONS to the basement, this well may
set new wildcat depth records for
Montana. 1t is being drilled with
rotary tools.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-04-21
BRADY DISTRICT TEST
HAS FISHING JOB, 1886

The Texas company's A. Mccain
No 1, near three small Sunburst
sand producers completed by the
company in the Brady area, so miles
northwest of Great Falls, is fishing
for bit at 1896 feet, only a short
distance above the objective sand.
Location is in G Sc NV Sc 2l-
27N-2W.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-04-21

THE effects of such an increase
on refiners-especially small indie
pendent refiners-and on pipe line
connections with those reiiners.
might well be disastrous"
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15
INCREASE SIZE OF BEACHHEAD AT LINCAYAN
Bv JAMES HUTCHINSON

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD QUARTERS ON LUZON, Jan. 15. -(AP)-Today's reports say that the U. s. Sixth Army beachhead at Lingayen Gulf, has been ex- tended another Is miles, making a total of 45 miles, it was an- by General MacArthur.
 In the meantime, the spear: heads probing toward Manila were p miles inland, crossing the Agno river south of Bayam- bang.
 The western end of the beach head was extended 20 miles in- land, almost to the road "Jank ton" Aliminos, in a swift drive noTtheastward, after capturing Port Sual. On the east flank the sweep took the important rail and highway "Janktion' Damor- Us, which seals off all Japanese in the west coastal area from the main highway leading into the Benguet mountains and including the summer capital city of Bag uio, and it is believed the Jap- anese officials are fleeing to nor thern Luzon.
 Tanks have captured other main highways to the Philippine capital, each siezure meaning a considerable advance, with only minor resistance, except in the hill section in the northeast part of the battlefront near Pozorru- bio.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15
FORTS HAND NIPS LARGE BOMBINCS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-(AP) -Today's communiques report that the giant Superfortresses landed twin blows on the prime Japanese targets of Formosa, and the empire island of Honshu, without losing a single plane in enemy action.
 More than 100 sky dread naughts took part in each attack, pouring destruction into military and industrial targets in day light. Opposition was weak to moderate.
 The Twentieth Air Force com- said visual bombing was accomplished at Formosa, with extremely good results.
 The Twentieth Bomber Com. mand, wheeling from China ba- ses, plunged bombs into the link in the Japanese is- lands with no fighter plane op- position.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15
ARCTIC CLUB BOARD HOLDS MEETING

Sunday afternoon the board of directors of the Arctic Club met for discussion of various sports activities which come un- der their supervision.
 Ice skating was discussed as a possibility, and a committee was formed, consisting of Bob Long, Duke Mitrovitch and Karl Dewey, to look into the matter of a plausible skating rink.
 Badminton was also reported as being in fine form, many civilians and soldiers taking ad- vantage of the Tuesday and Fri day evening periods at the gym nasium.
 An Arctic Club party was ten tatively scheduled for early in February, and the annual meet ing date was set at February 18th.
 Plans for a club home were also discussed.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15
TRUCE WITH ELIAS MADE IN ATHENS

ATHENS, Jan. 15.-(AP)-The truce ending hostilities between the left wing ELIAS militia and the British troops, went into ef- feet today, 1t was revealed
 Peace with the FAM leaders was negotiated by It. General Scobie, British commander, who yesterday told cheering demon strators that his forces would protect the Greek people and their liberties against revolution in any quarters.
 The FAM political organization of ELIAS said in a press confer ence that they had completely disassoci1ted themselves from revolution and wildly cheered with the demonstrators who surg ed through the streets of Athens waving British, American and Greek flags. 's -.a b..
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15
NANS WITHDRAWING
|HOUFFALIZE
 SAID NEARING FALL TO TANKS

