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Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1945-04-20

Alexander G. Kumskis, pir-
mininkas Illinois American
Lithuanian Chamber of Com
merce, tapo isrinktas pirml-
ninku Nacionales Organizaci-
JOS, sestadieni, Kovo 25, susi-
rinkime Hotel Statler, Wash
ington, D. C. Tame susirlnkl-
me dalyvavo atstovai is apie
dvidesimties didesniu Ameri-
kos Lietuviu koloniju.
Nacionalio Americas Lietu-
viu Chamber of Commerce val
dyba susideda is siu:
Alexander G.. Kumskis, is
Chicagos, prezidentas;
Vice prezidentai:
VIM. Paschall-Poska, Phila-
delphia,'
Antanas A. Oils, Chicago,
Juozas J. Bachunas, Sodus,
Mich.
P. J. ziuris, Cleveland, Ohio,
sekretorius,
Antanas Stokna, Amsterdam,
N. Y, finansu sekr.
Albinas S. Treciokas, New
ark. n. j., izdininkas.
Ekzekutyvio komiteto ma
rial: K. S. Karpius, Cleveland,
Ohio; DR.. M. J. Colney, Water
bury, Conn; Alex Savalskis,
Homestead, Pa; Anthony Ru-
dis, Chicago; DR.. B. K. Ven
cius, Brooklyn, N. Y; Nadas
Rastenis, Baltimore, Md; Pc
ter Satinsky, Philadelphia, Pa. !;
DR.. J. Jonikaitis, Detroit; j. l..
Kasmauskas, Boston, Mass. !;
B. Trebelis, Philadelphia, Pa. !;
D. Klinga, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1945-04-20

(Knygos didumo virselio
piesinys, bet virselis spau-
sdintas trim spalvom.)
Pirkti galima po viena, dvi
ar daugiau knygq, po $500.
Siuskit savo uzsakyma!
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1945-04-20
Kaip Lietuviai savo Laisvq gyn6 Is metal atga|

- Nors ne jaunystes dienos, bet tuo-
jau prisideciau prie tu kurie yra pasiren-
ge mirti uz tevyne.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1945-04-20
Jankuna nuteise suSaudyti

Vasario IL ar 13 diena suzinojom is
Andrasunienes kad busias teisiamas Jo-
mas Jankunas. Sargyba buvo stipri, ir
mes jo isvaduoti negalejom. Bolseviku
stabas ir teismo posedis buvo pas Andra-
siunus. Kaip "burzuja'', turinti 20 ha ze-
mes, ir uz tai kad brolis tarnauja baltic
stems, Jankuna nuteise susaudyti. Sta
diena sprendimas turejo butt ivykdytas.
Nezinojom ka daryti ir ko griebtis.
- Fisiu ir pulsiu bolseviku teisejams
kojas, - tare Andrasiuniene -- Gal is
klausys motinos prasymo ir atmainys sa-
vo sprendima.
Tai pasakius isejo. Suprantam koks
brangus motinai vaikas, ne tik savas bet
ir svetimas. Tai buvo beveik vienintelis
geras sumanymas. Kad tik pasisektu!
Vakaras. Kviecia vykti pas Andrasiu-
nus vakarienei. Andrasiuniene su asaro-
mis- akyse sake kad jos maldavimas ir asa
ros savo padare Prize bendros vakarie-
mes sedejo pulko vadas (vadinamas Ko-
lia), vienas komisaras ir trys siaip boise
vikai. Vakarienei ipusejus ir ismetus po
burnele, pulko vadas savo kalboje Janku-
ma antra karta pasmerke mirti, teva is
teisino del senatves.
- Tx per jos gera sirdi ir prasymus,
ir draugams sutinkant, sprendima panai-
kinau, - galop, rodydamas pirstu j An
drasiuniene tare "Kolia". - Bet is kale-
jimo nepaleisiu. Kadangi motina isprase
sprendimo pakeitimo tai jai ir sprendimas
atitenka. - Tai tardamas. padave Andra-
siunienei rasta. Tyla. Andrasiuniene grie-
be sprendima ir suplese skutus. Supra
tom jos dziaugsma ir tariamus Strides To-
dzius:
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1945-04-20
BOlsevikai ina mus bausti
(Tesinys is pereito nr.)

