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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-28
By JACK ROWLES

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, July 28-UP) A BPS crashed into the Empire State Building today about 85 floors above the street and exploded.
 A four-alarm fire broke out through five floors of the building, from approximate ly the 85th to the 90th. Emergency fire fighting equipment and a fleet of am- bulances from city hospitals raced to Fifth Avenue and 34th street, site of the worlds tallest building.
 Immediately on contact with the fog-shrouded tower, the plane burst into q mass of flames. An apron of fire licked out 300 feet from the tower and midtown New York shook with the blast
 The crash occurred at approxi- mately 10 a. m., and moments later smoke rolled from the tower, blend ing into thick fog that hid the spire
 Flames swept upward from the B0th to the 86th floors.
 Heavy Fog
 At 10:l0 a. m. the fog began slowly to lift, but the fire-stricken section of the tower still was in- visible to thousands who huddled on the streets to watch the most sensational fire in recent years.
 The plane struck the east side of the building. The resulting ex- plosion was deafening. In blanket of flames, the plane bounced of the tower and fell to the roof of building on 33rd street.
 The pilot, lost in a low-hanging fog, had attempted to land at La Guardia field on Long Island. Fail ing, he apparently started for New ark field and crossing Manhattan struck the worlds tallest building.
 Flames leaped from the big build- ing as the plane exploded and de- bris showered on the street.
 Fire raced through six stories of the building. from the 80th to 86th floors. When the flaming plane fell to the roof of the Waldorf build ing on 33d street, next to the En- pire state, that structure caught fire.
 Glass filtered the streets. Fire men and ambulance attendants rushed along sidewalks strewn with debris Most of the city's available
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-28
Jap Fleet ' Demolished
BY EARNEST HOBERECHT

b1 EARNEST HORERECHT United Press War Corresp0ndenfYl
 Aboard Admiral McCain,s Flag ship of Japan, July 28-(UP)-The blackened hull of the 30O00-ton Japanese battleship Hyuga lies on the bottom of the inland sea to- day and swarms of American and British planes are out to finish or the rest of the Imperial fleet around her.
 The Hyuga was plastered with 1000 pound bombs and was burning flercely when the Allied airmen left her on July 24. When they roared back to the attack at dawn today they found the great ships decks awash and her superstructura burned out.
 First of Kind
 It was believed to be the first hats tleship ever sunk directly by aerial bombs. The Hyuga was anchored n a protected site in Nasaka Jiuae harbor of Kure and had to bs at4 tackled with bombs instead Of tore pedoeS. Since daybreak, tho dive bomberel ard torpedo planes of this carrier force have been pounding away aA the Kure naval base in q deber4 mined effort to polish oil the re- maining battleships and cruisers o1 the Japanese fleet.
 The enemy's remaining carriers were so badly shot up earlier this week that they probably won't have to be bombed again.
 Airfield Attacked
 Japanese airfields in the 1fihe@
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-28
2,000 LANES AGAIN RAKE JAPAN Explosion Rocks Empire State Building
PSYCHOLOGICAL
 WAR. ON LAPS INCREASING G
By R. H. SHACKFORD United Press Staff CorreSpOndent)


 United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, July 28- (UP)-Japan's rejection of the three-power surrender offer today set the stage for the final act in a collosal AL lied war of nerves and bombs against the Japanese.
 The next move in the Far Eastern drama may be Rus sia's. It would logically be the next great psychological step by the Allies in their ef- fort to persuade Japan to quit before utter destruction.
 Japan's immediate rejec- ton of the peace offer from Potsdam was expected.
 It was not anticipated by the greatest stretch of the imagination that the present militaristic Japanese regime would deliver themselves over to the Allies for almost certain trial and death as war criminals.
 Jap People Rise-up
 The major anticipation was that the surrender offer would give the war-weary people of Japan ammu- milton to start pressure on their leaders-pressure that could become great enough to force the present leaders out of office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-28
Record Bombardment On Kurile By Allied
 Third Fleet Airplanes
By WILLIAM F. THREE

