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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08
Split On US. Time Excursions

Dividend opinion is anticipated among residents of Middlebury at tonight's public meeting scheduled for purposes of public expression as to the request of the U. S. Time Corporation to build second story addition to their present plant in addition to more buildings for stor- age of explosives and assembly of fuse parts.
 Numerous arguments have been offered by residents of the town in opposition to the additions, which have varied from the belief held that the company would eventually put up below average" low-cost housing projects either on their property or on that located across the road in the Waterbury district to expressions of doubt as to the future of the concern inaSmuch as it is now controlled by what has been termed foreign trust.
 The company has assured the resi- dents 1t has no intentions of con- structing such projects in Middle bury and plans to continue opera ton after the war in the watch making and clock making field. The company is the former Ingersoll Clock Co.
 The company has also cited the fact that its holdings in Middlebnry have already effected 3 mill de crease in the tax rate there How ever. opponents of the expansion cite the fact that increased reSponsi- bility as to services such as fire and police will eventually be fostered on the town if such expansion con- tinueS. thus again increasing the tax rate in support of such services.
 A signed letter from 65 residents Of Straits Turnpike was forwarded to other residents of the town yes- terday in opposition to the proposed expansion. The company is lo- cated of the latter highway. Other residents of the town Cave canvaSsed homes both in favor of and op. posed to the plan.
 Although tonights meeting sched- uled for p. m. at the town hall is for purposes of determining pub lie vote actually final decision will rest with the zoning board of ap- peals. Tonight's vote will be mere ly voice vote to permit the resi- dents to express their opinions
 Witnesses for both sides will be croSs-eXamined efore the board to- night with all testimony to be giv- en under oath. Purpose of this procedure is to permit such tes- timony to be entered into any pos sible proceedings which may take place in the common pleas court should the company decide to take such action in event they are again refused the permit. The company has already indicated that it likely will take such action Its request has already been refused by the board of zoning and the town
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08
v Jap Ships
 Hit At Luzon
BY H. ID. QUIGG

Manila, March 8-CUP)-U. s troops virtually cleared Batangas Peninsula in southwestern Luzon to- day as American warplanes sharply increased the ofefnsive against For mosa and Japanese shipping in the China Sea.
 Seventeen enemy vessels. including two warShips, were sunk or damaged in the mounting aerial campaign from the Philippines. A communique said the offensive was aimed at the sterilization" of Formosa and the "interdiction" of Japans shipping lanes through the China Sea.
 The heavy aerial blows to the west came as elements of the 1lth air borne division and the l58th infan- try regiment pushed through Ba- tangas Peninsula to the southwest coast of Luzon.
 Advancing with apparently little opposition, the troops captured Ba- lay, on the northwestern shore of Bslayan Bay. and Calatagan. nine anG a half miles to the southwest on the China Sea coast.
 The drive carried the American forces within four miles of Cape Santiago, at the tip of the peninsula across Verde passage from the north shore of Mindoro.
 While the main forces of It. Gen. Walter Kruegers Sixth Army were regrouping for an all-out assault against the Japanese on Luzcn. heavy artillery continued to pound the principal enemy lines east of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08
REDS WITHIN
 27 MILES OF
 NAZ| CAPITAL
BY ROBERT MUsEL