Bolsevikai sueme Jankuna ir 10 teva
uz tai kad jo brolis pabeges Seta ir kad
turi nemaza uki ir isveze is Taraku kai-
mo pulko dabokle. Suemus Jankuna,
revkomo (revoliucinio komiteto) pirmi-
ninku liko Andrasiunas.
Netrukus reikejo siusti atstovus Uk-
mergen ] bendra revkomu suvaziavima
Nuvykom: Lazdauskas, Palcauskas ir as
Ten sutikau apskrities revkomo pirminin-
ka Juoza Puka is Radziunu kaimo, sena
savo drauga ir 1866 metu kovotoja. Is
sisnekejus paaiskejo kad as esu bolseviku
paskirtas susaudyti.
- Bulk atsargus! Kai bus blogai as
isanksto pranesiu, - ispejo name Pukas.
Pirmame bendrame posedyje komisa-
raj pasiule uzdeti kiekvienam valsciui kon-
tribucija. Siesiku valsciui buvo uzdeta
$4,000 markiu. Kiekvienas atstovas gyne
savo valsciu. AS pazymejau kad Siesiku
valsciuje yra daug dvaru. Apie 500 dar-
bininku tuose dvaruose reikia selpti Ko-
misarai sutiko kontribuciia sumazinti Xxi
10000 markiu ir dar pasalpos duoti Xxi
10000 1ubliu. Tuos pinigus gavom bever-
ciais Dumos rubliais ir kerenkomis
Daugiau Ukmerge nebevazineiau,
mes Pukas pranese kad ten nesirodyciau.
BoEsevikams igriso vikiai
Revkomai veike. Pasipyle visok rel
kalavimai, bet daugiausia maisto produk-
tu. IS savo grudu sandelio selpem savuo-
sius. Kviecius, rugius, zirnius Xxi Gegu-
zes menesio isdalinom selpiamiesiems, o
vikius siusdavom bolsevikams po Is pu-
du. Xxi Geguzes menesio sandeliuose gru-
du liko tik mazai kick.
Bolsevikai neteko -kantrybes. Kodel
Siesiku revkomas tik vikius siuncia?! At
vyko karine revizija: vienas komisaras ir
penk raudonarmieciai. Buvom netiketai
uzklupti Emem pasakoti apie vargus, pa
rodem puse sandelio ir pasizadejom sura-
sti kick kvieciu. Komisarai isvyko mus
nesueme.
Budami revkomo valdyboje, tureda-
vom rysiu su savais savanoriais. W Sic
siku miestelio dunksojo ilgas misku ruo-
zas, prie miestelio arti kilometro priarte-
jes. Daznai atsilankydavo pas mus sa-
vanoris Dedele ir kit. Jie atvezdavo Lie
tuviu atsisaukimu. Turejom gera rysi-
ninka Kira is Vidugiriu kaimo. Vyras bu-
vo zemo ugio, apsivilkes skyleta rudine,
vyzotas, ir visuomet su kirviu uz juostos.
Bolseviku sargybos j visuomet praleisda-
vo malllu parsineSti.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
$5OO,OOOF Sweeps Maine

Presque Isle, Me, Jan. 20-(UP) The biggest business building in this doWn-eaSt metropolis was swept by a general alarm fire early today, and a radio station, the ater, a bank and several stores and apartments were destroyed.
 Loss was estimated at $500,000.
 Apparently starting from an ex- plosion on the upper floor of the three story brick building, the blaze ragged for half hour before being discovered.
 About dozen persons sleeping in apartments on the second and third floors fled for their lives as the flames spouted from windows and the roof.
 With 27 inches of snow on the ground and the temperature at 10 above zero, firemen battled for more than four hours before the blaze was controlled. Aid was sum- moned from Caribou and Fort Fair field and the apparatus from these communities was forced to battle over Snowclogged roads to reach the scene.
 At the height of the blaze, the two upper floors of the northern National Bank building collapsed and sent tons of water, plaster and other debris roaring down on bank offices and stores on the ground floor.
 Radio Station WGAM, whose broadcasting facilities occupied the upper floor, was virtually a total loss with the transmitter and a United Press news teletype being destroyed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
III Brother Turns Out To Be Corpse

