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Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25

the battle was going as we'll as
could be expected.
The Yanks already were through
the first hard crust of German
resistance along the Roer and were
moving ahead on a 22-mile front
aC steady, unspectacular pace.
The deepest. penetration beyond
the Roer was believed to have been
made by armoreds columns pushing
out past Boslar
Lieutenant General Courtney H.
Hodges First army troopers also
were making good progress on the
southern end of the offensive front,
centering around Dueren. Hard
fighting was in progress in the east
ern half of that city and field dis
patches saic one-quarter of the east
bank section was held by the Yanks
early today.
MOVE STEADILY AHEAD
All along the attack front the
two American armies were moving
steadily forward, closing swiftly on
a north-south ridge where the Ger
mans were expected to make their
first real stand.
Thousands of Allied warplanes hit
the Germans front and rear with
bombs, rockets and gunfire Friday,
and sWarms of raiders followed
through in perfect weather Satur-
Gay morning to bomb and strafe
everything on wheels IN the broad
Cologne plain.
Everywhere the Germans were
reeling back before one of the might
lest assaults of the western war
A dozen fortified towns on the west
end of the Cologne plain and more
than 1900 stunned prisoners fell
into American hands in the first
"a hours of the attack.
NAZIS OVERWHELMED
Six German divisions were over
whelmed in the first Yank surge
across the Roer, as General Dwight
D. Eisenhower hurled arnlored and
infantry divisions of the U. S. First
and Ninth armies into the narrow
offensive front.
Field dispatches said Yank en-
gineers were working feverishly to
throw additional bridges across the
still-swollen Eoer The battle ap-
pearec to be developing into race
to get the Americans full armored
power across the river before the
arrival of the Germans main re-
serves.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
Court UphoIds Legislation
Creating Post-Wdr Fund

ifornia counties to spend the funds
in surveying construction of pro-
posed postwar public works. The
court said the legislature had auth
ority to pass the enabling act and
that the ALLEGATION of state funds
to counties on a matching basis was
for the public benefit.
The action was brought by the
cities of Los Angeles and Oakland
which sought writ of mandate to
force the state director of finance
to distribute the funds.
The city of Los Angeles said in
its petition for the writ that $5000,-
900 already had been appropriated
to obtain sites and make plans for
a $4,000, 900 sewage system.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
CHILDREN WAIT REFUNDS
OF WITHHELD TAXES

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a. CUP)-
Thousands of school children who
worked last summer can get a full
rebate on portions of wages with
held fer income tax if they file
withholding forms ON or before
March Is, the bureau of internal
revenue said Saturday.
Parents may claim full deduction
for the child as dependent pro-
vided he has not earned more than
$500 during the year. Children who
worked in jobs not subject to with
1holding, such as agriculture, need
not file a return as long as their in
come was less than $500.
Relatively few such part-time
workers earned 500 or more. Those
who did must file return. but
they will probably have most Of
l@1
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
By WILLIAM b, DICKINSON

BY WILLIAM B. DICKINSON
MANILA, Feb. "a. (UP)-The
battle for Manila virtually ended
Saturday as American troops
captured all but three of the
enemy-held buildings in the
devastated ancient wall city.
The final assault on the Japa-
nese in Manila followed a COM
bined land and amphibious at
tack by the 37th division which
preached the ancient wall around
Intramuros.
Following in the wake of a
thunde"ous artillery barrage,
which virtually flattened the old
Intramuros section, the American
troops stormed through and over
the medieval wall from the east
and across the wide Pasig river
on the north.
The double attack, which was
joined inside the walled city, was
expected to quickly end organized
Japanese resistance in Manila,
although it may be several days
before the last fanatical enemy is
mopped up.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
100000 u. s. Troops
Race or CoIoqne
Eisenhower's Armored Divisions
Drive Forward Unchecked in
All-Ou+ Western Front Offensive

PARIS, Feb. "a. (UP)-American armored and infan-
try divisions hammered the Germans back four miles
from their broken Roer river line and drove forward
unchecked Saturday attempt to destroy the remain
ing Nazi military power west of the Rhine.
German spokesmen said the Americans had 20 divisions
including six armored divisions totaling perhaps 100000
the attack front
Field dispatches said Yank engineers working
feverishly to throw additional bridges the still
swollen Roer The battle appeared to be developing into
to get the Americans full armored power the
river before the arrival of the Germans main
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25

hills above the southern shores of
land-locked Laguna de Bay south
of Manila. The 243-man Japanese
garrison was taken completely by
surprise at morning setting up ex-
ercises. All were killed, including
the camp commander and his staff
and their barracks left burning.
A picked group of U. S. para
troopers lanced directly on the pris-
on camp. They were supported in
coordinated attack by other troops
from amphibious tractors who be-
gan moving down the Japanese
guards with machine gun fire.
A Gordon of troops Immediately
surrounded the prisoners to protect
them from harm.
j A total of 1889 Americans, includ-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
Egypt's Premier
IS Assassinated