PARIS, Jan. 15.-(AP)-The First Army tanks and infantry stormed the approaches of Houf- falize, it was reported today. The fall of that communication center and the flattening of the Belgian bulge appeared immi- minent, it was said.
 The Germans are apparently withdrawing all the way to the Seigfreid line. They have at tempted to stiffen their defen- ses to save both Houffalize and the St. With.
 Gen. Hodges troops are with in 61z miles of St. With.
 The fog gave way to clear weather early this morning and tactical planes went to work again to add ruin to that which was inflicted yesterday.
 The American First and Third Armies have linked up in La roche and are forming with the British Second Army in a solid allied front.
 Acceleration of the German re- treat mounted with series of counterattacks around Thiri- mont, which touched off a vio- lent tank and infantry battle.
 Despite the snow and ice the Americans made general gains up to a thousand yards on the north east flank.
 Gains were also made between Stavelot and Malmedy in 16 places where they have been bit ing deeper in the shoulder of the salient and are striking the final blows to hquidate the western tip of the bulge where contact has been established.
 The center of tfe bulge at It's most expanded stage at Hauf- faulize appeared doomed as the allies battered to within three miles on three sides of the Ger mans.
 The enemy frightened its defen- ses overnight in an effort to check the U. s. 3rd Army.
 Headquarters said that ire enemy has been pouring rein forcements in the middle of the Saar and the upper Alsace plain where the earlier offensive thrusts were brought to a stand still.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15
PETERSON HAS PLANE MISHAp

While taking off at Teller Mis- sion, a few miles north of Tel Ter, Alaska, Friday, Bill Peter son pilot for Wien Alaska Air lines, ran into rough ground, and damaged his plane, the full extent of which has not been reported here. Peterson did re- port however, that the plane
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15
CONVOY COMES THROUGH
 FROM INDIA

MYITKYINA, Burma, Jan. 12. -(AP)-The first American con voy carrying war supplies over the land to India and China in two and one-half years, arrived here yesterday in an historic con- voy which is the first to ever cross Burma from India.
 It covered 262 miles of the 1000 mile road from Ledo on the Indian border, to Running in China.
 Heavy medium light trucks loaded with ammunition, jeeps, artillery, ambulances, were in- cluded in the convoy.
 Several of the drivers were Negroes, said to be the first American ground troops to enter China.
 At Myitkyina the convoy will wait until either the few remain ing miles are cut in the road from Myitkyina to Tengchung, or until the last 25 miles of the old Burma road from Namskam to Wanting is cleared.
 The Japs had cut off the north of the old Burma road, but it may he cleared completely on Janusry 22nd.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15
RELEASED FROM CUSTODY

Mark Donovan, William Wat. kins and Emil Erbele, who have been held as material witnesses in tfe Federal jail. were released on a writ of Habeas Corpus last Friday.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15
SON BORN TO OSCAR SWANSONS

A To- lb. baby boy was born to MT. and Mrs. Oscar Swanson at the Maynard Columbus H,spi- tai. It has been named William Reese.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15

was being lowed to Teller for repairs, and that Tn the accident no one was hurt.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15

Seven-year-old Ray Sacchius, Son of MT. and Mrs. David Sac chius, was brought to Nome by plane on Saturday from Film for disqualification.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-08

theArnyAir Forces asked Chemical Warfare
Service to devise an incendiary bomb better
than Germany's best. Through National
Defense Research Committee the job was
assigned to Standard Oil (New Jersey and
other techmcians, working with Chemical
Warfare Service
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-08
|YMCA MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE SCHEDULED

Completion of the organization
to conduct the annual membership
campaign Of the Wilmington Young
Mems Christian Association w a 6
announced yesterday by w. B.
Bryan, general chairman of h e
drive.
The campaign will be opened
with meeting of every Division
chairman, captain and lieutenant
at the Y. M. c. A. gymnasium
Monday night at $50 o'clock.
Principal purpose Of the session
to allow each member Of the or.
ganizatlon to select prospects TO,
solicitation during the drive, which
will extend through April 10. E. A
Lansy, chairman of the Y Mem
bership campaign, said the meet
ing will be most important one
in the campaign and expects flu.
representation from each of thu
| 16 teams.
Co-chairman and leaders of thu
two divisions are Mr.. Laney ane
L. E. Woodbury., Jr.
The Rev. C. D. Barclift and D
H. Howcs, co-chairmen of thu
First Division, have as their Cap
tains and Lieuts. Co. A, c. L. Har
ris, Capt. and Lieuts. Georg'
Hunt, T. Costelos, George Canad.
E. H. Switzerland, Harry Hayden