Chicago, Jan. 20 --- W.p.D - Rose Krenek, 34, told police today that she kept the body of her brother, Frank, 55, in bed at her home for three months and tried to feed him III an attempt to nurse him back to health'
 Miss Krenek, who was held for mental examination, was taken into custody after police had received an anonymous tip Clad in burlap bags, she greeted the police with the explanation that she thought her brother was ill.
 Police found the body in a bed covered with burlap bags. They said Miss Krenek was in the process of feeding him coffee.
 T feed him every day said Miss Krenek, who was her brothers con- stant companion,
 Police said Krenek had been dead for three months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
Zukouskos TriuI Set

The trial of Francis Zukauskas, 34, of 174 Alder street, will start at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning before Judge Frank P. McEvoy ot Waterbury, Judge John H. King ot Willimantic, and Judge Howard w Alcorn of Suffield It will mark the first time in the history of the city that three judges will decide the fate of an accused.
 Regular Friday short calendar sessions of superior court will ot abolished during the murder trial 1t was reported today, and indica- tions were the case will be heard on a four day a week basis.
 It is believed the jurists will spe- cify at the start of the trial the hours during which the court will sit, with a Tuesday through Friday session, from 10 a. m. to p. m. anticipated.
 Zukauskas will be charged with first degree murder ill the staying of Mrs. Stephanie Plungis, D, oi III Draher avenue, Nov. l. A finding of guilt on the charge car ries a death penalty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
Roosevelt Going Overseas
 To Meet Churchill, Stalin
By ERNEST BARCELLA

Washington, Jan. 20-(UP)-If Sen. Tom Connal;y, D., Tex, didn't mean to say it, it's too late now. velts next meeting with Prime Min ister Winston Churchill and Prem ister Winston Churchill and Prem fer Josef Stalin will take him across the seas" and soon"
 For some time there had been hush-hush speculation ' that the forthcoming big three barley would involve tranS-oceanic journey by MT. Roosevelt. But 1t remained for the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee to give authen- ticity to what previously had been merely rumors, guarded ones at that. And some 1,50O persons heard Connally say it.
 The setting was last nights Presidential inaugural dinner--a sumptuous feast given by members of the electoral college in honor of MT. Roosevelt and Vice-President- elect Harry s. Truman.
 Connally was delivering the principal speech of the evening. With great eloquence he pleaded for early action on a world security organization to assure future peace. His voice boorled through the ball. room of the Mayflower hotel.
 He froWned on the idea of settling boundary questions now by unilat- eral or bilateral treaties and said such things should be left for all the United Nations to settle later.
 So far he was proceeding accord ing to text. But toward the end, he Strayed.
 President Roosevelt soon is to go across the seas to confer with MT Churchill and MT. Stalin," he said-and the secret was out.
 If Connally was aware that he was revealing something supposed to be closely guarded information, he made no attempt to cover up his tracks, for in the next breath he wished MT. Roosevelt a safe voy- age into foreign lands"
 Reports from abroad have spec ulated that the big three will meet
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
FDR Groyer And Thinner
BY HERMAN SMITH