United Press War CorrespOndentD.
 Guam, July 28.-(UP)- The greatest carrier strike in history turned Nippon's ir- land Sea into a graveyard of wrecked and burning Jap- anese ships today as some 2,000 warplanes of Admiral William F. Halsey's Third Fleet resumed the attack on the Kurile naval base.
 Slamming in at dawn through a skyful of flax and fighters, Halsey's American and British flyers blazed a new trail of death and ruin across waters still dotted with the hulks of 308 enemy ships smashed in their first onslaught last Tuesday and Wednesday. United Press Correspondent Rich- ard Johnson reported from q warship off Japan that on the basis of reports from many car- riers. '"The enemy battle fleets have suffered such severe blows from this weeks three-day assault that it probably will be out of action for the duration. This means forever.n Vast Damage
 United Press Correspondent Earn. est Hoberecht reported from Vice Admiral John s. McCain's flagshin that a pilot said Kure harbor was "coyered with burning ships"
 One warship damaged in earlier attacks was a mass of explosions and flames, Hoberecht said the air. men reported. Other warships were shattered similarly. One was seen to take four or five hits with heavy bombs. Another had two raging fires astern and one on the bow.
 The first wave of attacking dive bombers spotted the 30,000-ton bat- tleship Hyuga lying on the Sandy | bottom of Nasaka Jima harbor. out- side Kure, her decks awash and her Superstructure burned out.
 The great ship and 9 other ware (Continued on Page 2l -.r
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-28
Describes
 New Freedom

Tt is impossible to describe the feeling of freedom after five long years of Nazi domination. It almost seems incredible we no longer have tO hide here or fear to express our . Aoughts freely
 So wrote 75-year old Danish woman to her daughter, Mrs. K. J. Knudsen, Deering Lane, Naugatuck. The writer related she had assisted the Danish freedom-fighters in their underground activities to again re- store freedom to Denmark.
 Mrs. Knudsen recently received an honorable discharge from ser- vice in the WACs after serving eight months in New Guinea.
 The letter which she received from her mother, written eight days after liberation from the Allies, is as follows:-
 Copenhagen, Denmark,
 May l2. 1945
 Dear Daughter:
 How wonderful 1t Is to have a free country again. Sometimes 1t seems almost unbelievable. We have 6 lot to be thankful for. Though the real horror of war did not strike our beloved country, surely hundreds of sacrifices have been made and hundreds of lives have been lost, some even after May 5 when we were liberated. But compared witf what other countries have suffered, we have no right to complain.
 We have celebrated for eight days now.
 The Danish flag is flying again everywhere and It is . great Joy to behold. The people are also displaying the colors In their iapels. We have discarded our blackout curtains.
 It 6 impossible to describe the feeling of freedom after five long years Of Naxl domination. ft al. most seems incredible we no long CT have to hide here or fear to expre@ our thoughts freely.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-28
LAUNCH SHIP

Providence. R. l., July 2s - (uP) The combat-cargo ship Xenia named for the Ohio city. will be commissioned in ceremonies ct the state pier here tomorrow.
 Capt, John c. M. stone, USNR, of the First Naval District will ofil- ciate at the commissioning of the 4:5-foot craft which was built al the Walsh-Kalser Company. Inc. yard.
 Lt. Commdr. O. D. Service of New Jersey will command the new ves- sol.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-28
Nelson Leads Golf Play
By WALTER BYERS
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff COrreSpOndent) Chicago, July 28.-UP)-Two men of the past were virtually the only threats today to Byron Nell sons relentless drive toward his fourth all-American golf champion ship and a new tournament record. One was little Gene Sara0en, a golfing great of another era, and the other was hulking Ralph Gull dahl, one of the games most tragic figures.
 Fourth Victory
 Nelson, bidding for his fourth vic- tory in the five year history of the all-Americans, was at the head of the 136 man field with a 36- hole total of 134 strokes, 10 under
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-28
Skyscraper Hit By Low-Flying BPS Bomber
BULLETIN

