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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
Change Seen In Assessors
 Pending Bill

Waterbury's assessors bill pro- posing one chief assessor and an un- named number of assistants to re- place the present incumbent five man board of tax commissioners seems destined to be reported out favorably from the finance commit tee but in form now little resem- bling its original terms.
 The intent of the bill, to appoint a chief assessor at $7,500-remains the same, but the means of appoint ment and tenure of office have been changed due to a compromise ef- fected between the administration and Republican leaders. Also to be changed, as supported by The Wa terbury Democrat first, is the bills measure calling for appointment of members of the board of tax review instead of by election, as now in force. The bill has again been re- viSed so that the three man review board will continue as an elective one with qualifications for nominees calling for lawyer, an accountant and layman with specific exper- fence.
 A chronology of the bills history is best suitable for tracing its his- tory.
 Two years ago Republican sources put similar bill into the Legisla- tive hopper calling for appointment of the chief assessor by a majority vote of the board of aldermen. AL though the bill passed the Senate and House it was subsequently, vetoed by the Governor.
 Following this the Governor sug- gested study of the city's system for assessing property which was undertaken by State Tax Commis- sioner Walter w. Walsh. MT. Walsh recommended a revised technical andmechanical set-up for the local and mechanical set-ur Cor tte local The administration then put in a similar bill as the COP bill as tc intent, except it called for appoint ment of the assessor by a two-third vote of the finance board and the (Continued on Page A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
Noho Street
 Fiqht Roaes
BY WILLIAM F. TYREE

Guam, May 16-(UP) = Weary marines of the Sixth Division bat tied through hell of mortar and shell fire within 1000 yards of the center of Naha, capital of OiEinawa. today.
 They were fighting house to house through the capital in bloody no-quarter combat. Marine van- guards already had forced the Asa to River, bisecting the city, but . murderous rain of enemy fire stu cut down reinforcements crossing the stream.
 The inland citadel of Shuri and east coast port of Yonabaru also were under siege along the five mile front across the southern tip of Okinawa.
 Chocolate Drop Hill. one of the main enemy strong points shielding Shuri, was taken at bayonet point by the 77th Infantry Division yes- terday at heavy cost. Its capture broke a stalemate northeast of Shuri.
 The First Marine Division fought toward Shuri from the northwest. Yonabaru was attacked by the 96th Infantry Division after 1t beat off an enemy counter attack in the vicinity of newly-captured Conical Hill.
 Marines of the Sixth Divisiou,s 22nd regiment in the outskirts q Mana also beat off a savage Jap- anese counter attack in hand-tn- hand fighting. The enemy resn- mats fell back into the suburb of Takamotoji.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
By JACK FLEISCHER

Obersalzberg, Germany. May 16 = (U.P) = Sheer luck saved the life of Adolf Hitler last July 20 when the bomb intended to kill him was shifted by colonel unaware of the plot, an eyewitness to the assassin ation attempt told me today.
 The eyewitness was Heinz Buch- holz, one of two stenographers at the regular military conference at Hitler's headquarters where the bombing took place.
 He said Hitler was saved because the bomb, as originally placed, ir- terfered with a German colonel. He moved the bomb, thus diminishing the blast effect in Hitler's direction when it went of.
 Buchholz said the attempt was made at Hitler's headquarters, then located near Rastenburg in East Prussia. The headquarters com- prised number of wooden bar racks, some with added concrete walls, and was known by the code name "Wolfschanze." There also were underground concrete where work could be carried on in the event of air raids.
 JOdl Present
 According to BuchholZ, the regu- lar military conference July 20 was held at 12:30 p. m. The usual mili- tary and political leaders were pres- ent, including Field Marshal Will liam Keitel, chief of the high com- mand, and Colonel General Jodl. (There were two colonels-general Jodl. Gustav Jodl, Chief of staff of the German army, signed the Reims surrender. His brother, Alfred, former chief of the joint general staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force, was one of Hitler's close ad- visers.) A large map covered an oblong table which occupied most of the room and faced the windows. Keitel (Continued on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
Izvestio Praises U. $. And Britain