Washington, Jan. 20.-UP)- President Roosevelt starts his fourth term today much grayer and somewhat thinner than when he first took office, but his doctor at tests that he is fin fine shape" and really feeling very good
 The President has had to contend with three years of war, on top of years of recurrent domestic prob lens. He will be 63 years old in 10 days but instead of slowing up, his pace has increased during the war years. He has travelled thou- sands of miles to meet Allied war leaders and soon will leave on an- other similar journey.
 Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntlre, the Presidents physician and su- geon general of the Navy, said there was nothing in MT. Roosevelts pres ent physical condition that gave him anything to criticize from the medical viewpoint.
 He came through the election campaign in excellent condition, and he has remained in fine shape since then even though his work has increased to quite some extent"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
Rain Or Snow ForecoSt For ougurotion
{ NEA Telephoto)
By LYLE e. WILSON

Washington, Jan. 20-UP)- Franklin Delano Roosevelt-perhaps the most powerful man in the world will be inaugurated president of the United States for the fourth time shortly after noon (EWT) to- day at a semi-private ceremony on tro south porch of the White House.
 That ceremony will forlnaliZe the l944 American referendum which sustained his foreign and domestic policies. Then he has a date soon to represent our people, our wealth and our fighting men in momen- tous conference with Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Marshal Josef V. Stalin.
 Vice President-elect Harry s. Truman of Missouri will be sworn by his predecessor. Henry A. Wal lace, few moments before Chief Jutice Harlan F. Stone administers the oath to MT. Roosevelt.
 Some 1000 invited guests will witt ness the breaking of the tradition that presidents take their oath of office on the steps of the Capitol. MT. Roosevelt, Truman. members of their families and the very top layer of guests will be up there on the south portico, a roof over their heads and facing Washington Mon- ument beyond the ellipse.
 The next most important layer of guests, diplomats and such, will be in the front row down below on the lawn. Beyond them other card holders of several categories will stand in their appointed places The public will be outside the White House fence, a few hundred yards away, looking in with binoculars if they expect to see anything.
 It looks like rain or snow here in Washington. The forecast for the lucky cardholders is anything from sniffles to he flu. They have been forbidden to bring their umbrellas. Oyershoes and raincoats are okay.
 There were family prayers in the White House east room this morn ing in observance of MT. Roosevelt's
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
Farm Use For Jeeps Likely

Toledo, O., Jan. 20 - U.Po - The Jeep, which has been riding rough-shod over the Axis during this war, may be turned into a mechanical cowboy to herd cattle when the shooting is over, it was uI.cAcSed today.
 Tine disclosure was made at a special clinic at the WillyS-Over- land Motors, Inc, plant here at which agricultural experts of the United States and Canada are studying farm use of the standard army jeep.
 Among the farm functions plan ned 10 rthe jeep by the U. s. De- partment of Agriculture are herd ign cattle, manure spreading. blow ing, removing tree stumps, harrow ing and running fire lines.
 Charles E. Sorenson, Willys pres ident, said that as farm vehicle the jep will not be designed to "be com petitive with other such vehicles or farm implements but will supple ment and increase their usefulness on the nations farms"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
GERMANS POUR NEW RESERVES
 ACROSS RHINE
BY BOYD LEWIS

Paris, January 20. - (UP) - American Seventh Army troops hurled back a savage attack on their Maginot Line defenseS in the AlSace corner of northeastern France to- day but field dispatches said the Germans were pouring reserves across the Rhine in a developing offensive rival ling their drive into the Ardennes.
 Driving snowStorms blan- keted the entire western front this morning, shack ling the Allied Air Forces and slowing down the Anglo American counter drives against the enemy'S Arden neS and Roer river SalientS.
 Under cover of the miserable weather, the Nazis were reported massing strong armored forces in their bridgehead north of Strasbourg, which now had been linked up to their main frnot facing the Maginot line along the northern edge of the Hagenau Forest.
 American First and Third army troops retained the initiative all around the shrinking Ardennes pocket, where there were increasing indications that the Germans were pulling their remaining Panzer di- visions back into the Siegfried line.
 Similarly, the British Second army drive northwest of Aachen was push ing teadily forward within half dozen of the Roer at some points in spite of the snow and sub-freezing temperatures.
 But at the southern end of the battle line the Germans were hitting back hard and with mounting weight in what appeared to be the second blow of a one-two winter campaign launched with the battle of the Ar denneS.
 At least three German divisions were reported battering into the Seventh army lines around Hatten and just west of the Rhine above Strasbourg, with seven to nine more divisions wheeling into attack posi- tions on a 5O-mile front running north from the Alsatian capital to Hatten and thence west of Bitche.
 Massed German tanks and infan- trymen charged head-on into the Maginot line bunkers at Hatten
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
Jap Sub Sinks Liberty
 Ship, Shells Suruiuors

