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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23

war. This total has been reached in spite of the casualties sustained during five years of war.
 That including the number killed, missing or taken prisoner or re- leased on medical and other grounds, the total number of men who have served or are serving in the armed forces Of the United Kingdom during this war Is over 5K million.
 That in addition to those serving in the armed forces large mum Der of men have been needed for whole time Civil Defense. At the height of the enemy air attacks III 104l the number was 324 000 Since then 1t has been reduced to 225,- 900.
 That a British White Paper pub lished last September romised there would be no general demobilizationr either of the armed forces or oi war industries, until tho total defeat of Axis forces throughout the world Conscription for the forces will con- tinue. but men who have served for long periods will be released when replaced No man vii lbe released or transferred If his retention k considered necessary on military grounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23
Home Front News Pessimisn1 FIoye6

New Fork, Jan. 2a--uI'. Rep. Glare Bocthe Luce, R.. CMin.. told New York State publisher: lsst night that combat Eoldiers tel: Ter they found too much optimism fin battlefront reports and too much pcssinism in horce front news.
 Addressing the 24th ann3al meet ing of the State Publkhers AssociA- ton. Mrs. Luce gaid that Cieberrls credit the press with being of greater help than any other in- tangible effort on the home ?fort."
 Newspaper publishers, s':c said, were "underplaying' the italian front. treating is as ope of many forgotten frOrts" in the war Amer ican forces, fighting beside British troops to hold own 2S 0efiAsa di- visions in Italy. have felt the lack of attention, ahO OaiA
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100000 Germans
 Face Entrapment
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lau, capital of iSlesia.
 Other Soviet forces had plunged into the area cast of Oppelin, on the Oder 48 miles southeast of Brcslau, Berlin communique said.
 Tn upper Silesia the Germans held their positions on the eastern and northeastern border of the in- dustrial area except for single breaches in the face of numerous enemy attacks" the communique said.
 To the northeast, it said, the So viet Vanguard was "at" Kalisz, 65 miles southeast of Poznan and the same distance northeast of Breslau
 A United Press dispatch from Moscow said Zhukoys forces last were reported nine miles short Of B, dgoszcz, and were believed to be stmming the city
 The Soviet Newspaper Pravda In a front dispatch commented on ZhukovS sweep as follows:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23
Work Or Else Bill Delayed
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contacts.
 Rep. Philip J. Philbin, D., Mass, committee member opposed to the amendm mt, told reports an attempt would be made on the floor to ellm- mate 1t and predicted tough fight"
 He said the amendment would abrogate contracts made voluntarily by management and labor and de- stroy gains made by labor in recent years.
 Another contest was promised over an attempt to amend the bill to out law strikes. Rep. Arthur Winstead D., Miss, announced he would offer such an amendment, although 4 wa, rejected by the committee yesterday
 Spokesmen for organized labor have unanimously condemned com pulsory labor proposals, including the pending bill.
 While the "Worx or be drafted bill neared a showdown, Maj. Gen Lewis B. Hershey, selectlye service director, issued a new directive ad- vis.ng draft boards Chat the earlie, order to review farm draft deter ments did not set aside the tydinga amendment equirlng the defermeDt of essential, irreplaceable agricui- tural workers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23
Daily Worker With Wallace
BY UNITED PRESS