New York, July 2S-UP)-Two elevators were reported to have crashed from the 80th floor to the ground at the Empire State building which was struck by 8 plane earlier.
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Various Ministers

The ministers came at five-niln- ute intervals with Lord eimop. ex- Lord Chancellor arriving fifk el
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-07
COASTAL AIRLINE5 ON MANY FLIGHTS
 DURING WEDNESDAY

Outgoing Alaska Coastal Airlines' planes took the following passengers out of Juneau yesterday:
 To Lake Hasselborg: James Rude.
 To Pelican City: E. G. Whitehead and Don McGee. To Hoonah: A. B. Peterson, Nellie Hanson and Robert Hanson.
 To Tenakee: P. T. Carmichael To Hawk Inlet: Hans F1oe and Nick Jukich. To Sitka: Mrs. E. Clemson, Syl- vester Weidel, Walter Daniel, Sue Kennedy, Virgil s. Carrier and w R. Peterson.
 To Haines: N. A. McEachran.
 Incoming planes brought the fol- lowing:
 From Haines: Mrs. Jennie Thur ant and J. B. Carlyle. From Skagway: Mrs. Mildred Lee, Dricilla Lee a nd Ella Mathews. From Tenakee: Mrs. Charles E. Johnson, Cyril D. Hansen and Sam Asp.
 From Hawk Inlet: Joe Hanson.
 From Pelican City: E. Erickson.
 From Hoonah: Andrew Johnnie, Phillip James and Hugh Antrim.
 From Sitka: A. M. Anderson. B. J. Wellman, Violet Roland, Sylvester Weidel, Walter Daniell, Charles Pot ter, Florence Tobin, M F. Stockwell, Henry Moy and Mrs. Pete Terence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-07

Esthonia just before we entered the war. Donors of the volume are Dimitry D. Maksutov, aged 75, son of the Russian Alaska governor; his son, Dimitry c. Maksutov, aged 37; and the small son of the last named, Dimitry C. Maksutov, aged three, great-grandson of the Alas kan official Present members of the family make their home on Long Island, New York
 Made from fossil ivory of the prehistoric Siberian woolly man. moth, the Eskimo snuff box is an fine specimen which was obtained together with three jade drills, used by the Eskimos for bor- ing holes in wood, ivory and other materials, and specimen of blue paint rock such as that used for obtaining colors for decorative pur- poses. Both of the last items came from Nunivak Island, MT. Keithahn explained.
 Of particular local interest is the Family Brand" canned salmon label showing family group of the founder, John Peratrovich, Dal- matian webmaker who operated what is believed to be the first commercial salmon packing com pany in the Territory, which open ed at Klawock in 1878. Presenta- tion was made by Roy Peratrovich, descendant of the early packer.
 Other items not yet catalogued and labeled have been received, MT. Keithahn said, and will be in the showcases soon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-07
. .
 TIDES TOMORROW
4 FOUND GUILTY,
 C0UNTERFEITING

MILWAUKEE, June "A Federal court jury last night found four men guilty of conspiracy in con- nection with what Secret Service agents testified was the operation of a big counterfeit ring in the middle west
 Judge F. Ryan Duffy deferred sentence after counsel for one of the defendants had moved for ar rest of judgment.
 The men found guilty of conspir- acy were August (Jack) Sorcey. An thony Cicerello and Dominick tJack) Rizzo, all of Milwaukee, and Martin King of Racine, Wis. Sorcey also was found guilty of possession and sale of counterfeit currency and Riz- 20 of the sale of the bogus money
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-07
BEAMESDEFER
 IDENTIFIED AS
 BEAMESDEFER