London, March 8. - (UP) - The Germans said today that the Red Army broke across the Oder river south oi Kuestrin, carved out a bridgehead 10 miles deep, and stormed westward with in 27 miles of Berlin.
 Nazi broadcasts said Mar shal Gregory K. Zhukov's White Russian Army maSsed along the Oder smashed westward from the area of Goeritz, six miles south oi Kuestrin, and plunged due west toward Berlin.
 The vanguard of the bulg. ing Soviet bridgehead edged against Seelow, 12 miles southwest of Kuestrin, 10 west of the last natural bar rier before Berlin, and 27 miles from the capital itself, enemy radio dispatches re- ported.
 The Nazi acknowledgement of a yawning breach in the Oder river line was broadcast a day after the Germans reported that Zhukov'S mighty army was opening the bat tie for Berlin.
 The whole Berlin front in the Oder valley was reported ablaze from the Oder elbow 29 miles north east of Berlin to the sector around Frankfurt, distance of some 40 miles.
 Other Russian forces were storm ing the near defenses of Stettin and hurrying the battle of eastern Pomerania to victorious conclu- sion. The Germans said Marshal Ivan s. Konev was massing forces in Silesia in apparent preparation for a renewal of his drive into the south flank of the Berlin defenses.
 Belatedly, the Nazis reported that zhukov had seized big bridgehead across the Oder which stretched from the area just south of Kues. trin to that north of Frankfurt and number of miles westward toward Berlin.
 The Nazis claimed that counter attacks had constricted the bridge head. Yesterday the Germans beat back into Rathstock, six and a half miles southwest of Kuestrin and three west of the Oder. one broad cast said.
 Battling furious Soviet resistance, the Nazi propagandists claimed their men recaptured Klessin, eight miles north of Frankfurt.
 German artillery was said to ahve smashed extensive deploy- ments" west of Lebus, on the west bank of the Oder l2 miles south of Kuestrin. This indicated Zhukov was pouring powerful tide of men and arms into the bridgehead for
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08
Mob Storms War Clinic
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD

Rome, March .--tUP)-A mol stormed a military clinic last ngiht in an attempt to reach Gen. Fran cesco Jacomini, Fascist war crim- inal. but was dispersed after a gun battle.
 Police were Investigating today to determine whether the crowd was trying to lynch Jacomini or helr him to escape. II was from the same clinic that Gen. Mario Roatta another major Italian war criminal escaped Sunday night.
 The riot began as q demonstra- ton in front of the clinic, but Carabinieri intervened when the crowd surged toward the building Shots were exchanged on both sides
 Jacomini was apOEt ot be trans- ferred from the ciir4c to Regina Coeli jail. He was T former goVer- nor of Albania ana one of the piot- terS of the Italian attack on Cree. Albania has asked that he be turned over to her for tTial as war crtm- inal.
 The new outbreak of violence came as the Bon0mi governnCu' appeared to be weat,lcring the poi tical crisis touched off by Roatia g escape and fatal riots outside of Crown Prince Umberto's palace.
 The cabinet met for II hours tca- terday m Viminale palace and de- cided on more stringent measures against suspected war criminals and ether FaScists.
 A special committe was appoint ed % prosecute Fascists. All F'aS- cist leaders who menace the Italian social order" will be put in concen- tration camps, it Was announced.
 The cabinet also decided after a heateh discussion that neither Ro- attls escape nor Tuesdays riots uecessitated a breakup in the pre5- cnt Sour-party coalition government However, it was agreed that both
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Two New Strikes Close Wor Plants

Detroit, March 8.-UP)- New strikes closed two more warplantS here today.
 Approximately 1000 United Auto Workers (CIO) Union members walked off jobs at the Thompson Products Corpora . tiOn in protest against suspen- sion of fellow workers accused of participating in work stop pages.
 SGme 5000 other UAW-CIO workers struck at the Graham Paige Motor Car Co. in demand for a 15-minute wash up period at the end of each shift, in- stead of the present five min uteS.
 Meanwhile, a compromise appeared near in the week. long strike which has closed seven Briggs Mfg. Company paints.
 Approximately l2.65O Briggs workers, also LOW members. are idle in the dispute caused by discharge of 15 employees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08
(By United Press)

Rain-swollen tributaries poured their burdens into the flooded Ohio river today. threatening several communities below Cincinnati. O.. and forcing an ever-increasing torrent of refugees to flee their homes.
 The swirling. debris-laden water rose rapidly from Cincinnati to Cairo. H.. with the crest expected in Southern Indiana and Kentucky during the weekend. A 47-foot level-l8 feet above flood stage was reported at Louisville.
 Up the river from Cincinnati, however, the flood appeared to have reached its peak. Rains had ceased and there was no appreciable rise after midnight.
 Tn all. more than 30.O0O families were at the mercy of the Ohio, on its worst rampage in eight years.
 The death told had climbed to at least nine In six states. and war wRsAsssAas~ was still happered in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08
Joe KusoiIo, Vet, Refuses Bronze Star