CAIRO, Feb "a. (UP)-Premier
Ahmed Maher Pasha was shot to
death tonight.
A Cairo dispatch to the British
exchange telegraph news agency
said the shot was fired at the
premier in parliament while the
question of a declaration CT war
by Egypt was being debated.
The premier collapsed and the
doors of the chamber were closed
Immediately, the dispatch said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
1900 U.S.. Planes
Pound Vital
Taruets in Reich

LONDON, Feb. "a. (UP)-More
than 1900 American Warplanes
bombed oil, rail, and shipping tar
gets across wide area of north
western Germany Saturday.
The big fleet, numbering more
than 100 Flying Fortresses and
Liberators and about 500 escorting
fighters, attacked oil refineries at
Hamburg, and Misburg, and Nazi
U-boat yards in Hamburg and Bre-
men.
Unidentified railway targets in
northwestern Germany also were
bombed heavily.
Radio Berlin said other raiding
fleets from italy were on the attack
over Austria.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25

their fate Two days ago Moscow
said the Germans had opened a cor
ridor through the Soviet siege lines
to the Baltic port of Pillau.
The fall of Koenigsberg would
mean the near completion of the
Red army campaign in East Prussia,
where it trapped an estimated 200,-
900 German troops.
POZNAN FALLS
The fall of encircled Poznan, last
enemyheld city in Poland, was ex-
pected to speed Soviet smash ac-
ross the Oder river on a broad front
toward the doomed Nazi capital
30-odd miles TO the west.
The reduction of Poznan not only
released troops under "a generals for
the drive on Berlin, but cleared the
Moscow -WarsaW-Berlin trunk rail-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
JAPS LAUNCH WIDE ATTACK
ON YANKS AT CHIHKIANG

CHUNGKING, Feb. "a. CUP)-
japanese forces have launched a
two-pronged offensive against the
American air base at Chihkiang in
western Human province, commu-
nique reported Saturday.
The communique said japanese
forces were striking westward from
the Packing and Siangsiang areas,
about 100 miles east of the Ameri-
can base.
Farther east, Chinese troops re-
captured Lienhwa in western Kiang-
81 province.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
BY II. d. QUIGG

G. E. N. MACARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, MANI
LA AREA, Feb. "a. (UP)-
American land, sea and air
units in a daring coordinated
strike have freed 2146 Amer
lean and other Allied prison
ers from the Los Banos in
ternment camp, 25 miles be-
hind the japanese lines, Gen.
Douglas Macarthur an
nounced Saturday.
U. S. airborne troops and Fill
pino guerillas struck Frioay morn
ing at the internment camp in the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25

Vanguards of the American First
and Ninth armies were reported
less than 10 miles from the Rhine
land industrial city of Cologne at
midday Saturday and still meeting
only moderate to light opposition
from .shell-shocked Nazi front line
troops.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
issued a soberly confident statement
at his headquarters revealing that
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
B-29s Hammer
At Sin9op pore

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a. CUP)-
The biggest fleet of Superfortresses
ever tc take off from India Satur-
day bombed Singapore, crossroads
of war traffic between Japan and
her stolen southern empire.
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
Nations S CurfeW
Stirs VINO STUDY

WASHINGTON, Fco. "a. (UP)
The war manpOwer commission,
in an order defining the enter
tainment curfew, Saturday banned
the serving of liquor in all estab-
lishments after midnight each
night. The ban becomes effective
at midnight Monday.
The VINO also ordered the ban
be applied to gambling and the
playing OF juke boxes.
Restaurants custOmarily open
after midnight may continue
SERVING food after the curfew
hour, but may not sell beer or
other alcoholic beverages.
The curfew hour in each place
will be midnight. official local
time.
Sole exception will be enter
tainment supplied for military
personnel by authorized agencies
such as the USO.
WASHINGTON, Feb. "a. (UP)-
The war manpower commission wa.
expected to tell the nation just ex-
actly what---if anything--will bt
In tha 1uau of nillllif
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
PLANS INSPECTION TRIP