BIRMINGHAM, Mass, June IT. A 27-year- old American soldier spent the "30 most narrowing days" of his life when he was captured by his own troops and held as wounded German prisoner of war"
 Corporal Gilbert J. Beamesderfer of Ephrata, Penn, Cushing Gen. eral Hospital patient recently grant, ed a 9o-day work furlough, was a squad leader in the Thirty-fifth Division of the Third Army before events became too confused for com- fort.
 He remembered leading his men against a German machine gun nest in France and being hit in the left arm. Then apparently he got mixed up with some captured Germans and when he awoke he was in a hospital
 Just before they gave him ether, a surgeon spoke to him reassuringly in German. Beamesderfer, who speaks German, grinned and an- swered in the enemy language
 Hours later an American lieuten- ant passed by. and Beamesderfer asked What happened? Have we been captured?"
 Be quiet" the lieutenant said. You're all right. You're with your buddies."
 "Budies, He'll" Beamesderfer screamed. Get me out of here. I'm an American!"
 The officer smiled and left. Ger mans posing as Americans were nothing new. After ten days in France, the prisoners, including Beamesderfer, were transferred to a POW camp in England. Finally he managed to nab an interrogator.
 "I'll tell you things about Penn sylvia that no one could tell you unless he's actually been there" Beamesderfe said desperately.
 They called in a Philadelphia nurse. He told her about the unique customs of the Amish, descendants of German settlers of eastern Penn sylvania. The nurse was impressed.
 Camp officials cabled Washington for his fingerprints They establish ed Beamesderfer as Beamesdefer. On the thirtieth day of his imprison- ment, an officer burst into his tent and announced.
 T am happy to inform you that you're an American at last!"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-07
STORY OF WAYS
 BEING TOLD AT
 CAPITOL TONIGHT

Packing a tremendous emotional punch and telling the thrilling story of Americas Army women flyers, Walter Wangers Ladies Courage ous' with an all-star cast headed by Loretta Young and Geraldine Fitzgerald. opened yesterday at the Capitol Theatre and is on for final showings tonight.
 The Universal Studio production brings to the public for the first time Air Force scenes of women fly CTS in action. Most of the scenes were filmed at a U s. Air Force base said to be one of thte busiest airports in the world.
 Ladies Courageous" tells the story of the WAFS-Women,s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron--a civilian unit of the U. S. Army which was organ ized in 1942 with twenty-five of the nations foremost young women fly CTS in the original group. Recently the WAFS were merged with other Army women's units and today are known as the WASPS-Women Airforce Service Pilots.
 Actually, the personal stories of three beautiful young women caught in the web of war are ingeniously threaded into the well-paced plot of Ladies Courageous" revealing an intimate picture of the emotional conflicts with which each of the girls finds herself beset.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-07
ALASKA MUSEUM HAS
 NEW ACQUISITIONS

Such varied items as volume of Russian history, fossil ivory Eskimo snuff mortar from Shaktoolik, and a photo-bearing label from the first brand of salmon packed in Alaska, as well as five pieces from the ill-fated Will Rogers Wiley Post plane which crashed in 1885, have been added to the collection of the Alaska Territorial Museum, Curator E. L. Keithahn announces.
 The Russian volume, presented to the museum by the descendants of Prince Dimitry P. Maksutov, last Russian governor of Alaska, is a 1889 publication issued by the As- sociation of Former Russian Naval Officers in America, and printed in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-07

THELMA HERMANSON HERE
 Thelma L. Hermanson, of Wood- burn, oregon, is guest at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-07
HOUR BEFORE THE DAWN ISFEATURE
 AT 10TH CENTURY