were killed and six wounded after they had escaped unharmed from the sinking ship which later was finished of with shellfire from the submarine.
 CTorpedoing of the Johnson was believed to have been the first of ficially confirmed enemy submarine operation near the Pacific coast since an attack on a tanker 25 miles of Oregon on Oct. A. l942
 (Toqyo radio twice announced Japanese submarines were operating 1.-the U. s. West Coast last fall)
 Merchant Marine It. Peter Shele- medoS. 9, of San Francisco, first mate of the Johnson and survivor of seven previous torpedoings, said he was in his bunk when the ship was struck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
Birth, Death Totals Lower Here In 1914

More than half Of the 49,51S per sons employed in Waterbury during 1914 were registered as employees of the eight largest manufacturing concerns here with 30,066 on the latters' employment rolls. A total of 29,819 were employed with these eight concerns during December, an increase of POS over the previous month, it has been disclosed by the 1944 annual report of the Chamber of Commerce. issued today by Frank Green, executive secretary.
 Some decrease in the industrial activities of the city during 1914 is indicated by the statistics compiled relative to freight tonnage carried to and from the city during the year. Incoming freight totaled SAT 1851 tons of carload cars received during 1914 which is revealed as a decrease of 73,443 as of 1943. L. c. L. cars received here in total tonnage during last year totaled 41,763 tons a decrease of 12,054 as compared with the year previous. Carload cars forwarded from this city dur ing last year totaled 251 ,627 tons a decrease of 39, 843 while L. c. L. cars forwarded was in amount of 58,395 or 8 decrease from 1943 of 9,939. This lessening of activity ties ir somewhat with the overall employ ment decrease of 2,283 for 1914 as compared with 1943.
 A total of 338 new families moved to this city last year Gan increase of 35) while 1,843 births were reg istered here amounting to de- crease of 363 over the year previous. Deaths, however totaled sos which constituted a decrease of 203. Other vital statistics reveal that 701 new marriages took place during 1914, a total of l32 less than the previous year. A total of 909 communicable diseases were listed or decrease Of 524 over the year previous.
 Bank savings for 1914 totaled $71 ,O38, 779 which proved to be an increase of $9,55O,709 in this phase of the city's activities. Bank clear ings and bank debits both showed decreases with the former amount ing to over $90 million and the lat ter over $670 million; respectively they constituted a decrease of $l,- 538,O0O and 41,103,752. Postal re- ceipts for last year totaled $758,- STA an increase of $70 123.
 MT. Greens report, relative to statistics on utility and service ac- tivities for the city reveals that during 1944 @ total of 2S,896 tele- phones were in use here an increase of 28 over the year previous; elec-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
OPPOSITION ON
 WORK-OR-ELSE BILL CERTAIN
BY DEAN w. DITTMER