Moscow, May 16.-(UP)-Tht of- Ecial newspaper Izvestia today praised the achievements of the United States and Britain in the European war but contended that ~the whole world sees its iberatol A our people"
 Written by Ilya Ehrenbourg, best known Russian war correspondent the article emphasized Russia's pre-. dominant role in the defeat of Ger many and in the maintenance oi peace.
 "Our people marched at the head of the others and therein lies the guaranty that the victory will mol remain a mere military event but that in Europe the foundations oi freedom and brotherhood will be victorious" Ehrenbourg wrote.
 His article paid tribute to the fighting qualities of British and American soldiers and the contin. ued resistance of the French ofte, the l940 equalization, asserting that sour gallant Allies have right bo their seats at the table of t':t conquerors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
BY MERRIMAN SMITH

Washington, May 16-(UP) Rus sian Premier Josef Stain today held the answer to one of the most urgent problems on the world poli- tical front:
 When will the Big Three meet again? And where?
 President Truman and Prime Minister Winston Churchill both have proclaimed within the last "A hours their desire for an early meeting of the leaders of the three major fighting Allies.
 Nothing, however, has been heard publicly from Stalin.
 It was an accepted fact here and in London that meeting Jf the His Three would take place by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
Brockx Sentence Set for Moy 25

New York, May 16-(UP)-Laur- tent H. J. Brackx. former U. s. Naval Reserve lieutenant, will be sentenced May 25 for wartime sabotage and violation of censor ship.
 Brackx, was convicted late yes- terday by a federal court jury which heard testimony that he con spired with Italian and German agents to reveal United States Radar secrets.
 Brackx, Holland-born and . naturalized U. S.. citizen. main tained that he pretended to cooper ate with German and Italian agents so they would let him leave Italy in 1941.
 He faces a possible death penalty for the espionage conviction and . maximum sentence of 10 years in prison plus $i0.O00 fine on the censorship conviction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
USPARALYzE
 SU|C|DE-PLANE
 BASES OF LAPS
BY LLOYD TUPLING

Guam, May 16.-(UP) = Preliminary reports indicated today that American carrier aircraft neutralized 10 sui cide-plane bases in southern Japan at least temporarily in a shattering two-day air assault Sunday and Monday.
 The American Navy planes destroyed or damaged 284 and possibly 358 Japanese planes and wrecked airfield installations on Kyushu and Shikoku Islands, Pacific c Fleet H e a d q u a r ters an nounced.
 The attack brought sharp re- duction in Japanese suicide-plane raids on American ships and ground forces on Okirlawa. Only 35 enemy planes reached the embattled island on the first day of the strike. k1ulCC 04C41, O1lAy O 41d1lu4 LII VI oOP anese aircraft have appeared.
 Nagoya Results Awaited
 The carrier-based assault was announced while detailed results of Mondays record Superfortress at- tack on Nagoya, Japan's biggest aircraft manufacturing center, were awaited.
 Admiral Chester w. Nimitz indi- cated the carrier raids were the heaviest on Japan since the March IS battle of the Inland Sea.
 About 10 American planes were
 About 10 American planes were lost and one major American fleet unit was damaged by counter-at- tacking planes. Radio Tokyo said the task force turned south yes terday.
 The Navy planes opened theil attack Saturday night, bombing Kokubu, Konoya. Chiran anc Kagoshima airfields on Kyushu Twelve enemy planes were shot down.
 Sunday and Monday, torpedo aircraft, Helldiver bo1nbers and Corsair and Hellcat fighters heav- lily attacked IS airfields on Kyushu
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
New Dispute Of CoddIing Of Nozis On