Louisville, Ky, March 8.-(UP)- Sgt. Joseph Kusaila, Waterbury, Conn.,, 24-year-old veteran of the western front, disclosed today he had refused recently-awarded Bronze Star because the citation for leadership was "a reversal of de- cision" of the Ft. Benning Officer Candidate school where he washed out.
 In a 2,500-word letter to Chief of Staff Gen. George c. Marshal Kusaila explained that although the award might have conceded tc me a certain amount of leadership it reversed the infantry OCS which handed me white slip of paper stating that I lacked qualifications of a leader"
 The tall dark-haired sergeant now is recuperating at Nichols General hospital here. He was wounded ir the arm in Germany last Nov. 9.
 The citation, dated Jan. 3 from headquarters of the 10th Ar1nored Division, stated that Sgt. Kusaila was a member of a platoon subjected to intense enemy artillery and mor- tar shelling."
 'As the fire began to inflict cas- ualties, men became confused and panicky and were having difficulty meeting the onslaught" the cita- tion continued. Sgt. Kusaila im- mediately took charge and without regard for his own safety during the constant smelling, assisted medi- cal men in caring for the wounded"
 The citation praised his "exem- plary courage, leadership and con- cern for the welfare of his fellow soldiers"
 KuSaila said he was removed from OCS in September, l943, be cause he criticized the schools meth ods of estimating intelligence of candidates.
 Kusaila. graduate of Columbia university, said the Bronze Star award was an "ill-conceived sop to my conscience" His letter said that if the award were intended to compliment me on my achievements, then 1t failed to cover the entire picture adequately"
 He described other front line &C., tion in which he said he directed an assault on four pillboxes. under same kind of fire mentioned in the citation" took "5O-odd" prison- CTS including an officer, holding at bay" a fifth pillbox while an officer returned to scare up some endorsements preparatory to an- other assault"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08
HuIten Dies On GoIIows
RY CHARLES ARNOT

Pentonville Prison, London, March 8-(UP)-Pvt. Karl Gustav Hulten, g, a Boston, Mass, para trooper, was hanged today for the s3O murder of a taxicab driver.
 He was the first American to die on a British gallows, home office records showed.
 The youthful slayer, who gambled the proceeds of the murder on the dog races with his strip-tease part ner in crime showed neither fear nor emotion as he was led to the plat.orm and placed on the trap door that plunged him to eternity.
 Only a Scant dozen prison OIL cials witnessed the hanging In a small. enclosed courtyard of an- cient Pentonville prison. Notice or the execution was posted on the prison gates at 9:09 a. m. as the prison flag dipped to half-staff.
 A crowd of 250 men and women milled about the gates despite re- peated shooing by police. Mrs. Vio- let Vanderelst, crusader against capital punishment. was arrested when she attempted to enter the prison gates in a truck shortly after g a. m.
 He came here to be paratroop- CT. not to hang she shouted as po- lice hustled her and the truck driv- CT away through the sympathetic crowd.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Jones. the 18-year- old strip tease dancer who was condemned to death with Hulten for the murder of George Heath, the man with the cleft chin". was beginning a life sentence at Ayles-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08
Two Fighting Still Savage
Ry FRANK TREMAINE

Guam, March g. (U.P0 - The Third Marine Division drove to the northern edge of the central plateau and plunged down toward the northern beaches, only few hun- dred yards away, in savage fight ing on Two today.
 A braeakthrough to the coast would split the last few thousand Japanese hold out in pillboxes and gun emplacementS studding the north and northeast coasts.
 But those last few hundred yards were as the crow flies. It was con- siderably farther over the rocky gorund, laced with steep crevasses and bristling with defenses.
 A Japanese Domei dispatch ad. mitted that the fighting in Two had entered a most critical stage for the Japanese garrison in the north. It said furious battles were contin. liing and claimed that the U. s. Marines suffers 580 casualties alone Monday)
 The Fourth and Fifth Marine Die visions, fighting north along the east and west coasts, also hammer ed out new gains in what literally had become a battle to the death with the decimated enemy garri- son. Tt is an inch by inch. ter- rible struggle for life and few precious feet of terrain" United Press War Correspondent Lisle Shoemaker reported from Two as a general offensive went into its third day. e
 "If you ever meet a Marine who says he fought at the north end Of Two. shake his hand because he has survived a hell of gunfire. mortar blasting, night infiltration ans
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08
No Such Thing As Simple Tox Forms