Editorial comment on the Wallace appointment:
 New York TimeB--if S surprising to us that MT. Wallace should want 1t on these terms, and surely, If he Is to be confirmed in this of flee, it should be only on the under standing that he is ot be confirmed as Secretary of Commerce and not as head of REC ard It's affiliated activities. It is sound policy now to divorce the two jobs, and we well come the move in that direction.
 New York Herald Tribune-it will be shock to the reviving hopes of American business and industry in their time future. can only create the gravest fears of waste and muddling and misdirected ef- fort. In the second place, MT Roosevelt has Haunted Mir Wallace in the face of a Senate whose CO., operation he needs to make tht peace.
 New York Daily News: If the busi. neEs and financial world doesn't un' derstand 1t. 1t is dumber than w think 1t Is. We thought everybody understood by now that MT. Roose welt prefers inexperienced and sec ond rate yes men as cabinet officers If Wallace gets unrestricted control of these government lending agencies. only the good Lort knows how much of our money dea Henry will manage to put out ol bum loans or just give away.
 PM--the appointment serves no tice that the president intended hi pledge of 6O,OO0, 900 jobs after tn war to be more than an election eering promise. |. the fight agains Wallace is a fight against full em pioyinent, against the concept of al expanding economyIt is fight [ maintain monopoly -as-usual afte the war, to return to Q system 0 scarcity economies.
 Daily worker-We are delighted. |. It is an opportunity that Wallac richly deserves. because he ha' held 80 clearly the vision of ful employment and full production. because his thinking embodies tn aspirations of al Americans for SC curity and a job. because of hi self f-effacing campaign for tn presidents reelection. becaus he can do the job.
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Nogoyo War PIonts Hit
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had joined land -based bombers for the first time in attacking Fornaosa. Apparently from Philippines bases, 30 Lightnings and 20 Liberators raided southern FormoSa for three hours Sunday. Tokyo said
 The report of the large-scale land-based assault was not con- firmed immediately, but Gen. Doug las MacArthur's communique re- ported that patrol planes from the Philippines bombed the harbor at Takao, Formosa, by night and shot down an enemy float plane in the Okinawa islands by day.
 Admiral Chester w. Nimitz's Pa ciflc fleet communique disclosed that carrier planes from Admiral William F. Halsey's Third Fleet also in
 1icted heavy damage on shipping and ground installations in the For mosa area Sunday.
 Incomplete reports said at least two large ships, docks and the in- llHtrial area were set 3!lrc at Taxao, Japanese naval base on the Southo west cost of Formosa and "copSJd- erable damage" was inflicted on shipping at Keelung, Toslien and Nan Wan hArDos on Forrnosa, aG Mako in the Pcacado-es and in tho Sa'ifnima islands.
 Forty-three enemy planes were shot down fin aerial combat, O7 were destroyed on the ground and ap- proximately 100 more were daronsed in attacks Cn FormoSan airdromeS at He!to, Choshll, MatSuyamn, Eiko, Kuputsua, Gjran, Koshen A;'d Taiea. American afro, aft loxcA were rel- atiVely light the commun.aIe said, but 1t acNrc ~e!edged that a rms. .jOr" American ship possibly a batt!eShip or an aircraft carrier mad ben IIdGmage1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23
Rough Going For Wallace
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 operations from the commerce de- pertinent.
 Jesse H. Jones has been ordered by President Roosevelt to surrender the Commerce department, the Re- construction Finance Corporation and affiliated financial agencies to provide Wallace q job. MT Roose- welt told Jones the former vice. president had earned the cabinet post by his l944 campaign efforts.
 Interested senators pleaded with MT. Roosevelt before that action was taken to give Wallace the Commerce post but to separate the lending agencies so that they Gould be felt with Jones. MT Roosevelt refused. The nomination scarcely had reached the senate yesterday when Sen. Walter r. George, D., Ga., introduced bill to separate the department and the lending agencies.
 He said frankly that he did not think Wallace's experience war lanted putting billions of dollars ol government loan investments under his control for administra- ton and ultimate disposition.
 "I have no disposition to object to anyone as a member of the cab met" George told reporteds. But, with respect to these lending agen- cies, they were created by Congress and, therefor, Congress is respon- sible for what goes on in them. l have been willing to give those agencies extensive powers solely be- cause had confidence in the busi- ness experience and judgment of MT. Jones.
 If those powers are separated from the Commerce Department and kept out of the hands of someone I'm not reflecting on MT. Wallace kept out of the hands of someone without executive training, without bus/Eess experience. I would have no objection to MT. Wallace as Com- merce Secretary.
 The appointment of MT. Wallace Is most regretful in view of his lack of experience in finance, business | uIlA IIpCOLlIlSlibs HI FA~W VI "A'~ enormous investment of the peoples s money in properties held by the REC and subsidiaries, 1t seems to me to be proper to separate the two responsibilities so we can vote on MT. Wallace as Secretary of Com merce proper.
 My conversation with great many Senate leaders convinces me that there is strong opposition to confirming his nomination as 1t nov stands"
 George suggested and 1t looks like the Idea is taking hold tha. his bill be considered before the Senate undertakes to pass On WaI- lace's qualifications for the V Com mercO Department. In other words.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23
Enemy FIees After BIitz
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AN<OAllAAbNd AAOAAl T @bS ~
 - Nazi Ardennes Salient with ad- vances of up to i've miles all around its western and southern Hanks. At no point were the Americans more than 12 miles from the German border, starting point of the Naz offensive last Dec. l6.
 It. Gen. George s. Patton'S Third Army captured clusters Of villages on the approaches to Clervaux and Wander, last two big German strongholds in Luxembourg. One column widened the American bridehead across the Sure river by capturing Unprecedented, four miles west of Vianden, and trusting mile farther north to within four miles of the German border.
 At the southern end of the front, the French First Army finally clear ed the suburbs of Mulhoise, 57 miles south of Strasbourg, and pushed on to the north in a developing of1en- sive.
 The French also cleared the Non- nenbruck forest some five miles northwest of Mulhouse in stiff fight ing that netted 1000 prisoners in the first 36 hours.
 German patrols were active in the Nazi bridgehead on the west bank of the Rhine above StraSbourg, but no major fighting developed, an AL lied communique reporteds A Ger man Transoccan dispatch claimed. however, that the Germans had re- captured the communications hub of Haguenau, l5 miles north Of Stras- bourg
 German patrols which infiltrated the American lines in the Bitsche salient northwest of Haguenau were mopped up, the Allied communique said.
 Two Villages Seized
 At the northern end of the front, Canadian forces hurled German | troops back across the De Linge canal northwest of Nijmegen. The British Second Army in southeast Holland repulsed counter-attacks against Waldfeucht and seized the villages of Hontem and Sclsten to the southeast
 The destruction of the German mechanical columns pulling out of the Ardennes Bulge stole the spot light from the rest of the front.
 Front dispatches said the roads out of the Bulge were lined with the twisted, charred wreckage of tanks, armored vehicles, busses trucks and other vehicles, some of them still smouldering from yes terday's afr blows.
 Von Rundstedt had waited SC long that many of his troops and vehicles also had to run gaunt- let of shellflre from American guns employed in heights taken only in thc last few days.
 UpWardly y-revised figures showed tke following toll exacted by the tactical air forces in yesterdays record strikes at German forces ir and just behind the Ardennes Budge:
 Motor vehicles-l, ,594 destroyed l,193 damaged.
 Tanks and armored vehicles s6& destroyed, 72 damaged.
 Horse-draWn vehicles 40 de- stroyed.
 Railway cars-746 destroyed, 4oC damaged.
 Locomotives-18 destroyed, three damaged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23
Ward Seizure
 Reason Cited