To Binnie Barnes, the "other wo- man" in many of Hollywood's biggest hits, goes the unheard-of assign ment of heroine relief to villainy in The Hour Before the Dawn" which is at the 20th Century Theatre. Bas- ed on the w. Somerset Vaughan best-seller the production stars Yer onica Lake as such venomous, cruel and thoroughly unsympathetic character that the "other woman" in this rare instance, must supply the lush qualities of the heroine.
 The starring role of Dora, sur passing in vitriolic meaness even the unforgettable Mildred in Maugh- ans Of Human Bondage" and the caustic, cunning Leslie in "The Let ter, represents one of the most vic ious of fictions obsessed women. But the casting department at the Para mount studios knew exactly where to find the actress capable of the nec- essary warmth and charm to offset Miss Lakes bitterness.
 Miss Barnes is one of the screens most versatile actreses. She can supply comedy relief for audience laughs as easily as she can worry the star with sophisticated competi- tion for the heart interest. Never having been typed, she has little fear now that it will ever be attempted, for in The Hour Before the Dawn, Miss Barnes breaks tradition with all past performances and gives the perfect portrayal of that rare kind of woman whom all men find Charming and other women trust.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-07
GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL
 MEETING ON JUNE II

A meeting of the Girl Scout Council will be held next Monday at 2 p. m in the penthouse of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, it was announced today, when activities in connection with the Girl Scout summer camping will be considered.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-07
PREPARATIONS FOR
 GIRL SCOUT CAMP

Mrs. Josephine Boyd, Treasurer of the Girl Scout Council, will be in the lobby of the Baranof Hotel tomorrow afternoon from l to 5 o'clock, to receive the balance of summer camp fees from Girl Scouts and Brownies, they were reminded today.
 With the date for opening of sum- mer camp rapidly approaching and most preparations completed, there is still an urgent need for volunteers to go out June IA and aid in setting up the camp itself, Camp Chairman Mrs. Edwin Johnson stated, adding that it was hoped that parents of the Girl Scout sand Brownies would volunteer. Those who can assist in the work are requested to call Mrs. Johnson at Douglas 283.
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1945-03-15
KROZ AMERIKU
(Nastavak sa |. strane)

JAMIE. Nike je nece slusati niti
prema njenim naredbama postu-
patti.
l ako je sudac vrlo ugladjeno
postupao sa VINO i nazvao je
"patriotskom' i "dobrovoljnom''
on je Moi ipak prisio samar uz
obraz koga ona nece zaboraviti.
Hvala sudce "a takvo furnace
ME! Tvoj postupak dokazuje da
jos ina pc negde nekoji covek
u ovoj zemlji koji postuje, bar u
nekim slucajima ljudska prava.
Same bojati Sc ola ces Sc ii Ia
merit kapitalistima sa takvim
tumacenjem. A ko Sc NINA "a
meri tai ne moe dugo biti SUI
dac.
Radnici trebaju da slede ovo
tumacenje moci j prava VINO,
ii. trebaju da je ne slusaju.
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1945-03-15
Sa vecerinke
New York, N. Y,

Jugoslavenski Ogranak 5. =
p. u New Yorku, odrzao je We
cerinku u subotu, "a. marta. lsta
je bila uspesna sa svih strana, u.
materijalno i moralno. Poseta Je
bila vrlo dobra, sto je ne samo
pozeljno nego i okurazavajuce.
NaSa svrha, naravno, nije sa-
mo zabavljati Sc j tome provo
dit vreme wee okupljati, pros
vecivati j organizovati radnike "a
njihovo, ii. nase radnicko oslo
bodjenje. Dobra poseta ma vece-
rink, dobro p~onasanje simpatic-
no osecanje iste prema nasim i
dejama dokazuje da je ovo "a
ista, moralni uspeh.
Nasa svrha je da upoznamo
radni6ku klasu ma koji nacin je
moguce doci do bolje buducnosti.
Ma ovoj tacci, razume Sc, mama
nema takmaca. Razonoda j ma
terijalni uspeh, "a mas je uzgred-
ma stvar, iii neizbezna sredstva
"a po%stignuce ella. Da mama ne
ma takmaca, u pitanju Socija-
listickog ella i taktike, to sve-
doce sve postojece takozvane rad
nieke organizacije koje Sill sve.
osim nase, ogrezle u zbrci poi
nova i anarhiji kapitalizma, da
ne znaju kuda idu i Sta trebaju
da rade.
Drug F. Rack nam je odrzao
kratku pozdravnu rec. Potsetio
mas je ma prosli svetski rat u ko-
me ST. nam lagali da Sc bore "a
owl, iii onu, "plemenitu" ideju.
tie ola nam ma isti nacin lazu i u
ovome ratu, dok SUI kapitalisticki
trgovacki j izrabljivacki interest
po zadi svega toga.
Pri kraju govora drug je ape
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1945-03-15
Internacionala iPariska Komuna
(Nastavak ma 3. strani)