London, May 16 = U.P0 = The dispute over purported coddling of captured German leaders broke out anew today when it was learned that Willi Messerschmitt was living in a pleasant residential district Of London. the city his planes helped to wreck.
 British newspaper said Messer- schmitt, Germany's No. plane designer, was living a life of lux ury in handsomely outf1tted apart ments. Authorities refused to give any details of how Messerschmitt was being treated.
 The St. Johns Wood apartments in which Messerschmitt was known to be staying were taken over by the Air Ministry to handle repatriated war prisoners and German prison CTS. The possibility was seen that Messerschmitt was being held here for special questioning by British air experts.
 The Evening News said "Willi is well fed, and with a single escort can wander around London" The Evening Standard said he went for a half-hour walk in the sun today with three German companions and a RAF corporal as escort. The Ger mans talked together, the newspa- per said, and once stopped to ex- anime potatoes at grocery.
 The London Daily Mirror said Messerschmitt, though officially a prisoner, was living in an expensive apartment in London and had a servant, an occasional free seat at a theater and the use of an automo- bile when he desired it.
 Several other unidentified cap- tured Nazi big-wigs were confined" in the same building, a luxury block of apartments in St. Johns Wood. northwest London, the Daily Mirror said.
 The British Home and War Offices and other government de- partments either professed ignor- ance or maintained a stony silence
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
Roosevelt, Sister Meet With Trumon

Washington, May 16-(UP) President Truman, eager for an early big three meeting, sought information today about past international conferences from two first-hand sources, Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt and Mrs. Anne B0ettiger.
 Gen. Roosevelt attended the Teheran and Casablanca con- ferences with his father, the late President Roosevelt, and Mrs. Boettiger was at Yalta. The brother and sister were scheduled to call at the White House at 3 p. m.
 White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said ROOse- welt had placed himself at MT. Truman's service at the pres dents special request.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
BRITISH WARSH|PS IN PRIEST
Husband M Prison,
 Girl, 12, Diuorced

Denver, Colo, May 16-(UP)- Twelve-year-old Deny Vivian Woods. whose first marriage went on the rocks, said today that she had not become disillusioned about mar ried life and would wed again when the right man comes along"
 The pretty black-haired girl ap- peared in district court yesterday to terminate her marriage to John B.. Woods, for whom she left the eighth grade a year and half ago to set up housekeeping.
 The couple was married Nov. g, 1943, at Ola, La, she said, but a few months later-soon after her 11th birthday-they discovered they didn't "get along"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
Stalin Holds Ansluer To
 Proposed Big 3 Meeting

midsummer. But as In the case of the previous Big Three sessions at Tehran and Yalta it appeared that Stalin held the final answer Oil the actual time and place.
 Consistently throughout the war the Soviet leader has been loath to leave his native soil even for the reason of conferring with his two ranking contemporaries.
 The next meeting of the Big Three will be held under different cir cumstances from others when the three nations were united in war aganist Germany. Soviet Russia still maintains neutrality in the Anglo American conflict with Ja pan. and is therefore not .ys fighting ally of the remaining Big IW0s Ht
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
Henry Rosen Gets l, Yeor

New York, May 16.-(UP)-Henry Rosen, 30, convicted of conspiracy to cheat and defraud in connec- tion witht he Brooklyn College bas- ketball scandal, was sentenced to one year in City prison today and fined $500.
 he sentence, despite jury's recommendation of leniency, was the same as given Wednesday to Rosen's co-defendant, Harvey Stem- mer. They were accused of brib- ing five members of the Brooklyn College team to throw a game against Akron University at Boston fast January.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16

Woods, then g, became involved with the law shortly after his wife left him and was sentenced to the State penitentiary at Angola, La., on felony conviction.
 In her complaint, Mrs. Woods asked divorce or annulment on grounds of extreme cruelty, her youth and her husbands prison sentence.
 The girls mother, Mrs. Neva Cas- talone, with whom she is living here, said that she hoped her daugh- ter would marry again some day.
 "Deny has lots of sweethearts," '" Mrs. Castalone said, but she isn't taking any of them too serious yet"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
IS Polyganists, Boosting
 287 Children, Imprisoned

Salt Lake City, May 16.-(UP)- Fifteen male polygamists, boasting a combined total of 55 wives and 287 children, today began prison terms ranging from one to five years.
 They filed through the gates of Utah State Prison after Third Dis trict Court Judge J. Allen Crockett denied a writ of habeas corpus from sentences imposed May 20, l944. Judge Crockett's ruling ended the defendants IA months fight against charges of illegal cohabilta- ton.
 We accept this decision as final . said Joseph White Musser. editor of the Fundamentalist's publication Truth" and acknowledged leader of the sect
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16