Chicago, Jan. 23,--(UP)-The danger of strikes by Montgomery Ward and Co., employees spreading to the nations war industries "a ther than a desire to enforce wal labor board directiyes, forced seiz- ure of Ward properties In seven cities. the government contendec today.
 A 40-page brief, filed in federal court in answer to company briei attempted to justify the Dec. 2 presidential seizure order, Whicf the mail order firms officials have denounced as unconstitutional.
 The strikes, and not Wards dis pute with the C1O Retail, Whole sale and Department Store En- ployes union or the WLB, were the basic issues in the case, the gov ernment asserted.
 The fact is, neither the eXecu- tive order nor this litigation is aI attempt to enforce the orders of the war labor board" the government brief stated, charging that Ward of- fcialS had distorted" the issues by their contention that the seiz- ure was based on a desire to carry out WLB directives.
 "The executive order was issued because disputes between Ward ant it's employees that have lasted fol 1-2 years eliminated In December 1914. in strike in the Ward plant. in Detroit This strike threatened to spread to and to interrupt tht plants and facilities Of Wards 1T other cities Furthermore, tht strike in Detroit threatened to in. volye other unions and to spread into war plants in that area" tht brief said.
 Ward attorneys immediately Sait that the government statement tha neither the executive order nor | court judgment in favor of the gov ernment would compel Wards {, obey orders of the war labor board would be taken as an admission that WLB orders were not binding that the company did not have t. make a union contract and that 1 did not have to pay wage increase ordered by the board
 The government brief, they claim ed, admitted virtually every conten ton of Ward lawyers, falling bacl or the single issue, the power of tn President to order seizure to aver industrial strife.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23

a compromise Is brewing which would give Wallace shorn depart ment and offend MT. Roosevelt more than little. He probably would veto bill depriving Wallace of some of the major powers exercised aS Secretary by Jones.
 But many conservative southern CTS privately agreed with George that the going would be rough for the former vice president.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23
APARTMENT RANSACKED,
 RADIO, CLOCK, FUR GONE