Hartford, Conn.,, March B. (UP)-Apparently there is no such thing as simple income tax return form.
 Internal Revenue Collector Frank w. Kramer said today that the government hoped to make 1t easier for most wage earners by allowing them to fiel their withholding receipt as a tax return.
 But although this is the simplest tax form yet devised" he said, "One out of every four persons finds a different way to file incorrectly"
 kraemer said that with the March 15 deadline only a week away, two thirds of the total number of returns have not yet been filed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08
Patton's Men Move Along Rhine Bent On I aking Coblenz
BY BRUCE ". MUNN

Paris March B. (UP) -- Tank columns of the U. g. Third Army broke loose along the Rhine near Cobenz today and Berlin said another American force had reached the river at Remagen, 17 miles to the north
 With both American armies fighting under partial security blackout-a restriction usually imposed when major breakhrough under waythere no immediate confirmation of the German report.
 But the entire Nazi front west of the Rhine was cole apsng in the wake of the Third AmyS spectacular dash the Eel mountains to the river bluffs just north Of Cobenz and there appeared reason to doubt the enemy version
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08
Borometer Election Measure Unfovorobie

Augusta, Me. March G-(UP)-. The legislative judiciary committee today reported unfavorably on a bill which would eliminate Maine's traditional barometer election.
 Nine of the 10 committee mem bers signed a majority report that the constitutional amendment in- troduced by Rep. Louis Jalbert CD Lewiston ought not to pass.
 Under the proposed amendment, Maines state election would be held on the same date as the na- tional election in November instead of in September.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08
Superforts Bomb Wake First Time

Washington, March 8-(UP)- American Superfortresses have at tackled Wake Island for the first time, radio Tokyo said today.
 Four B-29s raided the Japanese occupied former American Pacific outpost yesterday, but were driven off by fierce antiaircraft fire before they could cause any damage. Tokyo said. One B-20 was said to have been damaged seriously.
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The union times., 1945-06-23
Yards Profits Soav Big Increase Under Arnys Control

failure to grant them an 11.6q6 wage differential for ship repair work.
 lNDlANAPOLIS-As the first mass layoffs hit this city, workers are hnding 1t easy to get other jobs but at draStically reduced pay and re- duced seniority.
 AUSTIN, Tex.-HB 12. the anti closed shop measure, is dead in Texas. Nobody is mourning except Sen. W. Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel, the Christian American Assn. and aI- lied fascist-front rackets boldly committed to ''get labor.'
 DETROIT-The scramble by auto and parts makers to reconvert for civilian production has created crisis in normally peaceful AFL-CIO rela- tions in Detroit. The point of friction IS in installation of machines and con struction in the plants, claimed by rlggerS and maintenance men in both movements.
 CHICAGO-A court decision up- holding government seizure of Mont gomery Ward X Co. properties re- leased the brakes on wage increases and other benefits for Ward employees.
 LOS ANGELES-Organized labor welcomed a Natl. War Labor Board
The union times., 1945-06-23
Shipbuilding Cut Is lsShort-Sighted, 
A. F. Of L. Leader Sees Danger Of Repetition Of
 An Earlier Mistake

The governments action in dras- tically cutting shipbuilding con- structiOn for the rest of 1945 was assailed this week by J. J. McEntee. secretary-treasurer of the A. F. of L. Metal Trades Department, as terribly short-sighted.''
 Cargo ships being turned out this year will aggregate only 12 million tons, third less than lo44 and about 55 per cent below 1o43. Next year, the shipbuilding program will taper down to only fraction of this years output.
 ''It just doesn't make sense to us that the government should cut ship-building so deeply at a time when shipping space is still at a premium" McEntee declared. From every side there's clamor for more and more ships-to carry food to Europe; to transport sOI- diers home; to take our troops to the Pacific, and for many other needs.
 There have been ali sorts of off,
The union times., 1945-06-23