Nastavak ma 3. strani)
Stotina znakova toga vremena
mora nagovestavati pravilno raz-
.iasnjenje = porast inteligencije
mediu radnicima, luksuza i ne
sposobnosti medju njihovim Via
darima, istorijski process koji Sc
sada odigrava toga konacnog
prenasanja vlasti sa klase ma ma
rod, Gotta skladnost vremena.
mesta i okolnosti "a veliki po-
kret oslobodienja. Ali da hi vi
deli ovo funkcioner bi morao BIZ
ii filozof. a on je samo mouchard
(policijski spijun). Pc zakonu
ovog bica, otuda, on pada nazad
ma mouchardsko razjaSnjenje =
"konspiraciju'. Njegov start
p%ortfoljer krivotvornih dokume-
nata snabdece MEGA sa dokazi-
ma, j oval put Europa u njenoj
ustraSenosti verovace II pricus
L Europa teSko ola 81 moze
pomoci, videci da svaka fran
cuska novina Sri izvestaj.
DR.. NJ. = Svaka francuska no
VIVA? Gledaj, ovde je jedna cd
Nth %(uzimajuci La Situation),
j sud- sam "a sebe vrednost do
kaza radi stvari cjnjenice. lei
tai "Dr. Karl Marks, cd Inter
Macdonald, uhapsen je u Belgiji,
pokusavajuci da probe u Fran
cusku. Londonska policija vec
dugo ina svoje oci ma drustvu sa
kojim je on u vezi, i sada podu-
zimaju aktivne mere u ugusiva-
nju istog." Dive recenice i dive
lazi. Ii mozeS oprobati istnitost
jedne price sa dokazima tvoga
sopstvenog svedocanstva. Ii vi
dis ola umesto da sam IL zatvoru
u Belgiji ia sam kod kuce u En-
gleskoj. Ii moras takodjer znati
ola je policija u Engleskoj tako
bespomocna da ometa Interna-
cionalno DruStvo kao Sto je j
drustvo ola ometa nju. Pa ipak
sta je najjednostavnije kod Min
jeste to da &c izvestaj lei okolo
pc kontinentalnoj stampi bez
protlvrecenja, j moglo bi produ-
ziti tako uprav da ia odasiljam
sve novine sa ovoga mesta.
l. - Da Ii 81 pokusao osporiti
owe mnoge lame izvestaje?
DR.. M. - ia sam cinio to sve
dok Sc nissan izmorio sa radon.
Da bi pokazao ogromnu neoba-
zrivost u kojoj SUI oni ogrezli mo-
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1945-03-15

pomogla da Sc zbaci vlada Ra-
|descua, kritikujuci je kroz svo-
ju stampu i radio. Sovjetske sile
|su mogle davno skiniti tn vladu
|da su one stvarno to htele. Ma
ma izgleda da SUI sovjetska SIAM
|pa radio zauzeli stav protiv Ra-
|descua, samo cato Sto SUI ru-
munske mase bile strasno ogor-
Gene j zahtevale njegovu ostav-
|ku. | da bi sacuvale svoi obraz
pred tom mason oni Sc "a mo-
menat pridruzise mast.
u ostalom, nisu Ii te iste SOW
|ietske sile dozvolile formiranie
move Wade cd slicnih elemental?