Two mink neckpieces. valued at $500, radio, and clock were taken from the apartment of MT. and Mrs. Charles Mosgrove, Al Prospect street, last night, Detective Lieutenant John Calvin, reported He said entrance to the home was made with key, and that bureaus and closets were ransacked. It was the second break in the Trinity Apartments in recent weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23
LEGATION BOMBED

Stockholm, Jan. 23-- -(UP)--A bomb thrown at the British legation here last night smashed about 30 wins dows but caused no other damage. A porter at the legation saw . cy- clist ride away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23

(COntinued from Page T. - were not disclosed will be tried for negligence of duty, Harris said.
 Despite closing arguments by de- fenSe Attorney Maj. George Dick son of Atlanta, Ga. and acknowl- edgements by the trial judge advc- cate that the mems leadership "was not all 1t might have been" 10 more enlisted men were convicted yesterday and sentenced to terms ranging from 20 to 30 years for stealing and selling cigarettes, ci- gars, chocolates and other ratlonS.
 Chile will open more flying fields near large cities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23
TO LAUNCH SUE

Portsmouth, N. H., Jan. 23.-(UP) The U. 8. submarine Trex will slide down the Portsmouth Navy Yard ways Friday, the Navy an nounced today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23

British old-age pensioners now get reduced prices at government res- taiaEantA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23

Chart above shows the distri- button of British Empire war casualties, as recently described by Prime Ministe. Winston Churchill. The figures repre- sent period from start of war. September. 1889, up Ato Iast '---- Noyemhaxs l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23

Mexico's lO44 cotton crop exceed ed 1000 bales.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23

Living costs in Fire are now at record WaE.timO high.
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Yonks Within
 Bombon Sight

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Arrested For
 Black Market

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That since December, l943, many young men have been directed into coal mining who would otherwise have gone into the forces. They are known as "Bevin Boys. tBoy page John LewisD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23

That an early system Of option for women in the various services has been greatly limited Fol gears, single women between 20 and 25 have been allocated to priority civilian jobs-With no choice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23

That an essential work order to stop labor turnover has been sue cessfully applied to freeze essential workers in their jobs. This order cust the right of the employer to fire and the employees fredcom to ollit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23

That the scale of mobilization of manpower achieved has been far greater than was attained in the last war. The number of men and women in the services or industrial Iolbs reached it's highest level near thine end of 1043. by which time labor was fully mobilized.
 That by the middle of 1914, ~ million men were serving in tht Armed Forces of the United King 1om compared with less than hall a million at the beginning or th'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23

That on the same afternoon the Minister of Labor and National Ser vice was given the power to use all of labor by empowering him to direct any person in the United Kingdom to perform such services in the United Kingdom as might be specified.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23

That occupational deferments have been granted since the begin ming of the war--such as ship builders, welders. etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23

That the Military Service Hard ship Committee investigates eases in which men and women have ap- piled for deferments. If their yer dict is rot unanimous, the applicant may appeal to an umpire whose de- cision is final. Deferments can bt granted for only six months anc then must be opened again.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-11-30
Pennsylvania
Gunners Fined

Melo x. Herman, East Hempfield
Township, Lancaster, Pa, was SEN
fenced to 90 days in prison in de-
fault of paying SIS in fines and costs.
He was prosecuted by Deputy Game
Protector Milton G. Gingrich before
Alderman j. Edward Wetzel.
Herman was charged with shoot
ing a pheasant hen, shooting small
game on Sunday and shooting, within
$50 yards of an occupied building.
Paul Monroe Adams, Conowingo,
paid fine of 500 on field receipt
when apprehended by Game Protec-
tor John M. Haverstick for shooting
deer out of season. Adams, accord
ing to the game protector, killed a
90-pound deer with 22-calibre rife
on the farm of Joseph Asso, neigh
Dor.
The man left the carcass in the
woods and tired to conceal it with
leaves. The carcass when found was
unfit to eat.
Edward Mcclellan Holley, Lancas
ter, charged with carrying loaded
gun on a tractor being operated OF
the Old Philadelphia Pike, was tineC
SIS on field receipt. Holley was
taken into custody while driving
along the Old Philadelphia Pike il
East Lampeter Township.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-11-30
WOODLAND