Max A. HeinZman of the state
division of immigration and hous-
ing, and Russell Brooks, deputy
health officer of Imperial county
next week will inspect auto and
trailer courts and labor camps in
Imperial county. This routine check
is made frequently to see that con-
ditions are kept up to state and
county standards of health and
sanitation.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
THEFT OF BinE DRAWS
so DAYS IN JAIL

On a plea of guilty to charge
of having stolen a bicycle, Salvador
Rodrigues, Saturday was sentenced
to 90 days in the county Jail by
Judge Lee Nuffer in the Ell Centre
police court. The youth was ar
rested about a mile north of I'M
perial by Inspector w. E. Mckinney
of the II. s. Border Patrol
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
BROKEN NAzI LINES REEL BACK ON RHINE
Thieves Ready
For Cold Spell

CHICAGO, Feb. "a. tUP)-
Thieves stole a red-hot stove
from the Forest Glen station of
the Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul
& Pacific railroad, police reported
Saturday. Police said the thieves
left some of the hot ccals on the
floor as they carried the stove
from the building.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
NQziS Evucuote
koenissbers.
Paris Announces
East Prussian Capital Is Left TO
Fate. Says Unconfirmed Report
;. As Russians Take Poland Citadel

LONDON Feb. "a. (UP)-The Paris radio broadcast
an unconrmed report of doubtful authenticity Saturday
that the German army had evacuated Koengsberg capital
of East Prussia.
A Paris broadcast said the garrison of beeaguered
Koenigberg had pulled out leaving the population to
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
WEATHER FORECAST

Cool and windy through the
week lend with wind prOi ably
continuing through Monday. Max-
imum temperature around 81 de-
grees. Wind at night will keep
temperatures above freezing Sat-
urday and Sunday nights ~
there will be light frost again
when the wind dies down Msa-
day and Tuesday nights.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
SUE FOR $4,000

LOS ANGELES, Feb. "a. (UP)-
Mr.. and MIS-. Wilson w. Young Sat-
urday filed $4,000 damage suit
for the death of their 2-year-old
sen, Charles Alfred, last November
25 after he was sprayed by poison.
The Youngs charged the Pacific
Rock and Gravel Co. carelessly left
spray equipment ungualded where
children PLAYED.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
CALIFORNIA TURKEY CROP
TO SHOW BIG INCREASE

SACRAMENTO, Feb. "a. (UP)-
The California ciop reporting serv-
ice predicts 7 per cent increase in
turkey production in 1945 over the
4,260,000 raised in 1914.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 100000 to be used in match
"a (UP) The state supreme ing local government funds
court has held constitutional in providing postwar
act of the 1914 state legs ploymen in California
lature approprating $10 appropriation
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25

Public F0ru..-
Here is ,etter to RR from Mrs.
j. R. Hancock. She said We might
print it, SO here 3oes:
!, "Why not help the little kids who
live in the country? My own son,
who is 6, and three others Zone who
is in kindergarten must walk four
miles to and from school. Why is
that. The high school folks have a
bus. I asked t..e Mckinley school
principal how many children lived
in the country and she said several.
Why net have some sort of drive
for these kids SO they may have a
bus of sorts?'
Any ideas on the subject, Public?
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
Five Miss Death
In Plane Crash

MARION, Va, Feb. "a. (UP)-
Five persons survived in the crash
of an American Airlines plane near
here Friday at 2 a. m. Seventeen,
including two crew members, were
killed when the New York-Los An
geles-bound plane plunged to earth
after one of its engines began to
give trouble in rainstorm."
The plane, which carried 10 pas
sengers and three crew members,
struck Glade mountain, IL miles
east of here and midway between
Cedar Springs and Rural Retreat.
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Tie survivors, rescued after II
hours of exposure in the rugged
Blue Ridge mountains, were brought
to Lee Memorial hospital.
Mrs. Francis Ulen, Washington,
D. c., least injured of the survivors,
wandered away from the twisted
wreck of the airline's Mercury
and finally stumbled into one OF
the searching parties.
She was cut and bruised but ap-
palently not seriously injured.
The other survivors were:
Stewardess Mrs. Jchn B. Padgett,
25, Nashville, Tennessee-Broken
collar bone, scalp injuries and pos
sible spinal injuries.
Ensign Fred Midlaugh, 636 South
Harding avenue, Los Angeles
Crushed shoulder, fractured thigh
and brain conclusion.
1t. Irving w. Schwartz, Syracuse,
New York-Head and hip injuries.
Leonard j. Recci Meriden, Con-
necticut-Hip injuries and cuts.
MILITARY PERSONNEL
Only the two civilian passengers
and two crew members killed were
identified by airline officials. The
civilian passengers were Carlo Au-
difred, Mexico City, and Clyde j.
Pinney, Baldwin Locomotive Works,
Philadelphia. Names of the other
passengers, all military personnel,
were withheld.
The airline said the Mercury was
piloted by Capt James E. Stroud,
sc, a former army pilot who had
been with the line 10 years. His CO.
pilot was r. M. Brigham, 25.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
y AMBllNe
NEpoRTER