The full text of the vacation with pay clause which the Wage Adjust ment Board will be asked to again act on follows:
 Sec. 1. The Employer agrees to give to every employee CD seven days vacation with (5) five days pay after every (l25) one hundred twenty-five working days. The count of the said l25 working days shall begin April lst, 1o45, if approved by the Wage Adjustment Board.
 "Sec. 2. When an employee is layed off before the expiration of the l25 working days, the Employer agrees to send check to the Painters Union Local 186 for the amount of forty-four (44c) cents multiplied by the number of days the employee worked, and to specify the name of the employee, the number of days he worked and that the check is for va cation benefits.
 "Sec. 3, When the vacation period IS due and any changes are to be made III the vacation schedule for any req son whatsoever on the part of either the employee or the employer, it must be approved by the Painters Union Local l86 or its Business Represen- tative."
The union times., 1945-06-23
Our Unions Win
 At Kaiser Plant


 FONTANA, Calf. = In a major NLRB election at the Kaiser shell plant to determine the bargaining agent for nearly 1900 workers, AFL unions defeated the United Steel workers (CIO) in all of five groups of employees voting.
 In the principal unit of 1,2l5 eligible voters the results were: Intl. Assn. of Machinists (AFL) 454, CIO 28O. Construction Production X Mainten- ance Laborers (AFL) IF. Results in the other units give bargaining rights to the Intl. Bro. of Teamsters, Intl. Bro. of Electrical Workers, United Bro. of Carpenters and United Assn. of Plumbers.
The union times., 1945-06-23
Covering
 -he - American Scene

WASHINCTON-Declaring that America is still fighting n two-front war-one in the Pacific and the other against imitation on the home front-AFL Pres. William Green called on the House banking com mittee to extend the price control act without amendments.
 WASHINGTON-State laws re- gulatlng unions must not conflict with the provisions of the Wagner act piy- ing workers the right to bargain col lectively through representatives of thelr own choosing, the US. supreme court held in a major decision apainst Florida antilabor statute.
 ST. LOUIS-Labor and industry leaders are sharply protesting the abrupt announcement by Curtiss- Wright Corp. that it would shut down it's plant here, throwing l2.- DOC workers out of jobs. Several thousand workers have already been laid off.
 NEW YORK-With the backlop of work in most plants here wined out by $2OO million cutbacks, New York unions are mObiIizing to meet the crisis expected in the coming months when Iayoffs hit in earnest. It is expected that l25, ,OOO workers will be unemployed here within three months and 35O,OOO by the end of the year.
 LOS ANGELES-An overwhelm- ing, strike vote was cast by members ot the AFL Metal Trades Council in 10 Iharbor area shipyards to protest
The union times., 1945-06-23
But Workers Still Wait For Raises

CHICACO- (LPA) - The two year fight against the ma, tion's number one labor hater, Sewell Avery, came closer to trade union victory last week when a U. s. Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled that the governments seizure of strike-bound Montgomery Ward plants in Chicago and six other cities was within the law.
 PROFITS INCREASE
 Wards announced it would carry the case to the US. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Montgomery Ward workers who have become increas- ingly restless under Army rule were even more dismayed when they read the firms annual report last month. War Dept authorities now operating the Ward properties have been piling up profits for the anti-labOr corporation while failing to put into effect the War Labor Board and presidential directives of last December. Wards quarter ly report showed that for the four months ending on April 30 it had made a profit after taxes of $4, 767 ,955. This compared with a net profit for the same period last year of $3,43O,324.
 Wards profitable was of special interest to members of VILE who recommended to Presidknt Roose- welt that he seize the Ward plants be- cause of the company's refusal to grant pay raises and maintenance of union membership ordered by WLB. The Chicago court decision was hailed by ClO unions and particular ly by the United Retail. Wholesale & Dept Store Employes-CIO which carried the case to the VILE and then together with the Justice Dept through series of court trials. URWDSEA President Samuel Vol chok termed last weeks Chicago court decision as "one of the most import ant events on the industrial front since the beginning of the war"
 Last weeks court decision reversed the ruling in January of Federal Judge Philip Sullivan that President Roosevelt's seizure of the Ward plants was unconstitutional. Outside of the union membership maintenance the biggest victory for the union workers in Ward plants is retroac- tive wage increase of $1,342,00O
The union times., 1945-06-23
FOR PARTICIPATION

CUMBERLAND, Md.-Local B, lntl Bro. of Blacksmiths (AFL), approved resolution calling for AFL participation in the constitu- tional convention of the World Fed eration of Trade Unions at Paris next September.