The Union Thanksgiving Service
was held at Hopewell church Thurs
day morning, with the ministers and
congregations of West Nottingham
Presbyterian church and Rising Sun
Methodist church joining in the
worship. Rev. j. r. Bicking gave the
Thanksgiving message. The choir
sang, God Will Take Care of YOU
Word was received here Friday of
the death of Miss Ida Thompson, of
Baltimore. Miss Thompson was one
of the Oldest members of Hopewell
church, and she had spent most of
her life in this vicinity. Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon
in Hopewell church, with interment
in the adjoining cemetery
The Farm Bureau Discussion
Group met with Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Redding last Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Tyson, Naomi
and George, and Mr.. and Mrs. Eel
shaw and children spent Thanksgiv-
ing Day with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Churchman, Belmore, Del.
Mrs. Rush Nickel, Mrs. Louise
Horn, Mrs. George Mccullough and
Mrs. holland Campbell were Balti-
more shoppers last Monday.
Jack and Jane Redding attended a
surprise birthday dinner on Thanks
giving Day, given in honor of Carl
Feucht, by lbs parents, at their home
near Elkton.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Gather enter
tanned number of guests at tur-
key dinner on Thanksgiving Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Villa me- Rea and
Miss Elsie Rea attended the fifteenth
annual Rea Reunion on Sunday,
held at TIE home of Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert F. Rea, Lansdowne. Pa. Other
guests were Mrs. Alma Deaver, Mrs
Bertha Pollock, Miss Shirley Pollock
and Mrs. Samuel Jamison, Oxford,
Pa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-11-30

Mrs. Elva M. Kirk, 5S, of COS
North Dupont Road, Richardson
Park, Del, died Wednesday morning
at the Delaware Hospital from COM
plications after an illness of four
weeks. Services were held from the
James F. Hearn Funeral Home, 1902
Market Street, Wilmington, on Sat
urday afternoon. Tie Rev. Willard G.
Furdy, pastor of First and Central
Presbyterian church, officiated and
interment was in Riverview GENE
terry.
A native of Cecil County, Mrs
Kirk lived for many years in Lennie,
Pa, following her marriage. A mem
Der of the First and Central church,
she had lived in Wilmington rs
years.
She is survived by her husband
George H. Kirk, two daughters, Mrs
Leslie Rryson, of Lancaster Village
and Mrs. Ruth Fenwick of Richard
son Park; sister, Mrs. Paul Neide
of Locust Grove, Pa, and one grand
child.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-11-30
MISS IDA l.. THOMPSON

Miss Ida l.. Thompson died at the
Home for Incurables in Baltimore, at
two o'clock Friday morning, Nov. %,
where she had been since April 1871
aged "a years. Her parents were the
late Anthony George and Rebecca
Jane Brickley Thompson of Wood
lawn, where she had resided until
she went to the Home. Two nieces,
Miss Leila r. Thompson and Mrs.
Carroll E. Tyson of Leslie; three
nephews, Messrs. Ralph L. Thomp-
son and Robert B. Marshall of Wood
lawn, and Willard A. Thompson OF
Perryville, survive.
Funeral services were held in
Hopewell Methodist church at two
O'Clock Sunday afternoon, where she
had been a member since her youth,
conducted by the pastor, Rev. James
d. Robb. Interment in adjoining
cemetery.
The pail bearers were Messrs.
Ralph and Luther Thompson, Carroll
e. Tyson, Robert B. Marshall, Will
lard and Donald Thompson.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-11-30
MICHAEL LOBURK

The funeral of Michael Loburk, 80
of Chesapeake City, who with Mich
lac Basalyga, also of Chesapeake City
was killed in an automobile accident
near Glasgow, Del, Saturday night,
Nov. II, was held from st. Roses
Catholic Church, Chesapeake City,
Tuesday morning, with interment i'll
the adjoining cemetery.
The funeral of Michael Basalyga,
27, was held Thursday morning, with
mass at ST. Basii's Catholic Churcl
near Chesapeake City and interment
also in st. Roses Catholic cemetery
He was an honorably discharged
veteran OF World War IL, having
esrved overseas more than two years