Books for the Boys
How about a few more books to
swell the Ell Centro Elks club COL
lection for the merchant marine?
The club is 500 short of the goal
of 2OO0, club members said Satur-
day. Books of all kinds are wanted.
Books of fiction and adventure, de-
tective stories, western stories, nys-
terry stories.
Anyone who has any books to
contribute to the drive may call Ell
Centro 3co and someone will pick
them up.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25
WEATHER

Maximum Friday 76, minimum Saturday 35; 5 am
az; Noon Saturday 81; 5 pm. Friday IA
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-25

+, L. A. HAY-No barley hay S27 @ S28; No. oat
hay, S35 q S36; u. S. No. l alfalfa ungraded $50
q $3.50; U. S. No. alfalfa, green and leafy, SIG
a S28; No. 2, S22 a S23.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-01

C1TdIlO hulgIlC or the Slel1uau Council Knights of Columbus he is also a member of the nationally famed Fourth Degree Assembly of the same organization. He has long been prominent in Catholic Youth Activities and was one of the spon- sors of the original CYO in Water bury. Well-known in legal circles throughout the state he has served as one of Waterbury's busiest after dinner speakers presiding as guest speaker as well as toastmaster at some of the city's best-known oc- casions of this kind. All this has been accomplished despite physi- cal handicap which would have dis couraged men with less caliber and determination A highly respected family-man he has proven one Of the many assets of the city through out his entire career. We can anticipate, knowing from past experience, the best in jurispru- dence in our local court during the next two years when Judge Gafney and his associate Judge Charles Summa will preside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-01
WATERBURY PRIZE
 FOR ANSONlA GIRL
Apothecaries Hall COm- pany Scholarship for
 Pharmacy Announced

Announcement was made today by Atwood s. Northby, Director of Student Personnel of the University of Connecticut, of fourteen awards of scholarships for students at the College of Pharmacy in New Haven. All of these awards will go to stu dents who enter the College next September. The recipients of these awards are as follows:
 The Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association Scholarship (value $265) awarded to Beverly Keables, 15O Church street, Willimantic.
 The Apothecaries Hall (Water- bury Scholarship (value $265) awarded to Margaret L. Adams, 62 Redwood avenue, Ansonia.
 The Sisson Drug Scholarship (Value $265) awarded to Nellie ] Buchok, 86 Warren street, Meriden Four Beatrice Fox Auerbacf Scholarships (value $20O each. given annually by this Foundation to high school graduates who wan to study pharmacy. One scholarship of this group is restricted to res ident of the greater Hartford area and was won by Seymour Gard, 41e Garden street, Hartford. One of the other Auerbach Foundation Schol- arships is restricted to women student, and this was given to Lil- Han Hasler. AT Day street, Ansonia The other two scholarships, restrict ed only to residents of Connecticut, were awarded to George P. Levy, 731 North Riverside avenue, Terryville.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-01

ately rebuild from the wanton de- struction of that Mission site so that the people of the island could again resume the full life. This, despite his longing to return to his family here after an absence of four years, and despite the fact he had lost an abnormal amount of weight during his confinement. Added to this have been the contents of his first let ters home in those 30-months in which he so cheerfully tells of the task before him and of the courage and fortitude of the people, of his Mission, despite their Jap-occupa-
 tion and its degradations. Or dained as a Maryknoll priest in 1940, having entered when already a successful businessman in his thirties, he immediately departed for Cebu Island and there estab- lished the Mission. He was there when the attack upon Pearl Harbor took place followed-up by the en- gulfing wave of Jap attacks upon Cebu and other surrounding islands. He escaped with the natives and Army men into the hills until eventual capture and imprisonment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-01
Compensation Agreements