Washington, January 20. - (UP) - House Military Affairs Committee members predicted today that they would finish writing Monday a work-or-else bill that is almost certain to meet strong opposition on the floor.
 At least one committee member promised to oppose the measure when it comes before the House.
 The bill dropped it's work or-fght" tag late yesterday when the committee voted 15 to 2 to accept an amendment by ReL. Paul Kilday, D., Texas, substituting civil pen alties for the Army work battalion draft proposed in the original measure.
 The work penalties in the Kilday amendment would make Wolators refusing to work at essential jobs liable to fines up to $10,000 and 1m- prisonment for not more than five years or both.
 The committee also approved an amendment by Representative John J. Sparkman, D., Ala, to give War Mobilization Director James E. Byrnes authority to designate es- sential industries for deferred men, striking out the provision giving this authority to Selective Service Direc- to- Major General Lewis B. Hershey.
 Meanwhile Representative Will liam Lemke, R., N. D., claiming the support of 225 house members, said he would introduce resolution Monday to compel local draft boards to defer irreplaceable farm workers.
 Lemke said Hersheys latest direc- tive had been taken by local draft boards to mean that all deferred farm workers aged Is to 9 must be drafted into the armed forces re- gardles of essentially, thus abro- gating the Tydings amendment which defers them. Lemke invited Byrnes, Hershey and War Food Ad- ministrator Marvin Jones to a clos ed meeting Monday to discuss the farm labor problem.
 If Lemke fails to get house action on his rLslution by the time the work-or-else bill gets to the floor, he may attempt a farm bloc fight against the measure although Jones testified it would not affect the Tyd- ingS amendment.
 Representatives Paul Stewart, D., Okla, and Arthur Winstead, D.. Miss, both said they would offer amendments Monday to prohibit any man assigned to a specific in- dustry to be required to join a union against his will.
 Winstead's amendment also would ''fix penalty of fine or imprison- ment for any person who interfereS with such worker"
 Some committee members said they hoped to be able to approve a measure that would not go into the complications of union membership, but virtually all of them admitted thta the proposal would have to be fought out on the floor If it were not troned out in committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
NAzI RETREAT BECOMES CHAOTIC R0UT
BERLN-BOUND
 RUSSIANS RIP
 GERMAN LINES
BY BRUCE W. MUNN

London, January 20. = (UP) - The Red Army has invaded East Prussia from the south and rammed an- other spearhead into the Prussian fortress town of Gumbinnen, only Is miles from Insterburg, Berlin re- ported today as the Nazi re- treat became a chaotic rout along a front stretching 500 miles south to the Car pathianS.
 Moscow dispatches said five Soviet armies, striking progressively stronger blows, had set their sights on Dan- zig, Poznan and Breslau as the next major objectiveS in their winter victory" of- fensive, now in it's eighth day.
 The Russians had reached the German frontier at Praszka, 60 miles east of Breslau and 223 miles southeast of Berlin, in the area where they were reported without confirmation to have pushed on into Silesia
 Ernst Von Hammer, military com- mentator for the official German DNB agency, acknowledged that the Russian tanks had penetrated East Prussia from the south as far as Gilgenburg. just inside the border at point 90 miles south of konigs- berg and 85 miles southeast of Dan- zig.
 The thrust represented i4-mile advance north from the Polish town of Dziadowo captured only yester- day by the SovietS. Von Hammer claimed the Russians had been halt ed at least temporarily in fierce fighting at Gilgenburg. He also conceded that Soviet forces pushing eastward along the Konigsberg- -Kaunas railway had battled into the eastern outskirts of Gumbinnen, 20 miles inside the eastern borders of East Prussia and "A miles east of Konigsberg, capi- tai of Germany'S easternmost prov~ | ince.
 Two-thirds of Poland already has been liberated, Moscow dispatches jubilantly reported.
 The German TranSocean Agency also acknowledged the fall of Kassa (kosice), 13 miles inside the south ern borders of Czechoslovakia and 13O miles northeast of Budapest.
 The entire 60O-mile front winding up from the CarpathianS was fast becoming a great death chamber for the pick of Germany's eastern armies as Soviet flying columns slashed across their lines of retreat and ow-flying planes raked them with bombs and gunfire from dawn to dark.
 At least 10000 Nazis were killed and 3l00 captured in the past "A hours alone and the enemys loss eS in men and material were moult- ing at a staggering rate.
 Alarmed German leaders strug- gled to rally their people against the oncoming Red Army tide which already had overrun the northeast .ern corner of East Prussia and more than half of Poland and was threat ening momentarily to spill over into Eilesia Berlin accounts said the So- VietS had broken across the SileSian
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