But this does not mean we sur- render our religious principles" he added.
 He quoted from the Bible: "Be fruitful and multiply, and a na- ton and company of nations shall be of thee"
 We still hold to these tenets, he said.
 The commitment brought to 46 the number of persons claiming to follow the original Mormon precepts who have been convicted of polyg- amy within the past year. The Frindamentalist cult has been vigor- ously denounced by the latter day saints (Mormon) church, which al one time promulgated and practiced plural marriage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
U. 5. BOMbERS OFFER CANOPY
 FOR CRUISERS
BY PHIL AULT

London, May 16.-UP)- British cruisers and destroy CTS have anchored in the har- bor of Trieste under a canopy of American heavy bombers, a dispatch from the disputed port said today.
 United Press Correspon- dent James Roper reported from Trieste that the British warships arrived Tuesday. He said Sherman tanks, manned by alert New Zea- flanders, were patrolling the streets of the dock area under British control. With the permission of Marshall Tito, the British had begun unloading supplies at Trieste for the Allied armies of occt1- patton in Austria.
 The disclosure came while Great Britain and the United States awaited replies to their notes to Marshal Tito protesting adn1inis- tration of the port by his Yugosiav forces.
 The Allied position was that an Allied military government should administer Trieste as it does all other former Italian territory, and that any disputes between Italy and Yugoslavia over ownership q the port must wait.
 Firm Notes
 The notes were described here as firm, although it was said they did not contain any ultimats1m.
 The extent to which the Yugo- slavs have seized control Of Trieste was disclosed in dispatch from the port itself by United Press Ccrres- lpondent James Roper He reported the Yugoslavs have installed thelr own picked prefect, renamed 4 street Corso Tito. substituted YugoS slav time for Italian time, and be- gun conscripting men from IS to 40 for the Yugoslav army.
 An Istanbul dispatch said rumcrs were circulating in diplomstic circles in Balkan capitals that Tito is planning a league of Balkan states.
 These unverified reports sid Tito envisioned a league of greater Yugoslavia, including Plume, TF1- este, and Salonica, with Rufnania. Bulgaria, and Albania. It was said the organization would have Rug- sian backing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
S75,0OO FIRE

Newport. R. T., May 16-CUP)- Damage was estimated at $75,000 today after a general alarm fire swept the William K. Covell Go. building in the business district last night. Flames swept the Covell Hardware store and two dress shops in the three story wooden structure. Fireman William F. Crowther was hospitalized as re- suit Of burns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
QUISLING'S WIFE REMOVED

Oslo, May 16.-CUP)-The wife of Vidkun Quisling, infamous Nor- wegian traitor who now is ir priscn awaiting trial, has been removed from her state mansion to a de- tention house at the outskirts of Oslo, it was disclosed today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-16
Sheer Luck
 Soved Hitler Last July 20

In the following dispatch Uni- ted Press Correspondent Jack Fleischer for the first time re- veals the details of the attempted assassinat ton of Adolf Hitler last July 20. Fleischer, member of the former United Press Berlin Bur- eau, obtained the account from and eyewitness he considers re- liable.
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Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27
Enemy Property
Subject Of ArtilIe

One of the first articles on
Enemy Property in Two World
Wars 10 appear outside Official
government publications is con-
tanned in the May issue of the
Michigan Alnmnus Quarterly.
The author, Ralph Stone, an
executive of the Detroit Trust Co,
assisted IN charting the alien
property office in World War /.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27

WILLS. Port Huron 2l5 Pm
Friday; WTCM. Traverse City, 8
p m. Wednesday: WSAM, Sagi-
nav, 441 p. m. tCWT) Friday;
WINS, wood, 1:15 p. m.
CCWT) Thursday.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27
ONTARIO

CFCO, Chatham. 500 p. m.
Thursday; CkOC, Hamilton. 2
p. m. Saturday; CkCR, Kitchener.
9;19 p. m. Friday; Cues, STRAIT
ford, $50 p, m Friday CKCO,
Ottawa, 6:15 p. m. Friday.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27
MICHIGAN

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urday WFDF, Flint, 945 p. m
CCWT) Friday; WJIM, Lansing
Is p m. Friday -WKBZ. Mus.
kegon, 1890 p. m. Friday; VICAR,
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Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27
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