Compensation Com m ssioner John J. O'Connell today approv- ed the following agreements for weekly payments during disabil- ity:
 Joseph Vaccaro, 164 Hill street against the Waterbury Tool, $30. weekly beginning July 2, 1945, strained muscle of lower back.
 Joseph Mezzo. Pond Hill, Nau- gatuck, against the Naugatuck Chemical, Div. U. s. Rubber Company, $50 per week, begin- ming on July q, 1945, severe keratitis of right eye.
 Mrs. Beatrice Bertrand, 26 Dougherty street, against the Mattatuck Mfg. Co.,, $26.33 per week, beginning June 23, 1945, dislocation of left shoulder.
 Everett L. W. Mullen, 13 Mid dle street, against the Connecticut Light & Power Co.,, $50 per week, beginning on July g, 1945, her. mia.
 Louis Maiette, 33 East street, against the Chromium Corp. of America, Huntington avenue, $21.86 beginning on August 6, 1945, hernia.
 Fred Ka1af, 4s Spring street, against Waterbury Tool, $23.11 per week, beginning April l, 1945, infection of big toe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-01

A. c. in the current season or tne City Amateur league. Jackie boiled total of 44,0O0 ballots in the three day voting period to defeat the next nearest choice by 1900 votes. Candidates were confined to teen- age ball-players of the city. One of the most popular of local ath- letes Jackie has all the ability and color even at his age usually ear- marking the embryonic big-league ball-player. A high-spirited irl- fielder, his continuous chatter can be heard all-over Hamilton Park each Sunday as he peps up the en- tire squad. He typifies the clean American-boy athletically inclined, loving sports and good sports man, fair-minded competitor. The city can be certain Jackie Reardon will distinguish himself at Phila- delphia and will once again put Waterbury in the limelight of the baseball world. Here's wishing him the best of luck and a big day at the plate and in the field on Aug. 18.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-01

Moosburg Camp, Germany, from where he was liberated April 29, 1945. One of the. first Waterbury airmen to De reported shot-down over enemy territory he subsequent ly found additional local airmen, who had suffered the same unlucky fate, in the same camp with him. These included It. Ronald Delaney and It. Al Casaly. All these men are now home with their loved ones in addition to all the others from this city. A former employe of the Waterbury Tool, division of Vickers, It. Petrillo entered the service in 1922 and received his wings in December of the same year. Now enjoying a 6o-day fur tough with his family he is sched- uled to report to Atlantic City Re- assignment Center this week. AS stated, It. Petrillo is representative of all the other veterans from Wa terbury who suffered such hard ships in the German prison-camp The word-story of their experiences has often been told. Only they know the true story of those end- less months.
 Photo by MatheS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-01

at the Metal Hose Division of the American Brass Co.,, as a produc- ton worker. She is the mother of three sons in the armed forces, namely, It. Francis Bergin who arose through the ranks in three years to the present rank and now is in Germany; Donald Bergin, radar-man 3rd class. who has been serving with the Navy in the Pacific since last year and Pfc. Harold Bergin recipient of the Purple Heart who now is recuperating from wounds at the Cushing General Hospital. The Bergin family also is comprised of two other sons and daughter. This representative mother" broke the traditional christening bottle of champagne. on the s. s. Waterbury Victory last Thursday at the Bethlehem-Fair- field shipyards in Baltimore and sent the ship on its first assign ment of picking up returning troops from the European theater of war. The city is doubly honored in hav- ing this boat named after it in tribute to it's fine production rec ord, and in having so representative a sponsor in Mrs. Rose Bergin.
 Photo by MatheS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-01

and to Richard Walkof, 18 Ply mouth avenue, Norwalk.
 Two scholarships given by the American Foundation for Pharma- ceutical Education (value $200 each) wer awarded to George P. Levy, 731 Elm street, New Haven, and Martin Gulick, 833 Pearl Harbor street, Bridgeport.
 The Regal Drug scholarship (value $15O was awarded to Auriel Chandler, 124 Jewett street, An- sonia.
 The Charles s. Leete Go. scholar ship (value $300) to be divided be- tween Ruth Fully, Shady Rest, Sandy Hook, and Joan Hopkins, 423 Ellsworth avenue, New Haven. The Silver Drug scholarship (value $15O) restricted to graduate of West Haven high school, award ed to Fred Scimone, 60 William street, West Haven.
 The Lee & Osgood scholarship (value $1OO was awarded to Pearl Briere, RED. Fucker street, Box 50, South Coventry.
 These scholarships are in addi- ton to the Travelling Mems Aux Hilary scholarship which was an-